Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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: How does Luke Weaver describe his approach to pitching?
You. Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring.
Here's your host, Rob Radford. There is absolutely no human being I'd rather be talking to right now than Luke Wheeler. Again, man, it's always good talking to you. We've talked a few times. Fortunately, I got a chance to talk to you a couple times in the World Series. I think the last time was, you had a great... You stood in front of me.
It was after you guys won, and you talked about watching the dock, the clubhouse dock, right, and saying, like, that's the blueprint. That's the blueprint. But I just love the fact that you're, like, how your mind works. That's good. We should all base things off docks, like the hope of it, right?
Yeah, I think so.
Chapter 3: What insights does Luke share about learning from failure?
I mean, everybody's different. You just want to make sure that you just have a good imagination, something that can...
allow you to dream in some ways and understand other things and just uh more than anything just stay neutral just understanding that information's great and uh at the end of the day you just want to use that to push forward and it's history like the like we like i listen to podcasts i was driving in today listen to podcasts and i'm trying to i'm listening to conan o'brien
I'm thinking, okay, what can I take out of this that I learned? Like, what can I take out of this that will help my life?
You know, that's what I'm thinking you're talking about. 100%. I think you have to have an open perspective. And I think at the end of the day, Even at this level I'm playing at, there's always room to grow. There's always ways to get better.
It's even just tweaking a pitch to make it move a tad bit better, or it's a more efficient way mechanically to throw a ball harder or to throw it to a spot easier. So there should just be no ego to it. The ego, I think, is what drowns out the opportunity to learn. And when you're at a point where you feel like you know it all, then I don't think that's the wrong. I'm like twice her age.
And I think, like, I can't feel that way. That's how I felt it. I mean, and, you know, I remember you talking about looking at Yamamoto, the YouTube clip. That's one small example. Yeah. But I got a feeling that's sort of what you're doing, like whether it's that, whether it's the Netflix doc, whether, I don't know, do you listen to other podcasts?
Yeah, just kind of being open to things. Observing is my big thing. Is it? It's observing. So I take in a lot of information. I know sometimes my wife's wondering, you know, what I'm thinking when I don't respond and I'm kind of in my own little world. But I'm just always taking in information.
For an example, when I was starting, I'd sit in the dugout and I would just have certain innings where I would just watch certain positions.
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Chapter 4: How does Luke Weaver maintain perspective during high-pressure situations?
I would take an inning where I would just watch the first base umpire. I would take an inning where I would watch the ball bat boys that would just go and just watch. There's just things, right? So when it adds up, I'm just trying to gain perspective of how everybody's doing their job.
how they position themselves, where they've got to go on a certain batted ball, what they have to do when a ball goes to the backstop or an umpire runs out of baseball. It's so weird.
You and I, I was watching, because sometimes I'll watch the ball boy and the circular sort of rhythm.
Absolutely, and they have to go all the way to the bullpen to pick up the belongings of the reliever. They have to run across to get water. At what intent are they running at? Are they very serious about their job? Are they just very confident and relaxed? Or are they just showing up that day just to punch in the clock? I don't know.
There's different intensities, and I think it's fascinating to watch how people go about their business, and I think the observation part of it is just a fascinating way to just gain perspective.
So we mentioned the Yamamoto thing leading to last year. So this offseason, you know, you obviously have a lot of success and you're a different lot in life, I guess. What was the thing that you, was there anything that you found that you latched on to that you, oh, like, this was interesting? Along the lines of, like we said, I'd hate to keep coming back to Yamamoto, but that's
No, it's okay. I mean, he's the only other guy that simply is doing this style of throwing, and he's been a really great template, and he's obviously throwing really well. Yeah, yeah, he's good. So, to your point, I think it was just about, I'm very aware.
Like, I think we're making it a point right now to be very observant on a daily basis, especially every time I throw, there's a certain process in which I'm breaking down how I threw, what it looked like. Even if it went well, I want to make sure my checkpoints are all in similar plays mechanically, how I'm breaking down hitters.
So really the offseason just becomes like a really full breakdown assessment of all the checkpoints along the year of, okay, good outings, bad outings. What were some commonalities? What were things that good or bad just kind of stood out? And I think ultimately it just came...
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Chapter 5: What lessons did Luke Weaver learn from his World Series experience?
Yeah, let's just try to get an inch better. Let's just try to, you know, we don't have to rewrite anything. We already did that. We did all the hard work. Yeah, you wrote it. And so now it's about consistency. The consistency just comes from staying confident and routine, staying... You know, not too egotistical, trying to make sure we're humbling ourselves in our perspective.
And then just ultimately be consistent. Just show out there and just be like, if I can do these things, I should be able to be great. And this game of baseball shows up in different ways. Sometimes you pitch well and it doesn't go well. Sometimes the opposite.
So this game has a great way to really kind of show the loopholes, the certain areas you can be exposed to, but also rewards you in really good routines and things.
It's so good. Like I'm talking to you, right? Like I come away and I'll come away from this and I'll be like, okay, this was something that I'm going to, it's sticky to me, right? Charlie Morton, we had him on last week. And he had one line, which I went and ran to my kids. And I said, it was a simple thing. He said, if they give you the opportunity to figure it out, then figure it out. Yeah.
Right? Yeah, well said. That's it, right? And so in the times where we're down or whatever, you still have the opportunity to figure it out. But that's my point is that... These sort of things are powerful things, you know?
They are, because the one thing I'll add to that is nobody is going to come save you. Yeah.
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Chapter 6: How does Luke emphasize the importance of routine in baseball?
Like, you have people who care, right? And sure, somebody might save you, but you can't depend on it. You've got to be able to be self-efficient. And being self-efficient comes from being okay with failure, being okay to learn from it and to gain, to try to understand, okay, in this situation, this happened. How do I do a better job in this situation? Because it might happen again. Mm-hmm.
So it's really just being consistent in understanding how do I solve these problems? And if I can't solve them, am I putting in the effort to do so? Because to his point, if you have time to figure it out, then that means you're still doing it. Because there's going to come a point where you're not doing it anymore and you're going to look back and question yourself, did I do enough?
Did I just put enough intensity? Did I ask the right questions? Did I ask for enough help? And ultimately it just comes down to how bad you want it.
That's really what it is. Like you said, your lot in life is different now than it was. Coming off a World Series, how did that change you? How did that change your life? I know this is a total cliche question, but it does. That's the level that you want to get.
You experienced that level and then now you're experiencing the confidence that you've extracted from getting to that level or the attention. How did that experience change you? So there's a couple things I'll say.
We didn't win, right? So it didn't change it in the ultimate way because the winners are forever immortal into the baseball game, whatever you want to call it. They're shrined into it. They have a plaque. They have rings, bigger rings.
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Chapter 7: What does Luke Weaver say about the impact of ego on performance?
They have all the cool stuff, right? They're going to have a parade 10, 20 years from now. It's cool, whatever. I think the hard part is being the loser of it. really pushes you to the brink, right? It motivates you more. It allows you to not want to feel that feeling again. But, you know, the biggest takeaway I learned is that I came away with a lot of peace and my peace came from my journey.
And I made sure along the way that I appreciated my process and my journey to the fullest extent. And being okay with like And all of what's happening. Right. Taking moments and being like you worked hard to get here. Appreciate it. Don't be so blinded by trying to just win. Just take a step back. And by doing that, losing hurt. But it didn't hurt as bad because I was proud of what we did.
I was proud of myself. I was proud of a lot of things. And in doing that. It just, it gave me a sense of peace that allowed the confidence just to be neutral. It wasn't like an over, now I'm overly motivated. It just allowed me to, like you said, gain the confidence to know I can do it. Yeah. And that we could have easily won, but we didn't win. They won.
And so it's not a matter of what if, it's just a matter of when. And so that's where the confidence comes in.
The fact of the matter is that you know that you can get there, number one.
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Chapter 8: How does Luke Weaver find balance between success and failure?
You know that you can stand on that mound and succeed on that level and that intention. Listen, this is where analytics sort of gets warped a little bit. I think that people, when we look at analytics to get to a baseball season... Ultimately, when we get to the World Series, it's can that guy function on that stage? Yeah. You know? And you felt it probably like... Big time.
You don't know until you're there, right? Big time. And I think the beauty of it was even from the start of the year, I had to accept that I wasn't going to be started. I had to accept the long relief role. I had to then... find a way to put my pride aside and just go do what I feel like I can go do and be successful. So I just focus on zeros. I focus on the next guy, the next guy.
And it builds up to every role. Next thing I know, I'm standing on the mound of the World Series, and I'm in the ninth inning, right? And it's just such a whirlwind. But gaining the appreciation through it all was everything. And I looked at every... Round of the playoffs is a bonus, right? I've never been to the playoffs.
I've played this game long enough to be like, man, when's my time going to come? And now, you know, in year like 10, you know, over eight years now in service and I'm going, you know, at that time, I'm like, I just want to feel it. Show me what it's like. The TV's cool, but I'm not there. So then it became, okay, you get to be a part of making it to the playoffs.
Now you get to be a part of being in the playoffs and winning, and then winning the next round, and then not being in the World Series. And it's like, I've already won, but I didn't get the cherry on top. So let me ask you this.
So you had the feeling, right? You had all those feelings that you talked about. Then you have the feeling of the World Series. Did the feeling of the World Series, of being in that game, those games, feel like you thought it would be? And conversely, did not winning it feel like you thought it would?
Because I don't know, at the end of the day, when you're going through it, if you even think about what it feels like to lose.
That's a really good question, because... Every step along the way, I did feel it, right? I think it didn't become overwhelming because I trusted my process. I trusted my routines. And I took time to, like I said, appreciate every step of the way, every round.
Which is good for you, by the way.
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