S8 Ep. 46: Will Bardenwerper on Baseball’s Betrayal of Its Minor League Roots
S8 Ep. 46: Will Bardenwerper on Baseball’s Betrayal of Its Minor League RootsDescription
Journalist Will Bardenwerper joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book, Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America, which explores the consequences of Major League Baseball cutting 40 affiliated minor league teams, each one only as expensive as an average Major League salary. He explains how the accessibility and affordability of minor league baseball has made it a unique gathering point for working-class communities like the one in Batavia, New York, where Bardenwerper followed the local team, the Muckdogs, for a season. He celebrates the traditions and resilience of the Muckdogs fans and owners, who revived the team after it was eliminated as a minor league franchise. He also reads from Homestand.
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This podcast is produced by V.V. Ganeshananthan, Whitney Terrell, and Moss Terrell.
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