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Live Chat With Former MLB Pitcher Brandon Beachy
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Brandon Beachy
10:39
Tommy was the best. He was so kind and generous to me and to everyone. Most lovable easy going guy. I'll always remember playing darts together after games or our regular offseason games of whirly ball
Tom
10:39
As an undrafted FA signee, what do you think of the new housing program for MiLB players? I live in an area with a Midwest League team and know people that you to house players under the old system, is there someone that helped you with housing that you'd like to mention or thank?
Brandon Beachy
10:41
I think its great. I had a lot of help along the way. The Lears in woodstock,va, Kathy in MS, Ethridges in Gwinnett. THose programs help guys like me that weren't top picks. Takes a lot of stress of the guys and allows them to focus on getting better
Still a giants fan
10:41
Thank you for doing this. Brandon. What's your favorite memory in baseball that has to do with the Giants? What's a cool, fun story of something you did in San Francisco while on the road?
Brandon Beachy
10:42
Being there in the playoffs in 2010. I'll never forget the crowd intensity and how upbeat they were. Kimbrel and I went to Alcatraz together one day. Was defeinilty one of my favorite parks and cities to visit.
Travis
10:43
What was it like to come up with so many young, talented pitchers like Jurrjens, Hanson, Minor, Medlen, Teheran, etc? Appreciate the chat!
Brandon Beachy
10:44
Intimidating to say the least. I always tell the story of my first day in Danville, Va after signing. Papers hadn't processed so i coudlnt dress out. Sat in stands with guys charting. 16 year old Julio Tehran started and sat 96-98 and then Kimbrel closed the game sitting 98. I called my dad after the game and told him something to the  effect that i'm way out of my league and will likely be home in a week or so.
Waymann
10:45
In your experience, how do players balance a need/desire to be “in the moment” during their careers with more long-term goals like setting up their post-retirement life/financial security?  Did you feel there was a lack of guidance available which steered you to the work you do now to help players after they retire?
Brandon Beachy
10:46
I had some good people from my childhood that helped me. It's tough for those that don't have that.
10:48
I think guys are getting better at it, but at the same time i think its really hard to think about anything else if you're not one of the few one each team that is set financially. I stayed 1 class short of graduating college for over a decade because i felt like if i did that, i wouldve been looking ahead to whats next and not giving everyhting i had to resurrecting my career. I think thats foolish in the moment but felt right then.
10:49
I felt lost, despite some of the programs out there. Now in my small niche area i'm helping to educate and help guys that may be interested in business ownership. I think is what is needed most, is just awareness of what possible routes there are to go after playing.
Erik Ross
10:49
Do you look back at your time in the Braves with any regret about how you handled your health, recovery and treatment, given that the front office you played for had a historically bad track record in caring for its pitchers?
Brandon Beachy
10:52
Hey Erik! I don't think i can really regret it. I didn't know any differently and i think its easy to see some things now that just weren't talked about at that time. 12 month TJ rehab was the standard which has changed due to more data (which i unfortunately am part of). I wasted time regretting things years ago for sure. But honestly I am fortunate to have not played a decade of two earlier and just been done for my career after the first, let alone go on to be the 4th guy (i think?) ever to start an mlb game after 2 tjs
Andy B
10:53
Would an MBA help with going into franchising?  Do you have an MBA?  I've got one from Tuck (Dartmouth)
Brandon Beachy
10:55
An MBA is always going to give you a baseline for business but it doesn't necessarly put you ahead in franchising. I've seen people with long resumes not do well in it, while I'm thriving with a baseball background. The advantage to a franchise is the backbone and structure being in place. Applying the intangibles is the franchisees role. It's not inventing the wheel, it's building a team and systems through hard work and some trial and error
Kevin
10:55
Hey Brandon - I remember playing as you in MLB The Show and you were really good! What’s was your “welcome to MLB” moment?
Brandon Beachy
10:59
I think spring training 2011 was that moment for me. Struck Miguel Cabrera out on a slider down and away. Next at bat, he took some pitches and got behind in the count. I missed with a couple other pitches before going back to slider. It was a really good one, but he had clearly been sitting on nothing else the whole at bat and hit a line drive that the second basemen probably jumped to try to catch that ended up hitting the wall in the air. There was a clikc in my head about a lof converstations i had heard chipper having, and this was the example of next level hitter within the next level.
Guest
10:59
Do you have a favorite team outside of the MLB
Brandon Beachy
11:01
Being from Indiana in basketball obsessed. I love the Pacers though i also hate them because their ownership has doomed them to tread water forever. I became obsessed with Luka Doncic his rookie year and don't miss a single game, usually watching early in the mornings before anyone else is up
Cullen H
11:01
You helped me win a fantasy championship back in the day!  (Team name: Rollie Stink Fingers).  Thanks!!
Brandon Beachy
11:02
Happy to help
Garrett
11:02
Hi Brandon! What was your favorite minor league stop in the Braves organization?
Brandon Beachy
11:03
Myrtle Beach easily. Went to beach in mornings occasionaly and then to the ballpark. Just a ridiculously fun group of guys coming through at that point too
RobM
11:03
We're seeing more second TJS's today it seems. They had a poorer success rate, even a decade back. Do you think you'd have a better chance of recovering and regaining your past effectiveness if it happened today?
Brandon Beachy
11:04
I do. I think there would have been a bigger focus on my part on correcting delivery flaws that made me less efficient. But at that time, from the team and my perspective, why would we change anything and risk it changing the type of pitcher i was? Easy to say now that would havve been a prefereable route.
Ryan Moran
11:05
Hey Brandon! Do you ever miss eating at Baldwin cafeteria at Indiana Wesleyan University? Also, what dorm did you live in? (I’m a Hodson lifer.)
Brandon Beachy
11:05
Ha i havent thought about Baldwin in a long time. I was Scripture Hall and then townhouses
Blooper
11:06
Which pitcher on the current atl roster most compares to your stuff
Brandon Beachy
11:06
I think they are all better than me with better stuff!
ClarkeinEcuador
11:06
What pitcher(s), current or former, do you think are vastly underrated?
Brandon Beachy
11:07
I think Jonny Venters and EOF were wildly underrated for what they did.
Josh
11:07
Brandon, thanks for doing this! How often do you watch/attend games? Are you still involved in the game at all or have you totally moved on to your next career?
Brandon Beachy
11:08
Honestly, i don't watch regularly until the playoffs. I'm just too busy with kids and life to tune it. I follow though. Big boxscore checker of former teammates
Justin
11:08
Do you have a favorite MLB team nowadays?
Brandon Beachy
11:09
Not really. I'll always root for atlanta and la. And all my former teammates still going. Always going to root for Kershaw, one of the best people and not just players out there.
Backyardigan
11:09
Who would you imitate in the backyard as a youngster? Favorite player?
Brandon Beachy
11:09
The Big Hurt!
Will Hunting
11:10
Who's the smartest teammate you've ever had (besides yourself)?
Brandon Beachy
11:10
Lots of really smart guys. Chipper comes to mind. David Hale
Brent
11:10
How do you think you went from being undrafted to being dominant in the big leagues? Do you feel like you just flew under the radar in college, or was there something later that happened, a flip that was switched, that took your development to a higher level?
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