Tom Rinaldi Presents: Wesley
FOX SportsIn the more than 150 year history of Major League Baseball, only one player has ever been murdered during a season. That player is Lyman “Wesley” Bostock Jr, a budding star for the Angels in the 70's, who was murdered by a man who whose court case would result in a stunning verdict. In an 8-part series, Tom Rinaldi explores Lyman's improbable life, his tragic death, and the miscarriage of justice ... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Categories | SportsBaseballTrue Crime | ||||
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We make the drive with Yuovene to Inglewood Park Cemetery, to return to Lyman’s grave. She hadn’t allowed herself to visit in more years than she could remember, as she tries to reconcile his loss, and her memories of their time together. more
Leonard Smith, the man who admitted to killing Lyman Bostock in a jealous rage, a man arrested more than half a dozen times, receives the jury’s verdict. The decision stuns the courtroom, and the country. And leads to thoughts of vengeance. more
Family, friends and all in baseball are in shock over Lyman’s murder. Yet the Angels play their scheduled game the next day. The game includes a moment that brings Carney Lansford and his other teammates to tears. more
By September 1977, Lyman is in the top 10 in the AL in hitting after starting his first season with the Angels in a huge slump. With the Angels in playoff contention during a late season series against the White Sox, he returns to Gary to spend the n... more
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- Great podcast on so many levels - & I know nothing about baseball
This podcasts honors Lyman Bostock’s life & legacy. It also attends to important American issues like the Great Migration, Civil Rights, Social Justice, the student movements of the 1960s. And even raises topics such as the criminal justice system, domestic violence, victim blaming, mental health and more. Yet, the storytelling captivates. The tone is compassionate; and the production so good you don’t notice it.
Apple Podcasts5Seraphina14
United Statesa year ago - Congratulations Tom!
Absolutely positively riveting Tom and probably the saddest sports story ever.
Apple Podcasts5bk13000United Statesa year ago - Poignant
Absolutely poignant and inspiring!
Apple Podcasts5Volcanoman71United Statesa year ago - Ok
I like it but you need to know at least a little bit about the story. I like the guys who is telling the story of what happened. Would recommend to a older man how knows about baseball. To being able to picture the place to feeling the words would recommend
Apple Podcasts4yesabaseballman27United States2 years ago - What could have been
Also describes this podcast. Could have been worthwhile, except Tom Rinaldi surrenders to sloppy, one-sided journalism in his portrayal of Bostock’s criminal behavior in college and gross, self-serving, near-hysterical, and ludicrous praise of Bostock’s talent as a player. The shame, besides Rinaldi’s laziness and intellectual dishonesty as a “journalist,” is that the story would have been more interesting if Rinaldi had presented the truth in all its accuracy, balance, and nuance. Ultimately... more
Apple Podcasts2Palin10United States2 years ago
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