The Show Before the Show

Tyler, Sam, Ben and Josh answer listener questions about everything from their backgrounds to the best Triple-A teams for the 2022 season. Also, Akron GM/COO GM/COO Jim Pfander stops by to discuss his club's upcoming food-related JoJos identity.

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Drive general manager Eric Jarinko joins the Minor League Baseball podcast to discuss his club’s 2022 celebration of the Greenville Black Spinners, a local organized Black team from the city’s history. Also, Tyler, Sam and Ben look at two new food-based club identities in Peoria and Akron.

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Lots to cover on this week’s episode of The Show Before the Show. Tyler, Sam and Ben discuss Minor League Baseball’s The Nine initiative, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys rebrand and the expanded Triple-A schedule. Also, Stockton Ports president Pat Filippone and Pacific guard Pierre Crockrell II discuss the benefits of an NIL deal signed by the two, and Josh rinses off another edition of Ghost of the Minors.

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Tyler, Sam and Ben take turns pitching Minor League promotion ideas to Myrtle Beach director of fan engagement Hunter Horenstein. Also, Josh takes his rightful throne in the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors.

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Jarrah Vella-Wright discusses his journey from Australia to Chattanooga's front office. Author Michael Lortz joins Ben's Bookshelf to review his novel Curveball at the Crossroads. Finally, Josh hops back to it with another rousing edition of Ghosts of the Minors.

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Tyler, Sam and Ben discuss Rachel Balkovec's historic hire as manager of the Low-A Tampa Tarpons, and the trio of co-hosts also hold a Minor League Hat Draft in celebration of National Hat Day. Meanwhile, John Katz talks about his move from the Columbia front office to Woking FC in England, and Josh brings another shocking edition of Ghost of the Minors

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Outgoing Iowa owner Michael Gartner surprised employees with a sizable check on his way out. Scott Sailor and Brent Conkel have details. Also, Tyler, Sam and Ben bring some New Year’s resolutions for the 2022 season ahead, and Josh peels back some historical layers in Ghosts of the Minors.

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Josh Jackson, MiLB writer and the creative visionary behind our weekly “Ghosts of the Minors” segment, stops by and talks to Tyler about the podcast’s fun addition in 2021.

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Tyler and Sam look back on all that happened in Minor League Baseball in 2021. Kelsie Heneghan interviews Spokane senior VP Otto Klein after the club was named Organization of the Year at the Winter Meetings

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Bowling Green GM Eric C. Leach talks bout what the club is doing to help residents of the community after tornados devastated the area.

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