The Brothers Brandt Sports Podcast

What up everybody! This is one of those feel good stories for sure. Rick and I dive deep into the baseball career of Zack Granite. Zack grew up on Staten Island and was a die hard Yankee Fan from birth. He even has a family dog named "Jeter." He started his baseball career right on the block playing at the neighborhood park. It was there that Zack developed hitting the ball up the middle. He enjoyed a successful high school career at Tottenville in Staten Island. He grew up in a baseball household where his brother won a City title at said high school years prior. After high school, Zack took his talents across the bridge to Seton Hall University. At Seton Hall, Zack started every game as a freshman and had an immediate impact, helping his team upset UConn and St. John's en route to a Big East Championship. He takes a lot of pride in his hometown and his college. As a sophomore and junior, Zack continued to turn heads of scouts. In 2013, Zack was drafted by the Minnesota Twins. He quickly progressed through their farm system and earned his big league debut in 2017. I will leave the rest of his career for your listening pleasure. Enjoy the show as we talk growing up on Staten Island, playing for Seton Hall and his trip through professional baseball which all roads lead home...in this case back to NYC and the New York Yankees. 

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When people look at all the road trips and sporting events Rick and myself have been to, they are always amazed and in aw of the accomplishments and games checked off the bucket list. On the other side, this is the man that Rick and I look up to! Ram Silverman is the Godfather of tickets. He started out as a bartender in Miami and at 27 got introduced to the world of ticket sales. Him and his partner gathered up $20,000 and started their own ticket brokerage company called Golden Tickets. Golden tickets has been in business for 32 years. They supply tickets to all sporting events around the country and world. Their marquee events are: The Masters, World Cup, Olympics, SuperBowls, WorldSeries and The Kentucky Derby.
We met Ram 2 years ago when Rick and I were on our Southeast Road Trip where we went to 12 games in 9 days. It was a unique encounter that we will get into on the podcast which sparked a fast relationship from the jump. Golden Tickets has sponsored two sports road trips with us: 5 games in 5 days in Texas and The SEC Championship/ ATL Falcons Game.  We will get into those road trips in later episodes. But for right now, sit back, relax and enjoy Ram Silverman taking you on his epic journey to be known as the Godfather of tickets! 

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Tie those spikes tight, put on the eye black, step into the batter's box  and get ready for some fastballs because we are coming in HOT! We had a blast interviewing Ryan and Jake Kalish. We went all the way back to middle school days and Bagel Masters and all the way to the big league journey. Ryan talks about what it was like to be drafted by the Red Sox out of high school and his quest up to the show! He has won World Series with both the Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. And, Jake goes into depth on George Mason, being drafted by the Royals and playing for Team Isreal in the World Baseball Classic. Enjoy the show!

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People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did but they will never forget how you made them feel. Rick and I have had the privilege of meeting Todd Frazier twice before baseball games we attended. Every time he made us feel like we were the only ones in the ball park. We will always remember that! Raised on the Jersey Shore, Todd grew up in a house that was no stranger to the Major Leagues. He has two older brothers, Jeff and Charlie who played professional ball. I guess you could say Todd was no stranger to the spotlight from a young age. At 12 years old, he led his Toms River Little League team to Williamsport to capture the LLWS in epic fashion. From there, his high school team won back to back state titles. He moved on to Rutgers where after his short time there, he left with his name all over the record books. He took his talents to Cincy where he enjoyed an incredible start to his big league career. He’s a multiple time MVP, Home Run Derby Champ and an ambassador to Little League Baseball around the globe. He played for the White Sox, Yankees and Mets. Currently, he is signed with the Texas Rangers. It was an absolute blast to learn more about Todd’s journey: growing up in the Frazier house, Little League, college, the pros and what him and his family are doing for youth sports in Toms River. He’s someone to look up to for sure. Todd, thanks for being a friend of the Pod and sharing your stories and time with us!! To all the listeners, enjoy the quick lightning round of Jersey Questions! To wrap up, Todd, we wish you and your family safety during this time and nothing but the best in Texas!!

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Lace up your running shoes and get the stop watches ready because Timmy Gorman is coming in HOT! Timmy grew up with us in the same home town of Little Silver, NJ. He started his career in track and field during middle school at Markham Place. Then he made the move to Christian Brothers Academy. Freshman year Timmy tried out for the cross country team and was one of the worst runners but kept in the fold and finished his freshman year as one of the top freshman runners. He continued a very strong high school career which led to a 4:12 mile and being recruited by Dartmouth College. He took his talents to Dartmouth and shaved more time off getting his mile down to 4:01. He battled some injuries and earned an extra year of eligibility. It was his senior year that he decided to commit to Tracktown USA aka Oregon University to run and earn his MBA. It was his first year at Oregon that Timmy Gorman broke the 4 minute mile with a time of 3:58. He's one of a very select few runners to ever accomplish this feat.  Tim earned his MBA the following year. He took some time off in Baja, Mexico but not for long. He found a job in Mammoth Lakes, California. He walked on the Mammoth Lakes Running Club - this sparked his professional running career. Timmy now is a 3:57 miler and ranked #8 in USA for the mile. H'es working his butt off for a spot to represent team USA in Tokyo 2021. Keep following his journey because he isn't stopping anytime soon. 

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What up podcasters! I hope you are enjoying the ride. This episode is our favorite thus far!! The reason being, we had our first ever interview and it was with our great friend, Shane McCarthy. We've known Shane since he was 10 years old growing up in Little Silver, NJ. Rick umpired a lot of Shane's baseball games as a kid. Shane attended Rumson Fair Haven H.S. and was a star pitcher there. After overcoming elbow surgery his Junior year, he earned an academic/athletic scholarship to Seton Hall University. His highlight of college was pitching a PERFECT GAME against LIU his sophomore year. There have only been 23 Perfect Games pitched in MLB and 30 in Division 1 baseball history. To give you an idea of how big of a deal this is - there have been 218,000 games played in MLB over the past 150 years and maybe the same in college baseball. If you take 53 and divide it by let's call it 400,000 games that means Shane McCarthy has accomplished something that only 0.00012679% of people have ever done. He's in an elite class of pitchers and this career is just getting started. Enjoy the pod and Shane's underdog story - we sure did!!  

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What up everyone! We are rolling into Pittsburgh hot after tearing up the town of South Bend with our good friend and golden domer, Timmy Galano. What a blast at Notre Dame. We are rockin' a 7-1 record on our trip thus far, and excited to be in the Steel City with our friend Colin Lang. Enjoy our stories of our first double header... a Pirates game at 1pm and a Steelers game at 8pm. Shout out to Colin Lang for being a great host despite us not seeing each other at all on the stay. Enjoy!

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Buckle up your seat belts for this WILD adventure into South Bend, Indiana. We are cruising into town, hot, from our time at Wrigley suffering our first loss on the road trip. We are 6-1 on the road trip and we are coming into town guns a blazing friends (and by guns I mean party hats on). Enjoy the tales of our trip to Notre Dame. Here, we partied like Golden Domers, drank like the Irish and won like the Fighting Irish. It was one of our favorite memories from the 10 games in 10 days. MASSIVE shout out to the entire Galano Family for hooking up our time in South Bend. We left victorious...now enjoy the journey my friends ;) 

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Strap on your history helmet! This episode is going to rock your world with history knowledge of Wrigley Field. It is the home to the Chicago Cubs. We drove up from STL, took part in the best stadium tour ever on Thursday and enjoyed a beer and hotdog along the first baseline for a Friday day game at Wrigley. Wow! I just got chills writing this. Enjoy the story of our 7th sporting event in 8 days! 

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After soaking up  the Field of Dreams, Rick and I headed down to Kansas City to check out Kauffman Stadium and see back-to-back Royals games. We stayed with a friend of a friend. It was a blast; we felt like we were staying at a Four Seasons. The next night, we slept in a parking garage in Saint Louis. Enjoy theses stories :) 

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