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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to a Ball with eric Os.

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Speaker 1: I am eric Os, and it's good to have you

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Speaker 1: with us on Milestone Episode number twenty as we will

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Speaker 1: be joined in just a second by the lumber Kings

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Speaker 1: everyday center fielder Cameron Meisner, part of the lumber Kings'

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Speaker 1: most recent run of success, as we record this on

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Speaker 1: the final off day of the twenty nineteen regular season,

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Speaker 1: August thirteenth, On a current four game winning streak, The

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Speaker 1: streakiness of the lumber Kings continues over their last twenty games.

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Speaker 1: This is how the lumber Kings have gone. They have

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Speaker 1: seen a four game losing streak from July twenty fourth

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Speaker 1: through the twenty seventh. They then won five straight from

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Speaker 1: July twenty eighth through August first. Then came their longest

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Speaker 1: losing streak out this season, seven straight losses from August

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Speaker 1: second through August ninth, before their current run of success

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Speaker 1: four straight wins going back to August the ninth. The

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Speaker 1: lumber Kings coming off a three game series sweep of

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Speaker 1: the Peoria Chiefs in which they had swept Peoria at

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Speaker 1: Dozer Park in a three game set for the first

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Speaker 1: time since two thousand and eleven. The way it has

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Speaker 1: worked now for the lumber Kings is they have won

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Speaker 1: eleven straight games against the Chiefs. They're the single a

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Speaker 1: affiliate of the Saint Louis Cardinals. It is their longest

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Speaker 1: franchise winning streak against Peoria in franchise history. They've been

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Speaker 1: playing it since nineteen eighty three. As a lumber Kings

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Speaker 1: had last lost against Peoria all the way back on

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Speaker 1: June the eleventh at Nelson, Cortfield and Clinton, and they

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Speaker 1: will play Peoria one more time this season. In fact,

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Speaker 1: it'll be their final three games in the twenty nineteen season,

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Speaker 1: over Labor Day weekend August the thirty first through September

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Speaker 1: the second. I guess a good opponent to have for

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Speaker 1: the lumber Kings, who right now are seen with their

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Speaker 1: current run of success themselves creep back into a division

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Speaker 1: rate with the Kane County Cougars. They've seen a lead

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Speaker 1: grow in the wild card standings as it sits right

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Speaker 1: now on August the thirteenth, the lumber Kings are currently

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Speaker 1: the second half standings in the Midwest League. They trail

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Speaker 1: to Kane County Cougars the single A affiliate of the

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Speaker 1: a three game lead on the wildcard ahead of the

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Speaker 1: Wisconsin timber Ratlers the single A affiliate of the Waukee Brewers,

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Speaker 1: as they currently sit in fifth place in the Midwest League. Now,

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Speaker 1: the lumber Kings will meet these two teams once more

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Speaker 1: that will likely to sign the division, starting on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: August the seventeenth, for a four game series that will

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Speaker 1: then end on Tuesday, August the twentieth, and then the

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Speaker 1: meetings in twenty nineteen, which we could see someone clinched

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Speaker 1: that wildcard spot. It'll run from Saturday August to twenty

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Speaker 1: fourth through Tuesday August the twenty seventh. Following that, the

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen regular season. So we are on the home

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Speaker 1: they have the hottest hitter in the Midwest League because

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Speaker 1: it has been recognized as such Peyton Berdick, the reigning

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago. Berdick has been very fun to watch

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Speaker 1: Chris Vallomon traded over to the Minnesota Twins. He had

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Speaker 1: in the month of May, baton Burdick after that announcement

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Speaker 1: August the twelfth, he had two home runs. Of course,

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Speaker 1: and the home runs were no cheapies. The first one

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Speaker 1: then got a walkway on top of it. Really went

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Speaker 1: Berdick's second home run of the day. Estimated to have

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Speaker 1: Berdick now has eight home runs on this season, and

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Speaker 1: the home run total that he had from a week ago.

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Speaker 1: Berdick is swinging a red hot bat, as is our guest.

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Speaker 1: Cameron Meisner had the three hits for the lumber Kings

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Speaker 1: in their win on Sunday night. It was part of

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Speaker 1: currently had. Camberon Meiser joins us Next on eight Ball

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Speaker 1: with Eric Os and Welcome Back on a Ball with

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Speaker 1: Eric Ghost. Were now joined by one of the newest

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Speaker 1: lumber Kings Cameron Meisner, the thirty fifth overall pick in

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Speaker 1: this year's draft, taken by the Miami Marlins. Thanks for

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Speaker 2: Oh, I appreciate you having me.

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Speaker 1: What we should say we're recording this is the rain

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Speaker 1: falls down after a very impressive win for the lumber

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Speaker 1: Kings in Peoria, Illinois on August the eleventh, So we'll

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Speaker 1: be coming out on Wednesday, So just a few days

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Speaker 1: from now to the lumber Kings setting a season high

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Speaker 1: for hits in this game on a rare Sunday night game.

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Speaker 1: Did it feel like it was the game of the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't know why. I guess they're

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Speaker 1: So I guess that's a good way to start, right,

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Speaker 1: Just the grind that you get thrown right into. Imagine,

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Speaker 1: it's been a whirlwind, right for the first couple of

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Speaker 1: Do you feel that grind a little bit too? As

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Speaker 2: Uh, you know, it's really it's really not too bad,

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Speaker 2: you know they Uh, you know, you are playing every day.

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Speaker 2: It's a little bit of change, but you know, the

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Speaker 2: it hadn't been too bad.

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Speaker 1: Let's go over the start to the professional career, right.

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Speaker 1: You get taken thirty fifth overall by the by the

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Speaker 1: Miami Marlins. It's how your career begins. You start out

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Speaker 1: in the gCO. We hear about early wake up times

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Speaker 1: what just if you could put into words, have the

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's actually been kind of fast. It Uh, you know,

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Speaker 2: you know, it's just it's all happened really fast, and

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Speaker 1: Well, we should say Cameron's being very modest because when

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Speaker 1: was the decisive home run in the ninth inning. As

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Speaker 1: this because the thing you notice if you ever hang

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Speaker 2: almost you know, it's almost like the guys I left

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Speaker 2: like it just you know, there was there was no

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Speaker 1: Have you felt because you've played. It's kind of interesting

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Speaker 1: to think about at different levels in this Sea this season,

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Speaker 1: pro ranks, you play in the GCL or Complex Baseball,

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Speaker 1: that you've played at. Have you noticed the competition, the

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Speaker 2: play every day, so it's there's no you can't really

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Speaker 2: it'll take a toll on you if you're not, it'll

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Speaker 1: So yeah, we saw you with those couple of home

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Speaker 1: that's part of the grind too of baseball too, just

434
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Speaker 1: staying and mentally. And I guess why you hear about

435
00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,800
Speaker 1: so many superstitions in the baseball ranks? Do you do

436
00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,000
Speaker 1: you have any of those? By chance?

437
00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,280
Speaker 2: Uh? I don't think so. I do. I rosin bag

438
00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,280
Speaker 2: my bat before for a step out on tag, But

439
00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,840
Speaker 2: that's about the only one I think I have.

440
00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,000
Speaker 1: What that's a good one because I guess it has

441
00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,879
Speaker 1: some practicality to it, right, for a better grip on

442
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,960
Speaker 1: the bat. He's not sacrificing live chickens or anything like that,

443
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,760
Speaker 1: which I'm sure the club he's appreciate. Again talking here

444
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Speaker 1: with Cameron Meismer, one of the lumber Kings outfielders, who,

445
00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,440
Speaker 1: as we mentioned, recording this on August the eleventh after

446
00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,240
Speaker 1: a nineteen hit performance. And I guess you are a

447
00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,040
Speaker 1: good guy to ask, because you were in the middle

448
00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,480
Speaker 1: of the offense that we had seen on August the

449
00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,520
Speaker 1: eleventh with a three hit performance. So it's hitting contagious

450
00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,320
Speaker 1: because it looked like it was today.

451
00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,560
Speaker 2: Oh, I mean there's you know, there's days like today

452
00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,119
Speaker 2: where it's contagious and then there's days you know that

453
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,480
Speaker 2: there can be completely opposite. But you know, hitting the

454
00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,480
Speaker 2: hitting is a fun thing to do and when you're

455
00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,199
Speaker 2: when you're doing good at it, and uh, you know,

456
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,080
Speaker 2: our whole team is doing really good at tonight, and

457
00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,000
Speaker 2: you know, it just seems like there's one barrel after

458
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,440
Speaker 2: another and it's just kind of it was like it's contagious.

459
00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,399
Speaker 2: It was, you know, everybody's putting some pretty good at

460
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,879
Speaker 2: bats together and they're really finding the ball and hitting it,

461
00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,080
Speaker 2: and uh, you know, it just worked out good.

462
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,359
Speaker 1: And also to to just get your, uh, your thoughts

463
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Speaker 1: on the speed side of things, because I mean we

464
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Speaker 1: should mention this too. Because it's an audio medium. People

465
00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,760
Speaker 1: don't see the visual. We're talking with a tall center

466
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,959
Speaker 1: fielder Maisner six foot four. But you run pretty well

467
00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,640
Speaker 1: and you've spicked to your spots pretty well. I think

468
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,520
Speaker 1: five stolen bases out of fi the attempts. So where

469
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,720
Speaker 1: does the uh, the speed come in for you? Because

470
00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,320
Speaker 1: I think sometimes early on it's looked like some pictures

471
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Speaker 1: have sort of slept on you over at first base

472
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Speaker 1: and then the next thing, you know, you're at second.

473
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's uh, you know, That's another thing I got

474
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,600
Speaker 2: good at in college was stealing bases, you know, and

475
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,280
Speaker 2: a lot of pictures look over there, they don't think

476
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,520
Speaker 2: I'm gonna run, and then I run, and uh, you know,

477
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,199
Speaker 2: I had good, good base running coaches and stuff in

478
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,480
Speaker 2: uh in college, and they they taught me all the

479
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,760
Speaker 2: calculations and all that weird stuff like that. But uh,

480
00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,800
Speaker 2: you know, they they just you know, I've had a

481
00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,520
Speaker 2: lot of good coaches in the past and a lot

482
00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,720
Speaker 2: of a lot of a lot of guys just I

483
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Speaker 2: guess kind of teach me a lot of a lot

484
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Speaker 2: of cool stuff and I'm able to you know, soaked

485
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Speaker 2: it in and being able to perform it. And uh

486
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,000
Speaker 2: but yeah, definitely when pictures sometimes pitchers look over there

487
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,719
Speaker 2: and they don't expect me to run, and so then

488
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,399
Speaker 2: I just steal it.

489
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Speaker 1: So what goes into is still in base because I mean,

490
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,800
Speaker 1: the A's in the seventies famously hired a track start

491
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,879
Speaker 1: because they say, well, steal a lot of bases fast.

492
00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,080
Speaker 1: You did steal any he wasn't very good at so

493
00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,400
Speaker 1: you have to learn how to do it. I think

494
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Speaker 1: Ricky Henderson has talked about that, you know, learning to

495
00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 1: get those reads. So what goes into the art of

496
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,280
Speaker 1: a base thief.

497
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,800
Speaker 2: You're gonna, You're gonna, I'm gonna tell my secrets.

498
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,920
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, if you I didn't know, I was stuck

499
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Speaker 1: in the state secrets.

500
00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,040
Speaker 2: But I mean, there's just there's a there's like a

501
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 2: whole mathematical side behind it. At uh. You know, if

502
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,480
Speaker 2: the picture, if you're to the twelve foot mark as

503
00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,280
Speaker 2: fast as I can run from my time on Stopwatch

504
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,840
Speaker 2: from first base to second base, I don't know what

505
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,800
Speaker 2: it is. But Mike, if I like my Stopwatch time,

506
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,959
Speaker 2: if I get to the twelve foot mark before he

507
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:34,679
Speaker 2: lets go of the ball, I'm gonna safe like one

508
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,120
Speaker 2: hundred percent of the time. It doesn't matter like you don't.

509
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,760
Speaker 2: I don't steal off the catcher, I just steal off

510
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:39,119
Speaker 2: the picture.

511
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Speaker 1: That makes sense, Yeah, that does make sense because uh,

512
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Speaker 1: I mean we've talked about it. I guess on the

513
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,000
Speaker 1: more of the catching side of things with will Banfield

514
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,760
Speaker 1: in the arm that he has behind the plate, but

515
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,120
Speaker 1: I guess you do hear about that from the pictures, right,

516
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,000
Speaker 1: and the slide steps that you have to contend with,

517
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:53,920
Speaker 1: so you're trying to get to a twelve foot mark

518
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:55,840
Speaker 1: and then at that point you kind of know whether

519
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,439
Speaker 1: you're gonna make it or not, which is interesting because

520
00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,840
Speaker 1: you know, as a fan, I think the first thing

521
00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:01,480
Speaker 1: we think about it still in base well he's fast.

522
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 1: Of course he's gonna be safe, because that's just how

523
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,800
Speaker 1: it works. But not the case as is usually the

524
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,959
Speaker 1: case for baseball, a little bit more nuanced to it.

525
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: And we didn't ask you about your draft experience and

526
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 1: what that was like for you when you had found out.

527
00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you're taken very early. I'm sure you know

528
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,479
Speaker 1: a great moment for not just you, the friends, the family,

529
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,200
Speaker 1: and really the entire Mazoo program right to be taking

530
00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 1: that high.

531
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was with I was actually at home when

532
00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 2: it happened. I was with you know, some of a

533
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 2: few friends and you know my family. I get a

534
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 2: big family, so we were all hanging out and it

535
00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 2: and it happened. Actually we watched the whole draft on

536
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,439
Speaker 2: the TV. And then right before I was picked, our

537
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 2: WiFi or something shut off, so it did here and

538
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,000
Speaker 2: see it on TV. And actually I had some guy

539
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 2: called me say hey, congratulations, like are you getting out

540
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 2: of here and see it.

541
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Speaker 1: This is a prank.

542
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I watched the whole draft up until my pick,

543
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 2: and I completely we didn't. I just didn't see it

544
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,439
Speaker 2: because it's a Wi Fi shut off and the computer

545
00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 2: shut off and it's big ordeal.

546
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,879
Speaker 1: That's a great draft story though, to have you know,

547
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,360
Speaker 1: I guess you know, a little suspense, so to speak. Yeah,

548
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,120
Speaker 1: you've been drafted. Oh yeah, prove it.

549
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 2: That's all. Like I saw like the first thirty three

550
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 2: picks or something like that, and then didn't see mine.

551
00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 1: So thirty three it went out, and then the thirty

552
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,960
Speaker 1: fifth you were taking. So it's an interesting way to

553
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 1: begin the professional career. And now you get assigned to Clinton,

554
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 1: which is interesting because you've got some Clinton roots, I guess,

555
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 1: so to speak, just with a teammate that you had

556
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: out in Missou, if you could tell us about that'd

557
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,080
Speaker 1: be GREATJ.

558
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 2: TJ. Sikama he was our you know, he was our

559
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,119
Speaker 2: best picture at Miszoo, and uh, you got I got

560
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 2: to be pretty good friends with them. My parents have

561
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 2: to be pretty good friends with his parents, and he's

562
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,400
Speaker 2: they're all from right there in Iowa, and so, uh,

563
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 2: I think he was born in Clinton and now he's

564
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,359
Speaker 2: in DeWitt, but his grandma is in right there in Fulton,

565
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 2: right on the other side of the bridge. And uh,

566
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 2: you know it's perfect. I'm living there and you can't

567
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 2: beat it.

568
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Speaker 1: It's not too often when the stars aligned like that.

569
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Speaker 1: That must have just been kind of surreal, right, Yeah,

570
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,479
Speaker 1: so that is I guess we explained the the housing

571
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,679
Speaker 1: situation for Cameron Meisner with the Clinton lumber Kings. Well,

572
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 1: we appreciate you taking the time. Before we let you go,

573
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 1: we wanted to ask you about the lighthearted side of

574
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,960
Speaker 1: things when you are able to ever indulge a hobby,

575
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 1: a pastime that you might have. We know, baseball season

576
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: doesn't really leave a whole lot for you know, vacations

577
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: and concert going, but you know, maybe in the off season,

578
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: what are some of the things that you like to

579
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: do away from the game of baseball.

580
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 2: Uh. Now, I'm a big, a big outdoors guy. I

581
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 2: kind of I grew up on a farm for the

582
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 2: most part. You know, I helped my grandparents work on

583
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 2: the farm, and you know, they have a real nice place.

584
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 2: And I love hunting. I love hunting, and you know,

585
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 2: pretty much been an off season hunting and outdoor stuff

586
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 2: pretty much.

587
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: We've got a lot of hunters on this team. Are

588
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 1: you guys ever thinking about maybe getting a group together

589
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,680
Speaker 1: or something one day? Okay, well that makes sense because

590
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,919
Speaker 1: we've heard Tyler Collick, Connor Scott earlier, Cameron Meisner, I

591
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: think we might have a duck hunting session coming up

592
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: soon or deer or I guess for Tyler Collik, it

593
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,360
Speaker 1: was federal pigs as I was telling the well, Cameron Meiser,

594
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Speaker 1: thank you so much for taking the time to talk

595
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Speaker 1: with us here on a ball. We greatly appreciate it.

596
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 2: Oh, thank you.

597
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: Welcome back on a ball with eric Os. You just

598
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: heard from the lumber Kings really everyday center fielder and

599
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: Cameron Meisner. We appreciate him taking some time to talk

600
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Speaker 1: with us. After a very impressive win for the lumber

601
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Speaker 1: Kings on a Sunday night against the Peoria Chiefs, a

602
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,640
Speaker 1: season high nineteen hits, Cameron Weiser, he had three of those,

603
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,040
Speaker 1: just one of the many bright spots for the lumber

604
00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: Kings offensively. So we touched on at the beginning the

605
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: very streaky team, although right now the lumber Kings on

606
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,880
Speaker 1: the good side of that streakiness, and we do want

607
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: to pass along one roster move the lumber Kings have

608
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,399
Speaker 1: had before the series in Peoria had started against the Chiefs,

609
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,439
Speaker 1: and that is that lumber Kings are now playing a

610
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 1: man down. As we keep you abreast of all the

611
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,679
Speaker 1: roster moves, the lumber Kings making the twenty nineteen season

612
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: the only returner from the twenty eighteen team, which is

613
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: kind of odd to think about because the lumber Kings

614
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 1: had switched affiliation. Zack Scott, who was a prospect for

615
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 1: the Seattle Mariners last season, now in the Miami Marlins organization.

616
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,120
Speaker 1: Placed on the injured list before that series in Peoria.

617
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 1: He is no longer with the team, and so the

618
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,840
Speaker 1: lumber Kings are now going to be playing with an

619
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 1: active roster of twenty four when they meet the Burlington Bees,

620
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,120
Speaker 1: the single a affiliate for the Los Angeles Angels, on Wednesday,

621
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Speaker 1: August fourteenth, when this episode will be coming out. The

622
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Speaker 1: lumber Kings have seen some very impressive wins over their

623
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Speaker 1: current four game stretch, which comes off the heels of

624
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: a seven game losing streak, which was their longest don

625
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: this season. It did feature a four game series sweep

626
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,800
Speaker 1: at the hands of the Bloyd Snappers, also seeing two

627
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,159
Speaker 1: consecutive losses down at really a house of horrors for

628
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,639
Speaker 1: the lumber Kings at Modern Woodman Park. One thing we

629
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: did want to briefly touch on because when the lumber

630
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Speaker 1: Kinks had beaten the Riverbandit's on Friday night at Modern

631
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 1: Woodman Park in Davenport, Iowa, that was their first nine

632
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: inning win in that ballpark since two thousand and seventeen.

633
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,879
Speaker 1: As we said, a house of horores, not just this

634
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: season but last year when the lumber Kings had gone

635
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 1: zero to six there. Their only other win this season

636
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: at Modern Woodman Park had been the tail end of

637
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,199
Speaker 1: a double header back in April, so they were at

638
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: least able to get that done and started the winning street.

639
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 1: The lumber Kings are currently on but the single a

640
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: affiliate for the Houston Astros Quad Study's River Bandit's, as

641
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,639
Speaker 1: we've touched on too, one of the very impressive teams

642
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: in this league. They were the first half Western Division

643
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: winners in the Midwest League and they'll be back in

644
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 1: the playoffs. They'll be in the first round, matching up

645
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: against the Seed Rapids Colonels, which right now the lumber

646
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: Kings hoping to make the playoffs in the second half.

647
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: If the season were to end today, they'd be matching

648
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 1: up with the Kane County Cougars as a division winner,

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Speaker 1: and that will mean a very important four game series.

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Speaker 1: Just looking ahead a bit for the lumber Kings as

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Speaker 1: they go them down the home stretch in the twenty

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Speaker 1: nineteen season. Four game series in King County the suburbs

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Speaker 1: of Chicago from August seventeenth through the twentieth probably be

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Speaker 1: the deciding factor in this division race as lumber Kings

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Speaker 1: wind down to their regular season. And we did want

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Speaker 1: to touch back on the win for the lumber Kings

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Speaker 1: on Monday afternoon in Peoria. Now we'll probably not stop

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Speaker 1: talking about it for the rest of this season because

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Speaker 1: of all the impressive numbers. I think they call him

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Speaker 1: video game numbers. Well, these were career highs for some guys,

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Speaker 1: and we touched on it a bit with Peyton Burdick

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Speaker 1: in his Monster game that included a couple of home runs,

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Speaker 1: but six R andbis. It was a career high for

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Speaker 1: Peyton Burdick, also a season high for a lumber King

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Speaker 1: this season. Additionally, the lumber Kings inserting Thomas Jones, a

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Speaker 1: third round pick for the Miami Marlins in the twenty

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Speaker 1: sixteen draft to the top of the order in that game,

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Speaker 1: and Jones he was really a catalyst in a lot

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Speaker 1: of those rallies for the lumber Kings. He had three

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Speaker 1: hits early on in that game, all factoring into runs scored.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day had four hits to

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Speaker 1: set a professional career hide include two doubles and two

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Speaker 1: runs scored Thomas Jones, not to be lost in what

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Speaker 1: was an offensive explosion that just came on the heels

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Speaker 1: of another dominant pitching performance from George Soriano. He's had

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Speaker 1: such an interesting season for the lumber Kings and their

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Speaker 1: starting rotation. He's had their only complete game shutout of

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Speaker 1: this season. It was against the Bloyd Snappers at Pullman

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Speaker 1: Field and Soriano was part of the fifth shutout win

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Speaker 1: of the season for the lumber Kings. Now, he's had

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Speaker 1: an interesting season, and why we say that is because

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Speaker 1: he was so good in the month of April. In fact,

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Speaker 1: you'd be hard pressed to find a better pitcher in

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Speaker 1: all of minor league baseball just statistically than George Soriano

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Speaker 1: had a zero point seven to nine earned an average

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Speaker 1: in the month of April. Fortunately backed that up in

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Speaker 1: the month of May with what was probably the worst

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Speaker 1: month of his professional career, as Soriano had an ERA

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Speaker 1: that was over nine for the month of May. Now

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Speaker 1: that would change. June would be a lot better, a

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Speaker 1: month of an ERA in that month of around three,

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Speaker 1: and that was the case again in July, and certainly

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Speaker 1: coming back to better things here in the month of August. Now,

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Speaker 1: one of the odd things that we made note of

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Speaker 1: on the broadcast for Georgian that started Peoria was the

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Speaker 1: radar gun because Soriano he's got an electric fastball at times,

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Speaker 1: but usually we've seen it in between ninety two and

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Speaker 1: ninety three. Occasionally he'll pop it out or to ninety

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Speaker 1: four ninety five, and that's where he was around the

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Speaker 1: other day in Peoria, So we're thinking, oh, Georgie's got

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Speaker 1: the fastball up to a ninety five, which he was

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Speaker 1: consistently hitting. One point in that game, the radar gun

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Speaker 1: flashed one hundred. Soriano took off his hat and kind

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Speaker 1: of stared at the radar gun for a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Now it didn't happen again, and we don't know if

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Speaker 1: it was just a fluke of the equipment that was

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Speaker 1: out in Peoria, but we did want to pass along

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Speaker 1: that one hundred mile per hour fastball for a brief

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Speaker 1: second at least what it was flashed on the scoreboard

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Speaker 1: as was thrown by a lumber King. It was a

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Speaker 1: pretty impressive outing from Soriano. We also didn't allow the

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Speaker 1: first base runner against him until the fifth inning. Now

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Speaker 1: he's unbacked up by Cam Bairt, who had two shutout

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Speaker 1: innings to complete the lumber kings fifth shutout win of

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Speaker 1: the season. It has tied for the third fewest in

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Speaker 1: the Midwest League. But a truly dominant performance wenty factor

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Speaker 1: in Burdick's home runs and RBIs Thomas Jones four hits

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Speaker 1: and George Soriano's and Cam Baird's really just suffocating pitching

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Speaker 1: against the Chiefs top out to cap off what was

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Speaker 1: a very impressive series sweep against the Chiefs. That was

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Speaker 1: interesting because of what it meant for the lumber Kings.

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Speaker 1: Despite them dropping two out of three to the River

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Speaker 1: Bandits to begin that road trip, they ended the trip

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Speaker 1: with the rather impressive mark They've gone four to two,

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Speaker 1: so they now are in second place of the Kane

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Speaker 1: County Cougars all on their own four games back in

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Speaker 1: the wild Card a three game lead on the Wisconsin

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Speaker 1: tim Bratlers. As we mentioned, that'll mean for some interesting series.

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Speaker 1: We touched on the four game set in Kane County,

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Speaker 1: which will be August seventeenth through the twentieth, while the

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Speaker 1: Wisconsin tim Bratlers will also meet the lumber Kings one

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Speaker 1: final time. It will be in Clinton at Nelson Courtfield

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Speaker 1: Saturday August twenty fourth through Tuesday August twenty seventh, a

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Speaker 1: four game set which, with the way that that is

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Speaker 1: looking for the lumber Kings at the end into the

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season, could very well be the moment in

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Speaker 1: which we find out exactly who will become the wild

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Speaker 1: card in the second half. Now, we also wanted to

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Speaker 1: touch on a promotion that will be coming up here

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Speaker 1: at the ballpark. We don't usually do this, but because

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Speaker 1: the bobbleheads are oh so important for fans in minor

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Speaker 1: league baseball, we wanted to mention the fact that we

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Speaker 1: will be having the last thirty game winner in the

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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball season, Denny McClain, come to the ballpark

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Speaker 1: on a Friday, August sixteenth. It'll be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: Denny because well, he was a former Clinton baseball player

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Speaker 1: in the nineteen sixty two season. He was with the

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Speaker 1: Clinton se Socks back when he was a White Sox farmhand.

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Speaker 1: That's right, baseball fans, a former White Sox farmhand before

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Speaker 1: he was eventually traded over into the Tigers organization where

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Speaker 1: we would have all of his success with his back

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Speaker 1: to back cy Young's and MVP in nineteen sixty eight,

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Speaker 1: and of course those thirty wins that went along with

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Speaker 1: a World Series title. So we'll be having a Denny

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Speaker 1: McClain bobblehead Night at the ballpark on Friday, August sixteenth.

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Speaker 1: McLain will also be on hand as well to take

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Speaker 1: pictures and sign autographs, and who knows, maybe we'll have

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Speaker 1: to get him onto the broadcast side of things, which

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Speaker 1: is where we will shamelessly plug our broadcast. Of course,

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Speaker 1: you can listen to all lumber Kings games in the

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season with yours truly, Eric Os on the

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Speaker 1: call on one hundred point three FMWCCI for those of

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Speaker 1: you that are in the broadcast range. For those of

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Speaker 1: you that are outside the broadcast range, you can listen

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Speaker 1: to all lumber Kings games online via the tune in

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Speaker 1: radio app at lumberkingks dot com. I want to give

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Speaker 1: a big thanks to our guest today, Cameron Weisner, for

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Speaker 1: taking some time to talk with us on our twentieth

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Speaker 1: episode of A Ball, and of course thanks to the

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Speaker 1: listeners out there as well for letting us get this

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Speaker 1: far episode number twenty. That's a milestone. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for listening everyone. We hope to see you out at

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Speaker 1: the ballpark some point this summer, and if not, you

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Speaker 1: can of course hear us on the broadcast side of things.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week with episode number twenty

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Speaker 1: one of A Ball with Eric Ohs