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Speaker 2: Good afternoon on mowegar. This is ESPN fifteen thirty. Thank

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Speaker 2: you so much for listening. We are broadcasting from the

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Logger House, the newly renamed Cincinnati Logger House, directly

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Speaker 2: On Opening Day Eve, it's our Opening Day Eve Happy Hour.

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Speaker 2: We have great weather, It is awesome out and the

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Speaker 2: We do have a loaded show today in an hour,

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Speaker 2: our guys Sam Lequre on the Reds. John Morosi from

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Speaker 2: the MLB Network is gonna join us in thirty minutes.

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Speaker 2: He will be broadcasting from GABP tomorrow. And just about

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Speaker 2: an hour ago I got here after having been at

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Speaker 2: the University of Cincinnati for the Jared Calhoun press conference.

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Speaker 2: I had a chance after his press conference to spend

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Speaker 2: you'll hear that coming up at three twenty. My initial impression.

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Speaker 2: And you know, at the end of the day, none

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Speaker 2: but if it does matter to you, at least in

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Speaker 3: He won the press conference.

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Speaker 2: If for no other reason that it genuinely feels like Look,

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Speaker 2: you get a high major job, you get a job

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Speaker 2: in the Big twelve, it's a big deal. It's a

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Speaker 2: That's great. I genuinely got the sense that this was

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Speaker 2: what it felt like five years ago. Nothing against Wes Miller,

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Speaker 2: lot of former players with the program. This is no

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Speaker 2: But I got the sense for watching and listening to

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Speaker 2: don't like the term destination. Look, I don't believe that

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Speaker 2: I don't look at any higher through that lens. But

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Speaker 2: to I hate to say rebuild because it's not like

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Speaker 3: This spring, it was you got to make the team.

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Speaker 2: Everybody loves him. He's been the odds on favorite all along.

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Speaker 2: Plus oh, they added a guy who hit forty nine

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Speaker 2: Sam look here in the four o'clock hour and Tommy

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Speaker 2: afternoon here at the Cincinnati Logger House. Jared Calhoun is

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Speaker 2: is that conversation from earlier this afternoon, less than seventy

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Speaker 4: Well, first of all, thanks for having me on. I

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Speaker 5: You know world. But you know, it's my alma mater.

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Speaker 4: It's I could talk about it for days of what

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Speaker 5: But it's been crazy.

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Speaker 2: The great thing about this program, following it for decades,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's the best way to put it.

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Speaker 4: I think Cincinnati is the best city in the state

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Speaker 4: We have a whole checklist of things that got to

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Speaker 5: You know, sometimes not so good.

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Speaker 2: You know, around the program, Bearcat fans love to go

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Speaker 5: You know, we had four NBA guys on that tea.

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Speaker 12: I know Jim Leland has always said this his two

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Speaker 12: favorite places to be an opening day Detroit and Cincinnati,

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Speaker 12: two places that really appreciate the history of the game,

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Speaker 12: the tradition of Opening Day.

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Speaker 7: So I'm very honored to be there tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: You've been to Opening Day, I'm sure in lots of places.

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Speaker 2: Have you been to Cincinnati for Opening Day?

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Speaker 7: Yet I have, and tomorrow I really want to. So

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Speaker 7: if you see you see me wandering around Finley Market.

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Speaker 12: Good, ready to point me in the right direction of

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Speaker 12: all the plays I should go to.

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Speaker 11: Because while I've been.

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Speaker 12: To Opening Day in Cincinnati before, I have never actually

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Speaker 12: done the fallow experience of walking the parade. So my

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Speaker 12: grand plan is get up early, do my mv's Central

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Speaker 12: hit early, and then walk over to the parade and

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Speaker 12: then come back.

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Speaker 7: That's my plan. So if you see me wandering around.

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Speaker 11: All the great the Cincinnti natives right there.

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Speaker 12: Feel afraid to help me out and navigate. So I'm

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Speaker 12: going to the right places I'm supposed to go to tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, if you say a lot of nice

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Speaker 2: things about the Reds today, that'll ensure that nobody heckles

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Speaker 2: you as you're walking around.

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Speaker 7: Okay, all right, sounds good. I'm all set with the

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Speaker 7: optimism right now.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's do it.

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Speaker 2: What's the most interesting thing about this club as the

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Speaker 2: season starts.

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Speaker 12: I think how sal Stuart is going to be utilized,

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Speaker 12: and I really I thought it was interesting to hear

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Speaker 12: Terry Francona's ideas, and Mark Shulder won a great piece

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Speaker 12: about this at MLB dot Com about how potentially you'll

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Speaker 12: see Stuart in between Ellie and Swatted. I think Stuart

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Speaker 12: is someone that we caught glimpses of him last year

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Speaker 12: down the stretch.

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Speaker 7: I am a big.

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Speaker 8: Believer in Stuart.

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Speaker 12: I think he's got a chance to be a star

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Speaker 12: in for this lineup for years to come.

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Speaker 7: And when you think about.

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Speaker 12: The way that he can compliment the skill sets of

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Speaker 12: Eli Da La Cruz, there's a lot to like about

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Speaker 12: what this could mean for the middle part of Cincinnati's lineup.

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Speaker 12: I also think having McLain back and healthy and in

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Speaker 12: the spring of the ad and obviously we don't always

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Speaker 12: know that the numbers translating. Certainly, he's been hitting at

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Speaker 12: this extraordinary level that's very hard.

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Speaker 7: To duplicate in the regular season. But he looks healthy,

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Speaker 7: he looks.

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Speaker 12: Comfortable again, this is the lineup that I believe will hit.

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Speaker 7: And it's now a question of with some of the

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Speaker 7: injuries pitching.

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Speaker 12: Wise, how they were able to navigate the early part

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Speaker 12: of the season. But you think about Swats coming back,

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Speaker 12: a full year of Stuart, a healthy McClain, I think

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Speaker 12: it's gonna be a fun lineup to watch work this season.

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Speaker 3: You speaking my language.

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Speaker 2: If I can get the Matt McClain just from his

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Speaker 2: rookie season in the two hole, and I can get

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Speaker 2: what I look south Stewart has passed every test they

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Speaker 2: put in front of him. If I can get what

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Speaker 2: I think they can get from him in the four spot,

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Speaker 2: has a chance to be really good. What would be

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Speaker 2: your biggest question or maybe even reservation about this club?

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Speaker 7: The rotation?

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Speaker 12: And I think that's that's probably it's an easy answer,

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Speaker 12: but I think it's the correct one, just based on

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Speaker 12: the blisters. Of course, Lodolo the news in the last

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Speaker 12: twenty four hours about him landing on the injured list,

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Speaker 12: obviously Hunter Green being on the IL.

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Speaker 7: Two that's just a big question.

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Speaker 12: I think for Abbott tomorrow, he's got to set the

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Speaker 12: tone that, at least for the next four to six weeks,

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Speaker 12: as they're waiting me.

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Speaker 7: For somewhere to get back up and to be at

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Speaker 7: full strength.

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Speaker 11: They're going to have to be created with this group.

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Speaker 12: And interesting that Abbot's the first lefty to start an

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Speaker 12: opening day for the Reds since Mike Remlinger.

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Speaker 11: Back in the later years of Riverfront.

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Speaker 8: So this is going back a while.

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Speaker 12: I was thinking to myself as I saw that the

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Speaker 12: news come across Abbit, Okay, lefty, what was the last lefty?

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Speaker 12: And I kept thinking, going back, Okay, obviously.

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Speaker 7: Rang Arriety, Homer, baili Ariety. I was going, Balka is

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Speaker 7: a writing quite Alrighty.

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Speaker 12: I was thinking back all those years and Darnaa was

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Speaker 12: way back in the late nineties, so a different era certainly.

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Speaker 12: But it was funny because actually I shared that that

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Speaker 12: note with Sean Casey and Aaron Bonnet and listen to

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Speaker 12: this guys that's been since.

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Speaker 7: Remblinger, so that they were they were.

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Speaker 11: Following that news as I was sharing it the other day.

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Speaker 12: But I really think in a lot of ways, Mo,

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Speaker 12: it is the rotation they're gonna have to surprise on

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Speaker 12: the positive end for this team to stay in this

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Speaker 12: NL Central race.

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Speaker 7: Early on in the.

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Speaker 2: Year, well, Mike Rombliner started that game, and I remember

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Speaker 2: it well because I was in college and Pokey Reese

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Speaker 2: made four errors and they lost ten to two, So

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Speaker 2: I need a different result now, speaking of short stops

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Speaker 2: making errors, here's what's interesting to me. You and I

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Speaker 2: have talked about the Reds for five minutes and we've

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Speaker 2: I don't even think we've mentioned the name Elie de

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Speaker 2: la Cruz.

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Speaker 12: That's good, right, He's unreal, And I just think that

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Speaker 12: when you talk about some of the brightest stars in

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Speaker 12: the game, what he's able to do and and one

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Speaker 12: of my favorite big picture points is this, when you

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Speaker 12: discuss people that have a chance to be stars in

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Speaker 12: this game and face of baseball, the biggest question I often.

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Speaker 8: Have is how durable are they?

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Speaker 7: Can they stand up.

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Speaker 12: To the demands of this profession and be out there

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Speaker 12: every day? And I think one of the things that

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Speaker 12: impressed me the most about Elie is just how available

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Speaker 12: he is and how consistent he is, how dependable he is,

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Speaker 12: and he's someone that I think we haven't even seen

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Speaker 12: the best of him yet, and there's a lot of

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Speaker 12: great baseball still to come for Alie de la Cruz.

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Speaker 12: So I'm thrilled about what his future looks like. I

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Speaker 12: think the Reds know how important he is to their

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Speaker 12: long term success, and when you consider the waves, they're

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Speaker 12: going to have to be I think adaptive and looking

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Speaker 12: to ways to make sure he stays in the fold

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Speaker 12: financially for many, many years to come. Obviously, they pursue

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Speaker 12: Schwarber in the course of the offseason, so they're thinking

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Speaker 12: about those.

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Speaker 7: Those superstar type players.

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Speaker 12: Ellie is the face of the franchise period until something else,

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Speaker 12: something else changes, what.

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Speaker 7: I don't expect is gonna happen anytime soon.

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Speaker 12: He is the guy that everything revolves around, and so

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Speaker 12: I think making sure that he's healthy, dependable, reliable and

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Speaker 12: a long term part of the organization I think has

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Speaker 12: to be that the biggest priority for this team now

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Speaker 12: going forward.

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Speaker 2: John Morossi, MLB Network, appearing from GABP on MLB Network tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: give me an up and down snapshot of the National

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Speaker 2: League Central.

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Speaker 12: Clubs I believe are the favorites coming in. I think

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Speaker 12: that the Bregman signing addressed a weakness they had a

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Speaker 12: year ago, so that's a really big move for them. Cabrera,

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Speaker 12: I've always felt is a bit of an underrated arm

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Speaker 12: I think that was a big move for them.

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Speaker 8: The Brewers might be.

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Speaker 11: And we keep saying this every year, they might be

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Speaker 11: in a.

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Speaker 12: Spot where they eventually take a step back, although man,

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Speaker 12: it seems like they never really quite do.

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Speaker 7: And I think the world of.

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Speaker 11: Pat merv He as an excellent manager.

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Speaker 12: So I think for a lot of those reasons, the

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Speaker 12: Brewers are still right there in the thick of it.

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Speaker 12: But I really like what the Cubs have done with

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Speaker 12: their club over the course of the offseason.

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Speaker 7: Bregman is the kind of.

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Speaker 12: Player that really makes makes a team better up and

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Speaker 12: down the lineup the impact he has on different players.

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Speaker 12: So I look at Bregman as being someone that will

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Speaker 12: have a tremendous impact on the Cubs lineup, up and down.

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Speaker 2: One more before we let you go the World Baseball Classic.

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Speaker 2: When when this event first was hatched, I could not

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Speaker 2: have been more skeptical. I thought, it's it's glorified spring training.

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Speaker 2: There's not going to be a huge buy in from

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Speaker 2: the players. And now when you were there, I'm watching

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Speaker 2: not just the final, but the entire tournament unfold.

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Speaker 3: It's now at the top of my.

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Speaker 2: Bucket list, like I gotta go to a World Baseball Classic,

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Speaker 2: semi final or final. What's it been like watching that

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Speaker 2: event evolve? What was it like covering it this year?

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Speaker 13: Oh?

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Speaker 12: So many emotions and please do please join us. And then,

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Speaker 12: whether it's fears or four years, make sure you're there.

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Speaker 7: It is my favorite, whether it's.

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Speaker 12: Every third year, every fourth year, event to cover in

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Speaker 12: the entire sports universe. I've attended the Olympics before, and

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Speaker 12: I felt even more connected to this. It was just

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Speaker 12: so beautiful to see that cultural coming together, the way

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Speaker 12: that the Venezuela has reacted when they want it, and

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Speaker 12: how meaningful was to them you saw Alsie is just

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Speaker 12: the emotion all around him, I think said all you

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Speaker 12: need to know about it, and just my ears. It

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Speaker 12: took him probably four or five days more before they stopped.

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Speaker 7: Ringing, And that's okay.

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Speaker 12: I'll take that as a occupational cost any day of

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Speaker 12: the week.

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Speaker 7: Just an amazing experience.

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Speaker 12: And I think the biggest lesson that we can take

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Speaker 12: away is just how many different ways the game has celebrated,

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Speaker 12: whether it's in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Mexico,

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Speaker 12: all around the world.

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Speaker 7: Even now the Italian is getting into it. I think

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Speaker 7: it's important for us to.

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Speaker 12: All just appreciate the number of different pathways that players

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Speaker 12: have to come to this country and play.

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Speaker 7: This game that we love so much, and just a

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Speaker 7: but what a blessing is to share this, this great

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Speaker 7: game with the world.

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Speaker 12: So it was just a really emotional and proud moment

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Speaker 12: for me to just see what it's become and and

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Speaker 12: still moment.

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Speaker 8: It has even more room to grow.

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Speaker 7: So I just cannot wait for the next edition as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, was awesome to watch.

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Speaker 2: You got to be a part of it, And again

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Speaker 2: it's on my bucket list now and I didn't think

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Speaker 2: i'd be saying that fifteen years ago. John Morossi appearing

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Speaker 2: for MLB Network on MLB Network from a Great American

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Speaker 2: Ballpark tomorrow on MLB Central at ten o'clock and then

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Speaker 2: on MLB tonight national pregame show. That's a two point

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Speaker 2: thirty juntra safe travels to Cincinnati. Enjoy the experience, and

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Speaker 2: we appreciate the time man, Thanks so much.

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Speaker 7: Thanks so much more.

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Speaker 12: Really appreciate hoping to seeing the ballpark tomorrow around a

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Speaker 12: Finley market and again, so all the.

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Speaker 11: Cincinnati is out there, feel free to direct me wherever.

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Speaker 12: I should go to the best launch, the best everything there.

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Speaker 12: I know about a couple of the local favorites, but

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Speaker 12: always feel free to let me know any recommendations there.

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Speaker 12: But it's always always a pleasure to be there and

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Speaker 12: then in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, most definitely, John, Thanks so much,

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Speaker 2: MLB Networks. John Morosi again tomorrow ten am on MLB

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Speaker 2: MLB Tonight National pregame show. MLB Network does an awesome job,

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Speaker 2: truly do. Whenever I hear people say, like, you know,

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Speaker 2: well there's not great national coverage on ESPN, MLB Network

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Speaker 2: every opening day eve and you want a voice of optimism,

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Speaker 2: that's Sam. You'll hear from him in just about twenty minutes.

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Speaker 2: Com and Red Sox tomorrow in the season opener for

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Speaker 2: both clubs. For TO ten, first pitch the weather for

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Speaker 2: morning and later on tomorrow night, but the weather for

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Speaker 2: the game itself looks awesome. Andrew Abbott Garrett Crochet for

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Speaker 2: TO ten tomorrow on seven hundred WLW.

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Speaker 3: The MLB season begins tonight. I don't like this. I

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Speaker 2: Yankees and Giants in San Francisco, the MLB debut on Netflix.

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Speaker 2: Joe Flacco formally reintroduced today. Bengals made it official this

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Speaker 2: morning he's back with the team to be. Joe Burrows

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Speaker 2: understudy and Jery Calhoun officially introduced as the men's basketball

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Speaker 2: head coach at the University of Cincinnati. The NCAA Tournament

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Speaker 2: resumes tomorrow. In the NIT Tonight, the Dayton Flyers are

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Speaker 2: in action, taking on Illinois State. That game tips off

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Speaker 2: at seven o'clock. One of our most loyal listeners is

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Speaker 2: a woman named Lisa Moran, who told me she would

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Speaker 2: be here today except she's gonna go watch her Alma

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Speaker 2: Mater take on my alma mater, the Redbirds and the

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Speaker 2: Flyers tonight at ud Arena. I hope her team loses.

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Speaker 3: I wish she was here, but one of the most

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Speaker 3: loyal listeners we have her and her husband Mark. It's

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Speaker 2: From four o'clock, We're at the Cincinnati Lockerhouse downtown Cincinnati.

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Speaker 3: On Opening Day Eve on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: This report from about four o'clock. This is ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: It is Opening Day Eve. It is the Cincinnati Loggerhouse.

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Speaker 2: We are here until six o'clock that we have unbelievable

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Speaker 2: weather for Opening Day eve. We've also got five dollars drafts,

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Speaker 2: five dollars well drinks, five dollar house wines, appetizer specials.

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Speaker 3: We've got the first pitch logger.

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Speaker 2: Our friend John John is here tomorrow broadcasting Opening Day

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Speaker 2: watch parties. So if you want to be a part

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Speaker 2: of the festivities, but maybe you're not going to the game,

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Speaker 2: watch the game with John John and friends. The key

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Speaker 2: is the and friends. By the way, John John's going

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Speaker 2: to stop by a little bit later on. He has

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Speaker 2: threatened to sort of take over our show. I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure we want that, but we will see. He wants

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Speaker 2: me to have that one mailman on who's over there

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Speaker 2: broadcasting with him. And when I mentioned this to friends

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Speaker 2: of mine, they were like, yeah, I'd kind of like

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Speaker 2: to hear that. So I think it's gonna happen. I

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Speaker 2: don't know entirely, but first we have to talk with

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Speaker 2: Sam Lake here, who's almost as interesting as that one mailman.

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Speaker 2: You'll hear from Sam next five away from four o'clock

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Speaker 2: here at the Cincinnati Lagger House on ESPN fifteen thirty

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Sports.

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Speaker 14: Station SPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station all.

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Speaker 2: Right four or four ESPN fifteen thirty Moegger On Opening

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Speaker 2: Day Eve, we are broadcasting from the Cincinnati Lagger House.

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Speaker 3: First pitch is.

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Speaker 2: Twenty four hours and six minutes away. This place will

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Speaker 2: be jumping tomorrow. If you're not going to the game,

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Speaker 2: you can watch it here with John John. If you

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Speaker 2: are going to the game, come by and get something

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Speaker 2: to eat, get a cold one before the Reds take

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Speaker 2: on the Boston Red Sox. We've done this for years

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Speaker 2: on the day before the season starts, and this is

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Speaker 2: probably why this is one of my favorite days because

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Speaker 2: we chat with our friend Sam Lequierr, who we haven't

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Speaker 2: talked to him like nearly six months, and that bothers me.

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Speaker 2: It's great to have him with us. My favorite person

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Speaker 2: to talk Reds baseball with.

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Speaker 3: Sam. How are you?

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Speaker 8: I'm good body.

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Speaker 15: You know you said six months and I don't like

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Speaker 15: it either, But I give you a breather because you

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Speaker 15: had me on several times last year, which has not

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Speaker 15: been the norm, and I appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: I say this every year. I will have you, I

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Speaker 2: will have you on every week. I'll have you on

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Speaker 2: every day. I just don't want to abuse it. And

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Speaker 2: you came on with me. You came on with me

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Speaker 2: during the playoff push, you came on with me during

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Speaker 2: the postseason. So like, no, I will, I will have

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Speaker 2: you on every day if you want.

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Speaker 15: Last year, I loved it fun just like the sound

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Speaker 15: of playoff push.

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Speaker 8: I like the sound of playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 8: And hopefully or have similar conversations this year.

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Speaker 2: I hope so. But I got to start with this

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Speaker 2: when you pitched? How often did you get blisters?

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Speaker 8: Jeez? All right, that's where we're gonna start. Okay, I

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Speaker 8: had them.

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Speaker 15: I mean I had them from time to time. I

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Speaker 15: don't remember ever really missing. My dad was a huge

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Speaker 15: proponent of soaking your fingers at pickle.

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Speaker 11: Juice, and it worked.

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Speaker 15: It seemed to work because it did because when I

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Speaker 15: would have blisters in college, when I was at the

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Speaker 15: University of Texas, super hot, superhumid, that they would happen just.

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Speaker 8: Because your fingers softened from the sweat.

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Speaker 15: And they used kind of a concoction of I can't

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Speaker 15: remember the liquid, but it was alum which is a

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Speaker 15: spice that goes in pickles, and they kind of mix

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Speaker 15: this together and that would be kind of you know,

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Speaker 15: maybe it.

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Speaker 8: Was like an iodyne. It looked like that a little bit.

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Speaker 15: I don't know exactly what it was, but they'd mix

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Speaker 15: that together and it seemed to work.

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Speaker 8: I didn't miss too much.

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Speaker 15: Uh, talking to mom earlier said man, uh, nyl Doll

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Speaker 15: need to.

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Speaker 8: Stop doing so many dishes. I think it might be

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Speaker 8: one of that. He's just like, he's just a good husband.

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Speaker 8: He does it.

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Speaker 15: This is a lie and it's oftens his finger up

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Speaker 15: and he needs to get over that for a little bit,

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Speaker 15: especially leading into ball season.

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Speaker 2: We uh were excited about We're excited about watching guys

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Speaker 2: like Sal Stewart and Matt McClain in large part because

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Speaker 2: of the spring numbers they put up. And then there's

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Speaker 2: a guy like Andrew Abbott, who was awesome last year,

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Speaker 2: especially in the first half, where the spring numbers left

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Speaker 2: a little bit a little bit to be desired. And

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Speaker 2: I think that was true for some of the relievers

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Speaker 2: as well. So from your perspective, what should fans do

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Speaker 2: when they try to gauge how seriously to take a

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Speaker 2: player's spring performance?

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Speaker 8: For me, not a con now. The thing that comes

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Speaker 8: from spring for.

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Speaker 15: A guy who's not necessarily a super known commodity.

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Speaker 8: You know, and Andrew can semi fit in. I know,

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Speaker 8: who's an All Star last year, but he.

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Speaker 15: Didn't have a huge back of the ball card, but

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Speaker 15: he is has proven himself to be above average major leaguer.

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Speaker 8: I don't put a ton into it.

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Speaker 15: The thing is for guys that aren't completely established, if

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Speaker 15: they have a good spring is the confidence they bring

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Speaker 15: into the regular season because it just it's just different.

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Speaker 15: And I don't it's hard to explain for anybody that

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Speaker 15: hasn't gone through it. But you want to get your

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Speaker 15: swing in the right place, you want to get your mechanics,

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Speaker 15: and you'll see a lot of guys who are established say, well,

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Speaker 15: the ball feels good coming out of my hand. They're

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Speaker 15: more trying to kind of work on things as it

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Speaker 15: gets closer to the regular season and for the most part,

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Speaker 15: get their pitch count up. I mean that is why

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Speaker 15: spring training is the link that it is is for

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Speaker 15: starting pitchers to be able to build up to throw,

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Speaker 15: you know, close to one hundred pitches for their first start.

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Speaker 8: I mean, that is the reason for the season. So

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Speaker 8: for Matt.

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Speaker 15: McClain, for salth Stewart, a lot of confidence coming in

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Speaker 15: Salle his first school year, Matt coming off a year

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Speaker 15: of injury, There's going to be a lot of confidence

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Speaker 15: coming into the season, you know. Per guy like Tyler

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Speaker 15: Stevenson who didn't have a great spring, He's got more

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Speaker 15: of a track record and is probably not as concerned

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Speaker 15: for Andrew. For Andrew if he would have had you know,

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Speaker 15: he had a clunker his last one. If he'd had

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Speaker 15: it as first out in a spring and then pitch

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Speaker 15: the way he did the rest of the way, this

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Speaker 15: wouldn't be a topic of conversation. So I don't put

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Speaker 15: a whole lot into it, Mo and I really didn't

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Speaker 15: pay attention until probably the last week of spring training

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Speaker 15: and more to find out who's healthy. That's really all

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Speaker 15: that I care about coming into the season, because I

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Speaker 15: know it's just a different ballgame.

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Speaker 3: Let me run.

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Speaker 2: This past year, Nick Krawl prioritized finding relievers, established big

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Speaker 2: league relievers, which I think will allow and this would

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Speaker 2: be easier to do if Caleb Ferguson was healthy. But

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Speaker 2: it feels like should allow Terry Francona to kind of

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Speaker 2: map out, you know, and how the game plays out

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Speaker 2: could affect this, but kind of map out who's gonna

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Speaker 2: pitch when. I think the X factor for that though,

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Speaker 2: is Connor Phillips, because I loved everything about him in

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Speaker 2: the final five or six weeks of the season.

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Speaker 3: Go back to last year when you watched him, would

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Speaker 3: you like.

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Speaker 15: He was I've been making notes all day just kind

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Speaker 15: of get the juices flowing. And he was the guy

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Speaker 15: that in the most important situation of the ball game,

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Speaker 15: I wanted the ball in his hand, period And he

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Speaker 15: stillsesses that kind of stuff. He was learning the role

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Speaker 15: a little bit, kind of like Graham ash Grab. Graham

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Speaker 15: ash Grab was learning the role of being reliever. And

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Speaker 15: I think that Connor Phillips has that mentality to be

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Speaker 15: really successful and it obviously he showed it towards the

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Speaker 15: end of last season, and I expect really good things

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Speaker 15: for him here in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 8: Again, doesn't have a big back of the baseball card.

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Speaker 15: There's always going to be some concern for me about

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Speaker 15: those guys who come into the regular season.

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Speaker 8: Maybe feeling like they backed.

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Speaker 15: Into the job a little bit and feeling like they

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Speaker 15: have to go out and prove themselves and throw up,

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Speaker 15: you know, a zero eira for the season in their

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Speaker 15: first outing and that's just not going to happen. So

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Speaker 15: hopefully with some of the veteran guys that they've brought

880
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 15: into the bullpen, you talk to Pierce Johnsmealy who's obviously back,

881
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,319
Speaker 15: there's some other guys that he can lean on, just

882
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 15: to say, hey, it's a different ballgame. Just go out

883
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 15: there and do what you do. The thing that stood

884
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,240
Speaker 15: out to me across the board for the pitching staff

885
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 15: in its.

886
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 8: Entirety, there was a lot.

887
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 15: There was way too many walks for me across the

888
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 15: board in spring training for these guys, Connor, Phillips, Emilio,

889
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 15: you kind of name any one of them. And that

890
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 15: was one thing that I didn't like because all of

891
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,839
Speaker 15: these guys have really good stuff and when they're at

892
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 15: their best, they're attacking the strike zone, and they didn't

893
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 15: do that in spring So that's something that I imagine DJ

894
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 15: Derek Johnson will address leading into tomorrow is look, you guys,

895
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 15: you're in shape, your body's ready to go, your arm's

896
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 15: ready to go. The stuff is there what makes you good,

897
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 15: and that's attacking the strike zone and going after these guys.

898
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 15: And hopefully we find that starts tomorrow because like I said,

899
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:48,880
Speaker 15: it is a different ballgame, but you need to be

900
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 15: confident in your stuff to go out there and attack

901
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,439
Speaker 15: the strike zone. And hopefully that's the case in Connor

902
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,240
Speaker 15: Phillips the headlines that give.

903
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 2: Me your thoughts on the trio of Chase Burns, who

904
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 2: we got a chance to watch last year and Rhet Louder,

905
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,320
Speaker 2: who he didn't, and Brandon Williamson, who he didn't.

906
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 15: One of my kind of things that I hammered on

907
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 15: today in my note taking was I thought, Rhet Louder,

908
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 15: you forgot about him a little bit because he missed

909
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 15: all last year. But I thought he looked as good

910
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,919
Speaker 15: as anybody. Well, I'll pair him with Brandon WIBs because

911
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 15: Brandon looked awesome. But I'll rhtt. I thought looked very crisp.

912
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,800
Speaker 15: I thought the movement was there. I thought the location

913
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 15: was there. The fastball kind of played up for I

914
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:39,239
Speaker 15: mean it was ninety four ninety five ish plus I

915
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 15: thought it played up a little higher than that. I

916
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 15: think he's on track to continue to be the starter

917
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:46,280
Speaker 15: that they thought.

918
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,959
Speaker 8: Brandon was really digging.

919
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 15: His feet in to becoming, you know, kind of like

920
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 15: a number three starter in my book, when he kind

921
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 15: of hit the stride.

922
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 8: I guess it would have been you know, you whose

923
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 8: the year.

924
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 15: Maybe it was the second half of twenty three.

925
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 8: Yeah, he can have a twenty three.

926
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 15: He's kind of implemented that cutter a lot more and

927
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 15: it was going really well for him, and then he

928
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,879
Speaker 15: came back and was looking really good and then had

929
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 15: the injury.

930
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 8: I was really excited for him because he's got a

931
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 8: good change up. You know, he was a big piece

932
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:19,919
Speaker 8: of that.

933
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:24,360
Speaker 15: Trade that came back from Seattle. So I'm excited for

934
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 15: him that he has the opportunity and.

935
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 8: He was going to have a spot anyway. This is

936
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 8: not due to injury.

937
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 15: Those two Rhett and Williamson, I feel have a more

938
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 15: advanced feel for pitching.

939
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 8: At the major league level than Chase Burns does. And

940
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 8: who's not high on Chase Burns. Everybody is.

941
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 15: He can out stuff a major league lineup on any

942
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,360
Speaker 15: given day and maybe get burned for you know, a

943
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 15: couple sol you know, he walks the guy and then

944
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 15: it's a home run, but then he strikes out eleven

945
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 15: over five innings.

946
00:45:58,320 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 8: He is kind of a.

947
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 15: Hundred two point zero for me, maybe a little bit

948
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,319
Speaker 15: more advanced feel for pitching.

949
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:06,760
Speaker 8: At his age.

950
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 15: But that's because Hunter didn't pitch a ton, you know,

951
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:10,560
Speaker 15: coming up.

952
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:12,359
Speaker 8: It was high school and he was a two way

953
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 8: player and all these things.

954
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 15: But I think Chase has a good understanding of it.

955
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 15: I think RhD Louder and Williamson kind of put it

956
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 15: into use a little bit better within a GAMN situation.

957
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 15: But I do think that Chase has a really good

958
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 15: understanding of how it's supposed to look and once he can,

959
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 15: you know, maybe let off of the gas a little

960
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:36,359
Speaker 15: bit early in counts, you know, and for him, letting

961
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 15: off the gas is ninety six ninety eight for first pitch,

962
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 15: getting me over strike and then run it up to

963
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 15: one oh two later in the count. As long as

964
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:45,719
Speaker 15: he's a head and count's gonna be really good. So

965
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 15: the depth of the starting rotation obviously right now is

966
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 15: very key with with Hunter down for a while and

967
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 15: Lobillo who knows what, But they have the depth to

968
00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 15: whether the storm because all of these guys that's had

969
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 15: success at the major league level, and I think that

970
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 15: bodes well for them because I think the offense is going.

971
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:05,359
Speaker 8: To tick up.

972
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 3: When do you want to appear on our show again?

973
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 8: That's it, uh.

974
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 15: So so brother the way with MLB taking over the

975
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 15: reins of of the broadcast this year, I'm I'm only

976
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 15: doing this home prem posts.

977
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 8: I have a couple of offshoot radio colors on the road.

978
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 3: About. Yeah.

979
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 15: I really enjoyed those and I got I got lucky

980
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 15: with some of the places I get to go.

981
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:39,800
Speaker 8: But I'm only doing the home.

982
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:44,879
Speaker 15: Pre and posts. So it's home stand on road trip off.

983
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,479
Speaker 15: So I've got kind of the way my schedules set

984
00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 15: up is week on, week off. I'd be I'd be

985
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:55,080
Speaker 15: happy to jump on on my on my road trips

986
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 15: when I'm not working, to come in the middle of

987
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 15: weak because at twofold one, it'll keep my eye on

988
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 15: it because typically in the past, if I'm not working.

989
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 8: I'm not working.

990
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 15: But I got to keep a little bit better eye

991
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 15: on it this year, and then I'll learn some things

992
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,880
Speaker 15: from you about what's going on and what you're seeing

993
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 15: and we can kind of, you know, piece this thing together.

994
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 15: But yeah, I would love to do that kind of

995
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 15: Every little little sit down with uh little sit down

996
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:21,759
Speaker 15: with Sam would be good.

997
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 8: I'd appreciate that.

998
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:27,359
Speaker 2: Well, first of all, you things are awesome. First of all,

999
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 2: I'm I'm stoked. I'm I'm excited, and I'm excited in

1000
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:36,360
Speaker 2: large part because of how spring training played out. And

1001
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 2: I know Hunter Green getting injured that's no good, and

1002
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: the dolo things not great. But they they cut two

1003
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 2: guys who had ops is above a thousand, right like

1004
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 2: they they cut dudes who I think in other years

1005
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:54,439
Speaker 2: would be starting for this team tomorrow. So and I'm

1006
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 2: excited about the expectations that the team should have based

1007
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 2: on last year's take to the postseason. So I am excited.

1008
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 15: That's kind of what I want to ask you, if

1009
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:04,959
Speaker 15: I can hold hold on to you for half a second,

1010
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 15: I want to ask it, what is your feeling of

1011
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 15: the expectations of the fan base around this team?

1012
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:13,560
Speaker 8: Because I'll lead in with.

1013
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 15: I feel like league wide, the Reds have really kind

1014
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 15: of flown under the radar as far as expectations this year.

1015
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,240
Speaker 15: People are talking more about the Pirates taking a step

1016
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 15: than the Reds. What do you feel like what you're

1017
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 15: feeling from the fan base as to their expectations for

1018
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:32,320
Speaker 15: this team.

1019
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,640
Speaker 8: Is that you know they have a good year, they're

1020
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 8: above five hundred? Is it playoffs? Is it when division? Like?

1021
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:45,280
Speaker 8: What's what's your take on that because I myself, I think.

1022
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 2: Your average Red fan and I agree with this, would

1023
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 2: be doing cartwheels had they made one more move It

1024
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,360
Speaker 2: still feels like they were like one in the outfield,

1025
00:49:57,080 --> 00:50:02,319
Speaker 2: one more move away, and so I think adding Ayohaneo

1026
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 2: Suarez was viewed as cool, but it was a necessity,

1027
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,360
Speaker 2: Like you could not have gone through the entire offseason

1028
00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 2: without adding a guy who could hit the ball out

1029
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 2: of the ballpark. I think there is a belief in

1030
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 2: the possibilities for the core of this team, but like

1031
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 2: that involves Sal Stewart who's a rookie, Matt McClain who

1032
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 2: had a poor year last season, Elie de la Cruz

1033
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 2: getting through the season healthy and managing you know, when

1034
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,799
Speaker 2: he's maybe not feeling one hundred percent better than they

1035
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 2: did last year. I feel like there's I feel like

1036
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,240
Speaker 2: there's more excitement based on the fact that the division

1037
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,240
Speaker 2: seems to be a little bit more wide open because

1038
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 2: the Brewers are probably not going to win ninety seven games.

1039
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:46,319
Speaker 2: But I would imagine your average Reds fan says, yeah,

1040
00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 2: the team has potential, but I would feel better about

1041
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,160
Speaker 2: it had they gotten one more guy. It still feels

1042
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 2: like the off season, wasn't wasn't complete. Does that make sense?

1043
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,840
Speaker 15: It does, And I'd kind of countered that just a

1044
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:04,480
Speaker 15: little bit because of Gino as Oh, we know Gino.

1045
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 15: He's been here before, hits forty nine home runs.

1046
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, you know what I mean.

1047
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:14,400
Speaker 8: It's not like you brought in some slap what anyway,

1048
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 8: I won't, but it's thank you.

1049
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 15: It's just because I think there's a familiarity with him

1050
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 15: that it doesn't seem like as major signing as it is.

1051
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 15: I don't expect him to hit forty nine home runs

1052
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,120
Speaker 15: here this year, but he drove in one hundred and

1053
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 15: eighteen rugs. He is battle tested, he's been in playoffs,

1054
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 15: and there's nothing but good things to say about Gino.

1055
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 15: And for a year, I think it was probably a

1056
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 15: letdown because everybody thought that there was an opportunity to

1057
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 15: get Cause Warmer and there. I think that was a

1058
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,719
Speaker 15: real opportunity to get him. But don't let that be

1059
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 15: a letdown, because you've got Gino Suarez and now maybe

1060
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:54,959
Speaker 15: Matt McClain resembles more of the player that you thought

1061
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 15: he was.

1062
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:59,240
Speaker 8: You get hopefully both halves of Ellie.

1063
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:04,279
Speaker 15: You've got Gino Noelvie Martes in one position, and I

1064
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 15: think he's got a chance to be your best hitter.

1065
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 8: I agree.

1066
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 15: I'm not disagreeing with you by any means, and I

1067
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:19,400
Speaker 15: think that it's a good thing because I am not

1068
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 15: a Homer, but I do see the pathway for this

1069
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 15: goes this way. And obviously Hunter being down for a while,

1070
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 15: that's a blow. They had a better record without him last.

1071
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 8: Year when he was on the media.

1072
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, that's kind.

1073
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 15: Of an anomaly. But everybody needs to hold the Ford down.

1074
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:40,359
Speaker 8: And with the starting.

1075
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 15: Pitching depth the way they have, the way that the

1076
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 15: bullpen's got some versatility, I think the offense is going

1077
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 15: to tick up. There's a pathway for this team to

1078
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 15: exceed expectations of probably the national media certainly, but I

1079
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:59,920
Speaker 15: think it's good at the local crew. The fan base

1080
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,440
Speaker 15: isn't overly hyped on them, because I'm hoping they'll be

1081
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,919
Speaker 15: pleasantly surprised, because I know in Cincinnati, buddy of mine

1082
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 15: said it the other day. He said, it's either this

1083
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,759
Speaker 15: is our year or we'll get him next year. I mean,

1084
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 15: that has kind of been Cincinnati sports for a while,

1085
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 15: and he's absolutely right, and I hate that and I'm

1086
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:22,120
Speaker 15: not saying this is the year, but I do see

1087
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:25,320
Speaker 15: a pathway and I just kind of win or lose tomorrow.

1088
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,480
Speaker 15: If they lose tomorrow doesn't mean the season's over. If

1089
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,719
Speaker 15: they win themar doesn't mean they win the division. But

1090
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,800
Speaker 15: I think over the course of time, with Tito leading

1091
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:35,840
Speaker 15: the way and the group that they have and the

1092
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 15: expectation that they have within the clubhouse, I think there's

1093
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:41,880
Speaker 15: a good opportunity for something going to happen.

1094
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 3: I agree.

1095
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,799
Speaker 2: I'm glad you're back, and we're now going to take

1096
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 2: you up on that and have you on the show

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00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:48,839
Speaker 2: like every other week.

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Speaker 15: So just be careful what you well when they're on

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Speaker 15: the road. Find me midweek on slow news Day and

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00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:58,799
Speaker 15: I'll you know, I'll be su to death.

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Speaker 2: Don all right, can't wait. Enjoy Opening Day. Thank you

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00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:07,040
Speaker 2: as always, alright, brother the great Sam LeCure. Love having

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00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 2: him on Tommy Thrall In the next hour twenty three

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Speaker 2: atter four o'clock, it's an Opening Day Eve Happy Hour

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00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,719
Speaker 2: at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 14: Cincinnati Sports Station Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

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00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 10: Traffic from the UC Health Traffic Center, the UC Health

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Speaker 10: Women's Sports Medicine program provides specialized care for female athletes

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Speaker 10: at all levels. Schedule an appointment online at UCHealth dot com.

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00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 10: Northbound seventy one seventy five after Turfway, the right two

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Speaker 10: lanes are blocked off from an accident. Police emergency cruise

1112
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Speaker 10: are over there on scene another accident on southbound four

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Speaker 10: to seventy one. This is at the Bellevue exit. That

1114
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Speaker 10: crash moved to the right shoulder. I'm at Ezelik with traffic.

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Speaker 16: This report is sponsored by Honust six twenty eight. After four,

1116
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:59,040
Speaker 16: This is ESPN fifteen thirty. It's Opening Day Eve happy

1117
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:02,720
Speaker 16: Hour here at the SA Cincinnati Loggerhouse. We're broadcast until

1118
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 16: six at the same time that my guy John John

1119
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:08,879
Speaker 16: from Kiss one oh seven is also on, and he'll

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00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 16: be here tomorrow for the John John and Friends Opening

1121
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:14,239
Speaker 16: Day watch party. So I think this is the first

1122
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:16,759
Speaker 16: time we've ever had a chance to share a microphone.

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00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,799
Speaker 17: When I first started at iHeartRadio, I had you join

1124
00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:20,680
Speaker 17: me on my show.

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00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 2: Oh and then you decided, you know what, We're not

1126
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,479
Speaker 2: doing that anymore, but probably for the best.

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00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 3: No, that wasn't it.

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Speaker 17: It was just a matter Now are That's the beauty

1129
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:30,520
Speaker 17: of opening day as it brings us back together.

1130
00:55:30,719 --> 00:55:32,000
Speaker 3: It does even early.

1131
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 17: So this was kind of an espresso shot of iheartness,

1132
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:37,919
Speaker 17: I guess with me out there. Yeah, now the weather

1133
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,840
Speaker 17: was not so much nicer, so I had to because.

1134
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 2: I sometimes I'll leave the studio during a break in

1135
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:45,840
Speaker 2: my show and down the hall where you it's a

1136
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 2: part you know, to me angry sports fans and those

1137
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,239
Speaker 2: sports writers, and then I go down there and it's

1138
00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 2: like a who's who of Cincinnati. There's food, there's drinks,

1139
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 2: there's a good time. You have this collection of people

1140
00:55:57,600 --> 00:55:58,440
Speaker 2: that I'm envious of.

1141
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,799
Speaker 3: Dude, whatever you paved the way on this. Let's be real.

1142
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:03,880
Speaker 17: I've always been the guy that's like, always had that

1143
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:06,560
Speaker 17: open door policy where you can come share your thoughts

1144
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 17: and opinions.

1145
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:07,640
Speaker 8: Mine.

1146
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 17: It just happens to be in between Justin Bieber and

1147
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 17: Rihanna wild conversation. Sorry, that's not it wrong, but you

1148
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:17,399
Speaker 17: know you know what I mean. Yeah, having that music

1149
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:19,560
Speaker 17: in there too, but no, having these friends that you

1150
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:22,000
Speaker 17: genuinely did like I think, I don't know those that

1151
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:26,120
Speaker 17: tune into show every day can vouch for that. Having

1152
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:29,279
Speaker 17: those voices and those friends those people in Cincinnati that

1153
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:31,400
Speaker 17: can share their opinions for me.

1154
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:34,320
Speaker 2: It's like Mowen associates that they're really not all business.

1155
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:37,879
Speaker 2: That's just mo and work friends, associates, acquaintances.

1156
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 3: Very few of them would claim me as a.

1157
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:41,480
Speaker 17: Friend, right, So I made him feel more special, That's

1158
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:42,839
Speaker 17: what I did. So I made a better sale.

1159
00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:45,960
Speaker 2: Now this is exciting because you've brought with you one

1160
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 2: of your friends. Now this is huge for me because

1161
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,959
Speaker 2: the day before opening day, we have that one mail

1162
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 2: man here.

1163
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:55,480
Speaker 3: He's looking at me like, is no remote idea what's

1164
00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:56,319
Speaker 3: going on? No?

1165
00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:59,560
Speaker 2: No, no, poor man has been dragged over here to entertain

1166
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:00,560
Speaker 2: me for a few minutes.

1167
00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:04,200
Speaker 3: You uber, Happy Opening Day Eve.

1168
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 18: Happy Opening Day Eve. That's all just telling Johns that

1169
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 18: it's a holiday.

1170
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:11,360
Speaker 2: Yeah right, Are you like his most frequent, like reoccurring

1171
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:12,400
Speaker 2: friend these days?

1172
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 6: We'll let him answer that. You know, that's a loaded question.

1173
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 8: Uh no, believe it or not.

1174
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:19,800
Speaker 17: So all these friends and you know, with a busy

1175
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 17: schedule and stuff like that, Sean and I say all

1176
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:23,040
Speaker 17: the time, we're actually.

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00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:23,600
Speaker 3: Like, are we really?

1178
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:24,760
Speaker 19: Are we really friends?

1179
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 8: Yeah?

1180
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 3: Because we'll touch because we gossip.

1181
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,680
Speaker 18: Know, we friends call me after hours and just tell

1182
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:34,000
Speaker 18: me about his day. We gossip. Don't do back and forth.

1183
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:36,280
Speaker 18: My wife don't like it. Don't do that, she said,

1184
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,200
Speaker 18: the gossip not good.

1185
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,560
Speaker 2: All right, So let me get this straight because it's

1186
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:42,840
Speaker 2: not one mail man. But he called you by your

1187
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:45,280
Speaker 2: like real name. So that's cool. We're good with that.

1188
00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:46,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, we on that level.

1189
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:47,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, that level.

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Speaker 3: What are you gonna do for opening day tomorrow?

1191
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:49,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be down here.

1192
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 3: Yeah that's pretty good. Yeah, you got the Pete Rose jersey.

1193
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:54,120
Speaker 3: That's big.

1194
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:56,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have my jersey on tomorrow, say oz.

1195
00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:01,840
Speaker 2: Staying understandably, so understand understandably. So and so when people

1196
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:04,240
Speaker 2: see that, is it mister stank? Like how does that work?

1197
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:07,840
Speaker 1: What? They just whatever you want to call me, Okay,

1198
00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:09,040
Speaker 1: it's appropriate.

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Speaker 18: Right Yeah, people say low dude, I'd be like, don't

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Speaker 18: LOLd do me, buddy?

1201
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: I do.

1203
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 3: The same happens all the time. It happens all the time.

1204
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 2: You're I was in Salt Lake City this fall, right,

1205
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:23,720
Speaker 2: and uh, and I'm having I'm having a drink at

1206
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 2: the hotel bar and I run into this couple and

1207
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 2: they're like, we're gonna go see that one mailman?

1208
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:28,840
Speaker 1: Really?

1209
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:33,080
Speaker 2: And I said uh who, And they go that one

1210
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:34,960
Speaker 2: mailman he's a comic, and I go, well, we we

1211
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Speaker 2: have one of those two in Cincinnati. He's like, yeah,

1212
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:40,400
Speaker 2: he's tonight in Salt Lake City. We're gonna go see him.

1213
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:43,000
Speaker 2: Like you've you've grown, you've blossomed. It's incredible.

1214
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 18: Yeah, it's amazing. Yeah, that's good. I'll just keep one

1215
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Speaker 18: day at a time.

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Speaker 1: Man, I never knew I had this talent or whatever.

1217
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:53,080
Speaker 2: It is a talent that's undeniable. How did this happen?

1218
00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 2: Because I remember how I became familiar with your work.

1219
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,320
Speaker 2: My brother in law showed me your Instagram and I

1220
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:00,240
Speaker 2: thought like, well that's I said, is that one of

1221
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 2: your friends? He goes, no, it's it's that one mailman

1222
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 2: And uh, I thought that's kind of cool. And then

1223
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 2: you know, locally you kind of took off and now

1224
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 2: you're you're playing nationally.

1225
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, all across the concert.

1226
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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I leave for Casper, Wyoming. Never heard of it.

1228
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,080
Speaker 2: They have they have places in Casper, Wyoming. Is an

1229
00:59:18,080 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 2: intent a fire, campfire, that sort of thing.

1230
00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:21,880
Speaker 1: I'm hoping it ain't no ghost.

1231
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:27,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, very good. But you're so as Reds fandom, like

1232
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:28,440
Speaker 2: you're a huge Reds fan.

1233
00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1234
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Speaker 18: Yeah, life, my whole life, I've been playing baseball and

1235
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:36,160
Speaker 18: Pokey Reese and Aaron Boone and that was I.

1236
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 3: Just mentioned before Pokey Reese on Opening Day when year

1237
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:39,520
Speaker 3: made four errors.

1238
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 1: Really yeah wow nineteen ninety eight. Wow, that was my time. Yeah,

1239
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: that was when I was playing.

1240
00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 3: It got better for Pokey from that point. Yeah. Yeah,

1241
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:48,200
Speaker 3: did you play baseball?

1242
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:49,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, my whole life?

1243
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:49,800
Speaker 3: Good.

1244
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:52,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, went to every All Star game.

1245
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:52,840
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1246
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:56,240
Speaker 1: I played for a little Catholic school, but it was good.

1247
00:59:56,920 --> 00:59:57,600
Speaker 6: I didn't know that.

1248
00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:01,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, go ahead, Yeah.

1249
01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:02,360
Speaker 18: I was the only public school kid on the roster,

1250
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,200
Speaker 18: had a fake birth certificate and everything.

1251
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:07,400
Speaker 1: That's plan.

1252
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:11,400
Speaker 3: You actually have that with a lot of big leaguers

1253
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:11,840
Speaker 3: these days.

1254
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 1: I'm very good, very good.

1255
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 2: What is since your rise to fame? And that's what

1256
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 2: it is? What's been the coolest thing to happen to you?

1257
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:23,440
Speaker 18: I think, honestly, the coolest thing is just connecting with

1258
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:26,120
Speaker 18: the people live. Like it's different when you're talking to

1259
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 18: your phone and trying to make somebody laugh and they

1260
01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 18: tell you, oh my.

1261
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: Gosh, these videos they're so much for me.

1262
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,200
Speaker 18: When you're making that connection live and in person, it's

1263
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:36,400
Speaker 18: totally different, Like you got a room full of people

1264
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:39,040
Speaker 18: and they're just sitting there with a blank expression, and

1265
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:41,479
Speaker 18: I can say a few words and change their whole

1266
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:44,320
Speaker 18: move is it's something that's.

1267
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:46,840
Speaker 2: And it's like it's people of all ages, it's kids

1268
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 2: right now. I can't bring a kid to one of

1269
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:50,680
Speaker 2: your shows. That's probably not a good idea of thirteen

1270
01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:52,920
Speaker 2: year olds. To my should I was like, man, why

1271
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:54,080
Speaker 2: ain't just leaving them in a car?

1272
01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,920
Speaker 3: Did you clean things up? Or just say? You know what, kid,

1273
01:00:58,920 --> 01:00:59,960
Speaker 3: You're gonna learn a lot tonight.

1274
01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 1: Gonna learn.

1275
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 18: That's what I told him, Like, and it makes it

1276
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:06,080
Speaker 18: awkward for me because you know, stand up comedy is

1277
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:06,840
Speaker 18: eighteen and older.

1278
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,160
Speaker 1: Someone is twenty one and older. Yeah, so it's like.

1279
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:13,480
Speaker 18: You now, I gotta shift my my whole set so

1280
01:01:13,560 --> 01:01:17,040
Speaker 18: I don't say something inappropriate right it gets on her

1281
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:17,840
Speaker 18: nerves or whatever.

1282
01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:19,560
Speaker 2: So you know, I have to do that because of

1283
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:22,439
Speaker 2: the FCC every day. So it's it's not that hard.

1284
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:23,520
Speaker 1: Everybody got rules.

1285
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:25,280
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, everybody has rules.

1286
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:25,680
Speaker 7: What do you like?

1287
01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 1: Must have bleep button? Ready, I'm be cussing.

1288
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:31,720
Speaker 2: We do, we do, don't don't worry. What's your favorite

1289
01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:33,200
Speaker 2: thing about being on John John Show?

1290
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:36,920
Speaker 18: Uh, just he's so good on the radio man, and

1291
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,800
Speaker 18: I feel like he helps carry me, Like just the

1292
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:42,840
Speaker 18: way he transitions from from break to break.

1293
01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:43,080
Speaker 20: Man.

1294
01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:45,480
Speaker 1: It's cool to see just even seeing him live.

1295
01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:45,959
Speaker 8: Man.

1296
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,480
Speaker 2: And he has this like eclectic group of characters that

1297
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:51,680
Speaker 2: he has. Well, he'll have you one, and then I'll

1298
01:01:51,720 --> 01:01:54,080
Speaker 2: have like an esteemed local journalist, and then don't have

1299
01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:56,480
Speaker 2: having a guy that owns a pet store or something,

1300
01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 2: and then somebody comes in bringing drinks.

1301
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:00,520
Speaker 3: It's like all over the place. We're for me. I

1302
01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:03,840
Speaker 3: basically talk about three different things every single day. I'm

1303
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:04,560
Speaker 3: very jealous.

1304
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 1: How's that feel?

1305
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:08,520
Speaker 3: What it depends on?

1306
01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:10,959
Speaker 2: It depends depends on how those three things are going.

1307
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:14,200
Speaker 2: And often in Cincinnati it's been not awesome. But I

1308
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:17,000
Speaker 2: sometimes look down the hall and I'm jealous of him

1309
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:19,000
Speaker 2: because he gets to have on folks like yourself.

1310
01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:20,960
Speaker 1: Off, let's talk about that.

1311
01:02:21,080 --> 01:02:21,560
Speaker 3: I was gonna say.

1312
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,000
Speaker 2: What we could do is one day you come in

1313
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:29,400
Speaker 2: because you're a sport you love the Bengals. You could

1314
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,160
Speaker 2: I've seen you at UC football games, your bearcat fan.

1315
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Speaker 2: Got a new basketball coach and coming in post up

1316
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:36,800
Speaker 2: will do three hours of sports talk together.

1317
01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:39,280
Speaker 1: Let's do it three hours. You got some money for me?

1318
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:45,080
Speaker 2: Do you know what's company I work for? Very good?

1319
01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:47,600
Speaker 2: That's very good. He should do the jingles for us.

1320
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:50,680
Speaker 2: Now we we you know, it's kind of like having

1321
01:02:50,680 --> 01:02:52,280
Speaker 2: a thirteen year old in the room. You know, we

1322
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 2: gotta kind of make it, make it a professional, make

1323
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 2: it for the kids.

1324
01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:59,400
Speaker 1: All the ghetto slang out out in the streets.

1325
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,680
Speaker 3: Do you have a favorite opening day memory?

1326
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:04,520
Speaker 1: I was just telling John John being on his show.

1327
01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:05,240
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago.

1328
01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:07,840
Speaker 18: I bought my first house, came down to open the day.

1329
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 18: I had to leave really so I could go move in,

1330
01:03:10,360 --> 01:03:13,440
Speaker 18: but still made managers to come down and meet with

1331
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:15,280
Speaker 18: John John. And then the person who I got my

1332
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:17,640
Speaker 18: Mustang from, I don't know if you.

1333
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,200
Speaker 3: Know about my must you mustang, so I delivered mail.

1334
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:23,080
Speaker 1: To him and it was just sitting in their driveway.

1335
01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 1: I'm like, what are y'all doing with this Mustang? Can

1336
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:25,040
Speaker 1: I buy it?

1337
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:26,040
Speaker 6: And they're like, yeah, sure.

1338
01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:29,200
Speaker 18: So I bought it, wrecked it, got it all fixed up,

1339
01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:31,280
Speaker 18: came back down here, got on the show, and then

1340
01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:34,200
Speaker 18: seeing the people I delivered mail to and they're like,

1341
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:36,120
Speaker 18: oh man, so it just came full circle.

1342
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:36,640
Speaker 1: It was cool.

1343
01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:40,440
Speaker 2: What's the one thing about mail delivery that your average

1344
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:41,200
Speaker 2: person doesn't know.

1345
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:45,720
Speaker 18: We do not get paid with the tax money. No,

1346
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:48,080
Speaker 18: it is not paid by our taxes.

1347
01:03:48,280 --> 01:03:49,120
Speaker 1: It has nothing to do.

1348
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:52,880
Speaker 18: The post Office is ran is self efficient, so they

1349
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:55,360
Speaker 18: get paid. Everybody that works for the post Office, they

1350
01:03:55,360 --> 01:04:00,320
Speaker 18: get paid through stamps when we buy a stamp, shipping labels, all.

1351
01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:02,960
Speaker 1: That good stuff. That's how the Post Office pays their employees.

1352
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,920
Speaker 3: So the shutdown doesn't impact mail delivery people.

1353
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:07,720
Speaker 1: Nope, well nope, pretty good.

1354
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:11,680
Speaker 18: We still the whole COVID shut down. Yeah, ESA shut

1355
01:04:11,760 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 18: down with everybody them writing. Nope, they still still gotta

1356
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:18,480
Speaker 18: Well we still get paid though, because we're not officially

1357
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:22,840
Speaker 18: a part of the government, right, essentially subcontractors.

1358
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:24,520
Speaker 3: Gotcha very good. You get cool uniforms too, Yeah, yeah,

1359
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 3: no doubt about that.

1360
01:04:25,760 --> 01:04:29,400
Speaker 2: All right, Well we uh we're here till six. Are

1361
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:31,280
Speaker 2: you hanging around? Are you gonna you gotta the things

1362
01:04:31,280 --> 01:04:32,919
Speaker 2: to do? Get a personal appearances to make.

1363
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:35,200
Speaker 1: I'm all right hanging out with doing well. We friends.

1364
01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:38,640
Speaker 2: Now we've I've got to interview Don Paparella from Mercedes

1365
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:39,840
Speaker 2: Benz of Fort Mitchell.

1366
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:40,520
Speaker 3: Here in a few minutes.

1367
01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:43,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, and uh, and then I'm gonna interview Tommy thro All,

1368
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:45,880
Speaker 2: the voice of the Reds. You know who that is, right,

1369
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:49,760
Speaker 2: and then John Cunningham, the director of athletics that you see.

1370
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:51,560
Speaker 2: But in between all of that, if you want to

1371
01:04:51,560 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 2: pop back in and share some words or wisdom or whatever.

1372
01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:55,760
Speaker 1: If I'm around, I'm here.

1373
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:58,280
Speaker 3: But you have a lot of places to go. I

1374
01:04:58,320 --> 01:04:58,640
Speaker 3: get it.

1375
01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:03,160
Speaker 2: I'm a big deal a little I appreciate your willingness

1376
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 2: to admit that. A lot of folks who are a

1377
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:06,520
Speaker 2: big deal, it's like you're a big deal. It's like

1378
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:09,360
Speaker 2: I'm not really come on, man, Yeah, a little bit, yeah,

1379
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:10,840
Speaker 2: just a little bit, Just.

1380
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:11,720
Speaker 1: A little bit, that's it.

1381
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:12,000
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1382
01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:14,520
Speaker 2: But when you're playing in places like Casper, Wyoming, dude,

1383
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:14,960
Speaker 2: I mean.

1384
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:17,439
Speaker 3: That's that's a huge deal.

1385
01:05:18,440 --> 01:05:21,360
Speaker 2: There's you know, there's Radio City Music Hall, there's Carnegio,

1386
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:22,880
Speaker 2: then there's a Casper, Wyoming.

1387
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:24,400
Speaker 19: Yeah, you got all right.

1388
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:28,200
Speaker 2: It's a twenty one away from six o'clock. It's an

1389
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:30,520
Speaker 2: opening day eve, it's happy hour. We're here at the

1390
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:34,040
Speaker 2: Cincinnati Loggerhouse. Brendanman and Jones on Baseball is about fifteen

1391
01:05:34,040 --> 01:05:36,919
Speaker 2: minutes away on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

1392
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:43,160
Speaker 14: Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty traffic.

1393
01:05:43,080 --> 01:05:46,400
Speaker 10: From the UC Health Traffic Center. The UC Health Women's

1394
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:50,640
Speaker 10: Sports Medicine Program provides specialized care for female athletes at

1395
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:54,360
Speaker 10: all levels. Schedule and appointment online at u seehealth dot com.

1396
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:58,680
Speaker 10: Northbound seventy one seventy five after turf way and accident

1397
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:02,680
Speaker 10: has been cleared away. Hey, iwever on westbound US fifty.

1398
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:05,560
Speaker 10: The right lanes blocked from a crash at third, A

1399
01:06:05,560 --> 01:06:08,080
Speaker 10: little bit of slow traffic from four to seventy one

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01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:12,080
Speaker 10: southbound fourth seventy one accident at the Bellevue exit on

1401
01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:13,680
Speaker 10: that He's not like with traffic.

1402
01:06:14,040 --> 01:06:15,920
Speaker 3: This report the fifteen thirty.

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01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:19,080
Speaker 2: We are broadcasting on Opening Day Eve, which is today

1404
01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:21,680
Speaker 2: from the Cincinnati Lockerhouse.

1405
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:24,960
Speaker 3: Tomorrow, the home of John John and friends.

1406
01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:28,360
Speaker 2: The Opening Day watch party, and all of it is

1407
01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:31,280
Speaker 2: made possible by our friends at Mercedes Benze Fort Mitchell.

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01:06:31,640 --> 01:06:34,600
Speaker 2: Which how about this right here? I don't know how

1409
01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:37,080
Speaker 2: legal this is. I don't know if this car is

1410
01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:39,160
Speaker 2: for me to take home. I have no idea, But

1411
01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:42,680
Speaker 2: Don Pepperella from Mercedes Benz a Fort Mitchell is with us.

1412
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:43,560
Speaker 3: Is this kosher?

1413
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:45,760
Speaker 2: What we're doing right here where Greg is driving a

1414
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:47,560
Speaker 2: Mercedes right up this walkway.

1415
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:48,280
Speaker 3: I mean, if you were.

1416
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:50,000
Speaker 20: Going to have a car on the sidewalk, that would

1417
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:51,200
Speaker 20: be the right one to have, wouldn't it.

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01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:52,520
Speaker 3: Can you park there for the game?

1419
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:55,160
Speaker 20: I think you ken if you have a Mercedes Benz

1420
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 20: from Mercedes Benz to Fort Mitchell. That's how it's worth.

1421
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:58,000
Speaker 20: It's kind of written there.

1422
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:00,440
Speaker 2: Really, Okay, I see you get a car right pretty much,

1423
01:07:00,440 --> 01:07:01,919
Speaker 2: park wherever you want to, parker ever you want.

1424
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:03,240
Speaker 3: It's awesome to have you.

1425
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:04,040
Speaker 20: It's great to be here.

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01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:05,920
Speaker 2: It's great to have you a part of everything that

1427
01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:07,640
Speaker 2: happens here at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse.

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01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:07,920
Speaker 6: Thank you.

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01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:09,040
Speaker 20: We're honored to be here.

1430
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:11,720
Speaker 2: I said to you off air, if I were to

1431
01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:14,960
Speaker 2: own a car dealership and I had to pick where

1432
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:16,760
Speaker 2: I wanted it to be, it would be where you

1433
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:18,640
Speaker 2: guys are. Geographically, it's perfect.

1434
01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:20,800
Speaker 20: We're very fortunate to be here. We're at the top

1435
01:07:20,840 --> 01:07:23,640
Speaker 20: of the hill. We have a seven acre facility. We

1436
01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,400
Speaker 20: actually still have the largest sign, the largest Mercedes Benz

1437
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:28,840
Speaker 20: star in North America.

1438
01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:30,240
Speaker 3: So that's super good. Yep.

1439
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:32,520
Speaker 20: So that's really nice and you can't miss it. Obviously,

1440
01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:35,160
Speaker 20: we have what two three hundred thousand cars, maybe more

1441
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:36,680
Speaker 20: go buy there every single day.

1442
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:37,840
Speaker 5: So we're very very fortunate.

1443
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:39,760
Speaker 3: How'd you guys get hooked up with this event?

1444
01:07:40,560 --> 01:07:43,000
Speaker 20: You know, we have known Greg and the team here

1445
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,040
Speaker 20: from the Loggerhouse, you know, for a long time, and

1446
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:48,560
Speaker 20: you know we've been kind of we watch what he

1447
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:50,520
Speaker 20: does at opening day. We think it's a great fit

1448
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:52,960
Speaker 20: for us. You know, we love being part of the community.

1449
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:55,080
Speaker 20: We love doing stuff with the community. You know, they

1450
01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:57,480
Speaker 20: do the same thing here. We'll also do the Kindle

1451
01:07:57,520 --> 01:07:59,560
Speaker 20: market in er time, which is great, which is awesome,

1452
01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:01,600
Speaker 20: which is right, and you know, we've we've had a

1453
01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:03,840
Speaker 20: great time here and we just think it's a good

1454
01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:06,400
Speaker 20: fit for us. We love of course, we love the Reds.

1455
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:08,560
Speaker 20: We love doing stuff in the community. You know, it

1456
01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 20: ends up working out really well.

1457
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:12,520
Speaker 3: I'm surprised you gave him the keys to that car.

1458
01:08:13,160 --> 01:08:15,000
Speaker 20: The big part isn't I going to get him back?

1459
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:17,840
Speaker 20: But yeah, I put a tracker in that one, So

1460
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:18,919
Speaker 20: we'll find it eventually.

1461
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:22,479
Speaker 3: Debatable, We'll see, We'll see, we'll see, we'll find that eventually.

1462
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,479
Speaker 2: Now, I'm I don't know a lot about cars, but

1463
01:08:25,680 --> 01:08:27,920
Speaker 2: like what is I mean, it's a Mercedes, but like, what.

1464
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:28,320
Speaker 3: Is that car?

1465
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:31,519
Speaker 20: Mercedes? So this is called an a mg GL E

1466
01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:35,840
Speaker 20: fifty three coups. That's our mid size suv. Gorgeous. It's

1467
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:38,240
Speaker 20: it's kind of like if a sports car and an

1468
01:08:38,320 --> 01:08:41,240
Speaker 20: suv got together. Yeah, that's what the kid would be.

1469
01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:45,040
Speaker 20: So it's fun, it's fast, it's roomy, it's all will drive.

1470
01:08:45,200 --> 01:08:47,680
Speaker 20: It's my favorite suv to drive. It looks good just

1471
01:08:47,720 --> 01:08:50,760
Speaker 20: sitting there. It's just it's a blast. This one's four

1472
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:53,360
Speaker 20: hundred and fifty horsepower, all will drive.

1473
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:55,719
Speaker 3: Just great. So if I show up in Fort Mitchell

1474
01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:58,360
Speaker 3: and I want to test drive, that just no problem.

1475
01:08:58,720 --> 01:08:59,639
Speaker 3: Just I could just take it out.

1476
01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:01,439
Speaker 20: Only people that we don't allow test to have that

1477
01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:04,000
Speaker 20: is John John and Yeah, I mean, let's be honest.

1478
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:06,519
Speaker 20: I wouldn't let him drive my Now I understand, isn't

1479
01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:07,519
Speaker 20: he still on a skateboard?

1480
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:10,240
Speaker 3: He should be? I thought, so, yes, I know, that

1481
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:13,639
Speaker 3: is an impressive That is an impressive automobile. What sort

1482
01:09:13,680 --> 01:09:15,960
Speaker 3: of things beyond this are Mercedes Benz and Fort Mitchell

1483
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:16,479
Speaker 3: involved with.

1484
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:19,040
Speaker 20: So we do a lot of stuff in the community.

1485
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:22,759
Speaker 20: You know, we do things like the Ken Anderson Foundation Alliance.

1486
01:09:22,800 --> 01:09:25,080
Speaker 5: I beld say, absolutely unbelievable.

1487
01:09:25,479 --> 01:09:28,120
Speaker 20: So we're very, very fortunate that we'll do stuff with

1488
01:09:28,479 --> 01:09:31,360
Speaker 20: different not just football players. Certainly isn't bad. We try

1489
01:09:31,360 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 20: to get involved with things like the Children's Home in

1490
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:36,920
Speaker 20: a nice thing that we do, which is at the

1491
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:41,160
Speaker 20: convention Center. Yeah, the big you know, the Northern Convention Center.

1492
01:09:41,479 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 3: We'll do the Mardi graph Man.

1493
01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:43,880
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1494
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:47,280
Speaker 20: We've been the sponsor, the lead sponsor there since two

1495
01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 20: thousand and twelve, so we actually did that one a

1496
01:09:50,439 --> 01:09:53,280
Speaker 20: year before we got there. We started October thirteen and

1497
01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:56,080
Speaker 20: we've been the lead sponsor there and that's wonderful. That works,

1498
01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:59,479
Speaker 20: you know with homeless children's three charities, Yes, that one

1499
01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 20: is just that's probably my personal favorite.

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01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:04,240
Speaker 3: And this year got the Borough Foundation in, yes.

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01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:04,639
Speaker 5: And that was great.

1502
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:06,920
Speaker 20: They actually asked me, they're like, well what if we

1503
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:09,080
Speaker 20: get you know, a different some other foundations. I'm like,

1504
01:10:09,160 --> 01:10:09,840
Speaker 20: bring them all in.

1505
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:10,920
Speaker 3: I go, it's all more.

1506
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:13,960
Speaker 20: It's all more, you know, uh, funds for the children.

1507
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:17,479
Speaker 20: So I met, I met Joe Burrow's parents. They're wonderful people,

1508
01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:19,599
Speaker 20: Sue nice. So it was great, but I'm like, bring

1509
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:22,479
Speaker 20: everybody in. The Ruby Foundation was there also, so that

1510
01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:24,920
Speaker 20: was great, and I'm like, let's have everybody there because

1511
01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:26,439
Speaker 20: the more they're like do you mind, and like, I

1512
01:10:26,439 --> 01:10:26,960
Speaker 20: don't mind.

1513
01:10:27,360 --> 01:10:28,360
Speaker 5: All the money is going for the.

1514
01:10:28,439 --> 01:10:29,040
Speaker 3: For the kids.

1515
01:10:29,439 --> 01:10:31,519
Speaker 20: So anything that we can do, we want to get

1516
01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:33,479
Speaker 20: jumped in. And I would invite anybody that wants to

1517
01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:35,720
Speaker 20: do that jump in. We are you know, we're not

1518
01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:37,960
Speaker 20: just we'reing to hog this sponsorship. We want it at

1519
01:10:37,960 --> 01:10:40,120
Speaker 20: the end of the day. It helps the children and

1520
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:41,280
Speaker 20: we're super excited over that.

1521
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:43,000
Speaker 2: And then do you just drive a car up to

1522
01:10:43,240 --> 01:10:45,679
Speaker 2: the convention center and park on the sidewalk like it's.

1523
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:46,200
Speaker 3: Kind of familiar.

1524
01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:47,920
Speaker 20: I do the same thing. I just drive right up front.

1525
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:49,479
Speaker 20: I just throw the keys in there, just easy.

1526
01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1527
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:51,160
Speaker 20: You know, when you when you when you're good in

1528
01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:52,599
Speaker 20: the community, the community looks out for you.

1529
01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:54,800
Speaker 2: The way I look at automobiles is this, there's two

1530
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Speaker 2: types of cars there. There's cars that I will eat in, right,

1531
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:00,240
Speaker 2: and there's cars I would refuse to eat in car

1532
01:11:00,240 --> 01:11:01,000
Speaker 2: that I wouldn't need it.

1533
01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:02,479
Speaker 20: That's not one you should eat it.

1534
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:04,519
Speaker 3: Yeah it is. I don't know that I would take

1535
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 3: a bottle of water in that car.

1536
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:09,400
Speaker 20: Well, the interior with leather interior will be fine, but

1537
01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:10,600
Speaker 20: you know, you don't want to have a ton of

1538
01:11:10,680 --> 01:11:12,800
Speaker 20: cheerios in there, but it is it's a lot of fun.

1539
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:16,000
Speaker 3: I have an eight year old and uh yeah, no,

1540
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:18,280
Speaker 3: that would be like we're that would be the the

1541
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:19,800
Speaker 3: adult car, got it, I would think?

1542
01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:20,439
Speaker 8: So got it?

1543
01:11:20,479 --> 01:11:20,760
Speaker 1: All right?

1544
01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:23,360
Speaker 3: Where can folks learn more about Mercedes Benz of Fort Mitchell.

1545
01:11:23,439 --> 01:11:25,240
Speaker 20: So you can certainly come to the dealership which is

1546
01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:26,519
Speaker 20: right up on right up on the top of the

1547
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:29,400
Speaker 20: all Fort Mitchell. Our website is MBFM dot com, so

1548
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:32,679
Speaker 20: nice and easy. MBF Mercedes been Fort Mitchell, So MBFM

1549
01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:34,840
Speaker 20: dot com would be great, or really just come by.

1550
01:11:34,920 --> 01:11:38,280
Speaker 20: You know, we've got everything from you know, inexpensive used

1551
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:41,280
Speaker 20: cars that we get up to seven hundred thousand dollars,

1552
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:44,120
Speaker 20: Ferraris and everything in between we've got. We've got g Wagon.

1553
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:45,519
Speaker 3: How many of those do you have? How many seven

1554
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:48,719
Speaker 3: hundred thousand dollars? I've got too? Okay too right now? Gotcha?

1555
01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:49,080
Speaker 20: Yeah.

1556
01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:50,840
Speaker 2: So a guy just walks in and says, hey, today,

1557
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:53,120
Speaker 2: I'm thinking about getting a Ferrari. What do you got

1558
01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:53,439
Speaker 2: for me?

1559
01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:55,800
Speaker 20: I say, come right over here, sir, I'll have something

1560
01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:56,160
Speaker 20: right here.

1561
01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:57,840
Speaker 3: Does that ever happen? It does?

1562
01:11:57,960 --> 01:12:00,880
Speaker 2: Just a guy walks in and says it's for shopping time.

1563
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:01,840
Speaker 2: What do you got done?

1564
01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:04,000
Speaker 20: Well, we have enough on our website and we get

1565
01:12:04,040 --> 01:12:05,640
Speaker 20: them traded in a lot of people are you know,

1566
01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:07,600
Speaker 20: not sure how to handle those? We get them in

1567
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:10,879
Speaker 20: on trade. We actively look for those and they're wonderful.

1568
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:13,000
Speaker 20: So we'll get you know, we'll get Ferraris, we'll get

1569
01:12:13,080 --> 01:12:15,400
Speaker 20: high end Mercedes Benz. But then we also have C

1570
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:19,040
Speaker 20: classes that are fifty five sixty grand, which nowadays is

1571
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:22,000
Speaker 20: kind of a normal price nowadays, and you still get

1572
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:25,000
Speaker 20: all wheel drive. You get a Mercedes service. We've got

1573
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:27,160
Speaker 20: I have seventy loaner cars. We have pick up a

1574
01:12:27,160 --> 01:12:29,360
Speaker 20: delivery service. Make it nice and easy.

1575
01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:31,520
Speaker 3: I put like one thousand dollars down on a Ferraris.

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01:12:31,560 --> 01:12:35,640
Speaker 3: That work for you? It way for you? Yes, for you?

1577
01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:39,200
Speaker 2: Away, we'll see we'll see it. Come by this weekend

1578
01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:40,559
Speaker 2: and see if we can figure something out.

1579
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:42,559
Speaker 20: I have some Mercedes that we're one thousand dollars down.

1580
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:43,439
Speaker 20: We can take care of you.

1581
01:12:43,439 --> 01:12:47,280
Speaker 3: On That sounds amazing. But you know, I've I've never

1582
01:12:47,320 --> 01:12:48,440
Speaker 3: been in a Ferrari.

1583
01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:50,920
Speaker 20: Right so I can see you tomorrow. I went a

1584
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:52,680
Speaker 20: beautiful green one right there, and we can take it.

1585
01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:52,960
Speaker 8: For a ride.

1586
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:55,040
Speaker 2: Tomorrow's Opening Day, but like I could just hey, I

1587
01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,080
Speaker 2: want to test drive a Ferrari. Let's take it out

1588
01:12:57,120 --> 01:12:58,599
Speaker 2: on Dixie Highway and see what happens.

1589
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:00,360
Speaker 20: So if the only day you could do that would

1590
01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:01,519
Speaker 20: be opening day, what would you do?

1591
01:13:02,479 --> 01:13:04,559
Speaker 3: I might have to come drive to I've been an

1592
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:05,599
Speaker 3: Opening Day before.

1593
01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:05,960
Speaker 1: Right, right?

1594
01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:08,559
Speaker 20: You told me you've been to thirty plus, right, thirty

1595
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:09,400
Speaker 20: nine thirty nine?

1596
01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:09,720
Speaker 13: Right?

1597
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:11,400
Speaker 3: Have you driven zero?

1598
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:13,479
Speaker 20: So I mean you got to decide. These are why

1599
01:13:13,479 --> 01:13:14,240
Speaker 20: we all make choice.

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Speaker 2: If I'm in the Ferrari and we test drive it,

1601
01:13:16,120 --> 01:13:18,799
Speaker 2: could I swing up by a drive through and like eating?

1602
01:13:19,439 --> 01:13:22,280
Speaker 3: No, no, very good where?

1603
01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:23,320
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1604
01:13:23,479 --> 01:13:25,720
Speaker 3: Just you know, I just wanted to see. Awesome to

1605
01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:26,040
Speaker 3: have you.

1606
01:13:26,080 --> 01:13:26,840
Speaker 6: It's great being here.

1607
01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:28,599
Speaker 3: Thanks for all that you guys do. We are.

1608
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:31,960
Speaker 20: We're excited again. Thank you everybody. This is fabulous again.

1609
01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:34,519
Speaker 20: Gold reds all right, let's kick butt this year. I

1610
01:13:34,520 --> 01:13:35,240
Speaker 20: think we've got this.

1611
01:13:35,479 --> 01:13:36,920
Speaker 3: Yes, we got this.

1612
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:37,719
Speaker 20: I'm excited.

1613
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:41,560
Speaker 2: I will drive a Ferrari in the World Series Championship parade.

1614
01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:44,040
Speaker 20: I can make that happen. Done, I can make I

1615
01:13:44,080 --> 01:13:44,559
Speaker 20: can make that.

1616
01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:45,840
Speaker 3: Put your other guy put that in here.

1617
01:13:45,880 --> 01:13:46,679
Speaker 20: I can make that happen.

1618
01:13:46,680 --> 01:13:48,439
Speaker 2: All right, We're gonna I'm gonna drive. I'm gonna drive

1619
01:13:48,439 --> 01:13:49,960
Speaker 2: it right up here. We're gonna go in the parade.

1620
01:13:49,960 --> 01:13:51,280
Speaker 2: It's gonna be unbelievable.

1621
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:53,920
Speaker 3: I'm okay with that. I'm you're okay with that? Anything

1622
01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:54,320
Speaker 3: I feel.

1623
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Speaker 2: Seven away from five o'clock, we're at the Cincinnati Lockerhouse. Uh,

1624
01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:00,680
Speaker 2: we'll chat with Tommy Thrall come up after the top

1625
01:14:00,720 --> 01:14:02,439
Speaker 2: of the hour. But right now, time for Breniman and

1626
01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:03,400
Speaker 2: Jones on bigsball.

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Speaker 9: This report is ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 3: Okay, why that's.

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Speaker 2: Us late start to the hour it's ten out for

1640
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Speaker 2: five ESPN fifteen thirty Moe Legger, My apologies, thank you

1641
01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:55,200
Speaker 2: for listening. Hopefully you're having like the most awesome Wednesday

1642
01:14:55,240 --> 01:14:58,600
Speaker 2: afternoon ever. It's Opening Day Eve. We're broadcasting from the

1643
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:02,000
Speaker 2: Cincinnati Logger Else we've sort.

1644
01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:03,120
Speaker 3: Of been all over the map today.

1645
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:05,960
Speaker 2: A little bit later on this hour, my conversation with

1646
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:10,240
Speaker 2: the director of Athletics at the University of Cincinnati, John Cunningham.

1647
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:11,679
Speaker 3: We are here till six o'clock.

1648
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:15,479
Speaker 2: The folks at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse are kind enough to

1649
01:15:15,479 --> 01:15:18,960
Speaker 2: have us on Opening Day Eve every single year between

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01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:19,679
Speaker 2: now and the end.

1651
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Speaker 3: Of our show.

1652
01:15:20,080 --> 01:15:23,639
Speaker 2: Five dollars drafts, five dollars well drinks, five dollar house wines,

1653
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,599
Speaker 2: tons of appetizer specials, the home of John John's watch

1654
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Speaker 2: party tomorrow Kiss one oh seven, John John and friends

1655
01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:34,840
Speaker 2: broadcasting here tomorrow, and so we set the stage for them.

1656
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:37,080
Speaker 3: Tomorrow is going to be awesome.

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01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 2: Joining us actually from the broadcast booth at Great American

1658
01:15:42,320 --> 01:15:45,439
Speaker 2: Ballpark is the voice of the Reds, Tommy Thrall. Let's

1659
01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:49,280
Speaker 2: talk about the way that the roster was finalized. And

1660
01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:51,680
Speaker 2: what was interesting to me is you had a guy

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01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:54,679
Speaker 2: in Reesigns who had an OPS above fourteen hundred didn't

1662
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:57,320
Speaker 2: make the team. You had a guy in JJ Bledet,

1663
01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:02,160
Speaker 2: an established Big leaguer at OPS above one thousand, didn't

1664
01:16:02,200 --> 01:16:05,760
Speaker 2: make the team. Is this the deepest Reds team they've

1665
01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:08,480
Speaker 2: had since you became the voice of the team.

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01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:10,400
Speaker 19: Oh, there's no question. I mean.

1667
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:12,960
Speaker 13: And that's the thing, like Jeff and I were talking

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01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:15,040
Speaker 13: about during the game yesterday, even though those guys aren't

1669
01:16:15,080 --> 01:16:17,280
Speaker 13: on the team, they are still very much a part

1670
01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:21,479
Speaker 13: of the mix of this team. So yeah, I think

1671
01:16:22,320 --> 01:16:27,880
Speaker 13: definitely the depth of this team will allow them to

1672
01:16:27,920 --> 01:16:30,519
Speaker 13: withstand some injuries, and we're seeing that in the pitching

1673
01:16:30,520 --> 01:16:33,080
Speaker 13: staff right out of the gate. Look, nobody wants to

1674
01:16:33,080 --> 01:16:35,320
Speaker 13: see Hunter Green and Nickelodolo start the year on the

1675
01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:36,200
Speaker 13: injured list.

1676
01:16:35,960 --> 01:16:36,120
Speaker 8: But.

1677
01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:38,760
Speaker 19: You can't do anything about it.

1678
01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:41,960
Speaker 13: The good news is they didn't trade away from their

1679
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:44,920
Speaker 13: position of strength, so now they've at least got the

1680
01:16:44,960 --> 01:16:46,920
Speaker 13: weapons to be able to weather the storm if the

1681
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:50,519
Speaker 13: same thing happens from an offensive standpoint, say somebody comes

1682
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:53,680
Speaker 13: out and has a slow start to the season. The

1683
01:16:53,720 --> 01:16:57,360
Speaker 13: good news is if they need to call on reinforcements,

1684
01:16:57,439 --> 01:17:00,519
Speaker 13: they're there in TRIPAA, and these guys, based on their

1685
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:03,040
Speaker 13: spring look like they are poised to be able to

1686
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:06,840
Speaker 13: step in and fill in without missing a beat. That's

1687
01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:10,280
Speaker 13: what championship teams are made of. It's nice to be

1688
01:17:10,360 --> 01:17:11,559
Speaker 13: able to have that luxury here.

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01:17:11,720 --> 01:17:14,800
Speaker 2: I am so excited to see what Sal Stewart can do.

1690
01:17:14,880 --> 01:17:17,640
Speaker 2: And that would have been the case regardless, But I

1691
01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:20,160
Speaker 2: feel like every time he's had a test put in

1692
01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:21,800
Speaker 2: front of him, he's passed it.

1693
01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:22,639
Speaker 3: With flying colors.

1694
01:17:22,720 --> 01:17:25,760
Speaker 2: Late last September, right like, all right, let's bring him up,

1695
01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:28,439
Speaker 2: some might have argued overdue, let's see what he does.

1696
01:17:28,880 --> 01:17:31,519
Speaker 2: And he was awesome this spring. I think we all

1697
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:33,120
Speaker 2: felt like he was going to get a spot on

1698
01:17:33,160 --> 01:17:35,200
Speaker 2: the opening day roster. But challenge him a little bit.

1699
01:17:35,200 --> 01:17:37,439
Speaker 2: He's got to make it well. He does with flying Colors.

1700
01:17:38,080 --> 01:17:41,519
Speaker 2: He's held his own defensively. I hear people who cover

1701
01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:44,120
Speaker 2: this sport nationally talk about him being a National League

1702
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:46,479
Speaker 2: rookie of the Year. I'm bullish on him, and he's

1703
01:17:46,520 --> 01:17:48,640
Speaker 2: going to be betting forth, which I love. That's more

1704
01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:51,040
Speaker 2: of a statement than a question. Your thoughts on Sal.

1705
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:54,439
Speaker 13: Stewart Man, you echoed a lot of my thoughts. The

1706
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:57,120
Speaker 13: thing that impresses me about him, you talked about the test.

1707
01:17:57,200 --> 01:17:59,960
Speaker 13: Every time that a test is put in front of him,

1708
01:18:00,040 --> 01:18:03,000
Speaker 13: he's ready to go. I mean, it's okay. How does

1709
01:18:03,040 --> 01:18:05,880
Speaker 13: he handle this situation? You know, runner in scoring position,

1710
01:18:06,080 --> 01:18:09,360
Speaker 13: two outs? Does he shortened up to just get a

1711
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:10,760
Speaker 13: base hit and drive that run home?

1712
01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:11,160
Speaker 8: Check?

1713
01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:13,760
Speaker 13: Yeah, he does that. He lost a bunch of weight

1714
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:16,599
Speaker 13: in the offseason. He got leaner in a good way.

1715
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:19,040
Speaker 13: But was he going to try to compensate for that

1716
01:18:19,120 --> 01:18:21,000
Speaker 13: and try to just show that he's still got some

1717
01:18:21,040 --> 01:18:23,639
Speaker 13: power and try to launch everything and hit everything out

1718
01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:26,280
Speaker 13: of the ballpark. Well, his early batting practice and spring

1719
01:18:26,360 --> 01:18:30,160
Speaker 13: training right when everybody reported would tell you, yeah, that's

1720
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:32,120
Speaker 13: what he was trying to do. Games come around, that's

1721
01:18:32,160 --> 01:18:34,719
Speaker 13: not at all what he's doing. I mean, he looks great.

1722
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:37,360
Speaker 13: He's still driving the ball to all fields, he's gap

1723
01:18:37,439 --> 01:18:39,400
Speaker 13: to gap, and he can still drive the ball out

1724
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:42,200
Speaker 13: of the ballpark. So that test has passed. How does

1725
01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:44,479
Speaker 13: he handle guys when the pitchers start to ramp up

1726
01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:48,240
Speaker 13: and start to increase their breaking ball workload, Well, he

1727
01:18:48,280 --> 01:18:54,320
Speaker 13: handles that just fine too. This guy is unreal in

1728
01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:57,360
Speaker 13: so many ways. Look, I'll be the first one to

1729
01:18:57,400 --> 01:19:00,240
Speaker 13: tell you that prospects are all good and well They're

1730
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:04,640
Speaker 13: plenty exciting. We all get excited about prospects, but what

1731
01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:06,920
Speaker 13: are they when they get to the major league level?

1732
01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:09,200
Speaker 13: Can they can they back up what they did in

1733
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:11,280
Speaker 13: the minor leagues? Sal has done that.

1734
01:19:14,120 --> 01:19:14,639
Speaker 8: So far.

1735
01:19:15,479 --> 01:19:18,920
Speaker 13: And look, Terry Francona has been around this game for

1736
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:21,640
Speaker 13: a long long time. There's a reason he's had all

1737
01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:25,599
Speaker 13: the success that he's had. And if he is willing

1738
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:28,280
Speaker 13: to bat a rookie cleanup, that tells you a little

1739
01:19:28,520 --> 01:19:31,519
Speaker 13: about the kid. And Sal's had to earn it, look

1740
01:19:31,640 --> 01:19:34,640
Speaker 13: like you said, he I think we all assumed that

1741
01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:37,519
Speaker 13: he would be this team's every day first baseman, but

1742
01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:41,160
Speaker 13: nothing was guaranteed coming into spring training. He definitely earned it,

1743
01:19:41,200 --> 01:19:45,080
Speaker 13: like you said, and I'm I'm excited to see what

1744
01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:49,000
Speaker 13: he's capable of. I wouldn't say that the team hinges

1745
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:53,720
Speaker 13: on his success, but if he is successful, I think

1746
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 13: this team's gonna be really, really good.

1747
01:19:56,600 --> 01:19:59,000
Speaker 3: How much does it hinge on Matt McClain Because there's

1748
01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:01,200
Speaker 3: a guy who had a down season putting up nice

1749
01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:03,800
Speaker 3: numbers in games that don't count, and then there are

1750
01:20:03,840 --> 01:20:06,680
Speaker 3: the numbers that Matt McClain put up which were otherworldly.

1751
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:09,920
Speaker 5: What do we do with that.

1752
01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:12,760
Speaker 13: That's the thing that I think is worth focusing on,

1753
01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:16,400
Speaker 13: because you know, when you talk about who are the

1754
01:20:16,439 --> 01:20:20,000
Speaker 13: most valuable pieces of this lineup, sure it's Suarez, Sure

1755
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:24,320
Speaker 13: it's Ellie. Those guys are those guys are your superstars

1756
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:27,920
Speaker 13: in this lineup. But for me, they can be who

1757
01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:31,120
Speaker 13: they're capable of being if Matt McClain is hitting well

1758
01:20:31,160 --> 01:20:34,439
Speaker 13: like that. To me, McClain is probably the most important

1759
01:20:34,479 --> 01:20:37,439
Speaker 13: piece in this Red's lineup because not only is he

1760
01:20:37,479 --> 01:20:39,960
Speaker 13: a table setter near the top of the order, we

1761
01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:42,439
Speaker 13: know what TJ. Friedel's gonna do. Friedel's gonna do everything

1762
01:20:42,439 --> 01:20:44,120
Speaker 13: in his power to get on base. So what does

1763
01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:49,280
Speaker 13: McClain do behind him and ahead of Ellie? And look,

1764
01:20:50,360 --> 01:20:52,840
Speaker 13: you try not to put too much stock and you

1765
01:20:52,960 --> 01:20:56,439
Speaker 13: try not to get too excited over spring training numbers.

1766
01:20:56,840 --> 01:20:59,360
Speaker 13: But when a guy hits over five hundred for the spring,

1767
01:20:59,439 --> 01:21:01,120
Speaker 13: how do you not excited about that?

1768
01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:04,080
Speaker 19: I mean, come on, it's not real. It was it was.

1769
01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:07,040
Speaker 13: It was incredible watching him on a day in a

1770
01:21:07,120 --> 01:21:09,719
Speaker 13: day out basis because you're like, all right, is today

1771
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:11,559
Speaker 13: the day he falls off? I went over for three,

1772
01:21:11,640 --> 01:21:13,479
Speaker 13: all right, he's coming back to earth. The next day

1773
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:16,320
Speaker 13: gets three knocks hits a homer and drives in four,

1774
01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:18,960
Speaker 13: and you're like, oh, well, okay, he's right back to

1775
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:19,679
Speaker 13: his old tricks.

1776
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:22,800
Speaker 19: So uh. It was incredible. The thing about it.

1777
01:21:22,720 --> 01:21:26,840
Speaker 13: Though, MOO, is he wasn't just driving the pitch in

1778
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:29,639
Speaker 13: that we know he's been able to handle. They were

1779
01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:32,080
Speaker 13: still feeding him the breaking balls away. He was able

1780
01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:35,120
Speaker 13: to shoot that to right field. The most encouraging sign.

1781
01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:38,360
Speaker 13: I go back to day one of spring training. He

1782
01:21:38,479 --> 01:21:41,479
Speaker 13: hit the ball to the right side every time he

1783
01:21:41,560 --> 01:21:43,720
Speaker 13: came to the plate, and it took me a couple

1784
01:21:43,840 --> 01:21:45,680
Speaker 13: days to finally track him down and ask if it

1785
01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:49,160
Speaker 13: was intentional. He goes, well, I'm not really kind of

1786
01:21:49,160 --> 01:21:52,200
Speaker 13: but not, well, I guess, And I was like, yeah,

1787
01:21:52,240 --> 01:21:54,280
Speaker 13: he was definitely trying to do that, like that was

1788
01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:57,400
Speaker 13: that was a point of emphasis for him. So he

1789
01:21:57,479 --> 01:21:59,599
Speaker 13: started doing that, and then he showed that he could

1790
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:02,439
Speaker 13: still drive the ball, and those were the things to

1791
01:22:02,479 --> 01:22:06,160
Speaker 13: me that were the most exciting and make me think that, yeah, no,

1792
01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:08,719
Speaker 13: he's not going to hit five hundred during the regular season,

1793
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:11,479
Speaker 13: but show me a Reds fan that wouldn't take him

1794
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:12,240
Speaker 13: hitting two eighty.

1795
01:22:12,479 --> 01:22:15,240
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yeah we'll take that.

1796
01:22:15,439 --> 01:22:19,519
Speaker 2: Yes, I can't have second worst production in the league

1797
01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:20,160
Speaker 2: from the two hole.

1798
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:21,240
Speaker 3: Gimme league average.

1799
01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:23,559
Speaker 2: Gimme league average plus on top of what I think

1800
01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:25,720
Speaker 2: I'm gonna get for TJ in the top spot, and

1801
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:27,760
Speaker 2: I will live with that as I go three through

1802
01:22:27,760 --> 01:22:28,639
Speaker 2: five in the batting war.

1803
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:30,640
Speaker 13: No doubt, And I don't think he's going to be

1804
01:22:30,640 --> 01:22:32,880
Speaker 13: a league average player. I really believe he's going to

1805
01:22:32,960 --> 01:22:35,880
Speaker 13: be not just above average, but probably a well above

1806
01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:40,120
Speaker 13: average hitter. This guy can hit. I have all the

1807
01:22:40,200 --> 01:22:41,920
Speaker 13: confidence in the world that he's going to be able

1808
01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,479
Speaker 13: to hit. And think about this, This is a red

1809
01:22:44,520 --> 01:22:48,519
Speaker 13: scene that made the playoffs last year with Matt McClain

1810
01:22:48,640 --> 01:22:53,479
Speaker 13: hopefully having the worst year of his career. So keep

1811
01:22:53,479 --> 01:22:58,439
Speaker 13: that in mind with him hitting number two for most

1812
01:22:58,479 --> 01:23:01,920
Speaker 13: of that time. So if he is who he is

1813
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:04,720
Speaker 13: capable of being and who we all believe that he

1814
01:23:04,800 --> 01:23:08,360
Speaker 13: will be, including himself, this team is going to be

1815
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:10,639
Speaker 13: in a really good spot because that that just takes

1816
01:23:10,640 --> 01:23:16,799
Speaker 13: so much pressure off Ellie and Sal and Gino. Because

1817
01:23:17,240 --> 01:23:19,960
Speaker 13: the pressure then when you've got him hitting the way

1818
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:22,240
Speaker 13: he's capable of, shifts all the way to the picture,

1819
01:23:22,360 --> 01:23:24,960
Speaker 13: and when you've got the pressure on the picture with

1820
01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:27,240
Speaker 13: those guys coming up, oh, look.

1821
01:23:27,080 --> 01:23:29,439
Speaker 2: At Tommy throw a voice of the Reds joining US

1822
01:23:29,479 --> 01:23:33,240
Speaker 2: Reds and Red Sox tomorrow opening Day. Because of the

1823
01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:36,639
Speaker 2: names we mentioned before, Reeseigns and JJ Bladay who are

1824
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:41,400
Speaker 2: not here. Because of how Tito kind of challenged Noelve

1825
01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:44,400
Speaker 2: Marte midway through spring training, should I assume that there

1826
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:48,439
Speaker 2: is a somewhat short ish leash on him and right field.

1827
01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:53,760
Speaker 13: Nobody is said that, but but I kind of get

1828
01:23:53,800 --> 01:23:56,840
Speaker 13: the sense of that a little bit, you know, I

1829
01:23:57,479 --> 01:23:59,639
Speaker 13: I think he's got to come out and perform.

1830
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:03,000
Speaker 19: But here's the other part about it too. This team's in.

1831
01:24:02,920 --> 01:24:05,400
Speaker 13: A position now where they're not just trying to sneak

1832
01:24:05,439 --> 01:24:07,080
Speaker 13: into the playoffs. This is a team that wants to

1833
01:24:07,080 --> 01:24:13,120
Speaker 13: win the division. So this is a bonafide postseason contending

1834
01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:16,240
Speaker 13: caliber team. You've got to perform on a team like this.

1835
01:24:16,600 --> 01:24:21,400
Speaker 13: And look, we know that key Brian Hayes is a

1836
01:24:21,439 --> 01:24:24,040
Speaker 13: guy that it's not going to be a guy that's

1837
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:27,040
Speaker 13: a catalyst for this offense. He's whatever you get from

1838
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:30,599
Speaker 13: him is gravy because of his defense. But that is

1839
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:37,479
Speaker 13: true if this team's producing offensively. I think when you

1840
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:39,800
Speaker 13: look at a guy like Noelvie Marte, the reason those

1841
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:42,639
Speaker 13: two are different. Is Marte is not a gold glove

1842
01:24:42,720 --> 01:24:46,559
Speaker 13: right fielder, and maybe one day he can develop into it.

1843
01:24:46,600 --> 01:24:48,639
Speaker 13: He's a great athlete, so I'm not saying that he can't.

1844
01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:53,080
Speaker 13: But his defense is still not quite all the way there.

1845
01:24:53,160 --> 01:24:55,960
Speaker 13: So he's going to have to perform offensively because he's

1846
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:58,559
Speaker 13: expected to still be a pretty good piece.

1847
01:24:58,360 --> 01:24:59,040
Speaker 19: Of this offense.

1848
01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:03,519
Speaker 13: So yeah, he's going to need to play well on

1849
01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:07,360
Speaker 13: both sides of the ball, and otherwise. There's reinforcements down

1850
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:10,519
Speaker 13: there that we just talked about. So I don't know

1851
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:12,400
Speaker 13: that I would say it's a short leash.

1852
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:15,120
Speaker 8: But I don't know how long the runway is.

1853
01:25:15,160 --> 01:25:17,519
Speaker 19: I don't think we're reckland in the seven forty seven that.

1854
01:25:19,040 --> 01:25:19,599
Speaker 3: You mentioned.

1855
01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:22,080
Speaker 2: You mentioned less than ideal. You don't have Hunter Green

1856
01:25:22,360 --> 01:25:25,000
Speaker 2: or Nick Loodolo on the active roster to start the season. Hunter,

1857
01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:27,639
Speaker 2: it's going to be a while, hopefully Nickolodolo not so much.

1858
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:29,880
Speaker 2: What I think is interesting is and you and I

1859
01:25:29,960 --> 01:25:33,240
Speaker 2: talked before the first Cactus League game about the bullpen

1860
01:25:33,479 --> 01:25:35,760
Speaker 2: and the fact that Nick Crawl went out and got

1861
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:38,519
Speaker 2: guys that I think fit specific roles he's not going

1862
01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:41,320
Speaker 2: to have. They won't have Caleb Ferguson to start the

1863
01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:43,080
Speaker 2: season early in the year. What's going to be the

1864
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:44,360
Speaker 2: ripple effect of his absence?

1865
01:25:45,360 --> 01:25:48,320
Speaker 13: Uh, you know, Sam Mall threw the ball really well,

1866
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:52,040
Speaker 13: and I think he's the ripple effect. So that's that

1867
01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:56,000
Speaker 13: to me, he's pretty encouraging. Everybody loved what they've seen

1868
01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:59,479
Speaker 13: from Sam Mall. I trust the opinions the guys that

1869
01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:02,320
Speaker 13: know a lot more about that stuff than I do.

1870
01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:06,360
Speaker 13: And it sounded like what sam Maul was doing was real.

1871
01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:07,880
Speaker 13: I mean the ball was coming out of his hand

1872
01:26:07,920 --> 01:26:11,559
Speaker 13: really well, a little closer to the guy that the

1873
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:13,400
Speaker 13: Reds thought they were trading for when they made that

1874
01:26:13,439 --> 01:26:15,439
Speaker 13: trade with Oakland a few years ago. So I think

1875
01:26:15,439 --> 01:26:19,120
Speaker 13: that's encouraging. And if Sam Maul is who he was,

1876
01:26:20,280 --> 01:26:22,400
Speaker 13: and as you get up in years, it's a little

1877
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:27,000
Speaker 13: harder to go back to who the previous version was.

1878
01:26:27,080 --> 01:26:30,240
Speaker 13: But again, if you're completely healthy, and I don't think

1879
01:26:30,240 --> 01:26:32,800
Speaker 13: he was all the way healthy last year, then maybe

1880
01:26:32,840 --> 01:26:35,360
Speaker 13: you can get that. And he certainly looked like it

1881
01:26:35,400 --> 01:26:38,720
Speaker 13: in the spring. So that to me says that the

1882
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:41,880
Speaker 13: Reds can weather the storm without Caleb Ferguson. Hopefully it's

1883
01:26:41,960 --> 01:26:44,080
Speaker 13: nothing major. I know he was gonna get looked at

1884
01:26:44,080 --> 01:26:47,400
Speaker 13: again today, get the MRI to see what the progress

1885
01:26:47,479 --> 01:26:50,320
Speaker 13: is on the oblique. So hopefully it's a short term

1886
01:26:50,439 --> 01:26:53,280
Speaker 13: stint on the IL for him, just like the hope

1887
01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:55,400
Speaker 13: is with Lodolo. But I think the bullpen's still going

1888
01:26:55,479 --> 01:26:58,200
Speaker 13: to be in decent shape. There were some guys that

1889
01:26:58,320 --> 01:27:01,000
Speaker 13: had some rough outings, so it kind of, uh, it

1890
01:27:01,520 --> 01:27:06,040
Speaker 13: heightens your awareness, I guess a little bit of ore.

1891
01:27:06,479 --> 01:27:08,120
Speaker 13: Do we need to keep a closer eye on these

1892
01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:12,479
Speaker 13: guys once the season starts. But again, you try not

1893
01:27:12,560 --> 01:27:14,680
Speaker 13: to panic too much on spring training numbers. There are

1894
01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:17,080
Speaker 13: a lot of really good players that had terrible springs

1895
01:27:17,320 --> 01:27:19,640
Speaker 13: that you know, this is across the league and it

1896
01:27:19,720 --> 01:27:24,960
Speaker 13: happens every year, and look nobody when it comes down

1897
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:27,360
Speaker 13: to voting for m VP or Cy Young looks back

1898
01:27:27,400 --> 01:27:29,439
Speaker 13: and goes, well, how do they do in March? So

1899
01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:32,080
Speaker 13: that's that's the other thing to keep in mind. You know,

1900
01:27:32,120 --> 01:27:34,720
Speaker 13: it's uh, no need to panic yet on some of

1901
01:27:34,720 --> 01:27:36,640
Speaker 13: those bullpen arms. I still think the bullpen is going

1902
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:39,120
Speaker 13: to be in good shape. And based on what we

1903
01:27:39,160 --> 01:27:40,880
Speaker 13: saw from Sam and the way he was throwing the ball,

1904
01:27:40,880 --> 01:27:43,880
Speaker 13: I think I think he will fill in just fine for.

1905
01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:46,840
Speaker 2: Cable can I get the Connor phillips I saw last September.

1906
01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:48,680
Speaker 19: Boy, that'd be nice, wasn't it.

1907
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:52,360
Speaker 8: I don't know.

1908
01:27:52,760 --> 01:27:54,400
Speaker 19: I wish I had a better answer for you.

1909
01:27:54,960 --> 01:27:55,360
Speaker 3: I don't.

1910
01:27:55,560 --> 01:27:58,040
Speaker 19: I don't know if.

1911
01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:00,760
Speaker 13: If so, he makes the bullpen really good and he

1912
01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:03,080
Speaker 13: gives you another weapon toward the back end.

1913
01:28:03,439 --> 01:28:05,680
Speaker 19: But he's gonna have to work his way to that.

1914
01:28:06,200 --> 01:28:06,439
Speaker 19: You know.

1915
01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:12,200
Speaker 13: There were some times where we saw flashes of Connor

1916
01:28:12,240 --> 01:28:15,320
Speaker 13: where he was really fighting it, and then there were

1917
01:28:15,400 --> 01:28:19,360
Speaker 13: the other times and really more recently where he looked

1918
01:28:19,479 --> 01:28:23,200
Speaker 13: more dominant, like September. So hopefully he can channel that

1919
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:25,360
Speaker 13: we see more of that. It's possible. I mean, it's

1920
01:28:25,439 --> 01:28:27,879
Speaker 13: it's there, the arms there, there's no reason he shouldn't

1921
01:28:27,880 --> 01:28:32,160
Speaker 13: be So yeah, I think it's a fair hope. But

1922
01:28:32,520 --> 01:28:34,519
Speaker 13: he's another guy that had to make this team.

1923
01:28:35,920 --> 01:28:38,960
Speaker 3: Tommy, awesome stuff as always. Man, enjoy your last day

1924
01:28:38,960 --> 01:28:40,880
Speaker 3: off for a while and have your opening down. I

1925
01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:42,559
Speaker 3: know you're allf on Friday, but it's not the same.

1926
01:28:42,640 --> 01:28:45,040
Speaker 3: Have a great call tomorrow. We'll chat soon, man, Thanks

1927
01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:45,400
Speaker 3: so much.

1928
01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:47,000
Speaker 19: All right, sounds good, bo. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: The Voice of the Reds Tommy Thrall behind the mic

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow four to ten. First pitch from GABP Reds and

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Speaker 2: Red Sox. We are broadcasting from the Cincinnati Loggerhouse, the

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Speaker 2: Earlier today, I had a chance to talk with the

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Speaker 2: new men's basketball head coach at the University of Cincinnati,

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Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun. If you missed it, you can listen to

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Speaker 2: crushing a club sandwich and the beer come on second

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Speaker 2: tonight here at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse.

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Speaker 3: A couple of things really quick.

1962
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Speaker 2: You're gonna hear my conversation with John Cunningham in a

1963
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Speaker 2: few minutes. We've podcast the Jared Calhoun interview the press

1964
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:56,120
Speaker 2: conference today. I, like most sports fans, am rarely interested

1965
01:30:56,200 --> 01:30:58,840
Speaker 2: in a coach winning the press conference. But I think

1966
01:30:58,880 --> 01:31:02,280
Speaker 2: what makes I think, what made today unique for me

1967
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Speaker 2: and I would imagine for most who watched, attended, or listened,

1968
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Speaker 2: is it's a big deal if you get a head

1969
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Speaker 2: coaching job in a Big twelve or if you take

1970
01:31:16,280 --> 01:31:19,320
Speaker 2: a job that's one that you wanted because it's higher

1971
01:31:19,360 --> 01:31:22,920
Speaker 2: paying or higher profile, or gives you a chance to win.

1972
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Speaker 2: I got the sense that this was a little bit

1973
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Speaker 2: more than that.

1974
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Speaker 3: For Jared Calhoun.

1975
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Speaker 2: And it's corny and cliche perhaps to talk about it

1976
01:31:31,320 --> 01:31:34,439
Speaker 2: being a homecoming or him, you know, having his the

1977
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:39,160
Speaker 2: Bearcat family wrap his arms around him. And I you know,

1978
01:31:39,240 --> 01:31:41,280
Speaker 2: you could roll your eyes when you hear things like

1979
01:31:41,479 --> 01:31:44,479
Speaker 2: dream job, and I think it's foolest to look at

1980
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Speaker 2: any higher as one who's going to be there for

1981
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Speaker 2: the rest.

1982
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Speaker 3: Of his career.

1983
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Speaker 2: But I got a true sense of this being a

1984
01:31:51,560 --> 01:31:55,040
Speaker 2: little bit more than just a step up in prestige

1985
01:31:55,120 --> 01:31:55,880
Speaker 2: or competition.

1986
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Speaker 3: This This felt like a really big deal for him.

1987
01:31:59,200 --> 01:32:01,200
Speaker 3: This felt like a really big deal for him because

1988
01:32:01,320 --> 01:32:06,000
Speaker 3: of where he's going. And I think.

1989
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Speaker 2: This is neither an excuse for or a criticism of

1990
01:32:12,840 --> 01:32:16,240
Speaker 2: Wes Miller or John Brannan. But I think there's a

1991
01:32:16,320 --> 01:32:18,519
Speaker 2: couple of things that work in Jared Calhoun's favor, and

1992
01:32:18,560 --> 01:32:23,080
Speaker 2: one of them is Jared Calhoun seems to be universally embraced,

1993
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Speaker 2: and I don't think that was the case with Wes Miller.

1994
01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:30,120
Speaker 2: I don't think that was the case with John Brannon,

1995
01:32:30,880 --> 01:32:33,880
Speaker 2: and I think when it came to both, perhaps for

1996
01:32:34,160 --> 01:32:39,160
Speaker 2: very understandable reasons, there was more chatter about who wasn't

1997
01:32:39,240 --> 01:32:43,479
Speaker 2: hired and who was angry about why they didn't hire

1998
01:32:43,680 --> 01:32:48,479
Speaker 2: who wasn't hired than the coach himself. And that might

1999
01:32:48,520 --> 01:32:51,799
Speaker 2: not have been a huge barrier for the coach having success,

2000
01:32:51,840 --> 01:32:55,760
Speaker 2: but it wasn't helpful. It didn't feel like the environment

2001
01:32:56,040 --> 01:33:01,600
Speaker 2: was completely welcoming, and I do think Wes in particular

2002
01:33:01,800 --> 01:33:05,400
Speaker 2: did the best he could to kind of extend olive

2003
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Speaker 2: branches and repair the relationship that was maybe not what

2004
01:33:09,800 --> 01:33:11,960
Speaker 2: it should have been between the program itself and some

2005
01:33:12,040 --> 01:33:16,880
Speaker 2: former players. This felt like a homecoming. This feels like

2006
01:33:17,520 --> 01:33:20,600
Speaker 2: they've hired one of their own. Does that guarantee success,

2007
01:33:20,640 --> 01:33:24,320
Speaker 2: of course not, But I do feel like because of that,

2008
01:33:25,400 --> 01:33:28,519
Speaker 2: because of the timing of this, because of having a

2009
01:33:28,600 --> 01:33:32,800
Speaker 2: GM in place already which helps, I do feel like

2010
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Speaker 2: there's a clearer runway for Jared Calhoun to have short

2011
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Speaker 2: term success again.

2012
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Speaker 3: Man, we'll see. You gotta get players.

2013
01:33:43,439 --> 01:33:46,559
Speaker 2: You're competing in top to bottom the toughest basketball league

2014
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:49,840
Speaker 2: in the country, in my opinion, you gotta have money

2015
01:33:49,840 --> 01:33:52,000
Speaker 2: at your disposal. I think that The one thing Jared

2016
01:33:52,040 --> 01:33:54,360
Speaker 2: Calhoun went out of his way to point out was, look,

2017
01:33:54,400 --> 01:33:56,759
Speaker 2: we had a lot of success without the most amount

2018
01:33:56,760 --> 01:34:01,400
Speaker 2: of resources. They're gonna have more resources here. Time will tell,

2019
01:34:01,439 --> 01:34:05,240
Speaker 2: but it does. I've said this often that one of

2020
01:34:05,280 --> 01:34:07,080
Speaker 2: the frustrating things about the way the last couple of

2021
01:34:07,120 --> 01:34:10,400
Speaker 2: years is unfolded is that we've set the bar really low.

2022
01:34:10,479 --> 01:34:12,880
Speaker 2: And that's no knock on anybody, but for Wes Miller,

2023
01:34:12,920 --> 01:34:14,920
Speaker 2: the last couple of years it's been can.

2024
01:34:14,720 --> 01:34:15,639
Speaker 3: You get to the tournament?

2025
01:34:16,520 --> 01:34:20,599
Speaker 2: And like, the objective for everybody, for fans and coaches,

2026
01:34:20,680 --> 01:34:23,120
Speaker 2: is for the bar to be one day like can

2027
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:25,560
Speaker 2: you win the Big twelve? Can you advance in the

2028
01:34:25,640 --> 01:34:28,959
Speaker 2: NCAA tournament? And I feel like in the short term,

2029
01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:33,559
Speaker 2: the conditions are better for the coach to clear that

2030
01:34:33,640 --> 01:34:38,799
Speaker 2: first bar. Hopefully he does. We will see. I interviewed

2031
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Speaker 2: John Cunningham today. You'll hear that conversation in just a

2032
01:34:41,520 --> 01:34:45,560
Speaker 2: couple of minutes. Reds and Red Sox tomorrow. Most interesting

2033
01:34:45,640 --> 01:34:49,840
Speaker 2: and exciting thing about this team for me is two, three, four,

2034
01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:52,679
Speaker 2: five in the batting order. I and I'll look here,

2035
01:34:53,040 --> 01:34:57,879
Speaker 2: we've been busy. I have not seen an official starting

2036
01:34:57,920 --> 01:35:04,360
Speaker 2: lineup against Garrett Crochet tomorrow. But look, man, you talk

2037
01:35:04,400 --> 01:35:06,400
Speaker 2: about taking things with a grain of salt, Do it

2038
01:35:06,439 --> 01:35:09,240
Speaker 2: with Matt McClain's numbers. Do it with South Stewart's numbers.

2039
01:35:09,240 --> 01:35:13,360
Speaker 2: But I I think if if you, if you, if you,

2040
01:35:13,640 --> 01:35:16,640
Speaker 2: if you get some encouragement from the way McLean and

2041
01:35:16,720 --> 01:35:18,880
Speaker 2: Stewart performed in the spring, and if you believe that

2042
01:35:18,920 --> 01:35:22,479
Speaker 2: I yohaneus Warez will provide a burst of pop, And

2043
01:35:22,520 --> 01:35:24,880
Speaker 2: if you believe that a healthy Elie Dela Cruz has

2044
01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:26,800
Speaker 2: a chance still to be one of the best and

2045
01:35:26,920 --> 01:35:30,519
Speaker 2: most dynamic players in baseball, then I think you have

2046
01:35:30,560 --> 01:35:32,920
Speaker 2: a lot of excitement over what they can do two, three, four,

2047
01:35:33,080 --> 01:35:35,280
Speaker 2: five in the batting order. I think it's gonna be

2048
01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:39,520
Speaker 2: an interesting test early. Nick Kral prioritized the bullpen. Bullpen's

2049
01:35:39,560 --> 01:35:42,360
Speaker 2: are always tested early in the season because starters don't

2050
01:35:42,400 --> 01:35:45,439
Speaker 2: go as long. They don't have Hunter Green at the outset.

2051
01:35:45,760 --> 01:35:48,640
Speaker 2: They're not gonna have Nicko Lodolo. You are gonna be

2052
01:35:48,680 --> 01:35:51,200
Speaker 2: giving starters innings to a lot of guys who don't

2053
01:35:51,240 --> 01:35:53,760
Speaker 2: have a ton of experience. Oh and they don't have

2054
01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:58,320
Speaker 2: Caleb Ferguson. Can the bullpen as constructed as it is

2055
01:35:59,200 --> 01:36:02,120
Speaker 2: rise to the ACA early in the season, and I

2056
01:36:02,200 --> 01:36:05,439
Speaker 2: talked about this with Sam Lekuir and with Tommy Thrall. Today,

2057
01:36:06,080 --> 01:36:09,200
Speaker 2: can Connor Phillips, who didn't have a great spring, show

2058
01:36:09,240 --> 01:36:11,400
Speaker 2: the form we saw from him late last season that

2059
01:36:11,479 --> 01:36:13,679
Speaker 2: made a lot of us think one day he could

2060
01:36:13,720 --> 01:36:16,160
Speaker 2: be the closer. The other piece of news over the

2061
01:36:16,240 --> 01:36:19,880
Speaker 2: last twenty four hours, Bengals made Joe Flacco available today,

2062
01:36:19,960 --> 01:36:21,240
Speaker 2: kind of reintroduced him.

2063
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Speaker 3: Number One, cool, awesome.

2064
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Speaker 2: If you have to put Joe Flaccu in the game,

2065
01:36:25,600 --> 01:36:29,479
Speaker 2: your offense can function. Two, Never call him cheat six

2066
01:36:29,560 --> 01:36:32,680
Speaker 2: million dollars for a quarterback. Three you can't help but

2067
01:36:32,760 --> 01:36:37,000
Speaker 2: do this. This is not Joe Flacco's fault. Where's the linebacker?

2068
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Speaker 2: My interview with John Cunningham Next with the Cincinnati Loggerhouse

2069
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Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports.

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Speaker 9: Traffic Center.

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Speaker 10: The UC Health Women's Sports Medicine Program provide specialized care

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Speaker 10: for female athletes at all levels. Schedule an appointment online

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Speaker 5: Found Norwood Lateral.

2076
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Speaker 10: There is an accident at Paddock Road that's got the

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01:37:03,960 --> 01:37:07,160
Speaker 10: left lane blocked off. Police are over there on scene.

2078
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Speaker 10: Northbound Writing Road, center lanes blocked from another crash at

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Speaker 10: Hauk Road and eastbound two seventy five after cole Raine

2080
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Speaker 10: right lanes blocked from a disabled vehicle. I'm at Eazelek

2081
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Speaker 10: with traffic.

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Speaker 19: Station ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: It is seventeen from six. This is ESPN fifteen thirty.

2084
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Speaker 2: It's an opening day eve here at the Cincinnati Blogger House.

2085
01:37:34,080 --> 01:37:36,960
Speaker 2: Earlier today, had a chance to talk with Jared Calhoun.

2086
01:37:37,240 --> 01:37:40,920
Speaker 2: That interview we aired earlier. It's available right now on

2087
01:37:41,000 --> 01:37:42,479
Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app.

2088
01:37:42,600 --> 01:37:43,759
Speaker 3: After I talked with.

2089
01:37:44,240 --> 01:37:47,920
Speaker 2: The new head coach of the UC men's basketball program,

2090
01:37:48,360 --> 01:37:51,679
Speaker 2: I chatted with the guy who hired him, Director of Athletics,

2091
01:37:51,760 --> 01:37:55,320
Speaker 2: John Cunningham. Let's start with this, and this may sound

2092
01:37:55,400 --> 01:37:57,840
Speaker 2: like sort of a dumb question. What is a day

2093
01:37:57,960 --> 01:38:01,000
Speaker 2: like this a coaching announcement? When you have former players,

2094
01:38:01,040 --> 01:38:03,040
Speaker 2: when you have bear Cat Royalty, when you have Bob

2095
01:38:03,120 --> 01:38:05,240
Speaker 2: Huggins here, when you have fans who show up at

2096
01:38:05,240 --> 01:38:08,439
Speaker 2: one o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon, what's a day like

2097
01:38:08,560 --> 01:38:09,519
Speaker 2: this like for you?

2098
01:38:10,479 --> 01:38:14,080
Speaker 21: It's obviously busy, but but what I love about it

2099
01:38:14,120 --> 01:38:18,120
Speaker 21: is it is a celebration of Bearcat basketball, and you

2100
01:38:18,160 --> 01:38:22,120
Speaker 21: get a chance to thank so many people around the program,

2101
01:38:22,160 --> 01:38:25,560
Speaker 21: from your supporters to your you know, your your university

2102
01:38:25,640 --> 01:38:29,920
Speaker 21: president and all your staff and obviously just introduce somebody

2103
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:32,920
Speaker 21: that's that's pretty dynamic to to your fan base and

2104
01:38:33,240 --> 01:38:35,679
Speaker 21: get them excited. So it's a lot of fun. It's

2105
01:38:35,680 --> 01:38:38,560
Speaker 21: one of those great days. And was so excited to

2106
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:41,439
Speaker 21: do it. I'm gonna sleep well tonight, but it was

2107
01:38:41,680 --> 01:38:45,680
Speaker 21: a great day. What made this hiring process unique.

2108
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Speaker 6: The timing.

2109
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Speaker 21: Obviously, you don't have a lot of time in this

2110
01:38:50,080 --> 01:38:53,000
Speaker 21: day of the portal. You know, the portal doesn't technically

2111
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:55,799
Speaker 21: open up until April, but we all know some decisions

2112
01:38:55,800 --> 01:38:57,559
Speaker 21: are being made, and so you've got to get somebody

2113
01:38:57,600 --> 01:38:59,800
Speaker 21: here and going, and so we knew that that was

2114
01:38:59,800 --> 01:39:01,799
Speaker 21: good to be really important. The other the other interesting

2115
01:39:01,880 --> 01:39:05,439
Speaker 21: thing here is that we really were targeting coach calahu

2116
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:09,599
Speaker 21: and so, you know, you're trying to land that plane,

2117
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:12,200
Speaker 21: you always have a plan B. But he was He

2118
01:39:12,320 --> 01:39:15,320
Speaker 21: was by far and away plan A, and so that

2119
01:39:15,479 --> 01:39:17,880
Speaker 21: was a little bit unique, and so we were you know,

2120
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Speaker 21: he wanted to be here, he said it. This was

2121
01:39:20,520 --> 01:39:22,479
Speaker 21: a job that he had always identified as one that

2122
01:39:22,520 --> 01:39:24,840
Speaker 21: he would he would want to jump at and we

2123
01:39:24,880 --> 01:39:27,160
Speaker 21: wanted him here, and so it was nice that they

2124
01:39:27,320 --> 01:39:29,559
Speaker 21: they came together and the timing worked.

2125
01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:31,920
Speaker 2: You targeted him, but there had to be a moment

2126
01:39:31,960 --> 01:39:34,479
Speaker 2: where you're thinking, Okay, that's the guy that I want.

2127
01:39:34,840 --> 01:39:36,880
Speaker 2: What were the things that led you to go, Okay,

2128
01:39:37,080 --> 01:39:38,280
Speaker 2: that's our number one choice.

2129
01:39:39,040 --> 01:39:39,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

2130
01:39:39,479 --> 01:39:41,880
Speaker 21: I think it went back to conversations I had with

2131
01:39:41,960 --> 01:39:45,320
Speaker 21: basketball people about him as a basketball coach, you know,

2132
01:39:45,400 --> 01:39:49,360
Speaker 21: I mean, obviously his connections to Ohio and Cincinnati were

2133
01:39:49,360 --> 01:39:51,920
Speaker 21: almost the cherry on top, but we were trying to

2134
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:55,559
Speaker 21: find the best basketball coach, and specifically somebody that could

2135
01:39:55,560 --> 01:39:58,800
Speaker 21: really scheme in the Big twelve against some of the

2136
01:39:58,840 --> 01:40:02,120
Speaker 21: best coaches in the country and really get after it offensively,

2137
01:40:03,080 --> 01:40:05,840
Speaker 21: put the ball in the hole. And then also, you know,

2138
01:40:06,120 --> 01:40:08,840
Speaker 21: kind of have that that program identity that that I

2139
01:40:08,880 --> 01:40:10,840
Speaker 21: talked about in the in the press conference, which is

2140
01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:16,519
Speaker 21: I think toughness, family, the right guys, playing the right way.

2141
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:20,559
Speaker 2: He mentioned mc cronin multiple times. How cool is it

2142
01:40:20,600 --> 01:40:24,519
Speaker 2: to have somebody like that across the country who still

2143
01:40:24,560 --> 01:40:27,920
Speaker 2: has such care and concern for the university, who's helping

2144
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:32,240
Speaker 2: you and helping coach Calhoun in coming together for this marriage.

2145
01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:33,719
Speaker 6: It's so unique. It doesn't happen.

2146
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:36,920
Speaker 21: And you know, I've I've had a chance to get

2147
01:40:36,920 --> 01:40:40,000
Speaker 21: to know coach cronin a little bit. He just loves

2148
01:40:40,680 --> 01:40:44,400
Speaker 21: the city of Cincinnati and obviously his dad still comes

2149
01:40:44,400 --> 01:40:47,080
Speaker 21: to the games, and he just has a passion for

2150
01:40:47,160 --> 01:40:49,760
Speaker 21: this place and it and it never left when when

2151
01:40:49,760 --> 01:40:53,080
Speaker 21: he went to la and so you didn't have to

2152
01:40:53,120 --> 01:40:56,240
Speaker 21: give his time or his thoughts or try.

2153
01:40:56,080 --> 01:40:58,000
Speaker 6: To help in any way, and he did and that

2154
01:40:58,080 --> 01:40:58,679
Speaker 6: means a lot.

2155
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:02,120
Speaker 21: And and in this city should be thankful to have

2156
01:41:02,240 --> 01:41:05,439
Speaker 21: somebody like that that still gives back in that way.

2157
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:08,360
Speaker 2: Decision is made to have a coaching change, and then

2158
01:41:08,400 --> 01:41:11,439
Speaker 2: the decision is made to hire a specific coach. In between,

2159
01:41:11,520 --> 01:41:14,679
Speaker 2: you have players who are going to have options. What's

2160
01:41:14,720 --> 01:41:17,879
Speaker 2: the communication like between yourself, your staff and the players

2161
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:20,320
Speaker 2: who I'm sure wanted to know as quickly as possible

2162
01:41:20,360 --> 01:41:21,439
Speaker 2: who their head coach was going to be.

2163
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Speaker 21: Yeah, you know, we met with them obviously, and I

2164
01:41:24,560 --> 01:41:26,000
Speaker 21: told him, I said, it's going to it's going to

2165
01:41:26,040 --> 01:41:27,840
Speaker 21: feel like weeks, it's going to be days. Because we

2166
01:41:27,920 --> 01:41:30,439
Speaker 21: knew that we had to move quickly before we had

2167
01:41:30,479 --> 01:41:32,880
Speaker 21: a new coach, and I said, you know, number one,

2168
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Speaker 21: all of you individually will have your own situation, in

2169
01:41:36,120 --> 01:41:38,080
Speaker 21: your own circumstances, and so we want to know what

2170
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Speaker 21: those circumstances are if you have eligibility coming back. And

2171
01:41:42,200 --> 01:41:45,240
Speaker 21: then also, you know, take care. They had spring break,

2172
01:41:45,280 --> 01:41:47,479
Speaker 21: so we said, go and enjoy spring break. Take a breath.

2173
01:41:47,640 --> 01:41:49,679
Speaker 21: You know this is a long season. Take a breath,

2174
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Speaker 21: come back, get done what you need to academically to

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Speaker 21: finish off, and we'll be here for you. Mike Rayfeld,

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Speaker 21: our strength coach, will be here for you if you

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Speaker 21: want to get a workout in. Obviously, obviously we had

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Speaker 21: a surgery or two and some training staff around to

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Speaker 21: help the players, but just really focus in on them

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Speaker 21: and their individual circumstances. And then now we know we

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Speaker 21: have that coach in place, he gets to start to

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Speaker 21: build that relationship.

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Speaker 2: So John Cunningham from our earlier today, just a few

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Speaker 2: moments after the big introductory press conference where Jared Calhoun

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Speaker 2: was formally named the men's basketball head coach at the

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Speaker 2: University of Cincinnati, we've got a few more minutes here

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Speaker 2: at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse. We thank them for having us

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Speaker 2: yet again, Tony Austin and I are together tomorrow from

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Speaker 2: noon to three on ESPN fifteen thirty, So we are

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Speaker 2: definitely looking forward to that, and we'll preview the season

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Speaker 2: from every conceivable angle.

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Speaker 3: I think the Reds are gonna win eighty three games.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that that's going to be good enough

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Speaker 2: to get the team to the postseason. Don't believe it's

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Speaker 2: going to be good enough for this team to win

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Speaker 2: the National League Central. I don't think this team is

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Speaker 2: worse than last season. Then we talked about this a

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Speaker 2: little bit yesterday. The prevailing the prevailing prediction, The consensus

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Speaker 2: is that the Reds are going to be like a

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Speaker 2: seventy seven or seventy eight win team that would be

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Speaker 2: worse than last year.

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Speaker 3: I don't think this team is worse.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure how markedly better they are, but we'll

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Speaker 2: see starting tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Can't wait for it.

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Speaker 2: Andrew Abbott, Garrett Crochet, first pitch tomorrow at four ten,

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Speaker 2: John John and Friends will be broadcasting from just outside

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Speaker 2: here the opening day watch party, and that'll be a

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Speaker 2: lot of fun. Always fun to be here at the

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Loggerhouse. Anything you might have missed on today's show

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Speaker 2: from Tommy Thrang, Sam Leck here to John Morosi of

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Speaker 2: MLB Network, Jared Calhoun, and so much more. You can

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Speaker 2: find on the iHeartRadio app or you can go to

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Speaker 2: my page at ESPN fifteen thirty dot com. We are done.

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Speaker 2: Show is over. Have a great night. Thank you for listening.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to Mike Mills for producing on site, and of

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Speaker 2: course Tarren Bland for producing back in Kenwood. And most importantly,

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Speaker 2: thanks the thanks to the staff here at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse.

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Speaker 3: We got to go. Have a great night.

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Speaker 2: Talk to you tomorrow at noon on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 14: Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 10: Uc Health Traffic Center. The uc Health Women's Sports Medicine

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Speaker 10: Schedule an appointment online at UCHealth dot com. Southbound seventy

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Speaker 10: five at Mitchell, the right lanes blocked off from an accident.

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Speaker 10: Police are over there on scene. Northbound Running Road. It's

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Speaker 10: another crash blocking the center lane at Halc Road and

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Speaker 10: one more accident on I just found Columbia Parkway. That's

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Speaker 10: at State Route one thirty one. I'm at EAZLIC with Traffic.

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