Sports Spectrum's Get in the Game

Mike Matheny played 13 MLB seasons as a catcher with the Brewers, Blue Jays, Cardinals and Giants. He played in the 2004 World Series and won four Gold Gloves. After his playing career, Matheny went into coaching and was the St. Louis Cardinals manager from 2012-2018, where he led his club to the National League title in 2013. He also managed the Kansas City Royals from 2020-2022. In this conversa...

Troy Silva is a baseball coach, author and former pro baseball player. In 1997, the Cleveland Indians drafted Troy in the 18th round. He played professional baseball for six years before being forced to retire in 2002 after two arm surgeries. Troy is now a baseball coach and has conducted over 30,000 lessons the past 2 decades, helping thousands of kids achieve their goals of college and pro ball...

Andy Dooley balances a lot on his plate. In addition to serving as the in-game host for the Seattle Seahawks, he's also a father of four children, a fitness guru, a podcaster, a former youth pastor and an author. His newest book, Lead with Faith, Play with Purpose: A 100-Day Devotional for Athletes , will be released July 30. Dooley is also popular on TikTok , where he has 1.9 million follower...

Roy Helu Jr. played five years in the National Football League as a running back, spending four years with the Washington Redskins and one with the Oakland Raiders. Prior to being drafted in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft, Helu Jr. , was a standout at the University of Nebraska, where he set the single-game rushing record with 307 yards and three touchdowns against the University of Missou...

Leah Amico won three-time Olympic gold medals with the Team USA softball team as well as three national championships at the University of Arizona. She was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame in 2009. In her post-softball life, she's worked as a college softball analyst for ESPN and Westwood One, embarked on a professional and inspirational speaking career, begun hosting the Gold...

This week's installment of "Get in the Game" features both the youngest guests and the most amount of guests on an episode of the show. While chaperoning his daughter's eighth grade class trip to Washington, D.C., Scott Linebrink spoke with a group of eighth grade boys from Zion Lutheran School in Texas about what they learned about service while touring the nation's capital....

Billie Jauss is an author, speaker and podcaster who has penned several faith-focused books. The wife of longtime professional baseball coach Dave Jauss, she uses the illustration of the game of baseball to explore life and friendships in her latest book " Baseball Family: The 9 Core Qualities for Developing Healthy Relationships ." As life in professional baseball can be unpredictable,...

Jeff Francoeur played 12 seasons in the major leagues, spending six of those years with the Atlanta Braves, where he won a Gold Glove Award in 2007. Now in retirement, he works as a Braves analyst for Bally Sports and also co-hosts a podcast called Pure Athlete that covers a variety of topics including the intersection of faith and sports. He joins Scott Linebrink on "Get in the Game" th...

Shawn Boskie played nine seasons in the major leagues, spending the majority of those with the Chicago Cubs, who drafted him in the first round of the 1986 MLB Draft. Though he enjoyed a lengthy career, baseball is just one part of his life story. He's spent his time after baseball working with the non-profit legal advocacy organization Alliance Defending Freedom before joining Pure Flix Enter...

After winning the national championship in 2021, Baylor men's basketball will look to add another banner to the rafters this year. One the key players who could help the Bears do that is forward Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua. A soccer player by nature growing up in the African nation of Cameroon, he didn't start playing basketball until the age of 16, doing so with a soccer ball and a makesh...

Chris Burke played six seasons in the major leagues, the majority of which were spent with the Houston Astros. In his second season, he delivered arguably one of the most memorable moments in Astros history — a walk-off home run in the 18th inning of Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves and sending the Astros to the National League Championship Series. T...

Leslee Holliday is the wife of former major league All-Star Matt Holliday and is on staff with Professional Athletes Outreach and The Increase Women. She and Matt also cohosted the " Table Forty Podcast ," which was part of the Sports Spectrum Podcast Network. She joins "Get in the Game" with Scott Linebrink this week to talk about marriage, parenthood, serving and raising chil...

Trevor Rosenthal has played eight seasons in the major leagues, making a name as one of the better relief pitchers thanks to his fastball, which at times has reached 100 miles per hour. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2009 and made his MLB debut in 2012. He quickly cemented himself as the team's closer, racking up 45 saves in 2014 then a franchise-record 48 saves in 2015. Injuries...

Donna Stuart is a musician and creator based in the nation's capital, where she and her husband Ben planted Passion City Church Washington, D.C. Born and raised in Texas, Donna and Ben served as college ministers from 2005-2016. Donna also writes and performs worship music. While Donna may be best known as a creator for her music, she also wrote and illustrated a book called "Growing,&quo...

Josh Lindblom played seven seasons in the major leagues, but he credits a lot of his development as a player and a man to his time pitching in the Korean Baseball Organization. After being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the 2008 MLB Draft, he made stops with several major league teams. But he found immense success during his five seasons in the KBO. In 2019, he won the l...

In March 2021, Scott Linebrink launched "Get in the Game" with a focus on serving and helping listeners develop a heart for serving — a trait that is essential to living a life fully devoted to God. Since that launch, countless guests across professional sports, music, military branches and other sectors have shared stories of what serving others means to them the impact it can have. Thi...

Steven Souza Jr. played eight seasons in the major leagues between the Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners. He joins "Get in the Game" this week to reflect on the ups and downs of his career and how he accepted Christ after some struggles on and off the field early in his career. He shares about how he broke some rules at times, a...

Sarah March serves as the team chaplain for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League, the top professional women's soccer league in the U.S. In this episode of "Get in the Game," she shares about her walk with Jesus, how it grew during her time playing soccer at Wheaton College, and what led to her entering the chaplaincy program with the Red Stars. "Get i...

Over an 18-year career with the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers, Trevor Hoffman cemented his place as one of the best pitchers ever to close out games. His 601 saves are second all-time and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. He was selected to seven All-Star Games, won the National League Relief Man Award twice and was the NL leader in saves in 1998 and...

For 11 seasons spanning from 2012-2017, the Korie Robertson and her family welcomed the world into their home and their lives through the hit television show, "Duck Dynasty." It allowed people to see their unique way of living, how important family truly is to them and the role their faith in God plays in their lives. Since the show went off the air, the Robertson family has continued to...

This week on "Get in the Game," you'll get to head straight into the mission field. Scott Linebrink recently went to Chiapas, Mexico for a vision trip with Water Mission . He was accompanied by former major league baseball players Jaime Garcia, Joakim Soria, Mark Melancon and Bruce Chen, as well as Morgan Chalk of Ronald Blue Trust and his friend, Ryan Sweezy. In this roundtable disc...

Last time on "Get in the Game," Houston Astros infielder Mauricio Dubón shared about how Water Mission and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright together made a life-changing difference in his community when they established a clean water project near his town in Honduras. Earlier this season, Dubón shared that story with Wainwright following a Cardinals vs. Astros games, and Wainw...

Almost a decade ago, Scott Linebrink took a trip to Honduras with Water Mission. Joined by St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and Don Christensen of Ronald Blue Trust, the group was there to establish clean water resources for a country where they are scarce. Little did he knew that living in a nearby community was future major league player Mauricio Dubón, now with the Houston Astros. A...

One of the most successful hitters of his era, Mark Teixeira played 14 years in the major leagues where he racked up numerous awards and honors and won a World Series in 2009 with the New York Yankees. After starring at Georgia Tech University, Teixeira was drafted No. 5 overall in 2021 by the Texas Rangers, where he played from 2003-2007. After brief stints with the Atlanta Braves and the Los Ang...

Tyler Clutts played five seasons in the National Football League, spending three of those with the Dallas Cowboys. He also played for the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans and the Miami Dolphins, as well as spending some time in the Canadian Football League. After starring on the defensive side of the ball in college at Fresno State, he made his mark in the NFL as a fullback. Now retired, he's pas...