The Rhoades Pod: What's the Skinny

The Rhoades Pod: What's the Skinny

di Rich Rhoades

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Pitt football great Andy Hastings

Andy Hastings was a 1912 Brookville High School graduate who went on to play four years of football with some of the legendary Panthers football teams of early 1900s. Hastings played and led the Panthers in scoring in 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1919 -- He served in WW1 in 1917 and 18, and played his final three years under Pop Warner. Rich gives an account of Hastings and his legitimate case to be a Pitt Sports Hall of Famer.

Florida Marlins 1992 draftee and C-L baseball coach Brad Frazier

Longtime Clarion-Limestone Lions baseball coach Brad Frazier won over 200 games for the Lions in his tenure that ended back in 2017. We talk a lot, however, about Frazier being part of the expansion Florida Marlins' first draft class in 1992 as a 40th-round draft pick out of Clarion University.

Brookville Area High School Hall of Fame with John Pozza

John Pozza comes on to the show to talk about the Brookville High School Hall of Fame, it's nomination deadline at the end of the month and the 25 members who have been inducted since 2018.

MLB Ballpark Tour Guys

Rich chats with four guys who completed a 16-year Major League Baseball ballpark tour this spring. Brookville's John Hammer, Milo Milford, Jeff Miller and Vince Benigni trekked to all 32 MLB ballparks and have a story to tell, or stories. Their favorite parks, cities, less than favorite stops and some advice on how to make these trips count.

D9 native and longtime baseball scout Jim Pransky

Eldred native and 1973 Otto-Eldred graduate Jim Pransky was a baseball scout for 25 years with six different MLB teams along with being a college coach at St. Bonaventure, George Washington and Quincy Ill. He wrote a book recently on his experiences titled "Baseball's Test of Spirit: A Man's Unlikely Odyssey into the Scouting World." Table of Contents: Introduction and Origins: 0:00 to 10:50, includes piece on Pirates third baseman Don Hoak Book project, note-taking from the road: 10:50 to 16:48 Scouting DuBois 1st-rounder Jim Pittsley: 16:49 to 28:00 Scouting Port Allegany's Josh Kinney: 28:00 to 37:55 Albert Pujols: 37:55 to 48:30 Moneyball with the Oakland A's, he was there: 48:30 to 58:12 Wrapping it up: Still baseballing: 58:12 to close

Spring sports update: Ty Carrier, Evie Bliss, PIAA track and Field, baseball and softball

Rich updates some storylines from the spring sport season. From the college ranks, it's Westminster's Ty Carrier in baseball and Bucknell's Evie Bliss qualifying for the NCAA Division I Championships in the javelin for the third time. He also recaps the PIAA Track and Field Championships and updates the high school softball and baseball first-round matchups for the PIAA playoffs. An update on the Brookville Area High School Sports Hall of Fame as well.

Westminster College baseball's Ty Carrier and Breckin Minich

The Westminster Titans earned the top seed in the PAC baseball playoffs this week. Redbank Valley graduates Ty Carrier and Breckin Minich check in and discuss their roles on the Titans this spring.

Garrett Brown, Penn State DuBois baseball coach

Penn State DuBois Garrett Brown stops in and discusses his team's season and preparation for the upcoming PSUAC playoffs. It's also the final baseball season for the school, which will shut down soon. Coach Brown has been a player, assistant coach or head coach for the Lions since the program was re-started 11 seasons ago.

Evie Bliss and Hayden Freeman

Track and Field theme as Bucknell's Evie Bliss and Brookville's Hayden Freeman stop by to talk about big performances. Bliss threw a personal-best and No. 1 NCAA javelin at Bucknell's Bison Outdoor Classic while Freeman ran a PIAA Class 2A outdoor best 100 and 200 dash at the DeMans Team Sports Invitational.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Beimel

Former Major Leaguer Joe Beimel drops by and talks about the 25th anniversary of his MLB debut with the Pirates in 2001. Rich and Joe also discuss his place on the D9 MLB Dream Team, the new MLB ABS system, the Pirates signing Konnor Griffin to an extended deal and Joe's baseball card collection.

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