Sports Authors Showcase: The Called Shot by Tom Wolf
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Author Tom Wolf joins me this week to discuss his book The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, & the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932. Tom has written several pieces including books and essays. I was pleasantly surprised when…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Sept 6
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Tim looks at the surprisingly good play from the Pirates and theorizes that it may save Ben Cherington’s job. The Phillies are locked and loaded for a two seed and other playoff races persist. Tim rants on another idiotic example of baseball replay…
Back When There Was Baseball: Jerry Crawford
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Our guest this week is former National League umpire Jerry Crawford. Jerry comes from a family of officials. His father Shag was a Major League umpire from 1955-1975 and his brother Joey, was an NBA official from 1977-2016. Jerry started out…
Talking College Football History: Chris Woods
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Chris Woods joins me this week. Chris played at Auburn from 1980-1983, which included the last year of Coach Doug Barfield's tenure and the start of Coach Pat Dye's regime. He was a wide receiver playing in a wishbone offense and his years in…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 29
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Tim tries to relax Phillies fans and prep them for a possible playoff matchup with the Mets. Two Cent Takes on MLB pennant chases, Pirates talk including gushing over a pitching staff being wasted, and a great out of conference schedule in college…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rick Wise
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Rick Wise joins us this week to talk about his outstanding career. Rick's career was lengthy, 1963-1982, with only parts of 3 seasons in the Minor Leagues. He started 8 games for the 1964 Phillies in a year in which the Phillies collapsed at the end of…
Talking College Football History: Dale Castro
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We journey to College Park, MD this week with our guest, Dale Castro. Dale played for the Terrapins from 1978-1980. He walked onto the football program after an illness ended his college baseball career. Dale punted for Maryland in 1978, then added…
Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
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Zack Minasian joins us this week to talk about his book Lasorda University: A Recollection of My Summer of '68 with Tommy Lasorda and the Ogden Dodgers in our combined Sports Authors Showcase and Back When There Was Baseballpodcasts. Zack…
Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
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Zack Minasian joins us this week to talk about his book Lasorda University: A Recollection of My Summer of '68 with Tommy Lasorda and the Ogden Dodgers in our combined Sports Authors Showcase and Back When There Was Baseballpodcasts. Zack…
