Episodes

  • Episode 29: When Kenesaw Came to Town

    Episode 29: When Kenesaw Came to Town
    Jan 20 2023
    Sweetbread and Bucketfoot are back at it for an off-season look at the goings on in 1923. None other than the most powerful man in sport, one Kenesaw Mountain Landis, visited Pennsylvania in 1923 to talk about the game. The throngs were pretty excited, to say the least. The podsmen also talk about some international […]
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    26 mins
  • Episode 28: How ’bout that 1922 season!

    Episode 28: How ’bout that 1922 season!
    Nov 21 2022
    Sweetbread and Bucketfoot are back in the building to talk about the 1922 season. It was a battle of the New York squads! Who took home the Series trophy? What was the controversy that plagued game one? Who unexpectedly took the home run crown from Ruth? Why don’t sportswriters pen poems anymore? The podsman talk […]
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    40 mins
  • Episode 27: Welcome to 1922!

    Episode 27: Welcome to 1922!
    Jul 25 2022
    Hey we’re back at it after a long hiatus, bringing you the hot tea kettle takes on the 1922 MLB season and having lots of digressions along the way. We cover one particularly interesting game in the 1922 season, get you caught up in the standings, and talk about the baseball career of Jim Thorpe. […]
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    41 mins
  • Episode 26: Decoration Day

    Episode 26: Decoration Day
    May 28 2021
    On this week in This Week in 1920s Baseball, Sweetbread and Bucketfoot get ready for the Memorial Day holiday by talking about how it was celebrated 100 years ago in the world of baseball. The holiday was actually known as “Decoration Day” at the time and it was a somber affair in 1921 as several ballplayers […]
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    35 mins
  • Episode 25: George Herman is the Father of Triplets

    Episode 25: George Herman is the Father of Triplets
    Apr 30 2021
    This week on This Week in 1920s Baseball, Sweetbread and Bucketfoot cover a wide range of topics: Babe Ruth’s hot start to 1921, the surprising standings at the end of April, the underappreciated Bucky Harris, the curious existence of tie games in baseball, the reason “Home Run” Baker was out of the line-up, early 20th […]
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    33 mins
  • Episode 24: Opening Day, 1921!

    Episode 24: Opening Day, 1921!
    Apr 15 2021
    It’s opening day of the 1921 season and Sweetbread and Bucketfoot are here to give you the hot tea kettle takes. Enjoy some fabulous old-time prose from 1920s sportswriter Gordon Mackay to get you pumped for the season then hear about who started off the year with a bang. Babe Ruth! Baby Doll Jacobson! Sad […]
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    31 mins
  • Episode 23: Home Run Baker!

    Episode 23: Home Run Baker!
    Mar 1 2021
    This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball,” Sweetbread and Bucketfoot talk about the return to baseball of one J. Franklin “Home Run” Baker. It’s one of the most literal of all nicknames and his story is full of both triumph and tragedy. They also talk about what spring training was like in 1921 as […]
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    32 mins
  • Episode 22: Tea Kettle Takes of the Off-Season

    Episode 22: Tea Kettle Takes of the Off-Season
    Feb 8 2021
    This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball,” Sweetbread and Bucketfoot cover the off-season transactions following the 1920 season, as well as one transaction that didn’t happen. It’s not the hot stove — it’s the era-appropriate “tea kettle take” you’ve been waiting for. Hear about what star is headed to Pittsburgh, who the Yankees added to […]
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    36 mins