1
00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,880
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome it to a Ball with Eric Ohs.

2
00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,200
Speaker 1: I am eric Os and it is good to have

3
00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,960
Speaker 1: you with us. For what is episode number sixteen is?

4
00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,160
Speaker 1: This week we'll be talking with one of the lumber

5
00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,559
Speaker 1: Kings outfielders, Peyton Berdick. We should say, recording this following

6
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,400
Speaker 1: a Monday Mattine win and come from behind fashion over

7
00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,880
Speaker 1: the Fort Wayne TinCaps on July fifteenth, and Peyton Berdick,

8
00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,520
Speaker 1: he was a hero, so I am very good guy

9
00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,280
Speaker 1: to talk to now. We did talk with him before

10
00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,600
Speaker 1: his heroics, of course. But Peyton with a three run

11
00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,400
Speaker 1: homer in the tenth inning in dramatic fashion, maybe the

12
00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,520
Speaker 1: most dramatic home run of the season for the lumber

13
00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,800
Speaker 1: Kings as they beat the Fort Wayne Tincap for the

14
00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,760
Speaker 1: third straight time to complete their three game series sweep.

15
00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,840
Speaker 1: We talked about a lot of history the lumber Kings

16
00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,120
Speaker 1: had been making over the last couple of episodes here

17
00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,840
Speaker 1: a ay Ball. Well, it has continued that three game

18
00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,760
Speaker 1: series sweep as we've flipped through the media guide, first

19
00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,800
Speaker 1: time ever in franchise history that the lumber Kings had

20
00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,520
Speaker 1: swept the ten Caps and they've been playing since nineteen

21
00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,960
Speaker 1: ninety three. Now, the home runs for the lumber Kings

22
00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,360
Speaker 1: as of late have come in dramatic fashion, although they've

23
00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,120
Speaker 1: been kind of few and far between. We've seen the

24
00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,679
Speaker 1: home run from Peyton Burdick here today on Monday, July fifteenth,

25
00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,560
Speaker 1: and then before that, Will banfielded homeward in what was

26
00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,039
Speaker 1: Game one of this series. Lumber Kings would have a

27
00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,720
Speaker 1: come from behind win against Fort Wayne five to four.

28
00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,640
Speaker 1: Banfield's home run had gone for his eighth on this season,

29
00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,840
Speaker 1: but kind of oddly for a team that has had

30
00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,440
Speaker 1: quite a bit of home runs this season, those have

31
00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,440
Speaker 1: been their only two home runs over their last five games,

32
00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,600
Speaker 1: so they've made him count, but it has been few

33
00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,039
Speaker 1: and far between. The reason why the lumber Kings have

34
00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,040
Speaker 1: been so successful with the lack of power has been

35
00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,360
Speaker 1: regular strong pitching and also phenomenal hitting, which is starting

36
00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,400
Speaker 1: to really pick up with the likes of Thomas Jones

37
00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,760
Speaker 1: and Connor Scott. That we'll get into, but first we'll

38
00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,920
Speaker 1: look at the pitching side of things for the lumber Kings.

39
00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,320
Speaker 1: Full report on the Miami Marlins single a affiliate here

40
00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,920
Speaker 1: in the Midwest League. Now, the pitching has been strong,

41
00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,880
Speaker 1: just a couple of weeks ago we talked with Jake Walters,

42
00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,200
Speaker 1: one of the lumber Kings six starters as they have

43
00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,440
Speaker 1: expanded this rotation in the second half and Walters since

44
00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,919
Speaker 1: we have talked to him last, maybe a podcast bump

45
00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,880
Speaker 1: is what we can call it, because he's been one

46
00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,920
Speaker 1: of the best pitchers for the lumber Kings. The twenty

47
00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,600
Speaker 1: three year old right hander out of the University of

48
00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,880
Speaker 1: Alabama who was selected by the Marlins in the ninth

49
00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,440
Speaker 1: round of the twenty eighteen draft. While he got his

50
00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,440
Speaker 1: first professional career win on July eighth out at Northwestern

51
00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,120
Speaker 1: Medicine Field, the home of the Kane County Cougar Single,

52
00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,160
Speaker 1: a affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Walter's so sharp in

53
00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,959
Speaker 1: that appearance six and two thirds innings, did not allow

54
00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,880
Speaker 1: a run, he only surrendered two hits, but the issue

55
00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,520
Speaker 1: for Walters was five walks. Now, he did get that

56
00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,640
Speaker 1: win for the lumber Kings, which would be needed as

57
00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,799
Speaker 1: that was a series win against Kane County. Then his

58
00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,280
Speaker 1: next outing, which came on the day we record this

59
00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,480
Speaker 1: on July fifteenth, Walters was even better. He went eight innings,

60
00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,040
Speaker 1: a professional career high for any work and Walters unfortunately

61
00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,040
Speaker 1: though would get a no decision. But how about the

62
00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,120
Speaker 1: line three hits are allowed? They were mainly scattered. He

63
00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,280
Speaker 1: surrendered only one run which was unearned, walked a batteran

64
00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,600
Speaker 1: struck out four. So the walks had gone down and

65
00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,520
Speaker 1: Walter's era is now plummeted to three point two on

66
00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,760
Speaker 1: this season. Walters has been part of a very dominant

67
00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,959
Speaker 1: pitching staff as of late that has seen the likes

68
00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,640
Speaker 1: of Remy Reid make his lumber King's debut. One of

69
00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,200
Speaker 1: the newer lumber Kings here in Clinton read a sixth

70
00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,720
Speaker 1: round selection in the twenty sixteen draft by the Miami Marlins,

71
00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,680
Speaker 1: earned win in his debut just two days ago, which

72
00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,360
Speaker 1: was against the Fort Wayne tin Caps. As lumber Kings

73
00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,640
Speaker 1: just continue to just pick up right where they had

74
00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,760
Speaker 1: left off, the bullpen has been sharp as well, saw

75
00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,360
Speaker 1: the likes of Ryle Brito get the win on Monday

76
00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,080
Speaker 1: for a one in two third inning or one in

77
00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,400
Speaker 1: two third innings of work rather for the lumber Kings

78
00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,880
Speaker 1: kind of regular late inning reliever. Got a great curve

79
00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,280
Speaker 1: ball two for Brito just on the scouting report. Something

80
00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,680
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. The nose to toes type

81
00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,640
Speaker 1: curveball for Brito. But the offense has also backed up

82
00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,880
Speaker 1: this on pitching, which was an issue at the end

83
00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,240
Speaker 1: of the first half. In the beginning of the second half,

84
00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,800
Speaker 1: now the offense has come to play. And you can

85
00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,720
Speaker 1: highlight two guys in particular, both of them we've had

86
00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,840
Speaker 1: on the podcast, so you may be familiar with them.

87
00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,040
Speaker 1: And of course all Marlins fans should be familiar with

88
00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,000
Speaker 1: the likes of Connor Scott. So he was the first

89
00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,680
Speaker 1: round selection for the Marlins in last year's draft. And

90
00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,279
Speaker 1: how about the way Connor has begun to heat up.

91
00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,480
Speaker 1: Now He's just nineteen years of age, and so maybe

92
00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,560
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season, Marlins fans might have thought,

93
00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,560
Speaker 1: oh no, it's been a rough start for Connor. I

94
00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,599
Speaker 1: mean the guy. He was batting one ninety three on

95
00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,960
Speaker 1: May eighteenth. So that's just about seven weeks of baseball

96
00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,479
Speaker 1: that are through, not a limited sample size. While the

97
00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,160
Speaker 1: average we are happy to report it has gone up,

98
00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,520
Speaker 1: it has come with lots of power, in particular extra

99
00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,040
Speaker 1: base sits in the form of doubles, not necessarily at

100
00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,200
Speaker 1: home runs, as Scott has just the four home runs

101
00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,120
Speaker 1: on this season, But on June twenty fifth, Connor Scott.

102
00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,600
Speaker 1: He was batting two eighteen on the season, the average

103
00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,599
Speaker 1: steadily climbing but not really breaking out as of yet,

104
00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,320
Speaker 1: while over the last month maybe even less than that,

105
00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,520
Speaker 1: maybe three weeks, it has gone up by over thirty points.

106
00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,280
Speaker 1: Connor Scott batty two forty nine now on this season.

107
00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,520
Speaker 1: As we mentioned, lots of doubles Extra Bay since and

108
00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,480
Speaker 1: RBI's Scott has seen that RBI total climb steadily throughout

109
00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,880
Speaker 1: this season, now thirty two of them on this season,

110
00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,120
Speaker 1: and then he added his thirty third on Monday July fifteenth,

111
00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,839
Speaker 1: every run needed in the lumber Kings six to five

112
00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,000
Speaker 1: eleven inning victory over the Fort Wayne ten Caps. And

113
00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,880
Speaker 1: Scott has in that time been moving between a leadoff role,

114
00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,640
Speaker 1: which is where we had seen him at the beginning

115
00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,799
Speaker 1: of the year, and the three spot. We've been seeing

116
00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,120
Speaker 1: Connor go the opposite way a little bit more to

117
00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,240
Speaker 1: where the doubles have really come, as he is not

118
00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,400
Speaker 1: afraid to take it out into left field. He's been

119
00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,720
Speaker 1: wearied out the left field corner here in Clinton as

120
00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,839
Speaker 1: of late, and that's why the doubles for Connor have

121
00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,240
Speaker 1: also got up as well. He's now got eighteen of

122
00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,960
Speaker 1: them on this season. He has been a mainstay in

123
00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,520
Speaker 1: the lumber Kings lineup all season long, but now starting

124
00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,440
Speaker 1: to get some results. A nineteen year old that is

125
00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,840
Speaker 1: beginning to figure things out as a first round pick

126
00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,359
Speaker 1: for the Miami Marlins, and it has played off the

127
00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,719
Speaker 1: success of Thomas Jones. So, Thomas Jones also a guy

128
00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,960
Speaker 1: that we had spoken with just a couple of weeks ago.

129
00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,680
Speaker 1: I guess, well, now, maybe a month or so ago.

130
00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,080
Speaker 1: All the days seemed to blend together once you're during

131
00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,400
Speaker 1: the season. Jones a one to ninety two hitter on

132
00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,080
Speaker 1: June twentieth, and you may think, well, this wasn't a

133
00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,360
Speaker 1: good start either for Thomas. He didn't have his first

134
00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,040
Speaker 1: hit until the third series of the season. But a

135
00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,520
Speaker 1: third round pick by the Miami Marlins in what was

136
00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,640
Speaker 1: the twenty sixteen draft, a South Carolina native, that average

137
00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,440
Speaker 1: has skyrocketed as of late. He's now batting two twenty

138
00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,560
Speaker 1: six on the year. Jones has also been using his speed,

139
00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,440
Speaker 1: as have the lumber Kings all season long. It is

140
00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,320
Speaker 1: really beginning to pay dividends. Jones had a stolen base

141
00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,560
Speaker 1: on July fifteenth as well. It was his fifteenth of

142
00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,200
Speaker 1: the season. A team that is really on the move,

143
00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,880
Speaker 1: like the leases up in the words of the artist Drake,

144
00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,159
Speaker 1: because Christopher Torres also had a stolen base. It's fourteenth

145
00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,760
Speaker 1: of this season, and the speed for Thomas is not

146
00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,280
Speaker 1: just evidenced in stolen bases. Something that you'll notice from

147
00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,600
Speaker 1: the lumber Kings as of late. This is one of

148
00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,279
Speaker 1: the more aggressive teams in all of the Midwest League

149
00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,880
Speaker 1: when it just comes to their style of you will

150
00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,000
Speaker 1: not see a team and we don't have any stats

151
00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,200
Speaker 1: for this, but we're just gonna take a shot in

152
00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,039
Speaker 1: the dark here. But no team has more safety squeezes

153
00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,760
Speaker 1: than the Clinton lumber Kings. They do it quite regularly.

154
00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,800
Speaker 1: In fact, in they're come from behind win against the

155
00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,720
Speaker 1: Ford Wayne ten Caps, which was back on July thirteenth,

156
00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,040
Speaker 1: Thomas Jones had the winning hit. It was a safety

157
00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,000
Speaker 1: squeeze with the runner at third. Obviously runs at a premium.

158
00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,760
Speaker 1: We talked with Mike Jacobs about that because we're just

159
00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,520
Speaker 1: wondering exactly what was going on. You rarely see it

160
00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,520
Speaker 1: at all in this season, and the lumber Kings have

161
00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,680
Speaker 1: three safety squeeze wins on the year, and we asked

162
00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,720
Speaker 1: Mike and he said, well, that's one of the toughest

163
00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,840
Speaker 1: places to defend down the field. And when you've got

164
00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,640
Speaker 1: a guy like Thomas Jones who is so fast, you

165
00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,320
Speaker 1: may as well use that speed. And when anytime you've

166
00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,640
Speaker 1: got a third baseman that's playing back, which has been

167
00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,320
Speaker 1: the case with some of these lumber Kings speedy batters,

168
00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,720
Speaker 1: they will go for it. And it has been a

169
00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,360
Speaker 1: rather successful play that has been used for the lumber

170
00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,640
Speaker 1: Kings and part of their run of success here in

171
00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,120
Speaker 1: the second half. Now ninety three games that are in

172
00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,360
Speaker 1: the books here in the twenty nineteen season, the lumber

173
00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,000
Speaker 1: Kings are in first place in the Western Division. We

174
00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,320
Speaker 1: record this again on July fifteenth, a seventeen and seven

175
00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,640
Speaker 1: record for the lumber Kings, already ten games over five hundred.

176
00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,560
Speaker 1: They had picked up their fiftieth win of the season overall,

177
00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,000
Speaker 1: a fifty to forty three record on the year, and

178
00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,239
Speaker 1: then they will head on out to the Eastern Division

179
00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,320
Speaker 1: to take on the likes of the Great Lake Saloons

180
00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,160
Speaker 1: the Single a affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, for

181
00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,760
Speaker 1: a three game series that will start on Wednesday, July

182
00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,600
Speaker 1: seventeenth and come to an end on Friday, July nineteenth.

183
00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,360
Speaker 1: That road trip will continue with three more against the

184
00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,560
Speaker 1: Lansing lug Nuts, starting on a Saturday, July twentieth and

185
00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,120
Speaker 1: then ending on Monday, July twenty second. That's the single

186
00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,480
Speaker 1: ay affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. So that will

187
00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,240
Speaker 1: be the end of the Eastern Division, a division which

188
00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,640
Speaker 1: has been very tough at least in the first half

189
00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,040
Speaker 1: on the lumber Kings, in the second half not so much.

190
00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,199
Speaker 1: The lumber Kings completing a six game homestand against the

191
00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,439
Speaker 1: Lake County Captains, the single lay affiliate of the Cleveland Indians,

192
00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,800
Speaker 1: and concluding this three game series with the Ford Waying

193
00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,600
Speaker 1: ten Caps, the single A affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

194
00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,080
Speaker 1: In six games, they won five of them, five and

195
00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,959
Speaker 1: one in the homestand for the lumber Kings, a first

196
00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,280
Speaker 1: place team in the Western Division. One of the big

197
00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,120
Speaker 1: reasons why well, Peyton Burdick. He'll be joining us next

198
00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:37,720
Speaker 1: here on a ball with eric Ohs and welcome back

199
00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,040
Speaker 1: on a ball with eric Os. We're now joined by

200
00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,559
Speaker 1: one of the lumber Kings outfielders, Peyton Burdick, one of

201
00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,880
Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen members of the Miami Marlins draft class.

202
00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,960
Speaker 1: Thanks for taking the time to talk with us, Thanks

203
00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,080
Speaker 1: for having me. Well, I guess let's go over what

204
00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,680
Speaker 1: has been a whirlwind right for you? The beginning of

205
00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,520
Speaker 1: a professional career. It's been a rather effective start for

206
00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,559
Speaker 1: the Clinton lumber Kings newerest faces. So what has been

207
00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,520
Speaker 1: a couple of months, like from being a college student

208
00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,000
Speaker 1: to a professional athlete and now Clinton Lumberkings.

209
00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,079
Speaker 2: It's been in a shock honestly, it's you can never

210
00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,480
Speaker 2: really expect like what's gonna happen because you never know

211
00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,800
Speaker 2: what's going to happen. So just going from being a

212
00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,720
Speaker 2: college athlete to a pro athlete, it's been a good experience.

213
00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,000
Speaker 2: It's been all over the road, a lot of traveling,

214
00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,040
Speaker 2: and honestly, I've been dreaming of this since I was little,

215
00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,000
Speaker 2: so I can't really complain.

216
00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:23,959
Speaker 1: When do you think that moment it occurred to you

217
00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,040
Speaker 1: that you wanted to go into the professional ranks. Because

218
00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,360
Speaker 1: we'll talk about it too during the interview, but you

219
00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,880
Speaker 1: come from an athletic family, and when did it hit

220
00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,920
Speaker 1: your mind right away that that's what I want to do.

221
00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:34,560
Speaker 1: Is it something that maybe you could point to your

222
00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,319
Speaker 1: dad having done that that didn't want to follow in

223
00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:37,560
Speaker 1: those footsteps, so to speak.

224
00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's ever since I was little. I have an

225
00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,760
Speaker 2: older brother, he and I playing in the backyard. It's

226
00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,160
Speaker 2: always been our dream. My dad kind of set that

227
00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,560
Speaker 2: standard of to do your best and be the best

228
00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,120
Speaker 2: person you can be and pushed us to be professionals.

229
00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,640
Speaker 2: That everything we did baseball ended up working out for me.

230
00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,480
Speaker 2: So I'm honestly blessed.

231
00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,280
Speaker 1: And I would say so because we're talking with Peyton Burdick,

232
00:10:58,280 --> 00:10:59,920
Speaker 1: who was taken in the third round out of Right

233
00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,080
Speaker 1: State by the Miami Marlins. At Wright State, when you

234
00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,800
Speaker 1: found out that obviously you were being scouted for the

235
00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,160
Speaker 1: professional career because you're taking that early on, it was

236
00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,440
Speaker 1: their coaches and staff that were able to help with

237
00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,600
Speaker 1: that transition, because that's got to be kind of daunting,

238
00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,120
Speaker 1: right when you find out that you're leaving the college

239
00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,960
Speaker 1: campus and that you're not going to be an amateur

240
00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,760
Speaker 1: athlete anymore.

241
00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,720
Speaker 2: I mean, we have a we're surrounded by a bunch

242
00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,680
Speaker 2: of alumni that ended up getting the opportunity to play

243
00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,720
Speaker 2: professional baseball, so they kind of talked to you about it,

244
00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,640
Speaker 2: and our coaches have all, well, a couple of them

245
00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,439
Speaker 2: have played professionally, so They kind of like make the

246
00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,720
Speaker 2: environment after professional baseball, so you kind of know what

247
00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,480
Speaker 2: you're getting into. And yeah, they make the transition a

248
00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,440
Speaker 2: lot easier because they're always there to mentor you and

249
00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,560
Speaker 2: if you ever need anything, Like our coach already came

250
00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,400
Speaker 2: up and saw us when we played Kane County because

251
00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,800
Speaker 2: a pitcher, Ryan Wise, pitched against us and he ended

252
00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,560
Speaker 2: up coming up to see both of us. So it's

253
00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,480
Speaker 2: it's kind of nice having them there.

254
00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,280
Speaker 1: What did they tell you when you were getting scouted?

255
00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,840
Speaker 1: Was there anything that maybe stuck with you, that that

256
00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,760
Speaker 1: maybe helped you get prepared for that professional career that

257
00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,400
Speaker 1: is really just begun for you just a couple of

258
00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:01,880
Speaker 1: months now.

259
00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:03,840
Speaker 2: They kind of just told me, like I kind of

260
00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,360
Speaker 2: told them I didn't want to hear anything, like, I

261
00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,120
Speaker 2: just want to focus on the moment. And the best

262
00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,280
Speaker 2: advice that they told me is just be you, like,

263
00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,320
Speaker 2: don't try to do anything different, don't change, just do

264
00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:16,320
Speaker 2: you and everything will work out the way you wanted to. So, yeah,

265
00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,160
Speaker 2: just being easy and being simple and just being who

266
00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:19,880
Speaker 2: I am every day.

267
00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,959
Speaker 1: When we were talking with you out in Bloit, you're

268
00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,319
Speaker 1: mentioning I think it was the legs and the arms

269
00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,120
Speaker 1: coming together for you is you were developing, I guess,

270
00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,040
Speaker 1: and becoming a professional athlete. So out of high school,

271
00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,000
Speaker 1: what were some of the growing pains that you had

272
00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,160
Speaker 1: that maybe you had gotten through in the college ranks

273
00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,400
Speaker 1: and led to you being selected in the third round.

274
00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,600
Speaker 2: I'd say, honestly, the development that our program has. They

275
00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,920
Speaker 2: put in a system and they follow the plan every day,

276
00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,680
Speaker 2: and our strength and conditioning staff at Right State is

277
00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,760
Speaker 2: top notch. You walk in, you don't see the big,

278
00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,600
Speaker 2: flashy weight room that you see at like all these

279
00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,200
Speaker 2: Power five schools, but you see a strength coach that

280
00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,559
Speaker 2: knows what he's doing and just hung your guys you're

281
00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,760
Speaker 2: surrounded by and they just push you to be better

282
00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,520
Speaker 2: every day and just working out. I worked out a lot,

283
00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,680
Speaker 2: started eating right, eating clean, knowing what to eat, uh,

284
00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,240
Speaker 2: and then the training that we did on the field.

285
00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,480
Speaker 2: Or coach Tyl Rico does a lot of the base

286
00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,600
Speaker 2: ronny stuff and he's been offered some pro jobs and

287
00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,440
Speaker 2: it just hasn't worked out for him, so he's still

288
00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,560
Speaker 2: at Right State. And he kind of taught me how

289
00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,760
Speaker 2: to run, because like everybody knows how to run, but

290
00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,839
Speaker 2: he taught us like the technique and stuff, and I

291
00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,320
Speaker 2: haded to turning down some of the time in my

292
00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,560
Speaker 2: sixties and got a little faster and figured out my

293
00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,920
Speaker 2: body a little more and developed and I put on

294
00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,880
Speaker 2: probably like twenty five pounds of muscles since I got

295
00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,640
Speaker 2: out of high school. And I mean, I can't, I

296
00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,160
Speaker 2: can't even like believe it, and it's still shocking.

297
00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,040
Speaker 1: What is that like to with finding out how to eat?

298
00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,880
Speaker 1: Because I'm still, I guess trying to do that as

299
00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,960
Speaker 1: a broadcast here? What did you find out that you

300
00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,080
Speaker 1: had to cut out? And what is what it changed?

301
00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:49,240
Speaker 2: Like?

302
00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,319
Speaker 1: Imagine you feel a lot different too, just based on

303
00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,680
Speaker 1: the diet that they always say you are which eat right.

304
00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,360
Speaker 1: What was that epiphany like for you?

305
00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,520
Speaker 2: It changed my energy honestly, And then just today, so

306
00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,000
Speaker 2: like just eating grilled food and trying to eat as

307
00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,840
Speaker 2: much as I can. So I got on like a

308
00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,520
Speaker 2: forty five five thousand calorie a day diet and basically

309
00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,439
Speaker 2: it got to the point where I just seafood, eat

310
00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,800
Speaker 2: food and just eat anything that I could, and because

311
00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,360
Speaker 2: I knew i'd work it off because I was working

312
00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,400
Speaker 2: out so much. But now it's more eating clean and

313
00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,120
Speaker 2: keeping your body in good shape.

314
00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,200
Speaker 1: You mentioned those the help of the alumni too. What

315
00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,320
Speaker 1: were some of the names that were able to guide

316
00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,040
Speaker 1: you to that path of the major with the professional ranks.

317
00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, so, Sean Murphy is a big one, Mitch Roman,

318
00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,440
Speaker 2: you got Jesse Schulten's, Robbie Sexton, Danny Sexton, just to

319
00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:37,880
Speaker 2: name a few off the top of my head. And

320
00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,000
Speaker 2: then guys that got picked up last year that I

321
00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:45,240
Speaker 2: was real tight with, like Gabe Snyder, Matt Morrow, and

322
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:46,400
Speaker 2: who else.

323
00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,240
Speaker 3: We got Gabe Snyder, Matt Morrow, and then we got.

324
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,240
Speaker 2: Caleb Sampan and they all come back around and it's

325
00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,240
Speaker 2: like they just talked to you like like you're still

326
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,680
Speaker 2: their best friend and like nothing's ever changed, and they

327
00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,000
Speaker 2: kind of give you a heads up of what to

328
00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,720
Speaker 2: expect and just tell you like about their experience, and

329
00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,000
Speaker 2: it kind of gets your mind.

330
00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,680
Speaker 1: Ready, Well, what has Right State been like lately, because

331
00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,840
Speaker 1: just as a broadcaster in this league, we've seen a

332
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,640
Speaker 1: lot of guys come out of Right State lately. Gabe

333
00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,440
Speaker 1: Snyder was in this league last season. You mentioned Wi's

334
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,920
Speaker 1: out into Kane County and of course yourself, So it

335
00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,080
Speaker 1: seems like a program that is certainly on the rise

336
00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,800
Speaker 1: as of late maybe speaking to those coaching the talent

337
00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,320
Speaker 1: of that coaching staff, was that sun some of a

338
00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,000
Speaker 1: vibe that you had picked up out there, that this

339
00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,200
Speaker 1: was a program on the rise and maybe a reason

340
00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,360
Speaker 1: for selecting that school when you're coming out of high school.

341
00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,160
Speaker 2: Coming out of high school, is coach Mercer kind of

342
00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,360
Speaker 2: really talked like talk to me about how like I

343
00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:38,720
Speaker 2: was undersized and how really no other program really wanted

344
00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,480
Speaker 2: me as much as Right State and they really saw

345
00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,640
Speaker 2: something and me and I don't want to give away

346
00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,280
Speaker 2: all Right States like hidden stuff that they look for,

347
00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,720
Speaker 2: but they like the recruit athletes over there and then

348
00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,400
Speaker 2: work on baseball from that because it's easier for athletes

349
00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,200
Speaker 2: to adapt than somebody coming in that's not really athletic.

350
00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,960
Speaker 2: And yeah, I don't want to spill too many other

351
00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,720
Speaker 2: recruiting tactics, but don't worry.

352
00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,480
Speaker 1: We're not investigative journalists here, so we will keep the

353
00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,560
Speaker 1: the prying questions I supposed to a minimum. But that's

354
00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,400
Speaker 1: from your home state right out in Ohio. Is at

355
00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,040
Speaker 1: close to your hometown? Did that factory into the decision

356
00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,280
Speaker 1: as well that you could be home to some or

357
00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:13,360
Speaker 1: close to some home cooking?

358
00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:14,640
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it was nice.

359
00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,280
Speaker 2: I was only an hour away from home, and I

360
00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,240
Speaker 2: have my aunt right there in Oakwood, which was ten

361
00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,120
Speaker 2: fifteen minutes away. So anytime I needed a nice little

362
00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,960
Speaker 2: home cooked meal, or if we had like a family gathering,

363
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,920
Speaker 2: we'd always go up to Dayton because it's easier for

364
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,840
Speaker 2: me just to get fifteen minutes and they'd all come up.

365
00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,080
Speaker 2: And I really appreciate that because, you know, getting time

366
00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,120
Speaker 2: with family, like when you're away for a while, it's

367
00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,480
Speaker 2: pretty nice. It's pretty refreshing, gets your minds off things.

368
00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,720
Speaker 1: And we were in Dayton earlier this season. Did you

369
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,720
Speaker 1: ever go out to Fifth Third Park, the home of

370
00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,320
Speaker 1: the Single Hay affiliate for the Cincinnati Reds, is always

371
00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,280
Speaker 1: selling out too. Have you ever been to a game there?

372
00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:44,600
Speaker 2: Yeah?

373
00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,120
Speaker 3: Well I went. I went to one. Actually, I went

374
00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,760
Speaker 3: to one, and we played there a couple of times.

375
00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,400
Speaker 2: My buddy Caleb Samo plays for the BEG Hot Rods,

376
00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,440
Speaker 2: so we went and supported him and got to watch him,

377
00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:55,800
Speaker 2: and it was pretty cool to see it from.

378
00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:56,520
Speaker 3: From the stands.

379
00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, Mike Jacobsy said, it was I think like a

380
00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,760
Speaker 1: triple A stadium. When we were there, it was pretty

381
00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,400
Speaker 1: fun to be around. Whenever you're around it. I think

382
00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,439
Speaker 1: it was nine thousand fans. It's hard to not have

383
00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,480
Speaker 1: a good time. And now that you're in the single

384
00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,320
Speaker 1: ay ranks. But let's go over the moment when you

385
00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,600
Speaker 1: had been drafted. You knew what was coming, who were

386
00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,000
Speaker 1: you with, and what kind of moment was that like

387
00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,480
Speaker 1: for not just you, the friends of family, everyone involved.

388
00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,480
Speaker 2: So it was kind of crazy because you never know

389
00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,520
Speaker 2: how the draft's gonna work out. But my family, I

390
00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:22,960
Speaker 2: just wanted to keep it small. I didn't want to

391
00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,840
Speaker 2: do anything crazy, just just be with the ones that I.

392
00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:26,880
Speaker 3: Love and support me every day.

393
00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,560
Speaker 2: And they ended up coming up to my apartment in

394
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,879
Speaker 2: Dayton and we sat there and watched it. And I

395
00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,760
Speaker 2: kind of knew before the draft like where I was

396
00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,160
Speaker 2: going because I had some representation that was helping me out.

397
00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,560
Speaker 2: And it was just really real nice knowing like before

398
00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,320
Speaker 2: the draft started, like where I was kind of going,

399
00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,439
Speaker 2: and we got ready for the moment and then it

400
00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,159
Speaker 2: happened and it was just crazy, like just all you

401
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,480
Speaker 2: worked for your whole life to get to that next

402
00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,119
Speaker 2: level because you have you set goals and reaching one

403
00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:57,760
Speaker 2: of those goals is really really exciting.

404
00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, the professional you talked about your brother right playing

405
00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,000
Speaker 1: imagine some whiffletball games in the backyard. And now some

406
00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,760
Speaker 1: reality can be attached to those two because you're in

407
00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,120
Speaker 1: the professional ranks. Now. We talked about this when we

408
00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,200
Speaker 1: were with you out in Beloit. But your dad has

409
00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,560
Speaker 1: some athletic jeans as well. You made a joke that

410
00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,840
Speaker 1: maybe it was the lack of speed that ended an

411
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,600
Speaker 1: NFL career for him, But what kind of career did

412
00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,199
Speaker 1: he have at the NFL ranks? So was it the

413
00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,359
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks that you were talking about he had played

414
00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,000
Speaker 1: with first season and what kind of where did that

415
00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,320
Speaker 1: lead to? I guess in your athletic development to it

416
00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:27,160
Speaker 1: from an early age.

417
00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, so here's what the Seattle Seahawks for a year.

418
00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,480
Speaker 2: He got picked up as a free agent, and you

419
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,160
Speaker 2: kind of get different stories from different people. He'll tell

420
00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,840
Speaker 2: you one thing, my mom would tell you another, and

421
00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,280
Speaker 2: my grandparents will tell you one thing.

422
00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,359
Speaker 3: But yeah, the joke is he was too slow and

423
00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:42,800
Speaker 3: got cut.

424
00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,800
Speaker 2: So we just make fun of him still a little

425
00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,399
Speaker 2: bit for but he's funny about it, and he'll clown

426
00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:50,960
Speaker 2: us a little bit, like make fun of us and

427
00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,720
Speaker 2: just say like things like he'll call me short because

428
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,800
Speaker 2: I got my mom's how come six foot and he's six'

429
00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,959
Speaker 2: five and it's just like it's, like come on, NOW

430
00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:58,480
Speaker 2: i can't help.

431
00:18:58,480 --> 00:18:59,520
Speaker 3: That, yeah you.

432
00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,840
Speaker 1: Can't you can't get. Taller, SORRY i can only wear

433
00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,280
Speaker 1: heels so many. Times, Dad but he was telling you

434
00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,320
Speaker 1: when we were out of miloit that playing a lot

435
00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,240
Speaker 1: of sports was something that he wanted you and your

436
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,600
Speaker 1: brother to, do and mentioned that being in real help

437
00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,760
Speaker 1: is just an athlete getting a lot of experience in different,

438
00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,240
Speaker 1: sports sort of that, versatility which it seems like you

439
00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,760
Speaker 1: don't see that much and really a whole lot of

440
00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,320
Speaker 1: sports these days that you're told to focus on one

441
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,040
Speaker 1: sport and that's kind of the end of. It if

442
00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,240
Speaker 1: you're in, baseball you're in travel ball until the end of,

443
00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,639
Speaker 1: time until maybe you go into the professional. Ranks but

444
00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,760
Speaker 1: you were a versatile. Athlete so where does that fit

445
00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,280
Speaker 1: into the type of skills we see from A Peyton

446
00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,119
Speaker 1: burdick on a given, day whether it's the arm or the,

447
00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,120
Speaker 1: intensity the mental mindset that maybe carries over from.

448
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,119
Speaker 2: Football, Right, so back in high, school my dad he

449
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,800
Speaker 2: made us play three, sports and he said if we

450
00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,320
Speaker 2: didn't play three, sports then we'd have to get a,

451
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,160
Speaker 2: job pay for like, car car, insurance.

452
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,840
Speaker 3: Gas and like all that kind of. Stuff so it's

453
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,600
Speaker 3: kind of like an incentive to play three. Sports but.

454
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,399
Speaker 2: Playing three sports is the best THING i could have

455
00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,440
Speaker 2: ever done growing, up just learning like basketball really taught

456
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,720
Speaker 2: me how to move and like kept me in shape pretty,

457
00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,120
Speaker 2: well and then football taught me the mentality and going

458
00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:07,960
Speaker 2: for sports to, sport it can be, exhausting but when

459
00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,600
Speaker 2: you're that, little you can recover like, Crazy so it's

460
00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,960
Speaker 2: it's just. Fun and, LIKE i can't think IF i

461
00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,159
Speaker 2: didn't play three, sports like what would. Happen and IF

462
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,080
Speaker 2: i could talk to any little kid, NOWADAYS i tell

463
00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,639
Speaker 2: him to go play any sport they could and experience

464
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,280
Speaker 2: like all of them because you never know which one's

465
00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:22,720
Speaker 2: going to be for.

466
00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,080
Speaker 1: You, well it's always great when we have a new

467
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,199
Speaker 1: player that comes in and you're kind of figuring them

468
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,400
Speaker 1: out right because as a, broadcaster you got to tell

469
00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,000
Speaker 1: everyone the scouting report on a certain. Guy, WELL i

470
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,160
Speaker 1: think very early on we told everyone when we give

471
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,600
Speaker 1: the defensive, alignment when we Say Peyton burdick and, left

472
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,439
Speaker 1: he's No pye thrower out and left because he's got

473
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,520
Speaker 1: a canon for an, arm and you mentioned that that

474
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,640
Speaker 1: was something that you'd done early on in your baseball

475
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,359
Speaker 1: that you were a, pitcher, Right so when was that

476
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,159
Speaker 1: decision made That i'm gonna be going into the hitting

477
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,119
Speaker 1: side of things as opposed to the, pitching even though

478
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,359
Speaker 1: you still use that arm of, course.

479
00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 3: RIGHT i just.

480
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,119
Speaker 2: Think in high school ended up working out THAT i

481
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,600
Speaker 2: really started to get my bat going AND i could

482
00:20:58,600 --> 00:20:59,960
Speaker 2: always hit a little, bit AND i kind of figure

483
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,600
Speaker 2: out how to hit a little bit more in high,

484
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,359
Speaker 2: school and and it just made more sense to play

485
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,719
Speaker 2: in the field BECAUSE i could put was a utility

486
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,480
Speaker 2: guy going into, college and THEN i ended up sticking

487
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,320
Speaker 2: an outfield because when you get to, college you got more.

488
00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,520
Speaker 2: Guys and, YEAH i think that's really what changed my,

489
00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,080
Speaker 2: career is just just focusing on hitting after a. While but,

490
00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:17,639
Speaker 2: pitching for sure helped me learn how to.

491
00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,240
Speaker 1: Throw does that help too in just the mindset of

492
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 1: a pitcher that you kind of have an understanding of

493
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,439
Speaker 1: what maybe someone would want to do in a certain,

494
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,439
Speaker 1: situation or at least understanding that battle that goes on

495
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 1: all the time for you is you, know you've been

496
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,399
Speaker 1: a pitcher, before so you kind of understand that with

497
00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,919
Speaker 1: the end goal, is so to. Speak and you've been

498
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,199
Speaker 1: part of scouting reports. Before is that a help at all,

499
00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,480
Speaker 1: too when you were going more into the offensive side

500
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 1: of things that you kind of had some inside knowledge

501
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:42,600
Speaker 1: a little.

502
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,200
Speaker 2: Bit it kind of gets you think in the game

503
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,959
Speaker 2: a little more when you're able to pitch and hit

504
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 2: spots and. Stuff in high, SCHOOL i would just try

505
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,000
Speaker 2: to rear back and throw it as hard AS i

506
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,280
Speaker 2: could BECAUSE i didn't know any, better and usually didn't

507
00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:52,879
Speaker 2: work out for me.

508
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 1: Too, Well, WELL i wanted to ask you this because

509
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,560
Speaker 1: we were TALKING i think it Was Bubba hollands a couple

510
00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,280
Speaker 1: of weeks ago when we had him on the, podcast

511
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,639
Speaker 1: and you, know an, infielder so he's involved with a

512
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,240
Speaker 1: lot more shifts AND i guess you guys on the.

513
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,760
Speaker 1: Outfield but of course the outfield is ever, moving and

514
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: it seems over the last couple of. YEARS i think

515
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 1: we even talked about this With Frank moore on the

516
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 1: last week's, episode that you, know every level that you

517
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,320
Speaker 1: see in minor league, baseball whether it's the major leagues

518
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 1: or all the way down here to a ball it

519
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,720
Speaker 1: seems like a new guy comes up and there's a

520
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 1: whole migration pattern that takes place on the. Field is

521
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,639
Speaker 1: that hard to just keep in the scouting report of

522
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,720
Speaker 1: knowing exactly where to be with all these guys and

523
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,960
Speaker 1: how does that? Feel and you, know maybe not always

524
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,160
Speaker 1: standing in the same place in the, outfield the ever

525
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 1: moving defense that we now live in the baseball, age.

526
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 2: RIGHT i think it's sometimes it can be, confusing like

527
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 2: when you get too much. Information but we talk a

528
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 2: little bit before games about how we're going to attack

529
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,320
Speaker 2: hitters and, stuff and you kind of learn from the

530
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,879
Speaker 2: swing during the game, Too like the swing in the

531
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 2: game will dictate a lot more because people are different

532
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 2: on a day to day, Basis but so really locking

533
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 2: it in during the game will be more, BENEFICIAL i,

534
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 2: think because you read the hitter swing and the strength

535
00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 2: of the pitcher if he's gonna see, kid if he's

536
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 2: gonna throw more inside or. So.

537
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: Well we were talking too With Peyton burdick here for

538
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 1: the Lumber, kings one of their, outfielders and we should mention,

539
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:10,959
Speaker 1: too one of the hottest teams right now The Midwest

540
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,399
Speaker 1: league as we record this On july, thirteenth and we

541
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 1: aren't just talking about the. Temperature it is also hot

542
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,199
Speaker 1: out here In. Clinton BUT i mean this, team this.

543
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: Offense after the first half had, begun you were here

544
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 1: with the Lumber. Kings they dropped the first three games In,

545
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,399
Speaker 1: wisconsin and since then they've been one of the best

546
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: teams in all of The Midwest. League they say hitting

547
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 1: can be contagious at. Times has that been the case

548
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,879
Speaker 1: with this? Squad of, course you've factored into several of the,

549
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: rallies your fingerprints all over some of the success for

550
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 1: the Lumber kings as of. Late is that the kind

551
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: of vibe we have with this Lumber kings success as

552
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,960
Speaker 1: of late with the, clubhouse we always know a very

553
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 1: loose group here In. Clinton but is that hitting? Contagious

554
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,879
Speaker 1: because it seems like a far different offensive unit than

555
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:48,920
Speaker 1: we had in the first. Half.

556
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 2: RIGHT i don't think it's always one, person BUT i

557
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,520
Speaker 2: do think hitting is. CONTAGIOUS i think being A i

558
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,679
Speaker 2: was kind of like a new spark to get some

559
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,520
Speaker 2: like energy in and just different kind of view of.

560
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 2: Things but outside of, THAT i just think the guys

561
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 2: are starting to. CLICK i, mean it's a long season

562
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,399
Speaker 2: and guys go through rough patches and you see it

563
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 2: all the. Time So i'm not going to say THAT

564
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 2: i was the only reason why the offense took. Off

565
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,719
Speaker 2: BUT i mean these guys are these are we're, professionals

566
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,280
Speaker 2: SO i, mean these guys know how to go out

567
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 2: and compete and play and it's just working out for

568
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:20,479
Speaker 2: them and everybody.

569
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: Here so it's interesting because it's really the. DEVELOPMENT i,

570
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: Mean Connor scotty's only nineteen years. Old he's been here

571
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,439
Speaker 1: all season, long and you see early on in this,

572
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 1: season you, know it was very cold, too but a

573
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: rather rough start For, connor and then it starts to come.

574
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 1: Along you see the averages start to climb to and

575
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,360
Speaker 1: what was some of the things that you noticed when

576
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: you got, HERE i, mean coming really straight from college

577
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,680
Speaker 1: into full season, baseball and this is where they talk

578
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: about pitchers starting to develop the change up or they

579
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,680
Speaker 1: maybe start to refine that slider a little bit. More

580
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,160
Speaker 1: is that something that you've noticed from the college ranks

581
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: into these ranks that you've had to adapt. WITH i

582
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 1: know it's only been a few weeks for you here

583
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,080
Speaker 1: with the Lumber, kings but you know it's always something

584
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 1: that they always, say it's one move made by the

585
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 1: pitcher and then they hit or has to adapt to.

586
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: It is that sort of the battle that's been taking

587
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: place for your first couple of weeks here at The Midwest, League?

588
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 3: Right?

589
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 2: YEAH i think, so especially with the now the technology

590
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 2: that they. HAVE i, mean you'll see tendencies of teams

591
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 2: and you see like an area where you struggle and

592
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,399
Speaker 2: you really get exposed here because teams have that report

593
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 2: and share with and other teams are able to access.

594
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 2: It so it's like more teams would attack you kind

595
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,400
Speaker 2: of one way until you figure it, out and then

596
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 2: they'll kind of adapt to.

597
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: That so are you a big stats guy a big video?

598
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,640
Speaker 1: Guy because right now, baseball you can be suffocated by

599
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,680
Speaker 1: all the. Knowledge if you want numbers, man are they

600
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: there for? You you can get him if you. Want

601
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,639
Speaker 1: Mickey man only think once said that he hated the

602
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 1: numbers so much that when he went To All Star

603
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,080
Speaker 1: games With Ted, williams that he go on a slump

604
00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks Because ted was really into

605
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: the exact swing path and the hit trajectory and will

606
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: Or mickey would start thinking about it too much and

607
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 1: and go over for a couple of. Weeks but where

608
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: do you fall on on the intake of? Knowledge because it's.

609
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 1: Available but are you someone that tries to maybe just

610
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,639
Speaker 1: keep things a little bit more simple or what's the

611
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: mindset at the approach to the game of.

612
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,719
Speaker 2: Baseball SO i like a little bit of, Everything SO

613
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 2: i kind of pick and pool from different.

614
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 3: THINGS i like to kind of keep it.

615
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 2: Simple like you, said sometimes you can overthink baseball really,

616
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 2: easy and sometimes you gotta step, back remind yourself you're

617
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 2: playing a little kids, Game like you can go out

618
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 2: in your backyard and do, This and when things get

619
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:18,959
Speaker 2: a little tough for, ME i like to just go

620
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 2: play withootball and relax and kind of get my mind off.

621
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,400
Speaker 2: Things my strength coach At Right, state actually he has

622
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 2: the blitz ball, stuff so the stuff with the crazy

623
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 2: curt balls and all that, Stuff And i'd have him

624
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 2: this thermy pitches like for an hour and it'd be.

625
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 2: Fun we start competing and you forget all about, it

626
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 2: and then you go out to the game later that

627
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,200
Speaker 2: night and they're, like, oh this is pretty.

628
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,959
Speaker 1: Easy so was there a moment when you're coming up

629
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: too that you started to see the breaking balls a

630
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,159
Speaker 1: little bit different and notice that they were getting, Sharper

631
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: and it was something you'd have to contend with to adjust.

632
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 3: TO i guess, right there's been the pitchers up here for,

633
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 3: SURE i have more.

634
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 2: Pitches you see guys that'll spend a slider and it's

635
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 2: got like less debt but more side to side, movement

636
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 2: and you see a sharp breaker and you gotta kind

637
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 2: of realize like the difference between the.

638
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 3: Two and then the change up.

639
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: Too so, yeah we were talking With Tyler mitchell not

640
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 1: too long, ago so of course we know well about

641
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: the change up, here finding out about grips and things like.

642
00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: That AND i mean this goes back to all the

643
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: numbers that you, want spin rates and things like. That

644
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 1: on the pitching side of. Things are those numbers that

645
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: the hitters get to look at a little, bit the

646
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: higher spin. Rates so maybe you look for fastballs hyde

647
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: in the zone because they may be able to get

648
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 1: away with. It is that part of the scounty reports

649
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: now here at the single a.

650
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 3: Level, yeah for.

651
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 2: Sure you can kind of tell too when a picture

652
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 2: throws it by his armslot if it's going to be

653
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:31,919
Speaker 2: like the spin rate and all that kind of. Stuff

654
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 2: and when you get in there after your first, bat

655
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 2: you really kind of. Know and the guys talk in

656
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 2: between like when you're going on deck and in the,

657
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 2: dugout so you get a lot of information during the game.

658
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,239
Speaker 1: Too and what has the coaching staff been like for?

659
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: You Mike, jacobs of course a major. LEAGUER i think

660
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 1: he had one hundred home runs and his major league

661
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: career and not too far removed from his playing. Career Frank,

662
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: moore one of the longest tenured coaches in The Miami

663
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 1: marlins minor league, system is eleventh season with The. Marlins

664
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: seems like a lot of. Knowledge they also keep things

665
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,679
Speaker 1: pretty loose. Too so is this a good group of

666
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: guys to work with and that day to day grind

667
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: that you see here at the full season?

668
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 3: Level oh, YEAH i mean they're always.

669
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 2: Lose they have great knowledge for all of, us and,

670
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 2: uh just being able to kind of pick their brain

671
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 2: a little bit and hear.

672
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 3: What they have to.

673
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 2: Say it's, like, oh maybe THEN i don't have to

674
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 2: try its sod and then like all this kind of.

675
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,680
Speaker 3: Stuff so it's it's. There it's a good.

676
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,400
Speaker 2: Staff And i've loved the coaching staffs That i've had

677
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 2: so far Since i've been In Pro.

678
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: Bowl, well we're talking here With Peyton burdick and we'll

679
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 1: let you go with this because you were not here

680
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 1: for opening, day which is, okay it's not your, Fault,

681
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 1: payton but we meant we could not give you our

682
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,440
Speaker 1: questionnaire where we try, to you, know have some things

683
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: to talk about, guys as we, say during my three

684
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 1: hour tap dance during the, broadcast WHERE i have, to you,

685
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: know talk about these. Guys and SO i wanted to ask,

686
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: you you, know our toughest questions probably the entire, interview

687
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 1: and that, is do you have a celebrity crush that

688
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: we may be able to relate to the fans out

689
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: there on any given. Broadcast.

690
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 3: Uh you asked me this At valloi And.

691
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 1: I've given you. Time now it's been a couple of, Weeks,

692
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: PEYTON i.

693
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 2: Still don't Think i've come up with, one but there's

694
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 2: a there's a couple cute celebrities out.

695
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 3: THERE i would, Say, Okay, well what about?

696
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: Hobbies do you have anything that you do in the

697
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: other than wiffleball when you're trying to get your mind

698
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: off the game and the? Grind is there something that

699
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,719
Speaker 1: you do to h to get away from baseball when

700
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 1: you do have those rare off.

701
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 2: Days so my dad owns a couple jet, skis so

702
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 2: we like to take that as out to the lake

703
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 2: and kind of mess around on those and then cornhole.

704
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 3: Too Corn hole is one of my favorite things to.

705
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 1: Do so did you ever watch the h didn't they

706
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 1: bring them up ON?

707
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 3: Espn?

708
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: Yeah they. Championships it was so silly THAT i was

709
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: really getting into.

710
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 2: That, yeah SO i was like, WATCHING i was, like

711
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,239
Speaker 2: what is this doing ON? Espn and THEN i was, like,

712
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 2: oh this is kind of.

713
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: Interesting, YEAH i mean there needs to be AM i

714
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: writing a letter TO espn for more. Cornhole, Man well we're.

715
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: Talking thanks so much With Peyton berdick for stopping.

716
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 3: By thank you very.

717
00:29:42,960 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: Much and welcome back on a ball With Eric. Ghost

718
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: you just heard from one of the Lumber kings newer,

719
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: faces but there have been quite a few of them

720
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: as of. Late Peyton, Burdick we thank him for taking

721
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,240
Speaker 1: some time to talk with us back when the Lumber

722
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: kings were taken on The Fort wayne Ten caps and

723
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: winding down a six game homestand that ended in a

724
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: five to five and one homestand for the Lumber, kings

725
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: it doesn't get more successful than. That included a series

726
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 1: sweep of the Ten caps as we record this on

727
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: the fifteenth Of. July that was their first enfranchise history

728
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 1: and they've been Playing Fort wayne since nineteen ninety. Three

729
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: if very impressive series win that featured to come from

730
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 1: behind effort on the first game of that Series, Saturday july,

731
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: thirteenth and then on the final Game, monday a matinee

732
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: that started at eleven am and the Lumber kings coming

733
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: from behind twice to beat The Fort wayne Ten caps

734
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: and still in first place now in The Stern division

735
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: for the second. Half we talked about this speed a

736
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: little bit when we were getting the intro in and

737
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 1: the full report of the Lumber, kings but there really

738
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: has to be more focus on the stolen bases before

739
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: we let you. Go and that's, because as we've, mentioned

740
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: the Lumber kings with lots of stolen bases as of.

741
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: Late we Highlighted Christopher torren stealing his fourteenth bag of

742
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: the season On, Monday july, fifteenth And Thomas jones his

743
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: fifteenth also on the, Fifteenth but how About Connor Scott

744
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: just to get back to, him because the average we

745
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 1: mentioned continues to. Climb what it has, meant as we found,

746
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: out is That Connor scott has not changed at all

747
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: his approach on the base. Pass this guy wants to,

748
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 1: go whether it's stretching a single into a double or

749
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 1: moving from first to second on a stolen. Base and

750
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 1: he has gotten on base more, regularly he's had more

751
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: stolen based opportunities and that has led to twenty stolen

752
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: bases now on the. Season it's the most in the

753
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: team on recording this On, Monday july, fifteenth the fourth

754
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: most in The Midwest. Leagues Connor scott just continues to

755
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: climb up that ladder when it comes to stolen, bases

756
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 1: and it is just a theme. Overall it's not just

757
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: a couple of. Guys Lumber kings have now stolen ninety

758
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: bases on this. Season that is ranked as the sixth

759
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: most in The Midwest. League maybe think rather, Pedestrian but

760
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: when it comes to what we had seen a season,

761
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: ago back in twenty and eighteen when the Lumber kings

762
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: were an affiliate of The Seattle, mariners Lumber kings played

763
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty nine games last season and they

764
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: stole seventeen fewer bases seventy three of. Them so we've

765
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: already passed them and the Lumber kings still have about

766
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: all forty games left more than forty games left on the,

767
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: years so that number will continue to. Grow as far

768
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: as the difference between the two thousand and eighteen and

769
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen squads with stolen, bases we talked With Mike

770
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 1: jacobs about that and he said it's something you will

771
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: be coming to expect a little bit more in the

772
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: second half because the Lumber kings don't have that big

773
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: bopper that they once had in the lineup With Sean

774
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: reynolds to motion down to The Batavia muckdogs and so

775
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 1: more aggressiveness on the base pass that has certainly been the.

776
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: Case Peyton, burdick, though had a timely home run for

777
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: the Lumber kings and the tenth then to tie the

778
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: score at, four and then the Lumber kings went on

779
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: for these six to FIVE i win on the fifteenth

780
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,959
Speaker 1: Of july Against Fort, wayne a team that is playing

781
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: some very good. Baseball it's picked up on the great

782
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: pitching from the starters and the likes Of Jake walters

783
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: And Tanner andrews And Alberto guerrero And George soriano and

784
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: Now Remy reid who has been added to this Lumber kings,

785
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: rotation a rotation that also has the Likes Emmanuel rodriguez

786
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: coming on as a piggyback starter and he had picked

787
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: up the win and the Lumber kings come from behind

788
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: effort On Saturday night Against Fort. Wayne on the bullpen

789
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: side of, things we have also seen a closer emerge

790
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: as of, late and That's Zach Wolfe, wolf A Dana,

791
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: Hills california, native who picked up his seventh win of

792
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 1: the season On Saturday, night leading the team in saves

793
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: and now twenty eight of those on the. Year Lumber

794
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: kings don't look, now but they are tied for the

795
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: most saves in The Midwest league with The Lake County.

796
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: Captains so it has been an impressive turnaround for a.

797
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: Bullpen at the beginning of the. Year if you remember

798
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: listening to the, podcast we were talking about a lot

799
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: of blown saves and that still is the. Case Lumber

800
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: kings with twenty eight saves on the, season but have

801
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: also seen blown saves all over the. Place and so

802
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: when it comes to blown saves for The clinton Lumber,

803
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: kings they still have fourteen blown, saves but most of

804
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 1: those at the beginning of the. Season, now we do

805
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: like to keep you informed of all the roster moves

806
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: that occur here down at The Miami marlins single a

807
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: level on the, farm so to, speak but there hasn't

808
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: been any as of. Late we mentioned the Lumber kings

809
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: all kinds of roster moves for a period of time

810
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: right after the second half had, begun six of them

811
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 1: over a period for three, days from the day off

812
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,479
Speaker 1: on A july ninth for The Major League All Star

813
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 1: game through the first couple of games of the series

814
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: with The Lake County. Captains but since we last spoke to,

815
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: you we have not had any Lumber kings roster has

816
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: stayed the, same still a twenty five man on the active.

817
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: Roster the last name to be added Was Tyler, kullak

818
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: the hard throwing right hander who is selected second overall

819
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 1: by The clinton or by The Miami marlins rather in

820
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: the twenty fourteen. Draft we have told that he can

821
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: get it up to one hundred and two miles per

822
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 1: hour on that, fastball and the two appearances so far For,

823
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 1: coullik that fastball has been in the low nineties about

824
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: topping out Around it'd say ninety three is maybe the

825
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: hardest we've Seen koleik throw the, ball But i'm sure

826
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 1: that will be getting up there a little bit more

827
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: in velocity as he becomes a little bit more broken

828
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 1: into because this is a guy coming off some. Injuries

829
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: missed the entire twenty and sixteen, season only had five

830
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 1: appearances in twenty. Seventeen another arm to keep an eye,

831
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,919
Speaker 1: on giving the Lumber kings two first round picks now

832
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 1: on their current. Roster and that will do it for

833
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: episode number sixteen OF A ball With Eric, ohs who

834
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: want to thank our Guest Peyton burdick for taking some

835
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: time to talk with. Us but before we let you,

836
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: go let's shamelessly plug the broadcast side of, things as

837
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,479
Speaker 1: you can listen to all of the Lumber kings action

838
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen with yours, Truly Eric ohs on the

839
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: call on one hundred point THREE fm A wcci for

840
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: those of you in the broadcast. Range of, course if

841
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: you're out of the broadcast, range you can listen to

842
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 1: all Lumber kings games still but online via the tune

843
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: in radio app At lumberkings dot. COM a big thanks

844
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: to our guest today And Peyton, burdick and to all

845
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: of our listeners out, there we certainly think appreciate you

846
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 1: taking the time time to listen to episode number. Sixteen

847
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: we hope to talk to you next. Week the team

848
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: has been so, good, though we'll have to find who

849
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: exactly we're going to talk to, you because it's an

850
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,839
Speaker 1: embarrassment of riches right, Now champagne problems In. Clinton who

851
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,720
Speaker 1: will we talk to of all the run of success

852
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,959
Speaker 1: for the Lumber kings when we join you next week

853
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 1: with episode number seventeen OF A ball with Eric os