Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated joined Downtown to talk about the start of the MLB season and his run in Downtown Madness. Jaffe talked about his great run which ended […]
Tag: Baseball
Jay Jaffe on Pablo Sandoval and the 2016 MLB season
Hal Richman on his career and creating Strat-O-Matic baseball
Hal Richman, the founder and creator of Strat-O-Matic baseball, came on Downtown to talk about his career and the creation of the game. Richman spoke about how he decided to […]
Ken Burns talks about his new project “Jackie Robinson”
Documentarian Ken Burns returned to Downtown on Monday afternoon to discuss the upcoming debut of “Jackie Robinson” on April 11th on PBS. Burns talked about the legacy of Robinson […]
Bob Ryan on the history of the three-pointer and expanding the DH to both leagues
Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe joined Downtown to talk about a wide range of topics, including his recent column for the Globe about the origins of the NBA […]
Mel Proctor on Gene Mauch and “The Fugitive”
Sports broadcaster and author Mel Proctor came on Downtown to talk about his latest book called The Little General. Proctor spoke about the subject of the book, who was Gene […]
Molly Knight on her new book “The Best Team Money Can Buy”
Author Molly Knight joined Downtown on Wednesday to talk about her new book that hit shelves last week called The Best Team Money Can Buy. The book details the Los […]
Author Charles Leerhsen on Ty Cobb
Author Charles Leerhsen joined Downtown to talk about his latest book Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty. In the book Leerhsen talks about many of the misconceptions that the public had […]
Ted Berg with early thoughts on MLB season
Ted Berg of the USA Today joined Downtown to talk about the first month of the MLB season and if Red Sox fans should be worried about the rotation so […]