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How Sandlot Baseball Saved Me

May 05, 2026 / 02:48

This episode discusses the importance of in-person connections, the impact of remote work, and personal experiences with friendship and community. Key topics include the challenges of loneliness during the pandemic, the role of social media in seeking connections, and the benefits of joining a local baseball team.

The host reflects on their struggles to find real friendships while working remotely, emphasizing the need for human interaction. They share how their experience of isolation led them to start businesses and engage with social media in search of connection.

A significant highlight is the host's recent involvement in a baseball team, which has fostered real-life friendships and community engagement. They describe the joy of participating in group activities and the importance of physical presence in building relationships.

The discussion also touches on the broader societal implications of technology making it easier to avoid face-to-face interactions, stressing the innate need for human connections.

Listeners are encouraged to seek out in-person friendships and engage in community activities to combat loneliness.

TLDR

The episode emphasizes the need for in-person connections and community, sharing personal experiences with loneliness and joining a baseball team.

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I want to circle back to something else that I think was really foundational for

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me in this whole like figuring out getting diagnosed and then having this period of like I am just trying to

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connect to the world around me in so many ways. I was looking for friends because I didn't have friends. I had

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people that I talked and worked with on a computer screen for eight hours a day and that was my connection to the

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outside world. It's what happened to us during CO. It's what's happened with

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completely remote companies and there's pros and cons. But if you're listening to this and you

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don't have real in-person friends that you can call and you can say, "Hey,

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want to come over and play a game tonight?" Find ways to do that. Because that was a

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lot of what I couldn't I couldn't say it at the time, but that was why I was

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starting businesses. That's why I was I was like, I'm going to become a content

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creator, right? And go on the internet and and connect with people. That's why

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I got so sucked into social media because I thought those connections were what I needed. And what I needed was a

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hug. What I needed was to get out and and watch a band that five other people are watching and get up on stage with

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them and and like actually have real human interactions. Um, one of the most amazing things that's happened to me in

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the last 6 months is I joined a baseball team and [clears throat] Sandlot baseball is making a resurgence.

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I played baseball when I was nine and 10 and haven't played since. It's a friend

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group and we get together. We see each other in person. like tomorrow we're gonna go to our home field which is full

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of weeds and and like do some field work together and get our hands dirty. And those are experiences that the

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technology that we have today is making it easier and easier not to do and not to have those kinds of relationships.

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But we are [ __ ] mammals and we are pack animals and we need other people. Everything else aside that's happened

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over the last year and a half, that is the number one thing I think that has helped me is actually finding other

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humans that I get to see a couple times a week and hang out with. It's amazing.

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Episode Highlights

The Need for Connection
The speaker reflects on the importance of real friendships over digital connections.
“What I needed was a hug.”
@ 01m 18s
May 05, 2026
Joining a Baseball Team
The speaker shares how joining a baseball team helped him reconnect with others.
“Sandlot baseball is making a resurgence.”
@ 01m 44s
May 05, 2026

Episode Quotes

Find ways to connect with real in-person friends.
How Sandlot Baseball Saved Me
What I needed was a hug.
How Sandlot Baseball Saved Me
We are pack animals and we need other people.
How Sandlot Baseball Saved Me

Key Moments

Searching for Friends00:19
Digital Connections00:32
Real Human Interactions01:18
Baseball Team Experience01:40
Importance of Community02:29

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