Minicast – Target Field

In February 2010, Ed Kasputis flew to Kanas City to interview Gina Leo Stingley from the sports architectural firm, Populous about the opening of Target Field in April of that year.  In 96 days, Populous‘ next Major League ballpark will open – Miami Marlins’ Ballpark.

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Minicast – Marlins Ballpark

On April 4, 2012 the Miami Marlins will open their new ballpark as they host the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.  Ed Kasputis interviews Greg Sherlock who was the lead designer for Major League Baseball’s newest ballpark.

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2011 Kansas City Royals

Happy Father’s Day from the Great Midwest!  Our podcast is from both Kansas City and Omaha as the College World Series opens on June 18th.  Ed Kasputis interviews Joe Connor about Father’s Day and Matt Miltner about the new TD Ameritrade Park – Omaha.  Another great segment of 100 Places to See and Ed shares his first home run and who caught it.  Then it’s off to the Gulf Coast.  Next podcast will feature the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Florida Marlins

Our PhD Committee is in Miami, checking out Sun Life Stadium and Miami Marlins Ballpark which is currently under construction.  Ed interviews Greg Sherlock from Populous.  Greg is the lead designer for the new ballpark.  Ed shares his story about Little Billie and the PhD Committee talk about chivalry in baseball. Ed then interviews Steve Barr from Little League as the Little League World Series starts today. Ed also shares his experience at the SABR convention that just ended in Atlanta.  Lastly, our PhD Committee gears up to move from the east coast to the west coast of Florida.  Goodbye to Miami and hello to Tampa, home to those dynamic Rays.

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Baseball PhD meets its iPhone app

Our Baseball PhD iPhone app is out.  A giant thank you to Rob Walch, Sarah Morio, Chuck Brown and the rest of the staff at Wizzard Media who designed and engineered our app.  This app has exceeded both our expectations and imagination.

Listen and watch below as Ed Kasputis interviews Rob Walch about the features of this state of the art iPhone app (which can be purchased in the iTunes store).

Minnesota Twins

Target Field will open on April 12, 2010 as the Minnesota Twins host the Boston Red Sox.  Target Field will be the only new major league ballpark that will open this year.  Ed, Farley and Mark begin the podcast by talking about Target Field.  Ed then interviews Michael Wekesser, lead designer for the Target Field project.  Mike’s employer is the world renown sports architectural firm, Populous.

The Wise Guys then battle it out over baseball history and then Baseball Bob appears from the shadows to give us the baseball trivia question of the podcast.  What was the name of the franchise that moved to Baltimore in 1954?

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Baseball PhD meets Target Field

Like anything great, we had to travel to Kansas City to learn about Target Field.  Target Field opens on April 12, 2010 in Minneapolis.  It will be the new home of the Minnesota Twins.

Target Field was designed at the world headquarters of Populous.  In the video below, Ed Kasputis interviews Michael Wekesser, lead designer for the project.

To learn about the 2012 Olympic Stadium that is being designed by Populous, click here.