1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Hey, here comes Brock Stewart of the Dodgers joining us 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: right now on FT Brock, We really appreciate the time. 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. So how is a glorious off 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: season of celebrating for you and then resting and recovering 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: and now spring training is around the corner. 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been good. First of all, thanks for having 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: me on, guys, but it's been good. You know, the 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: World Series backed back to be part of that little 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: part I was was pretty cool and the trade worked 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: out really well for me. I gotta World Series ring 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: and some playoff money out of it, but that's you know. 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 2: I wasn't a huge part of it, but just to 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: be around it and experience it, it was awesome. And 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 2: looking forward to having way more to do with the 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: three pet this next season for sure. 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 3: There you go. 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: Now, have you, guys gotten into the conversations like a 18 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: team such as the Dodgers will do. Hey, we want 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: you to do your thing a little bit, but now 20 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: let's talk. This is what we really like about you, 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: this is why we traded for you, and this is 22 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: maybe one thing we would like to see you do differently, 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: whether it's mechanical or pitch usage. Any of that. Have 24 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: you guys had that conversation or is that more something? 25 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: Now you can kind of reset to your own thing 26 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: and then talk in spring training because you'll have plenty 27 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: of time there. 28 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, we had. 29 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: We had meetings right when I got traded over, and 30 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: I had some familiarity because I was Dodger in the 31 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 2: past from sixteen to nine, up and down, Triple A, 32 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: the Big Leagues and all that. But I had some familiarity, 33 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 2: so they knew my stuff. You know everybody's They know 34 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: everybody's stuff. Everything's on true media and everything's recorded, every 35 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: pitch you throw and everything, so everybody knows everything, everything 36 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: about everybody. So the Dodgers knew what I had coming in, 37 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 2: and they knew that I was really good against right 38 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: handed hitters, and they wanted me to pretty much continue 39 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: what I was doing against righty's. But they did have 40 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: a couple of suggestions about lefties, maybe throwing the sweeper 41 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: to get ahead into the count. Just get me over 42 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: a little sweeper to get into account and then go 43 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: from there, because last year, in particular, I fared way 44 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: better against. 45 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 4: Rightis than I did lefties. 46 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: But no, the Dodgers had a great plan for me, 47 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: It's just unfortunate that I only was able to throw 48 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: four times for before my shoulder flare back up. But 49 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: like I said, just looking forward to helping out much 50 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: much more this twenty twenty sixth season. 51 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 3: All right, before I asked the question, because I was 52 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: going to ask you by your shoulder when you grew 53 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 3: up in normal Illinois, were you a Cubs or a 54 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: White Sox fan, because that's gonna dictate how the next 55 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: ten minutes your life goes. 56 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: Adrian, I'm glad you brought this up. I was actually 57 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: a White Sox fan, so uh, thank you? Okay, good, Yeah, 58 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: now we can be positive. 59 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 3: Thank you. Now he can have a great passage. 60 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 2: What I think at that time, I was thirteen or 61 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: fourteen when you guys want it all and pretty cool 62 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 2: to be talking to talking to you now because I 63 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: mean back back when I was thirteen or fourteen, you 64 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: you were larger than life, and that whole team was 65 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: larger than life. That was really cool. And I actually 66 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 2: I went to Illinois State. Do you know which one 67 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: of your World Series teammates went to Illinois State? 68 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 4: Neil Cox Katzi. Yeah, yeah, he's a great guy. 69 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 3: He is a great gross great guy, great good should 70 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 3: have been him all day. 71 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 5: Hey day before I asked this question, Brock, like, don't 72 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 5: come on here and be you know, we don't need 73 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 5: to lie to be friends. Like this could be a 74 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 5: great interview. There's no such thing as you either had 75 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 5: a bunch of friends and you were a Cubs fan, 76 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 5: or you didn't have friends and you were a white 77 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 5: Sox fan. Isn't that how it goes in northern Illinois. 78 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 4: I think I had that. 79 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: I had he's some central just enough friends, and I 80 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: was a Sox fan. I was one of like so 81 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 2: my hometown let me to normal Illinois, right in the 82 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: middle of the state. So like, I would say, sixty 83 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 2: percent Cubs fans, thirty percent Cardinal fans, and then I 84 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,279 Speaker 2: was one of the ten percent. 85 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 4: White Sox fans. And it might it might not even 86 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: be ten percent, but I was one of those small, 87 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: small percentage of white Sox fans. 88 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 3: By the way, yeah, I can live with Cardinals or 89 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: white Sox so normal, You're normal. The sixty percent of 90 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 3: the problem, okay. But by the way, crowds is just jealous, 91 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 3: because Brock, you had a fathead of me in your 92 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 3: room growing up, and crats never have that, So it's okay, 93 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: it's okay. 94 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 5: I always fathead. 95 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 4: I don't know about the fathead. I don't know about that. 96 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: It's always a head. Yeah you were you weren't that. 97 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 3: You weren't that coy Oh I had a fat I 98 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 3: have one. I had a fat head. I was the 99 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 3: White Sox fathead guy, which is kind of no. I 100 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: mean his in his mind, you aren't. That's fine, that's fine. 101 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 3: In your mind. 102 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 5: You were that cool. 103 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 3: I was. 104 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: I was also a fan of I mean, yeah, you 105 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: were great, AJ. But that's starting rotation, especially in the postseason. 106 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: That starting rotation was silly. 107 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 3: What they what they preaed, but they couldn't have done 108 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 3: it without the catcher, Brock. Don't ever forget. 109 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 4: That the game manager behind. 110 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: The dish exactly. All right, So let's get back to 111 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: you now that we're now the Cratch has done glazing me. 112 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 3: Thank you, Cratch. How's your shoulder because you missed the 113 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 3: end of the year with the shoulder and you had surgery? 114 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: Am I am? I correct? Do you have surgery? Ye? 115 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: So how's the rehab it? Will you be ready for 116 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 3: spring or what's the prognosis for you going forward? 117 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 4: So the rehab's going well. It's a you know, it's 118 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 4: been mostly smooth. You know, there's some. 119 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 2: Days that it's kind of you got to knock the 120 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: cobwebs off when you play catch, and especially each step 121 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: up in intensity, I've had to deal with a little 122 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: bit of the cobwebs. But the recovery has been really good. 123 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 2: I'm able to play catch the next day. Everything's feeling clean, 124 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 2: feeling great going through certain ranges, which is not always 125 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: been the case. So yeah, I mean, I'm not exactly 126 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: sure when I'll be activated for the season. 127 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 4: I think I'll have. 128 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: To spend a little bit time on the injured list 129 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 2: just to start the year. I'm not off the mound yet, 130 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: so I think I'll get off the mound within the 131 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: next few weeks, once I get out to Arizona and 132 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: get some cleats on. I think at that point that 133 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: then we can, you know, they get eyes on me 134 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: and then see where I'm at and maybe think about 135 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: getting off the mound within another couple of weeks. But 136 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: I don't think I'm getting the vibes that there's no 137 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: rush with this. We want to make sure, we want 138 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: to make sure the shoulder is good to go for 139 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: the you know, the dog days of summer and then 140 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: leading into leading into the fall baseball when it gets 141 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: really fun. I think that's when they want me at 142 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: my best, and that's when I am expecting to be 143 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 2: at my best. So whatever it takes to get to 144 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 2: that point, it is what it is. I've dealt with 145 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 2: injuries before, so I'm familiar with this rehab process and. 146 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 4: Really take it day by day. 147 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: So every every day I go into tread athletics here 148 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 2: in Chars, then I go to my PT clinic down 149 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 2: the road and just do what I have to do. 150 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: Try to try to be better than I was the 151 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: day before and try to feel better than the day 152 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: day before. So yeah, I like where I'm at. There's 153 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 2: still a little bit of a road to go, but 154 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 2: you know, I'm out to one hundred and fifty one 155 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty feet throwing in the mid eighties, so 156 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: I think I'm I think I'm on the right path 157 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 2: to getting where I need to be to help the 158 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six Dodgers. 159 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 5: Can you confirm that they told you to take your time? 160 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 5: Because we hear all the time. We see, you know, 161 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 5: like this guy had this and we always just say. 162 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 5: It feels like the Dodgers are just they're playing for 163 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 5: the postseason, and to me, it's the smartest thing, Like 164 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 5: why try to just burn some dude out when he's 165 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 5: going to be elite in the postseason. So, can you 166 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 5: confirm that the Dodgers have said slow down, take your time. 167 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 5: The most important time of year is October. 168 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: They know that everybody knows that that the most important 169 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: time is late in the season, the playoff push and 170 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 2: then in the playoff. But no, I I can say 171 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 2: with a hundred percent honesty, they have not told me 172 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: to take it easy. 173 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 4: It's more so just the the. 174 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: Vibe I'm getting from the training staff and kind of 175 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 2: the throwing schedule that they're sending me. But no, I honestly, 176 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 2: they they have never said, you know, we're gonna we're 177 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: gonna hold you back until you're one hundred percent and 178 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: you know if that's you know, July or August, and 179 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: so be it. No, they have not said that. I'm 180 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: I'm fully anticipating being activated, you know, not too far 181 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: into the season, hopefully sometime I really don't know, but 182 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: around around the beginning of May. Maybe we will see, 183 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: you know, like I said, there's a long there's a 184 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: there's some road. 185 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 4: Left to go before I get activated. 186 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: So uh, like I said, just take it one day 187 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: at a time, and UH should be good. 188 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 3: By the way, you mentioned something you mentioned you're a 189 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 3: tread You don't work with, you don't work with Justin Nicolino. 190 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 3: Do you have a trick, because if you do, I'm 191 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 3: gonna tell you to stay far far away from him. 192 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 4: So I don't. 193 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: I don't work directly with him, but it was always 194 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 2: around and he's one of a kind. He's he's the man. 195 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 2: I've got to got to know him a little bit 196 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 2: this offseason, and I know he spent some time in 197 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 2: the big leagues. So yeah, just just to talk with him. 198 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: He's he's awesome and he's a character too. 199 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 3: He's ask him just do me a favor. Next time 200 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 3: you see him, just say, hey, tell me about the 201 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 3: time you went to Baker's Bay. Just just ask him 202 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: that and then just let him go for about two 203 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 3: hours on his experience when we went we went on vacation. 204 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 3: One time went on vacation, we went on a guy's 205 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 3: trip to play golf together, and just let him fill 206 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 3: you in on that. It'll take it's going to take 207 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 3: you a bit. It's a hilarious story, especially when we 208 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: returned home. They'll tell you what happened and you probably 209 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 3: won't believe it. 210 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 4: That's great. 211 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: So I'm not very confident in my ability to tell stories, 212 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 2: but I'll tell you what. I don't know him super well, 213 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 2: but that guy seems like he could tell a good story. 214 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 4: So I'm gonna go. Ah, I'll see him tomorrow, so 215 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 4: I'll ask him tomorrow about it. 216 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 3: Okay, just call him Tiger Dick. Sorry, I know, just 217 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 3: say hey, Tiger Dick, A J says, Hi. I guarantee 218 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 3: you'll know what you're talking about. 219 00:08:58,360 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 4: All right, sounds good. 220 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 5: All right, Well, you have to tell the story about 221 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 5: when you got traded last year along with the cavalcade 222 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 5: of guy did they give Did they get a whole 223 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 5: bust together and ship you all to the airport at 224 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 5: the same time when they got rid of half your team? 225 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 4: No, but that would have made sense. 226 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 2: That was a you know, Dodgers aside, la aside, the 227 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: Dodgers aside. That was a really sad day because you know, 228 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: I got to be really close with all those guys 229 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 2: up in Minnesota, and there's so many good people in 230 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 2: that organization and in that city, and that you know 231 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 2: that a whole area Minnesota nice is a real thing. 232 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 2: Those people are the best. They deserve a winning team. 233 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 2: It's kind of unfortunate to see what transpired last year. 234 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 4: And then. 235 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 2: You know the issue with the president, Derek Falvin kind 236 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 2: of breaking up with the Twins here recently. You know, 237 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 2: I don't know what it's all about. I just know 238 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 2: that the Twins deserve a winning team. And like I said, 239 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 2: a lot of great people up there. But that that 240 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: day was crazy. I mean, I think I was one 241 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 2: of the first guys to go on that trade deadline 242 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 2: day and then kind of just you know, watching as 243 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,719 Speaker 2: the day went. It was shocking. It was shocking. They 244 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: did a total fire sale. Pretty much everybody that was 245 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 2: you know, a rental, a free agent definitely was gone. 246 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 2: And then even some controllable guys like I get in 247 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 2: my case, you know, I'm thirty at the time, thirty 248 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 2: three now thirty four, battled with some injuries my whole career, 249 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 2: so maybe trade. 250 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 4: Me, get some value back for me. 251 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 2: But you know, some of the controllable guys were a 252 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: little head scratching, like Louis Barland going to Toronto. I 253 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 2: mean he was controller for four or five more seasons 254 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: and throws one hundred could have been their closer. But yeah, 255 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 2: I mean there's reasons for everything. I don't know what's 256 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 2: going on with ownership in the Twins at the front 257 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: office or. 258 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 4: Anything like that, but. 259 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, just a wild day for me and my Twins teammates. 260 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 2: But then when I learned that I was going to 261 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 2: LA where I had some familiarity, and that I was joining. 262 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 4: Quite possibly the best team ever, pretty cool. Yeah, pretty cool. 263 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 2: That side of it was awesome, and I was really 264 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,599 Speaker 2: looking forward to getting out of there, out of Cleveland. 265 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: We were on the road in Cleveland, really looking forward 266 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 2: to getting out into LA is what I meant to say. 267 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, only three or four times for him last year, 268 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 4: but looking forward to helping out a lot more. 269 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 5: There's a lot of negative around the Twins with getting 270 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 5: rid of everybody ownership, not sure all that stuff. But 271 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 5: if you look at twenty four, twenty three actually and 272 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 5: twenty four maybe one of the most dominant bullpens that 273 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 5: I've seen that really didn't get to shine their light 274 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 5: brightly in huge, huge playoff games. What do they do 275 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 5: like part of the fact that they got rid of everybody. 276 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 5: It almost seems like the Twins are like, yeah, sure, 277 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 5: we'll find Brock Stewart from the injured list independent league, 278 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 5: and we'll go and turn them around into this elite 279 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 5: bullpen guy. You know, who heard of Louis Varland before? 280 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 3: Who? 281 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 5: You know, they really created this bullpen that kind of came. 282 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 3: Came out of nowhere. 283 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 5: What were they doing during that time and is it 284 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 5: something that they can continue to do to find that 285 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 5: massive value in bullpen guys. 286 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't really know what they did necessarily. 287 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: I joined as a minor league free agent with the 288 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 2: Twins back in the summer of twenty two, and right 289 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: off the bat, I could tell that the Twins were 290 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 2: very forward thinking when it comes to pitching and very analytical, 291 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: and you know, they wanted you to lean on your 292 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 2: strengths and they you know, they did that that really 293 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 2: well with the pitching staff and you know, the pitching 294 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 2: staff and the front office side of things, and then 295 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 2: like the player development side of things. Everybody was open 296 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: and honest with everybody, and it just seemed like a 297 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 2: well oiled machine when I got there, and I know, 298 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 2: I knew we had a lot of talent in the 299 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 2: bullpen and in the starting rotation, I mean, and on 300 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 2: that team. Honestly, if you look at the twenty three 301 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 2: to twenty five rosters for the Twins, I mean, pretty 302 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 2: good rosters. Never really put it together consistently, but I 303 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: mean last year, I remember, we were part of a 304 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 2: I think we won thirteen in a row early in 305 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 2: the season, So we definitely were always capable of playing 306 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 2: winning baseball. We just never really strung it together totally. 307 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 2: But no, like you said, there was a lot of 308 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: talent in the bullpen. You know, I really think we 309 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: have a lot of talent this Dodger's bullpen. But I'm 310 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: not sure if I'll be part of a bullpen that 311 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 2: had more talent than some of these Twins bullpens. And yeah, shoot, 312 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: what was it last year? Five of the guys, the 313 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: eight guys in the bullpen were traded. 314 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 5: All right, Well, then you have to ask the typical 315 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 5: Dodger player question, have you talked to Show Hey? Or 316 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 5: do you have to have more than five appearances to 317 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 5: have talked to Show Hey? And do you have any 318 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 5: good Show Hey stories? 319 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 4: Oh Man stories? 320 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 2: I don't know, I just I just it's really intriguing 321 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 2: to watch him go about his business every day and 322 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 2: inspiring honestly because he I mean, I am a bullpen 323 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 2: middle reliever and I'll maybe pitch you know, every other game, 324 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 2: every third game. So but I'm I'm training, and my 325 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 2: my training takes you know, pretty much all day. Like 326 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 2: I have maybe an hour hour and a half of 327 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: downtime before the game starts, where I just chill. But 328 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 2: to see him train for both hitting and pitching is incredible, 329 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 2: and he has his routine down to like the minute, 330 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 2: and he knows what he has to do, and like 331 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: I said, it's really inspiring. I haven't spent a time, 332 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: you know, as much time as I want to around him, 333 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 2: and I'm looking forward to this spring and then this season. 334 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: But so I don't have any crazy stories. I just 335 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 4: know he's a super good dude. 336 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: And when I came off the mound after my first 337 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: outing when I joined the team, he just looked. 338 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 4: At me nasty. I said, yeah, let's go, man. So 339 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 4: it's cool. 340 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 2: It's just cool to see that he's a great person, 341 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 2: you know, along with other guys Freddie MOOKI all those 342 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: guys you know that'll have all the money in the world. 343 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: A lot of people might think that they they're just 344 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: gonna cash it in and show up and yeah, I 345 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 2: guess this is what I do and just take home 346 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 2: a paycheck and just you know, get ready for the 347 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 2: game and go play. But no, they're the they're the 348 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 2: first some of the first guys there. They're the weight 349 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: room all the time. Like I said about show Hey, 350 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: and it's the same with Freddy and Muki and all 351 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 2: those guys, like they they get after it, which is 352 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 2: really inspiring because they could easily, you know, just kind 353 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 2: of cash it in and take it easy and know 354 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 2: that they're going to play every day and know that 355 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: they're going to have a paycheck coming in every uh 356 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 2: every other Friday. But no, some of those guys are 357 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 2: the hardest workers on the team, which is really really 358 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: cool to see. And show he's the man. I have 359 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: nothing but good things to say about show Hey. 360 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 3: Brock. What about your view? Oh a J? You got 361 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 3: or no? Yeah, sorry, Scott, cheez you want to talk 362 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 3: so much? Change you missed, You missed one day of 363 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 3: work and now you just want to cheez. 364 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: We have so we don't talk over each other too much. 365 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: And a J didn't say next. 366 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 4: So it's okay, it's okay, yeah, chat all. 367 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 3: Sorry, we do it. 368 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: We do it every day on the show. But I 369 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: guess matters right now, you've got a white Sox fan. 370 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 4: You talk ship behind guys backs as you're talking at all. 371 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 3: We I mean, I do not know has been there's 372 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: been times where you're sitting next to a guest and 373 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 3: when I come to spring training starting like next week, 374 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 3: you'll see that. I'm like, hey, just reminder, guys, people 375 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 3: can see my chat, so just careful what you're right, Okay, 376 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: just be careful. If you did steroids nexting Tiger Dick, sorry, 377 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 3: I apologize if you make sure it gives you some 378 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 3: ship tomorrow. 379 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 5: If you do steroids, I will put it in the 380 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 5: thread so that you see it when you're sitting next 381 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 5: to AJ. So spring training is coming up and any 382 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 5: x p D guys, I'm just gonna be like, hey, 383 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 5: j ask him about doing steroids. 384 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: That's not true. 385 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 2: You know it goes for you guys. See how it 386 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: goes for you guys in the whole the whole show. 387 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, not true, not true. Not good. Anyways, Now onto Yamamoto. 388 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 3: I think Yamamoto might have been on something which called 389 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 3: adrenaline this this postseason because the Dodgers are super careful 390 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 3: with everybody and they all muddles like, Oh, I threw 391 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 3: Game six, don't worry, guys, I'll come in and shove 392 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 3: in Game seven the next day. To how impressive was 393 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 3: that Because you mentioned, you know, you're a middle reliever 394 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 3: and you might pitch every other day. This guy started 395 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 3: and then closed it out the next day. 396 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just I'm just thinking back to when I 397 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 2: was a starter, you know, coming through the minor leagues. 398 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 2: You know, I'm a bullpen guy. Now they're all failed starters, 399 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 2: but when I was a starter, I just know how 400 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 2: I felt after throwing six seven innings and the next 401 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: day especially, I mean. 402 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 4: I it's unbelievable. It's unprecedented. 403 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 2: I don't know if it'll ever happen again what he did, 404 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: and not just to you know what, he throw eight 405 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 2: innings Game six and then coming back for Game seven. 406 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: It'd be different if he just went out for Game 407 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 2: seven for like a hitter to finish an inning, but no, 408 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: he pitched what was it two and a third or 409 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 2: two and two thirds to finish that game seven. Truly incredible. 410 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 2: Another guy that has all the money in the world 411 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 2: but works so hard. I mean, you should his mobility routine, 412 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 2: and I think there's been viral clips of him doing 413 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 2: his mobility stuff where he's doing like headstands and handstands 414 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: and back bends. He can contort his body like I'll 415 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 2: never be able to. But no, he's a really hard worker. 416 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 2: And what he did, I mean it should be national news. 417 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 2: I say it all the time, but like show Hay's 418 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 2: three homer game, the ten punchies and then Yamamoto what 419 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 2: he did. I mean, this should be even if you 420 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 2: don't like baseball, if you just you know, barely follow sports, 421 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: like this should be front page headline news. 422 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 4: What those guys did for us truly incredible. 423 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 5: Where were you during that run? A lot of people 424 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 5: know about where Shohey was during the World Series run? 425 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 5: He was on the field, Guys that are injured, guys 426 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 5: that are not active. Where were you and how did 427 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 5: you feel like the Dodgers, Like was there a give 428 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 5: and take in all of that? 429 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 4: So I was with the team until the CS, and 430 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 4: then I came home to Charlotte after the CS and 431 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 4: everybody was super with it. I mean there's mental mental 432 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 4: warfare on my side. I just didn't. I the last 433 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 4: thing I wanted to be for the team was in 434 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,199 Speaker 4: the way. You know. 435 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 2: I only pitched four times for him in August and 436 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 2: then tried to come back at the end of the season, 437 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 2: didn't work out, ended up getting surgery. So I was 438 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 2: on the shelf, and I, you know, barely helped the team. 439 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 4: So the last thing I wanted to do was be 440 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 4: in the way and for PT. 441 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 2: When the team was on the road and the Philly 442 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: See Philly series and then the. 443 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 4: Brewers series, I was going to. UH. 444 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 2: I was going to a PT clinic in Beverly Hills, 445 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: So that was like a kind of an hour, like 446 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 2: an hour long drive work from where I was. So 447 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 2: just because I wasn't traveling with the team, and just 448 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 2: because I had to drive about an hour to Pete 449 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 2: and I had kids that we wanted to get back 450 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 2: to Charlotte and get into a they call it school, 451 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 2: but it's basically daycare. 452 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 4: It's called weekday school. 453 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 2: But UH, I was just open and honest with the daughters, 454 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 2: and UH they kind of let me do whatever I 455 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 2: wanted to do, so they had no issues with me 456 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 2: heading home, and it was kind of weird just watching 457 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 2: the team, but like I said, I was barely part 458 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 2: of it. So but I was big old cheerleader from 459 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 2: my couch at home. But to be there with the 460 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 2: team for the home games of the playoffs this past 461 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 2: season was super cool, and it's a you know, I 462 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 2: really want to be part of a three peat and 463 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 2: I really want to have a lot more to do 464 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 2: with it, and that then that's when I can really 465 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 2: enjoy the celebrations, enjoy. 466 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 4: The parade and all that. So no, I'm working each 467 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 4: and every. 468 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 2: Day to feel to feel what those guys felt after 469 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 2: the last out of this game seven was made. I 470 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 2: think that's what everybody dreams of, So in twenty twenty six, 471 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 2: really looking forward to being a part of it. And 472 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 2: you know, everybody knows we got a great team and 473 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 2: could go for the three peat. So that's, you know, 474 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: that's where my mind is going to be each and 475 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 2: every day. I'm going to try to try to go 476 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 2: to work and be better than I was the day 477 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 2: before and help out the team and be able to 478 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 2: be around the celebrations and you know feel like, you know, 479 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 2: you really earned it. 480 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 4: So I'm really looking forward to that. 481 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 5: I was the reason I asked that was because I 482 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 5: was pretty much in the same situation. I fired halfway 483 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 5: through the year from the Royals. I was on the 484 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 5: team Salvador Perez played all the time, so even if 485 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 5: I was on the team, I probably wasn't going to 486 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 5: do a whole lot anyway, and I watched this team. 487 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 5: I watched the Royals win against the Mets from my couch. 488 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 5: The rest of my family had watched pretty much the 489 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 5: whole postseason, and they all went to bed in game 490 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 5: I think it was Game five they beat the Mets, 491 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 5: or Game six, I forget exactly what it was. So 492 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 5: when they won, or even that whole Game seven, how 493 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 5: stressful or and how much elation did you have when 494 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:37,919 Speaker 5: they won? Did you pop your own bottle of champagne? 495 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 2: No, no popping champagne. I think we did have some 496 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 2: wine that night though. Game seven night, me and my wife. 497 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 2: But yeah, I just watched for my couch. I actually 498 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: Game seven, as the game got laid into the laid 499 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: into the Game seven, I was looking at the MLB app, 500 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 2: like the game day app, and it's actually like a 501 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 2: minute ahead of the broadcast. And I'm not proud of 502 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 2: myself for I'm not proud of myself for doing that, 503 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 2: but it made it made it easier once whatever transpired 504 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 2: on TV, I already knew it was going to happen, 505 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 2: so I kind of made it easier that way. So 506 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: I saw, you know, Alejandro Kurr grounds into double played 507 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 2: in the game, and I just shot up off the couch, 508 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 2: you know, threw my hands in the air, started jumping around, 509 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 2: and then sure enough, like thirty seconds later, it happens 510 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 2: on TV. I just had a big embrace with my wife, 511 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 2: and maybe it got a little emotional. You know. I 512 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 2: wasn't a part of it, but you know, just to 513 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 2: play a small part of it, and I wasn't part 514 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 2: of the postseason, but just to play a small part 515 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: of the regular season and just to be around the 516 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 2: team and just to see how they work every day 517 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: and how special of a group it was was really 518 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: really cool. But that game, I think it was Game 519 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 2: three that went into fifteen sixteen, seventeen innings, whatever it was, 520 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: I was so I was on the couch and then 521 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 2: I was like, I gotta go lay down. 522 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 4: So I went to my bed and I had my 523 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 4: phone and I was watching YouTube TV. So I was 524 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 4: watching the game on my phone in bed, and you know, 525 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 4: the twelve inning or. 526 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 2: Whatever rolls around, and I fall asleep, but you know, 527 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 2: I fall asleep with my phone on my chest, still playing, 528 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 2: still loud from the volume of the broadcast, and I 529 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: wake up like like two hours later, and I pull 530 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: up my phone and the game literally just ended. I'm 531 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 2: seeing like the on field celebration from Freddy's homer just wild. 532 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 2: I mean I'm on East Coast in Charlotte, so three 533 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: hours ahead of that, and I mean that game went 534 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 2: to after midnight on the West coast, so it was 535 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 2: like three point thirty in the morning when I happened 536 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 2: to wake up and look at my phone and saw 537 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 2: him celebrating. 538 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 3: Super cool. 539 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 4: And then you know, of course, it took me two 540 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 4: hours to get back to sleep, So the next day 541 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 4: was rough, but no, super super cool to be a 542 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 4: cheerleader and to see those guys have that success, because 543 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 4: like I said, great group of guys. They work so hard. 544 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 4: But yeah, uh, to be to be a part of 545 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 4: a playoff push and hopefully a playoff run this season 546 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 4: coming up will be awesome. 547 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 3: I don't Oh yeah, okay, hey Brock, did you get 548 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 3: any outs during the regular season. I just want to know, 549 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 3: did you get any outs? 550 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 4: I got some big outs with the Twins, and then 551 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 4: yeah I got. 552 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 3: No I'm talking about for the Dodgers. Did you make 553 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 3: any outs with the dot Did you get any outs 554 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 3: with the Dodge? I then, do you know what? You 555 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 3: deserve it because you helped them get there. I don't 556 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 3: care what anyone says. You helped them get there if 557 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 3: you got one out. Hell, if you got made one 558 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 3: appearance and got face to batter, you saved somebody from 559 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 3: facing that batter. So you deserve it. So anyone that 560 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 3: says you don't deserve it, screw them. They're wrong because 561 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 3: you if you if you appeared on the field and 562 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 3: did anything, it showed up one day talk to somebody. 563 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 3: You deserve it. So hold your held up high. If 564 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 3: anyone says all you didn't pitch in the playoffs, screw 565 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 3: them because that's not true. You helped people get there 566 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 3: whether and you were hurt, which is not your fault, 567 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 3: So screw them. And then the second thing I want 568 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 3: to know is, imagine you got to fall asleep, Okay 569 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 3: after that game that ended like three in the morning. 570 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 3: Now imagine if you're me and you have to do 571 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 3: a postgame show at three in the morning after that 572 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: game's end because your bosses are mean to make you 573 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 3: stay up and stay up and then have to go 574 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 3: on the air. So happy you got your sleepy, sleepy 575 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 3: time in, but some of us had to stay up, 576 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 3: watch the whole game and then discuss it. 577 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 4: That's what coffee's for, right, I mean you can you're 578 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 4: a grinder, age, you're a grinder. You're a catcher. You 579 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 4: know your backstop. You guys are. 580 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:27,959 Speaker 3: Grinding, not a grinder. No, exactly, Yeah, why am I? 581 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 3: First of all, Bro, what do you consider a grinder? 582 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 3: Because Kratz says, oh, you only spent six years in 583 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 3: the minor leagues, you're not a grinder. 584 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 4: It's different for everybody. I consider ninety. 585 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 3: Oh actually seven years, if we're going to get technical. 586 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 2: I think it's different for everybody personally. I think you 587 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 2: can tell if a guy's a grinder simply by watching 588 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 2: him for like twenty thirty minutes about how he approaches 589 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 2: each day and how he goes about his day. 590 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 4: That's my this opinion. So under the fact that the 591 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 4: fact that you pushed through and we're able to do 592 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 4: that postgame show at four and am man, you're keep 593 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 4: it up. You work like you and. 594 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 3: Well I like you. You're to be a regular on 595 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 3: the show now. Thank you. We just just signed you 596 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 3: to it. 597 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 4: Thank you perfect. 598 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: Well. 599 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: It's worked out great, Brock. 600 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 4: Hope you enjoyed it. 601 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: I didn't even realize the White Sox connection, so you 602 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: made AJ's day. Thanks for joining us, and uh we'll 603 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: see out in spring training. 604 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 2: Awesome, see you guys soon. Thanks for having me on. 605 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 2: Really appreciate it.