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		<title>2026 Toronto Blue Jays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.mlb.com/bluejays">Jays</a> were one hit away from winning the 2025 World Series. Can they repeat as American League Champs and return to the Fall Classic? We <a href="https://youtu.be/IldNy4Py_V4?si=fuZcD1LaCaA27kjx">celebrate</a> Opening Day and make our 2026 Playoff predictions.</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.baseballphd.net/minicast/2013-minicast-ed-kasputis-phd-ceremony.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ed Kasputis</a> interviews <a href="http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Baseballs-Last-Great-Scout,675666.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dan Austin</a> about his <a href="https://youtu.be/Hwg6k7Bk67c?si=U8ud3ssMPCPGrPpD">book</a>, <a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/unpresssamples/165/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em><strong>Baseball&#8217;s Last Great Scout: The Life of Hugh Alexander.</strong></em></a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>World Baseball Classic Recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A great tournament has concluded. Congratulations to Team Venezuela. Ed Kasputis interviews the <a href="https://youtu.be/nPvRJgPIU5M?si=5EkGTOPn74ms_f6s">Honorable Louis Schiff</a> about the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic">2026 World Baseball Classic</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>2026 Minicast Jaime Jarrin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Ed Kasputis interviews Latino baseball historian, Anthony Salazar about <a href="http://youtu.be/ArWa8WD9AZo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jaime Jarrin</a>, the Spanish voice of the <a href="http://youtu.be/kNaF--xN2JI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dodgers</a> since <a href="http://youtu.be/pbSLq3FEE9o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1959</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 800</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>We celebrate our 800th episode as Ed reports back from the World Baseball Classic in Miami as he and Farley remember our first 800 episodes. The podcast concludes as Ed interviews <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jared-diamond">Jared Diamond</a> from <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">The Wall Street Journal</a> about his recent articles about baseball.</p>



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<p>Ed Kasputis interviews author, <a href="http://www.timwendel.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tim Wendel</a> about his book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summer-68-Changed-Baseball-America-Forever/dp/B00ANYI8SO" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em><strong>Summer of &#8217;68: The Season That Changed Baseball &#8211; and America &#8211; Forever</strong></em></a>.</p>



<p>From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of <a href="http://youtu.be/lQbLW9mDdbI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funera</a>l. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the <a href="http://youtu.be/lmc2EzkRDkI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">assassination of Robert Kennedy</a> was later followed by rioting at the <a href="http://youtu.be/MnqMTcdbGpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Democratic National Convention</a> in <a href="http://youtu.be/-kyNvEsQxns" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chicago</a>. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher.”</p>



<p>Meanwhile in Detroit—which had burned just the summer before during one of the worst riots in American history—’68 instead found the city rallying together behind a colorful Tigers team led by <a href="http://youtu.be/0uyd_VsWiNo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denny McLain</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/JuCVNqmIK7w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mickey Lolich</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/4H46nf9gvG4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Willie Horton</a>, and <a href="http://youtu.be/_bKqWmrKbpw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Al Kaline</a>. The Tigers would finish atop the American League, setting themselves on a highly anticipated <a href="http://youtu.be/PAMBM7YaEvQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">collision course</a> with <a href="http://youtu.be/23iuiG2ZWuY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bob Gibson’s Cardinals</a>.</p>]]></description>
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	<author>ideas@baseballphd.net (Baseball PhD)</author><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Ed Kasputis interviews author, Tim Wendel about his book, Summer of &amp;#8217;68: The Season That Changed Baseball &amp;#8211; and America &amp;#8211; Forever. From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher.” Meanwhile in Detroit—which had burned just the summer before during one of the worst riots in American history—’68 instead found the city rallying together behind a colorful Tigers team led by Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich, Willie Horton, and Al Kaline. The Tigers would finish atop the American League, setting themselves on a highly anticipated collision course with Bob Gibson’s Cardinals.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Ed Kasputis interviews author, Tim Wendel about his book, Summer of &amp;#8217;68: The Season That Changed Baseball &amp;#8211; and America &amp;#8211; Forever. From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher.” Meanwhile in Detroit—which had burned just the summer before during one of the worst riots in American history—’68 instead found the city rallying together behind a colorful Tigers team led by Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich, Willie Horton, and Al Kaline. The Tigers would finish atop the American League, setting themselves on a highly anticipated collision course with Bob Gibson’s Cardinals.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>PhD,Baseball,Ed,Kasputis,Farley,Dillinger,Mark,Rantala</itunes:keywords></item>
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		<title>2026 The Famous San Diego Chicken Re-broadcast</title>
		<link>https://www.baseballphd.net/podcast/2026-the-famous-san-diego-chicken-re-broadcast.html</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 04:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.famouschicken.com/photogalleryalbums.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Famous San Diego Chicken</a> is the Babe Ruth of sports mascots.  During this 39 minute interview, you&#8217;ll better understand how the genius of Ted Giannoulas has forever changed our ball park experience.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>2026 Longish Careers</title>
		<link>https://www.baseballphd.net/podcast/2026-longish-careers.html</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Our PhD Committee explores those players that had longish careers.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Shoeless Joe Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Let&#8217;s remember the man with the fourth highest batting average (.<a href="https://youtu.be/AtJXYrbPbu0?si=uXArDtJDJy-B2uPn">356</a>) in Major League Baseball History as Ed Kasputis interviews <a href="https://x.com/shoelesspodcast">Dan Wallach</a> from <a href="https://www.shoelesspodcast.com/">shoelesspodcast.com</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>2026 Presidents &amp; Baseball</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>As America prepared for the start of the 2016 Presidential Primary Season, our PhD Committee explored Presidents &amp; Baseball and paid homage to Jonathan the Tortoise, who is older than the game of baseball.</p>]]></description>
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