WEBVTT - Giants closer Ryan Walker

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're not playing the game of sending people up,

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<v Speaker 1>sending people down and changing their team chemistry all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he doesn't seem to be a big believer

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<v Speaker 1>in that.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got Ryan Walker from the San Francisco Giants joining

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<v Speaker 2>us right now, super reliever Ryan. Great to have you

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<v Speaker 2>on first of all, but can I call you closer? Like,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you like to get introduced? Obviously you've done

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of closing for the ball club, but how

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<v Speaker 2>do you like to get introd.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter to me, honestly, I always personally say reliever.

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<v Speaker 1>Saying closer sounds kind of arrogant.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know why. For me, what about super reliever?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel want to say that. That's fine. I mean, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I got to say closer.

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<v Speaker 4>You gotta say closer.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not air, I know. I don't know. It's something

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<v Speaker 3>in me that doesn't want to do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but now they're gonna take this when you go

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<v Speaker 4>to arbitration and they're gonna say, well, you actually went

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<v Speaker 4>on this really super esteemed show foul Territory with X player, guess,

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<v Speaker 4>and you didn't want to associate yourself with being a closer.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're going to diminish your value. No, you say

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a closer, you get a shirt that says I'm

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<v Speaker 4>a closer, don't get a tattoo, because you never know,

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<v Speaker 4>starters make way more in free agency. So there's that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's a good point. That's a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>How much do you like closing? I mean when you

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<v Speaker 2>come into the game in the ninth inning, like, how

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<v Speaker 2>much of a rush is it? How much is it

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<v Speaker 2>something maybe that you look forward to your entire pitching life.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a position I want to be in. I

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<v Speaker 1>honestly never thought I would ever be in this position,

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest with you, just I just I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know why. I never saw it in my cards. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's definitely a dream position for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Now being in it.

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<v Speaker 1>It can definitely suck at some points more than other

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<v Speaker 1>jobs in the bullpen, but that's also very rewarding at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time.

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<v Speaker 4>Wait, why do you say that, Why do you say

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<v Speaker 4>you never saw your off in this position?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you know, I've never really been like

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<v Speaker 1>this massive goal guy. I've been more so just tiny goals.

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<v Speaker 1>And my only goal in the big leagues to be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>was to keep a job and have a job. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care where it is. We've had Douvie as the

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<v Speaker 1>closer as well, you know what I mean, And obviously

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<v Speaker 1>I never wished any little season upon them, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so there. It's just never been in my It's never

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<v Speaker 1>been in my minds. But obviously cards fell the way

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<v Speaker 1>they did and it worked out for me to be

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<v Speaker 1>in the position, and I'm very happy to be here.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you took advantage of the situation. You absolutely dealt

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<v Speaker 4>put yourself on the map to be that closer. What

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<v Speaker 4>is the difference in your heart rate, your feeling, or

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<v Speaker 4>how hard it is for you to get up for

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<v Speaker 4>a game when you come in in the eighth, when

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<v Speaker 4>you come in in a knife, How different is.

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<v Speaker 3>It for you? It's very different.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always described it as my first time closing was

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<v Speaker 1>like my debut all over again. You're in just such

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<v Speaker 1>a different atmosphere. The crowd's a lot louder, you're over,

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<v Speaker 1>You're almost always facing the top of the order or

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<v Speaker 1>the heart of the order, and especially when you're only

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<v Speaker 1>up by one, it's like it really really gets your

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<v Speaker 1>heart pumping. You're up by one, you're facing judge and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, all right, that's that's a hunker down here.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's what makes it fun to use that to

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<v Speaker 1>your advantage and you get a little extra edge out

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<v Speaker 1>of it too.

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<v Speaker 5>I want I want to ask a little about some

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<v Speaker 5>of your teammates here. I play with a guy as

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<v Speaker 5>well warm of floor as I mean, this guy is

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<v Speaker 5>just is a guy you don't want to see late

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<v Speaker 5>in the game because he's absolutely dominant. Talk a little

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<v Speaker 5>bit about him and his leadership role and what he

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<v Speaker 5>brings to the team and how he's helping his squad prosper.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, Wilmer is great.

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's got a great bat along with a good

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<v Speaker 1>eye too. He's very dangerous at the plate. As a leader,

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's a quiet leader. He leads by example and

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<v Speaker 1>when he speaks up, everyone listens. He's an awesome guy

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<v Speaker 1>to have around and obviously he's been around the game

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<v Speaker 1>for a very long time, so a really good guy

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<v Speaker 1>to learn from for the younger hitters too. But man, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I seen him at the plate so far has been awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It was pretty shocking to me in our a series

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<v Speaker 1>when they walked yest to get to to get the

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<v Speaker 1>flow I was. We were all like, all right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll take it too. I guess like we'll take our

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<v Speaker 1>best hitter currently at the plate with faces loaded, and

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<v Speaker 1>it obviously worked out, not even by his bat but

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<v Speaker 1>by his eye. So he's been a great He's been

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<v Speaker 1>a huge part of the scene.

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<v Speaker 4>When you sit down and bullpen in San Francisco and

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<v Speaker 4>it gets colder and colder, do you kind of wish

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<v Speaker 4>you were in another city, Not that the city isn't awesome,

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<v Speaker 4>but how cold it is. Just randomly certain nights you're like,

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<v Speaker 4>oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>Not necessarily, we gotta we gotta it a bench down there,

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<v Speaker 1>and that that's hot. It gets so hot that you

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<v Speaker 1>can't even sit on it. So I mean, we're we're

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<v Speaker 1>pretty we're pretty warm down there, and it really makes

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<v Speaker 1>up for all of it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, I don't think I would.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I like playing at that stadium, even if

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<v Speaker 1>even if it is cold, Like it's just a fun

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<v Speaker 1>atmosphere to be in.

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<v Speaker 3>So I've always enjoyed that, all right.

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<v Speaker 4>For everybody who hasn't seen you pitch, obviously they don't

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<v Speaker 4>watch baseball, but you have a unique delivery. Can anybody

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<v Speaker 4>else warm up at the same time as you? Because

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<v Speaker 4>from what I remember of that new bullpen, you can't

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<v Speaker 4>throw on the right on the right mound? Am I correct?

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<v Speaker 4>Or have they expanded it for you?

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<v Speaker 1>They haven't expanded it for me, but yeah, I typically

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<v Speaker 1>say on the left side of the mound. Otherwise there

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<v Speaker 1>are some places I don't know where, but I will

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<v Speaker 1>definitely fall off the heads. We actually have a room

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<v Speaker 1>in between mounds and most places due to where we

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<v Speaker 1>can both throw, so it's never really been an issue.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, all right, a little bit, a little bit of

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<v Speaker 4>off field. I got some inside information. Are you good

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<v Speaker 4>at remembering people's names on your team?

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<v Speaker 3>On my team currently? Yeah? Yeah, okay, I think so. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, then why did it take you an entire year

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<v Speaker 4>to know what your agent's actual name was?

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<v Speaker 3>My agent's name?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, uh, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I I thought I just thought he was a different name. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like I forgot it. I've always known of

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<v Speaker 1>a name. It was just the wrong name.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, So you got you got bad information early? All right,

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<v Speaker 4>So my next, his name is His name is Alex,

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<v Speaker 4>and you thought his name was Dave for about a year.

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<v Speaker 4>He told me, He told me he thought it would

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<v Speaker 4>be a funny, funny story. But along with that, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>along with that, who is the best athlete in your family?

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<v Speaker 3>In my family?

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<v Speaker 1>Me?

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<v Speaker 3>Your wife?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh sorry, I came literally my immediate family. Oh no, no, no, definitely,

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<v Speaker 1>my wife is definitely more athletic than me.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not even a question.

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<v Speaker 7>Could you beat her? Could you beat her in volleyball?

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<v Speaker 7>No shot, how good way we've played. I mean, she's elite.

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<v Speaker 7>We've played together and it never works out in my favor.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll play at the end volleyball every once in a

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<v Speaker 7>while and she'll just make a fool of me. But

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<v Speaker 7>she's elite.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you see her college stats, and she's got

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<v Speaker 1>these records, and she was she was just such a

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<v Speaker 1>leader on the court as well.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't I couldn't amount to her.

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan, I'm going to jump in here, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there was some we got a lot of like college athletes.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got minor leaguers, high schoolers that watch and listen

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<v Speaker 2>to this show, and of course we talk, you know

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<v Speaker 2>about velocity and Spain and all this stuff, right, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a big part of the game today. But I do

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<v Speaker 2>want to get your perspective on how important it is

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<v Speaker 2>to have deception, how underrated that can be. The two

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<v Speaker 2>words for me that send out with someone like you

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<v Speaker 2>deception and variety, right, even if you don't grow oneh three.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know a lot of kids are being judged

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<v Speaker 2>by velostity because that's the easiest way to evaluate talent.

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<v Speaker 2>You can thrive and succeed. And teams are looking for deception.

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<v Speaker 2>They're looking for a bullpen that has a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>guys that do things super differently. So that was my

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<v Speaker 2>layman term explanation. How do you describe that for a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of pictures, Yeah, young pictures out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean i'd say it does play a huge

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<v Speaker 1>role in your delivery. Again, like you said, people don't

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<v Speaker 1>ever really talk about it. I feel like like it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like a main stat like you said. But I've

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<v Speaker 1>known money of pictures who don't throw hard. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a buddy with the Diamondbacks in my leagues.

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<v Speaker 1>It was eighty eight to ninety, but he blows it

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<v Speaker 1>by people like he's swing ninety nine because his deception

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<v Speaker 1>is just unreal. So I think having that deception is

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<v Speaker 1>very important. I think it is hard to I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how teachable it is. Sometimes I feel like it

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<v Speaker 1>could be pretty hard to teach, depending on the delivery.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, if you can figure a way to keep

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<v Speaker 1>that ball hidden as long as possible, whether it's using

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<v Speaker 1>your leg or being a little crossfire or whatever, it is, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it brings a lot more to the table

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<v Speaker 1>than you would expect, for sure, because now you're perceiving

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<v Speaker 1>like even if you do if you do ninety one, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said to ninety one, but your deception is

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<v Speaker 1>is really good. Like that's perceived completely different to the hitter.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, and that's part of it too. So I

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<v Speaker 5>mean as a hitter when I played it used to

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<v Speaker 5>go out. You see a guy that's not throwing, it's

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<v Speaker 5>hard like, oh man, this is the guy that you

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<v Speaker 5>know pays the bills. And that guy usually dominated me,

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<v Speaker 5>of course, And that's part of you know, lack of

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<v Speaker 5>not knowing. That's part of being humbled. That's part of

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<v Speaker 5>being a veteran, and you know, seeing more stuff. Talking

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<v Speaker 5>about veterans, I want to talk a little about justin Ferlander.

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<v Speaker 5>He's has a nerve problem in his pack going on

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<v Speaker 5>right now. Have you had good conversations with him about

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<v Speaker 5>pitching and has he been a pretty good leader so

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<v Speaker 5>far with the team.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think he's been a great leader with the team.

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<v Speaker 1>I personally haven't had a lot of pitching conversations with him,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know other guys have. He's just a valuable

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<v Speaker 1>guy to have around the clubhouse to learn from. He's

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<v Speaker 1>done it longer than anybody, so he's been very valuable

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<v Speaker 1>to us. I've definitely touched him a few times. The

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<v Speaker 1>last time I touched him was just an apology for

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<v Speaker 1>blowing his second his game is for the second time,

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<v Speaker 1>which I felt pretty bad about that. He's he's a professional.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he gets it. We're all trying our best

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<v Speaker 1>out there and he's let's just see him that he

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<v Speaker 1>handles it so well. A lot of knowledge should be

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<v Speaker 1>picked from him.

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<v Speaker 4>What did he What was his response when you apologize

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<v Speaker 4>to him?

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<v Speaker 3>That's what he said.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, amen, like I'm sorry, like this sucks, like

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I'm not trying to do that. His response

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<v Speaker 1>was just like, hey, man, don't even don't worry about it,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I know, you're trying your best out there like

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<v Speaker 1>it is what it is like, you know, and that

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<v Speaker 1>meant a lot to me. I understand. I knew he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't gonna just blow me up. He's not that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a guy. That I'm hearing that from him just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of made me more confident for the next time

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity arises, and you know, not be so worried

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Doing his day.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it was pretty it was handled very professionally

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<v Speaker 1>and said he's a great dude to have around.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Brian, last one for me.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Berlanders added to the mix here. Domics added to the

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<v Speaker 2>mix here. You know, I had a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>guys from last year who've taken a good step up too.

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<v Speaker 2>But what about the impact of having Buster Posey really

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<v Speaker 2>with a strong voice in this organization now? Right, you're

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<v Speaker 2>able to see the transition here. What's it like to

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<v Speaker 2>have someone who, first of all, is an absolute legend,

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<v Speaker 2>right he is a San Francisco Giants legend as a

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<v Speaker 2>human being. He knows this franchise in and out. What's

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<v Speaker 2>it been like? I mean, do you have combos with him?

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<v Speaker 2>Are there things that you know he's talked about that

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<v Speaker 2>you feel like have made a difference. I know talking

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<v Speaker 2>to some people around the organization that right around spring training,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say he talked to the team like,

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<v Speaker 2>we are going to play fundamental ball, do things right,

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<v Speaker 2>and reward the people that do that. Did that resonate?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, for sure. It's brought a lot of relaxation around

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<v Speaker 1>the organization. In my opinion, having someone with such a

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<v Speaker 1>massive baseball amount of baseball knowledge and also be able

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<v Speaker 1>to run the team well is huge. He's very personable,

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<v Speaker 1>which is nice. He doesn't walk around like he's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not approachable or he can't talk to him because he

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<v Speaker 1>makes the decision.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's just he's there to talk to you if

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<v Speaker 3>you need to.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was going through my little stint of rough outings,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he just meet him and Bob talking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the fact that he's there and understands is huge.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're not playing the game of sending people up,

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<v Speaker 1>sending people down and changing changing the team chemistry all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. You know, he didn't seem to be a

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<v Speaker 1>big believer in that, and he really believes in his

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<v Speaker 1>guys he has right now, which is awesome. It's been

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<v Speaker 1>a huge change for everybody, honestly, all.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, last one for me here Hayden bird Song had

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<v Speaker 4>sixteen or seventeen starts I think last year, and then

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<v Speaker 4>he comes to the bullpen. Is it hard to try

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<v Speaker 4>to transition even younger pitchers are less experienced pitchers into

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<v Speaker 4>the bullpen, and like just the lifestyle of people yelling

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<v Speaker 4>at him because Starter's sitting a dugout that kind of

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<v Speaker 4>live more of a pampered life. Did you guys get

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<v Speaker 4>on bird Song for being down there and then all

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<v Speaker 4>of a sudden, this dude absolutely deals when he's coming

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<v Speaker 4>out of the pen.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I think it just depends on the guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Birdie handled it really well. Obviously, the warm

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<v Speaker 1>up Routeaine everything is thrown out the window. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta be ready in an instant. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>the team also did a pretty good job on making

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<v Speaker 1>sure he was prepared to get the job done. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>there wasn't a lot of quick like hey, bird you

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<v Speaker 1>need to be ready and to stand the pitches. They

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<v Speaker 1>handled it really well. And Bertie's just a guy who

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't you know, he just wants to pitch and he

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<v Speaker 1>wants to compete and do well, so wherever that businessing

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<v Speaker 1>is he, I think he also feeds off the energy

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<v Speaker 1>of the people trying to make fun of him out

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<v Speaker 1>here and make fun.

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<v Speaker 3>Of us in the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's more of like a all right, cool, like

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<v Speaker 1>this is getting me even more prepared for the game,

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<v Speaker 1>So keep doing it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's going hadling it really well.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously he was dealing, and that ways back to

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<v Speaker 1>starting and dealing again.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, Ryan, this was great. I hope you enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 2>Really appreciate the time. Great to have you on here

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<v Speaker 2>for chat. Good luck the rest of the way here.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for joining us

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<v Speaker 3>Dude, thanks for having me