Ken Griffey's Grotesquely Swollen Jaw

When on a family trip to Anaheim in 2002, Nick quickly found that Disneyland was not the only show in town! Over the past 20 years, he has found a unique sporting community that has created many more trips and memories - including a week last year that found its' way into USA Today! Nick joins to tell us all about his adventures as an Angels fan - a road that, unfortuantely, hasn't yet see...

Baseball is actually a British sport! After a typical Bostonian childhood, following the Red Sox and playing the sport up to college level, Chris Knoblock is now on a mission to grow the game organically in the UK. Chris shares his story of his background in baseball and his new job working for the National Development Agency for baseball and softball in the United Kingdom - what was the impact of...

When visiting his brother in St. Louis in 2014, Peter Pratt took in a Cardinals game and was intrigued, but not yet hooked. A further visit to the USA 2 years later saw him visit Miami, and this time the Marlins caught his baseball heart. From watching games through the night with his young son, to launching a podcast with fellow British fans of the Marlins, Peter's immersion in the Marlins wo...

Spence Siegel has been to every Major League Baseball stadium! This week, the White Sox fan joins the pod to tell Stuart what makes a ballpark a fan favourite, and shares some insights into his time working in the minor leagues. https://www.spenceronair.com/ https://twitter.com/SpenceSiegel https://twitter.com/stuart_levy https://twitter.com/SwollenJawPod

The New York Yankees are one of the most famous names in world sport - how do they stay at the top? EJ Fagan from the Bronx Beat Podcast tells us the story of his time supporting the team. Despite seeing the Yankees win the Series 5 times in his childhood - more than most fans will ever see in a lifetime - EJ wants even more from his team and their owners! https://twitter.com/ejfagan https://twitt...

In the early 2010s, the Houston Astros were in a slump - shown on a TV station most of their fans couldn't access, they were tanking and losing over half their games each year. Rob Fontenot, host of Astros Baseball, joins Stuart this week to explain how this was (kind of) intentional, and how with a clever usage of draft picks and the farm system, the Astros were able to win the World Series in bo...

Joining Stuart in the first episode of his deep-dive journey into Baseball is Eric Sanford - staff writer at Seattle Mariners community website Lookout Landing.  Growing up in England, pretty much the only Baseball players Stuart had heard of were those who featured in the inconic episode of The Simpsons "Homer at the Bat". Eric helps Stuart to answer the important questions such as: why was...

Ken Griffey's Grotesquely Swollen Jaw is the new podcast from Stuart Levy (21 For 21 - 21 Lessons about Sport and Media in the 21st Century). A lifelong soccer fan, Stuart wants to get into Baseball, and to do so, he's going to need the help of each MLB team to learn a cool story, myth, legend, or something super important in the fandom. Beginning with the Seattle Mariners, Stuart finally finds ou...