Chapter 1: What insights does Xander Bogaerts share before the WBC?
The Netherlands, Team Netherlands, WBC, and that's where I caught up with him as he was working out, getting ready for the exhibition game against the Baltimore Orioles. So every year we'd catch up with Xander. Last year I caught up with him in LA, Los Angeles, and then again in San Diego. And if you remember, and we're going to reference this a lot in this conversation,
is that I talk to him, he goes four for four, and then just goes on a heater after I interview him. It was science. And that's really what happened to a lot of people who were interviewed for the Baseballs and Boring podcast. But Xander was maybe the preeminent guy in this respect. Xander just got on fire after this interview. So that's what we talk about.
And we talk about how that's going to lead to many, many, many private jet trips for me. Anytime there's even a semblance of a slump, whatever it is. But it's just good catching up with Xander. And then caught up with Carlos Beltran, the GM of the Puerto Rican team, WBC team. And he's great. He's great to talk to, man. He's great.
So it's a lot going on, and I'm going to finish it off with Christian Vasquez, who's on that Team Puerto Rico team. I've known Christian for a long, long time. He's a free agent right now. But again, he's playing for WBC for Team Puerto Rico. That's just a few minutes at the very end, but it's always good to catch up with Christian. All right, but first up, here's Xander. Xander. Guess what?
There's no human being on the planet I'd rather be talking to more than Xander Bogarts. There's things that I love saying. I haven't said that in Florida in a little bit, right? Oh, yeah. Nice little sweat going. It's good. It's good. All right. So, first of all, I have to show you my tattoo. Yep. If you win the World Series, will you get a baseballs and boring tattoo?
Joe Kelly wanted me to ask you.
No, I promise. I don't have any. I know.
I promised my mom.
I promised my mom I won't get any. So, yeah, that's a topic. That's a topic, yeah. I don't have any. That's the reason. But if you did, if you were going to get one? I can't.
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Chapter 2: How has Xander Bogaerts evolved as a player over the years?
Mm-hmm. And what is the thing that you found that worked for you this, how old are you? 32. Yeah. The 33-year-old version of Xander Bogart, what have you found is a sweet spot that worked for you that maybe you didn't know?
You know, I would probably say it has a lot to do with off the field. Oh, really? Yeah, taking care of your body a lot more. I'm not saying like... I do a really good job at that, but I take more massages, more stretching. Sauna has been huge for me. That's been a huge adjustment for me that I learned last year on my body. I mean, everyone's different.
You're different, I'm different, but that's one of the things. You've never gone to the sauna before? I have, but not taking it like the way I did last year.
Really?
I only went in once a month or whatever.
Do they have a sauna in the clubhouse? Yeah, they have one in the clubhouse. On the red-size clubhouse. On the road. Do they have a red-size clubhouse? No. When I was there, we didn't have any. You know what they had? They had a bidet. Oh.
Anyway, I don't want to kill you, so I'll forget about it. So you're taking care of yourself. Which I do, but just finding different ways I can really maximize that for sure. How did you figure that out? I mean, you're just like, oh, I'm 33, I just gotta... No, you know, I think having good teammates, like Manny was a big help with that. That's why he plays a lot of games.
He really does a good job with that. Iglesias, believe it or not, was huge with that. He was? I believe it. Yeah, Iglesias was huge with that, so... It was nice getting that type of help. I mean, I wouldn't say that I knew. I really didn't. You know, you do stuff that you know that you're used to doing. But I think taking it a step ahead, a step further, it was beneficial for sure.
You're one of the great mentors in the game. Congratulations. Thank you. Along the lines, I just talked to David Ortiz. He just came on the podcast, so he's going to have a great year, too. But he's selling rum.
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Chapter 3: How does Xander Bogaerts maintain his physical health as he ages?
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of him stressing out in the stands. I don't know how you thought about watching these games from that perspective, how that's going to be.
Well, it will be fun, man. Honestly, I haven't really thought about that. I'm taking this very seriously. meaning because I have relationship with everyone here. I do feel that what I'm proud of most when I think about my baseball career is about the relationships that I have with all those men there and the young generation of baseball players. So I'm going to enjoy, have fun.
Hopefully the guys can go do the thing and make us look good, I guess. You know, that's all I can ask for.
All right, finally, just a couple of minutes catching up with Christian Vasquez. Christian has some still left in the tank. He's going to play. He's going to play for Puerto Rico in the WBC. And then he's going to sign with somebody. So he's a good guy to have on your team. Always been playing with the Minnesota Twins for the last few years.
Now he's a free agent, but before he signs with anybody, he is going to join Martin Maldonado as a catching tandem for Team Puerto Rico. So for those who are big fans of Christian Vasquez, I figured a lot of people would want to know what's going on with him. So here you go. We're going to cap things off. Remember, bbisntboring.com, bbisntboring.com.
I didn't say a lot about this at the beginning of the podcast, but got the shirts, got the hats, wore them around. Big response. All right. All right. Here's Christian Vasquez.
Yeah, it was a big mess for those three. But yeah, I think the team we have is very fast. We can run, put the ball in play and run. And I think that's very important for a winning game. steal bases, you know, and maybe, like, we're going to play that later game, so it's going to be fun.
How famous are you guys to have? I've never played for the USA before.
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