The BASE - Jumping Bases

In episode 13, we are joined by the K-Men, Kirk Carapezza, GBH Reporter, and Matt Tavares, Author! Kirk and Matt came to The Base on March 23rd to share the mission of the K-Men, along with inviting out families to help participate in keeping tradition throughout the summer of hanging K's for every strike out. The afternoon at the Base was spent painting fresh K's for Strikeouts at Fenway Park, along with this conversation! Throughout this podcast you can expect to hear...

For Episode 12 of Jumping Bases, Robert Lewis Jr., former President of The BASE, and Lori Dipina, Base Site Director, join Coach K & Coach Steve for a conversation discussing various topics! Kemauree & Steve ask Lori to share a Program Update for the BASES’s February Vacation Sports Clinic, along with some reflections on being a BASE Mom. Lori also goes in depth about learning from Robert over the years, as well as discussing how their relationship started in the Boston Street Workers Program. The conversation is wrapped up by Robert Lewis Jr. sharing his final thank you and thoughts.

In episode 11 of Jumping Bases, Robert "Junior" Lewis, founder of the BASE, holds a conversation with our Podcast Hosts', Coach K & Coach Steve. This conversation goes in depth on the relationship of Kemauree Williams and Steve Tauro, BASE Alumni and Employees. Through working at the Base, the relationship these two have built and established is infectious! The energy and leadership Kemauree & Steve share, rubs off on a lot of our youth and in this episode, we get to the bottom on how it started!

In Episode 10 of Jumping BASES, Gris Castro and Kristi Skane join Coach K & Coach Steve for a conversation about Coming Together in Softball. Both Gris and Kristi share their perspective of how they were introduced to the BASE, along with coming from different backgrounds and now leveling out the playing field. These BASE Student-Athlete have conversations about how the BASE impacted their play and shared words of advice for our Softball Players of the future.

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In Episode 9 of Jumping BASES, Coach K & Coach Steve are joined by Alona Lynch, BASE Student-Athlete, to help share her "Pathway to Success."Alona is an amazing Softball player here at the BASE pursuing a College education, specifically HBCU's. During this episode, Alona shares some schools that she's been accepted to, along with how the BASE has helped her throughout the High School and College Process.

In Episode 8 of Jumping BASES we are joined by 3 BASE Student-Athletes – all Seniors – from our Softball, Baseball, and Basketball programs. Genesis Funes, Dante Christie, and Alfredo de los Santos sit down with Coach K & Coach Steve for a discussion about their high school experiences, adversity they overcame, including challenges related to COVID, and how The BASE has helped them along the way. We also look to the future and hear about their goals and something they are looking forward to as they prepare for college.

In a special episode 7 we look back at the good times times Jandell and Jeremey spent at "The Base" over the past couple of years as they look to start their new journey on the West Coast. In this episode we get some insight about how they ended up here at "The Base" and what it has brought to their everyday life. We spoke about what they will be taking away from their time spent here and what they continue to work on no matter where they are. They also got to take advice from Khristophe who's a well known voice here on "Jumping Bases". 

Episode 6 of Jumping BASES! In this episode we sit down with Genesis Funes, a BASE Student Athlete and Senior at Dana Hall, along with her Softball Coach, Chuck Bilikas, to discuss some experiences on the softball diamond. Gensis talked about her relationship with her coaches, along with the adversity she faced as a person of color in the sport. Coach Chuck shared his past experiences as a Baseball & Softball Player/Coach and his road that led to the BASE.

In episode 5 of "Jumping Bases" we sit down with 3 of our student athletes who interview their moms about being base parents and what made them chose this program to groom them into the student athletes they are today. Throughout the interview the girls ask a series of questions they made up and wanted answers too. Coach K and Coach Steve took a step back and let the ladies run this episode helping them better their skill within pod class club. 

In our 4th Episode of Jumping BASES, Coach K & Coach Steve have an amazing conversation with BASE Student-Athlete, Khristophe Samuel Jr. Khristophe is in the 4th Grade and takes part in our Baseball and Basketball Programming, along with our Podcasting and Robotics Club. Make sure to check this episode out because you are going to be BLOWN AWAY by the conversation! We’ll see you soon on Jumping BASES !