{"podcast":{"title":"This Day in Sports History","slug":"this-day-in-sports-history-6689837","podcast_index_feed_id":6689837,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/this-day-in-sports/","website_url":"https://this-day-in-sports.captivate.fm/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5eb2dbe9-f8dc-469c-a54e-13027969a1e5/sdRm17uM50HzQXlzNhfTIvLj.png","author":"Thrive Sweet Productions","episode_count":958,"summary":"Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:20:25.739405+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-sports-history-6689837"},"episode":{"title":"Harvey Haddix Perfect for 12 ... and lost, 'Bird steals the ball,' and the NFL and ABC agreed to Monday Night Football - This DiSH for May 26","slug":"harvey-haddix-perfect-for-12-and-lost-bird-steals-the-ball-and-the-nfl-and-abc-agreed-to-monday-night-football-this-dish-for-may-26","published_at":"2026-05-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-sports-history-6689837/harvey-haddix-perfect-for-12-and-lost-bird-steals-the-ball-and-the-nfl-and-abc-agreed-to-monday-night-football-this-dish-for-may-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-sports-history-6689837","url":"https://thisdayinsportshistory.sportshistorynetwork.com/captivate-podcast/harvey-haddix-perfect-for-12-and-lost-bird-steals-the-ball-and-the-nfl-and-abc-agreed-to-monday-night-football-this-dish-for-may-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7d4c6471-bad2-4e24-9ca6-93634f545130.mp3","summary":"In 1959, Harvey Haddix pitched 12 innings of perfect baseball but lost it and the game in the 13th. In 1987, Larry Bird stole an Isaiah Thomas inbound pass, found a cutting Dennis Johnson to the basket in a Boston Celtics win in the playoffs. In 1969, the NFL and ABC agreed to put a professional football game on Monday night beginning in 1970.","meta_description":"In 1959, Harvey Haddix pitched 12 innings of perfect baseball but lost it and the game in the 13th. In 1987, Larry Bird stole an Isaiah Thomas inbound pas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":409,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-day-in-sports-history-6689837/episodes/harvey-haddix-perfect-for-12-and-lost-bird-steals-the-ball-and-the-nfl-and-abc-agreed-to-monday-night-football-this-dish-for-may-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-day-in-sports-history-6689837/harvey-haddix-perfect-for-12-and-lost-bird-steals-the-ball-and-the-nfl-and-abc-agreed-to-monday-night-football-this-dish-for-may-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}