WEBVTT - A Frogman Friday (Hour 3) 1/30/26 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.680 How's the stream stream commencing broadcasting on a M five 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:07.160 seventy l A sports and streaming on the iHeartRadio while it's. 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:09.640 The longest running afternoon sports show in the city. No 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:14.200 congratulations necessary. All traces of Fred Rogan have been removed. 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:19.079 This is Petros in Money, Thank You, Thank You, hosted 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.840 by Petros Papadas terrible person, He's the worst and Matt 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:23.720 money Smith. 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:28.840 The pipes, the pipes, the pipe. Don't miss an episode. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:32.040 We're with you. Yeah, follow the Petros in Money Show. 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.720 Wherever you get your podcasts now Here's Petros Papadacus and 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:38.000 Matt money Smith. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.879 You going back up on the hill. 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So we got about fifty minutes with a 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:29.959 beautiful collection of folks. 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.800 Pee. They really showed out here. Thank you everybody in 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:36.520 studio audience. A big thank you to our sandwich sponsor. 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.639 Yes, our friends at Vesty, Thank you to them. Eat Vesty, 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:43.319 use the code. iHeart Vesty for twenty percent off. We 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:47.200 had a spicy a turkey the focaca. Oh incredible and 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.720 I'm sure everybody here would agree. And yes, I'm sure 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:54.240 our studio audience would agree. Brought to you by Verizon 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:58.120 joining us right now. The man of the app one 0:01:58.120 --> 0:01:59.320 of the hour, Miguel. 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:08.280 It's our guests we're talking about it. Not only one 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:14.200 of the great men representing Venezuela and Southern California simultaneously, 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:20.560 but also a legendary Dodger hero of epic proportion. I 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:25.120 feel steel what Miguel Rojas was able to pull off 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.920 this off season was very, very special. The fact that 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:32.480 he's here is very special. There's so much to celebrate, 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:37.480 but the flair the exuberance, the leadership that Miguel brings 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:42.440 to the Dodgers. Honestly, very inspiring. Thanks for coming, Miguel, 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:46.240 God bless you. That's Matt Smith on Petros Papadakas. I 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.840 don't think we've talked on the radio in many years. 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:52.400 Many years. Yeah, maybe way back the first time around. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:54.239 Something. 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.440 I remember that, So tell us we don't know if 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:57.799 that's good. 0:02:57.880 --> 0:02:58.120 Bet. 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.320 It's two worlds, Ampi and Chips for Miguel going for three, 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.800 just get another deal, and how could he not after 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.400 such a magical postseason, But just give us an idea. 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.280 It's been such a magical time for everybody in the city. 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.520 I can't imagine what it's been like for you, your 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:16.799 family and your teammates. 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.640 What's this offseason been like. It seems like it's been 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:20.240 very special. 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.520 Yeah, it's been overwhelming, to be honest with you, guys. 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.359 But I didn't want to walk away from it because 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.200 I know what happened was really special, having happened in 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.239 twenty five years, and for us to bring together a 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:36.440 city as big as La together for the last couple 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.840 of games, and not just for those games, but for 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.720 the whole playoff when we were down three to two 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:45.560 against Toronto, going to Canada to play against a team 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.160 in another country and pull it off that way that 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.440 we did, and then coming back here and seeing all 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:54.920 the people in the streets, not just the War series 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.360 and all the fans that travel with us, but going 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.400 downtown and do the parade and see all the people together. 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.480 I feel like that's the most special thing on Mahart, 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.720 not just winning back to back champions but bringing everybody 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:11.880 together after a devastating gear starting with all the fire 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.600 and all the stuff. I feel like the city of 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:16.040 La they sort of a team like this that wants 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.640 to get better every single time, and I'm. 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.880 So proud of being part of the part of this organization. 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:21.520 Baseball. 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.520 Look at that beautiful opening statement, Miguel. The you know 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.680 you always hear about when when people retire, they say, 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:29.080 you know what do I miss? I miss the clubhouse, 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.560 I miss you know, being around the guys. I assume 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.320 every team is different. It's never the same twenty five guys. 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.640 Baseball's you know, one hundred and sixty two games and 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:37.800 one hundred and eighty five days. 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.000 So kind of take us through because it feels like you. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.479 Need it, Like what is it about this group these 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.039 last two years that is special that has led to 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:45.960 this sort of success. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.400 Yeah, kind of the same, the same core. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:52.120 If we see the roster, couple additions that are always 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.840 going to be important and impactful because we're never going 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.160 to use just the same twenty six guys for the 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.960 whole year. I think Dave rovers is being really good 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.600 on making everybody part of the family. As soon as 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:05.719 we get to sprint training. I know it's being two 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:10.120 different things and so many people that contribute for us 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.279 to win a championship in back to back years, But 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:13.880 at the end of the day, it's kind of like 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.520 the same chemistry with everybody who walks in this clubhouse. 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.279 The mentality is winning, and the mentality is playing until 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.919 the last game of baseball every single time. So I 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.480 feel like that's the part that you were excited about 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.400 getting ready for another year, is getting excited because you 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.880 know you're gonna spend a lot of time with these guys. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.760 You're gonna go to battles and it's gonna be open downs, 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:41.159 and that's the most graarifiing thing like winning after knowing 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:41.680 that A lot. 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.560 Of people talk about you talk about. 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:47.480 Running baseball talking about doing all this, spending all the 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:48.440 money and all that. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:49.560 And I remember in. 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.919 The middle of July, we were in a position where 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.440 the Padres took over the first place and a lot 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:57.520 of people were talking about a lot. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:02.039 Of people were talking about that that we weren't good enough. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.200 And I think that's what kind of like fooled you 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.599 every single day, because it's like you say, it's a 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.840 long season. You play a lot of games, you're studying 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.920 in Japan the year before, you study in Korea, and 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.080 you spend a lot of times away from your family, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.599 and these people become your family, and that's what are 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.800 going to miss the most, definitely when I when I 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:20.680 step away from the game. 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.640 From the game, you mentioned, every team's different. You know, 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:25.600 you have different players, you know, either the back of 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.200 the bench, starters, rotation, you know all of that. One 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.800 thing that was different for you was your number. You 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:32.640 won a World Series in number eleven, and you won 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.840 a World Series in number seventy two. For people that 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:39.000 don't know you did that for Roki Rokie came over, 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.120 he signed you flip them eleven. You go back, what 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.440 about what about the number eleven? So kind of take 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.680 us through that decision. Why it was specially no you said, 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.240 you mentioned that that was kind of special to win 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:49.360 it in seventy two as well. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.000 Yeah, I mean, I make. 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:55.279 My deview over ten years ago and that was the 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.560 first number that was gave to me when I came 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.760 to spring training. I wasn't giving supposed to be on 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.240 the opening the roster for the Dodgers on that year, 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:08.440 and they took me to this trip in Australia as 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:10.960 a as a backup player, as a taxi squad guy, 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:13.600 and then I make my debut that year and they 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:15.680 asked me one number I want to wear. I had 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.640 a really good sprint training and I got the opportunity 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:22.280 to experience my first major league game from the dog 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.280 out in Australia with them, and I said, you know 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.400 what I'm gonna wear seventy two. Seventy two was a 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.880 number to me that it means a load because it 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:30.920 was my first opportunity to play in the big leagues 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.400 in this franchise that is one of the most it 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:38.000 franchise in sports, not just in baseball, and then having 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.400 the opportunity to welcome another guy that it was going 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:43.560 to help us, and I knew I knew he was 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.960 going to be big for us, not just in the future, 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.400 but in that year. And then Rocky Sasaki became one 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:55.280 of the most love players on our team because he's 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.280 step up big in the biggest situation as a closer, 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.040 a position that he never pitched before or And I 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:02.920 think I'm not gonna take all the credit, but I 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.360 think that's the reason why we do things for other guys, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.960 because you want to make them feel good, make them 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:09.400 feel part of the family. 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.000 And that's another thing about this club. 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.160 We were now selfish, we're trying to put the ego 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.680 aside and we're trying to make everybody feel comfortable because 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.240 when you feel comfortable, you're going to perform the way 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:22.240 that you're supposed to. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.160 And that's what happened to Rocky. 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.800 And I'm happy that he won a championship with number 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.320 eleven and hopefully he can go to the to the 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.560 wards here, to the to the Hall of Fame now 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:32.520 with that number. 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:34.600 And remember me, I love. 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:35.679 You for that. 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:39.000 Right in Japan, they gave you quite an ovation. But 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.199 just because you gave up the number, yeah. 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.800 I mean my relationship with with the Japanese fans, my 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.960 teammates obviously show He Yoshi and Rocky U is being 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:55.240 is being really cool ever since we signed show in 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:59.680 twenty four and then Yoshio came along and and last. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:00.880 Year was Rocky It's being. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.280 It's very special and all the fens in Japan, I 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.000 want to say uh, thank you to them too, because 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.800 that's something that I will never imagine that I was 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:12.600 going to be that kind of big time in Japan 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.920 just because I play along with Shoe and I do 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.679 like a little handshake. But now it is beyond that. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:23.120 It's my personality. It's what I like is I like 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:27.000 the culture. I like the traditions, and I like the beer, 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:27.640 you know. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.920 And right in front of us I love I love 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:32.880 if you want to drink it. I mean it's that 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:33.719 kind of atmosphere. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.920 Yeah, I love supporo, I love sushi, and I feel 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.840 like it's a it's a special connection there with with 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.280 the Japanese culture, especially because we have a lot of 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.959 Japanese people here in l A and they support us, 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.679 and they come to a field and they showed me 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.559 a lot on on social media, and I went to 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.880 Japan and it was it was amazing. I was hitting, 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.560 but in practice, I was hitting Homer seem but in practice, 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.160 and they were clapping for me. So that was something 0:09:59.160 --> 0:09:59.839 that I will learn. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.679 If it's not for Miguel Rojas, there's no way that 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:07.679 the Los Angeles Dodgers are back to back World Series champions. 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.800 We're talking about real history. But you know, it's not 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:15.920 always been a great ride for you. I mean there's 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.760 always ups and downs in anybody's career. You've been other places, 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.520 Like you said, we talked to you ten years ago. 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.080 What keeps you because it's hard to have a fire 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.559 for a long time for anything. What keeps you competing 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.920 and leading? You know, even on days that you're not playing, 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.320 there's still leadership in the clubhouse. What keeps you doing 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.400 that year in and year out, keeps you engaged in 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:38.800 that way? 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.120 I just feel like the mentality that I have, you know, 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.920 like I knew I wasn't gonna be like the superstar 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.880 that is Shohi Otani or Mookie Bets or Freddie Freeman. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.720 There's so many of them, you know, like not everybody 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:54.120 can beat that guy, but I mean every clubhouse, every 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:58.120 organization needs these guys that kind of put themselves aside 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.079 and kind of help everybody else to feel better and 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.480 to do their job a little bit easier. And I 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.840 feel like that's something that I always live through in 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.680 baseball and in life too. If I make you better, 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:10.440 my job is going to be a little bit easier. 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.480 So that's what I tried to do ever since I 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:16.360 came to the Dodgers. They were really honest with me. 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.360 They told me, you're going to be a utility guy 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:20.600 on this team. I need you to bring your press 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:24.719 and your leadership and everything that you are that you've 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:28.240 been going through with the Madriless organization. I know I 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.120 didn't win there, but I still got a lot of 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.760 experience from like leading a clubhouse, being the better in 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.080 that clubhouse, and when I came here, I just like 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.520 continue to be myself and trying to help everybody to 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:43.000 get better. And I think that's why my mentality of 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.760 always being ready for my opportunity and instead of like 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:49.839 asking for time or being mad because I wasn't playing 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:52.600 every day. And like you said, my career is being 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:57.040 through up and downs, but I never quit on my abilities. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.040 I always believe for myself and I feel like I 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.280 knew my opportunity was gonna come. I didn't know that 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.280 it was gonna be in Game seven of the Words 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.160 Years and I was gonna hit a home run that 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.400 the tide the game to gave us an opportunity. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.680 Yeah, exactly right. 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:14.080 Uh. 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.440 To be honest, To be honest with you guys, I'm 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.280 more proud of the way that I play in Game 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:22.000 six because I put a display on my on my defense, 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.120 which is something that I that a lot of people. 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:27.720 Know me for. 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.880 They know me for my defense, and I feel like that's. 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:32.640 The reason why the Robberts put me in the in 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.920 the in the line up, not to hit a home run, 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.400 but to play my defense, to inject that energy that 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:42.760 I that I could bring because I was making jokes 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:44.720 with the with the hitting coaches that my body was 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.600 really fresh because I haven't played. 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:47.719 A long time. So I got all that. 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.520 I got all the energy from all the energy drinks 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.800 that I was taking, and I put it all in 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:53.680 that Game six. 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.199 So yeah, I just the pictures to drink the energy drinks, 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:58.280 you guys, to everybody. 0:12:58.600 --> 0:12:59.520 Sometimes we have some. 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.720 Of the bullpen guys come over here and the amount 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.720 of energy drinks they drink is a dangerous It's crazy. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.000 So many, so many energy drinks to play one hundred 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.800 and sixty two games in Yeah, plus all the travel, 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.079 not sleeping on the plane because you play. 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:14.719 Cards the whole night. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.960 So yeah, and we're getting older. We're not, We're not. 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.720 We're not a young team. We got a got a 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.920 lot of thirty mid thirty guys on this team. So 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.800 I that's that's that can be a positive but a 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:28.719 negative at the same time. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:32.280 Well, you brought it up the defense, so let's uh. 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.760 I mean, shoot, we get to the big stuff straight 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:36.760 out the gate here. So what was what was the 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.160 tougher play? Was it was a Game six and digging 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.240 that thing out for the game ending double player? Was 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.240 it throwing that ball home? And I mean it's it's 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.240 a fraction of an inch from losing the World Series 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.000 and extending the game and ended up winning an eleven. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.400 Yeah, you just answered, Uh, so which one was? 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.839 Which one was? They were both huge? Was there one 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:56.080 that was a harder play to make? 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.080 Game seven? Play at the play because it's a du 0:13:59.160 --> 0:13:59.640 or di play. 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.080 You know, if you don't if you miss misplayed the ball, 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:04.679 if you babble the ball, if you don't make a 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:08.600 great throw game sover Game six, I mean I did 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.080 my best to kind of keep the ball in front 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.959 of me. But we still got an opportunity to win 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:16.360 the game after because we got two outs. Obviously you 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:17.800 want to finish the game there. You don't want to 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.080 give them another opportunity to score runs. But it was 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.600 a great play, don't get me wrong. But game seven 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.200 is basis loaded one out, and if you don't make 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.880 the play, you lose. You lose the words ears and 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.560 and all the work that you do throughout the year 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.360 is kind of like empty because you didn't win. 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:37.440 So so just. 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.680 Like when you when you fielded that ball, you're you're 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.600 obviously your way up on the on the grass right there. 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.360 Did it because it looks like it was not an 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.560 easy throw. You kind of have the ball here, kind 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.480 of take us through. Did it get on you quick? 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.320 Did it take a weird bounce because that was not 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.480 an easy exchange to get that thing fired off? 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:53.800 Yeah? 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.520 No, for for a lot of people who don't know 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.400 were playing in a regular grass in la and the 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:03.440 majority of the fields in Toronto got a this artificial grass, 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:07.200 So the ball bounced different on the artificial grass. And 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.840 you could see in practice we were missing a lot 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.040 of ground balls when we were taking like infield in 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.920 like in the position that I was, and I felt 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.320 like when when the ball was hit, was hitting with 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:21.160 this like weird tossing and I have to go backwards 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:21.520 on it. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:23.880 When I catch it, I kind of stumbled a little bit. 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.400 I lose my my food there and kind of like 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.400 I don't know how I regroup and I plant my 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:31.720 feet and I make a good throw. 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:33.800 But that's what happened with the ball was hit. 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.360 I took a bad route to the ball, like didn't 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.440 go straight to the ball. I went back just because 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.560 of the I was thinking about the back hops that 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.720 this ball take. But I'm glad that I I gloved 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:46.720 it and I played my feet and I make a 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:47.120 good throw. 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.880 But it was it was amazing. Still give me anxiety every. 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.240 Time I just think about it. Yeah, think about it, 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.480 because you can see my reaction. I put my my 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.240 hands on my knees and I was just like being 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.320 grateful that we got that out. 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.280 And we will get into the home run maybe in 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:05.120 the next segment. 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.720 But before before we get too far ahead of yourself, 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.760 we were talking about your defense and what a special 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.600 talent you have for that. Was that something you had 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.600 as a young man when you were starting. Was that 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.600 what everybody noticed about you first when it came to baseball. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.200 How did you develop those skills? Because there's a lot 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.760 of creativity and you know, and like an art that 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:27.960 goes in when you're that good of a fielders as 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:28.320 you are. 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:33.320 Yeah, everything is started back in Venezuela watching marviy Scale play. 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.440 I think that's the reason why I decided. 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:37.960 To keep your shirt button up higher than him. 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.920 Yeah, Omar Omar was was a wizzar man on the 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.400 field and he won eleven Goglove and gray shorts. 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:51.000 That great player. Uh so good with his in. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.560 Things and the way that he played the game. I 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.880 was really like him because he was never like the 0:16:55.880 --> 0:17:00.120 best arm or or the taller guy from that generation. Know, 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:04.359 he played alongside delegitor Alex Rodriguez car Rick m Junior, 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.040 but Omar continued to be kind of the best short 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:10.000 stop in that era. I know he didn't hit the 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.160 same way that the old guy said, but I felt 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.359 like I wanted. I wanted to be a player like 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:17.160 O Marvis Kale and that's the reason why I decided 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.240 to train really hard on my defense. And uh, I 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.520 don't know, it's it's got given. Like the talent he 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.600 was just there, Like a lot of the scouts told 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:27.080 me that that that. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:28.639 Was the tool that it was going to take me 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:29.359 to the big leagues. 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:33.040 And it's definitely an opportunity here to talk about that 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:36.280 because I think a lot of jump players put their 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.479 mind on, oh, I need to hit, I need to hit, 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.320 I need to hit to continue to get it, get 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:45.119 an opportunity for college or for professional baseball and to 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.320 go through the system. But remember, if you don't have 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.160 a position and you hit a lot, but they can't 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.480 really put you on the field, it's really hard. Because 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.280 you're going to have just thirty dhs on the league. 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.959 You have to be able to play defense. And I 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.720 feel like that's something that I always gonna tell John 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:03.760 players to continue to work on their hitting and continue 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.240 to do whatever they need to do, but make sure 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.960 you get good at defense and whatever the position you play, 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:14.119 you kinda you gotta continue to play hard and find 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:16.440 your position, because that's what I was gonna keep you 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.560 in baseball, and I think that's what I did. 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.400 So I think, I mean, I'm just kind of doing 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.320 the math in my head here. I'm guessing that Omar 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.800 probably made his debut maybe before you were born, or 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:29.639 you had to be really really small. I'm guessing so 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.199 like late eighties, yeah, late eighties. 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:35.600 Yeah, I'm born in in eighty nine. 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.080 Okay, So that never you never were like you never 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.280 went to like I'm a teenager now I want to 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:41.080 be Mickey Cabrera. 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:43.280