Back When There Was Baseball: Pat Zachry
Our guest this week in one of the 1976 National League Rookie of the Year winners. That is correct, there were two that year and Pat Zachry was one of them. Pat pitched for the Cincinnati Reds when they won the 1976 World Series. He pitched in the Majors…
Back When There Was Baseball: Darrel Chaney
We travel back into the 1970s with our guest this week. Darrel Chaney played in the Majors from 1969-1979. He started out his athletic career as a Parade All American quarterback in 1965. Darrel turned down scholarship…
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…
Sports Authors Showcase: Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki
This week's feature is the book Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay. Jed Donahue interviews author Todd Zolecki, Phillies beat writer for MLB.com. Listen in as Jed and Todd discuss Roy's career and just how good he was. Roy Halladay's life was cut short in…
Sports Authors Showcase: The Big 50: The Men and Moments That Made the Philadelphia Phillies by Scott Lauber
Jed Donahue features the book The Big 50: The Men and Moments That Made the Philadelphia Phillies on this episode of Sports Authors Showcase. Jed interviews author Scott Lauber from the Philadelphia Inquirer and reviews some of the great Phillies players…
Sports Authors Showcase: Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time All-Stars by David Finoli
Jed and Rex discuss David Finoli's latest book Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time All-Stars: The Best Players at Each Position for The Bucs. An interview with Finoli conducted by Jed and Tim Clark is included. Listen to the discussion of his methodology of…
Sports Authors Showcase: Fan in Chief by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
Jed Donahue and Rex Naylor discuss the new book Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969 - 1974 by Nick Sarantakes. Learn about Richard Nixon and his passion for sports as well as how he used this passion for a political…
Sports Authors Showcase: When the Crowd Didn't Roar by Kevin Cowherd
Join Jed and Rex as they chat with Kevin Cowherd about his new book When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope.
Sports Authors Showcase: The New York Yankees in Popular Culture (Critical Essays) by David Krell
Jed and Rex interview David Krell about his book The New York Yankees in Popular Culture (Critical Essays), which gives us some of the untold stories as well as fresh interpretations and analyses of baseball's most successful franchise.
