18. Major League Hogs

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Ryne Stanek and Jalen Beeks were once teammates with the Razorbacks. Now, after taking two very different paths, they’re teammates again with the Tampa Bay Rays, and are part of a grand pitching experiment. We dive in to the “opener” role that Stanek has taken on and how he likes it (3:50), and his journey to the big leagues (10:00). We get into what it was like for him to get the call to the majors (13:20) and how he still follows the Razorbacks (16:09). Next, Beeks joins the pod and talks about how his JUCO experience helped pave the way for him to make it to the show (20:47). We chat about how playing at Arkansas helped prepare him for where he is today (27:21) and, finally, get his thoughts on the Hog baseball program today (29:43).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Road Trip on our way to Yankee Stadium.
0:03.5	Tampa Bay Rays and their new pitching philosophy on display and a couple of former
0:08.8	razorbacks right in the middle of it.
0:11.1	It's called the opener.
0:12.6	Ryan Standick will take over and he got it, struck him out 98.
0:17.6	The New York Times labeled you as an athlete who changed his sport.
0:21.7	I wasn't expecting to be looked at as somebody
0:23.9	that's like kind of changed the game.
0:25.6	He speaks 12th round pick you know at every stop along the way he's been better than
0:30.1	expected. It was a long way from Prairie Grove yeah it, it's for both. It's a little travel. Welcome in the on-the-road version of the Hog Pod. I'm Bo Mattingley and this
0:49.8	episode is presented by our friends at First Security Bank, only in Arkansas, and
0:54.8	Sarasin Resort coming soon to Pine Bluff.
0:58.9	New York City is a lot of things.
1:01.4	Bright lights, skyscrapers, millions of people.
1:05.8	It's also home to some of the world's most famous sports franchises,
1:09.6	including the New York Yankees,
1:11.4	winners of 27 titles.
1:13.0	I happen to be in the Big Apple when the Yankees were hosting the Tampa Bay
1:21.0	Rays who feature a couple of former razorbacks making a name for themselves
1:26.4	at the highest level. So I hopped in an Uber and headed to Yankee Stadium.
1:31.7	It's half little with traffic, but the traffic we were moving quick.
1:35.0	One of baseball's true cathedrals.
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