On Episode 8 is Michael Wood, General Manager of the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Double A affiliate of theHouston Astros.  Michael was great to talk to and it was a blast to reminisce about his days at Arlington Stadium and the Ballpark at Arlington when...

  On Episode 7 is Rick McLaughlin, President of the Texas Stars, the AHL affiliate for the Dallas Stars based in Cedar Park, Texas just north of Austin.  Rick has worked in sports for more than 30 years and has had the privilege to work for two differe

This week on Beyond The Ticket is Branch Rickey, the President of the Pacific Coast League.  We chatted about his grandfather, the famous Branch Rickey that signed Jackie Robinson, revolutionized the minor league system, and so much more.  We also chatt

 On Episode 5 of the podcast I talked with Matthew Payne, Executive Director of the Austin Sports Commission.   Matthew was a great interview and pretty damn funny guy.  For this episode we really got into what his current role is and how what the Aust

On Episode 4 of the Beyond The Ticket podcast is Chris Almanadarez, General Manager of the Round Rock Express. We spoke a few weeks ago and really dived into his baseball background and how that was a major influence on where he went to school and the ch

On episode three of the podcast Darren has on David Tagliarino, Senior Vice President for the Houston Dynamo.  Darren recorded at his office in Houston and it was great hear his insight into working in sports including for the Houston Rockets, Houston Ae

Interview with Tom Kayser, President of the Texas League, a Double A minor league for Major League Baseball. Tom has worked in baseball for almost forty years and has amazing stories to share including owning his own minor league team before he turned 30

For Episode One, I spoke to Head Football Coach of Southwestern University in his office on the campus of Southwestern University. It was a great conversation talking about working in sports and how Coach Joe moved his way through the coaching ranks. Fi