Spector: Nine Innings: Gabe Kapler

Spector and another good guy (no, not B. Mitchel Reed)...Gabe Kapler.

7. What did you get out of your experience last year that you bring back as a player?

GK: Just another great baseball experience. Another angle of seeing the game. I’ve seen the game from a lot of different angles in terms of different roles on different teams. Prospect, 57th-round draft pick, seen it from those angles. A guy who’s thought of well in an organization, a guy who’s left for dead in an organization. I’ve seen it from a bench player’s perspective and a starting player’s perspective. And the managerial goggles, it’s a whole different way of seeing the game. It subconsciously adds to the baseball experience.

8. What is one thing that you have not done in your career that you’d like to accomplish?

GK: That’s a good question. It’s a specifically good question because it’s something I think of all the time. Right now, I feel like I’m pretty thankful and at peace with what I’ve accomplished, and everything else is icing.