It’s safe to say that Don Sutton got less attention than any other member of the 300 win club. But that’s how he liked it, preferring to play the working hero to the superstar. As yet another Hall of Famer falls, Mike and Bill look back on the Sutton’s life and legacy of…
On January 22, 2021 Hank Aaron passes away at age 86. The Hall of Fame Braves outfielder was the All-time home run leader from 1974 to 2007 (755 career HR). 1957 NL MVP and World Series Champ. 2x batting champ and 3x Gold Glove winner. All-time MLB leader with 2,297 RBI and 6,856 total bases….
Chris Dimino and Larry Doby recount his life on and off the field that he’s been shortchanged by that narrative. The HOFer lived an incredible one. Baseball AND Social History lesson. The first African-American player in the American League, Larry Doby was a power-hitting center fielder and a key member of Cleveland’s pennant winners in…
They don’t make ’em like Tommy Lasorda anymore. And we mean that in the both the best and worst way possible. One of the biggest characters in baseball history, the legendary Dodgers manager left this Earth at the age of 93, leaving behind a complicated legacy. Mike and Bill tease out his unlikely path to…
Once one of the best starters in baseball, 32 years ago this week Dennis Eckersley began a new chapter in what would become a Hall of Fame career when he was traded to the Oakland A’s and became the first modern closer. Mike and Bill cover both halves of Eckersley’s long and impressive career, and…
Lyman Bostock was one of the most dynamic young stars in the American League, compared favorably with Rod Carew and predicted to win multiple batting titles. He was one of the early benefactors of free agency, was quickly becoming one of the most popular players in the game, and may have been on a Hall…
You’d be hard pressed to find a better combo in baseball’s Golden Age than Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, the twin aces of the LA Dodgers. But the pair also were also shrewd negotiations who realized their power together when they announced 54 years ago this week that they’d be holding out. Mike and Bill…
One of the best ballplayers and most incredible athletes in modern history, Dave Winfield’s baseball career should speak for itself. Unfortunately, two figures get in the way of that: George Steinbrenner and a stupid seagull, which was accidentally killed by a Winfield warmup toss 37 years ago this week. Mike and Bill examine all Winfield’s…
Ray Chapman was the toast of Cleveland, until 100 years ago this week, when his life was tragically cut short by a Carl Mays fastball that crushed in his skull. Mike and Bill go through the lives of the star-crossed pair who would become forever linked in the history of the game, and the ramifications…
What if I told you that there is a Podcast where a man who played with Jackie Robinson & Roy Campanella & Sandy Koufax..and pitched to Joe DiMaggio & Mickey Mantle in the World Series was now available to hear? My conversation with 93-year-old Carl Erskine is a social and baseball history lesson..and is an…
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