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Listen: Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Headlining tonight’s podcast is Jim Hirsch, author of the book Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend. Hear me delve into the career of one of the most private players in the history of baseball. We talk about Mays and civil rights, “the catch” and his time playing for the Mets. Hirsch also goes into detail […]

3-D Tour of the Polo Grounds

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

You think Citi Field is a graveyard? Check out this 3-D tour of the Polo Grounds found on twitter courtesy of Gotham Baseball. These were the official dimensions: Left Field - 279 ft Left-Center - 450 ft Center Field - 483 ft Right-Center - 449 ft Right Field - 258 ft I also learned from […]

Ernie Harwell Fighting Cancer

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Legendary broadcaster Ernie Harwell learned recently he has a tumor in the area of the bile duct. It is incurable. Harwell is 91 years old and his family and doctors have decided against surgery. Interviewing Ernie Harwell was one of my favorite moments during the history of this show. Back in July of 2007 he […]

Ernie Harwell

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Hear HOF Ernie Harwell discuss his career in broadcasting which including a stop in New York. You will also hear an authentic call from his audio scrapbook that you can purchase at www.eharwell.com CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE SHOW CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ERNIE HARWELL MP3