Dansby Swanson - Atlanta Braves Shortstop
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Dansby Swanson is entering his sixth season as the shortstop of the Atlanta Braves. He was originally the number one overall pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks back in 2015 before being traded in December 2015 to the Braves.
In college at Vanderbilt, Dansby was named the 2014 College World Series Most Valuable Player after helping lead his club to the College Baseball World Series Championship.
Last season, Swanson led the Braves to within a game of the World Series, and hit a NLCS Game 7 home run in a 3-2 loss to the eventual champion Los Angeles Dodgers. He finished the shortened 2020 season with 10 homers and hit a career high .274 in 60 games.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Dansby about the shortened 2020 season, what its like to hit a home run in a Game 7, how he coped with fear and anxiety and why intentionality is his one word for 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:13.6 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:16.3 | Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano. We got a great show today with Dansby Swanson, |
| 0:22.6 | the Atlanta Braves shortstop. Had a career year in the shortened 2020 season, hitting 10 home |
| 0:29.0 | runs in 60 games. He actually helped the Braves to the 2020 NLCS before they lost in seven games. |
| 0:35.8 | He had a home run in game seven of the NLCS in that four to |
| 0:40.2 | three loss to the Dodgers. And if you know Dansby, he was the first overall pick in the 2015 |
| 0:45.8 | MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks traded to Atlanta and then made his Major League |
| 0:50.9 | debut August 17, 2016. |
| 0:59.1 | In college, he was a 2014 college World Series most outstanding player during his time at Vanderbilt. |
| 1:02.2 | And now he has settled in as one of the top players with the Atlanta Braves, |
| 1:07.4 | a really strong contributing force at shortstop, |
| 1:12.4 | both on the defensive side and now on the offensive side with the Atlanta Braves, a really strong contributing force at shortstop, both on the defensive side and now on the offensive side with the Atlanta Braves. So Dansby Swanson's our guest. He's got some |
| 1:17.2 | great stories and we really, we talk about some serious issues going on right now, especially |
| 1:23.6 | in regards to mental health and some fear and anxiety that Danesby was going through. |
| 1:29.1 | And he opens up in a way that it was really just encouraging to me to hear him tell his story. |
| 1:34.7 | Let's just put it that way. |
| 1:35.7 | So can't wait for you to hear it. |
| 1:37.3 | Before we get to Dansby, I want to say thank you to our partners and sponsors, |
| 1:41.4 | our brand new partner here at Sports Spectrum, Convoy of Hope, a faith-based |
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