Josh Fellhauer played for the Titans during the 2007 through the 2009 seasons. Fellhauer was drafted in the seventh round in 2009 after completing his junior season with the Titans. He headlined the 2009 MLB draft for Fullerton and was drafted ahead of future big leaguers Khris Davis and Dustin Garneau. A member of the 2008 Collegiate National Team and playing for Team USA, Fellhauer was a National College Baseball Writers Association All-American and named 1st Team All-Big West in 2009. His Jun...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Paul Fiarkoski is the author of the book "Romancing the Blatt: Memoir of a Love Affair with Omaha’s Field of Dreams. Paul joins Dave for a conversation remembering the iconic stadium where Cal State Fullerton played 16 of its 18 College World Series in and the site where all four national championships were won. Listeners will learn of the history of the College World Series, Rosenblatt Stadium and its ultimate demise and how the event has since moved to the new downtown ballpark. Paul shares th...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Today's guest is Sahid Valenzuela who most recently played for the Titans from 2017 through 2019 and was drafted by the Oakland A's in the 13th round of the 2019 MLB draft. In his freshman season in 2017, Sahid played in 57 games, 55 as a starter, including both games in the College World Series primarily playing second base. He finished his freshman campaign batting .314 and received numerous awards and accolades including named to the All-Big West First Team, Big West Freshman of the Year and ...
May 27, 2020•55 min
Ricky Romero played for the Titans from 2003 to 2005 and was selected 6th overall in the 2005 MLB draft. Romero would make his Major League debut with the team that drafted him, the Toronto Blue Jays on April 9th, 2009, becoming the 46th Titan to play in the Major Leagues. During his professional baseball career, Romero would pitch two opening days and was selected to the 2011 MLB All-Star game. In 2011, Romero finished 10th in the Cy Young voting, a year he went 15-11 with a 2.92 ERA and 178 st...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Guest: Associate Head Coach and recruiting coordinator, Sergio Brown. Sergio joined the Titans in July 2019 after coaching at the University of Arizona for four years. Coach Brown is currently in his third go around with Titan Baseball having served on the staff in 2001-03 and 2007-10. He also was a member of the 1995 Titan Baseball team that won the National Championship, the third of the four national championships for Cal State Fullerton. As the recruiting coordinator at Fullerton in 2009, Co...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Conversation with Cal State Fullerton Titan Baseball Head Coach Rick Vanderhook. Currently in his ninth year at helm of the baseball program he played for and was an assistant coach for years, Hook recently surpassed 300 wins as a head coach with a 6-1 victory over Stanford on February 15th. His win total ranks third all-time in Titan Baseball history behind George Horton at 490 and the legendary Augie Garrido who won 875 while at Fullerton. Since the 2020 Titan Baseball season was cut short by ...
Apr 09, 2020•48 min
Conversation with Titan Alumnus and Major Leaguer Dustin Garneau. Garneau played at Cal State Fullerton for four years, from 2006 to 2009. Nicknamed Drago for his uncanny likeness to actor Dolph Lundgren who played Ivan Drago, the imposing Soviet Union boxer in the film Rocky 4, Garneau is currently with his fifth Major League Baseball club, the Houston Astros. A 19th round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies, it took Garneau nearly seven years to get the call up to the majors. During his career ...
Feb 18, 2020•44 min
The 2020 Titan Baseball season is right around the corner, opening up February 14, 2020 at Stanford. We preview how the team is shaping up and make our predictions as to who will be starting on the mound on the weekends and the closer role. We'll also preview the bullpen contributors. The second half of the episode, we preview the positions players including what looks to be the designated hitter spot being split between two different players. Pitchers (2:11) ▶️ Weekends starter predictions (5:4...
Feb 10, 2020•36 min
Special guest: Eric Sorenson, staff writer for D1Baseball.com Known as Stitch Head, Eric Sorenson grew up in Omaha, Nebraska but has since moved to Southern California. He covers college baseball for D1Baseball and frequently covers Southern California college baseball teams due to his close proximity. He also covers other college baseball teams and wrote the fall preview on the 2020 Cal State Fullerton Titan Baseball team and will soon publish the preview of the 2020 Big West preview to also ap...
Jan 26, 2020•49 min
Connor Seabold played in the 2015 - 2017 Titan Baseball seasons going to Omaha twice, the first in 2015 as a freshman and 2017 as a junior. Seabold from Newport Harbor High was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2014 MLB draft in the 19th round but elected to attend Cal State Fullerton. In just three years he would improve upon that draft position and was selected in the third round (83rd overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2017 draft. As a freshman, Seabold assumed the Sunday sta...
Jan 21, 2020•49 min
Cal State Fullerton President Fram Virjee has been on the job two years and has the tall task of balancing athletics expectations along with academic excellence. We visited with President Virjee at his office that overlooks the Cal State Fullerton campus to discuss his background, his ascent to being named interim President and falling in love with the job to eventually becoming the 6th President of Cal State Fullerton. President Virjee discusses rich tradition of Titan baseball and how the stor...
Jan 09, 2020•52 min
Our conversation with former Cal State Fullerton and University of Oregon head baseball coach, George Horton. Call him King George or Saint George, we're calling this episode "Breakfast with the King" Because we met coach and shared breakfast at a local establishment. We met to discuss the influence Cerritos College has had on the Cal State Fullerton baseball program, the incredible run to the national championship team in 2004, the eventual decision to leave Fullerton and take the head job at O...
Nov 19, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Cal State Fullerton Pitching Coach Dan Ricabal took time out of his schedule to discuss his role with the Titan baseball program. Ricabal was a right handed pitcher transfer from Cerritos College and earned All-American honors at Cal State Fullerton in 1993 and was an integral part of the Titans' 1994 College World Series team. He played professionally for the Dodgers and Giants organizations before landing coaching jobs in the Cape Cod League, College of the Canyons, UC Santa Barbara, The Angel...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 36 min
Cal State Fullerton Titan Baseball Assistant Coach Andy Jenkins joins the podcast. Jenkins breaks down what he has seen and experiencing since joining the Titan baseball staff, reflects on his time as a player and coach at Oregon State along with the rigors of recruiting the right athlete to fit into a college baseball program. Coach Jenkins also discusses current players on the roster Kameron Guangorena, JJ Cruz, Cameron Repetti, Joe Magrisi along with his thoughts coming out of the weekend exh...
Oct 29, 2019•50 min
Our conversation with Darric Merrell, right handed pitcher for the Cal State Fullerton Baseball team from the 2001 - 2003 season. Merrell played in Omaha twice in 2001 and 2003 and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies following the 2003 season. He currently is the head coach for Temecula Valley High School. Darric discusses his career at Cal State Fullerton, minor league baseball and eventually taking the head coaching position at his Alma Mater high school. If you know of someone who would make ...
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Our conversation with Stu Murray, Perfect Game USA contributor and host of the On Campus to the Cape Podcast. Stu lives on Cape Cod and follows the prestigious Cape Cod League throughout the summer and keeps up on all things college baseball. We talk about returning Titans catcher Kameron Guangorena and right handed pitcher Tanner Bibee about their time this summer on the Cape playing for the Wareham Gatemen. Stu also shares his thoughts on west coast baseball, the coaching changes within the Ca...
Sep 05, 2019•43 min
Our conversation with Titan Baseball alumnus Jared Clark who played for Cal State Fullerton from 2005 - 2009 and went to the College World Series while a Titan. Clark played in the prestigious Cape Cod League, for Team USA and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies. He offers insight into what it was like playing for Cal State Fullerton in the mid-to-late 2000's, experiences in Omaha, playing for Team USA and what he is doing now in life after baseball.
Aug 27, 2019•46 min
Our conversation with incoming freshman infielder JJ Cruz, a highly regarded short stop out of Gahr High School. Cruz is expected to arrive on campus and compete immediately for the short stop position that was vacated by Sahid Valenzuela who was drafted by the Oakland A's.
Aug 20, 2019•21 min
Our conversation with Titan Baseball pitcher Tim Matz who played at Cerritos College before coming to Cal State Fullerton for the 1974 season while the Titans still competed in Division 2 Baseball. He also played for the 1975 Cal State Fullerton team that was the first team to play at the Division 1 level and also the first Titan Baseball team to play in the College World Series in Omaha. During the intro, we mention a contest give away of a Cal State Fullerton T-Shirt. Listen to how to enter an...
Aug 16, 2019•59 min
After the completion of the 2019 Titan Baseball season, a number of fans had an opinion on the team, the season and the coaching. We wanted to let those fans have a voice and express themselves. We offered the opportunity to a number of fans but only four were willing to call in and let their opinion be heard. Here are their takes and opinions regarding the 2019 season and the state of the program moving forward.
Jun 28, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Cameron Repetti signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Titan Baseball in the 2019 / 2020 season. Repetti is a dual threat both a phenomenal third baseman and a tremendous pitcher. In April he tossed a no-hitter and was leaned on heavily to propel his Cypress High School team to the CIF Championship. Depending on how the MLB draft plays out, Repetti could be joined on campus by two other Cypress high school teammates who are also committed to play for Fullerton next season. Cameron is cur...
Jun 04, 2019•32 min
If you have listened to a Titan Baseball broadcast, chances are you are familiar with Mike Martinez's voice. Mike Martinez has been the voice of Titan Baseball for nearly a decade and has described the action on the field with his own style and professionalism. We caught up with Mike to discuss how he started in broadcasting, how he became the voice of Titan Baseball, the Long Beach State rivalry, recapping the "down year" the Titans had in 2019 and more. If you have listened to previous episode...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Anthony Hutting is a former Titan player and current head coach of the Cypress College Chargers baseball program. We discuss Hutt's playing career that spanned four years from 2010 to 2013, the uniqueness of the rivalry with Long Beach State, how the family dynamic at home with his younger brother was since Eric Hutting was a catcher with the Dirtbags. Anthony also touches on his current coaching philosophy on player development and the balance of recruiting to a community college baseball progr...
Mar 30, 2019•48 min
Our conversation with Tommy Wilson, Titan Baseball alumnus who is currently in the New York Mets organization. In this episode, Tommy discusses: - Pro baseball spring training - Transitioning from college to pro baseball - The intensity of the rivalry with Long Beach State - 2018 postseason including the epic walk off game against Stanford - Life after baseball, whenever that comes Please email us at: calstateomaha@gmail.com for questions or comments and visit https://www.calstateomaha.com for m...
Mar 16, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Continuing with our conversation with longtime Cal State Fullerton Sports Information Director, Mel Franks, we pick up going over some of the best teams he has seen in his 30 plus years while the SID at Fullerton. We discuss and share stories about some of the greatest players to have ever worn the Fullerton Blue and Orange along with revealing how current head coach Rick Vanderhook somehow arrived in Omaha prior to the rest of the team while Hook was a Titan player.
Mar 06, 2019•39 min
The inaugural episode of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast has arrived! Our first guest to talk about Titan Baseball is Mel Franks, now retired Sports Information Director for Cal State Fullerton. Mel Franks served as the CSUF SID for 32 years, spanning three decades of College World Series championship wins. His wealth of knowledge of the Titan Baseball program, its history and the College World Series is unmatched. Mel Franks has traveled to Omaha 13 times when the Fullerton Baseball team would ...
Mar 01, 2019•40 min
