Collin Radack, Richmond Spiders Hitting Coach

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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Episode 381

Collin Radack just finished up his second season as the hitting coach for the Richmond Spiders.

An All-American outfielder, Radack was drafted in the 20th Round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He played in 203 games during his minor league career before retiring to begin coaching. Over his three-year playing career, Radack advanced as high as Double A, playing with the Springfield Cardinals in the Texas League. He finished his professional career with a .279 average with 33 extra-base hits including five home runs.

While a player at Hendrix, Radack ended his career with school records in games played, starts, at bats, runs, hits, triples, intentional walks, stolen bases and fielding percentage. He is also tied for first in total bases, second in doubles and hit by pitch, third in average, fourth in on base percentage and stolen base percentage and fifth in RBI.

In 2017, Radack walked away from pro baseball at the age of 25 and is now devoted to using the game of baseball as a ministry to make disciples and share God's love.

On this episode of the podcast we talk to Collin about his role with Richmond, why the offseason is vital in developing as an athlete, his journey to pro baseball, walking away at age 25 and his desire to make disciples.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:19.9	Welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano. Welcome to Sports Spectrum.
0:21.4	I am Jason Romano.
0:22.6	Today on the show, we welcome Colin Radick.
0:25.6	He is the Richmond Spider's hitting coach, college baseball.
0:30.9	He was drafted in the 20th round of the 2014 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.
0:37.2	So doing your math, that's only five years ago,
0:40.2	and Colin now has become a hitting coach with the Richmond Spiders.
0:44.4	His professional career saw him play two seasons as an outfielder,
0:48.9	and one of the more decorated players to ever play for Hendricks College,
0:53.6	Division III. during his collegiate
0:55.5	career, he hit for 389 with 64 extra base hits.
1:01.7	In his pro career, he didn't do so bad.
1:03.6	He hit for a 279 average across four levels of minor league baseball and saw him advance
1:08.8	as high as double A with the Springfield Cardinals in the
1:13.5	Texas League.
1:14.7	And then baseball was done.
1:17.5	And Colin moved on.
1:18.7	And now he's a hitting coach with the Richmond Spiders.
1:21.0	He's also involved with athletes in action and doing ministry work as well.
1:25.9	And this was a fun podcast to talk to Colin to find out
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