198 - Johnny Mize: Born to Hit w/ Jerry Grillo

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Jerry Grillo, author of "Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize," (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2024) joins us this week for a wide-ranging, fast-paced interview about this legendary Cardinal, Giant and Yankee first baseman. Grillo was an energetic guest and Mize's amazing life provides plenty of material to talk baseball. Grillo's book, by the way, is fantastic -- click the bookshop.org link below to order.
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Johnny Mize on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BigCatMize
Episodes Mentioned:
45A - Shavermetrics w/ Scott Russell and Bill "Spaceman" Lee (Radio Edit)
106 - Baseball Rebels w/ Professor Peter Dreier
107 - Bert Shepard, Lou Brissie & Baseball During World War II
169 - John Glenn, Ted Williams and the Power of Friendship w/ Adam Lazarus
Errata/Omissions: Mickey Mantle popped out immediately prior to Johnny Mize's 3-run home run in the 1952 World Series, Game 5. The Brooklyn Dodgers traded Sam Nahem (Ep. 106) with 3 other players and cash to St. Louis in exchange for Hall of Famer Joe Medwick and pitcher Curt Davis in June 1940. Nahem and Mize were teammates in 1941 - Nahem was 5-2 with a 2.98 ERA in 26 appearances for the Cardinals that year.
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1. Introduction and the Astros in Mexico (00:00:00)

2. Introducing Jerry Grillo and Johnny Mize (00:02:17)

3. Johnny Mize at Piedmont, the minors and the Caribbean (00:09:59)

4. Johnny Mize in St. Louis (00:19:04)

5. Mize and the war years: adjusting to the Polo Grounds (00:25:52)

6. The championship years: Mize in Yankee pinstripes (00:37:13)

7. Mize and the Baseball Hall of Fame (00:48:04)

8. Col. Bruce Hampton and closing comments (00:59:14)