A.J. Ellis - Former MLB Catcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
A.J. Ellis is a former MLB catcher with the Dodgers, Phillies, Marlins and Padres. He was selected in the 18th round of the 2003 MLB Amateur Draft by Los Angeles. He played his college baseball at Austin Peay, where he became the all-time leader in hits.
Ellis made his MLB debut on September 15, 2008 with the Dodgers and played 9 seasons in LA before being traded to the Phillies. He would play two more seasons with the Marlins (2017) and Padres (2018), before retiring and joining San Diego's front office as a Special Assistant to the General Manager
Today on the podcast, A.J. Ellis shares amazing stories from his time as an MLB catcher working with players like Clayton Kershaw and Greg Maddux and playing for managers Joe Torre and Don Mattingly. Ellis also discusses what it was like to be on the cover of Sports Spectrum's 2015 Summer Magazine.
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| 0:36.4 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:41.2 | Here's your host, former ESPN producer, Jason Romano. |
| 0:45.3 | And welcome to the show. |
| 0:46.7 | I am Jason Romano, and this is Sports Spectrum. |
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| 1:19.8 | If you want to reach us directly, you can email me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. That's my email, |
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| 1:34.7 | at Sports Spectrum. Email me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. And today on the show, we got A.J. Ellis, |
| 1:41.9 | former Major League Baseball catcher. He spent eight years with the dodgers he also |
| 1:46.6 | had stints with the fillies and the marlins and then finished out his career with the padres in |
| 1:51.3 | 2018 he had 365 and 17 postseason games and had a career 997 fielding percentage as a catcher. |
| 2:01.1 | He was also Clayton Kershaw's catcher during his time with the Dodgers. |
| 2:05.3 | And so we talk about what it was like to catch a three-time Sall-Young Award winner |
| 2:10.3 | in the midst of winning three Sye Youngs as A.J. Ellis did and was during those years of |
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