About this episode

Dave Winfield discusses his baseball career and Chris Gimenez analyzes the Cleveland Guardians' performance.

1992 World Series Champion with the Blue Jays and author of his upcoming memoir 'Touching All The Bases', Dave Winfield (1:22) joins Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker to chat about his early days being involved in multiple sports prior to playing professional baseball, what made him stick to baseball, going against George Steinbrenner, leaving the New York Yankees, his years in Minnesota and Toronto, and how he adjusted his hitting during a prolonged slump. Then, Cleveland Guardians TV analyst (25:35) and former MLB catcher Chris Gimenez joins to discuss why things have started going the team's way as they hold the final AL Wild Card spot, José Ramírez's dangerous ability to hit towards all areas of the field, Gavin Williams' success on the mound, and Steven Kwan's turnaround this year. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Blair, Kevin Barker

Guests: Dave Winfield, Chris Gimenez

Topics covered

• baseball
• MLB
• sports history
• Cleveland Guardians
• New York Yankees
• hitting techniques

Keywords

• Dave Winfield
• Chris Gimenez
• Cleveland Guardians
• New York Yankees
• MLB
• baseball history
• hitting slump
• José Ramírez
• Gavin Williams
• Steven Kwan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Rogers Sports & Media

Books & works: Touching All The Bases

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