"Style and Flair": A Conversation with Ozzie Smith

Black Diamonds

SiriusXM

History, Baseball, Black History, Sports, Negro Leagues, Documentary, Equality, Society & Culture, Civil Rights

4.8 • 617 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith joins Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to discuss how his game was reminiscent of the Negro Leagues, the great St. Louis Stars (6:26), how he became "the Wizard" (11:35), the origin of "The Flip" (15:10), Shadow Ball (17:49), what made the St. Louis Cardinals better than the NY Mets (21:00), offense vs. defense (26:35), his appreciation for the Negro Leagues (34:36), players he loved to watch (38:00), his draft story (45:25), Black shortstops (51:30) and his frustration with today's baseball (54:30).

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0:00.0	Major League Baseball on Sirius XM is a fan's field of dreams.
0:05.7	I can hear every game?
0:07.3	From the first pitch to the last out of the World Series.
0:11.3	What about my hometown announcers?
0:13.5	They're on the Sirius XM app.
0:15.8	They built it knowing you would come.
0:18.1	Ray, there's even an entire radio channel filled with experts talking baseball all day long.
0:24.4	Is this heaven?
0:25.8	No, Ray.
0:26.8	It's MLB Network Radio, Channel 89.
0:30.1	This summer, experience Negro Leagues 101, a celebration of the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Negro Leagues at the Negro Leagues
0:39.5	Base Base Base Base Base Base Base Base Base Base in Kansas City. For more information, plus event
0:43.7	schedules, video exhibits, and safety guidelines, visit nLBM.com and follow the museum on
0:50.7	Twitter at NLB Museum KC and follow Bob at NLBM Prez.
1:00.8	There was a team in the 1980s on the east side of the state. I'm in Kansas City and over in St. Louis. The 1980s
1:15.6	belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals who played a style that was as reminiscent of the Negro
1:22.5	leagues as I think we've ever seen before. There were a lot of great players on those teams, those St. Louis Cardinal teams of the 80s,
1:33.8	and Whitey Herzog was not afraid to turn those thoroughbreds to lose.
1:39.0	But the guy who brought the most flavor, the guy who would probably be as close to a Negro
1:46.6	League's player as any of those great cardinal players
1:50.2	was the wizard, the great Osborne Ozzy Smith.
1:56.5	He's our guest on this episode of Black Dines.
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