Dugout Chatter Podcast

Dialing in from sunny San Diego, California is the head coach of the SDSU Aztecs Mark Martinez - one of the best fundamental teachers in baseball. Inside this episode, you will love the details and perspective that he brings to any conversation as we talk through his growth as a coach, how he has approached this unique shift in the baseball season plus his thoughts on baserunning and infield play, which again, Mark stands out inside this space. Within our community, we talk about ‘feverish notes’ around here and this is easily one of those shows. You will get better just by hitting the play button and connecting with Coach Martinez!

What an absolute privilege to invite in Tyler Gillum, the assistant at South Mountain Community College in Arizona and also the manager of the famous Savannah Bananas and right beside him on the airwaves is Ed Collins from Latta High School in Oklahoma, boasting over 2,100 wins and 11 State Championships. What a very unique conversation with a true card-carrying pillar inside our coaching community, 40+ years in the dugout and his former player or even vice versa – a young coach who is out there making a dent inside the coaching community, impacting people every single day, bringing energy to every person he meets plus his legendary mentor of a coach on the same call.

A conversation with friends can go many different ways and this one sure puts that to the test – CJ Gillman, the hitting coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds jumps on & rolls! What a conversation that takes us into the mental game of golf and right into leadership, we talk lifelong learning and right back into children’s movies and zoom calls…it’s an awesome walk with CJ as his passion and energy come through the airwaves! Easy opportunity to get better just by hitting the play button!

We head back into the high school ranks and connect with one of the best out there - Eric Borba from Orange Lutheran HS in California jumps on the airwaves and brings major value throughout! Borbs details out some of the core concepts and dynamics outside of the white lines that he thinks helps separate his program from the pack and it shows as winning and placing so many of their players at the top college baseball programs around the country is commonplace. We pull back the curtain on fundraising inside his program, we detail how he involves and empowers the parent group, we talk faith and growth inside coaching plus how it starts with 'people' as Borbs details the importance of building a quality coaching and support staff around his team.

Back on the airwaves with one of our own here at SBTV - the Hitting Coordinator for the Colorado Rockies Darin Everson stops by, grabs the mic and just rolls through some terrific hitting information. If you haven’t checked his stuff out before, here are the cliff notes: He is really good! The way that he can simplify information and drills and ideas is so impressive but his knowledge is something that we always want to dive into and pull from. Inside this show, expect another ‘take feverish notes’ episode with Darin detailing out specific drills that he thinks elevates development to perspectives as coaches AND players that will help us look at our training much differently plus taking some key concepts and buzzwords and cutting right through them for us! It’s a powerful show from one of the best teachers in professional baseball.

What a perfect time to connect with this guest with Dr Bhrett McCabe from the MindSide joining this week's show. Hearing from Bhrett with some real perspective for all of us to take in during these times as a sports psychologist but also a clinical psychologist. His unique outlook on how our coaching community might be dealing with this and how our teams and our players might be doing the same and he offers some very uplifting views plus challenges us all as leaders to inspire more to make a much larger impact on our people!

Here is the disclaimer…when you get into this one, you’re going to have to hit the pause button and not once but multiple times! Billy Boyer, the infield and baserunning coordinator for the Minnesota Twins is a 'steady stream of consciousness' guy, boundless passion and the ultimate teacher. An infield podcast to end all others but not before Billy takes us all on a journey into the details around the fundamentals that he holds true inside infield play, how he works to prepare his players for the adjustability needed inside the game, to the routines and progressions that he has brought right to the Twins infield corps plus we open up catch play, footwork and so much more with Boyer!

Inside this episode, we connect with the leader of the Camels in Campbell University head coach Justin Haire and it will become evident to our listeners - this program is in perfect hands with this guy at the helm. What a terrific chat with Justin as we cover his path in baseball, diving into personal growth, right into building accountability within your teams to getting vulnerable as a coach & so much more! Pro tip: Bring pen and paper with you for this interview...Coach Haire is high energy and he delivers some Certified Audio Gold throughout this chat!

Welcome into an episode where you will find yourself with a front row seat to three brilliant offensive minds in Alan Kunkel from South Florida, Mike Clement from Ole Miss and Bryan Peters from Long Beach State. Taking 'feverish notes' to a brand new level on this one as these guys leave it all on the airwaves as we get them to detail out their offensive philosophies, training techniques, drills, how they leverage technology in their development process, competitions they bring to their guys, how they teach approach and plate discipline…its amazing where this goes and if you are an offensive guy, prepare to be mind blown!

Strap up your cleats as we get back on the base paths with New York Yankees Baserunning Coordinator Matt Talarico and one of the true thought leaders in this space. Inside this show, Tally talks through his passion and commitment to coaching especially as a younger coach which takes us deep into advice for young coaches plus developing a curiosity to learn and continued growth. Later into the episode, we make our way into baserunning and base stealing with Matt delivering some Certified Audio Gold to make you think much differently about your program’s approach to applying pressure on the bases and scoring runs.