The Journey of Kevin McCaffrey. The host for this show is Carl R. Ackerman. The guest is Kevin ‘Poppa Mac’ McCaffrey. From broadcasting baseball in Chicago, to becoming a beloved history teacher and now roasting coffee out of his garage, the journey of Kevin McCaffrey has been both diverse and inspiring. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist […]
Hawaii Baseball Coach Rich Hill (Beyond the Lines)
Beyond Baseball. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Rich Hill. We talk with Coach Rich about the importance of mindset, dealing with adversities, taking calculated risks, striving for peak performance, and building a superior culture of excellence. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mTzxc4G7w47Jcr_G482jrb Please visit our ThinkTech […]
Baseball Stories and History (History is Here to Help)
Exploring Eric Gray’s Baseball Books. The host for this show is Carl Ackerman. The guests are Eric Gray and Lynn Rhodes. By examining what author Eric Gray, and his wife Lynn Rhodes, have written in his two baseball books, Bases to Bleachers and Backyards to Ballparks, one will be exposed to marvelous historical baseball stories—stories […]
The History of Baseball in Japan (Looking to the East)
How USA Baseball Became Japan’s Obsession. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guest is Jim Allen. Jim Allen, a journalist in Japan explains about the history of baseball in Japan and why the sport is played very differently in Japan as compared to the USA. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show […]
Baseball in Japan (Looking to the East)
How the Game is Played in Japan. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guests are Jerry Sands and Trevor Raichura. Two guests for the show discuss the USA pastime baseball in Japan. One guest is a former MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball league player and the second guest hosts a English based […]
Road Trip Reflections on America (Figments: On Reality)
People, Places, Taxes, Masks and Americana. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. After a two week break, Figments host Dan “Fig” Leaf shares his thoughts and observations from a two-week road trip across America. The trip included playoff baseball, a marathon, museums, scenery and family – plenty of fuel for reflection on […]
Imagining Post-season Baseball (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Analysis and Predictions. The host for this show is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest is Ross Roley. Fig and his friend, baseball statistics guru Ross Roley, discuss the regular season and what is likely to come all the way through the World Series. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mKINeB1rYn5-MFU3JdqCSh ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
Who is Shohei Otani and why he so important (Looking to the East)
The USA gets Otani fever! The host for this episode is Stephen Zurcher. The guests for this episode are Jim Allen and John Gibson. The USA baseball world and in general has discovered the two -way phenomenon Shohei Otani. Who is he and what are his origins here in Japan? We discuss Otani with two […]
We dreamt we were baseball commentators (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
Dan & Ross assess MLB at the All-Star Break. The host for this episode is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest for this episode is Ross Roley. The host is joined by baseball fanatic and math whiz Ross Roley to give a thoughtful (but slightly biased) assessment of the MLB season thus far. Dan is a […]
Imagining Better Baseball (Figments: The Power of Imagination)
A math major/baseball fan changes the game. The host for this episode is Dan ‘Fig’ Leaf. The guest for this episode is Ross Roley. Fig talks baseball with Ross Roley, a baseball fanatic who majored in math at the Air Force Academy. Ross analyzed the impact of blown calls on baseball outcomes. He shared his […]