{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Your Dark Companion Podcast","title":"The Gospel of Billy Martin | Billy Martin Jr.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c1cbb0dc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3311,"description":"On this episode of Your Dark Companion, Mike and Grubes attempt to start a normal show… so naturally the entire tech setup revolts, Billy Martin Jr. disappears into the Riverside void, and we end up with six and a half minutes of chaos, Titanic on recorder, and a heartfelt discussion on moldy elementary school instruments.\nWhen Billy finally makes it back from the digital afterlife, we get an incredible sit-down with the son of one of the most infamous managers in baseball history, Billy Martin Sr. Billy Jr. walks us through how his dad helped keep the Rangers in Arlington, turned Texas into a real baseball town, tortured umpires on the field and then bought them drinks off it, and why “flush the toilet” is the only way to survive a 162-game season.\nWe also get into Billy Jr.’s life as an agent, why Pete Incaviglia might be the best manager MLB will never hire, how analytics and gut should coexist, and what it feels like to turn the same age your dad was when he passed. It’s funny, inside-baseball nerdy, surprisingly tender, and very, very Rhyner.\n⏱ CHAPTERS\nFormatted how you’ve been using them:\n00:00:00 - Cold Open: Lightning Strikes & Ticket Nonsense  00:01:04 - “172 of These Bad Boys” – Mike Actually Likes Podcasting  00:01:34 - Riverside Betrays Us: Billy Vanishes Mid-Intro  00:02:00 - Stuff, Stuff, Stuff: Mike’s Improv Theme Song  00:02:48 - Titanic on Recorder & The Curse of the Moldy Instruments  00:04:10 - “This Feels Like a Bust” – Ash, Shoopy & Live Panic  00:06:08 - Cowboys, Show Banking & Mild Bickering  00:07:13 - Billy Returns from the Void (For Real This Time)  00:08:00 - Introducing Billy Martin Jr: Son of a Baseball Lightning Bolt  00:09:27 - How Billy Martin Helped Keep the Rangers in Arlington  00:11:21 - Showing Texas What Winning Baseball Looked Like  00:13:24 - What Billy Was Really Like at Home (No, He Didn’t Kick Dirt on the Kids)  00:14:02 - Umpires, Fights & Why They Secretly Loved Him  00:16:03 - “Flush the Toilet” – How a Manager...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MY5pcsVq0QCXSElEJXNsUEiC8gyrgEoWfpnhiVr9GdU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZTA1/ZjBmZGFkOTk5ZDdi/YWRmMDQ3NGZjY2Ex/ZjgxYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}