1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,519 Speaker 1: Ryan, thank you so much for joining the Philly Show. 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: We're really excited to have you. Jim Salisbury is also 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: on the show, but he couldn't make it, so I 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: asked Jim, I said, do you have any questions for 5 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: the big piece? And he said, I only have one question. 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: Please ask Ryan if he's still keeping it. 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: Crispy Man like always man with a two piece, like 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 2: a two piece with a biscuit. Steak's always coming through 9 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 2: Man steaks. I love him. 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: He had to ask that question, so he's gonna be 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: He's very happy. 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 3: No, you're keeping it Chrispy. 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: A lot of stuff we want to talk to you about, 14 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: of course, and one of them is, you know, you're 15 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: doing this new podcast. It's not even new right now, 16 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: but with with your young James as you like to 17 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: call him, on one podcast, and it's it's been a 18 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: lot of fun. 19 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 3: I listen, I'm a listener. 20 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: You've had Chase on, You've had Peter Martinez on, you 21 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: just had Simon Gratz, legend, Rashid Wallace on the show. 22 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: What have you enjoyed about it and what do you 23 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: how do you feel about being on the other end 24 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: and having to ask questions of I have to answer 25 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: the questions. 26 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: Oh well, first, no, greatly appreciate it, you know, listening 27 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: and tuning in. It's been a lot of fun. You know, 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: I had I had a lot of great mentors to 29 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 2: learn from over my career, you know, the John Salisbury's 30 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: and Todd's, Aleki's and and all of those folks that 31 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: would come into the clubhouse and just ask all different 32 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: kinds of questions. But but you know what, I went 33 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 2: to school for communications mass media, so you know, it's 34 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: it's the first thing was was just going and just 35 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: having a lot of fun with it and being able 36 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: to have the guests on and just kind of sit 37 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: back and chop it up as we like to speak 38 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: and and and hear their stories and uh, learn about 39 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: their paths to success and what they've gone through, their trials, 40 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: their errors, and being able to share that with everybody 41 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: has been something that's been really eye opening and uh 42 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: and a lot of fun doing so. 43 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 4: I had some questions about that, Like, you obviously had 44 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 4: some really. 45 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 3: Great guests on there. 46 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 5: Is there anybody in particular you haven't had on there 47 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 5: that you would consider like like your dream guest, I mean, 48 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: either in the baseball world or otherwise that you would 49 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 5: really love to have on there, anybody you had to 50 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: break it down with. 51 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: Oh man, I mean there's so many different people, I 52 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: think from different aspects. I think, you know, a sport 53 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: from the sporting aspect. I would love to get mj 54 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: on there, would love to get you know, Michael Jordan 55 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: on there, and he's one of the guys grew up 56 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 2: watching and and just kind of learn more about his story, 57 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: I think too, just as we try to hit different 58 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: genres right of people, different entertainers, you know, a Jay 59 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 2: Z or somebody like that would be great, you know, 60 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: kind of hear their perspectives on their past, because. 61 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 3: It's the cool thing about it is is you know, is. 62 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 2: The journeys are the backbone of the journeys are all 63 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: pretty much the same, right, but the past are different 64 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: in the sense of where it is, whether it's business, 65 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 2: whether it's music, whether it's sports. You still have to 66 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: put in the work, you have to put in the time, 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 2: you have to put in the grind, right, and there's 68 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: always going to be some type of hurdle that you've 69 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: got to get over. So how do you respond, how 70 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 2: do you react to that? You know, and everybody that's 71 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: you know, kind of had some type of success. We 72 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: had Michael Rubin on, you know, as one of our 73 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: earlier shows, and he was kind of going through his 74 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: trials and tribulations. 75 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 3: It's all about how you respond to it. 76 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: So it's it's really cool here in everybody's different aspects 77 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: and perspectives on that. 78 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: Definitely, I've learned a lot. You know, it was great 79 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: having Chase on, Having paid Re Martinez on was a 80 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: lot of fun. 81 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 3: I learned. 82 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: I learned some things about you guys that did not know. 83 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: I learned that your nickname, besides the Big Piece, is 84 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: the Big Sexy. I'm gonna leave it right there. If 85 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: you want to know why Ryan it's called the Big Sexy, 86 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: you got to go listen to Pedro Martinez podcast. But 87 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: if you learned anything new about j Rowl since you've 88 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: been doing this podcast. 89 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: I mean it's it's pretty much all still the usual suspect, 90 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: you know, like Jimmy, Jimmy is is smooth. 91 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 3: He's great, man. 92 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: I mean obviously you know I watch him on TV. 93 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 2: I watch you guys on TV. Ruby, you're doing an 94 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: amazing job, man. Congrats on on that, as you know too, 95 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 2: making making these types of transitions. 96 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 3: It's it's different, you know, when you're. 97 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 2: Like like Todd said in the beginning, it's like you 98 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 2: go from the person being asked the questions to the 99 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: person asking the questions. So it's all about, you know, 100 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 2: the deliveries and the flows and everything. 101 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 3: But Jimmy's great, man. 102 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: We just try to get out there, just have fun 103 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 2: and just continue to feed off each other. That's really cool. 104 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 6: You know, you've gone through like a bunch of things. 105 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 4: Personally, I'm sure you're like sort of I would assume 106 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 4: you're keep an eye on what's going on with Kyle 107 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 4: Schwarber with his season and the fact that he's you know, 108 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 4: sort of closing in. 109 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 6: A little bit on your home run record. 110 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 5: I mean, that was an historic season that I got 111 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 5: to enjoy and watch and and and uh, you know, 112 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 5: obviously watched your overall development as a you know, as 113 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 5: a slugger and as a hitter. 114 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 3: I was wondering, like. 115 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 6: You know, are you following what's going on? Are you 116 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 6: rooting for him? 117 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 3: Are you not rooting for him? Are you? I mean, 118 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 3: how big of a. 119 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 6: Phillies fan are you? 120 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: What's what's your your take on this whole man? I 121 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 2: follow the boys. I follow them all the time. I 122 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 2: love I'm a Schwarber fan. I love Kyle, Like, Uh. 123 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 2: The funny thing is is that when we trained together 124 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: in Tampa because we both had we were both part 125 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 2: of the same agency, We're both with c A, and 126 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: we trained together in Tampa at a spot called Saddlebrook. 127 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 3: So this was when he was first breaking into the league. 128 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 2: I think he was still with the with the Cubs, 129 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 2: and so I got to see him, you know, we 130 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 2: were training, working out and doing all that kind of 131 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 2: stuff and hitting, and I was watching him. 132 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: I was like, this dude's got some some sock him. 133 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,239 Speaker 3: He's got some stupid pop. 134 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,559 Speaker 2: But even more so, like he was just a great, 135 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 2: like down to earth like humble person, right, And so 136 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 2: I was like, this dude's gonna be He's gonna be good. 137 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 2: So it doesn't surprise me one bit. I'm excited for him. 138 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 2: I'm rooting for him, cheering for him. I know it's 139 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 2: the fans. The fans love it, you know what I did. 140 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: And in two thousand and six, like it's one of 141 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: those things where. 142 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 3: It was just a pure. 143 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: Kind of like video game blackout moment in a sense, 144 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 2: I remember telling Jimmy. The one time I think I 145 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: told Jimmy. I think it was on a stretch. I 146 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: was like, man, Jay, like I haven't hit a homer 147 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 2: in like a week or something. He looked at me 148 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 2: and like he said, shut up, like I'm struggling. I 149 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 2: was like, I'm struggling. Probably haven't hit a homer like 150 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: a week or something like that. And he's like, shut up. 151 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 2: I think I went and hit like two that night 152 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 2: or whatnot. But when you're in a zone like he's 153 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: in his zone right now and putting together great AB's. 154 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: That's the other thing too, is he doesn't waste abs. 155 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: That's been key and and rub as you know, like 156 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 2: you get a guy. Kyle's a guy that when he 157 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: gets going, he can carry a team. And you know, 158 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: I think with with what the guys have been able 159 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: to do thus far and getting into the postseason right now, 160 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 2: everybody's clicking on all cylinders, which is which is what 161 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 2: you want and what you need. But you know, Kyle's 162 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 2: been a guy to when when they needed him, he 163 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 2: can put them on his back. 164 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 7: Tod Father, you and me grew up in Jersey. We 165 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 7: liked to collect cards. But the way the process got 166 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 7: was ridiculous. You open up a pack, there's a bunch 167 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 7: of cards you don't care about. Then you want to 168 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 7: get certain ones graded takes forever right, then you want 169 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 7: to maybe sell one. 170 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 3: It's such a to do. 171 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 7: Arena Club has been the solution for us. 172 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 8: Arena Club has been a solution for everybody. You go online, 173 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 8: go to Arena Club and you check out what they have, 174 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 8: put a little cash down. You might get one of 175 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 8: the best cards that you've ever seen in your life, 176 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 8: and autograph card and guess what, if you don't like 177 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 8: the card, easily you could sell it back and make 178 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 8: a little cash. You never know what to expect. It's 179 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 8: a cool way of doing it. You're gonna get a 180 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 8: surprise every time. And if you're in the cards, this 181 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 8: is something you really need to get into. 182 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 3: Right now. 183 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 7: You can get twenty percent off your first slap pack 184 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 7: or card purchase by going to Arena club dot com, 185 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 7: slash foul and use code foul like Todd Father is 186 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 7: talking about. With those slap packs, every pack is a 187 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 7: grail that's at least twenty x the price of the pack. 188 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 7: Check it out. 189 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 3: What do you like about his swing? 190 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: I mean he's got such a short, quick, fast, powerful swing. 191 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 3: What do you kind of admire about it? 192 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: What do you like about watching them hit? 193 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: I guess I mean it's just that so like when 194 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 2: you watch guys that hit home wrongs, there's always a 195 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: certain an aspect to their swing, and there's always like 196 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 2: a certain type of I don't know, just different explosiveness 197 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: and finish to their swing. Like I always loved watching 198 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: Prince filled or hit homers, Like I loved when we 199 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 2: played Milwaukee, right because when Prince hit a homer, it 200 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: was almost like the bat would just explode out of 201 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 2: his hands. 202 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 3: Right. 203 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 2: Kyle's one of those guys where it's like it's so 204 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 2: quick and it's just everything stops. I don't know, Like 205 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 2: when I'm watching it's it just seems like everything after 206 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 2: the swing just just stops because the ball, the ball 207 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: just explodes off his bat and it's so quick and 208 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: it's so short. As you said that, he just puts 209 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: the fat part on the bat, of fat part of 210 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: the bat on the ball, and the rest just takes 211 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: care of itself. 212 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 3: Man. 213 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 2: I mean, it's like he's not trying to It's like 214 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 2: he's not trying to hit the ball out of the ballpark. 215 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: It's like he's just letting the ball run into the bat, 216 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 2: or letting the bat run into the ball. 217 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 5: I admired about you is that you had that ability 218 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 5: to just take a nice, smooth, easy swing and drive 219 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 5: the ball. I mean, you hadn't majestic home runs even 220 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 5: the opposite way like that. 221 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 9: It was like you were like a left handed hitting, 222 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 9: power hitting right handed hitter. When you were hitting balls out, 223 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 9: it was really really awesome. I mean you always had 224 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 9: that sort of that. 225 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 5: Ability to to drive the ball the other way. 226 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 6: Can you talk a little bit about how Charlie's influence 227 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 6: when you were a little bit younger as you were 228 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 6: moving forward, how that like all that that development of 229 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 6: like hitting the ball to the right side of the 230 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 6: field and you know you're still utilizing that power. What 231 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 6: kind of influence Charlie had on your swing? 232 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Charlie was great. 233 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 2: Charlie always had, you know, the positive reinforcement in building 234 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: it up and for me actually learning I was a 235 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 2: dead pool hitter in high school. Growing up, I did 236 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: not know what center field or left field was because 237 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 2: my thought process I was very raw. So my thought 238 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 2: process was was if I'm not hitting it down here, 239 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 2: I'm late. Right if I'm hitting it anywhere else, I'm late. 240 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 2: And it wasn't actually until I got to college that 241 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: my coach shout out my man G. Keith Gutton, Missouri 242 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 2: State University. G my man G was the one who 243 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: opened me up to the entire field. So he took 244 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: me and he said, hey, we're going to make your 245 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 2: foul polls from right center to left center, which basically 246 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 2: it just opened up the entire field for me, and 247 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 2: it actually slowed everything down to where I was able 248 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 2: to recognize pitches a lot better because I stayed up 249 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 2: the middle of the field now where Charlie came into 250 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: play in the minor leagues where he came in, Charlie 251 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 2: would notice at times I would close myself off too much. So, 252 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 2: just like with Tony how Tomy would hold the bat 253 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 2: out towards the pitcher, League had me start to do that, 254 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 2: so it aligned myself up where I was open and 255 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 2: can see the picture. 256 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 3: With both eyes. 257 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 2: And then that helped me even more to where it's like, okay, 258 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 2: some of those balls that were more middle middle end, 259 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 2: I was able to kind of turn on them and 260 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: then stay back up the middle and then again go 261 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 2: go away. 262 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 3: So the fun part about it was was I used 263 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 3: to Uh. 264 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 2: I feel like I used to bait pictures in because Rube, 265 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 2: you used to see me all the time. I stood 266 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: way off the plate yep. And so I swung a 267 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 2: longer bat. I swung a bigger bat. My bat was 268 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 2: like thirty five inches thirty four ounces yep. And so 269 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 2: those guys would see me so off, so far off 270 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 2: the plate that they would throw it middle, middle, away 271 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 2: and sometimes even off the plate away, and I was 272 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 2: still able to get barrel on it. So for me, 273 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: I wanted to try to stay in the middle of 274 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 2: the field. So by doing that, I stepped off the plate. 275 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 2: So now middle is away, away, is away, in is 276 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 2: now middle, and anything that's more off the plate in like, yeah, 277 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 2: I can catch it. I think there was one pitch 278 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: that uh. And the reason why I don't forget this 279 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 2: is because I don't know how I hit it was 280 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: off of uh. There was like a slider from John 281 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: Smoltz that was like down and in like off the plate, 282 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: and I don't know what happened. I just got somehow 283 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 2: got the barrel to it. But again, being off the plate, 284 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 2: there's no other way, if I'm on the plate, I'm 285 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 2: missing at or I'm following it off my shin. 286 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: You mentioned like that that the slider off Smoltz. Do 287 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: you remember does anything stick out about that fifty eight 288 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: home run season any one of those specific home runs? 289 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: Is that the obvious one, that Tim Hudson three homer 290 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: game when he hit fifty to fifty one fifty two? 291 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: Anything else jump out about that that season? 292 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: Yeah? There was two. There was. 293 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 2: I mean obviously that game was was fun and it 294 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 2: was fun to watch. 295 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 3: That was that was. That was a good day. 296 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: And then and I would say the Mike, you seen 297 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 2: a home run the game, but that the one to 298 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 2: the third deck and seeing uh, Matt Dog and Brett 299 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 2: Myer's reaction like when it landed. So I mean it 300 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: was it was when I when I hit it, I 301 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 2: was like that felt There's those times where you hit 302 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: a ball and you feel like you didn't even feel it, 303 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: and I was like, oh, that felt good, Like I 304 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 2: didn't even feel it. And then the next thing it 305 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 2: was just you know, landing the third deck. So yeah, 306 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 2: that that reaction that was that was good. 307 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: And I will say there was another one. There was 308 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 3: another one in. 309 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 2: Houston groupe that I feel like I got robbed in Houston. 310 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 3: I think it was off Who is it? 311 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 8: Like? 312 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 3: Was it Wandy Rodriguez? I hit it. 313 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 2: I think it was against Wandy and I hit it Appo. 314 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: It was a day game in Houston. Smoked the guy 315 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 2: in the chest in the front row in Houston and 316 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 2: left field, and they called it a double because of 317 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 2: the glare from the sun, so they couldn't tell. 318 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 3: And we didn't have replay. Why back then? 319 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 4: That's one question I had about so so people often 320 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 4: ask this question. I mean, do you ever really or 321 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 4: how many times in your career do you think you 322 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 4: actually tried to hit a ball out of the ballpark, 323 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 4: Like on this particular swing, I'm going to try, I'm 324 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 4: thinking about hitting it out. Did you do that a 325 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 4: lot or did it just happen naturally? I did it 326 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 4: one time I actually hit a home run with in 327 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 4: the minor leagues where I actually wanted to hit one 328 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 4: home run out. 329 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 6: That was the only time I ever did it my 330 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 6: whole life. Now I couldn't hit home runs, but I 331 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 6: was just curious, like a power hitter like yourself, do 332 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 6: you actually. 333 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 3: Think to the go and you know one particular swing. Okay, 334 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 3: I'm hitting this ball out of the ballpark. 335 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: Majority of the time, it's all natural, like it just 336 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: it's just reactionary, and it happens. There's sometimes where either 337 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 2: like you get into a certain count and you know 338 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 2: like you're a thousand percent sure, like this is what 339 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: this guy is gonna throw me, like I'm not missing this. Yeah, yeah, 340 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: I forget that. I forget the guy's name. It was 341 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: a picture on the Nationals. I think I hit like 342 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 2: two grand slams off the guy and he was the 343 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 2: second ball that I hit in the third deck, and 344 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 2: I just remember when he threw it. I was I 345 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 2: was sitting dead red change up, and I remember I 346 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 2: was like, he throws his change up, I'm hitting this 347 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 2: thing out of the ballpark like we're going on the street. 348 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 3: And when as soon as I hit, I was like, oof, 349 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 3: that might leave everything. 350 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 2: I felt like it felt better than the one off 351 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: of you've seen it, and that that time was like 352 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 2: one of those times where I knew, like, Okay, if 353 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 2: they give me this pitch, I'm gonna be But you 354 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 2: have to be feeling good though, too, right your swing 355 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: and everything's got to be feeling good to where you're 356 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 2: even telling yourself that as a hitter, because you can't 357 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: go up there feeling like garbage and be like, all right, 358 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go up here and I'm gonna hit this 359 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 2: out like everything. 360 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 3: You got to be in the flow right there. 361 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 4: It's funny you should say that because for me, I mean, 362 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: this is a story about me. But you remember Claude 363 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 4: os Dave Ostein was a big change up guy. But 364 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 4: Claude Osting used to be a pitcher pitching coach for 365 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 4: many many years in the Big Land, pitch in the 366 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 4: big leagues. So Dave Ostein, same thing. I sat on 367 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 4: a change up, but he's towing me a change up. 368 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 4: I'm gonna hit this one out And I actually hit 369 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 4: it out of the stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas, which 370 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 4: was weird because I had no pop, but he actually 371 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 4: threw it. Oh my goodness. But it's funny that it 372 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 4: was a similar bridge. I just can't imagine that you 373 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 4: ever put yourself in a position to do that like 374 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 4: all the time, and so it's interesting to actually pinpoint 375 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 4: the one. 376 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 2: Time that you know you did well, you know what, ahead, 377 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 2: oh go ahead, go ahead, no no, no, no, go right. Yeah, 378 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 2: I was just I was just gonna say because it 379 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 2: made me think back to nine, the whole get me 380 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 2: to the plate thing, right, and I just remember, I 381 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 2: don't know what happened. I just again another blackout moment 382 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: over the course of my career. But when I went 383 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 2: when I went through it because I knew what the 384 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: situation was and with like Houston, like Houston Street, right, 385 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,479 Speaker 2: because we're playing the Rockies and Houston was my teammate 386 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 2: in the Fall League, so I'd gotten to see a 387 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 2: lot of Houston like pitch. 388 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 3: And so I was just like, all right, I know 389 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 3: what he does. I know what his ball does. 390 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 2: I'm like if he if he does this, I'm hitting 391 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 2: it out, Like, just give me to the plate, like 392 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 2: I I'm gonna. 393 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 3: Hit it out. And then I just I just missed 394 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 3: it and hit that top spin and hit it off 395 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 3: the wall. And yeah. 396 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 2: So it was It's like one of those things where 397 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 2: you just it just kind of comes together when you 398 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 2: know exactly what a guy is gonna try to do 399 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 2: and you're feeling good enough to where it's like, hey, 400 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 2: all right, if you get me to the plate like this, 401 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 2: we're going. 402 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 3: To win this game. Because it's it's going to go out. Well. 403 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: Kyle Shureber when he finally hit his fiftieth I know, 404 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: he said, once he got the forty nine, he said, 405 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: he was kind of thinking about fifty a lot. Were 406 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: you thinking after you hit fifty eight? Were you thinking 407 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: I can smell sixty those last few or not? 408 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 7: You know what it was? 409 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 3: You know what. 410 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 2: You subliminally Yeah, yeah, like in the but it wasn't 411 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 2: like one of those things where I'm thinking about it 412 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 2: every single day. It's just like, oh, yeah, like I'm 413 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 2: going to get there. You know, it's I'm going to 414 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 2: get there, but I'm not trying to get there, you 415 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 2: know what I mean. So it was like it's going 416 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 2: to come by me. Just continue to do what it 417 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: is that I'm doing. And like I said, the guy 418 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 2: in Houston that got hit in the chest, well lost 419 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 2: a one late. 420 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 4: Season the fifty nine because then the sixties right there, 421 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 4: Oh it would be. 422 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, it would be right there. 423 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 2: But you know, it's it's one of those things to 424 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 2: where it's like I was so young in my career, 425 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 2: that was my first full season, to where it's like okay, 426 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 2: like you don't realize what you did until you actually 427 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: get a chance to like sit back and look back 428 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 2: on on what you did and I and I look 429 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 2: at it and I'm like, I don't know what the 430 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 2: hell happened that year? 431 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 3: Like I was, things just all came. 432 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 2: They all because you look at it and you and 433 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 2: you say, man like wow, like that was that was special? 434 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 3: It was really special. Yeah, it was. 435 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to we really appreciate the time. I 436 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: just got a couple more. I wanted to ask you 437 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: when you get Chase on you and Jimmy kept saying, oh, 438 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: you know, you were cereal. You were cereal, which I 439 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: guess meant like mentally he was like a serial killer? 440 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: Is that what that's coming from? 441 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 2: Uh? 442 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 3: I mean that's safe to say, that's yeah. 443 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: So we've had people on and they've told like a 444 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: good Chase story, Like what's your good Chase story? Is 445 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: there a serial Chase story that you could tell? 446 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 3: Wow, Chase, I mean Chase. 447 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 2: Everybody got to see Chase like on the field, so 448 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 2: Chase was always hard nose. He was like, you know, 449 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 2: the the hustle guy all that, but Chase off the 450 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 2: field was like a joker man like he would he 451 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 2: was sneaky. Chase was Chase was sneaky man, and he'd 452 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 2: he'd be doing all kind of like jokes and and 453 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 2: and and stuff like that. 454 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 3: I don't know if I got any uh. 455 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 2: Good appropriate stuff because it's probably a family. 456 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 8: But. 457 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: That I was gonna say, you've seen him smash helmets 458 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: and batrax and stuff. 459 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, Well you know what's funny is is 460 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 2: like the things that I would always find funny. So Jimmy, Shane, 461 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: Chase and myself always hitting the same group, and we 462 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 2: had Mick bill Meyer was our VP guy, and so 463 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: like Ruben was, you see it all the time. So 464 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 2: it's like if Chase was kind of like scuffling hitting wise, 465 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 2: or he didn't feel good, like Chase would just have 466 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 2: these this mini explosion every once in a while during 467 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 2: batting practice. 468 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 3: And so. 469 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 2: One time mixed throwing and Chase just can't get his 470 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: rhythm going. He's just feeling like crap or whatever. Swings missed, 471 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 2: like hits it into the into the top of the 472 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 2: batting cage. 473 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 3: Fires is bad at the l screen. 474 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 2: And he's walking out and then just like fires the 475 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 2: ball back into the batting cage, not throwing it at Chase, 476 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 2: but he just fired it back in I was like, 477 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 2: I'm hitting after Chase. I always hit after Chase, and 478 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 2: so I was like, all right, well, I guess we're 479 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 2: ready to go. I don't know if he's swinging anymore, 480 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 2: but be ready for this fastball. Get in here, go 481 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 2: take these rounds and see what happens. But he would 482 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 2: have some like hilarious snaps. And for all of us 483 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 2: who knew Chase, like we're standing there like Shane, and 484 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 2: Shane's dying laughing. Jimmy's dying like I'm laughing, And I'm like, 485 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 2: all right, Nick, you good bro, Like we can take 486 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 2: a little bit off if you know, if you if 487 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 2: you want. 488 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: Well, So that's this is the great part about the 489 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: six Woman podcast. 490 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 3: You do a Jimmy. 491 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: I was listening in the Pedro Martinez episode, and I 492 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 1: also learned that Pedro called him a snapper or something 493 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: like that. 494 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 3: Right, He's always he was always snapping. Yeah, yeah, it was. 495 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: It was. 496 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 2: It was a good quality snap every once in a while. 497 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 2: But but you had to love his his competitive nature 498 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 2: and in what it was. And Chase always would about 499 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 2: playing a game the right way, and I loved him 500 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 2: as Chase was one of those guys, and guys would say, 501 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 2: it's like you love him on your team and you 502 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 2: hated playing against him because of how because of how 503 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 2: he played, you know what I mean. Like people would say, oh, 504 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 2: Chase was dirty. I was like, no, Chase, Chase isn't dirty. 505 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 2: It's like he just he plays hard. Like we grew 506 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 2: up watching baseball a certain way, and it's like if 507 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 2: you're gonna if you're gonna go in. He's coming in 508 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 2: to try to break up a double player. He's trying 509 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 2: to come in and break up, you know, and out 510 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 2: so you don't get him if so you don't get 511 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 2: somebody else out. He's gonna play hard, he's gonna hustle, 512 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 2: and that's that's what he did. 513 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 5: And then I had one more I had one more question. 514 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 5: I know, obviously you've had an amazing career. It's so 515 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 5: cool to see you do the stuff that you're doing 516 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 5: off the field. We've had a couple of guests over 517 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 5: time where they'll be like, in some random place, Howie 518 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 5: Rosman's happened to him? And uh, I think Chase went 519 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 5: through it in a couple of different places where you know, 520 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 5: people would randomly say, like world lefing champions or you know, 521 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 5: stuff like that, Howie. 522 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 3: Rose and Go Birds. 523 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 5: Have you been in like any weird or like remote 524 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 5: places in your travels where people like come up to 525 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 5: recognize and say, you know, go Phills or have you 526 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,719 Speaker 5: Have you had any of those types of experiences because 527 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 5: we've heard some funny stories over the years, and I'm 528 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 5: not sure if you've gone through that too. 529 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 3: So I got a twofold for you. 530 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 2: So one I was like, we we went on vacation, 531 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 2: we did like a European vacation this year, and a 532 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 2: lot of Philly fans in Italy, so we ran into 533 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 2: a lot of people from Philly. 534 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, in Italy. 535 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 2: And but to give you the the kind of fun thing, 536 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:47,159 Speaker 2: I was actually at a Lucha libre wrestling match and 537 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 2: had a guy like Mexico in Mexico here in Atlanta. 538 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 3: There's a guy here in Atlanta that puts him on. 539 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 8: And so. 540 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 2: Buddy of mine was like, hey, hey, right, like I'll 541 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: be in town. You want to come to this lucha libre. 542 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 2: I was like, all right, cool, let's go. So I 543 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 2: went over there to that and it was like that 544 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 2: was an experience. 545 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 8: Man, it was. 546 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 3: It was interesting. It was like really cool and funny. 547 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 3: It was like I like, I enjoyed myself. It was 548 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 3: like it was crazy. We did have a person come 549 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 3: up and say, what's up. 550 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, Phillies fans meant Philly fans. 551 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 3: Phillies fans. They are everywhere, There's no doubt it. 552 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: And my last one is, what, uh tell me why 553 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: you think this group? You said you kind of watched 554 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: the Phillies. Why do you think this group might have 555 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: a chance to win the World Series? Is you're what 556 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: do you what do you like about their chances? Or 557 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: what do you like about this team? 558 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 2: What I like about their chances is I mean, obviously, 559 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: look this this day and age of ball, I think 560 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 2: we're getting back to the point to where everybody's understanding 561 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: how important starting pitching is in the postseason. You know, 562 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 2: during the regular season you kind of get away with, 563 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 2: you know, letting guys go five innings or whatever. But 564 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 2: I think, you know, as I've always said, when a 565 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 2: guy is going going well, if you can get it 566 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 2: to the right hands at the end, the less hands 567 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: that have the opportunity to touch it, the less the 568 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 2: less chances there are for somebody to mess up. 569 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 3: Right. 570 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 2: So I think the importance of starting pitching, and with 571 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 2: this day and age, man, these guys have you know, 572 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 2: barring now that you know obviously with Wheeler out, you've 573 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 2: still got four pretty good starting pitchers. Right So You've 574 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 2: got Ranger, You've got Lizardo, You've got Sanchez, who's been 575 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 2: amazing all year, and you got No No, you got 576 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 2: Nola right where now most of the time with the 577 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 2: with the way the postseason is, you really only need three, 578 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 2: you know, because you've got the off days in between 579 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 2: to be able to continue to set up your your 580 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 2: your your rotations or whatnot. So I like that from 581 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 2: that standpoint, you know, being able to either put guys 582 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 2: kind of back to back if you need to, and 583 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: you can set up your rotation however you I will 584 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 2: put Rangers for Az up against anybody's ace any day 585 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: of the week, and that dude's gonna give you an 586 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 2: opportunity to win. Christopher Sanchez has been pitching out of 587 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 2: his mind. 588 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 3: He continues to do that. That that right there, you 589 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 3: got too. You can put No No and. 590 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 2: And uh Lozardo you know back to back as well. 591 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 2: You still got tied whoever you want to throw on there. 592 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 2: You still got some depth at that starting position. But 593 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,479 Speaker 2: what I also like is the bottom of the lineup 594 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 2: has been coming through for the Phillies, and that is key, Rube. 595 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 2: You know, like when we were winning, everybody was hitting, 596 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 2: you know, the one through five, those usual suspects are 597 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 2: gonna be what it's gonna be. But I think where 598 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 2: it's one is in the trenches where you get those 599 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 2: guys six to nine that can get there. So it's 600 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 2: almost like if those guys can continue to do what 601 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 2: they're doing, and in the times where the top is 602 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 2: not getting it done, but the bottom is starting to 603 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 2: come through, that's gonna give you more opportunity to sit 604 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 2: there and try to go win as well. So these 605 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 2: guys are clicking on all cylinders and play baseball. Get 606 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 2: them on, get them over, get him in. It ain't sexy. 607 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 2: The analysts don't like it, but damn it. We about 608 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 2: w's at the end of the day. So that's what 609 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,479 Speaker 2: it comes down to is at this point, like all 610 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 2: the other stuff kind of goes out of the window. 611 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 2: You got to start playing baseball. Like if you got 612 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 2: to play small ball, whatever it is that you gotta do. 613 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 2: The year they went to the World Series, they played 614 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 2: small ball they were butting guys over, getting them on, 615 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 2: getting them over, and getting them in. 616 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 3: That's it. 617 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 8: You know. 618 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 3: The Diamondbacks did it to them the next year. 619 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 2: So if you notice, like when you get to the postseason, 620 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 2: everybody starts kind of okay, Hey, the homer is great, 621 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 2: we'll take it, but we've got to be able to 622 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 2: manufacture runs. 623 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,239 Speaker 3: And that's what they've been able to do thus far 624 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 3: towards the end of the season. 625 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 2: And I think in order for them to do what 626 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 2: they want to do and get to the mountaintop, you 627 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: got to keep doing that. You gotta find ways to 628 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 2: get runs across the board. 629 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: Chooches walk off from the World Series, man ball hit 630 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: about three feet in the plate and bounce straight up, 631 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: straight up high to Evan Longoria. 632 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 3: No shot, that's right, speed kills exactly right. 633 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 2: Well, Ryan, thanks a lot. 634 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 3: Everybody. 635 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: Make sure to check out the podcast six one one Right, 636 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: Jimmy Rollins, you can you tell us who your next 637 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: guest is? Do you know who your next guest is? 638 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: You want to tease right now? 639 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 3: We have just done we did one. We got one 640 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 3: coming out. 641 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,239 Speaker 2: We got to keep people tuned in, so we got 642 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 2: one where we like to do a couple of them 643 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 2: with ourselves and just kind of like go back and forth. 644 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 3: So it's great. Yeah, well we're gonna. 645 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 2: Look at doing some reactionary stuff too over the course 646 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 2: of the postseason, so you know, just continue to tune 647 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 2: in sixty one one Podcast and check us out. 648 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 4: Awesome, Ran, Thanks so much for your time, Man, it 649 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 4: was a pleasure and continued success on your stuff. 650 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 2: Man's cool A man back at you guys, Man appreciate 651 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: it was always fun