Mickey Rivers Radio Media News

Mickey was a special guest on the "Howard Stern Show" on October 29, 2003.

 

Baseball Player Mickey Rivers Calls In. 10/29/03. 7:30am  After the break Howard said that Pamela Anderson is on his E! show tonight. He then moved on to say that they're going to have this guy Mickey Rivers on the phone. He said he's helping him out because he's bankrupt. Howard said they were having some trouble locating the guy so he had to kill some time talking about some other stuff.  Howard said he watched the American Radio Awards and Casey Kasem looked awful. He said he can barely speak around those teeth he has in his mouth. They spent a short time on that before Mickey called in.

Mickey was on the line to talk about his book ''Ain't No Sense Worryin: The Wisdom of Mick ''the Quick'' Rivers.'' Howard said he heard that he has like 40 kids. Howard went on to ask Mickey about his career in football and then baseball. He said he injured his back playing football so he moved on to baseball. Howard asked him why people called him a ''Gozzle head.'' Mickey said it was just a nickname that came from the guys in the locker room. Howard said he thought it sounded a bit racial to him but Mickey said it wasn't like that. Mickey told them about some of the other nick names they had for some people. He said there was one guy they called Mail Box head and another one was Fence Post Lips. Artie seemed to find that one pretty funny. He was laughing hysterically after hearing that.

Howard moved on to ask Mickey about all of the money he made playing baseball. He was a millionaire at one point but he got married like 10 times and lost it all. Howard said you'd think that after 5 marriages you'd give up on that. Mickey said he got married at 19 or so for the first time. He got this girl pregnant right after high school. He said they didn't talk about rubbers back then so that's how he got this girl pregnant. He didn't seem to care about how many kids he had. Mickey said he thought he was going to pull out but it didn't always happen that way. Now he has 40 kids out there. Robin wondered how he sees all of those kids. Mickey said he just stays in one spot and lets them come see him. Howard asked if he knew all 40 of their names. Mickey said that he doesn't remember them after they turn 17 or 18. He said he gets birthday cards from his kids from all over the state. He said he stays pretty close with his kids. Howard and Robin wondered if anyone ever tries to fool him with other people's kids. Mickey told Howard that they did try to fool him one time with some other kids.

Howard read that one of Mickey's wives sold his World Series rings. He said she'd taken them and put them in a safe deposit box. When they got divorced, she sold them.  Howard spent a little while talking about that and then gave him another plug for his book. Robin asked Mickey what age range his kids are. He said he has kids from the age of 10 to 37.

Howard gave Mickey a few plugs for his book and how to get into his baseball clinic. You can find out more by e-mailing ASaverino@aol.com. Howard took some phone calls for Mickey after that. A few people were goofing on Mickey. Some people said they couldn't understand a word he was saying. One guy asked him how long he had those baseballs in his mouth and if the book comes with an interpreter. A few other guys said that he sounded like a punch drunk boxer, not a former baseball player. Howard wrapped up the interview shortly after that.

Howard said he could barely understand half of what Mickey said. He asked Artie if his book is written in that voice. Artie said it is kind of like that. They all agreed that they have to get him to come in the studio to see what the guy looks like.

 

Mickey was interviewed on "The Dan Patrick Show" on ESPN Radio in May of 2003.

   

I was interviewed by former Rivers teammate and current host of MLB radio, Billy Sample.  I was on his show on May 19,2003.