WEBVTT - Rays The Roof Joins Just Baseball 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:16.360 It's time to raise the roof for our latest regular 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:20.320 season episode and probably the biggest announcement that I mean, 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:22.840 this is the biggest announcement that we've ever had, Right, 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:24.759 there's the biggest news that we've ever had outside of 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:27.320 like getting credentialed for an MLB game. 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:31.200 Yeah, Like first at like the first ad or the 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:37.840 first I guess collaboration we did with the business. 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:37.880 And then like the City Connects stuff was cool. 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:40.760 Oh yeah, the City connect was that was probably the 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:43.040 coolest because that was because I couldn't go to the 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:45.640 credentials with you guys. But I think Credentials was probably 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.080 the biggest. I think that's like going to the locker room 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:49.760 was awesome, I assume for you guys. 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:51.920 Yeah, but I mean I think that the City connect 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.880 stuff was big too. But well, first off, welcome to 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:59.000 the pod. I'm your host Alex Murphy with me today 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:00.880 my host or my host Avin Lynch. 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:01.920 Uh. 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:02.680 Yeah. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.920 So the news that we're talking about is that we're 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.959 gonna be joining Just Baseball. We're gonna be joining the 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:13.399 Just Baseball network. Like I I didn't think we were 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:15.680 gonna be able to do this six years ago, and 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.480 I mean we're not at six years yet. But I 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.200 didn't think that we were going to get to this point, 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:24.280 and now we're joining one of the fastest growing baseball 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:29.000 companies in out there, Like genuinely. 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.840 I mean, it's when we yeah, say yeah, what was 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:37.120 it been five years and nine months? Five years, ten months. 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:39.800 It's been a long time. It's been too damn long. 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:43.319 It was what end of July of twenty twenty. 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.680 No, I've never been I didn't even think this would 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:49.600 last past the season. 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.800 Honestly, I didn't. I mean I never was. 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:53.720 I was going to force this thing to go for 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:54.800 as long as it could. 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:55.720 I had. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:59.120 I had honestly no expectations. I was like, yeah, I'll 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:00.720 do this. I'd love to talk about the Rays. I 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:04.120 love the team, But no, did I ever think that 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:09.280 I would that we would have advertisements, I mean, or 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.560 get any sort of poll in the local media, or 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.640 I mean, Alex is going on TV with local local 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:23.520 broadcast talking about the Rays like it's pretty it's a 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.600 testament to all of the hard work that he's done 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:29.640 to help build this whole network on Twitter and on 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:34.280 Instagram too, and on YouTube as well. But no, it's 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.200 pretty remarkable. It's hard to believe just baseball is awesome. 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.040 And I mean we've had Arm on the podcast. What 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:42.959 was that last season? 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.400 I think, yeah, yeah, we had him on. 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.280 To talk about some of those prospects and things like that. 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:48.560 That was when Chandler were still. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.519 In the minors, so it must have been like coming 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:55.280 up on a year ago. But now they're awesome over there. 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.640 They do insanely good work there. I mean, they know 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:01.040 Arham knows the most about any prospers that pool of all, 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:04.520 but they all know their stuff. They're incredibly talented. They 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.200 they're I'm excited to join them, and I don't know 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.919 exactly to the extent that we'll be working with them, 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:13.239 but they're one of the best baseball publications. 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.440 And yeah, I'm really excited about this development. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.480 Yeah, I think that it's great. You know, as you mentioned, 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:22.600 Arm is a prospect guru of sorts. He knows a 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:27.760 hell of a lot. Our friend Elijah Evans, who is 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.200 part of their team as well. White Sox Fan does 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.720 his own thing, the Future Socks podcasts and social media feed. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.120 He knows a lot about prospects as well. 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:38.720 You know. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.920 Jack McMullen is literally the radio play by play guy 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:45.560 for the Marlins. Like, if you needed any more legitimacy 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:49.080 for what they're doing, they have someone who's an MLB broadcaster, 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.440 so that's pretty damn legitimate on my end. And then 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:56.120 Peter Appeal has been, you know, a source of betting 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.280 information for many also just a great baseball mind in himself. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.360 I like, not that advice though, or not gambling advice 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:04.480 my bad. 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:05.080 No, but just in it. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.400 I mean just just in the general sense of like 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:11.840 what they are and the end, we're not the first podcast, 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.720 we're not the first team specific podcast to join them, 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.640 because they have the Marine Layer podcast for the Mariners 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.640 and then they have the Buck Up Anter podcast for 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.520 the Pirates, who maybe as the season goes on, probably 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.600 more of the Mariners, because we already kind of lost 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.800 that shot of the whole Pirates thing because the season already, 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.200 you know, this thing is already uh, we already passed 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.400 that series by the time that this partnership. 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.799 And you know, wait till the world series. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:40.960 Oh no, no, we don't need that, but I'm sure 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.880 that we'll find a way to get to get the 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.360 guys over at Marine Layer on to go talk about 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.400 the Mariner series. But like I just can't believe that 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.880 some you know, a company like just Baseball wants to 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:59.080 take a chance on us, and you know, once once 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.920 like like targeted us sought out us to be part 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.159 of what they're doing. It genuinely means the world to me, 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:10.080 and I'm hoping that that means that we'll do our 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.440 best to give you guys more access as much as 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.360 we can, whether that be for players, whether that be 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:22.159 for media, you know, games, like, whatever we can try 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:23.760 to do, we're gonna try to do for you guys. 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:27.760 Obviously there's constraints to that, but we're gonna do our 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.080 best to provide what we can. But I mean, I'm 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:33.279 just I was genuinely floored when I heard that, like 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.919 they wanted us to be part of what they have 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.200 going on as they continue to grow. 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:40.440 Yeah, me too. 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.480 I mean I was pretty floored when we were able 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.360 to get arm on the podcast let alone. I mean, 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.919 and then this is takes it to a whole new level. 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.200 So I mean, yeah, I don't have there are a 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:55.640 lot of a lot of motions, but like, I don't 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.279 have a lot of like else to say. It's just 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:02.599 really really cool and thanks for all the hard work 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.120 that you've done for it, Alex. 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.680 Thank you. I appreciate that, but I don't try to 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.520 take credit for it. Is just me because I know 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.200 that I've done a lot. But at the same token, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:13.560 like you guys are also part of it. You know, 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:17.120 this is a group thing. So I'm just happy that 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.440 we have this opportunity for ourselves to try to bring 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.480 you guys the best coverage that that we can and 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.839 the best analysis that with that that we can on 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:33.160 the rais. I'm just I can't believe that. I just 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:37.520 I just can't believe that this opportunity is happening. And 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:39.400 I know it took a while to get to this point, 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.960 but I'm glad. I mean, all of the podcasts that 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.279 we've done up until this point, like all of that stuff, 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:50.000 and everything that we've done on social media and videos 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.400 and all that stuff, it's all been you know, even 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.160 if this didn't happen, it was like all this was 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:57.960 still worth it regardless. This is kind of just a 0:06:58.040 --> 0:06:59.960 cherry on top of everything else. 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.800 Yeah, No, it's I mean, like I said at the beginning, 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.479 it's I didn't do this or I didn't do this 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:09.120 for anything, Like it's not like I did it for 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.240 money or I didn't expect to make any money on 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:15.600 it or do any sort of partnerships with any other 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.080 media or businesses or whatnot. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.440 I did this just because usually after a loss, I 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:23.000 wanted event. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.680 And but I mean luckily when we did start this, 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.440 the Rays were really really good. I mean going to 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:30.720 the World Series the first season. 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.520 Yeah, would we would have won the World Series? 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:36.520 That's my that's my take is that we would have 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.200 won the World Series in twenty twenty one if that 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.360 ball didn't bounce off rent forro this leg. 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:42.520 But once again, really good. 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:44.440 I mean they won ninety nine games in twenty twenty 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:45.840 two or no, did they win one hundred? 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.240 No, they wanted three. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.560 They won one hundred and twenty one, and then they 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.120 somehow made the playoffs. So probably the worst playoff team 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.120 I've ever seen in my life as a race fan 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.160 of twenty two speaking of the Guardians, Yeah, that was 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.160 one of the worst things I've ever experienced. 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:06.000 But but I mean, but that goes like there were 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:09.440 there were definitely times that we would complain. But there 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.520 were four season really good seasons of Race baseball in 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:15.840 a row. I mean two divisions, one Pennant, two Wild 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.600 card appearances. I mean, I think what twenty twenty three 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.960 was the year we started what thirteen and zero on 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:25.640 the season, so. 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.280 Then we don't have to talk about that. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:32.160 But no, that's nothing happened. The season ended after thirteen games. 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:35.000 So going back to my point is that there wasn't 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:38.360 a ton of opportunities to vent, which is always a 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:42.040 good thing. But that's why I started this is to 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.920 give credit to the players and be happy after a 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:46.160 win of the event after a loss. 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.360 So yeah, it's also been cool on our end to 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:55.800 see just the community of race fans continue to explode, 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.200 especially like in the last year, so it feels like 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.800 things have really exploded. So it's it's it's cool to 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.920 see like where we started out at and where things 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.000 were to where you know, to now and where things 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.280 have gone in six years. I mean it's gone. I 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.800 feel like things have developed a lot and a lot 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:17.680 of things have happened, and I'm just I'm I'm happy 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:19.960 for for what we're going to do and I'm happy 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.600 for the community as a whole because I think that, 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.360 you know, again, with something like this, things are only 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:27.240 going to continue to. 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:28.000 Grow moving forward. 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:32.319 So yeah, I'm just I'm uh, you know, I'm incredibly 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.320 grateful for all the guys over at Just Baseball for 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.880 you know, taking a chance on us. We are going 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:41.000 to be talking or I'm gonna be talking with Elijah, 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.280 you know, to just you know, let let let him 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.600 give his side of this toy about you know, just 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.760 how we came to you know, I guess how this 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:53.160 whole thing came to be because really really appreciate him 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.080 throughout the whole process, and I know that he's excited 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:57.280 to bring us on. But yeah, I mean, this is 0:09:57.360 --> 0:09:59.680 just an awesome, awesome thing for us, and I hope 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.920 that you Yeah, I'm excited for you guys because I 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.199 hope that we can bring as much quality content to 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:06.040 you guys as we can. 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:07.880 Yeah. 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:14.560 No, it's it's pretty cool, pretty cool, and echo everything 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:18.960 that you just said. Yeah, thanks to the thanks for 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.400 your hard work and making this happen. And also thanks 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:25.320 to the boys over there at just Baseball for seeing 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.880 for I guess, yeah, for helping us out for for 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:34.199 I guess, taking a chance on us, and helping our 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.840 stuff get out to their viewers and listeners more frequently 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:39.280 as well. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.400 So yeah, yeah, I think it's gonna be I think 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:42.120 that's gonna be great. 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:46.000 But yeah, I'll be talking with Elijah in just a second, 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.600 so stay tuned on this latest episode of Raiser Roof. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.120 Hi everyone, Alex here with a quick word from our sponsor. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.600 Seek See Geek is your one stop shop for tickets 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.080 for everything from live theater and concerts to sporting events 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:08.200 like Raise games. 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Thanks so 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:30.240 much to sea Geek for sponsoring us, and let's get 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.320 back to this latest episode of Raise the Roof. 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.959 So we have with us Elijah Evans, just baseball, Elijah, Alex. 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:43.800 Sorry, let me let me let me put my better 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:44.280 audio in. 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:46.199 I don't know if you any Sorry, I just realized 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:47.480 that as we were starting, I was like, I don't 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:47.840 have mine. 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.959 So with us today we have Elijah Evans Just Baseball, Elijah. 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:54.600 First off, thank you so much for coming on. 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:54.839 Man. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.240 We really really appreciate first time you coming on the pod. 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:59.320 So welcome and Hi. 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.920 Don, I'm doing well man, thank you for having me. 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:02.200 Alex. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.199 I'm excited to talk about all the fun things we 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:04.800 got coming up. 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:05.000 Man. 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:07.520 Yeah, So I wanted the first to ask you, like, 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.720 how did you you know, how did we first get 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.480 on your guys radar, because like, I know that we 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.319 had on arm before for a podcast, but I mean 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.080 just what you know, kind of stood out as you 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.959 guys were kind of going you know, going through and 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.960 hopefully trying to find ways to expand the presence of 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:23.080 Just Baseball in general. 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.920 Yes, we're we're working on expanding our podcast network across 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.440 the board and we've been you know, looking at a 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.199 variety of team podcasts. We've got four team shows are 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:32.640 you know network, And you guys have just stood out 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:34.320 as as the people in the Raise world that we 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.720 wanted to align with that make good content, do good things. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.320 You have connections in the in the Raised community and 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.120 really just the right type of people that we wanted 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:44.000 our network. And you know, a big priority for us 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.600 is adding you know, a podcasts and kind of expanding 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.760 our network across the board with the right people that 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.480 make good content and also can help us help us 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.959 grow and we can help grow, you know, both directions, right. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.440 Yeah, I'm definitely very excited about you know, when I 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.360 when I was first talking with you, when I heard that, 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.960 you know, we on your radar, definitely was something that 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.960 I was pretty amazed about because I didn't know what 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.440 kind of work that we did. But like, for those 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.880 that don't know what Just Baseball is and specifically what 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:13.719 your role is in Just Baseball, can you talk more 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.440 about just what you guys are trying to do in 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.120 general and than what you're doing. 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.760 Within the network for sure, Man, Just Baseball is just 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.199 a multifaceted baseball media company. We started with a singular 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.280 podcast that Just Baseball Show, and now I've expanded to 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.840 the point where we've got ten podcasts in our network, 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.319 hopefully growing that number soon, in addition to our website, 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:34.920 Just Baseball dot com, where we've got over forty current 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:39.480 baseball writers BBWA members, people ranging from you know, all 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.000 the way from from students up to people that have 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.760 been writing about baseball for forty years. So a really 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.640 cool platform there, and then on the social media front, 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.360 you know, we've got a strong presence across all of 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.360 our socials. We can take a lot of pride and 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.720 energy and our kind of stat focused a little bit 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.400 more analytical angle of the. 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:57.400 Way we approach baseball. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.920 So yeah, just just trying to hit you know, baseball 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.800 fans from all three facets of our website, our podcast network, 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.760 and our social media channels. I'm our head of operations, 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.040 so been lucky enough to be, you know, start with 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.120 just baseball when I was in school still and work 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:13.360 my way into a role running our operations alongside our CEO, 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.040 arm Layton, And we've got a really amazing team. Really, 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.200 it's a great group of people, and I think we're 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.600 really excited abou where we're heading and just the future 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:22.800 of baseball media as a whole. I think that the 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.680 push for independent media and people that are covering the 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.000 game from a place of passion but with a lot 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.120 of research, with a lot of data behind it is 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.040 really how we view kind of this game going and 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.280 we want to be a big part of that going 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:35.440 forward now. 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.640 And that's see me and I know that on our end. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.680 For those that have seen the raise baseball sphere and 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.680 media sphere and community and all that. So a lot 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.040 of people that do analytical stuff. We maybe don't do 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.800 it as much as some others, but like the fans 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.120 side of things, like how much do you guys prioritize 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.240 that part of it of people that you know are 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.920 following the team intently, are making sure that you. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.680 Know, they know the trends that are going on. 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:02.080 Maybe you know, not as much much of the you know, 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:07.160 the highlighting everyone's Baseball Savant page to every single solitary 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.080 stat but like, how much do you guys value that 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.680 part of it as well alongside of the sabermetrics and 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:14.360 everything else that you guys are doing on the analytical 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:15.160 side of things. 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.280 One hundred percent. Man, We want to have a community. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.360 We want to have people that that really love the 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.440 sport and love what they're doing and care about the 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.120 you know what they're they're part of. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:24.520 We have a really incredible community. 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.480 We've built up a core audience of people that are 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:28.920 baseball fans and our discord where you've got, you know, 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.680 a good community, people that are our closest followers, and 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.080 then we've got people across all of our channels so yeah, 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.280 we love that angle of things. We want to make 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.400 sure we're hitting you know, fans and getting people that 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.440 really care about their team and are passionate about the sport. 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.760 This is not you know, We're want to be baseball 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.640 for for everyone, from those who are getting into it, 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:47.800 but also those who are are really dedicated fans, and 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:49.840 that is really our our prime audience is some of 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:53.200 those super dedicated people. And yeah, we love just continuing 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.800 to enlighten people about what's going on in the sport, 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.600 sharing stories, keeping people up to date with everything they 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:00.840 want to know about just every the base world, from 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.280 college to minor leagues to major leagues to you know, 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:04.120 everything in between. 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.320 Yeah, So on your end, I mean, just how excited 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.160 have you or how much fun has it been for 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.920 you since joining the network because I know that you've 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:13.720 been involved for a couple of years now, so you've 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.920 seen at least in recent years the growth, because I'm 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:18.840 sure that there's going to be plenty of growth moving forward, 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.000 or you know, this is why we wanted to join 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.440 in now, because we because we know the growth that's happened. 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.080 But like, how has it been like for you watching 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.200 the growth of the network and everything like that moving forward. 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:28.240 It's been incredible, man. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.280 I mean I've been here since not quite the start, 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.280 but nearly the start of the company. I was doing 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.360 social media and then have moved into an operations role. 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.880 I work on our prospect show as well. So it's 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:38.640 been really cool to just see everything that we've been 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.200 able to accomplish. I was I was telling someone the 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:41.880 other day, like we, you know, as a as a 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.200 small startup media company, Like we were at a point 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:45.600 a couple of years ago where we were going out 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.200 to we were going out to find interns and to 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:49.880 you know, make sure that we could we can bring 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.200 we were working to bring people in. And now we've 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.480 got people approaching us constantly to want to come work 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:56.360 for us and do contribute to the to the company's 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:58.600 success and keep helping us grow. And that's a really 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.320 cool thing to see how far we've come just a 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.360 couple of years. And I think, like you said, there's 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.159 a there's a lot more room to grow. We're not 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.239 We're not going get complacent. I think the company as 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.720 a whole has got a lot more room to just 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.080 continue to establish ourselves in the baseball space, and we're 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:11.520 getting there. 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:13.120 But I think there's a there's much more to come. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:16.239 Yeah, and your baseball background specifically, I know that you're 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.120 a White Sox fan, which I'm really really sorry about 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:19.960 because I know that a lot a lot of things 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:23.159 struggling there. But I mean, ay, how did you know 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.800 you're a White Sox fan? Talk more about that and 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.399 how has it been like being a fan of a 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:32.639 team unfortunately that does not have the kind of ownership 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:34.800 support that I'm sure that other teams, you know, you 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.919 guys wish that you had in comparison to maybe some 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:38.600 other teams. 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:38.960 In the league. 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:40.960 Yeah, you know, I mean you guys, you guys get 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:42.840 it to an extent, but yeah, that's true. 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:43.520 It's uh. 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:45.560 Yeah, I grew up a White Sox again in Chicago, 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.240 and I've obviously been able to take that into covering 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:49.760 the team as well, so I do a White Sox 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:51.840 pod and writing in an addition to kind of the 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.440 JB stuff I do. So Yeah, it's been it's been 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:56.720 really cool. I I love the White Sox. I have 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:58.240 a passion there, but I also, like you know, have 0:17:58.280 --> 0:17:59.840 gotten into the industry side of it, So it does 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:01.840 in your perspective and it gets you more into kind 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:03.879 of the way that the team operates and you get 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:05.920 to learn players. So for me, it's become a lot 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.120 more of a you know, really getting to know things 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.359