{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Back When There Was Baseball:  Sam Ewing","description":"Our guest this week was All-Everything out of the University of Tennessee before he entered the professional ranks.&amp;nbsp;Sam Ewing&amp;nbsp;hit .412 during his career at Tennessee garnering him All-American status.&amp;nbsp;After competing in the World Amateur Games, he started his Major League baseball career.&amp;nbsp;He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox and had stints with the parent club in 1973 and 1976.&amp;nbsp;Sam was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays out of the expansion draft in 1976.&amp;nbsp;He had a very productive year in 1977, hitting .287 while platooning.&amp;nbsp;Sam takes us on a trip&amp;nbsp;Back When There Was Baseball and talks about being platooned and also being labeled, which was prevalent in the 1970s. ","author_name":"Back When There Was Baseball","author_url":"https:\/\/pennsports.live\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39531615\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196881770"}