Baseball Talk

Fresno Grizzlies left-handed Mason Greens joins me to discuss the team’s success and his 27-0 record at Central Missouri University. Plus he’s yet to pitch a night game this season

This was recorded in 2010 when Tim Wallach managed the Albuquerque Isotopes which were then the AAA-Los Angeles Dodgers. Some of the discussion includes his first major league All-Star Game in 1984 and playing in Dennis Martinez perfect game in 1991

Recorded in 2008; Tony Gwynn talks about what it’s like being a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and watching his son Tony Jr. working his way to the big leagues

From 2010, I interviewed umpire Cory Blaser then in the Pacific Coast League. He’s been a full-time Major League Baseball umpire for over a decade. Cory explains the long road from umpire school to the big leagues and how he got interested in the profession

Fresno Grizzlies right fielder Yanquiel Fernandez hits a Grand Slam

From May of 2010 before Buster was called up for good. Little did we know what would be accomplished by him and the team so it’s fun to listen about his maturation as a pro catcher and when he played all nine positions in one game at Florida State

Former major league outfielder Daniel Nava shares memories of coming up with the Boston Red Sox and hitting a Grand Slam in his first major league at-bat, only a handful have accomplished that. Plus he will tell you his favorite baseball player was growing up. Nava is the bench coach for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, the California League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Former major league manager Clint Hurdle is now a Special Assistant to the General Manager of the Colorado Rockies. We cover his days as a minor league player in the Kansas City system to what it was like to manage the Rockies to the National League pennant in 2007. And much much more

Fresno Grizzlies outfielder EJ Andrews and I talk about what it’s like to play professionally in Fresno after being an All-Mountain West player at Fresno State

Braiden Ward was just promoted from Low-A Fresno to High-A Spokane. He led the California League in hitting at .367