After five years away from the game, he quit his job to travel the world and play baseball

About this episode

Pete Saldaña shares his journey of leaving a stable job to travel the world and play baseball after five years away from the game.

Five years after graduating from college, Pete Saldaña had a good job, making good money, just bought a brand new car, but he wasn't happy. Then one day, he saw an Instagram post of a former college teammate who was playing baseball in Hungary and that was the first of many moments that set Pete off on an adventure of a lifetime which saw him play baseball in Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, and a the small Caribbean Island of Saint Martin while forming lifelong new friendships along the way. The craziest thing of it all, is that Pete hadn't touched a baseball or swung a bat since graduating. The cherry on top following Pete's adventure and experience gained within, is that he now lives his best life back in the U.S working in baseball.

Topics covered

• baseball
• travel
• adventure
• career change

Keywords

• Hungary
• Austria
• Australia
• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Saint Martin

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hungary, Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Caribbean, U.S

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