Episodes

  • SIAC 26: The Freewheelin' Greg Proops

    SIAC 26: The Freewheelin' Greg Proops
    Jul 27 2021
    Greg Proops joins the panel for a wide-ranging discussion that covers the Giants, the Negro Leagues, women in baseball, the lack of poetry in baseball announcing, and much more!
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • SIAC 25: ¡Pleibol! with Dr. Margaret Salazar-Porzio

    SIAC 25: ¡Pleibol! with Dr. Margaret Salazar-Porzio
    Jul 20 2021
    The panel chats with Dr. Margaret Salazar-Porzio of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on the new ¡Pleibol! exhibit, a journey into the heart and history of U.S. Latino baseball.
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    55 mins
  • SIAC 24 Untitled Bad Men in Baseball Episode

    SIAC 24 Untitled Bad Men in Baseball Episode
    Jul 6 2021
    The panel reflects on the disappointing way the Dodgers and Major League Baseball have responded to harassment and domestic violence issues from Mickey Callaway to Trevor Bauer.
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    38 mins
  • SIAC 23: Fernandomania with Dr. Jose Alamillo

    SIAC 23: Fernandomania with Dr. Jose Alamillo
    Jun 22 2021
    Jose Alamillo (Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora) joins the panel to discuss the impact of Fernando Valenzuela when he emerged as baseball's biggest star 30 years ago.
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    53 mins
  • SIAC 22: Say It Ain't Spider Tack

    SIAC 22: Say It Ain't Spider Tack
    Jun 15 2021
    Baseball is gripped by grip-enhancements, or is it the other way around? The panel considers the way the lack of enforcement in the area of ball-doctoring has led baseball into some of the same blind alleys that now trap other areas of American culture and politics. Craig crashes Gaylord Perry's house, Steve goes for a Nazi analogy that may be a bit overwrought, and so much more.
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    55 mins
  • SIAC 21: The One with Mae Ngai

    SIAC 21: The One with Mae Ngai
    Jun 8 2021
    Columbia University historian Mae Ngai joins the SIAC panel of Craig, Lincoln, Adrian, Tova, and Frank to discuss the rise of anti-Asian sentiment in the US, its long history in this country, and how it coexists with the majesty of Shohei Ohtani.
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    50 mins
  • SIAC 20: Racism and Reggie Bars

    SIAC 20: Racism and Reggie Bars
    Jun 1 2021
    The panel looks at American race relations a year after the murder of George Floyd and wonders if today Curt Schilling could accuse Adam Jones of manufacturing an incident at Fenway Park without facing a greater backlash, plus we remember Reggie! bars and Lincoln objects to Steve's choice of ending.
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    40 mins
  • SIAC 19: The Unwritten Rules Are Everywhere

    SIAC 19: The Unwritten Rules Are Everywhere
    May 25 2021
    Tony La Russa throwing his own player under the bus for hitting a home run off of a position player during a blowout leads to a consideration of the other places unwritten rules lurk in American life.
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    52 mins