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* National Pastime Radio returns — Updated April 9

April 8, 2010

Baseball is once again a art of the NPR syllabus. Steven Goldman and Jay Jafee of Baseball Prospectus made an appearance of The Brian Lehrer Show on April 2. The same day on Soundcheck, Jonathan Schaefer discussed the connection between baseball and music with Jeff Campbell, whose record label Hungry for Music releases compilations of […]

Tagged as: baseball and music, Baseball Prospectus, National Public Radio

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* National Pastime Radio: Word for the day

October 22, 2009

Words, actually. And days. In recognition of the post-season, the Brian Lehrer Show on NPR had two days of baseball terms, courtesy of Erin McKean of wordnik.com. The program was so nice, they ran it twice, first on Oct. 20and an “extra innings” segment the following day. McKean, who publishes Verbatim Magaizne (to which I […]

Tagged as: baseball dictionary, National Public Radio

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* Bruce Weber on National Pastime Radio

April 10, 2009

Bruce Weber is making the rounds for his new book on umpires. This week, it’s Fresh Air. As an added bonus (like a box of cereal), the page comes with an excerpt from his book, As They See ‘Em, which was selected for NPR’s “Books We Like.” More recent baseball items from NPR: Secret Dirt’s […]

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* National Pastime Radio: Darling Ron

March 31, 2009

Former Mets’ favorite and current broadcaster Ron Darling humps his new book, The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound, on today’s Brian Lehrer Show. You can hear the segment here http://audio.wnyc.org/bl/bl033109epod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

Tagged as: Brian Lehrer, National Public Radio, New York Mets, Ron Darling

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* Author interview/National Pastime Radio: Paul Dickson

March 19, 2009

Dickson, author of the third edition of his eponymous Baseball Dictionary, was the subject of this recent interview on NPR’s All Things Considered, which you can hear here. Paul was kind enough to forward the transcript of the program, which appears here for your convenience: COPYR IGHT 2009 All Things Considered® Copyright 2007 NPR. ROBERT […]

Tagged as: National Public Radio, Paul Dickson

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* Authors being authors

March 16, 2009

This week’s Only a Game featured a Bill Littlefield interview with Jean Rhodes and Shawn Boburg, authors of Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball’s Most Enigmatic Slugger. This one is high on my “to read” pile as it seems to go beyond the standard player biography. The segment comes at the 21:58 mark, preceded […]

Tagged as: Manny Ramirez, National Public Radio, Only a Game

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* Wait, Wait, tell me the truth

January 5, 2009 · 6 comments

In keeping with the policy NPR seems to have about replaying its best bits during the week between Christmas and New Years, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, hosted by Peter Sagal, featured a few prominent guests from the “Not My Job” segment, including Sen. George McGovern, Leonard Nimoy, Garrison Keillor, Jimmy Carter of the singing […]

Tagged as: baseball anecdotes, Gene Mauch, Moose Skowron, National Public Radio, Peter Sagal, Rob Neyer

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* NPR: National Pastime Radio

April 28, 2008

Recent baseball segments on NPR programs include: A Man and His Mitt: A love Story, All Things Considered, March 28. The page includes the essay, which appears in the new anthology Anatomy of Baseball Also on March 28, The Leonard Lopate Show asked the question “Are Baseball Players Worth Their Salaries?“ League Catches Fans Using […]

Tagged as: Baseball News, National Public Radio

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