Episode 158 – Arky Quits…Kind Of (with special guest Steven Goldman)

Arky Vaughan was one of the most underappreciated superstars in history until his reputation was restored by Bill James. Vaughan’s disappearance has always been linked with an attempted players’ strike with the Dodgers in 1943 that occurred 77 years ago this week. But that’s not the whole story, as Mike and Bill discovered in talking to Steven Goldman, of Baseball Prospectus and The Infinite Inning. Plus, happy birthday to Tim Teufel and Willie Wilson!

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