This Week’s Lineup:
- A visit to the National Ballpark Museum in Denver
- Keeping tabs on author Eric Nusbaum
- Wrigley Field needs an F-16 rule
- Cal Raleigh and Hack Wilson
(Here’s an outstanding write-up of Hack Wilson, the good and the ugly, by writer Jacob Bielecki)
- Shifts in starting pitching milestones. Who’s the next pitcher to throw 2,000 innings? Will anyone?
- The Altoona Curve and a rabbit hole of train history
- Old-school check-in featuring Jefry Yan, Davis Martin, and Sal Stewart
What’s This?
Every few weeks in “Slap Hits,” Ted and I cover whatever has delighted us from present-day baseball (or sometimes things even further afield) in a lightning round.
There will be news (of a kind), opinion, banter when we agree, and arguing when we don’t. We’re looking at items big and small, obscure or viral, we’re going quick, and we’re not stopping to fact-check.
Got a Slap Hit?
Send us an amusing, baseball adjacent item (interpretation is up to you) you’d like us to mention, bonus points for weird and obscure. Listen to a few episodes of “Slap Hits” and you’ll get the sense of what we like to cover, and it’s often things that don’t get covered elsewhere that delight us the most. If we use it, we’ll credit you for the submission during the show!
Email tips and suggestions to clearthefieldpod@gmail.com or leave a comment here on the episode.
