I take the time machine back to Raleigh, NC this week with my guest Roland Hooks. Roland played at N.C. State from 1971-1974. He was recruited by coach Earle Edwards. Al Michaels became his coach during his freshman year, then Lou Holtz took over in…
Tim leads off with an unforgiving comparison between the Pirates and Brewers, plus some positives for the Pirates. Tim’s Time Machine, a rant, the random off topic topic, and more.
Rick Bladt joins us on the show this week. Rick played in the Major/Minor Leagues from 1966-1977. He was a non-drafted free agent in 1966 signed by the Chicago Cubs. He played parts of 2 seasons in the Majors with the Chicago Cubs in 1969 and the New…
Bob McKay passed away on September 10, 2026. We honor him by re-airing this podcast.We look back at the great 1969 college football season this week with our guest, Bob McKay of the University of Texas. Bob was at Texas from 1967-1969.…
I feature the book The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978 this week. Author Matt Sieger joins me to discuss the writing of the book. Matt is of Jewish faith and a believer of Jesus Christ. He explains his faith and also the…
It is a double rant week. First, Tim doesn’t want to hear about colleges going broke and cutting sports programs. He also has no time for umpire antics like Doug Eddings provided last week. Are the Pirates jinxed? Pennant chases, Mike Tomlin on TV, and…
This week on Back When There Was Baseball, Rex and Steve take a look back at a "control/finesse" pitcher, which you don't see very often in today's game. His name is Charlie Leibrandt and he pitched in the majors from 1979 through 1993 with the…
Dave Campo joins me this week. You should be familiar with Dave as the former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. But he also had a lengthy career coaching to get to the NFL ranks. Dave played college football and baseball at Central Connecticut State…
Tim talks who IS and who ISN’T in the MLB wildcard chase. An historic Tim’s Time Machine, some golf talk, Clippers cheat the cap, college football chaos, and the random off topic topic.
Steve Luebber joins us this week. Steve played in the Major/Minor Leagues from 1967-1988. He made his Major League debut with the Minnesota Twins in 1971 and had stints with the Twins in 1971, 1972 and 1976 as both a relief pitcher and a starter. Steve…
