The Hall of Very Good Podcast

Grain Valley High School baseball coach Brian Driskell joins the boys to talk about his former player, Milwaukee Brewers ace, Jacob Misiorowski's journey from being "a baby giraffe" to a Cy Young Award frontrunner, how The Miz managed to add close to ten mph to his fastball in less than five years, being there on draft night (and getting Jake's first pro autograph) and whether or not Grain Valley residents have switched to backing the Brew Crew.

Spoiler alert…they have.

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Director, musician and puppeteer(!) Hoag Kepner joins the boys to talk about growing up rooting for Philadelphia sports teams, the ups and downs of fandom, how his love of The Muppets led to wanting to document the Phillies' iconic mascot, The Phillie Phanatic, behind-the-scenes of his new documentary "Big Phan", hanging out with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt and, for some reason, the best "MTV Unplugged" of all time.

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Legendary actor Steve Guttenberg joins the boys to talk about his new film "American Summer", the importance of actually looking like you know how to play baseball when cast in a baseball movie (and how close he got to doing one), hitting the batting cages in London, playing at Dodger Stadium, his love of stadium brats, the current postseason landscape and, of course, who should be in the World Series.

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick returns to talk to the boys about the annual Hall of Game induction, the two high-profile collections that are on display at the Kansas City museum, getting that "Ted Lasso" bump, the plans to build a new facility, the (notso) unlikely bond between the Savannah Bananas and the Negro Leagues and that time Satchel Paige donned a fake beard to win his share of a $7500 prize.

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Savannah Bananas hype man, The Young Professor, joins the boys to talk about how he ended up with the popular moniker, the full extent of his role with the team, his all-time favorite in-game promo, the art of talking people into the building, hanging out with WWE superstar John Cena and wrestling Bigfoot.

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Actor (and self-proclaimed "angry tree trunk") Shane Obedzinski returns to talk to the boys about his new YouTube series "Dugout Dads", previews a potential second season, looks ahead to the 35th anniversary of "The Sandlot", tries to remember the names of real minor league baseball teams and introduces the world to chocolate shows.

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"I think the thing that surprises me is when September 1st comes around every year...no one really talks about it." - All Oliver

On September 1, 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded the first starting nine consisting of all Black and Latino players. Bruce Markusen, author of The Team That Changed Baseball, Al Oliver and Manny Sanguillen join the boys to reflect on that historic team.

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Yeeeeears ago, when we launched The Hall of Very Good, we talked to Tommy John at length about him being our first inductee. He was thrilled. He'd check in randomly throughout those early years and kept in touch as we entered the podcast space.

TJ was a great dude.

To honor his passing, here's the conversation we had with the should-be Hall of Famer back in 2017. He talked to us about his chances at getting into Cooperstown, his favorite baseball movies, the injury that nearly ended his career, his relationship with the late-Frank Jobe (and why the legendary doctor is one of the three most influential men in baseball history) and playing alongside Glenn Burke.

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Episode originally aired February 28, 2017.

MLB Network's Lauren Shehadi joins the boys to preview the (should be) annual Field of Dreams game on Netflix, the moment she knew she wanted to cover baseball for a living, watching games alongside Pedro Martinez, her excitement surrounding the WPBL and how everything she does today can be traced back to her early career working in North Dakota's "Magic City".

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For an unprecedented thirteenth time, Cooperstown correspondent Jeff Katz joins the boys to talk about the excitement (or lack thereof) surrounding the 2026 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, rubbing elbows with baseball immortals (and Jeffrey Leonard!), the "aura" of Derek Jeter, re-evaluates the greatness of Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg and, of course, determines whether or not the Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining baseball.

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