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Zak Ford released a fascinating book this fall, "Called Up: Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers" (McFarland Press 2023). Ford's book is an oral history that includes interviews with 109 former and curren tMajor League players from the 1960s to the present. The players related their experiences and memories being called up for the first time to the big leagues. Ford revisits some of these stories in this interview while also discussing the process to write an oral history and the format's unique storytelling capacity. For more information about Zak, his social media links and his book, visit calledupproject.com. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Craig and Rex riff on New Mexico State beating Auburn, Texas A&M is really proud of beating Abilene Christian and Sam Houston, the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, who might be the baseball equivalent to Journey, MLB owners approve Oakland's move to Las Vegas and the Rolling Stones are going on tour. Episodes Mentioned: 143 - The Rays Are Getting Their New Stadium w/ Dr. Elizabeth Strom 163 - A Journey Through Mallparks w/ Prof. Michael T. Friedman -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Professor Langston Collin Wilkins (Wisconsin-Madison) joined us this week to talk about his newly released book "Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town" (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2023), exploring "the relationship between music creation, place attachment and local heritage within Houston, Texas’ hip hop music scene." We talked about the role of neighborhoods, the "chop and screw sound that is synonymous with Houston hip hop and local legends within the scene such as Geto Boys, Bun B and DJ Screw. In part two, Craig and Rex discuss Jimbo Fisher's buyout and Craig Counsell leaving Milwaukee for Chicago. Professor Wilkins' Website (http://langstonwilkins.com/) His Instagram (@Street_Folk) His Twitter/X (@StreetFolkLCW) His Houston Hip Hop Spotify Playlist Episodes Mentioned: 102 - SST Records & The Sound of the Underground w/ Jim Ruland -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Rock journalist Bob Ruggiero (Houston Press) joins the show this week to talk about his latest book, "The Classic Rock Bob Reader," released earlier this year. The book compiles interviews Ruggiero has conducted in over a quarter century in journalism. We talked about the classic rock's (and rock's) future as a genre as well as some of the many interviews in the book including Eddie Van Halen, Doug Clifford, Ronnie James Dio and more. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Film historian and critic Noah Tsika, Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York has a new book, "I'm Not There," being released on November 14. The book reflects on director Todd Haynes' 2007 film "I'm Not There," a wonderful, creative film about Bob Dylan. Professor Tsika joins us this week to discuss the book, the film and much, much more. The episode begins with Craig and Rex ruminating further on the Houston Astros' home woes. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

The Houston Astros 2023 season came to a close this week with Houston once again losing 4 home games in a 7 game series. Houston! We have a problem and the problem is playing in Houston! Also in this episode, the Hooks & Runs post-season awards, the Rolling Stones new album, "Hackney Diamonds," our third quarter new music picks and Craig review the Deer Tick, Country Westerns show at the Houston Heights Theater from last week. Episodes Mentioned 52 - I Dig Attitude More Than the Sound of It w/ Country Westerns Third Quarter New Music Selections Rex - Nita Strauss, "The Call of the Void" (Sumerian Records, 2023). This is the song "Surfacing." Craig - Slowdive, "everything is alive" (Dead Oceans 2023). This the album's opening cut, "shanty." Honorable mention: Lydia Loveless, "Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again" (Bloodshot Records, 2023) ("Runaway"); Sonic Youth, "Live in Brooklyn NY 2011" (Silver Current 2023) ("Sugar Kane") -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Bob LeMoine is the author of "When the Babe Went Back to Boston: Babe Ruth, Judge Fuchs and the Hapless Braves of 1935." The book recounts the story about Babe Ruth's final MLB season - about two months with Judge Emil Fuchs' Braves. Ruth by then was 40, out of shape and wholly at loss on the baseball field. Ruth hit .181 in 92 plate appearances for a financially strapped Braves team that finished 38-115 for the year. Ruth only lasted two months with the Braves, retiring on May 30. He added to his legend though with a grand finish - a 3-home run day at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on May 25. LeMoine presents a fascinating story about two men - Ruth and Fuchs - who were brought together for one brief moment in history through their desperation to stay in Major League Baseball. Episodes mentioned in this episode: 136 - The 1969 Seattle Pilots & the Early Expansion Era w/ Andy McCue -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

On July 18, 1994, the Houston Astros overcame an 11-0 deficit in the Astrodome to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 15-12. Houston Astro outfielder, Mike Felder, drove in the tying run in the Astros' 11-run sixth inning and later in the frame scored the go-ahead run. Felder, a 10-year Major League veteran, joins the show this week to talk about that game, his career and how to hit a knuckleball among other things. Felder went on to become a Major League and collegiate coach - he now coaches baseball at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California. ERRATA - According to Baseball-Reference.com, Mike Felder hit his first home run in County Stadium, Milwaukee. Paul Gibson, a southpaw from Southampton NY, played 9 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Tigers, Mets and Yankees. He won 22 games, saved 11 in 319 MLB appearances. This is an MiLB write-up on El Paso's 35-21 win over Shreveport. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

The Houston Astros were in first place in the American League West only 18 game days in 2023, but they ended the year with another divisional title and a first round bye. In this episode Craig and Rex look at the Astros furious final weekend run to the title, Kyle Tucker's bizarre did he or didn't he chase to a 30/30 season and the four wild card match-ups. We wrap up the episode discussing the movement to retire Roberto Clemente's number 21 league wide and we return to the Astros' retired number fetish. Errata; "Kill the Umpire" (1950) starred Wiliam Bendix and Una Merkel. Did Craig really say, "Houston played good?" -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Adam Lazarus (https://www.adamlazarusbooks.com/) joins the show this week to discuss his wonderful new book, "The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams" (Citadel Press, 2023). This is a fast-paced discussion starting with Glenn and Williams in battle as fighter pilots during the Korean Conflict through the space program, Williams' legendary post-conflict career in Boston, Glenn's long political live and more. Lazarus offers powerful insight into the nature and power of friendship and how friendship can grow and endure despite differences. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Katie S. Sanders (www.katiessanders.com) is a freelancer based in New York City who writes about innovation, history, and fascinating people/things overlooked by history and media. She joined this podcast this week to discuss the enigmatic and mysterious Moe Berg, a long-time back-up catcher for five Major League teams in the 20s and 30s who later earned a Medal of Honor for his spy efforts for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Sanders, who The documentary, "The Catcher Was A Spy," directed by Aviva Kempner: https://spybehindhomeplate.org/ The Ben Lewin directed motion picture "The Spy Behind Home Plate," starring Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller. The Nicholas Dawidoff book, "The Spy Behind Home Plate" is available at our Bookshop.org link below. Katie Sanders' article, "How Moe Berg went from playing for 5 MLB teams to being a US spy in WWII who thwarted Nazi efforts to build a nuclear bomb." Katie Sanders' article discussed in the episode on the spy Pierre Julien Ortiz. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Gabey Lewis is a Seattle based writer, editor and stand up comic who contributes to UW Dawg Pound, a Washington Huskies football blog on SB Nation. She joins us this week to discuss the Pac-12's implosion, the aftermath and the outlook for the 2023 college football season. Gabey Lucas on Instagram Gabey Lucas on Substack (The Everett Flabbergasters) Gabey Lucas on Twitter Go see Gabey Lucas at the Hell Yes Festival in New Orleans, Nov. 15-20, 2023.] Errata: Alabama played at Texas in 2022 - this year's game in at Alabama. Texas A&M's coach before Mike Sherman was Dennis Franchione. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Doug Rau pitched 9 seasons in the Major Leagues compiling an 81-60 record with a 3.35 ERA. He was a starter for the Los Angeles through their 1970s heyday, playing for managers Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda and with great Dodger players like Steve Garvey, Dusty Baker, Rick Monday and many, many more. In this episode Rau reflects on growing up in rural Texas west of Houston, achieving All-American status at Texas A&M, and spending the 1970s, or most of those years, in the Dodger rotation. Episodes Referenced: 133 - We Weren't Rained Out, We Were Rained In w/ Roger Metzger. 149 - You Gotta Be Smart to Play This Game w/ Bill Bonham Errata: Dick Allen hit 3 home runs off Doug Rau during Rau's career, not 4. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

J. Daniel is our guest this week to talk about his new book "Suds Series: Baseball, Beer Wars and the Summer of '82." The Book is a comprehensive look at baseball and the larger culture in the season following the sport's first major labor conflict and its 1981 split season disaster. Daniel weaves the season's developments with pop culture references and the high-stakes battles between Budweiser and the Cardinals against Miller and the Brewers for both baseball and beer supremacy. In part two, Andrew and Craig comment on the Pac-12's implosion and the exciting pennant race brewing in the National League Central. J. Daniel's website is 80sbaseball.com. He is on Twitter (X) @jdaniel2033, and on Facebook at 80sbaseball -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the book featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat) Disclosure: The University of Missouri Press provided Hooks & Runs with a pre-publication copy of "Suds Series: Baseball, Beer Wars and the Summer of '82.

In this week's episode, Andrew, Craig and Rex discuss Colorado's sudden decision to bolt to the Big 12, some early trade deadline musings, Bartolo Colon's retirement announcement almost 5 years since his last Major League appearance and bands we would like to see come out of retirement. Episodes Mentioned; 152 - R.E.M.'s Murmur at 40 w/ Tony Fletcher Errata: The New York Yankees were 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox on July 17, 1978, but rallied to win the division in a one-game playoff. Red Sox pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee discussed that season in our Episode 45A - Shavermetrics w/ Scott Russell and Bill "Spaceman" Lee (Radio Edit). Allen Collins, not Albert Collins, played guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Following Gary Rossington's death, Artimus Pyle is the only surviving band member from before the plane crash. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the book featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat) Disclosure: The University of Texas Press provided Hooks & Runs with a pre-publication copy of "Quantum Criminals."

This week, Professor Michael T. Friedman (Univ. of Maryland) is our guest to discuss his book "Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption" (Cornell Univ. Press 2023). We analyzed the future of baseball stadiums by looking at the past, from Union Grounds in the 1860's to Fenway Park (1912), Dodger Stadium (1960), Camden Yards (1993) to the newest parks & developments proposed for Las Vegas and Tampa/St. Petersburg. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the book featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

With less than two weeks to go until the 2023 trade deadline, the question on everyone's mind is -- what will the Angels do with Shohei Ohtani? Andrew and Craig weigh in an also look at whether the Astros should deal from their bare farm system for pitching help. Also in this rare music-free episode, more on the All-Star game, plus what's the deal with old people gatekeeping who gets to wear classic rock band t-shirts? -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook

With summer vacation travels upon us, this week's episode mixes a little old with a little new. In part 1, our 2020 interview with Bill Rogan, author of "Life Ain’t the Same in the Pecos League: A Rookie Manager Navigates Baseball’s Most Notorious Independent League." Bill wrote the book about his 2019 season at the helm for the Tucson Saguaros in the independent Pecos League. This interview was a blast to do and if you missed it in 2020, here is your chance to catch it. In part 2, our recent interview with Erik McLaren, a writer and host of Religious Wars, a podcast that looks at history through a lens of conflicts in faith. Erik joins us to discuss his thoughts on how religious themes, ideas and images are presented in Western popular music. The conversation includes Elvis Presley, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Joan Osborne and many more artists. We examined how different artists incorporate religious and spiritual themes into their music. Thank you to Erik for sharing his time with Hooks & Runs. Chapters: 2:00 Bill Rogan: Life Ain't the Same in the Pecos League 29:29 Erik McLaren, Spiritual Themes in Popular Music Bill Rogan, Life Ain't the Same in the Pecos League Erik McLaren: Religious Wars Podcast (https://www.religiouswarspodcast.com/) Errata: Bob Dylan won a Grammy Award in 1980 for the song "Gotta Serve Somebody" (Best Rock Performance, Male), not "Slow Train." -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

This week the Hooks & Runs, giddy from Houston's thrilling 12-11 win over Texas Monday afternoon, examine the complaints and criticisms against Dusty Baker. Is it possible that after owning the American League West lock, stock and barrel since 2017 Astro fans have become spoiled by success? Texas is not going to give this race away -- Houston will have to earn it, there will be bumps along the way, and Dusty Baker will forever be Dusty Baker and all that entails. Hooks & Runs best of second quarter, 2022. Rex: Tygers of Pan Tang, "Bloodlines." HM: Metallica, "72 Seasons," Overkill, "Scorched," Metal Church, "Congregation of Annihilation." Andrew: Noah Kahan, "Stick Season," actually released in mid-2022, which makes us wonder about Andrew's calendaring skills. Craig: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, 'Weathervanes" Previous Episodes Mentioned 150 - The RRHoF Episode: We Can't Have Too Many Rock Bands -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the book featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)

Old photographs offer "the hidden history of the game in plain sight," and no one knows that better than Jim Chapman, the author of "Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era.” Chapman also operates the website Chapman Deadball Collection which includes some photographs with commentary from his captivating collection. In this interview, Chapman provides a fascinating and comprehensive look at how photography and photographs in that era documented and shaped the game into America's Pastime. The Chapman Deadball Collection: https://chapmandeadballcollection.com/ The Baker Bowl with Honus Wagne: https://tinyurl.com/bakerbowl062923 Errata: The Philadelphia Phillies won their franchise first World Series title in 1980. West Side Grounds was 340 to left field, 560 to center field and 316 down the right field line. Two of Ed Delahanty's four home runs on July 13, 1896 at West Side Grounds. -->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN -->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the book featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Hooks & Runs on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandruns Hooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandruns Andrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat) Disclosure: The University of Texas Press provided Hooks & Runs with a pre-publication copy of "Quantum Criminals."