Bedford & Sullivan Brooklyn

We keep chugging along with our Brooklyn research, this time getting help from the Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger on learning about the neighborhood and village of Weeksville. Founded by free blacks in the 1830’s, Ron will help us understand its history, the rediscovery of the village in 1968 and its legacy overall. so, join us LIVE at 2pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast

We keep chugging with the research as we get a little exposition and context to the Brooklyn we explore in the 20th century. Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant takes on his first Bedford & Sullivan hosting duties with author Andrew Schiff, writer of "The Father of Baseball: A Biography of Henry Chadwick." Mr. Chadwick, who is credited with inventing what we now know as the box score of each game, contributed numerous ideas to the development of what became the modern, organized game of base ball, evolved from many bat and ball games over history but finely tuned during the industrial revolution of the 19th century. We'll touch on Chadwick's early life, moving to Brooklyn at age 12 from Exeter, England, as well as how he became as woven into this sport as the seams on the ball. So, please, join us LIVE at 3:30pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

Powering onto our 103rd episode, Mets fan and Faith and Fear in Flushing writer Greg Prince joins us once more to continue our ever ongoing conversation about the legacy set forth by the Dodgers and Giants in the New York National League annals when they collectively decided to become only reality in memory. Join us LIVE at 9am ET!

A spontaneous LIVE show brings us Mike the Trolley Blogger and Sam going around the borough to discuss the ballparks, major or otherwise, that have lived in this great City and borough of Brooklyn. Happy passover to all our Jewish listeners!

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast enters its next 100 episodes with a friendly debate. For most of our lives, Brooklyn Dodgers fans have cursed Walter O'Malley and his decision to bring their beloved Dodgers west. Out west, however, he was revered as a pioneer who helped bring the game of baseball in its major league form to the other coast. Rob Barnes, a Dodgers fan from Illinois going back to 1969 who joined us on the 86th episode, joins the podcast once more to take up the pro-Walter O'Malley side, while Brooklyn born Peter Trunk, who joined us on the 93rd episode, takes the anti-O'Malley postion. It should be a fun back and forth to distract us from that thing we could get while outside these days. So, join us at 11am ET for the latest episode, and first debate edition, of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

Amazingly enough, we have reached our 100th podcast episode, and as we continue the research that can truly never end, we welcome fittingly pitcher Carl Erskine, our show's most prolific guest, to the Bedford & Sullivan program. With most of us on lockdown, a lot of poeple have been watching old games, and seeing they don't take nearly as long as they do now. I was curious what Carl thinks the pitcher's role is in that as well as his battery mate. So, please, join us at 10:30am ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!  

Entering our 99th episode, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast keeps the research going, welcoming back author and Negro League historian Phil Dixon to the program. Phil has been looking into the Brooklyn Brown Dodgers lately, a Negro League team incarnated by Branch Rickey, along with the United States Baseball League,  to hide his real intentions of bringing black ballplayers to the major leagues. Not much has been spoken or written on the team or the league for that matter, so Phil will help shed some light on a subject very much glossed over in baseball history. So, join us at 9am ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

The 98th episode arrives, and the active research continues! This week on the Bedford & Sullivan podcast, John Nelson, a native of Bay Ridge, talks about growing up in Brooklyn, having a mini-ticket-package to Ebbets Field between 1954-1957, as well as some extra perks that came with his dad being Walter O'Malley's handyman. John will also discuss meeting some of his childhood heroes when he got a chance to do Dodgers fantasy camp a few years in a row. So, join us LIVE at 10:30am ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

It's been a while, but we can always count on the Brooklyn Trolley Blogger Mike Lecolant to come along and help get the podcast ball rolling once more. On this 97th episode of the Bedford and Sullivan podcast, and on the heels of Valentine's Day weekend, Mike and Sam sing the praises of the borough that is our favorite city in the world. Join us LIVE at 1pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford and Sullivan Podcast!

LIVE at 2pm ET, Ron Schweiger, the Brooklyn Borough Hisorian, will continue our trip around thge neighborhoods of the borough with a discussion about Boerum Hill and its surrounding areas; its history and current state of affairs. So, join us for our 96th episode at 2pm ET, the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

LIVE at 12pm ET, author/historian Phil S. Dixon joins the 95th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Phil is a co-founder and current board member of the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MS. He has written numerous books on baseball, including the upcoming book, "The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America's National Pastime." Phil will give us insight into how he got involved in carrying forward the African American baseball legacy, as well as Brooklyn's own Negro League baseball history. So, join us at 12pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

In the thick of the summer, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast presents the 94th episode with writer Noel Hynd, author of "The Final Game at Ebbets Field." Noel, who has written many books, mostly of the action/espionage/suspense genre, changed the tune with a collection of baseball stories, including one of that fateful day of September 24, 1957. We'll discuss his long history of writing, including his contributions to Sports Illustrated. So, join us at 3pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast! 

Episode 93 has arrived and we at Bedford & Sullivan podcast are thrilled to welcome Brooklyn born Peter Trunk, Sr. to the program LIVE at noon ET! Peter was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at one time played semi-pro baseball for the Newark Cardinals, even playing once in the original Yankee Stadium in 1965. He also sang and played blues harmonica in a Rolling Stones cover band and later taught high school Health & Driver Ed with tenure for 35 years. He served as an adjunct professor of Human Sexuality at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, but found his love for sports also led him to coach baseball and soccer and also later coached baseball at the college level.  Named 'Podcaster of the Year 2018', Peter hosted the famous "DODGER BASEBALL - A Tale of Two Cities: From Brooklyn to Los Angeles" for years on the Comfortably Zoned Radio Network.  Peter is an avid model train enthusiast, has seven grandchildren and is expecting to become a great-grandfather later this summer.  Peter'

LIVE at noon ET, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast keeps the research process alive by welcoming the Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger to our 92nd episode for a look at yet another one of Brooklyn’s vibrant neighborhoods! This month, we will explore the history and roots of Greenpoint, the farthest northern area of the borough. So, join us at noon ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

Happy July 4th, everybody! What better way to celebrate on the Bedford & Sullivan podcast than by talking to our all-time favorite, Carl Erskine?! LIVE at 10am ET, our 91st episode will pertain to Carl's memories of July 4th while pitching for the Dodgers, as well as some other random memories from past July's.  So, join us at 10am ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

We Amazin'ly turn 90 today as the research process continues on the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! This is research from the eomtional point of view, as Faith and Fear in Flushing's Greg Prince helps us dissect what makes National League baseball in New York tick. Continuing our conversation from May 9th, the thing I am wondering today is when does waiting "Till Next Year" really start to weigh on a fan, this coming on the heels of a rough week and year for the Mets were their bullpen is as "daffy" as can be. How much can a year like 1969, which will be celebrated this weekend in Flushing, pay continuing dividends to the fanbase, even for those who weren't around to remember that Next Year could be right around the corner? So, join us at 12pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

LIVE at noon ET, Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger calls into the Bedford & Sullivan podcast to talk the history of the Southeastern neighborhood of Brooklyn known as Canarsie. He'll discuss its farm roots, the Native American tribe whos namesake the neighborhood borrows from and what its demographic makeup has been over the years. So, make sure to tune in at noon ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

The Bedford & Sullivan Podcast returns for its 88th episode! Today, we broadcast our first ever pre-recorded one! Joining us on the program is Brooklyn Dodgers fan and Queens native Susie Salomon! We talk about her roots in Forest Hills, Queens, her own athletic background, how she became a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, her favorite players like Gil Hodges and Jackie Robinson, and her disappointment when they left Brooklyn for LA. So, join us at 6:30pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

At 12pm ET, Gil Hodges, Jr. will talk to us on the 87th episode to discuss his father's upcoming Golden Era candidacy for the Hall of Fame next January. After so many years and so many chances, we feel this will finally be the time the wrong is righted, and Gil will discuss why he feels, and why so many others do too, his father lines up with his contemporaries already inducted years ago. We'll also discuss his family's honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day for the Mets. So, join us at 12pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast!

We're on the 86th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast and we're excited to welcome Rob Barnes to the program at 11:30am ET! Rob Barnes became a Dodgers fan back in 1969, getting hooked all the way out in Illinois watching the LA version whenever they would come into Wrigley Field. This led him to also explore the history of the team and he has since, in his words, become an "amateur historian" on all matters Brooklyn Dodgers. He is a prime example of how the Brooklyn Dodgers transcend their era and geography, and we're thrilled to welcome him to the program. So, join us at 11:30am ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast!