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This Week In Baseball History

Jun 28, 2024

How do you calculate everything we lost with the passing of Willie Mays? How do you calculate all that he gave us in 93 years of life? It is impossible.

After covering his early years in New York in Episode 203 and his middle years in San Francisco in Episode 148, Mike and Bill return to finish out the story of Willie...


Jun 25, 2024

Willie Mays is, undisputedly, one of the top two or three players in baseball history, a breathtaking blend of power, average, and defense that often defied description. One such day was 59 years ago this week, when Willie hit four home runs in one game against the Braves. But Willie was just getting started, and would...


Jun 23, 2024

There may have never been, and may never be, a baseball player better than Willie May. But it didn't seem like that at first, as Mays struggled upon his initial exposure to the Bigs 70 years ago this week and would suffer a crisis of confidence that could have ended his career before it began. How did he get through it...


Jun 21, 2024

There may have never been an athlete as singular as Bo Jackson, a two sport star whose potential and flashes of brilliance tantalized the world until it all came crashing down. On the 38th anniversary of him signing with the Kansas City Royals, Mike and Bill look back on Bo's careers, his downfall, his comeback, and...


Jun 14, 2024

We only have ten fingers and ten toes, so it's somewhat forgivable that, somewhere north of 20 you might forget how many hits you have. It's more strange for an entire baseball loving nation to do that, but that's what happened 110 years ago this week when the great Honus Wagner was celebrated for becoming the...