Sort of–I mean, we’re beyond the All Star break and have 60 games left, so we’re a little off. But for good reason! See, Daron has been busy covering/announcing USA Baseball with the Collegiate National team. Max had a birthday. And no one tunes in for Mark anyways, so he couldn’t do it by himself…… Read more »
Author: Mark Wood
Omahurt: The NC State Episode
We stepped away from MLB/MiLB this week–who wants to hear us rant about foreign substances and uniform checks for an hour anyways. But following NC State’s heartbreaking exit from the College World Series over the weekend, we were joined by Cory Smith (@RCorySmith) from PackPride to talk about this Wolfpack team’s accomplishments this season. Of… Read more »
Durham Bulls Special
After a short and scheduled break (hey, it’s summer for us too), we’re back with a Durham Bulls special episode. Our season ticket holding host Max Gongaware has been attending some Bulls games lately. Meanwhile, Daron Vaught has been on the call filling in for Patrick Kinas. Both give an update on the Bulls season… Read more »
More like Ace Permar, amirite
We got a visit from the Major League affiliate this week as we welcomed our man Hayes Permar on this episode. Perm not only runs our parent company, SportsChannel8, but also serves as the PA announcer for your Carolina Mudcats. We talked heckling, the future of Major (and Minor) league baseball in NC, and took… Read more »
Be Our Guest, MLB Raleigh
We’re moving up in the podcasting world, landing our first guest here on TBP.Β Ryan Foose from MLB Raleigh (mlbraleigh.com/@mlbraleigh) tells us what an expansion MLB franchise would look like in Raleigh. The guys also talk MadBum’s no hitter that wasn’t–but was–and dial up more nicknames in the Baseball Reference dot com nickname game.Β
To π΅π©π¦ Max
Episode 2 of this much anticipated season is here, but sadly Max is not. Daron Vaught and Mark Wood carry us through this one, covering some of the major storylines of the MLB season so far. Find out how Enos Slaughter was nearly Mark’s dad. Also, like free stuff? Listen to find out how you… Read more »
The Baseball Podcast: Season 2
The crew is back for another season of your favorite SportsChannel 8 pod. Daron, Max and Mark reminisce on 2020 and talk about their personal offseason moves–like, Max literally moved. TBP preview the 2021 season and kick off some new content, so stay tuned to the end for the first rendition of Baseball Nicknames that… Read more »
Season Finale
With this crazy, weird 2020 season coming to a close, the boys tied a bow on this season of The Baseball Podcast. Max waxed poetically about destiny, Mark won’t stop talking about bunting for some reason, and true to form, Daron provided actual analysis of the World Series. Well done Dodgers, well done NC’s Corey… Read more »