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Speaker 1: This is Tony Pike Cincy three sixty about Cincinnati. From Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back.

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Speaker 3: It is Sincy three sixty, ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 3: And we move on to our number two. As we

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Speaker 3: get started each and every Tuesday. It's a little bit

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Speaker 3: different today because we are talking to our guy, Joe Danaman,

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Speaker 3: but we're just talking to the Joe Danoman Goodyear edition.

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Speaker 3: He's in Arizona, he's covering spring training. Still making time

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Speaker 3: for us, Joey d what's going on?

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Speaker 1: So before I forget, gentlemen, As I was picking up

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Speaker 1: the phone to make this call, I walked by Charlie

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Speaker 1: Goldsmith who was on a bench next to the mainfield

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Speaker 1: where Hunter Green will be throwing live batting practice at

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Speaker 1: about thirty minutes. Charlie was sitting down to a meal

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Speaker 1: and he said, tell the guys. I said Hi, So

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Speaker 1: Charlie Golden Smith says hello. Starts out here in Goodyear time.

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Speaker 1: I try to have the kind of wark ethic where

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Speaker 1: you're the first person in and last one out and

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Speaker 1: Charlie beats us every single day to the complex. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what he's doing here at seven am. At

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Speaker 1: least Jeremy and myself have TV equipment to set up.

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Speaker 1: It takes a good twenty minutes to get all that

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Speaker 1: set up before the guys even get here. But Charlie's there,

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Speaker 1: headphones on, get this work done, grinding, always grinding at

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Speaker 2: Charlie once told me about his philosophy in spring training

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Speaker 2: and getting there early, and he said it is the

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Speaker 2: most important part of the day when you're the first

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Speaker 2: one in. And I won't divulge all of his secrets. Wow,

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Speaker 2: I mean it's it's not a surprise the guy gets

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Speaker 2: it done. And he said it's the most important and

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Speaker 1: It amazes me every year A how much guys notice

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Speaker 1: who does get here early, and b how early the

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Speaker 1: guys do get here because they don't have a team

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Speaker 1: meeting until nine am local. I would say this place

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Speaker 1: is fully jumping at about seven thirty, with guys getting

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Speaker 1: Terry Francona even made note of that yesterday and we

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Speaker 1: talked to him. He said, it's impressive how ready the

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Speaker 3: You guys have already been pumping out a ton of

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Speaker 3: awesome content with boots on the ground there in Arizona.

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Speaker 3: You've had a chance to talk to multiple multiple players.

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Speaker 3: I've seen conversations with Suarez and Friedel and Ellie and

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Speaker 3: Terry Francona. In the conversations you've had a chance to

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Speaker 3: have up to this point, are there things? Are there

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Speaker 1: Without question, Terry Francona set an expectation yesterday when they

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Speaker 1: had their meeting before the first full team workout of

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Speaker 1: spring training when he said, guys, it's time to go.

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Speaker 1: The understanding being that last year cool wild cards snuck

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Speaker 1: that that's a good accomplishment. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: Suarez said it yesterday. The idea that we have to

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Speaker 1: have the mentality that we're here to win championships, that

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Speaker 1: the idea of getting to the playoffs is no longer

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Speaker 1: LA Dodgers, we get that. But I think that has

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Speaker 1: that it's time to go, that it's time to graduate

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Speaker 3: What do you make early on of you, Honeyosuarez, because

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Speaker 3: now he comes back to the Reds as the veteran presence,

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Speaker 3: and I've seen different ports about him getting out there early,

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Speaker 1: So it was funny yesterday we're setting up to talk

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Speaker 1: I'm not a superhero. I'm not here to carry this

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Speaker 1: But more than that. In Austin, you and I talked

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Speaker 1: That's why Terry Francona stopped his car on the highway

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Speaker 3: I've seen the interview with Ellie de la Cruz and

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Speaker 3: how do you feel that translates with Elie de la Cruz.

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Speaker 3: Have you seen a difference have noticed a difference early

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Speaker 1: The first thing you notice when you get out here

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Speaker 1: sixty two. Last year, you played them all. Do you

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Speaker 1: think that was a mistake. He said, I don't think

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Speaker 1: I should play every single day. Now, that's one thing

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Speaker 1: for him to say that. Obviously, the Reds are going

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Speaker 1: to find ways to rest him and not make him

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Speaker 1: play all one sixty two. But that's the mindset he

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Speaker 1: So that still means a lot to Ellie de la

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Speaker 1: now is a two time All Star. But certainly, even

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Speaker 1: talking to south Stewart yesterday, and I didn't know this

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Speaker 1: And I thought that was interesting that came unsolicited from

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Speaker 1: part of the growth as well. But certainly the big

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Speaker 1: change for him is how he looks physically. I haven't

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Speaker 1: everybody see the arms. He looks great. And outside of that,

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Speaker 1: it looks like the same Ellie, quiet but energetic, but

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Speaker 2: A sleeveless definitely a move he learned from you.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned earlier in our conversations that you knew the

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Speaker 2: Reds would be ready to compete when they invested in

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Speaker 2: the bullpen. They did that this offseason. What have you

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Speaker 2: and what's the buzz, what's the conversation around those new

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Speaker 1: I've seen Pierce Johnson and I've seen Caleb Ferguson. Pierce

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Speaker 1: Johnson was very impressive yesterday during live batting practice. I mean,

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Speaker 1: faced noelvi Marte, he faced Eli de la Cruz, he

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Speaker 1: La de la Cruz. He got Aohelio Suarez on a

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Speaker 1: plays really well so far here in spring training. Caleb

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Speaker 1: Ferguson looked good on the mound yesterday as well. I'll

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Speaker 1: have to say this, guys. The guy that's impressing everybody

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Speaker 1: in me the most, not only with his ability but

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Speaker 1: his demeanor is Chase Burns. And you talk about the

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Speaker 1: competition for the fifth spot, and certainly Brandon Williamson's in

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Speaker 1: the conversation Rhet Louder, Certainly in the conversation. If everybody's

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Speaker 1: He is his demeanor on the mound, of his presence

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Speaker 1: So I'm taking you with my ringer.

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Speaker 2: He can't throw.

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Speaker 3: Usually done.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, damn.

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Speaker 3: By guy, he said, byeat.

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Speaker 2: Talkbacks come next. It's a shame they're not having any

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Speaker 2: fun out there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, I would, I'd stream the talk the hot

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Speaker 3: tub conversations.

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Speaker 2: It's funny. I can't wait for him to send us

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Speaker 2: that picture because I have a similar picture that I'll

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Speaker 2: send right back to him.

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Speaker 3: Man of me hot tub talk dam in real hot.

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Speaker 2: Tub time machine throw Chuck Goldsmith in there, although he's

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Speaker 2: probably in bed, but.

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Speaker 3: Charlie's at the facility while they're doing that. We will

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Speaker 3: be back with your talkbacks on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: Hey Google,