John Fritz (born March 3, 1994) is an American sports radio personality, who is currently the producer of the 94.1 WIP Afternoon Show and the host of The High Hopes Podcast. He is also a frequent weekend host on CBS Sports Radio. A graduate of Bloomsburg University, Fritz was a pitcher on their baseball team. Early life and education Fritz was born March 15, 1994, and grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended West Chester Rustin High School and graduated in 2012. He then attended Bloomsburg University and initially majored in finance, but struggled in the discipline. Fritz considered majoring in history, to become a teacher, but his love of sports talk radio lead him to major in mass communications. He graduated from Bloomsburg in 2016. Fritz was a standout pitcher in high school. In the class of 2012, he was rated the #45 pitching prospect and had a fastball that topped out at 85 miles per hour. He committed to Bloomsburg to play baseball. In his freshman year, Fritz made five appearances, including one start, and gave up 11 runs over innings. In his sophomore year, Fritz appeared in three games, pitching three innings and giving up 3 runs. He finished his collegiate career with a career ERA of 10.32 over innings pitched and an impressive 13 strikeouts. He left the baseball team after his sophomore season to focus on his education. Career In 2016, Fritz created The High Hopes Podcast, a podcast about the Philadelphia Phillies. The podcast is named after the song High Hopes that legendary Phillies play-by-play announcer Harry Kalas would sing. Fritz believed that because of the Phillie's struggles at the time there was a lack of talented broadcasters covering the team and that the podcast would gain in popularity when the Phillies regained their success. The High Hopes Podcast has exploded in listeners due to the Phillie's recent success - including their appearance in the 2022 World Series. Fritz began his tenure at WIP working eight months after graduating from Bloomsburg working as the producer for WIP's overnight shows. While producing overnight shows, he also served as a fill-in producer for the popular WIP Morning Show with the legendary Angelo Cataldi. Six months later, in 2017, he was named the producer of the Evening Show. He was promoted to the producer of the WIP Afternoon Show, with Jon Marks and Ike Reese, in