Chapter 1: What insights does Anthony Banda share about his World Series Game 7 experience?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring. Hey, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You. You. You. You. You. You. You.
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Chapter 2: What memorable moments from Game 7 does Banda recall?
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welcome to baseball isn't boring here's your host rob radford well speaking of the world series i was where my seat was in the press box was actually over looking your bullpen so it was fascinating to me watching the the bobbin and weaving even yamamoto like what he does like all that stuff is fascinating for you what give me
Besides the ultimate winning it, what do you give me one moment in that bullpen and get that game seven that you're going to remember?
Yeah. You know, I try not to get too emotional about it, but like, you know, I don't pray for baseball. Right. And I don't, you know, I'm not, you know, super highly into praying and all that. And I get it, you know. But I remember I put my head down. It was right before Miggy Rowe walked up. And I'm not lying. I swear. And I looked at, I said, I asked my brothers, like, man, show me something.
Show me something. You know, I don't ever do this, but show me something.
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Chapter 3: How did Miguel Rojas' home run impact Banda emotionally?
And I look up and, you know, there it goes. He hits it. And I look at Tanner Scott and I go, there's no fucking way. I just prayed to my brother and that just happened. And like, we're freaking geeking out. And I remember, you know, it's hard for me to get really emotional, right? And I remember I was holding back tears and I was, like, choking up a little bit.
And I was like, I cannot believe that just happened. I can't believe that just happened. You know, and, you know, regardless, it may have been a coincidence or something. But, like, you know, to me, that's something that stuck out the most. The second thing that stuck out the most was... I saw one of our trainers down there, Jonathan Erd. Oh, yeah.
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Chapter 4: What role does prayer play in Banda's baseball journey?
I was so close to having him getting a tattoo as well. Instead, he just wants to show up to the party to get the tattoo.
Go ahead. He's amazing. I remember seeing him a little down and I said, Hey, cheer up, man. We're going to win this ball game. And he's like, yeah, you're right. You're right. And we, and sure enough, we'll maybe hits it. Then we'll hits it. And then he, I remember him after the, when we're celebrating, he was like, thank you for that. Thank you for that. And I was like, dude, you did it to me.
I gotta make sure I gotta, I gotta do it back. Like we gotta keep each other up.
Chapter 5: What was the atmosphere like in the bullpen during the game?
We gotta, you know, and, but the thing is, is like, he, he's one of the most like exciting, high energy driven person in our book, like in the sense of, you know, cheering, um, being there, being in the moment, you know, he's, he's all about it. He loves the game, dude. Like he loves it. And
I genuinely, he generally just makes me smile in a sense because I watch somebody just genuinely just enjoy the game that is a part of us, you know, and he's, you know, he's amazing.
Well, I told him he's a meme off of the Otani third run. Yeah, yeah. Which, by the way, him and Kopech both said they actually predicted it the day before or something. I don't know.
Well, the funny thing is that we were actually talking about it. So it was in Miami. And we're sitting there. And you're talking about the one he caught, right?
Yeah.
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Chapter 6: How does Banda describe the bench-clearing brawl incident?
The line drive in Miami? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we're sitting there and it's me, him and our bullpen coach, Josh Bard. And they we have this game in the bullpen and it's been explained where it's like we have each have a call and we'll have like a random pick of us and like, you know, show it comes up. Hey, I'm in, you know, we're basically.
betting that he's gonna you know hit a home run and if we get if we if he hits a home run we get a little like a little tally in it there's no reward or anything it's just more of like bragging rights at the end of the year whoever wins it all why is it there don't you write something on the wall or something yeah yeah yeah yeah because joe was like yeah have the boys go go bring you down there and show like they're not gonna let me in the bullpen in the middle of the game show no go ahead
But, and I remember the whole, it all worked out so perfectly. It was so, it's so wild where, you know, J-Bone goes in, Jonathan Erb, he goes in and he puts his glove on, right? And it's so funny because he's left-handed too. And he got, I remember the bullpen coach goes, hey, if it hits us, if it hits right at my face, I'm not moving. You got to catch it.
And, you know, we're just like, yeah, yeah, like, right. And we're just like, well, what if it hits you? And he's like, well, I get the point. And like, they're just back and forth.
Chapter 7: What lessons about teamwork does Banda emphasize from the game?
Right. And then all of a sudden the ball gets hit. And it's coming. And I remember I distinctively grabbed him and I'm like, I go, J-Bo, J-Bo, J-Bo. And I'm like, get it, get it, get it. And it's like, right. It just worked out exactly how they explained it. It was, that's why he freaked out.
So, well, of course, catching the ball and he got, you know, all those points, but he was freaking out just because of the fact that we had just talked about that scenario and it just happened just the way we talked about it. And yeah, It was the most electrifying home run that I've ever seen someone celebrate. It was so funny because of how pumped... I wish we had a camera on that.
The way his excitement was, how pumped he was, and how we were just laughing but pumped about it. It was sweet. It was awesome.
Chapter 8: What future plans does Banda have for his career and tattoos?
It is so funny. Like you said, his reactions... It's so great. I do want to come back to, because I can't believe that that happened with the Rojas home run. Yeah, me neither. Had you ever, had you done that before? Like you said, you don't pray about baseball. No. You've never done it before.
Every game I'll pray to him, but I always tell him I always pray for family. I always pray for the look over of family, the kids, grandkids, everybody. And it has nothing to do with baseball. And, you know, so those are what I pray for. And, you know, but when he hit it, I was just like, there's no way this just happened.
What do you think, and this is the last question I have about it, but what do you think made you do it at that moment? Because there was, like, there were other, like, it's this... You could have saved it for Otani. That's what I'm saying, right? But what do you think you did it at that moment?
just the, you just wanted it so bad. Yeah. I wanted for everybody, man. I wanted it for the city. I wanted for everyone. And I'm not saying that that helped, but you know, maybe you did it, but that's the point.
It's like, I'm more, I'm yeah.
Okay. So yeah, I just, I just wanted it, you know, I wanted it for everybody. I wanted, cause like we worked so hard to get there and, you know, and, and, you know, Kiki said it the best, but it was like, we weren't playing our best baseball, you know, it was just a back and forth, back and forth. And, It was such a game where that right there is...
probably one of the best games I've ever watched. Oh, unbelievable. And for guys to come and step up and be the hero and this, it was unbelievable. It was unbelievable. And so in that moment, it was just like, I felt all that, you know, the tension, the excitement and everything about it, right? And to calm myself down, I just put my head down.
And then I just thought about, I just thought about my brother. And I was just like, man, well... And then I said, I was like, look, I don't pray for anything. I don't pray for baseball, but show me something. Show me something. Just show me something. And then I looked up because I remember I'm sitting on this chair on the chair and they had two types of chairs.
I had the chair that was like a barstool chair where it was higher. So you could sit down and you can see over the railing and the chair. If you sat down, you see straight into the railing. So I was ducked underneath it. So when I put my head down against the pole, I said it. And then I looked underneath. And then as soon as he hit it, I watched the ball. I watched the flight.
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