In light of Pope Leo XIV's canonization of the Catholic Church's two newest saints last week Sunday and due to other timely and relevant reasons you'll hear cited at the very start, this is a reissue of what was Episode 188, exactly three years ago this month. The now departed George Rose was the Executive Advisor of Pacific Rim Operations with the New York Yankees, which included having served as a Japanese translator for the likes of Hideki Irabu, Masahiro Tanaka, and Hideki Matsui, among others. He also served as an advisor for Japan's Yomiuri Giants baseball team. He was a board member of "Catholic Men for Jesus Christ," a more than 25-year old organization. He also had a radio show called, "Brothers in Arms," which he talked about here. And, he was a cancer survivor who by far was not only the first person to come on this show with a story about a miracle that would help confirm a saint, but probably the ONLY person who will be a guest and have that kind of witness to share -- the closest that any of us will come to hearing something like this firsthand.

A super special edition to celebrate the one thousandth episode hosted of Bruce Wawrzyniak's podcasting career. In this special release, there are excerpts from all of the shows he has hosted over the years: Now Hear This Entertainment, Catholic Sports Radio, TASCAM Talkback, Capture Your Art, and the PBLA Podcast. Below are links for easy access to go hear any one or more of either the specific interviews featured here or just the podcast(s) in general. It took over eleven-and-a-half years to get to this point, but this is indeed a truly special milestone worth commemorating in this way.

NHTE 283 Eva Gardner (bass player for P!NK) https://www.now-hear-this.net/content/nhte-283-eva-gardner

NHTE 308 Death Angel (GRAMMY nominees) https://www.now-hear-this.net/content/nhte-308-death-angel

NHTE 360 Dom Morley (GRAMMY-winning producer) https://www.now-hear-this.net/content/nhte-360-dom-morley

NHTE 540 Mark Parfitt (recording & mix engineer) https://www.now-hear-this.net/content/nhte-540-mark-parfitt

Capture Your Art 4 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (Misfits guitarist) https://captureyourart.libsyn.com/doyle-wolfgang-von-frankenstein

TASCAM Talkback https://tascamtalkback.libsyn.com/

CSR 2 Kyle Schmidt (hockey player) https://catholicsportsradio.net/episode/csr-2-kyle-schmidt/

CSR 80 Fr. Michael Lightner https://catholicsportsradio.net/episode/csr-80-fr-michael-lightner/

PBLA 1 John Livsey https://open.spotify.com/episode/0eDWGymkEDWweiB9vn8Szl?si=940c0851585047a9

In light of his passing just under two weeks ago, a reissue of his December 2019 "Catholic Sports Radio" interview. (Later this year he is going to posthumously receive the Sam Bailey Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Tampa, which will enshrine him in their Athletics Hall of Fame.) Every year since 1981 a tournament has taken place to promote high school baseball in Hillsborough County, which has Tampa, Florida, as its seat. It was first established as a memorial for Tony Saladino, Sr. and, as of December 2019, had grown from eleven public schools to a 32-team event, with 38 players that have participated in the tournament having gone on to play in the Major Leagues, 12 of which were first round draft picks. He had been at the heart of all of this for all those years.