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July 13, 2022 12:03 am  #1


The Fan's Kevin Barker Remembers His Time In The Big Leagues

Kevin Barker, who co-hosts Jays' Talk on the Fan 590, has made it to the big leagues in Toronto radio. But before that, he did it in baseball. At least for a while. 

“I take full credit for my career and am not going to blame anybody,” Barker said. “I hit .249. If you hit .249 today, you’d be hitting clean-up for the Blue Jays. When I played, it was different."

The linked article is more about his baseball years than his time in radio, but if you're a fan you might be interested in his past - before he "struck out" for a slightly more stable present. (Although stable isn't a word you generally use for any radio gig!)


Barker and Cross: From Bristol to Blacksburg to the big leagues 

 

July 13, 2022 10:10 am  #2


Re: The Fan's Kevin Barker Remembers His Time In The Big Leagues

Baseball is the last sport I think of at Canadian Universities. It does exist at a Tier 3 level, which means it doesn't have varsity status and lacks much of the funding granted to Tier 1 sports like football, basketball and hockey.