Podcasts by Toy Cannon Canon
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?
Further podcasts by Vik Raghupathi and Jacob Wessels
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Episode 10: The All-Time Fantasy Draft Rounds 16-21 from 2021-01-05T18:39:25
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...
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Episode 10: The All-Time Fantasy Draft Rounds 11-15 from 2020-06-10T20:18:21
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 pi...
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Episode 10: The All-Time Fantasy Draft Rounds 6-10 from 2020-06-09T17:07:51
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: ...
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Episode 10: The All-Time MLB Fantasy Draft Rounds 1-5 from 2020-06-08T15:34:28
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 ...
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Episode 9: What We Take From What We've Lost (FULL) from 2020-06-08T15:08:29
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 s...
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Episode 9 Part III: Requiem For The Folk Hero from 2020-06-05T11:50:41
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 w...
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Episode 9 Part II: Peak Loftily and Carry A Big Stick from 2020-06-03T14:13:09
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 Wa...
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Episode 9 Part I: Vest We Forget from 2020-06-02T12:13:28
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 ...
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Loading the Canon: NASCAR, Week 9 Preview & Is This Guy Good? from 2020-06-01T21:07:11
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 podc...
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Episode 8: Stand-Alone Talents (FULL) from 2020-05-29T13:33:50
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 s...
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Episode 8 Part III: Bonds Stands Alone. from 2020-05-28T06:05:19
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...
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Episode 8 Part II: Does Bo Know Brian? Is Mike Like Jordan? from 2020-05-27T16:21:51
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 te...
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Episode 8 Part I: The Herb Washington Experiment from 2020-05-26T13:44:21
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...
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Loading the Canon: Re-Introduction, Week 8 Preview, & Baseball Guess Who from 2020-05-25T15:29:39
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...
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Episode 7: Making the Case (FULL) from 2020-05-22T17:28:58
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 st...
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Episode 7 Part III: The Case for the Mystery WR from 2020-05-21T20:38:58
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 shuf...
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Episode 7 Part II: The Case for Bobby Abreu from 2020-05-20T17:40:10
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...
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Episode 7 Part I: The Case for Alfonso Soriano from 2020-05-19T16:52:50
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, underwh...
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Loading the Canon: Week 7 Preview & the Baseball Prospectus *REDACTED* Game from 2020-05-18T15:50:20
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 p...
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Episode 6: Backyard Heroes (FULL) from 2020-05-15T17:59:03
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 col...
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Episode 6 Part III: Jerry Dybzinski from 2020-05-14T21:58:15
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 coul...
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Episode 6 Part II: "Gloomy" Gil Dobie from 2020-05-13T23:55:19
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 ...
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Episode 6 Part I: Backyard Soccer from 2020-05-12T15:23:34
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 midw...
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Episode 5: Diamonds in the Rough from 2020-04-21T22:03:41
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 ...
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Episode 4: Gaming The System from 2020-04-15T15:31:50
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-bas...
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Episode 3: Why Is This Star Different From All Other Stars? from 2020-04-11T18:19:35
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 w...
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Episode 2: Great Escapes from 2020-04-07T19:08:42
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 rememb...
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Episode 1: The Pilot, the Bomber & the Jock Itch from 2020-04-05T01:07:19
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-S...
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Welcome to the Canon from 2020-04-05T00:33:59
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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