PROSPECTS ON DECK: Stanford outfielder Brock Jones joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering the Bases. He talks about what it meant to represent Team USA, his expectations coming into the summer, and his ultimate experience playing for the stars and stripes, including what he learned from his teammates and coaches. He also describes what it was like to be a two-sport athlete, making the choice to focus solely on baseball in 2021, and more.

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Episode 51 - Brock Jones

World Series champion and two-time MLB All-Star Brad Penny joins Daron Vaught on the latest episode of Covering the Bases. He talks about his 14-year Major League career, winning a Fall Classic with the Florida Marlins, playing for USA Baseball’s first-ever Professional National Team that qualified Team USA for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and what he’s most looking forward to about serving as the 2021 18U National Team pitching coach.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 50 - Brad Penny

PROSPECTS ON DECK: 2021 College World Series champion and two-time Team USA alum Landon Sims joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. He talks about the experience and emotion of winning Mississippi State’s first NCAA title in school history, how he felt about representing the U.S. with both the 15U and Collegiate National Teams, how he prepares for his role as a closer, his advice for young players, and more.

Episode 49 - Landon Sims

Seventeen-year MLB veteran and 1995 Golden Spikes Award winner Mark Kotsay joins Daron Vaught on the latest episode of Covering the Bases. He talks about earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the 1995 College World Series, the sense of accomplishment he had representing Team USA at the 1996 Olympic Games, the impact Augie Garrido and Jim Leyland had on him, and what the next steps are of his own coaching career.LISTEN: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2NvdmVyaW5nLXRoZS1iYXNlcw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 48 - Mark Kotsay

PROSPECTS ON DECK: Top 2021 MLB Draft prospect Andrew Painter joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. Painter talks about the 2018 15U National Team’s immediate chemistry, what playing internationally taught him about handling pressure-filled situations, how he’s developed as a player since then, and experiencing his first earthquake while in Panama.LISTEN: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2NvdmVyaW5nLXRoZS1iYXNlcw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 47 - Andy Painter

Three-time USA Baseball alum and 1988 Olympic gold medalist Ted Wood joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. Wood talks about what it meant to him to make Team USA and the confidence it gave him for the rest of his career, playing with teammates like John Smoltz, Robin Ventura, and Jim Abbott, the enormity of winning an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and what he learned from the different styles of play in international baseball.LISTEN: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2NvdmVyaW5nLXRoZS1iYXNlcw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 46 - Ted Wood

PROSPECTS ON DECK: Collegiate National Team alum Zack Thompson joins Daron Vaught on the latest episode of Covering The Bases. Thompson talks about choosing to play collegiate baseball, what it was like to play on Team USA with some of the best athletes from across the country, his excitement for his first full professional season in 2021, and what it means to him to wear No. 57 within the St. Louis Cardinals organization.LISTEN: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2NvdmVyaW5nLXRoZS1iYXNlcw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 45 - Zack Thompson

Three-time World Series champion and recently named 2021 Professional National Team Manager Mike Scioscia joins Daron Vaught on the latest episode of Covering the Bases. Scioscia talks about what it means to get the chance to lead Team USA and reminisces on those World Series championships he won as both a player and a manager. He also talks about his relationship with the late Tommy Lasorda and how it inspired him throughout his life, the origins of the Angels Rally Monkey, working with players like Mike Trout and Albert Pujols, and his guest appearances on the Simpsons.LISTEN: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2 Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 44 - Mike Scioscia

PROSPECTS ON DECK: Minnesota Twins top prospect Royce Lewis joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. Lewis talks about how he is recovering from a torn ACL, the advice he got from 2020 AL Rookie of the Year Kyle Lewis, his experiences playing with two loaded Team USA squads, training with the baseball stars he grew up idolizing, and why he wants to emulate Derek Jeter on and off the field.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 43 - Royce Lewis

PROSPECTS ON DECK: Daron Vaught is joined this week by Sam Houston's Colton Cowser on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. Cowser goes into detail about his pro-style approach at the plate, what he loves and has learned about playing centerfield in college, making the 2019 Collegiate National Team as a freshman and playing internationally for the first time, and his goals for the 2021 season.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 42 - Colton Cowser

MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. Reynolds talks about the current nature of the game, the lessons he learned on his journey through the minors and how his own mindset differed from today’s prospects, how excited he is for the first MLB Combine this summer, and his favorite stories from playing with Cal Ripken Jr., Bo Jackson, Rickey Henderson, and more.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 41 - Harold Reynolds

PROSPECTS ON DECK: 2019 College World Series champion and Most Outstanding Player, Kumar Rocker, joins Daron Vaught on the newest episode of Covering The Bases. Rocker talks about what he learned from the international competition while helping the 18U National Team earn a world championship in 2017, his historic no-hitter in Vanderbilt’s 2019 Super Regional against Duke en route to the national championship, how he used 2020 to improve, and his goals for the upcoming 2021 season.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 40 - Kumar Rocker

World Series champion and 2006 Professional National Team alum Skip Schumaker joins Daron Vaught in the latest episode of Covering the Bases. Schumaker talks about what it meant to help Team USA qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, some of the biggest moments of the 2011 World Series championship, and how playing in Cuba with USA Baseball prepared him for competing on MLB’s biggest stages.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 39 - Skip Schumaker

World Series Champion and seven-time USA Baseball alum Albert Almora Jr. joins Daron Vaught in the latest episode of Covering the Bases. Almora talks to Daron about winning the Cubs’ first World Series in 108 years as a rookie, how excited he is to begin the next chapter of his baseball career, and his favorite Team USA memories that span nearly a decade.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 38 - Albert Almora Jr.

PROSPECTS ON DECK: Covering the Bases host Daron Vaught is joined by two-time 18U National Team gold medalist and Seattle Mariners prospect Jarred Kelenic. Kelenic recounts his journey to playing for Team USA out of Wisconsin, his experience playing professional baseball during the pandemic and the goals he holds for his career.   LISTEN:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zyUVq4W1YXOdJjWkxPEoh   Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/usa-baseballs-covering-the-bases/id1449619430?mt=2   Google: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ix3a4m4ucdbzwn56xvwpr7crwfu?t=USA_Baseballs_Covering_the_Bases   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgOvx_El5TUaVQ-UxozFpwQKU6DTZ-2q

Episode 37 - Jarred Kelenic

A celebration of the game of baseball. We'll have conversations with USA Baseball alumni, writers, coaches, and much more.