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Episode 76-Tanner Allen · Johnny's World

• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: All right, welcome back to a new episode of the Johnny's World Podcast.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: This is BW.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: This is our first episode of 2024.
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  SPEAKER_00: With me is my esteemed co-host and colleague, Johnny.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: How are we doing today, Johnny?
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: 2024.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: Happy 2024.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_02: 2024 is here.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_02: Brand new year.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_02: Uh brand new podcast for the brand new year.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_02: You know, it's hard to believe.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_02: I was looking at my memories uh that popped up on Facebook the other day.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_02: And three years ago from right now, we recorded our first podcast.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_02: Can you believe that?
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_02: Three years ago.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: Man, that's crazy.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: And that was just us two getting on there talking, wasn't it?
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, January of 21, we got on here talking.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_02: Actually, before we started the podcast, you did that little blog.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_02: You remember that?
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_02: Email.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_02: And then we were, and then we were thinking, you know, how can we get more people to listen to our stuff?
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_02: And and at that time we had the Johnny Packer glasses going on.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_02: And how are we gonna get people to uh hear about these glasses and help raise money for CF and my and that if you go back and listen to the very first episode of our of Johnny's World Podcast, you can hear about me talking about my story with cystic fibrosis and and my life and stuff, and that's kind of how we got the ball rolling on this.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_02: And so, yeah, we started doing that and doing the the glasses at that time, and then and then we started getting the guest on and it kind of started blowing up, more people started listening to us, and and now we got the coffee, and three years later we're still doing it, so uh a lot of fun.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_02: So time flies, but it seems like just yesterday.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: That's exactly right.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: Well, yeah, you know, speaking of the coffee, um, we are still selling fresh roast roasted Johnny Packer coffee so that we can raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: And so get on there at Johnnypacker.net and you can order whatever kind of coffee you like.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: You can get it ground up, you can get whole bean, you can get flavored, you can get unflavored, you can get whatever country you want.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: It's all there.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: And when you buy some, it goes to a good cause.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: Like I said, it helps us donate money to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Our friend Juan Valdez is still our top customer.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: He is he is ordering and reordering.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: So I know a lot of people have have ordered some and then uh you know forget to order again.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: So you can put it on a subscription, you can do all kinds of stuff.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: So get on there and support us.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: Everybody drinks coffee, and it's nice when it gets delivered to your door.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's roasted fresh.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to think about it.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to run into Kroger and fight the crowds and find you a good bag of coffee that was probably roasted six months ago and probably doesn't taste that good.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: So order from us, support, support our cause and support our show, and so we can keep bringing this to you for free.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: And uh, we can donate more and more money to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation the more coffee we sell.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yep, johnnypacker.net.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_02: That's the uh the website, guys.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_02: If y'all um want to check it out and see what we got going on there.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_02: You know, matter of fact, uh talking about uh raising money for CF, it was uh a year ago from right now.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_02: BW was when I came up to Memphis and we went and and we got recognized for our our uh our efforts on raising money for CF through this whole thing.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: I know, and we couldn't have done that without y'all.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: So we really, really appreciate everybody that has has helped us.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: That's whether they bought glasses from us, they've just made a donation, they bought coffee from us, and uh we were recognized by the Memphis chapter physics fibrosis foundation for doing that.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_00: And uh one of these days we need to raise enough money so the national chapter will recognize us, but we got a ways to go.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_02: But hey, absolutely.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_02: You know, the thing with with the fundraising, because I've done it many years working for the children's hospital in Jackson, helping uh with PR and fundraising is uh grassroots fundraising.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_02: You know, you start at the bottom up and and uh that's what it takes to raise money.
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  SPEAKER_02: I mean, we take pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, all that stuff adds up uh when it comes to comes to uh charity stuff.
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  SPEAKER_02: So uh so yeah, we appreciate everybody.
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_02: And you know, the glasses were a great thing, but um if you don't if you don't get to try them on on person, I know you don't want to spend that much money online, but man, these this coffee products are are relatively cheap online that you could get from johnnypacker.net like Brandon said, they're they're very good tasting and uh good quality, and it's delivered to your door.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_02: But man, the best part about it is it's relatively priced, and you know when you're getting that, you're helping people like myself um with Citic Fibrosis.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_02: Hard to believe.
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  SPEAKER_02: BW uh and February 7th, I'm gonna be 43 years old.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_02: And gosh, when I was born, the life expectancy for someone with CF was 15 years old.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_02: So uh it's just amazing to see how far we've come with CF, and but it's not done.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_02: There's so many people out there with CF who are still struggling and do not have a miracle drug like that.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_02: I was able to get that's why I'm doing so well because this miracle drug, and uh, but the CF team, I mean the the research, and then what it the way we're able to get new drugs and stuff is through research, and and obviously raising money helps goes towards the research for them to come up with new drugs.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_02: So they're not fighting until CF stands for cure found.
• 5:24
  SPEAKER_02: So it's a long way to go, but there's been so much progress made, and uh just thankful for each and every day that I have, and then I can get on here and share my story.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and people who who are listening with CF that might be struggling, or it doesn't have to be that.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_02: It could be anything in life that you're struggling with.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_02: Just know that uh if you just keep fighting, man.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_02: You know, my my mantra after Matthew McConnell, just keep living, man, every day.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_02: Just keep living and keep fighting.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_02: And uh I know uh God has a plan for each and every person, and might not but be what we want it to be, but uh in the end, it all works out and the way God wants it to work out.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_02: We just have to trust and believe and and F8, and that's what it's all about, and just keep fighting and persevering and just keep living.
• 6:05
  SPEAKER_02: So uh, yep.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_02: So thank y'all.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_02: Well, we got a lot going on to talk about.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_03: Uh we haven't talked uh since uh since the new year.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_02: Uh I guess we got a uh national champion crowned in in college football.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_02: The the the goat of coaches in college football has left has retired.
• 6:22
  SPEAKER_02: Um a lot of stuff is going on, and basketball's uh coming up and or in the middle of basketball season, and then baseball be here in like 21 days.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_02: So uh a lot of stuff uh going on.
• 6:33
  SPEAKER_02: So what I think me and you both picked uh Bama to win the uh college football playoff, and that didn't come to me.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_02: But uh Michigan and Washington, I think those are the two teams we we we thought.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_02: I think we thought well not uh I know I picked Bama and Texas, I believe.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_02: I can't remember you did, but Michigan and Washington.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_02: I was like, uh, who would have thought that?
• 6:52
  SPEAKER_02: But uh yeah, it was uh it's interesting.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_02: I know we were kind of pulling for Washington and and uh they they had a man had a great run that year uh this past year.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_02: Uh now it's interesting to see what's gonna happen with them and with Nick Saban leaving and and Washington going to Coach going to Alabama and seeing how that plays out.
• 7:11
  SPEAKER_02: And and that was good to see our friend Will Rogers is sticking with Washington.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_02: You know, we were wondering what he was gonna do, if he was gonna transfer out again, or and then we read where he's staying put.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_02: So uh uh we'll we'll definitely be cheering from Washington again this year to see see how Will does up there, and and uh yeah, it'll be it'll be interesting to see, and then it'll definitely be interesting to see how Bama does with the new coach.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_02: And you know, all the Alabama fans are probably expecting them to keep keep rolling like they like they have, but I'm afraid that's uh not going to be the case.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, I think the guy's still gonna win, but no one's gonna do what Saban's done.
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_02: So it'll be uh be a different different world in college football, I believe.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_00: It really will be.
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_00: And it's uh and then you know, Arbor's gone at Michigan and then going to the 12-team playoff next year.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, there's a lot happening.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_00: I'm I'm afraid that our our friends up north probably gonna have a pretty good team next year.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_00: So they may be we may be talking about them in college football playoffs.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: There's all kinds of stuff that's gonna be happening next year.
• 8:11
  SPEAKER_00: So uh just hoping that that Jeff Levy's getting in these good recruits and these transformers, and we're gonna be able to keep up with everybody, you know?
• 8:20
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's the key word right there, is keeping up because if you fall down with the with the transfer portal and all that sort of stuff, you you're it's uh it's it's that's it's kind of crazy how the world is going now.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_02: Transfer portal and and NIL is running college athletics and college football, and and uh it's crazy how everything has changed now.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_02: But uh, like you said, you just got to keep up and and stay uh focused on trying to get these guys in.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_02: I feel like uh uh Levy will uh will get it in.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_02: I think this year might be a another tough year uh with the schedule coming out, but uh as long as we can just get to try to get to six games and get that ball game and and build off of that, I think that would be a good start.
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_02: But uh but yeah, uh it's it's hard to believe.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_02: You know, we did this every week during college football and previewed the opponent who we had coming up.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_02: Hard to believe that that's flew by on us like that.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_02: And then and then basketball, I know me and you we love basketball when we were in college, and I really was really excited about Bulldogs basketball program and uh the way we were going.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_02: And and you know, we got that freshman Hubbard from MRA just freaking dominating, and then Holu coming back.
• 9:26
  SPEAKER_02: We were like, Man, we're gonna be really good.
• 9:29
  SPEAKER_02: Same situation every year, it seems like can't go on the road, and you know, we got it's it's frustrating because you know you beat you beat Tennessee at home.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_02: I was at that game, and that was a big, big, big win.
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_02: Probably I think it was the biggest win for state since uh 2002, I believe, uh, as far as who they beat.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_02: And then they come back and uh and and beat Vandy, which you know state's uh was favored heavily of Vandy, but before that they had Alabama, that's what I was gonna say.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_02: And Alabama at the hump, man, that game I went to, every single seat was filled up, man.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_02: It was like the days when we were in college PW when we were when we were in the top five, just uh unreal atmosphere was so cool.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_02: Everybody's talking about when the humps packed, hit the humps rocking.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_02: It was rocking, but man, we could not same old story, could not make free throws when it counted.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_02: Free throws so frustrating when they're free, and uh we just couldn't get it done at the line and it cost us the game.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_02: And then we go up and get blown out by Kentucky, which you know I think we've lost like 30 times up there.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_02: So that one, anything new, come back beat Bandy at home, and but then lose to Florida uh on the road, and then we got a big one at Auburn that's coming Saturday and start with a hump.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_02: So uh, if we can get that one, I'll start believing again.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_02: But if we get beat by Auburn, man, I believe it's gonna be the same old story that we always do.
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_02: Seems like we always get fired up about hoops, man, and then and then the program buys into it, and then we we lose, and then people fall off.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_02: So it's frustrating, man.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_02: It's frustrating, but but if we can get that win Saturday against Auburn, I believe that we'll be on the right track and do everything we can to try to get into the tournament.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_02: That's the big thing.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_02: So uh yeah, I know.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_00: We just you know, I I was excited because we beat Tennessee and I said, well, if we can just beat the teams we're supposed to beat on the way in, right?
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_00: This this victory will get us a pretty good shot at beating the tournament.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_00: But now, you know, you drop these games.
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I know I know Bama's good.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, they they beat Armor the other night, but um just hate to lose that one, shouldn't have lost that one to South Carolina.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, uh we just get get some games that we're supposed to win and and maybe get another one that we're not supposed to win.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_00: I think we'll be all right.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_00: But you just really can't tell.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it just seems like it's it's kind of a different team every time it comes out.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_00: And so um, I guess some of it depends on the shooting and all that stuff, but yeah, it's just one of those things.
• 11:51
  SPEAKER_02: It we can't shoot the ball really well.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_02: And I thought we were against some shooter, you know, that was the issue last year, right?
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_02: You could play great defense, that's why they call uh Jans the dentist because uh the defense is like a root canal, they say.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_02: But the defense is really good.
• 12:05
  SPEAKER_02: But last year was an issue we could not shoot the ball, and it seems like Hubbard's the only guy that's that can shoot, but you can't have that guy going up 50 shots a game, like he's gonna wear out eventually.
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_02: So you got to find a way to get some shots uh from other guys.
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_02: And to Hubbard and Tolu seem like the only two guys that are carrying the team.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_02: Other guys need to step up and and uh make their shots and stuff to for us to be competitive down the stretch.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_02: But uh, we still got a ways to go, another month or so to go um to try to plead our case to get into the tournament.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_02: But the only way to do that is to keep winning games.
• 12:36
  SPEAKER_02: So uh we'll see on Saturday what happens.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: I guess all you know that's a lot of a lot of state fans say, well, we're just ready for baseball season.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_00: And right our our friend of the program, Jonathan Graves, uh, he sent you a message saying he's ready for baseball season too.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: So um I guess some of the fans have moved on, and I think the ones that have moved on will probably be excited to hear our guest uh that's coming up.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm I'm pretty excited to hear what he has to say.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm sure a lot of people maybe see his name and they're gonna tune into this and say, uh, you know, just listen because he's our guest.
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're new here, we're glad you're here.
• 13:16
  SPEAKER_00: And uh just so you know, we we typically talk a little bit about Mississippi State sports, you know, depending on what's going on.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_00: And we do a weekly podcast every every week during college football season, and then kind of randomly throughout the year, we'll we'll have a good guest like like what we have coming up here next.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_00: But um, we just really appreciate everybody tuning in and listening to us, and just um hopefully you'll stay around for a while and buy some coffee trunks too.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_02: Uh yeah, I can't wait to, you know, we one of our favorite times of year is college baseball season.
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_02: And as of today, it's 21 days uh counting down to the open uh pitch of college baseball season and first pitch of college baseball season.
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_02: And uh can't wait, you know, the Borderlands struggled the past two years, but I feel confident that that that this year is gonna be different.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_02: I think we're gonna get the ball rolling again, but so honored to have our guests on today to relive the good memories from the year we won the national championship.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_02: And uh those days we will never forget.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, they are just uh the best times of our life as Mississippi State fans.
• 14:15
  SPEAKER_02: We live for those moments and uh just can't wait to get his thoughts on uh on that run and and what he's doing now in the in the big leagues and and what his thoughts on the Bulldogs in 2024.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_02: But um, I feel like we're we're we're uh we're gonna have a good season, bounce back year, and a lot of people counting us out.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_02: And that's what we like at Mississippi State when people count you out.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_02: You know, that seems when we when we thrive.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_02: When we're picked pretty high in all these sports, we seem to always choke.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_02: So but when you always have it down below, start off the year, we always come out.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_02: So uh um that I like that.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_02: I like that underdog mentality that we got.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_02: That's against the world type deal because nobody's counting us.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_02: If you look at the preseason college baseball polls, I mean Mississippi State is nowhere to be found in any of them.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_02: And uh, hey, there's only one way to go but up from there and prove the doubters wrong.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_02: So uh so yeah, it's gonna be a good season.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_02: I think LSU's gonna be good again in baseball.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_02: Wake four, same all people that were in it last year, I believe, are gonna be good, but uh, but um yeah, it'll be here before we know it.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_02: And and the warm weather and the springtime will be here, man.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_02: And you know, we had all this ice up in Starbucks last week.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_02: Y'all y'all got snow up in Memphis, didn't you?
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_00: Snow and ice, Johnny.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_00: It was pretty bad.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_02: Yep, yeah.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_02: So uh yeah, I'm ready for this warm weather and and and uh in college baseball to be here.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_02: But but yeah, that's all I had really, uh BW.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_02: Um uh just glad we were able to get back on here and and uh but like we said earlier in the show, just go to johnnypacker.net.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_02: We we couldn't think any more uh just to do that because you'll you're you're getting coffee, but you're also helping us with our cause, raising money for people like myself who suffer from cystic fibrosis and it means more than we can we can say.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_02: So uh thank y'all for that and and be sure to listen to to our guests coming up, Tanner.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_02: Tanner Allen.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_02: Uh that's who it is.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_02: Uh one of the greatest baseball players in school history.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_02: And and uh can't wait to hear what Tanner has to say about uh about the Bulldogs and uh and can't wait to hear about him and follow him on his uh MLB journey to get to the big league.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_02: So uh y'all stay tuned for that.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_02: All right, welcome back to a brand new edition of the Johnny Swirl Podcast.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_02: Uh it's Johnny here, BW is uh checking on some people's eyeballs today at the uh at the clinic.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_02: So I've got a great show lined up today.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_02: Uh great guest.
• 16:25
  SPEAKER_02: Uh y'all are gonna love him.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_02: Um he's a legend around these parts and start with Mississippi.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_02: Uh he played baseball for the 2021 Mississippi State baseball national champion.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_02: So uh Tanner Allen, welcome to Johnny's world.
• 16:39
  SPEAKER_02: So happy to have you on, TA.
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_01: Man, thank you so much for having me.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_01: Uh this ought to be fun.
• 16:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_02: Well, uh well, I guess just uh for the listeners out there who I mean, everybody knows who you are, but tell us tell everybody what you're kind of up to these days.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_01: So right now I'm in the offseason.
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_01: Uh a lot of hunting, a lot of working out, a lot of swinging the baseball bat going on here lately.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_01: Hunt season's winding down, so that's that's uh I'm about burnt on burnt out on it, anyways.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm in Stockwell right now, mainly hitting and working out.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_01: It's about time to pick the bat up and get back after it.
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_01: So that's what's been going on lately.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_01: I work with some kids, do hit lessons and run a few camps to help help the young guys, but uh other than that, been working out and swinging it.
• 17:21
  SPEAKER_01: Awesome, awesome.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_02: Well, uh, and I see you've been killing some deer and some ducks.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_02: Tell us about a little bit about that.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, hey, we could talk all day about that if you want to.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I saw you got a big deer.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man, I killed uh I killed a 143 class nine-point, but he's a mainframe eight-point.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, that was really cool.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_01: I was able to kill him with my bow, so that was that was very neat.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_01: It's probably the biggest deer I've ever killed.
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_01: Probably won't ever kill an eight-point that big ever again in my life.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_01: So that was really, really neat.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_01: Been chasing the ducks here lately since the cold weather got going.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_01: The ducks have came down.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm mainly uh it's funny, I got a little routine.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_01: I like to duck hunt in the morning to about nine o'clock, ten o'clock, come back, get my baseball bat, head up to the Palmera Center and go ahead and swing it all afternoon.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_01: There you go.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_01: There you go.
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_01: That's awesome.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_02: That's awesome.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_02: Well, uh, well, when do you when do you report to uh to camp for for the season?
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_01: So I'll probably go down mid-February if I do somewhere around there, yes, sir.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_01: And tell everybody where where you're at now.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_01: So I'll be going to Jupiter, Florida for spring training.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_01: And then uh last year I finished in double A Pensacola.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_01: So that's where I believe I'll be starting this year.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_02: Is it is it still the Marlins organization you're in?
• 18:28
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, sir.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_02: Sure are.
• 18:30
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and you were at uh was it was it Wisconsin at one point?
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_02: I bet it was cold up there.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_01: Thank the Lord I missed out on that.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: I missed the cold months, but uh last year in Wisconsin, that was a fun team.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_01: That was a really fun team.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_01: Old school coaching staff, a lot of good dudes, so I had fun up there.
• 18:46
  SPEAKER_01: But uh my goal at the beginning of the year was to finish in double A.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_01: So I was able to finish there.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I kind of struggled late at the late end of the year, had a really good year.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, my first year of Pro Ball was terrible.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_01: It was absolutely awful.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_01: Missing home, didn't know anybody.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_01: It was it was just a mess.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_01: But the next year it got so much better and uh got my confidence back.
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm looking forward to this year.
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_01: I'm ready to roll.
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_01: I've been uh been working hard at it, so ready to roll.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_02: We're all pulling for you.
• 19:11
  SPEAKER_02: I know uh I know you can get to the big leagues here soon, so we'll be cheering for you.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_02: Um well let's let's let's go back to the good old days for a little while, rewind.
• 19:20
  SPEAKER_02: We can do that.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_02: You know, we we got baseball.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_02: I'm so glad I got you on now because baseball season, we're counted out, and duty nobles at 21 days, I believe.
• 19:29
  SPEAKER_02: Or so it's coming up here soon.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_02: And and uh man, it's just th those days, uh 2021 season, we'll we'll just always remember it, just so special.
• 19:39
  SPEAKER_02: Just I guess just from your viewpoint, tell us some of your favorite memories of that time, or really of your time in Starbucks, especially that 21 season.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_01: You know, my time in Starbucks was was absolutely amazing.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_01: I was committed to LSU to play baseball at LSU, and I actually at the last second decommitted and came to Mississippi State, and it's the best decision.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_01: I tell people all the time it is the best decision.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_01: God, God changed my route at the last second, and I'm so grateful he did because man, Startville, Mississippi holds a special place in my heart.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_01: But that 2021 season was truly special.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, mainly because for me, the year before I broke my hand and uh in Long Beach State University and get drafted, so I kind of came back with a chip on my shoulder.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_01: And then one of my really good friends, two of my really good friends, Rowdy Jordan, Brad Camelas, were both back too.
• 20:26
  SPEAKER_01: So we had an absolute blast.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I tell people all the time that you know practice was fun.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I mean a lot of a lot of people dread practice, they want to always just show up for the game, but man, practice was fun.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_01: We had a great team, and uh and I I truly miss miss those days of just going to practice, hanging out with the boys and playing ball.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_01: You know, everybody remembers the games and and Omaha and all this other stuff, but the day-to-day stuff, being able to uh basically grind and struggle together with some of your good friends to and and all come together to try to achieve one goal and then do it, man.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_01: That that's something special.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_02: Uh yeah, I saw actually on uh on Twitter just yesterday, yeah.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_02: You know, that you see those hype videos get ready for the season.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_02: Someone posted about that that hit against Ole Miss, man, that you made that that won the game.
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_02: Tell them about that game.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_02: I want to hear your back.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_01: So Ole Miss uh was that Super Bowl Doll Weekend, or is that just uh that was Super Bowl weekend?
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_01: We were a Tide Series one-to-one.
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_01: We had just got I got a friend of mine that played for Ole Miss.
• 21:30
  SPEAKER_01: He was a really good pitcher, Doug Nikesi.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_01: He was uh my roommate on the college national team, team USA, my sophomore year.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_01: Really good dude.
• 21:38
  SPEAKER_01: He absolutely just shoved it up our rear end that Saturday, right?
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: And that Sunday, it was a big game, a series of tie one one.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_01: And um it was a dog fight, it was back and forth all game.
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_01: And finally, I was able to get an opportunity to hit with a basis loaded against a really, really good pitcher.
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_01: They brought in their big dog, Taylor Broadway, who is a very good pitcher.
• 21:58
  SPEAKER_01: I'll probably get him two times out of 10 right then.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_01: Thank God one of those two times was in that moment.
• 22:04
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but he he was able, I got ahead of him, he threw me a fastball, was able to run one in the gap.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_01: And I can remember just going around the bases, holler, screaming at Riley Stealth, passing him at first.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_01: You know, that was really neat.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_01: But but sliding in a third and then hearing a roar of a crowd like that, especially against Ole Miss.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_01: You know, uh, I played over there.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_01: Now, the majority of Ole Miss folks are awesome.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_01: They are, you know, I respect them.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_01: They have a really good, really cool school, really great program, sports program up there.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_01: But there's some up there, it's probably like our uh like us that are just turds, man.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_01: I couldn't stand absolutely so it's always a little extra sweet to do something against Ole Miss and beat them.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, no doubt.
• 22:39
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, and then one other big hit I want to talk about uh was uh the 21 uh when we went to Omaha and uh that Virginia game.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_02: Talk a little bit about that hit and that one because that I remember watching that.
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, oh my gosh, this is this.
• 22:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that was neat because it kind of unfolded right in front of me.
• 22:55
  SPEAKER_01: And uh and the funny people don't realize is I didn't have a I didn't have a hit in the World Series coming up to that at bat.
• 23:02
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I'm sitting here thinking and myself, I'm like, man, I'm SC player of the year, master player of the year.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_01: I can't get a hit in Omaha.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_01: Like, what's the deal going on here?
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I hit a few balls hard, just didn't have any luck.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_01: And Rowdy was actually like, man, just keep going.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_01: You're going, you just keep going.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_01: I talked to him in the outfield about it.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_01: He's like, just keep playing.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_01: That's what we've done all year, is keep playing.
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_01: So I can remember being on deck, and I and I always, you know, I'm always praying.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_01: I I pray about things all the time.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_01: I feel like Philippians 4, 6 says, you know, don't worry about anything, pray about everything.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_01: And for me, that bring in baseball, that brings me a sense of peace.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_01: And when you have peace and and you can play relax, you play free, man, you play so much better.
• 23:36
  SPEAKER_01: So that's my way of being free.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_01: And I remember praying on deck along something along the lines of Lord, I just want you to know uh how grateful I am for this moment if I succeed or not.
• 23:45
  SPEAKER_01: You know, you get the glory.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_01: I just want to be I'm thankful for the ability you've given me and the opportunity to be in this moment.
• 23:51
  SPEAKER_01: And then saying, like second pitch, third pitch, boom, homer.
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_01: And I don't even remember going around the bases.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_01: All I remember is I do remember pointing at my dad at center field when I hit singing base.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_01: But uh that was that was a really, really cool moment.
• 24:04
  SPEAKER_01: I'll never forget that one.
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that was uh that was special because you know when that when when we hit that, you hit that, we were like, we're on now, it's on.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_02: And then oh, yeah.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_01: And people forget about Scotty De Brule getting a big hit after that to actually end up winning the game as well.
• 24:19
  SPEAKER_01: Because they scored a run in the bottom of the ninth.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_01: They did Scotty didn't get that hit, we would still probably still be playing, right?
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 24:26
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, because they had they had a no-hitter going on for a little while, I believe, in that game, wasn't it?
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_02: Griff McGarry, he was nasty.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, nasty.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_02: I remember that.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, all right, let's talk a little bit about the uh the bandy the fight the finals.
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_02: Like, all right, you go into that first game, we get beat.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_02: What was the momentum in the lock?
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, what was the attitude in the locker room?
• 24:44
  SPEAKER_02: Were y'all y'all knew did y'all know right about we're gonna win this thing, or was it kind of what are we doing?
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_02: Here we go.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I'd be lying to you.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_01: I'd be lying to you if I told you we were like, we're we were like, uh, I'd be lying to you if I told you that we were real confident after that game.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_01: It kind of just stomped us.
• 24:58
  SPEAKER_01: But the thing about that team in 21, we've been there so many times.
• 25:01
  SPEAKER_01: We got beat really bad and then come back the next day and beat them really bad.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_01: That was the difference.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_01: I think, and and then the teams I've been on from 2018 to 2021, the 21 team, it didn't matter.
• 25:12
  SPEAKER_01: You could have beat us 11 to 0 the next day, we were getting after it, right?
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_01: We didn't let things linger over to the next day.
• 25:18
  SPEAKER_01: And I try to tell the guys nowadays on the on the team nowadays, I try to talk to them and tell them that it doesn't matter.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_01: This the team we have nowadays that that's about to take the field here shortly is gonna have more talent than we had in 21.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um, now are they gonna be able to tie it together?
• 25:31
  SPEAKER_01: I I have no idea, but I I hope they can because if they can, that would be special.
• 25:35
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_02: Uh what what was it like, you know, when you you get that uh going into that game three, you know, and uh and then uh Bednar just pitches just out of his mind.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_02: It's so awesome.
• 25:47
  SPEAKER_02: And then Landon comes in, and and then y'all y'all finally get that last out.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, I I was there in the outfield, and I I'm not gonna lie, I I cried.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_02: It was a tears coming down.
• 25:56
  SPEAKER_02: Just waited for that moment.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_02: What was it like for y'all?
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_01: Just we were on our toes the whole time, you know.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_01: Me personally, I was like, we need more runs.
• 26:04
  SPEAKER_01: We're beating them nine to nothing.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_01: I know, right?
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_01: And then I'm thinking we got to keep the momentum.
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_01: But when you have Landon Sims in the back end of your bullpen, you get a really good feeling seeing him coming the game with a nine-run lead.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_01: So I can remember him passing me going to the mound.
• 26:17
  SPEAKER_01: I just told him just enjoy it.
• 26:19
  unknown: Yeah.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_01: And he just started mowing him down.
• 26:21
  SPEAKER_01: But as soon as I saw that guy square the bunt, I figured it was over.
• 26:25
  SPEAKER_01: And then um it really didn't hit at the time.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_01: I just it was just all surreal.
• 26:31
  SPEAKER_01: It was it was perfect, man.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_01: It was it was something, you know, as a as an athlete, you work really, really hard to achieve something.
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_01: And when you do that and you finally achieve it, it's it's pretty surreal how uh how emotional you can get about that.
• 26:45
  SPEAKER_01: Because it was very neat.
• 26:48
  SPEAKER_01: All I wanted to do was go find my family and uh and celebrate when that celebrate with our guys.
• 26:52
  SPEAKER_01: So it was really, really cool.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_01: And then seeing the reaction of people, you know, that have been state fans for 50 years and never seen anything like that and see them crying and thanking you so much.
• 27:02
  SPEAKER_01: Like it was really, really, really cool.
• 27:04
  SPEAKER_01: Because for me, the way I am, when I see somebody they're thanking me, I I first thing I'm gonna do is thank them because we wouldn't have been there without the great support, you know.
• 27:12
  SPEAKER_01: Right, right.
• 27:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you're right.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_02: When that leave, when it was nine to nothing, being a state fan, you we just have so many heartbreaks the years.
• 27:19
  SPEAKER_02: You're like, nothing's everyone's we got this.
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_02: No, no, we don't, we uh so well, yeah.
• 27:24
  SPEAKER_02: It's just uh it was just an amazing time.
• 27:26
  SPEAKER_02: I tell this story all the time.
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_02: I'd like to share this with you.
• 27:29
  SPEAKER_02: So uh now I've been uh Mr.
• 27:31
  SPEAKER_02: State fan my whole life.
• 27:32
  SPEAKER_02: My my granddad's reason why I'm a state fan.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_02: Um he got me season tickets when I was 11 years old, man, to uh Mississippi State football.
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_02: I hadn't missed a season since that was in 1992, so a long, long time ago.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_02: And uh uh he I on his he had uh he had a stroke and and passed away in 2005.
• 27:51
  SPEAKER_02: And on uh on his I I was up here in college and my mom called me and told me I needed to come home.
• 27:57
  SPEAKER_02: And it was near the end.
• 27:59
  SPEAKER_02: I get to the hospital and and uh so so I have cystic fibrosis.
• 28:03
  SPEAKER_02: That's why we did this podcast for a fundraiser to just spread awareness about CF and my flight with CF.
• 28:08
  SPEAKER_02: And and uh we sell these coffee products on johnnypacker.net to help raise money for CF.
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_02: So anyway, um I get down to the to the hospital, my mom, and she's like, You have anything you want to say to him?
• 28:18
  SPEAKER_02: And I'm I'm like super close with him and everything.
• 28:20
  SPEAKER_02: You know, I say, um, I called him Dowd.
• 28:23
  SPEAKER_02: I was like, Dada, when you when you get to heaven, and they were like, uh, oh John Carr can say, Ask God for a cure for cystic fibrosis.
• 28:29
  SPEAKER_02: They're like, I know he's gonna say that.
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_02: And I say, and it was a serious moment.
• 28:32
  SPEAKER_02: Everybody's crying and serious.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_02: And and I say, Dada, when you get to heaven, will you please ask God that for Mississippi State to win a national championship?
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_02: And they're uh they were like, What?
• 28:41
  SPEAKER_02: He said that so we uh he was a big talker, he loved to talk to people and everything.
• 28:45
  SPEAKER_02: So all these times we've gotten close and women's basketball and all that, we're like, He's getting there, and then he got distracted, something happened, and and uh so we're always laughing about that.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_02: But so we were super close.
• 28:55
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, when I went um to the final game, I I got drove 14 hours.
• 29:00
  SPEAKER_02: I was like, I'm going, I'm going there.
• 29:02
  SPEAKER_02: So me and my mom went drove 14 hours through the night, got there, and I had on my granddad's shirt.
• 29:07
  SPEAKER_02: Now, listen to this.
• 29:08
  SPEAKER_02: This is what this crazy story is.
• 29:09
  SPEAKER_02: So we get to our seats, we're right above the um the bullpen in the outfield, and uh we're sitting down, and like I said, I have my granddad's shirt on, and this guy sits in front of me.
• 29:20
  SPEAKER_02: He uh he turns around and looks at me.
• 29:22
  SPEAKER_02: He's he's he said, John Clark, what's up, man?
• 29:25
  SPEAKER_02: And I hadn't seen, I didn't know who the guy was, to you the truth.
• 29:27
  SPEAKER_02: And he knew who I was, and I was like, Yeah, hey, he goes, You don't remember me, do you?
• 29:31
  SPEAKER_02: I was like, No, uh, he goes, I'm uh I'm Chris, I'm I'm your cousin.
• 29:35
  SPEAKER_02: Uh I'm like, What?
• 29:36
  SPEAKER_02: I hadn't seen this guy in like 30 years at family reunions.
• 29:39
  SPEAKER_02: Like, we lost Tuckers a long time ago.
• 29:42
  SPEAKER_02: Turns out, so he's my my grandfather's brother's grandson, and he was a huge baseball player growing up.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_02: And my granddad, that was his favorite uh of his siblings' uh grandchildren.
• 29:54
  SPEAKER_02: He he always talked to me, it's like JC Chris is a good baseball player, but he talked about him all the time.
• 29:58
  SPEAKER_02: So I hadn't seen this guy in 30 years, and he and I knew it was my granddad's.
• 30:02
  SPEAKER_02: So when I saw that, I looked at my mom, I was like, No way we're losing tonight.
• 30:05
  SPEAKER_02: No way we're losing.
• 30:06
  SPEAKER_02: I believe in God moments, god winks, and that that right there.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_02: When that happened, I had my granddad shirt on.
• 30:11
  SPEAKER_02: I was like, it's all we're we're winning.
• 30:13
  SPEAKER_02: So, man, just that, and just like you said earlier, it meant so much.
• 30:18
  SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, y'all, y'all, the other player you're talking about, how uh what the fans' reaction wouldn't be with y'all without the fans.
• 30:24
  SPEAKER_02: It's it goes both ways, and it's just it was such an emotional time, but such a celebrating time to in our lives, and you know, a lot of people live for that.
• 30:33
  SPEAKER_02: We will we live to see it.
• 30:34
  SPEAKER_02: Well, I remember when we lost and uh when we get to number one in football and we lot lost in women's basketball people, it's never gonna happen in our lifetime.
• 30:41
  SPEAKER_02: And sure enough, it did.
• 30:43
  SPEAKER_02: And it was just it's just a great moment.
• 30:46
  SPEAKER_02: And and uh, and then you know, uh greedy is everybody we we want more, we want more, and what more and and I do believe something that will happen in the future.
• 30:53
  SPEAKER_02: I know we've had a couple tough seasons in in baseball, but what what's your take on?
• 30:57
  SPEAKER_02: I know we got 21 days coming up on this year's team.
• 31:00
  SPEAKER_01: Like I said, I'm actually probably gonna go watch the scrimmage this afternoon, but as far as I know, from hanging around the guys and seeing them playing, they have more talent than we had in 21.
• 31:10
  SPEAKER_01: Now, in 21, we were a family.
• 31:12
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_01: We we held each other accountable, we competed against each other.
• 31:17
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it was competitive greatness everywhere, all over that field.
• 31:20
  SPEAKER_01: You know, and I feel I feel like it started with me and Rowdy.
• 31:24
  SPEAKER_01: And uh because we were very competitive.
• 31:26
  SPEAKER_01: We lived together.
• 31:28
  SPEAKER_01: And we were competitive in a nice way, in a good way, right?
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_01: And what it did is made us both really, really good players.
• 31:34
  SPEAKER_01: So I feel like they need that on the team.
• 31:37
  SPEAKER_01: You can have all the talent in the world.
• 31:38
  SPEAKER_01: Everybody in the SEC is very talented.
• 31:40
  SPEAKER_01: It's about who is gonna be there when a bullet starts flying and who could who can perform under the lights in front of 15,000 people.
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's what it is.
• 31:49
  SPEAKER_01: All these guys at Mississippi State are unbelievable athletes, unbelievable players, really good players, the best of the best of where they're from.
• 31:55
  SPEAKER_01: You know, so it's it's it's uh they're gonna be patient with them.
• 31:58
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be it's gonna be a good year.
• 32:00
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Lamonters, Coach Gotra, Coach Cheese, all those guys, man, they get them ready.
• 32:04
  SPEAKER_01: So uh I'm expecting a big year.
• 32:06
  SPEAKER_01: I hope, I hope it is uh a great year because I love to coach the staff and I know how hard they work and I know how hard the players been working, so they deserve a reward of a great year.
• 32:14
  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
• 32:15
  SPEAKER_02: Uh we mentioned Rowdy.
• 32:16
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, where where is he at now?
• 32:18
  SPEAKER_02: What what is he what organizations he owes?
• 32:20
  SPEAKER_02: No.
• 32:20
  SPEAKER_02: So he's double-A with the Mets.
• 32:22
  SPEAKER_02: The Mets, okay.
• 32:23
  SPEAKER_02: Y'all keep y'all still keep in touch with guessing.
• 32:25
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah.
• 32:26
  SPEAKER_01: He he actually was up here with me last week and we were working out hitting together in Palmaris Center.
• 32:30
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm I'm my best when I'm around him.
• 32:33
  SPEAKER_01: Uh because like I said, we hold each other to that standard.
• 32:36
  SPEAKER_02: That's awesome.
• 32:38
  SPEAKER_02: That's awesome.
• 32:38
  SPEAKER_02: Well, uh well, Tanner, I can't think you know if you got anything else.
• 32:41
  SPEAKER_02: Well, uh, if you want to promote anything, you you're doing some hitting clinics, is that right?
• 32:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
• 32:46
  SPEAKER_01: I am, but uh, there's a those are winding down because uh it's time it's time for me to get going.
• 32:51
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_02: So yes, sir.
• 32:54
  SPEAKER_02: Awesome.
• 32:55
  SPEAKER_02: Well, well, thanks, man, for uh for everything you do.
• 32:57
  SPEAKER_02: Um and and good luck for the upcoming season.
• 32:59
  SPEAKER_02: And hopefully maybe I'll see you before uh before you head off.
• 33:02
  SPEAKER_01: For sure, for sure.
• 33:03
  SPEAKER_01: Hey, if you want to uh send me some of these, send me some of those some of these clips, I'll help promote it for you.
• 33:08
  SPEAKER_01: All right, Tana.
• 33:09
  SPEAKER_01: I appreciate it, buddy.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_01: You have a great day.
• 33:12
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 33:12
  SPEAKER_01: All right, bye.