WEBVTT - Keone Kela / Taran Killam 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:05.760 Welcome to the No Sports Report, a production of I 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.760 Heart Radio Entree Fork Media. Small note this episode was 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:11.880 recorded prior to the murder of George Floyd and the 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:14.720 resulting global reaction in protests, which is the only reason 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.160 it's not mentioned. Something to keep in mind while listening. 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:24.960 My name is Jensen carp and I'm a sports fan, 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:27.639 and I'd like to take a minute to acknowledge the 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:31.080 universal d H rumors. It appears that Major League Baseball 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:34.040 would be implementing the designated hitter into the National League 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.120 when this quote unquote season starts, as if we need 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:40.520 another gimmick besides playing during a pandemic. Listen, I don't 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.400 even like the d H in the a L call 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:44.239 me a purist or whatever, but it's not like we 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.920 need more home runs. But if this does bring in 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.320 more dudes too big to play infield, some real David 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.720 Ortiz move on and cecil fielder types, I could be persuaded. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.400 Until then, I'm talking to athletes and sports industry professionals 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.240 about what they're doing in quarantine, hoping to figure out 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.720 if famous compete as much as I miss watching it. 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:08.640 This is the No Sports Report. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Keone. 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.160 Kella knows some baseball fans think he has a chip 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.440 on his shoulder based on locker room whispers and some 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:16.200 on field squabbles from when he was growing up, and 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.119 now was supposed to be his opportunity to show off 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.520 the emotional growth he's worked hard to implement, not only 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.560 into his game, but his personal life as well. Ki 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:26.720 One is coming off an impressive season where in middle 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.680 relief he posted a two and oh record and a 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:30.800 two point one to e r A, and now with 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.320 a new Pirates front office and pitching coach, he's said 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.880 to be the squad's opening day closer, a position he's 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.399 lobbied for and now is impatient to take over. And 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.600 with the season in limbo and free agency looming for 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.759 him next year, he's keeping a close eye and when 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:44.880 he could take them on once again and prove himself. 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.240 On this episode, Kona and I talked about maturity, how 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.880 he probably had coronavirus and I get to suggest some 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.640 new walkout songs for the ninth inning and after Key 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:55.760 One will hear from Taran kill him of SNL and 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.120 single parents fame about how he'll be sitting in the 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:01.640 new ram Stadium next season whenever that is. It's a 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.000 new installment of Pandemic and much more. On a new 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:16.400 episode of The No Sports Report, how from he on 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:20.839 Echell to Except Press one. Hey man, how's it going. 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.760 I'm doing well in yourself, trying to do as well 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.200 as I can. I feel like we're we're we're month 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:30.000 after month. Now do you are you going crazy? No? Yeah, no, 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.359 I'm stay pret active for the most by every day 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.720 I try to get out and do something productive every day. 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.640 So I'm doing all right? Tell me what is what 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.200 is productive? Because today today I walked a little, so 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.760 I understand productive to an extent, but that's like an 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.720 hour of my day. And then I'll walk again later 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:46.640 for an hour. But other than that, I'm staring at 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.000 a wall. I have an eight month both daughters, so 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.000 she keeps me up. I get a like seven am 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.880 in the morning with her and then um my wife 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:55.959 and I both pretty active, so we both work out. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.040 My wife has a trainer that she goes and works 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:59.920 out with, and I have a couple of buddies out 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.160 here in Dallas that he plays in the league as well, 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:06.520 so you know, we still get our baseball activities in 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.240 and stuff like that, conditioning instruction, throwing bull pens and 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.760 stuff like that. But I mean, you know, I mean 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:17.000 we've done everything inpland fishing, playing spike ball. What's that spikeball? 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.760 So it's pretty much like the concept is similar to volleyball, 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.160 except you hit a ball into like the trampoline looking 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.160 type of thing and the same rules as a volleyball, 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.000 but you have to look it up. You'd have to 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:31.679 look It's pretty cool that they have an Instagram that 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.800 you follow their instagram just some pretty instant spike ball games. 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.160 But you can get after it with that game and 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.120 it tires you out. Well, you had me a trampoline. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.280 Where have you been quarantining? Where? What city you? And 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.560 I know you're originally from the West Coast like me. Yeah, 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.560 I'm from l A. But I live in a Dallas 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:50.000 now pretty much downtown Dallas. Yeah, and you are now 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.000 hold up with your wife and your kid. You said 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:53.440 eight months old. I have a ten month old. So 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.440 you've made me feel like I'm a deadbeat dad in 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:56.800 the sense that I told you I stare at a 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.840 wall and that you're good but at least you're still essential, right, 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:02.880 That's true? People are starting here in your voice and 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:04.800 just tell you able to do your job. So it's 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.480 all good, that is true. Uh, tell me what it's 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.200 like raising uh an eight month old in the middle 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:14.080 of a pandemic. What I mean, is it they don't know? Right? Yeah, 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.320 it's actually pretty easy, you know. I mean, just like 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.920 your two month old eight my eight month old, they 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.400 don't have any college of what's going on, which is 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.359 really cool. You know if like all my outdoor activities, 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.440 I can take my daughter names Cary, so I can 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.640 take her out for a ball. She's very observant, so 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.320 she likes watch them, like the tree swinging through the 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:35.040 breeds and hearing the birch chirp, you know, selling the grass. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.720 She's all She's at that stage right now. So it's 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.839 been pretty easy. The only thing that I guess I've 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.920 lacked is just un interaction with just like a huge 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.240 group of people, you know what I mean. That's that's 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.160 probably the only thing that I missed. But I've been 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.400 fortunate to have good friends in my family around every day, 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.120 so I've lucked out, you know, absolutely. Yeah. I feel 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.280 like I've said it a couple of friends already. I'm 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:59.920 like I would trade having the life of a ten 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:01.600 on th old right now, because you're just sort of 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.400 like are the gardeners coming? You know, like that's all 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.000 they care about, is like can they watch just from 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:10.560 the window. My my son loves watching leafblowers. It's like 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.280 his whole thing, Like literally, it's his entire existence right now, 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.880 is leafblowing. Yeah, I mean, otis are different. Definitely gonna 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.600 be different for you indeed, because I mean I think 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.159 that you guys have a you guys have a different 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:24.120 standard of how you guys are going about your business 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.440 in California rather than Dallas. Like you know, for the 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:31.440 most part, the Texas governor it too called mandating staying 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.880 staying at home and stuff like that. You know, he 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.600 took that away. So and like I think all restaurants, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:41.080 neighboring restaurants are only old capacity. So you know, you're 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.760 seeing people kind of get back into the groom of 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.600 I guess what we used to call normal. It's a 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.280 It's been pretty good man. You know, I haven't really 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.520 had any complaints. By for the second, I've just you know, 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.120 big chunk of my season so far. Yeah, have you 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.719 went to one of those restaurants yet no, no, I 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.320 refused to Man, I'm gonna wait to see if there's 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.719 a second thing ais or the number such a spike 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.480 after everyone starts to come out and stuff like that. 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.080 My daughter was born premature, so I don't want to 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.280 take any risks. What's my wife? She cooks a lot 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.159 at home, my cook, so we're not really tripping off that. 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:14.320 As long as we can get to Central marketing and 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.800 get some get some good food and cook at home, 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:18.920 we're fine. I did hear that you were into cooking. 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:23.240 I am a terrible cook. I've just sounds like a joke, 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.640 but I've only made ramen during quarantine for the family. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.320 My wife has done some great stuff. What have you 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.679 gotten into during quarantine? As far as in the kitchen, 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.880 we've done lost your pots. We've done steaks, We've been brisket, 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.520 I mean, smoked salmon, all types of different stuff. The 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.559 people will be coming to your place at it sounds 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.240 like you were running a whole restaurant. I mean, I've 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.680 told my life that we need get down in the kitchen. Man, 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.440 she really does. But that's a lot of work right there. Absolutely. 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.200 So I read that you're a big fan of movies. 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.280 You love Denzel and Leo movies. I want to see 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.840 if you picked up anything, watched anything new during this time. 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.280 I started picking up a little bit on the West World. Okay, 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.080 I literally feel like I spent more time on Netflix 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.600 trying to find a movie and then actually watching one, 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.480 so I haven't really had an opportunity to see you. 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.720 The last thing that I watched through through was Tiger 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:16.360 teen on Netflix. Tiger King and Ozark and West World. 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.720 They all seem to be having quite quite a run 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.560 in the pandemic. Everyone has gravitated towards them, which I 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.560 think is pretty good. I mean, West World especially has 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:25.840 has picked up at the end. I think it's kind 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:27.800 of cool because I think you're interesting. Just to think 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:29.960 about what our patre is gonna look like with AI, 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.240 it's pretty interesting. But yeah, I'm not I'm not the 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.840 hugest TV guy. I mean because I just think that 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.760 movies nowadays they're not the same as when I was 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:40.640 growing up. But not a lot of shows that really, 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.000 you know, draw me in like that, or movies that 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.080 really drawn me in. So I would say most of 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.960 the stuff I've been watching are like Disney Titch films, 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.760 you know, like old school West Coast movies. You went 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:52.800 to Carson High School here on the West Coast. You've 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.239 played in both Texas and Pittsburgh. You're now living in Texas. 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.680 Both those places have decent food, including right there in 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.720 your kitchen. But what do you miss eating the most 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:04.360 in Los Angeles? No, she's probably in Japanese restaurant in 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.480 l A. I missed this quality sushi. Man. Like, I'm 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.120 ham Hawaiian and black, so I mean I love seafood. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:15.360 I love sushi specifically. I love really Japanese cuisine is 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:17.560 probably one of my favorites to eat. So the place 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.200 that I love that the restaurants called it's in l A. 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.200 All right, I'm looking it up. That's probably that's what 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.240 I missed. And I miss the child little burger two man, Yeah, 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.640 you hit our two biggies between burgers and and sushi. 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.360 I think those are the ones we can't You can't 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:34.000 replicate those anywhere else. No, uh, And I mean like 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.559 out here in Dallas, it's just not the same. Man Like, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.120 the food is decent, but it's not you know, it's 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:40.480 not what I grew up to. You know, a lot 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:42.680 of the food is text mix compared to just being 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:46.600 true autentick Mexican food, so it just tastes different. Now. 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:48.559 I ask every athlete who comes on to the No 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.320 Sports Report that I know is a sneaker head, which 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.400 I know you are, what have you been wearing with 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.480 your quarantine kicks? And then I'll tell you something that 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:59.160 I think together we have to work on as an intervention. Um. 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.200 And I've been wearing I mean, I've been wearing flip 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.200 flops pretty much every day since I don't you know 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.560 what I mean. Yeah, I mean because there's nowhere really 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.240 to go out. I guess my training. Shoot, when I lift, 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.600 I lift in like easy three fifties that are just 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:15.280 absolutely beat. But you know, I haven't been really wearing 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.680 too much sheet Man because there's nowhere to go and 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.720 I don't want to. I don't want to get anything dirty. 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.000 You're right, I've been putting them on just for walks 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:23.920 with my dog and stuff, just to make myself feel 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:25.680 like I have some sort of style. But but we 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.280 did talk to Gavin Lux, who clearly is this, you know, 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.959 high end prospect on the Dodger as he's supposed to 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.040 be Rookie of the Year. But he told me that 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.480 he's been wearing crocs. Yeah, I don't. I don't want 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.200 to pull across good Good. I knew I liked KI. 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:41.920 I've heard people tell me that they're very, very comfortable. 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.760 I just haven't. That's not really my style. So I've 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.679 never really uh never got into them. But like I 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.520 have my little brother, he wears like berking Stocks. My 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.680 sister wears birkin Stocks, and you know, has crocs and stuff. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.040 But I've never got into that that wave. But it's 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:58.760 not knocking in you know what I mean? Whatever flows 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.839 people's boat, man, if you feel fresh in it? Do 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.240 you think I don't know Gavin Lucks, I don't. I 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.520 feel like he could be hitting harder than CrOx. But 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.320 you are a rare breed in professional sports where you 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.040 have no social media? Have you have? You almost broke 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.080 down during quarantine and opened one up. I actually just 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.120 started one. This is the fact that, you know, for 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.679 my whole career, you know, six seven months out of 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.800 a year, I'm a blongst thousands of people pretty much 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.800 every day depending on what city I'm in, and everyone 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.680 can look at the calendar and see where I'm gonna be. 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:30.040 Not that I'm like a I'm not like a superstar 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.040 anything like that, but you know, I still I don't 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.720 want to. I don't make myself accessible anymore than I 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.920 already am, you know, And so that's why I've always 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.760 kind of kept the low pro on social media and 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.520 stuff like that. But I mean, I'm trying to get 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.160 into it because I'm understanding the benefit of having a 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.760 social media now these days. So I've tried to engage 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:52.719 myself into it, and I would say I was kind 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:54.839 of failed at it because I don't post daily, and 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:57.000 that's the thing too, And I also don't like posting 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.080 things of like monetary value or stuff like that for 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.000 the most part, because it just send the wrong It 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.000 was sens the wrong message. And it also allows people 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.120 to kind of have insight on what what you're doing 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.680 and what you have. And you know, growing up in Cali, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.240 growing up in l A, you know, the values that 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.880 I was raised on, and just from growing up in 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.199 the environment I grew up in, you know, those were 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.440 no nose, sweet flashy, I totally get it now. Back 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.440 in February in spring training, you missed a few days 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.480 with a viral infection. You had gotten sick. Are you 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:30.400 looking back at that now and wondering what that virus was. Man, 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.760 I think I had COVID. Man, I'm not playing. I 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:35.800 think I had corona. Really yeah, So what did you 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.240 what were what were you feeling? Man? I was like, 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.440 I was just really lethargic. I had a hard time breathing. 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.400 I would have I was having like cold sweats and 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.360 stuff like that. Was like I would get the shakes, 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.080 um had a loss of breath. But I mean I 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.240 snapped out of it in two days, you know what 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.840 I mean. So I mean that's just me saying I 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.920 think I had it, you know, but I don't really know. 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.600 I never went and got to the test so they 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.240 can see if I had that anybody. So I didn't 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.240 see if I hadn't anything like that, So I don't 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:05.480 really know. I was in a similar situation. I didn't 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:07.199 have it, but I had a coworker who back in 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.360 the end of January was coughing and wheezing and couldn't 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.600 catch her breath. And at the time we were like, oh, man, 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.959 you're having a terrible cold or a flu or something, 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:16.400 and we all stayed away from her. But then when 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.960 you look back, you're like, oh, these people definitely a coronavirus. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:25.080 Oh yeah, I think December January and you had anything 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.880 close to what they described as having COVID and you 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.599 probably had it. Yeah, probably, you know, of course, it 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.000 just hits people differently. Did your wife or your family 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:34.959 have to get tested? No, No, not at all. I've 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.800 been fortunate, man. Everyone's had really didn't help and haven't 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.760 had to worry about anything like that. So we've all 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:46.199 been good, which you know, was a blessing. During the offseason, 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.600 you've been really vocal about feeling like you've matured a 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.320 lot in the last year, and coming into you had 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.480 a new slate with the Pirates, with a new front office, 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.160 a new pitching coach, and this new one year deal, 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.840 which was kind of great for you. It seemed like 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.720 you were starting to find your place Pittsburgh. Does it 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.600 bump you out to sort of postpone showing to the 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:06.640 fans that personal growth? Yeah, it does, just because I 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.760 just think that I've kind of generated a specific narrative 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:14.760 about who I am one because of the moxie that 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.000 I have. I'm on the mound, and you know, that's 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.840 the only thing that creates any relatability is what people 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.840 see on the field, and it m demeanor and how 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.280 I go about my business when I'm pitching, and I 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.440 have nothing else to kind of back up my character, 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.600 you know, So me not having a social media doesn't 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.640 get the or any you know, social platforms, where as 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.720 an outlet where I can show my character, you know, 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.280 the type of father that I am, the things that 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.280 I take interest in it. So I really wanted to 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.640 change the narrative, not only in Pittsburgh, but as well 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.240 as across the league. You know, I would say in 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.800 the game, people have kind of pinned me as a 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.800 guy that has is aggressive or has this bad boy 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.040 I guess mentality or whatever they I don't know, whatever 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.440 people want to call it, you know what I mean. So, 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:00.600 I mean, I was really excited to kind of change 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.760 the narrative and rewrite the story moving forward with my 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.480 free agency or coming up and yeah, everything else included. Yeah, 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:08.480 and I was going to talk to you about that, 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:09.920 like you're a free agent at the end of this year. 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.240 Obviously the Pittsburgh option is up. Does the concept of 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.720 a shorter season or changing the variance once or if 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.400 the season comes back, like no fans or shorter you 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:20.200 know where you'll be playing. Does that scare or affect 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:24.040 you kind of in business? No, not, not really. I 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.840 mean I know that it could definitely have the trickle 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.760 down effects like a free agency in terms of like 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.000 contracts and stuff like that. But I'm not really too 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.200 concerned about it because you know, I'm not the only 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.360 one that's going through this, you know, so there's other 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.600 people that get that are going through this strange situation, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.480 and I just want to get out there and play. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.920 I don't really care too much if they are fans 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.160 or not. I think if you get you know the 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.640 world's greatest players around in one area to play games 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.720 with no fans, you'll really see who has you know 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.880 what I mean, day and day out, rather than you know, 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.760 when you show at the other state and you have 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.840 fifty fans dreaming. It gives you a little bit different 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:03.400 types of energy, you know what I mean. You don't 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.040 really have to dig deep because you have that that 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.120 electricity and the atmosphere. But if you're showing up and 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.240 in Arizona, you know, and you're playing with no fans, 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:15.960 you know, you really have to dive deep every single 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:17.840 day you step into that mount on that mount or 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.120 in that box and really figure out what you're made of. 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.320 So I don't mind it either way. You know, I 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.520 just want to get out of playball and you know, 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.440 do what I've been practicing my whole life. You know, 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:28.800 I mean to go show to the world what I've 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.200 been doing and continue to pursue, you know, all the 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:32.680 things that I wanted to do in my life. In 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.920 this game. Yeah, well, speaking of that, you were set 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.640 to be the opening day closer for the team, which 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.800 is something you were definitely building on. You wanted to 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.240 to get back to that position. How are you trying 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.840 to stay warm and get in pitches for that opportunity? 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:46.680 Like this is sort of what you've been asking for 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:50.280 since the trade, I mean, other than working out, Like mentally, 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.200 what what is it that you're sticking with, especially as 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.480 a closer, which is its own mentality. I mean, I 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.440 did it before in Texas, then I did it in 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.360 the minor leagues, So I've had like the same intra 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.400 for the most part, his first pitch strikes and three outs, 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.240 And that's always been something that I've always told myself 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.800 that's been repetitive in my mindset. So since this quarantine 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:11.560 has happened, I've kind of just I've just throwing to 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.680 bowlpends of meique and trying to stay on point with 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:17.240 throwing game, like a density and trying to stay locked in. 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.600 I mean even bringing up like mock statters and stuff 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.280 like that and pitching to them how I would pitch 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.720 them if we were in season, you know, with sequences 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:29.040 and certain pitches and stuff like that. Sure. Have you 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.880 been in contact with coaches during the quarantine as well? Yeah, 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.880 we have coaching staff, medical staff and given our GM 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.400 it has reached out, which has been, uh, has been 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.760 really nice. You know, they've been really consistent on reaching 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.040 out to us, giving us information as soon as they 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:47.760 get information, as well as spreadsheets on you know, throwing programs, 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:51.200 are weight training and conditioning. Coaches also sent out you know, 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:56.040 spreadsheet on how to continuously stay engage with your your 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.480 workouts and stuff like that all the way up until 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.720 the end of this month. So they've done a really 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.840 good job facilitating, you know, gain all the guys to 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.760 be collective. You know, we were just on a zoom 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.040 call last Thursday where we had the whole bull been together, 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.639 so you know, everyone's a gage, everyone's on point, you know, 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.040 it was pretty cool to get guys from r guys 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:19.520 at Rhode Island, California, Texas, San Diego, all over the world. 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:22.240 You know who who managed to be able to show 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:23.960 up one guys zoom call at the same time. So 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.600 it's awesome. That was really good. Well, you can teach 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:28.840 some spike ball when you're back in season. I think 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:31.119 that's something that we should we should keep around as well. 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.400 But speaking of that, is there anything that you think 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.840 that we've picked up during quarantine as a society that 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.600 you think we should continue to do once the vaccine 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:42.280 appears or we're all allowed outside. Yeah. I think the 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:44.639 biggest thing that we can type in the situation is 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:49.240 to realize what is immediately important. I think that a 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.760 lot of people have actually engaged more than ever been 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:55.480 prior before, you know, because when our world was running, 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.600 you just kept going keet and kept going. People lost 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.040 a sense of like really who we were just as 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:03.560 human beings. People have just really sit down and enjoy 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.280 their families, go for walks. I mean the block that 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.160 I live on, it felt like I was a kid, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:12.159 you know, like where everyone was outside and saying just 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:15.000 simple gestures of hello while you're walking on the street. 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:16.800 I just think the biggest thing that people can take 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:20.600 from it is is understanding what's truly important, you know, 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.280 and that like a lot of the things that we 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:27.240 felt we're the most important, like monetary things really hold 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.200