Field of Dreams Podcast

About Field of Dreams Podcast

Field of Dreams is a long-form baseball podcast where teams from across eras meet in a single-elimination tournament. Each week, one series is brought to life through history, narration, and reflection — preserving the memory of the game and the legends who played it. Produced by Legends Channel legendschanel3@gmail.com fieldofdreams2025.substack.com (https://fieldofdreams2025.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Legends Channel

Category

history · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jan 2026

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Episode 28: The Ohtani Standard

   The Los Angeles 2022 Angels and the Florida 2008 Marlins collide in a matchup fourteen years in the making — two ballclubs from wildly different eras, one built around a pair of singular talents, the other built to grind out wins with depth and power up and down the lineup. At the center of it all is Shohei Ohtani, doing something no player in this tournament has attempted: starting games on the mound and deciding them at the plate, sometimes in the same afternoon. Mike Trout supplies the thunder. Florida’s lineup, led by Hanley Ramírez and Josh Willingham, refuses to go quietly. Five games, a handful of statement performances, and a series that tests exactly how far one dynamic, two-way talent can carry a flawed roster. Tune in to see how it plays out. Contact us at legendchannel3@gmail.com (http://legendchannel3@gmail.com) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fieldofdreams2025.substack.com (https://fieldofdreams2025.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   29 Aug 2026

   Episode 27: Whiteyball Meets Its Match

   Two teams, two eras, one collision twenty-one years in the making. The 1982 St. Louis Cardinals arrive as legitimate World Series champions, built by manager Whitey Herzog on a philosophy that had almost nothing to do with the long ball. Speed on the bases, elite defense up the middle, and just enough pitching to make it all hold together — that was “Whiteyball,” and it was enough to win it all. Ozzie Smith turned shortstop into an art form, Willie McGee announced himself as a St. Louis institution in the making, and Bruce Sutter closed the door with one of the nastiest split-finger fastballs the game had ever seen. The 2003 Cleveland Indians tell a completely different story. A club that lost ninety-four games in real life, stripped down to its studs and rebuilding from the ground up — but buried inside that record was a young core that would go on to define the franchise’s future. CC Sabathia, only twenty-two, was already an All-Star. Victor Martinez was just beginning to show the league what his bat could do. Nobody expected much from this Cleveland team. That’s exactly what makes this matchup so dangerous. A champion at the height of its powers against a team that has no idea yet how good it’s about to become. Five games, best of seven, everything on the line. Plus: four more series shake up the bracket this block, and the Diamond Ledger keeps growing. Got questions, feedback, or a team you want to see in the tournament? Reach out anytime at legendschannel3@gmail.com (mailto:legendschannel3@gmail.com), and catch all the companion content over at fieldofdreams2025.substack.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fieldofdreams2025.substack.com (https://fieldofdreams2025.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

3. 

   15 Aug 2026

   Episode 26 - A Tale of Two Washingtons

   The nation’s capital has never lacked for baseball history, but it has rarely produced a matchup quite like this one. In this episode, we travel back to nineteen fourteen, where the legendary Walter Johnson, the Big Train himself, anchors a Washington Nationals ballclub built on speed, contact, and one of the most feared arms the game has ever seen. Standing across the diamond, fifty-five years later, is an entirely different Washington team: the nineteen sixty-nine Senators, led by Ted Williams in his first season as manager and powered by the towering bat of Frank Howard, the Capital Punisher. Two franchises, unrelated by lineage but bound together by geography and a shared hunger to win in the same city, collide in a best-of-seven battle for a place in the next round of this all-time knockout tournament. Across four broadcast-style games, we follow every twist as deadball-era baseball meets modern power, tracing the performances of Mike Epstein, Ken McMullen, Eddie Foster, Clyde Milan, and the rest of both rosters, all the way to a series conclusion narrated by our historian. We won’t tell you how it ends here — you’ll have to tune in for that. This episode also brings you the full Tournament Recap Segment for Section Five, covering Series one hundred sixteen through one hundred twenty, including the nineteen seventy-five Houston Astros, the nineteen sixty-seven Cleveland Indians, the two thousand six Pittsburgh Pirates, and the nineteen forty-eight New York Yankees, each chasing their own path deeper into the bracket. Thank you for listening, and for being part of this ongoing tournament. If you’ve got thoughts, corrections, a series you’re dying to see simulated, or you just want to say hello, reach out any time at legendschannel3@gmail.com (mailto:legendschannel3@gmail.com) — we read every message. And for the full written companion to every episode, along with the latest Diamond Ledger rankings, head over to fieldofdreams2025.substack.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fieldofdreams2025.substack.com (https://fieldofdreams2025.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

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