ObscureBall

ObscureBall

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ObscureBall episodes

  • The Club is Open

    Before he was the high kicking, heavy drinking, prolific song writing front man of Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard was a star athlete who once threw a no hitter at Wright State.

     

     

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    21 min
  • The System

    Scoring 100 points in a basketball game seems impossible. But there's a formula that can help a player do just that

     

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    21 min
  • Bob Short Stinks

    When Bob Short decided to move the Washington Senators from D.C to Texas...fans didn't take it particularly well

     

    Writer and journalist Dan Epstein is featured on this episode and you can visit his website here. His book, Big Hair Plastic Grass is also available on audiobook via Blackstone Audio. Music for this episode was provided by Audioblocks and broadcast clips can be found here.

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    Closing Music Credits:  Doug Hoyer via Audioblocks 

    19 min
  • Spaceman
    Bill Lee, or "Spaceman" as he was known, was an oddball for sure. He was also pretty good at baseball. This episode is all about him
     
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    Image Credit:  Heinz Kluetmeier
    21 min
  • 10 Cent Beer Night
    Some promotions in sports work. Some don't. Here's a story about one that didn't
     
    Be sure to check out The ConspiraTea Podcast I mentioned at the beginning. Listen here
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    14 min
  • On Acid
    At the time of this publishing, MLB has recognized 300 no hitters. 23 of those are perfect games. Only one of those (that we know of) was thrown by a person on LSD
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    16 min
  • Big Ed Delahanty

    Big Ed Delahanty was one of baseball's earliest home run hitters. But on July 2, 1903 he died under bizarre circumstances. What actually happened?

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    17 min

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A sports storytelling podcast. New episodes are released occasionally