Within a few days of one another this week, the baseball world discovered it had lost both Tom Seaver and Lou Brock. So, this week, Mike and Bill look back at the incredible life and career of one of baseball’s great speedsters, and his connections to possibly the greatest pitcher of all time. Plus, happy…

Baseball is a game that is most often passed down from one generation to the next. But some of those handoffs are more effective than others, like with the the Griffeys, Kens Sr. and Jr., who hit back-to-back homers 30 years ago this week, the first and only time a father and son have done…

“If I’da known he was gonna throw one, I’da thrown one, too,” Dizzy Dean told reporters after his brother Paul tossed a no-hitter in the nightcap of a double header 86 years ago this week, allowing three fewer hits than Diz had in the opener. Mike and Bill look back at the larger than life…

As darkness fell on Wrigley Field 82 years ago this week, Gabby Hartnett came through with one of the most famous homers in baseball history, which propelled the Cubs into the lead in the National League. Mike and Bill look back on the life and career of the vastly underrated Hartnett, the game and homer…

Major League hitters must feel a little safer this week, as perhaps the most intimidating pitcher of all time, Bob Gibson, left us at the age of 84. Mike and Bill pay tribute to the fallen Cardinal and inner circle Hall of Famer as a pitcher and civil rights icon who was so good he…

The unquestioned ace of the most successful franchise in baseball history, Whitey Ford was an icon who battled almost constant injuries to become a World Series legend and an inner circle Hall of Famer. He is the latest casualty of what has been a brutal October for MLB Hall of Famers. Mike and Bill give…

Joe Morgan faced down critics who thought a little man couldn’t excel in big league ball, and racists who didn’t want to let him to become the best second baseman in baseball history. After his passing, Mike and Bill recount the unlikely rise of The Little General to become a back-to-back MVP winner and the…

When relations between the United States and Japan broke down in the prelude to WWII, no one was more despondent than Lefty O’Doul, who had fallen in love with and become an unlikely icon in the island nation. As the two nations tried to repair their relationship, Lefty was called on 71 years ago this…

Ken Caminiti was one of the most tragic and most controversial players of the last 30 years. His rise from perfectly good third baseman to true superstar was fueled by PEDs, and his life was cut short by substance abuse. Mike and Bill welcome special guest Joe Vasile (@joevasilePBP), whose new podcast, Secondary Lead, chronicles…

With the Black Sox scandal threatening to ruin Major League Baseball, team owners knew they needed to clean up their sport. And 100 years ago this week, they found the man to do it: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. But the last century has not been kind to the man once credited with saving baseball. Mike…