This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, I'm leveraging connections. The acquaintance is made by one colleague to another. But my secret is, I love to take these connections and turn them all into my friends. And on today's show, it is my pleasure to introduce to all of you,  a connection turned great friend.

I met this mountain of a man back in my lodge days through Ang. He was our guy at the Fan 590 radio station when the Outdoor Journal Radio show was a radio show.  But before that, he played professional baseball for North Central Texas College and was drafted by the Oakland A's in 2002. Today, he's the senior account executive for Rogers Sports and Media, and it is my pleasure to introduce  Dan Gibbons.

On today's show, we knocked the ball around and got to know Dan. We tell some great stories from days gone by and learn a little along the way...