Rounding The Bases With Joel Goldberg
Sep 29, 2026 · 55 min · 14 segments
Today’s guest is a dominating force in Royals history, whose big-game command was a defining factor in the golden era of Kansas City baseball. I’m joined by the legendary Bret Saberhagen, and while…
Bret SaberhagenGuestJoel GoldbergHostGooby, I think, just turned... turned 62 or 64 I don't know if you guys I think
turned 64 and Monty turned 64 this year like these are all the guys that I know now and and you know life moves on it has for many years You can't play forever.
And so I really want to talk a lot about what you and your wife, Candice, are doing with Saves Wings and a big event coming up.
Tell me about the charity first and foremost, because I think anyone understands the, if not firsthand, can only imagine the financial toll that dealing with cancer has for really any family and anyone that's going through it.
And I truly believe God gave me a beautiful gift to throw a baseball, but that wasn't really his ultimate goal for what he had in mind for me and during my lifetime.
And that is to make a difference using that platform to get the word out and to help as many people as possible going through cancer, a cancer diagnosis.
And so the reason why this all started was my wife, Candice, her third breast diagnosis.
And I think we all talk about this all the time is that everybody's DNA is not the same.
The traditional things that they like to do for a cancer patient, it's radiation and chemo.
So we had to do alternative medication, which fortunately she is doing great.
It's been about almost six years now, but we had to spend about $22,000 a month and it was during COVID.
She did a deep dive into how her family's actually being able to afford, you know, alternative drugs, alternative medications, alternative treatments and not doing the typical stuff.
Gooby, I think, just turned... turned 62 or 64 I don't know if you guys I think
turned 64 and Monty turned 64 this year like these are all the guys that I know now and and you know life moves on it has for many years You can't play forever.
And so I really want to talk a lot about what you and your wife, Candice, are doing with Saves Wings and a big event coming up.
Tell me about the charity first and foremost, because I think anyone understands the, if not firsthand, can only imagine the financial toll that dealing with cancer has for really any family and anyone that's going through it.
And I truly believe God gave me a beautiful gift to throw a baseball, but that wasn't really his ultimate goal for what he had in mind for me and during my lifetime.
And that is to make a difference using that platform to get the word out and to help as many people as possible going through cancer, a cancer diagnosis.
And so the reason why this all started was my wife, Candice, her third breast diagnosis.
And I think we all talk about this all the time is that everybody's DNA is not the same.
The traditional things that they like to do for a cancer patient, it's radiation and chemo.
So we had to do alternative medication, which fortunately she is doing great.
It's been about almost six years now, but we had to spend about $22,000 a month and it was during COVID.
She did a deep dive into how her family's actually being able to afford, you know, alternative drugs, alternative medications, alternative treatments and not doing the typical stuff.
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