Back When There Was Baseball: Doug Rau
Doug Rau joins us this week. Doug had a good collegiate career at Texas A&M which earned him a #1 draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the secondary phase of the June 1970 draft. He had an 81-60 record with a career ERA of 3.35 from 1972-1981.…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rudy Meoli
Rudy Meoli joins us this week. Rudy played in the Major and Minor Leagues from 1969-1979 for several teams (California Angels, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies). He got up to the Majors in 1971 for a short stint, but 1973 was the season that he…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Garcia
American League umpire Rich Garcia joins us this week. Richie was one of the most highly respected umpires of his time period (1976-1999). During his career, he worked 2 All-Star games (1980, 1992), 3 ALDS (1995, 1997, 1998), 5 ALCS (…
Sports Authors Showcase: The Champions of Philadelphia by Rich Westcott
Author Rich Westcott joins me this week to discuss his book The Champions of Philadelphia. The book was published in 2016 and therefore does not include the Eagles Super Bowl teams of 2017 and 2024. Most people forget about the Philadelphia…
Back When There Was Baseball: John Werhas
We take the time machine this week Back When There Was Baseball to the mid-1960s with our guest John Werhas. John was signed in 1960 by the Dodgers after being a 2-sport athlete out of USC (baseball and basketball). He was the opening day starter at 3rd…
Is it possible to be a glass half full Pirates fan?
I am a pessimist by nature, and if you are a Pirates fan pessimism has been ingrained into your being much the same as having compassion for others —not you Coach Kiffin, men cursing at other drivers —I didn’t mean you Tim Tebow, and knowing the world is…
Back When There Was Baseball: Art Howe
There were a few players in the 1970s whom Rex was told to emulate if he wanted to play Big League Baseball. Art Howe was one of them and he is our guest this week. Art started his athletic career as a football player at the University of…
Sports Authors Showcase: The Earl of Oildale by George Culver
Former MLB player George Culver joins me this week to talk about his book The Earl of Oildale. I spoke with George on my Back When There Was Baseball podcast to discuss his career and now we look at his book. This book is full of stories which is what…
Back When There Was Baseball: Ellis Valentine
When you talk about the greatest outfield arms in the history of the game players such as Roberto Clemente, Dave Parker and Ichiro Suzuki come to mind. However, our guest this week may have the greatest arm of them all. Ellis Valentine joins us to talk…
