Ep. 22: Play Ball! Jackie Mitchell, Moe Berg, Summertime and more

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

You don't have to like baseball to like this episode! First, Kelly Moore shares the story of Jackie Mitchell, a young woman who struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Next, Bailey Mazik of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory sheds some light on the baseball playing spy, Moe Berg. Amber Estes Thieneman and Mick Sullivan perform "Summertime," plus a summery quiz-time! Episode written and produced by Mick Sullivan

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0:55.0	Hi,
0:56.0	Hi, Hi, Hi everyone my name is Mick Sullivan and this is episode 22 of the past and the
1:07.4	curious now every so often we get a request for a theme and since I do nearly
1:12.0	everything for the podcast well it takes me a lot of time to get that completed but I got one completed and this is for Lucy my good friend Lucy Isaacs who a long time ago said that she wanted to hear some stories about
1:25.3	baseball. Now, if you don't like baseball or you don't even like sports, you're still going to love
1:30.6	this episode. It's got spies, it's got a 17 year old girl with incredible courage, and it also has a recording of Amber Esteshenamen and myself performing summertime.
1:40.0	In this episode you're going to hear the voices of Kelly Moore and Bailey
1:44.2	Meza, a new voice. Bailey is the curatorial specialist at the Louisville Slugger
1:49.2	Museum and factory right here in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
1:53.4	It's a great place if you're a baseball fan.
1:56.6	We're grateful and excited for her help as well as inspiration from PJ Shelley. It was 1931 and the official baseball season had not yet begun.
2:23.4	At the very beginning of April, it was still the time of year
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