Diamonds and Roses Podcast

In this episode we begin a two week journey with Linfield College Assistant Baseball Coach Brian Valentine.  We discuss Brian's early years in high school baseball, winning a State of Washington Championship and his journey to becoming a student/coach at Linfield College.  We hope you enjoy. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Hebrard joins us again this week to talk more about his company, the Portland Old Timers Baseball Association Annual Golf Tournament and some Little League Softball World Series. We hope you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben sits down for a great conversation with one of the owners of the West Coast Leagues, Victoria HarbourCats Jim Swanson. We talk about baseball in Canada, Vlad G, MLB to Montreal, and of course the Cats. Please enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we sit down with our sponsor, Mike Hebrard, owner of Athletic Field Design to talk about his history with baseball and what his business is all about. We hope you enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Barrett of the Portland Diamond Project joins us once again this week to finish talking Blazers and getting into the ins and outs of the Portland Diamond Project. We hope you enjoy. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we sit down with Portland Diamond Projects own Mike Barrett. We talk with Mike about his early years playing baseball, learning from his Dad who coached basketball and life lessons all the way up to his days with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers.  Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Gundell is back with us for another sit down discussion. This episode we are talking about the Hillsboro Hopa Copa design. We hope you enjoy the episode. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and David bring you uncut. David sits down for a 0ne-on-one interview with Ben. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we sit down for part 1 of our two part interview with Hillsboro Hops Cops hat and uniform creator Brian Gundell.  Brian runs is through his baseball history, college years and his early years as a sports graphic designer. We hope you enjoy this episode. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a deep dive into the West Coast Leagues Corvallis Knights with Dan Segel.  Dan talks about everything that has gone in to this team and what they are doing. We hope you enjoy this episode. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we sit down for part 1 of our two part interview with Corvallis Knight's own Den Segel. Dan talks to us about his early years as a student athlete.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back again is Rob Neyer for Part 2 of our interview with him.  In this episode we finish talking about Rob's early career, his time with ESPN and the on to what he is currently up to as Commissioner with the West Coast Baseball League.  Please enjoy the episode. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined this week in the studio for an interview with the West Coast Baseball Leagues Commissioner Rob Neyer.  Rob talks with us about his early years and some history of baseball.  Please enjoy this episode and learn more about Rob just like we did. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of our interview with Baseballism's Kalin Boodman. In this episode we take a deep dive into Baseballism, its founding, where they have been, where they are at, and where they might be going. We hope you enjoy this episode. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David and I sit down for a discussion with the Oregonian's Elliot Njus to talk about the Portland Diamond Project and the real estate effort surrounding the Port of Portland's Terminal Two location.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined this week for Part 1 of our series on Baseballism by Kalin Boodman.  Kalin takes us through his background in baseball and in life.  We are very excited to share this episode with you.  Please enjoy. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back Nova Newcomer with Friends of Baseball.  In this episode Nova guides us through Friends of Baseball and discusses with us what they do to help the community.  Further, Nova provide us with some insight into what we can expect or potentially expect to see them do in the future. We hope you enjoy this episode because we had a lot of fun recording it with her.  Oh and we have a very spec...

In this episode we welcome Friends of Baseball Executive Director Nova Newcomer. We talk to Nova about her earliest experiences with baseball, where she has been and then on to her work life experiences. David and I were honored to have Nova on and talk to us. We hope you enjoy this episode because we had fun recording it. Cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back once again this week with new General Manager of the newest team in the West Coast Baseball League, Ridgefield Raptors Gus Farah.  In this episode Gus guides us through the naming selection process, the construction of their new home field, where the Raptors are headed this year and much more. We hope you enjoy the episode because we had fun recording it with Gus. Cheers! Learn more ab...

We are back with another interview and this time we have the General Manager of the newly formed Ridgefield Raptors of the West Coast Baseball League, Gus Farah.  Gus spends so time with us talking about his past and where he has been along with his time leading up to coming on board with the Raptors.  We appreciate Gus taking the time to share so REAL personal stuff with us. So, enjoy the show. C...

Welcome back for the second of our two part interview with Eric and Easton from Portland Eastside Baseball.  In this episode we take a deep dive into Eastside Baseball and talk with the guys about what it takes to establish something like this.  Further, we talk with them more about scheduling, traveling and the teams.  We hope you enjoy the episode as we enjoyed recording it.  Cheers! Learn more...

In this episode we are joined by the Eric and Easton of Portland Eastside Baseball.  They talk to us about their background in baseball and what it was like growing up in the game. Further, they share with us their experience playing at the collegiate level.  Further, we are joined by one or listeners of the podcast, Andrew, who co-host the episode with us.  We hope you enjoy this episode because...

In this episode we talk with Larry regarding his time with the Portland Mavericks and his transition from starting pitcher to pinch hitter. Larry goes on to talk to us a little about each of his books that he has written and to finish off we talk with Larry about the effort to bring Major League Baseball to Portland, Oregon.  Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back with the second of our three part interview with Larry Colton.  In this episode Larry reflects on his time in the minor leagues with the Phillies and his one and only relief opportunity with the Phillies versus the Reds.  Larry also discusses his experience facing Roberto Clemente during his winter ball experience in Puerto Rico.  We hope you enjoy this episode.  Cheers! Learn more abo...

In this episode we sit down for a new three part interview with former player and author Mr. Larry Colton.  Larry is a former Cal Berkley player, Philadelphia Philly and Portland Maverick. In this episode we talk with Larry about his early days playing baseball all the way through his career  in college. We ho[pe you enjoy this new series of episodes as we enjoyed recording them with Larry.  Cheer...