By Josh: With the playoffs starting I felt that today’s stereotypical fan was a needed public service announcement. Hibernation from the end of the World Series to the start of spring training is a pretty good way to describe me. I come out of my baseball slumber for the winter meetings and the occasional big…
By Norm: Jonathan Papelbon can shut the hell up. I have wavered on this question the past week or so. Should Yasiel Puig be an all-star? I say yes, and that’s a big HELL YES. Bottom line players like Harper, Machado, Trout, and Puig are good for the game of baseball. Why not? He’s performed…
Ron Cey played 3rd base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and the Oakland A’s. He is a six time all-star and was the 1981 World Series MVP. Mr. Cey thanks for taking the time. What was the highlight of your career? Winning the World Series. You played in four World Series, what was…
Click here to go to the show site: 9 Inning Baseball Talk: Jackie Robinson Special. Listen live on April 17th at 8:30 pm pacific standard time or as a podcast on Gellar Sports Radio. In American history only a few individuals have truly inspired and impacted people generations beyond their own. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther…
After watching the movie 42 I kept thinking about what it was like to be one of Jackie’s teammates. Whether it was at UCLA, with the Kansas City Monarchs, or when he was with the Dodgers. You see in the movie many of his teammates not only feeling sympathy for what Jackie was going through…
Josh’s Note: With all of the advances in technology you would think that interviews with baseball players dealing with the history of the game would be more common. However, it seems in our modern age history is often overlooked. That is why I am so excited to be able to share this and other amazing…
By Norm: Today I’m excited to have former Dodger Carl Erskine. Erskine was an all-star in 1954 and won a World Series in 1955. He also crafted two no-hitters in his career vs. Cubs, June 19th 1952, and Vs. the NY Giants, May 12th 1956. Mr. Erskine, thanks for taking the time to talk with…
By Josh: A common ice breaker question I have heard over and over again is ‘if you could meet anyone in history who would it be and why?’ Instantly my mind goes to men like Abraham Lincoln, Joshua (from the Bible and whom I’m named after), and Martin Luther King Jr. For me though, I…
For baseball fanatics like me, one of the most enjoyable times of the year is the baseball winter meetings. Here, every team is a contender and every team is able to make trades, sign free agents and just give their fan base a little ray of hope. Although this years’ Winter Meetings wasn’t the most…
By Mitch Maldonado: San Francisco Giant: 2012 World Series Champions. That sentence is still hard to read. I was born and bred a Dodgers fan, true and blue. Despite growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I knew where my allegiance was, with the boys in blue. As young as I am (24 years old), being…
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