So there was a jump from AAA to the big leagues for you. There was.

How about that for a story? He'll be 32 years of age this summer.

Finally in the big leagues and he has the home run that has put the

Rockies in front here in the 11th. Did you ever think it wasn't going to happen?

Yeah, there are times but you know it's all worthwhile. That journey made me who I am today.

And you know, it was all worth it. I wouldn't change a thing. To be able to make that phone call to my dad is something I'll never forget the rest of my life. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made

possible by our friends at First Security Bank, Sarazan, Lindsay Golf, and Abilita Maria.

That's a great job right there. Colin Smith was getting it around First Face right out of the box.

There was no hesitation.

Many Arkansas fans know Bubba Carpenter as the baseball analysts for the Razorback Sports Network.

But his roots started on a chicken farm in the backwoods of Northwest Arkansas. Just a boy with some big dreams.

If you asked me when I was 10 years old, I wanted to drive a chicken truck for Tyson and

I wanted to play Major League Baseball.

After a successful high school career at small two-way West Fork, he committed to play for the razorbacks

and almost immediately found out he had some challenges to overcome.

Doug Clark told me when I was a freshman I had an incurable hitch in my swing and I

would never hit Division I pitching. I worked hard to fix it because I didn't like

someone telling me I couldn't do anything. That tenacity earned Carpenter all

Southwest conference honors three times throughout his hog career.

Ground ball.

That'll bring you a one run.

And when his time at Arkansas was over,

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