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Steve Rodriguez

Steve Rodriguez

American baseball coach

May 18, 2026

18:25
Yeah.
18:25
Bear with me.
18:27
Um, I had one of my former players, his dad came up to me one day and said, "You know what's g- amazing is when you have kids, when your kids grow up, you're gonna coach differently." And I, I didn't understand it at the moment.
18:40
And I didn't really think about it, and then as my kids got older and they became athletes and they started doing things, I understood what he said.
18:49
Um, and knowing that if it was ever my kid, how did I want them to be talked to, motivated, and stuff like that.
18:57
So that was kinda one thing.
18:59
Um, so remember how hard it is to, to play this game.

19 MINS LATER

38:08
What are the biggest mistakes you see, uh, and [laughs] this could be a whole podcast in and of itself, um, on the transfer portal? Players utilizing the transfer portal when they do it right versus wrong, and then from a coach's perspective too.

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