The rap legend and Public Enemy frontman joins the boys to talk about falling in love with baseball (and old school ballparks) while growing up in the shadow of Shea Stadium, his dad’s tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the importance of the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates, his influence on pop culture and hip hop fashion, touring and hitting baseball games with bandmate, legendary guitarist Tom Morello and, of course, the power of Strat-o-Matic.
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The screenwriter joins the boys to talk about growing up cheering for the then-Milwaukee Braves, how being a baseball fan helped shape 1985’s “Brewster’s Millions” from a Bill Murray vehicle to starring Richard Pryor, hanging out on the set during the baseball scenes, whether or not we could see another version of the fil, being brought in to write “Space Jam” and handpicking the basketball players that would end up being The Monstars.
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The owner of Milwaukee’s 4th Base, joins the boys to talk about moving his bar from the tiny Pigsville neighborhood to within walking distance of the Brewers ballpark, the role the team played in the relocation, the bar’s iconic appearance in the movie “Major League”, re-booting the 1989 classic, how the prosthetic leg of legendary skipper Harvey Kuenn ended up behind the bar and, naturally, drinking from the thing.
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