Tater Tots
89 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA tater tot is a player who hits exactly one home run in a given season, no more and no fewer. Here we endeavor to discuss those players and their impacts on the 2019 MLB season and beyond.
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Episode #86: Talkin' Baseball II
March 12, 2021 13:34 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBWe are back to yak! Yak about baseball that is. This week, we discuss Duncan's bootleg W.P. Kinsella work, a dead umpire, Wandavision, the unlimited potential of MLB The Show 21, and the continuing saga of the SSG Landers, fka SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball Organization. DONATE to Baseball For All FOLLOW us on Twitter LIKE us on Facebook EMAIL us Our theme music is "The Littlest League Possible" by Guided By Voices and our artwork is by Shelby Criswell
Episode #85 - Talkin' Baseball
March 04, 2021 22:11 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBWe're talkin' baseball: Willie, Mickey, and the Duke. Actually we talk about none of those players, but we do talk about Robert Pattinson's career for a surprisingly long time. Links Jon Morosi's tweet about Albert Pujols and the All-Star Game, Grant Brisbee’s breakdown of how all the teams got their names Donate to Baseball For All Our theme music is Littlest League Possible by Guided By Voices. Our artwork is by Shelby Criswell Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com...
Episode #84 - Bill Veeck
February 23, 2021 23:21 - 1 hour - 122 MBFor the first time in Tater Tots history, a baseball figure who has hit exactly zero home runs graces our airwaves. It is baseball's own greatest showman, Bill Veeck, who we discussed last week for his unfortunate flop with Disco Demolition Night. Never fear! In this episode we discuss Bill Veeck's greatest triumphs, including the signing of Eddie Gaedel, Grandstand Manager Day, and his advocacy on behalf of Curt Flood which brought us modern free agency. These are just a few examples of the...
Episode #83 - Disco Demolition Night
February 17, 2021 23:02 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB"Burn, Baby Burn." The now infamous words uttered by 24-year-old shock jock Steve Dahl upon witnessing his famous disco inferno in 1979 live in infamy, marking the night when everyone got really mad about disco for some reason. Donate to Baseball For All Our theme music is Littlest League Possible by Guided By Voices. Our artwork is by Shelby Criswell Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/tatertotspod Twitter: twitter.com/tatertotspod
Episode #82 - Yordan Alvarez
December 16, 2020 23:15 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBHello, fishing fanatics! Today on the podcast we are talking all about the things you might need to hook that next champion bass for your Tinder profile -- nah, just yankin' yer chain, we're back again just like usual talking Tater Tots. It's a very special episode this week, since there's absolutely no way Yordan Alvarez would've made our list in a non-COVID year. Still, he fell to us and we're grateful for it. As a bonus, we also watched Yordan's first home run as a big leaguer, which is ...
Episode #81 - Austin Barnes
December 09, 2020 00:20 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBIf you don't have a local library card, you're just robbing yourself of a tremendous community resource. Even if your library isn't open, I strongly encourage you to check out their broad selection of ebooks and audiobooks. They will make you regret ever trying to read a physical book made of paper! Listen, this is just a public service announcement. I don't really have much to say about baseball. On today's episode of Table Cloth, we discuss Dodgers uh catcher Austin Barnes. Links: Barne...
Episode #80 - Eric Sogard
December 01, 2020 21:03 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBWhat's your favorite kind of taco? No particular reason, just wondering. Mine is al pastor. This week! We discuss the KBO champion NC Dinos and their humongous sword, which is thematically appropriate given that we are honoring nerd power with a podcast dedicated to the one and only Eric Sogard. That's right! The Arizona State alumnus and utility infielder extraordinaire. It was a real trip to discover I'd been Mandela'd regarding Eric's run at Face of the MLB in 2014, but I maintain he is...
Episode #79 - Willians Astudillo
November 24, 2020 16:49 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBI have tremendous news: my beloved NC Dinos won the Korean Series this morning. This development comes with several important benefits: A sense of pride and exhalation that they have done it, A fitting reward for an excellent season turned in by Koo Chang-Mo, Park Min-Woo, Sung Bum-Na, Yang Eui-Ji, Park Suk-Min, and all of the strong and talented boys comprising the Dinos team, An end to 4:30am alarms, A happy November 24th, A line of new NC Dinos championship merchandise, A gargantua...
Episode #78 - Manuel Margot
November 18, 2020 14:30 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBAll right, smart guy, I'd like to see you name some colors. And don't even start with me on that 'indigo' crap! Fool me twice... This week we're talking about Rays' outfielder and defensive savant Manuel Margot. Margot is Exhibit A for how the shortened season really screwed up our concept since his tater tot comes at the toll of 75% of his average plate appearances. With this in mind, we'll discuss his explosive postseason performance, and wonder what would've become of that hot streak o...
Episode #77 - Vida Blue
October 28, 2020 21:41 - 1 hour - 109 MBCome take a mystical voyage with us back to Monday night. To a time when the result of the World Series was still up in the air and no MLB players had tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the middle of the game and then game back onto the field at the end and took their mask off and kissed their wife on the face and breathed all over cancer survivor Dave Roberts. A simpler time :) We engage in our usual Monday night tradition of discussing the life and career of Vida Blue at some le...
Episode #76 - Catfish Hunter
October 14, 2020 13:40 - 1 hour - 111 MBToday, the topic of our podcast is the humble catfish. Did you know you can find subspecies of this feisty feline can be found in freshwater environments all over the world? What's more, those subspecies can range in size from 40 centimeters long (the South American Candiru, or toothpick fish) to over 3 meters long (the Mekong giant catfish, native to southeast Asia, which can also grow to be up to 350 kg!) Coincidentally, there also happened to be a pitcher for the Oakland A's named Catfis...
Episode #75 - Orlando Cepeda
September 29, 2020 21:50 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBCan you believe this year is the 46th anniversary of Orlando Cepeda's final season in the major leagues? Personally, it is impossible for me to believe or accept that. Regardless, on this episode, we discuss what it sounds like to rewind, the lack of commemorative plaques where old baseball stadiums used to be, and how Catfish Hunter got his nickname. Links: What are you gonna' do? Stab me? This cool Malayan Green Whip Snake! People Discussed Pedro Cepeda Orlando Cepeda Roberto Cleme...
Episode #74 - Reggie Jackson
September 17, 2020 12:24 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBIn commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of Reggie Jackson's Tater Tot season, we humbly present you with a podcast. As we feel around for a new format, we stumble upon the talking points of champagne celebrations in the time of COVID, Reggie Jackson's online marketplace for vintage auto parts, and whether or not pitchers should be proud of giving up certain home runs. *** Players discussed on this week's episode: Reggie Jackson Carl Yastrzemski Jim Lonborg Rod Carew Orlando Cepeda M...
Episode #73 - Sandy Koufax
September 02, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBSorry this episode is late, we were busy designing a locomotive. Our train is able run without tracks, helping it to navigate traffic. However, it does not work in the rain and has already been invented. We discuss the MLB trade deadline, but, having recorded on Sunday, we missed most of the action, and there were a ton of blockbuster deals! Today’s Tot is Sandy Koufax, and we narrow in on his 1963 season. Links: Sound from The ASMR Podcast #123 | Intense Mouth Sounds 👄 Ear Eating 👂🏻 Sca...
Episode #72 - Vern Law
August 13, 2020 23:32 - 1 hour - 111 MBHere's your precious podcast. We're talking about every baseball news under the sun as punishment for not doing any of our chores this week, including the Oakland A's' Nazi batting coach and the Miami Marlins' Olympic medalist second baseman. plus some fast facts about Meridian, Idaho. For your reference, here is a photograph of King Tut. Donate to Baseball For All Tweet us Facebook like us Twitch with us Email us
Episode #71 - Don Kessinger
July 28, 2020 15:57 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBIt's back to basics week here on Tater Tots as we return with an episode on a player who hit just one home run in a season. However, we've got a special treat for you, because Don Kessinger was a Tater Tot not once, not twice, not five times, not six times. Seven times? No! Eight times a tot! That's right, we're bringing the life and career of the co-king of Tater Tots under our unrelenting microscope to try to suss out why and how he remained such a mainstay in in the 1970s. If you are wor...
Episode #70 - The Arm
July 17, 2020 12:32 - 1 hour - 106 MBWellity, wellity, wellity - against our strong urging, it looks like baseball is back, back, back again! Starting July 23rd, the Boys of Summer will be breaking the COVID bubble to play ball, which means it'll shortly be curtains for your own beloved Book Boys. Before we return to our regularly scheduled programming, we've got a top-tier discussion of Jeff Passan's 2016 exposé The Arm, which explores the problems of elbow injuries that have been vexing MLB these past few decades. Elsewhere ...
Episode #69 - I Never Had It Made
July 01, 2020 16:57 - 1 hour - 105 MBHappy 100th birthday to the Negro Leagues. We’re celebrating this week by discussing Jackie Robinson’s autobiography I Never Had It Made, as told to Alfred Duckett. We also commit to an unannounced discussion of The Jackie Robinson Story, the 1950 biopic starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film features a short baseball player known only as “Shorty”, as well as disconcerting amounts of racism, and some strikingly composed shots. This week also marks the formal introduction of our new ...
Episode #68 - Summerland
June 17, 2020 21:26 - 1 hour - 114 MBHellooooo, m'precious blueberries! Welcome back to the wonderful world of book club. I hope this podcast finds you safe and well. This week, with the absence of very much good news on the slam-dunking front, we've decided to put the "Add Some Inches to Your Vertical" segment of the podcast on the backburner (cue a very sad rendition of "Jump (For My Love)") in favor of a new segment, starting next episode: "Add Some Calculus to Your Brain" (title pending). Will we learn anything? Maybe. Th...
Episode #67 - The Resisters
June 03, 2020 22:25 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBTAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING PROTESTS Who could have guessed a book called the "The Resisters" would feel so timely? Our next book will be Summerland by Michael Chabon. Our theme music is Littlest League Possible by Guided By Voices. Our artwork is by Shelby Criswell Twitch (Live on Thursdays at 7pm EST / 4pm PST): twitch.tv/tatertotspod Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/tatertotspod Twitter: twitter.com/tatertotspod
Episode #66 - Tater Tots of the KBO
May 23, 2020 14:28 - 1 hour - 109 MB좋은 날 to all our listeners! The book boys have shed our outer, bookish layer to re-emerge in our ardor for baseball players at the margin of the home run column. This time, we're catching up with the Tater Tots formerly of Major League Baseball who are now plying their trade in the Korean Baseball Organization. That's right, some of your old favorites have returned! Dixon Machado! Aaron Altherr! Taylor Motter! Not to mention some new friends who we're learning about for the first time like Ja...
Episode #65 - The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
May 12, 2020 15:25 - 1 hour - 133 MBIn 2016, Evan Ungar from Canada set the highest vertical jump Guinness World Record at 63.5 inches. Will Tim surpass that milestone? If this week's results are any indicator, I would say yes, definitely. He need only add 35 and a quarter inches, which, to me, is child's play. If I wanted to set the vertical jump record I could also do it, but I have more pressing concerns to attend to. For example, watching Claire Saffitz make gourmet Tater Tots. I was also busy reading Robert Coover's 1968 ...
Episode #64 - The Cactus League Innings 7-9
April 29, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 113 MBThis is your captain speaking: please put your tray tables up and return your seatbacks to their upright positions, we're approaching our descent into the last three chapters of Emily Nemens' novel, The Cactus League. If you'll look out of the right side of the plane, you'll see an update on Tim's progress in jumping a basketball, and on the left side, a discussion of the future of esports as well as the state of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. The flight attendants are coming ...
Episode #63 - The Cactus League Innings 4-6
April 14, 2020 21:43 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBPersonally, I haven't listened to a podcast in a month. I usually crack open the podcatcher and throw back my earbuds on my commute or during a walk around the neighborhood, but to listen to a podcast at home? Well, it requires a certain level of intention I'm not used to. That's to say that if you're even reading this, you've come to Tater Tots purposefully—and for that, let me offer you a nice smile : ) Thanks for being a devotee, you shiny diamond! We're back at the book club this week, ...
Episode #62 - The Cactus League by Emily Nemens, ch. 1-3
April 02, 2020 12:39 - 1 hour - 105 MBListeners, take a deep breath of fresh air because finally, we have emerged from the bewildering fog of April Fools' Day. Finally, Truth has returned to its throne, like Persephone emerging from the clutches of Hades for another Spring and finally, the long-awaited promise of Tater Tots Book Club is fulfilled to you, our beloved ones. This week the topic for discussion on TTBC is the first three chapters of The Cactus League by Emily Nemens. We talk about Joe DiMaggio, the realities of aging...
Episode #62 - Tater Tots
April 01, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBOn this traditional, normal, and regularly scheduled episode of Tater Tots, we consider the Tater Tot™: the deep fried, shredded potato product that took Ore-Ida from a rinky dink frozen corn joint to a series of letters on vaunted to New York Stock Exchange. We also take the time to appreciate the fine work of the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen, and the strange tradition of the tater tot casserole. Links: Jeff Daniels' dinger, History of the Tater Tot, Anonymous South Carolina man leaves $1...
A Tater Announcement
March 23, 2020 22:29 - 2 minutes - 2.97 MBThis is just a quick announcement in lieu of a full episode this month. Catch us on Twitch at twitch.tv/tatertotspod tomorrow, March 23rd at 6pm EST/3pm PST. Next week, we'll be starting the Tater Tots Book Club with the first three innings of Emily Nemens' The Cactus League. Stay safe! DONATE to Baseball for All FOLLOW us on Twitter LIKE us on Facebook E-MAIL us sometime! Our theme song is "The Littlest League Possible" by Guided By Voices, artwork by Shelby Criswell
Episode #61 - Ben Zobrist
March 18, 2020 12:52 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBWell, what else is there to do in quarantine but spend an hour with the tater boys? This week, we're covering Ben Zobrist's unlikely rise from a corn-fed Bible belter to an unlikely star in the constellation of baseball in the 21st century. We also discuss Tim's inability to develop a weightlifting routine, how the pandemic will affect our podcast, and devise a plan to start a book club. Don't forget to wash your hands!! DONATE to Baseball for All FOLLOW us on Twitter LIKE us on Facebook ...
Episode #60 - Steven Brault
March 14, 2020 14:45 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBI finally figured out why my sound has been so weird the past few weeks! Please tune in next week to hear my sound go back to normal. I’m excited. This weeks, Tim regales us with Stories From The Gym® and we discuss what exactly makes a baseball player interesting to us. Obviously this week’s episode was recorded before baseball was cancelled. We’ll have our takes on that next week, but spoilers: we are sad. Today’s Tater Tot: Steven Brault. Links: Brault’s dinger (September 1st, 2019), D...
Episode #59 - Rajai Davis and Aaron Altherr
March 08, 2020 15:57 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBAre you you? Are you us? Are you Rajai Davis? Are you Aaron Altherr? These are the questions we can afford to ponder now that spring training is in full effect, and most of our tater babies have found jobs. This week the format is wide open and we take full advantage to talk about big apples, pumpkins, the very nature of identity, and about Tim's jumping progress. Please send encouragement in the form of weightlifting tips - he could use all the help he could get. We break down Rajai Davis' ...
Episode #58 - Steve Pearce
February 28, 2020 21:21 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBThis week, we debut our world-shaking new segment “add a few inches to your vertical.” Please do not stop clicking next until we tell you to. Thanks. Today’s Tater Tot: Steve Pearce Links: Pearce’s dinger, Pearce’s ultimate grand slam, Putting Pearce’s age-31 season in context, Foolish Baseball’s Jef Mathis video, Chart Party: We decided to erase the three-pointer, Donate to Baseball For All Our theme music is Littlest League Possible by Guided By Voices. Our artwork is by Shelby C...
Episode #57 - Matt Kemp
February 21, 2020 19:24 - 1 hour - 108 MBCome on and slam! And welcome to the yams!* The slam dunk contest has come and gone, which can mean only one thing: spring training is right around the corner. Tim pledges to train to slam dunk a basketball by 2021, an endeavor in which he is certain to be successful. Other than that, we have an action-packed episode of Tater Tots for you this week! The Mets go out of their way to belittle the labor of their minor leaguers, Mookie Betts is at long last a Dodger, Rob Manfred, desperate for an...
Episode #56 - Greg Bird
February 12, 2020 23:04 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWhen you Google “bird puns” the first thing that comes up is a meme of a toucan that says “toucan play at that game.” One thing that “toucan” play at is hosting an episode of Tater Tots. The two people in question are me and Tim and the episode of Tater Tots is dedicated to erstwhile Yankees first base-person Greg Bird. You see, his name is bird. On this episode of the podcast we discuss the Mookie Betts trade that did then didn’t then did then didn’t go through. (After we ended the recordi...
Episode #55 - Anthony Alford
February 07, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 111 MB*Monday Night Football voice* Are you ready for a podcast! Since we recorded this episode on the morning of the S*p*r B*wl, we decided to convert to a football podcast. Fortunately, the scheduled Tater Tot of the week, the Toronto Blue Jays' young centerfielder Anthony Alford, has a football background so the transition was easy for us. You'll get predictions for the Big Game, which have since been proven largely incorrect. (Tim picked the Chiefs, but his prediction of a Scorigami sadly miss...
Episode #54 - Jared Walsh, Brendan McKay, Michael Lorenzen
January 28, 2020 22:23 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBWhether you call it Spit-take Season or Sad Season, there’s no question you are reading the episode description for season 2 episode 11 of Tater Tots. On this one, we discuss further fallout from the Astros cheating—the LA City Council’s attempt to retroactively change the results of the world series, and the Met’s replacement for the erstwhile manger Carlos Beltran. We also go deep on some two-way players. We consider three separate tater tots, all with the potential to make a big impact a...
Episode #53 - Abraham Almonte
January 24, 2020 13:39 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBA belated happy Old Rock Day to all of our listeners! I got a haircut shortly before recording this episode and it still needs to grow in a little bit so if the energy feels a little off, just know that that's why. This week, the Astros' cheating scandal grew to such a size that it swallowed up the Mets, too. Extended family members of baseball's inner circle got involved, too - some for better, but mostly for worse. Plus our Tot of the Week is Abraham Almonte, who struggled against alcoholi...
Episode #52 - Troy Tulowitzki
January 15, 2020 19:27 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBTim told me to “get out of town,” but I didn’t realize he meant it as in “wow.” Long story short, I spent the last 3 weeks in a tent on the lawn out front of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Paxton, Nebraska. Needless to say, I had limited access to the microphones and other equipment that allows me to put out the podcast on a weekly basis so that explains the hiatus. This week we discuss the details of the Boston Red Sox video room cheating scandal, Scott Boras’ colorful description ...
Episode #51 - Nicky Delmonico
December 27, 2019 01:01 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBThis week on Tater Tots, we're breaking down the sun, its powerful rays, and their strange effect on Madison Bumgarner. We wonder about how to stop the rise of the machines, the White Sox's chances in 2020 with the signing of Dallas Keuchel and about whether Scott Boras is a billionaire yet. We discover that there is still a baseball team in Miami and that there is still life in Erik Kratz's baseball-playing lungs. Our Tot of the Week is the White Sox's own Nicky Delmonico, who overcame an ...
Episode #50 - Tim Locastro
December 16, 2019 20:22 - 1 hour - 103 MB"Fair is foul and foul is fair”—The witches from Macbeth, who were the first MLB play-by-play commentators The Winter of Our Discontent: the disheartening news that Madison Bumgarner is set to join the loathsome Diamondbacks in Phoenix is perhaps tempered slightly by the knowledge that he will play alongside this week’s Tater Tot Tim Locastro. Hopefully this episode finally answers the question “2B or not 2B.” The answer, as we see it, is “not 2B,” because a home run is much better :) Lin...
Episode #49 - Odubel Herrera
December 10, 2019 22:30 - 59 minutes - 82 MBThis episode contains discussion of domestic violence. As the MLB Winter Meetings kick off in sunny San Diego, Tater Tots podcast kicks off in Brooklyn New York, for a rare in-person recording. Unlike the Winter Meetings, there will be no trades made or big free agents signed during this episode. But, like the Winter Meetings, this podcast features a fair bit of inane conversation between white men, much of it about baseball. We consider the issue of bipartisanship—whether there’s hay to ...
Episode #48 - Tyler Heineman
December 05, 2019 15:03 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBScheduling dilemmas and technical difficulties marked our post-Thanksgiving swoon but the Tater Boys emerge as ever, unbowed and unbroken, to bring you another week of nonsense. This week, we fully embrace our transition to communism in the newly-minted Comrades of Baseball segment by discussing the intimation that Starling Marte might be traded, finally ringing the last death knell for the vaunted Pittsburgh Pirates teams of the mid-2010s, prejudging Derek Shelton based on handsomeness, as...
Episode #47 - Josh Harrison
November 27, 2019 22:06 - 1 hour - 102 MBSomeone's mother has four sons; three of them are named North, South, and West. What is the fourth son's name? ***DM ME WITH THE ANSWER IF YOU LOSE YOU HAVE TO SHARE THIS PODCAST*** This week on Tater Tots, the never-ending power struggle between the Royal House of the Kings of Baseball and The Commissioner's Office takes a dire turn as Rob Manfred threatens the very existence of 18% of all minor league baseball teams. Eventually, however, we concede the point. You win this round, Manfred.....
Episode #46 - Hyun-Jin Ryu
November 18, 2019 14:03 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBAs we often do on a weekly basis, we’re releasing a new episode of Tater Tots today. The subject of this week’s episode? Free agent lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu. On this one, we dive deep into the misfortune emanating from within and around the game of baseball, reflecting on the Giants’ hiring of Gabe Kapler, the Astros cheating scandal, and Erik Gonzalez’s continuing miserable fortunes. To dig us out of the smelly trenches, we consider the alluring ambitions of the US olympic baseball squadron, mo...
Episode #45 - Erik Gonzalez, Alex Blandino, Nick Martini, John Lester
November 12, 2019 19:52 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MBTwice is nice this week on Tater Tots! We're visiting with the members of the Tater Tots Class of 2018 who found their way back on our list in this season. But first, we discuss the vices and virtues of Davey Martinez's confrontation with the umpires in the World Series and turn the Tot Stove down to a light simmer. The tots: Erik Gonzalez Alex Blandino Nick Martini Jon Lester DONATE to Baseball For All FOLLOW us on Twitter LIKE us on Facebook E-MAIL US Our theme music is "The Lit...
Episode #44 - Stephen Strasburg
November 04, 2019 17:10 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBWe’re back. We’re sorry we were away for so long. We missed you. We are here now and that’s the most we can give! Hopefully you enjoyed the postseason action. Sorry again. As the real-life seasons change, our podcast season also changes. How ironic. On the season 2 premiere of Tater Tots, we declare a team of the decade and least team of the decade. We also cook up some tasty updates on the newly ignited tot stove and reflect on a World Series that was by considering this week’s Tater Tot: ...
Episode #43 - Joe Sewell and Tim Raines
October 01, 2019 19:47 - 1 hour - 110 MBPlayoff baseball is here! If you are listening on Tuesday, the first Wild Card game is today. Who will be the winner? Will it be those weird Nats or perhaps that strange Brew Crew. If, as is likely, you are listening after the conclusion of the contest, please write me an email so I can know who won. There is content in this episode of Tater Tots, including a discussion of the Hollywood movie Whiplash. We discuss the 1920's supergroup The Red Onion Jazz Babies, and the South African Jazz le...
Episode #42 - Carl Mays and Tsuyoshi Shinjo
September 27, 2019 11:19 - 1 hour - 128 MB🎶They tried to make us do a podcast and we said ... sure, you got it! 🎶 Another week of Tater Tots has us wondering what kind of a jazz villain Paul Whiteman would make and whether Rhapsody In Blue counts as a cover. We also explore the early work of Amy Winehouse and take a deep dive on the history of helmets in Major League Baseball as our subjects this week are noted murderer Carl Mays and Japanese game show winner Tsuyoshi Shinjo. Please click on the following link to see a picture of Sh...
Episode #41 - Lou Gehrig and Ellis Burks
September 18, 2019 14:29 - 1 hour - 111 MBHello. Thank you for calling episode 41 of Tater Tots Podcast. Para español, oprima numero dos. To reach a customer service representative, press 1 now. Otherwise, stay on the line to hear the episode. *classical music* All our hosts are currently busy. Please stay on the line, and the episode will begin shortly. *classical music* While you wait, we’re pleased to provide you with a summary of this week’s episode. This week on Tater Tots, we discuss the evolution of jazz, considering th...
Episode #40 - Babe Pinelli and the Quick Tots of 2005
September 11, 2019 13:13 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBWow! It's another episode of Tater Tots! 2005 is old hat for your friendly neighborhood tater-boys (cf. episode 30) so we brought some Quick Tots this week! Just pop 'em in the toaster oven and enjoy! Elsewhere, we discuss the short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the music of Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, and expanded rosters in baseball. Finally, we settle in for a discussion of the long and varied career of Babe Pinelli, and wonder whether the perspective of the humble umpire has bee...
Episode #39 - Goose Goslin and Curtis Pride
September 04, 2019 15:40 - 1 hour - 100 MBSeptember is back again. It feels like every year we have one of these. We don’t have an episode every week though. After taking a week off, we promptly lost the recording of last week’s episode leaving our loyal listeners free for a merciful two weeks. We try to make it up to you with a beep beep beep recap of everything we discussed last week, INCLUDING the all-important snake fact. In this episode, we compare the King of Baseball segment to the devising of nuclear launch codes, consider...