you've written a book about this 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon. do you think that john kennedy won the vote in 1960? that's the thing about the mississippi is controversial. i think the vote would have gone for him anyway if it was not with these electors in terms of the illegitimate votes in chicago, where there were allegations of vote fraud dating back in the weeks before the election and not just allegations in a general sense, but very specific. and then we saw what robert caro did and came up with in one of his bios of lyndon johnson, where he had one of the perpetrators of the vote fraud, tell him specifically what was done to to cast some very suspicious votes in terms of lbj landslide lyndon as he was known back in 1948. what were some of the issues discussed in the 1960 presidential campaign? oh, i think it was in descending order. cold war, cold war and cold war. i mean, certainly there were the mastic issues involved. but even when jfk was talking about the domestic issues or when richard nixon was talking about civil rights or jfk was

he has authored the book 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon, the epic campaign that forged three presidencies here are the results from 1960. john kennedy. 34,000,226. 731 votes. 49.7%. he won 303 electoral votes and 22 states. richard nixon. 34,108,157 votes. 49.5% of the vote. 219 electoral votes. and he won 26 states. difference of 120,000 votes nationwide. and voter turnout is at a near record 62.8%. david patricia, when we look at the electoral map of the states, any surprises jump out at you? well. it was a surprise, actually, that ricrd. richard nixon pursued a 50 state strategy. this was 50 states for the first time. i'm going to go to all 50 states. and everyone said, well, that's just -- stupid because you don't go the states where you're going to get clobbered, georgia, or where you're going to win handily in vermont. and so he does that. and towards the end of the day, he goes or he goes to alaska for three electoral votes and which at a massive democratic enrollment age at that point. but he does carry that state remarkably. and when he does. if he had if he had won in the contes

he has authored the book 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon, the epic campaign that forged three presidencies here are the results from 1960. john kennedy. 34,000,226. 731 votes. 49.7%. he won 303 electoral votes and 22 states. richard nixon. 34,108,157 votes. 49.5% of the vote. 219 electoral votes. and he won 26 states. difference of 120,000 votes nationwide. and voter turnout is at a near record 62.8%. david patricia, when we look at the electoral map of the states, any surprises jump out at you? well. it was a surprise, aually, that richard. richard nixon pursued a 50 state strategy. this was 50 states for the first time. i'm going to go to all 50 states. and everyone said, well, that's just -- stupid because yod't go the states where you're going to get clobbered, georgia, or where you're going to win handily in vermont. and so he does that. and towards the end of the day, he goes or he goes to alaska for three electoral votes and which at a massive democratic enrollment age at that point. but he does carry that state remarkably. and when he does. if he had if he had won in the contested

our guest is ben david pietrusza, president, historian and author of this book 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon the epic campaign that forged three presidencies. mr. patricia, we appreciategrea. this is a difference setting for us, but i hope you guys had a wonderful week. we're going to dive right into the material today because we're going to try to keep it to about an hour conversation is going to be all about baseball and the chapter that i had you read for today had quite a lot of material in it. we will try break down, as always, the sort of most important themes and the most kind of relevant details that we're going to try to emphasize here today. as usual, we'll start off some teaser questions, such questions. did the pitch clock destroy baseball soul or did it save it why are baseball players the most superstitious weirdos of all athletes across? the spectrum of sports and the game of baseball still relevant nowadays? or is it past its prime of those readings that short? there's no shorter pieces that i had you read. were certainly trying to ask that question about how baseball maintai

our guest is ben david pietrusza, president, historian and author of this book 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon the epic campaign that forged three presidencies. mr. patricia, we appreciatetoni. sorry about that. so a heads up to our online audience that after the morning session, we're going to be closing out the webinar. you'll need to log back in just before 2:00. joining online today are folks from connecticut, florida, maryland massachusetts, new jersey, new york, pennsylvania, south carolina, vermont and virginia. so welcome to the online audience. and before i introduce our speaker, i also wanted to make sure all of you knew that the latest bulletin of the 40 catalog, the museum, arrived from the printer this week and that. now. eight bulletins since we revived the bulletin in 2016. and if you don't have a complete set, there are a few of them at or nearing the end of their print run and they won't be reprinted. so take advantage of your chance to get as many these as you need to complete your collection. and i'd like to thank matt cagle for his help in production of the bulletin and. it