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Yeah, yeah.

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Hello, I'm on our fans.

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Welcome back to the Hudson Homers podcast.

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I'm Gary joined, as always by cb.

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We will have, uh, coach Finwood
joining us here in a little bit.

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And then, uh, Zach Lee is
our player guest this week.

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Cb how was your weekend?

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It was good.

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Saw high school baseball.

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That was fun.

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Saw Cape Henry a few times.

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Uh, saw Lansdown, so I got to
see one of our guys, cam Teon,

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who's coming, uh, to us next year.

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He is a, a massive first baseman.

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He had a, a great three hit day
with a double lansdown beat him.

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Uh, so it was pretty good.

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Yeah, I gotta see, um, uh,
Bailey Matela younger brother

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Harley play for the first time.

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That was cool.

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He used, played, pitched a couple
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some, uh, ODU royalty and the, uh,
and Tim Hummel is out there coaching

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with Cape Henry and his brother
Rusty, also an ODU alum as a pitcher.

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Uh, and saw both, both of them
with their sons of the team.

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So it was a good time.

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That's awesome.

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I think the first baseman, you
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Memorial a couple weeks ago and Yeah.

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You can't convince me that
kid's like 17, 18 years old.

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Yeah, he's a monster.

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He, I saw him, uh, he was at like a fall
ball game, uh, and I didn't even recognize

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him 'cause I hadn't seen him since the
spring and he, he got even bigger, like

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he was already a big kid and got bigger.

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So yeah, he's, uh, hopefully he is him.

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Get him and Tanner Shado a
couple of big dudes right from

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right here in the 7, 5, 7.

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That would be a nice addition, a
big towering figure at first base.

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Uh, 'cause man, if he can swing
it that matches, if he can swing

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it the way his size is, he's gonna
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So, excited about that.

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Excited about the future.

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I know you're catching a
little bit of baseball after

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we record tonight too, right?

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Yeah.

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Trying to get over to, uh,
Greenbrier Christian, uh, Jackson.

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Okonkwo, who's another one of our,
our local kids, uh, who's played

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with him and Cam played together
since they were little kids.

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Uh, he said he is pitching tonight, so
I was like, oh yeah, I got, I, I'll bust

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over so I'll be rude to Gary as soon as
this is over and say, alright, good job.

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And then exit immediately
and, and go run over.

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I told him he's gotta pitch more
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that over there and see him.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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We'll, we'll get you over there quickly.

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I have to do similar things
with work travel this week.

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Okay.

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And of course getting back
into town Thursday night.

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Yeah.

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So I can drive down to Norfolk
for the games at Harbor Park

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this weekend against Troy.

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I know I'll be there Friday, Saturday.

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I don't think I'm gonna be able to
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game, but definitely watching, but.

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Uh, excited to see the guys
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good Troy team coming to town.

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But before we talk about Troy, we
gotta talk about the week that was,

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uh, monarchs go one in three this week.

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Uh, they lose a, a
tough road game at ETSU.

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I think if you could see if you
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how that stadium plays a little bit
like a band box and man, they are a

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good hitting team in their ballpark.

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Then, uh, drop the first
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Little impromptu double header.

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We get the second game and salvage a win.

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Uh, but not, not the week I think we
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it should necessarily be unexpected.

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Yeah, I mean, it was just a
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problems they've been having.

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You know, they, they really, yeah.

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You know, the pitching in
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but it really wasn't terrible.

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What really was not good was our hitting.

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I mean, we had, uh, I think we had
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And I, I've just looked at it.

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We had 18 hits in the three
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that's 10 in the game on Tuesday.

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So we then we had, uh, I, what was that?

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The five three and five three
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in the first game Saturday.

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So, I mean, if you're not, and we actually
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We weren't even striking out much.

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That, that's the funny part.

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Um, was this only six strikeouts in
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Saturday, only five
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Only seven strikeouts in the
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So, I mean, it's not like we were going
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they actually we're putting the ball
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at guys or it just wasn't getting down.

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So it's, that was a new kind of
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with the old kind of frustration.

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And I, I noticed from all the pitchers
really we faced this week, they were

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filling up the zone early in the count.

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They were not given too many
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get, you know, plus counts.

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Get those two ones, get those three
ones they were pitching to soft contact.

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They were eating around the edges and
getting called strikes and it was, it was

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just tough getting a lot of soft contact.

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I'm happy to see we aren't striking
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Yeah, you put the ball in
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You can stay in the game.

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Uh, I know the first part of the season's
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of those bat guys swinging right over
top of the ball trying to, trying to

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hit that 97 mile an hour fastball.

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That's up and in that you're
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So positive to see the contact.

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Just wish it would've been a little
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maybe get a couple breaks our way.

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I think that Friday game at, at
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When he comes on, it seemed like the
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the first time in recorded history.

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'cause uh, Tanner again hits one to the
track in that game that I think on a

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normal win day in Boone would've been
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Uh, so not, not the best conditions,
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And man, that's it.

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It, it can be a little bandbox
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They know how to hit well in their park.

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And I feel like ETSU is pretty
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of just mountain baseball.

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That, uh, the kid Caleb
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I mean, you know, you.

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Seven, no hit innings.

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I mean, that was, that guy
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And like I said, it wasn't mowing
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It was just putting them,
they put the ball in play and

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nothing getting out of it.

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Um, yeah, Tanner is, he's at least, you
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better than not hitting the ball, I guess.

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You know, it's, it's still frustrating,
but it's, it's nice to see him.

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He was a little bit sick down there
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gotten healthy and strong again.

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And, um, you know, they, I like
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outfield some, you know, he's, he's
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I mean, he was a, he was a shortstop most
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He's just not, he hadn't
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Uh, but it's, it's nice to get
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Yeah, absolutely.

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And, um, I thought we had a, a really
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is naturally the one game that I was
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So maybe I'm the, the bad luck
when it comes to games on the road.

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Well, that, that was

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the one that I was able to
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So maybe, yeah, we need,
we have the right mojo.

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Yeah, we gotta, we gotta figure
out this combo, uh, and, and get

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some more wins on the board here.

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But we, we had to battle
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We had to come back, uh, with the
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We had to hold off App State late.

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They made a run.

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But it does feel a lot better to
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But I think he said, was it the, the
mud breaking, you're kind of, you're

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getting the, the win on the way out to
feel better on the way home, but not,

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not getting a series win like you wanted.

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tough to get that series win down at app.

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It's, I mean, it's hard to win a
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playing, especially in conference.

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But yeah, you know, you, you,
that's the problem of you didn't

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hit enough in the first two games
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Uh, so what they did in this
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They, they put the ball in
play and got some great hits.

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Uh, Zach Leite had a three hit game.

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Um, let see, Jack Slater had
a great, had a three hit.

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Jack Slater, he's been playing.

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Great lately.

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Um, Scotty Young, uh, on base,
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TJ was on four times.

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I mean, these guys were.

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They were filling it up and the pitching
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You know, Blake wasn't amazing, but
he was a, he was a senior leader.

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He got through it.

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Uh, Frankie Wright had a great outing
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too scoreless when we needed him.

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And then Kellen and Bailey, you
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Uh, they, they struggled a little
bit, but they got through it.

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And that's, sometimes that's all
you can do is just get through.

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I mean, I was telling, uh, Kellen after
that, we were at the airport after

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that game in Southern Miss, and I said,
look, man, at a certain point it was

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just like, Hey, we need to not give
up three runs before we get six outs.

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I said, sometimes that's just the math.

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Like, just don't give up X amount
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of outs or y amount of outs,
whatever the equations are.

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I'm not math guy.

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Yeah, I was not a math major either.

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Uh, we saw Maverick Stallings come
to life a little bit at the plate

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for the first time this season, so
that was, that was good to see him.

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That's a neat, a bat we definitely
need back in the lineup.

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But I see down below that we have
a guest that has joined us now.

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Hey, coach Finney, how's it going?

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Let's go.

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How we doing?

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What's up Finny?

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Good to be back.

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Uh, sorry I'm a little bit late
with navigating some traffic.

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No worries.

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Heading that nice

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hat on.

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Thats all.

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Always, always ing.

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Yeah.

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Had to get it

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back from the dry cleaners.

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Right?

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There we go.

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Yeah.

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The uh, yeah, I heard,
I heard some of that.

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I heard, I heard the
comment about Stallings.

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Yes, you're definitely right.

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It was nice to see him swing
the bat a little bit better.

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We need to get him back in, uh, second
half of the season shape of last year.

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Yeah.

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He was a terror down the
stretch for us last year.

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It felt like every bat
he was gonna hit a bomb.

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Uh, and he, he was huge.

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I love to see that.

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Uh, we were talking a little bit about
how the offense looked a little bit

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different over the last four games.

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The cut down on the strikeouts,
put more balls in play.

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Uh, so just wondering if, if you
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lot of pitching to soft contact.

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It seemed like we were getting
there filling up the zone early.

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Yeah, we um, we've been certainly working
on it, you know, and, and unfortunately.

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If you don't want to hit a bunch of fungos
to the infielders either, uh, game one

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of the double header on Saturday, man.

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Golly.

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Um, it's just, you know, continuing to
work on trying to shorten the swings

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and I was proud of how we, we competed
at the plate, uh, in the, you know,

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the back end of the double header.

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Um, and we finally got
some, you know, big hits.

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Um, you know, can, and George had
a better week swinging the bat.

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He drove some balls, made a, you
know, a couple mechanical adjustments

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with him, and I think it was helpful.

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Um, but again, you know, this team
isn't, isn't quite put together

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the way most of my teams are.

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I, I like lefthanded hitters.

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And finally, after game one Saturday,
I said, you know, Dagum it we're

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putting all the lefties in the lineup.

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We had four, which gives
you more balance in there.

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You know, that's about the best we can do
positionally and, uh, on a given day, but.

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Um, you know, and the top was good.

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I mean, TJ had a good day, let
off the game of the home run.

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He had another hit.

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Scotty, uh, young had a good day.

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He had a couple knocks and walked twice.

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He was on base four times.

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Um, and Zach Lee had was three for three
with the, you know, the biggest one

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being in the top of the ninth there.

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Hit the double to kind of get
us going with one out, and

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then came and doubled him in.

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And, you know, Ron had the big hit
there to, you know, to give us, give us

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a two run cushion, um, which was huge.

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So, uh, it's a hard place to play.

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App State, man.

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The turfs a little different.

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It's, they're good, you
know, they, they compete.

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I, I think they do as good a job
with their hitting approaches

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as anybody in the league.

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Like, they're, they're tough outs, man.

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Like, they make you pay
and they stay in the zone.

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And I was trying to tell our guys,
you know, like, ah, they got a lot

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of blue pits and stuff like that.

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They did.

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But you get those when you're in the zone.

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Not when you're bailing out or, or
spinning off balls, you know, you

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get those when you're in the zone
and that's something, you know,

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to learn from an opponent, which,
you know, is always a good idea.

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Um, we didn't, you know, game
one, we didn't pitch well.

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I mean, Ben kind of was
struggling out there.

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Uh, their mounds a little different.

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Like they got a, this, it's crazy.

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I've never seen anything like it.

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They have this piece of rubber, it's a
turf mound to begin with, but they have

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this piece of rubber on the front of it.

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It's just rubber and it's raised
up and it's, it's unusual.

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Um, and Ben, you know, we, we were
there Thursday night and practiced.

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The guys knew about it and Ben was trying
to figure out how to navigate it, and

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he did the worst thing he could do.

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He got over on the side of the mound
where none of his stuff was balanced up.

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You noticed he missed a
lot on his arm side high.

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Mm-hmm.

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And I think that was partially
because of his alignment.

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So, you know, and having said that,
it's still a four nothing game going

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into, you know, whatever the sixth or.

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Seventh and, um, we just weren't getting
any big hits and, you know, um, uh, LaVar

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and, and, um, who, who'd we pitch behind?

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LaVar?

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Scott.

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Scott.

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Scott did, didn't do the job,
so they got us out of it.

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Um, and then in, in game one,
you know, we didn't pitch poorly.

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I mean, Dylan threw, you know, one,
the, the, the misses were loud though.

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He, that change up, that
got hit outta the park.

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Hurt Us a little bit.

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The positive though, I think if
you take something positive, uh,

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overall from the weekend, uh, was
Hubble came in that game and mm-hmm.

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Threw score, threw the ball really well.

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Um, and then, you know, Blake,
Blake battled his butt off.

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I mean, we, we caught some
25 pitches on defense.

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Um, which is why we played
three different third bases.

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You don't see that every day, but,
you know, routine plays, and I'm

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always after for those infielders,
you know, your job's to save the pitch

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of pitches, not add to his pitches.

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And both of those plays were easy plays.

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We just screwed them up.

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Um, but he battled, man.

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He really battled and gave us five
strong innings, you know, kept us in it.

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And I thought Frankie Wright and,
and Kellen got a little bit unlucky.

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We struck the guy out and it was breaking
ball in the dirt and kicked away.

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Mm-hmm.

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You know, or, or they don't
score in the, in the bottom

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of the eighth, I don't think.

325
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Uh, and then Bailey did a good job, you
know, he, he, he, after they tied it up,

326
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man, he made a huge pitch base, loaded
two outs in the bottom of the eighth.

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Corre was having a pretty good weekend,
and he struck them out and then, uh,

328
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hung on there in the, in the ninth.

329
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So.

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I mean, you see it across the board.

331
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A lot of teams get swept,
especially on the road.

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And, you know, if you can keep from
getting swept, we've been saying

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that, you know, it, hold, serve
at home, then you got a chance.

334
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And so just getting that
one is, is a big deal.

335
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So, um, I was proud of the guys for that.

336
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And we, we, we, we got a, you know,
I, I think, uh, the other guy I didn't

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mention, you know, bullpen wise is veins.

338
00:14:41,655 --> 00:14:43,845
Um, I thought he threw
the ball really well.

339
00:14:43,845 --> 00:14:47,040
In fact, their coach was like, oh my gosh,
we didn't have a chance to miss that guy.

340
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When he's on, he's something.

341
00:14:49,485 --> 00:14:50,025
Yeah.

342
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And he is starting to become
a little more consistent.

343
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Mm-hmm.

344
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You know, um, he just has to stay
away from the free bases, you

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know, the walks and hit batters.

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And he's a good guy to
throw behind Ben Moore.

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00:15:01,575 --> 00:15:05,355
'cause they're, it's similar stuff
from the complete opposite side.

348
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It's like a mirror image of, of itself.

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00:15:08,355 --> 00:15:12,255
And, um, down the stretch, I
think, you know, so you got,

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you got veins, you got right.

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You got Davis, you got Nutella, you got
some guys starting to, you know, emerge

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out of the bullpen that you can count on.

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And, and that's big.

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So, um, I, I'm, I'm happy to see
that kind of coming along to,

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to go along with our starters.

356
00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:31,170
Yeah.

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And you gotta look at a lot of different
arms in the game against East Tennessee

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and I think you, I think you used
nine pitchers, eight or nine pitchers.

359
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Yeah.

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But, uh, Ja, Jayce Park looked
pretty good to start that game.

361
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Was that kind of the plan to just
basically give an ending out each, or,

362
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uh, were you hoping get a longer look?

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It was

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that day, you know, and this part of the,
it's the catch 22, you know, not knowing

365
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what we can depend on on the weekend.

366
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We figure we need everybody available.

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I prefer to have him throw more than one
inning and hopefully he will tomorrow.

368
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Mm-hmm.

369
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Um, hopefully he'll pitch good
enough to throw two or three innings.

370
00:16:02,370 --> 00:16:02,880
We'll see.

371
00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:07,890
Um, I thought Alex Hunt was the
only guy that threw in that game

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against East Tennessee State.

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That was good.

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00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,035
I mean, baes was okay, but.

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You know, it, it is just like
the ball was, the wind was

376
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blowing out, the ball was flying.

377
00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,459
We actually swung the bats pretty
good, but we just, you know, didn't

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pitch good enough to, to stop them.

379
00:16:22,890 --> 00:16:25,739
They're a good offensive team
and, and at home especially.

380
00:16:25,739 --> 00:16:29,339
So, um, that was a, a day
we didn't pitch good enough.

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But, you know, Saturday in that
doubleheader, we pitched really well.

382
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And really after the, you know,
I, I was really happy with, um,

383
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with how the guys competed in,
in that second game especially.

384
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That's a long day, man.

385
00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,140
I mean, yeah, 18 innings of baseball,
nobody really wants to do that.

386
00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,060
Um, I was glad we were able to play
some different guys in that second game

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because they were excited about playing.

388
00:16:52,589 --> 00:16:53,400
They were tired.

389
00:16:53,790 --> 00:16:57,060
Um, and they got in, you know,
Scotty and TJ in particular got

390
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in and, and did a good job for us.

391
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So, uh, then Ron came back in and, and
did, we're gonna, we're gonna try Ron

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out at third, a little bit tomorrow.

393
00:17:05,010 --> 00:17:06,659
He played there some in the fall and.

394
00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:13,020
You know, we just need to get some
solidity going in that, in, in our lineup.

395
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It's just been, it's really
frustrating, you know, 'cause

396
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I, I'm not built that way.

397
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:23,040
Like, I prefer to have a more set
lineup and know who's playing and we

398
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just haven't been able to have enough
consistency yet this year to do that.

399
00:17:28,230 --> 00:17:28,890
Um.

400
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So hopefully, um, you know, some of these
guys that are older will get in there and,

401
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you know, start picking it up here for us.

402
00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:37,200
Yeah.

403
00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,020
I was out at a few high school games this
weekend and, you know, of course people

404
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talk to me about ODU and one guy was, you
know, I was like, wow, they really haven't

405
00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:45,570
had like that much of a set lineup.

406
00:17:45,570 --> 00:17:49,080
I was like, we're dying for
guys to tell Finny they need

407
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to be in a lineup every day.

408
00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:50,430
Yeah.

409
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:54,030
We're, we're not having enough guys that
come up and say, you must play me that.

410
00:17:54,030 --> 00:17:56,190
You can't, there's no other
option for you but to play me.

411
00:17:56,315 --> 00:17:58,260
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

412
00:17:58,260 --> 00:18:01,050
And play, you know, you get your
chance, you play well and it's not

413
00:18:01,050 --> 00:18:04,920
even about, I don't need you to go
four for four 'cause baseball is hard.

414
00:18:05,190 --> 00:18:06,630
I just need to see competitive.

415
00:18:06,630 --> 00:18:09,960
I, I, I thought TJ was, his
bats were more competitive.

416
00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:10,165
Mm-hmm.

417
00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:14,070
You know, we've been talking to him
about that and, you know, his grit

418
00:18:14,070 --> 00:18:16,410
was in there and he sparked us.

419
00:18:16,410 --> 00:18:18,480
I thought Scotty Young
gave us a little spark.

420
00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:22,440
You know, those, those guys and we
just need some toughness in there

421
00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,660
and, and guys that are gonna battle.

422
00:18:24,665 --> 00:18:26,220
And, you know, Scotty's a good defender.

423
00:18:26,220 --> 00:18:27,570
He can run, he can bond.

424
00:18:28,095 --> 00:18:30,885
Um, you know, he's gotta get
the ball and play, which he did.

425
00:18:31,335 --> 00:18:33,555
Uh, and he was on base
four out of five times up.

426
00:18:33,555 --> 00:18:35,325
Man, that's, that's winning baseball.

427
00:18:35,775 --> 00:18:37,005
Um, that's what we're after.

428
00:18:37,425 --> 00:18:38,505
Uh, especially at one time you had

429
00:18:38,505 --> 00:18:41,025
both those guys on base and I was
like, man, lead hits it anywhere.

430
00:18:41,025 --> 00:18:41,985
They're both gonna score.

431
00:18:42,045 --> 00:18:42,915
Yeah, yeah.

432
00:18:42,915 --> 00:18:43,155
Yeah.

433
00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:43,725
And it

434
00:18:43,725 --> 00:18:44,625
maybe that's what happened.

435
00:18:45,345 --> 00:18:49,245
Maybe we'll help Zach get more fastballs
to hit too, you know, with having some

436
00:18:49,245 --> 00:18:51,345
speed on base in, in front of him.

437
00:18:51,345 --> 00:18:54,105
And Scotty's a real aggressive base run.

438
00:18:54,105 --> 00:18:54,495
Of course.

439
00:18:54,495 --> 00:18:58,155
He, you know, he overs slid third base
and the first thing that cost us a run.

440
00:18:58,635 --> 00:19:01,425
Um, and then he should have
just kept going on the one pass

441
00:19:01,425 --> 00:19:03,705
ball and he hesitated twice.

442
00:19:03,795 --> 00:19:04,335
Yeah.

443
00:19:04,335 --> 00:19:04,545
And I was

444
00:19:04,545 --> 00:19:06,975
like, dude, when you're 20 feet
from home plate, there's no,

445
00:19:07,060 --> 00:19:08,115
no turning back, keep going.

446
00:19:08,115 --> 00:19:10,545
No turning back's.

447
00:19:10,545 --> 00:19:12,195
Not gonna do anything good, I promise you.

448
00:19:12,195 --> 00:19:12,255
Yeah.

449
00:19:12,645 --> 00:19:14,415
Uh, I think he'd have scored both times.

450
00:19:14,835 --> 00:19:15,375
Um, yeah.

451
00:19:15,405 --> 00:19:19,215
But you know, he, he is a,
he is an aggressive kid.

452
00:19:19,215 --> 00:19:22,395
He cares, he is one of our best guys
in the dugout when he isn't playing

453
00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:24,765
and he hasn't gotten a ton of chances.

454
00:19:24,765 --> 00:19:26,205
And I think now it's time to.

455
00:19:26,550 --> 00:19:27,810
You know, give them some shots.

456
00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:27,900
Yeah.

457
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,120
And I like left-handed hitters.

458
00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,760
I mean, it's just not
a ton of good lefties.

459
00:19:32,790 --> 00:19:36,360
We haven't, I was asking our
staff how many good left-handed

460
00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:40,680
starters or relievers have we
seen this year across the board?

461
00:19:41,010 --> 00:19:43,590
You know, Southern miss
had two lefty starters.

462
00:19:43,710 --> 00:19:45,180
I like the freshmen on Sunday.

463
00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:47,160
The Saturday guy was below average.

464
00:19:47,610 --> 00:19:53,400
Um, I thought, and you know, so
again, you know, back to recruiting

465
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,670
philosophy, like I said, I, I don't
know how we got away from this.

466
00:19:56,670 --> 00:19:58,680
It's my fault 'cause I
allowed it to happen.

467
00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,190
But you get left-handed headers,
especially outfielders, like

468
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,860
don't come talk to me about
right-handed hitting outfielder.

469
00:20:04,860 --> 00:20:08,040
I don't even want to hear about
it unless it, like Andy Garland

470
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,270
can hit it out there in the road.

471
00:20:09,810 --> 00:20:10,140
Right.

472
00:20:10,140 --> 00:20:10,590
Yeah.

473
00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:12,300
We'll make some exceptions.

474
00:20:12,450 --> 00:20:12,780
Yeah.

475
00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:13,050
Yeah.

476
00:20:13,050 --> 00:20:16,514
The outliers, uh, you know, you
get a center field or like a Kyle

477
00:20:16,514 --> 00:20:18,420
Battle or Connor Meyers or mm-hmm.

478
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:19,620
Somebody like that.

479
00:20:19,620 --> 00:20:19,800
Yeah.

480
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,600
You make an exception for that, but.

481
00:20:21,945 --> 00:20:25,185
You can't have just a run of the
mill right-handed hitting outfielder.

482
00:20:25,185 --> 00:20:28,935
'cause it's, it's harder to get
your balance then because catchers

483
00:20:28,935 --> 00:20:32,895
and, um, infielders just harder
to find left-handed hitters.

484
00:20:32,925 --> 00:20:33,015
Mm-hmm.

485
00:20:33,375 --> 00:20:38,085
At those positions you can find
left-handed outfielders, um, easier

486
00:20:38,085 --> 00:20:42,075
and you need to go after those guys
so you can have a balanced lineup.

487
00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:45,855
You know, we've just been so
right-handed, um, and just been

488
00:20:45,855 --> 00:20:47,355
getting chewed up by righties.

489
00:20:47,805 --> 00:20:48,615
Um, I mean, if you need a

490
00:20:48,615 --> 00:20:51,255
right-handed outfielder, you half
the time you end up, it's a former

491
00:20:51,255 --> 00:20:52,845
infield, like a Luke Waters guy.

492
00:20:52,850 --> 00:20:54,340
You, you need to go out and find him.

493
00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:54,660
Guy.

494
00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:54,661
Yeah,

495
00:20:55,065 --> 00:20:56,085
guy you convert out there.

496
00:20:56,115 --> 00:21:00,405
'cause he could hit and, um, you know,
and, and Luke's a guy, we gotta get going.

497
00:21:00,405 --> 00:21:01,095
I mean, he's mm-hmm.

498
00:21:01,545 --> 00:21:04,005
Starting to show signs and
then, you know, it's like two

499
00:21:04,005 --> 00:21:06,975
steps forward, one step back.

500
00:21:07,035 --> 00:21:09,435
Um, his VP today practice was good.

501
00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:13,065
He was better, you know, working
on stuff and he's trying, man, he

502
00:21:13,065 --> 00:21:16,155
is just, you know, you're getting
these funks like this and mm-hmm.

503
00:21:16,395 --> 00:21:19,335
It, it, you just don't know when
you're gonna come out of it.

504
00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:22,470
Um, you know, I thought maybe
he had the two home runs on the

505
00:21:22,470 --> 00:21:24,330
Saturday game at Southern Miss.

506
00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:25,649
Maybe he's coming out of the den.

507
00:21:25,649 --> 00:21:31,080
But, um, it's, uh, hopefully he will,
uh, you know, he has at least been

508
00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,360
making more productive outs.

509
00:21:33,570 --> 00:21:37,679
He's had a lot of like ground balls over
to the right side, and he's had, he's

510
00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:41,370
had, he's probably leave the team in
rbis on like ground outs and flyouts.

511
00:21:41,730 --> 00:21:41,790
Yeah.

512
00:21:41,790 --> 00:21:42,605
So at least and, and,

513
00:21:43,105 --> 00:21:43,889
and, and you're right.

514
00:21:43,889 --> 00:21:49,439
And he did line out four times, uh,
on, on Saturday in the double header.

515
00:21:49,439 --> 00:21:53,010
So, you know, that's the, when it
ain't going great, that's, that's what

516
00:21:53,010 --> 00:21:54,605
happens, right when it's going great.

517
00:21:54,899 --> 00:21:58,740
Those balls blo over the second
baseman head, uh, it looked like

518
00:21:58,740 --> 00:22:01,649
line hit one off the handle,
right in the, in the box score.

519
00:22:01,649 --> 00:22:02,010
Right?

520
00:22:02,010 --> 00:22:04,620
Everybody goes, oh man, that guy
was three for four, you know?

521
00:22:04,649 --> 00:22:04,800
Yeah.

522
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,240
But when it's not going great, you,
those are line outs and that's just,

523
00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,770
that's just what's happening right now.

524
00:22:10,770 --> 00:22:13,770
We gotta just keep fighting
and try to turn it around.

525
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,220
So, um, you know, the, the
Tuesdays, like you mentioned,

526
00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:18,780
Gary, and, and the pitching.

527
00:22:19,199 --> 00:22:24,449
We, you know, we've gotta, we've
gotta understand, you know, we

528
00:22:24,449 --> 00:22:28,080
gotta have, make sure our best
bullpen guys, like those guys we

529
00:22:28,110 --> 00:22:31,470
count on are fresh for the weekend.

530
00:22:31,919 --> 00:22:32,129
Yep.

531
00:22:32,639 --> 00:22:39,000
Um, and so you probably can't throw them
much, um, and, and in those types of

532
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:44,010
games, but hopefully some of the younger
guys can step up and throw the ball.

533
00:22:44,010 --> 00:22:47,730
Well, I mean, it's never easy against,
uh, Virginia's offense is always

534
00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:51,510
very disciplined and, you know,
they're, they're hard to strike out.

535
00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:55,290
So, uh, you gotta make plays
behind 'em and hopefully

536
00:22:55,290 --> 00:22:56,189
we'll do that tomorrow night.

537
00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:59,220
Speaking of Virginia, I was, we
were just looking at the stats, I

538
00:22:59,220 --> 00:23:03,179
was shocked to see our, our, my guy
Harrison Wick from West Western Branch

539
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:03,870
Yeah.

540
00:23:03,870 --> 00:23:04,139
Can happen.

541
00:23:04,139 --> 00:23:05,580
Uh, really scuffle him this year.

542
00:23:06,030 --> 00:23:06,330
Yeah.

543
00:23:06,330 --> 00:23:08,459
Him and waters are similar stat.

544
00:23:08,459 --> 00:23:08,909
Yeah.

545
00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:09,959
I keep, but he's, do you,

546
00:23:10,350 --> 00:23:12,419
have you heard any reason what's going on?

547
00:23:12,419 --> 00:23:12,870
Or just troubles?

548
00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:13,355
No, I haven't.

549
00:23:13,754 --> 00:23:14,115
I haven't.

550
00:23:14,185 --> 00:23:14,754
It's um.

551
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:20,970
You hate seeing that when a kid turns down
bunch money and comes back and then Yeah.

552
00:23:21,210 --> 00:23:24,120
That's unfortunate that
that's not good for anybody.

553
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,720
Um, you know, because the naysayers
are all, oh, he should have

554
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,010
signed, you know, what they doing.

555
00:23:29,010 --> 00:23:32,880
I mean, Virginia guys are really
good coaches, I promise you.

556
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:33,660
They're not screw.

557
00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:34,020
Yeah.

558
00:23:34,020 --> 00:23:34,021
Yeah.

559
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,690
Uh, and, and, and he is a great kid too.

560
00:23:36,690 --> 00:23:37,110
I mean, great.

561
00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:38,370
He's a hell of a ball player.

562
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:39,900
He's just going through it.

563
00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:41,760
He a fantastic ball player and.

564
00:23:43,754 --> 00:23:47,385
Recruited him a lot when he was, you
know, in high school and know his dad.

565
00:23:47,415 --> 00:23:47,475
Oh.

566
00:23:47,475 --> 00:23:47,774
I remember

567
00:23:47,774 --> 00:23:50,415
seeing him when he was like 14
and I was like, oh man, there's

568
00:23:50,415 --> 00:23:51,555
no way he's gonna end up ODU.

569
00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:52,274
That's unfortunate.

570
00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:54,524
I was like, I know y'all
were going after him.

571
00:23:54,524 --> 00:23:55,965
I know, I, every time
I, it was like, oh yeah.

572
00:23:56,294 --> 00:23:58,034
Every time I saw him, the
OU man we're pretty great.

573
00:23:58,034 --> 00:23:58,514
We're right here.

574
00:23:58,875 --> 00:23:58,935
Yeah.

575
00:23:58,935 --> 00:23:59,475
I and dad can watch it.

576
00:23:59,715 --> 00:24:00,195
Yeah.

577
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:00,399
Yeah.

578
00:24:00,794 --> 00:24:04,995
We were hopeful, but so yeah, it
can happen to good players, man.

579
00:24:04,995 --> 00:24:05,055
Yeah.

580
00:24:05,085 --> 00:24:09,135
Good players can get in funks and you
just gotta hope they can If they go in

581
00:24:09,135 --> 00:24:11,475
one, they go in one earlier in the year.

582
00:24:11,475 --> 00:24:12,076
Yeah, yeah.

583
00:24:12,076 --> 00:24:13,365
Maybe then they come out of it.

584
00:24:13,725 --> 00:24:16,815
Um, and, you know, kinda
like Luke and Maverick.

585
00:24:16,935 --> 00:24:17,055
Mm-hmm.

586
00:24:17,565 --> 00:24:21,315
Maybe if those guys can get
going, um, you know, that can

587
00:24:21,315 --> 00:24:23,415
really be a, a big shock for us.

588
00:24:23,445 --> 00:24:23,774
So

589
00:24:23,865 --> 00:24:24,135
Yeah.

590
00:24:24,284 --> 00:24:26,085
Because yeah, we haven't quite
reached the halfway point.

591
00:24:26,085 --> 00:24:27,345
That's kind of more or less Yeah.

592
00:24:27,435 --> 00:24:28,155
This weekend.

593
00:24:28,155 --> 00:24:30,705
So, I mean, you, there's plenty
of season left to do some stuff.

594
00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:31,845
Yeah, yeah.

595
00:24:31,875 --> 00:24:32,445
For sure.

596
00:24:32,685 --> 00:24:33,195
Absolutely.

597
00:24:33,465 --> 00:24:38,145
So, yeah, and, you know, and 21 conference
games left, so, you know, you figure

598
00:24:38,145 --> 00:24:41,655
you probably gotta win 11 of 'em or
thereabouts to get in the tournament.

599
00:24:42,135 --> 00:24:46,155
Um, and so, you know, you gotta
play a little bit better than 500

600
00:24:46,155 --> 00:24:48,220
baseball and give yourself a shot.

601
00:24:50,010 --> 00:24:50,300
Yeah.

602
00:24:50,475 --> 00:24:52,635
And I, I think, uh, you were talking
about the coaching staff at uva.

603
00:24:52,635 --> 00:24:56,175
I think Oak got 900 wins after
they swept Stanford over the

604
00:24:56,175 --> 00:24:57,885
weekend, so Yeah, I think he was,

605
00:24:58,335 --> 00:25:00,375
yeah, that's awesome.

606
00:25:00,495 --> 00:25:01,875
Doing, doing some good stuff there.

607
00:25:01,905 --> 00:25:05,955
Uh, I, I was gonna ask you too,
Jack Slater, uh, caught the second

608
00:25:06,285 --> 00:25:08,385
doubleheader, which he may have
been catching on Sunday, if would've

609
00:25:08,385 --> 00:25:09,795
been on Sunday anyway, but Right.

610
00:25:09,795 --> 00:25:12,945
He had three hits and I think that's
kind of been a missing piece of the

611
00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:16,274
lineup a little bit, is offensive
production from that catcher spot.

612
00:25:16,514 --> 00:25:17,115
No doubt.

613
00:25:17,145 --> 00:25:19,935
Jack had, you know, our,
our best offensive day of

614
00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:21,315
the year behind the plate.

615
00:25:21,315 --> 00:25:23,175
And, uh, that was good to see.

616
00:25:23,175 --> 00:25:26,264
And again, he is a left-handed
hitter and good for him, man.

617
00:25:26,264 --> 00:25:27,825
He hit all three of those balls hard.

618
00:25:27,825 --> 00:25:30,315
I thought the one he hit for the
double might have a chance to get

619
00:25:30,315 --> 00:25:33,135
out when he hit it, because that's
where the ball was going out.

620
00:25:33,615 --> 00:25:35,955
Uh, left, left field,
left center that day.

621
00:25:35,955 --> 00:25:38,475
But you know, he had
good at bats for us and.

622
00:25:38,939 --> 00:25:43,080
He is a battler, you know, he is
a senior and comes from a baseball

623
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,000
family and, and really cares.

624
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,229
And you know, Evan just hadn't been
swinging back good left handed at all.

625
00:25:49,229 --> 00:25:53,610
And so I think what we may try to do
originally in the game, one morale

626
00:25:53,939 --> 00:25:58,560
Effin was gonna catch, but he got hit,
you know, his lasted battle on Friday.

627
00:25:59,250 --> 00:26:03,060
He had a bone contusion
kind of in his lat rib area.

628
00:26:03,090 --> 00:26:04,050
He couldn't even swing.

629
00:26:04,709 --> 00:26:06,270
And I don't think he'll swing tomorrow.

630
00:26:06,270 --> 00:26:08,790
We're we're, we think he'll
be fine by this weekend.

631
00:26:09,419 --> 00:26:11,370
Um, so he couldn't catch.

632
00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:14,550
So, you know, we said, all right,
you know, they're starting a lefty.

633
00:26:14,550 --> 00:26:17,879
Let's catch Evan in the first
game, Jack in the second game.

634
00:26:17,879 --> 00:26:24,600
But I think where we may go that way,
um, and Jack will, you know, catch uh,

635
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,729
against righties as much as possible.

636
00:26:26,729 --> 00:26:28,379
And then we'll see on the, on the lefty.

637
00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:32,879
So you're right, I mean, we gotta get
some, some offense out of catch position.

638
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,479
Um, uh, we have enough for sure.

639
00:26:39,195 --> 00:26:41,745
Yeah, I think, uh, another picture
I wanted to talk to you about.

640
00:26:41,745 --> 00:26:44,655
I know we all know that Nick
Sulpizio is a good pitcher.

641
00:26:44,655 --> 00:26:45,645
We have seen him do it.

642
00:26:45,645 --> 00:26:46,965
We've seen him do it on the mound.

643
00:26:47,385 --> 00:26:50,504
I is there anything specific you're
working with him right now to try

644
00:26:50,504 --> 00:26:53,294
to get him back into that form
that we saw from him last year?

645
00:26:53,294 --> 00:26:55,334
Like is it mental, is it from the stretch?

646
00:26:55,334 --> 00:26:59,985
Is, uh, just trying to, trying to pinpoint
kinda what to think about him so far

647
00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:00,405
this year.

648
00:27:00,405 --> 00:27:03,344
He is just missing all of his spots.

649
00:27:03,375 --> 00:27:07,665
Like he's throwing the ball right
down the middle and I mean, he is

650
00:27:07,665 --> 00:27:11,655
not getting any swing and misses on
anything fastball, breaking ball.

651
00:27:12,254 --> 00:27:14,834
And he is not giving up
a ton of like rockets.

652
00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:17,564
Like he is giving up singles
and ground ball singles, but

653
00:27:17,895 --> 00:27:19,245
he's not getting anybody out.

654
00:27:19,844 --> 00:27:22,875
I mean, that's two outings in a
row where you're giving up five

655
00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:25,064
runs, you know, and gotten one out.

656
00:27:25,574 --> 00:27:27,195
Um, and that blew that.

657
00:27:27,195 --> 00:27:30,135
You know, we, that blew
that game open on Wednesday.

658
00:27:30,135 --> 00:27:34,965
I mean, we clawed back in, it was six
five, uh, when he came back in the game.

659
00:27:35,010 --> 00:27:38,400
And by the time we got
him out, it was 11 five.

660
00:27:38,940 --> 00:27:43,770
You know, and, and so, I mean, pitchers
can go through slumps too, and he, he's,

661
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,770
I, you know, early in the year we thought
he was throwing the ball pretty good.

662
00:27:46,770 --> 00:27:50,790
And then, um, you know, his start
even against Mississippi State

663
00:27:50,790 --> 00:27:53,070
was fine down there, I thought.

664
00:27:53,129 --> 00:27:57,030
And, um, then, uh, just
kind of taking a step back.

665
00:27:57,030 --> 00:28:00,660
So yeah, he's, he's a very talented kid.

666
00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:05,700
He's gotta really work hard on, you know,
some things I think mentally, I think,

667
00:28:06,180 --> 00:28:11,070
you know, uh, just competitively, I think
sometimes it starts going sideways for

668
00:28:11,070 --> 00:28:16,980
him and he just gets a shoulder slumped
in his body language turns south and it,

669
00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:20,820
you know, when you do that, man, like
you, I, I tell the guys all the time like,

670
00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:25,110
you have to do things to give yourself
a chance to get rewarded in this game.

671
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,720
Like the baseball guides
are always watching.

672
00:28:28,725 --> 00:28:33,345
And if you're bad body language and you
mop around, TJ Aiken and I have had this

673
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:37,845
talk and you just look like, oh, poor
me man, they're never gonna help you.

674
00:28:39,135 --> 00:28:43,125
But if you suck it up and fight through
the tough times and you hustle and

675
00:28:43,125 --> 00:28:47,205
you, you know, play the game the right
way, you'll get rewarded eventually.

676
00:28:47,210 --> 00:28:48,675
That's how the game works.

677
00:28:49,034 --> 00:28:50,745
And it's the same thing on the mound.

678
00:28:50,835 --> 00:28:54,585
Like you gotta hit your spot and you can't
throw the ball down the middle, but you

679
00:28:54,585 --> 00:29:00,855
can't give up either because when you give
up the whole team's energy goes south.

680
00:29:00,885 --> 00:29:04,095
'cause you're the guy standing
in the middle of all of it and

681
00:29:04,185 --> 00:29:07,064
everybody's looking at you and
it's like blood in the water.

682
00:29:07,695 --> 00:29:10,635
And as I say, that energy transfers
to the other team 'cause they can

683
00:29:10,635 --> 00:29:13,425
see it and feel it and they're
like, let's kill 'em, you know?

684
00:29:13,544 --> 00:29:13,995
Yeah.

685
00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:15,840
Yeah.

686
00:29:16,260 --> 00:29:18,330
Um, oh, listen to the broadcast.

687
00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:21,990
It sounded like Friday night at app
might've been the least win they've ever

688
00:29:21,990 --> 00:29:25,050
had there for a baseball game, because
I know we had a couple to the track

689
00:29:25,050 --> 00:29:27,210
that just didn't have that win push.

690
00:29:27,510 --> 00:29:27,870
I know.

691
00:29:27,870 --> 00:29:28,080
Yeah.

692
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,080
Kainen hit one of the right field
that got caught right at the wall,

693
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,370
and I think there was maybe Leite
might, maybe there was another one.

694
00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:40,230
Um, but yeah, I mean, again, you
know, we just, we just, their,

695
00:29:40,290 --> 00:29:41,880
their guy, I'll give him credit.

696
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,160
He kept hitting the,
the spot down in a way.

697
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,550
And the Empire was giving it to
him, and we just didn't make enough

698
00:29:47,610 --> 00:29:53,160
adjustments, um, in that, you know,
to, to make him have to change.

699
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,160
And, um, you know, he,
he threw it in there.

700
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,000
He did a good job.

701
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,280
But, you know, he can't, he can't
take anything away from him.

702
00:29:59,280 --> 00:29:59,730
Certainly.

703
00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:01,500
So, no, no.

704
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,840
He, and, and we gotta figure
out something with Ben.

705
00:30:04,380 --> 00:30:05,610
It it's uncanny.

706
00:30:05,610 --> 00:30:07,920
Like Ben starts during the day.

707
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,590
This is, this is baseball stuff, right?

708
00:30:10,980 --> 00:30:12,450
His day starts with Ben.

709
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:13,680
Been very good.

710
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:19,500
Um, Georgia Tech, the home, and
maybe, maybe it's only been two

711
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,630
home against, um, Georgia State.

712
00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:22,230
Mm-hmm.

713
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:22,650
Yep.

714
00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:25,800
Um, it was night game.

715
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:30,390
Uh, second Charlotte was a a day
game and e threw three, four good

716
00:30:30,390 --> 00:30:34,170
innings and, and that one, but his
nighttime starts have been not good.

717
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,140
Auburn, it wasn't very good.

718
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:43,080
Um, you know, uh, the, um, well, the,
uh, who we call Southern Miss St.

719
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,640
St. Bonaventure Southern Miss.

720
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,630
He came in, it was night and, and
this past weekend, and so I don't

721
00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:50,220
know what, what's going on at night.

722
00:30:50,340 --> 00:30:52,050
Maybe he's a reverse vampire.

723
00:30:52,260 --> 00:30:53,175
Yeah, I know.

724
00:30:53,235 --> 00:30:56,190
But I was like, do we just need to
start pitching in during the day?

725
00:30:56,250 --> 00:30:56,580
Yeah.

726
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,830
Um, is it an eyesight thing?

727
00:30:58,830 --> 00:31:01,890
I mean, that's how I wonder sometimes I
see guys I'm like, you know, especially

728
00:31:01,890 --> 00:31:05,370
after ney a few years ago where these
guys just don't realize they can't see.

729
00:31:05,370 --> 00:31:05,430
Yeah.

730
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:05,640
Well, you

731
00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:08,070
think hitters see the ball worse at night?

732
00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:09,120
I mean, that's what everybody says.

733
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:09,480
Yeah.

734
00:31:09,854 --> 00:31:14,145
Um, you, you see the ball better in
the daytime, but, uh, I don't know.

735
00:31:14,235 --> 00:31:17,354
So hopefully I'll turn
that around this weekend.

736
00:31:17,354 --> 00:31:21,584
But, you know, I'm thinking about
those last couple series at, at,

737
00:31:21,584 --> 00:31:25,064
uh, war Memorial and maybe we
just play those all day games.

738
00:31:25,905 --> 00:31:26,294
Yeah.

739
00:31:26,354 --> 00:31:29,685
Well maybe by then you'll have enough
daylight to maybe save light till about

740
00:31:29,685 --> 00:31:32,685
eight o'clock and you can get through the
first six and then you're, you're set.

741
00:31:32,685 --> 00:31:35,955
'cause I mean, we're 6 35 here and
I could still play baseball outside.

742
00:31:35,955 --> 00:31:36,074
Right?

743
00:31:36,074 --> 00:31:36,465
Yeah.

744
00:31:36,465 --> 00:31:36,614
Good.

745
00:31:37,064 --> 00:31:38,804
Got another hour or so of daylight.

746
00:31:38,804 --> 00:31:41,175
But, so we got Harbor Park this weekend.

747
00:31:41,175 --> 00:31:44,084
We got Troy coming in who's,
you know, playing very well.

748
00:31:44,084 --> 00:31:45,885
I think they're in second place right now.

749
00:31:45,885 --> 00:31:50,534
Um, and you know, they had three really
close games with Marshall this week.

750
00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:50,804
Yeah, yeah,

751
00:31:50,804 --> 00:31:51,074
they did.

752
00:31:51,074 --> 00:31:51,254
Pretty

753
00:31:51,254 --> 00:31:53,235
low scoring for at Troy.

754
00:31:53,385 --> 00:31:53,504
Mm-hmm.

755
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,564
I thought I, I was looking, 'cause
I said, are those games at Marshall?

756
00:31:56,564 --> 00:32:02,534
'cause Marshall, you know, field can
play very big, uh, but Troy's not, and

757
00:32:02,594 --> 00:32:05,685
those games were pretty low scoring,
so Marshall must have pitched them.

758
00:32:06,284 --> 00:32:07,064
Pretty well.

759
00:32:07,425 --> 00:32:08,925
Um, yeah, I think it was,

760
00:32:09,225 --> 00:32:10,185
it was what, four three?

761
00:32:10,185 --> 00:32:10,784
Four three?

762
00:32:10,784 --> 00:32:11,804
And I think, what was the last game?

763
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:13,155
Was it six, seven to six?

764
00:32:13,155 --> 00:32:13,844
Yeah.

765
00:32:13,844 --> 00:32:14,925
6, 6 5. Yeah.

766
00:32:14,985 --> 00:32:15,675
Six five.

767
00:32:15,675 --> 00:32:16,004
Yeah.

768
00:32:16,004 --> 00:32:17,294
And Marshall got that last game

769
00:32:17,745 --> 00:32:18,854
and Marshall got him once.

770
00:32:18,854 --> 00:32:22,935
So that, um, yeah, that's, uh,
you know, and we know the lefty

771
00:32:22,935 --> 00:32:24,735
Blevins is really good for Marshall.

772
00:32:24,794 --> 00:32:24,885
Mm-hmm.

773
00:32:24,885 --> 00:32:28,395
I mean, he's, he's been good
in the past, but, so yeah.

774
00:32:28,395 --> 00:32:30,524
So they, um, Troy's got good pitching too.

775
00:32:30,915 --> 00:32:34,364
Um, you know, they, they,
they've got an older group and.

776
00:32:34,905 --> 00:32:40,185
Um, they like to play, so we gotta make
sure we, we play well against them.

777
00:32:41,625 --> 00:32:42,345
Yeah, absolutely.

778
00:32:42,345 --> 00:32:45,165
It should be some good time
for baseball and I'll be down

779
00:32:45,165 --> 00:32:47,085
there for Friday and Saturday.

780
00:32:47,145 --> 00:32:49,965
Would love to get a ton of fans out
there, make that feel like home.

781
00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:54,675
I saw a picture from Harbor Park, uh, just
the other day and there was a, a Tides

782
00:32:54,675 --> 00:32:56,235
game or something, uh, going on there.

783
00:32:56,235 --> 00:32:57,284
That's an early season for them.

784
00:32:57,645 --> 00:33:00,105
Uh, but there were a lot of, there
a lot of people wearing ODU gear in

785
00:33:00,105 --> 00:33:01,155
those stands for the Tides games.

786
00:33:01,155 --> 00:33:01,215
So.

787
00:33:01,215 --> 00:33:01,455
Cool.

788
00:33:01,815 --> 00:33:02,205
I like that.

789
00:33:02,205 --> 00:33:03,010
It gives me some, some hope.

790
00:33:03,010 --> 00:33:05,055
We're gonna get a good crowd
out there for this weekend.

791
00:33:05,264 --> 00:33:07,695
They got, they got brand new seats
come out, enjoy those brand new

792
00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:09,330
seats, brand new help, break 'em

793
00:33:09,330 --> 00:33:09,409
in.

794
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:10,490
Yeah.

795
00:33:10,905 --> 00:33:16,125
And um, I guess they're having some
issues with the parking maybe out there.

796
00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:16,215
Mm-hmm.

797
00:33:16,215 --> 00:33:19,395
Because of, uh, the
construction for the casino.

798
00:33:19,455 --> 00:33:20,534
Um, yeah, get

799
00:33:20,534 --> 00:33:21,254
there early, that's

800
00:33:21,254 --> 00:33:21,495
for sure.

801
00:33:21,495 --> 00:33:21,615
Think

802
00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:24,225
it's only about a thousand
spaces, I think they said.

803
00:33:24,465 --> 00:33:24,975
Yeah.

804
00:33:25,155 --> 00:33:29,655
So we, um, I know some people are
shuttling in and things like that.

805
00:33:30,044 --> 00:33:34,155
Um, but again, it'd just be
nice for the guys to have people

806
00:33:34,155 --> 00:33:35,085
cheering for 'em, you know?

807
00:33:35,175 --> 00:33:35,385
Yeah.

808
00:33:36,135 --> 00:33:39,014
I mean, we've only had that
three games really this year.

809
00:33:39,675 --> 00:33:44,115
Um, you know, it's, I, I think it, I
think it helps immensely sleeping in your

810
00:33:44,115 --> 00:33:46,725
own bed, having your fans cheer for you.

811
00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:49,875
And, you know, over the years we've
played pretty well at Harbor Park,

812
00:33:49,875 --> 00:33:51,764
so hopefully that magic can continue.

813
00:33:53,235 --> 00:33:54,284
Yeah, we're definitely hoping.

814
00:33:54,284 --> 00:33:58,395
So I'm, I'm excited to get down there and
see a game at Harbor Park and I was just

815
00:33:58,395 --> 00:33:59,955
get, enjoy some college baseball, man.

816
00:33:59,955 --> 00:34:03,375
It's a fun thing to do on a
Friday night, or I think Saturday

817
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:04,814
or three o'clock, so Perfect.

818
00:34:04,814 --> 00:34:05,415
Middle of the day.

819
00:34:05,415 --> 00:34:08,145
Won't disrupt your dinner or
anything like that to come out.

820
00:34:08,145 --> 00:34:08,324
Yeah.

821
00:34:08,355 --> 00:34:11,895
'cause those, those guys played better in
that Georgia State series at War Memorial.

822
00:34:11,895 --> 00:34:14,625
When that crowd started getting into
it, putting some pressure on Georgia

823
00:34:14,625 --> 00:34:16,694
State, uh, it was a lot of fun.

824
00:34:16,694 --> 00:34:17,145
So.

825
00:34:17,610 --> 00:34:20,160
It'll, it'll do until the new
bud is ready to roll here.

826
00:34:20,370 --> 00:34:20,850
That's right.

827
00:34:20,940 --> 00:34:22,380
That's what we gotta deal with it.

828
00:34:22,380 --> 00:34:26,190
And, um, I know, I know you guys,
y'all have Zach coming on, right?

829
00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:28,860
Yeah, he's, uh, just popped
him backstage actually.

830
00:34:29,340 --> 00:34:30,660
I'm really, I'm really proud of Zach.

831
00:34:30,660 --> 00:34:35,550
You know, he went through a big adjustment
period I think in the fall, you know,

832
00:34:35,550 --> 00:34:40,350
trying to work on his conditioning and
his, his body wasn't in great shape.

833
00:34:40,860 --> 00:34:45,840
Um, he worked really hard on that,
his footwork around the bag, becoming

834
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,670
a better defensive first baseman.

835
00:34:47,730 --> 00:34:53,250
I think he's improved as this year's
gone on over there and just becoming

836
00:34:53,250 --> 00:34:57,780
a tougher out, you know, he was a
little bit prone to strikeouts in

837
00:34:57,780 --> 00:35:03,120
the fall and man, he is got a ton
of two strike hits, um, this year.

838
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,780
And, you know, become a guy
that's, you know, one of our better

839
00:35:06,780 --> 00:35:08,580
guys for driving runs in and.

840
00:35:09,435 --> 00:35:10,365
Hitting the ball.

841
00:35:10,695 --> 00:35:12,765
You know, you talk about a
guy that uses the whole field.

842
00:35:12,765 --> 00:35:16,755
I mean, he is, you know, hit extra
base hits all over the ballpark.

843
00:35:16,755 --> 00:35:19,035
So, um, I'm really proud of him.

844
00:35:19,035 --> 00:35:24,975
He's, he's been our most consistent
hitter, certainly, um, from, from the get

845
00:35:24,975 --> 00:35:28,635
go and, um, hopefully we'll keep that up.

846
00:35:28,635 --> 00:35:32,715
He is a, he is a neat kid and,
you know, California smoothie

847
00:35:32,775 --> 00:35:34,005
kind of guy I call him.

848
00:35:34,455 --> 00:35:38,205
But, uh, he's a good kid and
we're, and I'm proud of how

849
00:35:38,205 --> 00:35:39,405
he's going about his business.

850
00:35:39,405 --> 00:35:40,695
He is a little bit banged up too.

851
00:35:40,695 --> 00:35:45,555
He got hit on the hand, um,
the other day and, you know,

852
00:35:45,555 --> 00:35:46,845
he gutted out that second game.

853
00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:50,025
He had a great game for us, but
he, uh, he didn't swing today.

854
00:35:50,025 --> 00:35:50,715
He is fine.

855
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:53,385
He just needed to kind
of a couple days to rest.

856
00:35:53,835 --> 00:35:58,485
Um, but he'll be in there and, you know,
we're, he, he's, he is been kind of a,

857
00:35:59,175 --> 00:36:03,765
an anchor point for our lineup, uh, when
a lot of guys have moved all around.

858
00:36:03,765 --> 00:36:06,735
He's been a guy right there
kind of in the, in the middle

859
00:36:06,735 --> 00:36:07,815
of it, um, the whole time.

860
00:36:10,035 --> 00:36:10,305
Awesome.

861
00:36:10,305 --> 00:36:12,825
Yeah, we'll have him on
here in just a little bit.

862
00:36:12,884 --> 00:36:15,884
Um, what time are y'all heading out
over to Charlottesville tomorrow?

863
00:36:16,275 --> 00:36:18,045
I think we're leaving at 1245.

864
00:36:18,645 --> 00:36:24,165
And, um, you know, we'll get there and
stretch takes the BP and play six o'clock.

865
00:36:24,165 --> 00:36:27,944
Looks like the weather's gonna be
pretty good and um, should be a

866
00:36:27,944 --> 00:36:30,015
nice, it looks like our weather,
this weekend's pretty good.

867
00:36:30,015 --> 00:36:33,194
I think it's a chance of showers
maybe Saturday, but not, not,

868
00:36:33,225 --> 00:36:37,185
not too, too much I don't think
at this point to worry about.

869
00:36:37,185 --> 00:36:39,345
So hopefully we will, you
know, weather will be good.

870
00:36:39,345 --> 00:36:41,234
We'll get some nice good fans out there.

871
00:36:41,234 --> 00:36:44,595
It'll be a nice weekend for
college baseball back in Norfolk.

872
00:36:45,884 --> 00:36:46,275
I love it.

873
00:36:46,515 --> 00:36:46,725
Now.

874
00:36:46,725 --> 00:36:48,049
Time this year back in Norfolk.

875
00:36:48,705 --> 00:36:50,924
Yeah, officially back in, in, in Norfolk.

876
00:36:50,924 --> 00:36:51,165
Yeah.

877
00:36:51,165 --> 00:36:53,685
But, uh, 6:00 PM game in Charlottesville.

878
00:36:53,685 --> 00:36:54,345
You're listening to this.

879
00:36:54,345 --> 00:36:57,615
It's today, uh, a CC Network Extra.

880
00:36:57,615 --> 00:37:01,305
And Fox Sports Radio 1310
will have the broadcast.

881
00:37:01,395 --> 00:37:04,154
I figured out the a CC
network extra by the way.

882
00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:04,515
Yeah.

883
00:37:04,515 --> 00:37:05,145
How's that work?

884
00:37:05,625 --> 00:37:09,569
So you can watch it on ESPN
plus if your cable or streaming

885
00:37:09,569 --> 00:37:11,819
provider has a ACC network.

886
00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:12,149
Okay.

887
00:37:12,210 --> 00:37:14,940
So if you have to have that
combo to watch the games.

888
00:37:14,940 --> 00:37:15,839
I, I was good.

889
00:37:15,870 --> 00:37:17,069
'cause I think I have
every sports package.

890
00:37:17,085 --> 00:37:18,480
I say, I think I have it too on Sun.

891
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,430
Um, but that's how that works.

892
00:37:20,430 --> 00:37:22,200
But if not, um, I think

893
00:37:22,589 --> 00:37:23,970
What's TV provider Gary?

894
00:37:24,245 --> 00:37:26,190
I, I, I switched to YouTube tv.

895
00:37:26,279 --> 00:37:26,910
That's what I have.

896
00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:27,270
Okay.

897
00:37:27,270 --> 00:37:27,629
Yep.

898
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:29,640
So if you have YouTube tv, you're good.

899
00:37:30,060 --> 00:37:30,450
Or about tv.

900
00:37:30,765 --> 00:37:31,245
There you go.

901
00:37:32,129 --> 00:37:33,839
I think we, I think we were okay with Cox.

902
00:37:33,839 --> 00:37:36,180
I think we had last time we
wanted to watch on a CC network.

903
00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:36,750
It was fine.

904
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:37,470
Okay.

905
00:37:37,470 --> 00:37:37,620
So.

906
00:37:37,649 --> 00:37:38,040
Gotcha.

907
00:37:38,069 --> 00:37:38,279
Yeah.

908
00:37:38,399 --> 00:37:38,520
Yeah.

909
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:39,270
That's good to know.

910
00:37:39,270 --> 00:37:41,580
'cause I think a lot of
people don't realize that.

911
00:37:42,569 --> 00:37:46,319
Um, but if you have the ACC network,
then you can watch it on ESPN Plus.

912
00:37:46,319 --> 00:37:46,620
Okay.

913
00:37:47,009 --> 00:37:47,370
Yeah.

914
00:37:47,430 --> 00:37:47,609
Yeah.

915
00:37:47,609 --> 00:37:48,029
You're good.

916
00:37:48,089 --> 00:37:52,290
But if you live in Richmond or Parts
West, it's only about an hour drive

917
00:37:52,290 --> 00:37:54,569
over there to park in Charlottesville.

918
00:37:54,569 --> 00:37:56,160
You can go support 'em in person.

919
00:37:56,310 --> 00:37:56,580
There you go.

920
00:37:56,580 --> 00:37:58,859
It's a beautiful ballpark if
you've never been there before

921
00:37:58,859 --> 00:38:00,120
the renovations They did.

922
00:38:00,390 --> 00:38:00,480
Yeah.

923
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,310
For or just, just amazing.

924
00:38:02,745 --> 00:38:03,375
Uh, so thank you

925
00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:04,154
Ryan Zimmerman.

926
00:38:04,634 --> 00:38:04,904
Yeah.

927
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:05,200
Yeah.

928
00:38:05,504 --> 00:38:06,495
Beautiful ballpark.

929
00:38:06,495 --> 00:38:06,555
Um,

930
00:38:07,185 --> 00:38:11,714
yeah, so, um, speaking of ballparks,
so we got a little updates.

931
00:38:11,714 --> 00:38:15,075
We, we had like a couple weeks
where not a whole lot was going

932
00:38:15,075 --> 00:38:17,265
on, you know, in our construction.

933
00:38:17,865 --> 00:38:22,335
And I finally talked to, just at
practice today before practice the, the,

934
00:38:22,845 --> 00:38:25,605
uh, project managers, great guy Ryan.

935
00:38:26,685 --> 00:38:31,424
And he said, yeah, the design
was off on part of one of the

936
00:38:31,424 --> 00:38:34,995
buildings by more than six inches.

937
00:38:35,835 --> 00:38:36,194
Oh wow.

938
00:38:36,884 --> 00:38:42,134
And he said like, two inches is up to
two inches is acceptable, but six is not.

939
00:38:42,134 --> 00:38:46,424
So they had to go back to the
design, re um, survey, redo that.

940
00:38:46,785 --> 00:38:48,825
Long story short, that was the issue.

941
00:38:48,825 --> 00:38:53,475
And then now, um, they're gonna start
pouring the footers and the pads for.

942
00:38:54,255 --> 00:39:00,045
The building where our locker room and
the offices and all that will be tomorrow.

943
00:39:00,345 --> 00:39:04,065
So that'd be nice to see some
stuff going, you know, going in.

944
00:39:04,725 --> 00:39:07,755
Um, you know, it's just looked
like a war zone back there.

945
00:39:10,095 --> 00:39:16,154
And, uh, you know, now, now it, uh, now,
well, you know, when stuff starts going

946
00:39:16,154 --> 00:39:17,654
up, that's when you start getting excited.

947
00:39:17,654 --> 00:39:18,165
Yeah.

948
00:39:18,404 --> 00:39:18,944
So, yeah.

949
00:39:19,275 --> 00:39:24,674
Um, they're, and they're gonna wait until
the middle of May to close that road down.

950
00:39:24,674 --> 00:39:27,705
Parker Avenue's gonna
actually completely closed.

951
00:39:28,305 --> 00:39:32,384
Um, so they're gonna wait till
after graduation, so it'll be less.

952
00:39:33,345 --> 00:39:34,665
Makes sense back there.

953
00:39:34,665 --> 00:39:37,214
Those tennis center people
will be complaining like crazy.

954
00:39:37,214 --> 00:39:37,395
I'm sure

955
00:39:39,194 --> 00:39:39,795
they're gonna complain

956
00:39:39,795 --> 00:39:41,055
anyway, but Yeah, exactly.

957
00:39:41,654 --> 00:39:41,924
Mm-hmm.

958
00:39:41,985 --> 00:39:44,595
Um, so yeah, so that's a
little bit of updates and.

959
00:39:45,345 --> 00:39:47,805
He, he seems to think he's not
gonna put 'em off schedule.

960
00:39:48,285 --> 00:39:50,985
Um, they're just gonna have to
make up some time here and there.

961
00:39:50,985 --> 00:39:54,465
But, um, you know, they, they have
pretty good weather here for the next

962
00:39:54,615 --> 00:39:58,155
eight months, so, um, yeah, that,
that'll be in pretty good shape.

963
00:39:58,845 --> 00:39:59,865
So still a go.

964
00:40:00,585 --> 00:40:00,915
Alright.

965
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:01,605
Yeah, we love it.

966
00:40:01,610 --> 00:40:02,655
That's, that's all that matters.

967
00:40:02,655 --> 00:40:03,795
Still a go, still

968
00:40:03,795 --> 00:40:03,945
a Yep.

969
00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:07,095
So definitely excited
for the new park, man.

970
00:40:07,095 --> 00:40:10,245
That's, that's gonna be just a game
changer I think for the whole program,

971
00:40:10,245 --> 00:40:12,045
for the fan experience, for everything.

972
00:40:12,045 --> 00:40:12,465
It's,

973
00:40:12,885 --> 00:40:18,495
it is, and I, I don't think anybody,
and I, I haven't, didn't, don't

974
00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:25,335
whatever really can understand,
you know, the toll that this kind

975
00:40:25,335 --> 00:40:27,525
of travel can, can take on you.

976
00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:29,985
Like we, we have to have
some light workouts.

977
00:40:29,985 --> 00:40:33,165
The guy's gotta, you know, told
him you gotta take naps, you

978
00:40:33,165 --> 00:40:34,635
gotta rest more, you gotta.

979
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:38,370
Because man, you know, it's just like,
even today I got up and I was like,

980
00:40:38,430 --> 00:40:40,319
whew, I know those guys are tired.

981
00:40:40,319 --> 00:40:40,890
I'm gasped.

982
00:40:42,060 --> 00:40:45,060
I mean a double header and
then, you know, seven hours

983
00:40:45,060 --> 00:40:47,250
back and, you know, all of that.

984
00:40:47,250 --> 00:40:50,370
So, you know, it's just,
it is cumulative, right?

985
00:40:50,370 --> 00:40:51,779
Like it just keeps adding up.

986
00:40:51,899 --> 00:40:56,009
Um, so it's nice to be home for,
you know, 10 days or so before we

987
00:40:56,009 --> 00:40:58,109
gotta go down to Georgia Southern.

988
00:40:58,109 --> 00:41:01,770
Even next, next Tuesday we
play at Norfolk State, so it's

989
00:41:01,770 --> 00:41:03,149
still, you know, really close.

990
00:41:03,149 --> 00:41:07,529
So we won't, um, we won't have to travel
much, uh, until we head down to Georgia

991
00:41:07,529 --> 00:41:13,589
Southern, and I think this is, these next
nine games are, you know, could make you

992
00:41:13,589 --> 00:41:18,600
or break you in the, in the conference
slate because it's nine tough ones.

993
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,080
You know, you got, and you got Troy
at home and you go to Georgia Southern

994
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,879
and they're always really good at home.

995
00:41:24,270 --> 00:41:26,580
Um, and then you got Louisiana coming in.

996
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,770
Um, and so fortunately we got, you
know, six of those not at home.

997
00:41:31,770 --> 00:41:33,924
So, um, you know, that'll be.

998
00:41:34,485 --> 00:41:35,145
That'll be big.

999
00:41:35,805 --> 00:41:36,225
Yeah.

1000
00:41:36,315 --> 00:41:39,195
Right now all three of those teams
are in the top five of the Sunbelt.

1001
00:41:39,195 --> 00:41:41,175
So you're not kidding
about tough competition.

1002
00:41:41,265 --> 00:41:43,995
Uh, we already know it's tough
just being in the Sunbelt.

1003
00:41:45,045 --> 00:41:45,105
Yeah.

1004
00:41:45,105 --> 00:41:47,895
But that will will be a test you'll,
you'll kind of have a pretty good

1005
00:41:47,895 --> 00:41:51,165
idea of, of where you're gonna be, I
think after those, those nine games.

1006
00:41:51,250 --> 00:41:51,540
Yeah.

1007
00:41:51,975 --> 00:41:52,305
Yeah.

1008
00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:53,145
Without a doubt.

1009
00:41:53,595 --> 00:41:58,335
And, you know, after Louisiana, I think,
you know, it's, none of it's easy,

1010
00:41:58,335 --> 00:42:02,535
but I think the schedule lightens up
a little bit for us in terms of that.

1011
00:42:02,535 --> 00:42:06,465
And we just gotta hang in there
through this next nine and, you know,

1012
00:42:06,645 --> 00:42:09,855
do our best and, and try to win our
share of 'em and then, you know,

1013
00:42:09,855 --> 00:42:11,685
maybe make some hay down the stretch.

1014
00:42:12,585 --> 00:42:13,245
Absolutely.

1015
00:42:13,245 --> 00:42:16,005
Well, most poor game is the game tomorrow.

1016
00:42:16,005 --> 00:42:20,535
UVA would love to hang another l on those
guys 'cause uh, we do actually have the

1017
00:42:20,535 --> 00:42:23,265
all time series lead against Virginia, so.

1018
00:42:23,355 --> 00:42:23,745
Wow.

1019
00:42:23,745 --> 00:42:23,985
That's good.

1020
00:42:23,985 --> 00:42:24,585
Let's keep building up.

1021
00:42:24,590 --> 00:42:24,780
And

1022
00:42:24,785 --> 00:42:26,895
we've beaten them up there a
handful of times, you know?

1023
00:42:26,895 --> 00:42:26,985
Mm-hmm.

1024
00:42:26,985 --> 00:42:27,675
Through the years.

1025
00:42:27,675 --> 00:42:30,825
And, um, so it's not like
we've never won up there.

1026
00:42:30,825 --> 00:42:32,625
We've, we've won up there a few times and.

1027
00:42:32,970 --> 00:42:34,140
Not, none of it's easy.

1028
00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:37,620
I mean, well the one time was we
whacked them pretty good in 22.

1029
00:42:38,549 --> 00:42:39,085
Um, yeah,

1030
00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:39,660
yeah.

1031
00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:43,620
But you know, most of the other wins
have been kind of, you know, back and

1032
00:42:43,620 --> 00:42:45,569
forth, you know, very close games.

1033
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:46,770
Um, that was

1034
00:42:46,770 --> 00:42:49,140
the, some of the best days
that I had working up there.

1035
00:42:49,140 --> 00:42:53,040
I'd have a hundred staff working that
UVA baseball game and Odus coming

1036
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:57,390
to town and I've got my ODU shirt
underneath my polo and we'd be up

1037
00:42:57,390 --> 00:42:59,250
like seven to three in the ninth.

1038
00:42:59,250 --> 00:43:02,040
And I'm just sitting over
there going, hold on, hold on.

1039
00:43:02,490 --> 00:43:03,120
It was great times.

1040
00:43:03,870 --> 00:43:04,319
Yeah.

1041
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:05,250
Yeah, it was good.

1042
00:43:05,580 --> 00:43:08,580
So I saw they're, you know,
they're obviously playing better.

1043
00:43:08,580 --> 00:43:11,129
They swept Stanford this weekend at home.

1044
00:43:11,129 --> 00:43:13,410
I think so It's it's crazy
to say that, isn't it?

1045
00:43:13,410 --> 00:43:14,759
They SW stands, yeah, they're,

1046
00:43:16,754 --> 00:43:17,045
yeah.

1047
00:43:17,370 --> 00:43:20,339
Classic Atlantic coast
schools, uh, say at Stanford.

1048
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:21,210
Yeah.

1049
00:43:21,570 --> 00:43:24,240
It's a, they should name
it all Coast Conference

1050
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:24,480
now.

1051
00:43:24,509 --> 00:43:25,170
Yeah, right.

1052
00:43:25,950 --> 00:43:26,400
There we go.

1053
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:26,403
There you go.

1054
00:43:26,408 --> 00:43:26,940
Yeah, that work.

1055
00:43:27,930 --> 00:43:30,360
So, but that's every
league nowadays, so Yeah.

1056
00:43:30,365 --> 00:43:33,600
You know you got UCLA playing
in the big town against Rutgers.

1057
00:43:34,770 --> 00:43:37,320
Yeah, good Thursday night
football matchup there, right.

1058
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:37,860
Classic.

1059
00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:37,920
Yeah.

1060
00:43:38,550 --> 00:43:38,940
Crazy.

1061
00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:39,270
So,

1062
00:43:39,330 --> 00:43:42,480
well I'll let you guys get to it
with Zach and as always, thanks

1063
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:46,350
fellas and any, anybody that
had had any questions this week.

1064
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,060
No questions this week.

1065
00:43:48,060 --> 00:43:50,820
But I have a feeling I'm gonna
fill my little notepad at Harbor

1066
00:43:50,820 --> 00:43:52,080
Park Friday and Saturdays.

1067
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,630
Come find me and I'll ask if
you're free call find Gary.

1068
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:55,320
Yes.

1069
00:43:55,350 --> 00:43:55,650
Alright.

1070
00:43:55,665 --> 00:43:56,310
Yeah, yeah.

1071
00:43:56,340 --> 00:43:57,270
Come find Gary.

1072
00:43:57,270 --> 00:43:58,230
And thanks.

1073
00:43:58,230 --> 00:43:58,920
Thanks guys.

1074
00:43:58,920 --> 00:43:59,640
Good Monarchs.

1075
00:44:00,090 --> 00:44:00,660
Good monarchs.

1076
00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:01,200
Thanks coach.

1077
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:01,410
Thanks.

1078
00:44:01,500 --> 00:44:02,370
Go monarchs.

1079
00:44:03,060 --> 00:44:04,470
All right, we're gonna take a quick break.

1080
00:44:04,470 --> 00:44:04,950
We'll be back.

1081
00:44:04,950 --> 00:44:06,600
We will have Zach with us.

1082
00:44:07,110 --> 00:44:10,410
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1083
00:44:10,410 --> 00:44:11,850
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1084
00:44:12,509 --> 00:44:15,720
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1085
00:44:15,750 --> 00:44:19,530
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1086
00:44:19,875 --> 00:44:22,305
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1087
00:44:22,785 --> 00:44:27,855
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1088
00:44:28,125 --> 00:44:31,695
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1089
00:44:31,995 --> 00:44:33,885
Thank you for listening and go Monarchs.

1090
00:44:33,935 --> 00:44:34,505
Welcome back.

1091
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:36,455
Monarch fans of the Hudson Homer podcast.

1092
00:44:36,455 --> 00:44:39,755
We are now joined by Zach Leite,
who had an awesome weekend

1093
00:44:39,755 --> 00:44:41,195
on the road at App State.

1094
00:44:41,195 --> 00:44:43,115
Zach, thanks so much for joining us.

1095
00:44:43,535 --> 00:44:44,075
No problem.

1096
00:44:44,075 --> 00:44:45,695
Thank you so much for having me on.

1097
00:44:46,835 --> 00:44:47,345
Absolutely.

1098
00:44:47,345 --> 00:44:49,505
I, I heard you were excited
when you got the invite.

1099
00:44:49,505 --> 00:44:53,225
Are we becoming like a, a thing with the
baseball team now with being on the road?

1100
00:44:53,645 --> 00:44:54,905
Oh yeah, absolutely.

1101
00:44:54,905 --> 00:44:58,325
I mean, even my mom watches
and, and lets me know about

1102
00:44:58,325 --> 00:44:59,705
what's going on on the podcast.

1103
00:44:59,705 --> 00:45:00,005
So

1104
00:45:00,305 --> 00:45:02,105
yeah, it's, it's cool
to be on here for sure.

1105
00:45:02,645 --> 00:45:05,465
I think that's 90% of our listeners,
but I'll gladly take that.

1106
00:45:05,465 --> 00:45:05,705
Hundred

1107
00:45:05,705 --> 00:45:06,005
percent.

1108
00:45:06,005 --> 00:45:06,755
I'm fine with that.

1109
00:45:06,755 --> 00:45:09,215
If, if our, most of our listeners
are just the, the family members.

1110
00:45:09,215 --> 00:45:09,725
We're good with that.

1111
00:45:09,755 --> 00:45:11,075
'cause I, I met your mom there.

1112
00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:12,335
We, Morris seemed a great lady.

1113
00:45:12,335 --> 00:45:13,235
So that's, that was cool.

1114
00:45:13,295 --> 00:45:13,535
Oh yeah.

1115
00:45:13,535 --> 00:45:15,755
Is that the first time they'd be able
to come out and see you play with ODU?

1116
00:45:16,265 --> 00:45:19,235
Yeah, it was, it was, uh, my mom
and my brother, so it was really

1117
00:45:19,235 --> 00:45:20,675
cool to be able to play in front of

1118
00:45:20,675 --> 00:45:21,425
'
em for sure.

1119
00:45:22,205 --> 00:45:24,065
And they, are they still
back in California?

1120
00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:24,905
Yep.

1121
00:45:25,020 --> 00:45:25,240
Yep.

1122
00:45:25,415 --> 00:45:25,715
Yeah.

1123
00:45:25,805 --> 00:45:26,225
Okay.

1124
00:45:26,495 --> 00:45:27,185
So that's all right.

1125
00:45:27,185 --> 00:45:27,995
So that, we'll start there.

1126
00:45:27,995 --> 00:45:29,195
You're, you're from California.

1127
00:45:29,405 --> 00:45:32,735
How the heck do you end up at Old
Dominion in Norfolk, Virginia?

1128
00:45:33,335 --> 00:45:39,065
Yeah, so I mean, um, I got reached
out to by, uh, Finney and I

1129
00:45:39,065 --> 00:45:40,985
came out here on a, on a visit.

1130
00:45:41,375 --> 00:45:45,155
Um, a smooth six hour flight out here.

1131
00:45:45,425 --> 00:45:46,205
One way.

1132
00:45:46,295 --> 00:45:49,445
Um, yeah, I just checked it out.

1133
00:45:49,445 --> 00:45:51,305
I, I loved the area.

1134
00:45:51,395 --> 00:45:55,625
Um, to me, it, it actually just
seemed like home, so there was

1135
00:45:55,625 --> 00:45:57,665
no, no real problems there.

1136
00:45:57,725 --> 00:45:59,945
Um, I just loved everything about it.

1137
00:45:59,945 --> 00:46:02,375
I loved all the players that I met.

1138
00:46:02,375 --> 00:46:06,845
They were super nice to me, and so
just felt, like I said, like home.

1139
00:46:06,845 --> 00:46:08,975
So that was, that was that for me.

1140
00:46:10,235 --> 00:46:10,955
That's awesome, man.

1141
00:46:10,955 --> 00:46:14,765
So you're originally from Dana
Point, California, which I

1142
00:46:14,765 --> 00:46:15,695
have no idea where that is.

1143
00:46:15,695 --> 00:46:16,745
I know California's huge.

1144
00:46:16,925 --> 00:46:19,625
Can you give us us East coasters
who don't know anything about it?

1145
00:46:19,685 --> 00:46:22,235
Like a where kind of in the state it is?

1146
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:22,850
Yeah.

1147
00:46:22,855 --> 00:46:23,135
Yeah.

1148
00:46:23,135 --> 00:46:25,985
So, um, if you know where
San Diego is mm-hmm.

1149
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,765
It's just a little bit
more north of San Diego.

1150
00:46:30,260 --> 00:46:30,650
Okay.

1151
00:46:30,950 --> 00:46:32,780
Yeah, so pretty much right there.

1152
00:46:33,590 --> 00:46:33,890
Okay.

1153
00:46:33,890 --> 00:46:38,600
And then you played JUCO at Orange
Coast College, which is in Costa Mesa.

1154
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,170
So where is that in relation to, I guess,
the state and then, uh, Dana Point?

1155
00:46:42,590 --> 00:46:45,650
Yeah, that's also like
just 30 minutes north.

1156
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:50,780
So super close to to home for me, which
was, was perfect for the JUCO route.

1157
00:46:50,810 --> 00:46:51,050
Yes.

1158
00:46:52,190 --> 00:46:52,610
That's great.

1159
00:46:52,610 --> 00:46:55,250
So how, so tell us a little about
playing there at JUCO and Yeah.

1160
00:46:55,250 --> 00:46:57,380
So get, get to play, I guess
close to home was nice, right?

1161
00:46:57,770 --> 00:46:58,100
Yeah.

1162
00:46:58,100 --> 00:46:59,240
Yeah, it was really nice.

1163
00:46:59,270 --> 00:47:04,010
Um, being able to, to play in front of my
family every day was awesome, for sure.

1164
00:47:04,460 --> 00:47:11,390
Um, yeah, being close to to home and,
and, uh, the high school and everything.

1165
00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:16,340
Um, playing with a lot of guys that,
that I know, playing with against

1166
00:47:16,340 --> 00:47:17,690
a lot of guys that I know too.

1167
00:47:17,690 --> 00:47:20,930
So, yeah, I think it was a, a
pretty cool environment for sure.

1168
00:47:22,055 --> 00:47:24,305
Has that been like a big
culture shock for you?

1169
00:47:24,305 --> 00:47:27,545
I mean, 'cause that's, that's the exact
opposite of what you have going now

1170
00:47:27,545 --> 00:47:30,725
where you're not playing in front of
your family like at all, and you're

1171
00:47:30,725 --> 00:47:32,195
not playing against anybody, you know?

1172
00:47:32,705 --> 00:47:33,155
Yeah.

1173
00:47:33,155 --> 00:47:36,545
It's a little bit different, you
know, hearing the guys talking about

1174
00:47:36,545 --> 00:47:40,745
all these players that they know
on different teams and me having

1175
00:47:40,745 --> 00:47:42,725
no clue who really anybody is.

1176
00:47:42,725 --> 00:47:46,565
It's, it's definitely a little bit,
uh, different and kind of weird.

1177
00:47:46,865 --> 00:47:50,255
But, I mean, I like it getting
to know all these new people.

1178
00:47:50,255 --> 00:47:51,665
It's, honestly, it's awesome.

1179
00:47:53,315 --> 00:47:56,315
I gotta reach back in the Brain
archives here from something,

1180
00:47:56,315 --> 00:47:58,445
a girlfriend from long ago.

1181
00:47:58,775 --> 00:48:01,115
So Dana Point's near Laguna Beach, right?

1182
00:48:01,415 --> 00:48:01,865
Yeah.

1183
00:48:02,015 --> 00:48:02,285
Yep.

1184
00:48:02,345 --> 00:48:02,735
Okay.

1185
00:48:03,035 --> 00:48:05,645
I thought I remember a reference to it
in that show that I was unfortunately

1186
00:48:05,645 --> 00:48:06,755
forced to watch at the time.

1187
00:48:07,535 --> 00:48:10,655
Um, but that, but that area of
Southern California is awesome.

1188
00:48:10,655 --> 00:48:13,055
I've been out to San Diego,
stayed at Mission Beach, did

1189
00:48:13,055 --> 00:48:13,925
all the stuff down there.

1190
00:48:13,925 --> 00:48:17,645
Like, it's a, I think people, uh,
forget that that area south of LA

1191
00:48:17,645 --> 00:48:20,405
exists sometimes and it's one of
the best parts of California really.

1192
00:48:20,795 --> 00:48:21,245
Oh yeah.

1193
00:48:21,245 --> 00:48:22,145
It's, it's beautiful.

1194
00:48:22,145 --> 00:48:23,255
I love growing up there.

1195
00:48:23,255 --> 00:48:25,955
Doesn't, doesn't get much
better than that for me.

1196
00:48:26,825 --> 00:48:27,065
Yeah.

1197
00:48:27,065 --> 00:48:28,175
I mean, so how is getting to play

1198
00:48:28,175 --> 00:48:32,705
in the most glamorous places in like
Mississippi and Alabama comparing to

1199
00:48:32,705 --> 00:48:34,085
getting to play in Southern California?

1200
00:48:34,715 --> 00:48:39,125
Oh, I, it is very different,
but I've had a blast getting to

1201
00:48:39,275 --> 00:48:41,075
play in these amazing places.

1202
00:48:41,075 --> 00:48:43,385
Go to a bunch of states
that I've never been to.

1203
00:48:43,385 --> 00:48:45,875
I mean, yeah, I've loved
every second of it.

1204
00:48:47,585 --> 00:48:48,065
Yeah.

1205
00:48:48,185 --> 00:48:51,005
We'll, we'll check back in with you
after the Louisiana Monroe series

1206
00:48:51,005 --> 00:48:54,125
and see how you're feeling on those
other ballparks and things like that.

1207
00:48:54,125 --> 00:48:58,685
But now, yeah, go, I

1208
00:48:58,685 --> 00:49:01,475
really enjoyed that moment after you
hit the home run there in Biloxi.

1209
00:49:01,475 --> 00:49:03,845
I mean, you were, you were jacked
up in the dugout and like, I

1210
00:49:03,845 --> 00:49:05,405
got that really great picture.

1211
00:49:05,405 --> 00:49:06,005
You celebrated.

1212
00:49:06,005 --> 00:49:07,805
It was like, I was like, man, you
know, you just see a lot of guys

1213
00:49:07,805 --> 00:49:09,365
like going right for the camera.

1214
00:49:09,365 --> 00:49:11,135
It's like you were, you were
trying to find it that day.

1215
00:49:11,135 --> 00:49:12,275
Was that, was that what it was?

1216
00:49:12,275 --> 00:49:13,595
Were you just so jacked up?

1217
00:49:13,595 --> 00:49:14,765
You didn't even know what was going on?

1218
00:49:15,185 --> 00:49:15,635
No, I

1219
00:49:15,635 --> 00:49:16,925
was, I was fired up.

1220
00:49:16,925 --> 00:49:18,305
I was looking right for you.

1221
00:49:18,305 --> 00:49:21,545
I wanted to get, I wanted to get a
cool picture going for the fellas.

1222
00:49:21,545 --> 00:49:21,815
There we go.

1223
00:49:21,815 --> 00:49:23,050
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1224
00:49:23,055 --> 00:49:23,675
That was cool.

1225
00:49:24,065 --> 00:49:24,545
I love it.

1226
00:49:24,545 --> 00:49:25,145
That's awesome.

1227
00:49:25,355 --> 00:49:28,205
That is one of the sickest
photos in ODU baseball.

1228
00:49:28,595 --> 00:49:28,655
Yeah.

1229
00:49:28,655 --> 00:49:28,865
That's fun.

1230
00:49:29,585 --> 00:49:29,825
Yeah.

1231
00:49:30,155 --> 00:49:30,755
That is awesome.

1232
00:49:30,755 --> 00:49:32,315
And our RIP the chain.

1233
00:49:33,095 --> 00:49:33,635
Oh man.

1234
00:49:33,635 --> 00:49:34,445
I'm gonna miss it.

1235
00:49:34,745 --> 00:49:37,025
It was cool to wear it for
the, for the first two.

1236
00:49:37,805 --> 00:49:38,105
Yeah.

1237
00:49:38,285 --> 00:49:39,545
So you got the hard hat now.

1238
00:49:39,545 --> 00:49:40,265
Construction helmet.

1239
00:49:40,325 --> 00:49:40,715
Yeah.

1240
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:41,050
Mm-hmm.

1241
00:49:41,790 --> 00:49:42,210
Oh yeah.

1242
00:49:42,425 --> 00:49:42,905
The hard hat's.

1243
00:49:42,905 --> 00:49:43,355
Very good.

1244
00:49:43,355 --> 00:49:44,465
I like that New edition.

1245
00:49:45,545 --> 00:49:45,815
Yeah.

1246
00:49:45,935 --> 00:49:48,875
Very fitting for this team, because
the construction's going on at home,

1247
00:49:48,875 --> 00:49:52,505
but you all have just been stuck on the
road pretty much the, the whole time.

1248
00:49:52,745 --> 00:49:55,505
What's that experience been like
for you just living in and outta

1249
00:49:55,505 --> 00:49:56,975
hotels for weeks at a time?

1250
00:49:57,665 --> 00:50:02,405
Um, for me, I got to get a little bit
of a taste for it over the summer.

1251
00:50:02,765 --> 00:50:06,725
Um, I played for a summer ball
team that also had no home field,

1252
00:50:06,725 --> 00:50:09,455
so we were traveling everywhere.

1253
00:50:09,695 --> 00:50:13,955
Like we would go six hours to play
one game, six hours back home.

1254
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:18,500
So honestly, like, I would
like to say, you know, it's

1255
00:50:18,500 --> 00:50:20,990
kind of nothing too new to me.

1256
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:25,640
Um, I've ma I've mainly just had a
lot of fun going to all these new

1257
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:30,830
places with, with my brothers and,
you know, just competing and, and

1258
00:50:30,830 --> 00:50:32,660
enjoying the new states and, and places.

1259
00:50:34,820 --> 00:50:35,060
And, uh,

1260
00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:37,580
coach Finney talked a little bit
about some adjustments you've made

1261
00:50:37,580 --> 00:50:39,320
from the fall coming into the spring.

1262
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:40,910
Can you talk a little bit about those?

1263
00:50:42,110 --> 00:50:42,800
Uh, yeah.

1264
00:50:42,980 --> 00:50:47,720
I think for the most part, over the
fall, um, me and Finney talked about it.

1265
00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:53,030
I was just getting too big, trying to
do too much and, and most of my bats.

1266
00:50:53,090 --> 00:50:57,890
Um, and so I kind of just worked on
like trusting what I got, trusting my

1267
00:50:57,890 --> 00:51:03,470
swing, my eyes, everything like that,
letting the ball travel and not trying

1268
00:51:03,470 --> 00:51:08,720
to get too big and, you know, hit
homers every at bat and just more, more.

1269
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:12,410
So put the ball in play I think has
been a really big help for sure.

1270
00:51:13,265 --> 00:51:14,735
That's one thing that's
so impressive about you.

1271
00:51:14,735 --> 00:51:17,735
'cause you are certainly a guy
that can hit the ball off the

1272
00:51:17,735 --> 00:51:19,415
wall, over the wall anytime.

1273
00:51:19,445 --> 00:51:19,535
Mm-hmm.

1274
00:51:19,625 --> 00:51:22,715
But we've seen a lot of at bats
where you're just putting that

1275
00:51:22,715 --> 00:51:24,155
ball in play the other way.

1276
00:51:24,590 --> 00:51:28,985
I, I mean that, that's huge for
a team to have the guy, you know,

1277
00:51:28,985 --> 00:51:30,245
really the best hitter on the team.

1278
00:51:30,245 --> 00:51:33,245
Frankly, let's be real at the moment
and probably throughout the rest

1279
00:51:33,245 --> 00:51:34,895
of the year to be able to do that.

1280
00:51:34,895 --> 00:51:35,405
Appreciate.

1281
00:51:36,065 --> 00:51:36,365
Yeah.

1282
00:51:36,365 --> 00:51:39,005
I mean, so does that, is that a thing
you're, you're constantly thinking of?

1283
00:51:39,095 --> 00:51:41,105
Like, Hey, I gotta be
this guy for the team?

1284
00:51:42,125 --> 00:51:42,785
Um,

1285
00:51:43,715 --> 00:51:46,085
I mean, not, not too much.

1286
00:51:46,085 --> 00:51:52,295
I mean, I like to think sometimes, um,
you know, I can kind of get the fellas

1287
00:51:52,295 --> 00:51:54,725
rolling with a, with a hit here and there.

1288
00:51:54,785 --> 00:52:00,425
Um, but, you know, I also trust
all the, all the boys above and

1289
00:52:00,485 --> 00:52:03,275
behind me to, to spark it as well.

1290
00:52:03,275 --> 00:52:06,095
So I think it's, you know,
just a mixture of, of both.

1291
00:52:06,095 --> 00:52:06,155
I.

1292
00:52:08,375 --> 00:52:12,275
Yeah, and you had like a, a really
impressive bat that ended in a walk

1293
00:52:12,275 --> 00:52:15,840
earlier season was that it was against
Georgia State on that Sunday and mm-hmm.

1294
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:19,355
The pitcher had been filling up the
zone all day, kind of getting a lot

1295
00:52:19,355 --> 00:52:20,735
of soft contact and things like that.

1296
00:52:20,735 --> 00:52:23,195
You go down an O2 hole, you battle back.

1297
00:52:23,195 --> 00:52:26,765
I think you fouled off three or four
pitches, end up drawing the walk.

1298
00:52:27,095 --> 00:52:30,155
Do you feel like your eye for that
ball has just gotten better as the

1299
00:52:30,155 --> 00:52:32,735
season has gone on, or, or is that
just kind of how you've always

1300
00:52:32,735 --> 00:52:34,235
been able to operate in the box?

1301
00:52:34,415 --> 00:52:39,875
I think I've always sort of had it,
but I think sometimes it comes and

1302
00:52:39,875 --> 00:52:44,885
goes a little bit with, like I said
earlier, uh, trusting the eyes and just

1303
00:52:45,185 --> 00:52:48,335
going up there and competing and not
really worrying about everything else.

1304
00:52:48,335 --> 00:52:52,745
I think when I do that well, I, I
tend to see the ball really well,

1305
00:52:55,385 --> 00:52:58,205
so I I love that you, you
refer to the guys as brothers.

1306
00:52:58,205 --> 00:52:58,925
I think that's awesome.

1307
00:52:58,925 --> 00:53:01,955
Who have you gotten the closest
with on the team, you think?

1308
00:53:01,955 --> 00:53:02,555
Like, who are the guys?

1309
00:53:02,555 --> 00:53:04,505
You're like, these are, you know,
yeah, we're all brothers, but

1310
00:53:04,505 --> 00:53:05,555
this is like my favorite brother.

1311
00:53:06,245 --> 00:53:08,855
Uh, definitely my roommate, Scott Young.

1312
00:53:09,155 --> 00:53:12,395
We just like, you'll always
see us together, you know,

1313
00:53:12,395 --> 00:53:13,625
we're just always hanging out.

1314
00:53:13,625 --> 00:53:15,245
We're we're boys for sure.

1315
00:53:15,245 --> 00:53:18,215
It's been, it's been great being
able to be roommates with him.

1316
00:53:18,215 --> 00:53:19,685
I've, I've had a great time.

1317
00:53:20,795 --> 00:53:20,975
Yeah.

1318
00:53:20,975 --> 00:53:22,985
He's, he's one of those guys
that day, first day I met

1319
00:53:22,985 --> 00:53:24,305
him, like this kid's awesome.

1320
00:53:24,305 --> 00:53:27,425
I, I'm a huge fan, so yeah,
that, yeah, he's a character for

1321
00:53:27,425 --> 00:53:27,695
sure.

1322
00:53:30,155 --> 00:53:35,105
What's been your favorite thing, um,
non-baseball at ODU, you know, again,

1323
00:53:35,105 --> 00:53:36,275
it's your whole other side of the country.

1324
00:53:36,275 --> 00:53:39,575
What have you found, like, again, I mean,
I'm sure it might be hard 'cause you

1325
00:53:39,575 --> 00:53:41,855
spend so much time with all the guys,
but what, what's the thing that you're

1326
00:53:41,855 --> 00:53:43,385
like, okay, this is what I like out here.

1327
00:53:44,495 --> 00:53:49,505
Um, I know you didn't really want
me to, to reference the guys in this

1328
00:53:49,505 --> 00:53:54,455
aspect, but like, just first getting
here and, and the way that they kind

1329
00:53:54,455 --> 00:53:56,465
of just treated me and embraced me.

1330
00:53:56,735 --> 00:53:58,805
That was by far my favorite part.

1331
00:53:58,805 --> 00:54:02,165
Like, just welcoming me
right away was, was awesome.

1332
00:54:02,165 --> 00:54:03,575
I I love that so much.

1333
00:54:05,570 --> 00:54:05,900
That's good.

1334
00:54:05,930 --> 00:54:06,650
I'll, I'll accept it.

1335
00:54:06,650 --> 00:54:07,070
It's fine.

1336
00:54:07,460 --> 00:54:07,760
Yeah.

1337
00:54:08,420 --> 00:54:09,140
Is it, is it

1338
00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:11,660
just you and Scotty in your
apartment where you're at?

1339
00:54:11,900 --> 00:54:15,860
It's, uh, me, Scotty
and, and Toron, so, yeah.

1340
00:54:15,860 --> 00:54:15,862
Oh yeah.

1341
00:54:15,867 --> 00:54:16,465
I've got an awesome house.

1342
00:54:16,910 --> 00:54:19,790
Oh, that's like, this is like the
all personality house, for sure.

1343
00:54:20,060 --> 00:54:20,690
Yeah.

1344
00:54:20,815 --> 00:54:21,105
Yeah.

1345
00:54:21,350 --> 00:54:23,660
We'll wait for like some, I'll put
that one up against any other house.

1346
00:54:23,660 --> 00:54:23,960
Geez.

1347
00:54:25,010 --> 00:54:25,460
Yeah.

1348
00:54:25,460 --> 00:54:25,461
Yeah.

1349
00:54:25,730 --> 00:54:28,340
I feel like there could be a
standup comedy competition in

1350
00:54:28,340 --> 00:54:29,450
that house at some point, so.

1351
00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:30,560
Oh, no doubt.

1352
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:33,500
I think, uh, to Ron would definitely
take the cake for that one.

1353
00:54:35,540 --> 00:54:38,840
Uh, all right, well, we've asked
all the guys who come on this

1354
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:42,230
year with, uh, you know, college
football video game coming back.

1355
00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:44,720
We've got some college stuff
in the new MLB, the show.

1356
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:45,140
Mm-hmm.

1357
00:54:45,380 --> 00:54:50,570
Uh, what would be your overall rating
and like, what subcategory would you

1358
00:54:50,570 --> 00:54:52,400
have the highest rating in as a hitter?

1359
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:53,600
Ooh.

1360
00:54:54,500 --> 00:54:57,560
I mean, I gotta put
myself at the 99, right?

1361
00:54:57,590 --> 00:54:58,220
Yes.

1362
00:54:58,220 --> 00:54:59,810
We got someone this year that did it.

1363
00:54:59,930 --> 00:55:00,530
Of course.

1364
00:55:00,530 --> 00:55:01,310
I just, just

1365
00:55:01,310 --> 00:55:01,880
have to.

1366
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:02,870
Why not?

1367
00:55:02,870 --> 00:55:03,290
Right?

1368
00:55:03,290 --> 00:55:08,090
And then, um, definitely wanna boost
the, the power stats up for sure.

1369
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:09,950
That's, that's gotta be the go-to.

1370
00:55:10,790 --> 00:55:11,000
Yeah.

1371
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:11,390
If you're, if you're

1372
00:55:11,390 --> 00:55:15,320
99 overall, I think you gotta be 99
power against left and right, right?

1373
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:15,560
Yeah.

1374
00:55:15,590 --> 00:55:15,920
Yep.

1375
00:55:16,415 --> 00:55:17,090
I, I love it.

1376
00:55:17,090 --> 00:55:20,150
I, I, all the false humility
these guys have, I love it.

1377
00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:21,380
This is, this is what we need.

1378
00:55:21,410 --> 00:55:22,790
It's like, no, I'm a 99.

1379
00:55:22,790 --> 00:55:23,055
This is why.

1380
00:55:23,085 --> 00:55:24,320
Yeah, why not, why not?

1381
00:55:24,740 --> 00:55:26,120
It's a video game, let's go.

1382
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:26,510
Right?

1383
00:55:26,510 --> 00:55:27,260
Yes sir.

1384
00:55:27,890 --> 00:55:28,490
Yes.

1385
00:55:28,730 --> 00:55:32,870
About, say, are, is there any video game
competition going on in the house or is

1386
00:55:32,870 --> 00:55:34,340
that, can't do that this time of year?

1387
00:55:35,900 --> 00:55:39,320
I would like to say that we can't
do that at this time of year, but

1388
00:55:39,350 --> 00:55:43,220
there definitely is some, some
video gaming going on for sure.

1389
00:55:43,340 --> 00:55:44,600
Uh, with me and Scotty.

1390
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:45,170
Yeah.

1391
00:55:45,710 --> 00:55:46,760
Uh, what's the high game right

1392
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:46,940
now?

1393
00:55:46,940 --> 00:55:47,090
What are

1394
00:55:47,090 --> 00:55:49,370
y'all playing the go-to?

1395
00:55:49,430 --> 00:55:51,110
You guys probably have not heard of it.

1396
00:55:51,110 --> 00:55:52,940
It's called Sea of Thieves.

1397
00:55:52,940 --> 00:55:57,425
It's where you're a pirate
and I. You sail the seven Cs.

1398
00:55:57,425 --> 00:55:58,325
It's, it's awesome.

1399
00:55:58,325 --> 00:55:59,675
We have a great time on that.

1400
00:56:00,785 --> 00:56:03,455
Is it like a, like an open world
game or is that like a story?

1401
00:56:03,455 --> 00:56:04,295
How does that one work?

1402
00:56:04,505 --> 00:56:06,365
Yeah, it's a, it's a open world game.

1403
00:56:06,365 --> 00:56:11,255
You get to go around and, and, uh, collect
treasure and all that sort of thing.

1404
00:56:11,255 --> 00:56:11,705
It's, it's

1405
00:56:11,705 --> 00:56:12,215
pretty cool.

1406
00:56:12,905 --> 00:56:15,185
So you guys are like, you're like leaving
the locker room, like, all right, we're

1407
00:56:15,185 --> 00:56:19,380
gonna go search for some booty and
everyone pick so, so else's, right.

1408
00:56:19,775 --> 00:56:20,285
Alright.

1409
00:56:21,755 --> 00:56:24,245
There's nothing wrong with,
uh, playing some video games in

1410
00:56:24,245 --> 00:56:25,925
season to blow off str stress.

1411
00:56:25,925 --> 00:56:27,260
The iron computer.

1412
00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:27,740
Yeah.

1413
00:56:28,445 --> 00:56:30,695
You played for the Orange Coast Pirates.

1414
00:56:30,695 --> 00:56:30,965
Right.

1415
00:56:30,965 --> 00:56:31,415
Look at you.

1416
00:56:31,415 --> 00:56:32,885
This is just in your, in your blood.

1417
00:56:33,245 --> 00:56:33,845
Oh, yeah.

1418
00:56:33,875 --> 00:56:34,115
Yeah.

1419
00:56:34,115 --> 00:56:34,805
No doubt.

1420
00:56:34,805 --> 00:56:36,125
Pirate for life for sure.

1421
00:56:37,745 --> 00:56:38,645
Pirate Life's for me.

1422
00:56:39,395 --> 00:56:39,515
Yeah.

1423
00:56:39,515 --> 00:56:40,625
As long as it's not East Carolina.

1424
00:56:40,715 --> 00:56:41,405
As long as it's not East

1425
00:56:41,405 --> 00:56:41,795
Carolina.

1426
00:56:41,795 --> 00:56:43,295
We're good on that, so, oh yeah.

1427
00:56:43,295 --> 00:56:43,505
No,

1428
00:56:43,505 --> 00:56:43,865
no, no.

1429
00:56:43,865 --> 00:56:44,345
Not them.

1430
00:56:45,665 --> 00:56:46,145
Yeah.

1431
00:56:46,355 --> 00:56:49,505
So, uh, for you, I know you're,
you're a junior, but I know that

1432
00:56:49,505 --> 00:56:52,715
sometimes that classification
is just really for the website.

1433
00:56:53,015 --> 00:56:53,225
Mm-hmm.

1434
00:56:53,465 --> 00:56:56,525
Uh, like what are your plans beyond
this season, if you have any at all yet?

1435
00:56:57,755 --> 00:57:00,935
Um, I'm just kind of
playing it by ear, you know?

1436
00:57:00,935 --> 00:57:05,885
I mean, I'm definitely, definitely
coming back here, but if somehow,

1437
00:57:05,885 --> 00:57:11,225
you know, get, get picked up, I'm
definitely taking that chance for sure.

1438
00:57:11,585 --> 00:57:15,540
But yeah, playing it by ear about
to say, has that been like a

1439
00:57:15,545 --> 00:57:16,445
dream and a goal for you?

1440
00:57:16,865 --> 00:57:17,220
Oh, yeah.

1441
00:57:17,225 --> 00:57:17,465
Yeah.

1442
00:57:17,465 --> 00:57:21,065
I, I've been dreaming about being
a professional baseball player

1443
00:57:21,065 --> 00:57:23,495
since I was a little kid, so yeah.

1444
00:57:23,495 --> 00:57:25,715
That's, that's definitely
the, the end goal.

1445
00:57:26,375 --> 00:57:26,585
Me

1446
00:57:26,585 --> 00:57:26,855
too.

1447
00:57:26,855 --> 00:57:28,145
But you actually have a chance to do it.

1448
00:57:30,365 --> 00:57:30,905
We try.

1449
00:57:30,905 --> 00:57:34,025
We're trying as I, I'm, I, I, I
think the dream might be dead for me.

1450
00:57:34,025 --> 00:57:36,605
I keep dreaming it, but I,
every year, no, you never know.

1451
00:57:36,605 --> 00:57:36,608
You never know.

1452
00:57:36,613 --> 00:57:38,855
I think every year the draft
comes around, I'm like, I'm lefty.

1453
00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:40,295
I got, I got a fresh arm.

1454
00:57:40,295 --> 00:57:42,995
There's no, no miles on this arm,
and they don't, uh, yeah, some

1455
00:57:42,995 --> 00:57:44,225
team could use that for sure.

1456
00:57:44,615 --> 00:57:45,185
I'm telling you.

1457
00:57:45,245 --> 00:57:45,305
Yeah,

1458
00:57:45,905 --> 00:57:46,685
I mean, no doubt.

1459
00:57:47,225 --> 00:57:50,885
I think there's a Monarch that's
the oldest player in the four main

1460
00:57:50,885 --> 00:57:52,295
pro sports now with Verlander.

1461
00:57:52,295 --> 00:57:54,305
I think he's gonna be
43 before the playoffs.

1462
00:57:54,305 --> 00:57:56,105
So yeah, there's still hope for us.

1463
00:57:56,105 --> 00:57:56,465
Cb,

1464
00:57:57,185 --> 00:57:58,205
hope he's still younger than me.

1465
00:57:58,205 --> 00:57:58,985
That's the funny part.

1466
00:58:00,935 --> 00:58:02,345
Alright, so there's
hope for me, but No, I,

1467
00:58:02,615 --> 00:58:02,795
there

1468
00:58:02,795 --> 00:58:02,856
you go.

1469
00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:06,365
But hey, but z, if you don't get
picked up this year, at least you'll

1470
00:58:06,365 --> 00:58:09,155
have the opportunity to come play
in a, basically a brand new ballpark

1471
00:58:09,155 --> 00:58:11,195
next season with real home games.

1472
00:58:11,195 --> 00:58:11,855
Real home games.

1473
00:58:12,005 --> 00:58:12,545
Oh yeah.

1474
00:58:12,605 --> 00:58:13,865
That's super exciting.

1475
00:58:14,555 --> 00:58:15,125
For sure.

1476
00:58:15,345 --> 00:58:19,905
Well, Zach, what, what have we not asked
you that you want to tell Monarch fans or

1477
00:58:19,905 --> 00:58:21,465
anyone else who might, might be listening?

1478
00:58:22,545 --> 00:58:23,385
Um

1479
00:58:25,755 --> 00:58:26,175
hmm.

1480
00:58:26,625 --> 00:58:27,975
I'm not really sure about that one.

1481
00:58:28,035 --> 00:58:29,025
Um, alright.

1482
00:58:29,715 --> 00:58:29,925
Yeah.

1483
00:58:29,925 --> 00:58:33,015
I'm just a, I'm just a guy
that, that loves playing ball

1484
00:58:33,015 --> 00:58:35,325
and, and going out there and
competing with the boys every day.

1485
00:58:35,590 --> 00:58:36,440
Nothing wrong with that.

1486
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:36,600
Yeah.

1487
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:37,000
That's about it.

1488
00:58:37,310 --> 00:58:38,360
Nothing wrong with that.

1489
00:58:38,460 --> 00:58:39,000
That's awesome.

1490
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:39,200
No,

1491
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:43,005
this is great because I, I really, I
haven't talked to you a ton as I've

1492
00:58:43,005 --> 00:58:47,205
out there because you always look
like you're like so serious and ready

1493
00:58:47,205 --> 00:58:48,525
to play that I don't wanna bug you.

1494
00:58:48,915 --> 00:58:49,815
Like, I'm gonna be honest.

1495
00:58:49,815 --> 00:58:51,225
And maybe that's just 'cause
you're just like in the mode.

1496
00:58:51,225 --> 00:58:52,185
You're like, you're loving it.

1497
00:58:52,185 --> 00:58:53,595
You're probably having
a blast in your head.

1498
00:58:53,595 --> 00:58:53,625
Oh

1499
00:58:53,775 --> 00:58:53,985
yeah.

1500
00:58:54,075 --> 00:58:56,655
But you just have this like dead
serious face the whole time.

1501
00:58:56,655 --> 00:58:58,605
So I'm like, I'm, I'm like, I
gotta say what's up and kind

1502
00:58:58,605 --> 00:58:59,535
of try to stay outta your way.

1503
00:58:59,925 --> 00:59:00,195
Yeah.

1504
00:59:00,195 --> 00:59:02,895
No, you can come say what's up
to me whenever I'll, I'll put the

1505
00:59:02,895 --> 00:59:06,045
smile on my face when you say,
hey, to me it's all, it's all good.

1506
00:59:06,045 --> 00:59:08,835
I'm locked in, but, but you
can always come say, what's up?

1507
00:59:09,345 --> 00:59:09,855
We love it.

1508
00:59:09,855 --> 00:59:10,305
Good man.

1509
00:59:10,365 --> 00:59:10,425
Yeah.

1510
00:59:10,425 --> 00:59:13,600
I, I've, I've thoroughly enjoyed
it as a, as a, uh, as a, a

1511
00:59:13,665 --> 00:59:15,885
bigger size lefty, lefty myself.

1512
00:59:15,885 --> 00:59:16,995
I'm, I'm a, I'm a big fan.

1513
00:59:16,995 --> 00:59:20,385
I'm always, I'm always rooting for the
guys that I'm like, yeah, that, that was

1514
00:59:20,385 --> 00:59:21,945
kind of my body type when I was playing.

1515
00:59:21,945 --> 00:59:22,725
I'm, I'm into it.

1516
00:59:23,055 --> 00:59:23,715
That's great.

1517
00:59:23,715 --> 00:59:24,675
I love to hear that.

1518
00:59:26,610 --> 00:59:27,000
All right.

1519
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:27,660
Well, awesome, Zach.

1520
00:59:27,660 --> 00:59:30,090
We appreciate you taking some time
outta your day to come chat with us.

1521
00:59:30,090 --> 00:59:34,230
I know you've got a, a what, 1245
departure to Charlottesville and then

1522
00:59:34,230 --> 00:59:37,860
a, a big weekend against Troy coming
up, but really appreciate the time.

1523
00:59:37,860 --> 00:59:38,580
It was great to meet you.

1524
00:59:39,150 --> 00:59:40,710
Great to meet you guys too.

1525
00:59:40,740 --> 00:59:42,030
Great to, to be on here.

1526
00:59:42,030 --> 00:59:43,050
Thank you guys a lot.

1527
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:44,370
Yeah, man.

1528
00:59:44,370 --> 00:59:46,590
Look for gonna be a good week
before you get to play at Harbor

1529
00:59:46,590 --> 00:59:49,170
Park and at, uh, dish there at UVA.

1530
00:59:49,170 --> 00:59:51,930
That's a couple more nice
stadiums for the, the belt there.

1531
00:59:52,380 --> 00:59:52,830
Oh yeah.

1532
00:59:52,830 --> 00:59:53,970
I'm, I'm excited.

1533
00:59:53,970 --> 00:59:54,810
I'm excited to check it

1534
00:59:54,810 --> 00:59:55,200
out.

1535
00:59:55,950 --> 00:59:56,430
All right, man.

1536
00:59:56,430 --> 00:59:56,970
Well, good luck.

1537
00:59:56,970 --> 00:59:57,960
Great talking to you, Zach.

1538
00:59:58,200 --> 00:59:58,680
Thank you.

1539
00:59:58,680 --> 00:59:59,670
Great talking to you guys.

1540
01:00:00,450 --> 01:00:01,110
Appreciate it bud.

1541
01:00:02,565 --> 01:00:03,135
Good kid.

1542
01:00:03,420 --> 01:00:03,885
Yeah, yeah.

1543
01:00:04,035 --> 01:00:04,635
No, I serious.

1544
01:00:04,635 --> 01:00:08,745
I, I've, I've like barely, that's the
most, that's, that's like 50 times as much

1545
01:00:08,745 --> 01:00:10,575
as I've talked to him all since the fall.

1546
01:00:10,905 --> 01:00:14,835
'cause like he always looks so
serious and locked in that I'm like,

1547
01:00:14,835 --> 01:00:15,615
I don't wanna mess with this guy.

1548
01:00:16,755 --> 01:00:16,875
Yeah.

1549
01:00:16,875 --> 01:00:19,005
He even looked locked in like
after the games against Georgia

1550
01:00:19,005 --> 01:00:19,990
State and all that, so, yeah.

1551
01:00:19,995 --> 01:00:20,145
Yeah.

1552
01:00:20,145 --> 01:00:24,555
I think until that series is over, man,
he is dialed in and it, it's showing up.

1553
01:00:24,555 --> 01:00:27,585
Like you said, he was, you know, the
best hitter on the team right now,

1554
01:00:27,585 --> 01:00:31,455
and statistically you can't argue
with it hitting, uh, was it, well,

1555
01:00:31,755 --> 01:00:33,585
speaking of him being the
best hitter on the team.

1556
01:00:34,245 --> 01:00:34,575
Oh,

1557
01:00:34,575 --> 01:00:35,385
yes.

1558
01:00:35,655 --> 01:00:36,645
Oh, congratulations.

1559
01:00:36,735 --> 01:00:37,425
Oh, look at that.

1560
01:00:37,575 --> 01:00:38,535
What a, what a segue.

1561
01:00:38,535 --> 01:00:39,015
Look at us.

1562
01:00:39,015 --> 01:00:39,765
Yes, he is.

1563
01:00:40,005 --> 01:00:43,965
Um, he and I, of course don't
have it pulled up as we do it.

1564
01:00:43,965 --> 01:00:46,635
He had another, I know we had
three hits in that final game,

1565
01:00:47,115 --> 01:00:51,255
and for the week, he had, oh crap.

1566
01:00:51,255 --> 01:00:53,090
This is just, uh, I think I have,

1567
01:00:54,290 --> 01:00:56,445
I think it was five, five for 15.

1568
01:00:56,445 --> 01:00:57,045
He was five for

1569
01:00:57,045 --> 01:01:01,275
15, two doubles, three rbis,
three walks, and a hit by pitch.

1570
01:01:01,275 --> 01:01:02,115
So another great week.

1571
01:01:02,115 --> 01:01:04,905
He, he really, I think he, he,
you arguably could have been the

1572
01:01:04,905 --> 01:01:06,105
player of the week last week.

1573
01:01:06,375 --> 01:01:08,355
Um, I know he won at least
one other time this year.

1574
01:01:08,355 --> 01:01:10,545
He is, he's, he's been a very
consistent hitter for us.

1575
01:01:10,545 --> 01:01:13,005
He's, he's hitting what, about
three 50 for us right now.

1576
01:01:13,005 --> 01:01:13,185
Yeah.

1577
01:01:13,185 --> 01:01:16,155
Three 50, uh, 9 91 OPS.

1578
01:01:16,155 --> 01:01:18,375
I mean, he's lead the
team in, in, uh, doubles.

1579
01:01:18,375 --> 01:01:20,745
I think he's, Zach's been doing it.

1580
01:01:21,195 --> 01:01:23,595
And, uh, we talked about
Frank Wright earlier.

1581
01:01:23,625 --> 01:01:27,195
I mean, it was, you know, again,
wasn't a ton of outstanding pitches.

1582
01:01:27,615 --> 01:01:28,935
Um, Ethan Hubble had a great.

1583
01:01:29,865 --> 01:01:32,895
Outing in the, uh, the first game
or in the, in the, the, yeah, the

1584
01:01:32,895 --> 01:01:36,525
first game on Saturday, but he
didn't pitch as well on, uh, Tuesday.

1585
01:01:36,525 --> 01:01:39,285
So that kind of, to me, I, I,
that's why we, we picked Frankie.

1586
01:01:39,285 --> 01:01:42,795
I think he, you know, again, looking
like a guy who was kind of becoming

1587
01:01:42,795 --> 01:01:46,365
another, uh, reliable arm at a
bullpen, which what really need.

1588
01:01:47,475 --> 01:01:47,715
Yeah.

1589
01:01:47,715 --> 01:01:49,695
And I think, I think that's what they
wanted from Frankie to begin with.

1590
01:01:49,695 --> 01:01:52,245
He's a veteran guy who,
you know, transferred in.

1591
01:01:52,575 --> 01:01:55,335
Uh, and I think he's just kind of getting
up to speed now and they've, they're

1592
01:01:55,335 --> 01:01:57,225
gonna find a role for him somewhere.

1593
01:01:57,375 --> 01:02:00,105
But if he continues this trend of
improving the way he's looked on the

1594
01:02:00,105 --> 01:02:03,915
mound, uh, that's just such a weapon
for us to be able to roll out on

1595
01:02:03,945 --> 01:02:08,895
either Friday or Saturday, whenever,
uh, and then, and potentially could

1596
01:02:08,895 --> 01:02:10,515
even start some midweek games for us.

1597
01:02:10,515 --> 01:02:13,335
But I think at this point, Finney
was kind of alluding to it.

1598
01:02:13,335 --> 01:02:16,755
Yeah, we gotta save everything we can
in the tank for these Sunbelt series.

1599
01:02:16,755 --> 01:02:20,295
'cause that's really what's gonna make
or break us as we go down the stretch.

1600
01:02:21,135 --> 01:02:22,755
Yeah, we like winning on Tuesdays.

1601
01:02:22,755 --> 01:02:23,955
I mean, we need to get one.

1602
01:02:23,955 --> 01:02:26,895
We have, we have not won,
uh, midweek yet this year.

1603
01:02:27,165 --> 01:02:29,355
Uh, but you're, that's, that's the truth.

1604
01:02:29,565 --> 01:02:32,025
Like I said, 21 more Sunbelt games.

1605
01:02:32,085 --> 01:02:33,495
Uh, let's go win those.

1606
01:02:34,425 --> 01:02:34,635
Yeah.

1607
01:02:34,635 --> 01:02:37,005
If we could start with UVA and
winning a midweek, that'd be great.

1608
01:02:37,005 --> 01:02:41,835
But there's also a couple VCU and Richmond
and I know we wanna get those wins.

1609
01:02:41,835 --> 01:02:45,135
And then of course, I think everyone's
got the JMU series up in Harrisonburg

1610
01:02:45,135 --> 01:02:50,085
later this year circled, uh, which they're
having kind of a similar season to us.

1611
01:02:50,085 --> 01:02:52,305
They haven't, they don't have
nearly the strength of schedule,

1612
01:02:52,305 --> 01:02:55,125
but they're right there with us
at four and five in the Sunbelt.

1613
01:02:55,125 --> 01:02:57,075
They're nine and 19 overall.

1614
01:02:57,435 --> 01:03:01,845
Uh, they just got swept up this past
weekend, uh, losing four straight, but

1615
01:03:02,235 --> 01:03:04,845
I mean, Sunbelt's wide open Southern
Miss seven and two, they dropped the

1616
01:03:04,845 --> 01:03:06,645
one to South Alabama this weekend.

1617
01:03:06,855 --> 01:03:09,705
You got Troy Coastal,
Louisiana at six and three.

1618
01:03:10,185 --> 01:03:12,105
You got three more teams at five and four.

1619
01:03:12,105 --> 01:03:13,635
You got four teams at four and five.

1620
01:03:13,635 --> 01:03:17,640
Like, it's still very much wide
open and I. You get hot for a couple

1621
01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:20,730
weekends and you can find yourself
in the top three of this conference.

1622
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,150
I like that because it is
just a meat grinder, as we

1623
01:03:24,150 --> 01:03:25,890
always say, to get through it.

1624
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:29,700
Yeah, I mean, we've, we, I think
we said this all last season.

1625
01:03:29,700 --> 01:03:31,290
We we're gonna say this all this season.

1626
01:03:31,290 --> 01:03:35,820
I'm sure that at any point you can
start doing the things and have the

1627
01:03:35,820 --> 01:03:40,500
things start falling going, and your
fortunes can turn around entirely.

1628
01:03:41,070 --> 01:03:42,090
Uh, this is, yeah.

1629
01:03:42,090 --> 01:03:42,900
Well, this is a talented team.

1630
01:03:43,050 --> 01:03:44,130
There's a lot of talent in this team.

1631
01:03:44,130 --> 01:03:47,670
The, the question is, can they make
it all happen at the same time?

1632
01:03:48,990 --> 01:03:50,670
A little bit of improvement
here and there, but it'll be

1633
01:03:50,670 --> 01:03:51,660
a tough test against Troy.

1634
01:03:51,660 --> 01:03:52,830
I mean, they're ranked for a reason.

1635
01:03:52,830 --> 01:03:53,850
They play good ball.

1636
01:03:54,150 --> 01:03:56,640
We know that we're gonna see our
good friend Steven Meier, who's

1637
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:58,615
having a hell of a year for Troy

1638
01:03:58,885 --> 01:03:59,455
Hell of a year.

1639
01:03:59,820 --> 01:04:00,840
What was he, 360?

1640
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:01,440
Where is that at?

1641
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:01,500
Yeah.

1642
01:04:01,980 --> 01:04:05,730
Uh, we're, oh yeah, 360, 2 10 doubles.

1643
01:04:05,820 --> 01:04:08,520
Uh, triple five homers, 20 rbis.

1644
01:04:08,550 --> 01:04:12,120
He is got 16 steels, uh, 40 runs.

1645
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:15,780
I mean, he, he is, uh, doing it all,
which, you know, is not surprising

1646
01:04:15,780 --> 01:04:16,980
as long when he is healthy.

1647
01:04:17,250 --> 01:04:19,560
We, we've known this when
he is healthy, he's a beast.

1648
01:04:19,890 --> 01:04:23,700
Um, I thought it was funny when we
played the opening, uh, montage there

1649
01:04:23,700 --> 01:04:24,990
and they had the picture of Fineman.

1650
01:04:25,300 --> 01:04:28,410
Uh, 'cause Ryan Fineman is the court a
coach of Troy now, so we get to see him.

1651
01:04:28,410 --> 01:04:29,940
So it's nice to see a
couple of guys we know.

1652
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:31,560
Um, and with a good opponent.

1653
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:32,850
Yep.

1654
01:04:32,910 --> 01:04:36,030
Should be a, a good contest that can't
recommend enough just getting to Harvard

1655
01:04:36,030 --> 01:04:37,530
par for one of these games this weekend.

1656
01:04:37,860 --> 01:04:40,800
You don't have to go to two or three
if you want to, that's fantastic.

1657
01:04:41,130 --> 01:04:42,240
But just get out there to one.

1658
01:04:42,240 --> 01:04:43,260
Go support these guys.

1659
01:04:43,260 --> 01:04:46,770
You're gonna see some good pitching,
good matchup between two really

1660
01:04:46,770 --> 01:04:48,420
good baseball programs right now.

1661
01:04:48,810 --> 01:04:50,100
Uh, I am excited.

1662
01:04:50,100 --> 01:04:51,840
I'll go talk to Steven for a little bit.

1663
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:52,740
I won't boo him.

1664
01:04:53,475 --> 01:04:54,165
He went to Troy.

1665
01:04:54,165 --> 01:04:55,290
So I can't, no, I'm not gonna boo him.

1666
01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:55,690
He's great.

1667
01:04:55,710 --> 01:04:56,410
No, he's like,

1668
01:04:56,505 --> 01:04:59,055
I mean, he's, he's a guy we,
we got, I don't like to boo any

1669
01:04:59,055 --> 01:05:01,575
of the other team guys unless
they do something out of pocket.

1670
01:05:01,605 --> 01:05:03,375
'cause like in general,
they're just college kids.

1671
01:05:03,375 --> 01:05:06,105
I mean, I've seen enough guys that, with
other teams that ended up playing for

1672
01:05:06,105 --> 01:05:07,575
ODU, it's, there's no reason to do it.

1673
01:05:08,295 --> 01:05:09,585
Uh, some people love it.

1674
01:05:09,585 --> 01:05:10,125
That's not me.

1675
01:05:10,500 --> 01:05:12,660
Yeah, no, I'd just rather
just cheer for our guys.

1676
01:05:12,660 --> 01:05:12,990
But

1677
01:05:13,020 --> 01:05:13,230
yeah,

1678
01:05:13,290 --> 01:05:16,200
I won't necessarily be cheering for
him to do Well unless, you know.

1679
01:05:16,200 --> 01:05:16,290
No.

1680
01:05:16,290 --> 01:05:18,241
If the game's outta reach, you
know, he can do, he can do well.

1681
01:05:18,246 --> 01:05:20,370
Oh, if he goes over for the
weekend, I won't be sad about it.

1682
01:05:20,370 --> 01:05:21,870
You know, he can get all
his hits in another week.

1683
01:05:21,870 --> 01:05:22,890
He is hitting 360 2.

1684
01:05:22,890 --> 01:05:24,870
He can stand to go O
for 12, he'll be fine.

1685
01:05:25,350 --> 01:05:25,740
Yeah.

1686
01:05:25,740 --> 01:05:29,310
But if I could not see him do that amazing
bat flip he had against Coastal Carolina.

1687
01:05:29,310 --> 01:05:29,370
Yeah.

1688
01:05:29,370 --> 01:05:31,230
If you haven't seen it, you
need to go track that down.

1689
01:05:31,230 --> 01:05:34,590
'cause it got coastal
worked up to say the least.

1690
01:05:34,860 --> 01:05:37,710
Uh, but we all, we, we know
that Steve Meier, he hit some

1691
01:05:37,710 --> 01:05:39,030
clutch home runs for us, so

1692
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:39,540
he's great.

1693
01:05:39,540 --> 01:05:39,810
Yeah.

1694
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:40,860
Look, looking forward to seeing him.

1695
01:05:40,860 --> 01:05:42,030
Looking forward to seeing him play again.

1696
01:05:42,090 --> 01:05:43,470
Um, hope we sweep him.

1697
01:05:44,190 --> 01:05:45,930
Yes, that's the perfect way.

1698
01:05:45,930 --> 01:05:46,020
We'll.

1699
01:05:47,675 --> 01:05:49,115
Well, I think that'll do it for us today.

1700
01:05:49,115 --> 01:05:50,885
I'll appreciate all of
you are listening in.

1701
01:05:50,885 --> 01:05:52,835
Definitely tell your friends
if they're not listening.

1702
01:05:52,895 --> 01:05:55,655
Uh, I will see you at Harbor
Park Friday, Saturday.

1703
01:05:55,655 --> 01:05:55,805
Yes.

1704
01:05:55,865 --> 01:05:56,375
Go find

1705
01:05:56,375 --> 01:05:59,465
Gary and ask him a lot of
questions and talk to him about

1706
01:05:59,465 --> 01:06:00,905
all your thoughts and opinions.

1707
01:06:01,085 --> 01:06:02,435
I'll be busy taking pictures.

1708
01:06:02,555 --> 01:06:04,985
I'll get one of those deli like
take a number tickets and Yes.

1709
01:06:04,985 --> 01:06:06,485
And get to everybody on
the course of the weekend.

1710
01:06:06,540 --> 01:06:06,760
If

1711
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:07,745
you, if you find me.

1712
01:06:07,805 --> 01:06:10,235
Uh, I'll, I'll be sure to point
out wherever he is for you.

1713
01:06:10,475 --> 01:06:12,965
I appreciate your support with
that cb I'm gonna let them know

1714
01:06:12,965 --> 01:06:14,165
where to find all your pictures.

1715
01:06:14,525 --> 01:06:14,735
Uh,

1716
01:06:15,575 --> 01:06:18,065
this, this thing came down, the
one side came down about what?

1717
01:06:18,065 --> 01:06:20,165
39 minutes in the other
side came down about when?

1718
01:06:20,255 --> 01:06:21,125
When Zach joined.

1719
01:06:21,335 --> 01:06:25,895
Oh, I actually missed the other side,
but the first side fell down 38 56 if

1720
01:06:25,895 --> 01:06:27,035
you're keeping track at home, I think

1721
01:06:27,035 --> 01:06:27,875
right about when Zach.

1722
01:06:27,875 --> 01:06:31,715
So it's, it, I literally put it up
just for this, so we gotta get a more,

1723
01:06:31,775 --> 01:06:33,155
a better solution, but that's okay.

1724
01:06:33,335 --> 01:06:33,725
All right.

1725
01:06:33,755 --> 01:06:34,715
So I appreciate it.

1726
01:06:34,715 --> 01:06:37,055
I'm gonna go try to watch, uh, Jackson,
the Conwell over at Green Briar,

1727
01:06:37,055 --> 01:06:39,365
Christian, and uh, see some of our future.

1728
01:06:39,485 --> 01:06:39,965
We love it.

1729
01:06:40,295 --> 01:06:40,925
Awesome.

1730
01:06:40,925 --> 01:06:41,915
We'll see you all this weekend.

1731
01:06:41,915 --> 01:06:42,725
Go Monarchs.

1732
01:06:43,115 --> 01:06:44,195
Go Monarchs.