In The Booth with Flobo Boyce

Everybody knows the athletes. But what about the people working behind the scenes to help build their careers?

On this episode of In The Booth with Flobo Boyce, we're joined by sports representative Adam Lee Spencer for a conversation about the business of sports, athlete representation, and what it really takes to navigate the world of professional athletics.

We get into the relationships, negotiations, opportunities, and challenges that come with representing talent in an increasingly competitive sports landscape. From managing expectations to building a personal brand, there's a whole lot more to the business than what fans see on game day.

What does it take to advocate for an athlete? How has the sports representation business evolved? And what happens when the business of sports meets the human beings behind the jerseys?

Pull up a chair. We're going behind the scenes of the game.

Baseball is about a whole lot more than what happens between the lines. On In the Booth with Flobo Boyce, I sit down with Dallas Martz, author of It Was Never Just Baseball, to discuss his remarkable journey building the Alton River Dragons collegiate summer baseball team from the ground up. It’s a story about the passion, perseverance, and people who make this game special. Check out Dallas and his book at DallasMartzBooks.com!

Juan Mena is a New York Mets fan who had a goal to see all 30 Major League Ballparks. With the help of his family, he devised a plan and recently accomplished seeing all 30 on a trek that concluded in Pittsburgh, PA. This is his incredible story.

0DoubtsAcademy founder and author of the book "Pressure to Purpose: Navigating Faith Through Adversity" Brandon Fowler joins the show. He chats about his love of baseball, educating the youth, and what it means to be a community leader. https://0doubtsacademy.com/about

It's not easy being a one man sports broadcaster and content creator, but Samori Benjamin is doing that in the biggest media market in the country. On this episode of "In The Booth," we talk the Knicks, NYC baseball culture and more! https://www.youtube.com/@samoribenjamin

On this edition of In The Booth, we're hanging with author of the novel "Switch Pitcher" Richard Bruce Stock. Stock created the character of Carter Browne, an ambidextrous pitcher who becomes a star of the at one time hapless New York Americans. Stock talks his love of the game and how the novel came to be. Check out the book, "Switch Hitter" on Amazon.

A lover of music, baseball, the Mariners and the City of Seattle, Don Dishes has been a friend of the Black Baseball Mixtape family for quite a well. He hops on "In The Booth" to discuss representation at the park, how he came up in the music game and what it means to be the Big Man with the Tiny Mic. @big_man_tiny_mic

Flobo Boyce is In The Booth on this episode to chat a few things as the calendar turns over to may. A new vocabulary words makes the baseball rounds, Flobo has a few words on the "suffering Mets fan" culture, PLUS he details his experience of going to his first college softball game!

Dodgers Fans (and SoCal baseball fans) rejoice. The newest minor league baseball team, the Dodger-affiliated Ontario Tower Buzzers has arrived! On this episode of In The Booth, Flobo Boyce sits down with Allan Benavides, the first General Manager of the uniquely named club. They char everything from branding, to tapping into the community and more!

Don't call him a celebrity, but we are joined by Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of the Obama Foundation, Michael Strautmanis to the show. This conversation of culture, baseball and Chicago history is ten years in the making, started with Strautmanis penning an essay about black baseball fandom in Chicago for &Scape in 2016. https://www.obama.org/