May 6, 2025 • 5 mins
"Can a podcaster transform the Texas Rangers' hitting game?" This intriguing question sets the stage for a captivating episode of The Ben and Skin Show. Join hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they dive into the surprising news of the Texas Rangers hiring a podcaster as their new hitting coach, Brett Boone.The hosts discuss the unprecedented decision to hire Brett Boone, a former MLB player and podcaster, as the Rangers' hitting coach, exploring the implications and potential impact on the team's performance.Bret Boone shares the story of how a casual conversation with Michael Young led to his new role, highlighting the importance of networking and unexpected opportunities.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm very excited at the top of the hour because
we have food news, and anytime there's food news, I'm stoked.
We will definitely get to that. But man, it's been teased,
it's been talked about. Right now it's time for this. Yeah,
it's time Texas Rangers. Yeah, wow, it is baseball season.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
No, yep, it's a baseball time in Texas, you might say, Okay,
so this is very strange. The Rangers hired for the
first time ever in Bruce Bochie's career. He's their old manager.
If you didn't know, they fired a coach, It's never
happened with him ever in his career. He's like the
oldest guy. And they hired a podcaster to be their
new hitting coach. Oh my god, did they hire Rogan?
(00:45):
They didn't hire Joe Rogan. They hire Theo Vaughn. They
didn't hire the lady from Cereal. Okay, this is Brett Boone.
Brett Boone just played for the Mariners, A little short guy.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Jose Conteko accus tim of taking steroids back in like
the two thousands, although they never cross paths like you
can go look it up. Apparently the research has been
done like, I don't know, and Teko claim to his
book that Boone told him he was doing steroids, and
then like you look it up and they're like, there's
never a path where they were in the same place
(01:19):
at the same time.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I don't know, man, can Saco's really credible, I know,
but I do think everyone was taking steroids pretty much
every player. I'll tell his player except Ben Greed.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, Michael Young wasn't he had an extra grind. And
this the reason I pulled this is two reasons. Ay,
the Renier's new hitting coach is on a podcast breaking
the news to everyone that he's been hired as a
new hitting coach. B how it happened. And actually the
third thing is why Dirt Novitzky really needs to be
involved with the Maverick still okay, the idea that he
(01:48):
is not. You will find out in about ten or
fifteen seconds why it's important that guys like Dirk are
involved in the organization. Still moving forward.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
This completely came out of left field.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
It started.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I went up to USC, my alma mater, I threw
out a first pitch. I ran into an old buddy
of mine, Michael Young, and he's with the Texas Rangers,
and we just started talking and you know, we had
a ten minute conversation, gave each other a hug. I said,
give see why which is Chris Young, my new boss,
the president of the Rangers, and obviously the skipper Bruce
Bochie's who is this I played under in two thousand,
(02:20):
but we become you know, I've been have a really
good friendship with him for a lot of years. And
I get home and the phones are gonna It's Bruce
Bochie And the first thing I thought is this is weird.
So I answered the phone as I do, and I said, Bruce,
I now can't get enough. You want to come back
on the podcast because we've had Bruce on quite a
few times. And he said, now, Boonie, it's a different call,
(02:41):
and he kind of ran it by me, and uh,
he said, why don't you think about it? And you know,
I talked to my wife and I talked to the
people you know, close to me, and it didn't take long.
I definitely I don't know that I ever consider myself
a hitting coach or a coach in any capacity. I
you know, managing seems intriguing to me. So what if
there's a guy to get back on the field. Bruce
(03:03):
Bochi's number one on my list.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Okay, so there you go.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
So they're taking outside the box here.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
There they're two things. I think. I think it is
thinking outside the box. I think it's a just like
this is a good idea and we need to change.
And I think Chris Young is an impatient person, and
I think he is like, no, this is bs. We've
signed all these contracts, let's go. We're going now.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Time is of the essence.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
I love that, Yeah, because you know, you've got this
opportunity where you have de Grohm and he is arguably
the best pitcher in baseball. He's in the and your
whole staff is pitching. You're pitching. That's the hardest thing
for you to get. It's always been the hardest thing
to get in Texas. And you have it and you're
blowing it because now you can't hit.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Well.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Here's the other issue. If he doesn't do well, we're
gonna be like why do you hire a podcaster?
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Or my god?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, it's so thinking. He said some things about he's
not like analytics guy, like he's going to come in
and learn from these other guys and the Rangers do
have a structure that two or three other hitting coaches
are involved there. This is almost it. John Daniels will
be criticized for a lot of things, but he too,
like Chris Young, and Chris Young learned a lot from
John Nails was aggressive and always made people mad. That
(04:11):
Matt Garza never worked out here ryand him throwing names
from ten plus years ago, I get it right, But
they always at the trade deadline, made big trades to
go for it, to effing go for it, and it
didn't work out. Many times it did not work out.
But Chris Young learned a lot of this from John Can.
I think that's important to know.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I would like to end this segment with one final thought.
KT mentioned the guy with the acts to grind. You
hear that phrase? You never hear the girl with the
ass to grind? Right, you know what I'm saying, which
it seems like that's sexist not to say that. I agree.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yepp oh there it is all right.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Thank you for the intro, and thank you for the
Rangers talk. Kevin Turner, Thank you man Vindicati that intro again.
To get out of here here it is the Rangers
into the brand new Rangers Intro approved by iHeart.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, it's top Excess Rangers.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yep. There.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It is incredible organ work
I'm very excited at the top of the hour because
we have food news, and anytime there's food news, I'm stoked.
We will definitely get to that. But man, it's been teased,
it's been talked about. Right now it's time for this. Yeah,
it's time Texas Rangers. Yeah, wow, it is baseball season.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
No, yep, it's a baseball time in Texas, you might say, Okay,
so this is very strange. The Rangers hired for the
first time ever in Bruce Bochie's career. He's their old manager.
If you didn't know, they fired a coach, It's never
happened with him ever in his career. He's like the
oldest guy. And they hired a podcaster to be their
new hitting coach. Oh my god, did they hire Rogan?
(00:45):
They didn't hire Joe Rogan. They hire Theo Vaughn. They
didn't hire the lady from Cereal. Okay, this is Brett Boone.
Brett Boone just played for the Mariners, A little short guy.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Jose Conteko accus tim of taking steroids back in like
the two thousands, although they never cross paths like you
can go look it up. Apparently the research has been
done like, I don't know, and Teko claim to his
book that Boone told him he was doing steroids, and
then like you look it up and they're like, there's
never a path where they were in the same place
(01:19):
at the same time.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I don't know, man, can Saco's really credible, I know,
but I do think everyone was taking steroids pretty much
every player. I'll tell his player except Ben Greed.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, Michael Young wasn't he had an extra grind. And
this the reason I pulled this is two reasons. Ay,
the Renier's new hitting coach is on a podcast breaking
the news to everyone that he's been hired as a
new hitting coach. B how it happened. And actually the
third thing is why Dirt Novitzky really needs to be
involved with the Maverick still okay, the idea that he
(01:48):
is not. You will find out in about ten or
fifteen seconds why it's important that guys like Dirk are
involved in the organization. Still moving forward.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
This completely came out of left field.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
It started.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I went up to USC, my alma mater, I threw
out a first pitch. I ran into an old buddy
of mine, Michael Young, and he's with the Texas Rangers,
and we just started talking and you know, we had
a ten minute conversation, gave each other a hug. I said,
give see why which is Chris Young, my new boss,
the president of the Rangers, and obviously the skipper Bruce
Bochie's who is this I played under in two thousand,
(02:20):
but we become you know, I've been have a really
good friendship with him for a lot of years. And
I get home and the phones are gonna It's Bruce
Bochie And the first thing I thought is this is weird.
So I answered the phone as I do, and I said, Bruce,
I now can't get enough. You want to come back
on the podcast because we've had Bruce on quite a
few times. And he said, now, Boonie, it's a different call,
(02:41):
and he kind of ran it by me, and uh,
he said, why don't you think about it? And you know,
I talked to my wife and I talked to the
people you know, close to me, and it didn't take long.
I definitely I don't know that I ever consider myself
a hitting coach or a coach in any capacity. I
you know, managing seems intriguing to me. So what if
there's a guy to get back on the field. Bruce
(03:03):
Bochi's number one on my list.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Okay, so there you go.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
So they're taking outside the box here.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
There they're two things. I think. I think it is
thinking outside the box. I think it's a just like
this is a good idea and we need to change.
And I think Chris Young is an impatient person, and
I think he is like, no, this is bs. We've
signed all these contracts, let's go. We're going now.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Time is of the essence.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
I love that, Yeah, because you know, you've got this
opportunity where you have de Grohm and he is arguably
the best pitcher in baseball. He's in the and your
whole staff is pitching. You're pitching. That's the hardest thing
for you to get. It's always been the hardest thing
to get in Texas. And you have it and you're
blowing it because now you can't hit.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Well.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Here's the other issue. If he doesn't do well, we're
gonna be like why do you hire a podcaster?
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Or my god?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, it's so thinking. He said some things about he's
not like analytics guy, like he's going to come in
and learn from these other guys and the Rangers do
have a structure that two or three other hitting coaches
are involved there. This is almost it. John Daniels will
be criticized for a lot of things, but he too,
like Chris Young, and Chris Young learned a lot from
John Nails was aggressive and always made people mad. That
(04:11):
Matt Garza never worked out here ryand him throwing names
from ten plus years ago, I get it right, But
they always at the trade deadline, made big trades to
go for it, to effing go for it, and it
didn't work out. Many times it did not work out.
But Chris Young learned a lot of this from John Can.
I think that's important to know.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I would like to end this segment with one final thought.
KT mentioned the guy with the acts to grind. You
hear that phrase? You never hear the girl with the
ass to grind? Right, you know what I'm saying, which
it seems like that's sexist not to say that. I agree.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yepp oh there it is all right.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Thank you for the intro, and thank you for the
Rangers talk. Kevin Turner, Thank you man Vindicati that intro again.
To get out of here here it is the Rangers
into the brand new Rangers Intro approved by iHeart.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, it's top Excess Rangers.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yep. There.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It is incredible organ work
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