Ballpark Hunter

Eric Stoller of the Flag City Sluggers is my guest tonight and discusses what it is like to operate a summer collegiate team with a group of college students from the University. of Findlay The first-year Great Lakes League is based in Finlady, Ohio, and hopes to provide the area with baseball fun during the summertime.

Terry McCutchen is my guest this week and we have a few things to discuss including being the president of the Abilene Flying Bison Fan Club, The Catch 365 Project, Logovember, and panned trips for the 2025 baseball season.

Hunter Kane is my guest tonight and he will discuss his new role as the Assistant GM of the Lexington Flying Pigs of the Old North State League. Kane talks about his past experiences this summer as well as interning for both the Hickory Crawdads and the Edenton Steamers.

Phil Selig is my guest and he talks about his visits to Cuba to check out baseball stadiums.

Chris Dorsey has spent his life in baseball from catching balls at Columbia Mets games, playing minor league ball in the NY Penn and Appy League, to coaching American Legion ball. He is a lifer with one goal: to save Capital City Stadium which has been in ruins for the past decade. He wants to use it for his baseball team and other events that hopes to benefit the area. We see what

Bill Lockwood is my guest tonight and he is the owner and janitor of Stadium Mustard. He talks about the Cleveland favorite's history and how he was able to gain its rights to the company. We talk a little about baseball as well and what ballparks you can find the mustard at during your travels.

Dr. Joe Squillace is my guest this week and we talk about the Jacksonville Lunatics, a baseball club that has not played since 1910. The team earned its nickname from playing in the same town as the Jacksonville Developmental Center that opened in 1851. However, were there concerns over this name, how did the team react to it, and why was chosen as its nickname? Squillace describes

Texas Ranger fan Jeff Bates is my guest tonight to talk about his love of the team and its ballpark. He also shares information about his YouTube page called Texas Clubhouse. This is a great conversation between two baseball-loving guys.

Chuck Heeman, the Western Nebraska Pioneers owner, returns as my guest with some big news. The Pioneers and five other clubs have announced the formation of the Front Range League which will be based in the I-25 corridor of Colorado. He explains the reasoning of forming the new league, along with what fans and players can expect at the ballparks next summer.

Mark Firkins is my guest this week and we talk about the ballparks he has been from the major leagues down to the summer collegiate leagues. There are some great small ballparks and equally impressive town support in his area of Western New York. We end the show with a talk about his baseball glove restoration called "This Old Glove"