Indy Ball Report
Two guys talking about the wacky, exciting, sometimes fantastic, and always talented world of Independent league baseball. Episodes come out weekly.
Episodes
Recorded- May 2, 2025
Uploaded- May 6, 2025
It’s that time again! We look at the American Association and give some predictions and thoughts at the dawn of the 2025 season.
Recorded- May 2, 2025
Uploaded- May 3, 2025
Crikeys, there’s trouble brewing down under! The Aces departure has throw the ABL into chaos and there’s a lot to break down. Also, the ALPB is through their first week. We look at the risers and fallers so far.
Recorded- April 24, 2025
Uploaded- April 26, 2025
The offseason is over! We look at the Atlantic League and give some predictions and thoughts at the dawn of the 2025 season.
The offseason is nearly over so that means a visit from Kevin Tuve for some rock talk. Daryl Thompson’s Blue Crabs tenure is over and so is the Cougars run in the BCL. We fill you up will all these and more on this week’s show.
Recorded- April 7&11, 2025
Uploaded- April 12, 2025
Billy Horton joins the program to talk about last year in Yolo and the future in Marysville. Also a draft recap and a look at the past week in the BCL. And we finish the affiliated to independent review from last week along with a great promo from Grand Junction.
Host- Nick Firestone, Ryan Schwalm
Guest- Matt Shepardson (FLPB Deputy Commissioner)
Producer- Nick Firestone
Video/Audio Editor- Nick Firestone
Written Content Editor- Nick Firestone
Head of Video/Audio Content- Nick Firestone
Head of Social Media and Web Content- Nick Firestone
RUNDOWN
Intro- 0;00-02;21
General- 02;53-21;53
Pearl- 21;53-33;53
Series Preview- 33;53-50;00
Outro- 50;00-END
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Recorded- April 4, 2025 Uploaded- April 5, 2025 Structure and order returns this week as the gang talks about the new streaming agreement for the Frontier League, the Battle of the Bay 2.0, and look back how Indy Ball has treated the refugee teams from affiliated ball.
Recorded- March 28, 2025
Uploaded- March 29, 2025
It’s a wild week for reasons outside of baseball, hop on the wild ride!
Recorded- March 21, 2025
Uploaded- March 22, 2025
A new city has just appeared on the indy ball radar and we’re breaking it down this week. The Marlins were going to have a practice squad. We'll give thought on that and more.
Recorded- March 11 & 14, 2025
Uploaded- March 15, 2025
The Battle of the Bay is back with a twist and we discuss what that could mean for Oakland going forward. Boomers EVP & GM Michael Larson joins the program to talk some Chicagoland baseball and more!
Recorded- March 6, 2025
Uploaded- March 8, 2025
We welcome Hagerstown Flying Boxcars GM David Blenckstone to the show to discuss his journey back into baseball and his team's inaugural season. Also a look at Oakland’s latest investors and Down East’s big announcement.
Interview starts at 24;00
Recorded- February 28, 2025
Uploaded- March 1, 2025
In a thin week we spend some time talking about stage one of the PBL draft and the new field in KC. A major league presence takes over in NoCo as well.
Recorded- February 21, 2025
Uploaded- February 22, 2025
The boys give their thoughts on Bobby Jenks and undertake the first Indy Ball expansion draft.
Recorded- February 13, 2025
Uploaded- February 15, 2025
A complete mess of an episode this week where we try to talk about Pennsylvania baseball and helmet ads in the Association.
Recorded- February 6, 2025
Uploaded- February 8, 2025
We finish the other half of our managers report cards and look at infectious rate of new hires across Indy Ball. Aussie League (ABL) wrap up and other loose ends too.
The audio version of our January article, Fixing the all-star game: Finding a way to revive the midsummer classic.
Full article can be found here
https://www.indyballreport.com/articles#h.bewtrphy05rq
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Recorded- January 30, 2023
Uploaded- February 1, 2023
The return is official, the Rox are back and so are our manager report cards as well. Get our thoughts of the brightest minds in the dugout this week.
Recorded- January 24, 2025
Uploaded- January 25, 2025
The show is spreading to new frontiers and we’ll share where this week. Also, industry talk and a return to Rox.
Recorded- January 16, 2025
Uploaded- January 17, 2025
There’s some new arrivals across Indy Ball this week. See who could be going the scene and who's running the show in Mississippi and Chicago. Also a quick vibe check across Indy Ball too.
Recorded- January 9, 2025
Uploaded- January 11, 2025
The first episode of 2025 is finally here! Everyone’s healthy which means the guys can jingle and jangle their way across Indy ball to talk about the latest disaster on the diamond and some new staff hirings too. Finishing with a conversation on where you should and shouldn’t look for a job.
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