Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast

Episode 161 - Wrong Answers Only

This episode was some of the most fun we’ve had on this pod. We talk about our favorite players all the time, this week we talk all about our second favorite players at each position. Who’s Jeff’s second favorite left fielder? What about Mark’s second favorite pitcher? Let us know just how wrong we are on who our personal favorites are! Also, perfection in the NPB, some ballpark food with a ring to it and some two strike noise at Yankee Stadium. Plus, a curated pack of Wax Pack Heroes sent in by a listener. 
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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 160 - Goodbye 3 Pitch Pitcher ABs

This week we prepare for a baseball world without pitchers taking 3 called strikes in a row. We relive some of the greatest pitcher moments with the bat as well as some of the more common not so great moments featuring pitcher and bats. Plus we check in on Big Boss to see if he is the most exciting thing on the club, we prepare for hearing umpires explain their awful calls to the crowd, prepare for some numbers to be retired and look at this week’s debuts. We have a very special Wax Pack Heroes with some curated packs from a listener. 
Sad Romance (a.k.a. Sad Violin) - Ji Pyeong Kwon
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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 159 - Tonight, Let It Be Lowenstein

While we wait for MLB to start, the NPB already has & Big Boss is already making waves. The rule no baseball fans likes returns for another season, while another that we like is put in place. The Savannah Bananas did their best Globetrotters impersonation and did something new for baseball, plus a historic debut remembered. In our main story we talk about John Lowenstein, a swiss army knife on the field and one of the great jokers off it. We recap some of his greatest hits & put him on the short list for Two Strike Noise sainthood. In Wax Pack Heroes, another couple of packs of 2000 Topps. Can Mark close out another championship? 
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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 158 - Just Wax Packs

We start this week by remembering former guest of the pod Ralph Terry who passed away last week with a clip of him telling one of our favorite stories about meeting some of baseball’s royalty as a young player. Plus we talk Joey Votto’s hobbies, Mr. October in Astros orange (?) & we have our first debut segment of the season. To wrap up the show we open some 2000 Topps and get some big names and big scores. 
Ralph Terry on Two Strike Noise - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5tTdKbuiovsP5OZM59jofN?si=whQR50rmQHmG5U4e_LF9Wg
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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 157 - Pete Browning, aka Pietro Gladiator Redlight Distillery Browning

Since there are already enough Mr. Belvedere podcasts, we’re going to stick to baseball history. Speaking of baseball, it’s back! We start off the first pod of spring training with some historical anniversaries, one of the first players to get paid and the other an inside the park home run that left on fielder stuck to the wall & another one doubled over laughing. Our main topic this week is somebody we talked about briefly a couple of weeks back, the original Louisville Slugger, Pete Browning. He’s most famous for bats, but he had a strange career and a hard life. Finally, in Wax Pack Heroes 1997 Donruss prove to be some exciting names, who will pull the most exciting?  
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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 156 - Tales from the Dugout v24

This week, another installment of Tales from the Dugout! We discuss another celebrity that’s on the Rickey bandwagon as well as MC Hammer begging to be our friend. Also, Flint Rhem was a pretty good pitcher but an even better drinker. That leads to alot of drunken hi-jinx which is our middle name. Also, a Ladies Day turns raucous after the home 9’s dreamy pitcher is ejected & we speak as close to admiringly about Barry Bonds as we’re ever going to get. Wax Pack Heroes takes on a couple of packs of 1988 Fleer as we wind down another season. 
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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 155 - Homer at the Bat

The Yankees do 2 things more than anybody else, win World Series and retire numbers. They’re going to do one for sure next year. Scott Hatteberg hit a big walk off home run in 2002 to extend the A’s record winning streak, so why did he get fined for it? Last week was the 30th anniversary of maybe the greatest baseball themed episode in television history. We look back at the crazy game between Springfield and Shellbyville and some of the greatest MLB cameo’s ever. Plus we find out who turned down the opportunity at immortality. In Wax Pack Heroes we take on a couple of packs of 1988 Fleer. 
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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 154 - Louisville Sluggers

This week, we found what might just be the craziest story on the back of a baseball card ever. Ricky Jordan and his broken jaw led to what might be the worst card back of all time. We dig into the mail bag to get more info about Rick Cerone and his, what we thought was a long lost, music career. How will it compare to Ruben Sierra’s? Our main topic this week has to do with bats, specifically the most iconic bat-maker of all time, Louisville Slugger. From it’s humble beginnings for a single batter to being synonymous with the game itself to all but disappearing in today’s game. Plus, some gifted 1990 Donruss for this week’s Wax Pack Heroes gives us some great names. 
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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 153 - Toni Stone & Joe Reliford

This week the worlds of MLB & KPop collide with a good dose of sideburns. We remember some players who have passed recently as well as Honus Wagner’s awesome brother (who also passed but along time ago). Yet another celebrity jumps on the Two Strike Noise bandwagon on social media & we discuss ESPN’s rankings of best uniforms. In our main segment, we celebrate Black History Month with two stories about African American’s in baseball that you might not have heard of before, Toni Stone & Joe Reliford. 1991 Score provide the ammo for this week’s edition 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 152 - We Are All Steve Garvey’s Sons

Managers as mascots, Shohei Otahni’s weakness finally exposed, NPB fashion updates, Larry Andersen’s stand up routine in the bullpen and more triple plays trivia. In our main story this week we discuss Steve Garvey. From all-American poster boy to Jerry Springer All-Star, we cover Steve’s successful on the field, with the ladies and some very odd appearances in tv and movies and finally as a snake oil salesperson. In Wax Pack Heroes we open some 1989 Topps in a battle for the stale gum.
All the triple plays! - https://stathead.com/tiny/u7MMdSteve Garvey “fan” website - http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/v
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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