Colorado Rockies share the best piece of advice they ever received

Ian Desmond broke into Major League Baseball with the Washington Nationals in 2009, but it was something that happened while he was a part of the organization at the Class A level that impacted him greatly and still does to this day.

“Eddie Rodriguez was the bench coach for Frank Robinson back when I was a kid in like 2004 or 2005,” Desmond recalled. “I can remember like it was yesterday. We were in Winter Haven (Florida) and I was standing by the bat rack and he said, ‘Don’t ever change, kid.’ I think he meant that as a man. I think he meant that as a player. I’ve tried to stay true to who I was that same day up until now.”