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Speaker 1: The following takes place between six pm and seven pm.

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Speaker 2: You want answers. I think I'm entitled. You want answer

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Speaker 2: the truth?

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Speaker 1: You can't handle the truth? True, true, Alright, let's get

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Speaker 1: to it. RNL Carrier Sports Talk presented by Kelsey Chevrolet.

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Speaker 1: I'm Lance McAllister. My first guest has been on the

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Speaker 1: scene in goodyear, pumping out content like you'd have to

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Speaker 1: read to believe. I count and read twenty one stories

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Speaker 1: that he wrote since last Sunday. You read him at

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Speaker 1: Fox nineteen dot com. You get Charlie Chalkboard email to

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Speaker 1: you daily free through substack, and my first cup of

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Speaker 1: coffee this morning was enjoyed listening to the Power Stacks

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Speaker 1: podcast with my first guest and Brian Geesenslaw. For more

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Speaker 1: on all of this, let's welcome in Charlie Goldsmith. Charlie,

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Speaker 1: I wonder based on the time difference, I'm not sure,

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Speaker 1: but with everybody's still buzzing about hockey, where there are

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Speaker 1: Reds players with eyeballs on the game yesterday morning.

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Speaker 2: There are multiple levels of I guess sporting event, you

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Speaker 2: could say. And I've watched a lot of Olympic events

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Speaker 2: and touch with the team over the years. But the

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Speaker 2: sound was on yesterday when Team USA was getting it done.

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Speaker 2: And I don't know that. I've honestly seen a lot

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Speaker 2: of sporting events in that clubhouse. I don't remember the

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Speaker 2: sound being on. I know the heck of the moment.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, no doubt, no doubt, heck of a day

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Speaker 1: for Matt McLain yesterday, A couple of hits, hit the

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Speaker 1: ball the other way. I know it's just a game,

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Speaker 1: but man, I would think a positive day's got to

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Speaker 1: be a big day for Matt McClain early in spring.

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Speaker 2: So that's the million dollar question, maybe the lingering question

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Speaker 2: that'll define the season. And I always go back to

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Speaker 2: the fact that McLain had a terrific year in spring

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Speaker 2: training last year as well. I think he was their

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Speaker 2: best hitter in the Cactus League. So I talked to

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Speaker 2: Terry Francona some about that yesterday, about can you actually

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Speaker 2: build up up confidence and how you view McLain and

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Speaker 2: whether or not he can hit seconds when the season

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Speaker 2: starts based on what you see here in spring training,

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Speaker 2: And the answer is, basically, we'll see, Like there is

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Speaker 2: no good answer. There is no headline on Matt McLean

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Speaker 2: right now, It's just they hope that he can build

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Speaker 2: up that momentum and rhythm and timing. How much to

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Speaker 2: read into that, you know, we probably shouldn't have last

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Speaker 2: year this year, we'll see, but certainly a nice two

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Speaker 2: nice hits the other way in his spring training debut. Start.

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Speaker 1: What are the storylines about this team in the offseason?

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Speaker 1: Has been improving the defense? Leaning into their defense, Charlie,

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Speaker 1: what would you say to the fan out there that

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Speaker 1: maybe rolls their eyes and says, well, all that's well

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Speaker 1: and good, But what about the errors that Ellie made

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Speaker 2: When the Reds did the deep dive into their defense

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Speaker 2: last October. The conclusion that the coaching evaluations and that

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Speaker 2: the numbers told them was that Ellie's defense was suffering

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Speaker 2: because of his quad, just like his power. They chalk

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Speaker 2: that up to the quad. They felt like, even if

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Speaker 2: you isolate the sample size when he was healthy, that

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Speaker 2: he was where they wanted him to be. Now is

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Speaker 2: that good enough? Who knows. We'll see. There's a specific

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Speaker 2: plan in place that I find really interesting. Like he

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Speaker 2: What this springs about for him is situational defense. They're

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Speaker 2: giving him specific situations. Bellinger's running down the line for

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Speaker 2: something they need to drill on with him. But how

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Speaker 2: he does defensively, I think might impact the floor and

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Speaker 2: the ceiling from a consistency perspective of this team as

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Speaker 2: much as any other individual player development case.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the outfield slash bench. How does Dan

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Speaker 2: But Myers is the favorite to be that backup center

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Speaker 1: Of crushing lef last two years, Cabrian Hayes has hit

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Speaker 1: two thirty four five thirty six ops. Charlie. Are they

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Speaker 1: making a concession that he's just a damn good glove

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Speaker 2: This is literally the next story idea on my list.

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Speaker 2: It's a trade. It's a trade that I still have

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Speaker 2: haven't talked to Cabrian about this yet. Literally that's my

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Speaker 2: I just see someone who doesn't have enough muscle to

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Speaker 2: whatever you're seeing from him this year in spring as well.

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Speaker 2: They need him to hit because he's the third baseman

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Speaker 2: and there because south Stewart won't be playing as much third,

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Speaker 1: Charlie Goldsmith talking Reds Charlie's chalkboard and must read tell

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Speaker 1: me about Hunter Green expanding his repertoire.

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Speaker 2: way you see in football. You know, it's Sam Francis

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Speaker 2: with the Bengals. Now. The difference is the batter has

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Speaker 2: the Red lost the game on Saturday, not that it

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Speaker 2: the further I dive into this rabbit hole, the more

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Speaker 2: I see ways to improve your for lack of a

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Speaker 2: I like Hunter Green with two strikes. Yes, you know,

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Speaker 2: maybe that's less important for a groundball picture like rock Burke,

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Speaker 2: like Starre hitters who were great with two strikes, stir

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Speaker 2: this plan. You know, you get that set in advance

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Speaker 2: Make sure you're using it at the most advantageous points.

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Speaker 1: All right, you've been all over goodyear. Can you at

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Speaker 1: this moment confirm or deny that you will be in

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis for the combine?

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Speaker 2: I'm here this, I'm here right now. I just landed,

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Speaker 2: I just ate and I'm excited for the week.

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Speaker 1: That is fantastic. I can't wait. All right, tell everybody listening.

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Speaker 1: How can they follow? Read and watch all you have

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Speaker 1: going on.

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Speaker 2: A combine this week on Charlie's Board on Fox nineteen,

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Speaker 2: and then I'll be back in Arizona on Thursday working

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Speaker 2: on FT trunk of Brian Hayes and keep going with

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Speaker 2: Red Spring training. Is the Cactus League action gets done?

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Speaker 2: All right?

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Speaker 1: Was I correct? Off the top? Because I keep track

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Speaker 1: of this stuff. I counted since last Sunday you've written

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Speaker 1: twenty one stories, which seems humanly impossible. And not just

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Speaker 1: twenty one stories you've written, I swear like five thousand

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Speaker 1: words stories sometimes. I mean you're a machine.

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Speaker 2: You know what the big takeaway for me is from that?

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's nothing new, it's something you know, people

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Speaker 2: really care about the Reds and it's cool to feel

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Speaker 2: that in a way, and it's exciting to be able

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Speaker 2: to report on it.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely well. I'm always excited when you can make time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for making time tonight. Enjoy Indian and I

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Speaker 1: hope we can talk again soon.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Lance, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: There you go, Charlie Goldsmith, Charlie's Truck Board, Fox nineteen

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Speaker 1: each morning twenty one stories since last Sunday. Really, how

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Speaker 1: is that even possible? All Right, that's good.

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Speaker 1: Headline still ahead six point thirty five. Tonight will drop

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Speaker 1: the puck. Jody Shelley Columbus Blue Jackets on what transpired

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