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Know Your Neighbor: Inside the Life of MLB Champion Josh Reddick
Former Major League Baseball player, 2017 World Series champion
Josh Reddick Know Your Neighbor

(What you won’t find on social media … even if you’re approved as a friend)

  • Born: Savannah
  • Status: Married to wife, Jett; 6-year-old twin boys, Maverick and Ryder
  • Alma mater: South Effingham High School
  • What’s on TV: “NCIS,” “Dragon Ball Z”
  • Most spontaneous thing I’ve ever done: Drove to Nashville at 11 p.m. and got there at 8 a.m.
  • Most memorable home run or play in my career: A 2017 grand slam in my first game at Truist Park in Atlanta. As a Braves fan growing up, that was awesome. Also robbed Hunter Pence of a home run in 2019 in the ninth inning to save the game.
  • What I drive: 2017 Lamborghini Huracán with a Spider-Man wrap; 2024 Ford F-250 Super Duty
  • What I’m reading: Children’s books at night with my boys — mostly “Pokémon” right now.
  • Favorite movie: “The Count of Monte Cristo”
  • Actor who would play me in a movie: Seann William Scott
  • Toughest pitcher I ever faced: Tyler Clippard
  • App I can’t live without (no judgment): Amazon
  • Worst habit: Biting fingernails
  • My walk-up song: “Careless Whisper” by Wham!
  • On my office walls: Baseball memorabilia — my own and autographed items I gathered during my career
  • Favorite go-to comfort food: Grilled cheese
  • First thing I do in the morning: Brush my teeth
  • Pet I’d have if anything was possible: Penguin
  • Favorite MLB stadium: For the experience, Yankee Stadium; performance-based, Camden Yards in Baltimore
  • Most used emoji: 🤣
  • First job: Worked with my dad installing irrigation systems, landscaping, and mowing lawns
  • What I like about Effingham County: It’s my roots and where it all began for me. The people I’ve known and grew up with are a big part of me.
  • Snack I can never say no to: Chocolate or boiled peanuts
  • Favorite sports team: How ’bout them Dawgs?!
  • What song always gets me dancing (or singing): “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee
  • Favorite value in others: Being genuine
  • Advice I’d give my teenage self: Ignore the haters. Don’t let them affect you in any way.
  • Talent I’d most like to have: Speak multiple languages
  • Dream date: Ruth’s Chris Steak House and then Topgolf — that’s our usual date night, and I love it.
  • Most ridiculous thing I believed as a kid: That I had to wait 30 minutes after eating to swim
  • Attribute I like best about myself: I tell it like it is.
  • And least: I speak when I sometimes shouldn’t.
  • My hero: Ken Griffey Jr.
  • My bucket list: Explore Alaska
  • My motto: “How can you hit the ball thinking of all the possible ways you can miss.”