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Cage Match: A Roundabout Way of Meeting Nicolas CageThe Boy in BlueGrab your nearest coxswain and come learn how to stroke with special guest, Hayden! We're obviously talking about the greasiest butt movie Cage has ever done: The Boy in Blue. Cage plays Ned Hanlon but how does he do in this 1989 Canadian hero biopic? Eh....but at least he is incredibly ripped this time. This is Cage Match.Intro music by: Bill Panks2025-07-2450 min
Vintage Baseball ReflectionsMighty Mite - Nellie Fox - Daily RewindMarch 5, 1996 — The Veterans Committee elects four new members for the Hall of Fame, and just misses naming a fifth. The group elected includes fiery manager Earl Weaver, who had a .583 winning percentage in 17 seasons managing the Baltimore Orioles; pitcher Jim Bunning, who won 100 games in both leagues, including no-hitters in each circuit, one of them a perfect game; 19th-century manager Ned Hanlon, who won five National League pennants with the Baltimore Orioles (3) and Brooklyn (2), and Bill Foster, the top left-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues. Nellie Fox receives the necessary 75% of the Committee’s votes, but the rules allow just one...2025-03-0503 minDaily RewindMighty Mite - Nellie FoxMarch 5, 1996 — The Veterans Committee elects four new members for the Hall of Fame, and just misses naming a fifth. The group elected includes fiery manager Earl Weaver, who had a .583 winning percentage in 17 seasons managing the Baltimore Orioles; pitcher Jim Bunning, who won 100 games in both leagues, including no-hitters in each circuit, one of them a perfect game; 19th-century manager Ned Hanlon, who won five National League pennants with the Baltimore Orioles (3) and Brooklyn (2), and Bill Foster, the top left-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues. Nellie Fox receives the necessary 75% of the Committee’s votes, but the rules allow just one...2025-03-0503 min
Rounders: A History of Baseball in AmericaTeam Autopsies: The Baltimore Orioles (NL)Before the modern Orioles, there was a National League dynasty that changed baseball forever—then disappeared.This week, I sit down with authors and historians Tom Delise and Jay Seaborg to talk about the 1890s Orioles, the wild tactics of “Foxy” Ned Hanlon, and why this team left a permanent mark on the game—despite being erased from the league.Purchase Jay and Tom's book, "Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager.”Sign Up for the FREE NewsletterDive deeper into the e...2025-03-031h 02
Vintage Baseball ReflectionsThe original hit king - Gorgeus George Sisler - Daily RewindOn January 24, 1939, the baseball writers select EddieCollins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler to the Hall of Fame. George Sisler never played on a pennant winner and he wasn't a slugger, but in spite of that he earned a reputation as the best first baseman in the first 30 years of the 20th century. The greatest player in St. Louis Browns' history, he twice batted over .400, and his 257 hits in 1920, hitting 420 for the season, his hit record remained a modern major league record. later broken by Ichiro SuzukiThat same year, the lefty-swinging Sisler hit in 41 consecutive games...2025-01-2408 minDaily RewindThe original hit king - Gorgeus George SislerOn January 24, 1939, the baseball writers select EddieCollins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler to the Hall of Fame. George Sisler never played on a pennant winner and he wasn't a slugger, but in spite of that he earned a reputation as the best first baseman in the first 30 years of the 20th century. The greatest player in St. Louis Browns' history, he twice batted over .400, and his 257 hits in 1920, hitting 420 for the season, his hit record remained a modern major league record. later broken by Ichiro SuzukiThat same year, the lefty-swinging Sisler hit in 41 consecutive games...2025-01-2408 minDaily RewindAugust 4 Bonds Ties Aaron amd Seaver wins 300thThis day in enhanced history:August 4, 2007, Barry Bonds hit his 755th homer to tie Hank Aaron as the all-time leader in that category. Bonds belted his opposite-field homer off Clay Hensley of the Padres at PETCO Park in San Diego. Ironically, Hensley had been suspended for steroid use in 2005. In a move of pure class Hank Aaron video taped a message to Bonds. August 4, 2007, Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th homer, becoming the 22nd player to reach the milestone. At 32 years, eight days, Rodriguez is the youngest to reach the 500-mark. The homer...2024-08-0404 min
Good Seats Still AvailableThe "Father of Modern Baseball" - With Tom Delise & Jay Seaborg First-time sports historians Tom Delise and Jay Seaborg ("Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager") join the podcast for a biographical look at one of baseball's most innovative managerial minds - and who just may be related to your humble host! "Foxy" Ned Hanlon was one of the major leagues' earliest tactical visionaries, who recognized the value of speed and strategy in generating runs long before the term “small ball” became popular. Starting as a fine outfielder, Hanlon played 13 professional seasons with the Cleveland Blues, Detroit Wolverines, the Federal League's one-year Pittsburgh Burgh...2024-06-101h 23Good Seats Still AvailableThe "Father of Modern Baseball" - With Tom Delise & Jay Seaborg First-time sports historians Tom Delise and Jay Seaborg ("Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager") join the podcast for a biographical look at one of baseball's most innovative managerial minds - and who just may be related to your humble host! "Foxy" Ned Hanlon was one of the major leagues' earliest tactical visionaries, who recognized the value of speed and strategy in generating runs long before the term “small ball” became popular. Starting as a fine outfielder, Hanlon played 13 professional seasons with the Cleveland Blues, Detroit Wolverines, the Federal League's one-year Pittsburgh Burgh...2024-06-101h 23
Fuel Your Mind With An Uplifting Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I by Jim LeekePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751957to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I
Author: Jim Leeke
Narrator: Barry Abrams
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Release date: May 14, 2024
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Mathewson, Br...2024-05-146h 16Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I by Jim LeekePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751957to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I
Author: Jim Leeke
Narrator: Barry Abrams
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Release date: May 14, 2024
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Mathewson, Br...2024-05-146h 16
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I by Jim LeekePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Author: Jim Leeke Narrator: Barry Abrams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Ma...2024-05-1430 minAccess Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryThe Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I by Jim LeekePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751957to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I
Author: Jim Leeke
Narrator: Barry Abrams
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Release date: May 14, 2024
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Mathewson, Branch Ri...2024-05-146h 16
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryThe Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I by Jim LeekePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Author: Jim Leeke Narrator: Barry Abrams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Mathewson, Br...2024-05-1430 min
The Collective Corner with Elena Armijo050: Empowering Artists to Speak Up: The Role of Collective ActionIn this episode, Elena Armijo interviews Ned Hanlon, the president of AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists) union, about leadership and the future of the arts industry. Ned shares his journey to union leadership, starting with his involvement in negotiating his contract with the Metropolitan Opera. He found his calling in the legal and negotiation side of union leadership and has been actively involved for the past 10 years. Check out Elena’s website to learn more about how she can support you in seeing and using the power that resides within you. The pandemic has se...2024-03-1935 min
Passed Ball ShowPassed Ball Show #694 (8/22/2023)8-22-2023 Passed Ball Show.  John opens the show by making a Declaration about Baker Mayfield. next he challenges the NFL in their most recent decision to cancel alive NFL game. He talks about the precedence, and what it sets considering the history of the sport wondering out loud who does the cancellation of a live game appease? He has also had enough with the MLB Owners that do not want to take care of the obligation of their job which is to pay players to play baseball. That is their job and if they cannot do their job, they shou...2023-08-2218 min
Five Things with NedFoxy Ned, Prey, They/Them, Empanadas, and Meaningful August BaseballIn this episode Ned discusses Foxy Ned Hanlon, his newfound love of empanadas, the joy of not buying running clothing, meaningful August baseball, and compares and contrasts Prey and They/Them. Spoilers in the last segment.
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Foxy Ned Hanlon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(baseball)
Empanadas
https://thetortillachannel.com/empanada-dough/
Little Victories - Running Clothes
Meaningful August Baseball
https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/laura-albanese/mets-atlanta-max-scherzer-buck-showalter-francisco-lindor-m7rywbqb?utm_source=tw_sp
Prey versus They/Them
They/Them Trailer - https://youtu.be/HtQk6sANmKs
Prey...2022-08-0919 min
Hello Old SportsThe 1890's Baltimore OriolesHello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.EPISODE SUMMARYIn the final episode of our Baltimore Orioles trilogy we travel back to the 1890's to discuss the first dynasty in American professional sports: the 1890's Baltimore Orioles. Led by Manager Ned Hanlon, they invented the Baltimore Chop, started the career of the legendary John McGraw, and won three National League pennants. Along the way they were home to such future Hall of Famers as Willie Keeler, Dan Brouthers, and Joe Kelley. This is the...2021-07-121h 35
Good Seats Still AvailableNational League Baseball's 1900 Contraction - With Bob BaileyWe celebrate the Society for American Baseball Research's fiftieth anniversary with a look back at one of the most pivotal events in major league baseball history - and featured in the group's newly-released commemorative anthology "SABR: 50 at 50". Longtime Society contributor Bob Bailey ("Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900") revisits his 1990 Baseball Research Journal article describing how a fledgling 12-team, 1890s-era National League pro baseball monopoly found itself on the brink of implosion - as financial imbalance, competitive disparity, self-dealing common ownership, and a pronounced national economic Depression collectively threatened the circuit's very survival by decade's end. As a re...2020-11-231h 35Good Seats Still AvailableNational League Baseball's 1900 Contraction - With Bob BaileyWe celebrate the Society for American Baseball Research's fiftieth anniversary with a look back at one of the most pivotal events in major league baseball history - and featured in the group's newly-released commemorative anthology "SABR: 50 at 50". Longtime Society contributor Bob Bailey ("Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900") revisits his 1990 Baseball Research Journal article describing how a fledgling 12-team, 1890s-era National League pro baseball monopoly found itself on the brink of implosion - as financial imbalance, competitive disparity, self-dealing common ownership, and a pronounced national economic Depression collectively threatened the circuit's very survival by decade's end. As a re...2020-11-231h 35
Good Seats Still Available083: The Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters & the 1897 NL Pennant Race – With Bill FelberCareer journalist and baseball history author Bill Felber (A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant) joins the big show to discuss the most cut-throat pennant race in American baseball history – a multi-level study in contrast that also symbolically set the course of how the modern-day game would ultimately be played. On one side was the original incarnation of the Baltimore Orioles – a charter member of the 1882 American Association who migrated to the National League ten years later (and not genealogically connected to today’s current American League club). Led by eventua...2018-10-151h 23
Good Seats Still Available083: The Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters & the 1897 NL Pennant Race – With Bill FelberCareer journalist and baseball history author Bill Felber (A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant) joins the big show to discuss the most cut-throat pennant race in American baseball history – a multi-level study in contrast that also symbolically set the course of how the modern-day game would ultimately be played. On one side was the original incarnation of the Baltimore Orioles – a charter member of the 1882 American Association who migrated to the National League ten years later (and not genealogically connected to today’s current American League club). Led by eventua...2018-10-151h 23Good Seats Still Available083: The Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters & the 1897 NL Pennant Race – With Bill FelberCareer journalist and baseball history author Bill Felber (A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant) joins the big show to discuss the most cut-throat pennant race in American baseball history – a multi-level study in contrast that also symbolically set the course of how the modern-day game would ultimately be played. On one side was the original incarnation of the Baltimore Orioles – a charter member of the 1882 American Association who migrated to the National League ten years later (and not genealogically connected to today’s current American League club). Led by eventua...2018-10-151h 23