Episode 25: The Tools of Ignorance, Part 4 - The Invisible Man

“A Game of Inches.” Peter Morris. https://www.amazon.com/Game-Inches-Stories-Innovations-Baseball/

“A History of Baseball in 100 Objects.” Josh Leventhal. https://www.amazon.com/History-Baseball-Objects-Josh-Leventhal/

“Glove Affairs: The Romance, History, and Tradition of the Baseball Glove.” Noah Liberman. https://www.amazon.com/Glove-Affairs-Romance-Tradition-Baseball/dp/1572434201

“If You Build It: A Book About Fathers, Fate, and Field of Dreams.” Dwier Brown. https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Build-Fathers-Dreams

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2013/06/12/no-hands/

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2009/10/major-league_catchers_developi.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/8jgzpn/almost_50_of_current_managers_are_former_catchers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1c8so6o/oc_mlb_top_total_and_average_salaries_by_position/#lightbox

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-lowest-paid-position-in-baseball

https://www.thedrummeyangle.com/post/where-was-the-monetary-value-positionally-during-the-2023-mlb-season

https://fanarch.com/blogs/fan-arch/the-top-10-highest-paid-coaches-in-the-mlb-2025

https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/catcher-quotes#:~:text=No%20baseball%20pitcher%20would%20be,could%20handle%20the%20hot%20fastball.&text=All%20I've%20done%20is,best%20catcher%20I%20can%20be.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/unsung-heroes-no-hit-catchers/

https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1319&context=core_reader

https://www.mlb.com/news/don-larsens-perfect-game-had-yogis-touch/c-151171602#:~:text=%22I%20was%20so%20nervous%20I,do%20my%20thinking%20for%20me.%22

https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/05/06/the-question-was-your-nohitter-the-best-game-youve-ever-pitched

https://sabr.org/research/article/catching-science-the-mind-behind-the-mask/

https://sabr.org/journal/article/71351/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/2B_career.shtml

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/most-career-home-runs-by-a-catcher

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_career.shtml

Episode 24: The Tools of Ignorance, Part 3 - Action and Glory

“A Game of Inches.” Peter Morris. https://www.amazon.com/Game-Inches-Stories-Innovations-Baseball/

“A History of Baseball in 100 Objects.” Josh Leventhal. https://www.amazon.com/History-Baseball-Objects-Josh-Leventhal/

“Good Wood – The Story of the Baseball Bat.” Stuart Miller. https://www.amazon.com/Good-Wood-Story-Baseball-Bat/dp/0879464771

“Intentional Balk: Baseball’s Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating.” Dan Levitt, Mark Armour. https://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Balk-Baseballs-Innovation-Cheating/dp/B09ZZXTB7G

“Sweet Spot: 125 Years of Baseball and the Louisville Slugger.” David Magee, Philip Shirley. https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Spot-Baseball-Louisville-Slugger

 

https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-bats-they-keep-changing/

https://www.baseballbats.net/about-bats/the-evolution-of-bats/

Banana Bat - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-past-and-future-of-the-baseball-bat-5618957/

https://www.npr.org/2013/08/03/208638967/how-the-major-leagues-addressed-its-broken-bat-problem

https://www.sbnation.com/2010/9/21/1702198/mlb-power-rankings-tyler-colvin-ash-maple-bat

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/baseballs-bat-man-62965504/

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1157233-200-events-that-defined-shaped-and-changed-major-league-baseball/

https://www.popsci.com/story/science/weirdest-thing-bat-boning-cheese-rolling-play-doh/

https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/newsroom/releases/rate-shattered-baseball-bats-50-percent-less-thanks-major-league

https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com

https://archive.nytimes.com/bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/so-far-fewer-broken-bats-this-season/

https://www.justbats.com/blog/post/most-expensive-baseball-bat/

Episode 23: The Tools Of Ignorance, Part 2 -Glove Affairs

“A Game of Inches.” Peter Morris. https://www.amazon.com/Game-Inches-Stories-Innovations-Baseball/

“A History of Baseball in 100 Objects.” Josh Leventhal. https://www.amazon.com/History-Baseball-Objects-Josh-Leventhal/

“Glove Affairs: The Romance, History, and Tradition of the Baseball Glove.” Noah Liberman. https://www.amazon.com/Glove-Affairs-Romance-Tradition-Baseball/dp/1572434201

“If You Build It: A Book About Fathers, Fate, and Field of Dreams.” Dwier Brown. https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Build-Fathers-Dreams

“Smart Baseball.” Keith Law. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=smart+baseball+keith+law

https://sabr.org/journal/article/how-rules-changes-in-1920-affected-home-runs/#:~:text=With%20the%20elimination%20of%20the%20%E2%80%9Cfreak%E2%80%9D%20pitches,being%20injured%20by%20a%20baseball%20striking%20them.

https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-invention-of-the-baseball-glove-the-case-for-the-forgotten-1901-web-pocketed-glove/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-invention-of-the-baseball-mitt-12799848/

https://www.mlb.com/news/catcher-uses-potato-in-baseball-game

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/sports/baseball/to-break-in-their-gloves-yankees-dunk-tenderize-and-lather-up.html

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame-batting-gloves

https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2023/03/29/off-with-batting-gloves/

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/61625-should-mlb-do-something-about-batting-gloves

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/professional-baseball-players-should-quit-stalling-and-start-playing/2011/10/11/gIQAvyq3fL_story.html

https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/05/07/glove-story

Episode 22: The Tools Of Ignorance, Part 1

Episode 3: Why The Knuckleball Is So Successful And So Rare

  • https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-05-28/knuckleball-major-league-baseball-dodgers-giants-friedman-zaidi#:~:text=The%20knuckleball%20pitcher%20has%20vanished,all%20four%20were%20position%20players.

  • https://www.oddball-mall.com/knuckleball/list.htm#:~:text=The%20pitch%20we%20now%20know,some%20part%20in%20its%20invention.

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_knuckleball_pitchers

  • https://www.mlb.com/news/best-knuckleball-pitchers-in-baseball-history

  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-pitch-that-bobs-and-baffles/2015/04/03/e10c571c-b6cf-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/sports/baseball/knuckleballers-have-a-history-as-colorful-as-their-pitch.html

  • https://www.si.com/mlb/2012/12/17/17notable-knuckleballers

  • https://knuckleball.com/knuckleball-history/

  • https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/073027

  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicists-have-finally-figured-out-why-knuckleballs-are-so-hard-hit-180959826/

  • https://deadspin.com/change-and-how-we-get-there-1848885795

  • https://www.sportscasting.com/why-did-wilt-chamberlain-not-fix-the-one-part-of-his-game-that-held-him-back/

  • https://www.si.com/nba/2016/06/30/malcolm-gladwell-wilt-chamberlain-rick-barry-nba-free-throw-granny-shot

  • https://sabr.org/latest/gendelman-unpredictable-and-unmanly-baseballs-fear-of-the-knuckleball/

  • Physics of Baseball - Papers by Alan Nathan

Episode 2: How Ray Chapman’s Death Saved Future Lives

-https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-16-1920-ray-chapman-suffers-fatal-blow-to-his-skull-on-pitch-from-carl-mays/

-https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ray-chapman/

-https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2693942

-https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/29/carl-mays-ray-chapman-killed-pitch-yankees-indians-baseball

-https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/mlb/story/2020-08-16/major-league-baseball-beaning-death-1920-cleveland-indians-ray-chapman-new-york-yankees-carl-mays

-https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chapmra01.shtml

-https://baseballhall.org/discover/shortstops/the-first-helmet

-https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA567547114&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=07346891&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E5d34154b&aty=open-web-entry

-https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2013/dead-ball-era#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cdead%20ball%20era,games%20with%20few%20home%20runs.

-https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12741917/uni-watch-history-headgear-mlb-alex-torres

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_helmet

-https://www.sportdecals.com/blogs/p/a-look-into-the-history-of-baseball-helmets

Episode 1: Did Lou Gehrig Have Lou Gehrig’s Disease?

-https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049909111434635?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.9

-https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/lou-gehrig-luckiest-man

-https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lou-gehrig/

-https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/did-lou-gehrig-actually-die-of-lou-gehrigs-disease

-https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/aug/17/lou-gehrig-disease-baseball-death

-https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/did-lou-gehrig-have-lou-gehrigs-disease-20100818286

-https://www.als.org/understanding-als/lou-gehrig

-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850819/

-https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/iron-horse-steel-will

-https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/cal-ripken-breaks-lou-gehrigs-consecutive-games-record