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Back to EpisodesEpisode 29: Interview with Bryan Smith: Minor League baseball player and GenXer: Part 1.
Description
Welcome back to GenX Classic Sports, the podcast where we rewind the game clock and relive the golden era of sports through the eyes of Generation X.
In this episode of GenX Classic Sports, we sit down with Bryan Smith, a south Arkansas native whose baseball journey took him from El Dorado to Texarkana Community College to the Houston Astros organization.
Bryan shares stories from his playing days in 1989 and 1990 under legendary coach Dave Van Horn—now the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks—and reflects on the experience of being drafted by the Astros and spending two seasons in the minors. It’s a nostalgic look back at small-town grit, big-league dreams, and the classic era of late '80s baseball.
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Production Credits:
Intro and outro music: Mason Enis
Narrator: Haylee Wolf
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