A Special Episode this week as we will hear from 3 men involved in some of The Games most Historic HR Moments. The Firsthand Accounts of Roger Maris' 61, Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 WS Walk-off,  and Ted Williams Last AB ever home run by the men who gave them up. Wait until you hear the stories. There's a LOT in here, but you won't want to stop listening.

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This Episode of HARDBALL is different. And timely. The "fight" between players and owners..based on "distrust" and now decades of acrimony..had a beginning. My conversation from 2001 with MLBPA's first Executive Director..and how baseball and sports..all of sports..were never the same after his election.

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You can't burst onto the scene any bigger than Fred Lynn did. The spotlight of a big market team..the hope of perhaps breaking the 57 year World Series drought in Boston..and the 1975 Rookie of the Year AND MVP leading his team into a Game 7 to cap off what would have been called one of the Greatest seasons ever for a young player in the Games history.. He'll talk about that and so much here..

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Ron Santo was a better All-Around player than you know. Some thought he was in the Hall of Fame before he actually was. Others don't even know he is enshrined. That's a strange combination in this game. And he is here to tell his story..one that could have ended before it even got started because of a medical examine....

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You may not know his name..but you need to know his story..and the stories he's about to tell. A man who won 130 games..and could have played in the NFL. Oh. And he pitched to both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Here he is..from our 2001 conversation..Elden Auker

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Tony "Mr. Padre" Gwynn 
There has never been an athlete more associated with his city than Tony Gwynn.
The Pride of San Diego in every way..and a better guy than hitter.
And he was the best pure hitter the game had seen in over 50 years. 

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You don't have to be a Hall of Famer to be a "Legend" in New York Yankee History.
Bobby proved that.
Because he was a big part..some would say "The Glue"..of World Series Teams and a keeper of the stories that make the Yankees different than every other franchise in history.

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Joe Morgan has seen a lot in his lifetime. From the integration on baseball to being a part of broadcast history.
And in between he built a sure shot Hall of Fame career..and more importantly to him..the career of a winner.
We talk about that and more..including how the game has REALLY changed.

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