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Guest host: Matthew Felling
The big-league baseball teams have all had their opening days. Now it's time for the local farm-teams. From the Bowie Baysox to the Potomac Nationals, we get a preview of the upcoming season for local minor-league clubs, and get some ideas for affordable family getaways.
Bruce Adams, Co-author, "Baseball Vacations: Great Family Trips to Minor League and Classic Major League Ballparks Across America"; Co-founder Field of Dreams After-School and Summer Camp Program; President, The Bethesda Big Train
Peter Kirk, Chairman of Opening Day Partners, owner of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (a new independent minor league team, in Charles County)
Brian Shallcross, General Manager, Bowie Bay Sox (Class AA Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles)
Anthony Oppermann, Assistant General Manager, Potomac Nationals (Class A Affiliate of the Washington Nationals)
Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame baseball player; owner, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
Guest host: Matthew Felling
As more and more people struggle to live a happy and fulfilling life, we explore the obstacles so many people put in the way of their own success. Dr. Gordon Livingston joins us with a few simple, but potent lessons.
Gordon Livingston, MD, psychiatrist; and author "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart"(Perseus) and "And Never Stop Dancing" (Perseus)