This weeks guests include noted author Russ Cohen and former minor league star and past major leaguer Nikco Riesgo talking about their terrific new book Strike 3, of Player Development.Russ Cohen is an accomplished writer for www.sportsology.info and radio host for the Sportsology Radio Network and covers multiple sports including writing specifically about the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers. .He has numerous articles published on NHL.com and other team websites as well as Slam and FoxSports.com, blogbeckett.wordpress.com. Some of his articles have appeared in Canadian Sports Collector, Goalie News, New England Hockey Journal, The Hockey News, Beckett Hockey, Blueshirt Bulletin, NHL Publications and he has a monthly column in Center Ice Magazine that is distributed to every amateur hockey rink in the Pennsylvania. Russ has been asked to be a guest on several radio shows as a respected and valued expert on sports and has extensive AM radio experience besides co-hosting two hockey shows on XM radio. His articles have been syndicated in newspapers across the country in Metro and the Bucks County Courier Times.

Nikco Riesgo is the subject of Russ Cohen’s new book Strike 3, he joins Mark and AJ to discuss his journey.Nikco has been retired from Major League Baseball since 1995.  He has an extensive and varied background.  He has played with the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Boston Red Sox organizations. Nikco graduated from the famed Long Beach Poly High School in Long Beach California.  He finished with a 3.98 GPA and National Scholar Athlete Awards.  He earned a full scholarship to San Diego St. University to study Business Finance and follow the successful footsteps of former Poly High and SDSU greats Tony Gwynn and Chris Gwynn into the Major Leagues, debuting in 1991 with the Montreal Expos. 

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