Baseball is Dumb is a baseball history podcast where we examine the dumbest stories from America's pastime.
In this episode, we're joined by Love Drunk's Charlotte Rose to discuss that one time two Yankee players traded wives, kids, and dogs too! Check out Charlotte's show Love Drunk: https://open.spotify.com/show/0x8OghblATxzCpFdYYVJ2r https://twitter.com/lovedrunkpod https://www.instagram.com/lovedrunkpod/?hl=en @ohcharlotterose Our socials: https://www.instagram.com/baseball_is_dumb/?hl=en https://twitter.com/DumbBaseball @dorkus_supreme SOURCES: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/mar/7/20050307-121328-5084r/ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iTAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ElgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6937,4844728&dq=mike+kekich+fritz+peterson+marilyn&hl=en https://archive.org/details/JimmyScottJimmyScott_sHigh_Tight_TheFritzPetersonInterview https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/original-wife-swap-yankee-pitchers-trade-lives-article-1.2138703 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kekicmi01.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterfr01.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Peterson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kekich https://bleacherreport.com/articles/856629-fritz-peterson-and-mike-kekich-ruined-their-careers-pleasing-ben-afflect https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/baseball/shocking/moments.html https://nymag.com/guides/summer/2011/mike-kekich-fritz-peterson/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/04/10/affleck-damon-still-pursuing-yankees-wife-swap-movie/4izzMCJBzQPINDj8MDywpN/story.html
Once upon a time in Portland, Oregon Bing Russell started the greatest punk rock band in the history of baseball. Hilarity and corporate fuckery ensues.Correction: I misspoke about the inflation of Bing's settlement. The amount is 881K in 2022 money. Social Media: @BaseballisDumb SourcesBattered Bastards of Baseball – Netflix, 2014 https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/portland-mavericks-kurt-russell-mlb-documentaryhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001neihttps://www.mlb.com/news/why-there-are-no-left-handed-catchers-in-mlbhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanzahttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001kurhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=e8eb342fhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=a7557ff5https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=thomas002reghttps://www.seattletimes.com/sports/meet-the-nuttiest-baseball-team-the-northwest-has-ever-seen/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/07/18/Former-pro-baseball-manager-sentenced-to-prison-for-drug-sex-counts/1503616737600/https://miscbaseball.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/remembering-the-portland-mavericks/
The 2021 season has come and gone. Let's recap some of the dumbest events and stats of the year! Build your own team: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-2021-22-free-agents-by-position Sources: baseball-reference baseball savant Follow the show: @Dumbbaseball
Happy Spooky Season! This month, we take a closer look at the Curse of the Bambino, The Mets, and take our first foray into Japanese baseball. Follow us on social media! @DumbBaseball SOURCES: https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/babe-ruth-throws-piano-into-pond/ https://www.mlb.com/news/curse-of-the-bambino https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=24401760&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ0MDA2ODI2NSwiaWF0IjoxNjI4NTYyMDMzLCJleHAiOjE2Mjg2NDg0MzN9.HanHg6KAEzXtL5uBYQIKEjuXv-PvBitWB5zX4cVzc_0 https://www.mlb.com/cut4/red-sox-ended-losing-streak-thanks-to-witch-laurie-cabot-c299743668 https://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/the-mets-bobblehead-curse-lives/ https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/24/mets-bobblehead-curse-degnome-palladino/ https://www.thehanshintigers.com/team-history/top-10-infamous-moments/the-curse-of-colonel-sanders/ https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/ridiculous-history-curse-colonel.htm https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=af70e184 https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=bc6a038a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Scoop https://www.japan.go.jp/tomodachi/2020/autumn2020/randy_bass.html
This month, we examine the history of players being ejected from games and take a closer look at the wild events that led to their removal. Follow the show: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook/Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb Sources: https://retrosheet.org/Research/VincentD/EjectionsHistory.pdf https://www.baseball-reference.com/ https://sabr.org/ https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/braves-padres-fight-brawl-august-12-1984-pascual-perez-alan-wiggins/17ozuqr13fhut1v9j1fsnj47vz https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/how-some-braves-padres-bat-boys-played-an-unwitting-role-in-the-wildest-brawl-of-all-time/7caplqtvdq101kpq8m68n6ov4 https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-12-1984-braves-padres-brawl-leaves-17-players-ejected-in-one-game/ https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/08/12/atlanta-braves-san-diego-padres-brawl-fight-1984 https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/08/27/take-me-out-to-the-brawl-game https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/the-day-braves-padres-game-turned-into-one-baseball-wildest-brawls/HmQDyusy8DJApCyce2BokM/
In this month's episode, we delve into the life and times of Moses Fleetwood Walker, America's first black player in Major League Baseball. https://www.jackierobinson.org/ Sources: Fleet Walker's Divided Heart by David W Zang https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419915.Fleet_Walker_s_Divided_Heart Society For American Baseball Research BaseballReference.com Follow the show on Social Media: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook: Baseball is Dumb Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb, @dorkus_supreme
Happy Opening Day! In this episode, we examine the weird career of starting pitcher Andy Hawkins and his biblical no-hitter. CORRECTIONS: 1) Andy was born in January, not July. 2) Johnny is smarter than me and correctly guessed that the Padres have been to the World Series twice. Their second trip was in 1998 where they got swept by the Yankees. Follow the show on Social Media: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook: Baseball is Dumb Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb, @dorkus_supreme
In this episode, we examine the unfortunate career of New York Giants first baseman, Fred Merkle. Follow the show on Social Media: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook: Baseball is Dumb Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb, @dorkus_supreme
Happy New Year! In today's episode we discuss a psychedelic no hitter and the perfect game that wasn't. Plus, we dicuss the MLB's official recognition of The Negro Leagues! Follow the show on Social Media: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook: Baseball is Dumb Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb, @dorkus_supreme
This week, we discuss Louis "Pete" Browning, his wild career in Louisville, and his connection to Dracula. Sources: "American Galdiator: The Life and Times of Pete Browning" by Philip von Borries baseball-reference.com Society for American Baseball Research Follow the show on Social Media: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook: Baseball is Dumb Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb, @dorkus_supreme
Welcome to the show! In our first episode we examine the career of Cleveland slugger, Albert Belle, and possibly the dumbest heist of all time. Follow the show on Social Media: Twitter: @DumbBaseball Facebook: Baseball is Dumb Instagram: @baseball_is_dumb, @dorkus_supreme