Jennie Finch, USA Softball Legend
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 ā¢ 661 Ratings
šļø 16 April 2018
ā±ļø 41 minutes
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Summary
Episode 100
Jennie Finch is a 2-time U.S.A Olympic softball player. She won the Gold Medal in 2004 and the Silver Medal in 2008.Ā The 7-time USA Softball world champion went to the University of Arizona, where she was a picture of pure dominance. She went 32-0 in her junior year with an ERA of 0.54, 279 strikeouts and a National Championship. For her 4-year college career, she went 119-16, with an ERA of 1.08 and 1028 strikeouts. She was named by the NCAA as theĀ #2 greatest college softball player.Ā
In 2017, Finch was namedĀ the youth softball ambassador by Major League Baseball and despite retiring in 2011,Ā
Finch is married to former professional baseball player Casey Daigle and the couple have three children ā Ace, Diesel, and Paisley. Finch holds Jennie Finch Softball Camps across the U.S. and has a softball academy at Diamond Nation in Flemington, N.J. as well as hosting the Jennie Finch World Series in Louisiana.Ā
She will also participate in season 26 of ABC's Dancing with the StarsĀ returningĀ April 30 at 8 p.m. ET
For more, log on to SportsSpectrum.comĀ
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports collide. |
| 0:09.2 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:11.9 | Welcome, everyone, to the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:14.7 | This is episode number 100, and we have an exciting announcement to bring to you guys in just a moment but I just want to |
| 0:21.8 | start by saying thank you to everyone who has listened to this podcast, who has shared this |
| 0:26.2 | podcast, who has downloaded it, who has subscribed to the podcast on iTunes or Google Player |
| 0:31.7 | wherever you listen. We are so appreciative of you and we have reached 100 episodes now and it's been an amazing journey just about a year or so ago of you. And we have reached 100 episodes now. And it's been an amazing journey |
| 0:39.0 | just about a year or so ago. Late March of 2017, we started this podcast and it's been going |
| 0:45.1 | strong now for a hundred episodes. And we've reached this sort of, you know, monumental number. And |
| 0:51.5 | we're so grateful to have you joining us here on the show. And our big announcement |
| 0:55.4 | today is we are excited to present and to bring to you our first sponsor of the Sports |
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