Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews MLB pitcher Dan Straily. Jessica and Dan discuss a wide range of topics including trying to get signed by an MLB team, being in the right mental state of being a free agent as the season starts, having the motivation to not give up and retire, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-2:56: Welcome Dan to Short and to the Point-3:37: Being a free agent this season compared to previous seasons-8:36: Trying to evolve as a pitcher when you don’t know your role-11:00: Mental battle of waiting to be signed-13:26: Being able to self-evaluate-15:13: Where does confidence come from?-17:33: Inaccurate radar guns-20:26: Tripping up a batter’s timing-22:42: Not quitting-27:02: Who would play Dan in a movie about his story?-28:09: Dan’s wife, Amanda, inspiring him-33:59: Going to Spring Training-37:30: A.J. Griffin-38:48: People no longer in baseball-42:34: Being able to tell who’s a lifer and who isn’t-46:00: Stephen Strasburg or Mike Trout-48:03: Making the Big Leagues-50:21: Making MLB debut-53:03: Memorable outings-59:40: Highs and lows in playoffs-1:03:38: Business side of baseball-1:13:32: Changing mental state when being traded-1:17:51: Baseball being a job sometimes-1:26:02: Failing as a part of baseball-1:29:19: Shohei Ohtani-1:32:35: Reaction to Ohtani’s contract-1:38:53: Getting an autograph from Dan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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