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Speaker 2: We've got the leader of the front office for the Diamondbacks,

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Speaker 2: Mike Hayson, joining the show. Mike, great to have you.

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Speaker 2: Happy spring training to you, and happy off season to you.

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Speaker 3: Did you have fun, Yeah, appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: You know, I don't know if I described the off

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Speaker 4: need to deliver. We need to do our job so

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Speaker 5: Eighty four wins two years ago to go to the

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Speaker 5: but you make some smaller additions here and there. What's

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Speaker 6: It was.

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Speaker 7: I just love breaking my heart about that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: But but so that was really disappointing and left a

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Speaker 4: it gave us a lot of fuel going into this offseason,

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Speaker 4: And I felt like we did that in a few

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Speaker 4: it takes us. We know we're playing in a tough

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Speaker 8: Is that tough to make the right choices when you're

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Speaker 6: Just go for it.

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Speaker 3: Are you trying to ask me if I do dumb stuff?

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Speaker 3: That is the nice way of what I was trying

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Speaker 4: We try very hard to not overreact and be emotional

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Speaker 4: You have to constantly add to your rotation. You have

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Speaker 3: A hard choice, to be honest with you.

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Speaker 4: We have a number of guys that are maybe expiring

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Speaker 5: And I was surprised when I saw I told Corvin.

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Speaker 4: I was surprised too, you know, not that we didn't

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Speaker 4: You know, we're out here. I think we have a

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Speaker 4: We have other really good players. He's a number one

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Speaker 8: Can you believe that Christian Walker is no longer a

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Speaker 3: Comes out sometimes it does.

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Speaker 8: Could you believe that Josh Nayler was available when you

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Speaker 4: It's actually one of the driving factors for why we

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Speaker 2: Hey, Mike, what did you think of your division rival

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Speaker 3: Too?

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Speaker 6: Years ago?

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Speaker 3: Try not to think about what they're doing too much.

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Speaker 3: I mean, what do you want me to say?

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Speaker 7: You know, look, they you guys beat them.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, That's what I'm saying, Mike.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate that. Yep.

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Speaker 4: That was a good reminder. I look, they're one of

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Speaker 4: We're gonna have to deal with them. It is what

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Speaker 6: And we're excited.

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Speaker 2: Man, we're excited to watch this.

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Speaker 3: I think you guys are gonna be great. Appreciate that,

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Speaker 3: That wasn't my choice, did that?

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Speaker 7: It was all Tory. That's right, that was right all Tory.

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Speaker 3: Don't do this is a bad idea. I know we're

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Speaker 2: All good Mike, this is awesome. Thanks for stopping by,

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Speaker 2: and have a good rest of the camp. All right,

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Speaker 3: Appreciate it, guys, Thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Hey, we've got Trey Mancini Diamondbacks Camp. Trey, great to

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Speaker 2: see you as always, and you've had a super interesting

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think that's safe to say. It's it's been great.

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Speaker 1: Spent most of the last year thinking I was honestly

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Speaker 7: What changed?

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Speaker 5: I mean you, because you know, you went, you were

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Speaker 1: It took a while, Like I thought, I was at

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Speaker 8: Yeah, well we got to make sure everybody knows at

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Speaker 1: Maybe you know, I got a nice fresh perspective kind

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Speaker 5: Sorry, your new ace is just walking by stud Your

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Speaker 8: you're totally fine.

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Speaker 6: It's impressive, is there intrigue?

445
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Speaker 8: Dave McKay over there at first base. Has he said,

446
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Speaker 8: We're gonna get you more than your career two bags?

447
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Speaker 7: I need it.

448
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Speaker 1: I was actually somebody brought that up the other day.

449
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Speaker 1: I don't think I've had a stolen base since maybe

450
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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen.

451
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Speaker 7: I had you do it this year.

452
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Speaker 6: I can do it this year, especially with him over there.

453
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's and sometimes, like in drills during spring, he's

454
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Speaker 1: been out there and he's diving back into first base.

455
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Speaker 1: He's like starting and stopping really quickly. He's in better

456
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Speaker 1: shape than i'd say most mob players. It's impressive.

457
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Speaker 7: What does he tell you?

458
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Speaker 5: Because I didn't steal a lot of bases, I wish

459
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Speaker 5: I'd never really had a coach that was because they

460
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Speaker 5: just were like, don't don't go anywhere because you might

461
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Speaker 5: get hurt, so stay here. But what does he say

462
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Speaker 5: when you get what's he whisper in your ear? What's

463
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Speaker 5: the guru say?

464
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Speaker 1: This is the first time I've ever been instructed on

465
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Speaker 1: base running in my career. I'd say it's just a

466
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Speaker 1: part of my game that, unfortunately, for better or worse,

467
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Speaker 1: has been kind of obsolete. And every year that I've

468
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Speaker 1: been playing baseball, I feel like base running has gotten

469
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Speaker 1: more important. It's become a bigger part of the game,

470
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Speaker 1: and even guys that you know aren't very fast can

471
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Speaker 1: impact the game on the bases. And he references Paul

472
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Speaker 1: Goldschmid a lot, just the way that he kind of

473
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Speaker 1: cuts corners around the bags. You know, he doesn't have

474
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Speaker 1: to take these big wide turns like you can run

475
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Speaker 1: the bases much more efficiently, especially if you're not that fast.

476
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things that can be done

477
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Speaker 1: to improve, you know, getting that extra bay that ends

478
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Speaker 1: up being huge in the long run.

479
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Speaker 8: What does this team? What intrigues you about this team?

480
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Speaker 8: Obviously it's a shot, But what do you have to one,

481
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Speaker 8: what do you have to do to make this team?

482
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Speaker 8: What do they tell you have to do? But what

483
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Speaker 8: also intrigued you? Like, I'm sure they weren't the only

484
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Speaker 8: team that called me off season.

485
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Speaker 6: They were basically the only team.

486
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Speaker 1: There is maybe one or two other Like there was

487
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Speaker 1: a little bit of interest, but you know, it was

488
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Speaker 1: a place that believed in me and gave me the opportunity. So,

489
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Speaker 1: like I said, I'm so thrilled and happy to be here.

490
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Speaker 1: It's a stacked roster in there for sure, it's a

491
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Speaker 1: really great team, and especially not playing last year, I

492
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Speaker 1: know it's an uphill battle to make the team out

493
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Speaker 1: of camp, but when you're here, you have the perspective

494
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Speaker 1: that you're here to make the team so and you

495
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Speaker 1: can't ever lose that. But if it does come to

496
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Speaker 1: me starting in Triple A, I'm willing to do that

497
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Speaker 1: or my way back up, you know, whatever they em

498
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Speaker 1: me to do, I'm ready to, like I said, or

499
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Speaker 1: my way back up to the big leagues.

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Speaker 7: That was gonna be my question. Would you go to

501
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Speaker 7: Triple A?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I would?

503
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Speaker 6: Would you would you have to would.

504
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Speaker 5: You go, say for the whole year or would you

505
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Speaker 5: would you just have to play that out, like say

506
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Speaker 5: they came to you and said, hey, we want you

507
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Speaker 5: to go to Triple A. You're there, first guy up.

508
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Speaker 5: You know they tell you. Event usually veteran guy, your

509
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Speaker 5: first guy up. Something happens, something doesn't go right, and

510
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Speaker 5: then it gets to like, June, would you still because

511
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Speaker 5: I don't know, because I've never been in your position.

512
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Speaker 1: I don't know, and I've never been in this position before,

513
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Speaker 1: so I'd like to say yes, And especially not playing

514
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Speaker 1: last year, and like I said, you get a different

515
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Speaker 1: perspective of the game and and yeah, you don't want

516
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Speaker 1: to leave any stone unturned, So I think I would

517
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Speaker 1: you know, you want to play until they kind of

518
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Speaker 1: rip the bat out of your hands.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, take the glove.

520
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Speaker 5: But see though you took a year off, right, you

521
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,680
Speaker 5: were like, oh, I'm at peace, and then all of

522
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Speaker 5: a sudden.

523
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Speaker 6: But now you realize that once you're done.

524
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Speaker 1: And I think I needed that to realize, especially now

525
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: with a level or two less of minor league baseball,

526
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,240
Speaker 1: it's really tough to get a job in affiliated baseball.

527
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Speaker 1: There's some really really good players playing independent ball, playing

528
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Speaker 1: in the Mexican League, playing internationally. It's it's tough to

529
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Speaker 1: get a job here in the States now. And I

530
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,280
Speaker 1: think I really realized that last year. And don't take

531
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Speaker 1: that for granted.

532
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Speaker 8: What what is the family situation in the sense of

533
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Speaker 8: is everybody in your family from most important people to

534
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Speaker 8: the people that support you. Are they in support of this?

535
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Speaker 8: Are they okay with Let's see where are they Reno now?

536
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Speaker 8: Is it Reno or Albuquerque's Triple As.

537
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Speaker 5: You know, there's a sign right there at six hundred

538
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Speaker 5: and three miles by the way to Reno. Yeah, Well,

539
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Speaker 5: that's that's how far you'll hit the homers when you're

540
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Speaker 5: in reno, so you might you might end up with

541
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Speaker 5: ten and April and then hit easy easy. But is

542
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Speaker 5: everybody in complete support of this?

543
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Speaker 7: Oh?

544
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Speaker 6: Definitely.

545
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Speaker 7: You know.

546
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Speaker 1: My family's always been so supportive in whatever I choose

547
00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,359
Speaker 1: to do. But I do think there's a part of

548
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 1: them that missed me playing last year. So everybody's excited

549
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 1: I'm back and kids, no kids yet, yeah, hopefully shortly,

550
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 1: yeah no, no, yeah, no kids yet.

551
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Speaker 6: So as long as your wife, yeah, yeah, she's in.

552
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 1: Full support and and yeah, we're We're so excited to

553
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Speaker 1: be back.

554
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Speaker 2: Trey. You've had a lot of great memories right now,

555
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 2: what's the best memory in your career?

556
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Speaker 6: Winning the World Series with the Astros? Definitely.

557
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Speaker 1: I mean that's why we all play the game since

558
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Speaker 1: we were kids, and and it's what we all aspire

559
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 1: to do whenever we started playing baseball, and that's the dream.

560
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Speaker 1: So unequivocally winning winning the World Series with the.

561
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Speaker 3: Astros as it should be.

562
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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yeah, I think anything else yeah, just falls

563
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Speaker 1: a little short of that, you know, especially on a

564
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Speaker 1: personal level. So you know, that's the pinnacle of the sport.

565
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Speaker 1: Is winning the World Series.

566
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Speaker 2: So, Trey, is your greatest individual moment. The defensive play

567
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 2: you made in was a Game five of the World Series.

568
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 2: Obviously you've had a lot of great moments as a bat,

569
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,439
Speaker 2: but is that your greatest moment because obviously that contributes

570
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Speaker 2: to that World Series title?

571
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Speaker 1: Definitely, especially I was struggling at the play to you know,

572
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Speaker 1: the last month of the regular season and into the playoffs,

573
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Speaker 1: I was slumping, so I wasn't quite expecting my glove

574
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Speaker 1: to be, you know, the side of the ball that

575
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Speaker 1: had an impact on the World Series. But making the

576
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Speaker 1: play basically falling on the ball that Schwarber hit, I

577
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,880
Speaker 1: still don't even know if I saw it, but I'm

578
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,960
Speaker 1: really glad I made that play and was able to

579
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Speaker 1: help Houston win the World Series that year.

580
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Speaker 8: Fundamentals half fun, half mental, and yeah, it was just

581
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Speaker 8: a fundamental play.

582
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Speaker 1: You got it, Just hug the line and fall on

583
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Speaker 1: top of it.

584
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Speaker 8: Yeah, one hundred percent tackle it. What does what does this?

585
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Speaker 8: Does this team have the same feel? I know you

586
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 8: only went to Houston part way through the season and

587
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Speaker 8: you weren't in spring training, and spring training can be misleading,

588
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Speaker 8: but does this team have that feel? Of a team

589
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Speaker 8: that can compete for a World Series title.

590
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Speaker 6: It does.

591
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Speaker 1: There's a quiet confidence here that reminds me a lot

592
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Speaker 1: of what I saw in Houston and miss team was

593
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 1: in the World Series two years ago. And they've got,

594
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Speaker 1: like I said, such a good mix of really great

595
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Speaker 1: young players, young stars, and a lot of guys that

596
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: have been around for a while, have a lot of

597
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Speaker 1: playoff experience. And you know, for the most part, most

598
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Speaker 1: of the guys in there have experienced playing in a

599
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Speaker 1: World Series and I think that helps a lot. And

600
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Speaker 1: it's a really really good team and definitely has a

601
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Speaker 1: feel of a strong contender.

602
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Speaker 5: All Right, before you let you go, I love to

603
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Speaker 5: talk about things that aren't baseball related. So I know

604
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Speaker 5: you went to Notre Dame. Did you really think they

605
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Speaker 5: were gonna make the championship game? After they lost to

606
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Speaker 5: Northern Illinois?

607
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Speaker 7: This yay?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Northern Illinois day was one of the worst days, uh,

609
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Speaker 1: than I've ever experienced. I laid on my kitchen floor

610
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Speaker 1: for like two hours staring at the ceiling. I was

611
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,640
Speaker 1: so excited for this football season, you know, And typically

612
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Speaker 1: I'm like more of a realistic Notre Dame fan than

613
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Speaker 1: a lot of other.

614
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Speaker 7: Take Notre Dame fans, I've never been to a game

615
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Speaker 7: and all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Like I was a junior when we lost Talabama

617
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Speaker 1: in the National Championship. I knew we were probably gonna

618
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Speaker 1: get steamrolled in the game, and we did. This year

619
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Speaker 1: felt different. So after that game, I was dejected. But man,

620
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Speaker 1: that team and and Freeman were incredible this year, the

621
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Speaker 1: way they bounced back and made it to the National Championship.

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Speaker 6: I went to the game.

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Speaker 1: It was awesome. Yeah, so much fun except for the game,

624
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Speaker 1: except for the score. For the score. But ohiose Date

625
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 1: was a better team, but still an unbelievable season.

626
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Speaker 5: I mean, come on, they had the easiest run, like

627
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Speaker 5: of all time to get there.

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Speaker 7: They played Indiana. Did they play Indiana?

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Speaker 6: Free? Yeah? I went to that game too. It was

630
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Speaker 6: freezing little, it was so cold. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We we did some tailgating that day to help out

632
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Speaker 1: slightly with that. But but yeah, I went to the

633
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Speaker 1: IU game and then uh, the Penn State game. I

634
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,399
Speaker 1: wasn't able to go to because my sister got married

635
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: that weekend.

636
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Speaker 5: But we had.

637
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Speaker 1: To watch party at her at her welcome party, so

638
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 1: it was you know, it was fun. A lot of

639
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: my friends were there too, So it was a fun

640
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: run throughout the playoffs. And they do it again, I

641
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: think so.

642
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Speaker 7: I mean the they. I'm sure they have another tough

643
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 7: schedule where they played the Army. The air for.

644
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Speaker 6: Supposed to be pretty good.

645
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Speaker 7: Seek.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this year was a little lighter than expected. But yeah,

647
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Speaker 1: it should be time.

648
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Speaker 6: By the way, it's time for them the quarterback, it's

649
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 6: time for.

650
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:36,959
Speaker 7: Them to join a conference.

651
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Speaker 3: Let's be.

652
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Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll see, come on, I wouldn't hate it,

653
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: but yeah, I got to respect the tradition to I agree.

654
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Speaker 7: It was a great run for them, but it was

655
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:49,959
Speaker 7: a great run.

656
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Speaker 4: Ye.

657
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Speaker 5: I'm glad you got to go too. I've been to

658
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 5: a few of them. They're they're fun better when your

659
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 5: team wins. But oh yeah, yeah, I haven't experienced that yet. Okay,

660
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 5: maybe maybe one day, hopefully one day.

661
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Speaker 2: Hey, you might feel old in baseball, but you're very young.

662
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 2: You got plenty of time. You'll get there. You'll get there.

663
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Speaker 2: But we're rooting for you, Trey. Great to see it,

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Speaker 2: Thanks for spending some time with us, and we'll keep

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Speaker 2: watching you here in spring training and hope to seeing

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Speaker 2: the bigs again soon.

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Speaker 6: All right, sounds good. Thanks guys,