Being Ryan Ripken: Son Of A Legend. Budding Media Star. AL East Expert.
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What was Ryan Ripken's journey to becoming a media star?
You flatter me, Rob. How are we doing today?
I'm good, man. Like it's so I saw you from a distance at the winter meetings. We haven't, this is, we have formally meeting, but I can tell we're going to be fast friends and we love the great game of baseball. and you will be wearing a baseballs and boring t-shirt soon because it'll make your triceps look better than ever.
My playing days are behind me, so I'm looking for how can I visually look better because that working out like six, seven days a week of like two, three hours, that's done, Rob. I mean, I love working out, but I ain't getting paid to do it anymore.
Well, I was going to mention this at the end, but I'll just mention it now. So we're playing off this baseball cliche, which you know. When you get to spring training, which you've been many spring trainings, What do people say? I'm in the best shape of my life, right? I'm in the best shape of my life. So-and-so's in the best shape of their life. I went through an entire clubhouse. I said, who's in the best shape of their life? 80% of people are in the best shape of their life, right? I don't know if you've ever said it, but the whole premise of what we wanted to do was I wanted to take that cliche and turn it into, all right, Everybody, forget about New Year's resolutions. Let's try to pick one thing that we're going to be in the best shape of our lives by opening day.
And Ryan, it's been awesome. We're giving out t-shirts. We have this community. Major leaguers, regular people, whatever. So I will give you the opportunity if you want to because I'm here to motivate. You just said it. I'm here to motivate. I know that it's not easy being the guy behind the mic. I have to do crunches as I sit here. You're not going to the gym in the built-in time. So that's a long-winded way of asking you, what would be one thing that if you want to jump in on this by opening day, you say, I'm going to do that. So on the workout side? You can do anything you want. I'll give you examples. CEO Joe Kelly is going to bench press 225 pounds once. I'm going to show an ab. We have a lot of people losing weight.
We have a lot of people saying I'm going to run a mile in this time. We have Amira Garrett saying he's going to do a windmill dunk. That's off the table. We have Anthony Kaye came on, and he said that he just wants to be Andy Paez in MLB The Show once. So at most, honestly, most of it's like physical stuff.
Like most of it. Well, Hey, that that's easy then for me, you know, I never had the bunnies, right? Like I never was considered a jumper. I love basketball by the way. And if there's one thing it's for Ryan Ripken to get back on the court, because it's probably like my, my love for basketball. And that's a, that's a Ripken thing, by the way, probably some people have heard the stories with my dad and playing basketball in the off season.
Yeah.
We love basketball. I haven't played enough. Like, I just – not for my own enjoyment. And that's life because I'm not – you know, I got to work now and I got to figure out how to be a broadcaster and a media member and all that. So – But I want to get back to the vertical. My bunnies were getting better is where I'm getting to. So I don't know what the vertical my best was. And I don't even want to say that I'm going to try to get a 40 vertical because I might just fall right on my freaking face.
Can you dunk?
Yeah, but I mean, if I'm 6'5", Rob, if I can't dunk, like, that's a problem. You know?
I know of some people who have that problem. But, all right, so dunking, I was going to say we could just measure it by dunking. But I tell you what, you find what you want to get to. I think that's a great goal. It's a great goal.
I think, so I had these in the offseason when I would train. It was actually during COVID. Uh, since it's getting ready for baseball season. And one of the, when I was in one of the best shapes of my life might've been the best shape of my life. Um, the gyms were closed down with COVID and there was a few places you could go to and obviously set up shop.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was Ryan Ripken's journey to becoming a media star?
0:00–5:09
2
How did Ryan Ripken transition from baseball player to media personality?
5:09–10:45
3
What unique challenges does Ryan Ripken face in the media industry?
10:45–16:34
4
How does Ryan Ripken view the competitive landscape of the AL East?
16:34–20:41
5
What strategies does Ryan Ripken suggest for team success in baseball?
20:41–26:32
6
How does Ryan Ripken reflect on his identity off the field?
26:32–31:24
7
What insights does Ryan Ripken share about overcoming failure?
31:24–35:36
8
What are Ryan Ripken's predictions for the future of the AL East?
35:36–35:54
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