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Backwards K Pod

An educational and biographical look, at the moments and personalities, that have been woven into the fabric of baseball. Backwards K Where We Collect Ballplayers And Their Stories

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01:36:24

Bob Feller; The Heater From Van Meter

Backwards K Pod ·

2025/01/03

This week I do an introspective dive into the life and baseball journey of Bob Feller. A major league journey that begins at the age of 17, as Feller is the youngest pitcher in big-league history to both win and lose a game. From humble beginnings, the Iowa farm boy and his Heater From Van Meter would see him become the game's second great power arm, after Walter Johnson. #BobFeller #RapidRobert #TheHeaterFromVanMeter #CySlapnicka #ClevelandIndians #USSAlabamaba #SatchelPaige #HalNewhouser #AlLopez

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01:53:23

The History Of Baseball In Washington D.C.

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2024/12/27

This week I examine the city of Washington D.C., and it's connection with the national pastime. A connection with the game, that goes back to the first game in the District's recorded history of July 2, 1860. It was the shared home of one of the most legendary Negro National League teams, as well as owning a complicated history with Major League Baseball, that features three different franchises and five stadiums, in their over 100 year relationship with one another. Also I will profile four of the

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01:21:14

Rickey Henderson; Run Rickey Run

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2024/12/17

Rickey Henderson used the ultimate combination of power and speed to break numerous Major League records during his career. But what solidifies his place in baseball history was his unbridled passion to his craft and the game. He is the all-time stolen base king in the history of baseball. The greatest lead-off hitter the game has known and the most prolific run scorer to ever grace the diamond. There is only one Rickey Henderson, and this week I profile his life and baseball journey

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01:32:27

Curt Schilling

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2024/12/11

This week we profile the baseball journey of right-handed power pitcher Curt Schilling who's 3,116 career strikeouts is the 17th most ever in baseball history. He is the only pitcher to ever win a World Series game for three different teams. His 11-2 postseason win/loss record is the highest winning percentage, for pitchers in the game's history, for any pitcher with more than 10 appearances in the post. His 5-0 record and 1.37 ERA in elimination games, and his 3-0 record and 1.12 ERA in series

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01:41:58

The Rocket; Roger Clemens

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2024/12/02

Our profile this week will be on Roger Clemens. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner, and eleven-time All Star, who would rewrite the modern age record books, by establishing himself as the preeminant power arm of his generation. Only to find himself exiled from the very game he dominated, as whispers and suspicions of steroid-use cloud his impressive resume and all of his accomplishments. #RogerClemens #Rocket #DaytonOhio #SugarlandTexas #SpringWoodsHighSchool #SanJacintoJUniorCollege

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01:31:31

Barry Bonds

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2024/11/10

This week. Notorius November rolls on, as I take this month to focus on some of baseball's more controversial players, when I detail the life and career of baseball's home run king Barry Bonds. He had a stellar career, made a mountain of money, and holds many records in baseball, but his own actions and words have made him a pariah in the game, perhaps never to attain the Hall of Fame status that he craves and that his career numbers suggest he has earned. He was the most feared hitter since Babe

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01:18:10

Charlie Hustle; Pete Rose

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2024/11/03

The curtain has been drawn on the 2024 MLB season, with the Texas Rangers abdicating their throne in favor of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the New York Yankees in five games, to claim the crown of baseball champion in this year's Fall Classic. Jake opens the show with an analytical breakdown of what happened during the history making championship victory, and what to look forward to in the upcoming Hot Stove offseason. Notorious November kicks off with a month of BKP profile-bios of some of

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01:21:59

The BIG UNIT; Randy Johnson

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2024/10/27

This week we do a deep tissue autopsy on the life and career of the "Big Unit" Randy Johson. As a youngster in the game, his tall stature created problems and setbacks to his immense potential and development. After some sage advice from Strikeout king Nolan Ryan, and after the tragic death of his father, Randy changes his approach to the game, and becomes one of the most dominant left-handed pitchers in the history of the game. In a 22 season career, The "Big Unit" would lead his league in

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01:34:00

The History Of Baseball In San Diego

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2024/10/20

For over 100 years, the cries of baseball fever have echoed across the San Diego County region in Southern California. From Oceanside to Otay, from the neighborhood sandlots to the engineering marvel, that is PETCO Park. Baseball has been an integral part of the San Diego sports conscious, that stretches all the way back to May of 1871, when the game is introduced to the city, with it's first recorded game, out in the town plaza. While most of today's San Diegans know the major league Padres best,

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01:19:38

Sportsman Park

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2024/10/13

In the long and storied history of baseball, there have been a collection of street corners that have become synonymous with the throwback cribs that have claimed domain there. At the corner of Michigan and Trumbull once stood the iconic Tigers Stadium. 21st and Lehigh was the home of Shibe Park, You had the corner of Findlay and Western, where the Reds played at Crosley Field, and on the south side of Chicago, at the corner of 35th and Shields, stood Comiskey Park. Today that tradititon still holds

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01:27:26

The Tall Tactician; Connie Mack

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2024/10/06

This week. BKP chronicles the baseball life and career of the sport's first great manager. Cornelius MacGillicuddy, better known in the MLB universe as Connie Mack, spent 71 years in organized baseball, from 1884 to 1955 as a bare-handed catcher, a manager, a front office executive and an owner. He carried himself with a quier dignity, and he commanded respect from friends and rivals alike. Along the way through his journey, he would evolve along with the game, constructiong one of the greatest

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01:00:11

The Wizard; Ozzie Smith

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2024/09/29

This week we do a deep character profile bio on the Wizard, Osborne Earl Smith. Ozzie Smith was one of the few players who could beat you with just his glove, and phenomenal defensive feats. The 15 time All Star, winner of 13 consecutive Gold Gloves, is widely regarded as the greatest defensive shortstop ever, if not the greatest defender at any position, in the history of the game. From being overlooked because of his diminutive stature, to owning the shortstop stage at Busch Stadium, the Wizard's

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57:04

The Koshien High School Baseball Tournament Of Japan

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2024/09/22

Ever since 1915, with the exception of the World War Two years, the Koshien Japanese High School Baseball Tournament has beome a national institution, with it's championship game broadcast throughout the country. pulling in millions of viewers who tune in to watch the drama unfold. The annual spring and summer tournament is the culmination of thousands of high school teams competing in regional tournaments for a coveted spot. This week we do an in-depth study of the country's most attended sporting

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01:20:11

The History Of Baseball In Cincinnati

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2024/09/15

In 1858, Cincinnati, Ohio is the second most populated city, per capita outside of Manhattan, New York. It is also one of the final destination spots for the Underground Railroad, freeing runaway slaves from the oppressive south, and the young and evolving sport of baseball, takes it's roots in the city. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team in America. This week, we examine the long and storied history of baseball in the Queen City, including a rich Negro

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01:16:08

Mark ”The Bird” Fidrych

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2024/09/08

During the 1976 Major League Baseball season, a shooting star blazes across the baseball universe, as the kid from nowhere is seemingly everywhere, becoming a 1970's pop-culture icon. Mark " The Bird" Fidrych captures the imagination and hearts of seamheads everywhere with his dominanat pitching prowess, and his on-mound antics, becoming a character of the game, who won't be soon forgotten. #MarkFidrych #VirginiaFidrych #PaulFidrych #AnneFidrych #JessicaFidrych #DetroitTigers #BostonRedSox

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56:19

The Mexican League Defections Of 1946

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2024/09/01

With players contractually bound to their respective MLB teams, via the oppressive Reserve Clause. 22 Major League players defect to the Mexican Baseball League in 1946. New commissioner Happy Chandler drops the hammer. and levies five year bans to all the players who jump the league, This week we take a look at the 22 players involved, and the consequences they faced, because of their actions. Nearly three decades before Curt Flood would smash the compensatory system, that shackled players to their

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01:07:37

Eddie Matthews; The Santa Barbara Bomber

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2024/08/26

In this week's biographical chapter of ballplayers and their stories, the focus is on the baseball journey and life of the great Eddie Matthews. In tandem with Hank Aaron, the duo would become baseball's most lethal power-hitting combo to ever play the game, As the two players developed into the game's prolific power-hitters of the day, the same Braves team that had just fled the city of Boston, for the greener pastures of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, only 5 years earlier, find themselves in back-to-back

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01:07:38

!981; The Summer Of Fernandomania

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2024/08/19

The 1981 MLB season is best remembered for two things; a strike shortened season breaks the season into a story of two halves, and the birth and rise of Fernandomania in Los Angeles. Fernando Valenzuela, was the youngest of 12 siblings, from the backwater town of Etchohuaquila, Mexico. He would rise from abject poverty, to become the bightest star, in the baseball universe in the early 1980's. His play would elevate the game to more new fans to the Major League product, than any player before or

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01:16:31

The History Of Baseball In Pittsburgh

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2024/08/13

This week I do a deep dive into the history of baseball in the Steel City. I will give you the genesis backstory on a major league team that has been around since 1882. When a rag-tag group of guys from the Burgh, who called themselves the Alleghenies, would play the then young sport of baseball, after working all day in the mills. I will discuss the rich Negro League heritage of the city, where two of the most consequential Negro League teams, the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays called

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01:04:23

Stan ” The Man” Musial; The Donora Greyhound

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2024/08/05

With his famous corkscrew stance, off balanced follow through, and inside-out swing; line drives came off of Stan Musial's bat like bullets. He spent 22 years in the majors, all with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played in three World Series. and 24 All Star Teams, while winning 7 batting titles, and three league MVP Awards. This week we do a deep character profile dig on " The Man", who is best remembered for his brilliant consistency and gentlemanly disposition. #StanMusial #TheDonoraGreyhound

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