True Tales from the Big Leagues

Parker and Marty are back for the the third and final round of players who had one great season and then disappeared.We chose the players independently and in different fashions.Parker chose a player that debuted near when Marty was born and Marty accidentally chose another player from the 1980 Indians.Sources:Baseball-Reference.com - Joe CharbonneauBaseball-Reference.com - Ken HarrelsonTrue Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.

Parker and Marty are back for the second round of players who had one great season and then disappeared.We chose the players independently and in different fashions. Interestingly enough, Parker chose a player from long before he was born and Marty chose a player from his childhood that he saw play in person many times.Sources:Baseball-Reference.com - Miguel DiloneBaseball-Reference.com - Jim FiniganTrue Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.

After a brief hiatus, Parker and Marty are back to talk about players who had one great season and then disappeared.We chose the players independently and today's pair debuted 63 years apart.Sources:Baseball-Reference.com - Bill JamesBaseball-Reference.com - Mark FidrychTrue Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.

Most baseball fans know that 11-time Gold Glover first baseman Keith Hernandez was a 42nd-round draft pick and Hall of Famer Mike Piazza was drafted in the 62nd round, but did you know there was an 83rd-round draft pick that made it to the Major Leagues?This is Danny Young's story.Resources:Danny Bracy Young on Baseball-Reference.comDanny Bracy Young on B-R BullpenTrue Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.

I had a childhood friend who pitched in the Major Leagues. He regaled me with stories of facing Don Mattingly, Wade Boggs, Mark McGwire and other superstars when we were in our early 20s.One day he called me from the road to tell me the story of his first Major League save opportunity.This is that story.Sources for this episode are Baseball-Reference.com (Mike Cook)The game in questionMy Shakey MemoryTrue Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.

Most baseball players spend thousands of hours practicing, playing and learning about baseball on their way to the to the Major Leagues, IF they’re even good enough and lucky enough to be one of the tiny fraction of players that make it to the Big Leagues.Some become stars and/or stick around for 10 or more years, living out their childhood fantasies.Some go up and down between AAA and the Big Leagues and of course, there's everything in between.Today, Parker and I talk about a pitcher whose dream came true on a rainy June evening at Citi Field in New York in 2010.Jim Leyland once said “15 minutes in the Majors means you’re a great baseball player”, when describing how hard it was to make it to the Big Leagues.That rainy day in New York,  Jay Sborz fell about 2 and a half minutes short of that 15-minute mark as he debuted for the Detroit Tigers and the dream he had worked for most of his life came true, fell apart and ended, all within 12 minutes and 30 seconds…Sources for this episode are Baseball-Reference.com (Jay Sborz)YouTube.com (Sborz enters the game around the 2:09:00 mark)“Where Nobody Knows Your Name”True Tales of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and Parker Coleman. Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.