By: Connor Sand In the paired podcast, Micah Kaczor took me through the past year of his baseball career which featured an impressive senior season at East Tennessee State, going undrafted/unsigned by a Major League organization, playing independent league baseball, signing with the Colorado Rockies organization in the middle of summer, going to 2020 Spring Training, and then getting released as teams released many minor league players due to the impact of Covid-19. He has faced many obstacles in the past 15 months, yet he traveled across the country to train at Driveline Baseball for 2 weeks just to give himself the best chance going into the 2021 season as a free agent. After being released in May, Micah took a week to reflect on what he wanted to do. He had gone through so much to get to affiliated professional baseball only for it to be taken away by an unforeseen pandemic. The recurring thought during the week was how he felt wh...
Talking with athletes about the psychological side of the triumphs, challenges, and experiences they have faced throughout their athletic careers. Make sure to listen to the paired podcast where I talk with the featured athlete about what is discussed in the article.