Super Sky Point to Bob Horner. He was the NL Rookie of the Year and an All-Star but if you were around back then you know he was more than that. Much more. He was a fixture in the homes of millions of us through the miracle of cable television during those epic childhood summers that seemed like they’d never end.
I was a fan for over 40 years but had never met Bob until I interviewed him last December about Dale Murphy’s Hall of Fame case. As you’d expect, Bob was a fierce advocate for his fellow Fulton County basher. How could he not be? They were Murph and Horner. Horner and Murph. The Hall and Oates of the Launching Pad.
You know, these sky points all suck to write but this one hurts more than most. The four-homer game, the bad perm, Chief Noc-A-Homa waiting by his teepee for another Horner long ball. I have tweeted a lot about Bob Horner through the years and it’s because he represents to me, and I suspect many of you too, something far bigger than baseball: WTBS coming out of the magic box on top of my 400-pound Zenith, cool air coming through my bedroom window after another afternoon of Wiffle Ball, and Rick Mahler (probably) toeing the rubber at about 7:05 while hoping to keep the Braves in it with smoke and mirrors long enough for Horner and Murph to do some damage. And me sprawled out on green and yellow shag carpet in Kentucky paying 100 times more attention to Skip Caray, Ernie Johnson, and Pete Van Wieren than any of my teachers.
Farewell, you sweet slugging bastard. Tell St. Peter you brought your glove for the hot corner and to write you into the cleanup spot. #RIP
At some point in 1987, I came home from middle school and watched Braves baseball on TBS.
John Sterling was the announcer.
Ted Turner owned the team & station the game was on.
Bobby Cox was the Braves GM.
40 years later we lose them all in the same week. Each one an icon.
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#NDSU holding a pregame party inside the Premier Center this morning.
Head coach Jory Collins says that Jocie Schiller and Avery Koenen will start today vs St. Thomas.
Fun Fact: One of these men has 3 baby mamas, cheated on every wife he’s had, was impeached twice, is a 34-count convicted felon, was found liable for sexual abuse, ran a fraudulent charity & university & was exposed in the Epstein files.
The other man is President Obama.
Jim Rockford is back on the case: NBC has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the classic '70s detective series The Rockford Files. https://t.co/alkuintYZX