The Baseball Lifer Podcast with Scott Kornberg

My guest, the voice of the AAA Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Marlins) was called up to make his MLB broadcasting debut with the Miami Marlins on May 18. We discussed the road that led to his debut and his ongoing career with Jacksonville.

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The Baseball Lifer with Howie Karpin and Scott Orgera

My guests are the authors of the new book 976-1313: How Sports Phone Launched Careers and Broke New Ground." Howie spent more than a decade behind the scenes at Sports Phone's main office in New York. In partnership with Scott, they put together a book full of stories from the many voices callers like me heard when we called Sports Phone for the latest scores. Many of the people behind those voices made it big in or out of sports. The book tells their stories.

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast with Dave Collins

My guest, as a rookie broadcast Barry Bonds in class A ball. Dave Collins is making his second appearance on my program. Since 2005, he's been the voice of the Lancaster Barnstormers, now the Stormers, of the Atlantic League. We talk about that and his time broadcasting in the Orioles' organization when I first met him.

Next week, Howie Karpin and Scott Orgera, authors of the book 976-1313!#

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast John Sterling Profile

Yankees' broadcaster John Sterling retired on April 15, 2024 after 35 years broadcasting games on radio. This show features some of my favorite John Sterling memories from a 1976 interview to a 1985 call on a Braves game to many of his famous Yankee calls.

The next episode will be available on May 3 when broadcaster Dave Collins makes his second appearance on my show. # Episode Notes

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast with Don Zminda

After a lengthy career in sports statistics with Stats LLC, Don Zminda has written several books which he told me about during our interview. One is "Harry Carey: Baseball's Greatest Salesman." Two others are about the White Sox, his favorite team since boyhood.

Other Books by Don Zminda: "Double Plays and Double Crosses" and "GoGo to Glory." # Episode Notes

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast An Extended Profile of Bob Murphy

This show features more Bob Murphy highlights than I was able to use when I profiled him early in the series. Along with newly acquired pieces, the show closes with an interview Mr. Murphy granted me in May, 1994 for use on the air on July 31, 1994 when he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast with William R. Douglas

Mr. Douglas, one of my earliest guests makes a second appearance to discuss his book "The Death and Resurrection of Baseball." Since he first joined me, an audible edition of the book has come out. Mr. Douglas talks about being a lifelong White Sox fan and discusses his second book about his vision of a second Civil War. Before he joins me, you can hear 3 highlights from the history of the White Sox on radio.

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The Baseball Lifer with Enrique Oliu

Enrique Oliu became baseball's second blind broadcaster when he joined the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998. While the Devil was taken out of the Rays' name, Enrique is still there. He was kind enough to be an early guest, and his appearance is getting a well-deserved encore.

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast with Ed Randall

Ed Randall was a baseball fan, broadcaster and talk show host until a cancer diagnosis hit him like a Nolan Ryan fastball. Once his cancer went into remission, he returned to doing interviews which he still does. He also created a nonproffit foundation, Fans for the Cure. He talks about his career and his foundation with me on this episode.

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The Baseball Lifer Podcast with Bob Branco

Bob has been blind since birth and rooted for the Red Sox since their 1967 World Series appearance. He has written books, hosts two podcasts and arranges to take groups of blind friends to a Red Sox game every year. Now he has created BobbyBall, a board game for blind and sighted players alike.

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