Woodhaven head coach Corey Farner was just inducted into the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and he joins Michael Rubenstein and Tom Cavanaugh to talk about how he got there. Farner took a Woodhaven program that had never won a district to eight straight district titles and more than 430 career wins, including a 34-6 run to the Division 1 semifinals last spring.

He talks about the phone call that told him he was going into the Hall, what he learned from Tony Brinson and his dad, the 2018 team that threw 60 straight scoreless innings for a state record, and why he threw out his own 45-page program book and let his players set the standard. He also goes through coaching his son Lucas, a Wayne State signee, what the recruiting process looked like as both a dad and a coach, why Michigan kids are still underrated, and where travel ball and high school ball should meet.

Before the interview: the new coldweatherbats.com is live, the Top 100 rolls on with No. 80 to 61, and the Super 25 drops Sunday, November 8.

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CWB welcomes in Cincinnati freshman left-hander Andrew Mahoney, a Detroit Catholic Central state champion.

Andrew walks us through the Shamrocks' run to their first state title since 1999: his 15-strikeout semifinal against Mattawan, Luke Fairchild's diving catch that got him out of a jam, and the dugout when Mickey Laser finished off Rochester Adams 7-0 at McLane Stadium. He also talks about pitching on varsity as a 14-year-old freshman in the Catholic League, the breakout that followed a tough sophomore year, and the perfect game he threw at WWBA in borrowed turf shoes.

Then it's on to college. Andrew explains why he picked Cincinnati, what a normal day looks like for a freshman, and the biggest difference between high school and Division I. In the Pitching Nerd Corner he breaks down his five-pitch mix, his weekly routine between starts and why he became a long toss guy. We finish with a lightning round: the toughest hitter he faced in Michigan, his pregame meal and the big-league lefty he models his game after.

To open the show, we look at the first 20 names in the 2027 CWB Top 100 (Nos. 100 to 81), including the Rochester Adams group, the three commits on the list and the guys we think are underrated.

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Cold Weather Bats is back for the 2026 offseason, and we're starting with a big one. Michael Rubenstein welcomes new co-host Tom Cavanaugh, the voice behind Wayne State, Macomb Community College, and USPBL broadcasts, as Brandon Justice steps back with his move to Kentucky.

Our first guest is Northville's own Dante Nori. The former Mississippi State commit chose to chase a state title with Dan Cimini his senior year, then went 27th overall to the Philadelphia Phillies. Since then he's climbed to Double-A, helped Reading win its first Eastern League championship since 1995, and earned a spot on the World Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team for Team Italy as the only player on it without big league time.

Dante walks us through the jump from High-A to Double-A, playing through a stress fracture and staying sharp during rehab, standing in left field while Team USA's crowd shook the stadium, sharing a clubhouse with fellow Michigan native Jacob Marcy, and getting tips from Kyle Schwarber and Brandon Marsh in big league camp. He also takes us inside draft night, the combine interviews (including the great peanut butter debate), and every step of Northville's run to the state title over Brother Rice. Before heading to the Arizona Fall League with the Surprise Saguaros, he leaves young players with one simple piece of advice: have fun, because it's a kid's game.

Plus, the CWB Top 100 and our fall preseason Super 25 drop this October on Patreon first, and newly committed Michigan players can build a free commitment graphic at coldweatherbats.com.

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