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SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST,2010

9 PM LEGENDARY MUSICIAN

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY

Southside Johnny is an American singer-songwriter, who usually fronts his band Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes.They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. They have recorded and/or performed several Springsteen songs, including "The Fever" and "Fade Away". Springsteen has also performed with the band on numerous occasions and in 1991 guested on their Better Days album. During the bands formative years Miami Steve Van Zandt acted as the bands co-leader, guitarist, songwriter, arranger and producer .Southside stops by to talk to Mark and Aj about his long musical career as well as his brand new CD Pills and Ammo.

SUNDAY JULY 25TH 2010

9 PM SEASON OF THE SAMURAI MANAGER

WARREN CROMARTIE

Eleven-year MLB veteran Warren Cromartie (Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals) is the focus of the documentary film Season of the Samurai, in which he manages the all-Japanese Samurai Bears baseball team in the inaugural season of the Golden Baseball League in 2005.The film follows Cromartie and the team during 90 games in 97 days on the road throughout California, Arizona and Utah. Cromartie's on-edge personality guides the team both on and off the field as the first all-foreign team competing in an American sports league.Cromartie played for Japan's Yomiuri Giants under world career home run record holder Sadaharu Oh after retiring from Major League Baseball and signed on as manager of the Samurai Bears in an effort to jumpstart his managerial career. Cromartie is not the only former Major Leaguer to participate in the Golden Baseball League: 60 other former Major League players have played in the league, including Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, who played for the San Diego Surf Dawgs in 2005 and is featured throughout Season of the Samurai.

SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST 2010

9 PM SPORTSTALKNY SALUTES MANAGERS OF THE YEAR

EARL WEAVER

Earl Weaver joins Mark and AJ to talk about his Hall of Fame Managerial career.Weaver managed the Orioles for 17 years, including 15 in a row, using the philosophy of "if you play for one run, that's all you get." Throughout his career, Weaver managed for the three-run homer and solid pitching to hold that lead, and liked to use extensive data on past performance to help make decisions, philosophies adopted by his second baseman and managerial protégé Davey Johnson. Weaver also liked to bait umpires, and was thrown out of almost 100 games (including a rare World Series ejection in Game Four of the 1969 Series) and suspended at least four times. In 1985, he was ejected from both ends of a doubleheader.During his tenure as big-league skipper, the Orioles won six Eastern Division titles, four American League pennants, and a World Series championship. Weaver's managerial record is 1,480–1,060 (.583), including 100+ win seasons in 1969 (109), 1970 (108), 1971 (101), 1979 (102), and 1980 (100). He only had one losing season in his managerial career, with the 1986 Orioles.Between his stints as manager Weaver served as a color commentator for ABC television, calling the 1983 World Series (which included the Orioles) along with Al Michaels and Howard Cosell.

SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST 2010

9 PM SPORTSTALKNY SALUTES MANAGERS OF THE YEAR

BUCK RODGERS

Robert LeRoy "Buck" Rodgers  is a former catcher, manager and coach. As a manager, he helmed three major league teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (1980, 1980-82), Montreal Expos (1985-91) and California Angels (1991-92, 1992-1994), compiling a career won-lost mark of 784-773 (.504).. As a player, he signed his first professional contract with the Detroit Tigers and was selected by the Angels in the 1960 MLB Expansion Draft. He was a top defensive catcher and a switch-hitter who played nine major league seasons (1961-69), all with the Angels, compiling a .232 batting average with 31 home runs in 932 games. He first became manager of the Brewers on an acting basis at the outset of the 1980 season. He was serving as the club's third-base coach when pilot George Bamberger suffered a heart attack. Rodgers posted a record of 26-21 as acting field boss until Bamberger was able to return. The 1981 campaign was disrupted for six weeks by an in-season players' strike, which caused the major leagues to adopt a split-season format. Rodgers led the Brewers to the best overall record in the AL East at 62-47 and the second half title, After guiding the Indianapolis Indians of the AAA American Association to the 1984 regular season championship, Rodgers was promoted to manager of the parent Expos, \. His first six years (1985-90) in Montreal were largely successful, with the Expos averaging almost 84 wins per season, In August 1991, the Angels fired Doug Rader and hired Rodgers as their new pilot. Buck — still well-liked from his playing days in Anaheim — led the Halos to a 20-18 record for the remainder of the campaign, and was 39 games into his first full season as Angel manager in 1992 when a bus carrying the California club was involved in an expressway accident; Rodgers was seriously injured and missed almost 90 games...In between his playing and managing careers, Rodgers served as a coach for the Minnesota Twins (1970-74), San Francisco Giants (1976), and the Brewers (1978-80). He managed in the Angels' farm system in 1975 and 1977.

As a player, Rodgers caught Bo Belinsky's no-hitter on May 5, 1962.

SUNDAY AUGUST 8TH 2010

9 PM SPORTSTALKNY SALUTES BASEBALL’S 300 GAME WINNERS

AUTHOR OF THE 300 CLUB

DAN SCHLOSSBERG

The author or co-author of 35 baseball books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball, Dan Schlossberg joins Mark and Aj to talk about his book The 300 Club.Since the beginning of Major League Baseball in 1876, only two dozen pitchers have won 300 games. Beginning with Cy Young and Walter Johnson, the only two players to win more than 400 games, this book reviews the careers of all 24 pitchers in the club. Exclusive interviews with 10 living 300-game winners, including Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, and Greg Maddux, form the heart of the book. Johnson was the last pitcher to join the club, winning his 300th during the 2009 baseball season.The 300 Club is about “the last of a breed,” but the book is the first of its kind – a fast-paced and thorough exploration of the best pitchers the game has ever seen. Dan also has contributed to Baseball Digest, The Sporting News, MLB.com, the All-Star Game and World Series programs, plus annuals, other publications, and baseball card projects. The former Associated Press sportswriter is managing editor of BallTalk, a syndicated weekly radio baseball show, and is president emeritus of the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA)

SUNDAY AUGUST 15TH 2010

9 PM SPORTSTALKNY HOCKEY IN AUGUST SHOW

NY RANGER PROSPECT ETHAN WEREK

The the NY Rangers' second-round pick, No. 47 overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Ethan Werek joins Mark and Aj to talk about his recent prospect camp experience and what he is expecting this coming season.

SUNDAY AUGUST 15TH 2010

9 PM SPORTSTALKNY HOCKEY IN AUGUST SHOW

NY RANGER PROSPECT RYAN BOURQUE

The the NY Rangers' Ryan Bourque  a 19-year-old forward selected by the Blueshirts in the third round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft at Montreal,  joins Mark and Aj to talk about his recent prospect camp experience and what he is expecting this coming season, as well as the pressure that comes along with being the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Ray Bourque, whose legendary 22 seasons with the Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche ended with NHL career records for goals, assists and points by a defenseman.