1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Our pitching department does a great job of preparing us 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: every single day, every single series to bring out the 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: best in each of us. 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 2: Hey, we've got Matthew Boyd of the Cubs joining us 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 2: right now infout Territory. Matthew, great to have you back on. 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: First off, nice and simple. What's the best most underrated 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 2: part of being with this organization? Like, give me something 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: that you didn't expect that they do really well. It 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: could be something super simple like they have the best 10 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 2: cookies in the clubhouse or whatever, or could be something 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: about the ballpark. 12 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 3: What are you seeing it and how you doing. 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 4: Doing good? Man? 14 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: Loving being a Cub. The clubhouse is amazing. I mean, 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: you know yours. You heard about it from the visiting side. 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: The visiting side at Wrigley, you know is is older, 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: it's gotten better over the years. But you know, it's 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: like you hear about how great the home side was. 19 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: The home side's amazing. It's it's it's really special. The 20 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: food's a lead. Getting to play at Wrigglely every day 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: is really awesome though. Man, I mean that's that's like 22 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: three things. I'm I'm sold on it. But it's a 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: wriggly day. Game. 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 4: It is special. 25 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 3: Man, is it Matthew or matt Which one is it? 26 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 3: Before I dig in here? 27 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: Whatever you want, man, Matthew, is the game that you know? 28 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: That's the name that you know that mom and dad 29 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: gave me and go to make does you? 30 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 3: And when they get mad at you? What does your 31 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: mom and dad call you? 32 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 5: Matthew? 33 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 6: Robert Matthew, Robert matd Bob mad Bob. 34 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 5: Matt Bob So Matthew. 35 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 6: First of all, there's a couple of things I want 36 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 6: to say. You know, the clubhouse is great. It looks 37 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 6: like a club. Scot's jealous. I mean he's only got 38 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 6: one eye, but I mean all the neon lights and 39 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 6: all the stuff they have that goes on in there 40 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 6: is pretty cool. I have to admit it's a cup hater. 41 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 6: I have to admit that. But now playing it Wrigly, 42 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 6: you don't know this because you're only played at the 43 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 6: new Wrigley. But back in the day before they put 44 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 6: up those scoreboards in each side of the thing, it 45 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 6: was awesome, right, I must to call me, old guy, 46 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 6: get off my lawn. And I wish they would have 47 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 6: taken those and just left them down and just had 48 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 6: the one score work because you'd be behind the plane 49 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 6: and you're like looking up at the game and you're like, 50 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 6: number eleven's pitching for Cincinnati against number two for Pittsburgh. 51 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 6: And then you have to go look at the roster 52 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 6: and you're like number two is this guy? Number eleven is? 53 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 5: Oh? 54 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: Okay, now who's pitching? 55 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 5: Right? 56 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: Like that was the charm of Wrigley. 57 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 5: Now they don't have that. 58 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: I know. 59 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 4: I'm still trying to figure out. 60 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: The centerfield scoreboard is like with the numbers on the 61 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: starting pitcher, Like, is that is that the number they 62 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: are on the roster because it's not the playing numbers, 63 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: Like what do you know what that is? 64 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 3: Like, that's what I'm saying. It's the number on the roster. 65 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 6: So you have to kind of like I think it 66 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 6: goes alphabetical, so if you kind of know the teams, 67 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 6: you're like, all right, habit, Green Lodolo. 68 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 3: You're like, okay, okay, maybe I'm on this one. I'm 69 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: not sure. 70 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm still I'm still figuring that out. It's cool though, man, 71 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: Like the history behind it is so. 72 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 4: It's it's it's just it's special. 73 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 5: You walk around, you walk around a lot, I mean 74 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 5: talking to guys that play there even for a year 75 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: or like five years and become like Cubs legends. They 76 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 5: always talk about walking around the stadium. Do you ever 77 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 5: do that? And like do you get noticed or you're 78 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 5: not get noticed? 79 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 4: You get noticed a little bit. You know. 80 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: It's such a cool like regular Ville is such an 81 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: awesome area. So uh, it's just so so different. You know, 82 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: it's a stadium in a neighborhood, so you get to 83 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: there's so many cool things to do, get spots to eat. 84 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: So we're a huge family. We got four kids, man, 85 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: so you can't really miss the Boyd family. So uh, 86 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: you know we're getting noticed a little bit. But yeah, 87 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: we walk around and experience it and it's again, it's 88 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: so special. 89 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 5: Man. 90 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm grateful to be a Cub and get 91 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: to you know, call that place my office right. 92 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 6: Now, Matthew. Two things about this one. You know all 93 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 6: the workers they are a white Sox fans. So don't 94 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 6: let them full you. They're all white Sox fans down, okay, 95 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 6: because you know how many well come employees I have, 96 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 6: we would play Cubs white Sox. 97 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 3: That they would be like, hey, listen, I might be 98 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 3: wearing this color but go White Sox. I really don't 99 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: like them. 100 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 6: So just keep We'll keep that quiet for now. And 101 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 6: then second of all, I played in the Kingdome and 102 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 6: that place was a rat trap. Okay, So I mean 103 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 6: from go from Kinggo to the Safega was like, oh 104 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 6: my gosh, like what a great place. But the King 105 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 6: Goo that it wasn't quite as bad as like Old 106 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 6: County Stadium, but it was when that place went down, 107 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 6: it wasn't like there wasn't a lot of people crying, 108 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 6: except for maybe some inters. All right, But when you're 109 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 6: in Chicago and you say you have four you know, 110 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 6: you have four kids, you're walking around, what's your spot? 111 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 6: You I don't want you to tell me where you 112 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 6: i''m assuming you live somewhere around Wigleyville, right, do you 113 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 6: have a spot you kind of sneak into with your 114 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 6: family just to get away. 115 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 4: We're finding some right now. 116 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's still it's still new to us, right, 117 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: Like we're we've we've hit up some good restaurants and 118 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: uh and uh, we've we found some places really like 119 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: my wife and I are finding some good date spots, 120 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: you know, but uh, the kids, the kids found a 121 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: good ice cream spot and they're they're all about it. 122 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: You know, there's that Jenny's ice cream in the area, 123 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: and uh that's a real treat for them right now. 124 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 5: So yeah, all right, No, My my question is we're 125 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 5: going to bring up a picture here and we talk 126 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 5: about jerseys and jerseys changes. Can you confirm or deny 127 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 5: for me? Is that a jersey that doesn't button the 128 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 5: whole way down? Is your Is that a shirt or 129 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 5: is that a piece of velcrow that's holding that holding 130 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 5: your jersey clothes? Because you have a top two buttons undone. 131 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: So I yeah, I like the top. I like the 132 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: top buttons undone. That's a that's a Happer move right there. 133 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: Ian happm uh in spring training he was he saw that, 134 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: he saw the jersey open. He's like, hey, you gotta 135 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: try stitching it like this, and. 136 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 4: His is stitched all the way down. 137 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: Is Danny the clubhouse you know, clubhouse manager. He kind 138 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: of puts a little seam in there. So I tried 139 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: it out in Tokyo. I'm a fan. You know, it's 140 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: got to go over the top. You can't un button 141 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: it anymore. But uh, yeah, I like that. That's a 142 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: that's a hat tip to Ian happ right there. 143 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 5: So you got your jersey customized and last year Nike 144 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 5: said no customizations. Did you have to get this? Did 145 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 5: you have to get this like passed by the league? 146 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 5: Are you allowed to do this? And do you think 147 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 5: other guys are going to follow? I? 148 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: Okay, so it happened in the clubhouse. After the fact, Danny, 149 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: Danny's navigating all those things. If there was anything, I 150 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,239 Speaker 1: know nothing of it. No one's gonna follow a thirty 151 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: four year old left handed pitcher in terms of fashion sense. 152 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 4: Let's just say that, right. 153 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: If they do, that's cool, you know, and that'll be 154 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: a first for me. Hey, my wife likes the way 155 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: I look in the uniform, so that's all that's that's 156 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: going for me. You know, That's what matters. 157 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 2: Most FT fan by now, you know, if you're buying, selling, trading, 158 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: collecting cards, Arena club is the spot. We've been talking 159 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 2: about them all season long. But I do want to 160 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: focus on the slab pack experience, scrats, since you've been 161 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 2: ripping some slab packs digitally and what happens. 162 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 5: I mean, as a kid, you wanted to rip open 163 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 5: the packs. How can they do this digitally? Oh? 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So you 181 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 6: must be a non unbuttoned guy, right, you just pull 182 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 6: it off? Yeah, like a shirt. Now, I think at 183 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 6: the top, Now, now, is there a reason for that? 184 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 6: Because I was just lazy? Now, there were times that 185 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 6: I would get mad and I would rip them off 186 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 6: and all the buttons would go flying like whole coomnia. 187 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 6: But I don't think with the new style that I 188 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 6: can be stuck. So I don't know. I like it, 189 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 6: but I don't know. It's not practical. When you get angered, 190 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 6: you're like, I know, you know. 191 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: I mean I I don't think I had that kind 192 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: of grip strength, like you had to pull that thing 193 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: off and let the buttons stead of shooting everywhere. 194 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 4: You know, I've anger wise, I don't know if. 195 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: The jerseys what's gonna get you know what the anger 196 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: is gonna get taken. 197 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 4: Out on the jersey mean for me? 198 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: But uh yeah, you're not tearing those stitching. That thing's reinforced, 199 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: so uh something else is gonna go before that stitching does. 200 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 4: Danny does a good job with that thing. All right. 201 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 5: Now, actual baseball questions, Okay, with your history with how 202 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 5: you kind of came back last year, injuries that you 203 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 5: were coming back from when you sign this contract. We 204 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 5: talk about it all the time, starting pitchers, injuries, starting 205 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 5: pitchers on teams that want to make the playoffs. Cubs 206 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 5: are in place to make the playoffs. Do you fight 207 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 5: back against organized or the organization front office if they're like, hey, 208 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 5: we want to make sure you're healthy for the postseason, 209 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 5: We're going to miss a start, We're gonna go to 210 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 5: six man here, we're gonna do a bullpen day. Do 211 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 5: you fight back against that? 212 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 4: I don't know. 213 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: I mean, when those situations arise, Counts us such a 214 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: great job and Tammy of like, you know, they have 215 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: a plan for everything, right, So when I'm sure there's 216 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: nothing we can't talk through, you know, I know, I'm 217 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 1: already over my innings total for the regular season and 218 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs combined last year. That being said, I feel great. 219 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: You know, I think the ball's coming out of my hand, 220 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: you know, in terms of velocity better than it really 221 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: ever has, and feel like you were in a great 222 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: spot with that. The training staff has been awesome, and 223 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: you know we've got a good plan going forward. But 224 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: I mean Counts has a lot of experience, Tommy has 225 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: a lot of experience bolst on the coaching and the 226 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: playing side. So when those situations come up, the goal 227 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: is to be healthy all the way through the end 228 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: of October. The goal is to be ready and pitching 229 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: your best. So you got to be open to everything 230 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: that's going to help the team win. You got to 231 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: be open to just have the conversation. 232 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 4: You know, I don't know what. 233 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: The future holds, but if any of those things come about, 234 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: you just talk it through, right and and you know 235 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: those guys have a lot of wisdom to lean back on. 236 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 2: Well, I want to ask you about the bullpen. Then. 237 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 5: I don't know how much you know. 238 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 2: You focus on individuals around you and what changes they make, 239 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: But the bullpen for the Cubs over the past month 240 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: or so in terms of BRA has been towards the 241 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: top in baseball. Is there something that you can pinpoint 242 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 2: that's done within the organization or by pitching coach and 243 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: manager that helps guys really find themselves Because this isn't 244 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 2: the marquee, big name bullpen at least right now that 245 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: I'm looking at on paper. It's some guys that have 246 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 2: kind of bounced around the league and now end up 247 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: as valuable members of a really strong bullpen that's also 248 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 2: missing a couple pieces. 249 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: We have a lot of awesome guys down there, We 250 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: have a lot of awesome arms. Our pitching department does 251 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: a great job of preparing us every single day, every 252 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: single series to bring out the best in each of us. 253 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: But I think one thing that's always preached here is 254 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: just like we we all have unique strengths and that's 255 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: what makes us like who we are. That's what got 256 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: us to where we are, whether it's you know, Press 257 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: or Palencia or Palm or you know, anybody else. Like 258 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: it's across the starting pitching side too, is that we 259 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: you know, we all have game plans, we all know 260 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: what the opponent does, but like what we do and 261 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: what makes us inherently like you know, who we are 262 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: individually is that's what that's what got us here. So 263 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: you know, I think you see guys that you know 264 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: it's it's preached to like, you know, double down on 265 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: our strengths. 266 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: There's a lot of good. 267 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: Veteran leadership in the bullpen too, and you know that's 268 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: what makes this club as. 269 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 4: A whole really special. 270 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: It's just the top to bottom, we got good people 271 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: and we have a really fun clubhouseman to be a 272 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: part of. We really like being around around each other 273 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: and that's a it goes a long way when it 274 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: comes to a baseball season, right and uh, you know, 275 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: you're around these guys more than you are your own family. 276 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: So I mean, we have a lot of fun. We 277 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: pull for each other, we make each other better and uh, 278 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: you know that's definitely the case down of the bullpen too. 279 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 6: Okay, so you said that happ was the one who 280 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 6: came up with the jersey idea, right, pie Crow Armstrong 281 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 6: changes us hair every day. Dansby Swanson is like the 282 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 6: All American perfect kid. 283 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 5: Right? 284 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 6: Did you expect the offense out of this team that 285 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 6: you're getting? And can Pca win the MVP? Because I 286 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 6: think he's kind of a little dark o course there 287 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 6: for the old PC and he needs to go back 288 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 6: to the stars in his hair now would help him. 289 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 3: But like, what do you. 290 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: Think, Yeah, we got a great offense, man, it's a 291 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: it's a really deep lineup. We got guys that attack 292 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: you in different ways. You know, they know how to 293 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: work in a bat in different ways. We got guys 294 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: that can run the ball out of the yard, give 295 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: you along at bat. I mean, I think what's so 296 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: special about this offense is like when you get to 297 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: sit back and watch it, is like we can like 298 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: score runs in so many different ways, whether it's a 299 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: long ball, whether it's taking an extra base here, whether 300 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: it's just getting a guy over, like I said, working 301 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: in a bat, and it's really cool. Pete is special, man. 302 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: What he can do in all facets of his game, 303 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: whether it's on the base paths, how he plays defense, 304 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: and how he can work in at bat, how he 305 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: can you know, I mean. 306 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 4: The power that he has. 307 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: It's it's really fun to watch, man. It's like watching 308 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: them dude really come into his own and he plays 309 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: the game. 310 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 4: At a at a at a high level. 311 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: And I'm grateful he's in center field behind me, man, 312 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: because there's balls that you watch get hitting the gap 313 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: and like you just see him close on it. 314 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 4: And you're like, oh, that's that's nice to have on 315 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 4: our team. It's really special. All right. 316 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 5: Last one, you're projected to start tomorrow. Correct, you're starting, 317 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 5: So we're gonna let you go so that you can 318 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 5: make it to your uber, your bus or your taxi 319 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 5: at I mean, you're making some big cheese. Now are 320 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 5: you still getting on the team bus to go to 321 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 5: the field? And what does that schedule look like the 322 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 5: day before a. 323 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: Start coming up with those Tiger teams, I took way 324 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: too many taxi cabs and ubers to beat the veterans 325 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: to the field, you know, like Francisco Rodriguez and salta Lamachia, 326 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: I mean salty was making like if you were there, 327 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: if you beat you to the field. It was not 328 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: good on any level. So you know, life was going 329 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: to be miserable for the foreseeable future. So I did 330 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: my taxi Uber time. Yeah, I'm hopping on the team 331 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: bus and I'm not ashamed to say it. It's it's 332 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: it's there and uh, you know, prestart, it's it's going 333 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: over and going over. The guys I think are gonna 334 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: be in the lineup tomorrow, understanding who's gonna you know, 335 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: understanding some tendencies, seeing their swings for guys I'm not 336 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: familiar with. And it's, you know, just kind of a 337 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: prep day. Make sure you're getting to your top speeds, 338 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: you know, weight room and you know, throwing wives and whatnot, 339 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: and uh, just preparing for tomorrow, you know, and tomorrow's 340 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: the fun day. 341 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 4: You can deal compete. 342 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, ain't no way You're taking taxis. You make way 343 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 6: too much money. So it's bus or Uber black. 344 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 3: Dude. 345 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 6: These people don't understand, like I tell them, like, I'm 346 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 6: taking Uber black, and they're like, you gotta get the 347 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 6: XL man, you gotta get the Uber the Ruber super small, 348 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 6: Like we're tall people. I need the extra leg room. 349 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 6: They get all mad at me because it costs like ten. 350 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 6: I'm like, no, we're getting the big bar because I'm 351 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 6: a big leaguer. 352 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 5: Ten I mean. 353 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: Not ten dollars. 354 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 4: Yeah. 355 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 3: Also, sometimes zuber X gives you a better car. Do 356 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 3: it like an escalade. 357 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: No, but you don't. 358 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 3: Always get a big car. 359 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 2: Sometimes you get like a little. 360 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 4: Lincoln or whatever. 361 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 3: When you get the blacks black is not you're getting 362 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 3: a black or the XL. 363 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 6: You ain't getting the You ain't getting the taxi, the 364 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 6: yellow taxi. 365 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 3: Like back in the day we used to take taxi 366 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 3: because there was no Uber. But he he's a big leaguer, 367 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 3: he ain't taking a taxi. 368 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm on the bus now there's always la him on 369 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: the bus, you know, so I'm not not a shame 370 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: of that. 371 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 3: We're gonna get a bus from now on that. 372 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, you guys should give me a prevost 373 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 6: and I'll take it to have all the four wings. 374 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 6: You know what, you guys can you I might even 375 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 6: let y'all sleep on. 376 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 3: Thank you. We're getting a party bus. 377 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 5: But Matt's got to get on his bus. 378 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: So Matthew, thanks for joining us Man really appreciate it. 379 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 4: Good luck tomorrow. 380 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 3: We'll catch you again in a few weeks. 381 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 4: Thanks guy, have a good one.