BIB on the Go: What It's Like For A Pitcher To Prepare For The WBC?
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How did Daniel Bard prepare for the World Baseball Classic?
think mlb still doesn't do a good enough job promoting it i think uh and i said this to our guy this guy sean spradling who does stuff for us they announced like the team usa guys on mlb network but that's pretty much it like yeah there's a lot of other countries there anyway What do you remember? When did you find out that you were playing on Team USA last WBC?
Well, I think it was like in December. So right around this time. I think it was like, yeah, early, mid-December. I had to push hard to, I guess, get considered. I know I had my agent working on it. I'd gotten, tried to get, I think I... ran into somebody that was worked for the network and I knew DeRosa was, was coaching. He got, you know, he was managing and I'm somebody that I talked to that worked over at MLB network. I was like, tell, tell him I want to play for him. Tell him I want to pitch. And I think I just said it to enough people. And, and, uh, Mike, my agent did a good job of making the right phone calls and I was coming off a really good year. So that helped. Um, I felt like I deserved to be on it.
So we pushed hard and made some calls. And I think by mid-December, they let me know.
What challenges do pitchers face when preparing for early March games?
What was that?
Did DeRosa let you know? I don't know. I can't remember if it was him or a guy named Eric Campbell who kind of runs USA Baseball. I think they both called me in a short period.
But still, that must have been a good – I mean, you had a lot of great calls, a lot of great times through that run. But that must have been pretty cool to get that.
Yeah, I mean, I never made an all-star team, so I felt like I maybe deserved a couple, but it's tough as a reliever. So that was really my all-star moment. That was my, hey, you belong on the select group with the big boys. And it took me until I was 37 years old to do it, but... Yeah, I mean, I still have one of the jerseys that we wore. I think it was the white jersey I got signed by. So the USA on the chest is just filled with 35 signatures. That's pretty cool. It's an impressive lineup. I mean, it's probably 15 Hall of Famers on there. mookie trout goldschmidt wainwright you know i think some of the coaches are on there which is like griffey and andy pettit and everybody's on there and i'm on there so that's that's a cool thing and you know i didn't perform well that's we've gone into that plenty of times but i don't care it was
Like you said, the moment of being added to that roster. Perfect.
What was the significance of being selected for Team USA?
Perfect. Circle of life.
I mean, that's exactly what we're talking about, right? That's what I'm saying. It went horrible for me personally. Didn't contribute to any of the wins, but I got to experience it. I got to wear that, have my name on the back of a USA jersey and be in a clubhouse with the best in the game for a month, you know, leading up to it. So, um, wouldn't trade it for the world. Um, what it wished I wished I would have pitched better to contribute. But, um, again, it was, it was a cool experience. And again, it's a, it's a great tournament. Um, I don't know how they can promote it better. I'm not, I'm not a marketing guy.
I'm nitpicking, but I'm just like, I just think it's like the off of what it was last time. Um, I think that people right now are sort of consumed with free agency and the hot stove stuff and everything else. And they're like, oh, by the way, oh, this awesome tournament's coming up. And I didn't always call it an awesome tournament.
It's taking time.
How does the timeline for WBC preparation differ from regular season?
Yeah, I was like, you're blowing out pitchers and this and that. But that leads me to my other wonky question. I remember talking to David Robertson about after it was done, about that dynamic, about guys getting ready. Because I remember back in, I think it was 09, Pedroia and Euclid left, and they both got hurt. And it was like this dynamic of go play nine innings on artificial turf in early March, right? and obviously you have the pitcher dynamic, and what Robertson was saying, that guys are better prepared. They understand what it takes more. So you went through it, and you also witnessed it. Do you think that they are, it is still like a, I don't know, something that's a little bit risky, or do you think that they got a much better handle at getting ready for it?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Daniel Bard prepare for the World Baseball Classic?
0:00–1:26
2
What challenges do pitchers face when preparing for early March games?
1:26–2:59
3
What was the significance of being selected for Team USA?
2:59–4:05
4
How does the timeline for WBC preparation differ from regular season?
4:05–6:14
5
What strategies do pitchers use to ramp up training for the WBC?
6:14–7:54
6
How do injuries impact pitchers during the WBC preparation?
7:54–9:05
7
What insights does Bard share about the dynamics of international play?
9:05–10:36
8
How can the World Baseball Classic be better promoted?
10:36–11:10
Speakers
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