Poor Sam Malone (played by Ted Danson ... 5, when a celebrity auction doesn`t go the way he expected. He donates his old baseball jersey to the auction, and the reaction is ”Sam who?” ...

'Cheers' director James Burrows explains how casting Ted Danson as Sam Malone changed the character's sport and name. A runner up got his own NBC show years later. “One of the finalists for the ...

Norm: The War of 1812. Pitch counts? Baseball had body counts in Sam's day. On June 13, 1974, Nolan Ryan threw 235 pitches in a game against Malone's Red Sox. Even in relief, Mayday would pitch ...

Sam Malone (Ted Danson), a recovering alcoholic and former baseball pitcher, owns and runs the bar. Malone had a tumultuous relationship with waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). Malone ...