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Baseball and BBQ

Len & Jeff

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 334

Two guys just talking about our two favorite passions, Baseball and Barbecue

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08/06/2026
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14/02/2026
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Jack LeRoux Is a Chip Off the Old Block and Joins His Dad, Rene, Plus Jeff and Leonard To Discuss His Experiences With the New York State Halls of Fame

Episode 5

Thursday, February 12, 2026 • Duration 50:21

Jack LeRoux is a chip off the old block and joins his dad, Rene, plus Jeff and Leonard to discuss his experiences with the New York State Halls of Fame

Jack LeRoux is quite intimate with the three New York State Halls of Fame as he has watched them grow from a mere idea formulated by his dad, Renee LeRoux, into the three powerhouses they are today. Jack has many behind the scenes stories as well as his thoughts regarding the future for the three Halls of Fame, baseball, basketball, and hockey. It is a great opportunity to learn more about what goes into making the New York State Halls of Fame forces to be reckoned with.

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Former MLB Pitcher, Steve Trachsel and Chef Jason Morse With Help From Pitmaster, Doug Scheiding, Sling a Heaping Helping of Baseball and Barbecue Talk

Episode 323

Saturday, December 27, 2025 • Duration 02:05:37

Former Major League Baseball pitcher, Steve Trachsel and Chef Jason Morse with help from pitmaster, Doug Scheiding, sling a heaping helping of baseball and barbecue talk on episode 323

Steve Trachsel was a Major League pitcher for 16 years. Known primarily for his time with the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets, he also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Baltimore Orioles. He first joined us on episode 127 and then again on episode 143 during which he discussed a masterful gem he threw against the Boston Red Sox as he outdueled Pedro Martinez. In this appearance we discuss the game he pitched on August 26, 2005 as he returned to the rotation after an injury and beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0. The one run was supplied by David Wright's solo home run in the second inning. Steve is a huge fan of barbecue and we are joined by Pitmaster, Doug Scheiding as all of us talk baseball and barbecue.

Chef Jason Morse aka Chef J had his first experience grilling and smoking meats when he was a Boy Scout. His passion was further stoked during childhood visits to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where his grandfather served in the U.S. Army, exposing him to a culture that honors fire-smoked cuisine. As a teenager, Jason was frying up tortillas at a Mexican restaurant and honing his knife skills at a steakhouse in the suburbs of Minnesota. Jason then pursued a culinary degree at Johnson & Wales University. Chef J serves as Ace Hardware’s national chef spokesperson and BBQ expert. He also runs a culinary consulting business, 5280 Culinary. He has led Colorado Proud campaign initiatives to promote the quality of locally produced meats and agriculture. Chef J led a healthy cooking education program for nearly 70,000 Denver, Colorado kids. His service earned him an invite to help launch a White House initiative called the ‘Chefs Move to Schools‘ program, impacting millions of kids in their knowledge of nutritious cooking. He is also the proud founder of Chef J’s BBQ Provisions, a line of flavor-packed products that elevate his inventive BBQ recipes and can be found at Ace Hardware stores. For more information on Chef Jason Morse go to https://chefjasonmorse.com/

Patrick Montgomery, Author of Baseball's Great Expectations and Barbecue Hall of Famer, Ray Lampe AKA Dr. BBQ, Plus Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding

Episode 235

Saturday, April 20, 2024 • Duration 01:53:29

Patrick Montgomery, Author of Baseball's Great Expectations and Barbecue Hall of Famer, Ray Lampe AKA Dr. BBQ, Plus Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding

Patrick Montgomery is an award-winning writer. His latest book is Baseball's Great Expectations: Candid Stories of Ballplayers Who Didn't Live Up to the Hype. The book examines nine players who were once poised for greatness, but as the title clearly states, for whatever reason, their playing careers never reached the levels predicted. Revealed ls an often-overlooked side of professional baseball; the struggles with injury, mental exhaustion, pressure, temptations, and sometimes just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. We often read books which extol successes, but Patrick shows how difficult that success can be to achieve.

Ray Lampe AKA Dr. BBQ has been a lover of barbecue since entering his first rib contest in 1982. He quit the family trucking business after 25 years to become a full-time pit-master,but spent 15 years testing different barbequing styles and participating in cookout competitions before making barbecue his full-time career. Inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame in 2014, Ray is the author of numerous cookbooks, a judge on many televised cooking shows, a winner of numerous cooking competitions, and a restaurateur. He has witnessed and been a part of the surge in barbecue's enormous growth and popularity and shares these many stories. We are joined by guest co-host, Doug Scheiding.

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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Matt Abdoo from Pig Beach BBQ, Ray Negron from the New York Yankees, and John Fuhrman, Founder of Bubb'n Mutha's Makes This Another Huge Triple Play Episode

Episode 234

Saturday, April 13, 2024 • Duration 02:19:31

Matt Abdoo from Pig Beach BBQ, Ray Negron from the New York Yankees, and John Fuhrman, founder of Bubb'n Mutha's makes this another huge triple episode.

Matt Abdoo is the executive chef and partner of Pig Beach BBQ and he joins us to discuss the 4th annual Jeff Michner Foundation BBQ Benefit taking place at Pig Beach in Queens, New York on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Jeff Michner was Matt's brother-in-law and he passed away at the age of 36, leaving behind his wife Sara, and his 16-month-old daughter Hayes. A foundation was created in Jeff's honor to keep his memory alive. The organization embraces the things he loved best: family, friends, and great food. The Jeff Michner Foundation supports families managing loss and grief and provides scholarships to graduating high school students with a love for cooking and golf, two of Jeff’s biggest passions in life. The Jeff Michner BBQ Benefit celebrates Jeff with an epic barbecue featuring some of the countries greatest pitmasters. Go to https://www.pigbeachnyc.com/events/ for more information.

Ray Negron is an executive in the New York Yankees organization. His position with the Yankees is impressive, but the story of how he achieved all of his success is incredible. It is a story based on someone taking a chance on Ray when he was behaving badly and could have ended up in jail, but instead this person offered Ray a job as the Yankees batboy. That moment changed not only Ray's life, but possibly, as you will hear Ray tell, the lives of many other people. The someone who took the chance on Ray was George Steinbrenner AKA "The Boss" and the storis Ray tells about Mr. Steinbrenner and the entire Yankees organization, which he has been a part of for the last 50 years, is fascinating and heart-warming. For more information on Ray Negron go to https://theraynegronstory.com/index.html

John Fuhrman is the founder of Bubb'n Mutha's which manufactures premium spice rub blends. After serving in the United States Navy, John, worked in the auto industry and ended up in North Carolina. While there he fell in love with barbecue and learned how to cook it and experimented with different spices and rubs. John returned to Maine and started this company, making his products with special real Maine ingredients like organic blueberry powder, maple crystals and even Raye’s Mustard which is the oldest mustard company in America. John is always looking to help fellow military veterans and hires veterans from the area so they can earn a quality living, get training and keep their families there. For more information on John or to order their products go to

David Sweeten Shares Baseball Stories, Matthew Brown from The Black Garlic Market, and Rene LeRoux, New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Executive Director, Plus Doug Scheiding and Ray Sheehan Make This a Huge Triple Play Episode

Episode 233

Saturday, April 6, 2024 • Duration 02:13:51

David J. Sweeten loves baseball and his life has been greatly impacted by bats, baseballs, and gloves. David has many wonderful stories as he was a CPA who worked with many well known players such as Joe Morgan, Rusty Staub, Larry Dierker, and Jerry Royce. He became friends with Joe Morgan and attended 1975 and 1976 World Series games in Cincinnati as Joes’ guest. Other players David had met and has stories about, include Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Jim Bouton. David also plays in a senior baseball league, which he has done for many years and shares those stories too. Plus Doug Scheiding joins in for a fun discussion.

Matthew Brown is one of the founders of The Black Garlic Market. Matthew gives us another ingredient we can use to up our cooking game which includes making better barbecue. Per the company's website, "We were inspired by the culinary possibilities that one simple ingredient could bring to the table. Exploring the potential to change aromas, flavours, and textures is what drives us on a daily basis. We create high quality products from one simple thing, black garlic." Matthew talks about their many products and their perfection of black garlic. Plus Ray Sheehan adds his chef insights. For more information or to purchase their products go to https://www.theblackgarlicmarket.com/

Rene LeRoux is the founder and executive director of three New York State Hall of Fame’s, baseball, basketball, and hockey. He was most recently awarded the Jim Quigley Baseball Service Award by the New York Professional Scout's Association. He spearheaded a mammoth undertaking when he took a hall of fame which was known for its annual induction dinner and online list of inductees and turned it into a brick and mortar baseball lover's destination in Gloversville, New York. Rene discusses what Jim Quigley award means to him as well as providing a glimpse into the 2024 induction class which is an exciting group which is being add to even as this show is released. Go to for more information on the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.

John Markus, BBQ Pitmasters Television Series Creator and Eric C. Gray, Author of Backyards to Ballparks

Episode 232

Sunday, March 31, 2024 • Duration 02:06:20

John Markus, BBQ Pitmasters Television Series Creator and Eric C. Gray, Author of Backyards to Ballparks

John Markus may not have invented competition barbecue, but the television series he created, BBQ Pitmasters is responsible for what many cooks say made them take up competitive barbecue and helped lead to this latest barbecue craze. John's career includes writing a revival of the animated "Mighty Mouse,” staff writer on Working Stiffs, writing an episode of Taxi, and he then joined the original writing staff of The Cosby Show. There is much more, but being a barbecue podcast, we invited John on to discuss his career, but especially what led him to create The All Star Barbecue Showdown which later became the beloved, BBQ Pitmasters. In 2002, John was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame. Go to https://john-markus.com/ for more informtion on John Markus.

Eric C. Gray has written a book which will make you laugh, cry and experience a whole range of emotions. The book is Backyards to Ballparks: More Personal Stories from the Stands and Beyond which follows up his highly successful book, Bases to Bleachers. The books are filled with stories that everyone can relate to. Per Eric's website, "These are the stories from people who you and I pass on the street every day, but don’t get a chance to meet, ask them questions, or hear about their baseball experiences. Eric spent many years meeting people, making friends, and collecting their stories." For more information on Eric C. Gray go to https://basestobleachers.com/

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

Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ's, Harry Soo Spreads Barbecue Love, Sports Radio's, Angelo Cataldi Gets Loud, and Spring Training Correspondent, Gary Looney Helps Usher In the 2024 MLB Season

Episode 231

Sunday, March 24, 2024 • Duration 02:10:25

Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ's, Harry Soo Spreads Barbecue Love, Sports Radio's, Angelo Cataldi Gets Loud, and Spring Training Correspondent, Gary Looney Helps Usher In the 2024 MLB Season

Harry Soo is back and wants to spread barbecue love. Harry has retired from his 9 to 5 job and is now a full-time pitmaster with lots of projects. He became a champion pitmaster purely by chance. It was on his "bucket list" to enter a barbecue competition and with the nudging of a fellow co-worker he did and the rest as they say is history. Harry has more than 100 first place finishes, 30 Grand Championships, is a television personality (Food Network, Chopped, Smoked, BBQ Pitmasters), and makes and posts incredible videos on YouTube. We are joined by guest contributor, Ray Sheehan. More information on Harry Soo can be found at https://www.slapyodaddybbq.com/

Angelo Cataldi has been the voice of morning sports talk radio in Philadelphia for over 30 years on 94 WIP. Prior to that Angelo was a writer for the Providence Journal and later for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Known as “Mr. Philadelphia’s Sports Talk Radio" he brought passionate discussions, expert analysis, and unfiltered opinions to the ears of countless listeners. Angelo details his life and career in his book, Loud: How a Shy Nerd Came to Philadelphia and Turned Up the Volume in the Most Passionate Sports City in America. More information on Angelo Cataldi can be found at https://angelocataldi.com/

Gary Looney returns for his annual appearance which means that the baseball season is about to begin. Jeff first met Gary in 2020 at the Los Angeles Angels spring training camp complex in Arizona and a friendship quickly developed. Gary once again offers great insight into spring training, the just started baseball season, and what camp is like without Shohei Ohtani. Having him on has become an annual tradition and his baseball knowledge is a great addition.

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

Prolific Baseball Author, Lew Freedman and Fergolicious BBQ's, Richard Fergola Make This a Can't Miss Episode

Episode 230

Saturday, March 16, 2024 • Duration 01:32:06

Prolific Baseball Author, Lew Freedman and Fergolicious BBQ's, Richard Fergola Make This a Can't Miss Episode
Lew Freedman is a veteran newspaper sportswriter and author of more than 75 books about sports and Alaska subjects. He spent seventeen years at the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska and has also worked for the the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer. Lew is also the recipient of over 250 journalism awards. He previously joined us on episdode 94 to discuss his book, Cy Young: The Baseball Life and Career and is back to discuss his book, Tales From The Clubhouse: Great Baseball Moments Remembered. It would take a lot of episodes to discuss all of the great books Lew has written, but we gladly welcome that challenge.

Richard Fergola is an award winning pitmaster and his barbecue team is Fergolicious BBQ. Featured on season five of the television show, BBQ Pitmasters as well as on the Food Network's show Chopped, Richard is constantly demonstrating his barbecue prowess. Richard also has created a line-up of rubs which can be purchased at https://www.fergoliciousbbq.com/ which is the same place to find out more about Richard and the Fergolicious BBQ team.

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.

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2013 NL Manager of the Year, Clint Hurdle and Award-Winning Pitmaster, Matthew Deaton with Guest Contributor, Ray Sheehan AKA Chef Ray

Episode 229

Saturday, March 9, 2024 • Duration 01:39:28

2013 NL Manager of the Year, Clint Hurdle and Award-Winning Pitmaster, Matthew Deaton with Guest Contributor, Ray Sheehan AKA Chef Ray

Clint Hurdle is a former Major League baseball player, but he readily admits the 10 year baseball career, during which he played for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals served as the training for his post playing career when he excelled at being a Major League baseball manager. Clint regaled us with many stories from his career, including how he got started managing. Once Clint got to the Major Leagues as a manager, he managed the Colorado Rockies to a 2007 World Series appearance and later the Pittsburgh Pirates and capped off a very successful 2013 season with being named National League Manager of the Year. To find out more about Clint Hurdle he encourages you to go to https://www.clinthurdle.com/

Matthew Deaton is an award winning pitmaster who fell in love with barbeque very young. He studied the traditions of age-old wood-smoked barbeque and techniques and started a catering business working out of his house. He left a corporate job and moved into the food industry full time. According to Matt, "I’ve been called a purist, I think because I don’t overdo things. My meats are very subtle." Matthew believes in respecting the relationships between the earth, animals, farmers, and chefs. We are joined by Ray Sheehan who has been a long-time friend of Matt's and whose insight adds a lot.

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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