1979: Willie Mays Hall of Fame!

Ted Williams allegedly said that they invented the All Star Game for Willie Mays.  He was right.

Willie Mays was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in 1979.    Mays played 21 seasons with the Giants, and finished up with the Mets in 1972-73.    He hit over .300 10 times and retired with a career .302 average, won the NL MVP twice (1954 & 1965) and was selected 20 times as an NL All-Star.  On top of that, Mays led the league in home runs four times and hit 660, or the second highest ever at the time he retired.

Some of us are old enough to remember watching Mays in the NBC Saturday afternoon game of the week.  Finally, I had a chance to watch Mays in 1972 when he finished his career with the New York Mets.   He wasn't Willie Mays anymore but it was a huge thrill to see him in person! 

For my money, Mays was the greatest player of the 20th century!

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2014 podcast: "The Vikings" with Leslie Eastman & friends

Perhaps you've been watching "The Vikings" on The History Channel.    It is a challenging and complex topic but the series is very entertaining.  The series was written by Michael Hirst of Elizabeth & The Tudors.

Back in 2014, Leslie Eastman joined me for a discussion of "The Vkings".  Barry Jacobsen discussed the history, myth, and legends based on The History Channel's new series, focused on famed raider Ragnar Lothbrok.  Then, Thrand Godfrey discussed the weapons, tactics, battles and his video projects on the subject.

Leslie wrote a great post about the show and the series.  Check it out!

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Listen to "The story of The Vikings" on Spreaker.

2012: Talking tango with Georgina and Oscar

Leslie Eastman joined me for a chat with Georgina Vargas and Oscar Mandagaran.  They are a lovely tango couple from Argentina.  This is Leslie's post about the show!  This is a wonderful couple who dances gracefully............

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2013: A chat about the story of "beer"

We spoke on Thursday night about the history of beer, from the beginning to the present.

We were joined by Leslie Eastman, Barry Jacobsen plus Vice President/Brew Master of the Manzanita Brewing Company, Garry Pitman.

Here is the show.

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