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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.

Oct 25, 2022

Following up last week's episode with our own take on Bo Jackson, we welcome sports journalist and bestselling author Jeff Pearlman to discuss his new book The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson.  Jeff tells us about some of his favorite Bo stories, how people are so willing to talk about their heroes and...


Oct 18, 2022

This week Josh and Tom take turns telling some of the story of multi-sport legend Bo Jackson.  While his star rose as a Heisman-winning football player, he shocked the world in the 1980's by refusing to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and instead choosing to sign with the Kansas City Royals.  It was with the Royals...


Oct 13, 2022

The Guardians, Mariners, Padres and Phillies may have advanced in the "real" playoffs, but in our simulation, we pick back up in the LCS series where the 84 Tigers take on the 90 A's and the 69 Mets take on the 16 Cubs.  Who will advance?  Who will win it all?  Will Tom accept that the Royals lost?  Let's find...


Oct 7, 2022

It's playoff time, which means we decided to do our own playoffs, pitting all of the teams we've profiled so far against one another.  What do we do with the 1919 Black Sox?  Who can possibly stop the 1985 Kansas City Royals?  Will the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers finally win it?  Will the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals carry...