327: Baseball, Faith & Inspiring the Next Generation with Coach RAC
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Corrine sits down with Robert Anthony Cruz, aka Coach RAC, a former Washington Nationals minor leaguer turned Savannah Bananas star, who has become known not only for his skills on the field but for the way he shares his faith, joy, and passion for inspiring the next generation.
Coach RAC opens up about his journey from chasing the dream of professional baseball to discovering that true fulfillment doesn’t come from stadium lights or viral moments, but from a relationship with God. Together, they talk about rooting your worth in God instead of performance, why prayer has become central to his life (including praying for teammates by name), and how small miracles can be just as powerful as the big ones. He also shares how the Savannah Bananas have created a culture of fun, purpose, and connection, and why he believes the real “gold” in life isn’t just in reaching dreams, but in learning to be fully present today.
Follow Coach RAC on Instagram @coachrac, on TikTok @coachrac, or on YouTube at Coach RAC.
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- Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools by Tyler Staton - https://amzn.to/3V16fp9
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, I have Robert Anthony Cruz with me today, also known as Coach Rack. |
| 0:10.0 | And Coach, I'm so excited to interview you today. |
| 0:13.1 | For anyone who isn't familiar with your story, can you give us just kind of a brief |
| 0:17.4 | overview of who you are and how you became coach rack? |
| 0:22.6 | Sure. Yeah, I'll try to give you like the 30 second flyover. So I actually grew up in Southern |
| 0:28.7 | California. I grew up in Riverside, wanted to be a professional baseball player, went to Arrowhead |
| 0:34.6 | Christian in Redlands, California, wound up going to UC Riverside and Biola University |
| 0:39.0 | before getting signed by the Nationals. When that happened, there was this video that blew up with my |
| 0:44.4 | dad where I got to tell him that I got signed. Fast forward a year later, I get released from the |
| 0:49.6 | nationals and didn't really know what to do, started making coaching content online. Did that for a couple of years. |
| 0:56.0 | In 2023, I joined the Savannah Bananas, and I am now halfway through my second tour with the |
| 1:02.3 | Savannah bananas. That's amazing. Okay, so my favorite thing about you, though, is that you speak so |
| 1:08.9 | openly about your faith and belief in God. So has that been a thing for you your whole life you though is that you speak so openly about your faith and belief in God. |
| 1:11.5 | So has that been a thing for you your whole life or is that something that you developed, |
| 1:17.0 | you know, in adulthood? |
| 1:18.3 | Or where, where does that come into play in your life? |
| 1:22.0 | Definitely something that's been developed at the same time. |
| 1:24.7 | I definitely grew up with it. |
| 1:25.9 | Both my parents are believers. They |
| 1:28.8 | weren't when they came when they met each other and wanted to have kids for five years and couldn't |
| 1:35.2 | and came to know the Lord and following or just a few months later they were pregnant with my sister |
| 1:40.0 | Sabrina. So my sister and I grew up in a Christian household with new believer parents. |
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