Fungos & Fastballs: Baseball History & Trivia

E41: Sliding Billy Hamilton, Hall of Fame Speedster + 2026 MLB Update & What Makes a Save

Send us Fan Mail The standings say one thing, the vibes say another. We start by going round the horn with our friend Edwin Nolan for a rapid-fire MLB update as of Augus

E40: Billy Martin - Hirings, Firings, and Winning Baseball & Dusty Baker is Everywhere

Send us Fan Mail Dusty Baker keeps popping up at the exact center of baseball history, and once you see the pattern, you can’t unsee it. We walk through the unbelievable

E39: The Curse of the Billy Goat, MLB’s Famous Curses & Maddux Explained

Send us Fan Mail A shutout in under 100 pitches feels like a glitch in modern baseball. We start by unpacking the “Maddox,” a rare pitching feat named for Greg Maddux th

E38: Billy Beane, Moneyball Review (Film and Book) & A Brief History of Stats in Baseball

Send us Fan Mail A 20-game winning streak feels untouchable until you ask one question: what’s the longest winning streak in Major League Baseball history, and what does

E37: Hall of Fame Closer Billy Wagner & Famed Dodgers Fan Hilda Chester

Send us Fan Mail A frying pan in the bleachers, a cowbell that becomes baseball folklore, and a closer who lives and dies by three outs. We tell the story of Hilda Chest

E36: Hall of Fame Catcher Roy Campanella, 2026 MLB Update & Women’s Pro Baseball Is Back!

Send us Fan Mail (this is an edited version) The trade deadline is coming, the standings are shifting fast, and baseball history is giving us a brand-new reason to pay

E35: 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees & Jerry’s Five Baseball Pet Peeves

Send us Fan Mail Cooperstown is about to get loud, crowded, and emotional and we couldn’t wait until Monday to talk about it. With Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Sunday

E34: Kitchen Sink II: Back-to-Back No Hitters, Ultimate Grand Slams, the Eddie Waitkus Shooting & More

Send us Fan Mail A movie cast quietly buying a minor league baseball team sounds like a punchline, until you hear the name Richmond Flying Mummies and realize baseball i

E33: Ranking The Best Catchers In MLB History

Send us Fan Mail Rankings bring out the real baseball opinions, especially when the position is catcher, where greatness is part statistics and part survival. We put on

E32: The Hall Ball: One Man’s Journey to Photograph a Baseball with Every Hall of Famer

Send us Fan Mail One random found ball near Cooperstown turns into an eight-year mission that sends a baseball fan deep into cemeteries, card shows, and the awkward seco

E31: Manager Earl Weaver + Book Review, 2026 MLB Update & The Midnight Sun Game

Send us Fan Mail A baseball game that starts at 10 p.m. with no stadium lights sounds impossible, yet Fairbanks pulls it off every year. We kick things off with the Midn

E30: MLB’s Greatest Hitting Streaks & The (First) World Series That Wasn’t

Send us Fan Mail A World Series disappears from baseball history, and it has nothing to do with war. We start with the odd, dramatic story of 1904, when the New York Gia

E29: Brooks Robinson, Human Vacuum Cleaner & The Warning Track

Send us Fan Mail The warning track sits in every ballpark like background scenery, yet it has a darker origin story than most fans realize. We start by pulling the camer

E28: The Baseball: Leather, Stitches & Switch Pitchers

Send us Fan Mail The baseball is the only “player” guaranteed to show up for every pitch, and it has a bigger impact on the game than most fans realize. We start with a

E27: Wade Boggs: Contact Hitting and Chicken; Plus The Longest Game and 2026 MLB Update

Send us Fan Mail You can measure Wade Boggs with numbers, but you can’t really understand him without the stories. We start by checking the current MLB landscape with ou

E26: King Kelly, Baseball’s First Rock Star & The 1984 Bean Brawl

Send us Fan Mail Seventeen ejections in one night should be impossible, yet baseball found a way. We start with the 1984 Braves Padres beanball brawl, where one hit-by-p

E25: Vintage Base Ball Brings The 19th Century Back To Life

Send us Fan Mail Link to the National Assoc of Historic Base Ball Clubs  Baseball changes completely when you strip away gloves, modern habits, and the assumptions we’v

Ep 24: Kitchen Sink Episode: LOOGY Explained, The Kissing Bandit, Eephus (film), & '70 East West Classic,

Send us Fan Mail A single baseball episode can feel like four different road trips, and that’s exactly the point here. We’re clearing out a backlog of “first pitches” wi

E23: Talkin’ Ryno: Ryne Sandberg - Heart of the Chicago Cubs

Send us Fan Mail A Cubs legend doesn’t have to be loud to be unforgettable, and Ryne Sandberg is the proof. We sit down with longtime friend and die-hard Cubs fan James

E22: The Baseball Reliquary: A Fan’s Hall of Fame

Send us Fan Mail Cooperstown tells one kind of baseball story. The Baseball Reliquary tells the one that lives in fan memory, strange artifacts, and the people who shape