Ep. 55.5: Best of Baseball

Episode notes

The 2020 MLB season is in question, but we’re happy to celebrate baseball on Go Fact Yourself!

There have been a lot of contestants who have chosen baseball as their areas of expertise; we’ve quizzed folks like comedy legend Fred Willard, voice actor Phil Lamarr and Maximum Fun founder Jesse Thorn — and more! We decided to put some of the best segments in one convenient episode.

Along the way, we’ve got a murderer’s row of outstanding experts including World Series play-by-play broadcasters, world-class historians and world champion players. Let’s play ball!

Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Phil LaMarr from Episode 2

Fred Willard from Episode 13

John Ross Bowie from Episode 14

Sandeep Parikh from Episode 26

Jesse Thorn from Episode 50

With Guest Experts:

Jon Weisman, author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die.

Dr. Joe Price, Co-Director for The Institute for Baseball Studies at Whittier College.

Bobby Ojeda, former baseball player and current podcaster.

Dan Shaughnessy, sports columnist for the Boston Globe.

Jon Miller, award-winning TV and radio play-by-play commentator for the San Francisco Giants.

Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun.

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun’s Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

The show is engineered and edited by Julian Burrell.

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