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Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Michael Jordan was offered a chance to play with the Oakland A’s in 1994; plus more headlines

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Former Chicago White Sox Michael Jordan taking an at bat against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley before swinging for an RBI double in 1994 (cbssports.com file still)

On Headline Sports with Charlie O:

#1 The Michael Jordan documentary “Last Dance” has been the talk of the sports town. With it’s well received viewership on ESPN at 6.1 million viewers some of the topics have been interesting and extraordinary.

#2 The one story that stands out is when Jordan had retired from the NBA to play baseball in 1994 Jordan got an offer from then former Oakland A’s general manager Sandy Alderson who asked Jordan’s agent at the time if he would be interested in joining the A’s on their Major League roster. Jordan in double A for the Birmingham Barons declined saying he was loyal to White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf and didn’t want to upset the big leaguers who worked hard to get to the show by skipping grades to get to the A’s.

#3 Charlie how crucial is it for the state and the Sacramento community to have the state paying the Sacramento Kings $500,00 a month to rent Arco arena as a field hospital for incoming Coronavirus patients.

#4 Charlie could you fill us in on the MLB video game tournament that will be televised live and will there be a lot of ribbing and joshing amongst the players during a tournament like this?

# 5 Former Los Angeles Dodger play by play announcer Vin Scully certainly hasn’t lost his sense of humor after taking a tumble at home saying he’s done with head first slides.

#6 Charlie can you tell us about the Boston Red Sox losing a draft pick for sign stealing and that the penalty was far less than the penalties the Houston Astros got.

Join Charlie for Headline Sports every other Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Two leagues, six divisions, two different states in MLB idea for regular seaon

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photo file from City of Scottsdale: Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona will remain empty one way or the other as fans will not be allowed to watch exhibition and regular season games from inside the park if baseball season is ever to resume

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 MLB is considering realigning MLB teams and canceling out the National League and American League traditional schedule where teams like the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees could be rivals.

#2 The alignment would be changing six divisions. The two different leagues would be called the Cactus League in Arizona and the other league the Grapefruit League in Florida with three divisions in each league.

#3 The idea is to play regular games in two different states with no fans in attendance in an abbreviated season how will that work for TV revenue and most importantly for radio.

#4 How will an idea like this be received by the fans? They’ll miss baseball but some might just tune out if they can’t get to the ball park or if they feel like their team is away and it doesn’t have the local feeling to it.

#5 The other benefit to it is they will all be one hour drive from each other and if they going to compact so many games in in a short amount of time this might be the best way to do it.

Charlie O does Headline Sports every other Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Trump hopes to have NFL going by August; Antonio assault charge on repo man pretty much ends career; plus more

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file photo from nbcnews.com: Former Oakland Raider Antonio Brown appears in front of Broward County judge. Brown is facing assault charges of assaulting a truck driver.

On Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 Trump hopes to have the NFL season going and able to start on time when August pre season kicks off. Trump was in a conference call with other pro sports commissioners and the discussion was on where the country was at in flattening the curve. No doubt the commissioners were concerned about the economic impact from the shut down.

#2 Former Oakland Raider Antonio Brown was accused of assaulting a moving truck driver, Brown refused to pay moving fees, and forcibly retrieved his possessions in the truck. Also a Broward County prosecutor said that police had been call to Brown’s house some 18 times in two months after the assault on the truck driver.

#3 Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are set to be honored as they get inducted in the NBA Hall of Fame this has been billboarded  one of the best classes of the NBA’s Hall of Fame classes.

#4 Houston Astro veteran pitcher Justin Verlander  said he’s donating every check he gets during the pandemic shut down to charity. He and wife Kate Upton said they will be donating to a different organization each week.

#5 Charlie O what do you miss most about baseball right now, is it the smell of the concession stands when you first walk into the ball park, the cut green grass, your seat ready when you walk into the pressbox after picking up the stat sheets and line ups, or Dick Callahan on the A’s PA system doing play by play on which is fastest BART car?

Charlie O does Headline Sports every other Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com