Long Ball Legacies

LBL Host Daniel Port celebrates Japan's World Baseball Classic win by taking a look at closer Kenley Jansen as he closes in on his 400th save, evaluates his hall of fame chances and dives into the deeper question of what is a closer's value in the game of baseball.

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LBL Host Daniel Port celebrates Japan's World Baseball Classic win by exploring some Japan's greatest players by talking about Japanese trailblazer and human tornado Hideo Nomo!

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LBL Host Daniel Port celebrates Japan's World Baseball Classic win by exploring some Japan's greatest players starting with NPB superstar and Japanese Legend Sadaharu Oh!

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LBL Host Daniel Port celebrates Japan's World Baseball Classic by exploring some Japan's greatest players starting with NPB and MLB Superstar Shohei Ohtani!

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port celebrates Women's History Month by diving into the history of women in baseball and sharing his favorite stories of women in baseball throughout history and ranking Dottie Schroeder and Toni Stone on the List!

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the career so far of Padres third baseman Manny Machado and compares him to recent hall of fame inductee Scott Rolen and makes the case for Machado as a surefire HoF candidate!

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the career so far of Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and compares him to recent hall of fame inductee Scott Rolen and makes the case for Arenado as a surefire HoF candidate and best third baseman of his generation!

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the career of recent hall of fame inductee Scott Rolen and makes the case for both Rolen's candidacy and advocates for the third base position as a whole!

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the legacy of Josh Gibson, reveling in the stories of his career and talent while noting the things that he had to overcome and his tragic death.

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the legacy of Satchel Paige while sifting through (and thoroughly enjoying) the lore and mythology surrounding one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game.

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the career of Mike Trout while drawing parallels to Bryce Harper and Mickey Mantle while ranking him on the List! Do we get a new #1?

Host: Daniel Port

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LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the career of Yankee Legend Mickey Mantle while drawing parallels to Bryce Harper and ranking him on the List! Do we get a new #1?

Host: Daniel Port

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Happy New Year everyone! LBL Host Daniel Port looks at the career so far of 2022 playoff hero Bryce Harper and asks whether he's lived up to the hype so far in his career and whether he's on track for the hall of fame!

Host: Daniel Port

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Happy Holidays everyone! LBL Host Daniel Port continues examining Fred McGriff by looking at Willie Stargell and examine Stargell's place in baseball history and how he serves a great example of why Fred McGriff should be in the Hall.

Host: Daniel Port

The List

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We've almost made it through 2022, the Winter Meetings were crazy and LBL Host Daniel Port is sitting down to take a look at newly enshrined Hall of Fame First Baseman "The Crime Dog" Fred McGriff!

Host: Daniel Port

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We made it through Thanksgiving and LBL Host Daniel Port is sitting down to take a look at some Hall of Fame Second Baseman in Ryne Sandberg and Roberto Alomar while using them as benchmarks for how Jose Altuve can make a Hall of Fame case!

Host: Daniel Port

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The 2022 season is over and LBL Host Daniel Port is sitting down to examine one of the biggest stars of the Postseason in the Astros' Jose Altuve!

Host: Daniel Port

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I kick off Season Two with a solo pod following up on a listener request where I'll be talking about and ranking Jason Varitek and Jorge Posada!

Host: Daniel Port

Jason Varitek: 2:39

Jorge Posada: 51:22

https://theathletic.com/1076028/2019/07/19/were-not-going-to-be-pushed-around-anymore-oral-history-of-the-arod-jason-varitek-fight/

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Long Ball Legacies -Special guests Christa Lamia and Nate Schwartz of Pitcher List join me to talk about one of my favorite players Joey Votto!

Show Notes:

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Joey Votto: 2:47

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Long Ball Legacies -Today I finish up Part Two of last week's episode on Jose Ramirez by talking about Ron Santo and Home Run Baker and how they illuminate a path for Ramirez to make the Hall one day. Then I take a look at Ke'Bryan Hayes and wonder if he is the next Jose Ramirez!

Note: I apologize for having to split the episode into two parts but we had such a fantastic conversation with Chad that we would have had a two hour episode.

Show Notes:

The List

Ron Santo: 4:12

Home Run Baker: 43:10

Ke'Bryan Hayes: 1:04:13

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