JBS - TOMMY MCCARTHY - A Baseball (and football and basketball) Life
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Episode notes
Tommy McCarthy was almost literally born into baseball. His father, Tom, has been a Phillies announcer since 2001 (with a couple of years spent broadcasting the Mets) and when Tommy was born, his father was the do-all voice of the Trenton Thunder working his way up to the big leagues. So Tommy was literally around the field from his earliest moments. It's become quite a baseball life - Tommy worked his way into a fine baseball career - NJAC Player of the Year and two-time conference champ at TCNJ and now a professional journey that has taken him to Gary, Indiana, and the American Association. But there's much more and we hit so many great baseball topics on today's JBS - life in indy ball, life on the "inside" watching his beloved Phils (who WERE his favorites? when did he get to be batboy?), his glove restoration side hustle, love of Chic-Fil-A, ...