WEBVTT - Dave Belisle Shares What Makes the LLWS So Special

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<v Speaker 1>Well, hey everybody, and welcome again to Dirt from the Dugout.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm krl Ravitch, of course, my partner Justin Museil special time.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate you guys hopping on here. Of course this

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<v Speaker 1>is a little bit little League based. Of course, we're

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<v Speaker 1>just about set to begin our journey to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, I'll get in the car tomorrow morning, about

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<v Speaker 1>a five hour drive justin if you want to catch

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<v Speaker 1>up on the phone, I got plenty of time to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about five hours and roll into Williamsport in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>We have our big production meeting around six pm, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the game start on Wednesday. Then it feels like

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like shows that have copied everything that The

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<v Speaker 1>League World Series is about. It's appointment viewing, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the It's these shows you can get hooked on.

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<v Speaker 1>It's every single night, and we go from Wednesday and

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<v Speaker 1>through the week from Sunday when we'll crown a champion.

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<v Speaker 1>It's my favorite event. You know that. We've talked passionately

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<v Speaker 1>about it. A couple of programming notes. Dirt from the

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<v Speaker 1>us watching on ESPN the Little League World Series, and

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be my final Little League World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll kind of share some behind the scenes stuff and

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<v Speaker 1>get into some of the storylines, etc. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be a neat experience for our subscribers on the

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<v Speaker 1>get dirt from the Dugout. Of course, we'll get the

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<v Speaker 1>baseball recruiting confidential. You got a chance to ask Justin

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<v Speaker 1>and I anything. There are engagements with other baseball families

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<v Speaker 1>about your journeys and theirs, and videos and articles from

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<v Speaker 1>the baseball world from the best people too have ever

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<v Speaker 1>played it, to have ever coached it, to have ever

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<v Speaker 1>managed it, to have ever covered it. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've covered it all. So I'm just about done talking Justin.

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<v Speaker 1>How you doing, Pal?

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<v Speaker 2>I am awesome, Ravi, and I thought of something last

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<v Speaker 2>night that I haven't hit you up with before you

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<v Speaker 2>go into this Little League World Series. Clearly there have

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<v Speaker 2>been some more games on now. I want to know

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<v Speaker 2>from the back end. These aren't big leaguers that we

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<v Speaker 2>see all the time where you know their names. How

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<v Speaker 2>quickly do you learn their names? And how do you

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<v Speaker 2>do that? Raviy?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well we have an amazing support staff. I will

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<v Speaker 1>say that the cheat sheet has been the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>all these regional games were on and our guest was

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<v Speaker 1>spent some time in Bristol as well as going to

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<v Speaker 1>Williamsport twice. But you do get a chance to see

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<v Speaker 1>the names, and I know going in we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk a lot about and I think we spoke about

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<v Speaker 1>Kinlee Rasmus who plays for Phoenix City, Alabama. She's one

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<v Speaker 1>of I believe two girls on the United States side.

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<v Speaker 1>She is as talented as as any player I've seen.

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<v Speaker 1>She's as good as Money Davis, who stole the spotlight

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<v Speaker 1>when she was pitching back in twenty fourteen. So like

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<v Speaker 1>her name, Dave Belile is going to join us. He'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk about this kid named Rincone from New Jersey. We've

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<v Speaker 1>seen Tissin who's plays who plays ball with Troy Tulowitzki's son.

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<v Speaker 1>So look, there is uber talent across Little League, which

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<v Speaker 1>is such a great thing, and so I learned it

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<v Speaker 1>through the great work of the research folks. We get packaged,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we get packaged the size of what people

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember yellow pages, like just massive amounts of information, pronunciations, backstories.

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<v Speaker 1>And then over time, as you binge the Little League

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<v Speaker 1>World Series, you'll get to know the names of the players.

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<v Speaker 1>That's always one of the neatest parts about it is

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<v Speaker 1>this slowly bills and after a few days you start

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<v Speaker 1>to get familiar with the kids on the teams and

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<v Speaker 1>the coaches and the stories, and you know, by the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the first week, everybody knows who the teams are,

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<v Speaker 1>who the players are, where they came from, what the

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<v Speaker 1>town is like, how many folks are supporting them, all those,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, wonderful things that make little leagues so great.

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<v Speaker 1>So that that's the that's the cheat code. But I

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<v Speaker 1>love the Regional so we spent I spent hours watching them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's awesome, man. I appreciate the insight on that,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's there's just so much information about all of

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<v Speaker 2>these players. I think makes the the storyline so great, man.

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<v Speaker 2>Just the journeys and how they get there in that

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<v Speaker 2>battle to just get to William's part is so cool, man.

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<v Speaker 2>And and you know this how hard it is to

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<v Speaker 2>just get there and then obviously to move on when

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<v Speaker 2>you're there, the whole thing. And that's why talking to

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<v Speaker 2>Dave will be great today. But it's just amazing, man.

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<v Speaker 2>For the for most teams, the road ends somewhere right

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<v Speaker 2>and so to get to Williamsport is such an accomplishment.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's just the team aspect. I think in literally

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<v Speaker 2>gravity is one of my favorite things because the chemistry

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<v Speaker 2>of a team, the rallying resilience of a team matters.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, their ability to weather storms. Right. I was

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<v Speaker 2>watching Wisconsin, Iowa, and you see the flipping back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth of the momentum and you know this, but at

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<v Speaker 2>that age, right, you know, the pressure builds on these

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<v Speaker 2>little guys and you can see that momentum swing and

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes even a three run lead after a couple of walks,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can feel that build right where it's like

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<v Speaker 2>there's just these back and force that you just feel

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<v Speaker 2>when you're watching Little leaguers. Man, that's so cool, and

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<v Speaker 2>in their resilience and their toughness, and I love it, man,

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<v Speaker 2>They're learning so much, and the swagger that some of

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<v Speaker 2>them bring and the confidence, I just I love watching

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<v Speaker 2>all of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of my favorite two weeks of the years

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<v Speaker 2>being able to watch the Little League World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree with you. The personalities of the kids

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<v Speaker 1>is phenomenal and it is really hard. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people when they just tune in, because

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of people who just tune in for

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<v Speaker 1>the Little League World Series. We try to explain to

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<v Speaker 1>them the challenges that it takes to get there. You've

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<v Speaker 1>got to win your district tournament. Then you've got to

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<v Speaker 1>go win a state tournament. Then you've got to go

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<v Speaker 1>win a regional tournament, and then you get a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to be one of the ten United States teams you

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<v Speaker 1>know in Williamsport, ten teams from the international bracket that

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<v Speaker 1>involves kids from all over the world. I mean it

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<v Speaker 1>is a true world series, which makes it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and then equally unique. So again, jointhparentgout dot com today,

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<v Speaker 1>that's where you go, and let's invite our guy in here.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my favorites. He worked with us too, following

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<v Speaker 1>his two trips to Williamsport representing Cumberland Rhode Island, the

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<v Speaker 1>head coach of these little league teams in twenty eleven

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty fourteen. Right, da, if you were there in fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>were you there the money? Davis Year, Yes, yes, I was.

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<v Speaker 1>You were there?

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<v Speaker 3>You really well? Yeah, that's that. Hell, that's a great story.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a great story. Hey, thanks for doing this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is right in your wheelhouse for those that look

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<v Speaker 1>a little background on day. If he did coach to

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<v Speaker 1>Cumberland RhE Island teams to Williamsport in eleven and fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>nearly impossible to get there once, as Justin just said,

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<v Speaker 1>let alone get there twice, Dad, as I was a

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<v Speaker 1>Hockey Hall of Fame coach in the state of Rhode Island.

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<v Speaker 1>So coaching runs through your blood. Let me ask you this,

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<v Speaker 1>Did it start the coaching thing because the playing wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>really an option? Or did you always want to be

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<v Speaker 1>a coach?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, that's a that's a great question. I think

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<v Speaker 3>when ended up happening for me.

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<v Speaker 4>Anyways, I got involved with Little League baseball right away.

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<v Speaker 4>My my younger brothers thirteen years younger than I was

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<v Speaker 4>coach my first little league team when I was nineteen

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<v Speaker 4>years old on my own.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was the town of Manville. Yeah, that's so much.

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<v Speaker 4>And Manville, I think Manville represents really the essence of

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<v Speaker 4>Little League baseball. It's an old French Canadian town. We

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<v Speaker 4>only had maybe fifteen sixteen kids who you know, who

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<v Speaker 4>tried out for the team, But it was a town

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<v Speaker 4>of kids who knew each other, play with each other.

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<v Speaker 4>They knew the coach very well because they see him

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<v Speaker 4>at chirst, they saw him at school, they saw them

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<v Speaker 4>in the streets. So that made me get involved with

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<v Speaker 4>coaching because it was my town. I wanted to coach

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<v Speaker 4>my town. I think that's what brought me into Little

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<v Speaker 4>League Baseball. As far as getting into extra I worked

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<v Speaker 4>with my dad for forty years. I played hockey at

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<v Speaker 4>the Province College for lou Lamarello and I was cut

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<v Speaker 4>my junior year in college and my dad asked me

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<v Speaker 4>to go coach with him at the high school level.

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<v Speaker 4>So in my junior year in college, I was coaching

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<v Speaker 4>high school hockey with my dad. And forty years later,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, the the record speaks for themselves, but the

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<v Speaker 4>message was always about team unity. You know, commitment, the

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<v Speaker 4>respect of the game, the integrity of the game, and

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<v Speaker 4>those are those are what I see. And that's why

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<v Speaker 4>I love Little League Baseball is because that's what Little

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<v Speaker 4>League Baseball tries to promote. And I've been there two times.

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<v Speaker 4>I continue to go because I want. I want to

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<v Speaker 4>see the purity of Little League Baseball kids playing for

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<v Speaker 4>the right reasons. I mean, you guys know there were

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<v Speaker 4>so many people, especially what you guys are doing now

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<v Speaker 4>and promoting, people take advantage of kids and do it

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<v Speaker 4>for their own interests and make some money.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's not.

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<v Speaker 4>What Little League Baseball is about. That's why I gravitate

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<v Speaker 4>to it. I love it because it speaks volume of

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<v Speaker 4>character and respect.

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<v Speaker 2>So cool, Dave, I love the insight on that. Can

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<v Speaker 2>you just share So you obviously take this group, this group,

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<v Speaker 2>So let's go back to your years where you guys

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<v Speaker 2>made it. How long did you have with each of

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<v Speaker 2>those teams? When did it start? How did you build

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<v Speaker 2>those teams? What were the practices like? Tell us how

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<v Speaker 2>you kind of built the culture in the chemistry of

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<v Speaker 2>the teams. Because you and I and Ravi, we all

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<v Speaker 2>know that you have to have this incredible team resilience

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<v Speaker 2>to make it to William's part. Can you just share

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of that coaching insight on some of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that you did along the way to build that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I was very fortunate to move into a town

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<v Speaker 4>of Coumland that was rich with Cumeland tradition, and the

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<v Speaker 4>previous year when I in twenty eleven, they had done

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<v Speaker 4>some wonderful things. They didn't get to the state level,

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<v Speaker 4>but all I just knew by the organization.

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<v Speaker 3>And the town that I moved and now Manville to

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<v Speaker 3>me was evident to me that's where I started coaching.

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<v Speaker 4>So when I got to Cumberland, I knew this was

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<v Speaker 4>the place to grow to bring up my children, my

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<v Speaker 4>wife and I and I wanted to get.

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<v Speaker 3>Involved in Little League Baseball.

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<v Speaker 4>And when I did, I was so impressed by the

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<v Speaker 4>commitment of the volunteers, the people who are organizing, and

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<v Speaker 4>we don't talk enough about that, organizing, putting the schedules together,

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<v Speaker 4>getting us playing fields, you know, getting bats, balls, gloves,

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<v Speaker 4>whatever these kids need. It's such a community spirit and

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<v Speaker 4>that's what drove me to coach. So when I took

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<v Speaker 4>over an all star team and for twenty eleven, I

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<v Speaker 4>had coached the eleven.

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<v Speaker 3>The previous year and now was my twelve year old year.

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<v Speaker 4>I knew that I had a bunch of kids that

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<v Speaker 4>knew each other very well. Okay, they knew that they

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<v Speaker 4>went they went to school together, they they went recess together,

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<v Speaker 4>they summers together.

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<v Speaker 3>And I wanted to polay that.

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<v Speaker 4>And so when we went on the field, okay, we

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<v Speaker 4>we talked and we motivated. It was baseball, and we

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<v Speaker 4>did two two days, you know, a lot of for

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<v Speaker 4>most of the summer. There wasn't one day we missed.

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<v Speaker 4>But we committed to the field. But I always made

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<v Speaker 4>it a point that what we learned on that field

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<v Speaker 4>and what we did on that field and in practice

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<v Speaker 4>and in the games, we were gonna we were gonna, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, or go over it.

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<v Speaker 4>And then once we left the field, we were gonna

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<v Speaker 4>go out, we were gonna go play, play with our friends,

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<v Speaker 4>be together, let's do some things together, because we wanted

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<v Speaker 4>to separate, you know, the baseball with with you know,

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<v Speaker 4>what we were doing recreationally, but in essence they intertwined,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, because that makes that makes for a team,

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<v Speaker 4>you know. And I always stressed, you know, and I

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<v Speaker 4>always stressed to the parents when I first started, I said,

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<v Speaker 4>your son may be playing six ends, your son may

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<v Speaker 4>play one ending. He says, you have to be able

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<v Speaker 4>to commit to that. I'm not gonna. I'm gonna make

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<v Speaker 4>decisions that's probably gonna upset you. But I'm telling you now,

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<v Speaker 4>I said, the only reason you'll come to me if

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<v Speaker 4>you know your boy is sick and you know he

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<v Speaker 4>can't play today, but you will not have any input

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<v Speaker 4>in what playing time your son will be playing or

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<v Speaker 4>or girl for some of the coaches, because it's it's

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<v Speaker 4>it's not your determination, it's ours. It's the coaching staff.

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<v Speaker 4>We see them every day and we're not trying to

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<v Speaker 4>be you know, nice coaches, just so that, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's this is not recreational baseball anymore. It says,

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<v Speaker 4>this is all star baseball. We're here to commit, We're

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<v Speaker 4>here to we're going to strive to do our best.

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<v Speaker 4>We're going to strive to win. But if we don't win,

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<v Speaker 4>that's okay. We've given on our best. You've committed to

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<v Speaker 4>each other. And so that was the message I sent

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<v Speaker 4>early in twenty eleven. I followed it up in twenty fourteen,

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<v Speaker 4>and it brought great unity the team that my best players, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't singled out. Okay, my twelve player was just as important,

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<v Speaker 4>even though he might have played one inning, he was

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<v Speaker 4>just as important as that number one player. Because without

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<v Speaker 4>that twelve player, okay, who's committed himself, who's staying positive

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<v Speaker 4>for the one inning or the two or the one

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<v Speaker 4>on bad that he has, is just as important as

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<v Speaker 4>that player who had three at bats, got two hits,

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<v Speaker 4>might have slugged a home run, whatever it may be.

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<v Speaker 4>Without that twelve player, okay, we don't. We don't succeed. So,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, it's it's like my father told. My father

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<v Speaker 4>was a drill sogeant in the army, and one thing

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<v Speaker 4>he always talked to his players about, you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>don't leave anyone behind, and he did that with his

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<v Speaker 4>high school teams. A record speaks for himself. I learnt that,

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<v Speaker 4>and they're all important and there's nobody that's extra special

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<v Speaker 4>than anybody else. So I think bringing in the town spirit,

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<v Speaker 4>the community spirit, but sticking to your coaching's philosophy without

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<v Speaker 4>letting too many people get a bite of the apple.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's let the coaches coach, let the players play.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's great, that's great, it's funny. You know. You

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<v Speaker 1>brought that up. And I've dealt with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>major leaguers, coach, and one of the mantras of major

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<v Speaker 1>leaguers is the bus waits for no one, meaning if

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<v Speaker 1>you're not on time, the bus is going to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet your dad his motto was no man left behind.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess it's sort of a combo of both.

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<v Speaker 1>You better be there for the bus because we're not waiting,

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<v Speaker 1>but we all get on the bus at the same

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<v Speaker 1>time and we go together. I just I found that

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<v Speaker 1>interesting because I heard the one from a major leaguer

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<v Speaker 1>and I kind of got it. But I wasn't ready

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<v Speaker 1>to leave my guy behind me. We don't do that,

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<v Speaker 1>And on the other hand, you got to be punctual.

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<v Speaker 1>We do have some questions here, a couple from Maverick.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to get to them because one involves the

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<v Speaker 1>speech that you made after losing in twenty fourteen, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'd rather do that a little bit later on. There

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<v Speaker 1>is a great question here from Ryan Mitchell, coach. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>you coached two completely completely different sports at a high

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<v Speaker 1>level for most of your career. What did hockey teach

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<v Speaker 1>you about baseball? And what did baseball teach you about hockey?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'll tell you there is that's a great question.

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, I was a very intense coach in hockey.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean hockey, you can win games by physicality, by intensity.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a louder game. It's what you're not isolated. It's

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<v Speaker 4>a team's team sport. So I was much more intense

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<v Speaker 4>at the hockey level, and it had to be because

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<v Speaker 4>they were older, you know, and you could push them

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<v Speaker 4>more and you can demand more. But what I found

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<v Speaker 4>with little league is you're going to be a little

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<v Speaker 4>more patient. Okay, You're still going to be disciplined. And

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<v Speaker 4>the only time I would ever raise my voice is

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<v Speaker 4>to get their attention as a group. Never raise your

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<v Speaker 4>voice to a child or a little league player, isolating him.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the worst.

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<v Speaker 4>The worst feeling I ever had was you know during

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<v Speaker 4>recreation where a parent is screaming at their own son.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, when you keep crye on the ball. Oh,

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<v Speaker 3>talk about isolation, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>So one of the things I learned was that you

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<v Speaker 4>have to differentiate from the age. The sport is totally different,

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<v Speaker 4>and I learned I learned from that from from from

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<v Speaker 4>nineteen year olds cocon little league to twenty one year

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<v Speaker 4>olds jumping.

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<v Speaker 3>Into high school hockey.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's it's a different game and you have you

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<v Speaker 4>have to teach it with the same values that you

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<v Speaker 4>would teach each other.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's a different age, so it's it's important to

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<v Speaker 3>I like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the teddy bear day belile, I like to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap your arms around me. I like the rigid discipline.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the teddy bear guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, that wasn't always a teddy bear. It was

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<v Speaker 4>if any of my boys are listening now, in little

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<v Speaker 4>league baseball, I wasn't a teddy I wasn't exactly it.

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<v Speaker 4>I was a teddy bear after because I loved them

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<v Speaker 4>so much after we you know, and we'll.

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<v Speaker 3>Get to that speech.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know, you you have to you have to,

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<v Speaker 4>you have to push them too, but you can't push

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<v Speaker 4>them to a point where they're they're isolated and they

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<v Speaker 4>feel like they're inferior. It's it's whenever I singleed out

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<v Speaker 4>anyone on the on the baseball field, it was.

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<v Speaker 3>A learning moment. It was never his that his or

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<v Speaker 3>her his moment. It was everyone to learn from that.

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<v Speaker 1>Great.

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<v Speaker 2>Great yeah, and Dave, I want to talk a little

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<v Speaker 2>about that because you're really getting into the mental side

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<v Speaker 2>of baseball in the challenges and you talk about hockey

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<v Speaker 2>and the intensity, right, it's it's flow, it's go, it's

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's just will on the on the ice right

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<v Speaker 2>around the net especially, it's just attacking the puck in

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<v Speaker 2>its physicality and its go go and it's intense. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a finesse and skill part of it, for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but then you flip to the baseball side where it

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<v Speaker 2>takes complete control mentally, you know, you can't you can't

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<v Speaker 2>play baseball at a level like a middle linebacker or

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<v Speaker 2>you know, on the ice, and you kind of just

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<v Speaker 2>touched on that. What what did you learn in that process, Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>of coaching the two different sports and trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>the players to play with a good amount of intensity,

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<v Speaker 2>but not ride that too high to where it starts

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<v Speaker 2>to affect performance, makes you play a little too fast,

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<v Speaker 2>makes the brain speed up a little bit too much.

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<v Speaker 2>How did you do that? How did you see that through,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave and bring that back to where kids could just

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<v Speaker 2>go play loose and not have that over extended intensity.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, and the hockey part of it, of you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it was my dad and I work so well together,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, and we fed off each other during his

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<v Speaker 4>early years. You know, I was the person the kid,

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<v Speaker 4>the person that the kids would come to and talk

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<v Speaker 4>to because they didn't want to go to the coach

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<v Speaker 4>because you know, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>His way of the high his way of the highway.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, and that's what I did. It really is.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, they would come and talk to me, says

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<v Speaker 3>you know, what did I What did I do?

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<v Speaker 5>On?

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<v Speaker 4>All they can hear is the loudness of it. But

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<v Speaker 4>you know they'll they'll come to me.

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<v Speaker 3>So you need it.

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<v Speaker 4>You need you need a coaching staff that understands where

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<v Speaker 4>we're going with this. You know, what I mean, we need,

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<v Speaker 4>we need the discipline and we also need that you know,

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<v Speaker 4>that that compassion to be able to lift them back

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<v Speaker 4>up when they're down and get them, get them back,

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<v Speaker 4>get them back on the on the ice. And it's

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<v Speaker 4>a little different in and I think in Little league

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<v Speaker 4>baseball you're going to do it right from the get go.

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<v Speaker 4>I think you've got to be a little more patient

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<v Speaker 4>and a little more compassionate right from the get go.

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<v Speaker 4>I think with the with the high school sports, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's obviously especially college is a you already know what

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<v Speaker 4>the criteria is and if you want to if you

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<v Speaker 4>want you want to make that criteria, you're gonna work.

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<v Speaker 4>And if you don't want to work, you know what,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, drop a line, take your years, you off, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>somebody else take his place, so they know the criteria.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you're gonna be a little more patient.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you're dealing with young young eleven and twelve

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<v Speaker 4>twelve year olds, because you know what, you know, one

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<v Speaker 4>one sour moment, you could lose them for the for

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<v Speaker 4>the whole summer, you know me, because it's that you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's that you know they just can't handle that any

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<v Speaker 4>type of negativity. You know, there's a way to you know,

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<v Speaker 4>to correct someone without being so negative. You could take

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<v Speaker 4>a correction and put it in a positive spin right away,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean, right right away, so that

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<v Speaker 4>they don't feel it's about those kids. You don't feel

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<v Speaker 4>bad or what you what you did while in the

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<v Speaker 4>high school level. You better feel bad what you did

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<v Speaker 4>because you're gonna you know, you better get back on

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<v Speaker 4>the horse and get it on quickly. So there's there's

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<v Speaker 4>the difference the age again. You know, you can be

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<v Speaker 4>a little more stern, but you got you're gotta be

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<v Speaker 4>patient with they get go from the younger kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, makes total sense.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes which makes great sense, it does. I got

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<v Speaker 1>so we get a lot of questions, which is great.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just curious you get there in eleven and then

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<v Speaker 1>you don't get there ntil fourteen. Did you coach again

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<v Speaker 1>in twelve and thirteen? And what happened those years? And

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<v Speaker 1>if you did, you know, how did you deal with

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<v Speaker 1>not getting the Williams Port? Like the bar has been

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<v Speaker 1>raised so high?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I got four boys and they're all three years apart.

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<v Speaker 4>So there you go. So basically in twenty eleven, I

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<v Speaker 4>I lost in the state championship with my son Brian

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<v Speaker 4>and uh in two thousand and and uh in eight.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, we I was, I almost went. I

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<v Speaker 3>almost went three times, but we got beat by a

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<v Speaker 3>better team. So that's true. These three years different. So

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<v Speaker 3>but I did. I did coach.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I coached recreational, I coached the tens, I

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<v Speaker 4>coached the elevens, and then I coached the twelves. I

0:22:56.800 --> 0:22:59.040
<v Speaker 4>coached the tens, I coached the elevens, then I coached

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<v Speaker 4>the twelve.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's that's that's where I, uh, where you see me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just curious about those those two years. Here's one

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<v Speaker 1>from Danny coach. She said, from families all over the

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<v Speaker 1>country are going to watch the Little League World Series

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<v Speaker 1>over the next couple of weeks, which we appreciate. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you want the people that are watching on TV

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<v Speaker 1>to take away from what they're seeing in Williamsport.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I think we're all you're all going to get

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<v Speaker 4>caught up with the stars, you know, the kids like

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<v Speaker 4>we just mentioned, We'll get to some of these players

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<v Speaker 4>that are going to be that you'll you'll notice them

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<v Speaker 4>right away. But I think what what you want to

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<v Speaker 4>what you want to captivate is is the team unity

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<v Speaker 4>of each team, the spirit that they that they have,

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<v Speaker 4>and watch them wats each team when someone makes a mistake,

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<v Speaker 4>how the other players on the field pick them up,

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<v Speaker 4>or how the coach reacts reacts to it.

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<v Speaker 3>I think you'll see that.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll see that Little League Baseball has given out a

0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:52.000
<v Speaker 4>message to all these teams.

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<v Speaker 3>Coming in that you know what, you guys are a

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<v Speaker 3>team over here. And I think the coaches know that

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<v Speaker 3>they've taught that.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, when you watch, you know, there's nothing

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<v Speaker 4>better for me than than watching you know, that little

0:24:04.040 --> 0:24:07.720
<v Speaker 4>you know, four foot six player battling a kid that's

0:24:07.760 --> 0:24:10.640
<v Speaker 4>you know, throwing a Little League why one hundred miles

0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:13.879
<v Speaker 4>an hour, and he's just grinding in there, digging in.

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<v Speaker 4>He's not he's so fearful. So look for those moments too.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I think, I think we'll get captivated with

0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:22.480
<v Speaker 4>the winds. You know, we'll get captivated with the stars.

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<v Speaker 4>But to me, I look at you know, the whole

0:24:25.600 --> 0:24:28.520
<v Speaker 4>picture of it and the excitement that they bring and

0:24:28.560 --> 0:24:31.840
<v Speaker 4>the enthusiasm, and you'll see you'll see those stars.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll know their stars.

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<v Speaker 4>Because they share, they share their stardom with their players,

0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:38.919
<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean, they're very humble at what

0:24:38.960 --> 0:24:39.320
<v Speaker 4>do you do?

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<v Speaker 3>That's that's what I look for.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to look at how humble these these stars

0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:48.040
<v Speaker 4>are and how they they they bring their their younger

0:24:48.119 --> 0:24:50.680
<v Speaker 4>teammates or their their teammates together.

0:24:50.800 --> 0:24:51.879
<v Speaker 3>I think that's what I look for.

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<v Speaker 2>I look for that unity, good advice and they Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>what has it been like following your Little League World

0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:03.520
<v Speaker 2>Series ofppearances with the with those teams we're now years

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<v Speaker 2>later right in this what has the connection been like

0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:10.399
<v Speaker 2>long term with those teams that that you coached along

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<v Speaker 2>the way.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I and first of all, I'll tell you that

0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:16.000
<v Speaker 4>my sales went up about one hundred percent when I

0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:16.800
<v Speaker 4>when I won.

0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:18.080
<v Speaker 3>In twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 4>You're the coach, right, here's an order, you know, it's

0:25:25.280 --> 0:25:29.560
<v Speaker 4>like like and then you know, then the ESPN asked

0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:32.840
<v Speaker 4>me to come on board and I was so so

0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:35.960
<v Speaker 4>and you know, delighted to do that because I was

0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:39.520
<v Speaker 4>able to continue, you know, staying involved in in the

0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:41.680
<v Speaker 4>UH in the All Star format, and.

0:25:42.240 --> 0:25:44.240
<v Speaker 3>You know, it's it's nice.

0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:46.480
<v Speaker 4>To be recognized, you know, all the years that I

0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:48.600
<v Speaker 4>coached forty years of hockey nobody even knows of my

0:25:48.640 --> 0:25:50.960
<v Speaker 4>hockey coach say, they all know me about baseball.

0:25:50.960 --> 0:25:52.440
<v Speaker 3>They all know me about baseball.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a good thing because, uh, you know, because because

0:25:56.040 --> 0:25:58.520
<v Speaker 4>the speech that I did, and we'll we'll get to

0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:00.760
<v Speaker 4>it was you know, I didn't it was Mike, it

0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:03.960
<v Speaker 4>was it was so since it was so sincere. Because

0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:06.720
<v Speaker 4>when you when you do three months with a team

0:26:06.760 --> 0:26:08.919
<v Speaker 4>and they give you everything they have and and you

0:26:09.000 --> 0:26:12.520
<v Speaker 4>know what what your organization, your volunteers and did to

0:26:12.560 --> 0:26:15.159
<v Speaker 4>get you up up to where you know you be

0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:18.200
<v Speaker 4>able to do is such a privilege as a coach.

0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:19.639
<v Speaker 3>And to me.

0:26:21.119 --> 0:26:24.040
<v Speaker 4>Just being part of that community and what they and

0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:26.320
<v Speaker 4>what we did. And now going forward, I still have

0:26:26.400 --> 0:26:29.840
<v Speaker 4>people recognize me, but they recognized me for for the

0:26:29.880 --> 0:26:32.720
<v Speaker 4>goodness of of of the game and what you know.

0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:37.040
<v Speaker 4>That's that's what it's. That's what the Little League Baseball

0:26:37.280 --> 0:26:38.159
<v Speaker 4>did for me.

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<v Speaker 3>It just it brought me.

0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:41.520
<v Speaker 4>It made me a better person, you know, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>it's something I carry with me my whole life. And

0:26:44.760 --> 0:26:47.720
<v Speaker 4>I've I've mature up to a certain point where you know, uh,

0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.560
<v Speaker 4>you know, everybody is important, you know, just not the people.

0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:53.720
<v Speaker 3>Who are on the field. It's it's everyone's important.

0:26:53.840 --> 0:26:57.359
<v Speaker 4>So when I when I meet people that volunteer, whether

0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:02.960
<v Speaker 4>he's you know, you know up there behind seven popcorn

0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:05.520
<v Speaker 4>to someone who's you know, umpiring the game is so

0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.680
<v Speaker 4>much respect for the umpires is because of the experience

0:27:08.720 --> 0:27:10.439
<v Speaker 4>that I had, and I'm so glad I had it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the lessons are the lessons are just so numerous

0:27:15.359 --> 0:27:18.119
<v Speaker 1>and so valuable. There's a million of them. We're going

0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:19.840
<v Speaker 1>to get to the speech in a second before we do,

0:27:20.200 --> 0:27:22.639
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<v Speaker 1>So seat geek is your place to go. And of

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<v Speaker 1>We've alluded to it a few times. We do have

0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:19.080
<v Speaker 1>the question that involves the speech did we loose? Where Dave?

0:28:19.080 --> 0:28:21.360
<v Speaker 3>Where is he? Where? Did Dave there? He is?

0:28:22.000 --> 0:28:24.760
<v Speaker 1>I am you would? Answered my seat geek guy.

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<v Speaker 3>What the heck? No, I have to plug in. You're

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<v Speaker 3>gonna lose me. We need power? Are you? Are you

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<v Speaker 3>plugged in?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you good?

0:28:36.600 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 3>Now? I am so plugged in? I am good?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, he plugged in. Here's the question from Maverick.

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:48.040
<v Speaker 1>All right, so we do the broadcast. You guys lose

0:28:48.080 --> 0:28:52.360
<v Speaker 1>eight seven and twenty fourteen. I assume, as he says,

0:28:52.440 --> 0:28:54.800
<v Speaker 1>you didn't know the microphone was on you. You got

0:28:54.800 --> 0:28:58.040
<v Speaker 1>the whole team out there in the outfield. It became

0:28:58.160 --> 0:29:01.320
<v Speaker 1>a very viral speech. You may be as well known

0:29:01.360 --> 0:29:03.960
<v Speaker 1>for that speech as you are for winning or getting

0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:08.720
<v Speaker 1>to Williamsports. But what were you actually attempting to get

0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:11.680
<v Speaker 1>those kids? You know to hear and then the next

0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:15.200
<v Speaker 1>morning you find out it went viral. When you understood

0:29:15.240 --> 0:29:18.239
<v Speaker 1>the scale of what happened and what you said and

0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:22.120
<v Speaker 1>how it was received, share the whole experience from beginning

0:29:22.200 --> 0:29:25.479
<v Speaker 1>to end, and where that speech ranks is sort of

0:29:25.480 --> 0:29:28.400
<v Speaker 1>one of your life memories and milestones.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, just like you just you know, reiterated, I didn't

0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:35.960
<v Speaker 4>know the mic was on, but just give I'll give

0:29:35.960 --> 0:29:40.760
<v Speaker 4>you a backdrop of what what pceded that you know

0:29:41.400 --> 0:29:44.400
<v Speaker 4>I was mentioning before how important it is that after

0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:47.120
<v Speaker 4>every practice and every game to go over you know,

0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:50.560
<v Speaker 4>the lessons of the game. So every practice we would

0:29:50.600 --> 0:29:53.120
<v Speaker 4>meet out in right field and we would gather as

0:29:53.160 --> 0:29:56.239
<v Speaker 4>a group, and after every game we recapture what we

0:29:56.280 --> 0:29:58.440
<v Speaker 4>did and what we can do better. And then we

0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:00.280
<v Speaker 4>you know, put our hands in and said, le's go

0:30:00.320 --> 0:30:01.760
<v Speaker 4>home and let's enjoy ourselves.

0:30:02.200 --> 0:30:03.959
<v Speaker 3>So that that happened.

0:30:04.000 --> 0:30:05.960
<v Speaker 4>That happens all the time with me, whether it's a

0:30:05.960 --> 0:30:10.160
<v Speaker 4>practice or a game. But in this particular instincce, what

0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:14.880
<v Speaker 4>people don't realize Kyle does is that the previous day,

0:30:15.160 --> 0:30:16.240
<v Speaker 4>it was a day after we.

0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:17.480
<v Speaker 3>Had beaten Tennessee.

0:30:17.760 --> 0:30:22.840
<v Speaker 4>Uh, the Little League Baseball surprised me and they they

0:30:22.880 --> 0:30:26.800
<v Speaker 4>flew my wife out, who was battling cancer and very

0:30:26.960 --> 0:30:31.400
<v Speaker 4>very badly, but somehow she was the strength for me

0:30:31.480 --> 0:30:33.720
<v Speaker 4>basically going through all this, you know, and she had

0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:36.640
<v Speaker 4>she didn't want to be the center stage, you know,

0:30:36.720 --> 0:30:38.200
<v Speaker 4>she just wanted to be the backdrop.

0:30:38.320 --> 0:30:40.840
<v Speaker 3>She didn't want her story told. She wanted those kids

0:30:40.880 --> 0:30:41.600
<v Speaker 3>story told.

0:30:41.960 --> 0:30:44.160
<v Speaker 4>But Little League Baseball had found out about it, and

0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:47.800
<v Speaker 4>they they flew her in and the night before the game,

0:30:48.120 --> 0:30:53.480
<v Speaker 4>she had flown her in. That morning and Johnny, my son,

0:30:53.520 --> 0:30:56.960
<v Speaker 4>and I went out to we thought was going to

0:30:57.000 --> 0:31:01.040
<v Speaker 4>be an ESPN interview in the growth of when we

0:31:01.520 --> 0:31:04.040
<v Speaker 4>when we went there early in the morning, Uh, this

0:31:04.240 --> 0:31:08.920
<v Speaker 4>she was so it was it was breathtaking. Uh the

0:31:09.000 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 4>excitement that john and I but little no, little bennst

0:31:12.800 --> 0:31:15.680
<v Speaker 4>to us. Right behind us were all the players and

0:31:15.720 --> 0:31:18.880
<v Speaker 4>the coaches that they knew. But we we didn't know

0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:21.440
<v Speaker 4>that Nancy was going to show up that day. So

0:31:21.920 --> 0:31:23.840
<v Speaker 4>we I was able to spend the day the day

0:31:23.840 --> 0:31:26.760
<v Speaker 4>with her before the game, uh, and Johnny two. And

0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:31.080
<v Speaker 4>then the game happens, and uh it was an incredible game.

0:31:31.120 --> 0:31:33.040
<v Speaker 3>We had lost, you know, eight to seven to.

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:37.120
<v Speaker 4>The eventual UH American lea Uh, the American side champions.

0:31:37.360 --> 0:31:39.600
<v Speaker 3>It was just right to the very end, and we

0:31:39.640 --> 0:31:40.240
<v Speaker 3>battled back.

0:31:40.320 --> 0:31:43.360
<v Speaker 4>They battled back, came to the last out, and they

0:31:43.480 --> 0:31:46.040
<v Speaker 4>even when the last I went to a review. You know,

0:31:46.120 --> 0:31:48.760
<v Speaker 4>it wasn't going to make break or break it. It

0:31:48.840 --> 0:31:51.640
<v Speaker 4>was actually a close play at first. After the review,

0:31:51.720 --> 0:31:54.520
<v Speaker 4>I said, okay, you know, I took my team to

0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:57.560
<v Speaker 4>you know, to right field, and you know, it's it's

0:31:57.640 --> 0:32:00.520
<v Speaker 4>time to recapture, and it's it's time to be basically,

0:32:00.880 --> 0:32:03.960
<v Speaker 4>you know, to say goodbye. But I again, uh, and

0:32:04.040 --> 0:32:06.720
<v Speaker 4>support for all coaches, there was there was no way it.

0:32:06.680 --> 0:32:09.440
<v Speaker 3>Was gonna let my kids not know how much I

0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:11.560
<v Speaker 3>loved them and how proud I was of their effort.

0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:14.280
<v Speaker 4>And that's when I said, and look at the score,

0:32:14.760 --> 0:32:16.040
<v Speaker 4>you know, look at the hits.

0:32:16.360 --> 0:32:18.880
<v Speaker 3>Uh, and you know, just reiterating.

0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:20.440
<v Speaker 4>The fact that there's only one team that's gonna make

0:32:20.720 --> 0:32:23.240
<v Speaker 4>it's gonna be champion and all of this. But at

0:32:23.240 --> 0:32:27.160
<v Speaker 4>the same time, and then they were terry, and I

0:32:27.240 --> 0:32:29.120
<v Speaker 4>held it, held in it. But I was also saying

0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:31.920
<v Speaker 4>goodbye basically to my wife too, because I know that

0:32:32.200 --> 0:32:34.160
<v Speaker 4>she was very very very very sick.

0:32:34.680 --> 0:32:34.880
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

0:32:34.920 --> 0:32:37.640
<v Speaker 4>And I and I appreciated what all the parents of

0:32:37.680 --> 0:32:40.560
<v Speaker 4>that community had had done for us as a family

0:32:41.040 --> 0:32:43.640
<v Speaker 4>and let us, let us live a normal life knowing

0:32:43.680 --> 0:32:46.320
<v Speaker 4>what we were going through. And you know, the effort

0:32:46.320 --> 0:32:50.400
<v Speaker 4>that my team put forth. I even get terry thinking

0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:53.640
<v Speaker 4>about it now. So yeah, that was that was from

0:32:53.640 --> 0:32:57.280
<v Speaker 4>the heart, all heart, and uh, it's it's it's a

0:32:57.360 --> 0:33:01.080
<v Speaker 4>speech that the next day, I know Cole mentioned it.

0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:03.800
<v Speaker 4>I didn't even know. So the next day they come

0:33:04.200 --> 0:33:06.040
<v Speaker 4>around into the dorms and they're.

0:33:05.840 --> 0:33:09.760
<v Speaker 3>All all all all twelve of coutch. You went viral.

0:33:10.560 --> 0:33:14.320
<v Speaker 4>I am not computer computer literate, so I I thought

0:33:14.320 --> 0:33:16.120
<v Speaker 4>I had a disease or something. What do you mean

0:33:16.160 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 4>I went viral? He says, you're you're all over the internet.

0:33:22.280 --> 0:33:24.760
<v Speaker 4>You know, you're getting hits all over the place. And

0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:28.600
<v Speaker 4>then they showed me, you know the speech that I

0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:31.640
<v Speaker 4>was always said, Oh my god, I said, uh, you

0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:35.160
<v Speaker 4>know that's you know, that's that's what that's that's wonderful.

0:33:35.600 --> 0:33:37.640
<v Speaker 4>And I think back as a thought, I did say

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:42.400
<v Speaker 4>the right things that my god, you know, and yeah,

0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:47.880
<v Speaker 4>so that's that's that speech is uh is hotfelt and

0:33:47.960 --> 0:33:51.720
<v Speaker 4>it's real and uh and it's real. And the fact

0:33:51.720 --> 0:33:55.040
<v Speaker 4>that I can now give a message of of of

0:33:55.080 --> 0:33:58.480
<v Speaker 4>what I went through and how it's it's important to

0:33:58.600 --> 0:34:01.800
<v Speaker 4>put things in perspective that they've still children, there's still

0:34:02.440 --> 0:34:06.840
<v Speaker 4>there's still innocent and just demand their effort. Yes, but

0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:10.040
<v Speaker 4>you know what it's it really wasn't about the winning.

0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:12.680
<v Speaker 4>It was that, you know, the character that they built

0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:14.640
<v Speaker 4>along the way, and it made a town very proud

0:34:14.680 --> 0:34:15.239
<v Speaker 4>of themselves.

0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:16.840
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, thank you for sharing that.

0:34:17.960 --> 0:34:22.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I have to to share this. I had never

0:34:22.080 --> 0:34:25.359
<v Speaker 2>heard that speech before we were gonna before we were

0:34:25.360 --> 0:34:29.440
<v Speaker 2>gonna have you on, and just just today, just this morning,

0:34:30.040 --> 0:34:35.319
<v Speaker 2>in preparation, I listened to it and and actually just

0:34:35.400 --> 0:34:41.279
<v Speaker 2>got the words. It's pretty remarkable from from Afar that

0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:43.960
<v Speaker 2>you were able to put the words together that you

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:48.880
<v Speaker 2>did that that really like clicked. There was no rehearsal

0:34:48.920 --> 0:34:51.120
<v Speaker 2>in it. It was just like you said, from your heart.

0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:53.759
<v Speaker 2>I think that's why people are so drawn to it,

0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:56.960
<v Speaker 2>because it feels the opposite of scripted, you know, and

0:34:57.080 --> 0:34:59.520
<v Speaker 2>we live in a world where when the mics are on,

0:34:59.680 --> 0:35:02.359
<v Speaker 2>you feel like you're maybe not not always sure how

0:35:02.480 --> 0:35:06.440
<v Speaker 2>authentic something is. Right. I want to just read a

0:35:06.520 --> 0:35:09.960
<v Speaker 2>line though, man that really really stuck with me. But

0:35:10.000 --> 0:35:11.440
<v Speaker 2>he said, you're going to take this the rest of

0:35:11.480 --> 0:35:14.000
<v Speaker 2>your life. What you provided a town of Cumberland. You

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:16.280
<v Speaker 2>had the whole place jumping, right, you had the whole

0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:19.800
<v Speaker 2>state jumping, You had New England jumping, you had ESPN jumping. Okay,

0:35:19.800 --> 0:35:23.840
<v Speaker 2>Because you want to know why they like fighters? That me,

0:35:24.080 --> 0:35:27.440
<v Speaker 2>man was so powerful? How where did you come up

0:35:27.480 --> 0:35:31.719
<v Speaker 2>with that? Like tell us tell us and obviously knowing

0:35:31.760 --> 0:35:34.520
<v Speaker 2>the personal side of it and the connection with your wife,

0:35:35.200 --> 0:35:37.840
<v Speaker 2>obviously there's a fight there and then you're drawn into

0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:40.560
<v Speaker 2>their fight and what they're bringing and you're in this

0:35:40.680 --> 0:35:42.920
<v Speaker 2>fight all around. You're in a life fight and you're

0:35:42.920 --> 0:35:46.880
<v Speaker 2>in a fight on the field. Take me through that, Dave,

0:35:46.960 --> 0:35:49.560
<v Speaker 2>What where did you come up with those words?

0:35:49.600 --> 0:35:49.719
<v Speaker 3>Man?

0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:51.280
<v Speaker 2>Because they are so powerful?

0:35:52.120 --> 0:35:55.640
<v Speaker 4>They are very I was so fortunate to have a

0:35:55.680 --> 0:35:59.280
<v Speaker 4>father who is my icon and the greatest, the greatest

0:35:59.280 --> 0:36:03.040
<v Speaker 4>coach I've I've ever seen of high school high school

0:36:03.120 --> 0:36:05.440
<v Speaker 4>kids and uh a fighter.

0:36:05.680 --> 0:36:05.799
<v Speaker 3>Uh.

0:36:05.920 --> 0:36:09.000
<v Speaker 4>You know, my dad in nineteen eighty three fractured his skull.

0:36:09.080 --> 0:36:11.400
<v Speaker 4>He should have died. He fell on the ice in

0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:14.960
<v Speaker 4>an accident and took him two years to rehabilitate. We

0:36:15.000 --> 0:36:17.239
<v Speaker 4>almost lost my dad, But in those two years I

0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:20.120
<v Speaker 4>grew up as a coach. And I, you know, before

0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:22.440
<v Speaker 4>I just opened the door and you.

0:36:22.400 --> 0:36:24.200
<v Speaker 3>Know, let the kids out, let my dad do all

0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:24.800
<v Speaker 3>the coaching.

0:36:25.160 --> 0:36:28.200
<v Speaker 4>But when I when I when my dad went down

0:36:28.239 --> 0:36:30.040
<v Speaker 4>and I had to pick up the slack, I realized,

0:36:30.080 --> 0:36:32.560
<v Speaker 4>oh my god, these are these are kids, these are

0:36:32.680 --> 0:36:33.200
<v Speaker 4>these are.

0:36:33.120 --> 0:36:35.520
<v Speaker 3>Not They're not just out here to win. I've got

0:36:35.640 --> 0:36:36.920
<v Speaker 3>to I've got to pick.

0:36:36.760 --> 0:36:38.759
<v Speaker 4>Them up when they're when they're down, I've got to.

0:36:39.120 --> 0:36:42.520
<v Speaker 4>I've got to keep them even keel when they're too high.

0:36:42.719 --> 0:36:44.239
<v Speaker 3>You know, we got to. I got to try to

0:36:44.320 --> 0:36:47.719
<v Speaker 3>keep you know, kids together. Kids. You know, kids want

0:36:47.800 --> 0:36:49.520
<v Speaker 3>more playing more playing time.

0:36:49.640 --> 0:36:51.239
<v Speaker 4>But you know, I got to teach we got to

0:36:51.320 --> 0:36:53.920
<v Speaker 4>fight together, you know, and use the coach at the example,

0:36:54.200 --> 0:36:56.000
<v Speaker 4>he's fighting, I I'm fighting.

0:36:56.400 --> 0:36:59.160
<v Speaker 3>And then and then I brought that I practiced what

0:36:59.200 --> 0:36:59.600
<v Speaker 3>I preach.

0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:02.920
<v Speaker 4>I always demanded effort, and I always demanded, you know,

0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:05.920
<v Speaker 4>that the team play together. Nobody's better than any but

0:37:06.040 --> 0:37:10.880
<v Speaker 4>anybody else. But my was my wife that taught me

0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:15.319
<v Speaker 4>what fight was. Because you know, the day, the day

0:37:15.360 --> 0:37:18.319
<v Speaker 4>that they were going to choose the coach for the

0:37:18.360 --> 0:37:20.759
<v Speaker 4>All Stars, they all assumed I was going to get it,

0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:23.120
<v Speaker 4>and they they offered it to me, but I said, no,

0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:24.759
<v Speaker 4>my wife is sick.

0:37:24.800 --> 0:37:26.279
<v Speaker 3>I can't do it this year. You know.

0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:29.840
<v Speaker 4>But when I went home, you know, John who's was

0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:35.960
<v Speaker 4>selected on the team, told his mom she was upstairs

0:37:36.000 --> 0:37:37.759
<v Speaker 4>in the bedroom, and that he made the team and

0:37:37.800 --> 0:37:41.080
<v Speaker 4>the dad's not going to coach this year. And my

0:37:41.239 --> 0:37:44.520
<v Speaker 4>wife screamed up and I went up there and she said,

0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:47.160
<v Speaker 4>and she basically grabbed me by the throat, and she said,

0:37:47.239 --> 0:37:50.920
<v Speaker 4>don't you do this. Don't you do this. You know,

0:37:51.200 --> 0:37:54.520
<v Speaker 4>to us, he says they need you, and she pointed

0:37:54.560 --> 0:37:57.440
<v Speaker 4>at him, he needs you. We need to have the

0:37:57.440 --> 0:38:00.600
<v Speaker 4>best summer ever. I do not want to be the

0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:04.200
<v Speaker 4>person that everybody is thinking that you didn't coach. You

0:38:04.280 --> 0:38:06.360
<v Speaker 4>are going to coach his team? It says, we're going

0:38:06.400 --> 0:38:09.080
<v Speaker 4>to have the best summer ever. And and we did

0:38:09.239 --> 0:38:12.200
<v Speaker 4>and that was because of my wife. So there's where

0:38:12.200 --> 0:38:14.640
<v Speaker 4>there's where the fight comes from. You know, you get

0:38:14.680 --> 0:38:18.200
<v Speaker 4>your rocky moments. Well I had mine twofold, almost lost

0:38:18.200 --> 0:38:22.000
<v Speaker 4>my dad and in death, I did lose my wife.

0:38:22.040 --> 0:38:25.040
<v Speaker 3>But she sent me. She gave me a gift to

0:38:25.120 --> 0:38:26.680
<v Speaker 3>keep fighting, that's for sure.

0:38:26.760 --> 0:38:30.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Yeah, that's an amazing story. Thanks very much for sharing that.

0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:32.759
<v Speaker 1>So we're going to get to the kitchen sink in

0:38:32.760 --> 0:38:35.359
<v Speaker 1>a moment. But one one, one memory that I have

0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:40.480
<v Speaker 1>of covering Cumberland beyond the speech, which is we watched unfold.

0:38:40.520 --> 0:38:43.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm sitting up there in the catbird seat listening to

0:38:43.080 --> 0:38:46.440
<v Speaker 1>all this. The other part of what Rhode Island and

0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:51.040
<v Speaker 1>those teams represented to me was something you alluded to,

0:38:51.239 --> 0:38:53.919
<v Speaker 1>which was your twelve man's got to be as good

0:38:53.920 --> 0:38:55.960
<v Speaker 1>as your you know, your two stars that you have,

0:38:56.080 --> 0:38:59.120
<v Speaker 1>et cetera. They had a kid on the team whose

0:38:59.160 --> 0:39:02.680
<v Speaker 1>last name was Ta and I just remember, you know,

0:39:03.000 --> 0:39:07.000
<v Speaker 1>Dave the coach would sit there and Tebow didn't play

0:39:07.040 --> 0:39:10.520
<v Speaker 1>a lot, but Tebow came up with really important plays

0:39:10.560 --> 0:39:13.279
<v Speaker 1>in that Little League World Series, and it became a

0:39:13.320 --> 0:39:15.680
<v Speaker 1>thing where it was like, it's t bow time. You know,

0:39:15.760 --> 0:39:19.239
<v Speaker 1>it's t bow time. You talk about a way of

0:39:19.520 --> 0:39:23.520
<v Speaker 1>ingratiating one of the boys that doesn't play all the time.

0:39:24.120 --> 0:39:27.200
<v Speaker 1>But more significantly, it reminds every other kid on the

0:39:27.239 --> 0:39:30.920
<v Speaker 1>team like we're nowhere without tebow time. And I'm sure

0:39:30.960 --> 0:39:33.399
<v Speaker 1>as we watch the Little League World Series this year,

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:36.799
<v Speaker 1>we'll see who those players are on the teams. And

0:39:37.080 --> 0:39:39.920
<v Speaker 1>Cheezy Root like hell for them to produce when they

0:39:39.920 --> 0:39:43.480
<v Speaker 1>get that opportunity, and he did, and that I'll be

0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:45.479
<v Speaker 1>honest with you, the Dave as much as you guys

0:39:45.520 --> 0:39:50.320
<v Speaker 1>getting there twice and the speech. It was your emphasis

0:39:50.480 --> 0:39:54.560
<v Speaker 1>on Tebow being a big part of the success of

0:39:54.600 --> 0:39:59.239
<v Speaker 1>that team. We recall the experience of making sure his

0:39:59.360 --> 0:40:03.440
<v Speaker 1>eleven brother loved him as much, realized how important he

0:40:03.480 --> 0:40:06.760
<v Speaker 1>was and what it did for him and his growth.

0:40:07.040 --> 0:40:09.080
<v Speaker 1>You know, as a twelve year old share that.

0:40:10.280 --> 0:40:13.919
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, t BO time did then if you looked

0:40:13.960 --> 0:40:15.680
<v Speaker 4>at the boy, you know, he's a big he's a

0:40:15.680 --> 0:40:18.719
<v Speaker 4>big kid. He had glasses, he didn't, he didn't. He's

0:40:18.760 --> 0:40:23.320
<v Speaker 4>not your profile literal league, you know, elite, elite player

0:40:23.400 --> 0:40:25.880
<v Speaker 4>and you know, and trade and he worked. He was

0:40:25.680 --> 0:40:28.040
<v Speaker 4>a he was a worker. He come in relief when

0:40:28.160 --> 0:40:30.480
<v Speaker 4>and you know what, and I don't even know if

0:40:30.480 --> 0:40:32.680
<v Speaker 4>he got a hit in the regionals to take to

0:40:32.760 --> 0:40:35.240
<v Speaker 4>tell you the truth, but it didn't matter. We always

0:40:35.239 --> 0:40:39.279
<v Speaker 4>had a positive attitude, you know, he never he never complained.

0:40:39.320 --> 0:40:41.440
<v Speaker 4>He just wanted to be positive. He was so happy

0:40:41.480 --> 0:40:44.520
<v Speaker 4>to make the team, you know. And so when it

0:40:44.600 --> 0:40:47.400
<v Speaker 4>came to the little Equals series, and I don't know

0:40:47.400 --> 0:40:50.359
<v Speaker 4>if you remember the moment, Kyle, But there was there

0:40:50.400 --> 0:40:54.480
<v Speaker 4>was game against Tennessee. We had just you know, and

0:40:54.560 --> 0:40:56.640
<v Speaker 4>the last the top of the sixth then and we

0:40:56.680 --> 0:40:58.360
<v Speaker 4>had a seven of I think it was seven or

0:40:58.400 --> 0:41:01.480
<v Speaker 4>four lead or and maybe it was even like six six.

0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:05.399
<v Speaker 4>We had a three run lead and Tennessee, Tennessee took

0:41:05.400 --> 0:41:07.120
<v Speaker 4>a took a two run lead on.

0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:07.879
<v Speaker 3>Us, you know what I mean.

0:41:07.920 --> 0:41:10.280
<v Speaker 4>And when I when they were coming off the field

0:41:11.480 --> 0:41:13.600
<v Speaker 4>and I had them right before the dugout, I was

0:41:13.800 --> 0:41:19.120
<v Speaker 4>really you know, upset that they weren't giving my picture,

0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:22.480
<v Speaker 4>you know that, you know that support. They were all nervous,

0:41:22.520 --> 0:41:25.120
<v Speaker 4>they weren't talking, you know, they just let them out

0:41:25.120 --> 0:41:28.000
<v Speaker 4>there the dry and this kid kept pitching. He didn't cry,

0:41:28.440 --> 0:41:31.200
<v Speaker 4>he didn't complain, he didn't look at me in the dugout,

0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:32.240
<v Speaker 4>and the balls were.

0:41:32.080 --> 0:41:34.000
<v Speaker 3>Just flying everywhere home run here.

0:41:34.520 --> 0:41:36.840
<v Speaker 4>So I had to, you know what, I had to

0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:38.759
<v Speaker 4>come get get the ball from the kid.

0:41:38.800 --> 0:41:41.239
<v Speaker 3>And I said, you know what, you know, I am

0:41:41.440 --> 0:41:42.359
<v Speaker 3>so proud of you.

0:41:42.480 --> 0:41:46.520
<v Speaker 4>It says for sticking out here, not complaining and just

0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:49.040
<v Speaker 4>doing what you do. And you did a great job

0:41:49.040 --> 0:41:52.280
<v Speaker 4>for me. I said, don't you worry. I says, we're

0:41:52.360 --> 0:41:54.160
<v Speaker 4>gonna get this back, don't you worry. So when I

0:41:54.200 --> 0:41:57.160
<v Speaker 4>came into the dugout, I was infuriated. So I was going,

0:41:57.360 --> 0:42:00.640
<v Speaker 4>are you gonna let them do that to your picture?

0:42:00.920 --> 0:42:03.680
<v Speaker 4>Are you gonna let them do that to the picture?

0:42:04.080 --> 0:42:06.640
<v Speaker 4>And in the background, I can see this one kid

0:42:07.080 --> 0:42:11.200
<v Speaker 4>and it's Teebaw and he's going, no coach, no coach,

0:42:11.719 --> 0:42:12.440
<v Speaker 4>no coach.

0:42:13.680 --> 0:42:16.600
<v Speaker 3>Yes, I could just see him. I'm saying, he is

0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:19.480
<v Speaker 3>so ain and why don't you know it?

0:42:19.760 --> 0:42:23.240
<v Speaker 4>He's the first foot office and I look, he looks

0:42:23.280 --> 0:42:25.720
<v Speaker 4>at me, and I go, you ready, you're ready tvall

0:42:25.800 --> 0:42:26.720
<v Speaker 4>he says, I'm ready.

0:42:26.760 --> 0:42:27.080
<v Speaker 3>Coach.

0:42:27.120 --> 0:42:30.560
<v Speaker 5>He gets in there and he banks while I'm talking,

0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:34.840
<v Speaker 5>a rocket up the middle, slapping, slapping his hands, you know,

0:42:35.000 --> 0:42:38.479
<v Speaker 5>and and and that just buy it up the whole team.

0:42:38.520 --> 0:42:41.239
<v Speaker 3>The next kid gotta hit, the next kid gotta hit.

0:42:41.280 --> 0:42:43.479
<v Speaker 4>And next what did you know? And we came back

0:42:43.560 --> 0:42:47.239
<v Speaker 4>and won the game on a walk off. And yes,

0:42:47.800 --> 0:42:50.560
<v Speaker 4>it was my twelfth guy that that did it.

0:42:50.719 --> 0:42:51.560
<v Speaker 3>That did it for us.

0:42:52.960 --> 0:42:56.360
<v Speaker 2>Love it, love it, man. They I appreciate that story.

0:42:56.400 --> 0:42:59.239
<v Speaker 2>It's such a great, great uh you know, when we

0:42:59.320 --> 0:43:02.880
<v Speaker 2>look at the the so many lessons, the great lessons

0:43:02.880 --> 0:43:06.440
<v Speaker 2>in the game, right it's on a true team. Everybody

0:43:06.640 --> 0:43:09.279
<v Speaker 2>is critical, everyone plays a role, and that's one of

0:43:09.320 --> 0:43:11.239
<v Speaker 2>the things about the Lily World Series that I love

0:43:11.400 --> 0:43:13.560
<v Speaker 2>just Litle League in general. But I do want to

0:43:13.600 --> 0:43:15.719
<v Speaker 2>get to this question here that Royce has, and this

0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:20.280
<v Speaker 2>is this is for Ravi actually, but Royce asked Raby Ravich,

0:43:20.760 --> 0:43:22.360
<v Speaker 2>you're the voice of the Lily League World Series. What

0:43:22.440 --> 0:43:25.640
<v Speaker 2>does that place mean you personally? And how has that change?

0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:28.239
<v Speaker 2>How has your relationship changed with this event over the

0:43:28.320 --> 0:43:29.400
<v Speaker 2>last two decades.

0:43:31.120 --> 0:43:33.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I would say when I first got there, I

0:43:33.760 --> 0:43:37.439
<v Speaker 1>was I was calling international games. Brent Musberger was there

0:43:37.520 --> 0:43:40.680
<v Speaker 1>doing the Little League World Series, So I always knew

0:43:40.680 --> 0:43:43.439
<v Speaker 1>that it was a significant event in the country. And

0:43:44.200 --> 0:43:46.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, at that age, especially in the beginning, it

0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:48.640
<v Speaker 1>was let's make sure we get it all right, let's

0:43:48.640 --> 0:43:51.040
<v Speaker 1>get the names right, let's not screw it up. And

0:43:51.160 --> 0:43:53.880
<v Speaker 1>over time, as I got old er, as my boys

0:43:53.880 --> 0:43:56.920
<v Speaker 1>got old there, as I got exposed to other kids

0:43:56.960 --> 0:44:02.360
<v Speaker 1>playing this sport, and you see the exposure to international kids.

0:44:02.880 --> 0:44:05.640
<v Speaker 1>You see the ability of baseball being a sort of

0:44:05.719 --> 0:44:08.840
<v Speaker 1>a universal language that even though you might not be

0:44:08.880 --> 0:44:12.160
<v Speaker 1>able to speak the language that the other countries are speaking,

0:44:12.560 --> 0:44:17.759
<v Speaker 1>you spoke baseball, so I was really into what that

0:44:18.040 --> 0:44:21.680
<v Speaker 1>place has come to mean to me and change my

0:44:21.800 --> 0:44:26.480
<v Speaker 1>relationship with it. I love. I'm like Dave, I truly

0:44:27.200 --> 0:44:31.560
<v Speaker 1>love the aspects of the Little League World Series as

0:44:31.640 --> 0:44:34.719
<v Speaker 1>much as I do the games the outcome. There's no

0:44:34.920 --> 0:44:37.359
<v Speaker 1>skin in it. I don't care who wins. I just

0:44:37.400 --> 0:44:40.000
<v Speaker 1>want to I want to see kids doing their best.

0:44:40.360 --> 0:44:43.200
<v Speaker 1>I want to see teams and their chemistry. I want

0:44:43.239 --> 0:44:46.719
<v Speaker 1>to see the dynamics between coaches and players. I want

0:44:46.719 --> 0:44:49.319
<v Speaker 1>to see fathers and sons and how they interact with

0:44:49.360 --> 0:44:52.680
<v Speaker 1>each other. There are a myriad of lessons that the

0:44:52.719 --> 0:44:56.399
<v Speaker 1>Little League World Series and Little League Baseball teaches us

0:44:56.480 --> 0:45:00.520
<v Speaker 1>every single day. So every boy or girl that's into

0:45:00.520 --> 0:45:03.759
<v Speaker 1>the batter's box, I'm literally looking at their face. I'm

0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:07.160
<v Speaker 1>trying to see and sense like what are they feeling,

0:45:07.239 --> 0:45:10.080
<v Speaker 1>what are they emoting, how are they handling this? What

0:45:10.200 --> 0:45:13.360
<v Speaker 1>kind of support are they getting? So all of those

0:45:13.480 --> 0:45:17.600
<v Speaker 1>things that are like intangible to baseball, and in particular

0:45:18.160 --> 0:45:21.879
<v Speaker 1>Little League Baseball, where these these kids are still in

0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:24.719
<v Speaker 1>that position where you can mold them. And to the

0:45:24.760 --> 0:45:27.640
<v Speaker 1>credit of a guy like Dave and so many others

0:45:27.680 --> 0:45:32.120
<v Speaker 1>like I never for a second take for granted the

0:45:32.400 --> 0:45:35.080
<v Speaker 1>efforts that go into being a coach on one of

0:45:35.120 --> 0:45:38.360
<v Speaker 1>these teams and the sacrifices. You know, Dave talked about

0:45:38.360 --> 0:45:41.160
<v Speaker 1>his sales going up because the team won. Well, there

0:45:41.200 --> 0:45:46.360
<v Speaker 1>have been a hundred stories of coaches that risk losing

0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:49.759
<v Speaker 1>jobs because they committed to this for a summer and

0:45:49.800 --> 0:45:52.040
<v Speaker 1>they had to take time off from whatever it was

0:45:52.120 --> 0:45:54.680
<v Speaker 1>they're doing, and then thankfully you find out that the

0:45:54.760 --> 0:45:58.000
<v Speaker 1>community is stepped up or somebody has volunteered to take

0:45:58.040 --> 0:46:02.920
<v Speaker 1>their place. So it's those stories that really impact me

0:46:03.120 --> 0:46:06.880
<v Speaker 1>more than the Lewis Lappie walk off homer or as

0:46:06.920 --> 0:46:09.680
<v Speaker 1>somebody else asks, you know how great Luke Ramirez was

0:46:09.760 --> 0:46:12.720
<v Speaker 1>for Tu La Vista, Like the stars are the stars,

0:46:12.760 --> 0:46:15.360
<v Speaker 1>They're gonna shine, everyone's gonna know it. It's all the

0:46:15.480 --> 0:46:19.680
<v Speaker 1>other things behind the scenes and for the teams, and

0:46:20.320 --> 0:46:23.680
<v Speaker 1>watching a team from where Island interact with a team

0:46:23.840 --> 0:46:27.759
<v Speaker 1>from Japan like that doesn't happen. And there's a lot

0:46:27.800 --> 0:46:31.200
<v Speaker 1>of events that call themselves worldwide. The Little League World

0:46:31.239 --> 0:46:35.800
<v Speaker 1>Series is a is a true world series. It matches

0:46:35.840 --> 0:46:39.000
<v Speaker 1>teams from the US and all over the world, and

0:46:39.120 --> 0:46:42.359
<v Speaker 1>other than the Olympics, it's very rare that you have

0:46:42.520 --> 0:46:46.640
<v Speaker 1>something like that in one place. And lastly, the place

0:46:46.760 --> 0:46:49.200
<v Speaker 1>is the most special place on the planet when you

0:46:49.280 --> 0:46:52.200
<v Speaker 1>go there and you see these two fields and you

0:46:52.320 --> 0:46:57.399
<v Speaker 1>understand the relationship between the community and baseball. And then

0:46:57.480 --> 0:47:00.239
<v Speaker 1>the country who get a chance for a week and

0:47:00.280 --> 0:47:03.840
<v Speaker 1>a half every night to watch twelve year olds relive

0:47:03.960 --> 0:47:07.759
<v Speaker 1>their own youth, share a moment with a son, a grandson,

0:47:07.800 --> 0:47:12.560
<v Speaker 1>a granddaughter, because you know, they're not always into the pitches,

0:47:12.600 --> 0:47:15.600
<v Speaker 1>they're into the stories that they can tell their own

0:47:15.719 --> 0:47:19.600
<v Speaker 1>families about. I remember when I played Little League baseball.

0:47:19.960 --> 0:47:23.200
<v Speaker 1>I remember John Deny was my best friend and I

0:47:23.320 --> 0:47:26.600
<v Speaker 1>struck him out. Like those things you know they're going

0:47:26.640 --> 0:47:29.160
<v Speaker 1>on behind the scenes. Those are the things that I

0:47:29.239 --> 0:47:32.279
<v Speaker 1>love most about the Little League World Series and Little

0:47:32.360 --> 0:47:33.000
<v Speaker 1>League Baseball.

0:47:34.719 --> 0:47:37.839
<v Speaker 2>So powerful man, so powerful, Dave. I'd love your take

0:47:37.880 --> 0:47:40.919
<v Speaker 2>on that, and just you know, being able to look

0:47:40.960 --> 0:47:43.600
<v Speaker 2>back now and Ravy obviously he's in it every year,

0:47:43.640 --> 0:47:46.360
<v Speaker 2>but being able to look back on it Nowadave, for you,

0:47:47.080 --> 0:47:49.959
<v Speaker 2>and just what that signifies for you in your life

0:47:50.040 --> 0:47:51.440
<v Speaker 2>and what that time meant.

0:47:52.800 --> 0:47:57.719
<v Speaker 4>Ah, It's the most special time of my life. Just basically,

0:47:58.400 --> 0:48:02.479
<v Speaker 4>I never grow up. I was able to continue being

0:48:02.520 --> 0:48:04.759
<v Speaker 4>a kid, and I'm still a kid. You know, when

0:48:04.800 --> 0:48:07.560
<v Speaker 4>you when you look at little league baseball, just like

0:48:07.640 --> 0:48:10.120
<v Speaker 4>Kyle said, you go back to who you who you

0:48:10.160 --> 0:48:12.960
<v Speaker 4>play with, who you coached, you know, all the memories

0:48:12.960 --> 0:48:15.080
<v Speaker 4>that you have, and you apply it to what you're

0:48:15.120 --> 0:48:18.640
<v Speaker 4>watching and you appreciate it more rather than just looking

0:48:18.680 --> 0:48:20.880
<v Speaker 4>from you know, I was so fortunate to be able

0:48:20.920 --> 0:48:23.480
<v Speaker 4>to be there and and and be involved in the

0:48:23.640 --> 0:48:26.560
<v Speaker 4>league baseball while someone else is watching who has never

0:48:26.600 --> 0:48:29.760
<v Speaker 4>been involved in the Hey, they love the product. But

0:48:30.040 --> 0:48:33.520
<v Speaker 4>you know, Colin and I we just we just absolutely

0:48:33.560 --> 0:48:36.040
<v Speaker 4>adore the product because we've we've.

0:48:35.880 --> 0:48:40.000
<v Speaker 3>Experienced it and there are so many, so many memories

0:48:40.040 --> 0:48:40.759
<v Speaker 3>that are a lot.

0:48:40.960 --> 0:48:44.040
<v Speaker 4>Hey, we every well, I don't care if it's Christmas, birthdays

0:48:44.040 --> 0:48:45.240
<v Speaker 4>and my kids are still ugly?

0:48:45.280 --> 0:48:46.240
<v Speaker 3>Whose team is better?

0:48:46.360 --> 0:48:50.480
<v Speaker 4>And you know, you know or you know, you know,

0:48:50.560 --> 0:48:53.560
<v Speaker 4>just talking about the remember this, remember when he did this?

0:48:53.719 --> 0:48:56.480
<v Speaker 4>And you know, even my my childhood friends who I

0:48:56.640 --> 0:48:58.560
<v Speaker 4>have three friends that played in my little league team

0:48:58.560 --> 0:49:00.240
<v Speaker 4>but still best friend's best friend.

0:49:00.120 --> 0:49:02.680
<v Speaker 3>Today, we talk littally, we talk.

0:49:02.560 --> 0:49:06.440
<v Speaker 4>About our experience, you know, and it's it's not always.

0:49:06.040 --> 0:49:08.120
<v Speaker 3>What happened on the baseball field either. So it was

0:49:08.200 --> 0:49:12.040
<v Speaker 3>you know what we do. You know that's a better no.

0:49:12.840 --> 0:49:15.120
<v Speaker 1>All right, just let's get to the kitchen sink, Dave.

0:49:15.160 --> 0:49:17.000
<v Speaker 1>We got four quick questions here. You can give quick

0:49:17.000 --> 0:49:19.800
<v Speaker 1>answers on it, but it's sort of outside the periphery

0:49:19.880 --> 0:49:22.600
<v Speaker 1>sometimes of baseball per se. But the first one is

0:49:22.960 --> 0:49:27.799
<v Speaker 1>best advice that any coach ever gave you. It is

0:49:27.840 --> 0:49:32.920
<v Speaker 1>the kitchen sink, best advice a coach ever gave you.

0:49:33.000 --> 0:49:35.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, remember, every kid counts.

0:49:36.000 --> 0:49:39.359
<v Speaker 1>Hmmm, understood. It's perfect for a little league coach.

0:49:40.000 --> 0:49:46.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's awesome, Dave. I want to I want to

0:49:46.520 --> 0:49:48.200
<v Speaker 2>just touch on that really quick. We're going to go

0:49:48.200 --> 0:49:51.319
<v Speaker 2>to the next question here. But best advice coach ever

0:49:51.360 --> 0:49:55.400
<v Speaker 2>gave you. You know, it's you know, everyone matters, obviously, everyone counts.

0:49:56.080 --> 0:49:59.480
<v Speaker 2>When you're coaching a team and you have the superstars, uh,

0:49:59.560 --> 0:50:00.960
<v Speaker 2>and I a want to be quick on this. I

0:50:01.000 --> 0:50:03.279
<v Speaker 2>just want to follow up really quick. When you have

0:50:03.360 --> 0:50:05.960
<v Speaker 2>the superstars and you have the other guys that you

0:50:05.960 --> 0:50:08.160
<v Speaker 2>you know, t bow the t bows of your team,

0:50:08.640 --> 0:50:12.640
<v Speaker 2>can you just share from a life perspective on how

0:50:12.800 --> 0:50:17.080
<v Speaker 2>grabbing and being intentional about building relationships with maybe people

0:50:17.120 --> 0:50:19.760
<v Speaker 2>outside of your circle is so important and how baseball

0:50:19.800 --> 0:50:20.520
<v Speaker 2>builds that too.

0:50:21.480 --> 0:50:23.080
<v Speaker 3>Mm hmm, yeah.

0:50:23.160 --> 0:50:25.480
<v Speaker 4>I mean I teach it to my my kids, my

0:50:25.600 --> 0:50:29.080
<v Speaker 4>kids every day, you know, just because somebody is as

0:50:29.160 --> 0:50:31.560
<v Speaker 4>less fortunate in our but maybe it's not your cup

0:50:31.600 --> 0:50:34.239
<v Speaker 4>of tea. You know, give them a chance. You might

0:50:34.280 --> 0:50:36.680
<v Speaker 4>find out what what the real person is on the

0:50:36.719 --> 0:50:39.080
<v Speaker 4>on the inside. I think that's the advice. You know,

0:50:39.120 --> 0:50:41.440
<v Speaker 4>what you see in the outside is not always what's

0:50:41.480 --> 0:50:44.759
<v Speaker 4>necessary on the inside. People, people again need to need

0:50:44.800 --> 0:50:45.760
<v Speaker 4>to be given a chance.

0:50:46.080 --> 0:50:46.480
<v Speaker 3>You know what.

0:50:46.560 --> 0:50:49.000
<v Speaker 4>We all make mistakes too, and it's I think it's

0:50:49.400 --> 0:50:51.440
<v Speaker 4>I think you got to learn how to forgive. And

0:50:51.760 --> 0:50:54.240
<v Speaker 4>obviously you got to learn how to sacrifice first before

0:50:54.280 --> 0:50:56.799
<v Speaker 4>you can forgive, because how can you forgive if you're

0:50:56.840 --> 0:51:00.560
<v Speaker 4>not sacrificing yourself. So I think you learn a lot

0:51:00.600 --> 0:51:06.040
<v Speaker 4>about yourself by learning that other people do count, you know,

0:51:06.400 --> 0:51:09.480
<v Speaker 4>and have you given everything that you're supposed to give

0:51:09.560 --> 0:51:10.000
<v Speaker 4>before you.

0:51:10.040 --> 0:51:12.200
<v Speaker 3>Make the comment or make it or make the judgment.

0:51:12.320 --> 0:51:13.840
<v Speaker 3>So that's my answer to that.

0:51:14.280 --> 0:51:16.360
<v Speaker 2>Man, Awesome, I love it, Dave. We'll get to the

0:51:16.400 --> 0:51:18.759
<v Speaker 2>next question. Sorry to get along on that one. How

0:51:18.760 --> 0:51:22.480
<v Speaker 2>did Williamsport change your life? Oh?

0:51:22.520 --> 0:51:26.160
<v Speaker 4>Absolutely for the better, you know it. I never thought

0:51:26.160 --> 0:51:29.520
<v Speaker 4>that that the message that I was taught and I

0:51:29.600 --> 0:51:33.480
<v Speaker 4>lived was going to be proclaimed throughout all of Little

0:51:33.640 --> 0:51:36.480
<v Speaker 4>Little League Baseball. And I'm so I'm so proud of that.

0:51:36.760 --> 0:51:39.200
<v Speaker 4>You know what, It's not about me. It was about

0:51:39.600 --> 0:51:41.600
<v Speaker 4>what they were they were teaching, and I was able.

0:51:41.719 --> 0:51:44.800
<v Speaker 4>I was able to, you know, give give a speech

0:51:44.880 --> 0:51:45.920
<v Speaker 4>that resonated.

0:51:45.960 --> 0:51:48.640
<v Speaker 3>But it's it's it's all there. I mean, we all

0:51:48.680 --> 0:51:49.279
<v Speaker 3>have it in us.

0:51:49.320 --> 0:51:52.600
<v Speaker 4>I just I just had the opportunity, a lot of

0:51:52.640 --> 0:51:55.040
<v Speaker 4>opportunity of people behind me and people.

0:51:54.800 --> 0:51:56.719
<v Speaker 3>In me to be able to send a message like that.

0:51:57.880 --> 0:51:59.680
<v Speaker 1>Just quickly to follow up on that, did you did

0:51:59.719 --> 0:52:01.680
<v Speaker 1>it a to you? Like how crazy it was that

0:52:01.760 --> 0:52:04.799
<v Speaker 1>you've got two teams to Williamsport, Pennsylvania and the Little

0:52:04.840 --> 0:52:07.920
<v Speaker 1>League World Series? Like the accomplishment. Have you had that

0:52:07.960 --> 0:52:10.360
<v Speaker 1>moment of like, how in the world did that happen?

0:52:11.640 --> 0:52:13.919
<v Speaker 3>Ah? You know what I have, Kyle. You know, I'm

0:52:13.920 --> 0:52:16.080
<v Speaker 3>so competitive and I love the game so much. I

0:52:16.600 --> 0:52:17.279
<v Speaker 3>just like my dad.

0:52:17.320 --> 0:52:20.560
<v Speaker 4>Instead, it's the next practice, you know, let's go. It's

0:52:20.640 --> 0:52:22.960
<v Speaker 4>kind of like, you know, that's why you won twenty

0:52:23.000 --> 0:52:25.439
<v Speaker 4>six in a row. Okay, next year, let's start all

0:52:25.480 --> 0:52:25.839
<v Speaker 4>let's go.

0:52:26.160 --> 0:52:28.000
<v Speaker 3>Well, it's not about last year, it's about this.

0:52:28.160 --> 0:52:31.160
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so I think, yeah, I'm very proud of of

0:52:31.160 --> 0:52:33.960
<v Speaker 4>what my kids accomplished. I am very proud of what

0:52:34.000 --> 0:52:37.200
<v Speaker 4>I accomplished. But I know, I know that it's it's

0:52:37.239 --> 0:52:39.480
<v Speaker 4>it was. It wasn't about me. That's the best, best part.

0:52:39.520 --> 0:52:41.680
<v Speaker 4>It's about us and we'll.

0:52:41.480 --> 0:52:43.799
<v Speaker 3>Be friends, friends forever. That's a good part.

0:52:43.880 --> 0:52:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely. I love that last one. Next one here, Uh,

0:52:47.400 --> 0:52:50.719
<v Speaker 1>this is this could go hockey, football, baseball. What's your

0:52:50.719 --> 0:52:52.080
<v Speaker 1>favorite sports movie and why?

0:52:54.040 --> 0:52:57.760
<v Speaker 3>Uh, it would have to be Rocky.

0:52:57.800 --> 0:53:00.360
<v Speaker 4>I know it wasn't real, but I love Rocky because

0:53:00.360 --> 0:53:02.839
<v Speaker 4>he was the underdog and uh, you know, he didn't

0:53:02.840 --> 0:53:04.080
<v Speaker 4>win Rocky one.

0:53:04.239 --> 0:53:07.000
<v Speaker 3>He didn't win, you know, and he was you know

0:53:07.080 --> 0:53:08.120
<v Speaker 3>he and along the.

0:53:08.120 --> 0:53:10.480
<v Speaker 4>Way he was udged because he was, you know, a

0:53:10.520 --> 0:53:13.279
<v Speaker 4>sloppy boxer or he didn't have you know then that

0:53:13.520 --> 0:53:16.160
<v Speaker 4>what they thought the necessities to be a champion, and

0:53:16.200 --> 0:53:18.720
<v Speaker 4>he'd be the guy that was you know, first class

0:53:18.760 --> 0:53:22.200
<v Speaker 4>and show boat. And I mean the movie was was spectacular,

0:53:22.320 --> 0:53:25.520
<v Speaker 4>so I can relate to Rocky. I love Rocky and

0:53:25.640 --> 0:53:28.360
<v Speaker 4>Miracle too, you know, either Miracle or Rocky.

0:53:28.400 --> 0:53:31.920
<v Speaker 1>To men, we're gonna get a mention of miracle.

0:53:31.960 --> 0:53:35.640
<v Speaker 2>I figured that, Hey, David, he can't tell us Rocky

0:53:35.640 --> 0:53:38.000
<v Speaker 2>in general, which Rocky is your favorite?

0:53:38.080 --> 0:53:41.400
<v Speaker 3>Rocky one, Rocky my favorite?

0:53:41.880 --> 0:53:46.160
<v Speaker 4>Well I know, I just it was only Rocky too,

0:53:46.280 --> 0:53:50.080
<v Speaker 4>because when when Adrian says that she's about to you know,

0:53:50.560 --> 0:53:54.040
<v Speaker 4>you know, finally she gives birth, and she brings him

0:53:54.080 --> 0:53:58.120
<v Speaker 4>close and say, I just have one thing to say, Well, Win,

0:53:58.880 --> 0:54:00.680
<v Speaker 4>do you see just merried it?

0:54:00.800 --> 0:54:00.840
<v Speaker 2>Go?

0:54:01.320 --> 0:54:07.239
<v Speaker 3>What are we waiting for? To me? Best moment they

0:54:07.280 --> 0:54:08.760
<v Speaker 3>went outside, I started running.

0:54:08.920 --> 0:54:13.160
<v Speaker 1>I just went, I'm going, I'm running, crack cracks some

0:54:13.239 --> 0:54:14.759
<v Speaker 1>eggs and she just started drinking them wrong.

0:54:15.239 --> 0:54:18.960
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, that's it. Just says, what are we waiting for?

0:54:19.040 --> 0:54:22.120
<v Speaker 4>And she said when oh my god, let's go and

0:54:22.120 --> 0:54:24.719
<v Speaker 4>then the slow then the song comes on and you

0:54:24.800 --> 0:54:26.759
<v Speaker 4>throw your sweatpants on and you're out that door.

0:54:29.440 --> 0:54:31.560
<v Speaker 2>That's so good man. The last question here and then

0:54:31.560 --> 0:54:33.160
<v Speaker 2>we'll get to the m v P and wrap up.

0:54:33.160 --> 0:54:36.440
<v Speaker 2>But the greatest lesson one of your players has taught you.

0:54:38.400 --> 0:54:42.960
<v Speaker 3>Greatest lessons. Uh, that's that's a tough that's that's a

0:54:43.000 --> 0:54:43.480
<v Speaker 3>tough one.

0:54:44.560 --> 0:54:47.759
<v Speaker 4>But I would I don't know, I would have I

0:54:47.800 --> 0:54:49.839
<v Speaker 4>would have to say, you know, t bows Tbo's one

0:54:49.880 --> 0:54:54.040
<v Speaker 4>of them. It's it's about, you know, someone who didn't

0:54:54.160 --> 0:54:57.799
<v Speaker 4>get a chance or wasn't a star and comes, you know,

0:54:57.880 --> 0:55:02.120
<v Speaker 4>and comes through it. If there was a greater moment

0:55:02.160 --> 0:55:05.160
<v Speaker 4>than somebody who you never thought we could do it,

0:55:05.200 --> 0:55:06.759
<v Speaker 4>could do it on the biggest stage and.

0:55:08.440 --> 0:55:09.440
<v Speaker 3>In probably the world.

0:55:10.120 --> 0:55:13.400
<v Speaker 4>To me, it taught me that you know I'm doing

0:55:13.520 --> 0:55:16.680
<v Speaker 4>I'm doing the right thing, because you know.

0:55:16.920 --> 0:55:19.080
<v Speaker 1>I thought I thought it was going to be the

0:55:19.080 --> 0:55:23.359
<v Speaker 1>bubble blowing sort of what you gleaned from everybody recognizing

0:55:23.400 --> 0:55:26.200
<v Speaker 1>the bubble blowing when you're getting your ass kicked.

0:55:27.760 --> 0:55:30.839
<v Speaker 4>Well, I'll tell you something that was my son, James,

0:55:30.880 --> 0:55:32.839
<v Speaker 4>I'll tell you something about there.

0:55:32.960 --> 0:55:34.400
<v Speaker 3>There was a moment right there.

0:55:34.480 --> 0:55:38.200
<v Speaker 4>So I again didn't know that my son was blowing

0:55:38.239 --> 0:55:41.680
<v Speaker 4>bubbles against California my first time I show up at

0:55:41.680 --> 0:55:44.840
<v Speaker 4>the If I would have known my son was blowing

0:55:44.880 --> 0:55:47.520
<v Speaker 4>bubbles in the middle of the game, Okay, I think

0:55:47.600 --> 0:55:50.440
<v Speaker 4>everyone will have a different perspective of me as a father,

0:55:50.560 --> 0:55:54.040
<v Speaker 4>as a coach because that moment, my whole career could

0:55:54.040 --> 0:55:58.399
<v Speaker 4>have tearned for the worst. But I'm telling you, James,

0:55:58.600 --> 0:56:00.759
<v Speaker 4>if he's watching, as he knows, if I were to

0:56:00.800 --> 0:56:03.680
<v Speaker 4>pop that bubble right in his face. But anyways, that's

0:56:03.719 --> 0:56:07.120
<v Speaker 4>that's behindside the point. So we get to the dorm.

0:56:07.239 --> 0:56:09.000
<v Speaker 4>I don't know whether he was born, but my mother

0:56:09.120 --> 0:56:11.800
<v Speaker 4>calls me right away after the game. She goes, oh

0:56:11.840 --> 0:56:15.479
<v Speaker 4>my god, what a game that was, Mom.

0:56:15.480 --> 0:56:19.160
<v Speaker 3>We got be ten to one. No, no, James was spectacular.

0:56:19.280 --> 0:56:21.720
<v Speaker 3>He should fuck out. What are you talking about?

0:56:22.080 --> 0:56:26.320
<v Speaker 4>He was on TV for least ten minutes blowing his bubbles.

0:56:26.360 --> 0:56:29.759
<v Speaker 3>I'm going, what is going on? I look at it.

0:56:29.960 --> 0:56:32.800
<v Speaker 4>The next thing you know, Bazooka is coming in calling on.

0:56:32.920 --> 0:56:35.799
<v Speaker 4>We got ESPN said we're gonna do an interview here.

0:56:35.840 --> 0:56:38.439
<v Speaker 4>I am my first My first shot in the Little

0:56:38.480 --> 0:56:40.640
<v Speaker 4>League was series and I'm doing Bubblegum commercials.

0:56:40.640 --> 0:56:41.520
<v Speaker 3>Do you think I was.

0:56:43.480 --> 0:56:44.040
<v Speaker 1>Perspective?

0:56:44.080 --> 0:56:44.400
<v Speaker 3>Baby?

0:56:46.200 --> 0:56:49.200
<v Speaker 4>That put things in perspective? I said, all right, I

0:56:49.280 --> 0:56:50.399
<v Speaker 4>get it. I get it now.

0:56:50.560 --> 0:56:53.200
<v Speaker 3>I get what I'm here for. You know what this,

0:56:53.760 --> 0:56:55.600
<v Speaker 3>this more than is winning for sure.

0:56:55.719 --> 0:56:58.200
<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, listen, you've been You've been very forthcoming

0:56:58.239 --> 0:57:02.000
<v Speaker 1>about all your personal life issues with your dad, your wife.

0:57:02.320 --> 0:57:05.080
<v Speaker 1>We ask every guest on our show this question before

0:57:05.080 --> 0:57:09.919
<v Speaker 1>we say goodbye, and it's it's who's the MVP. Over

0:57:09.960 --> 0:57:12.520
<v Speaker 1>the course of your life. And that's not a most

0:57:12.560 --> 0:57:15.920
<v Speaker 1>valuable player, it's who's been the most valuable person in

0:57:16.040 --> 0:57:17.080
<v Speaker 1>Dave Belile's life.

0:57:18.880 --> 0:57:23.480
<v Speaker 3>My father, for sure, no questions asked.

0:57:25.000 --> 0:57:27.480
<v Speaker 1>For sure, all the reasons you shared earlier with us.

0:57:27.760 --> 0:57:32.160
<v Speaker 4>My dad, he was a great father and he was

0:57:32.920 --> 0:57:36.400
<v Speaker 4>He was married to my mom for over sixty five years.

0:57:36.440 --> 0:57:37.680
<v Speaker 3>He brought up four children.

0:57:38.160 --> 0:57:42.560
<v Speaker 4>You know, he never he never missed a dana's life

0:57:42.600 --> 0:57:47.040
<v Speaker 4>at work or a practice, never was sick. He was sick,

0:57:47.120 --> 0:57:50.760
<v Speaker 4>but he never missed. And he showed me and my

0:57:50.920 --> 0:57:53.960
<v Speaker 4>three brothers the right way to raise a family, the

0:57:54.040 --> 0:57:58.560
<v Speaker 4>right way to act, and with the spirit of Jesus Christ.

0:57:58.560 --> 0:58:01.400
<v Speaker 3>He taught us too. So it's my dad, no question

0:58:01.520 --> 0:58:03.160
<v Speaker 3>to ask, perfectly cool.

0:58:03.480 --> 0:58:05.840
<v Speaker 1>Well, look I knew justin. I knew he was going

0:58:05.920 --> 0:58:09.040
<v Speaker 1>to be great. I think he exceeded my expectations in

0:58:09.240 --> 0:58:12.080
<v Speaker 1>being an open book day. We appreciate you very much

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<v Speaker 1>for sharing those stories. I know you'll be watching the

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<v Speaker 1>Little League World Series. I'll be thinking of you when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm there as well. I appreciate you coming out with.

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<v Speaker 4>Us and thanks for having me, guys, I appreciate it

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<v Speaker 4>very much.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Anytime. That's stayblele of course, two time coach of the

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<v Speaker 1>teams that went to the Little League World Series. Just

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<v Speaker 1>a reminder we're going to take a couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 1>off justin I will be doing some daily diaries from

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<v Speaker 1>Williamsport and Baseball Recruiting Confidential will continue over the course

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<v Speaker 1>of the next few weeks as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, sir Raby, I'm excited for the Little League World Series, man.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's always it's an experience for you, buddy.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm happy that you get to go experience that again.

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<v Speaker 2>What an honor to be able to do that. I

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<v Speaker 2>know that from afar. Everybody is excited to see you

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<v Speaker 2>call that, man, and you're the best at it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're a part of that. You don't see yourself as that,

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<v Speaker 2>but you are. You know when people hear that voice

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<v Speaker 2>in your voice and the lit League World Series, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a it's a reminder of that time of year and

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<v Speaker 2>you're a part of that, which I think is a

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<v Speaker 2>super cool piece to the history of the Little League

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<v Speaker 2>World Series man. And I'm excited to watch you every

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<v Speaker 2>chance I can get, buddy. But we'll be back in

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<v Speaker 2>early September with order from the dugout. But uh, what

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<v Speaker 2>an exciting time, buddy. I'm excited for you, excited for

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<v Speaker 2>you to get there and have your have your time there, buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks partner. That means a lot. Please, everybody, continue to

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<v Speaker 1>Look forward to seeing you from the Lily League World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>Follow us at the parent dugout dot com. We'll get

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<v Speaker 1>us today and thanks for all your great questions. We

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate them.