True Tales from the Big Leagues

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.