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Yeah.

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Hello Monarch fans.

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Welcome to the Hudson Homer
podcast after a series win for the

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Monarchs over Louisiana Monroe.

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It was a sweaty series win,
but a series win nonetheless.

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And, uh, we are joined,
um, joined by CB as always.

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But our special player
guest today is Alex Hunt.

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We figured since they won the
series afterwards, we had to

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put the player first again.

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But Alex, thanks for joining us, man.

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Awesome.

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Nice to be with you guys.

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Thanks for having me.

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Definitely.

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How was your experience
down in Monroe this weekend?

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Getting to throw in three different games.

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Uh, I think my face just said it.

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Hot, sweaty a lot.

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I bet that turf doesn't help.

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Oh, no, no.

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Uh, it's funny, it's like you
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ev all the pitchers warm up.

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Pregame.

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It's like throw everything, but you have
to shag BP for the hitters before that.

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Mm-hmm.

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You're done shagging.

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Oh, you're ready to throw,
you're you're full sweat, dude.

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You don't need to do anything else.

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Just pick up a ball and throw

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lathered up and ready to go.

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It's bad.

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Yeah.

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But little bit different
role for you this weekend.

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I, I don't think that anyone
anticipated seeing you make three

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appearances over the three games,
but you got the job done each time.

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Uh, what was that like for you getting
the call to kind of be that stopper

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to, to bridge to the later innings?

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I find it so fun, uh, to
be like completely honest.

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Like I, that's like a, you're coming
to a game where like, it's like.

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It's kinda like do or die, like you gotta
perform or you're going to, you are, the

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team is basically the team's on your back.

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And that type of situation
is like awesome to pitch in.

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No matter if it's the fifth
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whenever it is, one out two outs.

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I just am happy to be in a situation
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team, like do hopefully do well.

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Yeah.

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Well the team definitely
got it done this weekend.

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Uh, imagine was a little anxious
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some of those later innings.

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'cause I mean, we had three
really kind of tight games coming

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down to the final out there.

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I.

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Oh, oh, yeah.

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Uh, it was funny.

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I was sitting, I was standing next
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of the, uh, um, I'm sorry, I lied.

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I was standing next to Kellen.

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I was standing next to Kellen in
the ninth inning of the last game.

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And I go right before Bailey
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do another heart attack here.

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Well, we got one, but it was,
it all ended up being just fine.

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I still think there's a missed
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sort of cardio center as the official
sponsor because it doesn't matter what

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sport, like football does it to us.

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Basketball, field hockey, everybody,
even tennis, made it somewhat

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sweaty for their, uh, their, their
championship they got the other day.

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But man, yeah, that was, uh,
sweaty is a good way to put it.

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We were sweating along with you certainly.

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So, Alex, you, it, it essentially
your first year at ODU u uh, it's

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your, your fifth year of college.

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Fourth year playing.

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Uh, I, I, it was really interesting to me
'cause you have these kind of connections

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to ODU before you ever got here.

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Uh oh.

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So you, I I'll tell you what
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tell us about 'em a little bit?

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So funny.

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So my freshman year, I'm not gonna
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it was a long, long-winded story.

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Here's it short.

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Basically I got hurt my freshman
year, uh, so I didn't play.

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So however I was recruited
that to like be a freshman.

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I, I at Iona by Paul Panik, that's
the, that's where we start, right?

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So he was my head coach at
Iona for my first year at Iona.

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Uh, and then he ended up leaving.

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So fast forward to my sophomore
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like first year actually playing.

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The first outing I had out back
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right in, in a game.

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There was also the first appearance
in college for Blake Morgan.

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I dunno if you knew that.

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Did not know that.

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And it was also my, uh, high
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playing third base for you guys.

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Kenny LaVar.

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Kenny

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was your high school.

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You guys won a state championship
right at uh, correct.

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At St. Augustine.

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And who was your pitching
coach at St. Augustine?

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Mike Nay, who also was an alum.

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ODU alum.

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Mike Nay.

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And you did, you just missed, uh, because
of Covid getting to play with, uh, your

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current teammate came, uh, Marco Levari,
who had been a freshman your senior year,

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correct?

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Yes.

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We lost that senior year.

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That team would've been so good.

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I'm not gonna, would've.

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People who don't know, like saying
Alex, because we got, I mean now that's

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up to three I can think of recently.

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And then there's another kid
coming in a couple years.

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Yeah, we're, we're definitely taking
that jersey pipeline straight from it.

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You guys produce some
talent outta that school?

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Certainly.

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I mean, there's just a culture of
winning there that's like unlike anywhere

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else in I've ever been a part of.

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Yeah, that's, that is pretty awesome.

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Um, I, I think that was the same weekend
as a couple other guys on the team, right?

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Like they, they played
the Friday, what was it?

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Kyle Edwards and

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Kyle Edwards and Luke Waters.

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Because I was, I was looking back 'cause
I knew that Alex had made his debut and

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I wasn't sure which day And, uh, and
Alex, Alex, you gave up one run and one

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inning in your, in your college debut.

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Uh, but in respective that whole game
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'cause you guys, uh,

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that was a rough one.

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I think it was a, it was, it was a
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It was, that was a 19 to one loss.

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And I think we, we beat y'all
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First game, you GII heard
Finney ripped into the fellas.

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'cause we almost took game game one.

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I I about to go back.

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Check that out.

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I think, I feel like you might be right.

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it was like a four, three or four
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And I heard, I went out to dinner with
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got ripped game one after it, and then
they came out the next two days and Right.

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Did what they were supposed to,
but oh yeah, that was a rough

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start to a, uh, rough year.

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That was a, yeah.

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Historical run that we
made not to talk bad about.

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I loved it there, but, um, it
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and we all got closer for it.

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Owen 29 isn't necessarily the
greatest start to a baseball season.

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Yeah, I've been, uh, you know, right here
in Norfolk, we got Norfolk State who,

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you know, always root for those guys.

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They're like, they're good people.

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And, uh, especially the pitching coach.

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Brett Mays just an awesome guy
and they're having a rough year.

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They're, I think they just won
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They're like two and 31.

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So yeah, it's, it happens sometimes, man.

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It's, it's, it's not like, Hey
odu, we're not having the most

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amazing year either, right?

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Correct.

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Definitely took a good step forward over
the weekend, kind of gutting out those two

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wins because if you looked at what else
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played into our favor pretty well.

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Uh, you, I don't know if you've looked
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JMU not, not a huge shocker there.

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Southern Miss goes to App State sweeps
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Arkansas State sweeps, Georgia State, uh,
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And we've got a, a pathway now to that
top six seat, which is pretty crazy.

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I know, I'm, I follow just
as much as you guys do.

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I, my goal, like literally like when
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to my fifth year, I just wanted
to make the conference playoffs.

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I have never been to a conference,
play conference playoffs, so I've

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been following it every single
day and I am, couldn't be happier

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with how we are sitting right now.

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Yeah, that's great.

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Um, well of course you have now Red Hot
Marshall team that's won five straight

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and just got a, a series sweep coming,
coming into town to War Memorial.

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But at least that one is
quote unquote at home for us.

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I'll take that.

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We play well at War Memorial.

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That's

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all I

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say.

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I I, I was, I was saying last week,
I feel like it's, it's more our

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vibe, you know, the Harbor Park is
really nice, but more memorials.

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It feels like us.

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Absolutely.

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I mean, the keg in the bullpen does it for
me, so I dunno if you've seen that yet.

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I hadn't seen that.

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I'll gotta check that out this weekend.

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That's funny.

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They have a painted gold keg out there.

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That's great.

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That's really good.

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Um, so Alex, so you
graduated from my own right.

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So what, what was your degree in?

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So I had a, uh, undergrad in finance.

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So I have mm-hmm.

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A Bachelor's of Finance and I
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halfway through my MBA here.

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Okay.

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NBA.

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So you're gonna make like a ton, a
ton of money and never talk to like

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simple folks like me ever again.

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I hope I'm paying a whole
lot of money for it.

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I know that

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Well, as, as any business person knows,
you gotta spend money to make money.

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I, I so far, I mean, the first
half of that, I've just spent

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money and then eventually,

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apparently it all comes around.

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That's what I've heard.

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That's what, that's what they say for you.

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Probably

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not me.

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We'll see.

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I I'm still waiting.

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There you go.

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So what, I mean, I'm sure you're getting
asked this a thousand times, but, uh,

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what are your plans for after the season?

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Are you coming back for another
semester to finish the MBA?

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How is that all working?

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I still ask myself
those questions as well.

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Um, I will say this, I will
definitely not be back in Virginia for

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finishing my MBA, uh, if I am plan.

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The plan is to finish it.

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So says my parents, but

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I was just

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say mom.

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Say I, I know that they listen
because I met them uh, before I think

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the Troy series down in Norfolk.

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So that, just ignore what you heard.

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Don't worry.

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They are big fans and this is going to
be a surprise to them that I'm on here.

249
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I have not told them intentionally.

250
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Oh, that's fun.

251
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Yes.

252
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That'd

253
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be nice.

254
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Yeah.

255
00:10:09,930 --> 00:10:13,605
So we will see to answer, to finish
that question, but I am planning on

256
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finishing it back home in New Jersey.

257
00:10:16,454 --> 00:10:16,694
Sure.

258
00:10:16,905 --> 00:10:17,295
Gotcha.

259
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That, that the motherland.

260
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We gotcha.

261
00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:19,485
Yeah, and

262
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I'm probably gonna, and, and to be
completely honest, I'm probably gonna

263
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like slow it down a little bit and
just 'cause cost will go up obviously,

264
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uh, without any baseball scholarship.

265
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And I obviously am not from Virginia,
so it's very expensive to go here.

266
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So I'll probably stagger
it over two years.

267
00:10:34,964 --> 00:10:35,324
Very good.

268
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While getting a job, hopefully

269
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hire him now.

270
00:10:41,190 --> 00:10:41,550
Oh yeah.

271
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There we go.

272
00:10:42,780 --> 00:10:43,590
Oh, that's awesome.

273
00:10:43,590 --> 00:10:45,780
Well, so, oh, go ahead, CB.

274
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Oh, you go ahead Gary.

275
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You got it.

276
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I'm sure you have.

277
00:10:48,115 --> 00:10:48,750
Well, I was, I was gonna

278
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ask a really hard hitting
question of like, yeah.

279
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Is it just univer universally known
throughout the team that you have

280
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the best mustache or was there
like some fight to get to that?

281
00:10:58,020 --> 00:11:01,950
So there, so I, it depends who you ask.

282
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I think people, I think at
this rate, people are thinking

283
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that it's a little overgrown.

284
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So

285
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I, I get some comments on being overgrown.

286
00:11:10,890 --> 00:11:13,350
Connor Schumann also has a great mustache.

287
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His is well kept.

288
00:11:15,990 --> 00:11:17,370
So there's a tight battle.

289
00:11:17,370 --> 00:11:20,010
I don't know, I can get the
curls when I have the wax.

290
00:11:20,010 --> 00:11:20,820
So that's kind, I was, I was

291
00:11:20,820 --> 00:11:23,190
just gonna say, I feel like yours
gets a little more, you got a

292
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little more, um, you know, vibrant,
lower fingers a little more.

293
00:11:27,435 --> 00:11:28,045
Yeah, yeah.

294
00:11:28,345 --> 00:11:29,165
You know, also

295
00:11:29,205 --> 00:11:31,260
a little more like rolly
fingers action, you know?

296
00:11:31,275 --> 00:11:32,550
Yeah, yeah.

297
00:11:32,730 --> 00:11:36,360
You also, you, you make like a face
when you pitch that like, almost

298
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like accentuates the mustache.

299
00:11:38,970 --> 00:11:42,120
Uh, you have like, it's like a, it's
like the, the like the emoji with

300
00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,630
like the straight line face and it
just, the mustache go like dead.

301
00:11:45,630 --> 00:11:49,110
So it, the way you throw for me
through the camera, I'm like, oh,

302
00:11:49,110 --> 00:11:50,670
the mustache is, is rocking tonight.

303
00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:51,180
We're rolling.

304
00:11:52,650 --> 00:11:52,920
Yeah.

305
00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,530
I mean, it's taken on it mind of its own.

306
00:11:55,530 --> 00:11:58,140
I really wanna shave it, but
I guess I can at this rate.

307
00:11:58,140 --> 00:11:58,350
So

308
00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:02,070
you gotta let it keep going so you can
get like the full circle all the way.

309
00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:03,960
Yeah, you gotta get the full circle.

310
00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,580
So that way it's like
the distraction up there.

311
00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:06,930
It was funny.

312
00:12:06,930 --> 00:12:09,450
I was like, I should've
just kept this part too.

313
00:12:09,870 --> 00:12:10,140
Yeah.

314
00:12:10,140 --> 00:12:11,280
Just had to go all the way down.

315
00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:11,940
That wouldn't pretty dope.

316
00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:12,330
But.

317
00:12:12,885 --> 00:12:13,095
Anyway,

318
00:12:14,175 --> 00:12:16,635
that's something we can do as we get
ready for the, uh, the tournament.

319
00:12:16,875 --> 00:12:18,495
You can just let it all go.

320
00:12:18,495 --> 00:12:20,865
'cause I know for a while all the guys
were growing mustaches and they shaved

321
00:12:20,865 --> 00:12:22,005
them after, I think Georgia State.

322
00:12:22,010 --> 00:12:22,200
Yeah.

323
00:12:23,085 --> 00:12:23,565
Yeah.

324
00:12:23,565 --> 00:12:24,855
But, and their heads too.

325
00:12:24,855 --> 00:12:25,845
I don't know why people do that.

326
00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:26,865
It's kind of strange to me.

327
00:12:26,985 --> 00:12:28,185
But they, like

328
00:12:28,275 --> 00:12:30,585
baseball players are just extremely weird.

329
00:12:30,585 --> 00:12:33,675
I think that's the one thing you
probably know that from still being

330
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one and around them, that they're
just, y'all are deeply odd and you

331
00:12:37,215 --> 00:12:40,605
get around each other and someone has
a bad idea and it just keeps going.

332
00:12:41,295 --> 00:12:42,525
Ex exactly.

333
00:12:42,525 --> 00:12:45,195
Like my last, uh, when my
last school, same thing.

334
00:12:45,195 --> 00:12:46,935
Kids were like, oh, we're
all gonna shave our heads.

335
00:12:46,935 --> 00:12:46,995
We,

336
00:12:47,655 --> 00:12:48,045
why?

337
00:12:50,985 --> 00:12:55,065
I, I worked at Randolph Macon College
when I first graduated from ODU

338
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and I was working in the athletic
department and doing a lot with like the

339
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baseball team and sports information.

340
00:12:59,355 --> 00:13:01,635
And the baseball team went to
their conference tournament.

341
00:13:01,965 --> 00:13:05,325
They didn't tell anybody, but they
actually shaved a full horseshoe

342
00:13:05,325 --> 00:13:07,035
receding hairline into their heads.

343
00:13:07,665 --> 00:13:10,605
So when, so when you wear your
hat, it looks normal, right?

344
00:13:10,605 --> 00:13:12,825
Like the sides look normal,
the back and all of that.

345
00:13:12,975 --> 00:13:15,165
Then they go out there for the
national anthem, and then after the

346
00:13:15,165 --> 00:13:17,895
national anthem, they all tip their
cap and you see nothing but domes

347
00:13:17,895 --> 00:13:19,695
staring back at the, in the stands.

348
00:13:19,695 --> 00:13:22,005
It was one of the greatest things
I've ever seen from a baseball team.

349
00:13:23,085 --> 00:13:24,345
That is commitment.

350
00:13:24,435 --> 00:13:25,185
I'll put it that way.

351
00:13:25,545 --> 00:13:25,995
Yes.

352
00:13:25,995 --> 00:13:28,425
Yeah, because they had to go home with
that at some point a couple days later.

353
00:13:28,710 --> 00:13:28,990
Yeah.

354
00:13:30,885 --> 00:13:31,035
That's

355
00:13:31,035 --> 00:13:31,485
crazy.

356
00:13:31,485 --> 00:13:31,545
Um,

357
00:13:31,965 --> 00:13:35,505
there's something severely wrong with
them, but that's, I hope they had fun.

358
00:13:36,285 --> 00:13:37,425
They, they had a blast.

359
00:13:37,425 --> 00:13:38,115
I'll say that.

360
00:13:38,205 --> 00:13:40,575
I was hoping they'd win the
whole thing, so that way that

361
00:13:40,575 --> 00:13:42,075
is the championship photo.

362
00:13:42,075 --> 00:13:45,135
That's like in the trophy case, but,
uh, didn't, didn't make it that year.

363
00:13:45,135 --> 00:13:45,405
Got it.

364
00:13:45,405 --> 00:13:45,735
The next year though.

365
00:13:46,935 --> 00:13:47,535
That's funny.

366
00:13:48,945 --> 00:13:50,715
Uh, so Alex who are you
living with this year?

367
00:13:51,195 --> 00:13:54,015
So I'm with Hunter
Baines and Dylan Tostrup.

368
00:13:54,945 --> 00:13:55,305
Okay.

369
00:13:55,305 --> 00:13:56,475
That's a pretty solid house.

370
00:13:56,475 --> 00:13:58,335
That's a, that's a nice
group of people right there.

371
00:13:58,395 --> 00:13:58,575
Yeah.

372
00:13:58,575 --> 00:13:59,625
Not too bad at all.

373
00:14:00,075 --> 00:14:00,465
Yeah, we're,

374
00:14:01,185 --> 00:14:05,085
I would, I would, I think we are,
uh, one of the cleanest houses.

375
00:14:05,819 --> 00:14:06,420
Of them all.

376
00:14:06,420 --> 00:14:06,480
Hmm.

377
00:14:06,839 --> 00:14:09,390
So I'm very happy with that,
especially being, I believe that

378
00:14:09,569 --> 00:14:10,890
I'm a little over the grimy.

379
00:14:12,204 --> 00:14:12,495
Yeah.

380
00:14:12,645 --> 00:14:15,900
Because, yeah, because Dylan's the
one, his like fourth year and then

381
00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:19,319
Hunter's, Hunter's second year, but
he's a pretty mature kid, so, so yeah.

382
00:14:19,319 --> 00:14:19,770
That makes sense.

383
00:14:19,770 --> 00:14:20,189
Yeah, he's,

384
00:14:20,339 --> 00:14:21,480
it's, he's like ridiculous.

385
00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:21,900
It was funny.

386
00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:24,390
I was like, did not think he was
a sophomore when I first met him.

387
00:14:24,420 --> 00:14:24,750
I was like,

388
00:14:26,430 --> 00:14:26,760
yeah.

389
00:14:26,939 --> 00:14:29,219
I, he, he's one of those guys
I talk to pretty regularly.

390
00:14:29,219 --> 00:14:30,030
I, yes, hunter's.

391
00:14:30,030 --> 00:14:30,810
Hunter's a good kid.

392
00:14:31,199 --> 00:14:35,100
Um, so, so three of you guys, y'all
all came from different places.

393
00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,560
You're all brand new to the team this
year, so you had to like, I'm sure,

394
00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,150
just kind of get to know each other.

395
00:14:39,150 --> 00:14:39,689
How's that been?

396
00:14:39,689 --> 00:14:42,000
Have you had, like, does you feel
like, are you guys besties now?

397
00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,280
Are you braiding each other's
hairs or, or mustache?

398
00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:45,540
Yeah.

399
00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:45,810
I think,

400
00:14:46,170 --> 00:14:47,490
uh, Dylan gets this side.

401
00:14:47,490 --> 00:14:48,329
Hunter gets this side.

402
00:14:48,334 --> 00:14:48,495
Yeah.

403
00:14:48,675 --> 00:14:51,055
Um, yeah.

404
00:14:52,890 --> 00:14:54,000
But yeah, no, it's cool.

405
00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,230
We, we get along very well and
it's, it ended up being a great

406
00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,699
fit, so I couldn't be happier.

407
00:14:59,745 --> 00:14:59,865
Awesome.

408
00:15:01,185 --> 00:15:02,385
That's, that is great to hear.

409
00:15:02,385 --> 00:15:04,965
Well, one question we've been
asking everyone that comes on and

410
00:15:04,965 --> 00:15:07,245
we haven't had a picture on in a
little while, so it's a little bit

411
00:15:07,245 --> 00:15:09,050
different question, but, uh, come on.

412
00:15:09,105 --> 00:15:11,835
You know, MLB the show has, yeah, yeah.

413
00:15:11,835 --> 00:15:16,335
We, I was mentioning it last week, but
uh, you know, had to, had to pivot there

414
00:15:16,335 --> 00:15:19,425
at the last second with, I think Bailey
had classes or something like that.

415
00:15:19,905 --> 00:15:23,895
Um, but with, with, uh, you know, the
college baseball limit being an MLB,

416
00:15:23,895 --> 00:15:26,415
the show, we had the college football
game back, we're asking all the guys,

417
00:15:26,415 --> 00:15:31,635
like, what would your video game rating
be overall, and like, what category

418
00:15:31,635 --> 00:15:33,225
would you have the highest rating in?

419
00:15:33,225 --> 00:15:37,935
So like, control break,
velocity, something like that.

420
00:15:37,935 --> 00:15:38,805
And then what was your overall

421
00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:39,435
mustache?

422
00:15:39,495 --> 00:15:39,975
99

423
00:15:39,975 --> 00:15:40,395
Mustache.

424
00:15:40,425 --> 00:15:41,265
99 mustache.

425
00:15:41,265 --> 00:15:41,685
No doubt.

426
00:15:41,990 --> 00:15:44,720
Uh, nine, nine walk.

427
00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:49,100
Geez.

428
00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:51,560
No, I'm kidding.

429
00:15:54,260 --> 00:15:54,950
I don't know.

430
00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:56,720
Uh, I see this funny.

431
00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,600
I don't even play any of these games,
which is a, so this is a terrible question

432
00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,790
for me, but I'm gonna go with, if I,
if it's a college baseball game, I'm

433
00:16:04,790 --> 00:16:09,230
gonna say, uh, relief pitcher at 81.

434
00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:10,520
All right.

435
00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:10,730
Guess fair.

436
00:16:10,730 --> 00:16:11,480
See, he's right.

437
00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,170
That range of like, yeah, there's,
we get that from the guys who have

438
00:16:15,170 --> 00:16:17,480
like, that, like internal humility.

439
00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,800
We get a lot of like that 82 to 85
range of guys who are like, Hey,

440
00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,920
an 81 reliever can be a really
good, good for you in a game.

441
00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,240
Sure, why not?

442
00:16:26,330 --> 00:16:26,570
Yeah.

443
00:16:26,755 --> 00:16:27,095
Oh yeah.

444
00:16:27,170 --> 00:16:27,650
I love this

445
00:16:27,650 --> 00:16:29,930
though, that like, you, you have
embodied the mustache 'cause

446
00:16:29,930 --> 00:16:32,450
you, there's a very much like an
old man get off my couch vibe.

447
00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:34,730
Like, you're like, I
don't want a dirty house.

448
00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,680
I'm not playing these video games.

449
00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:39,980
You can't stay, stop
throwing water on my laptop.

450
00:16:40,485 --> 00:16:40,575
Well,

451
00:16:43,845 --> 00:16:47,175
sometimes I do feel like an old man, and
they do call me an old man sometimes.

452
00:16:47,175 --> 00:16:47,445
So,

453
00:16:48,705 --> 00:16:51,045
uh, I feel like that's a
necessary part of the team though.

454
00:16:51,045 --> 00:16:54,285
You've gotta have the, the grizzled vet
that'll tell you to shut up occasionally.

455
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:55,290
Yeah.

456
00:16:55,635 --> 00:16:56,175
Yeah.

457
00:16:56,175 --> 00:16:59,565
Sometimes, you know, sometimes
they deserve it, I guess Sometimes

458
00:16:59,565 --> 00:17:01,575
they don't, but it happens.

459
00:17:02,085 --> 00:17:02,445
Yeah.

460
00:17:03,135 --> 00:17:05,805
Most, I would say most of the
time they deserve it, but yeah.

461
00:17:06,825 --> 00:17:07,065
Yeah.

462
00:17:07,815 --> 00:17:07,995
Awesome.

463
00:17:07,995 --> 00:17:10,845
Well, I, I know we talked about your
hat a little bit beforehand, but would

464
00:17:10,845 --> 00:17:14,925
love to hear more about, about that and,
and kind of what they've done for you

465
00:17:14,925 --> 00:17:16,755
throughout your, uh, your pitching career.

466
00:17:17,235 --> 00:17:17,625
Yeah.

467
00:17:17,685 --> 00:17:20,295
Uh, so the hat is Baseball
Performance Center.

468
00:17:20,355 --> 00:17:23,925
Uh, they're in new, a little, like
a little small place in New Jersey.

469
00:17:24,015 --> 00:17:27,255
Uh, they train a bunch of athletes
now, but I, when I first went

470
00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:28,545
there, it was probably a handful.

471
00:17:28,995 --> 00:17:33,675
Um, they've actually done everything
for me in my baseball career, so I've

472
00:17:33,675 --> 00:17:36,345
been training with them since I was
probably a sophomore in high school.

473
00:17:36,945 --> 00:17:39,315
Uh, we have a couple kids on
the team that go there now and.

474
00:17:39,689 --> 00:17:46,139
I just, if whoever's listening to
this and you are younger and you don't

475
00:17:46,409 --> 00:17:50,490
really, if you need to like improve
your baseball career, go there.

476
00:17:50,550 --> 00:17:51,689
I'm telling you right now.

477
00:17:51,719 --> 00:17:52,139
Go there.

478
00:17:52,139 --> 00:17:53,850
They set me up perfectly.

479
00:17:54,209 --> 00:17:57,659
The, the reason I'm here, uh, the,
the reason I'm the pitch I am today,

480
00:17:58,199 --> 00:18:01,139
granted, I put in the work, you
have to put in the work, but they

481
00:18:01,139 --> 00:18:02,250
give you the guidance you need.

482
00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:05,219
And I'm like doing an
advertisement for them.

483
00:18:05,219 --> 00:18:09,330
I feel like even though I don't need
to, but I mean, uh, I couldn't be

484
00:18:09,330 --> 00:18:13,199
happier and I couldn't be more thankful
for the guys there, especially Mike.

485
00:18:13,709 --> 00:18:14,159
Great dude.

486
00:18:15,419 --> 00:18:18,585
I mean, I think we just need to like
endow a membership there for our New

487
00:18:18,585 --> 00:18:21,149
Jersey pipeline just to make sure
they're all going through that on their

488
00:18:21,149 --> 00:18:23,340
way down to eventually getting to ODU.

489
00:18:23,340 --> 00:18:26,010
It seemed like yours was like
destiny that did land here.

490
00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:26,399
Yeah.

491
00:18:26,429 --> 00:18:26,639
Yeah.

492
00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:29,070
It, it, it felt like that
when I committed here too.

493
00:18:29,129 --> 00:18:29,850
It was so funny.

494
00:18:31,095 --> 00:18:31,455
Yeah,

495
00:18:31,545 --> 00:18:31,785
that's awesome.

496
00:18:31,815 --> 00:18:35,475
I don't, I don't know much about Ionas
campus, but is like a huge difference.

497
00:18:35,475 --> 00:18:38,265
I mean, obviously climate's a little
bit different, but is there a huge

498
00:18:38,265 --> 00:18:41,625
difference between like the way their
campus is laid out and like ODU being

499
00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:43,275
somewhat in the city for Norfolk?

500
00:18:44,445 --> 00:18:45,555
Can I be honest with you?

501
00:18:45,705 --> 00:18:46,575
Um, a hundred percent.

502
00:18:46,815 --> 00:18:49,245
I think I've walked through
the campus here once,

503
00:18:52,575 --> 00:18:53,775
not a great endorsement here.

504
00:18:53,775 --> 00:18:55,245
I, all my classes are online.

505
00:18:55,245 --> 00:19:00,465
I'm in the MBA program, so I don't
really go to class classes on campus,

506
00:19:00,885 --> 00:19:06,315
but I'll put it this way, uh, Iona
had about, I don't know, 5,000,

507
00:19:06,315 --> 00:19:07,725
6,000 students, something like that.

508
00:19:07,725 --> 00:19:09,885
This is probably double,
triple, I don't even know.

509
00:19:10,305 --> 00:19:15,015
Uh, the campus we had there was
in New York, so everything's more

510
00:19:15,015 --> 00:19:18,975
condensed and you could probably
walk through it within 10 minutes.

511
00:19:19,035 --> 00:19:20,475
Not even maybe eight.

512
00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:23,625
Definitely half the size.

513
00:19:23,625 --> 00:19:24,225
I would probably say.

514
00:19:24,765 --> 00:19:25,035
Yeah.

515
00:19:25,725 --> 00:19:26,055
Wow.

516
00:19:26,115 --> 00:19:28,605
And I think OD kind of is a smaller,
but you also have no concept

517
00:19:28,605 --> 00:19:29,625
'cause you haven't walked around.

518
00:19:30,285 --> 00:19:32,025
Yeah, could exactly.

519
00:19:32,145 --> 00:19:32,505
Yes.

520
00:19:34,095 --> 00:19:34,485
I'll put it this way.

521
00:19:34,485 --> 00:19:37,335
We didn't have a football stadium,
we also didn't have a baseball field.

522
00:19:38,475 --> 00:19:38,955
Oh wow.

523
00:19:39,465 --> 00:19:39,735
No.

524
00:19:39,735 --> 00:19:39,885
What'd

525
00:19:39,885 --> 00:19:40,425
y'all play?

526
00:19:40,905 --> 00:19:41,565
A city park.

527
00:19:41,745 --> 00:19:42,585
It was pretty cool though.

528
00:19:43,155 --> 00:19:45,105
So you just go, you just liked
going from school to school

529
00:19:45,105 --> 00:19:46,005
that doesn't have a field.

530
00:19:46,605 --> 00:19:46,815
Yeah.

531
00:19:46,815 --> 00:19:47,175
No, no.

532
00:19:47,175 --> 00:19:47,745
I'm used to this.

533
00:19:47,745 --> 00:19:47,895
Yeah.

534
00:19:47,895 --> 00:19:48,765
This is, this

535
00:19:48,790 --> 00:19:50,085
is, this is nothing for you.

536
00:19:50,085 --> 00:19:52,605
This is, they just like, yeah,
we don't have a, yeah, fine.

537
00:19:53,175 --> 00:19:58,065
But we get here and like in the
fall and like Finney's like saying

538
00:19:58,065 --> 00:19:59,355
how hard of a season's gonna be.

539
00:19:59,355 --> 00:20:01,755
Like, we're only gonna have,
I think what, six home games?

540
00:20:02,355 --> 00:20:02,475
Yeah.

541
00:20:02,475 --> 00:20:02,745
It's like.

542
00:20:03,225 --> 00:20:04,844
I've only ever had six home series.

543
00:20:05,594 --> 00:20:05,895
What do you mean?

544
00:20:07,635 --> 00:20:09,225
And you can even, I don't
even know if they're home.

545
00:20:09,225 --> 00:20:11,625
They're like, just like
15 minutes down the road.

546
00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:12,195
Yeah.

547
00:20:13,034 --> 00:20:14,114
It's not like they're on campus.

548
00:20:15,705 --> 00:20:15,824
Yeah.

549
00:20:15,824 --> 00:20:16,514
That's hilarious.

550
00:20:16,844 --> 00:20:16,935
I

551
00:20:16,935 --> 00:20:20,084
think, I can't remember if it was
George Washington or Georgetown had the

552
00:20:20,084 --> 00:20:21,854
same setup until a couple years ago.

553
00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:25,125
They were literally playing at a city
park, uh, for their home baseball game.

554
00:20:25,125 --> 00:20:25,185
Wow.

555
00:20:25,245 --> 00:20:25,814
It was wild.

556
00:20:26,685 --> 00:20:27,645
Ours was great though.

557
00:20:27,645 --> 00:20:31,364
We had a, our batter's eye, sorry
it was terrible for the hitters,

558
00:20:31,364 --> 00:20:34,514
but our batter's eye was a huge
white public storage building.

559
00:20:36,614 --> 00:20:37,425
It was awesome.

560
00:20:37,965 --> 00:20:38,564
That's great.

561
00:20:39,524 --> 00:20:42,459
Oh, guys, in your lineup must,
must've been just brutal on like

562
00:20:42,465 --> 00:20:44,895
a bright, sunny day when the
sun's reflecting off that thing.

563
00:20:44,955 --> 00:20:45,314
Oh,

564
00:20:45,405 --> 00:20:46,334
I don't even know how they did it.

565
00:20:46,340 --> 00:20:48,945
I, I, I don't know how hitters do
what they do to begin with and then

566
00:20:49,334 --> 00:20:51,435
add that in there and beyond me.

567
00:20:52,514 --> 00:20:52,754
Hmm.

568
00:20:53,864 --> 00:20:55,215
Well that is, that is wild.

569
00:20:55,215 --> 00:20:55,574
That's crazy.

570
00:20:55,815 --> 00:20:57,795
Oh, well.

571
00:20:57,795 --> 00:20:58,455
Awesome, Alex.

572
00:20:58,455 --> 00:20:59,925
Well, we appreciate you joining us.

573
00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,815
I dunno, CB do you have any
other, uh, questions for Alex?

574
00:21:01,815 --> 00:21:02,025
No, I

575
00:21:02,025 --> 00:21:03,885
was just say Alex, man,
you're you're awesome, dude.

576
00:21:03,885 --> 00:21:05,115
I'm glad we could have you come on.

577
00:21:05,115 --> 00:21:07,965
I, I really enjoyed you, uh,
being around the team this year.

578
00:21:07,965 --> 00:21:10,155
I, I, I love having an
old man on the team.

579
00:21:10,155 --> 00:21:11,025
It's, it's, it's fun.

580
00:21:11,025 --> 00:21:12,885
It's good to have, uh,
it's, it's necessary.

581
00:21:12,945 --> 00:21:14,595
It, and, uh, you're great man.

582
00:21:14,595 --> 00:21:16,335
We appreciate you being
a monarch this last year.

583
00:21:16,875 --> 00:21:17,205
Awesome.

584
00:21:17,205 --> 00:21:19,995
I couldn't, I couldn't be happier to be
here and thank you guys for having me on.

585
00:21:20,055 --> 00:21:21,825
Um, and mom and dad.

586
00:21:21,975 --> 00:21:22,305
Hi.

587
00:21:22,575 --> 00:21:23,415
I know you're gonna see this, so

588
00:21:24,915 --> 00:21:26,085
gotta give the parents a shout out.

589
00:21:26,355 --> 00:21:27,075
Awesome Alex.

590
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,425
We'll, we'll let you go.

591
00:21:28,425 --> 00:21:32,685
Uh, but yeah, great, great work
this weekend and good luck.

592
00:21:32,685 --> 00:21:32,745
Yeah.

593
00:21:32,805 --> 00:21:35,115
Uh, at War Memorial this
weekend against Marshall.

594
00:21:35,865 --> 00:21:36,105
Yep.

595
00:21:36,105 --> 00:21:36,885
Thank you guys.

596
00:21:36,885 --> 00:21:37,785
Hope to you guys there too.

597
00:21:38,595 --> 00:21:39,105
We'll be there, man.

598
00:21:39,135 --> 00:21:39,765
We'll be there.

599
00:21:40,185 --> 00:21:40,755
Awesome

600
00:21:41,115 --> 00:21:41,535
Alex.

601
00:21:41,685 --> 00:21:41,985
Cool.

602
00:21:41,985 --> 00:21:42,555
Appreciate you man.

603
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:43,305
Alright.

604
00:21:43,545 --> 00:21:44,115
See you guys

605
00:21:44,745 --> 00:21:44,865
all.

606
00:21:45,405 --> 00:21:47,625
We're gonna take a quick break
and when we get back Love it.

607
00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:49,385
We will have Coach Finwood.

608
00:21:49,755 --> 00:21:53,085
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609
00:21:53,085 --> 00:21:54,495
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610
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611
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612
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613
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614
00:22:10,815 --> 00:22:14,385
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615
00:22:14,685 --> 00:22:16,575
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616
00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:19,709
All right.

617
00:22:19,709 --> 00:22:22,090
Well, we're actually running a
few minutes early, so Coach Finny

618
00:22:22,110 --> 00:22:25,919
will be hopping on here probably
about five, six minutes or so, but

619
00:22:25,919 --> 00:22:26,760
Sure.

620
00:22:26,939 --> 00:22:28,230
Alex is cracking me up, man.

621
00:22:29,129 --> 00:22:33,120
It's funny, I, I know they called
him old man a lot and dad and grandpa

622
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,959
some, I didn't really realize how it
permeated his entirely personality.

623
00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:37,980
That was, that's pretty great.

624
00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:39,000
Yes.

625
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,659
Well, for an old man slash
grandpa, I believe he is the first

626
00:22:42,659 --> 00:22:45,840
pitcher this year to throw in all
three games of a weekend series.

627
00:22:46,470 --> 00:22:48,899
I, hopefully the last, to
be honest, but he did great.

628
00:22:48,990 --> 00:22:53,730
He, uh, he, yeah, all three, I think I
counted he had five inherited runners

629
00:22:53,730 --> 00:22:55,860
and, uh, four of 'em left stranded.

630
00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:57,449
Uh, so that's pretty great.

631
00:22:57,570 --> 00:22:59,520
I, that's one of those stats that I
think I've said this on here before,

632
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,980
I really wish we would normalize and.

633
00:23:02,025 --> 00:23:07,395
And have a lot more data about what's
a good number, you know, is like, to

634
00:23:07,395 --> 00:23:11,295
me, allowing one of five inherited
runners to score sounds pretty good,

635
00:23:11,295 --> 00:23:15,345
but I have no idea if, like, honestly,
allowing three outta five might be good.

636
00:23:15,345 --> 00:23:15,765
I don't know.

637
00:23:15,765 --> 00:23:17,595
I, I really don't know
what the numbers are.

638
00:23:17,595 --> 00:23:20,085
I, I, I wish that we could
find some more data on that.

639
00:23:20,085 --> 00:23:21,255
I, it's, it's out there.

640
00:23:21,345 --> 00:23:22,095
Maybe somebody has it.

641
00:23:22,095 --> 00:23:22,965
I gotta dig deeper.

642
00:23:23,415 --> 00:23:25,095
Um, 'cause that's an important thing.

643
00:23:25,095 --> 00:23:27,345
I mean, that's as important as anything
with believers is can you come in?

644
00:23:27,645 --> 00:23:30,225
How many times this year have we had
like, where guys come up with guys

645
00:23:30,225 --> 00:23:31,605
on base and it just trickles away?

646
00:23:31,605 --> 00:23:32,775
Trickles away, trickles away.

647
00:23:32,775 --> 00:23:33,495
It's like, ah, man.

648
00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:36,300
That's, that's the difference between
being good and not being a good reliever.

649
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:37,530
Yeah.

650
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,080
And I, I don't know what
our numbers would be like.

651
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,330
I'm sure we could probably go back
and manually calculate it if we

652
00:23:42,330 --> 00:23:43,770
had all the free time in the world.

653
00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:45,570
I know it's probably not been good

654
00:23:45,629 --> 00:23:46,980
for us so far this year.

655
00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:47,129
Yeah.

656
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:48,270
Uh, so see, but I also

657
00:23:48,270 --> 00:23:50,100
don't know if it's any
worse than anybody else.

658
00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,180
That's, I really don't know.

659
00:23:51,455 --> 00:23:54,930
It fee, it's one of those things like,
it feels like it's so bad because it's

660
00:23:54,930 --> 00:23:57,840
you, but then it's like, well, how
many other times have we had guys on

661
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,150
the base reliever comes in and we hit
like a three run double or something?

662
00:24:00,150 --> 00:24:00,330
You know?

663
00:24:00,330 --> 00:24:01,440
It's, it's, yeah.

664
00:24:01,445 --> 00:24:03,600
You, you, you really, you
always wanna believe it's bad,

665
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:04,500
but it's like, is it that?

666
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:05,100
Who knows?

667
00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:05,879
Yeah.

668
00:24:05,940 --> 00:24:08,970
Maybe someone who out there who's
listening that, uh, is better with

669
00:24:08,970 --> 00:24:10,590
that stuff than us can let us know.

670
00:24:10,590 --> 00:24:11,670
Leave us a voicemail.

671
00:24:11,940 --> 00:24:14,580
Uh, we definitely still have the
voicemail line set up, so feel free.

672
00:24:15,090 --> 00:24:15,690
Um, yeah.

673
00:24:15,690 --> 00:24:16,830
One of you nerd with time.

674
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:17,760
Yes.

675
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:18,270
Yes.

676
00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:20,040
I wish, I wish I did.

677
00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:23,010
I don't think if I use my data analyst
at work for that, that I don't think

678
00:24:23,010 --> 00:24:24,720
I'd last very long, but I can try.

679
00:24:25,050 --> 00:24:26,730
If I see the writing on
the wall, we'll get that.

680
00:24:28,125 --> 00:24:28,860
There we go.

681
00:24:29,129 --> 00:24:29,640
That's fun.

682
00:24:30,450 --> 00:24:33,150
Well, we talked about it a little
bit with Alex, but it was kind of

683
00:24:33,150 --> 00:24:34,890
a crazy weekend for the Sunbelt.

684
00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:34,950
Yeah.

685
00:24:35,370 --> 00:24:38,220
Four sweeps, which on its own is
weird, but then you look at the

686
00:24:38,220 --> 00:24:40,230
teams that were doing it, it's
a little even more surprising.

687
00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:42,030
Yeah, it's very odd.

688
00:24:42,030 --> 00:24:45,030
And, and it's just, it goes to
show, I mean, what do we say?

689
00:24:45,030 --> 00:24:46,650
We're, we're tied for eighth right now?

690
00:24:46,650 --> 00:24:47,400
Is that where we're at?

691
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:48,210
I think.

692
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,730
Was it 5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
aside for seventh, actually.

693
00:24:53,790 --> 00:24:54,330
Yes.

694
00:24:54,390 --> 00:24:58,470
Um, which still puts us in that, you
know, single elimination play in.

695
00:24:58,890 --> 00:25:02,400
Uh, but it just shows, you know, we
kind of gave away the game on Friday.

696
00:25:02,715 --> 00:25:05,024
And so if we had that, we'd
definitely be in seventh place.

697
00:25:05,024 --> 00:25:06,855
And then we had a game last week.

698
00:25:06,855 --> 00:25:09,405
We kinda get, so these, these
games here or there that we,

699
00:25:09,405 --> 00:25:10,935
you kind of blow and give away.

700
00:25:11,235 --> 00:25:15,645
I mean, if we just won two more games,
we're sitting there at, uh, 12 and nine

701
00:25:16,185 --> 00:25:19,155
And you're solidly in fourth place.

702
00:25:19,159 --> 00:25:19,409
Yeah.

703
00:25:19,415 --> 00:25:19,905
Yeah.

704
00:25:19,965 --> 00:25:21,585
And we, we, it wouldn't be tied.

705
00:25:21,585 --> 00:25:22,395
We'd be beating them.

706
00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:23,054
Yeah.

707
00:25:23,054 --> 00:25:23,595
Because we'd have the

708
00:25:23,595 --> 00:25:24,675
tiebreaker over Louisiana.

709
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:25,129
Yeah.

710
00:25:25,155 --> 00:25:25,665
Yeah.

711
00:25:25,754 --> 00:25:28,455
Um, so it's just one of those
things where, you know, the, these

712
00:25:28,455 --> 00:25:30,945
couple of games here or there that
we just can't quite finish off.

713
00:25:30,945 --> 00:25:33,610
It's like, ah, man, it's the
difference between, it's, it's

714
00:25:33,610 --> 00:25:35,895
so, the league is so compact.

715
00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:41,310
Once you get past coastal and to a lesser
extent Southern Miss and Troy, it's just

716
00:25:41,310 --> 00:25:44,640
like a bunch of teams who a week, like
I said, a weekend sweep all of a sudden

717
00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:49,290
shoots people up to, up to the, I mean,
Marshall went from being at the bottom

718
00:25:49,290 --> 00:25:53,820
at six and 12 to now they're nine and 12
and they're right there, right behind us.

719
00:25:54,510 --> 00:25:57,540
And Georgia State, who's been
really in the top four or five all

720
00:25:57,540 --> 00:26:00,750
season, they now find themselves
a game behind us in the standings.

721
00:26:00,780 --> 00:26:00,960
Right.

722
00:26:01,410 --> 00:26:03,060
Uh, so it's, it is wild.

723
00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:06,000
But I see, uh, coach
Finwood has hopped on here.

724
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,610
He's getting the camera
set up all squared away.

725
00:26:08,610 --> 00:26:10,710
So we'll bring him on now to talk more.

726
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:11,670
Love it.

727
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:12,330
What's up guys?

728
00:26:12,990 --> 00:26:13,590
What's going on?

729
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:13,770
What's up?

730
00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:15,245
How we doing?

731
00:26:15,915 --> 00:26:16,565
Good, man.

732
00:26:16,565 --> 00:26:17,100
How you doing?

733
00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:18,210
Good, man.

734
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:18,660
I'm here.

735
00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:19,200
We made it.

736
00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:19,800
We're back.

737
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:19,890
Yeah.

738
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:20,910
How was that travel from

739
00:26:20,910 --> 00:26:21,630
Louisiana?

740
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:27,960
Ah, well not great, but then it
was all of a sudden we were here.

741
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,510
So last flight of the, of the year.

742
00:26:30,510 --> 00:26:30,930
So

743
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,370
yeah, I say last long one,

744
00:26:32,370 --> 00:26:32,610
right?

745
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:33,360
Yeah.

746
00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:33,690
Yeah.

747
00:26:34,530 --> 00:26:34,860
So,

748
00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:36,750
and y'all came back today, right?

749
00:26:36,750 --> 00:26:38,670
You didn't try to do the
late night last night?

750
00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:40,890
No, we couldn't get out, uh,

751
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:46,230
'
cause we flew outta Jackson, Mississippi,
which is a couple hours from Monroe.

752
00:26:46,830 --> 00:26:49,800
Um, and we just, we'd had to
play at like nine in the morning.

753
00:26:50,370 --> 00:26:54,840
Um, so we just decided with
today in the mar being kind of

754
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,020
reading days, um, for exams.

755
00:26:58,170 --> 00:27:04,020
We just come back today and um, a lot of
guys are online classes anyway, so Yeah.

756
00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:07,950
Cost is another night a hotel, but,
you know, we didn't have to play

757
00:27:07,950 --> 00:27:11,325
so early, which is just terrible on
Sundays having to play that already.

758
00:27:11,970 --> 00:27:12,210
Yeah.

759
00:27:12,270 --> 00:27:15,510
You don't, don't risk, uh, getting
stuck in it like Atlanta or Charlotte

760
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:16,605
or something for the night either.

761
00:27:16,605 --> 00:27:16,845
Yeah.

762
00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:19,320
Which we, which we have
done before as well, right?

763
00:27:19,890 --> 00:27:20,160
Yeah.

764
00:27:20,550 --> 00:27:24,810
Um, but also, you know, you don't
run into any of the time constraints.

765
00:27:25,379 --> 00:27:28,740
Um, we ended up playing an extra,
any game yesterday, you know?

766
00:27:28,770 --> 00:27:28,889
Yeah.

767
00:27:29,340 --> 00:27:32,669
Um, you could run into travel
curfews and things that you

768
00:27:32,669 --> 00:27:34,020
just don't want to get into.

769
00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:35,850
So, uh, worked out.

770
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,370
Worked out good from
that standpoint for sure.

771
00:27:38,370 --> 00:27:38,429
Yeah.

772
00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:41,760
Well we had, uh, I heard you
guys talking about the, the

773
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,530
race man, it's crazy, isn't it?

774
00:27:43,530 --> 00:27:44,399
Like it's, yeah.

775
00:27:44,490 --> 00:27:50,189
Um, you know, uh, Marshall, you know, went
from getting swept to sweeping and, you

776
00:27:50,189 --> 00:27:55,830
know, kept themselves in it and, um, I'd
like to know how many teams haven't been

777
00:27:55,830 --> 00:28:00,510
swept this year, and I'm sure coastal,
Southern, miss Troy probably haven't

778
00:28:00,510 --> 00:28:05,730
maybe, but, um, I think a lot of teams,
you know, maybe have at some point.

779
00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:06,990
Yeah.

780
00:28:06,990 --> 00:28:08,939
Maybe Louisiana hasn't as well.

781
00:28:09,929 --> 00:28:10,169
Yeah.

782
00:28:10,169 --> 00:28:13,740
Us scratching and clawing for that,
you know, salvaging a game or whatever

783
00:28:13,740 --> 00:28:15,480
on the road has, has paid off.

784
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,220
I. Uh, to keep us right in the race.

785
00:28:17,220 --> 00:28:18,570
I think we're, we're tied for seventh.

786
00:28:18,570 --> 00:28:21,330
Now we have a pretty clear
pathway to get into the top six.

787
00:28:21,690 --> 00:28:23,070
We just gotta, gotta go out and do it.

788
00:28:23,070 --> 00:28:26,040
But I think we took a good step in
the right direction this weekend of

789
00:28:26,610 --> 00:28:29,760
not letting the Friday game drag us
down, coming back and gutting out

790
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,140
two wins on Saturday and Sunday.

791
00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:35,610
Yeah, I mean, we knew, you know,
um, we needed to win these next

792
00:28:35,610 --> 00:28:41,550
three series, um, you know,
after, after the Louisiana series.

793
00:28:41,550 --> 00:28:45,180
I mean, those were the, the only
three series of the, of the year where

794
00:28:45,180 --> 00:28:47,070
we're playing teams actually below us.

795
00:28:47,070 --> 00:28:51,450
Um, you know, Marshall's just a game
below us now, but still not above us.

796
00:28:51,450 --> 00:28:56,100
And, uh, you know, the, the schedule
maker didn't do us any, any favors

797
00:28:56,100 --> 00:29:00,930
this year for sure, but they were
winnable series if we played well

798
00:29:00,930 --> 00:29:02,879
and, and we did play pretty well.

799
00:29:02,879 --> 00:29:07,860
You know, um, guys, were ready
to play Friday, man, I, I, I'll

800
00:29:07,860 --> 00:29:09,510
say this about the whole weekend.

801
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:11,430
I don't, we had seven or
eight hits Friday, but.

802
00:29:11,895 --> 00:29:16,905
Um, and then a bunch Saturday and
Sunday we hit, starting on Friday.

803
00:29:17,445 --> 00:29:19,125
We must have lined out.

804
00:29:19,575 --> 00:29:24,555
I know we lined out 10 times
yesterday on top of 16 hits.

805
00:29:24,915 --> 00:29:25,875
I kept track of them.

806
00:29:26,595 --> 00:29:30,915
I mean, we hit 26 balls on
screws yesterday and I was like,

807
00:29:30,915 --> 00:29:34,035
at some point this has gotta
come work in our favor, man.

808
00:29:34,035 --> 00:29:34,425
Come on.

809
00:29:34,995 --> 00:29:39,735
Um, and of course Saturday they lined
out, you know, quite a bit, you know,

810
00:29:39,735 --> 00:29:41,535
it balanced out from that standpoint.

811
00:29:41,535 --> 00:29:44,505
But we hit the ball hard Friday too.

812
00:29:44,505 --> 00:29:47,805
Didn't have a lot to show
for, but still had to lead.

813
00:29:47,805 --> 00:29:52,575
And just we Friday was we, and
you gotta give them credit for

814
00:29:52,575 --> 00:29:53,835
this too 'cause they got it done.

815
00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:58,845
But we, we just could not make
enough good pitches with two strikes.

816
00:29:59,685 --> 00:30:03,255
We, we hung a bunch of breaking
balls with two strikes and gave up

817
00:30:03,255 --> 00:30:07,185
pits and ended up costing us the
game, you know, as with one strike.

818
00:30:07,185 --> 00:30:07,485
But.

819
00:30:07,770 --> 00:30:11,040
Uh, kid did a double down the line on the
hanging, breaking ball in the bottom of

820
00:30:11,055 --> 00:30:12,720
the eighth of basically loading two outs.

821
00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:16,500
And, you know, that was
the, that was the ball game.

822
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:17,820
So, um,

823
00:30:18,390 --> 00:30:20,580
and I think, I think that six
inning was the same thing.

824
00:30:20,580 --> 00:30:23,760
You got two quick outs in the inning
and then they were able to kind of get

825
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,940
some walks, get some timely hitting and
put a three up on the, on the board.

826
00:30:26,940 --> 00:30:29,790
And that, I know you look at the eighth,
but the sixth inning was kind of similar.

827
00:30:29,790 --> 00:30:29,880
Yep.

828
00:30:29,910 --> 00:30:31,260
It was so close there.

829
00:30:32,190 --> 00:30:32,790
Yeah.

830
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:33,300
Yeah.

831
00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:39,330
And, um, you know, uh, we were, we were
just, you know, they, they were getting

832
00:30:39,330 --> 00:30:41,190
the big hits, you know, that day.

833
00:30:41,190 --> 00:30:45,630
We got a few early, um, not, we knocked
their starters out, you know, and

834
00:30:45,630 --> 00:30:50,190
I don't think that start or go won
three innings, um, all three games.

835
00:30:50,190 --> 00:30:52,590
So we did a good job on that.

836
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:59,670
Um, but again, you know, not long enough
starts four, two thirds, four, two thirds.

837
00:30:59,670 --> 00:31:00,960
Blake gave us a good one.

838
00:31:01,470 --> 00:31:04,020
Um, you know, getting into
the seventh on Sunday.

839
00:31:04,575 --> 00:31:06,465
Um, which is helpful,
but we gotta get better.

840
00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:08,565
Starts on, on Friday and Saturday.

841
00:31:08,565 --> 00:31:08,955
Certainly.

842
00:31:08,955 --> 00:31:13,215
And Dylan's was, is as, is aspirated
a little bit by getting hit.

843
00:31:13,215 --> 00:31:15,945
You know, he got hit with that
line drive that hit him in the hand

844
00:31:15,945 --> 00:31:17,355
and then in the side of the head.

845
00:31:17,895 --> 00:31:21,345
And I thought it hit him in the glove
because it knocked his glove off.

846
00:31:21,465 --> 00:31:22,635
G heck went straight up.

847
00:31:22,845 --> 00:31:26,115
He made a heck of a
play, um, to get the out.

848
00:31:27,045 --> 00:31:30,675
But then, um, it, it, he
said it didn't bother him.

849
00:31:31,425 --> 00:31:34,965
I don't know how, I couldn't, there's
no way didn't Yeah, that's, that's

850
00:31:34,965 --> 00:31:35,505
tough guy.

851
00:31:35,505 --> 00:31:36,795
Baseball player stuff.

852
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:36,970
Yeah,

853
00:31:37,125 --> 00:31:38,055
yeah, yeah.

854
00:31:38,175 --> 00:31:42,555
Uh, so, you know, after a tough lost
Friday, we just said, look guys,

855
00:31:42,555 --> 00:31:46,695
this is the simple fact Tomorrow,
you could say at every game,

856
00:31:46,695 --> 00:31:50,025
but tomorrow is, uh, huge game.

857
00:31:50,055 --> 00:31:52,185
You know, we, we, we need
to come out and play.

858
00:31:52,185 --> 00:31:55,185
Well, I hate ever saying we have to
win tomorrow, because I don't think

859
00:31:55,185 --> 00:31:57,705
you wanna put that on college athletes.

860
00:31:58,515 --> 00:32:01,185
So they just tight, they just
tighten right up when you say that.

861
00:32:01,185 --> 00:32:01,395
Yeah.

862
00:32:01,455 --> 00:32:03,345
But I said, that is the
biggest game of the year.

863
00:32:03,675 --> 00:32:05,115
And you gotta decide.

864
00:32:05,475 --> 00:32:11,475
Some of you guys, you know, are default
to getting frustrated, angry, mad,

865
00:32:11,475 --> 00:32:13,845
rather than finding out ways to win.

866
00:32:13,965 --> 00:32:17,625
Play better, help your team do
something, show up here tomorrow,

867
00:32:17,655 --> 00:32:18,885
do something to help us win.

868
00:32:19,545 --> 00:32:24,419
And, and the guys did you know it, it
wasn't pretty, I mean, I. By any means.

869
00:32:24,419 --> 00:32:26,250
I think we walked nine and hit three.

870
00:32:26,990 --> 00:32:30,300
Um, and we had a couple crazy innings.

871
00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:33,240
You know, the, I don't know if it
was the sixth and the seventh maybe.

872
00:32:33,870 --> 00:32:34,679
Um, yeah.

873
00:32:35,580 --> 00:32:42,600
And we had, um, out of the six outs,
we had three strikeouts and three

874
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,620
absolute missiles to the wall that
we, you know, Luke made a heck of

875
00:32:46,620 --> 00:32:48,090
a catch on the one out right hill.

876
00:32:48,090 --> 00:32:48,149
Yeah.

877
00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:53,669
Um, and we gave him six free base
runners and they didn't score a run.

878
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:55,350
Yeah.

879
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:56,429
That was, it was crazy.

880
00:32:56,429 --> 00:32:57,510
They were talking about it at one point.

881
00:32:57,510 --> 00:33:00,540
They like, they've had bases loaded
like three straight innings that

882
00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:02,040
didn't have a hit since the fifth.

883
00:33:02,129 --> 00:33:02,219
Yeah.

884
00:33:02,219 --> 00:33:03,570
It was like, what is
happening in this ball?

885
00:33:03,570 --> 00:33:03,899
And that's

886
00:33:03,899 --> 00:33:06,030
living, that's living on the edge.

887
00:33:06,060 --> 00:33:07,199
Um, big time.

888
00:33:07,199 --> 00:33:07,590
Right.

889
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:11,580
And, um, but I, you know,
the guys came in at the end.

890
00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:13,139
I thought Bailey threw the ball well.

891
00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:18,480
You know, on Saturday and you know, we
got a couple big hits late to expand

892
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,420
that, expand that lead just enough, right?

893
00:33:21,570 --> 00:33:21,630
Yeah.

894
00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:27,150
Um, tie the series up and Sunday,
man, it was kind of the same thing,

895
00:33:27,150 --> 00:33:31,680
you know, we jumped up and, um, we
were hitting a bunch of balls hard.

896
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:36,990
They just weren't finding enough
holes to, to put that game away.

897
00:33:37,470 --> 00:33:42,960
We knew they were gonna go to their,
their closer as early as they needed to.

898
00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:46,050
Um, and, and, and he came
in and did a good job.

899
00:33:46,050 --> 00:33:48,840
He kept us kind of that bay
for three or four innings there

900
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:49,860
in the middle of the game.

901
00:33:49,860 --> 00:33:54,840
And again, they scratched
and kind of got back in it.

902
00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,060
Um, after Blake came out, I'll
give our bullpen credit for this

903
00:34:00,060 --> 00:34:03,030
though, you know, and a couple
guys, you know, running on fumes.

904
00:34:03,030 --> 00:34:06,660
We asked them to go back to back
to back days, get a hiter out

905
00:34:06,660 --> 00:34:12,540
or so when they on, on Sunday,
they bent, but they didn't break.

906
00:34:13,065 --> 00:34:13,424
Yes.

907
00:34:13,424 --> 00:34:14,444
And I was proud of that.

908
00:34:14,444 --> 00:34:19,034
Sometimes it's not about being perfect,
it's just about being brave and tough.

909
00:34:19,395 --> 00:34:26,714
And, and you know, Marco Levari
has had a rotten ear, um, but he

910
00:34:26,714 --> 00:34:30,344
is had a couple moments where he
is come in and saved our butts.

911
00:34:30,884 --> 00:34:34,725
And I just keep telling you, you're
capable of doing that, you know, a

912
00:34:34,725 --> 00:34:38,774
hit there and the game's over, he
comes in, you know, second and third

913
00:34:39,165 --> 00:34:44,984
one out, we're up one, you can't play
the infield in there and try to win

914
00:34:44,984 --> 00:34:49,605
because you know, the, the, you, you
just can lose the game too easily on.

915
00:34:49,634 --> 00:34:49,784
Yeah.

916
00:34:50,054 --> 00:34:54,284
And the ball the got hit, if our infield
end would've got through, uh, yeah.

917
00:34:54,284 --> 00:34:54,437
Would've been a walk.

918
00:34:54,442 --> 00:34:54,855
Been a walk

919
00:34:54,855 --> 00:34:55,214
off.

920
00:34:55,514 --> 00:34:56,024
Yeah.

921
00:34:56,024 --> 00:34:59,444
And so you gotta just, at that point,
you're trying to just extend the game.

922
00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:02,654
If you can get a strikeout,
great, but you're trying to only

923
00:35:02,654 --> 00:35:04,424
give up one and keep playing.

924
00:35:05,355 --> 00:35:06,975
Um, which is what we did.

925
00:35:06,975 --> 00:35:08,055
And Marco did a good job.

926
00:35:08,055 --> 00:35:09,165
He got two ground balls.

927
00:35:09,165 --> 00:35:09,345
Yep.

928
00:35:10,125 --> 00:35:15,375
Um, and, you know, we keep, we keep
playing and then, uh, you know,

929
00:35:15,375 --> 00:35:19,785
Brody finally gets a, you know,
kind of a, a, a duck fart hit over

930
00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:23,415
there in the right field, which we
hadn't gotten the whole day, which

931
00:35:23,415 --> 00:35:25,185
he'd been hitting laser beams all

932
00:35:25,484 --> 00:35:26,595
weekend, huh?

933
00:35:26,654 --> 00:35:30,734
Yeah, he'd been laser beams all weekend
and yeah, like I said, get, yeah, get far.

934
00:35:30,734 --> 00:35:31,154
You're right.

935
00:35:31,154 --> 00:35:31,665
Perfect.

936
00:35:31,665 --> 00:35:32,714
Uh, old school baseball.

937
00:35:32,865 --> 00:35:33,254
I love it.

938
00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:34,154
Yep.

939
00:35:34,274 --> 00:35:35,234
And, uh.

940
00:35:36,345 --> 00:35:40,215
Then Zach who, um, had
hit the ball really hard.

941
00:35:40,215 --> 00:35:42,945
You know, it's funny, like his
Zach's first, Zach been grounding

942
00:35:42,945 --> 00:35:44,115
out to the infield a lot.

943
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:44,330
Mm-hmm.

944
00:35:44,775 --> 00:35:48,015
His first at bat, he gets a two
oh pitch for, you know, first and

945
00:35:48,015 --> 00:35:49,935
third or base load, whatever it was.

946
00:35:49,935 --> 00:35:54,615
And we, luckily they don't, can't
turn two on it and I just had enough.

947
00:35:54,615 --> 00:36:01,635
So I lit his butt up and um, you know,
and his next four at bats, I think he,

948
00:36:02,145 --> 00:36:04,785
he averaged probably 105 x exit velocity.

949
00:36:04,785 --> 00:36:07,335
So I said, alright, I, I'll
just start yelling at you during

950
00:36:07,335 --> 00:36:08,685
bating practice for now long,

951
00:36:11,775 --> 00:36:12,915
but a huge hit, right?

952
00:36:12,915 --> 00:36:17,415
He drives one in the gap on a three-two
pitch Brody's running so we can score

953
00:36:17,415 --> 00:36:22,455
him and then Mav comes up and, and
hits one, you know, second home run of

954
00:36:22,455 --> 00:36:24,555
the day to give us a three run lead.

955
00:36:24,555 --> 00:36:29,205
So, you know, I told Mav it's, you know,
it's the temperature's in the eighties now

956
00:36:29,205 --> 00:36:31,335
you can start playing good like last year.

957
00:36:31,335 --> 00:36:34,905
So, uh, we rested you, he
doubled his his for part season.

958
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,330
He doubled his home run at RBI
totals for the season in that game.

959
00:36:39,750 --> 00:36:40,140
Yeah.

960
00:36:40,290 --> 00:36:40,470
I dunno.

961
00:36:40,470 --> 00:36:41,400
You know that right?

962
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:41,580
That's,

963
00:36:41,585 --> 00:36:42,600
that's a crazy stat.

964
00:36:43,110 --> 00:36:43,560
Yeah.

965
00:36:43,590 --> 00:36:45,780
Well, we, you've seen
what he's capable of.

966
00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:47,370
I mean, he can take over a game.

967
00:36:48,030 --> 00:36:52,470
Um, he just got off to such a
rotten start, but he's swinging

968
00:36:52,470 --> 00:36:53,610
the bat a lot better now.

969
00:36:53,610 --> 00:36:56,970
A lot of our guy, our
guys are, I think, yeah.

970
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,590
And, um, you know, I think Kaden, Jorge's
had a bunch of really good at bats since

971
00:37:01,590 --> 00:37:03,030
we stuck them in the lead off spot.

972
00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:04,770
I mean, competitive, I like it there.

973
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,110
Striking our less and what
gets lost a little bit.

974
00:37:07,110 --> 00:37:11,220
So, so we get the three run lead, you
know, in the, in the top of the 10th.

975
00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:16,860
And we had had to, we, we had put
Saturday and Sunday we put our

976
00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:18,690
DH into the game in the ninth.

977
00:37:18,875 --> 00:37:19,295
Mm-hmm.

978
00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:23,820
Um, late, late was DH and Saturday we put
'em in the game for defense in the ninth.

979
00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:25,290
So you burn your dh.

980
00:37:25,470 --> 00:37:29,640
So the pitcher, whoever's in the
game pitching ends up going into

981
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,740
whoever came outta the game spot.

982
00:37:32,310 --> 00:37:34,800
Um, which, uh.

983
00:37:35,715 --> 00:37:39,616
Uh, Saturday was the Dallas, um mm-hmm.

984
00:37:39,825 --> 00:37:42,285
And then Sunday was aching, right?

985
00:37:42,285 --> 00:37:42,345
Yeah.

986
00:37:42,345 --> 00:37:47,535
So we, we, we, we spun it around to
where that spot was gonna get up again.

987
00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:49,755
'cause we scored, you know,
some runs in the 10th.

988
00:37:50,745 --> 00:37:53,175
Um, Marco wasn't gonna
go back out there anyway.

989
00:37:53,235 --> 00:37:58,065
You know, sometimes I think especially
in college athletics, when you get out

990
00:37:58,065 --> 00:38:05,145
of a big jam, there's so much emotion and
just mental stuff that goes into that.

991
00:38:05,745 --> 00:38:06,855
You see it all the time.

992
00:38:06,855 --> 00:38:12,345
And that pitcher goes in the dugout and
then he comes back out and he just stinks.

993
00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:14,175
He walks guys.

994
00:38:14,175 --> 00:38:14,715
He's awful.

995
00:38:14,925 --> 00:38:15,345
Yeah.

996
00:38:15,350 --> 00:38:15,430
And

997
00:38:15,945 --> 00:38:19,725
so I, I said, look, stat's down there,
they don't know anything about him.

998
00:38:19,725 --> 00:38:22,215
I guarantee they don't
have a scout report on him.

999
00:38:22,695 --> 00:38:26,475
Um, and let's just, let's pinch it.

1000
00:38:26,475 --> 00:38:29,205
Let's hit Ron and, and let's,
let's just give it a whirl.

1001
00:38:29,715 --> 00:38:34,035
And, uh, you know, he gets a hard hit
ground ball to Kyle to get the first out.

1002
00:38:35,935 --> 00:38:39,270
Kainen had made a heck of a play
center field on the second out.

1003
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:41,670
I mean, that ball is almost at the wall.

1004
00:38:42,180 --> 00:38:43,890
That ball was hitting really hard.

1005
00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:47,400
Um, and he, he, he's a good outfielder.

1006
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,440
He went back there and made
a really nice catch straight

1007
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,720
over his head for a second out.

1008
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:54,465
And we give up a hit and then he
strikes out the pinch hitter on

1009
00:38:54,465 --> 00:38:56,160
a, on a good breaking ball down.

1010
00:38:57,060 --> 00:38:59,220
Um, and we get the series on the road.

1011
00:38:59,220 --> 00:39:06,360
So second road series, um, win of the
year in the league and in a row as well.

1012
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,970
So, um, happy about that.

1013
00:39:08,970 --> 00:39:10,800
And I thought the guys fought hard.

1014
00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:15,420
You know, by no means has any
of this year been cosmetically

1015
00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:21,630
beautiful, but the kids haven't stopped
fighting and I'm really proud of them.

1016
00:39:21,630 --> 00:39:23,100
And they're tired as heck, man.

1017
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:24,000
They got back today.

1018
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,790
We said nothing today, nothing tomorrow.

1019
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:29,280
Like, let's, you got exams starting up.

1020
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,270
Let's sleep a lot, eat a lot, drink
a lot of water, and try to get the.

1021
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,825
Batteries back to green as much
as we can for, for this weekend.

1022
00:39:37,830 --> 00:39:41,010
And another big big series
against, against Marshall.

1023
00:39:41,580 --> 00:39:41,880
So

1024
00:39:42,540 --> 00:39:45,810
yeah, no, no Midweeks this week, so
I'm sure that'll help, uh, get 'em off

1025
00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:47,790
their feet for another day as well.

1026
00:39:48,090 --> 00:39:51,960
Uh, but Alex Hunt was our, our guest
this week, and I think that's the first

1027
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,990
time you've had a pitcher throw in
all three games of a weekend series.

1028
00:39:54,990 --> 00:39:56,130
Is that, is that correct?

1029
00:39:57,090 --> 00:39:57,900
Has to be.

1030
00:39:57,900 --> 00:39:58,740
I would imagine.

1031
00:39:58,740 --> 00:39:59,190
Yeah.

1032
00:39:59,325 --> 00:40:03,330
And, and Alex was really good his first
two and he just didn't have it yesterday.

1033
00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:08,610
And, you know, Alex's stuff is fantastic.

1034
00:40:08,610 --> 00:40:10,050
His issue is just command.

1035
00:40:10,425 --> 00:40:13,800
Um, and when he is commanding
the ball, it's, he's hard to hit.

1036
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,750
You know, he got a big strikeout or a
big ground out jam the guy on Friday,

1037
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,650
and then big strikeout on Saturday
to, to help us win that ball game.

1038
00:40:22,650 --> 00:40:24,450
So he is an awesome kid.

1039
00:40:24,450 --> 00:40:24,600
He is.

1040
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,100
Got a great personality.

1041
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:28,260
He, yeah, he's a lot of fun.

1042
00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:29,340
You know, he is got the.

1043
00:40:30,180 --> 00:40:36,450
Seventies, uh, you know, uh,
uh, village people mustache.

1044
00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:38,835
I'm trying to think of a
politically correct way to say that.

1045
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:39,720
Porn

1046
00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:40,080
stash.

1047
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:40,589
Is that what you meant?

1048
00:40:40,589 --> 00:40:41,115
Yeah, there you go.

1049
00:40:41,115 --> 00:40:41,190
You said that.

1050
00:40:42,870 --> 00:40:44,339
Um, exactly.

1051
00:40:44,790 --> 00:40:46,470
Um, and he is a lot of fun.

1052
00:40:46,470 --> 00:40:50,759
I, I got, I got a chance to talk
with his parents in the Atlanta

1053
00:40:50,759 --> 00:40:53,009
airport early in the, in the season.

1054
00:40:53,009 --> 00:40:55,290
And they're just wonderful people as well.

1055
00:40:55,290 --> 00:41:00,720
So I think they're, um, and he's had
some, you know, uh, the Charlotte Save, he

1056
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:02,970
got, he come in, comes in and gets a win.

1057
00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:06,420
He's had some big colleagues
for us this year, so.

1058
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:06,630
Yeah.

1059
00:41:08,460 --> 00:41:11,400
Yeah, I think it's a good step
forward for the bullpen too, just to

1060
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:15,060
put guys in that situation that you
haven't really been leaning on as

1061
00:41:15,060 --> 00:41:19,319
much all this year, like Bailey or
Kellen and let them have some success.

1062
00:41:19,319 --> 00:41:21,450
'cause that'll pay those dividends
for you in a couple weeks

1063
00:41:21,450 --> 00:41:22,290
when we're down in Montgomery.

1064
00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:27,150
Well, you hope so, you know, we're
gonna need them all for sure.

1065
00:41:27,150 --> 00:41:27,990
And, uh.

1066
00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:32,745
You know, even a guy like Stott
and Levari I mean, those guys are

1067
00:41:32,745 --> 00:41:37,815
gonna have to be able to throw, you
know, an inning or two a weekend.

1068
00:41:38,475 --> 00:41:40,845
Um, it's just the way
it's gonna have to be.

1069
00:41:40,845 --> 00:41:44,384
I'd prefer that over having
to recycle a guy three times.

1070
00:41:44,384 --> 00:41:49,395
You just, you, you gotta feel like
you could depend on somebody though.

1071
00:41:49,395 --> 00:41:50,714
That's, that's what it is.

1072
00:41:50,714 --> 00:41:53,595
I mean, when I know I can
depend on you, you could fail.

1073
00:41:53,654 --> 00:41:54,585
I'm okay with it.

1074
00:41:54,585 --> 00:41:55,065
I get it.

1075
00:41:55,065 --> 00:41:56,955
Baseball's full of, of that.

1076
00:41:56,955 --> 00:42:00,464
But I'll run you back out there when you
throw the ball over the place all the

1077
00:42:00,464 --> 00:42:03,495
time, then I'm gonna be less, less apt.

1078
00:42:03,944 --> 00:42:06,765
We are gonna be less apt.
Want to depend on you.

1079
00:42:07,335 --> 00:42:08,024
Um, yeah, I was thinking

1080
00:42:08,024 --> 00:42:10,484
of that a minute ago when you were
saying it's like, oh, just as long

1081
00:42:10,484 --> 00:42:13,575
as you throw strikes, it's like, boy,
it's funny how many guys you could

1082
00:42:13,575 --> 00:42:16,515
say that, like, when they're throwing
strikes, they're great when they're not.

1083
00:42:16,605 --> 00:42:17,984
Boy, we got some problems and

1084
00:42:18,194 --> 00:42:18,674
yeah.

1085
00:42:18,734 --> 00:42:19,634
You know, know Mike today.

1086
00:42:19,634 --> 00:42:19,964
Most of

1087
00:42:19,964 --> 00:42:20,085
them,

1088
00:42:20,535 --> 00:42:21,105
you're right.

1089
00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:23,685
Cb, I mean that, but
that's college baseball.

1090
00:42:24,015 --> 00:42:24,105
Yeah.

1091
00:42:24,225 --> 00:42:27,585
Um, it's full of guys
like that and mm-hmm.

1092
00:42:28,095 --> 00:42:33,795
My contention is, it's the same thing
in a different way with hitters.

1093
00:42:34,245 --> 00:42:39,945
Um, this generation of kids is
all about training and metrics

1094
00:42:39,945 --> 00:42:41,715
and numbers and spin rate.

1095
00:42:41,715 --> 00:42:43,605
And that's not what it is though.

1096
00:42:43,815 --> 00:42:45,225
It's about getting guys out.

1097
00:42:45,915 --> 00:42:46,875
That's what pitching is.

1098
00:42:46,905 --> 00:42:50,985
It's called pitching and hitting,
not throwing and swinging.

1099
00:42:51,615 --> 00:42:53,445
But, but they don't
think about it that way.

1100
00:42:53,445 --> 00:42:54,915
It's our job as coaches.

1101
00:42:55,125 --> 00:42:58,755
And sometimes I think this generation
of coaches, I mean, I'm not gonna

1102
00:42:58,755 --> 00:43:02,145
get on soapbox here about this,
but they coach 'em that way.

1103
00:43:02,505 --> 00:43:06,134
Everything's about the, the
TrackMan numbers and the, you

1104
00:43:06,134 --> 00:43:07,965
know, the, the, all of that.

1105
00:43:07,965 --> 00:43:12,675
It is not though, can you throw this
pitch right there, knowing that if you

1106
00:43:12,675 --> 00:43:14,295
do, it's probably gonna get that guy out.

1107
00:43:15,134 --> 00:43:19,515
You got, you do have all the, we got
more information on hitters and pitchers

1108
00:43:19,515 --> 00:43:22,995
than we've ever had, you know, and I
tell our hitters this all the time.

1109
00:43:22,995 --> 00:43:23,175
Yeah.

1110
00:43:23,175 --> 00:43:25,125
You know, where he is throwing
and what he is throwing.

1111
00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:29,819
You know, tendencies and what counts, but
if your swing sucks, it doesn't matter.

1112
00:43:30,365 --> 00:43:30,654
Yeah,

1113
00:43:31,245 --> 00:43:31,535
yeah.

1114
00:43:31,890 --> 00:43:33,240
All the data in the world doesn't help.

1115
00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:37,170
Let's get our swings better and get
in the zone and stop spinning off the

1116
00:43:37,170 --> 00:43:42,270
ball and, and we can hit stop worrying
about maybe what it is as opposed

1117
00:43:42,450 --> 00:43:44,520
so much as opposed to where it is.

1118
00:43:45,060 --> 00:43:47,609
Because if it's out over plate and
you got a good swing, you can hit it.

1119
00:43:47,615 --> 00:43:48,569
It doesn't matter what it is.

1120
00:43:48,660 --> 00:43:51,390
Breaker ball, basketball
change up, you know?

1121
00:43:51,435 --> 00:43:54,870
But you guys wanna know exactly what it
is and all this cutter slide or change,

1122
00:43:55,109 --> 00:43:58,560
and meanwhile your head's in our dugout
every time you swing that dug works.

1123
00:43:58,560 --> 00:43:59,069
Yeah, I, I've

1124
00:43:59,069 --> 00:44:02,549
definitely had that thought a little
bit, you know, and off and on, of course

1125
00:44:02,549 --> 00:44:05,339
with all the guys where it's like,
man, I wish you would just go up and

1126
00:44:05,339 --> 00:44:06,750
compete and stop worrying about you.

1127
00:44:06,750 --> 00:44:09,509
See, like, I, I always say
hitters are dumb, frankly.

1128
00:44:09,509 --> 00:44:11,670
That's why I always think pitchers
have it easier because it's already

1129
00:44:11,670 --> 00:44:15,089
harder to hit and the hitters think
too much and they're not that bright.

1130
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,420
And the guys who just go up and
accept they're dumb and go up and just

1131
00:44:18,420 --> 00:44:20,609
compete and react, tend to be better.

1132
00:44:21,405 --> 00:44:25,245
And it's, you're a hundred percent right
and college hitters are way better when

1133
00:44:25,245 --> 00:44:27,705
it's two and oh than when it's oh and two.

1134
00:44:28,755 --> 00:44:29,115
Yeah.

1135
00:44:29,115 --> 00:44:32,385
I can remember Wayne Graham
yelling at one of his pitchers

1136
00:44:32,775 --> 00:44:34,695
our first year down at Rice.

1137
00:44:35,055 --> 00:44:37,275
This kid, his name was Lanier.

1138
00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:38,385
He catching the big leagues.

1139
00:44:38,385 --> 00:44:39,105
He might big here.

1140
00:44:39,105 --> 00:44:39,495
Yeah.

1141
00:44:40,125 --> 00:44:40,335
Yeah.

1142
00:44:40,570 --> 00:44:45,855
And he's carving us up and Graham
is yelling at him and he is going,

1143
00:44:46,065 --> 00:44:50,985
why is it always one and oh every
time you pitch to every hitter, when

1144
00:44:51,105 --> 00:44:55,965
it gonna be, oh, and one and, and
some choice words thrown in there.

1145
00:44:56,355 --> 00:44:57,735
And I'm thinking, boy, you right.

1146
00:44:57,735 --> 00:44:59,895
I can say that about a
handful of dudes, you know.

1147
00:45:00,705 --> 00:45:04,905
Um, so, and, and I will say this,
I told the guys yesterday, the

1148
00:45:04,905 --> 00:45:13,515
hitters, we, we competed better
this weekend for a whole weekend

1149
00:45:14,145 --> 00:45:15,765
than maybe we have the entire year.

1150
00:45:16,605 --> 00:45:17,175
Yeah, we did.

1151
00:45:17,175 --> 00:45:17,325
I agree.

1152
00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:19,155
You, you can see the difference, right?

1153
00:45:19,395 --> 00:45:22,335
Guys were in there, they were
fighting with two strikes, you

1154
00:45:22,335 --> 00:45:23,415
know, they were getting the ball.

1155
00:45:23,415 --> 00:45:25,575
And, and so I was really proud of that.

1156
00:45:26,115 --> 00:45:30,405
And they, they played like they
wanted to win, you know, it feels like

1157
00:45:31,245 --> 00:45:35,325
observing about halfway through the year,
like they're finally starting to listen.

1158
00:45:35,895 --> 00:45:38,385
That's what it seems
like from the outside.

1159
00:45:39,105 --> 00:45:39,705
Yeah.

1160
00:45:39,825 --> 00:45:40,695
Well, I hope so.

1161
00:45:40,725 --> 00:45:45,645
You know, we're, we're, we're staying
on approach and, and guys getting off

1162
00:45:45,645 --> 00:45:48,165
their backside and not spinning so much.

1163
00:45:48,255 --> 00:45:52,320
Uh, that's a mechanical thing through
some different drills, but it is, it,

1164
00:45:52,335 --> 00:45:57,075
it is some of that, but a lot of it,
at this point in the season, you're

1165
00:45:57,075 --> 00:45:59,085
not gonna try to reinvent guy's swing.

1166
00:45:59,085 --> 00:46:03,465
Certainly that would be dumb, but
it's just about competing more man.

1167
00:46:03,495 --> 00:46:08,505
Like, you know, just be ready
for the moment when it comes.

1168
00:46:08,745 --> 00:46:12,315
And, and I really think this,
I know he made some errors, um.

1169
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:16,470
He is a young kid, he is a work in
progress over a third certainly.

1170
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,670
But I think Brody has given
us a good spark in our lineup.

1171
00:46:20,670 --> 00:46:26,280
He is competitive at backs, he's hitting
the ball hard, his energy's good.

1172
00:46:26,730 --> 00:46:30,090
Um, I think Scotty Young has given
us a good spark in our lineup.

1173
00:46:30,090 --> 00:46:31,350
Same exact thing.

1174
00:46:31,890 --> 00:46:37,140
Um, and so those two guys in particular I
think have given us a little bit of a shot

1175
00:46:37,140 --> 00:46:39,600
in the arm here, you know, most recently.

1176
00:46:40,050 --> 00:46:40,620
And, um, I

1177
00:46:40,620 --> 00:46:44,790
texted Gary and the guys the other
day and I said, not playing Brody

1178
00:46:44,790 --> 00:46:50,250
until now was smart because I don't
think you'd be getting the same

1179
00:46:50,250 --> 00:46:54,300
results and not, again, not to say
bro, you know, Brody loved the kid.

1180
00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:54,960
Hard worker.

1181
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:55,020
Yeah.

1182
00:46:55,170 --> 00:46:58,260
It's just when you come in as a
freshman, that adjustment period,

1183
00:46:58,260 --> 00:47:01,230
you kind of allowed him to have
that adjustment period, and then now

1184
00:47:01,230 --> 00:47:03,630
you're putting it on him and he looks
like he looks ready for the moment.

1185
00:47:03,630 --> 00:47:03,674
Yeah.

1186
00:47:04,365 --> 00:47:04,634
Yeah.

1187
00:47:04,935 --> 00:47:09,044
I think he, I, I think we didn't play him
'cause he just, he wasn't ready to play.

1188
00:47:10,214 --> 00:47:11,080
But, but you're right, right.

1189
00:47:11,475 --> 00:47:12,734
Those guys need some room.

1190
00:47:12,734 --> 00:47:16,785
We, we played Tanner a little bit
earlier, maybe before he should

1191
00:47:16,785 --> 00:47:18,134
have been ready to be in there.

1192
00:47:18,134 --> 00:47:21,194
I think f was kinda ready
to do it from the get go.

1193
00:47:21,194 --> 00:47:27,134
But again, F's catching a little bit more
and, you know, f and, and, uh, Jack and

1194
00:47:27,134 --> 00:47:28,754
I thought Jack had a good day yesterday.

1195
00:47:28,754 --> 00:47:29,805
We didn't talk about him.

1196
00:47:30,165 --> 00:47:34,064
Uh, he's a lot of good days and, and,
and hit a third one hard, you know,

1197
00:47:34,064 --> 00:47:39,194
the kid made a good play on, um, and he
caught good back there, so, you know,

1198
00:47:39,194 --> 00:47:41,504
he had a, he had a big, big day force.

1199
00:47:41,595 --> 00:47:45,375
Um, Jack and F are probably gonna
have to catch, you know, for a while.

1200
00:47:45,375 --> 00:47:49,455
'cause I think, uh, Holman
pulled no o bleak, uh, on Friday.

1201
00:47:49,455 --> 00:47:53,024
Mm. And so you never know how those
are gonna heal up in baseball, man.

1202
00:47:53,055 --> 00:47:55,604
'cause it's such a rotational sport.

1203
00:47:55,604 --> 00:47:57,375
And, um, so, we'll, we'll see.

1204
00:47:57,375 --> 00:48:00,134
But I would say this weekend,
those two guys will have to be

1205
00:48:00,134 --> 00:48:02,205
our guys that, that we go to and.

1206
00:48:03,075 --> 00:48:06,464
You know, I'd like to say we could play
Lefty righty with 'em, but I don't think

1207
00:48:06,464 --> 00:48:08,325
Jeff's ready to catch two days in a row.

1208
00:48:08,685 --> 00:48:13,750
And so we'll probably catch, you know,
one Friday and Sunday and then, and,

1209
00:48:13,754 --> 00:48:18,254
and we may do a combination, you know,
of, of, uh, of guys coming in and that

1210
00:48:18,254 --> 00:48:19,845
kind of thing too and in the game.

1211
00:48:19,845 --> 00:48:24,645
So, um, we're, we're down to two
catchers and I think Evan can catch

1212
00:48:24,645 --> 00:48:27,225
in an emergency, he just can't hit.

1213
00:48:27,225 --> 00:48:30,734
So if he was in there, he'd have to, you
know, probably bump something like that.

1214
00:48:31,995 --> 00:48:32,295
Yeah.

1215
00:48:32,325 --> 00:48:36,495
Well, at least both Jack and F have
experience back there catching, it's

1216
00:48:36,495 --> 00:48:37,964
not gonna be their, their first start.

1217
00:48:37,964 --> 00:48:40,545
You've been able to rotate them
throughout the year pretty well.

1218
00:48:41,205 --> 00:48:41,565
Yeah.

1219
00:48:41,595 --> 00:48:41,865
Yeah.

1220
00:48:41,865 --> 00:48:46,605
The, maybe the, one of the advantages
of not having a, you know, everyday

1221
00:48:46,605 --> 00:48:50,895
catcher is if you lose one, you
know, the other guys have caught

1222
00:48:50,895 --> 00:48:54,915
plenty and you know, you're not
necessarily having to drop off 'em.

1223
00:48:56,129 --> 00:49:00,060
And against righties, I think Slater
has swung to bat really well for us.

1224
00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:02,759
I mean, he's, he's, he's
hitting the ball hard.

1225
00:49:02,759 --> 00:49:04,439
He is having good competitive at bats.

1226
00:49:04,439 --> 00:49:05,609
He's a good thrower.

1227
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,910
You know, he is gotta be better
at blocking at times, certainly.

1228
00:49:08,910 --> 00:49:12,270
But he, he competes in there
for, so I'm proud of, I'm proud

1229
00:49:12,270 --> 00:49:13,589
of him yesterday for sure.

1230
00:49:14,910 --> 00:49:15,240
Yeah.

1231
00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:19,709
Well one group maybe I'm not proud of
from the weekend is the umpiring crew.

1232
00:49:20,069 --> 00:49:22,890
Now I will not, I will
not get you in trouble.

1233
00:49:23,220 --> 00:49:27,270
I don't know what exactly happened, but I
know that both dugouts were going at him.

1234
00:49:27,270 --> 00:49:31,020
The zone was all over the place, but
there was some sort of incident with

1235
00:49:31,020 --> 00:49:34,589
Kyle Edwards coming off of first base
at the end of like the half inning.

1236
00:49:34,859 --> 00:49:37,680
And it looked like the umpire
at first was barking at him the

1237
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,180
whole way back to the dugout.

1238
00:49:39,569 --> 00:49:41,729
I never heard anything, so I
dunno if you had any insight

1239
00:49:41,729 --> 00:49:42,000
there.

1240
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,629
I think something got
sent out of their dugout.

1241
00:49:45,629 --> 00:49:47,250
And Kyle can have rabbit ears.

1242
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:52,200
So, you know, we talk about his
care, but he was frustrated 'cause

1243
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,110
he grounded out, you know, with
the lead run on third or whatever.

1244
00:49:56,985 --> 00:50:01,365
He can get, he can get the antennas
up pretty easy at times, I think.

1245
00:50:01,365 --> 00:50:05,685
And you know, then he barked back at them
and it's just much to do about nothing.

1246
00:50:05,685 --> 00:50:08,025
Sometimes these guys are, was
like, what are y'all gonna do?

1247
00:50:08,025 --> 00:50:08,925
Go fight each other.

1248
00:50:08,925 --> 00:50:12,405
Like, right, let's play, you
know, if y'all wanna fight, go

1249
00:50:12,405 --> 00:50:13,695
out behind the dugout and fight.

1250
00:50:13,695 --> 00:50:15,615
Most of y'all ain't never been
in a fight in your whole life.

1251
00:50:16,725 --> 00:50:18,105
That's, that's my favorite.

1252
00:50:18,105 --> 00:50:19,065
Anytime I go.

1253
00:50:19,405 --> 00:50:21,925
To like a D two, D three JUCO game.

1254
00:50:22,225 --> 00:50:25,705
And it's like all they wanna do is talk
trash and act like they're gonna fight.

1255
00:50:25,705 --> 00:50:27,235
It's like, bro, just 'cause none.

1256
00:50:27,235 --> 00:50:28,945
Waste the energy you have to say.

1257
00:50:28,945 --> 00:50:29,575
Exactly.

1258
00:50:29,605 --> 00:50:29,815
Yeah.

1259
00:50:29,815 --> 00:50:30,175
We're in a

1260
00:50:30,175 --> 00:50:32,005
tie game and going into the 10th inning.

1261
00:50:32,005 --> 00:50:33,625
How about if we just focused on that?

1262
00:50:33,775 --> 00:50:37,915
It's probably some backup pitcher that
never pitches anyway, trying to get

1263
00:50:37,945 --> 00:50:39,505
under your skin and you're letting them.

1264
00:50:39,535 --> 00:50:39,625
Mm-hmm.

1265
00:50:40,195 --> 00:50:44,845
So, you know, let's, we talk about those
kind of things and Kyle normally does a

1266
00:50:44,845 --> 00:50:49,165
good job, but like I said, sometimes, you
know, he was frustrated with, you know,

1267
00:50:49,225 --> 00:50:54,025
having, not getting a big hit and probably
heard it, uh, a little too easily.

1268
00:50:54,325 --> 00:50:57,145
But he made a couple big plays
for us down the stretch there.

1269
00:50:57,150 --> 00:50:59,935
I, I thought, you know, Brody threw
a couple balls away, but I thought

1270
00:50:59,935 --> 00:51:05,005
Mav and, uh, Kyle played really well,
uh, in the middle defensively for us.

1271
00:51:05,005 --> 00:51:05,095
Mm-hmm.

1272
00:51:05,335 --> 00:51:05,965
All weekend.

1273
00:51:06,355 --> 00:51:10,285
Turned some double plays and, um,
you know, overall defensively,

1274
00:51:10,285 --> 00:51:11,245
we, we played pretty well.

1275
00:51:12,780 --> 00:51:15,540
Yeah, I think that that fire
comes, I think from that

1276
00:51:15,570 --> 00:51:17,880
want to compete now too, so.

1277
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:18,240
Yeah.

1278
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:24,120
I know, I think earlier Alex hit
somebody to load the bases and the dude

1279
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:25,680
stared him down the whole way to first.

1280
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:25,890
Oh, did he?

1281
00:51:25,890 --> 00:51:29,820
So that probably might have sparked
it, but I'm like, dude, if, if you

1282
00:51:29,820 --> 00:51:32,405
think that's the situation to throw
at somebody, you need to baseball.

1283
00:51:32,405 --> 00:51:33,645
I, I'm pretty sure

1284
00:51:33,645 --> 00:51:34,405
it was a breaking ball too.

1285
00:51:34,545 --> 00:51:38,431
I'm, I'm pretty sure it was a breaking
ball you hit him with Did look like a,

1286
00:51:38,436 --> 00:51:41,160
like during the game, if we're gonna
hit you, it ain't gonna be on purpose.

1287
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:42,450
It ain't gonna be with a breaking ball.

1288
00:51:42,750 --> 00:51:43,080
No.

1289
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,780
And some of our guys, if they
tried to hit you, it might get

1290
00:51:45,780 --> 00:51:46,710
thrown right down the middle.

1291
00:51:48,995 --> 00:51:51,210
It's like, what game have you
been watching this weekend?

1292
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:53,490
The best pitch he's thrown all year.

1293
00:51:55,950 --> 00:51:56,400
Yeah.

1294
00:51:56,490 --> 00:51:59,580
I mean, it just doesn't happen in
college baseball anymore, like.

1295
00:51:59,955 --> 00:52:01,185
In the old days it did.

1296
00:52:01,185 --> 00:52:03,615
I mean, you never threw at
somebody's head, but if, you

1297
00:52:03,615 --> 00:52:07,245
know, if your best player got
hit, you're gonna get their guy.

1298
00:52:07,245 --> 00:52:09,404
That was just kind of how it worked.

1299
00:52:09,404 --> 00:52:13,455
But nowadays, it's just, you know,
you, you just, nobody, nobody

1300
00:52:13,455 --> 00:52:15,075
really tries to hit guys anymore.

1301
00:52:15,314 --> 00:52:16,814
They just do it by proxy

1302
00:52:17,055 --> 00:52:17,444
because they going

1303
00:52:20,115 --> 00:52:22,845
Yeah, I, and I don't, I I,
I do like old school stuff.

1304
00:52:22,845 --> 00:52:23,745
I don't think it's a bad thing.

1305
00:52:23,745 --> 00:52:27,044
I don't think throwing, you know,
tiny projectiles at people at 90

1306
00:52:27,044 --> 00:52:28,395
miles an hour is a great idea.

1307
00:52:28,395 --> 00:52:29,895
So that's, that's definitely,
yeah, you're right.

1308
00:52:29,895 --> 00:52:33,165
It's, there's, there's probably more guys
getting hit now, but it's all accidental.

1309
00:52:33,825 --> 00:52:34,064
Yeah.

1310
00:52:34,064 --> 00:52:34,424
Yeah.

1311
00:52:34,424 --> 00:52:35,654
No doubt we hit enough.

1312
00:52:35,654 --> 00:52:36,794
Not on purpose now.

1313
00:52:36,794 --> 00:52:40,334
You don't, we don't need to add to
it by hitting guys on, on purpose.

1314
00:52:40,334 --> 00:52:42,734
And you never wanna see a
kid get hit in the head.

1315
00:52:42,734 --> 00:52:44,265
I mean, yeah.

1316
00:52:44,265 --> 00:52:48,044
I don't like kids seeing kids
get hit and get hurt, period.

1317
00:52:48,464 --> 00:52:49,665
Especially the older I get.

1318
00:52:49,785 --> 00:52:54,089
Um, but you, you never wanna see a kid
get hit in the head, man, that's scary.

1319
00:52:54,089 --> 00:52:57,075
And we've had a few, you know,
through the years, I remember last

1320
00:52:57,075 --> 00:52:58,424
year at Georgia State, you know.

1321
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:02,220
Uh, Alex, uh, got hit, got hit
in the nose, broke his nose, you

1322
00:53:02,220 --> 00:53:03,810
know, and that, that can happen.

1323
00:53:03,810 --> 00:53:06,480
So you just wanna stay away
from that if, if possible.

1324
00:53:06,780 --> 00:53:12,300
But again, I mean, you know, that's
one series we needed to win and we did.

1325
00:53:12,810 --> 00:53:15,990
Um, this, this weekend
against Marshall, same thing.

1326
00:53:18,540 --> 00:53:20,070
Um, it's a series we need to win.

1327
00:53:20,070 --> 00:53:22,650
If we play well, we
got a chance to win it.

1328
00:53:22,740 --> 00:53:26,760
And then, uh, you know, that's
the next, the next one that's up.

1329
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:28,410
So that's the one we gotta focus on.

1330
00:53:28,410 --> 00:53:32,820
And, you know, they've had good pitching
most of the year and, uh, haven't been

1331
00:53:32,820 --> 00:53:37,860
a great offensive team, but, um, you
know, war Memorial, if the wind's blowing

1332
00:53:37,860 --> 00:53:40,620
out, it can, it can flex the defense.

1333
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:40,920
Yeah.

1334
00:53:41,010 --> 00:53:43,110
Um, which doesn't bother me actually.

1335
00:53:43,110 --> 00:53:45,000
'cause we're starting to drive
the ball a little bit better.

1336
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,210
So, um, that wouldn't bother me that much.

1337
00:53:48,270 --> 00:53:51,510
And, uh, it just, we don't
make any of 'em easy, man.

1338
00:53:51,510 --> 00:53:55,410
I mean, that's, no, you know,
I, I haven't, it was hot

1339
00:53:55,410 --> 00:53:57,210
and those games were all.

1340
00:53:57,855 --> 00:54:02,625
You know, as the old school says, nut
cutters and man, uh, yesterday after the

1341
00:54:02,625 --> 00:54:05,415
game, I was like, holy crap, I'm tired.

1342
00:54:05,835 --> 00:54:06,315
Uh,

1343
00:54:06,615 --> 00:54:07,035
yeah.

1344
00:54:07,035 --> 00:54:10,785
You know, and I would laugh because
this morning at the airport we

1345
00:54:10,785 --> 00:54:14,174
get to TSA and the guy says, Hey,
they got your date of birth here.

1346
00:54:14,174 --> 00:54:15,495
Long, uh, wrong.

1347
00:54:15,495 --> 00:54:17,895
It says you're 10 years
older than you are.

1348
00:54:17,895 --> 00:54:20,430
And I go, oh, I feel way
more older than that money.

1349
00:54:24,610 --> 00:54:25,190
That's funny.

1350
00:54:26,430 --> 00:54:32,115
I said, I feel like a hundred years
older than I. Um, uh, so I got a good

1351
00:54:32,115 --> 00:54:33,765
chuckle from our team out of that one.

1352
00:54:34,660 --> 00:54:34,950
Yeah.

1353
00:54:35,415 --> 00:54:38,145
Gotta gotta have you flare
for the dramatics this year.

1354
00:54:38,145 --> 00:54:42,165
I feel like it's, you need to get the,
whatever cardiologist is in Norfolk needs

1355
00:54:42,165 --> 00:54:43,485
a sponsor though to your baseball team.

1356
00:54:43,785 --> 00:54:45,285
That's missed opportunity there.

1357
00:54:45,735 --> 00:54:49,935
I think, I think we were 10
and 11 at this point last year.

1358
00:54:49,935 --> 00:54:52,335
Were we, not you, I, I wanna say that

1359
00:54:52,335 --> 00:54:53,055
sounds right.

1360
00:54:53,055 --> 00:54:53,475
Yeah.

1361
00:54:54,525 --> 00:54:57,225
And maybe even the year
before, I think, I don't know.

1362
00:54:57,645 --> 00:55:04,695
But um, I think we, if you know, you,
you never know how things can happen, but

1363
00:55:04,695 --> 00:55:08,175
if you play well, you know, you have a
chance to win these next two series and

1364
00:55:09,975 --> 00:55:12,135
that probably puts you in the tournament.

1365
00:55:12,135 --> 00:55:12,465
Yeah.

1366
00:55:12,465 --> 00:55:15,405
We'd love to get in that
top six, which is possible.

1367
00:55:15,915 --> 00:55:19,545
Um, certainly with we're we got, you
know, tiebreakers over Georgia State

1368
00:55:19,545 --> 00:55:25,035
and Georgia Southern, um, you know, and
so those are two teams right in there.

1369
00:55:25,035 --> 00:55:27,340
They're gonna be somewhere
in there next to you.

1370
00:55:27,915 --> 00:55:30,975
You just gotta, you know, you stay
ahead of the ones that are below

1371
00:55:30,975 --> 00:55:34,875
you by beating them, and then
other people beat up on each other.

1372
00:55:34,875 --> 00:55:37,875
So, you know, um, that's how that works.

1373
00:55:37,875 --> 00:55:41,085
And then you kind of root for those
teams in the top three or four,

1374
00:55:41,085 --> 00:55:42,555
just keep winning at this point.

1375
00:55:43,110 --> 00:55:43,380
Right.

1376
00:55:43,380 --> 00:55:43,560
Yeah.

1377
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:45,750
This is definitely a time of year
you start watching the schedule

1378
00:55:45,750 --> 00:55:46,950
like, all right, I need you to win.

1379
00:55:46,950 --> 00:55:47,700
Need you to win.

1380
00:55:47,700 --> 00:55:51,300
Like, you know, it's, it's for sure
you start rooting for other teams.

1381
00:55:51,925 --> 00:55:52,215
Yeah.

1382
00:55:52,220 --> 00:55:52,530
Yeah.

1383
00:55:52,530 --> 00:55:52,590
You

1384
00:55:52,695 --> 00:55:55,230
start, start rooting for the
top three and the bottom three.

1385
00:55:55,260 --> 00:55:58,320
And then when you're Yeah, if, if you get
that, then you're gonna be in good shape.

1386
00:55:58,350 --> 00:56:01,260
'cause there's like legit pathway
to get even as high as four.

1387
00:56:01,260 --> 00:56:03,870
But I think five and six
is realistic, but Yep.

1388
00:56:03,870 --> 00:56:07,770
Gotta gotta go play Marshall on Friday,
six o'clock at War Memorial, win

1389
00:56:07,770 --> 00:56:09,210
that one, then worry about the rest

1390
00:56:09,210 --> 00:56:09,630
later.

1391
00:56:10,020 --> 00:56:10,260
Yeah.

1392
00:56:10,260 --> 00:56:12,900
No, that's the biggest game of
the year and you know, they got

1393
00:56:12,900 --> 00:56:14,610
that tough little lefty blevins.

1394
00:56:14,610 --> 00:56:15,630
He is tough man.

1395
00:56:15,660 --> 00:56:15,750
Mm-hmm.

1396
00:56:15,990 --> 00:56:20,580
You just hope kind of late in the year, he
is maybe running outta gas a little bit,

1397
00:56:20,580 --> 00:56:22,680
which can happen with those smaller guys.

1398
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:25,710
Um, they had a, uh.

1399
00:56:26,910 --> 00:56:30,210
They had a freshman lefty that
started Saturday that, whose

1400
00:56:30,210 --> 00:56:31,500
numbers were really good.

1401
00:56:32,580 --> 00:56:33,870
Uh, a change up guy.

1402
00:56:34,170 --> 00:56:37,530
And you could see it like that
was his ninth or 10th start of the

1403
00:56:37,530 --> 00:56:40,740
year and he was gassed, gassed.

1404
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:44,280
Like it wasn't, it's funny,
it's just so hard on those guys.

1405
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:48,480
I think the last Blake Morgan started
freshman, but he didn't, we didn't

1406
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:53,160
dump him into the rotation until
probably the sixth or seventh week.

1407
00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:58,290
And so he, I think he had eight
starts and he was outta gas by first

1408
00:56:58,290 --> 00:56:59,580
starting a tournament that year.

1409
00:56:59,940 --> 00:57:01,320
He gutted out five innings.

1410
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:06,090
I remember, but you know, if you started
freshman from the get go, man, usually by

1411
00:57:06,090 --> 00:57:11,130
this time of the year, I think the last
one we did from the opener was Johnny

1412
00:57:11,130 --> 00:57:14,040
Wilson and he got hurt in like week nine.

1413
00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:14,220
You know?

1414
00:57:15,105 --> 00:57:15,305
Yeah.

1415
00:57:15,305 --> 00:57:15,306
Yeah.

1416
00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:17,520
And so it's really hard on those kids.

1417
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:20,310
I mean, just the grind of a
college season and having to do

1418
00:57:20,310 --> 00:57:22,350
that over and over and over again.

1419
00:57:22,350 --> 00:57:26,580
You gotta be somebody pretty
special physically, anybody what,

1420
00:57:26,580 --> 00:57:27,960
no matter what year you are.

1421
00:57:28,350 --> 00:57:32,640
Um, but to be able to do that as a
freshman is, is pretty impressive.

1422
00:57:33,990 --> 00:57:34,560
Yeah, it is.

1423
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,920
And they, they've just kind of been a pest
all season, I feel like with Marshall.

1424
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:41,069
Like they had three one run
games with Troy, I think it was.

1425
00:57:41,250 --> 00:57:41,520
Yep.

1426
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:45,330
So they've been able to stay in games,
they compete and then they got killed

1427
00:57:45,330 --> 00:57:47,730
all three times against
Coastal two weeks ago.

1428
00:57:48,150 --> 00:57:48,450
Yeah.

1429
00:57:48,450 --> 00:57:50,580
And then they came out,
who'd they beat this weekend

1430
00:57:51,509 --> 00:57:51,900
does?

1431
00:57:51,900 --> 00:57:53,580
Uh, Georgia State.

1432
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:54,420
South Alabama.

1433
00:57:54,424 --> 00:57:55,065
South Alabama.

1434
00:57:55,065 --> 00:57:55,066
Yep.

1435
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:55,680
Yeah.

1436
00:57:55,740 --> 00:57:57,960
Who's gone on a jar it feels like.

1437
00:57:57,960 --> 00:57:59,009
So, yeah.

1438
00:57:59,069 --> 00:58:00,420
Um, yeah.

1439
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:03,690
Well they had a thir 32
to 15 midweek game also.

1440
00:58:04,575 --> 00:58:05,265
Did they really?

1441
00:58:05,265 --> 00:58:05,625
Wow.

1442
00:58:05,745 --> 00:58:07,395
Well, yeah, they played Morehead State.

1443
00:58:07,395 --> 00:58:10,905
It was 32 to 15 on, uh,
Wednesday after beating them 10.

1444
00:58:10,905 --> 00:58:12,645
Nothing in seven innings on Tuesday.

1445
00:58:12,915 --> 00:58:13,930
Ooh, that sucks.

1446
00:58:13,930 --> 00:58:14,770
That's a heck of a week.

1447
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:15,490
Yeah,

1448
00:58:15,710 --> 00:58:16,850
that's a heck of a week.

1449
00:58:17,355 --> 00:58:20,115
Hey, if we end up in that situation,
I don't have much left in this

1450
00:58:20,115 --> 00:58:23,775
lefthanded, uh, arm, but I can probably
give you a couple pitches anyway.

1451
00:58:23,775 --> 00:58:24,015
Go.

1452
00:58:25,095 --> 00:58:28,755
Well, we just gotta come out and,
you know, Ben's gotta go out there

1453
00:58:28,755 --> 00:58:32,835
and do what he does and, and try
to get us five or six innings and

1454
00:58:32,865 --> 00:58:34,215
we gotta get some big hits, man.

1455
00:58:34,215 --> 00:58:36,375
Hopefully we'll have, you
know, the weather looks like

1456
00:58:36,375 --> 00:58:37,395
it's pretty good this week.

1457
00:58:37,395 --> 00:58:40,425
Hopefully we'll have some
people come out and watch us.

1458
00:58:40,425 --> 00:58:45,615
I mean, uh, but we're, we're all
disappointed with the overall record,

1459
00:58:45,615 --> 00:58:47,985
but I, I will say I'm proud of our guys.

1460
00:58:47,985 --> 00:58:50,775
They are, they're through all, everything.

1461
00:58:50,775 --> 00:58:55,215
The disaster area that is our
baseball facility right now.

1462
00:58:55,215 --> 00:58:57,015
It's the, we call it the Big dig.

1463
00:58:57,015 --> 00:58:58,605
All it is a bunch of holes in the ground.

1464
00:58:59,475 --> 00:58:59,955
Um.

1465
00:59:00,285 --> 00:59:04,365
Some days we have electricity for our
pitcher machines and some days we don't.

1466
00:59:04,365 --> 00:59:09,615
And, um, the guys have come out and
they've kept showing up and playing

1467
00:59:09,615 --> 00:59:14,085
hard, and I think we're playing better
right now than we, than we have ear,

1468
00:59:14,085 --> 00:59:15,734
than we were earlier in the season.

1469
00:59:15,734 --> 00:59:18,075
And that's should just
a tribute to those kids.

1470
00:59:18,075 --> 00:59:21,615
Like they, they want to, they wanna
keep fighting and, and try to get in

1471
00:59:21,615 --> 00:59:22,995
that tournament and see what can happen.

1472
00:59:24,045 --> 00:59:24,495
That's fair.

1473
00:59:24,585 --> 00:59:28,725
Well, that's, that's, I saw a couple of
your, uh, alumni yesterday up in, uh,

1474
00:59:28,785 --> 00:59:33,285
I was in Salisbury, Maryland, saw the
Augusta Green jacket, so I got to see,

1475
00:59:33,285 --> 00:59:35,595
uh, Jacob Gomez and Trent Buchanan.

1476
00:59:35,940 --> 00:59:37,240
Oh, that's awesome.

1477
00:59:37,470 --> 00:59:37,760
Yeah.

1478
00:59:38,085 --> 00:59:39,555
That's a picture my dad
took, actually took this.

1479
00:59:39,555 --> 00:59:40,365
He was up there on Tuesday.

1480
00:59:40,365 --> 00:59:43,785
And then also Seth Keller, who almost
was a, a, a monarch, he got drafted

1481
00:59:43,785 --> 00:59:45,045
before he, uh, gotta play here.

1482
00:59:45,045 --> 00:59:45,195
Yep.

1483
00:59:45,645 --> 00:59:47,205
Uh, so all three of them are together.

1484
00:59:47,415 --> 00:59:48,360
Yeah, I follow that.

1485
00:59:48,435 --> 00:59:51,795
I didn't get to see him pitch, uh,
but they, I think Jacob pitched the

1486
00:59:51,795 --> 00:59:54,525
night before did really well how to
score the inning, and Trent's back

1487
00:59:54,525 --> 00:59:57,015
was hurting 'em a little bit, so he
wasn't able to pitch, uh, yesterday.

1488
00:59:57,015 --> 00:59:58,605
But yeah, they're, they're doing great.

1489
00:59:58,605 --> 00:59:59,445
They're, they're loving it.

1490
00:59:59,505 --> 01:00:01,095
Um, they're, they're
keeping up with the team.

1491
01:00:01,095 --> 01:00:03,495
They're still, you know, of course
they're, they're big old monarchs and,

1492
01:00:03,495 --> 01:00:06,975
and yeah, still, uh, still keeping
track and proud and keeping up with

1493
01:00:06,975 --> 01:00:07,575
all the guys.

1494
01:00:08,205 --> 01:00:08,924
That's so cool.

1495
01:00:08,924 --> 01:00:14,024
And I know you, I saw your, uh, post
about you went down and, and saw Betsy

1496
01:00:14,085 --> 01:00:17,835
throw, uh, Hal bet the week before
and he threw the ball real well.

1497
01:00:18,975 --> 01:00:19,064
Oh, sho.

1498
01:00:19,064 --> 01:00:19,544
Yeah.

1499
01:00:19,725 --> 01:00:20,805
Gary and I were both there.

1500
01:00:20,805 --> 01:00:21,254
Yeah.

1501
01:00:22,995 --> 01:00:23,745
That's cool.

1502
01:00:23,745 --> 01:00:27,075
Well, it's always fun to watch those
guys, you know, move through our

1503
01:00:27,075 --> 01:00:31,694
program into the professional ranks and
especially when they have this success

1504
01:00:31,694 --> 01:00:33,705
and, you know, make us all proud of them.

1505
01:00:34,845 --> 01:00:34,995
Yeah.

1506
01:00:34,995 --> 01:00:36,645
At that, especially with such good people.

1507
01:00:36,705 --> 01:00:38,984
I mean, those are those three
guys through the last few weeks.

1508
01:00:38,984 --> 01:00:41,085
Those are, those are three of the
best human beings you'd ever meet.

1509
01:00:41,085 --> 01:00:43,935
And they're, they're really good
representatives of ODU baseball.

1510
01:00:44,955 --> 01:00:45,285
Yeah.

1511
01:00:45,285 --> 01:00:46,154
We got good kids.

1512
01:00:46,154 --> 01:00:51,314
You know, um, Mike Federico is
Louisiana Monroe head coach, and he

1513
01:00:51,314 --> 01:00:55,035
was a long time pitching coach at
Southern Miss before he took that job.

1514
01:00:55,035 --> 01:00:58,665
And he is just a real gem of a.

1515
01:00:59,730 --> 01:01:00,660
Human being.

1516
01:01:00,660 --> 01:01:04,020
I mean, just a, you know,
a real competitor, but a

1517
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,240
real gentleman, good person.

1518
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:09,060
And, uh, after the game
yesterday, you know, that's a

1519
01:01:09,060 --> 01:01:10,620
tough loss for them, obviously.

1520
01:01:10,620 --> 01:01:10,680
Yeah.

1521
01:01:10,710 --> 01:01:15,630
They, they're fighting to get determined
and now, you know, they got a long row.

1522
01:01:15,630 --> 01:01:18,690
You're looking up a six wins right
now, and you're like, we gotta go, you

1523
01:01:18,690 --> 01:01:20,370
know, eight one or something like that.

1524
01:01:20,460 --> 01:01:20,760
Yeah.

1525
01:01:21,150 --> 01:01:24,330
But he, he always said, he goes,
man, I just wish we could play

1526
01:01:24,330 --> 01:01:26,340
people like you guys every weekend.

1527
01:01:26,370 --> 01:01:27,390
'cause it's just fun.

1528
01:01:27,390 --> 01:01:29,280
It's baseball, it's competitive.

1529
01:01:29,970 --> 01:01:34,290
They're good kids and there's not
a lot of yapping and, you know,

1530
01:01:34,830 --> 01:01:36,720
bullshit going on other than the game.

1531
01:01:36,870 --> 01:01:41,490
And um, you know, you were talking
about the umpires though, and I know I'm

1532
01:01:41,490 --> 01:01:43,110
running over here, but, oh, you're good.

1533
01:01:43,980 --> 01:01:48,600
There's no top of, I forget Scott, the,
the Saturday guy we have on the plate.

1534
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:50,430
He's been around a long time.

1535
01:01:50,955 --> 01:01:55,725
Um, and probably past his
prime, but he's a great guy.

1536
01:01:56,415 --> 01:01:59,535
Uh, the, the whole crew were
good, good people, good dudes.

1537
01:01:59,535 --> 01:02:00,915
Like they, they were, yeah.

1538
01:02:00,915 --> 01:02:01,395
Question.

1539
01:02:01,395 --> 01:02:05,985
You know, college strike zones
are like the twilight zone to me.

1540
01:02:06,134 --> 01:02:06,765
Yeah.

1541
01:02:07,545 --> 01:02:13,910
Um, sky came out there in about the sixth
inning about a lineup thing, and I said.

1542
01:02:15,825 --> 01:02:18,255
I said something, I screwed
up a number or something.

1543
01:02:18,255 --> 01:02:21,945
I gave to him, I fixed it, and he goes,
man, that's the first mistake that's

1544
01:02:21,945 --> 01:02:23,355
been made all day today, isn't it?

1545
01:02:26,865 --> 01:02:28,545
And I said, Hey, you're doing great, man.

1546
01:02:28,545 --> 01:02:29,085
Hang in there.

1547
01:02:29,085 --> 01:02:30,885
This is gonna be about a five hour game.

1548
01:02:30,885 --> 01:02:32,055
He goes, I know.

1549
01:02:32,330 --> 01:02:37,250
I got plantar fasciitis and it's already
been killing me for four innings.

1550
01:02:37,250 --> 01:02:41,180
And I said, well get some ibuprofen
and some water from our trainer, man.

1551
01:02:41,795 --> 01:02:44,000
And uh, and call some damn strikes.

1552
01:02:44,215 --> 01:02:44,655
Yeah, yeah.

1553
01:02:44,685 --> 01:02:46,640
Call some more strikes
and saying go faster.

1554
01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:51,050
About three innings later I walked out
and he said, he was like kind of limping

1555
01:02:51,050 --> 01:02:54,830
a little bit and I said, look, can you
just toughen up a little bit please?

1556
01:02:59,180 --> 01:03:02,060
And he gave, he gave me a couple
expletives that you can definitely can't.

1557
01:03:04,970 --> 01:03:06,890
I said, we're trying the best we can.

1558
01:03:06,890 --> 01:03:08,810
I know we walked nine guys or whatever.

1559
01:03:08,810 --> 01:03:12,650
But he said, God, I said, you know,
he goes, I'm trying to call strikes.

1560
01:03:12,650 --> 01:03:14,570
I want to get out and get off my feet.

1561
01:03:15,170 --> 01:03:21,710
Um, so I think, you know, sometimes when
you got umpires that are good people

1562
01:03:21,710 --> 01:03:23,480
and run the game the right way, I.

1563
01:03:24,015 --> 01:03:25,995
They're, yeah, they're
gonna make mistakes.

1564
01:03:26,055 --> 01:03:30,405
Um, the Friday guy was one of the best
plates we've had all year though, Jordan.

1565
01:03:30,615 --> 01:03:30,705
Yes.

1566
01:03:31,095 --> 01:03:31,425
Yep.

1567
01:03:31,515 --> 01:03:32,595
He was fantastic.

1568
01:03:32,595 --> 01:03:33,885
And he's been good.

1569
01:03:34,695 --> 01:03:40,275
Uh, he's an S-E-C-A-C-C, maybe Big 12
guys were, I think he was really good

1570
01:03:40,725 --> 01:03:45,105
and had enough guts to call that check
swing to end the series on yesterday too.

1571
01:03:45,285 --> 01:03:45,405
Mm-hmm.

1572
01:03:45,915 --> 01:03:45,918
Which I appreciated.

1573
01:03:45,975 --> 01:03:48,675
Which the guy did swing,
he definitely swung.

1574
01:03:49,035 --> 01:03:52,575
Um, but a lot of guys don't, 'cause
they're standing next to their dugout.

1575
01:03:53,355 --> 01:03:55,455
They don't wanna get barked
at the end of the game.

1576
01:03:55,455 --> 01:03:56,865
And Jordan doesn't care.

1577
01:03:56,895 --> 01:03:59,055
Like he don't, he ain't
taking it from anybody.

1578
01:03:59,565 --> 01:04:03,555
Um, so you know that about him and
you gotta handle him the right way.

1579
01:04:04,545 --> 01:04:08,265
Um, so, but yeah, that was my umpire
story for the, for the weekend.

1580
01:04:08,950 --> 01:04:09,435
That's a, that's

1581
01:04:09,525 --> 01:04:09,795
great.

1582
01:04:10,335 --> 01:04:11,175
That's a good one.

1583
01:04:11,715 --> 01:04:12,195
Well, awesome.

1584
01:04:12,195 --> 01:04:13,995
Well, fans are listening.

1585
01:04:13,995 --> 01:04:15,975
Get over to War Memorial this weekend.

1586
01:04:15,975 --> 01:04:18,345
I'm gonna be there for at
least the first two days.

1587
01:04:18,345 --> 01:04:19,365
I'm working on the third one.

1588
01:04:19,365 --> 01:04:20,475
I gotta get the permission.

1589
01:04:20,475 --> 01:04:21,255
I'll be good to go.

1590
01:04:21,555 --> 01:04:25,035
Uh, six o'clock Friday, three
o'clock Saturday, one o'clock Sunday.

1591
01:04:25,335 --> 01:04:28,455
If you're a bum and you stay at home
or you live far away, ESPN Plus has

1592
01:04:28,455 --> 01:04:31,335
the streaming, but at least get to
one game at war more like it's a

1593
01:04:31,335 --> 01:04:32,865
fun place to watch a baseball game.

1594
01:04:32,870 --> 01:04:33,009
It's great.

1595
01:04:33,915 --> 01:04:35,895
It's, and, and you get two teams
that are gonna be fighting like

1596
01:04:35,895 --> 01:04:37,305
Marshall's not laying down for anybody.

1597
01:04:38,145 --> 01:04:38,174
Oh.

1598
01:04:38,174 --> 01:04:39,134
They fight just as hard.

1599
01:04:39,134 --> 01:04:40,154
So Marshall hasn't

1600
01:04:40,154 --> 01:04:41,205
been in the tournament.

1601
01:04:41,475 --> 01:04:44,810
Marsha hadn't been in the Sunbelt
conference tournament yet since

1602
01:04:44,865 --> 01:04:46,665
they joined the league, so, oh wow.

1603
01:04:46,670 --> 01:04:50,535
They're, they're trying to get in
it and um, obviously they got a

1604
01:04:50,535 --> 01:04:52,305
good coach and he is a good guy.

1605
01:04:52,305 --> 01:04:53,685
And they're, they're building that thing.

1606
01:04:53,685 --> 01:04:55,335
They're with that new stadium.

1607
01:04:55,335 --> 01:04:58,634
They're gonna continue to
improve, um, without a doubt.

1608
01:04:59,234 --> 01:05:01,529
So, yeah, it'll be a
good competitive series.

1609
01:05:02,565 --> 01:05:03,674
It's gonna be a lot of fun.

1610
01:05:03,765 --> 01:05:06,495
I, I booked my hotel and
my flight to Montgomery.

1611
01:05:06,495 --> 01:05:09,194
I'm not gonna tell you what
days, but I, I'll be there.

1612
01:05:09,495 --> 01:05:10,605
Alright, I'll be there.

1613
01:05:11,685 --> 01:05:13,035
What hotel you staying at?

1614
01:05:13,890 --> 01:05:17,520
Uh, the, the Renaissance, I think
that's right there by the ballpark.

1615
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:17,970
So

1616
01:05:18,029 --> 01:05:19,529
yeah, you can walk to the park.

1617
01:05:19,860 --> 01:05:21,360
All those are great down there, man.

1618
01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:23,400
That's the best thing they got going.

1619
01:05:23,970 --> 01:05:25,080
The ballpark's cool too.

1620
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:28,170
I like the ballpark, but the best
thing they got going is that all

1621
01:05:28,170 --> 01:05:31,650
the teams stay within walking
distance of the, of the ballpark.

1622
01:05:31,650 --> 01:05:35,640
And so the guys can just walk over and
watch games when they're not playing.

1623
01:05:35,700 --> 01:05:38,940
And the coaches, uh, there's a
lot of cool restaurants around.

1624
01:05:38,940 --> 01:05:40,110
It's just a neat area.

1625
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:44,285
You know, Montgomery, Alabama
isn't, uh, you know, the, the

1626
01:05:44,290 --> 01:05:47,730
tourist hub of the world, but
there is some cool history there.

1627
01:05:48,060 --> 01:05:52,410
I enjoy walking through town, seeing the,
the Rosa Parks Monument and you know,

1628
01:05:52,410 --> 01:05:57,540
some of the, some of the, the Civil War
things and, you know, the, um, you know,

1629
01:05:57,540 --> 01:06:01,560
the, the, the, the Martin Luther King
Memorial and some of those things are

1630
01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:06,390
really, really, really neat to, to look
at from a history perspective as well.

1631
01:06:06,570 --> 01:06:07,560
Hopefully we'll be there.

1632
01:06:08,340 --> 01:06:10,140
They got a couple good
coffee shops in town.

1633
01:06:10,140 --> 01:06:10,440
I like

1634
01:06:10,980 --> 01:06:14,010
Alright, I'll get your, I'll get your
coffee recommendations when we get a

1635
01:06:14,010 --> 01:06:18,300
little bit closer to it, but, uh, looking,
looking forward to the games this weekend.

1636
01:06:18,540 --> 01:06:20,550
I know CB you'll be there as well.

1637
01:06:20,550 --> 01:06:21,510
We'll be, can't wait.

1638
01:06:21,870 --> 01:06:22,140
I'll be there.

1639
01:06:22,470 --> 01:06:23,220
Baseball cards for

1640
01:06:23,220 --> 01:06:23,490
everybody.

1641
01:06:23,490 --> 01:06:24,120
It's gonna be great.

1642
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:26,340
Oh, baseball cards are out this weekend.

1643
01:06:26,340 --> 01:06:26,670
Nice.

1644
01:06:26,670 --> 01:06:27,150
Yeah.

1645
01:06:27,510 --> 01:06:27,810
Sweet.

1646
01:06:27,865 --> 01:06:32,910
And I, I think it's, um,
graduation weekend as well.

1647
01:06:33,660 --> 01:06:36,150
I think we're doing senior weekend.

1648
01:06:36,540 --> 01:06:37,560
I could be wrong on that.

1649
01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:38,340
Maybe graduation,

1650
01:06:38,475 --> 01:06:38,675
I think.

1651
01:06:38,730 --> 01:06:42,915
I think that's gonna be the Friday of
the next week is the graduation coastal.

1652
01:06:43,145 --> 01:06:43,635
Alright.

1653
01:06:43,635 --> 01:06:43,795
Yeah.

1654
01:06:43,800 --> 01:06:44,310
Yeah, that's right.

1655
01:06:44,310 --> 01:06:45,270
We them both that week.

1656
01:06:45,270 --> 01:06:45,990
Yeah, they moved.

1657
01:06:46,740 --> 01:06:47,730
So yeah,

1658
01:06:48,270 --> 01:06:48,570
check

1659
01:06:48,570 --> 01:06:48,900
that.

1660
01:06:49,290 --> 01:06:49,590
All right.

1661
01:06:49,590 --> 01:06:51,270
Well, I'm getting ready to
throw some burgers on the grill.

1662
01:06:51,270 --> 01:06:52,020
How you guys liking.

1663
01:06:52,020 --> 01:06:52,500
All right.

1664
01:06:52,775 --> 01:06:53,195
Medium.

1665
01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:54,660
Medium.

1666
01:06:54,660 --> 01:06:54,750
Medium.

1667
01:06:54,750 --> 01:06:55,110
Rare.

1668
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:55,620
Medium.

1669
01:06:56,280 --> 01:06:56,640
Got it.

1670
01:06:57,210 --> 01:06:57,630
Alright.

1671
01:06:57,630 --> 01:06:58,470
Thanks so much Finn.

1672
01:06:58,470 --> 01:06:59,160
Appreciate you

1673
01:06:59,160 --> 01:06:59,370
man.

1674
01:06:59,940 --> 01:07:00,120
Alright.

1675
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:00,210
Mon.

1676
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:03,870
All right,

1677
01:07:04,020 --> 01:07:04,350
there we go.

1678
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:04,950
Appreciate

1679
01:07:04,950 --> 01:07:05,070
it.

1680
01:07:05,430 --> 01:07:06,960
Getting some burgers on the grill.

1681
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:09,510
I'm gonna be getting some
dinner here myself pretty soon.

1682
01:07:09,510 --> 01:07:10,320
And Okay.

1683
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,810
If I remember to take out what I was
supposed to take out of the freezer.

1684
01:07:12,810 --> 01:07:13,230
So,

1685
01:07:13,500 --> 01:07:16,230
well, before you do that,
let's talk about our, our, uh,

1686
01:07:16,230 --> 01:07:17,490
hitter and pitcher of the week.

1687
01:07:17,850 --> 01:07:18,390
Yes.

1688
01:07:18,390 --> 01:07:18,870
Gimme one second.

1689
01:07:18,870 --> 01:07:20,070
Bring those bad boys out.

1690
01:07:20,070 --> 01:07:22,140
That's, I mean, I, you can
take all the seconds you need.

1691
01:07:22,140 --> 01:07:24,150
I, you're the one knows all the buttons.

1692
01:07:24,420 --> 01:07:25,185
There we go there.

1693
01:07:25,185 --> 01:07:25,950
Go look at that.

1694
01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:28,140
Uh, and so Alex Hunt, look at that.

1695
01:07:28,140 --> 01:07:29,340
We talked to that guy, right?

1696
01:07:29,340 --> 01:07:31,740
That was, uh, and as you were
getting that, I could have been

1697
01:07:31,740 --> 01:07:33,030
getting the stats out instead of

1698
01:07:35,160 --> 01:07:35,865
Maverick played ball.

1699
01:07:35,865 --> 01:07:36,145
Good.

1700
01:07:36,615 --> 01:07:37,945
Alex throw Maverick Dub.

1701
01:07:37,965 --> 01:07:38,425
All good.

1702
01:07:38,575 --> 01:07:39,960
Alex Dub dub ball.

1703
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:40,890
So we talked about Alex.

1704
01:07:40,890 --> 01:07:42,120
He was in all three games.

1705
01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:45,000
He ended up, he got one
out in all three games.

1706
01:07:45,060 --> 01:07:46,560
Uh, so that's one inning total.

1707
01:07:46,620 --> 01:07:49,020
He did give up, um, an earned run.

1708
01:07:49,380 --> 01:07:50,370
Uh, he struck a guy out.

1709
01:07:50,370 --> 01:07:55,290
He did hit a guy, but like I said, he, he
left, he inherited five runners for them.

1710
01:07:55,290 --> 01:07:56,100
Were left on base.

1711
01:07:56,100 --> 01:07:57,600
So that's, that's a big deal.

1712
01:07:57,600 --> 01:07:58,740
It's, it's not a small thing.

1713
01:07:58,860 --> 01:07:59,310
Um.

1714
01:07:59,655 --> 01:08:02,715
It was kind of a weird week for pitching
'cause as we know, we had a lot of

1715
01:08:02,715 --> 01:08:07,185
guy, a ton of guys pitched, weren't a
lot of like really great appearances.

1716
01:08:08,055 --> 01:08:11,205
Tyler Stotts, the guy I think we should
mention too, he got the save in that game

1717
01:08:11,205 --> 01:08:15,945
one inning, um, note runs, gave up a hit
a walk, but he did get a strikeout, you

1718
01:08:15,945 --> 01:08:19,785
know, and for a guy who doesn't get in
a ton of games to come in, in a big spot

1719
01:08:19,785 --> 01:08:21,735
where we need you, he, he showed up.

1720
01:08:21,795 --> 01:08:22,995
Um, so that was great.

1721
01:08:23,055 --> 01:08:27,465
Uh, Ben Moore had a, you know, again, we,
it felt like a step back after throwing

1722
01:08:27,465 --> 01:08:31,305
five and six inning, his last couple,
but four and two thirds, only one run,

1723
01:08:31,335 --> 01:08:33,194
three hits, three walks, two strikeouts.

1724
01:08:33,194 --> 01:08:37,935
So not his best start, uh, by far,
but, but a, a good solid start for him.

1725
01:08:38,325 --> 01:08:40,485
Um, and then Frank Wright
had a nice scoreless inning.

1726
01:08:40,485 --> 01:08:45,944
He, uh, he, he pitched one inning, uh, no
hits, no runs, two walks in a strikeout.

1727
01:08:45,944 --> 01:08:49,965
So not a ton of great stuff
on the pitching side, but,

1728
01:08:50,025 --> 01:08:51,165
but a few guys here and there.

1729
01:08:51,615 --> 01:08:52,785
Uh, the hitters were a little better.

1730
01:08:52,785 --> 01:08:55,515
We had some guys had some really
nice, so Maverick, uh, you know,

1731
01:08:55,515 --> 01:08:57,404
you have a two Homer, five RBI game.

1732
01:08:57,495 --> 01:08:58,665
I think you gotta get Player of the week.

1733
01:08:58,694 --> 01:08:59,955
And he had a good solid week overall.

1734
01:08:59,955 --> 01:09:02,535
He was, he was a six for 14 in the week.

1735
01:09:02,895 --> 01:09:04,755
Uh, double two Homers five rbis.

1736
01:09:04,755 --> 01:09:06,105
Had a walk and had a stolen base.

1737
01:09:06,735 --> 01:09:07,305
So that was fun.

1738
01:09:07,305 --> 01:09:09,915
It's fun, it's fun to see the
guys do the kind of room, vroom,

1739
01:09:09,975 --> 01:09:11,295
uh, celebration when they steal.

1740
01:09:11,295 --> 01:09:15,855
So it was, it was good seeing Maverick
enjoying that, uh, Zach late, which again,

1741
01:09:16,275 --> 01:09:17,745
you might even argue, had a better week.

1742
01:09:17,745 --> 01:09:18,225
But you know what?

1743
01:09:18,225 --> 01:09:21,165
Maverick, Maverick had a two Armor
game, had not one point a week where

1744
01:09:21,165 --> 01:09:25,155
gave it to him, uh, but Zach late,
he was five for 10 on the week, two

1745
01:09:25,185 --> 01:09:28,875
doubles, four rbis, three walks to
hit by a pitch, so that, that equates

1746
01:09:28,875 --> 01:09:31,065
out to a 6 43 on base for the week.

1747
01:09:31,395 --> 01:09:34,725
Um, so he's, he's, I mean, he's
certainly been our best offensive

1748
01:09:34,725 --> 01:09:36,615
player all year and continues to be.

1749
01:09:36,615 --> 01:09:38,565
So it's, it's nice to
see him keep that going.

1750
01:09:39,015 --> 01:09:42,555
Uh, Kainen George, uh, as, as Finney
pointed out, another really good

1751
01:09:42,585 --> 01:09:47,775
week, five for 14, a double two rbis,
two walks a sack fly and get this.

1752
01:09:47,955 --> 01:09:50,475
Did you know this one, four
stolen bases this weekend?

1753
01:09:51,195 --> 01:09:52,275
Uh, yeah.

1754
01:09:52,275 --> 01:09:55,755
He, he, Kainen went from being
like having a couple, he's up

1755
01:09:55,755 --> 01:09:57,285
over, I think he's got like 11 now.

1756
01:09:57,285 --> 01:10:01,305
So, uh, Kyles tops in the
league with 20, I think 21.

1757
01:10:01,755 --> 01:10:02,915
Uh, and Kainen's.

1758
01:10:03,570 --> 01:10:04,170
Pretty solidly.

1759
01:10:04,170 --> 01:10:05,370
Second place now on the team.

1760
01:10:05,850 --> 01:10:07,950
Uh, Luke Waters another good week for him.

1761
01:10:07,950 --> 01:10:08,850
He's moving in the right direction.

1762
01:10:08,850 --> 01:10:12,600
He's, uh, four for 14, a double
a Homer, three rbis and a walk.

1763
01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:17,160
Uh, and Brody Connors, again, another
nice weekend for a guy who's really just

1764
01:10:17,160 --> 01:10:18,810
getting his first chance to play a lot.

1765
01:10:19,410 --> 01:10:23,160
Four for 14, a double, two
rbis, a walk and a stolen base.

1766
01:10:23,490 --> 01:10:25,770
So another good week for Brody.

1767
01:10:25,770 --> 01:10:29,340
And he said, you know, had had a couple
not great plays, but had some good plays.

1768
01:10:29,340 --> 01:10:30,510
And he is, he's playing like a freshman.

1769
01:10:31,710 --> 01:10:32,010
Yeah.

1770
01:10:32,010 --> 01:10:35,100
And it, it, it, it's really hard
to pick, I think the offensive

1771
01:10:35,100 --> 01:10:36,030
player of the week this week.

1772
01:10:36,030 --> 01:10:39,900
Like, it was, it was difficult, but we
set the precedent with Evan having the

1773
01:10:39,900 --> 01:10:41,375
big day and he got it because of that.

1774
01:10:41,375 --> 01:10:41,575
Right.

1775
01:10:41,575 --> 01:10:43,890
And that was, that was the
separator for Maverick too.

1776
01:10:43,920 --> 01:10:44,040
Now

1777
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:45,780
I will say, if Maverick was like.

1778
01:10:46,545 --> 01:10:49,245
Had two homers and five rbis
that day, but was like over,

1779
01:10:49,425 --> 01:10:51,224
over nine with eight strikeouts.

1780
01:10:51,224 --> 01:10:54,675
The previous few days, I'd had a hard time
giving it to 'em, but fortunately it came

1781
01:10:54,675 --> 01:10:56,894
on on in the midst of a, a good weekend.

1782
01:10:57,675 --> 01:10:58,215
Yes.

1783
01:10:58,215 --> 01:10:59,295
And one other note I'll put out there.

1784
01:10:59,295 --> 01:11:00,255
You're talking about stolen bases.

1785
01:11:00,255 --> 01:11:04,304
Kyle Edwards currently leads the
Sunbelt with 20 stolen bases in Sunbelt.

1786
01:11:04,304 --> 01:11:04,394
Right?

1787
01:11:04,394 --> 01:11:04,755
There you go.

1788
01:11:05,235 --> 01:11:05,655
Uh

1789
01:11:05,715 --> 01:11:05,804
oh.

1790
01:11:05,809 --> 01:11:06,480
And play.

1791
01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:06,720
Okay.

1792
01:11:07,665 --> 01:11:09,765
I think he has more than that overall.

1793
01:11:09,825 --> 01:11:10,995
Um, but he is interesting.

1794
01:11:10,995 --> 01:11:11,985
Current conference leader.

1795
01:11:12,345 --> 01:11:15,165
Uh, I will tell you that because I
didn't even think to look at it until

1796
01:11:15,165 --> 01:11:18,795
I was listening to Louisiana and
Rose play by play guy this weekend,

1797
01:11:19,005 --> 01:11:22,575
which by the way, one of the better
broadcasts in the Sunbelt period.

1798
01:11:22,635 --> 01:11:23,085
Yeah,

1799
01:11:23,565 --> 01:11:25,125
that dude was awesome.

1800
01:11:25,245 --> 01:11:29,400
He had access to either TrackMan
data or Statcast because mm-hmm.

1801
01:11:29,500 --> 01:11:33,045
He was talking about all of the
crazy exit velocities off of ODU

1802
01:11:33,045 --> 01:11:34,395
bats that were getting caught.

1803
01:11:34,695 --> 01:11:39,735
I know one specifically Luke Waters was
like 1 0 9 0.5 a line out the center,

1804
01:11:40,065 --> 01:11:44,325
uh, that that's, that's hitting the crap
out of the baseball and I'm glad to see

1805
01:11:44,325 --> 01:11:46,065
more guys in lineup starting to do that.

1806
01:11:46,710 --> 01:11:46,980
Yeah.

1807
01:11:46,980 --> 01:11:49,500
And I was gonna say, and that's
why those stats are always

1808
01:11:49,500 --> 01:11:51,120
interesting because it tells a lot.

1809
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:51,929
It's a, Hey look.

1810
01:11:52,200 --> 01:11:52,920
Yeah, you're out.

1811
01:11:52,920 --> 01:11:53,130
You know?

1812
01:11:53,130 --> 01:11:54,360
Right in the box score, you're out.

1813
01:11:54,420 --> 01:11:56,070
Well, it was, that's a bad result, right?

1814
01:11:56,070 --> 01:11:56,759
Well, not really.

1815
01:11:56,759 --> 01:12:01,139
If you, you, you rope a ball
at 1 0 9, like, okay, you

1816
01:12:01,139 --> 01:12:01,980
happen to be out this time.

1817
01:12:01,980 --> 01:12:04,860
But if you do that, you know, if you
come up 10 times, do that, you're

1818
01:12:04,860 --> 01:12:06,809
probably getting 3, 4, 5 hits outta that.

1819
01:12:07,710 --> 01:12:08,009
Yeah.

1820
01:12:08,070 --> 01:12:11,280
And over the course of a series, you
see that come through with even Brody

1821
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:14,820
hitting maybe his softest contact of
the weekend falls in for a single,

1822
01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:17,130
uh, baseball is is funny like that.

1823
01:12:18,030 --> 01:12:19,290
Oh man.

1824
01:12:19,290 --> 01:12:21,089
But glad, just glad to get a series win.

1825
01:12:21,210 --> 01:12:25,530
Uh, but I'm hopeful that we can
parlay that into a home series win

1826
01:12:25,589 --> 01:12:29,580
this weekend, because I feel like
we've, we've had two road series wins.

1827
01:12:29,580 --> 01:12:32,099
We get high like, all
right, we're over it.

1828
01:12:32,099 --> 01:12:34,530
And then there's kind of that
let down the following weekend.

1829
01:12:34,650 --> 01:12:34,710
Yeah.

1830
01:12:35,070 --> 01:12:36,059
We gotta avoid that.

1831
01:12:36,089 --> 01:12:37,589
We gotta get two from Marshall.

1832
01:12:37,589 --> 01:12:41,339
At least three would be amazing
that, that keeps that four

1833
01:12:41,339 --> 01:12:43,019
seed, five seed and contention.

1834
01:12:43,469 --> 01:12:43,980
Uh.

1835
01:12:44,010 --> 01:12:45,690
We gotta gotta go and do it.

1836
01:12:45,810 --> 01:12:47,550
Start Friday, just blow 'em out.

1837
01:12:47,550 --> 01:12:49,020
Don't have to worry about
your bullpen on Friday.

1838
01:12:49,170 --> 01:12:49,680
Yeah.

1839
01:12:49,680 --> 01:12:51,540
I mean that's, you keep
wanting to say blow 'em out.

1840
01:12:51,540 --> 01:12:51,660
Yeah.

1841
01:12:51,690 --> 01:12:53,160
'cause that's, the hitters are going good.

1842
01:12:53,160 --> 01:12:57,060
But I, and I think Finney pointed out,
it comes back to that starting pitching.

1843
01:12:57,090 --> 01:13:00,030
You know, if, if our starters can
go deeper into the game, that's

1844
01:13:00,030 --> 01:13:01,350
less innings we have to cover.

1845
01:13:01,500 --> 01:13:04,350
That's less chances to have
the guys who have not been as

1846
01:13:04,350 --> 01:13:06,810
successful, uh, not be successful.

1847
01:13:06,810 --> 01:13:07,080
Right.

1848
01:13:07,080 --> 01:13:10,020
I mean, you know, you, you keep
wanting the guys to step up and

1849
01:13:10,020 --> 01:13:12,960
prove that the guy, which like, like
Alex Hunt has, has, has done here.

1850
01:13:13,290 --> 01:13:16,170
Um, but it's just, you know, you're just
getting to a certain point of the year

1851
01:13:16,170 --> 01:13:18,810
where the guys you at c sometimes you
gotta say, well, they are who they are.

1852
01:13:19,200 --> 01:13:21,570
And sometimes you gotta,
we can grind it out.

1853
01:13:21,570 --> 01:13:23,430
You can't necessarily count
on the guys every time.

1854
01:13:23,430 --> 01:13:27,900
So the moorings you can get out
of your really top three starters,

1855
01:13:27,900 --> 01:13:29,040
which are really outstanding.

1856
01:13:29,040 --> 01:13:31,140
They're as good as probably any
three you're gonna find on a team.

1857
01:13:31,650 --> 01:13:34,410
Uh, the better your off you're gonna
be, the better chance you're gonna have.

1858
01:13:35,325 --> 01:13:35,535
Yeah.

1859
01:13:35,535 --> 01:13:38,474
And that's something that we'll definitely
have to carry on into tournament play.

1860
01:13:38,535 --> 01:13:42,075
And yeah, I think fighting hard
right now to get outta that playing

1861
01:13:42,075 --> 01:13:45,165
game is really important for us,
given our pitching situation.

1862
01:13:45,165 --> 01:13:49,695
Like we're, yeah, we gotta stay off that
Tuesday and start things off on Saturday.

1863
01:13:49,695 --> 01:13:53,565
I don't care where we go, four or five
or six, just stay out of seven through

1864
01:13:53,565 --> 01:13:54,974
10 and we're gonna be in good shape.

1865
01:13:55,964 --> 01:13:58,304
Be, because the reality is we
don't have the pitching depth.

1866
01:13:58,304 --> 01:14:01,365
And when you have to pitch every
single play every single day, by

1867
01:14:01,365 --> 01:14:05,985
the time you get to that like fourth
day it, our team's gonna be toast.

1868
01:14:05,985 --> 01:14:09,195
And so hopefully that fourth day for
us is like trying to win the game.

1869
01:14:09,375 --> 01:14:10,755
The final one, right?

1870
01:14:10,755 --> 01:14:10,875
Yes.

1871
01:14:10,875 --> 01:14:13,634
I mean, that'd be, that'd be
ideal if the ideal would be to

1872
01:14:13,634 --> 01:14:14,714
go out and win your first two.

1873
01:14:14,745 --> 01:14:17,384
'cause we have really good starting
pitching and then you get a buy

1874
01:14:17,384 --> 01:14:19,815
into that third and all you need
is three wins to win the thing.

1875
01:14:19,844 --> 01:14:21,464
I mean, that'd be, that'd
be the absolute best.

1876
01:14:22,019 --> 01:14:22,830
Yes, it would.

1877
01:14:22,919 --> 01:14:24,209
Well, we've gotta get there first.

1878
01:14:24,330 --> 01:14:28,740
And it starts with get, it starts with,
with winning the series against Marshall.

1879
01:14:28,740 --> 01:14:31,679
Like, uh, you know, I'll, I'll never
say like, something is a must win

1880
01:14:31,679 --> 01:14:33,209
until it can eliminate your season.

1881
01:14:33,209 --> 01:14:35,009
So like, you know mm-hmm.

1882
01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:36,870
Playing games, things
like that are important.

1883
01:14:36,870 --> 01:14:41,940
But the math gets really hard
if you don't win this series.

1884
01:14:42,059 --> 01:14:46,169
And now you're having to rely on a sweep
of JMU and taking two outta three from a

1885
01:14:46,169 --> 01:14:48,570
coastal team that is on fire right now.

1886
01:14:48,780 --> 01:14:50,250
They're number 11 in the country today.

1887
01:14:50,250 --> 01:14:53,700
I saw they might be higher on some of, I
think I saw Baseball America had 'em 11.

1888
01:14:54,389 --> 01:14:55,290
Yeah, they're, they're really good.

1889
01:14:55,830 --> 01:14:57,209
They're, they're on fire.

1890
01:14:57,209 --> 01:15:00,030
Southern Miss has begun to separate
and kind of show their talent

1891
01:15:00,030 --> 01:15:01,379
and get up there to the top.

1892
01:15:01,500 --> 01:15:03,299
Troy also, right up there.

1893
01:15:03,299 --> 01:15:04,830
We, we saw them in person in Norfolk.

1894
01:15:04,830 --> 01:15:05,849
I know that a couple weeks ago.

1895
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:07,290
We know they're really good.

1896
01:15:07,530 --> 01:15:09,540
So you focus on those 4, 5, 6.

1897
01:15:09,599 --> 01:15:10,709
You root for the top three.

1898
01:15:10,709 --> 01:15:13,230
You root for the bottom three,
unless they're playing you, which

1899
01:15:13,379 --> 01:15:14,759
happens to be the case this weekend.

1900
01:15:14,759 --> 01:15:15,330
So there you go.

1901
01:15:15,780 --> 01:15:17,160
Um, all right.

1902
01:15:17,759 --> 01:15:18,419
That's it for me.

1903
01:15:18,419 --> 01:15:18,900
What do you else?

1904
01:15:18,900 --> 01:15:19,440
You got ccb.

1905
01:15:19,500 --> 01:15:21,089
Oh, your baseball cards will be available.

1906
01:15:21,240 --> 01:15:24,660
We're ba we have some, so yeah, if you
ordered some baseball cards, uh, get at

1907
01:15:24,660 --> 01:15:26,219
me, find me and we'll, we'll have some.

1908
01:15:26,219 --> 01:15:28,290
If you didn't order 'em,
maybe I'll have extra.

1909
01:15:28,290 --> 01:15:28,919
We'll find out.

1910
01:15:28,919 --> 01:15:30,629
I usually have a couple, but who knows?

1911
01:15:30,990 --> 01:15:32,879
That's, you know, you,
you had your opportunity.

1912
01:15:33,150 --> 01:15:34,799
Uh, but, but yeah.

1913
01:15:34,830 --> 01:15:35,790
So hopefully hope I have 'em.

1914
01:15:35,790 --> 01:15:36,299
They look great.

1915
01:15:36,570 --> 01:15:37,200
Hopefully we'll see.

1916
01:15:37,290 --> 01:15:38,280
Especially let come tomorrow.

1917
01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:38,759
We'll check 'em out.

1918
01:15:39,179 --> 01:15:39,719
Yeah, yeah.

1919
01:15:39,719 --> 01:15:41,639
Come, come pick 'em up over the weekend.

1920
01:15:41,639 --> 01:15:42,360
Uh, hang out.

1921
01:15:42,360 --> 01:15:44,219
You probably get some guys
to sign some of those.

1922
01:15:44,460 --> 01:15:44,639
Yeah.

1923
01:15:44,639 --> 01:15:47,099
'cause they can come in valuable
for you later on when they're, you

1924
01:15:47,099 --> 01:15:50,400
know, in the pros and if we follow
through the minors and all that.

1925
01:15:50,940 --> 01:15:53,669
Uh, if you wanna track the guys that
are already gone, I'll plug it again.

1926
01:15:53,669 --> 01:15:55,349
The pride of odu Yeah.

1927
01:15:55,405 --> 01:15:56,519
N i.com.

1928
01:15:56,639 --> 01:15:58,799
Uh, the pride of odu.com.

1929
01:15:58,799 --> 01:16:00,299
I guess I should probably get that

1930
01:16:00,299 --> 01:16:00,509
right.

1931
01:16:00,509 --> 01:16:00,570
Yeah.

1932
01:16:00,570 --> 01:16:01,290
Since they sponsor it.

1933
01:16:03,555 --> 01:16:06,495
I go look at that page, even though I'm
the one that helped set it up, because

1934
01:16:06,495 --> 01:16:09,855
that helps me instead of having to like
look at every single box we're find.

1935
01:16:09,855 --> 01:16:11,715
'cause sometimes I'm just like, oh, lemme
just go see what he did because you know,

1936
01:16:11,715 --> 01:16:14,265
we have, especially, we have some of our
pitchers, you know, it's like when in

1937
01:16:14,265 --> 01:16:15,645
the week this guy pitch, I don't know.

1938
01:16:15,735 --> 01:16:19,545
So if sometimes I'm on track, like John
Holts had another great start yesterday.

1939
01:16:19,635 --> 01:16:22,695
So we got, our guys are doing some
stuff and we got Connor Overton.

1940
01:16:22,695 --> 01:16:24,315
I even, I didn't even realize
until I looked him up.

1941
01:16:24,315 --> 01:16:28,005
He's back, uh, he got cut by the Mets
right outta spring training, but now he's

1942
01:16:28,005 --> 01:16:29,595
back with the Blue Jays again in aaa.

1943
01:16:29,595 --> 01:16:31,635
So hopefully he can get himself
back up to Toronto again.

1944
01:16:31,965 --> 01:16:34,155
Yeah, well they, I think
they're still in Buffalo, right?

1945
01:16:34,875 --> 01:16:37,965
Yeah, he is back in Buffalo, which he had,
he had some really good times in Buffalo.

1946
01:16:37,995 --> 01:16:40,965
Um, so, so hopefully he is back
in the organization that, that had

1947
01:16:40,965 --> 01:16:42,585
him for a while and, and liked him.

1948
01:16:42,585 --> 01:16:45,225
So that's always, that's always a
plus when you've been a, when you've

1949
01:16:45,225 --> 01:16:47,145
been in the big leagues, it's easier
to get back to the big leagues.

1950
01:16:47,145 --> 01:16:47,895
Anybody will tell you that?

1951
01:16:48,465 --> 01:16:49,725
Yes, absolutely.

1952
01:16:49,785 --> 01:16:52,995
Well definitely root for Connor
and all the rest of the guys.

1953
01:16:53,055 --> 01:16:53,715
Uh, jealous.

1954
01:16:53,715 --> 01:16:55,845
You got to go see Jacob and, and Trent.

1955
01:16:55,935 --> 01:16:57,465
Uh, they were awesome dudes.

1956
01:16:57,465 --> 01:17:01,155
I think we're still trying to replace
the Jacob Gomez role in our bullpen.

1957
01:17:01,155 --> 01:17:03,465
I. I said that to him, we
were, because you know, I said

1958
01:17:03,465 --> 01:17:04,245
he's keeping up with things.

1959
01:17:04,245 --> 01:17:06,105
I said, yeah, there's no Jacob
Gomez in that bull thing.

1960
01:17:06,105 --> 01:17:08,215
He is like, yeah, no Trent
Buchanan, no John Holobetz.

1961
01:17:08,235 --> 01:17:09,974
I was like, yeah, it's not,
it's not quite the same.

1962
01:17:10,035 --> 01:17:14,054
We got, we got some dudes, but they
gotta, if I, I would, and I've said

1963
01:17:14,054 --> 01:17:18,345
that I would gimme a team full of 25,
30 guys with the heart of Jacob Gomez.

1964
01:17:18,345 --> 01:17:19,665
Man, I'd, I'd, we'd make it work.

1965
01:17:20,235 --> 01:17:20,655
Oh yeah.

1966
01:17:20,684 --> 01:17:23,025
We'd, I don't know if anyone
would, would ever beat us.

1967
01:17:23,085 --> 01:17:27,375
Uh, yeah, he's, he's just, just built
differently and I'm glad to see him

1968
01:17:27,375 --> 01:17:30,315
get the opportunity with Augusta and
hopefully just shoots right on rank.

1969
01:17:30,610 --> 01:17:32,804
Lemme, and lemme tell you,
I, I didn't mention this so.

1970
01:17:33,285 --> 01:17:35,505
Savvy vet. 'cause he was talking
about being a little older.

1971
01:17:35,535 --> 01:17:39,257
'cause they were joking about, um, Hobe,
you know, said he's young 'cause he is,

1972
01:17:39,315 --> 01:17:43,155
you know, he was only like a, a a junior,
retro junior coming out and they were

1973
01:17:43,155 --> 01:17:46,934
both like 50 or seniors and uh, they
were talking about, yeah, he's got time.

1974
01:17:46,934 --> 01:17:47,924
And he was an early draft pick.

1975
01:17:48,165 --> 01:17:50,985
Like those are the guys,
they were seniors, undrafted.

1976
01:17:50,985 --> 01:17:53,594
They like, they know we don't have time,
we gotta make moves, make stuff happen.

1977
01:17:53,894 --> 01:17:55,514
But he showed that Wiley vet move.

1978
01:17:55,575 --> 01:17:58,455
Jacob was the first guy out of
the clubhouse after the game.

1979
01:17:58,815 --> 01:18:01,964
Uh, they're leaving, uh, leaving
the, uh, Salisbury, Maryland to

1980
01:18:01,964 --> 01:18:05,115
go down to Annapolis, uh, North
Carolina for, for a series.

1981
01:18:05,115 --> 01:18:06,285
So it's gonna be a little bit of a drive.

1982
01:18:06,705 --> 01:18:07,815
They have two buses.

1983
01:18:07,875 --> 01:18:10,035
One he told me one's a sleeper
bus, one's just like a regular bus.

1984
01:18:10,035 --> 01:18:11,714
So he, he is first guy out.

1985
01:18:11,804 --> 01:18:12,615
He's like, Hey, I'll see you guys.

1986
01:18:12,705 --> 01:18:15,075
Like, I knew exactly what he was
doing, put all his stuff on the

1987
01:18:15,075 --> 01:18:17,655
bus so he could, he could mark
his spot on the sleeper bus so he

1988
01:18:17,655 --> 01:18:18,075
could have to like

1989
01:18:18,795 --> 01:18:19,875
wildly vet.

1990
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:21,134
This is a guy, this is a guy here.

1991
01:18:21,134 --> 01:18:22,545
He is first year pro ball.

1992
01:18:22,545 --> 01:18:23,594
He knows the drill.

1993
01:18:23,594 --> 01:18:24,495
He knows what's going on.

1994
01:18:24,495 --> 01:18:25,905
Jake, you can't mess with Jacob Gomez.

1995
01:18:25,905 --> 01:18:25,964
No,

1996
01:18:26,714 --> 01:18:27,285
he is on it.

1997
01:18:27,285 --> 01:18:30,075
He, he knows he's a, he likes
those creature comforts and

1998
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:30,615
I don't, I don't blame 'em.

1999
01:18:30,915 --> 01:18:32,504
That's a. That's a hall down there.

2000
01:18:33,795 --> 01:18:37,844
All right, well, we'll be with you at the
ballpark at War Memorial this weekend.

2001
01:18:37,844 --> 01:18:40,035
Come out and see us get
your baseball cards.

2002
01:18:40,094 --> 01:18:41,474
Uh, come talk to Gary.

2003
01:18:42,525 --> 01:18:45,344
Yes, actually CB will give you
the baseball cards for free.

2004
01:18:45,344 --> 01:18:47,865
If you could talk to him about
baseball for 30 straight minutes.

2005
01:18:48,254 --> 01:18:51,224
If you could, if you could be near
me for, I would go up on the roof.

2006
01:18:51,740 --> 01:18:53,684
That's, that's how you
can't follow me up there.

2007
01:18:53,684 --> 01:18:54,375
So that's, yeah.

2008
01:18:54,495 --> 01:18:54,974
Good luck.

2009
01:18:55,214 --> 01:18:56,445
Good luck with that endeavor.

2010
01:18:56,714 --> 01:18:57,525
Yes.

2011
01:18:57,615 --> 01:18:59,384
I'll be in the dugout so fast.

2012
01:19:00,015 --> 01:19:02,325
You try to talk to for
30 straight minutes,

2013
01:19:02,595 --> 01:19:03,855
just follow you right on in there.

2014
01:19:04,305 --> 01:19:04,785
Like a couple

2015
01:19:04,785 --> 01:19:06,375
minutes is cool, but let's, let's Alright.

2016
01:19:06,375 --> 01:19:06,465
Right.

2017
01:19:06,465 --> 01:19:07,095
You can talk to me.

2018
01:19:07,515 --> 01:19:08,175
It's not for too long.

2019
01:19:08,175 --> 01:19:09,915
But Gary will talk to you though.

2020
01:19:10,155 --> 01:19:10,725
Yes,

2021
01:19:10,725 --> 01:19:11,865
yes, yes.

2022
01:19:12,135 --> 01:19:14,295
Alright, well thank you
all so much for listening.

2023
01:19:14,295 --> 01:19:16,485
This is the 15th episode
this season, which I love.

2024
01:19:16,485 --> 01:19:20,445
It is crazy that we've been on doing
it for 15 and hey, keep listening,

2025
01:19:20,445 --> 01:19:23,235
keep telling your friends the,
the, the numbers keep going up.

2026
01:19:23,235 --> 01:19:24,615
So that's a positive sign for us.

2027
01:19:24,615 --> 01:19:25,635
We love, it's 'cause
we're having a good time.

2028
01:19:25,965 --> 01:19:29,085
People like when you have a good
time, even though my we talk too much.

2029
01:19:29,355 --> 01:19:29,745
Yeah.

2030
01:19:29,985 --> 01:19:31,845
And we have the coaching
player that usually helps.

2031
01:19:31,935 --> 01:19:32,925
That's, you know, whatever.

2032
01:19:32,925 --> 01:19:33,585
That's okay.

2033
01:19:33,585 --> 01:19:34,155
That's it.

2034
01:19:34,155 --> 01:19:34,695
Semantics.

2035
01:19:34,845 --> 01:19:35,115
Okay.

2036
01:19:35,205 --> 01:19:35,625
Whatever.

2037
01:19:35,985 --> 01:19:38,385
I mean yeah, we don't see the,
do we see the drop off numbers?

2038
01:19:38,385 --> 01:19:40,455
Like when the coach and player
leave, how would people just

2039
01:19:40,455 --> 01:19:41,565
stop watching this last bit?

2040
01:19:42,735 --> 01:19:43,605
Yeah, I don't look at that.

2041
01:19:43,605 --> 01:19:44,385
I don't wanna look at that.

2042
01:19:44,390 --> 01:19:45,555
Don't, don't blame you.

2043
01:19:46,065 --> 01:19:46,605
Alright.

2044
01:19:46,815 --> 01:19:47,955
Thanks everyone listening.

2045
01:19:47,955 --> 01:19:49,695
We appreciate you and go Monarchs.

2046
01:19:49,695 --> 01:19:50,085
That's great.

2047
01:19:50,145 --> 01:19:51,165
Go Monarchs.