We go back to 1959 this week and relive the only National Championship in Syracuse football history. Our guest is Tom Gilburg and he played from 1958-1960. Tom talks about that great season and winning the Cotton Bowl, along with…
Mike Garman is our guest this week. Mike pitched in the Majors from 1969-1978 and was the 3rd overall pick out of the 1967 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. Mike pitched for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers and Expos in his career. He shares a story…
We head to Athens, Georgia this week and go back to the early 1980s. Our guest is Guy McIntyre, former Georgia offensive lineman (1979-1983). This is what we call Georgia's "Heyday" in their college football history. Georgia won…
We are privileged to speak with pitcher Joe Sambito this week. Joe took part in two of the best League Championship series in history (1980 NLCS Phillies/Astros and 1986 ALCS Angels/Red Sox). He became a left-handed short relief specialist for…
Bob Christian joins us this week on the podcast. You should remember Bob as a fullback in the NFL for 11 years with the Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons. He was part of the "Dirty Birds" team that made the Super Bowl…
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…
We head down to Knoxville, Tennessee this week to sing Rocky Top with our guest, former kicker Alan Duncan. He played at Tennessee from 1976-1980. Alan crossed the world over to end up in Knoxville and the Volunteers were glad he…
Our guest this week is the 1965 National League Rookie of the Year. His name is Jim Lefebvre and he played with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1965-1972 then continued his career in Japan for four more years. Jim also managed the Mariners, Cubs and Brewers…
We are blessed to have one of the greatest pitching coaches of all-time with us this week. Leo Mazzone joins us to talk about his career as a pitching coach and how he was able to keep the Atlanta Braves in contention each year with his…
We go back to the mid-1970s this week into the old Big Eight Conference to take a look at the Missouri football program. Quarterback Pete Woods joins us this week to talk about his career and shares memories of how tough the Big Eight…
