Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: How Playing For Team Italy Has Shaped Greg Weissert
17 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
You don't get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you. Still have grown men run around tight hands.
This is Mookie Betts. This is Daniel Bard.
This is Steve Aoki.
This is Saltz Lamacchia. This is Brock Holtz. Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring.
Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring.
Here's your host, Rob Radford. Welcome.
There's no human being I'd rather be talking to more than Greg Reiser right now. It seems like yesterday we were talking about your parents digging through your grandparents' basement for stuff, and now you feel full Italian, like full, like, the country, an entire country is embracing you. 100%.
Is it?
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Chapter 2: How has playing for Team Italy impacted Greg Weissert's career?
I didn't really know what to expect.
Everybody says it's amazing, it's like playoff baseball. The last three games we played have been like that. The Puerto Rico crowd was crazy. As intense as you can get, and meeting everybody in three days and having a...
like mesh together yeah i couldn't believe how fast it happened so do you even drink espresso yeah you do i mean did you drink it before yeah of course all right oh are you all right all right and so this is acceptable coffee i mean oh yeah yeah okay all right yeah all right all right so um you mentioned being on the mound like again another cliche question but what was that the most intense environment you've ever pitched in
I mean, you pitched in some big moments. I get it. But everyone talks about this.
Yeah, I mean, that's because I've only pitched in one playoff game. Yeah. And it was that last one against the Yankees last year. But, yeah, it's like that's probably the most intense do or die.
Yeah.
You know, that's what I'm saying. Like, you see the guys coming out of the dugout for the other teams, too. Like, everybody's getting hyped up because it's do or die. It's not like a game in June where, you know,
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Chapter 3: What friendships has Greg Weissert formed through his experience with Team Italy?
Yeah, you want to win every game, but these are like do-or-die games, and it's like you feel that when you're on the mound and in the game.
Are you nervous? Yeah, of course. No, that's not good. It's not good. But it's good to be nervous. But that's what we're talking about this tournament, though.
Chapter 4: What was the experience like for Greg Weissert during the World Baseball Classic?
People should understand. Like, if you're nervous about something in March, it means something different. I know that I'm preaching the converted, but yeah. So did Cora contact you saying... Why are you pitching to him?
No, we've had a plan all along. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we're just keeping the conversation open.
But you're ready to go. Like, that's the other part of it, so I know you've got to go, but that's the other part about this is that you're heading into the season. This is the t-shirt gun. This is the catapult. Like, you probably never felt better heading into a season. Yeah, I feel great right now. I purposely built up for this. Did you? Okay, all right. So we're in a good spot.
All right, awesome. Thanks, man.