Jonathan Schwartz(no relation) on the radio today(Super Bowl Sunday)sang the virtues of baseball

Jonathan Schwartz(no relation) on the radio today(Super Bowl Sunday)sang the virtues of baseball.Jonathan Schwartz has been radio personality since the late sixties or seventies.He now does a program on public radio(NPR).He's father was a big time songwriter American Standards,which is what does on program,I first remember him as D.J on rock station many years ago. Today he periodically play old baseball broadcast:the first one a 1958 broadcast of a Yankee Red Sox game(Jonathan is a big Red Sox fan,I know his politics is left so maybe attract to Red,anyway we all have our faults)the great Mel Allen was broadcaster.He did ask who first ballplayer to become a broadcaster? I thought it was Waite Hoyt(a great pitcher for Yankees in the nineteen twenties he did do broadcasting for Cincinnati Reds,known for his storytelling)but accord to Jonathan it was it one truly greats of the game Walter(the big train) Johnson was first former ballplayer to broadcast a game,then he ran for Congress and they must have heard his broadcast because it wasn't very good,hence,he lost his race for Congress.Then Jonathan play the broadcast of Met's opening(the first game ever they play) in 1962.
Two cute stories about baseball players:Rogers Hornsby(the Hall Of Famer) in late sixties or early seventies he was asked a reporter,what do think you would hit today? Hornsby answered around 287.Reporter said,What's all? Hornsby replied remember I'm 76 years old.
When Mickey Rivers was asked what he hope for this season? He answer to hit 300 and stay injury prone.