Jeff Blair
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Podcast Appearances
who's played an elite level, and you come away thinking you've learned something.
I don't know what I learned.
Obviously, I'm not enough of an athlete to go out and apply it.
You don't speak JD?
But you know what I mean?
You come away thinking, okay, it makes sense.
Well... If I could, I would do it that way.
Well, I've always told you about that.
One of the best spring training experiences I had was covering a game in Steinbrenner Field against the Yankees.
And Troy Tulewitzki and Josh made the trip over that day.
And they were taking batting practice.
And Reggie Jackson was there, and Reggie Jackson was special advisor for the Yankees at that time.
And I just remember Reggie was around the cage, and he had his iPhone out around the cage, and he was filming Josh and Troy Tulewitzki taking batting practice or videoing them filming.
videoing them taking batting practice and was talking to them afterwards.
And I think Rob Longley was there as well.
The two of us, we smelled instant story.
It was a great story, right?
And I remember talking to, we spoke to Reggie about that.
And he said, and this is a time if you remember when MLB Network was doing deep dives with Josh and hitting and all that.
And Reggie said, you know, all the kids in the Yankees minor league camp are talking about this.