1 00:00:23,130 --> 00:00:23,550 Yeah. 2 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:25,110 Yeah. 3 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:26,490 Hello Monarch fans. 4 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,650 Welcome to the Hudson Homer podcast. 5 00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:30,570 We're we went three and one this week. 6 00:00:30,690 --> 00:00:31,530 We won a road series. 7 00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:31,650 No, 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:32,845 I'm feeling good Soon. 9 00:00:32,845 --> 00:00:33,125 We won. 10 00:00:33,225 --> 00:00:33,605 How are you? 11 00:00:34,115 --> 00:00:35,130 It's pretty good. 12 00:00:35,130 --> 00:00:36,720 It could have been four now, easily. 13 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:41,130 Yes, it was very close on Saturday of making that a nice, clean 14 00:00:41,130 --> 00:00:42,390 sweep of Georgia's Southern. 15 00:00:42,390 --> 00:00:47,610 But, uh, three in one week, the, uh, first winning week we've had since we 16 00:00:47,610 --> 00:00:51,330 just had the Charlotte series earlier this year, won four of the last five. 17 00:00:52,110 --> 00:00:54,089 Something, something's starting to click, I think, at least 18 00:00:54,089 --> 00:00:54,870 with the offense for sure. 19 00:00:54,870 --> 00:00:55,019 I think 20 00:00:55,590 --> 00:00:57,180 things are moving in the right direction. 21 00:00:57,180 --> 00:00:57,480 Yeah. 22 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,305 I mean, you know, pitching's still up and down sometimes, but there was some, and, 23 00:01:01,310 --> 00:01:04,140 and some of the offense was really just taking advantage of the other team making 24 00:01:04,140 --> 00:01:09,000 mistakes, which we've had some games where other teams have not made mistakes 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,650 at all for like an entire weekend. 26 00:01:10,950 --> 00:01:12,539 We had some other ones where they made some mistakes and 27 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:13,350 we just don't take advantage. 28 00:01:13,350 --> 00:01:17,039 So it was nice to see us, you know, like the, the Tuesday game, Norfolk 29 00:01:17,039 --> 00:01:19,289 State, just walking everybody in the world and throwing the ball around. 30 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,080 And then this weekend Georgia State was just kick, or Georgia Southern 31 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:25,020 just kicking the ball around and we actually were taking extra base. 32 00:01:25,170 --> 00:01:27,390 We had complete disrespect for their arms in the outfield. 33 00:01:27,390 --> 00:01:31,050 It was, it was hilarious to watch our guys like the second this in the outfields, 34 00:01:31,050 --> 00:01:32,400 like I'm taking two bases on this guy. 35 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,740 I mean, running on him when the ball's in the outfield stealing basses. 36 00:01:38,445 --> 00:01:41,955 Taking good pitches, working walks, like we look like a very 37 00:01:41,955 --> 00:01:44,445 competent and professional lineup. 38 00:01:44,744 --> 00:01:47,024 And we did, we punished them when they made errors. 39 00:01:47,265 --> 00:01:47,535 Yeah. 40 00:01:47,865 --> 00:01:51,255 I think it, what I think what was a little bit surprising for me is I think Saturday, 41 00:01:51,255 --> 00:01:55,815 Georgia Southern ended up with four errors and that was the game we lost by one run. 42 00:01:56,294 --> 00:01:56,685 Um, right. 43 00:01:57,104 --> 00:02:00,494 It's nice to be on the other side of taking advantage of people's opportunities 44 00:02:00,494 --> 00:02:03,315 because I know we've been snake bitten quite a bit with errors and walking. 45 00:02:03,315 --> 00:02:04,815 Too many guys, hitting too many guys. 46 00:02:05,265 --> 00:02:08,535 Uh, nice to see them be in the, uh, uh, wearing the other shoe for a change. 47 00:02:08,535 --> 00:02:08,595 I. 48 00:02:09,635 --> 00:02:12,120 I mean, we still did that a little bit this whole week. 49 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,420 I mean, like the Norfolk State win was a very ugly win. 50 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:19,050 Um, you know, we score a bunch of runs just off of them walking people and, 51 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,560 you know, we didn't, couldn't quite, we still had some moments this weekend 52 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,220 we couldn't quite get runs through, but man, that game yesterday, uh, on, on 53 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:30,630 Sunday, you know, Finney said a few times we're not built to come from behind. 54 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:33,930 So when you get down, you're down five, nothing after three. 55 00:02:33,930 --> 00:02:36,090 And it's just like you're feeling like, okay, well this 56 00:02:36,090 --> 00:02:37,290 is probably gonna be what it is. 57 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:39,690 This is, you know, the, because realistically the team has 58 00:02:39,690 --> 00:02:40,920 not shown that kind of fight. 59 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:43,650 So when they come back, score five runs. 60 00:02:43,650 --> 00:02:45,540 So we're tied five to five, bottom six. 61 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:46,440 Then we give up a run. 62 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:48,120 Okay, that happens. 63 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,100 All right, we're just 6, 7, 6, 5, we're fine. 64 00:02:50,340 --> 00:02:52,860 But then we got four more in the seventh and it's like, okay, now 65 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:54,360 we're down by five runs again. 66 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:58,920 And, uh, just crazy 10 run eighth inning. 67 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:01,770 I mean, we haven't scored 10 runs in like we've had two or three games in a row 68 00:03:01,770 --> 00:03:03,060 where we haven't combined that many runs. 69 00:03:04,575 --> 00:03:06,375 Yeah, to put up that many in one ending. 70 00:03:06,375 --> 00:03:10,635 I, we do, we even have 10 in the series before Troy. 71 00:03:10,635 --> 00:03:10,905 Like 72 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,105 I don't, I don't know. 73 00:03:12,135 --> 00:03:12,614 Yeah. 74 00:03:13,125 --> 00:03:13,214 Yeah. 75 00:03:13,214 --> 00:03:15,165 We definitely had a few, like two, three game stretches 76 00:03:15,165 --> 00:03:16,244 where we didn't score 10 runs. 77 00:03:17,174 --> 00:03:17,475 Yeah. 78 00:03:17,475 --> 00:03:19,755 And they started off the series right. 79 00:03:19,755 --> 00:03:20,834 By winning on Friday. 80 00:03:20,839 --> 00:03:20,910 Mm-hmm. 81 00:03:20,989 --> 00:03:22,424 Because that has been the biggest problem. 82 00:03:22,424 --> 00:03:25,635 We've been non-competitive on Friday games for most of the season, 83 00:03:25,845 --> 00:03:28,575 except for Georgia State when they came down, we won that game. 84 00:03:28,995 --> 00:03:32,864 Uh, but to see this team put up runs like that on Friday and, 85 00:03:33,015 --> 00:03:36,644 and get that win after how we saw them play on Friday against Troy. 86 00:03:36,915 --> 00:03:40,095 I mean, that's a massive night and day difference and it just seems like guys 87 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:43,214 that kind of ratchet up that compete factor a little bit, especially to 88 00:03:43,214 --> 00:03:48,765 overcome two five run deficits in one game and it had to kind of mentally 89 00:03:48,765 --> 00:03:52,424 mess with them a little bit because we'll say it's the worst performance 90 00:03:52,424 --> 00:03:54,345 for Blake so far this season. 91 00:03:54,375 --> 00:03:56,475 It really wasn't that terrible of a performance. 92 00:03:57,195 --> 00:03:59,924 You're probably expecting him to make it through five, if not six. 93 00:03:59,954 --> 00:04:00,105 Yeah. 94 00:04:00,255 --> 00:04:03,375 So it, it, the game kind of got turned on its head in terms of scripting and 95 00:04:03,375 --> 00:04:07,424 the way we've seen those Sundays play out and they rose the occasion, put up a 15 96 00:04:07,424 --> 00:04:09,465 burger on Georgia Southern to get away 97 00:04:10,545 --> 00:04:11,084 Crazy. 98 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:14,055 Even had Robin AKs kid in there getting touched up. 99 00:04:14,144 --> 00:04:16,844 That was, that was a fun little moment for any of all my early 100 00:04:16,844 --> 00:04:18,795 two thousands, uh, pirates fans. 101 00:04:20,295 --> 00:04:20,894 Yes. 102 00:04:20,894 --> 00:04:23,835 Um, there were, I tell you what, uh, Finney emptied the 103 00:04:23,835 --> 00:04:25,245 bench pretty good on Sunday. 104 00:04:25,245 --> 00:04:25,305 Yeah. 105 00:04:25,305 --> 00:04:29,534 I, I was one point and, uh, Bo reached out to me on Twitter and 106 00:04:29,534 --> 00:04:32,505 was asking me like, how many other guys did we have left on the bench? 107 00:04:32,505 --> 00:04:34,965 And I think a couple, because I don't know who traveled. 108 00:04:35,625 --> 00:04:37,875 Shadell and Jones typically, yeah. 109 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:40,875 Again, we're not always sure who travels, but I typically, I mean, 'cause 110 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:43,725 we know Shadell played in the other game, so, you know, he was there and 111 00:04:43,725 --> 00:04:45,045 I'm assuming Bryce Jones was there. 112 00:04:45,045 --> 00:04:48,255 He didn't get in yet, just unfortunately hadn't gotten in a ton this year. 113 00:04:48,585 --> 00:04:51,855 Um, I don't know that there was anybody else left out in the bullpen to call 114 00:04:51,855 --> 00:04:53,535 on by the end of the day, someday day. 115 00:04:53,895 --> 00:04:56,505 'cause he had Bailey, uh, and Kelly had both come back for 116 00:04:56,505 --> 00:04:57,765 the second time that weekend. 117 00:04:59,205 --> 00:04:59,565 Yeah. 118 00:04:59,565 --> 00:05:02,175 And Bailey, I mean, putting the bow on two 119 00:05:02,175 --> 00:05:03,195 pitched twice this weekend. 120 00:05:03,765 --> 00:05:05,535 Yeah, I mean, we, we emptied the tank. 121 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:08,355 I, I think this is the first at least conference series that 122 00:05:08,355 --> 00:05:11,685 we have not had a starter get through more than five innings. 123 00:05:12,105 --> 00:05:16,215 Uh, Ben was five, Dylan was five, and Blake was four and a third. 124 00:05:16,425 --> 00:05:18,045 And I believe that's the, yeah, ironically, 125 00:05:18,645 --> 00:05:21,555 ironically only the second time all year Ben is gone five. 126 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:24,735 So there was actually a, a huge plus for him that he pitched. 127 00:05:24,735 --> 00:05:26,505 Uh, one of his better starts of the whole season. 128 00:05:27,135 --> 00:05:27,465 Yeah. 129 00:05:27,465 --> 00:05:31,395 And weirdly in a weekend where then Dylan only got five when he's been, you 130 00:05:31,395 --> 00:05:33,735 know, good for six and sometimes seven. 131 00:05:34,005 --> 00:05:36,075 And then Blake, who's been good for six and sometimes 132 00:05:36,075 --> 00:05:38,535 seven, both got five and less. 133 00:05:39,855 --> 00:05:40,065 Yeah. 134 00:05:40,065 --> 00:05:41,865 So a little extra test for the bullpen. 135 00:05:41,865 --> 00:05:45,345 I, I think some guys pass, maybe some guys still have some work to do. 136 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:48,225 Uh, I don't know if we're in a situation where we give up 10 runs and I feel 137 00:05:48,225 --> 00:05:52,005 super confident about the pitching staff, but they got outs when it mattered. 138 00:05:52,005 --> 00:05:56,325 They avoided too many big meltdown innings, and they responded really 139 00:05:56,325 --> 00:05:57,855 well after we put up the 10 spot. 140 00:05:57,855 --> 00:05:59,565 I mean, Bailey Mattel, like, eh. 141 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,640 That dude was, was nails force this weekend. 142 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:03,570 Yeah. 143 00:06:03,570 --> 00:06:07,500 He struggled a bit in the game on, um, on Friday. 144 00:06:07,830 --> 00:06:09,510 Uh, but he still got the safe. 145 00:06:09,510 --> 00:06:10,830 He did just enough to keep them. 146 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:12,660 I, I, I talked to Kellen about that. 147 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:15,720 We were coming back from the, um, the series down there in Southern Miss. 148 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,750 I said, Hey, sometimes all you gotta do is get, get the, the, you know, if you need 149 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:21,690 three outs, get three outs before we give up, you know, whatever number of runs. 150 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,090 And that's kind of what Bailey did on Friday and then yesterday. 151 00:06:24,090 --> 00:06:27,960 And he just looked like primetime Bailey, when he is dominant and nasty. 152 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,150 The other teams just going back to dugout, like, well, I got no hope. 153 00:06:30,540 --> 00:06:34,950 Um, so that was, and, and Kellen had a huge inning, uh, in that game too. 154 00:06:34,950 --> 00:06:37,980 He, which he had a couple of, he he pitched on what, Saturday and Tuesday and 155 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:39,750 neither one of 'em very well, honestly. 156 00:06:40,170 --> 00:06:43,440 And then he came out in that, in the, um, what was it, the sixth inning, 157 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,320 seventh inning in, um, on Sunday. 158 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:47,310 And was outstanding. 159 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,860 Yeah, I mean that, that was kind of almost back to his role that he had last year. 160 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:55,860 He was kind of the stopper a lot of times to come in, in that fifth, 161 00:06:55,860 --> 00:06:58,950 sixth inning and, and bridge to the rest of the arms in the bullpen. 162 00:06:59,850 --> 00:07:03,660 Uh, I was gonna say, talking too much about the ending on Friday until Coach 163 00:07:03,660 --> 00:07:06,660 Finwood joins us, he should be hopping on here in the next couple of minutes. 164 00:07:07,170 --> 00:07:08,940 Uh, that was a wild ending. 165 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,750 I didn't see it live, but I was getting the text live and I went back and watched 166 00:07:12,750 --> 00:07:15,750 it and woo, we, we got outta there. 167 00:07:15,780 --> 00:07:17,910 We, we got it done the way we needed to get it done. 168 00:07:17,910 --> 00:07:20,070 Error tag out a second ball game. 169 00:07:20,070 --> 00:07:20,130 Yeah. 170 00:07:20,430 --> 00:07:21,060 Uh. 171 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:24,405 Interesting weekend to say the least, in some of those games. 172 00:07:24,405 --> 00:07:24,705 Yeah. 173 00:07:24,705 --> 00:07:27,585 And again, that's sometimes what you gotta do is sometimes 174 00:07:27,585 --> 00:07:28,875 you gotta get lucky sometimes. 175 00:07:28,875 --> 00:07:31,425 And that's, realistically, that's one of the things I think you could probably 176 00:07:31,425 --> 00:07:35,745 go back and look at our season and say, the luck has just not been on our side. 177 00:07:35,805 --> 00:07:38,865 Like, we really have not, you know, I don't think you obviously, 178 00:07:38,865 --> 00:07:40,275 you know, say luck isn't a scale. 179 00:07:40,275 --> 00:07:40,815 That's one of things. 180 00:07:40,815 --> 00:07:43,035 Like the saber metric guys will say you can't account for it. 181 00:07:43,035 --> 00:07:44,325 But it exists. 182 00:07:44,355 --> 00:07:45,045 It's a thing. 183 00:07:45,345 --> 00:07:47,145 And we have not had it. 184 00:07:47,175 --> 00:07:49,995 We, it seems like every play that could go against us has gone against us. 185 00:07:49,995 --> 00:07:52,485 Every call that could go against us, go against us, goes against us. 186 00:07:52,815 --> 00:07:55,485 And this weekend that just kind of wasn't the case this weekend. 187 00:07:55,485 --> 00:07:58,215 It was like the things that we're gonna go wrong we're going 188 00:07:58,215 --> 00:08:00,015 wrong for us in the right way. 189 00:08:00,315 --> 00:08:01,605 So it was, it was interesting. 190 00:08:02,325 --> 00:08:07,305 Hey, if we can save all of our quote unquote luck for late regular season into 191 00:08:07,305 --> 00:08:09,105 the tournament, I will will take that. 192 00:08:09,675 --> 00:08:12,675 Uh, but we were already in a hole to begin with, with schedule. 193 00:08:12,735 --> 00:08:15,555 I mean, we know the non-conference schedule is was, was crazy. 194 00:08:15,645 --> 00:08:16,785 We knew that going in. 195 00:08:17,474 --> 00:08:20,114 But if you go look at the Sunbelt sanding right now, you've got Coastal 196 00:08:20,114 --> 00:08:21,734 in first, we've got them coming up. 197 00:08:22,185 --> 00:08:25,994 Troy Southern, miss App, state Georgia State, Louisiana, Georgia Southern. 198 00:08:25,994 --> 00:08:27,554 That's the top half of the league right now. 199 00:08:27,765 --> 00:08:27,945 Yeah. 200 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:32,054 And uh, we're either, we've either played them or we'll be playing them very soon. 201 00:08:32,505 --> 00:08:36,735 Uh, we get, I guess, a little bit of reprieve with Marshall, ULM and JMU, but 202 00:08:37,155 --> 00:08:40,544 I, I don't think you're gonna expect to just be like, oh, those are easy sweeps. 203 00:08:40,605 --> 00:08:40,875 Right. 204 00:08:41,565 --> 00:08:42,045 It just 205 00:08:42,045 --> 00:08:43,425 doesn't, doesn't work that way. 206 00:08:43,425 --> 00:08:44,475 It's, it's a 207 00:08:44,475 --> 00:08:49,155 plus that we get to play three of the bottom four teams coming up here after, 208 00:08:49,245 --> 00:08:52,335 like, after we pay, uh, ul was it ULL? 209 00:08:52,395 --> 00:08:54,645 I don't know what they we're supposed to call Louisiana, but 210 00:08:54,645 --> 00:08:56,745 they're, yeah, Don, I don't wanna, I don't wanna upset them on Twitter. 211 00:08:57,045 --> 00:08:59,445 Uh, but when, lemme tell you, when you try to Google Louisiana 212 00:08:59,445 --> 00:09:00,435 baseball, they don't come up. 213 00:09:00,435 --> 00:09:02,205 So I have to go ULL. 214 00:09:02,505 --> 00:09:04,455 Um, but it's nice, you know? 215 00:09:04,575 --> 00:09:04,935 Yeah. 216 00:09:04,935 --> 00:09:06,345 Like I said, they're not gonna be pushovers. 217 00:09:06,345 --> 00:09:09,255 It's still conference games, but you hope that okay. 218 00:09:09,255 --> 00:09:12,405 Maybe you have a little better shot, uh, especially on some of those road 219 00:09:12,405 --> 00:09:14,955 when you go to the road to James Madison, you, you're hoping you 220 00:09:14,955 --> 00:09:15,975 know, which again, going the road. 221 00:09:15,975 --> 00:09:18,675 James Madison, man, that's in state, that's gonna be instate in conference. 222 00:09:18,855 --> 00:09:19,545 That's a tough one. 223 00:09:21,195 --> 00:09:22,725 And they're, they're struggling this year. 224 00:09:22,785 --> 00:09:23,775 Uh, 12 and 24. 225 00:09:23,775 --> 00:09:25,905 Overall, they're five in 10 in the conference. 226 00:09:26,235 --> 00:09:29,324 But you know, they're gonna be up for the series against us, just like we would be 227 00:09:29,324 --> 00:09:31,755 up for the series against them and ULM. 228 00:09:32,115 --> 00:09:32,775 Yes, they did. 229 00:09:32,834 --> 00:09:36,525 Uh, upset the Cajun fan base there by, yeah. 230 00:09:36,765 --> 00:09:40,155 With the social media message of sending 'em home with another L. So 231 00:09:40,155 --> 00:09:43,005 I guess it's kind of a thing 'cause ULM is ULM no matter what, and. 232 00:09:43,295 --> 00:09:47,225 Louisiana is formerly Louisiana, Lafayette, whatever. 233 00:09:47,314 --> 00:09:47,855 I don't care. 234 00:09:47,855 --> 00:09:47,915 I 235 00:09:47,915 --> 00:09:48,425 guess 236 00:09:48,725 --> 00:09:49,865 I'm gonna call 'em the Cajuns. 237 00:09:50,255 --> 00:09:52,444 Hope we get two outta three from 'em, uh, coming up here 238 00:09:52,444 --> 00:09:52,535 soon. 239 00:09:52,535 --> 00:09:54,755 Even Rag Cajun, I gotta be honest, everything about them 240 00:09:54,755 --> 00:09:56,495 is, is not very original. 241 00:09:56,824 --> 00:09:58,355 Uh, it's the rag Cajuns. 242 00:09:58,355 --> 00:10:00,125 It's like, isn't that everything in Louisiana? 243 00:10:00,125 --> 00:10:01,715 Like I'm, I'm sorry they're not, you know. 244 00:10:02,584 --> 00:10:04,655 Yeah, they're, but I, and they're, and they're having a tough, 245 00:10:04,685 --> 00:10:05,495 they're having a tough year. 246 00:10:05,495 --> 00:10:07,084 They're typically a really good team. 247 00:10:07,415 --> 00:10:10,805 Um, I think it was Chase Morgan is, is still having a really phenomenal 248 00:10:10,805 --> 00:10:13,175 year, and then the rest of the team just seems like they're struggling. 249 00:10:13,175 --> 00:10:16,085 I mean, when you lose that kid, Kyle DeBarge, uh, he was a first 250 00:10:16,085 --> 00:10:17,704 round pick and he was phenomenal. 251 00:10:17,975 --> 00:10:19,895 I saw he is playing really well for the twins Minor League team. 252 00:10:19,895 --> 00:10:24,335 So they, they're, they're coming in this weekend here at Harper Park and, uh, you 253 00:10:24,335 --> 00:10:25,954 know, again, conference game, I'm sure. 254 00:10:25,954 --> 00:10:27,125 And they're, they're right there. 255 00:10:27,125 --> 00:10:27,515 Records. 256 00:10:27,515 --> 00:10:29,045 You know, only one game better than we are. 257 00:10:29,464 --> 00:10:31,415 Uh, but they're not quite the same team you thought they were 258 00:10:31,415 --> 00:10:32,225 gonna be at the start of the year. 259 00:10:33,210 --> 00:10:35,280 They've had some injuries and I think they're getting, starting 260 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:36,840 to get some guys back from injury. 261 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,240 But I mean, at this point in the season, it's, it's kind of tough to 262 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,140 get guys ramped up and back into game speed with any kind of regularity. 263 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:46,320 Uh, but yeah, I mean, de barge, they had a couple other guys that are really good 264 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,760 that, that aren't with the team anymore. 265 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,390 Like they're, they're gonna be a challenge and, you know, it's, it's 266 00:10:51,390 --> 00:10:54,060 the sunbelt weird stuff will happen. 267 00:10:54,090 --> 00:10:56,910 Uh, but you know, we kind of go back to like, how do you just 268 00:10:56,910 --> 00:10:58,290 get to 500 in the conference? 269 00:10:58,290 --> 00:10:59,910 Because if you get to 500, you're gonna make the tournament. 270 00:10:59,910 --> 00:11:00,330 You're good. 271 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,360 So if you lose a series at home, you gotta go win one on the road. 272 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,400 And they did that this week against Georgia Southern. 273 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:08,580 Uh, so they're kind of evened out the ledger a little bit. 274 00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:10,770 They're seven and eight halfway through conference play. 275 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,560 I'll take seven and eight in conference play with the way 276 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:14,460 we've looked this season. 277 00:11:14,790 --> 00:11:15,240 Like that. 278 00:11:15,390 --> 00:11:17,730 We're not in the worst position going down the stretch. 279 00:11:18,510 --> 00:11:19,770 Yeah, I'll take seven and eight today. 280 00:11:19,770 --> 00:11:22,380 I mean, it's not where it felt like it was gonna be probably a few weeks ago even 281 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:24,270 so, it, it's, yeah, but I, I'm greedy. 282 00:11:24,270 --> 00:11:25,410 I don't wanna just be 500. 283 00:11:25,410 --> 00:11:26,400 I wanna be in the top six. 284 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,250 So being those, uh, those bottom four, we gotta play the single 285 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:30,720 game elimination that first night. 286 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,790 That's, I know we, we won it last year, but that's tough. 287 00:11:32,790 --> 00:11:36,480 That's a, that's a rough, rough bid to go all the way down there and, and get 288 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:37,950 one game and maybe have to go home. 289 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:39,060 Yeah. 290 00:11:39,060 --> 00:11:40,800 It's very tough for travel planning purposes. 291 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,590 So, uh, I'm, I'm keeping an eye on like this series and the next 292 00:11:43,590 --> 00:11:46,920 series and looking at the hotels and flights and all that fun stuff. 293 00:11:47,490 --> 00:11:49,860 'cause if I couldn't go on the Fun Southern tour like you did, 294 00:11:49,860 --> 00:11:50,910 I at least wanna get down there. 295 00:11:51,180 --> 00:11:51,240 Yeah. 296 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,860 For some of these conference tournaments games 297 00:11:53,010 --> 00:11:55,110 I spent, I spent all my money earlier in the year. 298 00:11:55,110 --> 00:11:57,090 So you can do that one for me. 299 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,630 And I'll left a chunk of change in Florida too at the, uh, Steinbrenner field. 300 00:12:00,630 --> 00:12:00,840 So, 301 00:12:01,290 --> 00:12:05,010 well, I'm, uh, I'm looking down here and I see that Coach Fin Wood has joined us. 302 00:12:05,010 --> 00:12:06,030 We'll bring 'em on in a second. 303 00:12:06,030 --> 00:12:06,330 Let's go. 304 00:12:06,390 --> 00:12:09,210 Uh, but fans, we wanna let you know, Evan Holman is our player guest who'll 305 00:12:09,210 --> 00:12:10,770 be coming on later in the episode. 306 00:12:10,770 --> 00:12:12,240 So we've got a pretty fun one. 307 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:17,040 But let's bring on the man himself, Mr. Chris Finwood. 308 00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:21,180 Hey, bang, bang, bang, bang. 309 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:27,750 This, this edition of Hudson Homers is brought to you by Bang Energy Drink. 310 00:12:27,870 --> 00:12:32,130 Um, they're, they just got me an NIL deal at the Wawa. 311 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:33,840 I buy 312 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,500 one, get one working on about three hours of sleep today. 313 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,150 So there we needed. 314 00:12:40,485 --> 00:12:43,395 Well, hey, maybe you can hold out for 4 million cans of them, like 315 00:12:43,395 --> 00:12:44,805 the quarterback in Tennessee. 316 00:12:45,195 --> 00:12:45,645 There you go. 317 00:12:45,645 --> 00:12:46,635 And a Bugatti. 318 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:47,290 Yeah. 319 00:12:47,510 --> 00:12:48,250 Yes, it's good. 320 00:12:48,255 --> 00:12:48,375 Yeah. 321 00:12:48,375 --> 00:12:48,765 Right. 322 00:12:49,455 --> 00:12:51,315 So how, how you guys doing? 323 00:12:52,035 --> 00:12:52,695 Great, man. 324 00:12:52,695 --> 00:12:53,355 How you feeling? 325 00:12:53,655 --> 00:12:55,905 Nice little, uh, series wind down there. 326 00:12:56,115 --> 00:12:56,805 Yeah. 327 00:12:56,865 --> 00:12:58,125 Well, 10 in the eighth. 328 00:12:58,125 --> 00:13:00,015 Use the cures, whatever's ailing you. 329 00:13:00,015 --> 00:13:00,315 Right. 330 00:13:01,455 --> 00:13:03,585 Makes a, covers up a lot of problems, doesn't it? 331 00:13:03,765 --> 00:13:08,295 As soon as you think you've seen it all in college baseball, you know, 332 00:13:08,355 --> 00:13:09,795 you have, you realize you haven't. 333 00:13:10,485 --> 00:13:17,475 And, uh, to be, be down five, twice in that game and you know the guys be 334 00:13:17,475 --> 00:13:19,395 able to keep fighting back and, uh. 335 00:13:19,635 --> 00:13:23,925 I don't know if we got maybe five straight hits or two outs or 336 00:13:23,925 --> 00:13:25,305 something like that in that inning. 337 00:13:25,875 --> 00:13:29,564 Uh, something crazy, um, including the Grand Slam. 338 00:13:29,564 --> 00:13:34,965 So, uh, you know, and then tj, you know, I think made the last out on the ball. 339 00:13:34,965 --> 00:13:41,745 A guy had his butt against the fence, um, and the ball, it wasn't, the field wasn't 340 00:13:41,745 --> 00:13:43,395 playing particularly small yesterday. 341 00:13:43,395 --> 00:13:46,455 It wasn't much wind to speak, speak of. 342 00:13:47,625 --> 00:13:52,635 So, um, it was, uh, you know, our best, obviously our best. 343 00:13:52,995 --> 00:13:54,255 Performance of the year. 344 00:13:54,255 --> 00:13:56,594 You know, the, the ending kind of reminded me of the one we 345 00:13:56,594 --> 00:13:58,245 had at Auburn early in the year. 346 00:13:58,245 --> 00:13:58,665 Mm-hmm. 347 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:04,214 Um, you know, and that comeback win, so, which was more than five, but to 348 00:14:04,214 --> 00:14:08,145 be able to go up by five, knowing we were running thin on pitching and, 349 00:14:09,045 --> 00:14:12,740 um, you know, really not pitching very well at all up to that point. 350 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:17,204 And we had, you know, one more bullet to fire in Bailey and we were hoping 351 00:14:17,204 --> 00:14:20,714 to not have to use him till the ninth, but when we got the lead, we were 352 00:14:20,714 --> 00:14:23,895 like, all right man, he is, he's just gonna be running off fumes in the 353 00:14:23,895 --> 00:14:25,454 ninth if he can get through the eighth. 354 00:14:25,454 --> 00:14:27,974 And of course it wasn't super clean. 355 00:14:27,974 --> 00:14:32,535 I think he walked three and hit two in two innings, but he didn't give up a hit. 356 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:36,165 Uh, and uh, that's life in the closer world, right? 357 00:14:36,285 --> 00:14:36,344 Yeah. 358 00:14:36,405 --> 00:14:37,545 Like, it doesn't matter. 359 00:14:37,545 --> 00:14:40,964 You don't get any style points, like you just get it done. 360 00:14:40,964 --> 00:14:42,375 It's all about the bottom line. 361 00:14:42,375 --> 00:14:42,795 So. 362 00:14:43,245 --> 00:14:45,885 I was sitting there in my house and I said, Bailey, just get six 363 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,505 outs before you give up five runs. 364 00:14:47,505 --> 00:14:48,405 That's all we gotta do. 365 00:14:48,584 --> 00:14:49,545 That's all that matters. 366 00:14:49,635 --> 00:14:49,724 Yeah. 367 00:14:49,724 --> 00:14:52,214 I don't, I don't care if we win by one, that's fine. 368 00:14:52,214 --> 00:14:53,265 Just, yeah, do the job. 369 00:14:53,265 --> 00:14:53,415 Just 370 00:14:53,415 --> 00:14:57,824 like, uh, you know, Friday we're, we're up by three and then, you 371 00:14:57,824 --> 00:15:00,555 know, he gives up two, but we won by one, so that's all it matters. 372 00:15:00,555 --> 00:15:00,705 There you go. 373 00:15:01,030 --> 00:15:01,520 Exactly. 374 00:15:01,540 --> 00:15:09,915 And, um, yeah, so, you know, the, um, our first, gosh winning week of the 375 00:15:09,915 --> 00:15:14,655 season, you know, to go three in one and, um, all on the road of course, 376 00:15:14,655 --> 00:15:19,484 but, um, so proud of the guys and, you know, the game we lost was a five four. 377 00:15:19,950 --> 00:15:20,850 Good ball game. 378 00:15:20,850 --> 00:15:23,520 And, uh, we won a close one on Friday. 379 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:27,330 Didn't play particularly well, but we had a bunch of big hits. 380 00:15:27,330 --> 00:15:31,140 And then Saturday we didn't get any big hits really. 381 00:15:31,410 --> 00:15:33,840 Um, and Sunday started out that way. 382 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,840 You know, we got first and third no outs and the first and don't score. 383 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,890 And, you know, that's been kind of the broken record of, of this team 384 00:15:40,890 --> 00:15:45,540 this year is just not taking advantage of those types of opportunities. 385 00:15:45,540 --> 00:15:49,350 And, um, then they, you know, they did a good job. 386 00:15:49,350 --> 00:15:50,730 They, they got to Blake a little bit. 387 00:15:50,730 --> 00:15:54,420 That was probably, as, you know, as hard as Blake's been hit, you 388 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:57,210 know, that I can remember this year. 389 00:15:57,275 --> 00:16:01,170 Um, they did a good job staying on, you know, change up with two 390 00:16:01,170 --> 00:16:03,780 strikes and things like that. 391 00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:09,300 So, um, you know, got up, got up five to, to nothing, and then we tied it 392 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:13,980 up and then came, you know, then they, then they made it, you know, 10 to five. 393 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:18,390 And then, um, we, we, you know, played everybody but uh. 394 00:16:19,305 --> 00:16:22,604 Wood Wood Celick text me and said, were you guys playing the catcher in 395 00:16:22,604 --> 00:16:23,805 left field at the end of that game? 396 00:16:23,954 --> 00:16:25,425 I go, yep, we sure are. 397 00:16:25,425 --> 00:16:29,055 It was one of those games, and we had to, because we only had one more player 398 00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:30,854 left on the bench that was Tanner Shale. 399 00:16:31,785 --> 00:16:35,954 And, uh, if something would've happened to Hallman, you know, 400 00:16:35,954 --> 00:16:37,875 we'd already put him in for Slater. 401 00:16:38,084 --> 00:16:41,685 If we took, uh, you know, Morales outta the game, we wouldn't 402 00:16:41,685 --> 00:16:43,125 have had a catcher available. 403 00:16:43,125 --> 00:16:46,935 And so he's played some left field and some practices and scrimmages. 404 00:16:46,935 --> 00:16:48,915 He takes fly balls out there just in case. 405 00:16:48,915 --> 00:16:53,925 So we, uh, we put 'em out there and, um, you know, I, I told him after 406 00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:56,234 he pitched it, you're gonna have to play left for at least at anything. 407 00:16:56,685 --> 00:17:00,670 And, um, you know, he ended up playing for two, so he didn't have any plays, but. 408 00:17:01,170 --> 00:17:01,770 He's fine. 409 00:17:01,770 --> 00:17:04,230 He can catch the ball, you know, the routine plays. 410 00:17:04,230 --> 00:17:09,300 And, uh, he's a baseball player, so, uh, but Ev Evan Holman, you know, who you got 411 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:13,710 as a guest was obviously the, the hero, I mean, comes off the bench and hits 412 00:17:13,710 --> 00:17:16,589 a, a double right-handed down the line. 413 00:17:17,099 --> 00:17:21,270 Um, then it hits a double left-handed off the wall, and then 414 00:17:21,270 --> 00:17:22,889 a Grand Slam right handed and. 415 00:17:23,305 --> 00:17:26,455 You know, we all think Evan's a better right-handed hitter 416 00:17:26,455 --> 00:17:28,165 than left and certainly mm-hmm. 417 00:17:28,585 --> 00:17:29,965 Got more power right-handed. 418 00:17:30,655 --> 00:17:35,095 Um, obviously they didn't have that because, you know, they brought in 419 00:17:35,095 --> 00:17:39,115 the lefty to face him his second time and, um, he, he was able to hit the 420 00:17:39,115 --> 00:17:41,395 home run and, and boy we needed it. 421 00:17:41,395 --> 00:17:41,965 That was big. 422 00:17:41,965 --> 00:17:45,355 'cause you know, five's way better than one being up on the road 423 00:17:47,395 --> 00:17:50,455 when you're running low on, you know, when the tank's running low. 424 00:17:50,815 --> 00:17:52,015 Uh, that's an expert, 425 00:17:52,015 --> 00:17:54,415 uh, coaching that's from all your many years of doing it. 426 00:17:54,415 --> 00:17:55,855 You know, the five is better than one. 427 00:17:56,035 --> 00:17:56,575 That's right. 428 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:57,535 Five's better than one. 429 00:17:57,535 --> 00:18:00,445 So we dialed up that, that grand slam right there. 430 00:18:00,445 --> 00:18:06,565 And ebs, um, you know, ha like a lot of our guys hasn't gotten off to a 431 00:18:06,565 --> 00:18:09,955 great start swinging the bat, but starting swinging a little bit better. 432 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:13,135 And, um, you know, the warm weather certainly helps. 433 00:18:13,135 --> 00:18:16,015 And some guys came off the bench in addition to him. 434 00:18:16,015 --> 00:18:17,605 You know, Tylers of Dallas had a big home. 435 00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:20,520 To tie the game up earlier in the game. 436 00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:27,360 Um, so yeah, it was definitely the epitome of a, of a total team effort 437 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:32,760 because just about everybody played and, um, that's sometimes what it takes. 438 00:18:34,110 --> 00:18:35,580 It was, yeah, Evan came into the week. 439 00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:39,180 He had I think a, a homer and a double, and then he hit 440 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:40,560 the double at Norfolk State. 441 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,650 So he ended up with three doubles and a homer on the week. 442 00:18:43,950 --> 00:18:46,440 Yeah, after only a double and a homer before that. 443 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:47,425 So great week for him. 444 00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:48,270 Yeah. 445 00:18:48,270 --> 00:18:48,600 Yeah. 446 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:49,679 That's baseball, right? 447 00:18:49,679 --> 00:18:49,770 Mm-hmm. 448 00:18:50,405 --> 00:18:54,090 Um, and right guy in the right spot, and Ed's a great kid. 449 00:18:54,090 --> 00:18:57,810 He works hard and you know, we, it's nice to see him get 450 00:18:57,810 --> 00:18:59,699 rewarded with a, a day like that. 451 00:18:59,699 --> 00:19:03,240 And we, and we needed it, you know, I mean, there's a big difference 452 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,939 between seven and eight and six and nine, that's for sure. 453 00:19:06,330 --> 00:19:13,080 Um, and even though it's one game, it feels like a lot more, and, uh, you 454 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,929 know, in the standings it actually is, you know, instead of one game 455 00:19:15,929 --> 00:19:18,330 below 500, you'd have been three. 456 00:19:18,330 --> 00:19:21,750 And you know, I think, you know, with everything jumbled up, there's so many 457 00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:26,460 teams at eight and seven and seven and eight, um, and even nine and six. 458 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:32,159 So, um, you know, we're, uh, halfway through and we've got three of the. 459 00:19:32,570 --> 00:19:36,530 Last five series at home, uh, quote unquote. 460 00:19:36,620 --> 00:19:40,700 And, you know, we won't be traveling as, as much this, this 461 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:43,970 last, you know, five, five weeks. 462 00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:45,500 And that'll be nice for the guys. 463 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:47,150 I think they've certainly earned that. 464 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:52,460 Um, so hopefully we can get rested up a little bit and get ready to go. 465 00:19:53,570 --> 00:19:57,260 Yeah, I mean, you're seven and eight, but you're two games out of the four 466 00:19:57,260 --> 00:19:59,000 spot and three games out a third. 467 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,470 Like, that's just how tight it is. 468 00:20:00,470 --> 00:20:02,030 And, and you're right, that seven eight's big. 469 00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:04,310 'cause if you're six to nine, you're actually in 11th and 470 00:20:04,310 --> 00:20:05,600 not in this four way tie. 471 00:20:06,110 --> 00:20:06,320 Yeah. 472 00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:07,160 So it's, 473 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:10,790 you, you talked about, I think last week of, you know, there've been a lot of 474 00:20:10,790 --> 00:20:14,000 sweeps in the Sunbelt this year, but we haven't been on the wrong end of one yet. 475 00:20:14,270 --> 00:20:16,910 So like, getting that one extra game here, one extra game 476 00:20:16,910 --> 00:20:19,460 there has, has been been huge. 477 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,745 And then the schedule difficulty, man, I mean, I. Coastal Troy, 478 00:20:23,745 --> 00:20:27,014 Southern App, Georgia State, Louisiana, Georgia Southern. 479 00:20:27,014 --> 00:20:27,899 That's the top seven. 480 00:20:27,899 --> 00:20:28,784 You've got 'em this year. 481 00:20:29,745 --> 00:20:30,104 Yeah. 482 00:20:30,104 --> 00:20:30,344 Yeah. 483 00:20:30,344 --> 00:20:33,794 We didn't get any breaks on the, on the schedule makers, that's for sure. 484 00:20:33,794 --> 00:20:33,854 No. 485 00:20:34,455 --> 00:20:35,145 Um, no. 486 00:20:35,205 --> 00:20:39,405 But after this weekend, we'll have played all of them except coastal. 487 00:20:39,975 --> 00:20:44,294 And, and so we will, you know, we'll, we'll have, not that any of 'em are 488 00:20:44,294 --> 00:20:49,304 easy by any stretch, but, you know, we'll have, um, you know, some teams 489 00:20:49,365 --> 00:20:52,905 maybe that have potential to be below us in the standings coming up. 490 00:20:53,264 --> 00:20:55,754 And, um, you never know how that can work out. 491 00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:59,385 So, uh, you just gotta go play and play better. 492 00:20:59,385 --> 00:21:02,475 It's funny, you know, we've played pretty well down at Georgia Southern. 493 00:21:02,475 --> 00:21:05,985 That's, you know, we've been down there, well, we've played well against them. 494 00:21:05,985 --> 00:21:09,495 We, we've won all three of our regular season series against them, 495 00:21:10,094 --> 00:21:11,564 uh, and two of them down there. 496 00:21:12,044 --> 00:21:15,945 So, um, you know, I don't, I don't know what the dynamics of how you play 497 00:21:15,945 --> 00:21:17,985 better against some teams than others. 498 00:21:18,330 --> 00:21:21,630 Are, but they seem to be one of the teams that we play, you know, 499 00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:23,280 fairly well against overall. 500 00:21:24,030 --> 00:21:27,450 Which that's fascinating because, you know, at after three years it's 501 00:21:27,450 --> 00:21:29,520 not at all the same players and 502 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:30,000 Yeah. 503 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:30,330 Coaches 504 00:21:30,330 --> 00:21:30,990 are different. 505 00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:31,860 Styles are different. 506 00:21:31,860 --> 00:21:35,100 It's, it is interesting how, yeah, just sometimes throughout the years 507 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,770 you just have certain programs that you play better against. 508 00:21:38,070 --> 00:21:38,520 Yeah. 509 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,550 It's, it's, it's a crazy phenomenon. 510 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:46,290 I was telling Mike Marron and I were talking about it, uh, back in 511 00:21:46,290 --> 00:21:50,760 the old Sunbelt days when I was at Western Kentucky, we never lost to 512 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,690 FIU Florida International Home away. 513 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,130 We could've played 'em on Mars. 514 00:21:56,130 --> 00:21:58,410 We always beat 'em and we swept them a lot. 515 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,560 We couldn't beat FAU Florida Atlantic. 516 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:06,390 Same thing in reverse until we got here. 517 00:22:06,915 --> 00:22:09,945 And actually, you know, had some of our better teams. 518 00:22:09,945 --> 00:22:14,445 And then 19 21, 22, we beat, we beat FAU and FIU. 519 00:22:15,405 --> 00:22:17,835 But it was just, it was just strange. 520 00:22:17,835 --> 00:22:23,715 I mean, how that, how that works out like that, you know, um, so I, I can't 521 00:22:23,715 --> 00:22:27,915 explain it, but some, some guys you, you know, play some teams you just 522 00:22:27,915 --> 00:22:31,815 seem to play better against some, maybe, maybe it's a style of play thing 523 00:22:31,815 --> 00:22:35,355 sometimes, but like you said, there's different players over the years as well. 524 00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:41,265 So, um, they're, they're doing a, it's such a great place to play, like college. 525 00:22:41,265 --> 00:22:44,055 Baseball wise, the weather's always good for one. 526 00:22:44,775 --> 00:22:49,065 Um, the, uh, the facility's phenomenal. 527 00:22:49,065 --> 00:22:50,925 They, they have the best surface. 528 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:52,560 But it's all natural. 529 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,510 Their grounds guy's are credible. 530 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:58,440 They have the best surface in the league bar, bar none. 531 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,510 There's not even a close second, I don't think. 532 00:23:00,570 --> 00:23:02,790 Guy, a guy does an amazing job. 533 00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:03,750 It plays great. 534 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:04,620 It looks great. 535 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,210 Um, and they're doing that $10 million, you know, renovation down 536 00:23:09,210 --> 00:23:10,920 the, down the left field line. 537 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,650 It's gonna be really, really cool when they, when they get that done. 538 00:23:13,650 --> 00:23:17,580 So they're going through a little bit, much smaller version of what we 539 00:23:17,580 --> 00:23:21,450 are, you know, they had to move outta their locker room, um, and switch 540 00:23:21,450 --> 00:23:23,310 dugouts and do some things like that. 541 00:23:23,310 --> 00:23:25,590 They're still able to play and practice there, certainly, 542 00:23:25,590 --> 00:23:26,970 obviously, and have games. 543 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:31,170 But, um, yeah, that made that, um. 544 00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:36,254 That made that nine and a half hour bus ride home a little bit more bearable. 545 00:23:36,260 --> 00:23:36,629 You know, I 546 00:23:36,629 --> 00:23:38,235 figured you guys were flying on that one. 547 00:23:39,165 --> 00:23:42,495 Nah, it's so, it's so hard to get there by the time you fly Yeah. 548 00:23:42,495 --> 00:23:45,044 And drive to the airport and do all that, you're really not 549 00:23:45,044 --> 00:23:46,995 saving that much, that much time. 550 00:23:47,139 --> 00:23:47,429 Yeah. 551 00:23:47,429 --> 00:23:50,895 Because of course that was a four and a half hour game, uh, 552 00:23:50,895 --> 00:23:53,445 you know, to, to top it off. 553 00:23:53,445 --> 00:23:55,395 So we didn't get done with it. 554 00:23:55,455 --> 00:23:57,315 We didn't get outta there until six 30. 555 00:23:57,315 --> 00:23:58,304 It was a one o'clock game. 556 00:23:58,304 --> 00:24:00,075 We thought we were gonna be on the road by five. 557 00:24:00,675 --> 00:24:01,845 Um, so 558 00:24:02,054 --> 00:24:02,115 yeah. 559 00:24:02,115 --> 00:24:03,705 A lot of long games this whole week. 560 00:24:04,784 --> 00:24:06,375 Yeah, I know. 561 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:08,445 I, I, I, I'm not a big fan of those. 562 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,135 Gotta get that pitch clock going a little faster. 563 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:14,355 Yeah, I would like that. 564 00:24:14,355 --> 00:24:17,415 You know, throw more strikes and get the ball and play and let's go. 565 00:24:17,415 --> 00:24:20,715 So yeah, when you walk everybody and change pictures. 566 00:24:21,254 --> 00:24:27,075 The week started with, uh, you know, with a win at Norfolk State and mm-hmm um, 567 00:24:27,135 --> 00:24:29,655 kind of a little bit of a sloppy game. 568 00:24:29,655 --> 00:24:32,985 They walked a bunch of guys and, you know, we had a couple big hits, but, 569 00:24:33,465 --> 00:24:37,035 uh, we were able to kind of, you know, play some, play some guys that hadn't 570 00:24:37,035 --> 00:24:40,575 played a ton and throw some guys that haven't thrown, thrown a bunch and, 571 00:24:41,025 --> 00:24:42,525 you know, come away with a win there. 572 00:24:42,525 --> 00:24:43,485 And, um, yeah, 573 00:24:43,485 --> 00:24:45,345 Jayce did a good job starting that game. 574 00:24:45,435 --> 00:24:46,545 Jayce did a good job. 575 00:24:46,545 --> 00:24:50,445 He's gonna get started again tomorrow against VCU and we need him to 576 00:24:50,445 --> 00:24:54,675 step up, you know, we need another guy or two to, to step up for us. 577 00:24:54,675 --> 00:24:59,355 Um, you know, especially showing they can help us on the, on the weekend. 578 00:24:59,355 --> 00:25:02,325 And, uh, so, you know, I tell 'em all the time, you know, those Tuesday, 579 00:25:02,325 --> 00:25:06,855 those midweek games are some of you guys opportunities to, to do that? 580 00:25:08,115 --> 00:25:08,955 How you throw there? 581 00:25:08,955 --> 00:25:11,925 Let's just have a feel for what you might be able to do on the weekend. 582 00:25:12,735 --> 00:25:16,064 And we saw that you gave Connor Schumann some chances on the weekend after. 583 00:25:16,064 --> 00:25:18,885 He hadn't pitched much at all, but he got the Tuesday looked real. 584 00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:20,294 I was behind the plate when he was pitching Tuesday. 585 00:25:20,294 --> 00:25:21,195 It looked phenomenal. 586 00:25:21,524 --> 00:25:23,595 Um, did a good job for you Saturday and then, you know, 587 00:25:23,595 --> 00:25:24,915 had some struggles on Sunday. 588 00:25:25,095 --> 00:25:28,425 Well, he did, and you know, we don't, you don't know what you don't know. 589 00:25:28,425 --> 00:25:30,135 Can he bounce back a day after? 590 00:25:30,139 --> 00:25:30,210 Mm-hmm. 591 00:25:30,405 --> 00:25:33,135 And to be fair to him though, he got a ground routine, ground 592 00:25:33,135 --> 00:25:35,865 ball a second that we made an error on to open up that inning. 593 00:25:36,044 --> 00:25:37,425 And then he threw a pick off. 594 00:25:37,784 --> 00:25:42,465 That was, wasn't even the same area code as first base, like it, it must 595 00:25:42,465 --> 00:25:44,324 have missed first base by 25 feet. 596 00:25:44,324 --> 00:25:46,820 I, I don't know what, what was going on with 597 00:25:46,820 --> 00:25:46,980 that, 598 00:25:47,085 --> 00:25:51,705 but, uh, some, some of the things we do, uh, baffle, baffle me. 599 00:25:52,095 --> 00:25:55,274 Um, but you, he gets, you know, we, you never know. 600 00:25:55,274 --> 00:25:58,544 He, we make that play and wasn't a hard play. 601 00:25:58,605 --> 00:26:02,385 And, you know, he, he feels, he, he's kind of cruising. 602 00:26:02,804 --> 00:26:05,745 Um, so, but Chewy did a good job at Norfolk State. 603 00:26:05,774 --> 00:26:08,745 He did a really good job on Saturday, like you said. 604 00:26:08,745 --> 00:26:15,284 And so, you know, um, it's, it's another lefty that maybe we can use to flush 605 00:26:15,284 --> 00:26:18,915 him lefties out, you know, in the course of a game when we don't want to 606 00:26:18,915 --> 00:26:20,804 use Bailey yet or something like that. 607 00:26:21,105 --> 00:26:23,685 And, and to Bailey's credit, I, I'll give him that man. 608 00:26:23,685 --> 00:26:26,745 He was, he was gassed yesterday and the breaking ball was kind of 609 00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:32,264 backing up on him and he flipped gears to fastball change up. 610 00:26:32,264 --> 00:26:32,745 Mm-hmm. 611 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:38,250 After that first inning, he just pretty much eliminated the breaking ball, uh, 612 00:26:38,250 --> 00:26:39,960 and just flipped gears and fast change. 613 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,070 And the last two pitches game he started to kid out were really good changeups. 614 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:49,620 And so, you know, credit to him, he is becoming much more of a, a pitcher 615 00:26:49,620 --> 00:26:54,390 and being able to kind of process his way through some of these things. 616 00:26:54,420 --> 00:26:57,750 'cause the fact is you, you know, he's thrown twice for us a couple 617 00:26:57,750 --> 00:27:01,980 times on the weekend and done just as good a job the second time. 618 00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:02,850 That's not easy. 619 00:27:02,850 --> 00:27:05,730 You don't see that a lot in college baseball anymore. 620 00:27:06,030 --> 00:27:08,940 You used to, your closer through, man, he might throw in all three games. 621 00:27:09,180 --> 00:27:09,270 Yeah. 622 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:11,130 But you don't see it much anymore. 623 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:14,880 And Bailey's been able to do it, or if you do see it that 624 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,890 second time, they're crappy. 625 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,050 Like they get the crap knocked out of them. 626 00:27:19,470 --> 00:27:22,650 Um, and so Bailey's been able to do it in different ways. 627 00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:25,230 Um, so that's been, that's been good to see. 628 00:27:26,490 --> 00:27:26,699 Yeah. 629 00:27:26,699 --> 00:27:30,120 And I, I like him moving to fastball changeup too, because sometimes the reason 630 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:33,600 they look crappy in that second outing is the guy's got a feel for what he's gonna 631 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,459 throw and if they time to breaking ball. 632 00:27:35,669 --> 00:27:38,610 So almost, almost basically bring in a different pitcher. 633 00:27:38,610 --> 00:27:41,010 Throwing different stuff can be a nice little change there too. 634 00:27:41,550 --> 00:27:41,850 Yeah. 635 00:27:41,850 --> 00:27:42,209 Yeah. 636 00:27:42,209 --> 00:27:45,510 And he was huffing and puffing out there, and I'm really proud of him 637 00:27:45,510 --> 00:27:50,070 because yeah, he, he wasn't a guy that could fight his way through not 638 00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:53,040 feeling good his first two years here. 639 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,100 He would just start throwing the ball all over the place and, you know, we're 640 00:27:56,100 --> 00:28:00,959 down the middle and now he's, and, and, and some of this is just what 641 00:28:00,959 --> 00:28:05,820 experience does, you know, you gotta learn the lessons the hard way, uh, and 642 00:28:05,820 --> 00:28:07,439 then you get better at it, hopefully. 643 00:28:07,439 --> 00:28:09,870 And that's, that's what's happening with Bailey. 644 00:28:09,870 --> 00:28:12,750 He's, he's, um, had some good outings. 645 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:16,020 He's gotten his butt whooped and he's taken all of that and 646 00:28:16,439 --> 00:28:18,060 chalked it up and learned from it. 647 00:28:18,060 --> 00:28:21,330 And he is becoming a really, really valuable pitcher for 648 00:28:21,330 --> 00:28:22,830 us on this year's staff. 649 00:28:22,830 --> 00:28:24,959 Certainly, I'm really proud of them. 650 00:28:25,860 --> 00:28:29,400 Saw that compete factor, I think show up a good bit on Sunday too. 651 00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:29,520 Yeah. 652 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,950 Like you get punched in the, you get punched in the mouth early 653 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,710 and you get kicked in the teeth later and you still come back 654 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:36,540 and, and put up 10 in the eighth. 655 00:28:36,540 --> 00:28:37,200 I still can't get over. 656 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,700 That's one of the craziest games I've seen. 657 00:28:39,390 --> 00:28:39,660 Yeah. 658 00:28:39,930 --> 00:28:40,260 Yeah. 659 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:44,880 We had a game CB probably remember, I think it was 17, we 660 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,220 were down 11 to two in the eighth. 661 00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:47,310 Mm-hmm. 662 00:28:47,405 --> 00:28:49,560 Against FIU on senior day. 663 00:28:49,950 --> 00:28:50,220 Yeah. 664 00:28:50,225 --> 00:28:53,820 And we came back and took the lead maybe scored 10 runs in the eighth. 665 00:28:53,820 --> 00:28:55,890 I think that was the last time that's happened. 666 00:28:56,310 --> 00:29:00,090 Um, and, and ended up hanging on winning by one. 667 00:29:00,090 --> 00:29:03,210 And that one, I think that was at home, you know, on senior 668 00:29:03,210 --> 00:29:04,140 day a little bit different. 669 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:06,960 And we had two seniors at home runs in that inning. 670 00:29:07,020 --> 00:29:08,820 Uh, Nick Walker and Turner Bishop. 671 00:29:08,820 --> 00:29:11,100 I think Nick hit a grand slam actually. 672 00:29:11,490 --> 00:29:13,350 But yeah, to do it on the road. 673 00:29:13,905 --> 00:29:18,465 Um, you know, when it didn't looking good, and I was trying to remember 674 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:20,745 even how that inning got going. 675 00:29:20,745 --> 00:29:20,955 Do you? 676 00:29:20,985 --> 00:29:23,985 I can't, I couldn't even, I couldn't even tell you right now. 677 00:29:24,225 --> 00:29:28,815 Uh, it's a blur what happened, but you know, I, I know, I know the 678 00:29:28,815 --> 00:29:33,735 first time when we tied it up, Jorge and, uh, and Zedalis hit home runs. 679 00:29:34,095 --> 00:29:37,995 Um, but that next time we just seemed to get a bun. 680 00:29:38,025 --> 00:29:39,945 You know, there's some walks in there, obviously, which 681 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:41,055 they're always are, right. 682 00:29:41,385 --> 00:29:46,065 But, um, we seemed to get a bunch of singles in there, you 683 00:29:46,065 --> 00:29:50,115 know, uh, four or five, and then we hit the big, big home run. 684 00:29:50,145 --> 00:29:51,345 So see 685 00:29:51,345 --> 00:29:57,315 Walks by waters in Zedalis, double by Holman, uh, loads of bases. 686 00:29:57,375 --> 00:30:02,264 Uh, wild Pitch, brought in waters, uh, Aiken and Morales walked. 687 00:30:02,264 --> 00:30:03,645 So that's ten seven. 688 00:30:04,215 --> 00:30:04,845 Uh, lake. 689 00:30:04,845 --> 00:30:06,885 It's a two run single at the left. 690 00:30:07,035 --> 00:30:10,395 That's when, uh, Kainen hits the homer to tie the game at 10. 691 00:30:11,175 --> 00:30:12,465 Uh, let's see. 692 00:30:12,465 --> 00:30:17,085 With the RBI single, it's the Edwards, uh, RBI single, uh, 693 00:30:17,385 --> 00:30:19,965 Edwards stole second Luke walks. 694 00:30:20,415 --> 00:30:22,665 Uh, that's when then Holman hits the grand slam. 695 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,010 Yeah. 696 00:30:23,010 --> 00:30:24,705 So yeah, I mean it's, it was just walks. 697 00:30:24,705 --> 00:30:24,855 Yeah. 698 00:30:25,814 --> 00:30:27,554 Like Gary and I were kind of talking before you came in. 699 00:30:27,554 --> 00:30:30,524 This is one of the first weekends where it feels like we were really 700 00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:34,514 able to, it's not just we were able to capitalize in the team making mistakes. 701 00:30:34,635 --> 00:30:35,865 The other team actually made mistakes. 702 00:30:35,895 --> 00:30:39,135 It feels like a lot of the year, the other team has, has not made mistakes. 703 00:30:39,135 --> 00:30:41,175 Even when they do, we don't get much out of it. 704 00:30:42,314 --> 00:30:42,554 Yeah. 705 00:30:42,554 --> 00:30:44,625 And that was the disappointing thing about Saturday. 706 00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:45,044 Man. 707 00:30:45,314 --> 00:30:46,574 They made four errors. 708 00:30:47,085 --> 00:30:47,294 Yeah. 709 00:30:47,355 --> 00:30:49,064 They played awful defensively. 710 00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:51,915 Like their second baseman got hit in the foot more than his glove. 711 00:30:52,725 --> 00:30:53,205 Uh, 712 00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:53,560 and 713 00:30:55,064 --> 00:30:55,125 yeah. 714 00:30:55,125 --> 00:30:56,480 And they took him outta the game finally. 715 00:30:56,939 --> 00:30:59,625 But, but we couldn't get a big hit. 716 00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:04,274 We had so many chances in the first five innings and you only get so many. 717 00:31:04,274 --> 00:31:04,665 Right. 718 00:31:04,665 --> 00:31:07,215 And we just weren't, we just couldn't catch 'em in. 719 00:31:07,575 --> 00:31:10,335 And then, you know, they got a couple and that's the game. 720 00:31:10,665 --> 00:31:14,265 Um, and I was telling the guys like, the, the chances aren't unlimited 721 00:31:15,135 --> 00:31:18,855 sometimes we got some guys that I think put a little bit too much pressure 722 00:31:18,855 --> 00:31:20,685 on themselves in those situations. 723 00:31:20,685 --> 00:31:25,215 You know, you can't make yourself get a hit, you just have to zero in 724 00:31:25,215 --> 00:31:29,265 and try to hit the ball hard and, and make sure there're strikes can. 725 00:31:29,265 --> 00:31:33,255 And Jorge, you know, issue is he, he's swinging at balls in those situations. 726 00:31:33,345 --> 00:31:33,525 Mm-hmm. 727 00:31:34,005 --> 00:31:35,325 Um, that happened in the first inning. 728 00:31:35,325 --> 00:31:39,045 He swung a three run, three, one slider in the other batter's box. 729 00:31:39,045 --> 00:31:42,440 And I said, if you just take a walk there, Kyle's hit a, a 730 00:31:42,885 --> 00:31:44,385 deep fly ball, there's a run. 731 00:31:44,385 --> 00:31:48,435 You know, it's that, that's where you gotta be willing to let the guy walk 732 00:31:48,435 --> 00:31:50,175 you and let your teammate pick you up. 733 00:31:50,655 --> 00:31:57,075 Um, these are all things I think that are experience, you know, 734 00:31:57,075 --> 00:31:59,565 oriented to, to some extent. 735 00:32:00,105 --> 00:32:02,415 And it's just things that we gotta keep. 736 00:32:03,179 --> 00:32:04,679 You know, just keep playing. 737 00:32:04,679 --> 00:32:07,949 And as these guys, some of these guys are good players and they gotta, 738 00:32:07,949 --> 00:32:11,280 we gotta keep working with 'em and helping 'em get better and, you 739 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:15,689 know, um, but it's a lot of new guys that haven't played at this level. 740 00:32:15,689 --> 00:32:17,939 Even if they played in junior college and they haven't played at 741 00:32:18,090 --> 00:32:20,399 this level that much, or if at all. 742 00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:22,260 And there's a learning curve there. 743 00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:25,620 You know, a lot of junior college Co. Paul Keys used to always say, you get 744 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:28,169 one good year out of a JUCO hitter, man. 745 00:32:28,169 --> 00:32:32,250 It's either that first year and they sign, uh, 'cause they're awesome. 746 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:36,030 Or they're learning that first year and they're okay up and down and then 747 00:32:36,030 --> 00:32:37,260 their senior year, they're awesome. 748 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:41,429 And so, you know, we got some guys going through a little bit of that. 749 00:32:41,429 --> 00:32:43,800 I, I think, you know, Kainen Jorge has got. 750 00:32:44,610 --> 00:32:45,990 Tremendous ability. 751 00:32:46,110 --> 00:32:46,200 Mm-hmm. 752 00:32:46,890 --> 00:32:51,420 Um, he, he just has a bad approach some days and he tries to, you 753 00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:55,620 know, swing, swing at everything between the dugouts and, uh, once 754 00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:57,570 he is, but he's an awesome kid. 755 00:32:57,570 --> 00:32:58,710 He cares about it. 756 00:32:59,550 --> 00:33:03,090 He worries a little bit too much, you know, but he, he is a great kid. 757 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,840 And, and you're gonna work with those guys and keep working with 'em. 758 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:07,950 And keep working with 'em. 759 00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:10,740 'cause I mean, he can hit it out there in the road when he 760 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:12,030 gets it on the barrel, you know? 761 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:14,399 I thought it was funny. 762 00:33:14,399 --> 00:33:17,190 Uh, I think all three days you had, they had a different sideline 763 00:33:17,190 --> 00:33:18,690 reporter ask you questions. 764 00:33:18,810 --> 00:33:19,110 Yeah. 765 00:33:19,115 --> 00:33:23,159 And I, I think all three asked you about pitching and all three times 766 00:33:23,159 --> 00:33:24,419 you're like, well, if we got a hit. 767 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:27,419 Yeah. 768 00:33:28,169 --> 00:33:33,090 Uh, I couldn't even hear two of them, so I just decided I talk about the, uh, 769 00:33:33,514 --> 00:33:36,960 the, the, yeah, the, you know, they, they wanted to, uh, the girl yesterday, 770 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,280 I couldn't hear one word she said. 771 00:33:38,284 --> 00:33:38,615 I heard, yeah. 772 00:33:38,615 --> 00:33:41,730 I can tell I heard her say Blake Morgan, and then, but that was it. 773 00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:42,990 And Blake wasn't Pi very good. 774 00:33:42,990 --> 00:33:44,159 So I didn't wanna talk about him. 775 00:33:44,580 --> 00:33:50,879 Uh, but the, uh, I, I thought, I thought, you know, going back to pitching 776 00:33:50,879 --> 00:33:55,560 though, I thought Ben Moore had one of his better outings of the season. 777 00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:58,770 Um, reminded me a lot of the Georgia State. 778 00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:01,530 Outing at home a few weeks ago. 779 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:04,680 He threw strikes, he was held his velocity. 780 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,240 He was still throwing 91 in the fifth. 781 00:34:06,660 --> 00:34:09,929 We really debated whether to send him out there for the sixth because he 782 00:34:09,929 --> 00:34:14,520 was doing well, but he was over 90 pitches, which has been a lot for him. 783 00:34:15,030 --> 00:34:20,909 Um, we got a long way to go and we're just like, you know, uh, 784 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,719 we've, some of these guys outta the bullpen have to be able to do that. 785 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,530 I don't remember what the score was at the time, but we were up and he was pitching. 786 00:34:28,530 --> 00:34:28,920 Well, 787 00:34:30,929 --> 00:34:34,199 the, the, the difference for him was he was getting his change up in play. 788 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,800 You know, he, he, he hadn't had that for probably the last three weeks, 789 00:34:38,699 --> 00:34:41,670 but he threw a number of changeups that were really good, kept 'em 790 00:34:41,670 --> 00:34:45,989 all balanced, um, and had the good fastball and he was throwing strikes. 791 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,139 Um, so, and then I thought Hubble came in behind him and 792 00:34:49,139 --> 00:34:50,400 threw the ball real well and. 793 00:34:50,909 --> 00:34:52,980 Probably should have left him out there for one more out, as 794 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:54,330 you know, hindsight I guess. 795 00:34:54,330 --> 00:34:58,410 But he was, he, he's gotta be able to give us, get us through that third and he, 796 00:34:58,410 --> 00:35:02,819 he is, he's been throwing the ball much better outta the bullpen force last month. 797 00:35:02,819 --> 00:35:04,650 So that's good to see. 798 00:35:05,220 --> 00:35:08,460 Um, and and Dylan was, Dylan was good on Saturday. 799 00:35:08,460 --> 00:35:11,190 I mean, he left up three to one after five. 800 00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:14,879 His pitch count was unusually high for him. 801 00:35:14,884 --> 00:35:15,145 Mm-hmm. 802 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,060 He spray the ball a little bit lately. 803 00:35:18,060 --> 00:35:22,920 He is missing more on his arm side high than he, than he has the last two outings. 804 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,500 So that's something he is gotta work on this week to try to fix. 805 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:27,060 'cause he is just wasting pitches. 806 00:35:27,150 --> 00:35:29,220 You know, they're just non-competitive fastballs that 807 00:35:29,220 --> 00:35:31,980 are kind of up and outta the zone. 808 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:33,690 They don't really do anything for you, you know? 809 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:34,529 Yeah. 810 00:35:34,830 --> 00:35:38,370 Didn't seem as efficient as he was early in the season with his pitch. 811 00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:38,549 Yeah. 812 00:35:38,580 --> 00:35:39,359 Which I agree. 813 00:35:39,444 --> 00:35:42,420 It, it kind of put you in an interesting position 'cause this is the first 814 00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:46,170 time, at least within conference play, that you haven't had a starter 815 00:35:46,170 --> 00:35:47,970 or more than five all weekend. 816 00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:48,090 Yeah. 817 00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:50,550 So you add that with the taxing bullpen. 818 00:35:50,550 --> 00:35:53,040 I mean, you, you had to, to pull some interesting levers to get 819 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,150 out there with that series win. 820 00:35:54,270 --> 00:35:56,820 Yeah, and we couldn't throw Baines on Friday. 821 00:35:56,820 --> 00:36:00,540 His hamstring was a little sore, and of course he goes after the 822 00:36:00,540 --> 00:36:02,790 buck and works it on Saturday. 823 00:36:02,790 --> 00:36:05,310 That's been a, a nemesis for him this year. 824 00:36:05,310 --> 00:36:09,960 But, so we, you know, um, he, you know, he gave up a couple 825 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,110 right there, but hopefully we'll get him back for this weekend. 826 00:36:13,110 --> 00:36:15,570 I told him, just don't try to field any more bunts. 827 00:36:15,570 --> 00:36:16,980 We'll just play the third baseman in. 828 00:36:16,980 --> 00:36:20,610 You just let him go because it's always decelerating. 829 00:36:20,670 --> 00:36:23,550 That's the third time this year that's happened on the same play. 830 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,190 Uh, and it's just hamstrings are crazy. 831 00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:29,370 Like sometimes, I mean, you, they'll, they'll be feeling 832 00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:30,720 better and you do one thing and. 833 00:36:31,305 --> 00:36:34,694 They, they snatch up on you and that's what's happening with him. 834 00:36:34,694 --> 00:36:35,774 So unfortunately, trust 835 00:36:35,774 --> 00:36:36,734 me, fan, I'm old. 836 00:36:36,734 --> 00:36:37,605 I know that to be true. 837 00:36:37,870 --> 00:36:38,160 Yeah. 838 00:36:38,165 --> 00:36:38,475 Yeah, 839 00:36:38,535 --> 00:36:38,835 me too. 840 00:36:39,555 --> 00:36:43,395 Um, Frankie Wright hasn't been good the last two weeks. 841 00:36:43,395 --> 00:36:44,504 He's gotta get back going. 842 00:36:44,504 --> 00:36:46,424 I, I think he's gotta move faster. 843 00:36:46,424 --> 00:36:50,205 He, he is back kind of moving slow and he's gotta get himself back going. 844 00:36:50,205 --> 00:36:53,865 And, and Davis has had a couple outings where the, the breaking ball's 845 00:36:53,865 --> 00:36:55,725 staying up, it's not quite as sharp. 846 00:36:55,725 --> 00:36:58,424 So some of those guys, and that's part of a season, right? 847 00:36:58,754 --> 00:37:01,484 Your bullpen guys are just like anybody else, you know, 848 00:37:01,484 --> 00:37:03,075 starters have some bad starts. 849 00:37:03,075 --> 00:37:06,105 Bullpen guys go through the ups and downs of it. 850 00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:07,200 As well. 851 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:11,430 Um, and you know, they've, they've gotta keep working through that. 852 00:37:11,430 --> 00:37:16,109 And, um, you know, I, I kinda wonder sometimes if some of those guys don't 853 00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:19,770 just need to get out there, you know, for an inning during the week just to 854 00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:22,109 try to stay sharp on those weekday games. 855 00:37:22,529 --> 00:37:25,200 Um, it's, and it's different strokes, right? 856 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:26,790 Like hubble's not wired that way. 857 00:37:27,299 --> 00:37:30,540 Um, and we need some length outta him out of the bullpen, 858 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:32,640 so he's probably not a guy. 859 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:33,509 You would do that. 860 00:37:33,509 --> 00:37:36,089 And, and this week's gonna be a different journey anyway 'cause we're 861 00:37:36,089 --> 00:37:37,830 playing on Thursday instead of Friday. 862 00:37:37,859 --> 00:37:37,920 Yeah. 863 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:43,410 So your day short with all the pitching and, you know, maybe it could be 864 00:37:43,410 --> 00:37:46,560 a blessing that none of those guys went, you know, more than five. 865 00:37:46,950 --> 00:37:51,930 Um, because if you had a guy go nine and then all of a sudden he is coming back 866 00:37:51,930 --> 00:37:56,819 on a day shorter, that's a little bit even tougher than, you know, than normal. 867 00:37:56,819 --> 00:37:57,210 So. 868 00:37:57,645 --> 00:37:57,915 Yeah. 869 00:37:57,915 --> 00:38:00,765 And really you almost lose two days because, well, you said you all 870 00:38:00,765 --> 00:38:03,015 left around 6:00 PM nine hour drive. 871 00:38:03,015 --> 00:38:05,654 I wasn't a math major, but that's three, four in the morning. 872 00:38:06,015 --> 00:38:06,225 Yeah. 873 00:38:06,225 --> 00:38:07,935 Imagine a summer rehab, but that's 874 00:38:07,935 --> 00:38:08,115 about it. 875 00:38:08,115 --> 00:38:08,234 Yeah. 876 00:38:08,234 --> 00:38:12,285 I got to bed at like four 15 shoot, um, this morning. 877 00:38:12,285 --> 00:38:18,345 So by the time we got home and got in bed and all of that, so we switched buses in, 878 00:38:18,345 --> 00:38:24,045 in beautiful Emporia, Virginia at the, at the truck stop at, uh, one in the morning. 879 00:38:24,045 --> 00:38:24,855 So is that why you were 880 00:38:24,855 --> 00:38:27,705 getting one of the, their famous speed trap speed tickets on the bus too? 881 00:38:27,915 --> 00:38:27,975 Yeah, 882 00:38:29,024 --> 00:38:31,245 I don't think they, I don't think they messed with the buses o on there, 883 00:38:31,245 --> 00:38:34,575 but, so we watched a little bit of the masters, you know, to get the 884 00:38:34,575 --> 00:38:39,015 trip started and I was really happy to see McIlroy win that thing, man. 885 00:38:39,015 --> 00:38:39,734 That's cool for him. 886 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:39,855 Yeah. 887 00:38:39,855 --> 00:38:40,484 That's nice for him. 888 00:38:40,634 --> 00:38:42,464 Um, seems he just seems like a good person. 889 00:38:42,735 --> 00:38:42,825 And 890 00:38:45,045 --> 00:38:49,365 when he missed that punt on 18 the first time, boy, I fell for him because, you 891 00:38:49,365 --> 00:38:52,305 know, he, he pulled that thing, you could tell that was a little bit of, 892 00:38:52,725 --> 00:38:56,355 little bit of nerves, but then when he stuck that one in there about three feet 893 00:38:56,805 --> 00:38:59,685 in the playoff, I was like, all right, he ain't gonna miss this thing again. 894 00:39:00,555 --> 00:39:02,745 Um, they had, they had to keep it interesting. 895 00:39:02,745 --> 00:39:05,025 They had a little bit of daylight left and you know, the masters, they 896 00:39:05,025 --> 00:39:08,685 like to do that trophy ceremony when it's basically dark there at Augusta. 897 00:39:08,685 --> 00:39:08,925 So 898 00:39:09,315 --> 00:39:09,795 yeah, 899 00:39:10,725 --> 00:39:11,535 hit the buffalo wild. 900 00:39:11,535 --> 00:39:11,895 What happens if 901 00:39:11,895 --> 00:39:12,705 it gets dark? 902 00:39:12,860 --> 00:39:16,755 I, I, has it ever happened where, 'cause I know if they tied again, 903 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:21,165 they were going to 10 and then they go back again 18, that kind of thing. 904 00:39:21,405 --> 00:39:23,805 Have they ever had a situation they have to have had where they 905 00:39:23,805 --> 00:39:25,065 had to go into the next day? 906 00:39:26,145 --> 00:39:26,415 I, 907 00:39:26,415 --> 00:39:28,005 I don't know if it's happened at the Masters. 908 00:39:28,005 --> 00:39:30,825 I know it's happened for all the other majors. 909 00:39:30,915 --> 00:39:33,195 It probably happened, but it was a while ago. 910 00:39:33,465 --> 00:39:37,335 I know they started, they started using earlier t times for the guys. 911 00:39:37,365 --> 00:39:39,075 One, they hit a better TV window, but. 912 00:39:39,524 --> 00:39:42,765 It'd be kind of anti-climactic to come back at like 9:00 AM on Monday 913 00:39:42,765 --> 00:39:43,964 morning to finish out the question. 914 00:39:43,964 --> 00:39:45,495 Yeah, that's true. 915 00:39:45,915 --> 00:39:46,455 That's true. 916 00:39:46,515 --> 00:39:47,234 That's a good point. 917 00:39:47,984 --> 00:39:51,794 Um, well, I heard you guys talking about the tournament and some of those 918 00:39:51,794 --> 00:39:56,174 things, and certainly that's, you know, just, just making the tournament. 919 00:39:56,174 --> 00:40:01,935 But the last, you know, two years, um, we've been in that playing and the, 920 00:40:01,935 --> 00:40:06,944 uh, you know, last year you could see how that catches up to you, right? 921 00:40:06,944 --> 00:40:12,225 Like we won our first two games, but we were, we were pitching on game with game 922 00:40:12,225 --> 00:40:16,785 three pitchers where Georgia Southern was pitching game two pitchers, and, and it 923 00:40:16,785 --> 00:40:18,375 caught up to us right there a little bit, 924 00:40:18,645 --> 00:40:21,194 and especially last year when we didn't have guys that went 925 00:40:21,194 --> 00:40:23,745 with any kind of depth, when we didn't really have starters. 926 00:40:24,090 --> 00:40:26,760 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 927 00:40:27,210 --> 00:40:32,100 And then, and so, you know, and, and, but in fact, Dylan threw the ball good. 928 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,160 He, he gave us, I don't know, five SI think against Georgia Southern. 929 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,430 He was, but it, we were, we were just out of bullets in the bullpen 930 00:40:38,430 --> 00:40:41,430 at that point, you know, just from those having that extra game. 931 00:40:41,910 --> 00:40:45,540 And they were close, you know, well the, the south out game was close, 932 00:40:45,540 --> 00:40:50,100 but, um, so yeah, you want to try to finish in that top six if you can. 933 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:50,640 Certainly. 934 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:51,900 And man, that ain't easy. 935 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:57,480 So, no, no, we, um, you know, you got three of the last five at home and. 936 00:40:57,945 --> 00:41:01,125 Obviously they're all big and you can point to any of 'em, say 937 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:05,325 this is a big weekend for us, but Louisiana's always one of the better 938 00:41:05,325 --> 00:41:08,235 teams in the league, and they got off to a little bit of a slow start. 939 00:41:08,235 --> 00:41:11,085 Looks like they're playing, you know, pretty good now and they 940 00:41:11,085 --> 00:41:14,295 have one of their better pitchers out earlier who's back now. 941 00:41:14,295 --> 00:41:18,285 And so it's all a, you know, it's all a good challenge. 942 00:41:18,285 --> 00:41:21,525 And after VCU tomorrow night, we're back at Harbor Park. 943 00:41:21,525 --> 00:41:23,715 Looks like the weather's gonna be great this week. 944 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:27,525 And, you know, good week for, uh, some, some good college baseball. 945 00:41:27,525 --> 00:41:28,995 We hope people come out and watch us. 946 00:41:29,625 --> 00:41:29,745 Yeah. 947 00:41:29,745 --> 00:41:33,465 And I think I wanted to ask you something about the, um, the dugouts 948 00:41:33,465 --> 00:41:37,785 you're, you've chosen at both Harbor Park and, uh, and War Memorial. 949 00:41:37,995 --> 00:41:43,125 Now I know that the last few times we played at Harbor Park, you've 950 00:41:43,125 --> 00:41:45,975 chosen the third base dugout, which is traditionally the visitors dugout. 951 00:41:46,065 --> 00:41:47,955 And I know, I think part of that was just easier to get in 952 00:41:47,955 --> 00:41:49,185 and out of outta the stadium. 953 00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:52,605 I, I was curious, was there a reason why you chose the 954 00:41:52,605 --> 00:41:54,735 visitors dugout at War Memorial? 955 00:41:56,265 --> 00:42:00,045 Uh, we're, it's our home dugout when what we're used to, you know, at 956 00:42:00,045 --> 00:42:02,355 home, at, at when we play at home. 957 00:42:02,355 --> 00:42:07,154 So I think the game's always easier to manage in the third base dugout. 958 00:42:07,214 --> 00:42:13,515 Um, you're not across the field from your team or your third base coach and, um, 959 00:42:13,515 --> 00:42:18,045 you know, you're just closer to everything that needs to go on right there. 960 00:42:18,045 --> 00:42:22,335 So, um, I, I'd prefer the, the third base dugout. 961 00:42:22,335 --> 00:42:24,944 If ever given a choice, I'd always prefer third base. 962 00:42:25,964 --> 00:42:27,495 So that's, I figured it's a simple, easy answer. 963 00:42:28,305 --> 00:42:28,754 Yeah. 964 00:42:28,754 --> 00:42:29,055 Yeah, yeah. 965 00:42:29,055 --> 00:42:29,145 Well, 966 00:42:30,404 --> 00:42:34,935 coach, we got one call from Paula coming in and it's talking about, uh. 967 00:42:35,549 --> 00:42:38,609 Hitting an error scoring and official stats. 968 00:42:38,609 --> 00:42:41,040 So hopefully you're able to hear this one. 969 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,930 If you're not, we will recap it for you. 970 00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:43,259 Okay. 971 00:42:43,470 --> 00:42:44,609 Uh, when it's over. 972 00:42:44,609 --> 00:42:45,569 But this is Paula. 973 00:42:46,479 --> 00:42:47,229 Hi you guys. 974 00:42:47,289 --> 00:42:48,669 It's Paula Ambrose. 975 00:42:48,879 --> 00:42:53,740 I was calling to say one, congratulations to the coach for his 400th win. 976 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:57,850 Very exciting, and I think I've been here for most of them, 977 00:42:58,359 --> 00:42:59,979 or at them, for most of them. 978 00:43:00,580 --> 00:43:04,870 Anyhow, I had a question about official score keeping. 979 00:43:04,930 --> 00:43:09,100 I noticed sometimes as a fan, you can't tell on the scoreboard. 980 00:43:09,580 --> 00:43:11,740 It looks like it was a hit. 981 00:43:12,249 --> 00:43:13,870 When was probably an error. 982 00:43:16,104 --> 00:43:24,325 And if the official score is kept by the team or by the home team, 983 00:43:24,504 --> 00:43:26,785 or does anyone ever check it? 984 00:43:27,384 --> 00:43:31,434 And of course I'm sure you realize that I'm always taking this from 985 00:43:31,434 --> 00:43:37,164 a pitcher's perspective, so I'm usually pretty stingy on scoring a. 986 00:43:43,602 --> 00:43:44,562 SI can follow first. 987 00:43:44,742 --> 00:43:47,232 Uh, no, I was, so it sounded like her, her, and you can 988 00:43:47,232 --> 00:43:48,402 tell me if I'm incorrect, Gary. 989 00:43:48,642 --> 00:43:52,422 Uh, it sounded like her question was, uh, basically who is doing 990 00:43:52,422 --> 00:43:56,232 the score keeping, uh, the home team or is anybody checking on it? 991 00:43:56,622 --> 00:44:00,612 Um, that, was that more or less what was, what was I was saying there, Gary? 992 00:44:00,912 --> 00:44:01,332 Yeah. 993 00:44:01,392 --> 00:44:05,502 And then do you ever go back and review hits and errors that are scored because 994 00:44:05,502 --> 00:44:10,302 as she said, she is looking at the game from a pitcher's perspective and looking 995 00:44:10,302 --> 00:44:12,252 at those unearned and, and earned runs. 996 00:44:12,252 --> 00:44:12,582 Yes. 997 00:44:12,582 --> 00:44:17,442 Since her, since her husband was a pitcher at ODU, um, and, and a darn good one. 998 00:44:17,862 --> 00:44:19,177 Um, yes. 999 00:44:19,182 --> 00:44:20,622 Yes and no. 1000 00:44:20,652 --> 00:44:24,492 Uh, we do, I, I'll look up there sometimes and go, man, they gave 1001 00:44:24,492 --> 00:44:27,522 the guy error on that, you know, and I'll make a little note on my. 1002 00:44:28,212 --> 00:44:29,502 They gave the guy a hit on that. 1003 00:44:29,502 --> 00:44:33,852 I'll make a little note on my, my sheet and then sometimes we'll go back and ask 1004 00:44:34,242 --> 00:44:37,422 our sports info people if it's egregious. 1005 00:44:37,902 --> 00:44:43,152 Um, typically the scores are somebody in the sports information department. 1006 00:44:43,422 --> 00:44:47,232 You know, I know c Hud when he was here forever, uh, was always 1007 00:44:47,232 --> 00:44:52,662 our official score, um, for baseball games and did a great job. 1008 00:44:53,172 --> 00:44:59,052 Um, and you know, but sometimes, you know, I'll just say, Hey 1009 00:44:59,052 --> 00:45:00,252 man, I think that was a hit. 1010 00:45:00,282 --> 00:45:01,452 Like, come on, it's college. 1011 00:45:01,452 --> 00:45:03,372 This a college baseball game. 1012 00:45:03,372 --> 00:45:06,672 Like if a big leaguer, maybe you say should make that play. 1013 00:45:06,907 --> 00:45:07,197 Okay. 1014 00:45:08,637 --> 00:45:11,697 Guy hits a ball 105 miles an hour off a bat in a college 1015 00:45:11,697 --> 00:45:12,987 game, he probably deserves a hit. 1016 00:45:13,587 --> 00:45:15,117 Uh, you know, that's 1017 00:45:15,117 --> 00:45:15,417 fair. 1018 00:45:15,477 --> 00:45:23,697 Um, so yeah, and, and I always, sometimes I'll have some questions on, um, fielder's 1019 00:45:23,697 --> 00:45:30,657 choices because that, that rule can get a little bit, you know, conflicted 1020 00:45:30,657 --> 00:45:35,247 about, uh, with, with some things being arbitrary in terms of scoring. 1021 00:45:35,607 --> 00:45:37,257 Um, was the guy safe? 1022 00:45:37,767 --> 00:45:41,307 Uh, would he have been safe, the, was he out? 1023 00:45:41,307 --> 00:45:42,537 Those kinds of things like that. 1024 00:45:42,537 --> 00:45:46,647 When a guy safe on a fielder's choice, it actually can be 1025 00:45:47,097 --> 00:45:49,017 dealer's choice on the score. 1026 00:45:49,437 --> 00:45:54,927 Whether he wants to give the guy an error or wants to give the guy a hit, you know? 1027 00:45:54,927 --> 00:45:58,437 And my, my, my contention, it happened, um. 1028 00:46:00,342 --> 00:46:03,942 Morales was on second, and Luke Waters hit a bullet up the middle. 1029 00:46:03,942 --> 00:46:08,892 That was, ended up being the shortstop caught like in between hops kind of going 1030 00:46:08,892 --> 00:46:11,172 up the middle and Morales ran the third. 1031 00:46:11,532 --> 00:46:15,072 And the guy, instead of throwing the first, tried to get Morales out at third. 1032 00:46:15,102 --> 00:46:15,192 Mm-hmm. 1033 00:46:15,432 --> 00:46:18,552 He made a good throw, he made a perfect throw. 1034 00:46:18,582 --> 00:46:19,512 Morales just beat it. 1035 00:46:20,412 --> 00:46:24,702 And so I'm looking up there and I think we had one hit at the time, 1036 00:46:25,242 --> 00:46:29,142 and I don't see anything like, I don't see a error, I don't see a hit. 1037 00:46:29,592 --> 00:46:30,642 There's gotta be something. 1038 00:46:31,812 --> 00:46:38,082 Uh, and you know, my, my, through the years in scoring, I always thought if 1039 00:46:38,082 --> 00:46:41,502 it was a fielder's choice, like let's say the shortstop catch the ball on 1040 00:46:41,502 --> 00:46:45,102 a hole and tries to go to second for the force out and the runner beats 1041 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:49,332 it, you can give the guy a hit on that because that was his only play. 1042 00:46:49,332 --> 00:46:51,012 Wasn't gonna get the guy first. 1043 00:46:51,012 --> 00:46:51,102 Mm-hmm. 1044 00:46:51,372 --> 00:46:53,712 His only play was the second and the runner beat it. 1045 00:46:54,252 --> 00:46:56,802 You can also call the fielder's choice to not give him a hit. 1046 00:46:57,267 --> 00:47:00,957 Um, but I always think if he didn't have another play and that was his 1047 00:47:00,957 --> 00:47:05,667 only play and it was a good throw and we just beat it, the hitter deserves 1048 00:47:05,667 --> 00:47:07,317 a hit because he was gonna get a hit. 1049 00:47:07,317 --> 00:47:07,497 Yeah. 1050 00:47:07,502 --> 00:47:08,577 If he didn't have another play. 1051 00:47:09,267 --> 00:47:12,687 And so I think, you know, you, you usually want to look at it that way. 1052 00:47:13,287 --> 00:47:16,227 Um, so that, that's, that's my, you know. 1053 00:47:17,472 --> 00:47:17,473 Yeah. 1054 00:47:17,478 --> 00:47:21,027 Sometimes the, sometimes the reason he made that throw is that's the 1055 00:47:21,027 --> 00:47:22,977 only throw he had because Exactly. 1056 00:47:22,977 --> 00:47:23,637 It would've been easy. 1057 00:47:23,637 --> 00:47:23,787 Yeah. 1058 00:47:23,787 --> 00:47:26,727 When I, I think you're right on that play, that, that the only 1059 00:47:26,727 --> 00:47:30,687 real chance he had was going after Efrin who made an amazing slide. 1060 00:47:31,107 --> 00:47:31,497 Yeah. 1061 00:47:31,677 --> 00:47:32,427 Yeah, he did. 1062 00:47:32,787 --> 00:47:33,207 He did. 1063 00:47:33,207 --> 00:47:37,557 And, and so sometimes that's just baseball and it's just like, to give a guy fielders 1064 00:47:37,557 --> 00:47:42,897 choice on that, uh, I always thought a fielders choice needed to be an out. 1065 00:47:43,797 --> 00:47:43,977 Yeah. 1066 00:47:44,037 --> 00:47:49,347 Uh, and, and if it was, if a guy was safe, it needed to be a hit or an error. 1067 00:47:50,217 --> 00:47:51,267 Not a fielder's choice. 1068 00:47:51,267 --> 00:47:52,527 That, that's the way I always look at it, 1069 00:47:52,707 --> 00:47:55,467 because typically the fielder is gonna choose to make the easier play. 1070 00:47:55,467 --> 00:47:57,537 And if they can't make the easy play, then they probably couldn't 1071 00:47:57,537 --> 00:47:58,707 have made the other play either. 1072 00:47:59,097 --> 00:47:59,367 Yeah. 1073 00:47:59,367 --> 00:48:00,957 And if they can't make the easy play, 1074 00:48:00,987 --> 00:48:02,487 usually they screwed something up. 1075 00:48:02,817 --> 00:48:05,157 Um, if they screwed it up, it's an error. 1076 00:48:05,157 --> 00:48:08,067 If they didn't screw it up, then it should be a hit. 1077 00:48:08,457 --> 00:48:12,117 So I, I don't think a fielder's choice from a guy's safe makes much sense 1078 00:48:12,117 --> 00:48:14,277 to me from a scoring standpoint. 1079 00:48:14,397 --> 00:48:17,847 I know that, uh, the error helps the pitcher. 1080 00:48:18,657 --> 00:48:22,437 I don't, I'm not even sure what, in terms of scoring what a 1081 00:48:22,437 --> 00:48:26,607 fielder's choice does to, in terms of earned runs or unearned runs. 1082 00:48:26,967 --> 00:48:28,347 They still count as earned runs. 1083 00:48:28,677 --> 00:48:29,037 They do. 1084 00:48:29,397 --> 00:48:29,727 Okay. 1085 00:48:29,847 --> 00:48:30,177 Mm-hmm. 1086 00:48:30,417 --> 00:48:31,557 Then you would like them to call. 1087 00:48:31,557 --> 00:48:32,337 Why not give them hit? 1088 00:48:32,337 --> 00:48:32,637 Yeah. 1089 00:48:33,027 --> 00:48:33,267 Yeah. 1090 00:48:33,267 --> 00:48:35,997 Then you'd, you'd rather, so an error is the only thing that doesn't 1091 00:48:35,997 --> 00:48:37,797 count as an earn on the earned run. 1092 00:48:37,797 --> 00:48:38,067 Then. 1093 00:48:38,367 --> 00:48:40,977 So a hit or a field of choice, then it's irrelevant. 1094 00:48:41,667 --> 00:48:41,877 Yeah. 1095 00:48:41,967 --> 00:48:45,357 Uh, Beau Cowan and I were going back and forth earlier in a, a direct 1096 00:48:45,357 --> 00:48:48,627 message because he was asking about an earned run when the pitcher 1097 00:48:48,627 --> 00:48:50,157 is the person that has the error. 1098 00:48:50,427 --> 00:48:52,317 And I said, that's still an unearned run. 1099 00:48:52,317 --> 00:48:54,627 Like, yeah, the leader back to the pitcher, he throws up 1100 00:48:54,627 --> 00:48:55,647 the first basement's head. 1101 00:48:55,857 --> 00:48:58,047 It's an unearned run, even though it's an E one. 1102 00:48:58,497 --> 00:49:01,887 Uh, so, you know, if you're ever having problems on the mount, I guess you just 1103 00:49:01,887 --> 00:49:02,967 chucked the ball over the first base. 1104 00:49:03,927 --> 00:49:04,527 Oh, darn. 1105 00:49:04,617 --> 00:49:05,127 Sorry. 1106 00:49:05,277 --> 00:49:06,117 All your unearned runs. 1107 00:49:07,227 --> 00:49:07,737 Yeah. 1108 00:49:07,827 --> 00:49:10,017 Don't, Hey, don't put that out there, Gary. 1109 00:49:10,017 --> 00:49:14,247 That's, man, we, we don't need anybody thinking that. 1110 00:49:15,657 --> 00:49:21,237 Uh, yes, pitchers have, pitchers have, uh, interesting fielding escapades 1111 00:49:21,237 --> 00:49:27,567 anyway, um, typically as much as we work on it, but they, uh, do it so well. 1112 00:49:27,627 --> 00:49:29,067 Uh, any other questions? 1113 00:49:30,012 --> 00:49:30,612 No, that was it. 1114 00:49:30,612 --> 00:49:33,732 Bo had another question about who was left to play, uh, in 1115 00:49:33,732 --> 00:49:35,622 the, in the field on Sunday. 1116 00:49:35,622 --> 00:49:37,992 And you answered that with just one, with Tanner being there 1117 00:49:38,592 --> 00:49:39,402 because that was one of two, Taylor 1118 00:49:39,402 --> 00:49:43,182 was the only one, and we debated putting him in there and I was like, man, if 1119 00:49:43,182 --> 00:49:48,042 we put him out there and Evan takes one off the, the hand or something, 1120 00:49:48,102 --> 00:49:52,152 I, I couldn't even tell you who, who we'd put back there to catch, you know, 1121 00:49:52,152 --> 00:49:53,832 maybe Edwards probably put Edwards. 1122 00:49:53,832 --> 00:49:54,102 I was gonna 1123 00:49:54,102 --> 00:49:55,932 say Kyle, that was my first, my first choice. 1124 00:49:56,142 --> 00:49:56,232 He'd 1125 00:49:56,232 --> 00:49:58,152 probably be the, you know, typically your shortstops. 1126 00:49:58,512 --> 00:50:02,022 Maybe the only one that's got a chance would be, Hey, has anybody caught before? 1127 00:50:02,772 --> 00:50:03,312 Yeah, right. 1128 00:50:03,312 --> 00:50:04,902 So maybe Brody, but he 1129 00:50:04,902 --> 00:50:05,652 was outta the game. 1130 00:50:06,552 --> 00:50:07,272 Yeah, yeah. 1131 00:50:07,272 --> 00:50:08,292 Brody's outta the game. 1132 00:50:08,652 --> 00:50:09,162 Yeah. 1133 00:50:09,252 --> 00:50:14,262 And uh, yeah, so, um, tomorrow night, hopefully uh, people 1134 00:50:14,262 --> 00:50:15,612 over on the peninsula come out. 1135 00:50:15,612 --> 00:50:19,452 I think it's supposed to be a good day tomorrow and this weekend and, uh, it's be 1136 00:50:19,452 --> 00:50:21,282 nice to be back in our own beds this week. 1137 00:50:22,542 --> 00:50:25,482 Big game against VCU on Tuesday at War Memorial. 1138 00:50:25,482 --> 00:50:27,732 That's, that's still always the biggest rival for me. 1139 00:50:27,732 --> 00:50:31,572 Just from being in school, oh five to oh nine, we had some crazy games with VCU. 1140 00:50:31,902 --> 00:50:34,902 We were looking at, Bo actually reminded me to go back and look through some 1141 00:50:34,902 --> 00:50:37,032 of those old crazy games in oh nine. 1142 00:50:37,272 --> 00:50:38,052 My senior year. 1143 00:50:38,052 --> 00:50:41,862 We beat VCU at the diamond, like 28 to nine or something. 1144 00:50:41,862 --> 00:50:41,922 Wow. 1145 00:50:42,372 --> 00:50:45,312 And it was just, and I think we only scored in four innings of the game. 1146 00:50:45,732 --> 00:50:49,182 Uh, so it, it's a big rivalry for a lot of that, that crowd. 1147 00:50:49,182 --> 00:50:52,272 I think even the, the classes before me in a little ways afterwards. 1148 00:50:52,272 --> 00:50:55,182 Always wanna have some fun at vcu U'S expense. 1149 00:50:55,332 --> 00:50:55,542 Sure. 1150 00:50:55,542 --> 00:50:59,172 And of course, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at, uh, Harbor Park. 1151 00:50:59,232 --> 00:50:59,772 Those will be good. 1152 00:50:59,772 --> 00:51:02,022 I think tho I think everything's ESPN plus this week. 1153 00:51:02,022 --> 00:51:02,412 Correct. 1154 00:51:03,627 --> 00:51:04,647 Uh, this weekend. 1155 00:51:04,647 --> 00:51:04,887 Yeah. 1156 00:51:04,887 --> 00:51:08,997 The game I, I was informed today actually, our games tomorrow will, our 1157 00:51:08,997 --> 00:51:11,157 game tomorrow will not be streamed. 1158 00:51:12,327 --> 00:51:12,357 Okay. 1159 00:51:12,357 --> 00:51:13,317 Better get out there people. 1160 00:51:13,797 --> 00:51:16,167 I don't know why, but it will not. 1161 00:51:16,167 --> 00:51:20,667 So if you hear this and you wanna see us get out, get out to Warm Memorial and, 1162 00:51:20,667 --> 00:51:24,177 um, I'm, I'm not sure what's going on with that, but we, it won't be streamed 1163 00:51:24,177 --> 00:51:26,847 and um, we won't have replay tomorrow. 1164 00:51:26,847 --> 00:51:28,017 So it'll be old school. 1165 00:51:28,107 --> 00:51:28,347 Old school. 1166 00:51:28,977 --> 00:51:29,517 Old school. 1167 00:51:29,697 --> 00:51:30,087 Hey. 1168 00:51:30,237 --> 00:51:32,422 But you get to argue for a change 'cause no replay. 1169 00:51:32,422 --> 00:51:32,822 There you go. 1170 00:51:33,272 --> 00:51:37,047 Might get some venting on, Hey, speaking of replay, before I go, we 1171 00:51:37,047 --> 00:51:38,847 won our first challenge of the year. 1172 00:51:39,267 --> 00:51:39,507 Yeah. 1173 00:51:39,717 --> 00:51:40,107 Yesterday. 1174 00:51:40,707 --> 00:51:40,767 You 1175 00:51:40,767 --> 00:51:43,167 said that in the living room when it happened, we're like finna got one. 1176 00:51:43,557 --> 00:51:44,307 We're not gonna get. 1177 00:51:46,497 --> 00:51:47,787 We can't lose them all now. 1178 00:51:48,237 --> 00:51:52,197 And, uh, I, I asked that 'cause I, I thought for sure he was 1179 00:51:52,197 --> 00:51:53,397 safe and he got called out. 1180 00:51:53,397 --> 00:51:53,817 Oh, easy. 1181 00:51:53,997 --> 00:51:54,387 Yeah. 1182 00:51:54,717 --> 00:51:55,767 We're gonna challenge this. 1183 00:51:55,767 --> 00:52:00,057 And I asked, uh, John Ke, you know, he goes by beans and I said, beans if we 1184 00:52:00,057 --> 00:52:01,617 wanna challenge this year, he goes, Nope. 1185 00:52:02,247 --> 00:52:05,997 And uh, so then, then the guy, they overturned it and I was like, 1186 00:52:05,997 --> 00:52:07,347 well, now we have, there you go. 1187 00:52:07,977 --> 00:52:08,457 So, 1188 00:52:08,547 --> 00:52:08,967 all right. 1189 00:52:08,967 --> 00:52:11,157 Got, got one in the wind column for the challenges. 1190 00:52:11,157 --> 00:52:12,117 I'll, I'll take it. 1191 00:52:12,122 --> 00:52:12,342 Yeah, 1192 00:52:12,342 --> 00:52:12,822 I'll take it. 1193 00:52:12,827 --> 00:52:12,867 Yeah. 1194 00:52:12,867 --> 00:52:15,477 One in, one in one in all the rest of them. 1195 00:52:15,932 --> 00:52:16,062 Yeah. 1196 00:52:17,457 --> 00:52:19,587 Haven't been a lot overturned this year either way. 1197 00:52:19,587 --> 00:52:22,827 Like even on the other teams, I think they're going in there and colluding 1198 00:52:22,827 --> 00:52:26,637 with each other like Yep, a hundred percent for the most part, unfortunately. 1199 00:52:26,637 --> 00:52:27,717 But absolutely they're 1200 00:52:28,407 --> 00:52:29,307 deleting footage. 1201 00:52:29,732 --> 00:52:30,022 Yeah, 1202 00:52:31,257 --> 00:52:32,787 we didn't get a good look at it. 1203 00:52:32,787 --> 00:52:33,837 You know, the camera angle 1204 00:52:34,047 --> 00:52:34,197 back. 1205 00:52:34,542 --> 00:52:36,702 I've had 'em walk by me before and say, all right, let's go 1206 00:52:36,702 --> 00:52:37,632 in here and see that I'm right. 1207 00:52:37,992 --> 00:52:38,352 Yeah. 1208 00:52:38,352 --> 00:52:38,697 There you go. 1209 00:52:40,152 --> 00:52:40,512 Cool, man. 1210 00:52:40,902 --> 00:52:41,472 Yeah. 1211 00:52:41,862 --> 00:52:42,852 Old silver fox. 1212 00:52:43,122 --> 00:52:43,752 You gotta love that. 1213 00:52:44,352 --> 00:52:46,062 All right guys, go Monarchs. 1214 00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:46,932 Thank you for all y'all. 1215 00:52:47,172 --> 00:52:47,322 Alright. 1216 00:52:47,892 --> 00:52:48,132 Yeah. 1217 00:52:48,132 --> 00:52:48,732 Thank you Coach. 1218 00:52:48,732 --> 00:52:49,542 Go Monarchs. 1219 00:52:49,722 --> 00:52:50,772 Alright, go Monarchs. 1220 00:52:51,492 --> 00:52:54,522 All right, we're gonna take a quick break and when we get back, we will 1221 00:52:54,522 --> 00:52:58,702 have Evan Holman and a normal sized CB. 1222 00:52:58,722 --> 00:53:02,022 This episode of the Monarchist Podcast is brought to you by 1223 00:53:02,022 --> 00:53:03,462 the pride of O DDU Collective. 1224 00:53:04,122 --> 00:53:07,362 Their mission is to elevate the experience of student athletes through 1225 00:53:07,362 --> 00:53:11,172 name, image, and likeness, while also elevating the fan experience. 1226 00:53:11,502 --> 00:53:13,932 If you are your business are interested in getting involved, 1227 00:53:14,412 --> 00:53:19,482 you can reach out to us directly or go over to the pride of odu.com. 1228 00:53:19,752 --> 00:53:23,292 That is the pride of odu.com. 1229 00:53:23,622 --> 00:53:25,512 Thank you for listening, and go Monarchs. 1230 00:53:28,047 --> 00:53:29,757 Welcome back, Monarch fans. 1231 00:53:29,847 --> 00:53:33,627 Uh, thank you for tuning in, uh, for Coach Finwood there. 1232 00:53:33,627 --> 00:53:37,287 Obviously we're, uh, all pumped coming off the three in one week, but we are 1233 00:53:37,287 --> 00:53:40,767 definitely excited to bring on Evan Holman, starting catcher for the Monarchs. 1234 00:53:40,767 --> 00:53:42,087 Evan, thanks so much for joining. 1235 00:53:42,507 --> 00:53:43,257 For sure, guys. 1236 00:53:43,257 --> 00:53:44,037 Thanks for having me on. 1237 00:53:45,447 --> 00:53:48,837 Well, you had a big day on Sunday, I think to put it, uh, put it nicely. 1238 00:53:48,837 --> 00:53:50,997 We had three for three, two doubles and a grand slam. 1239 00:53:51,087 --> 00:53:53,787 Not a bad day for a, for someone who didn't start the game too. 1240 00:53:54,232 --> 00:53:55,467 No, no, certainly. 1241 00:53:55,467 --> 00:53:55,677 No. 1242 00:53:57,417 --> 00:53:58,437 Yeah, it was pretty great. 1243 00:53:58,437 --> 00:54:02,247 Like I mentioned, you had, I think coming into the week a double and a homer and for 1244 00:54:02,247 --> 00:54:04,167 the week he had three doubles and a homer. 1245 00:54:04,347 --> 00:54:05,217 Not, not too bad. 1246 00:54:05,397 --> 00:54:06,807 Yeah, no, that was a good week. 1247 00:54:06,807 --> 00:54:07,137 Yeah. 1248 00:54:07,137 --> 00:54:08,037 Turned out to be. 1249 00:54:08,037 --> 00:54:08,367 Yep. 1250 00:54:09,357 --> 00:54:09,657 Yeah. 1251 00:54:09,687 --> 00:54:11,457 Well, were you doing anything different at the play? 1252 00:54:11,457 --> 00:54:13,407 Did the ball just look like a beach ball to you? 1253 00:54:13,407 --> 00:54:16,467 Like what, what was going through your mind there to, to rack up stats like that? 1254 00:54:16,977 --> 00:54:20,847 I mean, that's one thing I was seeing it well all week, but I've been 1255 00:54:21,687 --> 00:54:23,487 consistently throughout the whole year. 1256 00:54:23,802 --> 00:54:26,892 Like trying to make adjustments and keep working on my swing 1257 00:54:26,892 --> 00:54:28,902 and my mental approach. 1258 00:54:28,902 --> 00:54:32,652 So it was good to kind of have some of that workout on 1259 00:54:33,222 --> 00:54:34,482 Sunday and this whole week. 1260 00:54:34,482 --> 00:54:35,142 So, yeah. 1261 00:54:37,092 --> 00:54:38,592 Has that been different for you this year? 1262 00:54:38,592 --> 00:54:41,352 'cause I know last year, I mean, I like that you played 48 games last. 1263 00:54:41,352 --> 00:54:42,552 I started 48 games. 1264 00:54:42,552 --> 00:54:43,632 I think you played 51. 1265 00:54:44,022 --> 00:54:46,092 I mean, you were playing basically every game. 1266 00:54:46,092 --> 00:54:50,082 And then this year it's, you know, it's gone from Friday, Saturday to 1267 00:54:50,082 --> 00:54:54,012 then maybe Tuesday and Friday, and then getting in, possibly in late in games. 1268 00:54:54,342 --> 00:54:57,912 So has there been a big adjustment between playing, you know, basically 1269 00:54:57,912 --> 00:55:00,492 every single game and then kind of having to pick your spots this year? 1270 00:55:01,242 --> 00:55:03,732 I mean, it's definitely an adjustment. 1271 00:55:03,732 --> 00:55:04,992 It's not a big adjustment. 1272 00:55:05,112 --> 00:55:07,722 It's the way I look at it. 1273 00:55:07,722 --> 00:55:11,682 It's anytime I can make an impact on the game, like I'm ready to go. 1274 00:55:11,742 --> 00:55:15,162 So like I'm, I'm locked in, even when I'm down the bullpen, if I'm, I'm ready 1275 00:55:15,162 --> 00:55:18,852 to go and yeah, I'm just always waiting. 1276 00:55:18,912 --> 00:55:19,782 Always waiting to get in. 1277 00:55:21,327 --> 00:55:24,867 I know it's been a unique year with so many games on the road and that kind 1278 00:55:24,867 --> 00:55:28,437 of has its own version of wear and tear on guys, but are you feeling a little 1279 00:55:28,437 --> 00:55:31,767 bit fresher in your legs not having to do that, even though I know there's a 1280 00:55:31,767 --> 00:55:34,587 lot of other duties you're responsible for there, even if you're not playing? 1281 00:55:34,642 --> 00:55:35,187 I, I have 1282 00:55:35,187 --> 00:55:39,537 noticed that there's been, these last couple Mondays last year I was pretty, 1283 00:55:39,567 --> 00:55:43,827 usually pretty banged up on Mondays and usually I would just go sit in the ice 1284 00:55:43,827 --> 00:55:47,067 bath for, that was my work for the day. 1285 00:55:47,067 --> 00:55:51,537 But these last couple of Mondays I've been able to, to really hammer the weights and 1286 00:55:51,537 --> 00:55:53,757 get in the cages and just keep working. 1287 00:55:53,757 --> 00:55:54,627 So that's been good. 1288 00:55:54,687 --> 00:55:56,367 That's been a, that's been a solid, yeah. 1289 00:55:56,772 --> 00:55:57,742 Because there was some points. 1290 00:55:57,742 --> 00:55:58,542 That's be a big plus. 1291 00:55:58,602 --> 00:55:58,812 Yeah. 1292 00:55:58,872 --> 00:56:01,662 'cause you, I mean, you're seeing that you can go and put that work in. 1293 00:56:01,662 --> 00:56:03,942 And that was one thing I talked to Ryan more about when he was talking 1294 00:56:03,942 --> 00:56:05,352 about his last year playing pro. 1295 00:56:05,442 --> 00:56:05,532 Mm-hmm. 1296 00:56:05,772 --> 00:56:09,762 He was so injured that it was taking all his energy and time recovering 1297 00:56:09,972 --> 00:56:10,812 that it couldn't get better. 1298 00:56:10,812 --> 00:56:13,362 So you're saying that you could take time now to actually, like you said, 1299 00:56:13,632 --> 00:56:17,112 hit the gym, hit the weights, hit, hit the cage, and improve yourself. 1300 00:56:17,112 --> 00:56:18,762 That's gotta be a, a nice thing for 1301 00:56:18,762 --> 00:56:19,152 sure. 1302 00:56:19,152 --> 00:56:19,422 Yeah, 1303 00:56:19,422 --> 00:56:19,572 for 1304 00:56:19,572 --> 00:56:19,902 sure. 1305 00:56:20,952 --> 00:56:22,332 Because there were some games last year, man. 1306 00:56:22,332 --> 00:56:25,452 I mean, you get hit by a pitch two or three times in a weekend, 1307 00:56:25,452 --> 00:56:29,322 take like a half dozen foul balls a bat to the back of the head. 1308 00:56:29,712 --> 00:56:33,312 Um, so imagine just like you, you're maybe not getting as many of those things now 1309 00:56:33,312 --> 00:56:35,892 as you were, even though you're catching some bull pins and stuff during For sure. 1310 00:56:35,892 --> 00:56:37,392 Yeah, definitely not as many. 1311 00:56:38,052 --> 00:56:39,972 There's still all, there still is some days though. 1312 00:56:40,542 --> 00:56:41,892 The next day I'm pretty banged up. 1313 00:56:42,522 --> 00:56:43,032 You got 1314 00:56:43,032 --> 00:56:44,292 one in the thigh the other day, didn't you? 1315 00:56:44,832 --> 00:56:45,462 Uh, yeah. 1316 00:56:45,467 --> 00:56:47,112 Uh, that's a, yeah, that pretty 1317 00:56:47,112 --> 00:56:48,072 much happens every game. 1318 00:56:49,662 --> 00:56:53,412 You just need a photo book of all the crazy, gigantic purple bruises you have. 1319 00:56:53,742 --> 00:56:54,162 Yeah. 1320 00:56:54,162 --> 00:56:54,792 Seriously. 1321 00:56:54,852 --> 00:56:55,242 Yeah. 1322 00:56:56,457 --> 00:56:59,457 Uh, one thing I noticed, and I, I'm not even sure when you did it, 1323 00:56:59,457 --> 00:57:02,457 was sometime during the year here, but you switched from the kind of 1324 00:57:02,457 --> 00:57:04,587 old style two piece catcher's mask 1325 00:57:04,592 --> 00:57:04,742 mm-hmm. 1326 00:57:04,822 --> 00:57:05,022 To 1327 00:57:05,022 --> 00:57:06,597 now the hockey style catcher's mask. 1328 00:57:06,657 --> 00:57:06,987 Yeah. 1329 00:57:07,257 --> 00:57:08,847 When exactly did you do that and why? 1330 00:57:09,297 --> 00:57:14,727 Well, you guys know I was wearing the, the two piece traditional mask all last year. 1331 00:57:14,732 --> 00:57:15,142 Mm-hmm. 1332 00:57:15,227 --> 00:57:19,167 And then, uh, I switched over to the hockey mask pretty much 1333 00:57:19,167 --> 00:57:21,177 the whole fall and preseason. 1334 00:57:21,687 --> 00:57:23,982 I don't know if you noticed that, but I was wearing a, I think I 1335 00:57:23,982 --> 00:57:24,542 didn't, I might have missed. 1336 00:57:24,572 --> 00:57:24,862 Yeah. 1337 00:57:24,862 --> 00:57:24,982 I 1338 00:57:24,982 --> 00:57:27,207 was, I was wearing a hockey mask most of the fall. 1339 00:57:27,777 --> 00:57:31,917 And then, uh, the last couple inner squads in the spring, I went 1340 00:57:31,917 --> 00:57:36,177 back to the two piece and then I started the U with the two piece. 1341 00:57:36,177 --> 00:57:40,677 And then I, it is just kind of like a, a feel thing and the 1342 00:57:40,677 --> 00:57:42,297 hockey mask is definitely safer. 1343 00:57:43,047 --> 00:57:43,137 Mm-hmm. 1344 00:57:43,467 --> 00:57:47,127 Um, just like from what I've seen and what I've read about 1345 00:57:47,127 --> 00:57:50,067 it and it just covers more and. 1346 00:57:51,162 --> 00:57:54,102 Like, the more protection you have from getting hit on back swings or 1347 00:57:54,312 --> 00:57:56,232 weird foul tips and stuff is good. 1348 00:57:56,232 --> 00:58:01,032 So, and uh, I know Slate Slater will agree with me on this. 1349 00:58:01,032 --> 00:58:04,062 You can, I think you can see better out of the hockey mask too. 1350 00:58:05,202 --> 00:58:05,652 You got that? 1351 00:58:05,712 --> 00:58:07,152 The side vents. 1352 00:58:07,452 --> 00:58:08,022 Yeah. 1353 00:58:08,262 --> 00:58:08,532 Yeah, 1354 00:58:08,562 --> 00:58:08,652 yeah. 1355 00:58:08,652 --> 00:58:12,612 I remember when Charlie O'Brien in the nineties, he basically created those, 1356 00:58:12,612 --> 00:58:13,542 and I remember it being a big deal. 1357 00:58:13,542 --> 00:58:15,072 It was like, it was so unique. 1358 00:58:15,072 --> 00:58:17,202 He was the only guy in the big leagues wearing We did with the Braves. 1359 00:58:17,262 --> 00:58:17,322 Yeah. 1360 00:58:17,322 --> 00:58:19,302 And I think it was the Blue Jays might have when we started wearing them. 1361 00:58:19,512 --> 00:58:19,692 Yeah. 1362 00:58:19,692 --> 00:58:22,812 And uh, and then, you know, here we are, what, 25, almost 30 years 1363 00:58:22,812 --> 00:58:25,272 later, and it's like, I, you don't see a youth game anymore where 1364 00:58:25,272 --> 00:58:27,072 somebody's even using the other style. 1365 00:58:27,312 --> 00:58:33,012 No, I think where I think they really got popular was probably Yadi or Molina. 1366 00:58:33,462 --> 00:58:33,792 Mm-hmm. 1367 00:58:34,032 --> 00:58:34,033 Mm-hmm. 1368 00:58:34,182 --> 00:58:36,882 Because he just, his whole career, he wore a hockey mask. 1369 00:58:36,942 --> 00:58:37,152 Yeah. 1370 00:58:37,842 --> 00:58:41,142 And a lot of guys were still wearing the two piece masks and 1371 00:58:41,142 --> 00:58:42,072 everybody wanted to be yadi. 1372 00:58:42,462 --> 00:58:43,662 Of course, of course. 1373 00:58:43,667 --> 00:58:43,787 Yeah. 1374 00:58:44,682 --> 00:58:44,862 Yeah. 1375 00:58:44,862 --> 00:58:46,182 Who was he, was he your catcher? 1376 00:58:46,182 --> 00:58:48,012 Like who was your like catcher idol growing up? 1377 00:58:48,912 --> 00:58:49,452 Um. 1378 00:58:50,562 --> 00:58:52,182 I'm a, I'm a Seattle Mariners guy. 1379 00:58:52,202 --> 00:58:52,622 Mm-hmm. 1380 00:58:52,702 --> 00:58:57,357 So growing up, I mean, big Scott Servais guy, they didn't, when I was growing 1381 00:58:57,357 --> 00:59:02,847 up, it was like Mike Zunino but Oh yeah, Mariners, the Mariners didn't 1382 00:59:02,847 --> 00:59:06,237 really have, like, they didn't have the, the Cal Raleigh they have now. 1383 00:59:06,237 --> 00:59:13,017 So it was, it was Mike Zunino and then, uh, obviously Adley and yeah. 1384 00:59:13,017 --> 00:59:16,197 But now it's, now I, I love watching Cal Raleigh catch. 1385 00:59:16,947 --> 00:59:17,217 Yeah. 1386 00:59:17,937 --> 00:59:18,297 Nice 1387 00:59:18,777 --> 00:59:19,827 big, the big dumper. 1388 00:59:20,142 --> 00:59:20,517 Oh yeah. 1389 00:59:20,577 --> 00:59:22,887 Whenever I get a chance, I turn on Mariners games. 1390 00:59:23,307 --> 00:59:23,577 Yeah. 1391 00:59:23,757 --> 00:59:24,447 What do you think of that? 1392 00:59:24,447 --> 00:59:24,687 I see. 1393 00:59:24,687 --> 00:59:27,057 He's like, he's like doing dumping for people at the game. 1394 00:59:27,237 --> 00:59:30,057 If people don't know that's Cal Rally, that's his nickname is the big dumper. 1395 00:59:30,237 --> 00:59:30,297 Yeah. 1396 00:59:30,297 --> 00:59:32,487 And I guess now they have like promotions where he is like 1397 00:59:32,517 --> 00:59:34,227 dumping people at ball games. 1398 00:59:34,227 --> 00:59:36,177 Like if someone was to break up with their, their significant 1399 00:59:36,177 --> 00:59:38,037 other, I think it's hilarious. 1400 00:59:38,037 --> 00:59:38,277 Yeah. 1401 00:59:38,277 --> 00:59:38,697 That's real. 1402 00:59:38,702 --> 00:59:39,022 That's, 1403 00:59:39,777 --> 00:59:40,437 that's awesome. 1404 00:59:40,767 --> 00:59:41,969 I mean, if, if you could do. 1405 00:59:42,777 --> 00:59:46,047 If you can do the engagement photos and you can do the, will you marry me? 1406 00:59:46,047 --> 00:59:47,877 Like you should be able to do the other side of that too. 1407 00:59:47,877 --> 00:59:49,377 Like, Hey, thanks for coming to the game. 1408 00:59:49,377 --> 00:59:50,247 It's the sixth inning. 1409 00:59:50,607 --> 00:59:51,507 Uh, we're not going home together. 1410 00:59:51,507 --> 00:59:51,807 Sorry. 1411 00:59:52,227 --> 00:59:53,517 Yeah, that's that's awesome. 1412 00:59:54,042 --> 00:59:55,527 I, I hate the wedding proposal of the game. 1413 00:59:55,527 --> 00:59:58,017 I'd be so hyped to see the big dumper take somebody out. 1414 00:59:58,017 --> 00:59:58,617 That'd be awesome. 1415 00:59:59,727 --> 01:00:00,177 That, yeah. 1416 01:00:00,972 --> 01:00:01,192 Oh, 1417 01:00:02,262 --> 01:00:05,667 well you, you've got a number of different pitchers this year. 1418 01:00:05,757 --> 01:00:09,207 Um, I know you're typically kind of in there on, on Fridays with Ben and 1419 01:00:09,207 --> 01:00:12,627 whoever's coming in behind him, but what have you seen kind of evolve from our 1420 01:00:12,627 --> 01:00:16,737 pitching staff from the beginning of the season, maybe even in the fall to now? 1421 01:00:16,737 --> 01:00:19,347 Like is there anyone that's standing out to you as kind really 1422 01:00:19,347 --> 01:00:20,397 upping their game a little bit? 1423 01:00:21,597 --> 01:00:25,707 I mean, it's hard to not talk about Ben Dylan and Blake 'cause they've 1424 01:00:25,707 --> 01:00:31,527 been so good and the three of them, like, they're so fun to catch and. 1425 01:00:32,592 --> 01:00:36,072 Every time you go out there, it's a privilege to like get to work with them. 1426 01:00:36,432 --> 01:00:41,142 Um, but I think just the staff as a whole, we've seen improvement from all 1427 01:00:41,142 --> 01:00:46,542 the guys, bullpen guys kind of finding their roles and guys kind of developing 1428 01:00:46,572 --> 01:00:50,172 conviction behind their pitches and uh, getting in the right head space. 1429 01:00:50,172 --> 01:00:53,682 So it's been, it's been awesome to see the bullpen on the weekends 1430 01:00:53,682 --> 01:00:56,532 develop and turn into something good. 1431 01:00:58,602 --> 01:01:02,652 And I've, I wanted to ask you this or, or someone catching in college about 1432 01:01:02,652 --> 01:01:04,272 the pitch comm and how that works. 1433 01:01:04,272 --> 01:01:07,662 'cause you've got Yeah, the piece, you've got the risk, you've got all that. 1434 01:01:07,932 --> 01:01:11,022 Like, take us through the process of how that actually works when pitches 1435 01:01:11,022 --> 01:01:14,052 are getting called and how you and the pitcher are working to relay those. 1436 01:01:15,012 --> 01:01:20,142 So we, how we do it, we have Marron, uh, in the dugout calling 1437 01:01:20,142 --> 01:01:24,222 pitches, and then everyone on the field is wearing the, they're 1438 01:01:24,222 --> 01:01:26,232 like, they honestly look like this. 1439 01:01:26,232 --> 01:01:27,642 They just look like an Apple watch. 1440 01:01:28,452 --> 01:01:30,882 Um, and everyone on the field has them. 1441 01:01:31,482 --> 01:01:37,032 And they're relaying the pitch, uh, to everyone. 1442 01:01:37,272 --> 01:01:39,402 And then it's really quick. 1443 01:01:39,402 --> 01:01:44,472 Like that's basically all it is, is um, as soon as I throw the ball back, they call 1444 01:01:44,472 --> 01:01:46,002 in the pitch and then we're ready to go. 1445 01:01:46,032 --> 01:01:47,922 That's, that's pretty much all it is. 1446 01:01:47,922 --> 01:01:53,352 And then I have the earpiece in too, and if there's like a pitch that they 1447 01:01:53,352 --> 01:01:58,002 thought was a strike and the ump call it a ball, and they can talk to me through 1448 01:01:58,002 --> 01:02:02,022 the earpiece and ask me where it was, and then I can communicate back with them. 1449 01:02:02,082 --> 01:02:05,937 Or if they want me to go, I. Take a mound visit, something like that. 1450 01:02:05,937 --> 01:02:07,557 They can talk to me through the ear piece too. 1451 01:02:07,767 --> 01:02:11,517 But all the pitch calling comes through our, our, uh, wristwatches. 1452 01:02:11,547 --> 01:02:11,877 Yeah. 1453 01:02:12,707 --> 01:02:14,817 Does the Umpire ever overhear that in your ear? 1454 01:02:14,817 --> 01:02:16,032 Is he ever like I hope not. 1455 01:02:16,632 --> 01:02:16,754 I hope not. 1456 01:02:16,754 --> 01:02:16,755 No. 1457 01:02:16,885 --> 01:02:20,187 Marron's like, where was this guy sucks. 1458 01:02:20,187 --> 01:02:21,512 And you're like, Hey man, I'm just here. 1459 01:02:22,527 --> 01:02:22,767 I'm sorry. 1460 01:02:22,977 --> 01:02:24,147 Yeah, no, no. 1461 01:02:24,807 --> 01:02:27,507 Uh, they're gonna send you out there with like actual speaker on the back 1462 01:02:27,507 --> 01:02:30,687 of your belt that you don't know about and just maren barking at the umpires. 1463 01:02:30,747 --> 01:02:31,857 Yeah, that'd be awesome. 1464 01:02:31,947 --> 01:02:32,337 Yeah. 1465 01:02:33,777 --> 01:02:38,397 Is it, is it just me or does the, the, the wrist thing run outta battery 1466 01:02:38,397 --> 01:02:41,967 like every single game during the game at some point it seems like. 1467 01:02:41,967 --> 01:02:42,027 Yeah, 1468 01:02:42,447 --> 01:02:43,047 they do. 1469 01:02:43,047 --> 01:02:48,027 They, they'll run outta battery or me and slate multiple times. 1470 01:02:48,027 --> 01:02:52,107 We've either blocked a ball and it's hit the screen and shattered it, 1471 01:02:52,887 --> 01:02:53,517 or 1472 01:02:53,667 --> 01:02:55,377 I've had it happen a couple times. 1473 01:02:55,617 --> 01:02:56,877 Uh, plays at the plate. 1474 01:02:57,552 --> 01:03:01,902 Where I get cleats or knees or guys sliding into me and 1475 01:03:01,902 --> 01:03:03,402 that, that's broken it too. 1476 01:03:03,402 --> 01:03:05,592 So I, I'll have to go in there and get a new one. 1477 01:03:05,682 --> 01:03:08,322 Um, but yeah, we definitely go through those. 1478 01:03:08,952 --> 01:03:11,322 I did not know about the breaking, I hadn't even thought about that. 1479 01:03:11,327 --> 01:03:11,477 Yeah. 1480 01:03:11,482 --> 01:03:11,742 Yeah. 1481 01:03:11,742 --> 01:03:12,342 Here you go. 1482 01:03:12,672 --> 01:03:13,572 There's some, there's some work. 1483 01:03:13,572 --> 01:03:14,832 Look at this guy, man. 1484 01:03:14,832 --> 01:03:15,912 I gotta get the glove down. 1485 01:03:16,242 --> 01:03:16,572 Look at that. 1486 01:03:17,412 --> 01:03:18,222 No, it was coming up. 1487 01:03:18,222 --> 01:03:18,672 You did good. 1488 01:03:18,672 --> 01:03:19,242 It was coming up. 1489 01:03:19,247 --> 01:03:19,812 You got, you got on. 1490 01:03:19,812 --> 01:03:20,502 Record your chest. 1491 01:03:20,502 --> 01:03:23,442 I think the next, the next picture was just going off your, your chest protector. 1492 01:03:23,472 --> 01:03:24,522 Yeah, that was good. 1493 01:03:24,882 --> 01:03:25,152 Yeah. 1494 01:03:25,182 --> 01:03:25,542 Yeah. 1495 01:03:25,602 --> 01:03:29,502 Um, so, so you've been catching your entire life. 1496 01:03:29,502 --> 01:03:31,602 I mean, did, have you ever, did you ever play other positions or how, when 1497 01:03:31,602 --> 01:03:32,742 did you, how'd you start catching? 1498 01:03:33,402 --> 01:03:37,872 I started catching, uh, eighth grade is when I really started catching. 1499 01:03:38,142 --> 01:03:40,902 I played shortstop, uh, up until then. 1500 01:03:41,832 --> 01:03:45,762 And, and then I got into high school and all I did was catch. 1501 01:03:46,392 --> 01:03:47,052 Yeah. 1502 01:03:47,832 --> 01:03:51,672 Pitched a little in, in coming up in middle school and stuff. 1503 01:03:51,672 --> 01:03:56,742 And, but yeah, really once I, I, once I got into high school, um, I caught. 1504 01:03:57,717 --> 01:03:59,277 For all of my high school career. 1505 01:03:59,277 --> 01:04:02,787 And then I think I played 20 something games at third base my 1506 01:04:02,787 --> 01:04:04,557 freshman year of junior college. 1507 01:04:05,487 --> 01:04:08,157 Um, but yeah, here just catching. 1508 01:04:08,247 --> 01:04:08,547 Yep. 1509 01:04:09,717 --> 01:04:12,657 Oh, when you were pitching, man, what was the pitch selection like? 1510 01:04:12,657 --> 01:04:15,447 You got like a nasty breaking ball sinker, like what were you working on? 1511 01:04:15,447 --> 01:04:15,777 Well, 1512 01:04:15,777 --> 01:04:16,287 yeah, 1513 01:04:16,527 --> 01:04:17,097 um, 1514 01:04:18,387 --> 01:04:21,897 if you ask again, if you ask Slate, he'll tell you because we're playing catch 1515 01:04:21,897 --> 01:04:23,697 every day and he knows my pitch arsenal. 1516 01:04:23,727 --> 01:04:31,887 But, uh, I had the, I was a big Sports illustrated guy growing up and there 1517 01:04:31,887 --> 01:04:35,697 was a Sports Illustrated article on Taiwan Walker when he was with the 1518 01:04:35,697 --> 01:04:41,037 Mariners and his knuckle curve where you, like, he spiked this finger. 1519 01:04:41,577 --> 01:04:45,387 And so I started throwing that in like seventh, eighth grade and 1520 01:04:45,387 --> 01:04:46,797 that was like my bread and butter. 1521 01:04:46,857 --> 01:04:47,637 That was awesome. 1522 01:04:47,697 --> 01:04:48,087 Yeah. 1523 01:04:49,002 --> 01:04:52,692 Oh, if there's ever a situation where we need a position player on the mound, 1524 01:04:52,722 --> 01:04:53,892 I've gotta see the knuckle curve. 1525 01:04:53,892 --> 01:04:55,422 I wanna see what that does on track, man. 1526 01:04:55,752 --> 01:04:59,232 Yeah, I think, uh, I don't know if I would be first, I think 1527 01:04:59,232 --> 01:05:00,762 probably Eddie would be first. 1528 01:05:01,632 --> 01:05:01,782 Yeah. 1529 01:05:01,782 --> 01:05:03,522 The first position player to get an opportunity. 1530 01:05:03,642 --> 01:05:05,172 I've heard he's pretty good up there. 1531 01:05:05,682 --> 01:05:08,802 Yeah, Shaneel was a pretty good pitcher in, uh, in high school. 1532 01:05:09,222 --> 01:05:09,792 Oh, I bet. 1533 01:05:09,792 --> 01:05:13,632 Yeah, he, yeah, I bet Zedalis could probably run it up there too. 1534 01:05:13,662 --> 01:05:14,952 Yeah, he's got a good arm. 1535 01:05:15,252 --> 01:05:16,302 We got a, we got a few guys who I think 1536 01:05:16,302 --> 01:05:17,172 would be okay at it. 1537 01:05:17,442 --> 01:05:17,982 Oh yeah. 1538 01:05:18,372 --> 01:05:18,702 Interesting. 1539 01:05:18,702 --> 01:05:21,412 Yeah, because the white whale was, was Kenny Levari 1540 01:05:21,432 --> 01:05:22,722 and we, we didn't get to see him pitching. 1541 01:05:22,722 --> 01:05:24,762 He was throwing like 96, 97 last year. 1542 01:05:25,032 --> 01:05:28,032 I know catching him in the fall was interesting 'cause 1543 01:05:28,032 --> 01:05:29,562 you just, you don't expect it. 1544 01:05:29,592 --> 01:05:32,712 'cause you see him throw from third and, I mean, he looks like 1545 01:05:32,712 --> 01:05:35,502 an infielder with a good arm and then he gets on the mound and it's. 1546 01:05:35,862 --> 01:05:36,492 It was firm 1547 01:05:38,562 --> 01:05:38,862 pop. 1548 01:05:38,862 --> 01:05:39,467 The mit Yeah. 1549 01:05:39,732 --> 01:05:40,062 Yeah. 1550 01:05:40,062 --> 01:05:42,342 We got the dry hump on that for four straight years. 1551 01:05:42,507 --> 01:05:42,787 Yeah. 1552 01:05:45,822 --> 01:05:49,542 So, uh, so Evan, how, I mean, you're from, and I, I I, can you say the 1553 01:05:49,542 --> 01:05:50,412 name of the state you're from? 1554 01:05:50,442 --> 01:05:51,792 'cause I feel like I always mispronounce it, 1555 01:05:52,032 --> 01:05:52,542 Oregon. 1556 01:05:53,352 --> 01:05:54,552 Oh, you actually said that way as Oregon. 1557 01:05:54,552 --> 01:05:56,532 That's how I would say I, I always hear like Oregon. 1558 01:05:56,532 --> 01:05:57,762 This the Oregon, no, Oregon. 1559 01:05:57,762 --> 01:05:58,392 Yeah, Oregon. 1560 01:05:58,422 --> 01:05:58,482 All 1561 01:05:58,482 --> 01:05:58,602 right. 1562 01:05:58,602 --> 01:06:00,822 So you're, you're an Oregonian telling me the right way to say it. 1563 01:06:00,822 --> 01:06:01,152 I love it. 1564 01:06:01,152 --> 01:06:01,482 All right. 1565 01:06:01,482 --> 01:06:05,382 So how do you, how do you end up at ODU from Oregon? 1566 01:06:05,592 --> 01:06:06,732 How does, how does that happen? 1567 01:06:07,332 --> 01:06:14,232 Well, outta high school, I, uh, I mean, just going back, I didn't play travel 1568 01:06:14,232 --> 01:06:19,602 ball in high school and I played, I played soccer and basketball all four 1569 01:06:19,602 --> 01:06:21,432 years of high school and baseball. 1570 01:06:21,987 --> 01:06:25,617 So I wasn't like super focused. 1571 01:06:25,737 --> 01:06:28,047 I mean, I was very focused on baseball, obviously I knew that 1572 01:06:28,047 --> 01:06:32,367 was my sport, but like I wasn't really traveling around or getting 1573 01:06:32,367 --> 01:06:34,287 recruited or anything big like that. 1574 01:06:34,677 --> 01:06:40,857 So I, I went to junior college outta high school up in Bellevue, Washington, in the 1575 01:06:40,857 --> 01:06:47,247 NAC in that conference, and that's where the ODU coaching staff saw me out there. 1576 01:06:47,637 --> 01:06:52,527 And then I came out here and visited it and loved it and yeah, ended 1577 01:06:52,527 --> 01:06:54,837 up out here and it's been awesome. 1578 01:06:56,457 --> 01:07:00,057 And I, I heard you were actually a pretty damn good soccer player too, at that. 1579 01:07:00,447 --> 01:07:00,687 Yeah. 1580 01:07:01,347 --> 01:07:02,877 I mean, I, I enjoyed it. 1581 01:07:02,877 --> 01:07:04,257 Yeah, it was, it was awesome. 1582 01:07:04,257 --> 01:07:06,957 Those are some of my favorite memories with my boys back in high school. 1583 01:07:06,957 --> 01:07:07,257 Yeah. 1584 01:07:08,067 --> 01:07:09,507 What position did you play in soccer? 1585 01:07:10,047 --> 01:07:11,817 Um, I was, I was always, defense. 1586 01:07:11,817 --> 01:07:13,707 Usually left back or senior year. 1587 01:07:13,707 --> 01:07:14,907 I played center back too. 1588 01:07:15,027 --> 01:07:15,297 Yeah. 1589 01:07:15,327 --> 01:07:15,477 Okay. 1590 01:07:16,137 --> 01:07:16,407 Yeah. 1591 01:07:16,437 --> 01:07:19,527 And from, from what I understand, pretty tough back there on that back line. 1592 01:07:19,707 --> 01:07:20,247 Oh yeah. 1593 01:07:20,307 --> 01:07:20,847 Oh yeah. 1594 01:07:20,847 --> 01:07:21,177 See it. 1595 01:07:21,177 --> 01:07:21,387 Yeah. 1596 01:07:21,687 --> 01:07:22,407 Guy's playing. 1597 01:07:22,407 --> 01:07:25,377 He is always playing defense and keeping the ball from going behind him. 1598 01:07:25,377 --> 01:07:27,177 That's, that's, I was a, I was a few pounds 1599 01:07:27,177 --> 01:07:27,807 lighter though. 1600 01:07:30,087 --> 01:07:30,507 That makes sense. 1601 01:07:30,507 --> 01:07:33,177 You, you gotta run all that so it, it makes sense. 1602 01:07:33,177 --> 01:07:33,807 You gotta run a 1603 01:07:33,807 --> 01:07:34,197 little bit. 1604 01:07:34,587 --> 01:07:34,977 Yeah. 1605 01:07:35,577 --> 01:07:35,787 Very good. 1606 01:07:35,787 --> 01:07:38,007 Jose, do you, do you drop a ton of weight during the season? 1607 01:07:38,007 --> 01:07:40,077 I know some catchers do that quite a bit. 1608 01:07:40,737 --> 01:07:41,187 Not on purpose. 1609 01:07:41,817 --> 01:07:43,077 Um, last year, last year I did. 1610 01:07:43,527 --> 01:07:46,407 Um, but I, I've done a much better job this year. 1611 01:07:46,647 --> 01:07:51,027 Um, just, I just, you gotta eat four or five meals a day and you 1612 01:07:51,027 --> 01:07:55,257 gotta just keep pounding protein and getting it in pregame postgame. 1613 01:07:55,257 --> 01:07:56,547 So that's one. 1614 01:07:56,547 --> 01:07:59,877 That was one of my goals this year was to be better about maintaining 1615 01:07:59,877 --> 01:08:01,107 my weight and keeping that up. 1616 01:08:01,197 --> 01:08:04,917 Yeah, because obviously it is, it's a long season and especially this year on 1617 01:08:04,917 --> 01:08:07,407 the road, that's a big factor, so, yeah. 1618 01:08:07,467 --> 01:08:07,617 Yeah. 1619 01:08:07,617 --> 01:08:08,067 I mean, you're 1620 01:08:08,072 --> 01:08:09,472 basically, Gary's Gary. 1621 01:08:10,482 --> 01:08:11,472 It's funny you asked that. 1622 01:08:11,502 --> 01:08:14,622 'cause like the first day of the season we're down there at Georgia Tech and, 1623 01:08:14,622 --> 01:08:18,852 and Evan's like housing this bottle of this like weird colored liquid and, and 1624 01:08:19,092 --> 01:08:20,472 he's like, this is my protein shake. 1625 01:08:20,472 --> 01:08:21,672 He's like, I'm just pounding this all the time. 1626 01:08:21,672 --> 01:08:23,352 He is like, this guy gotta, I can't lose all that weight. 1627 01:08:23,352 --> 01:08:24,522 I lost too much weight last year. 1628 01:08:24,522 --> 01:08:27,132 And yeah, so I, I just laugh and you ask that 'cause like that's, that's 1629 01:08:27,132 --> 01:08:28,872 been a big focus for Evan this year. 1630 01:08:29,022 --> 01:08:29,532 Oh yeah. 1631 01:08:29,622 --> 01:08:30,102 Oh yeah. 1632 01:08:30,762 --> 01:08:33,462 I do that as I'm drinking beers on like Friday and Saturday. 1633 01:08:33,462 --> 01:08:34,422 I'm like, oh, I gotta even, sure. 1634 01:08:34,422 --> 01:08:35,022 I'll lose this week. 1635 01:08:35,022 --> 01:08:35,262 Yeah. 1636 01:08:35,502 --> 01:08:35,802 Come on. 1637 01:08:36,012 --> 01:08:37,572 Yeah, I, I've been bulking up for a while now. 1638 01:08:37,572 --> 01:08:38,292 I'm pretty good at it. 1639 01:08:38,297 --> 01:08:38,507 Yeah. 1640 01:08:38,512 --> 01:08:38,712 Yeah. 1641 01:08:38,712 --> 01:08:39,132 Longest 1642 01:08:39,132 --> 01:08:39,912 bulk phase ever. 1643 01:08:42,342 --> 01:08:42,882 No shred. 1644 01:08:42,882 --> 01:08:43,452 All bulk. 1645 01:08:44,142 --> 01:08:44,382 Yes. 1646 01:08:44,532 --> 01:08:46,902 So, uh, Mariner's guy growing up, right? 1647 01:08:46,902 --> 01:08:48,522 I mean, you gotta believe each hero's gotta be like one of your 1648 01:08:48,522 --> 01:08:49,842 like all time favorites, right? 1649 01:08:50,082 --> 01:08:50,562 Oh, yeah. 1650 01:08:50,622 --> 01:08:56,022 Uh, Ichiro, Ken Griffey, um, yeah. 1651 01:08:56,357 --> 01:08:57,972 Got Randy Johnson in there too. 1652 01:08:58,272 --> 01:08:58,632 Yeah. 1653 01:08:58,662 --> 01:08:59,682 Randy Johnson. 1654 01:09:00,432 --> 01:09:00,762 Yeah, it was 1655 01:09:00,762 --> 01:09:02,712 Randy Johnson even there when you were alive. 1656 01:09:02,712 --> 01:09:04,722 I can't, I don't think he was, was he? 1657 01:09:04,782 --> 01:09:05,142 I don't 1658 01:09:05,382 --> 01:09:06,702 think, no, not that. 1659 01:09:07,152 --> 01:09:07,483 Yeah, no. 1660 01:09:08,157 --> 01:09:08,697 I mean, I'm sure you 1661 01:09:08,697 --> 01:09:09,597 got memories of it. 1662 01:09:09,597 --> 01:09:09,777 Yeah. 1663 01:09:09,777 --> 01:09:12,692 I, Michelle, I love Hank Aaron, but he wasn't alive, you know, when I was, 1664 01:09:13,272 --> 01:09:14,697 he wasn't playing when I was alive. 1665 01:09:14,697 --> 01:09:15,027 Right. 1666 01:09:15,177 --> 01:09:15,987 Yeah, of course. 1667 01:09:16,137 --> 01:09:17,967 Thanks for the reminder that I'm much older than Evan. 1668 01:09:17,967 --> 01:09:18,657 Appreciate that. 1669 01:09:20,247 --> 01:09:22,677 We get traded to the Astros, like what happened, right. 1670 01:09:22,677 --> 01:09:23,337 I don't know if you guys 1671 01:09:23,337 --> 01:09:24,927 remember the name, but Kyle Seger. 1672 01:09:24,957 --> 01:09:25,647 Corey Seeger. 1673 01:09:25,707 --> 01:09:26,127 Oh yeah. 1674 01:09:26,547 --> 01:09:28,107 Kyle Seeger was a big one for me. 1675 01:09:28,107 --> 01:09:31,227 I loved watching him and Robinson Cano when he was there. 1676 01:09:31,257 --> 01:09:31,437 Yeah. 1677 01:09:31,437 --> 01:09:31,887 Robbie Canoe. 1678 01:09:31,887 --> 01:09:32,427 Yeah. 1679 01:09:32,432 --> 01:09:32,692 Yeah. 1680 01:09:32,847 --> 01:09:32,997 See, 1681 01:09:32,997 --> 01:09:36,657 I love, see this is fun for me 'cause like all like Cano and, and, uh, Seager 1682 01:09:36,657 --> 01:09:40,947 and Zino, I saw those guys playing the minor league, so it's, it's fun to Yeah. 1683 01:09:40,947 --> 01:09:41,157 You know, that's cool. 1684 01:09:41,187 --> 01:09:42,147 Be big stars. 1685 01:09:42,147 --> 01:09:45,357 And I got, I got to meet Ichiro when he was at the Marlins down in spring 1686 01:09:45,357 --> 01:09:49,197 trading, and that was like, like I've met a lot, a lot of ball players and that was 1687 01:09:49,197 --> 01:09:50,727 one where I was like, I am starstruck. 1688 01:09:50,787 --> 01:09:51,687 Like this is E Row. 1689 01:09:51,687 --> 01:09:51,807 Awesome. 1690 01:09:51,867 --> 01:09:53,277 Like, that was a whole nother level. 1691 01:09:53,457 --> 01:09:53,907 Yeah. 1692 01:09:53,907 --> 01:09:54,447 Yeah. 1693 01:09:54,897 --> 01:09:55,587 That's real cool. 1694 01:09:56,622 --> 01:09:59,172 Well, we're asking all the guys when they come on. 1695 01:09:59,262 --> 01:10:02,682 I think most we're like, who all is in your baseball house this season? 1696 01:10:02,712 --> 01:10:04,602 We're trying to get a judge on who has the best house. 1697 01:10:04,722 --> 01:10:05,142 Okay. 1698 01:10:05,352 --> 01:10:07,062 I only have two roommates. 1699 01:10:07,062 --> 01:10:08,772 I have F and Rocky. 1700 01:10:09,222 --> 01:10:10,122 Fran and Rocky. 1701 01:10:10,122 --> 01:10:10,362 That's right. 1702 01:10:10,362 --> 01:10:10,392 Oh, 1703 01:10:11,652 --> 01:10:13,512 you might win just on F alone there, I think. 1704 01:10:14,262 --> 01:10:14,265 Yeah, I know. 1705 01:10:14,417 --> 01:10:17,112 I remember we said that we have a great house. 1706 01:10:17,112 --> 01:10:18,462 Yeah, yeah. 1707 01:10:18,702 --> 01:10:18,852 Yeah. 1708 01:10:18,852 --> 01:10:20,562 F said that, I think it was last, was it last week? 1709 01:10:20,562 --> 01:10:21,102 We had have fun. 1710 01:10:21,102 --> 01:10:21,162 Yeah. 1711 01:10:21,162 --> 01:10:23,292 He said, he said, with Evan, I was like, yeah, that's a pretty good, 1712 01:10:23,292 --> 01:10:24,702 and then Rocky's a great kid too. 1713 01:10:24,912 --> 01:10:25,457 Yeah, he's awesome. 1714 01:10:25,457 --> 01:10:26,322 It's a pretty good house. 1715 01:10:26,562 --> 01:10:26,892 Yep. 1716 01:10:27,432 --> 01:10:27,702 Yep. 1717 01:10:28,182 --> 01:10:28,602 Awesome. 1718 01:10:28,602 --> 01:10:32,472 And I, I don't think you're a big video game guy, but we're gonna ask the question 1719 01:10:32,472 --> 01:10:33,642 anyway 'cause we're asking everyone. 1720 01:10:34,032 --> 01:10:37,332 Uh, if you were to have a player in like MLB, the show or the college 1721 01:10:37,332 --> 01:10:42,552 baseball version of that, what's your overall rating and then what like, stack 1722 01:10:42,552 --> 01:10:46,632 category would you spike in like contact versus left East Power versus Righty. 1723 01:10:46,632 --> 01:10:50,382 So overall and your, your best, uh, best attribute there. 1724 01:10:52,452 --> 01:10:53,502 Well, let's see. 1725 01:10:53,592 --> 01:10:56,322 I, I'm not a big video game guy. 1726 01:10:56,322 --> 01:11:01,992 I probably, I gotta be, I don't know, in the low eighties, right? 1727 01:11:02,682 --> 01:11:03,372 Something like that. 1728 01:11:03,372 --> 01:11:03,672 Humble, 1729 01:11:03,972 --> 01:11:06,882 low eighties is like the safe range for guys who wanna be realistic 1730 01:11:06,882 --> 01:11:07,722 and don't wanna be arrogant. 1731 01:11:07,722 --> 01:11:08,322 I, I like it. 1732 01:11:08,322 --> 01:11:10,962 We get a lot of like 82, 80 threes outta the guys who are 1733 01:11:10,962 --> 01:11:12,102 like, I'm trying to keep it real. 1734 01:11:12,222 --> 01:11:12,342 Yeah. 1735 01:11:12,342 --> 01:11:14,592 So I like, this is very, this is very Evan Holman. 1736 01:11:14,592 --> 01:11:14,802 To me. 1737 01:11:14,802 --> 01:11:18,882 This is just like a blue collar answer, A blue collar, hardworking guy. 1738 01:11:18,887 --> 01:11:19,047 Yeah. 1739 01:11:19,047 --> 01:11:19,842 Something like that. 1740 01:11:19,932 --> 01:11:21,492 And then category, 1741 01:11:23,952 --> 01:11:28,812 I'd probably say contact versus, I mean either, like, I've always 1742 01:11:28,812 --> 01:11:32,412 been really good bat to ball and it, for me, it's kind of just been 1743 01:11:32,442 --> 01:11:34,302 adding the plate discipline to that. 1744 01:11:34,422 --> 01:11:38,562 'cause like with two strikes, I know I can hit the ball wherever it is, but 1745 01:11:38,622 --> 01:11:40,122 I don't need to hit it if it's a ball. 1746 01:11:41,552 --> 01:11:41,772 Yep. 1747 01:11:42,392 --> 01:11:44,492 And I know I'm going defense nine on 'em. 1748 01:11:44,492 --> 01:11:46,732 That's, I usually don't chime in and give somebody, but I'm, I'm 1749 01:11:46,732 --> 01:11:47,932 going defense nine nine on that. 1750 01:11:48,082 --> 01:11:48,372 Okay. 1751 01:11:48,372 --> 01:11:49,852 Alright, I'll take that. 1752 01:11:49,857 --> 01:11:49,947 Yeah. 1753 01:11:50,517 --> 01:11:51,477 I'll be confident for you. 1754 01:11:51,477 --> 01:11:52,197 We're gonna talk you up. 1755 01:11:52,197 --> 01:11:54,057 No, I, Evan, you're, you're an awesome guy, man. 1756 01:11:54,057 --> 01:11:58,047 I, you're, you, you know, I get to meet a lot of wonderful people through ODU and 1757 01:11:58,047 --> 01:12:00,387 you are just, you top of the class, man. 1758 01:12:00,387 --> 01:12:01,737 Like your parents are amazing people. 1759 01:12:01,737 --> 01:12:03,237 Did a wonderful job with you. 1760 01:12:03,537 --> 01:12:06,057 You're, you're just, you're, you're everything we want out of a Monarch man. 1761 01:12:06,087 --> 01:12:07,407 Just thanks for, thanks for being here. 1762 01:12:07,407 --> 01:12:09,267 Thanks for choosing us and thanks for showing up every day 1763 01:12:09,267 --> 01:12:10,587 and, and making us proud, man. 1764 01:12:10,947 --> 01:12:11,727 Yeah, of course. 1765 01:12:11,727 --> 01:12:13,227 A lot of credit to my parents. 1766 01:12:13,257 --> 01:12:17,997 Um, I'm thankful for them and I'm sure my dad will be watching this, so I love you. 1767 01:12:17,997 --> 01:12:19,137 And shout out dad. 1768 01:12:19,137 --> 01:12:19,377 Yeah, 1769 01:12:20,612 --> 01:12:20,892 yeah. 1770 01:12:21,057 --> 01:12:23,547 I got, I got to actually spend some time with them, uh, before 1771 01:12:23,547 --> 01:12:25,227 the Saturday game against Troy. 1772 01:12:25,227 --> 01:12:29,007 We were kind of all over at, at waterside, hanging out in Sha and just 1773 01:12:29,097 --> 01:12:32,817 awesome people and, and everything just kind of makes sense, so, yeah. 1774 01:12:33,867 --> 01:12:34,437 Well, thank you. 1775 01:12:34,437 --> 01:12:34,767 Yeah. 1776 01:12:35,697 --> 01:12:37,407 Well, Evan, thanks so much for joining us, man. 1777 01:12:37,407 --> 01:12:38,637 And we know it's a, a short week. 1778 01:12:38,637 --> 01:12:41,577 You had a lot of travel last night, so we really appreciate your time, 1779 01:12:41,577 --> 01:12:43,347 but, uh, awesome having you on 1780 01:12:43,917 --> 01:12:44,337 for sure. 1781 01:12:44,337 --> 01:12:45,567 Yeah, thank you guys for having me. 1782 01:12:45,627 --> 01:12:47,877 Looking forward to the rest of the year and getting going. 1783 01:12:47,907 --> 01:12:48,267 Yeah. 1784 01:12:48,717 --> 01:12:48,987 Yeah. 1785 01:12:49,017 --> 01:12:51,597 Mom's bringing some cookies tomorrow night, so you guys get some fuel. 1786 01:12:51,717 --> 01:12:52,287 Awesome. 1787 01:12:52,377 --> 01:12:52,677 Yeah. 1788 01:12:52,677 --> 01:12:53,097 Between 1789 01:12:53,097 --> 01:12:54,297 innings, that's where it's at. 1790 01:12:54,417 --> 01:12:54,837 Yeah. 1791 01:12:55,167 --> 01:12:55,587 What's up? 1792 01:12:56,547 --> 01:12:56,877 All right. 1793 01:12:56,877 --> 01:12:57,747 Thanks so much, Evan. 1794 01:12:57,957 --> 01:12:58,227 Yep. 1795 01:12:58,257 --> 01:12:58,677 Thank you. 1796 01:12:58,887 --> 01:12:59,067 Alright. 1797 01:12:59,187 --> 01:12:59,907 Appreciate you man. 1798 01:12:59,937 --> 01:13:00,507 Take care. 1799 01:13:02,217 --> 01:13:03,177 Good kid, man. 1800 01:13:03,267 --> 01:13:04,767 Yeah, I, I'm, I'm a huge fan of that. 1801 01:13:04,767 --> 01:13:05,397 That's, that's a guy. 1802 01:13:05,397 --> 01:13:08,067 I just always, you know, sometimes you go to the ballpark and you're like, 1803 01:13:08,067 --> 01:13:10,707 okay, I gotta make sure I find certain guys and talk to him for a little bit. 1804 01:13:10,707 --> 01:13:11,817 And Evan's always one of those guys. 1805 01:13:11,817 --> 01:13:12,507 You gotta, you know, he is. 1806 01:13:12,837 --> 01:13:14,757 And again, you see there, he's not the most talkative guy. 1807 01:13:14,757 --> 01:13:16,857 I mean, he wasn't, you know, he, he wasn't. 1808 01:13:17,232 --> 01:13:19,812 Giving us super verbose answers and every one of those. 1809 01:13:19,812 --> 01:13:22,752 But he's just a genuinely good guy, and he's just, he is 1810 01:13:22,752 --> 01:13:23,952 really humble and hardworking. 1811 01:13:24,612 --> 01:13:28,212 Well, we're coming off of f and Zach late, so I think f is just more like in 1812 01:13:28,212 --> 01:13:29,952 like the normal baseball category, right? 1813 01:13:29,957 --> 01:13:30,377 These guys, yeah. 1814 01:13:30,642 --> 01:13:31,152 Uhhuh love talking. 1815 01:13:31,152 --> 01:13:32,262 We love having them on too. 1816 01:13:32,832 --> 01:13:35,412 Um, but yeah, but, uh, definitely shout out to all the parents. 1817 01:13:35,412 --> 01:13:38,592 I know, uh, a lot of the parents listen to these games on like Thursday 1818 01:13:38,592 --> 01:13:41,562 when they're traveling down for like a Friday series or Wednesday before. 1819 01:13:41,892 --> 01:13:43,782 Uh, so appreciate all the support there. 1820 01:13:43,782 --> 01:13:47,952 And the, uh, the telegram group is always very entertaining and fun. 1821 01:13:47,982 --> 01:13:49,572 Uh, just all the hospitality too. 1822 01:13:49,572 --> 01:13:52,752 Anytime I feel like there's a, a game going on, somebody's gotta 1823 01:13:52,752 --> 01:13:55,632 tailgate, someone's gotta meet up, uh, for everybody to come through. 1824 01:13:55,632 --> 01:13:59,292 So greatly appreciate getting a, getting to be a little part of that, that puzzle. 1825 01:13:59,412 --> 01:13:59,802 Yeah. 1826 01:13:59,922 --> 01:14:03,672 And we, we have such good people on the team, and, and 1827 01:14:03,762 --> 01:14:04,962 the reason is they're parents. 1828 01:14:04,962 --> 01:14:07,122 They, again, they, they were, they were raised, right? 1829 01:14:07,122 --> 01:14:09,642 I mean, that's the reality is we just have really good kids who are raised by 1830 01:14:09,642 --> 01:14:13,992 really good people and, and they think and act and treat people the right way. 1831 01:14:13,992 --> 01:14:15,492 And it's, it's just, it's what you wanna see. 1832 01:14:15,492 --> 01:14:16,152 I mean, you know. 1833 01:14:17,082 --> 01:14:20,172 Yeah, it, it, it, you know, I, you don't wanna have a team 1834 01:14:20,172 --> 01:14:21,402 full of butt heads, you know? 1835 01:14:21,462 --> 01:14:24,732 I think even, I wouldn't, I wouldn't care if we were like undefeated for 1836 01:14:24,732 --> 01:14:27,192 the whole year if it was just like, man, these guys suck to be around. 1837 01:14:27,192 --> 01:14:28,272 Like, that would not be fun. 1838 01:14:28,722 --> 01:14:32,622 Um, so, you know, I, I, I love that having just a great bunch of guys. 1839 01:14:32,622 --> 01:14:33,762 It, it's, it's awesome. 1840 01:14:34,212 --> 01:14:34,572 Yeah. 1841 01:14:34,632 --> 01:14:34,932 Yeah. 1842 01:14:34,932 --> 01:14:35,562 Absolutely. 1843 01:14:36,552 --> 01:14:37,722 Evan's so polite. 1844 01:14:37,722 --> 01:14:38,712 He just kept hanging around. 1845 01:14:38,712 --> 01:14:40,512 We had to, we had this hotel leave. 1846 01:14:41,262 --> 01:14:41,532 Yeah. 1847 01:14:41,532 --> 01:14:42,882 I would've felt bad if he stuck on there. 1848 01:14:42,882 --> 01:14:45,282 I'm sure he has much more important things to do than listen to us talk. 1849 01:14:45,282 --> 01:14:46,062 No, he's got, I know. 1850 01:14:46,062 --> 01:14:46,452 I'm sure he is 1851 01:14:46,452 --> 01:14:50,982 gotta go do anything other than listen to two old guys talk on a, on a podcast. 1852 01:14:51,162 --> 01:14:51,612 Yeah. 1853 01:14:51,612 --> 01:14:54,252 I mean getting back at what, like 3, 3 34? 1854 01:14:54,252 --> 01:14:54,462 Yeah. 1855 01:14:54,462 --> 01:14:54,907 Right in the morning. 1856 01:14:55,187 --> 01:14:57,822 I mean, he guy just probably needs dinner and a and a nap. 1857 01:14:57,822 --> 01:14:58,032 So that's 1858 01:14:58,032 --> 01:15:01,362 why it's good to be like, what, a 21 or 20, whatever he is and yeah. 1859 01:15:01,362 --> 01:15:04,692 I'm sure his body bounces back like you and I would be out for a week and a half. 1860 01:15:05,562 --> 01:15:05,922 Yeah. 1861 01:15:05,922 --> 01:15:08,532 I mean, I didn't do half of the physical stuff that Evan did over the 1862 01:15:08,532 --> 01:15:11,707 last couple days and I'm just gassed and I was mostly walking around and. 1863 01:15:12,272 --> 01:15:13,772 Drinking and eating and doing all that. 1864 01:15:13,772 --> 01:15:14,057 All good. 1865 01:15:14,057 --> 01:15:14,217 Yeah. 1866 01:15:14,222 --> 01:15:15,212 And just having a great weekend. 1867 01:15:15,212 --> 01:15:15,542 Yeah. 1868 01:15:15,962 --> 01:15:16,292 Yeah. 1869 01:15:16,292 --> 01:15:17,552 I'm like limping around the house. 1870 01:15:17,552 --> 01:15:19,592 'cause apparently I stood wrong on one leg through too 1871 01:15:19,592 --> 01:15:19,682 long. 1872 01:15:20,492 --> 01:15:21,217 He's getting crush. 1873 01:15:21,217 --> 01:15:23,042 That's, he's getting crushed with the foul ball in the knee. 1874 01:15:23,042 --> 01:15:23,732 And he's, I'm 1875 01:15:23,732 --> 01:15:23,942 good. 1876 01:15:23,942 --> 01:15:24,332 I'll play. 1877 01:15:24,332 --> 01:15:24,722 I had three. 1878 01:15:24,722 --> 01:15:24,782 I 1879 01:15:25,592 --> 01:15:25,862 slam. 1880 01:15:25,862 --> 01:15:25,922 Yeah. 1881 01:15:25,922 --> 01:15:28,382 I twisted my knee the other day just getting out of the car and I'm 1882 01:15:28,382 --> 01:15:30,272 like, how, how, how did I do that? 1883 01:15:30,662 --> 01:15:32,882 And because I'm just old and everything's falling apart. 1884 01:15:33,152 --> 01:15:36,092 Uh, so before I turn to dust, let's talk about our players of the week, man. 1885 01:15:36,572 --> 01:15:37,502 Oh, yes. 1886 01:15:38,102 --> 01:15:40,142 And it was a tough, yeah, it was tough this week, man. 1887 01:15:40,142 --> 01:15:40,262 This 1888 01:15:40,472 --> 01:15:42,812 was, I'll be honest, this was, it was tough. 1889 01:15:42,872 --> 01:15:45,962 Uh, and sometimes it's tough because nobody was good. 1890 01:15:45,962 --> 01:15:47,252 And this wasn't one of those weeks. 1891 01:15:47,282 --> 01:15:50,342 Uh, because my, I think, you know, we go into it, I try to look at the 1892 01:15:50,342 --> 01:15:53,012 stats and kind of give it to both of us so we can kind of pick it together. 1893 01:15:53,312 --> 01:15:56,792 And my first instinct was go with Evan just based off of just yesterday. 1894 01:15:57,182 --> 01:16:00,962 Um, you know, you get three hits, you have a two doubles, a, a grand slam. 1895 01:16:01,202 --> 01:16:02,012 I mean, for the week. 1896 01:16:02,072 --> 01:16:06,092 Evan was four for eight, three doubles, a grand slam, six rbis. 1897 01:16:06,092 --> 01:16:07,712 Got hit by a pitch, had a sacrifice bunt. 1898 01:16:08,162 --> 01:16:09,032 That's an awesome week. 1899 01:16:09,692 --> 01:16:10,022 Yeah. 1900 01:16:10,022 --> 01:16:10,052 Uh. 1901 01:16:11,292 --> 01:16:14,697 Can, and George had a better week, uh, and, and consistently 'cause 1902 01:16:14,702 --> 01:16:16,002 Canan played in all four games. 1903 01:16:16,002 --> 01:16:17,112 He had hits in all four games. 1904 01:16:17,112 --> 01:16:21,822 He was eight for 18, had a double a homer, eight rbis, a walk 1905 01:16:21,822 --> 01:16:23,502 hit by pitch, and three steals. 1906 01:16:23,772 --> 01:16:25,782 He's actually second on the team with six steals now. 1907 01:16:26,352 --> 01:16:28,572 Um, and so, I mean, Kainen had an awesome week. 1908 01:16:28,632 --> 01:16:33,162 Uh, Efrain morales, nice little four for 15, double four rbis, set a sack fly. 1909 01:16:33,522 --> 01:16:35,772 Kyle Edwards, another solid week six for 16. 1910 01:16:35,772 --> 01:16:39,822 A double four rbis, two walks, five stolen bases for Kyle this week. 1911 01:16:40,242 --> 01:16:42,222 Um, he was, he was enjoying that Norfolk State game. 1912 01:16:42,222 --> 01:16:43,242 He was excited about that one. 1913 01:16:43,812 --> 01:16:46,812 Um, tj very quiet, nice week. 1914 01:16:46,812 --> 01:16:50,352 He was five for 15, two doubles, three rbis had seven walks. 1915 01:16:50,622 --> 01:16:52,632 He's actually leading the team with 22 walks now. 1916 01:16:53,202 --> 01:16:56,862 Uh, so, so the hitters, uh, again, it was, it's nice because we had 1917 01:16:56,862 --> 01:16:59,142 some weeks where it's like, well, we gotta pick one of these guys. 1918 01:16:59,862 --> 01:17:02,892 And this week it was like, man, we got a whole list of guys we could choose from. 1919 01:17:03,672 --> 01:17:04,572 Yeah, it was tough. 1920 01:17:04,572 --> 01:17:07,572 My, my initial gut was the go with Holman because of how well he played 1921 01:17:07,572 --> 01:17:08,892 on Sunday, just like you said. 1922 01:17:08,952 --> 01:17:09,432 Um. 1923 01:17:10,257 --> 01:17:14,367 Uh, it was, it was tough, but I, I think Kainen Jorge kind of turned in 1924 01:17:14,367 --> 01:17:17,457 a corner, I think a little bit this week offensively, seeing much better 1925 01:17:17,457 --> 01:17:19,677 at bats, uh, getting the ball in play. 1926 01:17:19,677 --> 01:17:22,827 But our guys, being a little bit more patient with those quality 1927 01:17:22,827 --> 01:17:24,147 at bats was huge this week. 1928 01:17:24,147 --> 01:17:28,347 Getting, taking those free passes, uh, putting the ball in play, doing, 1929 01:17:28,347 --> 01:17:31,827 doing all the right things, we kind of waiting for that offense to click. 1930 01:17:32,397 --> 01:17:34,527 And, uh, yeah, it was, it was good. 1931 01:17:34,527 --> 01:17:35,367 So, congrats. 1932 01:17:35,367 --> 01:17:36,387 Kainen Jorge. 1933 01:17:36,687 --> 01:17:37,767 Yeah, big, big week, man. 1934 01:17:37,767 --> 01:17:38,457 Three bats too. 1935 01:17:38,462 --> 01:17:38,832 I think it's second. 1936 01:17:39,302 --> 01:17:41,907 Yeah, I think it's the second time we, we have to, at the end of the year kind 1937 01:17:41,907 --> 01:17:44,757 of put all these together and, and show all the, all the players of the week. 1938 01:17:44,757 --> 01:17:46,557 I think that's at least the Ka and second time. 1939 01:17:46,557 --> 01:17:46,617 Yeah. 1940 01:17:46,977 --> 01:17:51,657 Uh, and Dylan, this is his third maybe, maybe fourth outta outta nine weeks. 1941 01:17:51,687 --> 01:17:54,417 Um, he, so he, Dylan had a great start. 1942 01:17:54,417 --> 01:17:57,837 He, I mean, didn't, we didn't win that game, which is, uh, upsetting, 1943 01:17:57,837 --> 01:18:02,577 but five innings, one earn run, four hits, three walks, six strikeouts. 1944 01:18:02,967 --> 01:18:04,047 One of his. 1945 01:18:04,572 --> 01:18:06,072 One of his worst good starts. 1946 01:18:06,132 --> 01:18:07,153 Is that the way you say it? 1947 01:18:07,158 --> 01:18:07,217 Yeah. 1948 01:18:07,337 --> 01:18:08,772 Like it was a good start, but not his best. 1949 01:18:08,772 --> 01:18:09,282 Good start. 1950 01:18:09,732 --> 01:18:14,202 Um, but we had, guys had a great, I mean, Ben Moore, you know, he had, he, 1951 01:18:14,202 --> 01:18:18,762 it was to me, kind of neck and neck, five innings, two earn runs, three hits, two 1952 01:18:18,762 --> 01:18:21,402 walks, five strikeouts, and got the win. 1953 01:18:21,402 --> 01:18:24,432 I mean, so just that one earned run was really what kind of did it, but. 1954 01:18:25,227 --> 01:18:28,977 Was one of Ben's, Ben's had two really, really great starts, and they've both 1955 01:18:28,977 --> 01:18:30,297 been the ones, he's gone five innings. 1956 01:18:30,627 --> 01:18:32,457 Um, so if he can keep being a little more economical with his 1957 01:18:32,457 --> 01:18:33,387 pitches, I mean, it's great. 1958 01:18:33,387 --> 01:18:37,137 And then, uh, Jayce Park had a great start in the midweek three innings. 1959 01:18:37,137 --> 01:18:41,757 He gave up one unearned run, four hits, no walks, four strikeouts and three innings. 1960 01:18:41,757 --> 01:18:43,227 So that, that's a great midweek start. 1961 01:18:43,317 --> 01:18:48,057 And then Bailey, uh, ended up, he got a save, uh, two and a third innings. 1962 01:18:48,297 --> 01:18:49,737 Did give up two earn runs. 1963 01:18:49,767 --> 01:18:51,987 One hit three walks, struck out two. 1964 01:18:51,987 --> 01:18:56,397 So it's not his best appearances, but he held down a save. 1965 01:18:56,397 --> 01:18:59,697 He had a save in the one game and then held the win in the other game. 1966 01:18:59,997 --> 01:19:02,037 So another, again, another great week for Bailey. 1967 01:19:02,037 --> 01:19:05,937 So, so yeah, I, I, it's fun when you actually get to have a hard 1968 01:19:05,937 --> 01:19:08,637 time picking who's the best out of guys that actually played well. 1969 01:19:09,627 --> 01:19:09,987 Yeah. 1970 01:19:09,987 --> 01:19:12,957 And it, it's tough not to give it to Bailey there because of how tough 1971 01:19:12,957 --> 01:19:15,117 he was on Sunday to stay in there. 1972 01:19:15,357 --> 01:19:18,327 I mean, for a reliever to basically work two and a third innings, 1973 01:19:18,327 --> 01:19:20,157 uh, throwing Friday and Sunday. 1974 01:19:20,487 --> 01:19:23,487 Uh, so he was, he was very, very close in second there. 1975 01:19:24,222 --> 01:19:27,192 Just on, on toughness alone, if nothing else, to stay in there 1976 01:19:27,192 --> 01:19:30,822 knowing that I, I don't know what else is in the bullpen, what Coach 1977 01:19:30,822 --> 01:19:32,022 Finwood would've been able to do. 1978 01:19:32,202 --> 01:19:33,102 We might've seen Eddie. 1979 01:19:33,102 --> 01:19:37,302 We might've seen Evan had to swap positions and then go pitch, uh, 1980 01:19:37,302 --> 01:19:41,292 but they put it together, held it in, got the win, got the series win. 1981 01:19:41,982 --> 01:19:44,982 At the end of the day, that's, that's the, the most important thing. 1982 01:19:45,372 --> 01:19:47,532 A tough team won a weekend series. 1983 01:19:48,072 --> 01:19:48,642 It was huge. 1984 01:19:48,642 --> 01:19:52,542 I mean, it's a big, like I said, winning four last five, uh, winning a road series. 1985 01:19:52,547 --> 01:19:55,902 It's, it's big and you hope you're, it's, it's what you've been kind 1986 01:19:55,902 --> 01:19:56,802 of hoping all year you said. 1987 01:19:56,802 --> 01:19:56,952 Okay. 1988 01:19:56,952 --> 01:19:57,702 We, it's been tough. 1989 01:19:57,702 --> 01:19:58,272 It's been tough. 1990 01:19:58,272 --> 01:19:58,722 It's been tough. 1991 01:19:58,722 --> 01:19:59,292 We've been on the road. 1992 01:19:59,292 --> 01:20:02,562 If all this play, these really good teams, our RPI is 75. 1993 01:20:02,952 --> 01:20:04,002 I mean we're, we're what? 1994 01:20:04,002 --> 01:20:06,372 12 and 21 and our RPI is 75. 1995 01:20:06,372 --> 01:20:07,362 Like that doesn't happen. 1996 01:20:07,812 --> 01:20:08,862 Uh, usually you're 12 to 21. 1997 01:20:08,862 --> 01:20:10,062 Your RPI is like two 40. 1998 01:20:11,262 --> 01:20:15,042 So it, it, it's impressive what they've been able to do. 1999 01:20:15,042 --> 01:20:16,482 And you're hoping they're turning a corner. 2000 01:20:16,842 --> 01:20:20,502 Um, you know, we're playing VCU tomorrow night, Tuesday night, 2001 01:20:20,502 --> 01:20:22,662 I guess tonight probably if you're hearing this on Tuesday. 2002 01:20:23,022 --> 01:20:24,822 They have not been great this year. 2003 01:20:25,002 --> 01:20:26,742 Um, they're, what was their record again? 2004 01:20:26,742 --> 01:20:26,982 It was. 2005 01:20:27,347 --> 01:20:28,587 Kind of like ours, honestly. 2006 01:20:28,587 --> 01:20:29,697 11 and 24. 2007 01:20:29,997 --> 01:20:31,287 Yeah, five and 10 conference. 2008 01:20:31,287 --> 01:20:34,167 I mean, they're not, their record is not that dissimilar from ours. 2009 01:20:34,167 --> 01:20:35,877 And you look at their hitting stats and their pitching stats 2010 01:20:35,877 --> 01:20:36,837 are not dissimilar from ours. 2011 01:20:36,837 --> 01:20:38,787 So, you know, it's on paper. 2012 01:20:39,087 --> 01:20:41,697 It's like, well, we should, you know, it's a pretty even game. 2013 01:20:41,697 --> 01:20:43,707 But, and they played some top 25 teams. 2014 01:20:43,707 --> 01:20:46,797 It's not like they haven't had some good competition, but this is a team 2015 01:20:46,797 --> 01:20:50,337 that you should be able to beat you, you've beaten much better teams. 2016 01:20:50,697 --> 01:20:53,997 Um, playing Louisiana again, Louisiana looked like they were 2017 01:20:53,997 --> 01:20:56,847 gonna be like, you know, top of the conference and they have not been. 2018 01:20:57,267 --> 01:21:00,237 Um, and again, this is a team that, you know, you got 'em at home. 2019 01:21:00,327 --> 01:21:03,417 At home, you're, you're in, in the same city in a way. 2020 01:21:03,687 --> 01:21:06,327 Um, and, you know, you get to sleep in your own beds. 2021 01:21:06,327 --> 01:21:06,777 It's a plus. 2022 01:21:06,777 --> 01:21:07,407 And they don't. 2023 01:21:07,797 --> 01:21:10,737 And so you hope, you know, you can, again, you'd like to win the series. 2024 01:21:10,737 --> 01:21:11,997 What we like to do is sweep the series. 2025 01:21:11,997 --> 01:21:14,697 It may be, you know, it's, it's not easy, it's never easy, but, you know, 2026 01:21:14,697 --> 01:21:19,497 hey, we, we got the, if our weekend starters are doing that, and if 2027 01:21:19,497 --> 01:21:22,707 Jayce Park and keep doing, uh, keep getting even better in the weekdays. 2028 01:21:23,592 --> 01:21:25,692 Some of these relievers can keep moving the right direction. 2029 01:21:25,692 --> 01:21:26,442 Man, we got some stuff. 2030 01:21:26,442 --> 01:21:29,322 And then the hitting again, if the hitting just hits, which is, that's 2031 01:21:29,322 --> 01:21:31,512 been, I think the bigger problem all year is the hitters weren't hitting 2032 01:21:31,512 --> 01:21:32,652 and now they're doing some stuff. 2033 01:21:33,852 --> 01:21:34,032 Yeah. 2034 01:21:34,032 --> 01:21:36,612 I mean, putting up 15 runs they showed they can hit. 2035 01:21:36,822 --> 01:21:39,402 Um, and I think we've been waiting for the offense to come 2036 01:21:39,402 --> 01:21:40,992 together like that all season. 2037 01:21:41,382 --> 01:21:43,872 Like it just, I think they were, could not, they were 2038 01:21:43,872 --> 01:21:45,192 fighting to get to the bat rack. 2039 01:21:45,252 --> 01:21:47,652 They were not looking down the line for the next guy to kind 2040 01:21:47,652 --> 01:21:48,852 of get the hit to get it going. 2041 01:21:49,152 --> 01:21:51,042 They wanted the bat, they wanted to go do it themselves. 2042 01:21:51,042 --> 01:21:53,652 We've been waiting for that like aggressive mentality 2043 01:21:53,862 --> 01:21:55,272 to go attack all season. 2044 01:21:55,512 --> 01:21:57,582 So I'm hoping that's just the start of something new. 2045 01:21:57,612 --> 01:22:02,382 But it the VCU game, it reminds me of us when we were talking about William 2046 01:22:02,382 --> 01:22:04,902 and Mary, where on paper we should beat. 2047 01:22:05,082 --> 01:22:05,262 Yeah. 2048 01:22:05,322 --> 01:22:06,582 We've got a ton of talent. 2049 01:22:06,612 --> 01:22:07,692 We've got all of this. 2050 01:22:07,977 --> 01:22:11,547 Then we went out there and just kinda laid, laid an egg at William and Mary, uh, 2051 01:22:11,577 --> 01:22:14,067 VCU will undoubtedly be up for this game. 2052 01:22:14,067 --> 01:22:18,417 I think there's some cool nostalgia to them playing this game at War Memorial. 2053 01:22:18,657 --> 01:22:21,477 Like that's kind of a, a cool little throwback, I know for a couple years. 2054 01:22:21,477 --> 01:22:22,887 There's the Key Dog classic there. 2055 01:22:23,157 --> 01:22:23,307 Yeah. 2056 01:22:23,307 --> 01:22:24,747 Uh, they'll, they'll be amp for it. 2057 01:22:24,747 --> 01:22:27,837 So, uh, you'd love to see J Park get another great outing. 2058 01:22:27,837 --> 01:22:30,327 Some of those other guys in the bullpen step up 'cause we need a 2059 01:22:30,327 --> 01:22:33,147 couple more bullpen arms if we wanna be realistic about the tournament 2060 01:22:33,507 --> 01:22:36,657 or we're in a great shape with starting pitching if Ben's good. 2061 01:22:36,657 --> 01:22:37,947 Dylan's good, and Blake's good. 2062 01:22:38,277 --> 01:22:40,017 Like, well, we got three legit starters. 2063 01:22:40,017 --> 01:22:43,287 There aren't a lot of teams that have three legit starters, but, uh, as we 2064 01:22:43,287 --> 01:22:46,767 saw on Saturday, you, you've gotta have some good arms that aren't named Kellen 2065 01:22:46,767 --> 01:22:48,837 and Bailey to, to get you out of there. 2066 01:22:49,137 --> 01:22:51,327 So opportunities for, for dudes to step up. 2067 01:22:51,777 --> 01:22:54,627 Um, I like the way we match up a little bit against Louisiana. 2068 01:22:54,867 --> 01:22:57,417 I think Coach Finwood mentioned it last week, but they do have a lot 2069 01:22:57,417 --> 01:23:00,627 of left-handed hitters and that's actually a strength for our pitchers 2070 01:23:00,627 --> 01:23:02,157 is, is throwing against lefties. 2071 01:23:02,397 --> 01:23:03,867 So I like to see that come through. 2072 01:23:04,392 --> 01:23:07,902 If they win this series, we're what, nine and nine? 2073 01:23:08,502 --> 01:23:11,142 If we sweep the series, we're 10 and eight. 2074 01:23:12,102 --> 01:23:13,662 There's a big difference between those two numbers. 2075 01:23:13,662 --> 01:23:15,282 If you go look at the standings, uh, 2076 01:23:15,282 --> 01:23:18,402 it's, yeah, it is, it is wild how big the one win can really, 'cause 2077 01:23:18,702 --> 01:23:20,382 it's not just one win, it's one loss. 2078 01:23:20,382 --> 01:23:21,192 It's that big. 2079 01:23:21,192 --> 01:23:23,442 It's, it really is a two game switch either time. 2080 01:23:24,132 --> 01:23:24,522 Yeah. 2081 01:23:24,642 --> 01:23:27,792 And Louisiana's eight and seven right now in the conference. 2082 01:23:27,852 --> 01:23:30,222 Uh, and they're tied for fifth. 2083 01:23:30,702 --> 01:23:31,602 We're seven and eight. 2084 01:23:31,602 --> 01:23:34,692 And I guess technically tied for seventh is where that is. 2085 01:23:34,737 --> 01:23:36,027 Yeah, you're right. 2086 01:23:36,342 --> 01:23:36,582 Yeah. 2087 01:23:36,582 --> 01:23:40,662 But I think this, this weekend series with Louisiana is kind of a good litmus 2088 01:23:40,662 --> 01:23:42,222 test of like, where are we gonna be? 2089 01:23:42,222 --> 01:23:44,532 Because it's gonna be kind of hard to get a judge off ULM and 2090 01:23:44,532 --> 01:23:46,002 Off Marshall and off of JMU. 2091 01:23:46,272 --> 01:23:46,782 Then we'll have. 2092 01:23:47,637 --> 01:23:50,787 Top of the conference team right now, coastal to end it, uh, I 2093 01:23:50,787 --> 01:23:52,887 think this weekend could change, uh, if I just go ahead and start 2094 01:23:52,887 --> 01:23:54,237 booking some hotels in Montgomery. 2095 01:23:54,297 --> 01:23:54,657 We'll see. 2096 01:23:55,797 --> 01:23:58,257 Yeah, I mean, you hope you, you hope you come out again. 2097 01:23:58,257 --> 01:23:59,187 You get to play at home. 2098 01:23:59,187 --> 01:24:03,567 I know we've, the last, uh, time couple weeks ago we were here, had a ton of ODU 2099 01:24:03,567 --> 01:24:07,737 fans, ton of ODU alumni, uh, a little weirder this time with a Thursday night. 2100 01:24:07,767 --> 01:24:10,467 Uh, we, uh, Friday afternoon and then a Saturday afternoon. 2101 01:24:10,467 --> 01:24:11,817 So hopefully we can still get some good crowd. 2102 01:24:11,817 --> 01:24:13,887 I know I'm gonna miss most of the game Friday. 2103 01:24:13,887 --> 01:24:16,287 I'll be there hopefully the last few innings on Friday. 2104 01:24:16,647 --> 01:24:19,227 Um, but you know, hopefully we get good crowds and people 2105 01:24:19,227 --> 01:24:20,157 come out and we get the same. 2106 01:24:20,217 --> 01:24:22,527 We have a ton of alumni out there and hopefully we have a lot of that. 2107 01:24:22,557 --> 01:24:26,217 And, and just, uh, again, these guys getting, getting people 2108 01:24:26,217 --> 01:24:28,767 actually rooting for them instead of always against them is nice. 2109 01:24:29,457 --> 01:24:32,937 I secretly hoping we get some sort of announcement that the Friday game got 2110 01:24:32,937 --> 01:24:35,067 moved to six or seven or something. 2111 01:24:35,067 --> 01:24:36,237 I don't think it's gonna happen, but 2112 01:24:37,017 --> 01:24:39,117 Finney would be, it'd be more the opposite that the Thursday 2113 01:24:39,117 --> 01:24:40,077 game would get moved to three. 2114 01:24:40,077 --> 01:24:41,607 That's the way Finney has been wanting to go. 2115 01:24:41,607 --> 01:24:44,907 Every time I talk to him and I'm trying to like, he goes like, yeah, you know, we 2116 01:24:44,907 --> 01:24:46,017 just, we're not winning the night games. 2117 01:24:46,017 --> 01:24:46,827 We gotta play the day games. 2118 01:24:46,827 --> 01:24:49,677 I'm like, yeah, you know, six o'clock is you get more people at the ballpark. 2119 01:24:49,677 --> 01:24:52,797 I'm trying to, not to say like very selfishly, like, I can't go man. 2120 01:24:52,797 --> 01:24:53,067 Come on. 2121 01:24:53,877 --> 01:24:55,527 Yeah, I think I'm in the same boat. 2122 01:24:55,527 --> 01:24:59,307 I will likely be Thursday and that's it, just down and back on Thursday. 2123 01:24:59,607 --> 01:25:02,367 I wish I could go to the game Tuesday down at War Memorial. 2124 01:25:02,367 --> 01:25:07,797 Not, not in the cards for me, but uh, Fox Sports 1310 will have the radio broadcast. 2125 01:25:08,127 --> 01:25:10,167 Uh, don't quote me on this, don't throw me under the bus. 2126 01:25:10,167 --> 01:25:13,737 I think you can listen to that through the 94.1 ESPN radio app. 2127 01:25:13,977 --> 01:25:17,007 If not, there will be a link at ODU U Sports on the schedule. 2128 01:25:17,217 --> 01:25:18,897 I'm looking at it right now, so like. 2129 01:25:19,437 --> 01:25:21,687 If someone takes it off there in the next few minutes, I'll be aggravated. 2130 01:25:21,687 --> 01:25:24,627 But right now there is an audio link that's there. 2131 01:25:24,657 --> 01:25:27,207 Uh, so listen, if you can't get over to War Memorial, definitely 2132 01:25:27,207 --> 01:25:27,747 listen to the game. 2133 01:25:28,377 --> 01:25:29,547 Uh, but get over Memorial. 2134 01:25:29,607 --> 01:25:32,097 'cause I'm doing it, I'm leaving work at five and crossing that bridge. 2135 01:25:32,097 --> 01:25:32,907 So if I'm, I can do it. 2136 01:25:32,907 --> 01:25:33,537 Anybody can do it. 2137 01:25:33,897 --> 01:25:34,587 Get over there. 2138 01:25:35,517 --> 01:25:38,127 Just we, we need a, you know, one of those teleporter things. 2139 01:25:38,157 --> 01:25:39,717 Just get everyone go meet at Harbor 2140 01:25:39,717 --> 01:25:40,227 Parking. 2141 01:25:40,617 --> 01:25:42,777 That's one of the reasons I don't go as many pilots games during the summer. 2142 01:25:42,777 --> 01:25:43,917 I'd love to go to a lot of pilots games. 2143 01:25:43,917 --> 01:25:46,587 Sometimes it's just like, man, that's summer traffic and trying 2144 01:25:46,587 --> 01:25:49,077 to get there from five o'clock, even for a seven o'clock game. 2145 01:25:49,077 --> 01:25:50,997 It's like I can't spend an hour and a half in traffic. 2146 01:25:50,997 --> 01:25:53,157 So hopefully it's not that bad tomorrow. 2147 01:25:53,157 --> 01:25:55,587 We'll, we'll, you know, or on Thursday, whatever day. 2148 01:25:55,707 --> 01:25:56,307 No, it's tomorrow. 2149 01:25:56,577 --> 01:25:57,507 I dunno what day it is. 2150 01:25:57,747 --> 01:25:58,467 It's on Tuesday. 2151 01:25:58,467 --> 01:26:00,657 It's odu odu, u's winning ballgames four, last five. 2152 01:26:00,657 --> 01:26:01,347 We're doing great. 2153 01:26:02,247 --> 01:26:02,607 Yeah. 2154 01:26:02,667 --> 01:26:06,117 I had a bit of like a weird meta moment on Saturday night. 2155 01:26:06,177 --> 01:26:09,987 I'm sitting at a bar in Tampa and I'm looking up, they got 2156 01:26:09,987 --> 01:26:11,247 Sports Center on one of the TVs. 2157 01:26:11,247 --> 01:26:12,807 It's like 11 30, 12 o'clock. 2158 01:26:13,287 --> 01:26:15,447 And I look up and I see J U'S Field. 2159 01:26:15,447 --> 01:26:17,097 I'm like, oh no, don't, don't ruin my day. 2160 01:26:17,127 --> 01:26:17,997 I don't wanna see this. 2161 01:26:18,582 --> 01:26:23,712 Uh, but it was actually Jacob Wax from Troy, their stud, defensive shortstop. 2162 01:26:23,772 --> 01:26:23,862 Mm-hmm. 2163 01:26:24,102 --> 01:26:26,142 They got the number one play on SportsCenter catching a 2164 01:26:26,142 --> 01:26:27,552 ball in shallow left field. 2165 01:26:27,792 --> 01:26:28,902 No idea how he caught it. 2166 01:26:29,082 --> 01:26:32,982 He ran from shortstop, he overran it, he bitten himself backwards to catch it. 2167 01:26:33,282 --> 01:26:35,772 Uh, so then I felt better 'cause it was Troy's top play. 2168 01:26:36,102 --> 01:26:38,952 I don't think we talked about it last week, but he made a 2169 01:26:38,952 --> 01:26:40,392 play on a ball up the middle. 2170 01:26:40,392 --> 01:26:42,582 That's one of the best plays I've ever seen a shortstop make. 2171 01:26:42,612 --> 01:26:44,652 It was a chopper up the middle. 2172 01:26:44,652 --> 01:26:46,152 It chopped off the bag. 2173 01:26:46,422 --> 01:26:50,442 He caught it in throwing motion bare handed and threw it to first. 2174 01:26:51,102 --> 01:26:52,782 Yeah, like I think he was showing off. 2175 01:26:52,782 --> 01:26:53,592 He didn't need to do all that. 2176 01:26:53,592 --> 01:26:53,922 Frankly. 2177 01:26:53,922 --> 01:26:54,912 That's how I felt about that play. 2178 01:26:55,752 --> 01:26:58,392 Probably didn't, but man, like what? 2179 01:26:58,392 --> 01:26:58,395 It was great. 2180 01:26:58,400 --> 01:26:58,452 It 2181 01:26:58,452 --> 01:26:59,142 was phenomenal. 2182 01:26:59,532 --> 01:27:03,132 He, he stole a couple runs from us in that game on, on Saturday there. 2183 01:27:03,402 --> 01:27:06,822 Uh, so, you know, it was kind of weird looking up seeing that and the bartender's 2184 01:27:06,822 --> 01:27:09,072 like, who the hell is Troy and JMU, right? 2185 01:27:09,072 --> 01:27:10,722 I'm like, well, I just saw that kid play last weekend. 2186 01:27:10,722 --> 01:27:11,742 He's a freaking stud. 2187 01:27:11,742 --> 01:27:12,732 So yeah, he's good. 2188 01:27:12,732 --> 01:27:14,052 Number one play on Sports Center. 2189 01:27:14,082 --> 01:27:17,082 But, uh, I think that gives you an idea of the eyes that are on the Sunbelt 2190 01:27:17,082 --> 01:27:21,582 right now and how strong the conference is, where you've got teams that could 2191 01:27:21,582 --> 01:27:24,702 potentially make the tournament and they're like 19 and 16 right now. 2192 01:27:24,882 --> 01:27:27,642 Uh, yeah, that's, it's a tough league man. 2193 01:27:27,672 --> 01:27:28,512 It's really tough. 2194 01:27:29,622 --> 01:27:32,952 Yeah, we, well, you got a team that's, uh, 12 and 21 that can make the tournament. 2195 01:27:32,952 --> 01:27:33,882 They just gotta do some stuff. 2196 01:27:34,962 --> 01:27:37,392 I mean, just need to make a little run in the tournament. 2197 01:27:37,392 --> 01:27:38,802 I mean, we, we've got this pitching. 2198 01:27:38,802 --> 01:27:43,152 If we can score 15 runs at Georgia Southern, I think I feel 2199 01:27:43,152 --> 01:27:44,412 pretty good about our offense. 2200 01:27:44,742 --> 01:27:45,492 Just gotta keep that up. 2201 01:27:45,492 --> 01:27:47,352 We gotta come out and hit the ball again on Friday. 2202 01:27:47,382 --> 01:27:49,932 'cause I think that's what kind of got everything going. 2203 01:27:49,932 --> 01:27:49,992 Yeah. 2204 01:27:49,992 --> 01:27:54,012 Is that confidence build on Friday to get ahead and, and go fight and win. 2205 01:27:55,482 --> 01:27:55,902 All right. 2206 01:27:55,902 --> 01:27:56,472 Let's do it. 2207 01:27:56,532 --> 01:27:57,702 I, I'm, I'm excited. 2208 01:27:57,702 --> 01:27:59,352 Get to watch, uh, some games this week. 2209 01:27:59,352 --> 01:27:59,982 It's always fun. 2210 01:28:00,132 --> 01:28:02,442 So, uh, that's all, that's all I got. 2211 01:28:02,442 --> 01:28:02,712 Gary. 2212 01:28:02,712 --> 01:28:03,552 Let's, let's get out here. 2213 01:28:03,552 --> 01:28:06,342 Let's let the people will go and, and, uh, probably watch a ball game. 2214 01:28:06,342 --> 01:28:08,022 That might be, they've just pulling up to the park right now. 2215 01:28:08,022 --> 01:28:08,382 I'm gonna believe 2216 01:28:08,382 --> 01:28:08,952 that it could be. 2217 01:28:09,072 --> 01:28:11,262 Uh, the curtain fell at 25 50. 2218 01:28:11,352 --> 01:28:11,682 Oh, did 2219 01:28:11,682 --> 01:28:14,532 it, did it fell at i, it just, the corner. 2220 01:28:14,532 --> 01:28:14,535 Just the corner. 2221 01:28:15,222 --> 01:28:15,255 Oh, look at that. 2222 01:28:15,255 --> 01:28:15,402 I saw it. 2223 01:28:15,402 --> 01:28:16,242 25 50. So. 2224 01:28:17,142 --> 01:28:18,522 Alright, that'll do it for us. 2225 01:28:18,792 --> 01:28:19,332 Go Monarchs. 2226 01:28:19,902 --> 01:28:21,042 Go Monarchs.