The Rhoades Pod: What's the Skinny

Rich chats with four guys who completed a 16-year Major League Baseball ballpark tour this spring. Brookville's John Hammer, Milo Milford, Jeff Miller and Vince Benigni trekked to all 32 MLB ballparks and have a story to tell, or stories. Their favorite parks, cities, less than favorite stops and some advice on how to make these trips count.

Eldred native and 1973 Otto-Eldred graduate Jim Pransky was a baseball scout for 25 years with six different MLB teams along with being a college coach at St. Bonaventure, George Washington and Quincy Ill. He wrote a book recently on his experiences titled "Baseball's Test of Spirit: A Man's Unlikely Odyssey into the Scouting World." Table of Contents: Introduction and Origins: 0:00 to 10:50, incl...

Rich updates some storylines from the spring sport season. From the college ranks, it's Westminster's Ty Carrier in baseball and Bucknell's Evie Bliss qualifying for the NCAA Division I Championships in the javelin for the third time. He also recaps the PIAA Track and Field Championships and updates the high school softball and baseball first-round matchups for the PIAA playoffs. An update on the...

The Westminster Titans earned the top seed in the PAC baseball playoffs this week. Redbank Valley graduates Ty Carrier and Breckin Minich check in and discuss their roles on the Titans this spring.

Penn State DuBois Garrett Brown stops in and discusses his team's season and preparation for the upcoming PSUAC playoffs. It's also the final baseball season for the school, which will shut down soon. Coach Brown has been a player, assistant coach or head coach for the Lions since the program was re-started 11 seasons ago.

Track and Field theme as Bucknell's Evie Bliss and Brookville's Hayden Freeman stop by to talk about big performances. Bliss threw a personal-best and No. 1 NCAA javelin at Bucknell's Bison Outdoor Classic while Freeman ran a PIAA Class 2A outdoor best 100 and 200 dash at the DeMans Team Sports Invitational.

Former Major Leaguer Joe Beimel drops by and talks about the 25th anniversary of his MLB debut with the Pirates in 2001. Rich and Joe also discuss his place on the D9 MLB Dream Team, the new MLB ABS system, the Pirates signing Konnor Griffin to an extended deal and Joe's baseball card collection.

Sheana Mosch, District 9's all-time leading girls' basketball scorer with over 3,000 points, stops in to talk about her days at DuBois Central Catholic, growing up playing Little League in Clearfield, college basketball and two Final Four trips at Duke, 11 years playing overseas and her current AAU basketball program.

It's a D9 Baseball Dream team podcast goes over D9 natives who played Major League Baseball. Rich puts together an all-time roster.

Chris Rossetti of D9and10Sports/YDL Sports Network joins the show to discuss the opening round of the PIAA basketball playoffs this weekend. How many D9 teams get past the first round? Chris also touches on the D10 teams to watch and both remember yesterday, 2005 to be specific and what was going on that year around D9. Chris also offers his top cities to travel to along with some food highlights.

It's a wrapup of the District 9 wrestling tournament with interviews with three new Brookville Hall of Famers along with 114-pound champion Cody Householder. The show ends with some talk about Bill Mazeroski and his recent passing. Intro 0:00 D9 Hall of Famers Gavin Park, Eli Morres and Taylor Ortz 2:01 114-pound champion Cody Householder 8:25 More wrestling talk 11:07 Bill Mazeroski and the 1960...

Ethan Wiant and coach Keith Ferraro discuss last week's Golden Eagles dual meet win over Buffalo along with the season in general. A graduate senior, Wiant explains what his plans and goals are for the rest of the season and beyond graduating this spring.

Pat Lewis is the longtime coach of the Penn State DuBois women's basketball coach, in his 19th season. He also coached the Cameron County girls' basketball team for 24 seasons. Coach Lewis talks about recruiting in District 9 and how basketball has evolved since the early days. He explains what the coming shot clock means for the high school game.

Grove City College sophomore and D9 native Mason Clouse (Redbank Valley) reviews his football season with the Wolverines, who reached the NCAA Division III playoffs. Clouse was a Presidents Athletic Conference 2nd Team defensive back. Intro of show also wrapped up the D9 football season with Port Allegany's Aiden Bliss' record-breaking rushing career coming to an end after the Gators lost to Green...

Lehigh's nationally-ranked heavyweight wrestler Nathan Taylor talks about the upcoming season, his return from a knee injury and his early years learning the sport and playing others in Brookville, Pa.

District 9 native Joe Beimel of Kersey is a former Major League pitcher in a career that spanned 20 seasons in the Majors and Minors. He spoke about a multitude of different things from his career: -- Beginnings, 1990s local scene -- Unretiring/Getting into Business (7:37) -- Signing with Padres in 2021 (13:35) -- Beimel gets into training athletes (19:50) -- Advice to parents (34:15) -- On Social...

Brookville's Mick Stormer talks about his trip to the UWW Veterans Freestyle World Championships in Hungary. Stormer, 43, is an assistant coach for the Brookville Raiders high school wrestling program.

USA Track and Field women's javelin champion Evie Bliss (D9 native, Rimersburg) is back at Bucknell after her whirlwind summer season that saw her finish 19th at the World Championships in Tokyo. She and throws coach Ryan Protzman are both D9 natives as Protzman is a Moniteau graduate. They both recap and review what happened this summer and what's next as Bliss begins her junior year this fall.

DuBois native Greg Mamula is the head coach of the Blue Hens baseball team. He recalls his days in Little League and playing for his father Larry with the Beavers in high school. Mamula played at St. Bonaventure University before embarking on a college coaching career that also made stops at Shippensburg, West Chester, Cincinnati and Florida International.

Rich Rhoades catches up with what happened at the Walker Cup and U.S. Captain's Nathan Smith's squad while promoting the Episode 6 podcast interview with University of Delaware baseball coach Larry Mamula. Then it's a look at Friday night football in District 9.

A look back and Week 2 of District 9 football and a glance ahead for Week 3 with other news and notes.

Interview with Bucknee junior and Rimersburg's Evie Bliss after her USATF javelin championship on Aug. 6. She landed a berth at the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 18.

PIAA District 9 football, this week's schedule and Bucknell's (D9 native) Evie Bliss waiting for Worlds nod in javelin.

Program Content: 1:45 PIAA championship, 1994 4:40 Walker Cup captaincy 8:00 Walker Cup format/history 10:55: Walker Cup experiences 13:40 Growing up at Pinecrest 17:01 Father/Caddie Larry Smith 19:30 The Masters 23:20 Arnold Palmer's final round at Augusta National 32:50 Nathan Smith vs. Nate Smith 34:55 Winning point on Long Island 37:00 Worst shot? 39:30 Amateur vs. Pro 43:20 Golf movies 45:50...