Jimmy Serrano - Former MLB Pitcher, Kansas City Royals

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2:34 - What August 7, 2004 mean to Jimmy.3:07 - How much effort he put into getting to the Major Leagues and how rewarding it was getting the call to go.3:58 - How many times he felt like giving up on his dream of reaching MLB4:41 - Growing up in Grand Junction, CO5:20 - How Jimmy and I know each other.5:51 - How he ended up in Arizona to play baseball.7:07 - Jimmy didn’t have any offers to play college baseball.7:46 - He didn’t play the position he played in high school and how he got selected to play for Mesa Community College, a junior college elite program.9:04 - When he thought he might be able to play baseball professional & how he got into professional baseball.11:24 - What was the call like when he was drafted.12:31 - Where his first professional assignment was and that experience16:09 - How realistic it is for AAA to play in the Major Leagues.17:28 - How he feels about MLB’s proposal to eliminate 42 minor league teams in 2020.19:10 - How Jimmy feels most players feel about the journey to get to the Major Leagues in regards to pay.20:41 - How he felt as a minor league player that it’s understood that he would have to sacrifice.21:54 - What the difference in pay is between levels and do different clubs pay differently.23:05 - How player representation with agents happens.24:12 - Do players have a voice in the business aspect of baseball?25:02 - What kind of instruction the players get at each level of baseball26:30 - What it was like being at AAA, then getting demoted and then promoted to MLB.29:38 - What the situation was like when he got the call up to MLB and the process on getting there.31:42 - What happened when he got to Kansas City for his debut.33:09 - What his mentality was when he made his MLB debut as a pitcher.35:23 - He pitched 10 games in MLB - which game is most memorable.37:55 - What the best part of being in the Major Leagues.39:09 - How difficult it is to stay in MLB.39:41 - How his MLB career ended and what happens to a player after that.41:11 - How playing foreign baseball is different from the U.S.41:48 - What was most surprising about the different cultures around the world.42:46 - What players have to do to guard their signs during the game.43:30 - What “tipping pitches” is.44:48 - What is acceptable sign stealing in baseball and how technology has affected the game.46:03 - How does a pitcher recognize that sign stealing is happening.48:03 - How he feels the environment is for sign stealing in MLB49:02 - How will MLB know that sign stealing is going to happen.49:51 - How he feels technology can benefit baseball in the future.50:42 - What he’s been doing since he left baseball.51:27 - What some of the most valuable lessons he’s learned in his career.