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This Week In Baseball History
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A podcast by @MikeBatesTWIBH and @BillTWIBH dedicated to cataloguing the history of baseball, one week at a time.
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Episode 376 - The Mets Get Caught At Cooter's (Executive Games and Burgers) with special guest David Roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social).

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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 376 - The Mets Get Caught At Cooter's (with special guest David Roth)
The 1986 Mets are one of the truly iconic teams in baseball history, with a roster full of unbelievable talent, unbridled machismo, and borderline criminal tendencies. And 39 years ago, several of the...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Episode 375 - The New 400 Hit Club (with @adarowski.bsky.social)

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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 375 - The New 4,000 Hit Club (with Adam Darowski)
For so long, we've thought that the 4,000 hit club was one of the most exclusive in baseball history, with just two members. But on the 98th anniversary of Ty Cobb's 4,000th hit, Mike and Bill are joi...
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July 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Episode 371 - Lou Gehrig, Early Streaker
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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 371 - Lou Gehrig, Early Streaker
When we think of Lou Gehrig, we usually think about one of two things: his tragic early death or his record breaking consecutive games played streak, which began this week 100 years ago. This week, we...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Episode 369 - The Kerry Wood Game
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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 369 - The Kerry Wood Game
Sometimes it takes a while for a prospect to reach his full potential. Sometimes, all it takes is five starts. That's what happened with Kerry Wood, who not only pitched the game of his life 27 years ...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Episode 367 - Talking Talking To Sadaharu Oh (with special guest (@michaelclair.bsky.social).
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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 367 - Talking Talking To Sadaharu Oh (with special guest Michael Clair)
Every great story begins somewhere, and the world home run king's journey to 868 career home runs began 66 years ago this week, when Sadaharu Oh hit his first career home run. To celebrate that, and t...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Episode 366 - Smith Realee Smashes the Saves Record
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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 366 - Smith Realee Smashes the Saves Record
Between the generations of three inning late game relievers like Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage and the one inning high leverage relievers like Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman, there was Lee Smith...
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April 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Whose the more deserving HOFer? Chuck Klein or last week's subject, Harry Hooper?
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New ep has dropped. On the very weird career of Chuck Klein.

We talk Phillies and Cubs, wish happy birthdays to Ewell Russell and Terry Mulholland, and bid farewell to Tommy Brown, Jeff Torborg, Bobby Cuellar, and Don Secrist.
March 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Episode 353 - Chucking Klein Into Cooperstown

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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 363 - Chucking Klein Into Cooperstown
The parade of questionable Hall of Fame outfielders continue, as Mike and Bill celebrate Chuck Klein being elected to Cooperstown by the Veterans Committee 45 years ago this week. Klein put together s...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Episode 389 - The Rise and Fall of the Senior Professional Baseball Association
This Week In Baseball History: Episode 359 - The Rise and Fall of the Senior Professional Baseball Association
After threatening for years, Mike and Bill finally get around to the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Assocation to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the league's only championship. How did th...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Episode 351 - The Red Sox Peel Rice Off
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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 351 - The Red Sox Peel Rice Off
When he was elected to the Hall of Fame, he was touted as the most feared hitter of his era. But by the time the Red Sox released him 35 years ago, Rice was looking old before his time, hobbled from v...
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November 22, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Episode 350 - The American League Tries to Ban Johnson
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This Week In Baseball History: Episode 350 - The American League Tries to Ban Johnson
Prior to Babe Ruth and Judge Landis, perhaps no person was as synonymous with baseball as Ban Johnson, the visionary who founded the American League, outfought the National League, and ran the Nationa...
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November 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Episode 304 - Ya Gotta Believe!

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September 1, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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Episode 303 - Juan Bad Day

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August 25, 2023 at 3:10 PM
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Episode 302 - We Give Up

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August 11, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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Episode 301 - Two Bad Big Apples (with special guest Chris Donnelly)

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August 4, 2023 at 2:30 PM
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Episode 300 - SABR Pirate Radio with Mike Veeck

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July 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM