1 00:00:23,365 --> 00:00:23,655 Yeah. 2 00:00:24,450 --> 00:00:26,430 What is up CB? 3 00:00:27,450 --> 00:00:28,680 Nothing but we're doing it. 4 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,030 We'll do it live. 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,530 We'll do it live. 6 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:34,650 Yes, we are live right now. 7 00:00:34,740 --> 00:00:38,070 Uh, if you're listening a few days later, the, of course, the audio and the video 8 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:39,780 recording will be out and available. 9 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:43,530 Uh, but we're headed to the top of the eighth right now in the O-D-U-J-M-U game. 10 00:00:43,530 --> 00:00:45,180 ODU is up four to two. 11 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:48,360 We, uh, we can't show the game. 12 00:00:48,570 --> 00:00:51,120 We are not even really supposed to talk that much about it, but 13 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:52,320 we'll be creative here today. 14 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,010 Only two more innings to go, and we've already won the series anyway. 15 00:00:57,090 --> 00:01:02,910 How, how do I as a, uh, as, as the person here share this and make sure 16 00:01:02,910 --> 00:01:05,280 people that are currently out there know? 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,490 Do I need to go to the Monica's page and does it show, let's see. 18 00:01:08,490 --> 00:01:09,660 Does it show that we're live? 19 00:01:09,990 --> 00:01:10,440 Yes. 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,450 Anyone subscribe to us on YouTube? 21 00:01:12,450 --> 00:01:16,620 We'll, on YouTube Get an alert and Instagram live as well. 22 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:18,720 So we are, it should be fully covered today. 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:18,750 Okay. 24 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,820 I will, I'll share the link on the YouTube on, uh, the Facebook for the olds. 25 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:25,261 Uh, yes. 26 00:01:25,266 --> 00:01:25,605 Maybe 27 00:01:25,650 --> 00:01:28,200 the Twitter, maybe the Twitter for the olds, 28 00:01:29,340 --> 00:01:30,060 whoever it is. 29 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:33,300 I finally have an Instagram now and I was having fun with metal songs and 30 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:34,890 pictures of our pictures this week. 31 00:01:34,890 --> 00:01:35,400 So. 32 00:01:35,475 --> 00:01:39,345 Got a little weed eater today for Blake, and he's been pretty good. 33 00:01:39,345 --> 00:01:40,960 What, five and a third I think. 34 00:01:41,419 --> 00:01:41,640 Yes. 35 00:01:41,780 --> 00:01:42,160 Two arms. 36 00:01:42,559 --> 00:01:44,595 I think it was five and two thirds, I think. 37 00:01:45,375 --> 00:01:45,764 Yeah. 38 00:01:45,764 --> 00:01:46,479 In the box here he was. 39 00:01:46,479 --> 00:01:47,324 He's pretty solid here. 40 00:01:47,595 --> 00:01:47,804 Yeah. 41 00:01:47,804 --> 00:01:52,695 I had the box up a second ago myself somewhere and my mini things. 42 00:01:52,695 --> 00:01:54,794 So you did five and no, five and a third. 43 00:01:54,794 --> 00:01:55,095 You're right. 44 00:01:55,095 --> 00:01:58,455 And Kellen got to, and then Nick Sulpizio who's on a little, little 45 00:01:58,455 --> 00:01:59,685 streak here all of a sudden, 46 00:02:00,435 --> 00:02:04,274 I mean, he's, uh, he's looking all right, we're finally getting some 47 00:02:04,274 --> 00:02:06,645 arms to bounce back at the right time, which I think is pretty key. 48 00:02:06,735 --> 00:02:09,704 Uh, it's, it's kind of feels like it's all kind of coming together. 49 00:02:09,704 --> 00:02:11,234 Like we're playing baseball all of a sudden, 50 00:02:11,774 --> 00:02:13,785 hey, in a good time of year to start doing it. 51 00:02:14,024 --> 00:02:16,995 And I, I see that our links are working because there are Okay. 52 00:02:16,995 --> 00:02:18,045 People popping in here. 53 00:02:18,734 --> 00:02:19,365 We love that. 54 00:02:19,365 --> 00:02:21,855 So welcome everyone that has just joined us. 55 00:02:21,915 --> 00:02:23,595 Uh, we are watching the game live. 56 00:02:23,595 --> 00:02:24,435 We can't show it. 57 00:02:24,765 --> 00:02:28,815 Uh, but ODU is up four to two in the top of the eighth, already has the series 58 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:33,075 in the bag, but I. Really helpful for us if we can win this last one, it 59 00:02:33,075 --> 00:02:35,535 gets to 15 wins with one series to go. 60 00:02:37,815 --> 00:02:38,205 Yeah. 61 00:02:38,265 --> 00:02:44,055 Well this, this weekend's gone pretty well as far as the, um, the other teams 62 00:02:44,055 --> 00:02:47,145 helping, not, not just ou doing their job, but other teams like we needed, 63 00:02:47,205 --> 00:02:51,495 uh, Georgia Southern to win two outta three against Texas State, so that 64 00:02:51,495 --> 00:02:52,875 way they didn't get too far ahead. 65 00:02:53,235 --> 00:02:54,495 And that's exactly how that worked. 66 00:02:54,495 --> 00:02:55,695 And some of the other ones worked out. 67 00:02:55,695 --> 00:02:58,545 It's just, it's been going well this weekend for what we needed to have happen. 68 00:02:59,055 --> 00:02:59,265 Yeah. 69 00:02:59,265 --> 00:03:02,715 If I knew that I just needed to tweet about what ODU baseball needs to Right. 70 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:05,295 I started doing this a long time ago, but yeah, we've been doing that 71 00:03:05,295 --> 00:03:06,375 the first week of the season. 72 00:03:06,615 --> 00:03:07,005 Yeah. 73 00:03:07,005 --> 00:03:10,965 But I tweet yesterday, it was, who do you need to root for ODU, obviously South 74 00:03:10,965 --> 00:03:13,215 Alabama to win to Troy and Texas State. 75 00:03:13,215 --> 00:03:16,035 We, we hit the whole parlay there, the whole thing cashed. 76 00:03:16,515 --> 00:03:19,545 Uh, so today it's really just, we need to win. 77 00:03:19,575 --> 00:03:23,325 There are some things that could help us, but uh, like app State losing 78 00:03:23,385 --> 00:03:27,555 would, I think officially put them out from getting in the top five or six. 79 00:03:27,915 --> 00:03:29,745 But they've lost 11 in a row now. 80 00:03:29,745 --> 00:03:31,425 They are in a tailspin at the moment, 81 00:03:32,385 --> 00:03:33,855 which is, you know, they're a good team. 82 00:03:33,855 --> 00:03:38,325 We saw 'em, they, they, they played us well and yeah, it's, it's crazy 83 00:03:38,325 --> 00:03:39,855 what can happen with these streaks. 84 00:03:40,605 --> 00:03:41,145 Yes. 85 00:03:41,505 --> 00:03:44,355 I see Aaron Zelensky is there in the comments watching. 86 00:03:44,355 --> 00:03:44,805 There we go. 87 00:03:44,805 --> 00:03:45,045 Nice. 88 00:03:45,045 --> 00:03:47,325 Twitter or X, whatever we're calling it these days. 89 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:49,175 Nice little walk for Tahraun. 90 00:03:49,175 --> 00:03:51,495 Tahraun Hammond, after not playing for a few weeks. 91 00:03:51,495 --> 00:03:52,155 He's played this week. 92 00:03:52,155 --> 00:03:53,235 He's done really well. 93 00:03:53,745 --> 00:03:54,405 Yes. 94 00:03:54,435 --> 00:03:56,505 Yeah, he's been, uh, he's been awesome. 95 00:03:56,505 --> 00:03:57,765 I think it's 'cause we had him on the show. 96 00:03:57,765 --> 00:03:58,545 He's had a great weekend. 97 00:03:58,545 --> 00:03:59,295 Yes it is. 98 00:03:59,445 --> 00:03:59,985 It is. 99 00:04:00,075 --> 00:04:00,105 I, 100 00:04:01,065 --> 00:04:04,394 I was worried this thing would become a curse for whatever player joined, but 101 00:04:04,484 --> 00:04:06,285 that seems to no have the opposite effect 102 00:04:06,285 --> 00:04:06,584 this year. 103 00:04:06,584 --> 00:04:08,655 I mean, now that you, now that you've named it, it will be, 104 00:04:08,655 --> 00:04:09,915 there's a nice bunt for Evan. 105 00:04:09,915 --> 00:04:11,204 Oh, that's gonna be a hit for Evan. 106 00:04:11,204 --> 00:04:12,015 There we go. 107 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:12,929 Nice. 108 00:04:12,935 --> 00:04:13,334 Nice bunt 109 00:04:13,334 --> 00:04:13,905 for Evan. 110 00:04:14,144 --> 00:04:16,904 You're clearly ahead of me by a few seconds on the broadcast. 111 00:04:16,904 --> 00:04:17,594 Oh, I'm sorry. 112 00:04:18,135 --> 00:04:18,375 Maybe. 113 00:04:18,375 --> 00:04:20,445 I hope I'm not, if I'm ruining it for anyone, I'm just gonna 114 00:04:20,445 --> 00:04:21,464 ruin it in the nice things. 115 00:04:21,464 --> 00:04:22,635 I I'll ruin the nice things. 116 00:04:22,635 --> 00:04:22,905 Yeah. 117 00:04:22,905 --> 00:04:23,325 Nice. 118 00:04:23,325 --> 00:04:27,615 Uh, Evan probably going for a, just a sacrifice bunt and, and got it 119 00:04:27,615 --> 00:04:32,115 right past the, uh, pitcher and into that no man's land triangle. 120 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:32,325 Yeah. 121 00:04:32,325 --> 00:04:33,855 Here's a nice review of it. 122 00:04:33,885 --> 00:04:34,724 Uh, beautiful. 123 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:39,044 The first baseman kind of made the right move that turned out to be the wrong move. 124 00:04:39,669 --> 00:04:40,575 Oh, oh, oh. 125 00:04:40,605 --> 00:04:42,224 No one covering Beautiful. 126 00:04:42,465 --> 00:04:42,885 Yeah. 127 00:04:42,919 --> 00:04:46,965 Well, Luke Waters is someone we're gonna have to talk about a lot. 128 00:04:47,594 --> 00:04:47,655 Woo. 129 00:04:47,655 --> 00:04:50,445 'cause he has awoken this weekend. 130 00:04:50,445 --> 00:04:52,305 He was, what, five for five yesterday. 131 00:04:52,305 --> 00:04:56,414 Let off today's game with the hit, had the game winner on Friday night, driving 132 00:04:56,414 --> 00:04:58,305 in two runs and the 12th will put us up. 133 00:04:58,784 --> 00:05:00,344 Uh, three hits in that game. 134 00:05:00,344 --> 00:05:00,614 Yeah. 135 00:05:00,614 --> 00:05:01,575 He is one for three today. 136 00:05:01,575 --> 00:05:02,924 I mean, he is, yeah. 137 00:05:03,465 --> 00:05:03,794 Lemme see. 138 00:05:03,794 --> 00:05:05,835 I had, I was getting together our, you know, 'cause we like 139 00:05:05,835 --> 00:05:07,094 to get our numbers for guys. 140 00:05:07,094 --> 00:05:09,284 I've already made the graphic with Luke as the hitter of the week. 141 00:05:09,315 --> 00:05:10,034 'cause I mean, come on. 142 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:13,664 Um, coming into the game, he was eight for 13. 143 00:05:13,664 --> 00:05:14,114 So, let's see. 144 00:05:14,114 --> 00:05:18,075 So now he'd be, uh, nine for 16 on the week with a double 145 00:05:18,075 --> 00:05:21,794 two Homers, uh, five rbis. 146 00:05:21,854 --> 00:05:24,135 Uh, yeah. 147 00:05:24,135 --> 00:05:26,865 Five r you know, four rbis, uh, three walks. 148 00:05:27,945 --> 00:05:28,304 Yeah. 149 00:05:28,575 --> 00:05:33,135 I mean, hell, hell of a week for Luke and the Yeah, when Plus had been talking 150 00:05:33,135 --> 00:05:36,859 about him and of course his dad, Roger Waters, who played football at JMU 151 00:05:37,484 --> 00:05:40,784 department for a while, uh, they've been kind of seeking him out on camera. 152 00:05:40,784 --> 00:05:43,905 I feel like every opportunity they get, he was 153 00:05:43,905 --> 00:05:46,245 wearing the, uh, the Bud Bomber shirt yesterday. 154 00:05:46,665 --> 00:05:47,265 Yes. 155 00:05:47,355 --> 00:05:47,745 Yeah. 156 00:05:47,805 --> 00:05:49,695 Uh, he's always been a big supporter of us. 157 00:05:49,695 --> 00:05:50,415 Always a nice guy. 158 00:05:50,415 --> 00:05:51,165 Appreciate he's bought me. 159 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:51,585 They're, 160 00:05:52,995 --> 00:05:56,235 we've got another, um, Delmar High School kid. 161 00:05:56,235 --> 00:06:00,525 I think he's a 26 grad that, you know, Roger coaches obviously up there is 162 00:06:00,525 --> 00:06:03,015 coming to ODU, uh, in another year. 163 00:06:03,045 --> 00:06:06,885 So we're, we're not gonna stop the train of the, uh, the great, um, 164 00:06:07,275 --> 00:06:08,925 kids from the, uh, Eastern shore. 165 00:06:10,215 --> 00:06:10,605 Yeah. 166 00:06:10,605 --> 00:06:13,335 If we can get some more like Luke, that would be awesome. 167 00:06:13,455 --> 00:06:13,545 Yeah. 168 00:06:13,575 --> 00:06:17,505 Um, but man, just o overall this weekend, I mean, we were 169 00:06:17,505 --> 00:06:18,585 up against it a little bit. 170 00:06:18,585 --> 00:06:21,525 I felt like on Friday, anytime you go to extras, I feel like the advantage 171 00:06:21,525 --> 00:06:25,665 is always to the home team because they hit last and our bullpen did a 172 00:06:25,665 --> 00:06:28,005 tremendous job throughout that game. 173 00:06:28,125 --> 00:06:28,185 Yeah. 174 00:06:28,275 --> 00:06:32,205 To keep it tied, keep us in it, and then ultimately hold on for 175 00:06:32,205 --> 00:06:33,675 12 innings to get us through that. 176 00:06:34,665 --> 00:06:34,725 Yeah. 177 00:06:34,725 --> 00:06:34,996 Big day for bullpen. 178 00:06:36,030 --> 00:06:38,730 Ethan Hubble just getting better and better as the season goes on. 179 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:40,050 I mean, he came up big. 180 00:06:40,050 --> 00:06:43,320 He, he had some, you know, in the midst of three score the settings, he 181 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,090 had some pitches that looked terrible. 182 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:47,070 You know, he, he had one pitch, I think it's one of the 183 00:06:47,070 --> 00:06:48,180 best pitches I've ever seen. 184 00:06:48,180 --> 00:06:51,090 He, it was that kind of, I dunno if it's a curve ball slider that came 185 00:06:51,090 --> 00:06:54,180 in and the, the right handed batter looked like his knees were shaking. 186 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:57,810 He thought it was gonna hit him in his back, and it loops in there and it's, 187 00:06:57,810 --> 00:07:01,050 I mean, really, like, probably the best pitch Ethan's ever thrown in his life. 188 00:07:01,290 --> 00:07:03,600 And then immediately after, he probably tried to do the 189 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:04,890 same thing, kind of overcooks. 190 00:07:04,890 --> 00:07:07,890 It throws it too far and it's way far down the way. 191 00:07:07,890 --> 00:07:11,400 So he had some, it might have been effectively wild, he had some really 192 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,450 good pitches and in the midst of some bad pitches, but three scoreless when 193 00:07:15,450 --> 00:07:18,270 you needed, and you saw his emotion at the end of the game, which, you 194 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:21,420 know, is, that's not something I, I, I've seen outta Ethan all year. 195 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:24,120 So it was awesome to see him hype in a big moment. 196 00:07:25,305 --> 00:07:26,205 Yeah, that whole 197 00:07:26,445 --> 00:07:28,094 fellas right there on the screen. 198 00:07:28,094 --> 00:07:28,575 Look at us. 199 00:07:28,635 --> 00:07:32,295 Yeah, I, I forgot that I can add the comments to the screen, so Sure. 200 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:35,055 If, if you're watching us on any of the social media platforms, feel free to 201 00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:37,485 drop us a question, topic to chat about. 202 00:07:37,485 --> 00:07:39,675 We just kind of wanted to hang out, and the reason we're having 203 00:07:39,675 --> 00:07:42,945 to do this on a Sunday is solely because of my dumb work travel. 204 00:07:43,305 --> 00:07:45,015 Uh, I have to fly tomorrow. 205 00:07:45,015 --> 00:07:46,125 We normally be recording. 206 00:07:46,155 --> 00:07:49,305 We've got a, a midweek game for now on Tuesday. 207 00:07:49,695 --> 00:07:53,534 Uh, so no real chance to, to record this any other way, but we wanted 208 00:07:53,534 --> 00:07:54,885 to try it live, see what happened. 209 00:07:55,395 --> 00:07:59,490 Um, yeah, it's, I. Just hold on, hold on. 210 00:07:59,490 --> 00:08:01,050 Another, another two innings here. 211 00:08:01,050 --> 00:08:01,800 We'll be in good shape. 212 00:08:01,890 --> 00:08:02,970 Yeah, we're, we're in it. 213 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,640 Well we got, uh, runners first and second no outs. 214 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,980 We got Jorge who's had a, had a nice week up. 215 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,860 Uh, you know, he is, Jorge has had a great season. 216 00:08:10,860 --> 00:08:13,110 I mean, he is, the strikeout total is high. 217 00:08:13,110 --> 00:08:15,810 I know that's been, you know, some of the people love to complain all the time. 218 00:08:15,810 --> 00:08:16,620 That's been a complaint. 219 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:18,000 It was easy, easy, easy one to target. 220 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,890 Uh, 'cause he is got, you know, almost probably 60 strikeouts, but he's, he's 221 00:08:22,890 --> 00:08:26,100 been a, um, he's been a very good place. 222 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:27,060 He is pretty much seconded. 223 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:30,960 Like every stat, you know, he's, he's just good and, and put him 224 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,220 in center field has been huge. 225 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:33,900 'cause he's, he's definitely our best fielder. 226 00:08:34,845 --> 00:08:37,485 He covers a ton of ground in center field and looking at him, you 227 00:08:37,485 --> 00:08:40,995 wouldn't think he's a super fast guy, but he can move in that outfield. 228 00:08:40,995 --> 00:08:45,645 He gets a good read, good jump, and um, definitely on the all mustache team. 229 00:08:46,335 --> 00:08:46,515 Yeah. 230 00:08:46,665 --> 00:08:47,085 Yes. 231 00:08:47,085 --> 00:08:50,265 We got a few of those that that was a No, I noticed Alex was, he 232 00:08:50,265 --> 00:08:52,575 had mentioned the other day when we talked to him, he, he had the, uh, 233 00:08:52,575 --> 00:08:54,255 the rally fingers kind of going. 234 00:08:54,405 --> 00:08:55,035 Oh yeah. 235 00:08:55,155 --> 00:08:55,305 Oh. 236 00:08:55,305 --> 00:08:57,015 And they have like the perfect camera angle there. 237 00:08:57,015 --> 00:08:57,825 They were just zoomed in. 238 00:08:57,825 --> 00:08:58,814 You could see his whole face. 239 00:08:58,814 --> 00:08:58,905 Right. 240 00:08:59,355 --> 00:08:59,955 It was great. 241 00:08:59,955 --> 00:09:02,205 And, uh, you know, he, he pitched well. 242 00:09:02,265 --> 00:09:04,860 Uh, we're just getting a lot of guys in the bullpen stepping up in the big wave 243 00:09:05,460 --> 00:09:05,700 business ball. 244 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:06,819 Ah, dang it. 245 00:09:07,944 --> 00:09:08,235 Dang. 246 00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:08,520 Yeah. 247 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:09,150 Doubled off. 248 00:09:09,390 --> 00:09:13,439 Uh, so little looping ball the shortstop caught and got right 249 00:09:13,439 --> 00:09:14,850 back to second base for now. 250 00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:15,990 We got so double play. 251 00:09:15,990 --> 00:09:17,610 So now run our first two outs. 252 00:09:17,670 --> 00:09:20,160 That's, that's my fault for saying that. 253 00:09:20,189 --> 00:09:23,340 Teron was getting a boost from being on the podcast last week. 254 00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:24,840 He immediately gets Well, you know, 255 00:09:24,930 --> 00:09:26,490 I don't, that's not even his fault. 256 00:09:26,490 --> 00:09:28,710 The guy I don't think he can much, you can do, I mean, you look where his ball 257 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,630 hit hits and he's just out his lead. 258 00:09:30,630 --> 00:09:30,840 Yeah. 259 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:31,110 Right there. 260 00:09:31,110 --> 00:09:31,770 They showed the replay. 261 00:09:31,770 --> 00:09:33,300 There's nothing you can do that's Yeah. 262 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:34,890 You gotta freeze on a line drive. 263 00:09:34,895 --> 00:09:35,275 Yeah, he 264 00:09:35,295 --> 00:09:35,515 did. 265 00:09:35,699 --> 00:09:35,910 Yeah. 266 00:09:35,910 --> 00:09:36,390 Nothing. 267 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:37,650 He's out by four or five feet. 268 00:09:37,650 --> 00:09:37,860 Yeah. 269 00:09:38,430 --> 00:09:38,790 So, 270 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:39,689 nice guy. 271 00:09:39,689 --> 00:09:40,350 Keep it going. 272 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,189 Yes. 273 00:09:41,189 --> 00:09:44,040 I I was a little surprised to Kellen Davis come into the game today. 274 00:09:44,069 --> 00:09:47,189 'cause I know he's pitched a good already this weekend, but he, 275 00:09:47,250 --> 00:09:48,689 you know, give the one sack fly. 276 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:51,060 They got the, the inherited runner in, but other than that, 277 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:52,500 he was looking pretty good. 278 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,150 His stuff has gotten so filthy. 279 00:09:54,525 --> 00:09:54,944 Like it. 280 00:09:54,944 --> 00:09:55,454 Yeah. 281 00:09:55,694 --> 00:10:00,974 I encourage anyone, uh, imagine Kellen be around next year, go stand behind 282 00:10:00,974 --> 00:10:04,334 home plate while he's pitching and you figure out what that pitch is. 283 00:10:04,635 --> 00:10:05,834 'cause no one else seems to be able to. 284 00:10:06,824 --> 00:10:07,185 Yeah. 285 00:10:07,185 --> 00:10:09,525 And, and, and, and now we, I know we talked about it, Kellen's 286 00:10:09,525 --> 00:10:11,745 such a great example of a kid that just showed up and worked. 287 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:16,094 I mean, he came in, he was, um, I, I don't think he had a scholarship. 288 00:10:16,094 --> 00:10:18,285 I think it was like the, the preferred walk-on. 289 00:10:18,675 --> 00:10:20,385 Um, and he, he red shirt. 290 00:10:20,385 --> 00:10:22,485 And I know that first year it was kinda like, is this kid 291 00:10:22,485 --> 00:10:23,775 ever gonna get the pitch for us? 292 00:10:23,775 --> 00:10:26,714 Is this, you know, is there any future for him here? 293 00:10:26,714 --> 00:10:29,655 And he just kept working and working and working into where, you know, now he's, 294 00:10:29,954 --> 00:10:33,165 uh, uh, the last two years, one of the most important pieces of the bullpen. 295 00:10:33,555 --> 00:10:36,555 And he's a huge, uh, bench guy. 296 00:10:36,555 --> 00:10:39,675 Like he's, he's always right there cheering and he's, he is leading the 297 00:10:39,675 --> 00:10:42,975 nonsense, uh, as I like to say, which is what you need as a, as a bench. 298 00:10:43,605 --> 00:10:45,255 Um, and he, he's great for it. 299 00:10:45,255 --> 00:10:48,315 So it's, yeah, Kellen's just like, I mean, that's just a, a 300 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:49,965 success story of college baseball. 301 00:10:49,965 --> 00:10:55,215 It's what you wanna see those guys that come in and you work your way from really 302 00:10:55,215 --> 00:10:57,525 not getting a chance to being a dude. 303 00:10:58,455 --> 00:11:01,665 He also might be the most in shape person I've ever seen in my life. 304 00:11:02,955 --> 00:11:07,485 If he, if he's got a body percentage, like a body fat percentage is under one, 305 00:11:07,635 --> 00:11:08,895 it's, it's probably negative. 306 00:11:08,895 --> 00:11:10,365 He probably gives fat away. 307 00:11:11,865 --> 00:11:12,405 He is, yeah. 308 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:14,265 He was one his first year when he wasn't playing. 309 00:11:14,265 --> 00:11:17,775 His, his role was to go down and get the foul balls and he would always 310 00:11:17,775 --> 00:11:21,735 run back down the line and just do like a standing jump over the, like 311 00:11:21,975 --> 00:11:26,205 three foot brick wall that, you know, I would have to like climb over slowly 312 00:11:26,205 --> 00:11:27,255 to make sure I didn't break something. 313 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,910 Uh, well, Alec, we're not allowed to live stream the game. 314 00:11:32,910 --> 00:11:33,750 I wish we could. 315 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:33,810 No. 316 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,410 So, uh, if anyone asks No, we're, we're definitely not doing that or play 317 00:11:37,410 --> 00:11:39,420 by play or anything of that nature. 318 00:11:39,420 --> 00:11:41,939 I don't want the mouse showing up at my house. 319 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,060 Yeah. 320 00:11:42,060 --> 00:11:42,390 Here. 321 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:44,130 Yeah. 322 00:11:44,130 --> 00:11:45,300 Don't get me legally. 323 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:49,199 Uh, although I would, it would be, I guess technically the 324 00:11:49,199 --> 00:11:50,250 Avengers would be suing me. 325 00:11:50,250 --> 00:11:52,140 Isn't that how that would, what we would call that? 326 00:11:52,140 --> 00:11:53,310 I wouldn't mind that on my record. 327 00:11:53,314 --> 00:11:53,525 And, 328 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:54,840 and Luke Skywalker, 329 00:11:55,710 --> 00:11:57,900 those one sued by the Avengers, Luke Skywalker. 330 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:58,410 Yeah. 331 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:04,439 Had that frat, they're showing the frat alley out there in the left 332 00:12:04,439 --> 00:12:05,790 field, and there's no frat today. 333 00:12:05,790 --> 00:12:08,610 And the frat boys must be, uh, they're all at church on Sunday? 334 00:12:08,610 --> 00:12:09,689 Probably, I guess. 335 00:12:09,780 --> 00:12:12,689 Yeah, there's a, there's a puffer sitting out there though, so at least 336 00:12:12,689 --> 00:12:14,310 we're getting to see some of that. 337 00:12:14,580 --> 00:12:16,590 They've had pretty good crowds, I think up there in Harrison. 338 00:12:16,590 --> 00:12:17,460 They got very nice. 339 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:17,850 Yeah. 340 00:12:18,250 --> 00:12:19,599 I, I have not been up there. 341 00:12:19,599 --> 00:12:22,329 My, my parents went to a game, uh, when they were playing the VA in 342 00:12:22,329 --> 00:12:24,579 the Valley League, um, the Turks. 343 00:12:24,579 --> 00:12:27,490 And, uh, they sort, you know, it's a nice place and you could tell it looks nice. 344 00:12:27,490 --> 00:12:31,060 And I know the guys mentioned a few times that it, they built it up in 2010. 345 00:12:31,599 --> 00:12:34,510 So it's, it's a good, I mean, JMU has good stuff, man. 346 00:12:34,510 --> 00:12:36,729 You know, it's, it's, uh, I'm glad we're beating them. 347 00:12:36,729 --> 00:12:39,339 It's, you know, between, uh, I know, I think we've mentioned what 348 00:12:39,339 --> 00:12:41,860 we said, football and basketball haven't beaten them since we've 349 00:12:41,860 --> 00:12:43,089 gotten back in the Sunbelt. 350 00:12:43,104 --> 00:12:44,115 Nope, sure haven't. 351 00:12:44,505 --> 00:12:45,474 Nope, sure haven't. 352 00:12:45,490 --> 00:12:50,079 So, you know, it, it's this rivalry that's in the big money sports, not a rivalry, 353 00:12:50,079 --> 00:12:54,069 but clearly here it is, you know, I mean, at least, well, I know the other way. 354 00:12:54,069 --> 00:12:57,370 Maybe it's not because, uh, ODU baseball keeps whipping up on 'em and 355 00:12:57,370 --> 00:12:58,630 then the tennis seems to dominate 'em. 356 00:12:58,630 --> 00:13:02,410 So maybe it's, it's a rivalry in the overall sense because like what we 357 00:13:02,410 --> 00:13:06,280 say, they'd be both be 11, 11 in the, um, row rivalry after this, if we win. 358 00:13:06,630 --> 00:13:06,920 Yeah. 359 00:13:07,055 --> 00:13:07,235 Yeah. 360 00:13:07,235 --> 00:13:11,315 It's, uh, ODS 10 and Jamie u has 11 right now, so I guess 361 00:13:11,315 --> 00:13:12,425 it would technically be a tie. 362 00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:14,225 I have no idea if they're tiebreakers. 363 00:13:14,585 --> 00:13:18,095 Uh, and I'll say for clarity, I didn't care when we lost that thing. 364 00:13:18,125 --> 00:13:19,565 I won't care if we tie it. 365 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:24,155 And I also won't care if we, like, I just, I can't get into the force there. 366 00:13:24,155 --> 00:13:25,655 There's already enough of rivalry there. 367 00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:26,945 We don't need like a Yeah. 368 00:13:26,945 --> 00:13:28,610 Fake, fake thing attached to it. 369 00:13:28,710 --> 00:13:31,955 It's the, I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's cool to say, I guess to say you won the 370 00:13:31,955 --> 00:13:35,345 raw rivalry, but, you know, it's, I, I think at the end of the day, again, 371 00:13:35,345 --> 00:13:38,825 if you're not winning in the big money sports, then it's like, okay, cool. 372 00:13:38,825 --> 00:13:41,525 I mean, JMU can always say, well, yeah, but you can't beat 373 00:13:41,525 --> 00:13:42,635 us in football or basketball. 374 00:13:42,635 --> 00:13:43,655 It's like, all right, that's fair. 375 00:13:44,045 --> 00:13:47,405 It's always the excuse that Virginia gives when tech dunks on 'em for football. 376 00:13:47,405 --> 00:13:49,925 They're like, well, we've got swimming national titles. 377 00:13:49,925 --> 00:13:51,425 It's like, yeah, you do, and that's awesome. 378 00:13:51,425 --> 00:13:52,895 You should be, should be proud of that. 379 00:13:52,895 --> 00:13:53,195 But 380 00:13:53,435 --> 00:13:53,885 yeah, 381 00:13:54,065 --> 00:13:56,915 you know, I, we, we gotta do, do a little bit better, in my 382 00:13:56,915 --> 00:13:58,415 opinion, on, on those games. 383 00:13:58,955 --> 00:14:00,575 Well that's, you know, that's how it goes. 384 00:14:00,575 --> 00:14:01,895 Uh, it's not easy. 385 00:14:01,895 --> 00:14:03,695 It is, it is fascinating. 386 00:14:03,725 --> 00:14:04,835 Like, why. 387 00:14:05,205 --> 00:14:08,445 JMU is so much better than us in the basketball and football there, 388 00:14:08,450 --> 00:14:10,005 there's no real good reason for it. 389 00:14:10,605 --> 00:14:11,145 Um, 390 00:14:11,265 --> 00:14:13,215 ' cause they, I mean, they've had coaching changes. 391 00:14:13,215 --> 00:14:14,145 They've reloaded Yeah. 392 00:14:14,145 --> 00:14:17,325 They've done all those things like, you know, last year for football, 393 00:14:17,325 --> 00:14:20,025 there was no excuse for us not to win that game, but we just didn't 394 00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:21,195 really show up in the second half. 395 00:14:21,465 --> 00:14:22,695 And I don't, I don't wanna relive that. 396 00:14:22,755 --> 00:14:23,025 Oof. 397 00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:27,495 No, I have enjoyed the, and you mentioned, uh, yesterday the announcers in these 398 00:14:27,495 --> 00:14:28,875 games have been really, really good. 399 00:14:28,875 --> 00:14:32,115 The guy's done a great job and, and mentioning the, all the connections 400 00:14:32,115 --> 00:14:35,955 between the ODU, uh, and JMU coaches, you know, the, uh, Marlon Eikenberry, 401 00:14:36,315 --> 00:14:39,915 uh, played for, for Finwood and then you coached with them and, you 402 00:14:39,915 --> 00:14:43,155 know, they have all the, all the, you know, Auburn coaching and, and 403 00:14:43,155 --> 00:14:46,905 then bringing in, uh, Jack Slater's dad, Tom and his VMI and Auburn 404 00:14:46,905 --> 00:14:48,915 coaching is, it's, it's always neat. 405 00:14:48,915 --> 00:14:50,625 Those kind of interweaved webs. 406 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:54,599 I've learned more about VMI baseball in the last three days 407 00:14:54,689 --> 00:14:56,430 than I ever thought I would know. 408 00:14:56,430 --> 00:14:58,109 It's been cool to hear the connections. 409 00:14:58,229 --> 00:14:58,290 Yeah. 410 00:14:58,290 --> 00:15:01,530 I also didn't know that VMI leads the country in stolen bases. 411 00:15:01,709 --> 00:15:02,189 Yes. 412 00:15:02,189 --> 00:15:04,709 Oh, they're, and that was, I, I think I told you they played up 413 00:15:04,709 --> 00:15:08,849 there at War Memorial and, uh, went to the game and when I left, they 414 00:15:08,849 --> 00:15:10,260 were playing, um, William Mary. 415 00:15:10,645 --> 00:15:11,400 I'm about to sneeze. 416 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,489 Uh, when they were playing William and Mary, they were losing nine to one. 417 00:15:15,390 --> 00:15:15,479 Oh. 418 00:15:15,479 --> 00:15:16,439 I left in the middle of seventh. 419 00:15:16,439 --> 00:15:17,219 They ended up winning the game. 420 00:15:17,219 --> 00:15:18,030 12 to nine. 421 00:15:19,229 --> 00:15:21,270 VMI did on a walk off home run. 422 00:15:21,270 --> 00:15:22,920 And because I remember during the game I was like, you know, 423 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:23,910 we're driving over there. 424 00:15:23,915 --> 00:15:26,219 I was bringing my parents and my mom's reading off all these stats 425 00:15:26,219 --> 00:15:29,819 that like, you know, they're, they're VM i's offense is like a top 10 in 426 00:15:29,819 --> 00:15:31,170 the country and all kinds of things. 427 00:15:31,170 --> 00:15:33,300 You know, they're pitching obviously is, has left them down. 428 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,160 That's why they, they kind of have a sub 500 record. 429 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,740 But I, during the game I'm thinking like, where is this? 430 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:39,839 Like, you know, a few of the guys had hits, you know, but it's 431 00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:40,949 like, where is all this offense? 432 00:15:40,949 --> 00:15:42,000 And then, well, there it is. 433 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,020 It showed up eventually. 434 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:43,589 Yeah. 435 00:15:43,589 --> 00:15:46,680 They're, uh, they're, you know, and, and that was how it was when had, was there. 436 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,990 I mean they've been, they're a very good offensive team. 437 00:15:48,990 --> 00:15:52,380 And, and if you've been to VMI, you know, the ballpark has got a, it's, it's got a 438 00:15:52,380 --> 00:15:56,040 short porch and it's, but that doesn't, that doesn't help you steal bases. 439 00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:58,650 No, it was just kind of wild. 440 00:15:58,650 --> 00:16:01,380 Just think, you know, you've gotta get enough guys on base to have the 441 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:02,939 steel opportunities to begin with. 442 00:16:02,939 --> 00:16:05,730 So they must be, be pretty good on the offensive side. 443 00:16:06,510 --> 00:16:10,860 Yeah, their kid, uh, Grayson Fitzwater from uh, NS River. 444 00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:11,730 He's a junior. 445 00:16:11,730 --> 00:16:14,610 He said he already broke the school home run record. 446 00:16:14,610 --> 00:16:18,420 He plays with pilots in the summer and he's a really, I was talking to 447 00:16:18,420 --> 00:16:21,060 Hera, he said he was like the last guy he recruited right before he left. 448 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:22,620 He said he never got that, have him there. 449 00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:23,520 I was like, that's a bummer. 450 00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:23,700 Yeah. 451 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,160 Pilots are gonna have some studs. 452 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,530 'cause we know Scotty is gonna be over there this summer. 453 00:16:28,530 --> 00:16:31,080 Yeah, I'm sure there'll be a couple other ODU guys that get over that way. 454 00:16:31,140 --> 00:16:31,470 Yeah. 455 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:31,950 Um, 456 00:16:31,950 --> 00:16:33,120 well, Fitzwater will be back. 457 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,950 They have a few of the guys they've had, um, we saw Henry Garcia with um, ULM. 458 00:16:37,950 --> 00:16:42,000 He'll be back with them again and got Chris Martinez, who's like, 459 00:16:42,510 --> 00:16:45,425 he's like 27 years old I think now from Dominican Republic. 460 00:16:45,425 --> 00:16:49,860 He had a weird, so he was, he was, um, oh, here's a little chopper. 461 00:16:49,860 --> 00:16:50,700 This is gonna be trouble. 462 00:16:50,820 --> 00:16:51,810 Oh, oh peasy. 463 00:16:52,410 --> 00:16:52,980 Did he get him? 464 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:53,880 Oh my God. 465 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,830 That's one of the best plays all season. 466 00:16:56,745 --> 00:16:57,255 Wow. 467 00:16:57,495 --> 00:16:58,095 Wow. 468 00:16:58,935 --> 00:16:59,505 High chopper. 469 00:16:59,505 --> 00:17:00,660 That was so, yeah. 470 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:01,180 Ooh. 471 00:17:01,210 --> 00:17:05,055 Back to LP pio, bare hands and Fires in one motion. 472 00:17:05,234 --> 00:17:06,500 It looks like had to go half 473 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:10,425 step to go way to his right to get it, which is not easy if you 474 00:17:10,425 --> 00:17:11,535 think about he's right-handed. 475 00:17:11,535 --> 00:17:15,315 So he is, he, if anything, he's falling off toward the first base side, had to 476 00:17:15,315 --> 00:17:21,315 run back over to the third base side, bare hand it and then May, and the throw 477 00:17:21,315 --> 00:17:23,055 was high, but it was, it was dead on. 478 00:17:23,115 --> 00:17:24,645 I mean, what a play by sio. 479 00:17:24,645 --> 00:17:26,835 So that's, I mean, awesome. 480 00:17:26,984 --> 00:17:28,605 Is that too scoreless for him now in this game? 481 00:17:28,935 --> 00:17:29,565 It is. 482 00:17:29,565 --> 00:17:31,605 Talk about a guy bouncing the back in a big way. 483 00:17:31,695 --> 00:17:33,465 I mean, he struggled early this season. 484 00:17:33,465 --> 00:17:35,505 Yeah, it, it did not look good for him. 485 00:17:35,505 --> 00:17:40,395 But the last, I think three outings for LP pio, he has looked like his old self. 486 00:17:40,725 --> 00:17:42,465 'cause he has filthy stuff he can locate. 487 00:17:42,465 --> 00:17:43,275 He's a great pitcher. 488 00:17:43,275 --> 00:17:45,945 Just sometimes you get the yips, I think. 489 00:17:45,945 --> 00:17:47,295 And yeah. 490 00:17:47,355 --> 00:17:47,940 Well he was, remember, 491 00:17:49,245 --> 00:17:51,795 remember first part of the year, fin was telling us he was gonna be his closer. 492 00:17:51,930 --> 00:17:55,650 And then, you know, he very quickly got to be, I remember one point a few weeks 493 00:17:55,650 --> 00:17:57,990 ago thinking like, I don't know if Nick's ever gonna throw another pitch for us. 494 00:17:58,755 --> 00:18:01,290 And I mean, and again, Nick's an awesome kid. 495 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:02,010 I love the guy. 496 00:18:02,010 --> 00:18:03,600 It's not like I'm sitting here, you know? 497 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,290 Oh man. 498 00:18:04,380 --> 00:18:07,380 You know, it's like, it's just the reality of how things were going and, 499 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:09,570 and, but that's, it's been great to see. 500 00:18:09,570 --> 00:18:10,560 And this game he's throwing. 501 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:11,495 Well, that's, that's awesome, man. 502 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:13,230 And that would be, it'd be huge. 503 00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:16,695 Some of these guys that are all of a sudden, you know, going back and, 504 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:19,740 and playing, like, we kind of were hoping they were gonna play all year. 505 00:18:20,370 --> 00:18:23,190 Uh, we're, we're really rolling in a good spot, uh, right now. 506 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,290 And sio, if he comes back in for the ninth, would be in line for, I 507 00:18:28,290 --> 00:18:29,760 believe his first save of the year. 508 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,600 So he would get a closer roll in one of the last games of the season. 509 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,150 But I think that's, yeah, I mean, that's great. 510 00:18:36,150 --> 00:18:39,600 You get some of these arms, some confidence going into coastal, then 511 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,330 obviously the Sunbelt tournament is, you're gonna need 'em. 512 00:18:42,390 --> 00:18:45,510 Those innings are endless in the Sunbelt tournament. 513 00:18:45,930 --> 00:18:49,500 And yeah, if you want to survive in advance, you've gotta have 514 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:51,210 guys you wouldn't expect or that. 515 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,570 You've underperformed for part of the year, step up in a big way and 516 00:18:54,570 --> 00:18:55,800 give you a couple of good innings. 517 00:18:56,130 --> 00:18:58,200 Uh, we're seeing that right here this weekend. 518 00:18:58,260 --> 00:19:00,360 Uh, especially going 12 on Friday. 519 00:19:00,660 --> 00:19:03,870 We burned through, I mean, that's three more innings on your bullpen right there. 520 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:06,120 They end up doing six in that, six innings in that game. 521 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,580 Uh, they, they did pretty well. 522 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,350 Dylan did pretty well yesterday, I think. 523 00:19:10,470 --> 00:19:12,660 Well, you made to about the seventh when he, when he came out. 524 00:19:12,660 --> 00:19:12,810 He had 525 00:19:12,810 --> 00:19:13,050 seventh. 526 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,340 He got through seventh 527 00:19:14,705 --> 00:19:16,920 and he had six scoreless before that seventh inning. 528 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,560 He had a great, another great outing for Dylan Brown. 529 00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:22,950 Uh, but you know, bullpen had scramble a little bit, some changes 530 00:19:22,950 --> 00:19:24,480 as that game got tighter later. 531 00:19:24,870 --> 00:19:29,130 Uh, so love, love seeing these bullpen guys step up, but I'd be much happier 532 00:19:29,130 --> 00:19:30,390 with about five more runs here. 533 00:19:31,350 --> 00:19:32,220 Yeah, it'd be nice. 534 00:19:32,220 --> 00:19:33,510 I mean, Luke could start it off here. 535 00:19:33,510 --> 00:19:35,340 Keep that, uh, excellent weekend going. 536 00:19:36,930 --> 00:19:42,480 And he put two over the fence yesterday in almost the exact same spot, like 537 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,310 just consistency in that swing. 538 00:19:46,260 --> 00:19:49,469 Yeah, he is been killing that ball to the, uh, the, the left side. 539 00:19:49,739 --> 00:19:50,010 Yeah. 540 00:19:50,010 --> 00:19:51,810 That left center gap has been his friend. 541 00:19:51,870 --> 00:19:53,699 Not in this situation, but 542 00:19:54,270 --> 00:19:55,110 Little Chopper there. 543 00:19:55,439 --> 00:19:55,830 Yeah. 544 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,070 Who we're seeing, we're seeing pictures of somebody with JMU football. 545 00:19:59,070 --> 00:19:59,520 I'm not sure. 546 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,199 I'm not able to listen right now, so 547 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:02,429 I can't hear it. 548 00:20:02,429 --> 00:20:04,860 I'm trying to do some math on 1989. 549 00:20:05,729 --> 00:20:05,850 I 550 00:20:05,850 --> 00:20:06,000 don't 551 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:06,209 know. 552 00:20:07,044 --> 00:20:09,540 Is that, is no way. 553 00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:10,350 That's Roger, right? 554 00:20:10,350 --> 00:20:11,580 It's gotta be somebody else. 555 00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:12,959 Yeah. 556 00:20:12,959 --> 00:20:13,290 I don't know. 557 00:20:13,409 --> 00:20:14,610 I thought he was like a linebacker. 558 00:20:14,729 --> 00:20:17,399 If, if anybody watching the live stream has the audio up and knows 559 00:20:17,399 --> 00:20:21,209 who they were showing there, number 15 for JMU on the 89 team. 560 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,570 Shoot us a message here so we know Roger. 561 00:20:24,689 --> 00:20:26,909 Oh, I got live feedback. 562 00:20:26,909 --> 00:20:28,590 That was Roger Waters in those pictures. 563 00:20:28,590 --> 00:20:28,679 That 564 00:20:28,679 --> 00:20:29,370 was Roger. 565 00:20:29,370 --> 00:20:29,879 There we go. 566 00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:32,879 See there My boots support 567 00:20:32,879 --> 00:20:33,540 in the living room. 568 00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:34,080 Just let me know. 569 00:20:34,104 --> 00:20:34,225 I 570 00:20:34,225 --> 00:20:36,179 was gonna say it is the real star of the show. 571 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,530 Yes, absolutely. 572 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:39,210 All right. 573 00:20:39,210 --> 00:20:42,660 I've got a funny situation because we dealt with a light problem 574 00:20:42,690 --> 00:20:44,430 Wednesday in Richmond at VCU. 575 00:20:44,820 --> 00:20:44,880 Yeah. 576 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:45,570 OD won the game. 577 00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:49,200 It was pretty comfortable, but the light tower in right field, there's 578 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,550 four light towers in the outfield. 579 00:20:50,550 --> 00:20:51,510 That one was out. 580 00:20:51,930 --> 00:20:53,520 Uh, they couldn't figure out how to get it back on. 581 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,160 They even turned all the outfield lights off and back on. 582 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,030 It still didn't come up. 583 00:20:57,030 --> 00:21:00,090 And you could just kind of see both teams in the midweek that 584 00:21:00,540 --> 00:21:01,980 not that important to 'em anymore. 585 00:21:02,370 --> 00:21:03,540 They called it Game Over. 586 00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:04,530 Old Dominion wins. 587 00:21:05,070 --> 00:21:10,560 Well, on Monday out at Washington University, they were hosting an NIA 588 00:21:10,590 --> 00:21:12,660 Division two School, Warner Pacific. 589 00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:17,520 Uh, the game started during the day, uh, seventh inning and Warner 590 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,850 Pacific is leading Washington five to four and Warner Pacific. 591 00:21:20,850 --> 00:21:22,350 So they're like 1133 this year. 592 00:21:22,350 --> 00:21:27,270 They're not very good even for I think a D two NAIA and uh, all of a sudden 593 00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:29,130 the lights wouldn't work at Husky Park. 594 00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:30,960 They, they couldn't get the lights on. 595 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,150 They had to call it, and instead of. 596 00:21:34,020 --> 00:21:37,650 Being a completed game or, you know, anything like that. 597 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,010 No contest was the official ruling on the game. 598 00:21:41,010 --> 00:21:42,090 No contest. 599 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:46,350 So no loss for Washington to A-N-A-I-A Division two. 600 00:21:46,860 --> 00:21:50,910 It reminded me of Major League three back to the minors. 601 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:53,910 When the minor league team comes up to play. 602 00:21:53,910 --> 00:21:55,801 I think it's the Twins and Metrodome. 603 00:21:55,801 --> 00:21:55,803 Oh yeah. 604 00:21:55,803 --> 00:21:58,080 They turn the lights off on purpose and the manager calls and gets the 605 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,470 lights turned off so they don't take the loss that it had those vibes to it. 606 00:22:01,470 --> 00:22:02,107 And that, uh, that happened 607 00:22:02,670 --> 00:22:03,090 on Monday. 608 00:22:03,629 --> 00:22:06,570 This will be the only, uh, major League three reference 609 00:22:06,570 --> 00:22:07,860 you'll ever hear in your life. 610 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:11,520 It was, oh no, Walton Goggins is in that man. 611 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:12,555 Oh man. 612 00:22:12,555 --> 00:22:13,935 Is Walton Kins in that? 613 00:22:13,995 --> 00:22:15,285 Yes, he's downtown. 614 00:22:15,285 --> 00:22:15,705 Dang. 615 00:22:16,425 --> 00:22:16,755 Is he? 616 00:22:16,905 --> 00:22:18,165 I gotta Oh, he is. 617 00:22:18,165 --> 00:22:18,705 He's the kid. 618 00:22:18,945 --> 00:22:19,605 Ah, man. 619 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:22,605 I've been re I've been watching Vice Principals, which I'd 620 00:22:22,605 --> 00:22:24,075 never really watched before. 621 00:22:24,075 --> 00:22:24,165 Yes. 622 00:22:24,675 --> 00:22:26,445 Uh, and he is, he's something else, man. 623 00:22:26,985 --> 00:22:27,735 Oh, he's awesome. 624 00:22:27,735 --> 00:22:31,815 I, I think I discovered him watching The Shield way back in the day. 625 00:22:31,815 --> 00:22:32,805 This is, yeah. 626 00:22:32,925 --> 00:22:35,595 Oh 4 0 5 on FX something. 627 00:22:35,595 --> 00:22:35,775 I 628 00:22:35,775 --> 00:22:36,615 saw something the other day. 629 00:22:36,615 --> 00:22:41,055 It said that, uh, Jude Law's been trying to make the, um, the receding hairline, 630 00:22:41,175 --> 00:22:43,065 you know, attractive for 20 years. 631 00:22:43,155 --> 00:22:46,815 Walton said Walton Goggins comes in with his big teeth and just makes it happen. 632 00:22:47,355 --> 00:22:48,525 I mean, he is, he is. 633 00:22:48,525 --> 00:22:49,155 Got it figured out. 634 00:22:49,155 --> 00:22:50,745 He hosted Saturday Night Live last night. 635 00:22:50,925 --> 00:22:53,025 He's in Righteous White boys. 636 00:22:53,025 --> 00:22:53,175 Yeah. 637 00:22:53,175 --> 00:22:54,135 Righteous gemstones. 638 00:22:54,135 --> 00:22:57,015 Uncle Baby Billy is one of the best characters you'll ever see in your life. 639 00:22:57,015 --> 00:22:57,105 Yes. 640 00:22:57,405 --> 00:22:58,305 Yes, he is. 641 00:22:58,305 --> 00:22:59,445 He is one of the best. 642 00:22:59,625 --> 00:23:02,805 All right, well, we're headed to the bottom of the ninth here, still. 643 00:23:02,805 --> 00:23:03,495 Four, two is bottom. 644 00:23:03,495 --> 00:23:04,725 A fairly quick inning. 645 00:23:05,295 --> 00:23:05,355 Go. 646 00:23:05,355 --> 00:23:06,855 All right, I like it. 647 00:23:06,855 --> 00:23:10,035 So, in true Dominion baseball fashion, this is gonna be a 648 00:23:10,305 --> 00:23:13,215 sweaty, tight game because why not? 649 00:23:13,215 --> 00:23:15,675 Like we, we can't just have this com We had the comfy game, 650 00:23:15,675 --> 00:23:16,845 I guess Wednesday enrichment. 651 00:23:17,415 --> 00:23:17,775 Yeah. 652 00:23:17,775 --> 00:23:19,845 I mean, I, I don't mind us winning. 653 00:23:19,950 --> 00:23:24,075 I, I like winning these games where we're ahead and have to maintain a lead. 654 00:23:24,405 --> 00:23:25,635 You know, that's important. 655 00:23:25,635 --> 00:23:27,105 'cause we weren't doing that the first part of the year. 656 00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:29,445 We were, we'd get ahead and we weren't maintaining leads. 657 00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:32,925 So if we can get wins that way, it says, it shows, we've made some, 658 00:23:32,985 --> 00:23:36,225 made some growth and made some, you know, realize like, okay, this is 659 00:23:36,225 --> 00:23:37,635 how you have to win a ball game. 660 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:39,690 Yeah. 661 00:23:39,690 --> 00:23:44,250 And I feel like it's just the more natural way that yeah, like, you know, 662 00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:47,160 you utilize your bullpen in the right way to hold the lead so you know what 663 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,610 you've gotta do and not just depending on the offense to bail you out each time. 664 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:51,510 Yeah. 665 00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:54,000 And come from behind and win or whatever. 666 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:54,270 And yeah. 667 00:23:54,270 --> 00:23:56,820 It's not, it's, it's much better to, like I said, it feels, 668 00:23:56,850 --> 00:23:57,990 it feels like a baseball win. 669 00:23:57,990 --> 00:24:01,800 Like, okay, we, we held lead, we kept it All right, peasy. 670 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,490 Let's go kid. 671 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:07,680 Pretty sure I see Craig Brown up there in the background of the broadcast right now. 672 00:24:08,190 --> 00:24:08,610 Love bet. 673 00:24:09,060 --> 00:24:09,450 All right. 674 00:24:09,450 --> 00:24:11,730 We do have a final finally from Atlanta. 675 00:24:11,730 --> 00:24:17,070 Marshall beat Georgia State, 11 to 10 Marshall's kinda warmed up now. 676 00:24:17,070 --> 00:24:18,810 Think it's a 13th conference, win 677 00:24:20,370 --> 00:24:20,430 all. 678 00:24:20,430 --> 00:24:22,380 Well, honestly, don't get as many as we have. 679 00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:22,770 That's fine. 680 00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:26,490 No, I think they're, I think they're in, if we win today, I 681 00:24:26,490 --> 00:24:28,200 don't know if they can catch us, but 682 00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:29,010 find out. 683 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:29,340 I mean, even 684 00:24:29,340 --> 00:24:31,950 they do we, we got the tiebreaker, so yes. 685 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:33,540 That is one nice thing. 686 00:24:34,050 --> 00:24:34,380 Yeah. 687 00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:36,180 You beat some of the teams you need to beat and. 688 00:24:37,170 --> 00:24:40,830 Uh, especially with Georgia Southern, uh, doing us a favor actually by 689 00:24:40,830 --> 00:24:44,310 beating Texas State yesterday in the third game of their series. 690 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:45,450 That was helpful. 691 00:24:45,660 --> 00:24:49,530 Uh, app State up 11 to two on South Alabama in the ninth. 692 00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:53,760 So it looks like app state's very, very long. 693 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,500 Losing streak is finally gonna come to an end. 694 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:59,400 I cannot believe that going into today they had lost 11 straight games. 695 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:00,660 Crazy. 696 00:25:00,930 --> 00:25:02,670 That's a lot of games to lose in a row. 697 00:25:02,970 --> 00:25:03,420 Yeah. 698 00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:07,620 And they had, they had such a home field advantage through most of that 699 00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:08,850 early part of the season like that. 700 00:25:08,850 --> 00:25:08,970 Yeah. 701 00:25:08,970 --> 00:25:10,890 They were just not losing games at home. 702 00:25:10,890 --> 00:25:12,900 They obviously took two outta three against us. 703 00:25:13,410 --> 00:25:14,370 They were in Boone. 704 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,840 Um, wild to see them. 705 00:25:16,740 --> 00:25:19,590 I tell you, talking to other teams, man, the Coastal's pretty darn good. 706 00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:21,660 I'm looking at some of their stats. 707 00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:25,110 I mean, and you saw, I dunno if you saw, they, they played a complete game on 708 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:29,670 Friday against ULM then one in seven, I'm sorry, on Thursday, then one in seven 709 00:25:29,670 --> 00:25:31,650 on Friday, then won in five yesterday. 710 00:25:32,610 --> 00:25:34,170 They only had the, only had the pitch. 711 00:25:34,170 --> 00:25:36,090 What, uh, was that 31 innings? 712 00:25:36,765 --> 00:25:38,955 Uh, maybe their arms will be, uh, 21 innings. 713 00:25:38,985 --> 00:25:39,225 Yeah. 714 00:25:39,225 --> 00:25:40,575 Over rested maybe. 715 00:25:40,905 --> 00:25:41,265 Yeah. 716 00:25:41,685 --> 00:25:42,855 Uhhuh, I'm sure they're over rested. 717 00:25:43,455 --> 00:25:43,905 Yeah. 718 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:48,285 I I would, I think you can make the argument they might have the best 719 00:25:48,315 --> 00:25:50,085 weekend starting rotation in the country. 720 00:25:50,085 --> 00:25:54,375 Their, their stats hitting in, in pitching are disgusting. 721 00:25:55,005 --> 00:25:58,335 Um, it's, it's pretty gross how good coastal is. 722 00:25:58,395 --> 00:26:02,445 Um, you know, they're definitely the kind of team that once you get past the 723 00:26:02,445 --> 00:26:05,145 tournament, you know, and it becomes like, Hey, let's root for everyone. 724 00:26:05,145 --> 00:26:07,485 Like we're gonna all be big coastal fans. 725 00:26:07,515 --> 00:26:10,935 'cause they, they have a shot of doing big things nationally this year. 726 00:26:12,135 --> 00:26:15,405 I mean, they're getting pretty high up there in the odds to 727 00:26:15,405 --> 00:26:16,905 win the College World Series. 728 00:26:17,025 --> 00:26:17,480 Um, I 729 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,155 know I, I saw a team, I saw something yesterday. 730 00:26:19,155 --> 00:26:21,525 I had to pick them to go the, the, the Omaha. 731 00:26:22,395 --> 00:26:22,575 Yeah. 732 00:26:22,575 --> 00:26:25,545 I mean at, at this rate, unless we sweep 'em or something. 733 00:26:25,605 --> 00:26:28,665 Um, I imagine that they're gonna, yeah, I hope be a national seed. 734 00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:30,045 I hope so. 735 00:26:30,045 --> 00:26:31,215 I'd love to mess up their whole year. 736 00:26:31,245 --> 00:26:31,965 Make 'em feel bad. 737 00:26:31,995 --> 00:26:32,385 That'd be nice. 738 00:26:33,885 --> 00:26:34,485 Ruin it. 739 00:26:35,415 --> 00:26:35,835 Yeah. 740 00:26:36,735 --> 00:26:37,185 All right. 741 00:26:37,425 --> 00:26:41,235 Jamie's got a runner on no Outs and our good friend Jackson Tone at the plate. 742 00:26:41,835 --> 00:26:43,335 Jake, good old Jake. 743 00:26:43,485 --> 00:26:43,905 Yeah. 744 00:26:44,325 --> 00:26:45,615 Jake's having a tough year. 745 00:26:45,615 --> 00:26:47,895 Jake's uh, you know, Jake's a a great hitter. 746 00:26:47,895 --> 00:26:51,345 He just never really happened here at ODU U and, and unfortunately looks 747 00:26:51,345 --> 00:26:54,885 like it's not really happening that, uh, at JMU either he had like about 748 00:26:54,885 --> 00:26:57,345 a week where he was getting to play some games and yeah, here's a ground 749 00:26:57,345 --> 00:27:00,165 out into a, it was a double play. 750 00:27:00,195 --> 00:27:04,395 Yeah, so that's a, he's a, he's a great kid, great family. 751 00:27:04,395 --> 00:27:07,695 His, his, uh, he had a younger brother that was a senior last year, and 752 00:27:07,695 --> 00:27:08,774 he is got another younger brother. 753 00:27:08,774 --> 00:27:12,165 He's a junior at Western Branch, so he is still the, the, the tone family 754 00:27:12,165 --> 00:27:15,915 is still going at Western Branch, but, uh, it's just unfortunate he, he's, 755 00:27:15,915 --> 00:27:19,065 uh, too good of a ball player and the results just haven't been there. 756 00:27:20,955 --> 00:27:24,855 You know, maybe I'm just way off base, but I've watched all three of J MU's games. 757 00:27:24,855 --> 00:27:26,205 I've watched a few of their games this season. 758 00:27:26,205 --> 00:27:29,235 I know that they have improved as the season has gone on. 759 00:27:29,504 --> 00:27:32,190 But just watching 'em, you know, even though we're one out away from a 760 00:27:32,190 --> 00:27:35,970 sweep here, I don't feel like they're this bottom feeder Sunbelt team. 761 00:27:36,330 --> 00:27:37,770 I feel like they should have more wins than they do. 762 00:27:38,430 --> 00:27:40,920 That's every single Sunbelt series you play. 763 00:27:41,085 --> 00:27:42,810 It is like, these guys aren't bad. 764 00:27:42,815 --> 00:27:43,920 Why are they, why are they losing? 765 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:46,920 I'm sure that's how every team has felt when they play ODU and they're seeing 766 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,100 us being like 17 and 26 at one point. 767 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:51,420 It's like, man, these guys aren't bad. 768 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:52,080 What's happening? 769 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,230 It's, yeah, I don't, it's conference play is just different, man. 770 00:27:55,230 --> 00:27:56,280 It doesn't matter what your record is. 771 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,860 You show up and the teams look good and they play hard. 772 00:27:59,879 --> 00:28:03,510 It's wild to think we are ahead of where we were this time last year, after 773 00:28:03,690 --> 00:28:04,980 all we've been through this season. 774 00:28:06,570 --> 00:28:06,840 Yeah. 775 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,870 I mean, we're, we're not used to seeing that, um, that record be 776 00:28:09,870 --> 00:28:14,580 upside down like that, the 20 and 26, but that 14 and 12 and, and when 777 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:16,830 we're out 15 and 12 is pretty great. 778 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:19,080 Yeah. 779 00:28:19,139 --> 00:28:21,120 And you start thinking back like, all right, well the three 780 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:22,590 against Auburn, we got one there. 781 00:28:22,590 --> 00:28:23,970 We got one at Southern Miss. 782 00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:26,550 And you think about the games we may have. 783 00:28:27,510 --> 00:28:29,760 Thrown away a little bit or had the chance to win. 784 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:30,305 Oh, there's, there's 785 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,300 might be 10 games you could find where it's like, man, if something, 786 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:36,450 if we just did a couple things right, we, we'd win this game and we, all 787 00:28:36,450 --> 00:28:39,390 of a sudden, and then we'd have, you know, we, we'd probably be in the 788 00:28:39,390 --> 00:28:45,240 top 40 in RPI and be talking about getting the, uh, oh, here we go. 789 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:49,320 Nice little ground out the third, and that's, it's your brooms first, first 790 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,900 sweep of the season for ODU Baseball. 791 00:28:53,010 --> 00:28:53,850 Fantastic. 792 00:28:55,225 --> 00:28:57,750 The series we need to sweep more than any other 793 00:28:57,780 --> 00:28:58,110 Yeah. 794 00:28:58,110 --> 00:28:59,130 Has happened. 795 00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:00,660 We got the stanky leg. 796 00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:02,040 Who's the new celebration they're doing? 797 00:29:03,090 --> 00:29:05,760 I don't know what that, you know, they just do stuff. 798 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,770 They're just weirdos that just decide to do stuff. 799 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,930 We need to get a stop watch on Kainen Jorge for how quickly he's got that shirt 800 00:29:12,990 --> 00:29:16,950 untucked because I mean, he, he hasn't hit infield dirt before that thing is out. 801 00:29:17,010 --> 00:29:18,030 No, every day. 802 00:29:18,210 --> 00:29:20,370 That was the game last Sunday where they had the replay. 803 00:29:20,370 --> 00:29:22,560 They were having to tell him to tuck it back in and he was so annoyed. 804 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:24,090 Yeah. 805 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:29,250 Uh, how about Nick Sulpizio, three scoreless innings to get the save and 806 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:31,410 close out a four two win for Old Dominion? 807 00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:32,580 Yeah. 808 00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:32,925 How about that? 809 00:29:33,150 --> 00:29:35,550 A guy who's struggled all year. 810 00:29:35,550 --> 00:29:39,660 Let's see, I'm up, I'm pulling him up now to just to look at his recent games. 811 00:29:39,780 --> 00:29:42,930 'cause he, he also went a long time without pitching. 812 00:29:43,710 --> 00:29:44,010 Yes. 813 00:29:44,010 --> 00:29:46,410 So that was another reason where it was like, is he ever gonna pitch again? 814 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,240 'cause it's like he just hasn't gotten in a game. 815 00:29:48,765 --> 00:29:51,585 I mean, he was, uh, his, some of his biggest contributions 816 00:29:51,585 --> 00:29:52,905 were the, the bat boy. 817 00:29:53,295 --> 00:29:53,655 Yeah. 818 00:29:53,655 --> 00:29:53,745 Uh, the 819 00:29:53,745 --> 00:29:54,435 ball boy. 820 00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:56,415 Um, yeah. 821 00:29:56,415 --> 00:29:56,805 Let's see. 822 00:29:56,805 --> 00:30:00,135 So Marshall had two, scoreless had a scoreless heading at Virginia. 823 00:30:00,315 --> 00:30:00,675 Yeah. 824 00:30:00,735 --> 00:30:01,875 He pitched at Marshall. 825 00:30:01,875 --> 00:30:03,345 It was five two. 826 00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:04,515 So the 2nd of May. 827 00:30:04,785 --> 00:30:08,055 The last time he pitched before that was the 1st of April in Virginia. 828 00:30:08,055 --> 00:30:09,285 So he went a month without pitching. 829 00:30:09,735 --> 00:30:10,215 Oof. 830 00:30:10,755 --> 00:30:14,925 And now he is got actually three games in a row with, uh, six quarter innings. 831 00:30:14,955 --> 00:30:17,505 But they were also, one of those games was a month earlier. 832 00:30:18,629 --> 00:30:19,080 Um, 833 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:19,650 well, 834 00:30:19,835 --> 00:30:23,190 and bef and before that he had given up, uh, eight or runs and 835 00:30:23,190 --> 00:30:24,690 one inning between two games. 836 00:30:24,750 --> 00:30:29,100 So it's, uh, it's been a tough year for him, but I mean, man, if he all of a 837 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:31,020 sudden, you know, maybe he just needed to rest, you know, you never know. 838 00:30:31,020 --> 00:30:34,560 Maybe, maybe he was a little bit injured and he just needed to rest and now it 839 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,030 feels better and he is back on track. 840 00:30:36,030 --> 00:30:38,430 Maybe they went back and did some mechanical adjustments. 841 00:30:38,430 --> 00:30:40,320 You, you never know what's going on with these guys. 842 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:41,160 Yeah. 843 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,100 I mean, it could have been a little pain in the shoulder, a little sprain, 844 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:46,800 a little tweak, something could have been a lot of stuff, but mm-hmm. 845 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,500 Uh, nothing seemed to be bothering him today. 846 00:30:49,710 --> 00:30:53,610 Uh, getting three innings on the back end to slam the door. 847 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,580 We needed to sweep and we gotta sweep. 848 00:30:56,580 --> 00:31:00,420 We are gonna at worse finish, 500 in the sunbelt, which 849 00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:01,920 should put us in the top six. 850 00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:03,090 Yeah. 851 00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:05,280 Which is exactly where you wanna be. 852 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,440 And a few weeks ago, it didn't seem possible. 853 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,490 It seemed unlikely. 854 00:31:08,820 --> 00:31:11,520 We, there was a solid chance we wouldn't end up in the top 10. 855 00:31:12,210 --> 00:31:16,530 And here we are like, no, pretty much gonna be in the top six. 856 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,390 I mean, that's, that's crazy. 857 00:31:18,930 --> 00:31:19,170 Yeah. 858 00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:23,130 We're gonna have to get swept and have some very, very funky things to create 859 00:31:23,130 --> 00:31:26,250 a tie for us to not be in the top six. 860 00:31:26,250 --> 00:31:30,300 Now, if we go and get one game from Coastal, we are in the top six period. 861 00:31:30,510 --> 00:31:30,615 Yeah. 862 00:31:30,615 --> 00:31:33,780 And uh, I was actually having a conversation with Beau Cowen 863 00:31:33,780 --> 00:31:37,140 yesterday about the seating and the playing times and all of that. 864 00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:39,900 Uh, and, and it's interesting, like it. 865 00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:44,715 Being the six seat, I'm pretty sure you played 9:00 AM on Wednesday, 866 00:31:44,985 --> 00:31:47,594 and then you would always have more rest for your next game. 867 00:31:47,594 --> 00:31:50,205 So if we do end up getting bumped down to six, it's not the worst thing. 868 00:31:50,445 --> 00:31:54,165 Also, when you consider how hot it's going to be in Alabama next in two weeks, 869 00:31:54,675 --> 00:31:58,935 um, playing, you know, before it hits 90 degrees is probably helpful for us. 870 00:31:59,235 --> 00:31:59,745 So yeah, 871 00:31:59,745 --> 00:32:02,774 you say that, but these guys do not like playing at nine in the morning. 872 00:32:03,915 --> 00:32:04,875 One of those No, I mean, I wouldn't either. 873 00:32:05,564 --> 00:32:08,504 Yeah, it sounds sounds okay in theory until you're like, tell them yeah, you 874 00:32:08,504 --> 00:32:09,435 gotta be there at nine in the morning. 875 00:32:09,435 --> 00:32:09,975 They're like, oh, 876 00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:13,635 the only, the only advantage we have is we play a central time team will at least 877 00:32:13,635 --> 00:32:16,064 be one hour closer to being a human being. 878 00:32:16,064 --> 00:32:16,274 So, 879 00:32:19,725 --> 00:32:19,935 Hm. 880 00:32:20,504 --> 00:32:21,195 Yes. 881 00:32:21,284 --> 00:32:26,625 So ODU gets the four two win, completes the sweep about a picture perfect 882 00:32:26,625 --> 00:32:29,385 weekend as you can get for ODU in terms of the baseball standings. 883 00:32:29,415 --> 00:32:31,725 I mean, we got help and we helped ourselves. 884 00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:34,080 Yeah. 885 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,440 I mean, and that's, and again, we, as we just were saying, it's not 886 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:38,550 what we've been doing all year. 887 00:32:38,550 --> 00:32:39,960 We have not been helping ourselves. 888 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,990 We've been shooting ourselves in the foot most of the season. 889 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,830 Um, and so to come out when you needed to have it happen and, and 890 00:32:46,830 --> 00:32:49,740 do the right stuff, it is huge. 891 00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:50,550 It, it really is. 892 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:52,350 Yeah. 893 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:53,010 Really important. 894 00:32:53,010 --> 00:32:55,500 And just playing at the right time in baseball in general, I 895 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:58,200 think everyone knows that you want to get hot later in the year. 896 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:58,920 You don't wanna Yeah. 897 00:32:59,220 --> 00:33:02,580 You know, be like app state who, they're world beaters earlier and now they're, 898 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:05,670 they're scratching and claw to just get out of the tough losing streak, 899 00:33:06,060 --> 00:33:07,320 uh, which is really, really tough. 900 00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:10,680 Yeah, I was saying the other day, and, and Coastal was actually a team 901 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,350 I mentioned, you know, if you remember when they won the, the College World 902 00:33:13,350 --> 00:33:17,730 series, which was, I, that was what, 15 or 16, you know, that was, it 903 00:33:17,730 --> 00:33:19,230 wasn't that they were the best team. 904 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:21,090 They really weren't, they were not the most talented at all. 905 00:33:21,090 --> 00:33:23,790 I mean, you look back, most of those guys, I think one or two of 'em played 906 00:33:23,790 --> 00:33:25,290 pro ball and didn't get very far. 907 00:33:25,620 --> 00:33:27,000 What it was is they were hot. 908 00:33:27,030 --> 00:33:30,000 They were, they were a good veteran team and they got hot at the right time. 909 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,210 And that's, that's what it takes in the postseason, you know, not 910 00:33:33,210 --> 00:33:35,670 just the conference play, but then in the NCAA tournament is 911 00:33:35,940 --> 00:33:37,980 just being hot at the right time. 912 00:33:43,470 --> 00:33:43,800 All right. 913 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,820 I'm pulling up some stats here 'cause Sure we do have an outside 914 00:33:47,820 --> 00:33:49,140 shot to get the four seat. 915 00:33:49,170 --> 00:33:51,455 It's not like, yeah, the odds aren't great. 916 00:33:51,455 --> 00:33:51,655 No, 917 00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:51,895 we do, 918 00:33:52,435 --> 00:33:54,660 but the odds get a little bit better. 919 00:33:56,550 --> 00:33:56,730 Yeah. 920 00:33:56,730 --> 00:34:01,020 We're 15 and 12 and did, what'd Louisiana do today? 921 00:34:01,635 --> 00:34:02,025 Do we know 922 00:34:02,205 --> 00:34:05,055 they are down nine to six right now in the top of the seventh. 923 00:34:05,085 --> 00:34:05,385 Okay. 924 00:34:05,385 --> 00:34:06,075 Southern Middle. 925 00:34:06,195 --> 00:34:09,735 I mean, uh, going for their sweep of the Cajuns, which I'm sure they would love. 926 00:34:09,735 --> 00:34:12,525 There's been a lot of good back and forth on social media between we would both 927 00:34:12,525 --> 00:34:16,635 be 15 and 12 then, you know that then you're, you're talking about it, right? 928 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:17,415 Yeah. 929 00:34:17,445 --> 00:34:18,795 You, you've got a shot now. 930 00:34:18,795 --> 00:34:25,275 Um, they are going to play Arkansas State in their final series, which is, uh, 931 00:34:25,875 --> 00:34:26,205 yeah. 932 00:34:26,205 --> 00:34:27,210 The opposite of what we're doing. 933 00:34:27,855 --> 00:34:28,845 Yeah, exactly. 934 00:34:28,935 --> 00:34:32,055 So I mean, we're, we would probably need to start the conversation with 935 00:34:32,055 --> 00:34:35,325 winning the series against Coastal, which, uh, I mean, that's, that's 936 00:34:35,325 --> 00:34:36,945 been tough for everybody this year. 937 00:34:37,155 --> 00:34:38,264 Um, but you know, 938 00:34:38,264 --> 00:34:41,055 if the, the only way, you know, that's one of those things where if you want to 939 00:34:41,055 --> 00:34:44,655 go into the tournament and do some stuff, you'd have to beat somebody like Coastal. 940 00:34:44,655 --> 00:34:47,685 So could you, could you imagine the, the level of confidence you would 941 00:34:47,685 --> 00:34:51,255 have walking into that tournament coming off a, a, a What, what? 942 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:53,385 I mean, how many, how many series in a row have we won now? 943 00:34:53,385 --> 00:34:55,875 Where's our, where's our schedule? 944 00:34:55,875 --> 00:34:56,385 Let me look here. 945 00:34:56,385 --> 00:34:57,705 That's at least three, right? 946 00:34:57,975 --> 00:34:58,635 I believe so, yeah. 947 00:34:58,635 --> 00:34:59,090 Three in a row. 948 00:34:59,745 --> 00:35:04,125 We had a, yeah, I mean that's ULM, Marshall and now JMU, 949 00:35:04,125 --> 00:35:05,265 so we've won three in a row. 950 00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:08,865 And the one being the sweep is really the, the key difference here. 951 00:35:08,910 --> 00:35:09,200 Yeah. 952 00:35:10,935 --> 00:35:15,435 We lost a series to occasions, so that's, I'm trying to think 953 00:35:15,435 --> 00:35:16,395 how many series we played. 954 00:35:16,395 --> 00:35:22,605 Nine series, how many we won, we won against George, so we 955 00:35:22,605 --> 00:35:25,545 won four of the last five. 956 00:35:26,085 --> 00:35:26,475 Yep. 957 00:35:26,819 --> 00:35:27,950 Five and four of, we lost Troy. 958 00:35:28,819 --> 00:35:30,585 5, 4, 5 and four in series. 959 00:35:30,585 --> 00:35:30,765 Okay. 960 00:35:30,765 --> 00:35:32,025 I mean, that's, mm-hmm. 961 00:35:32,325 --> 00:35:35,775 You know, you win at least as many as you Yeah. 962 00:35:36,105 --> 00:35:37,545 Finney's been kind of saying it all year. 963 00:35:37,545 --> 00:35:37,995 If you. 964 00:35:38,625 --> 00:35:39,884 End up 500, you'll be there. 965 00:35:39,884 --> 00:35:43,995 So, you know, we're I, I said a, a a month ago, it was like, are these 966 00:35:43,995 --> 00:35:46,754 guys even gonna get in the top 10 and have a chance to even play? 967 00:35:46,995 --> 00:35:51,464 So this is, we, we've, you know, they have you, you gotta hand it to the guys. 968 00:35:51,464 --> 00:35:55,064 They have come up and they have played exactly how you needed them to play. 969 00:35:56,234 --> 00:35:56,654 Um, 970 00:35:56,685 --> 00:35:59,714 yeah, they've, every, everything put forward is like, all right, if 971 00:35:59,714 --> 00:36:01,154 we want a chance, we gotta do this. 972 00:36:01,154 --> 00:36:02,714 And then they go and do it, and it's like, all right, well, 973 00:36:02,714 --> 00:36:03,705 chance is a little bit better. 974 00:36:03,705 --> 00:36:05,325 And, and we've gone on from there. 975 00:36:05,714 --> 00:36:10,125 Uh, it looks like this loss for JMU is gonna eliminate them from contention 976 00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:11,805 to make the Sunbelt tournament. 977 00:36:11,805 --> 00:36:12,254 So, 978 00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:15,134 yeah, I think they, they were saying they needed to win like the last four in a row. 979 00:36:15,585 --> 00:36:17,234 Yeah, they threw everything they had at us. 980 00:36:17,234 --> 00:36:19,665 I mean, they, they went to their Sunday starter, who 981 00:36:19,665 --> 00:36:21,825 still started today on Friday. 982 00:36:21,975 --> 00:36:27,046 I think he threw 139 pitches this weekend and was very effective for 'em. 983 00:36:27,540 --> 00:36:29,340 Um, I mean, they, they emptied the tank. 984 00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:30,180 They did what they could. 985 00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:34,530 Uh, they've got one more series at Texas State than their season will be over. 986 00:36:34,530 --> 00:36:37,920 And that was the last athletic event at JMU for the academic calendar. 987 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,610 So think it's weird that happens, that we get down to that. 988 00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:45,330 Uh, you wanna kind of go back through the week and talk about the games? 989 00:36:45,420 --> 00:36:48,570 I definitely wanna talk about, uh, getting going four Oh. 990 00:36:48,570 --> 00:36:49,560 Against rivals this week. 991 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,270 Starting with Yeah, we did have a four 992 00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:52,290 Oh rivalry week. 993 00:36:52,290 --> 00:36:52,920 Dang. 994 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:53,310 Okay. 995 00:36:53,310 --> 00:36:54,330 When you put it that way. 996 00:36:54,750 --> 00:36:55,230 Wow. 997 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,050 Gotta gotta take the rivalry win so we can get 'em this. 998 00:36:58,050 --> 00:36:58,410 Dang. 999 00:36:58,705 --> 00:36:59,195 Alright. 1000 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,000 Um, yeah. 1001 00:37:00,090 --> 00:37:03,000 Uh, diamond on Wednesday. 1002 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,620 Feels like it was like two weeks ago now, 1003 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,030 it feels like a hundred years ago. 1004 00:37:06,030 --> 00:37:08,820 It does feel like a lot of life has happened between today and Wednesday 1005 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,300 and that game felt like in old school ODU game, like what 1006 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:13,860 you expect from ODU baseball. 1007 00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:13,950 Yeah. 1008 00:37:13,950 --> 00:37:16,080 Hitting home runs, pitching well. 1009 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:16,170 Mm-hmm. 1010 00:37:16,410 --> 00:37:19,950 I mean, you would talk about the bullpen doing well they, they didn't 1011 00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:22,380 give up a run after the first inning. 1012 00:37:22,380 --> 00:37:22,680 Right. 1013 00:37:23,355 --> 00:37:23,714 Yeah. 1014 00:37:23,714 --> 00:37:23,955 Yeah. 1015 00:37:23,955 --> 00:37:26,685 Connor Schumann, uh, and he still, I still thought he pitched well. 1016 00:37:26,685 --> 00:37:28,485 I forgot to get with the runs of the first inning, but he, I 1017 00:37:28,485 --> 00:37:29,654 still thought he pitched well. 1018 00:37:29,985 --> 00:37:33,435 Uh, he got one in two thirds, and then after that, Frankie Wright 1019 00:37:33,435 --> 00:37:35,625 and a third Bailey came in. 1020 00:37:35,625 --> 00:37:40,095 Alex, uh, hunt came in, uh, sup, who's another guy that's 1021 00:37:40,095 --> 00:37:41,115 on a nice little stretch. 1022 00:37:41,145 --> 00:37:44,325 And, and Marco, uh, didn't get a chance to do anything. 1023 00:37:44,325 --> 00:37:47,325 He, he, he walked the guy and he actually was not looking great, but 1024 00:37:47,325 --> 00:37:48,795 then the lights went out on him. 1025 00:37:48,975 --> 00:37:49,870 So, yeah. 1026 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:50,055 Yeah. 1027 00:37:50,055 --> 00:37:52,605 We had, uh, we did have the, ended up being, I guess technically 1028 00:37:52,605 --> 00:37:53,955 six innings of, of pitching, 1029 00:37:54,404 --> 00:37:58,245 and the only two runs that Schumann gave up, he threw a pitch in on the hands, 1030 00:37:58,245 --> 00:38:02,085 it hit right above the batter's, hands on the handle, and just dribbled up 1031 00:38:02,085 --> 00:38:05,025 through the middle, allowing runners from second and third to score with two outs. 1032 00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:08,325 So it wasn't like he gave up a big gap shot or anything like that, just 1033 00:38:08,325 --> 00:38:10,035 kind of, kind of got one through. 1034 00:38:10,395 --> 00:38:13,035 Um, but we just played a complete game. 1035 00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:16,214 Uh, I mean, the light going out was a funky thing. 1036 00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:18,375 Uh, as I found out from Eric Bohannan. 1037 00:38:18,375 --> 00:38:20,910 I. Uh, everything up to the point of where the game was 1038 00:38:20,910 --> 00:38:22,650 suspended counts in the stat book. 1039 00:38:22,650 --> 00:38:22,740 Mm-hmm. 1040 00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:24,000 It would've only changed. 1041 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,580 It would only reverted if we had taken the lead in the top half, which we 1042 00:38:26,580 --> 00:38:30,150 didn't already comfortably had the lead, but that was, I think the first 1043 00:38:30,150 --> 00:38:33,690 time that I have seen the game at the college level, especially division 1044 00:38:33,690 --> 00:38:35,670 one called For the Lights Being Out. 1045 00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:35,700 I, 1046 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:41,250 I saw, if you remember Jared Hancock that played for us for, for three, 1047 00:38:41,250 --> 00:38:45,630 four years, I saw a high school game he played where they didn't have lights and 1048 00:38:45,630 --> 00:38:49,020 the game went to like the 13th inning and they just had to stop playing, 1049 00:38:49,530 --> 00:38:52,410 um, and then pick it up, pick it up the next day, and then the next day 1050 00:38:52,410 --> 00:38:54,180 apparently played like five more innings. 1051 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,520 Uh, but, so that's about the only way I can think of. 1052 00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:00,030 But yeah, I've not seen a college game that that had to stop. 1053 00:39:00,030 --> 00:39:01,050 And, and I, I think. 1054 00:39:01,875 --> 00:39:05,955 I think we, we pointed out if it was a conference game and on the weekend they 1055 00:39:05,955 --> 00:39:08,654 might have kept playing or they might have figured it out, but because it was a 1056 00:39:08,654 --> 00:39:11,714 midweek and it was like, all right, we're already losing whatever, just call it, 1057 00:39:12,404 --> 00:39:15,375 at this point in the year, everyone is looking to cancel their midweeks. 1058 00:39:15,524 --> 00:39:18,285 If somebody over waters their lawn next door to the stadium, they 1059 00:39:18,285 --> 00:39:20,895 are gonna call that game and save their arms for the weekend or the 1060 00:39:20,895 --> 00:39:22,065 tournament, whatever it may be. 1061 00:39:22,065 --> 00:39:22,154 Well, 1062 00:39:22,154 --> 00:39:25,065 yeah, they've got, they got rain, uh, scheduled on, uh, 1063 00:39:25,095 --> 00:39:27,225 Tuesday in, in, uh, in Richmond. 1064 00:39:27,225 --> 00:39:29,955 So I, I wouldn't be surprised if we're, and Richmond, you know, they're 1065 00:39:29,955 --> 00:39:31,095 trying to win their conference too. 1066 00:39:31,095 --> 00:39:33,165 They're, they're pretty good this year, so my guess is neither one 1067 00:39:33,165 --> 00:39:35,955 of the teams are gonna be too upset about that one not happening. 1068 00:39:36,075 --> 00:39:39,765 Grant Gardner, that's what he's a he is a, a a, um, the Green Lantern. 1069 00:39:40,365 --> 00:39:42,585 Isn't that one of the, the green lanterns is Grant Gardner. 1070 00:39:42,674 --> 00:39:43,274 That's pretty cool. 1071 00:39:43,274 --> 00:39:43,395 No, 1072 00:39:43,544 --> 00:39:44,805 that, that, I don't know. 1073 00:39:45,134 --> 00:39:47,234 I think Grant and I have been following each other on social 1074 00:39:47,234 --> 00:39:49,484 media since I'm pretty sure we were both in school, which I don't wanna 1075 00:39:49,484 --> 00:39:51,075 admit now how long ago that was. 1076 00:39:51,524 --> 00:39:54,375 Uh, appreciate you tuning in Grant Sky Gardner. 1077 00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:54,855 I'm sorry. 1078 00:39:54,915 --> 00:39:55,065 My 1079 00:39:55,065 --> 00:39:55,214 bad. 1080 00:39:55,365 --> 00:39:55,694 I'm sorry. 1081 00:39:55,694 --> 00:39:56,055 Grant. 1082 00:39:56,475 --> 00:39:59,835 I just can't believe, uh, you know, you remember the name of 1083 00:39:59,835 --> 00:40:01,125 the Green Lantern person, but 1084 00:40:01,549 --> 00:40:05,145 you, you, you, you know me, you know better stuff. 1085 00:40:07,935 --> 00:40:09,165 Uh, I mean, 1086 00:40:09,944 --> 00:40:10,785 yeah, you throwing the breaker. 1087 00:40:11,205 --> 00:40:13,634 Well, we were winning, so I didn't, I didn't need any reason to go 1088 00:40:13,634 --> 00:40:15,345 try and, uh, and take that thing. 1089 00:40:15,585 --> 00:40:19,935 Uh, it is interesting and kind of ominous with the new baseball 1090 00:40:19,935 --> 00:40:21,375 stadium going in right next door. 1091 00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:24,884 You see it as you walk through the parking lot on that, uh, third base side. 1092 00:40:25,185 --> 00:40:26,235 You've got that going on. 1093 00:40:26,235 --> 00:40:29,565 You've got lights that aren't working and I, I don't know, I heard a pop before the 1094 00:40:29,565 --> 00:40:31,694 light went out, so I'm guessing tripped. 1095 00:40:32,115 --> 00:40:34,785 Um, but I also didn't know if it was one of our guys getting a 1096 00:40:34,785 --> 00:40:36,855 little too loose in the bullpen down there and they hit the pad. 1097 00:40:36,855 --> 00:40:39,225 So I didn't really wanna broadcast that and get, then 1098 00:40:39,225 --> 00:40:40,725 get dunked on for a while pitch. 1099 00:40:41,115 --> 00:40:43,515 Um, yeah, it's the new stadium. 1100 00:40:43,515 --> 00:40:46,245 There's gonna be nice, I, I don't know what V C's whole arrangement 1101 00:40:46,245 --> 00:40:47,715 and setup and contract's gonna be. 1102 00:40:48,015 --> 00:40:50,745 Um, I would assume that at some point they're gonna play in the new stadium, but 1103 00:40:50,745 --> 00:40:54,915 I also know that the diamond itself will still be up there this time next year. 1104 00:40:55,095 --> 00:40:55,215 Mm-hmm. 1105 00:40:55,275 --> 00:40:59,535 But they've already got enough effort to just try to get that thing 1106 00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:01,665 rolling with the field conditions. 1107 00:41:01,665 --> 00:41:03,195 I mean, that's playing service is rough. 1108 00:41:04,065 --> 00:41:04,335 Yeah. 1109 00:41:04,335 --> 00:41:05,385 It was neat going up there. 1110 00:41:05,385 --> 00:41:07,365 'cause you know, I, I've been the diamond a ton of times. 1111 00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:13,065 I used to go all the time, um, when, uh, when they were the Richmond Braves 1112 00:41:13,065 --> 00:41:14,355 and so it's, it's always a lot of fun. 1113 00:41:14,475 --> 00:41:14,625 So, yeah. 1114 00:41:14,625 --> 00:41:19,275 What's faster is, uh, it's caans shirt untucked because my, my curtain sometimes 1115 00:41:19,275 --> 00:41:22,935 will wait halfway through the thing You notice today I'm, I'm in the living room. 1116 00:41:22,935 --> 00:41:26,205 I've, I've also, I've got, she's over here sleeping, but I got a brand new kitten 1117 00:41:26,205 --> 00:41:27,585 yesterday, so I'm kind of in the room. 1118 00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:29,535 I don't want her in the other room where all the, my, my 1119 00:41:29,535 --> 00:41:30,915 good, my good stuff is, but. 1120 00:41:31,815 --> 00:41:34,125 She's, she's on the couch here, so you'll notice I'm in a different room. 1121 00:41:34,545 --> 00:41:35,115 Well see. 1122 00:41:35,115 --> 00:41:37,245 Adding a cat is gonna change the bedding odds here. 1123 00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,345 A little bit of your curtain falling because you've introduced 1124 00:41:39,345 --> 00:41:40,725 something that can also tear down a 1125 00:41:40,725 --> 00:41:41,145 curtain, 1126 00:41:41,145 --> 00:41:43,038 so we might get the full, she's not allowed, 1127 00:41:43,730 --> 00:41:44,955 she is not allowed in that room. 1128 00:41:44,955 --> 00:41:47,535 You may actually see me out here in general because she, I mean, maybe 1129 00:41:47,535 --> 00:41:51,135 it'll change, but she now, she, she meows like crazy if she can't see me. 1130 00:41:51,135 --> 00:41:54,615 So, uh, I, I don't think we get through a podcast with the door closed and Yeah. 1131 00:41:54,615 --> 00:41:55,755 Me, yeah, me, me 1132 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:56,925 from the other side of the door. 1133 00:41:56,925 --> 00:41:57,105 You gonna 1134 00:41:57,105 --> 00:41:58,125 see it on the transcript? 1135 00:41:58,125 --> 00:41:58,965 Cat noises in 1136 00:41:58,965 --> 00:41:59,295 background. 1137 00:41:59,390 --> 00:42:01,670 Yeah, right, exactly. 1138 00:42:01,965 --> 00:42:02,415 Yeah. 1139 00:42:02,655 --> 00:42:03,135 Uh, but no. 1140 00:42:03,135 --> 00:42:06,975 Yeah, so the diamond, so, and, but as you pointed out, it was, it was a great, uh, 1141 00:42:06,975 --> 00:42:11,295 you know, Kaan hit a homer, uh, and then, uh, Maverick caught right back up with him 1142 00:42:11,295 --> 00:42:13,275 with another big, I mean, just a big bomb. 1143 00:42:13,635 --> 00:42:16,665 Um, or there was the absolute way I missed, I can think maybe Maverick 1144 00:42:16,665 --> 00:42:20,385 hit his first, but it, they were both just absolute bullets out of there. 1145 00:42:20,745 --> 00:42:22,845 Um, and Taron Hammond got back in the lineup. 1146 00:42:22,845 --> 00:42:23,895 He had a couple of hits. 1147 00:42:23,895 --> 00:42:25,390 Uh, I. Kyle had a couple hits. 1148 00:42:25,390 --> 00:42:27,580 I mean, it was Tanner Shadell had another nice hit. 1149 00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:30,580 You know, he, again, his numbers are probably never gonna look good no matter 1150 00:42:30,580 --> 00:42:31,450 what he does the rest of the year. 1151 00:42:31,450 --> 00:42:35,470 But he's had what I think is a good year for a freshman. 1152 00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:38,620 It, it's, you know, he hasn't been like, it's not like a Alex Boucher 1153 00:42:38,620 --> 00:42:41,049 freshman season where it's like, oh man, this guy's a, a stud. 1154 00:42:41,799 --> 00:42:43,960 But it's, it's what a typical freshman season is. 1155 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,210 You know, there's a lot of struggles followed by some success. 1156 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:47,170 Yeah. 1157 00:42:47,170 --> 00:42:49,480 And we're seeing a lot of those guys that are new to the team, 1158 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,810 that are maybe true freshmen not playing like true freshmen anymore. 1159 00:42:52,810 --> 00:42:54,009 They're stepping up in a big way. 1160 00:42:54,009 --> 00:42:56,080 They've got almost a full season under their belt. 1161 00:42:56,529 --> 00:42:59,020 Uh, and especially with as much as we've been on the road, I think 1162 00:42:59,020 --> 00:43:01,990 that kind of sharpens you up and matures you a little bit faster. 1163 00:43:02,410 --> 00:43:07,060 Uh, 'cause you don't have nearly as much on-campus shenanigans as you would when 1164 00:43:07,060 --> 00:43:08,380 you're playing at home all the time. 1165 00:43:08,710 --> 00:43:08,860 Yeah. 1166 00:43:08,890 --> 00:43:13,270 Um, and then Friday, that's probably the most intense ODU 1167 00:43:13,270 --> 00:43:16,390 game in, in a little while, and we've had some intense ones, but. 1168 00:43:16,725 --> 00:43:19,845 We go four, four, we're going to extra innings and like 1169 00:43:20,055 --> 00:43:21,735 we can't get anything going. 1170 00:43:21,735 --> 00:43:21,884 Mm-hmm. 1171 00:43:22,185 --> 00:43:23,415 We we're not getting guys on base. 1172 00:43:23,625 --> 00:43:25,905 JMU is putting ducks on the pond every inning. 1173 00:43:26,085 --> 00:43:26,175 Yeah. 1174 00:43:26,175 --> 00:43:28,575 But our bullpen shuts 'em down. 1175 00:43:28,575 --> 00:43:32,325 We finally get two guys on Luke rips, one really off the base of the wall 1176 00:43:32,325 --> 00:43:34,545 and left center scores, two runs. 1177 00:43:34,905 --> 00:43:35,505 We win that. 1178 00:43:35,505 --> 00:43:38,715 And I think that that may have taken some of the air out of the sales for JMU 1179 00:43:38,745 --> 00:43:43,335 'cause they, they, they shot their best bullets on, on their pitching staff that 1180 00:43:43,335 --> 00:43:44,685 night and we were able to get the win. 1181 00:43:45,465 --> 00:43:45,825 Yeah. 1182 00:43:45,825 --> 00:43:48,975 They don't, they don't have a lot of, of good bullets and they used them. 1183 00:43:48,975 --> 00:43:49,185 Yeah. 1184 00:43:49,185 --> 00:43:49,905 When you got Max. 1185 00:43:49,905 --> 00:43:50,265 Cool. 1186 00:43:50,265 --> 00:43:53,835 Who's, you know, uh, as we know Aiden's brother, uh, 1187 00:43:53,895 --> 00:43:55,185 Aiden pitched for us last year. 1188 00:43:55,185 --> 00:43:58,095 He is one of their best pitchers and he only got five innings. 1189 00:43:58,485 --> 00:44:01,545 Um, Todd Maki's been a great reliever for him last few years. 1190 00:44:01,545 --> 00:44:05,355 And then he said, bring out that Jackson Lo, who his stats were weird, 1191 00:44:05,355 --> 00:44:08,025 as they were saying you, he, he doesn't give up a lot of hits, but he hits 1192 00:44:08,025 --> 00:44:09,555 a lot of guys and he did that today. 1193 00:44:09,555 --> 00:44:10,365 Hit a few guys. 1194 00:44:10,725 --> 00:44:13,275 Uh, very odd that we give up almost no hits, but then you're, 1195 00:44:13,275 --> 00:44:14,985 you're still hitting a lot of guys. 1196 00:44:15,375 --> 00:44:19,275 Um, but yeah, they, they threw the kitchen sink at us and we threw the 1197 00:44:19,275 --> 00:44:20,565 kitchen sink right back at them. 1198 00:44:20,565 --> 00:44:24,465 And ours was a little bit bigger or more better marble on the sink. 1199 00:44:24,465 --> 00:44:26,415 I don't know how, I don't know how this analogy keeps going. 1200 00:44:26,865 --> 00:44:28,665 Better water flow, better disposal. 1201 00:44:28,665 --> 00:44:28,965 Yeah. 1202 00:44:28,965 --> 00:44:29,895 Either way. 1203 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,220 Uh, either way our guys locked it down. 1204 00:44:32,220 --> 00:44:36,540 I mean, six scoreless from your bullpen on a Friday night game is key because 1205 00:44:36,540 --> 00:44:37,800 it, it almost gets that point too. 1206 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:42,000 If you get, do go and lose that game, if you're ODU uh, y the momentum 1207 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,330 swing and what's available to you for Saturday is, is really difficult 1208 00:44:45,330 --> 00:44:49,470 beyond Dylan, uh, who on Saturday I thought pitch exceptionally well. 1209 00:44:49,470 --> 00:44:52,830 Just gave up some hits, but got outta jams real fast. 1210 00:44:53,370 --> 00:44:53,670 Yeah. 1211 00:44:53,670 --> 00:44:55,710 And his line ends up not looking that great. 1212 00:44:55,710 --> 00:44:55,950 Right. 1213 00:44:55,950 --> 00:44:58,170 It's seven, seven innings, three runs. 1214 00:44:58,530 --> 00:45:00,450 Uh, but that home run he gave up. 1215 00:45:00,450 --> 00:45:00,930 It's like what? 1216 00:45:00,930 --> 00:45:02,070 At that point it was whatever. 1217 00:45:02,070 --> 00:45:03,030 I mean, we were, we were up. 1218 00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:03,540 So big seven. 1219 00:45:03,540 --> 00:45:06,495 It ended up being, yeah, it ended up being closer than, I mean, that 1220 00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:07,860 being what, a nine to six game? 1221 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:12,750 But, you know, Dylan certainly had the best outing of the week and, and to 1222 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:15,270 go, to go back to Friday, Ben Moore actually ended up with a great outing. 1223 00:45:15,270 --> 00:45:16,920 He had six innings, which was only the second time. 1224 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,060 He'd gone six all year. 1225 00:45:18,450 --> 00:45:20,220 Uh, four runs, but only two earned. 1226 00:45:20,610 --> 00:45:23,130 And he only had two walks for a guy who's been, you know, throwing 1227 00:45:23,130 --> 00:45:26,220 way too many pitches all year, and he had 82 pitches through six. 1228 00:45:26,220 --> 00:45:28,350 So he really probably could have gone more. 1229 00:45:28,350 --> 00:45:30,900 But again, sometimes you, you, I'm sure you look at it and 1230 00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:31,710 you say, Hey, you know what? 1231 00:45:31,740 --> 00:45:32,760 He's had the success. 1232 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:33,870 Let's just kind of get him outta there. 1233 00:45:33,870 --> 00:45:38,040 We, we don't wanna, you know, stress it out and go longer and have some something 1234 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:39,480 happen that we don't need to have happen. 1235 00:45:39,510 --> 00:45:40,290 So, yeah. 1236 00:45:40,350 --> 00:45:41,640 Um, good pitch. 1237 00:45:41,645 --> 00:45:43,200 And, and Blake pitched well today. 1238 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:44,040 I mean, what, what did he have? 1239 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,620 Five and two thirds and, uh, two runs. 1240 00:45:46,620 --> 00:45:47,070 What did he have? 1241 00:45:47,310 --> 00:45:48,900 Yeah, that second run was, yeah, two run. 1242 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:49,530 The second run. 1243 00:45:49,530 --> 00:45:51,270 Kellen gave it up, but it was still his run. 1244 00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:54,240 But yes, I mean, uh, again, uh, the strength of this team 1245 00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:55,410 is probably the rotation. 1246 00:45:55,410 --> 00:45:57,330 And the rotation showed up this weekend. 1247 00:45:58,830 --> 00:45:58,950 Yeah. 1248 00:45:58,950 --> 00:46:02,190 And it's nice to be able to rely on that 'cause it's been battle tested all year. 1249 00:46:02,190 --> 00:46:04,890 I mean, we've essentially used the same three starters for Friday, 1250 00:46:04,890 --> 00:46:06,660 Saturday, Sunday, all year long. 1251 00:46:06,990 --> 00:46:07,530 Um. 1252 00:46:08,115 --> 00:46:11,415 Bullpen starting to come around like Ezio Alex Hunt. 1253 00:46:11,415 --> 00:46:14,475 I, they don't, I didn't see a radar gun at VCU. 1254 00:46:14,475 --> 00:46:17,504 We also didn't have a pitch clock 'cause it only would reset to two 1255 00:46:17,504 --> 00:46:18,975 minutes instead of 20 seconds. 1256 00:46:19,095 --> 00:46:19,335 We didn't 1257 00:46:19,335 --> 00:46:20,174 have a lot of stuff at VCU. 1258 00:46:21,404 --> 00:46:21,794 Yeah. 1259 00:46:21,794 --> 00:46:24,944 They did have enough beer for us, which was a pleasant surprise if you've 1260 00:46:24,944 --> 00:46:26,384 been up there the last few seasons. 1261 00:46:26,745 --> 00:46:30,734 Uh, but I, I have to imagine based on sight and sound that 1262 00:46:30,734 --> 00:46:33,075 Alex Hunt was throwing 95 plus. 1263 00:46:33,705 --> 00:46:34,004 Mm-hmm. 1264 00:46:34,245 --> 00:46:34,785 He's getting it up there. 1265 00:46:35,535 --> 00:46:37,544 I mean that thing was popping in there. 1266 00:46:37,544 --> 00:46:39,855 Batters were well off their timing. 1267 00:46:40,335 --> 00:46:43,634 So even a guy like that who's proven to be a good bridge guy for 1268 00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:47,564 us to come in and with people on base and get outs, that's huge. 1269 00:46:47,564 --> 00:46:51,254 'cause we, he may end up with pitching three, four days in a row like he 1270 00:46:51,254 --> 00:46:52,785 did, uh, a couple weekends ago. 1271 00:46:52,785 --> 00:46:52,814 He, 1272 00:46:52,995 --> 00:46:54,404 well, he pitched three games this week. 1273 00:46:54,404 --> 00:46:57,134 He pitched on Wednesday, uh, Friday and Saturday. 1274 00:46:57,794 --> 00:46:58,125 Yeah. 1275 00:46:58,125 --> 00:47:00,105 Didn't get any outs in the Saturday game. 1276 00:47:00,285 --> 00:47:03,464 Uh, I think he, what he faced one guy and walked him. 1277 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:05,310 Uh, yeah, that was right there. 1278 00:47:05,310 --> 00:47:08,100 Just that he's, you know, and, and they decided, okay, at that point, it, it 1279 00:47:08,100 --> 00:47:11,700 clearly, you know, when you bring a guy in for the third game of the week, you, 1280 00:47:11,700 --> 00:47:12,930 you know, the stuff's not gonna be there. 1281 00:47:12,930 --> 00:47:15,240 And I think they were smart to look at and say, okay, the stuff's not here. 1282 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,280 Let's get Frankie and Frankie got the job done. 1283 00:47:18,210 --> 00:47:18,330 Yeah. 1284 00:47:18,330 --> 00:47:20,730 We don't have the rules in college where you have the three batter 1285 00:47:20,730 --> 00:47:23,520 momentum or anything, so you can plug guys in for one batter. 1286 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:26,580 I think JMU did that with one of their lefties, didn't pay off for, 1287 00:47:26,580 --> 00:47:30,090 and brought in the lefty to face Zach late and Zach rips one down the line 1288 00:47:30,090 --> 00:47:33,600 on Saturday, which kind of helped blow the thing open a little bit. 1289 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,740 Um, but no, I, I, I love Dylan going back out there for the seventh. 1290 00:47:37,740 --> 00:47:39,300 On Saturday, you're up seven, nothing. 1291 00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:40,800 You just played a 12 inning game. 1292 00:47:41,220 --> 00:47:42,660 He's been pitching really well. 1293 00:47:43,380 --> 00:47:45,690 Got a couple bad sequence of pitches there, ends up giving 1294 00:47:45,690 --> 00:47:46,800 up a three run home run. 1295 00:47:47,130 --> 00:47:48,120 But that was it. 1296 00:47:48,145 --> 00:47:50,940 It limited the damage, finished the inning, and we were all good. 1297 00:47:51,420 --> 00:47:54,390 Uh, it just, it's kind of exciting to see these guys 1298 00:47:54,390 --> 00:47:56,220 turning it on at the right time. 1299 00:47:57,240 --> 00:48:00,840 It's, you know, I said yesterday, it's, it's when I tell people all year, it's 1300 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:02,730 like, Hey, if they play how they can play. 1301 00:48:03,405 --> 00:48:04,305 They'll be really great. 1302 00:48:04,305 --> 00:48:06,645 And that's what I feel like the last couple weeks is what we're seeing is 1303 00:48:06,645 --> 00:48:09,825 like what I, it's the team in my head that I'm telling people about all year. 1304 00:48:09,825 --> 00:48:14,145 It's like, you know, this is when they play and up to their 1305 00:48:14,145 --> 00:48:16,665 ability, they're really, really good and now you're seeing it. 1306 00:48:16,935 --> 00:48:20,115 So it's, it's nice for them to finally make me look like I'm not a crazy person. 1307 00:48:20,115 --> 00:48:21,405 Just saying like, oh, they're really good. 1308 00:48:21,405 --> 00:48:21,585 Try. 1309 00:48:21,585 --> 00:48:21,885 Yeah. 1310 00:48:22,005 --> 00:48:22,185 No. 1311 00:48:22,185 --> 00:48:23,715 Yeah, they're, they're like 12 and 38. 1312 00:48:23,715 --> 00:48:23,865 Yeah. 1313 00:48:23,865 --> 00:48:24,225 Trust me. 1314 00:48:24,225 --> 00:48:24,855 They're really good. 1315 00:48:26,595 --> 00:48:29,325 And they've taken the pressure off themselves too, because they go into 1316 00:48:29,325 --> 00:48:32,265 the series with Coastal, where they can still be very well positioned, 1317 00:48:32,265 --> 00:48:33,795 even if they lose the series. 1318 00:48:33,825 --> 00:48:36,495 Even honestly, if they get swept, they're still in a pretty decent spot, 1319 00:48:36,495 --> 00:48:38,415 although we really need to take one game. 1320 00:48:38,805 --> 00:48:41,835 Whereas if we were in a different situation, maybe lost one to 1321 00:48:41,835 --> 00:48:45,165 JMU, now you're talking about having to take two outta three. 1322 00:48:45,379 --> 00:48:47,689 From one of the best teams in the country against arguably the best 1323 00:48:47,689 --> 00:48:49,160 pitching staff in the country. 1324 00:48:49,544 --> 00:48:53,629 You, you lose Friday and the, those, that balloon just deflates real fast. 1325 00:48:53,629 --> 00:48:57,620 But in this situation, we get to be kind of the scrappy ones with nothing to lose. 1326 00:48:57,620 --> 00:48:59,810 'cause we just need to steal a game from these guys. 1327 00:48:59,839 --> 00:49:01,970 And we're, we're locked in for five or six. 1328 00:49:02,270 --> 00:49:02,839 So maybe, and this 1329 00:49:02,839 --> 00:49:05,540 isn't a team that hasn't played top 25 teams. 1330 00:49:05,540 --> 00:49:09,080 We played top 25 teams and we, we, we took a win off. 1331 00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:09,645 We beat top 25. 1332 00:49:09,799 --> 00:49:12,439 We, we took, yeah, we've taken, we've taken wins at big places. 1333 00:49:12,439 --> 00:49:14,600 We played close games another way. 1334 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:17,359 We, we really haven't gotten blown out by those tough teams. 1335 00:49:17,359 --> 00:49:21,319 And so, uh, it's not something they're unable to do. 1336 00:49:21,319 --> 00:49:23,299 You know, they know it's, it's not gonna be like, oh man, 1337 00:49:23,299 --> 00:49:24,230 we've never beaten a team. 1338 00:49:24,230 --> 00:49:26,060 This like, no, we have, we absolutely have. 1339 00:49:26,149 --> 00:49:29,299 And it's not a, it's not a, you know, okay, cool. 1340 00:49:29,299 --> 00:49:29,660 Yeah. 1341 00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:30,500 Coastal, whatever. 1342 00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:33,710 Like, it's not gonna be like this, you know, big amazing, hard thing 1343 00:49:34,370 --> 00:49:37,520 If we can take one from Southern miss on the road with that 1344 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:38,720 kind of crowd environment. 1345 00:49:38,720 --> 00:49:38,899 Yeah. 1346 00:49:39,285 --> 00:49:39,970 I think we get Oh, Auburn. 1347 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:40,730 Yeah. 1348 00:49:40,730 --> 00:49:41,010 Oh, Auburn. 1349 00:49:41,330 --> 00:49:42,852 I mean, good guy State, we can take 1350 00:49:43,035 --> 00:49:47,265 on a, on a Saturday night at Auburn after they've just had the, the 1351 00:49:47,265 --> 00:49:50,115 number one and number two team in the country playing and with their biggest 1352 00:49:50,115 --> 00:49:51,405 rival in basketball that afternoon. 1353 00:49:51,405 --> 00:49:54,795 I mean, that whole campus is buzzing and we go out and just say, Hey, yeah, 1354 00:49:54,795 --> 00:49:55,935 we know you lost the basketball game. 1355 00:49:55,935 --> 00:49:57,105 Here's a little more sadness for you. 1356 00:49:57,615 --> 00:49:59,505 Uh, yeah, no, these, these guys can do it. 1357 00:49:59,505 --> 00:49:59,685 Man. 1358 00:49:59,685 --> 00:50:02,205 They, they've, you know, when Troy came in, they were top 25. 1359 00:50:02,205 --> 00:50:03,675 We took, we took one, uh, from them. 1360 00:50:03,675 --> 00:50:05,655 You know, it's, you know, wasn't, didn't win the series, 1361 00:50:05,655 --> 00:50:07,545 but they, they definitely can. 1362 00:50:07,545 --> 00:50:10,125 It's, it's, they're not gonna be, if they lose, it's not 'cause they're 1363 00:50:10,125 --> 00:50:11,175 intimidated, that's for sure. 1364 00:50:11,535 --> 00:50:13,455 No, they lose just because let's be real coastal. 1365 00:50:13,455 --> 00:50:15,165 Looks like they're a really darn good baseball team. 1366 00:50:15,885 --> 00:50:16,185 Yeah. 1367 00:50:16,185 --> 00:50:19,575 And who knows, maybe Coastal decides to just ease on back this weekend, 1368 00:50:19,575 --> 00:50:21,015 start sequencing their pitching. 1369 00:50:21,015 --> 00:50:24,165 'cause they've got a two game lead on Southern miss even 1370 00:50:24,165 --> 00:50:25,755 if Southern Miss wins today. 1371 00:50:26,685 --> 00:50:29,025 So little, little different end of the spectrum there. 1372 00:50:29,025 --> 00:50:29,865 But, uh. 1373 00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:32,790 Go, go get one next weekend. 1374 00:50:32,790 --> 00:50:33,540 We're in great shape. 1375 00:50:33,570 --> 00:50:33,630 Yeah. 1376 00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:36,100 Um, we have a message out to Coach Finwood. 1377 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:37,620 We know a lot of you all tuning in. 1378 00:50:37,620 --> 00:50:40,700 Tune in pretty much exclusively to listen to Coach Finwood. 1379 00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:42,870 We're the ones that called this audible, so it's definitely 1380 00:50:42,870 --> 00:50:43,950 not on him for not being here. 1381 00:50:43,950 --> 00:50:46,320 As you saw, he was literally coaching when we started this. 1382 00:50:46,770 --> 00:50:49,110 Uh, we'll see if we can get him to pop on here for a few minutes 1383 00:50:49,110 --> 00:50:51,390 from the bus if they have signal going through the mountains. 1384 00:50:51,930 --> 00:50:52,920 Um, no idea. 1385 00:50:53,250 --> 00:50:56,640 You know, they gotta get their stuff together after we who, who knows? 1386 00:50:56,820 --> 00:50:57,750 And if, and if we can't. 1387 00:50:57,750 --> 00:50:59,820 It's also my fault for not telling 'em ahead of time either. 1388 00:50:59,820 --> 00:51:01,950 I forgot to that I was getting a kitten. 1389 00:51:01,950 --> 00:51:02,310 I'm sorry. 1390 00:51:02,310 --> 00:51:03,000 I had life things. 1391 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:03,420 I'm sorry. 1392 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,065 Uh, this is how it goes. 1393 00:51:05,975 --> 00:51:09,540 Yeah, I, uh, did not send that message either, so definitely not just on you. 1394 00:51:09,540 --> 00:51:09,630 There. 1395 00:51:09,630 --> 00:51:09,840 Wait, 1396 00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:10,260 let me see. 1397 00:51:10,260 --> 00:51:11,940 Wait, let me, because she's over here sleeping. 1398 00:51:11,940 --> 00:51:12,240 Let's see. 1399 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:13,770 Can we see the, there she is. 1400 00:51:13,770 --> 00:51:15,270 She's adorable and tiny and sleeping. 1401 00:51:15,390 --> 00:51:15,810 There we go. 1402 00:51:16,590 --> 00:51:18,270 Oh, you made herself comfortable already. 1403 00:51:18,270 --> 00:51:18,600 I see. 1404 00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:19,020 There we go. 1405 00:51:19,020 --> 00:51:20,670 She loves, that's her little hole right there. 1406 00:51:20,670 --> 00:51:22,740 She loves that, that side of the couch already. 1407 00:51:22,740 --> 00:51:23,490 That's her spot. 1408 00:51:23,790 --> 00:51:25,920 She starts climbing on you here in about five minutes. 1409 00:51:26,130 --> 00:51:26,940 Oh, she's, I got 1410 00:51:26,940 --> 00:51:27,300 little. 1411 00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:29,160 Hacks all over my hand already. 1412 00:51:31,109 --> 00:51:31,140 Oh. 1413 00:51:31,140 --> 00:51:34,200 Well, one thing I did learn from the broadcast, 'cause again, the ESPN 1414 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,200 broadcast, they, ESPN plus broadcast was really good, really knowledgeable. 1415 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:37,650 Yeah, they were good. 1416 00:51:37,710 --> 00:51:38,160 They were great. 1417 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,100 Uh, coastal Carolina is either first or second in the country 1418 00:51:41,100 --> 00:51:42,450 and being hit by a pitch. 1419 00:51:43,020 --> 00:51:43,379 Yeah. 1420 00:51:43,620 --> 00:51:47,430 And I watched some of their games now and went back and watched a couple of 1421 00:51:47,674 --> 00:51:51,060 s ESPN plus they're basically standing on that front line of the Baters box. 1422 00:51:51,060 --> 00:51:51,180 Mm-hmm. 1423 00:51:51,420 --> 00:51:55,410 So anything that's breaking late, I mean, yeah, they're, they're gonna get on dates. 1424 00:51:55,410 --> 00:51:56,819 They're gonna get some free passes and wear 'em 1425 00:51:58,350 --> 00:52:00,420 1 36 before today. 1426 00:52:00,420 --> 00:52:02,520 I mean, that's a crazy amount hit by pitches. 1427 00:52:02,850 --> 00:52:05,700 136 hit by pitches in 52 games. 1428 00:52:07,140 --> 00:52:08,490 Something's a little funky there. 1429 00:52:08,490 --> 00:52:09,000 Right. 1430 00:52:09,060 --> 00:52:10,109 That's, yeah. 1431 00:52:10,109 --> 00:52:14,700 I mean, they got what Mitch Walker, Mitchell's got 24 hit by pitches. 1432 00:52:15,945 --> 00:52:21,285 They got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 guys with double digit hit by pitches. 1433 00:52:21,615 --> 00:52:25,155 Well gimme those seven and Steven Meyer and, uh, we'll never get outta the plate. 1434 00:52:26,025 --> 00:52:26,895 Geez. 1435 00:52:27,195 --> 00:52:28,515 That is crazy. 1436 00:52:28,700 --> 00:52:28,990 Yeah. 1437 00:52:29,090 --> 00:52:29,835 So yeah, I mean, they 1438 00:52:29,835 --> 00:52:34,605 got like, like their top home run hitters are like the, they're having 1439 00:52:34,605 --> 00:52:37,995 good, you know, 2 85, 2 75, but there's like, then there's five guys 1440 00:52:37,995 --> 00:52:39,315 ahead of them hitting higher average. 1441 00:52:39,315 --> 00:52:41,985 I mean, they're, they're batting number, they're hitting 2 85 1442 00:52:41,985 --> 00:52:43,995 as a team, which is hard to do. 1443 00:52:44,445 --> 00:52:48,225 But then they're pitching, they've got a 3 38 ERA as a 1444 00:52:48,225 --> 00:52:50,685 team, which is insane in college. 1445 00:52:50,715 --> 00:52:52,605 That, that's, I don't care what level you're at. 1446 00:52:52,605 --> 00:52:53,535 That's ridiculous. 1447 00:52:54,345 --> 00:52:56,175 That's, I mean, they're going down 1448 00:52:56,175 --> 00:53:02,055 to, I mean, they've got, there's like, I be like, how many two was era? 1449 00:53:02,055 --> 00:53:08,025 A, uh, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 4. 1450 00:53:08,295 --> 00:53:11,265 It's about 14 or 15 guys before they have anybody with a four ER. 1451 00:53:11,265 --> 00:53:11,505 A. 1452 00:53:12,660 --> 00:53:15,420 You said their team ERA is in the threes 1453 00:53:15,660 --> 00:53:16,500 3 38. 1454 00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:17,100 Yeah. 1455 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:20,790 I think our team, ERA just this weekend in this series against one 1456 00:53:20,790 --> 00:53:24,690 of the worst hitting teams in the conference is around 3 30, 3 38. 1457 00:53:24,690 --> 00:53:24,840 Yeah. 1458 00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,170 Um, and they're doing that against everyone in the Sunbelt. 1459 00:53:28,170 --> 00:53:28,259 Right? 1460 00:53:28,259 --> 00:53:29,910 It's pretty, pretty unbelievable. 1461 00:53:29,910 --> 00:53:33,630 But hey, wouldn't be a bad time for them to cool off because they're on, on quite 1462 00:53:33,630 --> 00:53:35,580 a little winning streak themselves. 1463 00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:35,820 Yeah. 1464 00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:36,960 For comparison, 1465 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,840 our, our ERA for the season is six 17. 1466 00:53:40,740 --> 00:53:41,160 Yeah. 1467 00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:42,029 A little different. 1468 00:53:42,029 --> 00:53:44,970 And our batting is, uh, before today's day is two 60, which is 1469 00:53:44,970 --> 00:53:46,350 actually way above where it was. 1470 00:53:46,654 --> 00:53:46,775 I, 1471 00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:52,800 well, anything can happen in the tournament and, you know, 1472 00:53:52,860 --> 00:53:53,820 you just, you never know. 1473 00:53:53,820 --> 00:53:57,509 Just get in that tournament, get away from the playing game and I'll, I'll put us up 1474 00:53:57,509 --> 00:54:00,150 against anybody in the one game scenario. 1475 00:54:00,750 --> 00:54:04,170 Um, and also I think there's, there's some thought, you think you see it a 1476 00:54:04,170 --> 00:54:07,529 little bit like in the SEC tournament sometimes the a CC tournament, the 1477 00:54:07,529 --> 00:54:09,270 teams that know they're getting in. 1478 00:54:09,705 --> 00:54:13,665 They're not going to go over tax, their pitching staff to try to 1479 00:54:13,665 --> 00:54:15,525 secure a conference tournament win. 1480 00:54:15,915 --> 00:54:19,785 Uh, they're more likely just gonna go save their arms, rehab 'em up and get 1481 00:54:19,785 --> 00:54:24,375 'em ready for the regional And coastal would very, very much be in that bucket. 1482 00:54:25,005 --> 00:54:27,735 'cause they're, they're getting in like they're, they're hosting, I 1483 00:54:27,735 --> 00:54:31,155 would imagine The only argument is are they a top eight or a top 16 seed? 1484 00:54:31,245 --> 00:54:31,605 Yeah. 1485 00:54:31,695 --> 00:54:33,225 Southern Miss is getting in. 1486 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:37,065 I, I would find it hard to believe that Troy doesn't get in as in, at large. 1487 00:54:37,515 --> 00:54:42,135 Um, and then, you know, they're still Louisiana and ODU that could 1488 00:54:42,135 --> 00:54:44,595 potentially go win the conference tournament in addition to that. 1489 00:54:45,375 --> 00:54:47,955 Yeah, I think you're right When you say those, those top three should 1490 00:54:47,955 --> 00:54:51,345 be going to the tournament and then anybody else has gotta be, well 1491 00:54:51,345 --> 00:54:52,755 you better win the, the conference. 1492 00:54:53,955 --> 00:54:54,195 Yeah. 1493 00:54:54,195 --> 00:54:56,475 And we're definitely in the, we gotta win the conference, but I 1494 00:54:56,475 --> 00:54:58,995 think Louisiana is too, just 'cause of the slow start they've had. 1495 00:54:59,325 --> 00:55:03,075 Yeah, they've definitely turned a corner similar, almost similar trajectory as us. 1496 00:55:03,075 --> 00:55:05,175 I think they hit theirs maybe a week before we did. 1497 00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:09,090 So, and that was of course the week we, we played them, but if you think remember 1498 00:55:09,090 --> 00:55:14,220 that series, we had the lead going into the ninth inning against them, and we lost 1499 00:55:14,220 --> 00:55:15,840 the lead then we lost in the 10th inning. 1500 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:19,230 So it's not like we were, you know, head and shoulders worse than Louisiana. 1501 00:55:19,230 --> 00:55:21,390 They run rule us on Sunday. 1502 00:55:21,870 --> 00:55:24,210 Uh, but, you know, we could have been a spot where we had already 1503 00:55:24,330 --> 00:55:25,530 taken two games at that point. 1504 00:55:27,510 --> 00:55:30,510 You know, that was one of the last really bad game. 1505 00:55:30,510 --> 00:55:33,390 I mean, that's one I'm curious to go back now that we're kind of talking about. 1506 00:55:33,390 --> 00:55:36,810 It was, was that a turning point for us that getting run ruled where it 1507 00:55:36,810 --> 00:55:39,270 was like, all right, let, let me, let's see what we've done since then. 1508 00:55:39,270 --> 00:55:39,930 Where were we at here? 1509 00:55:40,830 --> 00:55:44,010 Uh, that was, we get run ruled on the, the Saturday. 1510 00:55:44,730 --> 00:55:45,060 Yep. 1511 00:55:45,090 --> 00:55:50,310 And then we go and we win, then we actually lose to ULM and then 1512 00:55:50,310 --> 00:55:55,110 we win the next two and then we, we lose win two, two or three. 1513 00:55:55,110 --> 00:55:56,790 So that's, what is that? 1514 00:55:56,820 --> 00:55:58,080 Uh, I can't do math. 1515 00:55:58,110 --> 00:55:59,730 Uh, it's uh, four outta five. 1516 00:55:59,790 --> 00:56:00,960 The next four outta five. 1517 00:56:01,590 --> 00:56:02,880 And then we win four this weekend. 1518 00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:03,630 So we won. 1519 00:56:04,110 --> 00:56:04,740 Uh. 1520 00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:07,410 Eight of the last nine games. 1521 00:56:08,250 --> 00:56:08,460 Yeah. 1522 00:56:08,940 --> 00:56:10,980 Uh, if you start a game after that, 1523 00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:13,290 yeah. 1524 00:56:13,290 --> 00:56:13,620 I mean, really. 1525 00:56:13,620 --> 00:56:16,980 So even say eight, we went eight outta 10 since we we got that run rule game. 1526 00:56:17,370 --> 00:56:20,820 The other difference there is one that was Easter weekend, I believe. 1527 00:56:20,820 --> 00:56:24,090 So they, they didn't play on Sunday, so they got the extra day 1528 00:56:24,090 --> 00:56:28,320 arrest and their travel drastically reduced for the rest of the season. 1529 00:56:28,875 --> 00:56:32,745 Pretty much after ULM, so they've been having much shorter trips. 1530 00:56:33,045 --> 00:56:34,215 Uh, we had two weeks there. 1531 00:56:34,215 --> 00:56:37,095 We didn't have midweeks, which I think did wonders for our pitching staff to 1532 00:56:37,095 --> 00:56:38,445 get them a little bit of a breather. 1533 00:56:38,805 --> 00:56:42,045 And when we went back to kind of a more normalized baseball 1534 00:56:42,045 --> 00:56:45,105 schedule, we start playing the way we expected the team to play. 1535 00:56:45,285 --> 00:56:46,635 I don't think that's a coincidence. 1536 00:56:47,475 --> 00:56:50,475 And now there's no school, which is huge. 1537 00:56:50,505 --> 00:56:52,245 Now all of a sudden everybody's just relaxed. 1538 00:56:52,455 --> 00:56:52,725 Yeah. 1539 00:56:52,725 --> 00:56:55,275 Now all the, all the, uh, you know, I mean, it's, it really is. 1540 00:56:55,275 --> 00:56:57,570 I mean, you think about this life of student athlete, it's, it 1541 00:56:57,570 --> 00:57:00,945 is just a time, it's just, it's all the amount you have to do. 1542 00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,645 I mean, I remember talking to Jack Spice last year, one of our guys, 1543 00:57:03,645 --> 00:57:04,845 and he was like, I don't do anything. 1544 00:57:04,845 --> 00:57:07,035 He's like, I see some of these guys go and hang out, get play. 1545 00:57:07,275 --> 00:57:11,205 He is like, I go to, I work out and I, and I go to, I do school. 1546 00:57:11,385 --> 00:57:11,805 That's it. 1547 00:57:12,585 --> 00:57:14,265 He's like, and he is like, that's all I do. 1548 00:57:14,445 --> 00:57:14,565 Yeah. 1549 00:57:14,565 --> 00:57:15,075 He says that. 1550 00:57:15,075 --> 00:57:15,285 Yeah. 1551 00:57:15,285 --> 00:57:16,515 He has a girlfriend that hangs us. 1552 00:57:16,515 --> 00:57:17,925 I don't know what he's, he's lying to, he's just, 1553 00:57:22,275 --> 00:57:23,865 oh, uh, I don't think anyone's happier to hear that school 1554 00:57:23,865 --> 00:57:24,944 is done than Kyle Edwards. 1555 00:57:24,945 --> 00:57:27,585 As we found out from interviewing him earlier this season. 1556 00:57:27,885 --> 00:57:29,325 I definitely check that out. 1557 00:57:29,325 --> 00:57:31,395 If you go back on YouTube and, and find it. 1558 00:57:31,455 --> 00:57:34,995 Kyle was very hilarious about his future academic endeavors. 1559 00:57:37,815 --> 00:57:38,085 Yep. 1560 00:57:38,535 --> 00:57:42,525 Uh, did you get that, uh, text I sent you with the, um, the players of the week? 1561 00:57:42,585 --> 00:57:43,275 I sure did. 1562 00:57:43,275 --> 00:57:44,955 Gimme about 10 seconds here. 1563 00:57:45,195 --> 00:57:45,735 That's fine. 1564 00:57:45,735 --> 00:57:46,215 Sure. 1565 00:57:46,450 --> 00:57:48,435 I think I, I, I did that kind of as thing. 1566 00:57:48,435 --> 00:57:50,115 I was like, well, nothing much is really gonna change 1567 00:57:50,115 --> 00:57:51,495 in this game to make this, uh. 1568 00:57:53,790 --> 00:57:56,805 Yeah, I usually, I usually, uh, Gary and I usually have a conversation, 1569 00:57:56,805 --> 00:57:59,654 but some weeks it's just like, nah, this is the, this is what it is. 1570 00:57:59,654 --> 00:58:01,095 These, these are the, these are the answers. 1571 00:58:01,335 --> 00:58:04,004 It's, it's not much you can really, uh, argue with. 1572 00:58:04,605 --> 00:58:05,115 No. 1573 00:58:05,234 --> 00:58:07,754 Um, pretty clear. 1574 00:58:08,805 --> 00:58:09,645 We'll throw 'em up here now. 1575 00:58:09,645 --> 00:58:10,095 There we go. 1576 00:58:10,335 --> 00:58:10,665 Yeah. 1577 00:58:10,665 --> 00:58:11,024 Shocker. 1578 00:58:11,024 --> 00:58:11,895 Luke Waters. 1579 00:58:11,955 --> 00:58:13,395 Yeah, Luke Waters. 1580 00:58:13,424 --> 00:58:16,665 Uh, 'cause he, he did pretty solid on the, the, the Wednesday game also. 1581 00:58:16,665 --> 00:58:21,495 So for the week, uh, after today's game, Luke ended up nine for 17, 1582 00:58:21,765 --> 00:58:24,825 had a double two home runs, which obviously both came in yesterday's game. 1583 00:58:24,825 --> 00:58:26,745 Had four rbis and three walks. 1584 00:58:27,194 --> 00:58:30,315 Um, so he, let me see if I can see this real quick. 1585 00:58:30,315 --> 00:58:35,685 So he is now hitting oh, and I don't know where I can Oh, right. 1586 00:58:35,685 --> 00:58:37,004 Go thing, make it bigger. 1587 00:58:37,395 --> 00:58:40,095 Um, hitting 2 77. 1588 00:58:40,859 --> 00:58:46,799 When I, I actually took a screenshot, uh, yesterday of his, like, stats from 1589 00:58:46,799 --> 00:58:48,240 like last year compared to this year. 1590 00:58:48,810 --> 00:58:52,500 And yeah, so before this weekend he was hitting two four, so he gained 30 1591 00:58:52,500 --> 00:58:56,069 points on his batting average and that I, I don't even know what he gained 1592 00:58:56,069 --> 00:58:57,660 in his OPS, it's through the roof. 1593 00:58:57,660 --> 00:58:58,830 He's over 700 something. 1594 00:58:58,890 --> 00:59:03,180 So he probably gained another, uh, 60, a hundred points on his OPS. 1595 00:59:03,180 --> 00:59:05,940 So he went from having like, I mean, he was sitting 2 47 with 1596 00:59:05,940 --> 00:59:07,770 a 6 72 OPS before this week. 1597 00:59:07,799 --> 00:59:09,240 Like he was not doing well. 1598 00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,120 'cause I was like, well, he does, he's got a little bit of a season left to, 1599 00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:14,819 to, you know, make up the respectable and then you know what he's doing that. 1600 00:59:14,850 --> 00:59:15,210 So. 1601 00:59:15,690 --> 00:59:16,170 Awesome. 1602 00:59:16,170 --> 00:59:16,859 So, way to go. 1603 00:59:16,859 --> 00:59:17,279 Luke. 1604 00:59:17,370 --> 00:59:19,589 Um, Kyle Edwards had another great week. 1605 00:59:19,589 --> 00:59:24,690 He was seven for 16, um, had a triple an RBI three walks, two steals. 1606 00:59:24,750 --> 00:59:27,240 Uh, Tahraun Hammond had a solid week. 1607 00:59:27,270 --> 00:59:28,710 He was six for 13. 1608 00:59:29,220 --> 00:59:32,310 Uh, three rbis, three walks, a couple of hit by pitches and made 1609 00:59:32,310 --> 00:59:33,720 some really nice plays on the field. 1610 00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:36,060 Um, and Kainen Jorge had a solid little week. 1611 00:59:36,060 --> 00:59:37,049 It wasn't, wasn't the best. 1612 00:59:37,365 --> 00:59:40,004 Uh, average would be five outta 19. 1613 00:59:40,004 --> 00:59:43,095 Had a double, had two Homers, three rbis, four walks, and a steel. 1614 00:59:43,095 --> 00:59:44,865 So another nice week for him. 1615 00:59:45,435 --> 00:59:48,765 Um, and then pitching wise, uh, you know, again, I think you could have 1616 00:59:48,765 --> 00:59:52,455 given it to multiple guys, but I, I think Dylan with pitching seven innings. 1617 00:59:52,785 --> 00:59:55,754 Yeah, he gave up the three earned runs, uh, with the, with the home run there. 1618 00:59:55,754 --> 00:59:59,805 But that was kind of whatever, uh, eight hits, no walks and five strikeouts. 1619 00:59:59,805 --> 01:00:03,225 He was up to 87 for the season, which is a really high amount. 1620 01:00:03,645 --> 01:00:07,095 Um, that's actually the second most of an ODU pitcher since 1621 01:00:07,095 --> 01:00:08,205 Finwood has been the coach. 1622 01:00:08,595 --> 01:00:12,524 Uh, 'cause uh, hunter Gregory had 88 in 2021, 1623 01:00:12,884 --> 01:00:15,015 so he needs two more to break that. 1624 01:00:15,015 --> 01:00:18,165 So two strikeouts against Coastal and he's gonna clear Hunter Gregory. 1625 01:00:18,734 --> 01:00:21,555 Yeah, he and I, I know I looked back a little while the last. 1626 01:00:22,140 --> 01:00:26,940 The last highest total that anybody had was, um, Kyle Hall that had 1 0 8 in 2011. 1627 01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:27,330 Mm-hmm. 1628 01:00:27,570 --> 01:00:30,060 Uh, which is actually ties for fifth all time in a season 1629 01:00:30,060 --> 01:00:31,590 with, uh, Jeff Ware from 92. 1630 01:00:32,190 --> 01:00:34,320 So, you know, Dylan's got an outside shot. 1631 01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:36,450 If he has a couple more of those big strikeout games, like he, 1632 01:00:36,510 --> 01:00:38,550 he's kind of strikeout numbers has kind of gone down a little bit. 1633 01:00:38,550 --> 01:00:40,350 We just, you know, he is getting tired and, but he is still pitching 1634 01:00:40,350 --> 01:00:42,330 effectively, so, you know, it's whatever. 1635 01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:42,900 Yeah. 1636 01:00:42,930 --> 01:00:43,230 Um, I 1637 01:00:43,230 --> 01:00:45,450 think there's a concerted effort there too, I think for him to 1638 01:00:45,450 --> 01:00:46,500 be a little bit more efficient. 1639 01:00:46,530 --> 01:00:46,590 Yeah. 1640 01:00:46,590 --> 01:00:49,170 So he is letting guys football and play, which you saw, he gave I think 1641 01:00:49,170 --> 01:00:53,790 seven hits on Saturday, but they were all just ground balls, little loopers. 1642 01:00:53,790 --> 01:00:55,500 He was not letting guys barrel things up. 1643 01:00:56,100 --> 01:00:59,665 He also, I mean, he is got those strikeouts and like way fewer innings 1644 01:00:59,665 --> 01:01:00,750 than those other guys had 'em in. 1645 01:01:00,755 --> 01:01:00,945 Yes. 1646 01:01:00,945 --> 01:01:02,790 That, that's a, that's an interesting factor. 1647 01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:06,750 Um, and then, you know, uh, Ben Moore did have a great, I think we said six 1648 01:01:06,750 --> 01:01:08,640 innings, four runs, only two earned. 1649 01:01:09,015 --> 01:01:11,055 Eight hits, only two walks, which has been great for him. 1650 01:01:11,055 --> 01:01:13,725 He had, he is walked way too many guys here in two strikeouts. 1651 01:01:14,025 --> 01:01:15,885 And, and also Frankie Wright will mention him. 1652 01:01:15,885 --> 01:01:20,205 He picked up a save, had two games, uh, two totals, no runs, three 1653 01:01:20,205 --> 01:01:21,585 hits, no walks, two strikeouts. 1654 01:01:21,585 --> 01:01:24,765 So, so some guys had some really, and, and some of the guys, you know, had, had 1655 01:01:24,765 --> 01:01:26,055 solid hitting and pitching performers. 1656 01:01:26,055 --> 01:01:27,615 Those are kind of the best standouts of the week. 1657 01:01:27,615 --> 01:01:30,615 It was a little harder to to, to do the math on all of them as we're sitting 1658 01:01:30,615 --> 01:01:31,725 here watching the end of the game. 1659 01:01:31,905 --> 01:01:33,075 So I, I, I only picked a few, 1660 01:01:33,855 --> 01:01:35,895 well, we, we could have done the cheat version and just 1661 01:01:35,895 --> 01:01:37,815 gone like the entire bullpen. 1662 01:01:37,815 --> 01:01:38,715 Congratulations. 1663 01:01:38,715 --> 01:01:40,785 You know, I mean, it's a whole offensive line. 1664 01:01:41,565 --> 01:01:42,825 No, it, it would be fair. 1665 01:01:42,825 --> 01:01:43,935 You would, you would not be wrong. 1666 01:01:43,935 --> 01:01:46,905 I think, you know, we, for, for the whole week, the, especially when you 1667 01:01:46,905 --> 01:01:50,175 consider the whole bullpen pitched on Friday, on, uh, Wednesday's 1668 01:01:50,175 --> 01:01:52,875 game, that was all the bullpen guys and they all pitched really well. 1669 01:01:52,875 --> 01:01:56,025 Yeah, it was, and that, and that's been it because how many times here we 1670 01:01:56,025 --> 01:01:58,485 said, man, the bullpen, uh, killed us. 1671 01:01:58,485 --> 01:01:59,055 Like how many times? 1672 01:01:59,055 --> 01:02:01,875 We said all year, if we, we win these games or the bullpen 1673 01:02:01,875 --> 01:02:04,035 wasn't giving games away and. 1674 01:02:04,410 --> 01:02:06,990 I, I mentioned it, you know what, half an hour ago I said this. 1675 01:02:07,020 --> 01:02:10,770 It's nice to see these games where we're getting ahead and keeping 1676 01:02:10,770 --> 01:02:12,480 the lead and grinding it down. 1677 01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:14,460 Yeah, you may get up a run here or there, but at the end of the day you, 1678 01:02:14,550 --> 01:02:17,850 you don't give up enough runs to tie the game and you hold onto the victory. 1679 01:02:18,390 --> 01:02:20,970 Um, and that's the thing the bullpen had not done for most of the year. 1680 01:02:20,970 --> 01:02:24,120 Now all of a sudden they're doing it and yeah, you're seeing in every kind 1681 01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:27,930 of aspect of the game is it's all the things that need to ha happen that weren't 1682 01:02:27,930 --> 01:02:32,040 happening now are, and that's where they said we won eight of the last nine games. 1683 01:02:32,910 --> 01:02:37,380 And I know Paula Ambrose was asking about, uh, lineup consistency. 1684 01:02:37,590 --> 01:02:41,280 We've been very consistent with our lineup with, with Tahraun at second. 1685 01:02:41,670 --> 01:02:43,740 Um, now Maverick going to third. 1686 01:02:43,740 --> 01:02:45,480 That's really been the, kinda the only change there. 1687 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:49,260 But I mean, other than some left right matchups, we've seen some consistency at 1688 01:02:49,260 --> 01:02:52,950 the positioning where guys are hitting in the order and that's just kind of 1689 01:02:52,950 --> 01:02:54,990 starting to gel really, really nicely now. 1690 01:02:54,990 --> 01:02:59,490 And I love Kainen in that we off spot 'cause they, it having a, someone 1691 01:02:59,490 --> 01:03:02,700 that can hit home runs but also hit for average and get on base. 1692 01:03:03,025 --> 01:03:04,406 At the top, the order he steals, 1693 01:03:04,411 --> 01:03:05,790 he's second on the team in steals. 1694 01:03:05,790 --> 01:03:08,940 I mean, yeah, he's, that was a move where it's like I wasn't thinking about 1695 01:03:08,940 --> 01:03:11,490 it, but then as soon as Finney did it, it's like, well yeah, that's why 1696 01:03:11,490 --> 01:03:13,260 he's been coaching a million years. 1697 01:03:13,260 --> 01:03:15,600 'cause he knows kind of when to pull the trigger on those moves. 1698 01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:15,780 Yeah. 1699 01:03:15,780 --> 01:03:17,730 'cause it was, immediately I saw the lineup. 1700 01:03:17,730 --> 01:03:18,420 I was like, I love that. 1701 01:03:18,540 --> 01:03:21,030 Like, I didn't even question, it was like, yeah, why wouldn't he be there? 1702 01:03:21,510 --> 01:03:25,830 Um, it we're, you know, very few teams have those old style, you know, 1703 01:03:26,220 --> 01:03:29,430 little fast guys that don't hit for power that, you know what I mean? 1704 01:03:29,430 --> 01:03:33,600 It's, it's, it's really is the modern days of having a big strong 1705 01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:34,740 guy who can hit the ball out. 1706 01:03:35,070 --> 01:03:37,920 But as long as they get on base, that's what it comes down to. 1707 01:03:39,180 --> 01:03:39,600 Absolutely. 1708 01:03:39,630 --> 01:03:41,070 You were talking about stealing. 1709 01:03:41,070 --> 01:03:44,310 I don't know if the, the numbers are updated, but I know going into the 1710 01:03:44,490 --> 01:03:48,120 game today, Kyle ever was 24 for 25 at stolen base and he was leading Yeah. 1711 01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:48,540 And he got one 1712 01:03:48,540 --> 01:03:49,170 today. 1713 01:03:49,260 --> 01:03:50,670 Yeah, he got one today. 1714 01:03:51,060 --> 01:03:55,410 Uh, and that is a sneaky guy to have hitting like six or seventh down in 1715 01:03:55,410 --> 01:03:56,940 year lineup where they can get on. 1716 01:03:56,940 --> 01:03:58,920 He is got a good average, he can hit for a little bit of power. 1717 01:03:59,265 --> 01:04:02,595 And, but then if he gets on base, you can put pressure on the pitcher 1718 01:04:02,595 --> 01:04:06,255 against like 7, 8, 9 guys in the lineup where typically they can relax more. 1719 01:04:06,255 --> 01:04:08,565 If they're more fastballs, throw more in the middle of the plate. 1720 01:04:08,955 --> 01:04:11,295 But not with Kyle over there stealing second, immediately 1721 01:04:11,295 --> 01:04:12,645 getting, scoring, scoring position. 1722 01:04:13,395 --> 01:04:16,755 It's, it's nice, you know, Kyle has moved kind of all over the order and 1723 01:04:16,755 --> 01:04:21,585 I've always liked him hitting kind lower down because I think he's the way he, 1724 01:04:21,945 --> 01:04:27,674 his abilities are more in tune to like a one two hitter, but his mentality is more 1725 01:04:27,700 --> 01:04:29,475 at tuned to a lower the order hitter. 1726 01:04:29,745 --> 01:04:32,325 And so when he has 'em, he's been hitting seventh recently and that's, that's a 1727 01:04:32,325 --> 01:04:36,375 great spot for like, as you said, he gets on, he can steal and then, you 1728 01:04:36,375 --> 01:04:39,345 know, if he got Hammond and Holman or Hammond and Slater hitting after him, 1729 01:04:39,555 --> 01:04:42,225 well then, you know, one of 'em could bunt and then they're pretty good hitters. 1730 01:04:42,225 --> 01:04:45,465 And then you're coming back around to Jorge, who is more like a three, four 1731 01:04:45,465 --> 01:04:46,634 hitter, even though he's hitting leadoff. 1732 01:04:46,634 --> 01:04:50,535 So you've got, uh, it, it, it is kinda like having a, a second leadoff 1733 01:04:50,535 --> 01:04:53,670 hitter in the middle of the lineup, which is, I. Kind of what you want 1734 01:04:54,420 --> 01:04:58,350 and it's helpful when your best defensive player can also hit, get 1735 01:04:58,350 --> 01:05:01,920 on base and steal because he made some great plays at shortstop. 1736 01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:04,740 I think he loved playing on that turf at JU 'cause the 1737 01:05:04,740 --> 01:05:06,210 bounces were more predictable. 1738 01:05:06,420 --> 01:05:08,160 He was eaten over there at short. 1739 01:05:08,460 --> 01:05:12,794 Uh, and I don't, I. I didn't check the box score, but I know 1740 01:05:12,794 --> 01:05:14,024 we had no errors yesterday. 1741 01:05:15,254 --> 01:05:15,884 Uh, let's see. 1742 01:05:15,884 --> 01:05:16,904 I have it right here. 1743 01:05:16,904 --> 01:05:18,645 We had no errors today. 1744 01:05:18,975 --> 01:05:21,254 No errors for either team two days in a row, which is pretty great. 1745 01:05:21,285 --> 01:05:23,745 Yeah, no, he, I mean, I remember, again, I think I've said this 1746 01:05:23,745 --> 01:05:26,355 before, but the first time I ever saw Kyle playing, he was like 14. 1747 01:05:26,355 --> 01:05:28,334 And I remember thinking at the time, I was like, this was kind complaining. 1748 01:05:28,484 --> 01:05:32,504 Uh, defensive college right now, and he's never proven me wrong. 1749 01:05:32,504 --> 01:05:35,475 He could play defensive and he, he also showed he could play defense in the 1750 01:05:35,475 --> 01:05:37,484 outfield in college at, at a high level. 1751 01:05:37,484 --> 01:05:38,595 He, he's just that good. 1752 01:05:38,595 --> 01:05:41,145 He's as, as, as Kyle said before, he's utility guy. 1753 01:05:41,145 --> 01:05:42,975 He is, he is not a shortstop utility guy. 1754 01:05:43,395 --> 01:05:45,524 Um, he, he's, yeah, he had a phenomenal weekend. 1755 01:05:45,524 --> 01:05:46,995 He's been making some great plays. 1756 01:05:46,995 --> 01:05:50,625 He, he is just, he's just so athletically gifted and, you know, it's, it's one 1757 01:05:50,625 --> 01:05:53,415 of those, as someone who has never been athletically gifted in any way, 1758 01:05:53,714 --> 01:05:56,535 it's like, you look at it like, how do you, how do you, how does your body 1759 01:05:56,535 --> 01:05:58,544 and brain just all do that at once? 1760 01:05:58,544 --> 01:06:02,625 Like, I would, I would, Scottie made a play in the outfield yesterday where 1761 01:06:02,625 --> 01:06:05,444 he, uh, you know, we, we, we tend to call him, uh, my dad said he is like 1762 01:06:05,444 --> 01:06:07,095 a baby GI draft sometimes out there. 1763 01:06:07,424 --> 01:06:08,834 'cause he is so long and lanky. 1764 01:06:09,240 --> 01:06:11,535 He, he runs a little, he does sometimes he makes, he, he 1765 01:06:11,535 --> 01:06:12,734 makes some bad reads on balls. 1766 01:06:12,734 --> 01:06:13,754 He's a little goofy sometimes. 1767 01:06:13,754 --> 01:06:16,334 But he made that nice kind of leaping catch and I said, oh, the 1768 01:06:16,424 --> 01:06:17,984 baby draft got the top branch. 1769 01:06:18,375 --> 01:06:21,404 Uh, but then he immediately, as he's running back in his hat's falling off. 1770 01:06:21,615 --> 01:06:23,295 Just for, for no reason whatsoever. 1771 01:06:23,445 --> 01:06:23,895 I mean, I was like that. 1772 01:06:23,895 --> 01:06:24,315 There it is. 1773 01:06:24,315 --> 01:06:26,055 That's, you know, the guy makes an amazing play and is, 1774 01:06:26,265 --> 01:06:27,075 he's still a little bit goofy. 1775 01:06:27,075 --> 01:06:28,605 And I was like, that's, I can relate to that. 1776 01:06:28,605 --> 01:06:31,395 I can, I can relate to being like maybe doing, maybe accidentally doing something 1777 01:06:31,395 --> 01:06:32,655 and then being a little goofy afterwards. 1778 01:06:32,655 --> 01:06:35,355 But like someone like Kyle, it's just like, no, you're just like, 1779 01:06:35,505 --> 01:06:37,035 you're on a, a physical level. 1780 01:06:37,035 --> 01:06:38,205 I could, couldn't even imagine. 1781 01:06:39,945 --> 01:06:40,155 Yeah. 1782 01:06:40,245 --> 01:06:42,945 Uh, that play that you're talking about with Scotty out there and 1783 01:06:42,945 --> 01:06:44,775 left, saved us two runs as well. 1784 01:06:44,775 --> 01:06:46,095 That would've been a, a big swing. 1785 01:06:46,095 --> 01:06:49,935 So maybe a slight misread to begin with it, but he used the size to, uh, 1786 01:06:50,115 --> 01:06:51,675 to make the catch and save the game. 1787 01:06:52,095 --> 01:07:00,000 I, I, I gotta say, I wanna know Scotty's bat di dimensions 'cause I. I'm used 1788 01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:03,540 to watching like a Jose Altuve swings like a 37 or 38 inch bat, and it looks 1789 01:07:03,540 --> 01:07:07,560 hilarious because he's five foot six and swings that, and I'm sure that he's 1790 01:07:07,590 --> 01:07:09,210 swinging a perfectly normal sized bat. 1791 01:07:09,210 --> 01:07:12,810 But because Scotty's six foot six, it looks like he's swinging with a toothpick. 1792 01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:14,010 Yeah. 1793 01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:17,280 Like he should, uh, needs to upgrade there. 1794 01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:17,610 But I don't know. 1795 01:07:17,670 --> 01:07:19,950 We'll, we'll ask him about that if we have back on again. 1796 01:07:19,950 --> 01:07:21,840 He was another very funny guest of the 1797 01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:22,530 podcast. 1798 01:07:22,530 --> 01:07:22,531 Yes. 1799 01:07:22,980 --> 01:07:23,670 Yes, he was. 1800 01:07:24,665 --> 01:07:27,840 Um, well, any, uh, any word back from Coach Fin Wood yet? 1801 01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:28,230 Are they? 1802 01:07:28,320 --> 01:07:28,740 No. 1803 01:07:28,740 --> 01:07:31,620 Again, you know, probably just between getting, getting going on the road. 1804 01:07:31,620 --> 01:07:33,840 I'm sure he just, you know, and he is not like us. 1805 01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:36,930 Uh, you know, the youth and all we're on our phones constantly. 1806 01:07:36,930 --> 01:07:39,210 He is, he is doing whatever he is doing and taking care of business. 1807 01:07:39,210 --> 01:07:41,010 Then he might relax and look at the phone. 1808 01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:43,590 He probably has like 900 messages in his inbox too. 1809 01:07:43,590 --> 01:07:44,850 Yeah, I'm sure too. 1810 01:07:44,850 --> 01:07:47,550 So I wouldn't, I wouldn't, I would, I would not bet on Finney being able 1811 01:07:47,550 --> 01:07:50,940 to join us, uh, today, which is, you know, again, that's, I'm sure he's 1812 01:07:50,940 --> 01:07:53,940 as sad about as anybody because he, he, he really does enjoy coming on 1813 01:07:53,940 --> 01:07:54,930 here, getting to talk to everybody. 1814 01:07:55,740 --> 01:07:56,130 Yeah. 1815 01:07:56,130 --> 01:07:58,680 I think he likes having the direct connection to the fans for sure. 1816 01:07:59,100 --> 01:08:02,730 Well, I see there's still a, let's see, a couple hundred people still tuning in 1817 01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:04,680 across different social platforms, so. 1818 01:08:05,265 --> 01:08:07,274 Uh, haven't gotten a comment in a while, so if you're 1819 01:08:07,274 --> 01:08:08,685 listening, shoot us a message. 1820 01:08:08,685 --> 01:08:09,524 Question, anything. 1821 01:08:09,524 --> 01:08:10,250 We'd love to start. 1822 01:08:10,254 --> 01:08:12,794 Yeah, we, we would definitely love to, you know, I know you hear us 1823 01:08:12,794 --> 01:08:16,215 babble on enough, and as I, as I said, my mom says, uh, we talk too much. 1824 01:08:16,215 --> 01:08:19,455 So, but if there's some things you'd like to, to bring up or like to talk 1825 01:08:19,455 --> 01:08:20,654 to us about, we, we would love it. 1826 01:08:20,684 --> 01:08:20,925 Yeah. 1827 01:08:20,925 --> 01:08:23,474 It's, but it is, it's, it's, it's nice to see. 1828 01:08:23,925 --> 01:08:27,944 Um, I got to go out and see one of our commits of the day, uh, uh, cam 1829 01:08:27,944 --> 01:08:31,844 Teflon's, a big first baseman here at, uh, Lance Town High, so he looked good 1830 01:08:31,844 --> 01:08:33,495 and his team didn't win that game. 1831 01:08:33,705 --> 01:08:34,425 That was, that was a tough game. 1832 01:08:34,425 --> 01:08:37,304 But he, he is, uh, he, he's been coming out, him and his dad been coming out 1833 01:08:37,304 --> 01:08:39,644 to, and his granddad, I think had been coming out to some games here and there. 1834 01:08:39,644 --> 01:08:42,915 And so he is, uh, the other day, I, we were getting, uh, we were getting beat 1835 01:08:42,944 --> 01:08:46,245 pretty bad in that one game against, I think it was Marshall the Friday. 1836 01:08:46,755 --> 01:08:48,285 Um, yeah. 1837 01:08:48,285 --> 01:08:50,684 And I was, I was, I walked by, we weren't scoring any runs. 1838 01:08:50,684 --> 01:08:52,484 I walked by and told him, Hey, this is why we need you next year. 1839 01:08:54,905 --> 01:08:58,265 I mean he, that he's a big boy and I know you've seen him play, but 1840 01:08:58,265 --> 01:09:00,245 I mean he's he's what, six four? 1841 01:09:00,245 --> 01:09:00,875 Six five. 1842 01:09:00,875 --> 01:09:01,625 Still growing. 1843 01:09:01,925 --> 01:09:04,535 Uh, big, big first base, uh, commit for us. 1844 01:09:04,535 --> 01:09:04,536 Yeah. 1845 01:09:04,541 --> 01:09:06,000 So we're, we're pump for him. 1846 01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:06,400 I, um, 1847 01:09:06,635 --> 01:09:09,365 yeah, we had a few and then Jackson o Conco is there, Greenbrier Christian, 1848 01:09:09,365 --> 01:09:12,275 they're going to the, um, this week is gonna be their state tournament. 1849 01:09:12,275 --> 01:09:14,225 They won the championship again, of course, because 1850 01:09:14,225 --> 01:09:14,915 they're Green Bear Christian. 1851 01:09:14,915 --> 01:09:15,575 That's what they do. 1852 01:09:16,055 --> 01:09:17,975 Uh, they won the, the, the, the regional. 1853 01:09:18,005 --> 01:09:21,065 Um, and so they're gonna states, um, I saw Nick Felton's 1854 01:09:21,065 --> 01:09:21,905 outfit that was coming to us. 1855 01:09:21,905 --> 01:09:26,555 His team is like 26 and one and I think the one loss they had all year was 1856 01:09:26,555 --> 01:09:30,185 to the IMG national team, which, you know, we all know how good they are. 1857 01:09:30,665 --> 01:09:33,515 Um, so he is on a really guy you can get a chance 'cause they got rained 1858 01:09:33,515 --> 01:09:34,475 out the day I was gonna go see him. 1859 01:09:34,475 --> 01:09:36,305 So I didn't get a chance to get to see him this year. 1860 01:09:36,695 --> 01:09:39,935 Uh, so we, yeah, some, some time I saw Will Johnson's a JUCO outfit. 1861 01:09:39,935 --> 01:09:41,165 He had a sixth home round the other day. 1862 01:09:41,165 --> 01:09:43,775 So we got some, some other guys coming to us are, are doing pretty 1863 01:09:43,775 --> 01:09:46,385 well as they're getting toured, you know, the end of their seasons also. 1864 01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:50,069 Good to see the new crop coming in. 1865 01:09:50,069 --> 01:09:52,950 'cause who knows what things look like next year with changes to roster 1866 01:09:52,950 --> 01:09:56,730 limits and yeah, general portal and new stadium and all of that. 1867 01:09:56,790 --> 01:09:57,179 Yeah. 1868 01:09:57,870 --> 01:09:59,190 But while we're waiting for some question, yeah. 1869 01:09:59,190 --> 01:10:04,200 We had, um, we had what, 18 returners and 22 new guys this past year. 1870 01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:08,219 And my guess is just, just based on the reality of the way things go, I wouldn't 1871 01:10:08,219 --> 01:10:10,710 be surprised if it's pretty much similar numbers to that kind of every year. 1872 01:10:10,710 --> 01:10:12,030 That's just how, how it is. 1873 01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:12,929 Yeah. 1874 01:10:12,929 --> 01:10:15,000 That's gonna be baseball moving forward. 1875 01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:17,880 I feel like baseball kind of ducked some of it for a couple years. 1876 01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:21,330 They made it longer than football and basketball, but it's coming for 1877 01:10:21,330 --> 01:10:22,980 all the sports now that it's there. 1878 01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:27,120 I still think for us, the NIL isn't as huge of a deal. 1879 01:10:27,210 --> 01:10:29,759 Um, I think now if you do have some guy who's like a. 1880 01:10:30,285 --> 01:10:32,985 All American standout as like a freshman or a sophomore. 1881 01:10:32,985 --> 01:10:33,225 Yeah. 1882 01:10:33,225 --> 01:10:35,535 There's a good shot of a team coming and getting him, but I think in 1883 01:10:35,535 --> 01:10:38,715 general, well, especially with like with basketball, what I'm noticing is you see 1884 01:10:38,715 --> 01:10:41,985 a lot of players moving from one team to the other in the same conference. 1885 01:10:42,315 --> 01:10:43,785 And again, that's just because of the money. 1886 01:10:44,175 --> 01:10:47,085 I don't think that's gonna happen in the baseball because how many teams in, in the 1887 01:10:47,085 --> 01:10:51,495 Sunbelt and baseball actually have in NIL what, like Southern Miss has one, probably 1888 01:10:51,495 --> 01:10:54,015 Coastal probably has one, but they're not in the millions we're talking about. 1889 01:10:54,015 --> 01:10:56,205 I think I hear, heard Southern miss is like 250,000. 1890 01:10:56,775 --> 01:10:56,835 Yeah. 1891 01:10:56,835 --> 01:11:01,575 So it's like, you know, maybe you can offer the guy, you know, $20,000. 1892 01:11:01,575 --> 01:11:03,375 Like, is that life changing enough to go and check? 1893 01:11:03,435 --> 01:11:04,035 Probably not. 1894 01:11:04,035 --> 01:11:06,045 I mean, most of the guys, they're probably not gonna be, they're, 1895 01:11:06,045 --> 01:11:09,015 they're trying to get other guys, um, or, or pay their own guys. 1896 01:11:09,015 --> 01:11:09,795 So I think 1897 01:11:11,295 --> 01:11:15,735 I, I would also assume that some of the 20 K may be in lieu of scholarship, 1898 01:11:15,735 --> 01:11:19,305 which the roster limits and scholarship limits thing is gonna limit that. 1899 01:11:19,545 --> 01:11:23,625 But the, I guarantee you, especially in baseball with 11.7 scholarships, 1900 01:11:23,835 --> 01:11:27,105 you're probably, if you can fundraise 250,000, that's what like, you know, 1901 01:11:27,105 --> 01:11:29,145 they're three, four full rides. 1902 01:11:29,805 --> 01:11:30,225 Yeah. 1903 01:11:30,285 --> 01:11:33,555 So I think in, in, in general right now, the NIL is still 1904 01:11:33,555 --> 01:11:35,055 is not really a Yeah, yeah. 1905 01:11:35,205 --> 01:11:38,775 Again, if you have somebody who's like an all world, like, uh, just for an 1906 01:11:38,775 --> 01:11:41,745 example, like Carter Trice after his freshman year, he was an All American, 1907 01:11:41,745 --> 01:11:45,285 he's playing team USA that and he did eventually end up leaving us. 1908 01:11:45,285 --> 01:11:47,985 You really ended up being kind of mutual decision at that time. 1909 01:11:48,375 --> 01:11:52,665 Uh, but probably if a player like that happened again, yeah, you might see an 1910 01:11:52,665 --> 01:11:54,975 S-E-C-A-C-C team try to steal 'em away. 1911 01:11:55,365 --> 01:11:59,055 Uh, but, you know, good problems to have, I guess you got a good year of a guy. 1912 01:11:59,055 --> 01:12:01,875 But the reality is, I don't think, I think when you see our guys moving, 1913 01:12:01,875 --> 01:12:05,760 there's gonna be guys who leave us because they really didn't get a chance 1914 01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:07,455 to play here or didn't play that well. 1915 01:12:07,635 --> 01:12:10,875 And we both kind of, the team and the player decided it's time for the move 1916 01:12:10,875 --> 01:12:14,925 on, or we're, we got guys who just didn't play and they wanna train. 1917 01:12:14,925 --> 01:12:17,445 You know, we're, we're probably not losing guys who we really, 1918 01:12:17,445 --> 01:12:18,825 really don't wanna lose. 1919 01:12:19,965 --> 01:12:21,075 Yeah, that's very true. 1920 01:12:21,075 --> 01:12:23,025 And hopefully that continues to be the case. 1921 01:12:23,025 --> 01:12:26,505 And I think we need to go probably attract some arms, uh, in the transfer portal 1922 01:12:26,535 --> 01:12:30,615 'cause we're, we're gonna lose our three weekend starters, but, uh, really inspired 1923 01:12:30,615 --> 01:12:32,385 by Hubble's performance on Friday. 1924 01:12:32,595 --> 01:12:33,014 Yeah, 1925 01:12:33,075 --> 01:12:35,925 MoMA doesn't get much bigger than what he had to go up against. 1926 01:12:35,925 --> 01:12:38,325 He comes and gives us three scoreless and wins the game. 1927 01:12:38,595 --> 01:12:39,735 You can tell it meant a lot to him. 1928 01:12:39,764 --> 01:12:40,425 He was pumped. 1929 01:12:40,545 --> 01:12:43,965 If you weren't on the stream earlier, uh, you need to go back and watch 1930 01:12:43,965 --> 01:12:46,815 that ODU baseball, uh, social media accounts have it out too, but. 1931 01:12:47,115 --> 01:12:48,525 Getting that last out. 1932 01:12:48,705 --> 01:12:52,634 He's celebrating, you see, and Kyle and Teran come together, celebrate. 1933 01:12:52,695 --> 01:12:52,875 Yeah. 1934 01:12:52,934 --> 01:12:55,995 Canaan and Scotty and I don't know some other people were doing, I don't know 1935 01:12:55,995 --> 01:13:00,105 what, uh, but it was just a great shot, just big moment for Hubble, but he's 1936 01:13:00,105 --> 01:13:02,865 got to be someone that probably steps up and starts for us on Friday or Saturday. 1937 01:13:02,865 --> 01:13:03,165 Yeah. 1938 01:13:03,165 --> 01:13:06,375 And he was the guy when they brought him in this year, that was a possibility. 1939 01:13:06,375 --> 01:13:10,304 You know, he was kind of making like starter type, um, appearances 1940 01:13:10,304 --> 01:13:13,844 all throughout the, the fall and the early spring and just decided 1941 01:13:13,844 --> 01:13:15,044 okay, he, he's probably better. 1942 01:13:15,075 --> 01:13:18,014 And, and compared to the guys we have, he's, we'd be better outta 1943 01:13:18,014 --> 01:13:19,304 the bullpen, but he's, yeah. 1944 01:13:19,304 --> 01:13:22,754 It's, it's, now you're looking at you like, okay, this is a guy who we probably 1945 01:13:22,754 --> 01:13:26,625 can build with and, and have him become a, a, a starter next year, which is nice 1946 01:13:26,625 --> 01:13:29,384 because Yeah, you know, again, about a month ago it was like, man, who is 1947 01:13:29,384 --> 01:13:30,405 gonna start for this team next year? 1948 01:13:31,125 --> 01:13:33,884 Uh, you know, which again, I don't have to figure it out. 1949 01:13:33,884 --> 01:13:34,695 That's, that's on them. 1950 01:13:34,695 --> 01:13:37,004 You know, Marin and Finwood, the guys are gonna figure it out. 1951 01:13:37,019 --> 01:13:38,174 I, I, I believe in them. 1952 01:13:38,174 --> 01:13:40,785 They haven't, they have yet to come into a season where, where I was like, 1953 01:13:40,785 --> 01:13:43,065 it was all these guys are terrible and no one's gonna be able to pitch. 1954 01:13:43,485 --> 01:13:44,144 Um, you know. 1955 01:13:44,144 --> 01:13:46,205 That doesn't mean that some of the guys don't perform as well as 1956 01:13:46,205 --> 01:13:48,575 you'd hope, but that I, again, I don't think I ever, I haven't, they 1957 01:13:48,575 --> 01:13:50,855 haven't started one yet where I've been like, these guys are terrible. 1958 01:13:50,855 --> 01:13:51,575 I'm gonna have the fall. 1959 01:13:51,965 --> 01:13:54,845 This guy, they can't throw, they're, no, I don't, I usually go like, 1960 01:13:54,845 --> 01:13:56,735 Hey, if they pitch up to their ability, we're gonna be fine. 1961 01:13:56,735 --> 01:14:01,265 And sometimes that doesn't happen, but, so yeah, I, I, however it happens, if 1962 01:14:01,265 --> 01:14:04,025 it's, if it's guys like Hubble stepping up, you know, if, if a guy like Nick 1963 01:14:04,265 --> 01:14:08,225 Ezio has a great strong end of the year here and then comes back out all 1964 01:14:08,225 --> 01:14:10,565 of a sudden next year and it's like pitches how you've been thinking he 1965 01:14:10,565 --> 01:14:12,215 is gonna pitch, you know, who knows. 1966 01:14:12,215 --> 01:14:14,495 But yeah, you definitely, they're, you're gonna see some, some arms, I'm 1967 01:14:14,495 --> 01:14:17,796 sure, uh, coming in either through the portal or through some more JUCO guys 1968 01:14:17,855 --> 01:14:20,435 and they might even have guys who are committed that were not, I'm not aware of. 1969 01:14:20,435 --> 01:14:23,675 Sometimes they're just, yeah, sometimes between Twitter and Instagram and 1970 01:14:23,675 --> 01:14:26,315 all the places, you just don't see some guy say, I was committed. 1971 01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:30,725 It's, it's not, it's not as, as, as hard as I search, uh, through find it sometimes 1972 01:14:30,725 --> 01:14:31,895 it's like, well, I didn't see that one. 1973 01:14:31,895 --> 01:14:32,675 I had no idea. 1974 01:14:32,735 --> 01:14:34,475 There's always somebody in the fall that I walk up, I'm 1975 01:14:34,475 --> 01:14:35,435 like, never heard of this guy. 1976 01:14:37,275 --> 01:14:40,035 And I, we also have a couple guys that we really haven't seen 1977 01:14:40,035 --> 01:14:41,385 this year because of injury. 1978 01:14:41,535 --> 01:14:45,765 Um, so there's, there's definitely that el element of it as well. 1979 01:14:48,675 --> 01:14:51,165 I don't know how this is coming in. 1980 01:14:51,225 --> 01:14:52,095 Hey dudes. 1981 01:14:53,115 --> 01:14:53,535 Excuse me. 1982 01:14:53,535 --> 01:14:55,245 Copy, while you prep for Mother's Day dinner. 1983 01:14:55,275 --> 01:14:55,695 There we go. 1984 01:14:55,755 --> 01:14:56,115 All right. 1985 01:14:56,145 --> 01:14:56,745 Yes, that's good. 1986 01:14:56,745 --> 01:14:58,125 We love Happy, happy Mother's Day. 1987 01:14:58,125 --> 01:14:59,835 To your mom and to my, my mom. 1988 01:14:59,835 --> 01:15:01,155 And my mom's awesome. 1989 01:15:01,155 --> 01:15:04,365 She makes everyone cookies and they love them and, uh, they all act like 1990 01:15:04,365 --> 01:15:06,075 they're the, she gets 'em from Walmart. 1991 01:15:06,075 --> 01:15:08,475 She's always baffled by why people love them so much. 1992 01:15:08,690 --> 01:15:10,965 She, she doesn't understand it, but she, she'll keep making 1993 01:15:10,965 --> 01:15:11,865 'em 'cause she loves everybody. 1994 01:15:12,255 --> 01:15:13,005 Yes. 1995 01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:13,875 Yeah, of course. 1996 01:15:13,875 --> 01:15:13,965 There. 1997 01:15:13,965 --> 01:15:17,565 Harry McBrien, one of the fellow Monarchists with us, and he has an 1998 01:15:17,565 --> 01:15:21,465 important job on Thursday, potentially the most important job that will exist. 1999 01:15:21,645 --> 01:15:26,745 On Thursday at 7 5 7, he is driving the team over to War Memorial for, uh, 2000 01:15:26,775 --> 01:15:28,245 game one of the series with Coastal. 2001 01:15:28,245 --> 01:15:28,665 So. 2002 01:15:29,460 --> 01:15:31,035 If you see the ODU bus, stay outta the way. 2003 01:15:31,065 --> 01:15:34,245 'cause Harry will run your ass off the road and do it with a smile on his face. 2004 01:15:34,245 --> 01:15:34,304 Yeah, 2005 01:15:34,455 --> 01:15:36,795 no, I remember I was there at the memorial and I think, and Paul 2006 01:15:36,795 --> 01:15:38,804 Panik was like, yeah, one of the markets guys was driving us today. 2007 01:15:38,804 --> 01:15:39,255 I was like, all right. 2008 01:15:39,974 --> 01:15:40,545 Yeah, it was Harry. 2009 01:15:41,174 --> 01:15:41,535 Yeah. 2010 01:15:41,924 --> 01:15:44,235 We've reached a new, new element of trust apparently. 2011 01:15:45,585 --> 01:15:46,094 There you go. 2012 01:15:46,335 --> 01:15:49,065 It's one thing to let, talk to us on the podcast, nothing less actually drive 2013 01:15:49,065 --> 01:15:52,759 you all at a bus across, uh, the worst place on the planet that, that that 2014 01:15:52,844 --> 01:15:56,985 tunnel from Hampton is, that is the worst spot in, in, in, in the world. 2015 01:15:56,985 --> 01:15:57,434 I think. 2016 01:15:57,434 --> 01:15:57,464 Uh, 2017 01:15:57,795 --> 01:15:58,424 yes. 2018 01:15:58,844 --> 01:16:03,165 Well, uh, Harry McBrien too, uh, you know, during, uh, basketball season, 2019 01:16:03,375 --> 01:16:06,075 actually got a group of kids from the community in Virginia Beach. 2020 01:16:06,134 --> 01:16:08,985 Uh, got 'em away from their parents for a little bit, took 'em over 2021 01:16:08,985 --> 01:16:10,275 to the ODU football facility. 2022 01:16:10,275 --> 01:16:13,335 He got the coach, Ronnie was there, the rest of the coaching staff, spoke with 2023 01:16:13,335 --> 01:16:17,054 him, fed him lunch, took him to a women's basketball game and dropped him off. 2024 01:16:17,445 --> 01:16:18,375 Uh, so it's pretty cool. 2025 01:16:18,375 --> 01:16:21,405 But that's, uh, part of the reason why Harry has that bus license and the ability 2026 01:16:21,405 --> 01:16:24,974 to drive it is community minded, things like that, which obviously our group is. 2027 01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:28,110 A big part of still we'll have, you know, dollars for 2028 01:16:28,110 --> 01:16:29,820 Dingers is a big thing for ODU. 2029 01:16:30,179 --> 01:16:32,849 Uh, but Toys for Tots for us in the fall is like our biggest kind 2030 01:16:32,849 --> 01:16:34,170 of nonprofit event that we have. 2031 01:16:34,170 --> 01:16:38,670 We bring in all kinds of armaments and, uh, fighter jets and all 2032 01:16:38,670 --> 01:16:40,349 that stuff to, to help push that. 2033 01:16:40,349 --> 01:16:41,429 So be on lookout for that. 2034 01:16:42,929 --> 01:16:46,320 Um, I have one baseball related story that I wanna tell because 2035 01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:47,340 I just can't believe it. 2036 01:16:47,340 --> 01:16:50,280 And also kind of as a Astros fan, it's kind of funny. 2037 01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:55,290 Uh, so Ryan Presley talking about relievers and everything had potentially 2038 01:16:55,290 --> 01:16:59,700 one of the biggest meltdowns as a pitcher in pro baseball history. 2039 01:16:59,700 --> 01:17:00,900 And it was earlier this week. 2040 01:17:01,349 --> 01:17:03,179 Uh, they're in extra innings. 2041 01:17:03,599 --> 01:17:08,340 And, uh, Ryan Presley, final stat line, no outs recorded five hits, 2042 01:17:08,370 --> 01:17:10,469 nine runs, eight of 'em are earned. 2043 01:17:10,860 --> 01:17:15,599 One walk in, technically zero innings of work. 2044 01:17:16,139 --> 01:17:21,420 He, uh, went into the game with an ERA of 2.08 and he walked out with 7.62. 2045 01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:25,860 And he, he'll he could be amazing the rest of the year and he'll still end up 2046 01:17:25,860 --> 01:17:27,840 being like four and a half or something. 2047 01:17:27,840 --> 01:17:30,150 Yeah, it's, it's tough as a reliever to get that. 2048 01:17:30,150 --> 01:17:32,970 Ryan Presley's been a really good reliever for years. 2049 01:17:33,510 --> 01:17:37,800 I think he had only given up one run since the beginning of the season or one or 2050 01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:39,120 two runs at the beginning of the season. 2051 01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:42,330 He's been good, obviously great for the Astros for a long time as a closer. 2052 01:17:42,690 --> 01:17:46,830 Uh, but man, the only run that wasn't earned is the imaginary runner that 2053 01:17:46,830 --> 01:17:48,450 starts on second base and extra innings. 2054 01:17:48,630 --> 01:17:48,840 Oh wow. 2055 01:17:48,840 --> 01:17:49,590 That's fully on a run. 2056 01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:50,880 Everything else was earned. 2057 01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:51,840 There were no errors. 2058 01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:53,099 Uh, yeah. 2059 01:17:53,099 --> 01:17:56,160 But that's how quickly the world can change on a, uh, on a reliever. 2060 01:17:56,160 --> 01:18:01,860 So I think of like Sulp Pio who started out rough, his total stats for the season 2061 01:18:01,860 --> 01:18:05,700 may not look that great, but what he's done in the past couple weeks is huge. 2062 01:18:05,700 --> 01:18:05,880 I think. 2063 01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:09,269 Same for Alex Hunt, a couple of the other guys and it's like maybe 2064 01:18:09,269 --> 01:18:12,330 that lulls some teams to sleep when they're going down our pitching stats. 2065 01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:15,809 'cause we would probably do the same thing if we saw a guy with like a seven number 2066 01:18:15,870 --> 01:18:17,099 next to his name coming in to pitch. 2067 01:18:17,250 --> 01:18:18,630 Well to tell you right now. 2068 01:18:18,630 --> 01:18:22,590 So I happen to have, so Ezio came into the game with a 8 53 ERA. 2069 01:18:22,964 --> 01:18:25,544 Two scoreless innings, knocked him down to 6 89. 2070 01:18:25,665 --> 01:18:27,915 So almost two runs just off of that. 2071 01:18:27,945 --> 01:18:29,355 'cause that's how few innings he has. 2072 01:18:29,504 --> 01:18:31,424 Even just pitching. 2073 01:18:31,424 --> 01:18:33,405 Well it drops down some. 2074 01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:34,410 Yeah. 2075 01:18:34,549 --> 01:18:36,315 So yeah, I mean it's says a lot. 2076 01:18:36,644 --> 01:18:39,434 It's, it's wild how quickly things can turn one bad night. 2077 01:18:39,434 --> 01:18:43,245 And my goodness, you've gone from uh, probably a no doubter all star 2078 01:18:43,245 --> 01:18:46,665 2D FA, this guy send him down. 2079 01:18:46,695 --> 01:18:48,974 I didn't even wanna look at Lance McCuller yesterday. 2080 01:18:49,275 --> 01:18:52,394 Uh, he was on his second start back pitching for the Astros 2081 01:18:52,394 --> 01:18:53,684 after Tommy John's surgery. 2082 01:18:53,985 --> 01:18:56,504 And I looked, it was 10 to nothing reds in the first inning 2083 01:18:56,504 --> 01:18:57,825 and I just changed the channel. 2084 01:18:57,825 --> 01:18:58,155 So 2085 01:18:58,634 --> 01:19:02,144 one of the nicest human beings I think I've ever met Lance McCullers. 2086 01:19:02,174 --> 01:19:05,955 Like, what a dude, what a, they, the Astros have a lot of 2087 01:19:05,955 --> 01:19:07,485 really good, i I saw them a lot. 2088 01:19:07,514 --> 01:19:10,934 Um, their spring training was, was really when I was still going to spring training. 2089 01:19:11,054 --> 01:19:13,665 They had a really accessible spring training place and, and 2090 01:19:13,665 --> 01:19:15,855 they were always really nice too, so it was a good place to go. 2091 01:19:15,855 --> 01:19:19,605 And yeah, Lance is, is one of the nicest human beings you'd ever meet in your life. 2092 01:19:20,505 --> 01:19:22,575 Yeah, he was, uh, unfortunately getting some death threats 2093 01:19:22,575 --> 01:19:25,030 after the game yesterday, so I don't know if it's, uh, it's 2094 01:19:25,035 --> 01:19:25,425 crazy. 2095 01:19:25,845 --> 01:19:29,445 Gamblers are just really salty Astro fans, but, uh, either way 2096 01:19:29,445 --> 01:19:30,885 it's ridiculous. 2097 01:19:30,885 --> 01:19:31,905 It's just a baseball game. 2098 01:19:32,235 --> 01:19:32,805 Yes. 2099 01:19:32,860 --> 01:19:33,765 It's, it's 2100 01:19:33,765 --> 01:19:34,275 crazy. 2101 01:19:35,145 --> 01:19:38,355 All right, Gary, I don't know this, I, I think we're, we feel like we're, now 2102 01:19:38,355 --> 01:19:41,235 that we're just randomly talking to my Astros flares, it might be tough. 2103 01:19:41,235 --> 01:19:41,655 Yes. 2104 01:19:41,685 --> 01:19:43,095 I gotta stop that to wrap it up. 2105 01:19:43,305 --> 01:19:46,065 Well, there is one thing I have to, there's one thing I have to do real quick. 2106 01:19:46,125 --> 01:19:49,425 This episode of the Monarchist Podcast is brought to you by 2107 01:19:49,425 --> 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--> 01:20:25,500 I'm sure when he, when he finds out, he's be like, oh man, I 2122 01:20:25,500 --> 01:20:26,700 wish I would've seen the message. 2123 01:20:26,790 --> 01:20:27,120 Yeah. 2124 01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:28,710 He, we, and we, we did let him know. 2125 01:20:28,710 --> 01:20:30,960 Like he, I remember he did ask, he said there was some week he 2126 01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:32,010 knew we, this was happening. 2127 01:20:32,010 --> 01:20:34,950 So, you know, not ideal, but how stuff goes. 2128 01:20:34,950 --> 01:20:38,100 Again, if you, if you want things to be perfect, make sure, you know, give 2129 01:20:38,430 --> 01:20:40,020 or give enough to the, to the pride. 2130 01:20:40,020 --> 01:20:43,110 So this is all our, our full-time job, then we can all make it out. 2131 01:20:43,110 --> 01:20:43,500 Perfect. 2132 01:20:43,500 --> 01:20:45,030 And Gary's not off traveling wherever. 2133 01:20:45,030 --> 01:20:48,690 'cause he is, he is fully committed to, uh, to, to, to the fandom. 2134 01:20:49,394 --> 01:20:49,875 Yes. 2135 01:20:49,905 --> 01:20:51,344 Just don't become important at work. 2136 01:20:51,344 --> 01:20:52,724 And you'll get to see the coastal series. 2137 01:20:53,355 --> 01:20:53,894 Yeah, exactly. 2138 01:20:54,255 --> 01:20:57,525 But, uh, I'll be down in Montgomery for the Sunbelt tournament, so I imagine 2139 01:20:57,525 --> 01:21:01,634 we will continue to do some live things there, coordinate that from a couple 2140 01:21:01,634 --> 01:21:06,585 states away, uh, especially if these guys get in there and start winning some games. 2141 01:21:06,644 --> 01:21:07,245 Do some good stuff. 2142 01:21:07,245 --> 01:21:07,485 Fun. 2143 01:21:07,485 --> 01:21:07,785 Yeah. 2144 01:21:08,480 --> 01:21:12,495 And we're on that trajectory, like, as you said it, it's really, I 2145 01:21:12,495 --> 01:21:16,815 mean, I, I think you'd be lying as a Monarch fan if you said like about a, 2146 01:21:16,875 --> 01:21:18,495 you know, three weeks, a month ago. 2147 01:21:18,825 --> 01:21:21,705 It wasn't like, well this is, uh, you know, this is how 2148 01:21:21,705 --> 01:21:22,665 the season's gone, I guess. 2149 01:21:22,665 --> 01:21:25,184 I mean, I've said a few times, like, I just don't think we're 2150 01:21:25,575 --> 01:21:26,714 that good of a baseball team. 2151 01:21:26,714 --> 01:21:29,054 And we kind of played enough games and it kind of has proved it. 2152 01:21:29,054 --> 01:21:32,594 And now they're turning around and they're showing like, Hey, we're 2153 01:21:32,594 --> 01:21:35,505 gonna play like we Kainen like we should have been playing all year. 2154 01:21:35,505 --> 01:21:38,474 And, and yeah, it, it's been a tough year and you've had all these, all 2155 01:21:38,474 --> 01:21:40,905 these tests and all these trials and what you're seeing I think is, 2156 01:21:41,235 --> 01:21:44,804 uh, I think you said it or like one, some, somebody said it the other 2157 01:21:44,804 --> 01:21:45,884 day, but it was like, this is what a. 2158 01:21:46,504 --> 01:21:47,794 Battle tested team looks like. 2159 01:21:47,794 --> 01:21:48,485 I think you said that. 2160 01:21:48,485 --> 01:21:48,815 Yeah. 2161 01:21:49,144 --> 01:21:49,384 There you go. 2162 01:21:49,384 --> 01:21:50,254 I wanna make sure you get the credit. 2163 01:21:50,254 --> 01:21:53,674 Yeah, I mean, and, and it's the truth, like this is, this is what a team that 2164 01:21:53,674 --> 01:21:56,525 has been through the Ringer looks like and, and they're coming out the other 2165 01:21:56,525 --> 01:22:02,884 side with some lessons and finding success that a team that has had it easy 2166 01:22:02,884 --> 01:22:05,674 all year wouldn't, you know, it's one thing when you, when you blow everybody 2167 01:22:05,674 --> 01:22:09,875 out, you know, that was, uh, that my, my buddy Pat Nichols that, uh, the coach of 2168 01:22:09,875 --> 01:22:13,684 Greenbrier Christian at ODU u baseball alum, he had the second most home runs 2169 01:22:13,684 --> 01:22:17,434 of anybody in a season up until, um, a few of the guys just obl those records. 2170 01:22:17,525 --> 01:22:21,934 He, he's got his, um, his eight U team is his son Max is playing on 2171 01:22:22,264 --> 01:22:24,605 and they kind of blow people out. 2172 01:22:24,605 --> 01:22:26,735 I mean, it, it's, it's funny 'cause I go out and take pictures of them and 2173 01:22:26,735 --> 01:22:30,275 I've taken pictures of other folks as kids and, uh, these eight year 2174 01:22:30,275 --> 01:22:32,165 olds are like turning double plays. 2175 01:22:32,165 --> 01:22:33,934 I mean, they, it does not look like eight year olds. 2176 01:22:33,934 --> 01:22:34,955 Like I, I've seen, I've seen. 2177 01:22:35,355 --> 01:22:37,125 High school teams don't play as well as they play. 2178 01:22:37,605 --> 01:22:39,705 Um, and they blow out kind of every game. 2179 01:22:39,705 --> 01:22:44,565 And so, uh, I, I, his, uh, his mom Brittany had a post about a game, uh, 2180 01:22:44,595 --> 01:22:47,535 Syria, a tournament they played last weekend where they actually lost the game. 2181 01:22:47,805 --> 01:22:50,835 And she was like, we were worried we hadn't really prepared them for failure. 2182 01:22:51,375 --> 01:22:54,615 Uh, and so she, it was nice, she said they, they actually, they took it great. 2183 01:22:54,615 --> 01:22:56,775 They weren't wanting, they were just like, okay, let's go to work. 2184 01:22:56,775 --> 01:22:58,095 And they win and won the rest of the game. 2185 01:22:58,095 --> 01:23:01,400 And so it's, yeah, it sometimes, but sometimes those teams, the, 2186 01:23:01,485 --> 01:23:03,555 the whole point of that Longwinded story was sometimes those teams 2187 01:23:03,555 --> 01:23:06,855 who win too much, they did not prepared for win the you lose. 2188 01:23:07,095 --> 01:23:09,224 Um, and so we don't have that. 2189 01:23:09,224 --> 01:23:12,224 We have a team full of guys who were like, you know, if we lose, okay, we get down. 2190 01:23:12,224 --> 01:23:12,705 Okay. 2191 01:23:12,974 --> 01:23:15,525 And now they've kind of learned those lessons of how to come back, 2192 01:23:15,525 --> 01:23:18,974 how to get, and, and you're seeing guys step up and have success. 2193 01:23:18,974 --> 01:23:21,644 And it's, it's really, it's really fun to watch, man. 2194 01:23:21,644 --> 01:23:24,405 It's been a, it's been a fun few weeks here watching 'em win these games. 2195 01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:26,490 The growth has been awesome. 2196 01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:30,120 They're also just so much tougher than they were at the beginning of the year. 2197 01:23:30,420 --> 01:23:30,480 Yeah. 2198 01:23:30,480 --> 01:23:33,630 We would have Coach Finwood on, he would talk about toughness and attitude 2199 01:23:33,630 --> 01:23:36,420 and work and taking accountability. 2200 01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:38,220 And you, you see that now. 2201 01:23:38,250 --> 01:23:40,950 You see guys, we're still gonna strike out, we're still gonna get out, 2202 01:23:40,950 --> 01:23:44,040 we're gonna get out in big moments, but it's just like it's done before 2203 01:23:44,040 --> 01:23:45,120 they even get back to the dugout. 2204 01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:45,720 There's so many 2205 01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:47,640 more foul balls than the ab bats. 2206 01:23:47,640 --> 01:23:49,350 There's so many more fighting off pitches. 2207 01:23:49,350 --> 01:23:51,120 Getting one more pitch, one more pitch. 2208 01:23:51,420 --> 01:23:53,310 I before it is like, whiff, whiff, whiff. 2209 01:23:53,430 --> 01:23:53,850 All right. 2210 01:23:53,850 --> 01:23:54,240 Whatever. 2211 01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:55,020 Go back to the dugout. 2212 01:23:55,020 --> 01:23:56,640 Like, no, it's, it's, it's what? 2213 01:23:56,640 --> 01:23:57,090 Yeah. 2214 01:23:57,090 --> 01:23:59,220 I, I said it to him and I said to Hera, I was like, it took, it's like 2215 01:23:59,220 --> 01:24:01,860 it took half the year for what you guys were telling to finally sink in. 2216 01:24:02,760 --> 01:24:05,790 Well, today, JMU starts a guy through 36 pitches on Friday, and 2217 01:24:05,790 --> 01:24:06,810 we need to get him out of the game. 2218 01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:09,830 Through four and a third, I think it was at 95 pitches. 2219 01:24:09,830 --> 01:24:09,889 Yeah. 2220 01:24:10,070 --> 01:24:11,179 And we were able to get 'em out. 2221 01:24:11,179 --> 01:24:15,440 We, we got guys on base, knocked them out of the game, and we were able to, to get 2222 01:24:15,440 --> 01:24:16,669 ahead and get the hits that we needed. 2223 01:24:17,120 --> 01:24:21,650 So it, it is, it's that toughness and war of attrition in the Sunbelt tournament. 2224 01:24:21,950 --> 01:24:25,009 You can get the opposing starter to a hundred pitches in the fifth inning. 2225 01:24:25,129 --> 01:24:28,459 You're probably gonna win that baseball game and you're probably gonna screw 2226 01:24:28,459 --> 01:24:29,809 them for the rest of the tournament. 2227 01:24:29,809 --> 01:24:33,559 So that is a, a good skill to have, and glad to see it coming together for 'em. 2228 01:24:35,505 --> 01:24:35,895 All right. 2229 01:24:35,895 --> 01:24:36,375 We love it. 2230 01:24:36,375 --> 01:24:37,365 I'm, I'm excited about it. 2231 01:24:37,365 --> 01:24:38,745 We got our final home stand. 2232 01:24:38,745 --> 01:24:41,835 We got the game, uh, Thursday night, Friday at three. 2233 01:24:41,835 --> 01:24:43,875 I made sure I was off in the afternoon so I could come over and 2234 01:24:43,875 --> 01:24:46,605 get, see that, that's gonna be our graduation day before the game. 2235 01:24:46,965 --> 01:24:51,645 Uh, Saturday is the, the home finale at one o'clock. 2236 01:24:52,005 --> 01:24:53,715 Uh, and now we'll have our, our senior day. 2237 01:24:53,715 --> 01:24:56,385 So, so make sure if you're coming at these games, try to come out early. 2238 01:24:56,385 --> 01:24:58,845 Uh, graduation day is always cool 'cause they, they, these guys 2239 01:24:58,845 --> 01:25:00,765 obviously missed walking this weekend. 2240 01:25:01,095 --> 01:25:04,005 Um, I have you probably all kinds of great pictures from our sports teams with all 2241 01:25:04,005 --> 01:25:06,315 different athletes, but they didn't get to have that, so they get to have their 2242 01:25:06,315 --> 01:25:10,995 own walk, uh, on, on Friday and then, and then Saturday honoring our seniors, which 2243 01:25:10,995 --> 01:25:12,105 I think we, I don't even know the number. 2244 01:25:12,105 --> 01:25:13,095 We have a ton of seniors. 2245 01:25:13,665 --> 01:25:14,385 We do have a ton. 2246 01:25:14,385 --> 01:25:17,505 I'm sad that I'm gonna be missing it, but get to War Memorial 2247 01:25:17,535 --> 01:25:19,095 Thursday, Friday or or Saturday. 2248 01:25:19,095 --> 01:25:19,635 Get there. 2249 01:25:19,635 --> 01:25:20,955 Go see these guys play. 2250 01:25:21,344 --> 01:25:23,924 Uh, and then tuned into 'em for the Sunbelt tournament because they're 2251 01:25:23,924 --> 01:25:25,365 gonna be a very fun team to watch. 2252 01:25:25,365 --> 01:25:29,804 So if you hopped off the bandwagon when they were like 15 games over 500, come on. 2253 01:25:29,804 --> 01:25:30,405 Plenty of room. 2254 01:25:30,434 --> 01:25:31,184 Hop back on. 2255 01:25:31,184 --> 01:25:32,025 We whoa, hop 2256 01:25:32,025 --> 01:25:32,235 back 2257 01:25:32,235 --> 01:25:32,505 on. 2258 01:25:32,714 --> 01:25:36,525 Let's, let's end a, the athletic season and all the positive. 2259 01:25:36,525 --> 01:25:36,644 No. 2260 01:25:36,644 --> 01:25:37,424 By supporting these 2261 01:25:37,424 --> 01:25:41,085 guys, we are, they're the last, uh, ODU athletic team playing right now. 2262 01:25:41,445 --> 01:25:41,775 Yes. 2263 01:25:41,775 --> 01:25:42,344 The last ones. 2264 01:25:42,344 --> 01:25:43,455 And they just swept JMU. 2265 01:25:43,455 --> 01:25:44,085 So hey. 2266 01:25:44,144 --> 01:25:44,505 Yes. 2267 01:25:44,505 --> 01:25:47,205 Hey and j and well, you said four zero rival week beat, 2268 01:25:47,205 --> 01:25:48,915 beat, uh, VCU and three swept. 2269 01:25:48,915 --> 01:25:50,295 Three against, uh, JMU 2270 01:25:50,804 --> 01:25:51,045 pretty much. 2271 01:25:51,795 --> 01:25:52,275 What else? 2272 01:25:52,275 --> 01:25:53,745 What else can you want from A ODU sport? 2273 01:25:54,434 --> 01:25:56,924 I'm just glad we're recording today before anything else can 2274 01:25:56,924 --> 01:25:57,884 come out for the rest of the day. 2275 01:26:00,165 --> 01:26:00,735 There we go. 2276 01:26:00,855 --> 01:26:02,985 Uh, all right, well thank you everybody for tuning in. 2277 01:26:02,985 --> 01:26:04,065 This was a lot of fun. 2278 01:26:04,065 --> 01:26:06,554 Appreciate everyone who sent their comments and messages and. 2279 01:26:07,349 --> 01:26:09,090 Very inappropriate text messages. 2280 01:26:09,090 --> 01:26:10,110 That was actually hilarious. 2281 01:26:10,260 --> 01:26:10,380 Oh dear. 2282 01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:12,030 Yes. 2283 01:26:13,320 --> 01:26:13,710 All right. 2284 01:26:13,710 --> 01:26:15,599 Well, cb, anything else? 2285 01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:17,730 Hey, go Monarchs. 2286 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,080 Go Monarch.