Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 hours 27 minutes
To his family, he was simply “Wesley.” But to all in Major League Baseball, Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. was a master with a bat.
Bostock spent part of his childhood in Gary, Indiana: the murder capital of the United States.
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.
Bostock breaks out in Minnesota, becoming one of the best hitters in the league.
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.
Family, friends and all in baseball are in shock over Lyman’s murder.
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.
We make the drive with Youvene to Inglewood Park Cemetery, to return to Lyman’s grave.