1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: He's been an All Star Silver suger. He is the 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: RBI leader for the Twins this season. Josh Bell joining 3 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: us right now in foul Territory. Josh, great to have 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: you on man, Thanks for joining us, and you have 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: been fun this season. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, thanks for having me. Guys, Jay, good 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 2: to see you. What's going on. Yeah, it's been a 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 2: fun ride. Finally warmed up. You got to get through 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: Rapel and May and everyone was like, oh yeah, just 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: get to the summer. The summers are beautiful. It's like 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: ninety eight degrees right here. So it's been it's been top. 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: But the boys are heating up too, so hopefully we 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: can go into this trade deadline with the winning record 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: and b adders. 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. Man, First off, boy JB, appreciate you being on 16 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 3: the show. Good to see you. Man. Before we get started, too, 17 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 3: I want to tell you congrats on ten years. I 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 3: know how special that is. I see you just got 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 3: that and with that man, this Minnesota team obviously it's 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: your first year. Possible there next year as well, but 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 3: just want to get with being ten years in being 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 3: at VET presence, What what has it been like? You know, 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 3: you've been Pittsburgh you've been d C now here in Minnesota, 24 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 3: you've been in Cleveland. What do you feel is the 25 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: biggest thing here because obviously you guys, I think of 26 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: one game behind Cleveland. You need some guys that are, 27 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 3: you know, kind of being banged up a little bit 28 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: being at vet presence. What obviously, what has it been 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: like being on the other side, because at one point 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: you were that young fresh guy coming up helping the 31 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 3: team towards a playoff bush. 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just like a stability. I think 33 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 2: it's just understanding that there's going to be absence flows 34 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: in baseball. You're going to be you know, on top 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: of your game on every every ball you put in 36 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: play is going to be a hit, and then you're 37 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: going to find yourself on the other side of that. 38 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 4: Or it feels like you're lining out every game. 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: And you know, there's there's times you're walking up to 40 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: the player, we're like, man, like something's got to give here. 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: But just showing up to the baseball field with the 42 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 2: same mentality every day. Got to put the work in 43 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: to get better, got to find yourself in the weight 44 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: room multiple times a day to you know, stay ready 45 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: and just show the younger guys, how to you know, 46 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: be a professional, how to show up every. 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 4: Day and be the same guy. 48 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,399 Speaker 2: If you can do that more times than not, you're 49 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: gonna find yourself coming out of these slumps and uh, 50 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: you know, getting back on a hot streak. So just 51 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: mean that that even killed presence in the in the clubhouse. 52 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: So I think goes a long way. And you know, 53 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 2: I learned that from you know, playing with you, you know, 54 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: playing with guys like you, like Sean Rodriguez, like you know, 55 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: David Freees obviously touch but guys like you and me, 56 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: you know, not MVPs. Uh not guys that have the 57 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: upside where it's like, oh man, if we go off, 58 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 2: we're gonna have you know, twelve hundred ops on the month, 59 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: you know, all summer long. But you know, best case 60 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: scenario for us, we might sniff a nine hundred and 61 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: nine to fifty one thousand, you know, a couple of 62 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 2: weeks at a time, get hot, let the team write us. 63 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: But for the most part, it's you know, letting the 64 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: young bucks, you know, do what they can do. And 65 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: you know the game is so much faster now, so 66 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: letting those young bucks fly out there, run around the bases, 67 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 2: try to drive them in as best I can. 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 3: That's what I was gonna ask you about because you 69 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,679 Speaker 3: just said the games changed a lot, and obviously you 70 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 3: fit on. You know, playing with me Seana Riguez, David Freeze, 71 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 3: Cutch is one that I wanted to hit on just 72 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: from a standpoint, play with Cuts. Now you're playing with Buckston, 73 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: like two different you know, as you mentioned, the game 74 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: is different. You got a chance to play with two superstars, man, 75 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 3: and seeing Cutch up closer, now seeing Buckston up close, man, like, 76 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 3: are there any similarities that you see obviously two different guys, 77 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: but also like as far as the like how they 78 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 3: can change the game just in many ways. 79 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's kind of like it's scary because when 80 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously we've seen catch at like the top 81 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: of this game, I think he won Player the Month, 82 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: Like a July stretch where he had like a twelve 83 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: hundred ops was like every ball that he put in 84 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 2: play was a rocket somewhere. Every ball hitting the gap 85 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: was tracked down and if you were sleeping, you know 86 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: on the mound, he's gonna take second and third, Like 87 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: that's who Buckston is. But in the same light, like 88 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: Buckson is like, uh, I don't know. He runs like 89 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: it's like angrier. It's like it's a little it's like 90 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: he's cutting into the dirt. You can like hear his 91 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 2: cleats impact the dirt like Cutch was like a smoother 92 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 2: like a track star, like Buck is more of like 93 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know, they call him the Buck truck. 94 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: You know, he's like an eighteen wheeler coming uh kind 95 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 2: of got to get out of the way when he's 96 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: coming coming through. 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Yeah, how's that been for you? 134 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 3: Yeah? 135 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 2: I mean, uh, I've had this conversation a few times. 136 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 2: When you first get drafted, you know, you go to 137 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: a team and then the summer sets in and you're 138 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 2: playing well, and like just like that, you go from 139 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 2: low A to Hyay, it's new clubhouse. Obviously back then 140 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 2: we're like living out of our cars, so we had 141 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 2: like one suitcase. So like I'm used to it, Like 142 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: I got called up virtually every year through the minor leagues, 143 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: you know, and then I had that four year stretch 144 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 2: with the Pirates, and then for the most part since then, 145 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: like halfway through the summer, it's like, okay, new team 146 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 2: padres from Cleveland to Miami, from Miami to Arizona. DC 147 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: was the first time since Pittsburgh, actually since the first 148 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: year in DC that I didn't get traded halfway through 149 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: the year. But for me, like I have a bat, 150 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: I will travel. You know, I'm down with the kidd 151 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: I's got three little ones. With wifey, you know, upright 152 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: into life, it's it's tough on her, but we have 153 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 2: more and more help. Grandparents can come by, my inlaws 154 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: can come by, and we got a nanny that has 155 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: started to travel with us, so it makes it a 156 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: lot easier but you know, there's nothing like you know, 157 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 2: postseason push. There's nothing like jumping up and down at 158 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: the end of the year, celebrating to win, celebrating the 159 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: postseason birth. So you know, whatever it takes to get there. 160 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 2: And it's fun because this is my first year where 161 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: you know, we're in the hunt and it seems like 162 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 2: we could be adders here in a week or so. So, uh, 163 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: you know, it's the first time that we're looking around 164 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: the club. I was like, okay, like we have the 165 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 2: pieces that we need, Like all we need is this 166 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: or that, and you know, we can continue to push forward. 167 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 7: With all that moving though. There's so there's a lot 168 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 7: of different voices because you got a lot of different 169 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 7: organizations and a lot of different hitting coaches and all that. 170 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 7: Are you Are you more of a guy? Are you 171 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 7: more of a hitter that just sort of just kind 172 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 7: of this is my routine, flip me, throw to me, 173 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 7: put the ball on the tee and I got it? 174 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 4: Or do you? 175 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 7: I mean, cause that's a lot of different voices. You've 176 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 7: been a pretty good model of consistency the last the 177 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 7: last few years. So what's your what's what's hitting like 178 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 7: for you? Are you a guy that you got to 179 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 7: got at home that you work with. Are you more 180 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 7: of a listen to your hitting coach or is it 181 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 7: more just you? 182 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's a that's a good question. I think 183 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 2: I learned a lot the first time I got traded 184 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: mid season because I went from hitting like three thirty 185 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: three hundred within NATS, I get traded over San Diego 186 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: and I hit like one seventy up until the postseason. 187 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: Went off in the postseason, But that like adjustment period, 188 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 2: finding a routine. In DC, we had no hitters meetings, 189 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 2: like you did all your research on your own a 190 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: lot more in division plays, so I like knew, you 191 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: know what, guys with the Phillies, we're gonna throw me, 192 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 2: like what I'd like, how the Marlins we're gonna attack me. 193 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 3: Uh. 194 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: Get over to San Diego and it's like hitters meeting 195 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 2: every day. Start learning about like spin rate, guys like vertical, 196 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: you know, induced for it. I'm like the first time 197 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 2: I'm hearing this, Like you know, you might see you 198 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: know here and there on Twitter on like pitching ninja, 199 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 2: like guys that are like eighteen twenty vert but like 200 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: you know, we're not, Like I was never a guy 201 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: that was like, okay, I have to miss above the 202 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 2: ball or like this is a cutter guy, like I 203 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 2: have to miss inside the ball. I was like, are 204 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 2: we trying to miss? Or like is that like an expression? 205 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: Like that was a learning curve for me. But as 206 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: a guy traded, you know, later on in my career, 207 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: I was like, Okay, this is your routine, Like this 208 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: is why you have success when you go to a 209 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: new team. Don't change the thing, like if you haven't 210 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: been paying attention in hitters meetings, like, don't often try 211 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 2: to change something now. Know, like the success that you've 212 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 2: had throughout the summer is gonna be sustained no matter 213 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 2: what jersey you have on in the future. So I 214 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 2: learned that in San Diego, and then when I got 215 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 2: traded from Cleveland to Miami, I had a lot more 216 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 2: success because I have my routine. The same thing went 217 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 2: for for Miami's Arizona. It felt like I didn't miss 218 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: a beat, you know, continue to hit home ers and whatnot, 219 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: drive to baseball. So yeah, it's uh, it's it's tough. 220 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: I mean obviously, like hitting coaches come and go. You know, 221 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 2: I've had some guys that you know, I feel like 222 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 2: I have a conversation and locks me in for you know, 223 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 2: four weeks, and then the same thoughts in the box 224 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 2: are like, you know, first pitch rollovers. No matter what 225 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: I do, it's like, man, it's the same feeling. But 226 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: body changes. You gotta, you know, adapt, you gotta you know, 227 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: kind of be like water out there and be malleable. 228 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 2: And uh, yeah, it's it's always you know, ebbs and flows. 229 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 2: But uh, for the most part, you know, it's as 230 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 2: long as I can stay healthy, I I can, you know, 231 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 2: do my best to impact the game. 232 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 7: She dropper Bruce Lee on us be water. 233 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, So I'm gonna ask you something because you just 234 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 3: hit on all these adjustments you've made, and even difference 235 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 3: in information just from team to team, organization, organization. I 236 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 3: think I saw a stat in May of this year. 237 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 3: I think one hundred and eighty pitchers have thrown the 238 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 3: fastball ninety eight or harder like ten years ago. I 239 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 3: think it was only one hundred and sixty for the 240 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 3: whole season. And I talked to people about making adjustments 241 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 3: and how the game has changed, not only being faster 242 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 3: with the pitch clock and stuff, but the velocity and stuff. 243 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 3: Do you think everything that you just answered with has 244 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 3: allowed you to adjust to that by not changing, as 245 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 3: you said, what has worked for you in the past. 246 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 3: Obviously you tweak some things, but I mean that's a 247 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 3: big jump from ten years ago, you know, having one 248 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: hundred and sixty total guys a year as opposed to 249 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 3: just one hundred and eighty in one month. That's a 250 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 3: big jump. 251 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 4: It's crazy. 252 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 2: Yesterday, we're playing a game and Spring comes out of 253 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: the game. Springs with the athletics, comes out in the 254 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: second inning with the like injury, right, so like we're 255 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 2: game planning. He's like a you know, my top out 256 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 2: at ninety two lefty and we're like, oh sick. We 257 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: get like a long relief guy, like this is good. 258 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 2: This is where you eat like as a hitter. And 259 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 2: he comes in it's like, you know, like ninety one 260 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 2: and we look up and we're like, oh, slider. And 261 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: then next pitch like ninety nine and we're like, oh, 262 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: like this this is like these are long guys now, 263 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 2: Like I remember, like, you know, you get a long guy, 264 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 2: it might be like you know, sinker down and away, 265 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 2: like you know, showing in fastballs in for effect. It's 266 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: never a strike and he's gonna go soft like down 267 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: and away, like take your double in the oppo gap. 268 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 2: Now it's like spin ray fastball, cut fastballs. You know, 269 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 2: everyone's trying to add cut to their fastball. 270 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 4: Everyone. 271 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: If it's not induced for it, it's gonna be cut. So, 272 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's definitely a different game. But if 273 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,719 Speaker 2: you can find, you know, whatever routine that you can 274 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: have that will allow you to, you know, at least 275 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 2: block a fastball to not be a swing and misguy 276 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 2: on fastballs up in the zone. Like I think you 277 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 2: can play in this league. But you know, you see 278 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 2: young guys that can crush the slider get called up 279 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 2: and they swing through that fastball up over and over again. 280 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 2: Everyone's got it. Everyone's got a ninety five plus, especially 281 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 2: coming out of the pin ninety five plus, And if 282 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: you can't put that in play, then your career is 283 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: going to be really short. 284 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 5: Big second half of the season coming up. There might 285 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 5: be a hot ticket, a rivalry series, a sold out 286 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 5: experience they need to get your hands on, and Sea 287 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 5: Geek is the spot for that. 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Make sure you click the link in 307 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 5: the description to download the app and have the code 308 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 5: automatically added to you account so you can use it later. 309 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I can attest to just all of that. 310 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 3: Even when we were in DC, we really didn't have 311 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 3: like a full hitters meeting. It was kind of just guys, 312 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 3: you know, putting the information. This is what I got, 313 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 3: this is what I see. And as you said, a 314 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 3: lot of teams are different, and you know, do you 315 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 3: just answer those questions? Definitely shows people that you got 316 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 3: to be able to adjust and if it's worked for 317 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 3: you in the past, it can still work for you now. 318 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 3: But one other question I want to ask you is 319 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 3: just the state of the clubhouse with with Shelton there, 320 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 3: How has it been? Obviously he was at Pittsburgh, I 321 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 3: don't think. I don't know if you all cross pass 322 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 3: were you together? 323 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 4: Yeah? Yeah, just really yeah. 324 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 3: But but but even then, I just put two and 325 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 3: two together, Like, how has that been, even though it 326 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 3: was for the COVID season, there's some familiarity. Has that been? Yeah? 327 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been great. Yeah, it's been great. I mean 328 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 4: it's so nice. 329 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: I mean you remember COVID, Like I was like, you 330 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: didn't see the man without a mask on? Like we 331 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 2: all were like, you know, terrified to go outside. Yeah, 332 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 2: I mean we're getting in trouble for like going out 333 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 2: to eat, like we had to order everything in it was. 334 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: It was definitely a different different world. So seeing him 335 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: and his element where you know, he's inviting guys into 336 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: the his office telling stories about like you know, where'd 337 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 2: you go to eat? 338 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 4: Or like what kind of shoes you got on. 339 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: He's he's such like a player focused, uh manager that 340 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: it's it's so easy to play for he's ripping guys, 341 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 2: like the rookies that get called up. He has no 342 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: problem like digging them for like what clothes they're wearing, 343 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: like whatever. So it keeps it fun, it keeps it light. 344 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: And yeah, we I mean like any season we've had injuries, 345 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 2: we've had you know, the ups and downs of playing 346 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 2: really well and then losing the close heartbreakers, and he's 347 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 2: been the same guy all season long, you know, and 348 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 2: he's like a manager where like he makes a move 349 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 2: and it doesn't work out, like he has no problem 350 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 2: like you know, going down into the tunnel and like 351 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 2: blowing up just like we do as players. And I 352 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: think it's so awesome to see that, like to see 353 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 2: like emotion, like this guy cares just as much as 354 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 2: we do. Like he knows what's at stake. He knows 355 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 2: that this is like a once and an you know, 356 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: a lifetime opportunity to to have a playoff berth, especially 357 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 2: in your first year with a club. So we're in 358 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 2: it right now. He's he's been electric, He's he's been 359 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: the voice of our clubhouse. He's kept everything even ke 360 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 2: And yeah, we're just we're just hoping for a push 361 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 2: here now and then to go into the next couple 362 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 2: of months. Uh and you know, hopefully pops from Champagne 363 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 2: at the end of the year. 364 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 7: I wanna ask you about that that push here now. 365 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 7: Feeling that that you just talked about, do you guys 366 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 7: feel a sense of pressure that you gotta this next 367 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 7: week is got to be a good week for you 368 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 7: to go and start adding some pieces I think. 369 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 2: I mean, we've had this conversation, like the hitters have 370 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 2: talked to like, it's not about like one I bet, 371 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 2: It's not about like going off this game. It's about 372 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 2: like finding your feels. So like the next fifty hundred events, 373 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 2: you're locked and all we need is like you know, realistically, 374 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 2: it's like two or three guys on a team to 375 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 2: be locked, you know, to scratch off six or seven 376 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 2: hits and then you know, with our speed, we're gonna 377 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,959 Speaker 2: score runs with our starters, we're gonna keep runs off 378 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 2: the board. 379 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 4: And then we win the game. 380 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: So as long as a couple of us are locked 381 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 2: in it, you know, holds the weight up for the 382 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 2: other guys that are trying to get hot. And we 383 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 2: know how this goes. You only stay hot for a 384 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 2: couple of weeks before the adjustment's made, before pitchers were like, 385 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 2: this guy's not going to beat us, and then it's 386 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 2: you know, the next man up mentality. 387 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 4: So we're just trying to rotate through. 388 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 2: You know, the first couple of months, it was Ryan, 389 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 2: Jeffers and Buckston going off like spasing you know, nine 390 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 2: to fifty thousand ops. And then Jeffers goes down with 391 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 2: a himmate and I'm pretty sure Victor Guarantine, who's like 392 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 2: top five in baseball in all of baseball, for his 393 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: offense for the month of June, I think he had 394 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 2: like an eleven hundred ops. So it was like next 395 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 2: man up. So for us, that's that's what we're lying for. 396 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 2: We're not like, oh, it's got to be me, it's 397 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 2: got to be right now. But like I think in 398 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 2: the cage, like we're spending more time like okay, like 399 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 2: this is my feel, like how's it, you know, how's 400 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 2: it going? To play, like, am I adjustable? Like can 401 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 2: I cover you know, multiple pitches and multiple zones? If 402 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 2: I can do that, don't put myself in position to 403 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 2: have success. So less pressure on like this moment right now, 404 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 2: More pressure on like the workday. I got to get 405 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,479 Speaker 2: locked and loaded for tonight. 406 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: All right? So yeah, bro, you're talking all these good 407 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 3: things of you know, house fresh, and you're in the 408 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 3: hunt and the I think Jim Bowden has you guys 409 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 3: potentially as buyers. What what is that like hearing because 410 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 3: obviously trademarket, obviously we know trade deadline is coming up. 411 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 3: Hearing guys. I mean Shaye Langeleers we just talked about 412 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: from Oakland got hurt. So Ryan Jeffers's name has been 413 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 3: brought up a lot. You and I know what it's 414 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 3: like having your name brought up. But that's a guy that, 415 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 3: obviously you said, came back from injury. Has there been 416 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 3: anything where you know, you just being that guy that's 417 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: been through it. Are you talking to guys like, hey man, 418 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 3: just stay where you're at. You know, if something happens 419 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 3: going to happen, you know what I mean, because we 420 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 3: all know what it's like. It's been traded to. We 421 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,479 Speaker 3: talked about it as well, So like, what's that like, 422 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 3: you know, especially in the opportunity situation where they're talking 423 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 3: about you guys, are you know, content contending possibly being buyers. 424 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 3: You never want to see guys go. You always want 425 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 3: to see guys at it. So has there been any 426 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 3: conversation like that just amongst you guys, not just you 427 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 3: and Ryan, just in general. 428 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, obviously Ryan is brilliant. I think he 429 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 2: has an incredible head on his shoulders and he's always 430 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 2: been like I'm where my feet are. I'm focusing in 431 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 2: on you know, here and now, and then you know, 432 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 2: for the rest of the team, I think it's you know, 433 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 2: everyone online, you know, the media and whatnot, Like everyone's 434 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: their own version of a GM, but you never really 435 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 2: know what's going on in the front office, what their 436 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 2: plan is for this year, what their five tenure plan is. 437 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: So like for for me from the outside looking at 438 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 2: and it's like, look, let me stay focused, let me 439 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: do what I need to do. And for the squad, 440 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 2: like I think we've gone on these runs where it's like, man, 441 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 2: we're a good team, and you know, our fans are 442 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 2: like filling in our stadium like it's it's been electric. 443 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 2: I think our mentally is like, okay, let's put ourselves 444 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 2: in a position to not sell off, because there's a 445 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: difference between. 446 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 4: Like you know, adding here and there and then. 447 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 2: Like you know, I think last year they sold, like 448 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 2: sold off like eight guys, so it was like a 449 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 2: completely different team, like change the clubhouse dynamic. I think 450 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 2: like right now we're like okay, like we can put 451 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 2: ourselves in a position to be buyers, but at like 452 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 2: the burying minimum. Like if we're not sellers, it's like 453 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 2: if we can go into August and September with like 454 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 2: the squad that we have right now, we like our 455 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 2: odds if we go into like a three game postseason 456 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 2: you know, wild Card and then a five game like 457 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 2: we like our starters for like our relievers, like we 458 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 2: can put together, we can shrink together wins and then 459 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 2: winning the postseason as well. So yeah, I mean we're 460 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 2: no gms, you know. I think that's just added stress 461 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 2: that makes the game just a little bit harder. But 462 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 2: there's conversations like, hey, we're in it right now. As 463 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 2: long as we don't sell, we can continue to to 464 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 2: you know, make a push for this vision still wide 465 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 2: open for us of a lot of Indivision games to play. 466 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 2: So we're just you know, hoping for a strong finish 467 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 2: here and then for no changes really and then we 468 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 2: can continue to do our job. 469 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: Josh, last one for you to go off the field. 470 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: I'll phrase it this way. Something about Josh Bell that 471 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: most people wouldn't know off the field. Something whether it's 472 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: a hobby of personality, just anything like something you like 473 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: to do for the off. 474 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 5: Season or on the day off, whatever it is. 475 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: What's like some one little thing about you that people 476 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: would be surprised. I don't know, you like to most 477 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: of the guys come on into the video games. It's 478 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: we get a lot of the same answers, But do 479 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: you have any curve balls? 480 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? 481 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 6: I mean. 482 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 2: It's it's been a little bit different. I haven't played 483 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 2: video games much at all with the kiddos. I got 484 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 2: a four year old, a three year old, and a 485 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 2: sixteen month old. But we've been crushing Pokemon. Bailey Ober 486 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 2: is like a huge Pokemon card collector, and he had 487 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 2: a conversation with me, like explaining everything how he watches 488 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 2: everything with his kids, Like he's gone like season this season, 489 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 2: like he's got them the video games. He's got four 490 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: kids himself, so I started putting him on, putting on 491 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: like Pokemon, and the kidds love it. They're like singing 492 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 2: the song when it comes on. They're like locked into 493 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 2: each episode. So I'm like, I gotta get some old 494 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 2: school game boys they're on. I mean, I played like 495 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 2: Pokemon Gold growing up, and it's just fun to watch 496 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: my girls, uh you know, have that same you know, 497 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 2: just connection with them with you know, Pokemon was huge 498 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 2: in my childhood. 499 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 4: So just to see them like fall in love with the. 500 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 2: Storyline and the competition aspect and decision making and stuff 501 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 2: like that, it's it's cool. So that's you know, that's 502 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 2: that's something random. We got a little Pikachu doll dolls 503 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 2: throughout our house and they're always like, you know, they'll 504 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 2: pick up a baseball and be like pokay ball and 505 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 2: like throw it at me. 506 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 4: So it's it's fun. It's something a little bit different. 507 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm looking forward to to watching them grow 508 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 2: up with you know, with that mentality of you know, the. 509 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 4: World is my my egg, my oyster shell, and. 510 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 2: Uh yeah, just take it and take it as you know, 511 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 2: something that they can really get out there and explore. 512 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: With That's cool, and the nostalgia factor's fun because you 513 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: can speak the language. You're like, hey, this isn't some 514 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 1: new random show that I don't know about, Like I 515 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: I know. 516 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 4: That, I'm like, I have no idea what that is 517 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 4: that I'm lost. 518 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: I'm with you, right, but Pokemon, like cool, that's a 519 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: thirty year thing. You're speaking our language, Josh, this is great, man, 520 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. 521 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 5: Great to have you on and good luck the rest of. 522 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 4: The way here. Awesome. Appreciate you guys. Good to see 523 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 4: you all.