Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome former Omaha Storm Chasers and current Kansas City Royals outfielder Nick Heath (2:53) to the podcast!
In addition to the inside scoop on what Nick has been binge-watching since the offseason started (3:30), the conversation includes:
- how it feels to officially be a big leaguer (5:26)
- what Nick was doing when he got the call that he was headed to The Show (6:04)
- the first thing he did after he got "the call" (7:43)
- memories of his first appearance in the big leagues (11:16)
- the amount of unread messages Nick had waiting for him after his debut (12:56)
- conversations with and support from teammates like Bubba Starling and Whit Merrifield after debuting (15:18)
- why Danny Duffy made his rookie experience so special (19:07)
- Danny Duffy's enormous hat size (19:32)
- last year's close-knit team in Northwest Arkansas (21:50)
- friendly competition with Khalil Lee for the stolen base crown (23:20)
- why stolen bases are important in modern baseball (27:05)
- where he keeps the ball from his first hit (29:31)
- offseason goals (32:25)
- facing Royals up-and-coming pitchers at the Alternate Training Site (33:05)
- watching Brett Phillips and his dance moves in the MLB postseason (39:19)
- being a good teammate (40:34)
- live at-bats against Trevor Bauer in Arizona (44:25)
- visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum with Bobby Witt Jr. in July (47:08)
- wearing Kansas City Monarchs jerseys (49:20)
- favorite Royals and Storm Chasers uniforms (49:51)
Following the conversation, Tony answers last episode's trivia question
(52:39) before wrapping up the show with a new trivia question (53:48).
Trivia question: In what round of the 2016 MLB Draft did the Kansas City Royals select Nick Heath?
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