To commemorate surpassing the 100-episode mark of All About Baseball, I wanted to actually do a podcast about how a Major League Baseball is made: the materials used, the manufacturing methods, and the standards that each baseball has to pass. Instead, I discovered something much more important to talk about — the people who work at the. MLB-owned Rawlings plant in Turriabla, Costa Rica, who produce more than 2,000,000 baseballs a year in virtual anonymity. That needs to change, along with the way that they are compensated for their labor.
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2 responses to “All About (the) Baseball”
Hey Byron interesting topic . As i mentioned in the past my wife sometimes listens with with me . Even she said at the end of this podcast “
That was very interesting “ and “ i thought the baseballs would of been made here” . So with Podcast 100 approaching whats your topic ? Im sure you have talked before but what got you so interested in the game ? . For me i guess it started with the fun of playing a game in the street or empty field with my friends of backyard, playing whiffle ball pretending to be Norm Cash even though i was right handed. Then playing in Royal Oak in a good city program with good coaches and umps. It was my coaches teaching fundamentals, Buck Rogers on my midget team Pantry Shoppe, Enoch Nelson, Jack Hornbeck on Lawson Sports in Dimaggio and “Turk” Bill Turkington from Oak Drive In then Adray League with Don Nick team
. So many coaches friends , Mom and Dad and good Umpires., they can make the game fun . Thanks for the podcast and in s way keeping my memories strong of back in the day … Merry Christmas Byron.
Mark: As always, thank you for listening, and thanks to Nancy as well. I think I have surpassed podcast 100, but I am planning on doing something along the line of myth vs. reality when it comes to recounting my past baseball experiences from ages 10-15, which, as I discovered, are very fuzzy and fragmented. I have gone through most of the reports of our games in the Tribune and … boy … I was off base on selected scores and how many games the teams that I played on won. My time line is much clearer from 16-19. This podcast will be after the first of the year. I have scheduled the next two podcasts and I have to do one for New Year’s as well. For once, I have a few in the bank. Looking forward to a productive 2026. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Funny … I have no recollection of ever facing you in the years that we played against each other.