Legends of Packard Podcast

National Champion. First Golden Spikes Award Winner. ASU's All-Time Home Run King. #1 Overall Pick in the Draft. Rookie of the Year. Bob Horner did it all and he joins Randy and Jake to talk about his Sun Devil career. Bob talks about why his Home Run record shouldn't still be standing and offers advice to Spencer Torkelson as he preps for the upcoming MLB Draft.

The 1999 Pac-10 Player of the Year and 14-year Major League Baseball veteran Willie Bloomquist joins the show to talk about his three years in Tempe. Willie tells Jake and Randy why Pat Murphy still means so much to him to this day, why the 1998 National Championship Game still makes him feel like he has unfinished business with Sun Devil baseball and whether or not coaching could be in his future...

Jake and Randy welcome former Sun Devil baseball Head Coach Tim Esmay to the show for a two-part episode. In Part Two, they talk about Cory Hahn's lasting impact on the program, the family atmosphere that existed at Packard Stadium and what Alumni Weekend meant to the former players. Randy also vents about the 2011 Austin Super Regional aka The Austin Screwjob while Ez tells us why he was able to...

Jake and Randy welcome former Sun Devil baseball Head Coach Tim Esmay to the show for a two-part episode. In Part One, Ez talks about how he ended up at Arizona State as a player and how he made the transition to assistant coach after his playing days. They discuss what Hall of Fame coach Jim Brock meant to Tim and the Sun Devil program and Ez talks about how he found out his dream of becoming the...

One of the greatest players in the history of Sun Devil Baseball, Brett Wallace, stops by to share some stories and talk about his passion for ASU Baseball. The only player to win back-to-back Triple Crowns in Pac-10 history, Wallace talks about how Pat Murphy shaped him as a player and why beating Arizona was his favorite thing.

Jake and Randy welcome their first guest to the podcast, two-time Sun Devil team captain and the only man to win four Pac-10 Championships in Arizona State Baseball history, Raoul Torrez. Raoul shares some of his favorite memories from his four years with the program, a few Murph stories and tells us exactly what happened in his famous meeting with Lisa Love and Michael Crow.

The circumstances surrounding Pat Murphy's departure from the Sun Devil baseball program and the hiring of Tim Esmay to replace him has never fully been told. Until now. In this two-part special, Randy and Jake discuss how they found out, what and when the players on the team knew, and how exactly Ez ended up back with ASU. In Part Two, we pick up just before the team found out who their coach wou...

The circumstances surrounding Pat Murphy's departure from the Sun Devil baseball program and the hiring of Tim Esmay to replace him has never fully been told. Until now. In this two-part special, Randy and Jake discuss how they found out, what and when the players on the team knew, and how exactly Ez ended up back with ASU. In Part One, we discuss why the news of Murph leaving was such a shock and...

The guys discuss their favorite Pac-10 cities and remember the trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas. They also lose any chance of winning the Pullman, Washington Chamber of Commerce Award. And why did Murph not have any pants at Auburn?

Ask any college baseball fan what their favorite city is and the answer will be the same: Omaha. The guys tell stories about their trips to the College World Series and discuss why Rosenblatt Stadium was such a magical place to see a game. Plus, a story about hotel hallway pizza and how Axel Foley inspired Pat Murphy.

How did ASU baseball build team camaraderie? Bus PA systems, tuxedos and Sun Devils of the past all played a big role. Find out which Sun Devil legend had a pet kangaroo, how a pulled pork sandwich helped earn a win at the College World Series and when is a hole-in-one not a hole-in-one?

What do Alan Alda, Muhammad Ali, Man vs. Food and a Japanese game show all have in common? Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. One of the toughest places to play for visiting teams, Arizona State dominated the competition on the field, but it was the off-the-field stories that made the venerable old stadium so special.

Stories from the legendary Packard Stadium, longtime home of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team. Hosted by former Sun Devil pitcher Jake Borup and former ASU Sports Info Director and Public Address Announcer Randy Policar, the Legends of Packard bring you tales from inside the clubhouse of one of the best college baseball programs in the nation.