21 episodes
Donny Baarns Donny Baarns
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Donny Baarns chats with elite sports broadcasters about their careers, their stories, their advice, and anything else they feel like talking about.
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Greg Schulte (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Greg Schulte is the only radio voice the D-backs have known since their first season in 1998, but it took Greg decades to get his shot at a lead broadcasting job. He talks to Donny about working in small-town radio, being a color commentator and producer for years, his successful battle with Lymphoma, and the incredible 2001 World Series.
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Rick Rizzs (Seattle Mariners)
Rick Rizzs missed his first job interview with the team...and got the job anyway. Hear how 33 Girl Scout cookies gave him the edge, how impossible it was to be Ernie Harwell's replacement in Detroit, and his memories of the 1995 Mariners club that saved baseball in Seattle.
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Scott Franzke (Philadelphia Phillies)
Donny talks to Phillies voice Scott Franzke about calling Major League playoff games, choosing to give up a Major League gig to hone his craft in the Minors, and his hastily prepared on-air eulogy for Philadelphia legend Harry Kalas.