River City Hardball

First Coast HS head coach Stephen Barnes + 2024 Florida State commit Hunter Carns

-Carns has hit 4 HR in 5 games

-Coach Barnes was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2004

-First Coast won their first playoff game in 25 years in 2022

Jacksonville University freshman DH Chandler Howard

-Howard has hit 3 home runs in 2023

-2 of his 3 HR have been vs. Florida State and Florida

-He hit a home run OVER THE SCOREBOARD at JU vs. Gators

University of North Florida OF Cherokee Nichols

-Nichols is a Jacksonville native

-Played his high school baseball at Fletcher

-He has hit 2 of UNF's 25 HR

12-year MLB veteran Brett Myers

-Jacksonville native

-1999 state champion at Englewood HS

-Philadelphia Phillies 1st round pick in 1999

-2008 World Series champion with Philadelphia

Bartram Trail head coach Ryan Fitzpatrick + 2024 Florida Gators commit Schuyler Sandford

-Bears have 5 Division I commits on their 2023 roster

-Sandford is 6"6, 210 lbs and his fastball is up to 96 MPH

-Sandford was initially committed to Florida State but flipped to Florida

River City Hardball presented by 925 Partners Insurance and Collins Builders: 12-year MLB veteran pitcher Brett Myers.

⚾ Winning state title in 1999 at Englewood HS

⚾ 1st round draft pick in 1999 (12th overall) to Philadelphia

⚾ Stories from pitching 12 years in the big leagues

⚾ Toughest hitter he faced? Should steroid users be in the HOF?

⚾ Winning the World Series in 2008 with Philadelphia Phillies

Terrific stuff from Brett. One of my favorite podcasts I've ever done.

Fletcher Senators LHP Gabe Moorer tossed back-to-back no-hitters to start his 2021 season.

Senators head coach Mike Grillo: "He's on a different level right now. Something I've never seen before. He's a special kid doing something special."

2022 Jacksonville University commit Justin Nadeau had one of the top performances of the week in the Jacksonville area with a double, HR, and 5 RBIs vs. Fletcher.

"He has done an outstanding job. One of the best so far..." - Bears head coach Ryan Fitzpatrick

Episcopal head coach Mike Jones enters his 19th season as Eagles head coach.

LHP Dillon Haines is committed to Stetson University to play college baseball.

-Jones was drafted in the 1st round by the Kansas City Royals in 1977 and won a World Series in 1985.

-Prep Baseball Report ranks Episcopal as a Top 25 team in the state of Florida.

-What makes Dillon Haines one of the top pitching prospects in the Jacksonville area?

Florida Gators star freshman C/DH Nathan Hickey and his high school coach Mac Mackiewitz from Providence join Andrew Gibson:

-Hickey hit the first HR at Florida's new ballpark

-Why this is the most talented team he has ever been on

-What's it like playing for Kevin O'Sullivan?

-Hickey played on varsity as a 7th grader?

-This Gators team is loaded with talent from the Jacksonville area

1010 XL host Rick Ballou joins us to discuss the Baseball HOF:

-Are the writers letting their personal agenda interfere with voting?

-Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling should ALL be in

-Chances for A-Rod and Big Papi in 2022

Former Jacksonville Suns owner Peter Bragan Jr. remembers the life and career of the late, great Hank Aaron.

-What it was like for Aaron playing in Jacksonville in 1953