Classic Baseball Radio

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Baseball's history, one classic game at a time. Using archived news reports, articles, and historical records, Classic Baseball Radio brings you original and recreated broadcasts of games from over 100 years of America's favourite pasttime.

A promotional card advertising a podcast of the Aug 13 1932, baseball game between the Yankees and the Nationals.
New York Yankees catcher Bill Dickey.
A promotional postcard for the Classic Baseball Radio podcast. It says "Nate Colbert’s 1972 is the stuff of legends, with 38 home runs and 111 RBIs. He was on fire from the delayed opening day of the season. Today, he’s visiting Shea Stadium, looking to lift the Padres up from their 8-11 start."
A promotional card for the Classic Baseball Radio podcast. It says "Coming off a 20-win season in 1971, Tom Seaver is already 4-0 on a shortened season. His record against the Padres is even stronger. All he has to do is get past the 22-year-old rookie Bill Grief."
Tom Seaver on the mound for the Mets.
The Classic Baseball Radio logo, over the text "Classic Baseball Radio is nominated for 'Best Sports Podcast' at the Scottish Podcast Awards."
A promotional image for the Classic Baseball Radio podcast, it shows Hank Borowy, and says: "He started the season as the Yankee's ace pitcher. Then they put him on waivers. The Cubs snatched him for $100,000, and Hank Borowy is about to make his first start at Wrigley."
A picture of Wrigley Field in Chicago from the 1940s with crowds waiting to get in, and a saloon car drives past.
Baseball player Claude Passeau in 1936 with the Phillies.
Newt salutes, the tough girl from Aliens.
Forbes Field baseball stadium from the air, taken in 1963 and given a sepia tone.
Promotional card for a podcast. It says "Sparky Lyle will redefine what it means to be a closing pitcher, but today The Red Sox have put him in during a tense tenth inning. Will this be the first win for the rookie?"
The press box at Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park baseball stadium
Animated gif of the ZX Spectrum game 3D Deatchase, you ride a motorbike through a forest.
A baseball scorecard showing an Orioles at Yankees game played on August 5 1960
Ebbets Field, 1920, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.
Griffith Park baseball stadium from the air.
12 men will concentrate on the WBC. That's sad.
The Go Go White Sox, From The 1950s
A promotional card for a baseball radio broadcast. It features LA Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton. It says "Don Sutton is in the early stages of his career that will see him become the Dodgers all time leader in wins, starts, and shutouts. But in 1969 he was one of many pitchers figuring out the new mound height and strike zone."
"Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious" a memorable headline to a report by newspaper editor Paul Hickson
A baseball game is taking place at the Cincinnati Reds' Crosley Field in 1969.
Classic Baseball Radio's play-by-play caller, Ewan Spence. He's on a baseball field, with a baseball cap and a radio headset.
A baseball scorecard for the Orioles at Yankees game on August 15, 1960. This is the completed card for the Baltimore Orioles.
A page of commentators' notes for a baseball game, with game stats, league standings, scores, pitcher reports, and trivia for the broadcast.
A spreadsheet of play-by-play calls of a baseball game.
A quote card promoting a historical baseball broadcast. It says "Casey Stengel’s Yankees dominated the fifties, but 1959 saw the Bronx Bombers finish 15 games back. With six weeks to go in the 1960 season, the Yankees are just half a game behind tonight’s rivals, the Baltimore Orioles."
Podcast episode artwork for a radio recreation of a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, on August 15, 1960.
Mel and Sue are cheering for you!
A podcast promotional card with a quote from Liz Thompson. It says "Keeping score is something that can help you really appreciate baseball. It slows down the game in an age where everything has to be faster."
Podcast promotional quote card. On it, Liz Thompson is saying "Scoring is so integral beyond the records. The Orioles scorecard used to write "warning, keeping score is habit forming."
A promotional image for the Classic Baseball radio podcast. It shows Liz Thompson of Diamond Scorecard Design, and notes this is a bonus episode of the podcast.
A podcast promotional card that reads, "Finally settling into a starting role, New York Giants pitcher Sheldon 'Available' Jones is looking to complete a sweep against the Phillies Whiz kids in the dying days of 1950."
Two corecards and commentators' notes for a baseball game... it is the Houston Astros visiting the San Diego Padres, which took place on June 19, 1973.
Promotional card for the Classic Baseball radio podcast, featuring Cezar Cedeno and his 50-20 season of 1972.
Promotional quote card for the Classic Baseball Radio podcast. it says "Drafted as the fourth overall pick, the San Diego Padres immediately promoted Dave Winfield directly into the Majors. As the Padres try to recover from nine losses in a row, Winfield is ready to take his first at-bat."
San Diego Padres baseball player Dave Winfield, dressed in the PAdres yellow and brown uniform.
Promotional quote card for "Classic Baseball Radio", it reads "in the future, Enos Slaughter has four World Series rings, ten all-star appearances, and a place in the hall of fame. But in 1938 he is a rookie, batting 0-2 against Dizzy Dean, and all he wants is to get on base.
"Sharing" image for a recreated baseball game broadcast of the Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox on Sept 17 1953. It reads "The Red Sox are 36-37 at Fenway with three games to go in he season. Ted Williams is rested and coming in on .407 for his shortened 1953 season. Can he help Fenway dodge a losing record?"
Radio recreation of a Roger Maris home run in 1963.
Podcast artwork showing an old baseball diamond and stadium, the show title of Classic Baseball Radio, and a subheading of recreation.
Podcast promo card. The quote reads "The Red Sox traded Walt Dropo to the Detroit Tigers in 1952... where he promptly tied the MLB record for 12 consecutive hits. Now he's facing his old clue as the try to avoid a losing record at Feway [Park in Boston]."
Baseball cards of Mike Krukow, Bobby Thompson, and Duane Kuiper..
Masanori Murakami played for the SF Giants, and was the first Japanese player in the MLB. Here we have the album art, for an original radio broadcast on Mets Radio from August 29, 1965, featuring Murakami.
Pittsburgh Pirates' Roberto Clemente in a batting stance, on an album cover for Classic Baseball History podcast and a Pirates@Expos game on 17 July 1969.
Montreal Expo's Jarry Park, a podcast album cover for an episode where the SF Giants visit the Montreal Expos to play a game on May 10, 1972.
Podcast album art features St Louis' Sportsman's Park, for the 1944 World Series game 6 tie between the Browns and the Cardinals.
A young Vin Scully at a microphone, commentating on a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Cubs on June 4 1957.