Good Seats Still Available

“Good Seats Still Available” is a curious little podcast devoted to the exploration of what used-to-be in professional sports. Each week, host Tim Hanlon interviews former players, owners, broadcasters, beat reporters, and surprisingly famous "super fans" of teams and leagues that have come and gone - in an attempt to unearth some of the most wild and woolly moments in (often forgotten) sports history.

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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 89 minutes
Episodes: 446
Years Active: 2017 - 2025

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221: Can the MASL Recapture Indoor Soccer's Glory Days? - With Michael Lewis

FrontRowSoccer.com's Michael Lewis returns after a two-year absence to help us dig into the news of the Major Arena Soccer League's hiring of three marquee names from pro indoor soccer's 1980s heyday…

01:36:23 | Mon 28 Jun 2021

220: The National Girls Baseball League - With Adam Chu

Most baseball fans are familiar with the World War II-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from the hit 1992 movie "A League of Their Own" - but most do not know that there was another…

01:36:18 | Mon 21 Jun 2021

219: Graham "Buster" Tutt

We knock out a bunch of previously unexplored US soccer franchises of yore with the delightful Graham "Buster" Tutt ("Never Give Up: The Graham 'Buster' Tutt Story") - whose tragically derailed, but …

01:32:21 | Mon 14 Jun 2021

218: Baseball Goes to War - With Gary Bedingfield

In our Episode 104 with David Hubler & Josh Drazen, we examined the existential crisis faced by organized baseball during the first half of the 1940s, when America's heightened involvement in World W…

01:26:22 | Mon 07 Jun 2021

217: The Other Side(s) of Wilt - With Robert Cherry

We dial up Robert Cherry, author of the definitive biography of legendary pro basketball great Wilt Chamberlain ("Wilt: Larger Than Life"), to delve into the lesser-known (but enormously fascinating)…

01:37:43 | Mon 31 May 2021

216: Auto Racing's "Indy Split" - With John Oreovicz

The starting grid is set for the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 this Sunday, and what better way to get ready than with a look back at the divisive battle between two competing sanctioning bod…

01:34:44 | Mon 24 May 2021

215: "Toffee Soccer" - With David France & Rob Sawyer

We admit that when our friends at Liverpool's deCoubertin Books reached out recently with an advance look at their upcoming title devoted to the history of one of England's most venerable top-flight …

01:31:45 | Mon 17 May 2021

214: The Boston Minutemen & New England Tea Men - With Steve Gans

American soccer insiders know Steve Gans as one of the sport's leading domestic corporate attorneys, with a long track record of legal representation from all sides of the ball - including as a forme…

01:45:29 | Mon 10 May 2021

213: European Soccer's (Not So) "Super League" - With Ian Plenderleith

Soccer America columnist and Episode 49 guest Ian Plenderleith ("Rock 'n' Roll Soccer: The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League") returns to the show for our initial hot take…

01:22:26 | Mon 03 May 2021

212: Horace Stoneham & the New York Giants - With Steve Treder

Baseball historian Steve Treder ("Forty Years a Giant: The Life of Horace Stoneham") steps up to the plate this week to delve into the oft-overlooked contributions of influential San Francisco (née N…

01:31:36 | Mon 26 Apr 2021

211: The Short Life of Hughie McLoon - With Allen Abel

The Roarin' Twenties was a time of Prohibition, jazz, gangland murder - and, for baseball, an age of superstitious magic - when even future Hall of Fame players believed that rubbing the hump of a hu…

01:28:54 | Mon 19 Apr 2021

210: An Unlikely Negro League Story - With Cam Perron

There’s one question Cam Perron ("Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players") has heard over and over again: “How does a white kid from a…

01:26:25 | Mon 12 Apr 2021

209: The Eastern Professional Basketball League - With Syl Sobel & Jay Rosenstein

Founded as the "Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League" for its first season in post-war 1946 - and later (1970-78) known as the Eastern Basketball Association before eventually morphing into the NBA…

01:37:43 | Mon 05 Apr 2021

208: The Hollywood Stars - With Dan Taylor

Author Dan Taylor ("Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball") joins the pod for an in-depth look at one of baseball's most uniquely inventive teams - known for its star-stu…

01:43:03 | Mon 29 Mar 2021

207: Basketball's Philadelphia SPHAs - With Doug Stark

International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum director Doug Stark (The SPHAs: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team) joins this week's 'cast for an authoritative exploration of one of hi…

01:28:46 | Mon 22 Mar 2021

206: The Life & Teams of Johnny F. Bassett - With Denis Crawford

Youngstown State professor Denis Crawford ("The Life and Teams of Johnny F. Bassett: Maverick Entrepreneur of North American Sports") joins the 'cast for a jam-packed deep dive into the life of one o…

02:11:56 | Mon 15 Mar 2021

205: Philly's "Vet" - With Tom Garvey

We fire up the GPS for a trek back to the City of Brotherly Love this week for a fond - but decidedly one-of-a-kind - remembrance of Philadelphia's oddly beloved "octorad"-styled outdoor sports mecca…

01:16:04 | Mon 08 Mar 2021

204: WHA Hockey Completism - With Scott Surgent

Arizona State calculus professor Scott Surgent ("The Complete World Hockey Association, 11th Edition"; "The World Hockey Association Fact Book") joins this week to discuss his personal passion projec…

01:31:07 | Mon 01 Mar 2021

203: Seattle's Once (+ Future?) SuperSonics - With Jon Finkel

After a severely challenging, COVID-hampered 2020, it wasn't altogether surprising to hear NBA Commissioner Adam Silver openly muse with reporters at year's end about the potential for adding a new f…

01:28:24 | Mon 22 Feb 2021

202: The Hilldale Club - With Neil Lanctot

We continue our dogged pursuit of the history of baseball's Negro Leagues with a stop this week in the suburban Philadelphia borough of Darby, PA - for a look at the famed Hilldale Club with SABR Sey…

01:34:42 | Mon 15 Feb 2021

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