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All About Baseball with Byron Copley

A podcast where baseball is the main character, a supporting player, or a silent partner. The possibilities are vast and varied.

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11:44

Replay: 715 – The Moment I Missed, and Then Realized

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/04/08

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record on national television. Because today, April 8, 2026, is the 52nd anniversary of that event, I thought that I would replay one of the earliest episodes of All About Baseball that recounts my personal experience of that moment when Aaron’s bat made contact with the ball. It was one of extreme disappointment, which transitioned into one of personal growth.bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com

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21:12

The Politics of Baseball and the Anti-Trust Exemption

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2026/04/02

Major League Baseball, unlike the other professional sports in the United States, has been exempt from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act since 1922, meaning that no competitive professional baseball league can be established to directly compete with MLB for its players, fans, or markets. Still, that hasn’t prevented a few United States legislators from threatening to introduce legislation that would repeal that exemption because — well — listen to this episode that focuses on one Stuart

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27:38

What Should be in a Nickname?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/03/26

That’s the question that this episode of All About Baseball answers. A listener requested an episode on nicknames, and I tried to place a larger context around the topic and opine that nicknames no longer, “augment a given name and provide a richer and more explicit denotation.” But that’s only part of this story. Listen in to hear the rest of it.https://sabr.org/journal/article/an-analysis-of-baseball-nicknames/ bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com Music: “Field

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11:20

The Devolution of the Check Swing

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/03/19

In this episode, I, unfortunately, rant somewhat on yet another tinkering of the rules of baseball, using technology to yet again supplant the human factor, which, once ensconced in the game, is “progressively” taking a back seat to machines. “Hey, IT says so!” Controversy resolved, right? As we ignore the larger controversy of handing the judgement and management of the game over to things. I think this is a bad idea, and so does Charles Dickens.

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14:45

The Mysterious Fourth Out

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/03/11

Baseball has numerous interesting and quirky rules. Perhaps none more so than the “Fourth Out Situation,” where an extra out can be made and applied to replace the third out made in an inning. This episode offers a hypothetical example that is a literal game-changer, and it also recounts two specific incidents in Major League baseball that demonstrate the importance of the rule as well as its rarity in application. With instant replay now a fixture in MLB, however, the Fourth Out has

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21:36

Book Review: The New York Game

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/03/06

Subtitled Baseball and the Rise of a New City, the book The New York Game is about the interdependent rise of professional baseball in New York with the grand and grandiose progress that New York accomplished from 1901 to 1945. This is the first episode of that podcast that I wrote in advance so that my words were measured and what I intended to say. I recommend this book, but not for the reasons that reviewers expressed. I find that Baker presents most of the principle characters as universally

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19:31

Is It Possible to Play Quantum Baseball?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/02/26

This episode takes the lessons from a book that I read — and still read — called Quantum Golf, by Kjell (pronounced Shell) Enhager, which offers a radical yet reasonable way to approach the game of golf and asks the question: “can those same lessons be applied on the baseball field to help players enhance the game?” I think they can, and I explain why. I also identify several players who may have been playing Quantum Baseball all along without realizing

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14:35

Why Did The Tigers Sign Justin Verlander to a Major...

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/02/18

This episode asks and answers this question to my satisfaction. At first, I was skeptical if the signing was a good idea. However, as I ruminated in real time, without much preparation, but with an open mind and a predisposition to express gladness that Verlander is a Tiger again, I discovered in the process that I can change my own mind by just talking it through with the “record” button activated. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com Music: “Field Grass,” by Sergei

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34:47

A Tale of Clashing Personalities: Why there was no...

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/02/12

This episode examines in a fair amount of detail the reasons why I think that there was no World Series in 1904. The personalities who could have worked out an equitable solution — Byron Bancroft “Ban” Johnson, president of the fledgling American League, John T. Brush, owner of the National League’s New York Giants, and John McGraw, manager of the Giants — were simply too obstinate to negotiate. Instead, they waged a vicious verbal war in the newspapers during the

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22:03

Remembering Mickey Lolich: A Humble, Grateful Man

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/02/06

Mickey Lolich, who passed away on February 4, 2026, at the age of 85, was a humble, self-effacing, patient, loyal man and teammate. His 13 years as a Detroit Tiger consisted of dramatic highs and lows, but Lolich was a man who always saw the bigger picture. His dedication and durability — and substantial talent that often went unappreciated — served to place him among the all-time great pitchers in wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts. This podcast remembers Lolich as a pitcher who

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19:36

The AI Revolution

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/02/04

Artificial Intelligence has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, and Major League Baseball has embraced it with boundless enthusiasm. The claims: AI will increase competitiveness, excitement, safety, and fairness. It will extend careers and enhance the quality of play. This podcast offers some opinions on the “wisdom” of surrendering human judgement to computers, possible unforeseen circumstances of AI: as an example, AI could potentially shorten careers. I also relate two historic

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13:36

Three Things I Really Like About Baseball

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/01/28

Ok. This podcast is a bit of an outlier. First off, I recorded it in my car as an experiment, so you will notice a difference in the audio. It’s more compressed than the podcasts I record in my office/studio. You might need to boost the volume a little bit. But it’s definitely audible. I liked the content, so I published this one. (With some prudent editing, I made it make sense.) I wanted to express the three qualities of baseball that I like and that make it different (and better) than

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26:22

Humility Personified (Continued)

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/01/23

A listener asked me to provide more information about the story that I offered in the episode published on January 19, 2026, “Humility Personified,” to fill in the details, add color and context, and clear up some questions she had about Lou Gehrig and Wally Pipp. So, this episode, called “Humility Personified (Continued)” hopefully does just that, as it focuses on the impact that Wally Pipp, the man Lou Gehrig replaced as the first basemen of the New York Yankees in 1925,

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16:25

Humility Personified

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/01/19

Inspired by a humble gesture of an unnamed High School baseball player, who recognized that his acceptance of a college baseball offer was in no small part due to the play of his catcher, I reflect on this stellar example of humility and also (finally) after more than 100 episodes of All About Baseball, offer a treatment of whom I consider to be the most humble player in MLB history. He also happens to be one of the best, who’s significant life events as related to baseball are curiously

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25:14

My Neighbor Ryan Shares his Experiences as a D1...

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2026/01/13

I can see Ryan’s house from my front yard, and I asked him if he’d be willing to share his experiences as a D1 college baseball player at Gardner Webb, a small Christian college near Charlotte, North Carolina. What came through the most was Ryan’s gratitude and humility throughout the conversation. At the end of the podcast, I chronicle just a few of his numerous and substantial achievements during his four-year career at Gardner Webb University — that he didn’t mention

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16:50

Baseball’s Valuable Lessons: Accountability,...

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2026/01/08

Baseball, unlike the other sports, has, in my opinion, more opportunities to reinforce important virtues, among them being accountability, humility, objectivity, and charity. This podcast presents what these virtues mean in the context of the game of baseball and how to express them. I also share an early memory from when I was 10 years old that helped to help me learn the importance of being accountable for one’s actions. Thank you, Dad, for pointing to our front porch

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9:04

(2026) New Year, New Ideas

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/12/31

Podcasts should grow and evolve as they stick to their fundamental principles. That’s what this episode reinforces, as it projects to expect in 2026. As I continue to cultivate a like-minded band of listeners who share my passion for the game of baseball, I also plan to make each episode more inspiring and more interactive, while covering the game in the same, eclectic way that I have for the past 18 months. From the bottom of my heart and soul, I thank you for your interest, attention, and

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19:45

Replay: Hank Aguirre, Businessman and Humanitarian

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/12/25

In the spirit of Christmas Day, I thought it appropriate to offer a replay of a podcast from September 28, 2024, that tells the story of a man with a vision to give of himself 365 days a year.From the original podcast description: “After a 16-year Major League career, Hank Aguirre established a company called Mexican Industries in 1979, with the intent of employing fellow Mexicans and other minorities who lived in an area of Detroit called “Mexicantown.” After several lean years, the company

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12:06

Book Review: Tinkers to Evers to Chance

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/12/18

I want to share my recommendation for you to read the book, “Tinker to Evers to Chance — The Chicago Cubs and The Dawn of Modern America.” It’s an excellent account of this famous shortstop (Tinker), second baseman (Evers), and first baseman (Chance) combination that helped the Cubs to dominate the National League for the first 10 years of the 20th century (1901-1910) and accelerate the popularity of Big-League baseball. But it’s about so much more — as you will

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21:27

All About (the) Baseball

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/12/11

To commemorate surpassing the 100-episode mark of All About Baseball, I wanted to actually do a podcast about how a Major League Baseball is made: the materials used, the manufacturing methods, and the standards that each baseball has to pass. Instead, I discovered something much more important to talk about — the people who work at the. MLB-owned Rawlings plant in Turriabla, Costa Rica, who produce more than 2,000,000 baseballs a year in virtual anonymity. That needs to change, along with the

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