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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Episodes
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
All the All-Star facts you need to know! The history of the All-Star game broken down. Most HR's, most games played and who was the youngest and oldest to participate? As promised, beyond McGwire and Sosa, there was ALOT more going on during the 1998 season. Plus, King Kelly was the first true superstar of the game. From taking advantage of there only being one umpire to being the subject of the first best selling recorded song, King was the man.
Debuts:
Twink Twining - https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/twinitw01.shtml
Satchel Paige - https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paigesa01.shtml
Dan Wilson Inside the Park Grand Slam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HopOu36AxPU
Yankees-Orioles Brawl for It All - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKIHNsf8O_A
Mariners-Roylas Turn Ahead the Clock - https://www.mlb.com/cut4/19th-anniversary-of-seattle-mariners-turn-ahead-the-clock-game/c-242436084
Slide Kelly Slide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ykGDmrgJI&t=10s
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
This week we are excited to welcome Jon from the Absolute Bunts (@absolutebunts) podcast. Jon hails from England and gave us his thoughts on the MLB's first ever foray into Europe. Jon attended both the Workout Day as well as the second game of the series and gave us his insights to the event as well as a feel for how baseball is perceived in the UK. He also allowed us to share some of his incredible baseball parody songs. You have not heard a song about umpires until you have heard Cowboy Joe West, immortalized in song set to Go West by The Village People/Pet Shop Boys. You also get to hear Mark use the phrases "chap" and "across the pond"!
Absolute Bunts on mlb.com - https://www.mlb.com/news/london-series-brings-out-british-mlb-fanatics
Don Zimmer Gilette ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaf-WXFAR74
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
This week, Ben from the Diamonds & Roses podcast joins Jeff and Mark to talk all about the history of baseball in the state of Oregon as well as expansion talk and bringing the MLB to the PDX. We talk about some of the great nicknames some of the historical teams from the Beaver State, including the Beavers, the independent Portland Mavericks with 2nd baseman Kurt Russell (yes, that Kurt Russell!) and what exactly would be the best name for a new MLB team in Portland? Also, we know the Save is a stupid stat, but it became a statistic for a pretty stupid reason. Find out why.
Diamonds & Roses podcast home - https://dandrpodcast.wordpress.com
Portland Diamond Project - https://portlanddiamondproject.com/
Name your cow, get more milk - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/farming/4358115/Cows-with-names-produce-more-milk-scientists-say.html
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Jeff and Mark are joined by former Tacoma Tigers/Rainiers Assistant General Manager Kevin Kalal. Kevin spent 17 years working for the Tacoma AAA baseball team and shares some great stories about Reggie Jackson turning on "Reggie" for the press, Max Patkin painting a blue streak with his tongue and later with a pen and the time Ken Griffey, Jr. went rouge while on a rehab assignment.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa grabbed their bats and their Andro and captivated the nation for the entire summer of 1989. This week we cover the race to break Roger Maris’ single season Home Run record of 61, remembering some of the big home runs, the awesome commercials and the staggering numbers they put up. We found yet another Darryl Strawberry rap single from the 80’s not to be missed and we debut our new Wax Pack segment!Comments are always welcome!
Cheese Monger Invitational info - https://www.cheesemongerinvitational.com/
Chocolate Strawberry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKH3qchAAec
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Quick, name the top 5 rap-based songs performed by baseball players about baseball from the 1980's. Don't worry, we've got you covered. Next, we talk about the brief but dominant career of the troubled Rube Waddell. And finally, nicknames and baseball go hand in hand. We discuss some of the strangest monikers players have gone by and find out the stories behind them.
Be sure to check out the links below for the full versions of each of the songs discussed in this episode and let us know which one you like best.
Lenny Randle & Ballplayers - Kingdome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=155&v=AtPawvq-0dc
Brett Saberhagen - Ford Truck Rap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=QyVnOBdKw64
The Baseball Boogie Bunch (aka the 1986 Dodgers) - The Baseball Boogie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=71&v=XWQ1K4SVbA8
Get Metsmerized - The 1986 Mets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=hpvufrpAhls
The Berenguer Boogie (aka El Gasolino) - Juan Berengeur - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=319&v=rd0-1PMFfEY
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Jeff and Mark discuss the history of Who's On First, Stanley "Frenchy" Bordagaray is the most interesting man in the world but maybe the worst fielder and who would you build a team around? Bobson Dugnutt or Mike Truk? Do you hate the wave like we do? We dive headfirst into the origin of the wave to find out who to blame. This plus much more in the latest installment of Tales From the Dugout!
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
We continue our conversation with Trevor from the Hanshin Tigers English News. We get into the differences between baseball in the MLB and the NBP. Defensive shifts, pace of play, stadium and scheduling. Mark took an “easy” baseball quiz. Atleast it was supposed to be easy. Goodbye Basbeall, Fly Away, It Could Be, It Might Be, It Is! What are some of the greatest signature home run calls? We give you ours, but this is the internet, so I’m sure we’re wrong.
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Trevor from The Hanshin Tigers English News joins Jeff and Mark to finally set the record straight about the Curse of the Colonel. He also talks about some of the legendary characters from both the Hanshin Tigers and the NPB. Hear the incredible story of one of Japan's iron-men, who played through a broken wrist to keep his consecutive innings played streak alive, even hitting a home run as well as how some former MLB players were thought of after their time in the NPB (hint, Mike Greenwell got lost in translation!). Plus greatest infield arms and the Negro League Museum and Hall of Fame next induction class.
Hanshin Tigers English News: http://www.thehanshintigers.com/
Hanshin Tigers English News on Twitter: @thehanshintiger
Negro League Museum Hall of Game - https://nlbm.com/hall-of-game/
2019 Snooker Coral Cup - http://www.worldsnooker.com/tickets/2017-ladbrokes-players-championship/
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
The greatest promoter baseball had ever seen was Bill Veeck. You think you know more than the manager? He invited the White Sox crowd to make all managerial decisions for a game, and the Sox won! If he had his way, the Philadelphia Phillies would have been baseballs first integrated team. The only color Bill saw was green. He might have seen red though after baseball's most infamous promotion, the ill fated Disco Demolition. Cheap tickets, cheaper beer, explosives and plenty of disco records. What could go wrong? We also talk about the greatest World Series moments form the past 30 years, ranked.
Show Links:
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2016/The-Night-Disco-Died/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZaXq338HN4