1 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: I'm here with brave centerfielder center fielder Michael Harris. I'm 2 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: gonna hit you with a tough question right away. We 3 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: played together in twenty twenty three. In twenty twenty four, 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: I got asked by a reporter who do I think 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: could win the National League MVP? 6 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 2: And I chose you. What's it gonna take for you 7 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 2: to prove me? 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 3: Right? 9 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 4: I think exactly what I'm doing right now kind of 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 4: came into spring knowing, knowing what it took, what it 11 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 4: probably takes to get to that next level offensively for me, 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 4: and I guess right now I'm being more selective and 13 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 4: kind of find the right pitches to swing at and 14 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 4: kind of accumulated some walks already. So hopefully that translates 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 4: into the season and it can kind of prove you 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 4: right there you go. 17 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 5: We'd love to see it. 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 6: So for our audience, I don't think we had you 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 6: last year, at least not later in the year. So 20 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 6: can you just kind of run through your evaluation of 21 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 6: the season. It was kind of wild, right, I think 22 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 6: well documented. You went through some ups and downs early 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 6: on in the season, then you just tore it up late. 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 6: So what did you see when you were able to 25 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 6: evaluate your season in the off season on how things 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 6: changed and what you learned from it. 27 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I would say the first half it's pretty nasty. 28 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 4: Didn't know, didn't know what was going on, didn't know 29 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 4: what to fix, was trying different things. It will work 30 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 4: for a couple of days and then go back to 31 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 4: not really feel like myself. Until I came to the 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 4: conclusion of my hands weren't getting to where I needed 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 4: them to be. I would try to do drills in 34 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 4: the case to exaggerate and get them up, and they 35 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 4: were never they would never get up there. So I 36 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 4: went it just said why not move my hands back up. 37 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 4: I made the change when I got caught up to 38 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 4: them from up to down, so I don't think it'd 39 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 4: be that hard to go from down to up. Then 40 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 4: I've pretty much done my whole life. So once I 41 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 4: did that, everything started to flow. Uh started to hit 42 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 4: fastballs again like normal, and and I felt felt like myself. 43 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 4: So that's it's kind of what I what I assessed. 44 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 4: Tried to keep doing that during the off season, make 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 4: sure everything was nice, polished, and here in spring training 46 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 4: trying to put it all together to be ready for 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 4: Game one. 48 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of the off season, when you walked in here, 49 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: I said, you look like you're in great shape. Obviously, 50 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: you know the world knows about Lawrence Butler, but tell 51 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: us about some of those other guys that you're kind 52 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: of your your your baseball buddies that you trained with, 53 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: the the Atlanta Boys and what you guys call yourself. 54 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 7: Yeah, we call ourselves the Hill Boys. 55 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 4: It's Chandler Simpson, Lawrence Butler, Jayalen Allen, Marquise Grissom, r 56 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 4: Ryan Spike's, Cam Collier and myself. So yeah, we're from Atlanta. 57 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 7: Uh. 58 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: It started, It started in covid. We couldn't work out anywhere, 59 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 4: so Markus Grissom let us work out at his at 60 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 4: his what is it called his property, his property, and 61 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 4: in Georgia and ever since then we kind of we 62 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 4: kind of give ourselves the Hill Boy's name, and it's 63 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 4: run by him and Luke Caryer. So they work us 64 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 4: to death and we kind of come into spring training 65 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: in shape. 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: Have you raced Chandler chance? Have you raced him yet? 67 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 4: I mean yeah, from from that one video everybody saw, uh, 68 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 4: I say I won, I'm not gonna race him again. 69 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 4: And obviously try to lose, but I'm gonna just take 70 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: my title and say I won that one. 71 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 6: Oh wow, I remember that. Okay, so one and done. 72 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 6: What did Chandler say afterward? Was he trying to get 73 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 6: you to go again? 74 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 5: No? 75 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 7: Originally that it wasn't even like a race. 76 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 4: It was just our last sprint of the day after 77 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 4: the workout, and it happened to be recorded, and uh. 78 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 7: I happened. 79 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 4: I guess technically I came in second from what Lawrence says, 80 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: but he had on a long beanie, so it doesn't 81 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,119 Speaker 4: really count. He's already six y four with a long 82 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 4: beanie reach over the line. I feel like I won, 83 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 4: but uh, Chandler actually came in third, so that kind 84 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 4: of makes him a little slower in the head, and 85 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: he doesn't. 86 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 7: He didn't like that, so I'm definitely not again. 87 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 8: Are you gonna? 88 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 9: Are you gonna take over for the freeze or looking 89 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 9: for a new freeze in between? 90 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 8: In it you could just be the new freeze. 91 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 9: Apparently the freeze left. You could be the freeze and 92 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 9: then just how the people try to chase you since 93 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 9: you're so fast. 94 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 4: I can start from center, I'm not I'm not going 95 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 4: from the from the stout line. 96 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 7: I'll start from center and try to finish. 97 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: H How how how different it's camp been without uh 98 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: Ronald being here? I know it's probably you know, we 99 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: love Ronald, but your ears get a little nice break, right, 100 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,679 Speaker 1: You don't have to hear him talk all day every day. 101 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not even it's not even Ronald, it's Izzy. 102 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 4: Everybody got a nice, nice release when he left. It's 103 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 4: a lot quiet air stretch. We can focus that stretch. 104 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 4: But yeah, obviously missing missing those guys. Uh hoping they're 105 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 4: having fun WBC and they're a big part of this team. 106 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 7: But it is a lot quieter without Ozzi here. 107 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 5: Hey, have you been watching? 108 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 6: Of course you know Ozzy had his big moment over 109 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 6: the weekend, but have you been watching the games? And 110 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 6: what did you think of Ozzie's big swing? 111 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, I've been. 112 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 4: I've been tuning into two games when I could. It 113 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 4: was crazy because when Ozzie hit the walkoff, I had 114 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 4: just came in from from coming out of a game 115 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: that day. 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I guess 159 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 4: it's whenever, whenever I get the chance to, I try 160 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 4: my best to put on for this country. 161 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 9: Michael, you're from Atlanta. We talked about you being from 162 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 9: Atlanta and your whole thing. Who has more commercials when 163 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 9: you watch a Braves game? You or Jeff frank core 164 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 9: Because when you turn on a Braves game, it is 165 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 9: commercial Michael Harris a second Jeff frank Corer. And then 166 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 9: it's like back and forth, which one of y'all has 167 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 9: more commercials happening in Atlanta at the same time. 168 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 7: From what I hear. It has to be me. 169 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 4: I feel like every commercial is is a different it's 170 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 4: a different Bronco commercial. 171 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 9: Yes, you must have a whole fleet of Broncos. 172 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 7: No, I just I don't know. 173 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 8: I hate to hear it. 174 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: I just hate to hear myself back and so I 175 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 4: kind of avoid hearing them. But people tell me all 176 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 4: the time that I'm not going to every commercial and 177 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: I better really give that Bronco away or yeah it's 178 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 4: I don't know. 179 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 7: I'm glad I don't have to watch the game. I'm 180 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 7: in the game. 181 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: So yeah, I hear. I hear a lot that that 182 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 4: I'm on the commercials a lot. 183 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you what, though, that Bronco they give 184 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 2: you is nice. I've seen it. 185 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: I don't know about the ones over the last couple 186 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: of years, but the one that you had when I 187 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: was there was really nice. 188 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: What's the vibe been like with Walt you know you 189 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 2: man in the ship now? 190 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been good. He's energized, he's ready to win. 191 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 4: He gave us our first meeting. He gave us as 192 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 4: rational kind of video to go off of to to 193 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 4: kind of using our careers in our in our everyday life. 194 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 4: So he's ready to go to war, and we're ready 195 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 4: to be his soldiers to go with him. 196 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: Was it a was it like a movie quote or 197 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: was it like a thing that he kind of put together, 198 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: what kind of what kind of you know, video? 199 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 7: Was just it was a UFC fighter. 200 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 4: I forgot his name, but he was he was like 201 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 4: the number one fighter at the time, and he was 202 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 4: going against a guy that he was supposed to be 203 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 4: but he was immensely prepared because maybe he thought he 204 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 4: was gonna he was gonna automatically beat him. And he 205 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: said that he told himself in the mirror that he 206 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 4: wasn't he wasn't ready right before he went out, and 207 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: he ended up. 208 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 7: Ended up losing. 209 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 4: He took that, he took that with him, came back 210 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 4: and front the same dude again, and it was kind 211 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 4: of like a massacre. So, uh, it was It was 212 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 4: basically the message was, I guess be ready if you're 213 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 4: If you're not ready, you're not going to conquer the moment. 214 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 4: So just prepare, Just prepare for every moment to be 215 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 4: the best. 216 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, just just sitting here hearing that message kind of 217 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: almost makes me want to get out of this chair 218 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: and go back and play but I'm pretty comfortable here obviously, 219 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: AO or the NL East Juggernaut. You know, obviously a 220 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: tough year last year, first time you guys missed the 221 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: playoffs in you know, the last eight years, you. 222 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 2: Know, extra motivation going into this season. 223 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, I never wanted to ever miss the 224 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 4: playoffs in my career, but that's just the way last 225 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 4: year went. And uh, we're kind of do everything to 226 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 4: do everything right now to not be in that position again. 227 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 4: You don't know, you don't know how the season goes. 228 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 4: Baseball is such a crazy, crazy sport and when you 229 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 4: play one hundred sixty two games, so much can happen. 230 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 4: So just being able to be here and try to 231 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 4: prepare with the new guys that we have and the 232 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 4: coaching stuff is it is kind of who were prepared 233 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 4: to do to not do what we did last year. 234 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 6: Hey, when you guys were going through that last year, 235 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 6: how difficult was it because you've in your career never 236 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 6: experienced that at all. So you end up late in 237 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 6: the season essentially playing games that don't mean anything because 238 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 6: the team was either eliminated or close to being eliminated 239 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 6: over that past month or so. 240 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 4: It was kind of crazy. The vibes weren't different in 241 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 4: the clubhouse. Everybody was still lighthearted, still the same guys. 242 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 4: It just when we got to the game and got 243 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 4: in certain situations, it just didn't go our way. And 244 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 4: it's one of those things you couldn't rely put your 245 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 4: finger on what was going wrong or what was really happening. 246 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 4: But at one point our whole rotation was gone. They 247 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 4: were dealing too when it happened, So I kind of 248 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 4: took a hit on us. We weren't really performing as 249 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 4: well on offense. That kind of went on top of that. 250 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 4: So yeah, it was it was a weird year, but 251 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 4: I wouldn't say our vibes changed or the way we were, 252 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 4: so we just didn't execute the way we should have. 253 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: I know you guys had an extremely tough start to 254 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: the season last year, the West Coast road trip, the 255 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: teams you played, obviously, I think you guys were nine 256 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: to start the year and seven to start the year. 257 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,719 Speaker 1: Do you believe you guys will kind of approach the 258 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: end of spring training a little bit differently once you 259 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: know your WBC guys get back, maybe last couple of games, like, hey, 260 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: let's treat these a little bit like games, let's get 261 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: that good competitive juice going. So you go into the 262 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: season a little bit more prepared than last year, or 263 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: is it just a tough start to the season last year. 264 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 7: I think it was just a tough start. 265 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 4: I feel like we prepared the right way last year 266 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 4: just didn't happen to fall in place for US two 267 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 4: tough teams obviously the World Series champion the first second series, 268 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 4: but didn't plan the padres. I feel like it was 269 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 4: just as good as them going into it. 270 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 7: We just didn't. We just didn't pull out a win. 271 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 7: But can't be used as an excuse. 272 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 4: We just never found our way back after that and 273 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 4: kind of hurt us. 274 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 6: Hey, so when things don't go right the online world, 275 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 6: Michael just wants to find something right. 276 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 5: Like you said, Hey, it's hard to find it. 277 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 6: I will make the case that not having a lot 278 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 6: of the rotation in tact is pretty challenging as well 279 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 6: when you look back last year. But there was one 280 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 6: narrative that carried for a little bit about how, hey, 281 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 6: a lot of these guys are an extension, so maybe 282 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 6: they're not as hungry, Like, how do you defend that 283 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 6: because most of the time fans are rooting for what 284 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 6: you guys have. Hey, get extensions done, so you got 285 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 6: the same core for a while. Fans can buy the jerseys, 286 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 6: they can follow the stars, they stay with the team. 287 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 6: So what's kind of the pushback for people that say that, 288 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 6: because because you're one of them, right, you signed an 289 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 6: extension earlier on in your career, and can you speak 290 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 6: to how motivated you are every day? 291 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I've I've never really understood why people think because 292 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 4: players are paid and have an extension that they're just 293 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 4: they're just kind of coming in every day, going through 294 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 4: the motions and not really caring about the results. I 295 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 4: feel like it makes you even more hungry because there's 296 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 4: more expectations for you and you. I feel like everybody 297 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 4: wants to be the best. So yeah, I never I 298 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 4: never understood why why people think that we think that way. 299 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 4: But I think that's what makes lasher so much tougher 300 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 4: because we have so many people that are extended and 301 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 4: we didn't have the seasons that we are kind of 302 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 4: supposed to have. 303 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 9: Hey, Michael, give me your best Chris Sale story. I 304 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 9: know he's done something crazy in that clubouse, so you 305 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 9: got to give me something. 306 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 8: I know he said something or done something. 307 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 7: He's done something crazy. Oh I don't know, or you just. 308 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 5: Don't talk to give him context because you play playing. 309 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 7: I talked to the I'm not around him as much. 310 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 9: I played with Chris James came up, so I've known 311 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 9: him since twenty ten. 312 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: Okay, AJ, How scared would you be if you hit 313 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: that samurai sword he can sale? 314 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 3: Yeah? 315 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: You see that Samurai sword that Mizuno gave him. 316 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 9: Yeah, No, he's not getting he's not getting within twenty 317 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 9: feet of me or my family, especially even the uniforms 318 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 9: for that. 319 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 5: Matter, does even know that? Like Michael so Young? 320 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 9: Does you know that Chrystal chopped up the uniforms? You've 321 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 9: heard that story, right? 322 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah he told us about that too. 323 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 4: So yeah, that's probably his craziest story. 324 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: Not yeah, yeah, he's on his best behavior now he's matured. 325 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 9: Yeah, Chris is matured. 326 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 8: Now that's good. 327 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 6: I got one more last one for me. How do 328 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 6: you preserve your body playing center field? We see some 329 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 6: guys able to carry it deep into their career. Actually, 330 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 6: it's a perfect question with both of you sitting there right. 331 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 6: Kp able to do it, you know, deep into his thirties, Like, 332 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 6: how do you do it? Are you thinking about that, like, Hey, 333 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 6: I want to I want to play this position for 334 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 6: a long time, longer than most do. And what can 335 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 6: you do to make that happen? 336 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 4: I think it all depends on the person, the player. 337 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 4: You just got to find a routine that works for 338 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 4: you and it makes you feel good going into a game. 339 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 4: Last year, I was able to stay healthy when I 340 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 4: played one hundred and sixty games, So I don't know 341 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 4: exactly what changed, but well, I think I did find 342 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 4: a routine that really worked for me, and just going 343 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 4: out there every day to feel my best. Recovering the 344 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 4: right way may can sure dem hydrated. So it all 345 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 4: depends on the player and what works for you. 346 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean right on that topic, it's perfect time 347 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: to let them get out of here, because part is 348 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: staying healthy and playing center field for a long time 349 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: time is making sure you get the stretch on time, 350 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: make sure you stretch it out. And we got to 351 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: get this guy out here for stretch because you know, 352 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: when healthy, when the swing's right, when the mentality is right. 353 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: I truly believe this guy's got the skill set to 354 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: be one of the elite players in this game. 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My 385 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: first question series question, how thankful I'm trying to think 386 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: your playing first base would be your left ear right? 387 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: How thankful are you that Ozzie's out of here right 388 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: now and you don't have to hear him chirpin all 389 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: day every day. 390 00:17:58,880 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 8: It's weird. 391 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 10: I thought I would like it, but you know, I 392 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 10: find myself missing some constant chatter out there. 393 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: It's weird too because it comes from a much different angle, 394 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: you know. It's kind of like from down here up 395 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: to your to your ear. 396 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 10: I don't do this to me. I already blast him enough. 397 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 10: I don't need extra take out there. He's gonna be upset. 398 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 6: Wait for the national audience though, Like how much talking 399 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 6: goes on it? Is he the most talkative teammate on 400 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 6: the team? And and is he funny? 401 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 5: Like? What what is the banter going on there from Ozzie. 402 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 6: We've had him on the show a couple of times, 403 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 6: but to give a glimpse from a teammate. 404 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 10: Yeah, he's he's the guy that's always talking, you know, 405 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 10: he's he's the English and Spanish guy, so he's he's 406 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 10: the one in the. 407 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 8: Middle, just stirring the pot for everybody. 408 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 10: We we always hit him with some some short jokes 409 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 10: unfortunately for him, but he loves it and he drops 410 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 10: it right back to us. 411 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 5: I love it. 412 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 6: Hey, Matt, are you watching the WBC closely? Like are 413 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 6: you checking out all the games the last four or 414 00:18:58,640 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 6: five days? 415 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, I've been watching him. You know. 416 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 10: Some of the weird times, I haven't seen some stuff, 417 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 10: but I've always been seeing clips. 418 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 8: Obviously Ozzie's Homer. The other day actually we. 419 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 10: Came right out of the game and as we were 420 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 10: walking in I saw it live. 421 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 8: So it was a it was a sick at that 422 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 8: cool moment for him. 423 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 10: And uh, you know we talked to him and and 424 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 10: I told him congrats. 425 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 2: So, I mean, I've been in this clubhouse. 426 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: I know how tight you and Austin are, how you 427 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: guys do a lot of things together. Is there anything 428 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: that you could kind of teach him or I know 429 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: you've probably tried to teach him, but is there anything 430 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: that you could kind of share with him too that's 431 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: allowed you to be so consistent on the field. 432 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 2: Obviously he's had some injuries over the last couple of. 433 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: Years, because when you two were out there, I mean, 434 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: arguably the best corner in baseball. 435 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 10: You know, Rouse is pretty good about his stuff. It's 436 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 10: it's not any secret pill I got. You know, I 437 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 10: say that playing first base is a lot of what allows. 438 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 8: Me to be on the field. You know. 439 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 10: Two years ago he got hit in the hand with 440 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 10: a ninety eight mine hour sinker and missed some time. 441 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 10: And last year the hernia stuff, it's something you tried 442 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 10: to get through and just you know, came back out 443 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 10: and couldn't do it. Had to get it, you know, 444 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 10: surgically repaired. But when when that guy's on the field, 445 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 10: he's he's one of the best in the game on 446 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 10: all all sides of the ball. He can you know, 447 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 10: he can run, he can hit, he can field. He's 448 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 10: just a special talent. And you know, I always forget 449 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 10: how how much younger than me he is. He's been 450 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 10: doing it for so long that you know, and he's 451 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 10: such a mature guy that he feels like, you know, 452 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 10: somebody around my age, but still a younger guy and 453 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 10: a lot left. 454 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 8: To do in this league. 455 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 9: Man, you mentioned wanting to play. Dude, you're going for 456 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 9: Kyle Ripkins streak here. You've got four straight years, one 457 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 9: hundred and sixty two. You only have like fifteen more 458 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 9: years to go. You think you're gonna make it. 459 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 10: Yeah, I think I'm gonna be on a golf course 460 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 10: somewhere by the time that it get gets close at all. 461 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 10: It is kind of crazy. It puts it into his 462 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 10: streak and the perspective a little bit. You know, I 463 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 10: feel like I've been out there every day for a 464 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 10: while and I'm not even sniffing him. 465 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: How was the golf game, by the way, Because I've 466 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: been out there with you, and. 467 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 2: I mean there's some moments. 468 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 8: I show flashes. 469 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 10: It's enough to keep me coming back pop a eighty 470 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 10: one day and then a ninety five the next. 471 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,919 Speaker 1: You know, obviously new manager here, familiar face. What's it 472 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: been like with what being the head of this ship? 473 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: And has it been any different than you thought it 474 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: would be? 475 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 2: No, Walt's been great. 476 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 10: I mean, you know, Walt from being here but just 477 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 10: all time guy, you know, somebody who's obviously grew up 478 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 10: in kind of that older school era, but you know, 479 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 10: he's got sons who were playing now, so he understands 480 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 10: kind of the newer stuff and you know, just the 481 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 10: proper blend between the two. 482 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 8: I think, you know, he says it great. 483 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 10: He talks about it, you know, the analytics and the 484 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 10: and the video and all that stuff being tools. But 485 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 10: when it's time to go play, you go play. And 486 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 10: you know. 487 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 8: I just love Walt's relationship with everybody. 488 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 10: And you know, he's he played, he was he was 489 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 10: a grinder when he played. He was, you know, intense dude, 490 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 10: and I think that he's going to bring a little 491 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 10: a little edge to us. 492 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, being around you, being your teammate, I know how 493 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: much you take pride in knowing the strike zone, and 494 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 1: I know how frustrating it could be sometimes when you 495 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: feel like you're right. And obviously the umpires have a 496 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: difficult job to do. But how do you like the 497 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: ABS system and how do you feel like you're going 498 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: to implement it this year? 499 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 5: Uh? 500 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's been good. You know. 501 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 10: I I won one, my only challenge one. It was 502 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 10: really close and probably shouldn't do that during the season. 503 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 10: I'm still trying to kind of get a feel for it. 504 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 10: Got punched out on one the other day, so uh, 505 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 10: that was a little difficult to sit there waiting to 506 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 10: see if I'm gonna walk back to the dig out. 507 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 8: But I think it's good. 508 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 10: I think once we get into the swing things, it's 509 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 10: just gonna take away the big misses. You know, there's 510 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 10: gonna be guys that challenge stuff and they're gonna get 511 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 10: it wrong. But I feel like, you know, you only 512 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 10: get two. They're so important that guys are gonna put 513 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 10: it in their pocket if it's a Boerline pitch and 514 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 10: like I said, kind of just take away the big misses. 515 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: Has there been a conversation yet about how you guys 516 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: are gonna use them? Is that a conversation you have 517 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: with you know, you're hitting coaches, Walt, you know, do 518 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,719 Speaker 1: you guys sit down as offense and go these are 519 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: the times we use it? Or is it something where 520 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: you feel like you're gonna get freedom until baby Ronald 521 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: uses it the first pitch of the game. 522 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 2: You're like, okay, come. 523 00:23:55,640 --> 00:24:01,719 Speaker 10: On, Ronald, No, I mean we haven't had a you know, 524 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 10: sit down and clear, clear cut what we're going to do. 525 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 10: I think for now it's like err on the side 526 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 10: of you know, just going for it if you feel it, 527 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 10: to kind of get a feel for it. I'm sure 528 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 10: at some point we'll kind of figure out the you know, 529 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 10: if we want to have any strategy involved with it. 530 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 10: You know, I'm sure probably here. And I would guess 531 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 10: around the league that a lot of pictures won't have 532 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 10: you know, as much freedom with it. I think most 533 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 10: pictures that I've talked to want to leave it in 534 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 10: the hands of the catcher. As far as us at 535 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 10: the plate, I think we're just kind of get a 536 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 10: little feel for it, and uh, you know, I think 537 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 10: some guys are going to be good, some guys are 538 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 10: going to be bad, and you know, you might lose 539 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 10: your privileges if you get a couple of. 540 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 2: Mine would be taken immediately immediately. 541 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: I had a bad feel for the strike zone. 542 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 6: Stats on that too. I mean you saw it right. 543 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 6: I mean they've got the stats downs stack Cast has 544 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 6: it up, you know, for every player, So eventually you 545 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 6: guys will be able to make fun of each other 546 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 6: on that one too, and also make real strategic decisions. 547 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 5: Seriously, is allowed to use it and not? 548 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, tie somebody's hand behind their back. 549 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, exactly did you see by the way the Brewers 550 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 6: and how they were trying to get the signals going, 551 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 6: And then like a day later, the league was like, not, 552 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 6: we're not doing that. We're not doing the dugout signals. 553 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 8: Oh no, I didn't see that. 554 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 5: You saw right, You guys didn't see this, KP. You 555 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 5: didn't see this either. 556 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: I think I saw something on I think there was 557 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: like where they. 558 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 9: Were like reder blue cards cards. 559 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 6: They had cards, and the league said no, how quick 560 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 6: did they have to be with the cards? 561 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 5: I don't know. It was so the whole situation was 562 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 5: so quick. 563 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 6: And I didn't watch the game, but I did see 564 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 6: a story a day later that said they are not 565 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 6: allowed to do that. 566 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 5: No, no signaling of any kind. 567 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 6: I think during AB Matt or even just they were 568 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 6: putting stuff up for scenarios like, hey, we don't want 569 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 6: you to do this. 570 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 5: I don't know. 571 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 6: Maybe entering the AB they look at the dugout to 572 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 6: see I don't know, but of course green card up 573 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 6: meant it was an okay time to challenge getting the 574 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 6: slab as we go here, and the league was like, 575 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 6: no cards from the dugout. We're not doing like you 576 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 6: know Audible's football style with signals. 577 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 5: So our good thing. You guys didn't even talk about 578 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 5: that out there? What is that? 579 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: Our teams hiring those guys because I'm available sitting the 580 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: dugout and hold of green or yellow card. 581 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 6: But you said you weren't good enough at it, so 582 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 6: they need somebody. They're gonna bring somebody. 583 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: I could tell you it's a good time to challenge. 584 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: I'm not going to tell you if the ball or strike, 585 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: but I'll tell you it's. 586 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 9: A good time to go. 587 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 8: Matt. 588 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,479 Speaker 9: Hey, Matt, what happens if you guys run out of challenges? 589 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 9: You think the umpire will be like, you know what' 590 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 9: screw these guys. They messed up twice. I'm just going 591 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 9: to widen the strike zone. We're gonna go back like 592 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 9: it used to be. 593 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 10: I mean, i'd be lying if I said it didn't 594 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 10: cross my mind. 595 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 8: You know, maybe if we. 596 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 10: Challenge a couple just egregious ones that they got right 597 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 10: in the first two innings and he wants to stick 598 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 10: it to us for the next seven, I don't know, 599 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 10: you know, don't. I don't actually think that they're going 600 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 10: to be doing that, but. 601 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 8: I don't know. 602 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 10: Hopefully we don't, we don't run into some of those 603 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 10: old school zones that you were getting when you were 604 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 10: first up. 605 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 2: Oh yeahah, it was. 606 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:24,719 Speaker 8: A little different. 607 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 9: It was a little bit different. We didn't have the 608 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 9: little box and we didn't have any It was literally 609 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 9: the umpire would just say, hey, like, my hands are 610 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 9: this wide. I'm calling this white today. 611 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 11: Right. 612 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 9: There was no box and there was no we didn't 613 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 9: get reports on the umpire. It was like this guy 614 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 9: has a big zone or this guy has a small zone. 615 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 9: And first inning you figured it out and say, better 616 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,439 Speaker 9: swing today, boys, because they would tell you. The umpires 617 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 9: would tell you. They'd say, hey, it's a day game. 618 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 9: I have an early dinner or early flight swing because 619 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 9: I'm calling everything and they called everything. 620 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 8: Yeah. 621 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,959 Speaker 1: Hey, at this point in time in your career, you 622 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: get down here for spring training, what are the things 623 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: that you kind of want to accomplish? Do you know 624 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: how many at bats you want to take or to 625 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: just kind of experience the first things I get the 626 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: two strikes, maybe you know, drive a ball, you know, 627 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: hit a ball the opposite way, and then you're kind 628 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: of like, hey, let me just got it here healthy. 629 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 10: I think the the later I've gotten in my career, 630 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 10: the more that I try to get as many at 631 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 10: bats as I can. I feel like the kind of 632 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 10: like the forty to fifty numbers is kind of the 633 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 10: sweet spot. 634 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 8: Obviously, don't want to go. 635 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 10: Just blow it out for nine innings every game with 636 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 10: the season coming up, but you know, luckily we get 637 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 10: live abs before the games actually start. 638 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 8: We got to troject up now, so. 639 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 10: You know, there's never been an easier time to kind 640 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 10: of get at bats without getting into the hole, you know, 641 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 10: playing so much every single day, but it's the most 642 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 10: important thing is always going to be getting at bats, 643 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 10: seeing pitching, seeing arms. I wouldn't say there's one thing 644 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 10: that you know, if I do it, I'm like, all right, 645 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 10: I'm good to go, just because each each day is 646 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 10: so different. But you know, staying healthy and getting that 647 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 10: bats is are the two main checkpoints. 648 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 6: Hey, Matt, last one I have for you. I gotta 649 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 6: do my classic ace question, but it's a fun. 650 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 5: One for you. 651 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 6: Have you seen them handing out extensions left and right? 652 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 6: Things have changed, I mean for Sacramento, eventually Vegas. They 653 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 6: they've locked up like three four guys and there might 654 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 6: be one or two more. But by the time we 655 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 6: get the opening day, you're like, damn, where was that. 656 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 10: Yeah, I got a new stadium coming. Gotta gotta have 657 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 10: somebody there, you know. 658 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, you see, I mean there's a lot of guys, 659 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 6: and I'm saying guys that are just five seconds into 660 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 6: the banks too. You saw, like Jack Jack Wilson I 661 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 6: left and right, there are Jacob Wilson, Jack's kid, left 662 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 6: and right. 663 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 5: They're signing guys early, and Nick Kurtz might be next. 664 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, they got it. They got a good core, 665 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 8: good young core there. You know. I think it's good 666 00:29:59,320 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 8: to see that. 667 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 3: You know. 668 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 10: I think they're all probably you'd classify as team friendly deals. 669 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 8: You know. It's young guys getting some. 670 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 10: You know, some comfortability with a with a deal before 671 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 10: they get too old, and the team's you know, kind 672 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 10: of taking a chance and saying I might be able 673 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 10: to save some money. So I think it's a win 674 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 10: win for him. I think it's good that, you know, 675 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 10: they're they're going to have some guys there, you know, 676 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 10: for multiple years. Obviously we know the turnover there, so 677 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 10: you know those guys have earned it, and you know, 678 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 10: happy for the guys who are you know, getting getting that. 679 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 10: Uh you know those deals and and some some assurance. 680 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: Last one, yeah, rightly worked out for you. 681 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 9: You wouldn't change exactly at home where you're from. 682 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 3: Contract. 683 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 8: Oh, I got no complaints. 684 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 9: He's got no complaints. 685 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 11: He's living at home. He's only got to he's only 686 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 11: got to pack one time a year. It's probably costing him. 687 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 11: It's probably costing him money and tickets though, because I'm 688 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 11: sure every park view what is it parkview panther wants 689 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 11: to come watch you play. 690 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 9: All the time. 691 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 10: They've actually been They've actually been pretty good to me. 692 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 10: You know, most people were Braves fans before me, so 693 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 10: they found their way to the true at themselves. 694 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 2: So yeah, last one for me. 695 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna ask you about traject how much you 696 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: use it? How much do you feel like it's kind 697 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: of I feel like pitching has always been ahead of 698 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: hitting in terms of the technology that they had. Do 699 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: you feel like it's kind of closed that gap a 700 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: little bit allowed the hitter to prepare for the picture 701 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: even more. 702 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 8: I mean, I love it. 703 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 10: We got it halfway through last year and just the 704 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 10: ability to go see some shape from the guy. You know, 705 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 10: it's uh, you can go in there and hit the 706 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 10: machine all you want, you know, if your face and 707 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 10: somebody with a nasty breaking ball or and obviously true 708 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 10: Jack's gonna have a little variability to it. It's not perfect, 709 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 10: but you can go in there and hit all his 710 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 10: pitches and then you know, step out and say, all right, 711 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 10: pitch me like you think they're going to pitch me 712 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 10: today and take an ad bat. And I love doing it, 713 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 10: you know, especially now to be able to kind of 714 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 10: get some at bats off guys on days you're not playing, 715 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,959 Speaker 10: and you know people are going to face during the season, 716 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 10: but then during the year going and hitting the cage 717 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 10: and then face that guy for you know, see thirty 718 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 10: pitches off of him before you. 719 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 8: Actually go face him. You know, I think it's invaluable. 720 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 2: Well, I can't thank you enough for coming on. 721 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: I think this is your foul Territory debut. 722 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 2: No not, if not, you've been on before, I've been 723 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 2: on before. Oh well the first time with me, but last. 724 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 9: Time he came on, he was in like a broom 725 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 9: closet through So we're very we're very happy. 726 00:32:59,200 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 5: We got him out of. 727 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 8: We got we got an official setup for once. Yeah, yeah, 728 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 8: set up. 729 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: And by the way, this guy's cooking me dinner after 730 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: the game today, so I'm gonna report back by his 731 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: uh his cooking skills too. 732 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 5: Good luck, Matt. What are you making. 733 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 10: We're just gonna we're gonna make a little tacos, got 734 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 10: some some steak, Mary Nathan, some chicken. There's gonna be 735 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 10: like eight kids running around, so we're not gonna get 736 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 10: too fancy with it. 737 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, kid friendly, kid friendly. 738 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 6: Good good, Well, we appreciate you, Matt, Thank you so 739 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 6: much for joining us. Good luck this season, we'll be talking. 740 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 8: Thanks Philos. 741 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 7: M hm h mhm. 742 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: Excited to be here in Braves camp with one of 743 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: my good friends, Austin Riley. I think this is your 744 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: foul to foul territory debut. I guess my first question 745 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: to you is you're healthy, and if so, what have 746 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: you really changed this offseason in order for you to 747 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: be healthy? 748 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 3: You know, it was. 749 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 12: Really just, you know, I'm not getting any younger, trying 750 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 12: to just you know, obviously with the sports hernea, it 751 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 12: was more about just like staying mobile, flexible, kind of 752 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 12: tailoring my workouts towards that with the lower abdomen injury. 753 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,240 Speaker 3: But feel good, feel like I'm in a really good spot. 754 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 12: I was able to actually have you know, prior to 755 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 12: the year before, I broke my hand and was in 756 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 12: a cast for fourteen months or fourteen weeks and really 757 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 12: didn't have a full off season. So being able to 758 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 12: have like a true full off season kind of do 759 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 12: what I normally do to prep for spring and season 760 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 12: was nice. 761 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 6: All right, Austin, I'm gonna ask you a big picture question. 762 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 6: So for the Braves, they've had a really successful run, 763 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 6: teammates the playoffs every year except last year for a while. 764 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 5: Now they won the World Series in twenty twenty one. 765 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 6: Do you feel like the expectations for this franchise have 766 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 6: a crazy level because of the success that's happened like 767 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 6: last year. Of course, you don't want the team to 768 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 6: go through that, but yeah, you look at most franchises, 769 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 6: they don't have this kind of run and this kind 770 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 6: of expectations anymore. 771 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 12: No, I mean, I think it's it's a it's a 772 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 12: good spot to be in, right, you know, being able 773 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 12: to come in every year and expect to make a 774 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 12: deep run, and and you know, expect to win. 775 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 3: You know, I think you put yourself in a in 776 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 3: a good spot. 777 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 12: I think, you know the last couple of years with 778 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 12: with injuries and and then you know, not not performing. 779 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 3: You know, you know, I think it it. 780 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 12: I don't want to say it happens, but you know 781 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 12: it's this is a tough game, and you guys know 782 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 12: how tough it is and how so many things have 783 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 12: to go right for you to to to make a 784 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 12: deep run. 785 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:54,879 Speaker 3: So no, I think it's it's a it's a great thing. 786 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,760 Speaker 3: I think so. I mean, you know, we play the game. 787 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 12: To to try to win a World Series, and you 788 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 12: guys want to be on teams that that are going 789 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 12: to do that too, are going to make moves and 790 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 12: and do things to to try to win. So you know, 791 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 12: I'm I'm glad to be here and have that expectation 792 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,799 Speaker 12: of of winning every year. 793 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: You know, speaking of expectations, you've got a new manager, 794 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: familiar face. What has kind of been his message? How 795 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: how have you seen it a little bit different? You know, 796 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: obviously I was here a couple of years ago with 797 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: with Snith Won't being part of his staff. You know, 798 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: what was kind of his first day camp message? How 799 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 1: things are going to be very similar but yet different. 800 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 3: Yeah. 801 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 12: I think, you know, for me, the big thing with 802 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 12: with Walt is just the attention to detail that I 803 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 12: think he shows. And and you know this he understands, 804 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 12: you know, he's played the game, so he understands how 805 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:50,839 Speaker 12: hard it is, and and you know, showing up every 806 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,439 Speaker 12: day and and you know, the camp vibe this year 807 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 12: has been very you know, high energy, a lot going on, 808 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 12: which I think is has been great. 809 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,479 Speaker 3: You know, just kind of a like I said, we 810 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 3: we we. 811 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 12: I feel like this organization knows how to win, and 812 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 12: I think after the last couple of years, you know, 813 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 12: just just to shake up a little bit, just like 814 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,759 Speaker 12: bringing some guys in with a lot of energy, and 815 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 12: Walt's showing that. 816 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,439 Speaker 3: Like I said, the camp has been great. 817 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 12: You know, he's he's very knowledgeable of the game and 818 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,839 Speaker 12: and uh, I think it's been unbelievable so far. 819 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 6: From Hey, Austin when that was all going down, and 820 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 6: when we've spoken to Walton, and you know, even right 821 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 6: around when it happened when he was hired. It took 822 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 6: a little bit of time. Did you have any conversations 823 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,360 Speaker 6: with Alex Anthoplos or anyone else. Did they consult with 824 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,280 Speaker 6: some of the vets on just the process? 825 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 3: Did not know? Not not during the process. 826 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 12: Like I said, Alex has has asked me, you know, 827 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,200 Speaker 12: just getting you know, asking us players about Walt, and 828 00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 12: you know, like I said, nothing but good things to 829 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 12: to of, you know, touch on Walt. 830 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 3: Like I said, I you. 831 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,120 Speaker 12: Know, I think there's two ways you could go until 832 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:06,920 Speaker 12: you could stay in the house and you could you know, 833 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,879 Speaker 12: gone outside and got somebody else. 834 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 3: And and for me, you know, if we were going 835 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,440 Speaker 3: to stay inside, it it was it was Walt. For me, 836 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 3: I thought, I thought that was a no brainer. 837 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:24,799 Speaker 5: How different is Walt from Snip, you. 838 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 3: Know Snip Snit's very you know, there's a lot of 839 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,080 Speaker 3: similarities there. You know, He's gonna let you do your thing. 840 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 12: He trusts and his players of coming in in spring 841 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 12: training and preparing each and every day. 842 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:38,799 Speaker 3: He's not gonna go out there and kill us. 843 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 7: Uh. 844 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 12: But like I said, I think that the energy level 845 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,600 Speaker 12: of of we're doing some different things is as far 846 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 12: as like with the new staff also of just you know, 847 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 12: I think we you know, from us standpoint, we can 848 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:55,279 Speaker 12: we can improve you know, base running. You know, we're 849 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 12: doing situational defensive stuff to just kind of hone in 850 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 12: on on those those in game plays that that you 851 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 12: don't you know, they happened one or once or twice 852 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,200 Speaker 12: a year. So I think, just like I said that, 853 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 12: to me, that's been the biggest difference is is just 854 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 12: like I said, just the little stuff that you know, 855 00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,399 Speaker 12: you typically don't touch on, but you know, we're we're 856 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 12: we're making sure we're checking those boxes and making sure 857 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 12: that we're as prepared as as we can be for 858 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 12: for the season. 859 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 9: Austin, do you mess with Walt at all? Because you 860 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 9: know he's like a quadruple black jiu jitsu right now? 861 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,439 Speaker 9: Do you stay far away from him? 862 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:33,279 Speaker 5: Yeah? 863 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 3: I can't. I keep the peace for sure. 864 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 12: You know, I tell you if if we get into 865 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 12: into something during the season, I'll be I'll be right 866 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 12: there behind him or next to him, because I would 867 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,320 Speaker 12: not want to mess with him. 868 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 3: I see. I've seen his workouts in the gym. He 869 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 3: gets after it pretty good. 870 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: Hey, I've seen things Walt talks about for a long time. 871 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,239 Speaker 1: The Braves Way has been playing one hundred and sixty 872 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,359 Speaker 1: two games, and obviously you have Olson who's been able 873 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 1: to do it. Is that something you're open to if 874 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: you feel like it's something that's going to keep you healthy. 875 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,040 Speaker 1: Maybe taking an occasional day off. Where do you still 876 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: have this mindset of I want to play one sixty two. 877 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,880 Speaker 12: You know, for me, I think I would, you know, 878 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 12: I'm okay if they if they decide to give me 879 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,799 Speaker 12: a day or two here and there at the DH. 880 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 12: You know, I just coming off the last couple of 881 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 12: years with injuries. But the mindset and the goal and 882 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,480 Speaker 12: the preparation of how I've done everything leading up to 883 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,759 Speaker 12: this point, it's to play one hundred and sixty two. 884 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,040 Speaker 3: I think that's just, to me, the only way to 885 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:31,239 Speaker 3: do it. 886 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:32,960 Speaker 12: I think if you're preparing to play one hundred and 887 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 12: ten games or one hundred and twenty, like I think, 888 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,359 Speaker 12: you're kind of setting yourself up for not failure, but 889 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 12: just you know, not prepared enough. I think, like I said, 890 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 12: you've got to prepare for one hundred and sixty two games, 891 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,919 Speaker 12: and we'll see how the season goes. But like I said, 892 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,319 Speaker 12: right now, my body feels feels really good. And and 893 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 12: you know, in twenty one, two twenty three played right 894 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,839 Speaker 12: around one hundred and sixty two, so kind of kind 895 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,840 Speaker 12: of I personally want to get back to that. 896 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,680 Speaker 1: And then that obviously some of the moves that have happened, 897 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: and not bringing back a guy like Azuna. Yeah, you know, 898 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,480 Speaker 1: with Murphy being hurt, the d H is obviously, uh 899 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: you kind of be a rotated doer that's just gonna 900 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,279 Speaker 1: give the opportunity to go date some days. 901 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:14,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. 902 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,719 Speaker 12: And like I said, you think Murphy you take you know, 903 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 12: I think it would be really good for Ronald, like 904 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,920 Speaker 12: I said, with with the with the knee, the knee 905 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,839 Speaker 12: injuries and and how hard he plays when when he's 906 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,799 Speaker 12: out there, you know, you definitely want his bat in 907 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,799 Speaker 12: the in the in the lineup every day. But like 908 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,839 Speaker 12: I said, if that's something that you give him, you know, 909 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,320 Speaker 12: get him off his feed a little bit on everybody 910 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:39,080 Speaker 12: knows how hot you know of eleven thirty July game 911 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 12: in Atlanta can be. So I think that that, like 912 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 12: I said, leaving that open a little bit for for 913 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,359 Speaker 12: those you know that those guys I think will be 914 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 12: will be good for us. 915 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,000 Speaker 6: Hey, Austin, what is your level of dislike for your 916 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,160 Speaker 6: divisional opponents, especially some of the rivals that you guys 917 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 6: have gone back and forth with I'm always curious. Like 918 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,719 Speaker 6: last year is a good example because, like we talked about, 919 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 6: it was finally a year the team didn't make the playoffs. 920 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,480 Speaker 6: So were you like, haha when say the Mets collapsed 921 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 6: late or you. 922 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,919 Speaker 5: Know, like how deep does it go? Do you want 923 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,200 Speaker 5: them to not succeed at all? 924 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,279 Speaker 6: Because some guys have to do that for that to 925 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,120 Speaker 6: be in their head that like, hey, I face these 926 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 6: guys all the time. 927 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:17,760 Speaker 5: I live for them losing. 928 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 12: No, I mean, you know, being in a division, yeah, 929 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,239 Speaker 12: I don't don't don't want them to win for sure. 930 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,560 Speaker 3: I mean I think that that's that's the obvious. You know. 931 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 12: I definitely want to be the team that that wins 932 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 12: the division and and and want. 933 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,480 Speaker 3: To beat them every time we play them. I mean, 934 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 3: it's that simple. 935 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,960 Speaker 12: I do not want to lose to them, you know, 936 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 12: want to be ahead of them in standings. I think 937 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 12: that you ask anybody that's that's anywhere else, they're going 938 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,040 Speaker 12: to say the same thing. But at the same time, 939 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,719 Speaker 12: I absolutely love going to New York and I love 940 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:56,920 Speaker 12: going to Philly and playing in those atmospheres. The hostility 941 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 12: there is unmatched. Their fans do not like us whatsoever. 942 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,000 Speaker 12: So you know, I definitely look forward to to go 943 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 12: into those cities and playing. 944 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 3: It's it's fun baseball awesome. 945 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:13,319 Speaker 9: You mentioned you know you're you're healthy this offseason with 946 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:15,320 Speaker 9: with all this crazy things that have been happening to 947 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 9: the pitchers of the position players, put a wall up 948 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,360 Speaker 9: of like plastic between you guys and the pitchers because 949 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,479 Speaker 9: I have never seen a run of things, crazy things 950 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,240 Speaker 9: happen to a group of players like what's already happened 951 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,440 Speaker 9: to the bravest pitching staff. 952 00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:33,279 Speaker 3: It's crazy, and yeah, I don't know what's going on. 953 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 12: That's why I grew the hair out, why I've grown 954 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,759 Speaker 12: the beard out a little bit, just trying to change 955 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:39,120 Speaker 12: the mojo up a little bit. 956 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,080 Speaker 3: Of something. So I've, like I said, I've never seen 957 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:43,799 Speaker 3: anything like it. 958 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,080 Speaker 12: You know, it's I get that injuries are part of 959 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 12: the game and and it's gonna happen. And I know 960 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,520 Speaker 12: pitching from you know, today's pitching is is all of 961 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:57,280 Speaker 12: you know, all about v low and spin and and 962 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:03,200 Speaker 12: you know, strikeouts and so uh yeah, we're we're I 963 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,160 Speaker 12: don't know if we're putting up a barrier or not, 964 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,080 Speaker 12: but we're definitely trying to trying to avoid that as 965 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:08,920 Speaker 12: much as possible. 966 00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,200 Speaker 1: All right, before we let you get out of here, 967 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,239 Speaker 1: tell us a little about a little bit about your 968 00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:14,719 Speaker 1: golf tournament that's coming this year. 969 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:20,720 Speaker 12: Yeah, so we're doing it. Believe it's April twenty seventh. 970 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,799 Speaker 12: We got an off day. I like to always do it, 971 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:24,640 Speaker 12: like because I like the guys if they want to 972 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,799 Speaker 12: come out, they you know, and and I hate and 973 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:31,439 Speaker 12: you know, getting you know, traveling from from a road 974 00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:33,480 Speaker 12: city and then having that off day trying to ask guys. 975 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,120 Speaker 3: You know, you get in at two o'clock. So we're 976 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:36,840 Speaker 3: I think we're. 977 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 12: Home off day and then home again Atlanta Athletic Club. Uh, 978 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,480 Speaker 12: the war we're teaming up with the Warriors Alliance this year. 979 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,759 Speaker 12: And for me, it's just the veterans, you know, trying 980 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 12: to put them on the front front board of of 981 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:50,839 Speaker 12: what they do for our country. You know, I think 982 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 12: they get put on the back burner a lot, and 983 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,560 Speaker 12: and you know, trying to just you know, raise awareness. 984 00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,520 Speaker 12: My team does an unbelievable job of putting on the 985 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 12: event and you know, thanks to them, and it's gonna 986 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:05,399 Speaker 12: be gonna be fun. 987 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:06,040 Speaker 3: It always is. 988 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,640 Speaker 12: This is fourth year doing it. It seems like it 989 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,200 Speaker 12: gets better and better each year, so I'm excited. 990 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:12,720 Speaker 8: Awesome. 991 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 9: Do you invite alumni to your golf tournament or is 992 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,880 Speaker 9: it just Chipper and Smoltz? Is it just Chipper and Smolts, 993 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:23,000 Speaker 9: you know, never showed up twenty fifteen Braves Player of 994 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,879 Speaker 9: the Year, you know, So, I mean you would feel 995 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,200 Speaker 9: like that you get invited to your golf tournament. 996 00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:29,839 Speaker 3: We will reach out more welcome. 997 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,320 Speaker 9: I mean, Greg Walker is one of your biggest fans. 998 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,680 Speaker 9: I've known him since I was like, you know, twenty 999 00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,080 Speaker 9: five years ago now, So, I mean it figured to 1000 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:38,400 Speaker 9: earn me somehow. 1001 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:39,960 Speaker 3: We got you. We got you, all. 1002 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,640 Speaker 1: Right, the last one before I get you out of here. 1003 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:46,120 Speaker 1: I know it's probably a little quieter around here with 1004 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,600 Speaker 1: Ozzie being gone. Yeah, did you call him after his 1005 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:49,080 Speaker 1: walk off? 1006 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:49,319 Speaker 5: We? 1007 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:55,719 Speaker 12: I think, uh, somebody was on FaceTime with him and you. 1008 00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,080 Speaker 3: Know, we were messing with him. I was like, that 1009 00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:01,480 Speaker 3: is about the littlest league jump on home plate that ever. No, 1010 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,840 Speaker 3: that was awesome. That was a great swing, great moment 1011 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,640 Speaker 3: for him in his country. Yeah, but we ragged him 1012 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,000 Speaker 3: a little bit. That was good. 1013 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,319 Speaker 1: Well, we can't thank you enough for being here. One 1014 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,120 Speaker 1: of my favorite teammates of all time, one of the 1015 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:20,160 Speaker 1: best humans in all of baseball. And stay healthy because 1016 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:21,919 Speaker 1: we love watching me play. One of the best third 1017 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,239 Speaker 1: basements of the game. Went healthy, so we appreciate you 1018 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:25,120 Speaker 1: appreciate it.