A couple of tragic baseball deaths today for you, and the full story of Jim Creighton's rise to stardom and what he brought to baseball in his brief, tragic career, as well as side tracks into things like 1860s cricket play and the evolution of the called strike.

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This week begins as another installment of the '19 K Club' series, but soon sidetracks into Ernie Shore's non-perfect game; Babe Ruth slugging an umpire; Slam Agnew's and Pinch Thomas' nicknames; a whole lot about Luis Tiant, and game six of the 1975 World Series.

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We continue the mini series of pitchers who've struck out 19 or more hitters in a single game with Steve Carlton, but also the usual sidetracks into all sorts of weirdness- Noodles Hahn, the reserve clause, the 1972 players' strike, and more.

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This excellent mini series continues, covering two more pitchers who struck out 19 or more players in a single major league game, Tom Cheney and Luis Tiant, but there also sidetracks as usual. In fact, there are more sidetracks than ever! Indy and Berns veer off into Fidel Castro and Cuban amateur baseball, the history of Indy's last name, the career of the elder Luis Tiant... and plenty more.

(...AND AS A BONUS, you even get a bumping sound off and on during the whole episode, since it turns out Indy's mike stand kept banging the table edge whenever anyone would move)

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The second in the mini series covering those players in MLB History who have struck out 19 or more batters in one game. Today we start off still in 1884 with Charlie Sweeney, but we have the usual sidetracks into things like Sloppy Thurston, Old Hoss Radbourn, and winning games out of spite.

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Because of illness and daily life just getting a little overwhelming, we unfortunately can't release an episode today, but we'll be back next Sunday, and then continue all summer long every other week like always.

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The first episode in a mini series on those pitchers who've struck out 19 or more batters in a major league game, but it also has several cool sidetracks into other things- like Prince Hal Newhouser and his grand nephew's kindness, the Independent 1880 New York Mets, and pitchers who won 180+ games before they turned 30. Another instant classic!

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Another installment of the 1970s Sluggers mini series for you, kicking off with a long look at Jeff Burroughs, but also featuring loads of sidetracks into things like how to steal home according to Billy Martin, the etymology of Vic Power's name, Cleveland's 10c beer night- and also Cleveland's 5c beer night (which often gets overlooked), a surprising Joe DiMaggio stat, and more!

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