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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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01:06:40

Episode 216 - Frank Howard, the Capitol Punisher

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/06/14

We are looking good this week as we review the new Gucci MLB collection. High fashion meets high and tight pitches and if you’ve got a couple of thousand of dollars earmarked for some questionable designs, you can grab some deals. We hit up the usual debuts and then head into this week’s main segment about Hondo, The Washington Monument, The Capitol Punisher, AKA, Frank Howard. Frank made a big splash with his big body and big swing. He hit some moonshots and did some curls in the sauna in only his

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01:13:00

Episode 215 - Just A Bit Outside

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/06/07

Another week, more weird baseball stuff to talk about. The Fish Sticks take on the Gumberoo’s apparently, we’ll figure out what that means, we remember Roger Craig and Hmm Baby, we look forward to the reverse boycott at the A’s and ofcourse look at some debuts for this date in baseball. In our main segment Mark has some behind the scenes info about one of our favorite baseball movies, Major League. If this episode is popular he has promised he will do another on Major League 3, Back to the Minors

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58:13

Episode 214 - The Zannesville Flood Sufferer’s

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/05/31

More baseball, more odd baseball stuff to talk about. We start off this week looking at manager ejection rates and how some current managers compare to some of the all time greats at being kicked out of a game, remember Jim Palmer’s nickname fondly, see some familiar names playing college baseball and softball plus the strange day May 31st was in baseball history. In our main story, who’s ready for some Flood Sufferer’s baseball?!? We look at the history of baseball in Zannesville, Ohio and it’s

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01:08:00

Episode 213 - Voice of Baseball w/Kirk McKnight

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/05/24

Author Kirk McKnight joins us this week to talk about his book, Voices of Baseball, and some of the incredible broadcasters and their incredible stories. In addition, we have the obligatory Lars Nootbaar story, the NPB fighting the yakuza, the two oldest dudes in MLB face off against each other yet again, and ofcourse debuts, one of which is Sugar Jesus. Kirk stuck around to play a game of Wax Pack Heroes with some 1988 Topps. Where will he rank on our guest scoreboard. Don’t forget, you can leave

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01:04:54

Episode 212 - The Gashouse Gang

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/05/10

Jam packed pod this week! Rickey Henderson makes an appearance on Jeopardy!, little known Eddie Gaedel fact, Fred Merkle checks in with a non-bonehead game, highlights from the 1922 Spalding Baseball Guide and the emergence of 80’s hair metal as walk up music is proliferating MLB and we’re here for it! In our main segment we take a brief look at the Gashouse Gang. Where the nickname came from, the characters on the squad and the nicknames, sooo many nicknames on the team. In Wax Pack Heroes we rip

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01:04:54

Episode 211 - The Real Murder’s Row

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/05/03

Back to normal this week with out usual mix of baseball, pop culture and jokes that we don’t even laugh at. We’ve got a Macho Man connection from a current player, some BigBoss life lesson’s being handed out in the NPB, stolen base numbers after one month, hot dog records being smashed and hit by pitch streaks. In our main story this week we learn about a real team of murders and other incarcerated guys who happen to also be good at baseball. Wins meant possible stays of execution and errors could

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56:00

Episode 210 - Everything Is Awful

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/04/26

It’s been a rough week for Two Strike Noise. Bad news regarding the future of the Oakland A’s has brought the show down but we shall persist! We’ve got some numbers regarding the A’s and relocation as well as their pitch staff (or guys on the mound trying to pitch?). We imagine a Major League reboot, discuss MLB continuing to tinker with new rules, see a new HBP record and ofcourse have to talk all thing Nootbaar. We rip a couple of 1988 Topps packs in this week’s Wax Pack Heroes and come up with a

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01:12:14

Episode 209 - Tales From the Dugout v33

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/04/19

New release day, Wednesday now for the foreseeable future but the wait was worth it. We check out player headshots to gage team tranquility, batting order by defensive position, pitch clock consequences, expansion, Jackie Robinson Day for those who work in baseball, Trash Pandas and debuts. And that’s only the first segment! Form our Tales From the Dugout feature we have the definitive list of the 10 greatest players of all time, finally, the debate can be settled! Another almost unbelievable Rube

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59:15

Episode 208 - George Diggins

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/04/11

Baseball’s in full swing and we’re back in mid-season form talking about more baseball nonsense you won’t find anywhere else. You want to hear about Justin Miller from 2004, we’ve got it. Scoring 7 runs and winning despite being no hit, another record set by Babe Ruth and an alarmingly high number of songs, polka songs even, about baseball in Milwaukee. Our main story this week is about somebody we promise you have never heard of who was part of the first father-son in history, keeping in mind the

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01:07:43

Episode 207 - One Rule Five to Rule Them All

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/04/04

Happy Opening Week to those who celebrate. Alot of historic firsts this past week with new rules and big performances. We hear from some of our favorite players on the rule changes and some familiar names with new jobs this year. We get political about MLB blackouts, and ofcourse we check in with our boy Lars Nootbaar and see what condiments he’s going to be rocking in the MLB this season. Our main topic this week if the history between the minor leagues and Major League Baseball. We discover that

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01:15:07

Episode 206 - Patron Saint, Jay Johnstone

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/03/28

As we edge closer to Opening Day, we scratch that baseball itch for you this week as we discuss MLB putting the hammer down on batboys and girls, Lars Nootbaar-mania continues to run wild now in Japanese arcades, a minor league team choosing an alternate nickname we can kind of get behind and a bunch of great debuts. Our main topic this week is somebody who was granted immediate 2SN patron sainthood status, Jay Johnstone. This southern California kid went on to have a pretty good career on the

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01:07:37

Episode 205 - The Tools of Ignorance

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/03/21

Opening Day is lurking and we’re getting ready as we continue to enjoy the World Baseball Classic and some incredible games. We also appropriately discuss some of Elston Howard’s contributions to the game, Japan cracking down on cracking pepper and the spring Koshien tournament is in full swing in Japan, and we have our first set of debuts for the season. In our main segment we look at the history of catcher’s equipment, what started out as something that was ridiculed by both players and fans,

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01:07:24

Episode 204 - Tales from the Dugout v32

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/03/15

Sooo much World Baseball Classic stuff to talk about. Great Britain’s dynamic uniforms, Tokyo Dome bat boys union contracts and internationals home run celebrations. Plus an obscure college baseball rule, some more unfortunate uniform news and even sadder news from Philadelphia. In our main segment we have a couple of shorter stories including the incredible Yankee pitching from the 1956 World Series and we take a deep dive into a rabbit hole where coffee, baseball and crack cocaine all come

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01:07:53

Episode 203 - Spring Training, the History Of

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/03/07

It’s the middle of Spring Training, so let’s talk about…Spring Training. This week we hear about an attempt from the 1970’s to use a pitch clock and how well that went, we already have an eye on the next superstar you probably haven’t heard of, we pick a fantasy league to join, lament the lack of hotfoots in today’s game and finally talk about the history of Spring Training and discover why iot is not a good idea to put a ballpark across the street from an alligator petting zoo. And Mark is on the

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01:09:49

Episode 202 - Dave Parker (Should Be In the Hall of...

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/02/28

Spring training is in full swing but we’re already in mid-season form. This week we discovered something that would make Connie Mack very angry from the college ranks, we compare a couple of expansion teams and find they might very well be the same team, we get some hot uniform news from teams playing in Florida and we join the players union (and you can too!) for mad discounts. Out main topic this week is the Cobra, Dave Parker. Tim Raines was involved in the Pittsburgh Drug Trails and is in the

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Episode 201 - The Fashion Race Course Series,...

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/02/21

We’re back at it again with pitchers and catchers already in camp. We decide which caps are best suited for this years Hall of Fame class to be represented on their busts, remember some heroic feats by players in uniforms where players actually saved fans from danger and we check up one on disgruntled listener. In our main story this week we learn about baseball’s very first All-Star game which took place at the Fashion Race Course, a horse track the saw a best of three series between New York’s

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01:13:49

Episode 200 - That’s Alot of Baseball History

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/02/14

Two hundred shows in and we’ve still got alot to talk about. We consider re-branding the pod due to some of the new baseball rules for this season, we catch up with Joe West in retirement and see he’s found the internet, we listen to Steve Cohen’s plans for Bobby Bonilla Day and lament the projected stole base totals for next year. In the main story we take a look at the number 200 and compare so season and career numbers for some memorable players, plus, listener voice mail! Some get it and some

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01:10:23

Episode 199 - The Completely Unnecessary History of HBP

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/02/07

Alot to cover this week. The Mariners commit the unforgivable sin, batting lineups or lack of, Yogi Berra and TBS tangle and our listeners help us out with some more stolen baseball election news. Our main topic was the one nobody asked for but you’re going to get it anyways. Hit By Pitch, some guys are just pitch magnets so we want to give them their due. We explore the HBP rule as well as some famous HBP in games and the players hand them out and those who take them. Plus we open some AAA cards in

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01:12:08

Episode 198 - Tales from the Dugout v31

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/01/31

We’re back and we’ve got baseball to talk about. We tackle election fraud trying to figure out what baseball players claimed nicknames proclaiming themselves rulers of some sort. Plus we watch a classic Tommy Lasorda cameo on Police Squad, talk about some fan favorites, pick up some baseball and life tips from some 1980’s 1-900 phone numbers, hear about Pud and Pretzels and remember a hazing ritual that save a man’s life, or atleast his calf. Plus, Wax Pack Heroes. Don’t forget, you can leave us a

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01:06:10

Episode 197 - Mop Up Duty

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2023/01/10

This week, which states are looking up long dead and gone “Sluggers”? WBC rosters are filling out including a show favorite suiting up, the Butterworths from Mobile were at a Giants game in 1995 and we talk NBA (only for a second and how it relates to a baseball topic, it will never happen again). Then we do some early spring cleaning/mop up duty with some stories even too quick for a Tales segment. Plus, now you can call us! Leave us a message at 607-216-8811. Add us to your top 5, add us to your

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