Allan Benavides is Happy to "Bee" Tower Buzzers GM

A Brand New Baseball Team In Southern California is Looking To Make Waves

I love pretending I’m a General Manager of a sports team. I’ve mentioned this a bunch of times, but I do play “Out of the Park Baseball,” in which you pretend to be a General Manager (and make all the decisions regarding) a baseball team. There was a recent episode of my podcast—Knew Amsterdam Radio—where I got to speak to the GM of the hockey team Kalamazoo Wings in Toni Will:

But recently on my baseball culture podcast, “In the Booth with Flobo Boyce,” I got to sit with Minor League Baseball General Manager Allan Benavides. Allan, tasked with leading brand new LA Dodgers affiliate, The Ontario Tower Buzzers to instant glory has been a great story to see unfold in real time. On one hand it’s a clean slate to build a culture, but on the other hand you’re in the organization that prides itself on instant excellence.

Take a look at my interview and watch me ask him those burning baseball questions:

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