What winter ball is like
02/11/25 • 41 min
Welcome to Season 2 of Turn 2 with Scott & Troy!
Scott & Troy talk about winter ball! Troy discusses what it was like to spend the winter in the Dominican Republic (2:44), the mix of players in the winter leagues (5:46), Junior Caminero's famous home run to win the Dominican Winter League (7:37), the amazing experience he had with Toros del Este (8:46), the importance of each game in winter ball (16:56), a crazy story about Venezuelan winter ball legend Buddy Bailey (18:37), the clubhouse dynamics (23:20), Troy working on becoming a complete hitter (31:27) and his positional change to the outfield (33:01).
If you like what you heard, please rate and review us so we can continue to grow Turn 2 with Scott & Troy!
Welcome to Season 2 of Turn 2 with Scott & Troy!
Scott & Troy talk about winter ball! Troy discusses what it was like to spend the winter in the Dominican Republic (2:44), the mix of players in the winter leagues (5:46), Junior Caminero's famous home run to win the Dominican Winter League (7:37), the amazing experience he had with Toros del Este (8:46), the importance of each game in winter ball (16:56), a crazy story about Venezuelan winter ball legend Buddy Bailey (18:37), the clubhouse dynamics (23:20), Troy working on becoming a complete hitter (31:27) and his positional change to the outfield (33:01).
If you like what you heard, please rate and review us so we can continue to grow Turn 2 with Scott & Troy!
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Episode 21: The life of a manager with Daren Brown
1 RecommendationsOur season 1 finale features Jumbo Shrimp manager Daren Brown!
Daren talks about his playing career on his path to becoming a manager (1:42), balancing manager, playing and sales when he was in Amarillo (7:39), the difference managing in independent ball, the minor leagues and the major leagues (9:26), the importance of helping his players become better people (11:37), dealing with the media when he was the Seattle Mariners' manager (18:21), how he handled being the interim Mariners' manager (21:46) and how hard it is to win games in the major leagues (27:08).
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It's Spring Training!
Scott & Troy talk about the renovations coming to VyStar Ballpark, the home of the Jumbo Shrimp (1:08), travel in the low levels of the minor leagues (12:40), the new Jumbo Shrimp coaching staff (18:25), all the new people in the Marlins' organization (21:59), what the first week of Spring Training is like (23:49), the Marlins' overhaul of their hitting instruction in the spring (28:14) and the Marlins' commitment to overhauling their player development (38:05).
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