George Signed This and The Jet Stole Home

Today wraps up the movie The Sandlot when Scotty and Benny realize they’ve been living next to a baseball legend this whole time. After learning that the dog’s name is Hercules and giving Bill a ball signed by the 1927 Yankees’ Murderers’ Row, we find out what happened to all these guys when they grew up. Alice Lauren (The Podcast Socialite) advocates for more coming-of-age movies and gives her review of The Sandlot: better than Top Gun. Sully (Locked on MLB) argues that Mr. Mertle should have been Mr. Carter after James Earl Jones’s character in The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars & Motor Kings. We get our fill of talking about George Herman Ruth, Josh Gibson, and Maury Wills before turning to the career of Major Leaguer Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez.

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Intro: Maury Wills “Somebody’s Keeping Score”

Outro: Natalie Cole “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?”