Called Up Author, Zak Ford and an Encore Presentation with Barbecue Renaissance Man, Andy Husbands

Baseball and BBQ

Called Up Author, Zak Ford and an Encore Presentation with Barbecue Renaissance Man, Andy Husbands

Zak Ford is a chapter leader with the Society for American Baseball Research and serves on the advisory committee of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. As fans of the game we love hearing the players stories of the moment they learned they were being called up to the Major Leagues sometimes referred to as "The Show" and for some details of what happens when they first arrive. In his book, Called Up: Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers, Zak has interviewed more than 100 players who debuted between 1961 and 2018 and delights readers with stories which run the gamut from humorous to heartwarming.

Andy Husbands was a guest on episode 110 and the listener feedback was exceptional so we felt the need to play it again. Andy is an award-winning chef, author, and pitmaster as well as a television personality. He is the owner of five Smoke Shop BBQ restaurants located throughout Boston, MA and is the three-time winner of Boston Magazine's "Best Barbecue" in 2018, 2019, and 2021. With a career spanning nearly 30 years in the restaurant industry, Husbands serves as one of the city’s most celebrated culinary leaders and a foremost authority on regional barbecue and live-fire cooking in New England. He also works to bring awareness to the charity, Share Our Strength, the nation's leading childhood hunger relief organization. He may not have won season six of the television show, Hell's Kitchen, but he has a lot to say about the experience and many other things he has accomplished on his culinary journey.

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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