All Episodes

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

208 - We Are Not Miracle Workers: The Post-Beryl Episode

207 - Fourth of July Fireworks and 20-Game Losing All-Stars

206 - 1901 and the Chaotic Birth of Modern Baseball w/ Timothy J. Zarley

205 - Baseball at War: Working and Playing Ball in the Bethlehem Steel League w/ William Ecenbarger

204 - Sid Needed Floppy Shoes: The Road to Almost w/ Darryl Rhoades

203 - Magical Matagorda Bay w/ Kimberly Ridley

202 - They've Got a Show About Everything!

201 - One Year Wonders - Closers Edition

200 - Baseball and National Tragedy: The RFK Assassination w/ Fred Frommer

199 - The Good, the Not Really That Bad and the Ultimately Ugly

198 - Johnny Mize: Born to Hit w/ Jerry Grillo

197 - Bill Veeck, The Second Act w/ Dan Helpingstine

196 - If You're Going to Let Foreigner in You Might as Well Let Them All In

195 - Looking Back at Houston's 1963 All-Rookie Lineup

194 - West Texas Baseball: The Alpine Cowboys and the Pecos League w/ Kristin Cavness

193 - The Hooks & Runs American League Preview w/ Bayleigh Von Schneider

192 - The Hooks & Runs National League Preview w/ Sara Sanchez

191 - Hound Dog: The Song that Changed Popular Music and America w/ Ben Wynne

190 - The Jason Lane Phenomenon: Every Pitcher Tells a Story

189 - Baseball, Chemical Warfare and The Great War w/ Jim Leeke

82 - Rube Waddell Would Make A Hell of a Movie w/ Prof. Alan H. Levy (Jan. 2022)

188 - Fast Car, the Super Bowl, and Tik Tok Stories

187 - There's Something Special About Baseball w/ Harris Cooper, Ph.D.

186 - "I've Got Babe Ruth" The Old Ballparks Project, Part 3

185 - Finding Our Voices on College Radio w/ Katherine Rye Jewell

184 - Class Warfare in Detroit!: The Old Ballparks Project, Part 2

183 - Len Koenecke's Sad and Tragic Trip Home w/ Bill Lamb

182 - Mr. Johnson's Blues: The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson w/ Julia Simon

181 - "It's Kinda Emo:" The 2023 Hooks & Runs Year-End Music Review

180 - When Your Cosplay Turns Into the Truth

179 - Ohtani is a Dodger and Astros are at the Crossroads

178 - Called Up to the Major Leagues w/ Zak Ford

177 - Who is the Baseball Equivalent to Percy Sledge or Journey?

176 - Chopped and Screwed: Houston's Hip Hop Heritage w/ Langston Collin Wilkins

175 - Classic Rock and the Pros & Cons of Nostalgia w/ Bob Ruggiero

174 - Todd Haynes, Bob Dylan and "I'm Not There" w/ Noah Tsika

173 - You Can't Make the World Series Playing Like the Mets at Home Apparently

172 - They Were Two People Desperate to Stay in the Game w/ Bob LeMoine

171 - In Baseball, Anything Can Happen w/ Mike Felder

170 - How the West Was Won

169 - John Glenn, Ted Williams and the Power of Friendship w/ Adam Lazarus

168 - Moe Berg: Good Field, No Hit, All American w/ Katie Sanders

167 - College Football Preview: It's All an Arms Race w/ Gabey Lucas

166 - From Rural Texas to Aggieland to Dodger Stadium w/ Doug Rau

165 -Suds Series Stories w/ J. Daniel

164 - You're Playing to Win, You're Rebuilding, or You're the Cubs

163 - A Journey Through Mallparks w/ Prof. Michael T. Friedman

162 - Would You Trade Shohei Ohtani?

161 - A Summer Spectacular w/ Bill Rogan & Erik McLaren

160 - Astro Fans May be a Little Spoiled

159 - Hidden Histories: Baseball's Deadball Era Photographs w/ Jim Chapman

158 - Too Many Injured Pitchers for Comfort

157 - Steely Dan, Quantum Criminals & the Reality of What Is w/ Joan LeMay

156 - Baseball, Literature and "The Body Scout" w/ Lincoln Michel

155 - The Oakland A's vs the Mendoza Line

154 - Fernandomania Revisited w/ Erik Sherman

153 - Jose Altuve Returns!

152 - R.E.M.'s Murmur at 40 w/ Tony Fletcher

151 - You Can't Get Revenge for November by Winning the Next April

150 - The RRHoF Episode: We Can't Have Too Many Rock Bands

149 - You Gotta Be Smart to Play This Game w/ Bill Bonham

148 - Baseball Is the Story of America w/ Derick McDuff

147 - Looking Back: The Top Ten Astro Prospects of 2013

146 - The Game Is Designed to Beat You Up w/ Lee Lowenfish

145 - The Automotive Industry is Not Coming Back to Detroit and Neither is Baseball

144 - Bill Virdon's Baseball Life w/ David Jerome & Shirley Virdon

143 - The Rays Are Getting Their New Stadium w/ Dr. Elizabeth Strom

142 - The 1919 Black Sox w/ Jacob Pomrenke

141 - Checking in on MLB's Top Ten Off-Season Stories

140 - Hey, That's Not Fleetwood Mac! w/ Rich Engler

139 - Free Agency Watch, Waters' Dark Side and Rihanna's 15 Minutes

138 - Béisbol, Fiestas y Monster Dogs w/ Jesús Granados

137 - Silver Springs Forever

136 - The 1969 Seattle Pilots & the Early Expansion Era w/ Andy McCue

135 - You Can Either Be A Sports Writer or You Can Be An Expert

134 - An Inside Look at College Radio w/ Ana Cubas

133 - We Weren't Rained Out, We Were Rained In w/ Roger Metzger

132 - The Hooks & Runs Best of 2022 Year-End Music Review

131 - Bowl Preview & Predictions w/ Amy Weinland Daughters

130 - Don't Pay for Past Performance w/ Alex Boyajian

129 - Frostbite in August and other Bizarre Baseball Injuries

128 - On Anonymous Club, the Film w/ Danny Cohen

127 - The Old Ballparks Project, Part I

126 - Culture Turns Out to Win in the Long Run w/ Matt Harlan

125 - The Astros Won the World Series Title This Weekend

124 - Philadelphia Rain and Taylor Swift's Midnights

123 - World Series Preview Plus Who Needs Elton John Anyway?

122 - The Ones Complaining Are the Ones That Lost w/ Alex Boyajian

121 - About That Yordan Alvarez Home Run!

120 - We Are Not Meteorologists

119 - Dylan's "Time Out of Mind" at 25 w/ Prof. Quentin Miller

Ep 118 - They Hadn't All Been Shot

Ep 117 - Who is Aaron Judge Really Chasing?

Ep. 116 - You Didn't Tell Me There Would Be Snakes

Ep. 115 - On College Football's Changing Landscape w/ Grant McGalliard (Purple Theory)

Ep. 114 - The Dog Days Find 14 Teams Chasing 7 Playoff Bids

Ep. 113 - The Ringworm vs The 340 Million Dollar Man

Ep 112 - In the Cold Grey Light of Dawn

Ep. 111 - Juan Soto (Age 23) is a Padre and Other Trade Deadline Adventures

Ep. 110 - Does Houston Really Need to Trade for Josh Bell - or Anyone?

Ep. 109 - A Blood Red (Mid)Summer (Classic)

Ep 108 - The Wax Pack (Ep. 36) w/ Professor Brad Balukjian

Ep. 107 - Bert Shepard, Lou Brissie & Baseball During World War II

Ep. 106 - Baseball Rebels w/ Professor Peter Dreier

Ep. 105 - First Home Run Ball Exchange Rates and Other Tall Tales

Ep. 104 - When Sport Defeated Law: The Curt Flood Case w/ Prof. Jeremi Duru

Ep. 103 - Andrew's Ryan Pressly Anxiety Exposed!

Ep. 102 - SST Records & The Sound of the Underground w/ Jim Ruland

Ep. 101 - Exile on Main Street at 50 w/ Christian Bonner & Tim Lindsey

Ep. 100 - Crane & Cashman, Beyond the Thunderdome!

Ep. 99 - Keeping the Faith & Wildest Dreams

Ep 98 - If You Miss Pitchers Hitting, Check Out the Astro Catchers

Ep. 97 - Were We Too Stupid to Find Out How Phones Work?

Ep. 96 - Is Giving Up an Intentional Walk with the Bases Loaded a Winning Move?

Ep. 95 - What Might Have Been for Clayton Kershaw w/ Avery Hamel

Ep 94 - Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Is Absolutely Terrifying (AL Preview) w/ Bayleigh Von Schneider

Ep. 93 - "I'm Just Presuming the Rockies Don't Have a Plan" (NL Preview) w/ Sara Sanchez

Ep. 92 - The Post-Lockout Free Agency Cavalcade

Ep. 91 - Play Ball!

Ep. 90 - We Finally Talk About the Lockout and it Ends Two Days Later, Go Figure

Ep. 89 - Less About the Individual Song; More About the Brand w/ Mike Ethan Messick

Ep. 88 -- Please Do Not Burn Down the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Ep. 87 - Keep your Philandering Discrete and Other Life Lessons from the Show

Ep. 86 - On the Decline in African American Participation in Baseball w/ Kahron Spearman

Ep. 85 - Andrew Has Pitchfork in Hand But Is Not Ready to March Just Yet

Ep 84 - NFL Owners Duking It Out at Midfield and Other Overtime Ideas

Ep. 83 - "I Want to See Everything," w/ Rich O'Toole

Ep. 82 - Rube Waddell Would Make A Hell of a Movie w/ Prof. Alan H. Levy

Ep. 81: Bowl Prediction and WAR Draft Results

Ep. 80 - Piano Legs, Sliding Billy, Piggy and Wahoo: Baseball's Oldest Records Pt. 2

Ep 79 - The Hooks & Runs Best of 2021 Year-End Music Review

Ep. 78 - The 2021 Bowl Preview w/ Amy Daughters

Ep. 77 - Bridegrooms, Orphans and Perfectos! Oh My!

Ep. 76 - A Baseball Season When Hitters Reigned Supreme w/ Lew Freedman

Ep. 75 - If It's Something That Happens, It's Going to Be a Sad Day In Baltimore

Ep. 74 - Roller Derby & Sci-Fi & Coaching Carousels & Moneyball

Ep. 73 - 14 Runs, 7 Hits, 3 Walks, 1 HBP and 5 Senator Errors Later

Ep. 72 - Seeing the World Through Baseball w/ Cousin Wolf (Matt Halvorson)

Ep. 71 - The Quest for a Gentleman's C

Ep. 70 - Hooks & Runs Returns!

Ep. 68 - Do We Have Your Attention?

Ep 67 - He's Leading the Majors in Walks While Hitting .157

Ep 66 - People are Hungry for Live Music w/ Cillea Houghton

Ep. 63 - I Want Anthony Rizzo Chirpin' at Freddie Freeman w/ Kevin Edelson (Closer Monkey)

Ep 61 - Dodger Stadium Should Not Exist w/ Eric Nusbaum

Ep. 59 - The Chicago Cubs & the N. L. Central w/ Sara Sanchez

Ep. 52 - I Dig Attitude More Than the Sound of It w/ Country Westerns

Ep 51 - Triathlons w/ Tiffany & Caitlin; Whiskey Jam w/ Ward Guenther

Ep. 50 - Modern Spins on Country Themes w/ Angela Stefano

Ep. 47 - They Were All in Love with Songs w/ Tamara Saviano

Ep. 46 - A Journey Through the Negro Leagues w/ Larry Lester

Ep. 45A - Shavermetrics w/ Scott Russell and Bill "Spaceman" Lee (Radio Edit)

Ep. 44 - The Genre is Out of the Bottle w/ Adam Gussow

Ep. 43 - The Hooks & Runs Year-End Music Review

Ep. 36 - 11,341 Miles, 123 Cups of Coffee and the Wax Pack w/ Brad Balukjian

Ep. 34 - If You Take Batting Practice There You're Gonna Have to Fight Rattlesnakes w/ Bill Rogan