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After a hiatus, the Fair Pole Podcast is back this week with the longtime voice of the Cincinnati Reds, Marty Brennaman, who retired following the 2019 season after calling 46 seasons of Reds Baseball on the radio. 

In this podcast we discuss Marty's journey from the University of North Carolina to his over four decades of calling games for the Reds. We also chat about the Big Red Machine, should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame, the future of baseball, and so much more! 

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We're back! After a (too lengthy) hiatus the Fair Pole Podcast returns with our 34th episode. This week, host Chris Edwards talks about the origins of Spring Training and visits with 19-year veteran Fred McGriff. 

In the conversation, Edwards and McGriff talk about:

- Growing up in Tampa and Fred's love of baseball
- How great the high school baseball was in Tampa
- Getting cut from his high school baseball team
- Being drafted by the Yankees
- Playing for the Blue Jays, Padres and eventually the Braves
- The 1995 World Series
- How he got the nickname "The Crime Dog"
- Tom Emanski
- What he would change if he was the commissioner of baseball for a day 

... and more!

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On episode 33 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Brooks Webb the Director of Baseball Operations for Vanderbilt Baseball.  During their conversation, they cover Brooks' baseball journey as well as other topics, including:

- Pitching for a school that was a division one but was a division three by the time he arrived on campus
- Differences in division one versus division two or three
- Wanting to stay involved in baseball and how that led to a job with USA Baseball
- Responsibilities with USA and how that prepared him for his current role
- What attracted him about the job at Vanderbilt
- How you keep the fire burning and fight complacency after reaching the pinnacle of your sport
- What makes the #VandyBoys so special
- Being part of a TeamWorks Baseball/Softball committee 
- How college baseball can continue to grow

.... and more!

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In episode 32 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Joe Vasile, a broadcaster for the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees and host of the new Secondary Lead Podcast. 

Edwards and Vasile discuss Joe's journey to create a baseball history podcast and dive into the current season of the life and times of Ken Caminiti and the backstory behind the podcast as well as some of the backstory that Joe will tell in his documentary of the life of the 90's baseball superstar.

They also talk about baseball history and try to name the person who had the biggest influence on baseball in the sports infancy. 

Prior to the conversation, Edwards also visits the history of free agency in baseball and what a Qualifying Offer means. 

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Episode 31 of the Fair Pole Podcast features a chat with Neil Solondz who hosts the pre and postgame shows for the Tampa Bay Rays Radio and TV broadcasts. Neil also handles some of the play-by-play during the course of the season. 

The conversation with Solondz features a wide array of topics including:
- When he learned he wanted to be a baseball broadcaster
- His career in minor league baseball working for Lakewood, Quad City and Durham
- Getting the job with the Rays - and his memories of getting the call to say he had the job
- Easier transition to the big leagues because he knew so many people in the Rays organization
- What the 2020 season has been like for the broadcasters
- Life inside the "Bubble" in Arlington, Texas for the World Series
- What makes this group of Rays so special
- The future of the Rays franchise on the field 
- Working with Kevin Cash

... and more!

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Inside episode 30 of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards visits with Jason Immekus, an assistant coach at Crowder College. Chris and Jason have a wide-ranging baseball conversation including:

- Jason's baseball journey pitching at a junior college before going on to compete at Washburn 
- What life was like playing Independent Ball in the Frontier League
- What made him want to get into coaching once his playing career was over
- Developing his baseball philosophy as a pitching coach at Missouri Southern 
- Coaching summer collegiate baseball and balancing winning games vs. preparing kids to return to school healthy 
- The future of summer baseball
- Working for the Major League Scouting Bureau
- Embracing data now as an assistant coach at Crowder
- Balancing the new-school data approach with some of the old school philosophies 

... and more!

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This week on the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards chats with Cris Perez who holds a hybrid role for the Cincinnati Reds as both a bullpen catcher and working on the Baseball Operations side with the analytics and data teams. 

Over the course of the conversation, the duo discussed a wide array of topics including:
- Love for baseball in Cris' life
- College baseball career at Duke and Southern California 
- Going to work for the Arizona Diamondbacks while still in school
- Getting a job in the MLB office in New York
- Playing on the Commissioner's softball team 
- Interview process with the Reds
- What the day-to-day is like for him 
- A deep dive into the ebbs and flows of the 2020 Major League Season
- How things changed once they got to the postseason "bubble"
- What changes he'd like to see MLB make

... and more! 

Chris Edwards also chats about the history of the bases and who invented the modern day base.

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In this week's episode of the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards chats with Lance Van Auken, Executive Vice President of Little League Baseball. During the conversation this week:

- How Lance began his affiliation with Little League Baseball
- Serving on the rules committee for 17 years and the evolution of the rules
- Player safety as it relates to pitchers and overuse injuries
- Little League's being the first baseball league to use instant replay
-  Working with President Bush to bring Little League T-Ball games to the White House
- Little League's history, good and bad moments
- What makes Williamsport special
- Most challenging part of the Little League World Series
- Little League Baseball museum 

... and more

Edwards also runs down the history behind Little League Baseball and when the first games were played. 

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