Ron Cameron

[radiofan1974]

I talked to Ron yesterday..Ike Blessitt apparently called Ron back and asked if he still wanted him to come on the show still. So that's this weekend's guest. I'm looking at doing the show on the 21st to preview football and the stretch run in baseball.

Thanks for the update Alex, looking forward to the football preview show in a few weeks

[radiofan1974]

I was just reviewing Ike’s stats I know he has been on before. Is he known for anything else? community involvement? His career was pretty brief?

[Momo]

I have been in and out listening tonight. So the current guest had about five major league at bats? Is there something I am missing, was he also a coach?

What connection does Ron have with a guy who played in a couple games?

His sole use for him was for him to badmouth Billy Martin, his manager in his very brief MLB career.

From Ike’s previous appearance, July 25, 2021. And no, radiofan, his brief MLB career, which makes Rod Allen’s look HOF-worthy, is, seemingly, his sole calling card. It’s too bad that my former colleague, & one-time Cub pitcher, is no longer with us to be available as a Sports Talk guest. His lone MLB appearance fell on a 1960 NBC Saturday Game of the Week in which, in relief, he struck out both Willie Mays & Willie McCovey. He loved to talk, but he didn’t suffer fools well, so he would’ve been a challenge for Ron as a guest.

[Majik]

I talked to Ron yesterday..Ike Blessitt apparently called Ron back and asked if he still wanted him to come on the show still. So that's this weekend's guest. I'm looking at doing the show on the 21st to preview football and the stretch run in baseball.

Ike Blessitt! That should impress would be advertisers. No offense, but I wonder how far down the list do you have to go to get to Ike Blessitt?

[edj]

I especially look forward to Alex’s college football preview, as Ron pretty much ignores it.

Ike Blessitt is a former (very brief) major leaguer and no one can ever take that away from him. He wasn’t a good or interesting guest last time and I don’t expect that to change. Watch Luke come out and bash us again for this,

[Kidcat]

I especially look forward to Alex’s college football preview, as Ron pretty much ignores it.

Ike Blessitt is a former (very brief) major leaguer and no one can ever take that away from him. He wasn’t a good or interesting guest last time and I don’t expect that to change. Watch Luke come out and bash us again for this,

I hope Luke does keep bashing us.With this thread being so long and popular it would not suprise me if program directors read it. Luke is coming across very poorly.Hopefully Wdtk is the last stop in Luke's miserable career.

[radiofan1974]

Breaking news:

Miguel “combero” is not retiring after this season. Ron went from dancing at the rams horn to sulking at the Fenton hotel

[Momo]

Breaking news:

Miguel “combero” is not retiring after this season. Ron went from dancing at the rams horn to sulking at the Fenton hotel

The Incredible Sulk. Ron turns green with envy.

https://hulk.fandom.com/wiki/Hulk_trans ... s_in_media

[Bobbert]

I have been in and out listening tonight. So the current guest had about five major league at bats? Is there something I am missing, was he also a coach?

What connection does Ron have with a guy who played in a couple games?

His sole use for him was for him to badmouth Billy Martin, his manager in his very brief MLB career.

From Ike’s previous appearance, July 25, 2021. And no, radiofan, his brief MLB career, which makes Rod Allen’s look HOF-worthy, is, seemingly, his sole calling card. It’s too bad that my former colleague, & one-time Cub pitcher, is no longer with us to be available as a Sports Talk guest. His lone MLB appearance fell on a 1960 NBC Saturday Game of the Week in which, in relief, he struck out both Willie Mays & Willie McCovey. He loved to talk, but he didn’t suffer fools well, so he would’ve been a challenge for Ron as a guest.

It looks like Ike's whole career was a September call-up in 1972, when the Tigers were fighting with the Red Sox for the AL East title. It would be great to hear some insights from Ron and Ike on that 1972 team, which was the last hurrah for the '68 Tigers and the peak of Billy Martin's career in Detroit. But knowing Ron, the conversation will probably go in another direction.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... &year=1972

[Momo]

It looks like Ike's whole career was a September call-up in 1972, when the Tigers were fighting with the Red Sox for the AL East title. It would be great to hear some insights from Ron and Ike on that 1972 team, which was the last hurrah for the '68 Tigers and the peak of Billy Martin's career in Detroit. But knowing Ron, the conversation will probably go in another direction.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... &year=1972

As was pointed out when Ike was a guest last year, Ron's "sole use for him was for him to badmouth Billy Martin, his manager in his very brief MLB career."

[Bobbert]

Here's some interesting background on Ike Blessitt.

What a difference a year makes...

Detroit Free Press
03 Mar 1972, Fri

Joe Falls
Sports Editor

A "New" Horton Helps a Rookie

It's maybe nine o'clock at night in Room 108 at the Holiday Inn Motel.

"Okay," says Willie Horton, "it's time."

"Time for what?" says Ike Blessitt, who is stretched out on the bed looking at TV.

"Time to get serious. Time to go to Work," says Horton.

Blessitt gets up off the bed. He walks to the corner of the room, picks up a bat and stands in front of the mirror.

Now, here," says Horton. "What you gotta do is . . ."

My, how the cycle has turned: Willie Horton showing somebody how to play the game of baseball. Not only how to play the game, but how to conduct himself around the motel, in the clubhouse and out on the field.

How long ago was it that Horton was a very confused and baffled young man trying to make it as a major leaguer?

You would never see him around the motel lobby or in the dining room. You'd see him working hard out on the field but once his day's work was done, he would retreat to the sanctuary of his room.

It was this way during the season, too. Horton would take his meals in the room rather than eat out. He spent what seemed like countless hours watching television. His room was safe. His room was secure. You knew where you were in your own room.

Now, Ike Blessitt, a 22-year-old outfielder off the streets of Hamtramck, is sitting in the shade against the wall of the clubhouse at Marchant Stadium and is talking about what Willie Horton means to him.

"Willie has been just tremendous with me," Blessitt was saying. "He has helped me in so many ways. We go to bed talking baseball, we wake up talking baseball.

"He is always telling me to get serious. We'll wake up in the morning and that's the first thing he'll say 'Okay,' he'll say, 'no more bulling. Now we get serious. When we get to the ball park, it's all work.' "

Best Prospect in Tiger System

It is interesting that Horton, 28, is rooming with Bessitt, 22, because not only do they have similar backgrounds learning the game on the sandlots of Detroit but the Tigers are now saying some of the things about young Blessitt that they used to say about Horton.

They call him the best prospect in their minor league system—the player who has the best chance to achieve real stardom in the major leagues.


Detroit Free Press
28 Mar 1973, Wed

Billy Marlin Arrested

BY JIM HAWKINS
Free Press Sports Writer

LAKELAND—Tiger manager Billy Martin and minor league outfielder Ike Blessitt were arrested early Tuesday morning outside a popular local nightspot.

Lakeland police said both men were charged with profanity, which Is a misdemeanor, and released on $32 bond. Both were scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.

None of those involved were eager to talk about the incident Tuesday. Martin called it "just a misunderstanding."

The incident evolved from an argument between Blessitt and a local lawyer, who is a friend of Billy's, over who was entitled to the seat next to Martin at the bar.

Martin, attempting to make peace, suggested that they move the discussion outside. After a short shouting match, police arrived and took both Billy and Blessitt downtown to the police station.

Detroit Free Press
03 Apr 1973, Tue

Dick Young

Never Drink with Your Players, Billy Martin!

Clubhouse Confidential:

That Billy Martin: He has me crying the way he tries to rescue his boys from trouble and winds up in the clink. Soap-opera stuff aside, Martin got into post-midnight shouting match with Ike Blessitt when the rookie outfielder popped off about being cut. Martin told him off loudly.

It was a big thing, but Billy should learn his lesson by now. Don't drink with your players. Don't even drink in the same bar with players. A manager can't be one of the boys. Drink with your coaches and newspapermen. That's what Casey Stengel preaches.

[ShempLives]

Per Wikipedia (Thank you Bobbert): "Cameron has also tried owning and managing radio stations. In June 1992, he bought a 1,000-watt radio station in Bradenton, FL (WJRB-AM), which was on the air for only five months before it went off the air and was put on the market for a new buyer.[28][29] He returned to Michigan in 1994 to buy a 3,000-watt radio station in Standish.[30] In 1997, he signed a three-year lease on radio station KMET in Banning, CA, but was back in Michigan in 1998.[31][32][33] In March 1999, he started work as general manager of KSBQ in Santa Maria, CA, but left the station about six months later to buy a minor league baseball team in Lafayette, Louisiana.[34][35]" Here'a question for fellow Cameron historians: Are there any recordings available of these stations during Ron's tenure?

[Kidcat]

With what has been going on the past few weeks it really shows what a joke brokerage radio is.The station does not care about ratings.All they want is to find a sap to sell ads and sponsors foolish enough to buy them.You could put on dead air as far as the station cares.As long as the dead air is paid for.Could you imagine Luke working at 97.1 and telling Mike Valenti he is only going to let 5 or 6 regular callers on the air. Loyal listeners of the show are not going to be allowed to call in because they post on a message board that brings attention to the show.He,would not last a day.I guess this is why Ron and Luke work in the minor leagues of radio.

[sparty89]

Here's some interesting background on Ike Blessitt.

What a difference a year makes...

Detroit Free Press
03 Mar 1972, Fri

Joe Falls
Sports Editor

A "New" Horton Helps a Rookie

It's maybe nine o'clock at night in Room 108 at the Holiday Inn Motel.

"Okay," says Willie Horton, "it's time."

"Time for what?" says Ike Blessitt, who is stretched out on the bed looking at TV.

"Time to get serious. Time to go to Work," says Horton.

Blessitt gets up off the bed. He walks to the corner of the room, picks up a bat and stands in front of the mirror.

Now, here," says Horton. "What you gotta do is . . ."

My, how the cycle has turned: Willie Horton showing somebody how to play the game of baseball. Not only how to play the game, but how to conduct himself around the motel, in the clubhouse and out on the field.

How long ago was it that Horton was a very confused and baffled young man trying to make it as a major leaguer?

You would never see him around the motel lobby or in the dining room. You'd see him working hard out on the field but once his day's work was done, he would retreat to the sanctuary of his room.

It was this way during the season, too. Horton would take his meals in the room rather than eat out. He spent what seemed like countless hours watching television. His room was safe. His room was secure. You knew where you were in your own room.

Now, Ike Blessitt, a 22-year-old outfielder off the streets of Hamtramck, is sitting in the shade against the wall of the clubhouse at Marchant Stadium and is talking about what Willie Horton means to him.

"Willie has been just tremendous with me," Blessitt was saying. "He has helped me in so many ways. We go to bed talking baseball, we wake up talking baseball.

"He is always telling me to get serious. We'll wake up in the morning and that's the first thing he'll say 'Okay,' he'll say, 'no more bulling. Now we get serious. When we get to the ball park, it's all work.' "

Best Prospect in Tiger System

It is interesting that Horton, 28, is rooming with Bessitt, 22, because not only do they have similar backgrounds learning the game on the sandlots of Detroit but the Tigers are now saying some of the things about young Blessitt that they used to say about Horton.

They call him the best prospect in their minor league system—the player who has the best chance to achieve real stardom in the major leagues.


Detroit Free Press
28 Mar 1973, Wed

Billy Marlin Arrested

BY JIM HAWKINS
Free Press Sports Writer

LAKELAND—Tiger manager Billy Martin and minor league outfielder Ike Blessitt were arrested early Tuesday morning outside a popular local nightspot.

Lakeland police said both men were charged with profanity, which Is a misdemeanor, and released on $32 bond. Both were scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.

None of those involved were eager to talk about the incident Tuesday. Martin called it "just a misunderstanding."

The incident evolved from an argument between Blessitt and a local lawyer, who is a friend of Billy's, over who was entitled to the seat next to Martin at the bar.

Martin, attempting to make peace, suggested that they move the discussion outside. After a short shouting match, police arrived and took both Billy and Blessitt downtown to the police station.

Detroit Free Press
03 Apr 1973, Tue

Dick Young

Never Drink with Your Players, Billy Martin!

Clubhouse Confidential:

That Billy Martin: He has me crying the way he tries to rescue his boys from trouble and winds up in the clink. Soap-opera stuff aside, Martin got into post-midnight shouting match with Ike Blessitt when the rookie outfielder popped off about being cut. Martin told him off loudly.

It was a big thing, but Billy should learn his lesson by now. Don't drink with your players. Don't even drink in the same bar with players. A manager can't be one of the boys. Drink with your coaches and newspapermen. That's what Casey Stengel preaches.

was this discussed at all during Ike's previous appearance with Ron?

[Momo]

Here's some interesting background on Ike Blessitt.

What a difference a year makes...

Detroit Free Press
03 Mar 1972, Fri

Joe Falls
Sports Editor

A "New" Horton Helps a Rookie

It's maybe nine o'clock at night in Room 108 at the Holiday Inn Motel.

"Okay," says Willie Horton, "it's time."

"Time for what?" says Ike Blessitt, who is stretched out on the bed looking at TV.

"Time to get serious. Time to go to Work," says Horton.

Blessitt gets up off the bed. He walks to the corner of the room, picks up a bat and stands in front of the mirror.

Now, here," says Horton. "What you gotta do is . . ."

My, how the cycle has turned: Willie Horton showing somebody how to play the game of baseball. Not only how to play the game, but how to conduct himself around the motel, in the clubhouse and out on the field.

How long ago was it that Horton was a very confused and baffled young man trying to make it as a major leaguer?

You would never see him around the motel lobby or in the dining room. You'd see him working hard out on the field but once his day's work was done, he would retreat to the sanctuary of his room.

It was this way during the season, too. Horton would take his meals in the room rather than eat out. He spent what seemed like countless hours watching television. His room was safe. His room was secure. You knew where you were in your own room.

Now, Ike Blessitt, a 22-year-old outfielder off the streets of Hamtramck, is sitting in the shade against the wall of the clubhouse at Marchant Stadium and is talking about what Willie Horton means to him.

"Willie has been just tremendous with me," Blessitt was saying. "He has helped me in so many ways. We go to bed talking baseball, we wake up talking baseball.

"He is always telling me to get serious. We'll wake up in the morning and that's the first thing he'll say 'Okay,' he'll say, 'no more bulling. Now we get serious. When we get to the ball park, it's all work.' "

Best Prospect in Tiger System

It is interesting that Horton, 28, is rooming with Bessitt, 22, because not only do they have similar backgrounds learning the game on the sandlots of Detroit but the Tigers are now saying some of the things about young Blessitt that they used to say about Horton.

They call him the best prospect in their minor league system—the player who has the best chance to achieve real stardom in the major leagues.


Detroit Free Press
28 Mar 1973, Wed

Billy Marlin Arrested

BY JIM HAWKINS
Free Press Sports Writer

LAKELAND—Tiger manager Billy Martin and minor league outfielder Ike Blessitt were arrested early Tuesday morning outside a popular local nightspot.

Lakeland police said both men were charged with profanity, which Is a misdemeanor, and released on $32 bond. Both were scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.

None of those involved were eager to talk about the incident Tuesday. Martin called it "just a misunderstanding."

The incident evolved from an argument between Blessitt and a local lawyer, who is a friend of Billy's, over who was entitled to the seat next to Martin at the bar.

Martin, attempting to make peace, suggested that they move the discussion outside. After a short shouting match, police arrived and took both Billy and Blessitt downtown to the police station.

Detroit Free Press
03 Apr 1973, Tue

Dick Young

Never Drink with Your Players, Billy Martin!

Clubhouse Confidential:

That Billy Martin: He has me crying the way he tries to rescue his boys from trouble and winds up in the clink. Soap-opera stuff aside, Martin got into post-midnight shouting match with Ike Blessitt when the rookie outfielder popped off about being cut. Martin told him off loudly.

It was a big thing, but Billy should learn his lesson by now. Don't drink with your players. Don't even drink in the same bar with players. A manager can't be one of the boys. Drink with your coaches and newspapermen. That's what Casey Stengel preaches.

was this discussed at all during Ike's previous appearance with Ron?

Ron has his agendas, talking about himself, those whom he claims admired him & those whom he hated. I don't recall if the specifics of the arrests came up, but certainly the issues Blessitt had with Billy, a longtime subject of Ron's animus, was raised. I don't remember Blessitt being such a highly prized prospect. That. coupled with a disappointing MLB career of just 5 AB, is a subject worthy of a serious interview. But that awaits a serious interlocutor.