Baseball and BBQ Episode #115: Joe Posnanski, author of The Baseball 100 and award winning pitmaster and restaurateur, Chris Schafer.

Merry Christmas as we present the gift of episode 115 which features Joe Posnanski, author of The Baseball 100 and award-winning pitmaster and restaurateur, Chris Schafer.

Joe Posnanski is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of six books.  He has written for The Athletic, Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports and The Kansas City Star and currently writes at JoePosnanski.com. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five different organizations and is the winner of two Emmy Awards. His latest project is The Baseball 100 which is a comprehensive list of the players, who, in Joe's opinion, are the 100 greatest to have ever played.  The stories that Joe includes with each player makes every one of the 830 pages an absolutely fantastic reading experience.   The book is one you will want to refer to over and over again.  Leonard gives Joe a standing ovation, and you will too.  This was an interview that could have gone on forever and that would still have not been enough time.

Chris Schafer is a World Champion pitmaster who has won multiple grand championships as head cook of Heavy Smoke BBQ, is co-owner, along with his business partner and long-time-friend, Chad Brewer of Heavy Smoke BBQ restaurant in St. Peters, MO, and is the co-host of the podcast, All That for 6 pieces BBQ show.  He may be in the running for one of the busiest and hardest working people in the barbecue industry, but after speaking with Chris you get the feeling he would not want it any other way.  Weekdays are spent running the restaurant and weekends are spent with his cooking team of which his dad is a major contributor.  Did we mention he also coaches his daughter's soccer team?  At the end of a long day, an exhausted Chris gave us a wonderful discussion, and we all had a good time with lots of laughs.

We recommend you go to Fifth & Cherry, https://fifthandcherry.com for incredible cutting boards and https://www.baseballbbq.com for grill tools and clothing for barbecue and baseball fans and the Pandemic Baseball Book Club, https://www.pbbclub.com to find many of the astounding books we have featured as well as some additional swag.

We conclude the show with the beautiful song, "Ace and Bobo" from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.
If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.

Call the show:  (516) 855-8214
Email:  [email protected]
Twitter:  @baseballandbbq
Instagram:  baseballandbarbecue
YouTube:  baseball and bbq
Website:  https://baseballandbbq.weebly.com
Facebook:  baseball and bbq