Indy Neidell's Baseball History Time Machine

S2E13: Tragic Tales Part 4- Bostock and McHenry

In yet another installment of the Tragic Tales series we take a look at Lyman Bostock and Austin McHenry. Of course, there are the usual sidetracks into things like Pickl

S2E12: Still More Tragic Tales... and the 1920 World Series

What do we get today? We get Chick Stahl, the 1920 World Series, a sidetrack about mayonnaise, single season headhunter records, and Carl Mays' career story. See Privacy

S2E11: More Tragic Tales (and more long sidetracks)

Today we continue telling tragic baseball tales with perhaps the most famous one- the death of Ray Chapman, but there's also the usual side stories and sidetracks, diggin

S2E10: Tragic Tales

A couple of tragic baseball deaths today for you, and the full story of Jim Creighton's rise to stardom and what he brought to baseball in his brief, tragic career, as we

S2E9: The 19 K Club Part 4

We continue the mini series of pitchers who've struck out 19 or more hitters in a single game with Steve Carlton, but also the usual sidetracks into all sorts of weirdnes

S2E8: Haddix, Shore, and an Unanticipated Homage to Luis Tiant

This week begins as another installment of the '19 K Club' series, but soon sidetracks into Ernie Shore's non-perfect game; Babe Ruth slugging an umpire; Slam Agnew's and

S2E7: The 19 K Club, Part 3

This excellent mini series continues, covering two more pitchers who struck out 19 or more players in a single major league game, Tom Cheney and Luis Tiant, but there als

S2E6: The 19 K Club, Part 2

The second in the mini series covering those players in MLB History who have struck out 19 or more batters in one game. Today we start off still in 1884 with Charlie Swee

Summer 2026 Announcement

Because of illness and daily life just getting a little overwhelming, we unfortunately can't release an episode today, but we'll be back next Sunday, and then continue al

S2E5: The 19 K Club

The first episode in a mini series on those pitchers who've struck out 19 or more batters in a major league game, but it also has several cool sidetracks into other thing

S2E4: Sluggers of the 1970s, Part 5

Another installment of the 1970s Sluggers mini series for you, kicking off with a long look at Jeff Burroughs, but also featuring loads of sidetracks into things like how

S2E3: The Rogers Hornsby Thing, Finally! (This time for real)

After sidetracking on everything under the sun the past two episodes, Indy finally tells us the incredible thing Rogers Hornsby did NOT do, but someone else did. Not to w

S2E2: The Rogers Hornsby Thing (and the 1926 World Series)

There's something that Rogers Hornsby did NOT do that Indy was supposed to talk about in the first episode of season two. That's on the agenda today, but there are the us

S2E1: Season Two Opening Day- The Perfect Episode!

Indy and Berns kick off Season 2 of this weirdness in top Time Machine form: Indy sets the scene for what the episode is about, and then spends the rest of the entire epi

S1E31: Season One Finale- Sluggers of the 1970s, Part 4

Indy and Berns get back to the Sluggers of the 1970s Mini Series, today covering a pair of early 70s White Sox homer champs. Also the usual sidetracks into things like Ed

S1E30: Maz and the Cenennarians

Just after the last episode was recorded- which was about the death of former Pirate star Roy Face- another Pirates legend, Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, also passed away

S1E29: Indy Hijacks the Episode- an Homage to Roy Face

Instead of continuing the sluggers of the 1970s mini series, Indy and Berns spend the episode talking about the late great Roy Face, and some pretty impressive relief win

S1E28: Sluggers of the 1970s Part 3

We continue this fabulous 70s sluggers mini-series, this week talking about the first team to ever have three guys hit 40 homers the same season before going into dives i

S1E27: Sluggers of the 1970s Part 2

This 70s sluggers mini series continues, today featuring numbers 3, 4, and 5 on the most homers of the 1970s list, as well as the usuall side tracks into things like Dave

S1E26: Sluggers of the 1970s Part 1

The response to our recent series 'Sluggers of the 1940s' was really positive, so here's the start of new Sluggers series! Today featruing Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell