Don Drysdale Up and In Author, Mark Whicker and Twisted D Cookers, Donnie Howard As We Explore a Baseball Hall of Famers' Career and a Barbecue Pitmaster's Journey

Episode 298 features Don Drysdale Up and In Author, Mark Whicker and Twisted D Cookers, Donnie Howard as we explore a Baseball Hall of Famers' career and a barbecue pitmaster's journey
Mark Whicker worked for 49 years in the newspaper business and spent 34 of those years as a columnist for the Orange County Register.  Before that he was a columnist and beat writer for the Philadelphia Bulletin and a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News.  He is a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame.  His latest project is the book, Don Drysdale Up and In: The Life of a Dodgers Legend.  Drysdale is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and this book is a fascinating look at Drysdale's life and career. 

Donnie Howard is one half of Twisted D Cookers, a husband and wife barbecue  competition team.  Along with Donnie and his wife, Darlene impressively winning awards in competitions, they have also developed a line-up of spice blends.  These blends are among those they use to compete and are available for sale on their website, https://twisted-d-cookers.company.site/  In addition to Donnie's barbecue prowess, he is also an avid baseball fan and a devoted Texas Rangers fan.

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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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