Sean and Eds Do Baseball

Sean throws a curveball for our 150th episode! Charlie Dexter started his career in the 1890’s as a can’t miss prospect but in the end he’d be better known for two days off the field than his play on it. Dexter was hailed a hero and then a short time later made headlines for a shocking crime.

In a re-run from June 2023 Eds returns to the bump with a story of a man whose biographer described him as "the least athletic person apart from Eddie Gaedel to play in the major leagues." Charlie grew up seemingly destined to work the land under the watchful eyes of his younger brothers back home in Kansas, but a trip to the county fair would change not only Charlie's life, ...