The Sunday Notes: Frank Robinson Traded

December 13, 2015 by Ron Juckett · Leave a Comment

As Major League Baseball clubs spend and trade this holiday season, preparing for 2016, this edition of the Notes looks back on a trade propelling the Baltimore Orioles to a championship and reviews something this week that never happened before. Although the Chicago Cubs backed up a bank vault for outfielder Jason Heyward, other teams wheeled […]

Filed under Top Stories · Tagged with Densby Swanson , Floyd Youmans , Frank Robinson , Graham McNamee , Jack Brickhouse , Josh Kantor , Mark Appel , Milt Pappas , Nancy Faust

“Ball Talk: Baseball’s Voices of Summer”

April 19, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment

I was recently sent a free copy of Kevin Bender’s DVD, “Ball Talk: Baseball’s Voices of Summer,” a 1989 documentary hosted by Larry King that “celebrates Hall of Fame-honored baseball announcing pioneers Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jack Brickhouse, Jack Buck, Curt Gowdy and Ernie Harwell…” I watched it on Saturday and it’s fantastic!Â The film […]

Filed under Book Review , General · Tagged with Babe Ruth , Baseball Announcers , Baseball Hall Of Fame , Bevens , Curt Gowdy , Don Larsen , Ernie Banks , Ford C , Frick Award , Giants Win The Pennant , Jack Brickhouse , Jack Buck , Mel Allen , Minute Documentary , Rare Archival Footage , Red Barber , Russ Hodges , Tv Broadcasts , Voices Of Summer , Willie Mays