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 • 221 episodes
Hooks & Runs
Latest Episodes
269 - Ralph Branca: Baseball's Everyman w/ Bob Mitchell
Bob Mitchell is a retired professor, award winning advertising creative and tennis teaching pro. He has published 13 books and countless essays and articles, including his most recent book, "Ralph Branca and the Meaning of Life" (McFarland Pres...
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Season 6
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Episode 269
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48:53
268 - Baseball & Music w/ Bill Nowlin
Bill Nowlin was a co-founder of Rounder Records in the early 1960s and is a co-founder of Down the Road Records. He most recently co-edited "Native American Major Leaguers," (Society for American Baseball Research, 2025), with Rob Daugher...
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Season 6
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Episode 268
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1:01:47
267 - The 1971 Astros and the Art of What If w/ Samuel Barrett
Samuel Barrett is author of "Orange Crush: The Neglected 1971 Houston Astros" (Huntsville Independent Press 2025). Barrett examines the series of questionable player deals Houston GM Spec Richardson orchestrated during his tenure and attempts t...
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Season 6
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Episode 267
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53:13
266 - Benny Kauff: "An Apparent Injustice Has Been Done"
Ohio native Benny Kauff made his Major League debut in 1912. He jumped to the Federal League in 1914 where he emerged to stand among that circuit's best hitters. After the Federal League folded, Kauff signed with John McGraw's New York Gi...
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Season 6
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Episode 266
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50:39
265 - "They All Though I Was Crazy Anyway" w/ Scipio Spinks
Scipio Spinks rose from junior college ball in Chicago to the Major Leagues with Houston and St. Louis. He pitched 5 seasons before injuries derailed his promising career. Spinks talks about his pitching in the late 60s and early 70s, the wind ...
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Season 6
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Episode 265
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52:37