Episode 466
Ethan Bryan — If You Were Brave
4 September 2025
48 mins 58 secs
Season 9
About this Episode
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Ethan Bryan, author of A Year of Playing Catch, along with many other books. He has found himself in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the White House, and he is self-proclaimed “one of the best benchwarmers [from his] high school junior varsity baseball team.”
A Year of Playing Catch by Ethan D. Bryan
Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals, May 28, 1979 — Baseball Reference
The Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport
Field of Dreams (1989 film) — Letterboxd
Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa) — Wikipedia
Mary Moore (infielder) — Wikipedia
A League of Their Own (1992 film) — Letterboxd
Perry Barber — Grassroots Baseball
The Art of Asking Better Questions by J. R. Briggs
Community Partnership of the Ozarks
The Life-Saving Adventure of Gracelyn Gordon and Her Dog by Ethan D. Bryan
Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy Store
Review of The Life-Saving Adventure of Gracelyn Gordon and Her Dog — Brent Billings, Goodreads
America at the Seams by Nathan Rueckert with Ethan D. Bryan
The Catch-Playing Wedding Story
Catch 365 with the Nashville Sounds
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