Dec 20, 2017
Innovation that works out is praised as genius. But innovation that fails, no matter how inspired, is roundly mocked. No new idea in baseball has ever inspired more laughter than the College of Coaches, Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley's plan to eliminate the position of manager entirely. It led to chaos and the Cubs lost 193...
Dec 13, 2017
In their quest to find a shortstop who could emerge from the shadow of Marty Marion, the Cardinals thought they had their savior in Garry Templeton. But, after years of conflict, 36 years ago today, they traded him for one of the best shortstops in baseball history. Mike and Bill dig into their contentious early...
Dec 6, 2017
Before the American League awarded him the Angels 57 years ago this week, Gene Autry lived the American dream, rising out of poverty in Oklahoma to become The Singing Cowboy, a beloved national star of stage, radio, music, television, and film. Mike and Bill trace his life both before and after he created the ballclub,...
Nov 29, 2017
One of the most controversial changes to Major League Baseball in the last 70 years has been the introduction of interleague play to the regular season schedule. But the debate over how much contact clubs should have with the opposing league actually goes back to the first tenuous peace agreement between the AL and...
Nov 22, 2017
Obviously one of the greatest and most recognizable players in history, Joe DiMaggio was even famous before he even got to New York, after the Yankees purchased his contract 83 years ago this week from the San Francisco Seals and immediately began touting him as the heir to Babe Ruth. Mike and Bill look at DiMaggio's...