Back When There Was Baseball: Dave Ford
Back When There Was Baseball
Dave Ford joins us this week. Dave was a 1st round draft pick in 1975 by the Baltimore Orioles. He was one of the many hot prospects and dominant pitchers that were a part of the Orioles organization at that time. Listen as Dave talks about the amazing pitching staff of the Orioles during the years he was in their organization (1975-1983) and what it was like to play for Earl Weaver as we go Back When There Was Baseball.
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Back When There Was Baseball: Jerry Crawford
Back When There Was Baseball
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 in the National League in 1976, then became a Major League umpire for the last 10 years of his career, which ended with the 2010 season. He shares some great stories about his career in Major League baseball and working with his umpiring crews. We hope you enjoy Jerry Crawford's perspective as we go Back When There Was Baseball.
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Back When There Was Baseball: Rick Wise
Back When There Was Baseball
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 the year. Rick was traded for Steve Carlton in 1972 and gets a bad rap for that trade, but he had a good year with the Cardinals that year (16-16) in which a lot of his 16 losses were by 1-run. In 1974 he was traded to the Boston Red Sox and led the staff in wins with 19 during the World Series year in 1975. He ended his career with stints...
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Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
Back When There Was Baseball
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. Zack shares some great stories about that 1968 Ogden Dodgers team (Pioneer League) which had some great players: Bill Buckner, Bobby Valentine, Steve Garvey, Tom Paciorek and Sandy Vance to name a few. Tommy Lasorda was the manager and led this group of young players to a championship which was a prequel of things to come for both...
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Back When There Was Baseball: Steve Whitaker
Back When There Was Baseball
Steve Whitaker joins us this week. Steve played from 1962-1972 with parts of 5 seasons in the Big Leagues. He started out in the Yankees organization and talks about playing in Yankee Stadium (when the monuments were in the field of play) with Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Bobby Richardson to name a few. Steve ended up in the expansion Seattle Pilots organization and played in their inaugural season (1969). His last year was with the San Francisco Giants in Candlestick Park. Enjoy this trip Back When There Was Baseball to the mid-1960s through the early 1970s with our guest Steve...
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Back When There Was Baseball: Greg Terlecky
Back When There Was Baseball
Greg Terlecky joins us this week. We've had the privilege of hosting several pitchers that had great resumes, but for some reason or other, just didn't quite pan out. Greg is one of those pitchers and had he not been "rushed", could have had a different career. He played one season at the Big-League level in 1975 for the St. Louis Cardinals and just when he thought he was going to factor into their pitching rotation in 1976, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. Greg was a "Bonus Baby" and this may have contributed to his being rushed to the Majors. He took his baseball experience and...
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Back When There Was Baseball: Gil Patterson
Back When There Was Baseball
Some of you may never have heard about our guest this week, but you will come away impressed with what this gentleman brought to the game when he was healthy. Gil Patterson joins us to talk about his career. He only played in the Majors for one year and it was 1977 with the New York Yankees. Gil can reminisce about "The Bronx Zoo" year and the many things that happened during that season. When you review some of the most promising pitchers that never quite made it due to injury, Gil Patterson has to be up there at the top. We go Back When There Was Baseball to the 1970s with Gil...
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Back When There Was Baseball: Tom Trebelhorn
Back When There Was Baseball
Tom Trebelhorn joins us on the podcast this week. Tom played in the Minor Leagues in the early 1970s, starting with the Bend Rainbows (Hawaii). After his playing career, he started his coaching venture, which culminated in a managerial position with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1986-1991 and then the Chicago Cubs in 1994. Tom shares some great stories surrounding his career as we travel Back When There Was Baseball.
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Back When There Was Baseball: Claude Osteen Part 2 (Pitching Coach)
Back When There Was Baseball
Claude Osteen joins us for Part 2 which focuses on his coaching career and quite a career it was. Claude had stints as a pitching coach with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Philles, Texas Rangers and L.A. Dodgers. He survived several coaching changes in Philadelphia and produced 3 Cy Young award winners in a 6-year span (Steve Carlton, John Denny and Steve Bedrosian). Claude shares some great stories about coaching his pitchers Back When There Was Baseball.
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Back When There Was Baseball: Claude Osteen Part 1 (Player)
Back When There Was Baseball
This week we air Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Claude Osteen which focuses on his playing days. Claude played in the Majors from 1957-1975 as a left-handed pitcher. He compiled a 196-195 record with a career ERA of 3.30. He is most noted for his days with the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching alongside Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Claude won game 3 of the 1965 World Series which helped propel the Dodgers to a 7-game series win against the Minnesota Twins. We go Back When There Was Baseball and relive some great stories about the playing career of Claude...
info_outlineJohn Boccabella joins us this week. John played from 1963-1974 for the Cubs, Expos and Giants. He also played for Leo Durocher and Gene Mauch, legendary managers. Enjoy this trip Back When There Was Baseball with John Boccabella.