Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Double-A baseball team on a year-long do-over. Jonathan McNicol tells the story of the Hartford Yard Goats' second season -- their first season in a new city, their first season in a new ballpark, and their first season playing home games.
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26 min
Episode 8: The Parks
Note: This episode contains strong language. There are 203 ballparks currently being used by affiliated, professional baseball teams in the United States: 30 in the Major Leagues,…
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22 min
Episode 7: The Manager
Yard Goats manager Jerry Weinstein is a man of many little self-contradictory terms. Words like "simplexity." Or this one he has for a pitch that could be a strike or a ball: a...…
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25 min
Episode 6: The Umpires
Since I first started following Minor League Baseball, there's been this ongoing tension that I've felt at all the games. On the one hand, you're pretty much surrounded by people w…
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28 min
Episode 5: The Mascots
The Yard Goats' mascots were first unveiled to the world in October, 2015 , as the last part of a string of branding reveals that included merchandise, logos, logotypes, and unifor…
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20 min
Episode 4: The Prospects
I think the reality is that on Hartford’s whole 25-man roster, there are probably maybe two, maybe three guys who will go on to have Major League careers of any length. Could be a…
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20 min
Episode 3: The Team
This is episode three, and it's the first we're really talking about the actual team, the actual baseball, the actual wins and losses. And I'll say this right at the beginning here…
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21 min
Episode 2: The Field(s)
I want to get this spoiler out of the way right at the top here: Hartford has baseball , the Yard Goats have a ballpark, and the ballpark — after a 372-day delay — has a fully-func…
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26 min
Episode 1: The First First Season (And A Few Years Leading Up To It)
Note: This episode contains strong language. The plan is to tell the story of the Yard Goats' second season -- their first season in a new city, their first season in a new ballpar…