Steve Salerno: Baseball, Chet Baker, and Getting Canceled
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Steve Salerno returns to the podcast
0:37 – Steve's Marucci bat and the Brooklyn Dodgers
2:56 – Pop flies, batting cages, and 100 mph pitching
7:09 – Baseball economics and the modern Dodgers
8:15 – A near miss at the Elmsford batting cage
10:58 – Randy Johnson, John Kruk, and Shohei Ohtani
13:24 – Robert Redford's swing in The Natural
14:22 – Minor league games and Derek Jeter's etiquette
16:28 – Athletes in retirement and Steve's football days
20:25 – Discovering Chet Baker through Instagram
22:24 – Jazz, heroin, and tragic musicians
26:31 – Richard Pryor and how creatives think
27:51 – A high school reunion after a tragedy
30:25 – Charlie Kirk's assassination and UNLV
32:41 – Charlie Kirk Halloween costumes
36:22 – John Candy and the BTK killer documentaries
39:02 – John Leguizamo's play and separating art from politics
42:14 – Disney, typecasting, and actor stereotypes
44:27 – Turning 75 and Steve's stroke after a massage
47:41 – Caring for his bedridden wife
49:38 – Canada's euthanasia and a disturbing documentary
51:04 – Staying fit at 75 and Hollywood excess
53:14 – Wrap-up and Steve's marital advice
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jazzman and returning guest Steve Salerno joins Lou to show off his major-league wood and talk about the gift of baseball, Chet Baker, getting canceled over Charlie Kirk, and John Leguizamo's new play The Other Americans.
We also get into his Marucci bat and the Brooklyn Dodgers, 100 mph pitching, a near miss at the Elmsford batting cage, Randy Johnson and Shohei Ohtani, Robert Redford's swing in The Natural, Derek Jeter's etiquette, the tragic lives of jazz musicians, Charlie Kirk Halloween costumes, separating art from politics, turning 75, caring for his bedridden wife, and Steve's marital advice.