WEBVTT - Sergio Romo & Sal Paolantonio stop by the Midday show with Larry Krueger 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:13.800 Now back to b Sports Leader New Days with your 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:15.400 host Larry Krueger. 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:20.720 Hey, we'll keep things rolling on this Thursday. This segment 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:23.960 brought to you by Serfside. It's not a Seltzer, It's 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:28.080 Serf Side, proud partner of the San Francisco, San Francisco Giants, 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.960 the weekend calendars, Giants and Tigers all week and long. 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:33.919 We'll have it for you. I'm the Leader seven point fifteen. 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:38.159 Game one Tomorrow night, Saturday Night. Game two will be 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.239 a four fifteen start. I'm going to that one with 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:44.400 my family, excited about that. And then Sunday one oh five. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:46.960 Hopefully the Giants at that point going for the sweep 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.879 against a Tiger team that traded Trek Skuble. 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.600 But they're still pretty formidable for sure. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:56.920 Anyway, joining us on the Yuma guest line to talk 0:00:56.960 --> 0:01:01.480 Little Giants Baseball is the one and only Romo. You 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.120 catch him every night on NBC Sports Bay Area with 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:05.040 Kylon Mills. 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:06.720 He does an incredible job. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.960 He's the former Giant closer All Star in twenty thirteen, 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:14.279 fifteen year and a fifteen year Major League baseball career, 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.800 one hundred and thirty seven saves, including thirty eight and 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.560 twenty thirteen three World Series titles. Have we given him 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:23.600 a proper intro? Sergio? 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:24.240 How are you. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.080 Cod, Larry? You're asking about a proper intro? If that 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.920 was one day man, one heck of an intro, that's. 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:32.640 What that appreciates. 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:36.639 Oh brother, I'm doing great man, and I enjoy watching 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.800 you with my friend Kylon Mills. I love your analysis 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.920 of Giants baseball, and let's just get right into it 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:44.920 before we get into the team on the field, and 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:46.800 we want to ask you a few questions on that front. 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.760 But you're a big part of Giant's history and you 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:55.440 understand what Mike Kruco has meant to Giants fans everywhere, 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.840 young and old. And maybe your thoughts on Kreuk's decision 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.880 to call it quits at the end of this year. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.960 Oh yeah, congratulations to him, first and foremost on just 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.760 establishing himself not only as a you know, an all 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:13.640 star Big League or a starting pitcher, but also I 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.880 mean he is, in my eyes, he is called the 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.640 fame worthy as an announcer, as an in game commentator, 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:24.520 a color commentary, but also as a guy who has 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:28.800 always been extremely helpful to us. He always had, he 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:32.799 has his handprint, fingerprint on a lot of us. They 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.120 went through the system in the in the minors, but 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:37.880 also once we got up to the big leagues. You 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.920 talk about someone that was welcoming and also willing to 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:44.440 give you some time. So I'm very thankful and I 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.920 do feel indebted to Kruko just for the advice that 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:49.440 he's given you throughout the years. 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.560 Yeah, I mean, what do you think of him as 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.240 a broadcaster, Surge? I mean, you saw him as a pitcher, 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:56.919 or maybe he didn't, probably because you're probably too young 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:59.000 to have seen him as a pitcher. But you've had 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.320 a chance to have a up close seat for so 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.480 many of Kruk and Kype's greatest moments. 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.040 What stands out to you about him as a broadcaster? 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:14.239 Well, growing up down in southern California, right, and rooting 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.320 for the guys in blue, watching those games. Every time 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:23.600 I would hear a Giants broadcast, it would be Cruco 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.080 and it would be Crook and Kuype, right, and I 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.480 was just impressed. It's extremely entertaining, obvious there's two guys 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:33.480 that played the game, have tremendous amount of experience in 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.400 between the lines and just about in every situation that 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.440 the guys have, you know, guys playing now are experiencing. 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:47.000 But Kruko He's He's his personality, his wittness tied to 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:51.320 the experience, his communication skills, in other words, his ability 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:56.400 to explain and describe the scenario, the situation and minds 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.920 from mindsets, from the players' mindsets to the players intents, 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.960 just in situational baseball, like he understood the game. He 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.280 understands the game so well and he sees it from 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.960 a different lens. And if you know, the saying goes, 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.280 once you see the game as a player, you'll never 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.520 see it any other way. And that's Kruco is a 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:22.320 pretty solid example of that, especially finding the ability to 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:26.159 mix the two together, right, you know, being the entertainer 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:29.560 with his voice and in the game, but also describing 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.440 the game using his experience to explaining what's going on. 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:36.120 It's I mean, it's extremely entertaining and sad to see 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.520 him go, but definitely understand the situation. 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.400 Yeah, I mean, you and him actually have a lot 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.440 in common as pitchers because I thought you guys both 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.479 showed a lot of guts. It takes a lot of 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.520 guts to pour your stuff over the heart of the 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.960 plate I want to talk about. I mean, all these 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.920 three teams that you know, the the ten, twelve, fourteen, 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.719 they were all great teams. I personally love the twenty 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.920 twelve team the most. And you had an incredible run 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:01.520 in that World. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:02.760 Series four saves. 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.120 He had a sub one e r People remember you 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.720 striking out Mickey Cabrera on that what eighty eight eighty 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:15.279 nine mile an hour fastball right down the middle? Where, serge, 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.479 where did the guts come from to throw that pitch 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.839 right down the middle? I mean, did you when you 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.200 when that ball leaves your hand against Cabrera? I mean, 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.760 he's one of the great hitters of all time and 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.080 you just dropped You dropped him a fastball and he 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.280 obviously was looking for your slider. Did you know he 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.040 was looking slider when you when you busted him down 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.440 the middle with the fastball? Or do we just get 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:36.039 lucky there? 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.839 What? One of the best compliments I've gotten as a 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:46.200 Big leaguer has come from Mike Kruco, and he gave 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.440 me that sentiment. I've heard him say that, the line 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.880 that I've had the guts of a cat burglar. Yeah, 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:57.560 even in that particular situation against Cabrera, the same thing 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.920 kind of came into play right, having having the courage 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.600 to throw that pitch, but the confidence and conviction knowing 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.640 that that was the right pitch at the right time. 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:10.600 I kind of credit I kind of credit Meggie honest 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.400 for that playing out the way it did. Game one 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.960 of the World Series. I used to sit on the 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.400 top step of the dugout for the first two three Indians, 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.599 and I'd watched the first time through the lineup, and 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.960 then I'd start my routine before I headed to, you know, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.919 my bullpen duties. And there was a foul ball that 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.440 Scoutero had hit in between the third base dugout the 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:35.040 third base coach in the in the dugout, and Meggie 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.520 picks it up, does a fake throw like he's gonna 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:39.920 chuck the ball at me while I'm sitting there, and 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.120 I kind of just stared at him with a blank stare, 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.440 like okay, like, and then he tells me he's ready 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.000 for my slider. Contos was standing next to him, and 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:48.640 he goes, what. 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:49.320 Did he just say? 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:50.720 He just said he's ready for your. 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.120 Slider, Like, oh, I fired him up right, And I 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:57.080 just looked at contos and went, dude, Miguel Cabrera knows 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:01.640 who I am. That's pretty sick, you know. And if 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.040 you were right handed, I'd like to think that if 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.440 you were right handed, and you'd never face me, and 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.400 I had the first time I'm facing you, and I 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.840 felt that I had a ninety nine point eight chance 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:14.600 of getting you out, you know. And it's only because 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.920 I respect the game so much why I give it 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:23.080 that point zero two percent, you know. But he hadn't 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.800 seen it, and I gave him five good ones, and 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:28.960 when he finally took a good, you know, decent hack 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.120 and touched one for a foul ball, I was like, well, 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:34.480 it's time throw a fastball. So definitely didn't mean to 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:36.840 throw down the middle, that's for sure. Definitely did not 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:39.280 mean to throw it down the middle. But I threw 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.080 that ball as hard as I could in that moment, 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.760 and forcing fastball looked like a two seamen and ran 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.160 over the plate, And it's just meant to be right. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.400 So for me, it's it's just a lot of self belief. 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.680 I honestly, I can say that, prior to making it 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:57.559 to the big leagues, if I had have believed ninety 0:07:57.560 --> 0:07:59.640 percent of the people I had met, I would have 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.280 never even made it to the minor leagues. So I 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.280 always believed in myself. I always believed that I could play. 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:11.120 But that confidence conviction also always comes from being smaller 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.920 than everybody else my whole life, having to play up 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.720 having too oh he's too small, don't throw hard enough, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.960 you know that, those type of labels. I had to 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.119 break them somehow, right, So if I wasn't big enough 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.080 size wise, well, I had to play bigger. Right. So 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.960 if I didn't throw the velocity that they were looking for, 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:32.840 where I had to find my ninety five miles an 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.160 hour a different way. And I was fortunate enough to 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.079 be able to find that in my slider. So I 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.880 definitely believed in myself more than anybody else in this world, 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:41.440 that's for sure. 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.240 It's not the size of the fight and the dog 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.040 in the fight. It's the size of the fight and 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:50.360 the dog. There you go, Hey, you know you mentioned 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.040 I mean, I mentioned mggie. Miggy's a righty, and you 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:57.240 were death Unrighty's right that slider, that frisbee slider froze rities. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.120 There aren't too many righties that you know that had 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.839 that frisbee slider. I think at Jeff Nelson had that. 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.840 He had that frisbee slider. Not too many guys though, 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:08.800 had that kind of movement. But I want to talk 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.720 to you because I knew you were coming on. So 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:16.600 I watched the sequence of Game five, twenty twelve NLDS 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:21.720 All twelve pitches, Jay Bruce against Serge Romo. You got 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.839 him into an O two hole and it was a 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.880 battle royale, and on the twelfth pitch he flew out 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:34.560 to x Xavier Nady former Calbert and the Giants preserved 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.480 the six to four lead, the six to four win. 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:41.400 That was an awesome exchange. And that was not a righty. 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.640 That was a lefty, and he was supposedly going to 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.920 get a great look at you, and he was supposedly 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.000 gonna rip it in the gap and send them home 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.719 a winner. And instead, you know, you guys went right 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.120 through them on your way to. 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:53.920 The World Series. 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:55.479 Yeah. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.640 That I mean, first of all, do you let yourself 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.000 ever go back and look at those twelve pitches and 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.560 what's your recollection of that? 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.560 At that that was probably, I will be honest, that 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.160 was probably the most nervous at. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.200 That I had in my whole major league career. That 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:17.480 was I And if you want to compare that to 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.760 Faith and Cabrera in Game four of that World Series 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:25.080 that year, that was probably the most calm outing, the 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.000 most I knew I was going to get the job 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:32.760 done outing of my career. It just in those situations, again, 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.280 that self belief, regardless if I was kind of teetering 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:42.679 with my positive thoughts in that situation, understanding that I 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.440 am who I am, my teammates feel that I was 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.040 I'm the right guy on the mound. And not only 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.600 can I co sign with that sentiment and my teammates 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:53.600 feeling that I was the right guy on the mount, 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.600 I knew I was the right guy in the mount 0:10:55.640 --> 0:11:00.480 in those situations. Did I have matchup wise that I 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.120 have the stuff to really match up against lefties? Especially 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.760 a Jay Bruce who hit thirty plus homers that year, 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.280 was an All Star. I think you had right around 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:12.000 one hundred RBIs that year. In that situation on the 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:15.840 road in the Hitters Ballpark, I just knew I couldn't 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.720 let anybody down. And that was the one thing that 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:21.559 I kept telling myself. If you happen to go back 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:23.760 and look at it again, and in between pitches, I'd 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.760 catch the ball and I'd look right into the dugout 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:31.120 after every pitch. For me, I in that moment especially, 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.560 I relied a lot on the faith and confidence that 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.320 my teammates had in me. They were all at the 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:41.079 top step, no one sitting down. Everyone was positive, encouraging 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:44.800 words or just like real engaged in the moment and 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.680 just sold out like passion, all on blast. Like it's 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.559 just like it was easy for me to feed off 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.640 of them in that moment because they wanted it so much. 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.600 And I go, man, if there's somebody in this team 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.080 in this world they want to get this job done 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:00.800 more than me. I can look in that dugout and 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.040 I can see a bunch of my teammates ready and 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.480 you know, and expecting for it to be done. But yeah, 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.880 I just dug deep again in that moment. I kind 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:12.400 of feel fortunate because that last slider that I did 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.959 throw him did kind of go over the plate a 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.960 little bit more than I wanted. But maybe he saw 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:19.679 it like it was gonna break a little bit more 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.280 than what it did, but took a little not the 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.040 greatest swing on it. And then, as you said, Calbert, 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:29.080 former Calbert x Gregory Madi out. Now that was a 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.560 pretty good addition for us that year as well. He 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.800 catches that ball and I just remember going into his 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.040 dug out like wapping like the brow and my head, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:38.920 like taking my hat off, and that was something I 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.520 didn't do a whole lot, but I just remember kind 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.560 of going, Wow, No way. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:46.120 What a moment, man, what a moment. Hey. Two last 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:47.160 thoughts before we let you go. 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:49.320 I gotta ask you one one on the current team, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.800 and I gotta ask you this one too. Boach obviously 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:57.120 awesome manager, but he was always hailed as a great 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:02.480 handler of the pen? Why why what made boach What 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:06.200 made his kind of the way he handled the bullpen? 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.080 Why was that hailed as great by so many? 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.360 Often Boachie gets credited for being a wizard right pulling 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:19.760 the strings because you're describing and explaining pulling the right 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:24.360 strings at the right times and seemingly just never really 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:25.439 missing a beat, you know. 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:28.720 Making bad decision right. So I feel a lot of 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.679 that is credited to his style of coaching. He is 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.240 a father figure through and through. He talks to us 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.200 like we are his children, and he has with me 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.840 in particular and I've heard him so other teammates as well. 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.920 He is used the terms I love you, I love 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.880 you like a son. I see you as a son, 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.240 I see you as this, and you know the fighting you. 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.920 I'm proud of you, you know. I feel for you 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.240 when things don't go well, and I'm even more proud 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.439 of you when you fight and those things don't go well. 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.440 And I'm even more proud of you when things do 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.360 go well because I know what you can do well. 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.720 That confidence in each one of us stems from his 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.319 ability to get to know each one of us individually. 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.680 How he remembers so many players that he played with, 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:14.360 let alone guys that played for him, and he can 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.960 tell you where they're from, he can tell you what 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.920 makes them tick. He used to call me the brawler 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.720 from Braley. I'm like, wow, he sees me way bigger 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.320 than I see myself. And that's impressive, right like it 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.800 just it was encouraging because he believed in me, and 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.480 he saw a certain trait or a certain quality in 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.400 me that he respected and thought, Man, you know what, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.760 I can do some wonderful things having that guy in 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.520 my corner, you know, And I took a lot of 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.280 pride in being able to answer that call, not just 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.280 for boats, but for my teammates as well. 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:46.120 You know, the. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.880 Confidence in faith that they had in me. It's not 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:51.440 just given. It's not just something that here you go, 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.320 you're next in line. Well, we automatically believe in you know, 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.320 like you got to warrant that opportunity. And I do 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.720 feel that some of these guys now now that are 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:04.160 getting these opportunities. It's a lot of reminiscent to oh, 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.920 eight when I got my debut, and nine when we 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:07.280 had a. 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:08.120 Lot more debuts. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.520 We're not even talking about all seven debuts, right, that 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.840 led up to those change in climates and the successes 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:19.640 and within the organization finding those homegrown pieces, just. 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.840 Taking advantage of those opportunities. Right, You've earned these chances 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.880 to have your name in the hats, you know, and 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:26.600 when they puck your name out there and they give 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.760 you that chance, that phone rings, they call you, you got 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.800 to have that same conviction and belief that you earned 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.400 that by doing what you do and trying not to 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.680 be nothing else. If this world only asks you to, 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:39.680 just do you present the value that you present on 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.160 a daily basis consistently? That's what this whole world really asked, 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:45.880 right in my opinion. Right, So then if that's really 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.280 what it is, well, what easier way to eliminate all 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.760 the pressures? Then understanding who you are, what makes you tick, 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.120 and then just being you. There's no pressure to just 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:54.360 be you? 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:54.720 Right? 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.120 So I do feel Bochi put us in all those 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.400 situations that he knew wouldn't affect us that he knew 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.920 that we could be successful in because of that self knowledge, 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.800 that knowledge that he had of us as individuals, as competitors, 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.360 as teammates, as men. I just feel that we only 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.720 know what is it confirmed or affirmed his belief in 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:21.320 us and his ability to know which guy to go 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.600 because of that knowledge. I just impressed by Bochi's best 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:25.520 manager I've ever played for. 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.840 Seriously, Hey, I'm last one on the way out the door, 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.000 just give me a favorite. I like watching Land and 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.640 Root Pitch. I just I think his arsenal's awesome. Man, 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:36.880 he's got a power arsenal. He knows what he's doing. 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.160 He's been impressive this year. Is there one pitcher, I mean, 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:42.200 he doesn't have to be web, It could be one 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.520 of the rookies. Is there one picture that You're like, 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.800 I really enjoy watching this twenty twenty six Giant pitcher 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:49.480 pitch this year. 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.520 Well Landon is definitely one of those guys that I 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.600 do enjoy watching pitch, and it is he has a 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.520 demeanor on the mound. It may it's not as quiet 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.280 as a man, but it is as fierce as a 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.840 Matt Kane, and it's as competitive and you can tell 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.679 like he's he's digging for the squad, right, and he 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:11.680 expects greatness out of himself. But I was really impressed 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:15.400 with Pitdwell's outing a couple of days ago. And it's 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:20.480 not just it's not just how he adjusted and got comfortable, 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.680 got in the rhythm and the fourth, you know, the 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:25.879 second through four fifth innings were amazing. They were solid, 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:27.960 much better than the first of course, right, maybe a 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.680 little jitters there, maybe like hey, I'm back first starting 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.600 the Big League for the Giants, like you know what 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.920 I mean, Like he probably probably felt some jitters there, 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:40.680 But I will say I was impressed with his response 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:44.240 after the game. He goes, you know, five innings, I'm 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:48.119 not a five and dive guy, and he wants to 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.399 pitch more. He knows that there were some things he 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.159 could have done not just in the first inning, but 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:54.640 also in the second, third, fourth, and fifth. They could 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:59.200 have sped up the innings, maybe made some pitches less, 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:01.480 a little bit more efficient with his pitch count, and 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:03.359 he could have pitched into the sixth, maybe even the 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.840 seventh with how he got in cruise mode after the first. 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:10.760 So I do feel the mindset of expecting more of 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.920 yourself in a see it to believe it type world. 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:17.000 I do feel that he sees himself way more and 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.240 way more productive than the guy that can just give 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.200 you five every five fifth day. So I was impressed 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:22.720 with Pidgeons. 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.800 Yeah, hey tid Well, is he a power writing man. 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.480 He's got a nice future for sure. Hey Surge, we 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:31.040 love what you're doing on NBC man, keep it rolling. 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.240 Thanks for jumping on KMBR today. We appreciate you. 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:36.959 I'll tell you what we're We're still in baseball season, 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.560 but I'll be checking in now to here what you'd 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.359 be talking about the Niners, because I'm well into the 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.080 Niner gang by now. I've been to San FRANCISCOO for 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:48.960 so long, so that's gang. But I appreciate all your 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:50.639 insight on that as well, and I look forward to 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:52.320 hearing what else you got to say about the Niner 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:53.760 guys coming forward, going forward? 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:58.400 Thanks, Serge, have a great one man, appreciate you, Serge. 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.359 Romo god Man, super fired up to have him on. 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.439 We'll take a time out. Eightaway Cambre is the phone number. 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:06.760 The big story of the day, Mike Cruco hanging it up. 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.800 A thirty six year run comes to an end for 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.080 Mike Cruco. If you want to react to that, eightaway 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:15.119 cambr the phone number. H Roger Craig's going to the 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:16.960 Hall of Fame. We're going to talk to South Palantonio 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.960 about that as well. 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