Episode 131: Little MAC (Move After Christmas)

From March to July in 1862, the Union army under the command of Gen. George B. McClellan launched the "Peninsula Campaign" as a major offensive and came very near to capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond. In the real historical timeline, the nearly-defeated Confederate forces came under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee and eventually achieved the Union army's withdrawal. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_campaign)

What if the outcome had been different not only for the course of the war but the Reconstruction to follow with an earlier Union victory during this campaign in 1962?

Robert Cocheu joins our Chris Coppola for this episode.

This episode will also have an enhanced visual component on our YouTube channel. You can find that here.

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Episode 130: Expodus

The 1994 Major League Baseball season was interrupted by a player's strike and never completed.

How might baseball have been impacted by avoiding the 1994 work stoppage, not only for the teams and players of that year but for the decades that followed?

Ryan and Kenny Cole join as guests on this episode.

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Episode 129: Can-ABE-bal

Topic suggested by listener Eric Bond.

In 1846, Donner Party set out on their ill-fated trek across the continent to California facing challenges, starvation, and other hardships with almost half of the original contingent dying in route and rumors of desperate acts being undertaken to survive.

Few know of the connection that future president Abraham Lincoln had to the group and how he and his wife were invited to be part of the group and their move to California.

How would history have been different if Abe had chosen to head to California?

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