Jim Maloney was one of baseball’s best pitchers during the 1960s: no-hitters, All-Star games, a World Series. He won more than 20 games in a season twice, with a blazing fastball leading the way. The […]
EARLY DAYS IN HAMMOND You were a three-sport athlete in high school, with scholarship offers for football to play quarterback. My senior year, we were undefeated state champs in football, and I was named first-team […]
Darrel Chaney spent 11 seasons in the major leagues with the Reds and Braves. After his playing days, he worked in real-estate, sales, and broadcasting. But perhaps his most-rewarding work has been as a motivational […]
The Incredible Emu has an incredible year After several years in the Cleveland Indians organization, Jim Kern was traded to the Texas Rangers after the 1978 season. He responded with one of the greatest and […]
Pitcher Mike Bacsik was one of the early Texas Rangers players who helped me learn the pro game. He wasn’t a big star, but that didn’t (and doesn’t) matter. He played and competed hard — […]
July 9, 1976 Larry Dierker made his major-league debut on his 18th birthday in September 1964 as a hard-throwing righthanded pitcher for the Houston Colt .45s. Twelve years later – July 9, 1976 – he […]
Dave, you are widely known as the ultimate baseball guy. How do you explain your lifelong love of the game? Some people like chocolate, and some like vanilla. I just loved it from the […]
If baseball is “fathers and sons, playing catch” as it has often been suggested, it’s easy to imagine Dave Bristol playing catch with his son, Lance. Dave managed the Reds, Brewers, Braves, and Giants; […]
I recently ran two stories about Giants coach Ron Wotus, a longtime favorite of mine. There’s an op-ed piece here and an interview here. Ron appreciated the stories, but as it turns out, he also interviewed […]
Ron Wotus is terrific. And he deserves to be a big-league manager. Now. He was Manager of the Year in A-ball and AAA. His teams won consistently. He was the Giants’ bench coach for […]
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