NLA: Zim & John at the old ballgame in Lincoln!
About this episode
John Gaskins and Matt Zimmer discuss their experience at the American Association All-Star Game and interview players.
One way to beat the sweltering, sports-dead dog days of Mid-July is to have a conference football media day event. Players and coaches all over the Missouri Valley Football Conference gave local sports fans something to talk and read about, and both Sioux Falls Live and Happy Hour dug in their heels on Tuesday and Wednesday -- ample coverage you'll find on this site. Another way to smother the summer sports blues: Take a road trip! Happy Hour has taken local viewers and listeners into sports bars since its inception 18 months ago. The weekly "Nobody's Listening Anyway" podcast featuring Sioux Falls Live sports editor Matt Zimmer and the Happy Hour host have bellied up at Gateway Lounge for six years. On Wednesday, that duo traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take in the sights and sounds of the American Association All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, a day after MLB held its Mid-Summer Classic. Four Canaries played in the game, and two took swings in the Derby -- veteran Mike Hart and 6'7 masher Josh Rehwaldt, a University of Sioux Falls alumnus who owns one of the top five batting averages in the league at .358. The hosts interviewed the two sluggers on the field before their first…
Topics covered
- sports media
- baseball
- All-Star Game
- interviews
- local sports
- summer sports
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