WEBVTT - Rays reliever Craig Kimbrel joins 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:07.840 M M. 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:12.760 Fun year for the Rais And we're talking to Craig 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:15.360 Kimball right now, raise reliever joining us back on FT. 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:17.159 Thank you so much for doing this, Craig, great to 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.080 have you on. How's life dude, How are you liking 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:20.040 the rays right now? 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:22.960 Yeah, the weather down here in Florida is nice. 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:25.880 It's nice and hot, but it's nice to be back 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.600 in the trot, you know, just kind of thinking about 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.000 what they did last year outside down here in this weather. 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.959 It's uh, seems nice, nice and happy to be back 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:36.240 in this trump canfield. 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.280 When you're walking in, when you're walking in, because you 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.479 probably have a close spot at the trot because it 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.360 goes on service time. We've talked about that. But when 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.400 you're walking in and you got get a little armpit 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:50.360 sweat and you're like, I'm getting chest sweat too, do 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.239 you think about that? Is that like your thought, like 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:53.920 I'm glad we are not outside? 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:57.080 No, absolutely, every day, just get in, get in, getting 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.920 the ac and get going. You know, he still gets 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.760 way going inside, but it's it's nothing like being outside 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:04.520 in the summertime in Florida for sure. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:06.080 I mean, are you. 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:07.760 Still throwing the rod and are you still throwing the 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:09.480 rod in the water a little bit, though, Like you 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:10.039 can handle this. 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.200 You know, since I've been down there, I haven't. I 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.919 haven't yet. I did a lot of fishing in spring training. 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.280 But uh, you know, they gotta worry about my job 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:21.160 right now. I can't be ripping lips too much right now. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:23.880 Okay, Well that's all I was gonna ask you. How 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.400 focused do you need to be on your job? And 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:29.080 I got so many different ways to go about that 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.000 because a lot of times you see veterans and they're like, 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.160 WRONGM good, Like I know exactly what I need to do. 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:35.920 How much do you at the focus and stay away 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.000 from like the other things that kind of get in 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:39.480 the way. 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:41.560 I think, I think a lot of a lot of 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.759 times that all depends on where you are, you know 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.520 they're there. There are times physically and mentally you show 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.000 up and you're like, I can feel like I can pick. 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:50.960 Up the ball and go out there and do my 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.160 job and and not think about it too much. And 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:54.560 then there's other times where you're like. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:56.520 You know, I need to hone something in a little 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.880 bit and I need to practice something a little bit more, 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:01.920 you know, let it be focused I need to shift 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.440 my focus a little bit more towards, you know, my daily. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:07.080 Routine if it's something's changed. 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.079 But anytime you get a chance to step away and 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.600 fish or golf or do anything like that, that can 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.320 be actually something to be very good. Just kind of 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:18.320 get your mind off of it at times because we 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.520 got such a long season. But I'm just saying right 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.960 now and in my progress coming off the il and 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.440 getting back on the field, it's definitely more on getting 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.639 back to my routine than it is taking care of 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:31.200 my hobbies. 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:32.960 How hard is. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.959 That as a veteran guy thinking about anytime you're on 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.680 IO when you were younger compared to now. Because we 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.200 just talked about ver Land and if you saw his 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.280 quote was you know, you want to push your body 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.040 to the limit till it breaks, and he goes, maybe 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.680 it's actually breaking right now because he just pulled his 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.760 hamstring and he's gonna be out for four weeks. How 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.160 hard is that at this point in your career to 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.600 be able to one deal with but two also be 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:01.760 able to rehab from. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.600 No, I mean absolutely. I think a lot of times 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:11.160 it depends on what it is, obviously, But you know, 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.120 playing this game for so long you get an idea 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.520 of when things feel right and when things feel wrong 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.280 and how far you can push your body, because I 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.440 mean that's what we do as professional athletes, as we 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.440 were out there and push our bodies to the limit 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.760 every opportunity that we get to go out there, cover 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:29.080 and then go out there and do it again. 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.120 So we kind of have a pretty good gauge. 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:36.280 Of where our meter is and controlling that and knowing 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.560 when we need to push through and gain more or 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.480 if we're in a spot that is a good spot 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:45.440 to be in, let it be strength, speed, you name it. 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:48.360 There are spots that you want to be in and 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:50.160 you can hold onto and then there are times where 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:51.720 you're like, hey, I can I can keep on building, 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.400 I can keep on getting stronger. I feel like I 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.560 can hit the ball harder or throw the ball harder, 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.880 and you can you can feel like, hey, I'm gaining, 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:02.560 I'm growing and it's not slowing me down. 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.320 So the body feels pretty good. 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:06.800 And I think it's just a constant battle throughout the 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.000 season of you know, finding that line and then staying 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.680 on it, because as soon as you take a day off, 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.880 you're sometimes you're having to take too many, too many 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:17.200 days to get back to where you were. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.240 Right when you came on the show and you saw 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.160 yourself on the screen, did you look at the did 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.240 you look at your hat and go, oh, that's right, 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.960 that's right, yep, yep raise. Has it been hard to 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.800 keep up with the fact that now you're with the Rais? 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:32.760 I think this is your eleventh big league team? 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:33.160 Correct? 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:35.960 Yeah, I think so. I think I can't even keep 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:40.560 up with that now. I just, uh, I enjoy the game, 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:45.760 the game itself. You know, no matter what uniform you're 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:50.560 putting on or what hat you're wearing, you know, the 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.920 game is the same. 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I mean, I have, you know, 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.520 the opportunity, like I just said, to share the things 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.679 that I've learned, But man, I'm getting so much back 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:59.960 from you know, the guys. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.360 I'm getting the experience each. 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.839 And every day with you know, getting to bring my 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.560 kids in here and then let them experience, you know, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.640 daddy being a big leaguer and what it is to 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.720 you know, learn manners and how to be around a 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:15.640 group of guys that are in here working and just 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.160 all those those little things that I've really started enjoy 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:20.800 over the last couple of years, just being able to 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:22.640 bring my family in here and letting them be a 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:23.080 part of it. 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.640 And it's very gratifying. 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.160 And then I enjoyed every single day and you know, 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:29.760 if I can wake up tomorrow and come back in 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.880 here and then do it again, I'm got's say it's 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:32.360 a good day. 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:34.160 That's so sick. 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.640 What did the Mets say, Well, can you walk us 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.240 through like when the Mets signed you, called you up 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.200 to the big leagues, to the point of when they 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.280 got rid of you. Is it still at this point 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:47.600 in your career, it's not you, it's us. It's a 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:51.640 numbers thing. What was the conversation that conversations that you 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:52.160 had with. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.920 Them, I mean it's a lot. 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.080 I mean we I would say my experience with the 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:01.080 New York Mets was an extremely positive one. The you know, 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.640 the respect that they gave me, the conversations that we 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.600 have through you know, bringing me into camp, not making 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.880 the open date roster, and then eventually get the opportunity 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.560 to come and try to help them out, and just 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.160 conversating through that and you know, understanding what my role 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.360 was with the team, and you know what I was 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:23.320 trying trying to achieve physically to you know, obviously still 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.400 trying to help the team win each and every night. 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.400 And I think our conversation between you know, me and 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.880 the organization was amazing. They treated me well first class, 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:36.719 and they gave me this opportunity to be down here 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.079 in Tampa. 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:39.199 Something that they didn't have to do. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.800 But in respect for me and knowing that I want 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.080 to pitch at the big league level, they gave me 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.840 this opportunity and I have to thank them a lot 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:47.080 for that. 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.200 Are there and I should have looked this up. Any 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.520 player teammates that you've played with the last two years 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:55.240 that are young guys that have. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:58.720 Gone, Holy, yeah, that's Craig Kimbrel. 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:02.920 Is anybody like enamored by the fact that you're Craig Kimberrel. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.600 That's like a young guy that's just into the league. 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:09.920 Yes, and no, I think I think it goes away 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:11.440 pretty quick once they get to know me. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.600 I think over the last year or so, I think 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:15.960 it's been more of a fun game. 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.280 The youngest guy on the team to come up and 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.160 tell me that he watched me when he was in 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:24.360 elementary school or or middle school or or whatnot, and 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:25.640 you know, it's fun. 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:27.560 I really enjoy it. 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.400 Kind of it lets me know how long I've been 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.120 haven't had this opportunity to do this, and you know, 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:35.760 always those guys at one point, you know, I got 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.720 an opportunity at twenty one years old to play with 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.480 a guy that I looked at as you know, one 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:45.760 of the greatest players, being an Atlanta fan, and you 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:47.280 know I was. I was in that shoot too, So 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:52.920 you know, it's it's fun, it's we have fun with it. 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:55.520 It's you know, it's I'm glad I can sit here 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.079 and say that guys get the joke on that I'm 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.240 still playing, because you know, I enjoy showing up every 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.600 day and a lot of a lot of times if 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:06.920 they joke on me too much about being old, I'm like, 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:07.959 come on, let's go in the weight room. 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:09.240 Let's see if you can keep up with me. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:14.040 So, yeah, it's a lot of games exactly. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.360 I obviously I was never a good player, but I 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:18.240 played for a long time and I know it was 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.679 like to be old and the old jokes all that stuff. 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.080 But you got to give me at least one guy 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.760 who You're like, man, I can't believe that guy like 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.280 told me he played like who was somebody that came 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.720 up to you and said it that. You're like, yeah, 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:32.080 I'm gonna definitely call him. 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:32.680 Out for it. Here. 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.720 Oh man, I'll go ahead and put this one because 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.240 I don't know if you'll talk to him. But earlier 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.720 in the year, we're kind of joking on the bus 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:45.760 about what, you know, like if someone was a millennial 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.520 or gen Z and someone was like, what, what's Craig 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.400 and Carson Bingch said, he is any from the Great Depression? 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:56.959 And so that was that was a pretty quick turnaround. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.200 And he kind of hid in the back of the bus. 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.240 But I'm sure sure someone put him up to it. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.960 But that was a that was a pretty good one. 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.480 I'm not that old, obviously, but I got the gist 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:08.040 of this joke. 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.080 Wait, wait, okay, so so people don't know, people don't know, 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.439 like hiding in the back of the bus. You put 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.079 him in the you put him in the pooper, right, 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.120 You put him in the toilet for saying that. 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.200 Right now, I might have made him bring bring me 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:22.880 a drink and just set it right in front of 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:23.760 me and not drink it. 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:25.920 But he didn't have to go, he didn't have to 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:26.640 go in the bathroom. 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.400 I think it was a pretty short bus ride. 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:32.640 You're so nice, You're such a You're such a nice. 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:35.199 Time too nice sometimes I think, I think, so. 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.439 Okay, well, that's why the rookies. I always I always 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.800 told people the rookies haven't changed, like they still have 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.040 the same mouth as when you were when you were 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.280 a rookie. Almost said freshman when you were a rookie. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.400 The difference is the veterans have changed. You're so much nicer. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.760 Chipper would have never let you say that when you 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:51.560 were a rookie. 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.640 Oh, absolutely not, No, absolutely not. 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.120 Yeah, there's there's there's a lot more rookies nowadays though, 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:02.040 so it's kind of kind of the kind of gang 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:02.560 up on us. 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.840 You know, that's true. That's true. 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.200 Hey, one quick question about the closer on your team, 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:11.280 Brian Baker, who's not really closed until this year. Do 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.679 you have conversations or has he asked you any questions 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.160 about being a closer, Because I always talk about on 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:21.400 the show and other guys conversating, we talk about closing 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.200 is different. Yes, it's still three outs. Yes, it's the 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.680 main part of the lineup usually two, three, four. But 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.320 do you guys have any of those kinds of conversations 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.720 since he's essentially new to it at I think like 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:34.280 thirty one or thirty two years old. 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.200 I think we've had we've definitely had conversations about pitching 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.800 and when do you use things and how to use 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:46.560 things and kind of seeing moments. But you know, I 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.560 played with Bake a couple of years ago in Baltimore 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.559 and got to know him there, got to see the 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.960 stuff that he has and his stuff's electric and being 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.640 two years moved from that and seeing what he's doing now, 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:05.320 I see, I see someone who's understands how to compete 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.880 in what they have and then taking the next step 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:12.240 and using his competitive mentality to make, you know, make 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:15.760 it even that much better. You know, he's he's always 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.720 been a huge competitor, very fiery guy, and now you 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:20.839 put him, put him in a role where he can 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.360 finish the game and then the last out that he makes, 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.840 it can take a breath and celebrate with the team. 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.160 I think he's really embraced that role and he carries 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:32.440 that role. He wants that role, and he's you can 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.559 see how much success he's having with it. I mean, 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.760 he's very very happy to see him do that, especially 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.000 you know, I played with him two years ago and 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:42.840 seeing where he was and what he's been able to, 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:46.640 you know, mold and turn himself into as a competitor, 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:50.400 a big leaguer and now you know, going out there 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.320 closing games and what he's been able to do to 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.120 you know, put the team on his back. It's very 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.479 very encouraging to see and very happy for him. 0:13:57.840 --> 0:13:59.920 Craig, you've been in the game a long time. Can 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:06.240 you recall your scariest moment in the bullpen? Visiting walk, 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.439 like just sitting in the bullpen, maybe even walking into 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.600 the game, like where you were like, Okay, that took 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.680 another level more than just like hey Greg, you shut 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.320 up all that stuff bull. 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.120 I mean I think it for all of it. I 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:24.720 think you have to go back to the first one. 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.840 You know, the first time you go down to the bullpen, 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.200 the first time you get and you're sitting there and 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:31.520 you're waiting for the phone ring. 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.240 You don't know if it's going to be you. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:36.800 You're you're nervous, you're excited, you don't know how to feel, 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:38.880 you don't know what to think. 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.960 I think I think the first opportunity. 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:46.400 You get to go out there and compete is the 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.240 most nervous and most exciting I think you'll ever be 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:51.280 as a professional. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:57.640 So do you think that fans now are better than 0:14:57.640 --> 0:14:58.160 they were? 0:14:58.440 --> 0:14:58.560 Like? 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.840 How are fans these days visiting bullpens, you know, like 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.760 I didn't. Didn't you have a fan chuck something at 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:06.720 you once or twice in like phill your New York. 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.280 Yeah, probably probably. 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:09.600 More than I know. 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.000 You know, there's only only No. 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:15.960 One coming out of New York in eighteen during the playoffs, 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:17.240 I had a beer thrown at me. 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.640 But yeah, but I'm sure, I'm sure I've made a couple. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.400 Of people want to throw some stuff at me over 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:24.600 the years. But that just kind of that kind of 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:25.400 comes with the job. 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.200 Yeah, And if you're dominating, they don't they're. 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:29.880 Not too bad. They're not too bad down the bullpen. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:33.280 I mean, security usually does a pretty good job as 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.880 long as they keep it PG and you know, make 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.240 it to where you know, kids aren't hearing things they shouldn't. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.440 You know, I think we enjoy it sometimes when when 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.520 they get pretty funny and you can make us laugh. 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:46.280 You know, I think you're doing a pretty good job. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.720 Okay, So now I want to get to a very 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:53.160 important last part of the conversation here. So we teamed 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.560 up with Simon's Hart to make sure that people aware 0:15:56.560 --> 0:16:00.240 of heart health and how conditions can be cure. If 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.480 you get on top of it early on. I'll explain 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.000 more in a moment, but can you explain your connection 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:07.440 to a cause like this. 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:14.360 Yeah, you know we've been been involved in various different 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.320 organizations over the years, not not just heart health, but 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:22.040 just you know health in general, cancer, you know, not 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.760 trying to help children, but you know this, you know 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.000 it comes to heart health. It's something that me and 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:31.160 my family have walked through firsthand. Our daughter was born 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:35.440 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and you know, just walking 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.600 through that and you know, she's she's good now, she's 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.400 eight years old, she's she's gone through that process. But 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:44.520 you know, just learning how you know, how easy it 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.480 is to be born and something not be right or 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.400 you know, something to evolve over time. You know, heart 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.520 health is it's something we don't talk about a lot. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.720 It's something that is extremely important for us to just 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:01.280 survive and you know, learning through it and learning how 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.679 common it is for people to be kids to be 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.439 born with it or people to develop it over the years. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:09.800 You know, it's something we got to pay attention to. 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.040 You know, the more we're aware about you know, how 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.800 we physically work or you know how you know diet wise, 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.639 what's best for us based on you know, who we 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.720 are as a person or how our body works. You know, 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.760 all those things are very important, and it all starts 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:30.280 with the heart. And without it, we wouldn't be walking around. 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.320 So I'm glad y'all brought this up. Something that's very 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:36.159 important to be in my family. We walk through it 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.000 every single day and and will for the rest of 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.879 our daughter's life. But you know, it's it's amazing that 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:46.080 there's there's so many organizations and hospitals and people out 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:49.520 there that put so much time, effort, money into you know, 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.080 helping people save their lives, save people's lives and loved 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.840 ones lives, and you know, just making it to where 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.520 you know, it's not a it's not something that will 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.000 you know, in the life life, but something that we 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:04.840 you know, can work through and and and you know, 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:06.200 understand a little bit better. 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:07.440 Yeah. 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.960 I mean, most hard conditions are detectable and treatable. So 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.480 if you don't mind, do you remember the time period 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.240 when you were experiencing that, and you know how scary 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.119 it was, how much you learned about the situation, and 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:21.560 how much it was helpful to have, you know, support 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.240