Baseball is Good

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 22nd episode last night. Ryan Meehan was my guest. I have known Ryan for years because of Minnesota amateur baseball. Ryan is currently the head coach of the Metro Knights, a team in the skyline league, a class A amateur league in the metro area. We talked baseball in MN mostly, and it was really great to catch up with him. Please give it a listen.

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/11/10/episode-22-ryan-meehan

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 23rd episode last night. Zach Friesen was my guest. Zach is a huge Twins fan and has been from a young age. He also is a professional trombone player, which I had a blast asking him about (full disclosure, I did not know he was a professional trombone player prior to talking to him, and he was the first ever professional trombone player I have spoken to in person.) I found that fascinating. We talked about his dream to play the trombone at a Twins game (how can we help make that happen?) as well as some nostalgic baseball (creating rosters on hardball 3, anyone else?) I had a lot of fun with this show. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/11/17/episode-23-zachariah-friesen

 

Twitter @Z_Friesen

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 24th episode last night. Andy Ross was my guest. Andy is my cousin, and easily the person I played baseball, and Sports in general, the most as a child and a teenager. It was really fun to catch up with him and talk the good old days, including Baseball and creating teams on hardball 3. We also had some fun family and inside jokes directed at other friends and family we love. Please give it a listen.

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/11/23/episode-24-andy-ross

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 25th episode last night, and Annie Huidekoper was my guest. I've known Annie for many years (she was my boss when I interned for the Saint Paul Saints years ago) and she was one of the first employees to work for the Saints in their opening season. We talked her love of baseball growing up, working with Mike Veeck and Bill Murray for all of these years (she worked for the Twins for a time in the middle of that run too) and her love of Midway Stadium as well as the work it took to make CHS field a reality. I really had a great time catching up with Annie. Please give it a listen.

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/12/01/episode-25-annie-huidekoper

 

[Seth Stohs]

Updated the Original Post to include quick links to all 25 episodes. 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 26th episode last night. Darren Wolfson was my guest. I really appreciated the time he gave in terms of letting me chat with him for a bit. It was a fun podcast, and we talked about baseball quite a bit, including both his time growing up and learning to love the game, as well as enjoying passing the game down to his son. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/12/15/episode-26-darren-wolfson

 

Twitter @DWolfsonKSTP

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 27th episode last night. Luke Muellerleile was my guest. He is my sister's fiancé (I've never stated I don't show bias in picking some of my guests) and he played both baseball and football growing up as well as at Carleton College in Northfield, as well as after college he played for the Minneapolis Lakers in amateur baseball. The last 40 minutes of the podcast we talked about the Last Jedi and included spoilers for the movie, so if you haven't seen it yet, I made a point to state when we would be talking about the movie so as you wouldn't listen at that point. Otherwise, please give the show a listen, and I hope you enjoy it!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/12/22/episode-27-luke-muellerleile

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 28th episode last night. Devlin Clark was my guest. On Twitter he is listed as the Ultimate Twins Fan, which was pretty evident throughout the show. We talked his love of baseball growing up, his love of the Twins from when he was young and how that evolved into how he views them today, some offseason moves the Twins have made (and maybe will make?) and finally his love of collecting and player autographs. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2017/12/28/episode-28-devlin-clark

 

Twitter @Devlin_Clark84

 

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 29th episode last night. Chad Matthews was my guest last night. He is a HUGE baseball fan who lives in Michigan. We talked MLB, the hall of fame ballot, the AL Central, the future outlook for the Detroit Tigers with Ron Gardenhire at the helm, and how he plans a baseball trip every summer with his son. Please give is a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/01/05/episode-29-chad-Matthews

 

Twitter @cmattmetric

 

 

[Seth Stohs]

Updated the original post to include links to all shows. 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 30th episode last night. Shea McGinnity was my guest. He is a huge twins fan who moved to Kansas City years ago. We talked baseball, the Twins, the Royals, how he came to love the sport and also a fantasy baseball game he loves (which looks super cool, if anyone is interested in trying it out let me know) called imagine sports. Please give the show a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/01/12/episode-30-shea-mcginnity

 

@SheaMcGinnity

 

imaginesports.com

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 31st episode last night. Ryan Turnquist was my guest. We spoke about his time working at the hall of fame (yes, that one, the MLB one) as well as with the Minnesota Wild and the Minnesota Twins. We touched on what he is doing now in terms of career aspirations, and we talked about the offseason (if you can call it that) as well as the Minnesota Vikings. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/01/19/episode-31-ryan-turnquist

 

@2__CANEZ

 

 

 

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 32nd episode last night. I was my own guest. It was really interesting/unusual doing a show all on my own, and I felt at times like I was rambling on a bit. Outside of that, I enjoyed doing the show and asking myself some of the questions that I have asked other people in previous podcast. I touched on how I grew to love the sport, why I enjoy still talking about baseball, what I see as the future of Baseball is Good, and lastly I ended the show going over some memories I had from TwinsFest this past weekend. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/01/25/episode-32-cory-engelhardt

 

Twitter @enge0280

 

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 33rd episode last night. Nate Palmer was my guest. Nate is a youth pastor as well as a writer/contributor for Puckett's Pond. We talked about how he got into his line of work, what he likes about his job and what a "normal" day is like. We talked about how he got into writing about baseball and why he is a fan of both the sport and the Twins. I really enjoyed this conversation with Nate, and I hope you enjoy it as well. Have a great day!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/02/02/episode-33-nate-palmer-of-pucketts-pond

 

@natein2twins

 

@puckettspond

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I recently purchased the domain for baseballisgood.com. I'm going to try my hand at writing under the website with the same name as my podcast, and some of thing things I write I may share over here as well. Just wanted to pass it along. Have a great day!

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 34th episode last night. John Bonnes was my guest. We talked about his work with Twins Daily as well as Gleeman and the Geek. I also really enjoyed hearing how he described baseball finding him more than he falling in love with the sport on his own. He also re-hashed some fun games/stories from his college days at Carleton in Northfield, MN. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/02/09/episode-34-john-bonnes

 

@TwinsGeek

 

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 35th episode last night. Joey Mellows was my guest. He is from England, and recently was living in South Korea, but now is living in the states and is planning a trip to see as many independent/non-affiliated baseball games as possible over the next 18 months in preparation for a book about independent baseball in the states as well as around the world. We talked his love of the game, what his stated goals are for the next 18 months, and some of his favorite thoughts/feelings about baseball and some of the teams he is planning to see. He also LOVES Australian and Korean baseball, and is a big Mark Hamburger fan. Please give it a listen!

 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/baseballisgood/2018/02/16/episode-35-joey-mellows-aka-baseball-brit

 

@baseballbrit

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 36th episode last night. Matt Bergeron was my guest. I've known Matt for years, so it was fun to catch up with him. He is a local attorney in St. Paul. We talked about his day job, his love of fantasy sports and how his dad's love of the Cubs got him into loving the sport of baseball. Please give it a listen!

 

https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/2/22/episode-36-matt-bergeron

 

@mwbergeron

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 37th episode last night. Matthew Burke was my guest. He runs a twitter account called @TwinsColdTakes. He loves the Minnesota Twins, and said he started that specific twitter account because the negativity towards the team on social media was too much for him to handle at one point last season. We talked social media, his love of the game, and his amazing ability to handle the bunt when he was pitching. Please give it a listen!

 

@TwinsColdTakes

 

https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/3/2/episode-37-matthew-burke-aka-twinscoldtakes

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 38th episode last night. John Olson was my guest. He runs the Four Six Three blog, and writes here at Twinsdaily as well as at Puckett's Pond. It was fun to chat about his life; where he grew up and what he does for a living now. We talked a bit as well about his love of baseball and how his grandma was the person who fostered that love for him. Please give it a listen!

 

@Four_Six_Three

 

https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/3/9/episode-38-john-olson-aka-foursixthree

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 39th episode last night. Travis Aune was my guest. Travis has his podcast Minnesota Sports Weekly that I used to be a part of, but it is a different show now that he runs it and it was fun to hear about the direction of the show and what he plans for the future. We also talked about the sports he played as a kid and the players he liked to emulate when hitting. This show is closer to 30 minutes than the typical 60 minutes. Please give it a listen, and I hope you have a great day!

 

@TravisAune

 

https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/3/16/episode-39-travis-aune

[Cory Engelhardt]

I had my 40th episode last night. Brett Kruschke was my guest last night. He is the general manager/vice president of the Belle Plaine Tigers, an amateur baseball team from Belle Plaine, MN. We talked about his involvement and experience with the team, his playing days, and how he got into the sport of baseball in the first place. Please give it a listen!

 

@bkru

 

@bptigertown

 

https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/3/22/episode-40-brett-kruschke

 

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

Pete Gorton and Payton Woodson were my guests last night. They are part of the production/research/development team behind the documentary for John Donaldson, the greatest baseball player that you have never heard of. It was really fun to chat with them about the project, as well as what kind of player, and person, John Donaldson was. Please check out the website, and if you are able, please look into supporting their kickstarter. 39secondsfilm.com

 

@petegorton

 

@thedonaldsonnet

 

https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/3/28/episode-41-pete-gorton-payton-woodson-39-seconds-film

 

[Cory Engelhardt]

^{I had my 42nd episode last night. Gerry Guerts was my guest. He is the president of Curling Zone (curlingzone.com) and he is the statistician for USA Curling. We talked about his company, how he has brought statistical analysis and research to the forefront with the sport of curling over the past 18 years, and what the future holds for curling, and baseball, analytics. He also gave some tips for new curlers to how to better their game. Lastly, he is an ENORMOUS baseball and fantasy baseball fan, so we talked about how his love of baseball, and curling, started from a young age and helped bring around his love of statistics and knowledge. Please give it a listen.}

 

^{https://www.baseballisgood.com/blog/2018/4/5/episode-42-gerry-guerts}

 

^@guertez

^@curlingzone