Former MLB All-Star and current sports analyst John Kruk spoke to me about this and plenty more within the video interview embedded below; highlights from the Q&A have been transcribed for your reading pleasure. Kruk is currently working with DICK’S Sporting Goods, a popular U.S.-based retailer which allows athletes to not only test bats, but also receive swing analysis and feedback to improve their game.
On his proudest career accomplishment:
“I think the biggest career accomplishment for me was, even though we lost the World Series, getting to play in a World Series was the best career accomplishment. I grew up in a tiny town, so I guess one of the accomplishments was getting drafted to play professionally. I thought that was a pretty neat accomplishment since I was the only one in my town that’s ever been drafted in a pro sport…
Even though we lost, like I said, it was just a unbelievable experience. You know you reached the pinnacle year that year. There’s only two teams left playing and all baseball fans, their eyes are on you… Even though we lost I still wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
On if he plays softball:
“I do not play softball. The only thing I can do right now is golf and that’s because the course I belong to, I can drive right up to my ball… I try to play a sport where I don’t have to walk a whole lot or move a whole lot. And I found out that golf was that sport.
I have people ask me if I still go into cages and hit. I have no desire to ever hit a baseball again as long as I live. I’ve done enough of it long enough that my fingers are arthritic. It’s hard enough just to golf. I couldn’t imagine trying to swing a baseball bat with the vibrations that come with it and take a chance that I’m not going to like golf for a while. That would really upset me.”
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