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Years before baseball played its first game under electric lights, the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies used electricity at the Baker Bowl... to steal signs.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Man's Amazing Inventions, Sports & Leisure
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It was supposed to be a celebration of sixty years of baseball... and instead, well, Philadelphia fans did what Philadelphia fans do best.
Categories: Series 8, Sports & Leisure
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On July 2, 1903 Washington Senators outfielder Ed Delahanty walked out of the team's hotel in Detroit and disappeared.
Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, Series 7, Sports & Leisure
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From the world of Dungeons & Dragons, A silly story that only gets sillier as people keep adding to it.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Sports & Leisure
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In 1982 a Baltimore hobby store gave the world a bold new innovation in dice... One that hardly anyone would use. Let's sing the praises of the mighty d30!
Categories: Man's Amazing Inventions, Series 4, Sports & Leisure
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In 1902 baseball player Nap Lajoie was prohibited by law from entering the state of Pennsylvania. How did this weird state of affairs come to pass?
Categories: Series 4, Sports & Leisure
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We've shared this on social media but not on the web site. Here it is... the first (and so far only) thing we've ever purchased off eBay.
Categories: Meta, Sports & Leisure
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In 1910, professional hockey was in chaos and a millionaire tried to buy his way to the Stanley Cup with a team of ringers. This is their story
Categories: Series 3, Sports & Leisure
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In 1974, Herbert Lee Washington was the world's fastest human... but could he turn raw speed into a professional baseball career? The astonishing story of baseball's "designated runner!"
Categories: Biography, Series 2, Sports & Leisure
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He may have had the best worst nickname in baseball, but "Ugly" Johnny Dickshot was more than just a pretty face. He was also a character.
Categories: Biography, Series 1, Sports & Leisure
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