Baseball Fans Aren't Boring: The Journey Of Baseball Social Media Sensation Jake Savicki
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What inspired Jake Savicki's journey into baseball and social media?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring, boring, boring. You're gonna get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you, you, you. Still have grown men run around tight hands.
It's Mookie Betts. It's Daniel Bard. It's Steve Aoki. It's Sal Tlamacchia. This is Brock Holt. Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring. Baseball isn't boring.
Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Radford. There is absolutely no human being on the planet where I would be talking to more than Jake Savicki right now. Nobody. I love that.
That's how you make somebody feel welcome and good right away.
We've talked a lot about it. The challenge, Jake, is that when we have people come on a lot, they know it's coming, but every time it's still a smile. Here's how I look at it. It's true, number one. I am so happy that you're on with us and I'm able to talk to you. That is true. And it also just sets the tone, man. Let's go. I mean, I think we were just talking. I mean, this is the good part. This is the easy part. The hard part is like, hey, world. Check out this awesome conversation.
Yeah, the tough part is being the man in the arena, right? Giving up a home run in front of 40,000 and having to stand in the dirt circle. That's the tough part. This is all right.
All right, so listen. I just want you to go through – you have a fascinating existence and a love, most importantly – a deep-rooted love for baseball. I know this. So if you could just go through sort of your journey first, because I don't want to miss anything, number one, and also just, you know, I'll probably have questions off of it, but just if you could talk a little bit about your journey.
Yeah. So I played high school baseball like most kids and played a little bit of junior college baseball, had a coach. I went, you know, We're going to have some fun. I'll tell this story right real fast, though. I don't tell it often. After high school, I went to a really small high school, like really small. I think I graduated with like 30 kids in my class.
Okay.
And I was big fish in a little sea there, and I knew that. All my buddies I grew up with were going to the big high schools, and I could have played there. But I got sent to a smaller school, enjoyed it. But it wasn't like – I was like the first athlete to ever play after high school there. That's how small it was. It wasn't – and it doesn't even exist anymore. But – so I had no plans of actually playing after high school. And then went through a year and a half or so. I graduated at 17. I was young. Didn't turn 18 until six, seven months later. But I had some family stuff. And my brother passed away. It was tough for me. And I actually just turned to baseball. I'm like, I got to... I handled it really poorly for like a year.
And just one night said, I got to do something better with my life. And so I actually turned to baseball. Like, I hate school. I absolutely am not a school guy. So... I figured if I'm going to play baseball, a men's league isn't going to take enough time to get my head on straight. So I went to junior college and figured if I want to play baseball, then I'll have to do school. That's a two-for-one deal for me. So I did, and it was really good for me. I went to Shasta College, top of California. I'm one of those guys. it's like the saying like, oh, baseball saved my life. I don't know if it saved my life, but it certainly took me down a much better path. And so it meant something to me and got a scholarship out of there, which I say all this because it adds to, I think, my journey and then coaching and passing my journey along, which I think is what a lot of these guys do.
And I appreciate that so much. So I got a full ride to a Division II in New Mexico out of that junior college. And then at the 11th hour, last day before I left, took a physical real quick and had a very small heart condition that the doctor's like, one of the highest elevation schools in New Mexico where I was going. He's like, you can't go.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired Jake Savicki's journey into baseball and social media?
0:00–5:02
2
How did Jake's personal experiences shape his love for baseball?
5:02–11:54
3
What role does social media play in modern baseball culture?
11:54–17:55
4
How does Jake view the current state of baseball compared to other sports?
17:55–24:35
5
What are the challenges of coaching young athletes in baseball?
24:35–30:04
6
How can baseball make the game more exciting for fans?
30:04–36:14
7
What impact does Jake believe personalities have on baseball engagement?
36:14–40:46
8
Why does Jake think baseball is not boring?
40:46–45:23
Speakers
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