Mon, 6 May 2013
The games within the games -- the card games, the simulations, and fantasy -- are all highlighted in Episode 8 of Stealing Home.
We start off by talking to some old friends of mine and how they spent a summer trading off responsibilities for making a fictional Cardinals (or maybe Royals) team a World Series Champion in Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball.
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Tue, 23 April 2013
Books are one of the best ways to immerse yourself in baseball, and in Episode 7, we'll discuss many of the best baseball books around.
After the news with Chris Cwik, author Tim Brown talks to me about co-authoring Imperfect with Jim Abbott, a book about the pitcher's amazing rise to prominence in baseball. Then, some of my best baseball friends recommend some of their favorite books.
And Jean Segura's efforts to change the definitions of good and bad in baseball makes him the MVP of my heart. Music: Mind Soaked, Dean Semotan
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Mon, 8 April 2013
In this episode of Stealing Home, the subjects of art and baseball intersect.
After the news with Mike Bates, artist Craig Robinson talks to us about his baseball artwork at FlipFlopFlyBall.
And illustrator Gary Cieradkowski shares the thoughts and themes behind his terrific site Infinite Baseball Card Set.
Then, we get a little help from probably the best show ever, The Wire, to search for the MVP of My Heart. Music: For the Club, eugenkiss |
Mon, 25 March 2013
In this episode of Stealing Home we take a peak at the uglier side of baseball, specifically violence.
After the news with Chris Cwik, Zach Bowers takes us back to a scary night in Cleveland.
Then contributor Michael Clair expounds on how Robin Ventura found that when you mess with the proverbial bull, you get the proverbial horns.
And Tom Gamboa is the MVP of My Heart. Music: |
Mon, 4 March 2013
In episode 4 of Stealing Home, we look at different fields of science, and how they intersect with baseball.
After the news with Bill Parker, we chat with Dr. Alan Nathan to discuss some of his findings while researching the physics of baseball.
We then talk with Ben Collin of BleacherWeather.com, whose doing some interesting fact-finding and presentation of weather and how it relates to baseball.
Then, injury writer Will Carroll comes on to talk about how he views the current state of injuries in MLB.
And Dock Ellis, for his accidental scientific breakthrough, is the MVP of my Heart. Music: Issues, Wizebeats |
Mon, 18 February 2013
For episode 3, we go international, and look at baseball in different countries of the world.
After the news with Aaron Gleeman, we chat with writer Jonah Keri about baseball in his hometown of Montreal.
Afterwords, we talk to Tom Fee. Tom is an organist and writer for the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League, and he tells us about his ascension into baseball fandom and Australian baseball in general.
Filmmaker John Fitzgerald joins us to talk about his work to bring an honest-to-goodness baseball field to a European country.
And we go outside the box a little with the MVP of My Heart, and look at a film that exposes some perhaps-unknown truths of baseball in the Dominican Republic. Music: Note Drop, Broke for Free |
Mon, 4 February 2013
In this episode, we explore baseball's long and storied relationship with music.
First, we look at the history of the game's oldest song, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, then discuss the news with Liz Roscher.
Then, writer Paul Swydan helps us discover references to baseball in contemporary music.
You've heard the music at the ballpark, but have you ever wondered who is charge of it? Chuck Morgan, who does the PA announcing and runs the music for the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, talks to us about his job now, and how its changed over the years.
We then talk to composer, conductor, and educator Jack Stamp, who wrote Pastime (A Salute to Baseball), one of the only pieces of classical music written about baseball.
Michael Clair then talks about his ... unique personal baseball playlist.
And finally, we hear from Bert Blyleven, the MVP of My Heart. |
Mon, 21 January 2013
In the inaugural episode of Stealing Home, we look at a topic near and dear to every baseball fan's heart, the numbers. We learn them, we memorize them, we obsess over them, we compare them. They are the glue that holds baseball together throughout the years. At the top of the show, we look at the incredible chase for the 1910 AL batting title between Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie, then talk some news with writer Mike Bates. We start off talking to Sean Forman, founder of the best tool on the Internet, Baseball Reference, about how the site got started, how far it's come, and where he sees it going in the future. Regular stats are all well and good, but what about all that other stuff? Who's keeping an eye on those outlying numbers? Well, Larry Granillo and Paul Lukas are, and we talk to both of them. The ushering in of the new era of advanced statistics shouldn't come as news to any baseball fan. Entire web sites are devoted to them, and baseball front offices are incorporating them like never before. Carson Cistulli, a writer and editor for stats-centric web site FanGraphs, talks a little about his history with this field, and how it links to his very prestigious degree. For the last segment, the MVP of My Heart, Scott Sheldon reminds us all that sometimes, to something cool, you need a little help. |
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