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MLB returns to London this week! On Saturday and Sunday (24 & 25) the Chicago Cubs take on arch rivals the St Louis Cardinals at the London Stadium. 

To get you ready for the big game, Anthony Wootton is joined by Cardinals reporter, Jeff Jones. Jeff is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of American and tells you all you need to know about next weekend's "home" team. The guys discuss: 

- Who to watch
- What to eat (check out the amazing footage of food that'll be on offer)
- The Cardinals' struggles this season
- Why this rivalry is so huge
- No St Louis love lost for Stan Kroenke

It's June, which means MLB is returning to London this month! On June 24 & 25, the Chicago Cubs take on arch rivals the St Louis Cardinals at the London Stadium. 

To get you ready for the big game, Anthony Wootton is joined by Jeremy Diemer, co-host of the Wrigleyville Nation podcast. The guys cover everything you need to know about the Chicago Cubs: 

- Who to watch
- What to eat (check out the amazing footage of food that'll be on offer)
- The Cubs' season so far
- Why this rivalry is so huge

All this plus Chicago Bears chat and much more

This is history! It’s our very first YouTube podcast. Our host, Anthony Wootton, is joined by Jeremy Diemer from the Wrigleyville Nation (@wrigleyvillenat) podcast to help you learn more about the Chicago Cubs. 

The Cubs head to London in June for the MLB London Series. They were due to face their fierce rivals, the St Louis Cardinals in 2020 but the pandemic hit. Thankfully baseball returns to the London Stadium this summer and the rivalry finally makes its trip across The Pond!

- Players to watch

- Chicago sports

- St Louis hate

- Baseball in London

- NFL in London 

The guys cover it all! 

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 Celebrate our 4 year anniversary as we are joined by Howard Johnson and Doug Scheiding with great baseball and excellent barbecue talk and Leonard and Jeff reminiscence about the last year.

Howard Johnson aka HoJo as millions of baseball fans affectionately call him is back and helping us celebrate our anniversary.  We have a great time discussing baseball and barbecue with this outstanding player on two World Series winning teams, a three-time member of the 30-30 club, and a two-time All-Star. He must be very fond of us, because he agreed to join us on his birthday.  He agreed to join us, but not to sit still as he ran around the house and then quickly got into a car which whisked him away to a birthday celebration while still talking to us.  We got to sing him happy birthday, ask some baseball questions, and Doug gives him some barbecue tips.

Doug Scheiding first came onto the show almost two years ago and we said some of the following.  That he was a true renaissance man.  That he is the first rocket scientist we have had as a guest. That he is pitmaster of the award-winning competition barbecue team, Rogue Cookers, embedded correspondent on The BBQ Central Show, Traeger Pellet Grills representative, and Head Country brand ambassador. That he is also an avid Chicago Cubs fan and quite a knowledgeable baseball fan. We said it then and we will say it now that he is just one of the nicest guys, in barbecue or out, that you would ever want to meet.  We are so happy to celebrate our anniversary with Doug and listen as he gives our baseball champion, HoJo some winning barbecue tips.

Jeff has a baseball rant and Leonard and Jeff reminiscence about the last year.

We conclude the show with the beautiful song, "Baseball Always Brings You Home" from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

We recommend you go to Fifth & Cherry, https://fifthandcherry.com for wonderful cutting boards and http://www.baseballbbq.com for grill tools and clothing for barbecue and baseball fans and the Pandemic Baseball Book Club, https://www.pbbclub.com  to find many of the wonderful books we have featured as well as some additional swag.

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.

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This week, Baseball and BBQ talks to Wall Street Journal, National Baseball Writer and author of the new book, Swing Kings - Jared Diamond.  

This is the inside story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution. Told superbly by Jared Diamond.  

Swing Kings is on sale now and available in Hardcover, ebook and digital audio.

We also throw in some BBQ News !

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This episode Len and Jeff had the pleasure of interviewing former Phillie, Met, Cub and Brave catcher Todd Pratt who is now a minor league Manager in the Miami Marlin system. He talks about his catching career playing with Mike Piazza, Darren Daulton, Brian McCann and Mike Liberthal.  He also talks about the Jupiter Hammerheads the team he is managing now.

Then Jeff was a judge in a BBQ Sauce contest at his office and interview a few of the contestants.

Enjoy Episode #38

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Jamie Lynch (The Bro) and Bob Cooney take over the Fanatic at 5 to discuss last night's final Eagles preseason game and what they expect before tomorrow's 53 man roster release! Also, the Phillies pick back up tonight at Citizens Bank Park vs the Cubs!