Sportsnaut Unfiltered with TC

Sportsnaut Unfiltered with TC


Stars and Strikes Baseball in the Summer of '76

April 14, 2014

TC and Dan Epstein sit back and discuss America's favorite national pastime Baseball! Back in 1976 there was a lot of celebrating going on with the bicentennial of America. Some people didn't know that it was a big year in baseball as well. Our guest today tells us about some of the big name players like Reggie Jackson, Bake McBride, and Mark Fidryoh. We find out where they were and what they were doing other than loving what they were doing out on the field. We also talk about the fact that December of 1975 was the first time they started allowing free agency in the MLB, which meant the 1976 season was the first year to feel the effect of this change. This meant players like Reggie Jackson became even more of a commodity and they needed to become strategic about getting to where they wanted to play. Listen in as Dan tells us what Reggie did to ensure he wasn't going to end up stuck somewhere he would be miserable. Do you remember that 1976 was also the year of possibly the most Patriotic play in baseball made by none other than Rick Monday. Listen in as Dan tells us the story of Rick's famous snatch and grab that restored the stadiums faith in humanity. If all that weren't enough, TC gets put to the test. Each of the chapters in Dan's book are song titles! Chuckle along as TC's brain is tested for musical knowledge! I wonder if he will make it out alive!