Interviews
Year: 2018
Moments in Time
Jim Kern’s 1979 season
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 […]
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Larry Dierker
Larry Dierker was a fabulous pitcher for Houston from 1964-1976. He also had a long, successful run as a broadcaster for the team — and to the surprise of the baseball world, he went […]
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Mike Bacsik
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 — […]
Moments in Time
Larry Dierker’s no-hitter
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 […]
Interviews
More With Dave Bristol
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 […]
Haught's Thoughts
Dave and Lance Bristol
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; […]
Haught's Thoughts
“Wo” is Me? No, but …
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 […]
Haught's Thoughts
Ron Wotus: Big League Manager
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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