1 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of Cardinal Territory. 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,319 Speaker 1: This week a treat a special guest, two time gold 3 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: Glover eight years with the Cardinals. We welcome Colton Long 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: into Cardinal Territory. Colton, how you doing, my man? 5 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: I'm doing good, man. How you doing? 6 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 3: Jim doing great? 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 4: Uh? 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: My first question is folks should know this. You are 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: at Cardinals camp. So what's it like being back at camp, 10 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: back with the boys. 11 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: Oh? Man, it's amazing, you know, obviously, just kind of 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: coming back and being in Jupiter. 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 5: This is first time been in Jupiter since twenty twenty, realistically, 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 5: like I've never been back since, so, you know, a 15 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 5: lot of cool memories obviously, I you know, I turned 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 5: into a man, you know, being with the Cardinals and whatnot. 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 5: And you know, Jupiter is always a special place. So 18 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 5: coming out of here special for me. And driving back 19 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 5: and and you know, pulling into the clubhouse and seeing 20 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 5: the new clubhouse that they have. Man, it's it's beautiful. 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: And these kids are They're lucky, man, They're they're very lucky. 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: How did this all come about? How did it happen? 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: Where Coln Wong was gonna come back and talk to 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: the younger guys. 25 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, honestly, you know, I took the I took a 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 5: year off after I retired just to kind of be dad. 27 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 2: You know. 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 5: I wanted to really lock in and learn my children 29 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 5: and and you know, figure out you know, who they are. 30 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: You know. 31 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 5: That's one of the biggest things that you know, was 32 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 5: in my decision for retiring was you know, the first time. 33 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 5: First thing that really hit me was my oldest son. 34 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 5: I saw his first steps on my phone, you know, 35 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 5: and uh, that killed me, man, that really did. So 36 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 5: that was a big thing for me to step away. 37 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 5: And you know, so I got to really enjoy my 38 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 5: my my oldest and then my youngest was starting to 39 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 5: do his you know steps and whatnots. I was there 40 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 5: for that and uh, you know, so the decision was 41 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 5: was correct, and it was it was a great time. 42 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: You know, people don't realize too professional athletes like yourself 43 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: make a lot of money, okay, but that doesn't mean 44 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: it's a perfect existence. 45 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 3: There's a sacrifice. You're not there. 46 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: I know, you got two boys and and you mess 47 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: a lot. And I know, no matter how great you are, 48 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: how well you're doing at the plate, or how well 49 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: the team is doing. 50 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 3: There's a bit of a sacrifice there. 51 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 5: Right, absolutely, absolutely, And that was the biggest thing too, 52 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 5: is like I started to realize towards the end of 53 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 5: my career that when I had my kids, like before 54 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 5: I was, I was, I was a feuder rat, like 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 5: I just wanted to be at the field early I 56 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 5: was probably you know I was right after YACHTI every 57 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 5: single day of showing up just wanted to get better, 58 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 5: wanted to continue to push. And then towards galenside my kids, 59 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 5: I just wanted to stay home, you know, I wanted 60 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 5: to be there. 61 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: I wanted to hold them, I wanted to play with them. 62 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 5: And it just my priorities just changed three sixty and 63 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 5: then you know, that's that's a beautiful thing about having kids, right, 64 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 5: It just it takes that selfishness out of you as 65 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 5: a person and it puts all the spotlight on that 66 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 5: beautiful thing that you created. 67 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 2: So you know, definitely blessed with that for sure. 68 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: So for people that don't remember, you were a first 69 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: round pick with high expectations for the Cardinals, and the 70 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: same can be said for JJ Weatherhold And I've seen 71 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: the pictures from Jupiler, You've been talking to tim working with 72 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: him a little bit. Tell me the things that you're 73 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: you're talking to JJ about. 74 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 5: Yeah, just trying to be an ear for him to 75 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 5: be honest with you. Man, the guy is special. The 76 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 5: kid is absolutely special. Just like his makeup, the way 77 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 5: he cares himself, his attitude about how he's trying to 78 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 5: get better. You know, he's really good at just accepting 79 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 5: the fact that he needs to work more, he needs 80 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 5: to get better at a lot of different things. I mean, 81 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 5: the guy's special. Man, He's going to be a heck 82 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 5: of a player. We all know that. And I think 83 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 5: that's the coolest thing is like he realizes that he's good, 84 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 5: but he knows that there's so much more that he 85 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 5: can add to his game. And it's that's that's a 86 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 5: special trait that a lot of guys don't have. So 87 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 5: just watching him, I mean, obviously you watch the bat. 88 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 5: The bat is incredible. You know, if you're going backside 89 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 5: at Roger Dean, let's say something. 90 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: Guys are doing that. So you know that's going to 91 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: play in the big leagues. 92 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 5: Man, the makeup, the head, you know, him being confident 93 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 5: in himself, that's gonna play in the big leagues. 94 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: Defense is gonna play the big league. It's just cleaning 95 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 2: up a little bit things here and there. But he's 96 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: so young, man, he's gonna figure out. That guy's gonna 97 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 2: be specialist. Saint Lewis be ready man, JJ's coming. 98 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: So a lot of guys that have his resume might 99 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: not take that well. Work is still a big part 100 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: of it. You're saying that this kid understands what's ahead 101 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: and what he has to do to get to where 102 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: he wants to be. 103 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: Right absolutely, you know, he's for me. 104 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 5: It seems like he's a guy that is okay with 105 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 5: breaking himself down and understanding that. You know, I'm at 106 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 5: the highest level of the games that I play my 107 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 5: whole life. 108 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: Now I need to make sure that everything is at 109 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 2: that level, you know. 110 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 5: And that's the biggest thing with big leaguers and a 111 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 5: lot of these guys is you don't get the special 112 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 5: guys in the game that have created these amazing careers, 113 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 5: you know. And you talk to him and they're constantly 114 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 5: getting better and better and better, and they're never satisfied. 115 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 5: And he's got that in Trague with him, you know, 116 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 5: and it's just special to see that. Uh me being 117 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 5: the guy now I'm just wanted to be an ear 118 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 5: for him, you know, help him do anything that he's 119 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 5: got any questions a lot, And I told him, I 120 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 5: was like, man, take my number during the season, bro. 121 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 2: You know, I don't. 122 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 5: I don't want to put it on you, but you 123 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 5: know you're gonna have your ups and downs. That's just 124 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 5: part of a baseball season. If you need help, you 125 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 5: need just somebody that talks to an event, hit me out, bro. 126 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: I remember when the Cardinals drafted you and being the 127 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: first round pick and with high expectations that comes with 128 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: a certain amount of pressure, the same some of the 129 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: same pressure that the JJ I'm sure probably will have 130 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: to deal with it at some point. How How tough 131 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: is that to him? 132 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: It definitely is tough, you know. 133 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 5: But I think that the thing that a lot of 134 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 5: people don't realize, like the pressure that they put on 135 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 5: us is not even that close to the pressure we 136 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 5: putting ourselves. 137 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: You know. 138 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 5: It's it's that attention to detail that we put on 139 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 5: every single day on the little things to make our 140 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 5: game as perfect as we can do, you know, and 141 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 5: then when it doesn't come up, obviously, the fans are pissed. 142 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: Everybody's pissed, Like you got to realize how pissed. 143 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 5: We are, you know, like we take pride and so 144 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 5: much time and effort into just constantly working on these 145 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 5: little intricate details to make your defense better, to make 146 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 5: your offense a little bit, to figure out your bunting, 147 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 5: the little things like that. So when you do mess 148 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 5: up as much as you, guys get pissed off. I 149 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,559 Speaker 5: promise you, if we could take out how many hit ourselves, 150 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 5: say hey, what a bad we would. 151 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 3: So the Cardinals now. 152 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: Rebuilding, it's a different scenario than when you were a 153 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: Cardinal low those many years. I'm just curious, what's your 154 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: sense of the energy level and the exsignment level for 155 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: a lot of young players getting their opportunities this year. 156 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think I think a lot of guys 157 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 2: are kind of figuring that out. 158 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: They're understanding that, you know, this is a big opportunity 159 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 5: for a lot of these young guys that you know, 160 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 5: maybe some of them have a year or two maybe 161 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 5: if somewhere on the verge of trying to make that 162 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 5: big leagues. Like listen, man, there's so much opportunities right 163 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 5: now for you guys to get there. This organization is 164 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 5: trying to rebuild. We're trying to figure out how to 165 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 5: get back to where we were back. 166 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: In the day. 167 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 5: And you know a big step is the transition of 168 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 5: this complex down here. I mean, these kids are coming 169 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 5: into a top of the line see to the art 170 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 5: complex and you know, with that kind of complex that 171 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 5: you're playing in, the level of play is going to continue. 172 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: To get higher. It has to because you have everything. 173 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 5: They have force plates, they have track man's, they have trajets, 174 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 5: they have every single thing to make you a better player. 175 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 5: It's all about now you putting in the work and 176 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 5: using the tools that the Cardinals have provided now to 177 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 5: get to that next step. 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Very similar feeling it was, you know, it was 206 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: old school rugs man. 207 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 5: We had the ceiling was probably eight feet high as 208 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 5: some of the top of the scenes were falling out. 209 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 5: We had the old metal lockers with the little benches, 210 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 5: you know, And now these guys are coming in, man, 211 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 5: and their thing. It's it's beautiful. They got the car 212 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 5: on the seating lit up. They got brand new rugs. 213 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 2: These guys have couches, they got TVs, they got all 214 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 2: these things. Man, they got this lunch room. Now that's 215 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: state of the art. 216 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 5: These guys are getting fed unbelievable meals, and like, dude, 217 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 5: take advantage of this, boys and enjoy this and appreciate it, man, 218 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: because I promise you, as much as you guys love 219 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 5: playing this game, you're gonna be retired lot long when 220 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 5: you're playing, man, So just enjoy it. 221 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 3: Seems like it's nice. 222 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about your your cardinal career, 223 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: and you had so many highlights along the way. I 224 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: know you took a lot of pride being a cardinal. 225 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: What is the one moment that jumps out to you? 226 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: Because I'm thinking about Game two NLCS twenty fourteen, you 227 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: walk it off in the ninth inning. When you think 228 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: about your career, what are the moments that stand out 229 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: to you. 230 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's definitely a big moment for me. 231 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 5: You know, I mean, obviously, you know, I think we 232 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 5: all understand twenty thirteen what happened, So twenty fourteen was huge, 233 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 5: but honestly, twenty thirteen was I'm sorry to say, it 234 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 5: was something. 235 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 2: That I would never give away. You know. 236 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 5: Getting picked off obviously sucked, man, it really did as 237 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 5: a person. As a player, I was twenty two years old, 238 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 5: just got to the big leagues, you know, and to 239 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 5: have that happen. 240 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: You know, at that time, I thought it was the 241 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: end of the world. 242 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 5: But in the reality of things, man, that situation right 243 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 5: there made me want to become so much more than 244 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 5: I thought I could be. You know. It made me 245 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 5: want to push so much harder to make people for 246 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 5: not forget, to make people understand that I'm not just 247 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 5: that guy that I could constantly be better. 248 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 2: I could push the envelope to be who I want 249 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 2: to be, you know. 250 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 5: And I was like, I think that that pickoff took 251 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 5: away the fear of the game for me after that, 252 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 5: and I was like, okay, listen, I did the worst 253 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 5: thing you probably could do in a game, get picked 254 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 5: off to end the game in a World series with 255 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 5: Carlos freaking Beltron at the plate, you know, and it's 256 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 5: so I kind of started to really lean onto that 257 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 5: and be like, you know what, man, if I hit 258 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 5: that rock bottom, there's no place lower for me to go, 259 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 5: So there's no fear anymore. So I think that was 260 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 5: a big transition for me to really start taking that 261 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 5: next step and becoming the player that I was. And yeah, 262 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 5: so I would never give any of those situations away, 263 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 5: and that was definitely a big one for me. 264 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: It's funny because another media guy, a buddy of mine, 265 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: once said, when you talked to Cotland about his cardinal 266 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: career of all the accomplishments and great things, even if 267 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: you know the pick, if it's not something you plan 268 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: to ask him about, he brings it up. So obviously 269 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: that was sort of the pivotal moment in your career. 270 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 5: Right, Absolutely, absolutely. And the thing is, I'll never run 271 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 5: away from that, you know. I try to tell kids 272 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 5: that too after be like, look, you guys, wanna watch 273 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: the video. Go see it, Like learn from that. Understand that, 274 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 5: you know what, man, Like, we're gonna mess up. You're 275 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 5: gonna mess on the field. You're gonna make these little 276 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 5: decisions and at the wrong time, and you're gonna you're 277 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 5: gonna pay the consequences, you know, as long as you 278 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 5: face the music and you come back and you want 279 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 5: to be better and you're you're not gonna let that 280 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 5: define you, and you're gonna be better. 281 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:33,719 Speaker 2: You know. 282 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 5: It's gonna build you to the man that you want 283 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 5: to be and the man that you're expected to become. 284 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: So when, uh, when you talk about the Cardinals, like 285 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: I could see your eyes light up. And you played 286 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: with with other teams too, but you're a cardinal. What 287 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: was it about playing with the Cardinals being a Cardinal 288 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: that that you appreciated so much? 289 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 2: I tell everybody this to this day. 290 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 5: I was like, you know, the biggest thing for Saint 291 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 5: Louis was when I came here, we were winning, you know, 292 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 5: And so when I stepped in, the aura that was 293 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 5: in that clubhouse was we were expecting to win every 294 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 5: single day, you know, And we weren't just expecting to 295 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 5: play one sixty two. We're expecting to go and continue 296 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 5: to play in the playoffs. So we're always getting ready 297 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 5: for one sixty two and the playoffs. It was never 298 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 5: we were never accepting just playing. And that was a 299 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 5: big thing, man, that really helped me as a person 300 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 5: to continue to push and get better, because I was like, 301 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 5: you know, I don't want to feel any of these guys. 302 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 5: I want to let any of these guys down, because 303 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 5: at the end of the day, like these guys are 304 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 5: showing me what to take. It's gonna take to be 305 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 5: a big leaguer. So I'm gonna do whatever I can 306 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 5: to be the guy that needed to be, you know. 307 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 5: And then realistically, like the Saint Louis Cardinals, man, they 308 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 5: were so good at teaching us how to create a routine, 309 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 5: especially for us young guys coming into the you know, 310 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 5: pro baseball whatnot. You know, I tell a lot of 311 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 5: these young guys nowadays, I'm like, man, they're the only 312 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 5: way that you can be confident as a player is 313 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 5: if you have, you know, a bulletproof routine, something that 314 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 5: you can do every single day. It doesn't matter if 315 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 5: it's you know, you play eighteen night game or eighteen 316 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 5: innings the night before and you got to dig in 317 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 5: the next day. 318 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 2: You know, you still understand that my routine is what 319 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 2: I do every single day to get you ready. 320 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 5: So I was telling them, you know, you build a solid, 321 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 5: bulletproof routine and your confidence is constantly behind that because you're. 322 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: Never worried about how you're feeling this night. 323 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 5: You just realize, like I did everything I need to 324 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 5: do every single or the same way to get ready. 325 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 2: So I just gotta go out there compete. 326 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 5: And yeah, that's been a big thing with a lot 327 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 5: of these guys, is just understanding what the cardon the 328 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 5: way is. You know, it's a hard work, it's attention 329 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 5: to detail, and it's a win to go out there 330 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 5: and compete all twenty seven ounce. 331 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: I'm just wondering what the day to day, the daily 332 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: for Cold Wong is. Now you mentioned your dad, you're 333 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: watching your kids. What what is a normal day like 334 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: for Colton wall Man. 335 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 2: I wake up usually went right around like six six 336 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: thirty ish. 337 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 5: I'll get up and then I'll kind of wait for 338 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 5: the boys, and the boys will wake up and they'll 339 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 5: come down and won't hang out, and then. 340 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: We'll go outside. 341 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 5: I take them outside every day right wake up, They'll 342 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 5: get like a little yoga. We'll go outside and then 343 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 5: we'll start hitting baseball's off the tea. They love baseball, man. 344 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 5: They're just constantly out there and we hit baseballs. Then 345 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 5: we'll come in. I'll cook through a breakfast. I try 346 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 5: to make them like super healthy breakfast. Is because the 347 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 5: one thing I learned is like when Matt Holliday when 348 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 5: he was here, he had Jackson, he had Ethan. They're 349 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 5: I think eight and six at a time, somewhere around 350 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 5: that age. Now, i'd pay attention to him and how 351 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 5: he took care of these kids and how he fed 352 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 5: them and how he just he had them on a 353 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 5: regimen of realizing like this is life. You know, this 354 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 5: isn't you know me just doing like this is how 355 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 5: we're gonna live life. And like you look at those 356 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 5: kids now and like the way that they carry themselves 357 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 5: and how they're like they're I mean, these kids are machines, 358 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 5: you know. So I learned from Matt, and I took 359 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 5: all those things and all the guys that had kids, 360 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 5: I just constantly will just learn and figure out. So 361 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 5: I was like, okay, But the funny thing is now 362 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: that I'm here, I'm like, so I talked to Brownie, 363 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: the hitting coach. I'm like, hey, Brownie, what should I 364 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 5: do with my kids? 365 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 2: You know? What can I start adding? That is smart thing? 366 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 5: So he Brownie's a mad scientist, so he's like telling 367 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 5: me He's like, yeah, you need to get this, that this. 368 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: I'm like all the time, I'm here writing down all 369 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 2: the different things and I do. Thank you, Ed. I'm 370 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 2: gonna grab all these things and we're gonna just go 371 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 2: it to town. 372 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: Well, your kids have you know, have the gene pool 373 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: they won the genetic Lottery, like holidays kids. You think 374 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: your kids will be big leaguer someday possibly. 375 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 5: You know what, I just whatever they do, I hope 376 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 5: they do. It's the way that I did. I just 377 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 5: hope they attack whatever they want to do wholeheartedly. That's 378 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 5: the thing is, like, you know, I tell Everyboddy like 379 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 5: the baseball is my journey. You know, something that I 380 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 5: want to do. I don't ever want to portray that 381 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 5: on my kids. They want to do it amazing If 382 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 5: they don't, like, I just hope that whatever they do 383 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 5: they attack it just as hard as I do. 384 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 2: That's it. 385 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: So, Colton Wong, I don't know if you've been watching 386 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: the WBC wh you had a little clunker last night 387 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: for Team USA. But you didn't play in the World 388 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: Baseball Classic. But you did represent America or Team USA 389 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: in college. So what's the difference between playing in the 390 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: college game where lay game and representing your team, which obviously. 391 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 3: You have love for it, but we're in the USA 392 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 3: on your chest. What's the difference. 393 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 5: Oh, it's crazy, you know. I mean, you're not just 394 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 5: playing for yourself. You're not just playing for a city. 395 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 5: You're playing for the whole country, you know, and on 396 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 5: the biggest stage like this too. Like I didn't mine 397 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 5: in college, and I wasn't even really playing. I was 398 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 5: just part of the team at the time. But uh, 399 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 5: you know, even just being on it and you know, 400 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 5: realizing how special that was and the guys that I 401 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 5: got a chance to be around. You know that Team 402 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 5: USA Jersey will always weigh heavy and always have that pride, 403 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 5: and you know, you see it on all the guys 404 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 5: that are playing right now. You know, obviously everybody's still 405 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 5: in spring training moment. Man, these guys are turning up, 406 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 5: you know, and you know, seeing the little animosity that 407 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 5: is going on and whatnot. 408 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 2: I love it, man. I think it's just great for 409 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 2: the game. 410 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 5: I think it's great for the fans, and it's great 411 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 5: for just you know, showing people that you know this, 412 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 5: it's okay to have a little animosity, Okay to do 413 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 5: that man, that's just part of these guys competing. 414 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 3: Last night. 415 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 1: Now, there was some confusion as to whether or not 416 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: the the Americans were into the next round if they 417 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: had already qualified. 418 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 3: I'm just curious. 419 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: So, like, you're playing Team Italy and there's major leaguers 420 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: on there to you, and the United States gets upset. 421 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 3: Just put yourself in that. 422 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: Position if this All Star team from the US and 423 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: again you're playing against the Italian team, which has bona 424 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: fide professional players too. But put yourself in that mindset. 425 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: What's it like to suddenly be behind eight to nothing 426 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: to Team Italy. 427 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 3: What would that be? 428 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: Like? 429 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 5: It's tough, man, because I mean in baseball, like it 430 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 5: doesn't matter, you know, you can have a good team. 431 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 5: Sometimes that's just off on that day, you know. And 432 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 5: the thing is like when you're down eight, that is 433 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 5: so far to catch, especially when you understand the other 434 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 5: team has solidified big leaguers, you know, like, yeah, it's 435 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 5: Team Italy, but you look at that team and a 436 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 5: majority of those guys are big league guys. 437 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 2: You know, there's a. 438 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 5: Good group of guys that you know, have a chip 439 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 5: on their shoulder because they realized that everybody calmed them 440 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 5: out right away. You know, they're like, Dude, I play 441 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 5: with a lot of these guys on TSA. I play 442 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 5: with a lot of these guys in Team Mexico Dominican Republic. 443 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 5: We all play together, you know, and it's like, so 444 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 5: I think that's the cool thing with Team Italy. 445 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 2: And then the whole situation. 446 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 5: Is like, you know, you're starting to realize, like these guys, 447 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 5: you know, they might not be household names, but everybody 448 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 5: in this league is pretty dang good man, and it's 449 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 5: it's fun to see the competition growing all over the world. 450 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: So Holidays coaching and he's doing, you know, some of 451 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: the podcasting. Lance Lind's doing some some broadcasting. I know 452 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: he's doing some coaching on the side too. What's a 453 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: hemp for Colen Wang? What do you want to see 454 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: in the future? What direction do you think you might hit? 455 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, honestly, I I've been asked that question a couple 456 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 5: of times this week, and I honestly don't know. You know, 457 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 5: this is kind of the first step of me just 458 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 5: kind of coming out and just wanted to kind of 459 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 5: give back to the organization that gave me everything, you know, 460 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 5: give you my start. Drafted me believed in me, you 461 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 5: know when I was like just a kid from Hawaii, 462 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 5: you know, so for me, I just it was always 463 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 5: pulling on my heart to come back, and you know, 464 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 5: when I was done to give back and do what 465 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 5: I can. 466 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 2: I don't think I'm ready to do the coaching thing yet. 467 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: You know, I've been really enjoying my times. 468 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 5: My boys there are four and about to be three, 469 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 5: you know, so they're that prime time of you know, 470 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 5: really just learning them and you know, seeing them grow 471 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 5: and constantly become, you know, the men that they're gonna be. 472 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: So yeah, I don't think there's really much it's gonna 473 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 5: pull me away from them at this point. But you know, 474 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 5: definitely these you know, little show ups here and there 475 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 5: I'd love to do and you know, even start bringing 476 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 5: my boys with me to so that they can realize, 477 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 5: you know, what dad used to do back in the day. 478 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 3: And you're just thirty five years old. I mean, you're 479 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: still a young man. 480 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: But that's one thing your kids need to get that 481 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: feel you got to come to camp once. 482 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 3: You wan't bring your kids, right, I. 483 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: Mean, because that's part of the process for the for 484 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: the kids, and maybe one day they end up where 485 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: the Holiday kids are. 486 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 5: Right, absolutely, absolutely, I mean that's so special just to 487 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 5: get that, you know, I used to I used to 488 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 5: watch the Holiday kids and you know, everybody who'd bring 489 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 5: their kids on, like, man, this is crazy. This kids 490 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 5: don't realize how lucky they are to be out here 491 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 5: and to appreciate this thing, you know. 492 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: And so yeah, I'm definitely. 493 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 5: Going to try and continue to do to come out 494 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 5: and support and whatnot. And you know, who knows on 495 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 5: the road what may happen. You know, I'm not trying 496 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 5: to take anyone's job or come in and be that guy. 497 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 5: I just I really just genuinely want to just help out, 498 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 5: you know, whatever I can do, like especially like for instance, 499 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 5: the jj I thing, like that was perfect for me 500 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 5: to just come in and kind of help out the 501 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 5: guy and just be an ear for him. That's really 502 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 5: all I wanted to do, just kind of be around 503 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 5: the guys and just tell them, you know, and just 504 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: kind of be that guy to explained to him like, hey, listen, man, 505 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 5: my career was never hall of fame, you know, like 506 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 5: it was. 507 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 2: It was hard. 508 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 5: You know, I started from the ground zero and I 509 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 5: had to work my way up and constantly you know, 510 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 5: getting back down, figuring out, getting back down, figuring out. 511 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 5: And you know, so for me, like so, it's kind 512 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 5: of easy for guys to like compare their careers to 513 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 5: or like, you know, talk to me because they realized, like, man, 514 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 5: the game wasn't so easy for me. I had to 515 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 5: work so much harder thebody else just to be able 516 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 5: to be average or you know, somewhat above average. To 517 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 5: hold myself there for ten years. I was like, you know, 518 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 5: it was it was a grind that I did every 519 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 5: single day that I loved and I became obsessed with. 520 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 5: And you know, if you guys have any questions, man, 521 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 5: I'm sure majority of the situations you guys are asking 522 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 5: I've been in, so yeah, ask away. 523 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: You were a very good player and some of the 524 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: best defense at second base I ever saw steel base. 525 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: I used to say, someone has a low pop too. 526 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 3: You were the clear. My last question, now, one of the 527 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 3: less you go. 528 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: Is, you know, we we've talked about you being back 529 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: and being away from it. 530 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 3: Take me to the. 531 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: Moment where you're in the clubhouse and you're putting on 532 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: the gear for the first time in a while and 533 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: walking out on the baseball field what's going through your mind? 534 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 3: What's coming over you at that moment? 535 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 5: Oh man, that was kind of crazy because I walked 536 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 5: up and obviously, you know, instead of going into the clubhouse, 537 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 5: I went to. 538 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 2: The coach's locker room. So I go and there. I'm like, 539 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: we're just coach's locker room. 540 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 5: So I figure out my way and I getting there, 541 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 5: and of course, while she's the man, you know, he 542 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 5: had me. He had my stuff all hanged out with 543 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 5: with the wall and the sixteen. But I told her, dude, 544 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 5: I don't want the jersey. You know, that's that's Gorman's thing, 545 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 5: Like just give me a nice little hoodie. That's totally fine, man. 546 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 5: But you know, just being back here and you know 547 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 5: some of the smells, you know, walking through the hallway 548 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 5: and having those smells. I remember walking like the first 549 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 5: time I was walking, close my eyes and just smelling 550 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 5: and I'm like, holy smokes. 551 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 2: Like I remember being I remember the smell. 552 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 6: I remember walking here and going to the backfields and 553 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 6: getting ready to play, you know, the minor league games, 554 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 6: were getting ready to go out to the Roger Dean 555 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 6: and you know, it's just like the little things like that, 556 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 6: the subtle thing because I mean, there's so much changes 557 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 6: to this place, you know, the little things that are 558 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 6: still left. 559 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 2: Those are the things that I was starting to appreciate. 560 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: Well, Colton, we uh, we appreciate you spending time. Great 561 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: catching up with you again. It's great that you're back 562 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: with the team and helping a young player, you know, 563 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 1: to make his next step. But we appreciate you coming 564 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: on with us. Always a pleasure, always one of the 565 00:23:59,320 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: good guys. 566 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 3: Them won and. 567 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 2: That's gonna do it. 568 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's gonna do it. For this edition of Cardinal Territory. 569 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: We'll see you for the next episode. Hopefully that one 570 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: won't suck. 571 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 5: H m hm m h m hmmm.