Hooks & Runs
Hooks & Runs is a podcast about baseball, music and culture. Our podcast includes interviews with news makers in the sports and music world plus commentary from the co-hosts on interesting current and historical events. Hooks & Runs releases a new episodes every Thursday (more or less).
Podcasting since 2020 • 206 episodes
Hooks & Runs
Latest Episodes
254 - Frank Robinson is Underrated (Texans in the Hall)
Frank Robinson was born in Beaumont, Texas, raised in Oakland, California, and established himself among baseball's most feared hitter and fierest competitors for over a decade. Robinson had over 2,900 hits, hit 586 home runs and drove in over ...
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Season 6
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Episode 254
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44:37
253 - Microbets, 1980's Baseball Cards, and Fare Thee Well to Ozzy
This week on the show, baseball's microbets scandal, another Topps pack - this time from 1986 - and Ozzy's "farewell" concert.See the two Luis Ortiz pitches in question
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Season 6
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Episode 253
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52:31
252 - Jaws at 50 w/ Cassandra Hager
Film critic Cassandra Hager (Cinefied) joins us this week to reflect on "Jaws," released 50 years ago last month.Cassandra Hager on Cinefied - https://www.cinefied.com/cassandra...
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Season 6
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Episode 252
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53:05
251 - Talking Talking Heads w/ Jonathan Gould
Jonathan Gould's latest book is "Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock" (Meridian Books 2025). Gould has previously written books about The Beatles and Otis Redding -- his shorter works appear in The...
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Season 6
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Episode 251
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1:01:28
250 - The Clout or an Out Club
Three players in big league history have more than one career home run but no other hits. Two were players that got only a cup of coffee or two in the big leagues; the third, believe it or not, was a pitcher. We have their stories. Plus - the R...
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Season 6
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Episode 250
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55:08