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We're replaying more of our favorite baseball-themed episodes this week. In this one from July 2020, the Charleston, S.C. RiverDogs got some extra attention for holding a "Nobody Night," long before the pandemic prompted major league teams to play games in front of zero attendees. Plus: Muscotah, Kansas pays tribute to its local celebrity, early baseball star Joe Tinker, by building a giant baseball.RiverDogs' “Nobody Night” Promotion Recalled on Today's ESPN's “First Take” (MILB.com)Muscotah, Kansas: World's Largest Baseball (Roadside America)Knock it out of the park every day as a Cool Weird Awesome backer on Patreon
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Missing Man 1: Aboard Apollo 11:Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin. (Michael) Collins. 2: In a famous double-play combo:Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers. Frank Chance. 3: In the name of an optical products company:John Jacob Bausch. (Henry) Lomb. 4: In a legendary trio:Balthazar, Melchior. Caspar. 5: On an 1896 Republican presidential ticket:Garret A. Hobart. McKinley. Round 2. Category: The Reformation 1: This king's demand for an annulment aided the spread of the Reformation to England. Henry VIII. 2: Some reformers insisted that this initiatory rite be performed not on infants but on adults who had made a choice. baptism. 3: The Reformation's greatest leaders were Martin Luther in Germany and this Geneva-based Frenchman. Calvin. 4: Contrary to church doctrine, the Reformation declared that grace was a reward for this, not for works. faith. 5: Around 1545 the Catholic Church launched this movement to oppose the Protestants. the Counter-Reformation. Round 3. Category: The New York Knocks 1: Anyone from Boston will tell you the New England type of this, with milk, tops Manhattan's, with tomatoes. chowder. 2: The title of this Broadway musical that opened on May 5, 1955 makes its feelings about the local baseball team quite apparent. Damn Yankees. 3: Tough times at this arena, the "Mecca of Basketball", as even Pixar dunked on the Knicks in "Soul", explaining decades of futility. Madison Square Garden. 4: In their 1979 Top 40 hit "Shattered", this group sang, "Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots"... shadoobie. The Rolling Stones. 5: A Yelper on this landmark connecting Canal St. and Jersey City: a "traffic jam tunnel. If you have a small bladder like me, good luck". the Holland Tunnel. Round 4. Category: Last Words 1: This 1892 Leoncavallo opera ends with "La commedia e finita", or "The comedy is finished". I Pagliacci. 2: This term for "the end of the line" was once a god celebrated at the end of the Roman year. terminus. 3: In Clement Moore poem, what Santa said after "Happy Christmas to all". and to all a good night. 4: "Crito, I owe a cock to Aesculapius; do not forget to pay it". Socrates. 5: Founder of Communism, he said, "last words are for fools who haven't said enough". Karl Marx. Round 5. Category: It Sounds Like 1: Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad. Tonight. 2: A cylindrical storage container for grain, it sounds like an order to exhale quietly. Silo. 3: A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring. Relief. 4: It sounds like the kind of personality most likely to have a heart attack in the capital of Taiwan. Taipei. 5: A runway material, it sounds like what you do before you feather your Apple computer. Tarmac. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to James Foley about where his ideas come from, the great characters he has created – Sally Tinker (the world's foremost inventor under the age of twelve), Joe Tinker (full-time baby) and Charli Stevenson (foremost biologist under the age of eleven). We explore the hilarious and often quite smelly adventures they get up to, and Sally's amazing range of inventions. There's also a few Dad jokes along the way.In 'Brobot' Sally Tinker knows she can build a better brother than the messy, smelly version she has. Sally's invention – Brobot – is fantastic … until the remote breaks and Brobot careens out of control.In 'Gastronauts', the brain-enhancing nanobots Sally is testing have been accidentally swallowed by her baby brother, Joe. The only way to stop Joe from turning into a superbaby and wreaking super havoc is to shrink herself and travel inside Joe's body on a mission to tackle the problem head-on.In 'Stellarphant' Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can't join. But where there's a will, there's a way, and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.Sound effects by zaps plat.com
In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to James Foley about where his ideas come from, the great characters he has created – Sally Tinker (the world's foremost inventor under the age of twelve), Joe Tinker (full-time baby) and Charli Stevenson (foremost biologist under the age of eleven). We explore the hilarious and often quite smelly adventures they get up to, along with Sally's amazing range of inventions. There's also a few Dad jokes along the way. In 'Brobot' Sally Tinker knows she can build a better brother than the messy, smelly version she has. Sally's invention – Brobot – is fantastic … until the remote breaks and Brobot careens out of control. In 'Gastronauts', the brain-enhancing nanobots Sally is testing have been accidentally swallowed by her baby brother, Joe. The only way to stop Joe from turning into a superbaby and wreaking super havoc is to shrink herself and travel inside Joe's body on a mission to tackle the problem head-on. In 'Stellarphant' Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can't join. But where there's a will, there's a way, and Stella is determined to reach for the stars. Sound effects by zapsplat.com
Braves news, please let Cano experiment end, drinking games with Brian Jordan & Shark Week, what's wrong with Acuña? trade rumors, Mike Trout may have major back issues, milestone for Snitker, Druw Jones injured in Curse of the Dbacks, broadcaster beats cancer, UGA recruit, Mike Leach has cunning plan to save CFB, SEC schedules, Saban quit in 2013? Julio Jones delusion, Falcons begin training camp, Jerry Jones in trouble up to his knees for saying the m-word, Pete's Tweets, This Day in Sports History. Come for Olympic Bombing story, stay for Joe Tinker's good timing & taking a sword to the eyeball. Plus big day for Dale Murphy, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, & Bobby Cox, 3 of them in Cooperstown. petedavis.buzzsprout.com
Today we are joined by David Rapp, author of the book Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Rapp spent 30 years as a journalist in the Washington. D.C., area and was the former editor of Congressional Quarterly, where he oversaw that publications transition from print to digital publishing. Rapp blows the dust off the legends of the Chicago Cubs’ iconic double play combination of the early 20th century: shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny “The Crab” Evers, and first baseman Frank “The Peerless Leader” Chance. They formed the foundation of a National League juggernaut that won four pennants, two World Series and a major-league record for victories in a season. Rapp humanizes all three men, showing how they survived during a rough-and-tumble era of baseball that was undergoing a transition—just like the United States was at the turn of the century. Each man brought a distinctive local culture with him to Chicago: Tinker was an urbanite from Kansas City; Evers hailed from the heavily Irish-American city of Troy, New York; and Chance traveled east from the laid-back Central Valley of California. All three men were intense—Tinker and Evers had several fights and never spoke to one another off the field—but they proved that teammates with a common goal do not have to like one another. Bob D’Angelo is working on his master’s degree in history at Southern New Hampshire University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida and spent more than three decades as a sportswriter and sports copy editor, including 28 years on the sports copy desk at The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune. He can be reached at bdangelo57@gmail.com. For more information, visit Bob DAngelo’s Books and Blogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we are joined by David Rapp, author of the book Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Rapp spent 30 years as a journalist in the Washington. D.C., area and was the former editor of Congressional Quarterly, where he oversaw that publications transition from print to digital publishing. Rapp blows the dust off the legends of the Chicago Cubs’ iconic double play combination of the early 20th century: shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny “The Crab” Evers, and first baseman Frank “The Peerless Leader” Chance. They formed the foundation of a National League juggernaut that won four pennants, two World Series and a major-league record for victories in a season. Rapp humanizes all three men, showing how they survived during a rough-and-tumble era of baseball that was undergoing a transition—just like the United States was at the turn of the century. Each man brought a distinctive local culture with him to Chicago: Tinker was an urbanite from Kansas City; Evers hailed from the heavily Irish-American city of Troy, New York; and Chance traveled east from the laid-back Central Valley of California. All three men were intense—Tinker and Evers had several fights and never spoke to one another off the field—but they proved that teammates with a common goal do not have to like one another. Bob D’Angelo is working on his master’s degree in history at Southern New Hampshire University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida and spent more than three decades as a sportswriter and sports copy editor, including 28 years on the sports copy desk at The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune. He can be reached at bdangelo57@gmail.com. For more information, visit Bob DAngelo’s Books and Blogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we are joined by David Rapp, author of the book Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Rapp spent 30 years as a journalist in the Washington. D.C., area and was the former editor of Congressional Quarterly, where he oversaw that publications transition from print to digital publishing. Rapp blows the dust off the legends of the Chicago Cubs’ iconic double play combination of the early 20th century: shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny “The Crab” Evers, and first baseman Frank “The Peerless Leader” Chance. They formed the foundation of a National League juggernaut that won four pennants, two World Series and a major-league record for victories in a season. Rapp humanizes all three men, showing how they survived during a rough-and-tumble era of baseball that was undergoing a transition—just like the United States was at the turn of the century. Each man brought a distinctive local culture with him to Chicago: Tinker was an urbanite from Kansas City; Evers hailed from the heavily Irish-American city of Troy, New York; and Chance traveled east from the laid-back Central Valley of California. All three men were intense—Tinker and Evers had several fights and never spoke to one another off the field—but they proved that teammates with a common goal do not have to like one another. Bob D’Angelo is working on his master’s degree in history at Southern New Hampshire University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida and spent more than three decades as a sportswriter and sports copy editor, including 28 years on the sports copy desk at The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune. He can be reached at bdangelo57@gmail.com. For more information, visit Bob DAngelo’s Books and Blogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve is joined by Stacey May Fowles, novelist, essayist, and author of Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game that Saved Me for a discussion of finding the calm center that lurks behind the turbulent veneer of Toronto Blue Jays fandom. Plus: Dark mutterings on Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers and a warm memory of Yankees great Bobby Murcer.TABLE OF CONTENTSTinker to Evers to I Don’t Love You Anymore*Saved at the Ballpark by Bobby Murcer*Stacey May Fowles: A Canadian Thanksgiving*All the battles we lost to Canadians*The relevance and irrelevance of the Toronto Blue Jays*Loving the Game that Saved Me*Pitchers and catchers and scaffolding*Coping with the 2017 Blue Jays*The Highest Form of Being a Baseball Fan*Farewell to Jose Bautista*The Bat-Flip Moment*Baseball assimilation stories*Dioner Navarro, gateway drug*A romantic gesture at old Yankee Stadium*Carlos Correa’s proposal*Goodbyes.The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corcoran, and David Roth, and occasional guests discuss the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorations of writing and fandom, and more Casey Stengel quotations than you thought possible. Along the way, they’ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?
On the 115th anniversary of their first game together, Mike and Bill look at the most famous double play combination in baseball history. Who were Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance? Were they really as good as the poem suggests? Why did they go their separate ways? And do they belong in the Hall of Fame?
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