The Baseball and Business Podcast

Former pro player Rickey Hill shares from his incredible story which has been turned into a movie called The Hill releasing August 25 starring Dennis Quaid and Colin Ford.

He shares of being born with a degenerative spinal disease yet went on to play four seasons in the minor leagues with the Montreal Expos on Episode 70. 

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation with Rickey as well as producer Jeff C...

Former D1 college player Willie Shaw shares from his journey launching his career with NASA to currently living in Nashville working for a VC backed tech startup while songwriting and singing on Episode 69. 

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. Why he chose to get a knowledge based Bachelor's degree and combined it with a specific skill based Master's degree in Accounting 

2...

Former big league vet and Silver Slugger Award winner Michael Barrett shares from his 12 year MLB playing career, coaching in the Nationals organization and getting into business afterwards on Episode 68.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. The setbacks he faced in the initial years after making it to big leagues by 21 after being a 1st round pick out of high school and how he overcame them t...

Former pro baseball player Bob Wheatley shares from his journey to becoming an author and specializing in working with individuals on their personal brand after his playing career at USC and in the minor leagues on Episode 67.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. What Bob did to go beyond what was required which allowed him to maximize his potential and get drafted by the Blue Jays out of college despit...

2x NL MVP and 7x All-Star Dale Murphy shares from his 19 year big league career, leading his family and using his story to help corporations implement the success principles he's lived out on Episode 66.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. How Dale and his wife Nancy were highly intentional in their relationship and parenting which led to success not just on the field but also raising th...

Former pro baseball player Dylan Rheault shares from his time on the mound and afterwards working for an athlete centric company along with starting his own company on Episode 65.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. How treating baseball like a job led to Dylan to adding velocity in pro ball which topped out at 99 mph

2. Why the fastest way to turning the page as a pro athlete is to ...

This month's episode will give you the chance to hear a recent conversation between current & former pro & college baseball players discussing the future of Baseball and Business heading into 2023 on Episode 64.

Here are key sections from our conversation…

1. The unique challenges baseball players face in business

2. The quick history of Baseball and Business

3.  The future of Baseball and Bus...

Former big leaguer Brandon Beachy shares how switching to pitching led to making it to the highest level and what led to starting a business through the franchise model as his next step after playing on Episode 63.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. How Brandon's decision to pivot from a being .300 hitter in college to exclusively focusing on pitching led to getting signed by the Atlanta Braves as a non...

Former college player Kevin Kowalke shares how after building a successful mortgage business for 20 years he made a cross country move and teamed up with a long time friend to pivot into consulting on Episode 62.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. Kevin and Luke chat about their paths crossing about a decade ago and how this sparked Baseball and Business to launch

2.  Kevin shares why...

Former big leaguer Dirk Hayhurst shares on Episode 61 how he became a New York Times best selling author writing four books, battled anxiety when getting the ultimate call up and his journey on the other side of playing. 

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. Why writing is the most useful tip he recommends in helping process outcomes on the field and how he saw Roy Halladay do the same as a teammate

2...

Former college player James "J.R." Reid shares on Episode 60 how he is helping big leaguers and high level business professionals navigate the pressure it takes to succeed at the top as a peak performance coach.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. Several stories as a D1 baseball player, mentoring athletes while getting his J.D. and MBA at LSU and working as an agent to pro baseball players which gi...

Former pro player Keenan Long shares on Episode 59 how his company LongBall Labs is helping big league hitters maximize exit velocity by taking guessing out of the equation for when it comes to choosing their gamers.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. How a conversation with Joe Girardi in college influenced the trajectory of Keenan’s future as a baseball player and engineering student

2. How Keenan’s experim...

Former San Francisco Giants prospect Jeff Burke shares how he successfully transitioned into the business world starting his career with a global company on Episode 58.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. How not being able to play baseball for the first time having Tommy John surgery led to valuable perspective that benefited him within and beyond the game 

2. How Jeff's blog to help his grandm...

Current Tampa Bay Rays prospect and 2019 4th Round Draft Pick Graeme Stinson shares how he has co-founded athlete-centric data storage company StatStak while playing pro ball on Episode 57.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. How an arm injury and the 2020 college season being cancelled led Graeme and his former college teammate Eli Herrick to launch StatStak

2. How his experience playing under Coach...

Former D1 college player Jim Convertino shares how he has built a business which now has 700+ pro athletes and entertainers as clients on Episode 56.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. Why Jim believes focusing on becoming great at something leads to passion and is how he launched his professional career after graduating from Siena College

2. How the first 15 years of providing c...

Former MLB and KBO player Xavier Scruggs shares how baseball set the table for him to launch his second career in sports media on Episode 55.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. Why Xavier felt media was the perfect outlet for his second career which has had him working for ESPN, MLB Network Radio and hosting his own podcast

2. Xavier's mindset as he persevered through 6 seasons betwee...

Former pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization and at the University of Miami Javi Salas shares how baseball has been the precursor to bigger things in business on Episode 54.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. Why Javi returned for his senior year after being drafted by the Twins as a junior and how this led to a historic night throwing only the 23rd perfect game at the D1 level.

2. Why Javi ...

2009 World Series champion and former New York Yankees Director of Strength, Conditioning and Performance Coach Dana Cavalea is the featured guest for Episode 53, our last episode of 2020.

Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

 1. How after playing one year of college baseball Dana realized his most likely path to the majors wasn't going to be as a player which led to an internship and eventually fu...

Former MLB All-Star Russ Ortiz shares from his 12 year big league career and how he went on to start a business, 2GG Apparel, around his passion for golf afterwards on Episode 52. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...

1. The common trait Dusty Baker, Bobby Cox, Bruce Bochy and Joe Torre shared as managers that empowered Russ and his teammates to succeed on the field

2. Why Russ and his wife chose to live as if eve...