Mike Silva of NY Baseball Digest recently posted this 2007 audio interview he did with former major leaguer Terry Leach. Leach, a side-arming reliever who pitched for several teams, including the Mets, wrote about his experiences in Things Happen for a Reason: The True Story of an Itinerant Life in Baseball. Long-time baseball analyst Peter Gammons, […]
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Baseballisms.com, which is quickly becoming a favorite site, published this audio interview with Lowenfish, author Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman. Other authors appeared on Baseballisms include Tim Wiles, Judith Testa, Peter Golenbock, Jerry Poling, Jane Heller, Sue Macy, Tim Shea, and others. Another site that features frequent author interviews, albeit not audio, is the online […]
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“But the most amazing thing of all: I get paid for doing this” (the closing lines for one of the comedian’s songs during his heyday in the late 1970s). I bring it up because, once again, it goes to the folly of using sports pundits as a source of reliable information. At least when it […]
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If the Internet is good for nothing else, it brought podcasts into the world. The ability to hear so many quality programs should make the radio and TV industry just as worried as those in the newspaper industry. Some are “on-demand” versions of programs broadcast on regular TV and radio. Among my favorites: Wait Wait […]
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Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson, collaborators in the new Sixty Feet Six Inches, were the guests on yesterday’s Fresh Air. The host, an awestruck Dave Davies, asked several questions that one would expect from non-fans, and that’s fine, given the nature of the outlet; I’m sure sports radio hosts would ask more hard-hitting questions designed […]
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The holidays are over now so let’s get back to business. More on Posnanski and his new book, The Machine, from the Wall Street Journal; Hartford Courant; Rob Neyer and ESPN (interview); Cincinnati.com (“Latest book may be the best on Reds’ dynasty”); Baseball Prospectus Radio had this interview with the author with the author (audio […]
* Yesterday, Larry Tye, author of the new Satchel Paige biography, was a guest on The Leonard Lopate Show. Hear it here: * A recent episode of Radio Lab considered the likelihood of athletics streaks, including Joe DiMaggio’s 56-gamer. Superior ability or just random chance? You can here it here: * The June 23 program […]
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Several baseball items have popped up on NPR shows in recent days: Larry Tye, author of the new biography Satchel: The Life and Times of An American Legend, was a guest on Fresh Air. You can hear the show here as well as read an excerpt from the book. *** Brian Lehrer had this segment […]
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A veteran of the minor league beat, Lisa Winston has been a writer, reporter, columnist, and multimedia correspondent for such outlets as USA Today, Baseball/ Sports Weekly and, most recently, MLB.com. She is a frequent guest on radio and TV sports talk shows around the country, and was the original host of the Fox News […]
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While not strictly a baseball item, Soundcheck‘s John Schaefer discussed Shea Stadium as a concert venue in this podcast, so it’s good enough for me. http://audio.wnyc.org/soundcheck/soundcheck071608apod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Fans of Monty Python will recognize John Cleese’s signature tagline. It applies here because an unlikely source from Great Britain offers a podcast review of Field of Dreams. One of my favorite (or favourite, in this case) podcasts is “Movies You Should See,” a weekly offering by a group of 30-something Brits who obviously enjoy […]
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* As Steve Martin used to say…
November 5, 2009
“But the most amazing thing of all: I get paid for doing this” (the closing lines for one of the comedian’s songs during his heyday in the late 1970s). I bring it up because, once again, it goes to the folly of using sports pundits as a source of reliable information. At least when it […]
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