walkoffwalk.com - 7/17/2008
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Last night, Bob Costas hosted a baseball-themed episode of his Costas Now town hall meeting-style show live on HBO. Among the topics discussed were the dearth of black baseballers, the hall of fame candidacy of alleged steroid users and Pete Rose, and the economic divide between rich teams and poor teams. Numerous ballplayers, both current and legendary, dotted the audience and panel ...
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Walkoff Walk: Willie Mays Is Everybody’s Awesome Grandpa
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Walkoff Walk: Willie Mays Is Everybody’s Awesome Grandpa Sorry I missed this session of the Costas Now show...but once The Hirdt Sports Bureau got up and started doing his act, it was off to quirky MP3’sville. Mays and Aaron were both asked (by audience member and actor Robert Wuhl) if they had ever taken any performance-enhancing drugs in their careers, specifically about something called “red juice” (allegedly amphetamines). Aaron pointedly answered no and denied ever seeing anyone take anything; he joked that they weren’t getting paid enough to afford ...
Different worlds collide (again) on HBO's Costas Now
Big League Stew —
... If Mays had had his way, we probably would have. A short interview that was only scheduled for five minutes turned into one of the most interesting interviews ever captured between the two men. It was so good that HBO has decided it will air the interview in its entirety at a later date. ...
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