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Hello, Monarch fans.

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Welcome back to the
Hudson Homer's podcast.

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I've got CB with me.

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He was on this fun, long adventure
down into Alabama and Mississippi,

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uh, potentially having coach
Finwood join here a little while.

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We will see, uh, if not, we'll
definitely get to any questions

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for him in the next episode, but.

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CB, other than being tired from
your 2 a. m. Arrival back into

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Norfolk on a Monday morning.

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How are things going?

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4 a. m. Arrival.

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Let's make sure we get all the credit.

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Yeah, it was.

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I got the, I got the full experience
of, of the baseball road trip.

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They're not getting until 4 a. m. It
was, uh, that was, that was a lot.

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We were, we were supposed to get in about
midnight and they just kept, I mean, we

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were, cause I, I happened to be, I wasn't
flying with the team, you know, cause I'm

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just kind of separate on my own thing.

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They don't.

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Um, but so we ended up on the
same flights cause there's not a

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lot of options of getting out of
Mississippi back to back to Norfolk.

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Um, so we were getting, we were in Jackson
and gotten delayed, delayed, delayed.

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I think it was supposed
to be a seven 30 flight.

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Didn't leave till like nine
30 or something like that.

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And then out of Atlanta, it was
supposed to be a 10 30 flight.

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We didn't leave there until like around.

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2 a. m. And then even by the time
we're getting into Norfolk, I watched

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the guy next to me had the map up and
like, we're like circling all around

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Hampton road is trying to avoid.

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So even at the very end, it's
still like 10 minutes longer.

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Uh, but, uh, for some of you, we had
a great game on Sunday and we won.

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So, uh, the mood was still fine.

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We're all just like, Hey,
we just want to get home.

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And then, you know, it's, everybody
just wants to be in their own bed.

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Cause they were, they had
left on the Wednesday before.

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So they, they had been gone for
12, I'd been gone for 10 days.

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They've been gone for 12.

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Um, but I'm great.

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I got to sleep last night,
finally in my own bed.

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It's fantastic.

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You, you don't realize
how much you miss it.

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Uh, pillows are huge.

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The casino pillow was terrible.

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Uh, but you know, Hey, I'm,
it was, it was a lot of fun.

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Yeah, well, it sounds like
it was an exciting trip.

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I'm glad that it ended on a win, because
I imagine that made the travel back much,

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much better, much better day on Monday,
trying to start rehabbing from that.

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We know that the William Mary game
was originally supposed to be Tuesday.

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It's moved back to Wednesday.

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And we got the rest of the
confirmation of the home schedule.

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Georgia State coming to War Memorial
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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There were some adjustments
to the game times.

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Friday is going to be 3 p. m. Saturday,
Sunday are now 1 p. m. I think it was

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originally pushed out as 11 a. m. It'll be
1 p. m. Saturday, Sunday at War Memorial.

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So if you got pregame plans, you
got a couple more hours to go.

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Enjoy yourself before you head
down across the street from

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the Hampton City Jail Annex.

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It should be.

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I had not, I've been
there a million times.

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I had never, I got to War Memorial,
you know, 20 times a summer.

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I had no idea there was,
the jail was right there.

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Um, but no, it should be great weather.

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Uh, yeah, it was, it was, uh,
it was great of, um, William and

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Mary being able to push that game.

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I know we, number one, the late travel
and number two, it's like, well, you

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know, we don't really know the bus has
got all the equipment driving separately.

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Who knows if the equipment's really
going to be there by, uh, by like

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right now they would have been playing.

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Yeah, I'm sure that nobody was
sad about the game being pushed.

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It's probably not even
the William Mary guys.

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I think everybody doesn't mind that.

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And you mentioned to me, like the players
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because they're 18 to 22 year olds.

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Imagine the coaching
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The players probably would have
would have, you know, yeah, we're

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going to game at noon, whatever.

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It was like the coaches and me, we
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Yeah, definitely.

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And, uh, you know, from our
last episode, coach Finwood.

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Didn't have a whole lot of, of a voice.

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He's definitely feeling
better, which is a good thing.

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Um, but nothing worse than being
on a long road trip and get

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sick kind of right in the middle

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of it.

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He is good.

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And there was a lot of pollen down in,
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covered every time I went to the rental
car, it was covered in pollen, like we

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were there in the dugout, like the whole
Inside the dugout is covered in pollen.

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The rails are covered in pollen.

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So, uh, at the airport on Sunday
and all the guys are just still

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sniffling and sneezing and all.

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So I'm, I'm sure a few of them are
probably still feel a little bit of that.

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And hopefully, you know, getting
over cause just, just allergies,

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nothing like sickness or anything.

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Well, they should have all built
up the same immunity at this point.

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Cause they've been in such close quarters
for the past, you know, two weeks.

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Uh, so hopefully we're,
we're good to go there.

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Cause there's definitely some
more travel trips on the horizon.

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Uh, we go two and five on
this, this long road trip.

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I mean, all of those games
against raked opponents.

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I don't think anyone here is two
and five and necessarily happy about

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that, but definitely better than
going one and six or Oh, and seven.

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So we get the win against Auburn.

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We get the win against Southern medicine.

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I kind of feel like we had every
opportunity to go and win that

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Saturday game at Southern Miss.

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We just kind of had that meltdown
inning that really doomed us and the

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offense couldn't get back going again.

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And even before that, you know, we
had the, um, and I, in the moment

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I'm blanking about who it was.

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We had the runner on third base and I want
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no outs, lead off batter gets to third.

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Um, and we got three guys coming up
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Could not put the ball in play,
couldn't get a ground ball,

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couldn't get a fly ball, nothing.

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You've got guy in.

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Um, and so that's frustrating.

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I know if any pointed out to him,
say, Hey, at that point, the game

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is five to three, the way you manage
in a five to three game, the way you

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play in a five to three game is just.

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It's different than the way you
play in a four to three game.

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I always, I mean, three runs in
mentally feels like a lot, two runs.

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It's like, Hey man, we can two
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happen on accident three, just for
whatever reason, it's like a lot.

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So yeah, that, that obviously, you know,
the inning there, um, with, with Ben,

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it did not go over a bit, Ben more,
it did not go well, but even before

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that, it's like, Hey, you know, winning
teams capitalize on these things.

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And that's still the little
mistakes and little things that,

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you know, this team has got a lot
of things they need to tighten up.

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You know, a lot of time, a lot
of moments we play sloppy there.

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The defense sometimes a sloppy the offense
sometimes again because they're not now.

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Now I will say things
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He really got on him, especially
after that friday night when,

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um, frankly, it was just
embarrassing against Southern Miss.

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Uh, so things went a lot better
next couple of days, which led

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to, you know, doing all the right
things on sunday to get the win.

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Yeah, the friday game was
definitely a difficult one to watch.

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Like that was, that was not the team that
we've been watching so far this season.

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Despite what the record says,
you know, they're ball team.

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Uh, and that w of the wheels falling
off I was glad to hear that C rest

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of the staff kind of bit, a little
bit of moti played better on saturday

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And then, of course, we have the big
eighth run eighth inning, and as I'm

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sure they've now experienced on the road,
when you have those big crowds that get

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loud, like you see at Southern Miss and
Auburn, even Mississippi State, they came

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down to Biloxi and packed the place out.

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Once you start, once you kind of
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into it, it becomes even harder
and harder to overcome, and you can

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turn into these eight run innings.

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that really doomed us.

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Because I mean, we really hadn't played
poorly at all up until that eighth inning.

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So you're just kind of getting it
out here, getting it out there away

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from going down and winning a series
against a ranked Southern Miss team.

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You feel a lot different at two and one.

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And unfortunately, that's, that's
not where we are, but we've got some

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opportunities ahead of us to start getting
back more in that win column, to start

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gaining some ground in the Sunbelt.

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Uh, cause we are not last in the Sunbelt.

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Uh, there were three teams
that got swept this weekend.

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Teams who didn't necessarily expect
Georgia Southern, South Alabama, Texas

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State all got swept this weekend.

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Coastal, Georgia State, who's
coming to town this weekend, and

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App State, uh, that we have the
following weekend, they are all 3 0.

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So, the Sun Belt's still wide open
in case you're worried that it got

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settled in the first weekend series.

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Now, as, as what you said there, is
those, doing those little things that,

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that, That's the difference between
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it's different between, you know, maybe
being three and four or four and three

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on the road trip instead of, of, of two
and five, you know, that, and that's the

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difference is what's going to make you a
team is good and can compete at the level.

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They really should be able to
compete at and a team that has the

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record they have right now, you
know, that, that's the reality.

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And yeah, the, the Finney and the
coach is definitely, there was, it was

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a challenge after the game on Friday.

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It was like, look, this is not, I mean,
basically it came down to like, this

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is not what old dominion baseball is.

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And he said, this is not what it's
been for years and years, years,

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definitely not been what it's
been since Finwood's been here.

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Um, and so that's just not going
to be, I mean, there was at the one

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point it was like, Hey, you know what,
if you're not willing to do these

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things, turn your uniform in, um,
you know, I mean, that's the reality.

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It's it, it, it really, I think it's what.

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Unfortunately, some guys need,
I think sometimes, you know,

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sometimes guys need to hear the
reality, like, Hey, this isn't okay.

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What we're doing is not okay.

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And, you know, it's like,
yeah, it's not everybody.

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I mean, there's some guys, no
matter what, they're going to

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be running through a brick wall.

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Uh, but some guys are just, you know,
everyone has different motivations.

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Uh, you know, I don't care what.

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If you're playing baseball, what
you're doing in life, people motivate

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differently, think different things,
reach them in different ways.

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Um, and unfortunately sometimes
you got kicked in the teeth.

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Sometimes that's a motivator.

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I know the last time I ever got punched
in the face made me say, I'm never

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going to get in a situation where
I got myself punched in the face.

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Like, all right, I'll, I'll talk
my mess and then leave real fast.

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I'm not going to stand there
and talk my mess anymore.

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Yeah.

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Typically good.

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Especially when you start getting
in the upper thirties to try

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not to get punched in the face.

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Cause it doesn't, you don't bounce back
as well as you did when you were 21 and

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you were drinking beers 30 seconds later,

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43. If you punch me in the face now,
my whole face will probably implode.

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Like it's, it's over for me.

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It'll turn to dust.

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I'll just turn into a little cloud.

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It'd be like, it'd be like the end of a
vendors infinity war where everyone was

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just like, Mr. Stark, I don't feel good.

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One of those,

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the snap happens and we're, the snap would

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be my whole, all the bones in my body.

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If you punch me.

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And, you know, going to the doctor is
not exactly a cheap experience anymore.

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So, uh, but there were some bright spots.

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We saw some guys kind of come to life
offensively that I've been struggling

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lately, TJ Aiken, one of them, uh, Luke
waters, I think also had a nice bounce

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back, uh, hitting a couple of home runs
for us, come up, coming through big.

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We saw some guys start to find
their footing offensively,

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which we desperately need.

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Yeah.

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Luke was, uh, he was three for
11, uh, with two homers, three

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RBIs and a hit by a pitch.

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So, I mean, you know, not an amazing
week, but he had the two home runs.

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And again, that was after that
Friday game, uh, that he came right

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out and just said, boom, boom.

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And, you know, that was where we
were up on Saturday and feeling good.

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Um, you mentioned TJ,
another nice week for him.

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And he's, he's, he's a
really talented ballplayer.

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He is one of my favorite guys.

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I just, I love the kid.

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Um, he is, he was five 14, uh, had
two walks, three RBIs, hit a home

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run, stole a base, had a sack fly.

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So another good week.

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Um, let's see who else
I write it down here.

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Tyler Zedalis.

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Now he only had the one good game.

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Um, but he was still
three for 10 for the week.

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Cause he was three for four, uh, on
Sunday, missed the cycle by a double.

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Uh, I was, I really wanted it with that.

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And that last, that bad, so bad.

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I was like, Oh man, I want to double.

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I've never seen a cycle in person.

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Uh, so yeah, Homer triple two
RBIs, um, which was great.

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You know, he, they said they did a
few little adjustments in his swing.

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Um, he's, he's one of those guys
and he, he looks like a ball player.

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Like he's always, you know, he, he's,
he's got the size, he's got the look

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and, and you really, you see the talent
there, so it'd be, it'd be nice to see.

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Uh, see Tyler really do well.

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Uh, Zach Leite had a, he had a, you
know, it wasn't an amazing week, but a

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four out of 15, uh, had a Homer and big
Homer in the, uh, the, um, Mississippi

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state game had a double two RBIs.

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Um, and Kyle Edwards, of
course, had an outstanding week.

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He was seven for 16.

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Uh, two walks had a
double, two stolen bases.

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So he was, he was, uh, so yeah, we've
definitely seen some of the hitters,

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um, get back in the right direction.

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Uh, Efrain Morales was
really scuffling there.

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I think he, I think he hadn't
had a hit since the home run,

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the very first at bat in Auburn.

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And then I had a couple of hits on Sunday.

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Um, so yeah, we're, we're seeing some guys
moving right direction, uh, which is nice.

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Yeah.

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And Efrain might've moved down in
the lineup, uh, mainly on that, that

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Sunday kind of take a little bit of
pressure off in the leadoff spot.

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Kyle Edwards jumps into that role and
he has three hits to kind of help.

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Propel us to that, to that win on Sunday.

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Um, yeah, you're talking about Zach Leite
and, uh, we're going to Bailey Matela

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joining us here in just a few minutes.

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Uh, but you tell me about Zach Leite.

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I had to get this from the
Mississippi state game.

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Uh, the awesome shot you got of one,
this is the home run celebration.

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Two, those jerseys are pretty nasty.

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Those are awesome.

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Yeah.

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The black uniforms of the black hats.

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It's, it's a solid look.

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They, they definitely
have had those before.

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It's been a while.

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I want to say, I want to feel like,
like the kind of Adam Bainbridge and

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the sentence, that kind of era, you
know, the 17 or so maybe pre Vinnie

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Pasquantino early Vinnie Pasquantino.

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Uh, so it's, it's been a little
while since we've worn these.

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Yeah, I know that for a while Under Armour
was pushing out kind of like the black

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alternate uniforms or everything because
we had them for football and a couple

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other sports, but throwing this in every
once in a while is not exactly a bad

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thing, especially with the hat combo too.

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And you know, the home run chain is fine.

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You throw that on any time you want.

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And that level of excitement.

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Yeah, exactly.

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That, I mean, that was not a, that
was not, that was not a small feat.

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He had a, he had that big
bomb there and that was there

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in a Biloxi, which is funny.

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It's a, it's a double a park.

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Um, that really, to me is, it feels
a little more like a single a park.

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We just happened to have double a in it.

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Uh, it's a nice ballpark, but it's,
it's funny how compared to Auburn,

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which we'd been to right before
is like, this is no comparison.

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Auburn's college baseball park is.

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way nicer than this professional double a
ballpark where guys are like a step away

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from getting called to the big leagues.

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Um, but that was, that
was a really neat night.

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Um, it was again, Mississippi
state was the home team.

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Um, and I, you know, being from
here, I haven't really have a

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good bearing on where Mississippi
things are in Mississippi.

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Mississippi state is four hours away
from Biloxi and they had this double a

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ballpark, which I don't know what it sees.

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Yeah.

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Four or 5, 000 people.

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It was packed.

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I think all, but the very, very ends
like down the first and third base line,

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those, those sections were a little bit
empty, but everything else was just like,

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I, I couldn't leave the dugout to go
around anywhere and take pictures because

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like, there's nowhere I could sit to go.

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I wanted a couple of times.

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I was like, well, I'd
like to get different.

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I am like, I'm like, there's no seat.

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There's nowhere I can not
be in the way somewhere.

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And that's wild to bring that
many fans from that far away.

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And I know that they have fans all
over the state and a lot of them

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are probably more local, but still.

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You know, Check and see what
the attendance is like at War

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Memorial over the weekend,
which is just across the river.

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It's just going to be a
different environment, different,

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different culture down there.

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Uh, the whole trip

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was like that.

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It was like, this is where
you want to be as a team.

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Cause I know Southern
baseball is different now.

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And now again.

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Now, Auburn right now has no
more basketball team and their

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football has been amazing.

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So they're just like sports.

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But like, you know, Mississippi
state, you don't really miss the

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state football or basketball.

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You definitely don't hear anything about
Southern Miss football or basketball.

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They're baseball schools.

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Um, so it's, it is easy for them,
you know, To push that and be so

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big at, but it, it really, it shows
like Southern miss all weekend,

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they were packed even the Saturday
night after the hurricanes and all.

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I mean, the attendance wasn't as big,
but there were a lot of people there.

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And it was really, it's really neat to
see like, okay, this is what you want.

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You hope.

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And you hope as you, you build this
new stadium and you hope you get Keep

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being better and keep having the program
that you want to have and showing up

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and playing the way you want to play
that you get, because there are three

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very aspirational, uh, situations
where you've got to experience.

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Yeah.

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I think the way you get there is
you've got to build the program

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up to be consistently ranked.

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And we're not far off that.

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If you go and look at like
our last 10 year, like we're.

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We're right on their heels in
terms of what we are as a program,

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the new stadium will help a ton.

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Um, I think anything we can do
there in the NIL space and with the

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roster size limits changing, like
that could actually benefit us.

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I can't remember if any said this,
but they said Auburn has 2 million in

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NIL money on their baseball roster.

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Um, not sure.

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I think we, I think it was something
like 250, 000 for Southern Miss, which

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is, you know, it's not 2 million, but
compared to the zero that we have,

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uh, because again, now, now if I'm at
Southern Miss, like I would, I would

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put all my money into the baseball
because the baseball could be good.

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I don't think Southern Miss football
or basketball is going to be national

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contenders, but again, that's the reality.

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There was Sunbelt team.

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And just like us, one of the
things I think is cool is that our

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teams in baseball can be ranked.

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You know, in the top 25, which is
something that unfortunately football,

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who knows if it'll ever happen basketball.

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It's been a long time, uh, and
our teams can beat ranked teams.

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You know, we, again, we were two,
we were two and five on a road trip.

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We played seven games against
top 25 teams and won two of them.

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I don't know that that would
happen in football or basketball.

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We gave them seven chances against
top 25 teams to play and what they

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beat when two of them, uh, you know,
again, that's just not, that's just

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not the reality of the levels are just
so different that we actually Yeah.

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As a mid major can compete and can,
could very easily with some things

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happening, become a perennial top 25 team.

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Absolutely.

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And I think we're closer to that
than people realize in terms

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of being like Southern Miss.

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Like, I think you're always going
to have the Auburns and Mississippi

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States that they just get so much
money in TV revenue and donations.

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You're not going to compete.

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So you look at who you.

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The SEC is

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different.

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Yeah.

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And I mean, that's even
different compared to the ACC.

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If you look at the money, like
there's a, just as big of a gap

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between those and there is to us.

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Uh, but the Southern Miss is the
baseball program we want to compete with.

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I think in the Sunbelt, like
they've been the perennial team.

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They were really great with
us in conference USA too.

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So, but that's, that's right there

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too.

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They're competitive.

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Yeah, you're right.

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There are these teams, you know, again,
you don't have to be Auburn, you know?

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Yeah.

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It'd be amazing.

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That'd be why I would phenomenal.

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Right.

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You don't have to miss
it, but you're right.

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There is no reason we can't be at
the kind of level and doing the kind

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of things that Southern Miss does,
because there, there, let me tell you,

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their place wasn't anything special.

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Their ballpark wasn't anything special.

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It was nice.

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You know, they got, they got seats there.

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It's cool.

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You know, they got, and
some of it was benches.

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They have the fields.

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Nice.

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It's all turf field.

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Um, the dugouts aren't especially amazing
at the, the, the visitors one, this kind

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of little janky, honestly, which, you
know, I'm sure they did on purpose because

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you walk over to the, the, the home side.

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I still, the way it's, the
way it's constructed is weird.

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It's just kind of like down this little.

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Pit.

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Uh, but the home side had all the nice
new finishing and stuff and they have a

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nice bullpen area, nice hitting facility,
you know, but it's nothing like, again,

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it's not like what we saw at Auburn.

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Right.

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So they're not working with any kind
of, you know, facilities that are

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any, you know, great shakes, amazing
and better than OD probably by the

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time we finished the stadium, we'll
have everything nicer and better, I

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would imagine, but that just that.

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You know, the, the community
down there, this is true.

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Now I will also say, having been
in Hattiesburg for the whole, you

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know, three or four days there,
there's nothing else to do.

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There's a reason, there's a
reason they pack the place.

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Like, and I, and I think about, we
started talking about some of the

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different places, you know, now we
don't have that same excuse with like.

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You know, down Conway, right?

448
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I mean, Conway is close
enough to Myrtle Beach.

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There's plenty to do.

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But that's one thing
here in Hampton Roads.

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There's a lot to do.

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So we do, I mean, you have to remember
that sometimes you're competing with

453
00:19:16,735 --> 00:19:20,254
a lot of things and, and so that's
a different thing, you know, but

454
00:19:20,254 --> 00:19:21,995
yeah, you're, you're in Hattiesburg.

455
00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:25,285
If you want to do something on a, on
a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, that's

456
00:19:25,285 --> 00:19:26,914
probably about your best option in town.

457
00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,130
Yeah, I mean, and also down the South,
they don't have a lot of Major League

458
00:19:30,130 --> 00:19:34,140
Baseball teams, so they cling to their
college teams like, you know, we would,

459
00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:38,519
our MLB teams, uh, we can get there
though, we just, we got to market it

460
00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:41,420
the right way and we got to get the
product on the field, which I think is

461
00:19:41,420 --> 00:19:44,559
going to go in the right direction and
we'll get better with a new facility.

462
00:19:45,235 --> 00:19:46,445
You're, you're dead on man.

463
00:19:46,445 --> 00:19:50,285
It's the fans that make that experience
like that right field corner where you

464
00:19:50,285 --> 00:19:52,994
can back up your truck and tailgate
and watch the game is one of the

465
00:19:52,995 --> 00:19:54,405
coolest things in college sports.

466
00:19:54,785 --> 00:19:56,935
So, and we start that we had,

467
00:19:56,945 --> 00:19:58,025
you know, rally alley is great.

468
00:19:58,034 --> 00:19:59,994
That was a, that was the
thing that Finney brought in.

469
00:19:59,994 --> 00:20:01,814
Cause they had that when
he was at Western Kentucky.

470
00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:05,359
Um, and, and, you know,
we, that's a really.

471
00:20:06,340 --> 00:20:08,650
I don't go down there much because,
you know, I'm taking pictures and all.

472
00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:10,580
It's just not, and it's also
just in general, not my scene.

473
00:20:10,580 --> 00:20:13,210
I just want to watch the game, but for
the people who like it, I'm the worst

474
00:20:13,210 --> 00:20:15,530
one because I would never be good at
building a program and all, because

475
00:20:15,530 --> 00:20:18,470
I just want to sit there and watch
my game and kind of, I'm not, I'm not

476
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:20,750
there for like the hanging out and
stuff that you guys like and enjoy.

477
00:20:21,645 --> 00:20:22,725
But it is, it's great.

478
00:20:22,735 --> 00:20:26,175
And like the times when we have, you
know, some of the former players come

479
00:20:26,175 --> 00:20:28,605
and they're, and they're, they're good
for, you know, yelling and Raz and the

480
00:20:28,605 --> 00:20:32,174
other team, and then a fun way, which
again, not really my thing, but like

481
00:20:32,174 --> 00:20:33,575
it's, it's, it makes for atmosphere.

482
00:20:33,575 --> 00:20:35,504
So we're, we've got the building blocks.

483
00:20:35,544 --> 00:20:40,304
We, you know, we've got the stuff and
you just, you want to see the fans keep

484
00:20:40,744 --> 00:20:43,925
getting more invested, more involved
and making these kinds of things happen.

485
00:20:43,935 --> 00:20:48,045
Bring your friends, come to the games,
you know, Hey, frankly, look, I know we

486
00:20:48,045 --> 00:20:49,205
don't have home games this year, right?

487
00:20:49,685 --> 00:20:50,804
Harbor park's right there in Norfolk.

488
00:20:50,844 --> 00:20:51,295
No excuse.

489
00:20:51,295 --> 00:20:52,175
You can't go to those games.

490
00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:53,155
War Memorial.

491
00:20:53,245 --> 00:20:54,115
It's just across the bridge.

492
00:20:54,125 --> 00:20:57,435
I know people in Hampton Roads hate, hate,
hate, hate, hate going to other cities.

493
00:20:57,695 --> 00:21:00,165
I know if you can't, you tell someone
in Norfolk to go, go to Virginia beach.

494
00:21:00,185 --> 00:21:02,225
They think it's like the other, you
know, some of the Jimmy's to go to

495
00:21:02,225 --> 00:21:04,474
Chesapeake, get across the bridge.

496
00:21:04,474 --> 00:21:05,175
It's not that hard.

497
00:21:05,304 --> 00:21:05,724
Okay.

498
00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:06,395
Just do it.

499
00:21:07,064 --> 00:21:09,855
And for those of us in Richmond and on
the peninsula, this is actually easier.

500
00:21:09,855 --> 00:21:11,855
I'm an hour 15 door to
door to war Memorial.

501
00:21:11,855 --> 00:21:14,105
So I'll be down there Saturday.

502
00:21:14,125 --> 00:21:14,705
I might be an hour

503
00:21:14,745 --> 00:21:16,255
15 door to door to war Memorial.

504
00:21:16,495 --> 00:21:16,775
Yeah.

505
00:21:16,805 --> 00:21:17,345
Well, you got to grow.

506
00:21:17,345 --> 00:21:18,185
You got to deal with the time.

507
00:21:19,785 --> 00:21:20,445
So, all right.

508
00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:22,165
Well, uh, we're going to take
a quick break and come back.

509
00:21:22,165 --> 00:21:24,005
We'll have Bailey Matela
to hop on with us.

510
00:21:24,715 --> 00:21:28,025
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511
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512
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513
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514
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515
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516
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517
00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:51,510
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518
00:21:52,850 --> 00:21:54,530
All right, welcome back Monarch fans.

519
00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:59,180
We've got Bailey Matela, who has joined
us here, uh, fresh off of the long road

520
00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:00,650
trip through Alabama and Mississippi.

521
00:22:00,650 --> 00:22:03,939
So Bailey, really appreciate you taking
some time outta your day, one of your

522
00:22:03,939 --> 00:22:07,300
few days that you've actually had
at home this, this baseball season.

523
00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:08,730
But, uh, how you doing Bailey?

524
00:22:10,150 --> 00:22:10,910
I'm doing great.

525
00:22:11,180 --> 00:22:11,920
Thank you for having me.

526
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:13,580
Yeah, definitely.

527
00:22:13,580 --> 00:22:17,360
Well, long road trip, basically
two straight weeks on the road.

528
00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:20,309
Just kind of what were your overall
thoughts of that trip and the

529
00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:21,519
experiences that you had there?

530
00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:25,219
Yeah, no, I definitely
thought it was a lot of fun.

531
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,150
Um, but just being with
the guys the whole time.

532
00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:32,159
So there was some long days,
definitely some boring days, but

533
00:22:32,709 --> 00:22:33,949
especially those travel days.

534
00:22:34,179 --> 00:22:38,119
Um, but no, just being with everyone,
getting to hang out in the hotels,

535
00:22:38,469 --> 00:22:42,279
I feel like really was a lot of
fun, brought us all really close.

536
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:42,299
Yeah.

537
00:22:44,020 --> 00:22:46,830
Do you have any, uh, guys that
are like your, your favorite guy?

538
00:22:46,830 --> 00:22:48,510
Like who, who are your like best buddies?

539
00:22:49,460 --> 00:22:50,080
Say that again.

540
00:22:50,850 --> 00:22:53,520
Who, who are like the guys who are like,
you're like, these are my favorite guys.

541
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,130
These are, these are
my, these are my boys.

542
00:22:55,130 --> 00:22:58,649
Um,

543
00:22:59,230 --> 00:22:59,730
man.

544
00:23:00,029 --> 00:23:03,230
I mean, that's a fun hanging out
with a lot of them, but I mean, I

545
00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:05,580
roomed with Kellen both, both weeks.

546
00:23:05,590 --> 00:23:07,510
So being with him was a lot of fun.

547
00:23:08,550 --> 00:23:10,830
Didn't get tired of him, which
I'm surprised because that was

548
00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:11,899
a long time to be together.

549
00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:17,650
Did you figure out what exactly he does
to throw that Raptor pitch or whatever

550
00:23:17,650 --> 00:23:19,430
we're, we're calling it these days?

551
00:23:20,185 --> 00:23:21,515
No, I still have no idea.

552
00:23:22,865 --> 00:23:23,965
I wish, I wish I did.

553
00:23:24,975 --> 00:23:27,745
It's the eighth wonder of the world
is that that pitch that he throws.

554
00:23:29,325 --> 00:23:32,935
Well, you came into some pretty big high
leverage situations over the weekend

555
00:23:32,935 --> 00:23:35,455
against good teams with crazy crowds.

556
00:23:36,024 --> 00:23:39,644
Mainly, you know, obviously getting
through a pretty important bridge

557
00:23:39,644 --> 00:23:41,544
inning there to get the win on Sunday.

558
00:23:42,134 --> 00:23:44,414
What was it like warming up
with that crowd around you

559
00:23:44,414 --> 00:23:45,425
and then coming into the game?

560
00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:47,204
What were your feelings there?

561
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:48,190
Yeah.

562
00:23:48,190 --> 00:23:51,840
Honestly, it's, I mean,
you get used to it.

563
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,120
Um, you just kind of use
it to fuel you, I guess.

564
00:23:57,150 --> 00:23:59,780
Like, I don't really pay
too much attention to it.

565
00:24:01,290 --> 00:24:05,550
Um, just, just kind of use it to get
some good energy going and get ready.

566
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:06,679
Kind of gives me like that.

567
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,529
I just want to beat
your team even more now.

568
00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:10,009
So

569
00:24:13,569 --> 00:24:14,139
that's great.

570
00:24:14,159 --> 00:24:16,349
So, uh, you're a, you're
a local guy, right?

571
00:24:16,349 --> 00:24:17,959
So what city did you grow up in?

572
00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:19,320
I know they list Norfolk.

573
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:20,120
Is that where you grew up?

574
00:24:20,715 --> 00:24:21,045
Yeah.

575
00:24:21,255 --> 00:24:21,515
Yeah.

576
00:24:21,945 --> 00:24:22,215
Yeah.

577
00:24:22,475 --> 00:24:22,755
Okay.

578
00:24:23,115 --> 00:24:26,775
Um, yeah, I know like the first,
you went to Greenbar Christian High

579
00:24:26,775 --> 00:24:28,225
School, Greenbar Christian Academy.

580
00:24:28,565 --> 00:24:31,445
Uh, you were coached by Pat
Nichols, who great, you know,

581
00:24:31,445 --> 00:24:33,454
former Old Dominion Monarch alumni.

582
00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:36,855
Uh, he, a lot of people, if you
don't know, he at one point was

583
00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,734
the, uh, had the second most home
runs ever in a season to ODU.

584
00:24:40,325 --> 00:24:42,345
Uh, it was a catcher played
professionally for the Washington

585
00:24:42,345 --> 00:24:43,645
Nationals, uh, the minors.

586
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,810
One of my favorite guys, Pat's,
I've known him all about 20 years.

587
00:24:46,810 --> 00:24:50,150
One of my favorite guys, I remember,
I think you were in eighth grade

588
00:24:50,450 --> 00:24:52,839
and he was like, he was like,
yeah, I got this big lefty.

589
00:24:52,839 --> 00:24:54,060
He's going to be really, really good.

590
00:24:54,430 --> 00:24:55,970
And I was like, he'd be
kind of point you out.

591
00:24:55,970 --> 00:24:56,830
I was like, well, he's big.

592
00:24:56,860 --> 00:25:01,449
I know that it was like, so, so it's,
it's pretty, so you're a junior now.

593
00:25:01,449 --> 00:25:02,380
So it's, it's kind of amazing.

594
00:25:02,380 --> 00:25:05,420
Like, like, like got to see
you play over the years.

595
00:25:05,790 --> 00:25:06,160
Um.

596
00:25:06,225 --> 00:25:09,305
Tell us about like you ending up at ODU.

597
00:25:09,335 --> 00:25:12,455
Like, how did you kind of end up
getting recruited, getting to ODU?

598
00:25:12,475 --> 00:25:13,815
What made you choose ODU?

599
00:25:13,815 --> 00:25:14,904
What, what keeps you here?

600
00:25:14,904 --> 00:25:15,104
Right.

601
00:25:15,105 --> 00:25:17,035
I mean, cause like in the,
in the Portland area, right.

602
00:25:17,035 --> 00:25:18,265
What keeps you staying at ODU?

603
00:25:19,204 --> 00:25:19,564
Yeah.

604
00:25:19,615 --> 00:25:24,824
Um, I mean, high school, it's actually a
really funny story of how I was recruited.

605
00:25:25,184 --> 00:25:30,465
Um, during COVID I was throwing
bullpens in my driveway.

606
00:25:30,955 --> 00:25:33,775
Um, and Mike Maron.

607
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:38,800
And his family were on a bike ride and
saw me throwing a bullpen in my driveway

608
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,230
and gave me a call later that day.

609
00:25:41,460 --> 00:25:44,210
So that's a really funny
story of how I was recruited.

610
00:25:44,309 --> 00:25:46,380
Um, and then from there, all the kids

611
00:25:46,380 --> 00:25:49,160
in Norfolk need to go out and
throw a bullpen to their driveways.

612
00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:49,530
Yeah,

613
00:25:49,530 --> 00:25:50,019
exactly.

614
00:25:50,019 --> 00:25:50,369
Yeah.

615
00:25:51,630 --> 00:25:55,990
Um, but after that, I was pretty, pretty
quickly after I think I committed.

616
00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:01,805
And then, I mean, It wasn't, it was
an easy decision, a great program

617
00:26:01,805 --> 00:26:05,315
right in my backyard and all my family
can come out and watch and support.

618
00:26:05,535 --> 00:26:08,765
And like, I mean, they can, they
could walk there if they wanted to.

619
00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:10,185
I mean, we are right there.

620
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:15,110
I guess I realize, yeah, because I know
your, your mom and your granddad are

621
00:26:15,110 --> 00:26:18,780
at basically every game you typically
have a pretty nice cheering section.

622
00:26:18,780 --> 00:26:19,980
Anytime you come in.

623
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:20,639
Yeah,

624
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,040
that might be the
wildest recruiting story.

625
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,500
I've heard, like, literally rides
past you on a bike, sees you throwing.

626
00:26:28,750 --> 00:26:30,549
Is he like, stop, take the helmet off.

627
00:26:30,550 --> 00:26:31,579
I come walking over.

628
00:26:31,579 --> 00:26:33,080
Like, is that basically
how that went down?

629
00:26:33,490 --> 00:26:35,290
Um, I, I actually didn't even notice.

630
00:26:35,290 --> 00:26:37,889
He said he stopped and watched
a few pitches, but he'd, he'd

631
00:26:37,890 --> 00:26:40,130
seen me play before, but yeah,

632
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,370
let's just pull the radar gun out
of the basket on the bike and just

633
00:26:43,370 --> 00:26:44,760
see what you're paying in there.

634
00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:45,560
Yeah.

635
00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:47,690
Oh,

636
00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:48,260
that's great.

637
00:26:48,260 --> 00:26:48,739
That is awesome.

638
00:26:49,030 --> 00:26:52,499
Well, speaking of your family, this
is one thing I don't think I've ever

639
00:26:52,499 --> 00:26:55,950
asked you or, or talk to your mama,
but your mom played college basketball.

640
00:26:55,950 --> 00:26:56,610
Is that right?

641
00:26:56,870 --> 00:26:57,650
Yeah, she did.

642
00:26:57,930 --> 00:27:00,310
I think she played one
season and then she got hurt.

643
00:27:01,190 --> 00:27:01,490
Yeah.

644
00:27:01,510 --> 00:27:01,830
Okay.

645
00:27:02,305 --> 00:27:02,995
That's dope though.

646
00:27:03,015 --> 00:27:03,215
That's all right.

647
00:27:03,935 --> 00:27:04,465
It's one of those things.

648
00:27:04,465 --> 00:27:06,065
I mean, you know, you're
a college athlete.

649
00:27:06,065 --> 00:27:08,585
I don't think it matters what
level of college you're playing

650
00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:09,475
at, where you're playing at.

651
00:27:09,475 --> 00:27:11,784
Like being a college
athlete is impressive.

652
00:27:11,784 --> 00:27:14,684
I don't, I don't really care what
you're playing, where you're playing it.

653
00:27:14,835 --> 00:27:15,965
Uh, at least you're doing e sports.

654
00:27:15,965 --> 00:27:17,975
I might not be as impressive to me, but

655
00:27:19,494 --> 00:27:19,804
yeah.

656
00:27:21,095 --> 00:27:23,275
The ODU e sports team
is actually really good.

657
00:27:23,585 --> 00:27:23,755
So

658
00:27:23,855 --> 00:27:24,625
are they good for that?

659
00:27:24,625 --> 00:27:25,265
Hey, there you go.

660
00:27:26,485 --> 00:27:29,535
I apologize to the ODU e sports
team that I didn't know existed.

661
00:27:29,845 --> 00:27:30,495
Yeah.

662
00:27:31,295 --> 00:27:31,995
Did you know there was a

663
00:27:32,065 --> 00:27:32,615
thing, Bailey?

664
00:27:33,505 --> 00:27:34,015
What's that?

665
00:27:34,565 --> 00:27:35,775
Did you know ODU Esports?

666
00:27:35,775 --> 00:27:36,645
Did you know that existed?

667
00:27:37,015 --> 00:27:38,465
I, I did not as well.

668
00:27:38,525 --> 00:27:38,985
There you go.

669
00:27:38,995 --> 00:27:39,265
All right.

670
00:27:39,305 --> 00:27:41,255
So we, they, they gotta, they
gotta get a little more better

671
00:27:41,265 --> 00:27:42,315
with their marketing, I think.

672
00:27:42,735 --> 00:27:44,375
Yeah, I think that's why
they keep reaching out to us.

673
00:27:44,405 --> 00:27:47,145
Uh, they've got like a whole little
stadium where they play and all,

674
00:27:47,175 --> 00:27:48,524
all kinds of cool stuff, but,

675
00:27:48,974 --> 00:27:50,105
uh, check this out maybe.

676
00:27:50,415 --> 00:27:50,705
Yeah.

677
00:27:50,714 --> 00:27:52,984
Well, since we're on the topic of
video games, I'll go ahead and ask

678
00:27:52,985 --> 00:27:54,444
you this now and put you on the spot.

679
00:27:54,454 --> 00:27:56,675
So, uh, we know the college
football game came back.

680
00:27:56,695 --> 00:27:58,535
There's going to be a college
baseball elements of the new

681
00:27:58,535 --> 00:28:00,405
MLB, the show that's coming out.

682
00:28:00,835 --> 00:28:03,275
If you had to give
yourself an overall rating.

683
00:28:03,425 --> 00:28:04,415
What would that be?

684
00:28:04,485 --> 00:28:08,275
And then what attribute would
you have the highest point on?

685
00:28:08,515 --> 00:28:11,895
Like, would it be like velocity,
control, command, and then

686
00:28:11,895 --> 00:28:13,074
what's your overall rating?

687
00:28:14,514 --> 00:28:14,874
Oh, wow.

688
00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:15,715
That is a good question.

689
00:28:15,735 --> 00:28:16,095
Uh,

690
00:28:19,194 --> 00:28:27,055
I mean, I would definitely say my
top attribute would be probably like

691
00:28:27,385 --> 00:28:29,515
break on like my off speed pitches.

692
00:28:30,685 --> 00:28:32,675
And then overall,

693
00:28:35,565 --> 00:28:38,955
I mean, reliever, I don't
throw the hardest, but.

694
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,260
I'd say like, uh, I'd say like
an 85, we'll give himself an 85.

695
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:43,190
Ooh, okay.

696
00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:44,740
Solid, solid rating.

697
00:28:44,780 --> 00:28:46,230
85 with Great Break.

698
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:47,700
You can work with that.

699
00:28:47,709 --> 00:28:48,420
You can win games with that.

700
00:28:48,499 --> 00:28:51,289
I like the, I like the, the relievers
are, you guys are always so funny, cause

701
00:28:51,289 --> 00:28:53,959
y'all are, y'all are always so like
modest, you know, you're like, like,

702
00:28:53,959 --> 00:28:55,220
let me get, I'm gonna be realistic.

703
00:28:55,220 --> 00:28:57,049
It's, you know, like Jay Cassidy
last year was my favorite.

704
00:28:57,050 --> 00:29:00,530
He's like, I like an 82, like a sneaky
82, you know, it's like, like an 85

705
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,899
lefty reliever, like we can work with
that in any video game I've ever played.

706
00:29:05,290 --> 00:29:06,040
I'm down with that.

707
00:29:06,050 --> 00:29:06,419
Right.

708
00:29:06,419 --> 00:29:06,884
Let's do it.

709
00:29:08,335 --> 00:29:12,935
Yeah, well, this year is obviously a
unique one, not getting to play any

710
00:29:12,935 --> 00:29:16,245
games at the Bud and you get like some
kind of home games of War Memorial.

711
00:29:16,285 --> 00:29:19,704
I'm sure playing at Harvard Park is going
to be awesome from you being a Norfolk

712
00:29:19,704 --> 00:29:25,125
native, but how has this travel schedule
impacted like your throwing schedule?

713
00:29:25,125 --> 00:29:28,044
Does it, has it thrown any of that
timing off, especially coming off of

714
00:29:28,124 --> 00:29:29,934
basically two straight weeks on the road?

715
00:29:31,604 --> 00:29:31,904
Right.

716
00:29:31,974 --> 00:29:32,334
Um.

717
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,230
These other teams have been really
good about letting us use their field

718
00:29:37,230 --> 00:29:41,660
when we need to like as long as they're
not out there, obviously, but, um, I

719
00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:45,460
think the biggest thing it's impacting
is just you have to sleep in a hotel.

720
00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,089
You don't have your own space.

721
00:29:48,915 --> 00:29:52,325
And then obviously, like we don't
have access to a lot of things,

722
00:29:53,095 --> 00:29:56,195
like if we wanted to go to the
field and just stretch or throw

723
00:29:56,205 --> 00:29:57,465
like we don't have access to that.

724
00:29:57,465 --> 00:29:58,945
We have to do that as a team and stuff.

725
00:29:59,855 --> 00:30:04,495
But overall, like we get we get our
throwing done whenever we need to, like

726
00:30:04,495 --> 00:30:07,795
at the practices and then the other
teams let us use their weight room.

727
00:30:07,795 --> 00:30:11,670
So when we need to, we have
access to things, but Yeah,

728
00:30:11,670 --> 00:30:13,980
biggest thing is just the hotels.

729
00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:18,900
How excited are you to be able
to sleep in your own bed after

730
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,000
this upcoming weekend series?

731
00:30:21,940 --> 00:30:23,890
Oh, I'm very excited.

732
00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:26,680
I won't know what that's like for a while.

733
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,010
It's up until this weekend.

734
00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:33,490
Uh, who, so speaking of your own bed,
who are you living with this year?

735
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,710
Um, so I have a, I live in a
house on Melrose right next

736
00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:38,540
to the football stadium.

737
00:30:38,850 --> 00:30:39,320
Um,

738
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:39,850
Oh wow.

739
00:30:40,190 --> 00:30:43,690
I'm right, I'm in there with
Tyler Stott and then my brother

740
00:30:43,690 --> 00:30:44,600
actually lives there too.

741
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:45,800
Really?

742
00:30:45,830 --> 00:30:46,070
Okay.

743
00:30:46,290 --> 00:30:46,450
Yeah.

744
00:30:46,450 --> 00:30:47,420
Brother and cousin.

745
00:30:48,290 --> 00:30:48,560
Okay.

746
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,870
Now is Harley, your younger

747
00:30:49,870 --> 00:30:50,260
brother lives

748
00:30:50,260 --> 00:30:50,530
there?

749
00:30:50,990 --> 00:30:51,550
No, I have

750
00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:52,600
a, I have a middle brother.

751
00:30:52,690 --> 00:30:53,950
I didn't, didn't even know that.

752
00:30:54,230 --> 00:30:54,390
Okay.

753
00:30:54,390 --> 00:30:54,830
Look at you.

754
00:30:55,060 --> 00:30:55,350
Okay.

755
00:30:56,950 --> 00:30:59,770
Well, since I brought him up, I'm
just saying, since I brought him

756
00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:01,850
up, Harley, you gotta, you know,
younger brother, who's a little

757
00:31:01,850 --> 00:31:02,990
bit of a baseball stud, right?

758
00:31:02,990 --> 00:31:04,780
He said, yeah, I think you said
you were actually out there

759
00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:05,680
watching him today, right?

760
00:31:05,810 --> 00:31:06,210
Yeah.

761
00:31:06,210 --> 00:31:06,430
Yeah.

762
00:31:06,430 --> 00:31:07,630
He's, he's pretty good.

763
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,510
I don't want to give him too
much credit, but yeah, he's,

764
00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:15,160
he's looking like he's going to,
he's going to do some big things.

765
00:31:15,730 --> 00:31:15,960
Yeah.

766
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,290
He's, he's a freshman there right now.

767
00:31:17,290 --> 00:31:17,560
Right.

768
00:31:17,830 --> 00:31:17,950
Yeah.

769
00:31:17,950 --> 00:31:18,979
Yeah.

770
00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:19,330
Okay.

771
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,420
So I mean, you know, again,
we don't have to push him.

772
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:23,330
We don't have to like, you know,
we're not give the hard sell.

773
00:31:23,330 --> 00:31:26,160
I'm just saying, you know, always make
sure if he needs some extra clothes,

774
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:30,270
he's got like an ODU shirt, ODU hat,
you know, just, just kind of make

775
00:31:30,270 --> 00:31:32,320
sure he, the kid stays well attired.

776
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,130
You know, I know he's been,
he goes plenty of games.

777
00:31:34,130 --> 00:31:37,500
I'm, I'm just saying, make sure he
he's don't ever, you don't have to

778
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:39,110
hard sell them, but just let them know.

779
00:31:39,670 --> 00:31:39,980
Right.

780
00:31:39,980 --> 00:31:40,270
Yeah.

781
00:31:40,930 --> 00:31:41,290
I will.

782
00:31:41,290 --> 00:31:41,980
I'll make sure.

783
00:31:43,485 --> 00:31:46,925
We'll just get him in the driveway,
uh, throwing some bullpens and say,

784
00:31:46,985 --> 00:31:49,645
tell me, you know, Marin that, hey,
somebody left their bike outside

785
00:31:49,645 --> 00:31:50,855
your house and he'll come right by.

786
00:31:51,365 --> 00:31:52,185
Yeah, exactly.

787
00:31:54,170 --> 00:31:54,590
Awesome.

788
00:31:54,590 --> 00:31:59,540
Well, what's the what's been the vibe of
the team coming off of this road trip?

789
00:31:59,540 --> 00:32:01,900
Like, obviously, you know, if you
just look at the overall record,

790
00:32:01,940 --> 00:32:04,280
it's not not super impressive.

791
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:07,700
But of course, we know that that schedule
has been just a beast this season.

792
00:32:08,150 --> 00:32:10,800
What's that mentality like and
how much are you all focusing

793
00:32:10,810 --> 00:32:13,530
on like the Sun Belt series now
we've gotten into conference play?

794
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:14,930
Yeah.

795
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,070
Um, I mean, obviously we want
to win as much as possible.

796
00:32:18,755 --> 00:32:21,905
And, I mean, we expect to
win any game we go into.

797
00:32:21,905 --> 00:32:23,085
It doesn't matter who we're playing.

798
00:32:23,085 --> 00:32:28,825
Um, but I think, like, mentality
and vibes are still really high.

799
00:32:28,905 --> 00:32:31,435
Like, we know that that was a
tough schedule and it was tough

800
00:32:31,435 --> 00:32:33,075
to do all on the road as well.

801
00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:36,065
So, we're really looking forward to
conference play and just getting out

802
00:32:36,065 --> 00:32:38,155
there and just really getting after it.

803
00:32:38,165 --> 00:32:43,415
Especially playing at home in front
of, well, technically at home, in front

804
00:32:43,415 --> 00:32:45,895
of some, some of our own fans, too.

805
00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:46,655
It'll be nice.

806
00:32:48,845 --> 00:32:48,865
Yeah.

807
00:32:48,875 --> 00:32:51,135
And not having the crowd getting on
you every five seconds will probably

808
00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:55,315
be a nice change after your last seven
games in front of just brutal fan bases.

809
00:32:55,695 --> 00:32:56,035
Yeah.

810
00:32:56,925 --> 00:32:57,135
Yeah.

811
00:32:57,135 --> 00:33:01,125
We were, we were leaving Saturday and
like guys were like heckling Bailey

812
00:33:01,125 --> 00:33:02,465
on the way out of the ballpark.

813
00:33:02,465 --> 00:33:03,525
I was like, that's a little weird.

814
00:33:03,535 --> 00:33:06,415
That was otherwise the Southern Miss fans
were pretty nice, but they were there.

815
00:33:06,415 --> 00:33:09,365
I mean, there's always gonna be a
drunk jerk everywhere, wherever you go.

816
00:33:09,395 --> 00:33:11,075
So that was, I was like, come on guys.

817
00:33:11,125 --> 00:33:13,605
Like he, you pitched amazing and
why would he be mad at you for?

818
00:33:14,015 --> 00:33:14,425
Yeah.

819
00:33:14,435 --> 00:33:14,455
Yeah.

820
00:33:17,545 --> 00:33:21,355
Oh, well, I know going into this
weekend over at War Memorial will feel

821
00:33:21,365 --> 00:33:22,425
a little bit more like a home game.

822
00:33:22,455 --> 00:33:25,255
Obviously, more O. D. U.
Fans will will be there.

823
00:33:25,745 --> 00:33:29,425
Um, you know, what are you most looking
forward to as far as like adjusting

824
00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:33,495
anything you're doing from the road trip
you just had to go into this weekend?

825
00:33:33,495 --> 00:33:36,395
Is there anything you're kind of
fine tuning before you get fired

826
00:33:36,405 --> 00:33:37,515
up Friday, Saturday, Sunday?

827
00:33:38,905 --> 00:33:43,915
Um, I think just staying ready to get
after it in any situation I'm called into.

828
00:33:45,370 --> 00:33:49,670
Um, I feel like my process have
been really good so far and just

829
00:33:49,690 --> 00:33:51,580
coming in in these tight situations.

830
00:33:51,620 --> 00:33:53,390
So I'll just keep doing what I'm doing.

831
00:33:55,020 --> 00:33:57,650
So that's one thing, you know, you
were a starter pretty much all through

832
00:33:57,650 --> 00:34:02,030
high school and then you've been a
reliever pretty much all in college.

833
00:34:02,050 --> 00:34:05,880
What was, was there a transition period
or is there a different kind of mentality?

834
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,080
Do you find you like this better?

835
00:34:09,710 --> 00:34:11,870
Um, I definitely liked being
in the end of the game.

836
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:17,860
I mean, starting was fun, but getting to
come in and shut the door on someone in

837
00:34:17,860 --> 00:34:21,160
a, in a big situation is a lot of fun.

838
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,410
Really big adrenaline booster too.

839
00:34:25,610 --> 00:34:27,240
We noticed, yeah.

840
00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:30,780
Yeah.

841
00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:31,440
Yeah.

842
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,570
Awesome shot from CB there
from that Southern Miss game.

843
00:34:34,570 --> 00:34:35,520
You getting fired up?

844
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,800
Well, I think I accidentally
kicked CB off here too.

845
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:42,150
There we go.

846
00:34:42,250 --> 00:34:42,630
We're back.

847
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:46,390
Yeah.

848
00:34:46,420 --> 00:34:47,020
Um.

849
00:34:47,810 --> 00:34:49,870
Well, I know there's, we've
seen a couple of guys this year.

850
00:34:49,870 --> 00:34:53,030
I know Blake has been getting like
really into it, kind of channeling his,

851
00:34:53,050 --> 00:34:55,640
his Jacob Gomez from, from last season.

852
00:34:56,030 --> 00:34:57,540
Is that just spur of the moment thing?

853
00:34:57,540 --> 00:34:59,900
Or are you trying to send a message
to your, your dugout saying like,

854
00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:01,410
Hey, let's go, let's go win this game.

855
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,050
Um, probably a little bit of both.

856
00:35:04,260 --> 00:35:05,780
I mean, you're, you're in the moment.

857
00:35:05,790 --> 00:35:10,020
You kind of just like blank when
things happen, you're all fired up

858
00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:12,600
and everyone else is fired up for you.

859
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,360
So it just kind of happens.

860
00:35:16,595 --> 00:35:18,515
Yeah, those are as a photographer.

861
00:35:18,525 --> 00:35:20,995
Those are moments like
I'm, I'm hoping for that.

862
00:35:20,995 --> 00:35:23,215
I'm sitting there when you get
like a couple of straight, we get

863
00:35:23,215 --> 00:35:24,795
it like, I'm like focused on you.

864
00:35:24,815 --> 00:35:27,935
Like it did kind of like, I'm like to
the point where like somebody might make

865
00:35:27,935 --> 00:35:29,305
an amazing dive or play or something.

866
00:35:29,305 --> 00:35:32,535
It's like, well, I'm going to miss it
because I'm, I'm hoping to get that shot.

867
00:35:32,535 --> 00:35:35,895
So it's, it's, I say as a photographer,
I love when you guys, when you

868
00:35:35,895 --> 00:35:37,545
guys do it, it's, it's very fun.

869
00:35:38,545 --> 00:35:38,675
Oh

870
00:35:38,675 --> 00:35:38,955
yeah.

871
00:35:39,875 --> 00:35:40,165
Yeah.

872
00:35:40,195 --> 00:35:43,695
Well, you, you may have seen it before
we brought you on, but, uh, what were

873
00:35:43,695 --> 00:35:45,269
your thoughts on these, uh, yeah.

874
00:35:45,580 --> 00:35:48,710
Kind of throwback black uniforms the
other night in Mississippi state.

875
00:35:50,090 --> 00:35:50,890
Um, I like him.

876
00:35:50,890 --> 00:35:52,020
I like the black hats too.

877
00:35:52,030 --> 00:35:53,960
It's nice to have different options.

878
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,630
Like how we have the gray this year too.

879
00:35:55,990 --> 00:35:59,560
Um, it's, it's nice to not
just have the Navy hat.

880
00:36:00,610 --> 00:36:01,020
Yeah.

881
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:01,250
Yeah.

882
00:36:01,250 --> 00:36:02,180
The gray is sick.

883
00:36:02,510 --> 00:36:02,740
Yeah.

884
00:36:02,820 --> 00:36:03,630
Uh, Paul panic.

885
00:36:03,630 --> 00:36:06,180
And the other day we're talking about,
we think it would be neat to have the,

886
00:36:06,180 --> 00:36:08,890
um, the Navy top with the Hudson pants.

887
00:36:09,550 --> 00:36:09,990
Oh yeah.

888
00:36:09,990 --> 00:36:11,739
I know it looked good.

889
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,100
There's so many different
like combinations you could do

890
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:16,830
with those jerseys and pants.

891
00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:21,370
You just got to find one that you can
wear for all three games of the weekend

892
00:36:21,370 --> 00:36:24,970
series and sweep and then just keep
wearing those same ones until you lose.

893
00:36:27,930 --> 00:36:28,260
There you go.

894
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:29,640
Awesome.

895
00:36:29,690 --> 00:36:31,310
Well, Bailey, we'll let
you get out of here.

896
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,540
Really appreciate your time,
especially after a long road trip.

897
00:36:34,540 --> 00:36:37,390
We'll let you spend time with family,
friends, or, you know, just relax and

898
00:36:37,390 --> 00:36:38,830
enjoy some peace and quiet for a change.

899
00:36:38,830 --> 00:36:40,320
But really appreciate it.

900
00:36:40,330 --> 00:36:42,030
And good luck tomorrow.

901
00:36:42,030 --> 00:36:42,660
William Mary.

902
00:36:42,670 --> 00:36:45,030
And then, of course, over the
weekend against Georgia State.

903
00:36:45,890 --> 00:36:46,310
Oh, yeah.

904
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:46,590
Thank

905
00:36:46,590 --> 00:36:46,800
you.

906
00:36:48,010 --> 00:36:48,240
All right.

907
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:48,640
Thanks, man.

908
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:49,260
Appreciate you, man.

909
00:36:49,260 --> 00:36:49,860
We'll see you soon.

910
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:50,750
All right.

911
00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:51,520
Thank you for having me.

912
00:36:55,610 --> 00:36:57,970
Yeah, it's a good, you know,
I, I definitely remember, um,

913
00:36:57,980 --> 00:36:59,270
my face is huge in this view.

914
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,412
I'm working on it.

915
00:37:01,412 --> 00:37:05,320
I was like, I know I keep it a
little, a little zoomed in, but I

916
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,310
was like, that's the whole face.

917
00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:09,620
Um, but no, I definitely, it was, I
definitely remember like when Pat, uh,

918
00:37:09,835 --> 00:37:12,695
Pat Nichols, Eric Greenberg Christian,
you know, cause we, we talk about guys.

919
00:37:12,695 --> 00:37:14,965
And then he's got, you
know, he, he's an ODU guy.

920
00:37:14,975 --> 00:37:16,165
He wants anybody who was good.

921
00:37:16,165 --> 00:37:18,475
You know, he's the one that you
got Jason Hart lined over to ODU.

922
00:37:18,795 --> 00:37:21,635
He, I'm sure he made calls
about Bailey coming to ODU.

923
00:37:21,645 --> 00:37:25,125
You know, he's going to make sure
any, any good, uh, Greenberg Christian

924
00:37:25,125 --> 00:37:26,185
players end up at Old Dominion.

925
00:37:26,185 --> 00:37:26,955
That's what he wants.

926
00:37:27,175 --> 00:37:29,665
Um, but I, I definitely remember him
like being like, yeah, I got this kid.

927
00:37:29,665 --> 00:37:30,605
He's big, big lefty.

928
00:37:30,605 --> 00:37:31,225
He's real good.

929
00:37:31,235 --> 00:37:32,725
And it was like, he's in eighth grade now.

930
00:37:32,725 --> 00:37:34,515
I was like, geez, man,
you're talking about it.

931
00:37:34,775 --> 00:37:35,685
An eighth grader is good.

932
00:37:35,685 --> 00:37:36,695
He's like, yeah, he's that good.

933
00:37:36,910 --> 00:37:38,080
Like, all right, I believe it.

934
00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:41,390
He was, and he was, uh, and Bailey
was, you know, a lot of high school

935
00:37:41,390 --> 00:37:46,780
guys are, are good, uh, at all around,
you know, he, he DH his, uh, his

936
00:37:46,780 --> 00:37:50,240
senior year for him and it was, was
a solid hitter the whole season too.

937
00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:52,020
Yeah.

938
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,490
Well, maybe you can warm the bat up and
see what happens, but it's been nice to

939
00:37:56,500 --> 00:38:00,100
see Bailey kind of settle in and become
one of the stoppers out of the bullpen.

940
00:38:00,540 --> 00:38:05,360
Uh, you know, the inning that he tossed
there on Sunday helped set up the win.

941
00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:06,610
I mean, he doesn't get
the win or the save.

942
00:38:06,610 --> 00:38:08,060
He's kind of gets that hold stat.

943
00:38:08,070 --> 00:38:11,710
They do an MLB, but it was a shutdown
and it got to a really tough part of

944
00:38:11,710 --> 00:38:15,630
the order and it really set things up
well for us to finish that game out

945
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,950
and come away with one conference win.

946
00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:21,140
Uh, cause being one and two in the
standings right now is so much better

947
00:38:21,140 --> 00:38:23,860
than being Oh, and three, cause
you're just all uphill from here.

948
00:38:24,220 --> 00:38:27,170
And if you focus on winning
your home series, like we

949
00:38:27,170 --> 00:38:28,420
talked about a lot last year.

950
00:38:28,725 --> 00:38:31,835
You can set yourself up in a good spot
and be well positioned for the tournament.

951
00:38:32,025 --> 00:38:33,005
So hopefully this.

952
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,470
Just onslaught of a schedule to
start the year pays dividends

953
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,410
starting against William Mary.

954
00:38:39,450 --> 00:38:41,460
Like that's a game we need to go win.

955
00:38:41,470 --> 00:38:44,300
Like we need to win that game
and then we got to win the

956
00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:45,190
series against Georgia State.

957
00:38:46,380 --> 00:38:48,600
Yeah, William Mary is, I
think, what did we say?

958
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,239
They're 5 15.

959
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:51,030
Um.

960
00:38:51,110 --> 00:38:54,790
I have it up here at, uh, yeah, five 15.

961
00:38:55,050 --> 00:38:57,350
They're five and 15 is
not the same as our what?

962
00:38:57,350 --> 00:38:58,810
Five and 12 that we have.

963
00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:03,100
Uh, they, they have, they have not really
played the same level of competition.

964
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:06,500
They, they played a few, like they, I
think they got beat by ECU this past

965
00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:10,150
weekend, which, you know, we've had about
the most, yeah, they got swept by ECU.

966
00:39:10,150 --> 00:39:11,480
It got run ruled twice.

967
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,070
Um, I mean, they split with
Princeton, got, you know, Kansas

968
00:39:15,070 --> 00:39:16,320
state's always got a good program.

969
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:17,540
They got swept by them.

970
00:39:18,140 --> 00:39:19,460
Uh, you know, Virginia beat them.

971
00:39:19,460 --> 00:39:23,030
So they played some teams, but in
general, like the, the teams, they,

972
00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:26,320
you know, they're getting, losing
two out of three to Rhode Island.

973
00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:30,220
Like these are, you know,
they're, we need to be.

974
00:39:30,435 --> 00:39:32,205
William and Mary and beat him well.

975
00:39:32,255 --> 00:39:33,745
And just to show like, Hey, we can.

976
00:39:33,755 --> 00:39:36,055
And William Mary is one of the teams
that generally when we play them,

977
00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:40,615
we do pretty well, uh, I think the
years where we, where we are feeling,

978
00:39:40,675 --> 00:39:43,185
feeling ourselves a little too much
and we go into overconfident, like,

979
00:39:43,195 --> 00:39:43,825
Oh yeah, we're just gonna beat him.

980
00:39:43,825 --> 00:39:44,385
No problem.

981
00:39:44,735 --> 00:39:45,255
That's William.

982
00:39:45,255 --> 00:39:46,885
Mary tends, tends to, tends to beat us.

983
00:39:46,885 --> 00:39:50,325
So as long as they go in and again, right
now, I think, I think you and I said this

984
00:39:50,325 --> 00:39:52,085
the other day, there's no reason that.

985
00:39:52,405 --> 00:39:54,545
At this point, the ODU should
have any kind of cockiness and

986
00:39:54,545 --> 00:39:55,445
think if they could beat anybody.

987
00:39:55,445 --> 00:39:57,405
It's like they can, but
they got to show up.

988
00:39:57,405 --> 00:40:00,645
So if they go in and just keep that
good kind of approach they had going

989
00:40:00,645 --> 00:40:04,505
Saturday and Sunday, they should be fine
against William and Mary tomorrow night.

990
00:40:04,845 --> 00:40:07,255
You have to go into it thinking
that you are backed into the

991
00:40:07,255 --> 00:40:09,545
corner of a cage and you're going
to have to fight your way out.

992
00:40:09,635 --> 00:40:10,499
Uh, I will.

993
00:40:10,610 --> 00:40:14,270
bring back the unfortunate memories
of Princeton last year, where

994
00:40:14,270 --> 00:40:17,190
we get, uh, too excited about
thinking that we're going to win.

995
00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:19,140
This is a game that we should win.

996
00:40:19,390 --> 00:40:21,690
And I think it's a game that might
let some guys stretch their legs

997
00:40:21,690 --> 00:40:23,000
out, build up some confidence.

998
00:40:23,410 --> 00:40:27,150
before Georgia State rolls into town
over the weekend, because Georgia

999
00:40:27,150 --> 00:40:29,230
State, they're 15 and 6 overall.

1000
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:33,480
They're 3 0 in the Sun Belt after
sweeping South Alabama at home.

1001
00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:38,130
Uh, you know, some close games,
they won 9 2, 3 0, and then what

1002
00:40:38,130 --> 00:40:41,940
must have been a fun 15 14 game
to watch to round out the series.

1003
00:40:42,550 --> 00:40:44,970
Uh, so I think that the pitching
looks like for both South Alabama

1004
00:40:44,970 --> 00:40:46,210
and Georgia State kind of runs out.

1005
00:40:46,575 --> 00:40:49,745
After day two, uh, but
they swept that series.

1006
00:40:49,845 --> 00:40:51,815
Uh, they've played some tough teams.

1007
00:40:51,815 --> 00:40:53,395
They've got South Carolina.

1008
00:40:53,395 --> 00:40:54,565
They played Georgia tech.

1009
00:40:54,835 --> 00:40:55,955
Uh, they played Georgia.

1010
00:40:56,285 --> 00:41:00,195
I think the one that you might want to
flag for like ODU fans is they did play

1011
00:41:00,195 --> 00:41:02,305
a series against UT Martin at home.

1012
00:41:02,555 --> 00:41:05,765
They took two out of three and that
was a team that absolutely shut

1013
00:41:06,065 --> 00:41:07,755
us down for a couple of weeks ago.

1014
00:41:09,645 --> 00:41:09,965
Yeah.

1015
00:41:09,965 --> 00:41:11,895
And like I said, their
schedule, their, their.

1016
00:41:12,335 --> 00:41:14,875
Uh, you literally said
them, it was 15 to six.

1017
00:41:14,875 --> 00:41:15,165
Yeah.

1018
00:41:15,475 --> 00:41:19,765
And you know, they, they've lost
against the good teams really.

1019
00:41:20,075 --> 00:41:22,795
And they said, UT Martin is one that we
played and they, they beat them two out

1020
00:41:22,795 --> 00:41:27,850
of three, but otherwise this is, they,
they're not, they're not really a 15 to

1021
00:41:27,850 --> 00:41:29,205
16, they just have a 15 to six record.

1022
00:41:29,605 --> 00:41:30,855
Um, but again, you're right.

1023
00:41:30,855 --> 00:41:33,585
They, they sweeping in
conference is not easy.

1024
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,440
Um, uh, and they did it and
so you got to respect that.

1025
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,440
And, but again, you're, you're, you're
playing them and I, I fully, I fully

1026
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,290
believe in this team's ability and
this team's talent, uh, old to me.

1027
00:41:43,290 --> 00:41:45,900
And I, I think, um, you know,
yeah, things have happened.

1028
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:49,900
And now, now again, can you question
maybe some of their toughness, some

1029
00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:52,480
of their, their want to in this, you
know, some of the, just the, the,

1030
00:41:52,750 --> 00:41:54,380
the pure grit, yeah, I think you can.

1031
00:41:54,380 --> 00:41:56,100
And some of the guys, hopefully
you're answering those questions.

1032
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,020
Uh, but yeah, the talent is there.

1033
00:41:58,020 --> 00:41:58,340
And so.

1034
00:41:58,865 --> 00:42:01,835
If you show up and you play hard and
you play right and hopefully you get

1035
00:42:01,835 --> 00:42:04,665
to play in front of some of your fans
and know you're going to sleep in your

1036
00:42:04,665 --> 00:42:08,375
own bed at night, which psychologically
has some, some big pluses to it.

1037
00:42:08,425 --> 00:42:09,325
Uh, you know, we're going to be good.

1038
00:42:09,325 --> 00:42:13,165
I, I, I'm a little sad that they,
they made the, the, the, um, the

1039
00:42:13,165 --> 00:42:14,385
Friday game at three o'clock.

1040
00:42:14,425 --> 00:42:15,605
Cause that means I
won't be able to see it.

1041
00:42:15,605 --> 00:42:16,825
You know, I got, I got the real world.

1042
00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:20,165
And so again, somebody wants
to pay me to just, Go watch ODU

1043
00:42:20,165 --> 00:42:21,285
sports and just a full time.

1044
00:42:21,285 --> 00:42:25,085
I'm all for like we, we can make
that part of things, but until then

1045
00:42:25,085 --> 00:42:26,235
I gotta gotta live in the real world.

1046
00:42:26,235 --> 00:42:27,165
So, but I will be there.

1047
00:42:27,165 --> 00:42:31,585
We'll be driving up to, um, William Mary
tomorrow night, hopefully, uh, or tonight,

1048
00:42:31,585 --> 00:42:34,255
I guess, if you're listening to this
on Wednesday, hopefully make it there

1049
00:42:34,255 --> 00:42:36,865
by game time, we'll see how that goes.

1050
00:42:37,985 --> 00:42:38,145
Yeah.

1051
00:42:38,145 --> 00:42:41,245
I'm in the same boat, planning to go
to William Mary tomorrow, unless I have

1052
00:42:41,245 --> 00:42:43,855
study duty with the, uh, with the niece.

1053
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:47,220
Um, but, uh, definitely be down there
Saturday and Sunday, there's going to

1054
00:42:47,230 --> 00:42:49,510
be a big contingent of ODU parents.

1055
00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:51,010
They're going to be over
there at War Memorial.

1056
00:42:51,010 --> 00:42:55,260
So if you do make your way over
the game, go by, say hello, shake

1057
00:42:55,260 --> 00:42:58,310
their hand, let them know that you,
uh, you know, support ODU baseball

1058
00:42:58,310 --> 00:42:59,650
and the kids that are playing.

1059
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:02,600
Uh, cause that's one thing that this
team is probably missing a lot right

1060
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,200
now is feeling that fan support.

1061
00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:08,260
Uh, when, when it's, you're losing a
lot of games, the record's not good.

1062
00:43:08,260 --> 00:43:09,220
You're not playing at home.

1063
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:10,420
You can kind of disconnect.

1064
00:43:10,420 --> 00:43:11,990
It feels like a little
bit from your fan base.

1065
00:43:11,990 --> 00:43:12,970
So it'd be nice.

1066
00:43:13,575 --> 00:43:16,405
Pick one of those days, come out,
supposed to be a nice weather weekend.

1067
00:43:16,875 --> 00:43:19,885
come out, enjoy some base is cool.

1068
00:43:20,295 --> 00:43:26,680
Um, Georgia is I mean, they're going
to going three and after bea I mean,

1069
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:33,262
they gave us all Atlanta in the season
las not some teams going to r nice

1070
00:43:33,262 --> 00:43:38,110
to come out on friday Punch them in
the mouth, burn their bullpen and

1071
00:43:38,110 --> 00:43:39,870
then just try to get the next two.

1072
00:43:39,870 --> 00:43:43,060
And then all of a sudden you're
four and two in conference play.

1073
00:43:43,060 --> 00:43:44,880
You're on a much different
playing field than you were.

1074
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:49,390
But I think it's a, it's a big litmus
test for this team this weekend.

1075
00:43:50,290 --> 00:43:51,080
Yeah, I love it.

1076
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:51,330
Georgia

1077
00:43:51,370 --> 00:43:53,870
state's best player is number 99.

1078
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:54,800
I think that's fun.

1079
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:55,990
Caleb Freeman.

1080
00:43:55,990 --> 00:43:57,950
He's, he's hitting best right now for him.

1081
00:43:57,950 --> 00:43:59,210
And he's, where's 99?

1082
00:43:59,210 --> 00:44:00,250
I think I think it's fun.

1083
00:44:00,990 --> 00:44:01,190
Yeah.

1084
00:44:01,190 --> 00:44:03,390
It's like they pulled them off the
defensive line from the baseball team.

1085
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:04,070
We brought him over there.

1086
00:44:04,070 --> 00:44:08,070
He's got 14 doubles, five home runs,
22 ribbies, and he's hitting 400.

1087
00:44:08,780 --> 00:44:11,720
And that's where I didn't
go down in the box scores.

1088
00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:13,190
You know, I guess I did the same thing.

1089
00:44:13,190 --> 00:44:14,410
You just kind of looked at the stats.

1090
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:20,160
Um, but the 14 doubles and five homers,
I don't, I don't know how many of

1091
00:44:20,170 --> 00:44:24,710
those you hit against, uh, Georgia
tech and Georgia, you know, some

1092
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:28,690
of these, some of these teams they
played, you know, But hey, he hit him

1093
00:44:28,870 --> 00:44:31,550
either way, no matter who you hit him
against, they hit him against D1 teams.

1094
00:44:32,510 --> 00:44:36,130
I think it's also important to
note that he's had 70 official at

1095
00:44:36,140 --> 00:44:40,790
bats, and according to the stat
sheet, he has 34 walks, which,

1096
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,810
that's gotta be a stat error, right?

1097
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:45,930
On base percentage of 600?

1098
00:44:47,420 --> 00:44:51,350
That's a lot of walks, and he's 7 for 8
steel and bag, so, uh, they gotta, don't,

1099
00:44:51,940 --> 00:44:54,014
let's not throw anything good to this guy.

1100
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:55,420
Uh, and, uh, . So you got a,

1101
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,975
had a, had one for six with
a double against Georgia.

1102
00:44:57,975 --> 00:44:59,205
Oh, for three against Georgia?

1103
00:44:59,205 --> 00:44:59,505
Yeah.

1104
00:44:59,505 --> 00:45:03,855
So one for five with a
RBI against Georgia Tech.

1105
00:45:03,855 --> 00:45:06,855
Yeah, so he is not really now, he
did go, let's see, this weekend

1106
00:45:06,855 --> 00:45:13,495
he was six for 10, uh, with four
doubles, two triples and a homer.

1107
00:45:13,525 --> 00:45:14,995
So yeah, he had a good weekend.

1108
00:45:15,645 --> 00:45:15,975
Yeah.

1109
00:45:15,975 --> 00:45:18,075
Not a, not a bad day at the ballpark.

1110
00:45:18,105 --> 00:45:21,225
Uh, yeah, so they, they've got some dudes
that can hit, I mean, yeah, you don't put

1111
00:45:21,225 --> 00:45:23,325
up 15 runs on a Sunbelt team unless you.

1112
00:45:23,660 --> 00:45:26,040
You got some offensive firepower,
so they're going to bring it.

1113
00:45:26,530 --> 00:45:27,610
Uh, now the advantage

1114
00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:30,040
that it could have, I mean,
you might be saying, I'm sorry,

1115
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:31,040
again, I was interrupted.

1116
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:31,750
Nobody called to say anything.

1117
00:45:32,150 --> 00:45:32,730
I do interrupt you.

1118
00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:33,460
I'm sorry about that.

1119
00:45:33,820 --> 00:45:36,020
Uh, we, we, we know, and I'm bad at it.

1120
00:45:36,020 --> 00:45:38,240
I'm trying to get better, even
though I'm not getting better.

1121
00:45:38,580 --> 00:45:41,720
Um, but they do have a
five 93 era as a team.

1122
00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:44,770
So now again, that comes from,
you play some of those good teams.

1123
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,920
Uh, but so there's, there's opportunity
there if our guys show up and hit

1124
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:52,410
like they can and have the right
approach and attack and be patient,

1125
00:45:52,900 --> 00:45:56,230
uh, attack and be patient, which
is ironic, but you have to do it.

1126
00:45:56,230 --> 00:45:56,760
Baseball.

1127
00:45:57,010 --> 00:45:57,710
Uh, it's weird.

1128
00:45:57,710 --> 00:45:58,360
You have, you have to do it.

1129
00:45:58,360 --> 00:45:58,920
You have to attack it.

1130
00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:01,610
Like, like, like I feel what
says, you know, and hate hatred

1131
00:46:01,610 --> 00:46:02,470
talks about this all the time.

1132
00:46:02,470 --> 00:46:03,539
You know, you have to yeah.

1133
00:46:03,790 --> 00:46:06,900
You attack on the right spots and
be patient in the right spots.

1134
00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:10,340
You know, you can't go into every single,
you know, you have to have an approach.

1135
00:46:10,340 --> 00:46:13,040
And part of the approach is knowing
when to do when, and, you know, because

1136
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,910
we have a lot of guys who, you know,
unfortunately we'll have two strikes

1137
00:46:16,940 --> 00:46:19,010
and they're sitting there not attacking.

1138
00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:19,550
Like that's a time.

1139
00:46:19,550 --> 00:46:22,420
It's like, Hey, if it's close at
all, you swing, you foul it off or

1140
00:46:22,420 --> 00:46:26,170
you put it in play, but you can't
strike out looking is frustrating.

1141
00:46:26,590 --> 00:46:27,380
It really is.

1142
00:46:27,995 --> 00:46:30,065
Yeah, especially when you get
in those situations where you're

1143
00:46:30,065 --> 00:46:31,105
running on third and no outs.

1144
00:46:31,445 --> 00:46:36,165
Like, you gotta luck your way into
getting that run home one way or another.

1145
00:46:36,755 --> 00:46:39,085
Uh, and just close out a little
bit more on Georgia State before

1146
00:46:39,085 --> 00:46:40,665
we do a couple other things.

1147
00:46:40,705 --> 00:46:43,675
Pitching wise, it looks like their
three starters this weekend are

1148
00:46:43,675 --> 00:46:48,980
going to be Caleb Wright, Caleb
White, Ross Norman and Cole Roberts.

1149
00:46:49,020 --> 00:46:51,480
Uh, Caleb White kind of looks
like the ace of their staff.

1150
00:46:51,490 --> 00:46:53,250
He's got a 4.

1151
00:46:53,250 --> 00:46:53,280
5 ERA.

1152
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,950
Uh, but Ross Norman, he's got a 4.

1153
00:46:56,950 --> 00:46:58,930
78 ERA, but his batting
average against his only.

1154
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:05,020
191. So they got some, some sneaky
talent on the mound, at least in their

1155
00:47:05,020 --> 00:47:08,800
starting rotation, it gets a little bit
dicier as you go down into the bullpen.

1156
00:47:09,190 --> 00:47:11,890
Uh, so I think getting into those
starters early, getting them out of

1157
00:47:11,890 --> 00:47:16,030
the game, burn what bullpen you can
on Friday, Saturday, and buckle up

1158
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,520
for a fun slug fest on, on Sunday.

1159
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:23,490
The kid white has got, uh,
38 strikeouts and 26 innings.

1160
00:47:24,010 --> 00:47:26,780
But then like I said, he's
got a 305 average against.

1161
00:47:26,780 --> 00:47:32,120
So he's, it seems like when you hit the
ball, you hit it so that, that again,

1162
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:35,500
that the trick on the guys like that
is, you know, have the right approach.

1163
00:47:35,510 --> 00:47:39,080
If you sit back and let him dictate
things, you're probably gonna get

1164
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,230
yourself out probably with a strikeout.

1165
00:47:42,030 --> 00:47:42,320
Yeah.

1166
00:47:42,540 --> 00:47:44,710
They've got a couple of guys have been
good on the very back end of their

1167
00:47:44,710 --> 00:47:48,040
bullpen, uh, Tyson Benford and Jacob Cruz.

1168
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,490
Uh, not a lot of endings, but
three and two saves respectively.

1169
00:47:52,490 --> 00:47:54,890
They're, uh, sub two, six ERAs.

1170
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:55,800
So there's.

1171
00:47:57,210 --> 00:47:59,680
You know, depending on the competition,
who they've done that against,

1172
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:03,850
obviously, but they are not the Georgia
state that existed like three or four

1173
00:48:03,850 --> 00:48:07,172
years ago when they were like, you
wouldn't really lose a game to them.

1174
00:48:07,172 --> 00:48:08,380
This is a very different team.

1175
00:48:08,380 --> 00:48:11,500
They've obviously upscaled a good
bit in the last couple of years.

1176
00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:12,530
So, uh,

1177
00:48:13,940 --> 00:48:15,520
we've said it a million times, right?

1178
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:16,430
In conference play.

1179
00:48:16,700 --> 00:48:17,520
I don't care.

1180
00:48:17,550 --> 00:48:20,890
You know, if we get to the very
last weekend of the season and the

1181
00:48:20,890 --> 00:48:25,040
team is Owen 27 and conference, it's
still a conference play and they

1182
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,380
can still sweep you just as easy.

1183
00:48:27,150 --> 00:48:27,440
Yeah.

1184
00:48:27,460 --> 00:48:31,070
I mean, we've got a road trip down
to Louisiana, Monroe, and I don't

1185
00:48:31,070 --> 00:48:34,810
know if you've ever been to Monroe,
Louisiana, or I've heard the stories from

1186
00:48:34,810 --> 00:48:39,270
football and all that it's an adventure
just to get on the field in Monroe.

1187
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,060
Uh, so that's, that's another one
to watch out in the future, but,

1188
00:48:42,530 --> 00:48:44,860
uh, we did miss one thing earlier.

1189
00:48:45,950 --> 00:48:46,150
Oh yeah.

1190
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:47,040
Yeah.

1191
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:47,450
We kind of, we

1192
00:48:47,450 --> 00:48:48,400
kind of talked around it.

1193
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:48,840
Yeah.

1194
00:48:48,900 --> 00:48:49,170
Yeah.

1195
00:48:49,170 --> 00:48:50,730
And I keep doing it again.

1196
00:48:51,150 --> 00:48:55,905
Another way that I, I run, uh,
Ramshot over, over Gary is I keep

1197
00:48:55,935 --> 00:48:58,285
kind of just making this without
really talking to you about it.

1198
00:48:58,285 --> 00:49:01,385
But in general, I think there
hasn't been a lot of, we haven't

1199
00:49:01,405 --> 00:49:03,515
had a lot where it's like, Oh,
which ones, who's it going to be?

1200
00:49:03,515 --> 00:49:06,245
It's kind of like, well, yeah, it's, it's
going to be, uh, so yeah, I mentioned

1201
00:49:06,245 --> 00:49:11,125
Kyle Edwards, seven for 16, uh, a
double, uh, two walks and two steals.

1202
00:49:11,125 --> 00:49:14,595
So very nice week for him
played really good defense, um,

1203
00:49:14,605 --> 00:49:15,545
made some really good plays.

1204
00:49:15,755 --> 00:49:17,345
And then Blake, you know, Blake had.

1205
00:49:17,525 --> 00:49:18,995
the phenomenal start on Sunday.

1206
00:49:18,995 --> 00:49:22,075
He, I, this is something I'm
glad you, you put this up.

1207
00:49:22,075 --> 00:49:23,375
Cause I would have
forgotten to mention this.

1208
00:49:23,375 --> 00:49:26,995
Otherwise when he got taken, cause
he came back out in the seventh

1209
00:49:26,995 --> 00:49:30,765
inning or an eighth inning, um,
and gave up, gave up the home run.

1210
00:49:30,805 --> 00:49:32,475
Uh, and I think, I think I'll be too.

1211
00:49:32,515 --> 00:49:34,345
I can't remember if we took him
out right after that or not.

1212
00:49:34,645 --> 00:49:37,205
Uh, but when they took him out,
the Southern Miss crowd gave him

1213
00:49:37,205 --> 00:49:38,935
a standing ovation on the way out.

1214
00:49:39,105 --> 00:49:39,825
Wow.

1215
00:49:40,135 --> 00:49:41,335
Which is phenomenal.

1216
00:49:41,335 --> 00:49:44,515
I mean, you talk about like
the level of like class.

1217
00:49:44,770 --> 00:49:48,850
And, and baseball knowledge and just
appreciation for, for competition that

1218
00:49:48,850 --> 00:49:50,740
you have to have was, that was unreal.

1219
00:49:50,750 --> 00:49:52,430
That was so, that was such a cool moment.

1220
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,170
Um, and he, you know, I think, I think
we were talking about the airport

1221
00:49:55,170 --> 00:49:57,790
that I think Blake's had two starts
at Southern Miss and won both of

1222
00:49:57,790 --> 00:50:01,170
them and give up like one run, like
13 innings or something like that.

1223
00:50:01,670 --> 00:50:04,640
Um, so, you know, they've, they've
got to see him pitch very well.

1224
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,880
So that was just, you, you can't
say anything better about it.

1225
00:50:08,905 --> 00:50:13,325
a fan base, then the opposing
pitcher pieces you up for seven

1226
00:50:13,325 --> 00:50:15,765
innings and you give him a
standing ovation on the way out.

1227
00:50:15,765 --> 00:50:17,045
Like that's, that's awesome.

1228
00:50:18,055 --> 00:50:23,605
And well deserved because he just
looked great on the mound, even without

1229
00:50:23,605 --> 00:50:26,635
seeing what happened to the pitch
and where it goes, but his mechanics,

1230
00:50:26,635 --> 00:50:30,515
how fluid he looked, how just relaxed
he looked like nothing stressed him.

1231
00:50:30,515 --> 00:50:31,915
Get a guy on who cares?

1232
00:50:31,915 --> 00:50:34,295
Like We're just going to plow
right through that thing.

1233
00:50:34,715 --> 00:50:38,795
Nice to see him come into that form and
continue that upward swing of getting

1234
00:50:38,795 --> 00:50:43,015
back to how he was as a freshman, where
he was just so dominant out there.

1235
00:50:43,265 --> 00:50:44,435
And it's something we're going to need.

1236
00:50:44,555 --> 00:50:46,685
Um, you know, and we needed it

1237
00:50:46,685 --> 00:50:47,455
on Sunday.

1238
00:50:47,765 --> 00:50:50,585
It was such, I mean, you think about
it again, Friday, we got embarrassed.

1239
00:50:51,065 --> 00:50:53,875
Um, and Saturday, you
know, we blew the game.

1240
00:50:54,005 --> 00:50:56,075
We were ahead and just, and gave it away.

1241
00:50:56,435 --> 00:50:58,375
And here is your senior leader.

1242
00:50:59,035 --> 00:51:02,835
Really, you know, as good as, as good
as, uh, Dylan Brown's been this year,

1243
00:51:03,415 --> 00:51:05,355
your ace is your senior guy, right?

1244
00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:09,845
And the guy who has been just
consistent and here he is being

1245
00:51:09,845 --> 00:51:13,555
that guy and showing up in the exact
moment you need him to be that guy.

1246
00:51:13,995 --> 00:51:15,265
Uh, so that, I mean, it was huge.

1247
00:51:16,655 --> 00:51:20,665
Yeah, just so important to get that win
for nothing else other than team morale,

1248
00:51:20,765 --> 00:51:25,045
like to not go one and six on the road
trip to pick up another win over a ranked

1249
00:51:25,045 --> 00:51:29,675
team and just show that, all right, things
have not gone our way this entire series.

1250
00:51:29,675 --> 00:51:33,285
We get, like you said, embarrassed
Friday, eight run eighth inning on

1251
00:51:33,295 --> 00:51:36,825
Saturday and a game that we, I think
we had every opportunity to go and win

1252
00:51:37,185 --> 00:51:40,685
and just to reset roll Blake out there
and let him just plow through that

1253
00:51:40,685 --> 00:51:42,635
order and put you in a spot to win.

1254
00:51:42,755 --> 00:51:43,515
It's huge.

1255
00:51:43,515 --> 00:51:44,935
I mean, it's massive.

1256
00:51:44,945 --> 00:51:46,185
We're not Owen three in the Sunbelt.

1257
00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:49,700
Uh, going into this weekend because
of the way that the Blake threw the

1258
00:51:49,700 --> 00:51:52,930
ball and got some timely hits and
got guys in to do enough to win it.

1259
00:51:53,830 --> 00:51:57,350
And, and as a photographer gave me
a bunch of, uh, this, this was not

1260
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,300
the only one of these, uh, turning
and shouting and celebrate, they

1261
00:52:00,300 --> 00:52:03,390
were at least two or three innings of
these that I could have picked from.

1262
00:52:03,390 --> 00:52:07,240
They were just give me wonderful, fun,
great shots, which I know he loves.

1263
00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:11,310
He, I think he changed his profile picture
again from the last screaming shot of

1264
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:12,790
God mid Georgia tech to one of these.

1265
00:52:13,985 --> 00:52:16,655
Yeah, there were quite a few that I
saw coming through my text messages

1266
00:52:16,655 --> 00:52:18,735
throughout the day on, on Sunday with him.

1267
00:52:18,745 --> 00:52:21,325
And then of course we had the
ones from Bailey earlier, uh,

1268
00:52:21,345 --> 00:52:22,405
from, from the other night.

1269
00:52:22,935 --> 00:52:28,095
Um, yeah, we got to figure out the Friday
pitching now because what we tried to do

1270
00:52:28,115 --> 00:52:30,815
this past Friday was, did not get it done.

1271
00:52:30,815 --> 00:52:31,355
And it's.

1272
00:52:32,220 --> 00:52:35,780
It's difficult because you're kind of
experimenting a little bit like you don't

1273
00:52:35,790 --> 00:52:38,950
necessarily know how some of these guys
are going to do in that starting role or

1274
00:52:38,950 --> 00:52:42,980
the opener role, whatever you want to call
it, but I think this is a great weekend

1275
00:52:42,990 --> 00:52:47,060
to go figure out who your Friday starter
is going to be, because I, as much as it

1276
00:52:47,060 --> 00:52:50,910
would make sense to move Dylan to Friday
or Blake to Friday, I don't think you want

1277
00:52:50,910 --> 00:52:52,130
to mess with the rhythm at this point.

1278
00:52:52,855 --> 00:52:53,935
No, I definitely agree with that.

1279
00:52:53,945 --> 00:52:56,545
I think they're, they're fine where
they are and you figure out the rest.

1280
00:52:56,555 --> 00:53:01,515
I, I think, um, I think the plan
originally was probably to have,

1281
00:53:01,715 --> 00:53:05,915
uh, Ben Moore pitch on Friday after.

1282
00:53:06,450 --> 00:53:10,490
Uh, Ethan, but you know, as things got out
of hand, that just became not feasible.

1283
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,780
Um, and again, now we know Ben
had a, had a bad outing, but

1284
00:53:13,790 --> 00:53:14,750
Ben's a phenomenal pitcher.

1285
00:53:14,770 --> 00:53:17,880
Ben's a really good pitcher and one
bad outing doesn't make you bad.

1286
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:22,270
And I, and I think, I think Ethan
Hubble is, is an answer there.

1287
00:53:22,575 --> 00:53:27,215
I think he's a much better pitcher
than he's, he's had some good outings.

1288
00:53:27,215 --> 00:53:30,695
He's had some, you know, just kind of
so, so outings he he's, he's talented.

1289
00:53:30,695 --> 00:53:31,835
He's a, he's a big kid.

1290
00:53:31,845 --> 00:53:34,385
He's got kind of a little bit
of a funk in his delivery.

1291
00:53:34,825 --> 00:53:39,125
Um, he he's played some, he's done
some really good pitching in Juco.

1292
00:53:39,625 --> 00:53:42,925
Uh, so I think hopefully, you
know, he comes out Friday and he.

1293
00:53:43,460 --> 00:53:47,170
He shows what he's got because I think
he's, he's got some skills and we, and

1294
00:53:47,180 --> 00:53:49,810
we've seen a few of the guys out there,
you know, Luke Ridley's, he's getting

1295
00:53:49,810 --> 00:53:51,300
healthy as is showing some stuff.

1296
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:53,420
Um, Jace Park had a great week.

1297
00:53:53,510 --> 00:53:58,910
Uh, he, now he, he came in and mop up
duty really on Tuesday and mop up duty in

1298
00:53:58,910 --> 00:54:02,500
that game on Friday, but he threw three
scoreless innings between those two.

1299
00:54:02,550 --> 00:54:05,530
And again, this is a guy we talked
about, uh, Finney talked about him,

1300
00:54:05,530 --> 00:54:06,600
you know, leading in the season.

1301
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:08,520
I talked about how good
he was in the fall.

1302
00:54:08,900 --> 00:54:12,240
Um, it's way, I think Finney said he had
a cut on his finger to kind of mess some

1303
00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:13,890
things up, but so he's getting it back.

1304
00:54:14,270 --> 00:54:17,610
Um, you know, but some of these guys
there, there are guys who are showing

1305
00:54:17,610 --> 00:54:21,450
some things and stepping up and you're
seeing like, okay, Bailey and Kellen

1306
00:54:21,470 --> 00:54:26,110
are kind of the guys now they're clearly
like, you know, the ones you're looking

1307
00:54:26,150 --> 00:54:29,670
to, to, to come out of the bullpen
in the big spots and you're figuring

1308
00:54:29,670 --> 00:54:31,080
out who else can do the other stuff.

1309
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:35,030
You know, Marco, he, again, he didn't
have the greatest outing on a Friday,

1310
00:54:35,030 --> 00:54:37,700
but he's had some very good at Marco
Lovario said some very good outings.

1311
00:54:38,070 --> 00:54:38,830
Um, so.

1312
00:54:39,620 --> 00:54:40,700
The pieces are there again.

1313
00:54:40,700 --> 00:54:43,250
You know, again, you still,
you don't want to be here.

1314
00:54:43,250 --> 00:54:46,560
And what are we in week six of
the season now, you're still

1315
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:47,510
trying to figure things out.

1316
00:54:47,510 --> 00:54:50,060
That's not the most ideal you, you would
hope it got figured out, but that's just.

1317
00:54:50,580 --> 00:54:54,670
How things go, their college kids,
sometimes you gotta, you hope so hopefully

1318
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:57,570
like I said, this is, it's a good
week, you know, tomorrow is a good day.

1319
00:54:57,570 --> 00:55:00,950
I mean, I don't, I, I wonder if
tomorrow you might see some of these

1320
00:55:00,950 --> 00:55:04,040
guys who haven't got opportunities
at all yet, you know, maybe to save

1321
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:05,410
a few of the guys for the weekend.

1322
00:55:05,410 --> 00:55:08,450
But again, it's also an opportunity
to let them go out and throw.

1323
00:55:08,450 --> 00:55:10,300
So you might, you might still
see some of the, uh, the guys

1324
00:55:10,300 --> 00:55:11,210
who are figuring things out.

1325
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:11,820
Tomorrow.

1326
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:12,900
Yeah.

1327
00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:16,080
Because not everyone has been
on all of these travel trips.

1328
00:55:16,370 --> 00:55:17,850
It's usually a little bit smaller party.

1329
00:55:17,850 --> 00:55:21,150
So you do get a little bit more limited
with the bullpen who can eat innings,

1330
00:55:21,460 --> 00:55:23,920
uh, William and Mary, Georgia state.

1331
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:25,310
I think all of our home
series, you're just going to

1332
00:55:25,310 --> 00:55:26,470
see more bodies in the dugout.

1333
00:55:26,470 --> 00:55:28,190
More guys could potentially be available.

1334
00:55:28,430 --> 00:55:31,580
If we run into a situation like
we did on Friday where, you

1335
00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:33,010
know, the, you kind of got to.

1336
00:55:33,930 --> 00:55:36,370
Lose that game to try to
salvage something else.

1337
00:55:36,370 --> 00:55:38,530
The rest of the series with
your bullpen arms, I think so.

1338
00:55:38,570 --> 00:55:38,890
I think

1339
00:55:38,890 --> 00:55:41,640
we still have a roster limit
for the conference games.

1340
00:55:42,010 --> 00:55:44,770
So you probably see more bodies
in the dugout just because we're

1341
00:55:45,050 --> 00:55:48,140
closer and they can put them on
a, you know, a van or whatever, a

1342
00:55:48,140 --> 00:55:49,810
bus across the, across the water.

1343
00:55:49,810 --> 00:55:52,250
But, uh, but yeah, I think,
you know, you could still have,

1344
00:55:52,260 --> 00:55:53,400
you could have guys available.

1345
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:55,700
You know, I kind of mentioned
that we were at the airport.

1346
00:55:55,700 --> 00:55:57,160
I said, well, you're gonna have
to reintroduce yourself to a few

1347
00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:58,200
of these guys when we get back.

1348
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:03,135
I mean, so, um, You know, you hope,
you know, if they come in and they,

1349
00:56:03,145 --> 00:56:05,405
they show, you know, if it's not
this week and maybe, you know, some

1350
00:56:05,405 --> 00:56:06,695
of these other midweek games that.

1351
00:56:07,085 --> 00:56:09,275
Where they're, they're playing,
we're playing close that, that some

1352
00:56:09,275 --> 00:56:12,675
of these guys can come and, you
know, hopefully, I mean, you saw

1353
00:56:12,675 --> 00:56:13,645
that with Dylan Tostrup, right?

1354
00:56:13,645 --> 00:56:17,695
He, he, um, Tostrup, uh, not Todd
Tostrup, Dylan Tostrup, when he,

1355
00:56:17,695 --> 00:56:20,405
he wasn't injured and he, he wasn't
on those first couple of trips.

1356
00:56:20,405 --> 00:56:22,675
And then he, now he's in this
last trip and he's, he's again.

1357
00:56:23,015 --> 00:56:24,845
Had some moments where it
weren't as good, had some moments

1358
00:56:24,845 --> 00:56:25,555
where he's very effective.

1359
00:56:25,555 --> 00:56:28,085
So some of these things you got to iron
out, but he's again, getting healthy.

1360
00:56:28,085 --> 00:56:31,465
So yeah, it might be that, you know,
some of those guys that, that haven't,

1361
00:56:31,495 --> 00:56:35,255
and there, and we're still, you know,
uh, Connor Schuman and Will Orberson

1362
00:56:35,275 --> 00:56:37,575
were on the trip and neither one of
them actually got to appear in a game.

1363
00:56:37,955 --> 00:56:39,685
Um, which, you know, me as the
photographer, I want to try

1364
00:56:39,685 --> 00:56:40,225
to get pictures of everybody.

1365
00:56:40,225 --> 00:56:41,275
I'm like, put them in the
game, put them in there.

1366
00:56:41,275 --> 00:56:43,535
Like when the games get a
little out of hand, I'm like.

1367
00:56:43,740 --> 00:56:47,780
Put Schumann in, but
now, yeah, like, right.

1368
00:56:47,780 --> 00:56:50,150
Like it's like, I got shots of
them just hanging out, but like,

1369
00:56:50,150 --> 00:56:51,520
I want that cool picture for them.

1370
00:56:51,850 --> 00:56:54,280
Um, you know, you want, you know, you
want it for them and their family.

1371
00:56:54,290 --> 00:56:56,300
You want it for, you know, when I
make them a baseball card, you want

1372
00:56:56,300 --> 00:56:57,180
something cool to put on there.

1373
00:56:57,500 --> 00:57:00,380
Uh, but so there, there, there are
guys who still can get opportunities.

1374
00:57:00,410 --> 00:57:02,610
Um, and you know, you never
know who can surprise you.

1375
00:57:02,610 --> 00:57:05,140
I mean, yeah, I always
like to think back to, um.

1376
00:57:05,690 --> 00:57:09,040
Uh, I think it was 2018, the year,
the terrible year, the year we only

1377
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:11,970
won 15 games, uh, which I don't think
this year is gonna be that year.

1378
00:57:12,350 --> 00:57:15,230
Uh, but you know, we had so many
injuries that we ended up with Luke

1379
00:57:15,230 --> 00:57:16,730
Krantz, who wasn't even on the roster.

1380
00:57:16,730 --> 00:57:19,050
He wasn't even on the
original like 40 man roster.

1381
00:57:19,530 --> 00:57:23,130
Uh, or 30, whatever it was, and
they had to get like a waiver to

1382
00:57:23,130 --> 00:57:25,680
Adam and he ended up throwing like
45 innings and being great for us.

1383
00:57:25,780 --> 00:57:29,200
So, you know, you, you really
don't know who is going to step up.

1384
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:30,760
So, so there's still
plenty of opportunity.

1385
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:32,230
I mean, there's a lot of season left.

1386
00:57:32,270 --> 00:57:35,350
We we've played 18 games out of 56.

1387
00:57:35,370 --> 00:57:36,560
There's a ton of season left.

1388
00:57:36,660 --> 00:57:40,340
So there's going to be guys who are
going to be important, competitive

1389
00:57:40,340 --> 00:57:42,920
parts of things by the end of
the year who are not right now.

1390
00:57:44,150 --> 00:57:47,140
And what's left on the calendar is
what's most important to ODU fans.

1391
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,190
It's conference games.

1392
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:53,990
And aside from the, the, the one
game with East Tennessee state,

1393
00:57:54,330 --> 00:57:55,650
it's all Virginia schools too.

1394
00:57:55,700 --> 00:57:56,770
So you've got Virginia in there.

1395
00:57:56,770 --> 00:57:58,490
You've got Norfolk state VCU.

1396
00:57:59,010 --> 00:58:01,470
Uh, we got Richmond
mixed in there as well.

1397
00:58:01,470 --> 00:58:03,800
So it's conference and
teams that you want to beat.

1398
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:05,900
Cause you probably know someone that
went to one of those schools and you

1399
00:58:05,910 --> 00:58:08,940
don't want to hear them run their
mouth, whether it's about baseball.

1400
00:58:09,295 --> 00:58:11,525
Women's lacrosse, football,
basketball, it doesn't matter.

1401
00:58:11,525 --> 00:58:13,455
You don't want to lose to
those schools in anything.

1402
00:58:13,475 --> 00:58:17,215
So I think you almost have to just start
ignoring our overall record at this

1403
00:58:17,225 --> 00:58:19,085
point and look at the Sunbelt record.

1404
00:58:19,335 --> 00:58:22,805
And then how we do in these games against
Virginia opponents, the rest of the way.

1405
00:58:23,145 --> 00:58:24,595
That's what I'm, I'm looking at.

1406
00:58:24,895 --> 00:58:27,055
Uh, cause you can't, you can't
go get those games back anyway.

1407
00:58:27,125 --> 00:58:28,629
Like our path to.

1408
00:58:28,790 --> 00:58:32,090
Making the postseason is we're going
to need to win the Sunbelt Tournament.

1409
00:58:32,330 --> 00:58:33,840
We're going to need to have
a great conference record.

1410
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,840
Uh, and then for bragging rights,
of course, like we just don't want

1411
00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:41,950
to lose to VCU or Richmond, I would
love to go hang an L on Virginia too.

1412
00:58:41,950 --> 00:58:43,120
That would be a whole lot of fun.

1413
00:58:43,580 --> 00:58:45,760
Uh, but all those are still
very much in front of us.

1414
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:48,240
We finally have some baseball
weather starting to show up.

1415
00:58:48,710 --> 00:58:50,110
So I would just encourage you.

1416
00:58:50,610 --> 00:58:54,000
If you like baseball at all, get out
and go catch a game at some point,

1417
00:58:54,070 --> 00:58:55,790
whether it's when you don't like baseball

1418
00:58:55,790 --> 00:58:57,110
at all, get out and catch a game.

1419
00:58:57,110 --> 00:59:00,930
I don't care if you like it cause I go
to see, I went to some ODU soccer games.

1420
00:59:00,930 --> 00:59:01,890
I'm not a huge fan of soccer.

1421
00:59:01,890 --> 00:59:04,500
Now we'll say, as I went out there
and I'm taking pictures of it, I

1422
00:59:04,500 --> 00:59:05,700
learned to appreciate it, right?

1423
00:59:05,700 --> 00:59:07,500
Like I, I was like, okay, I get it.

1424
00:59:07,500 --> 00:59:07,810
I see.

1425
00:59:07,810 --> 00:59:10,980
I still don't really see the
national, like the global appeal,

1426
00:59:11,530 --> 00:59:13,959
but if you individually find
something you enjoy that you can.

1427
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:14,260
Yeah.

1428
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,840
But, but yes, even if you don't
like baseball, come see baseball.

1429
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:17,980
Yeah.

1430
00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:19,400
Gonna be a great weekend for it.

1431
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:20,250
Gonna be a lot of good people out.

1432
00:59:20,250 --> 00:59:24,645
I'm excited to see I know there are
a couple of Parents of former players

1433
00:59:24,645 --> 00:59:27,255
that are actually making the trek
all the way over to War Memorial

1434
00:59:27,255 --> 00:59:28,525
this weekend to come support us.

1435
00:59:28,535 --> 00:59:33,085
So if you can, hop across the river from,
from Norfolk, come over to War Memorial.

1436
00:59:33,085 --> 00:59:34,545
If you're in Richmond, you got no excuse.

1437
00:59:34,555 --> 00:59:36,085
It's hour 15 down the road and

1438
00:59:37,330 --> 00:59:37,660
Great.

1439
00:59:37,670 --> 00:59:39,770
It's a, it's a really fun
place to watch a game.

1440
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,600
Um, if it's hopefully the
vibe is anything like a pile.

1441
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,740
I mean, and frankly, I'm hoping that
there's just a lot of fans over in

1442
00:59:45,740 --> 00:59:48,200
Hampton, just you're missing the
pilots games of the summer and come

1443
00:59:48,220 --> 00:59:51,890
hang out and watch a game, uh, because
it's a fun place and hopefully you

1444
00:59:51,890 --> 00:59:54,270
figure out like, Hey, I could, might
want to come watch some games of the

1445
00:59:54,270 --> 00:59:56,520
summer and maybe see some of my roadie
guys playing summer ball over there.

1446
00:59:57,270 --> 00:59:59,850
Yeah, it's a smaller stadium
and you can get it really loud.

1447
00:59:59,860 --> 01:00:03,470
And that may be something we need
Saturday, Sunday for an ending or two

1448
01:00:03,470 --> 01:00:07,510
of just the crowd to get into it, get
some juice behind the guys, uh, start

1449
01:00:07,510 --> 01:00:10,920
that avalanche that we saw Southern
Miss put on us on Saturday, but let's,

1450
01:00:10,940 --> 01:00:12,834
let's do it to the visiting team.

1451
01:00:13,205 --> 01:00:13,905
Uh, this time.

1452
01:00:15,585 --> 01:00:15,925
All right.

1453
01:00:15,925 --> 01:00:19,405
Well, CB, uh, as this kind of the day
that this comes out, I'll be seeing you

1454
01:00:19,405 --> 01:00:21,815
at William and Mary traffic for you.

1455
01:00:21,855 --> 01:00:22,505
And then, uh,

1456
01:00:22,565 --> 01:00:25,605
yeah, well, I mean, you'll, you'll see
me whether it's in the first inning or

1457
01:00:25,605 --> 01:00:27,255
the third, who knows, but you'll see me.

1458
01:00:27,885 --> 01:00:28,195
Don't worry.

1459
01:00:28,195 --> 01:00:29,045
I got my iPhone.

1460
01:00:29,125 --> 01:00:32,045
I can almost replicate one
10th of your photos, man.

1461
01:00:32,395 --> 01:00:33,065
There you go.

1462
01:00:33,165 --> 01:00:33,605
Yeah.

1463
01:00:33,615 --> 01:00:33,985
Yeah.

1464
01:00:33,985 --> 01:00:37,495
Well, uh, we're, I'm excited for, I'm,
I'm looking forward to getting to see

1465
01:00:37,495 --> 01:00:38,645
him actually playing hamper roads.

1466
01:00:38,645 --> 01:00:39,615
It's going to be very fun.

1467
01:00:40,025 --> 01:00:42,215
Yeah, well, we did have
one voicemail caller.

1468
01:00:42,215 --> 01:00:45,825
We were hoping that coach Pemba would
join so he could answer the question.

1469
01:00:46,155 --> 01:00:47,935
Uh, but play the call we got from justice.

1470
01:00:47,935 --> 01:00:50,965
If you listen to any monarchist podcast,
justice called it a couple of times.

1471
01:00:51,365 --> 01:00:54,935
And I promise if I can't answer the
question for you, we will bring it back

1472
01:00:54,935 --> 01:00:56,485
up with coach Finwood next week, but

1473
01:00:56,545 --> 01:00:57,205
here's justice.

1474
01:00:57,825 --> 01:00:58,365
Thank you guys.

1475
01:00:58,365 --> 01:01:01,835
You've done an outstanding job
on Hudson homers this season.

1476
01:01:01,835 --> 01:01:03,785
I've enjoyed each and every episode.

1477
01:01:04,265 --> 01:01:05,225
Uh, they've been great.

1478
01:01:05,870 --> 01:01:06,950
We can just pause it right there.

1479
01:01:06,950 --> 01:01:07,480
That's all we need.

1480
01:01:08,460 --> 01:01:09,380
Appreciate it, Justice.

1481
01:01:10,290 --> 01:01:11,510
Um, quick question.

1482
01:01:11,510 --> 01:01:17,330
So, during the East Carolina game, we saw
the double first base, uh, come into play.

1483
01:01:17,830 --> 01:01:21,820
And the announcers, the broadcasters
for the game, did a really poor job of

1484
01:01:21,830 --> 01:01:24,470
trying to explain, explain the new rule.

1485
01:01:24,940 --> 01:01:28,100
So, I was wondering if you guys could
talk about it a little bit and give

1486
01:01:28,100 --> 01:01:33,260
us a better explanation of what has to
take place if something doesn't happen

1487
01:01:33,260 --> 01:01:34,990
and how things are treated, et cetera.

1488
01:01:35,435 --> 01:01:35,765
Thanks.

1489
01:01:35,835 --> 01:01:37,245
As always go monarchs.

1490
01:01:39,555 --> 01:01:42,555
We definitely appreciate the call
and the numbers on the screen.

1491
01:01:42,555 --> 01:01:45,645
If you're watching on YouTube,
even though CBS head is currently

1492
01:01:45,645 --> 01:01:49,205
in the way, but we have it out on
all over social medias as well.

1493
01:01:49,625 --> 01:01:52,945
And we'd love to get some more voicemails
and we're happy to share them with

1494
01:01:52,945 --> 01:01:54,295
Coach Finwood and get his thoughts.

1495
01:01:54,435 --> 01:01:54,765
CB.

1496
01:01:54,765 --> 01:01:55,655
You have any thoughts on this?

1497
01:01:55,790 --> 01:02:00,270
So I don't have a beautiful,
great explanation for the rule.

1498
01:02:00,270 --> 01:02:04,580
I, I know apparently the rule is that
you have to touch the green orange

1499
01:02:04,590 --> 01:02:06,410
bag, whichever color it might be.

1500
01:02:06,780 --> 01:02:09,990
Um, I thought it was incredibly stupid.

1501
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:14,290
I can't, I can't blame ECU for challenging
it cause they knew the rule and you

1502
01:02:14,290 --> 01:02:16,790
know, that's what you got to do that
moment because you know, Maverick

1503
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:21,240
gets on, that's something just going,
happening, but, uh, it was upsetting.

1504
01:02:21,465 --> 01:02:23,335
And, uh, I guess that's the rule.

1505
01:02:23,335 --> 01:02:23,855
That's the rule.

1506
01:02:23,855 --> 01:02:28,335
I think it kind of, I, I think it's, you
know, they add these rules sometimes for

1507
01:02:28,335 --> 01:02:31,645
safety, but it's like how many people
have actually gotten hurt from this,

1508
01:02:31,975 --> 01:02:35,195
you know, it's, you know, you add it,
you add it, it's like, it's like the

1509
01:02:35,425 --> 01:02:37,145
taking your shoes off the airport, right?

1510
01:02:37,185 --> 01:02:41,565
Well, cause one guy, one time,
like 30 years ago had a bomb

1511
01:02:41,565 --> 01:02:43,965
that probably was only gonna blow
his foot off and nothing else.

1512
01:02:44,265 --> 01:02:47,425
Uh, so now you have to take your,
your shoes off the airport forever.

1513
01:02:47,845 --> 01:02:48,435
Um,

1514
01:02:50,885 --> 01:02:54,505
yeah, I would guess it's, yeah, Just
a way to enforce that you stay in the

1515
01:02:54,505 --> 01:02:59,075
running lane that you are supposed to for
safety right like you have to run to that

1516
01:02:59,125 --> 01:03:04,805
outer bag, because the position players
thinking I need to get to the inner bag

1517
01:03:04,805 --> 01:03:09,575
like the normal bag, so I didn't realize
that it was like a hard and fast rule

1518
01:03:09,575 --> 01:03:10,985
that you had to I kind of thought like.

1519
01:03:11,845 --> 01:03:12,745
You can hit either one.

1520
01:03:12,745 --> 01:03:16,165
I mean, what do you do if you're, if
you go round that into a double and you

1521
01:03:16,165 --> 01:03:20,385
somehow put both bases like out now,
like what, I don't know how that works.

1522
01:03:20,415 --> 01:03:24,405
We will ask coach him with that next
week when he is back on with us,

1523
01:03:24,475 --> 01:03:25,815
we'll try to get a more firm answer.

1524
01:03:25,815 --> 01:03:27,855
What was explained to
him from the umpires?

1525
01:03:28,105 --> 01:03:29,995
Cause I think that's important too, of.

1526
01:03:30,300 --> 01:03:32,300
What did the umpires explain it as?

1527
01:03:32,370 --> 01:03:34,290
And that's something you don't
necessarily get with a lot of the

1528
01:03:34,290 --> 01:03:37,010
ESPN plus broadcast because they
don't have the connection there.

1529
01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:40,490
Um, but yeah, it was, it was weird.

1530
01:03:40,490 --> 01:03:40,700
And it's

1531
01:03:40,700 --> 01:03:43,590
also the question of, is it, is it
every single, is it only on the close

1532
01:03:43,590 --> 01:03:45,800
plays or is it every single play?

1533
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:50,250
If I get a hit, if I, if I hit a
single, just out to left field,

1534
01:03:50,270 --> 01:03:53,750
right in front of the guy, no
question about the play whatsoever.

1535
01:03:53,750 --> 01:03:58,080
And if I run to first and step on the
white bag base and they throw it to

1536
01:03:58,080 --> 01:04:00,100
first and then do a replay, am I out?

1537
01:04:00,455 --> 01:04:04,185
Like, you know, I mean, that, that's the,
the question is only on bang, bang plays

1538
01:04:04,185 --> 01:04:05,855
or like, what's the, is that a judgment?

1539
01:04:05,895 --> 01:04:07,295
So I, I, I have a lot of questions.

1540
01:04:07,385 --> 01:04:08,215
I'm, I'm with you justice.

1541
01:04:08,215 --> 01:04:10,485
We will, we'll, we'll
bookmark this one next time.

1542
01:04:10,485 --> 01:04:13,675
We have Finneon because I think
we, we didn't get a chance to ask

1543
01:04:13,675 --> 01:04:14,995
him because he was dying last week.

1544
01:04:15,005 --> 01:04:18,595
He was, he was, he was, he was
deathly ill and joined us anyway.

1545
01:04:18,875 --> 01:04:20,085
Uh, I know he's feeling better now.

1546
01:04:20,085 --> 01:04:20,625
I hope he's okay.

1547
01:04:20,625 --> 01:04:22,575
I don't, I don't know, you know,
he was supposed to be here.

1548
01:04:22,575 --> 01:04:25,585
I'm, I'm assuming, you know, something
important going on that he, he couldn't

1549
01:04:25,585 --> 01:04:28,127
make it, uh, Because we love him.

1550
01:04:28,127 --> 01:04:29,485
We appreciate him being here all the time.

1551
01:04:29,485 --> 01:04:29,965
He's been here.

1552
01:04:30,005 --> 01:04:31,144
And miss him when he's not.

1553
01:04:31,145 --> 01:04:31,755
He's a wonderful man.

1554
01:04:32,425 --> 01:04:33,455
Yes, I miss hearing him.

1555
01:04:33,475 --> 01:04:34,795
Especially after he was sick last week.

1556
01:04:35,995 --> 01:04:40,565
I'm wondering, at some point this
season, Is a home run going to get

1557
01:04:40,605 --> 01:04:43,885
overturned because the guy did his
trot and stepped on the wrong base.

1558
01:04:45,265 --> 01:04:49,754
Cause I think if that happens, like, yeah,

1559
01:04:49,755 --> 01:04:52,825
like when, when do you have to tell
you then, yeah, that is the question.

1560
01:04:52,825 --> 01:04:56,075
So that's, I do want some more
clarification on when do you have to

1561
01:04:56,075 --> 01:04:58,495
touch the, the, the, the safety base?

1562
01:04:58,965 --> 01:05:01,615
Um, and again, maybe now
maybe it's all super easy.

1563
01:05:01,615 --> 01:05:03,925
They've been doing softball
for as long as I've been alive.

1564
01:05:03,925 --> 01:05:06,175
So maybe it's all super easy,
but it's definitely a new thing.

1565
01:05:06,845 --> 01:05:07,905
Yeah, absolutely.

1566
01:05:08,315 --> 01:05:09,875
Well, again, Justice, appreciate the call.

1567
01:05:09,875 --> 01:05:11,845
We appreciate everyone
who is listening in.

1568
01:05:11,965 --> 01:05:15,785
You know, make sure to tell your friends,
tell your family, grab somebody's

1569
01:05:15,785 --> 01:05:16,845
phone who doesn't know how to use it.

1570
01:05:16,845 --> 01:05:18,424
Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube.

1571
01:05:18,425 --> 01:05:22,475
We are all over the place, but
that will do it for us today.

1572
01:05:22,555 --> 01:05:25,705
Hope to see you out either in
Williamsburg on Wednesday or War

1573
01:05:25,705 --> 01:05:27,735
Memorial Friday through Sunday.

1574
01:05:28,585 --> 01:05:29,615
Go Monarchs!

1575
01:05:30,105 --> 01:05:31,215
Go Monarchs!