Beyond the Diamond

Colby Rush and Hunter Broadbent
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Beyond the Diamond Podcast

Your inside source for exclusive information on the best game in the world and a lens into the baseball universe, from some of the only people with inside access to this world, college managers Colby Rush and Hunter Broadbent of the UConn Huskies.

  1. COVID Issues Overshadow ALL SEC Finale

    28/06/2021

    COVID Issues Overshadow ALL SEC Finale

    - Recap of NC State Disaster  - Vanderbilt Highlights on their way to the Championship - Mississippi State Highlights on their way to the Championship - Picks for the Series

    25 min
  2. The Final Eight

    18/06/2021

    The Final Eight

    Colby and Hunter give their picks for each bracket and the CWS!

    50 min
  3. SUPER Regional Recap

    15/06/2021

    SUPER Regional Recap

    Hunter is BACK! Colby and Hunter open up with a UConn sendoff with Hunter giving us a rundown of how special this team was and how great a run they made. We then get into the 8 super regional matchups, starting with the most shocking of events: Arkansas losing to NC State in 3 games. Highlighted by the game 3 decision to start Kopps and leave him in into the 9th by Dave Van Horn. Kevin Kopps is not to blame for this loss at all. The man had one of the most incredible years by a collegiate baseball player and should be praised because Arkansas would not have made it this far without him. Then we recap Texas vs USF series in which Texas was tested in game 1, but rolled to the sweep in game 2. Texas is now undefeated through the super regionals and is entering the CWS 5-0. Tennessee vs LSU was a great environment with Tennessee having a home run derby to sweep the series in game 2, but not before a great send-off to one of the greatest college coaches ever, Paul Mainieri. Vandy vs ECU was the pitching duel in game 1 everyone expected with projected first-round picks Kumar Rocker and Gavin Williams dueling for 8 innings. Unfortunately for ECU, they had to face Jack Leiter in game 2 and did not fare much better. Rocker and Leiter look to be in peak form making Vandy the hardest out now in Omaha. For the national 5 seed, Arizona, they faced a tough team in Ole Miss led by folk hero Tim Elko, but that did not prevent them from having a HR derby of their own in Tuscon. DBU vs UVA was the battle of the two 3 seeds and it definitely was a great series with UVA winning on a Grand Slam in game 3. Mississippi State vs Notre Dame was the series everyone tabbed as much watch and boy did game 1 prove why. State ended up winning in 3 games. And the other shocker of a series, Stanford completely dismantled Texas Tech outscoring them 24-3 over the two games, a complete obliteration highlighted by starters Brenden Beck, Alex Williams, and slugging centerfielder Brock Jones. On Friday we will have another episode for you guys with a rundown of each of the final 8 teams and give our predictions for each bracket in Omaha.

    1h 13m
  4. The Road to Omaha Has Begun

    05/06/2021

    The Road to Omaha Has Begun

    Hunter is out again with UConn playing in the South Bend Regional, so we asked friends of the show, Ryan and Nick, to come and help fill in for him as they both have a vested interest in the CWS with Ryan at TCU and Nick at Fairfield. We began the show talking all about the top 8 national seeds and how each of their first games went last night particularly focusing on the Tennessee walk-off, TCU waking up with Ryan providing some extra commentary on what he has seen from his Horned Frogs thus far, Kevin Koppps, and Kumar Rocker. Then shifted into some UConn highlights from their dominating win last night over Michigan where Austin Pederson went 5.2 with 9K's and Erik Stock went 4-4 with a double and 3 RBIs. Then Nick gave us the recap of the electric Fairfield Arizona State game last night where the Stags lost a heartbreaker. We also highlighted some of the best games from the day yesterday including Florida getting stunned on their home turf by USF and again losing today to Southern Alabama to be the first 1 seed out of the tourney, Tim Elko igniting the greatest home run celebration in college baseball with his grand slam on a torn ACL. And recapping the best game of the early slate in South Carolina vs. Virginia with South Carolina winning 4-3. Then we transitioned to some MLB talk highlighting the great home run race that is going on, MLB cracking down on pitchers using foreign substances, Kevin Gausman for NL CY Young, and much more. You sure don't want to miss another great episode of Beyond the Diamond. Be sure to check us out on Instagram @beyondthediamondpodcast and Twitter @beyondthediapod!!

    1h 9m
  5. Conference Championship Week

    02/06/2021

    Conference Championship Week

    Hey guys sorry for putting this episode out a little later than usual. Colby got caught up with some editing for my summer internship. This week, Hunter was out at the BIG EAST Championship so our friend Dylan Stiles filled in for him. Colby and Dylan recapped the new power rankings, each conferences' regular-season champ, and all the regular season awards. Then we got into some MLB talk highlighting the great MLB race between the 3 Jr.'s and Garcia as well as Kevin Gausman hopefully getting some national attention soon and how good the NL West and AL East is along with the Astros and White Sox. Thanks, guys for hanging with us this week, this upcoming week we'll try to start getting better with timing. Hunter will be out at the South Bend Regional with UConn scheduled to face Michigan as the #2 seed in that regional so it might be a solo show for Colby but you'll have to tune in to find out.

    1h 9m

  6. 22/05/2021

    Countdown to the Final Rankings

    Colby and Hunter are back with another episode of Beyond the Diamond College Baseball Rankings stay fairly similar with the biggest move being Vandy dropping to #3 and Mississippi State dropping to #10 Kevin Kopps is the best pitcher in college baseball or at the very least, the most valuable Jack Leiter is back and better than ever after his week off  La Salle Baseball is doing all they can to keep their program running past this season NCAA has announced 100% capacity at all stadiums pending local and state guidelines Hunter recaps UConn's successful week at Villanova and URI Shohei Ohtani is the most skilled player we have ever seen and it appears that he is now the favorite for AL MVP with Mike Trout headed to the IL for a little bit Spencer Turnbull no hits the Mariners and Corey Kluber follows that up with his own no-hitter less than 24 hours later against the Rangers Is this the year of the pitcher? and What is the value of a no-hitter now? Corbin Burnes broke the record for most consecutive strikeouts without allowing a walk at 58 K's and less than a week later Gerrit Cole breaks Burnes record with 61 straight K's without a walk Trey Mancini's return to baseball is awesome and no one deserves CPOTY more than him Tatis goes 4-4 with a homer in his return from the IL deGrom is making single-A hitters question their existence in his rehab start TONY LA RUSSA not much more to say than that And Kevin Gausman is the most underrated starter in baseball: Top 3 in ERA WHIP IP and SO Be sure to tune in and check out our Twitter @beyondthediapod and Instagram @beyondthediamondpodcast where we have a new graphic for you to check out Thanks for tuning in hope to see you next time at Beyond the Diamond!

    52 min
  7. Let’s Finish Strong

    12/05/2021

    Let’s Finish Strong

    Colby and Hunter are back with another episode We open the show talking about the new top 25 from D1Baseball Including the top 5 in particular: Arkansas Vanderbilt Mississippi State Tennessee  Texas Then Colby and Hunter go around the country highlighting some of the top stories around college baseball Including the top story of the week: Ole Miss ace Gunner Hoglund tearing his UCL and having to get Tommy John After Colby gives his weekly update on Fairfield who swept second-place Niagara to clinch the MAAC Regular Season Title And Hunter recaps UConn's great week against rival St. John's in which they took 3/4 behind the bat of Kyler Fedko And of course, Colby and Hunter had to highlight the top High School moment of the week Marc Cedrone for our alma mater Xaverian Brothers High School threw an 11K no-hitter, the first in 17 years And our MLB highlights for the week include: Posey is hitting .400 Acuna takes back the HR lead Ohtani is the most skilled player in baseball Jarred Kelenic gets the call and much more! Be sure to tune in and check out our Twitter @beyondthediapod and Instagram @beyondthediamondpodcast where we have a new graphic to for you to check out Thanks for tuning in hope to see you next time at Beyond the Diamond!

    1h 10m

  8. 03/05/2021

    Arkansas Is On A Mission

    We are back for a special Sunday postgame episode!  The race in the top 25 is really starting to heat up as we enter the last month of the regular season With Arkansas holding strong at #1: Colby and Hunter break down their weekend series in Baton Rouge against LSU Where they took 2 out of 3 and outfielder Christian Franklin was the hero on multiple occasions We then discuss #14 Florida's impressive showing against #2 Vanderbilt Where they handed them only their second series loss since 2019: Weighing what went wrong for the Commodores in perhaps their toughest test yet We also highlight #3 Texas: Who took the finale in an in-state showdown between them and #5 Texas Tech (apologies for the error in reporting during the show; misread information) Other notable performances from around the league include Clemson sweeping #7 Louisville #8 Notre Dame taking care of business versus North Carolina #25 Old Dominion winning 3 out of 4 against #15 Charlotte #23 Southern Miss pounding Rice after a tough opening game TCU handing it to West Virginia And Seton Hall's Tyler Burnham no-hitting Georgetown. C Colby breaks down Fairfield's weekend against Siena, where they took 3 out of 4 in dominant fashion: Led by Jake Noviello (who else?!) and the returning Trey McLoughlin Unfortunately, the baseball gods did not want the winning streak to continue, but maybe it's for the best to get the monkey off of the Stags' backs.  Hunter then breaks down UConn's last week: Including a highly competitive series at Xavier where our friends Kenny Haus, David Langer, Chris Winkel, and company starred for the Huskies in their 2-2 split.  After the Butler series did not end up taking place due to logistical issues The #HookC​ pivoted to welcome Bucknell to Storrs, where they continued to take care of business: Led by a ridiculous 14-strikeout performance by Ben Casparius and a two-homer game from Pat Winkel.  Afterward, we get into a little MLB action: Colby makes us all envious by detailing his adventures of watching King Jacob deGrom live and in-person last week when the Red Sox visited Queens.  We discuss our MVP votes at the one-month point of the year Wondering how Mike Trout continues to just get better and if J.D. or Shohei even stand a chance,  Why we are now on #TeamBryce​ after Harper's classiness following the hit-by-pitch in St. Louis The Dodgers' slide thanks to an array of injuries and why the 2020 season led to this Max Scherzer continues to be an absolute star and if the Nationals may trade him at the deadline Ronald Acuna being Captain Excitement, and more.  Thank you so much for your support, and don't forget to follow the show @BeyondTheDiaPod on Twitter and @beyondthediamondpodcast on Instagram for the latest!  More content than ever is coming soon after Finals season concludes...

    58 min
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Your inside source for exclusive information on the best game in the world and a lens into the baseball universe, from some of the only people with inside access to this world, college managers Colby Rush and Hunter Broadbent of the UConn Huskies.

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  • Creator
    Colby Rush and Hunter Broadbent
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Colby Rush and Hunter Broadbent
  • Show Website
    Beyond the Diamond

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