The podcast returns! After a hiatus, the Fair Pole Podcast is back this week with the longtime voice of the Cincinnati Reds, Marty Brennaman, who retired following the 2019 season after calling 46 seasons of Reds Baseball on the radio. In this podcast we discuss Marty's journey from the University of North Carolina to his over four decades of calling games for the Reds. We also chat about the Big Red Machine, should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame, the future of baseball, and s...
Jun 7, 2022
1 hr 10 min
We're back! After a (too lengthy) hiatus the Fair Pole Podcast returns with our 34th episode. This week, host Chris Edwards talks about the origins of Spring Training and visits with 19-year veteran Fred McGriff. In the conversation, Edwards and McGriff talk about: - Growing up in Tampa and Fred's love of baseball - How great the high school baseball was in Tampa - Getting cut from his high school baseball team - Being drafted by the Yankees - Playing for the Blue Jays, Padres and eve...
Mar 12, 2021
48 min
On episode 33 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Brooks Webb the Director of Baseball Operations for Vanderbilt Baseball. During their conversation, they cover Brooks' baseball journey as well as other topics, including: - Pitching for a school that was a division one but was a division three by the time he arrived on campus - Differences in division one versus division two or three - Wanting to stay involved in baseball and how that led to a job with USA Baseball...
Nov 9, 2020
42 min
In episode 32 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Joe Vasile, a broadcaster for the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees and host of the new Secondary Lead Podcast. Edwards and Vasile discuss Joe's journey to create a baseball history podcast and dive into the current season of the life and times of Ken Caminiti and the backstory behind the podcast as well as some of the backstory that Joe will tell in his documentary of the life of the 90's baseball superstar. They also...
Nov 2, 2020
43 min
Episode 31 of the Fair Pole Podcast features a chat with Neil Solondz who hosts the pre and postgame shows for the Tampa Bay Rays Radio and TV broadcasts. Neil also handles some of the play-by-play during the course of the season. The conversation with Solondz features a wide array of topics including: - When he learned he wanted to be a baseball broadcaster - His career in minor league baseball working for Lakewood, Quad City and Durham - Getting the job with the Rays - and his memori...
Oct 26, 2020
41 min
Inside episode 30 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Jason Immekus, an assistant coach at Crowder College. Chris and Jason have a wide-ranging baseball conversation including: - Jason's baseball journey pitching at a junior college before going on to compete at Washburn - What life was like playing Independent Ball in the Frontier League - What made him want to get into coaching once his playing career was over - Developing his baseball philosophy as a pitching co...
Oct 19, 2020
43 min
This week on the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards chats with Cris Perez who holds a hybrid role for the Cincinnati Reds as both a bullpen catcher and working on the Baseball Operations side with the analytics and data teams. Over the course of the conversation, the duo discussed a wide array of topics including: - Love for baseball in Cris' life - College baseball career at Duke and Southern California - Going to work for the Arizona Diamondbacks while still in school - Gett...
Oct 12, 2020
1 hr 1 min
In this week's episode of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards chats with Lance Van Auken, Executive Vice President of Little League Baseball. During the conversation this week: - How Lance began his affiliation with Little League Baseball - Serving on the rules committee for 17 years and the evolution of the rules - Player safety as it relates to pitchers and overuse injuries - Little League's being the first baseball league to use instant replay - Working with President Bush to ...
Oct 5, 2020
49 min
Episode 27 of the Fair Pole Podcast features Geoff Arnold who just completed his first season as the radio and television broadcaster for the Baltimore Orioles. Host Chris Edwards and Arnold cover a wide variety of topics including: - Where Geoff's love of baseball began - Finding his love of broadcasting in college - Starting his professional baseball career as an umpire before changing to broadcasting - His uncle is actor Pierce Arnold and the influence his uncle had on his career - Workin...
Sep 28, 2020
47 min
On episode 26 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Chris Pollard, head baseball coach at Duke University. Edwards and Pollard discuss a wide-range of topics including: - Pollard's recruitment to Davidson College - Playing Independent Baseball in 1996 - When did he learn he wanted to be a coach - Lessons learned as a young head coach - Turning around the programs at Appalachian State and Duke - Keys to turning a program around - Sustaining success after you've...
Sep 21, 2020
40 min
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