Salem, Virginia is home to the Single-A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. The Salem Red Sox have donned their parent club's name for years now, but in November of 2025, that is going to change. Salem is going to rebrand to a new identity to star...

What makes the residents of Oakland, California so resilient? When your MLB team is leaving, you help start a new professional team to keep baseball in the city. We are joined by Casey Pratt with the Oakland Ballers. Casey is the Vice President...

The Queen City is home to a summer collegiate baseball team and a brand new league they're going to play in during the summer of 2026. The Queen City Corndogs are in Charlotte, North Carolina and owned by Eddie Hull. Eddie shares with us about ...

Johnny and Eric are joined by Donnie Wise and Patrick Larson for the second part of our episode about the 2025 MLB season. For this episode we discuss our playoffs predictions. Who will win the wild cards, the ALDS/NLDS and ALCS/NLCS. Find out ...

Johnny and Eric are joined by Donnie Wise and Patrick Larson to discuss our regular season predictions and final standings. Before the season started we made predictions for who we thought would win the division. We also discuss how the season ...

The Mississippi Mud Monsters from Pearl, Mississippi just completed their inaugural season in the Frontier League. We had on the Prime Minister of Fun and GM Andrew Seymour. Andrew shares his background and what it was like coming to the ballpa...

We spoke with Gus Baylow this week. Gus is the radio voice of the Frederick Keys. We talk about the MLB Draft League and what to expect with the Keys going back to affiliated baseball in 2026. We chat a lot about his time at the University of K...

Richard Chalmers and his wife own the Acadiana Cane Cutters. They're a summer collegiate team in the Texas Collegiate League. Richard shares with us about the Acadiana region of Louisiana and what he would recommend if you wanted to start your ...

We are back for the second part of our conversation with the Wises. Rhonda and Donnie Wise made a trip to Wichita at the beginning of August, but we talk a lot about their stop in Memphis. We then finish up the episode by discussing their final...

The Proffitts had a fun time hosting the Wises at the beginning of August in Wichita. Donnie and Rhonda join Johnny and Eric to talk about their trip. A two part episode, we get into the drive to Wichita, and discuss the first two days of their...

Three straight championship games. Multiple national championship wins. Marc Blackim and his wife are the owners of the Hutchinson (KS) Monarchs. Marc talks about starting the team many years ago and shares about the town an hour from Wichita. ...

The 91st annual National Baseball Congress World Series wrapped up at the beginning of August with a familiar name winning the title again in 2025. This was also the second year since they brought back Baseball Round the Clock. 11 games in 33 h...

We had culinary hour 150 episodes ago learning about all the foods Virgil Brooks eats at ballparks. We finally brought him back on to catch up on life. How are things as a Rocket City Trash Pandas season ticket holder? What trips did he take th...

Johnny and Melinda took a trip over the 4th of July down to Louisiana. The Gumbeaux Gators super fan got to see them play in Lafayette and in Lake Charles. From the amazing food, to great baseball and wonderful hospital, the Bowlins shared thei...

We were thrilled to be joined again by friend and author Eric Vickrey. Eric recaps his original book Runnin Redbirds and shares with us the synopsis for his new book Season of Shattered Dreams. We also talk about the Mariners and Cardinals and ...

Eric and his wife set out on their yearly trip and took their youngest son and her best friend again. They went through Chicago and Iowa with a couple ballparks in between. Follow along to see what the favorite MLB and MiLB stadiums were, inclu...

We head back to Canada this week as we talk to Josh Matlow. Josh is the President, GM and On-Field Manager of the Barrie Baycats. The Baycats are part of the Intercounty Baseball League. Josh tells us about his playing days with the Baycats and...

Eric and his brother Joe went on their yearly baseball trip. ProffittPalooza 2025 went through the Carolinas and Georgia. We were joined by the Mayor Donnie Wise on about half the trip. Donnie joins us on this episode to discuss the trip and hi...

We have had some great authors on the podcast over the years. We relive a small clip from a few of the authors who have joined us as guests on the podcast.From George Falkowski, to Ethan Bryan, Anne Keene, to ESPN's Ryan McGee, Katie Rus...

We asked for listener questions on our social media platforms. Johnny and Eric go through the list and answer the questions. From MLB rule changes to what we would do if we were in charge of a baseball team. Tune in to hear our responses.

Brody Conaty is the new GM for the Battle Creek Battle Jacks of the Northwoods League. Brody shares how action-packed the league's schedule is and what he hopes to bring to the organization as the new person in charge. Brody shares with us the ...

Gabe Sinicropi is the Vice President of Marketing for the Williamsport Crosscutters. The Crosscutters are part of the MLB Draft League. Gabe details how the MLB Draft League works. He shares with us a wonderful opportunity he gets to be involve...

It's award season again. We hand out awards for the most average guests on the Earned Fun Average Podcast. There are 10 categories with 4 nominees in each category. Johnny and Eric pick their winners. Tune in to find out who's taking home the h...

The New Market Rebels are a summer collegiate team in the Valley Baseball League. They have a very long history of the organization and we were pleased to learn all about it from our guest Andrew Kipps. Andrew shares his background with the tea...

We are joined this week by Truman Bartman, the radio voice of the Medicine Hat Mavericks. The Mavericks are a summer collegiate team in the Western Canadian Baseball League. Medicine Hat is in Alberta, Canada and has a distinct name it's known ...