216 - Celebrating the Baseball Road Trip w/ Timothy Malcolm

Timothy Malcolm wrote the newly revised and updated, "Moon Baseball Road Trips: The Complete Guide to All the Ballparks, with Beer, Bites, and Sights Nearby" (Moon Travel, 2024) being released September 10. He joins us this week to talk about baseball road trips, favorite ballparks and how baseball contributed to revivals in many large American cities.

In part 2, Rex and Craig talk about why pitchers are pitching fewer and fewer complete games and how the long ball threat from the line-up's top to bottom has impacted how teams manage pitching staffs.

Timothy Malcolm on Bluesky
The book at Moon Travel

Errata: The 1930 Philadelphia Phillies lost 102 games, not however many Craig said (unless he said 102). The designated first sullied America's Pastime in 1973, not 1971.

Episodes Mentioned:
143 - The Rays Are Getting Their New Stadium w/ Dr. Elizabeth Strom (OK, not specifically mentioned, but relevant) (https://www.buzzsprout.com/875794/12443077).
133 - We Weren't Rained Out, We Were Rained In w/ Roger Metzger (https://www.buzzsprout.com/875794/11991967)
127 - The Old Ballparks Project, Part I (our discussion of the Baker Bowl and Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium) in Philadelphia (https://www.buzzsprout.com/875794/11755593)

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 5:32 "I wish I got to spend more time in these cities."
• 10:19 "I can talk to any fan."
• 13:25 "It's great to have a ballpark downtown."
• 18:04 "They've done an amazing job with [Fenway Park]."
• 24:23 "...one of the best ballparks in baseball potentially."
• 28:36 "You're not going to sell people on a ballpark until you have a decent team."
• 31:49 Talking expansion: "People don't realize how far apart the cities are in Texas."
• 37:26 On MLB's effort to make starting pitchers go at least six innings.
• 41:20 How the threat of the long ball impacts complete games.
• 51:02 "I just slept wrong."