Kent Bottenfield - Former MLB Pitcher, Palm Beach Atlantic Baseball Coach

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🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Episode 378

Kent Bottenfield is the head baseball coach for Palm Beach Atlantic University. The former MLB pitcher was selected in the fourth round of the 1986 draft by the Montreal Expos. He made his MLB debut on July 6, 1992, for Montreal and went on to play 10 MLB seasons with the Expos, Rockies, Giants, Cubs, Cardinals, Angels, Phillies and Astros.

In 1999, Bottenfield was named to the National League All-Star team in a year that saw him go 18-7 with St. Louis.

In February 2012, he replaced Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter as the new head coach for Palm Beach Atlantic.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Bottenfield about his MLB career, pitching in the steroid era, the McGwire/Sosa home run chase in 1998, how former teammate Gary Carter influenced his faith, and the unfortunate circumstances that led him to becoming the coach at Palm Beach Atlantic.

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0:52.5	Today's guest, a really great story with Kent Bottenfield.
0:56.3	He is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and currently the head baseball coach
1:01.0	at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida.
1:05.5	Kent was selected by the Expos in the fourth round of the 1986 MLB draft,
1:10.7	just 17 years old when he was selected by the
1:14.1	Expos, made his Major League Baseball debut six years later with the Expos against the Dodgers,
1:20.2	July 6, 1992. He pitched for 10 seasons in the majors with the Expos, Rockies, Giants, Cubs, Cardinals, Angels, Phillies, and Astros.
1:34.3	In 1999, with the St. Louis Cardinals, he had his best season.
1:38.2	He went 18 and 7 and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game as a representative of the National League and actually pitched in that all-star game.
1:49.5	A very memorable All-Star game and we'll talk about that on the podcast.
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