John Shea's Hour Schmooze with WFAN's Steve Somers on Willie Mays Book, '24' Is Required Listening (Audio)

John Shea (left) and Willie Mays

John Shea is the author of the new book about Willie Mays, but that's not what I'm writing about here on this post.

Shea guested on the Steve Somers WFAN Sho radio show the other night, it's required listening.

I read Shea's book and it's simply terrific --I'll talk to him soon and make it a post here.

Shea and Steve Somers schmoozed en fuego the other night on NY Sports radio. It was beautiful. It was almost an hour of non-stop fun and resounding wonderful conversation. Even if you don't like baseball, it's a fantastic bit of nostalgia and it was a DELIGHT to listen to and laugh and remember the glory days, not just Willie Mays (although that would be perfectly fine) but to listen to a real genuine schmooze, a conversation that was conducted by both men, Shea, the co-author (with Mays) and Somers, a Bay Area roots guy, who sounded like a kid in a candy store.

It made you appreciate old-school radio and the art of a real interview and how two guys in a bar (maybe) could just talk. Real talk. No need for artificial noise. No gimmicks, no, just honest conversation devoid of the usual crap you might hear today, say on a station like KNBR where things like Shea-Somers couldn't happen.

Steve Somers

Never.