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1-10-24 Hour 3: M Braves Leaving in 2025, Best SEC All Sports School in 2000's, Larry Bowa
1-10-24 Hour 3: M Braves Leaving in 2025, Best SEC All Sports School in 2000's, Larry Bowa
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48 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Bo and the crew talk about the best all sports program in the SEC during the 2000's, the Mississippi Braves leaving Pearl and playing with Pete Rose in the third hour of the show live in the BankPlus Studio. The guys talk about how Florida has dominated the big three sports in the 2000's and which other schools have gotten close. The Mississippi Braves will have their last season in Pearl this year and Bo talks about supporting the team one last time. MLB legend and five-time Allstar Larry Bowa who won a world series both as a player and then as a coach joins the show on the Farm Bureau guest line. Bo asks Larry about his start in baseball, and the Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Famer says he was cut three times from his high school team because of his size. He got signed to JUCO through summer ball and from there worked his way to the minors then the majors. Never thought about quitting because of his dad who was a minor league player with over 2,000 hits and never got drafted. Bo asked him when he realized he could have a career, and Larry said it was in the minor leagues. He was told he could be a major league utility player, but if he could learn to switch-hit, he would be an everyday player in AAA, so that is what he did and hit around .270-.280 as a switch-hitter. Bo asks Larry when he was with the Phillies when did they realize they were going to be good. Larry says that in the mid 70s they started to play really good but were still missing something. The missing piece was Pete Rose. At that point Dallas Green took over and that is what led them to where they were in the 1980s. After a tough series with Houston, Bowa felt there was really no pressure on them going in the World Series at that point. Bo asks if he still talks to Pete Rose. Larry says he sees him a good bit and that he believes Rose is at peace with not being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Bo wants to know what Mike Schmidt was like as a player and a personality. Larry says he was a natural athlete and could make it look easy with any type of ball in his hand.
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Released:
Jan 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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