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Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what our Little League

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Speaker 1: World Series? Addition with the Hall of Famer Tim Kirkshon,

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Speaker 1: my dad, I'm Jeff Kirkshon.

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Speaker 2: And we are so excited to be here for this episode.

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Speaker 3: Right and this is jeff My tenth Little League World

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Speaker 3: Series and it's been my favorite one, mostly because I'm

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Speaker 3: doing it here with you. You came here last year

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Speaker 3: and it was fabulous. But this time we're doing a

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Speaker 3: Oh incredible, is the grandfather of the Little League World Series.

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Speaker 3: He is the greatest guy ever to talk about this,

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Speaker 3: and we'll have him on. He's going to make you

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Speaker 3: laugh for thirty minutes that much, I promise. This is

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Speaker 3: all about family, and we have some family here today.

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Speaker 1: As we bring in some family, we want to thank

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Speaker 1: our friends at Game Changer, number one rated youth sports

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Speaker 1: seven million games annually and one million teams a year.

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Speaker 1: And we bring in my nephew, Benny.

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Speaker 2: What's going on, dude?

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Speaker 4: Hello?

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Speaker 1: All right, hold on, let me there we go, So

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Speaker 1: tell me what's your favorite part of being here at

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Speaker 1: the Little League World Series. Probably going down the hill,

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Speaker 1: going down the hill, And how many times Ben, did

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Speaker 3: Probably City nine?

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Speaker 2: Grandpa go with you?

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Speaker 3: Yes, but Grandpa couldn't make it down the hill.

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Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, experience of a seven year old.

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Speaker 4: No kids should miss it.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely again, this is what the Little League World Series

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Speaker 3: Can't tell you in all my trips here, how many grandfathers, grandsons, mothers,

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Speaker 3: It's so great.

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Speaker 2: Well, thank you YouTube.

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Speaker 1: Three o'clock today on the day of filming, so this

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Speaker 2: West is playing Mountain. Who's gonna win?

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Speaker 1: Well, thank you guys so much for joining the podcast.

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Speaker 1: And it's been fun. We got a whole more day

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Speaker 1: me some all right, there we go, Thank you guys.

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Speaker 3: Out here we go, guys.

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Speaker 3: Course, Jeff, the only takeaway from this week is the

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Speaker 2: Well, the game Changer of the week.

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Speaker 3: Well, Williamsport is the game changer because coming to the

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Speaker 3: I'm a baseball guy and I have no other talent.

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Speaker 3: But here, here's here's where we go, and you're gonna

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Speaker 3: help me with this. Number One, you're a twelve year

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Speaker 3: old kid, so you can't be an adult. You're twelve,

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Speaker 3: all right, so you have to put yourself in that spot.

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Speaker 3: Number one, you win American idol okay as a twelve

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Speaker 3: year old. Wow. Number Two, you have a this is

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Speaker 3: your idea. A million followers on TikTok. You now what that?

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Speaker 3: What does that mean?

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Speaker 2: Well, TikTok's a great app.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of people, a lot of these kids

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Speaker 1: are using TikTok these what are they.

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Speaker 2: Using it for?

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Speaker 3: You would have a million followers for what? The way

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Speaker 3: you dance, the way you sing, the way you all

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Speaker 3: of the above, the way you create content, all of

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Speaker 3: that stuff.

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Speaker 2: And you know a million followers can lead to making

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Speaker 2: some money.

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Speaker 3: So there's that, right. I know, obviously there's a financial

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Speaker 3: aspect to this. Number three is age twelve, Sta, you

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Speaker 3: are a star on a network sitcom, right And number

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Speaker 3: four is age twelve you hit a walk off home

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Speaker 3: run to win the Little League World Series? All right now,

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Speaker 3: Jeb to me, to me, this is just me, there

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Speaker 3: is I don't care how much money's involved, how much

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Speaker 3: fames involved. I'm taking the walk off homer in the

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Speaker 3: Little League World Series. But to repeat, would you take

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Speaker 3: that winning American Idol, million followers on TikTok or the

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Speaker 3: star of a network sitcom.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a great quandary because I can

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Speaker 1: make the argument for the network sitcom because that is

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Speaker 1: setting you up. If you're the biggest show on Netflix

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Speaker 1: or you're the biggest show on any of these streaming apps,

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Speaker 1: it's could set you up for the rest of your

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Speaker 1: life and the rest of your career.

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Speaker 3: Well, answer the question, what are you going to take?

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Speaker 1: I have to take being a twelve year old here

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Speaker 1: and hit no, and it's never been done before.

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Speaker 3: I don't believe I had run and to win. Jeff,

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Speaker 3: this is again the point of the Little League World Series.

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Speaker 3: You are playing for your town here. In some cases

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Speaker 3: you're playing for your region or your state. In other cases,

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Speaker 3: you're playing for your entire country. Can you imagine being

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Speaker 3: a kid from a tiny country and you barely made

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Speaker 3: it here and the entire country is watching you play here,

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Speaker 3: and you hit a walk off home run to win

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Speaker 3: the Little League World Series. This is the worst quandary

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Speaker 3: we've ever done, because to me it's a great one.

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Speaker 3: But to me, there is no quandary. I'm taking the

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Speaker 3: walk off homer every time.

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Speaker 1: Visit Great game or what dot com if you want

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Speaker 1: to respond, and also on x on Instagram, on Facebook

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Speaker 1: at great Game or What give us a follow. We're

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Speaker 1: always posting videos up from the podcast, So if you

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Speaker 1: want to see the podcast, you can also watch on

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Speaker 1: YouTube The Best.

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Speaker 2: Of All Tim.

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Speaker 1: That is where we create a team and Dad this

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Speaker 1: week I love the best of All Tim. It's major

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Speaker 1: League baseball players who played here at Little League World Series.

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Speaker 1: Go position by position?

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Speaker 3: What do you got? Yeah, this was really hard. We

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Speaker 3: had to leave a lot of really good major league

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Speaker 3: players off. There were a lot of like honorable mentions

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Speaker 3: on this team. But our catcher is Jason Veritek, another

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Speaker 3: one of those guys who played in the Little League

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Speaker 3: World Series and in the Major League World Series. Book

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Speaker 3: Powell was our first baseman, of course he did both

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Speaker 3: of those. Also, second baseman is Jonathan Scope. Okay. The

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Speaker 3: third baseman, of course is our friend Todd Frazier and

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Speaker 3: our guest on the podcast coming up a little bit

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Speaker 3: later in the show. The shortstop is Ruben Tatata, and

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Speaker 3: I had to keep off a lot of shortstop for him.

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Speaker 3: Jason Bay from Canada is in the outfield, Cody Bellinger

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Speaker 3: and Gary Sheffield, one of the greatest hitters in baseball,

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Speaker 3: but also one of the greatest hitters that has ever

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Speaker 3: come through the Little League World Series DH. I used

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Speaker 3: Michae CONFORDO. Now, I didn't have a million pitchers, but

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Speaker 3: I kept it to four starters. Lance Lynn, Jason Marquis,

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Speaker 3: who was here the other day from New York. I

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Speaker 3: sat right next to him over there at Volunteer. We

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Speaker 3: talked all about his experience here. He threw out the

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Speaker 3: first pitch. It was great. Rick Wise, who I told

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Speaker 3: you last week pitched a no hitter in the Major

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Speaker 3: leagues and threw and hit two homers in the same game.

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Speaker 3: And Wilson Alvarez, who also pitched a no hitter in

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Speaker 3: a major league game. I was at that game too,

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Speaker 3: And our relievers are Uzmero Petit and ed Vosberg. And

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Speaker 3: we even have a current manager, Kevin Cash of the

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Speaker 3: Tampa Bay Rays, played in this tournament.

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Speaker 1: Well, Dad, I have a surprise for you. It's a

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Speaker 1: great best of all ten And you're not going to

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Speaker 1: ambush me with something now, not no ambushing, don't worry.

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Speaker 1: I working with our friends at Stratamatic. They're the market

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Speaker 1: leader in sports simulations. We took your best of all

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Speaker 1: ten for the Little League World Series and did a

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Speaker 1: seven game series against the current day New York Yankees.

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Speaker 3: So you took the team that I came up with here,

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Speaker 3: and how what are you taking their best year? How

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Speaker 3: are you doing that?

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Speaker 1: So the way that they do their sports simulations is

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Speaker 1: depending on how much they played in the league, they

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Speaker 1: take the best seven years and kind of like they

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Speaker 1: don't want them to be this crazy player, right, they

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Speaker 1: don't want these players to be better than they were.

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Speaker 1: They kind of take an average of their best seven seasons.

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Speaker 1: So it's a pretty accurate depiction. It's not their best year,

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Speaker 1: it's not their worst year. They kind of take from both,

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Speaker 1: if that makes sense. So in a seven game series,

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Speaker 1: the current day New York Yankees who played in the

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Speaker 1: Little League Classic on Sunday Night against the Tigers, how

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Speaker 1: do you think that team did against the current day

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Speaker 1: New York Yankees seven game series?

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Speaker 3: All right, well, the Yankees are good enough to win

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Speaker 3: the World Series this year. But you know, I got

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Speaker 3: two former MVPs on this team, Boom Pale and Cody Bellinger.

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Speaker 3: I've got Gary Sheffield, who for me should be in

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Speaker 3: the Hall of Fame. I got a pretty good pick.

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Speaker 3: All right, I still think the Yankees are gonna win.

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Speaker 1: Little League takes the seven game series in five.

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Speaker 3: Stratamatics ran the simulation, and this team beats the Yankees

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Speaker 3: in five games.

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Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger batted four to seventeen in the five game series.

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Speaker 2: How did our boy Todd Fraser do?

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Speaker 3: Did they send anything?

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Speaker 2: Todd Fraser hit a homer in Game four?

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Speaker 3: Oh my god.

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Speaker 1: Ry Sheffield hit multiple home runs I think five in

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Speaker 1: the entire simulation for the five game series, including two.

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Speaker 2: In one game. It's unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: Well again, maybe I should have recognized, Jeff, just how

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Speaker 3: impressive it is this list of major league players who

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Speaker 3: have come through here. It is really cool, and I'm

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Speaker 3: surprised they beat the Yankees, but being here, I'm happy

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Speaker 3: that they beat the Yankees. Yeah, and thank you to

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Speaker 3: Strata Maatic for that.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Stratamatic, thank you for always helping us out. If

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Speaker 1: there is a sports simulation you want on this show,

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Speaker 1: shout out Amy Green. You can always say in a

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Speaker 1: stratumatic simulation if you want great game or what dot

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Speaker 1: com just chime in right there, your tenth Little League

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Speaker 1: World Series covering it for ESPN. It's only my second,

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Speaker 1: but I want to hear from you your stories from here.

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Speaker 3: Well, we have to go back to my first one,

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Speaker 3: since this is ten. It's very symmetrical, and Jeff, you

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Speaker 3: know how bad I am when I get off of

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Speaker 3: my feet, and you know how afraid I am of height.

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Speaker 3: So I had to go down the hill the first year.

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Speaker 3: It was it's a tradition here. You're right, you have

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Speaker 3: to do this. So I'm at the top of the

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Speaker 3: hill with a piece of cardboard and it's looking a

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Speaker 3: little steep to me. And I repeat, I'm an old

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Speaker 3: man and I'm afraid of heights, and I'm a little

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Speaker 3: bit hesitant to go down. And there's this kid right

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Speaker 3: there with a giant piece of cardboard and he says,

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Speaker 3: I'll show you how to do this, just watch me

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Speaker 3: do it. That's what he said to me. So before

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Speaker 3: he goes down, I said, how old are you?

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Speaker 2: He said, I'm four.

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Speaker 3: So I was fifty seven at the time, and a

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Speaker 3: four year old told me and showed me how to

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Speaker 3: go down. So I got on a piece of cardboard,

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Speaker 3: but first, not head first, and I went down the

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Speaker 3: hill and made it safely. I haven't been down since

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Speaker 3: because there's no reason, especially with an artificial hip, for

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Speaker 3: me to try to do that again. The other thing,

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Speaker 3: and this is really personalized, Jeff, but the first year

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Speaker 3: I was here, I had to do a piece and

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Speaker 3: like kind of work out with the players. I took

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Speaker 3: infield with them. I took batting practice, and I had

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Speaker 3: to throw batting practice. And there was a kid here

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Speaker 3: from Pennsylvania named Cole Wagner who is still the best

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Speaker 3: twelve year old hitter I've ever seen. Wow. So I

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Speaker 3: go to his dad, who played pro ball, and I said,

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Speaker 3: as part of this piece I'm doing on TV, I

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Speaker 3: need to throw BP to your son. So I said,

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Speaker 3: trust me, I am actually good at this. I've thrown

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Speaker 3: a lot of BP in my life. Don't worry. I'm

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Speaker 3: not going to hit your son. I'm not going to

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Speaker 3: hurt your son. And then Dad looks at me and

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Speaker 3: he goes, we're not worried about him getting hurt. They

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Speaker 3: were afraid that the sun was going to hit a

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Speaker 3: line drive back of me and kill the dinky little

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Speaker 3: sports writer.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 3: He told me three times, the dad did tim, make

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Speaker 3: sure you get behind the screen, and he told his

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Speaker 3: son three times, Cole, whatever you do, pull it. So

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Speaker 3: I threw five strikes all dead center, and he had

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Speaker 3: five rockets into the screen to right field, coming nowhere

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Speaker 3: near me. But I always got such a kick out

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Speaker 3: of that. That was my first one. This is my

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Speaker 3: tenth one, and I repeat, this has been my favorite

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Speaker 3: one because I'm doing it here with my son, and

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Speaker 3: also because we have Todd Fraser as our guest.

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Speaker 1: Todd Fraser joins the podcast. Coming up next, Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to is This a Great Game or What?

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Speaker 3: And our guest this week is our dear friend Todd Fraser,

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Speaker 3: really good major league player, played in the twenty twenty Olympics,

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Speaker 3: won the home Run Derby, and is the king of

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Speaker 3: Williamsport having been a Championaire Todd.

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Speaker 5: This is my son, Jeff, Jeff always good to see

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Speaker 5: you to see So every day, Jeff, I learned more

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Speaker 5: about Todd Frazier.

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Speaker 3: And yesterday I found out that he's a basketball referee,

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Speaker 3: which you know I love basketball referees.

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Speaker 2: So let's see.

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Speaker 3: Let's see your style, Todd, number twenty two on the push.

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Speaker 2: Show me how you call it.

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Speaker 5: So while I'm seated here, listen, you always have to

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Speaker 5: have a backup plan first as a referee in case

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Speaker 5: somebody falls down, in case of an injury. Right, So

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Speaker 5: the biggest thing for me, Tim, as you understand, we

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Speaker 5: don't want extension on the hands. Okay, we need these

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Speaker 5: arms there. So it's it's tight ole ball to to

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Speaker 5: turn it with the hit.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 5: We need extension here because if we do it twice,

659
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 5: it's just you get over zealous here with the hit.

660
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 4: Subs it. Okay.

661
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 5: I had and I know I talked to you about

662
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 5: say I had one of the most craziest calls. And

663
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 5: you know what it was a scrimmage, let alone a

664
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 5: high school basketball JV scrimmage. But listen, I take my

665
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 5: stuff serious, as you know. Of course, so minor leagues

666
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 5: off season I want and durned.

667
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 4: So I am.

668
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 5: My dad and mom are in the school system, so

669
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 5: it's an easy out for me. They need referees. I'm

670
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 5: gonna go out there and do the scrimmage. The other

671
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 5: guy's like, I don't want to do any of that.

672
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 5: So my buddy, Jim, it's me and him doing an

673
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 5: older guy.

674
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 4: He trips.

675
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 5: Now the biggest thing about I'm down below on the baseline.

676
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 4: It's a fast break.

677
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 5: I got a book it okay, So I go, Jim,

678
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 5: I got this. Jim's on the ground, I said, Jim,

679
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 5: don't worry, I'm booking it.

680
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 3: Here.

681
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 5: Bang bang play. It was a charge, I said charge.

682
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 5: It was player control or a block. I'm high stepping it.

683
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 2: Block block.

684
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 4: I had to scream it because I didn't know Jim

685
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 4: was there or not. I said, damn two one see

686
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 4: the term body and now listen.

687
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 5: The subs tried coming in. I said no, no, no, not yet.

688
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 5: We got two here. I can too, can too. This

689
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 5: is two shots. Subs, hold your time. And Jim I

690
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 5: had the referee the rest of that game on myself.

691
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 4: He rolled design.

692
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, Todd, did you go to referees?

693
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 4: I did not go to ruffee watching games?

694
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 3: Is that what happened?

695
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 4: Listen, Tomas Mana, he's.

696
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 5: A uh strength coordinator or no, a physician with the

697
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 5: Reds still right now.

698
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 4: He gave me a referee shirt and a real whistle

699
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 4: and I still use that to this day.

700
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 3: Wow.

701
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 4: Really, I got to give him a little credit.

702
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 1: Now. This is very self serving, but I was a

703
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: little league umpire for years and I had my home

704
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: plate umpire. I was in the basis home plate umpire

705
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 1: goes down because a kid let go of a bat.

706
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 3: In a way.

707
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: Yes, umpires, God bless his heart, seventy years old went down.

708
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 2: I'm at second and there's gonna be a play at

709
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 2: the plate, and Todd, I'm not kidding. I wish I

710
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 2: looked as cool as you did. I was calling out

711
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 2: as it was halfway to the mound.

712
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 4: Listen, I was.

713
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: It was the most dysfunctional looking umpire you've ever seen.

714
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 5: There's listen, I've seen more dysfunction umpires. You don't got

715
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 5: a way. I umpired too in literally too Yeah. When

716
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 5: I was in college, I would come home try and

717
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 5: help the little league out.

718
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, but I had the big baggy. Remember that big bag.

719
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 4: I looked like McClellan.

720
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:21,400
Speaker 3: You know.

721
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 4: That was six nine six'. Ten umpire come.

722
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 5: Up he's one of the most quietest. Guys but you

723
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 5: strike three call you want to be, emphatic, Right so

724
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 5: with the.

725
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 4: Bag i'd ripped the bag and go, gone just like.

726
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 4: That as you can, see you have to let him.

727
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 5: Know one TIME i had a dad bark at me down,

728
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 5: loud AND i Remember George. Bell he was the acting,

729
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 5: umpire the head of the umpire and the. Lily he, goes, hey,

730
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 5: tied if they get after you toss. It i'm sixteen years.

731
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,879
Speaker 5: Old it was a playoff game wrung his son. Up

732
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,880
Speaker 5: might have been a few inches, off but he's barking at.

733
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 5: Me so NOW i understand why umpires kind of get.

734
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 5: Back he, goes you gotta be kidding.

735
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 4: ME i, said not another. Word SO i had the,

736
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 4: begging not another, word kept. CHIRPING i tossed. HIM i felt.

737
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 5: TERRIBLE i, said, hey you gotta leave because you can't

738
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 5: start the game UNTIL i. Leave it wouldn't leave the,

739
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 5: Dugout SO i didn't know what to do as a

740
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 5: six sixteen years.

741
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 4: OLD i got the baggy on one, knee sitting. There

742
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 4: i'll wait until you. Leave, hey give me my last.

743
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 2: One give me an emphatic alcohol at first.

744
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 4: Base oh, Yeah so so first you're.

745
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 5: Ready so first you see it, coming eyes are on,

746
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 5: here but making sure you see the foot touch right.

747
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 2: Here what's on.

748
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 4: The bag that's. Coming that's like cap. Booming so when that,

749
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 4: happens you let everybody. Know hold, it step at. It

750
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 4: Turn you don't know if you are regarding as you.

751
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 2: Won't make sure you turn right now you turn?

752
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 4: Around had another work all.

753
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 3: Right while you're, up just give us the. Block call

754
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 3: for five, feet don't do it for thirty, black call

755
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 3: for five show us the block.

756
00:35:53,400 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 4: Calls it sounds, yeah.

757
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 1: You, know my dad had told me that he was

758
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 1: going to want me to do that on, video and

759
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 1: it is.

760
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 3: Better THAN i.

761
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 2: Thought my favorite call is a little.

762
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: League umpire was safe off the bag because very, selfishly

763
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: it was the only time where you could make that.

764
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 2: Call safe off the bag went?

765
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: Up, well if he was rising off the first basement, off,

766
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: well the first baseman jumps off in the air that

767
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 1: he's lifting him up in the air.

768
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 3: If he's off to the.

769
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 2: Side, Interesting so that was always.

770
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 4: One come up usually no matter what they called, it

771
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 4: whether it's up or.

772
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 2: Cross Maybe i've done it.

773
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 5: Wrong, listen and we, never like you, said never went

774
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 5: to school for. It we use our eyes when our.

775
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 3: Ears you may not know, this but every Time todd

776
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 3: AND i do A Little league game and the count

777
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 3: goes to to, two we both in the press box

778
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,800
Speaker 3: go like, this we lean a little bit to the.

779
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 4: Right got that from your.

780
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 5: Prop now you'll hear probably eight Times.

781
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 3: Sinnati probably enough of empires and officials And, todd don't

782
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 3: you be humble? Here, yeah you sang A Frank sinatra song,

783
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 3: yesterday Fly me to The. Moon please just give us

784
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 3: a couple of. Bars he can really.

785
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 5: Listen i'm an okay. Singer at the end of, that

786
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 5: thank you for that's a great. Compliment, again we talk

787
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 5: about a backup. Plan you're out with the, gal it

788
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 5: gets a little, awkward you, know guys, like oh where

789
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 5: are you?

790
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:27,359
Speaker 4: From how many?

791
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 5: Siblings you go blah blah, blah you're Eating all of a,

792
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 5: Sudden it's LIKE i don't know what to.

793
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 4: Do fly me to the moon and you look in

794
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 4: your eyes a little bit, like let me play amongst those,

795
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 4: stars and then all of a sudden you get back

796
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 4: in the.

797
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 3: Conversation But, todd you Were jeffery's a great. Singer he was.

798
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 4: You would acquire for a couple of.

799
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 3: Years you're from Tom, river Your, Jersey you're a great

800
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 3: alchemat and you're in the. Wire how did that? Go

801
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 3: did any of your teammates ever look at you go,

802
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 3: like what are you?

803
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 5: Doing they all Think they all THOUGHT i was. CRAZY

804
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 5: i was so. ENERGETIC i was so. Nuts my wife always,

805
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,359
Speaker 5: Asked she's, like, listen how are you in the? CLUBHOUSE i, said,

806
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 5: honey you'll never know anything about what happened in the

807
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 5: clubhouse because it's it's like your asylum, there you. Know

808
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 5: it's something like what happens in the clubhouse stays in the.

809
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 5: Clubhouse and it was just something THAT i would sing

810
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 5: to the, guys you, know if we were down in the,

811
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 5: DUMPS i would just mess with, somebody and it just

812
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 5: was in my nature to do.

813
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 4: That and some guys liked, that some guys.

814
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 5: Didn't but hopefully at the end of the day they,

815
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 5: said you know, what he competed at all.

816
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 3: Calls you.

817
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 2: Know we Had Eddie alvarez on this.

818
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 4: Show oh what a great. Guy he's a, beauty the.

819
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: Best we had him for Our olympic show because obviously

820
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: two Time olympian.

821
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 2: In two completely unrelated. Sports this is crazy but basically.

822
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 1: Incredible he showed us a video of you Singing araby and.

823
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 2: He thought that was the. Fun we told, him remember

824
00:38:58,840 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 2: doing that for those.

825
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 5: Guys we were just sitting there waiting to get on

826
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 5: the bus And i'm on my phone AND i knew

827
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 5: he was filming.

828
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 6: Me and it kind of sounded, Yeah AND i was, like, fine.

829
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 4: It's not even the words. Either the second bar is

830
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 4: not even the. Words it's just.

831
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 5: What i'm comfortable. Singing AND i still watch that video

832
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 5: from time to. Time that is so AND i need

833
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 5: a smile all right.

834
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 3: Now Doug, holmes our, director, said shold. Him today we're

835
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 3: Interviewing Todd. Frazier he, said make sure he Does Mickey

836
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,280
Speaker 3: mouse for. You, todd you gotta do. It we're At Williams.

837
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 3: Sport to give us Your Mickey.

838
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 4: Mouse since we're At, WILLIAMSPORT i gotta do it.

839
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 2: Yours everything is.

840
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 5: Onboard so Backstory my kids love Watching Mickey Mouse, clubhouse

841
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 5: And i'm sitting. There i'll probably watch one hundred episodes

842
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 5: over the years at.

843
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 4: Least you, know you.

844
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 5: Just Hear mickey and you, know like in the, beginning you,

845
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 5: know you start talking like he goes and he, says all,

846
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 5: right let's, go and you're like all, right all, right

847
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 5: and now you gotta keep getting, higher AND i all,

848
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:09,760
Speaker 5: right and then all of a sudden you're.

849
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 4: Like, well, oh let's go fu pal well and then he's, like, oh.

850
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 3: Come, on, gang let's.

851
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 2: Come i'm not.

852
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,439
Speaker 4: Believing it's just SOMETHING i brought.

853
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 5: UP i actually long story, Short Uh, Pelfrey Remember Mike,

854
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:31,800
Speaker 5: pelfrey right, handed, pitcher tall. Guy we're playing cards in

855
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 5: the hotel And derek holl AND i were.

856
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 4: Playing he, goes, man my kid's bugging.

857
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 5: Me a little, bit AND i Heard Mickey mouse on

858
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 5: the phone in the, background And i'm, like give me the.

859
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 4: Phone SO i, Go, MIKE i got.

860
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 5: This he's, LIKE i would ever phrase you how you?

861
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 5: Go And i'm, Like I'M i tell him That Mickey

862
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 5: mouse is next to you and you're hanging out with,

863
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 5: him and he wants to talk to.

864
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 4: Him long story, short, kids. Whining he's, like What.

865
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 5: Dad i'm, like hey, pal It's Mickey mouse and he's, Like, dad.

866
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,320
Speaker 5: FaceTime he faced him, like, oh, shoot we're in. Trouble

867
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 5: SO i, said don't, worry put him on. FaceTime he's, like,

868
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 5: Listen Mickey mouse is he's getting ready for, bed but,

869
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 5: well FaceTime.

870
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 4: And i'll let.

871
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 5: Him so we pretended LIKE i was in the, door

872
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 5: so we can, Say h'm.

873
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 3: Like hey, pal what's the quiz about?

874
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 4: Bud long story, short kids stopped, crying went to. Bed

875
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 4: he was so. Happy it was just a, nice little fun.

876
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,280
Speaker 4: Story BUT i can make kids happy.

877
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 2: To, mouse So, todd this is like your safe.

878
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: Haven this place is magical for anybody who's listening or

879
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: watching the, podcast make it.

880
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 2: A thing to be here next.

881
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 3: Year.

882
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 2: Scuse it is so.

883
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: Special it is so, beautiful and, you in the words

884
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 1: of my, dad are the biggest twelve year old in.

885
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 2: The, world and that seems to compliment.

886
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: Me we JUST i don't know if you saw the

887
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: triplets On Australia.

888
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,919
Speaker 2: Past do you have one of these?

889
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 4: YET i got it before your dad.

890
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 3: Did.

891
00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 5: Corse but at the end of the, day coaches are,

892
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 5: Awesome so everybody does love your dad.

893
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:04,959
Speaker 4: Too he's a joy to be. Around put.

894
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 5: Smile so guy came, up he, said how are? There

895
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 5: timmy go to pin forty pal and boom lo and,

896
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:12,280
Speaker 5: Behold tim got he usually gets me all his, pins

897
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 5: but that one there one of the biggest.

898
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 4: Collectibles you'll.

899
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 5: See that pin right there might get you about ten

900
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 5: to fifteen pins on a.

901
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 4: Trade it's.

902
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 2: Incredible and you have how many pins at your?

903
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 5: HOUSE i would SAY i would say roughly six to

904
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 5: seven thousand?

905
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:26,879
Speaker 4: Pins? Wow, yeah so.

906
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 3: And, todd you've used your home theater as a place

907
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 3: to store them, all.

908
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 4: Correct, Yeah so What i'm DOING i let them on the.

909
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 5: FLOOR i got these poster boards where you can set

910
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 5: the pins.

911
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 4: In, YEAH i got them.

912
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 5: Going i'm gonna have them eventually going down my, wall

913
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 5: going down the basement to my man. Cave so it'd

914
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 5: be cool walking down like everybody looking so So, todd.

915
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 3: When you got this one the, triplets were you really

916
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 3: excited because you've never seen this? Before is that how it?

917
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 4: Worked very.

918
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 5: Excited it's just one of those things when there's a

919
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 5: first of something and someone designed designs a pin.

920
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 4: Of it to come.

921
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 5: Out there's only seventy made you and your dad AND

922
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 5: i are the only or one of those seventies that.

923
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 4: Have it s so.

924
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:08,839
Speaker 3: Cool last, Night, jeff we get a LITTLE espn get,

925
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 3: together we're, eating we're having a glass of, wine and

926
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 3: he leaves because he goes to trade. Pins where did you?

927
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 3: Go and how did that?

928
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 5: Work The Holiday? Inn, man it's special. Place steve strouts

929
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 5: with infinity. Pins he celebrates it all the, time or celebrates.

930
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 5: It he gets this room AND i walk. In there's

931
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 5: probably one hundred and fifty people in there trading. PINS

932
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 5: i went AND i probably got for the two HOURS

933
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,879
Speaker 5: i was, there got home around. MIDNIGHT i would SAY

934
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 5: i got about sixty to seventy pins just on a

935
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:39,919
Speaker 5: two hour Whim.

936
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 4: Wow, yeah that is amazing And i'll be back there. Tonight.

937
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 3: Right that is. Incredible So, todd you played obviously in

938
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 3: The Little League World. Series Tom's river won. It what

939
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 3: was your greatest your biggest takeaway from of, course the

940
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 3: first time you were?

941
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 5: Here, YEAH i think, well the first TIME i was

942
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 5: here in ninety, five my brother went. Right you, know

943
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 5: that's the first TIME i truly respected and honored the pin.

944
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 5: Training he gave me a he gave me a box of.

945
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,840
Speaker 5: Pins they weren't the, best but it was a. Kickstart

946
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 5: now my brother has to, practice he has to. Play

947
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 5: there used to be tents, Here williams for. It like

948
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 5: one of. These we're in now four or five of,

949
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 5: them And i'm schmoozing every which. Way, hey my brother's

950
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 5: on the. Team they're gonna win it. All give me

951
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 5: your best. PEN i got the district. FENCE i didn't have,

952
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 5: italy SO i got probably one hundred good. Pins they

953
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 5: end up coming in. Third i'm my. Dad we have

954
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 5: to go the other way because they're gonna be looking for,

955
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 5: Me SO i get the.

956
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:34,800
Speaker 4: Pins snuck.

957
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 5: Around three years, later five or six old guys, like,

958
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 5: yo fork it.

959
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 4: Up i'm, LIKE i got you big. Dogs oh they didn't.

960
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 5: FORGET i gave our ninety eight pen AND i, said,

961
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 5: hey this, time we'll win it, all not thinking we

962
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 5: were going to win it.

963
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 2: All we won the hold Arm, Todd you did win it.

964
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,959
Speaker 3: All what was that like for a twelve year? Old

965
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 3: and what is it like now for you to look? Back?

966
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 5: Incredible and remember there was only Four american. Teams for international,

967
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 5: teams you had to. Win so right away we played

968
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 5: an eleven inning. Game it was the longest game in

969
00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 5: The Litle League World series history at that. TIME i

970
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 5: hit A Grand. Slam we ended up. Winning we went

971
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,359
Speaker 5: three to zero IN us qualifying games and then end up.

972
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,319
Speaker 5: Winning it was just a. Whirlwind we were the smallest team,

973
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,359
Speaker 5: there but we could break. MAN i let off AND

974
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 5: i usually tried calming everybody down with a home run

975
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 5: or a double or, something and it usually.

976
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 4: Worked so it was, cool you.

977
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 1: Know we Interviewed Johnny bench and he, said since he can,

978
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 1: remember he would tell teachers and, People i'm going to

979
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: be A Major league baseball player one. Day and a

980
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: lot of these kids At Williams sport have that dream

981
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 1: in your heart when you were, twelve were you thinking

982
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 1: the same thing one hundred?

983
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 4: Percent And i'll be.

984
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 5: HONEST i got to give credit to my teachers because

985
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 5: they're like you will be you, know usually, Teachers oh

986
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 5: you better find a different. RESORT i remember Miss kakavis

987
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,399
Speaker 5: Missed guido Or guido his name.

988
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,800
Speaker 4: Was it's a great. Name just to name a, fewer

989
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 4: saying like you got, this yeah and lo and.

990
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 5: Behold you know that confidence. Exudes AND i think my brothers.

991
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 4: Too all time they used to kick my. Butt that was.

992
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 3: Great So, todd after you won it, all you got

993
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 3: to go on the field At Yankee, stadium tell us that.

994
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 5: Story, yeah, honestly it was. INCREDIBLE i was a Huge

995
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 5: paul O'Neill. Fan that was the first guy we. Saw

996
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 5: we're sitting underneath the stadium waiting to talk to, everybody

997
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:26,799
Speaker 5: And paul O'Neil comes.

998
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 4: In i'll just, like holy, cow got his.

999
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 5: Autograph game a big hug lo and, Behold paul O'

1000
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 5: neil's like a buddy of mine, now which is even

1001
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 5: more incredible BECAUSE i played For. Cincinnati he come to

1002
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 5: the games and then standing next To Derek, jeter stood

1003
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 5: next to, HIM i got to play in my First

1004
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 5: All star game in fourteen and his Last.

1005
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:46,319
Speaker 4: All star game in.

1006
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 5: Fourteen we took that picture again and it just made

1007
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 5: for great conversation.

1008
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 4: Too, wow that's.

1009
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:56,120
Speaker 3: Incredible So, todd you won the home Run. Derby you've

1010
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 3: done some amazing things in. Baseball you played in The.

1011
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:04,360
Speaker 3: Olympics where does this place rank in your all time? Highlights?

1012
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 4: Oh, Pressure, YEAH i know there's a bunch of. Highlights,

1013
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 4: YEAH i would.

1014
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 5: Say this has to be number, one just because it

1015
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 5: kind of kickstarted my. Career, yeah were there are other bigger,

1016
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 5: highlights because that's the DREAM i always. Wanted, yeah of,

1017
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 5: course home run, derby hitting a home run in the,

1018
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 5: playoffs stuff like, that hitting a walk.

1019
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 4: Off but this what kickstarted at.

1020
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 5: All AND i know every person that comes here wants

1021
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 5: to be a major, leaguer and only a select few.

1022
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 2: Have so for, you you've been working with my dad.

1023
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 2: Here we started doing this podcast at the beginning of this.

1024
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 2: Year what have you learned about my?

1025
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 1: Dad, sorry he's going to be, like we got to

1026
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: cut this question out because he never likes it being about.

1027
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,799
Speaker 2: Him but what have you learned about working with? Him

1028
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:46,760
Speaker 2: we love, him we adore.

1029
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,760
Speaker 1: Him but what quirks do you see In Tim kirkshof

1030
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 1: working with?

1031
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 4: HIM i, mean listen. Here, sorry that just came. Out

1032
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 4: that's the quirks that have and All todd you, know

1033
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 4: you get a hit here. Away you can say that

1034
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 4: for the rest of your.

1035
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,760
Speaker 2: Life, incredible big.

1036
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 4: Dog, no, yeah like.

1037
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 3: The side of the.

1038
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 2: Refrigerator you sound just like, him, itch.

1039
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 4: Incredible people listen to the. PODCAST i don't know who's

1040
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 4: who they have to?

1041
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 2: Watch not?

1042
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 4: Listen well here look at us a notebook Here if you.

1043
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 3: Don't want, yeah.

1044
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, Please i've learned to use a notebook. Now last

1045
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 5: year my papers would go up and, down so.

1046
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,799
Speaker 3: They would open like, this sitement to the.

1047
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 5: Side i've learned if you're working With timmy and, now

1048
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 5: you got to go left to. Right SO i bought

1049
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:36,279
Speaker 5: one of. THOSE i used half of it already on you,

1050
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 5: Know Little league and other. STUFF i actually forgot to bring.

1051
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 5: ONE i asked him for. One he didn't have. It

1052
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 5: NOW i found that.

1053
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 4: Incredible he didn't have a backup.

1054
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 3: Plan which, WHATEVER i go anywhere without it in my.

1055
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:50,399
Speaker 2: Hand there's zero Chance i'm going to lose this.

1056
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:51,880
Speaker 3: Thing it's the most important thing in my.

1057
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,359
Speaker 4: Life that's. Incredible you have your son next to, well

1058
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 4: we'll keep that.

1059
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:58,319
Speaker 5: Fast he's one of the shortest guys you ever, meet

1060
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 5: but he's GOT i think he's got bigger hands to.

1061
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 4: Me oh my, god let it.

1062
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 6: Go.

1063
00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 4: Incredible. Wow but these hands are, cute, though eve are real.

1064
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 3: Cute they're nice and, smooth, Right they're not strong, hands

1065
00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 3: they're just Being.

1066
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:10,840
Speaker 4: He's a big mentor of.

1067
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 5: MINE i don't want to get, sentimental BUT i look

1068
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 5: up to this guy WHEN i work.

1069
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:15,840
Speaker 4: Here he's taught me a.

1070
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 3: Lot all, Right, well thank, You. Todd tell me about

1071
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:21,479
Speaker 3: you saw my signature yesterday on a Base he gets

1072
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,799
Speaker 3: a baseball that has already been signed by, me and

1073
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 3: he looks at my signature and what did you?

1074
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 2: Say do it really right in front of him so

1075
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 2: we can see.

1076
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 5: It the worst Signature i've ever seen him out the

1077
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 5: scribbledy dibbled.

1078
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 4: Doo, yeah look at. That so what we're looking you

1079
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 4: saw it the first? TIME i don't what DID i?

1080
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 3: SAY i don't couldn't tell what side?

1081
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 4: WHAT i don't know what side it was up or?

1082
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 5: DOWN i, mean, Listen tim doesn't know to do cursive,

1083
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 5: anymore just like all these young all these young kids.

1084
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:55,360
Speaker 5: Nowadays BUT i, mean if you get an autograph like,

1085
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 5: That i'm, going, son guess. What we're gonna pass this

1086
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:01,799
Speaker 5: over to your. Nephew, okay that's, incredible right to work on.

1087
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 3: That, yes thank. You every year we HAD i mean

1088
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 3: every week we have The kirchen, quandary we ask, it,

1089
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 3: yes so this this, one AND i think it's the

1090
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 3: easiest one. Ever but this is. It you at age,

1091
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:19,200
Speaker 3: twelve you can Win American idol and you're a great.

1092
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 3: Singer at age, twelve you can have a million help me,

1093
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:27,000
Speaker 3: Here jeff a million followers on. TikTok, yeah DID i say?

1094
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:27,399
Speaker 3: That did?

1095
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 2: That? Surprisingly?

1096
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 3: Well, okay you at age twelve you can have a

1097
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 3: part in a network, sitcom or at age twelve you

1098
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,720
Speaker 3: can hit a walk off homer to win The Little

1099
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 3: League World. Series NOW i know the answer to, this

1100
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 3: but is there is this a? Quandary is this a

1101
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,759
Speaker 3: difficult question or is it easy for you?

1102
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 5: Too, no it's definitely an easy one for. Me it

1103
00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 5: would have to be the walk off like The Lily World.

1104
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 4: Series, Absolutely i'm NOT i don't really care about the, followers.

1105
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 4: Right sitcom kind of got me going a little. Bit

1106
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 4: what was the first one?

1107
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 2: Again the first one Was american ivand Winning.

1108
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:05,760
Speaker 4: That would be the second.

1109
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 3: Year, so speaking of, That Ron howard Played Opie taylor

1110
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 3: In The Andy Griffith. Show AND i heard him interviewed

1111
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,799
Speaker 3: about six months ago about being a kid actor and he,

1112
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 3: actually this is in the mid. Sixties he looks it

1113
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,760
Speaker 3: up and as a kid, actor he's like seven Playing Opie,

1114
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 3: taylor and he, said AND i made more money that

1115
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 3: year Than Sandy.

1116
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,879
Speaker 5: Kofax that's, Incredible that's.

1117
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 2: Unbelievable is, like?

1118
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 3: Guilty how can a little kid still do that all?

1119
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 2: Right tied back To.

1120
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:43,880
Speaker 3: Williamsport you met kids In williamsport that are still friends of,

1121
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 3: Yours is that?

1122
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 2: Correct?

1123
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, Man it's incredible how this goes every TIME i come.

1124
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,880
Speaker 5: Here WHEN i played, HERE i became real close with

1125
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,360
Speaker 5: a kid From Saudi. Arabia we used to send letters

1126
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 5: to each. Other and now you, KNOW i got kids

1127
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 5: That i've come down. HERE i see him at travel

1128
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 5: ball tournaments AND i see him all over The northeast

1129
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 5: playing and they're, like you remember. Me i'm, like of,

1130
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 5: COURSE i remember you when they're dropping monster home runs.

1131
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,680
Speaker 5: Now so it's a family. Affair it's a love for the.

1132
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 5: Game AND i always tell you this baseball brings everybody.

1133
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 4: Together it's absolutely, incredible.

1134
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 3: Even when you don't speak the same. Language.

1135
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,880
Speaker 5: Right, oh AND i became close with a guy who

1136
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 5: From chinese. Type, hey last Year cairous out the head

1137
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 5: Coach jaydelyn will remember Jadaln. Wheel he still hits me up.

1138
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 5: ONLINE i think he came in second or third this

1139
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:33,480
Speaker 5: year in The Intermediate World.

1140
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:36,439
Speaker 3: Series so you have little leaguers hitting you up.

1141
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,320
Speaker 4: Online all the, time which.

1142
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 3: Is, Cool, Tod why do you do? This why are

1143
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 3: you still twelve years?

1144
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 2: OLD i love. It it's the.

1145
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,319
Speaker 3: Greatest but is that just who you?

1146
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:46,680
Speaker 4: Are it's just WHO i. Am.

1147
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 5: MAN i want to show my kids that at thirty

1148
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,479
Speaker 5: eight years, OLD i could be a, fun, funny gold lucky.

1149
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:52,400
Speaker 4: GUY i could still be a.

1150
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:55,440
Speaker 5: KID i want them to act out with their personality

1151
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:57,920
Speaker 5: and the best way possible and be a goop ball

1152
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:00,360
Speaker 5: like we're calling a block comes block hole and not

1153
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:01,440
Speaker 5: worry about what people.

1154
00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 4: Think but just guess, WHAT i KNOW i made the right.

1155
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:09,359
Speaker 5: Call it's Not claire control one arm it's, here so do.

1156
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:10,080
Speaker 2: The player control?

1157
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,839
Speaker 3: It show us one more time because there's an art

1158
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 3: to this. Too watch. This, well the problem is with.

1159
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,399
Speaker 4: ME i want to use less armage because there's gonna

1160
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 4: be a lot of. Here there's gonna be a lot of.

1161
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 4: Here there's gonna be a lot of.

1162
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 5: Here so It's pullman's no, no oh, no, sorry we

1163
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:26,520
Speaker 5: should wipe her, off right and you bring it the

1164
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:30,319
Speaker 5: right player? Control oh look out him like that's, right but.

1165
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:31,480
Speaker 4: You know what you're.

1166
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 3: Going that's.

1167
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 1: Amazing so you you've mentioned all of these amazing kids

1168
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,239
Speaker 1: that get to play and get to come to Uh

1169
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:43,160
Speaker 1: Little world. Series your son is, ten, Right how amazing

1170
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: is it now seeing him come out here in the

1171
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: eyes of a ten year?

1172
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:47,319
Speaker 4: Old all?

1173
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 2: Right does it bring you?

1174
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:51,239
Speaker 5: Back brings me? Back he's a monster pintrator. Too, yeah

1175
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:54,640
Speaker 5: he loves, climbing flying down that. Hill so he actually

1176
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:56,560
Speaker 5: plays up with the. Eleven's he's our lead off. Hitter

1177
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 5: so next year would be a big year for him

1178
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 5: to kind of make we have a really good. Team

1179
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 5: the Other Tom driver team is pretty good, too so

1180
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 5: getting out of the district is gonna be. Tough but

1181
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 5: he can play a little second basement left handed, hit

1182
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:12,239
Speaker 5: or he can bunt really. Well AND i see it

1183
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 5: in his eyes whenever he's, here he's he would love to, Play.

1184
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:17,880
Speaker 3: So, todd when you watch your own son, play what are? You?

1185
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 3: Are you a nervous? Wreck BECAUSE i was a nervous

1186
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 3: wreck watching him and his sister. Play is that the

1187
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:24,759
Speaker 3: way you?

1188
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 5: Are anybody who knows me And Tom driver, KNOWS i

1189
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,040
Speaker 5: get on my son a lot more THAN i get

1190
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 5: on the other. Kids it's you expect more out of your,

1191
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 5: kid even though you know he plays. Well he's not

1192
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 5: hitting the home run jet at a ventry will come the,

1193
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:41,080
Speaker 5: Power but he's the trendset of the, Starter it's, like come, on,

1194
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:44,160
Speaker 5: man take some, pitches do. Whatever and it's, funny like

1195
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 5: he'll come in and complain And i'll give him the.

1196
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,239
Speaker 5: Look i'm, like it's your, fault you. KNOW i kind

1197
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 5: of give it to, him like swing the, bat you, know.

1198
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:56,239
Speaker 5: Constructively BUT i gotta, remember like that was me one,

1199
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 5: time and SOMETIMES i sit, Back i'm, like ALL i

1200
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:00,680
Speaker 5: get him next. Time inside, IT i just, wanted you,

1201
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:03,040
Speaker 5: know screaming. Shout so it's a lot harder doing.

1202
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:05,359
Speaker 3: That was that how your dad was with you at

1203
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 3: age ten and?

1204
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:08,799
Speaker 4: Twelve my dad was six, eight so he's a big.

1205
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 5: Guy he would always Be he never really coached, me

1206
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:12,400
Speaker 5: WHICH i thought was.

1207
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 4: Great.

1208
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:14,560
Speaker 5: Right he would always be in the. Alphae he never

1209
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,879
Speaker 5: wanted to be around. Everybody and EVENTUALLY i found out

1210
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,960
Speaker 5: why because can we curse on this or?

1211
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 4: No?

1212
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:23,960
Speaker 5: Yes, Okay so this, guy he was. Incredible he'd be

1213
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:25,920
Speaker 5: in the. Outfie he's, LIKE i wanted to cheer on my,

1214
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 5: own you. KNOW i talked to. Myself i'm, like sounds about.

1215
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 5: RECORDS i talk to myself a lot. Too but WHEN

1216
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,439
Speaker 5: i would get, out he'd be, like NOW i can

1217
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,439
Speaker 5: actually say. Stuff out loud without anybody hear. Him he's,

1218
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:38,480
Speaker 5: like son of, them the hell are you? Doing wake

1219
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,840
Speaker 5: the hell, up you little. Shit And i'm, like that's

1220
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 5: thank you for telling me. That i'm glad you stayed

1221
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:44,320
Speaker 5: out in the, outfield.

1222
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:47,439
Speaker 3: Though Bud Buddy bell's, Dad Gus, bell former major League.

1223
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:51,240
Speaker 3: Lobel gus used to park his car with his car

1224
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:55,320
Speaker 3: beyond the center field fence and Watch buddy play alone

1225
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,840
Speaker 3: so he can watch a. Piece and he, Said buddy

1226
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,520
Speaker 3: told me WHEN i made a good, play he'd honk

1227
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,520
Speaker 3: the horn. Once WHEN i made a great, play he'd

1228
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 3: honk it. Twice stop. It i'm, Serious, Todd how great is?

1229
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:07,399
Speaker 4: That that's?

1230
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:09,920
Speaker 3: Incredible it's beautiful As, OKAY.

1231
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:11,960
Speaker 2: I think you're waiting for the second. One you're, LIKE

1232
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:13,959
Speaker 2: i thought the.

1233
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:15,160
Speaker 4: Third one would be like you're in deep?

1234
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:16,879
Speaker 3: Trip all? Right anything, Else?

1235
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:17,960
Speaker 2: Joe, yeah my last.

1236
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:19,919
Speaker 1: Thing you, know we talked about pin, trading we talked

1237
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:22,840
Speaker 1: about playing AND i hate to get you, know deep with,

1238
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: it but what.

1239
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 2: Is Williams sport to?

1240
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 1: You like at your, core it seems like it really

1241
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,239
Speaker 1: is important to you and your.

1242
00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:31,439
Speaker 4: Family, YEAH i think it's.

1243
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:34,880
Speaker 5: TOGETHERNESS i think it is. FAMILY i think it's a

1244
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,239
Speaker 5: way of growing the. Game AND i think it's a

1245
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:38,840
Speaker 5: bond that people.

1246
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:41,000
Speaker 4: Have they. Understand williamsport is.

1247
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:45,359
Speaker 5: Mecca williamsport is WHERE i can meet people that are

1248
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 5: the same like, me that are baseball. Fans there's no animosity.

1249
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 5: Here there's nobody out to get anybody. Here it's come,

1250
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:55,560
Speaker 5: here talk about, baseball enjoy the, game meet new people

1251
00:56:55,560 --> 00:56:59,960
Speaker 5: from different international, fields and learn something new about. Something

1252
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:02,560
Speaker 5: AND i think if we learn anything from, THIS i

1253
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,200
Speaker 5: think the world should be a little bit more like,

1254
00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:07,600
Speaker 5: this because this year is an opportunity to be one

1255
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:09,799
Speaker 5: and to enjoy this wonderful game of.

1256
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:14,200
Speaker 3: Baseball, okay last thing, Now, jeff the count is two and,

1257
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,440
Speaker 3: two all three of us at the same. Time, ready,

1258
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,560
Speaker 3: ready go to.

1259
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 4: Too.

1260
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:20,200
Speaker 3: Jeff you got to lean that.

1261
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 2: Way, SORRY i leaned towards.

1262
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,400
Speaker 3: You you can't teach these kids.

1263
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:26,240
Speaker 2: ANYTHING i know you love your.

1264
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:27,680
Speaker 4: Dad go that way.

1265
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 3: Here we are, ready, one, two three and.

1266
00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:30,959
Speaker 4: Two let's.

1267
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:33,680
Speaker 3: Go he love. It, Todd thank you so. Much this

1268
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 3: was even more delightful than so.

1269
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,480
Speaker 4: GREAT i got to be on this great. SHOW i

1270
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:40,520
Speaker 4: appreciate it all, right see you the next.

1271
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 1: Time thank, You Todd. Fraser what an amazing. Guest, first

1272
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 1: it's a great game.

1273
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:46,200
Speaker 2: Or What this will go down in.

1274
00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:48,440
Speaker 1: History is maybe my favorite episode BECAUSE i got to

1275
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: do it in person at the most magical place On

1276
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:53,040
Speaker 1: Earth world, series.

1277
00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 3: And todd made us laugh And todd made me cry

1278
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:59,160
Speaker 3: the other, day got a little tear in my. Eye Todd,

1279
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:01,840
Speaker 3: frasier you might not be able to see this unless

1280
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 3: you air on YouTube or, whatever but he made us

1281
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:10,960
Speaker 3: a pin, Again. Jeff he has seven thousand pins from

1282
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,760
Speaker 3: The Little League World. Series he keeps them in his

1283
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 3: home theater and they're all. Organized but he made a

1284
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:22,720
Speaker 3: pin of the broadcast booth With, Todd Karl ravage and.

1285
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 3: Myself this is my favorite broadcast booth That i've ever been,

1286
00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 3: in in part Because Todd fraser is the father of

1287
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,600
Speaker 3: The Little League world. Series so he made this pin

1288
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:36,880
Speaker 3: for me and For rabbi and there are three of

1289
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 3: them just like. It BUT espn is in red in,

1290
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:44,080
Speaker 3: one blue in, another white in. Another So, TODD i

1291
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:50,280
Speaker 3: am absolutely. Thrilled and in tonight's, Game i'm broadcast this afternoon's,

1292
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:54,040
Speaker 3: GAME i am broadcasting a game With Todd fraser And

1293
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 3: Carl ravage and we are going to wear these pins

1294
00:58:57,240 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 3: on the.

1295
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 2: Air and that pin can get you fifteen pins on

1296
00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 2: the open.

1297
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:02,600
Speaker 3: MARKET i would think that thing could get you way

1298
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:02,960
Speaker 3: more than.

1299
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:05,760
Speaker 1: Fifty, well thank you all so much for. Listening we

1300
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:07,320
Speaker 1: were so glad to be. Here thanks to our, FRIENDS

1301
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 1: a Game changer for having us at The Little League World,

1302
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:11,400
Speaker 1: series and as, always thank you for being a part

1303
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:11,680
Speaker 1: of our.

1304
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 3: Family