Inside the Dugout

In this episode of 'Inside the Dugout' Geoff Safford would visit with the newly named Pioneer League MVP in Missoula PaddleHeads Outfielder Adam Fogel.  The Southern California native set a new league record for home runs in a season (35) while also leading the league in batting average. The duo would have a conversation about the season that was, his connection to the city of Missoula, and what lies ahead. 

PaddleHeads Baseball in the Garden City may be months away, but a new franchise is headed to the Pioneer League for the 2024 season. For the first time in the 80+ year history of the league a Pioneer League team will call sunny California home as it was recently announced that the newly named Oakland Ballers will be entering the league in 2024. Geoff Safford of ESPN Radio Missoula was able to catch up with the Assistant General Manager, and play-by-play voice of the Ballers Tyler Petersen to get some details on how this project came to be, and what goals the organization has in its first season. 

Missoula Paddleheads center fielder Keaton Greenwalt visits with Geoff Safford to talk his 2023 power surge, growing up farming in New Mexico and experiencing COVID in affiliated ball.

Missoula Paddleheads fans know Brandon Riley both as a hard-hitting outfielder and now as the team's hitting coach. In this episode of Inside the Dugout, he talks with Voice of the Paddleheads Geoff Safford about making the transition between the two, playing for a national powerhouse at North Carolina, and the best spots to eat on the road in the Pioneer League.

In his second season with the Missoula Paddleheads, Connor Schultz has more than cut his ERA in half. In this episode of Inside the Dugout, Schultz talks developing his arsenal and getting to Missoula after playing his college ball in the Midwest.

After coming over from the Glacier Range Riders, infielder Ryan Cash has been swinging a hot bat for the Missoula Paddleheads. In this episode of Inside the Dugout, Cash and Voice of the Paddleheads Geoff Safford talk about the start of his professional baseball career and plenty more.

Dondrei Hubbard has been raking ever since coming over to the Missoula Paddleheads in an early-season trade. In this episode of Inside the Dugout, the Missoula slugger joins Geoff Safford to talk about his athletic background, playing in the Czech Republic and passing the hat after home runs in Sonoma.

The Missoula Paddleheads are champions once again! After clinching a record-tying fifth straight half-season Pioneer League pennant, Paddleheads manager Michael Schlact visits with Geoff Safford on Inside the Dugout to talk where the celebration ranked, how to build a winning roster and what's next in the second half of the season.

Former UC Santa Barbara infielder McClain O'Connor, now in his third year with the Missoula Paddleheads, joins Geoff Safford on the Inside the Dugout podcast.

Coming off a Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week Award, Paddleheads pitcher Alfredo Villa sits down with Geoff Safford to talk about his path to Missoula and what's helped him run his record to a perfect 5-0 so far this season.