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The HOVG Podcast: Shane Obedzinski

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Shane Obedzinski. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of…

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The HOVG Podcast: Dan Evans and Tucker LaBelle

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Dan Evans and Tucker LaBelle. Just yards from the iconic…

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The HOVG Podcast: Roman Weinberg (Part Two)

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Roman Weinberg. Finishing up just a stone’s throw from where…

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The HOVG Podcast: Matthew S. Robinson

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Matthew S. Robinson. The writer and director of “BlackBalled: The…

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The HOVG Podcast: Roman Weinberg (Part One)

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Roman Weinberg. Just in time to celebrate the 30th anniversary…

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Wade Boggs Continues to Debunk Online Auctions

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If you look hard enough, you can find just about anything on eBay. And if you’re a collector that needs…

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The HOVG Podcast: Tim Carroll

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Tim Carroll. The “guy that cuts baseball cards” talks to…

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The HOVG Podcast: Tom Tsuchiya

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Tom Tsuchiya. Hoping to bring some culture to the podcast,…

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HOVG Minisode: The Pine Tar Incident

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In 1955, team owners were in a bind…they were losing too much money on baseballs that were stained and smudged…

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The HOVG Podcast: Ted Giannoulas

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by their old friend, Ted Giannoulas. The man behind the beak…

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The HOVG Podcast: Ozzie Guillen Jr.

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Ozzie Guillen Jr. From the marketing of its young stars…

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HOVG Minisode: Disco Demolition Night

On July 12, 1979, close to 50,000 baseball (and music) fans crowded Comiskey Park to show their hatred of disco…

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The HOVG Podcast: Greg Pryor

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen remember Disco Demolition Night alongside Greg Pryor. The only player in baseball to…

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The HOVG Podcast: Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Patrick Bertoletti. “Deep Dish” talks to the boys about his…

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Jose Canseco Joins The Lonely Island on Stage

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Last month, The Lonely Island surprised everyone when they channeled Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire and dropped “The Unauthorized Bash…

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Charlie Day to Play The San Diego Chicken?

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On June 29, 1979, Ted Giannoulas went from local radio station employee in a chicken suit to global superstar when…

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The HOVG Podcast: Bob Kendrick

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick. Bob…

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The HOVG Podcast: Bob Kendrick

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by the always delightful Bob Kendrick. The most recent member of…

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The HOVG Podcast: Andy Brown

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Andy Brown. The British artist and painter (and Trivial Pursuit…

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The HOVG Podcast: Mo Marable

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Mo Marable. The Emmy-nominated director and producer talks to the…

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The HOVG Podcast: Phil Hecken and Todd Radom

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Phil Hecken and Todd Radom. The longtime friends and uniform…

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Madison Murphy: “My Dad is a Super Hero”

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Everyone has already said it, so allow me to be the next…this year, it’s likely that Dale Murphy will become…

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The HOVG Podcast: Peter Kerasotis

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Peter Kerasotis. The author of Alou: My Baseball Journey talks…

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WWE Superstar Braun Strowman Visits Brewers

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WWE was making its way through the Midwest over the weekend, so it made perfect sense that Wisconsin-native Braun Strowman…

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The HOVG Podcast: Dwier Brown

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen talk to actor and author Dwier Brown. On the docket…the “Field of Dreams”…

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The HOVG Podcast: Timothy Busfield

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Timothy Busfield. The famed actor/director talks to the boys about…

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The HOVG Podcast: Lauren Meyer

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Lauren Meyer. The Emmy-nominated director talks to the boys about…

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The HOVG Podcast: Jonathan Knight

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This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Jonathan Knight. The author of The Making of Major League…

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The HOVG Podcast: Jack Labosky 

  This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Jack Labosky. The Tampa Bay Rays minor league reliever…

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