• Episode 10: Nick Clooney "Watching the Radio"

  • May 7 2024
  • Length: 38 mins
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Episode 10: Nick Clooney "Watching the Radio"

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  • Nick Clooney - famous Cincinnati broadcaster and local icon, joins Jack and Randy to share his Reds fandom from the late 1930s to the present day. A captivating discussion touching on long forgotten names from the 1940s, Grady Hatton, the integration of baseball, how fans "watched the radio" before TV broadcasts of the Reds, Waite Hoyt describing the action after receiving teletype of the game action on the road, and meeting members of the Big Red Machine when he was working in Cincinnati beginning in the 1970s. Nick explains why "The Natural" is his favorite baseball movie and how he helped to mentor children in Cincinnati by explaining his story. And, of course, memories of his son George Clooney.

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