Miracle Men Q&A With 1988 Dodgers’ Steve Sax
Josh Suchon’s new book, Miracle Men, is a great retrospective on the 1988 Dodgers World Series team … a miracle team that rode Orel Hershiser, Kirk Gibson and some gritty role players past the triple-digit winning New York Mets and Oakland A’s. Not everything was able to go into the book, but Suchon was happy to allow the Throwback Attack staff to publish some of his Q&A’s that he did with some of the players from...
read moreQuick Thoughts: LeBron James, Dodgers Brawl, Stanley Cup Finals
Grab a cup of coffee and start your day with our “Quick Thoughts” *** Watching the Dodgers and Diamondbacks brawl was like watching an Old Timers game after everyone had been drinking. You had all these 1980s and 1990s stars living vicariously through the new players like they were Little League parents whose dreams were never fulfilled. Mark McGwire and Matt Williams went toe-to-toe. Don Mattingly threw Alan Trammel to the ground, yet it...
read moreCatch Phrases Are Ruining Sports
It seemed like a typical week, at some point I was marveling at another great feat that Mike Trout had pulled off. This time it was hitting for the cycle. Watching the highlights, I noticed that the Angels broadcaster, Victor Rojas, didn’t use his catch phrase “Big fly!” immediately when Trout homered. I thought — hoped, rather — that Rojas allowed the moment of a 21-year-old hitting for the cycle carry the broadcast...
read moreBook Recommendations
It’s less than a week before Father’s Day and if you’re still looking to get your dad something, may we recommend a pair of books that will make a baseball-loving father happy. Josh Suchon, who did this Q&A about his book “Miracle Men” revisits the last Dodgers World Series winning squad, collecting stories and memories from everyone involved in the 1988 championship. It’s a 25-year retrospective that...
read more#ThrowbackThursday — Nick Anderson Misses Four Free Throws
Game 1 of the NBA Finals always reminds us of one player, and unfortunately for Nick Anderson, it’s not a good thing. While the Spurs and the Heat were battling in this year’s version, we always recall 1995 for some reason. Perhaps it’s because this was one of the few Finals you knew the Bulls wouldn’t win (since Jordan was on his baseball sabbatical) and perhaps we were initially intrigues because of this massive phenom...
read moreRemembering 10-Cent Beer Night
Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the famed notorious 10-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland. What a marketing disaster. I wonder what the front office was like when that idea came up at some promotional roundtable. We could have a cheap beer night. Maybe for a game against another miserable team. It would draw fans. You know, Johnson, that’s not such a bad idea. How about dollar beer...
read more#ThrowbackThursday — Beckett Magazines
Back before we were aware of girls and before packs of cards rose from 50 cents to a couple of bucks, it was great to unleash your card collection on the kitchen table and sit down with a Beckett. Anyone who collected cards — even casually — knew about Beckett Magazines. Some hardcore dorks collectors even subscribed to the magazine to see if a card they owned had risen or fallen by a penny or so during the course of the previous month....
read moreThe 10 Worst Ned Colletti Signings
Except for maybe one offseason when Frank McCourt was on the verge of bankruptcy, Dodger GM Ned Colletti has been like a kid with dad’s credit card – wildly spending with little or no repercussions. As the team is on the verge of offering Clayton Kershaw a contract in the $200 million range and after Colletti received a contract extension in the offseason and Don Mattingly did not, it’s time to go back and look at some of the worst deals...
read moreThe Charlotte Hornets are Back!
Did anyone else get as excited as we did at such milquetoast news? The Charlotte Bobcats are returning to their roots and bringing back the Hornets name. What they should have done in the announcement was have Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues and Alonzo Mourning there. Why did everyone love the Hornets so much when they came into existence back in 1988? Odds are because they were good almost from the very beginning (above .500 in their fourth year)...
read moreMiguel, Jake “The Snake” And the Weekend of Wrestling
Jake “The Snake” Roberts rarely comes up as anyone’s favorite wrestler from the glory days of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was always overshadowed despite having one of the most popular and devastating finishing moves. Even fringe wrestling fans knew about The DDT. Even Roberts couldn’t describe what DDT stood for, and when asked he just said “The End.” Classic brainiac wrestler. Roberts...
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