There is Joy in Mudville: Home of the "What If" Baseball Podcast
A retired teacher librarian joins forces with a funeral director/embalmer to produce classic baseball games, creating vintage broadcasts featuring legendary teams from yesteryear.
What happens when Sandy Koufax stares down Lou Gehrig? Will Jackie Robinson be able to steal second off Johnny Bench? Who comes out on top when the '54 Giants square off against the '69 Mets? To find out, sit back and enjoy. Now, let's play ball!
Episodes
10 episodes
Game 9: Mattingly & the '94 Yankees vs. the 1994 Montreal Expos
Game Nine in our series of classic baseball match-ups has the 1994 New York Yankees travel to Montreal to take on the 1994 edition of the Montreal Expos in a game played at Olympic Stadium.Who will come out on top?Only one way to ...
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30:21
Game 8: Ruth & the '33 MLB All-Stars vs. Bell & the '33 Negro League All-Stars
Game Eight in our series of classic baseball match-ups sees the 1933 Major League All-Stars take on the 1933 Negro League All-Stars in a game played at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
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37:50
Game 7: Sandy Koufax & the '65 Dodgers vs the '75 Boston Red Sox
In our seventh classic match-up, Sandy Koufax and the 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers travel to Fenway Park to take on Bill Lee and the Boston Red Sox.
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33:05
Around the Horn: Diamond Surfing with Classic Teams
WJJC, your favourite vintage radio station, takes you on a whirlwind tour around the major leagues reporting on all the day's action between classic teams from different eras.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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17:24
Game 6: Clemente & the '71 Pirates vs. Mays & the '54 New York Giants
In our sixth classic match-up, Danny Murtaugh's 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates travel to New York to take on Leo Durocher's 1954 Giants.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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27:56
Game 5: Carter & the '92 Blue Jays vs. Lolich & the '68 Detroit Tigers
In our fifth classic match-up Cito Gaston's 1992 Toronto Blue Jays travel to Detroit to take on Mayo Smith's '68 Tigers.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:53
Game 4: Jackie Robinson & the '52 Brooklyn Dodgers vs. '65 Minnesota Twins
In our fourth classic baseball match-up, Ebbets Field is the site as Chuck Dressen's 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers take on Sam Mele's 1965 Minnesota Twins.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:15
Game 3: DiMaggio & the '51 Yankees vs. '76 Cincinnati Reds
In the third of a series of classic baseball match-ups, Casey Stengel's 1951 New York Yankees take on Sparky Anderson's 1976 Cincinnati Reds.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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22:09