Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast
Episodes
Episode 215 - Just A Bit Outside
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 rem...
Episode 214 - The Zannesville Flood Sufferer’s
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Episode 213 - Voice of Baseball w/Kirk McKnight
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Author Kirk McKnight joins us this week to talk about his book, Voices of Baseball, and some of the incredible broadcasters and their incredible stori...
Episode 212 - The Gashouse Gang
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 211 - The Real Murder’s Row
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 210 - Everything Is Awful
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
Episode 209 - Tales From the Dugout v33
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Episode 208 - George Diggins
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Episode 207 - One Rule Five to Rule Them All
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 favori...
Episode 206 - Patron Saint, Jay Johnstone
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 205 - The Tools of Ignorance
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 d...
Episode 204 - Tales from the Dugout v32
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sooo much World Baseball Classic stuff to talk about. Great Britain’s dynamic uniforms, Tokyo Dome bat boys union contracts and internationals home ...
Episode 203 - Spring Training, the History Of
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 clo...
Episode 202 - Dave Parker (Should Be In the Hall of Fame)
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 201 - The Fashion Race Course Series, Baseballs First All Star Game
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 repr...
Episode 200 - That’s Alot of Baseball History
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Episode 199 - The Completely Unnecessary History of HBP
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 198 - Tales from the Dugout v31
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 197 - Mop Up Duty
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, which states are looking up long dead and gone “Sluggers”? WBC rosters are filling out including a show favorite suiting up, the Butter...
Episode 196 - Hideki Matsui, Smut Baron
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new year and a new episode. Orioles tweets from former simple fan now turned front office exec, Cardinals fun facts and the Spiderman bases t...
Episode 195 - Tales from the Dugout v30
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays from Two Strike Noise. Our gift to you is…another Tales from the Dugout episode! And there is no gift receipt so you can’t return i...
Episode 194 - Toad Ramsey
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we go hard, for the off-season. Which Tom Emanski hat does Fred McGriff choose? We check the short list of MLB players from New Hampshire (i...
Episode 193 - Orioles Magic, 1988 Style
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alot to unpack this week! It is the quintessential off-season show. Word games, baseball and wrestling cross overs, big guys stealing bags, disasters ...
Episode 192 - King Kong, Dave Kingman
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We may be in the off-season but we found a way you can still listen to a game while drifting off to sleep, baseball ASMR. Plus we check in with the Fi...
Episode 191 - Your Newest Hall of Fame Members Are…
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back at it this week where we discuss a former show favorite who was cast in the original movie production of Grease but turned down the role....
Episode 190 - Tales From the Dugout v29
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The baseball season is over, but fret not, we have another action packed podcast about nothing but, wait for it…baseball. We’ve got all the odd fa...
Episode 189 - Mick the Quick, Mickey Rivers
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We start out the final week of MLB this year with some World Series talk, some cryptic comments from the commissioner about extra innings next season,...
Episode 188 - That Takes Balls
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s World Series time! We get ready as MLB wraps up the season by looking forward to some more baseball across the world to keep us busy until spri...
Episode 187 - Greg Minton, The Moon Man
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week in BP, which #MLB playoff announcer has surprised us, what was Randy Johnson’s tell and a very large fine is levied but to whom? Our main ...
Episode 186 - Big Daddy, Cecil Fielder
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So much MLB playoff stuff to get through in our BP segment, new units of measurements, last games for Hall of Famers, the Seattle Mariners pacing the ...
Episode 185 - Tales from the Dugout v28
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Big Boss hangs it up, kind of, Yoenis Cespedes is helping Aaron Judge hit homers, kind of, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia is dethroned as clubhouse manager...
Episode 184 - Beans Readon, the Fight’em’est Umpire of Them All
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was a crazy week in baseball & this episode was crazy too! Albert Pujols did a thing, we talk about it. Lars Nootbaar did some stuff, we talked abo...
Episode 183 - 2001 MLB Contraction
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you were left wanting more MLB weather-related names last week, we got you! Also a crazy story from Chicago about the 1919 World Series, Lars Nootb...
Episode 182 - Night Kangaroo Court
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ham Swaggerty makes Joe Simpson mad, Ted Williams doesn’t like neck ties, Joe DiMaggio stand Chesterfield cigarettes, we review Sept 13 i...
Episode 181 - Tales from the Dugout, the Book w/Tim Hagerty
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss walk up music as NFT’s, an very obscure Simpson’s baseball reference that is brilliant and dive into the thousands of players...
Episode 180 - Cup Check
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can Big Boss save the Fighters? The Mets are trying to catch up with the Yankees in number of retired numbers, but we don’t get this one. A former g...
Episode 179 - Tales from the Dugout v27
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We try to regain our spot on the top whiskey podcasts with some baseball related whiskey news from Big Papi, check in with Lars Nootbaar and check out...
Episode 178 - Vin Scully, The Voice of Baseball
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark is back and just in time to talk about a pitcher coming out of retirement, some jersey number oddities, a great Rickey Henderson story told by Wi...
Episode 177 - All By Myself
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff’s all by himself this week but there is no lack of things to talk about. We delve into the Yankees very own two strike noise, baseball’s best...
Episode 176 - Is That Willie Mays Hayes Or Alex Cole?
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alot of crazy baseball stuff to catch up on this week! Real stirrups are making a come back, sort of. We address a mis-guided critique and look forwar...
Episode 175 - One Season Wonders
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our first post-All Star episode of the season and we’ve got alot to cover. We talk Hall of Fame pitchers and awards as well as look which jersey num...
Episode 174 - All Star Week Mishaps
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The All Star break is upon us and this week we take time out to remember some All Star Game mishaps. Mainly, alot of players wearing equipment that be...
Episode 173 - Tales from the Dugout v26
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with a crazy triple play, position players pitching, the passing of a scouting & radar gun holding Dodger legend and some very i...
Episode 172- Red Barrett, Strikeoutter
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are back with a jam packed show. Since the last show they’ve gone to a card show, met one of the all-time favorite players & discuss what R...
Episode 171 - Old Tyme Wax Packs
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Special episode this week where we open listener curated packs of baseball cards, this time from the 1920’s and 30’s. While the cards were re-prin...
Episode 170 - Brien Taylor, the Best That Almost Was
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we ponder what walk up music is most likely to break a slump: Nickleback or Dolly Parton? We also might have heard the best nick name in col...
Episode 169 - Playing Chicken with Wade Boggs
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Jeff have to come clean about their Cardinals/Carpenter knowledge plus an early review of the new Rickey Henderson book. Lars Nootbaar had a ...
Episode 168 - A Numbers Game
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week we talked about some of the crazy similarities between Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas, this week we go more in depth with some other Hall of ...
Episode 167 - Tales from the Dugout v25
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We always have fun doing this pod but this week was extra fun. We look at some crazy consciences between several Hall of Famers. We feel for Brian Jor...
Episode 166 - We Quit, Just Kidding
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alot of crazy baseball history was made last week! Jeff and Mark review it all from combined no-hitters to historic batteries and strikeouts. They als...
Episode 165 - Get Off My Lawn, MLB Edition
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Another start, another accolade for ShoTime, but he could use an upgrade when it comes to his walk up music and we have just the thing for him! Plus, ...
Episode 164 - The Complete and Unauthorized History of Get Metsmerized
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Jeff have some suggestions for who to name the newly minted NL DH of the Year award after, breakdown an important record that was broken last...
Episode 163 - Tales from the Dugout v24
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alot of baseball wackiness to talk about this week, but first, Miguel Cabrera did something historical last week, so we talked about that as well as n...
Episode 162 - Bugs Raymond
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue our on-going series of MLB pitchers who are a little bit off. Bughouse used to be synonymous being a little off, that’s where ...
Episode 161 - Wrong Answers Only
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was some of the most fun we’ve had on this pod. We talk about our favorite players all the time, this week we talk all about our second...
Episode 160 - Goodbye 3 Pitch Pitcher ABs
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we prepare for a baseball world without pitchers taking 3 called strikes in a row. We relive some of the greatest pitcher moments with the b...
Episode 159 - Tonight, Let It Be Lowenstein
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While we wait for MLB to start, the NPB already has & Big Boss is already making waves. The rule no baseball fans likes returns for another season, wh...
Episode 158 - Just Wax Packs
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We start this week by remembering former guest of the pod Ralph Terry who passed away last week with a clip of him telling one of our favorite stories...
Episode 157 - Pete Browning, aka Pietro Gladiator Redlight Distillery Browning
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since there are already enough Mr. Belvedere podcasts, we’re going to stick to baseball history. Speaking of baseball, it’s back! We start off the...
Episode 156 - Tales from the Dugout v24
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, another installment of Tales from the Dugout! We discuss another celebrity that’s on the Rickey bandwagon as well as MC Hammer begging to...
Episode 155 - Homer at the Bat
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Yankees do 2 things more than anybody else, win World Series and retire numbers. They’re going to do one for sure next year. Scott Hatteberg hit...
Episode 154 - Louisville Sluggers
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we found what might just be the craziest story on the back of a baseball card ever. Ricky Jordan and his broken jaw led to what might be th...
Episode 153 - Toni Stone & Joe Reliford
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the worlds of MLB & KPop collide with a good dose of sideburns. We remember some players who have passed recently as well as Honus Wagner’...
Episode 152 - We Are All Steve Garvey’s Sons
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Managers as mascots, Shohei Otahni’s weakness finally exposed, NPB fashion updates, Larry Andersen’s stand up routine in the bullpen and more trip...
Episode 151 - Tales from the Dugout v23
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we try to equate some cricket terms with baseball, talk sudden death and triple plays. In another edition of our Tales from the Dugout segme...
Episode 150 - Fan Appreciation
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our 150th episode we first remember some of the pop culture icons we’ve lost already this year (related to baseball ofcourse), discuss the most ...
Episode 149 - I’m Keith Hernandez
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a crazy week for the off-season while the players are locked out. Making Camden Yards cavernous & Rachel Balkovec taking the reigns in Tam...
Episode 148 - Boxscores
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week we talked about some music made by baseball stars, this week we listen to it. Ruben Sierra impresses with his voice, Rick Cerrone gets all t...
Episode 147 - May 1, 1991
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We couldn’t forgive ourselves if we didn’t start the new year off without paying tribute to the one and only Betty White (ofcourse related to base...
Episode 146 - Tales from the Dugout v22
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We close out the year with some great stories about Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, Eddie Gaedel, Jamie Moyer and ofcourse we put a bow tie on the y...
Episode 145 - Horrible Bosses (Winfield/Steinbrenner)
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody’s had a horrible boss before, but George Steinbrenner was the king. Despite paying Dave Winfield a record contract, he hated the man! He h...
Episode 144 - John Kruk, Baseball Player, Not Athlete
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
December 7th was an infamous day in history for both the USA and baseball. We remember both this week as well as take a moment to think about a trade ...
Episode 143 - Bobby Valentine, Valentine’s Way
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week former player & manager Bobby Valentine joins us to talk about his career. We talk about his infamous disguise in the dugout (we also find o...
Episode 142 - Bunts & Hog Calls
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about the first player to win 2 World Series rings in 2 years AND have a string of pearls in the Hall of Fame, an MLB pitcher giving...
Episode 141 - Tales from the Dugout v21
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Tales form the Dugout focuses on some of the strangest and weirdest first basemen. We discuss a stone-gloved slugger, a bat-hungry slu...
Episode 140 - The Arm Barn Episode
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This weeks episode is brought to you by PETA. One tweet set the baseball social media world crazy, so we got in on it a well. Alot of pitcher talk, a ...
Episode 139 - Who Is the Real Dutch Leonard
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dutch Leonard is not a very common name, except for in Major League Baseball. There have been two of them, both pitchers and both with some crazy stor...
Episode 138 - Glenn Hubbard, Snake Charmer
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the crazy, weird and strange 80’s Wax Pack baseball cards, there are a handful that stand out. This week we tell the story of one of the odde...
Episode 137 - 1986 ALCS Game 5
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the risk of becoming a Red Sox history podcast, we revisit another crazy Boston playoff series/game. Timely home runs and clutch hitting helped t...
Episode 136 - ALCS Game 5, The Forgotten Game
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author John Vampatella joins us to talk about his new book, The Forgotten Game, which chronicles Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS. Sandwiched between Big Papi’...
Episode 135 - Tales from the Dugout v19
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Big show this week with a bunch of crazy stories! An epic new Rickey Henderson saga that almost got him thrown at, we besmirch a couple of Hall of Fam...
Episode 134 - Baseball Traditions
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baseball is full of traditions, good or bad, that as a fan, you’ve got to take in stride if you go to a ballgame. There’s singing (the anthem, Tak...
Episode 133 - The Pesky Red Sock Johhny Pesky
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we get started with some of the crazy baseball history that was made in the past week, we rank players who have been nicknamed Bull, we reme...
Episode 132 - Padres & Giants Pitcher Dave Dravecky Pt.2
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of our outstanding interview with former Padres & Giants pitcher, Dave Dravecky. He tells some crazy stories about the always off the wall Ga...
Episode 131 - Padres & Giants Pitcher Dave Dravecky
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 131 - Padres & Giants Pitcher Dave Dravecky Some players have stories that are so compelling & great you remember them off the field more tha...
Episode 130 - We Stan Don Stanhouse
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the studio after two weeks & we catch up on some of the crazy records that have been broken since we last recorded. No hitters, strike outs, b...
Episode 129 - Tales from the Dugout v19
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of talk about stolen bases, team names and a really big debut anniversary. We do a deeper dive on Joey Votto and his recent HR streak and find on...
Episode 128 - Worst Trades In MLB History
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we review the worst trades ever made in baseball history. Some of the biggest names in MLB history were the result of really bad trades, atl...
Episode 127 - Joe D. Seals the Deal
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about how Joe DiMaggio dominated the PCL before donning the pinstripes. He suited up for his hometown San Francisco Seals for an odd...
Episode 126 - The Umpire Said What? The Funniest Man in Blue Ever, Ron Luciano
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we find out some minor league teams just never learn when it comes to beer promotions, we look back at a truly historical Padres-Nats game a...
Episode 125 - All Star Week Quiz Spectacular
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s All Star week and we are all about it. We talk history of the Mid-Summer Classic, the Home Run Derby, streaks, records and Lars Nootbar. How we...
Episode 124 - Tales from the Dugout v18
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a couple of weeks so it’s time to empty out the strange but true baseball stories that have piled up since the last one. We sample some ...
Episode 123 - Rick Rizzs, Mariners Radio Voice
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime radio voice of the Seattle Mariners, Rick Rizzs joins us this week. If it’s happened in baseball, Rick has seen it. Probably twice. We cove...
Episode 122 - The Sandberg Game
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Could Roger McDowell really have been the second spitter if he was infact in Pittsburgh? We dive into some seminal Seinfeld baseball lure, we remember...
Episode 121 - Tom Drees, No Hitters R Us
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, you’ve heard about Johnny Vander Meer throwing the only back to back no hitters in MLB history, but what about 3 in one season, including back...
Episode 120 - The Golden Baseball League Was Weird
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode we recall Scott Lusader’s dreadful top of the first defense, Whit Merrifield doing Rickey things & Patrick Wisdom doing unh...
Episode 119 - Moe Drabowsky, Patron Saint of Two Strike Noise
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moe Drabowsky had a 17 year career in MLB, won two World Series rings with the Orioles and was a big league pitching coach for several years. But he m...
Episode 118 - Tales from the Dugout v17
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another award winning version of our Tales from the Dugout feature. This time we talk more about left handed hitting catchers and why you don’t see ...
Episode 117 - Weirdest Trades in Baseball History
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is alot to digest when talking about some of the weirdest trades in baseball history, literally. Teams apparently have no problem trading a play...
Episode 116 - Pitchers Do Cheat!
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a Two Strike Noise first, we revisit last week’s topic to further explore pitchers cheating with some new info on Whitey Ford, Nolan Ryan, Rick H...