1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Hey, it's the sweet life. 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 2: It is time for heim Bloom to join the show 3 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: right now, and it is time for him to take 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 2: over the Cardinals front office, which is what he's been 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: doing now this offseason. 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: Great to see you. 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: I feel like it's like you're back in the wild again. 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: Does it feel that way? 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: It does? 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, a little less time, yeah, a little tougher 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: work life balance, and we don't have a time in 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 3: the segment. 13 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: So I want to get right to the go here. 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 4: But here, here's my thing. 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 5: So I saw you two years ago in spring training, 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 5: right after you had got hired by the Cardinals, and 17 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 5: I see you. I thought I was only in the 18 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 5: laundry room. Maybe you're washing your own underwear. It was crazy, 19 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 5: and I asked, hey, come come out and talk to us, 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 5: and You're like, I'm behind the scenes guy now right, 21 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 5: So now there's no more behind the scenes. 22 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 4: Now again you're the face. 23 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: We're making up for lost time. Well, it's good to 24 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: be back. Okay. 25 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 2: So what are we talking about here at the winter meetings? 26 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 2: Do you think that there's a next step here coming 27 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: soon for your team as you guys go through this 28 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: transition period. Sonny Gray was the first, you know, as 29 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: you've been asked a billion times already, Wilson, Contreris, Brendan Donovan, 30 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: where are we at. 31 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, well, we have nothing up our sleeves ready to 32 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 6: drop at this particular moment. But you know, when you're here, 33 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 6: everything's a phone call away. Look, you know, we've been 34 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 6: I think maybe more than usual. There's obviously a lot 35 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 6: of phone calls, just because we've tried to be very 36 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 6: clear publicly about what our goals are and then if 37 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 6: that involves hard decisions in the short term to build 38 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 6: this thing to where we can be in position to 39 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 6: win this division and keep doing it, We're going to 40 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 6: make those hard decisions. We're fortunate to have a lot 41 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 6: of good players here, and so when you have that, 42 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 6: there's going to be interest in those guys. 43 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: My job is to listen. 44 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 6: I think, especially in the first winter in this job, 45 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 6: it's really important to have your ears open and just 46 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 6: understand how the league sees our team, our players, and 47 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 6: at the same time, we're hunting players from other clubs 48 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 6: that we feel can be part of this core that 49 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 6: we like and seeing if we can match up. 50 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 7: Is it just gonna be twenty twenty all over again? 51 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 7: Minus COVID. But when you were with the Red Sox, 52 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 7: you went twenty twenty. You guys stunk. It was a 53 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 7: COVID season. Whatever. Jad Martinez didn't hit twenty one. We 54 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 7: were in the playoffs. So is that the route? Because 55 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 7: it's worked, and because now you can look at the 56 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 7: Red Sox and go, oh, yeah, him did that. He 57 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 7: built this, He built this metric, He built it. You know, 58 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 7: he built this group around these people. Are you just 59 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 7: gonna kind of recycle it? And is that what Cardinal 60 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 7: fans can expect or hope not expect? 61 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 6: Hope for well sandwiched around maybe some other comments. There 62 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 6: were some very kind words there about the work with 63 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 6: the Red Sox, which I appreciate. Look, we're never going 64 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 6: to go into a season conceding anything. Obviously, when you 65 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 6: have the goals that we have, you're gonna make moves accordingly. 66 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 6: That may lead to some short term sacrifices, and you know, 67 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 6: sometimes you are going to pay the price in the 68 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 6: short term for those sacrifices. But I think one thing 69 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 6: that's really important anytime you're doing something like this, especially 70 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 6: in an organization like this. This organization historically has really 71 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 6: made its name on dominating details, and on holding a 72 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 6: really high standard. So regardless of what we're doing from 73 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 6: a strategic standpoint, we're going to hold a really high 74 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 6: standard every day in terms of what we expect from ourselves, 75 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 6: how we work, whatever's on our plate that day, what 76 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 6: we bring to that job, and also what we expect 77 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 6: of our players. So I would love to get to 78 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 6: those heights without going through as deep of a valley. 79 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 6: We're not going to try to make compromises on our 80 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 6: plan to avoid going into that valley. But I think 81 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 6: we have a lot of good young talent here. Part 82 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 6: of the reason we're doing this is because we just 83 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 6: want more young talent so we can really build a 84 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 6: core that we can sustain. And I am optimistic that 85 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 6: regardless of what this winner holds, you know that talent 86 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 6: is going to show through in a lot of different 87 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 6: ways over the course of the season. And actually, you know, 88 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 6: sometimes you know, you cite the Boston Time as an example, 89 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 6: there were a lot of ways that we leaned into 90 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 6: that project. I'm not going to sit here and tell 91 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 6: you we did it perfectly, but we leaned into that 92 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 6: project in ways that when we did that, not only 93 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 6: was the long term payoff there as we've seen, you know, 94 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 6: in recent months. But sometimes we read benefits in the 95 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 6: short term because we were willing to make those hard 96 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 6: decisions and willing to make those sacrifices, and the baseball 97 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 6: gods will sometimes reward you for that. So we are 98 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 6: going to be focused on our goals. But I think 99 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 6: the more steadfastly we focus on them, the more we 100 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 6: stand to realize some benefits in the short term with 101 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 6: young players who can surprise you, you know, contributions coming 102 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 6: from places you might not have seen, and hopefully it 103 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 6: all adds up to us having a lot of fun 104 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 6: on the way to getting where we want to go. 105 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 5: Okay, so you're going to make lots of trade with 106 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 5: the Red Sox because you know all the players, you 107 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 5: drafted them all. 108 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 4: So we got that down. 109 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 5: How hard is it because you come into a new job, 110 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 5: like when you went to the Red Sox, the first 111 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 5: thing you were told, I got to trade Mooki bets 112 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 5: and you're the guy everyone's like, hind bloom trade of 113 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 5: Mooki bets. 114 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 4: But you were told to do that, right. So now 115 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 4: you come to Saint Louis and. 116 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 5: Like you, Donovan Arnatto, you already traded Sonny Gray possibly Contreras. 117 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 4: Dude, when are you gonna get to just run a 118 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 4: team and not have to make all. 119 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: These crazy moves? You know what you have to do, 120 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: what you have to do. 121 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: I know, my gosh, dang, I just want you to 122 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 4: get a chance to not have to do all this stuff. 123 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 2: For that other one was brutal, though, Hey, welcome to 124 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 2: the party. Mookie Bets like is a freaking legendary Hall 125 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: of Famer. You have to trade him, you know what? 126 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 6: Was funny? Look, I don't want to really rehash too 127 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 6: much about that. You know, we probably should probably be 128 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 6: at a later hour at a bar or something like that. 129 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 6: We're going to do that. 130 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: Actually we did. 131 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 4: Told Star and you said you coming, and now he's 132 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 4: not Tea. 133 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,239 Speaker 6: But uh, that one we could rehash that maybe later tonight, 134 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 6: but I hope we're too busy to do that. Look, 135 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 6: it's actually funny with with that deal. So my my 136 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 6: boys like love baseball, and now they're old enough they 137 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 6: really follow this very closely. They're way worse than anybody 138 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 6: in the media in terms of how hard they are 139 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 6: at me. And they were young enough when that happened 140 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 6: that they weren't really aware of it. And now my 141 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 6: oldest who's just locked in on all this stuff, realize 142 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 6: last year that I traded Mookie back. 143 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 8: Oh no, and he was just He's like, Dad, what 144 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 8: are you doing. It's like, it's a long story. Yeah, 145 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 8: look for me. 146 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 6: Obviously, again, sometimes there are hard decisions you have to 147 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 6: make in the here and now. If you're not ready 148 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 6: to make those, then this is not the business for you. 149 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 6: There's also a lot of really good things happened in 150 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 6: the organization that are energizing every day in terms of 151 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 6: taking our young players getting the most out of them, 152 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 6: not even just our young players, like player development should 153 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 6: never stop, even in the big leagues, even with veterans. 154 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 6: If there's anything the last five ten years in this 155 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 6: game should teach us, it's that there's always pathways to 156 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 6: improvement for any player, any team, any organization. It is 157 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 6: awesome every day to get a chance to wake up 158 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 6: and say, how can we get better today? How can 159 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 6: I help all the talented people that we have get 160 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 6: us better today? And there's so many pathways to do that. 161 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 6: We have a lot of really good young talents, some 162 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 6: of it's on our team, some of it's coming and 163 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 6: so it's it. You don't have to squint that much 164 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 6: to really be able to dream big about what a 165 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 6: lot of these guys can do. Our job with that 166 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 6: is to keep our feet on the ground, stay realistic 167 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 6: about what it's going to take to get there, and 168 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 6: help these guys see it for themselves so that they can't. 169 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 4: I love it. 170 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: Hey, we're back ft live in Orlando, and we have 171 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: two guests joining us now, so athletes Unlimited Softball League 172 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: is what you should know about. And the commissioners Kim 173 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: and you know that name, longtime baseball executive Kim. 174 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: Great to see you. 175 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: And then also we've got four on the set here, 176 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 2: plus Aroscraft who will ask some questions to Sarah Romero 177 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 2: is a star in the league, joining us here. 178 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: Sierra, thanks for joining us as well. Thank you, Kim. 179 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: Great to see you. How are you? 180 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 9: Oh good? 181 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:50,679 Speaker 4: Thanks? 182 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 9: Thanks for having us. 183 00:07:51,880 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: Of course I'm gonna let you got. 184 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: It's going right right in. 185 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 4: Yesterday but. 186 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you forgot your mic fell off there. 187 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 10: Yeah, so before I've been banging this drama, there's other 188 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 10: people I thought you could get into the voting for. 189 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 10: I know you're not going to take us through it, 190 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 10: but how hard was where I don't know how hard 191 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 10: was how incredible? 192 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 9: It's incredibly hard. This is my second time I've done it. 193 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 11: And listen, this ballot was there were so many good 194 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 11: players on the right, and so you're trying to make 195 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 11: great decisions. You know, we just didn't get the votes 196 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 11: for some that I'm sure other people wanted. But it's, uh, 197 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 11: it's it's a crazy process. 198 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: It's a good process. 199 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 5: Is it like going there and you guys just throw 200 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 5: up a steel cage and then whoever wants their vote, 201 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: they just you got kind of rumble until one winner 202 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 5: comes out something like that. 203 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: Oh, go ahead, Cratz. 204 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 7: No, I just I just really first, Ken, I'm so glad. 205 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 7: Are you able to hear me? 206 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 9: Yeah? 207 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 7: Faintly, Okay, I'm glad you're I'm glad you're able to 208 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 7: come on here. And when you have, did you when 209 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 7: you became the commissioner of the league, did you say 210 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 7: I want to name it something different because everybody thinks 211 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 7: commissioner of Baseball, they think Rob Manford, and they're like, 212 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 7: when I think of Kim Hang, I don't think of 213 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 7: Rob Manford. I think it's something way different. Are you 214 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 7: handling that position? Differently than say what you saw Rob 215 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 7: do in your time in Major League Baseball. 216 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 11: I think some of the responsibilities are different. You know, 217 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 11: clearly major League Baseball has been in existence for one 218 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 11: hundred plus years and so our issues probably aren't the same. 219 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 11: But there's a lot to get off the ground, you know. 220 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 11: There there are number of things that I learned from 221 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 11: both of the commissioners that I worked for, So you know, 222 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 11: it's really just about trying to do, you know, use 223 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 11: all of my skills and experience from my thirty plus 224 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 11: career and put that to good use for the for 225 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 11: the women here. 226 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 5: All right, now we'll get to the softball Sierra Michigan. Sorry, 227 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 5: I'm not a Michigan fan. 228 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 7: I'm not a. 229 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 5: Michigan person, not a Big ten person. I'm an SEC guide. 230 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: What though played Midwest? 231 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean just because I played there. It's like 232 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 5: Notre Dame. See you you're out stop crying, go to 233 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 5: your bowl game. 234 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 4: But how is Michigan good in softball? 235 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 9: How are they? 236 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: Yeah? 237 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 4: Because they've been good for a long time. 238 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 12: The Michigan softball is I feel like, you know, it's 239 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 12: one of those programs, you know, especially after being under 240 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 12: Carol Hutchins a legend in the softball world in general. 241 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 12: She left the program in really good hands when she retired. 242 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 12: And you know, now Bonnie's there, you got Jen Brundage, 243 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 12: you got Manda Chittister. You have these really big names 244 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 12: in the softball world to keep the tradition going. And 245 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 12: that's what Michigan softball is all about, is that tradition. 246 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 4: And then how do you transition to professional softball. 247 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 12: I think they prepped me. I mean they prepped me 248 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 12: with knowing what it took when it comes to hard work, 249 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 12: with dedication, when doing the things you don't want to 250 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 12: do because you know you have to. I think, like 251 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,719 Speaker 12: every pro baseball softball player knows, you don't always want 252 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 12: to work out, you don't always want to max out 253 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 12: and do all the lifts and do all the things. 254 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 12: And for me, it was an easy transition because I 255 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 12: already knew what it took. But I definitely think the 256 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,319 Speaker 12: speed of the game is what took the most getting 257 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 12: used to. I feel like it's probably the same, you know, 258 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 12: going from college baseball to MLB, it's a lot faster. 259 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 12: You're playing with grown women. You're playing now with women 260 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 12: that are established who know how to throw who know 261 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 12: who are so smarter on the mounds. They know how 262 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 12: to read certain things mid game and make changes like 263 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 12: that and kind of play with you a little bit, 264 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 12: you know, mess with your head, and it's just a 265 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 12: different beast. And so it's it's a lot of fun 266 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 12: to play that back and forth game of Okay, you 267 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 12: got me there, but hey, I'm not going to let 268 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 12: you beat me next time up and in or on 269 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 12: that change up in that count. So it's a lot 270 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 12: of fun. 271 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 7: Sierra, my daughter's thirteen years old. She wants to know 272 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 7: where can this league go? I mean, it's a fledgling 273 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 7: league right now. She's thirteen. She obviously has to go 274 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 7: through high school. She wants to play in college. Where 275 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 7: can this league go? Because if it goes to where 276 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 7: you want it to go, you'll be known as one 277 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 7: of the pioneers to push the league to that point. 278 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 12: I mean, I think with the backing of the MLB, 279 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 12: we are in very good hands. I think of all 280 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 12: the other women's pro leagues and how once they had 281 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 12: the backing of their male counterparts, it just blew up. 282 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 12: We got the fans from that league. We also just 283 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 12: got more eyes on it in general, and I think 284 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 12: that this league is here to stay. I've been a 285 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 12: part of a lot of pro leagues in my career, 286 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 12: and unfortunately they all folded and they just there was 287 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 12: nothing there for us. And so for us, our career 288 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 12: has always felt unsure and we've always been a little 289 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 12: bit uneasy. And that's not how we feel anymore. Now 290 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 12: it's here to stay. This is my career. I feel 291 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 12: more confident saying I'm a professional softball player. I love 292 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 12: that now when I say it, the answer isn't always oh, 293 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 12: I didn't even know there was a pro league. Now 294 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 12: it's oh, wow, yeah, are you what team are you on? 295 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 12: You know, I saw a lot of it's I saw 296 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 12: the talents win. Unfortunately, I'm not on the talents. I 297 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 12: did not win last season, but I'm on the bolts, 298 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 12: and so it's cool to see that these players and 299 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 12: these fans they're paying attention, they're looking at us, and 300 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 12: they're seeing what we're doing, and they like what they see. 301 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 4: All right, So, Kim, how do you scout? 302 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 5: Because you're your baseball background, So how does the scouting 303 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 5: go to find players like Sierra? 304 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 4: How do you find the players? 305 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 11: So our general managers and head coaches are a big 306 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 11: part of that process. You know, some of them still 307 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 11: are collegiate coaches, so they have that in their pockets, 308 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 11: and so it's it's easy for them to you know, 309 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 11: to understand who's out there. And then the others who 310 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 11: are not necessarily part of the NCAA collegiate world, they're 311 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 11: just doing it off of tv PM and you know 312 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 11: a lot of word of mouth as well. 313 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 4: Awesome, awesome. 314 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 5: So I when I was with the Giants in two 315 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 5: thousand and four, we had a guy named Barry Bonds 316 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 5: on the team, okay, and they brought in Jenny Finch. 317 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: This is when she was going around and she was 318 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 4: pitching to. 319 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 5: Everybody and I got to catch her, and Barry Bond 320 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 5: stood him, but he wouldn't swing because he said, I 321 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 5: doesn't want to hurt her. Now I got to catch 322 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 5: Jenny Finch and she was the biggest thing in softball 323 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 5: at the time, and she was every pitch I thought 324 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 5: she threw. I was like, okay, I could see this one, 325 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 5: but the rise ball right, So I'm I and I 326 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 5: know she struck out like pool holes and all these guys, right. 327 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 4: I didn't want it to back because I would have 328 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 4: punched out. 329 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 5: How good because I would have loved to have seen 330 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 5: Barry tried to hit it, because if he would have 331 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 5: struck out, have been the greatest. 332 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 4: Thing ever for softball. 333 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 5: But how good are the players? Because I watch it 334 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 5: on TV and I love it. I think it's great. 335 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 5: Did the cheering in the dugout everything that you guys do? 336 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 5: I love it, like especially in college, and I can 337 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 5: now have to tune into the pro league. 338 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 4: But how good are the players? 339 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 12: I mean, these players are elate, They're everybody. Everyone wants 340 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 12: to beat everyone. We are all extremely competitive. We may 341 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 12: be friends outside of the softball field, but when we 342 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 12: are playing against each other, we want to beat each 343 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 12: other and we want to beat each other bad every 344 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 12: single game. You know, the competitiveness is there. Everybody is 345 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 12: working day in and day out to be the best 346 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 12: and to be the top athlete in the league. And 347 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 12: you'll see it when we play. 348 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 4: Like, what's the hardest pitch for you to hit? 349 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 9: For me? 350 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: They're all easy. 351 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 4: They're all easy. 352 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 7: I like it. 353 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 4: I love it. 354 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 12: Hardest pitch the rise ball when I swing at it. 355 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: But how do you not swing? I don't know, Crouchy, 356 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 4: your daughter practice. Watch it again. 357 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 5: When I was catching it, she was telling me is 358 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 5: coming in with and for a baseball player, because everything 359 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 5: goes down down, down right. But she'd throw that ball 360 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 5: that would start at your knees and would end up 361 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 5: at your chest. How do you not swing that? Because 362 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 5: when it comes out of her hand, you're like, oh, 363 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 5: that's a strike. I'm going to crush that, and the 364 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 5: next thing you know, it's over your head. 365 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 12: I mean, the biggest adjustment is you're trying to meet 366 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 12: the ball where you think it's going to end up. 367 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 12: The really good rise ball pitchers they can change the 368 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 12: level at which the rise ball crosses the strike zone. 369 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 12: So you might have some who throws one out of 370 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 12: the zone, but the next time she might say, you 371 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 12: know what, actually, I want to throw this one for 372 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 12: a strike now. So it's really about meeting the ball 373 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 12: where you think it's going to land, making sure you're 374 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 12: flat to the ball. You can't be underneath it. You're 375 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 12: gonna pop it up or you're gonna swing and miss. 376 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 12: So definitely trying to come at the ball level or 377 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 12: think to almost miss above it. Since the ball is 378 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 12: going to continue to rise, it's just like a little 379 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 12: trick you play on your brain. You're like, Okay, I'm 380 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 12: trying to miss above the ball, but really you're going 381 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 12: to be flat and barrel it up. But you got 382 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 12: to really try to make sure you're meeting it where 383 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 12: you think it's about to end up. 384 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 7: Sierra Siah, this is my opportunity. Sometimes in life you 385 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 7: have to ask quite. I have arguments with my dad. 386 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 7: My dad teaches fast pitch softball. He pitched fast pitch 387 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 7: for forty years. A riser true or false, does not 388 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 7: technically rise. It's the spin that keeps it on plane 389 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 7: and so it has that late life effect correct or 390 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 7: not correct? Oh, it's rising, But analytically when you have 391 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 7: it on track, man, does it technically. 392 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 9: Rise on track? 393 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 4: Man? 394 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 12: I don't think that it. 395 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 9: I don't know that. 396 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 12: It shows that I can't speak, So I'm not a 397 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 12: picture who's gonna check the analytics on that. I could 398 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 12: ask Montana for you. But as a hitter, it is jumping. 399 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 12: It's definitely jumping. It's one of those things. As a hitter, 400 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 12: you're definitely reading the spin because that's how I know 401 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 12: where I'm trying to get my barrel to end up. 402 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 12: When it comes to the contact point. But I mean 403 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 12: when I look back after I've swung and miss, when 404 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 12: I usually swing at those, it's definitely much higher than 405 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 12: I thought it was when it was coming through the zone. 406 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 7: All Right. One of the other things you said was 407 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 7: or Aj even said it. And it's one of my 408 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 7: favorite times a year when the College World Series, the 409 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 7: women's College World Series is on. I love watching it. 410 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 7: It is on our TV as love as there's games. 411 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,239 Speaker 7: It's on. My daughter and I get to watch it. 412 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 7: She leaves, I still get to watch it. Can you 413 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 7: girls take the same energy that we see in that 414 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 7: college game to pro because if you can, to me, 415 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 7: I think you're ahead of major league baseball in that sense, 416 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 7: because I think we lose some of that energy and 417 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 7: like amateur amateur fire that the college game creates is 418 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 7: lost than in the big leagues, even in the minor 419 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 7: leagues and then into the big leagues. 420 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 12: Personally, I think it's already there. I think that if 421 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 12: if you're a fan, or if you're just curious about 422 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 12: like what you just asked, show up to a game, 423 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 12: Show up to a game and you'll see it, you know. 424 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 12: I think about when we played this past season, we 425 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 12: played in Round Rock versus the Bandits, and we had 426 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 12: over six thousand fans there and you know, Bandits were 427 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 12: we're beating us. But that was a very hype game. 428 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 12: There was a lot of a lot of emotion. There's 429 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 12: a lot of great plays. We celebrate every little thing 430 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 12: throughout the game. It doesn't matter if you made you know, ordinary, 431 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 12: you know, everyday type of play, or you do some 432 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 12: type of Jeter throw. Everybody's going to celebrate it the 433 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 12: same because we know how hard it is to make 434 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 12: those simple plays. And for us, playing fiery and being 435 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 12: that like fierce competitor is something we truly enjoy doing. 436 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 12: And I think that you'll see that at every single 437 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 12: game because we're really competitive. 438 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 9: We want to win. 439 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 12: We all know each other, we've all played against each 440 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 12: other for a long time growing up, so I think 441 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 12: that there's a lot there with wanting to beat each other. 442 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 12: It's just very competitive and very fast paced too, which 443 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 12: makes it all the more fun. 444 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 7: Kim, I got a question from you. This is for 445 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 7: you from a mutual friend, Okay, and the question is, Okay, 446 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 7: what kind of player were you like when you played softball? 447 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 7: And the question also said he said your college team 448 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 7: University of Chicago. Do I have that correct? 449 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 4: Yes? 450 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 7: How good were you guys. 451 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 9: When we had pitching? We were okay? 452 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 4: Is that every team? 453 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 9: My last two years we didn't have pitching. We were 454 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 9: not so good. 455 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 11: I was, you know, I was a fiery player, tons 456 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 11: of home runs, big power. 457 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 4: He's like a you're a slapper, right slapper. 458 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 9: I was not a slap. 459 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 4: We were not a slapper. 460 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,199 Speaker 11: Gap power tools, gap power line drive. Hitter had some 461 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 11: speed played. I played all the infield positions, but I 462 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 11: would say scrappy. 463 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 5: Okay before before I win his opening day for the 464 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 5: for the lead June night, it's on ESPN. 465 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 9: We we have so we just signed a three year 466 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 9: deal with the. 467 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 4: ESPN's so awesome. 468 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 11: Fifty games that are going to be on this season. 469 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 11: Our championship game, one of our championship series is going 470 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 11: to be on ABC for I love pretty exciting. 471 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 5: I love it. I can't wait. And then before we 472 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 5: let s hear I go. Will the SEC never not 473 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 5: win another softball championship? 474 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 4: Between Oklahoma and Texas Florida? 475 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 5: Will the SEC never not win another National Softball championship? 476 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 12: Well, since Oklahoma decided to grace you guys with their presence. 477 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 12: I think you're in good. 478 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: Hands now, you're good, you're clear. Well, thank you both 479 00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: for stopping by. Yeah, we'll look forward. 480 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 4: I can't wait. 481 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 2: Super we'll make sure yet we talk about it and 482 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 2: all that too, So enjoy the rest of the Winter meetings.