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Norfolk writer David Hall joins episode 2 of Adam Pohl’s ‘Minor League Podcast’

Welcome to the second week of our “Minor League Podcast with Adam Pohl.”

As we told you last week, Pohl is the voice of the Bowie Baysox and, arguably, the foremost expert on the organization’s minor league system.

Well, today, we’re gonna provide a 1-2-3 punch of experts on the Orioles’ minors.

Like always, Pohl chats with our minor league guru, Dean Jones Jr., as part of the podcast. But first, he speaks to David Hall, who covers the Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, for The Virginian-Pilot.
For my money, there’s nobody that covers a minor league team the way Hall does. I’m always retweeting his info on the Tides. And he’s going to be sharing some of that knowledge with Pohl and our listeners today.

Hear Hall’s take on why Ron Johnson has the perfect personality to handle a Triple-A team and how Christian Walker’s transition to the outfield is going. Also hear Pohl and Hall talk about the days when Manny Machado and Matt Wieters were minor leaguers.

Enjoy.

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Dan Connolly

Dan Connolly has spent more than two decades as a print journalist in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Baltimore native and Calvert Hall graduate first covered the Orioles as a beat writer for the York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record in 2001 before becoming The Baltimore Sun’s national baseball writer/Orioles reporter in 2005. He has won multiple state and national writing awards, including several from the Associated Press Sports Editors. In 2013 he was named Maryland Co-Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. And in 2015, he authored his first book, "100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die." He lives in York, with his wife, Karen, and three children, Alex, Annie, and Grace.

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