Baseball Journeys

Michael Bell
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Baseball Journeys Podcast

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.

  1. 6 AUG

    Adrianna Brown - Fly Like An Eagle (032)

    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 seson 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.

    46 min

  2. 15 JUL

    Larry Jaster - Dodger Killer (031)

    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.

    52 min

  3. 29 APR

    John Werhas - A Higher Calling (030)

    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.

    53 min

  4. 15 APR

    Lance Parrish and Dave Berry- Part 2 (029)

    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.

    51 min

  5. 20 MAR

    Friends Never Parrish - Part 1 (028)

    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.

    52 min

  6. 29 JAN

    The Baseball Life of Don Ferrarese (027)

    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.

    1h 5m

  7. 20/12/2023

    A Whopper! - Shohei Signs with L.A. (026)

    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.

    15 min

  8. 30/10/2023

    The Boys are Back! - 2023 Post-Season and Recap Show (025)

    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!

    55 min
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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.

Information

  • Creator
    Michael Bell
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright The Bell Boys
  • Show Website
    Baseball Journeys

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