Nashville Sounds - Rounding Third Nashville Sounds - Rounding Third Podcast

Sounds manager Rick Sweet joins Jeff Hem for his weekly pregame show appearance and discusses another successful week for the team, another productive series for outfielder Isaac Collins, updates on Tyler Black, Joey Wiemer and Brewer Hicklen, and a terrific behind-the-scenes story of telling reliever James Meeker he was getting called up to the Brewers.

Sounds hitting coach Al LeBoeuf sits down with Jeff Hem on the pregame show to discuss what has made Isaac Collins so consistent this season, what he's seen from Joey Wiemer the past couple weeks, and his early impressions of Wes Clarke and Freddy Zamora since they came up from Double-A.

Sounds lefty Nick Bennett joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to discuss his start to the season, managing his role between occasional spot starter and reliever, why he's been so dominant against left-handed hitters, and playing earlier this season in Louisville, where he starred at University of Louisville.

Louisville Bats voice Nick Curran joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to discuss the similarities between the Sounds and Bats, including the longtime friendship between Sounds manager Rick Sweet and Bats manager Pat Kelly, and the Reds' season so far.

Sounds right-hander Chad Patrick joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to discuss his terrific start to the season, what makes his cutter such a difficult pitch for hitters, and his love for hot dogs that has spread around the clubhouse.

Sounds shortstop Freddy Zamora joins Jeff Hem on the pregame show to talk about his multi-homer game in Memphis in the previous series, his first few weeks at Triple-A, and returning to an everyday role at shortstop.