Former Florida State baseball great Devon Travis sits down for an interview this week with Warchant's Ira Schoffel and Corey Clark to discuss a wide variety of topics.
Travis talks about his recent hiring as a coach with the Atlanta Braves organization, his time at FSU and his years of playing Major League Baseball, the football career of his younger brother, FSU quarterback Jordan Travis, and much more.
It's a really good interview, but also pretty long. Here are some time stamps in case you're interested in specific topics:
1:20 -- His new coaching job with the Atlanta Braves organization
4:15 -- On retiring from baseball due to knee injury
6:15 -- Life after playing baseball; how he got coaching job
9:20 -- Corey explains why he enjoyed covering Devon as a player
11:50 -- Reflecting on how he still gets angry about losses in Omaha. "I get pissed off 'til this day that we never won a College World Series."
15:00 -- The heartbreaking 2010 CWS loss to TCU
18:40 -- Giving up his final year at FSU to sign with MLB ... a story he's never told before
27:25 -- On how beating the odds will help him as a coach
31:30 -- How he got opportunity to get into coaching
33:40 -- What he did with his first signing bonus and MLB money
38:05 -- GameStop and Doge to the moon!
39:10 -- Jordan coming to Devon's FSU games, becoming die-hard fan
41:00 -- On watching Jordan and McKenzie Milton
44:30 -- On Jordan gaining confidence and benefitting from support of coaches
Travis talks about his recent hiring as a coach with the Atlanta Braves organization, his time at FSU and his years of playing Major League Baseball, the football career of his younger brother, FSU quarterback Jordan Travis, and much more.
It's a really good interview, but also pretty long. Here are some time stamps in case you're interested in specific topics:
1:20 -- His new coaching job with the Atlanta Braves organization
4:15 -- On retiring from baseball due to knee injury
6:15 -- Life after playing baseball; how he got coaching job
9:20 -- Corey explains why he enjoyed covering Devon as a player
11:50 -- Reflecting on how he still gets angry about losses in Omaha. "I get pissed off 'til this day that we never won a College World Series."
15:00 -- The heartbreaking 2010 CWS loss to TCU
18:40 -- Giving up his final year at FSU to sign with MLB ... a story he's never told before
27:25 -- On how beating the odds will help him as a coach
31:30 -- How he got opportunity to get into coaching
33:40 -- What he did with his first signing bonus and MLB money
38:05 -- GameStop and Doge to the moon!
39:10 -- Jordan coming to Devon's FSU games, becoming die-hard fan
41:00 -- On watching Jordan and McKenzie Milton
44:30 -- On Jordan gaining confidence and benefitting from support of coaches
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