Sandlot Revolution

OG Playboys and busy entrepreneurs Dave and Lalo talk about their businesses, the origin of the Playboys and sandlot baseball. Mr. Kirkpatrick is a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker and can assist you in commercial or residential real estate transactions. Mr Mead is a co-founder of Rambler sparkling water and currently serving as chief marketing officer.

Marshall Newhouse is a 10-year NFL veteran offensive tackle, Super Bowl Champion and entrepreneur. He spent the 2019 season with the New England Patriots and was originally selected by the Green Bay Packers in 2010 where he spent four seasons and was part of the Super Bowl XLV championship team. Marshall has also competed for the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills...

Amy Cook is a gentle force. Besides being the artist/author of the most popular Instagram moment in Austin she is a multi-talented musician, artist, and athlete who has produced 8 albums, been featured in half a dozen art shows, and was a stand-out division one basketball player. Amy has been the second baseman for the Texas Playboys since 2007 and is currently in graduate school for social work.&...

University of Texas Vice President and Athletics Director Chris Del Conte is a proven, well-regarded and nationally recognized athletics administrator who has a long history of leading highly-successful athletic departments. In his fourth year at UT and 16th year as an athletics director overall, Del Conte has strong ties to the Lone Star State, having spent a dozen years at TCU and Rice before ta...

Steve Hunt is a man of few well-chosen words. The Field Czar of Austin Sandlot, Steve has parlayed his longtime relationship with the city to allow Austin sandlotters access to fields throughout town. Hailing from Philadelphia he is a not-so-secret fan of the West Philly Waste and regularly sports their merch.

Lil ol' Schmidtty (me) was born the youngest of 7, ten minutes from  Busch Stadium on the eastern side of the Mississippi River; and was  subsequently mostly raised by single mother who doubled as a Union  public high school teacher.   I then left for the city of Chicago to earn a BS in Pure Mathematics  from the University of Illinois. Concurrently, I spent about 10...

Jackie Monical & Jennifer Sherburn of the Rosewood Ramblers in Austin TX. We talk about how the Ramblers started, what they’re up to now and the car that was accidentally stolen. 

Bandleader  Jesse Ebaugh cut his teeth in Northern Kentucky with the modern blues rock boogie of Pearlene (Dim Mak, Sympathy for the Record Industry) and the bluegrass band The Kenton County Regulators.  His friendship with Erika Wennerstrom led to a decade-long stint in Heartless Bastards (Fat  Possum, Partisan), but he has left that project to pursue his own endeavor in The Tender Things. Jesse...

Wesley Paparone, New York State LL Baseball Champion, was born and raised in Central New York. Best childhood memories include Little League 4th of July games to winning the NY State Championship at age 10. He attended the University of Maryland studying Elementary Education. Post graduation segued to a Guatemala adventure to instruct at an international school. What was supposed to be a 1 year st...

*CONTENT WARNING: Sensitive mental health topics including depression, anxiety, PTSD and childhood trauma. As we have mentioned across several previous episodes already, a primary goal of Sandlot Revolution and this podcast show is to explore and showcase the very diverse community we enjoy. And bring attention to the fantastic individuals, teams, stories, and off the field talents we see across S...

Raised near Philadelphia Keith Hyndshaw headed south to graduate from Florida State University where a 20-year teaching career began in Lake County, Florida. He taught language arts and social studies at the middle school level for 15 years before moving over to become a high school educator. Keith was named Lake County’s Social Studies Teacher of the Year in 2010 and Lake County’s High School Tea...

Tamara Deike has been a fixture in the global entertainment space for more than a decade. Cutting her teeth at San Francisco’s Om Records—she’s inked stories for Vice; DJ’ed the globe; founded a label services firm in Berlin, and managed Rose McGowan during the #MeToo movement. A dexterous creative + production force specializing in all things content, experiences, and multimedia strategies for cl...

Recently retired Nike President Elliott Hill and former journalist, filmmaker and attorney Jim Matthews have been friends all their lives. When Elliott moved back to Austin he teamed up with his old pal to find a way to dig into the Austin culture and they came upon the sandlot revolution. After a short 32 years with NIKE, Inc. Elliott most recently served as the President of Consumer & Market...

Bret Marshall Spears is a proud son of Kentucky who once turned down a kiss from the local Homecoming Queen. *Bret did not specify whether this was last year or 30 years ago. Wearing #6 for the Tulsa Rumblers, he can be found on the mound, at short or up the middle in center field. The Rumblers take inspiration from none other than S.E. Hinton, local Oklahoma author of The Outsiders and Rumble Fis...

Jack Sanders the "Modern Godfather" of sandlot is an artist, designer and builder who started the Texas Playboys in 2006 and The Long Time Texas in 2015. He and his field have been featured by MLB.COM, Sports Illustrated, and YETI among others. We talk about Sandlot, his Sandlot Manifesto, and how it all started. Check these out... YETI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNk61iDebno SI: https://www....

Sandlot Revolution is the official, non-governing body of Sandlot Baseball. A movement to re-vitalize sandlot baseball by creating community through baseball that is accessible, inclusive, and most importantly, fun for anyone and everyone. The immediate goal is to connect individuals and teams around the world to promote community. The big picture is to create a worldwide network of resources for...