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Speaker 2: What's up, FT fan.

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Speaker 3: We're back at it again here in Braves Camp with

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Speaker 3: not only one of the best pictures that I've ever seen,

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Speaker 3: I think we all can say one of the best

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Speaker 3: pictures AJ's ever caught, hands down, cy Young Award winner,

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Speaker 3: come Back Player of the Year, triple crown. What haven't

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Speaker 3: you done other than punching me out a few times?

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Speaker 3: Chris Sel sitting down with us today, He's good.

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Speaker 2: To have you, my friend.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate it. Thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 1: Probably the only thing I haven't done is make AJ

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Speaker 4: So he's still working.

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Speaker 2: And we're still muting him right now because he's cursing

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Speaker 2: you out right now. But it's good to have you, man.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to talk to you after an incredible year,

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Speaker 3: tons of success in the past right, coming off some

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Speaker 3: quirky injuries here and there, What was your initial focus

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Speaker 3: coming over here to Len Braves? You know, just initially,

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Speaker 3: what are you thinking when you hear about the move

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Speaker 1: Yeah, first thing was just be healthy, right. I've talked

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Speaker 1: as the off season goes. So number one on the

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Speaker 1: list was was what, Yeah, exactly a man the post.

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Speaker 3: So let me ask you, during that process, was there

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Speaker 3: like okay, new plays, new face, let me feel things out.

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Speaker 2: You know, when did that happen? Where you go, Okay,

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Speaker 1: So I would say that it was it was it

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Speaker 4: Once the off season.

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Speaker 1: Got going and I started you know, working out, getting

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Speaker 1: But I've been in this spot before, and then everything

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Speaker 3: So okay, before I let AJ go, Before I let

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Speaker 2: Nobody cares about you.

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Speaker 1: But the thing I've was really lucky and I can't

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Speaker 5: Did you learn that when you got that tired beard

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Speaker 1: Hey, I actually shaved this on the off day. I

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Speaker 2: Neither does a Jane.

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Speaker 1: I walked, I went to the bathroom and I looked

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Speaker 5: Hey, I know that feeling. Trust me.

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Speaker 4: On that one.

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Speaker 6: I know, I totally get that. Now My question is

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Speaker 6: is why, why? Why happy with what you're doing. I'm

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Speaker 6: very happy with what you're doing. The reason I'm happy

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Speaker 5: Chris?

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Speaker 6: You got to win a sy Young, I got to

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Speaker 6: go to the awards ceremony and watch your tired speech

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Speaker 6: that you gained.

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Speaker 5: The only thing I was mad.

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Speaker 4: At me introduce.

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Speaker 6: Nothing against Corey Kloever, but I think I would have

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Speaker 1: I will say this, I definitely appreciated having klouver uh

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Speaker 4: Be able to get this thing.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I can only imagine what your grand introduction

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Speaker 7: Ft fam Arena Club is the modern way to collect

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Speaker 7: cards or buy or sell, or trade or even grade.

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Speaker 7: And we're highlighting slab packs because this is the new

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Speaker 7: good card. Aj But also if you're not into the card,

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Speaker 6: I ain't get rid of my Bob Gibson autographed card.

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Speaker 6: Bob Gibson ain't card signing cards anytime soon, so I'm

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Speaker 6: keeping this one. It gets graded for you, there's no mess.

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Speaker 6: The only thing I wish they had bubblegum. Can they

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Speaker 5: This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, those cards are in your showroom in the app,

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Speaker 3: So, coming off of last year, a great year, here

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Speaker 2: You and snit?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I'm I'm actually feel confident about this year.

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Speaker 1: So if you look at kind of the track record

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Speaker 1: So twenty three I was like just over one hundred innings.

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Speaker 1: Last year I was like one seventy, So you know,

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Speaker 3: Let me ask, this is Drake Bowin, the only guy

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Speaker 2: Are you working on that with everybody?

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Speaker 3: Just trust the guy I put it down, let's execute, Like,

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Speaker 2: Was that just not overthinking it?

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Speaker 3: So I'm you never you never?

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Speaker 1: My point that it kind of plays into the story

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Speaker 1: I'm about to tell. So I've never you know, when

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Speaker 8: Him a statue in Chicago coming. You know you're going

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Speaker 6: So, I mean, gray Beard you're talking about, you.

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Speaker 1: Well again, I think I'm kind of looking at this

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Speaker 2: You got to bring it back.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to hear that, but no, listen, we

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Speaker 4: Hey, I'm not doing this unless you're in person next time.

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Speaker 5: Listen, I've been two years in row. I missed the

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Speaker 4: Hey, this is your old organization.

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Speaker 7: We're all over the place. Pierce, great to have you.

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Speaker 2: Hey, let's let's stay there.

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Speaker 3: Not the typical bullpen repertoire, though you're you're the guy

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Speaker 10: finally bought into.

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Speaker 3: That coming here to you. I told you the vibes

445
00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,239
Speaker 3: were great. I know you guys had to show and go.

446
00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,679
Speaker 3: Snit gets it. But are if you guys still kind

447
00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,240
Speaker 3: of bouncing around, you know, a little little pep in

448
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,879
Speaker 3: their step. You guys seem extremely excited about being in camp.

449
00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:12,800
Speaker 2: You guys are healthy.

450
00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,440
Speaker 3: A lot of people aren't talking about what you guys

451
00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,080
Speaker 3: did injured and talked about with the bullpen you know

452
00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:18,719
Speaker 3: was able to do.

453
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Speaker 2: You guys were lights out for this team last year.

454
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Speaker 2: Where are you now on that?

455
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Speaker 3: And how do you feel about you know, not a

456
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Speaker 3: lot of new faces, but the chemistry and the energy

457
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Speaker 3: around camp.

458
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Speaker 10: This season, well, I mean that was one of the

459
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Speaker 10: reasons I wanted to come back here, is because the

460
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,080
Speaker 10: chemistry is so good here from top to bottom. I mean,

461
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Speaker 10: it's it's true, Snit's going to give you the truth,

462
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,440
Speaker 10: you know, Alex is going to give you the truth,

463
00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,000
Speaker 10: and really, as a baseball player, just hit you with

464
00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,840
Speaker 10: the truth pill, whether it's good or bad. I just

465
00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,280
Speaker 10: want to know so I can work on what I

466
00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,639
Speaker 10: need to work on. And then you show up in

467
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,600
Speaker 10: the locker room and it's just great vibes. It's got

468
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,600
Speaker 10: really good team chemistry. Everybody gets along. It's just a

469
00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,280
Speaker 10: really good, you know, collective group. And I think it's

470
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Speaker 10: fun to show up to the art every day, whether

471
00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,600
Speaker 10: you're playing well or not, you just you know you're

472
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Speaker 10: gonna have fun at the yard that day and have

473
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Speaker 10: a chance to win.

474
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Speaker 6: Pierce when you you know, we're talking about your up

475
00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,240
Speaker 6: atoire and this and that. Tommy Cainley, who's a frequent

476
00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,760
Speaker 6: guest on here at those like through like seventy five

477
00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,200
Speaker 6: change ups in a row in the postseason and you

478
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:11,760
Speaker 6: throw over seventy curveball. Have you ever gone to like

479
00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,600
Speaker 6: Cranny incident and said, you know what, guys, I'm gonna

480
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,480
Speaker 6: go Lance McCullers and just throw all curveballs.

481
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Speaker 10: There were actually a couple outings last year I did

482
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Speaker 10: go all curveballs, and uh it was good. I was successful.

483
00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:25,560
Speaker 10: I mean, it is my best pitch that's what got

484
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Speaker 10: me in the big leagues. That's what kept me in

485
00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,360
Speaker 10: the big leagues. But I definitely told them, I'm like, hey,

486
00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,280
Speaker 10: we're gonna need to dial that one back a little

487
00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,879
Speaker 10: bit because come August September, after throwing that many curveballs,

488
00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:36,760
Speaker 10: you know, forums a little source, so we're gonna have

489
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,560
Speaker 10: to mix in the heater a little bit. But we

490
00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,440
Speaker 10: definitely had some conversations about it.

491
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Speaker 7: Hey, Pierce, I want to jump in about you know,

492
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Speaker 7: last year, So how crazy was that last stretch for

493
00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,280
Speaker 7: the team? Obviously didn't end up getting in, but not

494
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,760
Speaker 7: just what you guys went through, but also this whole

495
00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,760
Speaker 7: scheduling snappoo. What do you remember from that? And do

496
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,240
Speaker 7: you guys wish that it was planned out better because

497
00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,880
Speaker 7: we were all screaming on a show like this, Hey,

498
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,520
Speaker 7: bad weather in the forecast. This looks like it's gonna

499
00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,960
Speaker 7: be a mess. Did you guys feel that way too, Yeah.

500
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,280
Speaker 10: A little bit, a little bit. It just kind of

501
00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,120
Speaker 10: stinks you got to play doubleheader on the last day

502
00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:17,960
Speaker 10: of the year, which that was bad memories for me.

503
00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,800
Speaker 10: Excited I've given the bomb to Lindor to send us

504
00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,640
Speaker 10: to Game two where we had to win or go home,

505
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,560
Speaker 10: and you know it was just hard because then you

506
00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,119
Speaker 10: got to travel across the country. Then you got to

507
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,399
Speaker 10: play in San Diego against a team that's hot. They

508
00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,119
Speaker 10: had a day off. Everybody in the penned throne. You know,

509
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,679
Speaker 10: our hitters just had eighteen innings of baseball. It was

510
00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,719
Speaker 10: just something that you know, you just kind of got

511
00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,959
Speaker 10: to roll with the punches, sadly, but it didn't make

512
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,159
Speaker 10: it hard on us. But at the same time, we

513
00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,200
Speaker 10: made it to the playoffs when we were really banged up,

514
00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,080
Speaker 10: and you know, we still it was the next man mentality,

515
00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,040
Speaker 10: and I think Holmes and Chwellenbach and you know, Eli

516
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,720
Speaker 10: White and just all these guys really came up and

517
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,480
Speaker 10: filled in those roles so well that if it wasn't

518
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,159
Speaker 10: for those guys doing what they did, we wouldn't have

519
00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:57,960
Speaker 10: made the playoffs.

520
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Speaker 6: Hey, Pierce, what was that last day like? Because we've

521
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,520
Speaker 6: talked to guys. We talked to guys on the Diamondbacks

522
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,679
Speaker 6: about that last day where they were watching you guys

523
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,399
Speaker 6: and they were hoping the Mets or you guys swept

524
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,840
Speaker 6: that doubleheader. You guys lose the first one, which was

525
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,720
Speaker 6: unbelievable game by the way. I mean, I'm sorry that

526
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,000
Speaker 6: you gave up the home run, but it was an

527
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,040
Speaker 6: unbelievable game as somebody that was watching as a baseball fan.

528
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,280
Speaker 6: And then you go to game two and you're thinking, man,

529
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,240
Speaker 6: we got to win. The Mets are like, well, we're

530
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,800
Speaker 6: gonna take this game off and it was a close game.

531
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Speaker 6: How nervous were you guys during that second game saying, gosh,

532
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,880
Speaker 6: we have to win. But man, we used a lot

533
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,960
Speaker 6: of our bullets in the first game, and the Mets

534
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,439
Speaker 6: have a bunch of guys out there that are just

535
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Speaker 6: happy to be out there playing a big league game.

536
00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, no doubt.

537
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Speaker 10: I mean, it's just one of those things where you

538
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,399
Speaker 10: know you have to go up to the play with

539
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 10: a good approach every single back because every pitch matters.

540
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Speaker 10: And it's just so much more exaggerated that day because

541
00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 10: it literally is winner go home. And as the bullpen,

542
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,520
Speaker 10: you know, we were all ready to go two games

543
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,160
Speaker 10: in one day. I mean we were all talking down

544
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 10: there like, hey, whatever we gotta do, we got to

545
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,639
Speaker 10: do it because anything can happen in the playoffs, right, Like,

546
00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,520
Speaker 10: who's to say that, you know, Smith Shaver doesn't throw

547
00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,960
Speaker 10: a shutout game one, and uh, you know, our hitters

548
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 10: come through and you know, score a couple of runs

549
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,040
Speaker 10: and now we're up a game in San Diego, or

550
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 10: we tie the second game and it's just one of

551
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 10: those things where everybody just kind of collectively came together

552
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,919
Speaker 10: and we just you know, put it together at the end.

553
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,479
Speaker 10: But it was a close game till the very end.

554
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Speaker 3: You had a good year last year, great your first

555
00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,439
Speaker 3: year with the Braves last year. Have they told you

556
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Speaker 3: your role this year? Are you slotted to be that

557
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,080
Speaker 3: set up guy for Iglesias? And if you are, how

558
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,879
Speaker 3: does that change your mentality? Or you go out there

559
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 3: again talk about your best pitch of bread and butter,

560
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,000
Speaker 3: and then too the league makes adjustments.

561
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Speaker 2: Are you planning on mixing a few more heaters with that?

562
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Speaker 4: Right? You know?

563
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Speaker 2: This year?

564
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Speaker 10: Can I tell you my scattering report? I don't want to, no.

565
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Speaker 2: Matter of fact, the division is watching. No, But I

566
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Speaker 2: mean yeah, I definitely told them. I was like, look,

567
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:49,880
Speaker 2: I can't throw that many curveballs in a year.

568
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Speaker 10: I definitely want to mix it up. I'd like I

569
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 10: like my fastball, I really like my cutter. So it's

570
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 10: two things that I can implement more and maybe get

571
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Speaker 10: guys off the curveball just a little bit because it

572
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,160
Speaker 10: got me a lot of groundball, a lot of double plays.

573
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Speaker 10: But I'm definitely anxious for the role. I don't know

574
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Speaker 10: what my role will be. I mean, I'm just happy

575
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,360
Speaker 10: to be a part of a really really good team

576
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,439
Speaker 10: that's tight knit. We're built to win, and whatever role

577
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 10: they put me in, I plan on, you know, running

578
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,120
Speaker 10: with it and doing the best I can.

579
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Speaker 5: Pierce. You grew up in Colorado, right, you grew up

580
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,160
Speaker 5: in Colorado? Are you a Rocky fan growing up?

581
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Speaker 10: Actually, my dad work for the Padres growing up, so

582
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 10: I really was a Padres fan, and then obviously moving

583
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Speaker 10: to Colorado that that is the hometown team, so I

584
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:29,159
Speaker 10: got to go to a.

585
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Speaker 9: Lot of games.

586
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Speaker 10: So I'm pretty lucky to be able to play for

587
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,200
Speaker 10: the two teams that I cheered for growing up.

588
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,159
Speaker 6: Yeah, agreed, But but my question is more about the Rockies, right, Like,

589
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 6: you pitch there, you know what it's like to pitch

590
00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 6: at Corsefield.

591
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Speaker 5: And then you mentioned a competitive team.

592
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Speaker 6: We get on the Rockies all the time for not

593
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 6: I don't want to say they're not trying, but they're happy,

594
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 6: they're content, they get their two and a half to

595
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 6: three million fans a year, and the fans all it's

596
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,959
Speaker 6: a great experience. They have Dinger coming out of eggs,

597
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 6: and they have the Christmas Tree Farm in center field,

598
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 6: and they've got blue Moon and they've got all these

599
00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 6: cool things going at Corsefield.

600
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Speaker 5: But they don't win.

601
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Speaker 6: What do the Rockies need to do to And I

602
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 6: know you don't know the answer to this, but I

603
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,520
Speaker 6: always say on you they need to try something crazy

604
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 6: like the Razor. They started shifting and did openers and

605
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 6: just bought in. But what do you think the path

606
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,399
Speaker 6: for the Rockies to win? Does it go back to

607
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 6: the Blake Street bombers or they just try to outmash

608
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 6: everybody and have a bunch of dudes with those sinkers.

609
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,640
Speaker 6: Do they need to figure out a pitching type because

610
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 6: it seems like they're always back and forth. Oh, we

611
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,120
Speaker 6: need sinkers, we need high fastballs, we need good defense,

612
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,680
Speaker 6: we need home run hitters. What's the success full path

613
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,439
Speaker 6: for the Rockies to be a consistent winner?

614
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Speaker 10: I think today with how prevalent analytics is, I think

615
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 10: they should figure out what the best pitches are in

616
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Speaker 10: Colorado and then target those pitchers that have that stuff

617
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 10: so that their stuff is maximized on the road, and

618
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Speaker 10: then help guys transition because when you're pitching in Colorado

619
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Speaker 10: at altitude and then you got to go to Saint

620
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 10: Louis in the middle of summer and it's superhuman and

621
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Speaker 10: all of a sudden, your breaking ball is doing more,

622
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,920
Speaker 10: and your fastball's riding, and your sinker's doing different things.

623
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Speaker 10: Like having somebody to help you adjust to the elements

624
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Speaker 10: and figure out, Hey, when you're in Colorado, this is

625
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 10: what you need to do, and when you're in you know,

626
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 10: sea level and humidity, this is what you need to do.

627
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 10: When you're in cold, you know, hot, whatever may be.

628
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 10: Kind of figure out that thing. And then when it

629
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 10: comes to the hitting side, I think you know Blake

630
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 10: Tree bombers, Yeah, I mean that was an incredible lineup.

631
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 10: It I mean, everybody's batting over three hundred. Everybody had

632
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 10: thirty plus pumps. It was that was a really cool

633
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 10: team to watch, right But with how big the outfield

634
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 10: is in Colorado, and then you also have a big

635
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 10: outfield in Arizona, you gotta you know, San Diego plays

636
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,399
Speaker 10: fairly deep at night, you know, La, depending on how

637
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 10: the weather is. I mean, you got to have a

638
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 10: really fast outfield. I think that changes things, and Doyle's

639
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,959
Speaker 10: fit that role really well. I think you have a

640
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 10: solid defense to kind of minimize the damage that you

641
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 10: can and then figure out how you can get a

642
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 10: pitching staff to maximize their stuff at altitude and kind

643
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 10: of target those guys and maybe even like the CJ.

644
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 10: Cron type where he's kind of not having success maybe

645
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 10: in Anaheim or whatever, and then all of a sudden

646
00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 10: he comes to Denver and he's banging, right.

647
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 2: He just he lets the ball elevate.

648
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 10: And you know, and gets to trot around the basics.

649
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,600
Speaker 2: So mate, that's a good that's a great comp right there.

650
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 4: I like that.

651
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 3: Let me ask you about this talk about the analytics

652
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 3: and the information because a lot of people think analytics

653
00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 3: is something more than information, right, it's just information about

654
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 3: how you're going to have success. What's the difference we

655
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 3: talk about analytics the information here in San Diego.

656
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 10: San Diego was really analytically driven. It was kind of cool,

657
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,360
Speaker 10: like after every outing we got a little report card

658
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 10: in our locker and it gave you like spin rate,

659
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 10: spin access, you know, release height, release, you know, link

660
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 10: or whatever, you know. It's just they had everything for you,

661
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 10: so you could kind of go back and be circle

662
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 10: which one is like, hey today I was really good

663
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 10: at my fastball, really good at my curve ball, and

664
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,760
Speaker 10: you can kind of see like, all right, now, this

665
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 10: is where I need to be with those pitches, you know,

666
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 10: And I think we have it here too, but we're

667
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,640
Speaker 10: more of an old school like, hey, just trust your eye,

668
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,240
Speaker 10: kind of do that thing. We have all the data.

669
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Speaker 10: But when I was in San Diego, we were very

670
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Speaker 10: prevalent when it came to the the analytics side.

671
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,640
Speaker 5: What about Colorado? You didn't mention Colorado. We just talked

672
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 5: about them. Where were they analytically? Were they low? Were

673
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 5: theyre somewhere in the middle?

674
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 4: Fairly low?

675
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 10: But I mean they still had the information when you

676
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 10: needed it, right if you were somebody who was really

677
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,959
Speaker 10: kind of you know, driven to look at that those

678
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 10: kinds of things. Because now everywhere you go, it's you know,

679
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 10: you throw a bullpen, there's gonna be a track man

680
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 10: you're you're throwing, you know, before the game on the mound,

681
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 10: just a couple of pitches, there's a track man. There's

682
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 10: you know, edgeatronics seeing how your release point is and

683
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 10: all those kinds of things, and we didn't have it

684
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,959
Speaker 10: as much in Colorado. I think that's something that if

685
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 10: they really did implement that that that would be kind

686
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 10: of a game changer for some people, especially for the

687
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,360
Speaker 10: young guys too, because I feel like colleges and even

688
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 10: high schools now are just absolutely abusing that thing where

689
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 10: every time those kids are touching the mound, it's they're

690
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 10: reading some sort of data, whether they know how to

691
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:50,639
Speaker 10: read it or not.

692
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 2: I was going to ask that reading data is important.

693
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 3: You talked about all those little things, which one of

694
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,160
Speaker 3: those things for you are like the cues.

695
00:27:59,200 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 2: You talk about this.

696
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 3: Spin rate, the extension where you look at it you go, Okay,

697
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 3: I was a little off today because this wasn't there

698
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 3: or that was there. Because I think it's important that

699
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 3: these young kids understand which numbers they need to be

700
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 3: looking at, because you don't need to look at all

701
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 3: of them, but which numbers for you? Are you they

702
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 3: It rules you back in and get you back on track.

703
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 10: I like to see extension and make sure I'm getting

704
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 10: out there far enough spin rate obviously, especially for my curveball,

705
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 10: like I live and die on that pitch, right, I

706
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 10: got to make sure that that is spinning and spinning tight.

707
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 10: And then for my fastball, it's it's this, it's the

708
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 10: tilt or the spin axis. So if I'm anywhere like

709
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,960
Speaker 10: a one thirty, I have that arm side run and

710
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 10: it's kind of a non competitive fastball. But if I'm

711
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 10: one fifteen to one o'clock, maybe even twelve forty five,

712
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 10: I have the better ride. I throw it through my target.

713
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 10: I'm more competitive with that, so I don't dive too

714
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 10: much into it, but I know which ones that I

715
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 10: need to look at it.

716
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 2: Do any of those tell you I might be fatigued

717
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 2: a little bit? I think definitely.

718
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 10: Extension. You know, it's one of those things where like

719
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,239
Speaker 10: if you're not getting extension, the ball is not going

720
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 10: to be I might have the pop out of the ball,

721
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 10: or the four team might not have the same ride

722
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,959
Speaker 10: to it. I might not get that extra spin at

723
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 10: the end. And I feel like that's something for me

724
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 10: that I can almost tell when a hitters really on

725
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 10: one of those pitches. It's like, you know, maybe there's

726
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 10: something off today and we need to take a look

727
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 10: at this.

728
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 7: I love that, Hey, Pierce, last one from me, I

729
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 7: mean you pitched in Japan.

730
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 9: Right, you pitched for Hanshin.

731
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 5: Sorry I say that again.

732
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 4: Who did you.

733
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 9: Pitch for in Japan? Was the Tigers?

734
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 4: Right?

735
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 2: Yeah?

736
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 4: Tigers?

737
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 7: Okay, So what did you think just now of the

738
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 7: Tokyo Series and where baseball has come from even you know,

739
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 7: not that long ago?

740
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 9: Was it five ish years ago? To where we are now, with.

741
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 7: Of course all of the talent coming from there in

742
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 7: the place just being baseball bananas.

743
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 10: Oh yeah, I mean they treat their baseball like we

744
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 10: treat our NFL, right like it was absolutely incredible. But

745
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 10: I'm super stoked that they, especially the Tigers, right they

746
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 10: went to and oh beat the Dodgers and the Cubs,

747
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 10: and so that was pretty cool. I was cheering for

748
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 10: those guys. I was, you know, messaging in one of

749
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 10: my buddies on the team and my translator and we

750
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 10: were talking. But I love it, man, and I wish

751
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 10: people could experience the Japanese kind of feel and atmosphere.

752
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 10: It's so different, it's so unique. It's they truly cherish

753
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 10: their baseball and their players, and it's cool to see

754
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 10: because obviously we've brought over some superstars from there, and

755
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 10: I still think there's some really good ones to come too,

756
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 10: But really it's kind of putting Japan back on the

757
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 10: map and then baseball app aspect, and I think there's

758
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 10: gonna be more guys to come, and I think some

759
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 10: bats are are soon to come our way. And yeah,

760
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 10: there's some talent over there, and I don't think people

761
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 10: understand that it's there's some really good baseball over there.

762
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 10: And you know guys, guys have had success over here.

763
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 10: I mean obviously Otani and then you bring over Sasaki

764
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 10: and Kakuchi's here Darvish. I mean, it's really good pitching

765
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 10: and I think there's some hitters to come soon.

766
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 3: Last thing I want to ask you, I played for

767
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 3: the Braves four year.

768
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 2: AJ was my teammate.

769
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 3: But as you've been here, can you just talk about

770
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 3: like what is the Braves way?

771
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 2: Like what does that mean to you? As you've seen.

772
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 3: The history, how cherished this franchise is, Like what is

773
00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 3: the Brave's way?

774
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 10: It's being professional on off field, It's showing up every

775
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 10: single day, getting your work done, and then going out

776
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 10: and playing every single day. Like look, guys are gonna

777
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 10: take their days much deserved. But we don't change our

778
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 10: lineup ever. I mean, we were platooning left field and

779
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 10: that was like the only thing. And then your catcher.

780
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 10: But your catcher's not going to catch one sixty two, right.

781
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 10: But man, I mean, everybody here's a workhorse. They they

782
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 10: do their job. They show up every single day prepared,

783
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 10: ready to go. And I tell everybody, like the first

784
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 10: day I got here was crazy, Like the game was

785
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 10: at seven twenty. It was like seven o'clock and like

786
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 10: music was playing, but it wasn't bumping in the locker room,

787
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 10: and you just saw everybody just kind of like at

788
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 10: one time, everybody just put their uniform on, grab their

789
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 10: stuff and went out and it was just like they're

790
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 10: ready to go to war, like it's today's there's a

791
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 10: battle today, and everybody's dialed and ready to go. There's

792
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 10: there's no I mean, we keep everybody accountable, but you

793
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 10: don't really have to when everybody's so dedicated to their

794
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 10: craft and they just show up every single day and

795
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 10: they just do their job. And everybody seems to pick

796
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 10: each other up too, which you know obviously Team Huge

797
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 10: is is huge.

798
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 6: Love that Cam. You can't put us in the same

799
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 6: category as where Pierces in.

800
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 2: Man, I know, bro, we're just trying to win.

801
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 5: We were trying to win a game. They're trying to win. Hey,

802
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 5: I was there his first win and we gave him

803
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 5: a beer shower. Pittsburgh. We were going to win another one.

804
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 4: Hey.

805
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 2: At one point, Piers a j We're in the clubhouse.

806
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 2: You're like, come on, guys, let's do this.

807
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 3: Come on, we don't want to lose a hundred, J goes,

808
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 3: what'sn't there's between losing.

809
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 2: Ninety nine and one hundred. Come on, guys, hundred. No,

810
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 2: thank you, brother, appreciate it. Hey, thank you for having me.

811
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 4: Appreciate it. Here we go.

812
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 7: We saved the best for last, best hair for sure.

813
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 7: Grand Holmes joining us right now from Braids camp.

814
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 9: This is the last interview camp.

815
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 3: Answer Chafing and Drew Chaffin wish he had a headful.

816
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 5: Of lots on this same mustache. Mustache.

817
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a little bit figger.

818
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 9: Yeah, Grant. Great to have you on, man. How is

819
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 9: the end of camp here?

820
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 7: And how amped are you to be part of this

821
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 7: team now for a full season ride?

822
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 9: You know, as a starter, you know, it's been fun.

823
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 11: You know, it's it's nice coming into camp having an

824
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 11: idea of what they want you to do.

825
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 4: So, yeah, I'm pretty excited for the year.

826
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: Okay, you're excited. But let me ask you this.

827
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 3: How much pressure do you feel at times when you

828
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,239
Speaker 3: go out there, you take the mound and you know

829
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 3: that you have the most luxurious hair in the game, Like,

830
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 3: does that put pressure on you to get the job done?

831
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 3: Because this flow right here.

832
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 2: If I'm a hitter, I'm like, I gotta get this

833
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 2: guy right, Like I can't. He looks too good for

834
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 2: me for me to let him get me.

835
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 9: Out right now.

836
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't. I don't let him bother me.

837
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 11: You know, I'll just try to go out there and

838
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 11: do my thing, whether it be starting or relieving, you know,

839
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 11: just go out there and take the ball with their strikes.

840
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 3: So we talk about that, talk about doing your thing.

841
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 3: I just told you as we sat down. I don't

842
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 3: think a lot of people are talking about this pitching staff, bullpen,

843
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 3: starting rotation. What are you looking to bring to this

844
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 3: starting staff as we you know, get ready to exit camp.

845
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 4: You know, just being consistent.

846
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 11: I think that's the biggest thing as a starter, you know,

847
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 11: being consistent getting the ball every fifth, sixth day, whatever

848
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 11: it may be, going out there and you know, keeping

849
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 11: you know, the bullpen out of the game as long

850
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 11: as possible.

851
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, so that's that's my.

852
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 9: Goal, Grant.

853
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 7: We'd been looking forward to chatting with you. Can you

854
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 7: introduce your story to our audience, you know it's national,

855
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 7: global audience, whatever you want to call it, that that

856
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 7: doesn't know about your path long time in the minors

857
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 7: and how you ended up here and even you know,

858
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 7: some of the changes that were made where we end

859
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 7: up in the bullpen and then find yourself here as

860
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 7: a starter. Can you take us through the ups and

861
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 7: downs a little bit?

862
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 4: Yeah?

863
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 11: You know, I got drafted in twenty fourteen by the Dodgers,

864
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 11: spent a couple of seasons there. End of sixteen, I

865
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 11: guess at a trade deadline and got traded to the

866
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 11: Oakland A's and you know, I spent the next six

867
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 11: years there and kind of found my career kind of

868
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 11: going downhill, you know when you get to the PCL,

869
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 11: like I feel like a lot of other people do

870
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 11: as well.

871
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 4: You know.

872
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,800
Speaker 11: I guess it was the twenty two I got released

873
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 11: and the Braves signed me.

874
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 4: Which was, you know, was kind of cool. They're just

875
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:16,879
Speaker 4: coming off.

876
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 11: A world series, you know, signing a kid that just

877
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 11: was putting up like an ad r A and the

878
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Speaker 11: p CL.

879
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 4: You know, it felt pretty good. Give me a little

880
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 4: bit of fire to.

881
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 11: You know, want to get better and continue their career,

882
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 11: you know, and got over here, learned a slider, and

883
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 11: you know the rest is history.

884
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 2: I was just gonna ask what changed?

885
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 4: Like was that? So?

886
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 5: Was that?

887
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 2: It was that?

888
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 4: So?

889
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 2: That was all you were missing? Was that slider? We

890
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 2: talk about the ups and downs? That was it?

891
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 9: One pitch that and you know, pitch usage.

892
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 11: The slider has worked really well for me lately. And

893
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 11: I mean obviously I think last year I picked up

894
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,919
Speaker 11: a couple mile and a half on my fastball average

895
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 11: fastball and you know, I guess it's just cleaning up

896
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 11: some mechanics and mostly pitch usage.

897
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, what do you mean.

898
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 5: You found a slider and you taught you a slider?

899
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:13,879
Speaker 5: What does that mean?

900
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 6: Because doesn't every other organization teach you a slider? I

901
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,720
Speaker 6: don't understand, Like, what would.

902
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 5: The Braves do?

903
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 6: Did Rick Kranitz or somebody say hey, we're gonna change

904
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,879
Speaker 6: your grip, We're gonna change your release saying we're gonna

905
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 6: change the.

906
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 5: Way you pull it down? What does that mean? When

907
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 5: you say, I found a slider.

908
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:30,959
Speaker 4: You know, as a new pitch.

909
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 11: I had only thrown curveball, change up, you know, fastball,

910
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 11: you know, and and the pcl it was, you know,

911
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 11: the curveball doesn't really curve, you know, it's it's more

912
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:42,959
Speaker 11: of like a spinny ball.

913
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 4: You know.

914
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 11: I got over here with a little bit of humidity

915
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 11: and the curveball started coming back, and they were like,

916
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 11: you know, the braves there fastballs up, sliders down. So they,

917
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 11: you know, taught me a slider and I've been you know,

918
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 11: throwing it ever since. So, I mean, just learned a

919
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 11: new pitch. It's it's crazy how how one pitch can

920
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:08,240
Speaker 11: can change your career.

921
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 2: I know. That's what I'm gonna say.

922
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 3: A j and everybody raised about the Dodgers and what

923
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 3: they get from the Dodgers, and you talk about Oakland

924
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 3: to hear that it took that long for somebody to go, hey,

925
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 3: let's try a slider. And here we are now and

926
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 3: we ain't looking back. I want to I want to

927
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 3: add to that. I want to ask you, you know,

928
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 3: talk about those long that long journey in the minor leagues.

929
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 3: At any point did you almost lose hope or think

930
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 3: I don't know if it's going to happen.

931
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 2: They what kept you going.

932
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 11: I had the thoughts, but you know it they only

933
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,399
Speaker 11: lasted a little bit, you know, obviously kind of give

934
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 11: it a little bit, you know, to dwell on those thoughts.

935
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 11: But then you know, got to get back into the

936
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:55,320
Speaker 11: the positive thoughts and knowing that I haven't achieved my

937
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 11: dream yet, I was still you know, pushing and grinding

938
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 11: too to better myself self to get to that point.

939
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 7: Hey, Grant, So now that you know, hey, I'm I'm

940
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 7: in the rotation, I've taken a big step in my career.

941
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 9: What are some goals for you?

942
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 7: And if you can mix in you know, I would assume, hey,

943
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 7: you've got enough dirt in your spikes, whether it was

944
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 7: up here or obviously in the minors, that you can

945
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 7: just let it eat as far as innings or do

946
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 7: you have to be careful with a workload plan?

947
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 11: Oh no, you know, I started early on in my

948
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 11: career and I feel like I take care of myself

949
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 11: and I think I could, you know, have the many

950
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 11: innings I end up doing throwing, you know, it's I

951
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 11: don't think there's no limit or you know, sitting stone

952
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 11: like Hey, this is what we're looking for. You know,

953
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 11: it's just out there and compete and you know, recover

954
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 11: between those those days that you have off until your

955
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 11: next start.

956
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 5: Grant, did you do a basketball poll? Did you do

957
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 5: a pool?

958
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 4: I did not?

959
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 5: You didn't do one? Why not not do that?

960
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 4: They do?

961
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 11: You know, I'm not a I don't really watch basketball.

962
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 5: But if you had to pick a team to win,

963
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 5: who would you pick?

964
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 4: Florida Florida?

965
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 5: You better say Florida is silent Florida.

966
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,399
Speaker 6: I know you're from South Carolina, but you better say Florida.

967
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 6: Florida was Dam's gonna's gonna reach across and smack.

968
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,360
Speaker 3: You from Hey, Hey, I ain't gonna lie.

969
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, Florida.

970
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 9: That what y'all do?

971
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right right over left, speaking of Florida Carolina.

972
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 5: But he signed Florida.

973
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 9: I was gonna.

974
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 2: I wasn't gonna ask him.

975
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 3: Being from South Carolina. Did you grow up I'm from

976
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,879
Speaker 3: North Carolina, Ashville. Did you grow up a Braids fan?

977
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 3: Because most of us, when you're from the South, you

978
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 3: grew up a Braids fan. So to put this this

979
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,840
Speaker 3: uniform on, does it mean that much more than you

980
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 3: and your family?

981
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 2: Like you got the ticket requests going crazy.

982
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 11: Not so much of that, you know. I try to

983
00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 11: kind of keep.

984
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 2: Getting taxed these tickets.

985
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 3: I told Mark, Hey, family players, get text for the tickets. Okay, guys,

986
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 3: so I know you may stay close to grand but

987
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 3: we only get so many.

988
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,319
Speaker 2: Just make sure that you're actually just tell them the truth.

989
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 2: I got six, that's it.

990
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 11: Yeah, but you know, growing up a brace man, it's

991
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 11: I feel like it gives me that much more fire

992
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 11: to put on the uniform, growing up watching you know,

993
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 11: the legends that this this organization has produced.

994
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 5: Pretty cool. Thank you. I appreciate the compliment. Thank you.

995
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:32,760
Speaker 1: Yeah right, I don't think they produced this.

996
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 9: Well, Grant. It's an awesome story.

997
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 7: We're excited to watch you work this year again here

998
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 7: in the rotation for the Braves. Thanks for hopping on

999
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 7: here for the first time. Loved having you. Good luck

1000
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 7: this season. We'll try and grab you during the year too.

1001
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 4: Okay, thank you, guys. I appreciate it.

1002
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 9: Yeah, I appreciate you.