Miscellaneous
Stony Brook's most famous baseball alum Joe Nathan hops on the pod. Nathan played at Stony Brook under Coach Matt Senk during the division three era in the late 90's. He went on to become one of the best closers of his era, notching six MLB All-Star nods, the 2009 AL Rolaids Reliever of the Year Award and 377 career saves. Nathan was Stony Brook's first MLB player, drafted in 1995 by the San Francisco Giants. He spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Twins (2004-2011) and is the franchise's all-time leader in saves. He was inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame in 2019 and and the Stony Brook Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. We connected with Joe from his home in Knoxville, Tennessee and dove into how Stony Brook baseball prepped him for the next level, plus a ton of MLB stories.