This is, of course, not the first time baseball has come back in August. The first time it happened was 39 years ago this week, when the owners and the players finally agreed to resume the 1981 season after missing almost 40 percent of the regular season. Mike and Bill look at the reasons behind…
Another month, another engaging discussion with folks who, by now, almost seem like old friends, including Craig Calcaterra, formerly of NBC Sports. But there are some new friends too, and always room for more! If you’re interested in joining us next month, visit patreon.com/twibh. In this ep: Our favorite thing about baseball so far in…
Ray Chapman was the toast of Cleveland, until 100 years ago this week, when his life was tragically cut short by a Carl Mays fastball that crushed in his skull. Mike and Bill go through the lives of the star-crossed pair who would become forever linked in the history of the game, and the ramifications…
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…
When is a no-hitter not a no-hitter? When Fay Vincent decided, 29 years ago this week, that it shouldn’t be. Specifically, he decreed that any no-hitters shorter than nine full innings or that was broken up after the ninth no longer counted, consigning 50 no-hitters to the dustbin of history. That’s where Mike and Bill…
Ray Caldwell may have finally done enough to call down God’s judgment 101 years ago this week when, while making his first start for Cleveland, he was struck by lightning while on the mound, then got up and finished the game. At the request of Patron Francis Fay, Mike and Bill look back at Caldwell’s…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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