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Speaker 1: It's around the park with Dave Fleming. Our guest today

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Speaker 1: is San Diego native Casey Schmidt. We always talked to

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Speaker 1: Casey when we come to his town. It's coming off

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Speaker 1: a nice game last night. We'll have Casey right after this.

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Speaker 1: It's around the park with Dave Fleming. We're here in

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Speaker 1: San Diego. I think it's now an annual tradition when

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Speaker 1: we're in this town.

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Speaker 2: We talked to Casey Schmidt. You grew up here, you're

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Speaker 2: from here.

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Speaker 1: Do you still get a kick out of coming back

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Speaker 1: home to play?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent.

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Speaker 3: You know, I got to see all my family and

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Speaker 3: my friends are all still here. Yeah, it's always it's

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Speaker 3: always a special trip just because.

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Speaker 2: You know they all all come out to the games.

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Speaker 1: You had a different kind of off season because you

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Speaker 1: had the When when did you actually have your wrist surgery?

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Speaker 3: I think it was like December seconds, I want to

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Speaker 3: say it was.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I got through that rehab. I was it was annoying,

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Speaker 2: but I got through.

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Speaker 1: What was it like?

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Speaker 2: What'd you have to do? A couple of weeks in

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Speaker 2: a splint?

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Speaker 3: And then you know we go to like a brace

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Speaker 3: and then we go to like some more like a

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Speaker 3: free emotion to be able to kind of break up

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Speaker 3: that scar tissue and start getting some strength back into it.

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Speaker 3: It felt like it was a forever process, but you know,

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Speaker 3: I'm glad that we got we got through it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there might be we're talking to Casey Schmid

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Speaker 1: here before the giants and the padres, it might be

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Speaker 1: the most important thing for a hitter like hand risked

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Speaker 1: strength is probably just a normal fan and why would

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Speaker 1: you if you haven't played at this level, but understand

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Speaker 1: how important that is for a hitter.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent.

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Speaker 3: It was something that bothered me a lot last year.

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Speaker 3: So I mean we wanted to give it a month

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Speaker 3: off to see if it would go away in October

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Speaker 3: and then November picked up a bat just to see

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Speaker 3: how it would feel, and then it was still still there.

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Speaker 3: So then, you know, after you know, a couple of

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Speaker 3: weeks of rehab to see if it gets to go

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Speaker 3: that way, Uh, we decided let's just let's just go

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Speaker 3: in and get it taken care of.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna worry about it and hopefully that feels like

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Speaker 1: a good decision to you.

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Speaker 2: Now, Yeah, I think it was.

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Speaker 3: I think it was probably the best decision Yeah, so

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Speaker 3: now everything everything feels pretty good. You know, obviously, just

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Speaker 3: working through a little bit of little little kings here

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Speaker 3: and there with the with the swing, but uh, overall

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Speaker 3: paint free, it's all good.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's focus on the more happy stuff. You're playing.

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Speaker 2: But at least at the start of this year.

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Speaker 1: Now you and I are talking before game one of

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Speaker 1: this series, but you're playing in a slightly.

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Speaker 2: Different role in it. So far.

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Speaker 1: You're you're the first basement on this team.

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Speaker 2: I know you've worked hard at that over.

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Speaker 1: The last couple of years to be more versatile at

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Speaker 1: this level.

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Speaker 2: How are you feeling at first base? Pretty good?

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Speaker 3: You know, I'm glad I got to be able to

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Speaker 3: have a you know, pretty much a full full spring

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Speaker 3: to be able to go over there and touch it

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Speaker 3: as well as well as the other positions. I think

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Speaker 3: that that was something that you know, it was big

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Speaker 3: for me. I think last year, last spring, you know,

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Speaker 3: I kind of didn't really ever go over there until

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Speaker 3: we were in Houston and then but yeah, I'm glad

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Speaker 3: I got to to go over there and get a

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Speaker 3: little more comfortable. Yeah, it's feeling good. Obviously, you know,

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Speaker 3: we're still working things out there. But for the most part,

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Speaker 3: I feel, you know, feel.

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Speaker 2: Like a couple of cool enough to get the job done.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there has to be a difference because you're

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Speaker 1: a great athlete, You've played all over the endfield.

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Speaker 2: We know you can do it.

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Speaker 1: But there has to be a difference, like, oh, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go over in practice before the game and work out.

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Speaker 2: Over the for oh wait a minute.

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Speaker 1: Case, so you're playing first base in a big league game,

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Speaker 1: go out there and it counts like.

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Speaker 2: That has to be a little unsettled.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a little little nerve wracking. Uh, you

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Speaker 3: know it first kind of when I first started doing

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Speaker 3: it last year. But after after a little bit, I

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Speaker 3: started to get a little more, a little more comfortable

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Speaker 3: with it, and uh, you know, I think this year

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Speaker 3: take a little bit of a step forward as well,

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Speaker 3: a little more and more comfortable there as well.

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Speaker 1: All right, last quick thought, not the weekend that you

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Speaker 1: guys wanted to start the year, just your overall big

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Speaker 1: picture thoughts on your team, your roster, where this Giants

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Speaker 1: team is headed.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we feel fine. It's it's I mean,

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Speaker 2: it happens. You know. Baseball is obviously one.

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Speaker 3: Of those one of those sports, you know where you

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Speaker 3: know it could be a little slow at the start,

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Speaker 3: and I mean the way I look at it, you know,

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Speaker 3: we've had we've had series.

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Speaker 2: We've been swept before, you know, and you know it

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Speaker 2: it's just something that happens.

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Speaker 3: And Yankees are a really good team. And you know,

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Speaker 3: I think we got a really great roster, and you know,

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Speaker 3: I think we just go out and we play our game.

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Speaker 2: We'll find ourselves.

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Speaker 3: You know, we got it's one hundred and sixty two

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Speaker 3: games in a season.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's a good message. Enjoy playing at home.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. That's Casey Schmidt. We'll get you ready for

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Speaker 2: the game right after this