Podcast appearances and mentions of Dirk Hayhurst

Former big leaguer Dirk Hayhurst shares on Episode 61 how he became a New York Times best selling author writing four books, battled anxiety when getting the ultimate call up and his journey on the other side of playing. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation...1. Why writing is the most useful tip he recommends in helping process outcomes on the field and how he saw Roy Halladay do the same as a teammate2. How he was struck with anxiety when initially called up to the big leagues and getting a shot as a broadcaster on national TV and what he focused on to seek calming his nerves3. Why athletes struggle with identity issues when playing ends and why he suggests understanding skill sets and likes versus resurrecting identity in a new career4. His advice for former players navigating the interview process and how to best communicate the experiences baseball provides to stand out against other applicantsDirk's story shows that life is an never ending process of reinventing yourself.To connect with Dirk, you can visit his website at dirkhayhurst.com or find him on LinkedIn.

In this episode we are joined by former minor league baseball player and executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers Harry Marino to discuss the unconscionable working and living conditions minor league baseball players are subjected to. We discuss the impact of the pandemic on minor league baseball, recent developments around housing, and how Advocates for Minor Leaguers are trying to organize players and build solidarity. For more on the housing struggle of MiLB players, check out this story. For more on the brutal conditions in MiLB, check out this fabulous expose by Joon Lee. For previous End of Sport coverage, check out Nathan's Jacobin conversation and this really good early episode with Dirk Hayhurst.   For a transcription of this episode, please click here. (Updated semi-regularly Credit @punkademic) Research Assistance for The End of Sport provided by Abigail Bomba. __________________________________________________________________________ If you are interested, you can support the show via our Patreon! As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. www.TheEndofSport.com

New York Times best selling author and former major league baseball player and broadcaster Dirk Hayhurst openly talks about the "un-glorifying" life of a minor league baseball player, the transition to broadcasting and the extension of the sexual harassment/ misogyny of the locker room into the broadcast booth with Jonah Sigel In The Pressrow brought to you by Bleav.While others in minor league baseball were holding on to dreams and living the stereotypical life of a minor leagues, Dirk Hayhurst was writing down stories that turned into best selling novels. Keith Olbermann said of one book, it "might be one of the best baseball books written in forty years." That specific book, The Bullpen Gospels, debuted on the Paperback Non-fiction New York Times Best Sellers List at #19.Hayhurst talks about how awful and unfair the minor league baseball system is, how he blew it in Toronto (his words) and how one of his media outlets resembled what many would have considered akin to a scene from Animal House, including when he told his bosses of the behavior he was told that if continued with his complaint he would be fired.Hayhurst was loved by fans for being upfront and honest, and in his own words he took that too far and it cost him his broadcast career. An MBA and marketing career later, he is still beyond bright and articulate, a pleasure to listen to and 100% authentic.Dirk Hayhurst should be on a sports network somewhere. First, he is here.

In this episode, we get a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the world of US professional baseball. Nathan speaks with Dirk Hayhurst, a former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres, as well as a long-time Minor Leaguer. He is a former Sportsnet and TBS broadcaster and the author of four books: The Bullpen Gospels, Out of My League, Wild Pitches, and Bigger than the Game.   Nathan and Dirk discuss the preposterously poor working conditions in Minor League Baseball, why players endure those conditions, and how the world of US baseball reproduces the logic of the American Dream. Dirk also explains how he lied his way into getting drafted and reveals a never-before-told story about how the rampant sexual harassment and misogyny of the locker room extends into broadcasting. For more of Dirk's thoughts on the working conditions of Minor League Baseball, check out this Bleacher Report piece. For more of Dirk and Nathan in conversation, check out this piece they co-authored last year in Jacobin. __________________________________________________________________________   As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. @Derekcrim @JohannaMellis @Nkalamb @EndofSportPod www.TheEndofSport.com   **For a transcription of this episode please click here. Huge thanks to @Punkadmic for making this happen!**

Former Blue Jay Dirk Hayhurst, now a proud papa, joined Barry to catch up. Henry, Dirk’s son, is the focal point of the conversation. That, and the difference between sex and baby making sex and the grind that it can become. Dirk pulls the cover back on the aftermath of his career. He and his wife were questioning their worth and how to move forward. “I am an impotent failure…” - Dirk Hayhurst Fertility treatments and the cost are discussed. The lengths to which the Hayhursts have gone to have a child are eye opening. The honesty of Dirk when he describes how low rock bottom was is astounding. The First chats about exactly what you’d think it should chat about. THE RAPTORS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM BEING NBA CHAMPIONS! Barry and Matt discuss the ins an outs of Game 4 of the NBA finals. They are really, really excited. Toronto sports fans and recent draftee by the Toronto Blue Jays, Braden Halladay, stops in to chat with Barry and Michelle Sturino about his late famous father Roy and his intentions regarding professional baseball. Braden reflects about his time living in Toronto when his Dad was a Jay. Does Braden have his Dad’s work ethic? He explains. Ask Barry Davis asks about the MLB draft and how to streamline it. Would the Raptors be the talk of the town if the Leafs were in the NHL Finals? Barry and Matt discuss.

We chat with with author and scholar Nate Kalman-Lamb about his extensive work on the labor politics of professional sports, and about his and Dirk Hayhurst's recent Jacobin piece on the exploitation of professional baseball players.   Additional links/info below... Nate's website and Twitter page Nate Kalman-Lamb & Dirk Hayhurst, Jacobin, ""Inside the Game, You Are Still a Commodity""  Nate Kalman-Lamb, Fernwood Books, Out of Left Field: Social Inequality & Sport  Nate Kalman-Lamb, Fernwood Books, Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, & the Business of Sport  Michael Baumann, The Ringer, "The Disgrace of Minor League Baseball"    Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"

Dirk Hayhurst says expect to see Jose Bautista with the Braves in the Majors soon despite Jose hitting poorly at the Triple A level.

MLB insider Dirk Hayhurst gets into the dynamics of bench-clearing brawls

In the 2nd hour of the show Michael and Matt Cauz discuss the Maple Leafs vs Bruins, the NHL playoffs, TFC advancing to the CONCACAF Champions League Final with a 1-1 draw against Club America, the Raptors playoff opponent and the Blue Jays win over the Orioles. Guests include Former Blue Jays pitcher Dirk Hayhurst, TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie and Aaron Korolnek stops by for “Take The Temperature”.

MLB insider Dirk Hayhurst explains what Josh Donaldson's "dead arm" is, and discusses why he expects a bounceback year from Felix Hernandez

Former MLB Pitcher and Baseball insider Dirk Hayhurst says that the Seattle Mariners are good offensively and defensively, but they don't have too much depth in the bullpen. Hayhurst feels that the Jays aren't a bad club, but that the AL East will be between the Yankees and the Red Sox.

Former Blue Jays pitcher Dirk Hayhurst joins Landsberg in the Morning with Mark Roe to discuss Vlad Guerrero Juniors walk off home run against the Cardinals, If attendance will be an issue for the Blue Jays this season, Munenori Kawasaki's retirement and more.

Former Blue Jays pitcher Dirk Hayhurst joins Landsberg in the Morning with Matt Cauz to discuss Blue Jays spring training, what to expect from the team after a quiet offseason, Marcus Stroman's tweets and more.

Dirk Hayhurst breaks down the 2018 Hall of Fame class, with great anecdotes about Trevor Hoffman and Vladdy Guerrero. Dirk says Edgar Martinez deserves to be in the Hall

Dirk Hayhurst discusses his time playing with Roy Halladay, saying Halladay took his natural talent and ability and worked unbelievably hard to maximize it.

Dirk Hayhurst says MLB is in "rarified air" right now, with LA and Houston clearly the class of the two leagues

Dirk Hayhurst leads off with Scott MacArthur describing the vibe in Cleveland during the WINdians 21-game win streak. Bob Elliot from the Canadian Baseball Network then discusses the future of the Jays

MLB insider Dirk Hayhurst fancies Cleveland is for real, riding a 21-game winning streak, citing a very strong pitching rotation, depth from top to bottom of the lineup, and solid hitting from both sides of the plate. Dirk says there’s too much talent on the Dodgers for LA not to eventually figure it out

Marcus Stroman returns to the mound tonight. Steve Phillips, Dirk Hayhurst break down other news in the MLB including the red-hot Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks. The voice of the Dunedin Blue Jays, Jim Tarabocchia also joins Scotty Mac to gush over Vladdy Guerrero Jr and Bo Bichette

MLB insider Dirk Hayhurst discusses the Red Sox-Yankees sign-stealing fiasco and the future of Vladdie Guerrero jr

In the 2nd hour of the show Dave and guest host Steve Simmons discuss the Blue Jays loss to the Red Sox, changes coming to the Air Canada Centre and much more. Guests include TSN Blue Jays analyst Dirk Hayhurst and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik.

Dirk Hayhurst says the 61 home run mark hasn't been relevant for years and 73 is the actual home run record. Dirk says you could put asterisks on all the old home run records if you wanted to.

Keegan Matheson and Dirk Hayhurst on this version of the Baseball Hour

In the 4th hour of the show Michael and guest host Matt Cauz discuss the Blue Jays loss to the Rays, Mayweather vs McGregor and much more. Guests include TSN baseball analyst Dirk Hayhurst and boxing commentator Spider Jones.

Gord Ash and Dirk Hayhurst chat about Marcus Stroman's "Ace status" and why doesn't Joey Votto get any love in Toronto?

The Jays are making this playoff push interesting. Dirk Hayhurst drops by to discuss the values of Marco Estrada and Josh Donaldson. Plus, SOUND WARS!

The Jays are making this playoff push interesting. Dirk Hayhurst drops by to discuss the values of Marco Estrada and Josh Donaldson. Plus, SOUND WARS!

Dirk Hayhurst says Seattle made the choice to add offense this season, and not pitching, and that may crush the team down the stretch as the Mariners don’t have a ton of depth on the mound after Paxton and Felix. As a result, Dirk doesn’t think Seattle has enough to make the playoffs

Andy Mac in relief for Scotty Mac. The Garfoose, Dirk Hayhurst talks about the optimism for the Jays in 2018. Mike Vaccaro from the NY Post calls in to discuss the renewed Red Sox/Yankees rivalry

Dirk Hayhurst explains the relationship between pitchers and umpires after Marcus Stroman was ejected today. Ben Lindbergh from The Ringer joins to discuss the blister epidermic

In the fourth hour of Naylor and Landsberg, Dave and guest host Matt Cauz revisit their conversation with Dirk Hayhurst, and give dating advice to their intern who’s going out with a girl this evening

MLB insider Dirk Hayhurst joins the midday show & says the Blue Jays should at the very least try & move Marco Estrada & Jose Bautista ahead of the trade deadline. Hayhurst also suggests the Mariners don't need to mortgage their future for a big deal but should add some bullpen help.

The Baseball Hour! Gord Ash and Dirk Hayhurst join Scotty Mac to discuss Aaron Sanchez's blister issues and why the New York Yankees are avoiding throwing fastballs

Dirk Hayhurst breaks down why the Blue Jays might consider trading Marcus Stroman, but says it’s a stupid move if Stroman is traded. Dirk also discusses potential pitching targets for the Mariners

MLB analyst Dirk Hayhurst joined the show.

Dirk Hayhurst joins off the top to discuss Ross Atkins' comments from earlier today. Scotty asks whether Phil Jackson's reputation has been tarnished

Gino Reda joins Scotty in-studio with Pizza! Mamma Mia! Mike Hogan then calls in to discuss the life of CFL legendary coach Don Matthews and Dirk Hayhurst attempts to explain the inconsistencies of Marco Estrada

Dirk Hayhurst joins guest host Gareth Wheeler to discuss the possible trade value of Justin Smoak. Wheels also puts some goons on The List!

TSN 1050 baseball analyst Dirk Hayhurst joins Scott MacArthur to preview the Blue Jays vs Yankees series, discuss how much of Toronto's recent success should be attributed to John Gibbons and his coaching staff, and share his wildest mascot story. Jack Armstrong previews the NBA Finals, NBA 'Super Teams' and LeBron James.

In the 3rd hour of the show the guys discuss the Raptors vs Cavaliers game 2, the Blue Jays loss to the Yankees, the Red Sox and Orioles rivalry and the Penguins chances of winning without Sidney Crosby. Guests include TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie and Former Blue Jays pitcher Dirk Hayhurst.

In the third Hour of the Scott MacArthur show, Geno Reda joins the show to discuss the Leafs rookies, the potential Nikita Zaitsev extension and run through his Studs & Duds. Dirk Hayhurst also joins the program to discuss his AL East predictions and run through his thoughts and concerns on the Blue Jays

Canadian media personality David Bastl dives into the world of sports podcasting with: Bastl's Bytes: The David Bastl Sports Podcast.   In this episode, former MLB pitcher Dirk Hayhurst explains the struggles of Marcus Stroman and why the Blue Jays should trade Jose Bautista. Also, Mike Zeisberger from Postmedia checks in to talk about Steven Stamkos, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ladd and other soon-to-be free agents on July 1. Plus, Elliott Price discusses why the Canadiens were shopping star D-Man PK Subban.  Filled with opinions, sarcasm, and facts, in episode 28 of this fast moving podcast.

Ben and Sam talk to former major leaguer Dirk Hayhurst about the player’s perspective on MLB’s efforts to speed up games.

This week, the Kansas City Baseball Vault talked about the lack of depth and its leading to the Royals bringing Mike Moustakas back and Aaron Brooks into a spot start.That tied into a discussion of Rany Jazayerli's column in the Kansas City Star about the Royals' development system and a comparison to the Oakland A's and how they approach their roster construction based on an article by Joe Posnanski. The Royals tend to assume things will come together; the A's take nothing for granted.In the second segment, we brought up Dirk Hayhurst's post on Deadspin about the Unwritten Rules of Baseball and how they can get absurd.

Ben and Sam talk to Dirk Hayhurst about the sticky subject of player-media relations from the perspective of a person who’s been on both sides of the mic.

Ben and Russell talk to Dirk Hayhurst about doctoring baseballs, hitting batters, and the perceived effect of race on clubhouse chemistry.

One of the pleasant surprises of the MLB Postseason has been the entertaining crew TBS has assembled for their studio shows. One of their studio analysts is former Major League pitcher and best-selling author Dirk Hayhurst. After just 25 MLB appearances, Hayhurst has written extensively about his journeyman career and has embraced his travels to being a successful author and broadcaster. Today, Dirk chats with AA about the challenges he faces as a baseball analyst, this year's postseason, Garfooses, and much more. Topics include...-How it feels as a Kent State guy to be called a nerd by Vandy's David Price.-The burden he carries on TV being a rare analyst that wasn't a superstar and the acceptance of his personhood outside baseball.-Opening doors to other talented broadcasters who may not have had great big league success.-How his struggles in minor and major league baseball have helped him as an announcer.-The Cardinals and how they, like cockroaches, refuse to die.-Pirates-Cardinals and A's-Tigers Game 5 mini-previews.-Why Pirates-A's is the best World Series matchup.-The origins of his Twitter handle, The Garfoose.This is by far one of the most fun podcasts we've ever had, so make sure to check it out.

By TSM Gotta love when the pooch wakes you up on one of those days when you can sleep in. Once glance at my cellphone and I could quickly tell I missed something. This morning on Brady and Lang, with Joey Vendetta filling in for Brady, Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia ripped Sportsnet analysts […]

We talk spring training injuries, where the rotation stands in relation to the league and the competition that the Nats will face in the division. We also talk to Brian from The Ballpark Bus about their great new service and we have a great chat with New York Times best selling author Dirk Hayhurst about his new book 'Out of My League'.