Baseball PhD

In 2010, award winning podcast Grape Radio helped to inspire the creation of Baseball PhD.  Ed Kasputis interviews and pays homage to Jay Selman from Grape Radio...

Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead, it's all great for us.  Our PhD Committee is in the Capitol of the South - Atlanta.  Ed, Farley & Mark talk about those Braves, then we get some Baseball PhD culture.  Ernie Harwell was from Atlanta and Margaret Mitchell's paperboy.  First Ed interviews Joanna Arr...

O Canada, our PhD Committee explores Toronto while the rest of our countryman are preparing their federal and state tax returns.  How good will the Blue Jays be?  Ed, Farley & Mark make their 2011 Major League predictions.  We then explore Toronto with Justine Palinska from Tourism Toronto as she...

On March 22, 2011, Ed Kasputis interviewed Ted Giannoulas aka The Famous San Diego Chicken.  This interview was originally scheduled to be released during our San Diego Padres podcast (Episode 49) but it was so good that we produced this special edition podcast.  The Famous San Diego Chicken is th...

The Reds have started the season hot as we celebrate our 50th podcast episode from The Great American Ballpark.  Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology makes his learned 2011 MLB predictions and we get the sign of the times from Tod Swormstedt of the American Sign Museum...

Opening day has begun with the Padres beating the Cardinals in 11 innings as Albert Pujols becomes the first player to ground into 3 double plays on Opening Day.  While the Padres are in St. Louis, our PhD Committee is in San Diego enjoying America's Finest City.  Tim Sullivan from the San Diego U...

If you are a Phillies fan, this is your year with a starting pitching rotation second to none.  Ed, Farley and Mark explore the City of Brother Love and talk about the mighty Phillies.  Baseball Bob makes his 2011 MLB playoff predictions and we present our first segment of Where in the World is Da...

Our PhD Committee is in Arlington as we worry and pray for Japan.  Ed interviews Bob Bavasi from Japanball.com about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear fall out in Japan.  We then turn our focus on the Texas Rangers.  Ed interviews Baseball Bob ("the smartest man we know") on whether the Rangers...

Beautiful San Francisco

Our PhD Committee is in beautiful San Francisco to honor the new World Champions with three great guests.  First we measure the pulse of the Giants.  Ed then interviews author and professor, Josh Pahigian about his book, 101 Places to See Places to See before You Strike Out...

Florida rocks as our PhD Committee ponder the issues of the day.  Will Albert Pujols be the next LeBron James?  Is quadruple-A baseball coming to a small market near you?  Did Bernie Madoff kill the Mets and will "The Donald" be the new Steinbrenner?  Then the podcast gets even better as Ed inte...