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Rob Radford

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

And even well before this, this is going way back, Schilling had a blog, and everyone was like, oh my goodness, you have a blog?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

And then Players' Tribune tried to do it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

Then you had social media, and now more and more social media.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

But I do sense that baseball still, even with social media, even with people showing personalities, they're doing it almost begrudgingly, a little bit more than other sports.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

So my question is,

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

What can baseball players do?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

We talked about what baseball can do, but what can, from your perspective, baseball players do to advance this?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

That's a great point by you.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

It is like the whole, like, I can't screw this up.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

And honestly –

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

Who did I just have this conversation with?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

But I was like the media training thing.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

Oh, it was with this kid, Kyson Witherspoon, who was on his first round pick.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

I said, have you had the media training yet?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

And I said, you know, they mean well.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

They're trying to help you.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

But they're also, they put the fear of God into you.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

Right?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

Yeah.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki

Yeah.