E334: Scott Parker - For the Love of the Game

Show Notes

⚾ [03:14] First game in 1973: Angels vs. Dodgers with Aunt Elva

🎸 [03:56] Discovering KISS's Destroyer: "If they can do this, why can't I?"

🏢 [05:38] Almost signed to Geffen Records: "Timing is everything"

🎬 [06:35] Reinventing himself as an online editor after the band dissolved

📺 [07:45] Coloring *Naked and Afraid* for nearly 40 years

✍️ [09:56] The 40-year passion project: Collecting baseball clippings since the early 90s

👨‍💼 [16:10] The persistent friend Rusty: "How's your book coming?" 

🚿 [20:36] Best story titles come from the shower

🤖 [22:00] AI hallucinations: Baseball history is too complicated for AI to get right

📚 [25:08] Book structure: No chapters, organized like a baseball game

🎬 [27:50] Favorite baseball movies

🎬 [30:11] Meeting Mike Myers and Farrah Fawcett in Hollywood

📈 [32:23] About 50 new stories per year—keeping the series alive

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