We always were talking about sports and baseball in general when one day he asked if I would be interested in joining a league he was putting together. So my second favorite team became my first.Ībout this time Tom Fulton was the manager of a gas station that I always went into after school to get baseball cards as the new boxes came out. Players that won and became great because of their head instead of just their arm or bat. He should be thankful but I digress.) Mark Grace and Greg Maddox were exactly what I loved about baseball. (God literally shook the earth so Tony could reset his starting rotation to get him that one win. Tony Larussa had just lost his 2 World Series in 3 years. The Bash Brothers to “Every Man” Terry Steinbach how could you not love them? That Oakland team of the late 80’s is still one of my all time favorites and probably always will be.
I also liked the Cubs because I had to be the yin to the rest of my families yang (Cardinal fans…. I fell for Rickey Henderson and his GOAT attitude as a kid I admit it. This Week in Baseball is still my all time favorite show. Watching The Game of the Week with Vin Skully and Joe Garagiola was a family ritual. It began early by listening to Jack Buck and Harry Carey on the radio. My love of baseball is a constant and ever changing affair. It is one missed step from changing history.
That is what makes baseball different than most sports.
I can enjoy watching sky rocketing home runs but my favorite plays were always more like Chuck Knoblach’s saving the game in the 91 World Series with his fake throw that cause Lonnie Smith to hold up at 2nd for a split second and totally saving a run and a win for the Twins. I have always been very cerebral in my approach to sports.
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