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 • 188 episodes
Hooks & Runs
Latest Episodes
238 - Artie Shaw's Nightmare: The Big Band Sound Goes to War w/ Michael Doyle
Author and journalist Michael Doyle's new book, Nightmare in the Pacific: The World War II Saga of Artie Shaw and His Navy Band (Univ. of North Texas Press, 2025) is an adventurous tale and a must read. Shaw, a leading big band leader ...
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Season 6
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Episode 238
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53:35
237 - Bugs Raymond, the Overlooked for Cooperstown, Kendrick's Halftime & Beyonce's Grammy
Bugs Raymond battled alcoholism while pitching for the Tigers, Cardinals and Giants as well as several minor league teams during the early Deadball Era -- this week we discuss Raymond's difficult and tragic life in baseball and afterwards. In C...
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Season 6
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Episode 237
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51:35
236 - Jim Gilliam: Replaceable in March, Irreplaceable in October w/ Stephen W. Dittmore
Stephen W. Dittmore's book, "Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger," (August Publications, 2025) hit bookstores this week and it's a good one. Dittmore joins us this week to talk about the man who won the 1953 National League's Rookie of the Year A...
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Season 6
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Episode 236
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45:06
235 - Texans in the Hall: Ross Youngs w/ David King
Journalist and author David King joins us in part 1 to talk about Ross Youngs, who was born in Shiner, Texas, in 1897, and later played 10 seasons for John McGraw's New York Giants. In that time he was a key player on four National League penna...
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Season 6
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Episode 235
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53:45