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Speaker 2: New look for the off season?

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Speaker 3: What is up my Dodger Blue Dreamers? Oh baby, are

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Speaker 3: you in for a treat today? That was the sound

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Speaker 3: of me talking to a big leaguer, not just any

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and uh, I'm Richard, by the way, Nice to

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Speaker 3: Obviously Justin is kind of a big deal. And maybe

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Speaker 4: We're not like every podcast, gotta be different. We edit

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Speaker 3: So perfect, especially with his off season shave. Justin Robleski's

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Speaker 3: two years in the show, this young Dodger has two

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Speaker 3: That's what I've been saying, because I have to keep

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Speaker 3: I love it, and I am very excited to present

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Speaker 3: Justin Robleski Robo. So if you don't know, Justin Robleski

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Speaker 1: Of us, and I appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Justin's story is a window into how this World Series

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Speaker 3: Championship winning team operates. It's not all sho Heyo Tani

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Speaker 3: And that's the story that we're going to focus on

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Speaker 3: Dodger Baseball. Thanks for tuning in to Dodger Blue Dream.

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Speaker 3: Today's episode the Justin Robleski Interview. Stay with us. Okay,

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Speaker 3: So we're gonna do this in two chunks. The first

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Speaker 2: Let's dig in.

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Speaker 4: Chef wes Abula, Justin Robleski.

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Speaker 2: Nice to meet you.

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Speaker 1: Nice to meet you.

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Speaker 6: What you've been doing.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Where do you find yourself today?

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Speaker 1: I'm in I'm in Georgia. I'm this is where I'm from,

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Speaker 4: You grew up in Atlanta?

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Speaker 1: So you're born in raised, La or yep?

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Speaker 5: It's just kind of, you know, everyone's talking all this

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Speaker 5: Would say, I'd say being in a bullpen. I enjoy

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Speaker 3: Baseball is kind of famously slow moving. Right You're out

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Speaker 5: It's funny, like you get that like the phone rings

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Speaker 5: to the major leagues are so low, and I think

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Speaker 5: the public doesn't really understand how big of a deal

443
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Speaker 5: it is for each and every one of us to

444
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Speaker 5: be out there, regardless of if you've been there for

445
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Speaker 5: ten years or you've been there for one or whatever,

446
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,080
Speaker 5: Like It's just such a crazy, crazy opportunity and it's

447
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Speaker 5: so awesome to be able to get to do it.

448
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Speaker 5: And I think having that in the back of your mind,

449
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Speaker 5: I think for me, I try to have like every

450
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Speaker 5: day like I'm just like this is crazy, Like I'm

451
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Speaker 5: in the major leagues and like, let.

452
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Speaker 1: Alone being in the World Series, Like who would have

453
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Speaker 1: ever thought.

454
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Speaker 5: I remember, you know, Emma and I were talking after

455
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Speaker 5: we came out of Game seven, like dude, this is crazy,

456
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Speaker 5: Like we're we just pitched in Game seven of the

457
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Speaker 5: World Series, Like how many people get that opportunity?

458
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Speaker 1: Like this is nuts? And then obviously we go on

459
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Speaker 1: to win that game is crazy.

460
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Speaker 5: But as far as your question goes like the nerves,

461
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Speaker 5: I think it just comes down to whether you know

462
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Speaker 5: that you're prepared or not. And if you know you're

463
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Speaker 5: prepared to just go out there and do your thing

464
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Speaker 5: and try to dominate, very cool, And I think then

465
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Speaker 5: you can just lean on whatever your routine is to

466
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Speaker 5: get ready for the game and you know where you

467
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Speaker 5: need to be to be able to go out there

468
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Speaker 5: and throw your warm up pitches and be ready to go.

469
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Speaker 5: So I think that's that's the biggest thing, is just kind.

470
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Speaker 1: Of having that routine.

471
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Speaker 2: Ballplayers always talk about that.

472
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Speaker 3: It seems like there's this like hesitance to focus on

473
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Speaker 3: the incredible moments that happened. It's more about committing to

474
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Speaker 3: that routine every day, right, because that always wins out

475
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Speaker 3: in the end.

476
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Speaker 5: Is that like or they try to tell you, but

477
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Speaker 5: you don't really know until you figure it out for yourself.

478
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Speaker 5: And everyone's process is different, So it's like everyone needs

479
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Speaker 5: to do different things to get ready. Everyone needs to

480
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Speaker 5: do different things day to day. Like there's certain guys

481
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Speaker 5: that don't have to do as much in the gym,

482
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Speaker 5: or there's certain guys that don't have to do as

483
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Speaker 5: much in the training.

484
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Speaker 1: Room or or whatever. But it's all about figuring out

485
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Speaker 1: what works for you. It's all about figuring out what.

486
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Speaker 5: Kind of things get you in a spot where you

487
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Speaker 5: can pitch and stay healthy and all those things. And

488
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Speaker 5: I think your routine is it makes every day feel

489
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Speaker 5: like the same.

490
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Speaker 1: I don't know if that makes sense, but it's just

491
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Speaker 1: kind of like you kind of just roll them.

492
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Speaker 5: You know, you know what you need to do to

493
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Speaker 5: get ready, and once you find that out, you just

494
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Speaker 5: kind of keep hammering it and yeah, you're gonna have

495
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Speaker 5: to make slight adjustments to it. But having that routine

496
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Speaker 5: I think is so important just because it gets your

497
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Speaker 5: I don't know, like you have something to lean on,

498
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Speaker 5: because I think if you don't have a routine, basically

499
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Speaker 5: throwing it at the wall and seeing what sticks instead

500
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Speaker 5: of like, all right, here's routine, here's some things maybe

501
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Speaker 5: I need to change, here's some things I need to

502
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Speaker 5: do to get better. And yeah, I think leaning on

503
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Speaker 5: that routine has been is so important, regardless of starter.

504
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Speaker 1: Reliever, hitter, whatever.

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Speaker 5: I think everybody on the teams has a routine that

506
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Speaker 5: they do, and I think that's kind of what kind

507
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Speaker 5: of I get you to the big leagues is kind

508
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Speaker 5: of having those routines. As odd as it may sound,

509
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Speaker 5: like there's guys that are in the minor leagues that

510
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Speaker 5: probably have more talent than a lot of guys in

511
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Speaker 5: the big leagues, but they don't have the I think

512
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Speaker 5: it's just a lot about discipline and kind of knowing

513
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Speaker 5: what you need to do to get ready and to

514
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Speaker 5: be the best version of yourself.

515
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Speaker 3: I'd love to just run through your journey. Yeah, after

516
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Speaker 3: the break, Justin will take us through all the ups

517
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Speaker 3: and downs that he endured on his path to becoming

518
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Speaker 3: a big leaguer. Stay with us, Welcome back to the

519
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Speaker 3: show and our special interview with Dodgers left tanded relief

520
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Speaker 3: pitcher Justin Robleski. I'd love to just run through your journey. Yeah, yeah,

521
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Speaker 3: we've covered where you grew up. And yeah, by the way,

522
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Speaker 3: like what were you into when you were a kid?

523
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Speaker 3: Is it just baseball, baseball, baseball, or are you like

524
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Speaker 3: into like books and movies.

525
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Speaker 1: So I started playing golf. Actually first I played golf when.

526
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Speaker 5: I was two, and then once I moved to Georgia,

527
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Speaker 5: I was always good at baseball, like baseball was like

528
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Speaker 5: I was clearly better than the kids in T ball

529
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Speaker 5: and whatever. And then when we got to Georgia, like

530
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Speaker 5: golf and baseball are not different seasons like they are

531
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Speaker 5: in Illinois. Like Illinois, I think it's fall golf, spring baseball,

532
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 5: so I could have done both.

533
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Speaker 1: And we got to Georgia and it was pretty much baseball, baseball, baseball.

534
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Speaker 1: So I stopped kind of.

535
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Speaker 5: Playing golf for a while. So then I yeah, so

536
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Speaker 5: growing up, I played a lot of baseball. I played football,

537
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Speaker 5: I you know, did all the things that kids do.

538
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Speaker 5: I played basketball kind of whatever, sport like I would

539
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Speaker 5: whatever it was, I was gonna grind at it. And

540
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Speaker 5: that was just kind of how I was, Like I

541
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Speaker 5: hate being bad at things, but to this day, like

542
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Speaker 5: I still hated, Like, I don't know, I've got to

543
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 5: be careful with starting new things because if I do,

544
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 5: I know I'm going to get like I need to

545
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Speaker 5: be good at this, Like how can I get better

546
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 5: at this? Like how can I You know, that's just

547
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 5: my personality, which is a blessing at a curse. You know,

548
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 5: my mom played tennis in college. My dad was a

549
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 5: diver in college at Iowa State, so pretty pretty athletic

550
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Speaker 5: family background. And then you know, my uncle's a football

551
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Speaker 5: coach still, and I was I was big into sports

552
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 5: as a big sports kid. I think that was kind

553
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Speaker 5: of what I did, is just played sports whenever I could.

554
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Speaker 3: So you knew it was going to be sports somehow.

555
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Speaker 3: You imagine you do that for a career.

556
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Speaker 1: You know, it was always a dream, like to play

557
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Speaker 1: sports as a career. I think for me, I think

558
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Speaker 1: baseball seemed.

559
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Speaker 5: I don't know, maybe baseball seemed a little closer because

560
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Speaker 5: my mom's cousin he played in the minor leagues. His

561
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Speaker 5: name is Jeff Cunkle, and he's actually with the Orioles

562
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Speaker 5: now is and in their part of their front office.

563
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Speaker 1: I saw him play a bunch grown up and looked

564
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Speaker 1: up to him.

565
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Speaker 5: And you know, as I got older and continue to play,

566
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Speaker 5: it was kind of a parent to me that that

567
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Speaker 5: was probably going to be the route that was going

568
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Speaker 5: to take is through baseball, just because God gave me

569
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Speaker 5: a lot of gifts that that not all other people

570
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 5: have and I throw out my left hand, so it

571
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 5: all kind of worked out. And then you know, i'd

572
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Speaker 5: say really around freshman, sophomore or high school, I was like,

573
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Speaker 5: all right, I think this is something I can I

574
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Speaker 5: can really really do. And I like, let's put all

575
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 5: the all the eggs into this basket and see where

576
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Speaker 5: it takes me. And you know, I'm glad I did.

577
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Speaker 3: What's the life like when when you're like a little

578
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 3: kid baseball player getting serious, your parents are driving you

579
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Speaker 3: all over the place, and like, yeah.

580
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Speaker 1: My parents are.

581
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Speaker 5: My parents are great. They've they've always you know, supported

582
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Speaker 5: me and done whatever they could to get me to

583
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Speaker 5: practices and tournaments, and whether it was for basketball or

584
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Speaker 5: baseball or whatever sport I was playing, they were out

585
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,440
Speaker 5: everywhere playing this damn game.

586
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Speaker 1: So you know, my parents are the best.

587
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 5: That's that's been the biggest, you know, blessing in my

588
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 5: life is kind of my family and kind of how

589
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,679
Speaker 5: awesome they've been throughout this journey because I'm sure it

590
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 5: wasn't It wasn't easy, and I'm sure traveling every weekend

591
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 5: in the summer wasn't their favorite thing to do. And

592
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 5: I'm sure paying all the stupid amounts of money that

593
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 5: they had to pay to do all this wasn't fun.

594
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Speaker 1: But I can't thank them enough. And they've been huge

595
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: in this journey.

596
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Speaker 3: What about like within you though, because I mean, I

597
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 3: love to tell people. I'm so excited to tell you

598
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 3: right now. I was drafted number two overall in my

599
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Speaker 3: little league.

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Speaker 5: Nice, but I was the last pick my first year

601
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,359
Speaker 5: in Georgia. I was the very last pick because I

602
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 5: just moved from Chicago, really very last pick.

603
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Speaker 3: And you're you and and I'm me, and life funny

604
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 3: like that. But but I only say it, I always

605
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 3: try to find a chance to say it. But every

606
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 3: kid dreams of playing in the big leagues or being

607
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 3: an athlete, and a lot of kids are really talented

608
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Speaker 3: and good and there's so many things that have to

609
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 3: happen along the way. But to have the confidence in

610
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Speaker 3: the discipline and the commitment to continue doing it, I

611
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Speaker 3: think that takes a certain kind of kid.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I love getting better at things. I

613
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 5: love the grind. I love the process that it takes

614
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Speaker 5: to get there.

615
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Speaker 1: I don't know, I've been through a lot of stuff

616
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Speaker 1: in this game. I've been through.

617
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Speaker 5: I've dealt with a lot of stuff that that I

618
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 5: feel like not a lot of other people have had

619
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Speaker 5: to deal with. I feel like I'm proving someone wrong,

620
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 5: even if there's no one to prove wrong. I think

621
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Speaker 5: that's kind of what that drives me a little bit.

622
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Speaker 5: I think for me, I love you know, I love

623
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Speaker 5: the grind. I love working out. I love you know,

624
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 5: when things go bad. I think for me, it doesn't

625
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 5: make me. It's never made me be like, oh man,

626
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 5: I don't want to play anymore. It's like, oh man,

627
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 5: I want to grind so much harder so I can

628
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 5: be the version of myself that I know is there.

629
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Speaker 5: I think I know I always understand that that stuff's

630
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 5: not always going to go my way, and I might

631
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 5: struggle a little bit here and there, but those are

632
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 5: the things that kind of propel you to where you

633
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 5: want to be, rather than viewing them as a oh

634
00:29:59,160 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 5: this sucks.

635
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Speaker 1: Was me like, you know, how could this happen to me?

636
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:03,479
Speaker 1: Kind of deal.

637
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 5: It's like, all right, well, clearly you weren't good enough,

638
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 5: so let's figure out how to get better, and let's

639
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 5: keep grinding and see where it takes you.

640
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Speaker 1: I think that's kind of a big thing.

641
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Speaker 5: For me as to why I've been so fortunate and

642
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 5: kind of had the opportunities that I've had is just

643
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 5: out of kind of that mindset.

644
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Speaker 2: What were those moments along the way.

645
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: You know?

646
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Speaker 5: And I mean I think, uh so my freshman year

647
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 5: I struggle a little bit, kind of was supposed to

648
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 5: be the guy and then ended up, you know, not

649
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Speaker 5: pitching very well.

650
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Speaker 1: So when I got to Clemson, like I just I.

651
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 5: Was, you know, a left handed guy that throw pretty hard,

652
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 5: like they wanted me to be, you know, on the

653
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 5: weekend and kind of be one of the dudes.

654
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Speaker 1: Even my freshman year.

655
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Speaker 2: You were supposed to be like the ace.

656
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Speaker 5: Maybe I think they were kind of grooming me towards

657
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 5: that role. I think that's what they eventually wanted me

658
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Speaker 5: to be. I obviously wasn't going to be that, you know,

659
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,479
Speaker 5: my freshman year, but I did end up, you know,

660
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Speaker 5: earning a weekend spot, you know, going to that spring.

661
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Speaker 1: But yeah, that's all.

662
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 3: I'd sorry, what's Can you just tell me what the

663
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 3: difference is that when you say a weekend spot, I

664
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 3: don't understand.

665
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 5: So so in uh in college baseball, like you play

666
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 5: a midweek game sometimes too, and then you play you know,

667
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 5: the weekend series, which is the three game sets, and

668
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 5: those are usually your conference games or the games that

669
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 5: mean the most in your season.

670
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: The midweeks don't usually mean too much.

671
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 5: So it's like your best three guys are going to

672
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 5: start on the weekend. Then you're usually gonna start like

673
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,959
Speaker 5: a guy that you quote unquote don't think is as

674
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 5: good or as young or whatever is going to start

675
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 5: that midweek game. And uh so, yeah, I ended up

676
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 5: earning a weekend spot, and I pitched show k my

677
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 5: first start, pitch shok my second start, and had a

678
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 5: really bad one my third against South Carolina, and kind of,

679
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 5: I don't know, like my situation was handled a little

680
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 5: differently it uh, I don't know. I didn't get to

681
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 5: really pitch very much after that it would be like

682
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 5: every two weeks I'd come in and I'd walk a

683
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 5: guy and I'd get yanked, and it'd be that kind

684
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 5: of you know, that kind of thing.

685
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: And then they ended up, you know, not.

686
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 5: Traveling me by the end of the year and kind

687
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 5: of basically telling me like, we don't think you're a

688
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 5: fit for here, you should leave kind of deal. So

689
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 5: not actually cutting me, but pretty much cutting me and

690
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 5: saying like you probably should go somewhere else.

691
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: And at the.

692
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 5: Time, you know, there was no transfer portal or any

693
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 5: of that stuff, so you couldn't just transfer D one

694
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 5: to D one and keep playing, which is why I

695
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 5: ended up going to junior college. And uh so I

696
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 5: went to junior college and then but yeah, my freshman year,

697
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 5: get hit by a car in the fall, so that

698
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 5: took away some time and that's probably part of the

699
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 5: reason I wasn't as ready as I should have been.

700
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 4: So what happened, I was just on the way.

701
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 5: I was on the way to practice on a scooter

702
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 5: one day and this lady ran a stuff sign and

703
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 5: just hit me. And it wasn't great. I was out

704
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 5: for for a couple of weeks and didn't help.

705
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 3: But yeah, I had a scooter accident too. I mean,

706
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 3: if you had a scooter, you had a scooter accident.

707
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: They're dangerous for some reason. I like, the girl that

708
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: hit me was crying and I had to give her

709
00:32:59,440 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: a hug.

710
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 5: All this weird stuff, and then the ambulance came and

711
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 5: I was like, I don't want to take the ambulance.

712
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 5: And then one of my teammates came and picked me up,

713
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 5: and I threw my scooter in his trunk and then

714
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 5: went to the field and they were like, oh, your

715
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 5: knee screwed up, and I was like, ah, I'll be

716
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 5: all right, and luckily I was fine. Like, but I

717
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 5: think like missing out on those scrimmages and those games

718
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 5: probably didn't help with my development and everything else. But

719
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 5: I wasn't really throwing much because they didn't. They wanted

720
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 5: me to stay off my leg or whatever, and I

721
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 5: don't know. There was some mechanical adjustments mechanical stuff that

722
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 5: didn't work out, and it just kind of messed with

723
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 5: my command and I wasn't throwing as hard and a

724
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 5: breaking ball wasn't a sharp and everything just kind of

725
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 5: got worse. Ended up not pitching very well that year,

726
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 5: and then obviously them telling me to leave and whatever happened,

727
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 5: and then they told yeah, they said, I mean they

728
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 5: were just like, yeah, you're not really a fit here.

729
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 5: I mean I struggled, but yeah, they were just like, yeah,

730
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 5: we just don't think here's the right fit for you

731
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 5: anymore after one year and they were.

732
00:33:55,320 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 2: Just like, wow, like you got like let go basically much.

733
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean they didn't like they were telling me

734
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 5: to leave, and so I was like, all right, like.

735
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: I guess I'll do it.

736
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 5: I remember, like, I uh, after that happened, I was

737
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 5: just like I sat in the stadium for you know,

738
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 5: two hours, just being like what the hell is going on?

739
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: Like this is not obviously what I had in mind.

740
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,399
Speaker 5: And you know, I think it was a good thing

741
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 5: for me because like I think, had I stayed there

742
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 5: probably still it probably wouldn't have turned out the way

743
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 5: it did. So yeah, I ended up going to Cape

744
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 5: Cod that summer, and that summer was great. Kind of

745
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 5: got my confidence back that summer. The coach there and

746
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 5: all the people there were super helpful to me, and

747
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 5: and so for the rest of that season, I was

748
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 5: a starter and I pitched really well and kind of

749
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 5: gained my confidence back at doing that, and then got

750
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 5: hooked up with my junior college. I ended up going

751
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 5: to State College of Florida and Tampa, and they felt

752
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 5: like the right people, and they were the right people,

753
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 5: and I still have a great relationship with with all

754
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,240
Speaker 5: those guys there, and so I was super, super helpful.

755
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: I was super lucky to get the chance to go there.

756
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 5: But then our first practice back in the spring before

757
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 5: the season, we were doing like ground balls, and someone

758
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 5: was trying to like mess around with the second basement

759
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 5: and hit one hard at him when I was playing

760
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 5: first base.

761
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: I was picking up a ball. Basically, he didn't hit

762
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 1: it where he was aiming. He hit it at me,

763
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: and I her.

764
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 5: Heads up and the ball hit me in the face

765
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 5: and broke my jaw on both sides. And so then

766
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 5: I had my mouth wired shut for five weeks right

767
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 5: before the season.

768
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: Actually, so I got my mouth wired.

769
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 5: Shut, liquid dive for five weeks, lose a bunch of weight,

770
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,479
Speaker 5: like go from throwing you know, ninety four ninety seven

771
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,240
Speaker 5: to you know, eighty eight ninety one, touch a ninety

772
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 5: two kind of deal, and then you know, I get

773
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 5: my I get the wires out of my mouth at

774
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 5: like eight and eight in the morning before one of

775
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,919
Speaker 5: our games, and I go after I get my wires out,

776
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 5: I tried to eat. I couldn't eat solid food because

777
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 5: I hadn't eat it in five weeks. I just tried

778
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 5: to eat like chick players. Someone was like, oh, I'm

779
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 5: so excited I can eat food again, and I couldn't

780
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,120
Speaker 5: eat it, like made me feel awful. And then you know,

781
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,280
Speaker 5: I end up actually not whatever, go to the field

782
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 5: and I pitched that day, like I started that game,

783
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 5: pitch fine, whatever, and then you know, make a couple

784
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 5: of a couple more starts, probably like I don't know,

785
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 5: I don't even know how many endings I ended up

786
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 5: pitching there, and then COVID happens, so season gets canceled

787
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 5: right after I get back, and then you know, end

788
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 5: up going home and doing all that, all.

789
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:21,760
Speaker 1: The COVID stuff.

790
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 5: And I think that's kind of where I made the

791
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 5: biggest jump is during that time. It is just because

792
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,399
Speaker 5: like there was nothing else for me to do other

793
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 5: than try to get better at baseball and play golf

794
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 5: with my dad and my grandpa and whatever.

795
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: So it was it was a good time. I was.

796
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 5: I you know, I worked out of this place called

797
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 5: full Count that I still go to today. So all

798
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 5: those guys have been super helpful to me. But we

799
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 5: were doing like live abs on this like backfield that

800
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 5: they had just like created that year, So that was

801
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 5: super fun.

802
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: It was like a Sandlott vibe like.

803
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 5: Doing that, and that's kind of where I figured out

804
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 5: kind of how I needed to throw, like where I

805
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 5: needed to be, and I ended up kind of going

806
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 5: to Oklahoma State and then you know, end up throwing.

807
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: Really well in the fall there being like all right.

808
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 5: Like I'm finally like turned myself into a dude, like

809
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 5: I'm going to be a top five rounder, Like.

810
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 1: This is gonna happen. I'm gonna make this happen.

811
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 5: And then you know, throw really well to start the

812
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 5: year and then start kind of feeling like, you know

813
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 5: about forty innings of that year or whatever it was.

814
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 5: I uh, I we were pitching. I was pitching against

815
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 5: TCU and tore my elbow that day and then whatever

816
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 5: out for the rest of that year, and then you know,

817
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 5: get to the draft and they're like, hey, you know,

818
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 5: I still think I'm gonna get drafted decent, and uh,

819
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 5: you know, I end up falling to the eleventh round

820
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 5: and making the deal with the Dodgers. But I think

821
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 5: for me that was the best thing that could have happened,

822
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 5: because I think, you know, Dodgers player development, everything's is

823
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 5: so good, and I knew I was in good hands,

824
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,320
Speaker 5: and you know, so did the rehab stuff and pretty

825
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 5: much you know, after So I got surgery in May,

826
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 5: drafted in July, and then kind of up twenty one,

827
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 5: and then pretty much rest of twenty one.

828
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: I was rehabing, almost all of twenty two.

829
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 5: I came back at the end of twenty two and

830
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 5: through you know, probably a month of just like rehaboutings

831
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,959
Speaker 5: and rookie ball, and then went two weeks in Low

832
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 5: A in twenty two and then all of twenty three

833
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 5: in High A, and then you know, twenty four started

834
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 5: in Double A, made to the big leagues, and then

835
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 5: twenty five five of this year mainly mainly the big leagues.

836
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: Warrings in the Big Leagues and the Triple A.

837
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 2: So in my journey, real quick, that's amazing.

838
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 3: The elbow things, so you hurt your elbow like things

839
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 3: were kind of like on the up.

840
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then.

841
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: I had Tommy John. Yeah, I had Tommy John tore

842
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: my U seal.

843
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 2: What can I see it?

844
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, the old the Tommy John Scar.

845
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there it is, yep, yep.

846
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 5: So I had TJ that year and luckily, you know,

847
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 5: thank god, everything's been good since.

848
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 3: So right, and so when you when you got drafted

849
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 3: in the eleventh round, you said you fell to the

850
00:38:58,960 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 3: eleventh round.

851
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 2: So that was a disappointment for me.

852
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: I wanted to be at least the top ten rounder.

853
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: I think it's been a crazy road.

854
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 5: It's been a lot of a lot of ups of downs,

855
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 5: a lot of things that have happened that have been

856
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,280
Speaker 5: just random or whatever.

857
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: It's been fun. It's been fun, that's for sure. To

858
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 1: keep bouncing back. Problem.

859
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 2: You're twenty five, you got the battle scars, you've been through.

860
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 3: It all right at the beginning, I guess yeah, and

861
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:27,439
Speaker 3: the rings too.

862
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 2: So, Wes, do you remember when this guy came up?

863
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 3: I mean, I remember was twenty four, like that was

864
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 3: the year that we had every picture and every picture

865
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 3: was hurt. And it's around then middle of the year

866
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 3: when kind of guys kept falling that you showed up,

867
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 3: Remember that, Wes?

868
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I remember being excited for you coming up.

869
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 6: I was like this kid looks good. And every time

870
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 6: he'd come out, I was like, Yeah, this guy, he's

871
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 6: the guy.

872
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 2: He's the guy.

873
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 6: He's one of the dogs, you know. So it was

874
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 6: really exciting to be like a fan and supporting you

875
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 6: and rooting for you to like, you know, go out

876
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 6: there and just basically dominate because it's like you can

877
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 6: see glimpses of it here and there, and like when

878
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 6: they would give you a chance to pitch, I was

879
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 6: like I would tell Richard, I was like, this guy's

880
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 6: gonna be a good watch.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're going over. Is that okay for you?

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Speaker 2: Just a little bit longer?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's fine, okay, because we gotta I mean, we

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Speaker 3: gotta talk about Yeah, the World Series in Game seven. Yep,

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Speaker 3: all right, that's it for this week's episode. Little cliffhanger there,

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Speaker 3: because we will be hearing from Justin in a future

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Speaker 3: episode about his experience during the now iconic twenty twenty

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Speaker 3: five World Series Game seven benches clearing Melee with Robo.

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Speaker 2: On the mound.

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Speaker 3: It was really cool to to get Justin's perspective on

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Speaker 3: what happened. Look out for that on the show. And

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Speaker 3: thanks again for listening to Dodger Blue Dream Dodger Blue

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Speaker 3: Dream is written and produced by me Richard Parks. The

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Speaker 3: third my co host is chef Wesley Avula. Original music

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Speaker 3: in this episode by William Ryan Fritch and Jonathan Snipes.

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Speaker 3: Production assistance from.

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Speaker 2: Elizabeth Parks Kibbie.

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Speaker 3: Special thanks to Caitlin Esh and to Jeff Gatch from

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Speaker 3: PSI Sports Management. Thank you again, Justin Robleski for coming

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Speaker 3: on the show and sharing your story in such detail.

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Speaker 3: Dodger Blue Dream is produced in partnership with Iheart's My

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