Coffee Time with Byron

For this episode I brought back another former guest in former MLB pitcher Don August so he could talk about his new book he wrote. His stories are amazing so please go and get his book at amazon and participating retailers. We shared stories from the chapters where he was overseas to his time with the minors during the strike season of 95. We also talked his friendship with Mark Knudsen and his first time at the skydome when it opened up to getting his first win there. Must listen

Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta Canada Ryan Martin Knew he wanted to be a professional racecar driver from a very young age. We talked about what goes into the cars and what tracks he would like to race with him him moving up to ARCA next year. We even went old school by talking about the nascar games of the past

Matthew James Lindland (born May 17, 1970), also known as The Law.is an American retired mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler, speaker, actor, coach, entrepreneur and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008. He also started an apparel company named Dirty Boxer. In mixed martial arts, Lindland competed primarily in the Middleweight division for the UFC, Strikeforce. Affliction, the IFL, Cage Rage, the WFA, and BodogFIGHT. Great talking with him about his fights with future hall of famers in the game to vitor and rampage and fedor. We also talked about his coaching and keeping up with the gym Team Quest after Couture and Hendo left it. As well we both hate the way the sport as pretty much gone entertainment than sport when Lindland was fighting

Kevin Ford Mench (born January 7, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played eight years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Texas Rangers (2002–2006), Milwaukee Brewers (2006–2007), Toronto Blue Jays (2008) and Washington Nationals (2010). He also spent a season in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Hanshin Tigers in 2009. He is most noted for having had the largest cap size (8 1/4) in the majors when he was an active player, a feature that earned him the nickname Shrek. Awesome convo with Mr Mench about how bad the game has evolved and what needs to be done to change it. Also answered questions from my biggest fan base all r us and talked about his coaching and what he hopes to accomplish from it

Dennis Scott Sarfate (born April 9, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Saitama Seibu Lions, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). While an average reliever in MLB, Sarfate became one of the greatest closers in NPB history after moving his career overseas. Sarfate holds several NPB records, including most saves in a season and most by a foreign-born pitcher. As of 2020, his 234 career saves rank fifth-most in NPB history. He is a 3× NPB All-Star, a 3× Pacific League saves leader, a 5× Japan Series Champion, won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award, won the Pacific League MVP Award, and won the Matsutaro Shoriki Award.

We talked his time here when he was young and upcoming with the talented brewers of the early 10 years to his older days in Japan and becoming their all time best closer in league history. We also talked about shohei and who should or shouldn’t be in the hall of fame

1. ​San Diego radio sports legends Chris Ello and John Kentera joined me and reunited for the first time since John unfortunately got cut from his show in December. It was a pleasure having them both on to talk padres ball and the fellow division rivals in the division