Indy Ball Nation
From indy ball grinders to legends, history to projections, and national stories all the way to underground oddities, Indy Ball Nation has it covered! Join Ryan and guests every Monday and Friday as Indy Ball Nation dives deep into the world of independent baseball. Whether you’re new to this corner of professional baseball or know these indy ball streets like the back of your hand, Indy Ball Nation is bringing you the on-field analysis and front office business discussions that others are too well-adjusted to bring you!
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Episodes
2 days ago
2 days ago
Catch up on all of the week's indy ball action before diving into a loaded weekend of interesting matchups!
0:21-12:45 Frontier League
12:55-19:00 Atlantic League
19:01-25:45 American Association
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Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
5 days ago
5 days ago
We're hitting the series recaps with a lightning round of all lightning rounds because we have a big ol' preview episode to get to!
1:36-6:54 Atlantic League talk
6:55-10:10 Frontier League blitz
12:45-16:04 Gary SouthShore RailCats preview
16:05-19:43 Sioux Falls Canaries preview
19:44-22:56 Lake Country DockHounds preview
22:57-25:38 Winnipeg Goldeyes preview
25:39-29:44 Fargo Moorhead RedHawks preview
29:48-32:23 Kane County Cougars preview
32:24-35:13 Sioux City Explorers preview
35:14-38:31 Kansas City Monarchs preview
38:32-41:45 Chicago Dogs preview
41:46-45:03 Lincoln Saltdogs preview
45:04-47:59 Milwaukee Milkmen preview
48:00-50:27 Cleburne Railroaders preview
50:28-52:45 My Predictions: Over/Under & Playoffs
In addition to YouTube, Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
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Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Hagerstown protects their brand new home field in front of a limited capacity crowd. Meanwhile, Charleston makes their 2nd big statement in a week! We've got a quick trip through the weekend's action and a take a moment to look ahead at a VERY busy week around indy ball!
0:04-1:39 Episode Schedule
2:05-3:54 Gastonia Baseball Club @ Charleston Dirty Birds
3:55-5:10 Long Island Ducks @ Hagerstown Flying Boxcars
5:11-6:28 York Revolution @ High Point Rockers
6:29-7:44 Southern Maryland Blue Crabs @ Staten Island FerryHawks
7:45-8:29 Lexington Legends @ Lancaster Barnstormers
8:30-9:07 Standings
9:08-10:30 Top Performers of the Week
10:31-12:45 Bounce Back Picks
12:46-14:18 Looking Ahead
In addition to YouTube, Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
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Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Staten Island and Charleston make BIG early season statements. We're diving deep into this week's Atlantic League series while there is still just one league to focus on! Later on, we catch up with Dirty Birds Manager PJ Phillips as his team rides home from an impressive series win (17:28).
Sorry for the lack of timestamps this week, issues uploading the video version of the pod has thrown everything into a bit of chaos.
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Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
The 2024 Indy Ball season is underway with Atlantic League Opening Weekend! We had non-hit history from Hagerstown, a weekend of positives & negatives in Lexington, and we have season previews to discuss!
0:32-8:12 Hagerstown & York
8:13-12:38 Lancaster & Long Island
12:39-16:36 High Point & Lexington
16:37-22:20 Staten Island & Charleston
22:21-26:17 Southern Maryland & Gastonia
26:18-31:35 Standings, Over/Under Picks, Playoff Prediction, Looking Ahead
Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
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Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Not only are we reviewing AND previewing every series around indy ball as playoff races develop, but I'll even predict some playoff out comes based on how the standings look today! Feel free to comment how wrong I am - I don't expect this to age well.
0:22-6:24 Atlantic League
6:26-16:05 Frontier League
16:06-12:55 American Association
23:56-27:35 Pioneer League
27:36-28:00 Brief Pecos League Note
*I literally forgot to include my United Shores weekend recap, so look for me to cram that into tomorrow's daily recap. MY BAD.*
Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
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Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
In what I wouldn't quite call one of our "Cutting Room Floor" episodes, Nick and I explore the topic of potential Frontier League expansion locations while recording Episode 230 of Indy Ball Report last week. Finding ourselves with a full single-topic mini-episode from that conversation, we opted to release it here on Indy Ball Nation as a podcast exclusive rather than risk it getting lost in an extra-long Indy Ball Report episode.
I hope you enjoy!
While this is audio-only content, Indy Ball Nation is available in video form at the Indy Ball Nation YouTube channel.
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Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
This Daily Recap has everything. Ben Aklinski's SALAMI talk. Frontier League playoff race updates. WILD back-and-forths in the Pioneer League. Blowouts AND late drama in the American. And ALL THAT CHAOS that comes with Pecos League Playoffs!
0:21-2:40 Atlantic League
2:41-6:57 Frontier League
6:58-8:43 Pioneer League
8:44-11:36 American Association
11:37-13:13 Pecos League
Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
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Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
We're back to talking baseball today and the vibes are high. We've got a lot to cover from a cycle in the American Association to Knockout Rounds in the Pioneer with playoff races all across the board! I even sign-off as Indy Ball Report instead of Indy Ball Nation, which is a milestone, but one that felt inevitable.
1:14-5:09 Atlantic League
5:10-9:31 American Association
9:32-14:52 Frontier League
14:53-17:52 Pioneer League
Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @IndyBallNation
Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
After stumbling into the story of the Gastonia Honey Hunters failing to pay their players and staff, I spend the weekend digging into how this could possibly have happened to a once promising organization in one of the top professional baseball leagues in the country.
Follow me as I try my best to lead you through a web of sources, drama, accusations, and NDAs in a special episode of Indy Ball Nation. Hopefully we can see a positive result from this difficult situation.
Indy Ball Nation is available in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podchaser, and most other major platforms.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @IndyBallNation
Intro/Outro: "Redneck Reasons" by Bryce Hensley
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