Liam Hendriks, Oakland A's Pitcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Episode 278
Liam Hendriks is a pitcher with the Oakland A's and holds the distinction of being the first Australian born player to ever start an MLB postseason game.
He made his MLB debut on September 6, 2011 with the Twins and then pitched in Toronto, Kansas City before arriving in 2016 with the Athletics.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Liam about what his experience was pitching in Japan with the A's last month, turning 30 years old, his favorite memory from his MLB debut, and why giving back is a non-negotiable in the Hendriks home.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 1:23.2 | Today on the podcast, we welcome Liam Hendricks, the Oakland A's pitcher to the show. |
| 1:28.3 | Liam was born in Perth, Western Australia, and he's 30 years old, made his Major League |
| 1:34.2 | Baseball debut September 6, 2011 with the Minnesota Twins. |
| 1:39.5 | He is the first Australian-born player to ever start an MLB postseason game, which he did back in |
| 1:46.6 | 2018 for the A's against the Yankees in that wildcard game. And this was a fun podcast. I've |
| 1:53.0 | gotten to meet Liam a couple times in person and his lovely wife, Christy, and they've been |
| 1:57.1 | a couple of our pro athletes outreach conferences. |
| 2:04.3 | And Liam's a great dude, really good guy, just down to earth. |
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