Earned Fun Average

Jeff Dobish, the owner of the Casper Spuds, joins us on this week's episode. The Casper Spuds are a collegiate summer league baseball team based in Casper, Wyoming. Jeff takes us through his days playing hockey and his fandom of sports living in Tampa Bay. 

Jeff also shares the reasoning about moving the team from Caldwell, Idaho to Casper, Wyoming and what makes both communities great.

Make sure to follow the Spuds online and check out a game this summer. 

Casper Spuds -

Website: https://www.spudsbaseball.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spudsbaseball/ (@SpudsBaseball)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spudsbaseball (@SpudsBaseball)


Earned Fun Average -

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We had the pleasure of speaking with Tyler Maun on this week's episode. Tyler works for MLB Pipeline and does work with Minor League Baseball. He hosts The Show Before The Show podcast about MiLB.

Tyler recently called some of the World Baseball Classic games on TV. He also does TV and radio for The University of Denver.

Hear Tyler's Proffitt & Loss and what his hat collection means to him.

Make sure to follow Tyler online.

Tyler Maun -

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylermaunpxp/ (@TylerMaunPxP)

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

Website: http://www.tylermaun.com/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-show-before-the-show/id983412776 (The Show Before the Show with Sam Dykstra and Tyler Maun)

E-mail: [email protected] 


Earned Fun Average - 

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A place that all baseball fans need to visit is the Negro Southern League Museum in Birmingham, Alabama. The NSLM is beyond the outfield fence at Regions Field where the Birmingham Barons play ball.

We had the museum's Deputy Director Frank Adams Jr on this week's episode. Frank tells us about his position at the museum and discusses the basis of the museum. Frank shares some of the most popular exhibits and what artifacts they'd like to add in the future.

Make sure you check out the museum in person and check out their website and socials as well.

Negro Southern League Museum -

Website: https://www.birminghamnslm.org/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nslmbham (@NSLMBham)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nslmbhm (@NSLMBhm)


Earned Fun Average -

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The very talented Jesse Goldberg-Strassler joined us on this week's episode. Jesse is the radio broadcaster for the High-A affiliate of the Oakland A's, the Lansing Lugnuts.

Jesse tells us about his broadcasting career, the Lugnuts ballpark and shares his Proffitt & Loss. He also shares the story behind the books he's written.

Follow the Lugnuts and Jesse online and order his books.

Lansing Lugnuts -

Website: https://www.milb.com/lansing

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lansinglugnuts/ (@LansingLugnuts)

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


Jesse Goldberg-Strassler - 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jgoldstrass/ (@JGoldStrass)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jgoldstrass/ (@JGoldStrass)

Baseball Book: https://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Thesaurus-Jesse-Goldberg-Strassler/dp/1938532384/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ALSF0CN6JNYM&keywords=jesse+goldberg+strassler&qid=1680748518&sprefix=jesse+goldberg+strassler%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1

Football Book: https://www.amazon.com/Football-Thesaurus-Jesse-Goldberg-Strassler/dp/1938532252/ref=sr_1_5?crid=ALSF0CN6JNYM&keywords=jesse+goldberg+strassler&qid=1680748573&sprefix=jesse+goldberg+strassler%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-5


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David C. Ruckman joined us this week to chat about the Charlotte Knights rebrand and what promotion he would do for a baseball team.

David is a graphic designer, videographer, and consultant amongst others. He shares some of the work he's done and his Proffitt & Loss.

Make sure to follow David online.

David C. Ruckman -

Website: https://www.davidruckmancreative.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidruckman

Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidruckman

Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidruckman (@DavidCRuckman)

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


Earned Fun Average -

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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)



Earned Fun Average -

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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)


Earned Fun Average -

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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


Earned Fun Average -

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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)


Earned Fun Average - 

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