BC101: Chad Cordero |The Mindset of a Chief In the One-Pitch Warrior Tribe

This week’s guest is Cal State Fullerton Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Chad Cordero.  Cordero was an All-American pitcher at Cal State Fullerton and was the 20th overall pick in the 2003 draft.   He was the 1st player to make the Major Leagues from that draft, spending less than 2 months in the minor leagues and breaking through with the Montreal Expos on August 30, 2003. In 2005 he achieved an MLB record of 15 saves in one month and led the MLB with 47 saves that season.  Cordero has 128 Major League saves, 20 wins and 300 strikeouts.  He was a Major League Baseball All-Star in 2005 with the Washington Nationals and was named Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year.  From 2005-2007 he had 113 saves, 2nd only to future MLB Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman.  A master of the mental game, Cordero is now assisting with the Cal State Fullerton program and mentoring players on the mental game. In this podcast he shares insight into his mental game and how he would “flip the switch” to go from one of the nicest people you will ever meet to one of the fiercest competitors. You can follow Chad “The Chief” Cordero on Twitter @ChadCordero32 and Cal State Fullerton Baseball @BaseballTitans.