Aired on Nov. 2, 2025

• Major League Baseball, World Series, American History

“Readers who loved Thomas Wolf’s The Called Shot are in for another treat. Wolf’s Baseball in the Roaring Twenties sets a rich historical and cultural backdrop for his masterful retelling of the dramatic 1926 World Series between Babe Ruth’s New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals of Rogers Hornsby and Pete Alexander, looking also at Rube Foster and the Negro World Series, and the allegations of game-fixing involving Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker.” —Tim Wiles, former director of research for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Listen in and meet our guest:

Thomas Wolf is the author of The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932 (Nebraska, 2020), finalist for the Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research, and coauthor, with Patricia Bryan, of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America’s Heartland.

“On The Porch” is hosted by Randolph ”Randy” Voller. He is also the publisher of Chatham County Line. Randy welcomes guests to the show who are from the communities of art, academia, business, and politics for friendly and informative conversations. “On The Porch” airs every Sunday at 11 AM, and is repeated at 4 PM and 8 PM on WCHL-FM 97.9. The show also streams on ChapelBoro.com
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