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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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01:28:50

Episode 256 - Since Last We Spoke

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2024/07/12

This week, Jeff and Mark explore the baseball song of the summer, alot of baseball and Bewitched talk for some reason, Tommy John and the Hall of Fame, compare Elly DeLaCruz and Rickey Henderson and look at some special debuts. They also look at all of the historical events that have happened in baseball over the past week and why do the Angels not like young pitchers. And finally, Wax Pack Heroes, featuring vintage baseball cards with fun anecdotes and stat comparisons, including Bobby Valentine,

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01:23:27

Episode 255 - Revisiting The Gladiator, Pete Browning

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2024/06/29

This week, Mark and Jeff find a new player who could be nicknamed “Scrabble”, another Seinfeld giveaway in the minors, does Babe Ruth deserve to have another homer to his name and Mickey Mantle hits a homer and gifts the bat to a young girl and she wasn’t even sick! There’s a Hall of Fame debut for a speedy first baseman (checks notes, yup, speedy first baseman) and a rookie car giveaway.Author Tim Newby (The Original Louisville Slugger, The Life and Times of Forgotten Baseball Legend Pete

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01:02:41

Episode 254 - Honoring Willie Mays and His Legacy

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2024/06/21

In this episode of 'Two Strike Noise,' Jeff and Mark discuss All Star droughts, Iron Man (baseball and otherwise), newly discovered baseball songs from the past, new drinks at the ballgame, Boomstick down and ofcourse debuts. The rest of the episode is dedicated to his memory and far reaching impact on not just baseball but society. The show wraps up with reflections on who might now be considered the greatest living baseball player.00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:26 Exciting Baseball

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01:05:06

Episode 253 - Rickwood Field

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2024/06/14

In this episode of 'Two Strike Noise,' hosts Jeff and Mark discuss Seattle Mariners' rare place in the standings, the final players on our Field of Dreams whiskey, the pros for tasing fans on the field (there are no cons!), a Brewers employee's side hustle as a hitman and Jackson Holliday's unique/scary tribute baseball card.The Giants and Cardinals are getting set to play on historic Rickwood Field next week. We'll talk about what makes it historic. The show wraps up with Wax Packs Heroes, where

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01:11:05

Episode 252 - Bob Thurman, Negro League Star, Is In...

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2024/06/07

This week continue our irrelevant trip through the goofy history of major league baseball. Steve Stone's crystal ball from 1992 seems like it might be a little off regarding Sammy Sosa, we try to put together a GoFundMe for a new, err old, Babe Ruth jersey and find out who did we get on one of our Field of Dreams whiskey. Our main segment is all about a player from the Negro Leagues and eventually big leagues we had not heard about before, Bob Thurman. He played well, all over and with some huge

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01:01:47

Episode 215 - MLB’s Latest Numbers Game

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2024/05/31

The Wicked Witch Is DEAD errr, RETIRED! This week we discuss the retirement of MLB umpires Angel Hernandez and Paul Emmel, a high schooler who enlisted one of the biggest MLB stars to help him ask a girl to prom, scouting umpires that tip pitches. They also dive into various baseball history topics, including debates about the best second baseman, stories of Mike Marshall, Todd Burns, and Deion Sanders' debuts, and the Griffey father-and-son shared date? The episode ends with a deep dive on newly

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01:12:16

Episode 250 - They Still Let Us Make These?

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2024/05/18

Wow, 250 baseball history episodes and they haven’t fired us yet. Alot to get though this week. Khrush Davis crushes cars now, the next gen baseball card relics, more whiskey content but this time baseball related, the weekly Seinfeld story and some ideas to keep pitchers healthy. Our main segment is all about 250. We look at a bunch of players who totaled 250 at something during their careers. Some are surprising and others are Sam Horn. We have a special Wax Pack Heroes episode with virtual cards

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01:04:07

Episode 249 - Tales From the Dugout v38

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2024/05/10

As long as there’s baseball there’s going to new baseball history and this week we’ve got new Topps cards for, checks notes, hot dogs? We have a JJ Hardy landscaping update, a leftover 420 thought that could revolutionize jerseys (they can’t get any worse), we rag on John Fisher, again, plus we got some good debuts to discuss. In our Tales segment Mark highlights a 5 tool prospect who left us too early, we get to the bottom of Rod Murphy’s 1990Upper Deck baseball card and we remember a minor league

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Episode 248 - The Animal, Brad Lesley

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2024/05/03

What a weird week it’s been in baseball. Bees, cats and sausages are only the tip of the iceberg. Beanballs in Philly before a game, the Rockies refuse to take the lead and blue collar baseball cards are now a thing. But this is a baseball history podcast, so let’s talk about Brad Lesley. The Animal played briefly in MLB, but he became a star both on the field and on the silver screen once he moved to Japan. A mixture of professional wrestler and fireball closer, Lesley was our kind of guy.Game two

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01:03:26

Episode 247 - It’s 420 Somewhere

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2024/04/25

A week late but never a nug short. This episode is all about April 20th. Who has the best 420 name in baseball history? Who was the best player to debut on 420? How good was the real Lil Stoner and how much would he make in endorsements today? We crunch the numbers and do the math. The new season of Wax Pack Heroes is here! Extra wax this season. Don’t forget, you can leave us a message at 607-216-8811. Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/TwoStrikeNoise/ Instagram - @twostrikenoise Bluesky -

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01:13:38

Episode 246 - The Wrestling Episode w/Brad Balukjian

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2024/04/06

We finally did it, we’re gonna talk baseball AND wrestling this week in honor of WrestleMania. Helping us in two time guest, author Brad Balukjian who has another book, The Six Pack that follows a similar to his first book The Wax Pack. But it’s not all body slams and choke slams, we also talk about minor league promotions, a team full of George Constanza’s, Kenny Lofton learned who the real Man of Steal was from Ron Washington and the long line of Giants Left Fielders. We also open up a pack of

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01:08:10

Episode 245 - Tales from the Dugout v37

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2024/03/23

Our final spring training episode we’re ready to start the season. We dug up a Jorge Posada highlight we had never seen before as well as listen to a Boomer from the 80’s saying Boomer things about baseball, our show fact is pretty heavy but still good with a bat and we have our first debut of the season!Our main segment we talk about a Negro League player we’ve never talked about before, little known WW1 veterans in the big leagues, highlight some historic NPB things that later showed up in MLB

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01:05:40

Episode 244 - Parisian Bob Caruthers

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2024/03/15

Joey Votto is back! He’s a man of the people and we’re here for it. We also hear a story from Will Clark about some guy stealing bases, find out what cigarettes the 1934 World Champions smoke, listen to Keith Hernandez learn about Mets jerseys in real time and learn a couple of 244 facts.This week’s main story is about Bob Caruthers, he was Shohei Ohtani 135 years before Shohei Ohtani. He won 40 games multiple times on the mound while leading the league in on base with the bat. He also gave birth

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01:03:30

Episode 243 - George Burns, but Not That George Burns

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2024/03/08

Still spring training but we’re in mid season form. This week we tackle the hard hitting topics in baseball like reviewing Lance Parrish’ appearance on Different Strokes, Dwayne Murphy still getting paid by MC Hammer, George Brett wants a bathroom upgrade from Royals Stadium and does singing the national anthem before a game really matter?Our main topic this week is all about George Burns. Not the actor, but the baseball player he actually took his stage name from. A MVP and great hitter Mark has

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01:03:05

Episode 242 - Hack Wilson Hits Everything Hard

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2024/03/01

We’re back louder than ever after a week off with the first Lars Nootbaar update of the year, NCAA baseball HBP’s, a new Manny being Manny story, possible expansion city talk (with bonus state capitols)and MLBPA discounts. Our main story this week we look at Hack Wilson. We’ve referenced him plenty but know we get to know about him. He could hit the baseball, a person or the bottle equally as hard. Wax Pack Heroes is back for an exhibition game as we test out some new rules direct from the

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Episode 241 - Reds Hot Baby!

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2024/02/16

Spring training has begun but we’re already in midseason form. The Savanna Bananas had a new player but nobody could see him, Tommy Pham likes fantasy football more than the actual game apparently, Jeff Ballard’s IMDB page is better than we expected and some huge Blue Jays news.Our main segment this week is a lyric by lyric breakdown of the 1990 criminally overlooked rap by the Cincinnati Reds, Reds Hot. Barry Larkin gathered some of the best baseball players but worst rappers he could find to lay

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01:14:46

Episode 240 - Spring Training for Content

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2024/02/11

Not a Valentine’s episode but you’re going to love our special list. We found the new season of Banana Ball has some interesting new rules, we track Dan Uggla’s social media past, figure out where the Expos are going to play when they return and remember some baseball players who played basketball as well as baseball. For our main segment we’re cleaning out the closet. That means a bunch of short stories we wrote down and then forgot about. But it gives us the opportunity to talk about some more

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01:05:31

Episode 239 - The Larry Bird Baseball Spectacular

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2024/02/02

This week we celebrate one of the worst baseball owners selling the team (do Oakland next!!!!), update the Jackie Robinson statue saga, catch up on some of Barry Bonds hobbies after baseball and find some live baseball with bonus handlebar mustaches. Our main topic this week is about NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird. We’re a basketball podcast now! Just kidding, but Larry played baseball at one point for one game in college. We’ve got all the info on it and learn about the last bare knuckle boxing champ

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01:14:10

Episode 238 - That’s Baseball Baby

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2024/01/26

Covid strikes again, but we fight through it for another episode, a little later than expected. So much to catch up on from MLB! A former pitcher involved in an extra martial affair (shocked!), a former first baseman running for Congress poorly (shocked!), bad food in a major league clubhouse, two fan fests for teams that no longer reside in cities put on by fans, Hall of Fame reactions, Fantasy Camp stories and all the uniform news you could possibly ever ask for heading into the 2024 season. The

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01:11:34

Episode 237 - Larry Doby Homers and Hugs

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2024/01/10

New year, new episode! Wonder Franco’s pants are on the move, Wade Boggs sells beer, Tommy Pham finally gets his ring and Chuck D goes hard with a baseball inspired album. Our main segment this week focuses on Larry Doby, the first African American player in the AL, who dealt with the same hardships as Jackie Robinson but didn’t get a movie made about it. He hit a big home run in the 1948 World Series and then got a hug that shocked more people than the homer did. The Wax Pack Heroes season is

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