Ed Randall
GET UPDATES FROM Ed Randall
 
Ed Randall’s name is known to the world as synonymous with baseball, held in the highest esteem as one of the game’s foremost authorities by cultivating a winning national broadcasting career. He is considered one of the nation’s preeminent baseball interviewers on television and radio, which attests to his regular appearances as a valued contributor on ESPN Classic’s anthology shows and now, on the new MLB Network.

His critically-acclaimed television series, Ed Randall's Talking Baseball, developed an enviable heritage of journalism, the result of more than 500 compelling interviews with the Who’s Who of baseball. The program aired on various regional sports networks across the country and was seen locally on the MSG-Network.

In March of 2002, he began hosting the only weekly radio show in the #1 media market devoted entirely to baseball, Ed Randall's Talking Baseball, on 1050- ESPN-Radio.

One year later, he was privileged to have that franchise lured to WFAN-Radio, the nation’s leading sports radio station, where the wildly popular program has been heard on Sunday mornings at 9AM. With its audience growing exponentially, it is in its eighth season.

He also entertains a national audience on the MLB Home Plate Channel of Sirius/XM Radio Channel 175 where he hosts Talking Baseball. He is also on staff at MLB.com as an anchor/reporter/play-by-play reporter.

Thanks to his extraordinary access within the baseball community, Mr. Randall wrote his first book at the invitation of Sports Publishing LLC, More Tales From The Yankee Dugout. The original stories of 75 people presently or formerly associated with the franchise received critical acclaim.

In 2003, he completed the text for Tom Seaver’s book, The Old Ballgame. Ed asked Hall of Famers and contemporary players to reminisce about their careers in baseball.

He later contributed numerous interviews for Donald Trump’s The Best Golf Advice I Ever Received for Triumph Books and wrote portions of Larry King’s book, again interviewing celebrities for My Dad and Me: Life’s Lessons Learned from My Father.

His newest entry, Baseball For The Utterly Confused, was published this spring by McGraw-Hill.

Blog Entries by Ed Randall

Prostate Cancer Does Not Discriminate

Posted November 30, 2010 | 17:47:00 (EST)

I devote my life to prostate cancer awareness and education. We have a long way to go to reach the heights scaled by our sisters promoting breast cancer awareness.

So much attention is being paid to the effects of the health care bill, which was one of the causes many...

Read Post

The Smallest With the Biggest Impression

Posted November 16, 2010 | 09:00:18 (EST)

Craig Breslow is a 30-year-old left-handed relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics by way of the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. And let's not forget New Jersey of the independent Northeast League.

He is the first pitcher in the Major Leagues from Yale...

Read Post

Halladay: The View from 62 Feet

Posted October 8, 2010 | 01:19:22 (EST)

35 seasons.

35 seasons!

That would make it 1976, a year of bad hair, bad clothes and disco.

Need I say more?

That was the year John Hirschbeck began his career as a professional baseball umpire in the Florida State League.

And just like the players starting out, where just...

Read Post

Dr. No No

Posted October 7, 2010 | 13:01:12 (EST)

With his free agency in the offing, Toronto's Roy Halladay didn't make a fuss, embarrassing himself or the franchise, as so many athletes often do. It wasn't, 'This team is never gonna win, get me outta here!'

It was the simple law of modern day baseball economics that the Blue...

Read Post

A Second At-Bat: Lucky Me!

Posted October 6, 2010 | 19:02:31 (EST)

Hi again everybody.

So when we last left Ed, Dr. Nicholas Romas, the world-renowned Chair of the Urology Department at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan, was leaning forward from behind his desk, looking me in the eye and saying with a straight face, "Ed, you have cancer and...

Read Post

Welcome to My New Life

Posted September 20, 2010 | 14:20:42 (EST)

Hi everybody, I'm Ed Randall.

By way of background, I lead two lives. In other words, I'm schizophrenic and so am I.

I'm popularly known for my work as a sports journalist for 36 years, principally in baseball. I've had the great good fortune to do play-by-play, cover baseball's jewel...

Read Post