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E#15 Veteran LHP Justin Nicolino

April 15, 2023

The Sweet Spot Of This Episode In this episode I interview my friend, veteran LHP, Justin Nicolino. Nicolino Agodoneros del Unión Laguna for the 2023 Season of the Mexican Baseball League. The former Major Leaguer, made his debut with the Miami Marlins in 2015. Nicolino finished last season with the Reds AAA Affiliate, the Louisville Bats. We go into Justin’s background, playing overseas and in Mexico. Justin discusses his lengthy professional baseball career and how the game has changed. Listen

#14 Boston Red Sox #35 Lefty Reliever Richard Bleier

April 15, 2023

The Sweet Spot Of This Episode We kick off the Sweet Spot Network Podcast’s 2023 season with my good friend Richard Bleier. Bleier was traded this past offseason from the Miami Marlins to the Boston Red Sox. We go into Richard’s background, his transition to Boston, discuss the 3 balks in one bat near the end of last season, the 2023 rule changes, pitching outdoors as opposed to the dome in Miami and so much more. Listen To The Episode

#13 Emilio Pagan

September 14, 2019

Episode 13 Emilio Pagan Interview Guest Emilio Pagan Host Shane Herman About This Episode Announcer: Welcome to the Sweet Spot podcast where we interview players and coaches across all levels of professional baseball. Shane : I’m here with Emilio Pagan of the Tampa Bay rays. How are you Emilio? Emilio: Doing good, how are you? Shane: Oh, I’m really good. So today’s Player’s Weekend. How do you feel about player’s weekend in general? Do you like it or do you

#12 Cal Mitchell

September 13, 2019

Episode 12 Cal Mitchell Interview Guest Cal Mitchell Host Shane Herman About This Episode Announcer: Welcome to the sweet spot podcast where we interview players and coaches across all levels of professional baseball. Shane: Hello is this the sweet spot network. I’m here with Cal Mitchell of the Pittsburgh Pirates. How re you Cal? Cal: I’m doing well. Shane: So you were the all star Game MVP in the Florida State League in 2019. Now how does that feel? Cal:

#11 Jordan Balazovic

September 12, 2019

Episode 13 Jordan Balazovic Interview Guest Jordan Balazovic Guest Jordan Balazovic Host Shane Herman About This Episode Announcer: Welcome to the sweet spot podcast where we interview players and coaches across all levels of professional baseball. Shane: Welcome to the sweet spot network. I’m here with Jordan Balazovic. How are you Jordan? Jordan: I’m doing well. How are you? Shane: Good. Um,so what age did you start playing baseball? Jordan: At what age? Shane: Yeah Jordan: I was three

#10 Braxton Garrett

September 10, 2019

Episode 10 Braxton Garrett Interview Guest Braxton Garrett Host Shane Herman About This Episode Announcer: Welcome to the sweet spot podcast where we interview players and coaches across all levels of professional baseball. Shane: Welcome to the sweet spot network. I’m here with Braxton Garrett. How are you Braxton? Braxton: I’m good man. How you doing? Shane: Good. Oh, so I heard you were the ping pong champion of the Miami Marlins. Tell me about that please. Braxton: Yeah, I

#9 Zack Thompson

September 7, 2019

Episode 9 Zack Thompson Interview [ Guest Zack Anderson Host Shane Herman About This Episode Announcer: Welcome to the Sweet Spot Podcast where we interview players and coaches across all levels of professional baseball. Shane Herman: Welcome to the Sweet Spot Network. Shane here. I’m with Zack Thompson. How are you Zack? Zack Thompson: I’m good, thanks for having me. Shane Herman: So you were drafted in the first round of 2019 MLB draft. How is it to be drafted

#8 Don Mattingly

August 16, 2019

Episode 8 Don Mattingly Interview Guest Don Mattingly Host Shane Herman About This Episode Shane Herman: Hello, I’m here with Don Mattingly of the Miami Marlins. How are you Don? Don Mattingly: I’m good. Shane Herman: Is it hard work being a manager? Don Mattingly: I don’t know if I’d consider it hard work. There’s a lot of work because you have a lot of different things going on. So I wouldn’t, I don’t look at it as like manual

#7 Colton Hock

August 8, 2019

Episode 7 Colton Hock Interview Guest Colton Hock Host Shane Herman About This Episode Shane Herman: What’s up? I’m here with Colton Hock of the Miami Marlins Organization. How are you? Colton Hock: Good man. How are you doing? Thanks for having me on the show. Shane Herman: Thank you. Thanks for doing this. What age did you start playing baseball at? Colton Hock: I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and I think it was tee

#6 JJ Bleday

August 8, 2019

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#5 Victor Mesa Jr

July 20, 2019

Episode 5 Victor Mesa Jr Interview Guest Victor Mesa, Jr Host Shane Herman About This Episode Shane Herman: Hello. I’m here with Victor Mesa Jr. of the Marlins. How are you Victor? Victor Mesa, Jr: Good. Shane Herman: Okay, so what age did you start playing baseball? Victor Mesa, Jr: About five. Shane Herman: Wow, that’s nice. What’s your favorite thing to do outside of baseball? Victor Mesa, Jr: Uh, I dunno. I still make time for family, play FIFA

#4 Martin Prado

July 19, 2019

Episode 4 Martin Prado Interview Guest Martin Prado Host Shane Herman About This Episode Shane Herman: Welcome to the fastball podcast. I’m here with Miami Marlins. Martin Prado. Martin, how are you? Martin Prado: I’m really well, really well. Shane Herman: Okay. So who is your favorite teammate of all time in the big leagues? Martin Prado: I think one of the top three that I’ve had was still, but I’m not playing with him anymore is Brian McCann, he’s

#3 Trevor Rogers

July 19, 2019

Episode 3 Trevor Rogers Interview Guest Trevor Rogers Host Shane Herman About This Episode Shane Herman: So it’s the baseball podcast here and I’m with Miami Marlins, Trevor Rogers. Alright, Trevor. Trevor Rogers: Good. How are you? Shane Herman: Former first rounder. I’ve a few questions for you. What age did you start playing baseball at? Trevor Rogers: Yeah, probably around five years old. Long as I can remember, really. I grew up in the game, so yeah, about five

#2 Nolan Gorman

July 18, 2019

Episode 2 Nolan Gorman Interview Guest Nolan Gorman Host Shane Herman About This Episode Shane Herman: I’m here with Nolan Gorman of the Palm Beach Cardinals, the Single A Advanced affiliate of the St Louis Cardinals. Nolan, how are you? Nolan Gorman: I’m good. How are you buddy? Shane Herman: Good. So you were recently selected to the Futures Game in Cleveland this summer coming up in a few days actually. How do you feel being selected? Nolan Gorman: You

#1 Travis Swaggerty

July 17, 2019

Episode 1 Travis Swaggerty Interview Guest Travis Swaggerty Hosts Shane Herman & Evan O’Dwyer About This Episode Evan O’Dwyer: So we’re here with Travis Swaggerty. Travis Swaggerty: What’s up guys Thanks for having me. Evan O’Dwyer: Oh, we got him here. He’s really nice guy. And Shane’s going to ask some questions and then I will. Shane Herman: How did you feel about being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates? Travis Swaggerty: You know it was one of the coolest experiences

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