The Happy Hour Chat - Episode 8 (Baseball Legend - Keith Hernandez)

My Name is Ken Macdonald and welcome to the Happy Hour Chat where I interview people that dominate their craft whether in sports (mostly golf and tennis), fitness, business or life in general, over a cocktail during Happy Hour. This series was made during the beginning days of self isolation during the Corona Virus 2020. My normal day job is as a fitness and sports performance coach at my gym Lifetime Performance...extreme times call for creative measures ;). I hope you enjoy!

THE HAPPY HOUR CHAT - EPISODE 8 (BASEBALL LEGEND - KEITH HERNANDEZ).

Today I interview the 1979 NL MVP and League Batting Champ, Keith Hernandez. You may know him as the line drive hitting, captain and first baseman of the World Series Championship Team, NY Mets or if you are not a baseball fan, surely you know him from his appearance in the the hit show Seinfeld where he played himself in a 2 part episode "The Boyfriend". We talked about:
His mustache and professional achievements
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Hes a voracious reader and history buff.
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His childhood growing up playing sports - he wasn't a 1 sport athlete - OH THE HORROR!
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His time in Double A ball full of hitting struggles, mental patients and bathtub hallucinations!
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What vaulted him to the Majors.
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Meeting Stan Musial and his future coach when he was 7.
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Best fielding first baseman of all time? How he developed his skills.
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Today's pitch counts, injuries, juiced ball and throwing heat.
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Why pitchers are now sustaining so many injuries - answer is not what you may think.
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How he got the role as Jerry's man crush in a 2- Part Episode of SEINFELD.
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Smoking cigs in the dugout.
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Why he hit lefties so well.
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Best pitcher he ever faced.
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How he would have done if he faced Sandy Koufax.
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Best dugout pranks he has ever seen - The hot foot!
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How the game has changed over the years - not really for the better.
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Game he is most proud of and best he has ever played in - spoiler alert, its not what you think.
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Wrap up - FOR MORE GREAT STORIES CHECK OUT HIS BOOK ON AMAZON - I'M KEITH HERNANDEZ
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My beer of choice - Budweiser baby!

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