ObscureBall

By Small League Productions

A sports storytelling podcast. New episodes are released occasionally... more

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The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

ObscureBall episodes:

January 14, 2020 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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21min
December 09, 2019 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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21min
October 07, 2019 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
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19min
August 15, 2019 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
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21min
July 10, 2019 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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14min
June 06, 2019 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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16min
June 06, 2019 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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17min

FAQs about ObscureBall:

How many episodes does ObscureBall have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.