St. Louis, Missouri native and National Radio Host and Milwaukee Brewers post-game show host Matt Pauley joins me on the podcast. We talked about his time growing up in Missouri, his journalism career that started off with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and then professional baseball stops in Evansville, Indiana; Albany, Georgia; Burlington, Iowa; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. We ended the podcast talking about his current role with the Milwaukee Brewers. 

The director of the baseball documentary "Playing for Peanuts", John Fitzgerald, joins me on my latest podcast episode. 

We talk everything from filming the documentary to the 2007 South Georgia Peanuts season and being around Peanuts (current Long Island Ducks) manager Wally Backman.  

My guest today is a 14 year professional baseball manager with the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. The team is based in Sauget, Illinois. 

Phil talks about his high school and college playing days, playing independent baseball and then how he transitioned into becoming the manager of the Grizzlies. He also had some cool stories about being on the road and talking about his favorite ballparks in the league. As usual, we also have a great segment of "Tyler's 5". 

Former Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins) Xavier Scruggs joins my podcast. He currently owns Xtraordinary Athletes which is a baseball training facility in Tampa that is focused on mental skills for athletes. Xavier talks about Xtraordinary Athletes, his MLB playing days, playing for the Springfield Cardinals, and what it takes to become better at life. 

Check out his website: https://www.xoathletes.com/

42 year high school baseball coaching veteran and former coach with professional baseball teams; South Georgia Peanuts, Joliet Jackhammers, and currently the High Point Rockers joins me. We talk everything from coaching high school ball, coaching with Wally Backman, and the documentary "Playing for Peanuts". 

Mike Janela is the gameday stadium host/emcee for the New York Mets. He talks about his time going to Syracuse and working his way up in broadcasting through the college and professional ranks to become an employee of the San Diego Padres and New York Mets. He was also the first player ever on ABC's "$100,000 Pyramid" show to win both the $150,000 and the vacation prize. Mike has been on