Ken Davidoff has been covering Major League Baseball for 30 years. He served as a baseball columnist at the New York Post from 2012 through 2022. Prior to joining The Post, Ken wrote about baseball for Newsday and The Record. He has appeared on ESPN, the MLB Network, YES Network, CNN, and others. A former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Ken now works as an adjunct professor at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., teaching various journalism and writing courses. His latest project is the book, 101 Lessons From The Dugout: What Baseball And Softball Can Teach Us About The Game Of Life, which he co-wrote with Harley A. Rotbart, MD. It uses all things baseball to teach life lessons, 101 of them. Each lesson contains an individual feature of the game followed by a pearl of wisdom or two to inspire readers.

Kelly Kammann is an up and coming pitmaster who enjoys teaching others others how to barbecue and shares his love of barbecue with anyone lucky enough to find him and his YouTube channel. Barbecue mishaps are something most of us have experienced and learned from and Kelly shares his. He also gives us some recipes which sound delicious. Our conversation is filled with barbecue talk, but Kelly also has some fantastic baseball stories.

We recommend you go to Rogue Cookers website, https://roguecookers.com/ for award-winning rubs, Chef Ray Sheehan’s website, https://www.raysheehan.com/ for award-winning saucess, rubs, and cookbooks, Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ To team up against prostate cancer go to https://fansforthecure.org/ for Fans for the Cure, and to subscribe to Bill Chuck's newsletter, Billy-Ball go to https://billchuck.substack.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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Rene LeRoux is the founder and executive director of the New York State Halls of Fame for baseball, basketball, and hockey. As co-host of this show he is pulling double duty as he is also our guest. After a very successful New York State Basketball Hall of Fame Dinner, Rene takes us behind the scenes and explains all that was involved in making it happen as well as what is involved with all of the dinners. Rene has a knack for making these highly involved and very entertaining events look easy, but after this episode you may never feel that way again.

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Steve Somers nicknamed the Schmoozer, is a sports radio personality, best known for his work on the sports radio station WFAN. He has been with the station since its inception in 1987. Steve is originally from San Francisco, California, but his dream was to end up sportscasting in New York City. The story of how he finally got to New York with some stops along the way is entertaining and fascinating. All of these stories and more are found in the book he co-wrote with Dick Friedman titled, Me Here, You There: My Three Decades Overnight, Under The Covers, Schmoozing S-P-O-R-T-S As Captain Midnight for WFAN.

Vincent and Joyce Regino are the pitmasters behind Regi-Q BBQ. Since entering the competition scene in 2021, the husband-and-wife team has quickly made a name for themselves, launching their award-winning seasoning line in 2023 and earning many championships. Taken from their website, "The heart of what we do revolves around a deep passion for BBQ. Whether we are competing in BBQ battles or crafting the perfect blend of seasonings, our goal is always to bring people together through the love of great food." For more information go to https://regiqbbq.com

We recommend you go to Rogue Cookers website, https://roguecookers.com/ for award-winning rubs, Chef Ray Sheehan’s website, https://www.raysheehan.com/ for award-winning saucess, rubs, and cookbooks, Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.
If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

Call the show: (516) 855-8214
Email: baseballandbbq@gmail.com
Twitter: @baseballandbbq
Instagram: baseballandbarbecue
YouTube: baseball and bbq
Website: https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com
Facebook: baseball and bbq

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