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>> tim: back in 1965, december of 1965 to be exact, bring robinson was traded from the cincinnati reds to the baltimore orioles for milt pappas, the pitcher, and everybody in the national league was saying, what? frank robinson for milt pappas, regardless -- we've never seen milt pappas pitch. how did that trait affect you? starting to believe i could spend my entire season -- i mean, career, sorry, with the cincinnati reds and was hoping i could, then the trade came and i was crushed. it took me three or four days to kind of realized that i was going to a good ball club, if i went over there and have the type of year that i was capable of having and the other guys the years that they had and had had that we had a good chance to win. >> tim: did you ever have a good year for, 49 home runs, led
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the triple crown, yastrzemski won it the next year. >> i just did what i felt like i was capable of doing to help the team. players, we all kind of fit in together with no ego and we had a tremendous year. >> tim: i talked to jim number of years. he has always said that the one thing that characterized you from many, many other superstars, guys who hit home runs to win ball games was nobody other than willie mays that comes to my mind took as much pride in their base running as you did. >> that's exactly right. i took pride in my baserunning because i felt like i was part of my game and part of my job. >> tim: not a lot of guys who hit home runs feel that way. >> that's exactly right. i didn't think about being injured. that was my job. if i was at first base, my job
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play and get my team and extra out. that is what i did. i enjoyed scoring runs. so i'll go from first to third and most base hits to the outfield no matter what, and i would score from second base on most base hits because i wanted to score and i wanted to reward the individual that was the hitter with an rbi if i could. and i just felt like if i did those things myself, then when i was at the plate, my teammates would do the same for me. >> tim: also, in your baserunning, there is deception. there was a change of pace, and it's something that i really didn't realize until after my career was over and thought about you running the bases. not too many other guys did it that way other than perhaps mays. mays had a change of pace, but you really did. >> that was the way i ran. some people thought i wasn't getting meant by all the time, but i knew when and what, and i
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i'd go on to second base, it didn't look i was going full speed, and i wasn't because i did have another gear. when i hit the base, felt like an going, then i turned it to another gear. >> tim: final segment with frank robinson coming right up. >> announcer: this portion of "the tim mccarver show" is brought to you by breathe easy, the most natural way to maintain overall health through dry salt air therapy.
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brett favre, iconic packers quarterback. one of the sport's popular faces. period leading into the 1996 season the a tough one for favre. his sister was arrested in connection with the driveby shooting. his brother was behind the wheel when the drunk driving accident killed his close friend. on top of the family troubles, numerous injuries on the field led to a sear justjust -- serious painkiller addiction. favre led the packers to the best season in 30 years including a win over the patriots in super bowl 31. >> what was the difficult for like you, involved in going through all of that? thank god i made it through. i don't want to say it selfishly. so many people were affected. or affected by the trickle down effect if you will.
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that was football. the year we won the super bowl. for me, a good place to escape. and -- and, i shouldn't say hide. but, i was able to -- just -- it was kind of like talking to someone. when i played football. when my dad passed away. would have much rather been home. that's just me. it gave me a way to escape. but also feel like i was doing something. and joe namath, first media superstar in pro football. back in 1969 at the height of his career, the afl's new york
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three to take on the nfl's baltimore colts. known then as the greatest football team in history, the jets unlikely win which nama predicted would bring ledge jiltgitimacy to the afl merged with the nfl a year later. >> something like, 7-1. underdogs. unbelievable. odds stacked against you. but you knew they were essentially wrong, the odds. what did you see? >> first of all we did hear how we were going to -- be beaten up. by the colts. the best looking team we had seen up to that time. we would see things -- on film. that we felt like we could deal with. that we could handle. that we could beat. we felt good about our chances. when i was asked about it a
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it was -- it was -- fell in the back of the room. we are going to kick your butt. got news for you. we will win the game. i guarantee you. that was that. coach eubank wasn't real keen on that. my teammates weren't real keen. especially the offensive line. >> you said that game still brings back goose bumps when you think about it. what about the game, gets the goose bumps. i went all way back to beaver falls, pennsylvania. little boy. watching johnny unitas on television. watching the baltimore colt players. seen him run a touchdown back. kickoff. championship game.
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greatest nfl players of all time. super bowl 29 would prove off to be an historic one for rice's 49ers. starting with the touchdown reception in the first drive of the game. the team came out in full force, quarterback, steve young threw for six touchdowns. with rice alone catching three of the six. tying his own record for super bowl receptions. their 49-26 victory would make them the first team in history to win five superbowls. but rice was always looking ahead to the next season, showing his unmatched dedication to the sport. steve young. >> your former teammate. >> yeah. hall of fame quarterback said, quote, when people talk about jerry's worketteic ettehic and say it is extreme. they do a disservice. there is an iron will. over his dead body. jerry to the core was driven. you belittle the drive saying, he had just a great work ethic. most people have an off switch. they choose when to go all out. jerry didn't have an off switch.
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he actually, he also raumd the storythe -- he also recalled the story how after you won the '95 super bowl. back out there. right. right. through three weeks after the game. he was going to clean out his locker. and -- he, he sees you. catching passes from the, the groundskeeper. and running sprints. why? because it was time to get ready again. >> seven months before the season it was time to get ready. and it just felt like -- you know? i couldn't get scum placecomplacent. i started training my body to get ready to make the run again. did i enjoy winning the super bowl? yes. but i just feet like that, that clock was ticking. and, and i was ready to, to -- try to get become to the next one. >> you said nothing in life can,
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explain that. >> nothing. nothing can replace that. being able to run on that field. and in front of a big crowd. you know, feeling that energy. knowing that you are getting ready to do battle with your team. and being on the big stage. knowing you are the only two teams playing. and one team is going to win. and, and, be the champs. >> you could have paid me -- $5. and i, i would have went out there and played football. because i love doing it. people. and, and -- just, just striegtrying to be the best i could be. i never cheated the fans. i never cheated my, my, teammates. and -- and i was able to just go out there and play my best football. >> all i have is coffee. maybe a piece of toast. and then, chewing tobacco. >> really?
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after i had retired and started thinking more about food, more about food, what was my body working on? what kind of fuel did i have? and the third and fourth quarter, up in buffalo, when all i have had is a cup of coffee all day? >> how out of control was it as a team, partying in the '90s. >> i wouldn't say, that depend on your definitionf it. >> sure.
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