9-15-21: What would you sacrifice for your kids?

09/15/21 • 5 min

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Being a parent is one of the greatest joys we get to experience in our lives. Most of us say we would give anything for the good of our children. Well, today I want to tell you a story about a man who did just that over 80 years ago. This is the story of Easy Eddie, the man who helped make the notorious gangster Al Capone rich and kept him out of jail. Later, riddled with guilt about helping a mobster stay clean, Eddie flipped on Capone and helped put him in jail for tax evasion. Listen to today's short to hear Easy Eddie’s story and his connection with the WWII hero who had an airport in Chicago named after him.

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9-14-21: Don't do it for the money

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So many of us are concerned about how much money we are going to get paid to do something, but when you are doing something you love you don’t do it for money or recognition. A prime example of this was Ted Williams who not only played at a time when players weren’t paid a lot of money but “Teddy Ballgame” also wasn’t worried about records or accolades, he was worried about one thing...hitting. Today is the story, told directly to me by Ted Williams, about his final day of the season in 1941 where he ended the year hitting .400.

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Episode 3: Mike Kowalski, former drummer for The Beach Boys and rabid LA Dodgers fan.

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Today I talk with Mike Kowalski who spent 39 years playing a variety of instruments for The Beach Boys, touring with them as a second percussionist starting in 1968 and taking over as their full time drummer for 23 years after the unfortunate death of Dennis Wilson in 1983. Mike was given his first set of drums by the famous actor Jack Webb after Webb witnessed him banging along to a record with two hair brushes and two small drums at the age of 10. Mike went on to play drums at a young age for acts such as Redbone, Sonny and Cher and Etta James before landing a touring gig with The Beach Boys.

I met Mike after he heard Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully mention that I played drums on a broadcast. Mike was a huge Dodger fan and said he had to meet the new second baseman who also played drums. We met in a hotel lobby at spring training and have been good friends ever since.

We talk about Mike’s long career with The Beach Boys, the genius of Brian Wilson, playing in a jam session with Jimi Hendrix and Mike’s longtime love of baseball. His knowledge of baseball is darn near as impressive as his knowledge of music. This is a wonderful conversation I know baseball fans and music fans alike are going to enjoy listening to.