Baseball, Barbecue, and Music with Sterling Ball and International Baseball with Shane Boettcher
Sterling Ball is a true renaissance man. He can speak eloquently about the music world, where he is a perfectly played note as a legendary and award-winning bass designer and musician who has performed with many music industry greats. Saucy, spicy, and exceptional barbecue talk is also something Sterling offers as a world-champion pitmaster with over 30 years of cooking experience and the founder of Big Poppa Smokers, an industry leader for high-quality grills, smokers, rubs, sauces, fuels, and accessories. Doing those two things exceedingly well might be enough, but Sterling is a baseball lover too, and that love along with his passion and ability to discuss the sport make him a “five-tool guest.” Add Doug Scheiding to this conversation and this becomes not to be missed listening.
Shane Boettcher demonstrated his baseball passion the moment he joined us from Israel, where it was 2:30 am and Shane was eager to talk. In high school, Shane threw a nearly untouchable split-finger fastball which was clocked at 87 mph. Shane may have had a chance at playing Major League Baseball, but in 1999 while working in a furniture store and loading a mattress into a truck, a helium tank was knocked over and crushed multiple bones in his foot. Playing Major Leagues Baseball was no longer an option, so Shane began his coaching career in 2015 and continues to this day coaching youth baseball in Israel and the United States. Shane gives his perspective on the international game’s future in Israel and what happens once those young players come to the United States.
We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home by the musician, Dave Dresser, and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.
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