What happens
Joe, the first base coach of the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers, works for owner Old Man Castle, a miserly baseball boss whose team languishes in last place. When Castle dies, his son Willie Castle inherits the club and refuses to spend money on players. Manager Rabbit has a plan to get a left-handed pitcher, and Willie is eventually brought to Mars, where he meets a creature. The story is part of the X Minus One radio series and aired on April 3, 1957. The cast includes Mandel Kramer as Joe, Santa Sortiga as Rabbit, and Ivor Francis as Willy.
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club in the near future, with travel by rocket and Martian settings
Characters: Joe, Rabbit, Willie Castle, Old Man Castle, Tommy Watson, Baldy Snuff, Fred Kurtz, Harry Kuznowski
Listen for: The arrival of the Martian pitcher Sam and the locker room reaction to him
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.