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Episode 8: The Marker
Youvene goes to Lyman's grave at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
Episode 7: Hello…leonard?
Leonard Smith, the man who admitted to killing Lyman Bostock in a jealous rage, a man arrested more than half a dozen times, receives the jury’s verdict. The decision stuns the courtroom, and the country. And leads to thoughts of vengeance.
Episode 6: An Open and Shut Case
Family, friends and all in baseball are in shock over Lyman’s murder. Yet the Angels play their scheduled game the next day. The game includes a moment that brings Carney Lansford and his other teammates to tears.
Episode 5: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
By September 1977, Lyman is in the top 10 in the AL in hitting after starting his first season with the Angels in a huge slump. With the Angels in playoff contention during a late season series against the White Sox, he returns to Gary to spend the night with family after a game in Chicago.
Episode 4: Right Place, Right Time
Bostock was recruited by more than six teams.
Episode 3: Determining My Destiny
Motivated by what he believes are scouts who misjudge him based on his “trouble” in college, Bostock is motivated more than ever to make it.
EPISODE 1: ”WE CALL HIM WESLEY”
To his family, he was simply “Wesley.” But to all in Major-League Baseball, Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. was a master with a bat. A career .311 hitter, greats of the game like George Brett and Rod Carew believed Bostock had the potential for 3,000 hits, and a possible Hall Of Fame career.
Episode 2: Bigger Than Baseball
Bostock spent part of his childhood in Gary, Indiana--the murder capital of the United States.