For millions of Americans, hope springs eternal every April when baseball returns!  In this craziest of years, fans of the national pastime are gearing up for the first-ever July opening in baseball history.

We’re so excited to have baseball back that in this week’s episode our entire team is taking YOU “out to the ballgame” with our special guest, Lawrence Baldassaro, author of “Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball,” and “Baseball Italian Style: Great Stories Told by Italian American Major Leaguers Crosetti to Piazza.”