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Our series featuring 13 of the top HS players in New Jersey begins with a pair of all-state, best friends from South Jersey who will be taking their talents across the Delaware to Philadelphia and the Ivy League next Fall. Jarrett Pokrovsky hit over .600 for Schalick HS as a junior and is considered by many the best pure hitter in South Jersey, while Ryan Taylor flashes laser-timed 6.3 speed in the 60, flashes some power at the plate, and excels anywhere you put him on defense. He's a mainstay in a powerful St. Augustine lineup. We're excited to get this started with a unique two-man interview as Jarrett and Ryan truly are part of ... GENERATION NEXT.

The 2022 ACBL season will be an exciting one for college fans! This edition of the Jersey Baseball Show provides a look at the biggest story of the offseason - the MERGER with a group of 7 college summer teams from Long Island, giving the league a full presence in New York for the first time since 2012. The NY Phenoms have repped the state well the last few years, but now they will join a complete Kaiser division of 8 teams that will play exclusively in New York, while the NJ/PA league returns perennial power Allentown, welcomes newcomer South Jersey Kings, and sees the Trenton Generals try to defend their league title. Here we look at the benefits of the merger, explain it for everyone - and key being no interdivision travel except for the all-star game and the World Series at the end of the year! Great day for the ACBL and a great year ahead!

For more: elifishman.com, www.pinstripedprospects.com, prospects1500.com, jerseysportingnews.com Awesome JBS episode with our resident Yankees minor league beat reporter Eli Fishman. Eli is an 18-year-old freshman journalism major at Ithaca College. He started living out his journalism dreams at 11 years old as the Maplewood resident would go down the street to cover Seton Hall baseball for his own website! This has developed into thousands of interviews and games over the years, so many fun stories, and if you ask me - someone who could make the leap to covering MLB tomorrow! Eli shares some stories about Yankee minor leaguers, makes some predictions on guys who are about to make the leap in 2022, and talks about doing what he loves on this episode of JBS!

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Our most exciting interview yet with Jesse Cole, the mastermind behind the Savanah Bananas and Fans First Entertainment, and the Yellow Tux Guy whose summer college baseball team is making news all over the world. Or should I say the PT Barnum of baseball because the Bananas don't just play games in the Coastal Plains League - they put on SHOWS, they put on performances every night. Once a promising college baseball player himself, Cole has become a master performer by "being comfortable being uncomfortable" and pushes you to do the same to become the best version of yourself. Inspiring others by understanding his 'why,' Jesse teaches us through example the importance of living without fear of failure. We get some great stories and some great "mirror moments" on the way.

If you watch this interview, you'll never look at things the same way again!

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The baseball card market has been booming like never before. Now a multi BILLION dollar industry, it's not the simple collector's hobby of our youth. It's truly a baseball stock market - futures, commodities, analytics, etc. It's become an area where knowledge of the game, its players, and some business sense can become quite profitable. Our friend Tyler Holzhammer - Director of Operations at Sports Card Investor - takes us inside the explosive growth of the sports card industry and gives us an overview of baseball's next big business. It's a great Jersey Baseball Show with a true Jersey guy - turn your hobby into much more!

There are a lot of college baseball pitchers in New Jersey with great credentials this year - but one name who somehow doesn't get more attention is NJIT junior Ryan Fischer. After all, he's the only pitcher at an NJ school to win an NCAA Tournament game in 10 years - going seven strong innings to shut down a talented Northeastern squad during NJIT's magical run last year. Ryan joins us this week for a great JBS where he talks about his growth as a pitcher, how playing American Legion baseball helped him get to where he is, why NJIT is such a great place to play and a great family, and tells us where the name Gritball came from - but more importantly what it has meant to embody the NJIT program. Hope you enjoy today's episode as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Fish is ready for a big 2022 - and you should be too!

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There isn't much in baseball that Dave Gallagher hasn't done. Starting with a New Jersey HS State title at Steinert back in 1978. First-round MLB draft choice (twice!), 9-year MLB career (18 overall in the pros), Mets, Phillies, 25 years supporting amateurs, minor leaguers, and pros, HS head coach, World Series college head coach, champion ACBL General Manager, minor league coach, mentor to thousands of baseball players, baseball dad, active member of all 3 MLB-MLBPA joint ventures. The man has impeccable credentials in the game and it's really due to his integrity. We are fortunate to have Dave sit down with us for a JBS we are most proud of. The near hour FLIES by as we listen to Gally tell stories about his playing days, talk about his new venture with Centercourt Academy where he'll still make an impact in youth baseball, why he still is passionate about sharing the incredible knowledge he's gained over a half-century in the game. And coaches - MAKE SURE YOU GRASP THE ONE TAKEAWAY HE HAS FOR YOU AS WELL. Change someone's live. Dave's advice, like everything, comes straight from the heart.

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If you are a college baseball fan, this is a half hour you won't want to miss! It's hard to imagine that college baseball has a better advocate than Mike Rooney. The Delco native was a game away from Omaha as a super utility man at Notre Dame, a long time assistant for mentor Pat Murphy in the Pac-12 (Arizona State), a JUCO head coach, and now the game's premier analyst, both at ESPN and in his commentary and Podcasts for d1baseball.com. He's a walking encyclopedia for the sport and one of it's great connectors. And the passion and clarity in his voice when he talks about issues like recruiting, scheduling, premier players, growing the game is simply awesome to hear. Our guest on this week's Clean Leather, Mike talks about the state of the sport heading into 2022, gives us some national things to look forward to, talks some NJ College Baseball, offers some solutions into the recruiting mess, and hits on his memories of South Jersey High School baseball. Yes, Mike was also the high school head coach of Phillies announcer Ben Davis, then one of the premier amateur players in the sport.

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Eric Cressey - now with the New York Yankees organization - is one of the giants in the sports performance, especially when it comes to the sport of baseball. So to get your nickname directly from him - well, that's a pretty big deal. Meet Connor Abreu whose TNL Performance in Hamilton has already transformed the careers of so many area college baseball players. Connor was Cressey's "movement ninja" and our guest on today's JBS episode. This North Jersey native is a true up-and-coming star in the industry and he talks about the most important part of what he does, answers some FAQs, and tells us what makes his job special every day. If you want to get your body right for peak athletic performance, check out our interview with Connor and connect with him moving forward.

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The only person in the illustrious baseball history of Rider University to participate in the NCAA Tournament as a player AND coach, Mike Petrowski has never been one to settle for anything less than first. So it's safe to assume the young pitching coach wasn't satisfied with just making the NCAA Tournament as MAAC champion back in June. Petrowski spent his summer as part of the inaugural MLB Draft League and shares with us what he learned from the experience and how it can help Rider push the bar forward in 2022. It was a busy summer for Petrowski, whose first child, Caden, was born in August. We'll find out if Caden is a lefty (good parenting), whether he's an Eagles fan like mom (let's hope) or a Cowboys fan like dad (please no), and learn more about Rider's preparation going into 2022 as the hunted, rather than the hunters. Great Sunday edition of the Jersey Baseball Show with the most anticipated season in MAAC history looming!

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