The Show Before the Show: Episode 354
Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Stitcher and other
Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast-listening apps. Send questions or feedback to [email protected], and follow hosts Tyler Maun (@TylerMaun), Sam Dykstra (@SamDykstraMiLB) and Benjamin Hill (@bensbiz) on Twitter.
Intro/Ben's Biz Banter (0:00)
Tyler, Sam and Ben start this week's podcast by discussing the MiLB at Field of Dreams Game coming to Iowa in August and Ben's story on Syracuse's own Donnie Baseball, Donald Johnston.
Jacksonville interview (17:12)
The Jumbo Shrimp initially planned a Deaf/Blind Awareness Night -- and its corresponding Ray Charles bobblehead -- for 2020 but had to delay the promotion for two years. Jacksonville promo director David Ratz talks about how the event finally went this past Tuesday.
Three Strikes (34:04)
Tyler and Sam turn their focus to on-field action and break down the early effects of pitch clocks across the Minors, Nolan Gorman's power surge at Triple-A Memphis and whether Grayson Rodriguez could beat Adley Rutschman to Baltimore.
Ghosts of the Minors/MiLB.TV picks of the week (46:25)
Before the show is wrapped up for another week, Josh prepares a starchy edition of Ghosts of the Minors, and Tyler and Sam preview the week's best matchups coming to MiLB.TV.