Baseball Buffet

Welcome to Baseball Buffet our monthly roundtable focusing on recent baseball events. This month marks our 50th podcast. Over five years of baseball buffet! To celebrate, we are reviving some of our favorite last bites. Our buffet of baseball commentators Andie Giafaglione, Thom Henninger, Chuck Hildebrandt, and Stuart Shea have selected several of their best bites for your enjoyment. Onto the next 50 episodes.

Baseball Buffet 49 looks at MLB's Atlantic League experiment in moving the pitching rubber back a foot. Then we analyzed baseball taking the midnight train from Georgia in moving the All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver. Next, it's some surprising predictions for the 2021 season. We end with a few last bites. Our buffet of baseball commentators include: --Andie Giafaglione, award winning photographer and former image master of the Chicago Cubs. --Chuck Hildebrandt, award winning baseball researcher and Chair emeritus of SABR’s Baseball and the Media Research Committee. --Thom Henninger, editor at Baseball Digest and author of the just published, The Pride of Minnesota: The Twins in the Turbulent 1960s. --Your host is Jim Walker, author of Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio.

Welcome to Baseball Buffet our monthly roundtable focusing on recent baseball events. Today we looked at the expanding role of women in major league baseball that has been darkened by evidence of long ignored sexual harassment. Next, we look at the MLB’s decision pilot several rule changes in the minor leagues Will the minors of today be the majors of tomorrow? We end our day’s ZOOM dinning with our last bites. Our buffet of baseball commentators include: --Andie Giafaglione, award winning photographer and former image master of the Chicago Cubs. --Chuck Hildebrandt, award winning baseball researcher and Chair emeritus of SABR’s Baseball and the Media Research Committee. --Stuart Shea, author of Wrigley Field: The Long Life and Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines. --Your host is Jim Walker, author of Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio.

Baseball Buffet 47 by Jim Walker

Welcome to Baseball Buffet our monthly roundtable focusing on recent baseball events. Today we offer our 2021 hall of fame predictions as well as our own personal choices. Will this be the year the “steroid boys,” Bonds and Clemens finally breakthrough the Hall of Fame doors? Next we look at the MLB’s decision to include the Negro Leagues as part of major league baseball. What are the implications for baseball and its history? We end our day’s ZOOM dinning with our last bites. Our buffet of baseball commentators include: --Andie Giafaglione, award winning photographer and former image master of the Chicago Cubs. --Chuck Hildebrandt, award winning baseball researcher and Chair emeritus of SABR’s Baseball and the Media Research Committee. --Stuart Shea, author of Wrigley Field: The Long Life and Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines. --Your host is Jim Walker, author of Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio.

Welcome to Baseball Buffet our monthly roundtable focusing on recent baseball events. Today we look at the free agent signings that are still stuck in our collective craws. Next we examine what's likely to happen this uncertain off-season. After a quick break, we’ll ask a big question: Given all of its problems, what are baseball’s enduring virtues? We end our day’s ZOOM dinning with our last bites. Our buffet of baseball commentators include: --Andie Giafaglione, award winning photographer and former image master of the Chicago Cubs. --Thom Henninger, Editor at Baseball Digest and author of Tony Oliva: The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend. --Chuck Hildebrandt, award winning baseball researcher and Chair emeritus of SABR’s Baseball and the Media Research Committee. --Stuart Shea, author of Wrigley Field: The Long Life and Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines. --Your host is Jim Walker, author of Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio.