Speakers for This Event
Gabe Kapler
Manager, San Francisco Giants
@gabekapler
A 12-year Major League Baseball veteran who appeared in 1,104 career games and was a member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series championship team, Gabe Kapler is a strength training and powerful food enthusiast who took a public stance against performance-enhancing drugs as a player. Kapler has perpetually emphasized the importance of training outdoors and clean eating. To that end, he took to sharing information in 2013 and started a health and well-being blog at Kaplifestyle.com.
In the space, Kapler shares applicable advice on the procurement and cooking of whole foods, compares various workout philosophies and trends and interactively responds to questions from readers.
He previously served as Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and as Director of Player Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior, he was a baseball analyst for Fox Sports, combining an extensive playing background with an affinity for advanced baseball metrics, providing viewers with in-depth commentary and insight delivered in an understandable fashion. Kapler covered the 2014 All-Star Game and World Series before transitioning back to MLB with the Dodgers. From 2011-2013, he tackled special scouting assignments for the Tampa Bay Rays in addition to working with a team to build a startup company.
After initially being selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 57th round of the 1995 MLB amateur draft, Kapler outperformed his longshot status, enjoying a meteoric rise in the club’s minor league system over his first three professional seasons. In 1998, he earned Minor League Player of the Year honors from USA Today, Baseball Weekly and the Sporting News after he set Southern League (AAA) single-season records for RBI (146), total bases (319), extra-base hits (87) and doubles (47). He also led the league in hits, home runs and runs scored that season, leading to his being named the Detroit organization’s No. 1 prospect by Baseball America. After breaking in with the Tigers toward the end of the 1998 season, Kapler went on to collect 799 hits and post a lifetime batting average of .268 over his 12 seasons with six different clubs.
The crowning achievement of his career however, came when he was one of nine players on the field for the Red Sox recording of the final out in the 2004 World Series, a victory that snapped an 86-year championship drought for the franchise.
Kapler is an angel investor in Coach Up, a service that connects athletes with private coaches. He also owns several real estate properties in Inglewood, CA.
Kapler has two sons, Chase (17) and Dane (15) and resides in Malibu, CA. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, lifestyle training and has a passion for music, naming Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker and Ali Farka Toure among his favorite artists.
Julie Alexandria
La Vida Baseball
@JulieAlexandria
Julie Alexandria is an accomplished sports and entertainment host. She began her sports reporting career with Sports Net New York, (SNY) hosting the beloved and irreverent sports trivia game show "Beer Money". An offer from the network to host the magazine show "Mets Weekly" soon followed, which she helmed for two seasons. Pivoting into the entertainment realm, she became a VJ on MTV's daily countdown show "The Seven" live from Times Square. She has since covered College Football for Fox, Sports Illustrated, and The Big Ten Network. Sideline reporting duties and numerous sports drink baths for the Washington Nationals and most recently, the San Diego Padres. Always a fan of MLB, she also hosted MLB Production's "MLB 162" for MLB Network, FOX and in-stadium programming. Other credits include hosting the Miss USA Pageant, Red Bull Sports, The US Open (Tennis) for ESPN and Anchor of the daily syndicated entertainment show "OkTV". A seasoned voice over artist, she can be heard on numerous TV and radio campaigns as well as video games and various animated series. She currently freelances with ESPN covering esports, as well as hosting "This is San Diego" a lifestyle show airing on CBS.
