Coffee Time with Byron

Heath Bell (born September 29, 1977) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. As a closer with the San Diego Padres from 2009 to 2011, Bell was a three-time All-Star and twice won the Rolaids Relief Man Award. He was also awarded the Delivery Man of the Year Award and The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award. What a blast talking with my favorite Padre as we got into stories through his career in the Padres to the Mets where he started out and also got into it about the lockout

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Brian McRae (born August 27, 1967) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays from 1990 to 1999. McRae is the son of former major league All-Star, Hal McRae, and was also managed by the elder McRae for four seasons with Kansas City. It was only the fourth occurrence of a major league manager managing his own son. Awesome conversation with someone who is really close to my area from Bradenton. We spent talking about his career to, to his time now coaching and his time broadcasting and even talked a little about him playing for his dad with the Royals

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Riley Cote (born March 16, 1982) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and formerly an assistant coach with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). He played eight National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers and was mainly known as an enforcer. Great talking to him about his many penalty minutes and fights. To his only goal in the NHL and his great podcast he hosts every Monday

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Jeffery Darrin Closser (born January 15, 1980) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and current professional baseball coach. Fun talking to him about his short tenure in the bigs to his coaching days now with the Braves organization. Also talked about his Rockies and what they need to do to get back to the playoffs

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Andrew Young (born May 10, 1994) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020. Fun talking to him about his rookie season of 2020 and how much he has learned from the vets in the Diamondbacks clubhouse. We also talked about his future and how the game has changed

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Thomas Hutton (born April 20, 1946), is an American former professional baseball infielder-outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Montreal Expos. Wow definitely give this a listen. Great conversation with him on his career on the field to his broadcasting career. Also talked about future of the game to future hall of gamers of the sons he called games for in the past

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Mark Knudson (born October 28, 1960) is an American former right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), between 1985 and 1993, primarily for the Milwaukee Brewers. Awesome conversation with him on his playing days with Don August. To what he is up to now and days with coaching high school ball and his book and podcasts he does. Plus we go in-depth about the state of the game in today’s era compared to when he played.

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Aaron Volpatti (born May 30, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played with the Vancouver Canucks and the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Great talking to him about his playing days in the NHL to what’s he been working on and his life after the game. As well as current talk on his buddy ovechkin and how long he’ll play for and him sleeping with the cup

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Ed Cunningham (born August 17, 1969) is an American sports announcer, film producer, and former professional American football player. Awesome conversation with him on his playing career to his broadcasting career and his podcast. Give it a listen you’ll enjoy it. Shared great memories

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Joshua Michael Osich (born September 3, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He made his MLB debut with the San Francisco Giants in 2015 and has also played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs. He is one of the only Major League Baseball players that is of Basque descent. Great conversation with him on the way the game is going today to his World Series predictions and debate on which league is better

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