1 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Hey, this guy knows the AL East very well. Cedric 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: Mullens joining us right now and newly signed with the 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Rays this offseason. Cedric, great to have you on the 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: show here. We appreciate the time. How's the off season, 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: especially the process of signing. Actually a while ago you 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: didn't have to wait to find out where your spring 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: training home was going to be, right. 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we knocked that out pretty soon. 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 3: So of course the family was excited, and I'm excited 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 3: for the opportunity all on Temple. Like you said, staying 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 3: in the AL East. Always fun playing out there. It's 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 3: gonna be a less. 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: What was it like, so take me through it? I mean, 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: how did you have a lot of conversations with other teams? 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: Were there multiple offers thrown your way? How did you 16 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: end up with the Rays? What did they say that 17 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: kind of got the job done for you? 18 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was really about opportunity and planning time. 19 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 3: You know, had conversations with a couple of the teams 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: just might not have been the right fit for what 21 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: I was looking for at the time. Uh, Tampa definitely 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 3: presented that semi and just really being able to be myself, 23 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: playing my game, you know, go back to certain things 24 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 3: I've always done really well and take advantage. 25 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 4: I need you to put yourself in your shoes. But 26 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 4: a year ago, had the Rais made the same exact 27 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 4: offer and you had to play outside in Florida for 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 4: the entire season, would you still you have been like, 29 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 4: I'm not trying to sweat that much. 30 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 5: Would it have changed your decision? Yeah, it possibly could have. 31 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 5: I saw what that schedule looked like for him. It 32 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 5: was it was tough. Hey they went through it for 33 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 5: Shore last. 34 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 4: Year, and is that and is that something that when 35 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 4: you go into it, you're like, do you need to 36 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 4: talk to the Rais like, hey, we got the roof 37 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 4: up right, Like is that something? Or do they come 38 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 4: to you and like, hey we're gonna offer you this 39 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 4: and the umbrella is up. 40 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 6: You don't have to worry about it. 41 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, that actually kind of front of the conversation. It was. 42 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 3: It was kind of funny. I did ask them. I 43 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: was like, what's uh, what's going on with the with 44 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: the homefield stadium? They said, oh, we'll be back together, 45 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 3: ready to go. So that was a quick little chuckle 46 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: between us. But you know, again, like I said, a 47 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: you know, a really good organization that has brought, you know, 48 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 3: the best of a lot of guys coming through, and 49 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 3: I've been able to see that over the years, so, 50 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 3: you know, just trying to replicate what I've been able 51 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 3: to do in some really successful years coming up. 52 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 7: Cedric, You've been in the Al East for most of 53 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 7: your career. You went from the obviously to the Mets 54 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 7: for a little short period here. What was it like though, 55 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 7: when you with the Orioles your whole career and then 56 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 7: they called you in and said said, we're sorry, we 57 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 7: love you, we're not having the year we expected, and 58 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 7: you're going to the New York Mets. 59 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 6: How does it hit you? 60 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 7: Because I always say the first time you get traded, 61 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 7: the first time you switch teams is by far the hardest. 62 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was definitely different. 63 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: I've been with the Orioles since being drafted back in 64 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 3: twenty fifteen, so that's ten years with the same organization. 65 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: And yeah, it it hit pretty hard, you know, being. 66 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 3: Just having to uplift your entire life, especially out of 67 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 3: New York where things can get hectic just on a 68 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 3: day to day basis. So it was definitely a lot 69 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 3: of changes and adjustments that had to be made. Along with, 70 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 3: you know, trying to perform at your best. 71 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 4: Did you feel like you had to be somebody else? 72 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 4: Anybody could be like, well, you're a big league vet, 73 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 4: like you just had to be who you are. But 74 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 4: as many times as I moved, AJ moved quite a few, 75 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 4: but not as many as me. But you guys were 76 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 4: impact players. Did you feel like you had to be 77 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 4: somebody or not? Because at the time you moved, like 78 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 4: stuff starts barking a little bit, like it's not like 79 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 4: you start the beginning of the off season You're like, huh, 80 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 4: I'm fresh to go put my best foot forward. Did 81 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 4: you have to feel like or do you feel like 82 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: you had to be somebody that you weren't in that 83 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 4: moment when you went to the Mets. 84 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 3: In some instances, yeah, you know, there were a bunch 85 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 3: of talented guys where I didn't feel like I had to, 86 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: you know. 87 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 2: Try to come in and be something that I completely wasn't. 88 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 3: You know, I was really just trying to, you know, 89 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 3: compliment with the team already had, and that might have 90 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 3: put little pressure on me just to try to do 91 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 3: a little too much for what was already a good 92 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: team that you know, just kind of fell off at the. 93 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: End, Cedric, I know at some point there was some 94 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: hamstring barking. I think, right, was that a factor, do 95 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: you think in your mind? And no, players didn't like 96 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: to use that and also tell me if I'm off, 97 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: But I'm trying to think back last year already feels 98 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: like five years ago. But was that a factor at 99 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: all for you? At some point during the season. 100 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: It was kind of early. 101 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: I forget what months specifically, but I was still with 102 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 3: the Rods at the time and it was a ten 103 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 3: day stint. 104 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 2: You know, something just kind of tweaked in. 105 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,559 Speaker 3: There might have been more of a crampy type feeling, 106 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 3: but outside of that, you know, the legs felt pretty good. 107 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 3: It was just a matter of fine opportunities to run. 108 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 3: And that's you know, that's why I'm looking forward to 109 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 3: just being being more aggressive, continuing to be more aggressive 110 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,119 Speaker 3: on the base pass, continuing to try to do damage 111 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 3: out there. 112 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 4: Talk about the end of that season, talk about how 113 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 4: it was going for you guys in the clubhouse. You 114 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 4: come in from the outside and you're like, okay, Like 115 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 4: I get to watch Juan Soto, Brandon Neimo, I get 116 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 4: to watch Pete Alonzo every single day. Did you know 117 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 4: that the pitching was where it was when you got 118 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 4: there or was it something where you were there for 119 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 4: a week and you're like, we got to score like 120 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: seven runs to win this game. Not dissimilar to where 121 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 4: you were in Baltimore. 122 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I didn't really know kind of where pitching was 123 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 3: at at that point. Like you said, after a week, 124 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 3: two weeks, it feels pretty evident pitching was struggling. You know, 125 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 3: we had to try to come back late in a 126 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: lot of games, and you know, when it comes in 127 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 3: waves like that, it's tough. It's tough to battle back, 128 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 3: you know, it's and every once in a while it 129 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 3: would have those moments where you know, our arms were 130 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 3: dominating and the offense was struggling to get it going. 131 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 3: And when you just have that roller coaster back and forth, 132 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 3: it's tough to get momentum going for especially a playoff. 133 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 7: Run Cedric Quick went wrong in Baltimore. You guys made 134 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 7: the playoffs twenty three, twenty four, where everyone's like the Orioles, 135 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 7: the Orioles, the Orioles. What happened last year? I mean, 136 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 7: Brandon Hyde gets fired, right, They just it was like 137 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 7: every it was like a perfect storm of everything went wrong. 138 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 6: Did you have a feeling. 139 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 7: Of anything that changed in the clubhouse or among the 140 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 7: team because it just didn't work. 141 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, And amongst the group there, I don't think there 142 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 3: were too many guys that were coming off as negative 143 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 3: coming to the field every single day. 144 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: We had a positive attitude. 145 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 3: We were, you know, really just trying to find a 146 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 3: way to piece together us some wins, to create momentum. 147 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 3: And during spring training we came across a lot of 148 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 3: injuries that for especially on the pitching side, for guys 149 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 3: that we were expecting to have really strong years and 150 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 3: they got cut before they even began just because of injuries. 151 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 3: And that kind of put a lot of pressure on 152 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: everyone else to try to pick up some slack, whether 153 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 3: it be offense, whether it be pitching, whether it be 154 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: guys that got picked up just from the expectations of 155 00:06:58,279 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 3: us going out there and dominating. 156 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 2: But it hit us. It hit is hard, all right. 157 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 4: You were there through the lean years to the years 158 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 4: when they started calling up all these prospects. We just 159 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 4: talked to Baseball JJ Cooper of Baseball America. You saw it, 160 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 4: you saw it firsthand, and now all of a sudden, 161 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 4: you see I'll take you to Adlie Rushman comes up, 162 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 4: Gunnar Henderson comes up, and you're starting to see these guys. 163 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 4: Did you ever sit there and say, man, I would 164 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 4: love it if they would like trade some of these 165 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 4: dudes I don't know, to add to the pieces that 166 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 4: would then push us over the edge, push us to 167 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 4: the point where we're now, year in and year out, a 168 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 4: World Series contending team with these young superstar prospects. 169 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, you look at a situation like that and you 170 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: think we're coming up on our window. You know, we 171 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 3: don't know how long that's actually going to be, but 172 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: it's here, it's here, it's here, it's right now. And 173 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 3: you know, for example, like when we had Corbyn Burns 174 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 3: dominated that year, couldn't get him back. The question was 175 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 3: how do you replace that? You know, that's that was 176 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 3: up to the front office try to figure that out. 177 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: And you know, certain decisions might be questioned in hindsight, 178 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 3: but you know they made their decisions at the time, 179 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 3: and you know you sit there and you say, regardless 180 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: of what they have going on, I need to continue 181 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 3: to perform at you know what I believe to be 182 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: my peak to give us the best chance in every 183 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: single day regardless. 184 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,559 Speaker 4: All Right, you had a thirty thirty season. Louise Robert 185 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 4: just got traded to the Mets. Everybody talks about, you know, 186 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 4: back in twenty twenty one, Cedric Mowns did this, back 187 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty three, Louis Robert did this. How hard 188 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 4: is it to try to recapture that season because Louise 189 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 4: Robert's going to try to do that as he's about 190 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 4: to go to free agency, And how hard is it 191 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 4: to say, Okay, I may never do that again. 192 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 6: If all I'm. 193 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 4: Trying to do is chase that season and not be 194 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 4: the best I can be today. 195 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely felt that after that season. I was 196 00:08:59,400 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: chasing that. 197 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 3: I was chasing that and for me to know myself 198 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 3: as not being the most powerful guy. 199 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: Out there on the field. 200 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 3: I do know I have some pop, but I remember 201 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 3: that season and I had home runs and bunches like 202 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 3: it was almost abnormal feeling that year, and you know, 203 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 3: but the swing was just clicking and good things were 204 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 3: happening when I was, you know, just being myself, stand 205 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 3: short to the ball, using all fields and then the 206 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: power will coming to play when there was a mistake made, 207 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 3: so just getting back to that athleticism that I had 208 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 3: in that swing is really what I'm aimed for for, 209 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 3: you know, this season and beyond it was it just 210 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,719 Speaker 3: felt like things kind of got out of hand in 211 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 3: terms of how I was looking at metrics and how 212 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 3: I wanted the swing to look and things of that nature, 213 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 3: and it took away from what made that season great. 214 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 7: Said, You're now on the rais and they have a 215 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 7: thing there that they do with the Rais Way. Now 216 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 7: you got to play against the Raiser your entire career. 217 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 7: Are you excited to see what they figured out that 218 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 7: no other organization has figured out, because you know, it 219 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 7: seems like everyone that goes there just miraculously becomes like 220 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 7: a ten war player. So I can't wait for you 221 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 7: to come back on at the end of the year, 222 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,719 Speaker 7: after you have an unbelievable year and say, well, the 223 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 7: Raise Way was blake. 224 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 3: I said he when I come back, I probably won't 225 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 3: give out their secrets. I need to hang onto those. 226 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 3: But uh, it's it's I'm excited. Yeah, just like you said, 227 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 3: every time we face them, their pitching gave me trouble, 228 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 3: and I'm gonna sit there and ask to their face, 229 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 3: what did you do to me, like they had an 230 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 3: approach that was very successful, and you know, of course 231 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 3: I'd have my successes here and there, but they were 232 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 3: pretty consistent and they were mixing and uh mashing me 233 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 3: up in different ways. So it wasn't like I was 234 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 3: facing the same guy every time from top to bottom. 235 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 3: They had a good they had good arms, So it 236 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 3: was just a matter of me trying to make my adjustments. 237 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 3: But yeah, I'm sorry for what's going on the show 238 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 3: with them. 239 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 7: Again, you played against the Rays of your entire career, 240 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 7: being in the Alds for almost all your career. Every 241 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 7: year people overlook the Rays. You're now on the Rays. 242 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 7: The Blue Jays almost won the world to the Yankees 243 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 7: are the Yankees. The Red Sox are the Red Sox, 244 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 7: and you came from the Orioles. You know what they 245 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 7: have there and what they have coming. How did the 246 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 7: Rays finish this year? I mean, what, what's your outlook? 247 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 7: Because again, you know this division so well, and every 248 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 7: year we're like, oh, the Jay's the Rays, or the 249 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 7: Jay's the Red Sox, the Yankees, the Raish, they're the Rays, right, 250 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 7: they always figure it out. So how confident are you 251 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 7: that this year again the Rays can figure it out. 252 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 7: How nice is it gonna be when you go back 253 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 7: to Baltimore and you get a standing ovation then you 254 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 7: get a hit to win the game. 255 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's gonna be a fun moment. Yeah, to that point, 256 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 3: just facing Tampa a year after year after year, they 257 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 3: find a way to compete, and I think that's really 258 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 3: where the grit and where they you know, go on 259 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: the standings each year. 260 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 2: That's where it comes from. 261 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 3: I mean, they picked guys that no one across the 262 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 3: league would know, but they go out there and compete 263 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 3: the tail off every single day and put results together. 264 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 3: I think that's really what it's all about. You know, 265 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: you can have your big name guys, but from a 266 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 3: team aspect, they find a way to really click and 267 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 3: Jail and Mesh work really well together out there every 268 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 3: single day. 269 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 2: Cedric, this was awesome. 270 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for stopping by during the offseason here. We 271 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: should be able to catch you during spring training too, 272 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: as we're putting our schedule together. So congrats on the 273 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: deal and we'll see you then. 274 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 2: Appreciate it, Fails, looking forward to seeing y'all. 275 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 8: What's up everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Buco Territory. 276 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 8: Presented by the Foul Territory Network. I am your host 277 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 8: Noah Hiles and joining me as always are my wonderful 278 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,839 Speaker 8: co host Josh Harrison aka j Hay and platinum Key 279 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 8: aka Mark. And as you can see, we have another 280 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 8: guest on the show. This one comes in the form 281 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 8: of a big free agent signing the Pirates made this offseason. 282 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 8: New left handed power bat, Ryan O'Hearn joins the show. 283 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 7: Ryan. 284 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 8: Welcome on to Bucko Territory. 285 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 6: Man. What's up, fellows, Thanks for having me, Thanks for 286 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 6: copping on. 287 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 8: Welcome. So, Ryan, Pirates fans are obviously really excited to 288 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 8: see you take the field on the North Shore this spring. 289 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 6: I'm sure. 290 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 8: I mean, I've seen you do a couple of interviews already. 291 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 8: Hopefully we can give a couple of different questions that 292 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 8: you haven't been asked and dig into everything that is 293 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 8: Ryan o'hean what makes you? And we're gonna get started 294 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 8: right now with one of the biggest diehard Pirate fans 295 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 8: that I know, Mark aka platinum Key Brian. If you're 296 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 8: on Twitter at all, Ryan, I recommend giving him a foul. 297 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 8: He is like the king of Pirate social media. He 298 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 8: just posts clip after clip after clip, just nothing but 299 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 8: Pirates highlights. He's going to be the one to start 300 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 8: this interview, So go ahead, Mark, kick it off. 301 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 9: Yeah, Ryan, thank you so much for hopping on. I 302 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 9: just want to say Pirates fans are extremely excited. 303 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 8: Man. 304 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 9: I absolutely love the confidence, the belief in this club 305 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 9: and just the way that you express your goals for 306 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 9: this team moving forward. It's refreshing to hear someone committed 307 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 9: to winning and believing that this is a baseball club 308 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 9: that can do that, that can be competitive. So my 309 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 9: first question is what goals do you have for your 310 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 9: time in Pittsburgh, for you, for the team, whatever. 311 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, you know, you can talk a big game, 312 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 10: but we still got to go play the games. But I, 313 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 10: you know, I believe that what's the point of joining 314 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 10: something if you don't think that you can succeed there, 315 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 10: you know. And I've spoke on it quite a bit 316 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 10: about the roster and kind of looking at what the 317 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 10: Pirates already had coming into the offseason and what they've added, 318 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 10: and you know, I'm a believer in the team that 319 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 10: we could go out and surprise people. And you know, 320 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 10: I've said it a lot, but it really does start 321 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 10: with pitching in my opinion, and you know, you got 322 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 10: the best picture on earth to start, and then you 323 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 10: know you got great young arms with great stuff behind him, 324 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 10: and so I think that's a great place to start. 325 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 6: And you know, trying to decide where I wanted to 326 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 6: play next. 327 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 10: Year or well this upcoming year, you know, that definitely 328 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 10: was stood out to me. 329 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 6: And as far as goals for the season, you know, 330 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 6: I think I have no problem with stating. 331 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 10: Like, hey, I want to make the playoffs, Like why 332 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 10: why why play a season if you don't, if you're 333 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 10: not trying to make the playoffs, or if that isn't 334 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 10: a goal, you know, I think obviously you got to 335 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 10: take it one day at a time. It's a long season, 336 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 10: and you may have a bad you know, stretch at 337 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 10: some point, but I think the best teams find their 338 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 10: way out of that and find a way to get 339 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 10: that that good mojo going and the good vibes. And 340 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 10: you know, as much as you want to talk about 341 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 10: goals right now here in January, we got to be 342 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 10: that one day at a time mindset, doing whatever we 343 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 10: can to find a way to win a. 344 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 6: Ball game every day. 345 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 10: And then, uh, you know, hopefully we'll look back and 346 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 10: we'll be right on the custom of it at the end. 347 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 6: Of the year. Exactly. Love it. 348 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 9: Are you going to be at Pirates Fats coming up 349 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 9: here next weekend? I know fans are excited to maybe 350 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 9: get a chance to see you, hear from you, maybe 351 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 9: meet you briefly. 352 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll be there. I'll leave in Friday morning. 353 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 9: Excellent, Absolutely, love it. So I was going through your 354 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 9: game logs. I noticed you had a home run against 355 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 9: the Pirates in twenty eighteen. That was off of Stephen Brault, 356 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 9: but led me to my next question. I noticed that 357 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 9: you hit an m or you hit a home run 358 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 9: in your MLB debut, right, yeah, James Shields, Yeah, j 359 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 9: oh wow, all right, yeah, can you just walk in, James, 360 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 9: What was it like being called up to the show? 361 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 9: What was that day like for you? 362 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 8: Oh? 363 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 10: Man, it was awesome. You know, obviously dream come true, 364 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 10: you work. I was an eighth round pick, never made 365 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 10: it on a super high on any prospect list, I mean, 366 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 10: and then you know, I spent four years in the 367 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 10: minor leagues, got a chance to get called up in 368 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 10: July of twenty eighteen. 369 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 6: My parents made it. 370 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 10: Brother's sister had a family there hit that homer off 371 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 10: of James Shields and you know something I'll remember forever. 372 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 9: That's awesome. Then my final question, so I have to 373 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 9: change hats. Oh that's awesome. Change hats here real quick 374 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 9: to ask you a question now we go. I'm a 375 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 9: fellow diehardy Packers fan. We were talking before. I hear 376 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 9: you're also an owner, owned a couple of shows, family 377 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 9: with season tickets. When was the last time you were 378 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 9: at Lamba? 379 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 10: So week eighteen of last season, I went to Lambo 380 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 10: with my dad and brother in law and a couple 381 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 10: uncles and we watch the Packers play the Bears in 382 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 10: about minus seven with the wind chill, and it was 383 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 10: they lost, which you know, you never phone lose into 384 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 10: the Bears. But anytime you get a chance to go 385 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 10: to Lambo and watching package play is pretty cool. So yeah, 386 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 10: definitely a Packer fan. I know we're struggling a little 387 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 10: bit right now, but hey, yeah, we'll get him next year. 388 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 9: Awesome, appreciate it. Thank you again for having jumping on here. 389 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, of course. 390 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 8: All right, So Ryan, I'll take over now a lot 391 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 8: of people obviously are familiar with what you achieved in 392 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 8: Baltimore and in the back end of last year with 393 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 8: San Diego. But I want to ask about your time 394 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 8: in Kansas City because it wasn't the easiest start to 395 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 8: your major league career, right, it was some negative war seasons, 396 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 8: you got optioned. I'm sure you know during that time, 397 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 8: there were a lot of difficult lonely drives back to Omaha. Right, 398 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 8: Can you just take us back to that time and 399 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 8: maybe tell us the moment that those hard times Oh 400 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 8: sorry about that. Yeah, Can you just take us back 401 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 8: to that time and just kind of tell us how 402 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 8: those hard times really shaped you into the ballplayer that 403 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 8: you are now. 404 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 10: Yeah, you said there was a lot of hard times 405 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 10: in and some down years in Kansas City. Uh, you 406 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 10: know where I was just trying to fight to stay 407 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 10: on a major league roster, and you know I credit 408 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 10: a lot of those the difficult years is you know, 409 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 10: I really appreciate getting to play now because it's been 410 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 10: taken away from me before. And you know, when someone 411 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 10: tells you, hey, like you're not on the team anymore, 412 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 10: you go on Triple A whatever, and after that happens 413 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 10: a few times, like you know, it's you realize how 414 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 10: hard it is to stick in the major leagues, and 415 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 10: I learned a lot of lessons on the bench in 416 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 10: Kansas City. 417 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 6: I got to watch a lot of baseball, that's. 418 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 10: For sure, and learn from coaches and and kind of 419 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 10: figured out how to stay sharp as best as I could, 420 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 10: and that like pinch hitter role. And then you know, 421 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 10: maybe you get one a b a night, one start 422 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 10: a week. Uh, you know, whatever it may be, you 423 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 10: learn to embrace your role. You try to be the 424 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 10: best teammates that you possibly can and just make the 425 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 10: most of it. And yeah, so I think those times 426 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 10: in Kansas City definitely shaped me in ways and kind 427 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,479 Speaker 10: of prepped me for my next opportunity to get regular 428 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 10: playing time. 429 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 6: And when I got to Baltimore, I was like ready 430 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 6: to go. 431 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 10: So I think when I was on the bench a lot, 432 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 10: like I took advantage of that time and I tried 433 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 10: to get better as best as I could without playing 434 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 10: in that many games. And you know, I think a 435 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 10: year after years of that and learning from hitting coaches 436 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 10: in the off season, and then by the time I 437 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 10: got to I got to Baltimore in twenty three and 438 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 10: I got a chance to play quite a bit. I 439 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 10: was just ready to rock, and it seemed like, so, 440 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 10: you know, I definitely credit those down years in Kansas 441 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 10: City because without those times, I don't I don't have 442 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 10: the same resilience. Probably I don't have some. 443 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 6: Of the skills that I have now. 444 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 10: And definitely on the mental side of it, being able 445 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 10: to stay, you know, locked into the game, not give up, 446 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 10: you know, just overcome some tough times I think have 447 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 10: really benefited me in the last few years. 448 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 8: You talked about embracing your role. What type of role 449 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 8: do you hope to have for this Pirates team. 450 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 10: Oh, I want to hit in the middle lineup. I 451 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 10: want to drive in runs. I want to play wherever 452 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 10: they need me on any given night. I know how 453 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 10: baseball is nowadays. There's a lot of different lineups and 454 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 10: guys rotate and they keep that DH spot moving and so, 455 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 10: you know, whatever they need me defensively, I'll be ready 456 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 10: to go. 457 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 6: And then as far as hitting, I want. 458 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 10: To I want to play every day, you know, I 459 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 10: want to face left these righties. I want to hit 460 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 10: the middle lineup and drive in runs. I don't want 461 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 10: to strike out. You don't want to hit some balls 462 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 10: in the river. I want to do whatever we got 463 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 10: to do to help the team. 464 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 6: Win. 465 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 8: Have there been any conversations about where they anticipate you 466 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 8: playing the bulk of your innings this year? 467 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 6: I'm not super specific. 468 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 10: This just kind of told me like a similar role 469 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 10: to I've had what I've had the last few years, 470 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 10: which has been you know, first base, DH, you know, 471 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,239 Speaker 10: right field whenever they need me. But you know, I'm 472 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 10: in I'm thirty two, but I'm in pretty good shape. 473 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 10: I feel like I can go out and play wherever 474 00:21:59,000 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 10: they need me. 475 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 8: And then my last question for you is I was 476 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 8: doing a little recon. I was talking to Andy from 477 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 8: the Baltimore Banner who says hello, and he was telling 478 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 8: me about, uh, your cool bat you had for the 479 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 8: All Star Game and and what it kind of meant, 480 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 8: how it was a little bit bigger than just you know, 481 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 8: about yourself, and it's a cool baseball story. Just wanted 482 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 8: to give you the opportunity to kind of tell that 483 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 8: story a little bit and what what it signified. 484 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 10: Yeah, So at the All Star Game, I used a 485 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 10: bat signed by all the players on the newtown Edgemont 486 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 10: Challenger team. 487 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 6: Which is a group of. 488 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 10: Guys that are you know, they have some disabilities, but 489 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,959 Speaker 10: they love the game of baseball, and I've made an 490 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 10: appointment to go up and see him every offseason and 491 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 10: you know, go to their practice. My agent coaches them, 492 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 10: works with them. He's very close with a lot of 493 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 10: the families. And I've come to love the boys over 494 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 10: the years. They've made out, made it out to games 495 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 10: in Philly to see me play. They came out to 496 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 10: Baltimore last year. So when it came to the All 497 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 10: Star Game, they all signed it back for me and 498 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 10: you know, made this awesome video and you know it 499 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 10: made it really special that I could wrap those boys 500 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 10: and give them some love on on the biggest stage 501 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 10: at the All Star Game. But a lot of love 502 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 10: for those boys. Man, the Challenger Angels. They're great people. 503 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 10: They really do bright in the day. Like anytime I 504 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 10: get a chance to see him, my face hurts from 505 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 10: smiling when I would go to leave, just because they 506 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,719 Speaker 10: like they bring great energy and you can tell how 507 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 10: much they love baseball, and you know, just human angels 508 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 10: is what I call them. So definitely they got a 509 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 10: special place in my heart. 510 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 2: All right here we go. 511 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 11: First off, welcome again Ryan as Noah and you know 512 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 11: my boy Platinum Key said welcome, appreciate you coming on 513 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 11: the show, and I just got a couple of questions 514 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 11: for you. I feel like I've learned a lot just 515 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 11: listening to Noah. Noah and Mark asked you a couple 516 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 11: of questions. But my first question is going to be 517 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 11: kind of piggybacking off of what Noah asked you about 518 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 11: your role on this team. Obviously, you said you want 519 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 11: to hit in the middle of the lineup, you want 520 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 11: to drive in, run his face, right face lefties. Listen 521 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 11: to your story very very very similar to mine to 522 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 11: where I was on that express back and forth between 523 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 11: Triple A in the major leagues, you know, three years 524 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 11: before I got a chance to play every day, just 525 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 11: wanting that opportunity and listening you speak. You know, you 526 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 11: speak with a lot of confidence because you've been through 527 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 11: the ringer. So I wanted to ask about your role, 528 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 11: not that it is part of your role, but do 529 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 11: you foresee with this being a younger offensive team, that 530 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 11: you can kind of take on a little bit of 531 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 11: that leadership role to kind of help these guys make 532 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 11: you know, some of those adjustments that you know, as 533 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 11: you said, you learned a lot on the bench. You 534 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 11: learn from hitting coaches. I saw myself, you know, learn 535 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 11: a lot of those moments, and whether I wanted to 536 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 11: or realize it or not, I think I was able 537 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 11: to give a lot of information to guys that otherwise 538 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 11: may have not been through what I had been through. 539 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt. 540 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 10: I mean, I'm not going to roll up in there 541 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 10: like giving speeches like hey, I'm a guy listening to 542 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 10: me talk, But you know, I'm I'm want to help 543 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 10: out and you know, build relationships with all the guys 544 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 10: as much as possible. If I feel like something needs 545 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 10: to be said, I have no problem saying it. Like 546 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 10: you said, we've uh, you know, seen a lot of 547 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 10: baseball and you've kind of seen how you know, good 548 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 10: leaders work and how maybe not so good leaders work. 549 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 10: And you know, if I feel like I'm there's something 550 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 10: that needs to be said, like I said, I'll say it. 551 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 10: I don't really consider myself like the most vocal leader, 552 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 10: but you know, there's a time and a place and 553 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 10: anything that I can pass along to these guys and 554 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 10: then I'm all for it and like and I want 555 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 10: to learn from them as well. 556 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 6: You know, it's you never stop learning in this game. 557 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 10: It's not like I've got to a point where it's like, 558 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 10: all right, I figured everything out, because that's completely false, 559 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 10: you know, but I think good players, especially at good 560 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 10: offenses and meetings and things like that, everybody talks, you know, 561 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 10: because maybe some guy in the room has had success 562 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 10: off a pitcher that I just can't figure him out, 563 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 10: and you know, like to be able to bounce that 564 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 10: off each other and you know, figure out a way 565 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 10: that you can go get this guy as a team 566 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 10: is everything seems like the best offenses I've been on 567 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 10: are you know, they talk. 568 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 6: To each other. 569 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 10: So yeah, if I can assume some type of leadership 570 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 10: role like that's awesome. If not, like you know, I'm 571 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 10: just gonna roll up in there and be myself and 572 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 10: really looking forward to get to know the guys and 573 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 10: see what they're all about. 574 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 6: Yeah. 575 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 11: Know, for sure, I totally understand everything you're saying. And sometimes, 576 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 11: as you say, you're not the most vocal guy and 577 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 11: you don't have to be everything that you said. I'm 578 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 11: sure it's gonna show on the field because you said, 579 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 11: wherever they want you to play, wherever they want to 580 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 11: line you up, you ready to go, And trust me 581 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 11: from somebody that played in Pittsburgh, that's that's something that's 582 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 11: already gonna have the fans, you know, rooting for you, 583 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 11: and I've played against you and I know what you bring. 584 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 11: So that's something that I'm excited to see and to 585 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 11: hear you speak about. But we also know baseball is 586 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 11: a game of adjustments, man, And just like you are 587 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 11: mentioning you've played for a few different organizations, I have 588 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 11: as well. You know, being traded, going through free agency, 589 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 11: there's a lot of things that go on behind the 590 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 11: scenes that you know, to the naked eye or to 591 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 11: the everyday fan might not notice, but to us it 592 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 11: means everything because we're big on routines. And what do 593 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 11: you think has been your biggest adjustment changing from organization 594 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 11: to organization? 595 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 2: Is it the coaching? 596 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 6: Is it? 597 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 11: You know, getting with a hitting coach, knowing how to 598 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 11: you know, say oh oh, I need to do first 599 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 11: base or outfield like that was one of my biggest 600 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 11: adjustments was knowing that I am specific to I like 601 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 11: to go in a cage at a certain time before 602 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 11: the game, and I'm getting there. So when I got 603 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 11: traded and I signed, you know, I kind of had 604 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 11: to find my footing with guys that. 605 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 2: Were already there. 606 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 11: What would you say has been some of your most challenging, 607 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 11: you know obstacles when you say going from you know, 608 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 11: Kansas City to Baltimore to San Diego and obviously now 609 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 11: here Pittsburgh but a little different territory. But you know, 610 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 11: they all are saying, you know you're changing different places. 611 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure. 612 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 10: I mean, you know, I'm moving from organs organizations tough 613 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 10: because you know it's like you go from one place 614 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 10: where you know everybody's name and the whole building to 615 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 10: somewhere different and you're the new. 616 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 6: Guy and you got to adjust. 617 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 10: But uh, I mean, in my experience, for the most part, 618 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 10: like all baseball players seem to be the same, you know, 619 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 10: like you got your gamblers, you got you know, you 620 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 10: got your whatever it may be. Like guys, they tend 621 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 10: to fall in the same categories. You find your boys, 622 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:23,959 Speaker 10: the ones you hang out with on the road, like 623 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 10: all of that. So and then at the same time, 624 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 10: you know, you got your coaches, like who's my guy? 625 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 10: Who am I gonna work with in the cage every day? 626 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 10: Which strand coach will I kind of like line up 627 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 10: with my day and all that, you know, So I 628 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,239 Speaker 10: have things that I do throughout the day that you 629 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 10: can do anywhere. And I think you just at that, 630 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 10: you know, you know what to do, you know how 631 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 10: to get yourself ready to do your work, and you know, 632 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 10: you make relationships along the way. And then I'll say 633 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 10: one thing when I try. When I got traded to 634 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 10: San Diego last year, it's like you only get two 635 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 10: months with the group, and it's like, I don't know 636 00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 10: if I'm going to be here after this. 637 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 6: Season or not, but uh, you know, you try. 638 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 10: I try to learn somebody's name, like every week, somebody 639 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 10: in the in the building, somebody knew every week, just 640 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 10: because you know, just treat people with respect, man, treat 641 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 10: people right, learn their names, learn about them. And I 642 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 10: think ultimately that's going to translate the more comfortable you 643 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 10: feel somewhere, the more people you get to know, the 644 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 10: better you're gonna feel and then play out on the field. 645 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 10: So I get two years, uh you know, as it 646 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 10: stands right now, I get two years with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 647 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 10: I can't wait to get up in there and learn 648 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 10: everybody's name, learn about them. I'm excited I get a 649 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 10: spring training to kind of break that in because we 650 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 10: all know how important spring training is you know you 651 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 10: that's where you really make your your bonds to start 652 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 10: the season and you get to know these guys. And 653 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 10: so I'm looking forward to that and I'm looking forward 654 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 10: to Pirates Fast as well. There's gonna be a ton 655 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 10: of guys out there, so it'll be cool to get 656 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 10: to know them a little bit. Hopefully we can grab 657 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 10: dinner or something. But yeah, for me, and like you know, man, 658 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 10: it's all about relationships. The more comfortable you feel, the 659 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 10: better you get to know everybody. That kind of stuff 660 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 10: translates out on the field. 661 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. Uh. 662 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 11: And another thing that I'm gonna piggyback just to go 663 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 11: with adjustments and a lot of people already know, but 664 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 11: you recently have a big adjustment. You know, you just 665 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 11: had a brand new baby girl, So adjustments are also 666 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,479 Speaker 11: gonna be made on the road. And uh, these are 667 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 11: things that you know a lot of people you know, 668 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 11: yes they know you had your kid, but it's also 669 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 11: an adjustment for you, your wife, you know, baby girl. And 670 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 11: just one of those things where what do you think 671 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 11: the biggest adjustment is gonna be? Obviously we know sleep, 672 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 11: but is it gonna be you know, is it gonna 673 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 11: be sleep. Is it gonna be being away from them? 674 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 11: Because I know for me, I can miss sleep. You know, 675 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 11: I felt like I played better when my family was there, 676 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 11: So that was one of the biggest adjustments. So what 677 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 11: do you think is the biggest adjustment possibly this season? 678 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 11: You know, adjusting to life with you know, a new 679 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 11: kid or being away from that kid, missing those moments because. 680 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 2: These are these are real life things that happen. 681 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean you know that there's it's uh, that's 682 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 10: something I haven't experienced yet. And you know, going on 683 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 10: the road and being away from your family definitely just 684 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 10: got harder for me because I got this baby at home. 685 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 10: But you know, and that's gonna it's gonna be tough, 686 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 10: there's no doubt about it. But you know, luckily, man, 687 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 10: I have a great wife and uh, she's she can 688 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 10: hold down the fort. I got in laws, I got 689 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 10: my parents come to town and. 690 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 6: Help out quite a bit. We got a great support system. 691 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 6: So that's definitely gonna help. 692 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 10: And my wife's like I said, my wife's great. She 693 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 10: gets it, she knows the business. She's been with me 694 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 10: for years. Man, We've gone through this, uh these seasons 695 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 10: together where it's like I gotta go on the road, 696 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 10: she stays home, that kind of thing. 697 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 6: So it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be an adjustment 698 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 6: for sure. 699 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,959 Speaker 10: But you know, I've seen guys go through it, and 700 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 10: I know it wears on them, and uh so I'm 701 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 10: gonna just deal with it the best that I can. 702 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 10: You know, there's nothing else that we can do, and 703 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 10: hopefully I'll be still playing by the time Harper is 704 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 10: old enough to come. 705 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 6: And and uh come on the road and all that. 706 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 11: Oh yeah, speak that at two eggs distance for sure. 707 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 11: But yeah, the support system is definitely big. And before 708 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 11: we get out of here, I'm gonna ask you one 709 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 11: more question, because, as I said, routine, all these things 710 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 11: kind of tie into each other. I'm a very picky eater, 711 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 11: so switching team to team, you know you're gonna have 712 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 11: certain staples and cities of food that you should eat 713 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 11: and should not eat different clubhouses. And my question was, 714 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 11: honestly gonna be are you like a superstitious person as 715 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 11: far as what you eat before the game, Because me 716 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 11: being very picky, I would every team I went to, 717 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 11: I needed a smoothie before the game with no banana, 718 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 11: any fruit but no banana and I would do like 719 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 11: a peanut butter and jelly or something like. I couldn't 720 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 11: eat much before games where I got some teammates, it's like, nah, 721 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 11: I need that grilled chicken with you know, rice and 722 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 11: this or that. So do you have anything that you 723 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 11: have to eat or you just kind of go with 724 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 11: the flow. 725 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 6: I'm going with the flow for the most part. 726 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 10: Like I don't want to I want to eat something 727 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 10: that's gonna feel like, you know, it's gonna stick to 728 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 10: my ribs, like I'm gonna I don't want to feel 729 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 10: like I'm hungry at all during the game, and like 730 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 10: I like to snack a little bit during the game. 731 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 10: But no, nothing like that. Where did this superstition come from? 732 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 10: By the way, did you eat something else? 733 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 2: No, it wasn't like no, it wasn't a superstition. 734 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 11: I just could never eat before games just because I 735 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 11: wasn't hungry and it would take me like an hour. 736 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 11: I was a very hot energy guy, so you know, 737 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 11: once the game was ready, you know, I'm like I'm 738 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 11: ready to play, you know, and it's like now I 739 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 11: don't want nothing. You know, if I wouldn't playing, I 740 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 11: think I would eat more. But when I wouldn't playing, 741 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 11: I was like, let me get a smoothie and then 742 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 11: I would eat after the game. But you know, everybody's 743 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 11: different and it wasn't necessarily a superstition. But I know 744 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 11: some dudes that are like, oh, I went four for 745 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 11: four because I had, you know, baking eggs and pancakes 746 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:38,719 Speaker 11: for breakfast. 747 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 2: I'mna do the same thing to morrow. I'm like, na, 748 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 2: you just hit good. 749 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 6: Pictures, bro. 750 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 10: Yeah, dude, I mean honestly, like for me, it's day games, 751 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 10: like day games. 752 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 6: If I show up and I'm like. 753 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 10: Donut, sausage, egg and cheese, some like just not eating 754 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 10: super healthy in the morning, like second inning, I'm like dying. 755 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 10: I feel like if I show up, like you gotta 756 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 10: make that decision right when you get to the yard, Like. 757 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 6: I'm gonna do it, you know what I mean. 758 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 10: Like I'm gonna have a couple eggs with no bacon. 759 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 10: I'm gonna have like a green juice and like something healthy. 760 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 10: Then it's like, damn, all right, I started my day 761 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 10: with good decisions. I'm gonna go to the gym. I'm 762 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 10: gonna go do my pool workout, like I'm gonna get 763 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 10: it ready. To go and then you're thinking yourself in 764 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 10: the sixth inning, you know what I mean, Like I 765 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 10: feel good today, but there are those days where I 766 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 10: show up in that sausage jake and cheese is looking 767 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 10: like next thing. I know, I got an old fashioned 768 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:31,800 Speaker 10: doughnut in my mouth, and I'm like, damn it, this 769 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 10: is gonna be a grind today. But every now I 770 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 10: just try to eat stuff that makes me feel good. 771 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 11: You know, everything's good in moderation. But yeah, that's all 772 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 11: I pretty much got for you. Best of luck this year, man, 773 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 11: And more than anything, you know, I just wish health 774 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 11: to people that are playing. You know, a guy that 775 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 11: played for thirteen years, you know, play with a lot 776 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 11: of guys that didn't get to play as long, that 777 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 11: didn't have as many injuries or more. I just like 778 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 11: to wish people good health because I know if you're healthy, 779 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,239 Speaker 11: you're gonna do what you do. 780 00:34:59,320 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 5: Man. 781 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 11: And I'm exc I have to see you where the 782 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 11: we're the black and yellow and put on for the 783 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 11: four one two. That's the area code of Pittsburgh if 784 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 11: you didn't know. 785 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 10: All right, Josh, thank you so much, man. I always 786 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 10: enjoy watching you play, competing against you so I. 787 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 2: Appreciate having you on the show. 788 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 6: For sure. 789 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 8: Yeah, I think that stands for all of us that Ryan, 790 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 8: thanks so much for coming on, and thank you for 791 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 8: you know that that last answer that was that's valid 792 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 8: even for us who cover baseball. You know, you go 793 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 8: down press dining, you see the suits and everything. It's like, 794 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 8: oh man, I'm gonna have to grind through writing this 795 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 8: game story trainings. 796 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 6: I don't know if I got it. 797 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm gonna have bad. 798 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 8: Questions in the postgame pressers now because I like crap 799 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 8: during the game. 800 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 7: So now, but in all seriousness, thank you for coming on. 801 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 8: I want to remind everyone watching this to hit that 802 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 8: subscribe button if you haven't already. We're trying to get 803 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,439 Speaker 8: the three thousand subscribers and we can't do it without 804 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 8: your help, So hit that subscribe button if you haven't already. 805 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,280 Speaker 6: On behalf of Mark. 806 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 8: Aka Platinum Key, j Hey aka Josh Harrison, Ryan o'hearne, 807 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 8: I am Noah hailes. Thank you for tuning in to 808 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 8: another episode of Bucco Territory. We'll see you again soon. 809 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 2: M