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Hooks & Runs — 256 episodes · page 1 of 3
304 - Texans in the Hall: Nolan Ryan (We'll Meet Again)
303 - Bob Dylan Comes to Town: Dylan in Cincinnati w/ Graley Herren
302 - Never Enough Versions, Labor Wars and the First Immaculate Inning
301 - Celebrity Deaths, Kyle Tucker, George van Haltren, MTV Ridiculousness, and Baseball Cards
300 - Take This Job and Shove It.
299 - The Al Rosen Phenomenon: That One Glorious Season (or Two)
298 - Texans in the Hall: Louis Santop and Biz Mackey w/ Thomas Kern
297 - Baseball on the South Side After the Black Sox, 1920-26 w/ Bruce S. Allardice
296 - The 9-Online Virtual Baseball Conference w/ Willie Steele plus We Don't Like AI Music
295 - Baseball Back in the Day w/ John Ferling
294 - Castle Rat, Truth About Ruth, Portland vs SLC, and Remembering LaSalle's Vacay to our County
293 - Chicago, 1933: A Look at MLB's First All-Star Game w/ Randall Sullivan
292 - College Sports is Looking a Lot Like 19th Century Baseball w/ John A. Fortunato
291 - Charlie Ferguson: "A Great Forgotten Star of the 19th Century" w/ Paul Hofmann
290 - Baseball's First Worst to First: the 1890 Louisville Cyclones w/ Perry T. Cooper
289 - The Battle of the Ratts: On Wander Franco, Shohei Ohtani, Avatar Ozzy, New Music and More
288 - Baseball and Busing in 1970s Boston w/ David Faflik
287: An Historic 24 Innings in Boston w/ John McMurray plus Blue Dot Fever Hits the Music World
286 - The Magical 1926 St. Louis Cardinals w/ Kevin J. Abing
285 - Texans in the Hall: Tris Speaker
Talking Kansas City: Baseball, BBQ and Ballparks w/ Mike Czerniewski
Musings from the Bleacher Seats: Ballparks and America's Pastime w/ Seth S. Tannenbaum (283)
282 - On Baseball's First Superstar w/ Thomas W. Gilbert
281 - "A Most Dramatic Diamond Struggle"
280 - Texans in the Hall: Joe Williams, Andy Cooper and Hilton Smith w/ Thomas Kern
279 Five future generals and 1915 Army baseball w/ Dr. Stephen V. Rice, plus Ferris Fain was a gangster
278 -- The one and onlys, the Grammy Awards and Rex pulls a HOF rookie card!
277 - Buried by History: the 1941 Philadelphia Phillies w/ Justin Klugh
276 - Long Hours, Low Pay and Legendary Music w/ Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records
275 - Wolverines, Free Agents and the Hooks & Runs Best Albums of 2025
274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio
273 - Podcast News, Baseball Moves, Guns & Roses
272 - The Spirit of Radio w/ Dave South
271 - Hard Caps, Soft Caps, Salary Floors and Baseball Cards
270 - "Second Base? That's My Best Position!" w/ Trenidad Hubbard
269 - Ralph Branca: Baseball's Everyman w/ Bob Mitchell
268 - Baseball & Music w/ Bill Nowlin
267 - The 1971 Astros and the Art of What If w/ Samuel Barrett
266 - Benny Kauff: "An Apparent Injustice Has Been Done"
265 - "They All Though I Was Crazy Anyway" w/ Scipio Spinks
264 - Texans in the Hall: Joe Morgan
263 - The Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker Gambling Scandal of 1926 w/ Dan Taylor
262 - Rube and Bill Foster: Texans in the Hall
261 - The Bill Bevens Story: As Close as you Can Get
260 - Bo Belinsky: Everything Has a Price w/ David Krell
259 - Texans in the Hall: Eddie Mathews
258 - "I Was a Kid Too Back Then" w/ Rick Wise
257 - MLB's Microbet Investigation Snares an All-Star.
256 - Southwest Conference Baseball w/ Bo Carter
255 - Major League Baseball Needs to Think Globally
254 - Frank Robinson is Underrated (Texans in the Hall)
253 - Microbets, 1980's Baseball Cards, and Fare Thee Well to Ozzy
252 - Jaws at 50 w/ Cassandra Hager
251 - Talking Talking Heads w/ Jonathan Gould
250 - The Clout or an Out Club
249 - He Went Two for Five the Next Game w/ Beverly Winter-Donaho
248 - Ernie Banks: Absurdly Simple & Impossibly Complex (Texans in the Hall) w/ Doug Wilson
Ep. 47 - They Were All in Love with Songs w/ Tamara Saviano (From the Vault)
133 - We Weren't Rained Out, We Were Rained In w/ Roger Metzger (From the Vault)
247 - "A Stranger Among His Own Kind:" Rogers Hornsby (Texans in the Hall)
246 - Remembering the St. Louis Browns w/ Ed Wheatley
245 - Disco Was Fun! Baseball, Music & Culture in 1978 w/ David Krell
244 - Power Outage! The 1979 Houston Astros
243 - Trouble in Tampa Bay: Maybe the Rays Are Not Getting Their New Stadium After All w/ Dr. Elizabeth Strom
242 - Disturbed Concert Stories, 2025 MLB Predictions, and Tommy (the Film)
241 - The Hard Luck 11: Pitchers that threw 9+ inning, complete game 1-hitters and lost
240 - Texans in the Hall: Greg Maddux, plus, Arenado, Rose, Golden State Entertainment and Tales of the Tape.
239 - Willie McCovey: Remembering a Forgotten Superstar w/ Chris Haft
238 - Artie Shaw's Nightmare: The Big Band Sound Goes to War w/ Michael Doyle
237 - Bugs Raymond, the Overlooked for Cooperstown, Kendrick's Halftime & Beyonce's Grammy
236 - Jim Gilliam: Replaceable in March, Irreplaceable in October w/ Stephen W. Dittmore
235 - Texans in the Hall: Ross Youngs w/ David King
234 - The Miracle Braves of 1914, part 2
233 - The Miracle Braves of 1914, Part 1
106 - Baseball Rebels w/ Professor Peter Dreier (From the Vault)
46/50 - From the Vault: Our Interview with Larry Lester and the Best and Worst Super Bowl Halftime Performances (From the Vault)
232 - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: The 1973 New York Mets w/ Len Ferman, The Sports Time TravelerTM
231 - The 2024 Hooks & Runs Year End Music Review
230 - Lou Gehrig Goes to Hollywood
229 - Texans in the Hall: Willie Wells, "El Diablo," Was Ahead of His Time w/ Dr. Bob Luke
228 - Close But No Cigar III: Sam Rice, 2,987 career hits.
227 - Gavy Cravath: The Deadball Era's Home Run King w/ Rick Reiff
226 - Baseball's Most Unusual Feats
225 - Heroes, Villains and Fools: Baseball and Theater in the Deadball Era w/ Travis Stern
224 - The Professor's Mysterious Concoction
223 - Close But No Cigar II: Barry Bonds, 1,996 RBI
222 - Rex Trolls Craig's Pre-Season Predictions: "You Might As Well Have Run Over Him With a Truck"
221 - The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies
220 - In an Instant It Was All Gone: The Ray Chapman Story w/ Scott H. Longert
219 - Myths, Legends and Pete Browning, Baseball's Original Louisville Slugger w/ Tim Newby
218 - The Flying Dutchman, Honus Wagner w/ Arthur D. Hittner
217 - We are Getting Worried About Justin Verlander
216 - Celebrating the Baseball Road Trip w/ Timothy Malcolm
215 - Close But No Cigar I: Bobby Mathews, 297 Career Wins
214 - The 1961 Phillies: A Cavalcade of Losses
213 - Talking 1890 Players League Blues w/ Robert Ross
212 - Ken Johnson Has a Secret
211 - The Money Went Dry, The Liquor Went Wet: The Life & Times of Bob Caruthers w/ Dave Heller
210 - Craig Goes to Cleveland.
209 - Rex Goes to Minute Maid