Back When There Was Baseball: Ten Cent Beer Night

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We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night which occurred on June 4, 1974, in Cleveland. The game featured the visiting Texas Rangers, with manager Billy Martin, up against the home Cleveland Indians. Our guests are Steve Foucault and Tom…

Talking College Football History: Tom Luken

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Boiler Up folks!!!! We are talking Purdue football this week and our guest was an integral part of those Purdue teams in the late 1960s through the early 1970s. He played for legendary coach Jack Mollenkopf early in his career. Tom was an offensive…

Sports Authors Showcase: The Right Thing to Do by Tom Shanahan

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Author Tom Shanahan released a new book this year entitled The Right Thing to Do: The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s. We hosted Tom on a previous book, Raye of Light, and this book goes deeper into Coach…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Oct 18

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Tim leads off with the not so stunning retirement of Virginia head coach Tony Bennett. The Time Machine stops off at four times when coaches retired at inopportune times in order to promote the guy they wanted to get the job. Penguins hockey, 76ers…

Back When There Was Baseball: Jim Sundberg

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We are privileged to host one of the best catchers in MLB during the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Jim Sundberg joins us to talk about his career. He came out of the University of Iowa and was told by a scout that he was not very good.…

Talking College Football History: Frank Pomarico

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We are going back to the 1973 National Championship this week with our guest Frank Pomarico. Frank was an offensive lineman on that great Notre Dame Fighting Irish team. Notre Dame capped off that season with a thrilling 24-23 victory over Alabama in the…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: October 11

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Tim talks Phillies disappointment plus a look at all of the MLB playoff series. Tims Time Machine goes back to the days when you had to win something to make the playoffs and argues it was just as exciting. But money rules the day despite the current…

Back When There Was Baseball: Eddie Watt

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We look back at the great Baltimore Orioles teams from 1969-1971 with our guest this week. Eddie Watt was a valuable member of the Orioles pitching staff. He was a right-handed stopper coming out of the bullpen during those years with…

Talking College Football History: Steve Fedell

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We take a look back at the Pitt football glory years of the late 1970s through the early 1980s with our guest this week, Steve Fedell. Steve played linebacker for the Panthers from 1977-1980 in which Pitt was in contention for the national…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Oct 4

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Tim looks into the first round of the MLB playoffs while also looking ahead to the Divisional Round series. Thoughts on the expanded playoff format as well. Just when you think the Pirates can’t go lower, they do. Tim rants on that topic while connecting…