John "Jack" Fritz (born March 3, 1994) is an American sports radio personality, who is currently the host of the 94.1 WIP Afternoon Show.
[1] After graduating from Bloomsburg, Fritz initially drove for Uber and worked for his family's dog bone company.
[2] During these times, he listened to sports talk radio on a consistent basis and learned what type of segments worked best.
[1] The podcast is named after the song High Hopes that legendary Phillies play-by-play announcer Harry Kalas would sing.
[1] The High Hopes Podcast has exploded in listeners due to the Phillies' recent success - including their appearance in the 2022 World Series.
[1] Two months after graduating college in 2016, Fritz began his tenure at WIP as a member of the "street team" assisting the station during their live events.
As part of a bet with evening show host Joe Giglio, Fritz attended the Reading Fightin Phils game and threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
[1] Fritz lost the bet as his pitch was only 79 miles per hour and ended up running in the Fightin Phils' Veggie Race.
[10] This came during the midst of Turner's poor start to his first season with the team and a series against the Miami Marlins where he went 1-for-16 and made a defensive mistake to cost the Phillies a game.
[2] After the Phillies clinched a playoff berth, Turner called the WIP Afternoon Show and thanked Fritz and the fans saying: "Obviously, the whole thing happened and the rest is kind of history.