All About Baseball with Byron Copley

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of All About Baseball, I remind myself and you, the listeners, the reason why I am doing this, suggest a few past episodes to listen to that best exemplify the purpose of this podcast, talk about how I would coach youth baseball today if I ever again took on the…

On June 4, 1974, an actual riot took place on the field of Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, where more than 1,000 drunk and disorderly fans, intoxicated by drinking beers that cost a mere 10 cents, lost all inhibition and stormed the field DURING the 9th inning of a 5-5 game between the Indians and the Texas…

You’d think that this was already the case, but it isn’t, and it should be. With bloated rosters, defections, replacements at the last minute, mandatory representation of every team, starting pitchers opting out because of insufficient rest, and fan bias — it’s no wonder that interest and viewership has dwindled over the last 40-plus years.…

Sign stealing is an ancient discipline and it perfectly legal when people directly involved in the game observe base coaches with the naked eye. At all levels, signs are a visual code that communicates plays like bunt, hit-and-run, steal, squeeze play — and more. I learned a foolproof way to protect our signs from the…

A curious assertion, given that the majority of MLB ballplayers wear their uniforms in one of two ways: with the pants at knee-level (or above) or as full-length pants that drape over the shoes. Unimaginative is lending credit to today’s current “style”. The point is that the art and ritual of donning a baseball uniform…

Ninety years ago today, May 25, 1935, Babe Ruth, now with the last-place Boston Braves, capped his 22-season career with a banner day against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. This podcast expresses the significance of that day, excoriates Braves’ owner Emil Fuchs, and identifies perhaps the actual day, June 13, 1948, when Babe Ruth…