Hey everybody, welcome back to the 12-6 podcast. I am your host, Colin McHugh. I know we've taken a little bit of a hiatus as of late, but spring training is officially over, and we're back with a great episode today. I got to sit down with my teammate and All-Star Third Baseman Alex Bregman. He's been just about everywhere

this offseason. You might have seen him on the cover of RBI Baseball 2019. You might have seen

his YouTube videos and content that he's posting on his YouTube channel. Or you might have

seen the recent news of his record-breaking $100 million contract extension with the Houston Astros.

He's turning into one of the faces of Major League

Baseball before our eyes, and he's got the personality to match. Today, we talk about his early

days as a baseball and chess player, how it feels to go 0 for 17 to start your career, and what

it's like to date in the big leagues. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast so that you can stay

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all new episodes and leave us a review. Tell us how we can do this better. So without further

ado, I hope you enjoyed today's conversation with Alex Bregman. Alex, thanks for being on the podcast.

Alex, thanks for being on the podcast.

Hell yeah, thanks for having me.

Also it feels weird to call you Alex.

I feel like this is the first time I've ever done that before.

No, for sure, first time most people, nobody ever calls me Alex, at least not in the clubhouse.

It brings me back to McCann, who always used to say the most disrespectful thing you could do

to a pitcher on the other side is calling by his first name.

100%. Every game we played last year, it was calling the opposing pitcher by the first name from the dugout.

It's so disrespectful. If I hear somebody in the other dugout say, hey, Colin, nice pitch.

I'm going to hear it, A.

And B, I'm going to think, who's the guy, who's the asshole in the other dugout who thinks he can call me by my first name?

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