Hooks & Runs
This 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.
Podcasting since 2020 • 165 episodes
Hooks & Runs
Latest Episodes
217 - We are Getting Worried About Justin Verlander
Justin Verlander is struggling in his latest return from the injury list. Roger Maris would have celebrated his 90th birthday in the 10th -- he died in 1985. We noticed a lot of pretty famous people were born or grew up Maris's home town of Hib...
September 12, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 217
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30:15
216 - Celebrating the Baseball Road Trip w/ Timothy Malcolm
Timothy Malcolm wrote the newly revised and updated, "Moon Baseball Road Trips: The Complete Guide to All the Ballparks, with Beer, Bites, and Sights Nearby" (Moon Travel, 2024) being released September 10. He joins us this week to talk about b...
September 05, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 216
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54:48
215 - Close But No Cigar I: Bobby Mathews, 297 Career Wins
Bobby Mathews pitched in three major leagues from 1871 to 1887 and ended his career with 297 career wins. Why did he stop playing when he was so close to 300? This episode looks into Mathews' career as well as wins as a statistical category and...
August 29, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 215
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26:01
214 - The 1961 Phillies: A Cavalcade of Losses
On August 6, 2024, the dreadful Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland A's 5-1 at the Coliseum. This win snapped a 21-game losing streak, the longest losing streak in the Majors in 36 years. The Philadelphia Phillies own the modern record losing st...
August 24, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 214
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42:16
213 - Talking 1890 Players League Blues w/ Robert Ross
Professor Robert Ross, author of The Great Baseball Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League (2016) joins us this week to discuss the first attempt at unionization by Major League players -- the Brotherhood of Professional ...
August 15, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 213
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56:37