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 Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Seattle Mariners. Following his playing career, Wally used his teaching skills, as well as his abilities to get the most from his players and nurture their talent, as manager for various organizations at many levels. Wally is a baseball lifer who loves putting on the uniform, going out on the field, and being useful to teams who can most use his services. As of the time of this interview, Wally was enjoying time away from the game, but would gladly contemplate returning to the game to which he has dedicated his entire professional career.

Jonathan Lathrop and James Moore are two hosts from the Grab'em in the Brisket, a Texas BBQ podcast. They have a unique show which includes additional hosts who all gather together to discuss most things related to barbecue. In addition to the discussions amongst the hosts, they may also be joined by various live fire cooking related guests. In the world of barbecue podcasts, which is constantly growing, they manage to offer unique and interesting content. Doug Scheiding joins us as guest co-host. To find out more regarding their podcast, please goto https://www.grabeminthebrisket.com/

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

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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 selection of rubs and sauces. Smitty tells us about his humble barbecue beginning and where his love of barbecue has taken him as well as what is coming up. For more information on Smitty or to order his products go to https://lootnbootybbq.com/

Bill Chuck is back. Bill's first joined us on episode 139 to discuss his book, In Scoring Position: 40 Years Of A Baseball Love Affair which he co-authored with Bob Ryan. He was then on many more episodes, until health issues curtailed his visits, but we are thrilled to have him back. Bill is a baseball writer and researcher and has a weekly column in the Chicago Sun-Times. Bill loves baseball and that love is evident as he regales us with fascinating baseball stories and incredible statistics. We discuss his recent involvement with the Netflix documentary, The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox.

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/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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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 Angeles Business Journal, and Sports Business Journal. His latest project is Perfect Eloquence: An Appreciation of Vin Scully which is a collection of 67 essays, one representing each season of his career calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1950 through 2016. Written by various essayists, some more well known than others, but all with heartfelt thoughts which reflect on the ways his professional and private life influenced them. The collection includes fellow broadcasters as well as historians, players, journalists, celebrities, and others connected to the game of baseball, with each piece introduced by Tom.

Brad Vollmer is a great example of what can happen when a backyard cook becomes a competition winning cook through hard work and dedication. Brad is a member of the Meat's My Mistress Barbeque Team, which counts Danny Wilk's, My Dad's BBQ as one of its sponsors as well as being a brand ambassador for The Good Charcoal which was founded by Ben Jablonski and Rob Silverman. Brad has been busy with his latest project and is ready to come to market with two barbecue sauces. Brad knows the sauce business is tough, but he is prepared to do what it takes to be successful and share his sauces with consumers hungry for a quality product.

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/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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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 Mariners and San Diego Padres and then played in Japan for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. After his playing career ended, Brian coached in the minor leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies and later became a coach with the Cleveland Indians. Brian has also been the pitching coach for Team Italy at the World Baseball Classic. We had the honor of meeting Brian when he was being inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.

John "Johnny Mags" Maguire is the creative force and host of the Pit Life BBQ podcast. The show has creatively evolved over the years. Changes have included different co-hosts and in its current version, not having a permanent co-host. Another change has seen the show move from a studio above a cigar store to the Uncle Steve's Shake Studio where Johnny usually does it live each Monday night at 8:00 pm EST on Facebook and YouTube. If you miss the live version, you can catch the show recorded and released as a podcast. Johnny first joined us on episode 59 and we are excited to welcome him back as we discuss all things podcasting and barbecue, plus we throw in some baseball talk.

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/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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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, good for the environment, good for the community. Ben grew up in Australia where grilling was central to celebrations or gatherings. In 2020, Ben wanted to give consumers a healthy charcoal alternative. The Good Charcoal won a 2023 leadership award through the Forest Stewardship Council due to their sustainability efforts in Namibia. As a leader in building ethical organizations, Ben has been featured in The Washington Post, Yahoo! Finance, and The Weather Channel to talk about how The Good Charcoal is making a positive impact on the environment and people’s health. Go to https://www.thegoodcharcoal.com/ for more information.

Phil Coffin is a longtime editor at The New York Times and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He joined us to discuss his two books, When Baseball Was Still Topps: Portraits of the Game in 1959, Card by Card and A Baseball Book of Days: Thirty-One Moments That Transformed the Game. When Baseball Was Still Topps tells the importance of baseball in 1959 while looking at every card in the 1959 Topps set and provides fascinating details. A Baseball Book of Days provides a detailed narrative of the game's most important moments, told in 31 singular, remarkable days.

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/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.


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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 of his passions. Kevin talks about his humble beginnings as well as his time as a coach and coordinator in the Chicago Cubs organization. Kevin is a member of the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame and is a coach at Phillips Academy Andover

Paula Stachyra is a barbecue enthusiast, recipe developer, and creator of the popular Instagram account, Queen of the Grill which is beloved for its weekly #WingCrushWednesday posts. She previously joined us on episode 153 and returns to discuss her new cookbook, The Big Book of Barbecue On Your Pellet Grill. The book is filled with 200 showstopping recipes for sizzling steaks, succulent wings, wood-fired seafood and so much more. Go to https://www.instagram.com/queenofthegrill/?hl=en for more information.

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/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.


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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 executive, Scott Crawford.

Doug Scheiding, John Vampatella, and Scott Crawford know their baseball and each has their own opinions which you may or may not agree with, but we hope all can agree they are fun to listen to. When the 2025 voting results are announced we will know who will be enshrined in Cooperstown, but until then the debate continues and Doug, John, and Scott make very good arguments for their chosen candidates.

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/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

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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 musical theatre combined with her passion for baseball makes Peace, Love, and Baseball unique in the various ways she views baseball. Kelsey is a huge baseball fan, but the team she chooses to love the most is the St. Louis Cardinals.

Danny Wilk is an entrepreneur. His first successful invention was the Bandyball, a colorful ball of rubber bands. It made for just one of the great stories from Danny as he explained how a Covid project of creating a spectacular barbecue sauce lead to the barbecue business, My Dad's BBQ. Danny offers a look at inventing, starting a business, and winning awards. For more information on Danny Wilk and My Dad's BBQ or to order his sauces go to https://www.mydadsbbq.com/

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

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.


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