Tom Rinaldi: How The New Podcast WESLEY Explores The Tragic Story Of A Murdered MLB Player

Fox Sports reporter Tom Rinaldi joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to discuss his new original podcast WESLEY, which tells the story of Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr., the only player in the history of Major League Baseball to be murdered in-season.

“In the long history of Major League Baseball in this country, more than 150 years, there’s only ever been one active player to be murdered during a season. And it is not ancient history. Yes, it’s been a while. It’s 1978 and Lyman Bostock, Wesley was his middle name, that’s when he was called by his family. That’s why that’s the name of the podcast series, the first ever by Fox Sports in this shape, this kind of narrative driven podcast. Can you imagine if that happened today, what the coverage would be like today, what the sport’s response and media response would be today? And yet, remarkably, so many people don’t know very much about Lyman Bostock. Even if they do know about how he died, they know very little about his life, which is remarkable. The son of a Negro Leagues player, what he overcame as a long shot to get to the Majors, his excellent quality as a player and the absolute tragedy of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, let alone the compounding nature of it when the man who killed him was set free so quickly.”

To hear what else he had to say, listen to the podcast!