The Moth Podcast: Take Me Out To The Ballgame

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The crack of the bat! The smell of hot dogs! The towering home runs! In celebration of Opening Day, we've got two stories about America's Past-time. Host: Larry Rosen Storytellers: Joseph Gallo learns about his father, and about baseball. Muneesh Jain travels to every baseball stadium in the country. The Moth would like to thank its listeners and supporters. Stories like these are made possible by community giving. If you’re not already a member, please consider becoming one or making a one-time donation today at themoth.org/giveback To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Moth Podcast. I'm Larry Rosen, master instructor at the moth. I'm your host for this episode. March 28th is a big day for a lot of people.
0:14.7	Besides being Holy Thursday, it is also national Black Forest Cake Day. It is National Hot Tub Day.
0:22.7	And it's also national Respect Your Cat Day.
0:25.9	These are all completely serious.
0:28.1	But perhaps most significant for a lot of Americans, it is also the opening day for Major League Baseball.
0:34.8	Yes, on March 28th, the Brewers meet the Mets, the Braves play the Phillies,
0:40.7	and our national pastime will officially be in full swing. So I'm going to start this episode
0:47.2	with a bit of a confession. I like baseball. I appreciate it. I respect it. Well, what I've
0:53.0	always really loved are stories about baseball.
0:57.0	Field of Dreams.
0:59.0	If you build, he will come.
1:02.0	A league of their own.
1:04.0	There's no crying.
1:06.0	There's no crying in baseball.
1:09.0	Even the musical Damn Yankees. A great ball club!
1:12.6	We haven't got.
1:14.6	What have we got?
1:16.6	We've got heart.
1:19.6	All you really need is heart.
1:23.6	These have all been personal favorites. So in this episode we're're going to share a couple of Moth stories about baseball,
1:31.3	and particularly about what it is that makes the sport so meaningful to people.
1:37.3	First up is Joseph Gallo.
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