
Moving through life, the baseball podcast
Donald Lutz
February 20, 20241 hr 12 min
Baseball
Episode 21: Special Guest Ray Chang
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Episode Notes
Lutzy and Franky are super excited to welcome their good friend Ray Chang to the show. Their former teammate in the Reds organisation and current head of baseball operations for MLB China, Ray shares stories and perspectives from across his career, including:
* We hear the story of how Ray got hurt right before his call up to the show
* The guys discuss how failure in baseball builds resilience in life
* Mental preparation on game day, whether you’re in the lineup or not
* How Ray’s two strike approach became his 0-0 approach
* Ray talks about facing Shohei Ohtani in the recent WBC
* The story of the game where Ray played all nine positions, including a scoreless inning on the mound
* Ray tells his side of the “teaching Lutzy how to field a ground ball” story
* Lutzy tells the story of visiting Ray in China and hitting bombs off kid pitchers
* Ray talks about coaching in China and building their development programs
* Frank shares his new song, “Mālie”