Monday, Oct 01, 2007

2007 Season Finale

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In the 2007 Season Finale, Wayne plays baseball songs and interviews from a wide variety of personalities such as Harry Carey, Jonathan Winters, Big Bill Boozney, and the musical group The King's Men (not the '60's rock group). Keep checking back for new episodes periodically throughout the off-season.

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Monday, Sep 24, 2007

1967 St. Louis Cardinals' Highlights

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It’s the 40th anniversary of the “El Birdos” of 1967. The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series with a hustling team. Listen to Harry Carey and Jack Buck in their prime with ’67 Cards highlights.

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Monday, Sep 17, 2007

A Conversation with Ted Barrett

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Ted Barrett is a 10-year veteran major league umpire. In this interview, Barrett talks about his career as an umpire and some of the unusual incidents that occur in his job. Barrett is also the only baseball umpire that is an ordained minister of the Gospel. Barrett talks about his unique umpire camp in Falls Creek, Oklahoma "Calling for Christ."

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Monday, Sep 10, 2007

A Tribute to Phil Rizzuto

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Phil Rizzuto played shortstop for the New York Yankees from 1941-1956 (excluding war years in the Navy) and was a broadcaster for the Yankees from 1956-1996. Nicknamed “The Scooter” due to his hustle on the field, Rizzuto played on seven World Champion Yankee teams. He won the 1950 American League Most Valuable Player Award and was named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. He passed away in August 2007. This show is an example of his broadcasting style as we listen to 1977 New York Yankee highlights.

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Monday, Sep 03, 2007

A Tribute to Buck O'Neil - Part 2

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Founder of the Negro Baseball League Museum, Buck O'Neil passed away in October 2006. A former player and manager in the Negro Leagues, O'Neil reached national notoriety in the 1980's Ken Burn's film "Baseball." Kansas City broadcaster Don Fortune talks with O'Neil about his life in baseball on this week's Baseball's Greatest Hits.

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Monday, Aug 27, 2007

A Conversation with Robert Pelton

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Author, Robert Pelton, a long-time baseball fan talks about meeting Babe Ruth, attending Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and talking with Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin in the Commerce, Oklahoma barber shop. Pelton also talks about writing US History from a Christian perspective, this week on Baseball's Greatest Hits.

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Tuesday, Aug 21, 2007

Slugger Songs

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With Barry Bonds recently setting the all-time home run record, we listen to music about baseball sluggers. Out tribute in song highlights Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

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Monday, Aug 13, 2007

A Conversation with John Heidenry

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Author John Heidenry speaks about his new book, "The Gas House Gang." It's all about the unusual make-up of the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals. From the country boys of the Dean brothers and Pepper Martin to the brash eastern players like Joe Medwick and Leo Durocher, you'll find it a history rich and humorous book about one of the all-time great teams in baseball history.

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Monday, Aug 06, 2007

1947 Bing Crosby Radio Show

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Bing Crosby was at one time a part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. In his Philco Radio Show from 1947, Crosby visits with Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. Greenberg was traded to the Pirates following the 1946 season to help tutor a young Ralph Kiner. Greenberg's teachings must have worked, as Kiner became a Hall of Famer too. Also along for laughs is Groucho Marx.

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Monday, Jul 30, 2007

An Interview with Denny Matthews

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On July 29, Denny Matthews voice of the Kansas City Royals will be inducted into the broadcaster's wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Matthews has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Royals since their inaugural season in 1969. He talks about the history of the Royals, some of their great players including George Brett, and the unusual way he got the Royals job in 1968.

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