Podcasts about area code games

What does it really take to go from high school standout to pro baseball? In this episode of the Most Valuable Agent Podcast, former MLB player and Align Sports advisor Dylan Manwaring joins us to share the raw truths of navigating the path from youth baseball to the big leagues. Dylan opens up about growing up with a major leaguer father (Matt Manwaring), standing out in a small town, and how showcases like Area Code Games and East Coast Pro shaped his journey to becoming an MLB draft pick. Whether you're a parent, coach, or player trying to understand the pros and cons of going pro vs. going to college—this episode delivers rare insight and real talk from someone who's been there. What You'll Learn in This Episode: What MLB scouts actually look for at top showcases How Dylan got recruited out of a small town The role of Prospect Link and digital scouting today What families should consider when weighing college vs. draft How to parent (and coach) through pressure without control The mental grind of proving yourself in pro ball If you're a parent, player, or coach looking to better understand how to navigate the path to college or pro baseball, this is the episode for you. Subscribe to Most Valuable Agent Youtube Channel for more content https://www.youtube.com/@mostvaluableagent/ ___ RESOURCES + LINKS ALIGND Sports: Elite Representation. Strategic Growth. Maximum Impact. From contract negotiations to career development, we put athletes first—helping you secure your future on and off the field. Ready to take your career to the next level? Book a 1:1 consultation with Matt HERE. FOLLOW Dylan Manwaring: @d_manwaring  Matt Hannaford: @mfhannaford

Ben and Carlos are back on the mic to talk about their travels and the prospects they've seen over the last few weeks and months of the summer showcase circuit. Ben breaks down a few high-upside pitching prospects from the 2026 class who wowed him this summer and Carlos does the same for two prep righties in the upcoming 2025 high school class. The two wonder if spin rate monsters are becoming increasingly common, try and see where Seth Hernandez stacks up with recent elite pitching prospects, talk through a handful of talented two-way players and more. The show closes with a listener email about the top international prospects from the most recent class, and how Ben would line those players up in a theoretical international draft.—Time Stamps(1:00) Curmudgeons in baseball(5:00) Style of play vs. talent of players(8:00) Randy Arozerena having friends(10:00) What have we been up to?(11:30) Area Code Games as Ben's favorite event(15:00) MLB Breakthrough Series at the Area Code Games(18:30) Sean Mack(20:00) Are spin rate monsters becoming more common?(26:00) Standout summer players(27:30) Savion Sims(30:40) Trey Rangel(33:00) Seth Hernandez(36:00) Where does Seth Hernandez rank in terms of elite pitching prospects?(41:00) Landon Harmon(43:00) Kruz Schoolcraft, Billy Carlson and two-way players(50:00) Dean Moss as one of the most disciplined hitters in the class(56:00) Kayson Cunningham, Gavin Fien, Eli Willits as USA standouts(1:03:00) Listener email about international prospectsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/future-projection-a-baseball-america-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jim talks with Frank Lantz about the ideas in his new book, The Beauty of Games. They discuss Frank's analysis of Benjamin Soule's arcade game Serpentes, reflecting on the enjoyment of games, panicking & choking, levels of understanding, Jim and his wife's experience playing Othello, Hanabi, partnership games, games as an aesthetic form, art vs aesthetics, playing for its own sake, thinking & doing, fulfilling the desire to be a coherent agent in the world, the performance of desire, games as systems, heuristics, strategy in military games, a game as a series of interesting decisions, overindexing on the flow state, going up the ladder of heuristics, maximizing for rate of learning, systems literacy, games as an art form for nerds, and much more. Episode Transcript The Beauty of Games, by Frank Lantz Currents 097: Frank Lantz on Network Wars and Games Donkeyspace (Frank's Substack) Frank Lantz is a game designer with a focus on exploring emerging technology to create new kinds of gameplay. He is the Founding Chair of the NYU Game Center, the co-founder of Area/Code Games (acquired by Zynga in 2011), the co-founder of Everybody House Games and the creator of the game Universal Paperclips. He has taught game design for over 20 years at New York University, Parsons School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts and has created numerous influential talks and writings on the subject of games.

The Loden Sports Outlier Sessions take you inside the Loden Sports ecosystem. Hosted by Matt Pajak, a Co-Founder of Loden Sports. On October 25, 2023, we chatted with 2024 MLB Draft Prospect and Indiana University Baseball Commit, Jake Hanley. Among other things, we discussed: Skyline Chili + the Cincinnati Reds... The best players he played with last summer... Being an athlete at 6-6, 220 lbs. + who he models his game after... Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:54 Quick hitters 8:15 LTAD: Gratefulness 13:07 LTAD: Ignition 18:45 LTAD: Sleep 20:52 Area Code Games and East Coast Pro 23:56 Biggest takeaway from the summer 27:09 Favorite event of the summer 27:53 Advice for a 2025 ahead of next summer 30:16 Being tall and athletic: Bryce Eldridge, James Wood, Jac Caglianone 33:50 Position he enjoys playing the most 35:25 2024 MLB Draft 36:48 Developmental focus this fall 38:21 Best advice he's ever gotten from his parents 40:18 Self-evaluation and self-awareness 42:20 Jake Hanley off the field 45:18 Conclusion Use the Loden Sports Performance Lab App to measure, track, and compare jump performance from your phone. Jake Hanley: instagram.com/jake.hanley34 Website / Blog / Socials: https://linktr.ee/lodensports

Jim talks with Frank Lantz, game designer and director of the Game Center at New York University, about Network Wars and the art of game-making. They discuss Frank's first reaction to Network Wars, how the game works, elegance in game design, the simplest possible expression of an idea, Frank's overall score record, high stochasticity in the combat results, the combination of high skill & high variance, the tendency to bend randomness in favor of the player's instincts, learning from poker, whether there are some setups that you can't win, being rewarded for understanding the mechanics, climbing the ladder of heuristics, semi-tractable problems, how games demonstrate the world's complexity, network topology games, deterministic AIs, heuristics of Network Wars, connection games, the prisoner's dilemma, choosing not to optimize, a Presbyterian universe, the idea of live Network Wars, new games with the same underlying dynamics, the doubling cube, games that incentivize creativity, how Network Wars kept Frank sane in a difficult time, games as the art form of problem solving, the power of games to help us understand, and much more. Episode Transcript Network Wars on the App Store Network Wars on Google Play The Beauty of Games, by Frank Lantz (forthcoming) Characteristics of Games, by Richard Garfield & Skaff Elias Frank Lantz is a game designer with a focus on exploring emerging technology to create new kinds of gameplay. He is the Founding Chair of the NYU Game Center, the co-founder of Area/Code Games (acquired by Zynga in 2011), the co-founder of Everybody House Games and the creator of the game Universal Paperclips. He has taught game design for over 20 years at New York University, Parsons School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts and has created numerous influential talks and writings on the subject of games. His book The Beauty of Games will be published by MIT Press in October of 2023.

On today's episode of the JKR Podcast, host Jayce Riegling sits down with 2024 Louisville Commit Jack Brown. They discuss the competition level of Indianapolis High School baseball, learning pitching mechanics. Area Code Games in San Diego, learning from his military father, and much more! Today's episode sponsor is Titan Bat Company. https://jkrpodcast.com Build A Legacy | Blue Collar Mentality | White Collar Industry | Embrace The Personality | Continuously Evolve Follow The JKR Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for more updates and fan engagement!

On today's episode of the JKR Podcast, host Jayce Riegling sits down with 2023 LSU Baseball Commit MJ Seo. They discuss moving from Korea and Canada, Texas High School baseball, USA PDP experience, Area Code Games, advisor selection process and much more! Today's episode sponsor is Titan Bat Company. https://jkrpodcast.com Build A Legacy | Blue Collar Mentality | White Collar Industry | Embrace The Personality | Continuously Evolve Follow The JKR Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for more updates and fan engagement!

No. 1 week continues on JBS with the consensus Top ranked 2024 player in New Jersey. The Pennington School's Bryce Meccage is one of our favorite interviews, because the University of Virginia commit's interests are so diverse. Today we discuss his summer - from tourney trips to Florida and Georgia to the Area Code Games in San Diego and 10 days in Montana immediately following. We also check in on the Landscaping business and his boat and the Backyard Baseball Lab, as well as some time spent with his Uncle Justin, a highly regarded coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Check it out - another edition of JBS starts NEXT.

We kick off No. 1 week with a look at the dude who spent most of 2022 as the top ranked player in New Jersey's Class of 2023. Ryan Jaros, the Cranford High third baseman and Georgia Tech commit, had an awesome summer on the travel circuit with the Canes National squad that dominated in major events. He spent a week at East Coast Pro down in Florida, living the life of a young minor leaguer and performing in front of numerous pro scouts. He turned in an impressive performance out in San Diego at the Area Code Games and topped it off with one of the best single moments at the event - a LOUD home run that got the attention of everyone. Ryan talks about all that and more - including his Last Dance coming up at Cranford this year. Great episode of JBS - and fantastic way to start the week.

NJ 2024 stars Sean Griggs (Red Bank Catholic, Alabama commit) and Luke Dickerson (Morris Knolls, Virginia commit) talk about their experience at the Underclass Area Code Games earlier this month in San Diego. Both players - ranked by Prep Baseball Report among the top 5 2024s in the state - impressed many and opened the eyes of numerous MLB scouts in attendance. Sean and Luke talk about their first-ever experience playing ball on the West Coast - AND getting to play at Fenway Park - on a great Back to School edition of JBS.

Boston Flannery & Charlee Soto joined us at the Area Code Games in San Diego, CA this week to talk being top rated MLB prospects, how to gain velocity, what it's like to throw 95+, pressures of being an athlete, social media, AND MORE. It was a great episode and I think a lot of people will find value from it.

The gang is heading west. Drew and Dustin preview their upcoming trip to the Area Code Games in San Diego and Drew shares his story of pitching in the Area Code Games as a high school prospect. The two dissect the two Texas teams competing in the event, discuss some of the huge national names participating, explain is significance and cover the latest in recruiting around the state. 

Our guest is a strength trainer and pitching coach for the top high school prospect in New England.  Logan Carman is the East Coast Evo Director of Player Performance and Winnacunnet High School pitching coach. Carman has helped Winnicunnet's Joe Allen become the top high school pitching prospect in New England by putting together a training program that helped the pitcher boost his maximum velocity from 89 mph to 95 mph. Allen showcased his new skill set this summer for USA Baseball's National Team as well as at the Area Code Games and East Coast Pro Showcase.

SUBSCRIBE - youtube.com/NJCollegeBaseballNation FOLLOW - Instagram @ nj_collegebaseballnation; Twitter @ NJCollegeBSBNat We conclude our series with a look at one of the top 2023 high school baseball pitchers in the state - and the country - in Bishop Eustace's Matt Augustin. Matt pushed his fastball up to 95 this summer and has some great secondary offerings and committed to the University of Virginia's incredible program at the start of the summer that also saw him achieve significant success at the Area Code games out in California. Matt talks about both of those experiences during our sit down, as well as the challenges he faced to put on the weight needed to push his career forward. Matt is a focused, dedicated, humble young man and you'll be a big fan of his after watching today's episode of Generation Next!

Nathan Rode and Shooter Hunt wrap up the summer, discussing takeaways from the PDP League, East Coast Pro and Area Code Games. David Seifert joins to talk about what he saw between the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and Cape Cod League.

Jared Jones joins us on the podcast to talk about choosing Texas as his future school after decommitting from USC due to a coaching change. Jared went to La Mirada High School in La Mirada, CA, and was committed to Texas before being selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd Round of the 2020 draft. Jared is known for his mid to high 90s fastball and participated in the Under Armour All-American Game, the Perfect Game All-American Game, as well as the Area Code Games. In this episode we go into: Jared's best high school game ever (2:45) Realizing he could be one of the best high school players in his class (4:20) Beginning his college recruiting during his 8th grade summer (5:16) Reopening his recruiting (18:25) Deciding between pro ball and college (24:34) Dad's influence on his work ethic (31:07) Learn more at: officialvisitpod.com Find us on instagram @officialvisitpod Find us on Twitter @OffVisitPodcast Find us on Facebook @OfficialVisitPod DM us for any questions! This episode is brought to you by Chin Music. Check out www.chinmusic.store and enter code OFFICIAL for 20% off your order of customizable bat decals! Chin Music. Your Bat. Your Story. This episode is also brought to you by Hyped Apparel. Go check out their newest line at https://hypedapparel.com/. Use code OFFICIALVISIT to get 15% off your order! What gets your HYPED?

Nathan Rode and Shooter Hunt discuss who and what stood out at this year's Area Code Games.

Hosted by Prospects Live draft expert, Joe (@JoeDoyleMiLB) sits down with our very own scouts James Weisser (@JWeisserr88) and Tyler Jennings (@TylerJennings24) both of whom were in attendance at the showcase this year. They discuss some of the top names in the class and how they performed, along with their standouts from the weekend, looking ahead to the '22 class, and more.

Draft experts Ralph (@ProspectJesus) & Joe (@JoeDoyleMiLB) further evaluate their Top 150 rankings, who's rising and falling in the ranks, along with key names to keep an eye on. They review recent events and showcases, such as Area Code Games, East Coast Pro and more. Find out the thoughts behind their Top 150 MLB Draft Class of 2021 rankings from the experts themselves.

On this week’s Pipeline Podcast Jim Callis, Mike Rosenbaum and Jason Ratliff take a look at some of the hottest rookies in the big leagues, including Padres’ Jake Cronenworth, Dodgers’ Dustin May and Oakland lefty Jesus Luzardo. They also discuss the debuts of right-handers Luis Patino (Padres) and Spencer Howard (Phillies). The crew digs into some Statcast numbers to help identify what’s behind the strong starts of relievers Josh Staumont (Royals), Jordan Romano (Blue Jays) and Devin Williams (Brewers), and they wrap up the show by looking at some of the top performers from the East Coast Pro Showcase and the Area Code Games.

On this week's Pipeline Podcast Jim Callis, Mike Rosenbaum and Jason Ratliff take a look at some of the hottest rookies in the big leagues, including Padres' Jake Cronenworth, Dodgers' Dustin May and Oakland lefty Jesus Luzardo. They also discuss the debuts of right-handers Luis Patino (Padres) and Spencer Howard (Phillies). The crew digs into some Statcast numbers to help identify what's behind the strong starts of relievers Josh Staumont (Royals), Jordan Romano (Blue Jays) and Devin Williams (Brewers), and they wrap up the show by looking at some of the top performers from the East Coast Pro Showcase and the Area Code Games.

This is Season 1, Episode 7 of the Hot Corner Athletics Podcast. We welcome Charlie Mack, 2018 MLB Draft pick by the Minnesota Twins. In this Podcast, Charlie and I discuss his upbringing and love for the game of baseball, as well as the National Level Travel Baseball that he played in and how he was able to get himself prepared for Professional Baseball. Charlie was fortunate enough to play in the East Coast Pro, High School Rivalry Game and Area Code Games in High School, which has set him up for the path that he is on now. Charlie was named the 2018 New York State Gatorade Player of the Year and won the Rawlings Gold Award in 2018.

Ryan Ozella and Steve Doherty join Les Lukach to review the updated Class of 2020 Player Rankings while recapping the Area Code Games. #ShapeTheState #BeSeen

Nathan Rode and Shooter Hunt discuss standouts from the Area Code Games in Long Beach and Area Code Underclass Games in Compton.

Frank Lantz is a game designer and Director of the NYU Game Center. He cofounded Area/Code Games and most recently released a game called Universal Paperclips in which you’re an AI that makes paperclips.Frank’s on Twitter @flantz and his site is franklantz.net.The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.***Topics00:27 - "Games are the aesthetic form of thinking and doing"6:57 - VR skepticism9:42 - Universal Paperclips14:27 - Explaining games to non-gamers20:12 - Competitive gaming22:57 - Building life lessons into games31:42 - Teaching game design36:17 - Inspiration, hard work, and taste39:17 - Darker sides of gaming culture43:07 - The indie game market45:27 - Unexpected trends in gaming49:17 - Benedict Fritz asks - Frank you seem much more interested in chess, go, poker, and other games with a long history than most game designers. Where do you think this comes from?52:12 - Esports55:37 - Inventing sports57:27 - Pokemon Go1:00:32 - Difficulty in predicting successes in entertainment1:03:17 - Frank's game recommendations1:05:47 - @fakebalenciaga asks - Why Tonto?

Nathan Rode and Shooter Hunt discuss their trip to Long Beach, CA, for the 2018 Area Code Games.

Nathan Rode and Shooter Hunt look ahead to the next couple weeks with the 2018 Future Games and Area Code Games. Shooter also discusses his recent trip to Tulsa for the Oklahoma Limited Series.

Nathan Rode and Shooter Hunt discuss the 2017 Area Code Games.

Carson chats with FanGraphs' lead prospect analyst about the Area Code Games, the 2017 draft, Devon Travis, Tim Tebow and more.

"In this podcast, Hudson Belinsky and Michael Lananna discuss the 2016 Area Code Games, presented by New Balance."Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.