 Sports, sports, sports. Today, the dad got to talk with Major League Baseball player Brock Holt, two-time World Series champion with the Red Sox, 2015 and will be all-star and the only person and will be post-season history to hit for the cycle. Really cool stat. We'll talk about that later. But before that, check out this awesome video about a program that is very special to Brock. Dear Brock. Dear Brock. Dear Brock. Dear Brock. Dear Brock. You are my best friend. We've been patients at the Jimmy Fun Clinic for almost seven years now. In our family, we say we because James will never be in this alone. We've never told you this, but you met James right around the time he started to resist going to clinic. I am so glad I met you. Truthfully, we think it really doesn't matter to James that you play for the Red Sox. To him, you're just his buddy Brock and that's the most important part. You make me feel so special. Hey Brock, how's it going? Thanks for hanging out with us today. Yeah, yeah. Thanks for having me. This is as close as I've been to another human in a while outside of my wife and I feel really close to you right now. We just watched your video and deals with your experience with a lot of kids and the Jimmy Fund. How'd you get involved with the Jimmy Fund? You know, playing for the Red Sox and Jimmy Fund go way back to organizations that work closely with each other and it's just something that I kind of gravitated to. I've always loved kids and that's just something that I kind of fell in love with early on in my career with Boston and I've been very fortunate to build a lot of really good relationships with kids and families and people who work at the Jimmy Fund and we've all kind of become family. That's pretty cool. And you have a, is it a three-year-old? Yeah, he's three. Yeah, he's three. He'll be four in December and then we've got another little boy on the way doing September. So. That's awesome. Are you just dominating in like backyard wiffle ball right now with your three-year-old or something? Yeah, but he's been really big on playing baseball and hitting and stuff and recently he's kind of gotten off of it more and more into dinosaurs right now. Playing a lot of dinosaurs building with those magnet-tile things and coloring too. He's been coloring something every day. So, you know, he's all over the board but we have a good time on him. So. There it is. I'm curious, like, what's it like being a pro baseball player and a dad? I mean, how do you kind of balance? Like, when you get home, like, do you go, just, I got him? You know, kind of thing? You know, obviously during the season, it's different, it's more difficult. You know, we're playing until 10, 30, 11 at night on the road, it's base time only. But, you know, during the off season, though, it's full dad mode. You know what? I love it. I love being a dad. It's, you know, it's, you know, the only thing I've really ever wanted to do. So, you know, we're blessed with a healthy little boy and, you know, hopefully, baby boy number two is the same and, you know, that's, you know, that's the biggest thing for us. I want to wrap up with something kind of special for you since you are the only player in MLB history to hit for the cycle in a postseason game. Pretty impressive. Yeah, it's cool. It's a cool stat. You know, obviously, I mean, in 2018, I did that and I was kind of wondering if anyone had done it before. And now I'm kind of hoping no one ever hits a cycle in the postseason. Yeah, of course. But it's just one of those cool things that I'll always have, you know, just to be able to say that's pretty cool. So we're going to wrap up with a quick lightning round called the cycle. Okay. I'm going to ask you four questions, baseball and parenting related and you have to give me your first thought answer. Okay. No thinking. I don't want no publicist allowed here. This is direct answer. Okay. All right. Starts off with a single. Very easy. Do you want your kids to play baseball? Yes. Which teammate, current or past, would you definitely let baby sit your kids? Oh man, that's a hard one. Probably Rick Porcelo. I just think he's a good dude. You know, I've enjoyed playing with him. So I'd say Rick Porcelo. Who would you definitely not let baby sit your kids? I'm going to say Dustin Padroia. Not because I don't think Griff would be safe with Dustin. I just think Griff might learn something he probably shouldn't. If Dustin babysitted him. If there was a dad designated hitter, what would he do? I would say they change a diaper. Yeah, of course it's change a diaper. Of course. I mean, I don't mind changing diapers, but if I don't have to, like if I can have someone else do it for me, I'd rather someone else do it. Terry Francona in the MJ Last Dance doc said that if MJ had more time, he would have made the major leagues. Do you agree or disagree and why? I wouldn't put anything past Michael Jordan. Smart answer. Just watching how competitive he is and just how confident he is in his abilities. I wouldn't put anything past him. I think Michael Jordan can do anything he wanted to. Last question, really. What's your overall dad motto? I think just be present. I feel like there's times when I'm looking at my phone, maybe too much or not present as much as I would like to be, but whenever I'm home, I want to be with my son. I want to be with Griff. I want to be playing with Griff. I want to be in his tour room, like I said, building stuff or coloring with him or watching a movie with him. That's my biggest thing. It's just being present and being there for him and doing what I can with him whenever I've got the time with him. That's awesome. I totally get that. It's not easy to always be present, but if you keep striving for it, that means a lot to them, I think, as well. Thank you for being present with us in this interview. Thank you for throwing Dustin McDroy under the bus. Appreciate that. Dustin's a guy. That wasn't throwing Dustin under the bus. Well, we'll edit it so that it looks like that. He's got three boys. He's a great dad. He loves them. I've seen them grow up and him be a dad for a long time, but I know Dustin better than most people, so I'm just afraid of what Griff might learn whenever he's with them. Well, whenever you do return, good luck in Milwaukee, and thanks for being on The Dad. Yeah, awesome. Thanks for having me. Thanks to Brock Holt for hanging out with us. Thank you for watching, and if you want to see more sports, sports, sports, stay tuned on The Dad.