Episode 73. Today I'm talking about the Speedway Classic! I chat with Tim Abbott, and my brother, Matt, and we all discuss our experiences and thoughts from the Speedway Classic in Bristol! Ed Rivera, of the Dad Hat Chronicles Podcast, comes on at the end to share some fun facts about Bristol Motor Speedway. Instagram - @timabbott2112, @matt_w_sellers & @thedadhat216 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Aug 07, 2025•53 min•Ep. 73
Episode 72. Today I'm chatting with Evan Etheridge and we're ready for the upcoming college football season, so to get even more ready for it, we do our 2025 NCAA QB Rankings! We find out that ranking college football QB's is a lot more challenging than ranking NFL QB's! X/Twitter - @evanaetheridge Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Jun 24, 2025•52 min•Ep. 72
Episode 71. Today I'm reviewing the opening weekend of the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament, and projecting what will happen the rest of the way. If you're not already watching it, do yourself a favor and tune into the rest of this year's tournament... you won't regret it. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Jun 03, 2025•27 min•Ep. 71
Episode 70. This is the second part of the chat with Paul Caputo, from the "Baseball By Design" podcast and Sportslogos.Net, about some of my own personal favorite logos and brands in all of minor league baseball. Twitter/X - @Count2Baseball Instagram - @baseballbydesign Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Mar 26, 2025•42 min•Ep. 70
Episode 69. I chat with Paul Caputo, from the "Baseball By Design" podcast and Sportslogos.Net, about some of my own personal favorite logos and brands in all of minor league baseball. This is the first of two parts to this episode! Twitter/X - @Count2Baseball Instagram - @baseballbydesign Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Mar 18, 2025•43 min•Ep. 69
Episode 68. I continue the chat with Nick Buckley and this time we each rank the worst 12 logos/brands in the NHL and discuss each of them. Instagram - @nick.buckley6 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Feb 26, 2025•39 min•Ep. 68
Episode 67. I chat with Nick Buckley and we each rank the top-12 logos/brands in the NHL and discuss each of them. Instagram - @nick.buckley6 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Feb 19, 2025•48 min•Ep. 67
Episode 66. The tradition continues of chatting with Erik "The Peanut Guy" Mertens for the first episode of each new year. We chat about our 2024 ballpark travels and some plans for 2025 ballpark traveling, as well as some great foods from our local Seattle and Cincinnati cities, a little bit of hockey and more! Twitter/X - @ItsErikMertens Instagram - @erikthepeanutguy Facebook - "Erik The Peanut Guy" Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Feb 06, 2025•41 min•Ep. 66
Episode 65. Trent, Evan, Nick & I all discuss the new 12-team format, breakdown the matchups and potential matchups for the 2024 College Football Playoffs, and then make some predictions as well. Twitter/X - @trent_honthy & @evanaetheridge Instagram - @trenthonthy & @nick.buckley6 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Dec 17, 2024•55 min•Ep. 65
Episode 64. I chat with Trent Honthy, and we make some projections on how the rest of the college football season plays out, especially the conference championship games and how the 2024 12-team College Football Playoff will look. Twitter/X - @trent_honthy Instagram - @trenthonthy Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Nov 13, 2024•44 min•Ep. 64
Episode 63. This is the continuation and second-part of the conversation of Evan Etheridge and I ranking and discussing the NFL QB's. Twitter/X - @evanaetheridge Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Oct 30, 2024•35 min•Ep. 63
Episode 62. I chat with Evan Etheridge and we rank the NFL QB's and discuss each of them. Evan ranks the AFC QB's, and I rank the NFC QB's. We had a lot to discuss here, so this will be part 1 of a 2-part episode! Twitter/X - @evanaetheridge Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Oct 23, 2024•40 min•Ep. 62
Episode 61. I chat with Patrick Larson about this year's MLB Postseason field and we preview each of the matchups and make predictions for the entire 2024 bracket, all the way through the World Series! Instagram - @milbhathistory Twitter/X - @patlarson1 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Oct 01, 2024•58 min•Ep. 61
Episode 60. I chat with the host of The Dad Hat Chronicles Podcast, Ed Rivera, and we rank and discuss each of our top-10 favorite brands and logos from Minor League Baseball's Copa de la Diversion series. Twitter/X & Instagram - @thedadhat216 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
May 15, 2024•46 min•Ep. 60
Episode 59. I once again chat with Evan Etheridge, this time about this year's NCAA Tournament! We breakdown each bracket, discuss where we agree and disagree with the committee, talk about the most likely potential upsets and make our game-by-game predictions from the Elite Eight an forward. Twitter/X - @evanaetheridge Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 59
Episode 58. I chat with ESPN's Smacker Miles. She works in several different roles, for several different sports and she tells us about that, playing sports herself, her favorite moments from working in sports and as a fan of them. We also talk a lot about the SEC and she tells us what she would've been doing if she hadn't been working in sports, as well as plenty more. Twitter/X & Instagram - @SmackerMiles Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-...
Feb 21, 2024•32 min•Ep. 58
Episode 57. I chat with Evan Etheridge to preview Super Bowl LVIII, between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. We make predictions, discuss many of the betting props, over/unders and plenty more. Twitter/X - @evanaetheridge Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Feb 07, 2024•35 min•Ep. 57
Episode 56. Today I rank and discuss the top-10 logos in all of Minor League Hockey. There are a lot of good logos and brands out there, so make sure and check these out, as well as the others that I wasn't able to fit into my top-10. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Jan 31, 2024•18 min•Ep. 56
Episode 55. I chat with Liam from "Tennis Section" and we preview the 2024 Australian Open for the Men's and Women's tournaments. We discuss fun 1st round matches and potential matches we want to see for the next few rounds before making our predictions for the quarterfinals and beyond. Twitter/X & Tik-Tok - @Tennis_Section Instagram - @TheTennisSection YouTube - @TennisSection Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 55
Episode 54. In keeping up with Up To Chat tradition I chat with Erik "The Peanut Guy" Mertens on the first episode of the new year. We do some catching up and chat about his 2023, which included a great experience at the All-Star Game in Seattle and also about his plans for 2024. Twitter/X - @ItsErikMertens Instagram - @erikthepeanutguy Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Jan 03, 2024•45 min•Ep. 54
Episode 53. We've expanded our horizons to be about all sports rather than just baseball. Our first episode of this new era is a CFP Preview with my good friends Trent Honthy and Evan Etheridge. It was an absolute blast chatting with these guys discussing college football and a little bit of other stuff as well. Twitter/X - @trent_honthy & @evanaetheridge Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Dec 27, 2023•51 min•Ep. 53
Episode 52. I chat with Brett Kell, host of the "Binging Baseball" podcast. We discuss his Binging Baseball brand and then a lot of the new brands, logos and team names in the baseball world, as well as plenty more. Twitter/X - @Bingingball Instagram - @baseballbinging Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Dec 13, 2023•45 min•Ep. 52
Episode 51. I chat with Ethan Bryan, the man who played catch every day for a full year and wrote a book about it, "A Year of Playing Catch". He tells us all about the year he spent playing catch with many different people in many different places. Twitter/X: @Ethan_Bryan www.ethanbryan.com Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Nov 29, 2023•50 min•Ep. 51
Episode 50. Today I discuss and rank each of the 7 Minor League ballparks that I saw for the first time in 2023. Erik "The Peanut Guy" Mertens and Michael Harris also come on to discuss their own experiences at a couple of the ballparks I rank on this episode. Twitter/X: @ItsErikMertens, @intheballparks Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Nov 15, 2023•29 min•Ep. 50
Episode 49. I chat with Peoria Chiefs Corporate Sales Manager Brice Ballentine and he tells us everything you need to know about their ballpark, Dozer Park and the best things to do when you're in the Peoria area. Patrick Larson, of the MiLB Hat History Series, also comes on to talk about the baseball history of Peoria. Twitter/X - @peoriachiefs, @oyster31, @patlarson1 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Oct 18, 2023•34 min•Ep. 49
Episode 48. I chat with Jessie Barton, a fellow ballpark-chaser, who also works for the Richmond Flying Squirrels. She tells us about them and their ballpark, "The Diamond", as well as her road-trips and ballpark favorites, and even her fandom beyond just baseball. Twitter/X - @Jessie_Barton_ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day
Oct 04, 2023•30 min•Ep. 48
Episode 47. Today I chat with Trent Honthy, who works as part of the grounds crew for not only the Houston Astros, but also the Houston Texans. He talks about working to get those jobs, some of the experiences with them, other stadium and road-trip experiences of his, as well as plenty more. Twitter/X - @trent_honthy Instagram - @trenthonthy Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Sep 20, 2023•48 min•Ep. 47
Episode 46. I chat with Ed Rivera, of "The Dad Hat Chronicles" podcast and we each rank & discuss the logos and brands of each of the 12 Midwest League teams... and then afterwards just chat about baseball in-general for a while for fun. Paul Caputo, of the "Baseball By Design" podcast also comes on to discuss one specific team's brand in more details! Twitter/X - @thedadhat216 & @Count2Baseball Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Sep 06, 2023•52 min•Ep. 46
Episode 45. Today I'm doing my postseason predictions for the MLB. Not only who will win each division and get the wild card spots, but then predicting seedings and then going matchup-by-matchup, round-by-round all the way through the World Series! Twitter - @UpToChat Instagram - @UpToChatPod Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Aug 30, 2023•19 min•Ep. 45
Episode 44. I chat with Zach Beeson, a fellow-Ballpark Chaser, who has been to almost 200 ballparks already. We discuss a lot of the specifics of the ballparks he's been to so far and some of the ones highest on his list to still see. He's a big Los Angeles Angels fan, so we also chat about them as well as plenty more. Twitter - @zachbeeson22 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day...
Aug 16, 2023•38 min•Ep. 44
