True Tales from the Big Leagues

Podcast by Martin Coleman

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About True Tales from the Big Leagues

As a kid, I fell asleep with a transistor radio tuned to Oakland A’s baseball games almost 2,800 miles away. Listening to those games that originated from what might as well have been the moon for a kid in South Carolina fascinated me.It was a time when information was garnered from the back of baseball cards bought from the 7-11 with every penny of my allowance.I still have thousands of those cards that my son and I occasionally reference.The images on those cards are often hilarious, but the information on the back was the gold.Far-off birthplaces, remote minor league cities I’d never heard of and quirky statistics or oddities about the player were for me like being an archaeologist and discovering an unknown sarcophagus of an Egyptian King.I was on a hunt for the unusual and unexpected and I’ve been hooked on the weird and unusual in baseball ever since. My son and I bonded over baseball, but more than that, we’ve bonded over the weirdness of baseball…the player that hit .247 for four consecutive years, the 11-walk complete game debut, or the pitcher that won 108 games in 2 seasons...Today we find these stories online and we share our discoveries with each other…it’s almost become a friendly competition to one-up each other…And now we want to share our stories with you.They’re silly, fascinating, weird, quirky and a lot of times unbelievable……these are True Tales of the Big Leagues.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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15 episodes

E14: The 1871 Chicago White Stockings and Guy Hecker

The guys go old school this week as they look back at the 1800s to find some true tales of the big leagues. Parker regales us with some of the crazy rules from the early days of baseball, which helps explain the wild scores and then he tells us about the 1871 Chicago White Stockings. Marty then shares the story of Guy Hecker, who would "unfortunately" win 50 games in one season, but was the Shohei Ohtani of his time (except he played first base when not pitching). Sources: Guy Hecker [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heckegu01.shtml] 1871 Chicago White Stockings [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1871.shtml] True Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

11 Sep 2024 - 32 min

E13: One Hit Wonders Part 3

Parker and Marty are back for the the third and final round of players who had one great season and then disappeared. We chose the players independently and in different fashions. Parker chose a player that debuted near when Marty was born and Marty accidentally chose another player from the 1980 Indians. Sources: Baseball-Reference.com - Joe Charbonneau [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/charbjo01.shtml] Baseball-Reference.com - Ken Harrelson [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harreke01.shtml] True Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

28 Aug 2024 - 20 min

E12: One Hit Wonders Part 2

Parker and Marty are back for the second round of players who had one great season and then disappeared. We chose the players independently and in different fashions. Interestingly enough, Parker chose a player from long before he was born and Marty chose a player from his childhood that he saw play in person many times. Sources: Baseball-Reference.com - Miguel Dilone [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dilonmi01.shtml] Baseball-Reference.com - Jim Finigan [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finigji01.shtml] True Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

14 Aug 2024 - 18 min

E11: One Hit Wonders Part 1

After a brief hiatus, Parker and Marty are back to talk about players who had one great season and then disappeared. We chose the players independently and today's pair debuted 63 years apart. Sources: Baseball-Reference.com - Bill James [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jamesbi02.shtml] Baseball-Reference.com - Mark Fidrych [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fidryma01.shtml] True Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

31 Jul 2024 - 18 min

E10: The 83rd Round Draft Pick

Most baseball fans know that 11-time Gold Glover first baseman Keith Hernandez was a 42nd-round draft pick and Hall of Famer Mike Piazza was drafted in the 62nd round, but did you know there was an 83rd-round draft pick that made it to the Major Leagues? This is Danny Young's story. Resources: Danny Bracy Young on Baseball-Reference.com [Danny Bracy Young on Baseball-Reference.com] Danny Bracy Young on B-R Bullpen [Danny Bracy Young on B-R Bullpen] True Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

3 Jul 2024 - 15 min

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