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I got fired from my job, again... a job that I have done for 30+ years.

Because of that, I knew I had to make some decisions.

After feeling sorry for myself, of course, and getting through the darkness - yes, there was a dark moment, or two. I had given my life to something. I’d sacrificed my family and relationships with friends to be on the road. I failed marriages (I mean, that maybe me more than the job, but that’s another story for another day).

Eventually, I started going through the information I’ve presented to players over the last 30 years of playing, scouting, teaching, and coaching baseball both professionally and on the amateur level and realized something…

Here’s what I know:

You’re past prepares you for the future. And every setback prepares you for a comeback.

So, it was time to take the lessons I’d learned, the good and the bad, and put them to use.

I mean, I spent my life telling kids that it’s through the struggles that you figure out who you are, or that baseball is a game that resembles life in many ways. So yeah, with the adversity I was processing, I had a choice to make. And it doesn’t matter that I believed I was part of the fraternity. It doesn’t matter that I called many of these people friends. It doesn’t matter whether the opportunity will come again. And even more, nobody cares. If I’m going to believe that I am qualified to teach young people about life, then I better live it, and this is the moment when I realized that I had to be who I asked them to be.

What did I do next?

I decided to pick myself up off the ground. I’m not special. I’m certainly not the 1st to be fired. It’s time I have the same passion for something that I ask my players to have for the game.

And… it came out as… a podcast. Specifically one I’m calling The B Spot Podcast.

One that allows me to have conversations about the things that I love. Baseball. BBQ. And Bourbon. Likely a little golf, too. And hopefully, have a little fun while doing it.

The hope is to do a podcast that is a little for the players, and a lot for the parents trying to navigate the baseball landscape. I want to share, laugh, and love with the people who have supported me the most over 30 years.

It’s wild out here in these streets. There are new rules, and the game is changing at a rate we have never seen. We have more information at our fingertips, for sure. Want to throw harder? There is a fix on YouTube. Need to fix the swing? No worries… head over to X and somebody has the answer. And yet, very few people are having conversations about what people who do my former job (as a professional baseball scout) see from the other side of the fence. What do we see, and maybe more what do we hear? And what does it mean?

The job, hey, it’s fun. You are part of a small community of people, and interestingly, one that a limited number of people fully understand. There are guys who are good at this job… and well, there are also some on the other end.

So how did I get here?

I have a passion to help young people through the game of baseball, but not just how to hit, or throw. There’s another part that excites me the most. The mental and emotional skill to be a great teammate, to make the play that’s needs to be made, to handle it if they make the play, but even more if they didn’t get the job done. Subjects that we tend to shy away from. But they’re the things I say to players every day.

And with that, here I am, introducing The B Spot Podcast, coming soon to Spotify, talking baseball, while eating a little bbq, and sipping a little bourbon, which, hey doesn’t sound half bad, right?

Hopefully, I’ll make a difference in the game and honor the mentors who saw something in me, when I’m not sure I actually did.

It’s my way of paying it forward.

See ya at The B Spot! ~~ Boopa

That's It for Now ~ Boops