9 episodes

Best friends Josh Durham and Ashley Pace worked for a rookie league baseball team in Burlington, North Carolina in the summer of 1990. Josh had just graduated high school, and Ashley was a rising senior. They were some of the greatest jobs the two have ever had, but for the last thirty years they've been haunted by this question: Did Ashley, the team's batboy, cost one player his professional baseball career by getting food for him before a game?
In this podcast, the two best friends take a trip down memory lane with players and staff from that great Burlington team. And great is an understatement. Estimates show that only one minor-leaguer out of ten will make it to the majors. For the ballplayers arriving in Burlington that summer, that means three of them might make it. From the 1990 Burlington Indians, though, seven did. You'll definitely recognize some of them.

The Mysterious and Unbelievable Case of the Batboy and the Hot Dogs is full of all the things that you've always loved about the minor leagues. In the investigative style of all the great true-crime podcasts, but with all the hijinks of a movie like Bull Durham, it's also a way for Josh and Ashley to finally answer that decades-old question. Was it really the batboy, in the dugout corridor, with the hot dogs?

The Mysterious and Unbelievable Case of the Batboy and the Hot Dogs Josh Durham and Ashley Pace

    • Sports
    • 5.0 • 29 Ratings

Best friends Josh Durham and Ashley Pace worked for a rookie league baseball team in Burlington, North Carolina in the summer of 1990. Josh had just graduated high school, and Ashley was a rising senior. They were some of the greatest jobs the two have ever had, but for the last thirty years they've been haunted by this question: Did Ashley, the team's batboy, cost one player his professional baseball career by getting food for him before a game?
In this podcast, the two best friends take a trip down memory lane with players and staff from that great Burlington team. And great is an understatement. Estimates show that only one minor-leaguer out of ten will make it to the majors. For the ballplayers arriving in Burlington that summer, that means three of them might make it. From the 1990 Burlington Indians, though, seven did. You'll definitely recognize some of them.

The Mysterious and Unbelievable Case of the Batboy and the Hot Dogs is full of all the things that you've always loved about the minor leagues. In the investigative style of all the great true-crime podcasts, but with all the hijinks of a movie like Bull Durham, it's also a way for Josh and Ashley to finally answer that decades-old question. Was it really the batboy, in the dugout corridor, with the hot dogs?

    Episode 8: The Burlington Tarpons? It's Our First Bonus Episode!

    Episode 8: The Burlington Tarpons? It's Our First Bonus Episode!

    In our first bonus episode, we give listeners an important update about baseball in Burlington, along with all the silliness they've come to expect!

    • 28 min
    Episode 7: I'm Glad My Life's Path Took Me That Way

    Episode 7: I'm Glad My Life's Path Took Me That Way

    In Episode 7, we fill you in on what the years after 1990 had in store for so many of the players and staff we've talked about in our podcast. And we'll fill you in on a few more details about Frank Monastero.

    • 46 min
    Episode 6: The Nature of the Beast, and Frank Monastero Goes Home

    Episode 6: The Nature of the Beast, and Frank Monastero Goes Home

    In this episode, we hear whether Frank Monastero holds Ashley Pace responsible for how his professional baseball career finished up.

    • 23 min
    Episode 5: Hot Dogs, Fried Chicken, Bologna, and Our Conversation with Frank Monastero

    Episode 5: Hot Dogs, Fried Chicken, Bologna, and Our Conversation with Frank Monastero

    In Episode 5, we talk with Frank Monastero about the great hot dog incident of 1990.

    • 41 min
    Episode 4: Contraction, Congress, The Harlem Globetrotters, and the Future of Burlington Baseball

    Episode 4: Contraction, Congress, The Harlem Globetrotters, and the Future of Burlington Baseball

    It's a rough summer for Minor League Baseball, that's for sure. We talk contraction in this episode, COVID-19, and the future of Burlington baseball.

    • 32 min
    Episode 3: Road Trips and Roster Changes, Yet Another Brawl, and Ashley Pace, Witness for the Defense

    Episode 3: Road Trips and Roster Changes, Yet Another Brawl, and Ashley Pace, Witness for the Defense

    As the season progresses, hijinks abound. And Ashley Pace reveals, for the first time in thirty years, how we tried to exonerate Frank Monastero.

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
29 Ratings

29 Ratings

thedadhat216 ,

Great Podcast

As a fan of the Cleveland team, I enjoyed going back in history and hearing about those players drafted by the Indians. I love how you guys dedicated some time to what is still going on in the Minor Leagues. Thank you for that.

oldtimesremembered ,

More than sports

This podcast is about a baseball team, but it’s about a lot more two. It’s about older teenage boys spending a summer together in a southern small town. It’s very well put together with great music that combines to give it a “Stand By Me” vibe. Very enjoyable.

thatoneplace ,

Well done

I’ve never found sports entertaining, but this is quite enjoyable.

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