Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast
We talk to you about baseball history & have been described as specializing in Boston Red Sox history. Only one of those are true. It’s isn’t the latter.
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Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Dust off that Orlando Juice hat and the St. Petersburg Pelicans jersey, this week it’s all about the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association. Retired players took to Florida spring training diamonds to entertain baseball starved fans in the winter of 1989 and 90. The fact it only lasted a year and a half tells you how popular it was. But some great names got to put on the uniform again and we relive all the BenGay fueled memories.
Remember Tuffy Rhodes, average player in the MLB but he swung a huge stick in the Japan. His chances of making the NPB Hall of Fame seem to be fading though, we talk about why. More ‘89 Topps in this week’s Wax Pack Heroes. But who will walk away a couple of cents richer?
MLB's worst attended game - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ez3ep7/remembering-the-worst-attended-mlb-game-of-all-time
Idaho Falls Chukars - https://www.milb.com/idaho-falls
Twitter - @twostrikenoiseInstagram - @twostrikenoiseWax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
It’s Super Bowl week so let’s talk some baseball! That’s all we ever do and we’re going to keep it that way despite “The Big Game”. But we will talk a little football, in particular we talk about players who have spent time in both the MLB and the NFL. That means ofcourse Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, but there are many more who have stepped both on the baseball diamond and between the hash marks of a football field. Wax Pack Heroes this weeks sees us opening some 1989 Topps in which we pull alot of Athletics and All Star cards. But who will walk away a couple of cents richer?
Twitter - @twostrikenoiseInstagram - @twostrikenoiseWax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Episode 50 is here! We only need to record 1356 more to equal the number of stolen bases Rickey Henderson swiped in his career. Maybe we will shoot for his career caught stealing mark of 335 first. To celebrate, we are talking Rickey the whole episode! His outrageous numbers and the even more outrageous stories, plus we find out what Rickey thinks the highlight of his career really was and how he “Can’t Get Enough” of it. Plus Wax Pack Heroes is deadlocked at 9-9. Who will take the lead as we power through some ‘91 Donruss.
Harold Reynolds' Rickey Henderson story - https://youtu.be/-pIkcKFbaPo?t=28
30 for 30 Rickey Won't Quit - https://30for30podcasts.com/episodes/rickey-wont-quit/
Dorktown on Rickey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=A-QDXtKHEPY&feature=emb_logo
Wax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
The original HR Derby tv show debuted 60 years ago! This week we take a look back at the Hall of Fame players who battled each other for what was big money at the time. If Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and many more could spent part of their off season swinging lumber at LA’s Wrigley Field and we figured we could spend part of ours talking about it. Plus, Max Carey, a speedster in the dead ball era who kept running right into the Live Ball era. Before Lou Brock and Rickey Henderson, there was Max Carey. Wax Pack Heroes has a case of deja vu that has us asking how many Scott Fletcher cards are too many.
HR Derby playlist on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhGxwqriFAqvSrrEDPfe8qxUwa_5nRiRvSABR HR Derby - https://sabr.org/research/home-run-derby-tale-baseball-and-hollywoodSABR Max Carey - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/e3347ea3
Wax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
We continue to wreak havoc with the space time continuum this week as we travel back to 1999. While prepping for Y2K we managed to relive the entire 1999 MLB season, the highs, the lows, the leaders and the steroid fueled home run binges. We remember Don Larsen’s perfect feat and find out just how long people have been complaining about pitchers hitting. This week’s Wax Pack Heroes come in the form of 1988 Score and it’s a race of attrition. It could come down to who has the most mustaches and stirrups cause there were no stars to be had.
Dancin' Bobby- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpAMyLMgdpg
Thankful for these podcasts-Turn A Pair Baseball Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/turn-a-pair-baseball-podcast/id1438327524No Crying in Baseball - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-crying-in-baseball/id1302035601Juicing the Numbers - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/juicing-the-numbers/id1449136138The High and Inside Baseball Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-and-inside-podcast/id1281169224Diamonds and Roses Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diamonds-and-roses-podcast/id1435032487Tipping Pitches - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tipping-pitches/id1265588219Effectively Wild - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/effectively-wild-a-fangraphs-baseball-podcast/id545919715Baseball Beyond Batting Average - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-beyond-batting-average/id1269131240Baseball By the Book - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-by-the-book/id1183076342Dome and Bedlam - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dome-and-bedlam/id1199724933Hanshin Tigers English News - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h-ten-hanshin-tigers-english-news/id102674157620th Century Movie Club - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dana-buckler-show/id737566691This Week in Baseball History - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-baseball-history/id1246614012Wax Ecstatic - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wax-ecstatic/id1158099682Batflips and Nerds - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bat-flips-and-nerds/id1148418720Ballcaps and Bagpipes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1477658725
Wax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
It's the final episode of the year, so we take a look back at the decade that was...30 years ago. Greenies, astroturf and speed were king in MLB. We review some of the greatest World Series from the 1980's, award winners, league leaders and future Hall of Famers. We're talking Kal Daniels here people! The Chattanooga Lookouts are this weeks minor league team MLB is threatening do away with and Wax Pack Heroes comes down to the wire with an exciting finish.
Nolan Ryan's strange 1987 season - http://charlesapril.com/2009/08/closer-look-nolan-ryans-perplexing-1987.html?m=1
Wax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Mark is out making a living, so it is just Jeff this week. Despite being sick, he displays Ripken-like perseverance covering baseball holiday books by a rotund, jolly pitcher, the history of the Athletics elephant mascot and a 1980’s baseball quiz to test your long term memory. Plus, he dives into the world of rack packs for a solo Wax Pack Heroes segment. Happy holidays, see you next year!
CC Claus - https://www.amazon.com/CC-Claus-Baseball-Christmas-Story/dp/0062318411
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/
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Back by popular demand, another installment of Tales from the Dugout. Hawk Harrelson somehow wins the Ford C. Frick award. Mule Suttles hit a ton of homeruns, why haven’t you heard of him? Victory Faust won a World Series with the New York Giants by coning John McGraw and Eiji Sawamura blew away Japanese batters but how did he fair against The Babe, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Charlie Gehringer? Hint, he did just fine. Plus, a new Wax Pack Hero where in one of us nets 3 Hall of Famers. The other does not.
Wax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
This week we discuss just how many uniforms the Rangers are going to have next season? Speaking of the Rangers, we also discuss the dimensions of their new park and how they are honoring past players and teams. Black Friday baseball buys, more Larry Walker stats and we highlight one of the minor league teams MLB is trying to take away. Then longtime Mariners PA announcer Tom Hutyler joins us to talk about how he got started in baseball, his favorite Mariner memories from both the Kingdome and SafeCo/T-Mobile Park as well as his time spent in Cooperstown with both Ken Griffey, Jr. And Edgar Martinez. Finally, Tom tells us how he really feels when he pulls an Ozzie Guillen card in Wax Pack Heroes.
Tom Hutyler - @thutylerMississippi Mustache - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww7ersFs6xsCobb Field: A Day at the Ballpark - https://www.amazon.com/Cobb-Field-Craig-Lindvahl/dp/B00QSRK7WK
Wax Pack Heros on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvh7epD-mqT9qCIV7CNqhog
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/
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
We’re back from a week off and come back with a bang. Chris from the awesome Turn A Pair Baseball Podcast joins us to talk about his time working in the minor leagues, hanging out with Tommy Lasorda in Nashville and growing up a Cubs fan. Jeff & Mark talk some Japanese baseball pitching awards and walk up music, plus discuss who is the quintessential centerfielder; Mays, Griffey or Trout? And finally, Chris gets on the scoreboard as he plays Wax Pack Heroes.
Turn A Pair Baseball Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/turn-a-pair-baseball-podcast/id1438327524
Turn A Pair Twitter - https://twitter.com/turnapairchris
Turn A Pair Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/turn_a_pair_baseball_podcast
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/