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Louisville Bats: Franchise at Forty will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the return of baseball to the city of Louisville. From the return in 1982 through present day, many people, both on the field and off, have helped make the franchise into what it is today. This podcast will feature conversations with many of the people who have impacted Louisville Baseball over the years.
Louisville Bats hosts Louisville Bats: Franchise at Forty, a sports show with 20 episodes published.
On this special episode, the former mayor of Louisville, Jerry Abramson, discusses all that went in to making Louisville Slugger Field a reality. From the goal of a downtown ballpark to all that happened to make it a rea
During the 2024 season, Louisville Bats manager Pat Kelly became the 7th ever manager, and 3rd active manager, to reach 2,000 MiLB wins. In this episode, we look back at PK's career and life in baseball. He recounts many
Rick Sweet, the winningest manager in franchise history, joins the podcast. Sweet discusses his fondness for his time in Louisville and shares memories of many players from his days of managing the Bats. He also remember
This week, our first guest from outside the organization as the voice of the Indianapolis Indians, Howard Kellman joins the podcast. Howard gives his perspective on the Louisville franchise from the outside and has tons
The legendary Corky Miller joins the podcast this week. Corky spent parts of 10 different seasons in Louisville and has plenty of memories and stories to share. Corky discusses memories from his time in Louisville as wel
Jim Kelch joins the podcast. As the longest tenured broadcaster in franchise history, he has plenty of stories to share about players, coaches, managers, front office and more. Hear Jim's persepective on changing Major L
In this episode, former Voice of the Bats, Matt Andrews, joins the show to recount his time in Louisville.. He was with the Bats 2003-2016 and shares a lot of memories about his time with the team. He also shares a lot o
In episode two, longtime team president Gary Ulmer joins the podcast. With his association with the franchise going all the way back to the beginning in 1982, Gary shares some great insight about the team's origins. He a
In the kickoff episode to the podcast, we talk to the man who has worked for the organization longer than anyone, Bats President Greg Galiette. Greg shares his memories going back to the mid-1980s right through today. He
In this "Episode 0," host Nick Curran lays out some history of baseball in the city of Louisville and takes a look back at the beginnings of this franchise. And, you'll hear the vision for this podcast as well as get an
As promised, part 2 of a Redbirds/Bats broadcasters reunion. This time, Jim Kelch again joins along with Mark Neely (Redbirds broadcaster 1992-1994), David Wilson (Redbirds broadcaster 1995-1997) and Matt Andrews (Bats b
In part one of a 2-part series, former Redbirds/Bats broadcasters Jim Kelch (1989-2009, 2019), Joe Buck (1989-1990) and Todd Kalas (1991) as well as Louisville Executive Vice President Greg Galiette (1984-present) get to
Two-time Major League All-Star and 2007 NL Comeback Player of the Year Dmitri Young joins the podcast. He discusses being part of the 1995 American Association Champion Louisville Redbirds as well as his spectacular 1996
2019 Louisville Bats co-MVP Brian O'Grady joins the podcast. O'Grady, who was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays during the offseason, talks about joining a new organization for the first time in his pro career. He also discus
2020 Louisville Bats pitching coach James Baldwin joins the podcast. He discusses helping to keep guys ready for the season, the competitive mentality that kept him in the Big Leagues for over a decade and his interactio
2019 Bats starter Tejay Antone joins the podcast this week. He discusses how he's staying ready during the COVID-19 pandemic and how he uses technology in his preparation. Also, the interview covers changes in the organi
It's a special watch-along editing of the Bat Chat podcast as we take you back to April 12, 2000...the first ever game at Louisville Slugger Field. The longtime voice of the Louisville franchise, Jim Kelch, joins the pod
Third-year Bats hitting coach Bull Durham joins us this week. We talk about why Bull enjoys coaching, what he's doing during social distancing, his days as a Louisville Redbird (we need your help finding a rib spot from
We catch up and introduce you to first-year Bats Bench Coach and IU product Kevin Mahar. He talks about dealing with social distancing, getting a chance to work so close to where he lives, how he uses technology to help
In the debut edition of the Bat Chat Podcast, 2020 Louisville skipper Pat Kelly joins the show to discuss how he's handling social distancing, what is was like to be in Spring Training as everything shut down, what he sa
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