1 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to A Ball with Eric Ohs. 2 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: I am Eric Os and it is good to have 3 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: you with us on what is going to be episode 4 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: number fifteen of A Ball as we will be talking 5 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: with the hitting coach for the Clinton lumber Kings. 6 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: An interview that. 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: We did record a couple of days ago, was the 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: day before the fourth of July on the third out 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: in Beloit, as this broadcaster was on assignment. But Frank Moore, 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: the hitting coach, who is part of a ever growing 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: a coaching staff as we have found out with the 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: lumber Kings, adding the defensive coach mainly working with the 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: outfielders and Nathan Michaelis, and we've seen him over at 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: first base. We touched on him briefly last week. But 15 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: for Frank Moore, he's been with the squad since opening day. 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: Then the longest tenured coach in the Miami Martlins organization, 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: so a good guy to pick the brain on what 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: he sees in the organization over the couple of years, 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: and now being part of this rebuild here in the 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: Miami Marlins organization and so far at least when it 21 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: comes to the winning side of things, it's something that 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: you certainly want to develop, even at the Single A level, 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: a winning tradition. That is starting to be the case, 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: at least in the second half of the Clinton lumber Kings. 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: They've been one of the hottest teams in the Midwest League, 26 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: in fact, in all of Minor League Baseball since the 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 1: second half had begun, and really since the first three 28 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: games were out the door, because that was a rough 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: start to the second half of the lumber Kings after 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: dropping three straight games in Wisconsin. Since then, all they've 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: done really is win. They had won six straight games 32 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: following that losing streak, their longest winning streak of the season. 33 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: They then followed that up with a series loss to 34 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: the Quad Cities River Bandits, but no fear four straight 35 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: wins following that, the lumber Kings then taking two out 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: of three from the King County Cougars. As we record 37 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: this on the league wide off day for the Major 38 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: League Baseball All Star Game Tuesday, July ninth, the lumber 39 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: Kings are tied for first place in the second half 40 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: with those Kane County Cougars. The Single A affiliate of 41 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: the Arizona Diamondbacks, and it has mainly been done on 42 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: a resurgent offense. It has also been done on the 43 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: strength of several strong pitchers. We had spoken with one 44 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: of them on the last episode, in Jake Walters. He 45 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: had another impressive outing his last time out, which was 46 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 1: on July eighth, so he picked up his first win 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: of his professional careers. So a big congratulations to Jake 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: for that first professional career when well deserved because he 49 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: was a guy that was really kind of the rain 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: maker for the lumber Kings and seeing his starts eating 51 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: up by bad weather. We had talked about it with 52 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: I believe Jake for a brief period, but he had 53 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: gone through a start in Seed Rapids where the rains 54 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: had found him and when only one inning had given 55 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: up a two run homer in that first inning. That 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: was back on June the fifteenth in Cedar Rapids. The 57 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: rains had then come and so he was out of 58 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: the game. We did not see him again, but those 59 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: two runs were enough to hang with the loss, and 60 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: then just I think it was three starts later, he 61 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: was out in Beloit and the rains found him again, 62 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: this time over three and two thirds inning, so he 63 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: was unable to qual of five for a win. So 64 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: it was nice to see him finally be rewarded with 65 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: that win, even though we know that stat is starting 66 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: to go the way of the Dodo Birds so to speak, 67 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: or at least where that's where the influences. Certainly, Walters 68 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: has pitched well enough to earn some of the wins, 69 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: as have the lumber Kings, who have had a lot 70 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: of different moving parts in the rotation. In particular, the 71 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: lumber Kings are going to be seeing the promotion of 72 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: Tyler Jones up to the High A Jupiter Hammerheads, and 73 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: that is going to be messing with the lumber Kings 74 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: rotation as they're getting sent to begin a swing against 75 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: the Eastern Division for the final time in the twenty 76 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: nineteen regular season. Jones was slated to start for when 77 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: this episode is set to come out on Wednesday, July tenth, that, 78 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: of course, will not be the case. Called up to 79 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: the High A Jupiter Hammerheads, the lumber Kings also seen 80 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: one of their relievers, Bryce how who he had touched 81 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: on in the last episode. He was released from the Marlins, 82 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: so as it stands at the recording of this again 83 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: on the league wide off day July ninth, the lumber 84 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: Kings are playing two men down. They've got twenty three 85 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: men on the active roster before they will welcome in 86 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: the Lake County Captains on July the tenth. That'll be 87 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: a Wednesday, and then the series will come to an 88 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: end on Friday the twelfth. They will then welcome in 89 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: the San Diego Padres single a affiliate the Fort Wayne 90 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: ten Caps for a three game series here in Clinton 91 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: starting on July thirteenth. The Saturday will end on Monday, 92 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: which is a Monday game at eleven am. Baseball early 93 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: start times do not typically mesh well with those who 94 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: are used to a night schedule, so we will have 95 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: to adjust our alarm clocks accordingly for that eleven am 96 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: start time. It'll be a pack of park with kids day, 97 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: but kind of odd to think about just the way 98 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: the schedule has worked for the lumber Kings over the 99 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: last couple of seasons. Because for the Lake County Captains 100 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: a single a affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and those 101 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: Fort Wayne tin Caps, it is our first trip to 102 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: Clinton since twenty and sixteen, so it has been quite 103 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: a while. The last couple of seasons lumber Kings had 104 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: played those teams out on the road. They will then 105 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: hit the road to take on the Eastern Division in 106 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: Great Lakes a Single A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, 107 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: and then wind it down against the Lansing Lugnuts the Single, 108 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. That will all 109 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: come to an end on July twenty second, the inter 110 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: division matchups, which is the odd portion of the schedule 111 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: because you never quite know what you're gonna get with 112 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: teams that will only face each other once in a season. 113 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: But the lumber Kings are playing some very good baseball 114 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: as of late. There was one negative coming into the 115 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: action on Monday, July eighth, which was the last day 116 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: for the lumber Kings before the league wide off day, 117 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: and that was Christopher Torres. Now we've talked about him 118 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: having this really high on base percentage but a relatively 119 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: low average, and the average has really been consistently under 120 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: the two hundred mark for the better part of this season. 121 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: It is even plummeted from there. Coming into that game, 122 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: Torres had gone oh for twenty five for the lumber 123 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: Kings up the plate. That would come to an end 124 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: after he had stretched that skid to go oh for 125 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: twenty six, he had a base sit and the lumber 126 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: Kings win against Kan County. In fact, also had scored 127 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: a run. It's had a lot of stolen bases. The 128 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: lumber Kings had set a new season high as a 129 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: team for stolen bases the day before on Sunday afternoon, 130 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: so we've seen them more aggressive on the base pass 131 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: are also getting on base more often. Taurres seen the 132 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: bat hopefully come around after that skid had come to 133 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: an end. And of course big productions right now coming 134 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: from Peyton Burdick, who is over the three hundred mark 135 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: for the lumber Kings, and also Bubba Hollins, who has 136 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,239 Speaker 1: continued to swing a hot bat. We've seen Mike Jacobs 137 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: move him up to the four spot in the clean 138 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: up role. Now he's now an undrafted prospect who we 139 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: had talked to on the podcast. But Miami Marlins fans, 140 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 1: you may want to take note of Bubba Hollins because 141 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: he puts together some very concestent professional at bets. It's 142 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: a theme that has hit on anytime you talk to 143 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: the coaching staff about Bubba, and we will of course 144 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: be talking with Frank more about that when he joins 145 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: us here on this episode, just one of the impressive 146 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: figures in the lumber Kings now middle of the lineup 147 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: that does not have a whole lot of swing and 148 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: miss in his swing uses all fields and not a 149 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: whole lot of pop for Bubba, but he certainly has 150 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: some power to the gaps. He has two home runs 151 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: as we record this, and has also been able to 152 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: find the gaps whether it's down the line or in 153 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: the outfield at power allis but Bubba Hollins as a 154 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: result of that spring of power has been moved up 155 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: to the fore spot for the lumber Kings, really protecting 156 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: the bat of Peyton Burdick. We've also seen Counters Scott 157 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: his average steadily climbed throughout this season, now up around 158 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: the two to twenty mark on the year, while Will 159 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: Banfield's average has gone down a little bit. The lumber 160 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: Kings so have really struggled against kank County Cougar's pitching, 161 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: even taking two out of three from them. They were 162 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: shut out in the first game of that series. It 163 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: was the fourth shutout loss of the season. But the 164 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: bats have certainly been more consistent than they were in 165 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: the first half. It's why they come into the action 166 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: against the Lake County Captains in the Eastern Division on Wednesday, 167 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: July tenth, tied for first place at the recording of 168 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: this on the league wide off day for the Major 169 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: League All Star Game. So we'll be talking about all 170 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: the themes that are going on right now in major 171 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: league and minor league baseball, between the shifting and just 172 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: the evolution of the game over the last couple of years. 173 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: Because well baseball may have a reputation of a conservative sport, 174 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: over the last couple of seasons, there has been quite 175 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: a bit of movement in just how the game is 176 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: thought of. And it is a good time to talk 177 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: with the lumber Kings hitting coach Frank Moore. He joins 178 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: us next on a Ball with Eric Uns. Welcome back 179 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: on a ball with eric Ohes were now joined by 180 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: the lumber Kings heady coach, Frank Moore, and we appreciate 181 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: you taking some time to talk with us on a 182 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: hot day here in Beloit, Wisconsin. The lumber Kings a 183 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: hot team in more ways. In one we were talking 184 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: before we had gotten started with the offense, a big 185 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: part of his six game winning streak, which was the 186 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: longest of the season and it come off a slump 187 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: at the end of the first half and kind of 188 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: in the beginning of the second half. So how the 189 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: lumber Kings kind of rebounded to have the success that 190 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: they've had as a voidant. 191 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 3: Guys just been putting themselves in a better position to hit, 192 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 3: taking what the pitcher has been giving them. 193 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 2: I think going into the. 194 00:08:58,120 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 3: All Star break, a lot of guys put a lot 195 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 3: of pressure on themselves trying to do more than, you know, 196 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 3: what was needed, and they swung out the zone a lot. 197 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: So coming in the second half, just been trying to 198 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: just relay the message of being patient, take what the 199 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 3: pitch has given you, get your walks and next man up, 200 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: you know, kind of put the pressure on the next 201 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 3: man versus thinking that you have to do everything. So 202 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 3: it's been working out pretty good, knocking on wood. But 203 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 3: you know, it's been fun to watch, say, the guys 204 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 3: making adjustment and it's good to win. 205 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say so. It's always a loose group to 206 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: be around with the Clint lumber Kings. You mentioned the patients, 207 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: and one guy to really highlight there would be Christopher 208 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: Torres because he's so interesting. We record this on July, 209 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: the third out here in Beloit, and you look at 210 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: his average coming into this game, one seventy seventy, think woof. 211 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: But then you look at the on base percentage. I mean, 212 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: he's leading the league right now. And watch with fifty 213 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: one of them, what can you tell us about Christopher 214 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: Torrez because he seems like sort of those new stats 215 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: that people start to highlight more than the batting average, 216 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: which you can kind of throw out. As we found 217 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: out too at home. He's got some sneaky pop as 218 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: well for the switch hitter. 219 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 2: Yes, I think he's you know, the new age. 220 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 3: Everybody wants to hit home runs, and I think that's 221 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 3: a big part of baseball now, but you still have 222 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 3: to get on base and score runs, and that's the 223 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 3: bottom line. And it's good to see a kid with 224 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 3: his patients to take his walks and you see his 225 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 3: own base percentages right where he needs to be at, 226 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 3: and you know, he's a big part of our success 227 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 3: lately just by getting on base still in base his sacrifice, 228 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 3: butts doing all the little things that's in my opinion, 229 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 3: has lost art now in baseball because of all the 230 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 3: home runs. So you know, I'm half a form and 231 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: you know, I hope he can continue the rest of 232 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: the year. 233 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: What's funny you mentioned bunting because we were talking with 234 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: Mike Jacobs. I think it was out in Cedar Rapids 235 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: and it was right after a win against the Periya Chiefs, 236 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: which is essentially one on a safety squeeze, and he 237 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: was mentioning that being one of the most difficult parts 238 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: of the field to defend if you can execute the bunt, 239 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: and that certainly has led to a couple of wins 240 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: for the lumber Kings. So what goes into teaching that 241 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: part of bunting that you mentioned maybe going the way 242 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: of the Dodo bird, but the lumber Kings have certainly 243 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: used it for a couple of wins this season. So 244 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: what goes into teaching it that part of the game 245 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: which maybe players didn't really do a whole lot of 246 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: in high school in college because they were the big 247 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: hitters in their lineups. 248 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: I think it's just a mindset. I think bunning is 249 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 3: a mindset of something you want to do. And again 250 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 3: I think with the the stats and the launch angle 251 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 3: and everybody wants to hit home runs. 252 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 2: You know, you look at the World Series, the last 253 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 2: couple of years. 254 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 3: It's guys that's getting on base, sacrifice bunts, moving guys 255 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 3: over all the home runs slashy, but at the end 256 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 3: of the day, those are not the ones that wins 257 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 3: the World Series or the wins the Championship. So I 258 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 3: think that just goes with, you know, the mindset of 259 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: the individual and what you're you know, trying to get 260 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 3: the best out of that individual. So it's been good 261 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: to see. It's good to work with these guys on 262 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 3: you know, the small things. 263 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: Is that mindset kind of the I guess being the 264 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: hero right wanting to hit that home run as opposed 265 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: to just being the guy who sacrifices himself for the 266 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: team to get that win. Is that the mindset that 267 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: you're trying to combat a little bit when it comes 268 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: to bunting in particular. 269 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know again, that's that's like the you know, 270 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 3: the money goes to the home the home runs, and 271 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 3: you know you can't fault the guys for wanting to 272 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 3: do that. But you know, a home run is an accident, 273 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 3: and you know you can try hard as you want 274 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 3: to to hit a home run, it's not gonna happen. 275 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 2: You do all the little things correctly. 276 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 3: You put yourself in the best position to hit a 277 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 3: good pitch, and sometimes. 278 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: It works that way. 279 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 3: And that happens a couple of nights ago at Torres. 280 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: He wasn't trying to hit a home run and lead 281 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 3: off the game, but you know, he worked the count. 282 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 3: Guy made a mistake and he put a good swing 283 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 3: on it. So just a little bit of old school 284 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 3: baseball of you know, doing the little things to get 285 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 3: some wins, and it's been working out pretty much so far. 286 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 2: The second half. 287 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: Well, we'll be highlighting a couple of guys in this 288 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: interview again. We're talking with the lumber Kings hitting coach 289 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 1: Frank Moore. One of them to Bubba Hollins. He's got 290 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: to be so much fun as a hitting coach to watch, 291 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: right because he puts the ball in plays, gets high average. 292 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: He just seems like what you would want a coach 293 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: to have right there, because he's uses all site to 294 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: the field, plays a pretty good defensive. We're at third 295 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: base as well. Comes from the major league mindset, right 296 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: because his dad had been in the Major leagues, had 297 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: gone to the All Star Game. What can you tell 298 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: us about Bubba Hollins, who maybe is one of the 299 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: unsung heroes on a roster that has a lot of 300 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: top prospects on it. 301 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 302 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 3: Again, I think he's a testament of old school baseball. 303 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 3: He grinds out each at bat, not trying to do 304 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 3: too much, you know. He gets his base hits, and 305 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 3: he runs in some doubles, plays a good defense, and 306 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 3: he competes every day. And I think that's the bottom 307 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 3: line with baseball now, is just competing every day, you know, 308 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 3: not giving in to anything again, putting yourself in the 309 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 3: best position to have success. And he's a testament of that. 310 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 3: He works hard every day and just a grinder every day. 311 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: Wanted to pick your brain too, on the coaching side 312 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,559 Speaker 1: of things, because what if you felt have been the 313 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: difference from your playing days into the coaching now, because 314 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: in that short period of time, a lot is changing 315 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: in baseball, the way guys look at numbers, the way 316 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: they're coached to as well the way that they're developed. 317 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: What if you've noticed, I guess, from moving from the 318 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: plane ranks into the coaching ranks, with which seems like 319 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: a very quick evolution in the game of baseball over 320 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: the last couple of years. 321 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 3: You know, you you you have to change with the time. 322 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 3: But I think this game has been played for many 323 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 3: of years and I think it's just one way of 324 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 3: playing baseball. I think at the end of the day, 325 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: the stats and the home runs looks good, but if 326 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 3: we're trying to create winners, it's back to old school baseball. 327 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: You know, you're you're hitting and run, you move guys over, 328 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 3: you sacrifice, but you pitch, you play defense, and you 329 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 3: know that's again you you take a little bit of 330 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: the good or a good bit of bad, and you 331 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 3: try to develop your own style or whatever you're trying 332 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 3: to develop within the organization. But you know, I think 333 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 3: hitting wise, you just you just continue to try to 334 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 3: put the person in the best position to hit the fastball, 335 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 3: and then you adjust them from that, and then you 336 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 3: go from there. 337 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: What do you tell the guys too, when they're coming 338 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: up from let's say Betavio or the GCL and what 339 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: to expect and the difference of competition from what they 340 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: had seen before the pitch is that they might be seen. 341 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: I think we touched on it a little bit with 342 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: Mark d. Felice, the pitching coach, that you're not now 343 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: starting to see a little bit more of a refined 344 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: changeup and a little bit higher up, they might beginning 345 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: to see the cutter. So what do you tell your 346 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: hitters to prepare them when they first get to Clinton 347 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: on the types of pitchers and talent that they'll be 348 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: seen here in the Midwest League. 349 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 3: I think it's a little bit of old school. You 350 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: hit it, you you you sit on the fastball. I 351 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 3: think a lot of times you put yourself in a 352 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 3: position to hit elevated fastball or away fastball, the inside 353 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 3: pitch fastball, you'll be able to adjust to the off speed. 354 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 3: I think what happens a lot of times is hitters 355 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 3: start cheating to one spot and they can only have 356 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 3: one spot to hit, and you never know what location 357 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 3: or pitch is coming. 358 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 2: So you just you put yourself in a position to 359 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 2: hit the. 360 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 3: Fastball in the middle of the field, and you know, 361 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: go back to when you was in high school or regularly. 362 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: You know, you just compete it and you know you 363 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 3: put a good swing on the ball. So I think 364 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 3: it's a little science to it, but I think it's 365 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 3: just going back to hitting the fastball and as all speed. 366 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: Well, one thing too that has really changed too, and 367 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: this kind of touches on what probably was just different 368 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: too from plain days into your coaching career. All the shifts. 369 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: I mean, everyone's moving all over the place. We touched 370 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: on it with Bubba Hollins a little bit when he 371 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: was on the podcast, that in one inning he could 372 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: be playing five different positions, or at least what it 373 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: looks like from the vantage points he's on the infield, 374 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: and that we of course saw with Sean Reynolds when 375 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: he was here in Clinton, a dramatic overshift on to 376 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: the right side of the infield. It must be difficult 377 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: that sometimes for guys that had a lot of success 378 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: in high school and in college that were these deadpool 379 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: hitters to then come up here and maybe struggle a 380 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: little bit and see that shift and maybe have difficulty 381 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: in trying to beat it by going the opposite way. 382 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: What do you have to do as a hitter to 383 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: maybe incorporate that. I know that's one of the big 384 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: questions right now in baseball right now, right that you know, 385 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: how can you beat a shift? Because it's so effective. 386 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the reason that this my personal opinion, 387 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 3: the reason why we have a lot of shifts now 388 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 3: is because of hitters trying to elevate with launch angle 389 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 3: and not putting themselves in position to hit the outside, 390 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: pitch away or. 391 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: Just make solid contacts. 392 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 3: So I think at the launch angle, you're strictly limited 393 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: yourself to a pull pull side hitter, even guys with 394 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 3: no power, just because they're trying to create launch angle 395 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 3: versus allowing to launch ankle angle to happen out the contact. 396 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 3: So I think over time we'll get back to teaching 397 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 3: guys how to be a professional hitter, and if you 398 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 3: have lunch angle, it'll happen. And I think that's why 399 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 3: you have a lot of shifts now, and you know, 400 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 3: to talk about how do you come back shifts? I 401 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 3: think you it's a mind a mind thankful hitters. They 402 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 3: want to hit through the shift and that's where you 403 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 3: get to rollover. So my mindset of what you know, 404 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 3: just talking to the guys is again, stand in the 405 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 3: middle of the field. You stay in the middle to 406 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 3: feel you're gonna have more success than not. 407 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: When we had the kids out for the kids days 408 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: early mornings out in Clinton and we had to talk 409 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: to them about stackcast and they were asking us questions 410 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: about launch angles and spin rates and things like that, 411 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: so the kids, they're understanding at least somewhat what's going on. 412 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: But one thing that we were trying to explain to 413 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: them were the high strikeout rates in baseball. And that 414 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: kind of goes back to the launch angle that you 415 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: had mentioned, and you can see it at times, it 416 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: just kind of kills a rally. So sometimes people will 417 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: say a strikeout is just the same as any other out, 418 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: but when you need a ground ball maybe to move 419 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: a guy over, or a fly ball to get a 420 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: run in, all outs are not created equal in that sense. 421 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: So what goes into combating that a little bit too, 422 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: because as we know at the major league level, the 423 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: strikeouts are at historic eyes right now. 424 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 3: Every year you look at every year, you have more 425 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 3: strikeouts than hits now, and I think it just goes 426 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 3: back to trying to create launch angle. I think, you know, 427 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 3: if you're going to hit home runs, you're going to 428 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 3: hit home runs. I don't care, you know, if you're 429 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 3: a bigger guy a smaller guy. I think it just 430 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 3: goes back to just being able to hit the fastball 431 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 3: in the middle the field. And I think at a 432 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 3: help overall game because the strikes strikeouts that go down 433 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 3: there'll be more production versus just waiting for to run 434 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 3: home run. You know, again, I understand the mindset behind it, 435 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 3: but you know, you just want to continue to kind 436 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,119 Speaker 3: of teach these guys the basic of hitting again, putting 437 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 3: their bodies and positions to hit every pitch. 438 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you too, because you're one of 439 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: the veteran coaches too on the coaching staff right eleventh season. 440 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: I believe in the Miami Marlins organization and now they're 441 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: in this rebuilding that's evidenced by some of the top 442 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: prospects that are here in Clinton. So what have you 443 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: seen in the culture for the Miami Marlins and your 444 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: time that's here and now part of this rebuilders they 445 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: try to get back onto the winning side of things 446 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: at the major league level. 447 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 3: I like what I'm saying. You know, you're you're you're 448 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 3: developing or you're getting athletes that's on a position standpoint 449 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 3: that you're able to work with and kind of develop 450 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 3: to what we're trying to create and the major league level, 451 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 3: which is a championship. And I think that's the bottom 452 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 3: line from you know, Dominican League to Triple are just 453 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 3: trying to develop that mindset of winning championships, and you know, 454 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 3: you love that part of it because that's ultimate gold, 455 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 3: is winning a championship. 456 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 2: So it's really good to. 457 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 3: Be a part of and kind of enjoy the process 458 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 3: of what's going to be a great product. 459 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 1: And some of those players that I imagine the Marlins 460 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: want to be on that next championship team are right 461 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: here in Clinton right now. You've got the first round 462 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: pick and Connor Scott very young, and so is Will Banfield, 463 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: both the nineteen year olds that are on this team. 464 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: But you talk to Connor, you talk to Will, you 465 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: don't think that they're nineteen If you had to make 466 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: a guess, these are very mature baseball players and probably 467 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 1: why they were selected so high and highly thought of. 468 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: Of course, Will was going to be going to Vanderbilt, 469 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: he could have had a chance to win a College 470 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: World Series this here. But what if you see from 471 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: these young guys this season. It seems like Connor had 472 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: a really slow start to this season. He's starting to 473 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 1: pick it up. Manfield, it seems like the power is 474 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: starting to come along, maybe a little bit earlier than 475 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: most had expected. Seven home runs down this season. But 476 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: of these top prospects. What have you seen from them 477 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: now through I guess eighty games in the twenty nineteen season. 478 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,719 Speaker 3: Well, I had them a little bit last year for 479 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 3: about three or four weeks, and you just to see 480 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 3: them from last year to this point has been really 481 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 3: really good to see just development side of them making 482 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 3: some adjustments. You know, everybody has a different issue in 483 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 3: their development stage, you know, swinging or defense or whatever, 484 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 3: but just overall picture just them slowing the game down 485 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 3: mentally to have some success, and it's been really fun 486 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 3: to watch them kind of make the adjustments. 487 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: With the league and Banfield, I wanted to highlight a 488 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: little bit too, because when you talk about Will Banfield, 489 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: you don't talk about offense at first. You talk about 490 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: defense and the cannon, the Howard serving arm back of 491 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: the plate. It is evidenced by his success it throwing 492 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: out would be base dealers right around sixty percent. As 493 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: again we record this on July the third. Is this 494 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: an instance where you just hands off let Will be 495 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: Will kind of thing or is there type of defensive 496 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: footworking stuff that you can work with them on. Of 497 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: course you can improve all the time. 498 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 3: Yes, I think that's the you know, you don't definitely 499 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: appreciate his tool behind the plate, but you continue to 500 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 3: work on trying to make that better again, trying to 501 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 3: make sure they realize that this is not the finished product, 502 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 3: and this is we want success here, but at the 503 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 3: end result is to be prepared to be a championship 504 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: player in the big league. So you know, so you always, 505 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 3: you know, working with different things to make his strong 506 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 3: suit stronger and the weaker suit a little bit stronger. 507 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 3: So it's been fun to watch him behind the plate, 508 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 3: see guys taking a chance of trying to steal and 509 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 3: you know, it's pretty comical. So I've never seen anything 510 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 3: like it, but it's really exciting to see. 511 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: I was joking with Will too, and the first time 512 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,959 Speaker 1: we saw it was on opening day in Kane County. 513 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: Trey Holmes is over at first. You stole twenty five 514 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: bases the year before, and we're reading off the impressive 515 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: numbers of Trey Holmes and all this speed he has, 516 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: and then Bandfield throws him out by plenty on an 517 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: excellent jump on one of the fastest guys in minor 518 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: league baseball. And we usually we're supposed to be descriptive 519 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: when we call games. I think our call was just wow, 520 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: oh he's out. By the way, that is will banned 521 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: feel definitely worth checking out? Well, does it help it 522 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: all coming from the playing a mindset to deal with 523 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: these guys, in relating with them a little bit that 524 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: you know there's gonna be some development. Of course that's 525 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: frustration because everyone wants to be ready to go right 526 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: away and you have to go through those growing pains. 527 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: Is that something that you can kind of relate to 528 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: in this group? So we mentioned some younger guys too, 529 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: and get drapped in the first round, you may think, 530 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: all right, I'm ready to go, but of course the 531 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: minor league start coming. You can define it a little 532 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 1: bit as you say, is that something that you have 533 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: to preach to these guys at all? 534 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 2: Have they come here? Yes, because you know we won't. 535 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 3: I think everybody wants instant gratification, and you know you 536 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 3: have to one let them know that, you know. I 537 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 3: think the big thing that this is not where we 538 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 3: want to be, you know, the greatest at We want 539 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 3: to be the greatest in in Miami or in the 540 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 3: major leagues with some team, some organization. So I think 541 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 3: that's the one message that we continue to preach as 542 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 3: a staff is you know, trusting the process that a 543 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: lot of times they can't see the future because they 544 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 3: haven't been past a ball. And with the experience we 545 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 3: have with Jacobs and Defelis and our staff, like we 546 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 3: see we've been to Triple A in the big leagues 547 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 3: and understand what's there against. So you know, you try 548 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 3: to help with the learning curve a little bit sooner 549 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 3: than later. And I think that's the hardest thing for 550 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 3: these guys to see because they only see Midwest League 551 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 3: or a ball that, Okay, this pitcher only has a 552 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 3: fastball in the curveball, not understanding that how you go, 553 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 3: you're going to have pictures throwing five and six pitches. 554 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 3: So so that I think that's the biggest thing is 555 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 3: just you know, slowing the game down with them mentally 556 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 3: understanding that, you know, this is a process of what 557 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 3: we're trying to get to. 558 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: Well, the lumber Kings too, have got some new faces 559 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: from the two twenty nineteen draft class. So we've now 560 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: we're in what is it, nine games through our thirteen 561 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: games through the first half. This will be the thirteenth game. 562 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: You've got Evan Edwards, who is elected in the fourth 563 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: round of the twenty nineteen draft out of NC State, 564 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: who's now been here since the second half began. And 565 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: then Peyton Burdick, who was selected in the third round 566 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: out of WRIGHT State's been here I think since game 567 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: two of the second half. So a little bit of 568 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: a sample size you've seen from these guys again part 569 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: of this rebuild for the Miami Marlins. What have you 570 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: seen from them, because they've certainly impressed ear lyon Just 571 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 1: to highlight Evan for a little bit, guy had right 572 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: from the airport. He had no batty practice, no infield 573 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: has an RBI single two hit day like it was nothing. 574 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: And then of course Peyton Berdick, he's been around four 575 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: hundred and beginning time here. They've also been fund to 576 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: watch as well. What have you seen from some of 577 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 1: the new faces from the twenty nineteen draft class? 578 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 3: Uh, the excitement, you know, I think sometimes you know, 579 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 3: guys that's been in an organization for a couple of 580 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 3: years get kind of complacent, and you know, to see 581 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 3: those guys come in and cite it and to bring 582 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 3: that attitude of want to win every game definitely helps 583 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 3: out and ropes off on these players. But just to 584 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 3: you know, see how they go about their business. You know, 585 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 3: Berdick is really good swinging the bat right now, playing 586 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 3: a really good defense. He runs everything out, He grinds 587 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 3: every bat out. So it's really good to see him, 588 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 3: watch him every day, and you know, it's just just 589 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 3: really good to see these guys. Evan is, you know, 590 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 3: really smoothed around. 591 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 2: The bag at first base. I think he's saved. 592 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 3: So many runs and eras already early on just by 593 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 3: you know, him being really sweet at first base. So 594 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 3: just you know, just adding to to our roster to 595 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 3: help us out each day. 596 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: Well, wanted to let you go with this. You know, 597 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: you're the hitting coach, even though we had to do 598 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: a second take on that when I riginally come to 599 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: the pitching coach and Frank really paniced because he thought 600 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: he'd been reassigned to the pitching side of things. But 601 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: the Clinton lumber Kings on the defensive side of things 602 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: had begun and the season really kind of a poor start. 603 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: You can kind of blame that on how cold it 604 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: once to start the season here in the Midwest League. 605 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: I mean there was snow on the ground, It's thirty 606 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: degrees out, which of course doesn't make it easy to 607 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: fill your hands at times. But what have you seen 608 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: just in the span of eighty games in this development 609 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: of a team that is now you look at defense 610 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: as being one of the strengths of the lumber Kings 611 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: here in the second half, I. 612 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 2: Think you said it. 613 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 3: In the cold weather here, I don't think nobody could 614 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 3: prepare for that. And even you know, we're talking about defense, 615 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 3: but even on the hitting side, that's what I stress 616 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 3: and preach with all guys the first month of the season, like, 617 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 3: you know, just compete. It's going to warm up and 618 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 3: we'll be right where we need to be at the 619 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 3: end of the year. And on the defensive side, you 620 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 3: can just see the difference with you know, from cold 621 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 3: weather to starting to get some weather that the guys 622 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 3: could get on the field, get their routine in, because 623 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 3: earlier in the year we really didn't have a routine 624 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 3: we can get into because of the snow and the 625 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 3: cold and the wind. So you know, you know, the 626 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 3: game was I think was really cool, really fast for 627 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 3: the guys just because of getting out of their routine 628 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 3: and with the cold weather. So it's kind of good 629 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 3: to see these guys kind of settle in and kind 630 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 3: of show what they're capable of doing. So it's been 631 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 3: really really good to see the transition defensively, just putting 632 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 3: ourselves as a team and a better situation to have 633 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 3: a chancelate to win games. 634 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,719 Speaker 1: Lumber Kings have been a certainly more polished team here 635 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: in the second half. The new faces of the twenty 636 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: nineteen draft class are beginning to arrive in the development 637 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: some of the guys here since opening Dave Frank Moore 638 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: has been working with them the whole time, and we 639 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: thank him so much for taking the time to talk 640 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: with us around a ball with Eric Singer Proba like 641 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: welcome back on a ball with Eric gilst you had 642 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: just heard from the lumber Kings hitting coach and if 643 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: Frank Moore, we have a big thanks for him for 644 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: taking some time to talk with us out in Beloit. 645 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: It was a hot one on July third. Lumber Kings 646 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: would win that game. It was part of a four 647 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: game winning streak that included a pair of two game 648 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: mini series sweeps with the Bloyd Snappers, a single a 649 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, and then over the fourth 650 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: of July festivities, lumber Kings swept the Saint Louis Cardinals 651 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: single a affiliate the Puria Chiefs for that four game 652 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: winning streak the Saint Louis Cardinals affiliate those period Chiefs, 653 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: or a team the lumber Kings are handling very well now. 654 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: Of course, something will be keeping an eye on as 655 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: his second half unfolds, because they'll be playing each other 656 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: quite a bit, especially towards the back half of the schedule. 657 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: In fact, the season will end against Peoria here at home, 658 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: but a team the lumber Kings have now won nine 659 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: straight games against. It is the longest winning streak in 660 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: franchise history over the Peoria Chiefs they've been playing since 661 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty three. It also included a four game series 662 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: sweep which we had to in the previous episodes on 663 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: to June the twenty fifth through the twenty eighth, which 664 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: was the first ever four game series sweep by the 665 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: lumber Kings in Clinton of the Chiefs. So there has 666 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: been some historic ramifications for the lumber Kings run of 667 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: success against Peoria, which has really built this record to 668 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: an impressive start. Here in the second half, the lumber Kings, 669 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: as we had mentioned, tied for first in the second 670 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: half in the Western Division with a twelve and six 671 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: record with the Kane County Cougars. It has been a 672 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: bit of a rock pile when you look at these 673 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: standings between not only Kane County and Clinton, but the 674 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: Cedar Rapids Colonels the Single, a affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, 675 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: as well as the Wisconsin tim Bratler's the Single, a 676 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Quad City's River 677 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: Bendits the Single, a affiliate of the Houston Astros. What 678 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: it has meant for the Clinton lumber Kings is that 679 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: they do not have them much competition for the two 680 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: playoff spots in the Western Division because Cedar Rapids they 681 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: were the wildcard team in the first half, so they 682 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: are not playing for anything, as are the Quad Cities 683 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: River Bandits, who were the Western Division winners in the 684 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: first chaf. So the competition for the lumber Kings right 685 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: now it stands between Kane County and Wisconsin. We've seen 686 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: a rather rough start to the second half for the 687 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: Burlington Bees, Bloit Snappers, and Peoria Chiefs, with the lumber Kings, 688 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: as we mentioned, playing a rather large role in the 689 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: lack of success for Peoria lumber Kings also did see 690 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: a very long hitting streak, and we had touched on 691 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: it briefly the success of Bubble Hollins' season. He had 692 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: a ten game hitting streak for the lumber Kings, which 693 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: is their second longest of the season. Hollins, who has 694 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: just been a really steady bat throughout this season. The 695 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: only blemish really on his twenty nineteen campaign has been 696 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: the fact that he had missed a month because of 697 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: a hamstring injury, which he had talked about when he 698 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: was on the podcast. But other than that, Hollins when 699 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: he's been healthy and in the lineup, he hits around 700 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: three hundred. He uses all fields, he's got some power 701 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: to the alleyways. Only two balls that have got over 702 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: the fence this season. But that steady stroke of the 703 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: play to ten game hitting streak, which was just two 704 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: games shy after Rarin Carnacion setting the season high so 705 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: far for the lumber Kings, which had begun this season. 706 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: Holland seeing that stretch and he went right back to hitting. 707 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: Though he's been in the middle of the lumber Kings 708 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: lineup as of late, so lumber Kings have been seen 709 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: a little bit more production out of the offensive lineup 710 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: matching this strong pitching staff. Alberto Guerrero has been sharp 711 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: as well for the lumber Kings, and we have also seen, 712 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: of course Jake Walters and Tanner Andrews. We wanted to 713 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: touch on him a little bit just out of this 714 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: starting rotation set a pair of seven innings starts for 715 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: the lumber Kings to Purdue product who has taken in 716 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: last year's draft, has been very sharp. Those were professional 717 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: career highs for innings pitched for Tanner Andrews. The record 718 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: now up to three and three on this season, a 719 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: three point five to one earned run average, and he's 720 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: really been meshing into what's likely now going to become 721 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: a six man starting rotation for the Clinton lumber Kings 722 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: with some of the promotions and we imagine reinforcements that 723 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: will be coming down the pike for the lumber Kings 724 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: here in twenty nineteen to close out the second half, 725 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: maybe kind of a playoff push if you want to say. 726 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: Also George Soriano, who has been so sharp. He had 727 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 1: a complete game of shutout performance for the lumber Kings 728 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: out in Beloit, which was truly remarkable. It was a 729 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: dominant pitching performance that had come off a previously strong 730 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: start for Sorianto, who has just been throwing the ball 731 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: so well through the month of June after having a 732 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: rough month of May. It's now carried that into the 733 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: beginning part at least in the month of July. That 734 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: complete game at nine inning, shutout performance against the Bloyd Snappers, 735 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: which was obviously a very impressive thing to watch, was 736 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: because of how economical Soriato had been. It was the 737 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: first player to do that for the lumber King since 738 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz in twenty fourteen. Whereas Diaz is known to 739 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: baseball fans now as one of the best closers in 740 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: all of professional baseball at the major league ranks, but 741 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: when he was here in Clinton, he was a starting pitcher, 742 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: and so Soriano at least filling in some pretty good 743 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: company right now. With Edwin Diaz becoming the first lumber 744 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: King again to do that since twenty and fourteen, probably 745 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: the is the best pitching performance we've seen from a 746 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: lumber King this season and in several seasons so that 747 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: has been probably the lumber Kings hottest pitcher as well. 748 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: We've also seen Manuel Rodriguez, the former less candid starting 749 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: pitcher for the lumber Kings. He has returned. In fact, 750 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: had gotten the win for Clinton on a Sunday ten 751 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: inning performance or a ten game, ten inning game rather 752 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: against the Kane County Cougars, which turned out to be 753 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 1: a three to two win. Found out right after that 754 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: that Rodriguez would then be piggybacking a start for the 755 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,800 Speaker 1: lumber Kings, as will likely be seen at Josh Roberson 756 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 1: be coming back up here to the Clinton lumber Kings 757 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: after he had begun the season in the number two 758 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 1: role in the starting rotation. In fact, he was episode 759 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: number two of a ball that's how long ago it 760 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,960 Speaker 1: was Robertson with that great slider. It's going to be 761 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: great to see him again. A very highly touted prospect 762 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: in the Miami Martlins organization who's just had to deal 763 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 1: with injuries. So it's good to see that he is 764 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: back healthy at Las to perhaps take over some starting 765 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 1: rotation roles for the Clinton lumber Kings in the second half. 766 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: The team that should be playing for quite a bit 767 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 1: as we get towards the latter half of the schedule, 768 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,280 Speaker 1: exciting times here in Clinton. They are tied for first 769 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: and hopefully they will continue that string of success against 770 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: the Eastern Division, the Lake County Captains and Fort Wayne TinCaps, 771 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: who will be coming into town for a homestand that 772 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: starts on Wednesday, July tenth, So a good time to 773 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: start plugging shamelessly of course our broadcast side of things. 774 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: But before we did so, we didn't want to mention 775 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: one promotional item that will be coming up. We don't 776 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: usually do this, but when you have a promotion this cool, 777 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 1: we of course wanted to mention it. It'll be on Friday, 778 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: July twelfth against the Lake County Captains. It's what winds 779 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: down that series. Lumber Kinks had a former slugger that 780 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: was here by the name of Tyler O'Neill, who, of 781 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: course baseball fans now know as the Saint Louis Cardinals 782 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: outfielder whose dad was mister Canada at some point. So 783 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 1: a muscle builder, and that is why the bobblehead will 784 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: be having a bit of a twist on Friday, because 785 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: it'll be a Tyler O'Neal bobblehead, but it'll also have 786 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: a bobble bicep to play on the muscle bound of 787 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 1: former lumber Kings outfielder That is courtesy of Casey's and 788 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,879 Speaker 1: Media Cops. So if you do think about coming down 789 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: to the ballpark, that would be a good time to 790 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: do so. On Friday July twelfth. Of course, you can 791 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: listen to all the lumber Kings games and action throughout 792 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen season with yours truly on the call, 793 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: Eric Os. If you're in the broadcast range, that's one 794 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,960 Speaker 1: hundred point three FM on your radio dials. For those 795 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: of you who are outside the broadcast range, you of 796 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: course can listen online at Lumberkings dot com via the 797 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: tune in radio app that will do it. Here for 798 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 1: episode number fifteen of A Ball with Eric oh I 799 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: want to thank you everyone for listening, and of course 800 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: a special thanks to our guest this week and the 801 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 1: hitting coach for the lumber Kings, Frank More. Hopefully we'll 802 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,800 Speaker 1: see you out at the ballpark at some point this summer. 803 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: If not, we will see you on the broadcast side 804 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,560 Speaker 1: of things, or maybe next week on our next episode 805 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 1: of A Ball with Eric Ohs. Thanks again for listening 806 00:36:35,920 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: and we will talk to you next week.