Episode 247: "The Wax Pack"

Baseball by the Book

Justin McGuire

Authors, Baseball, Books, Statistics, Sports, History, Arts

4.9 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Brad Balukjian opened a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards and then embarked on a road trip across the United States to search for the players on the cards. Join us as the author describes his quest to find stars like Carlton Fisk and Dwight Gooden as well as lesser lights like Rance Mullinicks and Jaime Cocanower.

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0:00.0	The one
0:02.0	The one side
0:04.0	I tell the me, I believe
0:06.0	The Giants
0:08.0	The Giants
0:10.0	The Pellant!
0:12.0	The Giants!
0:13.0	The giant!
0:14.0	The one constant through all the years, Ray,
0:15.0	has been baseball.
0:19.0	Oh, put me in cold.
0:21.6	I'm ready to play today.
0:24.6	Come me in cold. me, I can be center of you.
0:47.2	Hey, everybody, I'm Justin McGuire, and this is Baseball by the Book, the only podcast that matters.
0:55.2	That's right, folks, you're once again listening to Baseball by the Book, the podcast in which we talk to authors of baseball books past and present.
1:00.9	Well, I hope everybody out there is doing well. I know this is a really tough time for all of us.
1:05.6	We're all going through a lot of anxiety, a lot of stress, and a lot of other things right now.
1:11.8	I hope you're all staying safe. I hope you're all staying home and helping us flatten the curve. And hopefully we can get through this coronavirus crisis before too long and we can all get back to our normal lives.
1:17.4	I really do appreciate you guys taking time during this period to listen to baseball by the book.
1:22.4	It's been very therapeutic for me to do the podcast and hopefully it's been helping you guys get
1:26.9	through it as well.
1:28.6	Let's not waste any time and get right to today's episode. We are joined by Brad Belukhjian.
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