Episode 246: "Billy Ball"

Baseball by the Book

Justin McGuire

Authors, Baseball, Books, Statistics, Sports, History, Arts

4.9 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 1980, baseball's most controversial and colorful manager took over the lowly Oakland A's. The result was a tumultuous three-season reign that may well have saved baseball in Oakland. Author Dale Tafoya joins us to discuss the era of Billy Martin, Rickey Henderson and Charlie Finely.

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0:00.0	Black the throws.
0:02.0	There's a long time! I tell it me, I believe!
0:05.0	The Giants!
0:07.0	The Giants!
0:08.0	The Giants!
0:10.0	The Giants!
0:11.0	The Pellate!
0:12.0	The Giants!
0:13.0	The Pallet!
0:14.0	The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.
0:18.0	Oh, put me in cold.
0:22.7	I'm ready sent to you.
0:40.6	Hey, everybody, I'm Justin McGuire, and this is a special Friday edition of Baseball by the Book.
0:46.8	That's right, folks.
0:47.8	This week you were getting a double dose of Baseball by the Book,
0:50.8	the podcast in which we talk to authors of baseball books past and present.
0:55.1	We're going to be doing two episodes a week, at least for the next several weeks, as I try to
0:59.1	keep up with the large number of baseball books that come out this time of year. Also, I figured
1:04.1	two episodes a week would be a good thing for those of you who are stuck at home and looking
1:07.9	for something to do. Now today, guys, we were joined by Dale Tofoya,
1:11.9	who's here to talk about his new book called Billy Ball. We're going to get to that in just a
1:16.1	second. First, though, I want to mention something that I haven't mentioned in a while. If you are a
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