MonkeySports Podcast

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts and BaseballMonkey’s Will Shumate sit down with social media baseball influencer, Tanner Carson (Raised_In_Baseball) to discuss baseball, social media and more! Prior to the interview with Tanner, Jason and Will discuss how MLB constricts the use of their content by users on certain social media platforms, and how they think this affects the fanbase of baseball (1:15). Tanner then introduces himself and gives a little background on when he started playing baseball and some of his favorite aspects of the game (6:30). They then discuss how Tanner believes social media has helped him grow as a baseball player, and what he thinks having a presence on social media can do for all baseball players when trying to get scouted and progress within the game (18:25). This episode concludes with Tanner discussing his short term and long term baseball goals, and gives a little insight on how he hopes to achieve those goals (24:10). 

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts and GoalieMonkey’s Graisen Eatchel discuss the process of buying pads as a consumer from a few different points of view. They then give tips about finding what set of gear is right for you with the help of Goaliemonkey’s Goalie Days (8:10). Ev Bommarito from Vaughn Custom Sports discusses his entry to the world of goalie. (10:50). During this interview, Jason, Graisen and Ev chat about the upcoming Vaughn V9 gear line (26.25) and help give some insight to what is to come from Vaughn Custom Sports.

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts and LacrosseMonkey’s Hank Likes examine the Pro lacrosse market and what each league is doing right and wrong (:53) then National Lacrosse Hall of Famer, Team USA member, MLL All-Star, camp director, and overall lacrosse legend Mark Millon calls in to talk about his illustrious career and where he sees the game going (16:09). Finally, Mark talks about one of the coolest leagues to ever exist in the history of lacrosse, the United States Club Lacrosse Association (27:18).

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts sits down with HockeyMonkey’s Tyler Dowd and GoalieMonkey’s Graisen Eatchel to discuss their likes and dislikes regarding the most recent All-Star Weekend, including uniforms, incorporation of technology, and the growth of the game (0:58). Following our All-Star Weekend discussion, we jump into our quick recap of the first half of the season, discussing teams who are hot and cold right now, along with teams that are performing better than expectations and worse than expectations (15:20).  This segways into our thoughts and predictions for the second half of the NHL season, where we go over our playoff teams from each conference.  Wrapping things up, Tyler and Graisen make their Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals predictions, followed up with both of their Stanley Cup Finals predictions (22:25).

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts and BaseballMonkey’s Will Shumate sit down with the rest of the digital content team (Tyler Dowd – Hockey, Graisen Eatchel – Goalie, Hank Likes – Lacrosse) to discuss the history of cheating in baseball, primarily the most recent cheating scandals surrounding the Astros. They discuss the punishment that was handed down to the Astros by commissioner Rob Manfred after completion of MLB’s investigation of the Astros using technology to steal signs in 2017 (6:45). Hank from LacrosseMonkey chimes in with his “hot take” on what the Astros punishment really should have been (17:21). This episode wraps up with a discussion on whether or not steroid use in baseball is worse than using technology to steal signs, and with that in mind, should steroid era players like Barry Bonds be allowed into the Hall of Fame or not (34:50).

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts and GoalieMonkey’s Graisen Eatchel discuss the goaltender selection process for Junior and College hockey along with some insight on the all new True AX Series sticks (12:10). They then introduce Olympic Goaltender Nicole Hensley for this week’s interview (14:50) which she chats with Graisen Eatchel about her overall life story in hockey up to being selected for Team USA (21:40) and heading to PyeongChang for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Nicole then dives into her experiences with the NWHL Buffalo Beauts (25:21) before getting into some gear talk (36:22).

MonkeySport’s Jason Felts and LacrosseMonkey’s Hank Likes break down the idea of “growing the game” and what it really means for lacrosse (1:20), then former Maryland National Champion and current PLL Whipsnakes Goalie Dan Morris joins the podcast to talk about how he got into the game, what it was like coming from a non-traditional lacrosse market, and looking back at his career at Maryland and the Pros (8:53).

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