Two Strike Noise - A Baseball History Podcast

The boys are back with a jam packed show. Since the last show they’ve gone to a card show, met one of the all-time favorite players & discuss what Richard Marx song would be the best theme for the pod. There is also a Lars Nootbaar update and a breakdown Jessie Winker’s crazy past week. Plus, some big news about either Jeff or Mark embarrassing themselves on a baseball diamond in the near future....

Special episode this week where we open listener curated packs of baseball cards, this time from the 1920’s and 30’s. While the cards were re-prints the names were classic. We got Hall of Famers, Heine’s, Specs, Jumbo’s as well as achievements in the kitchen and in horticulture. What other baseball history podcast is going to give you this! We alos review the Yankees start, Nick Castellano’s is ra...

This week we ponder what walk up music is most likely to break a slump: Nickleback or Dolly Parton? We also might have heard the best nick name in college baseball whom also just happens to swing the biggest bat in NCAA history. For our main subject this week, Brien Taylor. His cards were the holy grail for collectors in the early 90’s. Scouts called him the best prospect they’d ever seen. Scott B...

Mark and Jeff have to come clean about their Cardinals/Carpenter knowledge plus an early review of the new Rickey Henderson book. Lars Nootbaar had a big week so of course we had to review it as well as remember a current MLB managers acting debut north of the border. Wade Boggs is the main topic of the week, the batting titles, the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, overcoming his fear of horses to ride ar...

Last week we talked about some of the crazy similarities between Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas, this week we go more in depth with some other Hall of Famers and marvel at how strange baseball can be sometimes as other famous players careers mirror each other. Plus we cringe at some stirrups being worn in college, have a big Lars Nootbaar update, some big debuts from the past and we open a couple o...

We always have fun doing this pod but this week was extra fun. We look at some crazy consciences between several Hall of Famers. We feel for Brian Jordan trying to say a specific word, confirm that John Rocker is still the same John Rocker and realize that Mark doesn’t like the movie Grease and is wrong about it. Plus naming pitches, baseball players trying to take over the friendly skies and quic...

Alot of crazy baseball history was made last week! Jeff and Mark review it all from combined no-hitters to historic batteries and strikeouts. They also discuss the crazy game Ferris, Cameron and Sloane got to see at Wrigley in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In the main segment we remember the great umpire resignation of 1999 and the strike breakers of 1995. In Wax Pack Heroes the boys open up some 1990...

Another start, another accolade for ShoTime, but he could use an upgrade when it comes to his walk up music and we have just the thing for him! Plus, just how much would it take to root for your least favorite team? The guys discuss their magic number plus what decade did Gar Finnvold or Ham Patterson play in?  The main topic this week is the good ol’ days, or atleast according to MLB social media...

Mark and Jeff have some suggestions for who to name the newly minted NL DH of the Year award after, breakdown an important record that was broken last week in Philadelphia and remember a couple of very important debuts that happened May 3rd. Then, the line by line examination of the 1986 Tour de Force that was Get Metsmerized. The boasts, the off-beat and mispronounced words and the missed opportu...

Alot of baseball wackiness to talk about this week, but first, Miguel Cabrera did something historical last week, so we talked about that as well as nobody missing pitchers hitting so far, several MLB debuts including the anniversary of Mario Mendoza’s first appearance in MLB (you can guess about what he hit). We also cover a play being performed about a past show topic, a Hall of Famer who is dir...

This week we continue our on-going series of MLB pitchers who are a little bit off. Bughouse used to be synonymous being a little off, that’s where Bugs Raymond got his nickname. Bugs was a fan of the booze, but he was a hell of a pitcher too. We also talk about that one time Frank Sinatra managed the Cubs, try to figure out who Ichiro Cano is named after and remember some memorable debuts. We ope...

This episode was some of the most fun we’ve had on this pod. We talk about our favorite players all the time, this week we talk all about our second favorite players at each position. Who’s Jeff’s second favorite left fielder? What about Mark’s second favorite pitcher? Let us know just how wrong we are on who our personal favorites are! Also, perfection in the NPB, some ballpark food with a ring t...

This week we prepare for a baseball world without pitchers taking 3 called strikes in a row. We relive some of the greatest pitcher moments with the bat as well as some of the more common not so great moments featuring pitcher and bats. Plus we check in on Big Boss to see if he is the most exciting thing on the club, we prepare for hearing umpires explain their awful calls to the crowd, prepare fo...

While we wait for MLB to start, the NPB already has & Big Boss is already making waves. The rule no baseball fans likes returns for another season, while another that we like is put in place. The Savannah Bananas did their best Globetrotters impersonation and did something new for baseball, plus a historic debut remembered. In our main story we talk about John Lowenstein, a swiss army knife on the...

We start this week by remembering former guest of the pod Ralph Terry who passed away last week with a clip of him telling one of our favorite stories about meeting some of baseball’s royalty as a young player. Plus we talk Joey Votto’s hobbies, Mr. October in Astros orange (?) & we have our first debut segment of the season. To wrap up the show we open some 2000 Topps and get some big names and b...

Since there are already enough Mr. Belvedere podcasts, we’re going to stick to baseball history. Speaking of baseball, it’s back! We start off the first pod of spring training with some historical anniversaries, one of the first players to get paid and the other an inside the park home run that left on fielder stuck to the wall & another one doubled over laughing. Our main topic this week is someb...

This week, another installment of Tales from the Dugout! We discuss another celebrity that’s on the Rickey bandwagon as well as MC Hammer begging to be our friend. Also, Flint Rhem was a pretty good pitcher but an even better drinker. That leads to alot of drunken hi-jinx which is our middle name. Also, a Ladies Day turns raucous after the home 9’s dreamy pitcher is ejected & we speak as close to...

The Yankees do 2 things more than anybody else, win World Series and retire numbers. They’re going to do one for sure next year. Scott Hatteberg hit a big walk off home run in 2002 to extend the A’s record winning streak, so why did he get fined for it? Last week was the 30th anniversary of maybe the greatest baseball themed episode in television history. We look back at the crazy game between Spr...

This week, we found what might just be the craziest story on the back of a baseball card ever. Ricky Jordan and his broken jaw led to what might be the worst card back of all time. We dig into the mail bag to get more info about Rick Cerone and his, what we thought was a long lost, music career. How will it compare to Ruben Sierra’s? Our main topic this week has to do with bats, specifically the m...

This week the worlds of MLB & KPop collide with a good dose of sideburns. We remember some players who have passed recently as well as Honus Wagner’s awesome brother (who also passed but along time ago). Yet another celebrity jumps on the Two Strike Noise bandwagon on social media & we discuss ESPN’s rankings of best uniforms. In our main segment, we celebrate Black History Month with two stories...

Managers as mascots, Shohei Otahni’s weakness finally exposed, NPB fashion updates, Larry Andersen’s stand up routine in the bullpen and more triple plays trivia. In our main story this week we discuss Steve Garvey. From all-American poster boy to Jerry Springer All-Star, we cover Steve’s successful on the field, with the ladies and some very odd appearances in tv and movies and finally as a snake...

This week we try to equate some cricket terms with baseball, talk sudden death and triple plays. In another edition of our Tales from the Dugout segment we dive into baseball’s hand in some crazy eating contests, a Ranger’s fake arrest and then his real one and finally the evolution of Lee Smith’s whole in-game persona explained by the man himself. It’s definitely not what you expect. Plus a mix a...

For our 150th episode we first remember some of the pop culture icons we’ve lost already this year (related to baseball ofcourse), discuss the most consistent seasons ever & talk about some baseball rebrands for the upcoming season. Then it’s user content! We asked and you listened! We got a bunch of crazy boxscores from the past send in by listeners that were alot of fun to go through. We were al...

It’s been a crazy week for the off-season while the players are locked out. Making Camden Yards cavernous & Rachel Balkovec taking the reigns in Tampa are just the tip of the iceberg. Our main segment is about Keith Hernandez, somebody that seems to be mentioned almost every week on the show, but this week we go beyond Seinfeld. That means, co-MVP’s, drugs (alot of drugs), defense (alot of defense...

Last week we talked about some music made by baseball stars, this week we listen to it. Ruben Sierra impresses with his voice, Rick Cerrone gets all the accolades & Tim Burke gives the performance of a lifetime. Our main subject this week is boxscores, something we lived by every morning before the Internet let us watch every game as it happens. And a user submitted pack for Wax Pack Heroes tempts...