“MLB-VS-UNION…TELL THE TRUTH”
MLB and the Union made their first sets of proposals last week about what they each want to see as negotiations begins on a new CBA. It has been followed by verbal gunfire between Commissioner Rob Manfred and Union Chief Bruce Meyer. All that is to be expected. But let me fire my first shot in the arguments. The Union needs to present the full story about the San Diego Padres if they are going to use them as an example that baseball does not need a salary cap. Meyer told the...
“CAN THEY SAVE COLLEGE SPORTS”
Interesting day in Congress, aside from the White House chaos we have to live with day in day out in the Trump era. Congress held hearings on a bill presented by Ted Cruz, to save the NCAA. And Congress heard from leadership people...
“NBA PLAYOFFS WORTH WATCHING”
It's not whom we expected to see in the NBA finals, but it shapes up as a fascinating series that starts tonight. The San Antonio Spurs have arrived ahead of schedule, and not just because of the dominance of Victor Wembenyama. The New York Knicks...
PADRES SKID CONTINUES…DODGERS-INJURY..YANKEES-JUDGE OUT 6W..SPURS-VS-KNICKS GAME 2..NFL-NBA-NOTES..CAROLINA COMEBACK WIN VS VEGAS..BIG WEEKEND BELMONT STAKES
...(Baseball)... Padres-L-Phillies (6-4)..Friars skid continues..Lost 5-in row and 9-of-10 and 11-of-14 ..Adolis Garcia solo HR ..Bryson Stott 2-hits ..Zach Wheeler 8-strikeout outing..retired 13-in a row ..Manny Machado 2R-HR..Jackson Merrill 2R-HR in loss ..Lucas Giolito (4inn-3R-6H) ..Padres hit (.107) in 3-game series... 33-strikeouts...(1-11) RISP ..Phila (6-0) vs Padres..(19-5) record Padres-vs-Mets..Friday...Michael Kings-vs-Christian Scott..Mets won 5-of-7 Padres...Captain Manny Machado...'I am not disappointed-lots baseball to be played'....Machado (.178) average...hitting (.122) since late April. ------- Dodgers-Arizona...Tied (2-2) at Press Time in 9th...Thursday...LA...
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Lee ‘Hacksaw’ Hamilton has built a national reputation as one of America’s top sports-talk show hosts. He has been named Talk Show Host of the Year seven times by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. He has spent his last 26-years doing Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego, and was the first talk show host hired at the legendary 77,000-watt XTRA-Sports-690, and now at 50,000-watt Mighty 1090, hosts the San Diego Padres pre-postgame talk shows. .
He was the popular longtime Radio Voice of the San Diego Chargers, and also did NFL play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks, and the Compass Media Networks, in addition to his college play-by-play work for the USC-Trojans, Arizona State Sun Devils, San Diego State Aztecs and the Ohio University Bobcats. His NFL play-by-play has been featured at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions in San Diego, and for NFL-Films.
He broadcast the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the WHA-All Star games.
He has also worked for Sirius-XMs Home Plate Baseball Channel, and did talk shows for Fox Sports 570-KLAC in Los Angeles, and Fox Sports Radio’s network..
He spent 8-years doing hockey for the Cleveland Crusaders and Indianapolis Racers, and 8-years doing Minor League baseball for the Phoenix Giants and the Utica Blue Sox.
He worked at KTAR-Phoenix, 3WE-Radio in Cleveland, and began his career at WLGN-Logan, Ohio and WIBX-Utica, New York.
An accomplished writer, he was named ‘Columnist of the Year’ by the San Diego Press Club, and has written freelance sports columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, and the SDNN-San News Network website.
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