Sandlot Social Club

Sep 13 2024 24 ep. 27 mins 5

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Baseball cards for your ears.
Instead of professional stars these cards feature sandlot ballplayers -- folks dedicated to playing and keeping the game of baseball alive and accessible on a local level. Instead of stats, we discuss the community they play in, their connections to the game, and the feelings and principles they hold around sport and play.
Hosted and produced by Adam Lefton, of the Cap City Cobras.
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#24: Happy Baseball!

Sep 13 2024 27 mins

We head to Hot Springs, Arkansas, home of professional baseball's first spring trainings, to talk with Rob, Zack, Alexis, and Brook of the Flaming Majestics about their team, their town, and the meaning of "Happy Baseball!".

#23: The Inner Landscape as a Baseball Field

Aug 01 2024 30 mins

Adam chats with Christi Nissen, manager of the Crete Street Riot, about her journey to managing, lineup construction, different styles of play, and the mental aspects of participating in sports as an adult.

#22: In The Country of Baseball

Jul 04 2024 31 mins

In the season two premiere, Matt and Lacie, founders of the Port City Pickles, join Adam for a conversation at the church of baseball - Historic Durham Athletic Park.

#21: Forever in Blue Jeans

Sep 19 2023 27 mins

This special offseason episode of Sandlot Social Club features Jonathan Williams and Steven Lefebvre, of the Nashville Blue Jean Baseball Club, sharing the origins of the team and their respective approaches to running a sandlot ballclub. Show notes: Dense with sage advice for ballplayers of all ages and persuasions. A full(er) season of Sandlot Social Club is in the works for 202

#20: Consider the Lefty

Jan 24 2023 52 mins

In the season finale, Adam sits down with teammate Callie Collins during the Cobras' last home game of 2022 to reflect on the podcast and talk about his relationship to baseball. Show Notes: The Green Fields of the Mind

#19: Baseball for Human Beings

Dec 29 2022 56 mins

Adam travels to New Orleans to talk with Nick Schmidt, the commissioner of the People's Baseball League, about what it means to say baseball is for human beings. Show Notes: People's Baseball League Ian Mackaye on water NY Times parenting newsletter (subscription-only, unfortunately): Why Have We Allowed Money to Ruin Youth Sports?

#18: Hardball

Nov 27 2022 37 mins

Adam and Cap City Cobras teammate Thomas Slanker post up at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to recap the 2nd Annual Sandlot Bash at Field of Dreams and reflect on their first experiences playing sandlot ball with the Cobras.

#17: The Good Game

Nov 05 2022 66 mins

Adam chats with Jack Sanders, founder of the Texas Playboys and creator of The Long Time, a baseball field and event space on the outskirts of Austin, about some of his influences in the areas of design and architecture, what he loves about the game of baseball, and his approach to captaining the Playboys and taking the field himself. Show Notes: Newbern Baseball Club

#16: Sandlot Recommends "Northwoods Baseball Sleep Radio"

Oct 15 2022 19 mins

Adam chats with the mysterious creative duo behind Northwoods Baseball Sleep Radio, a podcast of full-length fake baseball games from a dreamy league where the players, teams, and surrounding businesses have been completely invented, and the sonic mood has been crafted to produce a calming vibe conducive to relaxation.

#15: Why Baseball?

Sep 28 2022 34 mins

Adam and Bret Marshall Spears, of the Tulsa Rumblers, take in games at Govalle Park and The Long Time while talking about why they play baseball.