Baseball Isn’t Boring
Valuable Lessons Learned From Sal Frelick (And MLB's First Few Weeks)
13 Apr 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.
Hey, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You. You. You. You. You. You.
You. You. You. You. You. You. You.
Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Rafferty. what his mindset is, and also some other stuff, including Just So Happens. He talked about one of the stars of the final day of the weekend, and that's Jose Soriano of the Angels, which I'm going to get to in a second.
But also you should go check out Courtney Finnegan's Pitch and Moan, latest episode with Terry Collin, former Mets manager, asking the jackpot. You know him. Yes. And he was excellent. And Courtney did another good, great, great job. So a lot of good stuff to consume over the weekend. And now we head into another week, another week of baseball not being boring.
And in case you want to scream it from the mountaintops with gear, of course, bbisntboring.com. bbisntboring. By the way, we should note, in case you haven't seen, go to nhl.com. Why am I telling you to go to nhl.com? Well, because CEO Joe and, of course, The first lady of baseball isn't boring, along with my wife. But the first lady of baseball isn't boring, Ashley Kelly.
Joe and Ashley Kelly were mic'd up at an Anaheim Ducks game, and it doesn't disappoint. Go to NHL.com or go to the BBs and boring socials. Just to check that out because, once again, it doesn't disappoint, just like this podcast. And today I think that we continue that trend of not disappointing because of Sal Freelick.
Sal Freelick is a guy who I wanted to talk to for a while, the gritty, the gutty, the great story that is Sal Freelick. Milwaukee Brewers, and there's something I wanted to talk to Sal about, about the dynamic of actually being a player in the Northeast.
And finding your way as a player in the Northeast and finding your way as a major leaguer who decided, I am not going to specialize in just one sport. I am actually going to play multiple sports, hockey, football, all of it, baseball, and scream from the mountaintops, just like Mike Trout has, that it is important. I'm not denigrating anybody who is laser focused on baseball. No, I'm not.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Sal Frelick share about being a baseball player in the Northeast?
But here's the takeaway. Everybody's in it pretty much. But what's also going on is panic from the teams that have all of a sudden started strong and now not doing so well. Mets, Brewers. They've lost five straight. The Astros, they've lost seven straight. Conversely, the Padres, maybe some bad news about Nick Pavetta. We'll have to see. Maybe some, you know, who knows.
Maybe a landing spot for the aforementioned. I used aforementioned again. I apologize. But for Lucas Chialito, who knows. Los Inigo Padres, they have won five straight as well. All right. Anyway. So as the Brewers, maybe, yes, they may have lost five straight, but still they're a talented team with a lot of good personalities, a lot of good perspective, a lot of good clubhouse.
And a big part of that good clubhouse is Sal Freelick. And he is an inspiration, I think, for a lot of baseball players. So if you're a coach, if you're a parent, if you're a fan of baseball, I –
Chapter 3: How does playing multiple sports benefit young athletes?
Really, really implore you to listen to Sal talk about how he came up and how he approached things and where he landed. I think it's worth it. Once again, our goal, offer insight, offer information, offer entertainment. And just remember, and just make everybody, everybody remember, yes, baseball is not indeed boring. All right. Hope everybody, again, is having a great beginning of the week.
Here's Sal Freeland. All right. There's no human being on the planet I'd rather be talking to more than Sal Freeland right now. Lexington. So nobody cares. Whoever listening in Seattle to this, nobody cares. But I coached at Concord Academy in basketball. Yeah. I ran a lot of isolations. Alex and the Christian. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So anyway, this is what I wanted to talk a little bit about is Northeast or being a baseball player in Northeast. I know you probably have talked to this about this a lot. But, you know, obviously Northeast High School, then I was Boston College. I don't know if... I'm anxious to get your take if it's evolving where it's more accepting because we have more information.
It's not just, oh, well, you've only played X amount of games. But now if someone plays, you say, okay, we see this, we see this, we measure this, we measure that. I don't know. You went through it.
You're right. And I think when I was in high school, that wasn't the case. It was definitely like... You know, more, you need eyes on you. And it was a lot more of guys in the Northeast, you know, maybe staying here for college or whatnot, just because those were the schools that were able to get eyes on you.
But now I think it's great with the video because coaches don't need to be in person necessarily to see guys. When I was in high school, it was definitely like... Either you need a scout or a coach to be at the game, or you go do a camp, you know? You go to the BC camp, you go to the Harvard camp, whatever it is. Yeah.
There'd be 30 coaches there from, whether it's the NESCACs or the IVs or... Yeah. Whatever it is. And that's how you... The eyes on you, but that's what it was. Did it worry you? I mean, did, like... I mean, because you...
You know, I've known people who've gone down and say IMG Academy or whatever. People move, say, listen, we've got to get more eyeballs, we've got to play more games. I mean, but you had your buddies.
That's it. I mean, for sure. I wouldn't say it worried me, but just because also, like... I had no intentions of getting drafted out of high school. BC was my only offer. It was also my dream school. It was in my backyard, and I knew I was going to be able to, at some point, get in front of them.
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Chapter 4: What makes Jose Soriano a breakout star in MLB?
Those kids, for sure, did more showcases or whatnot to get those eyes in front of them. For me, especially my buddies too, it was like... You're from here. I wanted to play at home in college.
And BC, you were locked in. Like, no other option.
Oh, yeah, that was it.
That works out well, I guess.
Yeah, it did. I actually had more football offers out of high school. Really? Believe it or not. No, I believe it. Especially my junior and senior year. But I committed to BC my...
after my in between my freshman sophomore year for baseball and then um i started to get football offers after my junior year um i actually committed to bc for football and baseball um my junior year i plan on playing both there and ended up talking with my baseball coach and he was like dude i think you should just play yeah baseball i should know this what position football
Well, I was a quarterback, but I got recruited as an athlete, so I would have been a slot or punt return, kick return. But, yeah, and my baseball coach at BC was like, I think you should just do baseball, and I was like, no way. So I told my football coach in high school, like, hey, open it up, let these guys know.
But none of those schools wanted me for baseball, and I really wanted to play both. Was that hard pulling the cord? It was hard. Yeah, it was hard. I mean, even when I was in college, those first two falls, I was like, oh, man, I want to just drop on the pads, but... And you get on campus and you see how big those dudes are. I'm like, oh, I made a good decision.
Who was the BC football coach then, do you know?
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