cover of episode Ep. 207: Eloy Jimenez talks about winning a World Series

Ep. 207: Eloy Jimenez talks about winning a World Series

2019/2/17
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Eloy Jimenez sits down with Chuck Garfien at spring training. Jimenez talks about getting hit in the head in his very first at-bat when he was 9 years old and later his first home run (06:05), why he has long believed that he was meant to play in Chicago (08:00), meeting Jim Thome for the first time (10:40), why he thought about quitting baseball in his first season in the Cubs organization (12:15), not getting called up to the majors last season (15:40), Michael Kopech calling him "the Babe Ruth of our generation (18:10) and how he, Micker Adolfo and Luis Basabe talk everyday about winning a World Series (19:40).