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 baseball and barbecue will thoroughly enjoy the wide range of grilling tools and accessories they offer. It's an extensive list, but includes spatula's, forks, grill scrapers, pigtail hooks, bottle openers, and tongs which are all made using baseball bat handles which can all be personally engraved. In addition, they have cutting boards shaped liked home plate or shaped like baseball jerseys which also can be engraved. Their newest product is a bat rack, designed to hold their baseball bat handle tools which also may be custom engraved. As if that was not enough, they also have rubs, sauces, tee-shirts, and a unique board game. Go to https://baseballbbq.com/ for more information.

Keith O'Brien is a New York Times best-selling author, a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, and an award-winning journalist. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico, as well as having his stories appear on National Public Radio and This American Life. His latest book, a must read for baseball history lovers, is Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. Mention Pete Rose and a debate is almost guaranteed to ensue as baseball fans all seem to have opinions on whether he should be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This book does a great job at pulling back the curtain on one of the games most polarizing figures.

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/

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