Baseball with Tim Kurkjian; Welcome To Milwauk-Yi; “Steroid Nation”; MLS Playoffs; Two Holes In One and More with Charlie Pierce; Rocktoberfest

Bill “Shakespeare” Littlefield takes a poetic swing at the fall classic.

Steroids have never been more of a problem than they are today. Bill Littlefield reviews “Steroid Nation,” Shaun Assael’s in depth history of performance enhancing drugs in sports.

October Baseball With Tim Kurkjian; Those Poor Birds; NCAA Football 2007: Weird and Wonderful; Donkey Polo?; Letters; Manny and more with Charlie Pierce; “Backyard Giants”

If the Sox don’t pull off another miracle ALCS comeback, it will be a major league bummer in Beantown. But according to Bill Littlefield, having high expectations is the price Boston must pay for its plethora of outstanding sports teams.

To make a life of growing giant pumpkins… what must go through one’s mind. Bill Littlefield finds out as he reviews Susan Warren’s new book concerning the odd obsession (sport?) of creating “Backyard Giants.”

Cleveland’s Strange Season; Viva Pallacanestro!; Heavy Medal Madness; “A Game Of Brawl”; “A Game Of Brawl” cont.; The Fallen Yankees and More with Charlie Pierce; A North End Tradition

Bill Littlefield waxes poetic on the four remaining baseball teams contending for the World Series.

There was a past time when our National Pastime was not exactly the civilized sport we enjoy today. Bill Littlefield reviews Bill Felber’s book on the 1897 pennant series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Beaneaters, a work that provides many fascinating stories of baseball in its rough and tumble adolescence.

Rollin’ Rockies; The Rise Of USF; Favre Sur-passes Expectations; “Rozelle: Czar of the N.F.L.”; Letters; Tom Brady: Movie Critic and More with Charlie Pierce; Side Saddle Weekend