Coach RAC (RobertAnthony Cruz) - Savannah Bananas star on faith, baseball,

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast, Matt Forte interviews RobertAnthony Cruz, a.k.a. Coach RAC, about his journey to the Savannah Bananas and the sudden fame he’s received. They also discuss Jesus, success, handling criticism, and Coach RAC’s mission to impact youth sports positively.

Topics include:

- How did he get the nickname Coach RAC (2:50)

- The spiritual growth of the Savannah Bananas (04:24)

- The culture of the Bananas (06:50)

- The reason behind the Savannah Bananas success (09:30)

- Why is he involved in youth sports (14:55)

- Not Your Average Baseball Camp (19:02)

- How he ended up with the Bananas (22:15)

- Who is Jesus to Coach RAC? (30:21)

- How can we be praying for Coach RAC? (32:44)

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0:00.0	Hey guys, we're going to get to our conversation here at Sports Spectrum with Matt Forte in just a moment.
0:04.5	But Matt, I've got to tell you about what athletes in action is doing, the sports ministry that's around the world.
0:11.2	Over 80 countries, professional locker rooms, college campuses.
0:15.2	But take a moment here and think about this.
0:17.3	And Matt, I want to hear what you think.
0:18.9	Imagine if you didn't have access to God's
0:22.2	word or had never even seen a Bible. That's the reality that athletes around the world are facing
0:27.9	today. And I know it's something that you don't want to ignore and it's something I can't ignore either.
0:32.6	Absolutely. God's word sustains us and it's so necessary and essential to our everyday life.
0:37.5	As the scriptures say that man must not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds
0:42.5	out of the mouth of God, and that's straight from the mouth of Jesus.
0:45.7	And it's, and essentially it's true.
0:48.0	We need the Word of God each and every day of our life to be our source of all resources.
0:53.9	Now how cool would it be if you and I and everybody listening could do something about it?
0:57.6	Well, guess what?
0:58.2	Because of our friends, athletes in action, you can.
1:01.5	And one missionary that works with Athletes in Action actually said we're desperate for
1:06.4	Bibles to hand out to student athletes.
1:09.1	There has been a huge demand for physical Bibles.
1:12.0	So here's what I would love to see all of you listening do.
1:15.5	For just $22 a month, it's really affordable.
1:18.6	You can put a Bible in the hands of three athletes.
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