This week we examine, arguably the greatest power pitcher, in the history of Major League Baseball, Mr. Nolan Ryan. For 27 years, the Ryan Express astounded fans and changed the record books forever. #NolanRyan #NewYorkMets #CaliforniaAngels #HoustonAstros #TexasRangers #SandyKoufax #BackwardsKPod #LetsTalkBaseballPodcastNetwork #JakeRobinson

Eddie Feigner is the greatest fast pitch softball pitcher who ever lived. How else can you explain the 8,698 batters he struck out.... while being blindfolded?

The King And His Court traveled over 4 million miles, through 100 different countries, challenging any and all takers, to a friendly game of fast pitch softball. The King And his three teammates versus your best nine players.

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As the baseball universe holds their collective breath, with the current MLB work stoppage underway. We will examine the 1994 baseball strike that literally killed a major league team. At 74-40 with a 6 1/2 game lead over the mighty Braves, the Montreal Expos were standing on the precipice of greatness. That is, until that disastrous strike, that changed everything..... forever.

#MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball #MontrealExpos #RustyStaub #TimRaines #AndreDawson #GaryCarter #BlueMonday #Dodgers #Phillies #LarryWalker #FelipeAlou #PedroMartinez #GregMaddux #Braves #CliffFloyd #BaseballStrike #SteveRogers #JakeRobinson #BackwardsKPod

Here at Backwards K Pod, we not only collect ballplayers and their stories. We also collect milestones, moments, mascots and even stadiums. This week we will begin our collection of stadiums, with the oldest, living, breathing, baseball monument on the planet, Fenway Park. A New England birthright, that has been passed down through the generations, going on 110 years now. #BostonRedSox #MajorLeagueBaseball #BabeRuth #DuffysCliff #FenwayPark #TedWilliams #CarltonFisk #BigGreenMonster #PeskyPole #Fens #TomYawkey #JakeRobinson #BackwardsKPod #LetsTalkBaseballPodcastNetwork #DavidOrtiz

In the wake of the devastation, created by the economic collapse of the Great Depression, comes a baseball team that captures the hearts and imagination of the average fan in 1934. A collection of talented but zany characters, known as the Gashouse Gang, that would bully their way to the World Series crown. #StLouisCardinals #GashouseGang #BranchRickey #DizzyDean #DaffyDean #PepperMartin #WildHorseOfTheOsage #RipperCollins #DuckyMedwick #FordhamFlash #FrankieFrisch #LeoDurocher #DetroitTigers #MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball #JakeRobinson #LetsTalkBaseballPodcastNetwork #BackwardsKPod

Today we examine the quiet, curious kid from Oshu, Japan who would rise up, and become the face of Major League Baseball, during the 2021 season, doing something no one alive has ever seen before. Dominate the game of baseball on the mound and in the batters box. Who is this “Japanese Babe Ruth”? And where did he come from. We have the answers here, on Backwards K Pod. Where We Collect Ballplayers And Their Stories. #BackwardsKPod #ShoheiOhtani #JapanBaseball #KosheinTournament #HidekiMatsui #HanamiHigashiHighSchool #NPBL #MajorLeagueBaseball #HideoNomo #Ichiro #LosAngelesAngels #JakeRobinson #LetsTalkBaseballPodcastNetwork

From his rise as a wealthy shipbuilder living in obscurity in Cleveland, to becoming the architect of a $5.25 Billion baseball empire. This is the story of the Boss. The man who would once again breathe life into the New York Yankees and have a major impact on the game, that will be felt by future generations of fans. #NewYorkYankees #GeorgeSteinbrenner #ClevelandIndians #ReggieJackson #BillyMartin #DaveWinfield #CBS #MajorLeagueBaseball

In the late 1970’s, Major League Baseball was a lagging brand, vulnerable to losing a whole generation of kids. Baseball countered this with television programming targeting children and teens. Hear the short story of how The Baseball Bunch, was able to bridge the divide between kids and MLB during the 80’s. #JohnnyBench #SanDiegoChicken #TommyLasorda #BaseballBunch #Baseball #TugMcGraw #PeteRose #MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball

Examining the life of The Great One Roberto Clemente. From his humble beginnings, through his rise in Major League Baseball, to his untimely death trying to save lives. A complex man, living in a complex time. Backwards K Where We Collect Ballplayers And Their Stories #RobertoClemente #PittsburghPirates #MajorLeagueBaseball #BranchRickey #JakeRobinson #LetsTalkBaseballPodcastNetwork