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Lance Berkman – Part 1: Hitting Under Pressure, Two-Strike Approach [D1 Daily]

#44 trending · Baseball

This week on the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons welcome Lance Berkman onto the show. In part one, the group jumps into a conversation about Berkman’s anxiety in big moments d

Nov 4
32 min

History Made: UCSB’s 2016 Omaha Run [Sunday Night Conversations]

Ten years ago, UC Santa Barbara claimed a spot in the Omaha Eight for the first time in program history. Headlined by a walk-off grand slam to punch their ticket, the 201

Nov 2
1 h 14 min

More NIL = More Scrutiny. And Thoughts On College Roster Construction. [D1 Daily]

Burkie and Roons open by discussing how baseball prospects generally face less hype and “bust” labeling than football stars like Arch Manning, while noting that high draf

Oct 29
23 min

Burkie & Roons' Thoughts On The 2026 D1Baseball Top 100 Programs [D1 Daily]

Burkie and Roons discuss D1Baseball’s release of its biennial Top 100 Programs list. Roons describes the staff-wide process and internal debates, noting especially tricky

Oct 27
25 min

Tar Heel Trailblazers: The Team That Started It All [Sunday Night Conversations]

Highlighted by seven College World Series appearances, including four-straight trips to Omaha from 2006-2009, Mike Fox built a consistent contender in Chapel Hill over hi

Oct 26
54 min

Rethinking College Baseball's Postseason Structure [D1 Daily]

Mike Rooney and Burkie discuss recent NCAA tournament expansions in college basketball and the College Football Playoff, weighing how added teams might affect entertainme

Oct 22
23 min

Why Pat Murphy Has MLB Falling in Love with Coaching Again [D1 Daily]

Burkie and Roons discuss why the baseball world has embraced Brewers manager Pat Murphy. They argue Murphy’s appeal is that he brings a “baseball coach” mindset to MLB, h

Oct 20
28 min

Ray Tanner's South Carolina Dynasty [Sunday Night Conversations]

Winning two national titles and an NCAA-record 22 straight postseason games, Ray Tanner's legacy is cemented in Columbia and across college baseball. On this episode of S

Oct 19
1 h 11 min

Breaking Down the Top 100 Programs Rankings

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Joe Healy, Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt discuss the recently completed top 100 program rankings. They dive deep into the top 1

Oct 16
1 h 12 min

How Coaches Should Handle the Media [D1 Daily]

What separates a good postgame press conference from a bad one? On this episode of the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons discuss how coaches can handle tough questions, manage t

Oct 15
18 min

Rays vs. Yankees, Oklahoma’s Blueprint, and What’s Next for College Baseball Rosters [D1 Daily]

On this episode of the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons discuss how the low-payroll Rays repeatedly outplayed the Yankees and compare that clash of styles to Oklahoma’s win ove

Oct 13
22 min

Cinderella Story: Stony Brook's 2012 Run to Omaha [Sunday Night Conversations]

The 2012 Stony Brook Seawolves "shocked the world," winning a program-record and NCAA-best 52 games for the team's first College World Series appearance. From winning a r

Oct 12
1 h 20 min

SEC Parity: Why One-Year Turnarounds Can Happen in College Baseball [D1 Daily]

On this episode of the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons discuss how SEC football’s week-to-week volatility mirrors modern college baseball parity, driven by the spread of impac

Oct 8
24 min

MLB Playoff Lessons for College Baseball [D1 Daily]

On this episode of the D1 Daily, Roons and Burkie dive into the MLB postseason, highlighting how elite relief pitching and heightened playoff focus mirror college postsea

Oct 6
25 min

Mike Martin: The Legacy of '11' [Sunday Night Conversations]

Coaching 40 years, earning 17 College World Series appearances and becoming the NCAA's all-time winningest head coach are enough to create a legacy. But, Mike Martin's pa

Oct 5
1 h 08 min

The College Players to Watch in the MLB Playoffs [D1 Daily]

On this episode of the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons take a look at the former college baseball players expected to make an impact in the MLB playoffs, highlighting stars fr

Oct 1
30 min

Tony Vitello Leads MLB in Ejections + Roons on Brewers Manager Pat Murphy [D1 Daily]

On this episode of the D1 Daily, Roons and Burkie react to the end of the MLB regular season and discuss Tony Vitello leading the majors in ejections (seven), including a

Sep 29
18 min

David vs. Goliath: The 2015 VCU Rams [Sunday Night Conversations]

VCU entered the 2015 Dallas Regional as the No. 4 seed in a loaded field featuring Texas, Oregon State and Dallas Baptist. On this episode of Sunday Night Convos, Mike Ro

Sep 28
1 h 03 min

Short-Term Victories vs. Season-Long Goals: The Coaches' Conundrum [D1 Daily]

On this episode of the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons debate two coaching approaches in college baseball: pushing hard from February because every game matters versus pacing

Sep 24
21 min

How NIL, 34 Scholarships & the Portal Changed College Baseball Roster Building with Justin Seely [D1 Daily]

Burkie and Roons welcome Justin Seely to discuss how college baseball roster construction has changed from the 11.7-scholarship era to today’s 34-scholarship, revenue-sha

Sep 22
44 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

This podcast is ESSENTIAL for anyone remotely interested in college baseball. The group of personalities is dynamic and they are fantastic at growing the game. They took me from a single team fan to someone who watches a mid major matchup in the midweek to stay in the know. D1 Daily pods get me through the days with little baseball to watch.

Fun Haver 9000 · Mar 2026

Great podcast with good variety of ideas, insights on the game, with some humor thrown in.

WindyTalker · Apr 2024

Mike, Kendall and Aaron do a great job breaking down games and discussing weekend matchups. Steve and the other guys are funny and bring a little humor to the game for those who want that

Mattyhos2333 · Feb 2023

Been enjoying this podcast for the past 5 years! College baseball is such an awesome sport, and I look forward to these weekly podcasts in order to stay informed (and listen to the banter). Great @D1Baseball content!

DL Noble · Apr 2021

Fitts, Kendall, and Rooney have a wealth of knowledge (the other team sharing this feed is v bad) but their preview episodes and recaps are filled with info that I can get from looking at the team stats page and box scores. Less focus on individual games/series and more of the trends and developments that happen over the course of the season would make each episode more must-listen and make me want to catch up on ones that I’ve missed. Anyone interested enough to follow a college baseball podcast probably isn’t a casual fan and would be better served by getting more into the weeds.

statedept1515 · Mar 2023

I was very excited when D1baseball.com came about many years ago. As a life long NCAA baseball fan, it was awesome to have an outlet to get information. However, I have a very hard time with the pass and even defense they give the ACC for their horrendous tournament format. A format so awesome that exactly 0 other conferences have adopted it. Conference championships are the ceiling for most programs and to have a tournament format where a lower seeds has to rely on results of other games to make a run is unacceptable. I hoped as this platform grew they would push for these for these type of changes.

GRW27 · Mar 2022

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