Tim Manners, Author of Schoolboy, Discusses Baseball Hall of Fame Member, Waite Hoyt, Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig Talk Whole Hog and Pig Island NYC, and Hunter Breshears of Plainville Farms and Leidy's Premium Meats Takes Us To a NY Mets Game

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Episode 303 features a discussion on the Major League Baseball career of the legendary Hall of Fame pitcher, Waite Hoyt. Jimmy Carbone and Sean Ludwig talk about whole hog cooking and the upcoming barbecue event, Pig Island NYC. Hunter Breshears of Plainville Farms and Leidy's Premium Meats takes us to a New York Mets game.

Tim Manners is a writer, communications consultant and baseball fan. He is a former FM-radio disc jockey, publicist and magazine publisher. His latest project is Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero which he co-wrote with baseball great Waite Hoyt, even though Hoyt had been deceased for almost 40 years before Tim began the project. That story and so much more are in the book and we touched upon some of it in our discussion. Waite Hoyt signed with the New York Giants in 1915 when he was a junior in high school. When he was younger, he was faced with the possibility of having both hands amputated, but overcame that and a lot more to become the best pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1920s as he and his teammates, including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig won three of their World Championships.

Jimmy Carbone is back and this time he and Sean Ludwig engage in a fascinating discussion about whole hog cooking which you may get to try at his upcoming event, Pig Island NYC. Pig Island NYC is back for its 16th year on September 6, 2025 when, more than 20 chefs come together at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden to serve up some of their best dishes. For more information or to purchase tickets go to https://pigisland.com/

Sean Ludwig is the founder of NYC BBQ, http://www.nycbbq.com a website and newsletter with news and information on all things barbecue in the NYC metro area. He is also a co-founder with Ryan Cooper of The Smoke Sheet, https://www.bbqnewsletter.com which is a weekly newsletter that curates the latest national barbecue news, upcoming events, books to read, podcasts to listen to, videos to watch, recipes, and so much more. Sean provides his thoughts on Pig Island and discusses whole hog cooking with Jimmy Carbone.
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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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