Episode Synopsis "Ep 3– Victory Faust! The Story of the Giants' Good Luck Charm"

After a 1 month break, I'm back with Episode 3! Today we cover one of the zaniest, unlikely success stories in baseball annals: Charles "Victory" Faust. Miracle? Maybe. Superstition? Definitely. This is the story of how an unathletic farmboy from Kansas became a player for the New York Giants and, despite receiving almost no game time himself, helped them win back-to-back NL Pennants, apparently just by his mere presence in the dugout.

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More episodes of the podcast Tales from Left Field: A Baseball History Podcast

• Ep 4– The St. Louis Browns: First in Shoes, First in Booze, & Last Place in the American League
• Ep 3– Victory Faust! The Story of the Giants' Good Luck Charm
• Ep 2– The Life & Times of Germany Schaefer, Baseball Clown Extraordinaire
• Ep 1– Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn's Crazy 1884 Campaign