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Joe Gallagher's 50-year career in sports broadcasting includes producing championship baseball shows on radio and television from 1949 to 1999. Joe worked for the New York Yankees alongside legendary announcers Mel Allen & Red Barber; the New York Mets with Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy & Ralph Kiner; the CBS Sports Baseball Game of the Week with Dizzy Dean & Pee Wee Reese; and the NBC Sports Baseball Game of the Week with Curt Gowdy, Jim Simpson, and Tony Kubek. A native New Yorker now living in Austin, Texas, Joe celebrates his 93 years recalling the thrills of Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Bob Gibson plus many tales from the Golden Age of Sports Broadcasting with co-host Jim Wogan.

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    Another Subway Series?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 26:42


    The Mets and Yankees are positioning themselves for Subway World Series. But is that a good thing? Former NBA media director Matt Winick, a keen observer of New York sports history and a former media executive for the Mets, joins Joe and Jim for a look ahead at the possibility of another Subway Series in baseball. 

    Early days of the NFL on TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 27:02


    Joe Gallagher was there when NFL rose to power on network TV in the 1950s and 1960s.  Hear more about his experiences on this NFL playoff edition of Instant Replay.  

    Gil Hodges to the Hall of Fame

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 23:13


    Joe discusses the career and legacy of Gil Hodges, who he knew from his days as a broadcast producer for the NY Mets and NBC Sports. Hodges will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022. 

    The 2021 World Series and some historic context

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 29:10


    The conversation covers the 2021 World Series and a few other dramatic moments in postseason baseball history-- including the 1951 NY Giants, and the 1957-58 Milwaukee Braves.

    Willie Mays - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 35:50


    Award-winning baseball columnist John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle joins us to talk about his recent book on Willie Mays.

    Willie Mays

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 30:01


    Say hey!  Joe Gallagher and Jim Wogan take a look back at the career of Willie Mays and the release of a new book about one of the best players in baseball history.

    From Dunphy to DiMaggio

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 35:29


    A chance meeting with legendary boxing announcer Don Dunphy leads to a career that includes riding the rails with the NY Yankees in the 1940s and 1950s.  

    The 1941 MLB Season- Williams, DiMaggio and Pee Wee

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 36:52


    Joe Gallagher reflects on the 1941 Major League Baseball season which may go down as the best ever.

    Ernie Banks- A conversation about Mr. Cub

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 37:40


    Former Cubs PR and publications director Bob Ibach joins Joe Gallagher and Jim Wogan to talk about Hall of Famer Ernie Banks.

    George Kell: From the field to the broadcast booth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 34:26


    Hall of Famer George Kell stacks up as one of the greatest 3rd basemen of all time, and his transition to a career in broadcasting started under the mentorship of veteran producer Joe Gallagher.

    1970 NBA Finals- Game 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 35:02


    Legendary NBA guard and Hall of Fame player Walt Frazier joins Joe Gallagher and Jim Wogan for a look back at one of the most memorable games in NBA history-- Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals between the NY Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers.

    Stan Musial and a Bishop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 30:11


    Joe welcomes Bishop Richard F. Stika of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville to discuss his lifelong passion for the St. Louis Cardinals and his friendship with Stan "The Man" Musial. 

    Reflections of Ralph Kiner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 35:20


    Ralph Kiner was one of baseball's biggest stars in the 1940s and 1950s.  After his playing career, Kiner became a fixture on NY Mets broadcasts for five decades and made Kiner's Korner must-see TV for fans.  In this episode of Instant Replay, Joe Gallagher and his son John, both of whom worked with Ralph during their broadcasting careers, look back at a NY Mets and baseball legend.

    Lindsey Nelson, the original voice of the New York Mets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 41:58


    Joe Gallagher remembers working alongside one of America's all-time great play-by-play announcers-- Lindsey Nelson, the original voice of the New York Mets. He could do it all: college football, the NFL, and much more.  But making the Mets sound good in the early 1960s wasn't as easy as it looked, or sounded.

    Mel Allen, Red Barber, and Voices of the Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 30:37


    Joe Gallagher discusses working with two of the legends of baseball broadcasting, Mel Allen and Red Barber.  We also discuss some of the modern play-by-play guys.  Who do you think is (or was) the best?

    The greatness of Bob Feller

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 37:40


    One of the best nicknames in baseball should be reserved for one of the best pitchers in the history of the game.  Bob Feller was many things, including a legitimate teenage phenom, a decorated WWII veteran, and he was known as Rapid Robert, the Heater from Van Meter, Iowa.  

    Bob Gibson and Whitey Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 31:23


    Two of the greatest pitchers in baseball history pass away within 6 days of each other. In this episode, how Hall of Famers Whitey Ford and Bob Gibson dominated the 1950s and 1960s with their own distinct styles of pitching.

    The Case for Allie Reynolds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 32:18


    Allie Reynolds threw two no-hitters in a single season and was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball at the time. Joe Gallagher remembers the brilliance of a player who he believes should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  

    The '69 NY Mets

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 39:05


    Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges transformed the Mets from being lovable losers to World Series champions. Matt Winick was an eyewitness to some of the greatest games, and one of the biggest upsets, in World Series history.  He joins Joe Gallagher and Jim Wogan on this episode of Instant Replay. 

    The New York Yankees 1949-53

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 30:53


    A phone call to his college newspaper office leads to a job with the New York Yankees. Stories about Don Dunphy, Mel Allen, Casey Stengel, Billy Martin, and Joe DiMaggio in this episode of Instant Replay. 

    CBS Game of the Week Pregame Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 32:28


    With George Kell moving to Detroit, and legendary play-by-play announcer Dizzy Dean not in the mix, CBS had to come up with a new way to present its pregame show on the Game of the Week during the 1959 season. 

    Growing up in NYC

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 30:31


    Joe went to his first game at Yankee Stadium in 1937.  A year later,  he saw Gehrig hit three triples and Pearson throw a no-hitter in a doubleheader against Cleveland on Aug. 27, 1938.  

    The New York Mets- Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 32:15


    The Mets face an unhittable Sandy Koufax on a June visit to Los Angeles and Joe tracks down Danny Kaye and Nat King Cole for appearances in the booth with Lindsey Nelson. 

    The New York Mets- Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 30:30


    How Joe Gallagher landed in the broadcast booth with baseball's worst, yet most likable team. 

    Mickey Mantle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 30:07


    Joe and Micky Mantle share common ground. They were both rookies in 1951.  Joe remembers Mantle's career from his view in the broadcast booth. 

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