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Atlanta Braves Podcast 15: the Optimism of Chase d’Arnaud

By Seth Carter

FORT BRAGG, NC - JULY 03: Chase d'Arnaud #23 of the Atlanta Braves reacts on the field against the Miami Marlins during their game at Fort Bragg Field on July 3, 2016 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Fort Bragg Game marks the first regular season MLB game ever to be played on an active military base. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
FORT BRAGG, NC - JULY 03: Chase d'Arnaud #23 of the Atlanta Braves reacts on the field against the Miami Marlins during their game at Fort Bragg Field on July 3, 2016 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Fort Bragg Game marks the first regular season MLB game ever to be played on an active military base. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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Chase d'Arnaud of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on July 1, 2016. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
Chase d’Arnaud of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on July 1, 2016. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /

1. Chase’s first career HR came as a Brave

July 1, 2016, Chase d’Arnaud hits his first career home run as a member of the Atlanta Braves. On the podcast, Chase goes into great detail about what was going through his mind and what it felt like to hit his first major league home run.

2. Chase d’Arnaud Band

The Chase d’Arnaud Band was formed prior to Spring Training of 2016 when he met accomplished musician and producer Clayton Cages. Six months later they were playing at Bonnaroo. October of that year they were the opening act for Grammy-Award Winning Country group Lady Antebellum.

All of this while he was still a professional baseball player… No big deal, right?  

There are somewhere around 30 million musicians in the United States. Of those 30 million, approximately 400,000 are professional musicians, meaning they play for currency. Of those 400,000 do you know how many have hit their first career major-league home run on July 1, 2016, for the Atlanta Braves and then opened for Lady Antebellum? I’m willing to bet money it’s just one.

Okay, I’m having a little fun now, but you get my point. It’s a rare feat.

Their first album Seven Ghosts is available on Apple Music, along with a solo single called Sucker. In his single, he even uses the idea of looking like a fool on an 0-2 sinker as a metaphor for failure and finding the strength to step back up to the plate and take another hack.

Basically, if you like music and you like baseball, then you need to check out his stuff.

Even if you don’t like baseball or music, you should check… well, if you don’t like baseball or music then you probably also hate reading, oxygen, peace, love, food, trees, Blippi the Youtube sensation, etc…

Below you will find a couple of videos of him performing. In the first one, the Chase d’Arnaud band is performing at Turner Field.

I may have saved the best for last. On the next and final page we’ll take a look at the production company and some of the inside-baseball projects they have going.

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