Sports Spectrum's Get in the Game

Joakim Soria recently retired after a 15-year career in the major leagues, most of which was spent as a closer. He accumulated nearly 800 appearances with nine different teams and racked up 229 career saves. He was named an All-Star in 2008 and 2010. But as Soria tells Scott Linebrink on this week's "Get in the Game," his identity is much more than just baseball. Throughout his career he poured hi...

Sean Casey played 12 season in the major leagues and was a three-time All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds. In his post-baseball career, he has worked as an analyst for MLB Network and he also hosts his own podcast, " The Mayor's Office ." Aside from being one of the best first basemen during his era, he was also known by many around the league as "the nicest guy in the major leagues." This week he j...

Ben Broussard played seven seasons in the majors leagues with the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers. He is also a musician who has released two full-length albums. He also teamed up with a number of major league players, including "Get in the Game" host Scott Linebrink, on an album called " Oh Say Can You Sing? " He joins the podcast to talk with Scott about his faith, mission...

This week on "Get in the Game," former Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton joins Scott Linebrink to share his testimony, which includes three bouts with cancer. He also shares about being adopted and how that has shaped who he's become. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo and four other world championship titles in men's figure skating. He was presented with the 1...

Adam Wainwright has been one of the most consistent pitchers in the major leagues over the past 15 seasons, but he's known just as much for his efforts off the field. An outspoken Christian and humanitarian , Wainwright embodies what it means to be a servant leader both in the clubhouse and the community. His non-profit organization Big League Impact , and its various initiatives, has raised milli...

David Backes recently retired after a stellar 15-year career in the National Hockey League where he became one of the fiercest competitors and most dependable teammates in the league. He spent 10 of those seasons, with the St. Louis Blues, where he was named to three All-Star teams and served as captain. Backes spent the final years of his NHL career with the Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks before...

Nick Hundley played 12 seasons in the major leagues for five different teams. He played his rookie season with Scott Linebrink while with the San Diego Padres, and since then the two have maintained a friendship. In this conversation, Hundley shares about his career as a catcher and the lessons he learned through baseball about his faith in God and service to others. Get in the Game is part of the...

Mike Wilson is the co-founder and executive director of myLIFEspeaks, a non-profit organization aimed at providing opportunities for the people of Haiti to experience all that life has to offer, regardless of ability, disability, wealth, or status. They work to provide desperately needed programs and services, including education and nutrition programs for new mothers, physical and occupational th...

Israel Del Toro is a true example of what perseverance looks like lived out. While serving in Afghanistan, he was injured by an improvised explosive device and suffered third degree burns on 80 percent of his body. Realistically, he should have died. But he survived, and eventually re-enlisted in the Air Force despite being considered 100 percent disabled. He had previously served as a Master Serg...

Chris Coghlan played nine season in the major leagues with the Florida/Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and Toronto Blue Jays before retiring following the 2017 season. He was named the 2009 Rookie of the Year after hitting .321 with nine home runs and 47 runs batted in with the Marlins. He won a World Series with the Cubs in 2016. He joins the Get in the Game Podcast to talk with S...

Rudy Gonzalez is a former United States Marine who spent the majority of his tenure with the special forces as a Marine Recon. He now works for SERT Ministries — which stands for Search, Evangelize, Rescue, and Train — where his work centers on rescuing trafficking victims. Has also done private security for Samaritan’s Purse, has worked as a pastor, and taken numerous humanitarian trips overseas,...

In recognition of July 4, Scott Linebrink brings us a bonus conversation with his friend Jay Doerfler, a United States Air Force pilot, about service, putting others first, and what it means to truly put one's life down for someone else. Doerfler fought in combat in Afghanistan and shares stories from his experiences about what true service looks like and how he's lived his life both in his work a...

Mitch Harris defined service rather simply: "Others before self." Whether it was in the dugout during his time in the major leagues or on the boat with his shipmates during his time in the Navy, Harris has lived a life of service where he prioritized putting others ahead of himself. He talks with Scott Linebrink this week about his experience at the Naval Academy, his time in the Navy, and transit...

From 2008-2020, Daniel Murphy was one of the best infielders in the major leagues. He was selected to three All-Star Games, won the Silver Slugger Award twice and was the 2015 National League Championship Series MVP with the New York Mets. He set a postseason with six straight postseason games with home runs in 2015, including one in all four NLCS games. He also finished second in the Most Valuabl...

Dayton Moore was perfectly content with where he was, serving as the assistant general manager for the Atlanta Braves. Several teams courted him to serve as their general manager, but each time he felt God telling him to stay put. That was until the Kansas City Royals, his boyhood team, came calling, and in 2006 he was named the general manger — a role he's held since. He talks with Scott about ho...

Geoff Blum's 14th inning home run of Game 3 of the 2005 World Series will forever be part of his legacy from his 14-year career, and in this conversation with Scott Linebrink he talks about how the trade that sent him to the Chicago White Sox that season shaped him as a player and as a man. The White Sox, thanks in part to Blum, went on to win the World Series that year, but he talks with Scott ab...

Albert Pujols is arguably the best baseball player of this generation. The Los Angeles Angels first baseman is in his 21st season, and in that time he's stacked up a body of work that will likely make him a first ballot Hall of Famer. He won two World Series championships three National League Most Valuable Player awards with the St. Louis Cardinals. He's a 10-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove Aw...

Jim Thome is one of the best power hitters in recent baseball history, as evidenced by his 612 career home runs and 2,328 hits. That mark, plus five All-Star appearance, a Silver Slugger Award, and slew of other accomplishments over a 22-year career a landed him in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. What Thome did and continues to do off the field is equally impressive. Thome and his wife are acti...

Trevor Hoffman is one of the best to ever close out games. His 601 saves are second all-time and are part of what led him to being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. In his 18-year career with the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, and Milwaukee Brewers, he was selected to seven All-Star Games, won the National League Rolaids Relief Man Award twice, and was the National League leader...

Andy Pettitte is one of the most accomplished pitchers in recent baseball memory, playing 18 season — 15 with the New York Yankees and three with the Houston Astros. He won five World Series championships with the Yankees, was a three-time All-Star, led the American League in wins in 1996, and was the 2001 American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player. He is the all-time leader in posts...

Welcome to the "Get in the Game" podcast! We are excited to welcome Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to the show today. Last season he helped guide the Dodgers to their first World Series championship since 1988, and he also won a World Series as a player with the Boston Red Sox in 2004. He was named the National League Manager of the Year Award in 2016. A former teammate of Scott Linebrin...

Hosted by former Major League pitcher Scott Linebrink, Get in the Game is a podcast focusing on what it means to serve others as God has called us to serve. Launching March 19, 2021