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Ep. 261: Get to know Doug Glanville
Publisher |
NBC Sports Chicago
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Baseball
News
Sports
Sports News
Publication Date |
Aug 09, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:34:41

Luke Stuckmeyer talks with Doug Glanville about baseball, life, Hamilton... and Hall & Oates.

0:38 - Doug discusses "Hamilton" - his favorite Broadway play

2:59 - Doug talks about how the band Hall & Oates helped him become a Major League baseball player.

6:55 - Doug discusses his favorite early baseball memories - including imitating Mike Schmidt.

9:24 - Doug talks about some of the coaches that helped him the most when he was a young player - including Billy Willaims, Jimmy Piersall and Shawon Dunston

11:30 - Find out which managerial job Doug interviewed for.

12:58 - Doug discusses how much the game has changed since he was still a player - and dreaming about "knocking 'the Wizard' back to Oz."

16:27 - Doug talks about the defining moments from his career in MLB - including the night he collected his 1,000th career hit - and the spiritual side of baseball.

20:39 - Doug discusses being the first African-American Ivy League graduate to play Major League baseball, and what that means to him now.

22:45 - Doug talks about the process of writing an Op-Ed for the New York Times - regarding the subjects of racism, ambiguity, commonality, and empathy - and how baseball can be a common ground for fans everywhere.

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