//podcastplus.net/feed/the-baseball-and-business-podcast~f23e0dfc Do you want to take your game in baseball and business to the next level? Created by players, for players...Each episode features a current or former MLB, MiLB or college player sharing from their journey as an athlete and within business. The mission of Baseball and Business is to empower current and former pro and college players to reach their full potential on the field and in business. Visit our website at BaseballandBusiness.com. Podcast Host: Founder of Baseball and Business and former college player, Luke Melms Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:25:02 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/15359818-ep-71-advice-from-mlb-stars-what-baseball-players-must-embrace-to-succeed-at-the-next-level.mp3 With the MLB Draft in less than 2 weeks, we've compiled 42 years of MLB playing experience wisdom and condensed it into 10 minutes. These 3 former players together have a trophy case full of accolades but are much more than just great players. They are all great people which is demonstrated by their willingness to selflessly share from their playing journey on the podcast. We've pulled out the best couple minutes from past guests to make this unique episode. Here is a quick summary from each clip... 1. Dale Murphy shares 3 necessary elements he believes need to come together in order to have a long big league career.  Over his 18 year big league career, he hammered 398 home runs while winning back to back NL MVPs, making 7 All-Star game appearances, winning 5 Gold Gloves and 4 Silver Slugger Awards. A beloved Brave, his number 3 is retired and still holds 13 franchise records. To listen to the entire episode with Dale, you can listen to Episode 66. 2. Michael Barrett shared the im... Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/15359818-ep-71-advice-from-mlb-stars-what-baseball-players-must-embrace-to-succeed-at-the-next-level.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/15359818-ep-71-advice-from-mlb-stars-what-baseball-players-must-embrace-to-succeed-at-the-next-level.mp3 With the MLB Draft in less than 2 weeks, we've compiled 42 years of MLB playing experience wisdom and condensed it into 10 minutes. These 3 former players together have a trophy case full of accolades but are much more than just great players. They are all great people which is demonstrated by their willingness to selflessly share from their playing journey on the podcast. We've pulled out the best couple minutes from past guests to make this unique episode. Here is a quick summary from each clip... 1. Dale Murphy shares 3 necessary elements he believes need to come together in order to have a long big league career.  Over his 18 year big league career, he hammered 398 home runs while winning back to back NL MVPs, making 7 All-Star game appearances, winning 5 Gold Gloves and 4 Silver Slugger Awards. A beloved Brave, his number 3 is retired and still holds 13 franchise records. To listen to the entire episode with Dale, you can listen to Episode 66. 2. Michael Barrett shared the im... Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/15359818-ep-71-advice-from-mlb-stars-what-baseball-players-must-embrace-to-succeed-at-the-next-level.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13461205-ep-70-facing-a-chronic-illness-becoming-a-pro-ballplayer-and-seeing-the-story-turned-into-a-hollywood-movie-rickey-hill.mp3 Former pro player Rickey Hill shares from his incredible story which has been turned into a movie called The Hill releasing August 25 starring Dennis Quaid and Colin Ford. He shares of being born with a degenerative spinal disease yet went on to play four seasons in the minor leagues with the Montreal Expos on Episode 70.  Here are some of the highlights from our conversation with Rickey as well as producer Jeff Celentano… 1. How Rickey and producer Jeff Celentano persevered over 17 years in the ups and down to fund the production and what led to the breakthrough moment to be able to get this story out for all to see 2. How Rickey earned a second chance at a pro tryout which ultimately led to getting signed by the Expos 3.  Why you should go see the movie opening weekend August 25-27 Rickey's story shows that the obstacle which work against you can ultimately be used for a purpose bigger than yourself by inspiring others to reimagine what is possible when they face seemingly impos... Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13461205-ep-70-facing-a-chronic-illness-becoming-a-pro-ballplayer-and-seeing-the-story-turned-into-a-hollywood-movie-rickey-hill.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/13461205-ep-70-facing-a-chronic-illness-becoming-a-pro-ballplayer-and-seeing-the-story-turned-into-a-hollywood-movie-rickey-hill.mp3 Former pro player Rickey Hill shares from his incredible story which has been turned into a movie called The Hill releasing August 25 starring Dennis Quaid and Colin Ford. He shares of being born with a degenerative spinal disease yet went on to play four seasons in the minor leagues with the Montreal Expos on Episode 70.  Here are some of the highlights from our conversation with Rickey as well as producer Jeff Celentano… 1. How Rickey and producer Jeff Celentano persevered over 17 years in the ups and down to fund the production and what led to the breakthrough moment to be able to get this story out for all to see 2. How Rickey earned a second chance at a pro tryout which ultimately led to getting signed by the Expos 3.  Why you should go see the movie opening weekend August 25-27 Rickey's story shows that the obstacle which work against you can ultimately be used for a purpose bigger than yourself by inspiring others to reimagine what is possible when they face seemingly impos... Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/13461205-ep-70-facing-a-chronic-illness-becoming-a-pro-ballplayer-and-seeing-the-story-turned-into-a-hollywood-movie-rickey-hill.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13461205-ep-70-facing-a-chronic-illness-becoming-a-pro-ballplayer-and-seeing-the-story-turned-into-a-hollywood-movie-rickey-hill.mp3 Former pro player Rickey Hill shares from his incredible story which has been turned into a movie called The Hill releasing August 25 starring Dennis Quaid and Colin Ford. He shares of being born with a degenerative spinal disease yet went on to play four seasons in the minor leagues with the Montreal Expos on Episode 70.  Here are some of the highlights from our conversation with Rickey as well as producer Jeff Celentano… 1. How Rickey and producer Jeff Celentano persevered over 17 years in the ups and down to fund the production and what led to the breakthrough moment to be able to get this story out for all to see 2. How Rickey earned a second chance at a pro tryout which ultimately led to getting signed by the Expos 3.  Why you should go see the movie opening weekend August 25-27 Rickey's story shows that the obstacle which work against you can ultimately be used for a purpose bigger than yourself by inspiring others to reimagine what is possible when they face seemingly impos... Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13461205-ep-70-facing-a-chronic-illness-becoming-a-pro-ballplayer-and-seeing-the-story-turned-into-a-hollywood-movie-rickey-hill.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/13105067-ep-69-launching-a-career-with-nasa-chasing-music-dreams-in-nashville-and-solving-a-niche-problem-willie-shaw.mp3 Former D1 college player Willie Shaw shares from his journey launching his career with NASA to currently living in Nashville working for a VC backed tech startup while songwriting and singing on Episode 69.  Here are some of the highlights from our conversation… 1. Why he chose to get a knowledge based Bachelor's degree and combined it with a specific skill based Master's degree in Accounting  2.  How he used networking to get his foot in the door to launch his career working with NASA 3.  He pivoted by taking a risk moving to Nashville to pursue songwriting and singing, why he turned down being on the hit show The Voice and how this led to getting signed by CAA  4. Willie shares about his role at Remedy Technology, a VC backed tech firm, which is solving a niche challenge in the music industry and has landed Big Machine and Big Loud Records as clients  Willie's story shows how taking calculated risks allows pursuing dreams to happen now versus hoping to go for... Wed, 28 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/13105067-ep-69-launching-a-career-with-nasa-chasing-music-dreams-in-nashville-and-solving-a-niche-problem-willie-shaw.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13105067-ep-69-launching-a-career-with-nasa-chasing-music-dreams-in-nashville-and-solving-a-niche-problem-willie-shaw.mp3 Former D1 college player Willie Shaw shares from his journey launching his career with NASA to currently living in Nashville working for a VC backed tech startup while songwriting and singing on Episode 69.  Here are some of the highlights from our conversation… 1. Why he chose to get a knowledge based Bachelor's degree and combined it with a specific skill based Master's degree in Accounting  2.  How he used networking to get his foot in the door to launch his career working with NASA 3.  He pivoted by taking a risk moving to Nashville to pursue songwriting and singing, why he turned down being on the hit show The Voice and how this led to getting signed by CAA  4. Willie shares about his role at Remedy Technology, a VC backed tech firm, which is solving a niche challenge in the music industry and has landed Big Machine and Big Loud Records as clients  Willie's story shows how taking calculated risks allows pursuing dreams to happen now versus hoping to go for... Wed, 28 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13105067-ep-69-launching-a-career-with-nasa-chasing-music-dreams-in-nashville-and-solving-a-niche-problem-willie-shaw.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13105067-ep-69-launching-a-career-with-nasa-chasing-music-dreams-in-nashville-and-solving-a-niche-problem-willie-shaw.mp3 Former D1 college player Willie Shaw shares from his journey launching his career with NASA to currently living in Nashville working for a VC backed tech startup while songwriting and singing on Episode 69.  Here are some of the highlights from our conversation… 1. Why he chose to get a knowledge based Bachelor's degree and combined it with a specific skill based Master's degree in Accounting  2.  How he used networking to get his foot in the door to launch his career working with NASA 3.  He pivoted by taking a risk moving to Nashville to pursue songwriting and singing, why he turned down being on the hit show The Voice and how this led to getting signed by CAA  4. Willie shares about his role at Remedy Technology, a VC backed tech firm, which is solving a niche challenge in the music industry and has landed Big Machine and Big Loud Records as clients  Willie's story shows how taking calculated risks allows pursuing dreams to happen now versus hoping to go for... Wed, 28 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/13105067-ep-69-launching-a-career-with-nasa-chasing-music-dreams-in-nashville-and-solving-a-niche-problem-willie-shaw.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/12875863-ep-68-making-it-to-the-show-by-21-overcoming-setbacks-and-reinventing-yourself-after-playing-michael-barrett.mp3 Former big league vet and Silver Slugger Award winner Michael Barrett shares from his 12 year MLB playing career, coaching in the Nationals organization and getting into business afterwards on Episode 68. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation… 1. The setbacks he faced in the initial years after making it to big leagues by 21 after being a 1st round pick out of high school and how he overcame them to have a long big league career. He includes the detailed story of making two costly errors on Opening Day 2000 in front of 52,000 fans as well as being demoted to AAA later in the season. 2. How current players can navigate playing in an analytics driven world without selling out who they naturally are as a baseball player 3. While Michael eventually established himself as a catcher, he played between third and catching in the early days of his big league career. He shares how he finds himself in a similar spot today in business wearing multiple hats running the Georgia Roadrunners tra... Wed, 24 May 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/12875863-ep-68-making-it-to-the-show-by-21-overcoming-setbacks-and-reinventing-yourself-after-playing-michael-barrett.mp3 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/12875863-ep-68-making-it-to-the-show-by-21-overcoming-setbacks-and-reinventing-yourself-after-playing-michael-barrett.mp3 Former big league vet and Silver Slugger Award winner Michael Barrett shares from his 12 year MLB playing career, coaching in the Nationals organization and getting into business afterwards on Episode 68. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation… 1. The setbacks he faced in the initial years after making it to big leagues by 21 after being a 1st round pick out of high school and how he overcame them to have a long big league career. He includes the detailed story of making two costly errors on Opening Day 2000 in front of 52,000 fans as well as being demoted to AAA later in the season. 2. How current players can navigate playing in an analytics driven world without selling out who they naturally are as a baseball player 3. While Michael eventually established himself as a catcher, he played between third and catching in the early days of his big league career. He shares how he finds himself in a similar spot today in business wearing multiple hats running the Georgia Roadrunners tra... Wed, 24 May 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1171229/episodes/12875863-ep-68-making-it-to-the-show-by-21-overcoming-setbacks-and-reinventing-yourself-after-playing-michael-barrett.mp3