Former MLB Player and Coach, Dave Magadan and Eric Hodson from Boars Night Out, Award-Winning BBQ Team and Rubs Maker

Dave Magadan is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. His playing career ended upon his retirement after 16 years and time spent with the New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Oakland A's, and San Diego Padres. After his retirement, Dave stayed active in baseball as a hiting instructor and it was in this capacity with the Boston Red Sox in 2007 in which he helped the team win the World Series. Dave's cousin and godfather is former MLB player and manager, Lou Piniella. An outstanding college baseball career was recognized in 2010 as Magadan was selected for induction into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Eric Hodson was hanging out with some friends around the fire pit cooking meat in 2006. By 2010 Eric and and Allen Smith were known as the Boars Night Out competition BBQ team. Since then, Boars Night Out has won multiple Grand Championships, numerous first-place calls, and developed a line of White Lightening barbecue rubs. Their story as told by a humble Hodson is filled with a fascinating journey bringing them to the curent level of sucess they have achieved. For more information on Eric Hodson and Boars Night Out go to https://www.boarsnightout.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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Author, Andy McCullough Discusses His Book on Clayton Kershaw and Ryan Higgins Carries On His Family's Business, J & R Manufacturing’s Legacy
Andy McCullough is a senior writer at The Athletic. He has previously covered Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times, the Kansas City Star, and The Star-Ledger. His work has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors on seven occasions for beat writing, explanatory reporting, and feature writing. He joins us to discuss his new book, The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness. The book is per various websites, "The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, examining the genesis of his brilliance, his epic quest to win the World Series, and his singular place within the evolving baseball landscape—based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw and more than 200 others.​"

Ryan Higgins is the president of J & R Manufacturing and is the third generation to run his family business which for the last 50 years has been an industry leader in manufacturing commercial smokers. J & R Manufacturing was launched in 1974 with their famed wood-fired Oyler Pit rotisserie smoker. Built with heavy duty stainless steel, top tier components, and hand-crafted workmanship in Mesquite, Texas. J&R also designs and manufactures world-renowned commercial grills and rotisseries, including custom-combo models used by James Beard Award-winning chefs all around the world. Go to https://jrmanufacturing.com/ for more information.

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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Baseball and Barbecue Talk Abounds With Bill Donohue of WGBB Sports Talk New York and Greg Taylor from Grilledjawn.com and thephandemickrew.com

Bill Donohue is an on-air host, producer, and writer for the WGBB Sports Talk New York show. The show is heard live on Sunday nights and is then released as a podcast by the same name. Bill is modest as we discuss his interview style and how witnessing certain sporting events makes him a rare find among today's sports journalists. How Bill gets his amazing guests, how he prepares for an interview and much more are discussed.

Greg Taylor is the creator of the website, grilledjawn.com. It is a website created to give back to the barbecue community by offering knowledge, including recipes and articles with fun and important information. Greg is also an avid Philadelphia Phillies fan and has created the website, thephandemickrew.com and so we talk BBQ and baseball. The websites are https://grilledjawn.com/ and https://thephandemickrew.com/

We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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