DIGMI DISCUSSION Interview #29 - Joe Valentine

Published: March 12, 2020, 3:36 p.m.

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On Digmi Discussion Interview #29, I catch up with former Major League Baseball Player and Long Island Ducks All-Star Pitcher, Joe Valentine.

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Valentine, a native of Deer Park Long Island, talks about his unique and very loving family upbringing, how he feel in love with the game of baseball and how the game led him down south to play college ball in Alabama, where he quickly realized that LIFE can be extremely complicated.

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He shares his draft day experience, what the moment was like when he found out he had just been called up to the Major Leagues.

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Val shares some opinions on Performance Enhancing Drugs and the Sign Stealing scandal that has plagued the game of baseball.

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He touches on what it meant for him to continue his professional career playing for his hometown Long Island Ducks, the transition from life as a baseball player to the real world and shares his thoughts on some social issues and why he has always supported THE GUY IN THE TIE,

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Now in his most important role of his life as a loving husband and father, Joe Valentine has found happiness in his career and is committed to providing a life of love for his wife and daughters.

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