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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306: Miami Fusion Roundtable - With Joe Shaw, Jim Rooney & John Trask

With the 28th season of Major League Soccer well under way - featuring the debut of the league's 29th franchise (St. Louis CITY SC) and the expansion announcement of its soon-to-be 30th (San Diego) -…

01:53:22 | Mon 29 May 2023

305: "Goodbye Oakland" - With Andy Dolich

If anyone's qualified to weigh in with authority on the current Oakland A's relocation imbroglio, it is our guest this week - long-time professional sports marketing executive and Bay Area-based indu…

01:03:28 | Mon 22 May 2023

304: Portland's CISL Pride & PSA/WISL Pythons - With Rob Hawksford

We answer some of our voluminous viewer mail this week, as listener Rob Hawksford joins for an intriguing look back at Portland, Oregon's pro soccer scene in the 1990s - when summertime indoor clubs …

01:40:05 | Mon 15 May 2023

303: The Huntsville Stars - With Dale Tafoya

It's a reassignment back to the minors again this week, as baseball writer Dale Tafoya ("One Season in Rocket City") joins the 'cast for a look back at the unforgettable inaugural 1985 season of the …

01:22:24 | Mon 08 May 2023

302: The NHL's Colorado Rockies - With Greg Enright

With the New Jersey Devils still in contention in this year's NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, we turn the dials on our George Michael Sports Machine back to the late 1970s/early 1980s with hockey historian…

01:33:19 | Mon 01 May 2023

301: "Last Comiskey" - With Matt Flesch

Long-time Chicago White Sox fan and unwitting basement documentarian Matt Flesch joins the pod this week to discuss the story behind his extraordinary new three-part YouTube documentary "Last Comiske…

01:07:09 | Mon 24 Apr 2023

300: The "NASCAR 75 Years" Roundtable

We celebrate our 300th trip around the track with a special roundtable conversation on the colorful history of NASCAR racing - with award-winning stock car reporter-historians Kelly Crandall, Jimmy C…

01:28:06 | Mon 17 Apr 2023

299: Charles Stoneham's New York (Baseball) Giants - With Rob Garratt

We point the Good Seats Wayback Machine back a hundred years to the Roaring '20s - for a look at baseball's then-New York Giants and their larger-than-life owner Charles Stoneham - with baseball biog…

01:27:02 | Mon 10 Apr 2023

298: The Asheville Tourists - With Ryan McGee

ESPN multi-platform writer/reporter/host Ryan McGee ("Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time") joins us this week to reminisce ab…

01:28:18 | Mon 03 Apr 2023

297: The Cincinnati Mohawks - With Eric Weltner

It's more International Hockey League (1945-2001) memories this week as Episode 181 guest Eric Weltner returns for a look back at one of minor league hockey's most dominant, yet curiously ephemeral …

01:13:11 | Mon 27 Mar 2023

296: "Bill & Sue's Excellent Adventure" - With Bill Craib

In 1991, twenty-something baseball fanatics Bill Craib and Sue Easler did something no one else had ever done before - they went to a game at all 178 major and minor league baseball parks in one seas…

01:38:05 | Mon 20 Mar 2023

295: "From the 55 Yard Line" - With Greg James (Vacation Special)

It's an early Spring Break hiatus for us this week - but not before sitting down for a very fun interview with CFL America blog/podcast publisher and friend-of-the-show Greg James - as a guest on his…

01:24:36 | Mon 13 Mar 2023

294: California Dreaming - With Dan Cisco

We head West this week to pay a visit to the "California Sports Guy" Dan Cisco ("California Sports Astounding: Fun, Unknown, and Surprising Facts from Statehood to Sunday"), and stir up a rich bouill…

01:01:27 | Mon 06 Mar 2023

293: Shooting the WHA - With Steve Babineau

Legendary Boston sports photographer Steve Babineau ("Behind the Lens: The World Hockey Association 50 Years Later") joins the pod this week to discuss his new, lovingly-curated collection of largely…

01:30:35 | Mon 27 Feb 2023

292.5: The Original XFL – With Brett Forrest (Archive Re-Release)

[After an entertaining "inaugural" weekend of the XFL's third incarnation, we dig into the archives for this 2019 conversation with author Brett Forrest - and a rewind to the league's original season…

01:29:20 | Mon 20 Feb 2023

292: Minor League Baseball's New York-Penn League - With Michael Sokolow

On the eve of the most significant changes to Major League Baseball's rules and scheduling, we continue our lament of 2021's radical streamlining of the minor leagues and obsess about the demise of i…

01:40:00 | Mon 13 Feb 2023

291: The Savannah Bananas - With Jesse Cole

We channel our inner yellow tuxedo this week for a revealing conversation with the inimitable minor league baseball impresario Jesse Cole - and a look into the phenomenon behind his ground-breaking S…

01:39:24 | Mon 06 Feb 2023

290.5: “Krazy” George Henderson [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]

[It's a quick trip to the Bay Area this week for an archive fan favorite from 2017, featuring a true American sports original!]

America’s most famous professional sports cheerleader “Krazy” George He…

01:13:36 | Mon 30 Jan 2023

290: The Many Leagues of Women's Football - With Russ Crawford

While American tackle football has long been considered an exclusively male sport, this week's guest Russ Crawford ("Women's American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Gridiron") takes us on…

01:15:10 | Mon 23 Jan 2023

289: The New Jersey Nets - With Łukasz Muniowski

We point our GPS towards the Garden State this week, for a return to the days of pro hoops in places like the "RAC" (Piscataway's Rutgers Athletic Center), the "Rock" (Newark's Prudential Center), an…

01:47:05 | Mon 16 Jan 2023

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