Ep 182 - Step Up For Yourself with Sean Casey

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sean Casey, nicknamed "The Mayor," is a former Major League Baseball first baseman for the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. Casey was a 3x All-Star and is in the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame.

Today on the show, Eric and Sean relive some of their favorite Reds memories, their journeys into professional sports and some of their superstitions. Other topics include:

(1:30-5:45) - Pittsburg born and raised.

(5:45-21:25) - The advice Sean's Dad gave him his senior year of high school and how it changed his life.

(21:25-24:45) - Eric's one scholarship offer.

(24:45-29:40) - Advice to your younger self.

(29:40-35:00) - Favorite memories from Cincinnati and Sean's MLB days.

(35:00-39:30) - The pressure on children of professional athletes.

(39:30-50:25) - Superstitions, trash talk and morning routines.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	And my dad said, you know what? No, I'm not going to go, Sean. And as she said, uh, and I was, I remember being startled. Like, what do you mean? You're not going to go? Like, don't you have my back? He's like, yeah, I got your back. I got your back, but in a different way. He goes, you got to start stepping up for yourself. He goes, one thing I know is that if you were clearly better than the kid playing first
0:23.6	base, you'd be playing.
0:25.6	Right.
0:26.6	He goes, but you're not glaringly better than him.
0:28.6	And that's a big deal.
0:29.6	And he goes, to get glaringly better than anyone else in life, to get glaringly better in anything
0:34.6	that you do, you've got to start being accountable for the habits that you
0:38.2	produce. You've got to start to be accountable for the work that you put in.
0:44.9	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next
0:48.8	in life your best yet. Our next guest is Sean Casey. Sean nicknamed the mayor of baseball, played 12 seasons of the majors for the Indians,
0:57.1	Reds, Pirates, Tigers, and Red Sox.
0:59.5	He was a three-time All-Star and is in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.
1:03.5	We're going to have some fun on this one.
1:05.2	And with the energy that Sean brings to everything he does in life, you are going to leave
1:09.2	inspired and ready to attack your day.
1:11.5	There's no doubt about it.
1:12.9	If you haven't already, please rate, review and subscribe to the podcast wherever you
1:16.0	tune in weekly.
1:17.1	And also, if you haven't already, go to Amazon and order my book, tackle what's next.
1:21.9	And the link to that is in the show notes.
1:24.1	Thanks and enjoy.
1:27.3	Sean, welcome to the podcast, brother.
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