Eric Gagne on being a closer

Eric Gagne on being a closer

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Former Dodgers pitcher Eric Gagne talks about why he enjoyed being a closer over a starter and his pitching arsenal Vintage Baseball HOT ON EBAYCard Collections ENDING SOON ON EBAYMOST WANTED ROOKIE CARDSVINTAGE SPORTS TICKETSBaseball Hall of Famers @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@

On a June 20, 2001 interview at Jamestown NY, Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine talks about the New York Giants stealing the signs and Bobby Thomson’s Home Run.

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On a June 20, 2001 interview at Jamestown NY, Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine talks about the New York Giants stealing the signs and Bobby Thomson’s Home Run.

Bobby Richardson talks facing Sandy Koufax and others

Bobby Richardson talks facing Sandy Koufax and others

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Bobby Richardson talks Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Bob Feller and the pitches he liked to hit. Casey Stengel once said of Bobby Richardson, “Look at him. He don’t drink, he don’t smoke, he don’t chew (tobacco), he don’t stay out too late, and he still don’t hit .250!” That remark exemplifies the kind of relationship…

Bill Dickey Audio Interview

Bill Dickey Audio Interview

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Bill Dickey talks about how he became a Yankee, Miller Huggins, how he talked him into using Earle Combs bat. The first in a long line of outstanding catchers in New York Yankees history, Bill Dickey likely would be better-remembered today had he not been replaced almost immediately by Yogi Berra after he retired at…

Vida Blue News Clip from 1971 during his Cy Young and MVP Season
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Vida Blue News Clip from 1971 during his Cy Young and MVP Season

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    On June 28, 1971, this clip was Originally aired of Vida Blue of the Oakland A’s was in the midst of setting the baseball world on its ear when this story aired. Interviews with Blue’s mother is included as are clips of him pitching against the Kansas City Royals. Royals manager Bob Lemon…