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Tom Rinaldi Presents: Wesley

In 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... Read more

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Season 1 Preview

Season 1 Preview

In the more than 150 year history of Major League Baseball, only one player has ever been murdered during a season.  Tha... Read more

1 Jul 2022

4mins

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S01 Episode 01: We Call Him Wesley

S01 Episode 01: We Call Him Wesley

To his family, he was simply “Wesley.” But to all in Major League Baseball, Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. was a master with a... Read more

18 Jul 2022

31mins

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S01 Episode 02: Bigger Than Baseball

S01 Episode 02: Bigger Than Baseball

Bostock spent part of his childhood in Gary, Indiana: the murder capital of the United States.  The city helped shape Bo... Read more

18 Jul 2022

27mins

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S01 Episode 03: Determining My Destiny

S01 Episode 03: Determining My Destiny

Motivated by what he believes are scouts who misjudge him based on his “trouble” in college, Bostock is motivated more t... Read more

25 Jul 2022

31mins

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S01 Episode 04: Right Place, Right Time

S01 Episode 04: Right Place, Right Time

Bostock breaks out in Minnesota, becoming one of the best hitters in the league. After playing out his contract and bett... Read more

25 Jul 2022

30mins

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S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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... Read more

1 Aug 2022

33mins

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S01 Episode 06: An Open and Shut Case

S01 Episode 06: An Open and Shut Case

Family, friends and all in baseball are in shock over Lyman’s murder. Yet the Angels play their scheduled game the next ... Read more

1 Aug 2022

37mins

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S01 Episode 07: Hello...Leonard?

S01 Episode 07: Hello...Leonard?

Leonard Smith, the man who admitted to killing Lyman Bostock in a jealous rage, a man arrested more than half a dozen ti... Read more

8 Aug 2022

33mins

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S01 Episode 08: The Marker

S01 Episode 08: The Marker

We make the drive with Yuovene to Inglewood Park Cemetery, to return to Lyman’s grave. She hadn’t allowed herself to vis... Read more

8 Aug 2022

37mins

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