Dallas Huston
Out of the Box
I’ve been trying to come up with a Christmas column for a few weeks now. It’s not easy to do. I thought about telling the…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Contracts in Major League Baseball
- December 13, 2021·
Some days when people get old, they feel even older, and that’s what happened to me the other day. I looked on my news source…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Brownwood-Cleburne 1982
- December 6, 2021·
I think on an October night in Fort Worth in 1982, Brownwood football fortunes took a hit and I’m not sure we ever fully recovered.…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Brushes with NBA legends
- November 29, 2021·
I have had two encounters with REALLY big men (physically) in life. The first occurred in the late 1960s. Howard Payne’s basketball team had an…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Thanksgiving football
- November 22, 2021·
Nowadays, it is seldom you hear of high school teams playing their games on Thanksgiving Day. I think it’s mostly because of all the college…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Love for the Houston Astros
- November 15, 2021·
I’m a big Houston Astros fan and have been for a long time. I had cousins in Houston, and our folks took us to all…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: The Harris Ratings System
- November 8, 2021·
The Harris Ratings System, which originated around 1962, is not called that anymore. It’s called Harris Ratings Weekly. It still has the same purpose. It…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Memories of May and Dan McGhee
- November 1, 2021·
I have great memories of May, Texas. Preached a couple of revivals there the past few years. I’ve had the opportunity to speak at several…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Weather extremes in Burkburnett
- October 25, 2021·
The hottest (temperature) game I ever broadcast occurred in the same stadium that was also the coldest – Burkburnett, Texas. Let’s start with the cold.…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Golden Gloves at Memorial Hall
- October 18, 2021·
Before there was ever a coliseum in Brownwood, there was a place called Memorial Hall – actually Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. It was at…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Recollections of national tragedies
- October 11, 2021·
America experienced two great tragedies in my lifetime. When I think about the dates, November 22 of ’63 and 9-11 of 2001, I can’t help…
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: First game memories with Dad
- October 4, 2021·
The Early Longhorns have been surprising. The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets have been shockingly good. And the May Tigers have been unreal so far. Whether…