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Podcast: First Ballot: The Hall of Fame Podcast
Episode: The Best First Pitch in Baseball History? with George Anagnostakos
Description: Jordan Leandre survived a rare cancer diagnosis as a child, became a beloved member of Red Sox Nation, and then threw perhaps the best first pitch in baseball history. TV writer/producer George Anagnostakos breaks down this moment in painstaking detail, discusses the importance of the stadium organ (55:50), and assembles his Dream Team of movie character basketball players (01:07:35). Showtime Codes: (13:13) AFV is YouTube before YouTube (19:41) Why shortstop is an excellent phrase (23:00) Jordan's pitch: cocky or comfortable? (25:50) Bad first pitches are the modern day public execution (32:00) "Yeeehk" - the sound Jordan's face made (39:23) Neil and George moonlight as fo...