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Speaker 1: Hey everybody, and welcome to episode two of the Dave

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Speaker 1: Pash Podcast with your host Dave Pash, ESPM broadcaster and

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals play by play announcer. I want to thank

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Speaker 1: you guys so much for checking out episode number one

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Speaker 1: with Hall of Famer Kurt Warner. Had great response from

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Speaker 1: of course is home to the Cardinals. So we kicked

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Speaker 1: off the Dave Pash Podcast with Kurt Warner, a former player.

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Speaker 1: Today we're going to visit with a current player, All

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Speaker 1: Pro safety Buddha Baker. And if you've ever been told hey,

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Speaker 1: you're too small, you don't look the part, then you'll

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Speaker 1: be able to appreciate Buddha's story undersized, passed over at

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Speaker 1: one point, now an ascending star in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: His given name is Boichard. He was nicknamed Buddha by

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Speaker 1: his mom and aunt when he was a child, and

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Speaker 1: the name stuck. He grew up in the state of Washington,

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Speaker 1: outside of Seattle, and in this podcast he talks about

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Speaker 1: being recruited to the University of Washington and what then

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Speaker 1: head coach Chris Peterson did that impressed him enough to

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Speaker 1: stay home despite offers to play elsewhere in the PAC twelve,

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Speaker 1: including with his best friend. Buddha also discusses his NFL career,

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Speaker 1: why he's tired of the Cardinals being quote unquote average.

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Speaker 1: He discusses holding teammates accountable and in what area Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray has improved his game the most. Baker talks about

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Speaker 1: preparing to become a father and why there's a game

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Speaker 1: in December that has a big red circle around it

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Speaker 1: on the calendar. How American sign language has opened new

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Speaker 1: doors for relationships, and what question one team asked him

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Speaker 1: before draft day then made him really, really uncomfortable. So

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Speaker 1: here we go Episode two of the Day Pash Podcast

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Speaker 1: with All Pro safety Buddha Baker. Buddha Baker, fifth year

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Speaker 1: two time first Team All Pro and three time Pro Bowler.

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Speaker 1: You're such a great player, but you have such a

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Speaker 1: great story, Buddhist. So I want to go back to

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Speaker 1: your childhood. When did you first fall in love with football? Oh? Man,

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Speaker 1: I think by the age about twelve. You know, I

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Speaker 1: was a big soccer guy growing up, played soccer, just

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Speaker 1: watched football on TV, played soccer, you know, basketball, track,

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Speaker 1: but I really like soccer. So growing up I was

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Speaker 1: a soccer player. Then finally, you know, my family put

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Speaker 1: me in youth football over in Bellevue, Newport Nights and

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Speaker 1: that's all she wrote from there. So why the transition

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Speaker 1: from soccer to football? Was it because physicality you could

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Speaker 1: Soccer was always my love, but football exactly what you said.

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Speaker 1: The physicality. You can hit people, you know, of course,

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Speaker 1: you got to hit him the correct way. And I

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Speaker 1: being able to, you know, hit somebody and it be

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Speaker 1: totally legal, it is great with me. So soccer, football

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Speaker 1: and other sports. You played basketball at all growing up?

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Speaker 1: When I was young, I played basketball, but I ran track,

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Speaker 1: list select national you know, track teams, and then high

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Speaker 1: you a Sonics fan? Like my first year doing NBA

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Speaker 1: I think they left two years after that because Katie

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Speaker 1: Sonics fan at that point? Wow? Not really, you know,

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Speaker 1: like he said, I was nine ten years old, but

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry of the modern day. Ai Alan and I

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Speaker 1: mean it's like and running, running fast, exactly what you said.

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Speaker 1: It's two fifty five guys six five. Man. I just

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Speaker 1: have so much respect for him, just what he does

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Speaker 1: on each team, every team he's on. Why Allen iverson?

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Speaker 1: You said? Ai? Yes? Ai, just man. I love the

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Speaker 1: way that crossover was crazy. I love, you know, him

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Speaker 1: your recruitment like? Were you heavily recruited? Did you always

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Speaker 1: know where you were going to go? To? Washington? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean I was heavily recruited whole pack twelve. Besides,

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Speaker 1: almost went to UCLA just because that relationship with him,

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Speaker 1: loved those guys. And Jimmy Lake, who's now the head

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Speaker 1: He was a great guy new football, and I would

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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you about Jimmy, what is

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Speaker 1: it's about relevance. It's about getting into college football playoff,

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Speaker 1: which has been an issue for the Pac twelve. Yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: we went to the College Football Playoff thankfully, and I

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Speaker 1: think we lost a game to USC that year, but

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Speaker 1: it's definitely hard. So you know, we'll see how he does.

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Speaker 1: You know, I haven't talked to him in a while,

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Speaker 1: Do you have a story from when you were being recruited?

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Speaker 1: Was there any one particular coach that you thought was

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Speaker 1: They were great people. Just how genuine there were. You know,

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Speaker 1: that's what I did my freshman year. Were you upset

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Speaker 1: I was definitely excited and happy. I didn't think I

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Speaker 1: my rookie year learned from those guys. Did you meet

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Speaker 1: You know, I met with like twenty eight teams at

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Speaker 1: the combine, which was definitely hard because you have those

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Speaker 1: win those games, I'm able to come home and just

429
00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,520
Speaker 1: you know, we're able to laugh at the those type

430
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,960
Speaker 1: of situations. But I would say the Rams as well,

431
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,119
Speaker 1: just because we haven't beat him, and I really want to,

432
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,760
Speaker 1: you know, get that opportunity again to play them, because

433
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 1: we got to get over that hump. They've just been

434
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 1: a team that's had our numbers for you know, ever

435
00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,240
Speaker 1: since I've been here, So try to, you know, beat

436
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 1: the Rams for sure. Larry Wilson, Adrian Wilson, Pat Tillman,

437
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew, You're in that conversation and great list of

438
00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,840
Speaker 1: safeties that have played for the Cardinals. How does that

439
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,879
Speaker 1: make you feel? Are you familiar with those guys? I mean, obviously, Tie,

440
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,360
Speaker 1: but do you remember Adrian when he played Larry Wilson?

441
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,639
Speaker 1: I mean, all I know is the guy played with

442
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,200
Speaker 1: broken hands. Like I'm too young to remember Larry when

443
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,520
Speaker 1: he may but you know, obviously he was a legend exactly.

444
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,440
Speaker 1: Now I'm a ninety six and baby, so I'm way

445
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: too young for that. But um, Adrian Wilson, hard hitter guy,

446
00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,400
Speaker 1: um guy who played corner as well, so versatility. Of course,

447
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,159
Speaker 1: there's Tyrn Matthew, who's my stature. Can you know? It's

448
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 1: versatle as well, And it's over there doing really good

449
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. And for me, it's just, you know,

450
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,120
Speaker 1: I don't really let that get to my head right now,

451
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: going into year five. I'm just trying to be the

452
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 1: best I can as a person player and you know,

453
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that when I'm out of this game.

454
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,400
Speaker 1: So for me, I'm just focused on being the best

455
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,800
Speaker 1: player I can each and every day for myself, for

456
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 1: this team, and just trying trying to get get the

457
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 1: Cardinals back up. You know, you mentioned a ninety six baby,

458
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,840
Speaker 1: and so you're twenty five. You've got a long way

459
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: to go in this game. But do you have you

460
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,880
Speaker 1: thought about what you want to do down the road

461
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 1: at some point? It's interesting because there I had a

462
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 1: conversation with Chris Paul in preseason when we were doing

463
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 1: a Son's game and a lot of these guys now

464
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 1: that have made the kind of money that Chris Paul's

465
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,160
Speaker 1: made and that you're on track to make. If they're

466
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 1: not talking about getting into being a coach or a

467
00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: manager general manager, they're talking about ownership. Like Chris, his

468
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 1: mentor isn't Michael Jordan, it's Bob Eiger, who is the

469
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,400
Speaker 1: long time CEO at Disney. When I would do Clipper games,

470
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,680
Speaker 1: Billy Crystals on one side of our table and Bob

471
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: Iger's on the other, Chris Paul, you had to go

472
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 1: a dab up you know, uh is a dab or

473
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: dap Billy Crystal because it's Billy Crystal. Yeah, but then

474
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: he goes over to Bob Iger, like that's his mentor.

475
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,120
Speaker 1: Have you thought at all about down the road what

476
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 1: you want to do? Yeah? I mean for me, it's

477
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 1: kind of just uh like investing into things, just slowly

478
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 1: getting good cash cast that no one really knows about it,

479
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 1: and just you know, people don't think that our people

480
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 1: just think I'm a football player, but I like to

481
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: invest into things and hopefully get more money in my

482
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: investments than I am playing this game. So you know,

483
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that, you know, hopefully ten years down

484
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 1: the road. Yeah, you got, you got plenty of time.

485
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 1: I'm just curious because again it's shifted where he used

486
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,639
Speaker 1: to be. Players wanted to be. They either want if

487
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: they stayed in football or basketball, was coaching, scouting. Now

488
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,640
Speaker 1: it's ownership because of the money that's available to players.

489
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,640
Speaker 1: You're about to be a father. How do you think

490
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 1: that will change your life? Oh? Man, it's gonna be

491
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 1: special for me, you know, having a little baby girl.

492
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: So of course a lot of my girl dad friends

493
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 1: tell me that I'm gonna be as softie and all

494
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,879
Speaker 1: that type of stuff, and you're gonna be soft in football.

495
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,120
Speaker 1: But for me, I don't think I'm gonna be soft

496
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 1: in football. I'm gonna want to go harder. But I'll

497
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,600
Speaker 1: definitely be soft for my little daughter. And that will

498
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: definitely be a special moment to see her, you know,

499
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,160
Speaker 1: see her born, because I will be there for sure

500
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: no matter what. And the due date is December third.

501
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,520
Speaker 1: December third is that game day? Off the top of

502
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,000
Speaker 1: my head, I'm trying to think. Nope. We play Chicago

503
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 1: Bears on the fifth, I believe, and that will be

504
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 1: in Chicago. So you know, I've had that conversation with

505
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 1: you know the ownership and mister Bidwell and Steve and Cliff,

506
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 1: and I just told him straight up like I gotta

507
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 1: there for my daughter's born day and I'm gonna be

508
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 1: there no matter what. So even when we're in Chicago,

509
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 1: if I have to go back, I'm gonna do it

510
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: because my kids, my daughter will always be there long

511
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,199
Speaker 1: after the game of football. And I definitely feel like

512
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: it's gonna be special for me, my first blood child,

513
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 1: to be there for her to see me no matter what,

514
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: even if she doesn't remember, I still want to be there.

515
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: I want to remember. So that's all always be good.

516
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 1: That's awesome, man, much respect on that. Your demeanor in

517
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,439
Speaker 1: talking with you, and I've heard a lot of universe

518
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: the first time you and I've really sat down and chattered,

519
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: like very different from your demeanor on the field. When

520
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,480
Speaker 1: you step on the field, What is going through your mind?

521
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,679
Speaker 1: Do you have to put yourself in a different state

522
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: of consciousness? Almost? I mean I don't put myself it

523
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 1: just you know, it just comes out, you know that

524
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,719
Speaker 1: what should I say? That different personality comes out when

525
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,119
Speaker 1: I get on that field. I'm just excited. It's party time.

526
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: Like Brian Dawkins would say, And you know, I loved

527
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: watching the ed reads, the Brian Dawkins, the Ray Lewis

528
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: is when they get on the field and m it

529
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,959
Speaker 1: was definitely special. And you know, for me, it just

530
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: comes out like I'm not trying to act no type

531
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: of ways. It just comes out when I get on

532
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: the field, I'm excited and I want to help my

533
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,120
Speaker 1: team win the game. So you know, during the game,

534
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,400
Speaker 1: it's all fun and games. After the game, I get

535
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: back into my chill mood and probably very sore, get

536
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 1: myself a nice glass of wine or something and chill

537
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: out for the night. All right, So what do you like?

538
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: What's your veno of choice? You know, I'm a peano guy.

539
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: I like peeno no wars um, you know, calves sometimes

540
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 1: with a steak, but I'm more of a smooth peeno

541
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,199
Speaker 1: no wir guy. Just go right into the wine celler

542
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 1: at the house, get one out, and I get I

543
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: got a good air raidor too. You know a lot

544
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,479
Speaker 1: of a lot of those er raiders are you know,

545
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,199
Speaker 1: you need a good one to have it more clear

546
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: and taste better. Smart man, you gotta figure it out. Yeah,

547
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: got to figure it out. I might be twenty five,

548
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: but you know, I learned some things. It's good. That's

549
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,639
Speaker 1: good the core OFVIN. So if the core OFVIN, you

550
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,679
Speaker 1: don't have to open the bottle. You can stick the

551
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: core of it and poor then you can save them all.

552
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, exactly, you can do that as well. So

553
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 1: you're you're very talkative. You've been great in this setting,

554
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: and you're very talkative on the field. There's a time

555
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,920
Speaker 1: I understand when you're not talkative, and that's when you're

556
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: doing sign language. Tell me about your background with ASL.

557
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: I have a daughter who she could have done Spanish

558
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: or American Sign language, and she chose ASL, and she

559
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: doesn't use it a lot, but it's really cool when

560
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: she does because you see how comfortable it makes another person, yea,

561
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: that they can have a relationship without speaking exactly. You know,

562
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 1: my freshman year in high school, I took Spanish and

563
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: I just I didn't really get a good grade on it,

564
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: So you had my junior year of high school, I

565
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: actually went to a community college to do ASL, and

566
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: that's when I first started it. And you know, at

567
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: the time, I think I had a broken thumb, so

568
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: I had sign with my left hand, So that definitely

569
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: made my left hand more like coordinated kind of in

570
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: a sense. And you know, going into college at the

571
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: University of Washington, I took it there for two years

572
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: as well. And it's definitely special because there are deaf

573
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 1: people in this world, and you know, a lot of

574
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: hearing people can't communicate to them, whether it's it's only

575
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: by text message or you know, maybe on social media,

576
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 1: but in person it's you know, hard, you can't really

577
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: communicate to them. So for me, anytime I see a

578
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: deaf person, I try to talk to them and just say, hey,

579
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: how are you. You know, introduce myself my name. They say,

580
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: how are you? Where do you learn sign language? I

581
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: tell them University of Washington and it's great, good conversations.

582
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 1: They smile hard, and you know, that's definitely special for me.

583
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 1: So you know, I'll continue to understanding, and if I'm

584
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: ever losing it, of course I still you know, you

585
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: still have your things to where you can go back

586
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 1: on and learn some things. So yeah, there a specific example,

587
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: a particular story that sticks with you that it is

588
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 1: something that you'll remember for a long time about an

589
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: interaction you have. I mean, one time I was with

590
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: Chandler actually, and we were, you know, taking our trips

591
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: at the time in the off season, and we're at

592
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: the airport and you know, we left our left our

593
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: car in the airport, so we had to go walk

594
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 1: to our car. And at the airport and I see

595
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: a you know, a deaf person sitting down signing on

596
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: his cell phone. And I walk up. I go up

597
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: to them because you know, deaf people like that when

598
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: a hearing person likes to go up and talk to them.

599
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: So I go up to him, say, hey, you know,

600
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: how are you. My name's Buddha. He's like, hey, how

601
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: are you. My name's you know, Ali, and then tells

602
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: his friend tell him hello, and you know, I say,

603
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: nice to meet you, and he smiles and it's great,

604
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: good conversation. So that was definitely a special moment for me. Well,

605
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, man, you're an impressive dude. I've

606
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: been such a big fan of you as a player,

607
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: but just hearing and I've known your story, but hearing

608
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: more about you and the type of person you are,

609
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: just your compassion for people, and you know how the

610
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: story about how you want to be there for your daughter,

611
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: to be there for the birth no matter what, even

612
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: if that means you end up missing a game. I mean,

613
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: it's just it's great. I think when Cardinal fans and

614
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: NFL fans and people maybe if they aren't even football fans,

615
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: here the story they're they're gonna walk away saying, man

616
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: that that Buddha Baker is a special dude. So I

617
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 1: really appreciate the time. I appreciate that for sure. Yeah,

618
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: me too. And I appreciate everything you're saying. And yeah,

619
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: like he said, first with my daughter, I gotta be there.

620
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: I love football, you know, I know I mean a

621
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: lot to this team, and you know they mean a

622
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: lot to me as well. And I love these guys.

623
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: And if that conversation has to happen, I'll have that

624
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: conversation before the game, before we get there. But you know, hopefully,

625
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: you know, we have that bye week before. Hopefully it

626
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: happens a little bit before that so I can be there.

627
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: But like you said, no matter what, I gotta see

628
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: my my daughter be you know, born. I gotta see

629
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: however many kids I have born, so don't understand, yea,

630
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: And if they don't, that's that's there. They don't exactly

631
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: like you said, my friend Bill Walton missed two of

632
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: his kids' births. Yeah, so you know, uh, hey, you

633
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 1: know you gotta be there. Yeah, exactly for me, I

634
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: just gotta be there one hundred percent. Gotta be there,

635
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: all right. Appreciate your Buddha. Appreciate you too, man. How

636
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: can you not be impressed listening to the heart of Buddha. Baker.

637
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: He loves football, family, He even loves strangers. His story

638
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: about using sign language to engage the hearing impaired was

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Speaker 1: the field the last few years, but after spending time

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Speaker 1: with Buddha, I'm gonna root for him even more to succeed.

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Speaker 1: I love his leadership too. He said, Look, we're brother,

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Speaker 1: but if you're not doing your job, I'm gonna walk

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Speaker 1: up on you. I'm gonna hold you accountable. I'll love

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Speaker 1: you in the end, but I'm tired of being average.

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Speaker 1: And he was very thoughtful talking about where the team

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Speaker 1: needs to improve, but upset at the way the defense

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Speaker 1: and how he's been portrayed in some circles. Part of

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Speaker 1: Baker being undersized and not being a first round draft

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Speaker 1: pick when he thought he should have been continues to

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Speaker 1: be motivation to prove everybody wrong. That's usually what makes

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Speaker 1: a good player, a great player, that drive to never

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Speaker 1: be satisfied and to be the best, and Buddhast certainly

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Speaker 1: has that. And I can't wait to watch Baker in

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Speaker 1: two twenty one. So that'll do it for episode two

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Speaker 1: of the Dave Passh Podcast. I want to thank again

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Speaker 1: are presenters BETMGM, the official sports betting partner of the

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Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals and Hila River Hotels and Casinos. Coming up

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Speaker 1: next week, the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, Cliff Kingsbury,

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Speaker 1: and ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes. We have some great

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Speaker 1: guests in the future. Expected to join the Dave Pash Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Two members of the ESPN Monday Night Football team, Steve

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Speaker 1: Levy and Brian Greasy. The owner of the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: Michael Bidwell, a guy that went from being a player

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Speaker 1: for the Arizona Cardinals to the president of an NFL

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Speaker 1: team in less than a decade. Jason Wright from the

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Speaker 1: Washington Football team is expected to join us as his

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Speaker 1: actor James Rode from A Million Little Things and Psyche

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Speaker 1: and comedian Frank Caliendo, Ron Wolfley, of course, and Bill

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Speaker 1: Wolton and many more. Talk to you next week. Thanks

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Speaker 1: again for listening to Dave Passed podcast m