Locked On MLB - Daily Podcast On Major League Baseball

It is Terry Pendleton's birthday. His luck at winning a World Series title was obscenely horrible. Meanwhile it is hard to take a champion of a shortened 2020 season seriously. That's why I am rooting for the Marlins to win it. Plus the Mets should take the $4 billion AND RUN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I visited CitiField, the new home of the Mets. It is a monument to the Brooklyn Dodgers and a missed opportunity to honor baseball of the 1960's. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I visited the Polo Grounds Towers, once the home of the Giants and the epicenter of New York baseball. Now it is an apartment complex and the baseball palace is right across the river. How did that happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Gazdziak runs the website RIPBaseball.com and the Twitter feed @rip_mlb . He collects information about baseball related graves and writes wonderful obits for obscure players. His site was an invaluable source for my In Memoriam video. He joins the podcast to discuss his unusual preoccupation. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On May 21, 2016, I talked with Pete Clemente, who witnessed the Joe DiMaggio Yankee years as a rabid fan and then became a semi pro pitcher who was offered a contract by the Pirates. He shared memories and thoughts about his baseball life. I got word that Pete died today. In his honor, I am replaying this conversation with this kind and generous man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tradition of the Indians name is not as ironclad as you would think. They were almost the Cleveland Raiders, which would have been amazing. Plus I bring up Chief Wahoo again and showed how easy the solution would be for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Major League Baseball make it to Nashville? It is a possibility if Dave Dombrowski has any say in the matter. Is Nashville a baseball town? Well in 2018, I attended a Nashville Sounds game. Here are the sounds (no pun intended) and observations I made from that day at the ballpark. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the vault... in December of 2016 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every year I produce a new In Memoriam video for the All Star Game. There is no All Star Game this year but that did not stop me. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What would have happened if the Moneyball A's had advanced to the 2002 World Series? Would that Brad Pitt film have a happier ending? This episode is brought to you by Postmates. Download the Postmates App and use the code LOCKEDON for $100 credit for your first seven days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If we want baseball or any other part of our lives to get back to normal, it is important that we work together, no matter what our beliefs are. Brett Chancey of Locked on Astros gave me a gift that accenuates that sentiment. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Actress, podcaster, writer and Phillies fan Ellen Adair joins the show to talk about the present take on the Phllies Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Actress, podcaster, writer and Phillies fan Ellen Adair joins the show to talk about her love of baseball poetry, Von Hayes and the 1993 and 2008 Phillies. Postmates Download the Postmates app and use code LOCKEDON. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free restaurant delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new stadium in Arlington looks awful from the outside. But is that a bad thing? Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two times the Pirates won a thrilling come from behind Game 7 of the World Series. In the 1925 and 1960 World Series, a pair of players who began the game on the bench became unlikely heroes. It is time to salute Red Oldham and Hal Smith. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices