WEBVTT - Can the Pirates recover from this collapse? 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:10.840 What's up, everybody. 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:14.480 Welcome back to another episode of Bucco Territory, presented to 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:17.040 you by the Foul Territory Network. I'm no Ohile's joining 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:19.919 me as always are my co hosts platinum Key aka 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:24.720 Mark and Josh Harrison. You know, there was one good 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.200 thing that happened this weekend, and it involved the guy 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.240 in the middle of the screen. 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:30.319 Everything else went bad. 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.160 We're gonna talk about the collapse that is the twenty 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.479 twenty six Pittsburgh Pirates, who have lost all but one 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:38.800 of their series post All Star break. 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:40.640 I think what five straight series? 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:47.240 Now Yankees, Diamondbacks, Cubs, Reds, yep, who else. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:52.440 Brewers and now Mets. So six straight series losses. Jay 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:53.400 Hay retired as a Pirate. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:55.160 We're gonna talk about that, and then we will wrap 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.920 up the show with platinum Key's Key of the Week. 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.080 But guys, I mean, there's no way to sugarcoat this 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:01.040 is a collapse. 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:05.080 They This was a team that just a couple of 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:09.160 weeks ago was tied for a playoff spot. They had 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:13.680 a big series, they had a big home stand. They 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.000 didn't do anything with that. They had eight division games 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.960 in a row, lost six of those come back home 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:24.120 against one of the worst teams in baseball, and quite frankly, 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:24.959 they got embarrassed. 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.200 They were humiliated in their own ballpark. 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.720 They had a nice win on Saturday, they tried to 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:33.759 build some momentum off of that, and they came out 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:35.640 on Sunday and they lost by ten runs in a 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.440 game that they were really never in. Mark, I'll start 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.280 with you because I have a question for Josh after 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.720 I ask you, Mark, But just I mean, you were there, man, 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.640 like you're mister positive, mister pirate fanly saw you hoisten 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.720 the hell out of that cone Saturday. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:55.560 How you feeling now? Man? Is the season over? 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.640 It's very close? I mean it's over. But at the 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:06.000 same time, I just pulled up that graph from fangrass 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:10.200 playoff odds July twenty seventh. This team had above a 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:14.800 forty five percent chance coming into the Sunday. Prior to 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:18.080 the loss of the Mets, it was eight point seven percent. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:22.320 So it's this team's just fallen off a cliff. Seasons 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.440 not over yet, but it's the closest it's been over 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:30.040 all year long, and frankly, there hasn't been a lot 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.520 encouraging to say, oh, they're about to turn this around. 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.320 It's not like these have been like close losses recently. 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.600 They've just been getting their teeth kicked in Basically. You 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.959 look at Sunday's game against the Mets. They struck out 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:46.680 thirteen times, had zero walks, and only had four hits. 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.639 They had one chance with a runner and scoring position 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:53.880 the entire game. Pitching was awful today or on Sunday 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:56.840 as well, but I mean the offense has just been 0:02:57.040 --> 0:03:00.520 anemic lately. And it was another left handed pitch so 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.160 or another left handed picture. So yeah, it's I want 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.720 to be optimistic, but there's just not too much to 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.720 be optimistic for that we've seen lately, which makes things 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:11.200 pretty tough to be a fan right now. 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.160 Yeah, and Josh, I want to get to you in 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.360 a second, but I'll just get some quick analysis here. 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.240 Like Mark said, I mean, just nothing's working, man. I mean, 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:24.440 the starting rotation is just a total flop. These guys, 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.200 no one. Bubba's the only guy who can go into 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:30.120 the sixteen thing now, and he's a rookie. Props to 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:32.720 him for showing up. At least someone stepped up. I 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.760 mean everyone else just looks completely out of gas. Yeah, 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:40.080 from Jared to Braxton to Skemes and Carmen you know, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:41.760 whatever you want to call that, but like it's just 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:42.600 it's just bad. 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.240 And then the offense they have nothing. 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.320 I have more to say on this, but Josh, I 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.800 want to get your perspective because you've unfortunately been a 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:55.160 part of seasons like this eleven, twelve, sixteen, seventeen eighteen, 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.080 they all had some points in July where you guys 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:04.119 were in the mix and August was unkind to you 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.040 in some of those seasons. Take us into the locker 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.520 or the clubhouse, Take us into the life day to 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.160 day of a ballplayer who's on a team like that, 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:17.719 where you know your season slipping away. 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.360 As you said, I've been a part of it far 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.000 too many times, but you know it's one of those 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.240 things where you're still still a professional and you know 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.480 anything can happen. Your job is to show up every day, 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.200 get what you got and help when you help your 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.040 team win a ball game. And just as quickly as 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.400 things have kind of spiraled out of control, if you 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.760 pay attention to the day to day details, things can 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:44.400 trend upward. Obviously, it's an uphill battle, and you know 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.800 chances are very slim. But that's where you really have 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:50.839 to lock in and say, don't look too far ahead 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:52.920 of the season, don't look too far ahead of the schedule. 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:54.880 We got a job to do. Show up today. We 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.760 got to keep plugging away. You know, it could be 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.440 one pitch, one at bat, one series, one play that 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.000 can make it turn around. But at the same time, 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:07.080 you know you haven't done yourself any favors, especially you know, 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.359 post All Star break, and you know, I can remember 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.159 one of my first years, whether it's two thousand eleven 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.360 to twenty twelve, you know, it's feeling really good around 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.920 that July time. Then we get to mid August and 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.640 next thing you know, we're hearing let's go still the chance, 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.440 and you know that's never fun to hear when you 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.839 still know you have a full month or you know, 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.000 a month and a half left of baseball and that's 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.800 where they want to stay away from. And just one 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.120 of those things where you know where you're at and 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:37.120 it's not a comfortable feeling, but you know at the 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.880 same time you should never be comfortable in this game. 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.880 But in this moment, this is where it's like all 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.479 the work you've done in the off season, all the 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.400 work you've done during spring training and leading up to this, 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:48.360 it's like, hey, we got to put up a shut 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.200 up and you know what, there's no excuses at this point. 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.839 We just got to go and do whatever we can. 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.000 And see where the chips fall after that, because, as 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:00.520 I said, they haven't done themselves any favors, but as 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.400 not anything that they need to sit around and be 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.560 feeling sorry for themselves because just as bad as this 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:08.800 spiral for them, you know you need some help ahead 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.359 of you. But teams can also spiral as well. But 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.320 that's not your job to wear about. They got to 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:14.640 wear about the Pittsburgh Pirates. 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.719 I'm just gonna give a harsh truth here before we 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.239 wrap this up, this segment up. The Corgious isn't good enough. 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:23.760 You look, I mean the. 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:28.080 New pieces, when they've been around, they're the difference makers. 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:32.040 It's Connor Griffin whenever he's healthy. It's Ryan O'Hearn, it's 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:36.000 Brandon Laue, it's Jake Mangam. The reality is all the 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.040 guys who were here last year have not done their part. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:43.400 Brian Reynolds has been a ghost since the end of June, essentially, 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.440 especially since the all Star Break, Paul Skin So we 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.560 don't even need to go down that road. It's beyond 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:53.760 explanation at this point. Jared Jones, Mitch Keller, all those guys, 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.360 those were those were the three most tenured starters in 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.479 this rotation. None of them showed up this year, none 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.280 of them. Just you go down the list. I mean, 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.040 nickn Zalez, to his credit, became a much better hitter. 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.360 He couldn't figure out how to play third base. Jared 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:10.360 Triolo couldn't just can't figure out how to be a 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:14.440 consistent hitter. None of these guys, I mean, Spencer has 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.760 been considered. I mean, Spencer hasn't been great since he 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.200 came back off the IL. But then again, look at 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.440 it from his point of view. Dude just got off 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.040 the i L and they're like, hey, by the way, 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.160 we need you to carry the offense. Yeah, that's not 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:26.600 how this should work. 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:29.080 And they're going to do the same thing. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:30.080 With the pizza. 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:35.360 Yeah yeah, especially that was going well too. You know, 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.280 for it to go cold, it's hard to expect one 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.320 guy to come and say lift us up. Yes, you 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.880 can expect a little jolt from somebody because oh we 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.360 were missing them. But like if the rest of the 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.080 lineup wasn't doing anything to begin with that one little 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.840 person or jolt is not going to be enough. And 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:54.080 you know you mentioned when the pitch is not doing 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.560 what it was supposed to. All year, defense hasn't been 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:01.160 doing it. And that was one of the fears of 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.240 this year is if the offense goes through a cold 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.560 spell or a law what is it going to look like? 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:08.440 And this is what we're seeing. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:10.560 Yep, that's it. 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.800 It just the core was not good enough. I mean 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.200 it credit to the pirates, I guess are trying to 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:19.280 add on, but it just goes to show when when 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.800 you lose those additions, you revert back to what you 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.640 had before, and what you had before didn't get better. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.840 It did not get better as a collective whole. I 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.880 mean some guys took like, yeah, O'Neal Cruiz got better, 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:33.520 but O'Neal Cruz can't stay healthy. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:34.840 Uha. 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:37.400 Unfortunate situations. 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.840 I was gonna say, the depth, really, the depth we 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.160 were worried about, got tested more than they would have liked. 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.040 And the in the areas that they did it be tested. 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.040 I should say, you know what I mean because you're 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.240 talk in the middle of the field, shortstops, center fields 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:56.480 like okay, and then now that that just domino effects 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.800 when everything's not going well and as you said, is 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.760 trying to play a lot of catchup, but they has 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.439 no excuses. You got to show up and see whatever 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.520 you can make the most of these this last you know, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:08.560 six weeks or whatever. 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.800 A guy who showed up to panc Park this weekend, 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:14.040 whose named Josh Harrison. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:15.440 He retired to Pittsburgh Pirate. 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.760 It was the only good thing that happened this weekend 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:21.000 aside from a nine to nothing win that now means nothing. Essentially, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.440 we're going to talk about Josh's retirement, him being honored 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:25.959 here on Bucko Territory next. 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:27.920 But first or we're from our sponsors. 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.400 I know this is a busy time of year for 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.319 many of you, including AJ. 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On the inner half, I. 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:53.040 Noticed you were you were a little anxious because you 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.760 were ready to throw and they're like Josh Harrison everybody, 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.640 and you had to like whoa and give another wave 0:10:58.840 --> 0:10:59.680 and then you threw. 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.040 Yeah, just take us through, take us through the whole experience. 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:10.079 So I'll finish with the first pitch. But like, the 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.120 whole weekend was, I mean, words really can't describe. 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:13.360 Man. 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.679 You can hear my voice right now, still trying to 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:20.600 recover just the amount of love, just from the minute 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.240 that I walked into the hotel, the day that I 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:27.079 got there, to the leak checking out this morning as 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:31.840 we're recording this Sunday, you know, countless pictures, autographs, people 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:36.640 thanking me, thanking my parents, you know, my wife, my kids, 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:37.320 just you know. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:41.000 Celebrating, you know, my tenure there. 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:45.200 And I think I said before, you know, the weekend, 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.000 that I didn't you know, I really hadn't had a 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.920 chance to process at all. And I'm still processing it 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.000 as I'm sitting here, you know, fresh off of the weekend. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.680 But man, it was nothing short of amazing, you know, 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.480 from the first night, you know, just being there in 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.400 the second signing on Federal Street and going to the 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.680 team store, taking pictures, hearing various people come up and 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.640 you know, just share their countless memories of you know, 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.800 when they watched me, whether it was you know, in 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.280 middle school, high school, or if you know they were 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.320 at one of the games or playoff game, just you know, 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:21.119 reliving those memories and you know, being able to reconnect 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.480 with a lot of you know, things that I probably 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.880 hadn't thought about, you know, since I've been done, because 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:29.559 you know, baseball continues to go on, whether you play 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.280 in one city forever or you know, you continue to 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:36.560 play otherwise, you know, elsewhere. But it was definitely a 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.920 cool experience, you know, text threads with my family and friends, 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.760 you know, everybody you know coming down off of this high, 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.920 you know, just from you know, not really knowing what 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.280 to expect and leaving their own cloud nine. So it 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:52.080 was definitely amazing. And the Pirates one or you know, 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.960 in the midst of all the struggles, you know, at 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.920 least you know, that day wasn't spoiled by you know, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:12:59.400 a non competitive game. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:00.800 You know. 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:05.000 That first pitch they're like, you know, all right, take 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.360 your time out there. So I'm like, all right, They're like, 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:10.320 take a slow walk. So I'm like slow walking, and 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:13.760 I'm not really listening to what they're saying, you know, 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.680 because I'm like I'm walking as slow as I can. 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:18.840 So I get to the mound, the camera's there, and 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.120 I'm like, cool, point at the camera. I see them 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.640 show my videos. So I'm like, okay, maybe when the 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.520 video's done, I'll throw the pitch. So right when it 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.320 gets done, I'm like, all right, here goes nothing. And 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.840 then they announced my name again and that's when you 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.560 see me toss the ball up, like oh, I'm not 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:38.840 gonna throw it yet. But I was like, oh, I'm like, 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.880 you know, they didn't. They just told me to walk 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.880 out slow, take my time, and you know I heard 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:49.800 them saying alcohlades. But I thought when the video was over, like, okay, yeah, 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.080 I've thrown the first pitch at my college. You know, 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:54.960 it wasn't quite as loud as you see. You know, 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.360 there was kind of loud, and I felt like, man, 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.480 after a while, I've waved enough, and you know, the crowd, 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:04.640 I'm like, all right, here we go. Oh josh, let 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.959 me throw it up in here. So it's funny you're 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.480 the first person that says something to me about that too, Like, 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.040 I know you're not the only person that caught it, 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.880 but you're the first person that asked me about it. 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:19.000 You reminded me of like when a kicker gets iced 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.640 in the NFL and they like go through and they 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:25.160 just like kick the field goal anywhere. 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.160 Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's just like that was. 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.760 But hey man, it looked like you had a great time. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.360 Obviously we were able to run into you just briefly. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.920 Uh, I mean, got a question in the press conference 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:41.360 that was pretty great. You didn't even answer it, Bob 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.000 just stole the answer there. 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:43.960 Yeah, there we are. 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:46.680 Well, I feel like you have a two part question, 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:48.880 but you did kind of ask Bob though you did 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.240 kind of the question to him. 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.320 And honestly, I didn't need any quotes from you. 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.760 I mean, I've got I get Josh Harrison quotes three 0:14:57.800 --> 0:14:58.400 days a week. 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.800 So but it was cool in you one more time. 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.080 It was cool to meet your family. Uh. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:05.760 You know, I will say this, I don't know if 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:07.600 it was cool to see the little j Hey puppet, 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:09.040 but it was certainly something. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.960 So it scared me when I saw it. I'm not 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.440 gonna lie. It was funny because I forgot all about 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.400 it and they're like, hey, sign this bat and go 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.000 take a picture on that backdrop. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.000 And they weren't trying to scare me nothing. 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.200 It was just, you know, I'm taking a picture and 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:27.040 behind the photographer, I looked across the way and I 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.400 saw little j and I was like, oh, I forgot 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:33.680 about him. But but it was funny because they were like, 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:35.680 we asked if you wanted to take him when you left, 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:37.640 and I was like, nah, he's right where it belongs. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:40.360 My kids would be a little scared. 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.560 Yeah, speaking I saw yeah. 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.160 No, I was just gonna say I saw. I saw 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:49.760 that everything. Josh just explained. I saw him like sign 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.520 the bat, and I saw his eyes pop up. Because 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.760 the media when we came into interview, we all walked 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.080 past it and like I totally forgot about that too, 0:15:58.640 --> 0:15:59.600 and like we're all. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.240 Like, what the hell is that? And I'm like Jimmy 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:04.160 had to remind me. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.760 I'm like, okay, I do remember this holy cow that's 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:09.880 sitting in a storage closet somewhere. 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.400 Shout out to shout out to Wally the cameraman. 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:15.800 He uh, you know, he was the one that that 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.640 that made it and uh even saw in the segment. 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.760 You know, they had the road when Cervelli used to 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.560 do his like relationships, so like that was all Wally, 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:25.840 and you know he did a good job of keeping 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:26.360 with that. 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:28.640 So Josh, I want to know what was it like 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.320 for your daughters to see that, because obviously they were 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.720 pretty young when you were playing in Pittsburgh. What was 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.200 it like for them to see their dad get all 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:40.400 these like accolades and celebrated and that whole crowd pop 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.240 when you walked out for the first pitch, PNC got 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.200 pretty loud. So what was your family's reaction to all 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:46.800 of yesterday's excitement? 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.440 The family was, you know, a static. 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:55.400 My daughters, they were still taking it in because, as 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.720 you mentioned, they were young and towards the end of 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.960 my career. It wasn't you know that you know, it 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:02.640 wasn't like I was playing Pittsburgh. You know, I was 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.439 playing different teams, so it's like, you know, if they 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.119 knew me, it was from the fan base know me 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:11.720 playing against them, So you know, they didn't really get 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.640 a chance to really. 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.639 Embrace, you know, what home felt like. 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:19.760 And that's why it was pretty cool for them to, 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:23.400 you know, kind of experience that. Because after the game yesterday, 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.560 even leaving the game, you know, signing autographs and taking 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:30.199 pictures in My youngest daughter, Kensley, who's eight, you know, 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:34.360 dead serious, she goes, Daddy, are you a celebrity or something? 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:38.159 You know, and just because you know, to her, I'm daddy, 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.800 you know what I mean. And you know they've been 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.439 with me other places and people advanced for autographs, but 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:47.520 to this degree of where everybody wanted pictures and autographs, 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:47.720 you know. 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.600 You know. I think for them they were like, dang, 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:52.920 that daddy was cool. 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.120 Yeah, that was a bad man. 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:01.800 What do you mean he just coaches volleyball and he's 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:03.840 a dance dad. Like, what are y'all talking about? 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.480 No, they'll listen. Whenever they're on social media, they'll see 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:13.159 the rundown video. They'll get it, you know. Yeah, whenever 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:18.160 the Rundown video comes across their algorithm organically, like that's 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:19.000 when it'll be like. 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:22.480 Oh yeah, yeah, I know. So well. 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.040 I couldn't have been happier for you, Josh. It was 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.439 great to watch from Afar, great to watch it up close. 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:29.639 I know Mark had a great time too. It was 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.000 great that we got to see you. And I'm really 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:35.520 glad the Pirates could put that together. It's super deserving 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.000 and I think it was something that everyone enjoyed from 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.040 people who covered you, from you, yourself, your family, and 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.800 the fans. That stuff should happen more often for every team. 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:48.160 Give people the man, people who made a difference. 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.240 Yeah, and I heard from so many people like Josh, 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:53.040 so many people came up to me and they're like, 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.080 you have to tell Jay Hey how much he meant 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:56.960 to me, Like I would not be like such a 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.159 Pirates fan without him. You have to tell us, like, 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.159 I have so many stories to share off air with 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:03.400 you from people that came up to me. You meant 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:05.399 a lot to the city of Pittsburgh. And it was 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.960 just it was really cool to see that reflected throughout 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:08.600 the whole crowd. 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:10.919 No, I definitely felt it. 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:13.680 And as I said, the love never left because there 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:15.439 were some people that shared those stories with me. 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.400 And I mean as I said, I said it. 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:20.280 On the broadcast when I was up there with Neil 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:24.760 and Joe Block, you know, just appreciative Bob, the Pirates, 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:28.800 you know, Jimmy, Jimmy T and Joey b behind. 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.880 The scenes helping my family and stuff like it was. 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:33.800 It was a well loaded machine and they they really 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:36.960