https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/say-it-ain-t-contagious--4746691enBaseballCopyright Steven Goldmanhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/481379af448799c5191b225ef8595cfb.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/say-it-ain-t-contagious--4746691Sat, 03 May 2025 06:03:55 +0000Steven GoldmanSteven Goldmanfeeds@spreaker.comSay It Ain’t Contagious is an ongoing discussion of baseball, social justice, the politics of our country, and how they are inevitably intertwined. Six scholars, activists, and baseball pundits use the game and its history as a lens into issues of...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-26-the-freewheelin-greg-proops--45853480https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45853480Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:00:15 +0000Steven GoldmanGreg Proops joins the panel for a wide-ranging discussion that covers the Giants, the Negro Leagues, women in baseball, the lack of poetry in baseball announcing, and much more!4734adrianburgos,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,proops,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-25-pleibol-with-dr-margaret-salazar-porzio--45764671https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45764671Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:00:11 +0000Steven GoldmanThe panel chats with Dr. Margaret Salazar-Porzio of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on the new ¡Pleibol! exhibit, a journey into the heart and history of U.S. Latino baseball.3316adiranburgos,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,¡pleibol!,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-24-untitled-bad-men-in-baseball-episode--45601017https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45601017Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:16:23 +0000Steven GoldmanThe panel reflects on the disappointing way the Dodgers and Major League Baseball have responded to harassment and domestic violence issues from Mickey Callaway to Trevor Bauer.2271adrianburgos,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,politicspodcast,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-23-fernandomania-with-dr-jose-alamillo--45393486https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45393486Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:00:08 +0000Steven GoldmanJose Alamillo (Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora) joins the panel to discuss the impact of Fernando Valenzuela when he emerged as baseball's biggest star 30 years ago.3171baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,dodgers,fernandomania,josealamillo,politicspodcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-22-say-it-ain-t-spider-tack--45304749https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45304749Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:00:07 +0000Steven GoldmanBaseball is gripped by grip-enhancements, or is it the other way around? The panel considers the way the lack of enforcement in the area of ball-doctoring has led baseball into some of the same blind alleys that now trap other areas of American...3315baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,goo,gripenhancement,politicspodcast,schmutz,stevengoldman,sticktosports,stickystuff,sunscreenandrosin,toothpasteandbengayfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-21-the-one-with-mae-ngai--45209782https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45209782Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:00:08 +0000Steven GoldmanColumbia University historian Mae Ngai joins the SIAC panel of Craig, Lincoln, Adrian, Tova, and Frank to discuss the rise of anti-Asian sentiment in the US, its long history in this country, and how it coexists with the majesty of Shohei Ohtani.2991adrianburgos,asianamericanhistory,baseballandpolitics,baseballhistorypoliticspodcast,baseballpodcast,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,maengai,politicspodcast,stevengoldman,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-20-racism-and-reggie-bars--45115151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45115151Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:00:08 +0000Steven GoldmanThe panel looks at American race relations a year after the murder of George Floyd and wonders if today Curt Schilling could accuse Adam Jones of manufacturing an incident at Fenway Park without facing a greater backlash, plus we remember Reggie! bars...2388adrianburgos,baseballandpolitics,craigcalcaterra,flyingcandy,frankguridy,georgefloyd,history,lincolnmitchell,politics,reggiejackson,stevengoldman,sticktosports,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-19-the-unwritten-rules-are-everywhere--45014985https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45014985Tue, 25 May 2021 11:00:09 +0000Steven GoldmanTony La Russa throwing his own player under the bus for hitting a home run off of a position player during a blowout leads to a consideration of the other places unwritten rules lurk in American life.3136adrianburgos,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,friendswithadvanceddegrees,infiniteinning,ivyleagueschoolslikemomwanted,lincolnmitchell,politicspodcast,stevengoldman,sticktosports,tonylarussa,unwrittenrules,whitesox,yerminmercedesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-17-machismo-married-to-fantasy--44880696https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44880696Tue, 18 May 2021 11:00:10 +0000Steven GoldmanThe SIAC panel considers the threatened move of the Oakland A's and the precarious state of players' mental health in an increasingly pressured game.3279ballparkextortion,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,cupofcoffee,mentalhealth,oakland,politicspodcast,profsandpundits,sportshistoryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-16-the-captain-me-visit-the-garment-district--44616856https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44616856Tue, 04 May 2021 10:00:06 +0000Steven GoldmanDan Epstein joins the SIAC panel to talk about the book he co-authored with Ron Blomberg, THE CAPTAIN & ME: ON AND OFF THE FIELD WITH THURMAN MUNSON. Come spend an hour in the land of 1970s baseball where the suits were polyester, the dance was disco,...29751970syankees,baseballandpolitics,baseballbookchat,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,danepstein,sports&socialjustice,sticktosports,thecaptain&mefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-15-the-billionaires-always-win-don-t-they--44504012https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44504012Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:13 +0000Steven GoldmanCraig, Lincoln, Tova, Adrian, and Steve look at MLB's (not "the MLB's") response to the Chauvin verdict, then examine the short-lived soccer "Super League" in the context of baseball's big- and small-market divide.3403adrianburgos,baseball,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,baseballtalk,chauvintrial,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,stevengoldman,superleague,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-14-our-country-almost-made-it--44401908https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44401908Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:00:20 +0000Steven GoldmanSan Francisco civil rights legend Reverend Arnold Townsend joins Lincoln, Craig, Frank, and Steve to reminisce about being born into a segregated nation when there was still hope for equality, in part by meeting halfway--in the country of baseball....4491arnoldtownsend,baseball,baseballpoliticspodcast,baseballtalk,civilrights,displacement,history,politics,sanfrancisco,segregationfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-13-race-class-and-gender-with-howard-bryant--44311185https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44311185Tue, 13 Apr 2021 01:29:26 +0000Steven GoldmanESPN's Howard Bryant joins the panel to discuss MLB's relocation of the All-Star Game, baseball's future, and the great Rickey Henderson.3647adrianburgos,baseball,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,howardbryant,lincolnmitchell,poitics,rickeyhenderson,shutout,stevengoldman,sticktosports,tovawang,votingrightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-12-the-season-starts-but-the-world-goes-on--44206846https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44206846Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:02:59 +0000Steven GoldmanOpening Day has arrived and with it the 2021 baseball season, Francisco Lindor has signed an extension, and all seems right with the world... But the George Floyd murder trial and Georgia voter suppression reminds us that it's no time to feel satisfied.2867adrianburgos,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,baseballtalk,cupofcoffee,frankguirdy,georgefloyd,georgiavoting,lincolnmitchell,lindor,mets,politicspodcast,stevengoldman,sticktosports,yankeesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-11-filibusters-and-pace-of-play--44106573https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44106573Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:45:49 +0000Steven GoldmanThe full panel crosses the streams concerning voter suppression, the Senate filibuster, and Major League Baseball's attempt to change the pace of play and stimulate action in a conversation that ranges from Laurence Olivier to beyond-Bernie baseball...3640adrianburgos,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,craigcalcaterra,filibuster,frankguridy,georgia,lincolnmitchell,mlb,paceofplay,politicspodcast,stevengoldman,sticktosports,tovawang,tto,votersuppressionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saic-10-the-sports-revolution--43995364https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43995364Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:00:06 +0000Steven GoldmanIn a not very mini mini-episode, Frank, Tova, Adrian, and Lincoln discuss Frank's new book THE SPORTS REVOLUTION: HOW TEXAS CHANGED THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN ATHLETICS. It's a wide-ranging discussion taking in everything from the demise of the...2994adrianburgos,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,dallascowboys,frankguridy,houstonastros,lincolnmitchell,politicspodcast,sanantoniospurs,texas,texasrangers,texassports,thesportsrevolution,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saic-9-texas-superspreader-ball-bring-back-the-troughs--43891681https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43891681Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:00:12 +0000Steven GoldmanIn a wide-ranging discussion Adrian, Craig, Frank, Lincoln, Tova, and Steve note the planned full-attendance Opening Day in Arlington, the hidden power of stadium naming rights, the discarded and future name of the Cleveland American League team, and...3601adrianburgos,baseball,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,bathroompodcast,clevelandbaseball,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,politicspodcast,stevengoldman,sticktosports,superspreaderevents,texasrangers,tigerstadium,tovawang,troughsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-8-the-giants-and-their-city-and-their-crab--43784018https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43784018Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:00:04 +0000Steven GoldmanLincoln Mitchell discusses his new book THE GIANTS AND THEIR CITY with Tova Wang and Frank Guridy. Featuring inaccurate directions to San Jose, I left my gestalt in San Francisco, and Giants characters galore from Bob Lurie to Bobby Murcer, Kevin...2300baseball,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,candlestickpark,crazycrab,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,politics,politicspodcast,sanfranciscogiants,thegiantsandtheircity,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/say-it-ain-t-contagious-7-pay-no-attention-to-the-little-man-at-the-rotary-club--43681365https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43681365Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:00:22 +0000Steven GoldmanThe full panel is back, taking on the Mariners' ex-president's defenestration at the rotary club, what it means to disdain your own international players, the Fernando Tatis, Jr signing, Trevor Bauer's (ahem) sensitivity, glance at the 1970s Yankees,...3769adrianburgos,baseball,baseballandpolitics,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,kevinmather,lincolnmitchell,marinersman,politics,politicspodcast,rotaryclub?,stevengoldman,tovawang,trevorbauerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-6-mini-episode-you-ve-lost-that-go-sox-feeling--43577213https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43577213Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:00:19 +0000Steven GoldmanIn our second mini-episode, Craig Calcaterra, Frank Guridy, Lincoln Mitchell, and Adrian Burgos debate what it means to be a fan. Can you be a fan without being attached to a team? Is there such a thing as toxic fandom? Does anyone like baseball on an...2431adrianburgos,baseball,baseballandpolitcs,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,politicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-5-let-the-wrongness-wash-over-you--43476598
1.In Memory of Pedro Gomez.
2.Spring Training is Here!
3.Kim Ng Faces a Second Ceiling.
4.Invasive Wearables.
5.Why Doesn’t the Players Association Do PR?
6.Hokey Goodbyes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43476598Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:01:15 +0000Steven GoldmanThe impeachment effort fails but there's still hope for labor progress in baseball. But why doesn't the Players Association try to counteract pro-management propaganda? Join Adrian Burgos, Craig Calcaterra, Steven Goldman, Frank Guridy, Lincoln...
1.In Memory of Pedro Gomez.
2.Spring Training is Here!
3.Kim Ng Faces a Second Ceiling.
4.Invasive Wearables.
5.Why Doesn’t the Players Association Do PR?
6.Hokey Goodbyes.]]>3930adrianburgos,baseball,baseballpodcast,baseballprospectus,baseballtalk,cba,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,lincolnmitchell,marvinmiller,mlbpa,politics,stevengoldman,sticktosports,tonyclark,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-4-mini-episode-lets-remember-some-guys-and-presidents--43314424https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43314424Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:00:06 +0000Steven GoldmanIn the first mini-episode of the series, Steven Goldman and Lincoln Mitchell are joined by Defector's David Roth for a game of "Let's Remember Some Guys and Presidents."2450ballplayers,baseball,baseballcards,baseballpodcast,beardyguys,davidroth,defector,letsremembersomeguys,lincolnmitchell,mets,phillies,politicspodcast,presidents,stevengoldman,wetpresidentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siac-3-remembering-henry-aaron--43218726
1.What did Henry Aaron Mean to You?
2.White Supremacist Attacks on Aaron.
3.The Lost Centrality of Baseball in American Life.
4.The Absence of African Americans from Today’s Game.
5.Aaron and Barry Bonds.
6.Aaron and Dick Allen.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43218726Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:00:06 +0000Steven GoldmanThe Say It Ain't Contagious panel mourns the passing of Henry Aaron and tries to place his experience in context. 1.What did Henry Aaron Mean to You? 2.White Supremacist Attacks on Aaron. 3.The Lost Centrality of Baseball in American Life. 4.The...
1.What did Henry Aaron Mean to You?
2.White Supremacist Attacks on Aaron.
3.The Lost Centrality of Baseball in American Life.
4.The Absence of African Americans from Today’s Game.
5.Aaron and Barry Bonds.
6.Aaron and Dick Allen.]]>3625adrianburgos,atlantabraves,baseball,baseballprospectus,civilrights,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,henryaaron,history,infiniteinning,lincolnmitchell,politics,rampagingacademics,stevengoldman,tovawang,vocabularyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/say-it-ain-t-contagious-2-changes-in-a-major-and-minor-key--43097688https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43097688Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:00:12 +0000Steven GoldmanThe panel sees Joe Biden inaugurated and exhales, but clenches again when it comes to Major League Baseball's scouring of the minor leagues.3727adrianburgos,baseball,baseballpodcast,baseballtalk,craigcalcaterra,cupofcoffee,frankguridy,inauguration2021,lincolnmitchell,minorleaguecontraction,politics,professorsonarampage,sportsandpolitcspodcast,stevengoldman,tovawangfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/say-it-ain-t-contagious-1-jackie-robinson-is-not-your-excuse--42942008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.Who are we and why are we here?
2.Coup attempt at the Capitol. On “Banana Republics” and the United States in Latin America. MLB PAC suspends donations. White Supremacy in the Republican Party.
3.MLB “Recognizes” the Negro Leagues. Self-congratulatory Jackie Robinsonism. Baseball Jim Crowism and Stats in context. The poor quality of pre-integration baseball. Better means of making amends.
4.Who gets to tell the story of Black baseball? The exploitation of Latin American prospects. In praise of the Negro Leagues Museum.
5.Rennie Stennett vs. Donald Trump for the record books. Stennett consequences and Stennett regrets. The function of stats in storytelling. The egalitarian 1970s Pirates. The Giants internationalize integration. Your Masanori Murakami mention for this week. And Manny Mota too. Goodbyes.

Say It Ain’t Contagious is an ongoing discussion of baseball, social justice, the politics of our country, and how they are inevitably intertwined. Six scholars, activists, and baseball pundits use the game and its history as a lens into issues of race, economics, and American culture. Featuring Adrian Burgos, Craig Calcaterra, Steven Goldman, Frank Guridy, Lincoln Mitchell, and Tova Wang.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42942008Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:00:08 +0000Steven GoldmanIn the first episode of the ongoing SAIC podcast, the panel reacts to the sack of the Capitol, Major League Baseball’s “recognition” of the Negro Leagues, and finds the 1970s Pittsburgh Pirates preferable to both. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.Who are we...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.Who are we and why are we here?
2.Coup attempt at the Capitol. On “Banana Republics” and the United States in Latin America. MLB PAC suspends donations. White Supremacy in the Republican Party.
3.MLB “Recognizes” the Negro Leagues. Self-congratulatory Jackie Robinsonism. Baseball Jim Crowism and Stats in context. The poor quality of pre-integration baseball. Better means of making amends.
4.Who gets to tell the story of Black baseball? The exploitation of Latin American prospects. In praise of the Negro Leagues Museum.
5.Rennie Stennett vs. Donald Trump for the record books. Stennett consequences and Stennett regrets. The function of stats in storytelling. The egalitarian 1970s Pirates. The Giants internationalize integration. Your Masanori Murakami mention for this week. And Manny Mota too. Goodbyes.

Say It Ain’t Contagious is an ongoing discussion of baseball, social justice, the politics of our country, and how they are inevitably intertwined. Six scholars, activists, and baseball pundits use the game and its history as a lens into issues of race, economics, and American culture. Featuring Adrian Burgos, Craig Calcaterra, Steven Goldman, Frank Guridy, Lincoln Mitchell, and Tova Wang.]]>3536adrianburgos,baseball,baseballhistory,craigcalcaterra,frankguridy,government,insurrection,integration,jackierobinson,lincolnmitchell,politics,stevengoldman,tovawangfalsefull