Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast

Episode 183 - 2001 MLB Contraction

If you were left wanting more MLB weather-related names last week, we got you! Also a crazy story from Chicago about the 1919 World Series, Lars Nootbaar continues to be the best baseball player that sounds like a candy bar, a bunch of debuts including a Cleveland Spiders reference and the obligatory Seinfeld clip. The main topic this week is the planned contraction of two teams for the 2002 season that never happened, but some of the teams that were considered certainly are worth a look. Wax Pack Heroes we finish the pack of 2003 Topps we started last week with some names we haven’t had before. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
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Episode 182 - Night Kangaroo Court

This week, Ham Swaggerty makes Joe Simpson mad, Ted Williams doesn’t like neck ties, Joe DiMaggio stand Chesterfield cigarettes, we review Sept 13 in baseball history, Gaby Street makes another appearance and we delve into some of the craziest fines ever doled out in MLB Kangaroo Courts. In this week’s Wax Pack Heroes, we battle with some 2003 Topps. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
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Episode 181 - Tales from the Dugout, the Book w/Tim Hagerty

This week we discuss walk up music as NFT’s, an very obscure Simpson’s baseball reference that is brilliant and dive into the thousands of players who have made their MLB debut on this date throughout September call up history. In our main segment, we talk with El Paso Chihuahuas play by play voice, Tim Hagerty. Besides calling the Padres AAA team’s action he also is an author & has a new book coming out next season called Tales From the Dugout. We agreed to drop the lawsuit if he came on to talk about some crazy stories he has from the minor leagues and he was nice enough to play a round of Wax Pack Heroes with us and a pack of 1997 Donruss.
You can pre-order Tim’s new book as well as find him on the internet here:
Pre-Order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Dugout-Humorous-Inspirational-Anecdotes/dp/1646433785Twitter: @tdhagertyEverything Tim Hagerty: https://www.timhagerty.com/
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
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Episode 180 - Cup Check

Can Big Boss save the Fighters? The Mets are trying to catch up with the Yankees in number of retired numbers, but we don’t get this one. A former guest was at Old Timers Day at Citi Field and Mark explains why Ken Griffey Jr. Is not joining us for this episode. Our main segment this week looks at the colorful history of MLB playoffs before the first World Series. Who was playing? What were they playing for?  How tall was it? 1990 Donruss supplies the Wax Pack Heroes where we discover the player with a SABR bio least proportional to their MLB career. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
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Episode 179 - Tales from the Dugout v27

We try to regain our spot on the top whiskey podcasts with some baseball related whiskey news from Big Papi, check in with Lars Nootbaar and check out some debuts from the past. In our popular Tales from the Dugout segment we found some stories of some odd umpires, a missed opportunity with a light hitting shortstop from the 60’s and some “oddities” of some players a century ago that we doubt seemed odd even at the time. Wax Pack Heroes sees us open some 2000 Topps this week where we find out about a former player who punched out Connie Mack’s great grandson and put some other’s in federal prison after being part of a mortgage fraud sting. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
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Episode 178 - Vin Scully, The Voice of Baseball

Mark is back and just in time to talk about a pitcher coming out of retirement, some jersey number oddities, a great Rickey Henderson story told by Will Clark and a debut by a recent Hall of Famer. Then, in this week’s main segment, we remember the incomparable Vin Scully. He was the voice of baseball to many growing up and to Dodger fans for over 60 years. He covered some of the most memorable games, baseball and others. We will listen to some of his most famous calls and curious stories. We rip some more 2003 Topps for this week’s version of Wax Pack Heroes. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
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Episode 177 - All By Myself

Jeff’s all by himself this week but there is no lack of things to talk about. We delve into the Yankees very own two strike noise, baseball’s best new nickname, the obligatory Seinfeld reference, Rickey Henderson (because ofcourse), Lars Nootbaar, debuts and to put a bow on it, Vin Scully. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
#podernfamily #podnation #baseball #mlb #history #podcast #baseballcards

Episode 176 - Is That Willie Mays Hayes Or Alex Cole?

Alot of crazy baseball stuff to catch up on this week! Real stirrups are making a come back, sort of. We address a mis-guided critique and look forward to next year’s Hall of Fame eligible players, hint, it doesn’t take very long, as well as review the Derek Jeter documentary so far and discuss what the most common jersey number is throughout the history of baseball. We then remember Alex Cole’s limited time in the big leagues as it corresponded with the movie Major League before open some 2003 Topps in this week’s version of Wax Pack Heroes.
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
#podernfamily #podnation #baseball #mlb #history #podcast #baseballcards

Episode 175 - One Season Wonders

Our first post-All Star episode of the season and we’ve got alot to cover. We talk Hall of Fame pitchers and awards as well as look which jersey numbers produce the most WAR both recently and historically and the debuts segments is chalked full of some of the greatest names we’ve seen yet. Author John Vampatella (The Forgotten Game) joins us again to help us sort through some of the greatest one season wonders from the 1980’s and 90’s as well as play another round of Wax Pack Heroes with us. 
John Vampatella - Follow John on all the socials and keep up to date with his latest projects at https://www.johnvampatella.com/
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
#podernfamily #podnation #baseball #mlb #history #podcast #baseballcards

Episode 174 - All Star Week Mishaps

The All Star break is upon us and this week we take time out to remember some All Star Game mishaps. Mainly, alot of players wearing equipment that belongs to teams they do not play for. It’s like a game of musical batting helmets as players scramble to replace lost or forgotten equipment. Plus, we tracked down the Saturday Night Live skit with Tracy Morgan playing Jermaine Allensworth, get an update on a current player looking to wear real stirrups and have one of the biggest weeks of debuts ever. Wax Pack Heroes digs up a couple of packs of everybody’s ugliest cards, Donruss. 
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We pull ALOT of commons in Wax Pack Heroes. If you've got those Tom Foley or Ernest Riles cards just sitting around you can donate those commons to charity and maybe spark a child's interest in baseball and collecting. Find out more here: http://commons4kids.org/
#podernfamily #podnation #baseball #mlb #history #podcast #baseballcards