Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast
Episodes
Episode 115 - Pitchers Don’t Cheat
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If we’ve learned anything from Trevor Bauer in the past year, it’s that apparently every pitcher cheats. Whether you believe it or not, this week ...
Episode 114 - The Astrodome
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things that aren’t supposed to happen in a domed baseball stadium: -A rain out -A luxury apartment complete with a bowling alley and a gun range ...
Episode 113 - Pepperidge Farms Remembers (Baseball Edition)
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember players wearing shiny jackets in the dugout? How about special shoes just for Astroturf? How about umpires holding a balloon protector...
Episode 112 - Harvey Haddix - Almost Perfect
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s so great to have baseball back! Leading off this week no-hit catchers, Tim Lacastro update, baseball TikTok and some Hall of Fame debuts. In ...
Episode 111 - Greatest Giveaways & Promotions
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's so much to talk about from Opening Week. Several starts for players that people will be talking about years from now as well as some odd moves...
Episode 110 - Tales from the Dugout (Opening Day Edition)
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Opening week is here and we celebrate by talking about Joey Gallo’s prom date, Charlie Brown’s lone career home run, Johnny Vander Meer’s forgot...
Episode 109 - 33 Innings Later
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t ever want to hear people complain about baseball games taking too long. In 1981 the Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Paw Sox decided that ...
Episode 108 - Tales From the Dugout v15
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Long at bats, famous first last names, barber shop quartets, strange Topps products, Cheese steak champions and secretly living in a baseball stadium....
Episode 107 - Hugh Daily, Caught One Handed
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before Jim Abbott, there was Hugh Daily. He was a fiery, one handed, Irishman who was one of the first pitchers to throw over hand. The biggest proble...
Episode 106 - Horace Fogel, Failing Upwards
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Horace Fogel was a failed politician, failed manager & failed owner. How bad was he? He tried to convert a young Christy Mathewson into a first basema...
Episode 105 - Fernando-Mania
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 1981 MLB season was known for two things, a strike and Fernando-mania. Dodger fans went crazy for a 20 year old, left-handed screwballer who captu...
Episode 104 - History of the Designated Hitter
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Talk of taking the bat out of the pitcher’s hands goes all the way back to the late 1800’s. So why do we still have two leagues with different rul...
Episode 103 - Famous Home Run Calls
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rickey Henderson Hall of Fame artifacts now presented by Two Strike Noise! We’ll tell you where to see them. We start our search for the most Wax Pa...
Episode 102 - Tales From the Dugout v14
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More tales from the dugout this week as we remember the Astros want to remind you to update those passwords, Bernie the Brewer was a real, beer-swelli...
Episode 101 - 1990 American League in Review with Baseball Beyond Batting Average Podcast
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The baseball podcast crossover event of the new year continues. This week the Baseball Beyond Batting Average Podcast joins us to go over the 1990 sea...
Episode 100 - Christie Brinkley Takes Over Baseball Cards
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 1990’s was awash with what seemed like hundreds of different brands of baseball cards. Brands needed something that made them stand out and be m...
Episode 99 - Dog Days & Tommy Lasorda
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We lost Tommy Lasorda last week. He was described as the last “Celebrity Manager”. We review Tommy’s greatest hits, from ranting about Dave King...
Episode 98 - Baseball's First Greatest Showman
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New year, new history. We start it off right by comparing prices on Cameo and try to figure out why Hall of Famers are so undervalued on the platform....
Episode 97 - Homers for the Holidays
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week is a full of stocking stuffers from baseball history. With MLB’s announcement regarding Negro League statistics, which records might chang...
Episode 96 - Baseball Contracts & Merkle’s Boner Replay
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Simpsons, pitching guns powered by gun powder, catching grapefruits from planes is just to wet your appetite. This week we talk about the history ...
Episode 95 - Season in Review, 2000?
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we near the end of the year, we look back on the season that was…20 years ago. John Rocker rages on the mound and on an island. Ken Griffey Jr. s...
Episode 94 - Tales from the Dugout v14
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re doing things in threes this week. Neil Diamond, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Sweet Caroline. Sammy Sosa, Babe Ruth and Black Ink. Tom Browning, Wr...
Episode 93 - Former Yankee World Series MVP Ralph Terry Pt 2
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week part two of our conversation with 1962 World Series MVP Ralph Terry. This week he shares some stories about a mound meeting with Yogi Berra ...
Episode 92 - Former Yankee World Series MVP Ralph Terry Pt 1
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve talked to alot of former players, but none of them can boast being named World Series MVP. That is, until now! This week, 1962 World Series MV...
Episode 91 - We Doubleday Dare You!
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just in case you haven’t heard enough about the election, we compare some presidential home run records and remember some other number 46’s. We’...
Episode 90 - History of MLB Team Names
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our first podcast of the off season! We talk about World Series hero Clayton Kershaw and his family’s astrological history. The White Sox hired ultr...
Episode 89 - Tales from the Dugout v13
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special, scary Halloween edition of Tales from the Dugout we talk about the scariest of all baseball topics, Jell-O? Jell-O-gate reeked havoc ...
Episode 88 - Former Mariners Outfielder Chris Snelling
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former Mariners outfielder Chris Snelling joins the show to discuss his time in the major leagues, representing Australia in the World Baseball Classi...
Episode 87 - Ron LeFlore Or Is That LaVar Burton?
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ron LeFlore is the only player to have lead both leagues in stolen bases. Until this week that was about all we really knew about him. Now, we know al...
Episode 86 - Baseball Art & Daniel Horine
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we highlight the on going virtual art show and benefit sale benefiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Joining us to discuss his work and...
Episode 85 - Boneheads
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s book smarts, street smarts and then there’s #baseball smarts. Just because you play baseball doesn’t mean you possess the latter. We loo...
Episode 84 - Steve Dalkowski Throws Hard, Can't Aim
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A real-life Nuke LaLoosh or maybe Syd Finch, that’s Steve Dalkowski. LaLoosh is even said to be loosely based on the Orioles fireballer who never qu...
Episode 83 - Popeye, Zim, The Gerbil, Baseball Lifer, Don Zimmer
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just imagine never collecting a single paycheck, your entire life, that you didn’t earn from baseball? That was the dream life that Don Zimmer got t...
Episode 82 - Joe Bauman, the Biggest Bat You’ve Never Heard Of
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chickens in the outfield, bags of flour dropping on the infield from above and fewer pictures of all of this than of Bigfoot. We’ll get to the botto...
Episode 81 - Tales from the Dugout v12
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about Wade Boggs losing the International League batting title on the last game of the season because of some very questionable ta...
Episode 80 - West Coast Negro Baseball Association & 10 Cent Beers!
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we reveal our baseball pet peeves, Shoeless Joe & pitchers winning batting titles? We go in depth on the very brief existence of the West Co...
Episode 79 - Bob Aspromonte & His Lucky Charm/Entitled Kid
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about fishy HR’s, players born at sea and Oyster Burns. Definitely a bit of a nautical theme. Plus, Bob Aspromonte, a light hittin...
Episode 78 - Vance Law Former MLB Infielder Pt 2
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re a baseball history podcast so this week we’re talking about Manny Ramirez, Terry Shumpert, Babe Ruth and Troy Neel? Troy Neel? Plus we conti...
Episode 77 - Former MLB Infielder Vance Law Pt 1
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re a day late with this episode but the wait will definitely be worth it. This week part one of our conversation with former big leaguer Vance La...
Episode 76 - John Updike & The Curse of the Billy Goat
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Updike? On a baseball history podcast? Updike was a huge baseball fan and though he didn’t get to write alot about his favorite sport, what lit...
Episode 75 - Lyman Bostock & Old Hoss Radbourn
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do ballplayers keep in game shape when on strike? Mike Piazza let’s us in on a little known secret in a classic clip from Baywatch. We also hear...
Episode 74 - Tales from the Dugout v11
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tales form the dugout returns! In this version we talk about the oddest team names through the history of the game, we remember Luis Castillo which of...
Episode 73 - Former Brewers Pitcher Don August Pt 2
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with former Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Don August. Don has had some crazy adventures playing baseball all over the world. ...
Episode 72 - Former Brewers Pitcher Don August
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Don August pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers for 4 years in the MLB. That though, may be the least interesting part of his baseball career. A member o...
Episode 71 - Remembering Yankee Pitcher Tom Sturdivant
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Sturdivant spent 10 years pitching in Major League Baseball for several different teams, but his greatest success came while he was with the New Y...
Episode 70 - Former Rays Outfielder Richie Shaffer Pt. 2
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, part two of our conversation with former Tampa Rays outfielder Richie Shaffer joins us. Richie tells us what it was like playing the Atlant...
Episode 69 - Former Rays Outfielder Richie Shaffer Pt. 1
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week former Tampa Rays outfielder Richie Shaffer joins us. He tells us about his alter ego (Dicky Danger), his incredible mustache he was sportin...
Episode 68 - The Baltimore Yankees?
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Around the world everybody knows of the New York Yankees. But, do you know where they originated? This week we did a deep dive into the history of the...
Episode 67 - Former MLB Outfielder Shane Monahan
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former Mariners outfielder Shane Monahan joins us this week to talk about his time in the big leagues. What was going on with his hair when he was fir...
Episode 66 - The Cup of Coffee Club
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author Jacob Kornhauser joins us talk about his book The Cup of Coffee Club. Jacob highlights some true “cup of coffee” guys. These are players wh...
Episode 65 - Former MLB Pitcher Sean Lowe Part 2
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week is the second part of our interview with former MLB pitcher Sean Lowe. Sean pitched in the heart of the steroid era against some of it’s b...
Episode 64 - Former MLB Pitcher Sean Lowe Part 1
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former MLB pitcher Sean Lowe joins us this week. He was a first round draft pick by the Cardinals out of Arizona State and went on to play 7 years in ...
Episode 63 - The Real Bull Durham
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week it’s a big pop culture dive to start off with. Baseball ties to The Goldbergs, Party of Five, Fuller House & Bill Nye Saves the World. We ...
Episode 62 - Oakland A’s Radio Voice Vince Cotroneo
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oakland A’s radio voice Vince Cotroneo joins us to talk about calling games at the Astrodome, Vince’s connection to the DiMaggios, calling games w...
Episode 61 - Lansing Lugnuts PxP Jesse Goldberg-Strassler SFW
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Minor League Announcer of the Year Jesse Goldberg-Strassler of the Lansing Lugnuts joins us this week to talk about practical jokes, road trips, being...
Episode 60 - The Wax Pack w/Author Brad Balukjian
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week author Brad Balukjian joins us to talk about his new book, The Wax Pack, On the Road In Search of Baseball’s Afterlife. We don’t want to...
Episode 59 - Don’t Ever Tell Them They Can’t - Players with Disabilities
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joel from the High & Inside Podcast (@High_and_Inside) joins as guest host to talk about players who have overcome physical limitations to play baseba...
Episode 58 - Hall of Name with D.B. Firstman
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author D.B. Firstman (@dianagram) joins us to talk about their new book Hall of Name, Baseball’s Most Magnificent Monikers from the Only Nolan to Va...
Episode 57 - Talking Cubs with Chris from Turn A Pair Baseball Podcast
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our first ever guest host as Mark is on holiday, and our first returning guest, Chris from the Turn A Pair Baseball Podcast. Chris wanted to do a quiz...
Episode 56 - Tales From the Dugout v10
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wh...
Episode 55 - Leon Day & Baseball Strikes Out
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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. Nev...
Episode 54 - A's Spanish Broadcaster Amaury Pi Gonzalez
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Episode 53 - Baseball Quiz!
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Episode 52 - It's Always Old Timers Day
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dust off that Orlando Juice hat and the St. Petersburg Pelicans jersey, this week it’s all about the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Associ...
Episode 51 - The MLB Super Bowl Show
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 50 - Man of Steal
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 fo...
Episode 49 - HR Derby & Max Carey
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 48 - Party Like Its 1999
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 1...
Episode 47 - We Love the 80's
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
Episode 46 - Solo for the Holidays
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 45 - Tales from the Dugout v9
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Episode 44 - Mariners PA Tom Hutyler
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 thei...
Episode 43 - Turn A Pair
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 42 - Stealing Signs
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 41 - Unwritten Rules & Bats
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 40 - Tales from the Dugout v8
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 alr...
Episode 39.5 - World Series
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Episode 39 - Tales from the Dugout v7
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Episode 38 - Nashville Sounds Batboy Ronnie Jordan
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jor...
Episode 37 - Chalmers Award & Cheating
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the second week in a row, Nap Lajoie gets screwed out of a batting award! This time it’s the Chalmers Award. What’s the Chalmers Award, we had...
Episode 36 - Pasquel Delahanty
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We jump into the way back machine this week. Jorge Pasquel, possibly more than Branch Rickey, pushed MLB into integration. Learn about the man you’v...
Episode 35 - Tales from the Dugout v6
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How long do you think walk up music for batters has been around? A decade? Maybe two? Try a century! We explore the Royal Rooters of Boston. Mazel tov...
Episode 34 - Nolan Ryan
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We made it to show 34, so we HAD to talk about Mark’s all time favorite player, Nolan Ryan. So many strikeouts, and we recap every one of them! Just...
Episode 33 - Strange Injuries & Silver Bullets
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Drones, ice packs and tanning beds. Pretty innocuous objects to most, but not to baseball players! Baseball has to have the strangest injuries of any ...
Episode 32 - AL-NL East Coaches
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's the penultimate episode of our look at current MLB coaches and their playing careers. This week it's the AL & NL East's turn. Will the Yankees an...
Episode 31 - AL-NL Central Coaches
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Week 2 of the critically acclaimed “Before They were Coaches” series. This week we take a look at the career stats of the managers and coaches of ...
Episode 30 - AL-NL Coaches Playing Stats
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before they were setting lineups and challenging plays from the dugout, managers and coaches (almost) all played the game. This week we take a look at...
Episode 29 - Changing the Rules
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Would you rather see a game at the Field of Dreams or the Polo Grounds? Who do you want calling that game? Vin Sculley or Bill Walton (we thought it w...
Episode 28 - Curt Flood
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What 3 time All Star was once traded for 500 Teddy Ruxpins? What former Athletics and Reds pitcher game Mark his TV when he was called up to the big l...
Episode 27 - Billy Martin (Manager)
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Martin loved being a Yankee so much, that despite being fired 4 previous times, he still went back for a fifth time! The yelling, the bar room b...
Episode 26 - Position Changes & Bob Uecker
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Position players pitching is becoming more and more common, But what about permanently? This week we look at players who have successfully switched po...
Episode 25 - Hall of Fame Past & Future
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we track the history of the Hall of Fame from a single room to the expansive showroom it is today. This year boasted the first unanimous sel...
Episode 24 - Tales from the Dugout v5
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tales from the Dugout returns! Short stories about the awesomeness that was Tony Gwynn. A 9-inning major league game in 31 minutes? But how you say, w...
Episode 23 - 1998 King Kelly
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
All the All-Star facts you need to know! The history of the All-Star game broken down. Most HR's, most games played and who was the youngest and oldes...
Episode 22- Absolute Bunts (London Series)
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are excited to welcome Jon from the Absolute Bunts (@absolutebunts) podcast. Jon hails from England and gave us his thoughts on the MLB's...
Episode 21 - All About Oregon (Baseball)
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ben from the Diamonds & Roses podcast joins Jeff and Mark to talk all about the history of baseball in the state of Oregon as well as expan...
Episode 20 - Former Rainers Asst. GM Kevin Kalal
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Mark are joined by former Tacoma Tigers/Rainiers Assistant General Manager Kevin Kalal. Kevin spent 17 years working for the Tacoma AAA baseb...
Episode 19 - 1989 Home Run Race
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa grabbed their bats and their Andro and captivated the nation for the entire summer of 1989. This week we cover the race to...
Episode - 18 Rube Waddell and Nicknames
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Quick, name the top 5 rap-based songs performed by baseball players about baseball from the 1980's. Don't worry, we've got you covered. Next, we talk ...
Episode 17 - Tales From the Dugout v4
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Mark discuss the history of Who's On First, Stanley "Frenchy" Bordagaray is the most interesting man in the world but maybe the worst fielder...