The Rhoades Pod: What's the Skinny

D9 native and longtime baseball scout Jim Pransky

Eldred native and 1973 Otto-Eldred graduate Jim Pransky was a baseball scout for 25 years with six different MLB teams along with being a college coach at St. Bonaventure, George Washington and Quincy Ill. He wrote a book recently on his experiences titled "Baseball's Test of Spirit: A Man's Unlikely Odyssey into the Scouting World." Table of Contents: Introduction and Origins: 0:00 to 10:50, includes piece on Pirates third baseman Don Hoak Book project, note-taking from the road: 10:50 to 16:48 Scouting DuBois 1st-rounder Jim Pittsley: 16:49 to 28:00 Scouting Port Allegany's Josh Kinney: 28:00 to 37:55 Albert Pujols: 37:55 to 48:30 Moneyball with the Oakland A's, he was there: 48:30 to 58:12 Wrapping it up: Still baseballing: 58:12 to close

Spring sports update: Ty Carrier, Evie Bliss, PIAA track and Field, baseball and softball

Rich updates some storylines from the spring sport season. From the college ranks, it's Westminster's Ty Carrier in baseball and Bucknell's Evie Bliss qualifying for the NCAA Division I Championships in the javelin for the third time. He also recaps the PIAA Track and Field Championships and updates the high school softball and baseball first-round matchups for the PIAA playoffs. An update on the Brookville Area High School Sports Hall of Fame as well.

Westminster College baseball's Ty Carrier and Breckin Minich

The Westminster Titans earned the top seed in the PAC baseball playoffs this week. Redbank Valley graduates Ty Carrier and Breckin Minich check in and discuss their roles on the Titans this spring.

Garrett Brown, Penn State DuBois baseball coach

Penn State DuBois Garrett Brown stops in and discusses his team's season and preparation for the upcoming PSUAC playoffs. It's also the final baseball season for the school, which will shut down soon. Coach Brown has been a player, assistant coach or head coach for the Lions since the program was re-started 11 seasons ago.

Evie Bliss and Hayden Freeman

Track and Field theme as Bucknell's Evie Bliss and Brookville's Hayden Freeman stop by to talk about big performances. Bliss threw a personal-best and No. 1 NCAA javelin at Bucknell's Bison Outdoor Classic while Freeman ran a PIAA Class 2A outdoor best 100 and 200 dash at the DeMans Team Sports Invitational.