Showing results for "Play" in Baseball & Softball

An authoritative exploration of how Black Americans have shaped baseball from its emergence after the Civil War to the Negro Leagues and Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier, up to today’s game—by award-winning author Gerald Early in collaboration with the National Baseball Hall...

Every time you watch baseball, you’re watching more than just a game - you’re participating in the latest chapter of a compelling story. What began as the earliest bat-and-ball games became the favorite American pastime of the first 19th-century baseball games. Knowing how baseball came to be what it is today will add levels of enjoyment, respect, and appreciation to any game you watch.

Let's Play 162 is a Chicago Cubs baseball podcast that takes you on a trip down memory lane to relive the 2016 World Series-winning season. Each week, Chris Deeley and Jack Gallagher will watch one of all 162 games of the 2016 season, reminiscing about how the Cubs finally broke the Curse of the Billy Goat. From Anthony Rizzo, to Kris Bryant, to the random relief pitchers you barely remember, we'll discuss it all and enjoy one of the greatest campaigns in sporting history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Baseball enthusiast Leo tries to cover some of baseballs biggest stories while also uncovering interesting and obscure players and stats

In State of Play, 12-year Major League veteran, Emmy Award-winning MLB Network analyst, and best-selling author Bill Ripken breaks down these modern statistical methods to explain which ones make sense in the game's historical context, bringing them together with proven old-school strategies. He simplifies those sabermetric terms hastily added to the baseball lexicon without being fully realized, taking new-school confusion out of old-school baseball's tried-and-true common sense.

The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players, by acclaimed journalist Ron Rapoport. Ernie Banks, the first-ballot Hall of Famer and All-Century Team shortstop, played in fourteen All-Star...

Welcome to Triple Play Radio, hosted by Weston Whitfield and Max Butler. We are here to touch all the bags when it comes to baseball: the majors, college, card collecting, and everything in between. If you are anything like us, your love of the game doesn’t just stop at the big leagues, but it reaches into every aspect of the sport…and we aim to talk about all it! You can find us on Tuesdays and Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts. You can find the our show on Twitter @TriplePlayFM and you kind find me and Max @westkwhit and @Maxbutler1018. Catch ya on the next one, peace!

The DP Podcast is all things baseball right from a small town in southeast Kansas! Host of the podcast, Levi Ashmore, is a former college player, current head coach at Iola High School, and owner of a baseball lifestyle brand geared to bring Midwest folks something to be proud of and hang on to. Each week we will discuss the latest and greatest around baseball, talk baseball at all levels (pro, college, HS, youth), be an educational platform for our youth, and host several guests (current list is 40+) ranging from ex-teammates, opponents, coaches, and more!

Every year, hundreds of thousands of children play “Cal Ripken Baseball” in the largest division of Babe Ruth League, Inc. Play Baseball the Ripken Way is the ultimate guide to playing the game, by one of the sport’s living legends.

"Play Ball Marlins" es un podcast presentado por los miembros de la BBWAA, Yordano Carmona y Alfre Álvarez, que junto a la colaboración de Kevin Barral sumerge a los oyentes en el mundo del béisbol de los Miami Marlins. Desde el corazón de la Pequeña Habana, proporcionan un análisis exhaustivo de las noticias, entrenamientos y juegos, ofreciendo una visión privilegiada desde el terreno de juego.Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/play-ball-marlins--6147148/support.

World Series-winning MLB coach Rich Donnelly, a 30-year veteran of the game, breaks down the latest on the Pittsburgh Pirates while sharing incredible stories from the team’s rich history. Joined by seasoned sportscasters Bill Phillips and Don Sloan, this podcast delivers expert analysis, insider perspectives, and unforgettable moments from one of baseball’s most storied franchises.

As a columnist for Time magazine, among many other publications, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport across four decades. He takes us from Roberto Clemente clinching his 3,000th, and final, regular-season hit in Pittsburgh; to ringside for the Muhammad Ali - George Foreman fight in Zaire; and to Arthur Ashe announcing, at a news conference, that he'd tested positive for HIV.

Triple Play es el podcast en donde Alfonso Romo y Cristóbal Velarde, dos amantes de la pelota, se sientan a platicar del Rey de los Deportes; aquí encontrarás todo sobre MLB, estadísticas, predicciones, resutados, etc.

Welcome to the Final Play sports podcast, two friends sit down every week to have a conversation about sports. Hosts Blake and Gunnar break down the hottest topics in all of the sports with totally factual and evidence-based opinions.

The go-to show for Red Sox fans that drown out the screeching of the Greenline with their humming along to the tune that echoes April through October nights. Join Gordo, Sammy, and Pat as they break down every Red Sox game, headline, and rumor. It's all baseball, all throughout the year. Episodes dropping throughout the week!

In these essays, written between 1954 and 1990, bestselling author Roger Kahn touches on locker-room controversies and politics, while inviting readers to share in the passion, grace, energy, and intense concentration involved in playing sports. Kahn pays warm tribute to his special heroes, Jackie Robinson, Roger Maris and Carl Furillo, along with those he particularly admired in the press box, John Lardner and Red Smith. Kahn also esteems football lineman Merlin Olsen, hockey goalie Glenn Hall, cager Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, outfielder Mickey Mantle, boxing promoter Don King, and Pete Rose.

Hosts Dustin Swedelson and Adam Burke bring their unique perspectives to the burning baseball topics that everybody is talking about and sprinkle in some betting content too. Dustin's humorous takes and sharp insights paired with Adam's data-driven approach to analyzing baseball will provide listeners with entertaining and engaging MLB discussion, and maybe some extra win expectancy when it comes to their wagers.

Documenting multiple challenges at every turn - as a target for racism from society at large and sexism both inside and outside of the Negro League - this is the unique story of the first woman to play professional baseball on a men's team, breaking barriers in sports while believing, "There's got to be a first in everything. Maybe it will be me." The text explains that as players began to leave the Negro League for major league teams, Toni Stone seized her only opportunity to play professional ball and replaced Henry Aaron on the Negro League's top team.

Our podcast is for those who are interested in baseball player development and the recruiting process. It was originally started by Sammy Eisenberg as a 13 year old. He wanted to share knowledge he gained as he interviews current & former professionals around the game of baseball. If you are committed to the process of getting better, we want to help you Play Ball, Kid!

Daily sports betting picks in 12 minutes or less each day from Mr. Action Junkie, lifelong sports fan and social bettor. Podcast launched in August 2021. Fully transparent with the actual results posted in the show notes each day. Some days we win, some days we lose. 2023: Wagers solely placed on the Peer-To-Peer/Social Betting platform BettorEdge. No juice sports wagering. All traditional -110 wagers will now be posted for anyone to take the other side at +100. Let's eliminate the juice and grow our social betting community. 2% bankroll management method, flat wagering with less than 1% of ...