Minor League baseball is important. Katie Walden tells us why.

Cat Garcia is a freelance baseball writer and podcaster. She was just as shocked as Shannon when the lockout ended as they pressed record. She hosts the ever spectacular podcast, Grab a Drink with Cat Garcia.

 

You can listen to her show here: grabadrinkpod.buzzsprout.com

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Katie Krall is a genius. No, really, she sounds like a general manager who is about to lead a big league team to a World Series victory. The way she speaks about baseball is mesmerizing and insightful and she has this knack of turning really really complex things- such as developing the future generation of big leaguers into digestible bits of baseball wisdom. 

 

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M'Lynn loves snowboarding and baseball, and so does Shannon, which brings us here- the conversation that could have lasted hours but got cut short because our girl Chloe Kim had an Olympic gold medal to win. When M'Lynn isn't talking snowboarding, or Freddie Freeman, she's an area scout for the Cubs, which she gladly offered insight into- aka answered a lot of crazy questions, like, if she thought Moneyball glamorized her job. Kinda? Not giving anything away on that one. 

Learn more about M'Lynn- https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20220204/gonzales-early-intro-to-baseball-fuels-the-fire-for-new-cubs-scout

She hasn't written for Baseball America for a hot second but if you're into archives, check out this lovely site- https://www.baseballamerica.com/about-ba/authors/m-lynn-dease/

 

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Chelsey Falzone is a Twins lifer. She currently is the Manager of Youth Engagement but previously worked in Ballpark Operations. Unlike Shannon, the host of this thing, she gets very sad when her beloved Twins play the Yankees, ever. 

 

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Alexis Brudnicki is a former baseball writer who left the game after years of freelancing and struggling to find a full time job that actually paid. She's currently in law school working towards giving baseball one last shot to love her back.

Baseball is insane. No really, it is totally wild and it's a real shame theres lots of folks who think its the most boring sport ever. This weeks episode, Bat'HER Up's first in a hot second was recorded pre lockout, during one of baseball's most entertaining and chaotic 60ish hours ever. Maria shared what life was like on her end, her favorite walk up song- spoiler alert, it doesn't belong to a Giants player and what it's been like covering three very different baseball teams.

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Kristie Ackert has been covered the Mets as a beat reporter at the New York Daily News for six years before transitioning to an even weirder team, the Yankees. To say she has seen it all is a total understatement, which made for an enlightening chat. 

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Read her work: https://www.nydailynews.com/kristie-ackert-staff.html

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It finally happened. I got a college baseball coach on the show.. Beth Woerner. We chatted about her *unique journey into the game, especially coaching. Why we need more girls working in baseball- yes I know this always happens, Driveline, sorta the Braves and of course, life. 

 

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Though we technically can't call Amanda Lane Cumming a *historian* she may as well be one. She's written extensively about baseball history, combining her love of old newspapers, knowledge that YES, public libraries are very much still in existence and obviously her fascination with baseball. 

 

Find her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarinerMandy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Read the Portland Mavericks Piece: https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2021/2/3/22263428/lanny-moss-and-the-women-of-the-portland-mavericks?utm_campaign=marinermandy&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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