Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast

Episode 328 - Shibe Park's Deadly Opening Day - The Doc Powers Story

In 190, the Philadelphia Athletics were bursting out of tiny Columbia Park — so owner Ben Shibe built the first concrete-and-steel ballpark in Major League history. But o

Episode 327 - Jim Creighton Baseball's Only Cricket-Related Death

This week on Two Strike Noise, Jeff and Mark open the show with a tribute to Butch Huskey, the former Met and Mariner who passed away recently. From there, the guys warm

Episode 326 - The Best Worst Crawfords Team Ever

The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords won the Negro National League championship with four future Hall of Famers on the roster — and their most famous player never put on the uni

Episode 325 - Pepper Martin, Who Technically Still Hasn’t Actually Retired

Before he was a two-time World Series champion and four-time All-Star, Pepper Martin was jumping freight trains to spring training to save a dime. After he retired, he wa

Episode 324 - We Just Let Bob Kendrick Talk, That’s the Title

Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, joins Two Strike Noise to talk about the museum's $50+ million capital campaign to build a new 30,000-square

Episode 323 - The Baseball Records Guinness Recognizes, Ignores, And Probably Regrets

A catcher catches a baseball dropped from a blimp and ruins his face in the process, and Jeff and Mark draft baseball players named after months, days, and holidays. Also

The Trial of Rabbit Maranville - Hall of Famer or Two Strike Noise Patron Saint

Rabbit Maranville spent 23 seasons in the National League, holds the all-time putouts record at shortstop, and has been in the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1954. He also f

Episode 321 - Waite Hoyt, Murder’s Row Pitcher - Reds Radio Voice

Jeff and Mark open with light banter before diving into baseball odds and ends, including Aroldis Chapman’s “yes hitter” outing, the show’s odd placement on Red Sox and f

Episode 320 - Julio Franco, You Can't Walk Off the Island

On this episode of Two Strike Noise, Jeff and Mark cover recent baseball chatter (Jazz Chisholm borrowing gear, a new baseball rom-com, and the 1986 Wally Joyner knife in

Episode 319 - Boomer Goes Boom for the Most Alcohol Fueled Perfect Game In MLB History

On May 17, 1998, David Wells showed up to Yankee Stadium having slept maybe two and a half hours, running on coffee, a single pancake, and whatever was left of Saturday n

Episode 318 - An Orel History of A Scoreless Innings Streak

The mailbag delivers. Listener emails this week include a baseball honeymoon, a Jeopardy-funded wedding (not a typo), and a fan who shipped over APBA game materials and a

Episode 317 - Tales from the Dugout - Dentures Edition

Jeff and Mark return and open with BP topics including Bobby Witt Jr.’s inside-the-park homer and a minor-league inside-the-park home run created when a fielder slid on a

Episode 316 - MLB's Strangest Opening Day Oddities

Jeff and Mark kick off their opening day episode of Two Strike Noise by mocking the Giants’ version of the viral 9-9-9 challenge (mini hot dogs and one beer split into fl

Episode 315 - Tales from the Dugout, New Rules, Missing Coaches and Speedruns

Jeff and Mark open discussing Hideki Matsui’s scheduled lecture at the Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation and how he became an ‘expert’ on the subject. They

Episode 314 - Ken Williams - The Deaball Slugger Nobody Noticed

Jeff and Mark open this week’s episode with some unique baseball history notes, including Andre Dawson’s Hall of Fame plaque, Ramon Laureano’s scratched spring start due

Episode 313 - Clowning Around

Jeff and Mark open with BP updates including Ben Davis cutting his kneecap to the bone with a chainsaw and Matt Waldron being hospitalized after hemorrhoid surgery, plus

Episode 312 - Jackie Jensen, The 'Golden Boy' to the 'Grounded Boy'

Jeff and Mark open the episode by diving into some Pacific Northwest baseball deep-cuts, starting with the 14-year career of Darnell Coles and the search for his possible

Episode 311 - Mickey Lolich, Why the Detroit Tigers Replaced a 31-Game Winner with a "Mailman" in the World Series

Jeff and Mark open the episode with early-season baseball energy (NCAA baseball starting, spring training nearing, and WBC chatter) before noting the passing of relief le

Episode 310 - Everybody Loves Addy (Joss)

In this episode of Two Strike Noise, Jeff and Mark explore the career of one of the most efficient pitchers in baseball history: Addie Joss. Known for his "corkscrew" del

Episode 309 - Billy Hamilton was Ty Cobb Before Lou Brock Was Rickey

Dust off your spurs and grab your table-leg bats! In this episode, Jeff and Mark bridge the gap between the Old West and the diamond. We discuss why Wyatt Earp is buried