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Stories from the National Public Radio archives honor America's national pastime.<
Stories so compelling you'll stay in your car to hear them through—even if you're sitting in your own driveway. Peabody-winning Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan presents tales about the big leagues and the little, the fans in the stands, the players, the history, and the lore.
Highlights include commentaries from some of the game's most recognized authorities, a look back at some of baseball's most important figures (Jackie Robinson, Joltin' Joe DiMaggio), and colorful segments about the game's unexpected delights, from the Hidden Ball Trick to the "All You Can Eat" option at Dodger Stadium.
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About Neal Conan
Neal Conan
got an “A” in his junior year in high school for an incisive analysis of New
York City’s mayoral election in 1966 and later paid for his sins as a City Hall
beat reporter. Upon his escape
from Room 9, he covered many local, statewide, and national elections—including
Mario Cuomo’s first run for the statehouse in New York and Senator. Edward M.
Kennedy’s challenge to President Jimmy Carter in 1980. A four-year stint as National Public Radio’s
correspondent in London provided the opportunity to cover European politics,
including elections in Britain, France, Austria, and West Germany. As a
reporter, editor, or producer, he has been involved in NPR’s coverage of every
U. S. election for the past quarter century. As a host, Conan has anchored NPR’s live coverage of
political party conventions, presidential and vice-presidential debates, and,
following the last election, the deliberations of the supreme courts in
Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. He also anchored the special midday coverage
after the September 11th attacks and the recent war in Iraq. Conan was the host of Talk of the Nation, NPR’s flagship talk show, for eleven years until
the program’s cancellation in 2013. He is
also the author of Play
by Play: Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League.