HeyJaredReading Baseball
Reading Baseball is a WSIU Radio original series of baseball essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, editor of the St. Louis Baseball Reader and author of Growing Up With Clemente and the upcoming Pops: The Willie Stargell Story.
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- Sep 11, 2026
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Reading Baseball: 100 Years Ago Pete Alexander Saves the 1926 World Series (opens the original)
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The St. Louis Cardinals’ run of a National League best 11 World Series titles started in 1926.
Reading Baseball: 100 years ago the Cardinals win their first pennant (opens the original)
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The St. Louis Cardinals sent St. Louis into a frenzy in 1926.
Reading Baseball: 100 years ago Branch Rickey saved the Cardinals (opens the original)
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The St. Louis Cardinals are one of the most stories franchises in Major League Baseball history with a National League record 11 World Series titles.
Reading Baseball: Are baseball ballparks segregated? (opens the original)
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A recently released book examines if baseball ballparks had physical barriers to segregate fan movement.
Reading Baseball: That crazy pitch -- the 1946 All-Star Game (opens the original)
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The game featured a memorable at-bat from hall of famer Ted Williams.
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