Episode 303 - Juan Bad Day
This Week In Baseball History
English - August 25, 2023 01:46 - 1 hour - 113 MB - ★★★★ - 224 ratingsSports History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 164 (Rerun) - The Death of Ray Chapman
Next Episode: Episode 304 - Ya Gotta Believe!
The Joker thinks all it takes to turn a good man bad is one bad day. And, in the eyes of many baseball fans, that's what happened to Juan Marichal 58 years ago this week when he attacked Dodgers catcher Johnny Roseboro with his bat. But this incident was so much more complicated than a hotheaded ballplayer losing control, and Marichal's exceptional career cannot fairly be boiled down to his worst day. Mike and Bill detail the life of The Dominican Dandy to explain why.
Plus, happy birthday to Julio Franco and Kal Daniels!