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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"vita blue" Discussed on Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
"Like why is the extra here? 12 strikeouts for all, I don't even think I do that in wiffle ball. Like, you know what I mean? 117 double headers he caught. That's unbelievable. That is as unfathomable today. Me and Yogi Berra behind the dish. I feel pretty good about my chances, right? Dick sushi should be in every documentary, just like bringing that Swisher and energy just swish air in. Oh my goodness. It was cool. It was great. I don't know why he was there other than just like, why not have that Nick Swisher energy? But yeah, so then so the Reggie Doc was not made like, I mean, with his participation, obviously, but not by him. And so it was maybe a little presenting more sides and maybe he just had more sides to present. But I guess the upshot of the Reggie Doc was not so much about he was a great player too, but more about his personality and portrayal and the way he was perceived and presented and presented himself and I don't know if it was doing image rehab, but just kind of like looking at the complexity of Reggie as a public figure basically. And I should say one of the bittersweet things about these documentaries and really a lot of these sorts of documentaries true about the Willie Mays when we talked about too, but when you're talking about these older figures and in the Reggie Doc, of course you have a lot of Reggie, whereas in the yogi docu sadly you don't have yogi, you have a footage of yogi and friends and family of yogi, gosh, every family member of yogi was in that movie. But you have a lot of people who are speaking who also are no longer with us. So it's like maybe their last interviews or their last appearances. In the yogi Doc, you had Vin Scully, who was in that stock too, I think. This was maybe like his last interview. You had roger angel in it also. You had Bobby Brown and Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez, the late players, all of them have died since the documentary. And then in the Reggie Doc, you had Henry Aaron. You had Vita blue who just died last week, so that's kind of like the preserving history aspect of the get these people on record on camera before they can't talk about this stuff too. So that was kind of nice also sort of sad to see in roger angel and miss them again. But I think the Reggie docket was kind of like putting him in the context of the time and talking about the racism he faced and the prejudice and everything coming up, but also like kind of juxtaposing him with these figures who were more outspoken in sort of like a social justice race relations way. You know, it was a lot of like Muhammad Ali and Kurt flood and Bill Russell and then intercut with Reggie. Also being outspoken, but fighting Charlie Finley for more money and that kind of thing as opposed to advocating for conditions for people on the whole. It was like Jackie Robinson talking about how there should be black managers and more people involved in leadership positions and then kind of juxtaposing that with Reggie advocating for himself and advocating for himself in that way was portrayed as being kind of a trailblazing thing, which probably was to some extent. But there was also an aspect of he was out for himself, too. There was even a clip of him saying everyone's out for themselves. And talking about how if you spoke as a black athlete, like you were portrayed as being arrogant or self centered, but then also acknowledging that he kind of was, arrogant, too. So kind of complicated, I think, you know, obviously it was an uphill battle, but also he made it more difficult for himself in some ways. So that was probably more interesting in that it wasn't pure hack geography, it wasn't this guy great. It was like looking at sort of this complicated figure, although in the end, both of these guys had breaks with the Yankees at some point, because yogi had a feud with George Steinbrenner about the way that yogi was fired as manager and then eventually they had a reconciliation and Reggie was driven off by the Yankees are left because he wanted to be involved in ownership and leadership and was kind of not about that. He tried to be part of the group that was buying the Dodgers and then that didn't work out. So it kind of ends with Reggie now being with the Astros and he's like a he's like a special assistant there except he's talking now and speaking out about minorities and front office and ownership and everything. And the guy that he's paired with is Jim crane Houston and it was very much like Jim crane is the partner that I've wanted and like he's listening to me and everything and it's like Jim crane's diversity record is not the best. The subject of repeated litigation in fact. Yes, yes. Indeed. Lawsuits against his pre asterisk company and shipping and logistics and everything. So that was kind of like Jim crane using this guy for image rehab or like is he sincere and it was like Reggie's getting heard now, but it's by Jim crane. That doesn't seem like the best person to work with on this. Anyway. Deeply in need of that message and all likelihood. That is true too, yeah, so I guess he needs to hear it. So that's something. But just kind of tossing out a qualified recommendation for those if you're in the market for baseball documentaries or you're a Yankees person who wants to reminisce about Yankee stuff or if you don't know that Yogi Berra was a good baseball player and you need to be told about that. If you need to join the justice for yogi bear have a message if we're confused on that score. Right, yeah. Sometimes it is funny when you watch things and you're like, I'm confused by the vibe you're bringing to this project. Yeah. I'm a little, but it sounds like in general it was good, but yeah, sometimes you're like, we're not oh, you're fine. It's okay. We're not confused. We got that we got it. You were very great. Yeah. Yeah, all the stuff about Kim saying these sayings and in the movie they have him, there's a Confucius quote, and then there's a yogi quoted. They talk about how some of those quotes are ascribed to him, but he didn't really say them and maybe they were manufactured for him to say or someone else said it and attributed it to him. But all that stuff like him being a larger than just on the field figure is largely a compliment. And endures his memory will be more enduring because of all that stuff, then because of the fact that he was a good hitter and he didn't strike out a lot. That stuff's all true and we shouldn't forget about that, but also if you want to live on, you know, be a pitch man and be an Affleck ads and have a candy bar named after you and Richie's case.
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"vita blue" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"While buster, how's it going? I'm good. Keeping trying to keep my voice down to some degree because I'm sitting in the airport in Salt Lake City. Have you ever been to Salt Lake City? Yeah, I covered basketball very briefly for Sports Illustrated and I flew to primarily to Salt Lake City to interview Greg ostertag, who was like the 7 foot center for the Utah Jazz. And I didn't have much time to do it. So I flew in, I met him somewhere. I got on a plane and flew back home. I just flew here. I just moved there to do one interview with Greg ostertag, and that's the only time I've ever been to Salt Lake City. And it was great. So that is the first and the last mention of Greg ostertag on the baseball tonight podcast. We have mentioned before by the blue, who passed away over the weekend. And you know, I had a couple people ask me about this on radio, like who's via blue. And I was trying to explain to him like there was a period of time, like 6, 7 year period, where he was one of the biggest superstars in the game, but it feels like he's been forgotten in baseball history. What do you think? Yeah. He's a borderline Hall of Famer buster. I mean, he won 209 games. He had a three 27 ERA, one of Tsai young and an MVP in 71 buster 71. He was a comet. It was unbelievable how big he was in 1971. He went 24 and 8, one 82 ERA struck out 301 guys came out of nowhere and was just firing and struggling as hard as any man you've ever seen at least at that time. And he was so athletic. He was so good. He was so colorful. My dad took his three boys to RFK stadium in 1971 because vital blue was pitching that day and he threw a four hit complete game and we were just mesmerized. We went there to see this comet who was coming through and his name was Vita blue. He got in some trouble later, but at the same time he was a wonderful man and you're right for that period for 6 or 7 years when the a's won three championships. He's right in the middle of all of that. And I don't think people truly understand how dominant a pitcher he was. Before I talk about what a big superstar was, you said, you know, he was a wonderful man. I've never spoke to him. Tell me about your interactions with him. Yeah, you know, he's from Louisiana, so he's a real Cajun. So we had a few laughs about eating Cajun food and what a wimp I am and how it upsets my stomach, but I love talking to him about those old a's teams and I also got him to laugh once because buster he's the last American League switch hitter to win the MVP. He was a switch hitter as a pitcher. It was in 19 71. So when we talked that through, he wasn't aware of that. He got a big chuckle out of it. So yeah, he had a big smile. He was a warm hearted guy. I really, really liked him. So two of the examples of what a big superstar he was in 1976, that, of course, is baseball was preparing for the first wave of free agents ever. You know, there had been a long battle between the Players Association and the Major League Baseball owners and they finally, the players did one free agency rights and so they getting ready for that, the fall of 1976 and Charlie Finley. It was, you know, the owner of the Oakland athletics was so angry about it. He just decided he was going to sell off his players and he attempted to steal three superstar players. One was Raleigh fingers, who's turned out to be a Hall of Famer lieber. He tried to sell him to the Red Sox for a $1 million. Joe Rudy all star outfielders tried to sell him to the Red Sox for a $1 million. He sold by the blue, Tim, for a million and a half dollars, and you know what happened next. Yes. And but that was typical Charlie Finley doing things like that as you know buster winner. When Charlie owned the a's, he wanted Vita blue to change his name to true. So he wanted his star pitcher to be named through blue Vida naturally stood up for himself and said, I'm not changing my name. Plus, how cool a name is that? By itself, Vida blue. We've never seen anybody when he came in and threw in 71. We just shook our head. Like, where did this guy come from and how good is he? Yeah, and the commissioner at the time, Bowie Kuhn stepped in and basically overruled those sales of the players in the best interest of baseball clause, something, by the way, that would never happen these days in terms of where the power shift is between the commissioner and the owners. And I think it was a year later. He wound up being traded in a deal with the Giants. It was a 7 for one, right? It wasn't gay. Right in the middle of that, the first baseman who was going, but that's how big of a star via blue was. 7 for one Tim. 7 for one. And again, I remember when they turned that deal down and when the whole team had to go back to the a's that was just craziness. The 70s and 80s were crazy in baseball. Yeah. Well, it was crazy in the 70s. It was crazy over the weekend in St. Louis. Where stuff happened to him that I've never heard of. I've never seen before. Wilson Contreras is one month into a 5 year 87 and a half $1 million deal. And it seems like that the cardinals have already waved the white flag on him being the catcher. Now they're sort of painting this as we're going to give him time to learn more about the staff and what he's done to this point is amazing, but it's hard to, you know, to paint this over to try to whitewash the situation, Tim, the Cardinals have seemingly given up on Wilson to treasures being a catcher because apparently they didn't hear what a lot of other teams are at, the Astros, the mets. I mean, even the cubs who decided to move on past Wilson guitarists that he's defensively challenged and because their team is such a disaster this year, they've decided to take him out of that role and now apparently put him into DH role. It's insanity. What did you think? Yeah, I'm as confused by this as anything as in a while. Because again, buster, when you have a power hitting catcher, you keep him behind the plate because you're not getting that production from normal catchers. This guy is different, but you're right. The cubs let him go in part because they knew he wasn't a great defensive catcher, even though he can really throw. But let's be honest, my goodness, they lost out of your Molly to one of the great defensive catchers ever. They lots are pitching coach and Mike Maddox. Adam Wainwright's been heard. Jack flaherty miles Michael is two very good pictures, haven't been very good so far. I can't believe this is all Wilson Contreras fault. And yes, when you're 11 and 24, you're searching for answers, you're trying to find something.
The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
"vita blue" Discussed on The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
"I could always get better. That was British British. Or could always get better. And performs regular concerts throughout the year. Anger of his neighbor, one of his horn player, one of the few susa phone players who knew John Phillip Souza. He told him JP did around for a while. He's the first chair. The wheel chair. Well, good for him. Yeah, no kidding. The friendship bracelet was made apparently with ribbon. School colors. There you go. We got back to that. Thank you. I'll show you. Just tie them together a little. So you tied ribbon together and called it a friendship. That's sweet. It is very happy story. Captivated the old guy playing the horns. Good for him. Good for that important story of the franchise. And sad news for me and Tom of the way, a Vita blue. The Oakland a's, he passed away 17 year major leaguer. Three World Series in a room. During their World Series, three peat from 70 two to 74, he is passed away. The team announced yesterday. Vita was 73, a cause of death was not given. However, they are, they do have some people in for questioning. That's false. There are a few players with a more decorated career than Vida, the ace said in a statement. He was a three time champ, MVP, a 6 time all star Cy Young award winner in the a's Hall of Famer. Any a sportscasters or anything to say about them? Viola will always get that out. We'll always be a franchise legend and a friend. So there you go. He could they don't make that no pictures like this anymore. Well, they sure don't. Pitch that many innings by the blue. That's right. When 20 games don't happen. All right, I know that. We have that sport. And I don't have any ability to play in this morning. Let's leave you with this. Protecting the safety of the crane is a past that's gladly accepted by police club. That's right. Or no matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us. Americans, we must be gracious and considerate hosts. Wherever
WTOP
"vita blue" Discussed on WTOP
"Sandoval. She exited the vehicle. It is unknown whether he tried to flee or not, but several of the people here actually detained them and were able to keep them detained until officers got there. Police say the suspect is hospitalized and not cooperating with investigators. He's been charged with reckless driving. Air raid sirens shrieked across Ukraine today, hours after Russia launched massive drone and missile strikes. And there are concerns about banned weapons correspondent Charlie dagger reports from Ukraine. What's left of the rubble about moo Russians are trying to burn to the ground. That's the accusation from Ukraine, blaming the Wagner mercenary group of using banned incendiary weapons possibly white phosphorus posting videos as proof. The death toll from massive flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo has just topped 400 torrential rain caused rivers to overflow last Thursday in non dating to villages in the east. On 1970s pitching sensation via blue is gone. Teams would market and promote the days that Vita pitched in their ballparks, knowing everyone wanted to see. John Shea writes for the San Francisco Chronicle Vita blue became baseball's hottest player throwing an unhittable fastball. He led the a's to three straight World Series, fight a blue was 73, no word on the cause of death. This is CBS News. Need to hire quality candidates fast, you need indeed. They're powerful hiring platform helps you attract interview and higher candidates all in one place, visit indeed dot com slash credit. It's 6 O three on a Monday, may 8th, 2023, we're at 62°, some rain and patchy fog this morning, highs later, around 80. Good morning, I'm Michelle bash. And I'm John Aaron, the top local stories we're following this hour, could taller residential buildings revitalize D.C.'s struggling downtown. Mayor muriel Bowser is the thing so but a century old law is keeping taller buildings at bay. The height of buildings act of 1910 became law after the Cairo hotel went up in DuPont circle. The 164 foot building towered over all and prompted lawmakers at the time to bar the construction of anything taller. It remains a law to this day and for good reason, says D.C. council chairperson Phil mendelsohn. It is a unique and defining characteristic of Washington D.C. of our nation's capital of our city, our horizontal skyline. D.C. resident Ted Romano doesn't think the law should change either
KCBS All News
"vita blue" Discussed on KCBS All News
"Confiscated at least 661 pounds. Stacey Lynn, CBS News. Katy Perry just wrapped up a King Charles big coordination concert at Windsor Castle thousands are watching. Monica Rick's CBS News. It's two O 5 at the Bay Area's new station case CBS today is warmer than it was yesterday in its mostly sunny. It's actually pretty nice outside. Good afternoon, I'm pat Thurston. Here is what's happening. The family of Vita blue says the baseball grate has died at the age of 73. Mike dewald reports, the legendary pitcher was an inspiration even after his playing days were through. While vital blues dominant numbers on the mound are well documented, many remember the hard throwing lefty for his demeanor off the field. San Francisco Giants president and CEO Larry bears his blue was warm, kind and welcoming to everyone he came across. Somebody that even if you haven't seen them in a little while, you feel like you can catch right up with. And he treated former teammates that way he treated fans that way and the especially treated members of our youth leagues of junior giants program that way. Blue had a decorated career and MVP 6 time all star and a Cy Young award winner, but bears as the pitcher's legacy was supplanted by his work off the field. When he came to work with the Giants after his playing career, when he really cared about was getting kids involved in baseball because he knows how baseball he saw how baseball could take him on a different road in life. Blue worked in diverse communities around the Bay Area to help grow the game for the next generation. Mike wald, party mom is considering changing her plea CBS
KCBS All News
"vita blue" Discussed on KCBS All News
"Questioning a driver near the southern border who smashed into a group of people near a migrant shelter. Reporter Chris Fox has details. Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval said the crash happened at 8 30 a.m. Sunday morning at a bus stop near a migrant shelter in Brownsville, a man behind the wheel of a Land Rover is said to have driven his car directly into the crowd, police have a male suspect in custody. The driver is under 24 hour guard watch. He's been taken to a local hospital to be tested for drug and alcohol use, no comment from police about whether the crash was intentional. Chris Fox, for CBS News, Austin. More than half a dozen people died. This is happening as the U.S. braces, of course, for more migrants at the border this week, CBS is Linda kenyon. The surge is expected as the Biden administration prepares to lift tidal 42 restrictions at the border. We've been preparing for this for more than a year and a half. Secretary mayorkas tells CBS face the nation. That's why the administration is taking steps like sending troops to the border, not to enforce, but to backstop border control agents. Texas governor Greg Abbott is in Allen today just outside of Dallas, where 8 people were murdered yesterday at a shopping mall. But Abbott insists, this is not about guns. There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of anger and violence. That's taking place in America. And what Texas is doing in a big time way. We are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. Abbott on Fox News Sunday, he says he's working to get more resources in place. In North Carolina, a new abortion bill will limit the window for most abortions from 20 weeks down to 12. Governor Roy Cooper. Many of these clinics are working very hard to treat women and now they're going to have many new medically unnecessary requirements that I think many of them are going to have to close. Cooper says he plans to veto that Bill. Bay Area baseball legend Vita blue has died at 73, John Shea is a sports writer for the San Francisco Chronicle and talked about blue's legacy to kcbs radio. It was a dominant and must see picture who drew huge crowds everywhere he pitched. I mean, teams would market and promote the days that Vita pitched in their ballparks, knowing everyone wanted to see him. Why does death was confirmed this morning at a statement from the Oakland a's. Move over, Mario
KCBS All News
"vita blue" Discussed on KCBS All News
"My son ran to the doorway and immediately saw the shooter dressed all in black like tactical kind of like a S.W.A.T. like where without any squad written on it. Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is warning Congress of serious problems if they don't do something about the debt ceiling. Even as we get very close to this date, if Congress doesn't act, we're likely to see financial market consequences. That's yelling on ABC, the default deadline is June 1st. CBS News brief. I'm Monica ricks. One 32 now. As we have been reporting former a's and giants great Vita blue has died at the age of 73. Mike dewald reports the three time World Series champ pitcher was an inspiration on and off the field. The legendary lefty was an MVP, a 6 time all star and a Cy Young award winner, capturing the hearts of fans on both sides of the bay during his 17 year career. Well, whatever I see. Hey Larry, it'd be a hug and what you been up to, where you did, what's going on? San Francisco Giants president and CEO Larry Baer, who says because of his big personality, everyone felt like they knew Vida blue. By this warmth and smile, it is charismatic and magnetic personality made so many people feel happy and especially children. Bear says some of blue's most important work came after baseball with the junior giants, dedicating fields and working with young players and diverse communities to help hone their skills. It's just really really took to that being with youth and hoping that they would be able to get into baseball and go on the right track in life like you did. By the blue was the first pitcher to start the All-Star Game for both leagues. Mike dewald, nonprofit Oakland, undivided, was founded during the pandemic as a way of bridging the cities, digital divide. As case CBS David Welch reports, three years later, the group boasts impressive successes as well as some ambitious plans. Close to 70% of Oakland public school students are considered low income. When
WTOP
"vita blue" Discussed on WTOP
"J Brooks. Well, hello and a good morning, Jenny. We start with horse racing from yesterday, the 149th running of The Kentucky Derby as mage overtook two fills to win the run for the roses with angel of empire coming in third next jewel of that Triple Crown except for may 20th with a 148th running of the Preakness to the ice Stanley Cup playoffs from yesterday oilers 5 win win over the golden knights and their second round Western Conference series get together. Elsewhere baseball national league gnats lost 8 to 7 in the desert to the Diamondbacks yesterday. They'll try to avoid that broom today as the series finales at four ten, Trevor Williams will start for Washington. Interleague action well, 1135 this morning will play the rubber game of the O's N Atlanta Braves yesterday Baltimore fell ending a two game win streak falling 5 four in hot lanta Also some sad news to pass along as Vita blue Oakland a's pitcher and legend passing away at the age of 73 blue also played for the Giants and the royals. He was a Cy Young and MVP as well as a three time World Series winner for the Oakland a's. Jay Brooks, WTO P sports. Thank you, Jay, coming up after traffic and weather, the latest on yesterday's mass shooting in an outlet mall near Dallas, Texas. The following is a paid commercial message. This is bishop Michael Berber to the Catholic diocese of Arlington. We all have crosses to bear, whether it be illness, financial worries, addiction, perhaps the need for reconciliation with a relative or friend. We may develop a tendency to feel sorry for ourselves to become distressed or disillusioned. So often we feel the weight of the world is upon our shoulders. Seek to look at the trials of life in another way. The particular cross the lord is asking you to carry is your path to a deeper holiness and intimacy with him. Do not resist it, but embrace it. With the strength that God will provide. Have faith at our lord will never give us anything we are unable to handle. Remind yourself that the cross is the way
Bloomberg Radio New York
"vita blue" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"He released his tenth book, Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, bless will talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Ricky Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers at Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating because he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth Magdalene Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces, and I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show, tell us a little bit about your background and baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces that won the Northern California Emmy Award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that'll be important later on. I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces, because Ricky Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black aces concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant. Who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s, and back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this wasn't exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games. And mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were a Bay Area pictures, a pitch for the Giants and the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then Vita blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Bryant's book makes clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my Vita blue baseball. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black pitcher. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that, how much it's changed. You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, who were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture and now soccer is really close behind and I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships are from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you, thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus
Bloomberg Radio New York
"vita blue" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"With author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant. He released his tenth book, Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, plus we'll talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Ricky Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers at Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating because he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth Magdalene Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces, and I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show, tell us a little bit about your background in baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces. That won the Northern California Emmy Award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that'll be important later on. I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces, because Ricky Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black ace is concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant, who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s. And back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this wasn't exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games, and mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were Bay Area pictures at pitch for the Giants and the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then Vita blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Brian's book makes clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my vital blue baseball card. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black pitcher. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that, how much it's changed. You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, who were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed? Do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture, and now soccer is really close behind. And I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships are from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you, thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus
Bloomberg Radio New York
"vita blue" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"His tenth book, Ricky. The life and legend of an American original on baseball legend Ricky Henderson, bless will talk with him about the current state of the game coming out of the all star break and heading toward the trade deadline. I am excited for our conversation with Howard Bryant, his book on Rickey Henderson really goes beyond the blockbuster numbers at Ricky put up in his long career. It touches on his impact. It really digs into his impact in terms of diversity and sports as a black athlete and his impact on player salaries, which is fascinating, because he was really ahead of his time. He's also in a group of legendary athletes that played in the Bay Area, which made me think of one of our own here at Bloomberg. Seth magdalena Seth is a producer who has a very unique background in baseball, especially in the Bay Area. Seth produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces, and I want to bring him into the program. Seth, welcome to the show, tell us a little bit about your background in baseball. I started out in baseball in the late 80s and took that all the way to Bloomberg where I was producing the sports business show portfolio when I first joined the network. You wrote and produced a documentary called the Bay Area black aces. That won the Northern California Emmy Award as the best sports program in 2004. And the decade before that, you didn't mention, you actually worked for the a's organization during Rickey Henderson's second tour of duty and that that'll be important later on I want you to explain to us a little bit about the premise of your documentary Bay Area black aces because Rickey Henderson is not a pitcher, but he's certainly a Bay Area superstar. The black ace is concept was generated by one of the 12 African American pitchers in history to win 20 games in a season to be an ace, and that was Jim mudcat grant, who pitched in the 1950 60s and 70s. And back in the early 2000s, he was promoting the fact that this wasn't exclusive baseball club. And baseball is all about numbers and clubs, right? The 500 home run club, the 3000 hit club. And to that point in the early 2000s, there had only been 12 black pitchers to win 20 games. And mudcat really wanted that to become a thing. And what I noticed, and I had been working in the Bay Area, is that of those 12, four were Bay Area pictures, a pitch for the Giants and the a's. I know there are people who'd like to make that a trivia question, but it was Sam Jones of the Giants was the first, then vied a blue, then a fellow named Mike Norris, who figures very much in Ricky Henderson's career as Howard Bryant, Howard Bryant's book to make clear. And then Dave Stewart. And so my documentary was about what made it possible for this concentration in one in one city to take place. And that actually since then, there have been two more in the club. CC Sabathia, who grew up in Vallejo and dontrell Willis, who grew up in Alameda, California. So it's really kind of a remarkable cluster. As a child of baseball cards, I have my Vita blue baseball card. But again, like you said, it was rare to see a black picture. You know, for every bob Gibson, there were not a lot of people who were and even bob Gibson and every one of them really had to fight to get taken seriously in that role. And unfortunately, now with the way baseball has evolved, we're probably not going to see 20 game winners very often anyway. And so it's interesting. That category may kind of go to history, but certainly the issue of race and baseball with participation now this year down under I think it's 7.2% of players on big league rosters are black and that's down from a high of 35 in the mid 1970s. So I think about that. How much has changed? You talked about how four of those pictures were from the Bay Area teams, who were playing for barrier teams and grew up in the Bay Area at the east bay specifically. Economic clusters is something we talk about a lot in business, right? Silicon Valley has a lot of engineers and because there's a lot of work opportunities for them. You have more developing in the region as well. Why is it from where you sit and from what you've observed? Do we have this precipitous drop off in black baseball players? Yeah, there's a lot of studies on that. One is just in general where the culture has gone that football and basketball have overtaken baseball in general in the culture and now soccer is really close behind and I think those games are perceived at those sports are perceived as being more friendly. They take less baseball, you know, you need more players, not from football, but certainly from basketball. You know, you can play three on three basketball and get really good and you can't play three on three baseball. Right. Lack of fields, lack of mentors, those factors have certainly been discussed. And to some degree, I think, you know, just lack of a welcoming feeling in the game. Also, lack of college scholarships, a lot more players now in baseball come out of college and fewer players who get college scholarships are from the black community. So it's really complex. But undeniable. Seth, you are the man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. We really do appreciate it. So nice to join you. Thanks. Thank you, Seth. Up next on the show more baseball author and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant joins us to talk everything in LB plus a look at
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"vita blue" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"See in colorado. I can't wait buster. It's like a state occasion. The all star break. It's a wonderful thing. I can't wait and it's going to be great. We hit the point of the season intact a whole season. So it's gonna be fun we're gonna go to. We live about ten miles apart. And we gotta go two thousand miles so we can see each other and that'll be a lot of fun so before we get to this week squares. Let's talk about this week's forgotten franchise. So buster today. We're going to talk about one of baseball's earliest two teams a club that was renowned for the depths of their corruption and rough play a club that was actually expelled from the national league. After its inaugural season the new york mutuals the mutuals formerly mutual of new york aka. The green stockings were formed in eighteen. Fifty seven by volunteer firemen who were members of new york's mutual hook and ladder company number one. The city is i volunteer fire department. The mutuals were the defacto team of tammany hall. New york's notorious and powerful political organization. And its leader. William m boss. Tweed was a member of the mutual's board of trustees. This club has the notorious distinction buster of being responsible for the first fix game in baseball history on september. Twenty eighth eighteen sixty five. Three members of the mutuals accepted bribes to throw a game against brooklyn's eckford club. They were all barred by the national association of baseball players but later reinstated tammany hall secure jobs for the all amateur mutuals on the city payroll and in eighteen sixty nine. The new york city council appropriated fifteen hundred dollars to fund a road trip to new orleans. The club originally played its home. Games at hoboken's elision fields which played host to what is generally considered the site of the first organized baseball game in eighteen forty six. The mutual shifted their home games to the union grounds formerly known as the union baseball and cricket grounds in south williamsburg brooklyn in eighteen. Sixty eight originally part of the national association of baseball players baseball i organization the mutual joined the national association. The first professional league in eighteen seventy and became charter members of the national league. Five years later the mutuals loan and l. campaign was as i like to say less than stellar. The club finished up with a twenty one and thirty five record and failed to make its final road trip of the season which led to their expulsion from the league but their notoriety buster and their status is one of baseball's top early clubs makes them. This week's forgotten branch is and you. And i have talked about the worst in best team names. Okay through the years. I've never brought up this category. And i think this team would qualify the most immediately a likeable team name when you like. You're a fan okay. And the team calls itself the mutual aka the green stockings. I hate them right away. What about you. I would say that a couple of weeks ago. We discussed the worcester. Worcester's which i think is really hard to top in that category. But you know mutuals approaches there. And now all of a sudden i'm thinking of the us l. and the washington federals and thinking you know all those years ago who wants be a federal. It's not exactly an aspirational thing. And the same. Probably hold true for mutual. So there you go right. From the get go. What are we shortened it to the mutes the mutes. Tough really new jewel. Well there are probably people who the equivalent of you and i in nineteen sixty one slash sixty two. Who said the same thing about the mets when they came into existence. So who knows. You're right you agree with me. Mutual being like. Oh my god. I would hate that team right away. Oh yeah that's awful it it just. It smells greed and corruption. So they really think about think about the marketing possibilities sponsored by mutual funds perhaps or mutual mutual of new york presents. The new york mutuals it would go. Great jersey would go great on the the bowl outside the stock market in new york. I think that'd be good marking spot for it. I can photoshop that. I'm all in all right. Let's get to this week's quiz all right boys week. Seventeen of our quiz earlier. This season joe. Moss grove finally finally pitched the first no hitter in the history of the san diego. Padres the dodgers by contrast have pitched twenty six no hitters. So here's this week's question. This franchise leads the american league. All time knows is it. A the white socks be the athletics. see the yankees or d. The red sox all time most no hitters in the history of the american league for a franchise. White sox as yankees or red sox. That's a great question. That question What you got. I'm gonna go red sox. I'm gonna go athletics. Oath of you are incorrect because the answer is the chicago. White sox have twenty including one this year. The red sox taylor have eighteen the last by john. Lester in two thousand eight athletics with aamir thirteen the last by my fires. Twenty nineteen buster. So we hold serve. And we enter the second half of the season with taylor making trades firing managers etcetera etcetera. I'd gone like six seven straight weeks now without actually being successful in one of these i gotta have so my logic on that was i knew the yankees. They despite their history as you know it's been built on offensive players supposed to pitcher with all due respect. Whitey ford mariano rivera. Yet i might. I focused on the athletics. Because through the history. They've had the likes of lefty grove and tafesh honor vita blue pitchers like that. They've been into pitchers park in. I can remember specific examples of oakland. Pitcher's throwing no hitters. So that's why would that gas and it was a terrible guests. Well you know and you you witnessed a perfect game if not more than one. If i'm not mistaken buster. Right to in yankee stadium. David cone and david wells. But i should've remembered the mark early. No hitter yeah. I mean that's well maybe by the end of the season the as might throw eight more no hitters the way things are going and in the second half and you know your answer might be right. Come october who knows that. That's sort of back at this point. That taylor needs to win this year's quiz. Thank you all right guys. Good senior bleacher tweets already buster bleacher tweets for friday. I will be of dave crop at crops corner. Dave rates in the phillies had multiple second half collapses under gabe kappler's management. Do you think the same will happen to the giants as the second half approaches. I don't think so considering. San francisco's pitching yet. Taylor and i appreciate your come reading that question because as we're doing the podcast you're power been flickering where you are in long island. Yeah you know. I figured it's probably better. That i normally stumble over these tweets so trying to slow down a little bit. And if the power goes it goes buster. It's outta my hands. God's work so all quickly here. Dave i agree with you. I don't think the collapse in second half all right christian zil rates in at museums z. There have already been nine. Instances of a team losing nine straight games this season. There haven't been nine game losing streaks in a single season since two thousand eleven and we hit that before the all star break. Why how. Bad of a is that. For august and september version. I think it's an outlier. I think it's just a wacky situation. I will say this we've talked about polarize The standings are i think. That's the only gonna get worse as we go through the trade deadline and the contenders the handful of contenders at the best players. Last one for the week. This one is from mr malibu himself. Who is toiling in the coal mines right now. Because that's what i don't want to be doing. Nathan garcia at eighty garcia. He writes. Will we see a foreign substance. Check in the all star game. Good question nate. No we will not. I can't remember the reporter. Who had that information. I may have been joel. Sherman of the new york post. But i believe that's the case no sub subject at the all star game already. That's it for the week cash. I bleacher tweets on twitter as you're watching games and please follow rate and review this podcast..
KNBR The Sports Leader
"vita blue" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"S O. We talked at length yesterday obviously, might half the show we had Madam President Susan Slusser, the former President of Baseball Writers Association of America, The only female never be voted that position. They change it annually every year. Now the giant beat writer We had Jeff Idelson. It was the president of the hall for over a decade and 25 years with the hall. So we were not surprised when at 3 15 are times on the voting came down. And no one was voted No one got the required 75% of the vote. But that just starts a little bit of the story of what happened yesterday. And the first thing we have to do Is separate. Curt Schilling. Who is on field accomplishment. Is very borderline if he's a hall of Famer at all. Because most of the Hall of Fame I mean, Jack Moore said to wait a long time. Dave Stewart never did get into the Hall of Fame and I start shillings most of his resume. Has been built on the postseason. He's had some dominant years took him a while to get his career going. I remember him in the American League with Baltimore, not a very good player, Houston Got better Philadelphia better than obviously Arizona in Boston, the bloody sock and the whole thing, But I mean, 216 wins. Vita Blue is very close to that. Vita has three world serious championships as well. So just is a As a on field accomplishment. If we're going to get into what they do in the postseason, then big time, Timmy Jim Tim Lincecum, we're gonna have Andrew Bagley. Apartment. Alex Pavlovich, join us to 10 30. He's gonna be on the ballot for the first time and Timmy's You know career even though it's littered with Cy Youngs and And no hitters. He does not have the resume of a Hall of Fame pitcher. But if you get a look at the postseason, Madison Bumgarner so first of all we have to Clearly delineate the on field accomplishments to just lump shilling bonds and Clemens together is laughable. Curt Schilling, some could make it argument is a Hall of Famer. I could make it argument is not And then his behavior reprehensible on social media's costume is his job as a broadcaster, and he keeps going on and on about what happened on January, the sixth and Caricatures about sports writers. So with anyone often he did, actually John he did at the end. When he got the voted yesterday. He did what I've been advocating Barry Bonds to do throughout the process after a couple of swings and misses at this, just take me off the ballot. I don't want to be in to bail out on the bed anymore. I mean, come on, look at my history of your bond. So Schilling tried that route. He's close. He's 16 votes away from being and try next year on his 10th and final shot at it. I don't know how that will impact him, but clearly when we put him in the conversation words shilling bonds. Clemens. That's not one of these. Don't don't match up. It's shilling. He's over there in the maybe category, the other two guys on on field accomplishments or our first ballot lock Hall of Famers. If you're playing a game among the Hall of Fame, Clemens may start the game is a right handed pitcher. And Barry Bonds. If he's not playing left field is certainly the D. H If you have a G H in the game, so it's just laughable and then I mean, Susan kind of felt like bonds would get in at some point, but the numbers we saw yesterday town, it's very possible very possible. He got 61 point. 8% of the votes and the Rockets 61.6. So they gotta jump up that much in one calendar year, the way Larry Walker did in his final year of eligibility. We're looking at the real possibility that Barry Bonds never goes into the Hall of Fame. Right, because, like you said the senior Committee, which would then it would be deferred to Have been pretty staunch in the fact that they were gonna put Bonds or Clemens in Susan said yesterday If you missed the conversation that she thinks, because a lot of the older Voters were kind of falling off. And the trend now is to vote more for Schilling and bonds for the younger guys, we're gonna be coming forth. Maybe he would get in or she thought he would get in. I don't know. Like you said it looked early because we gave you about 50% of the vote early, and they were All in the seventies, and that didn't turn out to be the case. Like I said, Not a lot of people voted for Clemens or Bonds at the end, and so, yeah, like you said, just low sixties. For their percent. They'd have to jump up quite a bit as far as Schilling, he says. The following I will not participate in the final years. You're voting and request to be removed to the ballot. I'll defer to the Veterans Committee and men whose opinion Actually matters. Aaron, who are in a position to actually judge, a player, Unquote Baseball Writers Association, has come forth and said he will not be removed from the ballot. But we'll see. You know he's 16 away. So you know, based on that he was trending in the right direction. I think most people after we saw What Schilling out yesterday, which was, you know, 71% of the vote. 71.1% is 16 votes away. S so now we'll see how the writers react. Torto. You know him questioning whether or not their opinion even matters, But the thing that bothers me is I said he just needs to lump the three of them together. They were not compare Doble careers. The first judge, Bonds and Clemens are locks. Seven time M V p, the only in history seven time Cy Young Award winner, the only in history. The other guy. I put a money making argument to me. Why, if he gets in that I think you know, lets you come now. I don't think Tim will get in. But I'll be anxious to see next year, his first year on the ballot. How many votes we will get in. I think it'll be more than Tim Hudson. I barely got over 5% and Barry Zito got just one vote overall, so he's off the ballot and then Madison Bumgarner if you want to compare post seasons Baumgartner's a three time World Series champion, his role in certain world serious foreigners profound, but in 2014..
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"vita blue" Discussed on Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"I think it is one big bully obeys because it all kind of comes from the same place internally thing so when i boil it down i guess what i am. This might sound obnoxious but more than anything. I think i'm a storyteller so it's like i'm producing so that i get to tell stories. I interview celebrity. So i can hear their stories. I create plays and make movies. So i can tell stories so i think in a way of just always been Fascinated by theater and movies And books because i really enjoy the escape in the fantasy of it all When you started up your midnight mass movie event over at the landmark. Did you think at some point. You'd be taken the show to europe. No absolutely not. In fact in. I pitched the whole idea to do midnight. Mass to landmark. They were you know very successful in the mid nineties you know and it was the heyday of sundance and independent cinema. They didn't need You know to make any extra army. I had to kind of force their arm in a sense To allow them to you know. Get them to allow me to do a midnight movie series because they had said you know rocky horror and things like that were relegated to college towns in the suburbs and To do something like this in san francisco with a waste of time So when i started it was really about having fun with my friends and putting on a show As an excuse for me to be able to screen my favorite movies in cinema it was really self centered and one thing led to another and sure enough. They were enough people in san francisco that we began Telling now show and and what was initially just kind of a trial season night. Map ended up becoming an annual events And then a year round event. And then i was traveling with in and in actually going places you know in europe can say well. I think it's interesting. The progression of you know you take it across the beta berkeley. Okay and then seattle and wow new york city next thing. You know you're in brussels you're in lausanne. Been kind of surreal. It was still still really. Surreal to me That i've peaches. Christ i get to do the things i do because you know i created the character as as a kid who was who was raised catholic and felt really oppressed and love horror movies and comedy and thank god. I discovered john waters. Because i was growing up in maryland and so the discovery of john waters was really a life changing for me and so john waters the rocky picture. So sort of set me on this past of creating peaches as a punk rock hobby really. I spent more money doing pizzas three years than i ever made. So the fact that this hobby this sort of you know like today drag queens become celebrities they become multimillionaires that you'd go on rupaul's drag race tour the world. This was not way was when i started you. Know drag queens were embarrassing to gay people and you know we were You know we were kind of dregs of queer culture. And i loved it so you know. I never thought that doors would open for me. Because i was peaches. I always thought you know. I always thought people were right when they said i was really an idiot. Well as with anything no matter what your pursuits are a. You're only going to get through through talent and and that's what you have. So that's when the town started shining through speaking with peaches christ who's going to be part of fest. Pakalitha your tickets. Sf sketch fest dot com. You mentioned john waters lucky enough to interview him a few months ago and we talked about his upbringing. And you know how he knew divine. I believe in baltimore when they were younger. When you said that you know obviously we know about the movies. We know about his kitschy campy style. Which is you know an imitable. What about when you got them and you got to bring them to midnight mass. I mean how. How cool is that. Well it was amazing. Because i mean i wasn't just a fan i was. You know obsessed with him and obsessed with the universe you know midnight. Mass in many ways was Built around him talking. Shoes know about the cats. When i came to san francisco. I didn't know really know who the couple cats were acceptable at john waters had described which is hippy renegade troop drag performers screen movies and pitch midnight and. You know years in midnight mass. I was able to invite me stole the john waters superstar common. Do one of the shows with us. And i couldn't believe she agreed and through lincoln i becoming friends and continuing to do shows together. It sort of opened this window for me to feel comfortable enough to send john a letter biting anniversary Midnight mass and he came and did he combat his assistant. Susan you know really went out of her way to let me know that john doesn't appear with drag queens cents divined pat. John doesn't work with drag queens. This is you know you're lucky. This is an honor and after john did the show with me He and i stayed in touch and over. The years. have become quite close. And you know were were actual friends now. My partner and i go to his house every year for christmas with win. we're allowed. We we did not. This is the first year in a long time. We weren't able to attend his christmas party. And you know the more walking. But john and i do together like you know. We'd gone swimming in the ocean together. That for me is so weird you like you know doing a show at home at the castro theatre. That's way more normal to me than hanging out with john getting in his car and running errands done. Yeah i can empathize with that. Like when i was a little kid idolized vita blue one day. I'm golfing with them. And smoking a cigar. And we're just shooting the us. And i'm like what the hell am i doing hanging out with vita balu weird. Yeah it's a real pardon me is able to show up via friends but there's this other part of me that's always the kid you know inside and just kind of giddy like oh my god. This is john waters and he's been phasing Mentor so generous. And you know when i was writing a screenplay he actually read offered advice and when making that same he came to the set. I mean he has been really Just incredible and actually part of sketch fest A couple of years ago was Sketch posting grows from my forty fifth birthday party and john was Surprise special guest. And so john actually roasted me on stage So and that would just surreal just to hear him talk about me. Even though he was making fun of me would wonderful deathbed memory. You know one more thing. I wanted to ask you about You go to golden gate park and you go to the museum. Maybe they're doing a special. You know Event on impression is Or maybe they're going to retrospective on gauguin. What was it like when you go to the young. And they have the peaches christ retrospective..
Todd Schnitt
This week in sports history
"Hello sports fans in the west here to take you on a journey back to this week in sports history will start up way back in eighteen sixty nine with the Cincinnati red stockings to become the first professional baseball team this week in nineteen hundred baseball's American League meets in Chicago and announces the American League will be made up of the Chicago white stockings at the Washington Senators the Milwaukee Brewers the Detroit Tigers Cleveland blues Boston Americans Philadelphia athletics and Baltimore this week in nineteen twelve pitcher cy young retires from baseball with five hundred and eleven wins this week in nineteen sixty the NFL Chicago cardinals moved to Saint Louis they play their three nineteen eighty seven this week in nineteen sixty two wilt chamberlain is the first to score four thousand points in an NBA season this week in nineteen seventy eight the NFL permanently adds a seventh official the side judge also this week in nineteen seventy eight the Oakland Athletics trade vita blue to the San Francisco Giants for seven players and three hundred and ninety thousand