Will Startup, Former Pro Baseball Pitcher (Part 2)
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Episode 170
Will Startup was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the 2005 MLB Amateur Draft. He played his college ball at the University of Georgia where he pitched in the 2004 College World Series.
He was a minor league pitcher for 10 season from 2005-2014 with the Braves, Padres, Orioles and Tigers organizations. In 2006, Startup quickly moved through the minor league system and made it all the way to Triple A in Richmond. He did pitch in a Major League spring training, but never made it to the big leagues and finished his pro career in 2014, pitching in one game for Triple-A Toledo (Detroit Tigers organization).
In part 2 of this two-part episode of the podcast, Will continues to share the emotional and powerful story of his son Copeland. He also takes us to the moment in 2018 when he was finally able to make his Major League Baseball debut, but not in the way you think.
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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 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast, |
| 0:22.6 | part two of our conversation with former minor league baseball player Will Startup is brought to |
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| 1:11.6 | Today on the Sports Spectrum podcast, part two of our conversation with former minor league |
| 1:16.7 | baseball player Will Startup. |
| 1:18.9 | Now Will was selected by the Braves in the fifth round of the 2005 MLB amateur draft |
| 1:25.1 | and played 10 years in the minor leagues from 2005 to 2014, making it as high as |
| 1:31.1 | AAA, but never making it to the majors as a pitcher. |
| 1:35.0 | And in part one yesterday, you heard his journey through baseball, and then you heard the story, |
| 1:40.3 | the very difficult story of his son Copeland and finding out some tough news there that |
| 1:47.6 | changes in many ways his life and his family's life forever. And so that was yesterday in part one. |
| 1:54.4 | Today in part two, we pick up the conversation on Copeland and what it's like dealing with |
| 2:00.7 | difficult news as a dad, trusting in God through that process. |
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