Kenny Lofton - 6x MLB All-Star, 4x Gold-Glover and Future Hall-of-Famer

Kenny Lofton, future Hall-of-Famer joined Hoot in the Sports Deli for this incredible interview. It all started with his incredibly inspiring grandmother who blind, raised him. It was because of her that Kenny had a unique understanding of being organized, detail-oriented and trusting your sixth sense. A teammate of Steve Kerr in college at Arizona, he always knew Steve would be a phenomenal NBA player and coach not just because of the incident at Arizona State where the fans crossed every line when they spoke about his father who was murdered in Beirut in 1984 while visiting as the President of American University but because he had an incredible basketball IQ, could shoot the absolute living daylights out of the ball, was a coach on the court and had a unique "Why" that motivated him then and still does to this day. Kenny is very disappointed in Major League Baseball and although he expressed gratitude for the game that allowed him to play the game he loved for 17 years and acknowledged all of those from Jackie Robinson to numerous others that paved the way for him like Rod Carew and Curt Flood, he shares why he thinks Major League Baseball still doesn't get it. Kenny was very kind to listen to me rant about the lack of white allies when it comes to social injustice and systemic racism, talks about the metaverse, why he thinks the Cleveland Guardians should never have changed their name, and you don't want to miss our very famous rapid fire, "This or That" segment of the podcast.  Check it out where ever you listen to your audio and video podcasts: (Now on) AUDIBLE: https://lnkd.in/gXAwci_9 Google: https://lnkd.in/gDN-XnKU iHeart: https://lnkd.in/e8SzqHz Apple: https://lnkd.in/gDdqxh8b Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gzR3peVj Check out the Video Podcast at: YOUTUBE: https://lnkd.in/gdUy4iH Instagram: @MikeHootner https://www.instagram.com/mikehootner/ Tik Tok: @MikeHootner https://lnkd.in/gc_dyuwX  Twitter: @MikeHootner https://twitter.com/MikeHootner  #MLB #ClevelandIndians #ClevelandGuardians #Cleveland #AllStar #GoldGlove #UofA #UniversityofArizona #Arizona #AtlantaBraves #chicagowhitesox #sanfranciscoGiants #NY #NYYankees #philadelphiaphillies #pittsburghpirates #NL #AL #ChicagoCubs #Yankees #LosAngelesDodgers #LADodgers #TexasRangers #blacklivesmatter #MLB #podcasting #sportspodcasting #ESPN #NBCSports #Indiana #majorleaguebaseball #baseball #FoxSports #NFTs #Metaverse #spotify #sportsradio #podcastlife #tiktok #instagram #equality