Tom Rinaldi Presents: Wesley

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Description

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.

Episode Date
S01 Episode 08: The Marker
Aug 08, 2022
S01 Episode 07: Hello...Leonard?
Aug 08, 2022
S01 Episode 06: An Open and Shut Case
Aug 01, 2022
S01 Episode 05: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Aug 01, 2022
S01 Episode 04: Right Place, Right Time
Jul 25, 2022
S01 Episode 03: Determining My Destiny
Jul 25, 2022
S01 Episode 02: Bigger Than Baseball
Jul 18, 2022
S01 Episode 01: We Call Him Wesley
Jul 18, 2022
Season 1 Preview
Jul 01, 2022