re: ATL Thread | 7/6 | Off-Day Edition......

With no Braves game on tonight I was watching the Indians, who are in a rain delay. While the Braves were in Cleveland their ‘sideline reporter’ Andre Knott interviewed Ron Washington. They played that interview during the rain delay, and damn it was awesome. It was just shy of 15 minutes and he covered a lot about baseball.

They went over the 1988 Indians, with Wash and Francona on that team. He dove into his view of the game, how he shares information that he received from when he was a kid just starting out in baseball.

He covered how he prepares the Braves infield mentally and physically, with an emphasis on work ethic. He covered his infield drills, how he invented it, and how he takes joy in seeing others using it across baseball. He went over how there has to be consistency in all things.

They covered the handshakes during the home run trot, and how the Phillies broadcasters were just mad they were getting their butts kicked when they complained.

He said he always wanted to be a 3rd base coach, and how it was his dream, but how he thought the best thing ever was to be a manager. If he can’t be a manager then the next best thing is a 3rd base coach who coaches the infield.

He told how he was taught in KC, and how they drilled fundamentals through classroom work. He knew what to do by learning in the classroom in the morning and they would take that to the field in the afternoon. He said the players keep him vibrant, and he keeps them vibrant as well.

I don’t know how to find that online to share, but he is something else to listen to. I could listen to him talk about baseball all day.