You’ve NEVER Heard This Side of Albert Belle

Five-time All-Star Albert Belle joins All The Smoke Baseball for a full career sit down. From his time playing at LSU, to the 1995 World Series loss to Atlanta, to becoming the only player in MLB History with a 50 Home Run 50 Double season, this episode has it all. Listen in on this story of a misunderstood MLB star!

0:00 Intro: Albert Belle on fatherhood and his daughters at USC

2:47 Why Eddie Murray was his favorite player

5:10 Growing up in Shreveport: teachers' kid, honor roll, Eagle Scout

9:05 Choosing LSU and playing for Skip Bertman

12:19 Racist taunts, no protection, and the College World Series suspension

18:25 The fallout and sliding to No. 47 in the 1987 draft

28:42 Line drives first: his hitting philosophy and take on launch angle

32:47 Rise through the minors and a debut hit off Nolan Ryan

38:07 Driving to Oakland to win a big-league job in 1991

43:50 Lofton, Manny, Thome, Baerga: inside the '90s Indians

50:57 The 1994 strike and the 1995 World Series vs. the Braves