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Thanks 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.800 so much to sea Geek for sponsoring us, and let's 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.000 get back to this latest episode of Raise the Roof. 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.360 Raise the Roof here with a former RAZ reliever and 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.720 current Raise Radio TV media personality Grant Baalto. 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:21.560 Grant first, of how you doing good? 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:22.679 Idea, I'm doing really well. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.200 So your thoughts about this team were what the fifty 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.240 plus games into the season, from what you've seen, what 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.600 are your thoughts about you know, the twenty twenty six rays. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.880 Yeah, the team's playing really well, right now, I think 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.560 I'm clicking on all the sealing it here at the moment. 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.280 Right It's a great group of guys, you know, coming 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.559 from the clubhouse out here onto the field. The camaraderie 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:47.080 is there, The trust and belief in one another is there. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.480 I think each and every one of these guys, they're 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.680 just taking care of business, you know, the preparation that 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.480 they put in off the field, the coaching stuff, and 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:57.799 from the top comes all the way down. I think 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:59.840 the guys have a lot of belief and trust and 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:02.080 more they do and the way they prepare for the game, 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:03.720 and then they go out there and play with a 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.120 lot of fun and go out there and execute at 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.200 a high level and have the opportunity to win the 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.760 games many different ways. 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:12.800 Yeah, all right. 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:16.160 Does this team remind you of any specifically, any raised 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.720 teams that you played with over the years. 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.720 Yeah, thinking back, I mean we had a lot of teams, 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:26.040 you know, two thousand and eight that obviously the World 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.639 Series Round twenty ten, a pennant there and a mix 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.560 of you know, some veteran guys, probably a lot of 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:36.160 younger guys out there that look up to some of 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.400 those veteran guys and feed for some guidance along the 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:43.640 way as far as preparation and stuff goes. But you know, 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.680 the Rais just do a great their front office do 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:49.640 a great job of supplying the information to the players 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:52.480 and then getting them to believe and trust in that. 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:57.600 And then sorry, we got a high chopper over the mount. 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.600 Yeah, I don't know what the heck that, Baltimore, I guess. 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:05.040 Right, Yeah, we call it chuck around and Cale letting 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:06.680 the hot chopper on the mountain right there with the 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:07.920 helicopter flying over them. 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:08.800 Yeah, just a little bit. 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:13.720 But yeah, these guys, they go out, they got a 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.200 lot of confidence, like I said, in each and every 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.320 one of the players that are out there, and in 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.600 themselves and just going out like I said, and executing 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.480 at such a high level. It's just fun to. 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.080 Watch the I know that there have been some injuries 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:30.040 that have poled up from but from your perspective, do 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:33.000 you think that there's reason to where, at least you know, 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.640 short term about those injuries there is that kind of 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:36.839 just going to be a flipping the road as it 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:37.200 right now. 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:39.840 No, I'd like to think it's just a blip in 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.360 the road. I mean, we do have some injuries, and 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.680 I think that's pretty powerful the game of baseball. I 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.520 think you understand going into it that you're gonna have injuries. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.440 That's the whole reason there's forty guys on this roster 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.279 in not twenty six and takes you know, the whole 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.719 organization to come out here and win the championships. I 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.520 think you come to expect that knowing that there will 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.960 be injuris along the way, and that goes into the 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.880 leadership up front of how they structure their roster so 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:09.919 that during the season that they're gonna have guys that 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:11.880 they can go to, and the connection that they have 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.680 between the minor leagues and the big leagues and the 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:17.400 prospects that we have done, I think they have a 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.120 lot of trust and faith in the guys that they're 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:20.839 going to bring up to fill in those holes, and 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:23.080 they've done a very good job of that thus far. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.040 And then the last thing that I have for you is, 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:27.640 of the guys that are currently on the Actibros, has 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.360 there been anyone that stood out to you, anyone that's 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.240 kind of been an X factor, just someone that you've 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:32.640 enjoyed watching so far the season. 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:35.680 I mean, I could listen many names. 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:40.320 Obviously, it's a tough pas for me, just like the 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.680 consistency that that guy brings to the game each and 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:46.280 every day. Just the leader with the bat right there, right, 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:50.200 Jonathan Ronda going out there and proven that he's one 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.960 of the better first basemans in the game. Just the 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.920 you know, elite level that he plays at, just real 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.960 gracefully the way he does it. I love watching Taylor 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.160 Walls obviously in the field. Uh, the guy is uh, 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.520 second to none, the best show stuff. 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:06.880 In the game. And then. 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:12.000 Yeah it's uh, you know, watch watching this pitching stuff 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.679 all about their business and yeah, it's it's just spin. 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:17.120 It's been a real delight. 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.320 Raise the Roof here with Raised TV no longer Fan 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.320 Duel Sports and whatever the heck you want to call it. 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.400 Raised TV Silent reporter Ryan Bass. Ryan, you've been on 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:33.920 the pod many times, But how you been man? 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:36.359 I'm doing good, man, And I always appreciate you you 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.680 having me on big Raise the Roof fan, and uh, 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.159 I feel like it's like our annual tradition here in 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.839 Baltimore to to go toe to toe. So excited to 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:46.520 be on and grateful for you have me back. 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:48.600 Yeah, I love the endorsement, by the way, appreciate that ways. 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.520 So last year, I don't want to say I'm bad luck, 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.440 But last year they were doing the Rays, were doing great, 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:57.640 and then they came into Baltimore strugg Old lost too 0:06:57.640 --> 0:06:59.640 out of three, and it seemed like the wheels came 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:03.240 off at that point. Are you getting, like, like, right now, 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.800 the feelings that you had about last season's team compared 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.560 to this season's team kind of in more or less 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.680 the same area. I mean, are you like, like, are 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.720 they similar vibes, different vibes, how you feel? 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.520 First of all, don't put those vibes out there. 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.080 No, I don't know, I don't want to. 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.280 I'm just saying like I'm more being facetious than anything. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:21.840 This team's built. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.160 Different, man, and I think you've seen that through the 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:25.920 course of this season. You know, last year you had 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:28.360 obviously that run they went on between May and June. 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:30.920 Wheels kind of fell off after they came off here, 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.840 as you mentioned. But I think this team has built 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.880 a little bit uniquely different than last year's team was. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.000 The offense is so dynamic in a lot of different ways. 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:38.960 They can hit home runs, they can play small ball, 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.480 they can bunt, they can manufacture runs, they can move 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.760 the runner over, and I think that lends itself really well. 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.480 To the way this team is constructed. 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:48.520 They're playing to their personnel, I think better than any 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.080 raised team I remember in recent memory. I think the 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.760 pitching staff is built in a really unique way, and 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.480 they've they've been able to weather. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.160 Some of these injuries in a way that maybe other teams. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.240 May not have been able to because of how they operate. So, 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.600 you know, look, I think this is sustainable for this group. 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.160 But I do think that this is a group that 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.200 is a playoff team, will be in contention for the division. 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:10.840 You're gonna go through ebs and flows. 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.960 Look that the last two games they've lost, and their 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.920 five game winning streak was on walkoffs, one in the 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:18.200 bottom of the ninth and one here an extra. Yeah, 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.080 so you know, this team will play a lot of 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:21.720 close games. They'll play a lot of one run games. 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:22.400 That's how they're built. 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.680 That's heather manufactured. You're gonna win a lot of those. 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:25.680 You're gonna lose a lot of those. 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.360 So luckily they've they've been on the winning side of those, 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.360 and hopefully that trend continues here in the second half 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:30.840 of the season. 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.920 Yeah, looking at I mean, we again not trying to 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:35.600 compare the two, but when you look at the two, 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.520 is there anything like what is the most inherent difference 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.560 that you see from this season? Steam? I mean, I 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.040 like I could name a couple, like, you know, the 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.240 bench deff has been great, as you mentioned the pitching, 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.880 but like, what what on your end, what do you 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:51.400 think is the most inherent difference. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.040 I mean, I think, look, they signed a couple of 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.000 platoon guys that know their roles really well. Ryan Vlade 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.760 comes to mind, you know, a Jake Freeley comes to mind, 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.360 Richie Pelacios, Right, But I think overall, you've got guys 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.120 that are truly we've we've heard this these this group 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.320 say it over and over again, right when you know 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.320 your role and when you come in and you embrace 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:11.840 that role. And there are no egos that are in 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.080 this clubhouse. Not to say there was last year, but 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.760 you tend to see the results that we're seeing now. 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.400 This group really plays for each other. They played together, 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.400 They like each other on and off the field, which 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.319 I think is super important. There's a lot of cohesion 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:28.199 and cohesiveness that has really translated to the field. And 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.520 I think the additions of Steven Matts and Nick Martinez 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.200 have been huge, right, that that are in presence for 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.560 those two in particular in their rotation has been awesome. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.640 Having Shane McClanahan back, just even his presence. 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.560 As a as a leader, as a as a clubhouse Rallier, right, 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.200 is really big. And then you have other key guys 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:47.839 that are just good human beings that I think have 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:49.120 really fit this mold well. 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:50.160 Whether you look at. 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.440 Ryan Valaide, you know that that's come in here and 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.520 let his personality a guy who didn't get a lot 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.240 of opportunities that is getting so now so. And I 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.680 want to applaud Kevin Cash to all of the moves 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.040 that he had has made that they've all seemed to 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.320 be the right moves in the right moment. And so 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.400 whether that's taking out a Yandi Diez to pinch run 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.800 or you know, Junior Camanaro in a moment, or pinch 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:14.120 hitting a particular batter, or playing the matchups side of 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.000 the bullpen. So I think this team, the biggest difference 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.840 I see is it is uniquely qualified. With the personnel 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:21.480 that they have, they're getting the most out of it, 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:22.240 and it's led to. 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:23.079 A lot of wins so far. 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.160 You mentioned that you think that this is sustainable, but 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:30.000 how surprising has the start been, if any on your own, 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:31.040 it has been. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:32.079 Surprising, look, I think. 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:33.959 And by the way, Ben Williamson is another guy I 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.200 didn't mention who's been a big surprise for this group 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.439 that's should be coming off the injury list here soon. 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:39.240 Yeah. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.600 Look, it is surprising, right, I mean, I think when 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.240 you look at this group in spring training, you saw 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.000 that they had some cohesion and some talent, but like, 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.840 how are the pieces going to work together? Especially with 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.840 how much this group was overhauled in the offseason. But 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.319 you know, look, I think the one thing that I 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.360 can constantly say, and being in this clubhouse every day, 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.800 being around these guys every day, watching and reporting on 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.200 every game, is you know, this group really plays for 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.480 each other, and they've got a lot of really good talent, 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:04.880 and having some of those. 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:06.160 Key arms back really helps. 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.160 And a healthy McClanahan, Drew Masmusen doing what he has 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.760 been doing you know all season long, Nick Martinez being 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:13.800 one of the best pitchers in baseball, you know they're 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.920 going to be led by their pitching and their defense, 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.920 and I think they there's room to improve obviously defensively, 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:21.400 and I know these guys will admit that and know 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.560 that yesterday their first four a game since twenty twenty one. 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:28.160 You know, we've seen Junior and some of the issues 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:29.480 that have plagued him at third base, and. 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:30.640 He's working on that every day. 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:32.760 So look, I don't think this team is a finished 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:37.160 product by any means, but surprising, yes, sustainable even more so. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:41.319 Yeah, is it just like from a fun perspective? 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:44.440 I mean, how would you assess that? 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:48.000 Because as you me and as we've seen, the Rais 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:49.920 can do damage in a number of different ways. They 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.199 kind of got raised yesterday with the with the o's. 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:53.360 It seems like the game a little bit of a 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.280 tastes of their own medicine to an extent, But like, 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.160 I mean, is there a level a different level of 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.679 fun that you've seen with this team? Knowing that they 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.320 don't need the home run, they can you know, drive 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.000 the ball to the gap, they can hit a single through, 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.520 they can bunt guys, over play situational baseball, Like, have 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:10.880 you sensed that as a different kind of fun that 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:12.640 this team had that maybe they haven't had in the 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:13.400 last couple of years. 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.839 I think, look, when you look at an overall perspective 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.080 of what I think makes this group unique and fun 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.959 is Yes, I mean, the dynamic ways that they can 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.400 score runs, I think is always going to. 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:25.839 Be a factor. 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.360 Right, And we've heard these guys, the pressure they put 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.240 on imposing pitchers, right. I mean even yesterday Taylor Walls 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.680 bunting with you know, two strikes, right, if he gets 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:37.000 that bunt down in fair territory, you know we're talking 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:38.480 about basically he could. 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:39.720 Walk to first base if you wanted too. 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:44.199 So you know, look the different personnel pieces that they have, 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.640 the leadership qualities that a lot of these guys possess, 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.320 and truly the way that these pieces and chess pieces 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.280 have fit together this season, I think has made it 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.800 for all the things adding up to the victories that 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:55.240 we've seen. 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.320 But yes, it's a fun group to watch. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.280 It's a fun group to cover, it's a fun group 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.120 to be around, and I know from a fans perspective, 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:03.280 it's a fun group to watch too. 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.080 What's the thing that you're looking most forward to in 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.200 the future, because I know it's not just things on 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.600 the field happening it's things off the field that are happening. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.360 I mean, this new ownership group has really you know, 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.600 try to do what they can to you know, to 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.439 make the fan experience, especially back at the trop as 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.360 exciting as it can be. It seems like they're really 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.280 invested into things. Of course, everything happening with the new stadium, 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.240 all the success. Is there one specific thing that you're 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.880 looking forward to most out of everything that's been going 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.080 on surrounding the organization, Honora. 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.280 I think there's a lot of positive momentum around Raised 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.320 Baseball right now, and whether it be the having the 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.439 best record in the American League or whether it be 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.040 you know, this new ownership group led by you know, 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.079 Patrick Zalubski, Bill Cosgrove and Ken Babby and the work 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:51.240 they're doing in the community and pushing for this forever 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.920 home for Raised Baseball, you know at HCC. I think 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.280 what you're seeing is all that the some of these 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:00.400 parts coming together in a really positive way. So, you know, look, 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:01.240 I don't. 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:02.559 Want to pinpoint one thing in particular. 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:08.160 You know, I'm I'm hopefully optimistic and cautiously optimistic and 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.840 positively be reinforcing you know the fact that this Ballpark 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.120 will come together and and and things will move forward 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.680 and get past and get built. So you know, look, 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.120 I've been really energized by this ownership group. I cannot 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.880 speak highly enough of you know, Ken Babby and and 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.240 Bill Cosgrove and Patrick Zulupski and what they've done and 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.840 the culture that they've set here in their first year. 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:30.320 And you know, I think. 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:34.400 You're seeing a lot of that really resonating, you know, 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.200 outside of this clubhouse and off the field for this team. 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.920 And so I'm excited with the buzz of raised baseball. 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:42.520 I appreciate so much our fan base and and how 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.760 much they uh, you know, they they love, they breathe, 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.360 they eat, and they consume raised baseball in a way 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.520 that is is so much fun to to to see 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:51.880 and watch. 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.480 And whether it's our coverage or road tripping with Ryan 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:56.800 or you know, the the. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:59.720 Rare losses we've seen this year and and the you know, 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.640 the true all that comes from it, or the supportive 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.240 of ownership. You know, look, I use it even a 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:06.840 little sense here and this is a little off topic, 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.600 but you know, the way this ownership group interacts with 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.120 people on on you know, on social media and engages 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.440 with uh, you know fans that that are very vocal. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:17.000 Among our fan base. 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.680 I think, you know, whether it be Victoria, you know, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.200 and some of the other groups, it just is truly 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.440 fun to see how different and unique and involve this 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.080 group is. And so I think that's what's most energizing. 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.680 But it helps the team is winning and as the best. 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:31.440 Record of the AL team. 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:32.720 Yeah, two more things for you. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:37.600 Have you recovered yet from standing eleven twelve hundred feet 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:37.840 up in. 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:38.560 The air in Toronto? 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:40.760 I've hundred and sixteen stories to be exact. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:42.360 Yeah, have you recovered? 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:45.040 I think I had sweats in the middle of the 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:46.600 night last night just thinking about it. 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:51.360 That was exhilarating and fun and terrifying, terrifying. 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:53.440 But I did it for raised fans, man, and I 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.800 do it for our broadcast. And I do it because 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.480 you know, it's it makes for great TV and content 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.160 and also, look, I think it helps me grow as 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:04.920 a human being, right, you got to You gotta challenge 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.200 your fears every now and then. And you know, I 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.880 credit Kevin Patterson, my my Race TV producer. Uh, and 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.120 you know Gary Nicholas, my my director and our ian 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.560 g guy out there in Toronto. Who you know, all 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:18.840 kind of collaborated to to to come up with this 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:23.640 really really fun, uh you know, fun segment, and so I. 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.840 Have recovered from it barely. 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:30.000 Maybe maybe there's a visit to the uh catwalk trappic 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.800 Canafield in our future. I'm not gonna say for sure, 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:34.880 but just a little tease for race fans out there, 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.360 maybe we'll give a little perspective. 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:37.800 From up there at some point. 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.400 Now that I've conquered one fear of heights, so I 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.720 enjoying that, and I'm so grateful for the feedback on 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:44.920 road trip, and thank you for everybody that watches and 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.480 engages with it. And I hope the sky's the limit 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:48.240 and there's more to come. 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:48.720 Yeah. 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.960 And then trapp Cannonfield being back in America's ballpark as 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:54.240 I have tried to champion it over the years, I 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.360 don't know how well it's gone with that, but seeing 0:16:57.920 --> 0:16:59.960 just the love and support not only from the new 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:01.960 one your group, but just from people being back there. 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.240 How much have you enjoyed being back at the drop 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.000 and how much do you think that that the fan 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.640 base in a general sense has enjoyed being back there. 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.640 I'm perspirating as we speak outside in Baltimore right now. 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:12.680 So that tells you anything. 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.520 I'm extremely happy to be back in seventy to degree 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:16.480 air conditioning. 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:17.440 I think it's pretty nice. 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.640 Well it's overcast, that's good, But it was sunny, i'd 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:21.480 be sweating even more. 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:22.400 Yeah, very good. 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.360 You know, listen, I've actually heard a lot of really 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.040 positive feedback about the drop from not just fans, from 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.919 opposing media and from folks that have that have come in. 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.720 And it's funny talking with the ownership group about the 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:37.320 the you know, the ballpark. There's a reason why they 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.400 poured money into it. There's a reason why they they 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:41.720 wanted it to look the way it was because they 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:45.040