Sometimes in life, we're fortunate enough to get to go back and meet the hero of our childhood. For me, that moment came when I got to sit down with Nolan Ryan.
During our discussion, Nolan really opened up about his life, fears, learning disabilities, self-doubt, fights, parenting, the business of baseball, and, well, wildflowers.
For the quick hits:
13:45 – 15:00 Nolan Ryan discusses wanting to be an Aggie and being turned down.
27:00 – 30:39 Nolan Ryan lost the ’67 season because he was drafted in the middle & served.
42:25 – 49:52 Nolan Ryan talks about his Astros teammates.
102:58 – 1:12:20 Nolan Ryan says he did NOT intend to hit Robin Ventura, but tells who he DID intend to hit.
1:28:19 – 1:30 Nolan Ryan ranks Pudge Rodriguez as a catcher, discusses other sports he thinks Pudge could have played.
1:32:23 – 1:34:01 Who does Nolan Ryan say was the most dominating pitcher he ever saw?
1:36:00 – 1:38:10 How well does Nolan Ryan remember 1-hitters that should have been no-hitters?
1:47:42 -- END Nolan Ryan tells thing about him you would least expect.