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Toy Cannon Canon
by Vik Raghupathi and Jacob Wessels
A podcast about remembering some guys who had talent and a great story but just don't get talked about enough. Modeled after the late Jimmy "Toy Cannon" Wynn. Who will be the next member of The Canon?
Episodes
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Episode 10: The All-Time Fantasy Draft Rounds 16-21
Vik, Jacob and Murphy finalize their pitching staffs and benches. Vik finally picks up the two batting legends that have been dangling for his team all draft, Jacob splits some hairs between all-timers and Murphy continues to make decisions that leave the two hosts scratching their heads.
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Episode 10: The All-Time Fantasy Draft Rounds 11-15
Vik, Jacob, and guest Alex Murphy resume their Wine Cellar MLB Draft with part 3 of 4. Rotations are set, bullpens are established, benches are crafted and tensions are, as always, at a fever pitch.
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Episode 10: The All-Time Fantasy Draft Rounds 6-10
Rounds 6-10 of the ultimate MLB Wine Cellar Draft featuring Alex Murphy continues as Murph builds a strange rotation and Vik and Jacob almost draft in lockstep in terms of eras. As a refresher: each drafter can only take one player from a given franchise and they need at least one player from…
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Episode 10: The All-Time MLB Fantasy Draft Rounds 1-5
Vik and Jacob celebrate reaching their tenth episode with a special program. Alongside guest Alex Murphy, our heroes conduct a Wine Cellar Draft spanning the entirety of MLB's modern era. "Wine Cellar" is a Bill Simmons concept wherein you pick "vintages" of a player, such as 2012 Miguel Cabrera…
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Episode 9: What We Take From What We've Lost (FULL)
Get ready for laments and requiems. Featuring "Live From The Lounge" host Gary Lightman, Vik and Jacob get together for a round of reminiscing. First, Vik waxes poetic about a baseball uniform style that has recently gone out of vogue, despite it's close ties to some of the sport's greatest…
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Episode 9 Part III: Requiem For The Folk Hero
In light of the recent and approaching waves of cuts across Minor League Baseball, Jacob canonizes the all-time minor league phenomenon. Not a prospect, but a vestige of an earlier era, one in which a game could be a game and a man could be a myth.
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Episode 9 Part II: Peak Loftily and Carry A Big Stick
Guest Gary Lightman (host of Live From the Lounge) joins Vik and Jacob to canonize Dick Allen, who was cut from such a similar cloth as Jimmy Wynn that this podcast could be called the Wampum Walloper Wall of Fame or the Allen All-Stars. You don't have to try too hard to make Allen's HOF case…
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Episode 9 Part I: Vest We Forget
Vik is joined by Jacob and guest Gary Lightman as he kicks off Episode 9's many lamentations with a memorial service for a jersey associated with underdogs and fringe teams that is also closely tied to baseball's greatest moments over the last 60 years. From Bill Mazeroski to Ken Griffey Jr., the...
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Loading the Canon: NASCAR, Week 9 Preview & Is This Guy Good?
Jacob and Vik talk about the current and former state of NASCAR (something which they know next to nothing about). Plus, they preview an exciting week to come featuring Harrisburg radio and podcast legend Gary Lightman of "Live From the Lounge". Finally, the game this week is shamelessly ripped…
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Episode 8: Stand-Alone Talents (FULL)
Special guest Varun Raghupathi joins the fold as he, Jacob and Vik canonize athletes who stood alone in their respective endeavors. First, Jacob presents the only man with a baseball card that says pinch runner (3:32). Then, Varun honors an athletic marvel who had the awful luck of being obscured...
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Episode 8 Part III: Bonds Stands Alone.
Vik breaks down his favorite play-by-play call in baseball history: Duane Kuiper's work on Barry Bonds' 756th career home run. How an epic story told over multiple careers and lifetimes led to a few of the most hauntingly poetic words ever uttered in a broadcast booth. Some added fun stems from…
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Episode 8 Part II: Does Bo Know Brian? Is Mike Like Jordan?
Guest host Varun Raghupathi joins Jacob and Vik to present his canondate: the oft overshadowed Brian Jordan. Jordan was nothing but an utterly competent and valuable piece on multiple playoff teams in both the NFL and MLB. But whether it was being in the same defensive backfield as Deion Sanders,...
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Episode 8 Part I: The Herb Washington Experiment
Jacob canonizes one of the many inane schemes of famed former Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley: the designated runner. Herb Washington was perhaps the fastest man on earth and easily the fastest man in the major leagues when he signed for the princely 1974 sum of $60,000. Along with Vik and guest...
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Loading the Canon: Re-Introduction, Week 8 Preview, & Baseball Guess Who
Jacob and Vik are joined again by Matt Wilson and Jimmy Arvan to load up a great week of content. First, the guys reflect on a whirlwind week in which Toy Cannon Canon was a rising entity on KBO Twitter (0:57). Then they re-introduce the concept behind The Canon for any new listeners (13:00).…
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Episode 7: Making the Case (FULL)
Vik and Jacob are joined by special guest Noah Averick to trumpet the Hall of Fame cases for three borderline candidates. Jacob's nominee was an icon and a machine when it came to 30 homer/30 steal campaigns, but the advanced metrics don't quite reflect his impact on the game (3:32). Vik touts…
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Episode 7 Part III: The Case for the Mystery WR
Special guest Noah Averick justifies the HOF case for an all-time head case. In an era stacked to the gills with talented and productive wide receivers, Noah's pick tends to get lost in the shuffle. He moved to a few different cities, had a plethora of off-field problems, and never played for a...
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Episode 7 Part II: The Case for Bobby Abreu
Alongside Jacob and guest Noah Averick, Vik canonizes one of the great underappreciated players of the early 2000s: Bobby Abreu. Stuck on underachieving Phillies teams, Abreu got little national attention and his critics were louder than his supporters. However, Abreu came to the ballpark day…
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Episode 7 Part I: The Case for Alfonso Soriano
Jacob presents the HOF case for Alfonso Soriano, one of the most potent power/speed combos ever. Joined by Vik and guest Noah Averick, we go through Soriano's eye-popping counting stats, underwhelming advanced metrics, and undeniable icon status during his peak. Is Alfonso Soriano a…
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Loading the Canon: Week 7 Preview & the Baseball Prospectus *REDACTED* Game
Welcome to the first edition of our Monday series: "Loading the Canon". Vik & Jacob detail what's coming up on this week's episode of The Canon (0:43). Then Jimmy Arvan and Matt Wilson join to play the Baseball Prospectus Annual Game, where contestants receive only a short blurb about an MLB…
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Episode 6: Backyard Heroes (FULL)
Jimmy Arvan comes back on as a guest for a varied class of inductees. First, Vik canonizes the unsung component of the Backyard Sports catalog (2:57). Jimmy takes us back over 100 years to a college football legend whose winning ways and dour demeanor made him the Bronze Age Belichick (26:42)....
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Episode 6 Part III: Jerry Dybzinski
The third and final part of Episode 6 sees Jacob canonize a seemingly irrelevant figure in baseball history. However, his impact on his hometown team ended up being far greater than he ever could've imagined.
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Episode 6 Part II: "Gloomy" Gil Dobie
Continuing in our new format, here's the second individual canonization from Episode 6. Guest Jimmy Arvan comes on to discuss one of the greatest coaches in college football history, who smacks of the similarly dour captain of Foxboro's sidelines.
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Episode 6 Part I: Backyard Soccer
The Canon is trying something new: individual canonizations on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and the entire, largely uncut pod on Friday. So, if you're into the whole brevity thing, the midweek pods will be perfect. If you prefer long pods on the beach, Friday drops will be for you. Vik…
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Episode 5: Diamonds in the Rough
Vik and Jacob welcome guest Jared Deluccia to canonize the 20th round pick who set the baseball world on fire for 15 days (2:30) and MLB's best-kept secret of the 70s and 80s (14:29). Plus, Vik shares a hot take as he inducts The Canon's first film entry (23:21).
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Episode 4: Gaming The System
Vik and Jacob are joined by guest Jimmy Arvan to expand the powers of the canon. Vik canonizes the chaotic Dominican some call the best hitter of the 80s (2:16). Jimmy welcomes the first non-baseball player into the Toy Cannon Ohana (15:00). And Jacob makes 200 points as he inducts a non-athlete...
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Episode 3: Why Is This Star Different From All Other Stars?
In honor of Passover, Jacob canonizes baseball's first Jewish great, who likely was the first star of professional baseball. Then Vik presents a young pitcher whom everyone believes was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the pitcher considers himself as lucky as they come.
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Episode 2: Great Escapes
Vik and Jacob canonize two hot-headed players both held back by the Brooklyn ball club. One gets remembered for his cartoonish name rather than his outstanding play. The other hardly gets remembered at all. Now, both get immortalized in The Canon.
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Episode 1: The Pilot, the Bomber & the Jock Itch
Jacob Wessels, Vik Raghupathi, and Matt Wilson canonize the inaugural class and answer some age-old questions. Why did everybody hate Scott Hairston? Why didn't Denny McLain start the 1969 All-Star Game? Plus, the boys picked the perfect time to celebrate Easter.
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Welcome to the Canon
Vik Raghupathi and Jacob Wessels introduce themselves and the concept of the Toy Cannon Canon, while also talking a little about its inspiration: Jimmy "Toy Cannon" Wynn.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast about remembering some guys who had talent and a great story but just don't get talked about enough. Modeled after the late Jimmy "Toy Cannon" Wynn. Who will be the next member of The Canon?
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Vik Raghupathi and Jacob Wessels
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A podcast about remembering some guys who had talent and a great story but just don't get talked about enough. Modeled after the late Jimmy "Toy Cannon" Wynn. Who will be the next member of The Canon?
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