36 The Summer of Uncle Henry and the A’s: A Boy's Baseball Dream
36 The Summer of Uncle Henry and the A’s: A Boy's Baseball Dream  
Podcast: Mossbunker Review
Published On: Tue Mar 31 2026
Description: In this episode, Dr. Liam remembers a boyhood summer in Kansas when the Kansas City Athletics filled his imagination, and baseball seemed to explain the world. Inspired by trips with his father to Municipal Stadium and by the legend of his Uncle Henry, a former minor leaguer, a young dreamer set out to build a neighborhood ballpark in the weeds behind the family farmhouse. What followed involved a broken lawnmower, a rusty weed whip, a mysterious inventor with a terrifying experimental mower, and a Fourth of July game that brought family and neighborhood boys together on a field built with chicken wire, beehive lids, and lime lines poured from a paper cup. In the end, the story becomes a reflection on the strange way boyhood dreams, family heroes, and a losing ball club from Kansas City can shape a love of baseball that lasts a lifetime. ⚾