Baseball Discourse

Any talk of the Houston Astros being cheaters should come to an end with the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series.

In Part Two of my two-part series, I continue with the visit the great K.C. Jones made to our broadcast booth to visit Jeff Dooley and me, during a New Britain Rock Cats baseball broadcast in 2005.

On Christmas Day, 2020 basketball legend K.C. Jones passed away.  K.C. became a dear friend as he and I broadcast many basketball games together and later he and my dear friend and broadcast partner Jeff Dooley broadcast games together too. Jeff and K.C. also became dear friends.  How could you not?  K.C. was that kind of a person, who became your friend for life.  On occasion, K.C. would visit the baseball broadcast booth and one night in the early 2000s, Jeff and I had the recorder going.  Here is part of that broadcast, as K.C. talked basketball and baseball. 

It was 25 years ago on June 16, 2021 that the "Voice of the Yankees," Mel Allen passed away.  In his day he was the nation's leading sportscaster with a recognizable voice that even drew notice from Variety magazine.

In the second part of this two-part series, I replay an interview I did with Stephen Borelli about his book: How About That!  The Life of Mel Allen.. The interview was recorded in 2005, the year the book was published. 

June 16, 2021 marks 25 years since the passing of Mel Allen, the "Voice of the Yankees."  Considered the premiere sportscaster of his day, Allen was unceremoniously dismissed by the New York Yankees after the 1964 season.

In this episode I play an interview I did with Curt Smith, author of the book: The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story.  Smith examines why Allen may have been fired at the relatively young age of 51 and how it changed his life forever.  

There is a reason behind Major League Baseball's move to suddenly pressure the Athletics into reaching a decision on their stadium issue.  And it may be more than just giving the franchise the okay to move out of Oakland.  

I speculate what may be the motives behind MLB's actions in my latest podcast episode. 

Baseball great Willie Mays turned 90 on May 6.  In this podcast, I recall the time I interviewed the baseball Hall of Fame player in 1973 at Shea Stadium, when he played for the New York Mets.

Will the Chicago Cubs trade Kris Bryant?  The 2016 NL MVP seems to be healed from recent injuries and is off to his best start in years.  He is also a free agent and the Cubs are in a rebuild.

In this latest episode, podcast host Dan Lovallo explains why recent stories indicate Bryant is on the block, while disputing that the Dodgers may be the only suitors for Bryant's services.

Just what Major League Baseball needs, a good, old-fashioned rivalry.  No, I'm talking about the Yankees vs. Red Sox.  This is the San Diego Padres against the Los Angeles Dodgers and what unfolded this past weekend, Apr. 16-18, may be the start of something special.  

As presently constituted, the New York Yankees are not going to win the American League pennant.  I explain why, but I also delve into some of the culture issues on the ballclub and why they need to change, if they want to contend and have fun in the 2021 major league baseball season.