Owen Good's discussions
In the clubhouse after this disaster Dad and I went up to Dempsey to ask him about pitching as a position player. He laughed it off, but he did say that when he was with the Dodgers he saw Jeff Hamilton take it too seriously and ruin his arm, and his career.
Jeff Hamilton as a pitcher here: https://www.baseball-referen… Read more
Also saw Rick Dempsey mop up in relief of a Sox-Brewers blowout in Milwaukee. Dad and I were sitting in comp seating behind home plate, the so-called “wives section.” Dempsey jammed Ellis Burks into a groundout at short for the second out of the inning. “If the Brewers can get 10 runs in the bottom of the ninth,… Read more
On the trip where I met Greenwell we saw the Pirates in Three Rivers. I brought home the day’s give-out, a plastic Iron City mug.
On the same baseball trip, Orlando Merced hit a grand slam in the July 4 game in Chicago in 1991, which I watched from the press box. The WGN booth was to the left. When the inning ended,… Read more
Mike Greenwell is my favorite player of all time. I met him when I was 17, credentialed for pre-game field access, at Fenway Park, June 26, 1991.
On Sept. 2, 1996, he drove in all 9 runs in a 9-8 victory over Seattle, setting a major league record for most runs driven in by a player accounting for all of his team’s…
A smooth listen. Never interfered on the action. Enberg, Bud Collins, great company in the living room for a great decade of tennis.
