The Case For: A Baseball Hall of Fame Podcast

Episode 43 - An Interview with Adam Darowski of Baseball Reference.

Adam Darowski is the Senior Design Director at Sports Reference, LLC, the maker of Baseball Reference, Stathead, Immaculate Grid, and many other sports statistics website

Episode 42 - Thurman Munson and Buster Posey

Catchers Thurman Munson and Buster Posey had nearly identical careers in terms of statistics, hardware, and the "fame factor". Tragically Munson passed away during the 19

Episode 41 - "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" with Louis Schiff

Attorney, Judge and law professor Louis H. Schiff discusses his book “Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame: A Collection of Biographical Essays”.  Lou co-wrote the boo

Episode 40 - Rick Klein Discusses Dale Murphy

Rick Klein is the Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for ABC News and has been a journalist for more than 25 years. A lifelong Dale Murphy fan he was recently inv

Episode 39 - An Interview with Cullen Chapron

Longtime friend of the podcast, fellow baseball fan extraordinaire, and "Baseball Twitter" personality Cullen Chapron @CChapro832 discusses baseball, the "NEPTA dashboard

Episode 38 - 2026 BBWAA Ballot Recap

Attorney and baseball fan  extraordinaire Russell Christian breaks down the 2026 Baseball Writers Association of America Ballot which elected 2 members to the Hall of Fam

Episode 37 - Dan Bern Discusses the 2026 BBWAA Ballot

Critically acclaimed singer songwriter, painter, novelist, and fellow baseball fan extraordinaire Dan Bern returns to the podcast to discuss the 2026 BBWAA Ballot with Ru

Episode 36 - 2026 BBWAA Ballot Preview

Russell breaks down the 2026 Baseball Writer's Association of America Ballot, giving his "yes/no" votes on EVERY player and predicting who he thinks will be enshrine

Episode 35 - 2025 Contemporary Era Ballot Recap - Jeff Kent elected to HOF

Russell recaps the 2025 Contemporary Era Ballot vote and discusses what the future brings for the fan movement to induct Dale Murphy into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Tex

Episode 34 - The 2025 Contemporary Era Ballot

The 2025 Contemporary Era Ballot includes 8 players: -Barry Bonds -Roger Clemens -Carlos Delgado -Jeff Kent -Don Mattingly -Dale Murphy -Gary Sheffield -Fernando Valenzu

Episode 33 - Kenny Lofton

During his prime years of 1992-1999 Kenny Lofton was one of the top leadoff hitters and defensive centerfielders in baseball. The speedster retired in 2007 after 17 MLB s

Episode 32 - An Interview with Ted Knorr about Rap Dixon

Ted Knorr has been a member of SABR since 1979, has attended over 60 SABR conferences, and started Negro League Commemorative Nights in Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York, P

Episode 31 - George Van Haltren

George Van Haltren played between 1887 and 1903, retiring with a .316 batting average, 1642 runs, 2544 hits, and 583 stolen bases. He is is 1 of only 5 players with 1600+

Episode 30 - Paul Lesko aka "The Hobby Lawyer"

Attorney and baseball fan Paul Lesko aka "The Hobby Lawyer" has litigated intellectual property and class action lawsuits for over 25 years. With a background in the bioc

Episode 29 - Darren O'Day

Pitcher Darren O'Day spent 15 years in Major League Baseball, mostly in a bullpen role. As such Darren doesn't have the necessary Wins and/or Saves totals that

Episode 28 - Remembering Dave Parker

Russell reflects on the life and legacy of Dave "The Cobra" Parker  (June 9, 1951 – June 28, 2025).  A member of the Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Dave is 1 of only 5 playe

Episode 27 - An Interview with Graig Kreindler

Graig Kreindler is "The Painter of the National Pastime" whose baseball paintings have been featured in numerous museums and news outlets including The Wall Street Journa

Episode 26 - An Interview with Chuck Brodsky

Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and "baseball’s troubadour poet laureate” Chuck Brodsky joins Russell to talk about his baseball songs. Larry Groce of NPR called C

Episode 25 - Jesse Orosco

Jesse Orosco pitched 24 years in Major League Baseball and is the all-time career leader in games played for a pitcher with 1252. A hero of the 1986 Jesse earned 3 wins i

Episode 24 - John Franco

John Franco recorded 424 saves in his 21 year MLB career, the most of any left-handed relief pitcher. He is currently 7th all-time in career saves and 3rd in games played