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    S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    FromTom Rinaldi Presents: Wesley

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    S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    FromTom Rinaldi Presents: Wesley

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    Length:
    33 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 1, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    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 slump. With the Angels in playoff contention during a late season series against the White Sox, he returns to Gary to spend the night with family after a game in Chicago.  
    Youvene thought about surprising him on the trip, but decided against it.  
    Visiting Gary was Lyman’s ritual whenever he played in Chicago, but this trip would cost him his life.
    Released:
    Aug 1, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (9)

    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, who was murdered by a man who whose court case would result in a stunning verdict.  In an 8-part series, Tom Rinaldi explores Lyman's improbable life, his tragic death, and the miscarriage of justice that let his killer go free. Lyman Bostock is described by Hall Of Fame players like Rod Carew and George Brett as a future batting champ and potential Hall Of Famer himself. But he was so much more than a ballplayer, as Rinaldi learns from talking to his widow, Youvene, his teammates, friends, media members who covered him and lawyers involved in his murder trial. Wesley explores the mindset of man who donated a month's salary to charity rather than accept it while in a hitting slump, the motivations of a man who nearly skipped a career in baseball to pursue the fight for social justice in the late 60's, and the motives of the killer who took his life.