Thinking Sideways: Josh Gibson's Yankee Stadium Home Run

Shattered Souls

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🗓️ 26 November 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Josh Gibson is remembered as one of the best and strongest hitters in the National Negro League. The stories say he hit one out of Yankee Stadium in 1930 or 1934. Is it possible to do that and if so did he really do it?

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0:00.0	Thinking Sideways is not brought to you by a current wheeling traceritops.
0:04.0	Instead, it's supported by the generous contributions of people like you, our listeners, on Patreon.
0:10.0	Visit patreon.com slash thinking sideways to learn more.
0:17.0	Thinking Sideways.
0:19.0	I don't understand.
0:21.0	I've not got you.
0:23.0	You never know.
0:25.0	It's because they took a photo of us, but what?
0:28.0	Stories of things we simply don't know the answer to.
0:34.0	Hey everybody, and welcome again to another episode of Thinking Sideways.
0:38.0	I am Steve. Of course, joined by my lovely co-host.
0:42.0	Devon.
0:44.0	That was good. Wow, you too.
0:46.0	We're both so sure we're the lovely one.
0:49.0	All right, well, if for anybody who couldn't understand them, that one's Joe and that one's Devon.
0:55.0	You're pointing through with people again, Steve.
0:57.0	Don't not.
0:59.0	Anyway, we as always have a mystery for you.
1:03.0	And we actually have kind of a different mystery than we've ever looked into before.
1:07.0	More than kind of. It's totally different.
1:09.0	It's the scariest one ever.
1:11.0	Because it's a sports mystery.
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