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Speaker 1: Hey, hey, welcome in to another episode of Friar Territory

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Speaker 1: Here on the Foul Territory Network. I'm Kyle Glizzer alongside

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Speaker 1: Mike Cameron. We've got a very special show for you today.

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Speaker 1: Gavin Sheets will be joining us a little bit later on.

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Speaker 1: Gavin obviously has been integral in the Potters eight and

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Speaker 1: two start. Potter's went in to Chicago over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: dropped the first two games of the three game set,

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Speaker 1: pulled out a very very impressive comeback win eight to

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Speaker 1: seven in the series finale. Now they head out to

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Speaker 1: Sacramento for a three game set against the A's City

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Speaker 1: Here at eight and two, it's been a very very

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Speaker 1: impressive start this season.

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Speaker 2: Mike.

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Speaker 1: We talked a little bit about the importance of getting

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Speaker 1: off to a hot start this year. When you look

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Speaker 1: at this schedule, Potter's opening with thirteen games and fourteen days,

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Speaker 1: and those first ten games come against the Braves, the Guardians,

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Speaker 1: the Cubs, you knew it was going to be a

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Speaker 1: gauntlet for them. To come out of that stretch. Eight

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Speaker 1: and two bodes really really well for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the month. If you made of the Padres during this

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Speaker 1: hot start, what has been the biggest thing that has

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Speaker 1: stood out to.

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Speaker 3: You, uh, just the efficiency of the offense from guys.

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Speaker 3: As we introduced one of your guests, you know in

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Speaker 3: Gavin Sheets and some guys coming through, we knew that,

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Speaker 3: you know, the Tatisias and the Machado's and.

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Speaker 2: Uh bo blah blah blah blah blah. Let's see a

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Speaker 2: few other guys. I mean, Jackson Merrill.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we know that these guys were integral in

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Speaker 3: the start and them getting off to a good start,

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Speaker 3: and obviously them getting off to a good start has

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Speaker 3: led to them to be at part of the top

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Speaker 3: of the division, which bows well right now because the

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Speaker 3: Giants are hot, the Dodgers are playing very well, and

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Speaker 3: so you know, with those three teams out in the West,

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Speaker 3: in the n O West, is very good for them

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Speaker 3: to get off to a good start to allow themselves

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Speaker 3: some space.

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Speaker 2: Just in case some things pop up.

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Speaker 3: But I'm sure they would like to continue to play

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Speaker 3: good baseball as they go into this next series against

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Speaker 3: the Athletics.

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Speaker 1: I guess it is soccer though It's fine MLB, we

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Speaker 1: can call.

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Speaker 3: That, Okay, okay, okay, but yeah, I mean it's just uh,

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Speaker 3: it's always good to get off to a good start,

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Speaker 3: you know. And I think that when you get off

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Speaker 3: of the older players to not try to do too much.

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Speaker 3: So the I feel like the baton has been passed

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Speaker 3: around throughout the lineup, which is always good because it

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Speaker 2: And they have done very well, and.

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Speaker 3: In these first series is against some very good teams

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Speaker 3: and also took advantage of slow starts of some of

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Speaker 2: And and they played al.

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Speaker 2: It's definitely good for them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Potters right now top ten in the majors

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Speaker 1: and both run scored and e RA, So they're getting

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Speaker 1: I think what stood out to me as the Potters

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Speaker 1: middle innings of yesterday's game, they were looking out of sweep.

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Speaker 1: They were up three to nothing in the first inning

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Speaker 1: That became a seven to three deficit, and the Potters

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Speaker 1: Potters were playing great all around baseball those first seven

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Speaker 1: all the time. We saw all of their starting pitchers

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Speaker 1: despite it all, they managed to remain competitive. That opener

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Speaker 1: then again facing a sweep, I think a really gritty

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Speaker 1: I mean it was not a pretty game, they still

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Speaker 3: Most definitely, I mean when you have this type of

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Speaker 3: that first road trip, going into the cold weather, when

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Speaker 3: you know, that could have an impact on some of

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Speaker 3: But you know, they were able to be resilient once

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us today.

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Speaker 4: What's up, guys. How you doing doing all right?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? How you doing?

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Speaker 4: How you doing rather doing well on yourself? Good?

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Speaker 1: So Gavin, first of all, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: joining us. Obviously, it's been a tremendous start to the

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Speaker 5: I think the biggest thing for me is just getting

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Speaker 5: You know, you're just trying to get a job done.

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Speaker 5: You're not trying to put up numbers. You're not trying

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Gavin, you mentioned, it's been a great fit and

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Speaker 3: Victor Roriguez. How has he assisted you with some of

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the nice thing about Victor is, you know he

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Speaker 5: not gonna tinker. We're not gonna do this. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And you mentioned again just the benthal and the approach

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the biggest thing is is the change

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Speaker 2: Very well.

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Speaker 3: I look, I know we talked a lot of baseball here.

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Speaker 2: How has that been enjoyed enjoyable for you? So far?

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Speaker 5: And no, absolutely loving the San Diego lifestyle and just

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Speaker 1: Yeah, No, definitely a great place. I feel very very

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Speaker 4: Man, It was crazy.

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Speaker 5: You know, you try to you try to be stoke

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Speaker 4: You can't really put into words how special that was.

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Speaker 5: And you know, the way this fan base has brought

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Speaker 5: That was pretty special. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna

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Speaker 2: Good stuff, man, good stuff. Look.

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Speaker 3: on a consistent basis over there. And I think that

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Speaker 3: the one thing that you guys have is a guy

441
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,440
Speaker 3: that plays center field that is very young, but he's

442
00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,560
Speaker 3: been very good so far.

443
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,200
Speaker 2: Like, what are some of the.

444
00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,800
Speaker 3: Things that you can you can see and ask on

445
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,359
Speaker 3: the bench from a left handed perspective. That's allowed you

446
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,720
Speaker 3: to become, you know, a little more comfortable in San Diego,

447
00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:39,679
Speaker 3: a little more comfortable with the pitching.

448
00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:40,480
Speaker 2: Obviously.

449
00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,720
Speaker 3: I saw you in spring training and you hit a

450
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,920
Speaker 3: couple of nukes against some of our lefties and.

451
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,640
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, he don't figure out something, and.

452
00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,520
Speaker 3: You know, and but now the opportunity now to be

453
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,200
Speaker 3: able to lean on those guys and get some information

454
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,360
Speaker 3: from those guys.

455
00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's been to Carl actually just left

456
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,080
Speaker 5: practice with Jay. He's been one of my guys. Is

457
00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,480
Speaker 5: going for this this start of the season, and just

458
00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,480
Speaker 5: an incredible group overall. But you're right, I mean, the

459
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,000
Speaker 5: veteran leadership here, it's it would be a waste if I.

460
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,960
Speaker 4: Didn't pick anybody these guys' brains.

461
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,439
Speaker 5: And you know, I had a great conversation with with

462
00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,080
Speaker 5: Manny a couple of days in the spring training just

463
00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,239
Speaker 5: picking his brain. You know, he just talking to him

464
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 5: hitting and we just sat there in the lunch room

465
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,159
Speaker 5: and just talked for like fifteen minutes about hitting, what

466
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,200
Speaker 5: his thoughts are, what his feels are. I mean, there's

467
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,200
Speaker 5: so many you go up and down this lineup, there's

468
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,320
Speaker 5: so many great hitters that have that have played for

469
00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:30,080
Speaker 5: a really.

470
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,840
Speaker 4: Long time and played at a really high level.

471
00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:34,760
Speaker 5: You know, some Hall of Fame guys in this lineup,

472
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,520
Speaker 5: which is is incredible, and you know everybody's kind of

473
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,760
Speaker 5: in their prime still, which is so cool. And you know,

474
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:41,760
Speaker 5: just sitting in the cage and watching guys go through

475
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,719
Speaker 5: their routines and you know, not even talking to them,

476
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,359
Speaker 5: but just watching the way they go about their business,

477
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,199
Speaker 5: and you know, what's the routine, how do they hit

478
00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,400
Speaker 5: these pitches? You know, that's been that's been pretty cool

479
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,960
Speaker 5: to see just the work that these guys put.

480
00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:53,639
Speaker 4: In behind the scenes.

481
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,320
Speaker 5: And you know, not only how great they are, but

482
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,160
Speaker 5: just their work ethic and you know, having these conversations

483
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,840
Speaker 5: and feeding off these guys, and yeah, it would be

484
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,600
Speaker 5: it would be a waste not to pick all these

485
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,440
Speaker 5: guys brains.

486
00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,159
Speaker 1: Gavin, I want to go back to Victor Rodriguez for

487
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,920
Speaker 1: a second. He was a minor league teammate of your dad's,

488
00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,199
Speaker 1: so there's some familiarity there. How much of relationship did

489
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,479
Speaker 1: you have with Victor before coming over to San Diego

490
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 1: And how is that familiarity maybe helped smooth the transition.

491
00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been huge. He's like family to me, you know,

492
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:22,480
Speaker 4: my dad and him.

493
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,439
Speaker 5: He still talks about my mom cooking for both of

494
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,119
Speaker 5: them after games and stuff. But when he was in Cleveland,

495
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,120
Speaker 5: we would when I was in Chicago, we would always talk,

496
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,639
Speaker 5: sit out there and VP and just talk. And you know,

497
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,080
Speaker 5: I think he saw me at some of my best

498
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,879
Speaker 5: moments in the big leagues, and he saw some changes

499
00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,359
Speaker 5: that that we both didn't like in twenty three and

500
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 5: twenty four. So, you know, getting back to kind of

501
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,520
Speaker 5: what I was doing in twenty one and twenty two

502
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 5: and being able to talk about that, and you know

503
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,159
Speaker 5: the fact that he had familiarity with me and was

504
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,080
Speaker 5: watching up close and got to see that and so

505
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:51,800
Speaker 5: getting back to that, but just knowing that whatever he's

506
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,960
Speaker 5: bringing to me is out of love. You know, it's

507
00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,199
Speaker 5: just that connection, that family connection where hey, he sees this,

508
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 5: he wants to make these adjustments, and I know where

509
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,000
Speaker 5: it's coming from. You know, I know where it's coming from.

510
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,440
Speaker 5: It's hard, and it's like you just HiT's so much

511
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,439
Speaker 5: easier to buy into that. So like the changes we

512
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,880
Speaker 5: made in spring training, and you know, it's really easy

513
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,520
Speaker 5: to work with a guy like that where you know that, hey,

514
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,879
Speaker 5: everything he's bringing to you is in your best interests.

515
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and the follow ups. You know, your big league

516
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,800
Speaker 1: your big league career or sorry, your dad's big league

517
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 1: career ended before you were born, so you didn't get

518
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 1: a chance to really grow up in clubhouses like some

519
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,959
Speaker 1: of the other players that said, how much did you

520
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: know your dad's career give you access to big leaguers?

521
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,600
Speaker 1: And who were some of the guys maybe you pick

522
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,680
Speaker 1: their brains growing up as you developed into a player yourself.

523
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it was huge. I got to go

524
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,679
Speaker 5: you know, all they wasn't playing. I was at Camdon

525
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,639
Speaker 5: Yards with them all the time. You know, doing stuff,

526
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,400
Speaker 5: and him and Cal were extremely close. They were drafted together,

527
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 5: roommates all the way up and then actually Cal's sun

528
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 5: was two years old than me my high school, so

529
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,640
Speaker 5: my dad and Cal we are high school coaches, which

530
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,679
Speaker 5: was a lot of fun to say the least. But

531
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 5: you know, Cal has always been a huge mentor for me,

532
00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 5: being able to pick his brain, talk to him, hit

533
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,960
Speaker 5: with him off season. You know, there's not not many

534
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 5: better baseball minds than his, and to have him as

535
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 5: as just a resource that I can have at anytime

536
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 5: has been a blessing. And you know, he's been great

537
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,760
Speaker 5: to me. And obviously my dad and him are extremely close,

538
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 5: and so I would say that that's been one of

539
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 5: the guys that I've that really leaned on throughout my

540
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 5: career and especially early on in my career. But yeah,

541
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,919
Speaker 5: my dad's been a huge, huge support system. And I

542
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 5: think the biggest thing is just how to handle the mentals,

543
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 5: how to handle being a professional, handled the everyday grind.

544
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 5: You know, it's not as much hey what are my

545
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 5: mechanics looking like? But you know, hey, what are you

546
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,639
Speaker 5: thinking in this situation? How do you handle this? And

547
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,400
Speaker 5: so he really prepared me for just kind of the lifestyle.

548
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 2: Good stuff, good stuff. Yeah.

549
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 3: Look, I obviously fall in the same category as your dad,

550
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:56,359
Speaker 3: you know, so I try to be I guess, I

551
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 3: guess a sounding board more said anything, because you know

552
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,240
Speaker 3: that today's baseball is totally different than when your dad

553
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 3: played than when I play. You know, the lingo is

554
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 3: totally different.

555
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 2: How much.

556
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 3: Of when you talk to your dad it's about some

557
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 3: of the new age technology things that are taking place,

558
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 3: or is it just more of him listening to you

559
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,959
Speaker 3: as you give out the information of what you're seeing

560
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 3: and what you're feeling, and how does that translate into

561
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 3: helping you intoday's time. You know, I have a tough

562
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 3: time sometimes when I'm talking to my kid about the game,

563
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 3: and I just want to know where his mind is

564
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 3: more so than anything else. And obviously I know that

565
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 3: that comes about and we understand. I definitely understand and

566
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 3: know how hard the game is. And what are some

567
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,960
Speaker 3: of the things that your dad is able to pass

568
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 3: along to you that is deal simple things that are

569
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 3: probably not talked about in the game as much, but

570
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 3: they're in the game per se, you know, So I

571
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 3: just want to kind of get your observation from that perspective.

572
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's exactly right.

573
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 5: It's kind of that old school new school and and

574
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,399
Speaker 5: I think one of the great things about the Padres

575
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 5: and some of the success we're having is we're an

576
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 5: old school team. You know, we're not strikeout, put it

577
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 5: in play, be low, hard in the middle of the field,

578
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 5: which is which has been really nice, because I think

579
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 5: that's that's a side of baseball that should never go away.

580
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 5: And I think when it does, you start to you

581
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,119
Speaker 5: start to tinker too much, and you lose the the

582
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 5: goodness of baseball. And so when I was talking to

583
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 5: my dad about some of the adjustments we were making

584
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 5: in spring training, and you know that the new school

585
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 5: stuff is great, like the biomechanics stuff and and the

586
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 5: data that we have and all this information that we have,

587
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 5: and just kind of breaking it down with him and

588
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 5: just kind of interest he had and all this all

589
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 5: this data and these three D scans and all this

590
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 5: stuff that could go on. You know, to him, it's

591
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,639
Speaker 5: like this is crazy to me, but you know, just

592
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 5: talking through some of the stuff. But then you know,

593
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 5: then I start to tell him some of the stuff

594
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,160
Speaker 5: we found, he is like, oh, so you do want

595
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 5: to be swinging down.

596
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 4: You don't want your shoulders like.

597
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 5: Oh, so he's like this new school stuff's really teaching

598
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 5: everything that I've been telling you for twenty eight years now.

599
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 4: So he loves to he loves to throw in some

600
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 4: some stuff.

601
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 5: But yeah, yeah, so it's funny, like just talking about,

602
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,520
Speaker 5: you know, driving my shoulder down and getting into the ground,

603
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 5: and he's like, oh, so maybe I'm not too crazy.

604
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 5: Maybe this nineteen eighties baseball isn't too bad, is it.

605
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,919
Speaker 3: I feel Yeah, I feel you. I do the same

606
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 3: thing today the same time.

607
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, So we have all those conversations. Was great.

608
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,479
Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, I mean like,

609
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 5: you know, he just understands how hard the game is,

610
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 5: and you know, he wants to be a sounding board

611
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 5: for me and and just understands, you know, the velocities

612
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 5: that we're seeing now and all this.

613
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,880
Speaker 4: He watches games and he's like, I just this.

614
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 5: Guy's throwing ninety eight and only throws fastball two times,

615
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 5: and he's like, I just don't understand. And so he

616
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 5: gets how hard this game is and where we're at

617
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 5: right now is a sport. But he also understands that

618
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 5: that nineteen eighties baseball still still works.

619
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 2: It definitely, it definitely does. I mean baseball transcends.

620
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 3: I mean the simplicity of the game is the simplicity

621
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 3: of the game still. I mean, we added a lot

622
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 3: of features to it, but it's still you still got

623
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 3: to get a good pitch hit and you got to

624
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:24,920
Speaker 3: get the barrel one of baseball.

625
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 2: Y you know, I like it. I like it.

626
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, And you mentioned your dad. After his career, he

627
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 1: became a very successful high school coach at Gilman School

628
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: in Baltimore, one of the best programs in the Northeast.

629
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,439
Speaker 1: So not only did you just work with him, you know,

630
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: as his son, he was actually your high school coach.

631
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 1: It's very very natural for followers and sons to clash

632
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: a little bit in the teenage years. How was it

633
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: having your dad as your coach when you're coming up

634
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 1: at a high school?

635
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 4: Now, it was great.

636
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 5: A lot of people say that, they're like, oh, man,

637
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 5: he was your coach, how'd that go? And now it

638
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 5: was awesome, you know, it was great for I think

639
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 5: our relationship just grew through that even more. Or you know,

640
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 5: when he when he took over, it was there was

641
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 5: hardly even a baseball program. There was like there were

642
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 5: like three and sixteen the year before he took over,

643
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 5: and then his first year they're twenty seven and five.

644
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 5: So he really turned the program around and kind of

645
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 5: brought like a pro style to it, just the way

646
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 5: we practice.

647
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 4: The way we played.

648
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 5: And then obviously, you know, he called Cal and asked

649
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 5: him he would coach with him for you know, while

650
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 5: Ryan was still in high school, which was which was

651
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 5: really cool, really special.

652
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 4: I think for them, they had as much fun with

653
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 4: it as as we did.

654
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 5: But yeah, just just being able to play for him

655
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 5: and you know, just kind of have that that father

656
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,400
Speaker 5: son relationship but also that that coach coach relationship was fun.

657
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 5: I mean, we definitely had our battles and you know,

658
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 5: our arguments on the field, you know, swing and misted

659
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 5: a curveball and asked if I've ever seen one of

660
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Speaker 5: those before. So we would always you know, get into

661
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 5: it a little bit, but overall it was it was

662
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 5: an incredible experience for both of us.

663
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Speaker 2: Very well. Put.

664
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Speaker 3: I mean, I understand when you have a pro style

665
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 3: type of guy comes down, you're obviously your dad's gonna

666
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 3: be mild mannor he's not to be one of those

667
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 3: rock guys.

668
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 2: That we see on social media.

669
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 3: Now, I mean I think you know, when you put

670
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 3: these things in place, you put like you don't be

671
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 3: out there for four or five six hours. You go

672
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 3: get the work done and you get the guys off

673
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 3: the field and you get more out of it, and.

674
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Speaker 2: That in that disparity.

675
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Speaker 3: My thing is, I know we talked about your dad

676
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 3: and everything else. When are they gonna have the Gavin

677
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 3: Sheets Holy Sheets T shirt day in San Diego?

678
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 4: Oh man, I don't know.

679
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 5: I've already seen someone are getting made and I'm getting

680
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 5: tagged in all.

681
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 4: This and it's crazy. Man, I'm just I'm just playing baseball.

682
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 4: Let I'll let all that stuff the people that handle that.

683
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 5: But no, it's been it's been fun to see that,

684
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 5: and just the fan base round around has been has

685
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 5: been incredible.

686
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: Have you been a stopped around North parking Off people

687
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: start to recognize you, buy you drinks or you're and

688
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: your your wife drinks anything.

689
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 5: Like that slowly and surely yeah, not still not many,

690
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 5: which which is nice. But you know, every once in

691
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 5: a while you get a kind of side eye and

692
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 5: then say something to you. But now that's fun and yeah,

693
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 5: it's just it's just cool. Love in San Diegoes.

694
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 2: Definitely.

695
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: Well, we know, we know you got to get out

696
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: of here, you got a game to play against the

697
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: Sacramento As, But thank you so much for joining us, Gavin.

698
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: We really really appreciate it. Congrats on all your success

699
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: and we look forward to watching you throughout the year.

700
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Speaker 4: Thanks, guys, this was a blast. Appreciate having me on.

701
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 2: Good luck, stay healthy, buddy.

702
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 4: Thank you appreciate it.

703
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: All right, all right, once again, that was Gavin Sheets, Mike.

704
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: I mean, as you can see, he's a very talented

705
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: player who also understands the mental side of the game.

706
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: Has good having his shoulders. And look, you talked about

707
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: the depth of this lineup. We knew coming into the

708
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: year that Financeatist Junior and Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill,

709
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: all these players who are all stars. If they stay healthy,

710
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: we're going to perform. The question was at the bottom

711
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 1: of this lineup, particularly the bottom thing. And again, it's

712
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: a long season. We're ten games in, but you know,

713
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: you know, I joke this should be the Gavin Sheets podcast.

714
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: I feel like we talked about Gavin Sheets every episode,

715
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: but it's because he keeps performing. I mean, his his

716
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 1: ascendants has really transformed the outlook for this entire team

717
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 1: and the bottom of the lineup's ability to continue producing

718
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Speaker 1: and get it back to the top.

719
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Speaker 2: Uh, definitely.

720
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Speaker 3: I mean, as we say what, you stick him in

721
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 3: probably the middle third of the lineup and it just

722
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 3: extends it, you know, with another better of his capabilities.

723
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Speaker 3: And obviously, look, we're talking about a guy who was

724
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 3: a you know, big, big, big second round draft pick

725
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 3: out out a way fart so he's known to be

726
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 3: a part of the the elite hitters in a lineup.

727
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 3: Is just taking some time to put these things together,

728
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 3: and obviously we hope that that continues. Obviously it's just

729
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 3: only ten games, but the fact that he's gotten this

730
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Speaker 3: off to a good start and now it's going to

731
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 3: be some time. There's gonna be down sometimes over the

732
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 3: course of a season, but just hopefully that he can

733
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 3: continue to develop some consistency throughout the season which will

734
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 3: allow the rest of the rest of the lineup to

735
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 3: thrive the way they're capable of doing.

736
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Speaker 2: And it just happens.

737
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Speaker 3: So it happens that Gavin She's is a big part

738
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Speaker 3: of that going into this year.

739
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, So with that, I kind of want to ask

740
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: a big picture question here. We're only ten games in.

741
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: It's important never to go crazy in baseball over a

742
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: small sample size, good or bad. Yeah, before the season,

743
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 1: you and I both talked about we felt like this

744
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,959
Speaker 1: was a good Padres team that was going to be competitive,

745
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: but ultimately we felt like, just give them a strength

746
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: to the NL. Maybe some of the concerns we had

747
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: about the roster. They would finish just outside the NL

748
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 1: playoff picture. Again, a good team and competitive team, but

749
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: just outside. Again, you don't want to go crazy over

750
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: ten games that set to ask you, has anything you've

751
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: seen changed your outlook for the Padres and what you

752
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: think they could potentially be capable of moving forward just

753
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: because they have played so well.

754
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 3: Well, you know, look, we didn't. I don't think anyone

755
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 3: thought that the San Francisco Giants were going to be

756
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 3: as good as they've been so far. But the key

757
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 3: thing is that, you know, outside of you Darvish in

758
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 3: a few other pictures, maybe like they've been very healthy

759
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 3: so far. I think the health and the production of

760
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 3: this team will put them right into the mix, especially

761
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 3: if you continue to get the production you know, out

762
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 3: of sheets and continue to get the production out of

763
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 3: Bogart's and Cronworth, which are very integral piece.

764
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 2: We all just kind of know and think that Arise.

765
00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 3: Tatis, Merrill and chat To are going to take the

766
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 3: bulk of you know, what's supposed to happen with this team,

767
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 3: and they probably can get you know, a look look a.

768
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:11,720
Speaker 2: Little better defensively.

769
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 3: But if you continue to get the offensive production out

770
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 3: of the guys that are on the field, I think

771
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 3: it's gonna bode well for them. They've seen the match

772
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 3: up very well against teams. They're not really afraid of

773
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Speaker 3: the Dodgers, you know, considering that they they've kind of

774
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 3: taken them to the edge already.

775
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 2: I think the Dodgers knows about the Sant Diego Padres.

776
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 1: Uh.

777
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 2: It's just going to be these you know, when you're matching.

778
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 3: Up against the teams like the San Francisco San Francisco Giants,

779
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 3: how well are you going to play against them? You

780
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 3: expect for them to play well against the Colorado Rockies,

781
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 3: and so, you know, with that being said, I just

782
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 3: think that the the confidence and the consistency with the

783
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 3: production that they're getting will can change the outlook of

784
00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 3: the playoffs. You know, given that some teams are not

785
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 3: playing very well right now in other divisions, and you know,

786
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 3: with that being said, like their Braves and some other

787
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 3: teams got off to a very slow start.

788
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 2: So you know, San Diego just has a very good

789
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,800
Speaker 2: head start and.

790
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,839
Speaker 3: Being able to do that, hopefully they can continue the

791
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 3: health of the staff that they have now and guys

792
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 3: in the bullpion, which we know somebody is going to

793
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 3: struggle somewhere. It always happens on all teams. It's just

794
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 3: a matter of can the continuity of the team continue.

795
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 3: And once again, it all starts with the guy mister

796
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 3: electricity at the top, El Nino. So I mean, I

797
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 3: think that is the probably one of the biggest things

798
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 3: that the team has continued in their success.

799
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 2: And we know Arise is coming at some point.

800
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 3: He's going to be shooting missiles all over the place

801
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 3: and dropping them all over the field at some particular

802
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 3: point in time.

803
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, and he started too. He's at ten for his

804
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: last twenty seven of free seven.

805
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 2: There too.

806
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: You know, I think for me, every year, we look

807
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: at teams during the offseason, look at the rosters, assessed strengths, weaknesses,

808
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 1: what we think will happen, Who will do well, who

809
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,800
Speaker 1: won't where a team might be more complete than another,

810
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,439
Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, when you step

811
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: between the lines, we see who teams really are. We

812
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: can look at teams on paper all we want, but

813
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: there are plenty of teams throughout baseball history where they

814
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: look right on paper and then they step between the

815
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: lines and the hitters are expanding the zone and swinging

816
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,439
Speaker 1: from their heels, or the pitchers aren't executing, or they're

817
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: playing sloppy defense, or base runners are making boneheaded decisions,

818
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: or some combination of the above. Lots of teams that

819
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 1: look great on paper, but they don't play good baseball.

820
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: When you have a talented team that is playing good baseball,

821
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 1: that's when special things happen. And I think for the

822
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: Padres what has stood out primarily those first seven games

823
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: was they played good baseball. And then, even like you said,

824
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: no one is perfect every day over one hundred and

825
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,440
Speaker 1: sixty two games. It's a long season. There's going to

826
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 1: be bad days or days where you're just not as sharp.

827
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,720
Speaker 1: But even on those days when you're not as sharp,

828
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 1: you're still able to find ways to compete and grind

829
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 1: out at bats and you know, come up in big

830
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: moments and at the very least be competitive to the

831
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,879
Speaker 1: very end, if not pull ahead and win it, that's

832
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: a good sign. So I think this relentless, aggressive baseball

833
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 1: we are seeing from the Padres, like you said, with

834
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: good health, and if they can keep that up over

835
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: the course of the season, I'll own it. I'll be like, yeah,

836
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: I already have had the thought like I was light

837
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,280
Speaker 1: on this team just with the quality of baseball they're playing.

838
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: You know, I said, I thought that'd be an eighty

839
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: five win team. You know, eighty seven was kind of

840
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,240
Speaker 1: the cap. Yeah, but when you actually watch them play

841
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: how they play, the aggressiveness, the relentlessness, the attitude, you know,

842
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,919
Speaker 1: if they can keep it up all own it was like, yeah,

843
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 1: I've already had the thought, like I was light on

844
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: them this they're playing really good baseball and that's going

845
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: to make them better than what I thought.

846
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, the biggest thing I've seen is just

847
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 3: the competitive ad bassd they continue to have throughout the

848
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 3: game against some you get some of those mineral leavers

849
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 3: in and uh and they're battling man and they're finding

850
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 3: ways to score runs. You know, in those situations, which

851
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 3: are you know, can be sometimes in big league baseball

852
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 3: games if you're not anybody six or seventh then and

853
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 3: then you're pretty much out because of the type of

854
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 3: pitching that are in in these bullpens now.

855
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 2: But these guys have this mindset, uh.

856
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 3: You know, as we were listening to Shee's talk about,

857
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 3: you know, some of the things that Vick Roriguez is

858
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 3: constantly put in their mind, like and he said it

859
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 3: was refreshing, you know, just that you can take a

860
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 3: lousy single or two you know, you know, like some

861
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 3: of the analysts today are saying, oh, you know, you

862
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,439
Speaker 3: got to hit the loan ball because you know it's

863
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 3: going to take three hits to get you know, a

864
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 3: score run and la blah blah. But that's part of baseball,

865
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 3: you know, trying to put those things together.

866
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: A good outcome I will yes, yeah, outcomes to.

867
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 3: Literally and and then you see the aggressive style of

868
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 3: base runner they have, which is aggressive but smart in

869
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 3: a sense.

870
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,320
Speaker 2: I saw them the other day with two outs.

871
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 3: Arise was on first and it was on first and

872
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 3: Tatisa's on third against Cleveland. The double steal, like those

873
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 3: little little things like that when you stealing runs here

874
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 3: and there and if they continue to play good defense

875
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 3: with the way the pitching staff have kind of gotten

876
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 3: off to getting them an opportunity with these hitters five, six,

877
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 3: seven hitters that they got, who are who don't just

878
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 3: go up there slugging. You know, they're trying to They're

879
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,320
Speaker 3: trying to bang you off a wall somewhere up the middle.

880
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 3: They're trying to hit the ball everywhere. So you know,

881
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 3: it makes for tough outs. And when you put together

882
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 3: tough outs over the over the over the the retirement

883
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 3: of alignment of a lineup, it makes it very tough

884
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 3: for a team to beat you, especially when you're playing

885
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 3: at home. You know, that's that's always a good, good

886
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 3: gift to have. It's been a good home team. But

887
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 3: this type of baseball they play, can you can take

888
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 3: it anywhere, and it's just don't amount of time before

889
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 3: you know, those guys started to put you know, getting

890
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 3: themselves to get it where they started to slub the ball.

891
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: Also, no question now the Padres had to face the

892
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: A's three games in Sacramento and look the ball flies there.

893
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: It's a PCL park and it's low walls and Triple

894
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: A stadiums are smaller than big League teams. I think

895
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people don't realize that that the dimensions

896
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 1: are smaller, you have lower walls. We saw the first

897
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: series when the Cubs went into Oakland. I mean they

898
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: put on a show, you know, piling up double digit

899
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: runs like it was nothing. The Potters have a really

900
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: good chance here to go in and really pile up

901
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: some runs in a hurry. Playing in this ballpark. And

902
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: the A's pitching staff is not great. I will say

903
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 1: the A's have a lot of good young players in

904
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 1: their lineup. You look at Lawrence Butler, Brent Rooker, of

905
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: course former Podra one of the trades. A J. Prewler

906
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: probably would want to have back Brent Rooker for Algory.

907
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: But even guys like Shay langaliers a lot of power,

908
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 1: good defenders starting to figure out the pure hitting piece

909
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: of a little bit Tyler Solderstrom I've loved since I

910
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: saw him at the Area Code Games, covered him in Stockton,

911
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: covered him in Las Vegas. Started a little bit, but

912
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: now he's starting to figure it out. He can really

913
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: really hit. There's you know, Jacob Wilson, the shortstop. Jack

914
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 1: Wilson's kit I think is probably gonna win al Rookie

915
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: of the Year. So the A's have some really, really

916
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: good hitters in this lineup, but the pitching is still

917
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,280
Speaker 1: a little short, especially once you get past Luis Savarino

918
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: and Jeffrey Springs. Again, I think the Potters have a

919
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 1: great opportunity to go in and start putting up some

920
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: some ten to twelve run games here in Sacramento. And

921
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: we talked about the importance this hot start, and you know,

922
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 1: those first ten games, we talked about it before the

923
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: season that was gonna be a bit of a gauntlet.

924
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 1: The fact that eight to two now you get three

925
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: games against the A's and three games against the Rockies

926
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: before you come back and face the Cubs at home.

927
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 1: The Potters are in really good position to be fourteen

928
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: and two, thirteenen and three before the Cubs come to

929
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: town next week. I mean again, they carry business against

930
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: the A's and Rockies like they should, They're going to

931
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: just continue to be in a great spot really for

932
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: the for the entire year. Get off to a start

933
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: like thirteen and three, fourteen and two, that can that

934
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: can make a big difference when you look up at

935
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: the end of at the standings at the end of

936
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: the year, Uh.

937
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, considering you know, I think they have enough guys

938
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 3: that where you can't really take your foot off the gas.

939
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 3: To understand, you can't take your foot off the gas.

940
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 3: There's much respect for the open uh Sacramento A's athletics,

941
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 3: and you know, and and look, you got to be

942
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 3: respectful to the Rockies also in a sense. But you're

943
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 3: going in with knowing that, Look, we got a chance

944
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 3: to really set ourselves up this month, you know, getting it,

945
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,760
Speaker 3: getting off to a good start of these next two series.

946
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 3: I mean, when you're playing this well now, your focus

947
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 3: is is try to win series. Man, if you can

948
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 3: focus on winning series when you're playing good baseball, then

949
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,839
Speaker 3: a lot of a lot of wins start the snowball

950
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 3: when you get get going like that, and it's very

951
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 3: well much needed in this division. Considering that, Look, you

952
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 3: can't worry about the Giants. You can't worry about LA

953
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 3: because you know LA is going to be there. But

954
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 3: you also know that the Giants are playing good baseball,

955
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 3: So you got to be on your p's and q's.

956
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,240
Speaker 3: You don't want to fall too far behind in the standings.

957
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 3: And right now they're right in the thick of it

958
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 3: in the middle of it and playing good baseball with that.

959
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 3: So that's a good feeling going into these series and

960
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 3: you just try to continue that as you move forward

961
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 3: through the season.

962
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,320
Speaker 1: All right, Mike, before we wrap up, one last question,

963
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,840
Speaker 1: how much jewish you'd gotten a chance to play some

964
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,040
Speaker 1: big league games in Triple A Ballpark and a pc

965
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,640
Speaker 1: BAK Definitely some numbers.

966
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:47,800
Speaker 2: Man, I tell you.

967
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 3: You know, Look, I didn't play in the PCL very much.

968
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 3: I got a chance to play in Vegas a few times. Yeah,

969
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 3: but that's when they had that big high wall out

970
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 3: there and thing, obviously, And then they used to be

971
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 3: when I was playing a Triple A Tucson used to

972
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 3: be I think like the Astros for a little while.

973
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 2: Also used to be the d Bex for a minute.

974
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 2: But man, I would love to play.

975
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 3: I would love to go to Sacramento right now for

976
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 3: three days, you know, especially in April. Oh Man, it's

977
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:21,919
Speaker 3: a good it's a good opportunity to get the ball

978
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:23,919
Speaker 3: up in the air as many time as you can.

979
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, short dimension, slow walls. Again, We'll see what the

980
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 1: Potter's offense is able to do, especially coming off of

981
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 1: scoring eight runs against the Cubs and the finale on Sunday. Mike,

982
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: this has been a pleasure as always. Thanks for joining

983
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,400
Speaker 1: me and we'll see how the Potters do this upcoming week.

984
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 2: Always col very good one, very good one today.

985
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: All right, everyone that I'll do it for another episode

986
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:49,280
Speaker 1: of Friar Territory here on the Foul Territory Network. Go ahead,

987
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,239
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988
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: out on the algorithm, so definitely let us know if

989
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: you're enjoying the show. For Mike Cameron, I'm Kyle Glazer.

990
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 1: Thanks for watching and listening. We'll be back a little

991
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 1: bit later this week with Heath Belt. Have a go on, everybody.

992
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