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 […]
Jim Maloney and I had such a wonderful conversation that I have split it into two articles. Part 1 covers his playing career as a fabulous pitcher for the Reds in the 1960s; Part 2 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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