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Yeah.

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Hello Monarch fans and welcome
back to the Hudson Homers podcast.

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We are fresh, somewhat back
from the Sunbelt tournament.

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Had a great time down in Montgomery.

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Uh, got CB here with me as always,
and Coach Finwood has joined.

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Cb I know you were watching from afar,
but, uh, how are things for you last week?

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It was great.

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I mean,

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you know, uh, obviously we, we
wanted some more wins, but, you

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know, prior to the guys, you know,
they, they fought hard that it's,

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it's another top 25 win to start.

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The thing was great and, uh, you
know, just some of the, some of

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the things that kind of happened
all year happened some more.

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And, uh, you know, again, I, it
was a, it, I, I'm sure Finn will

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tell you better than anybody.

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It was a, it was a crazy and
unique year and, um, these guys

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really fought hard through it.

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Yeah, they did.

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And, you know, go when
you go into a tournament.

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You're trying to figure out
the best way to give you guys

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a chance to win the tournament.

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And we just felt like we had to win
those first two games to have any chance.

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'cause once we got in the lose
bracket, our pitching depth

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was bound to catch up with us.

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Right.

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And the best way to win the first game was
to put Ben in the bullpen and that all,

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and Dylan and him threw great, you know,
gave up four hits and he went four to two.

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Um, and you know, we, we felt like
okay, that part of the plan worked.

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We got our most experienced guy who
is beating Southern miss twice in

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this career, going against them.

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Um, unfortunately they hit every single
mistake he made out of the ballpark.

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Yeah.

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They were a wrecking ball that day.

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And.

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You know, they're senior righty.

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We just couldn't do much with him.

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He was really good.

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He is throwing the ball
in a shoebox that day.

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And um, you get behind by too
much against a team like that,

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you're gonna be in trouble.

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'cause they got good
bunch of good arms too.

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Uh, but so, you know, and Blake was
uncharacteristically a little outta sorts.

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I thought, you know, mis played a bunt and
had some things happen that sped him up.

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So he might've been a
little bit too fired up.

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Um, but I know they were fired up
to face him 'cause they're not dumb.

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They know he beat him earlier in the year
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a club and you know, on that note, you
gotta really tip your head to coastal.

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Yeah, I was shocked.

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Won the regular season and the tournament.

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Uh, it's pretty impressive, but
they haven't been done in a while.

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Um, they just pitched great
and they got timely hits and

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played really solid baseball.

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That, that, uh, one inning
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runs off of, uh, Southern miss.

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It's just like, yep, this is what they do.

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They take advantage of those mistakes.

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I mean, and it seemed like Southern
miss doesn't make many, and it

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was just like boom, boom, boom.

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Every single one of them.

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Yeah.

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And then the arms make it hold up, man.

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I mean Yep.

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You know, the couple of those lefties
they brought in, like they hadn't

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even fixed in the tournament yet.

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And uh, they're just, you know, I
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our Friday and Saturday guy right?

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This year.

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So, yeah, they've got pitching
galore and, uh, so they, they

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won it and, and deservedly felt,

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yeah.

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And, you know, being down there,
I just wanted to take it all in.

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I wanna see as many games as possible,
see as many guys out there, and you

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really get an appreciation for how just
damn good the Sunbelt is when you go out

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to the playing games on Tuesday night.

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And you're seeing studs
all over the place.

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I mean, the kid from Texas State goes
CG first game of, of the play in.

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I mean, you just knew the talent
level there is is different and

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you could see it come through
with Coastal and Southern miss.

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But you know, the, the scores may look a
little funny, but I, I don't think the gap

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in talent there is as big as people think.

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It's just that's how good the Sunbelt is.

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If you're a 10th of a step below another
team, they can put it on you in a hurry.

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I mean, Marshall did that
to Louisiana twice, right?

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You know, Marshall was playing
real well at the end of the year.

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In fact, other than our series
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lose the series the second half of
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So, um, but it's not a mystery.

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You know, you get a good coach's
staff, you build 'em a nice ballpark,

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you can get some good players and
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for us moving forward as well.

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I think Blevins is out of eligibility
too, so I think that's gonna be

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be it for him and the marshal.

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Oh, he is got one more.

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Oh, one more.

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one more year.

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So they, and they got all
their pitching starting pitch.

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They got most of their pitching back, so
they'll lose some hitters, but they'll

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be tough on the mound again next year.

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Well, speaking of tough on the mound,
Dylan Brown had a pretty incredible

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performance to open the tournament for us.

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I mean, he just looked, he
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He was intimidating,
he was stomping around.

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Troy was doing everything they
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and it just made him more angry.

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A lot of people may not know, and
I only found this out because I saw

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a screenshot of Track Man, there
were 14 pitches that were called a

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ball, that were striking that game.

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And he still put up the numbers.

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He did?

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I thought the zone was
really tight in that game.

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Um, you know, and, and he didn't
let it affect him, you know, it,

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it affected a little bit of what
he was doing, but he didn't let,

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let it affect the big picture and.

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You know, the only runs he gave up were
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He just was really on top.

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And, and course Ben Moore came in throwing
buzz, um, kinda like he did last year

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in the tournament against Louisiana.

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Very eerily similar performance.

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And I saw a couple of their hitters
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and you know, you could see guys,
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They're like, I don't know.

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The one guy was like,
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It's breaking

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times.

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It's moving in four dimensions.

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It's breaking the time space barrier.

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Uh, and, and you know, he
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So when he gets to going
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And Luke Waters had a big senior
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Two outs, um, gets down two strikes,
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finally gets a, a slider he could hit.

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I get this, uh, two out signal.

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We made it hold up.

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So it was a good win for us
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What did you think of, of that?

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Uh, as Gary said, kind of the, them
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uh, where that, that rule where
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are actually facing the picture.

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That was, at first I didn't really
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it's one of those things like from a
gamesmanship perspective, it makes sense.

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I mean, it's kind of a little
weird, but it you, anything to

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throw a pitch is timing off.

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I I thought they were
manipulating the rule.

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Because the rule says ready and aware,
your bat has to be ready and aware mm-hmm.

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To find that as any stance
looking at the picture.

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Mm-hmm.

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Most people, as soon as the head
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picture's allowed to start pitching.

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Yeah, they were like glancing
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couple times he started and they're
like, eh, and I was like, how's he

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supposed to know which one's for real?

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It's, it's like, yeah, the boy will
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have do this and it's not right.

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So, you know, it's tell the batters when
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Um, you know, and, and Meyer
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doing it, which was irritating.

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Um, Dylan, Dylan did a good job
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worked his way through that.

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And, you know, once we got the lead,
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I mean, I think that's the best
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what Dylan Brown's made of right
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Like, yeah, it is a little annoying.

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Is it my timing?

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Not exactly what I want.

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Okay, but you know what?

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I got this heat today.

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It doesn't matter what
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And that was, that was really cool to see.

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And he was pitching, you know, he had,
he had a good fast ball, but he had

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his best fastball and he was again on.

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A day short rest, you know, coming off
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So he'd had a few back to back
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And we were thinking if we could get six
out of him, you know, that'd be great.

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Um, and he finished the six and he
came in and said, I, I got one more.

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Hey man.

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When I, when guys get to their point
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Blake and they come in and say that
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'em go 'cause they've earned it.

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And I think that's one of the
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relationship with your guys.

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Like a freshman could come in and say
that and I'll be like, no, you're done.

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you know, uh, but, but a guy
like that, that's earned a right

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to, to have that conversation.

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Um, and so we said, alright.

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I told Mike, you know, looking
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he's gonna go back out.

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But here's the compromise.

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Ben's gonna be ready for, um, the
first baseman, um, uh, what's his name?

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The Troy Caval.

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Caval, no matter what, no
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on, somebody on, he's up third.

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So Ben strikes the first two guys
out, you know, come, come out and,

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and what are you taking him out for?

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You dummies

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in the on deck circle.

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And he had a co had had a couple
good at bats off Ben, I think he

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walked once, got hit by pitch.

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Something like, um, when Ben came
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warmups and he kind went like this,
you know, like, and of course he

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struck him out in three pitches.

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Set the, yeah, the tone
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And I thought it took the
air right out of them.

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Um, so that worked out in our favor.

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And it doesn't always work that way.

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And I told Mike when we took, took Dylan
out, I said, you never know if it's gonna

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work out or not, but it's the right move.

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He's at 112 pitches on short rest.

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He did his job.

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We got a guy loaded up, ready to go.

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If he does his job, we're gonna win.

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I think,

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think, I think there's another
element of that too, of him getting

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the opportunity to kind of walk
off the mound to the ovation, like

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pitching coach coming to get him.

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Ben gets the last out.

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I think, you know, being that that ended
up being his last, his last time on the

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mound for ODU, I think that was kind of
a good emotional moment for him anyway.

245
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Yeah.

246
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That, that's a good,
that's a good thought.

247
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I, I agree with you.

248
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That's different than just not
going back out for the seventh.

249
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Yeah.

250
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Right.

251
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You get to come off the mound.

252
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The ODU fans, your teammates get
to acknowledge that performance,

253
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um, publicly, and so that's cool.

254
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Did you realize that he, you had
not had a guy reach a hundred

255
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strikeouts since you've been here?

256
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No.

257
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And it's not, I don't think it's
anything you guys are doing.

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I think it's just a factor
of guys throwing less in.

259
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He did, he's done, he did like 20, 30 less
innings than some of those other guys too.

260
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Right.

261
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Yeah.

262
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Um, so he's really struck a
lot of guys out this year.

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Yeah.

264
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I would've thought maybe
Hunter Gregory in 21.

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Yeah.

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He was the last highest one.

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Yeah.

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Uh, yeah.

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85 to 86.

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A couple years in 19 and 21.

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I mean, a hundred strikeouts.

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A lot of strikeouts in the college.

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It's a lot.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's, and that's what made me
start about halfway through through

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the year, I started kind of looking
up like, okay, he's on pace.

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'cause I was like, this
is a ton of strikeouts.

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When he had like 50, in like 30
innings, I was like, man, this is,

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uh, we, we might be onto something.

281
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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's, that's impressive.

284
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And the, um, and Blake getting
the, you know, his 53rd

285
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Yeah.

286
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Start, um, that's pretty cool too.

287
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That that's, that's really cool.

288
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Yeah.

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You gotta start a lot as a freshman.

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You know, to get, get in that space.

291
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Yeah.

292
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Like you gotta stay mostly
healthy obviously, too.

293
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Um, because, you know, I was talking
to like Ryan Moore, like he's, you

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know, was here four years, but of
course he only had like, I don't

295
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know, 38 or I mean low forties, but
did that many his freshman year.

296
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One of his years was COVID.

297
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Yeah, that too.

298
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Yeah.

299
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He only played 16 games that
year, so Yeah, he got shorted.

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Yeah,

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that was, that was another
one too with Blake.

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I was like, you know, the same thing
I, that you just said, like, not a

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lot of guys start all four years.

304
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Like, I'm gonna look at this, start
looking this up and Yeah, it's, it's funny

305
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when you, you know, you just, people are
like, where do you find all these stats?

306
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I'm like, I just kinda have a thought
and then start finding some numbers.

307
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Like, it's not like there's
any magic trick to it.

308
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I just, they're like, they're like,
I, I have to look down year by year.

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I'm like, yep, that's it.

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You gotta be committed.

311
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Yeah, be willing to dig in there.

312
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I think we are, uh, we're gonna get
some updates on some of those record

313
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books here over the summer from what I
was told, so I'm pretty excited about

314
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that so that everyone can see it.

315
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But, um, I, I got kind of a unique
experience before the second Troy

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game of being down in the dugout about
an hour before you all were playing.

317
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Got to have a conversation with, with
Marron and we're just talking about

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like the three starters you have this
year all have just really awesome,

319
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just kind of gritty stories, right?

320
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You have been dealing with the
migraines, trying to come back from

321
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that, but still didn't miss a start.

322
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You have Dylan who kind of had some
ups and downs and started peeking

323
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again at the end of last year.

324
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Rolled that into a great season this year.

325
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And then Blake, great freshman
year injuries kind of started

326
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coming back last year.

327
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Came back this year.

328
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Uh, you had three pretty
tough dudes at the top of your

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rotation throughout this year.

330
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That gritted out a lot.

331
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Yeah, they were, they were good man.

332
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And they gave us a chance.

333
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You know, each time out.

334
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I wish we'd had one more 'cause I
really would've liked to have seen

335
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Ben be in the bullpen all year.

336
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I think we'd have won.

337
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Yeah.

338
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You know, a handful more games.

339
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Um, I said that the

340
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other day too.

341
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It's like, him out in the

342
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bullpen would've been something special.

343
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We just didn't have anybody step
up and take that, that role.

344
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So, um, you know, part of
hindsight's 2020, right?

345
00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:31,050
Like part of me goes, well we didn't
win that much on Friday anyway, so

346
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maybe we should have kept him there
and just gave away prior chance.

347
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Right there.

348
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Those are the thoughts that go through
your head, you know, right there.

349
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And I, I, I think, but, and for Ben's
career, you know, everybody wants

350
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to see those guys be able to start.

351
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And he had some good starts.

352
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Yeah.

353
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Um, not a ton of them, but he had
some good starts and he finished

354
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the year throwing, you know, uh,
a couple scouts came up to me and

355
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said, man, it really helped himself
in the conference tournament.

356
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Yeah.

357
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Yeah.

358
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Not, not just the first item, but
coming back two days later and still.

359
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Showing that kind of stuff, even
though he gave up a couple hits.

360
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Um, so I'm hopeful that that'll
translate into a, you know, a better

361
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opportunity for him professionally.

362
00:15:14,189 --> 00:15:16,410
And, you know, I, I think he's a reliever.

363
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I tell people that, ask me that.

364
00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:18,600
Yeah.

365
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You know, everybody wants to be
a starter, but I think he's gonna

366
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be really valuable as a reliever.

367
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And I think he'll be one of those
guys you could look up and see him

368
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on TV someday, and he is going 98,
99 miles an hour from the left side.

369
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I really do.

370
00:15:32,670 --> 00:15:33,810
Um, yeah, I look about

371
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like a, like Noah Dean where like he's
been starting the minors, but I think

372
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at a certain point they're gonna be
like, all right, getting that pen.

373
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You're in the big leagues next week.

374
00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:41,520
Yeah.

375
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That's how it happens for those guys.

376
00:15:44,835 --> 00:15:45,045
Yep.

377
00:15:45,855 --> 00:15:46,275
Exactly.

378
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And he was like 97.8, 98.1, uh, in that,
that second time that he came back out.

379
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'cause I was able to kind of look
over the shoulder and see some track

380
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man, uh, from my perch up there and
it was a, the track man miles per

381
00:16:00,135 --> 00:16:01,785
hour were a little bit higher than
what was showing the scoreboard.

382
00:16:01,785 --> 00:16:04,035
I was like, man, Ben is
throwing gas on two days rest.

383
00:16:04,035 --> 00:16:05,925
Like yeah, that was fun to see.

384
00:16:06,735 --> 00:16:09,075
Yeah, he's, he's very capable of that.

385
00:16:09,675 --> 00:16:11,835
Um, and Dylan of course, I think.

386
00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,440
Pitched himself into being, you know,
I, I would, if I had his betting man

387
00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,060
and the draft's so unpredictable.

388
00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:21,810
But I think he somewhere in
that four to seventh round range

389
00:16:21,870 --> 00:16:23,190
and hopefully better than that.

390
00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:24,510
But I would, I would bet on that.

391
00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,970
And I think Blake certainly
pitched himself into being

392
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drafted this year with seniors.

393
00:16:29,190 --> 00:16:30,630
It's always all over the place.

394
00:16:30,630 --> 00:16:34,350
Like somebody might really like him and
take him in the eighth round just to

395
00:16:34,350 --> 00:16:36,780
save money on their sign, on their pool.

396
00:16:37,290 --> 00:16:41,730
Um, he's one of those guys that's good
enough to be in that conversation.

397
00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:45,120
They don't do that with,
not guys that are awesome.

398
00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:46,230
Um, right.

399
00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:50,790
So he'll or he'll be a later
round, you know, later teens and,

400
00:16:50,795 --> 00:16:52,590
and go with somebody that way.

401
00:16:54,930 --> 00:16:55,170
Yeah.

402
00:16:55,170 --> 00:16:57,870
Well it was, it was great to watch
all three of them throw throughout

403
00:16:57,870 --> 00:17:00,960
this year and then the conference
tournament, but also just think they

404
00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,870
carry a little bit of leadership
either in the bullpen or in the dugout.

405
00:17:03,870 --> 00:17:07,245
Blake specifically, I mean, I. Yeah,
the next day after that, you know,

406
00:17:07,245 --> 00:17:08,865
rough Audi against Southern Miss.

407
00:17:08,865 --> 00:17:10,365
I mean, he was the same Blake.

408
00:17:10,395 --> 00:17:12,645
He was getting guys fired
up, getting guys ready.

409
00:17:12,645 --> 00:17:15,885
Like there was no drop in
his demeanor attitude at all.

410
00:17:16,995 --> 00:17:18,615
No, he's, he's awesome man.

411
00:17:18,615 --> 00:17:23,775
That kid been through so much, the
highs and the lows and through it

412
00:17:23,775 --> 00:17:29,475
all he, he's just bled ODU blue and
he is the biggest fan of everybody

413
00:17:29,475 --> 00:17:30,915
else when he is not pitching.

414
00:17:30,915 --> 00:17:34,635
And you know, I, I could always sleep
well at night no matter what happened

415
00:17:34,635 --> 00:17:36,765
when I knew he pitched for us that day.

416
00:17:36,825 --> 00:17:41,505
'cause I knew he gave it everything
he had and I felt good about it.

417
00:17:41,505 --> 00:17:47,145
And I know, um, you know, that that
kid leaves here with just a really

418
00:17:47,145 --> 00:17:49,605
neat story, a really neat legacy.

419
00:17:49,875 --> 00:17:55,155
And I can't imagine a better guy to
have leading the pitching staff and

420
00:17:55,155 --> 00:18:00,015
leading our team in a year where we
had to do all the things we had to do.

421
00:18:00,015 --> 00:18:01,845
Like his energy never wavered.

422
00:18:02,355 --> 00:18:05,235
He was always that guy
and bringing it and.

423
00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:11,070
Helping others be better and his,
his care factor just off charts.

424
00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:13,620
He's an amazing kid, you
know, we'll miss him.

425
00:18:13,980 --> 00:18:17,520
Uh, but he's left his
mark on, on all of us.

426
00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:22,230
Um, and, and I told the guys, I said,
you know, you need to remember this.

427
00:18:22,230 --> 00:18:24,870
Like, I'll always remember this team.

428
00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,879
It's almost like the Junction boys movie.

429
00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:33,270
Like the other teams that are gonna
come take advantage of this multimillion

430
00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:39,690
dollar facility are gonna do it because
you guys drug your butts 14,000 miles.

431
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:41,915
Took it on ten four Yeah.

432
00:18:42,375 --> 00:18:43,274
In 25.

433
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:49,110
And I'm gonna remind them of that very
often, how appreciative they should be.

434
00:18:49,710 --> 00:18:54,270
And all y'all come back that are
leaving and come, come get in

435
00:18:54,270 --> 00:18:56,190
this facility and check it out.

436
00:18:56,190 --> 00:18:59,460
I, I saw something that I thought
was really cool somewhere along

437
00:18:59,460 --> 00:19:04,740
the line this year in the, um,
in the, the office complex.

438
00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:12,690
They had a board and any alum,
um, could come back any baseball.

439
00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:17,040
And when you came back, you signed the,
you signed the board and your name and

440
00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,810
your position, you know, year you played.

441
00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:24,060
And I thought that was what a neat
way to connect to the current program.

442
00:19:24,210 --> 00:19:26,670
And they had, and then when they
started, they had their seniors

443
00:19:26,670 --> 00:19:28,770
do it, you know, before they left.

444
00:19:29,070 --> 00:19:32,370
But then anybody that comes back
that hasn't done it gets to do that.

445
00:19:32,370 --> 00:19:33,990
And I think, we'll, we'll
put that up somewhere.

446
00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:34,950
I think that's really neat.

447
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:35,460
That'd be,

448
00:19:35,465 --> 00:19:37,715
yeah, find a way to like, uh,
make sure, make sure it stays on

449
00:19:37,715 --> 00:19:38,395
the wall, it cooler and actually,

450
00:19:38,490 --> 00:19:41,490
yeah, it'd be, yeah, it'd be cooler right
there, you know, and people could see it

451
00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:43,590
when they come in and that kind of stuff.

452
00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,530
It'd be great if you could have somewhere
in the stadium, but then anybody

453
00:19:46,530 --> 00:19:48,635
would signing Yeah, signing that.

454
00:19:48,905 --> 00:19:49,195
Yeah.

455
00:19:49,705 --> 00:19:50,370
Yeah, yeah.

456
00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:53,115
You wanna have a little bit of
a, you know, who's this Ronald

457
00:19:53,115 --> 00:19:55,020
McDonald guy, right?

458
00:19:57,630 --> 00:19:58,560
CB Wilkins.

459
00:19:58,740 --> 00:19:59,010
Is he a

460
00:19:59,010 --> 00:19:59,550
left-handed?

461
00:19:59,550 --> 00:20:03,000
Yeah, I got, I'm a lefty.

462
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:03,960
This arm is fresh.

463
00:20:04,590 --> 00:20:06,240
Uh, the body's not, but the arm is.

464
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:06,690
Yeah.

465
00:20:06,855 --> 00:20:07,095
Yeah.

466
00:20:07,470 --> 00:20:10,200
The neat ways to get the guys
connected, you know, the, the

467
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,010
former players certainly feel that
way, I think is always valuable.

468
00:20:15,690 --> 00:20:15,840
Yeah.

469
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,780
Maybe Wilkins, he's got a, uh,
he's a great clubhouse guy.

470
00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:19,649
Trash body.

471
00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:20,129
There you go.

472
00:20:22,815 --> 00:20:23,399
A glue.

473
00:20:23,399 --> 00:20:24,480
A glue guy.

474
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,260
Glue guy.

475
00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:25,350
Yes.

476
00:20:25,715 --> 00:20:25,935
Yes.

477
00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:27,534
I'll be a glue guy.

478
00:20:27,750 --> 00:20:29,220
I'll, I, I can be screaming on the bench.

479
00:20:29,220 --> 00:20:29,850
I can do that.

480
00:20:30,419 --> 00:20:31,350
He's a glue guy.

481
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,360
I think we, I think we'd be on the list
for the strength and conditioning teams.

482
00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,919
We'd just be running polls all day long.

483
00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:41,040
We'll

484
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:41,700
be all day long.

485
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,260
It might be like about 10 minutes.

486
00:20:44,264 --> 00:20:45,014
We're both out.

487
00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,720
Uh, well, Finn, you had a great
recommendation on the coffee place.

488
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,240
I think it was Prevail Union
is what it's called down there.

489
00:20:51,419 --> 00:20:55,260
That was, uh, that was every morning
cold brew and, uh, one of those bacon

490
00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:57,000
and egg danishes they had, man, that,

491
00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:57,419
oh.

492
00:20:58,290 --> 00:21:01,380
Yeah, they got that cool
little back area patio area.

493
00:21:02,490 --> 00:21:04,410
So I, uh, sorry.

494
00:21:05,015 --> 00:21:11,130
I, I found that, um, I was out for a
walk one morning, uh, our first year

495
00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:16,170
down there, early in the morning, and it
started raining and I was just looking for

496
00:21:16,170 --> 00:21:18,210
a place to duck in and get outta the rain.

497
00:21:18,450 --> 00:21:22,170
And I walk in, I was like,
Ooh, that smells like coffee.

498
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,510
So I had Apple pay, so I was
like, I'm getting a cup of coffee.

499
00:21:27,510 --> 00:21:32,460
And then, so now we all always, like, go
in there and it's a, it's a good spot.

500
00:21:32,460 --> 00:21:34,620
So it's a, you know,
you, you saw it, Gary.

501
00:21:34,620 --> 00:21:40,200
It's a great little setup logistically,
I think for players, parents, coaches,

502
00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,550
teams, just because of the convenience
and being able to walk everywhere.

503
00:21:46,020 --> 00:21:47,430
So it makes for a nice tournament.

504
00:21:48,660 --> 00:21:51,300
I mean, everything is kind of right
there in a little eight block radius.

505
00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:53,460
Like it's a three minute
walk to the stadium.

506
00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:55,620
You know, you've got all the
stuff in the actual hotel, which

507
00:21:55,620 --> 00:21:56,970
is a really nice hotel too.

508
00:21:56,970 --> 00:21:58,860
They got a spa and a
conference center and all that.

509
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,830
But then walk right across the street
and you got three or four really

510
00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:03,540
nice bars, restaurants, all that.

511
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,360
I, I closed down Aviator
a couple of nights.

512
00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:10,050
I didn't know that in Montgomery
last call is, is not like a

513
00:22:10,050 --> 00:22:11,760
suggestion like it is in Virginia.

514
00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:13,470
Like, order your last drink.

515
00:22:13,650 --> 00:22:16,560
Then 15 minutes later security
comes and kicks you out like you

516
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,150
are dumped out of that place.

517
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:18,300
Wow.

518
00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:21,750
Uh, but you can open container
anywhere in downtown Montgomery.

519
00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:23,640
So they serve it to you in plastic cups.

520
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:24,750
You walk right out the door with it.

521
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:25,890
No kidding.

522
00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:26,850
That's pretty cool.

523
00:22:26,850 --> 00:22:27,570
I didn't know that.

524
00:22:27,810 --> 00:22:28,140
Yes.

525
00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:30,750
I thought I was being set up to like,
Hey, I'm gonna walk out there and get

526
00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,970
an open container charge in Alabama.

527
00:22:32,970 --> 00:22:34,320
But no, it's, it's legit.

528
00:22:35,115 --> 00:22:37,605
You get, you get thrown in
one of 'em jails in Alabama.

529
00:22:37,605 --> 00:22:38,745
They might never find you.

530
00:22:39,165 --> 00:22:41,145
I'd be on the chain gang
with cool hand, Luke.

531
00:22:41,865 --> 00:22:43,034
He'd be like, where's the live stream?

532
00:22:43,034 --> 00:22:43,365
We don't know.

533
00:22:43,365 --> 00:22:45,465
We haven't heard from
Gary in about 16 hours.

534
00:22:45,810 --> 00:22:46,100
Yeah.

535
00:22:47,235 --> 00:22:47,475
Garys out there.

536
00:22:47,475 --> 00:22:51,975
I could have SI could've sworn a bus
was driving back and we saw a guy in a

537
00:22:51,975 --> 00:22:57,555
orange jumpsuit look just like a, uh,
picking up trash on, on, uh, on 65.

538
00:22:59,730 --> 00:23:00,540
Picking it up.

539
00:23:00,540 --> 00:23:01,060
Damn boss.

540
00:23:01,409 --> 00:23:01,700
Yeah.

541
00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:02,180
Picking

542
00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:02,460
it up.

543
00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:02,899
Damn, boss.

544
00:23:03,975 --> 00:23:04,004
Oh,

545
00:23:04,575 --> 00:23:09,075
well I think we'll have, you know,
obviously at the end of every year,

546
00:23:09,915 --> 00:23:13,220
um, we were talking about before
the show started, you know, you,

547
00:23:13,305 --> 00:23:15,044
you're gonna have personnel changes.

548
00:23:15,435 --> 00:23:21,105
Um, some are mutual, some are, you
know, one side or the other and

549
00:23:21,435 --> 00:23:23,325
it's just part of the business.

550
00:23:23,325 --> 00:23:25,784
And as well as, you
know, the incoming guys.

551
00:23:25,784 --> 00:23:27,014
And I think one of those summer.

552
00:23:27,419 --> 00:23:31,800
Our summer, uh, episodes could
be just about the incoming guys.

553
00:23:31,830 --> 00:23:34,379
'cause we don't put those
out like we used to.

554
00:23:34,470 --> 00:23:37,800
'cause people use it against your
recruiting and all that other stuff.

555
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,129
So, but at some point in the summer,
we usually do a press announcement

556
00:23:41,370 --> 00:23:46,230
with the whole class, um, you know,
including the portal guys and all of that.

557
00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:49,980
So that could be a fun, maybe right
after we do that, it'd be a fun,

558
00:23:50,460 --> 00:23:55,139
you know, uh, uh, you know, topic
for the, for the podcast as well.

559
00:23:55,980 --> 00:23:56,730
Yeah, absolutely.

560
00:23:56,730 --> 00:24:01,380
And, and we've heard you fans, you want
more ODU baseball content outside of the

561
00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:02,850
season, and we're gonna bring that to you.

562
00:24:02,850 --> 00:24:06,210
So over the summer, probably do one
episode a month and we'll put it out

563
00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:07,530
there, let you know when it's dropping.

564
00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:09,390
Uh, we're gonna do a good
bit around fall ball.

565
00:24:09,390 --> 00:24:12,390
We've got some ideas for that mixing
in with like, the new stadium and

566
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:14,070
then rolling right into the 26 season.

567
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:15,900
So we're not gonna be done.

568
00:24:16,260 --> 00:24:18,780
Uh, this is the last time we're talking
about games, probably for a little while.

569
00:24:18,780 --> 00:24:20,970
But, uh, we definitely
want to keep things going.

570
00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:22,260
We've built a, a good fan base.

571
00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:25,590
It was awesome to see and talk to a
lot of the parents, some of the fans

572
00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:26,940
that were out there in Montgomery.

573
00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,600
Uh, there's just, there's still a lot of
good vibes in the ODU baseball program.

574
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,020
A lot of good people too, uh, spent
a lot of time with, with Connie

575
00:24:34,020 --> 00:24:35,940
and Craig Brown over the weekend.

576
00:24:36,180 --> 00:24:37,980
Uh, they're some of the best.

577
00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:43,920
Uh, the Brown sent Mike a really cool
text and had two pictures side by side.

578
00:24:44,190 --> 00:24:48,510
CB probably took both of them, but
one was, he was in the Hudson Blues.

579
00:24:48,525 --> 00:24:54,135
It was his freshman year, and he just
looks like this scarecrow of a kid,

580
00:24:55,545 --> 00:24:59,295
gangly and uh, kind of a baby face.

581
00:24:59,295 --> 00:25:03,645
And the other one was from
the, the start against Troy.

582
00:25:03,645 --> 00:25:06,825
And he is like, like this, you
know, he looks like fricking

583
00:25:06,825 --> 00:25:08,895
wolverine, you know, like Yeah.

584
00:25:08,895 --> 00:25:13,095
Uh, and his dad was just like, what a
difference three years makes, you know?

585
00:25:13,305 --> 00:25:13,425
Yeah.

586
00:25:13,455 --> 00:25:21,165
Um, and that's the, maybe the, the most
gratifying part of coaching to me is

587
00:25:21,165 --> 00:25:26,745
seeing that transition from a little
boy to a young man and seeing those

588
00:25:26,745 --> 00:25:30,555
guys grow, knowing better than anybody.

589
00:25:30,555 --> 00:25:31,965
'cause we've been right there with 'em.

590
00:25:32,355 --> 00:25:36,735
All the things that go into that, all
the hard times, all the heartbreak,

591
00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:41,025
all the, the good times, all the,
all the and everything in between.

592
00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,235
And Dylan went through a lot of
it, man, like his first two years.

593
00:25:44,260 --> 00:25:44,500
Mm-hmm.

594
00:25:45,195 --> 00:25:48,735
Struggles until the very
end of his sophomore year.

595
00:25:49,065 --> 00:25:54,195
Um, but he worked his butt off in
the summers and just got better.

596
00:25:54,405 --> 00:25:56,745
You know, he just got better
and better and better.

597
00:25:57,075 --> 00:26:00,195
And he became, you know, one of the
better pitchers in our league this year.

598
00:26:00,195 --> 00:26:04,485
And, and he was good just
about every time out.

599
00:26:04,485 --> 00:26:10,215
You know, the, the really, the only time
I think he was bad was probably at Auburn.

600
00:26:10,725 --> 00:26:11,535
Um mm-hmm.

601
00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:13,125
Two reasons for that.

602
00:26:13,125 --> 00:26:15,735
One, they're national four
C with the second best.

603
00:26:15,735 --> 00:26:19,875
RBI comes, and two, they had his
pitches, he was tipping his pitches,

604
00:26:20,295 --> 00:26:21,765
and so that had something to do with it.

605
00:26:22,275 --> 00:26:25,875
Um, but other than that,
man, he's been lights out and

606
00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:27,915
what a, what an amazing kid.

607
00:26:28,395 --> 00:26:30,405
Um, great family.

608
00:26:30,405 --> 00:26:34,935
He's, he is just so solid
in every aspect of his life.

609
00:26:34,935 --> 00:26:38,325
He is just a really,
really reliable human.

610
00:26:38,729 --> 00:26:42,780
Um, he, he, he, you know, he is
got great habits, personal habits.

611
00:26:42,780 --> 00:26:44,429
He cares about all the right things.

612
00:26:44,850 --> 00:26:45,689
He is the guy.

613
00:26:45,719 --> 00:26:48,479
If you had a daughter you'd love
for her to marry Dylan Brown,

614
00:26:49,919 --> 00:26:51,989
he'd feel like best as a parent.

615
00:26:52,439 --> 00:26:55,409
Um, and so he is just a joy to coach.

616
00:26:55,409 --> 00:26:58,590
And all three of those guys
were in many different ways.

617
00:26:59,070 --> 00:27:03,540
Um, you know, sometimes you say something
to Benny, he kind of looks at you crossey

618
00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:07,469
and sideways and he, he's super smart too.

619
00:27:07,469 --> 00:27:09,719
They just have a different
way of, uh, yeah.

620
00:27:09,719 --> 00:27:10,110
Communicating.

621
00:27:10,770 --> 00:27:10,830
Um,

622
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:14,610
I wanted to ask, 'cause I, I wanted
to ask his, uh, because I saw his, his

623
00:27:14,610 --> 00:27:17,850
girlfriend in the game, I wanted to
ask her like, is he emotional with you?

624
00:27:17,850 --> 00:27:21,060
Because like, I was, I got a really great
shot at the last game of war Memorial

625
00:27:21,060 --> 00:27:24,330
of Ben coming off the, or of, of Dylan
coming off the mound and that war.

626
00:27:24,330 --> 00:27:27,540
He's like, he's like beating his chest
and like, and, and Dylan had like a,

627
00:27:27,629 --> 00:27:30,389
or uh, Ben had a huge strikeout and
I'm like hoping for the same thing.

628
00:27:30,389 --> 00:27:31,439
He's just kinda like walking off.

629
00:27:31,439 --> 00:27:33,540
I'm like, is he, I be
like, is he get emotional?

630
00:27:33,629 --> 00:27:34,560
I hope he gets emotional with you.

631
00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:35,939
'cause he's not happening
on the baseball field.

632
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:36,719
Yeah,

633
00:27:37,949 --> 00:27:38,010
no.

634
00:27:38,010 --> 00:27:40,409
Sometimes you would wonder if
Ben knew what the score was.

635
00:27:43,235 --> 00:27:45,270
That be that can be a good thing.

636
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,469
That can be great.

637
00:27:46,469 --> 00:27:46,739
Yeah.

638
00:27:46,739 --> 00:27:51,719
But he, he was just a very
stoic personality kinda guy.

639
00:27:51,719 --> 00:27:54,419
And, and maybe that helped him
through this year with all the

640
00:27:54,419 --> 00:27:56,070
difficulties he had to go through.

641
00:27:56,415 --> 00:27:59,595
Um, with the, with the stuff
in his, in his head and the

642
00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:00,855
headaches and all of that.

643
00:28:00,855 --> 00:28:03,255
So, um, I'm, I'm really proud of him.

644
00:28:03,255 --> 00:28:08,955
And then Blake was the, the more
outgoing, you know, rambunctious guy

645
00:28:08,955 --> 00:28:13,395
and always in the best ways, like
always pumping his teammates up and,

646
00:28:13,785 --> 00:28:17,205
you know, getting the guys fired up,
uh, for us when he was pitching, you

647
00:28:17,205 --> 00:28:19,515
never tried to show the other team up.

648
00:28:19,515 --> 00:28:21,285
He did it the right way, always.

649
00:28:21,555 --> 00:28:23,505
And I was always appreciative of that.

650
00:28:23,955 --> 00:28:26,565
Um, and, and how he
went about his business.

651
00:28:26,565 --> 00:28:33,285
And I think all those guys like deserve
to keep on playing and I'm very, um,

652
00:28:33,405 --> 00:28:35,475
bullish that they will get a chance.

653
00:28:35,535 --> 00:28:40,005
Um, and I know everybody's gonna
be paying a lot of attention, you

654
00:28:40,005 --> 00:28:43,785
know, in another month, five weeks
or whenever the draft is in July.

655
00:28:44,265 --> 00:28:45,555
Um, it's like a hundred years

656
00:28:45,555 --> 00:28:45,825
from now.

657
00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:46,850
It used to be like, yeah, beginning

658
00:28:46,850 --> 00:28:49,635
of June used to be like next
week and now it's, yeah.

659
00:28:49,635 --> 00:28:49,636
Yeah.

660
00:28:50,775 --> 00:28:52,995
Now it's like a lull before the storm.

661
00:28:52,995 --> 00:28:54,555
But I hope those guys all get a chance.

662
00:28:56,250 --> 00:28:56,490
Yeah,

663
00:28:56,580 --> 00:28:59,610
and I think about on the position player
side too, you know, with like Kyle

664
00:28:59,610 --> 00:29:03,360
Edwards, I think he had a really strong
defensive game in the Sunbelt tournament.

665
00:29:03,389 --> 00:29:04,500
He hit the ball hard.

666
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,350
He just, I feel like he was
hitting it right at everybody.

667
00:29:07,649 --> 00:29:10,469
Uh, you know, Tahraun, I know, you know,
he had the one year of eligibility,

668
00:29:10,469 --> 00:29:13,439
but they made a pretty good duo up
the middle 40 once that settled in.

669
00:29:13,979 --> 00:29:16,139
And you know, Luke and Wright
is another one I think of.

670
00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:17,669
Yeah.

671
00:29:18,060 --> 00:29:21,090
And Luke, Luke, Luke
ended up his last month.

672
00:29:21,090 --> 00:29:24,389
He kind of got back to being himself,
but he had a tough year overall,

673
00:29:24,389 --> 00:29:27,840
and you just never know if those
guys press a little bit too much

674
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,149
trying to play professional baseball.

675
00:29:30,149 --> 00:29:31,620
We warn 'em all against it.

676
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:36,000
Um, always in some listening and
some don't, you know, the guy

677
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,590
that had the best year for us

678
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:38,790
offensively was Leite

679
00:29:38,790 --> 00:29:39,590
Zach Leite

680
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:39,720
Yeah.

681
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,990
I mean, you look at all his numbers,
like, and the thing with him is

682
00:29:43,135 --> 00:29:45,210
his, his walks to hit by pitches.

683
00:29:45,570 --> 00:29:48,000
Uh, were even with the
strikeouts for the year.

684
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,480
And that's, that's a really
telltale sign of a good hitter.

685
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:55,290
Um, yeah, he used freebies
with just as much as his.

686
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:58,800
Strikeouts and, you know, he
started the second half season.

687
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,379
We, we do the first
half, second half splits.

688
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:07,470
Um, just to get a feel for what guys are
kind of what direction they're moving in.

689
00:30:07,470 --> 00:30:11,730
And his second half was marketly
better than his first half.

690
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,100
Um, which is what you wanna
see in the new player.

691
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,210
Like he's figuring it out.

692
00:30:16,139 --> 00:30:19,649
Um, I'd like to see the power
numbers go up, uh, next year.

693
00:30:19,649 --> 00:30:20,429
And I think they will.

694
00:30:20,429 --> 00:30:23,520
He's gonna stay here this summer
and really hit the weight room

695
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,340
hard and get himself, uh, stronger.

696
00:30:26,340 --> 00:30:29,070
And I think, you know, and back
playing at the bud, the power

697
00:30:29,070 --> 00:30:30,419
numbers will go out anyway.

698
00:30:30,540 --> 00:30:34,889
Go up 'cause the ball, you know, jumps
out there a little bit more these days.

699
00:30:34,889 --> 00:30:36,330
So, and who knows how much that.

700
00:30:36,660 --> 00:30:40,050
Heard our home run numbers, you
know, playing the six games at

701
00:30:40,050 --> 00:30:41,520
Arbor Park definitely didn't help.

702
00:30:42,030 --> 00:30:42,480
No.

703
00:30:42,570 --> 00:30:43,050
Yeah.

704
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:43,535
And, and

705
00:30:43,830 --> 00:30:46,410
memorial's not an easy place to hit
out of, especially when No, it's hot.

706
00:30:46,950 --> 00:30:47,310
Yeah.

707
00:30:47,610 --> 00:30:47,970
Yeah.

708
00:30:47,970 --> 00:30:52,260
So I, I think, um, you know, getting
back to your home field and be much more

709
00:30:52,260 --> 00:30:56,220
comfortable and understand what the wind
does there and all, that'll be helpful.

710
00:30:56,370 --> 00:31:00,870
And Zach, but Zach had a good year,
Jorge, I think Kainen gonna have a much

711
00:31:00,870 --> 00:31:03,000
better senior year than junior year.

712
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:09,150
You know, he hit two 80, but he struck
out 84 times and walked 30 some five,

713
00:31:09,150 --> 00:31:11,820
and I is over half of his at bats.

714
00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:13,830
Uh, the ball wasn't put in play.

715
00:31:14,460 --> 00:31:14,820
Yeah.

716
00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:18,480
So I'm looking at, you know, that,
that number batting average on balls

717
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,470
in play, it's usually a pitcher's
number, but his batting average when he

718
00:31:22,470 --> 00:31:24,330
put the ball in play was really high.

719
00:31:24,945 --> 00:31:29,355
Um, he just gotta put in playmore
and so I think he started becoming

720
00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:30,735
a little bit too pole happy.

721
00:31:30,735 --> 00:31:34,545
Um, Maverick Stallings, Matt and
I are laughing about it today

722
00:31:34,575 --> 00:31:37,725
'cause I didn't, I, his first
half, the second half were like

723
00:31:38,430 --> 00:31:39,660
completely different human.

724
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,865
Did, did you guys figure out the stat?

725
00:31:41,865 --> 00:31:43,395
I figured that was April 15th.

726
00:31:43,395 --> 00:31:44,955
Both the last two years was his day.

727
00:31:44,955 --> 00:31:45,780
Was it April 15th?

728
00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:46,425
April 15th.

729
00:31:46,425 --> 00:31:47,625
On April 15th.

730
00:31:47,625 --> 00:31:49,005
Last year it was April 16th.

731
00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:50,325
We have a game on the 15th.

732
00:31:50,595 --> 00:31:53,265
That's his day when all of
a sudden he turns it on.

733
00:31:53,535 --> 00:31:55,875
And I, I, I think Gary and I have
said if he, if he stayed in Florida

734
00:31:55,875 --> 00:31:58,485
and played somewhere, he'd be an
All American for the last two years.

735
00:31:59,025 --> 00:32:00,195
He just, I don't know what it is.

736
00:32:00,195 --> 00:32:00,585
We gotta,

737
00:32:01,425 --> 00:32:04,305
he's got like, he's got
like 20 home runs Yeah.

738
00:32:04,305 --> 00:32:06,075
In April and May over two years.

739
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:06,590
Yeah.

740
00:32:07,035 --> 00:32:07,185
Yeah.

741
00:32:07,185 --> 00:32:09,435
Uh, and, and that's, that's incredible.

742
00:32:09,795 --> 00:32:10,485
Like what?

743
00:32:10,490 --> 00:32:11,385
It's crazy what he does there.

744
00:32:11,685 --> 00:32:13,035
So I, I told Mav this.

745
00:32:13,035 --> 00:32:15,225
I said, look, we gotta figure
out the beginning of the year.

746
00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:19,215
Obviously we need to figure out we're
gonna do something different next year.

747
00:32:19,635 --> 00:32:21,555
I said, but this year.

748
00:32:23,205 --> 00:32:25,875
Like, you know, we had some
other guys that could play there.

749
00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:28,365
I said, you're coming back as
a fifth year senior next year

750
00:32:28,365 --> 00:32:29,774
you're gonna play second base.

751
00:32:30,285 --> 00:32:31,995
I don't want anybody else to play there.

752
00:32:32,504 --> 00:32:37,365
So if you're gonna strike out a hundred
times, you're gonna do it all before April

753
00:32:41,504 --> 00:32:42,435
and then you'll be fine.

754
00:32:42,435 --> 00:32:47,865
So, uh, you know, it's like,
it's a, it's a crazy thing.

755
00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:51,945
'cause I mean, he, he can, you
know, win a game for you by himself

756
00:32:51,945 --> 00:32:53,235
when he gets going like that.

757
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:57,405
Um, and to think about, he, he
had nine home runs this year.

758
00:32:57,885 --> 00:32:58,665
And what did he hit last year?

759
00:32:58,665 --> 00:33:00,285
12, 14? Yeah.

760
00:33:00,405 --> 00:33:01,365
12 last year.

761
00:33:01,545 --> 00:33:01,905
Yeah,

762
00:33:01,910 --> 00:33:03,014
it was 12 last year.

763
00:33:03,195 --> 00:33:07,095
We've got 2100 runs in two years,
but not even really two years.

764
00:33:07,365 --> 00:33:10,335
It's more like, uh,
you know, three months.

765
00:33:10,935 --> 00:33:11,295
Yeah.

766
00:33:11,385 --> 00:33:11,774
Yeah.

767
00:33:12,075 --> 00:33:12,670
It's like three or four.

768
00:33:13,515 --> 00:33:13,815
Yeah,

769
00:33:14,175 --> 00:33:17,565
maybe one of those last minute add-ons
to the new stadium is you can build

770
00:33:17,565 --> 00:33:21,225
a sauna right next to the OnDeck
circle and go in there, feel like he

771
00:33:21,225 --> 00:33:23,385
is, you know, at 85, 80% humidity.

772
00:33:23,385 --> 00:33:23,445
Yeah.

773
00:33:23,775 --> 00:33:25,335
Go in the box and just hammer away.

774
00:33:25,335 --> 00:33:26,505
Keep his bats in there too.

775
00:33:27,045 --> 00:33:27,225
We

776
00:33:27,225 --> 00:33:32,055
gotta get him to wear like a, a heated
vest when he plays like anything

777
00:33:32,055 --> 00:33:33,435
to make, make him take his hot.

778
00:33:33,915 --> 00:33:35,295
Or we could do the old school way.

779
00:33:35,295 --> 00:33:36,825
Just put icy hot in his jock.

780
00:33:37,185 --> 00:33:37,875
There you go.

781
00:33:37,875 --> 00:33:38,085
Yeah.

782
00:33:41,020 --> 00:33:41,240
Oh.

783
00:33:41,655 --> 00:33:45,045
But he's gonna, m's gonna stay
here this summer and, and work

784
00:33:45,045 --> 00:33:46,635
hard, lift and get stronger.

785
00:33:46,965 --> 00:33:49,575
Um, we got a number of guys
that are gonna do that.

786
00:33:49,875 --> 00:33:51,735
Um, rightfully so.

787
00:33:51,735 --> 00:33:53,445
And, uh, much needed.

788
00:33:53,445 --> 00:33:56,775
So I think we got a good core
group of guys coming back.

789
00:33:56,985 --> 00:34:00,465
That'll be better in another year.

790
00:34:00,525 --> 00:34:04,305
Um, I think they're excited about it.

791
00:34:05,685 --> 00:34:08,595
We still have some pieces to
add, you know, we'll probably add

792
00:34:08,595 --> 00:34:10,034
two or three more hitters and.

793
00:34:11,070 --> 00:34:15,449
Three or four more arms, um, before
we're done here, here this summer.

794
00:34:15,449 --> 00:34:19,260
So that's, that's kind of the,
the work Now I'm really excited

795
00:34:19,260 --> 00:34:20,699
about the freshman class.

796
00:34:21,690 --> 00:34:21,780
Yeah.

797
00:34:21,780 --> 00:34:25,860
And, and everybody always says that
I know, but our last two freshman

798
00:34:25,860 --> 00:34:29,040
classes haven't been that exciting.

799
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:33,480
Um, and, and they haven't really
done this, this year's freshman

800
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,530
class kind of got decimated by
injuries from the mound perspective.

801
00:34:37,949 --> 00:34:38,040
Mm-hmm.

802
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:43,199
Um, you know, Maddox and, and then Lanford
ended up, you know, they all redshirt.

803
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:47,610
So, uh, it's gonna be eight
freshmen or red shirt, freshman

804
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,170
pitchers on next year's team.

805
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:50,460
Um, wow.

806
00:34:50,610 --> 00:34:51,540
They're all good.

807
00:34:51,780 --> 00:34:52,620
Like they're all good.

808
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:52,740
Yeah.

809
00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:57,210
The, the true freshman class of pitchers,
there's some really good arms in there.

810
00:34:57,630 --> 00:35:00,780
And now most of those guys are
going to typically help you outta

811
00:35:00,780 --> 00:35:02,490
the bullpen more than starting.

812
00:35:03,045 --> 00:35:04,665
It's just how it usually works.

813
00:35:04,995 --> 00:35:09,404
Um, so we've gotta figure out
who's gonna be able to start,

814
00:35:09,465 --> 00:35:12,524
you know, amongst returning
candidates and, and incoming guys.

815
00:35:14,115 --> 00:35:16,904
Yeah, and I think last time I
checked D one baseball, there

816
00:35:16,904 --> 00:35:21,255
were already 650 division one guys
that had gone into the portal.

817
00:35:21,255 --> 00:35:24,255
I think Louisiana and Rose's
entire roster is in there right

818
00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:25,635
now with the coaching change.

819
00:35:26,205 --> 00:35:30,585
Like are, are you looking for those
pieces in the portal or they're still,

820
00:35:30,615 --> 00:35:33,734
you know, incoming freshmen that
you'll be looking to throw in, get

821
00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:34,755
enrolled real quick over the summer?

822
00:35:35,415 --> 00:35:36,645
Yeah, it won't be any,
it won't be any freshmen.

823
00:35:36,645 --> 00:35:39,225
It'll be the portal guys
or junior college guys.

824
00:35:39,225 --> 00:35:41,325
So transfers are JUCO guys.

825
00:35:41,325 --> 00:35:41,444
Yeah.

826
00:35:41,444 --> 00:35:42,705
It won't be any more freshmen.

827
00:35:43,065 --> 00:35:46,305
Um, and, and so, we'll we're,
we're working hard on that.

828
00:35:46,515 --> 00:35:48,675
That thing is six 40 now.

829
00:35:50,085 --> 00:35:53,565
Next Monday there might be 6,040.

830
00:35:53,984 --> 00:35:56,295
Yeah, absolutely explode.

831
00:35:56,295 --> 00:35:59,265
So we're trying to get a jump on
the early group that's in there,

832
00:35:59,265 --> 00:36:01,125
which is mostly grad transfers.

833
00:36:02,385 --> 00:36:06,285
Indoor coaching changes so
they could jump in right away.

834
00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:08,625
But it's, it's just crazy.

835
00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:09,615
The world we live in.

836
00:36:09,615 --> 00:36:14,595
Like, um, it wasn't me, one of
our assistants was talking to a

837
00:36:14,595 --> 00:36:19,725
guy advisor, you know, a guy that
ambulance chasers, I call him.

838
00:36:22,035 --> 00:36:26,895
And, and he calls us about one of
his clients who was at a school

839
00:36:26,895 --> 00:36:28,215
that had a coaching change.

840
00:36:28,695 --> 00:36:30,525
And the kid put up pretty good numbers.

841
00:36:30,615 --> 00:36:34,275
Um, we played him like, we
know who he is, we're aware.

842
00:36:34,965 --> 00:36:38,835
And then Guy says, I said, well, you know,
we said, well, is he interested in ODU?

843
00:36:38,865 --> 00:36:42,135
You know, got some interest in
coming here, we might be interested.

844
00:36:42,555 --> 00:36:46,570
And the first thing the guy
says is, well, what do you got?

845
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:48,050
Like, what do you got?

846
00:36:48,050 --> 00:36:49,215
Like, what are you gonna give him?

847
00:36:49,755 --> 00:36:53,010
Like he's got this from Kansas
State or this and this, and yeah.

848
00:36:53,535 --> 00:36:56,805
And I tell our guys when that's
the first thing that comes outta

849
00:36:56,805 --> 00:36:58,605
their mouth, tell 'em goodbye.

850
00:36:59,355 --> 00:37:00,105
Like, we got enough.

851
00:37:00,105 --> 00:37:00,405
Yeah.

852
00:37:00,795 --> 00:37:02,115
We're not interested in that.

853
00:37:02,115 --> 00:37:03,795
Yeah, we're not trying to buy anybody.

854
00:37:04,184 --> 00:37:08,024
We'll talk about the financial offers
as a part of this, and that may

855
00:37:08,024 --> 00:37:12,495
be an antiquated way of doing it,
but character still matters to us.

856
00:37:12,495 --> 00:37:16,215
And we want kids that want to
be here for all of the reasons,

857
00:37:16,215 --> 00:37:18,194
not just one of the reasons.

858
00:37:18,765 --> 00:37:21,915
Um, so that's going on a lot right now.

859
00:37:21,944 --> 00:37:25,335
You know, these guys are, are
just shopping guys around and

860
00:37:25,425 --> 00:37:26,715
trying to get the best offer.

861
00:37:26,715 --> 00:37:31,005
They don't even care what the culture
of the program is, uh, which is great.

862
00:37:31,005 --> 00:37:31,755
Still believe

863
00:37:31,755 --> 00:37:36,135
at the level we are at here at
ODU 'cause we're not like a, you

864
00:37:36,135 --> 00:37:40,335
know, the big power five and SECI
think what you're saying is right.

865
00:37:40,455 --> 00:37:42,255
I, I still think you're dead on.

866
00:37:42,255 --> 00:37:43,484
Get the guys who want to be here.

867
00:37:43,484 --> 00:37:46,934
They're gonna work their butts off
and care about things and play hard.

868
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:50,564
And that's gonna work out and,
you know, yeah, maybe five years

869
00:37:50,564 --> 00:37:52,545
down the line, 10 years down the
line, that's not gonna be the case.

870
00:37:52,545 --> 00:37:53,865
But for right now, for sure.

871
00:37:53,865 --> 00:37:54,854
I, I agree with you.

872
00:37:54,854 --> 00:37:55,875
So I, I like hearing that.

873
00:37:56,595 --> 00:37:56,895
Yeah.

874
00:37:56,895 --> 00:37:59,355
It's just the way I'm wired to do it.

875
00:37:59,925 --> 00:38:04,365
Like when we gotta get to the point where
we just gotta buy 'em, then I'll take the

876
00:38:04,365 --> 00:38:07,845
Tony Bennett route and say, somebody else
is gonna be better at this job than me.

877
00:38:08,115 --> 00:38:08,265
Yeah.

878
00:38:08,355 --> 00:38:11,595
Um, 'cause I, I want to have
an effect on, you know, their

879
00:38:11,595 --> 00:38:13,695
lives and as much as we can.

880
00:38:13,695 --> 00:38:17,775
And I want to help 'em and I want them
to get something out of playing in

881
00:38:17,775 --> 00:38:23,565
this program outside of the baseball
stuff, um, that, that matters.

882
00:38:23,565 --> 00:38:26,445
And kids come here for that, I believe.

883
00:38:26,895 --> 00:38:28,545
And kids transfer here for that.

884
00:38:28,845 --> 00:38:29,625
They hear about it.

885
00:38:29,625 --> 00:38:32,475
They hear about how we treat
guys and all those things.

886
00:38:32,475 --> 00:38:35,505
And, and I think the, the
kids that come here want that.

887
00:38:35,785 --> 00:38:37,335
Tyler Zedalis is a good example.

888
00:38:37,335 --> 00:38:39,615
We're talking today and he
didn't have a good year.

889
00:38:39,615 --> 00:38:42,555
Like he knows he is
much more capable than.

890
00:38:43,110 --> 00:38:46,319
200 batting average with eight
extra basis or whatever it was.

891
00:38:46,319 --> 00:38:49,710
And we were talking through that and he
said, this is why I wanna be here 'cause

892
00:38:49,710 --> 00:38:51,900
you guys are willing to be honest with me.

893
00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:54,540
You're willing to help
me work through stuff.

894
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:59,730
Um, and I'm still hopeful
because it's in there.

895
00:38:59,730 --> 00:39:02,970
I just think if a guy can do
something, once he can figure

896
00:39:02,970 --> 00:39:06,690
out how to keep doing, it's hard.

897
00:39:06,690 --> 00:39:08,220
I know, but you can do it.

898
00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:08,279
Yeah.

899
00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:12,450
And you know, he was just very
inconsistent this year, but it was

900
00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:14,340
just also his first full year playing.

901
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,680
He didn't play at all last
year in South Carolina, right?

902
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:16,681
Mm-hmm.

903
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,020
And so there's still a
learning curve there.

904
00:39:19,529 --> 00:39:22,980
And so, you know, we expect them to
come back and be better and we're

905
00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:24,210
gonna move 'em around a little bit.

906
00:39:24,210 --> 00:39:26,430
I mean, these are all the things
I think in the summer it's fun to

907
00:39:26,430 --> 00:39:29,850
talk to, like we talked today about
you're come back and you're gonna play

908
00:39:29,850 --> 00:39:32,400
first and you're gonna play corner
outfield, we're done with third.

909
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:36,540
And this will take some of the
pressure off of you defensively and

910
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,250
you get, just think about hitting more.

911
00:39:38,670 --> 00:39:40,110
Not that first base is easy.

912
00:39:40,484 --> 00:39:45,404
Yeah, but it's easier than
third, uh, and corner outfield.

913
00:39:45,585 --> 00:39:47,535
That's all you gotta think about
is hitting and just catching

914
00:39:47,535 --> 00:39:48,734
what hits you, you know?

915
00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:53,415
And, and, and so those are the things
that I think we can do as coaches.

916
00:39:53,415 --> 00:39:55,575
You know, everybody thinks
it's just about mechanics.

917
00:39:55,965 --> 00:40:02,295
Um, it's not, you know, you have to be
mechanically solid to have, uh, you know,

918
00:40:02,295 --> 00:40:04,875
con con, you know, have continued success.

919
00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:08,295
But for him, it's a lot about
what's happening above the years.

920
00:40:08,354 --> 00:40:11,684
You know, uh, two feet above your
heart, man, are you saying the right,

921
00:40:11,715 --> 00:40:13,305
telling yourself the right stories.

922
00:40:13,665 --> 00:40:17,625
Um, and for him, a lot of times it hasn't
been like he's trying to live up to a

923
00:40:17,625 --> 00:40:19,604
bunch of other people's expectations.

924
00:40:19,604 --> 00:40:23,175
And I'm supposed to do this
and I'm supposed to do that.

925
00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:25,484
And you gotta get rid of that stuff, man.

926
00:40:25,484 --> 00:40:28,545
It's just noise and garbage, you know?

927
00:40:28,965 --> 00:40:32,625
All it does is just cloud up your mind,
and it's still, and what it does is it

928
00:40:32,625 --> 00:40:34,845
steals your joy of playing baseball.

929
00:40:35,774 --> 00:40:38,925
And this is supposed to be
something that you love to do.

930
00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:41,970
Not for any other reason than you think.

931
00:40:41,970 --> 00:40:43,500
It's awesome to get a chance to do it.

932
00:40:44,099 --> 00:40:47,700
And so those are like, some of the
conversations with him was about that.

933
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,620
And he's a fantastic kid.

934
00:40:50,010 --> 00:40:53,790
Like he really is, really is uh,
he's way too hard on himself.

935
00:40:54,179 --> 00:40:57,899
Um, and those are things that,
you know, you hope you can

936
00:40:57,899 --> 00:40:59,670
help help a young person with?

937
00:41:01,139 --> 00:41:03,870
Well, I mean, you hope, you hear that
from a lot of your guys of like, we

938
00:41:03,870 --> 00:41:06,059
want the feedback, we want the coaching.

939
00:41:06,090 --> 00:41:09,120
'cause there's plenty of guys that are
probably asking for money other places

940
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,290
that they don't want to hear that.

941
00:41:10,590 --> 00:41:14,790
Like, yeah, sure you could go pay and
go get a, a great power hitter to come

942
00:41:14,790 --> 00:41:19,529
in and then in 10 games and he's not
doing well and just shuts down on you.

943
00:41:19,529 --> 00:41:20,939
He just doesn't have
that mental toughness.

944
00:41:20,939 --> 00:41:25,500
Like the guys that survived this season
throw ODU baseball like will always be

945
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:28,769
in the toughest bracket for me, like some
of the toughest dudes that come through

946
00:41:28,769 --> 00:41:32,399
here because it was not an easy road in
any stretch of imagination this year.

947
00:41:32,399 --> 00:41:32,880
No.

948
00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:34,425
Yeah, it was me.

949
00:41:34,455 --> 00:41:36,435
It was metal hops Scotts,

950
00:41:38,564 --> 00:41:43,665
I mean, I went on for like, you know,
the Junction boys are, it should be

951
00:41:43,665 --> 00:41:47,865
like the I 95 boys or the, the, I, I

952
00:41:47,865 --> 00:41:49,814
like the construction kids
or something like that.

953
00:41:49,904 --> 00:41:50,354
Construction kids.

954
00:41:51,705 --> 00:41:52,035
Yeah.

955
00:41:52,035 --> 00:41:52,274
Mean we

956
00:41:52,609 --> 00:41:54,435
get 'em all, we get 'em
all a t-shirt this summer.

957
00:41:54,705 --> 00:41:58,575
Um, and, and you know, 'cause
they, they did something that's

958
00:41:58,575 --> 00:42:00,644
unprecedentedly hard man.

959
00:42:01,095 --> 00:42:04,154
I don't think anybody can,
could understand that.

960
00:42:04,575 --> 00:42:07,635
Um, and, and the next, you
know, next year's team's gonna

961
00:42:07,635 --> 00:42:11,505
reap, reap and the future teams
will reap the benefits of that.

962
00:42:11,685 --> 00:42:17,475
And, um, so we made it, you know, that's
what I, I woke up, I woke up the other

963
00:42:17,475 --> 00:42:22,185
morning and went, I'm always a little sad
when the season's over and I, yeah, sleep.

964
00:42:22,185 --> 00:42:24,285
I sleep a lot for about two weeks.

965
00:42:24,585 --> 00:42:28,365
Uh, my wife Annette used
to say, hi, hibernate.

966
00:42:28,365 --> 00:42:29,265
It is like a bear you.

967
00:42:32,774 --> 00:42:37,635
You know, in thinking about it, you know,
it was much more difficult than I, than I

968
00:42:37,635 --> 00:42:41,355
anticipated, um, physically for all of us.

969
00:42:41,685 --> 00:42:46,785
I'm sure family-wise, it was really
difficult for, you know, the assistant

970
00:42:46,785 --> 00:42:51,855
coaches, uh, their wives and kids
and, you know, I've told 'em all,

971
00:42:51,855 --> 00:42:56,490
y'all need to take your wives on two
vacations this summer and walk out.

972
00:42:58,035 --> 00:43:01,274
Uh, and another, another part of
the summer, you know, the things

973
00:43:01,274 --> 00:43:04,274
we do is you never know if you're
gonna have any coaching changes.

974
00:43:04,274 --> 00:43:08,295
I mean, that's a, something that's a
possibility every summer, uh, especially

975
00:43:08,295 --> 00:43:10,365
when you got a good, well-respected staff.

976
00:43:10,365 --> 00:43:14,145
So, you know, we had one last year
with Ryan Feynman going to Troy.

977
00:43:14,565 --> 00:43:18,615
Um, you just never know when that's
gonna happen, so you always, you

978
00:43:18,615 --> 00:43:21,404
know, have your ear to the ground
trying to help help guys out.

979
00:43:21,404 --> 00:43:25,185
And I've always been of the mind of
if it, if, if it feels like a good

980
00:43:25,185 --> 00:43:27,615
move, then I'm always encouraging.

981
00:43:27,945 --> 00:43:32,115
Our guys into it because you get
into this business to keep moving up,

982
00:43:32,115 --> 00:43:33,825
to try to be a head coach someday.

983
00:43:34,305 --> 00:43:37,305
I'm not in the business of trying
to hold you back from that.

984
00:43:37,995 --> 00:43:41,535
Um, we wanna support that and make
sure you're ready and moving in

985
00:43:41,535 --> 00:43:42,825
the right direction towards that.

986
00:43:42,915 --> 00:43:45,285
Carl, not a maker and I were
talking about that today, like he's

987
00:43:45,285 --> 00:43:46,605
still ready to be a head coach.

988
00:43:46,905 --> 00:43:50,415
His problem is a place where it's
too good of an assistant job.

989
00:43:50,505 --> 00:43:51,225
Yeah.

990
00:43:51,435 --> 00:43:54,730
He makes more money than all the head
coaches that would try to hire him.

991
00:43:55,230 --> 00:43:56,090
So he's,

992
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,595
yeah, I remember he, because he is been
there, what, like seven, eight years now?

993
00:43:59,595 --> 00:44:01,305
Since 17, yeah, eight years.

994
00:44:01,335 --> 00:44:01,785
Yeah.

995
00:44:02,205 --> 00:44:04,545
So I remember at a certain point
I was like, oh, I think Carl's

996
00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:07,845
just gonna be at Auburn because
like you just said, it's too good.

997
00:44:08,355 --> 00:44:08,805
Yeah.

998
00:44:09,165 --> 00:44:11,625
You know, Butch probably got
four or five more years left,

999
00:44:11,625 --> 00:44:12,915
I think, before he retired.

1000
00:44:13,605 --> 00:44:17,925
And um, maybe Carl stays down there and
can take that over or something like that.

1001
00:44:17,925 --> 00:44:19,275
So they keep doing well.

1002
00:44:19,275 --> 00:44:19,875
He deserves it.

1003
00:44:20,355 --> 00:44:20,625
Yeah.

1004
00:44:20,625 --> 00:44:21,465
Yeah, for sure.

1005
00:44:21,555 --> 00:44:24,345
So he's excited about it, but yeah.

1006
00:44:26,295 --> 00:44:26,505
Yeah.

1007
00:44:26,564 --> 00:44:27,585
Well, that's great.

1008
00:44:27,585 --> 00:44:30,915
Funny, I think CB was gonna, was
gonna ask you about how long does

1009
00:44:30,915 --> 00:44:32,234
that hibernation last for you?

1010
00:44:32,234 --> 00:44:33,795
Oh, yeah, yeah.

1011
00:44:33,795 --> 00:44:34,785
That was, yeah, that was my, because that

1012
00:44:34,785 --> 00:44:38,085
was just a question I, I was thinking,
I was like, how fast does the switch go?

1013
00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:40,245
Because I know you guys are
recruiting all the time, you know?

1014
00:44:40,484 --> 00:44:40,724
Yeah.

1015
00:44:40,724 --> 00:44:43,965
I mean, you have and all, but, but
how fast does the switch go from like,

1016
00:44:44,295 --> 00:44:47,955
okay, season's over now I gotta really
get after it, you got here and make

1017
00:44:47,955 --> 00:44:49,604
sure we got this team for next year.

1018
00:44:49,845 --> 00:44:51,795
Is it like the second you hit the bus?

1019
00:44:51,795 --> 00:44:53,295
Or like I said, you a
couple days back home?

1020
00:44:53,295 --> 00:44:53,385
Well,

1021
00:44:53,385 --> 00:44:56,354
no, I think it, I think it even
starts before that cb like,

1022
00:44:56,804 --> 00:44:58,394
we start talking about it.

1023
00:44:59,774 --> 00:45:03,885
I, I think you're thinking about
it constantly and some part of you.

1024
00:45:03,885 --> 00:45:03,944
Yeah.

1025
00:45:04,724 --> 00:45:06,554
All right, what's this
gonna look like next year?

1026
00:45:06,554 --> 00:45:08,325
This kid, where's this
kid gonna play next year?

1027
00:45:08,325 --> 00:45:09,825
He is playing here this
year, blah, blah, blah.

1028
00:45:10,154 --> 00:45:15,585
But I think in, during this, this
time period where we're trying to

1029
00:45:15,585 --> 00:45:20,415
recharge the, we're finishing up our
exit meetings with our current guys.

1030
00:45:20,715 --> 00:45:24,165
You're, you know, I got, I got a
couple calls when we get off here with.

1031
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,660
Some potential portal
kids, um, to fill 'em out.

1032
00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:32,310
And so things like that, um, it
never really stops, you know,

1033
00:45:33,270 --> 00:45:39,240
I just don't do much else other
than sleep and drink tequila and,

1034
00:45:39,569 --> 00:45:41,640
uh, think about next year's team.

1035
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:42,690
About two weeks about

1036
00:45:42,690 --> 00:45:43,290
baseball.

1037
00:45:43,734 --> 00:45:44,024
Yeah.

1038
00:45:45,205 --> 00:45:49,170
Say, yeah, you just, you just wanna bring
those prospects right here on the show.

1039
00:45:49,170 --> 00:45:52,020
I mean, I think we could probably pressure
into commitment right here on the spot.

1040
00:45:52,024 --> 00:45:52,305
Yeah.

1041
00:45:52,305 --> 00:45:52,505
Yeah.

1042
00:45:52,605 --> 00:45:53,545
We might have to do that.

1043
00:45:53,615 --> 00:45:53,904
Yeah.

1044
00:45:54,305 --> 00:45:56,970
A couple of these guys, we might
need to pull their, pull their toes a

1045
00:45:56,970 --> 00:45:58,649
little bit, get 'em, get 'em locked in.

1046
00:45:59,220 --> 00:46:00,510
So, hey, they forward

1047
00:46:00,510 --> 00:46:00,779
man.

1048
00:46:00,779 --> 00:46:01,830
We, we'll make it happen

1049
00:46:02,010 --> 00:46:04,350
as we move into this farther.

1050
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,859
I do think that'd be a good,
you know, potentially June.

1051
00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:12,569
July, you know, topic to cover is,
you know, this year's recruiting

1052
00:46:12,569 --> 00:46:15,870
class and who's signed and,
you know, those kind of guys,

1053
00:46:16,859 --> 00:46:17,400
we love it.

1054
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,529
'cause you know, I mean, I keep, I
was just looking at my little list

1055
00:46:19,529 --> 00:46:22,230
I have on my phone of all the, the
guys that I know of, you know, and

1056
00:46:22,230 --> 00:46:25,080
so it's always, I'm, you know, you
know me, I'm all, I'm all about it.

1057
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,100
So I'm, I'm, I'm all for it.

1058
00:46:26,185 --> 00:46:26,404
Yep.

1059
00:46:26,790 --> 00:46:29,310
It doesn't take long for
me to go from the switch.

1060
00:46:29,310 --> 00:46:30,240
I'm like, yeah.

1061
00:46:30,390 --> 00:46:31,380
Like you said, it's, it's sad.

1062
00:46:31,380 --> 00:46:31,620
It is.

1063
00:46:31,620 --> 00:46:33,900
You know, these, you'll never have
this group of guys together again.

1064
00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:36,960
But it's also like, okay, but now
we get to look at, know, go forward.

1065
00:46:37,319 --> 00:46:37,740
Yeah.

1066
00:46:37,830 --> 00:46:39,810
It always is, man, that, that team Yeah.

1067
00:46:40,230 --> 00:46:47,790
Number whatever number team it was
that year, um, it's over, you know?

1068
00:46:47,795 --> 00:46:47,965
Yeah.

1069
00:46:48,270 --> 00:46:51,330
And all the good, the bad, the
ugly, whatever it was, it's done.

1070
00:46:51,330 --> 00:46:52,470
When it's done, it's done.

1071
00:46:52,740 --> 00:46:56,279
That's maybe the hardest thing
about sports and certainly

1072
00:46:56,279 --> 00:46:59,250
baseball such a long year.

1073
00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:02,250
You know, we play from the
fall and practice and then.

1074
00:47:02,550 --> 00:47:04,320
Go all the way through almost June.

1075
00:47:05,190 --> 00:47:11,040
And then when that last game hits,
you know, you're in some sort of

1076
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:12,780
double elimination tournament usually.

1077
00:47:13,830 --> 00:47:13,890
Yeah.

1078
00:47:13,890 --> 00:47:16,290
You lose and it's just done.

1079
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:17,160
Like

1080
00:47:17,190 --> 00:47:17,520
Yeah.

1081
00:47:17,820 --> 00:47:20,160
Donezo, it just happens abruptly.

1082
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:24,030
That last outs may I, when Luke grounded
out there to, to end the season,

1083
00:47:24,030 --> 00:47:27,240
you know, I walked over and shook
hands and I said, well, that's it.

1084
00:47:27,930 --> 00:47:28,441
Um, yeah.

1085
00:47:28,465 --> 00:47:32,460
And it, and it, it's, it is a, that
sudden realization is I think what

1086
00:47:32,460 --> 00:47:35,850
gets guys in the, you see the tears
at the end of the season Yeah.

1087
00:47:35,850 --> 00:47:38,280
And all that, but that, that's good.

1088
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,590
That just means they're not psychopaths.

1089
00:47:40,590 --> 00:47:41,640
They care about something.

1090
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:43,380
They're humans.

1091
00:47:43,380 --> 00:47:43,710
Right.

1092
00:47:43,710 --> 00:47:44,130
Yeah.

1093
00:47:44,190 --> 00:47:44,400
Yeah.

1094
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,710
And they have some empathy
and it meant something.

1095
00:47:46,710 --> 00:47:47,070
Yeah.

1096
00:47:47,820 --> 00:47:52,260
Um, and so I, I, I actually think the
tears are, are always a good thing,

1097
00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:53,670
even though they're hard to see.

1098
00:47:53,940 --> 00:47:56,520
They, they mean the right stuff, you know?

1099
00:47:57,045 --> 00:47:57,314
Yeah.

1100
00:47:57,314 --> 00:48:00,255
The kid who's agent is asking for
money in the portal probably, isn't he?

1101
00:48:00,255 --> 00:48:02,145
He probably wasn't shedding any
tears when the season was over.

1102
00:48:02,145 --> 00:48:02,505
Right?

1103
00:48:02,835 --> 00:48:04,335
No, exactly.

1104
00:48:04,575 --> 00:48:04,965
Yeah.

1105
00:48:05,325 --> 00:48:08,355
And if you, if you've invested
in it, there probably should

1106
00:48:08,355 --> 00:48:09,795
be some tears at the end of it.

1107
00:48:10,095 --> 00:48:10,425
Yeah.

1108
00:48:10,425 --> 00:48:14,145
If you're really into it and you put
yourself into it and everything you had,

1109
00:48:14,385 --> 00:48:18,105
and so did all your teammates, well,
you don't get to play with 'em anymore.

1110
00:48:18,105 --> 00:48:20,835
And that can be a, a little
bit of a harsh reality.

1111
00:48:21,314 --> 00:48:25,425
Um, and so I, I think, uh, you know,
I had a little moment like that

1112
00:48:25,425 --> 00:48:27,255
just talking to, to Kyle Edwards.

1113
00:48:27,255 --> 00:48:29,625
I mean, I've known Kyle since he was 15.

1114
00:48:29,625 --> 00:48:30,075
Yeah.

1115
00:48:31,064 --> 00:48:31,590
And yeah.

1116
00:48:31,904 --> 00:48:34,484
You know, we've got a long way back man.

1117
00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:36,345
And I just told him I'm proud of him.

1118
00:48:36,345 --> 00:48:41,265
He did a great job of being a leader and
I think he's gonna be a fantastic coach

1119
00:48:41,564 --> 00:48:43,635
whenever he decides he's done playing.

1120
00:48:44,115 --> 00:48:45,105
Um, I was just saying,

1121
00:48:45,105 --> 00:48:48,015
when we get him on the coaching staff
That's, I was gonna ask a few minutes ago.

1122
00:48:48,015 --> 00:48:48,255
We kind

1123
00:48:48,255 --> 00:48:48,705
forgot.

1124
00:48:48,765 --> 00:48:49,005
Yeah.

1125
00:48:49,005 --> 00:48:53,279
I. Well, if he doesn't get a chance,
like guess the deal or something like

1126
00:48:53,279 --> 00:48:57,420
that, I think he will want to get right
into it and we'll, we'll certainly

1127
00:48:57,420 --> 00:48:59,190
find room for, for him on our staff.

1128
00:48:59,190 --> 00:48:59,220
I

1129
00:48:59,370 --> 00:48:59,850
love it.

1130
00:49:01,319 --> 00:49:02,130
Yeah, I love it.

1131
00:49:02,190 --> 00:49:03,180
That's what it's all about, man.

1132
00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:04,560
I, I, which I'm a huge fan.

1133
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:08,520
I, I love, you know, you guys bring back
guys like, uh, like Keane and, and um,

1134
00:49:08,580 --> 00:49:13,590
and Ryne Moore and, and Pond and have
those guys that in Trujillo last year.

1135
00:49:13,590 --> 00:49:16,590
And I think it's so great to have those
guys that, you know, and, and some of them

1136
00:49:16,590 --> 00:49:19,770
decide Tommy Bell and some of 'em decide,
you know, they do wanna do and they don't.

1137
00:49:19,770 --> 00:49:21,870
I think Trujillo is a
fireman now, which is great.

1138
00:49:22,290 --> 00:49:24,960
You know, it's, and so, and some of them,
you know, decide they do wanna do it.

1139
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,120
So I think it's, it's, it's great
to give 'em the opportunity Man's.

1140
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:27,900
I think it's really cool.

1141
00:49:28,710 --> 00:49:29,010
Yeah.

1142
00:49:29,105 --> 00:49:34,050
I, I like having our former players
as young assistants 'cause you get

1143
00:49:34,050 --> 00:49:37,770
to help them grow, keep growing up
and then they, they can keep giving

1144
00:49:37,770 --> 00:49:41,700
the message 'cause they've lived it,
you know, you bring in a new guy.

1145
00:49:42,015 --> 00:49:44,684
There's a little bit more
of a learning curve there.

1146
00:49:44,684 --> 00:49:45,675
I think so, yeah.

1147
00:49:45,975 --> 00:49:46,305
Um,

1148
00:49:46,309 --> 00:49:46,479
yeah.

1149
00:49:46,665 --> 00:49:46,845
Yeah.

1150
00:49:46,845 --> 00:49:49,965
So, we'll, we'll, um, we'll, we'll
get to work on the staff and who's

1151
00:49:49,965 --> 00:49:53,085
gonna stay, who's going, I know,
you know, some of these young guys,

1152
00:49:53,085 --> 00:49:56,115
you know, are hopefully gonna get
opportunities in some other places,

1153
00:49:56,115 --> 00:49:58,455
and we want to help encourage that.

1154
00:50:00,585 --> 00:50:01,064
All right.

1155
00:50:01,064 --> 00:50:02,055
Well, we appreciate it.

1156
00:50:02,055 --> 00:50:04,005
I know, uh, like I said, we're
gonna, we'll do this about

1157
00:50:04,005 --> 00:50:05,415
once a month, but yeah, I know.

1158
00:50:05,415 --> 00:50:07,545
It's been such a, such a blessing.

1159
00:50:08,625 --> 00:50:10,694
This, I mean, really it is been such
a blessing having you on everybody.

1160
00:50:10,785 --> 00:50:13,215
It's, this is, yeah, I, Gary and I have
said, this is like the highlight of

1161
00:50:13,215 --> 00:50:17,684
our weeks, a lot of weeks hanging out,
talking to the podcast, and it's, I

1162
00:50:17,684 --> 00:50:20,564
know, I know the fans who've listened
to it have thoroughly enjoyed it.

1163
00:50:20,894 --> 00:50:25,184
Um, you know, 'cause number one, just the,
the, the information and the access and

1164
00:50:25,184 --> 00:50:28,425
the, and just the knowledge of things, but
just, and also you're a fantastic guy and

1165
00:50:28,425 --> 00:50:29,684
I always just enjoyed talking to you, man.

1166
00:50:29,684 --> 00:50:31,995
So I, I, I appreciate everything
you've done for us this season.

1167
00:50:33,104 --> 00:50:34,425
Well, I feel the same way, man.

1168
00:50:34,425 --> 00:50:37,484
I feel I'm very grateful that you guys
have allowed me to come on this and.

1169
00:50:37,904 --> 00:50:43,785
Kind of, we switched gears on the Extra
Finnings podcast and I had so much

1170
00:50:43,785 --> 00:50:46,154
more fun doing this with you guys.

1171
00:50:46,545 --> 00:50:50,564
Um, I think the first year, I
forget, Tim Wentz, I think was

1172
00:50:50,564 --> 00:50:52,305
the host for the extra fitting.

1173
00:50:52,335 --> 00:50:57,825
We had a blast, but I never had that
much fun with it until again, and

1174
00:50:58,005 --> 00:51:02,354
you guys are both baseball guys and
ODU baseball guys and it's been fun

1175
00:51:02,354 --> 00:51:07,064
to get y'all's perspective and I
appreciate y'all's honesty and candor.

1176
00:51:07,335 --> 00:51:08,505
'cause I like to hear it.

1177
00:51:08,564 --> 00:51:10,725
You know, I, I, I, I do.

1178
00:51:10,725 --> 00:51:14,385
And I, I like to hear, um, a
fan's perspective, somebody that

1179
00:51:14,385 --> 00:51:16,154
knows the program's perspective.

1180
00:51:16,484 --> 00:51:19,665
You guys wanted the guys
on here as part of it.

1181
00:51:19,665 --> 00:51:20,654
I thought that was cool.

1182
00:51:20,654 --> 00:51:25,814
Supporting that and all of it is,
has helped, especially in the year

1183
00:51:25,814 --> 00:51:27,495
where we weren't here, you know?

1184
00:51:27,495 --> 00:51:27,944
Yes.

1185
00:51:27,944 --> 00:51:29,399
And I think it helped people.

1186
00:51:30,345 --> 00:51:34,305
Stay, feel like they could stay a little
bit more connected to the program,

1187
00:51:34,305 --> 00:51:37,724
even though they couldn't come over
to our stadium and watch us play.

1188
00:51:38,625 --> 00:51:40,455
Um, and so hopefully it'll
get 'em back next year.

1189
00:51:40,455 --> 00:51:41,625
We'll keep getting 'em fired up

1190
00:51:41,625 --> 00:51:41,990
and Yeah.

1191
00:51:42,285 --> 00:51:45,675
Um, be back playing at the, we're not
gonna be able to call the bud anymore.

1192
00:51:45,675 --> 00:51:47,055
It's call the LI guess.

1193
00:51:48,255 --> 00:51:48,524
Yeah.

1194
00:51:49,245 --> 00:51:53,654
Uh, you know, um, but we're so grateful
to Dennis Elmer and his family for

1195
00:51:53,654 --> 00:51:57,765
that, and it's still coming along
slow right now, but that's the way

1196
00:51:57,765 --> 00:51:58,995
it is when they're underground.

1197
00:51:58,995 --> 00:52:02,325
So, um, yeah, I saw a
giant elevator shaft.

1198
00:52:02,325 --> 00:52:03,944
It looks like they're
digging down to China.

1199
00:52:03,944 --> 00:52:04,920
I. Down there.

1200
00:52:06,895 --> 00:52:07,515
Uh, interesting.

1201
00:52:07,575 --> 00:52:11,189
But, but once it starts going up,
man, it's gonna be super exciting.

1202
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:12,569
So can't wait for that.

1203
00:52:12,569 --> 00:52:12,930
That's awesome.

1204
00:52:13,439 --> 00:52:13,649
Yeah.

1205
00:52:13,649 --> 00:52:16,290
The, uh, the elevator actually goes
to where the thermals come up for

1206
00:52:16,290 --> 00:52:17,910
Mav Sauna that we've just gotten.

1207
00:52:18,870 --> 00:52:19,890
So that's where it is.

1208
00:52:19,895 --> 00:52:20,234
There we go.

1209
00:52:20,685 --> 00:52:23,955
Multi, multi center of, yeah.

1210
00:52:24,135 --> 00:52:24,354
Yes.

1211
00:52:25,649 --> 00:52:26,040
Yeah.

1212
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:29,010
And when we get, when we get
closer to that too, like we could

1213
00:52:29,010 --> 00:52:31,260
have an episode where we live.

1214
00:52:31,260 --> 00:52:32,915
Do it from, from, yeah.

1215
00:52:32,939 --> 00:52:34,050
From the new stadium.

1216
00:52:34,050 --> 00:52:35,550
Uh, or different rooms.

1217
00:52:35,729 --> 00:52:38,550
Different places in the new
ballpark, the press box.

1218
00:52:38,550 --> 00:52:38,790
The heck.

1219
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:39,390
Yeah.

1220
00:52:39,390 --> 00:52:41,760
The lounge, the coaches place.

1221
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:45,779
I, I think giving people access
to that can't do anything.

1222
00:52:45,854 --> 00:52:48,899
The, the stands, you know,
the chair backs, uh, yeah.

1223
00:52:48,899 --> 00:52:50,550
You give people access to that.

1224
00:52:50,729 --> 00:52:51,810
Can't do anything but help.

1225
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,750
Maybe peak their interest
and them out there.

1226
00:52:55,770 --> 00:52:56,796
And we got a fantastic, there you go.

1227
00:52:56,910 --> 00:52:57,300
I'm all

1228
00:52:57,300 --> 00:52:57,810
for it.

1229
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:01,740
Like we're, we're playing a
bear of a early season home

1230
00:53:01,740 --> 00:53:02,790
schedule next year, so, yeah.

1231
00:53:03,390 --> 00:53:05,310
Um, it's gonna be, can you
remind us of that again?

1232
00:53:05,310 --> 00:53:05,850
Just Yeah.

1233
00:53:06,060 --> 00:53:11,910
So early it's, um, I know three of
the first four weekends are Charlotte

1234
00:53:11,910 --> 00:53:15,779
comes back, uh, we ended up finished
second in the, in the a, a C.

1235
00:53:15,779 --> 00:53:15,960
Yeah.

1236
00:53:16,170 --> 00:53:19,170
Uh, this year, uh, we've
got UConn and Northeastern.

1237
00:53:19,590 --> 00:53:20,640
Northeastern's got what?

1238
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,050
29 game winning streak this year.

1239
00:53:22,050 --> 00:53:22,890
Longest in the country.

1240
00:53:22,890 --> 00:53:24,779
And they're like, what, 47 and nine?

1241
00:53:25,290 --> 00:53:25,830
Um, yeah.

1242
00:53:26,310 --> 00:53:28,290
And then I, I forget who the third one is.

1243
00:53:28,290 --> 00:53:29,520
I, I, I can't recall.

1244
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:33,210
It's open A weekend is,
um, not those three.

1245
00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:34,051
Those are the next three.

1246
00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:35,490
Was it Penn State?

1247
00:53:36,630 --> 00:53:38,070
I think that's 27.

1248
00:53:38,670 --> 00:53:38,910
Yeah.

1249
00:53:38,915 --> 00:53:38,945
Okay.

1250
00:53:38,975 --> 00:53:42,240
Next year I'll have to, yeah,
I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll have it.

1251
00:53:42,390 --> 00:53:43,140
Hold on one second.

1252
00:53:43,140 --> 00:53:44,010
I can get it right here.

1253
00:53:44,010 --> 00:53:44,850
Y'all fill some,

1254
00:53:44,970 --> 00:53:46,860
oh, so you'll, you'll know by
the Tampa season rolls around.

1255
00:53:46,860 --> 00:53:47,220
We know that.

1256
00:53:47,904 --> 00:53:48,185
Yeah.

1257
00:53:48,190 --> 00:53:49,200
Yeah, exactly.

1258
00:53:49,470 --> 00:53:51,000
Uh, it is,

1259
00:53:53,130 --> 00:53:55,320
uh, let's see, 26.

1260
00:53:56,775 --> 00:53:57,765
Uh,

1261
00:53:58,515 --> 00:53:59,865
the suspense is killing us.

1262
00:53:59,865 --> 00:54:02,625
We've all, we've turned in,
we've turned up our volume.

1263
00:54:02,625 --> 00:54:02,775
I was a

1264
00:54:02,775 --> 00:54:06,855
little bit wrong, so, so it's,
um, Northeastern's in 27.

1265
00:54:06,855 --> 00:54:10,945
So Kent State, Niagara of Charlotte UConn.

1266
00:54:12,165 --> 00:54:12,615
All right.

1267
00:54:12,615 --> 00:54:16,125
And then we, and we go, go to
open up conference play at Troy.

1268
00:54:17,205 --> 00:54:23,295
So first four weekends at home, uh, go
to Troy, then App State at home, go to

1269
00:54:23,295 --> 00:54:26,355
South Al, then Southern miss at home.

1270
00:54:26,355 --> 00:54:27,495
That's Easter weekend.

1271
00:54:28,545 --> 00:54:31,545
Go to Marshall, Georgia at home.

1272
00:54:32,715 --> 00:54:37,845
Go to Georgia State, Arkansas State
at home, and then finish at Coastal.

1273
00:54:38,745 --> 00:54:41,265
Oh, the coastal bookend here.

1274
00:54:42,075 --> 00:54:42,285
Yeah.

1275
00:54:42,285 --> 00:54:48,675
So we miss, we miss, uh, we
miss Louisiana and Texas State.

1276
00:54:49,875 --> 00:54:52,155
And who else on that side?

1277
00:54:52,335 --> 00:54:53,295
Um, Monroe.

1278
00:54:53,295 --> 00:54:54,140
Did we ever play Texas Monroe?

1279
00:54:55,995 --> 00:54:57,075
We missed Monroe too.

1280
00:54:57,100 --> 00:54:57,390
Yeah.

1281
00:54:57,525 --> 00:54:57,855
Yeah.

1282
00:54:58,095 --> 00:54:59,565
Played Texas State last year.

1283
00:55:00,465 --> 00:55:00,855
Oh, we did?

1284
00:55:00,855 --> 00:55:01,215
Okay.

1285
00:55:01,275 --> 00:55:02,025
Yeah, you're right, you're right.

1286
00:55:02,060 --> 00:55:02,350
Yeah.

1287
00:55:03,555 --> 00:55:04,125
Down there.

1288
00:55:04,125 --> 00:55:06,945
So couple new to Arc State back on.

1289
00:55:06,945 --> 00:55:07,665
Um, yeah.

1290
00:55:07,785 --> 00:55:11,595
South th and Troy, miss
South th this year.

1291
00:55:12,135 --> 00:55:13,275
Um, so yeah.

1292
00:55:14,175 --> 00:55:15,015
So good schedule.

1293
00:55:15,015 --> 00:55:15,450
There you go.

1294
00:55:16,390 --> 00:55:17,055
There we go.

1295
00:55:17,055 --> 00:55:17,295
Good.

1296
00:55:17,295 --> 00:55:20,025
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna watch this
back and run it all down for myself.

1297
00:55:21,910 --> 00:55:22,460
There you go.

1298
00:55:22,965 --> 00:55:23,085
Yeah.

1299
00:55:23,085 --> 00:55:23,715
Write it down.

1300
00:55:24,075 --> 00:55:25,515
So, uh, all right guys.

1301
00:55:25,515 --> 00:55:26,595
Well thank you so much.

1302
00:55:26,595 --> 00:55:28,725
Thanks for everything this year
and we'll see you this summer.

1303
00:55:29,655 --> 00:55:30,740
Alright so much, Finn.

1304
00:55:31,485 --> 00:55:32,295
We appreciate it.

1305
00:55:32,385 --> 00:55:32,865
Come on.

1306
00:55:33,435 --> 00:55:33,675
Go.

1307
00:55:33,675 --> 00:55:34,305
Monarchs.

1308
00:55:34,340 --> 00:55:34,900
Monarchs.

1309
00:55:35,175 --> 00:55:35,385
Bye.

1310
00:55:35,565 --> 00:55:35,685
Yeah

1311
00:55:35,685 --> 00:55:35,955
man.

1312
00:55:36,465 --> 00:55:38,895
Alright, we will be, uh, right back break.

1313
00:55:38,895 --> 00:55:39,195
Yeah.

1314
00:55:39,195 --> 00:55:39,405
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1315
00:55:39,405 --> 00:55:39,615
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1316
00:55:39,615 --> 00:55:42,645
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1317
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1318
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1319
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1320
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1321
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1322
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1323
00:56:04,215 --> 00:56:05,144
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1324
00:56:05,234 --> 00:56:06,104
And go Monarchs.

1325
00:56:09,075 --> 00:56:09,705
All righty.

1326
00:56:09,764 --> 00:56:11,955
Well, that was awesome to
have Coach Finwood on here

1327
00:56:11,955 --> 00:56:13,845
to put a nice bow on season.

1328
00:56:14,535 --> 00:56:15,285
What a joy.

1329
00:56:15,285 --> 00:56:20,835
Every, I mean, I'm not, not even a hint of
exaggeration, like what a absolute, uh, I

1330
00:56:20,835 --> 00:56:22,335
never say this word, but what a blessing.

1331
00:56:22,335 --> 00:56:23,535
Just, just phenomenal.

1332
00:56:23,535 --> 00:56:25,245
Just great to have him on
every week That does it.

1333
00:56:25,245 --> 00:56:28,215
And I'm looking forward to he, you
see, right there, he's giving us ideas.

1334
00:56:28,215 --> 00:56:30,165
I wouldn't have, I wouldn't have
thought of like taking a live

1335
00:56:30,165 --> 00:56:31,514
tour walking around the stadium.

1336
00:56:31,514 --> 00:56:32,085
Like, that's awesome.

1337
00:56:32,085 --> 00:56:33,644
We're we're definitely doing that.

1338
00:56:33,644 --> 00:56:34,545
The second we're able to.

1339
00:56:34,575 --> 00:56:35,385
That's so cool.

1340
00:56:35,715 --> 00:56:36,104
Yes.

1341
00:56:36,104 --> 00:56:39,194
As soon as ODAF lets us in that
facility, we will be, uh, we will

1342
00:56:39,194 --> 00:56:40,215
be in there getting That's awesome.

1343
00:56:40,245 --> 00:56:40,965
Getting pictures.

1344
00:56:40,965 --> 00:56:41,984
Live stream, whatever.

1345
00:56:42,014 --> 00:56:42,075
Yeah.

1346
00:56:42,075 --> 00:56:43,484
We've got some fun ideas.

1347
00:56:43,484 --> 00:56:45,165
We're kicking around for fall ball.

1348
00:56:45,525 --> 00:56:49,815
Um, 'cause I'm gonna get something off of
my plate that'll free me up a good bit at

1349
00:56:49,815 --> 00:56:51,255
the end of the summer, end of the fall.

1350
00:56:51,525 --> 00:56:51,705
Sure.

1351
00:56:51,795 --> 00:56:55,515
Um, so yeah, so we're, we're
pumped for what's ahead.

1352
00:56:55,515 --> 00:56:58,815
Obviously looking back on this season,
you know, record wise, we knew it wasn't,

1353
00:56:58,875 --> 00:57:02,654
wasn't gonna be pretty, but we did check
off a lot of things we wanted to do.

1354
00:57:02,654 --> 00:57:02,925
Right.

1355
00:57:02,925 --> 00:57:05,055
We, we wanted to be 500
better in the conference.

1356
00:57:05,415 --> 00:57:05,835
Got it.

1357
00:57:05,835 --> 00:57:06,765
15 and 15.

1358
00:57:06,945 --> 00:57:07,965
We were a top seed.

1359
00:57:08,445 --> 00:57:11,715
And let me tell you, watching those
two playing games on Tuesday, I'm so

1360
00:57:11,715 --> 00:57:13,185
glad we were not in either one of them.

1361
00:57:13,545 --> 00:57:14,985
Uh, 'cause it was, yeah.

1362
00:57:15,045 --> 00:57:18,765
You had two teams that were, are in
a knife fight in a phone booth for

1363
00:57:18,765 --> 00:57:20,175
those games, is what it felt like.

1364
00:57:21,404 --> 00:57:23,175
And, and you saw what happened.

1365
00:57:23,175 --> 00:57:26,565
I mean, Finney nailed it where we, we
had said it too, that if you didn't

1366
00:57:26,565 --> 00:57:29,955
win the first two, your chances
were really gonna go downhill.

1367
00:57:29,955 --> 00:57:30,795
And we saw that.

1368
00:57:30,795 --> 00:57:34,275
So if we had to play a play in
Game man, it was gonna be rough.

1369
00:57:35,085 --> 00:57:35,415
Yeah.

1370
00:57:35,415 --> 00:57:37,875
I mean, none of the
play in teams survived.

1371
00:57:37,875 --> 00:57:40,694
I. They, they both went
oh and two after that.

1372
00:57:40,875 --> 00:57:40,965
Yeah.

1373
00:57:40,995 --> 00:57:43,365
Uh, the teams that played in
the championship were both the

1374
00:57:43,365 --> 00:57:46,035
teams from the winner's bracket
with coastal and southern Mist.

1375
00:57:46,755 --> 00:57:47,234
Yeah, they had that one.

1376
00:57:47,450 --> 00:57:48,675
It, it really went chalk.

1377
00:57:48,675 --> 00:57:48,975
Really did.

1378
00:57:48,975 --> 00:57:51,555
I mean, it came down to like,
was it 1, 2, 3, and four were

1379
00:57:51,555 --> 00:57:53,595
the top, uh, final ones, right?

1380
00:57:53,715 --> 00:57:54,075
Yeah.

1381
00:57:54,104 --> 00:57:54,285
Yeah.

1382
00:57:54,285 --> 00:57:57,705
We were one of the few upsets,
like to go six feet and three.

1383
00:57:58,080 --> 00:58:00,210
And, and you know, that was
really behind a lot of good

1384
00:58:00,210 --> 00:58:01,319
pitching and some timely hitting.

1385
00:58:01,319 --> 00:58:06,000
Like Luke getting that bases loaded, two
out single and the left was, was huge.

1386
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:09,685
I somehow got the best video of that,
even though it was being broadcast.

1387
00:58:10,045 --> 00:58:10,845
I don't know how that worked.

1388
00:58:10,845 --> 00:58:11,085
Yeah,

1389
00:58:11,085 --> 00:58:12,300
the broadcast missed a few.

1390
00:58:12,300 --> 00:58:13,109
There were, there were a couple.

1391
00:58:13,470 --> 00:58:16,859
I mean, I always say I, I don't expect
to see it situation like this, but

1392
00:58:17,069 --> 00:58:20,310
during the year I always say like, look,
they just got some student intern that

1393
00:58:20,340 --> 00:58:21,870
has never seen a baseball game before.

1394
00:58:21,870 --> 00:58:23,670
It's like, that's why
they're missing plays.

1395
00:58:23,670 --> 00:58:25,740
But I didn't expect a few of those.

1396
00:58:25,740 --> 00:58:28,020
There were, there were a couple plays,
there was like a play at the plate,

1397
00:58:28,020 --> 00:58:31,170
I think where, um, where Evan got
the guy at the plate against Troy.

1398
00:58:31,380 --> 00:58:31,500
Yeah.

1399
00:58:31,500 --> 00:58:33,359
And like they had no good angle on it.

1400
00:58:33,390 --> 00:58:34,980
Like they didn't even have
it on the screen at all.

1401
00:58:34,980 --> 00:58:37,800
It was just like, come on guys,
this is your conference tournament.

1402
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:38,939
Like, get somebody out there.

1403
00:58:39,420 --> 00:58:39,750
Yeah.

1404
00:58:39,870 --> 00:58:41,790
I mean, I'm sure there was some
fatigue building in there too

1405
00:58:41,790 --> 00:58:42,779
and it wasn't exactly cool.

1406
00:58:42,870 --> 00:58:44,010
Yeah, but it was not as hard.

1407
00:58:44,010 --> 00:58:44,430
Well shout out

1408
00:58:44,430 --> 00:58:45,810
to their announcers too, man.

1409
00:58:45,810 --> 00:58:47,640
Those guys did every single game.

1410
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:50,550
Like, I love baseball, but like, I
was like, I was counting, I'm like,

1411
00:58:50,550 --> 00:58:53,189
by a certain day I'm like, they've
done like 15 baseball games and like.

1412
00:58:53,215 --> 00:58:53,965
Five days.

1413
00:58:53,965 --> 00:58:55,915
Like this is a crazy amount.

1414
00:58:55,915 --> 00:58:56,845
And they were right on.

1415
00:58:56,845 --> 00:58:58,885
I mean, they, yeah, you have the
occasional kind of announcer,

1416
00:58:58,885 --> 00:59:01,375
like baseball, like, ah, we're
talking about wacky stuff.

1417
00:59:01,375 --> 00:59:02,125
It's not baseball.

1418
00:59:02,125 --> 00:59:04,944
But for the most part,
they were pretty locked in.

1419
00:59:04,944 --> 00:59:05,934
It was, it was impressive.

1420
00:59:06,325 --> 00:59:06,595
Yeah.

1421
00:59:06,595 --> 00:59:09,175
I mean, uh, if I could have found
them there, I would've given

1422
00:59:09,175 --> 00:59:11,215
them a nice handshake, but I'm
pretty sure they weren't in my

1423
00:59:11,215 --> 00:59:11,725
You couldn't, but they were in

1424
00:59:11,725 --> 00:59:12,055
the booth.

1425
00:59:12,055 --> 00:59:12,774
You couldn't find them.

1426
00:59:13,135 --> 00:59:16,015
Uh, they probably slept
in the booth overnight.

1427
00:59:16,255 --> 00:59:16,795
Well, booth.

1428
00:59:16,795 --> 00:59:19,104
But I don't think they were
geo-located with the tournament.

1429
00:59:19,885 --> 00:59:20,965
So there's Oh, really?

1430
00:59:20,965 --> 00:59:21,715
Is that what it was?

1431
00:59:21,835 --> 00:59:22,495
It, that's what it

1432
00:59:22,495 --> 00:59:23,154
appeared to be.

1433
00:59:23,455 --> 00:59:25,225
Um, that's weird.

1434
00:59:25,229 --> 00:59:25,410
Okay.

1435
00:59:25,675 --> 00:59:26,814
I don't think they were there.

1436
00:59:27,625 --> 00:59:29,064
Uh, that's fairly common.

1437
00:59:29,064 --> 00:59:30,144
That's fairly common these days.

1438
00:59:30,144 --> 00:59:30,835
They don't travel.

1439
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:31,652
Play by play, guys.

1440
00:59:31,657 --> 00:59:31,705
Why?

1441
00:59:32,875 --> 00:59:36,385
I don't know why, why a lot of
the teams brought their own radio.

1442
00:59:36,505 --> 00:59:38,394
Um, I know Ted had a good location.

1443
00:59:38,394 --> 00:59:40,555
He called all of our
games on the radio side.

1444
00:59:40,555 --> 00:59:41,904
It was good to see Ted out there.

1445
00:59:42,225 --> 00:59:43,515
Really pumped to have him back.

1446
00:59:43,815 --> 00:59:46,725
Um, but like Southern miss,
literally there's a media

1447
00:59:46,725 --> 00:59:48,075
perch down the left field line.

1448
00:59:48,075 --> 00:59:50,775
It's up on a second level, which is
a pretty cool part of the ballpark.

1449
00:59:50,985 --> 00:59:52,545
Good views, good picnic spot.

1450
00:59:52,904 --> 00:59:55,245
I, the radio guy for Southern Miss
for the first game, literally just

1451
00:59:55,245 --> 00:59:57,105
sat in the first booth up there.

1452
00:59:57,105 --> 00:59:59,654
I was just watching it calling
the game and I'm sitting right

1453
00:59:59,654 --> 01:00:00,435
behind him the whole time.

1454
01:00:00,435 --> 01:00:03,585
So it was curious because there's
not that many spots actually

1455
01:00:03,585 --> 01:00:05,205
in the press box there, right?

1456
01:00:05,205 --> 01:00:05,265
Yeah.

1457
01:00:05,444 --> 01:00:08,625
When they taking the scoreboard
operator, official score home

1458
01:00:08,625 --> 01:00:13,125
visiting sids, all that, like all
the media was down on that perch.

1459
01:00:13,125 --> 01:00:15,555
And then we had two suites where
we could kind of do post game.

1460
01:00:15,885 --> 01:00:18,045
Um, so it was, it was
an interesting setup.

1461
01:00:18,045 --> 01:00:20,444
But the ballpark itself
is actually pretty cool.

1462
01:00:20,475 --> 01:00:23,925
Like if you saw any shots of it,
they incorporated a lot of the old

1463
01:00:23,925 --> 01:00:28,005
warehouses in receiving houses to make
it look like those were the suites and

1464
01:00:28,005 --> 01:00:31,365
the upper levels, which I thought was
pretty cool and kind of fit in with.

1465
01:00:31,620 --> 01:00:33,450
Kinda right there in Montgomery
where the stadium is.

1466
01:00:33,450 --> 01:00:37,380
But um, yeah, it was,
it was an experience.

1467
01:00:37,470 --> 01:00:40,229
I will say it was sad when
we lost second time to Troy.

1468
01:00:40,590 --> 01:00:40,680
Yeah.

1469
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:43,319
And not, I think I, I think I
told someone from Troy this, it

1470
01:00:43,319 --> 01:00:44,970
was like, it's not, I'm not sad.

1471
01:00:44,970 --> 01:00:47,010
'cause they lost like
you lose in baseball.

1472
01:00:47,069 --> 01:00:47,189
Yeah.

1473
01:00:47,189 --> 01:00:47,700
It happens.

1474
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,340
But it's like, I'm going back and
thinking I've just watched a lot

1475
01:00:50,340 --> 01:00:52,920
of these really awesome dudes put
on the uniform for the last time.

1476
01:00:53,279 --> 01:00:56,580
And that's, that's what gets you,
that's what gets you in the fields, man.

1477
01:00:56,580 --> 01:00:58,680
Like, going back to like,
oh, was that Luke's last bat?

1478
01:00:58,680 --> 01:00:59,609
Was that Kyle's last bat?

1479
01:00:59,609 --> 01:00:59,910
Yeah.

1480
01:01:00,149 --> 01:01:03,059
When Ben gets pulled outta the game
there at the end, it's like right.

1481
01:01:03,090 --> 01:01:06,059
The last time you see Ben, it's
just when, and like for Blake,

1482
01:01:06,059 --> 01:01:10,649
you know, having probably one of the worst
games of his career in his last game.

1483
01:01:10,649 --> 01:01:13,080
It's like, and it is such, and I,
and I had shared, you know, that

1484
01:01:13,080 --> 01:01:16,229
that graphic about his, um, breaking
the, breaking the record that day.

1485
01:01:16,229 --> 01:01:18,029
And he sent me a message, like
he was like, Hey, thanks cb.

1486
01:01:18,029 --> 01:01:19,109
And I told him, I like, I'm proud of you.

1487
01:01:19,510 --> 01:01:20,745
I was like, I'm just proud of the guy.

1488
01:01:20,865 --> 01:01:21,345
Like yeah.

1489
01:01:21,350 --> 01:01:21,825
And so you're right.

1490
01:01:21,825 --> 01:01:25,305
It's, it's, uh, it is tough when
you just know that's the last time.

1491
01:01:25,305 --> 01:01:27,465
And, and, and some of the guys, you don't
know, some of the guys, you know, that

1492
01:01:27,465 --> 01:01:29,895
you, you liked and you enjoyed and you
just, you don't know that it was the

1493
01:01:29,895 --> 01:01:33,585
last time you'll see 'em, but yeah, so
that's, college sports are like that, man.

1494
01:01:33,585 --> 01:01:34,245
It's, it's crazy.

1495
01:01:34,245 --> 01:01:37,215
It's, you, you know, it's the one thing,
you know, we professional sports, you

1496
01:01:37,215 --> 01:01:39,885
know, you'd never really know a guy
could play for 20 years for his team,

1497
01:01:39,885 --> 01:01:42,765
but you, with, with the college sports,
you, you have an idea, you know, like

1498
01:01:42,765 --> 01:01:44,115
this guy only has this much time.

1499
01:01:44,115 --> 01:01:44,535
He can play.

1500
01:01:44,535 --> 01:01:47,115
And even though they do all these
weird things where suddenly they have

1501
01:01:47,115 --> 01:01:50,415
more time, some of 'em, but, you know,
for the most part you have an idea.

1502
01:01:50,415 --> 01:01:51,135
Like, this is it.

1503
01:01:51,135 --> 01:01:53,115
So even with that, it's
still like, it's a bummer.

1504
01:01:53,385 --> 01:01:55,665
Like, it's like, like he was
saying, like I've, I've known

1505
01:01:55,665 --> 01:01:57,015
kinda Edward since he was like 14.

1506
01:01:57,015 --> 01:01:57,615
Like it is, yeah.

1507
01:01:57,615 --> 01:02:01,275
It's wild to think like this, you
know, I mean, hope, I really hope he

1508
01:02:01,275 --> 01:02:02,265
is gonna get a chance to play pro.

1509
01:02:02,265 --> 01:02:04,875
He, he's earned it, uh, whether
it's, you know, getting affiliated

1510
01:02:04,875 --> 01:02:08,655
ball, indie ball if he wants to,
but he, he's definitely good enough.

1511
01:02:08,655 --> 01:02:11,535
But you know, if it is the last time we
gotta see him play a ball game and that's,

1512
01:02:11,535 --> 01:02:12,945
you know, that's, that's crazy, man.

1513
01:02:12,945 --> 01:02:14,685
That's, that's, that's, that's a bummer.

1514
01:02:14,685 --> 01:02:15,375
That's kind of sad.

1515
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:16,170
Yeah.

1516
01:02:16,260 --> 01:02:16,559
Yeah.

1517
01:02:16,559 --> 01:02:19,200
And it's, I know it's, it is a little
bit different now 'cause the age of

1518
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:22,710
the transfer portal, you don't have as
many guys that stay for that full four

1519
01:02:22,710 --> 01:02:24,300
years or five years as you used to.

1520
01:02:24,305 --> 01:02:24,365
Yeah.

1521
01:02:24,630 --> 01:02:26,939
But it almost makes you treasure
the guys that have stayed here

1522
01:02:26,939 --> 01:02:29,639
for three plus years, even more,
you get more attached to 'em.

1523
01:02:29,970 --> 01:02:33,059
So definitely think about that with
Kyle and obviously Luke, Blake,

1524
01:02:33,599 --> 01:02:36,000
Dylan, really a lot of those guys.

1525
01:02:36,059 --> 01:02:39,420
Um, kind of, kind of the dying
breed in, in college these days.

1526
01:02:39,420 --> 01:02:42,599
But, uh, sad but excited for the future.

1527
01:02:42,599 --> 01:02:44,220
I mean, we're going into an off season.

1528
01:02:44,220 --> 01:02:45,269
We're gonna have a new ballpark.

1529
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:48,990
Uh, sounds like from Coach Finwood
said we got a good core guys

1530
01:02:48,990 --> 01:02:51,779
that are gonna be returning, uh,
at least on the office of side.

1531
01:02:52,050 --> 01:02:54,720
Some guys come back from injury that
I think we could have desperately

1532
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:56,069
used in the bullpen this year.

1533
01:02:56,069 --> 01:02:56,160
Yes.

1534
01:02:56,474 --> 01:02:56,764
Yeah.

1535
01:02:56,904 --> 01:02:57,125
Um,

1536
01:02:57,345 --> 01:02:59,250
so a lot, lot to look forward to.

1537
01:02:59,519 --> 01:03:02,580
But one way fans can help with
that is dollars for dingers.

1538
01:03:02,700 --> 01:03:05,639
I can't remember if this is, this
has gotta be the fourth year.

1539
01:03:05,670 --> 01:03:08,939
'cause the first year we did it
was after the 21 regional that we

1540
01:03:08,939 --> 01:03:12,840
hosted in Columbia, south Carolina's,
where that, that came from, I think.

1541
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:13,170
Right.

1542
01:03:13,170 --> 01:03:14,779
I think it's 4, 2

1543
01:03:14,779 --> 01:03:15,774
3 each or four, five.

1544
01:03:15,774 --> 01:03:16,014
Yeah,

1545
01:03:16,045 --> 01:03:16,455
it's four.

1546
01:03:16,500 --> 01:03:16,769
Yeah.

1547
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:19,694
So know we've, we've done anywhere
from like five to 10,000 was dollars

1548
01:03:19,889 --> 01:03:20,639
was, that wasn't me judging you.

1549
01:03:20,639 --> 01:03:22,979
That was me showing
everyone how I can't count.

1550
01:03:22,979 --> 01:03:23,880
I you'd use my fingers,

1551
01:03:24,420 --> 01:03:25,229
I just guessed.

1552
01:03:25,229 --> 01:03:27,899
'cause I just 25 minus 21 Hope.

1553
01:03:27,899 --> 01:03:28,500
That's right.

1554
01:03:28,889 --> 01:03:29,401
Um, see, that's,

1555
01:03:29,460 --> 01:03:30,720
that's way, I don't have that many toes.

1556
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:32,040
I can't do that much math.

1557
01:03:32,399 --> 01:03:33,990
Those too many high numbers for me.

1558
01:03:34,229 --> 01:03:34,889
Yes.

1559
01:03:35,309 --> 01:03:37,590
Well we, we ended up with
46 dingers on the year.

1560
01:03:37,769 --> 01:03:42,330
So if you wanna stick to the true
dollars for dingers 46 bucks, uh, we're

1561
01:03:42,330 --> 01:03:44,189
gonna get that all set up with OD DAFs.

1562
01:03:44,370 --> 01:03:45,630
If you wanna be a cheap

1563
01:03:45,630 --> 01:03:47,460
coward, you could do it that way.

1564
01:03:47,609 --> 01:03:48,090
Yes.

1565
01:03:48,090 --> 01:03:49,229
But there are plenty of other stats.

1566
01:03:49,229 --> 01:03:51,990
Even if you're maybe a more
negative fan, maybe you donate a

1567
01:03:51,990 --> 01:03:54,779
dollar for every person that we
walked or hit by a pitch this year.

1568
01:03:55,170 --> 01:03:55,470
Yes.

1569
01:03:55,470 --> 01:03:58,470
Uh, if you really wanna see some
improvement, uh, but there'll be a

1570
01:03:58,470 --> 01:03:59,490
couple different options on there.

1571
01:03:59,490 --> 01:04:00,779
Obviously you can donate
whatever you want.

1572
01:04:00,779 --> 01:04:00,840
Yeah.

1573
01:04:00,870 --> 01:04:03,269
But we're gonna do it through
OD DAP at Finney's request, I

1574
01:04:03,269 --> 01:04:06,930
think donate for, uh, strikeouts
for how many guys we struck out this

1575
01:04:06,930 --> 01:04:09,240
year, which I don't know why my,
my stats aren't even showing it.

1576
01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:10,319
Uh,

1577
01:04:10,380 --> 01:04:12,599
you can make it easy with
Dylan Brown's numbers alone.

1578
01:04:13,055 --> 01:04:14,915
Yeah, I mean, you could, you could
just do, Dylan, you'll strike

1579
01:04:14,915 --> 01:04:16,565
102 strikeouts for Dylan Brown.

1580
01:04:16,565 --> 01:04:17,285
That's a great one.

1581
01:04:17,615 --> 01:04:20,075
Yeah, we, there's all, there are kinds
of numbers, so, we'll, we'll get you

1582
01:04:20,075 --> 01:04:23,015
some options, but I mean, at the end
of the day, it's going to the team,

1583
01:04:23,015 --> 01:04:26,255
it's going to help the program, it's
going to help these guys and, and, and

1584
01:04:26,255 --> 01:04:29,345
make it a place where, again, we want
those, those guys that want to be here.

1585
01:04:29,345 --> 01:04:32,165
You know, I I, I love hearing
that from Finn that like, look,

1586
01:04:32,165 --> 01:04:33,335
we don't have any for you man.

1587
01:04:33,365 --> 01:04:35,285
We don't have, this is
not the football team.

1588
01:04:35,285 --> 01:04:36,515
It's not the basketball team.

1589
01:04:37,055 --> 01:04:40,655
You come here right now 'cause you wanna
be here and you want a chance to play

1590
01:04:40,655 --> 01:04:44,825
ball and be in a, be in a great place with
some great people and do some good stuff.

1591
01:04:44,855 --> 01:04:46,715
And if that's not what
you're into, cool man.

1592
01:04:46,745 --> 01:04:48,275
Plenty of spots for
you, go somewhere else.

1593
01:04:48,305 --> 01:04:48,785
No problem.

1594
01:04:48,785 --> 01:04:49,865
No, no hard feelings.

1595
01:04:50,165 --> 01:04:52,865
That's where you wanna be, you know,
again, you're not really like that.

1596
01:04:52,865 --> 01:04:54,095
I mean, that was the thing
we, we talked about there.

1597
01:04:54,155 --> 01:04:55,265
There's a guy, um.

1598
01:04:56,055 --> 01:04:57,165
I'll say that was Canon Peoples.

1599
01:04:57,165 --> 01:04:57,524
He's a guy.

1600
01:04:57,524 --> 01:04:59,984
He, you know, a few years ago,
he, he's with Tennessee now.

1601
01:04:59,984 --> 01:05:02,894
He went to, he, he flipped on us
without really telling anybody

1602
01:05:02,894 --> 01:05:04,184
and decided to go to NC State.

1603
01:05:04,184 --> 01:05:06,255
And, you know, I love
Finney's opinion about that.

1604
01:05:06,255 --> 01:05:08,295
It was just like, Hey, I always
want guys who wanna be here.

1605
01:05:08,295 --> 01:05:10,335
It's like, I wish you made nothing,
nothing bad against, he is a good kid.

1606
01:05:10,425 --> 01:05:13,365
I, I know the guy, he, I was still root
for him, but it's one of those like,

1607
01:05:13,365 --> 01:05:16,814
you know, he wanted to go places for
money and hey, he was on a national

1608
01:05:16,814 --> 01:05:19,005
championship team last year, so,
you know, things worked out for him.

1609
01:05:19,484 --> 01:05:22,755
Um, but at the end of the day, it's
like, we want guys who wanna be here,

1610
01:05:22,995 --> 01:05:24,854
you know, so I'm all for it, you know?

1611
01:05:24,854 --> 01:05:28,545
So now, now people might, you know,
complain or whatever, but I, I think

1612
01:05:28,545 --> 01:05:30,555
at the end of the day, I think if
you build with a bunch of guys who

1613
01:05:30,555 --> 01:05:31,575
wanna be here, it's gonna be better.

1614
01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:34,229
The team definitely comes together more.

1615
01:05:34,290 --> 01:05:38,130
You feel it more like I, baseball guys
just spend way too much time together.

1616
01:05:38,309 --> 01:05:41,399
For someone to be that like outlier,
that's only there for money.

1617
01:05:41,399 --> 01:05:41,460
Yeah.

1618
01:05:41,670 --> 01:05:44,010
Like, you're gonna get out so fast.

1619
01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:45,750
It's to be the guy where you

1620
01:05:45,750 --> 01:05:48,359
like, Hey man, you know,
we need to work harder.

1621
01:05:48,359 --> 01:05:48,899
It's like, what?

1622
01:05:49,019 --> 01:05:51,059
You must like what I do, you
gave me X amount of money.

1623
01:05:51,064 --> 01:05:52,170
And it's like, bro, shut up.

1624
01:05:52,439 --> 01:05:52,979
Like nobody, you're,

1625
01:05:53,670 --> 01:05:54,750
you're hitting a buck 10.

1626
01:05:54,750 --> 01:05:55,470
Go have a seat.

1627
01:05:55,590 --> 01:05:55,740
Yeah.

1628
01:05:56,279 --> 01:05:57,059
Like, exactly.

1629
01:05:57,059 --> 01:05:59,550
Like, and that, and that's the other
part too is then you end up, you know,

1630
01:05:59,850 --> 01:06:02,939
if you're a team who doesn't spend all
that money, you know, if you're, if

1631
01:06:02,939 --> 01:06:05,550
you're LSU, you can bench some guy,
you're paying a bunch of money too.

1632
01:06:05,555 --> 01:06:07,050
'cause you're paying, the guy
you're bringing up is paying,

1633
01:06:07,050 --> 01:06:08,069
you're paying a bunch of money too.

1634
01:06:08,609 --> 01:06:11,760
And you know, if, if DU baseball
was paying some guy, he might

1635
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:12,630
be the only guy ever paying.

1636
01:06:13,109 --> 01:06:13,559
Um, yeah.

1637
01:06:13,559 --> 01:06:14,550
So you're not mentioning that guy.

1638
01:06:14,700 --> 01:06:16,170
So you don't want that.

1639
01:06:16,170 --> 01:06:18,240
You want the meritocracy,
you want the guys to earn it

1640
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:19,470
and fight for it and have it.

1641
01:06:19,529 --> 01:06:24,150
So I, again, I. I'm all for, I've
always said, I'm all for the NIL in

1642
01:06:24,150 --> 01:06:25,950
the sense of guys getting their money.

1643
01:06:26,310 --> 01:06:27,990
I'm not really for like
the paying for play.

1644
01:06:27,990 --> 01:06:29,340
That's not what NL was supposed to be.

1645
01:06:29,340 --> 01:06:30,930
I, I think the transfer portal's great.

1646
01:06:30,930 --> 01:06:32,640
You should be able to move wherever
you want, whenever you want.

1647
01:06:32,940 --> 01:06:36,750
I think you should be able to go and
like, do commercials and do, do uh,

1648
01:06:37,230 --> 01:06:41,340
you know, do camps and things and
get paid off your name and likeness.

1649
01:06:41,340 --> 01:06:45,300
But then when it became like paying
players to pay, paying players to play,

1650
01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:48,690
uh, that was, that was a bad thing.

1651
01:06:48,690 --> 01:06:51,240
And, and you can see with all
the mess that goes on every year.

1652
01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:53,460
So, but we are there,
we're not going back.

1653
01:06:53,460 --> 01:06:55,860
It's not, it's not, you know,
genie's not going back in the bottle.

1654
01:06:55,890 --> 01:06:59,610
So we're gonna enjoy a few more years
before we, as we can avoid that in

1655
01:06:59,610 --> 01:07:01,440
our, in our nice smaller school here.

1656
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:02,280
Yeah.

1657
01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:02,670
'cause it's what I

1658
01:07:02,670 --> 01:07:02,910
like.

1659
01:07:02,910 --> 01:07:04,170
It's more like real sports.

1660
01:07:04,545 --> 01:07:07,035
It is, and I think the majority
of our league is in the same

1661
01:07:07,035 --> 01:07:08,445
boat as us when it comes to NL.

1662
01:07:08,445 --> 01:07:08,595
Yeah.

1663
01:07:08,595 --> 01:07:12,675
Like there's a huge gap in NIL between
like the power four in the group of

1664
01:07:12,675 --> 01:07:15,645
five in football and, and basketball.

1665
01:07:15,645 --> 01:07:15,915
Right.

1666
01:07:15,915 --> 01:07:16,665
We know that's big.

1667
01:07:16,755 --> 01:07:16,904
Yeah.

1668
01:07:16,935 --> 01:07:22,425
It's an incalculable gap between the
power conferences in baseball and

1669
01:07:22,425 --> 01:07:24,045
like the group of five in baseball.

1670
01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:24,470
Crazy.

1671
01:07:24,470 --> 01:07:27,315
Like it is, it's a difference
between, yeah, here's a bag

1672
01:07:27,315 --> 01:07:30,285
of peanuts and a Coke and like
here's a hundred thousand dollars.

1673
01:07:30,285 --> 01:07:31,455
Like the, there's, yeah, I think we were

1674
01:07:31,455 --> 01:07:35,085
down in Auburn, I think we were here
and it was like 2 million for their NIL.

1675
01:07:35,085 --> 01:07:35,145
Yeah.

1676
01:07:35,595 --> 01:07:38,325
And then we were at, um, Southern
Miss, I think it was like

1677
01:07:38,325 --> 01:07:40,710
250,000, which, you know, again.

1678
01:07:42,165 --> 01:07:43,875
Peanuts compared to to diamonds.

1679
01:07:43,875 --> 01:07:47,475
But then 250,000 compared
to our zero is is a lot.

1680
01:07:47,835 --> 01:07:48,345
Yeah.

1681
01:07:48,345 --> 01:07:50,355
And you know, that's, that's
likely gonna change for us.

1682
01:07:50,355 --> 01:07:51,795
We're not gonna be at that zero marker.

1683
01:07:51,795 --> 01:07:54,975
I don't, I don't actually, we may not
even be at that zero marker right now.

1684
01:07:55,275 --> 01:07:58,035
Uh, but no, it's not gonna be a,
we're never gonna have a $2 million

1685
01:07:58,035 --> 01:08:00,165
in IL budget, like hyperinflation.

1686
01:08:00,270 --> 01:08:00,560
Sure.

1687
01:08:00,950 --> 01:08:02,265
I'll bring in a wagon

1688
01:08:02,265 --> 01:08:02,355
to

1689
01:08:02,355 --> 01:08:02,955
go buy milk.

1690
01:08:02,955 --> 01:08:03,194
Right.

1691
01:08:03,555 --> 01:08:04,005
Um,

1692
01:08:04,005 --> 01:08:07,665
and again, I, and I think, you
know, I think that paying guys.

1693
01:08:08,355 --> 01:08:10,575
Paying tuitions and things is
different than paying players.

1694
01:08:10,575 --> 01:08:12,315
And just again, let's get
some guys who wanna be here.

1695
01:08:12,315 --> 01:08:13,725
So I, I like hearing that affinity.

1696
01:08:13,725 --> 01:08:15,885
I like the idea that if that's
the first thing a guy says,

1697
01:08:15,885 --> 01:08:16,934
like, all right, we're done.

1698
01:08:17,325 --> 01:08:18,285
Have fun, good luck.

1699
01:08:18,495 --> 01:08:21,104
You know, again, no hard feelings that
what you're draft or drafter, that's fine.

1700
01:08:21,104 --> 01:08:23,325
It's just not, we wanna find
guys who are right for us.

1701
01:08:23,325 --> 01:08:24,944
And, and that's one of the
things I think we've done a lot.

1702
01:08:25,095 --> 01:08:28,095
I think, you know, we, that was a joke
a lot in the fall about like, well, we

1703
01:08:28,095 --> 01:08:30,554
just have a lot of nice guys who happy
to be happy to be good at baseball.

1704
01:08:30,705 --> 01:08:33,854
And I think a few times with the joke I'm
like, maybe we're too, too nice of guys.

1705
01:08:33,854 --> 01:08:35,024
We're not as good enough at baseball.

1706
01:08:35,024 --> 01:08:37,575
But, you know, I think it's,
that's not true, obviously.

1707
01:08:37,575 --> 01:08:41,505
But, um, you know, it's, that's,
that's a good place to start from,

1708
01:08:41,505 --> 01:08:44,595
to me is let's get some good folks
and we're gonna play some baseball.

1709
01:08:44,595 --> 01:08:45,795
That's the part's gonna work itself out.

1710
01:08:46,650 --> 01:08:49,770
We have some good kids in our
program, really great people.

1711
01:08:49,770 --> 01:08:53,700
You hang out with them for four
or five days In Montgomery, I, I

1712
01:08:53,700 --> 01:08:58,050
didn't even realize this, like my
hotel room was in the middle of Odus

1713
01:08:58,050 --> 01:09:01,830
Block, and if you would've told me
that beforehand, I'd be like, oh,

1714
01:09:01,830 --> 01:09:03,660
well, shit, I'm not gonna sleep ever.

1715
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:07,529
But instead, like just everyone
was saying hi, it was quiet.

1716
01:09:07,529 --> 01:09:08,790
I was right next to Dylan Brown.

1717
01:09:08,790 --> 01:09:12,300
So I'm glad that the first night I was
there when the AC went out in the hotel.

1718
01:09:12,830 --> 01:09:15,319
Uh, I wasn't too loud 'cause
I would've, you know, probably

1719
01:09:15,319 --> 01:09:17,630
ruined his night's sleep and his
day was more important than mine.

1720
01:09:18,139 --> 01:09:21,290
Uh, but no, just good kids, good parents,
a lot of good people in the program.

1721
01:09:21,290 --> 01:09:24,349
So when the dollars for Dingers comes
out here towards the end of the week,

1722
01:09:24,439 --> 01:09:28,639
uh, od DAF will promote it, put it out,
pick a stat that meets your budget.

1723
01:09:28,639 --> 01:09:29,210
How about that?

1724
01:09:29,389 --> 01:09:31,370
There's plenty of 'em
out there in baseball.

1725
01:09:31,460 --> 01:09:35,540
Pick one that your budget, show your
support and just start getting ramped up.

1726
01:09:35,569 --> 01:09:35,899
'cause

1727
01:09:36,229 --> 01:09:39,439
Yeah, and share, share it when you,
when you do it, you know, share.

1728
01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:41,960
Like, Hey, here's what
I donated, here's why.

1729
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:42,710
Here's the stat.

1730
01:09:42,710 --> 01:09:44,450
It was, you know, it was
Dylan Brown strikeouts.

1731
01:09:44,450 --> 01:09:47,569
It was team home runs, it was
home runs plus stolen bases.

1732
01:09:47,569 --> 01:09:49,069
It was, uh, team Strikeouts.

1733
01:09:49,069 --> 01:09:51,710
That'd be, I mean, that'd be
up over 400 and some dollars.

1734
01:09:51,710 --> 01:09:53,540
I mean, go, you know,
whatever it is, let us know.

1735
01:09:54,149 --> 01:09:54,690
'cause that's cool.

1736
01:09:54,690 --> 01:09:55,050
That's fine.

1737
01:09:55,050 --> 01:09:56,370
We wanna see like why you chose that.

1738
01:09:56,430 --> 01:09:57,900
Um, but yeah, like I
think it's a great one.

1739
01:09:57,900 --> 01:09:58,740
Pick, pick your budget.

1740
01:09:59,160 --> 01:09:59,370
Yep.

1741
01:09:59,370 --> 01:09:59,940
Make hundred

1742
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:02,790
And, and even if you're,
you're not a spot to donate.

1743
01:10:03,269 --> 01:10:04,740
Retweet it Like it.

1744
01:10:04,740 --> 01:10:05,309
Share it.

1745
01:10:05,315 --> 01:10:05,365
Yeah.

1746
01:10:05,370 --> 01:10:05,670
Share it.

1747
01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:07,110
Get, get more eyeballs on it.

1748
01:10:07,290 --> 01:10:07,680
That helps.

1749
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:09,510
Same thing with this, with this podcast.

1750
01:10:09,510 --> 01:10:11,370
The more people that know about
it, the easier it's for us.

1751
01:10:11,370 --> 01:10:14,460
But we have some, some
fun things to wrap up.

1752
01:10:14,460 --> 01:10:17,250
And I think we gotta start with
our usual players of the week.

1753
01:10:17,250 --> 01:10:17,640
Yes.

1754
01:10:17,670 --> 01:10:18,450
From the Sun Dollar

1755
01:10:18,450 --> 01:10:19,710
Players of the week.

1756
01:10:19,769 --> 01:10:20,880
Look at those studs.

1757
01:10:20,970 --> 01:10:23,519
Uh, so Dylan Brown, I mean, come on.

1758
01:10:23,580 --> 01:10:24,510
I mean, we know.

1759
01:10:24,810 --> 01:10:27,780
He was the dude, uh, six and
two thirds innings, two earn

1760
01:10:27,780 --> 01:10:30,030
runs on a really weak blue pit.

1761
01:10:30,360 --> 01:10:34,230
Uh, only gave up four hits, walked
one and struck out nine to give

1762
01:10:34,230 --> 01:10:35,940
him 102 strikeouts for the season.

1763
01:10:35,940 --> 01:10:38,340
I mean, what a, what a
year for Dylan Brown.

1764
01:10:38,370 --> 01:10:41,670
Uh, and what a way to finish it off
with a huge win over a top 25 team.

1765
01:10:42,210 --> 01:10:44,580
Um, some other pitchers who
did really well this week.

1766
01:10:44,610 --> 01:10:48,595
I mean, uh, Ben Moore came in in
relief and that actually, I, I

1767
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:49,890
didn't account for Ben's other games.

1768
01:10:49,890 --> 01:10:50,790
I'm not gonna read his stats.

1769
01:10:50,790 --> 01:10:51,750
His other game wasn't as good.

1770
01:10:51,810 --> 01:10:52,440
That was my bad.

1771
01:10:52,740 --> 01:10:53,820
I got oversell.

1772
01:10:53,880 --> 01:10:54,990
But how about Kellen Davis?

1773
01:10:54,990 --> 01:10:56,760
Kellen Davis had three scoreless innings.

1774
01:10:56,760 --> 01:10:58,740
They probably, I think it was first
three inning appearance of his, of

1775
01:10:58,740 --> 01:11:00,450
his, uh, ODU career, I was saying.

1776
01:11:00,450 --> 01:11:02,940
I don't think he think he threw
more pitches than he has, and he

1777
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:04,260
gained price since high school.

1778
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:08,640
Uh, so three innings, no runs, one
hit, three walks, four strikeouts.

1779
01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:12,270
So great appearance for, for, uh, Kellen
who had kind of an up and down year.

1780
01:11:12,270 --> 01:11:14,370
I mean, so it was nice to see
him finish out really strong.

1781
01:11:14,850 --> 01:11:18,000
Uh, and then Hunter Baes, who, you know,
we all know his hamstring has kind of

1782
01:11:18,270 --> 01:11:19,980
had some issues all year, and he, he's.

1783
01:11:20,310 --> 01:11:24,120
Guy throws like 99, a hundred miles
an hour, but has, has had some issues.

1784
01:11:24,330 --> 01:11:25,620
But he looked nasty.

1785
01:11:25,620 --> 01:11:26,250
I mean, you were there.

1786
01:11:26,250 --> 01:11:28,170
I mean, he, to me, he looked about
as good as he looked all year.

1787
01:11:28,170 --> 01:11:29,640
He is had a couple of other
appearances where it's like,

1788
01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:30,870
man, this guy is something else.

1789
01:11:31,050 --> 01:11:32,070
Also, one of my favorite guy.

1790
01:11:32,070 --> 01:11:33,630
I love to, I you got a chance
to talk to Hunter at all.

1791
01:11:33,630 --> 01:11:35,610
One of my favorite human
beings on the team.

1792
01:11:36,120 --> 01:11:41,220
Um, anything in two thirds, uh, no runs,
uh, I think right having, I guess one

1793
01:11:41,220 --> 01:11:43,470
hit, uh, one walk and three strikeouts.

1794
01:11:43,470 --> 01:11:45,330
I mean, just, and looked filthy doing it.

1795
01:11:45,390 --> 01:11:47,100
So a lot of good stuff in the pitch.

1796
01:11:47,130 --> 01:11:49,530
I mean, again, you know, it's hard
when you, you get run rule into the

1797
01:11:49,530 --> 01:11:51,120
game and you lose the other game.

1798
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:53,880
But I mean, there were some still some
really good pitching outings in this week.

1799
01:11:54,570 --> 01:11:58,410
Our only hope to come back and beat
Troy in that elimination game was if

1800
01:11:58,410 --> 01:12:00,450
Kellen shut it down for those innings.

1801
01:12:00,540 --> 01:12:00,660
Yeah.

1802
01:12:00,660 --> 01:12:04,470
And that's a big load to put on the kid's
back when he hasn't thrown that much.

1803
01:12:04,890 --> 01:12:05,730
Uh, but he did it.

1804
01:12:05,730 --> 01:12:07,260
He, he did it really well.

1805
01:12:07,260 --> 01:12:08,190
His stuff was working.

1806
01:12:08,190 --> 01:12:10,020
Troy looked very confused at the plate.

1807
01:12:10,440 --> 01:12:12,090
Uh, yes, hunter.

1808
01:12:12,929 --> 01:12:15,509
It is hard not to be excited about
that kid coming back next year.

1809
01:12:15,540 --> 01:12:15,599
Yeah.

1810
01:12:15,599 --> 01:12:18,900
Because he was popping 98 on the
scoreboard, so I know the track band

1811
01:12:18,900 --> 01:12:20,940
was closer to 99, 9, 9 and a half.

1812
01:12:21,299 --> 01:12:24,299
Uh, and that's on not a
fully functional hamstring.

1813
01:12:24,299 --> 01:12:26,219
So yeah, pump for that.

1814
01:12:26,219 --> 01:12:29,009
And of course Dylan, uh, I will
go on record and say he was

1815
01:12:29,009 --> 01:12:30,509
snub from the tournament team.

1816
01:12:30,509 --> 01:12:31,469
Dylan Brown Absolutely.

1817
01:12:31,469 --> 01:12:32,820
Should have been on the Alterna team.

1818
01:12:32,969 --> 01:12:34,349
They just did that 'cause we were gone.

1819
01:12:34,349 --> 01:12:34,830
That's why.

1820
01:12:35,580 --> 01:12:35,910
Yeah.

1821
01:12:35,969 --> 01:12:40,469
We're, you know, ODU is, we, until we
start doing some big stuff in the Sunbelt,

1822
01:12:40,469 --> 01:12:41,519
we're not gonna get a lot of respect.

1823
01:12:41,519 --> 01:12:44,549
And even then we won't get a lot
of respect because they, they have

1824
01:12:44,549 --> 01:12:47,009
their three or four teams they
love and we're not one of 'em.

1825
01:12:47,460 --> 01:12:48,360
Um, so.

1826
01:12:49,245 --> 01:12:49,965
Hit of the week.

1827
01:12:50,055 --> 01:12:52,275
Uh, again, not much a surprise, right?

1828
01:12:52,335 --> 01:12:53,715
Really our best hitter all year.

1829
01:12:53,894 --> 01:12:57,644
Zach late, uh, he was five for
nine, had a double a triple.

1830
01:12:57,705 --> 01:12:58,515
Gotta love the big guy.

1831
01:12:58,515 --> 01:13:02,295
Triple, uh, had the triple, uh,
RBI and two walks on the week.

1832
01:13:02,295 --> 01:13:04,725
So another just solid all around week.

1833
01:13:04,725 --> 01:13:08,600
You know, again, he didn't necessarily
all year do anything like amazing flashy.

1834
01:13:08,605 --> 01:13:10,455
He just, he gets out
there, he gets on base.

1835
01:13:10,665 --> 01:13:13,125
Remember right there was
at seven out of 11 on base.

1836
01:13:13,184 --> 01:13:15,105
Uh, so man, that's pretty phenomenal.

1837
01:13:15,434 --> 01:13:17,985
Um, Maverick Stallings, another
great week for Maverick.

1838
01:13:17,985 --> 01:13:21,315
Four out 11, uh, had another
Homer and two rbis, so we ended

1839
01:13:21,315 --> 01:13:22,635
up leaving the team in home runs.

1840
01:13:22,934 --> 01:13:25,485
I, I, I forgot to get a chance to
look before we started this, but

1841
01:13:25,485 --> 01:13:28,605
I, it's the first time in, in a
few years since we haven't had a

1842
01:13:28,605 --> 01:13:29,985
guy with double digit home runs.

1843
01:13:29,985 --> 01:13:34,695
It's been, uh, might have been like, I
don't know, 13 or 14, something like that.

1844
01:13:34,695 --> 01:13:38,370
It's been, it's been a while, been
a. Been a minute because that was,

1845
01:13:38,370 --> 01:13:39,060
that was the thing for a while.

1846
01:13:39,060 --> 01:13:40,350
That was kind of happening all the time.

1847
01:13:40,470 --> 01:13:42,240
Uh, but then we kind of hit a new range.

1848
01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:45,330
So, and again, I think, I think we've
talked about, you know, the playing

1849
01:13:45,330 --> 01:13:46,740
the different parks factored into that.

1850
01:13:47,130 --> 01:13:50,100
Um, FRA Morales, uh, after coming
back, after missing a few weeks, he

1851
01:13:50,100 --> 01:13:51,210
finally got cleared to play again.

1852
01:13:51,210 --> 01:13:52,350
He was three for nine for the week.

1853
01:13:52,350 --> 01:13:54,330
So very nice, solid week for, for a guy.

1854
01:13:54,330 --> 01:13:55,200
Had a great year.

1855
01:13:55,470 --> 01:13:59,220
Uh, Scotty Young was three for 10 with
a double and RBI and two in a walk.

1856
01:13:59,580 --> 01:14:01,890
Um, so, and Scotty had a nice,
Scotty was getting better.

1857
01:14:01,890 --> 01:14:02,340
His ear went on.

1858
01:14:02,340 --> 01:14:05,610
As he played more, he got better
as I see that confidence come up.

1859
01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:09,540
And then, uh, Evan Holman was two for
seven with two rbis and three walks.

1860
01:14:09,870 --> 01:14:13,230
Uh, so he had that big two run double
there in the game, uh, against Troy.

1861
01:14:13,230 --> 01:14:13,290
I.

1862
01:14:14,520 --> 01:14:17,550
Zach late should have had an inside
the park home run on that triple,

1863
01:14:17,790 --> 01:14:19,140
just, just throwing it out there.

1864
01:14:19,140 --> 01:14:21,570
I think he could, I think he
could have had it, probably

1865
01:14:21,570 --> 01:14:22,950
the safe bet to stay a third.

1866
01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:23,970
Um, got,

1867
01:14:23,970 --> 01:14:25,410
gotta carry that piano on your back.

1868
01:14:25,410 --> 01:14:26,340
It makes it a little harder.

1869
01:14:26,550 --> 01:14:27,720
Yes, yes it is.

1870
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:29,580
But he, he put it in the gap.

1871
01:14:29,580 --> 01:14:31,350
He got the third, he did his job.

1872
01:14:31,350 --> 01:14:31,410
Yeah.

1873
01:14:31,770 --> 01:14:34,740
Uh, you know, he and and
Scotty are obviously close.

1874
01:14:34,830 --> 01:14:36,450
We know they live together.

1875
01:14:36,510 --> 01:14:38,850
Cali guys, all that, uh, they were.

1876
01:14:39,465 --> 01:14:43,035
Absolutely hilarious pre-game on
the field, especially Scotty, he

1877
01:14:43,035 --> 01:14:46,005
had to come find me with the camera
in my hand and make sure I get like

1878
01:14:46,005 --> 01:14:47,985
multiple fist bumps, all of that.

1879
01:14:47,985 --> 01:14:50,265
He was clowning me with my
phone, overheated on the field

1880
01:14:50,265 --> 01:14:51,405
and live stream, cut out.

1881
01:14:51,825 --> 01:14:52,665
Uh, that's crazy.

1882
01:14:52,905 --> 01:14:56,475
I I know he is, got a year of
eligibility left and I'm gonna be really

1883
01:14:56,475 --> 01:14:58,005
sad if he's not on this roster next

1884
01:14:58,005 --> 01:14:58,155
year.

1885
01:14:58,305 --> 01:14:58,545
Yeah.

1886
01:14:58,545 --> 01:14:59,325
I'm hoping he is back.

1887
01:14:59,325 --> 01:15:01,995
He like, like Finney just pointed out,
he's playing for the pilot, so I'm,

1888
01:15:02,295 --> 01:15:03,615
I'm hoping those are all indicators.

1889
01:15:03,615 --> 01:15:03,675
Yeah.

1890
01:15:03,675 --> 01:15:06,345
We, I, I mean, again, I obviously
Finney isn't gonna give us, he doesn't

1891
01:15:06,345 --> 01:15:10,095
know everything yet and, and guys make
their own decisions, but I, I really

1892
01:15:10,305 --> 01:15:13,755
Scotty's a no to you type of guy and
so I really, I hope and wanna believe

1893
01:15:13,755 --> 01:15:14,715
that he's gonna be back with us.

1894
01:15:15,585 --> 01:15:16,725
Yes, absolutely.

1895
01:15:17,085 --> 01:15:17,685
Awesome.

1896
01:15:17,685 --> 01:15:18,015
All right.

1897
01:15:18,015 --> 01:15:20,865
Which, uh, we got some, some of the year

1898
01:15:20,865 --> 01:15:22,245
awards to hand out.

1899
01:15:23,009 --> 01:15:23,610
I mean, whatever.

1900
01:15:23,610 --> 01:15:24,990
You can go, you know, whatever order, man.

1901
01:15:24,990 --> 01:15:26,309
They're, they're all, we
got about four of 'em.

1902
01:15:26,309 --> 01:15:27,059
All right, so here we go.

1903
01:15:27,330 --> 01:15:29,099
That guys, what a shocker.

1904
01:15:29,370 --> 01:15:30,120
What a shocker.

1905
01:15:30,120 --> 01:15:31,200
Dylan Brown, right?

1906
01:15:31,200 --> 01:15:34,620
I mean, this guy, uh, I wish, I wish
the lighting hadn't been so bad.

1907
01:15:34,620 --> 01:15:36,480
I had to do so much to make
that and still don't look great.

1908
01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:37,769
But that's, that's the picture thing.

1909
01:15:38,130 --> 01:15:40,650
Uh, 'cause that was awesome
that you see Dylan was just

1910
01:15:40,650 --> 01:15:41,880
getting after it in that game.

1911
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:43,679
That was the, the last
one there against Coastal.

1912
01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:47,639
Uh, so Dylan, he ended up the year,
what was, he was five and two, which

1913
01:15:47,639 --> 01:15:51,210
on this, this team with our, with our
win-loss record is kind of amazing, right?

1914
01:15:51,660 --> 01:15:53,639
Uh, he had 82 innings pitched.

1915
01:15:54,030 --> 01:15:57,269
Um, I need a different staffing
because this isn't, gimme one second.

1916
01:15:57,269 --> 01:15:57,630
I'm sorry.

1917
01:15:57,630 --> 01:16:00,299
This thing is not showing me all
the numbers I wanna see, and I don't

1918
01:16:00,299 --> 01:16:01,980
know why it's annoying me, but.

1919
01:16:03,480 --> 01:16:06,959
I was gonna say, there's two Dylan
Browns, there's the Dylan Brown inside

1920
01:16:06,959 --> 01:16:10,259
the lines, and then there's the nicest
human being ever meet outside the lines.

1921
01:16:10,259 --> 01:16:10,260
Yes.

1922
01:16:10,266 --> 01:16:10,594
It's really funny.

1923
01:16:10,599 --> 01:16:11,099
Then there's like

1924
01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:16,740
the nicest guy who was like at like a
4.0 GPA and like an engineering, and he,

1925
01:16:16,740 --> 01:16:18,929
he's, uh, as, as kind and humble, as nice.

1926
01:16:18,929 --> 01:16:19,530
He could be.

1927
01:16:19,709 --> 01:16:21,946
I think we were talking about one time
the dugout, and I was like, man, I, I, I

1928
01:16:21,950 --> 01:16:23,400
bet he has like ugly feet or something.

1929
01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:26,549
He has like a weird gross, and then
I think Hunter, our trainer was

1930
01:16:26,549 --> 01:16:27,660
like, he doesn't, no, he doesn't.

1931
01:16:28,169 --> 01:16:29,940
He's just, of course, he's
just perfect all around.

1932
01:16:29,940 --> 01:16:32,400
He's, he's just an excellent,
perfect, perfect kid all around.

1933
01:16:32,730 --> 01:16:33,030
Uh, yeah.

1934
01:16:33,030 --> 01:16:33,839
So he was five and two.

1935
01:16:33,929 --> 01:16:40,500
Um, had, uh, 15 games, 15 starts,
uh, 82 innings, had a 4.06 CRA,

1936
01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:41,700
which was the best on the team.

1937
01:16:41,700 --> 01:16:42,870
So it was, you know, a little high.

1938
01:16:42,870 --> 01:16:45,480
But, you know, in college that's
kind of how, just how it goes.

1939
01:16:45,809 --> 01:16:50,730
Um, had 102 strikeouts in
82 innings, only 26 walks.

1940
01:16:50,790 --> 01:16:54,419
So you're talking about, uh,
3.92 strikeouts per walk.

1941
01:16:54,419 --> 01:16:56,129
So almost four strikeouts for every walk.

1942
01:16:56,610 --> 01:16:58,830
11.2 strikeouts per nine innings.

1943
01:16:58,830 --> 01:17:01,290
I mean, these are just stupid numbers.

1944
01:17:01,320 --> 01:17:01,889
Um.

1945
01:17:02,295 --> 01:17:02,535
Yeah.

1946
01:17:02,594 --> 01:17:04,964
Uh, Dylan was, he had a 1.24 whip.

1947
01:17:04,964 --> 01:17:06,735
I mean, the guy was just outstanding.

1948
01:17:06,735 --> 01:17:08,474
He was a, he was a dog.

1949
01:17:08,474 --> 01:17:12,014
Like he, every time he him step up
and do something big, he stepped up.

1950
01:17:13,695 --> 01:17:14,415
He was tough.

1951
01:17:14,474 --> 01:17:17,325
Um, I mean, yeah, he's, he's
likely gonna be our highest

1952
01:17:17,325 --> 01:17:19,304
drafted guy of the season, I think.

1953
01:17:19,634 --> 01:17:21,525
I think there are a lot of teams
looking at him under the Yankee.

1954
01:17:21,884 --> 01:17:23,865
Very interested in what
he brings to the table.

1955
01:17:24,165 --> 01:17:27,195
Uh, so I imagine it's, it's gonna get
scrappy there on that fourth round and

1956
01:17:27,195 --> 01:17:30,554
there're gonna be people fighting at the
bat rack to go and draft Dylan Brown.

1957
01:17:31,004 --> 01:17:32,745
Uh, we had a couple other great pictures.

1958
01:17:32,745 --> 01:17:34,035
I mean, obviously we've been Moore.

1959
01:17:34,065 --> 01:17:34,245
Yeah.

1960
01:17:34,245 --> 01:17:35,924
Blake, we've talked
about quite a good bit.

1961
01:17:36,134 --> 01:17:40,575
Uh, one I don't wanna leave out is Alex
Hunt and what he was able to do out of

1962
01:17:40,575 --> 01:17:42,285
the bullpen the second half of the year.

1963
01:17:42,585 --> 01:17:46,665
And that he's gonna have a shot in
the pros too, just with his velo.

1964
01:17:47,055 --> 01:17:47,535
Uh, he's got

1965
01:17:47,535 --> 01:17:48,224
some stuff.

1966
01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:48,610
Yeah.

1967
01:17:48,615 --> 01:17:49,005
Yeah.

1968
01:17:49,005 --> 01:17:51,915
He, he could be filthy, you
know, get with the Right, right.

1969
01:17:51,915 --> 01:17:53,415
Pitching coach, right pitching plan.

1970
01:17:53,625 --> 01:17:54,675
He's gonna be in good shape.

1971
01:17:54,675 --> 01:17:58,065
Also, uh, spend time with his
parents over the week in Montgomery.

1972
01:17:58,065 --> 01:17:58,425
Awesome.

1973
01:17:58,785 --> 01:17:59,264
As well.

1974
01:17:59,445 --> 01:18:02,445
So I know he is only here for a
year, but, uh, definitely a memorable

1975
01:18:02,445 --> 01:18:05,115
guy and helped us win some games
down the stretch in a big way.

1976
01:18:05,115 --> 01:18:05,175
Yeah.

1977
01:18:05,924 --> 01:18:08,084
And Ethan Hubble, where
we're talking about Yes.

1978
01:18:08,084 --> 01:18:08,415
ERs you do.

1979
01:18:08,415 --> 01:18:11,865
Well, I mean, Ethan ended up, he started
off, had a little bit of rough, but man,

1980
01:18:11,865 --> 01:18:15,584
he was, and, and, and I, I, you said, I
think he got hit on the elbow in that,

1981
01:18:15,584 --> 01:18:17,924
that last game, that line grind back.

1982
01:18:18,195 --> 01:18:19,934
Yeah, he looked, he looked bad.

1983
01:18:20,205 --> 01:18:23,235
It was kind of the forearm,
right, right before his elbow.

1984
01:18:23,235 --> 01:18:26,384
And Finney said that in the Postgame
press conference, he came out there,

1985
01:18:26,384 --> 01:18:28,094
it was already the size of a baseball.

1986
01:18:28,424 --> 01:18:28,844
Uh, yeah.

1987
01:18:28,844 --> 01:18:30,105
You could see he couldn't his arm.

1988
01:18:30,105 --> 01:18:30,165
Yeah.

1989
01:18:30,315 --> 01:18:30,884
Yeah.

1990
01:18:30,884 --> 01:18:31,964
It felt terrible on the replay.

1991
01:18:31,964 --> 01:18:33,374
It looked like it got
him right in the ribs.

1992
01:18:33,374 --> 01:18:36,254
And I, I hate to say the forearm might be
better than the ribs, but it, you know,

1993
01:18:36,254 --> 01:18:40,695
he kind of collapsed along that guy hit
that thing hard, but, but anyway, not, not

1994
01:18:40,695 --> 01:18:41,804
talking about one of his worst moments.

1995
01:18:41,804 --> 01:18:44,894
But, but yeah, Ethan, he really looked
good, especially at the end of the year.

1996
01:18:44,894 --> 01:18:47,294
I mean, he was, he was really
dominating and his number, he ended

1997
01:18:47,294 --> 01:18:50,205
up with a 4 35 era RA and 31 innings.

1998
01:18:50,205 --> 01:18:54,374
And he, he actually, his strikeouts
per nine, he was at 13.1 strikeouts

1999
01:18:54,374 --> 01:18:56,205
per nine and four strikeouts per walk.

2000
01:18:56,205 --> 01:18:59,115
So Ethan had some of those numbers
that are like really good indicators

2001
01:18:59,115 --> 01:19:00,344
of a dude doing some stuff.

2002
01:19:00,975 --> 01:19:04,335
Uh, so it's, it's exciting that
he, um, you know, now I'm not gonna

2003
01:19:04,335 --> 01:19:06,315
say at the end of the day a guy
throws like that, you know, he could

2004
01:19:06,315 --> 01:19:07,515
get a chance to get drafted too.

2005
01:19:07,515 --> 01:19:10,215
He is, he is eligible, but, you know,
hopefully he's coming back to us and he

2006
01:19:10,215 --> 01:19:12,315
could be a, a big anchor for us next year.

2007
01:19:12,675 --> 01:19:15,675
I would love to pencil him in on either
Friday or Saturday for next year.

2008
01:19:15,915 --> 01:19:15,975
Yeah.

2009
01:19:15,975 --> 01:19:16,725
Depending on what else.

2010
01:19:16,725 --> 01:19:16,875
Cool.

2011
01:19:16,875 --> 01:19:18,195
That's, that's him.

2012
01:19:18,195 --> 01:19:20,980
And, and Hunter and some other guys
I think are, are gonna be fighting.

2013
01:19:20,980 --> 01:19:21,220
Yeah.

2014
01:19:21,315 --> 01:19:23,175
Be a lot of good competition
for those starting spots.

2015
01:19:23,205 --> 01:19:24,195
'cause Yeah.

2016
01:19:24,195 --> 01:19:24,465
Be wide open.

2017
01:19:25,650 --> 01:19:26,535
They're wide open.

2018
01:19:26,535 --> 01:19:26,895
Go.

2019
01:19:26,895 --> 01:19:28,035
There's nobody returning.

2020
01:19:28,035 --> 01:19:29,625
It was like a, uh, yep.

2021
01:19:29,625 --> 01:19:32,205
We can, we can definitely have
this guy in, in there for sure.

2022
01:19:32,475 --> 01:19:35,085
And if you're in the portal somehow
bored and listening to this podcast,

2023
01:19:35,085 --> 01:19:37,635
if you're a starting pitcher and
you're pretty good, you got a

2024
01:19:37,635 --> 01:19:39,015
chance to compete for a spot here.

2025
01:19:39,405 --> 01:19:39,855
Yeah.

2026
01:19:39,915 --> 01:19:40,035
And

2027
01:19:40,035 --> 01:19:40,095
if

2028
01:19:40,095 --> 01:19:40,215
you're

2029
01:19:40,215 --> 01:19:41,175
a good dude too, if you're, if

2030
01:19:41,175 --> 01:19:42,855
you're a real turd, uh, stay away.

2031
01:19:43,065 --> 01:19:43,215
Yeah.

2032
01:19:44,355 --> 01:19:44,505
Listen.

2033
01:19:46,095 --> 01:19:47,715
You have to stay a week
with us in Montgomery,

2034
01:19:49,365 --> 01:19:49,845
meet the bar.

2035
01:19:50,565 --> 01:19:54,675
Uh, well, we talked about this guy a
good bit, uh, for player of the week,

2036
01:19:54,675 --> 01:19:56,505
but we did exactly hit, or the year we

2037
01:19:56,505 --> 01:19:56,715
did.

2038
01:19:56,804 --> 01:20:00,405
Yeah, Zach, I mean, again,
just, just outstanding.

2039
01:20:00,434 --> 01:20:03,585
Uh, led the team with
a 3 43 batting average.

2040
01:20:03,945 --> 01:20:11,355
Uh, led the team with a 9 58 OPS, uh, led
the team with a 4 61 OnBase percentage.

2041
01:20:11,355 --> 01:20:15,974
His slugging, uh, 4, 9 7 was second
to Maverick Stallings, uh, let's see.

2042
01:20:15,974 --> 01:20:19,425
Yeah, his, he only struck out 37
times at two six plate appearances.

2043
01:20:19,425 --> 01:20:22,575
So, I mean, just a a, a
great strikeout ratio.

2044
01:20:22,905 --> 01:20:26,115
Um, yeah, 33 walks and what
we say, four hit by, yeah.

2045
01:20:26,120 --> 01:20:27,434
Three, three walks and
four hit by pitches.

2046
01:20:27,434 --> 01:20:30,405
So his, his on bases
matched his, uh, strikeouts.

2047
01:20:30,764 --> 01:20:35,385
Um, had 34 rbis tied for the team
lead with Canon Jorge and Luke Waters.

2048
01:20:35,759 --> 01:20:38,070
Uh, only had three home
runs, which is surprising me.

2049
01:20:38,070 --> 01:20:39,960
Think about like he, 'cause at
one point I think he probably got

2050
01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:41,580
all three of those in like March.

2051
01:20:41,910 --> 01:20:45,210
Uh, but you know, again, he did
leave the team with 15 doubles.

2052
01:20:45,210 --> 01:20:46,589
So it wasn't like he
wasn't hitting for power.

2053
01:20:46,589 --> 01:20:49,799
He just, I think again, was the
guy was being smart, focusing on

2054
01:20:49,799 --> 01:20:51,210
putting that ball in play hard.

2055
01:20:51,570 --> 01:20:53,610
And if it goes to the fence,
cool, but if not, like, I'm

2056
01:20:53,610 --> 01:20:55,500
gonna hit 3 43 and do some stuff.

2057
01:20:55,950 --> 01:20:58,889
Um, let's see, runs, he didn't have as
many runs 'cause he was driving 'em in.

2058
01:20:59,219 --> 01:21:01,980
Uh, but yeah, so he, he was, he was
up there pretty much everything.

2059
01:21:01,980 --> 01:21:02,070
Yeah.

2060
01:21:02,070 --> 01:21:04,230
Led the team, led the
team hits with 58 hits.

2061
01:21:04,589 --> 01:21:05,700
Um, total bases.

2062
01:21:05,700 --> 01:21:08,639
He was second to Jorge, so he, he
was pretty much first or second

2063
01:21:08,639 --> 01:21:12,120
in everything and, and was just,
once he, it took a couple of games.

2064
01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:15,450
Once he got got in there and was the
first baseman you could pencil in

2065
01:21:15,450 --> 01:21:17,610
three, the three, four spot every game.

2066
01:21:18,330 --> 01:21:21,059
It was like, all right, this is,
this part of the lineup is set.

2067
01:21:21,360 --> 01:21:22,049
We can figure out there.

2068
01:21:22,049 --> 01:21:23,910
I mean, you saw a lot of things
kinda maneuver around it, but he was

2069
01:21:23,910 --> 01:21:25,110
pretty much three, four every day.

2070
01:21:26,325 --> 01:21:26,445
Yeah.

2071
01:21:26,445 --> 01:21:28,545
He, he was the anchor
for the lineup all year.

2072
01:21:28,634 --> 01:21:31,065
I know I, I said this to you
before we started recording, but

2073
01:21:31,065 --> 01:21:33,825
I don't remember him having in
a bat that wasn't competitive.

2074
01:21:34,335 --> 01:21:34,455
Yeah.

2075
01:21:34,455 --> 01:21:37,785
Like I, I think one of the
biggest bats he had all year was

2076
01:21:37,785 --> 01:21:39,224
actually against Georgia State.

2077
01:21:39,224 --> 01:21:42,495
He had like an 11 pitch walk
and he fouled off a ton of

2078
01:21:42,495 --> 01:21:44,384
pitches in that, in that at bat.

2079
01:21:44,745 --> 01:21:45,375
Um, yeah.

2080
01:21:45,434 --> 01:21:49,695
But, um, it, he's gonna be staying in
Norfolk this summer, working out, hitting

2081
01:21:49,695 --> 01:21:51,344
the weight room, all of those things.

2082
01:21:51,344 --> 01:21:54,405
We expect to have Zach back in
that lineup next year, which

2083
01:21:54,405 --> 01:21:55,275
is gonna be a big, big boost.

2084
01:21:55,275 --> 01:21:55,365
Yeah.

2085
01:21:55,665 --> 01:21:56,295
Which is huge.

2086
01:21:56,295 --> 01:21:59,844
I mean, being able to say that you
got him and, and we can, and Jorge

2087
01:21:59,865 --> 01:22:01,184
and Maverick stalls coming back.

2088
01:22:01,184 --> 01:22:04,275
I mean, other guys too, but just off
the, the top of your head, three kind

2089
01:22:04,275 --> 01:22:08,295
of middle order bats who could be doing
some damage, you know, obviously if, if

2090
01:22:08,295 --> 01:22:12,315
Maverick could figure out how to, uh, be
warm the first half of the year and if,

2091
01:22:12,344 --> 01:22:15,884
uh, Canaan can cut down the strikeouts
a lot, man, you've gotta start there.

2092
01:22:16,455 --> 01:22:16,724
Yeah.

2093
01:22:16,724 --> 01:22:18,315
That's a, that's a good core.

2094
01:22:18,315 --> 01:22:20,474
Three hitters in the middle
of line that coming back.

2095
01:22:21,644 --> 01:22:25,275
One guy who unfortunately will not be
back next year in a playing capacity,

2096
01:22:25,485 --> 01:22:29,144
potentially coaching, I don't even
wanna put it up 'cause it's over, but

2097
01:22:30,164 --> 01:22:32,294
Kyle Edwards Defender of the year.

2098
01:22:32,985 --> 01:22:33,584
Yes.

2099
01:22:33,615 --> 01:22:33,914
Yeah.

2100
01:22:33,914 --> 01:22:37,664
I mean, you know, he did
lead the team in errors.

2101
01:22:37,664 --> 01:22:38,054
Right.

2102
01:22:38,054 --> 01:22:42,794
But you think about he's the shortstop,
you know, he, he also, the only guy who

2103
01:22:42,794 --> 01:22:45,374
had more chances of the first baseman was
catching everything thrown over there.

2104
01:22:45,374 --> 01:22:48,285
So yeah, he led the team in areas,
but I think he also had the highest

2105
01:22:48,285 --> 01:22:51,105
fielding percentage of any of
the fielders, uh, on the infield.

2106
01:22:51,494 --> 01:22:55,275
Um, so he, you know, and,
and, and nevermind the stats,

2107
01:22:55,275 --> 01:22:56,474
just the eye test, right?

2108
01:22:56,474 --> 01:22:59,115
The old, like, just watching
a ball game, like who's a guy?

2109
01:22:59,594 --> 01:23:02,714
Pretty much any ball game you watch
this year of ODU, you're gonna be

2110
01:23:03,105 --> 01:23:06,344
pretty impressed by what, what,
uh, Kyle was doing in the field.

2111
01:23:06,344 --> 01:23:09,945
Like he was athletic when he
didn't make plays was surprising.

2112
01:23:10,244 --> 01:23:12,464
Um, there are all kinds of plays
where he, sometimes he'd get to

2113
01:23:12,464 --> 01:23:16,754
a ball and maybe he didn't get an
out, but he might have saved a run.

2114
01:23:16,785 --> 01:23:18,644
You know, it's just, just him
getting the ball is impressive.

2115
01:23:18,644 --> 01:23:19,815
So he, he's just one of those guys that.

2116
01:23:20,440 --> 01:23:22,935
And, and I remember his, like I said, I
I've seen been watching him since he was

2117
01:23:22,935 --> 01:23:25,875
about 14 years old and he probably, when
he was just entering high school, and I

2118
01:23:25,875 --> 01:23:28,695
remember even back then it was like, this
kid could play defense at ODU U right now.

2119
01:23:29,055 --> 01:23:31,785
Uh, and he never, you,
he, it took him a while.

2120
01:23:31,785 --> 01:23:34,905
I mean, we, we kind of forget he was,
he didn't really start playing shortstop

2121
01:23:34,905 --> 01:23:38,205
until last season, uh, here at OD
Yeah, he was playing some second base.

2122
01:23:38,205 --> 01:23:39,375
He was playing some outfield.

2123
01:23:39,735 --> 01:23:42,645
Uh, he just kind of, just a gritty guy
doing whatever he had to do for the team.

2124
01:23:42,645 --> 01:23:44,835
And, and once he finally got
settled in and playing shortstop,

2125
01:23:44,835 --> 01:23:47,805
you know, it's, it's been pretty
phenomenal a couple of years for him.

2126
01:23:48,495 --> 01:23:52,365
He gets to a lot of balls, hit up
the middle that most guys don't and

2127
01:23:52,365 --> 01:23:55,005
like that, and maybe sometimes that
hurts him 'cause he is, you know,

2128
01:23:55,305 --> 01:23:57,765
actually making you play on the ball
and he can't get an out or something.

2129
01:23:57,765 --> 01:23:57,855
Right.

2130
01:23:58,095 --> 01:24:00,795
But that's keeping that runner
from going to second to home

2131
01:24:00,885 --> 01:24:02,445
from third, whatever it may be.

2132
01:24:02,775 --> 01:24:02,985
Yeah.

2133
01:24:02,985 --> 01:24:08,115
Uh, and some of the, just the throws that
he has made across the infield opposite

2134
01:24:08,115 --> 01:24:11,805
direction of his body, going towards
third base and getting guys out huge.

2135
01:24:11,805 --> 01:24:13,755
He saved us several
runs in the tournament.

2136
01:24:14,025 --> 01:24:17,265
Um, like I think there's a, a couple
plays in that first Troy game where.

2137
01:24:17,685 --> 01:24:21,405
If we have just an average shortstop
there, Troy might win that game.

2138
01:24:21,405 --> 01:24:23,085
We go lose two and go home.

2139
01:24:23,085 --> 01:24:23,205
Yes.

2140
01:24:23,655 --> 01:24:27,105
Uh, Scotty Young, I'll say that for him
too, in, in Lefty with some big catches.

2141
01:24:27,495 --> 01:24:28,125
Uh, yeah.

2142
01:24:28,185 --> 01:24:31,515
I I'm gonna miss the way Kyle glides
around that shortstop position.

2143
01:24:31,515 --> 01:24:33,765
Man, that's, it's fun to watch him play.

2144
01:24:34,725 --> 01:24:37,665
We, we've had, uh, we've been very
blessed for about the last decade.

2145
01:24:37,725 --> 01:24:41,714
'cause you can draw a pretty
straight line between Kyle Edwards

2146
01:24:41,715 --> 01:24:44,355
and Tommy Bell and Zach Rutherford.

2147
01:24:44,535 --> 01:24:46,965
You, there was kind of that overlap
for, so this is the first time in a

2148
01:24:46,965 --> 01:24:50,175
while where there hasn't been a very
obvious, like, okay, next guy up.

2149
01:24:50,655 --> 01:24:54,045
Um, you know, so that, that
feels weird to me as an OD fan.

2150
01:24:54,045 --> 01:24:56,055
I, I, we not real sure who's
gonna be the shortstop mixer.

2151
01:24:56,055 --> 01:24:59,655
I know we have a, a JUCO kid
coming in from Oklahoma who played

2152
01:24:59,655 --> 01:25:00,705
shortstop and played really well.

2153
01:25:00,705 --> 01:25:03,495
Will Johnson played really well
out there in, in, um, Oklahoma.

2154
01:25:03,495 --> 01:25:05,835
I'm I gonna, I butcher the
name of the school, right?

2155
01:25:05,895 --> 01:25:07,815
So we'll talk about him later
when we know, when I have it

2156
01:25:07,815 --> 01:25:08,535
written down in front of me.

2157
01:25:09,045 --> 01:25:11,445
Um, but Will, I can remember,
will Johnson's a very easy name?

2158
01:25:11,445 --> 01:25:11,625
Yeah.

2159
01:25:11,625 --> 01:25:12,615
He had a phenomenal year.

2160
01:25:13,289 --> 01:25:14,999
But we, we've been very blessed.

2161
01:25:14,999 --> 01:25:20,039
So it is, it is a odd not to have the
immediate, um, uh, successor right here,

2162
01:25:20,039 --> 01:25:24,209
but it, so hopefully, hopefully whoever
it is that comes in, if it's, if it's Will

2163
01:25:24,209 --> 01:25:27,780
Johnson or if it's somebody else, whoever
our shortstop is, uh, keeps it going

2164
01:25:27,780 --> 01:25:32,249
because we, we've had some real impressive
shortstops in the last 10 years.

2165
01:25:32,849 --> 01:25:33,089
Some

2166
01:25:33,089 --> 01:25:33,780
shoes to fill

2167
01:25:33,780 --> 01:25:37,139
there, going back a couple of
generations at, at shortstop to you.

2168
01:25:37,919 --> 01:25:37,980
Yeah.

2169
01:25:37,980 --> 01:25:38,219
All right.

2170
01:25:38,219 --> 01:25:43,889
Our, our final end of the season
award goes to F Morales for freshmen.

2171
01:25:43,889 --> 01:25:44,280
Yes.

2172
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:44,519
Over the

2173
01:25:44,519 --> 01:25:44,969
year.

2174
01:25:45,900 --> 01:25:46,169
Yeah.

2175
01:25:46,169 --> 01:25:50,820
This one, you know, obviously not
a ton of, um, competition, really.

2176
01:25:50,820 --> 01:25:53,549
We only, I think we only had six
freshmen that actually played in games.

2177
01:25:53,940 --> 01:25:58,259
Um, it was him and then
Tanner Shale and, uh, Brody.

2178
01:25:58,259 --> 01:25:59,519
Connor was the other hitters.

2179
01:25:59,519 --> 01:26:02,070
And, and they were both, they
both, neither way, if you look

2180
01:26:02,070 --> 01:26:02,969
at their numbers, they were ugly.

2181
01:26:03,150 --> 01:26:03,360
Right.

2182
01:26:03,360 --> 01:26:04,169
I mean, both of hit.

2183
01:26:04,470 --> 01:26:05,429
Under 200.

2184
01:26:05,490 --> 01:26:09,179
Um, they, they didn't have very impress
number, but I think we were talking

2185
01:26:09,179 --> 01:26:10,080
about this thing before we started.

2186
01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:11,070
I said, you, it's, it's crazy.

2187
01:26:11,070 --> 01:26:12,960
You look at bro's numbers and
Tanner's numbers, you're like, no,

2188
01:26:12,960 --> 01:26:14,130
I'm still excited about those guys.

2189
01:26:14,130 --> 01:26:18,000
Like they, they hit under 200,
like both 50 60 at bats, but they,

2190
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,559
they look good a lot of times.

2191
01:26:19,889 --> 01:26:22,349
Um, and then the pitching
staff, you know, uh, Jace Park.

2192
01:26:22,545 --> 01:26:24,945
Was the pitcher, the freshman
who got the most innings.

2193
01:26:24,945 --> 01:26:27,495
And you know, he had, again,
up and down, and he ended up

2194
01:26:27,495 --> 01:26:29,264
with like a, what, 7 91 ERA.

2195
01:26:29,625 --> 01:26:33,644
Um, but he had some really great games,
had some really good big moments.

2196
01:26:33,644 --> 01:26:35,955
And I, I feel like, I think, you
know, Finney pointed out he cut his

2197
01:26:35,955 --> 01:26:39,045
finger before the year, so maybe
if that heals, he is further away

2198
01:26:39,045 --> 01:26:40,245
from that to get back to himself.

2199
01:26:40,605 --> 01:26:43,304
Uh, and then Cole Lanford another
guy, you know, we know we talked

2200
01:26:43,304 --> 01:26:44,445
about he had brain surgery.

2201
01:26:44,835 --> 01:26:48,495
Um, so he, yeah, which is, you know, so
we have to imagine he was dealing with

2202
01:26:48,495 --> 01:26:51,495
some stuff before, but he, he, same
thing, had some really nice moments, had

2203
01:26:51,495 --> 01:26:54,224
some not great ones, but then, you know,
well, maybe he has other stuff going on.

2204
01:26:54,615 --> 01:26:56,085
Um, guy, I, I love him.

2205
01:26:56,085 --> 01:26:57,344
I think he was a great, great kid.

2206
01:26:57,344 --> 01:26:59,235
I, I gotta see him pitch in high school.

2207
01:26:59,594 --> 01:27:01,125
Big, huge, talented guy.

2208
01:27:01,125 --> 01:27:02,054
So I'm, I'm excited for him.

2209
01:27:02,054 --> 01:27:03,855
And Will Orson only got into one game.

2210
01:27:04,215 --> 01:27:07,844
Um, and you know, again, he, he's
been a very talented ball player.

2211
01:27:07,844 --> 01:27:11,625
So, uh, you know, again, not a
ton of freshmen that were really

2212
01:27:11,625 --> 01:27:12,825
hugely impactful this year.

2213
01:27:12,990 --> 01:27:16,470
So it's not like, again, not huge
competition, but at the same time, we

2214
01:27:16,470 --> 01:27:19,770
wanna point out Efrain Morales Morales
because what a dog, like, what a dude?

2215
01:27:19,800 --> 01:27:19,890
Yeah.

2216
01:27:20,130 --> 01:27:22,050
This guy hit, uh, 3 0 8.

2217
01:27:22,050 --> 01:27:27,780
So second on the team in average had
a seven 60 OPS, um, seven doubles, had

2218
01:27:27,780 --> 01:27:31,710
that home run there at Auburn, uh, which
to lead off the game, which was huge.

2219
01:27:32,100 --> 01:27:35,970
Um, 16 rbis, which I, I just thought
he had more rbis, but you know, he

2220
01:27:35,970 --> 01:27:39,000
was just, had a lot, a lot of singles,
ton of singles getting on base.

2221
01:27:39,330 --> 01:27:39,720
Um.

2222
01:27:40,440 --> 01:27:43,410
He had, I mean, the number of like two
and three hit games, he had must've been,

2223
01:27:43,435 --> 01:27:47,430
I, I didn't count it up again 'cause
I'm not good at this, but the number of

2224
01:27:47,430 --> 01:27:51,630
multi Hitt games he had was crazy Rin,
um, you know, and, and got the catch a

2225
01:27:51,630 --> 01:27:54,090
little bit, you know, obviously the arm
was hurting him and then had, you know,

2226
01:27:54,090 --> 01:27:55,950
getting some concussions off the catching.

2227
01:27:55,950 --> 01:27:59,580
So, uh, some, some unfortunate things
happened this year, but I mean, the guy

2228
01:27:59,580 --> 01:28:02,010
was just like, and we, we had, you know,
we had him on the show here and he's

2229
01:28:02,010 --> 01:28:03,990
just everything you want in a monarch.

2230
01:28:03,990 --> 01:28:06,030
I mean, this is a guy that
I wanna see in our uniform,

2231
01:28:06,480 --> 01:28:07,560
ideally for the next two years.

2232
01:28:07,560 --> 01:28:11,250
Then he is like a first round draft pick
because he's so freaking, um, I don't

2233
01:28:11,250 --> 01:28:12,330
know if it'll be catching next year.

2234
01:28:12,330 --> 01:28:14,190
He's gonna play outfield, play
second base, wherever he's gonna be.

2235
01:28:14,190 --> 01:28:14,910
I know where he's gonna be.

2236
01:28:14,910 --> 01:28:16,560
He's gonna be the man doing it.

2237
01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:21,390
He's gonna be just a complete animal out
there, all about fighting for his team.

2238
01:28:21,390 --> 01:28:23,850
I, I could not be more excited
that we have this guy, we get

2239
01:28:23,850 --> 01:28:25,230
to have him on our roster.

2240
01:28:25,260 --> 01:28:26,160
Like, what a guy.

2241
01:28:27,135 --> 01:28:29,685
We have not seen Efrain
Morales at full strength.

2242
01:28:29,865 --> 01:28:32,265
'Cause he had an arm
injury coming into the ear.

2243
01:28:32,355 --> 01:28:35,865
He got two concussions in like a three
week span at the back end of the season.

2244
01:28:36,225 --> 01:28:38,325
And he is still the,
the southern Miss game.

2245
01:28:38,325 --> 01:28:40,245
I, I know he had at least
one hit, if not two.

2246
01:28:40,545 --> 01:28:44,205
And also he's was fighting
a pretty crowded position.

2247
01:28:44,205 --> 01:28:44,445
Right.

2248
01:28:44,445 --> 01:28:46,485
'cause you've got Slater
and you have Holman.

2249
01:28:46,485 --> 01:28:49,695
And Holman is just so strong
back there behind the plate.

2250
01:28:49,785 --> 01:28:49,875
Yeah.

2251
01:28:49,875 --> 01:28:51,195
And he's able to bring to the game.

2252
01:28:51,645 --> 01:28:52,545
Uh, so I'm just excited.

2253
01:28:52,695 --> 01:28:56,325
Like a, a fully healthy Efram
Morales is like a two hole hitter.

2254
01:28:56,355 --> 01:28:59,295
Like you, you throw him in the two
spot, you throw him in the five

2255
01:28:59,295 --> 01:29:02,865
spot, like you have him hit lead off
wherever, uh, and he's just gonna

2256
01:29:02,865 --> 01:29:04,185
work his ass off and get it done.

2257
01:29:04,185 --> 01:29:05,235
So, uh,

2258
01:29:05,385 --> 01:29:05,535
yeah.

2259
01:29:05,535 --> 01:29:06,075
We forget.

2260
01:29:06,075 --> 01:29:08,940
We had, he was a freshman batting
leadoff the first like Yeah.

2261
01:29:09,100 --> 01:29:10,425
Three, four weeks of the season.

2262
01:29:10,485 --> 01:29:12,105
A freshman DH batting leadoff.

2263
01:29:12,105 --> 01:29:16,065
Like that's cr The amount of confidence
that you have to have the amount of,

2264
01:29:16,065 --> 01:29:20,535
like this guy is special that says for,
you know, Finney's not new to this.

2265
01:29:20,535 --> 01:29:20,805
Right.

2266
01:29:20,835 --> 01:29:22,695
Finney's been coaching for a long time.

2267
01:29:23,205 --> 01:29:27,465
So he puts a guy who's a freshman
batting vh leadoff to start your season

2268
01:29:27,465 --> 01:29:31,335
against some really, like, remember,
remember our non-conference schedule?

2269
01:29:31,335 --> 01:29:33,945
We started with like the crazy amount of
teams we were playing against, playing

2270
01:29:34,005 --> 01:29:37,575
there at Georgia Tech and doing this
down at Auburn and all these places.

2271
01:29:37,575 --> 01:29:40,785
You know, I mean it's, that's,
that says a lot about who he

2272
01:29:40,785 --> 01:29:42,525
is and what we think of him.

2273
01:29:44,144 --> 01:29:44,894
Yeah, yeah.

2274
01:29:44,894 --> 01:29:46,695
I'm, I'm, I'm pumped
to see his development.

2275
01:29:46,695 --> 01:29:47,715
I just hope he gets healthy.

2276
01:29:47,715 --> 01:29:50,684
I think he's slated to play for
the Charlottesville Tom socks

2277
01:29:50,684 --> 01:29:51,735
this summer in the second half.

2278
01:29:51,764 --> 01:29:52,724
Yeah, I, I think the

2279
01:29:52,724 --> 01:29:53,235
second half.

2280
01:29:53,235 --> 01:29:53,594
Yeah.

2281
01:29:53,775 --> 01:29:57,105
Better not be behind the plate,
but anywhere else on the field than

2282
01:29:57,105 --> 01:29:58,755
get his swings, all that stuff.

2283
01:29:58,755 --> 01:30:01,094
I'm sure fitting the coaching
staffs all over that.

2284
01:30:01,094 --> 01:30:04,755
But yeah, a lot, lot to look forward
to, but also I think a lot of work to

2285
01:30:04,755 --> 01:30:07,695
do like, well the guys giving these
summer assignments, they gotta get

2286
01:30:07,695 --> 01:30:09,375
tuned up for the fall and get ready.

2287
01:30:09,554 --> 01:30:13,065
Coaching staff has work to do in the
portal and I obviously they're looking

2288
01:30:13,065 --> 01:30:15,525
at the 27th class now for freshmen.

2289
01:30:15,974 --> 01:30:19,125
Um, you know, yeah, I think I wanna
say starting Monday is when you could

2290
01:30:19,125 --> 01:30:21,165
start talking to rising juniors.

2291
01:30:21,690 --> 01:30:23,759
Um, so I think that's,
that's the day you can start.

2292
01:30:23,759 --> 01:30:27,539
So that's the first chance to talk
to some of the 20, 27 graduates.

2293
01:30:27,599 --> 01:30:30,869
Um, I know we already have some
20, 20 sixes that are, uh, high

2294
01:30:30,869 --> 01:30:31,919
school kids that are committed.

2295
01:30:31,919 --> 01:30:32,789
So this will be the chance.

2296
01:30:32,789 --> 01:30:35,730
So if you, there's some guys out there
that you, you know, and you like, and

2297
01:30:36,360 --> 01:30:39,554
you might wanna get out there and say,
Hey, we're interested, come, come to us.

2298
01:30:39,990 --> 01:30:42,690
So you may, you may see a few names,
but you probably see, I mean, you know,

2299
01:30:42,690 --> 01:30:45,450
we'll have, we'll have a camp later in
the summer, uh, so I'm sure you'll see

2300
01:30:45,450 --> 01:30:47,909
some names that usually you get two
or three guys commit right after that.

2301
01:30:47,969 --> 01:30:50,249
Um, so yeah, they'll, it's
not just gonna be this year.

2302
01:30:50,249 --> 01:30:50,549
That's all.

2303
01:30:50,549 --> 01:30:51,809
That building always keeps happening.

2304
01:30:52,184 --> 01:30:54,195
Like Finney said, you don't really
ever turn it off, as I'm sure

2305
01:30:54,195 --> 01:30:55,065
they're always thinking about it.

2306
01:30:55,455 --> 01:30:58,875
Yeah, and the baseball transfer
portal and everything is crazy.

2307
01:30:58,875 --> 01:31:02,310
You just, you don't hear about it
as much because portal opens on June

2308
01:31:02,310 --> 01:31:06,255
2nd, which is Monday, and it runs
through July 1st, and then usually

2309
01:31:06,255 --> 01:31:07,875
that coincides somewhere around like.

2310
01:31:08,225 --> 01:31:10,144
4th of July, all star game draft.

2311
01:31:10,144 --> 01:31:11,375
It kind of gets overshadowed.

2312
01:31:11,675 --> 01:31:13,805
Uh, but Monday is the first
official day of the portal.

2313
01:31:13,805 --> 01:31:16,775
Anyone in there right now is a grad
student or they had a coaching change.

2314
01:31:17,225 --> 01:31:22,144
Uh, we will, uh, start getting our roster
turn, uh, tracker back up on the website.

2315
01:31:22,355 --> 01:31:25,925
We'll get that going so as we learn
things, we'll pass those on to you all.

2316
01:31:26,075 --> 01:31:27,934
Obviously we'll be allowed
on social media too.

2317
01:31:28,175 --> 01:31:30,455
Similar thing with any guy
that commits out of the portal.

2318
01:31:30,545 --> 01:31:34,805
And then, uh, we're gonna do our best
to get the Summer League tracker again.

2319
01:31:34,805 --> 01:31:35,495
Let me tell you.

2320
01:31:35,924 --> 01:31:39,705
That thing was insane last year, so
I don't know if, anyway, if the juice

2321
01:31:39,705 --> 01:31:42,674
is worth the squeeze on that, but,
uh, we'll, we'll try to highlight

2322
01:31:42,674 --> 01:31:43,035
that.

2323
01:31:43,065 --> 01:31:45,914
Um, yeah, a couple of those leagues
like, like good luck getting stats

2324
01:31:45,914 --> 01:31:47,355
out of the, uh, tower Summer League.

2325
01:31:47,445 --> 01:31:48,735
Like I love it 'cause they're right here.

2326
01:31:48,735 --> 01:31:50,445
But it's like, I don't know
what those guys are doing.

2327
01:31:50,775 --> 01:31:53,565
Some of our guys that played there last
year didn't even end up on a roster.

2328
01:31:53,565 --> 01:31:56,084
I didn't know except for the fact
that you went to the game and text

2329
01:31:56,084 --> 01:31:58,214
me, said, right, so and so's here.

2330
01:31:58,469 --> 01:31:58,889
Mm-hmm.

2331
01:31:59,709 --> 01:32:01,815
Hey, I'm watching Tyler
Stott pitch right now.

2332
01:32:02,025 --> 01:32:02,535
Oh, cool.

2333
01:32:03,224 --> 01:32:03,705
Yeah,

2334
01:32:03,705 --> 01:32:03,705
yeah,

2335
01:32:03,719 --> 01:32:04,009
yeah.

2336
01:32:04,424 --> 01:32:06,525
So, but yeah, we'll, we'll
see how things develop.

2337
01:32:06,525 --> 01:32:08,955
I mean, just talking with Finney,
it sounds like he's pretty confident

2338
01:32:08,955 --> 01:32:11,084
and a lot of the guys that he
talked about are gonna come back.

2339
01:32:11,084 --> 01:32:13,094
But who knows?

2340
01:32:13,094 --> 01:32:15,044
It's, it's, and I, I'm excited

2341
01:32:15,044 --> 01:32:15,644
for summer ball.

2342
01:32:15,644 --> 01:32:15,825
Yeah.

2343
01:32:15,825 --> 01:32:18,075
I, the pilot start on Thursday.

2344
01:32:18,629 --> 01:32:20,759
Uh, so I'll be, you know, as I'm
think the weather's supposed to be

2345
01:32:20,759 --> 01:32:24,089
fine, so I'll be there out there
Thursday and I think Saturday both.

2346
01:32:24,120 --> 01:32:27,540
Um, hopefully, uh, when we say
Scotty is, is gonna play there.

2347
01:32:27,540 --> 01:32:29,519
And I think Blake and Kyle, Kyle, Edward.

2348
01:32:29,519 --> 01:32:29,639
Yeah.

2349
01:32:29,639 --> 01:32:30,839
I think a few guys are gonna play there.

2350
01:32:31,139 --> 01:32:32,639
Um, so hopefully they'll be there again.

2351
01:32:32,639 --> 01:32:34,889
Sometimes our guys take like a
week or two and, and, and rest to

2352
01:32:34,889 --> 01:32:38,129
recover and then start, but you know,
if not, I'll, the pilots are fun

2353
01:32:38,129 --> 01:32:39,059
either way, but it's a lot more fun.

2354
01:32:39,059 --> 01:32:42,480
We have some to you guys, so if you're, if
you're locally area, get over to Hampton.

2355
01:32:42,480 --> 01:32:43,259
I know it's kind of a pain.

2356
01:32:43,259 --> 01:32:44,339
I can't always go during the week.

2357
01:32:44,339 --> 01:32:46,559
I'm only going Thursday
because it's, it's open night.

2358
01:32:46,559 --> 01:32:48,870
But, uh, get over there if
you're not, if you're wherever

2359
01:32:48,870 --> 01:32:50,429
you are, find some summer ball.

2360
01:32:50,429 --> 01:32:52,559
There's, there's a lot of
really good college summer

2361
01:32:52,559 --> 01:32:53,639
baseball that you can watch.

2362
01:32:54,269 --> 01:32:56,879
Yeah, I'll get Tahraun hooked
up with the Deltaville Deltas

2363
01:32:56,879 --> 01:32:58,075
if nothing else happens there.

2364
01:32:58,174 --> 01:32:58,554
So, yeah.

2365
01:32:58,554 --> 01:32:58,557
There you go.

2366
01:33:00,870 --> 01:33:01,379
Awesome.

2367
01:33:01,499 --> 01:33:03,240
Well, I think that's gonna do it for us.

2368
01:33:03,269 --> 01:33:06,089
Uh, we'll probably be back
in about a month or so.

2369
01:33:06,089 --> 01:33:07,200
Um, you'll be sick.

2370
01:33:08,130 --> 01:33:11,190
We see we said the, we said the
second Monday of every month.

2371
01:33:11,190 --> 01:33:11,970
That's like the ninth.

2372
01:33:11,970 --> 01:33:12,810
That's not that long.

2373
01:33:13,170 --> 01:33:14,910
So we might, might come
back in a few weeks.

2374
01:33:15,120 --> 01:33:15,690
That's true.

2375
01:33:15,690 --> 01:33:17,610
And then obviously, we'll,
we'll work, look at the

2376
01:33:17,610 --> 01:33:18,810
draft as well.

2377
01:33:18,810 --> 01:33:21,480
And then of course when, when guys
commit and sign, 'cause the good thing

2378
01:33:21,480 --> 01:33:23,880
with baseball is, you know, they're
gonna be there for the season long

2379
01:33:23,880 --> 01:33:27,750
before, 'cause they have to enroll, uh,
by a certain time in August to be at

2380
01:33:27,750 --> 01:33:30,780
ODU u. So we usually know that, that
little earlier than we do for say.

2381
01:33:30,810 --> 01:33:31,560
And I know a few of

2382
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:35,400
our alumni they're playing pro right
now have had some interest in coming on.

2383
01:33:35,400 --> 01:33:36,630
So we'll, we'll try to work out.

2384
01:33:36,990 --> 01:33:39,450
Uh, and Mondays are perfect because that's
their off day at minor league baseball.

2385
01:33:39,450 --> 01:33:42,630
So we had a few guys we'll try to, try to
bring on and talk to 'em how their minor

2386
01:33:42,630 --> 01:33:43,980
league seasons and careers are going.

2387
01:33:44,700 --> 01:33:45,150
Yeah.

2388
01:33:45,270 --> 01:33:48,480
And uh, if you go to the pride
of ODU website, we do have that

2389
01:33:48,480 --> 01:33:51,390
tracker of all the guys that
are playing pro ball, Indy Ball.

2390
01:33:51,450 --> 01:33:51,960
It's on there.

2391
01:33:51,960 --> 01:33:55,140
I think we update with Geo Rivera
the other day for Indy Ball.

2392
01:33:55,140 --> 01:33:55,350
And,

2393
01:33:55,770 --> 01:33:58,140
and we, we actually did update
congrats to Jared Young.

2394
01:33:58,140 --> 01:33:59,700
He just got called up to the Mets.

2395
01:34:00,089 --> 01:34:02,400
Uh, this weekend he, he
dd from the Mets of day.

2396
01:34:02,400 --> 01:34:05,040
I don't know what he did last
night, but, um, so that's, he

2397
01:34:05,040 --> 01:34:06,089
hasn't been to the big leagues.

2398
01:34:06,209 --> 01:34:07,950
Uh, he didn't get there last
year, but he's been to big

2399
01:34:07,950 --> 01:34:10,349
leagues in parts of 22 and 23.

2400
01:34:10,709 --> 01:34:12,599
Uh, so this is the first time
up with the Mets this year.

2401
01:34:12,599 --> 01:34:14,669
So congrats to JYI mean,
what an awesome guy.

2402
01:34:14,669 --> 01:34:17,849
I went to, uh, Korea the second half
of last year and got himself the big

2403
01:34:17,849 --> 01:34:20,790
league contract, uh, which is great
because he, he said he loved it.

2404
01:34:20,790 --> 01:34:21,809
He's like, they met me at the airport.

2405
01:34:21,809 --> 01:34:22,259
It was crazy.

2406
01:34:22,259 --> 01:34:22,830
It was very weird.

2407
01:34:23,190 --> 01:34:24,389
But, uh, he, he enjoyed it.

2408
01:34:24,929 --> 01:34:25,320
Yeah.

2409
01:34:25,349 --> 01:34:25,530
Yeah.

2410
01:34:25,530 --> 01:34:30,509
And I know, uh, uh, Craig Brown and
Connie Brown met up with Jacob and Trent

2411
01:34:30,509 --> 01:34:32,639
in Augusta on their drive to Montgomery.

2412
01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:34,110
Uh, took them out to dinner.

2413
01:34:34,110 --> 01:34:35,940
So we got a lot of monarchs out there.

2414
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:37,559
Uh, maybe closer to you than you think.

2415
01:34:37,559 --> 01:34:38,759
So keep an eye on that tracker.

2416
01:34:38,940 --> 01:34:39,299
Of course.

2417
01:34:39,299 --> 01:34:42,360
We'll be glad to update it here in
about a month and a half when, uh,

2418
01:34:42,719 --> 01:34:43,110
yes, a

2419
01:34:43,110 --> 01:34:45,059
bunch more monarchs go, go into the draft.

2420
01:34:45,059 --> 01:34:48,120
We'll see if they end up, uh, Florida,
Arizona, fall or something like that.

2421
01:34:48,120 --> 01:34:48,450
So,

2422
01:34:48,900 --> 01:34:49,139
yeah,

2423
01:34:49,500 --> 01:34:49,889
that's it.

2424
01:34:49,889 --> 01:34:52,530
Well, we appreciate all of you
who've made it through 19 episodes

2425
01:34:52,530 --> 01:34:53,730
of Hudson Homers this year.

2426
01:34:53,730 --> 01:34:54,809
Congratulations.

2427
01:34:54,870 --> 01:34:57,179
I'll give you a badge next time
I see you for your commitment.

2428
01:34:58,365 --> 01:35:00,730
Um, but no, this has been a lot of fun.

2429
01:35:00,730 --> 01:35:02,115
It's been great having Finney great.

2430
01:35:02,115 --> 01:35:06,285
Having the players appreciate Yeah,
like Pierce Yarberry, Eric Bohannon,

2431
01:35:06,285 --> 01:35:08,954
all of that crew that gives us a
lot of, everybody owe you sports

2432
01:35:08,954 --> 01:35:09,794
every time they Yeah.

2433
01:35:09,794 --> 01:35:12,554
I, I go to a lot of the games and
I'm, I'm, you know, they, they make

2434
01:35:12,554 --> 01:35:15,794
sure they, they, they hook me up with
a media pass all year so I can go to

2435
01:35:15,794 --> 01:35:19,605
any game and I take pictures and I,
and I share 'em, and they, they ask

2436
01:35:19,605 --> 01:35:20,775
me like, can we do anything for you?

2437
01:35:20,775 --> 01:35:22,304
I'm like, guys, let me
hang out and take pictures.

2438
01:35:22,304 --> 01:35:24,584
I'm just some dude like, yeah,
you're, trust me, I'm good.

2439
01:35:24,584 --> 01:35:25,514
Like, we're, we're great.

2440
01:35:25,514 --> 01:35:25,634
Yeah.

2441
01:35:25,634 --> 01:35:26,985
They're, they're, they're
awesome over there.

2442
01:35:26,985 --> 01:35:30,825
I, I have, I don't know that I've ever had
a bad interaction with anybody involved.

2443
01:35:30,825 --> 01:35:30,974
No.

2444
01:35:30,974 --> 01:35:32,804
Use sports and they're
just phenomenal people.

2445
01:35:33,719 --> 01:35:37,019
They always take good care of us, seem
like take good care of the teams as well.

2446
01:35:37,019 --> 01:35:38,580
So always happy to work with them.

2447
01:35:38,580 --> 01:35:41,759
And you know, we did basically take
over the coaches show for baseball

2448
01:35:41,759 --> 01:35:43,380
this year and it just worked.

2449
01:35:43,380 --> 01:35:44,429
It, it just happens.

2450
01:35:44,429 --> 01:35:44,804
So just happens.

2451
01:35:45,420 --> 01:35:45,990
Yeah, sometimes.

2452
01:35:45,990 --> 01:35:46,500
Awesome.

2453
01:35:46,620 --> 01:35:49,019
Well make sure you stay subscribed.

2454
01:35:49,019 --> 01:35:51,285
YouTube, Spotify, apple
Music, all that stuff.

2455
01:35:51,285 --> 01:35:53,340
So that way, you know, when we
drop an episode, hopefully it'll

2456
01:35:53,340 --> 01:35:55,139
be a similar timing, but we'll see.

2457
01:35:55,590 --> 01:35:58,650
Um, and if you have ideas for
shows that aren't crazy, yes,

2458
01:35:58,769 --> 01:35:59,759
feel free to let me know.

2459
01:35:59,759 --> 01:36:02,490
Like, yes, I'd love to go to
Justin Lander's house and interview

2460
01:36:02,490 --> 01:36:03,125
him, but yeah, it'd be cool.

2461
01:36:03,130 --> 01:36:05,460
He doesn't, I'm not gonna
skydive for an episode.

2462
01:36:05,460 --> 01:36:06,690
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

2463
01:36:06,690 --> 01:36:08,730
He doesn't respond to
my text anymore, so, uh,

2464
01:36:11,465 --> 01:36:12,780
be now Ben, maybe get Ben.

2465
01:36:12,780 --> 01:36:13,080
We'll see.

2466
01:36:13,170 --> 01:36:16,259
I might get Ben perhaps to go on
his show, but that, that'd be okay.

2467
01:36:16,259 --> 01:36:17,125
Yeah, that's fine man.

2468
01:36:17,280 --> 01:36:17,670
Yeah.

2469
01:36:17,940 --> 01:36:18,299
Awesome.

2470
01:36:18,330 --> 01:36:22,230
CB It's also been a lot of fun doing
this with you and talking ball.

2471
01:36:23,265 --> 01:36:24,225
It's a great time, man.

2472
01:36:24,225 --> 01:36:27,225
I, I'm, I'm sorry I talk so much
and talk over you and interrupt.

2473
01:36:27,285 --> 01:36:30,645
Uh, and, and, uh, and, and as my
mom would say right now, we we're

2474
01:36:30,645 --> 01:36:31,965
talking too long on this show.

2475
01:36:31,965 --> 01:36:32,835
All we do is talk.

2476
01:36:33,240 --> 01:36:36,705
So I guess we need to, uh, get off of
here and we'll, we'll see y'all soon.

2477
01:36:36,735 --> 01:36:38,235
'cause I, we, there's always plenty.

2478
01:36:38,355 --> 01:36:38,895
We need baseball.

2479
01:36:38,895 --> 01:36:39,405
Talk about.

2480
01:36:39,915 --> 01:36:40,815
Yes, absolutely.

2481
01:36:40,815 --> 01:36:44,715
Well, enjoy your summer and uh, be
on the lookout for more stuff soon.

2482
01:36:44,985 --> 01:36:46,185
Go Monarchs.

2483
01:36:46,515 --> 01:36:47,595
Go Monarchs.