As baseball fans we don’t often have a chance to talk with a former player who played in the major leagues during the 1930’s. On Thursday, Elden Auker, who started game seven of the 1934 World Series against Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean will join me on Right Off The Bat. The show airs at 2:50 PM Pacific right here on loveofthegameproductions.com, the A’s website, or 610 KFRC AM in Northern California. I’m really looking forward to this opportunity to speak to Elden Auker. [Read more →]

If you enjoy reminiscing about the Pacific Coast League of the late forties thru the mid fifties, then don’t miss Wednesday’s show when the guest is Brent Kelley, author of “The San Francisco Seals, 1946-1957.” The show airs at 2:50 PM Pacific right here on loveofthegameproductions.com, thru the A’s web site, or KFRC 610 AM, in Northern California. Brent will be calling in live from his home in Kentucky. [Read more →]

Ever wonder if you could sell your baseball cards like the stockbrokers do on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Topps Card Company has come up with a way to do it online through “ETOPPS.” Warren Friss, Topps VP of Internet business will explain how it works on Right Off The Bat Tuesday beginning at 2:50 PM Pacific, heard right here on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, or 610 AM KFRC, in Northern California. [Read more →]

One of the funniest and most astute writers in the Bay Area, Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle, joins Marty on Right Off The Bat Sunday at 11:50 AM Pacific hear the show right here on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, or KFRC 610 AM in Northern California. [Read more →]

National League All Star Ben Sheets, one of the top young pitchers in baseball joins Marty on Right Off The Bat Wednesday at 11:20 AM Pacific. Sheets talks about his 2000 Olympic experience and more. Tune in right here on LOTGP.com, the A’s web site, or 610 AM KFRC in Northern California. [Read more →]

Bob Uecker, Hollywood movie star as well as play by play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers is Marty’s guest on Right Off The Bat Tuesday at 5:50 PM Pacific, right here on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, or 610 AM KFRC in Northern California. Don’t miss this show. [Read more →]

Ron Thomas, Bay Area journalist, recently published his new book, “They Cleared The Lane”, a story about basketball’s black pioneers. Ron compares the NBA basketball players ground breaking racial experience with baseball’s integration in 1947, in a very insightful show. Listen at 11:50 AM Pacific right here on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, or 610 AM KFRC, in Northern California. [Read more →]

Arizona Diamondbacks major league scout, Shooty Babitt gives us his scouting report on the interleague games tonight at 5:50 PM Pacific on Right Off The Bat heard on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, or 610 AM KFRC, in Northern California. [Read more →]

Former Padres second baseamn Bip Roberts, an old style leadoff hitter and now a broadcaster for Fox Sports, will be our guest on Right Off the Bat, Wednesday at 5:50 PM Pacific, right here on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, and KFRC 610 AM, in Northern California. [Read more →]

Ever wonder what umpires think of the new strike zone, how they prepare for a game, if you do, listen to Right Off The Bat, Tuesday at 5:50 PM Pacific as our guest will be major league ump, Paul Schreiber. The show can be heard on LOTGP.com, the A’s website, or KFRC 610 AM, in Northern California. [Read more →]