WEBVTT - Skip Schumaker: Rangers offensive identity, Manager interview process

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we are pleased to be joined now by

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<v Speaker 1>new Rangers manager and the pride of UC Santa Barbara,

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<v Speaker 1>Skip Schumacher, Skip, thank you so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 1>You are now in your first off season as a

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<v Speaker 1>Rangers manager. Got to ask, how's it been so far?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, guys, it's been great. The pride of Santa Barbara.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure. I mean, you got Michael Young, you

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<v Speaker 2>got Jim Rome, I mean, you got some dudes over there,

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<v Speaker 2>but a part of Santa Barbara culture. I'll take that.

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<v Speaker 2>But so far, so good. You know, it's first week

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<v Speaker 2>or so, first month or so. Was kind of drinking

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<v Speaker 2>out of a fire hose as you see an actual

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<v Speaker 2>hose behind me. But but yeah, it was a lot

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<v Speaker 2>early on. But with all the zoom calls and meeting people,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I was there for a year and getting

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<v Speaker 2>to know the organization, there was still a lot to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And but you know, grateful for it.

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<v Speaker 3>Skip.

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<v Speaker 4>Hold up, pride to Santa Barbara. You got TCU gearon.

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<v Speaker 4>You're not in the Cardinals anymore with Matt Carpenter. You

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<v Speaker 4>don't have to suck up to him anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, no, no, no, it's National Signing Day. It's National Signing

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<v Speaker 2>Day today. My son signed, yeah to TCU. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so we were just at his high school, all the

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<v Speaker 2>family there celebrating my son, Brody, and so that's why

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<v Speaker 2>I'm all decked out. I'm usually not like this, I promise,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's that's why I'm all tcu'ed out.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Well, congratulations to you Anderson.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean thank you to interrupt AJ here and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna have to bring on a pick that you

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<v Speaker 3>sent me say congratulations since he signed today. But what

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<v Speaker 3>is this? What is this? And then we'll get into

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<v Speaker 3>your big league crap, because this is the important stuff

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<v Speaker 3>this picture. What does this picture mean? Besides the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that I let get to look at your caves all

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<v Speaker 3>the time on my phone, I get to check him out.

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<v Speaker 3>What does this picture mean for you? Because when guys

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<v Speaker 3>become managers, this is the stuff that you give up.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a picture of you and your son in

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<v Speaker 3>Japan after he the final out.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I right, that's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, What what does it mean? What does it mean?

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<v Speaker 3>Because managers lose a lot. Any coaches in the big

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<v Speaker 3>leagues lose a lot. They lose opportunities to go and

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<v Speaker 3>be with their kids like that. So one, what did

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<v Speaker 3>that mean to watch your son win that? And what

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<v Speaker 3>does it mean to take on the responsibility? And now

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<v Speaker 3>you don't get to see very many of his games

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<v Speaker 3>at the horn purple Frogs or whatever they're called.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I horn Frogs, yes, but I I didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>to see one high school baseball game the first couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years. And that as you know, you guys all

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<v Speaker 2>have kids. You want to feel like you're present with

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<v Speaker 2>your family and your kids. And missing out on some

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<v Speaker 2>really special moments, you know, it takes a toll on you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the kids aren't affected as much as you think,

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<v Speaker 2>but I definitely wore that. You know, I'm every single game,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when you're facetiming my wife taking up bats

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just not the same as being, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in real life watching these at bats or ground balls

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever it is. So when Brody made the USA team,

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<v Speaker 2>there was no way I was missing out on it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you a couple of years ago, when

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<v Speaker 2>I was no longer the manager with the Marlins, and

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<v Speaker 2>see why and and Ross gave me the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>be the special advisor with the Texas Rangers. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>they allowed me to play catch up with my family.

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<v Speaker 2>I got. I didn't miss any soccer games with my daughter,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't miss any baseball games with my son. And

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<v Speaker 2>fast forward, you know, come July and August, all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, he makes this USA team and you know

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<v Speaker 2>we're in Okinawa as a family watching Brody play for

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<v Speaker 2>Team USA. It was a moment I will never forget

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<v Speaker 2>an experience. I'm so grateful that the Texas Rangers allowed

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<v Speaker 2>me to have with my son, and it just filled

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<v Speaker 2>my cup. I'll be honest with you, I just it

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<v Speaker 2>made it all worth it. All the stuff that it's

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<v Speaker 2>happened in the last couple of years worth it. And

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<v Speaker 2>uh now I'm ready to rock and get back into

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<v Speaker 2>the one sixty two grind and very very grateful for

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<v Speaker 2>all this that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Skip, You're inheriting a team that was the best offense

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<v Speaker 1>in baseball in twenty twenty three and that carried them

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<v Speaker 1>to a World Series championship, the first in Rangers franchise history.

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<v Speaker 1>The last two years, the offense has regressed a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there is a lot of young talent. You have

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<v Speaker 1>Evan Carter, you have Wya at Langford. You also have

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<v Speaker 1>great veterans like Corey Seeger and Marcus Simeon coming into

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<v Speaker 1>this year. You've talked a little bit about wanting this

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<v Speaker 1>team to find its real offensive identity. What are your

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<v Speaker 1>overall thoughts about this team's offense and where you think

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<v Speaker 1>there can be some growth.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we need to find ways where we're not just

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<v Speaker 2>so predictable and easy to get out, you know, one

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<v Speaker 2>through nine. I think you know, you need to have

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<v Speaker 2>power in your lineup. You need to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>have guys that have contacts, you need to have guys

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<v Speaker 2>that you know have speed, and you know, up and down.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't think you should be one way, and

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<v Speaker 2>you have to be creative in scoring runs. It's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to score runs in this league. And I do believe

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<v Speaker 2>in the value of the ball put in play, but

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<v Speaker 2>I also love a three run home run. So I

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<v Speaker 2>just we just have to find ways to win today

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<v Speaker 2>and whatever that means. So I just don't think we

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<v Speaker 2>should be one way up and down the lineup. We

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<v Speaker 2>do have a lot of slug We have some really

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<v Speaker 2>good hitters. We had some guys that honestly just had

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<v Speaker 2>some really tough years that if they were just you

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<v Speaker 2>know who they were the last year. I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you'd see a much different offense and and I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's what we're looking forward is having a number of

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<v Speaker 2>guys having some bounce back years. Skip.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, then that leads me to this, what did you

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<v Speaker 4>learn last year while you were there? You've managed before

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<v Speaker 4>and now you just got to sit back and watch Boach?

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<v Speaker 4>Did you help Boach? Were you in the meetings with

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<v Speaker 4>the organization? Because what did you learn while sitting back?

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<v Speaker 4>And then everyone kind of it said, oh, Skip Schumacher,

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<v Speaker 4>he's the manager in waiting.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, boom, here you are.

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<v Speaker 4>Boachie retires, goes back to the Giants, and Skip Schumacher

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<v Speaker 4>is now the manager of the Rangers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I definitely wasn't helping Boach. I don't think he

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<v Speaker 2>was looking to me for any help, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Although I will tell you that Boach was very open

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<v Speaker 2>wanted me, you know, around as much as I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to be around, and I'm very grateful for that. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've been around a lot of rookie managers in my career,

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<v Speaker 2>either playing for or definitely on the coaching side as

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<v Speaker 2>a bench coach. So I had you know, Andy Green

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<v Speaker 2>was a rookie manager, Ollie Marmol was a rookie manager.

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<v Speaker 2>Jase Tingler was a rookie manager. So I got to

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<v Speaker 2>learn from a lot of rookie managers and they're all great,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, I never got a Bruce Bochie to

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<v Speaker 2>sit back and learn from. It also afforded me to

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<v Speaker 2>learn the system in a way a lot of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>managers don't get to do. You know, when you're in

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<v Speaker 2>an interview process for a week or ten days of

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<v Speaker 2>an interview process, you're getting the best version of a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of these guys in the room, in front office

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<v Speaker 2>and scouts and that kind of deal. But what I

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<v Speaker 2>got is I got to learn how the front office

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<v Speaker 2>reacts in wins and losses. I got to understand what

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<v Speaker 2>the coaching staff, how they reacted wins and losses, how

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<v Speaker 2>they developed. I got to learn the farm system. I

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<v Speaker 2>got to learn, you know, who the farm director was.

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<v Speaker 2>So all of that was huge for me to get

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<v Speaker 2>a head start in this thing, which you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of guys you know, don't get the opportunity to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And not in no way did I think I was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just next in line by any means I

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<v Speaker 2>was just trying to be still relevant in the game,

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<v Speaker 2>just in case I got a chance to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>interview for another team, you know, in the next season.

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<v Speaker 3>From an outsider's view here on the show, we talked

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<v Speaker 3>about it before Kevin Palar even came on, talked about

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<v Speaker 3>just looks like they're little rangers, just kind of waiting

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<v Speaker 3>for something to happen. You were inside there, You were

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<v Speaker 3>inside the organization. When you hear something like what Kevin

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<v Speaker 3>Polar said, it just seems like, you know what, we

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<v Speaker 3>showed up. Some guys didn't show up till you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we were on the line stretching before the game. When

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<v Speaker 3>you hear that, going into it as a manager and

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<v Speaker 3>what you saw, can you change that environment? Do you

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<v Speaker 3>have to talk to certain guys and say if that

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<v Speaker 3>was the case, do you have to go to certain

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<v Speaker 3>guys and be like, hey, I need you to be

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<v Speaker 3>more energetic, because I think Corey siegeruld be like, well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll just go and diet homers and I'll just do

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<v Speaker 3>what I do. Can you change that as a manager,

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<v Speaker 3>because if you look at your last job with the Marlins,

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<v Speaker 3>you got a lot out of not that much, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think that can happen with the Rangers too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you know, whatever it was said, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>by Polar and a couple guys, I wasn't in there

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<v Speaker 2>for one sixty two I will, so that's not for

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<v Speaker 2>me to tell you exactly, you know, what went on.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's fair for me. I think if

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<v Speaker 2>you ask, you know, somebody on the coaching st after

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<v Speaker 2>the front office, I think they would have a different

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<v Speaker 2>viewpoint of exactly what was happening inside that clubhouse. I

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<v Speaker 2>do think that you have some really good players in

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<v Speaker 2>that clubhouse that were frustrated on how their season was going.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, a number of guys would react differently

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<v Speaker 2>on on you know, you know Kratzi and aj you

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<v Speaker 2>guys have been in clubhouses and you know, when it's

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<v Speaker 2>not going well, you know, you you do a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit stuff differently than you're used to try to get

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<v Speaker 2>back on track, and probably aren't the nicest person all

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<v Speaker 2>the time to be around. And I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of this is it's a lot of individualized

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<v Speaker 2>stuff is happening in today's game of you know, trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get yourself ready for today's game, whatever that means

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<v Speaker 2>you don't see a ton of guys taking VP a

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<v Speaker 2>lot anymore, you know, very rarely did you see, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>some of the best players in the game taking batting

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<v Speaker 2>practice at five o'clock. It just doesn't happen. It's more

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<v Speaker 2>of a ramp up to today's game. There are guys

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<v Speaker 2>that need to be out there every single day to

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<v Speaker 2>keep getting better. And the last thing, So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think it's a Texas Rangers thing. I think it's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of what the game is nowadays. If guys are

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<v Speaker 2>trying to figure out how they can be the best

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<v Speaker 2>version of themselves tonight and whatever it means for them

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<v Speaker 2>to get ready. I will tell you that the best

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<v Speaker 2>players never think that they have arrived. They are still

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<v Speaker 2>trying to adapt and get better. Our best players are

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<v Speaker 2>still trying to figure out how to get better, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>that means to them stay healthy and to get better.

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<v Speaker 2>And the young guys, you know, I don't think you

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<v Speaker 2>can let them just you know, run, you know, let

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<v Speaker 2>the prisoners run the asylum. I think they still have

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<v Speaker 2>to develop and still work. So I think it's a

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<v Speaker 2>combination of things. And you know, when I get into

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<v Speaker 2>spring training, I think we'll figure out all the dynamic out.

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<v Speaker 2>But part of my last week or last month, i

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<v Speaker 2>should say, is getting in front of all these players

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<v Speaker 2>and talking with them and get one on one time

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<v Speaker 2>and figure out exactly what happened and what way wrong

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<v Speaker 2>and try to get it right next year.

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<v Speaker 1>Skip back in twenty twenty three, Evan Carter came up

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<v Speaker 1>and took the worldwide storm. Seems to starting outfield spot

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<v Speaker 1>was hitting either third or cleanup in every game of

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<v Speaker 1>the World Series. Looked like he was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the runaway winner for American League Work of the Year

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty four and be a cornerstone of the Rangers

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<v Speaker 1>moving forward. It hasn't worked out that way twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four and especially last year he struggled with injuries. The

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<v Speaker 1>production has not been as hoped. When you have a

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<v Speaker 1>young player like this again he's still only twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>years old, who has been at the top, and then

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<v Speaker 1>also have the struggles he's had, how do you approach

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<v Speaker 1>working with him to get back to ultimately what he

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<v Speaker 1>showed he could be when he first came up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you hit it. The nail on the

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<v Speaker 2>head is he's been hurt and when he's healthy he

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<v Speaker 2>is a really really good player. You see what he

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<v Speaker 2>can do in the outfield. His defense is as good

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<v Speaker 2>as anybody's in center field and in the corners. He

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<v Speaker 2>can really run the bases. He's a left handed bat

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<v Speaker 2>that not only can hit for power, but hits for average,

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<v Speaker 2>and we really missed his bat the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 2>If we get him, you know, just to be okay

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<v Speaker 2>against lefties and still be really really good against righty's,

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<v Speaker 2>you have an all star player. And I think everybody

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<v Speaker 2>in our organization feels like Evan is an All Star

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<v Speaker 2>type caliber player that is going to help us win

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<v Speaker 2>another World Series one day, and trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>how to get him on the field. You know, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty games plus is going to be the goal.

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<v Speaker 2>He's still young, he's still developing. You know, he only

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<v Speaker 2>had a handful of bats in the minor leagues before

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<v Speaker 2>he got called up in that World Series run, So

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<v Speaker 2>he is not a finished product. He knows that it's

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<v Speaker 2>a big offseason for him to make sure he gets

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<v Speaker 2>his body right and be ready to play. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and fifty plus games.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, So I gotta ask Skip, how do you

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<v Speaker 4>handle this as a manager in a new organization, right,

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<v Speaker 4>you have some guys that I've told this story Robin

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<v Speaker 4>Ventura when he came to the White Sox, he didn't

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<v Speaker 4>call one person. He went to spring training with a

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<v Speaker 4>fresh leag Didn't you have guys like Alex Korra right

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<v Speaker 4>to try to control every little thing that happens, and

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<v Speaker 4>they fly around the country and they fly around the

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<v Speaker 4>world just because they want frequent flyer miles out. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>but how do you handle this? Do you call the veterans?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you were around last year, so you call

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<v Speaker 4>the veterans. You go around? Because I know other managers

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<v Speaker 4>that fly around and meet with their guys in the offseason.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you that kind of manager or are you a

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<v Speaker 4>hands off until we get the spring training thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've already met with a handful of guys one

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<v Speaker 2>on one where there's lunch at their house, dinner, coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I just had lunch yesterday with the at the younger

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<v Speaker 2>guy on our pitching staff that lives close to me

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<v Speaker 2>here in Orange County, California. So yeah, I've met with

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<v Speaker 2>the majority of the guys already one on one, and

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<v Speaker 2>the guys that I haven't met with yet, I plan

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<v Speaker 2>to meet with. But I have called just about everybody

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<v Speaker 2>trying to knock out the forty man roster of just

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<v Speaker 2>the phone call and just check in and kind of

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<v Speaker 2>player plans this offseason and see what they're they're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>But I have to start building this really these relationships,

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<v Speaker 2>AJ like I I can't start it in spring training

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<v Speaker 2>and try to figure out who these guys are and

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<v Speaker 2>what they've been doing and just hope that you know

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<v Speaker 2>our relationship, you know, some somehow forms in spring training

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<v Speaker 2>a couple hours a day. I just don't think that

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<v Speaker 2>is what the players want nowadays. It's I think players

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<v Speaker 2>want to know where they stand and where I'm what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, and kind of meeting some of the new

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<v Speaker 2>staff members I think is important. So I am definitely

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<v Speaker 2>the I'm not traveling around the world, but I'm definitely

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get some one on one time, whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>just a couple hours or you know, over a dinner,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it is, I am trying to get some FaceTime.

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<v Speaker 3>AJ badly wants to be a manager, so he needs

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<v Speaker 3>to know what the process is because we hear there's like.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to be a manager. Take your hat off.

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<v Speaker 4>Look at all this there and it's not great. Take

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<v Speaker 4>your hat off.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's gone quickly, exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't matter. But the process, the interview process, like

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<v Speaker 3>we hear there's sometimes eight nine hour days. Like do

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<v Speaker 3>they give you like a bathroom break because, like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>you got to get snacks. Do they like are they

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<v Speaker 3>evaluating you as you're eating? Because like your eye candy.

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<v Speaker 3>But nobody can look at somebody for eight hours, Like

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<v Speaker 3>that's just that's too much. Like what does that process

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<v Speaker 3>look like?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you know, even I was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with the organization in the last seven eight months, and

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<v Speaker 2>even my interview process was lengthy. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>what every organization is trying to do, is trying to

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<v Speaker 2>figure you out. The R and D has an hour

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<v Speaker 2>or so with you, The training staff has an hour

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<v Speaker 2>or so with you. You have the front office, you have

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<v Speaker 2>the coaching staff, you have you know, ownership, whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You have these hour or so pockets that you are

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<v Speaker 2>you know, getting questioned on. And I think it's such

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<v Speaker 2>a co laborative type of position that they have to

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<v Speaker 2>make sure that that you are the guy ready to

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to take on a lot of different responsibilities

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<v Speaker 2>in the organization. Yes, there's bathroom breaks and dinners and

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<v Speaker 2>lunches and all that stuff mixed in, and you have

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<v Speaker 2>some fun too. And I think that the healthiest ones

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<v Speaker 2>are the most organic ones that you can interviews, you

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<v Speaker 2>can have. I think the ones that are just rifling

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<v Speaker 2>off question after question, that's when it's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you feel like your your head is spinning, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know which way to turn, and you're forgetting people's names

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a disaster. But I think, you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>think every single department gets an hour or so with

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<v Speaker 2>you to see, you know, how well versed you are,

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<v Speaker 2>what you need to learn more about the organization and

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<v Speaker 2>if you're you know, honestly willing to work with others.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, I got to ask because you brought it up.

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<v Speaker 4>You said, the trainers get an hour with you. I

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<v Speaker 4>played in Texas what is Lucky and Jamie Reid asking

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<v Speaker 4>you for an hour?

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<v Speaker 3>Because I mean, what are they raoul?

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<v Speaker 4>Like the massage guy, what you're saying, Hey, do you

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<v Speaker 4>like next massages? Or like what are they are.

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<v Speaker 1>You going to handle injury reports?

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<v Speaker 3>Like, I mean, what are they doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't it's not the entire training staff so

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<v Speaker 2>you know the massage there, this is not in there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty funny. That would be amazing if that happened.

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<v Speaker 2>But I uh, but I do think the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to figure out how the S and C staff

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<v Speaker 2>you know, works with the training staff works with the

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<v Speaker 2>hitters and the pitchers, and you know, just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out how this whole thing works, right, because the

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<v Speaker 2>last thing you want to do is have guys, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>getting stuff from you know, some really good places. Tread

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<v Speaker 2>is a great place, drive line is a great place,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, we want to you know, make sure

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, we have relationships with you know, those

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<v Speaker 2>types of facilities as well and guys that are working

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<v Speaker 2>there as well. But we also want to have a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of stuff in house for the players and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>as you know, biomechanics is is real in our world,

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<v Speaker 2>and making sure that we're all on the same page

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<v Speaker 2>if they go to the trainer or the S and

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<v Speaker 2>C staff that you know they're aligned with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the pitching in our in our hitting side.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, you're making the lineup? Is that part of

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<v Speaker 3>the negotiations. Are you guys talking about that? Like how

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<v Speaker 3>does that go down? Is that went, Hey, Skip, do

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<v Speaker 3>you have any questions for us?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty confident that I'm making the lineup, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not to say I'm not gonna ask the hitting

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<v Speaker 2>coach what they've been seeing, but I feel like it's

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<v Speaker 2>definitely a staff conversation after the games and if guys

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<v Speaker 2>need a blow and you know how that works, cratsy,

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<v Speaker 2>like sometimes I don't see everything, and if guys are

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<v Speaker 2>grinding in the cage and there's stuff going on at

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<v Speaker 2>home or whatever and they need a day, then they

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<v Speaker 2>need a day. But you know, I'm very grateful that

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<v Speaker 2>See why is you know the president too. I mean he's,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, an All Star World Series champion pitcher, so

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<v Speaker 2>he has some feel and I'm grateful that he, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>gives me, you know, full reign of you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I what I think the lineup should be and how

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<v Speaker 2>it should be constructed. Am I gonna take some projections?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course? I mean it's data, and you want to

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<v Speaker 2>see some recency. You want to see, you know, guys

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<v Speaker 2>what they've done against another guy you know before as

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<v Speaker 2>far as like you know, there are bats against another picture.

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<v Speaker 2>All of that is real. But if you know Corey

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<v Speaker 2>Seeger doesn't have good numbers against a pitcher. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>good chance I'm probably gonna put him in the lineup still,

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<v Speaker 2>so I think there's some feel to this, to this

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<v Speaker 2>thing as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Skip, thank you so much for joining us. We really

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate it, and best of luck your first full

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<v Speaker 1>season as the Rangers manager.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, big fan of big fan of your show. Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks for having me on