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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On this week in “This Week in 1920s Baseball,” Sweetbread and Bucketfoot stumble upon an article about “rowdyism” in the American Association. Those guys got rowdy! This led the podsmen to look into the minor leagues of the 1920s. There were so many great team names: St. Paul Apostles, Longview Cannibals, Toledo Iron Men, New […]
This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball” Sweetbread and Bucketfoot play a little off-season game where they each research a mystery player then drop some knowledge on one another. It’s not really a game, but it is fun! Who do they choose? How is it that one of the players spawned a forensics mystery? […]
The podsmen are back after a long hiatus to wrap up the year that was, 100 years ago. Who won the 1920 World Series? Did George Sisler end up hitting .400? What was Josh’s old-timey baseball nickname again? Learn all this and more, on “This Week in 1920s Baseball!”
This week in This Week in 1920s Baseball, Matt and Josh (aka Sweetbread and Bucketfoot) cover the scandal of all scandals! It was this week (mid-September) of 1920 that the news broke in papers all over the country that the White Sox threw the 1919 World Series. A grand jury was quickly convened in Chicago with subpoenas […]
This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball,” Josh and Matt talk a bit about the fatal pitch that killed Indians shortstop Ray Chapman. More on that comping soon! They also talk about a strange little story about gamblers who got busted falsifying a report that Babe Ruth and several teammates were hurt or killed […]
This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball” we are so happy to have a very special guest, Sean Gibson. Sean is the great-grandson of baseball great Josh Gibson and the Executive Director of the Josh Gibson Foundation. Sean came to our attention because he wrote an excellent article advocating that the MVP award be […]
On “This Week in 1920s Baseball” podsmen Matthew and Josh (aka Sweetbread and Bucketfoot) cover the only no-hitter of the 1920 season and take a look at the great Walter Johnson. They also examine the 1920 New York Giants and their remarkable second half. And, yes, they talk about old-timey nicknames a little bit, including […]