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Reading 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.

Reading Baseball: The day Babe Ruth died

5 mins; March 26, 2026

Reading Baseball: Remembering Bill Mazeroski

4 mins; March 12, 2026

Reading Baseball: The most hated team in baseball

4 mins; February 12, 2026

Reading Baseball: Baseball's early Christmas present

4 mins; December 11, 2025

Commentary: The saddest Thanksgiving

5 mins; November 20, 2025

Reading Baseball: The 100th anniversary of the 1925 World Series

4 mins; October 30, 2025

Reading Baseball: A great book for St. Louis fans with the baseball blues

4 mins; October 16, 2025

Reading Baseball: Robert Redford, baseball's natural

4 mins; October 02, 2025

Commentary: I almost missed the greatest play in NFL history

4 mins; September 18, 2025

Reading Baseball: Baseball goes bananas

5 mins; September 04, 2025

Reading Baseball: Baseball Nubability

4 mins; August 21, 2025

Reading Baseball: This Old Man

5 mins; August 07, 2025

Reading Baseball: A new edition of one of baseball's best history books

5 mins; July 24, 2025

Reading Baseball: There is crying in baseball

4 mins; July 10, 2025

Reading Baseball: Earl Weaver's baseball journey

5 mins; June 26, 2025

Reading Baseball: Pete's happy place

4 mins; June 12, 2025

Reading Baseball: Has baseball gone batty?

5 mins; May 29, 2025

Reading Baseball: A sad day for Saluki baseball fans

4 mins; May 15, 2025

Reading Baseball: Was the Pope a baseball fan?

4 mins; May 01, 2025

Reading Baseball: The 400th edition

5 mins; April 17, 2025

Reading Baseball: The integration of Chicago baseball

4 mins; April 03, 2025

Reading Baseball: The 1985 I-70 World Series

4 mins; March 20, 2025

Reading Baseball: Itchy Jones at the bat

4 mins; March 06, 2025

Reading Baseball: Vic Harris, baseball's winningest manager

4 mins; February 20, 2025

Reading Baseball: The golden at bat

4 mins; January 30, 2025

Reading Baseball: It's a Wonderful Life, but not as a Cardinals fan

4 mins; December 12, 2024

Reading Baseball: Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?

5 mins; November 14, 2024

Reading Baseball: Can baseball save us from politics?

4 mins; October 31, 2024

Reading Baseball: In praise of the White Sox

5 mins; October 17, 2024

Reading Baseball: My 1930's era baseball glove

5 mins; October 03, 2024

Reading Baseball: The greatest living ballplayer

4 mins; September 19, 2024

Reading Baseball: The curse of the mustache

5 mins; September 05, 2024

Reading Baseball: What's a doubleheader?

4 mins; August 22, 2024

Reading Baseball: My first, and last, mustache

4 mins; August 08, 2024

Reading Baseball: Our last trip to Pittsburgh?

4 mins; July 25, 2024

Reading Baseball: I oughta know Milwaukee

4 mins; July 11, 2024

Reading Baseball: Remembering the Say Hey Kid

4 mins; June 27, 2024

Commentary: Deja vu all over again: Another 5K

5 mins; June 06, 2024

Reading Baseball: Baseball's farewell to arms

5 mins; May 23, 2024

Reading Baseball: Remembering Whitey Herzog

5 mins; May 02, 2024

Reading Baseball: Baseball's first great Jewish star

4 mins; April 18, 2024

Reading Baseball: An eclipse and baseball

4 mins; April 04, 2024

Reading Baseball: Paul Giamatti's Father, Bart Giamatti

4 mins; March 21, 2024

Reading Baseball: Jim Leyland in, Barry Bonds out

4 mins; March 07, 2024

Reading Baseball: The American League's Jackie Robinson

5 mins; February 15, 2024

Commentary: Basketball at 80

5 mins; January 25, 2024

Reading Baseball: Meeting Anita

4 mins; December 14, 2023

Reading Baseball: Why We Love Baseball

4 mins; November 16, 2023

Reading Baseball: Remembering Dick Groat

4 mins; November 02, 2023

Reading Baseball: A letter to Cardinal fans

5 mins; October 19, 2023

Reading Baseball: My baseball second childhood

5 mins; October 05, 2023

Reading Baseball: Back to Busch Stadium

4 mins; September 21, 2023

Reading Baseball: Mark McGwire's statue

4 mins; September 07, 2023

Reading Baseball: The worst sports fans

4 mins; August 24, 2023

Commentary: Retired educator Pete Peterson on the teacher shortage

4 mins; August 10, 2023

Commentary: A tale from the gas station

5 mins; July 20, 2023

Reading Baseball: All those home runs -- it's climate change

4 mins; July 06, 2023

Reading Baseball: The superstitious baseball fan

5 mins; June 22, 2023

Reading Baseball: The pitch clock and beer sales

5 mins; June 08, 2023

Commentary: Out of Left Field

5 mins; May 25, 2023

Reading Baseball: A Baseball Fairy Tale

5 mins; May 11, 2023

Reading Baseball: Take me out to a Cardinals game

5 mins; April 27, 2023

Reading Baseball: Baseball on the clock

5 mins; April 13, 2023

Reading Baseball: Take me out to opening day

5 mins; March 30, 2023

Reading Baseball: My Baseball March Madness

5 mins; March 16, 2023

Banning Roberto Clemente

5 mins; March 02, 2023

Commentary: McKees Rocks' Damar Hamlin

5 mins; February 09, 2023

Reading Baseball: Home Runs in January

5 mins; January 19, 2023

50 years ago: A sports triumph and a tragedy

5 mins; December 16, 2022

Baseball and Jim Thorpe

5 mins; November 03, 2022

Reading Baseball: A Great Baseball Story, Almost

5 mins; October 20, 2022

To Run or Not to Run

5 mins; October 06, 2022

Reading Baseball: Kill the umpire?

5 mins; September 22, 2022

Reading Baseball: Is baseball or football America's game?

5 mins; September 08, 2022

Reading Baseball: When Ron Shelton met Ron Shelton

5 mins; August 25, 2022

Reading Baseball: 100 Years Ago, St. Louis became a baseball town

5 mins; August 11, 2022

Goodbye Heinz Field, Hello Acrisure Stadium

5 mins; July 28, 2022

Reading Baseball: Bob Gibson's Angell

5 mins; July 14, 2022

Reading Baseball: Love of the Game

5 mins; June 30, 2022

Reading Baseball: Remembering Cardinals Rookie of the Year Bill Virdon

5 mins; June 17, 2022

On the road again

5 mins; June 02, 2022

Reading Baseball: When Itchy became a cover boy

5 mins; May 20, 2022

Reading Baseball: In the wake of Jackie Robinson

5 mins; May 06, 2022

Reading Baseball: Angels in the Outfield

5 mins; April 22, 2022

Reading Baseball: The end of baseball's longest controversy

5 mins; April 08, 2022

Reading Baseball: Pirates hire another former Saluki

5 mins; March 25, 2022

Pete Peterson remembers his ethnic heritage

5 mins; March 11, 2022

Reading Baseball: Does Barry Bonds Belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

5 mins; February 25, 2022

Reading Baseball: The Negro League's Vic Harris-Baseball's Winningest Manager

5 mins; February 11, 2022

Reading Baseball: A Baseball Christmas Miracle - Twice

5 mins; January 28, 2022

Reading Baseball: The Baseball 100 for the Holidays

5 mins; December 17, 2021

Reading Baseball: Mike Shildt and the Cardinal Way

5 mins; November 19, 2021

Reading Baseball: 50 Years Ago, Roberto Clemente Proved His Greatness in the World Series

5 mins; November 05, 2021

Running in the For Kids' Sake Super Hero 5k

5 mins; October 22, 2021

Reading Baseball: Does Baseball Need Wee Willie Keeler?

5 mins; October 08, 2021

Reading Baseball: My Lovable Losers Are Back

5 mins; September 26, 2021

Reading Baseball: How a No-Hitter Cost St. Louis Ernie Banks

5 mins; September 10, 2021

Reading Baseball: Field of Dreams

5 mins; August 27, 2021

Reading Baseball: Ode on a Baseball Glove

5 mins; August 13, 2021

Reading Baseball: What's in a Baseball Nickname?

5 mins; July 30, 2021

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