1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: ISAs Aaron Nola and welcome to the Phillies Show. 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 2: Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury, todds Aleki coming to you 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: from Clearwater, Florida. Bake air Ballpark s gorgeous today. Sadly 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 2: Ruben and Jim left. They flew back to Philly earlier 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: this week. They will be back down in Clearwater in 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 2: a few weeks. We hope we already missed them. But 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: lots of talk about with the Phillies. Of course, a Wednesday, 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: the Phillies are going to be in Dunedin playing the 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: Blue Jays. Joe Ross, who was one of the team's 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 2: offseason acquisitions, he's going to get to start now. Joe 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: Ross is going to be in the Phillies bullpen this season, 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: but the Phillies want him just to start one game, 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: just kind of maybe get him stretched out a little bit, 14 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: maybe work on a few things before he kind of 15 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 2: slides into that bullpen roll. But Joe Ross is going 16 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: to start on Wednesday in Dunedin, which is a great 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: place to go watch a baseball game and a great 18 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: downtown to go visit after the game. So if you're 19 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: in Clearwater, definitely check that out and Thursday, Zach Wheeler 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: is going to start here at home at Bake air 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: Ballpark against the Yankees, and then Jezus Zzardo is going 22 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: to start on Friday against the Yankees, I'm sorry, against 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: the Red Sox here at Bake air Ballpark. Now kind 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 2: of interesting because usually around this time, right the teams 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: start getting their rotation lined up, So Zach Wheeler, then 26 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: Jesus zarda Well, Rob Thompson has already said he wants 27 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 2: to split up hazus Lozardo and Christopher Sanchez as three 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,919 Speaker 2: of the two of the three lefties in the rotation 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: because they kind of profiles similarly. So potentially you could 30 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: see an opening day rotation lined up like this, Zach Wheeler, 31 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: Jesus Lozardo, Aaron Nola and then Rangers sworez or Christopher 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: Sanchez in those four or five spots. 33 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 3: So something they kind of keep an eye on. 34 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: But Johann Rojas on Tuesday in Port Charlotte against the Rays, 35 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: he DHD. And if you're saying why is Johann Rojas dhing, well, 36 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: and why is he DH? Why is he DH twice 37 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: in the first few Great for League games, Well, he 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 2: jammed his shoulders sliding into a base during winter ball 39 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: in the Dominican He had a great winter ball season, 40 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: but he jammed his shoulder and they've shut him down 41 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: for throwing for now. Now that throwing program is supposed 42 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,239 Speaker 2: to pick back up in about a week. And Rob 43 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: Thompson like said, listen, relax, he's going to be fine. 44 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: He's going to be throwing soon. We expect him to 45 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: be ready to play in the outfield by opening day. 46 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: But something to keep an eye on, you know, especially 47 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: with Wes Wilson going down as one of the very 48 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: few right handed outfielders in camp on the forty man roster, 49 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 2: you know, having Johann Rojas, now they have two outfielders 50 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: a right hand eight hitting outfields banged up, So keep 51 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: an eye on that. But we're excited today because we 52 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 2: had Aaron Nola on the show. You're gonna hear from 53 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: him in a couple of minutes. Aaron Nola, of course, 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 2: has been one of the best pitchers in Major League 55 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: Baseball for the past several years. And I actually earlier 56 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 2: today I just kind of like looked up you're just 57 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: basic stats. Wins from twenty seventeen to twenty four Aeronola, 58 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: third innings pitched, first strikeouts second Erinola has been one 59 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: of the more reliable, durable pitchers in Major League Baseball 60 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: for years and years, so we're excited to have him on. 61 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: We talked about his preparation, pregame preparation. We talk about 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: his curveball, which of course has been his bread and 63 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 2: butter over the years. I ask him about I asked 64 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 2: him about he's wearing Sketcher shoes and why he decided 65 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: to go to a brand like Sketchers because I geek 66 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: out on equipment type stuff as Jim and ruben ken 67 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 2: a test. And then of course I also asked him 68 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: about a charity poker tournament that he's going to have 69 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: at Citizens Bank Park in May, which is going to 70 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: benefit veterans. 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I don't know how many spring trainings has 92 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 2: spent for you, But what gets you excited coming to 93 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 2: spring every year? 94 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 7: Like? 95 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: When do you start filling the juices? When of the 96 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 3: juices start flowing for you? 97 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 7: Yeah? 98 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: First thanks for having me on. 99 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 7: But I think the just being with everybody again, being 100 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 7: with all you guys on my teammates, good weather before 101 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 7: we have to head up north, right, So I feel 102 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 7: like me, I just I really enjoy getting back into 103 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 7: pitching and my craft and trying to work on my 104 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 7: body to get my. 105 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: My conditioning up. 106 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 7: And don't I don't think I'll have as many games 107 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 7: as I did last year just because I had the 108 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 7: flu to start. 109 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: Spring training off. Yeah, I'm getting back into it and. 110 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 7: I'm just excited to get back and work with the 111 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 7: guys and get some feedback again. 112 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 3: So you've got to we'll get into this a little bit. 113 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: But you've got a poker tournament, charity poker tournament called 114 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 2: for team Team Red, White and Blue to benefit veterans 115 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: May fifteenth from five thirty eleven Assistant Bank Park, where 116 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 2: I can get in that in the bit. But I 117 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: want to stand the spring training thing first. Every spring 118 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 2: everybody kind of comes Every pitcher comes in going like 119 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: I just want to get my work in or whatever, 120 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: like do you have a specific goal this spring, because 121 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: sometimes guys come in with new pitches. Sometimes guys are 122 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: focusing on you know, love side you know. 123 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean farmside. Yeah, I've never. 124 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 7: Really been somebody to to come in with a new pitch, 125 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 7: but I mean I have my cutter has been. It's 126 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 7: a few years old, so just to keep that sharp 127 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 7: a little bit. But it's always my fastball command first 128 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 7: and foremost, and I want to be able to throw 129 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 7: the ball down a little bit better than I did 130 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 7: last year and then move it around the zone consistently 131 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 7: and see where I throw at the most. So for me, 132 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 7: I'm a visual pitcher. I don't I like to be 133 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 7: able to see where I'm going to throw the baseball, 134 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 7: and you know, visually I wear on my throw it 135 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 7: and then throw it to that spot. So that's always 136 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 7: first for me. 137 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: Is my fastball. My fastball compands, and then my change up. 138 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 7: Always working on my change up, I feel, like I said, 139 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 7: every year and uh it's obviously it's a big pitch 140 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 7: for me and I need it and I feel like 141 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 7: I lost a little bit of command and feel for 142 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 7: last year from the middle of the season on. So 143 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 7: every spring training is always working on my change up 144 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 7: in the command of that pitch. 145 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 2: Well, I know, like everybody talks, you're obviously every picture 146 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 2: is I guess you're super into preparation. You work out 147 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 2: like a fiend in between stars. But we had JT 148 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 2: on like two weeks ago, and he said something I 149 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 2: guess I didn't know we were. He was talking about 150 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 2: Zach and in the pregamings with Zach and it's like, 151 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: you know, somebody's like, I don't even know if he's 152 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 2: He's so relaxed and laid back. He doesn't really say anything. 153 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: He just lets me and Caleb kind of run the show. 154 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: And he said conversely, he said, you were very like 155 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: involved in the pregame meeting. You ask a lot of questions, 156 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: you kind of go over things. Can you talk about 157 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: that a little bit? I find that stuff pretty interesting. 158 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 7: Yeah. 159 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously just in a different category. It does what 160 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: works for him, and it works. 161 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 7: But for me, I was I was talking coming up 162 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 7: to look at video first pitch kind of taught me 163 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 7: how to do that, and Rick Kranitz taught me how 164 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 7: to do it kind of his his ways, and I 165 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 7: enjoyed it. I don't I don't do it just because 166 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,119 Speaker 7: I have to. For me, it's like a studying matter, 167 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 7: you know. I like to sit on the bench and 168 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 7: watch the game. And look at some tendencies of guys 169 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 7: and study study them before I go and pitch against them, 170 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 7: and I'll go in the video room and do some 171 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 7: other work against them. It just makes me feel a 172 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 7: little bit better when I'm on the mound, knowing kind 173 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 7: of what I want to accomplish and working with JT 174 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 7: with it. And I feel like over the years, JT's 175 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 7: called me a lot now right the years, and I 176 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 7: feel like we work really well together. 177 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: And if I if. 178 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 7: It calls the pitch, I shake off. Most of the time, 179 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 7: the second pitch is what I want to throw. Like 180 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 7: we kind of have that connection now and understanding of 181 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 7: each other and what's working in the bullpen and early 182 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 7: in the game and. 183 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: Stuff like that. 184 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 7: So obviously always going with the plan, but sometimes it 185 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 7: changes depending on how the game's going and what I'm commanding. 186 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: So like in the pregame meeting, just I mean, think 187 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: of it. 188 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 2: You don't have to tell me the hitter because I 189 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 2: don't want to give away any secrets, but think of 190 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 2: like it maybe a hitter in your head in a 191 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: pregame meeting and JT and Caleb maybe mentioned something, what's 192 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: the question or what are some questions you might ask, 193 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 2: or what are some ideas you might present to kind 194 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 2: of make sure you guys are on the same page. 195 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, sometimes you know, Caleb will say something and I 196 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 7: disagree with him, right based the guy, Yeah, thirty times. Sure, 197 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 7: I kind of know, I kind of know what I 198 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 7: want to try to accomplish with him. And I feel like, fortunately, 199 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 7: because I've been healthy, uh for a decent amount of years, like, 200 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 7: I faced a lot of guys at the same time, 201 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 7: so sometimes I don't really need to do as much 202 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 7: study and on them because I just kind of know. 203 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 7: And I've thrown pretty much every pitch to him in 204 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 7: every situation, and yeah, you know, we both know each 205 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 7: other and so it's all come down to command. 206 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, sometimes it does get to that with Caleb. 207 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 7: Let's say something and I'll disagree, but I say, no, 208 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 7: I'm gonna try to go with this pitch today and 209 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 7: stuff like that. 210 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 2: Interesting, okay, And then, uh, you know, I always find 211 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 2: it fun to watch you pitch one because you go 212 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: deep into games, but also because every time it's o 213 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: to one two, I go, here comes the breaking ball 214 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: and you throw it and they either swing and miss 215 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 2: it or that lands in for a strike. How much 216 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 2: you know can you explain to like the average fan 217 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: out there or how hitters can kind of know certain 218 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 2: pitch is coming. And why why do you think your 219 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: curveball has been so effective over the years. Is it 220 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 2: just the way it breaks? Is that the way it 221 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 2: you know, comes out of the arm, out of the hand, what. 222 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: Arm action in the command of it? 223 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, especially with two strikes, I've learned to 224 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 7: throw that pitch. 225 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: I'm just throwing it a lot. 226 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, obviously going to spring training and wanted to do 227 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 7: something different with two strikes, you know, like times it 228 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 7: just gets right. No, not boring, but kind of old 229 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 7: on two strike curveballs all the time. But I've had 230 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 7: a lot of practice with it. I'm obviously giving up 231 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 7: my parshare of hits and Homerzo two with it. Uh, 232 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 7: but I'm gonna go after you with the curveball for 233 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 7: the most part. And that's why I always in spring training, 234 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 7: That's why I like these times and these he's back 235 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 7: in practice and games to try to work on how 236 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 7: the two strike pitches to get those dialed in. 237 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 2: Can you show like point of the like, show how 238 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: you grip the curveball and kind of explain like how 239 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 2: you start, how you throw it, When did you learn 240 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 2: to throw it? 241 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 3: And so yeah, yeah, so. 242 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 7: My dad taught me a football curve and so like 243 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 7: he told me just to throw it with my finger 244 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 7: up and throw it like a football. 245 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 3: Your middle finger on the middle. 246 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 7: Fingers on the scene, way back, way back in my 247 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 7: hand and when I throw it like a football, and 248 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 7: my wrist is stiff and it just rolls off for 249 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 7: team spin. And then when I got older, I just 250 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 7: put my finger on it just like that and did 251 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 7: the same thing. And then when I got to the 252 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 7: minor leagues, the balls were a little bit different, so 253 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 7: they didn't have as much seams, they were kind of low, 254 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 7: and I was struggling throwing my curveball like this, and 255 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 7: so I try to spike curveball, okay, and it was sharper, 256 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 7: and it took me a week or so to get 257 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 7: used to it, and I had better command with the 258 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 7: spike kurball. 259 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: So it's just the same, the same thing. Throwing it 260 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: like a football. 261 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 7: Pressure a lot of my thumb, so that's how I 262 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 7: get from a lower arm slot to get it more depthy. 263 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: So basically the index finger just goes from being flat 264 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 2: to like spike. 265 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 7: When index fingers on there it goes off that finger, 266 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 7: but when it's up, it goes off. 267 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: The middle finger. Okay, And it came to you that quickly. 268 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, it took about a week. 269 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: Isn't that crazy? How that stuff works? 270 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: Through one curve ball in double A. I can't remember 271 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: where we're at, but. 272 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 7: Erie, Pennsylvania three one, and the guy buckled, okay, let's 273 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 7: start and I started doing that and it got sharper 274 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 7: and the command was better hit that one finger, uh 275 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 7: rather than fingers? 276 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 3: Interesting? Interesting? How that? How that? How that works out right? 277 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 3: I mean, how what do you How good was the curveball? 278 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 2: Do you think before that when he had both both 279 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: fingers on it was good? 280 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 7: It wasn't is hard. It was just kind of it 281 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 7: was slipping out a little bit, right, you know. I 282 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 7: wasn't commanding it as well, and it was popping up 283 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 7: a little bit. 284 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: And college it was fine because the seams were really big. 285 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: Oh sure, And I probably could do it with these 286 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: balls because these are different. 287 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 7: But with the balls that we used to have, the 288 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 7: seams were you know, pretty close to the leather. 289 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: There wasn't much. Yeah, it's hard to get a grip, and. 290 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 2: Then how do you throw your change up? Because I 291 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 2: know you said that it's always kind of like a 292 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: work in progress or. 293 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: Thrown this one for a while. It's a change up. 294 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 7: Okay, I've messed around with a lot of different ones 295 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 7: over the years. I used to throw a four scene 296 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 7: change up, and over time that just felt big in 297 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 7: my hand, and then I switched to the two scene, 298 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 7: which feels. 299 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: Smaller in my hand. Okay, just the way the balls positioned. 300 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 2: And we we were talking with Zach the other day 301 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: and he was I asked him because same thing with you. 302 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 2: I watch you pitch, and if you just if I 303 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 2: just turned down the game, I wouldn't know if you're 304 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: throwing a shutout through six innings or you have like 305 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 2: bases loaded, no outs in the third inning, because you 306 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 2: guys just show no emotion. 307 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 3: I know you're pretty laid back. 308 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 2: In general, but how do you kind of keep your 309 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 2: cool in those moments where because I don't really see 310 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 2: it drop your head. 311 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 3: I don't see really much bad body like maybe I 312 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 3: don't know. 313 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 2: I can't even remember if I've ever seen really show 314 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 2: any bad body language out there. It's just how do 315 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 2: you reset how do you not let things spiral on you. 316 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 3: To try to get out of an inning? 317 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: Practice practice it over the years. 318 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, my brother, My brother always did it when he 319 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 7: was young and going up. I watched him and watched 320 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 7: him in a coff in college, and I would I 321 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 7: would watch games, and you know, he would strike out 322 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 7: with the bases loaded and never bring it to shortstop 323 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 7: and the next ball he would get and make a 324 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 7: good play. 325 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: And I just kept watching him over and over again, 326 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: and he would always do that. 327 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 7: He would never he would never take a bad bat 328 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 7: to the field or a bad play to that bat 329 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 7: is at bat, and that showed and he his his 330 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 7: demeanor stayed the same, and that's what you know, has 331 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 7: made him have a pretty good career. 332 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: And it helps him stay focused on the task at hand. 333 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 7: And I took that into my my game early on, 334 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 7: and I have practice it all the way up until now, 335 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 7: and I feel like it's It's helped me out a lot, 336 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 7: and it makes me focus on the task that I'm 337 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 7: trying to accomplish and not anything else. 338 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: I feel like when when guys have bad body. 339 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 7: Language, things start to spiral and they're not focused as much, 340 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 7: and the other player can see that, right, So if 341 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 7: I have that body language, the hitter can see that, 342 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 7: and you know, now he had might have a little 343 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 7: bit of an edge and vice versa. Hit her has 344 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 7: that that kind of language that the picture can see that. 345 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: What are you like on the mound during and mountain visit? 346 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: Uh? That much? Sometimes with the pitch clock now, sometimes 347 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: about having a long in and sometimes I. 348 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 7: Kind of like the the break a little bit, not 349 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 7: too much. 350 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: Usually it's just. 351 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 7: Hey, how you feeling good? Obviously you know what pitch 352 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 7: you want to throw here? 353 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: And just kind of stuff like that. 354 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 3: Okay, And uh, you know last year was it? 355 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: Last year's I kind of geek out on this stuff 356 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 2: and I told this about it before, But uh, like equipment, gloves, bats, shoes. 357 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 3: Do you start wearing sketchers last year? 358 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: Last year? 359 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 3: Last year? Okay? 360 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 2: So you go to sketchers, they approach you, you're probably 361 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: like sketchers, they don't really aren't really known for like baseball, 362 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 2: you know, baseball. 363 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: Equipment approach them. 364 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: But you approached them because I know Clayton Kershaw was 365 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 3: a sketchers guy. Can you tell us this? 366 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, so so Clayton's a sketchers guy. So you approach 367 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 2: Sketchers and why. 368 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 7: So I was talking with my agent and I always 369 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 7: wanted a cleat. Obviously, that's like a picture's dream for 370 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 7: a baseball player dream to have their own cleat, right 371 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 7: and have it have it made to how they wanted right. 372 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 7: And so I was talking with them and it's some 373 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 7: guys complaining about their cleats, and I was like, man, 374 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 7: I want to make a clete one day, a pictures cleat, 375 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 7: and I want to. I want to do it to 376 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 7: help help these guys out that that don't like the 377 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 7: fleets and like cleat companies are kind of not as 378 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 7: good as they. 379 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: Used to be today. 380 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 7: And my main focus was I want to help other 381 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 7: pictures out and I want to make a good cleat. 382 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 7: And we went to Sketchers and obviously Kirscher and Wade 383 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 7: Biley I was with them, and they told me the 384 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 7: didn't make a cleet for me, and you know, I 385 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 7: kind of told them what I wanted and they added 386 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 7: some cool stuff to it. 387 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: And I really like it. 388 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 7: Right. 389 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: That's kind of how it came about. 390 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 7: And we're trying to, you know, make the cleet get 391 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 7: a little bit better and hopefully get guys to wear it, 392 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 7: and I just want pictures to be comfortable, because that's 393 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 7: the worst thing is when you're on the mound and 394 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 7: your feet are hurting because of your cleats. 395 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 2: Right, So you kind of so part of the story 396 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: that I heard was that you actually flew out to 397 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 2: La or something and like threw off a mound and 398 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 2: they did they measure something. 399 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: Okay, just when we played over there. 400 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, So but you changed to the cleats 401 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 2: that you have now, can you explain like the difference 402 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 2: in them between what you had before, and like, you know, 403 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 2: they're like the horizontal the cleats are going a different 404 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 2: direction and one one cleat has one extra one in 405 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 2: the middle, and what is that supposed to do for you? 406 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 7: So two years ago, two and twenty three, I wore 407 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 7: another pair of cleats and all the spikes were horizontal, 408 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 7: good bottom, and they were in places that no other 409 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 7: cleats that I had born were liked that and I 410 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 7: liked it, but they were a little bit short, but 411 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 7: the cleat was really comfortable and I really liked it 412 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 7: a lot. But once we went too sketchers, I told 413 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 7: him I liked the cleat, and they made a couple 414 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 7: of changes to kind of like that and changed the 415 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 7: bottom of it and uh, put their spikes on it, 416 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 7: and I got to place the spikes where I wanted 417 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 7: differently from the other cleats that I worked, and they 418 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 7: did it and I. 419 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 2: Tried it out, like and that's based off of what 420 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 2: just you know, just what you thought you might like 421 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 2: where they're like from prototypes and stuff in other words, 422 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 2: like did they did you know that if you put 423 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 2: the cleats in that specific spot that they would you 424 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 2: would like that? 425 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: Or kind of went off a cleat that I used 426 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: to wear. 427 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 7: And I liked where the spikes were then, right, So 428 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 7: I was like, maybe if I can have this upper 429 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 7: part of the cleat with these bottoms, right, it'd be great. 430 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 7: And so they it was actually really quick how they 431 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 7: how they made it and sent it out. 432 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 2: To me and let me try and it was so 433 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 2: they what are they are? They called like the Nola whatever? 434 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 3: I don't know. I didn't know if they have the 435 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 3: name yet. You gotta get. 436 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: On that, right, yeah, so is that was kind of 437 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: how the start of everything. 438 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 7: I wanted to help out some pictures and were a 439 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 7: good comfortable cleep that they don't have any. 440 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,719 Speaker 2: Problems have got have guys in there asked you a bottom, 441 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 2: I imagine, right, because it means again, sketches isn't like 442 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 2: known as you think of like the other name brands. 443 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: Did they ask you bottom? And you think you're gonna 444 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 2: maybe turn some guys over, And. 445 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: I hope so some guys like them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're. 446 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 7: Not too usual sketch your shoes that you know that 447 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 7: people would think of. 448 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: You know, they got a new logo, right, which is better, 449 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: I think. 450 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 7: And they're just getting into baseball, you know, they have 451 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 7: got a few more guys now, Brendan Donovan wears Chris Taylor. 452 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: They still wears them, so I feel like it's grown 453 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: a little bit. 454 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 7: But they're kind of they're new in the baseball area, 455 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 7: but I think they could be really good. 456 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, in the baseball world. 457 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 2: That must be a cool part of the job, right, 458 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 2: I mean, like you know, just like you said, you 459 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 2: grew up wanting to have your own shoe. 460 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I look at I look at some 461 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 7: of the Bryce has. I don't know, Bryan the Bryce fifteen. 462 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 7: Bryce has shoes since he you. 463 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 3: Know, since they came up. 464 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, it'd be awesome to have a cleat. 465 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 7: Then I get to make it how I want to 466 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 7: and make a clete that's comfortable and that holds up 467 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 7: throughout a season. 468 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 2: So are you gonna do anything with like any crazy 469 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 2: designs or anything like that, because Bryce gets pretty just 470 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 2: some just. 471 00:20:59,200 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: Not going to go that. 472 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 3: You're not You're not putting a cheese steak on the 473 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 3: side of your. 474 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 2: You're not side colors. You're not that flashy. So no, no, 475 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 2: he's got because I saw him out here today. He 476 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 2: has like the orange under armours on, you know, for 477 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 2: like Florida Florida oranges, I guess or something like that. 478 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 7: I couldn't think myself seriously personally, but yeah, I got 479 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 7: some other colors, okay, but nothing crazy. I'm just I'm 480 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 7: not a crazy, crazy type guy that you know likes 481 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 7: different colors. 482 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think some other colors that the guys were cool. Yeah, 483 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:34,359 Speaker 1: but that's just what. 484 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, you wouldn't describe yourself as like a flashy guy, right, Yeah, No, I. 485 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 3: Just I remember this. 486 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: So I went to your You and your brother had 487 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: an als event and bad rouge a couple years ago. 488 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 2: I went to it and I was talking to an 489 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 2: aunt and I apologize I cannot remember her name, but 490 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 2: she said, maybe it was her son or like one 491 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 2: of your cousins had had a nice watch and and 492 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 2: she said, now, Aaron asked me, like, you know how 493 00:21:58,560 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 2: much that watch might cost? 494 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: And it was like five hundred bucks. 495 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 2: Like I ain't spending five hundred dollars on no watch 496 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 2: or something like that. 497 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 3: So you're watching, there you go, there you go. 498 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, there's uh, there's a couple of things I can 499 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 7: spur drown and it would be cleats. 500 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: Pretty low maintenance with just about everything everything. 501 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, once it comes to cleats, I'm not as little 502 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 7: because it's my job and I have to be healthy 503 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 7: and yeah, right. 504 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: That's what keeps me pitching this being healthy. 505 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I don't exactly right. 506 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 2: So before we get into this poker tournament, because I 507 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 2: used to play poker, so I'm kind of curious about it. 508 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 2: I just, you know, thoughts on this team coming into 509 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 2: the season. You guys, have you seen the Lozardo throw 510 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 2: a little bit? Because everybody's really excited. I think about 511 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 2: this rotation. Obviously, we know that the first four guys, 512 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 2: not a lot of guys are familiar as familiar fans 513 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 2: aren't as familiar with Hazel's Zarto. 514 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 3: What do you what do you think? 515 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: I haven't seen him throw this spring, but I've seen him. 516 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 7: He's a Miami Yeah, decent amount man. He's a he's 517 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 7: a big editor. And it just slides right in with 518 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 7: all our guys on the team. We're all competitors and 519 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,479 Speaker 7: he's gonna slip right in. And it's got good stuff too. 520 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 7: It goes hard. I think he's a really good addition 521 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 7: and I'm excited to see him throwing some danger soon. 522 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 7: But yeah, obviously we have a great team. Yeah, and 523 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 7: pretty much a similar team the past few years, which 524 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 7: has been cool. 525 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: To be able to be. 526 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 7: Around the same guys with a couple of new additions 527 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 7: every year for the past you know, three, three years 528 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 7: through four years, and I feel like you don't see 529 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 7: too many teams do that. 530 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: There's always guys swapping down, and that's how Phillis used 531 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: to be. When we're rebuilding. There's always tons of new 532 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: guys in and how coming coming in. But I feel like. 533 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 7: Good better talent every year and not just better talent, 534 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 7: better guys, better character guys coming in every year, and uh, 535 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 7: you know, we have the team to to win it, 536 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 7: and we just got we gotta uh we got to 537 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 7: keep having trying to have a good year and get 538 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 7: everybody help from training and hopefully make the postseason again 539 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 7: and win the Vision and get. 540 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 3: That's the thing I always get. 541 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 2: People ask me, like where they like in the clubhouse 542 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 2: where they like I'm like, wow, it's it is a 543 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 2: I mean, it really is a good group of guys. 544 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 3: You know, like you know you talk to you. 545 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 2: Guys are willing to move around in the line up 546 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 2: this spring because they're like, I just want to win. 547 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 3: I don't care where I hit. You know, guys are you. 548 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 2: Know Kyle's taking ground balls at first base just maybe 549 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 2: he can give Bryce off his feet one day. He's like, 550 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: I'll go over and play some first base. Rob said, 551 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 2: he float the idea of maybe J. T. Shagg and 552 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 2: some fly balls and left field. I don't know if 553 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 2: that's going to happen, but you know. 554 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 3: What, Hey definitely. 555 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 2: At Oh my gosh, I feel like he could play anywhere. 556 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: Like you can probably throw him at a second base 557 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: for a game and he'd give you a competent competent. 558 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 3: You never know. I would bet against that, but that's 559 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 3: something that Rob said. He float. 560 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 2: All right, So let's I want to talk about this 561 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 2: poker tournament because it's May fifteenth, five thirty eleven, Assistant 562 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: Bank Park. It's Team Red, White and Blue, it benefits veterans. 563 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: It's benefiting veterans. You can go to team URWB dot 564 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 2: org backslash NOLA and like, what made you decide to 565 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 2: do a poker term. I know you've been like supporting 566 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 2: veterans for a long time. That's something that's that's been 567 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 2: important to you. 568 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 7: Yeah. I talked to my team and they've had some 569 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,360 Speaker 7: poker tournament charities that they've done before. It's a really 570 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 7: good turnout. We've done bowling for years now and it's 571 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 7: it's been a good turnout. Yeah, but wanted to try 572 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 7: a poker tournament because a lot of people like poker. 573 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and we think it's going to be a good turnout. 574 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 7: So hopefully, you know, we can do what we've been 575 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 7: doing and raise a little bit more money and more 576 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 7: awareness to it and have a fun night. 577 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 2: Do you have veterans in your family? Is that is 578 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 2: that why? Or is it just something that you felt 579 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 2: you wanted to I. 580 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 7: Don't really have too much ties to the military part 581 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 7: in my family, but yeah. 582 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 1: I mean I met him. 583 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 7: I met him years ago and thought it'd be a 584 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 7: good one to to do. And I really like him 585 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 7: and Mike Carew and the founder of It's awesome, you know, 586 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 7: and he's a really good guy. And I enjoy doing 587 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 7: it and getting to know some of the people over 588 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 7: there and the. 589 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,239 Speaker 1: Organization and being able to hang out with them has 590 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: been really cool. 591 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 3: You know. Like my dad's a veteran. 592 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,919 Speaker 2: He was in he was in Vietnam, and so I know, 593 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 2: anytime like anybody shows any appreciation terms, it's amazing how 594 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 2: it kind of like makes the day, you know, like 595 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 2: it kind of lights him up and makes them feel appreciated, 596 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 2: which they which they one hundred percent should be. So 597 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 2: do you play poker? Like are you gonna do you 598 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: have any shot at winning this thing? 599 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 3: I mean have you done? No, you would have no shot. 600 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: So put on and make it look like I think 601 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: I do. 602 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: Any of these guys in here, you think it would 603 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 2: if you had to predict, maybe like a couple of 604 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 2: guys to maybe maybe JT. Is there anything that he's 605 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 2: like not good at? Oh my god, he is. I 606 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 2: mean he won the He's great at golf. I know 607 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 2: he won, Like get the first pick last year in 608 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 2: the Fantasy Football turn Fantasy football draft last year. Great catcher, 609 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: maybe a great left fielder right left field too, So 610 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 2: that's awesome. Well, okay, so May fifteenth, five thirty two eleven, 611 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 2: Citizen Bank Park Team Red White and Blue teamr WB 612 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 2: dot org backslash Nola, I mean that will be a 613 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 2: good turnout because people do love it, and you have 614 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 2: some teammates there, and I think they need to beat 615 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 2: the stadium right, Yeah, it's the event. 616 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: The place where we were at last year. It was awesome. 617 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 7: I thought that the bowling Alley's first four and second four. 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