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  • Episode 269 features former Major League Baseball pitcher, Bill Pulsipher, telling his story to help others, Bubb'n Mutha's founder, John Fuhrman dishing out barbecue and baseball talk, Leonard rants, and we celebrate our show's seven year anniversary.

    Bill Pulsipher is one third of what New York Mets fans once knew as "Generation K." It was a moniker he shared with his two other teammates, Jason Isringhausen and Paul Wilson. The media dubbed them as the members and the fans, desperate for players to help their team, bought into the hype. The amount of pressure this placed on Bill and the other two Generation K members was extreme and Bill tells all, including a career derailed by injuries and severe depression. Bill spent parts of six Major League Baseball seasons with the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Cardinals. We tend to put these talented athletes on pedestals and revere them as heroes, but pulling back the curtain reveals they are as human as everyone else and, after listening to Bill's story you may have a new appreciation for what some of them deal with.

    John Fuhrman is the founder of Bubb'n Mutha's which manufactures premium spice rub blends. After serving in the United States Navy, John, worked in the auto industry and ended up in North Carolina. While there he fell in love with barbecue and learned how to cook it and experimented with different spices and rubs. John returned to Maine and started this company, making his products with special real Maine ingredients like organic blueberry powder, maple crystals and even Raye’s Mustard which is the oldest mustard company in America. John loves baseball and barbecue and we delve deeply into both topics. For more information on John or to order his products go to https://www.bubnmuthas.com

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

    If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.


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  • Episode 268 features a candid interview with Greg Rempe, host of the BBQ Central Show and we explore 3,000: Baseball's Elite Clubs for Hits and Strikeouts with Author, Douglas J. Jordan, plus we discuss the possibility of the Golden At-Bat Rule

    Greg Rempe is the creator and host of the longest running and most listened to show dealing with live fire cooking, The BBQ Central Show. He has been extremely supportive of our show with advice, support, and encouragement. We wanted Greg back to learn more about him, his show, what it takes to produce a successful podcast, his opinions on barbecue and baseball and much more. His show can be heard live every Tuesday night from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm and is released in podcast format; the first hour on Wednesday and the second hour on Thursday. Then on Fridays you can catch up on parts of past episodes listening to The Best Moments of The BBQ Central Show in 10 Minutes or Less. You can find out more about his show by going to http://thebbqcentralshow.com/

    Douglas J. Jordan is a retired college professor. His baseball articles have been published in the Baseball Research Journal and NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture. He joins us to discuss his newest book, 3,000: Baseball's Elite Clubs for Hits and Strikeouts. This book goes into detail about the elite players in each category, describing how they collected their historic hit or strikeout and their age at the time. Discover the pitchers who gave up a 3,000th hit and the victims of a 3,000th strikeout. This book covers the near-miss men, the ones who almost made it to the milestone, and predicts which players might reach 3,000 hits or strikeouts next. This comprehensive volume tracks all players who have reached this impressive achievement, all who missed it by a hair, and some who might be poised to claim the title.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

    If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.


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  • Episode 267 features Chef Ray Sheehan presenting his Annual Holiday Gift Giving Guide and Author, Lynn Ames discussing her award-winning biography, Out at the Plate: The Dot Wilkinson Story

    Ray Sheehan also known as Chef Ray is an award winning maker of barbecue sauces and rubs as well as an award winning cookbook author. We continue with our yearly tradition as he presents his annual holiday gift giving guide. Links for the gift guide follow:
    Big Green Egg https://biggreenegg.com/ The Good Charcoal Company https://www.thegoodcharcoal.com/ Thermoworks https://www.thermoworks.com/ Amazingribs.com https://amazingribs.com/pitmaster-club-gift-card/ Trompo King https://trompoking.com/ Charcoal and BBQ https://charcoalandbbq.com/ Unce Steve's Shake https://unclestevesshake.com/ MagneChef https://magnechef.com/ Mantis BBQ Sauces https://mantisbbq.com/ Rogue Cookers Rubs https://roguecookers.com/ GRIPmitt by Wow Gear https://gripmitt.com Yocan Red Torches https://yocanred.com/ Chef Ray Sheehan products https://www.raysheehan.com/

    Lynn Ames is the author of the award-winning biography, Out at the Plate: The Dot Wilkinson Story. It is a wonderful tribute to her friend Dot Wilkinson who was an exceptional athlete, excelling in softball and bowling and a member of both of those sports Hall of Fame's in addition to being a member of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame. Lynn has won many awards, including a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Gold Medal, six Goldie awards, the Ann Bannon Popular Fiction Award, the Alice B. Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and the Arizona Book Award. She is also a former press secretary to the New York state senate minority leader and spokesperson for the nation’s third-largest prison system. For more than half a decade, she was an award-winning broadcast journalist.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

    If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
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  • Episode 266 features Brett Mandel, co-founder of Baseballbbq.com and Keith O'Brien, author of Charlie Hustle. Plus we discuss two Major League teams who will be playing on minor league fields.

    Brett Mandel from the company, Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com/ is back to apprise us on the great things the company is doing and remind us of all their terrific products. Anyone who loves baseball and barbecue will thoroughly enjoy the wide range of grilling tools and accessories they offer. It's an extensive list, but includes spatula's, forks, grill scrapers, pigtail hooks, bottle openers, and tongs which are all made using baseball bat handles which can all be personally engraved. In addition, they have cutting boards shaped liked home plate or shaped like baseball jerseys which also can be engraved. Their newest product is a bat rack, designed to hold their baseball bat handle tools which also may be custom engraved. As if that was not enough, they also have rubs, sauces, tee-shirts, and a unique board game. Go to https://baseballbbq.com/ for more information.

    Keith O'Brien is a New York Times best-selling author, a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, and an award-winning journalist. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico, as well as having his stories appear on National Public Radio and This American Life. His latest book, a must read for baseball history lovers, is Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. Mention Pete Rose and a debate is almost guaranteed to ensue as baseball fans all seem to have opinions on whether he should be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This book does a great job at pulling back the curtain on one of the games most polarizing figures.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/


    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

    If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
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  • Episode 265 features fireballing former MLB Pitcher, Jim Kern and Trompo King inventor, Noam Weiss treating us to amazing stories and we have a New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Dinner Report

    Jim Kern is a former professional baseball pitcher. With three All-Star appearances from 1977-1979, Kern went went 13–5 with a 1.57 ERA and 29 saves out of the Texas Rangers bullpen in 1979 to finish fourth in American League Cy Young Award balloting. Over a 12 year Major League career, Jim played for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Milwaukee Brewers. Jim is aptly nicknamed Emu and he explains why that moniker fits so well. In 2013, FanGraphs named Kern as the best relief pitcher in baseball history over a given 4-year period of time in their January 25 article "Jim Kern's Four Incredible Seasons." From 1976 to 1979, he won 42 games and registered 75 saves out of the bullpen, and he averaged more than 100 innings per year and 1.88 innings pitched per game appearance.

    Noam Weiss is the inventor of Trompo King, a unique product created to cook food vertically, which Noam advises was the cooking method for thousands of years. The product description per their website is, "Create food from around the globe with the Vertical Griller from the Mr. Bar-B-Q+Trompo King team. The removable wire veggie rack is perfect to cook your veggies alongside your perfectly stacked meat and the easy lift handles allow you to move it to and from your grill without fumbling. The meat spike allows it to fit inside all types of cookers, including charcoal, gas, pellet, smokers, komado, and ovens. Combining the technique of vertical cooking and stacking with the flavors of Mexico and the Middle East, you can create your favorites including tacos al pastor, gyro, shawarma, and more." To order the Trompo King and their other products go to https://trompoking.com/

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/
    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

    If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • Episode 264 features Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Director of Operations, Scott Crawford and Charcoal and BBQ owners, Jason and Paula Mathews

    Scott Crawford is the Director of Operations for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. Scott provides a wonderful description of Canada's Baseball Hall of Fame including how it got started, the way inductees are chosen, and stories about some of its honorees. Baseball has thrived and continues to do so in Canada and the museum is dedicated to preserving its heritage. You may be surprised to learn how long Canadian's have played baseball as well as hearing about Jackie Robinson's time playing there. Go to https://baseballhalloffame.ca/ for more information on Scott Crawford and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

    Jason and Paula Mathews are the husband and wife owners of the company, Charcoal and BBQ. The company provides products designed for those who enjoy cooking, but even more for the people who love to barbecue. Their items include knives, cutting boards, and various accessories which are meant to help your outdoor cooking experience. They offer engraving which adds a level of personalization to their barbecue wares. Barbecue has always been a passion in Jason's life and a love of Paula's and they are using that passion and love as a driving force while growing the company. Their story is fascinating, including Jason's long family history in Texas. Go to https://charcoalandbbq.com/
    for more information.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/
    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

    If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • We celebrate founders as episode 263 features Carolyn Wells, co-founder of the Kansas City Barbeque Society and Rene LeRoux, founder of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.

    Carolyn Wells is co-founder of the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) which she founded with her late husband, Gary Wells. She has won over 150 awards in barbecue cooking contests. She is a member of the prestigious KCBS Hall of Flame, and has earned her Ph.B. (Doctor of Barbecue Philosophy). Carolyn is an author, including as the chief essayist for The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook. Carolyn has promoted barbecue in other food related organizations including the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Southern Foodways Alliance, National Barbecue Association, American Institute of Wine & Food, World Barbecue Association, and Les Dames de Escoffier. Her remarkable contributions have been recognized with an award named in her honor, the Carolyn Wells Ambassador Award which recognizes outstanding KCBS members who personify the qualities of an exceptional ambassador for the organization.

    Rene LeRoux is the founder and executive director of the New York State Hall of Fame’s for baseball, basketball, and hockey. Rene returns to the show to discuss the outstanding 2024 baseball class which will be inducted during the November dinner in Troy, New York. The inductees are Jesse Barfield, Yogi Berra, Joe Black, James Dalton, James Fiorentino, Kevin Graber, Ted Green, Howard Johnson, Ed Lucas, Bob Malandro, Curtis Nobles, Don Mattingly, Bob Pertsas, Buck Showalter, and Brian Sweeney. Rene discusses the inductees, some stories behind their selections, various reactions at receiving this great honor, as well as other exciting items not to be missed. For more information on the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame go to http://www.nysbhof.com/home.html

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • Episode 262 features unique barbecue and baseball stories with the president of AmazingRibs.com, Clint Cantwell and co-host of the National League Town podcast, Jeff Hysen while Chef Ray Sheehan assumes guest co-hosting duties.

    Clint Cantwell is president of AmazingRibs.com which is a leading online resource for barbecue and grilling information. As president, Clint performs day-to-day operations, creates recipes, writes articles, shoots photos, and does whatever else is needed to help run the heavily heavily trafficked website. He is also a champion pitmaster and an outdoor cooking content creator. Clint was named one of the "10 Faces of Memphis Barbecue" by Memphis Magazine in May of 2015 and was the winner of the Travel Channel’s “American Grilled” nationwide cooking competition series. Clint previously worked as a public relations professional in New York City and shares two incredible baseball stories. One involves the 2000 World Series, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, and a broken bat. The other involves Barry Bonds record breaking 756th home run baseball which is prominently displayed in the National Baseball Hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York.

    Jeff Hysen is a New York Mets fan. He channels his long-time love and vast knowledge of his favorite baseball team into the podcast, National League Town which he co-hosts with Greg Prince. There is a lot more than meets the eye with Jeff as he is a lawyer as well as a stand-up comedian. His ideas for improving the game of baseball are insightful and worth a listen by us as well as by those who are in charge of tinkering with the game's rules. This is a baseball discussion without arguments and with plenty of interesting information.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • Episode 261 features Bill Mikita, Hollywood writer and film producer and Mike McCloud, creator of the World Food Championships.

    Bill Mikita is the writer and producer of the movie, Chasing 3000. The movie is based on the true story of Bill and his brother's cross country trip to see Roberto Clemente get his 3,000th base hit. The story of how this career lawyer became a Hollywood writer and film producer and was able to get Ray Liotta, among other celebrities to star in the movie is fascinating. Some of those other celebrities include, Lauren Holly, M. Emmet Walsh, Lori Petty, Keith David, Trevor Morgan, Rory Culkin, Tania Raymonde, Seymour Cassel, and Willa Holland. Bill gives us an inside look at the making of the film which, in its final form seemed improbable, but Bill persevered and the result is a wonderful movie. Bill discusses his next project which is based on an amazing baseball game between two unbelievable teams and is a story you will not want to miss.

    Mike McCloud is focused on making Food Sport a long-term, fun-filled legacy for the culinary industry. As the creator of the World Food Championships he appears to be on his way to doing that. The first WFC competition was in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2012 where almost 300 culinary champions gathered to compete. The event was filmed in 2013 for a reality show that aired 2014 on A&E’s FYI Channel. WFC’s 2014 competition grew 35% and culminated in the first $100,000 grand prize. In early 2016, WFC debuted its second television show on the Discovery Network and is now syndicated in 10 countries. Fast forward to 2022 when the WFC celebrated its 10th anniversary and the brand achieved a record-setting media reach of more than 6 billion and the WFC's appeal continues to grow.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • Episode 260 features Mark Anderson, one half of the Grill Dad's discussing all things barbecue and grilling while Doug Scheiding joins us for additional "grilling" and Doug Kurkul discusses his latest book, It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball which explores the game and players from the 1960's.

    Mark Anderson is one half of the Grill Dad's. He previously joined us on episode 143 with the other Grill Dad, Ryan Fey. This time he is flying solo and he provides an update on the exciting things the Grill Dads have been up to as well as discussing many other grilling related items. They have made numerous television appearances, including Guy's Big Project, hosted by Guy Fieri and they starred in the primetime shows, The Grill Dads and Comfort Food Tour on the Food Network. They have also appeared on Beat Bobby Flay, The Wendy Williams Show, The Today Show, and the Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show. They are also the authors of the cookbook, The Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written By Two Idiots. Doug Scheiding adds his own special flair as we enjoy a grill filled discussion.

    Doug Kurkul has a day job, but it is his role as author that brings him to us as he discusses his latest tome, It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball which explores the game and players from the 1960's. The following fdescription taken from the book says it best. "Doug brings this memorable era to life, drawing on contemporary news accounts, player memoirs, as well as recent interviews with dozens of former players. The book provides an informative and amusing inside look at what it was like to be a major league ballplayer in the Sixties, making It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball the definitive 21st Century book on 1960s baseball. Doug is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. In 2009, as CEO of the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce, he collaborated with Pacific Coast League President, Branch Rickey III and Aces manager Brett Butler to welcome the Reno Aces as the PCL's newest team.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
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  • Episode 259 features Fred Claire, general manager of the 1988 World Series Champion, Los Angeles Dodgers and Phil Breeden, award-winning pitmaster and founder of LC BBQ.

    Fred Claire is a former Major League Baseball executive who served in numerous roles for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969 to 1998 including the role of general manager. Prior to his GM role, Fred was the VP of Public Relations and was instrumental in creating the branding that came to be known as "Dodger Blue." However, it was an unfortunate night on April 6, 1987 when Dodgers General Manager Al Campanis appeared on the televison news program, Nightline to talk about his thoughts on the 40th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. Campanis' comments stunned the baseball world and he was forced to resign with Fred being asked to take over the GM job. After a dismal 1987 season, Claire rebuilt the team into an instant playoff contender as the Dodgers went on to win the 1988 World Series.

    Phil Breeden is a champion pitmaster whose love for food started at a young age and sports fueled his competitive drive to be the best. Phil has competed in over 300 sanctioned competitions. Phil sells his products which he develops and uses to win championships. According to Breeden, “We are always developing products that are tested in competitions…if we can’t win with them…we don’t release them, why should we expect our customers to trust them if we can’t?” In addition to competing and selling products, Phil teaches barbecue competition classes and is a co-host on the Shiggin Fried with Chicken Fried and LCBBQ podcast. For more information on Phil Breeden and LC BBQ go to www.lcbbqshop.com

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • Episode 258 features New York Times bestselling author, Erik Sherman discussing his book on Boston Red Sox legend, Dwight Evans and Shaticka Robinson tells us all about winning season 3 of Netflix's Barbecue Showdown.

    Erik Sherman is a baseball historian and author. This is his fourth Baseball and BBQ appearance and this time he is discussing his latest book, Dewey: Behind the Gold Glove. The book explores the on the field career and off the field life of Dwight "Dewey" Evans who, for 20 years was a legendary player in Boston for his potent bat and sterling defense. Yet for all his greatness on the baseball field, the immense challenges that Evans and his family dealt with off it were even more impressive and he allows Erik to share all of that in this beautifully written book. Besides being a prolific author, he also hosts The Erik Sherman Show podcast and is a 2023 New York State Hall of Fame inductee. For more information on Erik go to https://www.erikshermanbaseball.com/

    Shaticka Robinson cooks bougie barbecue and in season 3, episode 1 of Barbecue Showdown on Netflix she tells that to the world. During that episode and over the next seven shows viewers get to experience her wonderful personality and witness her exceptional cooking skills as her bougie barbecue leads to taking home the Barbecue Showdown championship. Her Netflix bio says this, "Shaticka Robinson, executive chef, owner, and pitmaster of Coley's Jook Junt food truck in Nashville, Tennessee, is bringing 15 years of culinary expertise to Barbecue Showdown Season 3. Known for her innovative approach to Southern cuisine, Robinson learned the art of BBQ from her parents at a young age." For more information on Shaticka and Coley's Jook Junt go to https://www.coleysjj.com/


    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
    Email: [email protected]
    Twitter: @baseballandbbq
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  • Episode 257 features author, Joseph R. Haynes discussing his book on barbecue history and Josh Schaub, Commissioner of the American Association of Professional Baseball providing baseball fans with alternatives to the MLB. Plus Jeff tells about his special weekend in Philadelphia

    Joseph R. Haynes is an award winning barbecue cook, a Kansas City Barbeque Society Master Certified Barbecue Judge, and an author. He also authored the Virginia Barbecue Proclamation that was unanimously passed by the Virginia State Legislature in 2016. His latest tome, From Barbycu to Barbecue: The Untold History of an American Tradition offers a fresh new look at the story of southern barbecuing. The book includes an analysis of historical sources throughout the Americas that show that the southern barbecuing technique is as unique to the United States as jerked hog is to Jamaica and barbacoa is to Mexico. A recipe in each chapter provides a contemporary interpretation of a historical technique. Joined by guest co-host, Doug Scheiding, we all learn a lot about the history of the cooking method we love.

    Josh Schaub is the commissioner of the American Association of Professional Baseball. Schaub oversees their operations, media, expansion, revenue initiatives, technology enhancements and emergence, public relations, and relationships in professional baseball. He is the former CEO and co-owner of the Joliet Slammers baseball club of the Frontier League, a board member of the Frontier League and Prospect Leagues, and has previously worked in the Milwaukee Brewers scouting department as an intern and associate scout. Schaub also previously clerked for the Northern League. Additionally, Schaub has served as a consultant and legal counsel to numerous professional baseball teams for both business, legal, and baseball matters. We discuss this excellent alternative to the Major Leagues which for some baseball fans is an opportunity to attend live games and root for a local team they are missing with the MLB.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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  • Episode 256 features former MLB player, Butch Huskey and Rib Cook Off Association originators, Dirk Mullins and Jody Harris. Plus we pay tribute to the late Ed Kranepool and discuss Pig Island NYC 2024.

    Butch Huskey is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder in 1993 and from 1995 to 2000. Butch played for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, and the Colorado Rockies. Butch was the last New York Met to wear #42 which was retired by all of Major League Baseball to honor Jackie Robinson on April 15, 1997. The ceremony occurred that day at Shea Stadium in a game between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Huskey is an avid fan of barbecue and we discuss his baseball career and his love of barbecue.

    Dirk Mullins and Jody Harris are the husband and wife team originators of the Rib Cook Off Association. The creative duo have more than 10 years in competitive barbecue. The Rib Cook Off Association; only one year in is already experiencing rapid growth with many competitions throughout the United States as well as expanding even further with the beginning of competitions in Europe. Per the association's website, "At the Rib Cook Off Association, our mission is to work hand in hand with promoters to organize events that not only elevate the sport of BBQ ribs but also create a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere for the communities hosting these exciting gatherings. We believe in the power of bringing people together through the shared love of good food and friendly competition." Go to https://www.ribcookoffassociation.com/ for more information.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/
    We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

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  • Mike Donlin Book Co-author, Steve Steinberg and Uncle Steve's Shake Creator, Steve Brown Make This Episode a Tale of Two Steves

    Steve Steinberg is a baseball historian and the author of several baseball books, many of which he has co-authored with Lyle Spatz, including his latest tome, Mike Donlin: A Rough And Rowdy Life From New York Baseball Idol To Stage And Screen. This is the story of a brash and controversial baseball star who walked away from the game at the height of his career to join his famous actress wife on stage. Their love story captivated the nation until her tragic death, and Mike went on to appear in about 100 movies. In addition to the books, Steve has written articles for many baseball publications and journals.

    Steve Brown AKA Uncle Steve is the creative force behind Uncle Steve's Shake which features a premier line-up of 17 barbecue rubs. Steve previously joined us on episode 167 and we discovered that, in addition to his devotion to providing quality barbecue products he also is a huge fan of the Houston Astros baseball team. As the barbecue and baseball seasons roll along we are excited to welcome Uncle Steve back to discuss both. We alternate between discussing Steve's burgeoning company and the Astros season. For more information and to order Uncle Steve's products go to https://unclestevesshake.com/

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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  • John P. Lopez, Sports Radio Host and OG Barbecue Sauce Creator Does Double Duty as Both Baseball and BBQ Guest

    John P. Lopez is the co-host of In the Loop on Sports Radio 610 in Houston, Texas. For 17 years prior to that he was a columnist for the Houston Chronicle. John has been a long-time lover of cooking and eating barbecue and he makes a really good sauce; so good that he was encouraged to sell it. John is an avid fisherman and the host of a podcast called, Bite Me, a Texas saltwater fishing podcast. He has followed up the popular Bite Me podcast with the new podcast, Bite Meat which is focused on his love of barbecue. Our discussion jumps around from barbecue to many different sports, including the Olympics. It is a fun talk made even better with the addition of guest co-host, Doug Scheiding. For more information on OG Sauce as well as puchasing it go to https://ogsauce.com/

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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  • Roger Ratzenberger Discusses Doc Adams and Vintage Base Ball and Hayley Chavers Illustrates Her BBQ Journey from Disney to Traeger With Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding

    Roger Ratzenberger is a huge fan of modern day baseball as well as a lover of the game from the 1800's when, in its infancy it was called base ball. Part of his baseball obsession is to one day see Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, M.D. enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame which is where Roger and so many other baseball historians know Doc belongs. Roger discusses his brief New York Yankees fandom, his conversion to a life-long New York Mets fan, his visiting every Major League Baseball stadium, and why he is known as the baseball stadium connoisseur. For more information on Roger Ratzenberger go to http://ratzenberger.org/ and for more information on his Doc Adams awareness campaign go to https://docadamsbaseball.org/

    Hayley Chavers is the retail marketing and project manager at Traeger. How she got to this point in her professional career is filled with great stories which includes being a performer at Disneyland in California and later a job with Meater, makers of wireless thermometers. In addition to Hayley's professional career we also discuss her barbecue journey. Hayley is a very talented impressionist and she delights us with two outstanding impressions of Family Guy's, Lois Griffin and Acadamy Award winning actor, Christopher Walken.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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  • Radio Hosts Abound with WFAN Sports Radio's, Evan Roberts, Author of My Mets Bible and BBQ Nation's, Jeff Tracy AKA The Cowboy Cook

    Evan Roberts is a sports radio host from WFAN Radio. He currently co-hosts with former NFL player, Tiki Barber, WFAN Radio's top-rated afternoon show, Evan & Tiki. Evan started with WFAN in 2004 and in 2007 he was paired up with Joe Benigno to co-host their long-running WFAN Radio show, Benigno & Roberts. The team was on-air together for 14 years until Benigno retired from full-time work. There is no doubt that Evan bleeds blue and orange as he is a huge New York Mets fan whose fandom is on full display in his book, My Mets Bible: Scoring 30 Years of Baseball Fandom. Evan is also the host of the Rico Brogna podcast, another way he demostrates his obsessive love for the New York Mets.
    Jeff Tracy is co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show/podcast, BBQ Nation along wth Barbecue Hall of Fame member, Lee Ann Whippen. Their weekly show is filled with guests from the world of BBQ and cooking. Jeff is also known as the Cowboy Cook and how he got that moniker and his start in the media, both radio and television is just one of the many fun stories he shares. Jeff is also the co-host of the podcast, Grilling at the Green which involes his love of golf and food. Listen to see where Jeff's career has taken him and what lies ahead.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
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  • Food Events Extraordinaire, Jimmy Carbone and 1986 World Series Champion and 1989 NL MVP, Kevin Mitchell and Guest Co-host, Chef Ray Sheehan Keep the Hits Coming

    Jimmy Carbone joined us on episode 201 and is back as he continues organizing extremely successful food events. Jimmy is a New York City-based restaurateur, event producer, and radio host. Jimmy produces several craft food and drink events in New York City, including Rib King NYC and Pig Island NYC. Jimmy has also hosted more than 500 episodes of Beer Sessions Radio and co-authored the I Like Pig cookbook. In all of his endeavors, Jimmy strives to connect farmers, chefs, brewers, and food and drink enthusiasts. We are additionally joined by Chef Ray Sheehan.

    Kevin Mitchell is a former Major League player whose career highlights include being a two-time All-Star, a 1986 World Series Champion, winning the 1989 National League Most Valuable Player Award and Silver Slugger Award, and earning his place on the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame. Kevin's baseball playing career spanned 13 seasons with 10 teams including a stint in Japan with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. His 1989 MVP season was spent with the San Francisco Giants and he helped lead them to that year's World Series against the Oakland Athletics.

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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  • Lance Parrish, Former MLB Player and World Series Champion and Jacob Lubbers From Full Boar BBQ With Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding Make Episode 250 Enchanted

    Lance Parrish is a former Major League Baseball player and an eight-time All-Star who won the World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1984 as the Tigers started the season with 35 wins and five losses, stayed in first place the entire season which culminated in their beating the San Diego Padres for the World Championship. Nicknamed, Big Wheel, Lance joins us to discuss his book, The Enchanted Season which gives an in-depth view at a season which was truly magical and we learn about what happend on and off the field with many fascinating stories.

    Jacob Lubbers is from Full Boar BBQ which started with a group of friends in Indiana. Growing up included looking forward to a small backyard BBQ competition called the Heimatfest. However, lack of interest almost caused the competition to fold, but Jacob and his friends were determined not to let this happen and they decided to try competing and did very well. After that they were hooked and went on to compete in other competitions and take the sauces and rubs they created for use in the competitions and offer them to other consumers. For more on Full Boar BBQ and to order their products go to https://fullboarbbqproducts.com/

    We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

    We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

    Call the show: (516) 855-8214
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