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Barry Bonds holds the career homerun record, having crushed his 756th homerun deep into the stands in right field and breaking Hank Aaron's record on August 7th, 2007. But Barry Bond's legendary career has been overshadowed by his role in the professional baseball's ever-deepening steroids scandal.

Catch Bobby Bonds as he talks about his relationships with the key people in the sport. Bonds is interviewed by Ann Liguori, award-winning luminary in sports broadcasting with a celebrated career that spans two decades. Liguori has interviewed some of the most legendary sports personalities, drawing out their success stories, their opinions on a variety of issues, and their love of the game.

Listen to insightful interviews with 13 legendary baseball players as master interviewer Ann Liguori, an award-winning luminary in sports broadcasting, discusses achievement and life with baseball heroes. Ann asks baseball heroes about their careers, explores historic stats, finds out what motivates them, digs into the juicy controversies, their screw-ups and a host of other insightful issues that surround each of these record-setting baseball players.

Baseball Hall of Fame 'legend' Mickey Mantle played his entire 18-year major-league career for the New York Yankees, and is loved by just about everyone who's a fan of the game. To this day, Mickey Mantle is one of the most celebrated players in the history of baseball. He holds the record for the most World Series home runs and a lengthy list of other spectacular stats.

Duke Snider played centerfield with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers until 1962. From 1947 to 1956, Brooklyn ruled the National League, but that wasn't the only item in the news. Snider had a front row seat to the controversy surrounding the brilliant career of Jackie Robinson - they started in the major leagues on the same day. In this candid interview Snider also talks with warmth and humility about the day the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.

Goose Gossage won his claim to fame as a relief pitcher in crucial games. He recorded the final out to clinch a division, league or World Series title seven times. Between 1972 and 1994, Gossage played 22 seasons for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. His wild facial hair and a gruff demeanor only added to the intimidation of his blistering fastball.

Baseball great Jim "Catfish" Hunter was a right-handed starting pitcher in the major leagues between 1965 and 1979 - he pitched a perfect game in 1968. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1974 he claimed the American League Cy Young Award. Hunter ended his career winning 224 games and earning five World Series rings. This interview talks about those great moments and the players he shared them with.

Whitey Ford pitched his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees, and he was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974. Ann Liguori caught up with the legend at the Museum of Television & Radio in New York City. In this rare interview, Ford speaks candidly about coming up from the minor leagues mid-season in 1950 - playing among legends like Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio in the middle of a 5-year championship streak for the Yankees.

Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto spent his entire baseball career from 1941 to 1956 as a shortstop with the New York Yankees. In Rizzuto's rookie year, his teammate Joe DiMaggio had his most successful year, and it made a deep impression. Later Rizzuto was named the American League's MVP in 1950. He still holds numerous World Series records for shortstops.

Johnny Bench, a 14-time All-Star, made his name playing for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983. Johnny Bench is widely considered one of the greatest baseball catchers of all time. The Reds' 1975 and 1976 World Series champs were known as "The Big Red Machine," and Bench was key in the team's success. Catch Johnny Bench at ease in Palm Springs, discussing everything from his baseball career to his golf game. Johnny is interviewed by Ann Liguori.

Phil Niekro earned his claim to fame as a major league baseball pitcher, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. He also won the National League Gold Glove Award five times. With 318 career victories, Niekro is the winningest knuckleball pitcher of all time, and his 121 career victories after the age of 40 is a major league record.

On a spring day in 1947, Mr. Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he taps Jackie Robinson to be the Major League's first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when the eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickey's motivations to integrate white baseball.

Ted Williams defined excellence in whatever he took on. Whether he was playing left field in the major leagues, or flying an airplane, Williams would not settle for second-best. He played 21 seasons with the Boston Red Sox in a career interrupted two times by service as a Marine Corps pilot. He is widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball, was a two-time American League MVP, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A humorous and poignant story that follows a fictional major league baseball team through a summer season when the team comes together after one of the players is diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

People come from all over the country and all over the world to seek success in New York City. A group that represents the success of the city is the American League baseball team, the New York Yankees. This team has more championships, more records and more star players than any other team in the history of baseball. However, the team that eventually became the "New York Yankees" was not always based in New York City.

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For 36 years, Jerry Howarth ushered in eternal hope each spring and thrived in the drive of each fall as the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1982, the lifelong avid sports fan joined Tom Cheek as full-time play-by-play radio announcer for the Blue Jays, and for the next 23 years, “Tom and Jerry” were the voices of the franchise. Jerry became part of the fabric of a nation and a team, covering historic moments like the rise of the Blue Jays through the 1980s that culminated in back-to-back World Series Championships in 1992 and 1993.

Tell your man: "Take me out to the ball game" and mean it! Is your favorite male spending more time talking to the "tube" than to you? Would you like to score with that nice looking single guy at the sports bar? Well, ladies, it's time to step up to the plate and get into the game with this relationship hit that's just in time for the playoffs!

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in all of sports, with enduring legacies both on and off the diamond. Chief among the hallmarks of the organization is an unparalleled pitching dominance; Dodger blue and white brings to mind brilliance on the mound and the Cy Young Awards that follow. In Brothers in Arms, acclaimed Dodgers writer Jon Weisman explores the organization's rich pitching history, from Koufax and Drysdale to Valenzuela, Hershiser, and the sublime Clayton Kershaw.

Christy Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the “Five Immortals,” he was an unstoppable force on the mound, winning at least 22 games for 12 straight seasons and pitching three complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series. Pitching in a Pinch, his witty and digestible book of baseball insights, stories, and wisdom, was first published over a hundred years ago and presents listeners with Mathewson’s plainspoken perspective on the diamond of yore.