What part of Jeremy’s story hit you hardest—youth baseball, undercover police work, or juggling a dozen side hustles as a dad?
In this episode, we sit down with Jeremy Furrow—coach of Bigbie’s Black Sox 12U and the mind behind MADE Baseball—to talk about building better youth baseball on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and the winding road that got him here.
Jeremy shares how MADE Baseball started as a simple idea for local league play and grew into full-on tournaments, USSSA-sanctioned events, and creative weekends like “Bombs for Moms” and “Dingers for Dads.” He breaks down:
Why he ditched gate fees and uses transparent pricing
What actually goes into running a 40-team weekend (fields, bathrooms, umpires, first responders, food trucks, hotels, the whole local economy)
How he turns tournaments into a true family business—with his wife and kids running the merch tent, helping with fields, and learning work ethic along the way
We also dig into Jeremy’s entrepreneurial path outside of baseball:
Launching a security & survival training company for hospitals (full active-shooter simulations)
Starting Kicking Grass Landscaping and realizing that “grass never stops growing” isn’t always a blessing
Jumping into real estate, selling 50+ houses a year, and what he learned about branding, marketing, and why a “million-dollar idea on paper” still fails if nobody wants it
Then Jeremy opens up about 22 years in law enforcement—from patrol to narcotics to major offenders. He talks about doing undercover buys, building wiretap cases that tracked cocaine from cartels in other states to Maryland via car carriers, and how ego and sloppiness eventually catch up to even the most “professional” drug operations.
We close on coaching, culture, and mindset: captains, leadership at age 12, balancing push vs. burnout, and why he ultimately walked away from serious real estate money to pour into youth baseball, family, and the MADE ecosystem—including apparel lines like Reppin Maryland and Play Hard or Go Home.
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• Website (leagues, tournaments & apparel): https://made-baseball-llc.odoo.com/
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