Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals Infielder

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Episode 455

Matt Carpenter is a 3-time All-Star with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was selected in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft out of TCU. A three-time second-team All Mountain West Conference selectee, he broke TCU's school record for games played and at bats.

He would make his MLB debut in June of 2011 and has been a mainstay in the Cardinals lineup since becoming a regular in 2012. In 2013, he would be selected to his first All-Star game in helping St. Louis to the World Series. He would make two more All-Star game appearances in 2014 and 2016.

In 2018, he hit a career high 36 home runs and in 2019, he reached 1,000 career hits.

On this episode of the podcast, we talked to Matt about the 2020 season, why he doesn't wear batting gloves, how his time in college at TCU opened his heart up to the Lord and what living that faith out each day looks like today compared to when he first came to St. Louis nine years ago.

We also want to send a special welcome to our new partners and sponsors International Justice Mission. You can learn more about the great work they're doing at IJM.org/TF

For more stories and interviews, visit our website -- http://SportsSpectrum.com

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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.
0:19.8	Hey, everyone, welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:22.7	I am Jason Romano.
0:23.9	Really excited about our guest today, Matt Carpenter, three-time Major League Baseball
0:28.4	All-Star with the St. Louis Cardinals.
0:31.3	But before we get to our conversation with Matt, we're excited to introduce to you a brand
0:35.4	new partner and sponsor with us here at sports spectrum.
0:39.6	They are International Justice Mission, IJM.
0:43.9	And we love working with IJM.
0:45.4	We've been doing some work kind of behind the scenes with IJM now for a while.
0:49.5	And we're so glad to officially welcome them as partners and sponsors with us at Sports Spectrum. And what they do
0:56.2	is they believe every person deserves to be safe and free from violence. And by partnering with
1:03.0	local authorities to rescue victims of violence, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors,
1:09.8	and strengthen justice systems, IJM is helping to protect more
1:15.0	than 150 million people from violence worldwide. For more information about IJM, go to IJM.
1:24.0	And I'll tell you more about the great work they're doing in just a bit.
1:30.2	Today on the podcast, we welcome three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Matt Carpenter
1:35.6	to Sports Spectrum. Matt played his college ball at TCU, Texas Christian University, and made a
1:42.4	college World Series appearance in 2009 before being drafted and selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB draft.
1:54.0	He was the 2010 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Organizational Player of the Year.
1:59.4	And a year later, June 4th, 2011, he made his Major League
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