Scott Radinsky had three different punk bands while he was pitching in the Major Leagues. But he tried his best to keep his two worlds separate. 'I don't think either side really got it.' OnlyAGameNPR
Just before a recent move, 52-year-old former Major League relief pitcherwas going through some junk in his garage. He found an old suitcase full of fan letters.
Scott and his bandmates called themselves"Scared Straight." They put together shows wherever they could. Scott’s dad was a big part of his life. He’d drive the band and all their gear to shows in the family station wagon. He also coached some of the baseball teams Scott and his brother played on. But that same year, his dad was diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis was not good. Scott started skipping his last class to drive his dad to the doctor and, later, to visit him at the hospice.
Scott knew that if he was going to make it as a pro baseball player, it was going to be tough to keep creating music.Scott spent his first four seasons bouncing between Rookie and Single A ball. During offseasons, he connected with his old bandmates in the hope that they could write some more songs and play gigs.
"We had already pressed 1,000 or 2,000 of these CDs, And, when we received the first batch of CDs and cassettes, we went to Kinko's and made a little sticker, and we opened every single one of the jewel cases up, and we slapped 'Ten Foot Pole' over the top of 'Scared Straight.' And then, anywhere it said 'Scared Straight' on the jacket, we just blacked it out with a Sharpie. It was a fresh start," Scott says.
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