Marshall Harris

And you made it to school on time and you didn't fall asleep in class?

Much like Manu Raju's mom when he had his day off and went to see Carrie Wood do things.

Let me take you to a more pure time, depending on how you use the word pure, in sports and sports television.

ESPN, still fledgling corporation, not the powerhouse four-letter network that we consider it to be today, signed a huge deal with Major League Baseball, paying a lot of money, getting a ton of games.

In 1989, they signed a $400 million agreement bringing double-headers

to Tuesdays and Fridays.

And let me tell you something.

Me, as you guys know, I've expressed many times, baseball, first love.

Baseball was my first love.

In 1990, when these games started airing on ESPN, I was all of 11 years old, turning 12.

And the number of times I stayed up for the second game of that Tuesday night or Friday night doubleheader cannot be counted.

Wow.

A real one.

I want to know what's going on with the Oakland A's.

I want to know what the San Francisco Giants are doing.

Ken Kirby Jr.

is on my television screen?

Is Dave Parker on that team?

Parker!

Yeah, that was about that time.