Ignite Baseball The Podcast

Today we welcome Logan Porter. He's entering his 5th year of professional baseball in the Kansas City Royals organization and he'll be attending his first big league spring training this coming spring.

Logan produced at a high level in his few years of pro ball and hopefully will get a shot in the big leagues soon.

Kurt and Logan discuss his path to where he is now, the contrast between small town Vermont baseball and what it's like to play in Arizona, and his mentality when it comes to approaching the game.

Today we welcome Austin Bibens-Dirkx, he played in the big leagues for the Texas Rangers in 2017 and 2018, he pitched professionally for 14 years, and is now a coach in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

We discuss his journey to the major leagues, pitching, and his and Kurt shared devastation in the Cowboys loss this past weekend.

This was a fun one, enjoy!

Today we welcome Max Glasser, he works at Ignite Baseball but for the past two years he's coached in the Dodgers organization and the Blue Jays organization. He brings a lot of experience working with high-level athletes that he shares with us in this podcast. Max, Kurt, and Connor also have some fun by talking about Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, and Barry Bonds.

On today’s podcast, I interviewed Andy Bradley. Andy is the head coach at Gonzaga College High School in Washington DC and he is the founder and owner of Bradley Baseball Academy a travel baseball organization in the DMV area. We talk about his development as a player and as a coach. Enjoy, this was a fun one.

Head Coach of the Harford Community College Fighting Owls, Tom Eller is the guest on this Podcast. His team has had some amazing offensive years in the recent past. In 2016, the Owls made the NJCAA World Series and were only a few games away from the National Championship. Last year, (2017) they lead the D1 NJCAA in Home Runs (137), Doubles (159) and Slugging (.684). He discusses his journey to become a coach and approach to teaching hitting. Enjoy!

In this episode, Kurt interviews Aaron Tarr, head coach of the George C. Marshell Varsity Baseball team. Aaron is a smart coach who is always adapting the way he coaches based on what he thinks in the best information available at the time. We explore his career arc and how he thinks about the game of baseball. You can follow him on Instagram @coachtarrgcm. Enjoy!

In this introduction podcast Kurt Hewes Founder of Ignite Baseball and Host of the Base Path Podcast talks about his path to selecting his career in baseball and softball. Since later episodes will be about the journey of others the first Pod is about the host and his journey.