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Baseball is a game of connections. The baseball journey brings people together directly and indirectly through relationships, shared and vicarious experiences across time and distance. Join the Bell Boys on a quest to rediscover their baseball journeys and find connections throughout the game and in life. In the process relive your baseball journey and share your own baseball connections.
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The son of Greek immigrants, John Scolinos was a legendary Southern California college baseball coach for 43 years. His Cal-Poly Pomona teams won three NCAA Division II College World Series titles. He is a 2020 inductee to the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Coach Scolinos' nephew Mike Scolinos, a member of the 1983 championship team and a long-time college coach who has forged his own legacy in the game. Listen in as Mike weaves the life lessons and legacy of his beloved uncle that guided him and countless others through their baseball journeys.
A not too timely but quite spirited discussion about the 2025 MLB Post-Season which unabashedly highlights the incredible run to the championship by the Los Angeles Dodgers. While Baseball Journeys is quite ecumenical in most of its episodes, the So Cal based Bell Boys are and always will be Dodgers fans no matter where they are. In this episode the whole band is back with the addition of other family members to liven the conversation about their shared experience of a thrilling baseball journey.
Fewer than 150 players in the history of major league baseball have won three World Series rings, Dick Tracewski is one of them. He added a fourth as a coach for the 1984 champion Detroit Tigers. "Trixie" won titles with the Dodgers in 1963 and 1965 and with the 1968 Tigers. From a coal mining town in the hills of Pennsylvania, to the bright lights of the iconic Dodger and Tiger Stadiums, Dick shares his baseball life, playing and winning alongside legends Sandy Koufax, Al Kaline and Sparky Anderson. Dick participated in some of the most memorable baseball moments over is 40 plus years in the game.
Local journalist Joe Blackstock shares the stories he has chronicled of "long gone" baseball journeys while recalling his coverage of Fernando Valenzuela's epic 1981 World Series win and fondly recalls his favorite player of all-time, a Southern Californa Ruthian legend who lives on as long as Joe (nd others) remembers his name.
Listen in with Doug Kurkul the author of "It's a Beautiful Day For Baseball - The National Pastime in the 1960's." Doug provides an insightful glimpse of the last decade in which baseball was in fact, the National Pastime. His book chronicles the baseball journeys of 250 players during that era. From super stars to one-game wonders. Doug's and the Bell Boys baseball paths crossed through the 1967 season providing ample fodder for interesting connections and a great conversation about the transcendent nature of the National Pastime.
Think you know Dave Roberts? Guess again, the San Diego Padres made this Dave Roberts the first draft pick in the nation in 1972, a "one/one' in baseball parlance. He was drafted, signed and in a major league game on the same day! Dave played more than 10 years in the majors with or against many of the stars from the 1970's, including his idol Henry Aaron. Listen in as Dave shares about his career in baseball and the importance of his faith in a journey that lasted for a half century.
The Bell Boys are baseball fans first, then loyal Dodger fans. Needless to say 2024 ended well for LA and the Boys are back with an unplugged post season session to put a big blue bow on things...and to collect some Whoppers from big brother Scott whose sensible World Series prediction came up against a battle-tested team that simply would not be denied.
Hot off the press! Join the Bell Boys for a fast-paced jam session highlighting the 2024 season, road trips, ball park jobs and more, including real-time prognostications as we head into the League Championshiip Series. Recorded an hour before the start of the Dodgers - Mets series.
Baseball Journeys welcomes its first female guest, Adrianna Brown. Brown coached the Etiwanda Eagles High School softball team to the 2024 Califorina State Division 3 Regional Championship. The Eagles went 31-5, which included an 8-0 playoff run to close out the season as state champs. Listen in as Adrianna recounts her journey in the game which has lead her to a dream job, doing what she loves right in her home town.
In 1966 Larry Jaster was a promising 22-year old rookie left-hander for the St. Louis Cardinals. Listen in as Larry shares his amazing baseball journey that took him from the sandlots of Michigan, to a World Series championship, then on to a quarter century tenure as a minor league pitching coach. Along the way he competed against, played with and coached a long list of star players, including several hall-of-famers. He holds two big league distinctions that will never again be duplicated, including a season of dominance against a single opponent matched only by legendary pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.
John Werhas' baseball journey took him from cleaning the bleachers as a kid in Detrot to the sandlots of San Pedro, CA , to a national championship at USC and the opening day third-baseman of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1964. He would play 14 years of professional baseball...most of it in Triple A Spokane and Hawaii, with a brief stop in Japan. Trouble with the slider limited his success at the major league level, but these travels opened a door for a much higher calling as a pioneering sports Chaplain for several Southern California teams including the Dodgers, Angels, Rams and Lakers. John shares the ups and downs of chasing an elusive dream, only to find it once he gave it all up on a beach at Waikiki.
Enjoy Part 2 of the interview and reunion of high school teammates Lance Parrish and Dave Berry. Lance recounts the historic 1984 World Championship season in Detroit and his encounter with the brutal business side of baseball during the days of colusion against free agency. He and Dave also share about their common faith and family values. A bonus segment with Dave describes an incredible teenage experience with the Amazing Mets that made him a fan for life involving no fewer than three future Hall of Famers.
Mike reunites high school friends over 50 years after they played baseball together in the Southern Califorina of Walnut . Dave Berry went on to a successful career in the fire service. Lance Parrish was a number one draft pick of the Detroit Tigers and parlayed that into a 19-year Major League career that included eight all-star appearances, six SIlver Sluggers and a World Series Championship in 1984. These guys pick up where they left off, and catch up on the incredible baseball journey of one of the game's best.
One of the oldest living major leaguers chronicles his life in baseball in this episode. Don Ferrarese, a little left-hander with a huge heart and a wild and wicked curve carved out an impressive and inspiring career from his highschool all-star days in post-war Northern California to a ninth-inning show down with Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium in 1956. The 94-year old Ferrarese recalls a life in the game that connects Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Stan Musial with the dusty sand lots of Southern California's high desert. This is an amazing journey told by a special man who knows how fortunate he was to play the game and who spent a lifetime giving back to generations of aspiring ballplayers that came after him, including the Bell Boys.
The Bells Boys reconvene to settle a World Series whopper wager and discuss the Dodgers decision to deliver a DH in the diamond deal of the decade. A short session on Shohei to be sure.
The Bell Boys reunite for a "real-time" discussion of the post season and a recap of the 2023 regular season. Analysis, predictions and minor pontificating highlight this unique episode of Baseball Journeys as the brothers and Brad all come together for the first time this year to talk baseball. Find how who will win the high stakes World Series "Whoppers" wager and where the Boys believe Shohei Ohtani is headed for the 2024 season. The chat runs the gamut from Hall of Fame Minor League Mascot Tremor, the Savannah Bananas, Joey Votto's final Reds at bat (maybe) and foul ball failures. A long overdue, fast paced and fun session with the full cast from Baseball Journeys!
Baseball Journeys returns from a brief hiatus as Uncle Mike interviews longtime family friend Ryan Marks, a 28-year old baseball protege whose love of the game has been developed from a close family of lifetime Yankee fans, to an Ivy League career on the hallowed grounds of Lou Gehrig's alma mater to the offices of the Southern California corporate baseball world. This is a young man with an old baseball soul coupled with analytic acumen that helps ensure the game is in good hands for future generations of fans.
Mike and Scott conclude their conversation with the Reed family, brothers Jeremy and Mark and their dad Dennie. The Reeds make the transition from professional baseball players to Major and Minor League coaches. Along the way they find a passion for investing in others and work along side some of the greatest players managers and coaches in the game while never losing their strong family values and appreciation for the relationships their involvement in the game has brought their way.
Meet the Reed Family. The Bell Boys finally catch up with their life-long friends who share their baseball journey in the first of a two-part series. Jeremy and Mark Reed have made a career of professional baseball as players and coaches in the minor and major leagues. Their bond with their older brother and parents runs far deeper than the brickdust of a ballfield. Throughout the roller coaster ride of a baseball life their strength comes from their faith and their deep love for one another.
Rejoin the Bell Boys as they complete a two part interview with Andy Strasberg who realized a lifelong dream of working in Major League Baseball. Andy continues his special relationship with Roger Maris and his family and embarks on a long career in baseball that left a lasting impact on how we all experience the game.
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