It is a “winging it” edition of the podcast this week. After a very hectic week, Tim picks out a few things from Caitlin Clark to baseball to chat about in this shortened edition of Musings.
Rich Nye joins us this week on the podcast. Rich was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1966 draft out of Cal-Berkeley and it didn't take him long to make it up to the parent club. He talks about his time with the Cubs and manager…
Utah State grad Eric Hipple joins us this week on the podcast. Eric played QB at Utah State from 1976-1979, but you more than likely remember him as the Detroit Lions QB. He still is in the Top 10 in Utah State offensive stats with 6,073 career…
Tim gives one last shout out to Bill Walton on the lessons Walton taught him. Tim’s Time Machine goes back to the 1977 NBA Finals where Walton dominated in leading Portland over the 76ers. The Docket has NBA, NHL, college hoops, MLB, and Scottie…
Tom Satriano joins us this week on the podcast. Tom was an original Los Angeles Angel in 1961, signed out of USC's baseball program. He played in the infield as well as catcher throughout his MLB career (1961-1970). The Angels were an expansion team…
Our guest this week is former LSU head coach Mike Archer. Mike played his high school football at nearby State College High School, then ventured to Miami (Fla.) for his college football experience under new head coach Fran Curci. He stayed at Miami…
Tim leads off with talk of the lousy NBA coverage coming from ESPN, which leads to Tim’s Time Machine to remember the great NBA coverage from the 70’s on, from Marv Albert to the current TNT crew. The Docket is loaded with NBA and NHL playoffs, golf, and…
Former MLB pitcher Dick Stigman joins us this week. Dick was a left-handed pitcher from 1954-1967. He is most remembered for his stint with the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins. Dick had a career record of 46-54 with a 4.03 ERA. But the…
Do you remember the great matchup on October 4, 1969 between Alabama and Ole Miss? Lawrence Welk would not pre-empt his show, so the game had to be televised after the Lawrence Welk show. Alabama won the game 33-32 at Legion Field in Birmingham…
Jeff Katz joins us this week to talk about his book Split Season: 1981. I read this book and discovered many things about that season and the ongoing events of the time. I was 14 years old when the strike occurred, and I gained a perspective…