Episode Synopsis "#5 – Like Thor wielding his hammer"

Eric and Andrew discuss how the increasing emphasis on the home run has transformed baseball, and the ways in which baseball culture has tracked alongside of American culture writ large. Mentioned: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Harry Potter, Bill Clinton, and Next's smash hit from 1998, "Too Close."

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