It’s Independence Day weekend and we celebrate Sports in America. Lee Hacksaw Hamilton discusses the History of Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey. Hacksaw shares some of his childhood memories collecting baseball cards and sports journals.

Here’s what Lee Hamilton thinks on Monday, July 3, 2023.

Take a walk down Memory Lane as we discuss:

·         Baseball Card Collecting Stories

·         Baseball on TV

·         New York Yankees, Giants, Dodgers

·         San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s

·         Charlie Finley, Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Marvin Miller, Curt Flood

·         Topps, Upper Deck

·         Rickey Henderson

·         Candlestick Park

·         Hacksaw’s glory days as a Little League pitcher

·         Billy O’Dell, Baltimore Orioles

·         Jim Leland, Brian Giles, Pirates

·         The History of Topps Baseball Cards

·         Jerry Coleman

·         Americana, American history, American culture

·         SABR Baseball List and Record Book

·         Cooperstown

·         Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle

·         Spalding Baseball Guide

·         Connie Mack, Philadelphia Athletics

·         Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, Kennesaw Mountain Landis

·         Ted Williams

·         Game of Shadows, Barry Bonds, BALCO, Gary Sheffield

·         Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jimmy the Greek, Phyllis George

·         Pete Rozelle

·         Bobby Lane, Red Grange

·         Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, Keith Jackson, Dandy Don Meredith, Art Modell, Monday Night Football

·         Golden State Warriors, Al Attles, Rick Barry, Clifford Ray, Keith Wilkes

·         Larry Bird, Magic Johnson

·         Yao Ming, Victor Wenbenyama, Hakeem Olajuwon

·         Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal

·         Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain

·         NHL, WHA, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Hull, Mark Messier, Lake Placid

 

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