WEBVTT - Brad Brach details his 2016 All-Star week experience in San Diego 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:11.000 It's the latest edition of Birdland Territory. Welcome to fan 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:15.280 Steve Maleski, Tim Barbelace, Brad Brock, and today as we 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:20.160 take this, we're one week ahead of the twenty twenty 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:24.280 six Major League Baseball All Star Games set for Philadelphia. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:27.920 It was ten years ago. One member of our show 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:29.880 spoiler alert, it wasn't Tim. 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:34.040 It wasn't me. No major league based All Star game. 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:36.640 I don't know about you, Tim, Kingsville Rec Council All 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:37.520 Star Game once. 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:39.800 Yeah, I was in that. 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.600 No, don't have that on the rest, but Brad Brock does. 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.080 Oriol Fans with good memories will remember the oriols Cent 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.320 a Hall of players of that game in twenty sixteen. 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:54.440 Brad was there with teammates Zach Britton, Mark Trumbo, Matt Wheeters, 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:57.760 and Manny Machado who started that game the American League One. 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.120 It was in San Diego, the team. 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.160 That originally drafted and brought Brad to the big leagues. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:06.119 There's a lot of cool aspects of that day we're 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.480 going to share with you today through Brad's mementos and 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:13.040 remembrances and all that. And so Brad, we want to 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.920 talk about that special day and game for you, But 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.920 we want to start leading up to what got you there, 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:22.560 and that was amazing pitching in the first half of 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.640 twenty sixteen, and fans can look up the stats as 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:26.120 I did. 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:30.280 In your first half. You were six and one with. 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.120 An O nine to one ERA and ANA three to 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.800 one whip in forty nine and the third innings. They 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.760 weren't shy about getting in the games first half of 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:43.200 the season in twenty sixteen, and again not being the 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.080 regular closer on the team, you really got to light 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:49.000 it up back in those days to make the All 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:51.040 Star team as a reliever, and you did. 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:51.760 Man, when you. 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:55.560 Think back to that first half, that must bring back 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:56.920 some pretty good memories. 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.920 Yeah, it does. And it's like you're going through a 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.680 season like that, you're just trying not to think about it. 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.800 You're just going out there whenever your name is called 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.160 and just trying to put up zeros. And that's kind 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.440 of all I was doing, especially with the season Zach 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.080 was having and obviously Darren helping out, Michael Gibbons, guys 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:15.840 like that. Just you just didn't want to disappoint anybody 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.079 and our team we played a bunch of close games, 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.200 so as a reliever, you want to go in there 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:21.960 in those close games and just pitch well, and it 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.560 just it kind of got off to a you know, 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.120 hot start, and I just kind of rolled with it 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.560 from there. During that first half, I do remember pitching 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.799 a lot of multiple inning outings, so that's kind of 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:34.799 when I was having good games. I think I had 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.880 a couple I think it was almost two plus outings 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.200 during that and it was just kind of it was 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:41.840 kind of nice because you got into rhythm and you 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:43.800 didn't have to kind of spread it out over a 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:45.840 couple of days. I was able to rack up a 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.720 couple outings there where you know, multiple innings helped with 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:52.200 the inning total and everything. But it was definitely a 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.440 fun half and it was something that I'll definitely never 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.600 forget and hopefully can share with my kids one day 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.120 because they obviously weren't weren't there to witness and everything, 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.520 but it was it was a really special time and 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:02.880 just a fun half. 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:07.440 Really, was there a moment there for you, though, Brad? 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:12.160 Like those numbers that Steve gave, they're pretty ridiculous type numbers, Like. 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.440 That's the best groove of your career? 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.160 Like, was there a moment where you're like, Okay, this 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:18.640 could be a special year for me. 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.320 You know. There, I wouldn't say like a particular moment. 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.440 There was just that there was a few outings in there, 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.440 like I faced Kansas City at Kansas City and at 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.880 the time, you know, facing them in fourteen and fifteen 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.079 weren't our favorite opponents, but I had a couple of 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.800 really good outings against them, and I knew there was 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.839 manager choices and stuff like that, so I knew i'd 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.120 fitch really well against the Royals, and I had a 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.520 couple good outings against the Blue Jays that were multiple innings, 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.760 and it just kind of you get to June, and honestly, 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.680 with Darrin o Day making it the year before, him 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.520 being like a really great mentor towards me, it made 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.240 me hopeful that with the SATs I had, I could 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.400 make the All Star Game, because really I only thought 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.840 of it being as closers and starters that make the game. 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:03.040 But Darren making it the year before just really kind 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.760 of started to, you know, pequ my interest there. Once 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:07.800 I got to like June because me and reliever, your 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:09.880 stats can get blown up after one outing, so it 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:11.920 got to like June and I was like, maybe if 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.600 I hold this down for another month, here I got. 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:15.440 I got a shot that kind of join Darren what 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.400 he did the year before. So it started somewhere around June, 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.640 I said, I probably started to realize that if I 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.080 can kind of keep this going, maybe I'll have a 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:23.040 shot to go to the game. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.840 Do you remember how you found out you were going? 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.360 Yeah? Actually, Buck sent a text to my wife and 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.200 was like, Hey, is Brad around, Can you speak to 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.640 me real quick? And she was like right now, And 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.080 she showed me the text after and then after she 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.400 came out of the she went to the bathroom in 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.719 the hotel room. She came out and was like, yeah, 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:45.480 you're going. You're heading to the All Star Game. And 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.640 that night, obviously they had the selection show, so they 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.279 wanted me to know beforehand as opposed to finding out 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.160 like on the TV. And so I had a chance 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.400 to like talk to family members and friends and that 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.200 kind of thing. But then it was just a slew 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.719 of text messages and phone calls. And I actually still 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.719 have like like four or five voicemails saved my phone 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.119 from when I got phone calls from college pitching coach, 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:08.800 a guy who was a bullpen catcher in San Diego. 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.320 Just other family members and stuff like that. It was 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.440 just something I really wanted to remember, and I'm glad 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.120 I still have stuff like that to look back because now, 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.000 especially like ten years, I think at the you know, 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.760 the five year, ten year, twenty year market kind of 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.080 just has like an extra special meaning to it, and 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.839 you kind of really look back now that my career 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:27.960 is over looked back and just you know, it's very 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.159 fond memories and just a unbelievable experience and I'm like 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.159 extremely grateful, humbled that I was able to be a 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:35.200 part of something like that. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.880 Wow. So Buck told your wife to tell you. 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.719 Yeah, Yeah, he just he wanted He's always big, He 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:45.960 was always big on that, like getting family members involved, 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.039 and just kind of he wanted her to be the 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:49.680 one to kind of break the news to me that 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.400 that it was gonna happen. So he he went behind 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.520 my back and just kind of told her and she 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.680 let me know that, Hey, we're heading to San Diego 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:58.880 next week, and it was just, I mean, the slew 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:00.720 of emotions was unbelievable. 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.920 What was the meaning like like in that moment, Brad, 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.359 Because when we did the Show with Jim kallis what 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.520 a week ago and just saying now, a forty second 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.320 round pick and to even make it to the big 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.160 leagues is a big enough accomplishment in and of itself. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.200 But to make an All Star Game, as you know, 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.000 a late round pick, a late round pick that doesn't 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.600 even exist in today's baseball. 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.800 Like what does that mean? Like in that moment, Yeah, 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.120 it was like it's like hard to put into words 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.640 at the moment, would it met? Because it was like, 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.080 as I'm going through a honor the career, like you said, 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.279 four second round pick. I always made the goal of 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.200 making the All Star team at every level I was 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:41.240 at because to me, I felt like I needed to 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.680 pitch well in order to stay in professional not even 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.440 thinking about the big leagues at the time. So it's 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:48.000 just funny because once I got to the big leagues, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.599 you kind of establish yourself as a guy on a team, 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:55.039 those like dreams and like aspirations like somehow they went away. 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.640 And I started working with a mental skills coach in 0:06:57.640 --> 0:06:59.880 the middle of twenty fifteen and he was kind of 0:06:59.920 --> 0:07:02.320 like why did you stop having that as a goal, 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:06.039 And it was like kind of a very insightful thought 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.080 to have and like thing to think about, like why 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:09.800 did I stop trying to be an All Star? Like 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.400 that's the goal, right, you want to be one of 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.720 the best players at your position in the league every year. 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:17.040 So it really started happening in the second half of fifteen. 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.000 I just kind of put in my head like, hey, 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:21.160 I want to make this a goal. I want to 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.160 make an All Star Game. And whether I know, wiled 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.240 it into existence or just kind of felt like I 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.200 kind of came into my own with Baltimore and just 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:29.840 felt really comfortable. I don't know what it was. And 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.960 like I said, with the Darren ol Day selection, it 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.080 really kind of like, hey, this is the possibility. Why 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.160 can't you be a guy like Darren you know you've 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.000 seen it done and just go out there and perform 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:41.600 and put up the numbers and maybe you'd have a shot. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:43.560 So I mean, at the time, it was just like 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.320 a whirlwind of emotions, but just just really proud of 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.520 the work that I put in, especially kind of struggling 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.440 at the big leagues when I was with San Diego. 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.520 Came over to Baltimore kind of find trying to find 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.000 my role and then somewhere along twenty fifteen, it kind 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.080 of started to click and my stuff started playing up, 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.240 and I just thought myself in a comfortable spot and 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.120 it was just it was really surreal. 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:07.040 Wow, what a great time to be an Orio fan. 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:11.880 That twenty twelve through sixteen, three playoff appearances, the Orioles 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.840 led the American League and wins. They were beating the 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.520 best teams in the league routinely, and they were contending 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.760 for the postseason and in it three times. And in 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.760 twenty sixteen, Brad Brock and four other teammates went to 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.680 the All Star Game. Man, that is pretty cool. 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.400 So we are going to spend some more time on 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.960 this show talking about some momentos and some things that 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.160 were pretty special. Tim, Why are you smiling so much 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:36.640 right now? 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:45.320 Parking right now? Oh? We can't, I can't. No, you're good, Okay, 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.240 you'd tell the dog O. It's okay. Man. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.720 We're excited about Brad's All Star appearents ten years ago, 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.200 and if he wants to bark a little bit, it's 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:56.240 worth barking about. 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:57.360 But we're going to come back. 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.560 We're going to show some mementos Brad has from that day, 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.640 that game, those days and talk more about his All 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.280 Star Games All Star experience in twenty sixteen. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.839 Coming up today on Birdland Territory. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.559 Hey for the families out there looking for a different 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.960 path to help your child succeed at home, looking to 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:19.319 K twelve Pared Schools. K twelve offers tuition free, accredited 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.960 online public education for students in K through twelve on 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.800 a setting that works for your family. 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Your wife tells you you're 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.120 an All Star, you get to share with four other teammates. 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.679 What was it like when you walked into the clubhouse 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.760 in San Diego and looked around that room. 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.559 Yeah, I mean it was. It's it's almost like I 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.400 it's like you feel like you shouldn't be there kind 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.920 of thing, Like it's a weird thing, like they said, 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.360 being I think just being such a late round draft pick. 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:46.160 And I was thirty years old at the time, and 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.160 you was just wondering if like half these guys even 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.880 know who I am. You know, as a reliever, you're 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.200 out there every so a little so often. But it was, 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.880 it was, it was unbelievable. When you go around you 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:57.880 just look at the names over there, I mean future 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:03.280 Hall of famers, David Ortiz, Beltron and when in Carsonione, 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.360 you have Miguel Cabrera. The names just go on and on. 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.840 I mean every year the obviously the All Star rosters 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.560 are loaded, but that year especially, I think now looking back, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.520 I mean there's a potential to have five, six, seven 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.040 All Stars that I mean all Stars in that team 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:18.680 that could end up being in the Hall of Fame, 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.400 which is just, I mean, unbelievable looking back. So it 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.960 was just kind of a starstruck moment. But it was 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.400 kind of surreal too because that was the home clubhouse 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.200 I first knew when I when I came in, so 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:31.360 as I walked in the doors, it was a very 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.720 familiar place. But at the same time, I'm like, this 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.360 is not what I remember after when I last left 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:40.079 this clubhouse in twenty thirteen with the Padres. 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.120 I've done that a little bit before the break, Brad, Like, 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.000 how much of a full circle moment was that, Like 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:50.400 going back to the ballpark, the organization in which you 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.480 made your debut with that we're just drafted by. 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.240 Yeah, it was. It was unbelievable. I think if I 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.120 could have hand selected an All Star game, I think 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.160 that would have been the one to kind of, like 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.600 you said, it was full circle. I love the Padgers 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.640 organization always have. I mean, I'm so grateful for them 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:08.360 just to give me a chance, even though it was 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.360 a late round pick. They're the team that gave me 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.640 a chance and where I learned how to pitch. Are 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.360 the big league level. When I got to the Oriols, 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.360 I took it to another level. But that's where I 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:18.160 kind of you know, I was twenty five when I 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.360 got called up and was just kind of trying to 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:21.960 figure it out as I go. And then as I 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:25.000 walk in the clubhouse, the head clubhouse manager of the 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.800 All Star Game was a guy had in Triple A, TJ. TJ. 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.360 Laidlaw was. He was the clubhouse guys. I walked in 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.320 and he's just like, man, He's like, it's awesome seeing you. 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:35.440 Hear. 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:38.000 He's like, I mean, talk about a moment, like last 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:39.760 time I saw you, You're in Tucson, and now you're 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.440 here in San Diego as an All Star. He's like, 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:43.800 I just the guys were so happy for me. It 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.079 was really cool to get to see them. You get 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.199 to know a lot of the clubhouse guys, especially in 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.000 the minor leagues. You spend a lot of time with 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:51.760 those guys when you're in Triple A, you're traveling with 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.040 them there, you know, give you the food that can 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:56.679 get you through the day each day, especially in two 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.600 soun Whent's one hundred and twenty degrees out every day. 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:00.760 So to see him again I walked in, it was 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:02.600 just it kind of put me at ease there because 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.960 then I really did start start to feel a little 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:06.520 bit more comfortable because it was, like I said, it 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.559 was a place I was very familiar with walking in 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:09.840 that San Diego clubhouse. 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.200 What are we looking at here, Brad? And what memories 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:14.640 does this bring back to you? 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:16.880 Yeah? So this is the picture. This is like one 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.640 of the cool stories I like to tell about now 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.120 that I'm done, because when you're playing, you can't really 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.280 show guys this, Like I'm gonna be facing David Ortiz 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.840 in a week or two. And Ryan Flaherty apparently likes 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:29.439 to He's a trickster. He likes to play some prank. 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:34.200 So he packed that five hundred chain in my bag. 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.040 And when I got to my locker, it was hanging 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.600 from one of the you know, like belt strap things 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.679 up there, and Zach Britton sees it. We got that 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.000 it was a giveaway. When we were playing the Red 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:48.840 Sox earlier that year, Fenway celebrating ortizes five hundred home run, 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:50.880 so of course Zach sees it. He tells me to 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.319 put it on. He's like, hey, Poppy, come on over here. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.760 You take a picture with Brad. And I'm like, this 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:57.520 is not I don't know if this is okay, Like 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.800 can I do this? But after I'm done doing this. 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:02.480 The week before, he had a home run off me 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.080 over the Red Sox bullpen and it was in the 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:06.520 ninth inning. It was kind of like his you know, 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.120 his going away tour, so every bad he had the 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.600 crowds going nuts. He hit a ball so far off 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.520 of me as of them. I look, it's going over 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.040 the bullpen. It hits the stands and he's still standing 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.320 in the in the batter's box. And at the time 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.120 it wasn't very happy, and I'm like, you got to 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.240 be kidding me, Like I understand this is like your 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:25.760 farewell tour, but it's a five to nothing game. I'm 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.240 having a pretty good season two And I mean he pimped. 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:31.280 He pimped it so bad. So after we were done 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:32.600 taking the picture, I was like, hey, man, next time, 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.360 you hit a home run off me, could you could 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.800 you not helicopter me and fall into the other batter's box, 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:38.760 maybe just run a little bit quick. He's like, oh, Poppy, 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.080 my back. You know, it's it's bothering me these days. 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.360 And so it was just a really cool memory to happen. 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:44.960 Like I said, I'm at the time, I was a 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.160 little nervous taking the picture, but I'm really glad I 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:48.880 have that memory and can kind of look back and 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.200 tell the story of it, because I mean, it's David Ertiz. 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:54.080 He's one of the better players of our generation and 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.720 obviously Hall of Famer. So just really cool momentum the 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.360 half of that game and stuff like that, like you 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.840 just wouldn't expect to happen when you're there, and uh, 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.280 it was just really really cool. Thanks to Flaherty for 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.080 pretty in that uh that fake chain that we had 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:06.520 there too. 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.360 Well, now go ahead, Jim, I was gonna say, well, 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.080 what were some of your favorite moment mementos from that 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:15.960 week that you got? 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:21.720 Yeah? Yeah, players, Yeah we had so I didn't know, guys, 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.840 I talked about there being an all star ring So 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.560 do the best I can to show this as I 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.520 can here the uh so every player gets an All 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:31.240 Star ring and when at the end of the week, 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.960 we got one of these and it just has the 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.240 American League symbol on this side with the Padre symbol 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.440 and there also trying to do the best I can 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.040 with the focusing part. And then this ide just has 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.560 the All Star Game symbol on it and just kind 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.320 of just a really cool momento there that we got 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.000 at the end. And like I said, I wasn't expecting 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.040 it kind of thing. But every player gets one of 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.040 these every year that I come to learn, and that 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.200 was kind of cool, and you know that to me, 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.120 I always loved the different baseballs, whether it was Mother's Day, 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:58.320 Father's Day. I always kept a bunch of them. So 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.320 the baseball's had a and yellow stitch on them. This 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.760 is actually the ball I warmed up with. I unfortunately 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:05.680 didn't get in the game, but I warmed up twice. 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.640 Ned Yos called down to the bullpen was like, hey, 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:10.080 I'm gonna try to get you in this game, but 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.120 if you warm up a second time and don't go in, 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:13.520 He's like, I'm not gonna be able to get you 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:14.680 in this game because I don't want to have to 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.640 fill a phone call from Buck that you warmed up 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.400 three times before you went in this game. He's like, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:20.760 you've pitched a lot this year, so he's like, I'm 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.400 gonna do with the best I can, but just don't 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:24.680 get mad at me if I can't get you in 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.480 the game. So just the baseball's warming up. I always 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:31.160 enjoyed this was a So we had our practice jerseys 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.280 lined up in the clubhouse for all the guys to sign, 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.320 and Zach Britton actually got this frame for me after 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.560 the game, so I mean that's pretty much the entire 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.640 roster signed there on my practice jersey. So that's always 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.280 a cool one to have and to show people whenever 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.240 they come down to a little bit of a man 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.760 cave that I have. And then I have my jersey 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.520 from the game too, which a lot of people I 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.960 don't know. I think they know about the stars in 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.160 the back a lot of times. Obviously the All Star 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.200 Game patch on this here, and then I thought the 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:02.000 coolest part of these jerseys are that you have your 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:05.199 signature in gold on the bottom and the stars represent 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.920 how many All Star Games you've made. So you can 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.159 imagine going around that clubhouse and seeing these hanging up 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.240 and you see Ortiz which has ten stars on his 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.119 and some of the other guys that had you know, 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.119 seven eight games and they have all those stars on 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:23.600 theirs also. It's so that was just a placer was 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.520 special to me because you know, it's from San Diego. 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:30.080 It's got the the Peco Park kind of outside on it, 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:31.919 it has the dates on it and everything like that. 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:35.439