The Cheap Seats Interviews Vol. 4: KeepOnPushing

[MillzOG]

Nah we gotta raincheck that. Ill let you know tho I don't want you to think im shook diggity

to late b

Shoulda roasted him on that MLB tat on his hands and his asthma lol

nah but good read tho

I think Chris and Snoop put Shitman in a vacant RIP

lol stop lyin......KOP, now you better make it bruh

or you gon be like JR Smith with a Young Money on his neck

 

[KeepOnPushing]

yo KOP give us the break down of what you went through to get back in shape

and what tryouts were like

Actually it was pretty hard cuz' i was about 210 - 215 , i looked like i played football so i wasnt fat or nothing, but being a Shortstop i couldnt carry that weight and still get to certain balls hit away left or right , and my hip rotation as a hitter was gonna be stiff, i ended up getting sick for a while and that dropped me down to 200 , once i recovered i started jogging cuz i knew it was gonna take a long time, i did whatever i could for the first two weeks i didnt push it hard, then i changed how i eat which sucks cuz i like to eat what i want whenever i want but i started eating a bunch of healthy food and stopped drinking sodas, and then i moved on to pushing myself hard doing a bunch of sprints, jump rope, explosion drills, quick feet drills, like a bunch of stuff, it took me a real long time , so eventually i ended up at 180 , which is what i wanna be at for my position at shortstop, i say what really sucked the most was changing completely how i eat and what i drinked.

so now i take a ton of groundballs as well, and squat like drills to get my legs under me , and i still run a lot , and do two a days with hitting , but it took a long long time to get in shape...

and the try-outs werent nothing major i went in with Low expectations cuz i just wanted to see what would happen, if i didnt get picked up i wasnt gonna be upset cuz i knew it had been a while , somethin just told me to go cuz i found out about the workout probably 7 days before it took place, there were only a total of 15 players there which was kinda surprising , 10 position players and 5 pitchers, we Ran 60's , then threw from our positions , then hit on the field then that was it ....

then about 2 weeks later i got a call, what helped was i already had some type of accolades from both High School and College, cuz realistically you cant just judge someone off a 1 day workout.

so im'a gonna give it my best to try to make the best out of it, thats all i really can do, im excited about it but at the same time just a little nervous cuz it's been a few years since being on a actual team, and actual team practices, live pitching, and just all the stuff that comes with it.

 

[MillzOG]

KOP so that means you're in Jersey now then right? nh

what kinda healthy foods you grubbin on b, real talk cus I hit up the gym every morning and shoot jumpshots and do basketball drills for an 1-2 hours and then hit the treadmill for atleast 40minutes but I dont know how to eat b

 

[Darius]

KOP so that means you're in Jersey now then right? nh

what kinda healthy foods you grubbin on b, real talk cus I hit up the gym every morning and shoot jumpshots and do basketball drills for an 1-2 hours and then hit the treadmill for atleast 40minutes but I dont know how to eat b

smh...............

and i hope you aren't living in charlotte b/c i would skunk you in 21

 

[KeepOnPushing]

KOP so that means you're in Jersey now then right? nh

what kinda healthy foods you grubbin on b, real talk cus I hit up the gym every morning and shoot jumpshots and do basketball drills for an 1-2 hours and then hit the treadmill for atleast 40minutes but I dont know how to eat b

Nah im still in SC , i dont report til May 15th , and i eat a lot of Creole Catch from Ruby Tuesday with double brocli , i eat a lot of rice now , and i would snack a lot during the day with Chips,cookies, crackers all the junk pretty much, so i changed all that replaced it with Fruit ....it's tough at first cuz it's just a big change, but im used to it now but at first i was like Nah this aint gona work....

i just had to change my intake of calories per day and per week..

 

[MillzOG]

Nah im still in SC , i dont report til May 15th , and i eat a lot of Creole Catch from Ruby Tuesday with double brocli , i eat a lot of rice now , and i would snack a lot during the day with Chips,cookies, crackers all the junk pretty much, so i changed all that replaced it with Fruit ....it's tough at first cuz it's just a big change, but im used to it now but at first i was like Nah this aint gona work....

i just had to change my intake of calories per day and per week..

word, I need to stop slippin and make that change too lol

@ matt, STFU boy

 

[HustleThaDon]

What number you gon wear KOP?

 

[KeepOnPushing]

What number you gon wear KOP?

Oh i dunno man , not really thinkin bout that right now, we all have these goofy numbers next to our name on the roster right now Lol....i just wanna play.

 

[Darius]

baseball aint really something you can improve on alone. so do you have members of your posse hitting you grounders and another covering first base? do you have a guy to pitch to you or you hit strictly off the machine? or do you have like an actual trainer thats helping you?

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Wow b you went in. From 210+ to 180 thats quality. How many weeks were you training for?

And yeah I def think you having strong high school credibility helped out big time. I take it you've met all the other players on the squad? What're they like?

 

[Chef_Taylor]

are you sure you want that? lol

He dont want it....narada confused

 

[KeepOnPushing]

baseball aint really something you can improve on alone. so do you have members of your posse hitting you grounders and another covering first base? do you have a guy to pitch to you or you hit strictly off the machine? or do you have like an actual trainer thats helping you?

i Run on my Own, i have someone that i workout with as far as Hitting, and Groundballs i just call up my pops and i try to get to 100 groundballs, i only count the good ones tho, if i bobble it or misplay it i dont count it , i just count the ones i fielded cleanly until i get to 100 .

im'a start facing some live pitching within a week or so , i linked up with someone, cuz hitting in the cages with someone aint the same, your reaction time is much different , and live pitching with more velocity will show u if your swing is too long and if your actually sitting back on the ball....too much cage work can kind of fool you.

and Lol at "Posse"

 

[KeepOnPushing]

Wow b you went in. From 210+ to 180 thats quality. How many weeks were you training for?

And yeah I def think you having strong high school credibility helped out big time. I take it you've met all the other players on the squad? What're they like?

yea the weight lost was hard, i say i started real slow it actually took me a few months , cuz if u lose too much too fast its not good for you, so i aimed for a certain weight by the week, getting sick knocked me down to 200, but after that i was 200 i would try to be around 197 at the end of the week, and so on and so on...i actually got stuck at 190 for probably 2 weeks lol, but i just kept workin then i made it to 180 , now i gotta make sure i dont get too weak , i dont wanna weigh too much but i dont wanna lose too much either.

 

[Chef_Taylor]

Good luck on that baseball deal.KOP....*props*@ tha avi...defending al champs.

 

[KeepOnPushing]

Good luck on that baseball deal.KOP....*props*@ tha avi...defending al champs.

I appreciate it , and yea Andrus is one of my favorite players, not a rangers fan but enjoy watching them play tho'.

 

[Darius]

say it aint so. say it aint so

 

[KeepOnPushing]

say it aint so. say it aint so

You Must of went to transactions , well at least i think i know what you're trying to say.

 

[Darius]

yeah i was pricing the tickets for the luxury suites. then i saw. but i aint no snitch

 

[HustleThaDon]

Spill it n/h

 

[Darius]

spill it n/h

foh.........