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"The Mayor" Sean Casey on his MLB career, working for MLB Network, and his advocacy for Mental Health
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"The Mayor" Sean Casey was born in New Jersey and grew up just outside Pittsburgh playing football, basketball and baseball. Following a football injury, Casey turned his attention to baseball. Despite becoming a high-level hitter, college offers never came. On his dad’s advice, Casey wrote letters to schools to play college baseball and it was the 31st letter that caught the eye of the University of Richmond coaching staff and led Casey on a path that would take him to Major League Baseball. During his 3 years playing for the Spiders, Casey worked on his craft and lead the nation in average his junior season while also winning the first-ever triple crown in the Colonial Athletic Association (.461 average, 14 homeruns and 70 RBIs). Cleveland drafted him in the second round in 1995 and called him up for his MLB debut in 1997. The following year, Casey was traded to the Cincinnati Reds which is where he would spend 8 years and make 3 All-Star appearances. A stint for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates would lead to time with the Detroit Tigers and an appearance in the 2006 World Series where he hit two homeruns and batted .432. After one season with the Red Sox, Casey retired and started working at the newly-founded MLB Network. Known as “The Mayor” during his time in Cincinnati for being friendly with runners at first base, Casey also co-hosts a podcast (The Mayor’s Office with co-host Rich Ciancimino). In this episode, he shares the advice his dad gave him, a behind-the-scenes account of his MLB debut and the time a candy bar helped him pick off a baserunner. He also tells us about his first All-Star appearance and what it was like to finally play in the World Series after 9 MLB seasons. Plus he tells us about the great fortune he’s had around the game of baseball, his take on the new MLB rules this season and insight into his new venture concentrating on the mental part of sports and life.
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