274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio

274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio

Author: A podcast about baseball, music and culture. December 12, 2025 Duration: 46:19
Joseph Natalicchio is the author of "Baseball's Most Outrageous Promotions: From Wedlock and Headlock Day to Disco Demolition Night" (McFarland 2025), released earlier in December. This is a wonderful book - we discuss everything from Disco Demolition Night to the night fans tore apart a ballpark while game played on to why baseball promotions have gotten so boring! Joseph was a gracious guest and we hope you enjoy this chat. Here is the link to the book at McFarland (link above): https...

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195 - Looking Back at Houston's 1963 All-Rookie Lineup [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:46
The Houston Colt-.45's started an all-rookie lineup on September 27, 1963, the one and only time in Major League Baseball history a team has done this. Houston eventually played a remarkable 16 rookies in the game, anoth…
192 - The Hooks & Runs National League Preview w/ Sara Sanchez [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:14
Sara Sanchez, who writes and podcasts at Bleed Cubbie Blue, BaseballHQ and the Fantasy Feud podcast, returns to be Hooks & Runs' first three-time guest for our 2024 National League outlook. Sara is a talented, engaging b…
190 - The Jason Lane Phenomenon: Every Pitcher Tells a Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:31
Former Houston Astro Jason Lane is one of 21 pitchers in MLB history that have pitched or pitched at least 10 innings in the big leagues with a career ERA below 1.00. The list includes both Negro League players and playe…
189 - Baseball, Chemical Warfare and The Great War w/ Jim Leeke [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:28
This week's guest is Jim Leeke, author of the new book, "The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I" (Potomac Books, 2024). This is the Leeke's fifth book about baseball and the G…

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