Baseball Journeys

Baseball Journeys

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Baseball Journeys episodes

  • The Reed Family - Part 1 (022)
    Meet the Reed Family. The Bell Boys finally catch up with their life-long friends who share their baseball journey in the first of a two-part series. Jeremy and Mark Reed have made a career of professional baseball as players and coaches in the minor and major leagues. Their bond with their older brother and parents runs far deeper than the brickdust of a ballfield. Throughout the roller coaster ride of a baseball life their strength comes from their faith and their deep love for one another.
    50 min
  • Roger, the Chicken and the Egg - Andy Strasberg - Part 2 (021)
    Rejoin the Bell Boys as they complete a two part interview with Andy Strasberg who realized a lifelong dream of working in Major League Baseball. Andy continues his special relationship with Roger Maris and his family and embarks on a long career in baseball that left a lasting impact on how we all experience the game.
    42 min
  • Roger Maris' #1 Fan - (020)
    Meet Andy Strasberg, a Bronx-born baseball fan who, in the early 1960's bucked the Mickey Mantle band wagon for his lesser known teammate Roger Maris which led to a lifelong friendship with the quiet home-run hitter and his family. Andy has told this and many other great stories from his life in baseball at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and many other venues across the country.
    49 min
  • Finding Carman (019)
    Author Brad Balukjian joins the Bell Boys to discuss his baseball journey tracking down the players he found in a single pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, including his all-time favorite, Phillies left-hander Don Carman. A college professor by trade, Brad ventured out in the summer of 2015 finding and speaking with most of the players in his pack of cards. He chronicled the adventure in the book, Wax Pack, a great baseball read which reminds us all that ballplayers are human like the rest of us, especially once the lights go out on the game of summer.
    58 min
  • A Giant Leap - Chad Zerbe Part II (018)
    Join Baseball Journeys for Part two of Chad Zerbe's amazing career as he ascends the minor league ranks for the San Francisco Giants just time to be part of the 2002 World Series team where he not only gets into three games but comes away with a Game 5 victory. A very special guest joins Chad as he recounts his time with Dusty Baker's Giants.
    46 min
  • Dream Come True: Chad Zerbe - Part 1 (017)
    Relive the emotional baseball journey of Chad Zerbe, a crafty left-handed pitcher from Florida who endured a nine-year minor league odyssey before realizing his dream of pitching in the big leagues for Dusty Baker's San Francisco Giants.
    42 min
  • Tribute to Vinny (016)
    The Bell Boys, along with some special guests pay tribute to the legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully. Growing up in Southern California gave the boys an opportunity to listen to Vin night after night, forging deep and meaningful memories that have lasted a lifetime. So pull up a chair and recall your own Vinny memories with the Bell Boys.
    47 min
  • Is This Heaven? (015)
    Join the Stevens family; Dad, Nolan and Luke, as they describe an epic summer road trip that took them and their entire baseball team across the country to play in Iowa at the Field of Dreams and New York at the Cooperstown Dream Fields...a 27-day, 8000 mile journey they'll never forget.
    34 min
  • No Regrets - Dan Henley (014)
    For Dan Henley the game was literally in his DNA. His dad Gail was a baseball lifer as a player, scout and minor league manager. In a career that spanned 40 years, Dan etched his own legacy, playing with and for some legends of the game before leaving his imprint on generations of Southern California students and athletes in the classroom and on the field.
    38 min
  • A Team for the Ages - The 1948 Indians (013)
    Take a trip back in time to post-war Cleveland, where a 13-year old farm girl sees the heroes she had only heard before, who, while on their way to the last World Series Championship the city has ever seen forged a story that left an indelible mark on the game and the country.
    49 min

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Baseball is a game of connections. The baseball journey brings people together directly and indirectly through relationships, shared and vicarious experiences across time and distance. Join the Bell…