S2 Ep1879: PLAY BALL Dan Hirshberg & Former Tampa Bay Ray Dan Wheeler

Former Tampa Bay Ray Dan Wheeler has two World Series on his resume, has played with some of the greatest players in the early 2000s while playing with the Houston Astros, New York Mets, Rays, Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, had the distinction of throwing the last pitch at the old Busch Stadium, and for the past few years has been the baseball coach at Clearwater Central Catholic High School. Wheeler, one of the game's top late inning set up pitchers, discusses his career highlights with Dan Hirshberg, including what it was like to be part of a World Series while he was with Houston and Tampa Bay. 👉Play Ball!! with Dan Hirshberg  [email protected] it comes to Baseball, Pinellas County has plenty to brag about. In this first installment of Play Ball!! with Dan Hirshberg, Dan brings those bragging rights to life. The author of the newly published book, Baseball in Pinellas County, Dan covers a lot of ground in the book and in this podcast, highlighting people like Casey Kotchman, Bobby Wilson, Toby Hall, Patrick Boyd, Tom Zimmer, Tom Kotchman, and Boof Bonser, as well as legendary coaches Bill Brinker and Todd Vaughan, and three very special high school championship teams, 2001 Seminole High, 2017 Calvary Christian High and 1979 Clearwater Central Catholic. Dan also refers to the untimely death of Steve Giorgiadis, a promising left handed pitcher at Seminole and later at the University of Florida. Real people, real stories. It's what makes Play Ball!! with Dan Hirshberg something special. 👉Read about the book here.👉Listen to all of Dan Hirshberg's Play Ball podcasts!#playball #danhirshberg #baseball #baseballinpinellascounty #baseballteams #baseballplayers #baseballcoaches #highschoolbaseball #baseballpinellas #stpete #stpetefl  #tampabay #radio #radiostpete