Hello, I'm Jon, and this is the fifth episode of The History of Charging the Mound. You can think of this series as a trail mix. Every time you shake some out, you're bound to get some low-bitrate video of guys taking swings at each other, some baseball history, some broad commentary about the past and present state of the game, and some goofy hijinks.
Well, this one's mostly hijinks. This one's 75% made up of those weird little off-brand M&Ms, and that's all thanks to Dave Rozema, a guy I knew very little about until a few months ago. This guy fit more petty misadventures into a single career than just about any other ballplayer of the last 50 years. I absolutely love this guy, and I hope you will too.
Once again, thank you all so much for your Patreon membership, which allows you to see videos like this one well before they hit YouTube. If you're new here, be sure to poke around, because we at Secret Base have been using this Patreon as a sort of skunkworks for fun new projects. Recently, Will explored how, exactly, the town of Lake Placid, New York ended up hosting multiple Winter Olympics. And Seth shook a few goodies loose from his upcoming NBA Draft project to tell us about Stan Kasten, a regular dude who became one of the most high-profile general managers in sports by asking nicely.
And if you'd like to catch up on The History of Charging the Mound, you can find the whole archive right here. The next episode is coming your way on Monday, April 6th.