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 • 198 episodes
Hooks & Runs
Latest Episodes
133 - (From the Archive) We Weren't Rained Out, We Were Rained In w/ Roger Metzger
Craig and Rex are taking a break in May giving them a change to feature some favorite episodes from the archives and you an chance to catch up on other episodes you may have missed or wish to revisit. This episode from early 2023 is...
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Season 6
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Episode 133
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1:15:27
247 - "A Stranger Among His Own Kind:" Rogers Hornsby (Texans in the Hall)
Rogers Hornsby won seven batting titles, hit .358 in his 23-year Major League career and remains the all-time batting average leader both among right handed hitters and in the National League. He managed the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals to franchis...
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Season 6
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Episode 247
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47:59
246 - Remembering the St. Louis Browns w/ Ed Wheatley
Ed Wheatley, president of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society, joins us this week to discuss the Browns, an American League team from 1902 to 1953. Wheatley is the co-author of "St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team" (Reedy Press 20...
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Season 6
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Episode 246
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55:40
245 - Disco Was Fun! Baseball, Music & Culture in 1978 w/ David Krell
David Krell is author of "1978: Baseball and America in the Disco Era," (University of Nebraska Press, 2025). His book explores the wild 1978 major league season with features on the American League East race that went to a 163rd game, iconic p...
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Season 6
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Episode 245
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54:18
244 - Power Outage! The 1979 Houston Astros
This week, Craig and Rex take a deep dive into the 1979 Houston Astros, the only team since 1947 to hit fewer than 50 home runs while posting a winning record and also the last team to hit more triples than home runs in a single season. Also, T...
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Season 6
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Episode 244
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56:25