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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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01:03:20

Episode 56 - Tales From the Dugout v10

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2020/03/10

What do pitchers and catcher talk about during those meetings on the mound? Live roosters and wedding gifts? Maybe. Alex Avila had a different idea when Max Scherzer was struggling that was right up our alley. Hear about that, player-managers, ideas first used in the Negro Leagues that are still around today and the most common names in baseball. Plus Wax Pack Heroes, we get rich open junk wax packs. It could happen. Twitter - @twostrikenoise Instagram - @twostrikenoise Wax Pack Heros on YouTube -

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01:10:20

Episode 55 - Leon Day & Baseball Strikes Out

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2020/03/03

Leon Day held a 3-1 record, head to head with Satchel Paige, including a 1-0 victory in which the lone run was scored by a Leon Day solo home run. Never playing in the majors and not being the showman Paige was, Day is not a household name, but he was every bit Paige's equal if not better. This week we discuss Day’s career as well as relive the 1994 MLB season. Well not all of it, that’s because it ended in August. The Montreal Expos and New York Yankees stood atop the standings but they would never

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Episode 54 - A's Spanish Broadcaster Amaury Pi Gonzalez

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2020/02/25

This week special guest Amaury Pi Gonzalez! Amaury has been calling MLB games in Spanish for the A’s since 1977. He has also spent time behind the mic for the Giants, Angels and Mariners, sometimes working for multiple teams at the same time. Amaury talks to us about baseball in Cuba, Minnie Minoso’s knees and acting as Jose Canseco’s translator despite Jose not speaking Spanish. Plus, Amaury remembers players from a pack of ‘89 Topps as he plays Wax Pack Heroes. Will he move to the top of the guest

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01:05:30

Episode 53 - Baseball Quiz!

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2020/02/11

We have a hard time remembering what day of the week it is but by God we know who started Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. It was Jack Morris by the way. This week we put that useless knowledge to a test and try to trip each other up with some trivia and nicknames. Do we know the difference between the Flying Dutchman and the Frying Dutchmen? More ‘89 Topps in this week’s Wax Pack Heroes. But who will walk away a couple of cents richer? Malto Bueno Manny

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01:15:35

Episode 52 - It's Always Old Timers Day

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2020/02/04

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

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01:00:10

Episode 51 - The MLB Super Bowl Show

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2020/01/28

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

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01:30:00

Episode 50 - Man of Steal

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2020/01/21

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

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01:08:40

Episode 49 - HR Derby & Max Carey

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2020/01/14

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

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01:14:00

Episode 48 - Party Like Its 1999

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2020/01/07

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

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01:15:40

Episode 47 - We Love the 80's

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2019/12/31

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

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Episode 46 - Solo for the Holidays

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2019/12/24

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

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01:09:00

Episode 45 - Tales from the Dugout v9

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2019/12/17

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

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01:13:58

Episode 44 - Mariners PA Tom Hutyler

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2019/12/10

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

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01:14:30

Episode 43 - Turn A Pair

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2019/12/03

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

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01:02:30

Episode 42 - Stealing Signs

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2019/11/19

Despite Mark’s computer taking it’s last breath, we still managed to cover the history of stealing signs in MLB baseball. The Astros might be the latest to be accused but they are far from the first. From the Hartford Dark Blues to Ty Cobb to the Shot Heard Round the World, signs have been pilfered as long as they’ve been used. Mark also takes on the first round of the Great Nickname Quiz. Can you score higher than our resident nickname expert? Will Mark remember who the One Dawg is, finally? And

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01:16:00

Episode 41 - Unwritten Rules & Bats

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2019/11/12

They aren’t written down but we’re talking about them anyways, baseball’s unwritten rules. When is it ok to bunt when you’re being no hit? How should you always approach home plate? What is the magic word that every ump will toss you for using? We’ll tell you about them, just don’t write them down for the love of all that’s holy! Also, what’s up with baseball bats? How did we get from using spokes from a wagon wheel to ax handle bats? We review the history of bats as well as some unique stories and

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01:07:30

Episode 40 - Tales from the Dugout v8

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2019/11/05

We had so many shorter stories from last week, we did it again, Tales from the Dugout. This week we cover bats, no hats for bats, just bats. We've already covered how part of Tinker to Evers to Chance didn’t speak for 30 years, this week we discuss if they are really the best double play trio or just a catchy poem, And finally, if you thought the Reds and Phillies played the first night game in 1935 you are wrong, 50 years wrong! Plus, we talk Johnny Damon and his reality tv appearances. And

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Episode 39.5 - World Series

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2019/10/31

We're back for a second time this week! The World Series and the season have ended. Jeff and Mark put a bow on the Fall Classic where nobody enjoyed much advantage at home . MVP, free agency and a couple of World Series facts as we all start the long wait for pitchers and catchers to report.

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01:03:45

Episode 39 - Tales from the Dugout v7

Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast ·

2019/10/31

Tales from the Dugout returns with a compilation of short stories from the past including a baseball episode of The Twilight Zone and two members of the vaunted double play combination, Tinker to Ever to Chance, take a 33 year vow of silence. Mark and Jeff also discuss the old school/new school takes on this year’s World Series and of course Baby Shark. We play another round of Wax Pack Heroes with ‘88 Donruss, who will hit the lottery this week? Rickey Henderson playing a version of Wax Packs

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01:10:31

Episode 38 - Nashville Sounds Batboy Ronnie Jordan

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2019/10/22

Are you tired of Mark’s stories of when he was a bat boy back in the 90’s? This week we got somebody else to give us some udpated ones. Ronnie Jordan (@Reagan_Jordan1) joins the show to talk about being the Nashville Sounds batboy this past season. While stadiums and players have changed, the pranks played on batboys apparently remain the same. We find out which stains are harder to get out, pine tar or mud for rubbing up baseballs. Wax Pack Heroes is back with some updated rules. Mustaches and Hall

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