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This Week In Baseball History

This Week In Baseball History is a weekly podcast devoted to the history of baseball, hosted by Mike Bates and Bill Parker, the co-founders of The Platoon Advantage and writers on many fine websites.

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Episode 302 - We Give Up

Episode 302 - We Give Up

It's hard enough to lose when you straight up get beat on the field. But when circumstances conspire to prevent you from... Read more

11 Aug 2023

1hr 37mins

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Episode 301 - Two Bad Big Apples (with special guest Chris Donnelly)

Episode 301 - Two Bad Big Apples (with special guest Chris Donnelly)

As hard as it might be to believe in 2023 (he says with the sarcasm dripping in his voice) there once was a time when Ne... Read more

4 Aug 2023

1hr 45mins

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Episode 300 - SABR Pirate Radio with Mike Veeck

Episode 300 - SABR Pirate Radio with Mike Veeck

Unlikely as it seemed seven years ago, here we are at episode 300. And to celebrate, Mike and Bill and Mike Duncan prese... Read more

24 Jul 2023

1hr 25mins

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Episode 299.5 - SABR Pirate Radio with Dan Levitt and Adam Darowski

Episode 299.5 - SABR Pirate Radio with Dan Levitt and Adam Darowski

In their second installment from this year's SABR Convention in Chicago, Mike and Mike and Bill talked to a couple peopl... Read more

18 Jul 2023

1hr 11mins

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Episode 299 - SABR Pirate Radio with Kat Williams and Katie Krall

Episode 299 - SABR Pirate Radio with Kat Williams and Katie Krall

Once again, Mike and Bill join forces with Mike Duncan to talk to some of the most exciting people at the SABR conventio... Read more

12 Jul 2023

1hr 9mins

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Episode 56 (Rerun) - A League Almost Their Own (with special guest Frankie de la Cretaz)

Episode 56 (Rerun) - A League Almost Their Own (with special guest Frankie de la Cretaz)

The All American Girls Professional Baseball League gave women an unprecedented chance to organize and play professional... Read more

7 Jul 2023

1hr 5mins

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Episode 298 - Chicago Chicanery, or It's 3 Minutes To Midnight Somewhere

Episode 298 - Chicago Chicanery, or It's 3 Minutes To Midnight Somewhere

With the White Sox threatening to leave the Windy City and abscond to Tampa if they didn't get a new stadium 35 years ag... Read more

30 Jun 2023

1hr 23mins

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Episode 297 - 12 Straight Hits in 1930

Episode 297 - 12 Straight Hits in 1930

What are the odds of a coin flip coming up heads 12 times in a row. Seriously, we're asking. Because we're not good at m... Read more

23 Jun 2023

1hr 7mins

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Episode 296 - The Browns Get a Goose For Their Heine

Episode 296 - The Browns Get a Goose For Their Heine

Like a binary star system, Goose Goslin and Heine Manush kept circling each other throughout their careers, but probably... Read more

16 Jun 2023

1hr 22mins

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Episode 295 - Greg Proops's Giants

Episode 295 - Greg Proops's Giants

With Bill sidelined this week, Mike talks to comedian, improvisor and actor Greg Proops about growing up as a Giants fan... Read more

9 Jun 2023

1hr 36mins

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