Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
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 Baseball podcasts…
Sports Authors Showcase: View from the Booth: Four Decades With the Phillies by Chris Wheeler
Rex Naylor sits down with Chris Wheeler this week to discuss his book View from the Booth: Four Decades with the Phillies. Wheels talks about his career with the Phillies which started in 1971 through the publication of the…
Sports Authors Showcase: Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down by Doug Plank
I am joined by Doug Plank this week to discuss his book Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down. This is a book about the way Doug Plank not only approached the game of football, but also how he approached life.…
Sports Authors Showcase: Playing for Paterno: A Father's and Son's Recollections of Playing for JoePa by Charlie and Tony Pittman
We have Charlie and Tony Pittman with us this week to discuss their book Playing for Paterno: A Father's and Son's Recollections of Playing for JoePa. This is a book not only about college football, but more importantly about leadership. I read this book…
Sports Authors Showcase: On the Eighth Day, God Made Baseball by Mark Littell
This week I review the book On the Eighth Day, God Made Baseball written by former MLB pitcher Mark Littell. Unfortunately, Mark passed away from complications due to heart surgery on September 5, 2022. Mark did this…
Sports Authors Showcase: Swinging ‘73: Baseball’s Wildest Season by Matt Silverman
This week we look at the book Swinging '73: Baseball's Wildest Season. Author Matt Silverman joins us to talk about that season and what made it the "Wildest Season". The book takes a look not only at that season, but the…
Sports Authors Showcase: Finley Ball by Nancy Finley
This week we discuss Finley Ball: How Two Outsiders Turned the Oakland A's Into A Dynasty and Changed the Game Forever by Nancy Finley. Nancy is the niece of Charlie O. Finley and daughter of Carl Finley who orchestrated the greatest dynasty…
Sports Authors Showcase: Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot by Kelly Park
Kelly Park is featured this week as he discusses his book Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot. Listen to the interview Rex conducted with Kelly as he discusses his experiences with the Major League players he spoke with. If you are wanting…
Sports Authors Showcase: Comeback by Ken Berry
Our guest this week is former MLB outfielder Ken Berry. He wrote the book Comeback in 2020 and is here to talk about the book. "The opportunity of a lifetime presents itself to a 63-year-old former baseball player who had long ago left his past behind.…
