Sep 27, 2021

Special Dispatch #86 – The Historians – John Thorn

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Look, we didn’t say this feature would be weekly, did we? Anyway, The Historians is back, after a brief nap, with a second conversation with another super-smart guest wearing the capital-H. In fact, not only is John Thorn a historian, he’s the official historian of … Major League Baseball. He’s also the author of a 10-year-old book that Welch finally go…

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