Wednesday, September 30, 2015

09/30 Sports stories, headlines, stats and schedules with Fred Dryer

Former All-Pro NFL defensive end Fred Dryer, talking sports! 

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

09/23 LARRY ELDER JOINS THE CONVERSATION

Radio Great Larry Elder JOINS Former All-Pro NFL defensive end Fred Dryer and Mike Horn as the talk sports!




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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

09/16 JAY JOHNSTONE

JAY JOHNSTONE - FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER - OBSERVATIONS ON SPORTS NEWS

John William Johnstone Jr. (born November 20, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player, active from 1966 to 1985 for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs. Johnstone was known as a versatileoutfielder with a good sense of humor, known for keeping clubhouses loose with occasional pranks and gimmicks. He later served as a radio color commentator for the Yankees (1989–1990) and Phillies (1992–1993).

Career highlights include:
  • As an Angel, he preserved Clyde Wright's no-hitter against the Athletics in the seventh inning by catching aReggie Jackson fly ball 400 feet from straightaway center field, just in front of the wall (July 3, 1970).
  • As a Phillie, he went 7-for-9 in the 1976 National League Championship Series against the Cincinnati Reds. However, the Reds swept the Series.
  • As a Dodger, he hit a pinch-two run home run in Game Four of the 1981 World Series against the New York Yankees, the home run rallying the Dodgers from a 6–3 deficit to win 8–7. The victory also enabled the Dodgers to tie the Series at two games each; they won the next two games to win it all.

Clubhouse prankster
He pulled off a number of infamous pranks during his playing days, including placing a soggy brownie inside Steve Garvey's first base mitt, setting teammate's cleats on fire (known as "hot-footing"), cutting out the crotch area of Rick Sutcliffe's underwear, locking Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda in his office during spring training, once dressing up as a groundskeeper and sweeping the Dodger Stadium infield in between innings and then hitting homers the next, nailing teammate's cleats to the floor, and replacing the celebrity photos in manager Lasorda's office with pictures of himself, Jerry Reuss and Don Stanhouse. One time, during pre-game warm ups, he climbed atop the Dodger dugout and, in full game uniform, walked through the field boxes at Dodger Stadium to the concession stand and got a hot dog. He also once dressed up in Lasorda's uniform (with padding underneath) and ran out to the mound to talk to the pitcher while carrying Lasorda's book and a can of Slim Fast.

As a baseball announcer, he once covered a microphone with a scent of stale eggs then proceeded to interview Dave Stewart, Mickey Hatcher and other players.

Many of the pranks, along with other aspects of his career, are described in the books he co-authored with sports columnist Rick Talley – Temporary Insanity, Over the Edge, and Some of My Best Friends Are Crazy.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

09/09 DODGERS AND ANGELS, PATRIOTS, DEFLATEGATE, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL, MATT HARVEY

JOIN Former All-Pro NFL defensive end Fred Dryer and Mike Horn as the talk sports!


Join them this week as they discuses the following topics


DODGERS AND ANGELS GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS



PATRIOTS ASK NFL TO REINSTATE SUSPENDED DEFLATEGATE EMPLOYEES



TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS ALLEGE REFEREE IN INCIDENT USED RACIAL SLURS

 MATT HARVEY SAYS HE'LL BE READY WHENEVER THE METS START HIM




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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

09/02 Sports stories, headlines, stats and schedules with Fred Dryer

Former All-Pro NFL defensive end Fred Dryer, talking sports! 

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