1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Here we are. We know Alana's happy. An ex Dodger 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: is on here with us Anthony Bonda. She's so happy 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: right now. Did you know Alana has a crush on 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: you also? 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, no no. 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 3: We I believe we met and we had a great conversation. 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 2: Oh sorry, I said, I will tell him what I 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: said earlier. I said, the ladies of Los Angeles are 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: super bummed that Anthony Bonda is no longer in LA. 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: He was a fan favorite. I said, they love the tats. 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: He's a good looking guy. I could be his mother, 12 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: So I don't have a crush on him. I think 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 2: he's a good player, and I think that the Minnesota 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: Twins just got a hell of an arm. That was 15 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: my point. AJ thank you as I take the bus 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: tracks off of me for this interview. Hi, Anthony. 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: M you liked that you made him smile, He made 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: him blush a little bit. Alanna, you should be proud 19 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: of that. 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: He's a good guy. He's a good guy, and Minnesota 21 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: just got better. Their bullpen just got a lot better. 22 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's let's jump in here. You were with 23 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: the Dodgers last year back to back World series. Then 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: you get to call your traded. What was that phone call? 25 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 4: Oh? H yeah, that that you know one. Don't get 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: me wrong. I love that organization. Everybody involved in it. 27 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 4: They've done right by me, loved me. Everything about it 28 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 4: was great. 29 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 3: Uh. 30 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 4: I when I got the phone call, it was more 31 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 4: of like, uh, you know, shock one, and it's just 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 4: like I hadn't I couldn't get any words out. 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: It was so shocked. 34 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 4: Uh, you know, I wasn't shocked in the sense of 35 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 4: maybe a potential trade at some point. 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 3: You know, I'm not oblivious. There's a lot of lefties 37 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 3: and they're really. 38 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 4: Talented and stuff, and just the whole DFA process was 39 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 4: like a shocker to me. But that just comes with like, 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: you know, the roster, flexibit lily and stuff like that, 41 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 4: as guys know. 42 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 3: But you could tell. 43 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 4: I could tell that Gomes was not happy in the 44 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 4: sense of like wanting to be on that. 45 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 3: End of the phone call. 46 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 4: But yeah, we uh you know, he just kind of 47 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 4: you know, let me know, and then that was kind 48 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 4: of it, and he told me he'll reach back in 49 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 4: a couple of days and kind of go from there. 50 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 4: But yeah, there wasn't very much exchange. It was just 51 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 4: more of an utterly shocked and that was it was 52 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 4: a business. 53 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, business, you know. And and the thing is 54 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 3: is like. 55 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 5: You've been on a lot of teams, so this isn't 56 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 5: the first time you switched in. 57 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I just think where it's like, you know, 58 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 4: you can't take that very personally, right, because at the 59 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 4: end of the day, those are great people over there. 60 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 4: They're amazing. They take care of the families. Uh, you know, 61 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 4: they care. So he can't he can't take the business 62 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 4: aspect of them making moves or doing it the way 63 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 4: they want to run the ship, because they were doing 64 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: it way well before. 65 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 3: I even got there. 66 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 4: So the way I look at it is like I 67 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 4: was just extremely grateful that they, you know, won giving 68 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 4: me the opportunity to, you know, have those special moments 69 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 4: that we had. And two it was you know, you're 70 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: not owed anything in this game, so it's like, hey, 71 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 4: like take what you can get and keep moving forward. 72 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 6: So so fans know you were dfaid, that's what you 73 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 6: were talking about. You were dfaid and then traded during 74 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 6: that time of being designated for assignment, taking off the roster. 75 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 6: That's the part that you were like really surprised about 76 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 6: did they talk to you at all? Because the different 77 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 6: times that I was dfaid, they called me and they 78 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 6: were like, hey, there's a chance of two teams that 79 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 6: possibly would would like to claim you, but we have 80 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 6: an opportunity to pull you back and trade you. Do 81 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 6: you do you have an option between those teams? And 82 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 6: did they give that to you? 83 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 4: That was something more along the lines of the conversations 84 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 4: that between them and the agent, and you know, it 85 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: wasn't more they didn't give me any type of information, 86 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 4: you know, it was just more of like, hey, this 87 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 4: is what's what we're doing, this is what we're going with, 88 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 4: and uh, you know, we'll touch base in a couple 89 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: of days. 90 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 3: I think. 91 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: Uh, the you know, the feel was like, hey, you're 92 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 4: probably gonna get traded at some point, you know, and 93 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 4: then kind of gotten that notice through the agency, uh 94 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 4: saying that hey, there there's a lot of potential with 95 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 4: trades and different teams and and whatnot. So it was 96 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 4: kind of a weird process in the sense of just 97 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 4: sitting around kind of waiting to see where I was 98 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 4: gonna end up at. But like I said, like we've 99 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 4: been through it before, so it's kind of one of 100 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 4: those things where it's like I know what to expect 101 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 4: as far as the waiting time period and whatnot. But 102 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 4: you know, I just glad to have another uniform and 103 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 4: get another opportunity. 104 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 6: All right, I got one more Dodgers question. I'm sure 105 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 6: Alana has like a hundred, but how many times how 106 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 6: many times were you you crushed asking show hay questions 107 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 6: or how many people were like anything you get me 108 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 6: show show hayes autograph? Or was there somebody else on 109 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 6: the team that you got crushed about? Like Hey, what 110 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 6: what kind of shoes does Mookie wear? 111 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 4: It was more about like, hey, how how do they 112 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 4: run things? How are the guys? And most like that. 113 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 4: That's kind of what I got a lot. And you know, 114 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 4: as everybody knows it's been in that locker room or 115 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 4: gone through that locker room. 116 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 3: There are a bunch of great guys. 117 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 4: The culture there is unbelievable in the sense of like 118 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 4: they have each other's backs, they respect each other's work, 119 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 4: they care for each other. So there's a lot of 120 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 4: great things that they're doing over there. The culture that 121 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 4: they built there. Uh, you know, I was just fortunate 122 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 4: enough to be part of it and kind of learned 123 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 4: from them. But yeah, I've gotten some show hay uh 124 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 4: request for autographs and and uh some stuff as far 125 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 4: as asking like how is he what is he like 126 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 4: off the field? 127 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 3: And I just like, look, he works really hard. 128 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 4: You hardly see him because he's always in the cage 129 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 4: or you know, doing something. He's very particular about his work, 130 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 4: and I mean that speaks of arts with why he's 131 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 4: so great. 132 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 3: But also it's like you know watching. 133 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 4: Him like through the travels and stuff like that, you know, 134 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 4: just noticing that he just he loves reading you know, 135 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 4: comics or or you know, books on his iPad, you know, 136 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 4: just to you know, keep his mind away from you know, baseball. 137 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 4: And so I think that was really cool to kind 138 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 4: of get a little inside of that. 139 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 7: So but he's actually a really funny guy too. He's 140 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 7: got a selfie though, I got a selfie with him. 141 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 7: Did you know those and sell that thing? Bring down 142 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 7: the value though? 143 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 3: You Kershaw actually signed some cleats for me, so nice. 144 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 3: I was like, yeah, that was cool. 145 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 5: But he's still playing. He doesn't he's he's retired, but 146 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 5: he's still playing. 147 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I think the value goes up. 148 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, did he right? 149 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Did he write to Anthony yeah, were you like, did 150 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: you like get a tower Oka, Hey, he's not looking scratching. 151 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 4: Off he uh no, they're they're in clothes in a 152 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 4: case at my house, sitting between the trophy and the 153 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 4: masks and all that other good stuff that I got there. 154 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 4: So yeah, it was it was cool for him to 155 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 4: do that. I was really really shocked, but then also 156 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 4: like really excited, but. 157 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: The inner child was like, oh my god, yeah, so 158 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 3: it was cool. 159 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 8: All right, let's turn the pages. 160 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: So you are entering a new season with the with 161 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 2: the new club, and I talked to Derek Shelton about 162 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 2: you specifically, and he says he loves your swing and miss. 163 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: What are you most excited about with with this new 164 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: team and this group of guys in the bullpen for 165 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 2: the Twins. 166 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 4: Well, it's just the opportunity to want to get to 167 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 4: know the guys, get to learn them, but then also 168 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 4: like you know, understanding, like hey, like you know what 169 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 4: I learned from the Dodgers, the blueprint that they've given me, 170 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 4: and just applying it, you know that, not really changing 171 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 4: too much, you know, having each other's backs, trying to 172 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 4: establish what I've learned from from La to to hear 173 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 4: you know, and it's not like a copy and paste 174 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 4: type of thing, right, You got different personalities, you got 175 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 4: guys that do different different things certain ways, and it's 176 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: just like you know, just understanding, like, hey, like I'm 177 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 4: always open to a conversation because you know the ups 178 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 4: and downs of baseball, right, you get those, right, But 179 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 4: then you also have the idea ideology of like having 180 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 4: each other's backs, and how do you do that? Well, yeah, 181 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 4: of course you did it on the field, but then 182 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 4: also in the locker room, off the field type things, 183 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,839 Speaker 4: you know, getting guys to you know, break that eyes, 184 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 4: get them comfortable and and uh, you know, at least 185 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 4: that's like work for me, you know from my experience 186 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 4: and stuff like that. So it's more of like those 187 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 4: long like just showing to be a good teammate, but 188 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 4: then also like just taking care of work, right, and 189 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 4: then like looking at the big pictures like what are 190 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 4: we wanting to accomplish this season? What are the goals 191 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 4: for guys, and just kind of staying on that path 192 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 4: then get away from writing that what they call the roller. 193 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 3: Coaster ups and downs of the season. 194 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 4: So it's like, you know, if we can try and 195 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: stay there, I think we're gonna be pretty good. 196 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 5: Are you like the veteran guy in this bullpen? 197 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 3: No? 198 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: No, do they come to you do your boat when 199 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: you're sitting down in the bullpen. Do guys come up 200 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: to you and say you want serious ones that like 201 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,119 Speaker 1: pitching in the playoffs? 202 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah? 203 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 5: Do they ask questions like that? 204 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Because this is a relatively youngish team for the Twins, Right, So. 205 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 5: You're kind of I mean, you're now you are an 206 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 5: older state. 207 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: Even though you're kind of giving me the you're crazy, 208 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: You've just been through a lot compared to a lot 209 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: of these other guys that are here. 210 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 211 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, And you know, I just try to relate through 212 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 4: my experiences, right, And that's the best way I. 213 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: Could potentially do that. 214 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 4: But yeah, I get a lot of questions, you know, 215 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 4: how was it? 216 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 3: What was the atmosphere? 217 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 4: Like, you know, and you know so forth, like you know, 218 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 4: all the generic questions that come with it. 219 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: And what's the worst question It's the worst question I 220 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: could ask? Uh, I don't know, or maybe the question 221 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: you like the least. 222 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 4: I mean, I invite all questions, really, you know, I 223 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 4: don't I don't really. 224 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna I try to be very understanding. 225 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 4: Okay, people are different, you know, they got their own 226 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 4: cues and stuff. 227 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 3: But yeah, so I'm sure you have one. 228 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 5: Right now, No, I don't. 229 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: I just I want to know because I know I've 230 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: never heard anyone ask what because people ask me. 231 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 5: What's your favorite field you played at? Who was the 232 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 5: toughest picture you had to face? 233 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: Right? 234 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 5: This and that? What's it like winning a world series? Right, 235 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 5: You're like, okay, ask me something different. 236 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, well I haven't gotten those different questions yet, so 237 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 4: it's very generic. 238 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 5: That's why you're here. We're asking you different questions. 239 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 3: But what was the question again? 240 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, No, you're good. 241 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: I'll be about a Pokemon store in Japan. Why what 242 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 2: is your what is your fascination with Pokemon? 243 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 5: Yeah, but you're a Pokemon guy. 244 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 3: I'm a Pokemon guy. 245 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, so we we. I once did. I once pulled 246 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: Arena Club and I went on Pokemon. I was like, ah, 247 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: I spend some money on this and I got some 248 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: car and I don't even know what it was, and 249 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: on there they'll they'll buy it back from you instantly. 250 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 9: You know. 251 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 5: It was like some gold something. I don't know what. 252 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, Well, so right away, yeah, but you would 253 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: have been you would have loved that, right, Yeah. 254 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 3: I mean, I like, it's a childhood thing of mine. 255 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 4: You know, It's something that me and my brothers grew 256 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 4: up on and it's something that we really enjoyed, right, 257 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 4: And so it just I kind of never really got 258 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 4: away from me, right, and it was more of like 259 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 4: what kind of kept me in It was like the 260 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 4: game book, color games and you know, stuff like that, 261 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 4: you know, just passing the time and whatnot. And when 262 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 4: I went to it was always one of my bucket 263 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 4: It was on my bucket list to go to Japan, 264 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 4: right and then go, you. 265 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 3: Know, see that side of the world and experience it. 266 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 4: And then I had, you know, obviously the opportunity to 267 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 4: go and do that, so I wanted to take full 268 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 4: advatage of it. And I knew that they had a 269 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 4: really you know, there was a Pinnacle Pokemon there, so 270 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 4: as far as like the whole uh you know, HQ 271 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 4: or headquarters what. 272 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: Everyone call it. 273 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 4: But so we ended up setting it up and that 274 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 4: was like I felt like a little kid in there, 275 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 4: and I was like, you know, and I enjoyed the 276 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 4: heck out of it. My son did too, and we 277 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 4: had a great time and it was great, and I 278 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 4: think the coolest thing was, I know, the Pokemon Cafe. 279 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 4: I heard there was like a rumor or something where 280 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 4: it's like there's a waiting list. It's like almost like 281 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 4: three to six month waiting lists, and like they were like, no, no, 282 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 4: you go in and get it, you know, experience it 283 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 4: and you know, so that was pretty cool. 284 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 3: But yeah, the whole experience of it all. 285 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 4: Was really really nice and inviting and it was everything 286 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 4: that I would think it would be and so it 287 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 4: was really fulfilled for me. 288 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 5: So real quick, favorite tattoo, My favorite tattoo, I mean 289 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 5: you have you have a lot to choose from. Uh yeah, 290 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 5: there's a lot of them. 291 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 4: I you know, the one on my back is pretty cool, 292 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 4: but then this one means the most. It's like, you know, 293 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 4: watching my son. It's a nightball with the little guy 294 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 4: in there, Okay, so it's like watching him grow up 295 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 4: and stuff like that. And then also the five five 296 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 4: five was the time he was born. So I mean, 297 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 4: those are really cool little tattoos that I like, But like, yeah, 298 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 4: I would say the favorite one would probably be between 299 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 4: this one and the five five five awesome. 300 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Anthony, We appreciate it very much. Thanks 301 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 2: for taking the time. Best of luck in Minnesota. We 302 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: always appreciate it when players come on and I know 303 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 2: you're busy, so thanks so much, my friend. 304 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. 305 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 7: It's good seeing you guys again here with Ryan Jeffers, 306 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 7: who now Twins Catcher, who's now like the oldest eldest 307 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 7: statesman in. 308 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 10: The Twins locker room at this point, are you. 309 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 5: Bucks on here? 310 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's kind of crazy. I mean after the trade out, 311 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 8: I'm actually we're getting rid of guys left and right, 312 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 8: and it's Pablo, bask Buck. 313 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: And and me, and then they're they're gone, and then 314 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: it's me and Buck. 315 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 9: Yeah, it's wild. 316 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 10: So that means you have to buy everyone dinner every. 317 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 9: Night, right, the team dinners will be on me. 318 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 8: So buckets back gets back his face. 319 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 9: He's like, maybe just breakfast part. 320 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 8: Of those yet, I mean the Catcher's dinners. You know, 321 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 8: me and Vick we did something cool there, but you know, 322 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 8: the team dinner is always you know, when Carlos is around, 323 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 8: he's he usually picks us up. 324 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 10: Okay, well, when you said you and Vic gets something 325 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 10: cool for the Catchers, catchers on here. 326 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 8: So tell us, yeah, no, we went out to uh 327 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 8: I went online found a nice Korean barbecue spot and 328 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 8: then rolled up and it was in a strip mall 329 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 8: next to an office depot. I was really worried. I 330 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 8: was really worried about I was really worried to where 331 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 8: we were going into. Ended up being a really good dinner. 332 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 11: It's great when you go to the Korean barbecue people 333 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 11: that don't know you have to cook your Yeah, yeah, 334 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 11: so you make the rookies cook your food. 335 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 5: On the thing. 336 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 9: We were fully planning on it, fully planning on it. 337 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 8: They ended up the server or whatever, the waitress and 338 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 8: cooking all of this for us. He tipped her action right, yeah, 339 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 8: oh yeah, yes, oh yeah, oh yeah. 340 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: Grian, good to be with you. Alana Rizzo here. Wanted 341 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 2: to ask you the last three seasons, you guys have 342 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 2: kind of been sharing the load behind the plate. This year, 343 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 2: Derek Sheldon said, you're ce one. How do you go 344 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 2: into the season with that mindset, know when you're getting 345 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 2: the bulk of the time behind the dish. 346 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, it's something I've always I've always wanted, 347 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 8: you know, I've I've felt like I at times I've 348 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 8: I've worked myself and deserved the right to catch more. 349 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 8: I'm excited to finally get that opportunity. You know, it's 350 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 8: every off season I prepare myself to catch one hundred 351 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 8: and twenty whatever whatever my name is called. But at 352 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 8: the same time, you know, I'm not in control of 353 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 8: the lineup. So the last couple of years I was, 354 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 8: I was sharing the load and in every other day. 355 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 8: But I'm excited to take that opportunity and you know, 356 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 8: help the pitching staff on a daily basis and try 357 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 8: and help us win some games. 358 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 5: When you say helped the pitching staff with Pablo going 359 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 5: down obviously for the year. 360 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 3: Which sucks. 361 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 11: Yeah, for get pitching wise, He's just a good dude 362 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 11: to be around and have around. And then you see 363 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 11: Joe Joe with his back and he has to miss 364 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 11: up starts. You and to get to your team, say, 365 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 11: like you plan, how do. 366 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: You get to know most of the young guys, because 367 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: after those two if you look at the names in 368 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: your rotation. 369 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 5: And even in your bullpen and you're like, whoa wait. 370 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 11: A second, these aren't standard names for most people outside 371 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 11: of this clubhouse. 372 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 8: Yeah, as you know, it's like our job Number one 373 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 8: is to build the relationships with the pictures as quickly 374 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 8: as we can and as and as deep as you can. 375 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 8: You know, you're trying and get to know them off 376 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 8: the field. You're trying to get to know them as 377 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 8: people know their families. So that way when you have 378 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 8: conversations and you know, the trust level is there, you know, 379 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 8: I think that's what it comes down to, is them 380 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 8: trusting me that I have their best interests in mind. 381 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 8: And we've got some really talented arms behind the the names, 382 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 8: you know, the Pablo, the Joe, the Bailey. We have 383 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 8: some really talented arts and Mick and Taj and guys 384 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,719 Speaker 8: that can have really exciting futures, and I think we're 385 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 8: really excited to see what they'll do for us. 386 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 6: What are the pitching coaches tell you that you have 387 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 6: to do for those guys? Is there something individually like 388 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 6: not not the stars, not not not the best pitchers, 389 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 6: but the guys that are really trying to get their 390 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 6: feet under them, or even like a guy like Tosh 391 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 6: who's like, Wow, what an amazing potential, but we just 392 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 6: haven't quite tapped it on the rag. 393 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 8: Yeah, for the young guys, you know, I think it's 394 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 8: it's how quickly can I make them comfortable? How quickly 395 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 8: can I get them accilated not only to the big 396 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 8: league life, but but our clubhouse. You know, how we 397 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 8: talk pitching, how we talk scouting reports and get them 398 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 8: to go out there and focus on executing their pitch. 399 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 8: You know, I'll take the brunt of the game plan, 400 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 8: I'll take the brunt of the calling the game. 401 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 11: You know. 402 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 8: That is, I'll take as much off of their shoulders 403 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 8: as I can. But they have to go out there 404 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 8: and execute, and there's only so much I can do 405 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 8: to help them there. The TAJ, you know, Taj, you 406 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,239 Speaker 8: pump that guy up every day because he is one 407 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 8: of the best, just pure stuff guys in the game. 408 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 8: And he's gone out there and you know, I think 409 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 8: he punched you six or seven yesterday in five innings 410 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 8: and just throw a touch in ninety nine. 411 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 9: You know, just unbelievable stuff. 412 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 8: And he can be one of the best pitchers in baseball, 413 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 8: no doubt in my mind, you know, And I feel 414 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 8: like he's on a good track to putting it all 415 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 8: together this year. So what that? 416 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 10: Sorry, Sorry, Alana. 417 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 6: I wanted to follow with that because when Aj was 418 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 6: that guy, when AJ, there's he's he said tons of 419 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 6: stories where where you handle rookies and you're like, dude, 420 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 6: just listen to what I have to say. Is that 421 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 6: changed because you're now what we just talked about it 422 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 6: the veteran and if you have younger, less experience, not 423 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 6: necessarily rookies, but less experienced guys. Are you that jerk 424 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 6: catcher that's like, bro, just don't shake me off. If 425 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 6: you give up a hit, you know it's showing you 426 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 6: or are you Is it more like kid gloves now? 427 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 8: Yeah, No, I would say it's more of the latter, 428 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 8: not necessarily because you have. 429 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:08,959 Speaker 9: To treat them differently. 430 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 8: It's just because when you have to rely on them 431 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 8: to make a start every five days, you know you 432 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 8: want to bring the best out of them as you can. 433 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 9: So if there's some guys forget that so well. 434 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 8: I think it comes into like, hey, if there if 435 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 8: I'm getting shaken off a lot, or or we're getting 436 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 8: pitches in situations that I don't want to have those, 437 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 8: uh those thrown. 438 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 9: You know, that's conversations that we have in the dugout 439 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 9: after the inning. You know, something goes south like hey, 440 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 9: this is what what I was thinking? 441 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,199 Speaker 8: This is where I think your thought process was flawed 442 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 8: in in the hopes that those young guys will learn. 443 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 8: And then the more the trust that I can build, 444 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 8: Like I keep going back to trust, you know, the 445 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 8: more that they can trust me that I am there 446 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 8: for them, the more hopefully they will just turn over 447 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 8: the reins to me and let me do thing behind 448 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 8: the plate. 449 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 2: Ryan, when you walked into the clubhouse last trade season 450 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 2: the cherry deadline, you kind of walk around, You're like, 451 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 2: where the heck is everybody? But thankfully Joe Ryan is 452 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 2: still there with you guys. I know he had been 453 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 2: in so many different trade talks. I mean, how key 454 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 2: is it for you guys to have success with that 455 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 2: guy kind of leading the charge. 456 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, he's been a staple in this organization 457 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 8: since I think twenty one when we traded him. 458 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 9: Traded for him. He really he commands a different presence 459 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 9: on the mound. You know, he's such a unique individual. 460 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 8: He's you know, they coined the Joe Ryan experience, and 461 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 8: that's a real thing. 462 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 5: You know. 463 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 8: You he's a spectacle when he's on the mountain, not 464 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 8: just what he's doing with the baseball, but you know, 465 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 8: everything he does from his swimmer stuff to the emotions 466 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 8: he communicates with the umpires in a different way. I 467 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 8: think he's starting to, kind of, like me, step into 468 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 8: a bigger role of leadership. And some of the young 469 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 8: guys are looking at him for how he works, how 470 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 8: he talks pitching, how he communicates, and we're gonna need 471 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 8: him to step up a little bit more this year 472 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 8: with Pablo being out. 473 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 5: He was a great stranger things. 474 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 8: So yeah, no, they did one of those like celebrity 475 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 8: lookalike things one year one day and it was him 476 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 8: and Bill Billy is his name, Billy Billy the mall 477 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 8: when you know he gets yeah, oh yeah, yeah, it 478 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 8: was really special. 479 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 11: We had a yesterday and we were joking about the 480 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 11: pitch cop how often do you hit the wrong button? 481 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 11: Because he said he hits the wrong button two to 482 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 11: three times a game. 483 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 8: Pretty pretty rare. Yeah, you know it's I've got mine now, 484 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 8: I do say. I think mine is very simple, very 485 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 8: easy to use. Uh Vic brought one in that I 486 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 8: guess he's used in the past that is just as 487 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 8: confusing to me as it gets. 488 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 9: So I don't know, maybe mine's a little more simple 489 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 9: than others. 490 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 11: At least did like sometimes he'll hit throw over and 491 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 11: there's no one on base or like back pick. 492 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 8: Some guys sometimes you have to some guys, you there's 493 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 8: different ways you can organiz is it. Sometimes you have 494 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 8: to press like two buttons every time you press a button, 495 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 8: like to call something. Mine is just like simple like 496 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 8: one presses, I can do more, I can hold. 497 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 10: Be careful because people are gonna be watching your. 498 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 9: They don't know how, they don't know how it's organized 499 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 9: down there on my knee. 500 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 10: You know, watching with pain flexes in your fore. 501 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 8: It wouldn't surprise me if there's some camera on our 502 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 8: on our pitch comet sometime. Yeah, but no, you know 503 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 8: there's always a little messoups. But there's always a cancel 504 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 8: button on there, or there's just an old. 505 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 9: Yeah yeah wait wait wait, I know. 506 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 8: Usually it's usually it's not the wrong pitch, it's usually 507 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 8: what what what at least says like you'll you're searching 508 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 8: for a slide step or something in your you end 509 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 8: up picking pressing up a back pick button or something 510 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 8: something fortunate that. 511 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 10: Does you have like no, no, I'm stupid, don't don't 512 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 10: don't do. 513 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 9: That, that's the old wave your hands. 514 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 8: No, no, no, wait, wait, wait, and press press the 515 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 8: other one about six times, trying to no, no, no, this one, 516 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 8: this one, this one, this thing, yeah, yeah, this one. 517 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 6: How about the new role, Well, it's a new role. 518 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,959 Speaker 6: But they said they're going to enforce the fact that 519 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 6: third and first base coaches have to stay in their 520 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 6: box during at bats. Does that alleviate some you know, 521 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 6: some looking around for you, making sure they're not moving 522 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 6: as you call pitch. 523 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 8: You know, I'm almost almost torn and meaning the other 524 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 8: way of like they when they would leave their box, 525 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 8: they're almost always looking at the pitcher. You know, maybe 526 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 8: now they not able to do that as much, and 527 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 8: they're focusing on me a little bit more, whether that's 528 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 8: trying to pick my setups versus picking the pitcher's grips 529 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 8: or whatnot. So I'm not sure how it's gonna affect 530 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 8: them yet, I don't. I'm not sure how tightly it's 531 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 8: really going to enforce. I mean, two years ago they 532 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 8: said they were going to enforce the obstruction rule quite crazy, 533 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 8: and then no one ever calls it, so who knows. 534 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 2: Rian, How do you feel about the ABS system being 535 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 2: implemented this year? Have you had to do much of 536 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 2: that in spring and kind of what's your take on 537 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 2: automated balls and strikes? 538 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,239 Speaker 8: Yeah, I like it a lot. So far, I've been 539 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,479 Speaker 8: a big fan of it. I've been pretty good at it. 540 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 8: There's a pretty good they've got some stats. I've been 541 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 8: so far. I've been pretty solid at challenging the right calls. 542 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 8: You know, I think there's a lot that you know, 543 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 8: it takes away a framing stat from US catchers, but 544 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 8: it also I think it can add in a value 545 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 8: that we're not really sure of. You know that the 546 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 8: challenge and challenging the right pitches the right times, winning 547 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 8: those challenges with with whether it's runners on base, you know, 548 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 8: that can add run value to what I do behind 549 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 8: the plate, just as much as framing some pitches can. 550 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 9: So I'm excited for it. 551 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 8: I think it'll eliminate the big misses from the umpires 552 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 8: and we'll see how it goes. 553 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 5: Hey, you run out of challenges and then they just 554 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 5: start calling. 555 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 9: So the hitters just use all the challenges and then 556 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 9: I don't have any left. 557 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, then they just can call anything. So it's fine. 558 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 8: Yeah, I think that's something that we're like talked about. Hey, 559 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 8: we're going to follow like, Hey, how does how do 560 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 8: umpires react once teams are out of challenges? 561 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 9: Do they strength his own? Like? How are they going 562 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 9: to Are they going to change at all? You know? 563 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 8: I think in the minors they didn't see a lot 564 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 8: of that, but you never know what the big leg 565 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 8: umpires that. Yeah, some of the old guys that do 566 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 8: they revert back to where they were the years past. 567 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 5: I don't know. 568 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 11: Last question before you let you go, La, Troy Hawkins 569 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 11: is on your coaching step. 570 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 5: Does he do anything? Because I can't believe that he 571 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 5: does any. 572 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 9: I think it's a really good voice for us to have. 573 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 5: You know. 574 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 9: What, I don't talk to the bullpen coach that much. 575 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 10: The best thing you've ever said, don't talk to him 576 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 10: all year. Tell them that I said, you don't. 577 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 2: Talk to them. 578 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 8: We'll probably have a lot more conversations in season than 579 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 8: we do right now. I know from talking to the 580 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 8: bullpen guys, they're really excited about having him down there. 581 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 8: You know, it's not often you can have a twenty 582 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 8: plus year vet in your bullpen. Talking to those guys. 583 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 8: It's not even the it's not the scouting reports, it's 584 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 8: not the how do you it's just how do you 585 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 8: handle yourself. How do you approach the game in general? 586 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 8: You know, it's the big picture stuff that he brings 587 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 8: that you just can't get from anywhere else. 588 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: Really, Ryan, thank you for joining us from one Florida 589 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: State League All Star here and for Myers to another. 590 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 5: Thanks for joining. 591 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 9: Absolutely, thank you.