Vin Scully. Dick Enberg. Jon Miller. Author Kirk McKnight had a chance to interview these legendary broadcasters and many others about the national pastime. He joins us to discuss it.

You can find the book here.

Today's featured song: "On The Airwaves," by The Shazam.

Author Bill Nowlin joins us to discuss the life and complicated legacy of the legendary Boston Red Sox owner.

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Have a nice day: Author Dan Epstein is back to take us on a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging 1970s. Can you dig it?

You can find Big Hair and Plastic Grass here. Epstein's earlier book, Stars and Strikes, is here.

You can read Epstein's 'fro-tastic farewell to Oscar Gamble here. The DVD set of the first season of "This Week in Baseball" that Dan mentioned is here. 

For more on Pete LaCock, you can go here.

Baseball by the Book's own Scott Ferkovich discusses his new book about Mickey Cochrane and the 1934-35 Tigers, the team that may have saved baseball in Detroit.

You can find the book here and follow Ferkovich on Twitter here.

Ferkovich has written many Tigers articles for SABR. You can find them here.

For more of McFarland's many baseball books here.

Pitchers and catchers report this week! With that in mind, we take a look at the history and culture of spring training with author Charles Fountain.

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The official site of the Grapefruit League is here. You can can find the Cactus League here.

Michael Seidel talks about his classic account of Joltin' Joe DiMaggio's legendary 56-game hitting streak. 

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Effa Manley is the only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hear about her remarkable story from author Audrey Vernick. 

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As Black History Month begins, author Arnold Rampersad joins us to discuss his classic biography of Jackie Robinson,