Radio Free Flint Podcast
526 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe present audio and video podcasts about life and culture in middle America. Our essays and life histories share the story of people in America's rust belt.This podcast is born of blue-collar, working-class values. Our podcast has its roots in the greater Flint area. We dedicate this podcast to the beleaguered town of Flint, Michigan, and communities like it across America.Our podcasts subjects include true crime, law, history, sports, arts & literature, and the Flint water crisis, and more. Our interviews focus on society and culture in middle America.
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The Golden Age: Flint Community Schools #20011
May 07, 2020 16:01 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBGood school districts are more than a function of how much money they collect from taxpayers. Schools must connect with the community where they are located in ways that go beyond math, science and reading. Flint, Michigan at one time was the envy of America in having developed and funded concept of the Community Schools Program. The Flint School District was the envy of the nation. It's Community Schools based system drew people from across the nation and the world to study the system. ...
Oldtime Baseball News: From Hobby to Dream Job #20010
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
Scott McKinstry on Starting a Newspaper Publication about Baseball's Greatest Players
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
Flint's Scott McKinstry: Hall of Fame Publisher of Baseball News.
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
#10 Oldtime Baseball News: Flint's Scott McKinstry
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
Publishing Adventure: Oldtime Baseball News #20010
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
Old Time Baseball News' Publisher Shares Stories of Baseball's Greatest Players
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of...
Old Time Baseball News' Publisher Shares Stories About Some of Baseball's Greatest Players
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBFlint native's Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of...
Oldtime Baseball News: From Hobby to Dream Job
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
Oldtime Baseball News: Flint's Scott McKinstry
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
Old Time Baseball and Storytelling about some of Baseball's Greatest Players
May 04, 2020 11:17 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBFlint natives Scott and Michael McKinstry started and published Old Time Baseball News, a national baseball publication spotlighting retired baseball players. The paper was published in Flint for 12 years until the business was sold due to illness. Scott recounts meeting up with numerous major league baseball players including the members of the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Scott traveled the nation interviewing the past greats of baseball including Detroit Tiger great Charlie Gerhinger, Hall of ...
A 30-day experiment reconnecting with memories, old friends and community during virus quarantine.
May 03, 2020 15:06 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBHost Arthur Busch recounts launching Radio Free Flint as a way to escape the media's daily drumbeat of death, sickness and despair. During his Carona Virus Quarantine he tells how he decided to launch an experiment. by tuning out the daily drumbeat of illness and death. He found that it in starting Radio Free Flint he rekindled old memories, connection with old friends and my hometown. His experiment drew in several thousands of people to listen, watch and read about people and things tha...
Reconnecting with memories, old friends and community during virus quarantine.
May 03, 2020 15:06 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBHost Arthur Busch recounts launching Radio Free Flint as a way to escape the media's daily drumbeat of death, sickness and despair. He recalls how he decided to launch an experiment. by tuning out the daily drumbeat of illness and death. He found that it in starting Radio Free Flint he rekindled old memories, connection with old friends and my hometown. His experiment drew in several thousands of people to listen, watch and read about people and things that live only in their memories. ...
Memories, old friends and community during virus quarantine.
May 03, 2020 15:06 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBHost Arthur Busch recounts launching Radio Free Flint as a way to escape the media's daily drumbeat of death, sickness and despair. He recalls how he decided to launch an experiment. by tuning out the daily drumbeat of illness and death. He found that it in starting Radio Free Flint he rekindled old memories, connection with old friends and my hometown. His experiment drew in several thousands of people to listen, watch and read about people and things that live only in their memories. T...
My Paper Route
May 01, 2020 13:27 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBArthur Busch, shares his entertaining story of his Flint Journal paper route in the Dixieland Subdivision of Flint, Michigan. He recounts the lessons he learned as a newsboy. While technological change has nearly wiped out home delivery of newspapers. But the lessons working class kids learned were important to their success later in life. In an entertaining essay, Arthur recounts lessons about collecting money, learning to be nice to people who aren't so nice and learning to be responsi...
Flint Hero's Account of Operation Babylift and Brush with Death.
April 28, 2020 19:40 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIn spring of 1975, the US government decided to save as many orphans as possible during the tumultuous fall of Saigon in the last days of the Vietnam War. On April 4, an aircraft lifted off the ground with hundreds of babies and young children crowded into its upper and lower decks, attended to by a crew of dedicated military men and women and a few civilian volunteers fleeing the chaos on the ground. Then a mysterious event occurred: A rear door blew open and the horror began 25,000 feet in...
FLINT WAR HERO SHARES HIS STORY ABOUT SAVING ORPHANED BABIES
April 28, 2020 19:40 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBIn spring of 1975, the US government decided to save as many orphans as possible during the tumultuous fall of Saigon in the last days of the Vietnam War. On April 4, an aircraft lifted off the ground with hundreds of babies and young children crowded into its upper and lower decks, attended to by a crew of dedicated military men and women and a few civilian volunteers fleeing the chaos on the ground. Then a mysterious event occurred: A rear door blew open and the horror began 25,000 feet in ...
PRESIDENT GERALD FORD'S PLAN TO SAVE ORPHANS BABIES, A PLAN CRASH AND A WAR HERO FROM FLINT
April 28, 2020 19:40 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBIn spring of 1975, the US government decided to save as many orphans as possible during the tumultuous fall of Saigon in the last days of the Vietnam War. On April 4, an aircraft lifted off the ground with hundreds of babies and young children crowded into its upper and lower decks, attended to by a crew of dedicated military men and women and a few civilian volunteers fleeing the chaos on the ground. Then a mysterious event occurred: A rear door blew open and the horror began 25,000 feet in...
Education Matters: Criminal Justice & Community
April 27, 2020 15:19 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MBProfessor Avon Burns spent a career training people to become cops, lawyers and probation officers. She worked to bridge the gap between the community and the police. In the age of outrage about police misconduct she has suggestions for communities like Flint. Michigan. Her vantage point in Flint, a city that has consistently ranked at or near the top in violence of large and mid-sized cities in the nation helped her become a respected leader in criminal justice education. --- This episod...
A Child's Playground: Flint's Safetyville, Miniature Cars and First Driver's License
April 26, 2020 19:38 - 25 minutes - 24 MBSafetyville, Flint Michigan has a very special place in the hearts of alot of boomers. STOP-LOOK-LISTEN remember that lesson? Many Flint baby boomers received their first drivers license at Safetyville-Flint. It was located at Kearsley Park. The powered cars were actually vintage replicas of the Ford T-Bird and just for good measure there were a few Corvettes. I interviewed Len Exline who is a collector of these miniature cars. Len explains there were just four Safetyville in the USA. That th...
Flint's Safetyville, Miniature Corvettes, T-Birds, and First Driver's License
April 26, 2020 19:38 - 25 minutes - 24 MBSafetyville, Flint Michigan has a very special place in the hearts of alot of boomers. STOP-LOOK-LISTEN remember that lesson? Many Flint baby boomers received their first drivers license at Safetyville-Flint. It was located at Kearsley Park. The powered cars were actually vintage replicas of the Ford T-Bird and just for good measure there were a few Corvettes. I interviewed Len Exline who is a collector of these miniature cars. Len explains there were just four Safetyville in the USA. That th...
Children Start Your Engines: Flint's Safetyville
April 26, 2020 19:38 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBSafetyville, Flint Michigan has a very special place in the hearts of alot of boomers. STOP-LOOK-LISTEN remember that lesson? Many Flint baby boomers received their first drivers license at Safetyville-Flint. It was located at Kearsley Park. The powered cars were actually vintage replicas of the Ford T-Bird and just for good measure there were a few Corvettes. I interviewed Len Exline who is a collector of these miniature cars. Len explains there were just four Safetyville in the USA. That th...
#9 A Champion for the Poor of Flint
April 25, 2020 03:36 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBRev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions, Father Phil has been a fierce advocate for Flint's minority community on such issues as environmental racism, poverty, hunger and seeking dignity for those who are the least among us. His work is ...
A Champion for Flint's Poor
April 25, 2020 03:36 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBRev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions, Father Phil has been a fierce advocate for Flint's minority community on such issues as environmental racism, poverty, hunger and seeking dignity for those who are the least among us. His work is ...
A Champion for the Poor of Flint
April 25, 2020 03:36 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBRev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions, Father Phil has been a fierce advocate for Flint's minority community on such issues as environmental racism, poverty, hunger and seeking dignity for those who are the least among us. His work is ...
A Champion for the Poor of a Poisoned American City
April 25, 2020 03:36 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBRev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions, Father Phil has been a fierce advocate for Flint's minority community on such issues as environmental racism, poverty, hunger and seeking dignity for those who are the least among us. His work is...
A Champion for Flint's Poor
April 25, 2020 03:36 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBRev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions, Father Phil has been a fierce advocate for Flint's minority community on such issues as environmental racism, poverty, hunger and seeking dignity for those who are the least among us. His work is ...
A Champion for Flint's Poor #20009
April 25, 2020 03:36 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBRev Fr. Phillip Schmitter, currently assigned to Christ the King Catholic Church. He has spent nearly 50 years of his life serving Flint's catholic community at a variety of churches. His career has been marked by his passion and devotion to serving the poor. In the finest of Catholic traditions, Father Phil has been a fierce advocate for Flint's minority community on such issues as environmental racism, poverty, hunger and seeking dignity for those who are the least among us. His work is ...
Can Political Science Help Flint Survive?
April 23, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBProfessor Paul Rozycki is a respected political scientist. His commentary and analysis has been a staple of Mid-Michigan news for decades. His analysis is not that of a partisan but of a man who has spent decades researching and studying local and state government. Professor Rozycki has taught courses in American Government, State and Local government, Civil Liberties, Leadership and Service Learning. He has co-authored a text book on "Government and Politics in Michigan." Professor R...
BMX Racer, Auto Gypsy and the American Dream
April 22, 2020 19:44 - 41 minutes - 38 MBDennis Ybarra is a General Motors auto gypsy and a Grand National BMX Race Champion. Dennis, who has been laid off and transferred an amazing number of times. During his career he has learned to accept more layoffs than he can count. He shares his personal story about the anxiety that is caused when the economic winds of change result in his having to accept transfers to far away auto plants just to maintain his position with the company. He describes his life growing up in a General Mot...
#8 BMX Racer, Auto Gypsy and the American Dream
April 22, 2020 19:44 - 38 minutes - 36 MBDennis Ybarra is a General Motors auto gypsy and a Grand National BMX Race Champion. Dennis, who has been laid off and transferred an amazing number of times. During his career he has learned to accept more layoffs than he can count. He shares his personal story about the anxiety that is caused when the economic winds of change result in his having to accept transfers to far away auto plants just to maintain his position with the company. He describes his life growing up in a General Moto...
A Grand National BMX Racer and Auto Gypsy
April 22, 2020 19:44 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBDennis Ybarra is a General Motors auto gypsy and a Grand National BMX Race Champion. Dennis, who has been laid off and transferred an amazing number of times. During his career he has learned to accept more layoffs than he can count. He shares his personal story about the anxiety that is caused when the economic winds of change result in his having to accept transfers to far away auto plants just to maintain his position with the company. He describes his life growing up in a General Moto...
A Grand National BMX Racer and Auto Gypsy #20008
April 22, 2020 19:44 - 30 minutes - 28 MBDennis Ybarra is a General Motors auto gypsy and a Grand National BMX Race Champion. Dennis, who has been laid off and transferred an amazing number of times. During his career he has learned to accept more layoffs than he can count. He shares his personal story about the anxiety that is caused when the economic winds of change result in his having to accept transfers to far away auto plants just to maintain his position with the company. He describes his life growing up in a General Moto...
Is What's Good for GM Good For Me?
April 19, 2020 08:47 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBThis essay challenges the long held notion that what's good for General Motors is good for America. Alongside his personal story, being raised in a GM company town, Arthur Busch explores the values learned in a troubled rust-belt factory town. He examines what happens to the American dream when a General Motors company town incorporates corporate values. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: htt...
Flint's Famed Athletes: Veteran Broadcaster Tom Skinner's Memories
April 18, 2020 02:53 - 34 minutes - 32 MBTom Skinner has spent decades broadcasting Flint area athletic events. His remarkable career has made him one of the best known sports broadcasters in Mid-Michigan and beyond. Tom figures that in his career he has broadcast over 1,700 athletic contests. His journey in broadcasting has been his passion. He is a regular at MHSAA football and basketball events Mid-Michigan. Tom shares his observations about some of the greatest athletes and coaches to ever play or coach in the Flint area. ...
#7 Tom Skinner, Veteran Flint Sports Broadcaster Recalls Flint' Best Athletes
April 18, 2020 02:53 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBFlintTom Skinner has spent decades broadcasting Flint area athletic events. His remarkable career has made him one of the best known sports broadcasters in Mid-Michigan and beyond. Tom figures that in his career he has broadcast over 1,700 athletic contests. His journey in broadcasting has been his passion. He is a regular at MHSAA football and basketball events Mid-Michigan. Tom shares his observations about some of the greatest athletes and coaches to ever play or coach in the Flint ar...
For the Love of the Game: A Sports Broadcaster's Passion
April 18, 2020 02:53 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBTom Skinner has spent decades broadcasting Flint area athletic events. His remarkable career has made him one of the best known sports broadcasters in Mid-Michigan and beyond. Tom figures that in his career he has broadcast over 1,700 athletic contests. His journey in broadcasting has been his passion. He is a regular at MHSAA football and basketball events Mid-Michigan. Tom shares his observations about some of the greatest athletes and coaches to ever play or coach in the Flint area. ...
Flint Basketball & It's Famed Athletes: Veteran Broadcaster Tom Skinner's Memories
April 18, 2020 02:53 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBTom Skinner has spent decades broadcasting Flint area athletic events. His remarkable career has made him one of the best known sports broadcasters in Mid-Michigan and beyond. Tom figures that in his career he has broadcast over 1,700 athletic contests. His journey in broadcasting has been his passion. He is a regular at MHSAA football and basketball events Mid-Michigan. Tom shares his observations about some of the greatest athletes and coaches to ever play or coach in the Flint area. ...
Sports Broadcaster Recalls Flint's Best Athletes #20007
April 18, 2020 02:53 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBFlintTom Skinner has spent decades broadcasting Flint area athletic events. His remarkable career has made him one of the best known sports broadcasters in Mid-Michigan and beyond. Tom figures that in his career he has broadcast over 1,700 athletic contests. His journey in broadcasting has been his passion. He is a regular at MHSAA football and basketball events Mid-Michigan. Tom shares his observations about some of the greatest athletes and coaches to ever play or coach in the Flint ar...
Roller-coaster Economics: Flint's Housing Story
April 17, 2020 03:24 - 35 minutes - 33 MBBarry Simon is the longtime former executive director of the Metropolitan Flint Builders Association. Barry Simon is an expert in housing and the economy. Barry shares his view on the history of the Flint economy since the 1960's to today. His insights reveal why Flint and surrounding area has been able to weather several recessions. Barry Simon is a respected observer of the economics of the Flint area. For many years he published a popular newsletter about trends in the Southeaste...
#6 JFK, Coors, Golf: Flint's Leo Seide, A Trailblazer
April 15, 2020 00:46 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MBLeo Seide, has been an affable pioneer in Michigan business, politics, civil rights, golf and real estate development. He is truly a Flint treasure. Leo was the "father" of the PGA Carling Open convincing the Carling Brewing Company to sponsor a PGA Tournament in 1957. A young Arnold Palmer played in the tournament at the Flint Golf Club. The Carling Open later became the Buick Open and moved to Warwick Hills Golf Club, Behind the scenes, Leo Seide was was a respected voice in politi...
JFK, Coors, Golf: Flint's Trailblazer Leo Seide #20006
April 15, 2020 00:46 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBLeo Seide, has been an affable pioneer in Michigan business, politics, civil rights, golf and real estate development. He is truly a Flint treasure. Leo was the "father" of the PGA Carling Open convincing the Carling Brewing Company to sponsor a PGA Tournament in 1957. A young Arnold Palmer played in the tournament at the Flint Golf Club. The Carling Open later became the Buick Open and moved to Warwick Hills Golf Club, Behind the scenes, Leo Seide was was a respected voice in political...
JFK, Coors, Golf: Flint's Leo Seide, A Trailblazer
April 15, 2020 00:46 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBLeo Seide, has been an affable pioneer in Michigan business, politics, civil rights, golf and real estate development. He is truly a Flint treasure. Leo was the "father" of the PGA Carling Open convincing the Carling Brewing Company to sponsor a PGA Tournament in 1957. A young Arnold Palmer played his first professional golf tournament in Flint, Michigan. The Carling Open later became the Buick Open and moved to Warwick Hills Golf Club, Behind the scenes, Leo Seide was was a respected...
Jeff Natchez, DO: A Detroit Tiger Baseball Dream
April 13, 2020 19:20 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBIn 1971, Flint optometrist Jeff Natchez was a 6th round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. He was scouted and signed by legendary Detroit Tigers General Manager Bill Lajoie. Jeff spent 5 years in the Tigers minor league system. Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager, was Natchez' first minor league manager in 1971- Leyland was 26 years old and in his first year as a manager at the time. Jeff played with some of baseball's future stars, including Tigers catcher Lance Parrish and Tigers legend Mar...
Bless You Boys of Summer: Flint's Baseball Dream, Jeffrey Natchez
April 13, 2020 19:20 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBIn 1971, Flint optometrist Jeff Natchez was a 6th round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. He was scouted and signed by legendary Detroit Tigers General Manager Bill Lajoie. Jeff spent 5 years in the Tigers minor league system. Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager, was Natchez' first minor league manager in 1971- Leyland was 26 years old and in his first year as a manager at the time. Jeff played with some of baseball's future stars, including Tigers catcher Lance Parrish and Tigers legend Ma...
Bless You Boys of Summer: Flint's Baseball Dream
April 13, 2020 19:20 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBIn 1971, Flint optometrist Jeff Natchez was a 6th round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. He was scouted and signed by legendary Detroit Tigers General Manager Bill Lajoie. Jeff spent 5 years in the Tigers minor league system. Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager, was Natchez' first minor league manager in 1971- Leyland was 26 years old and in his first year as a manager at the time. Jeff played with some of baseball's future stars, including Tigers catcher Lance Parrish and Tigers legend Ma...
#5 Bless You Boys of Summer: A Detroit Tiger Baseball Dream, Jeffrey Natchez
April 13, 2020 19:20 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBIn 1971, Flint optometrist Jeff Natchez was a 6th round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. He was scouted and signed by legendary Detroit Tigers General Manager Bill Lajoie. Jeff spent 5 years in the Tigers minor league system. Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager, was Natchez' first minor league manager in 1971- Leyland was 26 years old and in his first year as a manager at the time. Jeff played with some of baseball's future stars, including Tigers catcher Lance Parrish and Tigers legend Ma...
Bless You Boys of Summer: A Detroit Tiger Baseball Dream #20005
April 13, 2020 19:20 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBIn 1971, Flint optometrist Jeff Natchez was a 6th round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. He was scouted and signed by legendary Detroit Tigers General Manager Bill Lajoie. Jeff spent 5 years in the Tigers minor league system. Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager, was Natchez' first minor league manager in 1971- Leyland was 26 years old and in his first year as a manager at the time. Jeff played with some of baseball's future stars, including Tigers catcher Lance Parrish and Tigers legend Mar...
Jeff Natchez, DO: A Detroit Tiger Baseball Dream #20005
April 13, 2020 19:20 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBIn 1971, Flint optometrist Jeff Natchez was a 6th round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. He was scouted and signed by legendary Detroit Tigers General Manager Bill Lajoie. Jeff spent 5 years in the Tigers minor league system. Jim Leyland, former Tigers manager, was Natchez' first minor league manager in 1971- Leyland was 26 years old and in his first year as a manager at the time. Jeff played with some of baseball's future stars, including Tigers catcher Lance Parrish and Tigers legend Mar...
Memphis Music with Flint Roots: Mark Parsell the Promoter
April 11, 2020 03:24 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBMark Parsell operates South Main Studio, in Memphis, Tennessee. His studio attracts recording artists from across the globe. He is also known as the "Mayor" of South Main. After 27 years as a sales & advertising executive Mark entered the music business with the same promoter's flair of his late father, Vern Parsell a pioneering automobile dealer. Mark's career in Flint, Michigan gave him the grit and determination needed to launch a second career in the recording business. His stories of...