THEY’RE, IN FACT, DRIVING THEIR
FANS AWAY, AND HE JOINS ME NOW.
GOOD MORNING, TY, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
DO YOU THINK BASEBALL REALIZES
THAT?
WE DID SEE RATINGS INCREASE IN
THE NFL AFTER THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM, IN THE NBA AFTER AFTER
THEY FULLY EMBRACED THE MESSAGE
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS.
DO YOU THINK BASEBALL REALIZES
THEY COULD BE HURTING THEIR
POTENTIAL REVENUE, AUDIENCE,
FANS?
>> GOOD MORNING, WILL.
HOW YOU DOING?
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I -- IN THE
REGARDS TO THAT, I REALLY DON’T
KNOW, CAN’T REALLY SPEAK ON
THAT.
BUT I WILL JUST SAY THAT I THINK
THAT SHORTS ARE KIND OF A
GETAWAY FROM REGULAR LIFE FOR
PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY
SHOULD KEEP POLITICS AWAY FROM
THAT KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT.
JUST BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE GET
SO MUCH OF IT ON A DAILY BASIS,
AND I JUST THINK IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
STAY AWAY FROM IT AS MUCH AS YOU
CAN.
WILL: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT, TY
THE.
WE HAVE SO FEW PLACES LEFT IN
OUR CULTURE THAT ARE REFUGES
AWAY FROM OUR POLITICAL FIGHTS.
AND IT SEEMS NOW SPORTS IS NO
LONGER ONE OF THOSE.
HERE’S A QUOTE FROM CHAIRMAN
RIDLEY ON THE BOYCOTT OVER
GEORGIA’S -- WE REALIZE OPINIONS
ON THIS LAW DIFFER AND THERE
HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR BOYCOTTS AND
PUNITIVE MEASURES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE IMPOSED
ON THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR
SOCIETY, TALKING ABOUT HURTING
POTENTIAL BUSINESSES THERE IN
THE ATLANTA AREA AFTER BASEBALL
PULLED OUT.
TY, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A
NEW FOX NATION SHOW THAT YOU’RE
A PART OF.
IT’S CALLED PITCH OF FAITH.
IT’S AVAILABLE NOW.
IT’S ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY BEING
DRAFTED IN THE FIRST ROUND BY
THE YANKEES, FIGHTING THROUGH
SOME INJURIES AND FINDING YOUR
WAY BACK.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A QUICK
CLIP.
♪
>> I’M DONE SITTING HERE FEELING
SORRY FOR MYSELF.
>> TY HENSLEY HAS HISTORY HERE
TONIGHT.
♪
WILL: TELL US ABOUT THE HOE ASK
YOUR JOURNEY IN BASEBALL.
>> YEAH.
PITCH OF FAITH IS PRETTY MUCH
JUST KIND OF A WALK THROUGH OF
MY CAREER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
YEARS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S
BEEN FILLED WITH A LOT MORE
VALLEYS THAN PEAKS.
BUT I THINK NOW EVERYTHING THAT
I’VE BEEN THROUGH HAS KIND OF
LED ME TO WHERE I’M AT NOW.
I JUST THINK IT’S A GOOD, GOOD
STORY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE KIND OF
LIKE, IT’S JUST NOT ALL SUNSHINE
AND RAINBOWS ALL THE TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO GET
TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO NO
MATTER WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU
HAVE TO REALLY LOOK FOR IT.
WILL: REALLY QUICKLY, CAN YOU
TELL ME THE LIST OF INJURIES
YOU’VE BEEN SUFFERED?
>> YEAH, GET YOUR NOTE PADS
READY.
[LAUGHTER]
LET’S SEE, 2013 I HAD RIGHT HIP
SURGERY JUST TO FIX MY JOINT AND
THE LAKE RUM IN THERE, THEN
ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS LATER I HAD MY
LEFT HIP DONE.
AND THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER MY LEFT
HIP I HAD NOTICED THAT I HAD,
LIKE, AN ABSCESS FORMING.
COME TO FIND OUT I HAD A STAPH
INFECTION, SO I HAD TWO MORE
SURGERIES TO CLEAN THAT OUT JUNE
OF THAT YEAR.
FAST FORWARD, SPRING TRAINING
2014 I HAD A SPORTS HERNIA REPAIRED.
PROCEDURE.
AND THEN REHAB WAS IFFY, AND A
YEAR LATER I HAD MY SECOND TOMMY
JOHN.
SO I HADN’T EVEN GOT BACK INTO
COMPETITION YET.
SO I HAD MY SECOND TOMMY JOHN IN
2016. I GET ESSENTIALLY TRADED AND
ELBOW, SO THEN I HAD TO
GET A SCREW -- UNFORTUNATELY,
YOUR LIST OF INJURIES, I HAVE
RUN OUT OF TIME.
TWO TOMMY JOHNS, A BROKEN EL
ELBOW, A TORN AB, A STAPH
INFECTION, WE ALL KNOW THIS,
IT’S ABOUT RESILIENCE.
IT IS ABOUT THE VALLEYS AS MUCH
AS THE PEAKS, AND FAITH IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HELP
GUIDE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT
JOURNEY.
TY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING