Podcast: Carlos Gomez on dabs, swag and his passion for the game
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If someone were going to bring dabbing to baseball, it makes a whole lot of sense that it’s Carlos Gomez. The Houston Astros outfielder is one of baseball’s biggest personalities. He celebrates when he does well. He gets upset when he doesn’t. But even then, you’ll find him smiling a few minutes later and having fun with fans. And possibly dabbing.
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He’s been doing it lately. It’s a celebratory dance that most sports fan associate with Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers, but it’s taken all sports by storm in the past six months or so. In baseball, Gomez is the guy.
“Nobody was doing it in baseball, so I’m saying, I’m going to be the first one.” Gomez told us on the latest edition of The StewPod. “It’s fun. Bring fun to baseball and people enjoy it. Now you see in the stadium, they’re screaming at me, ‘Carlos! Carlos! Dab!'”
That’s just part of our conversation with Gomez, in which we talk about his passion for the game, playing with swagger, entertaining fans and being friendly with kids, plus how he views the 2016 Houston Astros’ World Series chances.
Also on this week’s podcast, we talk about the teams that aren’t faring so well in this young baseball season and Bad News Ramen drops in for another installment of Three Strikes
Here’s a full rundown of the show:
• Intro and teams that stink
• Carlos Gomez joins the show
• Kicking the outfield wall and karate moves
• Dabbing and the Carolina Panthers
• How he’s viewing the 2016 season
• What’s it like to watch Carlos Correa every day?
• Why it’s important to play with emotion
• Baseball in Latin countries
• The difference between putting on a show and disrespecting the game
• His interactions with fans, especially kids
• Bad News Ramen joins us for Three Strikes on The Bad News Bears, Barry Bonds and catching foul balls
• Important questions on special MLB uniforms and Papa Slams.
[Music: “The Game Belongs to Me” by UGK]
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