On this special episode, Johnny and Eric spent 3 days together in Mississippi going to some baseball games and touring collegiate campuses. They recorded live together from 3 locations. They start in Starkville, MS at a Mississippi State University baseball game. They head up to Oxford, MS to visit the University of Mississippi and record while touring the campus at Ole Miss. They finish up at the local high school stadium in Calhoun City, Mississippi.

Hear about the spring break adventures and all the fun we had getting to spend some time together. We also share our Proffitt & Loss of the time spent together at the baseball games.

Be sure to check us out online and see pictures and videos from our time together in Mississippi.


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The MLB season has officially gotten underway in 2024 as well as Triple A. Double A, High A and Single A will get underway in just a few days after the release of this episode. There have been a lot of identities that have been released this offseason. We discuss some of the alternate identities and some new Copa identities that have been released for some of the minor league teams for this season. We also share our Proffitt & Loss.

Make sure to check out the identities online and share your favorites with us.

MiLB: https://www.milb.com/

MiLB Copa de la Diversion: https://www.milb.com/fans/copa


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The Bad Boy of Curved Brim Media is back! Patrick Larson joined us a few years ago just as he was starting up his MiLB Hat History Series. Hear where he's taken the series and what he's been up to lately. Patrick shares about the trips he's taken to meet both of the EFA guys and shares his Proffitt & Loss. Patrick also plays the second episode of EFA trivia. Tune in to find out how he did.

Make sure to check out Patrick and his videos online.

Patrick Larson -

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Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/patlarson1/ (@PatLarson1)


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We head to southern Mississippi to talk with Javik Blake, the radio voice of the Biloxi Shuckers. We dive deep into the new alternate food identity, the Biloxi King Cakes. Johnny and Eric are big fans and learn about how the King Cake originated in Biloxi, but are big throughout the south. Hear about Javik's career prior to landing in Biloxi and some of the big names he was able to call this past season. He shares some updates being done at the stadium and his Proffitt & Loss.

Make sure to follow Javik and the Biloxi Shuckers online.

Biloxi Shuckers -

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

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


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We were thrilled to be joined once again by fellow Curved Brim Media personality, Paul Caputo, for our 2-year anniversary special.  Paul hosts his own baseball podcast about team names and logos. He also writes articles for Sportslogos.net. Paul shares what he's been up to since he last joined us on our podcast a few years ago. He shares his Proffitt & Loss and answers the first ever EFA Trivia Challenge questions.

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Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-by-design-stories-of-minor-league-logos/id1596699979

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baseballbydesign/ (@BaseballByDesign)

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/count2baseball (@Count2Baseball)


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We had two employees from one of the newest summer collegiate baseball teams on this week's episode. We had Director of Marketing, Cat Duguay, and General Manager, John Stark, from the Abilene Flying Bison. They are in a brand new league, the Mid-America League.

Cat and John discuss their careers and what lead them to working for the Flying Bison. They tell us about the league and what the community in Abilene, Texas can expect at the ballpark.

Make sure you follow the Flying Bison online.

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We head down to Lake Charles, Louisiana to talk Texas Collegiate Summer League baseball and the newest team, the Lake Charles Gumbeaux Gators. We have on the GM of the Gumbeaux Gators, Sam Moore. Sam works for Visit Lake Charles and takes over as the GM of the brand new team after coaching high school baseball for almost 30 years.

Sam tells us where the team is playing, who they're playing against and a little about the team name, color and logos.

Make sure to follow the Gumbeaux Gators online.

Lake Charles Gumbeaux Gators -

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English 101, Math 101, Baseball 101. No matter which it is, the introduction to the game of baseball is told by the Fun Wives of Baseball. Melinda Bowlin and Shannon Proffitt take over episode 101 as they explain the game of baseball in their words. Tune in for the education and stay for the laughs.

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We celebrate our historic 100th episode this week. We had the tables turned on us as special guest host Ben Hill takes over for us. Ben asks us the burning questions about watching baseball and about our podcast. We also have a surprise guest that hops in for a few minutes as well.

Make sure to follow Ben online.

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Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter: MiLB.com Newsletter Registration | MiLB.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)


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We hand out some hardware during our second annual Mendoza Awards show. Throughout 2023 we had a wide array of guests. We awarded Mendozas in eight different categories. Make sure to tune in to hear our 2023 Proffitt & Loss and be sure to congratulate the winners of the Mendozas.

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