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Chuck & Buck 2-20 Hour 1: Mr. Mariner kicks off Day 5 at Spring training! Emerson Hancock and there's one thing missing from our new OC... · Chuck in the Morning

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Speaker 1: Well, good morning and welcome in to day number five
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Speaker 1: of our spring training coverage, five out of five Chuck
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Speaker 1: and Buck in the Morning, Sports Radio ninety three point
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Speaker 1: three KJARFM. We've been live from Peoria, Arizona all week long,
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Speaker 1: making the jump from a Seahawks Super Bowl to the
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Speaker 1: start of the baseball season, and it has been a
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Speaker 1: beautiful transition. Former Mariner Bucky Jacobson is here. My name
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Speaker 1: is Chuck Powell, and I can't think of a better
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Speaker 1: way to start our final show here from spring training
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Speaker 1: than talking to mister Mariner himself, the great Alvin Davis.
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Speaker 3: So good to see. Are you talking about me?
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Speaker 1: I'm talking about you? I am talking about you, sir.
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Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning to you.
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Speaker 3: Thanks for having me on.
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Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, though, we got to know Andre's
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Speaker 1: Munjos a little bit during the course of our week,
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Speaker 1: and you've got some competition for nicest person in the
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Speaker 1: Mariners organization. So I don't know, we might have to
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Speaker 1: have a nice off or maybe Alvin, You're gonna have
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Speaker 1: to become even nicer. I'm not sure a nice off.
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Speaker 3: I never heard that. I don't know whether are you
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Speaker 3: gonna design that.
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Speaker 4: It'd be like an optacle course, but it's it's how
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Speaker 4: cordial you are to stranger.
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Speaker 3: It's almost like humility, right, do you think you got it?
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Speaker 3: You don't?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, So I'm gonna be nice now. But I
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Speaker 5: appreciate that. And uh, I agree with you. Uh man.
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Speaker 5: You know, I love seeing all of our players and
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Speaker 5: staff when they come in. But you know, Mooney just
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Speaker 5: has a glow about him. And I think that's that's
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Speaker 5: what you're noticing, right, and just you know, coming over
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Speaker 5: and saying hello. And you know, yesterday I just noticed
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Speaker 5: rick Or has had some friends here and they were
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Speaker 5: standing to the side because guys are getting their work
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Speaker 5: in over here on the turf and things.
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Speaker 3: And and I don't know if it was set up
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Speaker 3: or not.
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Speaker 5: But you know, Mooney just kind of cut right through that,
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Speaker 5: went over, stuck his hand out, said hello, you know
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Speaker 5: it looks people in the eyes, so and we have
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Speaker 5: a building full of people like that. And that's that's
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Speaker 5: one of the things that I love about being a Mariner.
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Speaker 4: Well, that's that's a good point. And I don't know
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Speaker 4: for sure how much being nice accounts for wins necessarily,
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Speaker 4: but there's definitely something to chemistry, right, And then we
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Speaker 4: saw last year. I mean the team most certainly is
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Speaker 4: rolling in the same direction. I mean, they cheer for
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Speaker 4: each other, they're they're there for each other. I mean
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Speaker 4: how big of a deal do you think that is?
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Speaker 4: Because it does feel like this team is more together
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Speaker 4: than any team I've been been able to cover.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, and I think, buck Man, when you
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Speaker 5: want to start building a group or start building a team,
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Speaker 5: I think having people that are just naturally selfless versus
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Speaker 5: naturally selfish. And of course, you know there's there's gradations, right,
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Speaker 5: I guess as a word that comes to mind of
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Speaker 5: each but you know, when you're in a clubhouse or
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Speaker 5: in a locker room with a bunch of extremely selfish
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Speaker 5: or self centered people and you know, hey, I'm gonna
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Speaker 5: get mine first. It's about my brand and or my
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Speaker 5: next contract or whatever. That's kind of tough to reel in,
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Speaker 5: you know. And you know, you mentioned the Seahawks earlier
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Speaker 5: today and just catching some of their postgame interviews throughout
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Speaker 5: the season, especially in the NFC and the Super Bowl,
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Speaker 5: and just seeing how they came together and they got
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Speaker 5: it done together. And I think, you know, building with humble,
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Speaker 5: selfless people starting with that. But then to your point, Buck,
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Speaker 5: you know, you got to add that compete factor because
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Speaker 5: at the end of the day or at the end
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Speaker 5: of the season, the last game is played, there's only
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Speaker 5: going to be one team at the top of the mountain, So,
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Speaker 5: you know, blending those things together. But my point is,
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Speaker 5: I think it's a it's a better starting place when
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Speaker 5: you've got people that are just selfish, humble, but they
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Speaker 5: know how to compete.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Seahawks are very similar too, very likable,
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Speaker 1: and at the same time, I mean, we're not gonna
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Speaker 1: we're not gonna wax poetic about it if they're you know,
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Speaker 1: you know, the Seahawks are four and thirteen, you know,
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Speaker 1: or the Mariners, you know, were projected to win sixty
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Speaker 1: two games this year. But when you can combine the two,
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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, you're your coach, advisor on the staff,
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Speaker 1: you're around these guys all the time, but you were
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Speaker 1: also a fierce competitor yourself and a very good player yourself.
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Speaker 1: At one point, do you find yourself sometimes like this
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Speaker 1: is the type of team I wish I'd have played on.
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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, most definitely.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, not to say against your teammates, but
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Speaker 1: they they you know, they might have been the nicest
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Speaker 1: guys in the world, but obviously you didn't have the
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Speaker 1: success that these guys seem to be on the Vergin Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Fair point, fairpoint, Chuck. You know, just reflecting back in
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Speaker 5: the eighties, there were just so many things that we
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Speaker 5: were trying to figure out, you know, and you know, again,
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Speaker 5: I don't want to disparage anyone. You know, we had
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Speaker 5: our time, we had our shot at it, but you know,
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Speaker 5: we just didn't ever really figure it out. Ninety one
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Speaker 5: I feel like was the start of figuring it out
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Speaker 5: and how to be competitive.
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Speaker 3: Throughout a whole hundred and sixty two game season.
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Speaker 5: And you know, I think now, especially with our core
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Speaker 5: group here, you know, JP's and Julio's and Cows and
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Speaker 5: you know, all of our pitching staff, the guys that
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Speaker 5: have been here for a few years, and they've been
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Speaker 5: through some ups and downs. They've been through some near misses,
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Speaker 5: you know, either making the playoffs or winning the division
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Speaker 5: or now advancing to the World Series for the first
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Speaker 5: time and having the opportunity to make history. You know,
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Speaker 5: I could get go on that trail forever, right, you know,
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Speaker 5: because you know, there's so much history in our gain.
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Speaker 5: To be to be able to have the opportunity to
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Speaker 5: do something for the first time ever, it's just unique
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Speaker 5: in the game of baseball. I feel like our group
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Speaker 5: here since is that we're closer than we've ever been.
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Speaker 5: The opportunity is more realistic than it's ever been, and
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Speaker 5: I see the work that's going with it. So you know, yeah,
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Speaker 5: I kind of went off on a ramble there. But
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Speaker 5: if I compare where we were in the eighties to
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Speaker 5: where we are today, you know, in twenty twenty six,
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Speaker 5: I think that's that's a huge difference. And of course
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Speaker 5: the talent makes a huge difference. Yeah, when you when
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Speaker 5: you're running players out there that you know are the
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Speaker 5: best at their positioned in all of baseball or in
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Speaker 5: that discussion, you know that that's a great place to start.
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Speaker 4: Well, comparing this team to the teams we've been cheering
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Speaker 4: for and that has been competitive and you know, fighting
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Speaker 4: for either division titles and making the playoffs the last
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Speaker 4: four years or so, I mean, it's been predominantly based
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Speaker 4: on the starting rotation, the pitching staff, and you had
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Speaker 4: you had some dudes out there in your everyday lineup
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Speaker 4: as far as position players go. This year, you get
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Speaker 4: a full season of Josh Naylor. We saw what he
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Speaker 4: brings to the table gamer ball player, all the compliments
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Speaker 4: that you want to get as a as a player.
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Speaker 4: Now adding Brendan Davis or Donovan excuse me, to Cal
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Speaker 4: and Julio and JP and the rest of the gang,
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Speaker 4: I mean, it feels more complete right now at the
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Speaker 4: start of spring training. It feels more complete as far
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Speaker 4: as the entire team than it ever had before.
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Speaker 1: Is that? Are you feeling that same thing?
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Speaker 4: Yeah?
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Speaker 5: I am, yeah, definitely feeling that. And uh yeah, you know,
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Speaker 5: now we enter into face two right with games starting
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Speaker 5: today and and a little bit of a different year.
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Speaker 5: It's going to take a while, I think for things
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Speaker 5: to kind of settle in. It's on the major league level.
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Speaker 5: You know, I'm in player development, So I'm really happy
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Speaker 5: for our younger kids. They're going to get some opportunities
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Speaker 5: that maybe they wouldn't get in a normal year because
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Speaker 5: the guys are going to be leaving to go participate
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Speaker 5: in the WBC. But you know, to your point, you know,
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Speaker 5: the roster that has been built, Man, what a great
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Speaker 5: place to start and and you know, with the flexibility
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Speaker 5: that we need and different things like that, and you know,
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Speaker 5: it's it's a little bit of.
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Speaker 3: A unique challenge. I think.
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Speaker 5: You know, you mentioned the difference between our ability to
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Speaker 5: develop pitching versus you know, hitting or just scoring runs.
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Speaker 5: You know, at the major league level can be can
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Speaker 5: be tough. You know, yeah, you know Team Mobile has
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Speaker 5: been talked about. Everybody knows what a factor that is,
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Speaker 5: and so you know, you know, getting guys used to
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Speaker 5: that and just like, hey, this is just a part
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Speaker 5: of our challenge. This this is where we play, you know,
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Speaker 5: in the stadium. We're not moving the stadium, right, so
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Speaker 5: let's just let's just figure out how to score runs
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Speaker 5: on a consistent basis and and you know, play great
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Speaker 5: defense and you know, run the basis all the little
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Speaker 5: things that can add up to big things. When you
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Speaker 5: get to the end of one sixty two.
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Speaker 1: Alvin Davis is with it's a mister Mariner right here
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Speaker 1: on our Friday show. It's Chugging Buck in the morning's
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Speaker 1: live from Pure Spring Training here and man, you've kept
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Speaker 1: the mister Mariner title. You will keep it forever. I've all,
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Speaker 1: I've told you every year. I think right now you've
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Speaker 1: earned doctor Mariner. I think you've been mister Mariner long
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Speaker 1: enough that you should be doctor Mariner at this point.
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Speaker 1: You've earned it. But I mean, Ken Griffy Junior was
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Speaker 1: in this organization and you remain mister Mariner. And that's
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Speaker 1: pretty good player right there. So I'm assuming you were
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Speaker 1: going to hold onto that title forever. But when you
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Speaker 1: see a player and a leader like cal Raley, do
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Speaker 1: you think to yourself, am I going to hold onto
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Speaker 1: this title? You know through the cal Rally career?
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Speaker 3: Yeah?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, And you know, you know it's a it's a
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Speaker 5: humbling title to have. You know, I love the house
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Speaker 5: for you.
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Speaker 1: Hear that, Moonos. This is how nice you got to
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Speaker 1: be forever you hear that?
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Speaker 5: But yeah, to your point, it probably needs to become
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Speaker 5: an order because you know, you start talking about men
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Speaker 5: like mister Griffy and mister Martinez and mister Suzuki and
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Speaker 5: mister Johnson. I mean, all those guys that are up
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Speaker 5: on that big poster behind you, Chuck. You know it
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Speaker 5: should be it should be like a knighthood, right like
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Speaker 5: in order. I'd vote for that in the heartbeat.
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Speaker 1: But cal Raley, I mean, just talk to him and
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Speaker 1: how special he is as a player, a leader and
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Speaker 1: somebody that we've watched grow from you know, this chubby,
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Speaker 1: pink faced kid when I first saw him to now
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Speaker 1: as big a name in the sport that there is.
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Speaker 1: So you've got to watch this development.
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Speaker 5: Too, Yes, definitely, you know, got to see it a
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Speaker 5: little bit with Junior. But to your point with cal
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Speaker 5: I mean, Kyle even going back to last year went
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Speaker 5: in the Platinum Glove Award and knowing the work and
10:27
Speaker 5: you guys are here so you and you're here early,
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Speaker 5: so you see Cayle's work ethic, right, you see, he's
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Speaker 5: one of the first guys here. You know, he's he's
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Speaker 5: one of the first guys in the cage, gets his
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Speaker 5: work in, heads over to the bullpens, gets his work
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Speaker 5: in and so you know, there's always going to be
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Speaker 5: an element in professional sports of leading by example. Yes,
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Speaker 5: you know, being able to open your mouth at the
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Speaker 5: right time or or or quietly you know, you know,
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Speaker 5: coach up a guy or confront a guy. You know,
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Speaker 5: that's all a part of leadership at this level. And
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Speaker 5: but you know, also guys are watching how you go
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Speaker 5: about your work, and when you have an elite work ethic,
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Speaker 5: guys are like, whoa, Okay, that's the standard around here.
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Speaker 5: You know, Oh that's how you get to be Cal
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Speaker 5: Rawleigh right. You know, you know, going back to last year,
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Speaker 5: you remember the talking points last year coming into spring
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Speaker 5: training was you know, is Cal going to be able
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Speaker 5: to develop from the right side? You know, is you know,
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Speaker 5: he's obviously elite from the left hand side, but is
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Speaker 5: he going to be able to develop from the right
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Speaker 5: hand side if he If he can't, you know, maybe
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Speaker 5: you got to go out and get somebody that you know,
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Speaker 5: faces those tough lefties or whatever. You know, Cal comes out,
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Speaker 5: puts the work in, and you know he put the
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Speaker 5: work in way before he got down to Peoria last year.
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Speaker 5: But he continues putting the work in here. You know,
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Speaker 5: he works with sites and Bobby, Bobby Magianis and of
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Speaker 5: course senior Leanior mister Edgar Martinez, and then you know,
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Speaker 5: it becomes an elite right handed hitter, right, you know.
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Speaker 5: And and now he's you know, he's your everyday guy
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Speaker 5: and you trying to figure, okay, when when do we
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Speaker 5: give him a day off? You know, because you know
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Speaker 5: he's a great batch up for everybody in the league,
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Speaker 5: you know.
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Speaker 3: And and you know.
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Speaker 5: That when we talked about grit before, you know, playing
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Speaker 5: the toughest position physically to play on the field, wanting
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Speaker 5: to be there and posting. We use that term around here.
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Speaker 5: You know, you got to post, right, we tell our
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Speaker 5: kids on the p D side. You know, you gotta
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Speaker 5: post man. When you get to the.
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Speaker 3: Big league level and you're a guy, you got to
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Speaker 3: be in.
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Speaker 5: The lineup, You got to be available, You got to
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Speaker 5: you gotta be one of those guys where it's like,
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Speaker 5: hey man, we need to give you a day off,
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Speaker 5: and you're like, I don't agree.
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Speaker 3: With you, but the same time, we're not going to
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Speaker 3: go to blows over it.
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Speaker 5: And Cal has become that kind of guy, and I
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Speaker 5: get you know, I guess another uh, you know, vantage
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Speaker 5: point on it, working in player development and seeing how
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Speaker 5: come into the organization and seeing him develop. And you know,
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Speaker 5: one of the things we talk about is, you know,
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Speaker 5: you know, helping our players get there and then helping
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Speaker 5: them stay there and doing everything that we can as
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Speaker 5: an organization, as a staff, the people that have hands
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Speaker 5: on the players to make the gap between being a
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Speaker 5: prospect and a major league performer as narrow as we
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Speaker 5: possibly can. But we talk about it all the time.
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Speaker 5: Once their opportunity comes. There's no minor league stadiums that
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Speaker 5: have four decks. Uh, there's no minor league stadiums where
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Speaker 5: you know, you got you're playing the Yankees on a
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Speaker 5: Friday night game and the place is just rocking, and
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Speaker 5: you got Aaron Judd standing in the box, like, there's
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Speaker 5: some things you just got to figure out on your own.
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Speaker 5: But but anything else that we can do to help
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Speaker 5: you get there, that's our responsibility. And I you know,
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Speaker 5: I've loved just tracking with Cal, having conversations with Cal
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Speaker 5: as he was making that transition. Hey, Cal, you know,
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Speaker 5: you know what, what's the difference. You know, you're here now,
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Speaker 5: you've been in the big leagues for a year. What's
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Speaker 5: the difference what could we do a little bit better,
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Speaker 5: you know, and you know we had that conversation and
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Speaker 5: Cal helped me out, you know, so I appreciate that
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Speaker 5: about him. And then now you know, kind of going
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Speaker 5: from prospect to performer to you know, superstar, superstar.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, say it now?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, and uh, you know, I see see the same
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Speaker 5: thing again. You know, he's a household name. There's there,
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Speaker 5: they're t shirts and jerseys in New Jersey. The you know,
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Speaker 5: not that I'm trying to be smart here, but you
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Speaker 5: know they're they're Cal Raley fans all over this country
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Speaker 5: and all over the world, and it's just been amazing
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Speaker 5: to see it happened. Trace it all the way back
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Speaker 5: to work, ethic, character, leadership, capabilities, everything.
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Speaker 4: So yeah, well, I think a big signing this offseason
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Speaker 4: was not letting Naylor leave the building for a lot
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Speaker 4: of the reasons you just pointed out. With with Cal,
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Speaker 4: like that that grinder, that that the mentality that rings
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Speaker 4: he's gonna post. He's going to make sure that he's
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Speaker 4: a tough out for four times and and it makes
14:44
Speaker 4: it tough whatever balls hitting his direction as well. I mean,
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Speaker 4: when you when you start to assess that side of
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Speaker 4: this squad. I mean, I think Brendan Donovan, we've got
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Speaker 4: to know him just a little bit, and having an
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Speaker 4: interview with him, he seems that same type disciplined character,
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Speaker 4: like he's going to go about his business the right way,
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Speaker 4: and then if you do that, you let the outcomes
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Speaker 4: fall where they may. I mean, speak to just Josh Naylor,
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Speaker 4: I guess with that in mind, the idea of continuing
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Speaker 4: to make it to where your leaders in general have
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Speaker 4: the work ethic and that grit that you speak of,
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Speaker 4: because then all of a sudden, everyone else just kind
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Speaker 4: of you know, falls in line with that.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, And even at the major league level, these
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Speaker 5: guys are learning from their peers, right And you know,
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Speaker 5: so when you bring somebody like Josh into your organization
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Speaker 5: who just is such a student of the game, and
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Speaker 5: I know that's been well talked about, but it's almost
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Speaker 5: like you can't talk about it enough. You know, a
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Speaker 5: guy that really pays attention to the little things in
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Speaker 5: the game, is constantly learning the game and willing to
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Speaker 5: share that with his teammates, like having those types of
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Speaker 5: conversations you know, hey, this is what I'm seeing or
15:51
Speaker 5: you know, this is what you need to be thinking
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Speaker 5: about in this situation. You know, you know there's times
15:56
Speaker 5: where you know, you just got to take your base hit, right,
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Speaker 5: take take your ninety feet or take your walk, or
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Speaker 5: you know, there's there's times you got to go for
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Speaker 5: it a little bit, you know, anticipate what might what happened,
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Speaker 5: and then you know, I think about last year. You know,
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Speaker 5: I can't remember which game it was, but you know
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Speaker 5: the ball that he laces, you know that that's at
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Speaker 5: his eyes, right, you guys probably remember that at that,
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Speaker 5: you know, because he knows that that's where that guy
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Speaker 5: is going, and and he gets the barrel there, and
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Speaker 5: you know we're.
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Speaker 3: All like, you know, does how does that happen?
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Speaker 5: Well, you know there's obviously talent there, right, you know,
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Speaker 5: going back and you're thinking about Josh's pedigree. He's a
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Speaker 5: first round draft pick. There's a reason he's a first
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Speaker 5: round traffic, right, But then you know, just to see
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Speaker 5: the development again and got a little bit of a
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Speaker 5: unique perspective, I think for us because he was in
16:41
Speaker 5: San Diego for so many years and so you know
16:44
Speaker 5: we got to see him, you know, right across the
16:45
Speaker 5: lot here, you know, at Pure Sports Complex, so kind
16:48
Speaker 5: of watching him develop, and you know, first you look
16:51
Speaker 5: at him and you're like, oh, wow, that's that's a
16:52
Speaker 5: little different. You know, physicality is a little bit different.
16:55
Speaker 5: But then when you watch it a little bit closer,
16:58
Speaker 5: you know, it's like, whoa, it's really athletic. It moves
17:00
Speaker 5: really well, you know. And and yeah, playing outfield. I
17:03
Speaker 5: think when he was younger and playing first base, and
17:05
Speaker 5: you know, you see the arm. We're all scouts, right right,
17:08
Speaker 5: you know, you see the arm. You sit there and
17:09
Speaker 5: you go, whoa, Okay, that's that's got a little bit
17:11
Speaker 5: of zip on it.
17:12
Speaker 1: You know.
17:12
Speaker 5: I think he could play multiple positions, you know. And
17:15
Speaker 5: then you know, he just he's just continued to grow
17:18
Speaker 5: and add elements to his game that are just like wow,
17:21
Speaker 5: that that just he developed, Like he sees the game
17:25
Speaker 5: differently than other people sees the game. You see the game, right,
17:29
Speaker 5: even even elite Major league baseball players.
17:31
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's the point that distinguishes him from others. Yes, yes, bags, Yeah.
17:37
Speaker 3: That's right. That's that's a lot of basses for a
17:41
Speaker 3: fast guy. Yeah, he steal right, a really fast guy.
17:44
Speaker 1: That and his shoe game. When you see all of
17:47
Speaker 1: his different shoes do you think to yourself, Man, I
17:50
Speaker 1: wish they would have allowed me to wear that many
17:51
Speaker 1: different shoes when I played. Or are you in the
17:54
Speaker 1: camp of stick to the uniform there, Bud?
17:57
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't know if I was ever going to
17:59
Speaker 5: be that guy right to wear the glowing Barkley belt.
18:02
Speaker 1: Would you award us Parky belt?
18:06
Speaker 3: Award this Parkley belt? Yeah?
18:08
Speaker 5: You know, you know, going back to the eighties, you know,
18:10
Speaker 5: and you guys know so well, Junior was the first
18:12
Speaker 5: one to wear his hat backwards and everybody just said, hey,
18:16
Speaker 5: you know what, that's fine. You know he plays Yeah,
18:20
Speaker 5: he plays the game right, he plays the game hard,
18:22
Speaker 5: and he plays the game well.
18:24
Speaker 3: And at the end of the day, isn't that what
18:26
Speaker 3: you really want?
18:27
Speaker 5: And then you add a little flare to it, you know,
18:29
Speaker 5: you guys remember back in the eighties with the T
18:31
Speaker 5: shirts and all that kind of stuff.
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Speaker 3: The fans are loving. It's like, that's what we do.
18:36
Speaker 5: We're here for the best, We're here to win baseball
18:38
Speaker 5: games because fans want us to win baseball games. But
18:41
Speaker 5: if a guy wants to wear his hat backwards and
18:43
Speaker 5: put an earring in and he goes out there and.
18:45
Speaker 3: Rakes and he's a great teammate. What is the problem.
18:48
Speaker 5: And I think that kind of summarizes if you will,
18:50
Speaker 5: you know what Josh is, and you know, of course
18:52
Speaker 5: things have changed, it's more acceptable now. But yeah, Josh
18:55
Speaker 5: is just being himself. And you guys have been here,
18:58
Speaker 5: you've seen him. You saw him last year when he
19:01
Speaker 5: was with us. How he goes about his business and
19:03
Speaker 5: how he interacts with people, and just the joy that
19:06
Speaker 5: he brings and the selfless person that he is, just
19:09
Speaker 5: on a huge scale, like wear whatever you want to wear,
19:13
Speaker 5: you know, and then he you know, he's paying tribute
19:16
Speaker 5: the other day's ill. He's wearing Cooper cups jerseys for
19:18
Speaker 5: work and stuff like that. Just a shout out to Seattle,
19:21
Speaker 5: like that's awesome.
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Speaker 1: You would have shown up with bright pink shoes, Nolan,
19:25
Speaker 1: Ryan would have hit you right in the ribs.
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Speaker 3: I would have made I don't think I would have
19:30
Speaker 3: made it past my mom.
19:31
Speaker 5: She'd be like, what are you.
19:34
Speaker 3: Trying to do?
19:36
Speaker 5: Trying to be a show off? Razy to be no
19:39
Speaker 5: worried about Nolan, Mom. Yeah, Nolan, how about that? You
19:43
Speaker 5: hit hit me in the ribs four times? Like is
19:46
Speaker 5: it the shoes?
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Speaker 1: Mister Alvin's take these shoes off. So great to see you,
19:57
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Always a pleasure. Thank you, Mariner himself.
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Speaker 1: Alvin Davis joining us here at our set. All right,
20:04
Speaker 1: let's quickly find out what's on tap for the rest
20:07
Speaker 1: of the show.
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Speaker 6: What's what's on tap?
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Speaker 1: All right? Yeah. I could sit here and talk with
20:17
Speaker 1: Alvin all day long, but we've got other things to
20:20
Speaker 1: handle now.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, the tip of the iceberg.
20:26
Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. Uh, you know, sponsors and whatnot. Gosh, can't
20:31
Speaker 1: we just talk to Alvin for four hours?
20:34
Speaker 3: Please?
20:36
Speaker 1: Mareners spring training? Of course, it's our last day. We've
20:40
Speaker 1: got Emerson Hancock on the show coming up at six thirty.
20:43
Speaker 1: We got Justin Hollander today at seven o'clock. We have
20:46
Speaker 1: Rob Reschneider coming off the on the show today, and
20:49
Speaker 1: of course the mission is to get the guy that
20:50
Speaker 1: we were just discussing, Josh Naylor, to pop on our
20:53
Speaker 1: show at some point. That that is a mission today,
20:56
Speaker 1: and you never know who else might be joining us
20:58
Speaker 1: on the program today. There opening day. I never really
21:02
Speaker 1: thought of spring training you could use the phrase opening
21:05
Speaker 1: day for spring training. But I saw a box of
21:07
Speaker 1: doughnuts in there and it said happy Opening Day on
21:10
Speaker 1: it and so for spring training this is opening day.
21:14
Speaker 1: First game is today at one o'clock against the San
21:17
Speaker 1: Diego Padres. I do have the lineup for you don't
21:19
Speaker 1: have time to go through it now, but maybe we
21:21
Speaker 1: will do that before the end of the hour. Also,
21:25
Speaker 1: would let you know Ty Frantz is going to be
21:27
Speaker 1: playing for the Padres. He signed a minor league deal
21:29
Speaker 1: with the Padres in the offseason. And Mitch Garver signed
21:32
Speaker 1: a minor league deal with the Mariners, of course this week,
21:35
Speaker 1: and we just saw him enter the building for the
21:37
Speaker 1: first time. He's got a press conference in about an hour,
21:39
Speaker 1: but he came strolling in with cal Raley here today
21:43
Speaker 1: before we jumped on the air. So Mitch Garver is here.
21:46
Speaker 1: Seahawks introduced Brian Floury yesterday. He made quite the impression
21:51
Speaker 1: on the fan base. We'll hear from him later on
21:54
Speaker 1: in the program. The Olympics, Oh my gosh, you should
21:57
Speaker 1: have seen the scene here at the cafeteria players watching
22:02
Speaker 1: the US women win hockey gold over Canada in overtime yesterday.
22:06
Speaker 1: The place erupted here in Peoria, and I would imagine
22:10
Speaker 1: they'll be watching again today. The men's side reaches at semifinals.
22:14
Speaker 1: The US will take on Slovakia today and Canada will
22:17
Speaker 1: take on Finland. Hopefully we have some time to talk
22:20
Speaker 1: about this stuff a little bit later on in the
22:22
Speaker 1: show College Basketball Udub versus Maryland tomorrow. But the big
22:26
Speaker 1: story on Montlake was the mic drop the sudden retirement
22:30
Speaker 1: of Jason Hamilton. Jayham yesterday, tremendous career, tremendous dude, and
22:37
Speaker 1: so he's going to be sorely missed. Man. The outpouring
22:40
Speaker 1: from all of the Husky people just lauding the career
22:44
Speaker 1: of Jason Hamilton yesterday was pretty cool to see. NBA
22:48
Speaker 1: Adam Silver announced yesterday that they are going to make
22:51
Speaker 1: major changes to tanking. Everything is on the table. They're
22:55
Speaker 1: going to get tough on the concept that third of
22:59
Speaker 1: the league tanking games for better draft position. I am
23:03
Speaker 1: gonna find some time to talk about that and believe
23:05
Speaker 1: it or not, with all this going on, did you
23:07
Speaker 1: know the Sounders open on Sunday? Yeah, Sounders their season
23:12
Speaker 1: starts on Sunday. How about okay? I mean, oh wow,
23:17
Speaker 1: all right, So there you go. Those are your headlines.
23:19
Speaker 1: We're just getting started. The sun just popped up over
23:22
Speaker 1: the horizon, and I think that means we are underway.
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Speaker 1: Here on our fifth and final show from spring training coverage,
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Speaker 1: Emerson Hancock joins us next chu U' buck Sports Radio
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Speaker 1: ninety three point three kJ r f M. It's Chuck
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Speaker 1: a Buck with you Sports Radio ninety three point three
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Speaker 1: kJ r FM, and we always like to check in
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Speaker 1: with this guy. He's the Nate Bargatsia baseball out of
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Speaker 1: the University of Georgia, former first round pick and the
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Speaker 1: love of our hearts. Joining us now is Emerson Ancock
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Speaker 1: here on Chucking Buck. How are you, sir?
23:59
Speaker 3: Good?
24:01
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, there's a big poster review on our on
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Speaker 1: my wall at home.
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Speaker 7: I love it. I love it. It's a good post.
24:08
Speaker 1: I really like you. I don't have a post.
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Speaker 7: You gotta get one, though, Okay, you gotta get one.
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Speaker 1: All right, coming right up. But I've only known you
24:15
Speaker 1: as a picture, Emerson Hancock, not daddy. Emerson Hancock. What
24:20
Speaker 1: on earth?
24:21
Speaker 3: Like?
24:21
Speaker 1: It is like it's turned into a nursery. You've had
24:24
Speaker 1: a baby. How is that going in your life?
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Speaker 8: It's been awesome. Yeah, it is a It really is
24:28
Speaker 8: a blessing. It was a great off season. We had
24:30
Speaker 8: a about a week or two to kind of settle in,
24:33
Speaker 8: and then he came like early November. So since then
24:36
Speaker 8: it's felt like it's flown by. But like you said,
24:38
Speaker 8: I mean to have all the kids here with the
24:40
Speaker 8: wives and everyone hanging out.
24:42
Speaker 7: It's special.
24:43
Speaker 8: It's so cool to just pop in and out see them,
24:45
Speaker 8: and then obviously everyone get interact with him.
24:47
Speaker 1: Is great. Well, we've heard about Henry Gilbert. We don't
24:50
Speaker 1: know the name of young Hancock. Is it Herbie?
24:52
Speaker 7: Tell her herbi okay, Master Boney.
24:55
Speaker 8: No, John Miles, Christian Hancock with the why the Miles.
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Speaker 1: Of the why okay? Is that family name?
25:02
Speaker 9: No?
25:03
Speaker 8: It was just something a name that we both liked
25:05
Speaker 8: and as soon as we found out we were having
25:07
Speaker 8: a boy, I just think that was the first one.
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Speaker 7: We like it and it sounded good. And here we are.
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Speaker 1: Well, I don't want to be the choice. I don't
25:14
Speaker 1: want to start any controversy. But he's bald, he has
25:17
Speaker 1: trouble walking, and he's short. Are you sure it's not
25:20
Speaker 1: Perry Hills.
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Speaker 7: You'll have to You'll have to tell him that one.
25:24
Speaker 3: You're not.
25:29
Speaker 4: Unbelievable, Oh poor Miles'll you'll learn how to walk Perry Hill, right,
25:34
Speaker 4: now for sure. Uh So off season wise, I mean
25:38
Speaker 4: a different off season I would imagine for you considering
25:41
Speaker 4: how last year was right end up going to the
25:44
Speaker 4: bullpen to some degree? Did that change your preparation this
25:47
Speaker 4: year or did you did they tell you know, you're
25:48
Speaker 4: going back to the rotation?
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Speaker 7: Not really much change.
25:51
Speaker 8: You know, I wanted to be as normal as an
25:53
Speaker 8: off season as possible, and you know, you just kind
25:55
Speaker 8: of start building up, and I just wanted to build
25:58
Speaker 8: a really good, you know, volume and intensity foundation and
26:00
Speaker 8: build up as a starter and then get here and
26:03
Speaker 8: then just you know, see what happens. I mean, that's
26:05
Speaker 8: the plan, is to be a starter, and then if
26:07
Speaker 8: we have to make any changes, we'll go from there.
26:09
Speaker 8: We know that I can make the shift if we
26:11
Speaker 8: have to. But I also feel like I can contribute
26:15
Speaker 8: some some really good innings as a starter. So off
26:17
Speaker 8: season was great. Again, just working on you know, command, consistency.
26:22
Speaker 8: Those are the two big things I really wanted to
26:24
Speaker 8: focus on.
26:24
Speaker 1: Emerson Hancock with US Proud Father Radio on Chuck and
26:28
Speaker 1: Buck in the Morning Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
26:31
Speaker 1: What about that arm slot you toyed with some things
26:34
Speaker 1: at the tail end of last year and it really
26:36
Speaker 1: looked like it was working. And so did you carry
26:40
Speaker 1: that into the off season and into spring or are
26:43
Speaker 1: we going to see something more of that? Yeah?
26:45
Speaker 8: I just think that was kind of a result of
26:47
Speaker 8: just going and doing what filt natural, and I think
26:50
Speaker 8: it helped a ton with just you know, pitching east
26:53
Speaker 8: and west, with the sinker and the sweeper. It made
26:55
Speaker 8: things a lot easier for me. And then this off
26:58
Speaker 8: season wasn't like a focus of oh, let's do this, like,
27:01
Speaker 8: let's go out, let's do it feels really really good,
27:03
Speaker 8: and let's build a strong foundation and just see how
27:06
Speaker 8: how far we can take this thing.
27:07
Speaker 4: With that, just getting to be a part of the
27:10
Speaker 4: team last year was a special team. I mean, you
27:11
Speaker 4: guys did some really impressive stuff as a whole, and
27:15
Speaker 4: yet obviously still didn't achieve the ultimate goal. What did
27:18
Speaker 4: it fuel your fire a little bit more? We'd get
27:20
Speaker 4: a couple extra reps in when you were working out
27:22
Speaker 4: getting ready for this year?
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Speaker 7: Well, I mean yeah, absolutely.
27:24
Speaker 8: I mean, as a competitor, you want to win it
27:27
Speaker 8: all and for us to be you know, as close
27:30
Speaker 8: as we are, I mean you're right there, and I
27:32
Speaker 8: think what we all take away is, you know, we
27:34
Speaker 8: know what it takes now, you know what it takes
27:35
Speaker 8: to get there, to get the work, and you know
27:37
Speaker 8: we can go and do it now. It's just about
27:39
Speaker 8: taking the next step, putting in the work, putting in
27:41
Speaker 8: the time, coming together as a team and go out
27:43
Speaker 8: and competing for one hundred and sixty two and then
27:45
Speaker 8: when you get to the end and you just you
27:47
Speaker 8: turn it on and see what happens and have fun
27:49
Speaker 8: with it.
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Speaker 1: It's very cool to see you interact, you pitchers together.
27:54
Speaker 1: I remember when Julio was asked about the pitching staff
27:58
Speaker 1: last year in the postseason, and the first thing out
28:00
Speaker 1: of his mind was not about you guys's stuff or
28:02
Speaker 1: how glad he is not to face you. He just
28:04
Speaker 1: said they get along so well, like like that, like
28:09
Speaker 1: he wishes that he had a group of friends like
28:12
Speaker 1: you guys are. I mean, you might end up on
28:14
Speaker 1: different teams. I mean, who knows, this might be the
28:17
Speaker 1: last year that you're all together. It can happen. It's
28:20
Speaker 1: a business first and foremost. But I just want to
28:25
Speaker 1: hear your reaction to just what kind of friends you
28:28
Speaker 1: guys have become with this goal of winning a World Series.
28:32
Speaker 8: It's just a special like it's so hard to describe. Again,
28:38
Speaker 8: like you said, just we care for each other, we
28:41
Speaker 8: love each other. But the best part of the day
28:45
Speaker 8: is like just coming to work and cutting up and
28:47
Speaker 8: having a good time and laughing and just watching guys
28:50
Speaker 8: bullpens like we love it.
28:53
Speaker 3: We enjoy it.
28:53
Speaker 8: You know, we want to try to spend as much
28:55
Speaker 8: time as we can together because you know, like you said,
28:57
Speaker 8: things may happen, but this is a special It's it's
29:00
Speaker 8: hard to describe it. But it's just composed of you know,
29:04
Speaker 8: really good people that are really talented and you know,
29:06
Speaker 8: we love you know, competing with each other.
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Speaker 1: Which ones on the rotation, because I'm sure it's only
29:12
Speaker 1: the rotation. Guys are allowed to be uncles to Miles,
29:17
Speaker 1: is a Uncle Bryce, Uncle Brian? Or has somebody not
29:21
Speaker 1: quite cut the mustard yet? You know, maybe it's just
29:25
Speaker 1: Uncle Logan. He seems to spend a lot of time.
29:27
Speaker 1: I mean, your kids are babies together, they're gonna probably
29:29
Speaker 1: grow up and be best friends. Says you're just Uncle Logan.
29:32
Speaker 1: Or they all been given that type.
29:33
Speaker 7: Yeah, they're all given that. Okay, yeah, they're all there.
29:36
Speaker 1: They have to take it away.
29:37
Speaker 8: Yeah, exactly exactly. They can lose it if they do something,
29:40
Speaker 8: you know, steer them the wrong way. We might have
29:41
Speaker 8: to take that title away. But already, and he's got
29:43
Speaker 8: a bunch of uncles, he's got a bunch of really
29:46
Speaker 8: good people that are looking out for him. So Miles
29:48
Speaker 8: has a pretty good head start right now.
29:50
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then I have this babysitter who hit sixty
29:54
Speaker 1: home runs when I was a kid in one year.
29:58
Speaker 1: Are any of the hitters?
29:59
Speaker 4: Yeah, up, and trying to you know, fit him with
30:02
Speaker 4: some batting gloves, be like, here's a here's a bat,
30:06
Speaker 4: because I guarantee you've already put a baseball in his hand.
30:08
Speaker 4: If you put a bat in his hand, No bat?
30:11
Speaker 4: What crossed my mind? A golf club?
30:14
Speaker 1: Just yet?
30:14
Speaker 3: We'll see, you know, we'll see.
30:16
Speaker 8: It's either it's right now, it's a little mini golf
30:18
Speaker 8: club or it's a little little ball.
30:20
Speaker 3: But uh no.
30:21
Speaker 8: I took him in the cage the other day and
30:23
Speaker 8: just had them watching guys hit and like, it's just cool. Yeah,
30:25
Speaker 8: it's so cool to be able to do that. And
30:28
Speaker 8: he's got no clue what's going on, but yeah, it's
30:32
Speaker 8: you never.
30:33
Speaker 7: Think, you know when you're a kid.
30:35
Speaker 8: That's like, you'll be bringing your own kids here to work,
30:37
Speaker 8: just showing like loving what you do. So this special.
30:41
Speaker 1: Uh, why have you not heard or how have you
30:44
Speaker 1: not heard of Nate Bargatzi yet? I have heard, but
30:47
Speaker 1: like I just don't.
30:49
Speaker 7: I don't know a lot about them.
30:51
Speaker 1: That's it.
30:51
Speaker 7: I don't know a lot about them.
30:53
Speaker 3: Yeah.
30:54
Speaker 4: I think there's one called my Big Dumb Eyes or something.
30:57
Speaker 4: There's a Tennessee kid. He's he's a it's a clean humor.
31:01
Speaker 4: You will love it. Telling you you need to go
31:02
Speaker 4: watch check it out.
31:04
Speaker 1: Family friendly. He's an SEC guy. You went to Vanderbilt,
31:07
Speaker 1: so you know you probably beat the hell out of
31:09
Speaker 1: them a few times.
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Speaker 7: Just means more.
31:14
Speaker 1: All right, I want you. I'm giving you homework then
31:17
Speaker 1: for the next time that we see you. All right,
31:20
Speaker 1: So what are you trying to get out of spring here?
31:22
Speaker 1: What's what's Emerson Hancock's goal between now and opening day?
31:26
Speaker 8: Just consistency, consistency, take the ball, go out there. You
31:30
Speaker 8: know know what we do is an org is to
31:31
Speaker 8: dominate the strike zone. You want a limit free basis.
31:34
Speaker 8: You want to punch a lot of guys out, and
31:36
Speaker 8: that's that's kind of the name of the game. That's
31:39
Speaker 8: the secret is to go out there, fill up the
31:40
Speaker 8: strike zone, do it with multiple pitches, and you know,
31:44
Speaker 8: use these next couple of weeks.
31:45
Speaker 7: So just buy into that and commit to it.
31:47
Speaker 4: Well obviously, man, I mean you you got what it
31:50
Speaker 4: takes to to pitch in the big leagues. And I
31:52
Speaker 4: just want to let you know you're an easy dude
31:53
Speaker 4: to cheer for.
31:54
Speaker 7: We appreciate it.
31:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right, yeah, And I love seeing
31:59
Speaker 1: seeing you get the extent the looks last year. Uh
32:02
Speaker 1: and and I you know, obviously want to see more
32:05
Speaker 1: of Emerson Hancock here in twenty twenty six. So, uh,
32:09
Speaker 1: your Georgia Bulldogs came close, but it didn't quite win
32:11
Speaker 1: the National National Championship this.
32:13
Speaker 7: Year, not yet.
32:14
Speaker 8: But again it should have a lot of guys returning
32:17
Speaker 8: next year and then you go from there. You know,
32:19
Speaker 8: you win pretty sure back to back SEC champs. So
32:23
Speaker 8: still really really good. It's a great conference to win
32:26
Speaker 8: every year. And then even had a chance in the
32:28
Speaker 8: old Miss game, you know you're talking about you kind
32:31
Speaker 8: of one of those back and forth games you have
32:33
Speaker 8: a chance to win it at the end, and just
32:34
Speaker 8: it was a really good team.
32:36
Speaker 7: Sometimes you got to tip the capitol.
32:37
Speaker 1: Okay, well, thanks for stopping by. Appreciate it, have a
32:41
Speaker 1: great year, and we will talk to you later. We'll
32:44
Speaker 1: talk to you about a year from now. Will laugh
32:46
Speaker 1: about Bargatzi comedy.
32:48
Speaker 7: We will, I'll look it.
32:49
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, joy that I appreciate you. Everson Hancock Sports
32:53
Speaker 1: Radio ninety three point three kJ RFM.
32:55
Speaker 9: One was an honor.
32:56
Speaker 10: And now to be standing here or sitting here next
32:58
Speaker 10: to Mike Kid, I mean, I can't really express it
33:00
Speaker 10: any better than that.
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Speaker 1: His voice throws me off because I don't know. There
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Speaker 1: was something about the way Brian Fleury looks with that
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Speaker 1: bald head and that perfectly tapered beard. He looks like
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Speaker 1: sort of like a sea pirate captain. So I was
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Speaker 1: almost expecting, like.
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Speaker 6: Heard Sam Donald's gonna throw the ball around the yard.
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Speaker 11: Oh glad, Yeah, I'm glad he's Sam Darnald.
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Speaker 4: But that doesn't happen.
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Speaker 6: Here on the Mighty Seas of the National Football League.
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Speaker 6: Oie will strike down with hoorrate engines, all fools.
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Speaker 12: All the play calls are.
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Speaker 6: Too far matey, too far matey, Spider three, why Banana?
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Speaker 12: I wish this would happened hmm.
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Speaker 1: Great.
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Speaker 8: Shut.
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Speaker 12: Although as the season goes on, everyone adopts the pirate accent.
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Speaker 1: Yes, exactly, everybody's talking like a pirate. I was expecting
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Speaker 1: something like that, and he sounds kind of normal. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: sounds kind of like nerdy.
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Speaker 12: That's good. Means he doesn't have scurvy.
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Speaker 3: That is a plus.
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Speaker 1: Oh well, new oc and have scurvy. Well, I'm gonna
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Speaker 1: have to get adapted to the fact that Brian, because
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Speaker 1: I had it in my head he was either a
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Speaker 1: pirate captain or a Viking one or the other. So yeah,
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Speaker 1: a little bit. It's a little bit, and he's just
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Speaker 1: a normal human, all right. Hopefully he's good at calling plays.
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Speaker 1: I will adapt on the fly, I suppose, but I
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Speaker 1: cannot hide my disappointment. Brian Flurry met the Seattle media
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Speaker 1: hoard yesterday for the first time. He also talked to
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Speaker 1: David Softy Maller for the first time yesterday, and I'm
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Speaker 1: going to make him walk the plank.
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Speaker 12: Should have made Softy walk the plane hired.
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Speaker 1: There's nothing worse on a pirate ship than a smart ass.
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Speaker 1: But he did discuss what his offense is gonna look
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Speaker 1: like this year.
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Speaker 10: It looks very similar to the one that just won
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Speaker 10: the Super Bowl. It's more about how you play than
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Speaker 10: what you actually are doing. Schematically, We're gonna be fast
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Speaker 10: and violent and aggressive in every way that we possibly
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Speaker 10: can put pressure on defenses, both schematically and from a
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Speaker 10: tempo standpoint, and just always have that type of mindset.
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Speaker 3: Could even at least.
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Speaker 1: Said fast and violent and as.
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Speaker 4: Things just doesn't sound or Viking or or or pirate ish.
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Speaker 4: I mean still as long as it it doesn't have
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Speaker 4: to have the pirate accent or tone. As long as
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Speaker 4: you're saying, yeah, violent, you want violent? Yeah, I mean
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Speaker 4: he was saying all the right things. He's just not
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Speaker 4: saying in the way that I want him to say that, Right,
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Speaker 4: I get it.
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Speaker 1: I get where you're well, we're.
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Speaker 9: Going to be island, We're going to raid teams with
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Speaker 9: our offense.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it doesn't. It doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Speaker 4: You're right as if there was a pirate e Viking
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Speaker 4: sense to it.
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Speaker 1: I'm with you.
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Speaker 8: I like that.
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Speaker 12: There's no middle ground though. It's either firate or.
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Speaker 3: Like account.
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Speaker 9: Oh boy, Yes, we're gonna go to the line and
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Speaker 9: we're going to be very aggressive and violent.
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Speaker 1: Wait till you.
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Speaker 12: See Sam dropped back and see what happens next.
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Speaker 9: We're going to be head defenses.
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Speaker 3: We're gonna do.
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Speaker 1: Picture. We're like a sweater vest tied around his neck.
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Speaker 1: Could you pass the chardonnay? But do it violently?
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Speaker 3: Like but he's not listening.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, because I have a feeling he is a
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Speaker 1: pretty rough customer to deal with. At least he looks
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Speaker 1: like he does look like he looks like a football code.
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Speaker 1: Maybe he takes off his coat and he's scrawny. I
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Speaker 1: don't know. He's always throwing me off. I know that
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Speaker 1: much true. So far, he's one for one and throwing
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Speaker 1: you off.
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Speaker 12: I mean, imagine what else he can do to throw
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Speaker 12: you off.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you can do anything more.
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Speaker 3: Talk.
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Speaker 9: Well, all that matters is we throw the defense off.
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Speaker 9: That's all that matters.
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Speaker 3: I don't know how this has happened.
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Speaker 9: We're going to sail the Mighty Seas with our sigils flying.
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Speaker 12: Don't do, not disobey, you will walk the plank.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, cannon fire against your bow.
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Speaker 3: I guess in the world.
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Speaker 1: Oh well, Brian Flurry is what's on with Softy last night?
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Speaker 1: And so we're going to replace some of that conversation
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Speaker 1: with you a little bit later on. No matter how
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Speaker 1: disappointed I am that Brian Fleury doesn't sound like a
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Speaker 1: pirate captain, I really do feel bad that his first
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Speaker 1: introduction to our station was with Softy Poor Guy.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, it's unfortunate for everyone involved, including us, But.
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Speaker 1: We'll replace some of that terrific conversation from last night's
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Speaker 1: Softy and Dick radio program coming up at eight thirty today,
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Speaker 1: but coming up next.
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Speaker 3: Clear the Decks.
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