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Phillies checkup w/Ben Davis + Pirates Reality Check w/Josh Harrison · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: I got me fired up. Maybe I'll get the Phillies
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  Speaker 1: fired up. Ben Davis joining us right now. You can
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  Speaker 1: hear them all over TV coverage of the Phillies on
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  Speaker 1: NBC Sports Philly.
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  Speaker 2: Bang.
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  Speaker 3: Great to see you, man.
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  Speaker 1: How would you describe the first few weeks here for
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  Speaker 1: fighting Phils how they feeling?
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  Speaker 2: I would say consistently inconsistent. It's it's been frustrating. But
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  Speaker 2: as I said on one of the pregames shows the
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  Speaker 2: other day, I said, I'm driving to the ballpark and
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  Speaker 2: none of the trees still have leads, don't have leaves
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  Speaker 2: on them yet. So I'm not really pressed to the
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  Speaker 2: panic button as of yet. But I know they're a
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  Speaker 2: little frustrated as well. But I do think it's it's
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  Speaker 2: obviously in there. It's just a matter of time before
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  Speaker 2: they get it going again.
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  Speaker 4: So when do you start lifting the lid to prep
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  Speaker 4: press the panic button? Because you live in the area,
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  Speaker 4: you live in the area, and I live in the area,
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  Speaker 4: and I know you get you know, amen, you know,
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  Speaker 4: what do you really think about the Phillies Klaus Schwarber.
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  Speaker 3: I can't believe he's getting paid one hunter. That's so
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  Speaker 3: much money. I don't I don't like it. I don't
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  Speaker 3: think the Phillies are any good anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you get it everywhere you go. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I can understand the fans frustration. They see the big contracts,
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  Speaker 2: they see for how many more years they are under
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  Speaker 2: contract with the Phillies, and it irks them, and it's
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  Speaker 2: it's understandable. They are fans for a reason. But I
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  Speaker 2: look at it and I just tell them, hey, guys,
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  Speaker 2: just have patience. It's just a matter of time. This
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  Speaker 2: lineup will get it going. The starting pitcher. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to get Zach Wheeler back very soon, a lot sooner
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  Speaker 2: than we thought. So this is a good thing for
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  Speaker 2: the Phillies. This bullpen, I think is going to be
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  Speaker 2: something that's going to be reckoned with, you know, definitely
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  Speaker 2: in the National League. And I think they put together
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  Speaker 2: some some big arms in the back of that bullpen,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it's definitely as a pot. But with
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  Speaker 2: regards to the lineup, you know, these guys, Kallas Weber
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  Speaker 2: said the best, you know, don't really get so caught
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  Speaker 2: up with the results right now. Just get you know,
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  Speaker 2: worry about the process and how you go about your
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  Speaker 2: business day in and day out, and how you achieve
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  Speaker 2: those results is through the process. And I've said this
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  Speaker 2: numerous times over the last four or five years. This
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  Speaker 2: is the most professional baseball club I've ever been around.
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  Speaker 2: The professionals in that clubhouse, they get there so early,
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  Speaker 2: they prepare, the way they go about their business. They
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  Speaker 2: just don't throw their bats and their balls and their
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  Speaker 2: gloves out on the field and expect to win. These
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  Speaker 2: guys expect to win because of their process and how
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  Speaker 2: they prepare for their work every night. And it's something
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  Speaker 2: really to be admired. I notice it every time I'm
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  Speaker 2: in the clubhouse, and the way they go about their
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  Speaker 2: business really is something else.
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  Speaker 5: So you're telling me back in Sarasota in spring training,
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  Speaker 5: we weren't that professional. In the locker room over there,
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  Speaker 5: I don't they said, time's.
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  Speaker 2: These guys actually run around the clubous whipping each other
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  Speaker 2: to a wet tail.
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  Speaker 5: So some of my fathers, Oh my god, anyway you
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  Speaker 5: brought you brought up Zach Wheeler. Uh, talk a little
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  Speaker 5: about him and what you expect from him coming up.
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  Speaker 5: There's been talking about speed and everything else. He looked
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  Speaker 5: pretty good the other day, you know, facing Scranton Wilke.
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  Speaker 5: So talk about him and you know what you see
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  Speaker 5: from him and how soon you'll see him back.
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  Speaker 2: Well, first and foremost, I am glad that they were
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  Speaker 2: able to find find what they found at blood clot
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  Speaker 2: last year when they did, because you know, this is
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  Speaker 2: more than just a baseball player with a great arm.
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  Speaker 2: This is a guy. He's a family guy. He's just
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  Speaker 2: a wonderful human being. And I'm glad they were able
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  Speaker 2: to knit that in the butty and get it. And
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  Speaker 2: then the fact that he's actually pitching and and close
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  Speaker 2: to being back is huge because we didn't think it
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  Speaker 2: would be this soon at all. So this is a
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  Speaker 2: great thing. I know some folks are a little concerned
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  Speaker 2: with the velocity. I understand that, you know, two starts go,
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  Speaker 2: he's ninety two, ninety three. We're used to seeing him
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  Speaker 2: at ninety six, and I get that. I understand the
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  Speaker 2: concern there. But his last one, I think it was
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  Speaker 2: a couple of day last yes, last night, or day before.
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  Speaker 2: He was ninety four ninety five, and it's he's going
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  Speaker 2: to get that velocity back. And you know, his breaking
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  Speaker 2: stuff has looked really good. His curveballs look sharp, which
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't throw all that often. But I've seen some
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  Speaker 2: good highlights of that. So yeah, I think just anytime
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  Speaker 2: he can add someone of Zach Wheeler's ilk back into
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  Speaker 2: the rotation, it's only going to help you club out,
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  Speaker 2: all right.
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  Speaker 3: But is he the still the ace?
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  Speaker 4: Is he still the de facto ace in this rotation
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  Speaker 4: based on what Christopher Sanchez has done?
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to say yes. And I love Christopher Sanchez
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  Speaker 2: that what he has overcome, you know, riding that shuttle
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  Speaker 2: back and forth, back and forth and becoming one of
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  Speaker 2: the best pitchers in all of baseball, not in the
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  Speaker 2: National League, in all of baseball, this guy. But I
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  Speaker 2: think anytime you have a Zach Wheeler on the mound,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's the guy I'm going to give the
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  Speaker 2: ball to Game seven the World Series, He's going to
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  Speaker 2: get the ball from me. Not saying anything against uh Sanchi,
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  Speaker 2: but Sanchez is you know, I would say he's the
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  Speaker 2: facto ace if you want to put it. He could be,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one B in that rotation, but he's uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's been great and that you know, you'd be hard
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  Speaker 2: pressed to find a better one two punch in all
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  Speaker 2: of baseball.
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  Speaker 5: Do you see any concern with the cleanup hitters. I
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  Speaker 5: know there's been talks about down basement slugging, slugging percentage combined,
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  Speaker 5: it hasn't been there. Are you concerned about that at all?
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  Speaker 5: Or you just see this kind of even itself out
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  Speaker 5: as the season goes on.
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  Speaker 2: No, I do see it as a concern because if
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  Speaker 2: no one's hitting behind Bryce, he's not gonna get a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot to hit. We all know that Alec Bohm
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  Speaker 2: was my guy to be that four hole, and everyone
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  Speaker 2: here is all he doesn't hit home runs. He doesn't
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  Speaker 2: do this. He does Alex Film has been you know
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  Speaker 2: what you're gonna get out him. I know he's struggling
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  Speaker 2: right now and they have moved him way down the lap.
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  Speaker 2: He actually didn't even get to start last night in
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  Speaker 2: Mundo Sosa got to start at third base. But Alec Bohm,
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  Speaker 2: you can, the guy that hits for average and drives
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  Speaker 2: guys in can play on my team any day of
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  Speaker 2: the league. I don't care if he hits ten to
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  Speaker 2: fifteen home runs. If you're driving close to one hundred
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  Speaker 2: runs every year and he bat two eighty to two ninety,
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  Speaker 2: you can play on my baseball team. And that's what
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  Speaker 2: Alc bolm has done. Now, he has not done that
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  Speaker 2: at all this year. We all know about the off
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  Speaker 2: field stuff that he's got going on, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that is playing a huge part in his performance on
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  Speaker 2: the field right now. That's a lot to handle for
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  Speaker 2: a young man, especially when it concerns your family. Not
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  Speaker 2: making excuses, but there's something going on. He's just he's
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  Speaker 2: really lost right now at the plate. I hope he
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  Speaker 2: finds it soon because I think he can be that
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  Speaker 2: presence behind Bryce Harper in the lineup to really, you know,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that Bryce gets pitches to hit because if not,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I know, Brandon marsh is filled in and
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  Speaker 2: he's done okay. But if you get a team you
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  Speaker 2: know that have some lefties, that's going to be an
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  Speaker 2: issue having you know, Harper and Mark in the lineup
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  Speaker 2: back to back lefties in that situation. So JT has
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  Speaker 2: tried to do it. JT has not done it as
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  Speaker 2: well has he done in other spots in the lineup.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, it is a concern of mine, that's for sure. Kratz.
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  Speaker 4: Have you been in the clubhouse this year? I know
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  Speaker 4: the season is new, I'm not sure if you've done
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  Speaker 4: any of the games, or if you're just across the street.
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  Speaker 4: Have you been in the clubhouse?
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  Speaker 3: This year.
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  Speaker 2: I have not been into this year. I'll be in
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  Speaker 2: there on Friday. I'll be doing the game from the
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  Speaker 2: dugout on Friday, but I'll get in there and talk
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  Speaker 2: to some of the guys.
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  Speaker 4: The reason I ask is because about the stuff with Boem.
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  Speaker 4: You say how professional this team is, but they're also
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  Speaker 4: a super close knit group. Is there any way like
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  Speaker 4: these guys like can surround him in this time or
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  Speaker 4: is there I've never I've never been on a team
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  Speaker 4: where you know, that kind of stuff came out until
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  Speaker 4: you know one of the other Phillies players that kind
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  Speaker 4: of stuff came out when I was playing with them.
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  Speaker 4: And so is this a team that comes around each
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  Speaker 4: other or are they just professional on the field and
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  Speaker 4: that is it?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think they definitely are trying to console
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  Speaker 2: him personally, and you know, hopefully they can get the
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  Speaker 2: onfield stuff back to where he can be and be
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  Speaker 2: that productive player. But I think it's it's a very
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  Speaker 2: family like atmosphere in that clubhouse that has been like
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  Speaker 2: that for years now, And it starts at Rob Thompson
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  Speaker 2: at the top and his coaching staff. They're they're absolutely awesome.
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  Speaker 2: But I think, yeah, this is this This is way
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  Speaker 2: beyond baseball, all the personal stuff that he's going through
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  Speaker 2: right now, and I think they're they're trying to embrace
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  Speaker 2: Alec and get him back to where he can be,
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  Speaker 2: you know, emotionally and and from a physicality standpoint on
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  Speaker 2: the diamond.
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  Speaker 4: All right, when you listen to old man Barkan, old
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  Speaker 4: Man Larry Anderson, and old man Crucky talk about this team,
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  Speaker 4: we used to strike out way too much the last
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  Speaker 4: year and now into this year they've diminished the strikeouts,
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  Speaker 4: but with that they've also diminished the homers. Besides Kyle Schwarmer,
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  Speaker 4: where do you sit on that side of it? For
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  Speaker 4: the Phillies based on the fact that you've seen it
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  Speaker 4: now for a year of years before it was complaining
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  Speaker 4: a strikeout or nothing, and now they minished diminished the strikeouts,
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  Speaker 4: but the homers diminished with it too. So where do
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  Speaker 4: you sit on that? As far as the happy medium, Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: that's a that's.
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  Speaker 2: A fine line because obviously, if you know you short
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  Speaker 2: up with two strikes put a ball in play, something
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  Speaker 2: good can happen. Tray Turner has gotten a little bit
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  Speaker 2: better at that this year. I know his strikeouts are up,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, he's still dumping balls into into the
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  Speaker 2: outfield giving a chance. That is a that's walking a
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  Speaker 2: fine line that everyone likes to home run. Obviously, home
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  Speaker 2: runs are cool, and uh, you know it's you'd like
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  Speaker 2: to see the ball play out of the ballpark. And
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  Speaker 2: this ball club is built on slug and right now
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  Speaker 2: they're not hitting a terrible amount of home runs. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm okay with them, you know, maybe striking
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  Speaker 2: out a little bit more if they're going to hit
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  Speaker 2: the ball out of the ballpark. But you know, people
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  Speaker 2: have heard me say this over and over. I playing
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  Speaker 2: this ball club to a good three point shooting basketball team.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if those threes are going down, that's awesome, man,
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  Speaker 2: that they keeps shooting, keep chucking up from the chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: But if they're not going down, you need to find
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  Speaker 2: other ways to score. And right now with the Phillies,
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  Speaker 2: if they're not hitting the ball out of the ballpark,
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  Speaker 2: they're not scoring runs. And that's that's something that's got
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  Speaker 2: to change.
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  Speaker 5: One bright spot on this team, which there's there's a
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  Speaker 5: couple of them. I mean, justin Crawford. We interviewed him
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  Speaker 5: in the Lakewold Blue Claws, a couple of years ago,
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  Speaker 5: and we just we knew he was going to be
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  Speaker 5: a bright young man and a good star in baseball.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, he's been on base a lot. Talk a
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  Speaker 5: little about him and what you think, you know he
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  Speaker 5: can do better, and what he's done great so far
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  Speaker 5: this year.
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  Speaker 2: Well, one thing I'd like to see him do a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more is steel basis. I mean, this guy
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  Speaker 2: can flat out fly, and I'd like to see him
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  Speaker 2: try and attempt some more bass stolen. He's played a
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  Speaker 2: very good outfield. He gets really good jumps on balls.
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  Speaker 2: I love what he's doing at the plate with his aggressiveness.
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  Speaker 2: I mean this I got caught up. First pitch he
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  Speaker 2: ever saw in a big league game. He shot it
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  Speaker 2: right back up the middle for a single. So I
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  Speaker 2: do it. I really do appreciate his aggressiveness. He's willing
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  Speaker 2: to stay in the strike zone. I know he's a
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  Speaker 2: young player. You get caught up and you want to
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  Speaker 2: prove to everybody that you deserve to be there. You
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  Speaker 2: are that guy. You you were the number one draft pick,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm going to show you how good I am,
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  Speaker 2: and then I belong here. You know, he's done everything
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  Speaker 2: he could do in the minor leagues, he's hit for average.
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  Speaker 2: He has not hit for a ton of power, but
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  Speaker 2: maybe that comes. He's still a young man, so still
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  Speaker 2: growing into his body a little bit more. But I've
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  Speaker 2: loved the way he competes at home plate. He's been
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  Speaker 2: using the other side of the diamond tremendously. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you see that third base and drawn in, it's just
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  Speaker 2: easy for him to punch it through that left side.
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  Speaker 2: So I you know, I think this guy's a limit.
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  Speaker 2: For this guy, he's got all the talent, he's got,
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  Speaker 2: all the tools. He brought was obviously brought up in
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  Speaker 2: the big league atmosphere with his dad, So I think
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  Speaker 2: that the lights are not really too bright for him
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  Speaker 2: right now. That's a good thing.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Ben, can you elaborate on what you're doing this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a cool feature in broadcasts that's becoming
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  Speaker 1: more popular. We're seeing it pop up on some national
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  Speaker 1: broadcasts too. But hanging on the field giving a different perspective.
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  Speaker 1: And you're one of the guys that's doing this on
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  Speaker 1: the local scene, and I think it could become a
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  Speaker 1: thing there too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've done at the last couple of years a
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  Speaker 2: few times getting down there. What I think is cool
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  Speaker 2: about it is you realize how hard came is and
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  Speaker 2: how fast the game is. You know, I sit up
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  Speaker 2: in the booth and someone misses a three to one fastball,
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  Speaker 2: I'm throwing my hands up, mere I can you miss that?
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  Speaker 2: You forget about how hard it is to hit a baseball.
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  Speaker 2: You forget about how fast the game is, how fast
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  Speaker 2: the guys are getting down the line, how fast a
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  Speaker 2: double plays turned. So instead of me being in the
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  Speaker 2: booth with Johnny and Tom, it's just I'm down in
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  Speaker 2: the dugout talking about what I see. You know, I remember,
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  Speaker 2: I think last year Matt Bady with the Mets. He
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  Speaker 2: was on first base and I noticed how deep the
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  Speaker 2: lead he was taking. It's almost like he retreated past
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  Speaker 2: the first base bag and then took his lead. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking at it. I'm thinking, why is he doing this?
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  Speaker 2: I said, I think good move is going to pick
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  Speaker 2: this guy off. With two pitches later, Aaron Nola picks
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  Speaker 2: over and dots him up and gets them out. And
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  Speaker 2: it was inexplicable to me. So it's just basically what
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  Speaker 2: I'm seeing on the field. You know, how the dugout
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  Speaker 2: reacts to certain things, and you know because you notice
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  Speaker 2: certain certain things when you're down there, Like I had
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  Speaker 2: the one game last year with Zach Wheeler on the mound,
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  Speaker 2: you just realize, you know, you got a big guy
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  Speaker 2: six y five sixty six. How close he's releasing the
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  Speaker 2: baseball at home plate. You don't see that from the boot,
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: but you can see it when you're down in the
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  Speaker 2: dugout and that ball. Why that? You know why his
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  Speaker 2: pitches get on hitters so fast, And.
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  Speaker 4: You have experience being on the field, it kind of
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  Speaker 4: brings you back, so you can give a good representation
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  Speaker 4: of it. But someone that is actually currently on the
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  Speaker 4: field I got to coach him was Connor Griffin. Connor
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  Speaker 4: Griffin was on the exact same team as your son Tag.
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  Speaker 4: Tag is absolutely smashing it at Louisville. For people who
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  Speaker 4: don't know, he had eighteen homers last year as a
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  Speaker 4: nineteen year old and now he's already got nineteen homers
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  Speaker 4: in half the amount of games. So good for Tag.
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: But also when you look at a guy like Connor Griffin,
• 15:22
  Speaker 4: they're both on the All American team. We were out
• 15:25
  Speaker 4: in Seattle. I got to coach. Whatever I did, I
• 15:28
  Speaker 4: just got to like hang out with him and you
• 15:30
  Speaker 4: see it. Are you more Obviously you're proud of Tag
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: and what he's done, but are you more impressed with
• 15:37
  Speaker 4: Connor Griffin and the state of baseball? The fact that
• 15:40
  Speaker 4: he got that one hundred and forty million and it's like,
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: wait a minute, my son's the exact same agent.
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: Now he's gonna be able to do something like that.
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's pretty dark cool, and it's nice to
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: see these younger guys a lot of their hard work
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: being paid off. I just found out that, you know,
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: Kevin McGonagall got eight years for one hundred and fifty
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: mollion dollars today, So that was very cool that the
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: Tigers locked him up. He was a year ahead of
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Tag and played here locally at Monseignor Bonner High School,
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: and you know, watching him play in high school, you
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: realize that this kid is special, and you know, to
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: realize that, hey, this is the same age as my son.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: But you talked about the talents. Obviously they have a
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: different skill set. Conor griff has a different skill set
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: than ninety nine point nine percent of the people in
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: the world. And you know, Kevin McGonagall has a swing
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: that's as sweet and as short as Chase Utley's and
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: with the same amount of thumb. So it's it's different
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: skill sets and uh, but it is cool to see
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: these guys, you know, think about it. A couple of
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: years ago. They're in high school and now they're playing
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: against Bryce Harper. Now they're playing against Coylee Schwerber. Now
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: they're now they're they're facing uh, you know, the GRAM.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: It's it's one of those things like you kind of
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: kind of it's hard to wrap your mind around it
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: because they are so young, they have to sign these
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: enormous contracts. But I think it's cool that, you know,
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: I think it's cool that they're giving the opportunity, and
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: I think it's cool that the clubs are bringing them
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: up because give these guys shuts see what they can
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: do at this level. I think there's some teams out
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: there they're very they're not willing to promote guys and
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: push guys. Okay, you did okay and a ball, we'll
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: get you in Double A next year. You did okay
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: in Double A, and we'll put you in Triple A
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: next year. I think it's great that they're moving these
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: guys through the system in the fashion that they are.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: And remember the last CBA, they created that rule that
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: made it less enticing to hold guys back, and I
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: do think that has helped the cause here. You don't
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: get an extra year of service that the guy comes
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: up and shine. So those kind of rules have been
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: helpful too for everyone because we get to see these
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: guys and clearly they fit a lot of these rookies.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: This rookie class looks so good. So Ben really really
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: appreciate the time. Great sketch up with You're good to
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: see you man.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: My pleasure, guys, thanks for having me.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: Hey, one of the starts of Bucko Tear Josh Hairison
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: joining us right now near to the digital show podcasting
• 18:04
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• 18:10
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• 18:12
  Speaker 1: that out. We're gonna talk Jackie Robinson day with him
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: as well. But Josh, good to see you man. And
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: first off, I mean, it's a completely different vibe in
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh right now. So what do you think of what
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: the pirates are putting out there in the first few
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: weeks of the year.
• 18:26
  Speaker 6: What's up. Fela's appreciate y'all having me on and definitely
• 18:30
  Speaker 6: from the outside looking at and cratzy you can speak
• 18:33
  Speaker 6: to it too, having spent time in Pittsburgh. You know,
• 18:36
  Speaker 6: when they feel like they got something special, you know,
• 18:38
  Speaker 6: they'll show up and they'll show out and it's bigger
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: than just you know, Paul Schemes. Obviously, you know you
• 18:43
  Speaker 6: got the best picture that they consider the planet in that.
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: But you know, just just a buzz, not even just
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: around you know, the young kid Connor Griffin who'd just
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: signed an extension, which you know definitely adds to the buzz,
• 18:55
  Speaker 6: but the signings of you know, Brandon Lyle, Ryan O'Hearn,
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: which you know, through the early part of the season,
• 19:00
  Speaker 6: have you know, someone seem to pay off. It's just
• 19:02
  Speaker 6: a different buzz. And uh, I mean there's been people
• 19:05
  Speaker 6: reaching out to me, you know, just from the outskirts
• 19:08
  Speaker 6: like hey man, this kind of feels like, you know
• 19:10
  Speaker 6: what it was like when you guys went on that run,
• 19:12
  Speaker 6: And not to compare this team or whatever to you know,
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: what we did, but just the buzz around the city,
• 19:19
  Speaker 6: they're comparing it to kind of when we had those runs,
• 19:21
  Speaker 6: you know, thirteen through fifteen.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: So you know, Pittsburgh's special place.
• 19:25
  Speaker 6: And when you show up and you know you can
• 19:27
  Speaker 6: put you know, somewhat the product on the field that
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: looks like you want to win, they're gonna show up
• 19:32
  Speaker 6: and they're gonna bring that energy.
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: It is it like the run that you guys had
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: come on, Harry, like you had, you had an MVP,
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: you had a cy young contender in Garrett Cole. You
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: had like like the least the least notable person was
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: you when you were an All Star. Like the fact
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: that like you had Paedro Avarez was when Silver Sluggers
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: you had. Does this team have that because of Does
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: this team have that because of the hype that's around
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: it or is the city hyped up about it because
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: they're comparing it to like the last ten years and
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: there's not a lot to compare it to.
• 20:12
  Speaker 6: And I don't even think they comparing it to ten
• 20:14
  Speaker 6: years with what our team was. The city has just wanted,
• 20:18
  Speaker 6: you know, them to put a you know, a product
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: on the field that they can get behind, and I
• 20:22
  Speaker 6: don't think the fans have felt that they have put
• 20:25
  Speaker 6: forth their best effort, you know, since those years, and
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: I think from their standpoint, you know, it's the most
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: money they spent, you know, opening the season, and in
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: their eyes, I don't think they're comparing it to thirteenth
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: through fifteen, but I think the excitement of what this
• 20:39
  Speaker 6: team could be is reminiscent of that because they see that, oh,
• 20:43
  Speaker 6: this is a team that is, you know, showing glimpses
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: of a team that could potentially, you know, make a run,
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: you know, for the playoffs. So I wouldn't sit here
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: and say that they're like, oh, this is that thirteenth
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: through fifteen team, But the buzz and excitement around the
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: team is you know, somewhat similar to that, because it's
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: been a long time since the fans felt that they've
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: had some the cheer for.
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  Speaker 5: What's going down? Good to hear your voice. Love love
• 22:08
  Speaker 5: playing against it man, We've been playing for years, dude,
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: college all through right now, those are the best days
• 22:16
  Speaker 5: I want to get on this pitching staff. Dude, I
• 22:19
  Speaker 5: feel like I don't know you guys are in Pittsburgh's
• 22:22
  Speaker 5: in the East Coast. I'm gonna call it the East Coast.
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: It's in the East Side. I feel like they're not
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: getting as much love as they should. Man, they're missing Jones.
• 22:30
  Speaker 5: The guys absolutely filthy. They got some homegrown talent here.
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: Can this team that we talk about all the time
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: each year they come out really hot. Are they get
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: a fizzle or is this pitching staff going to help
• 22:42
  Speaker 5: this team along and ride this wave, you know, maybe
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: to a playoff bound I don't know, what do you think.
• 22:49
  Speaker 6: I think that's definitely gonna be the strength of their team.
• 22:51
  Speaker 6: As you mentioned, missing Jared Jones is definitely a key
• 22:54
  Speaker 6: piece that they're missing, which you see right now. Their
• 22:56
  Speaker 6: fifth starter is Majinski, who has you know, always had
• 23:00
  Speaker 6: like a bullpen roll, which he hasn't been bad in
• 23:02
  Speaker 6: the starting role, but other bullpen has been, you know,
• 23:05
  Speaker 6: not the greatest. So I think getting him back allows
• 23:08
  Speaker 6: them to feel like, you know, they they got somebody
• 23:10
  Speaker 6: in the back end of that rotation that you know,
• 23:12
  Speaker 6: it allows Majensky to go back to that long relief
• 23:15
  Speaker 6: swing kind of guy that can kind of tighten up
• 23:17
  Speaker 6: that bullpen and get you the you know, Isaac Mattson,
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: Gregor Risoto or Dennis Santana, And for them, I think
• 23:25
  Speaker 6: you can because you and I know in this game,
• 23:28
  Speaker 6: hitting is gonna be something that ebbs and flows up
• 23:30
  Speaker 6: and down. But pitching is something that can carry you
• 23:33
  Speaker 6: because you know, if pitching keeps you in the game,
• 23:35
  Speaker 6: all you need is at one time the not even
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: necessarily hit. You know, it might be a sack, fly,
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: might be a you know, you know, get the guy over,
• 23:42
  Speaker 6: get them in. You know, baseball is a funny game.
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: We know that.
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: But if your pitching is tough, you know, that gives
• 23:47
  Speaker 6: you that much more chance to you know, be in
• 23:49
  Speaker 6: every single game. And that's the difference in some teams
• 23:52
  Speaker 6: that win. If you got a good pitching, that's something
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: that a lot of teams don't have. So I think
• 23:56
  Speaker 6: it's something that they'll be able to, you know, kind
• 23:58
  Speaker 6: of keep up. But you know, with that, I think
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: some of their bigger issues is gonna be that bullpen
• 24:03
  Speaker 6: and defense.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: All right, well here I got I gotta go to
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: the lineup. Pitching is legit.
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: I think the defense is gonna be legit now with
• 24:12
  Speaker 4: Connor there, and you can put your treola at different
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: places when he's healthy. To me, it's about a guy
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: who's hitting one hundred and when I was there, I
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: hit one hundred and I got fired twice. Do you
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: think the leash on a team that wants to win,
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: is gonna be too long for a Marcelo Zoo to
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: figure it out? Or do you think Marcelo Zuna, the
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: big Bear, is going to be able to figure it out?
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: But how long are they going to give him?
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: That's a good question.
• 24:44
  Speaker 6: I think we've even talked about that on our podcast
• 24:47
  Speaker 6: Buckle Territory. You know, as long as the team is winning,
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: I think his leash is gonna be, you know, a
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: little longer, because you know, that's a guy that's been
• 24:54
  Speaker 6: around the league that you know, you give him x
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: amount of bats, his numbers will probably even out to
• 25:00
  Speaker 6: be about what his league, you know, what his career
• 25:03
  Speaker 6: average is, maybe a little less. But at the same time,
• 25:06
  Speaker 6: you don't want to sit here and give a guy
• 25:08
  Speaker 6: one hundred and fifty two hundred that bats, you know,
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: and you know there's people that you can plug in
• 25:14
  Speaker 6: that are not one only gonna help the team defensively,
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: that can also give you, you know, better at bats
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: than what he's given right now, you know. So I
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: think that Lisha is gonna be something that they're going
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: to watch very closely. But at the same time, they've
• 25:28
  Speaker 6: kind of put themselves in a position where they're paying
• 25:30
  Speaker 6: I got twelve million dollars, So do you just eat
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: that money on a year that you've come out and
• 25:35
  Speaker 6: spent the most money, you know, to open up the season.
• 25:38
  Speaker 6: So I think, you know, being in Pittsburgh is a
• 25:41
  Speaker 6: situation where they're going to try to get everything that
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: they can out of them. But at the same time,
• 25:46
  Speaker 6: you have to ride at the momentum of what you have,
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: and if there's a you know, spot in a lineup
• 25:50
  Speaker 6: that might need to be interchange, sometimes you might have
• 25:53
  Speaker 6: to eat that money or give him some days off
• 25:55
  Speaker 6: and get a you know, guy in there that might
• 25:57
  Speaker 6: be getting things done. But if they're to win, I
• 26:00
  Speaker 6: think they're gonna give him at least knowing that he's
• 26:02
  Speaker 6: a veteran player. But I don't think it will continue
• 26:04
  Speaker 6: to be too long because you know, they've had some
• 26:08
  Speaker 6: situations with runners being left on base in scoring position.
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: He's a guy that they you.
• 26:12
  Speaker 6: Know, signed to help short that up and as I said,
• 26:15
  Speaker 6: at least won't be super long. But I think they're
• 26:17
  Speaker 6: gonna give him every opportunity to justify the twelve million
• 26:20
  Speaker 6: I think that they're paying them.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: There's the only thing harder to get somebody to do
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: that's cheap, then spend his money is waste his money.
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: So you know what, they paid that man his money,
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: they're gonna they're gonna let that man get his bats.
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: They've fired him anytime soon. Does it feel weird that
• 26:37
  Speaker 4: this success is happening? Though in that position, it could
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: have been cut Like it could have been the guy
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: who's been there and everyone was like, ah, you know what.
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: The organization basically said, now he's washed and we think
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: we want something different. And now Cutch has had some success.
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: He hasn't been killing it in Texas, but this success
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: in this era that I've been alive.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: Has revolved around Cutch.
• 27:03
  Speaker 4: Is it weird to not see him there, even in
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: like a platoon role of some kind.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: Oh for sure.
• 27:10
  Speaker 6: I mean I don't want to speak for myself, but
• 27:13
  Speaker 6: I think anybody that kind of saw once he made
• 27:16
  Speaker 6: his way back to Pittsburgh, you kind of have to
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: feel in the damn man, when this dude's ready, he's
• 27:20
  Speaker 6: going to retire pirate. And that's not to say that
• 27:22
  Speaker 6: who knows what the future holds, but you kind of
• 27:25
  Speaker 6: saw this off season was almost like, I don't think
• 27:28
  Speaker 6: anybody really expected it to kind of go down the
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: way that it did. But you know, it's one of
• 27:32
  Speaker 6: those things, like you said, times have changed, and you
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: know that's my boy to you know, to the end.
• 27:38
  Speaker 6: I'm happy that he's got an opportunity elsewhere. You know, Unfortunately,
• 27:41
  Speaker 6: as we said, it's not where everybody thought it would be.
• 27:44
  Speaker 6: But if you ask him, you know, he's right where
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: he needs to be. But at the same time, you know,
• 27:49
  Speaker 6: for the city of Pittsburgh, you know, they got to
• 27:50
  Speaker 6: keep it moving and you know that's that's pretty much
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: what they did, and they they're gonna have to justify
• 27:54
  Speaker 6: it and not necessarily as pressure, but you know, all
• 27:57
  Speaker 6: good things must come to an end. So maybe that's
• 27:59
  Speaker 6: where game.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Hey, Josh, I want to move to the headliner today.
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: It is Jackie Robinson Day.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: You know, we talked about it at the top of
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: the show and how much Jackie meant to the sport,
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: and of course wanted to get your thoughts on you know,
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: what you think about when you think about Jackie Robinson,
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: but also what it's like for players. I mean, this
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: show is about player perspective, So what's it like for
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: players on day like today?
• 28:28
  Speaker 6: Oh, man, it's fun man. You know, granted, every day
• 28:31
  Speaker 6: you're going to locker room, it's fun because you know
• 28:33
  Speaker 6: you get to put on a big league uniform. But
• 28:35
  Speaker 6: you know, looking around seeing everybody wearing forty two, you know,
• 28:38
  Speaker 6: just just to remember everything that he went through to
• 28:41
  Speaker 6: get us to where we are today and everything he endured.
• 28:45
  Speaker 6: Because you look around the clubhouse, no two people look
• 28:47
  Speaker 6: the same. So to take that day to remember him,
• 28:51
  Speaker 6: and you know you'll see guys that you know taking
• 28:54
  Speaker 6: a step further. You know, they were the cleats. They
• 28:56
  Speaker 6: you know, Baseball has done a good job of honoring him,
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: and you know, having different things and uh, you know,
• 29:01
  Speaker 6: it's always an exciting day for me. You know, I
• 29:03
  Speaker 6: always wore my pants up, so you know, I'm out there,
• 29:06
  Speaker 6: I'm trying to get a bag or something, you know,
• 29:09
  Speaker 6: trying to play like Jackie did that day. And but
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: at the same time, you know, it's it's kind of
• 29:15
  Speaker 6: weird because at the same time, if you don't know,
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: people look like, man, who is that on forty two?
• 29:19
  Speaker 6: Come on, man, Like I need to see his real
• 29:21
  Speaker 6: number because I've been looking in the iPad or you know,
• 29:24
  Speaker 6: the roster to know who's coming in, but you know,
• 29:27
  Speaker 6: outside of not knowing who it is, because everybody's forty two,
• 29:30
  Speaker 6: it's always the cool day because you know you walk in,
• 29:33
  Speaker 6: that jersey's hanging up, and you know it just allows everybody,
• 29:36
  Speaker 6: you know, put things in perspective and take that little
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: minute to reflect. But as I said, I think I
• 29:41
  Speaker 6: pretty I played pretty well on Jackie Robinson to day,
• 29:43
  Speaker 6: so I enjoyed it.
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: Oh man, I better. I should have looked up them stats,
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: but I.
• 29:48
  Speaker 6: Know I got at least a homer. I know I
• 29:50
  Speaker 6: got at least a homer, maybe two.
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: Okay, okay, well, well maybe somewady behind the scenes will
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: check the numbers.
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: We'll check it.
• 29:56
  Speaker 4: We'll check the line and make sure you're not lying
• 29:58
  Speaker 4: to us. But I talked about at the start of
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: the show, I stole my Giants jersey. It was twenty nineteen,
• 30:04
  Speaker 4: so it was at the end I was like, I
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: am not at the every time they were always take
• 30:09
  Speaker 4: my jersey, and I'm like, no, this is the one
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: that I want. Did you ever get any of your
• 30:13
  Speaker 4: jerseys and you have any good stories about people like
• 30:16
  Speaker 4: your family, call and me like, yo, let me get
• 30:18
  Speaker 4: that Jackie jersey because I know how much you got
• 30:21
  Speaker 4: to take care of, the take care of big age,
• 30:24
  Speaker 4: and how much your family do they do you have
• 30:28
  Speaker 4: any good stories about that jersey because of how meaningful
• 30:32
  Speaker 4: it is, But you know, did you have to steal
• 30:33
  Speaker 4: it yourself?
• 30:35
  Speaker 6: So like you, when I was with the Nationals, yeah,
• 30:37
  Speaker 6: I think we had Jackie Robinson Day in Boston, and
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: I think I had Homer jersey coming with me. You
• 30:44
  Speaker 6: might as well say, hey, if it's gonna be twenty five,
• 30:46
  Speaker 6: it's gonna be twenty four, and I'll let you know
• 30:49
  Speaker 6: it's gonna be number forty two. Good luck find good
• 30:53
  Speaker 6: luck fun on which forty two? But a lot of
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: people knew we couldn't take them. But my older brother,
• 30:58
  Speaker 6: he coaches minor leagues. He's right now coaching infield triple
• 31:02
  Speaker 6: A for the Reds, but he's been with the Diamonbacks
• 31:05
  Speaker 6: various levels. Saying with the Reds, he would always be like, man,
• 31:08
  Speaker 6: just give me a pair of them Jackie socks, because
• 31:10
  Speaker 6: you know they would have like the dining with the
• 31:11
  Speaker 6: forty two. So I would always try to look out
• 31:14
  Speaker 6: and get my brother a pair of socks. But outside
• 31:16
  Speaker 6: of that, you know, it's kind of tough to get
• 31:18
  Speaker 6: your hands on stuff. So I got to Washington National's
• 31:20
  Speaker 6: forty two. That might be the only one, but I
• 31:23
  Speaker 6: hit that home run and I said, yeah, nah, yeah,
• 31:25
  Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 31:26
  Speaker 6: This one got to come with me.
• 31:27
  Speaker 4: I think some of the other stuff people don't even
• 31:30
  Speaker 4: people don't even notice, Like the socks my son still wears,
• 31:34
  Speaker 4: wears the Jackie Robinson socks. He thinks they're the coolest.
• 31:37
  Speaker 4: My other son wears my like pink, my pink Mother's
• 31:41
  Speaker 4: Day socks. So like this kind of thing I think
• 31:43
  Speaker 4: needs to be needs to be done more in the
• 31:46
  Speaker 4: big leagues. And do you think we one day is
• 31:49
  Speaker 4: enough for Jackie.
• 31:52
  Speaker 6: I mean, it's better than no days. But I think
• 31:57
  Speaker 6: that's something that maybe it's a weekend thing. But I mean,
• 32:00
  Speaker 6: we do know when Jackie Robinson Day is. But at
• 32:04
  Speaker 6: the same time, I think maybe a weekend thing because
• 32:06
  Speaker 6: I know there have been cases where Jackie Robinson Day
• 32:08
  Speaker 6: has had to be two days based off it fell
• 32:10
  Speaker 6: on a Monday and somebody had an off day or
• 32:12
  Speaker 6: Wednesday Thursday. So that could be something to look to
• 32:15
  Speaker 6: where like, Okay, make sure that everybody's playing on Jackie
• 32:18
  Speaker 6: Robinson Day, because sometimes it'll fall on a Monday or Thursday,
• 32:21
  Speaker 6: which could be off days.
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: Harry.
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: I don't know how you're gonna feel about this, but
• 32:24
  Speaker 4: we were doing rundowns, pickoffs and rundowns in my high
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: school team the other day. We were teaching guys. We
• 32:30
  Speaker 4: were teaching guys pickoffs and rundowns and stuff. And we
• 32:32
  Speaker 4: had a dude on the team who's not very good
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: at baseball, but he is fast as all fast, and
• 32:38
  Speaker 4: he was getting out of all those rundowns and my
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: son goes, hey, he goes, he looked like Josh Harrison
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: running in those rundowns because he saw the crez leg
• 32:47
  Speaker 4: Harrison runs that you would have that you kind of
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: became famous for. But I gotta tell you, every one
• 32:54
  Speaker 4: of the dudes on the team goes, who. So, does
• 32:58
  Speaker 4: that make me feel bad or does that make you
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: feel like?
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: All right?
• 33:01
  Speaker 4: Mayby, I gotta re up the YouTube videos for the kids.
• 33:05
  Speaker 6: Nah, it don't make me feel bad in due time,
• 33:09
  Speaker 6: because when they get old enough, they'll start to find
• 33:11
  Speaker 6: out that that video that meme is starting to pop
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: up on Thanksgiving. I get it every Thanksgiving talking about
• 33:18
  Speaker 6: when somebody mentions where my girlfriend or whatever and somebody's
• 33:21
  Speaker 6: like me avoiding a question of when I'm gonna get married.
• 33:24
  Speaker 6: So if they don't know, oh, I've seen that meme,
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: so apparently I've been told that it's gonna be timeless.
• 33:31
  Speaker 6: So if they don't know, they will know.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: That's so good, right, anytime someone's avoiding something showing Josh
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: between the bases, Nope, nope, nope, that's good.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: Gonna catch me.
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: Heay here man.
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us.
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: Josh.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: Great to see you and keep running it. It's been
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: great listening to you on VAKA.
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: We'll do appreciate you'll having me on.
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: And Josh hireson along with no Hiles and Platinum Key
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: run the new Bucko Territory a few months old and
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: they're bringing it's part of the FT network. If you're
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: a Pirates fan, it's a must.
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: It's so good.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: Podcasts, YouTube, wherever you want to listen, it's there.