Hall of Fame slugger Reggie Jackson (aka, "Mr. October") will host a new six-week talk series host, October Nights, on Sirius XM Radio starting this Tuesday, October 6th. The new weekly show will run through the 2009 MLB postseason.
Jackson will be joined by co-host Bill Pidto to take calls from listeners and offer an expert look at the playoff picture in the American and National leagues.
As one of the most clutch playoff performers of all time Jackson will talk about his own experiences in the postseason and will offer listeners his perspective on the Fall Classic and everything leading up to it.
Reggie Jackson is one of the most dynamic postseason performers in baseball history. He played for 11 division champions, six pennant winners and five World Series champions. Nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch playoff hitting, he helped win three consecutive World Series titles with the Oakland Athletics in the early 1970s and two World Series with the New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978. His crowning achievement was his World Series performance against the L.A. Dodgers in 1977 in which Jackson hit a record five home runs - including his legendary three-home run feat in Game 6 - and knocked in eight RBI. He finished the series with a .450 average and 1.250 slugging percentage and was named the MVP.
Jackson finished his career with 563 home runs and 14 All-Star appearances and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. That same year, Jackson's #44 was retired by the Yankees. In 2004, the Oakland Athletics retired the #9 he wore for their franchise. He is one of only eight Major Leaguers to have their number retired by more than one team.
Jackson is now a special adviser for the Yankees and serves as a consultant and liaison to the team's players.
October Nights will air Tuesdays from 7 - 9pm ET on Sirius XM's Mad Dog Radio channel (Sirius channel 123 and XM channel 144).
As one of the most clutch playoff performers of all time Jackson will talk about his own experiences in the postseason and will offer listeners his perspective on the Fall Classic and everything leading up to it.
Reggie Jackson is one of the most dynamic postseason performers in baseball history. He played for 11 division champions, six pennant winners and five World Series champions. Nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch playoff hitting, he helped win three consecutive World Series titles with the Oakland Athletics in the early 1970s and two World Series with the New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978. His crowning achievement was his World Series performance against the L.A. Dodgers in 1977 in which Jackson hit a record five home runs - including his legendary three-home run feat in Game 6 - and knocked in eight RBI. He finished the series with a .450 average and 1.250 slugging percentage and was named the MVP.
Jackson finished his career with 563 home runs and 14 All-Star appearances and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. That same year, Jackson's #44 was retired by the Yankees. In 2004, the Oakland Athletics retired the #9 he wore for their franchise. He is one of only eight Major Leaguers to have their number retired by more than one team.
Jackson is now a special adviser for the Yankees and serves as a consultant and liaison to the team's players.
October Nights will air Tuesdays from 7 - 9pm ET on Sirius XM's Mad Dog Radio channel (Sirius channel 123 and XM channel 144).
didn't Mad Dog's show come in at last place or something ? money well spent By Mel .
What ? No one is going to turn this into a Stern vs. O and A debate ?
Why do I get the feeling this is going to be another "talk" show, where the host insists on doing all the talking?
After Mad Dog's little stunt where he claimed to have fired his entire staff, you wonder if he's actually worked to improve the quality of the channel. I used to like listening to Mad Dog when he worked with Francesa on WFAN, but on his own I just felt he was adrift; his lack of sports knowledge (beyond tennis) was noticeable.
Oh yeah... Reggie Jackson... perhaps the biggest prima donna to ever play in the Major Leagues, and certainly one of the most despised teammates in history. "The Straw That Stirs The Drink." A selfish prick who would spend most of the game stuffing his pockets with the money that the animals in Yankee Stadium threw at him while he stood in the outfield. I will quarantee you that he still has every cent that the idiots tossed at him. He came into the gift shop at a Marriott that my sister was working at - about 7 or 8 years ago - and asked her if the newspapers were "free." She told him that they were not free, and he then proceeded to throw a hissy fit. She told me that he could not have been more unpleasant. The cheepskate broke down and finally payed for the paper. She remembers him being a real asshole.
I remember the '77 World Series, when he hit the 3 bombs in one game. That was pretty cool. Too bad he wasn't.
Or cheapskate
I'm a huge NY Yankees fan and I'm proud to say it... My whole family has been split down the line between Yankees & Giants. Coincidentally, both my mom & dad are Yankees fans. Even if I had no connection to the Giants with my family, or if I wasn't from NY, I used to attend their games and next weekend I’m going to visit my friend to attend them. I’ve before got tickets prices before from Ticketexecutive.com
I can’t wait to be there!!
This is the kind of programming steps that SiriusXM is taking to improve Mad Dog's show in the ratings. Gotta give it to them, they are now proactively making the channels better.