The pioneering African-American writer/broadcaster was a favorite around our household in the days of a kinder, gentler sports-talk radio format. Rust, who also appeared on WNBC-TV news programs, died Jan. 12 at the age of 82. From the New York Times‘ obituary by Richard Goldstein: In his 1976 book “Get That Nigger Off the Field!,” […]
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Art Rust Jr.,
Radio
Came across an interesting podcast awhile ago, Baseball’s Greatest Hits, produced by author and baseball historian Wayne McCombs for a radio station in Tulsa. Oklahoma. While the program is no longer live, you can still hear several episodes via iTunes, which is where I found this 1948 recording of Elmer, the Great, written by Ring […]
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Bobe Hope,
Elmer the Great,
Radio,
Ring Lardner
Voting franchise, that is. From the Baseball Hall of Fame: Frick Award Ballot Voting Begins Online Tomorrow — Fan Vote Will Place Three Names on Final Ballot — Thousands of baseball fans have already used Facebook to stay connected to their heroes at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Now, they can nominate […]
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Baseball Hall of Fame,
Broadcasting,
Forbes,
Radio,
Television
Terry Cashman’s most popular hits had to be “Talkin’ Baseball” and “Willie, Mickey, and the Duke,” a paean to New York centerfielders. But a close third was “Play-by-Play (I Saw it on the Radio).” The (Transplanted) Nation blog (Red Sox), posted this entry about how Bobby Thompson’s home run, as broadcast on radio and TV, […]
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Radio,
Television,
Terry Cashman
Many years ago, the New Yorks Mets operated a marketing campaign on the theme, “baseball like it ought to be.” Unfortunately, baseball ought to be good, or at least enjoyable, but if memory serves, this campaign ran at a time when they were stinko. I offer this as an introduction to this “Rites of Summer” […]
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Radio