Every issue of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, the monthly magazine from Baseball Nation Network — becomes a full audio program. Host Dean Patino takes the new issue and turns it into a 20 to 30 minute listen: the features, the arguments, the history, the numbers and the people, re-told for the ear with the stories set up, the hooks laid out, and the reasons they matter said plainly. Nothing is invented. Every fact, name, season and figure comes straight out of the issue you can read for yourself, free, in the BNN Reading Room. A new issue lands on the first of ever...
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29 min
October 2026 — Bob Gibson’s Complete-Game World Series Standard
The complete audio edition of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, October 2026, hosted by Dean Patino. Bob Gibson started and finished all nine of his World Series games, winning…
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25 min
Monday, September 7, 2026 — Young Arms Take Center Stage as Monday’s Full Slate Awaits
Nothing is underway yet, and we don’t have any finals on the board, so all eleven games are still ahead of us. My first stop is Milwaukee, where the Cubs send Matthew Boyd against…
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26 min
Sunday, September 6, 2026 — Cole and King headline a loaded Sunday as September roster limits face scrutiny
Nothing is underway yet, and there are no finals on the board, so all fifteen games are still to come. My marquee matchup is in San Diego, where the Yankees send Gerrit Cole agains…
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26 min
Saturday, September 5, 2026 — Aces Take Center Stage as September Baseball Tightens Up
Nobody has reached the finish line yet today, and nothing is in progress, so all fifteen games remain ahead of us. My first circle goes around Tampa Bay at Texas, where Drew Rasmus…
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25 min
Friday, September 4, 2026 — Cleveland deadlocked as October’s bracket comes under the microscope
We start in Cleveland, where it’s Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Guardians 6, live in the bottom of the seventh with nobody out. That’s the only game in progress right now, and we don…
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26 min
Thursday, September 3, 2026 — Skubal answers the Cardinals, Bill Terry’s timeless swing, and why peak greatnes…
Nothing is underway yet, and we don’t have a final on the board, so all nine games are still ahead of us. My first circle goes around St. Louis at Los Angeles, where Quinn Mathews…
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26 min
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 — Painter in the desert, Ben Taylor’s enduring legacy, and why Cooperstown should…
Nothing has started yet, and nothing is final, so all 15 games remain ahead of us today. I’m starting in Arizona, where Andrew Painter takes the ball for Philadelphia against Taylo…
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27 min
September 2026 — Fred Merkle and the Pennant That Had to Be Played Over
The complete audio edition of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, September 2026, hosted by Dean Patino. A routine shortcut by nineteen-year-old Fred Merkle became one of basebal…
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25 min
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 — Webb meets Skenes, Ichiro’s artistry, and why October should stay out of MVP voti…
Nothing is underway and nothing is final yet, so all fifteen games remain ahead of us today. My first circle goes around San Francisco at Pittsburgh, where Logan Webb meets Paul Sk…
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26 min
Monday, August 31, 2026 — DeGrom takes the Texas stage, Don Sutton’s endurance, and the case for tradable draf…
We’ve got a full twelve-game schedule ahead, with no finals on the board and nothing underway just yet. My first stop is Texas, where the Athletics send Gage Jump against Jacob deG…
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26 min
Sunday, August 30, 2026 — I’m circling three premium pitching matchups, celebrating Mule Suttles, and calling…
All fourteen games are still to come today, with nothing underway and no finals on the board yet. I’m starting in Toronto, where Logan Gilbert gets Max Scherzer. That’s a beautiful…
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26 min
Saturday, August 29, 2026 — Doubleheaders in New York and San Francisco, Bruce Sutter’s devastating splitter,…
Nothing is underway yet and nothing is final, so all sixteen games remain ahead of us. The biggest assignment belongs to the Red Sox and Yankees, who have a doubleheader in New Yor…
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25 min
Friday, August 28, 2026 — Skubal faces the Dodgers, Turkey Stearnes takes the spotlight, and I call for the en…
Nothing is underway and nothing is final yet, so the entire Friday slate is still in front of us. The matchup that grabs me first is the Dodgers visiting Detroit, where Tarik Skuba…
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26 min
Thursday, August 27, 2026 — Yamamoto meets Sale, Willie Stargell brings the thunder, and I defend a twelve-tea…
All seven games are still to come today, with nothing underway and no finals on the board yet. My first stop is Atlanta, where Yoshinobu Yamamoto faces Chris Sale in the best pitch…
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26 min
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 — Sasaki takes Atlanta, Tris Speaker soars, and I call for a seven-game Division Se…
All fifteen games are still ahead of us today, and I’m starting in Atlanta. The Dodgers send Roki Sasaki against AJ Smith-Shawver after yesterday’s result: Los Angeles Dodgers 3, A…
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22 min
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 — Scherzer, Skenes, Spahn, and the case for division rivalries
Nothing is underway yet, and we don’t have any finals today, so the entire Tuesday board is still in front of us. My first stop is Toronto, where Seth Lugo goes for Kansas City aga…
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22 min
Saturday, August 22, 2026 — Skubal brings the heat in Los Angeles, Ozzie Smith works his magic, and I make the…
In the American League East, the Rays are 77-53 and in first place. The Yankees are 74-56, 3.0 games back, while the Red Sox are 71-59, 6.0 games back. New York has a healthy wild…
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22 min
Sunday, August 23, 2026 — Rodón answers Toronto, John Smoltz’s remarkable reinvention, and why the automatic r…
Welcome in, everybody, to The Daily Diamond Buzz Show. It’s Sunday, August twenty-third, twenty twenty-six. Today, I’m circling a heavyweight response in the Bronx, a fascinating l…
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22 min
Monday, August 24, 2026 — Wheeler and Gilbert headline the mound, Duke Snider rules Brooklyn, and I make the c…
Nothing is final and nothing is underway yet, so all ten games remain ahead of us today. The matchup I’m circling is Philadelphia at Seattle, where Zack Wheeler faces Logan Gilbert…
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28 min
August 2026 — The Impossible Dream’s Unbearable Final Day
The complete audio edition of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, August 2026, hosted by Dean Patino. The 1967 American League pennant race takes center stage as Boston, Detroit,…