66 episodes
Lost Ballparks Mike Koser
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4.9 • 389 Ratings
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"Lost Ballparks", with Mike Koser, is a podcast that takes you on a journey to the golden age of baseball's lost ballparks as told by the players, broadcasters, batboys, clubhouse managers, groundskeepers, umpires and fans who provide firsthand accounts of what it was like to spend a summer afternoon at Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds, Forbes Field, Yankee Stadium, Comiskey Park, Crosley Field and many more.
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Jon Miller Returns
Jon Miller, the longtime voice of the San Francisco Giants makes his return visit to Lost Ballparks. His first appearance on the podcast quickly became the most downloaded episode in LB podcast history. He is gracious enough to join us one more time for the series finale sharing his first hand experiences of broadcasting at some of baseball's iconic lost ballparks.
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Mike McDermott (Former Dodgers BP Pitcher)
Mike McDermott began his career at Dodger Stadium as the visiting team batboy in the mid 1960's. He later transitioned to batting practice pitcher for the Dodgers; a position he held for 30 years! He joins me on this episode to talk about a Hall of Famer whose kindness he'll never forget, the time at Candlestick where he caused the game to be stopped and memories of many old, lost ballparks, including a particular goose bump inducing moment at Yankee Stadium.
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Ted Simmons (HOF 2020)
Hall of Famer Ted Simmons joins me on this episode to talk about the first big league game his Dad took him to at Briggs Stadium (later named Tiger Stadium), coming back to play there as a major leaguer, catching Bob Gibson's only no-hitter at Three Rivers Stadium and the day he hitched a ride with a rock-n-roll legend.
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Warren Brown (Reds Clubhouse/Batboy 1970's)
Warren Brown's first job was working in the Red's clubhouse at Crosley Field. When the Reds moved into Riverfront Stadium in the middle of the 1970 season, he became one of their batboys. "Brownie" has great stories and wonderful memories to share of both ballparks, Sparky Anderson and the Big Red Machine.
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Rick Dempsey (Orioles HOF)
Rick Dempsey, a member of the Orioles HOF, joins me on this episode to talk about some of the great Lost American League ballparks of the 70's and 80's, his little league manager who turned out to be ______!!! the stadium where he nearly lost his life, and of course the '83 World Series (he was MVP) and the goose bump inducing '88 World Series! This is one of my all-time favorite interviews. Hope you enjoy it!
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Steve Garvey (Padres HOF)
On this Extra Innings episode, Steve Garvey talks about the day he became a Brooklyn Dodger batboy in 1956, the first MLB game he attended as a teenager at Tiger Stadium and his walk off home run to win game 4 of the '84 NLCS that made him a San Diego legend!
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast
I already had loved the social media presence of Lost Ballparks, but this podcast is just as good.
The Podcast I’ve been yearning for!
I listen to a lot of baseball podcasts, but never knew about this one when it came up in my recommendations this morning. I’ve been listening all day long! Masterful interviews with so many of the players and characters I remember from my youth or hearing about from my Grandpa. If you love baseball and baseball history, listening to this podcast will be time well spent!
Really?
I used to get all goose bumpily and excited over baseball as a kid like you do. Then one day something happened that changed my life forever…I GREW UP! I advise you do the same.