The Tulsa Sports Drill

From the back porch studio in suburban Tulsa, Shawn Tiemann and Patrick Macek grab the mics to discuss a handful of topics.

-Baseball heroes from their childhoods in St. Louis and Detroit
-Metro Tulsa Baseball Association
-'Long Gone Summer' Doc
-Steroids Era in MLB
-Prospects for Resuming the NBA Season 
-Oklahoma City Thunder and the 2012 NBA Finals

The 30-Minute Drill features Shawn Tiemann and Patrick Macek reuniting on the mics for the first time since 2013.

-Memories of their days in Woodward, Okla.
-Emotional and uncut comments about race relations
-Is Major League Baseball on the brink?

Bob Carpenter was set to begin his 15th season as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals when spring training was shut down due to COVID-19. He graciously accepted a request to be the lead-off hitter for our new podcast.

-Memories of broadcasting for the Cardinals
-Albert Pujols
-The 1998 Home Run Race
-Radio vs. TV
-Oklahoma Broadcasters' Hall of Fame
-Scorebook
-The Tulsa sports community
-Bit part in a film
-Musical interests 
-Operation Hope Prison Ministry
-Advice for aspiring sportscasters

Bob Carpenter was set to begin his 15th season as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals when spring training was shut down due to COVID-19. He graciously accepted a request to be the lead-off hitter for our new podcast.

-Calling games while in college at UMKC
-Working as an usher at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
-Tulsa family connection
-Living on Tulsa Oilers time
-First Division 1 basketball job at the University of Tulsa
-KTUL-TV and Tulsa Roughnecks Soccer
-First MLB gig in 1984 (Cardinals)
-ESPN and College Gameday Host
-Bears '89 with Dan Hampton (TV show)

Bob Carpenter was set to begin his 15th season as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals when spring training was shut down due to COVID-19. He graciously accepted a request to be the lead-off hitter for our new podcast.

-The evolution of his home run call
-Sheltering at home during the pandemic
-DH to the NL
-Baby shark and the Nats' title run
-Family history
-First job in broadcasting (Jonesboro, AR)
-Walking in Memphis with Rick Dees
-First job in minor league baseball (Tulsa Oilers)