WEBVTT - 8-21 Around the Park with Dave Flemming: Rafael Devers

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<v Speaker 1>It's around the park with Dave Fleming.

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<v Speaker 2>We're here at Fenway and we wanted to bring you

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<v Speaker 2>some Raffi Devers. That's the big story of the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Raffi was overwhelmed with requests, so we didn't talk to

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<v Speaker 2>Devers one on one. He did talk to the whole

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<v Speaker 2>group of Boston and San Francisco media members in the dugout.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to bring you that conversation now. The voice

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to hear mostly is Giant Spanish language broadcaster

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<v Speaker 2>Erwin A Geros. He was translating for Raffi, who was

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<v Speaker 2>first asked today about his feelings coming back to Fenway Park.

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<v Speaker 1>No, very happy to be back.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that the fans were very good to me, so.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm very happy to be back.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of memories came back. This is my first

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<v Speaker 3>organization that I've been to and I only been in

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<v Speaker 3>San Francisco, so obviously being here first, there are so

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<v Speaker 3>many many memories, good ones and bad ones.

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<v Speaker 1>Raffie, what do you think the what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd reaction? Really good to it?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what to expect. This is my first experience.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if they're going to cheer or I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know if they're going to boo, So I really

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<v Speaker 3>don't have an answer for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Very most excited to see it over there.

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<v Speaker 3>Very happy with all of them, as you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>friends with everything Rafaela. Very very happy that they're doing

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<v Speaker 3>really good. Now, if you.

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<v Speaker 1>Could do anything over again, would you would you change anything?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 1>After RAFFI, after a little bit more than a year

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<v Speaker 1>now to kind of think about things, how do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel about yourself as a baseball player? Have you changed?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel really good. I think it's been a year.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I have my chur during the year. I

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<v Speaker 3>think that I had learned as an athlete. There's going

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<v Speaker 3>to things that are going to happen, and would you

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<v Speaker 3>have to do just move forward and learn from that.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it strange walking into this side of the park.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to understand that that's in the past. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean I have done it in another stadiums already. It

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<v Speaker 3>does feel strange coming on the other side, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>baseball Raffia. Had you ever been in that clubhouse, the

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<v Speaker 3>visitors clubhouse inside it before?

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<v Speaker 1>No? First time? Were you surprised that has smallerness? Not American? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Not at all.

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<v Speaker 3>I was told that it was very.

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<v Speaker 1>Small when you look back at that would end it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any sadness that had ended that way? Any

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<v Speaker 1>What are your remotion kind of that whole process.

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<v Speaker 3>No, Like I said before, I don't want to think

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<v Speaker 3>about the past. I don't want to talk about the past.

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<v Speaker 3>But at the same time, we're all men, We're all

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<v Speaker 3>grown ups. We have to understand this is the business

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<v Speaker 3>of baseball. But at the same time, you make mistakes

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<v Speaker 3>and you have to move on and mature.

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<v Speaker 1>Played a lot of first base this year. How have

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoyed that role with the Giants?

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<v Speaker 3>Every single day that I play first base, I feel

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<v Speaker 3>very comfortable. I want to thank Washington for working with me.

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<v Speaker 3>I had a lot of support here, so I feel

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<v Speaker 3>very comfortable.

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<v Speaker 1>Ralphie, is there any extra pressure to do well here

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<v Speaker 1>in this park? This weekend? Hit went off the Monster

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<v Speaker 1>over the Monster, that sort of thing. I'm not even

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about that. I'm missing middle middle right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm missing all of my pitches, so I'm just hoping

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<v Speaker 3>that I do well today.

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<v Speaker 1>How comfortable are you as a Giant? How's it different

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<v Speaker 1>than than it was with Boston?

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<v Speaker 3>I can't compare the only thing I can say is

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<v Speaker 3>that this is my team. I'm very comfortable. They have

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<v Speaker 3>supported me, they have trusted me, and I'm just hoping

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<v Speaker 3>to continue doing well for them. Sometimes players talk about

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<v Speaker 3>when a schedule comes out, they see something like this.

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<v Speaker 1>And they circle it on the schedule.

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<v Speaker 3>Was it like that for you when the schedule came out?

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<v Speaker 3>Did you go to Boston? Well, like I said before,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I move on. I turned the page. I

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<v Speaker 3>knew that this day was going to come. But I'm

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<v Speaker 3>mature now and it's just move on and just enjoy

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<v Speaker 3>the moment. How much did it help that you played

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<v Speaker 3>them last year almost right after the trade?

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<v Speaker 1>The same thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I really don't think about it. I'm a baseball player.

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<v Speaker 3>I love playing baseball, and the only thing that I'm

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<v Speaker 3>concerned about right now is just helping my team. He

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<v Speaker 3>was asked if he ever thought about coming back to Boston.

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<v Speaker 3>He answered that that's something that he doesn't control. He

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't have an answer for that. That's a baseball decision.

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<v Speaker 3>And right now he's concentrating in San Francisco. This organization

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<v Speaker 3>that istorying and very well.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, we're your message to Red Sox Fantasy.

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<v Speaker 3>Simply want to say thank you very much for all

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<v Speaker 3>the support they gave me through my years here and

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<v Speaker 3>there will be always specially my heart. When you think

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<v Speaker 3>about the nine years that you spent year as a

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<v Speaker 3>big leader, how would you like fans to remember the

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<v Speaker 3>type of player that you were. I believe no, but

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<v Speaker 3>I guess what I would like to say is that

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<v Speaker 3>I played baseball the right way, I played very hard,

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<v Speaker 3>and that I always give one hundred percent for the team.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a big story here in Boston, and I'm really

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<v Speaker 2>glad we got to hear from Devers about his return

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<v Speaker 2>to play the Red Sox. We'll keep going with our

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<v Speaker 2>pregame right after this