A lot of great short stops have come through the doors at Cal State Fullerton, Christian Colon is arguably one of the best to have ever worn the Blue and Orange. A three-year player at Fullerton, Colon played for the Titans from 2008 through 2010 and was drafted fourth overall by the Kansas City Royals in 2010. (What's notable about that 2010 draft, Colon and teammate Gary Brown were both drafted in the first round. That is the only year multiple Titans were selected in the first round of the...

Welcome into Episode 84 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast. Today's guest, Spencer Oborn, is arguably one of the greatest "one and done" players to have worn the Fullerton Orange and Navy Blue uniform. Oborn played for the Titans for the 1999 season and is ranked in the top ten in numerous single season achievements for the Titans. For that one season, Oborn hit .395, blasting 14 home runs and driving in 82 runs. His 104 hits in 1999 ranks tied for seventh with Kurt Suzuki for hits in a...

Welcome into Episode 83 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast. Today's guest is once again, Cal State Fullerton Baseball Head Coach Jason Dietrich. In today's episode we'll touch on heading into his third season as the head coach of the storied Titan Baseball program, updates from the summer, getting his thoughts on the MLB Draft, incoming transfers and signees along with what to expect with the upcoming fall practices. Highlights include: 🎙️ Catching up from the summer (2:16) 🎙️ Advantage...

Welcome into Episode 82 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast. Our guest is once again, Cal State Fullerton Baseball Head Coach Jason Dietrich. We'll be discussing with coach the 2023 season, his second complete season as head coach of the historic and tradition rich program. The 2023 Titans finished the year 32-24, 20-10 in the Big West Conference and earned the automatic bid into the postseason playing in the Stanford Regional in Palo Alto. There the Titan went 1-2 eliminating San Jose...

In Episode 81, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi joins Dave Lamm via Twitter Spaces to discuss the final regular season weekend series vs. Cal Poly and gaining a berth into the NCAA Regionals after a 5 year layoff. Please subscribe to the show on whatever platform you are listening and share with family and friends. While there, please leave a 5 star rating and review. This helps other fans find the show more easily. ▶️ Visit our website: calstateomaha.com ▶️ Follow us on...

Warning - This podcast contains foul language and discusses adult subject matters that some may find objectionable. Listener discretion is advised. In Episode 80, we brought together members of the 1993 Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State baseball teams that took part in one of the most infamous brawls in college baseball history. 30 years ago on April 16, 1993, a brawl broke out in the top of the fourth inning, when Long Beach catcher Brian Whatley plowed into Fullerton catcher Bret...

In Episode 79, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi joins Dave Lamm via the phone to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. TCU and also the UCLA game. Despite losing two out of three in Fort Worth and dropping the mid-week game at UCLA, the non-conference losses have not affected Cal State Fullerton's standing in the Big West Conference. The Titans enter the weekend series vs. UC San Diego with a magic number of 7, meaning a mixed combination of seven Fullerton wins and UC Santa...

In Episode 78, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi joins Dave Lamm via the phone to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. UC Riverside and also the Loyola Marymount game. Cal State Fullerton sits atop the Big West Conference standings at 12-3, with a 2.5 game lead over the next postseason-eligible team in the standings, CSUN. Please subscribe to the show on whatever platform you are listening and share with family and friends. While there, please leave a 5 star rating and...

Episode 77 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha podcast features a conversation with former Titan Baseball player, Assistant Coach and Head Coach, George Horton. On Friday, April 21, 2023, George Horton's number 8 jersey number will be retired during a pre-game ceremony prior to the opening of the Cal State Fullerton vs. Cal State Bakersfield series. As player, Horton wore the number 8 from 1975 and 1976 and as a coach from 1991 to 2007. After Horton departed in 2007, a handful of players have worn...

In Episode 76, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi joins Dave Lamm via Twitter Spaces to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. UCSB during the final innings of the USC game. The Titans currently sit in second place behind UC San Diego in the Big West standings and have won six consecutive weekend series. Dave and Mike have made this type of conversation recapping the week that was and previewing the next week's opponents a regular weekly feature on Twitter Spaces. For those that...

In Episode 75, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi, joins Dave Lamm via the phone to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. Hawai'i. The Titans record sits at 14-9 (7-2 in the Big West) with a 2-1 series win over HAwai'i. The Titans open up a crucial three-game series, hosting UC Santa Barbara in a match-up that will determine the leader in the Big West Conference thus far. Dave and Mike have made this type of conversation recapping the week that was and previewing the next...

In Episode 74, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi, joins Dave Lamm on Twitter Spaces to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. UC Davis and the UCLA Mid-week game. At the end, both preview what to expect out of the Titans' next weekend series opponent, the University of Hawai'i. The Titans record sits at 12-8 with a series sweep vs.UCD and a win on Tuessday vs. UCLA. The Titans are tied with UC Santa Barbara for second place in the Big West Conference, both with a 5-1 conference...

In Episode 73, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi, joins Dave Lamm on Twitter Spaces to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. UC Irvine. The Titans record sits at 8-8 with a two out of three series win vs.UCI. The Titans are tied for second place in the Big West Conference after the first week of conference play. The Titans hit the road for the third time in 2023, traveling to Davis to take on UC Davis in a three game series. Dave and Mike hope to make this type of conversation...

In Episode 72, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi, joins Dave Lamm on Twitter Spaces to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. Texas and the mid-week game vs. Utah. The Titans record sits at 4-6 with a two out of three series win vs. Texas but a loss to Utah during the mid-week. The Titans hit the road for the first time in 2023, traveling to Malibu to take on Pepperdine in a three game series. Dave and Mike hope to make this type of conversation recapping the week that was and...

In Episode 71, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi, joins Dave Lamm on Twitter Spaces to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. Michigan. Due to weather and field conditions, the Titans only played two games, a double header on Sunday, and had to cancel the final game along with reschedule the mid-week contest with USC. The Titans record sits at 2-4 losing both games of the doubleheader with Michigan. Dave and Mike made this the second weekly conversation recapping the week that...

In Episode 70, Cal State Fullerton All American Mike Parisi, joins Dave Lamm on Twitter Spaces to discuss and recap the weekend series vs. Stanford and the mid-week game vs. Tulane. The Titans record sits at 2-2 with a Friday night win vs. Stanford, losses on Saturday and Sunday and then a walk-off win vs. Tulane on Tuesday. Dave and Mike hope to make this type of conversation recapping the week that was and previewing the next week's opponents a regular weekly feature on Twitter Spaces and...

In Episode 69 we chose to interview Mike Rooney, ESPN and D1Baseball analyst, to discuss the upcoming Titan Baseball Season. We conducted the interview live using Twitter Spaces and have taken the recording and it is now available as a podcast. Please subscribe to the show on whatever platform you are listening and share with family and friends. While there, please leave a 5 star rating and review. This helps other fans find the show more easily. Highlights include: 🎙️ Why Mike is...

Today's guest is arguably one of the best one and done player in Titan Baseball history, Joe Fraser. Fraser played just one year for Cal State Fullerton, that year... 1995, the year the Titans won their third national championship, defeating the University of Southern California 11-5 in the final game. The 1995 Titans squad is widely considered the greatest college baseball team of all time going 57-9 and became the first No. 1 seed at Omaha to win the title. In that championship game,...

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Head Baseball Coach of the TCU Horned Frogs Kirk Saarloos. We highly suggest listening to Part 1, Episode 66 prior to listening to this episode. For Titan Baseball fans that may not be as well versed on Titan Baseball and history, Saarloos pitched four years while at Cal State Fullerton from 1998 through 2001. His name is littered throughout the Titan Baseball Media Guide, appearing 40 times, with over half of those mentions within the top 10 in...

Today's guest is current Head Baseball Coach of the TCU Horned Frogs, Kirk Saarloos. For Titan Baseball fans that may not be as well versed on Titan Baseball and history, Saarloos pitched four years while at Cal State Fullerton from 1998 through 2001. His name is littered throughout the Titan Baseball Media Guide, appearing 40 times, with over half of those mentions within the top 10 in either season long or career pitching statistics. A strikeout pitcher if there ever was one, Saarloos...

Welcome into Episode 65 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast. Today's guest is once again, Cal State Fullerton Baseball Head Coach Jason Dietrich. In today's episode we'll be discussing with coach the end of the fall ball practices, the two scrimmages against UNLV and Washington State, the Navy vs. Orange three game series and which players impressed the most, improved the most, any surprises coming out of the fall session and also discuss the Titan Baseball 2023 schedule. Highlights...

In Episode 64 we're speaking with Titan Baseball Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Josh Belovsky who, along with Head Coach Jason Dietrich and Assistant Coach Neil Walton, recently signed 11 student-athletes to national letters of intent to play for the Titans. The second class and the first class that is solely under the Dietrich regime is arm heavy with seven of the 11 signees pitchers including five right handers and two left handers. Offensively this class includes three...

This episode of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast features a one-on-one sit down interview with Titan Baseball head coach, Jason Dietrich. Heading into the 2022 summer, Dietz and staff were heavily focused on recruiting for the 2023 Titan Baseball team and future teams. We sat down to discuss getting a contract extension after one year on the job, summer recruiting outlook, changes to the coaching staff, evaluation of players in summer ball, newcomers via the transfer portal, the importance of...

This episode of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast features a one-on-one sit down interview with Titan Baseball head coach, Jason Dietrich. Dietz has been at the helm for nearly a year after his introduction on June 30th last year. We sat down to discuss his first year, how the learning curve will not be as steep going into his second year and what were some of the positives to take away from the 2022 season. Highlights include: 🎙️ What he learned in the first year as head coach (2:14) 🎙️ ...