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…
There is no place like Nebraska and our guest this week is a former Cornhusker. Jimmy Burrowjoins us on the podcast to talk about his years at Nebraska (1974/1975). I am sure you know his son, former Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, but did…
Tim takes a look at the crazy stories coming out,of the sports world this past week. A trip in Tim’s Time Machine follows then golf and MLB, including Phillies and Pirates thoughts. A college sports rant and the random off topic topic.
Former Major League pitcher Randy McGilberry joins us this week. Randy was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1975 out of Louisiana Tech University. He made it up to the Big Leagues in 1977-1978 as a relief pitcher. This was in the middle of the Royals…
