The great Dan Simon joins us this week. Dan has his own sports brand identity development firm called Studio Simon.

Dan is known for his work designing the logo for the Savannah Bananas, Daytona Tortugas, Memphis Redbirds and Kannapolis Cannon Ballers amongst many others.

He gives us a brief overview of how he got into sports brand designing and shares his Proffitt & Loss.

Follow Dan online and check out his work on his website.

Dan Simon -

Website: https://www.studiosimon.net/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio_simon/ (@Studio_Simon)



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We had a fun conversation about MiLB merchandise in this week's episode with Bob Villarreal. Bob is the merchandise manager for the Beloit Sky Carp. He discusses how long he's been with the team and what roles he's had. He also tells us how he started running the team store.

Hear Bob's PA announcer stories and hear him tell the story about the transition from the Snappers to the Sky Carp.

Follow Bob and the Sky Carp online.

Bob Villarreal -

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/skycarpmerch


Beloit Sky Carp -

Merchandise Website: https://skycarp.milbstore.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beloitskycarp/ (@BeloitSkyCarp)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/beloitskycarp (@BeloitSkyCarp)


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Chicago Dogs superfan Mike Trippi joined us for this fun episode this week. The Chicago Dogs are an independent professional baseball team in the American Association.

Mike tells us how he fell in love with the Chicago Dogs and tells us all about Impact Field. He also shares some of his favorite uniforms in the league and his Proffitt & Loss.

Follow Mike and the Chicago Dogs online.

Mike Trippi -

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chidogfool/ (@ChiDogFool)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chidogfool/ (@ChiDogFool)


Chicago Dogs -

Website: https://www.thechicagodogs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechicagodogs/ (@TheChicagoDogs)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TheChicagoDogs (@TheChicagoDogs)


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We had the absolute pleasure of having a bestselling author, senior writer for ESPN, and one half of Marty & McGee, join us on this week's special episode. Ryan McGee wrote a book that dropped April 4th, titled "Welcome to the Circus of Baseball" about his time working for the Asheville Tourists.

Ryan gives us an overview of his new book, how he became a big minor league baseball enthusiast and what it's like working alongside Marty Smith and other legendary sports writers and TV personalities.

Ryan also shares with us his Proffitt & Loss.

Make sure to check out Ryan on social media and order a copy of his new book.

Ryan McGee -

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Circus-Baseball-Perfect-Ballpark/dp/0385548400

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/espnmcgee/ (@ESPNMcGee)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/espnmcgee  (@ESPNMcGee)

Marty and McGee: https://www.espn.com/radio/play/_/id/9305704


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We had the President and CEO of the Uwharrie Wampus Cats and the Carolina Disco Turkeys, Greg Sullivan, join us on this week's episode. The Disco Turkeys are a well known independent collegiate summer baseball team, but Greg and his ownership group wanted to bring another opponent in for the Disco Turkeys to play. The Wampus Cats will play their games in Albemarle, North Carolina.

Greg tells us about the ballpark the Wampus Cats will being playing in and where they pull their pool of players from to round out the rosters for both teams. 

He also shares with us some of the merchandise we may expect to see with the Wampus Cats and he shares his Proffitt & Loss.

Make sure to follow the Disco Turkeys and Wampus Cats online.

Wampus Cats -

Website: https://www.wampuscatsbaseball.com/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/gowampuscats/ (@GoWampusCats)


Disco Turkeys -

Website: https://www.discoturkeys.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoturkeys/ (@DiscoTurkeys)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/discoturkeys (@DiscoTurkeys)


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We had the pleasure of speaking with Todd Radom this week. Todd is a graphic designer who has created countless logos, whether it's for a new team, a re-brand, or for a special event. He's created Super Bowl logos and designed the Brooklyn Cyclones and Wichita Wind Surge MiLB logos amongst others.

He has written a couple of books that you can purchase that will dive into MLB jerseys and about logos and the meaning behind the names of NHL teams.

Make sure to check out Todd's website and follow him online.

Todd Radom - 

Website: https://www.toddradom.com/

Books:

"Winning Ugly"
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Ugly-History-Baseball-Uniforms-ebook/dp/B078Z229V9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17N4PIMZ36CV1&keywords=winning+ugly+todd+radom&qid=1675649045&sprefix=Winning+ugly%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

"Fabric of the Game" 
https://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Game-Stories-Behind-Uniforms/dp/1683583841/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UNZK6ACCJCZ4&keywords=fabric+of+the+game+nhl+book&qid=1675649171&sprefix=The+Fabric+of+the+game%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddradom/ (@ToddRadom)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/toddradom (@ToddRadom)



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One.Year. It's been one year since the most Average podcast hit the airwaves. The Earned Fun Average is celebrating their one-year anniversary with this special episode.

It's been such a fun ride during the last 52 episodes. From authors, radio play-by-play announcers, fans and others alike, we've had a ton of great guests.

We handed out the first ever Mendozas in eight categories and shouted out our guests in a fun parody song.

We appreciate all the love we've gotten over our first year podcasting and can't wait to bring you more Average over the next year.

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The newest member of the collegiate summer league Prospect League is the Jackson Rockabillys, playing their home games in Jackson, Tennessee. We are joined by the President and CEO of the Rockabillys, Dennis Bastien.

Dennis tells us about the Prospect League and what type of players you'll get to see when you watch a game. He also takes us through the name the team process and how they came to be the Rockabillys. He also shares his Proffitt & Loss in his many years spent in baseball.

Follow the Jackson Rockabillys online.

Rockabillys -

Website: https://www.rockabillysbaseball.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RockabillysJTN/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockabillysjtn/ (@RockabillysJTN)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/rockabillysjtn (@RockabillysJTN)


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That's right, they're back! We are joined once again by the Real Housewives of EFA on this special 50th episode. They were the stars of the show on episode 25, so what better way to reunite than for our 50th show.

This time Eric's wife Shannon and Johnny's wife Melinda take over and put the Average guys on the spot with questions they want to know the answers for.

Tune in to this fun episode and have some laughs with us and at us.

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We are joined this week by Emma Tiedemann of the Portland Sea Dogs. Emma is the play-by-play radio broadcaster for all Sea Dogs home and away games.

Emma shares a little about the team and the stadium that they play at. She also shares who her radio influences are and her Proffitt & Loss.

Make sure to follow the Sea Dogs and Emma online.


Emma -

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmatieds/ (@EmmaTieds)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/emmatieds (@EmmaTieds)


Portland Sea Dogs -

Website: https://www.milb.com/portland

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portland_seadogs/ (@Portland_Seadogs)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/portlandseadogs (@PortlandSeaDogs)


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