About Athleticscast
Athleticscast, part of the Bay Area Sportscast Network, is a free haven for everything related to the Oakland A's. We bring you 2-3 brand new podcast episodes per week via iTunes or the Athleticscast website, totally free of charge. Have you ever left the stadium disturbed that the A's were shutout by a pitcher with an ERA over 5.00? There's no better time than now to have your voice heard as we will answer e-mail questions and voicemail messages from listeners during our episodes. If you're tired of watching three idiots run their mouths about the Yankees and Red Sox for half an hour on Baseball Tonight, or if you're exhausted of witnessing Pedro Gomez continue to stalk Barry Bonds then you're in the right place. Athleticscast.com is the Voice of Die-Hard A's Fans.
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About Charles Smith-DeVille
Charles was born and raised in Los Angeles County while spending vacations in San Antonio, Texas with his Nana and Papa. Charles became a casual baseball fan at a young age, but it was when he entered high school in 2001 when he became a baseball fanatic. Charles adopted the Oakland A's as his favorite team at that time and has never shifted allegiance.
Charles has gone to A's games since 2004 and has been an Oakland A's Season ticket holder since 2006. His favorite players since becoming an A's fan were Tim Hudson and Frank Thomas, and currently Dan Haren.
Charles aspires to attend the University of Southern California for graduate studies after receiving his degree from San Francisco State. His favorite non-baseball teams include the San Antonio Spurs, San Francisco 49ers, USC athletics and less honorably the Arizona Cardinals. He enjoys being the self proclaimed "People's Champ." Charles is the son of Charles and Gina, a retired California Highway Patrol Officer and an LA Unified School District Administrator.
About Jordan Stepp
Jordan was born in Hoffman Estates, IL, and lived in a Chicago suburb for 10 years. Jordan was a baseball fan at birth, and grew up watching the Chicago Cubs. Once he moved to a Los Angeles suburb, he began following an American League team as well. That team was the Oakland Athletics, because they are exciting and do things the right way. Jordan is an avid baseball fan who lives and breathes sports, especially baseball. He follows both the American and National Leagues very closely.
Jordan went to his first A's game as a child against the White Sox in Chicago, and has been going to A's games in Oakland since he moved up there to go to San Francisco State University (in 2006), where he is studying in the Broadcast Electronic Communication Arts field. He loves the atmosphere at the A's games, and aspires to have a career in the professional sports industry.
His favorite players on the A's current team are Nick Swisher, Milton Bradley, and Danny Haren. His favorite non-baseball teams include the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, San Francisco 49ers, Florida Gators athletics, and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Jordan is the son of Dave and Annette, and currently lives in the Bay Area with his wonderful girlfriend Samantha and their new roommate Paul.
