https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/eephus-and-the-southpaw--5634048enBaseballCopyright Eephus & the Southpawhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5c1f0eb46801f86045a32b8f7168d0f6.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/eephus-and-the-southpaw--5634048Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:25:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawEephus & the Southpawfeeds@spreaker.comA baseball podcast where we look under the hood at the little things that make the game great.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ballpark-nachos-america-s-greatest-culinary-export--55996352https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55996352Tue, 04 Jul 2023 18:24:34 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawFirst introduced in Arlington, Texas, ballpark nachos became a staple of Tex-Mex cuisine around the world. This is their story.1506false232fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kenny-lofton-one-man-s-trash--54034385https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54034385Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawKenny Lofton was drafted by and came up with the Houston Astros after a University of Arizona career in which he'd recorded just a single at-bat. His career would flourish after getting traded to the Cleveland Indians, where he earned five All-Star...1330false231fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kessinger-clan--54415436https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54415436Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawGrae Kessinger's major league debut was inauspicious enough - 0-for-3 with a strikeout - which made it easy to miss a journey that began three generations prior, in 1942 in Forrest City, Arkansas. Don, Keith, Kevin, and Grae Kessinger are a rare...1924false230fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rube-waddell-the-strangest-man-in-baseball--54033550https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54033550Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawBefore Zach Greinke took the title, Rube Waddell was widely regarded as the strangest man in baseball history. But as legendary manager Connie Mack once said, he also "had more stuff than any pitcher I ever saw."2105false229fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/darryl-kile-gone-too-soon--54033159https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54033159Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawDarryl Kile was a three-time All-Star who pitched for the Astros, Rockies, and Cardinals during his 12-year Major League Baseball career. Known for his competitive spirit, solid pitching skills, and good sportsmanship, his untimely death shocked and...1253false228fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-of-rhode-island-sues-curt-schilling--53934756https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53934756Sat, 20 May 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawCurt Schilling's post-baseball career, as the head of a video game development company, ended disastrously when it filed for bankruptcy not long after releasing its first game. The fallout from that bankruptcy included the state of Rhode Island, which...1109false227fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-addie-joss-benefit-game--53827664https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53827664Fri, 12 May 2023 11:00:01 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawAddie "Gentleman Addie" Joss was one of the greatest pitchers of his era when he died of tubercular meningitis at the age of 31. Moved by his death, several players teamed up for the Addie Joss Benefit Game, in his honor, which paved the way for...1522false226fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/floodthehall-how-curt-flood-changed-the-game-for-mlb-players--53486968https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53486968Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawCurt Flood was played for 15 seasons in the major leagues, but it was his role in challenging baseball's reserve clause in the 1960s where he truly made a name for himself. Flood's refusal to be traded to another team without his consent ultimately...2970false225fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-guadalcanal-to-yankee-stadium-the-legend-of-hank-bauer--53486227https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53486227Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawA knuckle-nosed pipe fitter whose face could "hold two days of rain," according to Tommy Lasorda, Hank Bauer was a decorated Marine Corps veteran who signed with the New York Yankees after returning home from World War II.2286false224fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moe-berg-the-spy-who-gloved-me--52711913https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52711913Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawCasey Stengel called Moe Berg "the strangest man ever to play baseball." From using the pseudonym Runt Wolfe in high school ball to his lengthy post-baseball career as an international spy and man of mystery, Moe Berg lived an absolutely fascinating life.1980false223fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ping-bodie-vs-percy-the-ostrich--53347117https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53347117Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawFrancesco Stephano Pezzolo, better known as Ping Bodie, was a staple for the Yankees in the 1910s. He was also something of a practical joker. Sometimes, however, his jokes went too far - such as the time when he challenged Percy the Ostrich to a...2028false222fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-curious-case-of-sidd-finch--52711505https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52711505Sat, 01 Apr 2023 14:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawIn 1985, Sports Illustrated published a fifteen-page article on Mets rookie phenom Sidd Finch. Finch was an unusual player: He had lived in a Tibetan monastery, pitched with one work boot and one bare foot, played the French horn, and could throw a...1675false221fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-worst-team-in-baseball-history--52168562https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52168562Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:30:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawThe 1899 Cleveland Spiders are widely regarded as the worst team in the history of baseball, but how bad were they really, and why?1834false120fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brewer-v-brewer--52051117https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52051117Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:30:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawIn 1977, the Milwaukee Brewers squared off for one regular season game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers won. This is the story of that game.948false119fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/matt-lachappa-san-diego-padre-for-life--51969846https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51969846Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:30:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawThe San Diego Padres drafted Matt LaChappa in the second round of the 1993 MLB Draft. As of November 2022, he is the longest-tenured player in Padres history. This is a touching story of a player who had everything taken away from him, and about a...1134baseball,diego,lachappa,matt,padres,sanfalse118fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-history-of-the-baseball--51699170https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51699170Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:30:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawA very important part of the game of baseball that very few people ever stop to consider is, well, the baseball itself. Michelle and Anthony do a deep-dive on it and its history in this episode.3191false117fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/george-steinbrenner-s-vendetta-against-dave-winfield--51460423https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51460423Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:00:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawWhen superstar outfielder Dave Winfield signed with the New York Yankees as a free agent, everyone was thrilled - except for the Yankees' owner, George Steinbrenner. Irritated over a disagreement in a contract clause, Steinbrenner held a grudge...3065baseball,steinbrenner,winfield,yankeesfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anthony-varvaro-walks-away-from-baseball--51390218https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51390218Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:45:01 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawBorn and raised in New York City, Anthony Varvaro walked away from a big league career to become a Port Authority policeman. On the 21st anniversary of September 11th, on his way to a memorial to honor the victims, he was killed in a car crash on the...2147false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ed-delahanty-baseball-s-first-batting-champion-to-possibly-be-murdered--51314716https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51314716Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:45:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawA five-tool player in the late 19th century, Ed Delahanty was one of baseball's first superstars, and potentially the first to be murdered.2700false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-million-dollar-arm-contest--51242960https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51242960Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:32:19 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawIn 2008, three men began a contest designed to find and develop baseball talent from India. The Million Dollar Arm contest ignited the imagination of one of the world's largest countries, but whatever happened to the two men who won?2036false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-nuxhall-teenage-big-leaguer--51149722https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51149722Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:40:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawMajor League teams went to great lengths to fill their rosters in the World War II era, including the Cincinnati Reds, who signed a fourteen-year-old junior high school basketball standout named Joe Nuxhall to a contract.1577false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rocky-perone-the-baseball-player-who-never-existed--51057603https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51057603Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:15:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawRichard "Rocky" Perone was an Australian baseball player who compiled just two Low-A appearances as a professional, which happened six years apart. And that's not even the most impressive part of his story, since Rocky Perone never actually existed.2920false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-death-of-len-keonecke--50999634https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50999634Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:30:02 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawThe opening day starter in left field for the 1932 New York Giants was a man named Len Koenecke, whose brief baseball career may have been unremarkable if not for the way it ended.3661baseball,giants,koenecke,players,storiesfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mason-saunders-world-series-mvp-team-roper--50858009https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50858009Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:03 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawWhen a team roper named Mason Saunders won a minor rodeo event in Arizona, baseball fans couldn't help but notice that he bore a striking resemblance to one ace National League pitcher.2718baseball,bumgarner,madison,mlb,rodeo,roping,teamfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/helen-nicol-and-the-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league--5076715336030bf7-8dda-4e02-88b8-bc479811e5f1Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:00:19 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawThe All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley in 1943. Long before it came to fame with the movie 'A League of Their Own,' the league's actual superstars - including...2833falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spring-training-holdup--5076715832b6a50c-604e-4325-9e2a-524521443d33Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:30:55 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawDuring Spring Training before the 2000 season, six minor leaguers in the Houston Astros system were held up at gunpoint while at the team hotel. It would change each of their lives in different ways.2100falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mlb-s-cocaine-parrot--50794193621f7de2-0fa6-4306-b81e-a48b34344810Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:00:51 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawIn the 1980s, a cocaine ring spread through the National League, engulfing stars as big as Keith Hernandez and Tim Raines. That ring began, innocuously enough, with two Pittsburgh Pirates superfans, one of whom used his cover as the Pirate Parrot, the...2346falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jason-grimsley-bat-heist--50767160f93ef2b5-2b59-4c56-a17b-930e3cc16b04Fri, 27 May 2022 07:01:14 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawIn the heat of the first-ever AL Central division race, Cleveland slugger Albert Belle had his bat removed from play and locked in the umpires' room on suspicion of corking. What ensues is one of baseball's all-time great capers.2288truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-is-the-most-overrated-player-of-the-modern-era--50767156In this episode, Michelle and Anthony discuss their picks for the most overrated player of their lifetimes. WARNING: This episode may get a bit spicy!]]>4d3d840d-1686-465f-94f8-6aa72191ead2Fri, 13 May 2022 13:00:31 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawWelcome to Eephus and the Southpaw, a podcast about baseball by two lifelong fans, who love getting into the small details that make the sport so great. In this episode, Michelle and Anthony discuss their picks for the most overrated player of their...In this episode, Michelle and Anthony discuss their picks for the most overrated player of their lifetimes. WARNING: This episode may get a bit spicy!]]>2976falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evolution-of-the-minor-leagues--50767155In this episode, Michelle and Anthony discuss Minor League Baseball, from its humble origins as a loose collection of independent competitors to the American League, all the way to the present day, as the industry figures out its place following a massive shakeup in 2021.]]>3ee20daa-20d1-4572-8828-c0f708ad553aFri, 29 Apr 2022 13:00:34 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawWelcome to Eephus and the Southpaw, a podcast about baseball by two lifelong fans, who love getting into the small details that make the sport so great. In this episode, Michelle and Anthony discuss Minor League Baseball, from its humble origins as a...In this episode, Michelle and Anthony discuss Minor League Baseball, from its humble origins as a loose collection of independent competitors to the American League, all the way to the present day, as the industry figures out its place following a massive shakeup in 2021.]]>2940falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-history-of-the-mlb-draft--50767157In this episode, Michelle and Anthony break down the history of the MLB draft, its evolution over the years, how we got where we're at today, and the possibility of an international draft. ]]>f1a00486-9de1-484f-a63f-afb6ddf40b26Mon, 18 Apr 2022 13:24:27 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawWelcome to Eephus and the Southpaw, a podcast about baseball by two lifelong fans, who love getting into the small details that make the sport so great. In this episode, Michelle and Anthony break down the history of the MLB draft, its evolution over...In this episode, Michelle and Anthony break down the history of the MLB draft, its evolution over the years, how we got where we're at today, and the possibility of an international draft. ]]>4381falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-eephus-and-the-southpaw--50767161In this episode, Michelle and Anthony introduce themselves and talk about what got them so interested in baseball.]]>15d101f7-44a6-4a79-95d5-a9b312fd1d0fFri, 01 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000Eephus & the SouthpawWelcome to Eephus and the Southpaw, a podcast about baseball by two lifelong fans, who love getting into the small details that make the sport so great.  In this episode, Michelle and Anthony introduce themselves and talk about what got them so...In this episode, Michelle and Anthony introduce themselves and talk about what got them so interested in baseball.]]>2997falsefull