Cardinals’ Mendoza diving deep into NFT world
Cardinals Mendoza diving deep into NFT world
Cardinals’ Mendoza diving deep into NFT world
>> MUCH LIKE BITCOIN DID INITIALLY, THE WORLD OF NFTS OR NON FUNGIBLE TOKENS HAS BEEN SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE OVERHE T LAST YEAR, INCLUDING THROUGH SPOR.TS PALM BEACH CARDINALS SHORTSTOP EVAN MENDOZA HAS NOW ENTERED THAT WORLD AND IS LITERALLY TRYING TO CHANGE THE GAM >> NOTHING TOO CRAZY. >> LIFE ALWAYS SEEMS TO THROW US CURVES. BUT WHEN THE RIGHT PITCH COMES IT’S ALMOST ALWAYS A GOOD IADE TO TAKE A SWING. >> JUST PURE JOY, HONESTLY. IT’S GOOD TO ALWAYS HERE YOUR NAME CLED.AL >> EVAN MENDOZA HEARD HIS NAME CALLED IN THE 11TH ROUND OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFTOT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS. IN SINCE THEN,O SMANY OTHER 2017. YOUNG PLAYERS, HE IS FITINGGH HIS WAY THROUGH THE MINOR LEAGUES TO MAKE A BIG LEAGUE ROSTER. >> THROUGH THOSE UPSND A DOWNS BASEBALL IS A GAME OF FAILURES SO IT’S MORE OF KEEPING YOUR MENTAL STATE IN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO PRODUCE. >> AND TO DO THAT, HE SAYS HE NEEDED TAKE ANOTHER SWING ATHE T RIGHT PITCH. >> WHAT’S UP NFT COMMUNITY MY NAME IS EVAN MENDOZA, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PLAYER AND ALSO ARTIST FOR THE DIAMOND DOGS. JOINING THE GROWING GLOBAL TREND OF CREATING AND SELLING NFTS, OR NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS LAST YEAR . >> TO SIMPLIFY IT,T I IS DIGITAL COLLECTABLES, DIGITAL ARTWORK. >> NON FUNGIBLE MEANING THERE’S ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND. >> I ALWAYS TRY TO DO STUFF THAT RESEMBLE BEBASALL PLAYERS LIKE WITH THE BUBBLE GUM OF COURSE THE BASEBALL BAT AND THE SHADES. >> HE SAYS HE’S ONE OF THE F,EW IF NOT ONLY, MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER IN COUNTRY TO CREATE HIS OWN BASEBALL THEDEM AND FTS FROM SCRATCH. >> I’M JUST USING A NORMAL I-PAD WITH PRO-CREATE. >> I REALLY WAS ABLE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND WAS LIKE I DO LIKE BEING CREATIVE. I LIKE BENG ARTIST.IC I LIKE CREATING VIDEOS, TIC TOKS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THINK OF IT LIKE A PICAS,SO CREATING A CANVAS, THAT’S WHAT I WAS DOING ON AN IPAD DIGITALLY. JUI ST TOLD MYSELF, THIS IS MY WAY OF ESCAPING. >> BLOOMBE RRGEPORTS THE NFT MARKET SURPASSED $40 BILLION GLOBALLY IN 2021 NATS BUT EVAN IS STILL GETTING READY FOR HIS UPCOMING SEASON WITH THEINGLE S A PA BEALMCH CARDINALS IN JUPITER. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, I’VE PUT IN OVER 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE INTO BASEBALL AND I’M NOT JUST GOING TO THROUGH THAT AWAY FOR ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT. >> BUT IF SEBABALL THROWS HIAM CURVE BALL HE CAN’T HIT. HE HAS ALWAYS GOT ART ON DECK. >> I THINK THAT’S E ONOF THE MORE FOUNDATIONS OF WHO I AM OUTSIDE OF THE GAME OF BASEBALL. >> EVAN SAYS HIS NFT COMMUNITY, THE DIAMOND DOGS, IS PLANNING ON DONATING $20,000 TO THE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEAR
Cardinals Mendoza diving deep into NFT world
Cardinals’ Mendoza diving deep into NFT world
Much like Bitcoin did initially, the world of NFTs or non-fungible tokens has been spreading like wildfire over the last year, including through sports. Palm Beach Cardinals shortstop Evan Mendoza, has now entered that world and is literally trying to change the game. “Just pure joy honestly. It’s good to always hear your name called,” said Mendoza. Mendoza heard his name called in the 11th round of the Major League Baseball Draft to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017. Since then, like so many other young baseball players, he’s been fighting his way through the minor leagues to make a big-league roster. He said, “Through those ups and downs baseball is a game of failures. So, it’s more of keeping your mental state in check to make sure that you’re able to produce.” And to do that, he says he decided to dive into the popular trend of creating and selling NFTs. Mendoza said, “To simplify it. It’s digital collectables, digital artwork.” Non-fungible meaning there’s only one of its kind. “I always try to do stuff that resemble baseball players like with the bubble gum of course the baseball bat and the shades.” He says he’s one of the few, if not only, minor league baseball playesr in country to create his own baseball themed NFTs from scratch. He uses an iPad with the Procreate app. Mendoza said, “I really was able to take a step back and was like I do like being creative. I like being artistic. I like creating videos, tic toks, whatever it may be. Think of it like a Picasso, creating a canvas, that’s what I was doing on an iPad. I just told myself, this is my way of escaping.” Bloomberg reports the NFT market surpassed $40 billion globally in 2021. Even though Mendoza is finding success creating NFTS, his first focus is baseball. He said, “At the end of the day, I’ve put in over 20 years of my life into baseball and I’m not just going to through that away for any dollar amount.” However, getting in tune with artistic side, is something he’ll continue to do. “I think that’s one of the core foundations of who I am outside of the game of baseball.” Mendoza added that his NFT community, the Diamond Dawgs, is planning on donating $20,000 to the Jimmy V Foundation for cancer research.
JUPITER, Fla. —
Much like Bitcoin did initially, the world of NFTs or non-fungible tokens has been spreading like wildfire over the last year, including through sports.
Palm Beach Cardinals shortstop Evan Mendoza, has now entered that world and is literally trying to change the game.
“Just pure joy honestly. It’s good to always hear your name called,” said Mendoza.
Mendoza heard his name called in the 11th round of the Major League Baseball Draft to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017. Since then, like so many other young baseball players, he’s been fighting his way through the minor leagues to make a big-league roster.
He said, “Through those ups and downs baseball is a game of failures. So, it’s more of keeping your mental state in check to make sure that you’re able to produce.”
And to do that, he says he decided to dive into the popular trend of creating and selling NFTs.
Mendoza said, “To simplify it. It’s digital collectables, digital artwork.”
Non-fungible meaning there’s only one of its kind.
“I always try to do stuff that resemble baseball players like with the bubble gum of course the baseball bat and the shades.”
He says he’s one of the few, if not only, minor league baseball playesr in country to create his own baseball themed NFTs from scratch. He uses an iPad with the Procreate app.
Mendoza said, “I really was able to take a step back and was like I do like being creative. I like being artistic. I like creating videos, tic toks, whatever it may be. Think of it like a Picasso, creating a canvas, that’s what I was doing on an iPad. I just told myself, this is my way of escaping.”
Bloomberg reports the NFT market surpassed $40 billion globally in 2021.
Even though Mendoza is finding success creating NFTS, his first focus is baseball.
He said, “At the end of the day, I’ve put in over 20 years of my life into baseball and I’m not just going to through that away for any dollar amount.”
However, getting in tune with artistic side, is something he’ll continue to do.
“I think that’s one of the core foundations of who I am outside of the game of baseball.”
Mendoza added that his NFT community, the Diamond Dawgs, is planning on donating $20,000 to the Jimmy V Foundation for cancer research.