COVID Issues Overshadow ALL SEC Finale
- Recap of NC State Disaster - Vanderbilt Highlights on their way to the Championship - Mississippi State Highlights on their way to the Championship - Picks for the Series
Jun 28, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Beyond the Diamond
Your inside source for exclusive information on the best game in the world and a lens into the baseball universe, from some of the only people with inside access to this world, college managers Colby Rush and Hunter Broadbent of the UConn Huskies.
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The Final Eight
Colby and Hunter give their picks for each bracket and the CWS!
Jun 18, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 18
SUPER Regional Recap
Hunter is BACK! Colby and Hunter open up with a UConn sendoff with Hunter giving us a rundown of how special this team was and how great a run they made. We then get into the 8 super regional matchups, starting with the most shocking of events: Arkansas losing to NC State in 3 games. Highlighted by the game 3 decision to start Kopps and leave him in into the 9th by Dave Van Horn. Kevin Kopps is not to blame for this loss at all. The man had one of the most incredible years by a collegiate baseba...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 19
The Road to Omaha Has Begun
Hunter is out again with UConn playing in the South Bend Regional, so we asked friends of the show, Ryan and Nick, to come and help fill in for him as they both have a vested interest in the CWS with Ryan at TCU and Nick at Fairfield. We began the show talking all about the top 8 national seeds and how each of their first games went last night particularly focusing on the Tennessee walk-off, TCU waking up with Ryan providing some extra commentary on what he has seen from his Horned Frogs thus fa...
Jun 05, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Conference Championship Week
Hey guys sorry for putting this episode out a little later than usual. Colby got caught up with some editing for my summer internship. This week, Hunter was out at the BIG EAST Championship so our friend Dylan Stiles filled in for him. Colby and Dylan recapped the new power rankings, each conferences' regular-season champ, and all the regular season awards. Then we got into some MLB talk highlighting the great MLB race between the 3 Jr.'s and Garcia as well as Kevin Gausman hopefully getting som...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Countdown to the Final Rankings
Colby and Hunter are back with another episode of Beyond the Diamond College Baseball Rankings stay fairly similar with the biggest move being Vandy dropping to #3 and Mississippi State dropping to #10 Kevin Kopps is the best pitcher in college baseball or at the very least, the most valuable Jack Leiter is back and better than ever after his week off La Salle Baseball is doing all they can to keep their program running past this season NCAA has announced 100% capacity at all stadiums pending lo...
May 22, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Let’s Finish Strong
Colby and Hunter are back with another episode We open the show talking about the new top 25 from D1Baseball Including the top 5 in particular: Arkansas Vanderbilt Mississippi State Tennessee Texas Then Colby and Hunter go around the country highlighting some of the top stories around college baseball Including the top story of the week: Ole Miss ace Gunner Hoglund tearing his UCL and having to get Tommy John After Colby gives his weekly update on Fairfield who swept second-place Niagara to clin...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Arkansas Is On A Mission
We are back for a special Sunday postgame episode! The race in the top 25 is really starting to heat up as we enter the last month of the regular season With Arkansas holding strong at #1: Colby and Hunter break down their weekend series in Baton Rouge against LSU Where they took 2 out of 3 and outfielder Christian Franklin was the hero on multiple occasions We then discuss #14 Florida's impressive showing against #2 Vanderbilt Where they handed them only their second series loss since 2019: Wei...
May 03, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Does Fairfield Actually Have A Chance At Hosting A Regional?
Colby and Hunter are back to break down the latest college baseball and MLB news! We begin with our weekly check-in on the D1Baseball Top 25: Discussing if we think Arkansas can hold onto the #1 spot for much longer (and how Robert Moore is doing everything in his power to make the answer to that question yes) The epic series between Vanderbilt and Tennessee last weekend How LSU is bouncing back after being counted out once Jaden Hill was injured The run that Pitt has been on of late Baylor taki...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Halfway Home
Beyond The Diamond is back! After some busy (and quite successful) homestands for Fairfield and UConn Colby and Hunter get back at it to give you the latest college baseball news We break down the latest D1Baseball Top 25 rankings Highlighted by Arkansas' return to #1 Vanderbilt dropping to #2 after a tough weekend against Georgia And the conferences to watch out for in the second half of the college season Colby gives us a recap of how Fairfield, the #2 team in the country in RPI, has gotten it...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 12
G.O.A.T (Featuring: Justin Guerrera)
Colby and Hunter sit down with Collegiate Baseball and MAAC Player of the Week Justin Guerrera, Captain for the Fairfield Stags We talk with Justin about the transition from High School to College The recruiting process The COVID shutdown last season The mental side of baseball and how important that is to have success The Whoop Band and how that has changed his way of thinking about recovery and sleep Being named a Captain as a Junior Playing in the CT Collegiate Baseball League His Brother bei...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This Week, Kumar Is #1 Again (Ft. Joshua Mould)
In the tenth episode of Beyond The Diamond, Colby and Hunter are joined by friend and analytics expert Joshua Mould We discuss what he has accomplished as the Villanova Sports Analytics Club Co-Founder and President Being published on Fangraphs on multiple occasions How to get your foot in the door when it comes to learning more about the wide world of sports analytics Joshua and Hunter also go over some takeaways and lessons learned from attending the SABR Analytics Conference last weekend Afte...
Mar 21, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
B.C. Has A Comeback For The Ages, Arkansas Holds Strong At #1, And Caleb Wurster Is Elite
Colby and Hunter break down the latest college baseball news Including taking a look at this week's D1Baseball.com Top 25 Highlighting the latest on: Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Boston College, UC Santa Barbara, Oregon, UCLA, LSU, Arizona, Virginia, Mississippi State Virginia Tech and their "Home Run Hammer" and of course, UConn! We also preview this weekend's slate of games Give our thoughts on the Jake Odorizzi signing Why the Astros are still a force to be reckoned with Ch...
Mar 13, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 9
What A Week For Arkansas, But Isn’t It Inevitable That Vandy Will Be #1 Again Soon? Featuring Special Guest Host Chris Polletta
Colby and Hunter Continue their College Baseball talk Hightlights include: Arkansas is the newest team to blaze through tough opponents in a week Vandy featuring superstars Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter along with Miles Garrett UVA vs UNC featuring pitching galore and Austin Love might be the most underrated pitcher in baseball Mike Vasil continues his scorching hot start to the season UCONN bounces back after a tough loss in game 1 to take two out of three from Southern Miss Ole Miss gets shocke...
Mar 05, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Happy New Year to Everyone Except UCLA
Recap of the first weekend of College Baseball Hightlights include: Vandy featuring Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter Florida vs Miami featuring the wild extra-inning game Saturday UCONN vs UVA featuring Mike Vasil, definitely low-stress game 2 and a pitchers duel game 1 UCLA's blunders featuring them sucking Ole Miss running the table featuring them convincing beating 3 top 10 opponents As well as the MLB continuing to refuse to market Mike Trout Bryce Harper is jacked Let's get baseball players jac...
Feb 24, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A Sit Down With Fairfield Stags Captain Jake Noviello
Today Colby and Hunter have the pleasure of being joined by Fairfield starting pitcher and team captain Jake Noviello In this highly insightful interview, Jake previews what's on tap for Fairfield's team this season Discusses the transition from high school to college And reflects on how influential his dad has been for him throughout his career Afterwards, the guys take a look at the upcoming matchups for the Opening Weekend of College Baseball Highlighted by UConn-Virginia on Friday afternoon!...
Feb 18, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The Laser Show
Colby and Hunter talk about the legendary career of Dustin Pedroia How our childhood idols are fading fast Break down the heated Hall of Fame debate Try to find a rational middle ground Offer their takes on the Nolan Arenado trade to St. Louis Talk some more Hot Stove buzz And wrap up with some rapid-fire questions Check out the pod @beyondthediamondpodcast on Instagram and @beyondthediapod on Twitter Thanks for supporting the show, and we'd love to hear from you!...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 5
A Tribute to Hammerin' Hank
Hunter and Colby open up with a tribute to Hank Aaron Then continue with free agency news (Springer/Brantley) and stir up the Hot Stove with some possible rumors COVID impact on owners and teams Where will Trevor Bauer go? Begin College Baseball talk with some power rankings and our thoughts on our teams!
Jan 24, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 4
Evolving the Game
Open up with the latest Hot Stove moves including the Lindor trade, Kluber & DJ to the Yanks, and Henriks to the White Sox Discussion about marketing the game Rule changes (what we like and what we don't) Our suggestions on how to reach a wider audience How to reach the current die-hards of baseball Olympics and World Baseball Classic And much much more! @beyondthediamondpodcast on Instagram @beyondthediapod on Twitter
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Inside The Life Of A Minor Leaguer, Featuring Angels Prospect David MacKinnon
Beyond the Diamond sits down with Angels Prospect David Mackinnon David gives us an insight into what life has been like for him during COVID Gives us an update of sorts on the players vs owners dispute from the spring David gives us some motivation that he uses every day and much much more Definitely don't want to miss this one
Jan 07, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Have You Or A Loved One Recently Been Traded To San Diego?
Introduction to what we do at our schools Power Rankings for the 2021 season Introduction to our Hot Stove Discussion Our thoughts on the Padres trade When is Uncle Stevie going to make his move? Rapid Fire questions
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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