Baseball and BBQ

Episode 285 features inspiring stories from athlete, Dave Stevens, a seven-time Emmy Award winner and congenital amputee, while Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig promote upcoming barbecue events and barbecue's enormous growth.  Dave Stevens is an athlete and a seven-time Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster.  Dave is a congenital amputee and has wrestled, played football, and played baseball, all wit...

Episode 284 features Butcher BBQ's, David Bouska and Former Major League Baseball player, Ryan Thompson, plus guest co-host, Gary Mack. David Bouska  is an award-winning pitmaster and the owner of Butcher BBQ.  He has won numerous awards, including titles at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational BBQ and American Royal World Series of Barbecue.   He was featured on seasons four and five...

Episode 283 features four-time Major League Baseball Manager of the Year and New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Member, Buck Showalter and Chicken Fried BBQ's champion pitmaster, Bill Purvis, plus guest co-host, Doug Scheiding Buck Showalter  has earned a reputation for building baseball teams into postseason contenders in short periods of time.  The teams he has managed include, the New York Ya...

Episode 282 is a rare triple play with Art Shamsky, a member of the 1969 World Series Champion Miracle Mets, Kell Phelps and Mike McCarthy, organizers of the National BBQ Festival, and Gary Looney, reporting from Los Angeles Angels spring training. Art Shamsky  will forever have the honor of being a member of the 1969 World Series Champion Miracle Mets as that was a huge highlight of his Major Lea...

Episode 281 features outstanding stories from Barbecue Hall of Fame inductee, Famous Dave Anderson and New York State Baseball Hall of Fame member, Dom Scala. Dave Anderson  known worldwide as Famous Dave Anderson is dedicated to making outstanding barbecue.   In 1994 he opened The Original Famous  Dave’s in a small  Wisconsin town where he was serving as many as 6000 people a week in a place wher...

Episode 280 features former Major League Baseball Umpire, Al Clark and barbecue aficionado, Big Rome sharing wonderfully entertaining stories and bringing the heat. Al Clark  was a Major League Baseball umpire for 30 years, working more than 3,000 games, including two All-Star Games, ten playoff series, and two World Series.  We discuss his book, Called Out But Safe:  A Baseball Umpire's Journey ....

Episode 279 is filled with baseball and barbecue as Talking Baseball's, Ed Randall regales us with baseball stories and Tailgate Guys BBQ's, Lyndal Scranton discusses barbecue and throws in some baseball talk, plus Jeff rants. Ed Randall  is in the upper echelon when one mentions anything related to baseball media and storytelling. He previously joined us in our shows infancy on episode 34.  He cu...

Episode 278 features Wally Backman, member of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets and a baseball lifer and Jonathan Lathrop and James Moore from the Grab'em in the Brisket  podcast, plus guest co-host, Doug Scheiding. Wally Backman  was an integral member of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets.  After his time with the Mets, Wally played for the Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirate...

Episode 277 features Loot N' Booty BBQ's, Sterling Smith and Baseball Writer and Researcher, Bill Chuck as they remind us why they are among the best at what they do. Sterling Smith AKA Smitty is a World Barbecue Champion, US Navy Veteran, barbecue teacher, cookbook author, and owner/pitmaster of Loot N' Booty BBQ.  In addition to all of that, Loot N' Booty BBQ has created an award-winning selecti...

Episode 276 features author, Tom Hoffarth discussing his book, Perfect Eloquence:  An Appreciation of Vin Scully and pitmaster, Brad Vollmer from the Meat's My Mistress Barbeque Team    Tom Hoffarth  is an Associated Press award-winning journalist.  He has written for the Southern California News Group, the Los Angeles Times , Hollywood Reporter , Angelus News , National Catholic Reporter , Los An...

Episode 275 features the Kansas City Royals pitching coach, Brian Sweeney and the host of the Pit Life BBQ podcast, Johnny Mags.  Plus, we discuss the possibility of a Los Angeles Dodgers dynasty.    Brian Sweeney  is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who has transitioned quite nicely into the role of pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals.  He played in the Major Leagues for the Seattle M...

In episode 274 we learn about environmentally friendly charcoal with Ben Jablonski from The Good Charcoal and we go back in time to 1959 with author, Phil Coffin as we discuss his books, When Baseball Was Still Topps and A Baseball Book of Days .  Plus Chef Ray Sheehan assumes guest co-hosting duties. Ben Jablonski  is the co-founder of The Good Charcoal.  The company's mission is good charcoal, g...

Episode 273 is full of passion as we welcome New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Member, Kevin Graber and Queen of the Grill and Cookbook Author, Paula Stachyra   Kevin Graber loves baseball and wearing a baseball uniform makes him happy.  His baseball journey has been inspirational, not just because of what he has had to overcome, but also for why he has stuck with baseball which is clearly one...

Ask a pitmaster, an author, and a Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame executive for their thoughts on the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and you get a rousing, educational, controversial, and entertaining discussion.  Episode 272 features our annual Baseball Hall of Fame discussion for the class of 2025 with pitmaster, Doug Scheiding, author, John Vampatella, and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame execu...

Episode 271 features  peace, love, and baseball with Kelsey Burd and what did dad do with My Dad's BBQ's, Danny Wilk, plus a tribute to legendary leadoff hitter, Rickey Henderson Kelsey Burd  is the host and creative force behind the Peace, Love, and Baseball podcast.  This is in addition to her other podcast, Bourbon and Baseball which she co-hosts with Suzy Fulton. Kelsey’s love of performing in...

Episode 270 features barbecue you can’t refuse with The Hogfathers, Mal Schexneider and Scott Dudek and author, Steve Wiegand on The Uncommon Life of Danny O'Connell, plus Jeff and Leonard's brilliant observations. The Hogfathers BBQ  is barbecue you can't refuse and per their website, "was started with brother-in-laws Scott Dudek and Malton Schexneider cooking for their family. Fast and easy...

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 teamm...

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 e...

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...

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 baseba...

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 fo...

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...

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 prestigiou...

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 operation...

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 fil...