Backwards K Pod

Graig Kreindler ; One On One Interview, Bonus Pod

Backwards K Pod Bonus Show #30 going into the 2022 MLB All Star break,
Jake Robinson sits down with world renowned baseball artist Graig Kreindler.
Thw two discuss juggling kids, marriage, work and baseball. Graig also reveals some of the tricks of his trade, such as the inspiration for any given picture, as well as the timely process it takes for him to complete a mastepiece. A veritable baseball historian, who has painted pictures set in the 1860's, all the way up to today's modern players and game.
#GraigKreindler

Crosley Field

In 1912, three magnificent jewel box baseball stadiums come to life. One of those stadiums was the ball yard from yesteryear known as Crosley Field, located in Cincinnati, Ohio. From her innovative drainage system, scoreboard format and lush Kentucky Bluegrass field, Redland Park/Crosley Field would not only set the standard for stadiums of her day, but pass her legacy down to ballparks as templates that are still being used today, in the modern game.
#CrosleyField #CincinnatiReds #GarryHerman #PalaceOfTheFans #RedlandField #MattyScwab #JohnnyVanderMeer #JoeNuxhall #BoboNewsom #LarryMacPhail #PowelCrosley

Ron LeFlore

This week's topic is about the amazing path Ron LeFlore took to the Major Leagues, which is unlike any other before or since. After a botched armed robbery in 1970. LeFlore would play the game of baseball for the first time in his life, for the Jackson State Prison baseball team, where he would be discovered by Tigers manager, Billy Martin.
Within three years of his release from prison, he would find himself as the starting Center Fielder for his hometown Detroit Tigers, on his way to what appeared to be a top shelf caliber career. He had developed himself into one of the most dangerous hitters in the American League. And he excelled at what else? Stealing of course.
This is the incredible story about Ron LeFlore.
#RonLeFlore #JacksonStatePrison #BillyMartin #JimLeyland #MontrealExpos #ChicagoWhiteSox

Savannah Bananas SHORT Stop POD

Unless you are a seamhead living under a rock, you have probably seen or at least heard about the Savannah Bananas, turning the baseball universe on it's head, down in Georgia.
Attending a Bananas game is tantamount to going to the circus, and a baseball game, or something that closely resembles one, breaks out. From ballplayers playing on stilts, to the Banana Pep Band banging out music in the stands, to the 60 year old and over senior citizens dance crew called the Banana Nanas, you never know what you are going to experience in Historic Grayson Stadium, but you know the focus will be entirely on exciting baseball and non stop entertainment.
The Savannah Bananas have become a viral sensation with over 52 million followers on Tik Tok alone.
How did this happen? This is the story of how Jesse and Emily Cole built this exploding empire from the ground up, in a highly skeptical city, where the Coles were not looked at as baseball saviors, rather the next group of owners who were coming to town to fail. Boy were they wrong....
This is the story of the Savannah Bananas

Dodgers Stadium

At elevation levels ranging from 400 too 700 feet and after 31 months of relocating 8 million cubic yards of Earth, 13 million pounds of reinforced steel used and an army of construction men who literally moved mountains to build this modern day marvel of engineering. The third oldest stadium in the majors was born,
The legendary ballpark also has a sad and sordid backstory, that saw three Mexican-American neighborhoods in the ravine, razed to the ground by the government, for an eventual failed public housing plan. Paving the way for the Dodgers to take advantage of the almost empty plot of land.
This is the amazing story of Dodgers Stadium at Chavez Ravine.
#DodgersStadium #ChavezRavine #WalterOMalley #VinScully #LaPoloma #PaloVerde #TommyLasorda #BlueHeaven

The Incredible Journey Of Livan And Orlando Hernandez

This is the story of the two talented baseball playing half brothers. 10 years apart in age, living on two opposite corners of the impoverished Island of Cuba, and their decsions to chase their Major League Baseball dream in the late 1990's. A true rags to riches, terrifying tale, that would have an impact on Cuban ballplayers, seeking the same opportunities, here in the 21st century.
#LivanHernandez #OrlandoHernandez #ElDuque #JoeCubas #FidelCastro #GermanMesa #AlbertoHernandez #NewYorkYankees #FloridaMarlins #ClevelandIndians

Death, Taxes, Cal Ripken Jr

During the seasons of of 1982 through 1998, there were only three things that the good citizens of Baltimore could count on. Death, Taxes and Cal Ripken Jr would be in today's lineup.
This is the story of the hometown kid, who best exemplified the blue collar roots and work ethic of his city, by just showing up to work and doing your best day in and day out. This is the story of the Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr.
#IronMan #CalRipkenJr #IronBird #CalRipkenSr #BaltimoreOrioles #EarlWeaver #DougDeCinces #EddieMurray #BobbyBonilla #OrioleParkAtCamdenYards #LouGehrig

The History Of The Braves

The Braves can lay claim to being the oldest, continuously, playing team in all of American professional sports. This week, Backwards K Pod will be dissecting the rich tradition and history of the defending World Champions. A team who's ancestral lineage dates all the way back to 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts.
From their 84 years in Beantown, to their brief but successful stint in Milwaukee, to playing it pretty for Atlanta. THe Braves have been a consistent foundation cornerstone to the National League and Major League Baseball. for 151 years and still counting.
#BostonBraves #MilwaukeeBraves #AtlantaBraves #BabeRuth #HankAaron #EddieMatthews #TedTurner