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Ryan Woodward, founder of Women in Baseball Week & Women’s Baseball Heritage Trail

Increasing awareness of Women’s Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals became the first MLB team to participate publicly in Women in Baseball Week.

Honoring Rockford Peach, Sue Parsons-Zipay of the AAGPBL

Sue continued to promote girls & women in baseball through the American Girls Baseball (AGB) & the All-American Women’s Baseball Classic

Exciting Era ...

• All-Star game
• Junior Caminero came in 2nd to Cal Raleigh in Home Run Derby
• 2025 All Star game was entertaining 
• Clayton Kershaw mic’ed up on the mound
• Let’s mic up the 3rd & 1st base coaches for every game
• 3 Rays at the game, Drew Rasmussen, Jonathan Aranda & Junior Caminero
• Rasmussen history of 3x arm injuries & he continues to play a great game
• ABS system with Tarik Skubal pitching to Manny Machado
• How will we see ABS bei...

• Greta Langhenry, President & Co-Founder of Level Ump
• Growth with women in sports
• Loss of Sue Zipay, AAAGPBL, All-Girls Baseball, All Women’s Tournament, Rockford Peach
• Sue also made sure that her tournament had all women officiating the All Women’s Baseball Tournament
• Greta’s love of the game 
• Bridging generations of the love of the game with her Dad
• Only girl on the baseball team
• Was told she could no longer play baseball then so...

• Rays facing the Detroit Tigers 
• Jake Mangum has Joey Wendle energy and commitment
• Arozarena & Siri had a lackadaisical approach & sometimes spotty
• Mangum, Chandler Simpson & Meisner showing up with strong rookie performances
• Veterans energized by the rookie players
• 22 year-old, Junior Caminero hit 22 Home Runs
• 6th & 7th hitters hitting above 300
• Rays are Strong defensively
• How aggressive will the Rays be at MLB Trade De...

AL East Tightens up at the top, Yankees, Blue Jays & Rays 

Quiz: Which Living Legend has 1,000 wins as a player & 1,800 plus wins 

Tony Ciccarello, a West Tampa native with deep baseball roots, talks about the role of baseball in the West Tampa community, where it’s woven into the local culture and heritage.

• Excitement of Baseball in Tampa with the Rays
• Growing Up with Baseball: baseball was integral to his upbringing, with...

Rays continue to win series: Mets, Tigers, & a strong start against the Royals.

Cincinnati Reds’ Chase Burns strikes out the Yankees' top batters in the first inning. 

Chandler Simpson is back in the majors, though his defensive growth remains key

2021 Rays roster that won 100 games - who remains

Contrasts between veterans like Clayton Kershaw & players who never make it to free agency.

Impact of MLB Cutting Minor League Te...

New ownership of the Tampa Bay Rays on the horizon

Florida Developer, Patrick Zalupski – Jacksonville Real Estate Developer, 
Dream Finders Homes 

 Ken Babby  - Founder & CEO, Fast Forward Sports Group &
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp – Triple A team for the Miami Marlins & the
Akron RubberDucks – Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians

an informed and experienced mind to the ownership & front office

2 b...

• Saving the World 1 person at a time
• Fires in Canada – Canada
• Firefighters from Australia & the US aiding Canada as the fires in Manitoba continue.
• Alli Schroder, 2-time World Cup bronze medalist with Team Canada is a wildfire firefighter
• Tampa Hurricanes and FEMA director does not recognize that Hurricane season
• Exciting Times in Tampa – Evan Longoria inducted into the Sports Club of Tampa Hall of Fame
• Lou Piniella award goes to ...

• Amazing performances by Zach Little & Taj Bradley
• Taylor Walls Fiery exchange with Umpire
• Ha-Seong Kim struggling in Minors
• Chandler Simpson goes down & Jake Mangum returns to Rays lineup
• Love those Lowe & Lowe boys
• Houston Astros with Hunter Brown
• Baseball America, – Top 100 review
• Cooper Kinney, Theo Gillen, 
• AL East – Yankees
• World Series path for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Pitching depth              
• Potential trades with D-Backs
• ...

Kevin Boles, Montgomery Biscuits Manager has a 25 year career in baseball

First game as manager with 2 special players; Adrian Gonzalez & Miguel Cabrera

John Boles, Kevin’s dad a great mentor 

Boston Red Sox in Pawtucket the “31st major league team” a great place to see the future of players working up to the major league team

How to balance Player Development while Developing Winners today

Advice to players “Don’t Be a Front Runner...

Tamara Holmes, Veronica Alvarez, Malaika Underwood & Alex Oglesby, Champions of the USAWNT Women's Baseball team, discuss the increase in bullying & pushing out of young girls in baseball

Talking groups with young players at MLBDevelops Trailblazers uncovered more on how young girls are being pushed off teams & encountering bullying

Climate of bullying is getting worse

Malaika Underwood recounts that when she was a ch...

• Mat’s World Series Dream 
• Mark Thanks the USAWNT players who were on the show to discuss bullying young girls in baseball
• Rays lose Marlins series
• Rays feeling like Super Dave on a Roller Coaster 
• Marlins, Cal Quantrill pitches the first Immaculate Inning of the year. 9 pitches – 9 strikes
• Pedro Martinez style Immaculate Inning would include 1 Hit By Pitch
• Rays Offense recently has been lacking with some of the younger players
• Veteran...

• Reflecting on show with Dodgers Announcer Tim Neverett 
•  https://bit.ly/3YNsZLJ
• Firings of Pirates, Derek Shelton & Rockies, Bud Black  
• Evan Longoria trade away from the Rays left several fans upset, others saw an opportunity for Evan 
• Fans had to realize that with the Rays we should not expect anything permanent
• Evan returns with a 1-day contract with the TB Rays and then retires
• Longoria is a selfless player who has no peer an...

Tim announced his first professional baseball game at the age of 19

Filling out index cards for Chicago Cubs and Montreal Expos draft

First broadcast was with a Pirates minor league and he was paid $25 

Tim’s eldest son, worked his way up from single A to AAA baseball announcing  and also UNLV football & basketball

Anniversary of Pirates “Take Your Kid to Work Day “ memory with his son

In radio “ Nothing happens until you say it doe...

Special guest, MLBPA Agent, Phil Terrano visits as we discuss how the love of money is encroaching on the love of the game.

• Quick Look at MLB Rankings, Mets leading the pack with .700 Winning percentage. AL East – Orioles suffering  challenges with young players
• Phil Terrano joins the show live from a youth baseball field
• Travis Jankowski – had a lot of movement between teams since Spring Team
• Your playing for the 29 other teams
• Pla...

Early in season at bottom of AL East

• Baltimore Orioles & Cincinnati Reds – O’s lose 24 to 2
• Not Charlie Morton’s Day 
• Wrexham A.F.C. comparison
• Max Fried is bringing the fire – almost No-Hitter
• Catchers & Pitcher Battery
• Catcher value measurements
  • Arm Strength
  • Pop Time – Caught Stealing
  • Blocking
  • Framing
  • Pitcher not shaking off calls from catcher, Yanier Molina 
  • Fangraphs – effective defensive rating
• Danny Jansen, 1st year w...

• Rays Monday night melee with the Red Sox 16 – 1 win
• Jonathan Aranda & Camerron Misner – setting the tone for the game
• Misner -  2 Home Runs in that game
• Jake Mangum on the bases 
• Shane Baz on the mound with 11 K’s did stayed strong even through long time between innings
• Trevor Story’s glove
• Rays most productive outfield in MLB even without Arozarena & Siri
• DeLuca’s injury has resulted in a heavy left-handed lineup
• More than Bra...

• Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day with USAWNT Baseball pitcher & Architect, Meggie Meidlinger
• Look back at Meggie & the USAWNT Women’s team history
• Meggie’s love of baseball and architecture blended together
•  Work completed on UGA's Baseball Facilities – Foley Field – Athens GA
• Architectural Planning & finding solutions
•  Bullpen and Pitching Lab Design
•  Baseball Journey and Mentorship in Uganda
•  See Her Be Her Documenta...

• Josh Weaver, curator for the Tampa Baseball Museum
• Joe Maddon book signing event at museum - https://bit.ly/4iUXeYK
• The New Trop or George Steinbrenner Field
• Rays rent to Yankees = medium level player for the Yanks
• Licking the railings at Steinbrenner Field 
• The Critchfields
• Steinbrenner Field feels like Spring Training 
• New players have a familiar feel from their minor league experience – Carson Williams & Chandler Simpson
• Magnum ...