1 00:00:24,081 --> 00:00:24,621 Yeah. 2 00:00:24,921 --> 00:00:25,731 Yes. 3 00:00:25,911 --> 00:00:27,921 It's Tourney time everybody. 4 00:00:28,101 --> 00:00:28,851 It is. 5 00:00:28,851 --> 00:00:29,541 That's crazy. 6 00:00:29,586 --> 00:00:31,566 It's wild how fast that happens. 7 00:00:31,776 --> 00:00:32,946 We're finally here. 8 00:00:33,006 --> 00:00:36,186 We're starting to record the 18th episode of Hudson Homers for the year, 9 00:00:36,186 --> 00:00:38,136 which far to pass what we did last year. 10 00:00:38,496 --> 00:00:40,626 If anyone listened last year, remembered that. 11 00:00:41,076 --> 00:00:45,216 Um, we don't wanna talk, I don't think too much about the games of the weekend, 12 00:00:45,216 --> 00:00:47,916 but I'm pumped for the Sunbelt tournament. 13 00:00:47,916 --> 00:00:49,836 We're gonna have Coach Finwood on here in a few minutes. 14 00:00:49,836 --> 00:00:52,146 Live from the bus leaving Auburn. 15 00:00:52,596 --> 00:00:57,186 But CB how was your weekend over at Good Old War Memorial? 16 00:00:57,816 --> 00:01:01,416 You know, our starting pitching was outstanding, uh, and we had some 17 00:01:01,416 --> 00:01:07,386 really great defense and, and yep, I, I had a good time yesterday. 18 00:01:07,386 --> 00:01:08,686 I went and saw Brock Gagliardi 19 00:01:08,706 --> 00:01:12,486 He is his coach in the 13 u uh, travel ball team for the, the drillers. 20 00:01:12,486 --> 00:01:13,206 So that, that was fun. 21 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:16,146 Go to see him, uh, take some pictures of his teams. 22 00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:16,866 That was cool. 23 00:01:16,866 --> 00:01:16,956 Nice. 24 00:01:17,646 --> 00:01:18,066 Uh. 25 00:01:18,531 --> 00:01:20,361 Yeah, the results were not ideal. 26 00:01:20,481 --> 00:01:24,291 Yeah, it was, uh, results weren't great, but also other people helped us out 27 00:01:24,291 --> 00:01:28,191 and we ended up in sixth place anyway and have to get to avoid the playing 28 00:01:28,191 --> 00:01:29,361 tournament, which I think is huge. 29 00:01:29,361 --> 00:01:31,341 I think that was the only, the only shot we have at doing 30 00:01:31,341 --> 00:01:34,131 anything, uh, is not having to, uh. 31 00:01:34,491 --> 00:01:35,571 Drain ourselves on 32 00:01:35,571 --> 00:01:36,111 Tuesday. 33 00:01:36,921 --> 00:01:38,631 It's the goal we talked about all season long. 34 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:42,321 Just get to the top six and then go see what happens in the tournament. 35 00:01:42,321 --> 00:01:43,881 'cause weird stuff happens in the tournament. 36 00:01:44,571 --> 00:01:47,511 And speaking of, I see Coach Finwood is back with us. 37 00:01:47,511 --> 00:01:48,891 He is on the bus. 38 00:01:48,891 --> 00:01:50,331 Let's go ahead and bring him on. 39 00:01:50,331 --> 00:01:51,651 Coach Finwood, how's it going? 40 00:01:51,651 --> 00:01:51,711 Hey 41 00:01:52,521 --> 00:01:53,391 guys, how you doing? 42 00:01:54,231 --> 00:01:54,441 Hey, 43 00:01:54,891 --> 00:01:58,521 I tried to get you on the earbuds, but that did not work, so I got you on the. 44 00:01:59,046 --> 00:02:01,536 Speaker phone, so we are doing this live. 45 00:02:02,496 --> 00:02:02,706 Nice, nice. 46 00:02:02,706 --> 00:02:02,886 Let's go. 47 00:02:04,566 --> 00:02:05,586 Let the guys in the back know. 48 00:02:05,586 --> 00:02:07,506 I'm sure we'll get some interesting chirps from 'em there. 49 00:02:07,506 --> 00:02:07,507 Yeah. 50 00:02:07,866 --> 00:02:08,256 Yeah. 51 00:02:08,256 --> 00:02:12,096 We're downstairs, so it's just the coaches and staff here, so. 52 00:02:12,456 --> 00:02:12,966 Oh, nice. 53 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:16,116 Um, whatever you do, don't rag on any coaches. 54 00:02:17,676 --> 00:02:19,326 Well, Paul, that Ryan Moore, 55 00:02:19,926 --> 00:02:21,486 I'm used to it, that Ryan Moore. 56 00:02:21,486 --> 00:02:22,416 He's too nice. 57 00:02:22,416 --> 00:02:23,226 He's too handsome. 58 00:02:23,226 --> 00:02:23,856 He is too nice. 59 00:02:24,441 --> 00:02:25,101 Can't stand him. 60 00:02:27,471 --> 00:02:30,201 Uh, well, coach Finwood, obviously we didn't have you on last week. 61 00:02:30,201 --> 00:02:31,521 We went live on Sunday. 62 00:02:31,521 --> 00:02:35,601 Really the last couple innings of the JMU game 'cause of my dumb work, travel. 63 00:02:35,601 --> 00:02:39,681 But, uh, we're, we're pretty pumped going into this weekend. 64 00:02:39,681 --> 00:02:41,121 We get the top six seed. 65 00:02:41,451 --> 00:02:44,991 Kinda had some good things happen for us, but, you know, were you all kind of on 66 00:02:44,991 --> 00:02:48,141 pins and needles sweating out the other results there after the coastal game? 67 00:02:48,801 --> 00:02:49,821 Yeah, of course. 68 00:02:49,821 --> 00:02:50,121 Yeah. 69 00:02:50,121 --> 00:02:52,701 We were all, you know, fans and. 70 00:02:53,511 --> 00:02:58,941 Watching the other games, um, we saw JMU, you know, beat Texas State first, 71 00:02:58,941 --> 00:03:01,251 so that was what we needed to happen. 72 00:03:01,551 --> 00:03:08,331 And then, uh, simultaneously, you know, Marshall was getting ready to win in an 73 00:03:08,331 --> 00:03:16,611 extra innings and, um, then, uh, Louisiana hung seven runs on Arkansas State to 74 00:03:16,611 --> 00:03:22,341 erase a three zero deficit, you know, and, and jumped up in control of that game. 75 00:03:22,341 --> 00:03:22,491 So. 76 00:03:22,941 --> 00:03:27,801 At that point, that was the one we needed to happen to stay outta any tiebreakers. 77 00:03:28,371 --> 00:03:31,491 And, um, when they won, it was, it was good 'cause we knew we 78 00:03:31,491 --> 00:03:33,201 were gonna be, um, a six seat. 79 00:03:33,201 --> 00:03:36,981 And um, like you said, staying outta that playing round, which we've 80 00:03:36,981 --> 00:03:38,451 been in the last two years is big. 81 00:03:40,431 --> 00:03:43,671 Yeah, I, I was, I know at one point there was a scenario where I think 82 00:03:43,671 --> 00:03:47,301 there could have been four or five teams tied with a 15 and 15 record. 83 00:03:47,391 --> 00:03:49,131 I didn't even start going to look at Tiebreakers. 84 00:03:49,131 --> 00:03:51,621 I was like, there's no way it's gonna gonna land like this. 85 00:03:52,101 --> 00:03:54,891 Um, but I, I don't know how those would've shaken out, but I'm glad 86 00:03:54,891 --> 00:03:56,481 that we end up with the six seed. 87 00:03:56,691 --> 00:04:00,351 We've got Troy Brighton, early Wednesday, 9:00 AM Central time. 88 00:04:00,351 --> 00:04:01,131 Well, coffee game. 89 00:04:02,211 --> 00:04:02,631 Yeah. 90 00:04:02,631 --> 00:04:06,086 Yeah, the early morning game, which if you win it is awesome. 91 00:04:06,921 --> 00:04:09,141 Um, if you lose it, you gotta do it all over again. 92 00:04:10,131 --> 00:04:12,651 Um, but if you win it, it's really nice. 93 00:04:13,041 --> 00:04:17,241 So, you know, that's the plan is go ahead and win it and get the guys ready. 94 00:04:17,241 --> 00:04:20,301 We had a good workout, um, just finished up a good workout 95 00:04:20,301 --> 00:04:21,621 and got some dinner in Auburn. 96 00:04:22,281 --> 00:04:26,541 Uh, they're so gracious to us and allow us workout there when we're 97 00:04:26,541 --> 00:04:27,891 heading down to the tournament. 98 00:04:27,891 --> 00:04:32,721 It's just a neat time and they're of course all excited 'cause you know, they, 99 00:04:32,781 --> 00:04:36,051 they finished sixth in SEC and um, get. 100 00:04:36,426 --> 00:04:38,811 Get a first round buy in their tournament as well. 101 00:04:38,811 --> 00:04:43,911 And they're up to a, you know, number two RPI in the country right now. 102 00:04:43,911 --> 00:04:45,531 So they're having a F year. 103 00:04:45,586 --> 00:04:45,806 Wow. 104 00:04:47,091 --> 00:04:47,421 Wow. 105 00:04:47,556 --> 00:04:48,681 That, that is wild. 106 00:04:48,681 --> 00:04:49,701 And we've gotta win over 'em. 107 00:04:49,701 --> 00:04:51,831 So that, uh, that helps us a little bit. 108 00:04:52,101 --> 00:04:55,371 I know that our, our real path here though is, is winning that Sunbelt 109 00:04:55,371 --> 00:04:56,721 tournament and getting through there. 110 00:04:56,721 --> 00:04:57,381 Um, yep. 111 00:04:58,116 --> 00:05:00,261 Face the tough team over the weekend with Coastal. 112 00:05:00,426 --> 00:05:02,556 I mean, there, there's a reason why they're the top seed, 113 00:05:02,556 --> 00:05:03,876 whether we like them or not. 114 00:05:03,876 --> 00:05:08,106 I know CB is not a big fan, um, but tell us a little bit about the, the 115 00:05:08,106 --> 00:05:09,726 weekend and then we can, uh, end it. 116 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:11,946 We've got some awesome graduation photos from the field too. 117 00:05:12,066 --> 00:05:15,336 Yeah, the graduation, the senior day was really nice. 118 00:05:15,336 --> 00:05:19,866 I, I think it's a little misleading, you know, especially the last, 119 00:05:20,256 --> 00:05:21,381 how the weekend played out. 120 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:25,476 I mean, we had to bump some guys up and throw 'em on shorter rest 121 00:05:25,476 --> 00:05:27,036 and then also limit their pitches. 122 00:05:27,036 --> 00:05:32,166 Is, um, you know, our top three or four guys pitched really well against them. 123 00:05:32,796 --> 00:05:39,426 Um, you know, Dylan and, and, and Ben in particular on, on Friday, um, carved 124 00:05:39,426 --> 00:05:41,016 him up pretty good and so did Blake. 125 00:05:41,496 --> 00:05:46,206 Uh, so, but just where we were, you know, we weren't, were, it wasn't a normal 126 00:05:46,206 --> 00:05:50,886 scenario, um, or I think we win one of those, at least one of those games. 127 00:05:51,411 --> 00:05:52,821 And, uh, so it is what it is. 128 00:05:52,821 --> 00:05:56,271 We had to short the guys a little bit so we could be ready for, for 129 00:05:56,271 --> 00:05:57,981 next week, this week coming up. 130 00:05:57,981 --> 00:06:00,381 And sometimes that's how it goes. 131 00:06:00,471 --> 00:06:05,031 Um, just with how we ran our pitching all year, you know, 132 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:09,591 maybe not throwing our better of the three on Saturday and Sunday. 133 00:06:10,311 --> 00:06:15,321 Uh, just had to change last weekend to get ready for the tournament. 134 00:06:15,321 --> 00:06:18,171 And, you know, it's just the difference between what you do in 135 00:06:18,171 --> 00:06:20,601 the whole season and tournament play. 136 00:06:20,601 --> 00:06:20,841 So. 137 00:06:21,351 --> 00:06:22,131 It is what it is. 138 00:06:22,131 --> 00:06:24,621 They have a very good team, their pitching's outstanding. 139 00:06:25,191 --> 00:06:30,471 Um, and, uh, you know, we made a few too many mistakes, I think, uh, just 140 00:06:30,471 --> 00:06:34,521 with free bases and, and things of that nature to, and, and we didn't, we 141 00:06:34,521 --> 00:06:36,111 didn't, you know, hit enough either. 142 00:06:36,111 --> 00:06:38,211 So, um, we gotta pick that up. 143 00:06:38,511 --> 00:06:41,001 Um, and hopefully we will this week. 144 00:06:42,381 --> 00:06:47,451 Yeah, it was really encouraging that, uh, when it came down to our best 145 00:06:47,451 --> 00:06:50,766 pitchers in the game, I. We were beating him pretty much every time. 146 00:06:50,826 --> 00:06:50,976 Yeah. 147 00:06:51,936 --> 00:06:52,146 Yeah. 148 00:06:52,146 --> 00:06:52,206 So 149 00:06:52,206 --> 00:06:52,626 that was great. 150 00:06:52,626 --> 00:06:54,006 And then, and they had some good honor. 151 00:06:54,006 --> 00:06:57,546 That kid fluke on Friday, he's about as good as I've seen in a few years. 152 00:06:57,636 --> 00:06:58,506 He's really good. 153 00:06:59,196 --> 00:07:00,336 Yeah, he is. 154 00:07:00,336 --> 00:07:03,666 And you know, Morrison ended up being the pitcher of the year in the league. 155 00:07:03,666 --> 00:07:07,266 They sat there, became two guy I was tend to know this year. 156 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:10,386 And you know, so they, and, and IOP's good. 157 00:07:10,386 --> 00:07:12,156 They're, they're game three starters. 158 00:07:12,156 --> 00:07:14,226 So, and then their bullpen's really good. 159 00:07:14,231 --> 00:07:15,306 I mean, they're second in the country. 160 00:07:15,336 --> 00:07:15,426 Yep. 161 00:07:15,816 --> 00:07:16,446 For a reason. 162 00:07:16,446 --> 00:07:20,196 So, um, yeah, they're, they're a good team and they play baseball 163 00:07:20,196 --> 00:07:25,146 well and they take advantage of your mistakes and, you know, you have to 164 00:07:25,146 --> 00:07:26,676 limit those to beat a team like that. 165 00:07:29,376 --> 00:07:29,826 Yeah, absolutely. 166 00:07:29,826 --> 00:07:33,336 Now, it, it seems like from the way you pitch the previous weekend, 167 00:07:33,336 --> 00:07:36,426 seems like Dylan is gonna be that Wednesday morning starter. 168 00:07:37,176 --> 00:07:37,686 Yes. 169 00:07:37,691 --> 00:07:37,901 Yeah. 170 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:39,061 He'll be, yeah. 171 00:07:39,071 --> 00:07:42,846 He'll go Wednesday and, uh, Blake will, Blake will start Thursday. 172 00:07:43,446 --> 00:07:44,646 So I'm not sure what we'll do. 173 00:07:45,336 --> 00:07:47,766 The rest of the way, that'll just depend what we need to do. 174 00:07:47,766 --> 00:07:53,046 You know, you, you very much with, with, especially with our pitch in depth, um, 175 00:07:53,046 --> 00:07:57,066 we gotta stay in that winner's bracket really to have a shot, um, to do it. 176 00:07:57,066 --> 00:08:03,276 So gotta put all your eggs in the game one back and put the rest of 177 00:08:03,276 --> 00:08:05,766 'em in the game two basket because you get a day off after that. 178 00:08:07,326 --> 00:08:12,066 So that would probably mean that then Ben Moore and Ethan Hubble are 179 00:08:12,066 --> 00:08:13,986 both available in those two games. 180 00:08:15,936 --> 00:08:16,296 Yeah. 181 00:08:16,356 --> 00:08:17,196 Yeah, absolutely. 182 00:08:17,736 --> 00:08:18,426 Yeah, they will be. 183 00:08:19,506 --> 00:08:19,686 Yep. 184 00:08:21,096 --> 00:08:21,126 Okay. 185 00:08:21,126 --> 00:08:21,546 I love it. 186 00:08:21,546 --> 00:08:24,936 Let's, yeah, I mean, throw your best, like you said, you that winning two 187 00:08:24,936 --> 00:08:26,256 or getting a day off would be huge. 188 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:29,826 That, that seems like one of our, our really, uh, path to victory, 189 00:08:29,826 --> 00:08:31,296 that that would work for us. 190 00:08:32,586 --> 00:08:34,446 Yeah, that's usually how it works. 191 00:08:34,446 --> 00:08:39,876 I mean, it's hard to, you know, go through that loses bracket, um, and, and find 192 00:08:39,876 --> 00:08:41,736 your way into that final, it's tough. 193 00:08:41,766 --> 00:08:42,966 You just gotta end up having to. 194 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:47,991 I played too many games in a row and you know, it can, it can catch up to 195 00:08:47,991 --> 00:08:49,281 you and especially in the bullpen. 196 00:08:50,661 --> 00:08:50,901 Yeah. 197 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:51,501 Yeah. 198 00:08:51,561 --> 00:08:54,321 It'd be ideal if we, uh, you know, hung up some crooked numbers in the 199 00:08:54,321 --> 00:08:56,811 first couple innings and you got to, uh, cruise a little bit there 200 00:08:56,811 --> 00:08:57,861 through the end of that first game. 201 00:08:57,861 --> 00:09:00,621 But, you know, I know Troy's gonna be, they're gonna be tough. 202 00:09:00,621 --> 00:09:02,211 They were tough when they came to Harbor Park. 203 00:09:02,691 --> 00:09:04,251 Uh, but we did, we were right there with them. 204 00:09:04,306 --> 00:09:06,381 I, I don't feel like that was a mismatch series at all. 205 00:09:07,971 --> 00:09:11,121 No, we didn't play well enough on, on Friday, and then we played a 206 00:09:11,121 --> 00:09:12,621 pretty good ball game on Saturday. 207 00:09:13,026 --> 00:09:15,966 Just got beat and then we beat him up pretty good on Sunday. 208 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:21,456 Um, so yeah, two to three games, you know, we played well enough to win. 209 00:09:22,236 --> 00:09:26,166 And, um, you know, they're a very left-handed team, so that's a strength of 210 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,996 our, our guys we're gonna throw at 'em. 211 00:09:28,536 --> 00:09:29,991 Uh, so hopefully that'll work out in our favorite. 212 00:09:32,436 --> 00:09:33,006 Absolutely. 213 00:09:33,066 --> 00:09:36,456 Well, I know, uh, Saturday was a, was a big day for a lot of the 214 00:09:36,456 --> 00:09:40,176 guys that were graduating CB as usual, get some awesome shots here. 215 00:09:40,416 --> 00:09:43,206 This might be one of my favorite pictures of the season, honestly, 216 00:09:43,206 --> 00:09:46,476 here with, uh, all the guys lining up down the, the third base line 217 00:09:46,476 --> 00:09:49,386 there with their jerseys and frames and parents and all that good stuff. 218 00:09:49,866 --> 00:09:52,506 Uh, talk us a little bit through that, that senior day ceremony, because 219 00:09:52,506 --> 00:09:53,556 you had quite a few of 'em walking. 220 00:09:54,996 --> 00:09:59,376 Well, it's always, you know, cathartic I think is a good word. 221 00:09:59,931 --> 00:10:06,441 Um, senior days, you know, guys, you, you've known these guys a lot of times 222 00:10:06,441 --> 00:10:11,961 for, you know, 5, 6, 7 years even going back to when you recruited them, uh, 223 00:10:11,961 --> 00:10:16,941 and they're walking across as graduates, most of them, uh, from the day before. 224 00:10:17,511 --> 00:10:20,421 And guys, you've been through a lot with good. 225 00:10:31,506 --> 00:10:35,076 I thought the couple things that we did this year, even though it wasn't 226 00:10:35,946 --> 00:10:42,756 on our campus, uh, which made it seem a little strange to me, um, the marketing 227 00:10:42,756 --> 00:10:48,186 department I think did a really good job with one, the, the video on, on Friday 228 00:10:48,186 --> 00:10:50,346 of this graduates with their parents. 229 00:10:50,346 --> 00:10:51,546 Tell 'em how proud they were. 230 00:10:52,491 --> 00:10:56,721 And then the, uh, the, the senior day, the guy's kind of signing off. 231 00:10:57,171 --> 00:11:02,931 Uh, they're writing their signatures, uh, on that, on that, you know, see 232 00:11:02,931 --> 00:11:04,341 through board where you could see 'em. 233 00:11:04,341 --> 00:11:05,091 That was really neat. 234 00:11:06,651 --> 00:11:07,011 Yeah. 235 00:11:07,011 --> 00:11:12,561 Uh, Ryan Parncutt, who's a former ODU soccer player, uh, who's become 236 00:11:12,561 --> 00:11:15,951 the, uh, you know, the marketing and social media, uh, person. 237 00:11:15,951 --> 00:11:19,071 She's done a phenomenal job with a lot of the sports and yeah, that was really cool. 238 00:11:19,071 --> 00:11:22,791 I, I was telling them, uh, it's, it's, they, they made it look like there 239 00:11:22,791 --> 00:11:26,271 were signing their name, but it was the right direction for us to view, and I 240 00:11:26,271 --> 00:11:29,151 said, it was upsetting to me how long it took me to realize they just had to 241 00:11:29,151 --> 00:11:30,621 flip the video to make it look that way. 242 00:11:30,621 --> 00:11:33,326 I like kind of dumb. 243 00:11:37,641 --> 00:11:39,111 Yeah, that was a neat touch. 244 00:11:39,111 --> 00:11:41,361 I had never seen that done anywhere before. 245 00:11:41,841 --> 00:11:47,241 Um, I'm sure it was, but for, for all of us, we, we didn't know it 246 00:11:47,241 --> 00:11:49,761 was coming, uh, either one of those. 247 00:11:49,761 --> 00:11:52,071 So it was neat to be surprised like that. 248 00:11:52,071 --> 00:11:55,821 I, I thought it was really cool and really neat for the families. 249 00:11:56,301 --> 00:11:59,361 Um, it was a, it was a good touch for sure. 250 00:12:00,591 --> 00:12:00,861 Yeah. 251 00:12:01,386 --> 00:12:02,976 It's definitely one of the best things that we've done. 252 00:12:03,036 --> 00:12:06,786 Adding the, the graduation walk was just, I, I can't remember how many years 253 00:12:06,786 --> 00:12:09,186 it's been since you've done, it's been a while since you started doing that. 254 00:12:09,186 --> 00:12:13,176 And it's just so great because we are almost always off on the road 255 00:12:13,176 --> 00:12:16,296 when that happens, so it's, it's really good for the players and their 256 00:12:16,296 --> 00:12:17,646 families to get to experience that. 257 00:12:18,696 --> 00:12:23,436 Yeah, we've been doing this since we got here, I think, and the first 258 00:12:23,436 --> 00:12:27,726 time I ever saw that was when I was at Western Kentucky and we were 259 00:12:27,726 --> 00:12:29,646 downplaying Louisiana Lafayette. 260 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:35,496 And they had their seniors come out and they explained, you know, how they 261 00:12:35,496 --> 00:12:39,426 missed graduation 'cause they're off, you know, representing the university. 262 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:44,226 And um, so they had them graduate, uh, on the field like that. 263 00:12:44,226 --> 00:12:48,546 And I was like, that's a really neat thing to honor the honor that hard work. 264 00:12:49,086 --> 00:12:53,946 Um, and let them have that experience, uh, on the baseball field in their 265 00:12:53,946 --> 00:12:55,986 caps and gowns over their uniform. 266 00:12:56,496 --> 00:12:59,166 Uh, and those pictures are lifetime memories, I think. 267 00:12:59,541 --> 00:13:04,101 Certainly for kids, but maybe even more so for their, their parents and 268 00:13:04,731 --> 00:13:10,041 grandparents and I mean, a lot of money, a lot of effort goes into that degree. 269 00:13:10,101 --> 00:13:15,021 Um, you know, besides just the, the student athletes and the, the people 270 00:13:15,021 --> 00:13:17,721 that are, are paying the bills, they certainly like to see that. 271 00:13:18,921 --> 00:13:19,131 Yeah. 272 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:21,351 I really love the, uh, the robe over the uniform. 273 00:13:21,351 --> 00:13:23,871 Like, uh, there was a picture of, uh, Jack Slater where he is walking. 274 00:13:23,871 --> 00:13:24,081 You see his. 275 00:13:24,651 --> 00:13:26,241 His catcher, shin guards coming. 276 00:13:26,241 --> 00:13:28,911 I don't think I, I didn't think I sent it to you, Gary, but, uh, 277 00:13:29,001 --> 00:13:31,251 it's, yeah, like, there's one with, with Raun with the cleats. 278 00:13:31,251 --> 00:13:33,501 I mean, it's, it's, it's like, it's what it is. 279 00:13:33,501 --> 00:13:35,751 I mean, they're student athletes and so, so you get the, the 280 00:13:35,751 --> 00:13:36,711 mix of 'em both together. 281 00:13:36,711 --> 00:13:37,371 It's really neat. 282 00:13:38,541 --> 00:13:39,621 Yeah, it is. 283 00:13:39,621 --> 00:13:43,521 It's, it's a neat day and I'm glad that we're able to do that. 284 00:13:43,521 --> 00:13:48,426 Appreciate, uh, Ron Moses coming out and con, you know, con 285 00:13:48,771 --> 00:13:50,391 confirm the guy's degrees to him. 286 00:13:51,171 --> 00:13:53,961 Um, a lot of times we'll have another professor as well come out when 287 00:13:53,961 --> 00:13:56,751 it's on campus, but everything's a little different this year. 288 00:13:56,751 --> 00:13:59,631 And that was no exception, but it was still a very nice event. 289 00:14:02,121 --> 00:14:03,471 Yeah, it, it looked awesome. 290 00:14:03,471 --> 00:14:05,961 I, I know I got a bunch of videos and pictures and stuff from 291 00:14:05,961 --> 00:14:07,401 parents and, and different people. 292 00:14:07,401 --> 00:14:08,271 I, I couldn't be there. 293 00:14:08,271 --> 00:14:11,841 It was sad to miss that one, especially with, you know, Eddie and Luke and 294 00:14:11,841 --> 00:14:14,961 all those guys that I've, I've become close to in the last couple years. 295 00:14:15,201 --> 00:14:18,171 Um, but glad I get to see 'em here in Montgomery. 296 00:14:18,696 --> 00:14:22,176 Um, I don't know, out outside of the baseball, what are you most looking 297 00:14:22,176 --> 00:14:24,006 forward to being back down in Montgomery? 298 00:14:25,386 --> 00:14:29,196 Well, the area we're in, you know, with the hotel being right across the street 299 00:14:29,196 --> 00:14:32,106 from the ballpark is just fantastic. 300 00:14:32,106 --> 00:14:36,036 Like the logistics, I think for the players, the coaches, the 301 00:14:36,036 --> 00:14:38,586 families couldn't be any better. 302 00:14:39,156 --> 00:14:42,786 Um, there's a lot of really good restaurants close by. 303 00:14:42,786 --> 00:14:44,736 The hotel's fantastic. 304 00:14:44,736 --> 00:14:47,406 The Renaissance that we stay in, um. 305 00:14:47,421 --> 00:14:51,711 And there's a, one of our favorite coffee shops right around the corner, 306 00:14:52,551 --> 00:14:55,101 uh, which is always big for our staff. 307 00:14:55,551 --> 00:14:58,551 And, um, just a neat historic area. 308 00:14:58,551 --> 00:15:03,291 You can walk down to the Alabama River and see they got a memorial 309 00:15:03,291 --> 00:15:08,181 down there where the, the, you know, the, the slave trade ships used to be. 310 00:15:08,601 --> 00:15:15,171 Um, they've got a Rosa Parks, um, memorial, um, you know, uh, in there. 311 00:15:15,591 --> 00:15:19,761 A lot of the, you know, the, that 312 00:15:33,561 --> 00:15:34,016 see some of 313 00:15:36,951 --> 00:15:40,791 to the park and watch games, uh, when your team's not playing, and 314 00:15:40,821 --> 00:15:42,141 we'll have the luxury of doing that. 315 00:15:42,156 --> 00:15:45,396 You know, tomorrow after practice, watch some other people sweat it 316 00:15:45,396 --> 00:15:48,066 out, playing day instead of up. 317 00:15:50,376 --> 00:15:52,116 Yeah, I'll, I'll definitely be taking it in. 318 00:15:52,116 --> 00:15:54,966 I think we're, I'm staying in the same hotel so I'll, uh, I'll be 319 00:15:54,966 --> 00:15:58,686 on fire alarm duty making sure no one goes and pulls that fire alarm 320 00:15:58,686 --> 00:15:59,736 like four o'clock in the morning. 321 00:15:59,736 --> 00:16:01,296 Messes up your 9:00 AM start time. 322 00:16:02,286 --> 00:16:02,856 Yeah. 323 00:16:06,336 --> 00:16:09,006 They might be the ones that are okay at 4:00 AM be like, all 324 00:16:09,006 --> 00:16:10,176 right, let's just get up and be up. 325 00:16:11,466 --> 00:16:11,586 Yeah. 326 00:16:11,586 --> 00:16:14,106 So be, there'll be a line out the door from your coffee shop. 327 00:16:15,546 --> 00:16:18,606 We'll be getting up not too, not too long after that on Wednesday. 328 00:16:18,606 --> 00:16:18,906 So 329 00:16:21,576 --> 00:16:22,476 get up and get it going. 330 00:16:22,476 --> 00:16:22,477 Awesome. 331 00:16:24,321 --> 00:16:25,911 Well, we're, we're excited for it. 332 00:16:25,911 --> 00:16:28,341 I, it'll be an early morning, it'll be probably a lot of people using two 333 00:16:28,341 --> 00:16:30,411 screens at work to, uh, keep an on us. 334 00:16:30,411 --> 00:16:34,671 It'll be 10:00 AM Central, uh, 10:00 AM eastern, nine central, uh, taking on Troy. 335 00:16:34,671 --> 00:16:37,191 All the games to determine are on ESPN Plus. 336 00:16:37,191 --> 00:16:41,241 But, uh, I imagine there's gonna be a good number of people, ODU fans, 337 00:16:41,241 --> 00:16:43,761 at least parents coming down for this one, especially since we're 338 00:16:43,761 --> 00:16:45,561 bypassing that single elimination. 339 00:16:48,351 --> 00:16:50,511 Well, we appreciate everybody's support. 340 00:16:50,571 --> 00:16:50,721 Yeah. 341 00:16:50,721 --> 00:16:51,411 The more people. 342 00:16:51,936 --> 00:16:55,776 Can get down the better and it's a neat ballpark for a conference tournament. 343 00:16:55,776 --> 00:17:00,066 And, um, we're hoping to play, play some good baseball down here and get 344 00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:01,596 that first win on Wednesday morning. 345 00:17:03,936 --> 00:17:04,026 Good. 346 00:17:04,386 --> 00:17:05,076 Sounds good. 347 00:17:05,076 --> 00:17:08,736 Coach Finney, uh, drive safe the rest of the way there to Montgomery. 348 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:11,766 Get settled in and, uh, we'll be seeing you tomorrow. 349 00:17:12,336 --> 00:17:12,816 Alright guys. 350 00:17:12,816 --> 00:17:13,806 And when you guys, 351 00:17:13,896 --> 00:17:17,406 uh, go, when you guys go two and oh we'll, we'll do a little special, uh, 352 00:17:17,436 --> 00:17:21,126 quick podcast and talk about what's, uh, coming up the, on the, on the off day. 353 00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:22,191 Perfect. 354 00:17:22,611 --> 00:17:23,181 I love it. 355 00:17:23,181 --> 00:17:23,751 Let's do it. 356 00:17:24,021 --> 00:17:24,651 Let's go. 357 00:17:24,651 --> 00:17:25,071 Let's do it. 358 00:17:25,071 --> 00:17:25,491 All right. 359 00:17:25,491 --> 00:17:26,151 Good luck, Finn. 360 00:17:26,151 --> 00:17:26,841 Be safe. 361 00:17:27,351 --> 00:17:29,511 Uh, tell John Keen stop being so ruggedly. 362 00:17:29,511 --> 00:17:31,011 Good looking and so cool. 363 00:17:31,011 --> 00:17:33,441 He just, he makes me upset how need he is. 364 00:17:33,441 --> 00:17:34,041 It's alright. 365 00:17:35,241 --> 00:17:35,541 I'll him. 366 00:17:39,686 --> 00:17:40,306 Thanks coach. 367 00:17:40,306 --> 00:17:40,706 Thanks. 368 00:17:43,716 --> 00:17:44,226 There we go. 369 00:17:44,226 --> 00:17:44,586 Good. 370 00:17:44,586 --> 00:17:46,926 Yeah, there he was just, he was just telling us, they just finished 371 00:17:46,926 --> 00:17:51,486 working out at Auburn, um, and had dinner with, uh, with um, Carl Maker 372 00:17:51,486 --> 00:17:52,626 and his family, which is great. 373 00:17:52,626 --> 00:17:56,286 Again, it's just, it's outstanding that, that they have, you know, he 374 00:17:56,796 --> 00:18:00,006 just such a good relationship and, and such an amazing place to go work out. 375 00:18:00,366 --> 00:18:03,276 I mean, again, lemme tell you, having been there like that, it's crazy. 376 00:18:03,636 --> 00:18:06,246 Then for them to tell me like, oh, this is like middle of the pack in the SEC. 377 00:18:06,246 --> 00:18:07,716 It's like, that's not, that's not real. 378 00:18:07,716 --> 00:18:08,406 That can't be a thing. 379 00:18:08,406 --> 00:18:09,576 They're playing major league stadiums then. 380 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:11,226 That can't be true. 381 00:18:12,036 --> 00:18:12,366 Yeah. 382 00:18:12,366 --> 00:18:13,836 That's, that is insane. 383 00:18:13,836 --> 00:18:16,596 But it's nice to kind of get to break up a little bit of that 384 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:19,986 drive so that way when they get to Montgomery, they can just go relax. 385 00:18:20,196 --> 00:18:20,436 Uh, 386 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:24,426 so yeah, I think they, Charlotte, yeah, I think they were in Charlotte 387 00:18:24,426 --> 00:18:28,026 last night and then went to, went to Auburn today and Yeah, I, I don't, 388 00:18:28,031 --> 00:18:30,606 I, I, I'll be honest, I did not look, but I know it's, it's pretty short. 389 00:18:32,226 --> 00:18:35,586 Yeah, it's fairly quick, but it sounds like the guy's got some, got some food 390 00:18:35,646 --> 00:18:39,216 and then, uh, you know, they'll be settled into Montgomery here pretty soon. 391 00:18:39,666 --> 00:18:42,906 I wonder if they're gonna have the, uh, the early morning wake up call tomorrow 392 00:18:42,906 --> 00:18:44,706 just as a drill to get that body ready. 393 00:18:44,706 --> 00:18:48,186 Because if he's talking a 5:00 AM wake up call, that's, I mean, that's about what 394 00:18:48,186 --> 00:18:49,806 you need though for 9:00 AM start time. 395 00:18:49,851 --> 00:18:50,141 Yeah. 396 00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:54,006 I mean, I'm betting not, you know, that that's, uh, that's where the guys 397 00:18:54,006 --> 00:18:56,406 would be like, you know, coach, we, we, you tell us all the time, sleep 398 00:18:56,406 --> 00:18:58,026 is important, so let us sleep the. 399 00:18:59,371 --> 00:19:03,481 I, I still think it's funny finding out that, um, I think it was, uh, Kyle Edwards 400 00:19:03,481 --> 00:19:07,411 and Eff Morales, they roomed together on the road and it was a perfect match 401 00:19:07,411 --> 00:19:10,621 because they both, all they like doing when they're not at the field of sleeping. 402 00:19:10,986 --> 00:19:14,166 Apparently they go, they, they go to the field, they do whatever they gotta 403 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:17,436 do and they go back to them and they both take naps and just sleep all day. 404 00:19:17,976 --> 00:19:19,146 That's, that's adorable. 405 00:19:19,656 --> 00:19:20,586 You couldn't be better. 406 00:19:21,006 --> 00:19:21,276 Yeah. 407 00:19:21,276 --> 00:19:23,856 So they're, they're definitely gonna have time for that. 408 00:19:23,916 --> 00:19:27,636 Um, 'cause looking just how things lay out, I mean, obviously 9:00 AM 409 00:19:27,636 --> 00:19:30,726 Wednesday to start off the double elimination portion of the tournament. 410 00:19:31,116 --> 00:19:35,136 If they lose, they would turn around and play at 9:00 AM Central the next day. 411 00:19:35,751 --> 00:19:39,681 Uh, but if they win, they don't go until 4:00 PM Central. 412 00:19:39,681 --> 00:19:42,771 So they would have a pretty good bit of downtime if they're able to win game one. 413 00:19:43,161 --> 00:19:45,441 So it kind of sets up where if you're playing the first game, 414 00:19:45,441 --> 00:19:47,991 you're gonna have more rest than your opponent no matter what. 415 00:19:48,231 --> 00:19:50,811 You're just hopeful that that is not an elimination game that you 416 00:19:50,811 --> 00:19:52,341 are resting up for on Thursday. 417 00:19:52,746 --> 00:19:53,226 Yeah. 418 00:19:53,556 --> 00:19:55,206 Um, oh, excuse me. 419 00:19:55,626 --> 00:19:59,826 Uh, and you know, the good, the good side is they played Troy, um, you know, if 420 00:19:59,826 --> 00:20:02,676 they, they win, you know, the possibility of playing Southern Miss, they played them 421 00:20:02,676 --> 00:20:04,416 and they, they've beaten both of 'em now. 422 00:20:04,416 --> 00:20:06,006 They're both top 25 teams. 423 00:20:06,276 --> 00:20:09,456 Uh, weirdly enough, I don't know if we, we mentioned this Southern Miss 424 00:20:09,456 --> 00:20:14,136 and Troy played this past weekend and Southern Miss swept them and run ruled 425 00:20:14,136 --> 00:20:17,346 them in the middle game, uh, which is surprising 'cause they were both, I 426 00:20:17,346 --> 00:20:18,516 mean, they're both like around like. 427 00:20:18,846 --> 00:20:21,486 18 to 22 or so in the, in the rankings. 428 00:20:21,546 --> 00:20:24,516 Um, so that I, I think a sweep was very unexpected. 429 00:20:26,061 --> 00:20:26,571 I think so. 430 00:20:26,571 --> 00:20:29,541 I think Troy was, was hoping to show a little bit more signs of life there. 431 00:20:29,541 --> 00:20:32,001 But that's probably not what you want to have going into it. 432 00:20:32,001 --> 00:20:34,641 Especially when you're in one of the top seated positions. 433 00:20:34,881 --> 00:20:35,241 Yeah. 434 00:20:35,241 --> 00:20:35,571 At least. 435 00:20:35,571 --> 00:20:36,886 At least Wanna go one, two, wanna 436 00:20:36,886 --> 00:20:37,911 get swept, go the tournament. 437 00:20:38,511 --> 00:20:39,081 No. 438 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:42,321 Well I mean, we lost to the one seed and we had to rearrange our 439 00:20:42,321 --> 00:20:44,811 pitching in a way to set, set ourselves up for the tournament. 440 00:20:44,811 --> 00:20:44,871 Yeah. 441 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:47,421 You know, coastal kinda had the luxury to not have to worry 442 00:20:47,421 --> 00:20:48,681 about those things necessarily. 443 00:20:48,681 --> 00:20:50,511 'cause they're getting into the NCAA tournament. 444 00:20:50,811 --> 00:20:51,471 Regardless. 445 00:20:51,471 --> 00:20:53,511 They're probably, are they gonna be a top eight or are they gonna 446 00:20:53,511 --> 00:20:54,861 be a top 16 seat is probably. 447 00:20:54,861 --> 00:20:55,131 Really? 448 00:20:55,191 --> 00:20:55,491 Yeah. 449 00:20:55,491 --> 00:20:56,661 That's their, they're hoping they 450 00:20:56,661 --> 00:21:00,441 could do something here and, and end up being the, the, the super regional host. 451 00:21:01,281 --> 00:21:01,641 Yeah. 452 00:21:01,671 --> 00:21:02,871 It is, it is interesting. 453 00:21:02,871 --> 00:21:05,151 You know, all season long we did not sweep anyone. 454 00:21:05,151 --> 00:21:07,616 We did not get swept and we ended the last two weeks back. 455 00:21:07,621 --> 00:21:07,761 Back, yeah. 456 00:21:07,761 --> 00:21:12,411 Sweep JU But that sweep of JMU is so incredibly important. 457 00:21:12,501 --> 00:21:12,711 Oh man. 458 00:21:12,711 --> 00:21:14,481 Or we would be playing on Tuesday. 459 00:21:14,631 --> 00:21:17,031 So getting those three wins in Harrisonburg. 460 00:21:17,661 --> 00:21:22,041 I mean that, that's the reason we have hope and we are, uh, more positive 461 00:21:22,041 --> 00:21:24,291 on today's episode rather than, yeah. 462 00:21:24,291 --> 00:21:27,531 Oh boy, we gotta go gut it, gut one out as like an eight or a nine c, that that 463 00:21:27,531 --> 00:21:29,181 would not be an ideal scenario for us. 464 00:21:29,211 --> 00:21:29,631 Yeah, 465 00:21:29,631 --> 00:21:30,801 no, you're right. 466 00:21:30,801 --> 00:21:34,551 The difference between, uh, playing tomorrow and playing on, or, or today 467 00:21:34,551 --> 00:21:38,001 if you're listening to it on Tuesday and playing on Wednesday morning is, is huge. 468 00:21:38,001 --> 00:21:43,251 And that's, um, and again, it's, it's crazy because a, a month ago we were like, 469 00:21:43,251 --> 00:21:45,141 are we even gonna be in the tournaments? 470 00:21:45,666 --> 00:21:48,786 And then we went into this weekend with a chance to be fourth, 471 00:21:49,506 --> 00:21:51,696 uh, whi, which is, is wild. 472 00:21:51,726 --> 00:21:55,656 Uh, so the, these guys have done some stuff, um, some other teams, 473 00:21:55,656 --> 00:21:58,086 I mean, Marshall has done, a, Marshall went from kind of dead 474 00:21:58,086 --> 00:21:59,586 in the water too to, to moving up. 475 00:21:59,586 --> 00:22:02,786 And they ended up being what, fifth I. They're, they're the four seed. 476 00:22:03,376 --> 00:22:04,226 They're the four seed. 477 00:22:04,311 --> 00:22:04,551 Oh, yeah. 478 00:22:04,551 --> 00:22:06,441 'cause Louisiana was, was going backwards. 479 00:22:06,441 --> 00:22:06,981 Yeah, you're right. 480 00:22:06,981 --> 00:22:07,281 Okay. 481 00:22:07,281 --> 00:22:07,971 Here, we're here. 482 00:22:08,031 --> 00:22:08,391 Yeah. 483 00:22:08,751 --> 00:22:12,531 I mean, we, we still had an opportunity on Sunday, even after, or I'm sorry, 484 00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:15,831 on Saturday after dropping the first two games where if we would've 485 00:22:15,831 --> 00:22:18,986 won and Louisiana would've lost, we would've been the four seat. 486 00:22:19,521 --> 00:22:23,211 Despite all of that, that's just how tight the middle of those standings got. 487 00:22:23,601 --> 00:22:26,121 I mean, your, your four C to 16 and four. 488 00:22:27,261 --> 00:22:31,071 We're the lone 500 team, and then you got two teams at 14 and six. 489 00:22:31,071 --> 00:22:33,831 Like that is a log jam there for those last spots. 490 00:22:33,831 --> 00:22:36,681 And we just, we got all the outcomes. 491 00:22:36,711 --> 00:22:40,041 Like that's, that's, yeah, we, we got all the outcomes for two 492 00:22:40,041 --> 00:22:44,061 consecutive weekends and we're rewarded by it by now being the succeed. 493 00:22:45,171 --> 00:22:48,291 Yeah, there was a lot in the middle, but it's funny, like I said, nobody else, 494 00:22:48,291 --> 00:22:51,951 that was 15 and 15, but a lot of, I mean, you know, ULM being eight and 22 495 00:22:51,951 --> 00:22:53,961 and James Madison 10 and 20, and then. 496 00:22:54,246 --> 00:22:57,906 You got coastal at 26 and four and Southern miss at 24 and six at the top. 497 00:22:57,906 --> 00:23:00,426 So there was a little bit of a, you know, it always happens. 498 00:23:00,426 --> 00:23:02,736 There's a little bit of a spread, but there, there's a little extreme 499 00:23:02,736 --> 00:23:05,676 this year with the 26 and four in conferences where, where they have 500 00:23:05,676 --> 00:23:06,966 seven straight conference sweeps. 501 00:23:06,966 --> 00:23:08,196 I mean, that's pretty extreme. 502 00:23:08,651 --> 00:23:08,941 Yeah. 503 00:23:09,606 --> 00:23:12,336 Yeah, that's, I don't, I mean, having watched them all weekend, 504 00:23:12,336 --> 00:23:13,386 they're pitching is great. 505 00:23:13,386 --> 00:23:15,816 I don't think their hitting is anything special. 506 00:23:15,816 --> 00:23:17,766 I think we've definitely seen better hitting teams. 507 00:23:18,066 --> 00:23:20,226 Um, I'll be honest, I thought Marshall was a better hitting team. 508 00:23:20,586 --> 00:23:22,746 Than, than Coastal, uh, by a lot. 509 00:23:22,746 --> 00:23:24,156 I love their approach a lot more. 510 00:23:24,216 --> 00:23:27,576 Um, but I, I don't know if you're gonna find a better pitching staff than Coastal. 511 00:23:28,206 --> 00:23:30,516 Um, you will find better fans. 512 00:23:30,516 --> 00:23:31,296 I did not care. 513 00:23:32,976 --> 00:23:36,366 Um, they're, uh, on between live and social media. 514 00:23:36,366 --> 00:23:38,016 They're just not great people. 515 00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:42,636 Um, they're, they're people broke our press box up there at War Memorial. 516 00:23:42,696 --> 00:23:44,226 They broke a window in the press box. 517 00:23:44,286 --> 00:23:44,736 Uh. 518 00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:45,936 So that's cool. 519 00:23:46,416 --> 00:23:49,926 Um, just, yeah, very, uh, I don't, I don't know why they wanna embrace 520 00:23:49,926 --> 00:23:52,326 the fact that their team is really good at getting hit by a pitch. 521 00:23:52,836 --> 00:23:55,446 Like, it's super weird how like they get upset like that. 522 00:23:55,446 --> 00:23:59,856 We're trying to hit, like, our guys can't throw strikes like your team coastal. 523 00:23:59,856 --> 00:24:02,526 I didn't check today to see if they did finish, but they were going 524 00:24:02,526 --> 00:24:05,226 into the, the last game leading the country and hit by pitches. 525 00:24:05,766 --> 00:24:08,976 They're averaging like 2.7 hit by pitches per game. 526 00:24:09,126 --> 00:24:09,726 Basically three hit. 527 00:24:11,076 --> 00:24:13,146 And then they're upset when their guys are getting hit by pitches. 528 00:24:13,146 --> 00:24:14,046 Like this is what they do. 529 00:24:14,076 --> 00:24:16,356 They cra I mean, if you watch the games, they're up on top of the plate. 530 00:24:16,716 --> 00:24:18,756 The one guy got hit in the head, I think twice, but it's like he 531 00:24:18,756 --> 00:24:19,806 leans his head out of the plate. 532 00:24:19,866 --> 00:24:22,416 Like it's, you know, the umpires let 'em get away with it. 533 00:24:22,476 --> 00:24:26,136 And I, I don't know why as a fan you can't be like, yeah, that's what they do. 534 00:24:26,166 --> 00:24:26,826 They approach it. 535 00:24:26,826 --> 00:24:28,806 They're, they're like, our guys are dogs. 536 00:24:28,806 --> 00:24:29,466 They eat that. 537 00:24:29,466 --> 00:24:30,726 Like, this is what we do. 538 00:24:30,726 --> 00:24:32,046 I don't know why it's so weird. 539 00:24:32,046 --> 00:24:33,306 It gets so weepy and whiny about it. 540 00:24:34,236 --> 00:24:34,506 Yes. 541 00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:38,436 And they did finish the season with 151 hit by a pitch that 542 00:24:38,436 --> 00:24:39,966 is number one in the country. 543 00:24:39,966 --> 00:24:41,496 Three ahead of Winthrop. 544 00:24:42,126 --> 00:24:43,236 Uh, yeah. 545 00:24:43,236 --> 00:24:47,166 I mean, if, if you crowd the plate and that's your approach, that's the risk. 546 00:24:47,166 --> 00:24:48,876 You assume that you're gonna get hit by a pitch. 547 00:24:48,876 --> 00:24:52,116 It doesn't seem like it's been a concern for them all season long. 548 00:24:52,146 --> 00:24:53,166 This has been their approach. 549 00:24:53,536 --> 00:24:57,556 They get even tighter on the plate when you bring relievers into the game. 550 00:24:57,916 --> 00:25:00,916 So if you notice like those numbers for hit by pitch, spiked a little bit 551 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:04,786 with one Oh, like crazy, our, our, our bullpen does not have the best control. 552 00:25:04,786 --> 00:25:05,896 That is not a secret. 553 00:25:05,896 --> 00:25:10,456 If you've watched one outing of ODU baseball bullpen, we, we 554 00:25:10,456 --> 00:25:11,446 don't always say the best throw. 555 00:25:11,446 --> 00:25:12,256 We have good stuff. 556 00:25:12,286 --> 00:25:15,766 We got some guys that could throw some heat, but perfect location, 557 00:25:15,766 --> 00:25:18,076 pinpoint location of your crowd on the plate is just not gonna be there. 558 00:25:18,076 --> 00:25:19,156 So it's, it's gonna happen. 559 00:25:20,616 --> 00:25:23,586 You know, if you're worried about it back off the plate, but clearly the players 560 00:25:23,586 --> 00:25:25,596 and the coaches are not concerned about 561 00:25:25,596 --> 00:25:25,836 that. 562 00:25:26,136 --> 00:25:27,606 Like I said, they're, I'm sure they're, 563 00:25:28,116 --> 00:25:30,726 I'm sure their attitude is like, yeah, we're dogs, is what we do. 564 00:25:30,786 --> 00:25:31,476 We eat those. 565 00:25:31,476 --> 00:25:34,776 Like I, they had one guy, I think he had 28 hit by a pitch, and the next 566 00:25:34,776 --> 00:25:36,876 highest in the league was like 14 or 17. 567 00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:38,136 So it's, it's what they do. 568 00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:41,841 They've got a bunch of Steven Meier on their roster. 569 00:25:41,871 --> 00:25:41,991 Yeah. 570 00:25:42,021 --> 00:25:43,646 Pitch by the way, was Steve Meier. 571 00:25:43,666 --> 00:25:45,381 Was, was, uh, yeah, there you go. 572 00:25:45,381 --> 00:25:45,561 Sorry. 573 00:25:45,561 --> 00:25:45,861 He set 574 00:25:45,861 --> 00:25:48,231 the record for the Troy single season hit by pitch. 575 00:25:48,231 --> 00:25:50,391 I think it was like 21 or 22, something like that. 576 00:25:50,391 --> 00:25:53,811 So it was a little bit of a down year for Steven with hit by pitches, but Right. 577 00:25:54,351 --> 00:25:54,681 Which by 578 00:25:54,681 --> 00:25:55,101 the way, uh. 579 00:25:55,531 --> 00:25:57,601 Our buddy Steven Meier which love the kid. 580 00:25:57,601 --> 00:25:58,861 I, I'm, I'm excited for him. 581 00:25:58,861 --> 00:26:01,861 I'm, I'm really hoping that this season leads to him getting to play pro ball. 582 00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:03,751 Um, you know, Troy's a team. 583 00:26:03,751 --> 00:26:05,311 They're, I mean, we, I wanna be him tomorrow. 584 00:26:05,521 --> 00:26:07,381 Uh, but they're a team that has a chance, so they're gonna 585 00:26:07,381 --> 00:26:08,581 go to, to regional anyway. 586 00:26:08,971 --> 00:26:12,841 Uh, but you know, Steven, he, if you look at his numbers, that's the difference 587 00:26:12,841 --> 00:26:15,931 between what he did this year and last year is the difference between what a 588 00:26:16,201 --> 00:26:19,051 not healthy Steven Meyer looks like and what a healthy Steven Meyer looks like. 589 00:26:19,501 --> 00:26:21,631 He added about 50 points on his batting average. 590 00:26:21,631 --> 00:26:23,851 He added like almost 200 points on his OPS. 591 00:26:24,696 --> 00:26:27,396 His home runs, I think were pretty similar, but his rbis were way up. 592 00:26:27,396 --> 00:26:30,426 His double, I think he had almost twice as many doubles as last year. 593 00:26:30,786 --> 00:26:32,706 Um, actually had less steals, but I mean, it's probably again, 594 00:26:32,706 --> 00:26:35,946 because he was hitting doubles and getting on, uh, so I mean, congrats 595 00:26:35,946 --> 00:26:37,146 to him on a, on a great season. 596 00:26:37,146 --> 00:26:41,256 And you know, like I said, I'd like to look around sometimes, like look at 597 00:26:41,256 --> 00:26:43,086 Alex Boucher with, um, east Carolina. 598 00:26:43,116 --> 00:26:46,446 He had, I, it was, it was shocking how close he had almost an identical 599 00:26:46,446 --> 00:26:48,366 season from last year to this year. 600 00:26:48,936 --> 00:26:51,216 So again, that's, Alex just kind of was who he was, which 601 00:26:51,216 --> 00:26:51,816 just found nothing wrong. 602 00:26:51,816 --> 00:26:52,596 He's a good ball player. 603 00:26:52,956 --> 00:26:55,176 Uh, but Steven clearly was hurt last year. 604 00:26:55,176 --> 00:26:58,056 We did not get the best version of him, uh, the second half of the year, and 605 00:26:58,056 --> 00:27:01,596 we got, we did get the first half, but once he hurt himself, we didn't anymore. 606 00:27:01,626 --> 00:27:02,436 Um, so good to him. 607 00:27:02,436 --> 00:27:04,146 I'm glad you know, he's, he's in a place where he is. 608 00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:05,676 He's, uh, been enjoying it and doing well. 609 00:27:06,516 --> 00:27:06,606 Yeah, 610 00:27:06,606 --> 00:27:06,906 excited 611 00:27:06,906 --> 00:27:09,036 to get him, get to see him play on Wednesday. 612 00:27:09,126 --> 00:27:12,486 Um, and just someone I'm always gonna root for just based on my interactions 613 00:27:12,486 --> 00:27:15,936 with them and all that still reaches out to me on social media occasionally. 614 00:27:16,341 --> 00:27:16,876 Um, yeah. 615 00:27:17,151 --> 00:27:17,451 Yeah. 616 00:27:17,451 --> 00:27:20,571 I mean, over the weekend with Coastal was kind of all the things that 617 00:27:20,571 --> 00:27:22,071 snakebit us earlier in the year. 618 00:27:22,161 --> 00:27:27,171 A lot of free passes, a lot of hit by a pitch errors, uh, kind of underrated 619 00:27:27,171 --> 00:27:30,141 that Coastal did some things to draw catchers interference, which again. 620 00:27:30,651 --> 00:27:33,081 Totally legal and fine for them to do philosophy. 621 00:27:33,081 --> 00:27:34,536 That's their thing. 622 00:27:34,541 --> 00:27:34,641 Yeah. 623 00:27:35,091 --> 00:27:37,101 But that was where that, that's where you saw those blow up 624 00:27:37,101 --> 00:27:39,051 innings really just melt down. 625 00:27:39,171 --> 00:27:42,501 Um, when you, when you putting up six runs, seven runs in inning, they're 626 00:27:42,501 --> 00:27:45,531 getting free base runners and they're making you pay for those free base 627 00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:46,911 runners with big, and they would, they 628 00:27:46,911 --> 00:27:49,251 would score those six run innings with like one hit. 629 00:27:49,311 --> 00:27:50,991 That was the thing that that was, and that was the thing. 630 00:27:50,991 --> 00:27:53,721 I came away, so I said, I'm not very impressed. 631 00:27:53,721 --> 00:27:57,051 They're hitting because they, you know, it's, it, you know, they're, I'm impressed 632 00:27:57,051 --> 00:27:58,791 with their approach and their grit. 633 00:27:58,791 --> 00:28:00,051 I. You can't question it. 634 00:28:00,051 --> 00:28:01,311 They're, they're tough dudes. 635 00:28:01,341 --> 00:28:04,191 They're out there, um, playing grimy baseball, right? 636 00:28:04,191 --> 00:28:06,531 They're, they're making sure they get hit, they're doing catch interference. 637 00:28:06,531 --> 00:28:08,871 It's like that's, there's some baseball players. 638 00:28:09,231 --> 00:28:11,541 Um, but I didn't get a chance to see their hitting much. 639 00:28:11,541 --> 00:28:15,231 I mean, the kid Bodine is, is, um, everyone says, I know I've seen him play 640 00:28:15,231 --> 00:28:17,781 plenty, uh, watching on their games on tv. 641 00:28:17,811 --> 00:28:19,371 The kid, I didn't get a chance to see him hit. 642 00:28:19,371 --> 00:28:20,391 He had like one hit all weekend. 643 00:28:20,901 --> 00:28:21,801 Uh, which is a shame. 644 00:28:22,101 --> 00:28:25,101 Um, 'cause I, I'd like to see good ball players play good baseball, 645 00:28:25,401 --> 00:28:27,021 and as you said, our, our. 646 00:28:27,456 --> 00:28:30,246 Bullpen especially, uh, did not allow that to happen. 647 00:28:30,696 --> 00:28:34,326 Um, it was, it was a tough week for our pitching, which is weird because 648 00:28:34,326 --> 00:28:36,726 our starting pitching was, so you wanna bring up the players of the week? 649 00:28:36,786 --> 00:28:37,176 That's that. 650 00:28:37,176 --> 00:28:40,566 Since we're kind of talking about our, our pitching, because it's worth pitching, 651 00:28:41,346 --> 00:28:43,626 our, our starters were phenomenal. 652 00:28:44,001 --> 00:28:47,961 Um, so this was a, this was a fun week because I, I typically send the stats. 653 00:28:47,961 --> 00:28:51,771 I kind of get compile 'em and I send to Gary and I'm like, you know, uh, I'm 654 00:28:51,861 --> 00:28:55,251 probably this guy and this guy, and, and this week, uh, Gary's like, no, 655 00:28:55,251 --> 00:28:56,451 the pitch of the week is Ethan Hubbell. 656 00:28:56,451 --> 00:29:00,501 I was like, all right, that's cool by me, like very rare time where, where you 657 00:29:00,501 --> 00:29:01,791 like put your like, no, this is the guy. 658 00:29:01,851 --> 00:29:04,101 Because I was kinda like, well, we put up, we could put all three of the guys. 659 00:29:04,371 --> 00:29:05,301 You are like, Nope, it's hub. 660 00:29:05,601 --> 00:29:06,231 I was like, all right. 661 00:29:06,231 --> 00:29:08,571 So, so Hubble uh, had two games this week. 662 00:29:08,571 --> 00:29:11,181 He pitched on Thursday and started on Sunday. 663 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:16,971 Uh, combined for three and two thirds innings, no earned runs, uh, only gave 664 00:29:16,971 --> 00:29:21,921 up one hit and one walk, and seven strikeouts, which is outstanding. 665 00:29:21,921 --> 00:29:24,231 He had, he had two in the, I think he struck out the two batteries 666 00:29:24,231 --> 00:29:27,831 he faced on Friday and struck out five and three innings on Sunday. 667 00:29:28,311 --> 00:29:31,161 So he was, he was just lights out and actually, I looked at his last three 668 00:29:31,161 --> 00:29:36,261 weeks, uh, last three weeks, four games, seven, uh, two-thirds innings, no runs, 669 00:29:36,261 --> 00:29:38,121 five hits, two walks, 12 strikeouts. 670 00:29:39,096 --> 00:29:39,846 Seven, two third. 671 00:29:39,846 --> 00:29:42,006 So he's on a nice little stretch here the last few weeks. 672 00:29:42,936 --> 00:29:47,136 Um, Dylan Brown was phenomenal starting on the game on Thursday. 673 00:29:47,196 --> 00:29:51,936 Uh, four innings, only one earn, run, no hits, two walks, six strikeouts. 674 00:29:51,936 --> 00:29:55,116 Again, as Benny pointed out, they were doing some maneuvering to 675 00:29:55,116 --> 00:29:57,816 make sure he'd be rested and ready to go for the game on Wednesday. 676 00:29:57,816 --> 00:30:01,116 So, I mean, he, he could have thrown nine easy I think that day. 677 00:30:01,701 --> 00:30:05,361 Um, and then Blake Morgan, uh, was, was just doing Blake Morgan 678 00:30:05,361 --> 00:30:08,631 stuff on, on Saturday's game, uh, I'm sorry, on Friday's game. 679 00:30:08,691 --> 00:30:13,311 Uh, five innings no runs, four hits, no walks, five strikeouts again, 680 00:30:13,401 --> 00:30:16,671 probably now I will say Blake, I think they took him out because it 681 00:30:16,671 --> 00:30:18,681 was, it was again, keep him ready. 682 00:30:19,011 --> 00:30:22,401 Uh, it was hot and Blake might have been done at five actually, 683 00:30:22,431 --> 00:30:23,691 despite how well he was pitching. 684 00:30:23,726 --> 00:30:25,916 Because he just, you know, he was, you know, he's an emotional 685 00:30:25,916 --> 00:30:28,856 guy and it, it was, it was really hot this weekend that turf makes. 686 00:30:28,976 --> 00:30:31,976 It was, it was 15 degrees higher down on the field than it was 687 00:30:31,976 --> 00:30:32,906 if you go up in the stands. 688 00:30:33,326 --> 00:30:34,286 Uh, so it was a rough week. 689 00:30:35,306 --> 00:30:35,876 Um. 690 00:30:37,131 --> 00:30:37,281 Go 691 00:30:37,281 --> 00:30:37,641 for it, Gary. 692 00:30:37,641 --> 00:30:38,601 We'll talk about, I was gonna 693 00:30:38,601 --> 00:30:41,571 say, and Blake is kind of going on one day, shorter rest than he is used 694 00:30:41,571 --> 00:30:44,601 to, and then he is gonna go on one day shorter rest than he is used to again. 695 00:30:44,601 --> 00:30:46,191 So he is kind of sliding up a little bit. 696 00:30:46,191 --> 00:30:51,501 There's no sense in having something happen there or just him come back out 697 00:30:51,501 --> 00:30:54,561 for the sixth inning and have a bad inning and that's what's bring in his mind. 698 00:30:54,801 --> 00:30:57,681 So, I, I, whether, whether it's whether related or not, like. 699 00:30:58,446 --> 00:31:02,136 I know that we could have won one of those games and locked up top six, but our odds 700 00:31:02,136 --> 00:31:03,966 to stay the top six are still pretty good. 701 00:31:04,266 --> 00:31:05,886 And what's the point of getting top six? 702 00:31:05,886 --> 00:31:09,456 If you blow your top arms the weekend before, hey, it's not gonna 703 00:31:09,456 --> 00:31:11,316 get you, he didn't have to come out for the sixth thinning for 704 00:31:11,316 --> 00:31:12,456 us to have a bad sixth thinning. 705 00:31:12,726 --> 00:31:14,436 That's, that's also very true. 706 00:31:14,826 --> 00:31:15,606 Um, unfortunate. 707 00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:15,936 Yeah. 708 00:31:15,936 --> 00:31:19,746 But with, with Ethan, I think the big thing is his approach when he 709 00:31:19,746 --> 00:31:22,686 got on the mound this weekend with those guys crowding the plate was he 710 00:31:22,686 --> 00:31:24,096 was pitching like they weren't there. 711 00:31:24,126 --> 00:31:27,516 Yeah, like seven of his 11 ounces that he recorded over the weekend 712 00:31:27,516 --> 00:31:31,176 were strikeouts and that's big 'cause we're thinking, okay, yes, that's 713 00:31:31,176 --> 00:31:33,756 gonna be really important in the tournament, but we're also thinking 714 00:31:33,756 --> 00:31:35,826 next year we know we're gonna lose. 715 00:31:35,826 --> 00:31:35,886 Yeah. 716 00:31:36,006 --> 00:31:38,076 Pretty much this entire starting rotation next year. 717 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,626 And I think that's foregone conclusion. 718 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:43,086 Who's gonna be the one that steps up and carries over? 719 00:31:43,086 --> 00:31:47,046 And Ethan Hubble the last couple weeks, including against the best competition 720 00:31:47,226 --> 00:31:51,366 we have faced in a while he lit coast, he shut Coastal Carolina down. 721 00:31:51,681 --> 00:31:54,531 And that was really important and I just wanna shout him 722 00:31:54,531 --> 00:31:55,671 out for that, his approach. 723 00:31:55,671 --> 00:31:58,671 And seven of your 11 outs come best strikeouts. 724 00:31:58,671 --> 00:31:59,301 Pretty nasty. 725 00:31:59,391 --> 00:31:59,721 Yeah. 726 00:32:00,471 --> 00:32:02,361 Yeah, it, it, it's pretty great to see. 727 00:32:02,361 --> 00:32:06,231 He definitely, he, you know, he was the guy in the fall, uh, in the early spring. 728 00:32:06,231 --> 00:32:07,701 They were having him throw some starter innings. 729 00:32:07,701 --> 00:32:10,431 He was, he was definitely an option and just decided he'd probably be a little 730 00:32:10,431 --> 00:32:14,091 bit better in the bullpen, given some, some length as a swing man kind of guy. 731 00:32:14,796 --> 00:32:17,736 Uh, and, but he is, you're right, he has definitely been looking like a 732 00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:20,166 guy, like, okay, this is a dude we can build with, is somebody we can probably 733 00:32:20,166 --> 00:32:21,696 pencil in rotation for next year. 734 00:32:21,696 --> 00:32:22,566 Which is, which is great. 735 00:32:22,596 --> 00:32:23,796 Like I said, we we're gonna need it. 736 00:32:24,246 --> 00:32:26,856 Um, it's gonna be, somebody's gonna step up or we're gonna have to get some. 737 00:32:27,306 --> 00:32:28,746 Some solid transfers. 738 00:32:28,776 --> 00:32:30,246 Um, you know who, who knows? 739 00:32:30,306 --> 00:32:32,766 We will, like I said, we'll probably have an episode later in the summer. 740 00:32:32,766 --> 00:32:35,166 We'll probably have Marin on and maybe talk about some of those things. 741 00:32:35,256 --> 00:32:35,531 Oh, yeah. 742 00:32:35,711 --> 00:32:36,996 Um, yeah. 743 00:32:37,146 --> 00:32:40,236 Also wanna point out, uh, and this is cool, I, I've been kind of saving this 744 00:32:40,236 --> 00:32:41,736 info 'cause I wanted it to happen first. 745 00:32:42,066 --> 00:32:46,596 Uh, Blake Morgan tied the school record with his 52nd career start. 746 00:32:47,556 --> 00:32:51,096 So that was Steve Lyon from 1990 to 1992, who ended up being a 747 00:32:51,096 --> 00:32:52,416 fourth round pick by the Mets. 748 00:32:52,476 --> 00:32:54,786 Uh, played about, I think four or five years, minor league ball. 749 00:32:55,146 --> 00:32:58,956 Uh, but he over, over those three seasons had 52 starts. 750 00:32:59,016 --> 00:33:02,016 Uh, and so Blake took him four years, which nothing wrong with that. 751 00:33:02,106 --> 00:33:05,076 They just, they started way more games back then that you gotta think about. 752 00:33:05,076 --> 00:33:05,766 That was, that was. 753 00:33:06,141 --> 00:33:08,751 Uh, 35 years ago, it was just a whole different time. 754 00:33:09,801 --> 00:33:10,611 College baseball. 755 00:33:11,121 --> 00:33:11,691 Yeah, I know. 756 00:33:11,691 --> 00:33:12,861 Trust me, I, I did the math. 757 00:33:12,861 --> 00:33:13,641 It hurt my soul. 758 00:33:14,601 --> 00:33:15,561 'cause I was like, is it 40? 759 00:33:15,561 --> 00:33:17,151 It's not quite 40, but it might as well be. 760 00:33:17,481 --> 00:33:22,011 Um, but Blake, so Blake is, uh, and so he, when it comes around to Wednesday, 761 00:33:22,011 --> 00:33:24,471 because we know we're gonna play two games, uh, 'cause that's the first thing. 762 00:33:24,471 --> 00:33:25,941 When I told math the game, that's the first thing he said. 763 00:33:25,941 --> 00:33:26,871 So I was like, I'm gonna break it. 764 00:33:27,561 --> 00:33:28,371 It's like, there you go. 765 00:33:28,371 --> 00:33:30,711 Like I said, that's why, that's why he's a dog. 766 00:33:30,711 --> 00:33:30,861 Right? 767 00:33:30,861 --> 00:33:33,141 That's why Blake's a dude because his first thought was, 768 00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:34,041 wasn't like, oh, that's cool. 769 00:33:34,041 --> 00:33:35,571 First thought was like, all right, so I'll be the champ. 770 00:33:35,901 --> 00:33:40,851 Got so, so I'll, I got, I'll get a nice little graphic ready for, uh, for Blake 771 00:33:40,851 --> 00:33:42,321 when he sets that record on Wednesday. 772 00:33:42,861 --> 00:33:47,721 Um, so then to look at our hitters, uh, slim Pickens for our hitters. 773 00:33:47,721 --> 00:33:49,311 I'm gonna be honest, we did not have a lot of hits, so I think 774 00:33:49,311 --> 00:33:50,811 we had 19 hits in three games. 775 00:33:50,841 --> 00:33:53,151 Like we, we really didn't do a ton offensively. 776 00:33:53,271 --> 00:33:56,091 Uh, but again, Maverick Stallings continues to be phenomenal. 777 00:33:56,811 --> 00:33:58,551 Uh, he went three for 11 for the week. 778 00:33:58,551 --> 00:34:02,421 So again, not the best average, but all three hits were extra bases. 779 00:34:02,421 --> 00:34:04,996 Had a double two homers and four rbis. 780 00:34:06,006 --> 00:34:08,856 And the only other player who really did a lot of the plate was 781 00:34:08,856 --> 00:34:12,396 Zach late, uh, who was three for 10 with a double and three rbis. 782 00:34:13,296 --> 00:34:17,316 Um, but to, to pick up on Maverick, I know we talked before about Maverick and 783 00:34:17,316 --> 00:34:19,086 his, his hot stretch since April 15th. 784 00:34:19,086 --> 00:34:20,136 That seemed to be his day. 785 00:34:20,766 --> 00:34:25,206 Uh, so to reiterate, his first 23 games of the year prior to April 15th, Maverick 786 00:34:25,206 --> 00:34:28,386 had one double, one Homer, and two rbis. 787 00:34:28,416 --> 00:34:33,126 In 23 games, he was hitting 1 93 with a 5 25 OPS. 788 00:34:34,161 --> 00:34:40,581 His last 16 games, he has six doubles, seven homers, 20 rbis. 789 00:34:41,151 --> 00:34:45,441 In that stretch, he's hit 3 38 with 1164 OPS. 790 00:34:46,161 --> 00:34:48,771 Good, nasty, nasty. 791 00:34:49,731 --> 00:34:50,091 It is. 792 00:34:50,091 --> 00:34:52,611 So we, we need to like, we need to get him like some kind of 793 00:34:52,611 --> 00:34:54,411 heated vest to wear in games or. 794 00:34:55,701 --> 00:34:56,241 Hotter. 795 00:34:56,781 --> 00:34:58,851 Um, I, I, I said I'm glad he is here. 796 00:34:58,851 --> 00:34:59,961 I'm, I, I love Maverick. 797 00:34:59,961 --> 00:35:01,551 I'm, I'm a big fan of watching him play. 798 00:35:01,821 --> 00:35:04,701 I think if he'd have stayed in Florida and played, he'd be an All American 799 00:35:04,701 --> 00:35:07,401 for the last couple years, or, or been drafted and be in a, a now. 800 00:35:08,331 --> 00:35:08,691 Yeah. 801 00:35:08,691 --> 00:35:11,541 Um, there like Arizona, Arizona State, somewhere where it's 802 00:35:11,541 --> 00:35:13,131 gonna be hot early in the season. 803 00:35:13,131 --> 00:35:16,431 I mean, the temperature goes up, Maverick Sellings goes off. 804 00:35:16,431 --> 00:35:17,721 It's two years in a row and it's. 805 00:35:18,441 --> 00:35:21,381 Yeah, it's kind of unbelievable just to watch that transformation. 806 00:35:21,381 --> 00:35:22,791 Just boop, click right over 807 00:35:22,791 --> 00:35:23,726 and start it. 808 00:35:23,731 --> 00:35:27,201 It was really wild when, you know, a lot of times when you dig into stats, 809 00:35:27,201 --> 00:35:31,371 you kind of have like a hypothesis and the idea you're like, I think this, 810 00:35:31,371 --> 00:35:32,481 so let me look in the stats and see. 811 00:35:32,481 --> 00:35:34,911 And sometimes look, the stats are like, that's not what happened at all. 812 00:35:34,911 --> 00:35:36,111 And so you just kind of junk it. 813 00:35:36,471 --> 00:35:39,801 Uh, but for him it was like, oh no, there is a very specific time. 814 00:35:39,801 --> 00:35:42,531 Like it was like literally, I think last year was April 815 00:35:42,531 --> 00:35:43,671 15th, this year was the 16th. 816 00:35:43,671 --> 00:35:45,261 'cause we didn't have a day on the, a game of the 15th. 817 00:35:45,561 --> 00:35:47,271 It was like from that exact time. 818 00:35:47,781 --> 00:35:48,201 Boom. 819 00:35:48,201 --> 00:35:52,371 So that it's, it is wild when something, is that statistically accurate? 820 00:35:52,491 --> 00:35:55,821 I think he, he had one week in the stretch that wasn't like, amazing. 821 00:35:55,821 --> 00:35:56,901 It was just like, just okay. 822 00:35:57,501 --> 00:35:59,601 The rest of the weeks has been like, what are you doing? 823 00:35:59,601 --> 00:36:01,581 This kid's out of his mind and, and you see, yeah. 824 00:36:01,581 --> 00:36:02,871 You see that picture we had up there? 825 00:36:02,901 --> 00:36:04,281 He, he's hitting them so far. 826 00:36:04,281 --> 00:36:06,171 He can just watch him like, it's crazy. 827 00:36:06,176 --> 00:36:06,376 Yeah. 828 00:36:06,801 --> 00:36:06,951 Yeah. 829 00:36:06,951 --> 00:36:08,481 Just, uh, sitting back and enjoying them. 830 00:36:08,481 --> 00:36:12,381 But in case anyone's wondering, it's gonna be a 79 at first pitch. 831 00:36:12,711 --> 00:36:15,771 In Montgomery on Wednesday, and it's gonna heat up to a nice, 832 00:36:15,771 --> 00:36:18,021 you know, comfortable 87 degrees. 833 00:36:18,381 --> 00:36:20,391 Uh, so another perk of playing in the morning. 834 00:36:20,661 --> 00:36:24,861 You're not playing in the heat of the day, and that'll come in handy if we do win a 835 00:36:24,861 --> 00:36:26,451 couple games and get moving in this thing. 836 00:36:26,451 --> 00:36:30,351 That's one less day in the heat, one less, less couple hours on your feet. 837 00:36:30,561 --> 00:36:31,551 You have to go relax. 838 00:36:31,791 --> 00:36:35,781 Uh, but man, Mav just coming through in, in the clutch. 839 00:36:35,781 --> 00:36:38,511 I mean, he hit a big home run for us last year in the playing 840 00:36:38,511 --> 00:36:39,771 game to make sure we won that. 841 00:36:40,341 --> 00:36:42,921 Um, I just hope that continues going and get these other 842 00:36:42,921 --> 00:36:44,271 guys just back on the track. 843 00:36:44,271 --> 00:36:47,211 They had really been on the last three or four weeks, but a coastal 844 00:36:47,211 --> 00:36:49,491 pitching will, uh, will shut you down. 845 00:36:49,521 --> 00:36:50,181 That is for sure. 846 00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:54,306 Yeah, well, but unfortunately we we're not playing coastal. 847 00:36:54,306 --> 00:36:56,226 If we, if we play coastal, it'll be in the championship. 848 00:36:56,226 --> 00:36:56,556 Right. 849 00:36:56,916 --> 00:36:59,046 Um, so that'll be, worry about that problem. 850 00:36:59,046 --> 00:36:59,466 We get to it. 851 00:36:59,466 --> 00:37:02,406 They'll, at that point, you know, maybe be as depleted as we would be. 852 00:37:02,766 --> 00:37:06,486 Um, we get to start out with Troy, who again, we, we played and we beat. 853 00:37:06,576 --> 00:37:08,886 Um, we might get to play Southern Miss if we win. 854 00:37:09,456 --> 00:37:12,276 We played and we beat, um, I, I already forget who the bro, we don't even 855 00:37:12,276 --> 00:37:13,356 know who the other ones would be. 856 00:37:13,746 --> 00:37:14,946 Uh, but you know. 857 00:37:15,321 --> 00:37:18,441 We've seen that and, and right this, this weekend was kind of proof of 858 00:37:18,441 --> 00:37:21,021 concept that when we have our best pitching, we can run with anybody. 859 00:37:21,561 --> 00:37:23,721 Um, this is, you know, coastal is the number eight team 860 00:37:23,721 --> 00:37:24,501 in the country right now. 861 00:37:24,501 --> 00:37:27,201 I think that might be a little bit, uh, a little bit. 862 00:37:27,201 --> 00:37:27,981 Paper tiger. 863 00:37:28,071 --> 00:37:31,041 Uh, I looked at, I was actually looking at the RPI just stuff because I was a 864 00:37:31,041 --> 00:37:33,531 little, I was a little interested because again, coastal fans were so annoying. 865 00:37:33,561 --> 00:37:34,851 I wanted to knock him down any way I could. 866 00:37:35,601 --> 00:37:39,771 Um, but I, I noticed there they call it the quadrant one wins, which are 867 00:37:39,771 --> 00:37:41,181 the wins against the best teams. 868 00:37:41,496 --> 00:37:43,536 They were four and six in as quadrant one. 869 00:37:43,566 --> 00:37:45,576 Well, OU was four and 14. 870 00:37:46,236 --> 00:37:47,286 So we had just as many wins. 871 00:37:47,286 --> 00:37:50,286 We just happened to play a lot more because we were playing weekend series 872 00:37:50,286 --> 00:37:53,706 and all, you know, so we, and unlike them, we didn't, we didn't get to duck, 873 00:37:54,066 --> 00:37:58,686 um, Southern Miss and, and Louisiana, you know, we, we were playing real teams. 874 00:37:58,836 --> 00:38:01,206 So I, I thought it was interesting that never 18 in the country had just 875 00:38:01,206 --> 00:38:02,526 many wins against the best teams. 876 00:38:03,036 --> 00:38:05,256 Um, so it's gonna be, it's gonna be interesting to see what happens when, 877 00:38:05,256 --> 00:38:06,816 and Southern Miss again got lucky. 878 00:38:06,816 --> 00:38:08,646 They were, they're on the side that, uh, I'm sorry. 879 00:38:08,766 --> 00:38:09,816 Uh, coastal got lucky. 880 00:38:10,116 --> 00:38:12,816 They're on the side that doesn't have Southern miss and doesn't have Troy. 881 00:38:13,446 --> 00:38:16,746 Um, so they may even have a, a less difficult path to the, 882 00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:17,796 to the championship game, 883 00:38:18,006 --> 00:38:18,606 which again, 884 00:38:18,666 --> 00:38:20,136 that's what you won all the games, you deserve it. 885 00:38:20,136 --> 00:38:21,006 That's, that's how it should work. 886 00:38:21,231 --> 00:38:21,521 Yeah. 887 00:38:21,526 --> 00:38:21,756 Yeah. 888 00:38:21,816 --> 00:38:26,166 You 26 and four in the Sunbelt, which I believe we are the 889 00:38:26,166 --> 00:38:27,996 fourth highest rated conference. 890 00:38:28,386 --> 00:38:30,306 Uh, in all of college baseball. 891 00:38:30,606 --> 00:38:34,176 So yeah, we finished six, but finished six in the fourth best conference. 892 00:38:34,176 --> 00:38:38,196 So it's not, you know, conference USA is still, I think on the come 893 00:38:38,196 --> 00:38:40,506 up for baseball, but some of the other conferences and things we 894 00:38:40,506 --> 00:38:43,416 could have been in, you look at the A 10, the ca a, they're, they're 895 00:38:43,416 --> 00:38:44,556 not even on the graph trash. 896 00:38:45,246 --> 00:38:45,306 No. 897 00:38:45,636 --> 00:38:50,316 It's what it really shows is if a few things had gone our way, if 898 00:38:50,316 --> 00:38:52,986 we'd have been a little bit more focused in a few moments, if we, 899 00:38:52,986 --> 00:38:54,426 'cause there were, there were plenty. 900 00:38:54,426 --> 00:38:56,526 I mean, you could probably pull out 10 games this year that. 901 00:38:57,051 --> 00:39:00,801 If we do a couple of different things, we win and then all of a sudden we're 902 00:39:00,801 --> 00:39:02,721 talking about having like 31 wins. 903 00:39:02,721 --> 00:39:07,071 With this schedule we had, we'd be up there at the top, you know, three 904 00:39:07,071 --> 00:39:09,381 or four in this conference and we'd be talking about going to regional. 905 00:39:10,041 --> 00:39:11,601 Um, regardless what happened this week, 906 00:39:12,111 --> 00:39:15,921 at a very minimum, we'd be Troy, who's top 25. 907 00:39:15,921 --> 00:39:18,471 They're gonna go to regional no matter what. 908 00:39:18,831 --> 00:39:22,791 Um, I think it's really can someone outside the top three go 909 00:39:22,791 --> 00:39:25,641 and win the Sunbelt tournament and make us a four bid league. 910 00:39:25,971 --> 00:39:27,321 Like that's the only deciding factor. 911 00:39:27,321 --> 00:39:29,841 Like is somehow gonna get, three teams are gonna get four teams. 912 00:39:30,141 --> 00:39:30,231 Yeah. 913 00:39:30,231 --> 00:39:34,191 And then when we are definitely one of those teams that, you know, you don't 914 00:39:34,191 --> 00:39:38,271 particularly want to face us because we're in that desperation mode that we 915 00:39:38,271 --> 00:39:39,531 have to go win the tournament and do it. 916 00:39:39,891 --> 00:39:40,881 Coastal's not in that boats. 917 00:39:40,881 --> 00:39:41,991 So their miss isn't in that boat. 918 00:39:41,991 --> 00:39:42,501 Troy's on the boat. 919 00:39:42,501 --> 00:39:44,811 I don't think they can really do much to change their status step. 920 00:39:45,096 --> 00:39:47,886 Maybe coastal can get in that top eight and be a national seed 921 00:39:48,036 --> 00:39:49,116 if they win the whole thing. 922 00:39:49,536 --> 00:39:53,406 Um, but you may see teams take different strategies than what 923 00:39:53,406 --> 00:39:56,586 we are taking in this tournament because they are already thinking 924 00:39:56,586 --> 00:39:59,706 ahead to the next weekend of hosting the regional or whatever it may be. 925 00:39:59,916 --> 00:40:02,316 When we're like, we're gonna scratch and claw, we're gonna be 926 00:40:02,316 --> 00:40:06,126 the four seed in Spokane, Washington or somewhere far, far away. 927 00:40:06,366 --> 00:40:06,996 But we don't care. 928 00:40:07,026 --> 00:40:07,536 Like, yeah. 929 00:40:07,986 --> 00:40:11,496 Get us in there and let us, let us take our, our hacks and see what happens. 930 00:40:12,036 --> 00:40:13,086 So it'll be interesting. 931 00:40:13,326 --> 00:40:14,676 It'll be a fun vibe down there, man. 932 00:40:14,676 --> 00:40:17,286 I'm, I'm kind of pumped to get down there and just absorb it 933 00:40:17,286 --> 00:40:18,456 and go to the games on Tuesday. 934 00:40:19,596 --> 00:40:19,806 Yeah. 935 00:40:19,806 --> 00:40:20,616 I'm excited for you. 936 00:40:20,616 --> 00:40:21,456 And I think it's cool. 937 00:40:21,456 --> 00:40:24,516 I, hopefully, I, the only thing that would prevent me from going to like 938 00:40:24,516 --> 00:40:26,646 every single game of something that would just be the heat I was looking at, this 939 00:40:26,646 --> 00:40:28,566 gonna be like about 90 every day, and. 940 00:40:28,911 --> 00:40:30,651 But if you're taking care of yourself, if you, I, I don't know 941 00:40:30,651 --> 00:40:32,751 the ballpark, maybe you take care of yourself, find some shade. 942 00:40:33,081 --> 00:40:35,961 Um, you, you could probably, I mean, you're gonna, if you're able to go to 943 00:40:35,961 --> 00:40:38,421 all the games you can in which again, you think you are, you have nothing else 944 00:40:38,421 --> 00:40:40,431 to do, um, you're down there for that. 945 00:40:40,731 --> 00:40:43,701 Uh, so yeah, you could have, I know I, I typically watch 946 00:40:43,701 --> 00:40:44,961 as many games I possibly can. 947 00:40:45,051 --> 00:40:48,621 Uh, and so, 'cause it's, you know, playoff baseball, it doesn't matter if 948 00:40:48,621 --> 00:40:51,861 it's college, big leagues, whatever, play off baseball is super fun and 949 00:40:51,861 --> 00:40:53,901 college baseball is ridiculously great. 950 00:40:53,931 --> 00:40:56,451 And so when it actually matters for guys, man, it's, it's something else. 951 00:40:57,141 --> 00:41:00,321 And you're guaranteed that some hitter is gonna come outta nowhere on 952 00:41:00,321 --> 00:41:04,401 some team and have go on just like a crazy eight for 11 run or something 953 00:41:04,731 --> 00:41:06,171 and some pitcher, Scotty Young. 954 00:41:06,771 --> 00:41:09,381 Yeah, it'd be great if it was Scotty Young then I would love to see Ethan 955 00:41:09,381 --> 00:41:14,091 Hubble come in for potentially like a, a game three and just go no hit somebody. 956 00:41:14,181 --> 00:41:16,161 Like stuff like that happens in the Sunbelt tournament. 957 00:41:16,191 --> 00:41:20,241 'cause yeah, a talent just really rises to the top in those big, big moments. 958 00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:22,191 And it could be people you don't even think about. 959 00:41:22,191 --> 00:41:22,641 I mean, it. 960 00:41:22,861 --> 00:41:26,311 You look at some of the, the playing games that are going on with at App 961 00:41:26,311 --> 00:41:30,151 State as the 10 playing Texas State, Georgia Southern playing Arkansas State. 962 00:41:30,691 --> 00:41:34,021 I mean, we know App State and Georgia Southern are good teams in Texas State. 963 00:41:34,081 --> 00:41:37,471 They were basically tied with us until disaster struck this last weekend. 964 00:41:38,401 --> 00:41:41,131 Yeah, I was gonna say App State was really, really good. 965 00:41:41,131 --> 00:41:42,961 Georgia Southern was really, really good. 966 00:41:42,961 --> 00:41:44,281 You're talking about the nine and 10 teams. 967 00:41:44,281 --> 00:41:47,311 Like it's, we, we didn't need to see Arkansas State and Texas State, but I 968 00:41:47,311 --> 00:41:48,541 guarantee you I'd be with eight here. 969 00:41:48,541 --> 00:41:49,651 But like, they're really, really good. 970 00:41:49,651 --> 00:41:52,561 I mean, we, the whole conference, I, I didn't see, I mean. 971 00:41:52,926 --> 00:41:54,906 JMU didn't put up much of a fight. 972 00:41:55,026 --> 00:41:57,756 I think that's about the only one I could look at and be like, these guys 973 00:41:57,756 --> 00:42:03,096 just, they're just, they were having a tough year and probably they, we 974 00:42:03,096 --> 00:42:05,856 probably feel about them how like coastal feels about us after the weekend. 975 00:42:06,276 --> 00:42:09,576 Um, even though, because Coastal will just ignore, you know, how well our service. 976 00:42:09,816 --> 00:42:09,876 Yeah. 977 00:42:10,296 --> 00:42:14,556 Um, but, so if there's one weekend outta 10 where you're like, yeah, it 978 00:42:14,556 --> 00:42:16,056 wasn't, they weren't as competitive. 979 00:42:16,416 --> 00:42:17,046 That's pretty darn. 980 00:42:17,586 --> 00:42:19,611 It's a. Conference play is wild there. 981 00:42:19,701 --> 00:42:20,841 It is so competitive. 982 00:42:20,841 --> 00:42:23,241 It's so, and that's what makes the conference, that goes the whole thing. 983 00:42:24,381 --> 00:42:24,681 That sounds, 984 00:42:28,611 --> 00:42:32,931 uh, but there, yes, the conference play is, is just, so that's what makes 985 00:42:32,931 --> 00:42:36,171 the tournament so fun is because the teams are, I mean, you saw the records. 986 00:42:36,171 --> 00:42:38,691 I mean, there's a couple outliers at the top, couple outliers at the bottom. 987 00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:40,311 The rest is just a big jumble. 988 00:42:40,311 --> 00:42:43,341 Like you said, any given day, if, if one game had gone different, 989 00:42:43,551 --> 00:42:44,781 it'd be all flipped around. 990 00:42:45,141 --> 00:42:48,771 And so going down there and seeing that where the talent level is all pretty even, 991 00:42:49,071 --> 00:42:52,251 and depending on what day it is and who's facing who, anybody can beat anybody. 992 00:42:52,251 --> 00:42:53,091 And so yeah. 993 00:42:53,511 --> 00:42:53,751 Good. 994 00:42:53,751 --> 00:42:54,351 Good for you, man. 995 00:42:54,351 --> 00:42:54,951 It's gonna be fun. 996 00:42:56,361 --> 00:43:00,021 Georgia State was in the top two in the conference standings for 997 00:43:00,021 --> 00:43:01,611 the first four weeks of the season. 998 00:43:01,611 --> 00:43:03,771 I. They did not make the tournament. 999 00:43:04,491 --> 00:43:04,851 Yeah. 1000 00:43:05,151 --> 00:43:07,041 Like that's how tough it is. 1001 00:43:07,041 --> 00:43:09,471 And we saw they've got one of the best players in the league on their team. 1002 00:43:09,501 --> 00:43:10,251 So yeah. 1003 00:43:10,251 --> 00:43:11,421 It's, it's wild. 1004 00:43:11,811 --> 00:43:14,481 Um, but yeah, I, I just wanna see the guys go down there and compete hard. 1005 00:43:14,571 --> 00:43:18,231 Like it, the, they're gonna play tough teams, but we're a tough team too. 1006 00:43:18,231 --> 00:43:20,751 We're battle tested, we're road tested, going down. 1007 00:43:20,781 --> 00:43:22,161 There is nothing for them. 1008 00:43:22,161 --> 00:43:25,101 Maybe it's a little bit more of a factor for some of the other teams. 1009 00:43:25,461 --> 00:43:28,491 Uh, but, you know, living in and outta hotels, being on sleeper buses. 1010 00:43:29,151 --> 00:43:30,681 That's, that's old news for us. 1011 00:43:31,251 --> 00:43:33,711 I'm just hoping it's not their last, uh, bus trip of the year. 1012 00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:33,981 Hopefully. 1013 00:43:33,981 --> 00:43:34,851 Give, gimme one more. 1014 00:43:35,061 --> 00:43:35,391 Yeah. 1015 00:43:35,451 --> 00:43:35,901 Go win this day. 1016 00:43:36,201 --> 00:43:36,621 I mean, yeah, 1017 00:43:37,071 --> 00:43:37,461 there's, 1018 00:43:38,121 --> 00:43:40,611 you know, we have the talent all year. 1019 00:43:40,821 --> 00:43:43,311 We just have had very few times where all the talent has 1020 00:43:43,311 --> 00:43:45,141 been being talented at once. 1021 00:43:45,501 --> 00:43:47,721 Now's the time, now's the time. 1022 00:43:47,721 --> 00:43:49,791 And sometimes it's how, and that, and that's what happens 1023 00:43:49,791 --> 00:43:51,591 when a team goes on a run. 1024 00:43:51,591 --> 00:43:52,251 I mean, that's, you know. 1025 00:43:52,866 --> 00:43:55,686 The coastal fans, again, they all love talking about when they won in 2016, 1026 00:43:55,686 --> 00:43:57,696 which I can't blame, remember if we won national championship, I'd still 1027 00:43:57,696 --> 00:43:58,926 be talking about it nine years later. 1028 00:43:59,256 --> 00:44:02,976 Uh, but that wasn't the most talented team that that was just, they were 1029 00:44:03,006 --> 00:44:07,386 a, a veteran team full of good ball players that played well together and 1030 00:44:07,386 --> 00:44:10,896 they got hot at the right time and, and won the championship because that's 1031 00:44:10,896 --> 00:44:11,766 what happens at the play playoff. 1032 00:44:11,856 --> 00:44:14,826 You get hot and you're just playing well and feeling good. 1033 00:44:15,351 --> 00:44:18,321 So, I mean unfortunately we are, we're not coming off of a play. 1034 00:44:18,321 --> 00:44:22,581 We were playing hot, then we ran into a buzz saw and now we're coming off a three 1035 00:44:22,581 --> 00:44:26,391 game, but we're also playing a game, uh, a team that just got swept also and 1036 00:44:26,391 --> 00:44:27,861 coming off a four game losing streak. 1037 00:44:27,921 --> 00:44:30,231 So, yeah, it's gonna be interesting morning there Wednesday. 1038 00:44:31,731 --> 00:44:32,631 Just hit the field 1039 00:44:32,631 --> 00:44:33,591 and see what happens. 1040 00:44:33,591 --> 00:44:35,631 It, I mean, this is what we've talked about trying to do all year. 1041 00:44:35,631 --> 00:44:39,081 Like the goal was just get in the top six, see what happens in the tournament. 1042 00:44:39,111 --> 00:44:40,791 Well, we got the top six part down. 1043 00:44:40,821 --> 00:44:41,361 Now it's. 1044 00:44:42,336 --> 00:44:42,936 See what happens. 1045 00:44:42,936 --> 00:44:43,746 Roll the dice. 1046 00:44:43,836 --> 00:44:44,346 I mean, who knows? 1047 00:44:44,346 --> 00:44:47,226 Dylan Brown maybe goes cg, no hitter to open the tournament. 1048 00:44:48,096 --> 00:44:51,456 Hey, Dylan Brown is seven strikeouts away from being the first monarch to get 1049 00:44:51,456 --> 00:44:54,156 a hundred strikeouts in like 14 years. 1050 00:44:54,216 --> 00:44:57,506 So I'd like to see him, I'd like to see Frank that like if he gets 1 0 1051 00:44:57,506 --> 00:45:01,776 8, he's ends up being fifth all time, uh, for a single season for the team. 1052 00:45:01,776 --> 00:45:02,946 So I, I'd like to see that. 1053 00:45:02,976 --> 00:45:03,246 I don't know. 1054 00:45:03,246 --> 00:45:05,646 How was that 15 strikeouts? 1055 00:45:05,646 --> 00:45:06,006 Just, yeah. 1056 00:45:06,006 --> 00:45:07,236 Throw out, throw 15 strikeouts. 1057 00:45:07,236 --> 00:45:07,956 Dylan, you can do it. 1058 00:45:08,331 --> 00:45:09,711 I mean, if he gets into two games, 1059 00:45:09,711 --> 00:45:11,361 that's not outside the realm of possibility. 1060 00:45:11,391 --> 00:45:12,981 I, I'm one for two games, one game. 1061 00:45:12,981 --> 00:45:13,371 You can do that. 1062 00:45:13,371 --> 00:45:14,781 Seven innings, 15 Ks, let's go. 1063 00:45:15,051 --> 00:45:18,081 I like, I like that pitch count might be a problem, but that's okay. 1064 00:45:18,081 --> 00:45:20,031 Dylan's just gonna sit back there and chuck it. 1065 00:45:20,391 --> 00:45:21,681 You did just throw strikes. 1066 00:45:21,681 --> 00:45:23,661 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. You got this? 1067 00:45:23,961 --> 00:45:24,621 Yes. 1068 00:45:25,461 --> 00:45:25,701 Alright. 1069 00:45:25,701 --> 00:45:27,951 By the way, I saw a guy throw an immaculate inning. 1070 00:45:27,951 --> 00:45:30,501 They, they say immaculate inning is if you're, uh, nine 1071 00:45:30,501 --> 00:45:31,641 pitches, three strikeouts. 1072 00:45:32,001 --> 00:45:32,961 That's not an immaculate inning. 1073 00:45:33,291 --> 00:45:34,971 Immaculate inning is three pitches, three outs. 1074 00:45:35,571 --> 00:45:36,141 Think so. 1075 00:45:36,141 --> 00:45:36,626 That's the best. 1076 00:45:36,976 --> 00:45:37,268 That the best. 1077 00:45:37,761 --> 00:45:38,511 What is the best? 1078 00:45:38,511 --> 00:45:42,951 The best perfect game you could possibly do would be 27 pitches. 1079 00:45:43,731 --> 00:45:47,001 There were like little easy ground balls to the first baseman. 1080 00:45:47,721 --> 00:45:50,421 That would be, that would be a perfect, perfect game would be 27 pitches. 1081 00:45:50,931 --> 00:45:51,681 Why would I waste? 1082 00:45:51,681 --> 00:45:51,921 Why? 1083 00:45:51,951 --> 00:45:53,871 Why throw all the, I mean, how much more perfect can you 1084 00:45:53,901 --> 00:45:54,951 be than one pitch, one out? 1085 00:45:55,551 --> 00:45:57,501 How excited do you get every time somebody like you started 1086 00:45:57,501 --> 00:45:59,361 anything, one pitch, one out, you're like, oh man, we're rolling now. 1087 00:45:59,361 --> 00:46:00,921 Pitch pitch counts would be crazy. 1088 00:46:01,626 --> 00:46:01,956 Come on. 1089 00:46:01,956 --> 00:46:02,316 You tell me. 1090 00:46:02,316 --> 00:46:05,286 You tell me somebody, the perfect game with 27 pitches, that's not the 1091 00:46:05,286 --> 00:46:06,636 best game ever thrown in history. 1092 00:46:06,666 --> 00:46:09,456 That's, that's a better game than the guy that strikes out 27. 1093 00:46:10,176 --> 00:46:12,156 It would be impressive because this never happened. 1094 00:46:12,276 --> 00:46:12,366 Yes. 1095 00:46:12,366 --> 00:46:15,456 So it would be the first time in 150 plus years of baseball. 1096 00:46:15,486 --> 00:46:15,906 Yes. 1097 00:46:16,086 --> 00:46:19,206 Uh, but I think there's something in a pitcher's mind, in competitiveness of, I 1098 00:46:19,206 --> 00:46:22,746 don't want you touching the baseball and I'm gonna throw you three pitch pitches. 1099 00:46:22,746 --> 00:46:24,636 You're not gonna touch them and you're gonna strike out. 1100 00:46:25,491 --> 00:46:28,161 That's why most pitchers are stupid, because, well, that's true. 1101 00:46:28,161 --> 00:46:30,681 They're dumb because most hitters are stupid. 1102 00:46:30,831 --> 00:46:33,651 And then pitchers try to outthink them instead of just throwing strikes and 1103 00:46:33,651 --> 00:46:37,251 getting 'em out because they're like, I wanna make him chase like, bro, he's dumb. 1104 00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:40,761 He's, you're throwing a ball a hundred miles an hour at him. 1105 00:46:40,911 --> 00:46:42,981 It's really hard to hit it anyway. 1106 00:46:43,101 --> 00:46:44,626 And then you're trying to make him like just. 1107 00:46:44,946 --> 00:46:49,566 Throw the cheddar down the middle, make this guy like, I dunno if you've ever seen 1108 00:46:49,566 --> 00:46:52,206 the in, in the ma. Now again, this, you have to have really good fastball, but 1109 00:46:52,206 --> 00:46:55,596 they show you in the major leagues the batting average on a hundred mile an hour. 1110 00:46:55,596 --> 00:46:57,366 Fastballs dead center. 1111 00:46:58,176 --> 00:47:00,546 So dead center, you're talking now you're talking about major league hitters who 1112 00:47:00,546 --> 00:47:01,926 can hit a hundred mile an hour fastballs. 1113 00:47:01,926 --> 00:47:02,256 Right? 1114 00:47:02,436 --> 00:47:06,936 They can't, the batting average on dead center fastballs is like, oh, 21. 1115 00:47:07,671 --> 00:47:08,301 The big leagues. 1116 00:47:08,361 --> 00:47:10,341 So big league hitters can't hit heat down the middle. 1117 00:47:10,341 --> 00:47:11,181 I guarantee you. 1118 00:47:11,481 --> 00:47:12,531 Some dude in the Sunbelt can't. 1119 00:47:13,281 --> 00:47:16,641 That is the Tampa Bay Ray's entire approach to pitching it has been 1120 00:47:16,641 --> 00:47:19,071 for 10 years and that's why they've been in the postseason with one 1121 00:47:19,071 --> 00:47:20,451 of the lowest payrolls constantly. 1122 00:47:20,781 --> 00:47:24,381 They will throw you first pitch, middle, middle, fast or middle down, 1123 00:47:24,381 --> 00:47:27,021 whatever it is, and then they're gonna go and they're gonna do it 1124 00:47:27,046 --> 00:47:28,671 again with the one strike count. 1125 00:47:29,046 --> 00:47:31,686 And then you got a mode two batting average plummet to throw whatever. 1126 00:47:31,866 --> 00:47:35,706 But that's why you see so many of their guys pitch so well and you're 1127 00:47:35,706 --> 00:47:37,836 like, how are the hell are we in the seventh inning, this guy throwing 1128 00:47:37,836 --> 00:47:39,336 six, six pitches and we got two hits? 1129 00:47:39,756 --> 00:47:40,641 That, that's why 1130 00:47:40,641 --> 00:47:43,656 is, why is Pete Fairbanks dicing you up every night? 1131 00:47:43,716 --> 00:47:45,906 Well, because Pete Fairbanks is following the plan. 1132 00:47:46,206 --> 00:47:47,736 Well, I think of Yarborough when he was down 1133 00:47:47,736 --> 00:47:47,856 there. 1134 00:47:47,856 --> 00:47:48,936 I mean that kind of changed, right? 1135 00:47:48,936 --> 00:47:50,436 Trajectory is his, of his career. 1136 00:47:50,436 --> 00:47:53,196 He started throwing more pitches, more strikes early. 1137 00:47:53,616 --> 00:47:56,706 Um, it's funny you mentioned that 'cause I almost saw a immaculate 1138 00:47:56,706 --> 00:48:00,486 inning by the standard you don't like on Friday in the Astro. 1139 00:48:01,176 --> 00:48:02,196 It was just pretty wild. 1140 00:48:02,256 --> 00:48:04,986 I'm telling everyone around me and they could not have given lessons. 1141 00:48:05,766 --> 00:48:06,157 They did not care. 1142 00:48:08,651 --> 00:48:10,091 It's not the best kind. 1143 00:48:10,091 --> 00:48:12,101 They were like, look, he already threw like four pitches. 1144 00:48:12,101 --> 00:48:13,091 This inning sucks. 1145 00:48:13,601 --> 00:48:14,081 Yes. 1146 00:48:14,081 --> 00:48:17,741 Well we were just tired of watching Lance McCullers work full counts on everybody. 1147 00:48:17,741 --> 00:48:19,091 So we were excited to get quick action. 1148 00:48:20,451 --> 00:48:22,611 I think I've talked about Lance McCullers is one of the nicest human 1149 00:48:22,611 --> 00:48:23,811 beings you could ever meet in your life. 1150 00:48:23,811 --> 00:48:26,061 It's such a shame that he's had those arm injuries and hadn't been 1151 00:48:26,061 --> 00:48:27,171 what he, what he could have been. 1152 00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:28,011 That's such a bum. 1153 00:48:28,011 --> 00:48:29,211 Him, his dad's awesome too. 1154 00:48:29,211 --> 00:48:30,171 Like it's such a shame. 1155 00:48:30,621 --> 00:48:30,891 Yeah, 1156 00:48:30,896 --> 00:48:33,051 he, he actually did pretty well, but we were just ragging him 1157 00:48:33,051 --> 00:48:34,251 'cause it's the same old lance. 1158 00:48:35,271 --> 00:48:35,451 Sure. 1159 00:48:35,451 --> 00:48:36,411 Um, awesome. 1160 00:48:36,411 --> 00:48:40,011 Well, we're gonna try to do a couple things, uh, while I'm down in Montgomery. 1161 00:48:40,071 --> 00:48:43,761 Uh, if we go two and oh, we win those first two, we will be doing. 1162 00:48:43,786 --> 00:48:43,876 Yes. 1163 00:48:44,116 --> 00:48:45,616 Some sort of live thing. 1164 00:48:45,616 --> 00:48:46,876 We're gonna harass players. 1165 00:48:46,876 --> 00:48:49,216 Go maybe wake up, call Eddie and Efrin. 1166 00:48:49,666 --> 00:48:51,166 I don't know, something like that. 1167 00:48:51,166 --> 00:48:53,026 We'll, we'll have some things going on for you. 1168 00:48:53,086 --> 00:48:57,376 Um, and then we will, we'll get you some, some early morning content on Wednesday. 1169 00:48:57,376 --> 00:49:00,376 I think we're just gonna go down to the field and, and do some Instagram live. 1170 00:49:00,436 --> 00:49:01,786 So be on the lookout for all that. 1171 00:49:01,786 --> 00:49:02,866 If you're going down there. 1172 00:49:02,896 --> 00:49:03,796 Excited to see you. 1173 00:49:03,856 --> 00:49:04,726 Come find me. 1174 00:49:04,816 --> 00:49:07,216 Won't give you my hotel room, but you'll probably find me at the lobby 1175 00:49:07,216 --> 00:49:07,396 bar 1176 00:49:07,906 --> 00:49:11,206 or an adjacent bar, most evenings slash mornings. 1177 00:49:12,166 --> 00:49:12,586 Sure. 1178 00:49:13,116 --> 00:49:13,446 Morning. 1179 00:49:13,536 --> 00:49:13,836 Wow. 1180 00:49:13,836 --> 00:49:14,136 All right. 1181 00:49:14,646 --> 00:49:15,276 Well, I mean, if we, 1182 00:49:15,456 --> 00:49:19,506 if we win and it's early, it's 11, we can be, there you go. 1183 00:49:19,506 --> 00:49:21,756 I've been, I've been awake. 1184 00:49:22,716 --> 00:49:23,586 Yeah, exactly. 1185 00:49:23,586 --> 00:49:25,746 I've been awake since six and someone pulled the fire alarm there. 1186 00:49:28,146 --> 00:49:28,506 Awesome. 1187 00:49:28,506 --> 00:49:28,806 All right. 1188 00:49:28,806 --> 00:49:29,226 Sounds good. 1189 00:49:29,226 --> 00:49:30,936 Well, well, Gary, you have a great time. 1190 00:49:30,936 --> 00:49:33,336 I'm excited for, I'm looking forward to watching from afar. 1191 00:49:33,606 --> 00:49:37,866 Um, have fun watching the early games and, and just have a blast, 1192 00:49:37,866 --> 00:49:38,196 man. 1193 00:49:38,436 --> 00:49:39,006 Make 'em win. 1194 00:49:39,516 --> 00:49:40,146 Absolutely. 1195 00:49:40,146 --> 00:49:40,986 Hope we get some wins. 1196 00:49:40,986 --> 00:49:44,946 Thank you all for listening and sharing our content all over the place. 1197 00:49:45,366 --> 00:49:45,486 Yes. 1198 00:49:45,576 --> 00:49:47,706 Uh, but yes, go Monarchs. 1199 00:49:48,276 --> 00:49:49,536 Go Monarchs. 1200 00:49:50,016 --> 00:49:51,036 Well then I guess there's only one 1201 00:49:51,036 --> 00:49:51,216 thing 1202 00:49:51,216 --> 00:49:51,696 left to do. 1203 00:49:53,886 --> 00:49:54,336 What's that? 1204 00:49:56,346 --> 00:49:58,506 Win the whole fucking thing.