Episode 331: "Suds Series"

Baseball by the Book

Justin McGuire

Authors, Baseball, Books, Statistics, Sports, History, Arts

4.9 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Rickey Henderson stole 130 bases. Cal Ripken Jr.'s legendary streak began, although no one knew it at the time. The Big Red Machine broke down as the Cincinnati Reds hit rock bottom while Steve Garvey and Tommy Lasorda found themselves immersed in controversy. And George Steinbrenner fired his manager — twice. At the end of it all, Whitey Herzog's speedy St. Louis Cardinals took on Harvey Keuenn's hard-hitting Milwaukee Brewers in a classic World Series.

J. Daniel joins us to discuss the memorable 1982 baseball season.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, I'm Justin McGuire.
0:20.2	And this is Baseball by the Book, the only podcast that matters.
0:25.0	That's right, folks, you're once again listening to Baseball by the book, the podcast in which we talk to authors of baseball books past and present.
0:33.8	Today, Jay Daniel returns to the podcast.
0:36.8	He runs the website 80sbaseball.com and is the author of,
0:41.4	Finally, The Phillies, the Royals, and the 1980 baseball season.
0:46.7	Today he's here to talk about his new book.
0:49.0	It's called Suds Series, Baseball, Beer Wars, and the Summer of 82. Let's get started. Jay, this is normally the time
1:00.4	when I welcome the guest to the podcast, but as you've been kind of part of the baseball by the book
1:05.6	family for a while, it seems weird to welcome you. So I'll just say thanks for being here.
1:09.7	Well, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
1:11.2	And it's good to be back on.
1:12.4	You do our social media graphics, the things that we put on Facebook and Twitter and that sort of thing.
1:16.8	So if people ever see those, those are your handiwork.
1:20.3	Yeah, well, you know, I can work with templates with the best of them.
1:22.9	I was 13 when the 1982 baseball season started.
1:26.9	I turned 14 that July.
1:28.8	And I have to say that 1982 and 1983 as well are probably the seasons where I was the biggest baseball fan where I paid the most attention.
1:37.7	I mean, I remember those years just reading the paper every day devouring every trade rumor,
1:44.6	devouring every development that happened in the American League and the National League,
1:48.6	every development that happened with my beloved Orioles.
1:51.6	But, you know, just throughout the league as well.
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