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Oxide and Friends: Rooting for the Home Team with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel

Oxide and Friends, Wednesday, May 27th, 2026

Oxide announces sponsorship of the Oakland Ballers baseball startup and discusses the team's successful first two seasons.

Oxide hosts Bryan Carmel and Paul Freedman from the Oakland Ballers baseball startup to discuss the team's highly successful first two seasons since its 2022 launch.

The episode highlights Oxide's new official sponsorship of the Ballers, including an outfield logo at Remondini Park, and features reflections on both companies' growth over the past two years.

The hosts discuss the challenges of building the 4,100-seat ballpark in just one month and the magical experience of the franchise opening day. The conversation celebrates how both ventures have evolved and succeeded in their respective missions to return baseball to Oakland and build innovative Oxide hardware.

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