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“Driving ‘em In with Jim Campanis Jr & Eric Lenaburg” is a baseball themed podcast recorded while Campy is driving home, through the parking lot of LA’s freeway system, from his job at an ad agency that specializes in podcast advertising. Listen as Campy and Eric discuss all things baseball with their former teammates, former players, announcers, expert analysts, superfans, and lots of surprises. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jim-campanis-jr/support
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We welcome our Special Guest--Mark Littell, former MLB pitcher, Coach, the inventor of the Nutty Buddy, and Author of two books joins Campy and Lenny for a rip-roaring show of great stories and laughs. What a blast! Hear some of his minor league stories, big-league accomplishments, and the invention that has saved many a baseball player's most prec…
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Big thanks to our special guest, Jim “The Rookie” Morris, for joining us for an interesting episode on a very unusual career. In case you missed it, Jim wrote an autobiography about his baseball career that was turned in to a Feature Film by Disney starring Dennis Quaid. Lenny and Campy discussed his “first” career, his teaching and coaching career…
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Kirk Shrider, High School Head Coach, College Coach, High-Level Collegiate Summer Ball Manager, MLB Scout and a WEALTH of baseball knowledge discusses the importance of Summer ball at this WEIRD time. Plus the conversation gets into speculation on where the 2020 season will go at levels of the game. What about the HS Seniors? What about the College…
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Desi Relaford was a former teammate with Campy when they both played AA in Jacksonville, FL which is Desi's home town. They've remained friends ever since. Desi has more years in the game as anyone else we could think of so what a perfect guest to discuss the baseball topic of this episode--Spring Training! Desi has 16 of them under his belt with m…
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What a blast Campy and Lenny had interviewing the talented and very funny Seth Swirsky, who is a top-selling baseball author, and also a Grammy-nominated songwriter. Plus, he is a WORLD CLASS baseball collector who has owned some very interesting items like the ball that squeaked through Boston Red Sox Bill Buckner's legs. Listen to his fantastic s…
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Angel's Legend, Bobby Grich, is one of Campy and Lenny's favorites. He was a tough player that played the game with grit and determination throughout his 17 year MLB career but also liked to have a good time. Listen to his AWESOME story about pouring a beer over the head of former President, Richard Nixon! Plus, he details his role as the President…
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Jon Huizinga, AKA Coach Zinger, believes in a holistic approach to baseball training. That means nutrition, mechanics/technique, approach, preparation, physical conditioning, mental conditioning, are all equally important for the athlete. Nutrition is where it all starts. Without the proper fuel, it would be silly to think you will have peak perfor…
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Perry Barber, Woman Umpire, who umpired at every level of baseball, PLUS, shared the stage with Rock Music legends shares her awesome stories. Listen to her passionately describe how she calls balls and strikes and keeps the game moving. Then she describes her time as a singer/songwriter sharing the stage with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Hall &…
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Author, Ian Kahanowitz, talks about his new book, "Baseball Gods in Scandal" . On September 25, 1919, a seemingly meaningless game was played between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, a game that should have faded to a tiny line item on MLB’s historical ledger. But Herbert "Dutch" Leonard had other ideas, and nearly seven years later the at…
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Lenny and Campy had a blast discussing how Author, Eric Gray, got the idea for his new book, "Bases to Bleachers", featuring stories written by baseball fans he met all over the world. Listen as he tells us the process and then reads a number of these short stories ranging from their favorite games to watching baseball in another country to his own…
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FORMER PHILLIES GROUNDSKEEPER, MARK CARFAGNO, HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO INFORM BASEBALL FANS ON WHY 60'S AND 70'S ALL STAR, DICK ALLEN, DESERVES TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME. IN 2014, DICK ALLEN MISSED BEING INDUCTED BY ONE VOTE! HE IS BACK ON THE BALLOT FOR 2020 AND MARK GIVES US SOME FANTASTIC STATISTICAL PROOF AS TO WHY DICK SHOULD BE ELECTED. AFTER…
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This episode is like a history lesson in early baseball. To hear how fragile the beginning of organized baseball was from a great granddaughter of Doc Adams, the inventor of modern baseball is amazing! Consider this--without Doc's tireless efforts to unite various regions with the same rules, field dimensions and even baseballs and bats, America's …
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Jon Leonoudakis, a friend of both Campy and Lenny, talks about his really cool baseball themed projects like "The Sweet Spot" that featured an episode with Campy and his dad, Jimmy Sr. This was like a conversation hanging out at a Sports Bar. Lots of fun discussion on interesting topics Jon has presented in his movies. Plus, a list of his favorite …
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Rick Burleson, 13 year MLB veteran and 4X All-Star Shortstop talked to Campy & Lenny about the thrill of being selected by the fans for the Mid-Summer Classic. It was so cool as he described each game and how he was a part of it--even the game on crutches. You'll love his baseball stories from the 70's and 80's especially the memories from the rost…
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When you have the opportunity to speak with a baseball lifer like Coach Tom Gamboa, you realize how drastically things in the game have changed. Tom talked about scouting future first round picks armed with a back notebook and stop watch. He talks about managing in the low minors with NO OTHER COACHES! Just himself throwing 3 full rounds of batting…
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Sometimes you hear a story that is so remarkable, it should be in a book--well this one was. Campy memorialized the amazing story of his former USC teammate, Jim Henderson, in his book #1 Best Selling book, "Born Into Baseball", detailing his perseverance and grit when faced with a traumatic injury from a car accident right when he had just signed …
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This is a must listen show for coaches and hitters. Listen to former MLB player and hitting coach, Derrick May, discuss hitting with Campy and Lenny. This conversation from three pretty good hitters will enlighten and entertain you with interesting takes on things like the mental approach, maple bats versus ash bats, Derrick and Campy growing up in…
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Campy's former Coach at USC and later at UCI, Mike Gillespie, discusses how recruiting has changed from his years in Junior College, USC and up to his last year at UCI in 2018. If you have or know a high school baseball player who wants to play at the next level, this is a great listen from a master recruiter as well as mentor to many of the thousa…
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Campy's former Mariners Minor League teammate, Mark Merchant, joins Campy and Lenny to discuss the baseball draft and as a former #2 pick in 1987 behind HOFer, Ken Griffey Jr, he knows what these recent draft picks will deal with as they enter the highly competitive world of pro baseball. "Merch" has great insight on the expectations, the pressure,…
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Listen to this fascinating episode of "Driving 'em In" with special guest, Ila Borders, the first woman to get a college baseball scholarship and eventually play men's professional baseball. As a left handed pitcher, Campy and Lenny know a lot about facing that type of pitching as hitters. Ila's knowledge of her craft was so enlightening as she dis…
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What separates baseball players at the very top levels? Talent? Nope. Luck? A little. Ask any former hitter and they will say it's the hitters ability to step up his level of awareness and completely focus on beating the opposing pitcher. In this episode, Campy and Lenny discuss their competitive drive and are joined by 14 year, MLB All-Star, and C…
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It's inevitable--MLB is going to expand. Listen to the discussion as Campy and Lenny chat it up with Oregon's Resident Baseball Insider, Norm Ordaz from Clubhouse Chatter and other podcasts. He brings strong points to the table on why Portland is a front runner but we also discuss the ramifications for the fan bases in those areas and the watering …
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Eric Lenaburg, the Doctor of Baseball, gives his predictions of the top surprise teams in each division. Listen in to see if your team is on the list. Hey Jerry Plowman--you need to listen to this one! You'll like what we are saying about your Mariners. Plus, more in depth analysis from former players on the "Unwritten Rules" of baseball and how th…
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Topic: What's up with free agency and the trend for young players to sign longer term extension versus testing the free agency market. Eric and Campy discuss reasons and potential options to fix what looks like a very contentious issue between the players and owners. Things could get very tense as the collective bargaining deal is coming up for ren…
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Campy introduces his new baseball themed podcast that he records driving home, through the parking lot that is Los Angeles, from his job at an ad agency who specializes in podcast advertising. Soon he’ll have guests such as former and current players, scouts, insiders, announcers, fans and special surprises. --- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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