Brady Farkas began at 104.5 The Team in February of 2014. He is the host of 'Capital Region Sports Saturday,' heard each Saturday from 9-10 AM and serves as the station's 'Capital Region Insider.' He also spent 2.5 months as the afternoon co-host with Jeff Levack in 2016. Farkas is a 2008 graduate of Shenendehowa High School and a 2012 graduate of Oswego State University, where he was a four-year basketball and hockey broadcaster. He also spent four years as a pitcher on the Lakers baseball team. In addition to radio, Farkas served two years (2014-15) as the pitching coach at Hudson Valley Community College. He spent 2013 as the pitching coach at Norwich University in Vermont.
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Minor Leaguer Approaching 56-Game Hit Streak (AUDIO)
Francisco Mejia is a name that you probably haven't heard of:
He's a single-A player for the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Cleveland Indians system. He currently has a 47-game hit streak, the longest streak ever in the modern era of Minor League Baseball...
Girard Picks Up Offer From George Washington
Glens Falls rising sophomore Joseph Girard III has picked up his third scholarship offer from a Division I school. He's already received offers from High Point and UAlbany and has now added George Washington to the list.
Girard averaged more than 30 points a game during his freshman season for Glens Falls and led them to the Class B final, where they fell against Hudson...
Tim Tebow to Attempt Comeback… In Baseball?
Well, Tim Tebow is attempting a comeback... on the diamond.
Breaking it live on Mike and Mike this morning, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter said that Tebow will look to make a career in baseball. He will hold workouts for MLB teams within the next month...
Learning More About Ichiro and A-Rod (AUDIO)
Sunday was a big day for athletes with connections to both the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.
First, Alex Rodriguez, former Mariner and current Yankee, announced that he would play his last game with the Yankees on Friday - and then former Mariner and Yankee Ichiro Suzuki notched his 3,000th hit as a member of the Miami Marlins...
Local Products Help Lead Mohawks to Title
As the summer baseball season gets send to end across the country, that means that it's time for championships to be awarded.
And one of those champions was crowned on Sunday night as the Amsterdam Mohawks toppled the Utica Blue Sox by a score of 13-2 at Shuttleworth Park to win the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League...
Ichiro Records 3,000th Hit (VIDEO)
It was a day full of landmarks for legendary baseball figures. On the same day that Alex Rodriguez announced that he would play his last game in a Yankees uniform (and potentially his last game ever), Ichiro Suzuki, his former teammate, notched his 3,000th hit...
BREAKING: Rodriguez to Play Last Game Friday
Well, the Alex Rodriguez drama is over in New York. In a press conference that is still ongoing, Rodriguez announced that Friday will be last game ever for the Yankees.
Why Friday? It will be the next home game for the Yanks (after today) and will give his family and people close to him a chance to see him play one more time...
Ian Anderson to Be Promoted to Danville
After another scoreless outing on Friday, Shenendehowa graduate and No. 3 overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft, Ian Anderson, will be promoted from the Gulf Coast League to the Appalachian League's Danville Braves.
In 18 innings of professional baseball thus far, Anderson has yet to allow an earned run and has exhibited great control...
Can Anyone Beat Frosted in the Whitney? (AUDIO)
Heading up to Saratoga today for the running of the Whitney? We told you everything you need to know in this exclusive interview with our horse racing expert Brian Mariano, host of the Paddock Pass Podcast on 104.5 The Team.
Frosted is the heavy favorite but who are the best options to pair in your exacta...
Breaking Down the Hall of Fame Class (AUDIO)
The Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions are this weekend and the Hall is set to enshrine some of the biggest names in NFL history: Brett Favre, among the top quarterbacks of all-time, Marvin Harrison, among the NFLs top receivers ever and Tony Dungy, among the top head coaches of all-time, are going in, as well as Kevin Greene, the third-highest sacker of quarterbacks in NFL history...
Former Shaker Athlete Bailey Wind Turning Tragedy into Triumph (AUDIO)
Former Shaker High School student-athlete Bailey Wind is one of two survivors (Matt Hardy being the other) from the tragic and fatal Northway crash in December of 2012 that killed Shen seniors Chris Stewart and Deanna Rivers.
Wind, now a senior at the University of Tennessee, is working to turn the pain of that experience into a success story by public speaking, trying to create awareness about ma
Schultz on Verge of Major League Call-Up (AUDIO)
Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz is on the verge of a Major League call-up, hopefully when rosters expand in September.
The hard-throwing right-hander is 5-4 this season with a 3.16 ERA in 108 innings. He continues to strike batters out at a blistering pace, fanning 128 in those 108 innings...