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• Perfect timing with Opening Day tomorrow!
  • Will you be able to go to Opening Day - I know it’s been a national holiday for you for a long time - Your “Happy Place.”
• May 2023 - Only one month away from ALS Awareness Month
  • Ice Bucket Challenge - How did that become so big - big enough to raise over $200 million for the cause
• As a teenager you dreamed of becoming a police officer -  wanted to be the police officer worked Royals dugout and games
  • Shortly after your diagnosis, your dream came true. You worked your last shift in a police uniform in the Royals dugout.
  • Conchola
• Some basics about ALS:
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
  • 5600 people diagnosed in the US each year
  • Affects the function of nerves and muscles
  • Only 5-10% of cases are inherited - in most cases the person is the only family member to have ALS
  • Average age of diagnosis is 55
• Treated like royalty for many years at spring training. 
• Lou Gehrig’s Disease - For some listeners who may not be familiar with the dual-names, can you explain why it’s sometimes called LGD?
• Lou Gehrig Committee Member?
• Blue Springs buddy - Ross Capponetto, also has ALS - RossCaponetto.com

Quotes:

• You are the strongest, most positive person I have ever met, Our hero, Absolutely amazing person, one of the most amazing people in the world. She is an inspiration for us all!!

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• Any regrets in your career?
• Will he be at Royals Fantasy Camp in November?
• Danny Valencia altercation - have Billy set up the scenario and tell story
• 2006 AA Team - Frank White Manager, Gordo, Billy, Mitch Maier, Chris Lubanski, even Mike Sweeney for a few games
• Country Breakfast - How’d that come about? Best nickname in history of sports.
• Catcher, Chris Gimenez & Pitcher, Tomlin - Framing pitches and took him YARD!
• 2012 Home Run Derby - Booing Cano, HR Derby, 
• Stolen base in the playoffs - His decision or did he get a sign?
• Experience with teams outside of KC (Oakland and NY, two storied franchises)
• Favorite or best teammates
• Any teammates that he was not a fan of?
• FUN FACT: 340th highest batting average in history (minimum of 1000 plate appearances, just ahead of HAL MCRAE
• Zack Greinke stories?
• How important is it for teammates/co-workers to get along with one another and have mutual respect? 
• Best examples from this in MLB clubhouses?
• Any examples of teammates NOT being inclusive or respectful?
• Leaving KC - Can you talk through that time period when you left KC and went to Oakland? What events transpired to essentially make you leave KC?

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Denny Matthews has been the one consistent radio voice with the Kansas City Royals since their first year, 1969. 

For his first few years in the booth, Matthews, who grew up in central Illinois, worked with the legendary Buddy Blattner.

When Blattner retired in 1974, Matthews became the "voice" of the Royals and has been the Royals' top broadcaster ever since. From 1974 through the 1998 season – a stretch that includes some of the best seasons in the Royals' history – Matthews teamed with Fred White. During their 25 seasons together, "Denny and Fred" became one of the most beloved broadcasting duos in Major League Baseball.

In 1999, the Royals fired White and replaced him with Ryan Lefebvre. Despite a tremendous age difference, Denny and Ryan integrated their styles well and became popular with Royals fans.

The Royals inducted Matthews into the Royals Hall of Fame in 2004. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, and then he was presented with the Ford C. Frick Award by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.

This chat with Denny, who has become a major supporter of students and families in crisis through C You In The Major Leagues, was recorded on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at Music Theater Heritage in front of our C-10 Mentoring & Leadership students and mentors.

The C word with our C-10 students and mentors was CONFIDENCE, which, in the C You In The Major Leagues vernacular means someone who accepts constructive criticism, will try something new, has a positive attitude, and views self as a winner.

This interview with Denny focuses largely on that word Confidence and how it pertains to managers and players Denny has been around since 1969. Frankly, we do not do a dive into a lot of anecdotes from Denny’s career. This is likely a side of Denny that you have not heard before.

We lead things off with some pregame batting practice. 

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Royals royalty, Alex Gordon joins the podcast!

Alex honors fans and teammates as he tells us what went into his decision to retire in 2020 after 14 seasons with the team he grew up rooting for, the Kansas City Royals. One of the game’s great defenders opens up about the pressures of KC’s 2015 title run, what he learned from dealing with high expectations and failure early in his career, playing in the shadow of Hall of Famer, George Brett, and what the next chapter of his life will look like.

Alex Gordon, on life, legacy and a “jersey full of pine tar” on this episode of Major League Beginnings.

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After recording the initial episode of the C-10 Podcast with CYITML founder Dayton Moore, he said, "Marasco is someone you need to get on this podcast." As you'll hear in this episode, Dayton was right. Marasco, the Royals' Director of Leadership Development, shares a lot of wisdom about the overall subject of leadership and the differences in leadership styles between players such as Alex Gordon and Whit Merrifield...and how that can apply to anyone in a leadership position.

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