Radio's Clown Prince and A Look Forward to Baseball in the 1990's

Yes, you read the headline correctly.  We look forward to 1990's baseball this week on the OTR Express.

But first, we have a fun show from Red Skelton, he of the many characters. 

If this photo doesn't tell you everything you need to know about Red Skelton, I don't know what will.

Then, we take a hard left and listen to one of my favorite radio programs of all time - X Minus One.  X Minus One could be counted on consistently to stretch the listener's imagination, and this week is no different. 

Though considerably less "heavy" than normal X Minus One material, "Martian Sam" gives us a prediction of what baseball will be like 40 years in the future...in the far off distance of the 1990's.  In one aspect, the show gets it right...teams were looking for any advantage they could get.

Except instead of Martian pitchers named Sam with long arms, they had Earthmen sluggers named Barry and Sammy with big heads.... 

Sam's home planet.