Eric Byrnes, from the Major League Baseball Network, is a former pro baseball player as well as a top age group triathlete. With PE going away in schools, he decided to create the Let Them Play Foundation to, hopefully, create some major change in the system. His film ‘Let Them Play’, which showcases his triathlon…
Eric Byrnes, is an 11-time Ironman finisher, former Major League Baseball player, and a long-time host for the MLB Network. He just finished up swimming, cycling, and running across the USA for his Let Them Play Foundation on his Triathlon Across America. Eric joined me to chat about the adventures he had along the way.…
Eric Byrnes is one of my heroes. He went from his career in Major League Baseball to become a mainstay on the MLB Network. After discovering endurance sports he has completed 11 Ironman races and 20 ultramarathons including the Western States 100, plus he just completed 245 holes of speed golf in 12 hours. Next…
Jonathan Brown had just finished up a long run while trying out for a spot on a Major League Baseball team during Spring Training in Arizona. As he and a friend were leaving a convenience store parking lot in their car, a drunk driver plowed into their vehicle and changed Jonathan’s life forever. His journey…
Eric Byrnes from the MLB Network joined us to chat about his major league career and his transition to triathlon and Ironman. Up next? Eric is running the infamous Western States 100 in June! (Earmuffs: An F-bomb or two is dropped) Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance …
James Shields has pitched in both the 2008 and 2014 World Series and has been an All-Star, finished third in the Cy Young voting and, in this era of starting pitchers only going six innings, completed 11 games in one season and was nicknamed ‘Complete Games James.’ He came on to chat about his career,…
I interviewed former Major League Baseball star Eric Byrnes in this really fun interview and asked him what he brought from from baseball that helped him transition to triathlon. “When I am in the water waiting for the start of Ironman Arizona (he went 10:08 in 2014), I know the chaos that is about to ensue and…