Greg Finch and Tom D’Agostonio are Orioles fans living in Rochester, NY who have been friends for over 45 years. This year, to celebrate their 60th birthdays, the duo saw 60 games together over the course of the 2023 season.
On each episode of The Baseball Bucket List Podcast we chat with a different fan about their favorite baseball memories, bucket list items, and what the game means to them.
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Most Recent Episodes
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Episode 121 — Tim Lillis: Business Sports Management, Working in All Levels of the Game, & an Epic Baseball Honeymoon
Tim Lillis is a Rays fan currently living in the Philadelphia area. He’s lived in many places across the country thanks to a former career in business sports management, working in just about every level of baseball imaginable.
Episode 120 — James Christopher: Baseball from Coast to Coast, Sharing the Game with the Next Generation, & Announcing Ballpark Nation
James Christopher is a life-long Astros fan from South Austin, Texas. He’s also a filmmaker and the creator behind Let’s Get Two, which was a video series focused on highlighting the best parts of minor league baseball from coast to coast.
Episode 119 — Jake Plocher: Flying Tigers, Reading with the Rays, & a Debut No-No
Jake Plocher currently lives in Philadephia, PA but is a life-long fan of the Detroit Tigers thanks to his dad. He’s lived in several different places across the country including the Tampa Bay area where he enjoyed the Reading with the Rays program as a kid. Jake is also a huge roller coaster enthusaist and shares a pretty cool way he combines his loves of baseball and coaster counting.
Episode 118 — Flobo Boyce: Getting to Know a City Through Baseball, Contributing to Black Baseball Mixtape, & Starring in a Commercial for MLB
Flobo Boyce is a life-long Mets fan currently living in Los Angeles whose love of baseball started with watching Mets games on TV from his childhood home in Brooklyn. Flobo is a comedian, DJ, and host of Knew Amsterdam Radio. He’s also a contributor to Black Baseball Mixtape, and has starred in a commercial for MLB Play.
Episode 117 — Paul Willems: Collecting Cards as a Kid, Wisconsin’s Big League Pedirgree, & Growing the Game Through Social Media
Paul Willems is a life-long Brewers fan from the Milwaukee area. His love of baseball comes from a combination of family memories and his childhood hobby of collecting baseball cards. We discuss how the game has changed since we were kids, how baseball mimics life, and how many teams are embracing social media to connect with the next generation of baseball fans.
Older Episodes
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Episode 080 — Patrick Larson: A Fandom Deciding Email, Singing the National Anthem & The Magic of Slowing Down at a Ballgame
All Episodes / Episode 080 — Patrick Larson: A Fandom Deciding Email, Singing the National Anthem & The Magic of Slowing Down at a Ballgame Patrick Larson is a Toronto Blue Jays Fan living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He’s a member of Curved Brim Media and...
Episode 079 — Lynn Smith: Indy Ball, the MiLB Field of Dreams & Watching a Wild Comeback
All Episodes / Lynn Smith: Indy Ball, the MiLB Field of Dreams & Watching a Wild Comeback Lynn Smith is an avid independent and minor league baseball fan from Iowa. We discuss what makes those lower levels of play great, and what it was like to attend the MiLB...
Episode 078 — Kevin Negaard: Catch in 5 Countries, Throwing with Greats, and Why Every Kid Deserves a Chance to Play Baseball
All Episodes / Episode 078 — Kevin Negaard: Catch in 5 Countries, Throwing with Greats, and Why Every Kid Deserves a Chance to Play Baseball Kevin Negaard is a Cardinals fan from Sioux City, Iowa. He is currently nearing the end of a quest to play 365 days of catch in...
Episode 077 — Jeremy Cahnmann: McGwire’s 70th, Baseball Trivia & The Soul of America
All Episodes / Episode 077 — Jeremy Cahnmann: McGwire’s 70th, Baseball Trivia & The Soul of America Jeremy Cahnmann is a life-long Cardinals fan currently living in Decatur, Georgia. His love of the game was instilled in him by his grandfather at a young...
Episode 076 — Tom Guiry: Pickup Baseball, Old Yankee Stadium & Being Scotty Smalls
All Episodes / Episode 076 — Tom Guiry: Pickup Baseball, Old Yankee Stadium & Being Scotty Smalls Tom Guiry is a Yankees fan currently living in Myrtle Beach, SC. Tom is well known for playing Scotty Smalls in the hit movie The Sandlot, which is nearing its 30...
Episode 075 — Dave Wills: Playing College Ball, Reporting for Sports Phone & Becoming the Voice of the Tampa Bay Rays
All Episodes / Episode 075 — Dave Wills: Playing College Ball, Reporting for Sports Phone & Becoming the Voice of the Tampa Bay Rays Dave Wills has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays since 2005. We discuss how growing up in the Chicago...
Episode 074 — Derek Jones: All the Parks in 30 Days, An Upper Deck Souvenir & Traveling the US by Car
All Episodes / Episode 074 — Derek Jones: All the Parks in 30 Days, An Upper Deck Souvenir & Traveling the US by Car Derek Jones is a Braves fan currently living in the Cincinnati area. In 2021, he and his friend Kevin set out to fulfill a life-long dream of...
Episode 073 — Joseph R. Guzman: Baseball After Brain Surgery, the Draft Process , & the Life of an Agent/Adviser
All Episodes / Episode 073 — Joseph R. Guzman: Baseball After Brain Surgery, the Draft Process , & the Life of an Agent/Adviser Joseph R. Guzman is an adviser/agent with the LA based Empowerment Sports Group. We discuss how Joseph’s own baseball journey was...
Episode 072 — Charles Westcott: Baseball in Montréal, Balconville, & The Ebb and Flow of the Game
All Episodes / Episode 072 — Charles Westcott: Baseball in Montréal, Balconville, & The Ebb and Flow of the Game Charles Westcott currently lives in South Florida, but grew up in the suburbs of Montréal, Canada as a fan of the Expos. After the franchise moved to...
Episode 071 — Anthony Caldwell: Best Baseball Views, Falling Back in Love with the Game, & The Perfect Baseball Day
All Episodes / Episode 071 — Anthony Caldwell: Best Baseball Views, Falling Back in Love with the Game, & The Perfect Baseball Day Anthony Caldwell is an Astros fan currently living in San Antonio, Texas. We chat about how his love of the game started at a young...