Oklahoma City Comets

The Jupiter Hammerheads nickname was chosen by schoolchildren in the late '90s, and has endured to this day. Guests this week include Brennan Erlandsen, Broadcasting and Media Relations Coordinator, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium Jake Rosner, Cox Science Center, www.coxsciencecenter.org Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.

Join your host for three days of Spring Training baseball with family and a few special guests, including T-Pat Stubbs, father of Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs. Hear the sights and sounds of the weekend, and ride along for a baseball experience every fan should have! Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network. Go Birds.

The Casper Ghosts only played for four seasons, but more than a decade after they vanished, their brand is popular and has fans clamoring for a return. Guests include: Jason Klein, Brandiose, brandiose.com Lori Juszak, Fort Collins Tours, https://fortcollinstours.com/ Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.

The Sioux City Explorers, an independent team in the American Association, play in a city whose claim to fame is that it's the site of the only death in Lewis and Clark Expedition. Guests include: Guests include: Dan Vaughan, Sioux City Explorers Kristine Bornholtz, Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.  

The independent professional Cleburne Railroaders have been around since 2017, but the history of the name goes back to 1906. This episode explores the relationship of the railroad industry and baseball in Cleburne, Texas. Guests include: Kay Goodell, Cleburne Railroaders Mayor Scott Cain, Author, Cleburne Baseball Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.  

Guy Gilchrist, known as “Jim Henson’s Cartoonist,” has had an amazing career creating characters for Henson creations like The Muppets, Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock, and others. He's also worked with cartoon icons like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Tiny Toons, Pink Panther, and Disney.   In addition to all of that, Guy is a big baseball fan and has created a handful of iconic minor league logos, including the subject of this episode, the New Britain Rock Cats (now the Hartford Yard Goats). He also created Jax, a character on the new MLB Network creation, the Traveling Spaceship Show. Guests include: Guy Gilchrist, guygilchrist.com Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.  

This week's episode takes us to the (tart) cherry capital of the world, Traverse City, Michigan, home of the National Cherry Festival and collegiate summer ball's Traverse City Pit Spitters. Guests include: Jacqueline Holm, Traverse City Pit Spitters Jason Klein, Brandiose, brandiose.com Kat Paye, Executive Director, National Cherry Festival Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.

The Trenton Thunder have had the same name for more than three decades, but that name has been paired with a series of different logo concepts over the years—from a two-headed thunderbird, Thor the God of Thunder, and the current iteration, a storm cloud and lightning. Guests include: Mike Warren, Trenton Thunder Director of Media Relations & Play-by-Play Broadcaster, X @Mike_WarrenPxP Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Scott Rippe, Facebook Rippeology Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.

The West Michigan Whitecaps have played for more than three decades in Grand Rapids, about a half hour from Lake Michigan. Guests include: Jim Jarecki, Vice President and GM, West Michigan Whitecaps Jason Klein, Brandiose, brandiose.com Kaitie Janecke-Soltesz, Naturalist, LinkedIn Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.

Designer Todd Radom stops by to chat about the many permutations of the number three in the world of sports design—plus cheesesteaks in both Philadelphia and Japan, convenience store preferences, and more! Guests include: Todd Radom, toddradom.com Dan Simon, Studio Simon, studiosimon.net Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.