WEBVTT - Astros closer Josh Hader joins FT 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:16.040 Astro's closer, Josh Hater, has arrived back on FT. 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:18.680 Josh, good to see you. Man. Has the season treating you? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:21.599 Hey good, We're healthy. That's the biggest thing. Good to 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.880 see you, guys. Thanks for having me on here. Of course, dude, 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.159 to take me through it. Yeah, of course health is 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:30.720 number one for you. How has the rollercoaster ride. 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:32.360 Been for the team this season? 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.080 In I think what's been what anyone could call an 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.320 unpredictable season right the way, especially the AL is shaking out. 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.120 Yeah, I mean we've been up and down. I think 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:43.800 that's obviously you can see that when you watch games. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.120 But we were trying to figure out ways to win 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:48.479 and ultimately that's all you can do throughout this season. 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:53.720 Being in our division, as you know, it's a tight race. 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:58.000 I mean there's not one team that's taken taking it 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.800 away in the AL, I would say, besides the East, 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:02.880 I would say, that's probably like the only division that's 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.640 like set and not even set in stone. But it's 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.000 like you got some guys or teams that are doing well. 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:11.120 But for us, I mean it's a tight race. I 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:14.840 mean we're two games up and I think as long 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.280 as we continue to figure out ways to win and 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:19.520 take it day by day. I think we're gonna you know, 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.680 look up and hopefully be in a good position. 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.120 Hey buddy, good to see you again. 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.959 How difficult was the beginning of the year, not being 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.560 able to be healthy and start with your guys and 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:33.560 especially them not getting off to a good start. But 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:36.520 how thankful are you that you really took your time 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:38.559 made sure you were healthy before you got back, because 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:40.360 you're back being as dominant as ever. 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:42.559 Good to see you too, brother. 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.280 I would say, you know, the the biggest thing obviously 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:47.720 as a competitor, you want to be out there with 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.880 the team. I mean, ultimately, if you're on the sideline 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.640 and not being able to contribute, that's probably one of 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:57.800 the worst feelings. But for me, it was what can 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.680 I do to be right and when I come back, 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:04.080 how can I stay and sustain the rest of the season, 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:08.000 because you know, for me, that was my first time 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.440 I've ever really been on the I L and kind 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:13.320 of pairing those back to back for the end of 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.640 the season. Then the beginning of this season, it was like, man, 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:20.079 I really gotta, you know, get this right. But once 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:21.760 I felt like I was in a good spot, and 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.800 I was able to, uh, you know, get the more 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:29.320 reps of you know, up downs and back to backs 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:33.280 and just getting that recovery for my tissue. Once I 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.760 felt like I was good and strong. I think that 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:37.959 was ultimately where I was like, all right, this is 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.360 gonna We're in a good spot. Let's let's keep moving 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.120 on and you know, we'll figure it out throughout the season. 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:48.000 You've stayed tremendously healthy through your career. When that when 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:52.000 that crept up last year, were you like how long 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.560 were you like I got to pitch through this, Like 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.480 no way, this is this is anything out of the normal? 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.400 Or was it like no way, I can't I go 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:01.560 any farther than today. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:06.320 Honestly it was it was right after, right around the 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.960 last game in New York, and I was getting warmed up, 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.480 and it was like I felt something odd and I 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.680 was like, man, it feels like my subscap needs to 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.920 be released, and I'm like, I'm gonna push through it. 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.640 We ended up scoring I think three or four runs 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.520 on that Sunday game, so I didn't have to come in. 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:27.040 I was actually worn up in the eighth to come in. 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.400 We got out of it, warmed up again in the 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.560 ninth we ended up popping a couple of runs and 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.520 I'm like, I go back in. I'm like, dog, thank you, 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.640 Like I appreciate y'all because I don't know, I would 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:40.080 have probably been throwing eighty. But like I said, as 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.400 a competitor, you got to figure it out. But after 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.800 that that night, I came back in Monday and I'm like, yeah, 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.840 something doesn't doesn't seem right to me, and wanted to 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:52.000 get it all checked out. And that's kind of where 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:53.000 we came with the capsule. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:56.320 Yeah, I do want to ask you a question. I 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.280 know you don't have a ton of experience because you've 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.400 been mostly healthy in your queer, But sometimes we make 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.800 this judgment on guys, especially closers that are coming back 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.240 from a rehab and you know they're getting hit around. 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:10.840 How difficult it is it to pitch on a rehab assignment, 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.480 especially as a closer, when you're normal, You're you're used 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.200 to coming in to the game at the biggest moment, 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.520 all this adrenaline, the games on the line. How difficult 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:22.440 is it to just kind of check those boxes in 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:23.640 triple A or double A. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.000 Yeah, I would think ultimately it's the adrenaline rush. Right, 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.680 you're not getting at adrenaline rush that you would in 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.080 a big league game. But at the same time, for me, 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.120 it was how's my fastball lines? How are my slider lines? 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.120 Like in double A, I gave up a homer for 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.520 with a fastball up, and I'm like, well, that's going 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.000 to happen. But I know that if I'm going to 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:49.040 continue to drill this spot, it's going to be beneficial 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:50.680 for me in the long run. Like I'm not really 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.760 paying attention too much to the results, but of how 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.240 am I executing these pitches. And I realized that that 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.000 specific pitch to the fastball didn't get to the inside 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.120 out of the plate. So now that next outing, I'm like, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.520 all right, I'm only going to throw to the inside 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.760 of this this plate, whether it's up or down, like 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.400 this is where I'm staying. And then from there I 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:11.440 work the slider off of that, and then I just 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:16.120 try and figure out where I need to be. And 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:20.359 then you know, if I give up three home runs, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.679 like ultimately, if I'm making my pitches great, like that's 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.000 all I need to do and all I need to see, 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.040 and if I can command the command the zone and 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.479 be able to expand the zone. Yeah, that's gonna sit 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:34.200 you right where you need to be. Then you add 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:35.919 the adrenaline when you get to the big leagues, and 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.800 then it's like, all right, well I already know my 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.640 lines and I know where I need to be. So 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.760 add that adrenaline. You're gonna hopefully get a little uptick 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:45.960 and you know, be right where you need to be. 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:50.039 I mean, obviously that's not always the case, but you know, 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.400 you just like spring training, you want to put yourself 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.080 in a good position when you start the season. 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:57.760 Hey, for those of you that are on your phone, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:05:59.960 it's very often, or even if you don't use it much, 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:02.719 you should check out your wireless bill and make sure 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.440 that it is treating you well. It's summertime. 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CEE mintmobile dot com. 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.080 Brother, it's been nine years since you've been to the bushes? 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:03.600 How much has how much is Minor League Baseball changed 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.080 since you were there? I think did you play in 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.160 Colorado Springs? Was that where they were? Were they in Nashville? 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:09.800 Yeah? 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:14.280 Colorado Springs? Yeah? How much do you play well? 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.240 I mean they got better food now, I mean I 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.400 was in Double A and I'm like, man, they got 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:21.200 some good spreads and they got a dietitian. She's whipping 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.920 up you know, shakes and stuff like that. So I'm like, man, like, 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.720 good for them, Like that's what we want ultimately, Like 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.840 we want every level to you know, have that. And 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.960 obviously that's what we fight for for the next generation, 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.720 is to you know, be better than what we had. 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:40.400 I mean, obviously we got them housing and paid more. 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.000 So it's like for us, we were sleeping with six 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.360 guys in the living room, and it's like that's just 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:46.920 what you had to do to make it by And 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.240 you know, obviously those stories are fun, but at the 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.200 same time, like you don't want a guy trying to 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:54.880 make it to the big leagues grinding like that. 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.480 But I mean it's also part of it. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.560 Yeah, definitely, definitely, like it's fun stories, but you didn't 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.640 need to talk about somebody sleeping on an air mattress 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:09.120 with five other dudes in the same apartment. But so 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.400 the question always is for me when dudes rehabbing, I 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.600 think he threw nine games. Did you go five in 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.840 double A, five and four and triple A something like that? 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:21.240 Couldn't tell you it wasn't keeping track. 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.440 Okay, but you were down there for a little bit. 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.320 Did you did you get the boys? 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.840 What's what's the play Now? You don't buy the boys spread? 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.079 The boys already got good food, by your record, So 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:34.440 what do you what do you get them? 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:35.840 You got them a good I got them. 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:37.240 I got them some sushi. 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:41.000 Uh. In Double A, we got sushi, we got fried rice. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.240 All that that jazz hooked them up. I mean I 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.160 was there for two weeks. 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:47.600 Uh so that was nice. 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.680 And then when we were in Triple A, I got 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:54.080 there's a steakhouse up the road, got some fat steaks, 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.400 probably one of my favorite sikes that I've had in 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:57.000 a spread. 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.080 But you know, did it did it big? Like that? 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.280 I mean, dude, they're they're you know, taking care of 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.560 me and and you know, just treating me, treating me well. 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.320 So that's the least I can do. And you know, 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.000 I feel like you can't. That's just like a tradition, 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.320 like when you when you come down, you rehab, you 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:16.600 take care of the people, and you know, that's ultimately 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.720 what I was passed down to. So I felt like 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.120 it was it was my time to pay it forward. 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:24.760 Yeah, no, I get that. 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.080 I get that, But now you're just paying for the 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:28.959 spreads that the teams aren't going to pay for. 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:33.720 So nah, no, nah, man, I mean it's better. It's 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.319 a little bit better food, you know what I mean, 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.559 Like it's better than what it was. But like, okay, 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:39.880 I mean you know what I mean, Like you're still 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:41.920 I mean, I think in tripa A they were getting 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.280 they had chefs there that they were cooking in the 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.560 house of the stadium. But I don't know, man, you 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.480 get you get some fresh food from a restaurant, I mean, 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.400 it just tastes different. It's in two Like they probably 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:56.000 eat the same food every other home stand, so it's like. 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:57.000 Change it up a little bit. 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:01.240 I like that. I like that. Hey, first off, take 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.000 care of the people, no doubt. 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:07.600 Sorry, Hey, first off, congrats on your five hundredth career appearance. 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:11.000 That's an incredible accomplishment. But I think a lot of 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.240 the baseball world obviously knows, Josh Shader. I think a 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:16.000 lot of the baseball world knows, Brian to Brad, you 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:17.880 give me some love about some of these other guys 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:20.440 in your bullpen that maybe the baseball world doesn't know about, 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.800 because you guys have had a really nice back end 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:24.400 of that bullpen. 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.440 Yeah, thank you for the five hundred's. 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:32.040 It's it's hard to think about when one of our 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.360 guys came up to me and say, congrats on five hundred, 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.000 and I'm like, I feel like it should be a 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:38.800 good thing. I don't know, it just it feels like 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:43.720 a wild feat but yeah, it's just hopefully another five 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.000 hundred more. But no, our bullpen man, we got some 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.120 dogs and that's what you need in the in the pen, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:54.840 we got Okurt Seuss, bk Aj, day Low, and then 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.280 we have some guys coming up and then EMI's in there. 0:10:57.360 --> 0:10:59.079 I mean, we just got a good group of dudes 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.680 that you know, it's it's fun to be around, It's 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.720 it's easy to go in like you know, it feels 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.920 like obviously like you want that to be a brotherhood, right, 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.680 and I mean for as much time as we spend together, 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.559 Like that's what it feels like, and that's what ultimately 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.920 you're trying to have each other's backs through everything, whether 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:21.520 it's good, bad, whatever, So you know, just having those 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.120 guys being able to joke around but also be serious 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:24.959 at the same time. 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:26.400 Like I mean, we. 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:30.480 Obviously at the beginning of the season, some of these 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.000 guys like Okra and BK and day Low, they were 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.640 they were putting in some work. You know, AJ has 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.079 been a fun one to watch and watch him grow 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.080 out obviously as a starter in the minor leagues and 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.640 coming up and kind of transitioning into that role role 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:47.439 was it's it's fun to see. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.559 I mean, obviously, you know, you. 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:53.319 Never know how you're gonna do with routine base I 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:56.320 mean because being a starter, I mean, you have forty 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:58.679 minutes before the game, you have four days in between, 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.600 so it's like, what can I do to make sure 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.720 I'm still getting my work in, But I'm still ready 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:05.520 to pitch this day and maybe tomorrow. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:06.559 And for what. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:11.640 He's done, go on multiples leverage, you know, coming in 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:16.360 second inning sometimes like those things matter. And when you're 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.439 able to kind of just put your head down and 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.400 do the right stuff, like ultimately that's going to put 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:22.840 you in a good position long term. 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:24.679 And then you know, that's the same position with the 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:25.120 oak Man. 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:30.200 I mean, he gets called in anytime, and he's ultimately 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.600 the fire man. You know, I guess I have that name, 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.720 but ultimately he's the man that puts out all the fires. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.880 And it's, uh, it's fun to see him do his thing, 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.720 and uh, you know, just get the opportunity to uh 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:45.840 just dominate. 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:48.960 You're the fire chief. You're the one that shows up 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.880 after all the smokes out. But like you make sure 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:55.360 all the all the teaser crossing the eyes are dotted. 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.960 But who's the good job clown? Who's the clown down there? 0:12:59.640 --> 0:12:59.800 Man? 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.040 He's a he's I wouldn't say he's a clown, but 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:03.920 he's just funny. 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:04.120 Man. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.520 He's just the way he keeps us going. He's always 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.280 got something for us to keep us entertained. And uh, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:14.320 you know, I think he's a good, good guy to 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.760 have in our pen. And just he brings that group 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:19.800 together and that's what you need. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:22.880 Hey, I got I got one more for you. I 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:26.320 got one baseball question, one not baseball question. We know 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.880 how the American League West is still up for grabs. 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:31.840 You guys haven't played your best baseball right now. What 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.360 do you kind of sink your teeth into? Is it 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.160 the experience being battle tested with that group of guys. 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.040 And then my second question is I think your property 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:41.440 is in Iowa. I want to know about the deer. 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.680 Yeah, I mean I think I think it's just playing 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:52.160 good baseball, right, Like when you have situations where you 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:55.280 can move runners around. I think when you can do that, 0:13:55.280 --> 0:14:00.360 that's when you're you're moving and you're gonna win more games. Ultimately, 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:03.360 we haven't been able to do that consistently. 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.840 But I mean we we have. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.160 We have the guys to do it. We have the team, 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.680 the team that can you know, push this thing. And 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:13.720 I think you know, once you get on that role 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.400 and you've seen it in baseball where you you hop 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.880 on that train, you know, September and you move it 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.440 into the playoffs, like anything could happen. 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:22.960 So ultimately, I. 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.440 Think it's hold and strong with what we're doing, but 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.000 obviously there's room for improvement. I think there's always room 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.680 for improvement. You know, you go through one hundred and 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.400 sixty two games, you're gonna have the ups and you're 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.800 gonna have the downs, and it's it's really you know, 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.160 trying to catch that up right at the right time, 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.880 especially at the end of this year. So for us, 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.880 it's it's keep our head down and do. 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.120 What we do best. I mean, we we. 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.040 Have a solid core, and I think you know, when 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.720 you get those guys moving, it's a hard lineup to navigate. 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.800 And then second on your second question, I do have 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:02.720 some property up north, and I've been crushing the trailcam pictures. 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.400 We got some, We got some big boys out there, 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.680 So I need to start shooting my bow getting that ready. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:12.360 But no, I'm excited, but I can't look to to ahead. 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:17.160 Gotta focus on the baseball part of it, and then hopefully, 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:21.360 hopefully we get this parade and then be able to 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.400 go out there and sit and stand and relax a 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:23.880 little bit. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.040 For the families out there looking for a new path 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.360 to help your child succeed, take a look at K 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:37.320 twelve Powered Schools. 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You probably got 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:36.720 the crossbows you're able to get. 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.400 In that crazy Oh, we can't hear you. 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:41.680 We can't hear you right now. We know what kind 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:43.960 of hunt you do. Uh? 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.280 Did you see you? You watch a lot of baseball. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.720 Did you see Pete Alonzo's foul ball yet last night? 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:50.600 No? 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:52.000 I missed that, but I heard. 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.040 I caught you guys talking about it when I was 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.880 coming in, and I didn't see it. I don't know 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.360 if you want to put if you got it up, 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.520 you can pull it up just so I can see it, uh. 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.280 And give you my my rundown. 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:07.119 But I did hear about the automatic like the foul line, 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:08.919 and I think we should do it like tennis. I 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:12.040 mean to your point, like lasers or whatever we have. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:16.040 We have track man or hawkeye that can do this stuff. 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:20.400 And it's like those foul lines aren't moving, so why 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:21.600 not do like tennis? 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:22.160 You know what I mean? 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.040 Like tennis literally has it to where it's if it's 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.280 hitting that line, it's in. 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:29.560 Did you see, let me see it. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.120 Let's run. Yeah, yeah, I got it. 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:33.919 You got that fair or foul. 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.800 The top one, so is the right one where it's falling. 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.399 Yeah, the the left one, the left one is obviously 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:45.960 where it's going. 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:48.639 Yeah. 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:50.240 Yeah, for sure, I got that. 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:54.720 Fair ball for sure, even when you're pitching, I mean 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:59.280 hopefully not, I mean yeah, I mean yeah, if I'm pitching, 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:00.520 I'm like, that's a foul ball. 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.800 No, I mean I mean that looks that looks like 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:05.560 a fair ball to me. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.560 I mean because you got to think the left side 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:12.520 of the of the pole is is is the line, 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:16.160 and then the right side is in play. So if 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:19.080 it's even halfway on that pole, I mean it's a 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:19.520 fair ball. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:21.560 I mean that's my take on it. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:23.560 Yeah, no, for sure, for sure. 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.879 Is there something else that that you would like to see, 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.159 Like if obviously it came up last night, so that's 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.399 why we're talking about it. Is there something else that 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.520 you'd be like, I gotta I gotta see this change. 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.200 It seems like so much common sense that we should 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:41.000 be able to take care of this at every ballpark. 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.040 Yeah, I mean, I think it's the foul lines, right like, 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:48.880 I mean, it's the I mean, that's as simple as 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:52.560 it gets. But I mean, I don't have anything that 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.159 comes to mind. I don't, but you know, obviously, with 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.040 the topic coming up, I think that's an easy fix 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.399 you can I mean, even if you put a camera 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.200 down the flag the foul poles and you just run 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:04.800