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Cheapseat Baseball

Welcome to Cheapseat Baseball, a weekly baseball history podcast from two friends who had the completely original idea of starting a podcast.  We dive into the great teams, great players and great stories... as well as some not so great ones.

Aug 31, 2022

We fire up the Whatif? simulator to square off Josh's all-time Cleveland Bronchos / Naps / Indians / Guardians against Tom's Cincinnati Red Stockings / Reds / Redlegs / Reds.  Can Bob Feller contain the Big Red Machine? Can Dolf Luque contain the Cleveland's stacked 90's outfield? Why does Whatif? love old timey players...


Aug 22, 2022

We pick up where we left off in the last episode, wrapping up the story of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, by talking about the Yankees dynasty they took on, the 9/11 attacks, and one of the greatest World Series ever played.  The shambling corpse of Rudolph Giuliani is mentioned. 


Aug 15, 2022

This week Tom tells Josh the story of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, one of the most quickly successful expansion franchises.  We go over the origins of the franchise, its initial run, its going big and signing big names into the turn of the millennium, and then its magical 2001 run.  We discuss expansion yet again, go...


Aug 5, 2022

This week Josh tells Tom about San Diego Padres legend Tony Gwynn.  We follow Gwynn as he developed from a multi-sports star into one of baseball's best pure hitters.  One who drove fellow Hall of Famer Greg Maddux to curse his name, and who received a key piece of advice from Ted Williams to unlock a secondary peak...