---
title: "Ethan Bryan — If You Were Brave"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Ethan Bryan, author of A Year of Playing Catch , along with many other books. He has found himself in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the White House, and he is self-proclaimed “one of the best benchwarmers [from his] high school junior varsity baseball team.”"
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/466
published: 2025-09-04
---

# Ethan Bryan — If You Were Brave

Not Easy, but So Good

- Published: 2025-09-04T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `466`
- Episode number: 466
- Session: 9
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, Ethan Bryan

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Ethan Bryan, author of A Year of Playing Catch , along with many other books. He has found himself in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the White House, and he is self-proclaimed “one of the best benchwarmers [from his] high school junior varsity baseball team.”

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Ethan Bryan, author of A Year of Playing Catch , along with many other books. He has found himself in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the White House, and he is self-proclaimed “one of the best benchwarmers [from his] high school junior varsity baseball team.” A Year of Playing Catch by Ethan D. Bryan Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals, May 28, 1979 — Baseball Reference “Remembrance of Royals’ Krispy Kreme promotion in 2000s strikes a chord with KC fans” by Pete Grathoff — The Kansas City Star The Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport Field of Dreams (1989 film) — Letterboxd Field of Dreams (Dubuque County, Iowa) — Wikipedia Mary Moore (infielder) — Wikipedia A League of Their Own (1992 film) — Letterboxd Perry Barber — Grassroots Baseball Perry Barber — J! Archive The Art of Asking Better Questions by J. R. Briggs Community Partnership of the Ozarks The Life-Saving Adventure of Gracelyn Gordon and Her Dog by Ethan D. Bryan Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy Store Ten (Mostly) Recent Novels, Including Two Wonderful Reads You Haven’t Heard Of by Byron Borger — Hearts & Minds Review of The Life-Saving Adventure of Gracelyn Gordon and Her Dog — Brent Billings, Goodreads America at the Seams by Nathan Rueckert with Ethan D. Bryan For the Life of the World 63: Passionate God, Crucified God, Joyful God — Yale Center for Faith and Culture, April 10, 2021, with Jürgen Moltmann & Miroslav Volf Grit by Angela Duckworth Quiet by Susan Cain The Catch-Playing Wedding Story Ethan Bryan on Facebook Catch 365 with the Nashville Sounds Ethan Bryan’s website Special Guest: Ethan Bryan.

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/466)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/466)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/466)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/af847925-fb9d-418c-a695-d0c2f278f661.mp3)