211 - The Money Went Dry, The Liquor Went Wet: The Life & Times of Bob Caruthers w/ Dave Heller

Journalist, author Dave Heller joins us this week to discuss his new book, "Parisian Bob Caruthers: Baseball's First Two-Way Star" (McFarland 2024). Caruthers played in the American Association and National League from 1884 to 1893 where he led the AA in wins twice and played with distinction in the outfield when he was not pitching. In this interview, Heller takes us back to a time and place when baseball, baseball players and America itself were wild and untamed.

In part 2, Craig and Rex briefly discuss a controversial Astro trade and speculate on baseball in the Olympic Games come 2028.

Dave Heller on Twitter
Dave's book at McFarlandBooks.com

Source:
Scott Louder, "Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge endorse MLB players in the 2028 Olympics, an idea that might be gaining steam," Philadelphia Inquirer at msn.com.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:00 Meet Bob Caruthers: baseball's first two way star
• 5:59 Hiding beer bottles in the outfield and other stories
• 10:04 Bob could throw a fastball almost as hard as anyone
• 13:19 Game called on account of darkness
• 18:02 Caruthers was not good with money
• 22:45 The money went dry, the liquor went wet
• 27:23 Wrap up with Dave Heller
• 28:47 The Astros made a controversial trade.
• 33:22 Baseball at the Olympics in 2028?