For many years, RC Cola had a promotional campaign that included the faces of Major League Baseball stars on the sides of its soda cans. (Photo from Ebay listing)

My obsession with RC Cola and baseball and how it all went wrong

My father? Well, he discovered Billy Beer

In the summer of 1978, I discovered RC Cola and baseball.

I guess the soda that was a cheap knock-off of Coca-Cola had always been around, as was baseball, but that summer I consumed as much of both as humanly possible.