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Travel Ball Talk

Travel Ball Talk brings you conversations with coaches, owners & founders of the best travel baseball organizations. Topics will include the current state of travel baseball, opportunities for improvement, recruiting, communication, tech & as many tips, tools & tactics as possible. These will be conversations with coaches, for coaches.

All Episodes

01:05:36

Scott Stahlecker & Jeff Leise - Nebraska Prospects

Travel Ball Talk ·

2019/10/23

Today's call features Scott Stahlecker & Jeff Leise from the Nebraska Prospects. We have a great conversation where I learn a lot about the landscape of baseball in Nebraska. And for the 1st time in nearly 40 episodes we discuss competing for players against... wait for it... American Legion teams. Yep. True story. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk. https://www.playinschool.com/leise

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01:05:38

Rich Leitch - Toronto Mets

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2019/10/05

Today's call features Rich Leitch, Director of Baseball for the Toronto Mets Baseball Club. It's incredible learning about how the Canadian players & coaches have to go the extra mile, literally & figuratively, to achieve the goal of playing college baseball here in America. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk. https://www.playinschool.com/leitch

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01:17:08

Jim Osting - Ostingers Baseball

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2019/10/01

Today's episode features Jim Osting, the founder & owner Ostingers Baseball near Tamps, Florida. Jim is the classic example of the 10 year "overnight success". He's been steadily & slowly building his organization for the last decade and all of the sudden the Ostingers are near the top of the rankings at every age group. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk. https://www.playinschool.com/osting

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01:15:06

Scott & Clark Jones - Natural Baseball

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2019/09/19

This weeks episode features brothers from Kansas. Scott & Clark Jones are the owners of Natural Baseball, just outside of Kansas City. We have a great conversation that covers a lot topics including blending old school with new school as well as some creative scheduling that helps get their guys more looks. https://www.playinschool.com/jones

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01:12:42

Adam Barta - Blizzard Elite Baseball

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2019/09/16

Today's episode has us returning to the great state of Minnesota to talk to Adam Barta, the founder of Blizzard Elite Baseball. Words like "culture" & "values" get thrown around a lot in sports these days. But it's not something that can be faked. Listening to Adam discussing what they call the "Blizzard Big 5" absolutely blew me away. https://www.playinschool.com/barta

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51:57

Cody Church - Exposure Baseball

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2019/09/09

Today’s episode is going to bring some great insight because we’re talking to a guy that quite literally just left coaching college baseball in the past few weeks. Cody Church was the head coach of Maryville College before stepping down to take a job in sales & to join Exposure Baseball. Exposure Baseball has been 1 of the top travel ball orgs in the state of Tennessee over the last several years & as we learn from Cody, they are looking beyond Tennessee now. https://www.playinschool.com/church

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59:02

Matt Antonelli - Antonelli Baseball

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2019/09/01

Today's episode takes us to Boston, Mass to feature a former 1st Round Draft pick & current YouTube star. Matt Antonelli founded Antonelli Baseball after his professional career ended & while he was coaching in college. While finishing college & starting his organization, he also found time to grow a huge YouTube following. http://www.playinschool.com/antonelli

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46:22

Sean Danielson - Hunter Pence Baseball Academy

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2019/08/05

Today's episode features our first program named after a current MLB All-Star. Sean Danielson is the owner of Hunter Pence Baseball Academy in Cypress, Texas. Sean tells us how he went from being a 2 way guy, to being just a pitcher, to being just a hitter and how that lead to pro baseball & quite possibly the best signing story & nickname I've ever heard. HPBA has been making quite a name for itself lately. This includes hosting a draft watch party for 1 of their very own guys that heard his name

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48:35

Mario Jimenez - Inspiration Academy

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2019/07/19

Today's episode features Mario Jimenez, the Director of Baseball at Inspiration Academy in Bradenton, Florida. If you've been following Travel Ball Talk, this episode is a kind of convergence of 2 topics that seem to have weaved together here into 1... the idea of faith & baseball combined with the academy concept. Prior to diving into everything that AI offers, we learn how Mario went from a completely unrecruited high school player to coaching MLB hitters.

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59:24

Scott Hormann - USA Prime

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2019/07/16

Today's episode takes us back to Colorado to talk to Scott Hormann. Scott is the Colorado Area Director for USA Prime. This is an interesting conversation that touches on why he made the decision to part ways with the brand he started to team up with USA Prime, which is a growing organization based in Texas. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk. http://www.playinschool.com/hormann

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01:01:07

Sean Travers - Ontario Blue Jays

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2019/07/09

Today's episode takes us on our first international road trip. Sean Travers is the President & Director of Player Development for the Ontario Blue Jays. Sean is widely considered one of the leading instructors of infield play which is quite the compliment for someone that didn't even play high school baseball. Our call covers how Sean's baseball path always seemed to put him in the right place at the right time. We also talk at length about how OBJ manages to leave Canada for weeks at a time to put

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49:47

Keith Wahl - Complete Game Ministries

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2019/07/07

Today's call features Keith Wahl, Executive Director of Complete Game Ministries. In addition to CGM, Wahl is currently the Assistant Athletic Director, Head Baseball & Softball coach at Valor Christian Academy in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Our call gets into the topic of a cooperative relationship between the travel coach & the high school coach. We also take a deep dive into what Complete Game Ministries is & the impact they are having on the baseball community. I hope you enjoy this episode of

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43:52

Mike Colangelo - Stars Baseball

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2019/06/10

Today’s call features Mike Colangelo, GM of Stars Baseball based in Northern Virginia. Mike obviously cares deeply about his community. He went to high school in NoVa. He went to college right down the road from his home at George Mason. After his time in the big leagues he returned to NoVa to work with local players eventually becoming the GM of the Stars and coaching high school baseball. I’m proud to work with the Stars. We film over 100 of their guys each year. You can find film on all their

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01:01:22

Greg Reinhard - GRB Academy

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2019/06/06

Today’s call features Greg Reinhard, owner & founder of GRB Academy based near Madison, Wisconsin. Greg is an alum of D3 powerhouse Whitewater where he was drafted in the 6th round. That’s right, 6th round from a D3. GRB’s teams & facility are growing like crazy. I wanted to chat with Greg to find out more about both. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk. https://www.playinschool.com/reinhard

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47:53

Brian Martinez - TNXL Academy Ducks

Travel Ball Talk ·

2019/05/21

Today’s call features Brian Martinez, the owner & founder of the TNXL Academy Ducks located in central Florida. The Ducks are one of the programs at the forefront of the growing niche of academies. I’ve know Brian a long time & it was a lot of fun getting the chance to dive deeper into this topic with him. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk. https://www.playinschool.com/martinez

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01:00:33

Steve McGuiggan - Minnesota Mash

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2019/05/20

Today’s call features the only person I know from Minnesota. Steve McGuiggan is the founder of the Minnesota Mash. Before this call, I wasn’t even sure I knew they played baseball up there. After this call, I was so impressed with everything Steve & his staff are doing up there. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk…

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01:05:18

James Lowe - Coach Ballgame

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2019/05/13

Today’s call features my new favorite coach, James Lowe, also known as Coach Ballgame. This call is going to be a little different. Coach Ballgame does not coach travel ball. In fact, in some ways he’s the antithesis to the traditional travel ball coach. Coach Ballgame is one of the most positive & entertaining coaches I’ve seen in a long time. I think we all have a lot to learn from him. I’d encourage you to binge on his content which I’ll link to in the show notes. Reach out to him. Bring him to

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01:06:46

Jeff Schaefer - Carolina Baseball Center

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2019/05/06

Today’s episode takes us to Charlotte, North Carolina where we talk to Jeff Schaefer, founder of the Carolina Baseball Center. As you’ll soon find out, CBC barely scratches the surface to describe everything baseball related that Jeff is into. This conversation gets into 1 of the major topics on everybody’s mind… money & expenses in baseball. Instead of just acknowledging the problem or complaining about it, Jeff is doing something about it. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk.

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01:05:58

Nelson Gord - Illinois Indians

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2019/04/29

Today’s episode features my friend Nelson Gord, founder of the Illinois Indians and current Director of Baseball for NCSA. Nelson is as deep in the trenches of travel baseball as anyone in the industry. We discuss many topics in this conversation including an equation for recruiting he simply refers to as “ONE”.

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01:02:06

RJ Fergus - Hitters Baseball

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2019/04/19

We’re headed to the midwest to talk to a coach that gave up truck driving to pursue baseball full time. RJ Fergus is the owner & founder of Hitters Baseball near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What the Hitters & a few other orgs have done for exposure of players in Wisconsin is beyond impressive, and much of the credit goes to RJ. I hope you enjoy this episode of Travel Ball Talk.

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