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Ross Atkins

👤 Speaker
383 total appearances

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

There's, there's no way that I'll ever spend more time with another human being because I've been with them for 25 years, 30 years, 30 years, 30 years, 30 years.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

Five as a player and 25 in an office.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

man.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

So, you know, because of that, you know, that,

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

Obviously, the compete part, the challenge, the energy, just the competitive aspect of it is very, very attractive and fun.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

And I think anyone outside looking in sees that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

But the sacrifices that you make to do it, I believe, are offset by the internal relationships that make it just so powerful and lasting.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

Like, here's my... No, I mean, probably Steve Garvey, and then I like to turn around and do Donnie, too.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

But I, you know, it's funny, man.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

It's so funny you bring up Wiffleball, because we literally, Mikey and I played with our neighbor, Garrow Friggles, who he knew.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

I met Mikey when I was seven, and he met Mikey probably, Garrow at probably birth, and

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

The three of us played in Garrow's front yard literally every single day that we could.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

And then we'd walk home from school, walk to baseball practice, and before the sun went down, we were playing wiffle ball or ping pong.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

Well, when the sun went down, we went to play ping pong until Mrs. Friggles sent us home.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

But, man, it was...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

Yeah, and you didn't want to be playing against Mikey at any point.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

All right, Steve Garvey.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

I can do Steve Garvey.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

It was a pretty easy one.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB Vault: Remembering The Ross Atkins Conversation

thoughts catch a flavor potato yeah you know i'll uh i'll be honest i've had maybe two of them that's okay so maybe that's pretty telling yeah yeah i think that the sweetness to it not my thing no yeah i like it i like it simple i don't you know i i think if you just had a simple salt potato chip i'm all in there's a greek canadian brand uh it's called covered bridge and