WEBVTT - The Rays Win The Pennant 0:00:00.090 --> 0:00:02.930 Oh, and two, the count to DeLauder. Lazy little pop-up 0:00:02.970 --> 0:00:03.390 into foul grounds. 0:00:03.410 --> 0:00:03.930 On the run is Hicks. 0:00:03.990 --> 0:00:06.130 He's got it! And that's it! The Tampa Bay Rays have. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:09.980 Won the American League pennant! Walking on sunshine. 0:00:09.619 --> 0:00:10.460 Never sounded better. 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:12.920 For the Rays and their fans, the Tampa Bay Rays 0:00:12.940 --> 0:00:14.520 are headed to the World Series. 0:00:14.580 --> 0:00:15.280 Small market palooza. 0:00:27.030 --> 0:00:29.370 Rays and Brewers in the World Series. 0:00:29.670 --> 0:00:32.169 I can remember 18 years ago on this night with 0:00:32.190 --> 0:00:35.200 the Rays finishing off the Boston Red Sox and thinking, 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.760 not only had there never been a moment like this 0:00:37.860 --> 0:00:40.780 in Tropicana Field or Rays history, but who knows if 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.400 we would ever see it again. And the Rays are 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:47.480 one strike away. From partying like it's 2008. 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:48.229 All over again. 0:00:48.659 --> 0:00:50.030 No balls, two strikes. 0:00:50.350 --> 0:00:50.950 Popped him up. 0:00:51.270 --> 0:00:52.470 Foul, third base side. 0:00:52.690 --> 0:00:55.470 Pitch sprinting over towards the dugout. Makes the catch! 0:00:55.990 --> 0:00:57.470 Over near the Cleveland dugout. 0:00:57.750 --> 0:01:01.450 And for the third time in franchise history, the Tampa 0:01:01.470 --> 0:01:04.380 Bay Rays are headed to the World Series. 0:01:04.900 --> 0:01:05.940 The Rays stream. 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:06.479 Out of the dugout. 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.839 And partied like it's 2008 all over again for the 0:01:10.900 --> 0:01:12.199 American League champions. 0:01:12.540 --> 0:01:13.319 And here in St. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.340 Petersburg, the party is on. 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:32.660 It's time to raise the roof for our latest World 0:01:32.940 --> 0:01:38.420 Series episode. That's right, two episodes. World Series episodes for 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.440 you guys. Actually, it's going to be three World Series 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.800 episodes for you guys before game one. This episode will 0:01:44.900 --> 0:01:49.360 include interviews from the clubhouse after the Rays clinched their 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:54.730 third ever AL pennant. That being back all the way 0:01:54.850 --> 0:01:58.530 earlier this week feels like a lifetime since that point. 0:01:58.670 --> 0:02:02.580 But yeah, plenty of good stuff from there. It includes 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:08.169 interviews from just in order. We have Junior Caminero, Eric Neander, 0:02:08.669 --> 0:02:13.450 Patrick Zalupski, Kevin Cash, and Freddy Peralta, some of those 0:02:13.530 --> 0:02:17.450 being in the post-game press conference room and then some 0:02:17.470 --> 0:02:21.570 of them being in the actual clubhouse. So those interviews 0:02:21.630 --> 0:02:27.510 will be brought to you ahead of Game 1 tomorrow. 0:02:28.090 --> 0:02:31.829 As of this recording, Game 1 tomorrow night, 8 p.m., 0:02:31.970 --> 0:02:34.970 or it should be 8.08, something like that, start if 0:02:35.010 --> 0:02:37.780 you live in the central time zone, just an hour 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:42.480 before that point, and then just continue to keep subtracting as. 0:02:42.419 --> 0:02:44.320 You go on, I don't know what it is in Hawaii, 0:02:44.340 --> 0:02:45.620 I would assume five hours. 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:50.380 Earlier, so 3.08 if you're a sicko in Hawaii and 0:02:50.419 --> 0:02:52.960 you're watching the Raising the World series, which please do, 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.030 that's an awesome time, but yeah, we're going to be 0:02:56.050 --> 0:02:59.510 getting those interviews to you shortly, so Stay tuned, and 0:02:59.550 --> 0:03:01.859 we'll be right back in this latest episode of Razor Roof. 0:03:08.370 --> 0:03:10.889 Especially because I don't pay nothing for this. 0:03:10.950 --> 0:03:14.380 What's running through your head? 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:18.200 You're going to the World Series in a couple of days. 0:03:18.460 --> 0:03:23.240 Thank God for everything! Guys, the limit. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:28.859 I mean, very happy for this team right here. Played 0:03:28.900 --> 0:03:39.870 really hard. Yandy Diaz, Arata, myself. Prediperata MVP. Ramos, Bacon, everybody. 0:03:40.210 --> 0:03:42.030 Everybody good. 0:03:42.050 --> 0:03:44.210 We know you've been waiting for your moment to hit 0:03:44.230 --> 0:03:45.090 the home run in the game. 0:03:45.110 --> 0:03:45.790 Besides you going. 0:03:45.750 --> 0:03:47.240 To the World Series, what does that mean to you? 0:03:47.530 --> 0:03:48.900 I'm hungry. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:53.180 Very good because I don't know if all you guys know, 0:03:53.740 --> 0:03:56.080 last year we got to the Game 7. 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.760 We watched the Game 7. And this year we play 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:02.540 World Series. Everything come true for me. You went to 0:04:02.580 --> 0:04:04.850 the World Series Game 7 last year? Yeah, Game 3, 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.420 Game 4, and Game 7. 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:17.250 What did you think when you guys got the final 0:04:17.370 --> 0:04:18.970 out and it hit you that you won? 0:04:20.380 --> 0:04:20.920 For the fight? 0:04:20.940 --> 0:04:22.239 The final out tonight. 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:27.360 Yeah, I mean, outstanding. The fans giving us support every 0:04:27.380 --> 0:04:34.150 single fight, every single inning. I love you, Tampa. Tampa 0:04:34.170 --> 0:04:35.029 the best. 0:04:35.170 --> 0:04:37.330 When you hit the home run, you stopped right before 0:04:37.370 --> 0:04:38.670 home plate and crossed your arm. 0:04:39.110 --> 0:04:41.070 Did you know Randy was here? Oh, yeah, my guy. 0:04:41.110 --> 0:04:46.150 We played together in 23. And Randy good guy. 0:04:46.330 --> 0:04:46.850 I know him. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.800 And we stopped at home play. I said, I'll be 0:04:51.820 --> 0:04:55.300 like this. And I said, this is for you, my guy. Enjoy. 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.640 You seem to like the tip, and this. 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:58.100 Is for you. 0:04:58.500 --> 0:04:59.020 Yeah. 0:04:59.110 --> 0:05:00.130 Yeah. 0:05:00.170 --> 0:05:02.550 How much did you. 0:05:02.529 --> 0:05:05.730 Appreciate the opportunity to do it in this building? 0:05:06.050 --> 0:05:06.909 Everything, everything. 0:05:07.770 --> 0:05:13.450 I mean, the front office, Eddie, Cash, the others. Thank 0:05:13.500 --> 0:05:15.000 you for giving me this opportunity. 0:05:15.100 --> 0:05:15.500 Believe it. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:18.720 I played really hard for you guys. 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:25.170 And Kevin Cash, I say thank you because you know me, 0:05:25.190 --> 0:05:29.070 we played 162 and now we play one season and 0:05:29.089 --> 0:05:34.750 go to the World Series. And I mean, Cash is 0:05:34.770 --> 0:05:37.270 the best man here. And I'm very happy for him too. 0:05:38.510 --> 0:05:43.410 And I'm very happy for this organization. I mean, we're 0:05:43.430 --> 0:05:45.530 happy right now. So we got to enjoy the moment 0:05:45.570 --> 0:05:48.520 right now and go to Milwaukee. 0:05:49.220 --> 0:05:51.960 What did you think of Yandy saying yesterday, we're going 0:05:51.980 --> 0:05:54.120 to win, and then. 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:54.320 You did win? 0:05:54.779 --> 0:05:58.840 Yeah, Yandy know that thing. Believe, you know, believe, try 0:05:58.860 --> 0:06:02.120 to believe. And I say today, I don't want to 0:06:02.140 --> 0:06:04.750 play tomorrow. I want to play tonight because if we 0:06:04.770 --> 0:06:08.790 won't play tomorrow, a lot of, you know, so. 0:06:10.250 --> 0:06:10.510 It's over. 0:06:10.570 --> 0:06:12.909 All right, so what do you think about playing the Brewers? 0:06:14.150 --> 0:06:15.930 They have a really good team, so. 0:06:17.339 --> 0:06:20.120 You know, we need the best. That's all I say. 0:06:20.980 --> 0:06:22.500 A flag on the field, did you grab that? 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:23.620 Did somebody give that to you? 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.460 You're running around with a flag waving it on the field. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:30.909 Somebody gave me, I don't know who. Thank you, my guy. 0:06:31.130 --> 0:06:34.469 Going through your mind last out there when it's finally official. 0:06:34.110 --> 0:06:35.550 And going back to the World Series. 0:06:35.570 --> 0:06:39.110 Appreciate Yandy hitting the two-run tank today. let me breathe 0:06:39.150 --> 0:06:43.350 a little bit. Just, we said it, you know, when 0:06:43.370 --> 0:06:46.310 we clinched the division, said it throughout the year, when 0:06:46.330 --> 0:06:50.580 you clinch a division, you win the ALDS, just how 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:51.620 special this group is. 0:06:51.779 --> 0:06:53.900 This thing is just loaded with meaning. 0:06:54.180 --> 0:06:57.960 You know, it's, all the uncertainty around the franchise, we've 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.360 talked about it at each turn. This group, how they've 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:05.120 come together, this is, the World Series is about to 0:07:05.140 --> 0:07:07.230 be two exceptional baseball teams. It's going to be a 0:07:07.270 --> 0:07:09.610 blast to watch. I just, They deserve it. I'm happy 0:07:09.630 --> 0:07:13.350 for our staff. Unbelievable, top to bottom. We all play 0:07:13.370 --> 0:07:16.740 our little part to help these guys do the heavy lifting. 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:20.900 The most special group of guys you could imagine, top 0:07:20.940 --> 0:07:23.350 to bottom. You wanted that much more for him, and 0:07:23.410 --> 0:07:24.810 I'm happy they've delivered to this point. 0:07:24.850 --> 0:07:29.150 What did you say about your acquisition of a starter 0:07:29.190 --> 0:07:30.130 at the Tri-Deadline? 0:07:30.510 --> 0:07:33.050 Yeah, I just told his agents. 0:07:33.490 --> 0:07:36.170 This is exactly what we saw coming when I walked 0:07:36.270 --> 0:07:38.250 out of Colorado at first outing. 0:07:40.470 --> 0:07:41.310 What more can you say? 0:07:41.330 --> 0:07:44.860 I mean, but that's your scouts, the people that know Freddie, 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.780 have been around Freddie. You got to know the person. 0:07:48.220 --> 0:07:49.940 And we thought physically he was in a good spot. 0:07:50.580 --> 0:07:53.310 And we believed in the competitor. We believed in the human. 0:07:53.380 --> 0:07:56.650 And we felt like if we could afford some patience 0:07:56.690 --> 0:07:58.990 to him, which with five LD starters. 0:07:58.790 --> 0:07:59.830 At a time, we felt we could. 0:08:00.450 --> 0:08:03.480 That he was the option at the deadline that presented 0:08:03.630 --> 0:08:06.440 the most ceiling and I think wherever we set that 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.200 ceiling realistically I don't know if we had 98 99s 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.760 in the tank came with it he busted through it 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.400 and just deserves a tremendous amount of credit as does 0:08:14.460 --> 0:08:17.410 our pitching coach Cash and our players for helping a 0:08:17.450 --> 0:08:20.030 player that was struggling come in here first out in 0:08:20.070 --> 0:08:23.790 Colorado second out in Sacramento not the easiest transition these 0:08:23.810 --> 0:08:25.930 guys embraced them he felt comfortable he found his. 0:08:25.830 --> 0:08:29.240 Confidence and freed him up and off he went and 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.240 an ALCS MVP later, just the way we saw it 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.120 coming together. And now he's going to face his former 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.099 team in the World Series. Yeah, we'll think about that 0:08:37.140 --> 0:08:37.740 in a few days. 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.520 Tonight, just grateful that he put us on his back 0:08:40.540 --> 0:08:41.480 for two in this series. 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:44.090 Yeah, pretty cool. 0:08:46.210 --> 0:08:46.920 Some. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:51.030 2008 was my first full-time year, and. 0:08:57.530 --> 0:08:59.950 Since then, we haven't played a CS in this building. 0:08:59.970 --> 0:09:02.990 We've had one other experience. It was in 20. You know, 0:09:03.210 --> 0:09:05.830 bigger things were going on, things more important. But we 0:09:05.850 --> 0:09:09.410 made the most of that year. But you miss doing 0:09:09.429 --> 0:09:11.290 it here. You miss doing it in front of fans. 0:09:11.340 --> 0:09:14.380 And I think just taking it in a night like tonight, 0:09:14.380 --> 0:09:19.319 40,000 people, I don't know, 97% raised fans, something like that. 0:09:21.020 --> 0:09:23.800 A team like this, a night like this, it just shows– 0:09:24.290 --> 0:09:27.469 what's possible here, what baseball can be, and to have 0:09:27.490 --> 0:09:30.520 some finality about a new stadium, what's ahead, to have 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.760 a team like this deliver in a year. where all 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:37.200 that gets resolved. Just there's so much momentum. There's so 0:09:37.220 --> 0:09:42.500 much excitement about four more wins. But just everything that's 0:09:42.540 --> 0:09:45.300 ahead for this franchise, this community, the fans of this team, 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:46.839 and we've. 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.000 Got plenty of room for more. Let's keep it going. 0:09:48.590 --> 0:09:49.230 One of those. 0:09:49.170 --> 0:09:52.050 Moments for Yandy, especially given what you said yesterday, and. 0:09:54.130 --> 0:09:57.780 I was doing yours as well. Yeah, thanks, Yanni. Yeah, 0:09:58.580 --> 0:09:58.920 it's great. 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.640 I mean, Cammy whacked that ball in the wind, you know, 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.900 the cold air the other night. We've seen a similar 0:10:03.940 --> 0:10:07.560 ball here go 450. He wants it, you know, and 0:10:07.580 --> 0:10:10.410 one of the hardest things... When you get this deep 0:10:10.450 --> 0:10:12.970 in the postseason and he hasn't delivered, the homer is 0:10:13.630 --> 0:10:16.760 how to, especially a young player, how to manage the pressure, 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.160 how to manage the try. These moments you want to 0:10:19.179 --> 0:10:22.610 deliver so badly. But if you take that too far, 0:10:22.630 --> 0:10:24.069 it's almost the worst thing you can do. And you 0:10:24.110 --> 0:10:27.010 saw some expansions, saw some at-bats in Cleveland. They pitched 0:10:27.030 --> 0:10:30.710 them tough. Give him a lot of credit. You know, 0:10:30.730 --> 0:10:33.010 he kind of even acknowledged this much earlier. He sat 0:10:33.030 --> 0:10:36.270 with Cashy. Just try to simplify. Take it easy, one 0:10:36.330 --> 0:10:38.730 pitch at a time. Watch the way the guys around 0:10:38.770 --> 0:10:42.890 him pass the baton in game four or five, you know, 0:10:42.910 --> 0:10:43.380 around him. 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.160 I think just less is more. Less is more. Easy 0:10:46.179 --> 0:10:48.020 for me to say, easy for Cashy to say. Impossible 0:10:48.059 --> 0:10:48.280 to do. 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:49.719 But he did it tonight. 0:10:49.740 --> 0:10:51.460 He had great at-bats. And for him to have that 0:10:51.500 --> 0:10:54.520 moment off the pole, huge. And then Yandy has it 0:10:54.540 --> 0:10:58.330 tightened back up after he said we were going to win. So, 0:10:58.350 --> 0:11:03.450 all right. I guess he did his part. That was unbelievable. 0:11:03.490 --> 0:11:05.330 When did you know what. 0:11:05.230 --> 0:11:06.809 You had in mind? 0:11:06.850 --> 0:11:07.250 What's that? 0:11:07.270 --> 0:11:09.050 When did you know what you had in mind, Jake? 0:11:11.820 --> 0:11:13.560 We really liked him when we acquired him, and then 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:16.900 we rushed him up to Boston. Note to self, we 0:11:16.940 --> 0:11:18.960 might give a little more time for the human to 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.290 adjust to a new team and not run him up 0:11:22.330 --> 0:11:26.330 to just throw him right in the game. But always 0:11:26.390 --> 0:11:28.810 believed in it. Thought the talent took a huge step 0:11:28.850 --> 0:11:35.170 forward last year. Got him settled. You know, relievers, we 0:11:35.190 --> 0:11:37.990 like the ingredients, and we love the competitor. And this year, 0:11:38.010 --> 0:11:39.910 we came into the year without a closer. You know, 0:11:40.050 --> 0:11:43.179 we made a tough decision with Pete last offseason, Fairbanks. 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.280 It opened up. Make took a few earlier. The Velo 0:11:46.300 --> 0:11:48.240 jumped like three or four ticks in the spring. 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:50.730 He kind of liked it. He kind of turned into 0:11:50.750 --> 0:11:51.790 a lunatic doing his thing. 0:11:52.230 --> 0:11:54.910 Dance that i can't do um and he just he 0:11:54.929 --> 0:11:57.030 just rolled with it and even as the years gone 0:11:57.170 --> 0:11:59.750 on he's gonna be took on workload you know i 0:11:59.770 --> 0:12:01.380 know much is made about the velo being down a 0:12:01.410 --> 0:12:03.880 little bit here these last few outings last month the 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.340 change up he can pitch you know and he's he's 0:12:07.380 --> 0:12:09.820 got unbelievable courage he's got a heartbeat for the moment 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.969 he's passing out he just kept delivering it and Unbelievable. 0:12:15.530 --> 0:12:16.949 I don't know how to answer your question. When we 0:12:16.990 --> 0:12:18.630 acquired them, but yeah. 0:12:19.070 --> 0:12:21.670 One of many that just has delivered well beyond our 0:12:22.070 --> 0:12:23.210 most reasonable expectations. 0:12:26.630 --> 0:12:28.150 I literally, I mean it when I say I love 0:12:28.170 --> 0:12:28.750 these guys. 0:12:28.770 --> 0:12:31.290 I've known them for a year and I love them. 0:12:31.309 --> 0:12:32.030 They're unbelievable. 0:12:32.050 --> 0:12:35.130 The effort they play with, the energy, the camaraderie. 0:12:35.750 --> 0:12:36.699 It's contagious. 0:12:36.770 --> 0:12:37.319 It's palpable. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.410 You literally cannot fully appreciate how good this team is 0:12:41.429 --> 0:12:43.470 and how much they love each other and play for 0:12:43.490 --> 0:12:43.890 each other. 0:12:43.910 --> 0:12:45.730 When did you recognize that? 0:12:45.830 --> 0:12:47.990 I'm sure you felt good about the team in the spring, 0:12:48.490 --> 0:12:49.430 but at what point. 0:12:49.210 --> 0:12:52.430 Did you start realizing there was something special about it? 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.660 You've got to ask that to Cash or Neander. Those 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:57.880 guys know what they're doing. I just happen to be 0:12:57.900 --> 0:12:59.780 a fan. I've enjoyed every game I've been able to 0:12:59.820 --> 0:13:02.880 be a part of. I just appreciate these guys welcoming 0:13:02.900 --> 0:13:06.770 us into the locker room. part of the organization. They 0:13:07.390 --> 0:13:10.819 bought in to what Cash and Deander want to do 0:13:10.860 --> 0:13:14.380 and the organization, the baseball ops, and we're just lucky 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:15.120 to be a part of it. 0:13:15.140 --> 0:13:16.260 We're so excited to be here. 0:13:16.780 --> 0:13:18.560 What did it mean just to do it here? I mean, 0:13:18.580 --> 0:13:21.160 the uncertainty with this building when you put the team to. 0:13:21.020 --> 0:13:21.599 Where you are now. 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.200 It's nice for the first time to celebrate in our 0:13:24.220 --> 0:13:27.960 own locker room. Although New York twice was pretty fun too, 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.740 but this is special to be here at home in 0:13:31.780 --> 0:13:32.780 front of our fans. 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.770 I said it on the radio earlier, Our fans were 0:13:35.809 --> 0:13:36.830 unbelievable tonight. 0:13:36.890 --> 0:13:39.709 I mean, this narrative that Tampa Bay fans don't show 0:13:39.750 --> 0:13:42.679 up is total nonsense. It was as loud in there 0:13:42.740 --> 0:13:45.580 tonight as I've ever heard for a baseball game my 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:46.280 entire life. 0:13:46.780 --> 0:13:47.720 It was unbelievable. 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.540 And we need these fans to show up in Milwaukee, 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.280 and we're going to take over Milwaukee. We've got to 0:13:53.300 --> 0:13:55.180 be loud there. We've got to cheer our guys on. 0:13:55.210 --> 0:13:56.670 And then we're going to bring it back here, and 0:13:56.690 --> 0:13:58.770 we've got to do it here again. So I just 0:13:58.790 --> 0:14:00.730 can't wait to play baseball on Friday and be there 0:14:00.750 --> 0:14:01.890 and watch these guys compete. 0:14:02.410 --> 0:14:03.329 It's going to be fun. 0:14:04.030 --> 0:14:06.270 I think Brad said at one point, did you know 0:14:06.290 --> 0:14:07.530 ownership was going to be this easy? 0:14:07.670 --> 0:14:09.270 Does it feel like everything's gone? 0:14:09.290 --> 0:14:11.319 Nothing's easy. Nothing's easy. 0:14:11.390 --> 0:14:16.179 Everything earned, as John Gruden said. Look, these guys put 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:20.040 the work in. They put the time in. Nothing comes 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.320 easy to these guys. They don't take anything for granted. 0:14:22.780 --> 0:14:24.420 It is all about competing and winning. 0:14:24.950 --> 0:14:26.750 When you purchased the team, I mean, how much is 0:14:26.870 --> 0:14:29.070 it kind of understanding that this is already a pretty 0:14:29.130 --> 0:14:32.340 streamlined process here in Tennessee? So lucky. 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:35.540 These guys are baseball ops. I mean, in my mind, 0:14:35.580 --> 0:14:36.640 the best in the business. 0:14:37.220 --> 0:14:39.300 They are unbelievable. They work so hard. 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.520 I've been fortunate enough to get to spend time with 0:14:41.540 --> 0:14:44.730 these guys, listen to how they think about the roster 0:14:44.770 --> 0:14:49.370 and the lineups and the game situations. Look, we're blessed 0:14:49.390 --> 0:14:50.290 to have these guys. 0:14:50.370 --> 0:14:53.109 We're lucky to have them, and we. 0:14:52.730 --> 0:14:53.630 Want to keep it going. 0:14:53.650 --> 0:15:00.680 Congratulations. 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:01.200 Thank you. 0:15:01.550 --> 0:15:03.930 Your thoughts on the junior Caminero home run, which really 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:05.860 seemed like the dagger of the game. 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.160 My thoughts were I was really excited. 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.140 I know Cammy had been feeling for it the last 0:15:10.180 --> 0:15:12.400 couple of days and wanting to come through for his team. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:15.820 Cammy's played in a lot of big games, maybe none 0:15:15.860 --> 0:15:18.560 bigger than these last couple. And he certainly got a 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:22.670 pitch off of just maybe a very elite reliever to 0:15:22.710 --> 0:15:24.230 carry it and hit off the foul ball. 0:15:24.270 --> 0:15:25.430 I was pumped. Doug out erupted. 0:15:26.540 --> 0:15:29.090 Yandy Diaz predicted this victory and he came through with 0:15:29.110 --> 0:15:30.690 the home run there in the eighth inning. Just your 0:15:30.710 --> 0:15:32.330 thoughts on his performance. 0:15:32.870 --> 0:15:34.320 I'm really glad he backed it up. 0:15:35.370 --> 0:15:37.830 That's for sure. But happy for Yandy. Both those guys 0:15:37.890 --> 0:15:41.270 are so important to our club with the rest of 0:15:41.290 --> 0:15:44.750 the 24 guys. But we know when Yandy goes, our 0:15:44.810 --> 0:15:46.150 offense seems to really take off. 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:48.580 Freddie, once again, phenomenal. 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:50.980 What did you see in this start that maybe you 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:53.120 didn't see in the ALDS or in his first start 0:15:53.140 --> 0:15:53.620 in this series? 0:15:54.220 --> 0:15:57.900 I mean, maybe some more velocity. I did think he 0:15:57.940 --> 0:16:00.500 got to a point where his velocity was so high 0:16:00.540 --> 0:16:02.940 out of the gate, you were wondering how much he 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:04.900 was going to be able to maintain it. But I 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.320 also think that might have been because of the inning 0:16:07.340 --> 0:16:09.180 that he pitched in game four, coming in and getting 0:16:09.230 --> 0:16:11.910 some big outs, but couldn't be more impressed with the 0:16:11.930 --> 0:16:14.110 way he continued to take deep breaths and just make 0:16:14.150 --> 0:16:15.140 pitch after pitch for us. 0:16:16.870 --> 0:16:19.270 The hour to think about Ben Walker, just enjoy the moment. 0:16:19.630 --> 0:16:20.930 I think you've got to enjoy the moment. 0:16:21.630 --> 0:16:24.770 I mean, it's easy to appreciate what we're getting ready 0:16:24.790 --> 0:16:27.440 to go do next and the challenges that lie ahead. 0:16:27.460 --> 0:16:28.300 That's a great team. 0:16:28.340 --> 0:16:32.320 But for tonight, probably more appreciate the guys that you 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.220 go to work with on a daily basis and realize 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:36.640 what has just been accomplished. 0:16:38.850 --> 0:16:40.370 I think kind of following up on that, I know 0:16:40.410 --> 0:16:42.790 it's still very fresh, but considering what not only this 0:16:43.290 --> 0:16:45.370 team but this area has overcome in the last two 0:16:45.410 --> 0:16:48.100 years and now you guys are AL champions. To be 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.060 in this stadium to win it too, what does that mean? 0:16:51.420 --> 0:16:53.900 A lot, you know, and I'm glad you brought that up. 0:16:53.900 --> 0:16:56.120 2020 was as special as any season I've been a 0:16:56.140 --> 0:16:59.060 part of. But saying that, we didn't have 40,000 people 0:16:59.100 --> 0:17:02.120 behind us and excited to see what those 40,000 people 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:03.970 can bring on games three, four, and. 0:17:03.950 --> 0:17:04.670 Five for sure. 0:17:04.710 --> 0:17:07.430 But that crowd, I thought the DS crowd game one 0:17:07.470 --> 0:17:10.190 was the best crowd I've ever heard. This crowd tonight, 0:17:10.730 --> 0:17:13.250 you know, they might have been a little bit better. 0:17:18.420 --> 0:17:19.119 This is awesome. 0:17:19.380 --> 0:17:19.740 All right. 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:20.720 Yeah. 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:21.260 Okay. 0:17:21.300 --> 0:17:22.139 Congratulations. 0:17:22.300 --> 0:17:24.000 We kind of asked you this after your first start, 0:17:24.020 --> 0:17:26.320 but now that you've made it to the World Series 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:30.480 and now you're the MVP, just can you imagine being 0:17:30.530 --> 0:17:32.690 in this position even two months ago? 0:17:33.290 --> 0:17:33.530 No. 0:17:35.430 --> 0:17:36.050 I'm being honest. 0:17:36.090 --> 0:17:42.889 No, I, you know, it's crazy, like, how not only 0:17:42.930 --> 0:17:45.630 the life can surprise you, but this game. 0:17:46.730 --> 0:17:46.810 Yeah. 0:17:48.609 --> 0:17:51.210 The home run by Caminero was really the dagger in 0:17:51.250 --> 0:17:54.070 this game. It just was the exclamation point. From your 0:17:54.090 --> 0:17:56.210 vantage point as a teammate, what did you think about 0:17:56.260 --> 0:17:57.580 that home run by Cammy? 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:02.840 It was an unbelievable, amazing moment. I was inside in 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.940 the moment. And I just took the beer bottle off 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.770 and I ran away because I couldn't miss that moment. 0:18:10.170 --> 0:18:14.510 And I enjoyed it with him. And I think he's 0:18:14.530 --> 0:18:15.290 never going to forget that. 0:18:19.830 --> 0:18:22.340 Kevin said that your velo was ticked up a little 0:18:22.380 --> 0:18:22.859 bit tonight. 0:18:22.890 --> 0:18:23.720 Did you feel it? 0:18:24.460 --> 0:18:25.639 Did you want to go into the game with a 0:18:25.660 --> 0:18:27.880 little more velocity on the fastball? 0:18:28.540 --> 0:18:29.420 No, I had no idea. 0:18:29.540 --> 0:18:32.540 I had no idea about how hard I was throwing 0:18:32.740 --> 0:18:33.420 or I don't know. 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.980 I just was focused and get people out. 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.460 I was competing and trying to give the best of 0:18:41.500 --> 0:18:42.680 myself and get a quick house. 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:47.200 Congratulations, Freddie. 0:18:47.260 --> 0:18:48.899 Can you talk about what it means to you to 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:49.920 be named the MVP? 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.700