1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Sports Phone KMBR with Bill Laski. I'm 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: very pleased to bring any good friend of mine. He's 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: the home clubhouse manager of the San Francisco Giants. Let's 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: bring in Brad grahams Bred. How are you. 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 2: Today, Bill All, it's great, just another day out here 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: in spring training, grinding away. 7 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: Well, I got to right off the bat congratulate you 8 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: as the clubhouse manager of the Year of Major League Baseball. 9 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: Last year, thirty teams and you became a clubhouse manager 10 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: of the year. How great was that? 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: No, it's quite an honor, honestly, to be voted in 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: by by my peers something. You know, we strive forward 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: to have excellence and be the best out there, So 14 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: it was it was awesome to receive that honor. 15 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: Well, you've gone through three managers. You started with Gabe 16 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: kapel Or, you moved on to Bob Melvin. Now you're 17 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: on with Tony Vittello. Tell us a little bit about 18 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: Tony in the clubhouse. 19 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: Tony has been amazing. Honestly, all the managers I've had, 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: you know, in the past, evol been great. Tony's Tony's 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: been kind of unique in the sense of he brings 22 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: a for an energy and kind of enthusiasm and excitement 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 2: that I haven't seen thus far from our managers. And 24 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 2: just watching the rapport that he has with the guys 25 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,919 Speaker 2: every day, watching him the dugout and just how fired 26 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: up he is, you know, encouraging guys every single lot, 27 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 2: back every pitch. It's been really refreshing to see and 28 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 2: thanks just really excited for the season. 29 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: Well, Brad, we always talk about coaches being in the 30 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: locker room for so many hours. I think you guys, 31 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: as clubhouse manager and your staff are there twenty four hours. 32 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: It never seems that you guys get an hour off 33 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: yet a day off, and it's continuing with two weeks 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: left to go in spring training. It's rewarning experience, but 35 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: it's a lot of work. 36 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, right now on spring our days are probably twelve 37 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: to fourteen hours. Some days I'm here sixteen hours, just 38 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: depending on how crazy the day goes. You know, the 39 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: tough part about spring training is it's every single day, 40 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: a lot of day games, maybe one or two days 41 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: off if we're lucky, but it's part part of it, 42 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: and you know we're used to it. It's my twenty 43 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: six year in baseball, So you know, just it's part 44 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: of part of what we know and just kind of 45 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: muscle through it. And the good thing is is that 46 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 2: spring training feels like a seasons in itself. So once 47 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: you get past spring, the season's pretty easy. 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: After that. That voice you hear on sports phone kmv 49 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: ours Brad Grim's, let's go before spring training. A couple 50 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: of truckloads of stuff coming from San Francisco to Arizona. 51 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: So many things are moving, moving parts, so many people 52 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: are involved. How difficult is that to put that together? 53 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: Honestly, you know, we have a really good system here. 54 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 2: I actually run four total twenty six foot trucks. We 55 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: split it up into several loads of equipment, and then 56 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: we do trucks, you know, to allow anyone to front 57 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: office staff or players that live in the Bay Area 58 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: to throw luggage and stuff on. You know, we have 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: a pretty good system just pretty much bring everything that 60 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: we need and then do the same thing bring everything 61 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: back to San Francisco. 62 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: Well, Brad, you're in charge of major equipment. We're talking 63 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: about bats, We're talking about spikes, We're talking about so 64 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: many things that players use throughout the season, Yet in 65 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: spring training, these are all special orders. How do you 66 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: work with players for all that? 67 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,639 Speaker 2: So Bats, I start reaching out to guys right around Christmas. 68 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: Right before Christmas, I'll start getting their bad orders and 69 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: then I try to put those in before New Year's 70 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 2: And shoes and catching gloves and fielding gloves, stuff like 71 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 2: that are usually on the player and their agent to source. 72 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 2: We pretty much handle everything outside of their shoes and 73 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 2: their gloves. Everything else is on us. And they're like, today, 74 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: I'm working on ordering luggage tags and shoe stickers and 75 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: bat knob stickers, and you have lizard skins and just 76 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: you know, socks and all the gear, all of our 77 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: Nike Authentic Collection gears ordered a year in advance. So 78 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: here in a few days, I'm going to put the 79 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: order in for twenty twenty seven. Wow, you know hats, 80 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: you know, beanies, headbands. I mean, it's just the list 81 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: never ends, right, And so what I'm noticing now is 82 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: as these players, the younger players come up, there's just 83 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: new trends and new new equipment and just technology that 84 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: that's out there that you know, gets thrown at us. 85 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: If guys wanted to try different things out. 86 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: Well, Brad, let's talk about Bats there's so many new 87 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: companies now that are bringing bats, are bringing the authentic 88 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: bats to Major League Baseball. The torpedo bat was such 89 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: a big thing last year. It seems that you died 90 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: off real quick. Tell me a little bit about all 91 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: the bad orders you put in. 92 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, so torpedo bats specifically, when that craze started last year, 93 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 2: I had twelve guys they ordered it, and that process 94 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: is a little more tedious. You have to get with 95 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: the analytics department and they have all the data for 96 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 2: the contact made, you know, for each player on the 97 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 2: on the specific part of the barrel, and you send 98 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: it over and then the back companies kind of work 99 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 2: with us into getting that right. So out of the 100 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: twelve players, none of them have stuck. So we do 101 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: have a couple of non roster younger guys that are 102 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: still using the torpedo. But there's thirty nine different bat 103 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,679 Speaker 2: companies out there right now. I would say I probably 104 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 2: order from maybe twelve. A majority of guys are ordering 105 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 2: from Victis Marucci and Old Hickory and Chandler are kind 106 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: of our main ones, and then you have a smaller 107 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 2: companies here and there that guys like to order from 108 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: as well, well. 109 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: Brad, colors of uniforms have changed. Guys are going away 110 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: from just the orange and black. How does that make you? 111 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: You have to order all the new stuff, and you know, 112 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: Willie Damas were in purple last year it was different look, 113 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: But why did that change? How come now Major League 114 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: Baseball is letting players use whatever colors they want. 115 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: So when it comes to uniforms, Major League Baseball the 116 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: agreement with Nike, they have a four plus one model, 117 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 2: meaning you can have four primary jerseys meeting your home 118 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: road and then two alts, and then the plus one 119 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: is your city connect And so the city connect cycle 120 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: is on a three year cycle right now. So we'll 121 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 2: wear this one that we just came out with last 122 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: year for another two seasons, and then we'll start the 123 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 2: reading design for the next the next city connect. A 124 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,559 Speaker 2: lot of that's dictated from, like I said, Major League Baseball, 125 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 2: but then also with our you know, own internal marketing 126 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: and ownership group, as far as you know what uniforms 127 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: are going to wear for any given year, and then 128 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 2: it's and then everything to accessorize. It's the same thing. 129 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 2: There's really no regulations of how these guys want to 130 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: express themselves, you know, with undershirts and armsleeves and whatnot. 131 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: Brad Grims joined me on sports phone KMBR. Of course, 132 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: he's a home clubhouse manager for the San Francisco Giants. 133 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: You make that home clubhouse home for these players. They're 134 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: there eight months of the year. Everything is when you 135 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: come home to that clubhouse. You want to make it comfortable, 136 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: and it starts with music. It starts about the lockers 137 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: and everything else you put in there. How much work 138 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: do you do for that? 139 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 2: I mean it's daily, constantly, right, something that you know, 140 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 2: I was fortunate to learn from from a legend like 141 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 2: Mike Murphy and and so kind of the atmosphere we 142 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 2: want to create. It's just like you said, it's their home. 143 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 2: We spend more time here with each other in the 144 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 2: clubhouse than we do with our families or anyone else 145 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: in our lives. And so it's just creating that warm 146 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: and welcoming environment and making guys feel comfortable and always 147 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 2: making sure that my staff and myself are always approachable 148 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: if anyone needs anything. But it's a constant grind as 149 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 2: far as making sure that we're keeping everything clean and orderly. 150 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: I'm very kind of attention to detail and OCD when 151 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: it comes to making sure things are looking clean in 152 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 2: the clubhouse. Just don't like light clutter everywhere. But like 153 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 2: I said, it's constant, right. I have guys right now 154 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: in spring running around the clubhouse and picking up you know, 155 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: whether it's trash or moving hangers over to one side, 156 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: or pushing chairs in or vacuuming. You know, it's it's 157 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: it's something that never stops throughout the day for us. 158 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: Brad, your job does is sudden stop. With players, you 159 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: have trainers to work with and all their equipment. You 160 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: now have workouts you got to work, worry about weights 161 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: and different things in the equipment, a lot of different 162 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: things you put on your shoulders. How difficult is that 163 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: for you? 164 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, it's it's part of the job. 165 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 2: It's it's something that you know, you get used to. 166 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 2: And honestly, the feeling for me is once you walk 167 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: through those clubhouse doors, it doesn't matter if you're a 168 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 2: trainer or a player, or owner or coach whatever, Like 169 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: we treat everybody the same and you're part of our 170 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 2: family once you come through those doors, and that's what 171 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 2: we're here to do. And we you know, we do. 172 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: Travel with a lot. 173 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: We're about ten to twelve thousand pounds of equipment that 174 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 2: we travel with on our plane. And you know, so 175 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: and like I said before, as the technology gets more advanced, 176 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: you have more machines and more just different things that 177 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: are getting thrown to have to travel with and deal with. 178 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 2: But for the most part, we all work together and 179 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 2: make it work and go pretty fluid through the year. 180 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Brad, you work with a traveling secretary, but your staff 181 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: is more important. You've got guys working there constantly, some 182 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: great people, some great guys that you've had for many years. 183 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: Tell me a little bit about your staff. 184 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 2: So I have five guys they work with me, and 185 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 2: you know, they kind of rotate. I like to bring 186 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 2: them all on the road and give them an opportunity 187 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 2: to go out there and see other cities. And if 188 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 2: they come on the road, they usually bat boy for us. 189 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 2: And so I kind of like to have control of 190 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 2: the bench and have that familiarity with our players and 191 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 2: our staff anywhere we go. But we've been together, you 192 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 2: know now for some of us have been together for 193 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 2: the last eleven twelve years. And you know, we had 194 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 2: a new guy start about three years ago. But I 195 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 2: have an amazing staff, and these guys honestly help make 196 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: everything go smoothly, and they're on it. And like I said, there, 197 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: we're like a family. We spend we spend a lot 198 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: of time together and and so we enjoy being around 199 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: each other and just make it fun throughout the course 200 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 2: of the season. 201 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: Brad, you're talking about two weeks left to go in 202 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: spring training. So many players are there, so many extra coaches. 203 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: It's a huge, huge plus for you for all your 204 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: staff that are helping you. But Mike goodness, you've got 205 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: guys from the minor leagues coming over and putting uniforms on. 206 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: You've got big leaguers there. You've got older players, younger players. 207 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: It's a mix, but you have to put it all 208 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: in one category a professional baseball player. How do you 209 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: mix all that in with all these players? 210 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: You know, it's a challenge sometimes right and trying to 211 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: figure out lockers and how many guys come in. Like 212 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 2: right now, we have sixty two players in camp. We've 213 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 2: had nineteen guest coaches of former players that have cycled through. 214 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 2: Are fifteen or fourteen major league coaches on staff plus another. 215 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 2: There's any given day, maybe ten to twelve minor league 216 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 2: coaches that are over here from Papaco as well. I 217 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 2: think it's like one hundred and fifty plus people in 218 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 2: the building in spring training, So it's you know, it's 219 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 2: a lot of conversations and just constantly just checking in 220 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 2: with different groups and people and making sure that they're 221 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 2: happy and they need anything. And so, like I said, 222 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 2: you start off with a lot of guys, and then 223 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: is the spring tales down, you start to chop those 224 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 2: numbers down a little bit and it gets a little 225 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 2: easier and easier as you go. So by the time 226 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 2: you roll into opening day in the season, you you know, 227 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: it kind of makes it easy because now you're down 228 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 2: to twenty six to thirty players depending on guys that 229 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 2: are on the IL, and and then obviously the staff 230 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: is a lot less. So so yeah, going into this 231 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 2: season's piece of cake. 232 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: A couple more menoues with Brad Grahams. Of course, he 233 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: is the clubhouse manager of the home side of the 234 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 1: San Francisco Giants. On sports Phone K and b R. 235 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: Let's get to a couple of questions, who are the 236 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: funny players in this clubhouse? Who are the guys that 237 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: are comedians. Oh man, I mean we got a lot. 238 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 2: Let's say, you know, Choppie like, you know, we'd be funny, 239 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 2: Robbie Ray's got a little you know, silent kind of 240 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: funny to the domins. I mean we have a lot 241 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 2: of characters. I really like Arias coming in. He's got 242 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 2: you know, really loose Gerar and Carnassion is always joking around. 243 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 2: The guy Drew Gilbert. You know, there's there's honestly, there's 244 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,119 Speaker 2: a good mix of characters in this clubhouse. 245 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: Well, you know, Brad, we always see after a Giants win, 246 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: the door is open and a celebration happens. You know, 247 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: you have strobe lights on, you have fake money guns 248 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: coming out at you. What are some of the new 249 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: things you're thinking about for this year? 250 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 2: We haven't started talking about that. I like to let 251 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 2: that be organic with the players, right, and so it's 252 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 2: kind of what whatever, whatever they want to do kind 253 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 2: of dictates and drives how we're going to roll it out. 254 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 2: You know, this is about about them as a team winning, 255 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: and so it just really depends on on what they're feeling. 256 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 2: You know, last year we had a we had two 257 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 2: wwe like, you know, belts made up for the player 258 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: of the game the picture of the game, and so 259 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 2: they had a really cool thing going. Every time we 260 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 2: won the game, whether Homer Road, they would do a 261 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 2: presentation and present those to the player and picture of 262 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 2: the game. And so we haven't started those conversations yet 263 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: for this year, so I'm kind of interested to see 264 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 2: what we're going to throw in the mix. But yeah, 265 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 2: it makes it exciting, and obviously, you know you want 266 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 2: to win, and anything you can do to kind of 267 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: create that atmosphere to motivate these guys to keep winning 268 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 2: is what we're here to do. 269 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: Well, Brad, it was a pleasure catching up with you. 270 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: Your day is so busy and it never stopped seven 271 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: days a week. But I thank you for your time today. 272 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 2: Thank you, Bill, appreciate you. 273 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: That was Brad Grums on Sports Phone K and br 274 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 1: More coming up right here on K and B r 275 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: D Sports Leader