You’ve NEVER Heard This Side of Albert Belle

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Five-time All-Star Albert Belle joins All The Smoke Baseball for a full career sit down. From his time playing at LSU, to the 1995 World Series loss to Atlanta, to becoming the only player in MLB History with a 50 Home Run 50 Double season, this episode has it all. Listen in on this story of a misunderstood MLB star! 0:00 Intro: Albert Belle on fatherhood and his daughters at USC 2:47 Why Eddie Murray was his favorite player 5:10 Growing up in Shreveport: teachers' kid, honor roll, Eagle Scout 9:05 Choosing LSU and playing for Skip Bertman 12:19 Racist taunts, no protection, and the College World Series suspension 18:25 The fallout and sliding to No. 47 in the 1987 draft 28:42 Line drives…