WEBVTT - What's it like to be an MLB All-Star? 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:10.640 What's up, everybody? 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.640 Welcome back to another episode of Buco Territory, presented to 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:15.280 you by the Foul Territory Network. 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.280 I'm Noah Hile's joining me as always are my. 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:21.639 Co hosts Platinum Key aka Mark and Josh Harrison. It 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:26.439 is the All Star Break edition of Buco Territory. The 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:28.760 National League and the American League are set the face 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.920 off a couple hours after we're recording this. Recording this 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:35.720 at six pm on Tuesday evening, So who knows who won? 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.080 Home run Derby was really exciting Monday evening. Really enjoyed 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:42.600 their return to that older format. I think it made 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:44.520 for a better show overall. 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:47.199 But yeah, the All. 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.879 Star Break is typically known as the dead period in 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:55.400 sports talk in sports podcasting because there's just nothing going on. Yeah, 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.040 in sports in general, there's not much going on right now, 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.840 certainly not a lot of baseball to talk about. And 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:02.920 while we can talk about the trade deadline and things 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.280 like that, that's really gonna start heating up, like officially 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:10.120 heating up next week because that's when the draft is 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:13.720 over and now everyone's looking to improve their team for 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:14.880 the second half of the season. 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.080 So what are we gonna talk about? Today. Well, we 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:18.080 just happen to have a. 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.840 Guy who's he's been an All Star time or two 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:23.679 two times to be exact, on this show. 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.280 His name's Josh Harrison. He's in the middle of our 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.480 screen here, and we're just gonna ask him about his. 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.399 Major League All Star appearances. He was one in twenty 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:36.360 fourteen and twenty seventeen, Is that correct? Yeah, yes, twenty 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:40.000 fourteen and twenty seventeen, with both of those nods coming 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:41.759 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. So we just have a couple 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:45.560 of questions to take Josh down memory lane and reflect 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.000 upon what I would assume are some of the cooler 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.440 moments of his career, some of the better achievements in 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:55.880 his career. Mark, you weren't even a Pirates fan back 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.920 in these days. You were just wandering aimlessly without a 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.440 baseball team, just so you kind of missed out on 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:04.840 the whole Jay Hay playing experience. So this is an 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.080 opportunity for you to kind of learn a little bit. 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:11.600 I'm mixed our co host here. I'll let you started 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:13.840 off with your questions for Josh. 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.840 All right, So, Josh, I did do some research a 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.440 little bit here looking in uh, just to get a 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.960 little background here, and I just want to first start 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.640 off with a stat I saw from the University of 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:31.840 Cincinnati's website. They said you were the first person in 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.040 All Star Game history to make the All Star Game 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.480 with no more than twenty two starts at a single 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:41.040 position in twenty fourteen. What was it like for you 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.200 to be recognized as a utility player? I don't know 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.080 if you even knew that, because obviously twenty fourteen you 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:49.640 were all over right field, left field, third base, shortstop, 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.120 second base, and by the time the All Star break kit, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.840 you hadn't even played twenty two games at a single position, 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:58.280 and so you got selected as a utility player. And 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.480 my first question is just what did that mean to you? 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:05.280 Obviously now why you tility players get selected always. You're 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:09.120 the first one since twenty ten to be selected. What 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:10.880 does that mean for you as your first All start 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.560 to be selected in that kind of capacity. 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.440 Meant a lot long story short as short as I 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.560 can be. I remember the first two weeks of the season, 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.360 I didn't play. I didn't have a start, and ironically 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.960 I think my first start or might have been Easter 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.760 Sunday when we had the brawl with Milwaukee and I 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.920 got two hits and we had the brawl or you know, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.880 like bench is clearing, and I'm like, man, I'm trying 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:39.800 to keep playing, y'all. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:40.880 We can fight after, you know. 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.360 That's what I was staying in between. But I remember 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.760 talking to my brother, myltest brother, Vince at the time, 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:48.280 and saying, like, man, what do I have to do 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.040 this my third year up? And man, I'm still not 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.200 getting a chance to play, and he goes, Man, I 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.560 got a funny feeling that by the end of the year, 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.720 we're going to be laughing at this. And when I 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:00.800 found out I was selected, all my brother was like, 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:02.440 we don't have to wait till the end of the year. 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:04.960 I just got named an All Star and he was 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:06.240 like laughing, like, see. 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.800 I told you. But you know it started that. 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.280 You see my freshman year, I played I think six 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:12.800 different positions and. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.200 Then you know, so it was in my background. 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:18.719 So when I got the opportunity in twenty fourteen, I 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:23.520 remember when I got announced because Clinton Hurtle goes, you know, 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:28.039 we got three All Stars. Cutch was obvious and the 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.200 other two everybody's trying to figure out. We had an 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:34.039 idea that it could be like Tony Watson and you know, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.279 because what he was dealing is like Tony Watson and 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.240 Josh Harrison and you know, everybody. You know, I was shocked. 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.520 Everybody was because I didn't start the season playing. But 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.080 long story short, I think Matheny as they were filling 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:47.880 out the roster, I think I might have been handpicked 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:52.720 by Metheni, who is the manager, because obviously being within 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.720 the division, he got to see me a lot and 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:57.320 I played pretty well against him. 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:58.640 But he was like, man, it was a no brainer 0:04:58.640 --> 0:04:58.840 for me. 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.599 Uh, given what you've been, you know, what you've done 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.400 thus far, and you know, I was definitely grateful. I 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.480 was excited because you know, coming into the season, as 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.200 I said, I was asking my brother, like what do 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:10.760 I do to have to play? You know, I'm just 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.880 ready to play. And come to July here I was, 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.719 you know, named an All Star and you know the 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:17.520 rest was history. 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.440 Josh, I want to kind of piggyback on that because 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.320 I mean, twenty fourteen, Mark and I were talking before 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.640 you got on and joined us, before we started recording. 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:31.799 Twenty fourteen was such an interesting team, like an interesting 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.840 Pirates team because you're coming off of that high of thirteen. 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:37.840 You know, some of the guys that you added at 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.320 the deadline aren't there anymore. There were a lot of 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:43.760 injuries that year. Some guys kind of regressed a little bit. 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:45.120 You did not start well. 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.360 You guys started nine and seventeen on the season. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.279 You were kind of the spark plug that got them going, 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.200 and there were a couple other guys too. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:55.800 But at what point did you think that that was 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:57.800 a possibility that you could be an All Star? 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.200 Because I remember just watching and seeing it's like, all right, 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:04.280 like this guy, he's a contributor, but like how good 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.720 is he? And then you get into man and it's 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.600 like he's a piece of this. And then you get 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.880 into junior you're like he's not just a piece, like 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:12.880 he's kind of ly in the charge here. And then 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:14.800 you get to July and you're thinking, like does the 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:18.640 rest of the baseball world see this? And the Meffini 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.480 thing is obviously a key component of it, right because 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.960 you you torched the Cardinals. But when did you think 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.400 that that was a realistic possibility or did you even 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:28.720 think that you had a chance to make an All 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:29.480 Star team that year. 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.520 I'll be honest, it wasn't on my radar because. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.320 I just knew at some point I was finally getting 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.560 a chance to play. So I wasn't thinking All Star 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:42.600 this all start that. I was like, man, it's been 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.760 three years of you know, waiting for my opportunities. So 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.600 I was just grateful that, you know, one day I 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:49.640 might be on right field, next day I'm in left. 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.240 Now I'm at second third, you know, playing a little 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.440 bit of short. You know, guys were going down and 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:58.320 they were, you know, okay, go in. And I was 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:02.000 always a guy that knew, uh given an opportunity to play, 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.279 what I could do. And my first couple of years 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.320 was a lot of pinch hitting, which was tough for 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.159 me because not anything that I ever did growing up. 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.160 But it was an adjustment that I had to make. 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.440 But you know, my brother and my uncle John T. 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.080 Bone Shelby, who's coaching the Brewers at the time, was like, 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.720 always stay ready, you know, don't give him a chance 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:20.800 to say that you're not working. 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:22.320 You never know when your opportunity is going to be. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.480 And honestly, I wouldn't think an All Star. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:27.360 I was just thinking, like, man, I know I've played 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.880 myself into, you know, being in the starting lineup. That's 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.920 all I cared about, was, you know, being in the 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:35.200 lineup to help the guys. And when he said we 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.160 had three All Stars, I mean, in the back of 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.480 my mind it was like, I mean, I could be announced, 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.200 but I just honestly didn't know if I had enough games, 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.680 and at batch I wouldn't keeping track of that. So 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:48.080 when he named me, you know, it wasn't a surprise. 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.480 Granted I know to a lot of people not in 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.040 the clubhouse, but you know, there were some media questions 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.480 and this or that, because obviously I wasn't like a 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.559 well known person, because it was like, and this guy's 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.120 coming off the bench. They knew me from the of 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.920 his years. And even at the time, I think I 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.080 only had like maybe four home runs at the All 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.760 Star break, not like I had a lot of home runs, 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.480 but you know I was hitting I was playing you know, good. 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.040 Teaks and seven on base percentage at the break, Yeah, 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:14.040 and you reach safe. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:14.320 Yeah. 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.880 I mean I didn't really know. I didn't really know 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:19.480 like what my numbers were. I just knew I was 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:23.200 playing well. And you know, the question got asked to me, 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.320 did it surprise me? And I said, obviously, you know, 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.360 I wasn't setting out to make the All Star team, 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.000 especially when I didn't start the season playing. But I 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.240 wasn't a surprise to me because I have been an 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.880 All Star at every level in the nor League's prior, 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:38.120 So to me, it wasn't a surprise to say, oh, 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:39.760 I made the All Star in the big leagues because 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.319 every level in the minor leagues. 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:42.600 I had been one. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.199 But yeah, no, that that surprised me because I didn't 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.800 set out to, you know, make the All Star team. 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:50.800 I was just setting out to be a contributor. Like 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:52.440 how I asked my brother, like what do I gotta 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:52.959 do to play? 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.880 And I'll piggyback off of that. So once you were selected, 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.520 did that change your confidence at all? Was that like 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.680 did you feel validated as a player or was there 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:07.040 anything that felt different after that? Or do you just 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.280 feel like, yeah, this is finally Like I knew that 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:11.880 this was coming. It was just a matter of time. 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.800 No, my confidence didn't change. Anybody that's played with me, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.640 good bad, they know my confidence never waivered. That was 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.640 even when I was on the bench. But it took 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:26.400 me a while to kind of settle into knowing that 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.960 I was, you know, an everyday player, because even after 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.880 the All Star break, the first game back, I think 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:34.880 Clint gives me the day off because he's like, man, 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.319 you've this was been a whirlwind for you. It was like, 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.600 I know, it's been a lot. It's like, as your manager, 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.720 I'm giving you the day. I think I ended up 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:43.319 hitting the walk off that's when I had to run 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.640 down and hit the walk off double. But I just 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:50.080 remember there was one game I like, roll my ankle, 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.439 like I rode it pretty bad, and I'm like, I'm 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.480 staying out there. I'm playing because you know I'm not 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.000 anytime when I'm not playing, I can't afford to go down. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:00.680 And I'm like, if i'm in there, man, you're gonna 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.360 have to wheel me off this field. And Clint comes 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:05.400 up to me at the end of dugout. He goes, hey, 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:09.040 I need you to go get yourself together because you 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:10.120 are one of our guys. 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:11.000 We need you to be good. 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.360 I was like, okay, but I'm still going out, like 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:15.040 you know what I mean. 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:16.200 But it took. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.680 You know, even though I made the All Star Team minute, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.520 I wasn't thinking, oh I made it, because that was 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.760 never that's not in my DNA. 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:24.960 You know All Star. 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.319 Now you know I'm gonna play if I can play, 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.360 But you know, it still took some adjusting because I 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.560 went from being the twenty fifth man three years in 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.200 a row to you know, and may being thrust in 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.600 a lineup and then becoming an All Star and then everybody, oh, man, 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.040 you're the man, You're the guy, you know, one of 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.560 the guys that's leading. I'm like, I've always been one 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.440 of the guys, whether I was playing or not. You know, 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.199 but it was it was nice to know that the 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.080 opportunity I had, I took advantage of it, and you know, 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.880 it was it was all god siming, is what I 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.000 can say, because I was heading into orbitration. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.640 My favorite thing to talk to guys during their first 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.080 All Star appearance. I've had the opportunity to obviously cover 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.960 a couple of these, and I love hearing stories about 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.560 how first time All Stars get to chat with other 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:16.240 players that they're sharing a clubhouse with, like with Paul 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.600 him getting to talk to Clayton Kershaw. I loved getting 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.760 to write about that, And there are so many other instances. 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:26.960 Who are some of the guys that you remember and 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.720 it might not even be a great baseball conversation, but 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.440 just kind of a conversation. 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.480 Yeah, yeah, no, no, I got one in mind because 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:37.520 I always tell this one it's perfect. But before I do, 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:40.280 like it was a whirlwind because my oldest daughter Meal, 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:44.320 she was six months or five months. So it was 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:49.520 just crazy how everything happened so fast for you, it was. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.320 And I just remember I'm in the locker room. My 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.160 middle brother shines there and my brother in law's there, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.040 but my locker mat was hundred pence and on the 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.000 other side, and the other side was Madison bum Guard 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.199 and I you know, Bumgardner is a cool dude. I'm 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:05.520 talking a hundred pence and everybody knows he's kind of 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.480 like a wiry, you know, quirky dude. And I'm talking 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.680 to him and he's like, yeah, man, I drink coffee 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:12.440 all day. I'll drink a pot of coffee before I 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.520 go to bed, like that's what he did with his grandma. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:16.880 And I'm, you know, I'm laughing, like, man, that's probably 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:18.880 why people think you're in the box like jittery. And 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.000 he's like, no, man, I can drink it and go 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:22.719 to sleep, like you know what I mean. So I'm 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.640 like laughing, at these stories, but like I'm like, man, 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.040 you know, it's kind of cool. And then Bumgarner I 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.640 got pretty good success. He's like, man, it's nice to 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:32.880 finally share a locker room with you for a second. Man. 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.360 You know, just having those stories of where you interact 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:36.199 with guys that you. 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.440 Play against and you know you've battled against even you know, 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:41.960 minor leagues up to the big leagues. 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:43.560 But a Hunter Pence was cool. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:43.760 Man. 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.040 We was just chopping it up. And you know, as 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.280 I was talking to him, he was drinking a cup 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:49.760 of coffee. 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:55.080 Fity nice. So my final question for you, Josh twenty seventeen, 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.600 you played in both the All Star Game and the 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.200 World Baseball Classic. Yes, I was just curious and so 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:04.439 how do those experiences compare from the player perspective? 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:12.280 So the Classic was wild. We started in Miami and 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.040 we were to visit the team every. 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:15.560 Game, whether we were home or not. 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.600 You know, it was Columbia, Dominican, and I think Canada, 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.920 So we were home when we played Canada, but against 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:25.680 the Dominican and Columbia like that stadium was loud. But 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.040 it was my first time getting to play international. So 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.880 I'm a high energy guy. So I'm on the you know, 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.880 bench dancing like rocking to the drums and stuff. So 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.600 it was exciting. And I just remember I didn't even 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.920 get to play that much in the Classic, but you know, 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.040 it felt like a mini All Star Game to me 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.880 because I'm in there with you know, guys that have 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:46.520 been All Stars, a bunch of guys, and you know, 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:48.880 we picking each other's brains for you know, two to 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:53.920 three weeks working out and you know, just picking up 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.520 on things with some of the best that you've played against. 0:13:56.760 --> 0:14:01.360 And twenty seventeen was like my first healthy year since fourteen, 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.320 and I was able to take kind of that Classic 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.680 feel and going, you know into the season. 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:08.559 And I was healthy. 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:09.760 And then by the time I got to the All 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.760 Star Game in Miami, it was like, oh man, I 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.199 was here in the Classic and I'm not gonna lie. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.320 The energy at both the Classic and the All Star 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.640 Game that year was like, man, Miami's not used to 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.080 this down here, So it was pretty cool. And that 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.520 All Star game, my wife was pregnant with my second daughter, 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:29.240 so both both All Star Games were some life changing 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.080 events coming or whatever, so. 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:33.440 Very memorable. 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.920 My wife can tell you, I know, she was exhausted, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.840 but you know, nonetheless, they were very memorable and I 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:41.680 enjoyed every bit of it, even though I was tired. 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.400 And I guess my final question, Josh, is you know, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.480 your second trip, obviously it's gonna be different than your 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:53.400 first one. Were you able to kind of recognize the 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:56.400 feeling that you experienced your first All Star game when 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.840 you would see the first time All Stars coming into 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:02.040 the clubhouse and seeing the and soaking it all in 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:03.720 And what was that like to kind of see that 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.160 on those guys. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:07.520 Oh? Man, it was cool. 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.480 And I think that year I was our only representative, 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:15.480 so I was with myself basically, but you know, thank 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.560 god I had Cutch and you know, Tony to help 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.840 me the first time. And I remember the same time 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:22.840 I'm in there and it's a little different squad but 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.560 a few of the same people. But I remember one 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.560 thing was on our jerseys. I got a star with 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.400 it too on it, you know, for like two time 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.080 All Star, which I thought was pretty cool. And then 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.160 you're seeing guys with different you know, two loads in 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:39.320 there with however he's got, you know, but it's just 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:42.200 cool seeing that. But you know, ender n crt H, 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.360 it was his first one, so me and him was 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.320 like kicking it in the outfield and laughing. 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:47.680 Both he and I you know. 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.360 Shared the affinity for desserts like ice cream and stuff, 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:51.640 so it was cool. 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:51.840 You know. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.880 I think I was able to kind of allow him to, 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.040 you know, enjoy the moment and kind of you know, 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.400 bring him showing the ropes as it well to me, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.120 just because you know, that first time is kind of like, man, 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:04.400 what what do I do? 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.120 Do I go here? Do I get? Oh? 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.520 Man, you know you want to get stuff for family, 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.320 then you want to enjoy the moment. Oh I got 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.960 to go take the team photo and then you know, 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.320 it's just a lot going on. But at the same time, 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.960 the second time, I felt definitely a lot more at 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:20.920 ease having. 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:21.720 Gone through the first time. 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:25.560 But as I said, I had some pretty cool experiences, 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.360 and one I don't want to forget is my first 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:29.320 one twenty fourteen. This is the one I always tell 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:33.840 people is it was Derek Jeter's last yep. Yeah, so 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.280 so that that that to me was cool And I 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.320 think he let off for like a double down right field, 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:43.240 so like it was cool. So so yeah, of course, 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.440 but I mean, you know, it was just one of 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.760 those moments where it's like, how how often can you say, 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.240 let alone you watched it, but I was able to. 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:52.400 I played in there, Juter's last All Star game, so 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:52.880 it was cool. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.840 I was gonna bring that up. I thought would ask you. 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:58.640 That's why I was like, if maybe not even someone 0:16:58.640 --> 0:16:59.160 on the n L. 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:04.160 Yeah, yeah, you know I before we close this out. 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.639 I think another thing people don't realize is how expensive 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.880 an All Star Game can be for the players. When 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:11.560 you're bringing everyone there and you you talk about like 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:15.600 getting merched, getting photos, going to events like all that stuff, 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.000 like because you want you want to include as many 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.720 people as you can. And I love seeing the entourages 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:26.119 around baseball players who normally don't have big entourages. But 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.840 it's a family thing and coordinating all of that can 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:29.800 kind of be stressful. 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:35.600 Oh man, I mean from not expecting it to Okay, 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.160 I just got announced and we leave in. 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.880 Five days, you know, you know, in the week. 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.359 Like we gotta get flights from my parents, you know, 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:47.879 her parents, my grandma, Okay, my grand We couldn't get flights. 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.119 So my middle brother and one of his best friends 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:54.800 drove my cousin to Minnesota. He's like, man, your brother's 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.280 got to be there, Like, you know, just sacrifices that 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.560 people make to where it's like, you know, yes, hectic, 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:04.520 but you know you you want to enjoy these moments 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.760 with the people that you love because you know it 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.600 doesn't last forever. So that I said, I was extremely 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.320 grateful for the sacrifices Mom made. And you know thet 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.040 I won't say little bit of money, but the money 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:16.840