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February 2025

Interview #57: Quacked on Padres
Bryson Breedlove on baseball, sobriety and spontaneous pneumothorax
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What Happened to the White Sox?!
Check in on your friends and see how they’re really doing, before it’s too late.
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Interview #56: Sports Emmy-Winner Matthew Searle
And current Mets Entertainment Statistician
Interview #55: Liz McGuire, Topps Card
As Kruk and Kuip would say, she's a "gamer"

January 2025

The Salary Cap Won't Stop the Dodgers
Cheap owners will still be cheap, rich owners will still buy everything
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Interview #54: All about No-Hitters
Author Kevin Hurd talks about his 2-volume "From Randy Johnson to Dallas Braden: No-hitters Beyond the Box Score"
The Hall of Fame voting is fine
With a few unfortunate exceptions, the Hall of Fame voting process is the best option we have
Interview #53: A Civil Steroid Era Discussion
A chat with Dan Good, author of "Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever"
2025 Road Trip #5: The Grand Tour
How one could see all 30* MLB teams in 46 days this season (*but 29 parks)
2025 Road Trip #4: Hall of Fame Pilgrimage
July 22-29: Induction Weekend in this baseball history-focused weeklong road trip
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