Past Our Prime Scott Johnston

It's 1974, and Jenny Fulle wants to play ball... Little League baseball.

With the boys.

That's gonna be a problem. Undaunted by being rejected at every turn, she writes a letter to President Nixon setting in motion a chain of events that would eventually lead her to being the first girl to ever legally play Little League. She was a pioneer 50 years ago and continues that to this day as a visual effects producer for such Major Motion Pictures as Apollo 13, Seabiscuit, Lord of the Rings and many more.
It's a great chat with a girl who just wanted to have fun... playing with the boys... and hitting dingers... Join us for an illuminating conversation with a woman who changed the sports landscape for girls half a century ago on the Past Our Prime podcast.
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We know who hit #715--Hank Aaron.
We know who threw #715-- Al Downing
Now meet who caught #715 -- Tom House... correction... Dr. Tom House.
The former MLB pitcher turned Quarterback guru talks about the night Hank hit that record breaking home run... how Aaron's mother was ready to die for her son... and how he caught the ball and became a part of Hank's Hall of Fame exhibit...
House went on to get his PhD in psychology and helped Nolan Ryan pitch until he was 46. Then he turned his attention to the NFL, and guided Drew Brees and Tom Brady to play into their 40's.
He's lived an incredible life and shared many of his insights and interesting stories on the Past Our Prime podcast.
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How does 383 strikeouts sound? 24 wins? 40-40 anyone?
Who would have been the top pick in a 1974 Fantasy Baseball Draft? Former Dodgers Vice President of Communications Gary Miereanu joins the boys to talk about some of the stars from 50 years ago who might have gone in the first round of a Rotisserie Baseball League draft heading into the 1974 season. It's a bonus segment from the Past Our Prime podcast to celebrate the start of baseball now... and then!
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The 1974 baseball season was littered with players who would one day be enshrined in Cooperstown. But on the cover of the Sports Illustrated issue was Pete Rose, one of the few who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but not because Pete couldn't play... he was the MVP in 1973, and is baseball's all-time leader in hits, but.... well, you know... Former Sportswriter and VP of Communications for the Dodgers, Gary Miereanu joins us to look back at a phenomenal time in baseball as the National Pastime was still king of the Sports World in America. Willie Stargell, Steve Garvey, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer and the Toy Cannon, Jimmy Wynn are a handful of the players we discuss in this episode. And as a bonus, a 2nd episode where we do a mock draft of a first round of fantasy baseball... if there was such a thing back 50 years ago.
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In 1974, the UCLA Bruins dominated college basketball like no team ever has. Looking to win their 8th straight National Championship everyone wondered who would be the team to end their run.
And in Greensboro, North Carolina we found our answer: North Carolina State.
On the Past Our Prime podcast, Monty Towe, the 5'7 point guard joins us to talk about that Final Four win over UCLA... his bond with that Wolfpack team, how great David Thompson was as a player and as a teammate, and the invention of the 'alley oop' between Towe and Thompson.
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Babe Ruth changed the sporting culture in America when he went to New York and blasted his way into the record books. But what is it about the Sultan of Swat that we don't know about? Stephen Lang attempted to answer some of those questions about who the Babe was when he didn't have a bat in his hand in his portrayal of the legendary slugger in a TV movie in 1991 called... Babe Ruth. The versatile actor has no limits starring in theatre, movies and TV and although Lang may be most known for his roles in Avatar, Tombstone, Gods and Generals, and Gettysburg, both Ruth's daughter and granddaughter say Lang's portrayal of the American icon is a Home Run. We'll talk with him about how he got the role, how Rod Carew helped him get the swing down, what it was like to share the screen with Pete Rose and why this was the most physically grueling role of his career.
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