Season 3, Episode 1: In this episode: Ohtani’s signing with the Dodgers; Detroit’s new pitchers Jack Flaherty and Kenta Maeda along with Andrew Chafin; Automated Balls and Strikes (a.k.a. RoboUmp); and a book review of “Singles and Smiles” the story of PCL and Negro Leagues star Artie Wilson; and congrats to Hall of Famer Jim Leyland. We’ll also talk about
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Singles and Smiles: How Artie Wilson broke baseball’s color barrier Book’s Author: Gaylon H. White Having recently read Singles and Smiles, it’s a book you’ll enjoy especially if you like the Pacific Coast League (PCL) of the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s and beyond. Artie Wilson was a terrific ballplayer. He was the consummate singles-hitter; a hit-it-where-they-ain’t type of
Season 1, Episode 13: In this episode: Part 2 of an interview with Pacific Coast League fan Ron Bolstad. Topics include: the 1958 Yankees, 3-generations of no-hitters: Virgil Trucks, Jack Morris, Justin Verlander; being a bat boy for the 1953 Chicago Whitesox; the 2012 World Series: Giants vs. Tigers; renaming the PCL to Triple-AAA West; and the Hollywood Stars. Also
Season 1, Episode 12: In this episode: Part 1 of an interview with Pacific Coast League fan Ron Bolstad. Topics include: Los Angeles Angels and Hollywood Stars of the PCL, announcers Mel Allen and Red Barber, Oregon State Beavers’ Baseball, 1958 Dodgers, Sandy Koufax, Warren Spahn, San Francisco’s Seal Stadium, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, 1957 All Star Game in St.