Episode 15

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14th May 2024

S1E15 - Goodbye Bud With Vincent Bashara and Trent Buchanan

The guys recap an ODU win over VCU and a wild walk-off win to close The Bud. Plus interviews with pitchers Vincent Bashara and Trent Buchanan.

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Transcript
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Gary: Hello, Monarch fans, and welcome to the Hudson Homer's podcast.

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I am Gary, joined by my

partner in crime, CB.

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CB, hell of a way to close the bud.

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But how are you feeling?

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CB: I, you know, better

than I did during that game.

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I, at one point, I think the stress

and the emotions and the excitement got

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to me, and probably being a warmer day

and not drinking enough water, I really

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thought I was going to throw up at one

point about the 11th, 10th, 11th inning.

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I had to Uh, I really did and then

I got a little bit of water in me.

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It felt a little better And then of course

what an amazing way to set up the bug

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steven meyer just absolutely destroying a

ball I didn't even bother looking at where

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the ball went because I was just taking

pictures of him doing it I didn't realize

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he did a bad flip because again i'm losing

my mind Uh, so what a what an amazing

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way to end this iteration of the bud.

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Gary: He hit it right over

Bud Metheny in right field.

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CB: perfect.

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I mean, that's amazing

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Gary: How perfect is that?

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I mean, he hit it a good ways beyond the

wall, but it went right over top of it.

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Epic bad flip.

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Sunday game.

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Typically not drinking any beers.

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Got to talk to Finney

post game, drive back.

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But.

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Hell of a game to not have

a couple beers in you.

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Cause yeah, it was, uh, it was a wild one.

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CB: That game was something that went from

like well five nothing man we could we

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were on the bullpen doing a couple of the

grounds crew and the Facility management

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guys and we're talking about like well,

I know if you get 10 after 7 It's a you

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get to finish early But if you get I think

if you get 15 after 5, especially on a

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sunday I think you actually can finish

that i'm i'm not positive about that rule.

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I was like i'm I think it is And

then of course, you know, like

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an inning or two later, all of

a sudden that's uh, we're behind

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Gary: It, uh, it changed quickly, but we

will definitely talk more about the final

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game at the bud later in the podcast.

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But first I want to get you caught up on

dollars for dingers and bucks for bags.

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Uh, we added a couple this week.

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We're now at 48 home runs on the

season and we are at 77 stolen bases.

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Uh, I am not a math major,

but I believe that is 125.

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You should be socking away.

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Uh, for what's little bit is left of

the season here for those campaigns.

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CB: Yeah, I mean, that's great.

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I'm glad we we gathered together doing

both Uh, because you'll probably end

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up about what you would have been doing

last couple years for dollars for dingers

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So yeah Uh, it's good, you know, we're

getting some more home runs, weather

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heats up a little bit, guys are hitting

them out and still stealing some bags.

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I think we've now tied the amount of

stolen bags we had on this team last

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year, so we should definitely finish

with more than last year between the

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um, the, this coming weekend down

in Georgia and then the tournament.

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Gary: Yeah, absolutely keep stacking

and racking, uh, on the home runs

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and the stolen bases, but the week

started out in just awesome fashion,

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uh, ODU comes up 64 to the diamond to

take on VCU, and despite it being a

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six run game in the final box score,

once again, it was never that close.

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ODU controlled this game.

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Really from the third inning

on, and it was great to roll in

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there and beat down the ramps.

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CB: Yeah, I mean it's, it's always

great to beat VCU, uh, beat them twice

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in one year is great, because we kind

of had this weird thing going where

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they would come down to Norfolk and

win and we'd go up to Richmond and win,

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so once we got the win, In Norfolk,

it was nice to be able to like, okay,

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no, we still own you in Richmond.

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14 to eight victory.

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We just, it wasn't that close.

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Just a few garbage runs.

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They got there at the end, five hit

day for Luke waters of three RBIs.

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I mean, the top of the lineup TJ

can two for five calibers, two for

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four Luke waters, five for six.

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I mean, that's hard to go wrong

with your top three in the line.

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I'm doing that.

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Gary: Yeah.

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And two through four.

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So Edwards waters and Kenny LaVarie

each drove in three runs impressive for

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Kenny did not have a hit, still drove

in three runs on Tuesday at the diamond.

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It was wild.

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It was, a lot of like RBI ground

outs, putting the ball in play.

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I know he had a sack fly as well,

but you know, if, if you can drive

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in three runs without getting

hit, that's pretty impressive.

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CB: It's just a case of him being a team

player I mean, that's a guy who is you

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know It's it's what we need out of every

guy is like I want to do whatever I

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possibly can do To help my team win and

I guarantee kenny if you ask him after

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the game Yeah, i'm sure he's like I wish

I got a hit But he drove in three runs

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the team had a blowout win against a

rival And i'm sure he felt great because

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that's exactly what you want to do So, I

mean that's you couldn't ask for a better

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example from your veteran leader the guy

who um didn't realize within this next

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week is probably gonna Uh break the record

for games played by I know to you monarch

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Gary: He's definitely a

staple for ODU baseball.

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What's, I think, is it,

is it 2 23 or 224 now for

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CB: I will check on that while we're

here talking but he's I he's definitely

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up there I think I think throughout

if he plays all three on the weekend,

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I think the third game would be

227 Which would be the new record?

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Gary: that is just, just amazing,

uh, for one guy to contribute

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that much to our program.

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In the VCU game on Tuesday, ODU

got ahead, uh, three to nothing.

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VCU was able to answer back and get

three runs in the bottom of the second.

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But we just kept stacking runs.

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We got one in the third, three

in the fourth, one in the sixth.

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Really blew this game open in

the seventh inning and got to

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give a shout out to Jake Tyser.

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Uh, he comes in and pinch hits in

the seventh, ends up going two for

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two, but he doubles the left center.

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Uh, and that kind of starts a

parade of walks, hit by pitches,

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singles, putting the ball in play.

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Uh, just a lot of that good small

ball there in the seventh inning

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to plate five runs on three hits.

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And it was all over at that point.

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I will tell you the game

was a bit of a slog.

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I think it was the longest game

we had had so far this season.

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It was just over four hours,

maybe prior to Sunday's game.

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It was the longest, but

the weather was perfect.

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Not too hot, not too cold, enough

wind, not too much wind, no rain.

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It was a really just beautiful night

at the diamond and made all that much

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better by putting up 14 runs on the rams

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CB: Yeah, it was a typical

midweek, non conference game.

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Both teams used a ton of pitchers.

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There were all kinds of mid

inning pitching changes.

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You got a lot of guys who haven't thrown a

lot of innings, so they're, they're wild.

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Even if they do get an out, a lot of

times they're throwing like a full count.

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Um, unfortunately for VCU, a couple

of, uh, Hampton Roads local kids,

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James McGrady from Greenbrier Christian

and Phil Forbes from Menchville,

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both had some rough outings.

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Our pitching, you know, Dylan Brown did

not have, again, another great start,

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but he, we'll talk about later, he did

really have a, finished his week dynamite.

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Uh, kellen davis had one of his

best performance of the year.

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He got picked up the win Hitting a

third scoreless, uh really got out

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of a jam Bayley mattella came off

the uh kind of injured squad.

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He's had some shoulder issues been holding

him back Um, he pitched for the first

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time in a month struck out the first two

guys No problem next couple guys walked,

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um, and steven trone came in and did a

pretty good job cleaning that up Lincoln

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Ransom pitched a great scoreless inning.

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Nick Slapizio pitched a

great scoreless inning.

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Kyle Finn pitched another scoreless one.

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Uh, then Vincent Bechere came

out and cleaned up a little

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bit of a mess there at the end.

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So, so, you know, you give up eight runs,

it doesn't sound like the pitching did

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great, but there was a lot of, there

were a lot of really good individual

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performances in the midst of all that.

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Gary: And I don't think kyle finn had

thrown in almost two months I want to

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say the northeastern series was the last

time we saw him He did walk two batters,

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but he got a strikeout no hits no runs

Uh, so good to see him Just just get some

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action out there on the mound in the game

that you know We had in hand but as we

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saw a little bit later had the potential

to get out of hand Uh, but that they were

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able to to do what they needed to do to

lock it down You And to win that game.

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CB: Jack Slater too, while we're, while

we're talking about guys, Jack Slater with

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a couple of hits and a couple of rbis.

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Um, and he has not gotten a ton

of chances this year as a backup

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catcher, especially with, uh, as

many games as home was playing.

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But he, he's get got to play, you

know, with, uh, midweek and with

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Evan getting a little banged up.

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So Jack came in there and did great.

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That was, that was

really excellent to see.

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Gary: yeah, I took the

words right out of my mouth.

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Uh, you know, two for four.

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I think he was also hit by a pitch.

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He did a, a heck of a job

stepping in there for Holman.

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I know him and tone of kind of split time

when, when Holman's not been available,

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but I also thought he did a really

great job behind the plate defensively.

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Uh, the diamond is a very weird ballpark,

uh, both for outfielders and for catchers.

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And I thought he did a really good

job of, just keeping everything in

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front of them, uh, and, and keeping

the pitchers on track through a.

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Long 4 hours down there on the field.

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I tweeted out earlier this week of you

and I come on here and we talk a lot about

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just good people all throughout the O.

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Baseball program.

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And Tuesday was just a great example

of that, uh, 7 year old nephew,

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Brought him to the game.

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He is baseball obsessed.

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Reached out to John Holobetz

and Luke Waters before the game.

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Asked like, hey, would you, you know,

have a minute to meet him afterwards?

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They were like, oh, absolutely.

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So post game of a four hour game.

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Uh, they were looking

for us in the stands.

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We found them down the field.

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Uh, they.

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Talk to my nephew got a little too

shy to take a photo or anything,

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but they were happy to do that.

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Uh, we were looking for a baseball

and Bryce Jones was walking by,

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just happened to hear that we were

looking for a baseball and they had

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already taken the buckets to the bus.

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So Bryce Jones, without

any prompting started.

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Checking everyone's backpack who

was walking by to find a baseball.

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I think eventually found one in

Brandon Pond's backpack, made sure

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that we got it over there, uh, to him.

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And, uh, you know, that, that made

his day by the time he got to the

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concourse, he was not nearly as shy.

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And I think the way home and the next

day, all I could talk about was how he

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got to meet a bunch of baseball players.

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So just, some off field stuff

with our players that just makes

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you proud to be, somewhat barely

affiliated with the program.

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Uh, just a lot of just great people doing

some awesome stuff to make a kid's day.

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CB: I mean, I tell you that I've,

I've said, I've been coming around to

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ODU baseball for, you know, I've been

coming to games since the nineties when

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I was in high school and, you know,

coming when I came back, uh, went to

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start going to Old Dominion in 2003.

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Five, uh, started coming to games and

of started taking pictures in:

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And, you know, and I've

always really enjoyed it.

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It's always been, they've always

really accepted me and been very, um,

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thankful and opening for me being there.

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But ever since Chris Cohen showed up, uh,

it's just been, it's been another level.

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It's just, you feel like a family.

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You feel like everyone's accepted.

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Everyone's invited.

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Um, and that's not a thing.

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I mean, I talked to some people, you

know, I know guys who like, you know, go

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around and you see some other places and

some other teams in different places.

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It's not like that.

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And so it's, we have a

very special thing here.

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And I think , that's a uniquely

old Dominion story you told.

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It's not, not to say other places don't

take care of kids and talk to people.

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That's not all, but it's just the

idea of, like you said, these guys.

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Like, yes, absolutely.

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Of course, we're looking for him.

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Bryce Jones, no idea what's going on.

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Just like, he's just, just a great kid.

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And just like, I'm going to

find a ball because it's these

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guys wanted, the kid wants it.

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Uh, that, that, I love that story.

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And that, that's kind of, you

know, if it wasn't like that,

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you know, man, I'm old and tired.

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I wouldn't spend as much time

hanging out and doing stuff.

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If it was a bunch of butt heads, you

know, I'm not going to spend my time on

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people that aren't enjoyable to be around.

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So the, just the reality

of how great they are.

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It's always, it's always

fun to hear those.

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Gary: Yeah, and Monarch fans had

a great showing at the Diamond.

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I don't know if we outnumbered

VCU fans because VCU fans actually

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brought a really big crowd there.

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It was all ODU from about the sixth inning

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CB: I was gonna say there's a

lot of npcs at a certain point

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Gary: Yeah, yeah, definitely.

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It was, it was heavy on the ODU side.

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I will say they were, once again, not

prepared for the drinking habits of Old

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Dominion fans and grads and supporters.

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Uh, they have one concession

stand open on the first base side.

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If you've been to the Diamond.

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Uh, on the first base side, fairly

close to home plate, like the,

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maybe the second down aisle to

the seats on the first base side.

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At one point, the line was through

the little queue snake all the

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way down the concourse to the

end to the squirrels team store.

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CB: is like the other side it's going

from like the first base Yeah, the no the

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third base side of home all the way back

to down like basically first base, right?

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That's just saying like it's forever

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Too wasn't it?

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Gary: It was dollar hot dog night.

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I think they had to cut those off

in the fifth or the sixth inning.

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So I know the people in there were

working hard, but, uh, they were not

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put in a position to go win that day.

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I'll put it, put it that way.

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CB: That's funny

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Gary: I, I think it was like about

a, about a two and a half to three

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inning weight to, to get anything to

drink, but great showing by ODU fans.

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I know Kyle Cliff was there.

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We've met him and interacted with

him quite a few times for football.

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So nice to see him out.

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Uh, and many, many others, uh, some

old people I used to play baseball with

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back in the day, uh, including some

guys that coached for Tri Cities, uh,

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a few other places were there, so it

was a good night out at the Diamond.

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Uh, wish we were getting another 8.

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04 game, but we know as of this morning

that the Richmond game scheduled for

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Tuesday, uh, was canceled because

Tuesday is just gonna be a washout.

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CB: at least it's legitimate

reasons this time.

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It's not just you know, like we're

not ecu making stuff making up

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reasons Not to play vcu last week.

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It's it's it's actually going to rain Uh,

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Gary: was an interesting scenario because

VCU first put that tweet out as, uh,

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injuries within the ECU pitching staff.

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That was quickly deleted and put

back with They could travel or

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weather concerns or something

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CB: okay, so they told the truth and

then had to had to delete the truth.

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All right, that's fair, you know You

know ecu is always want to be a big fish

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in a small pond and so it makes sense

that they Are you know now that they've

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got a couple other fish in the pond that

might be of some certain size They want

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to make sure they can protect themselves

So, you know do what you gotta do

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Gary: well, it's a

good, it's a good thing.

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They didn't have that midweek because,

you know, it's not like they got

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swept by two lane over the weekend

or anything like that as a result.

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So,

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CB: Oh boy.

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Well, you know It had those

injuries on the pitching staff.

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So that's

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Gary: hey, maybe that

was actually accurate.

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We'll put a bow on the VCU game,

a season sweep of the Rams.

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I see it all the time.

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Beat your rivals.

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Baseball has done that this year.

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Very, very proud

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CB: We did we beat them to be vcu.

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Yeah, we're we we even uh took a

took a split the uva Yeah, we're

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baseball did a great point baseball

did a pretty great job this year

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Gary: Yeah, I mean, JMU,

VCU, those are the big two.

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Throw in a UVA game at Harbor Park.

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I mean, that is, that is all good stuff.

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Uh, but before we jump into the

App State series this weekend,

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want to give you all a heads up.

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We have two guests for you today.

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Uh, Vincent Becerra and Trent

Buchanan, uh, both came and joined

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us and had a great conversation.

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So we're excited to share

that with you as well.

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Let's jump into the weekend series.

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Definitely not the overall

outcome we were looking for.

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Uh, but man, some good baseball games

on Saturday and Sunday, uh, Friday

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got moved up from six to two because

of some weather in the forecast,

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which I think was right on the money.

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It started raining out by the

Norfolk airport at like 6 30.

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It was pouring down rain.

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So at least we got that game in, but

we, we saw those Appalachian state

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bats early and often than that one.

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CB: Yeah, you know frustrating couldn't

get out there, uh to see it because the

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game time but you're right it was the

right move jay cassidy just uh didn't

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quite have uh, the best start, you

know gave up three runs I think kellen

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gave up one of one of his runs too.

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He's done a lot of work.

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He's done great work.

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Um, he, you know, he did great

work in the game, uh, Sunday.

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You're pitching the guy

two, three times a week.

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Uh, and so he's going to have the time

every now and then where it just doesn't

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go perfectly and that's not his fault.

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Um, cause he, trust me, Kellan,

Kellan's had a phenomenal

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year and he's a great kid.

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Um, and Jacob Gomez, pitch five innings.

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He only gave up two runs.

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You know, that's a great outing.

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And Lincoln Ransom came in

and pitched really well.

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There Dan threw a scoreless inning.

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Um, at the end of the day, the ODU

pitching staff only gave up five runs to

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a team that averages like 10 runs a game.

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I mean, you can't really question how

successful they were in that game.

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Gary: We talked about it last week

on the podcast that Appalachian

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States offense is amazing.

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I think they were 2nd in the Sunbelt

at the time they were in the top 25

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nationally and batting average and home

runs and runs and all of those things.

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So, if you would have told me,

hey, we're going to hold app

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state to 5 runs in the opener.

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I'm telling you, we're probably

winning that game, eight to five,

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nine to five, something like that,

just because of, as good as they

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are hitting, they've been that bad

pitching this year, but they really

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got some great pitching performances.

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Jackson Steensma was great, went

six innings, gave up one run,

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eight hits, had six strikeouts.

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Uh, but we left nine guys on base.

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Uh, we got some hits, we got runners on

base, but it's something that we've seen

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before from this team of we get guys

on, we get them in scoring position.

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We just don't have that next.

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Two out hit to bring him in and

that's what we were really lacking

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on Friday was that next hit

that would drive in those runs?

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Because I think if we would have gotten

on Steensma earlier gotten him out

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of the game We probably would have

been more successful against some

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of their arms coming out of the pen

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CB: Yeah, I mean, we know their,

their pitching isn't great.

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I'm sure part of that is their, their,

uh, altitude up there in the mountains.

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Um, but they look, they look good

this weekend and yeah, you know, uh,

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Maverick song set a two hit game.

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Alex Boucher had a two hit game,

nine hits overall, but like I said,

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just could not get them bunched

and could not get them happening.

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At the same time.

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Friday was a frustrating one.

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It's just one where at a certain

point, it's like, you know, you pitched

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well enough, you just didn't score

enough runs and they just beat you.

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There's no, you really

can't say much about it.

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They, they just executed

when they had to execute.

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Gary: and we had a lot of deep fly

Balls to the outfield on Friday the

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temperature dropped probably 20 to

25 degrees during the game Uh, wind

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was blowing in from right center.

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So it was tough to get something out.

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I was a St.

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Lauren, uh, for app state was able to

get one out there in the eighth after

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the wind had died down a little bit,

but he had hit a missile to get it

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out of there over the left field wall.

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Uh, but just the story of, of

left on base and kind of some

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missed opportunities there.

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It's just that there's a very

fine line between winning and

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losing games in the Sun Belt.

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And unfortunately, we were on the

wrong side of that line on Friday.

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CB: You know, and as you said, it's

kind of been happening all season

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and it happened again on Saturday.

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You know, the same thing, the

pitching staff held app state.

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They only gave up four runs.

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Ben Moore gave up a couple

in his first two innings.

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Uh, and John Holabatze was.

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Phenomenal John Halibut's came in relief.

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He had the best outing any of you

pitchers had this year He threw seven

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inning his very first pitch was a home

run gave up a home run And then from

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then on through seven scoreless innings

only gave up one other hit no walks five

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strikeouts um, so again as a team you

only give up four runs to a absolutely

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monster offense And just could not get

the guys in when we had to get him in

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Jake ticer had a huge home run in

the ninth inning that tied the

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game and sent it to extra innings

Um, just absolute blast bomb.

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I mean that ball was again.

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I didn't even watch it.

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I'm like a ball so far going um, but

then he came up he actually came up in

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the 10th inning with a chance, uh to

Either tie the game go ahead You Uh,

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and just couldn't get a ball to the

outfield, couldn't get a ball, like a

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deep ground ball to second base, um, you

know, so there's a case of the execute.

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And, you know, really, if you

execute, uh, one at one every two

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times in baseball, you're amazing.

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So it's, it's unfortunate that he just

came up that situation the second time

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and couldn't quite make it happen.

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But it's not all on Tyson at one situation

against the, as the whole team, you

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had 10 innings and only got three runs.

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Gary: And I'm telling you, a quarter

of an inch higher on the bat,

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he makes contact with that ball

and it's a walk off Grand Slam.

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Because it was essentially the

same pitch, same swing on it.

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He just got under it and it went

kind of deep to second for fly out.

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And the runner couldn't tag up and score.

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Uh, but Tyser has been heating up lately.

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. CB: I will tell you his exact this

week in these four games He was 5

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for 14 with a double and a home on

a home run So 357 for the week for a

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guy who is still hitting Under 200.

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I actually looked back

his last 50 at bats.

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He's 13 for 50, which is 260 not

amazing But if you told me jake tyser

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all season was hitting 260 I guarantee

you'd be having a lot better season.

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So he is heating up.

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He is getting better at the right time

You Um, it's unfortunate they got such

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a large hole and the numbers are never

gonna look good, but you're right

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He's going in the right direction.

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Gary: and that's a bat we're going

to need in the lineup down the

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stretch here, both at Georgia state.

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And when we get into the conference

tournament, because we're missing that.

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That pop and you saw the impact that

he made, uh, on that game Saturday.

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I mean, We, we out hit app state

10 to 5 in that game and attend any

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game we held in the five hits we had

10, uh, but we didn't break through

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until the eighth inning and that was

a two out rally, , Kyle Edwards hit

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a double off the wall and then Luke

waters triples to bring the run ends.

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So it's 3 to 1, then we get there in the

9th and Tyser just absolutely clobbers

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a 1 0 pitch over the wall and right.

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I mean, a majestic.

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Home run over the right field wall, but

you think about all right If we don't

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have ticer in the lineup at that point,

we lose that game three to one right

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there in the ninth So just having that

extra bat that can put a charge into

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a ball Maybe be that two out hit for

us is going to be huge So hope to see

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him continue to go in that direction.

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He looks healthy He also looks like he

is seeing the ball really well He had

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either an 11 or a 12 pitch at bat on

Sunday where he drew a walk, just, I think

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things are starting to click for him and

it's coming at the right time for us.

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Um, but we want to point out in that

game, uh, Luke Waters and Kyle Edwards

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were both four for five in that game.

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So those guys accounted

for eight of our 10 hits.

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Uh, Boucher had another one and then of

course, Tyser's home run was the other.

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Uh, not a lot of production from

the lower parts of the lineup.

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And you know, I'll put that

some on, on our hitting.

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But.

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Dante Chirico, who pitched for App

State, had his best outing of the year.

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One run, seven hits over eight

innings, had eight strikeouts,

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uh, no walks, didn't hit anybody.

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Uh, it's about the best you can

ask for from your starter, who's

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probably your, your second best arm

that you have in your whole staff.

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Uh, because, you know, Zach Lewis comes

in and he gives up the two run shot.

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The Tyser and Cody Little got

himself into trouble, end up getting

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the save and not allowing a run.

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But, you know, he had bases loaded one

out there in the bottom of the tent.

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So getting into that bullpen

was something we needed to do.

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We just were not able to do

it fast enough on Saturday.

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CB: Yeah, I so I want to add some

stats you you uh, kyle and uh

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edwards and luke waters Who said a

couple of great games on saturday?

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Uh waters this past week in

those four games was nine for

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19 What's funny about that is?

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He was over in two of those games.

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He had a five hit game and a

four hit game that went five

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for 9 19, 9 for 19 for the week.

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Um, he's actually 12 for his last 27,

so that's a 4 44 average over that span.

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Um, Kyle Edwards, I didn't break

it down, so I, I just keep kind

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of adding 'cause see, Kyle's

been on a hot streak for a while.

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Um, Kyle is 20 for his last 52, so

he's hitting 3 85 over that span.

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Couple of doubles and triple the home run.

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So those are a couple of guys who again,

we've got some guys in the lineup who

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have been hot and got it going Um, we'll

talk about maverick stallings in a minute

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because he's he's doing phenomenally Yeah,

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Gary: Yeah, we'll, we'll definitely

talk about him here in a little bit.

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Uh, I want to talk a little

bit about Evan Holman.

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Uh, so we know that last weekend

over at Texas state, uh, got

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injured in the Friday game.

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I, what I was told he was kind of hit with

a pitch in the shoulder, may have bumped

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into the wall with the same shoulder.

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He did not play in the doubleheader.

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They had Saturday, did not play Tuesday

at VCU, uh, came back and started Friday.

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And this poor guy, I mean, he

just got beat to hell back there.

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Every foul tip was hitting him.

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He took a rough one that came off

the plate and right up into the cup.

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Basically dropped him

there for a little bit.

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I mean, he got beat to hell Friday, got

beat to hell all weekend, still came in.

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I believe later in the game is like

a defensive replacement on Saturday.

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I we've said it a lot.

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That dude is so freaking tough, man, like

a mere mortals would not survive what he

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has been through in the last two weeks.

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CB: I mean you you can't say enough about

what heaven is meant to this team I mean

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by i'm not even gonna wait to the end of

the year We we have some like end of the

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year awards, but the guy is the defensive

player of the year Uh, and what that

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means is being catcher is so important.

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He and he's just a He's

just such a good guy.

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He's so focused on what he wants to do And

he he's been a huge backbone to everything

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Gary: Yeah, we actually saw all three of

our catchers play on Saturday with Tone,

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Slater and Holman, they all got out there.

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So we were able to get a lot of

guys in, Alex Boucher took one off

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the head on Saturday was going to

stay in the game, but got pulled

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for a pinch runner and Jack Spite.

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So

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CB: I think that's still related to

he had the kind of I was a hamstring

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or whatever he had going on that Maybe

he pulled in that game where he was

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slotting in I missed about a week.

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And so I think that was more in that

situation It was like let's put jack

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on even though jack's not super fast,

but he's got a good bat and so He

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can run well enough and he ended up

being the one that was on base when

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uh, They didn't need to run fast

when ticer hits the ball 900 miles

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Gary: no, he was able to go trot

around and definitely you don't want

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Boucher trying to score on a double

from first and end up injuring himself

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more for the rest of the weekend.

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So it's a smart call, but yeah, I

think it was the first pitch of that

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a bat he got hit right in the helmet.

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Luckily it kind of deflected off.

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Wasn't a dead on shot, but, uh, it

sounded loud standing behind home plate.

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CB: It looked bad because if anybody was

uh, look at the pictures I shared There's

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there's one where you can see the bat

kind of the helmet kind of flying off in

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the air I think he just angled it right

and it just hit and the momentum took

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the helmet, but I don't think the actual

Head of the helmet did, did much to him.

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Boo's got a, got a hard head.

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He's going to be fine.

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Got to love this new walk up song too.

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The little boo thing.

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That's a, that's a great, I don't know

what that song is, but it's, it's fun.

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Gary: It was fitting for him, this big

power hitting dude walking up there

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to your, my little boo thing, but app

state took that one four to three, they

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got a solo shot in the top of the 10th.

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That was the difference.

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Yeah.

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I wasn't a bad pitch either.

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I mean, it was down and in, it

might've even been out of the zone.

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Just, uh, made good contact with

it and got it over the fence.

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I mean, just kind of

have to tip your cap to.

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A team that can hit the ball and they,

they hit home runs in bunches and we were

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able to limit them for the most part,

uh, this weekend, but so we're down two

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games, we've already lost the series, but

man, that Sunday game, if you were looking

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at the standings was really important

because if we would have lost that game,

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you know, going into it, not knowing

the other results, there's a chance

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that ODU could be sitting in that 11th

seeded out of the conference tournament.

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But, uh, the Monarchs, I think as coach

Finwood said afterwards, uh, they can

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battle, they don't know what else they've

got, but they know that they can battle.

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CB: Sunday's game was insane.

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It was all the emotions.

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You've got senior days.

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You got all these guys and we were

going to talk to Vincent Bechert.

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I didn't call him out for it, but

I he looked pretty emotional there

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when he was walking out with his

parents to the senior day plaque.

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Um, I I told you after we did

our interview with him, I said I

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definitely cried just talking to him.

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So you've got all these emotions,

you know, you got all these seniors

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and you got it's mother's day.

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It's all the moms where you got family.

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And then it's all this hoopla, you

know, cause it's, it's the last.

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Game at the bud before we

they do the big renovation.

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So it's you know, there's not gonna be

eight games at On the old dominion campus

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next year So I mean it's just the games

start out with all kinds of emotion and

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then you had we got up five nothing you

think Okay, this game is over and then

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we're down and we have to keep fighting

back and then we get ahead And then we

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blow the lead in the ninth and then you

know We give up the lead again in the

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tenth and we have to you know, keep uh

fighting and eventually Uh, steve and

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meyer just unleashes all those emotions

in this beautiful moment As you said the

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ball going right over, um, the bud nefini,

picture in right field a perfect way to

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to finish out a place You know that I said

i've been I mean we're coming up on 30

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years I've been going to games of the bud.

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Uh, it might be 30 years now.

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It might be 30 seasons I've

been seeing games there.

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What a wonderful way to end a weekend.

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Gary: Yeah, I think every sports fan

has those moments from their team

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that are seared into their brain.

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Like, some of them are good, some of

them are bad, and some of them are awful.

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Uh, this is one of those really

good ones that you'll never forget.

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Like, if you were there and you

stayed through all 12 innings, uh,

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you got a memory for a lifetime.

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And it's a memory that no one

else is going to be able to have.

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It won't be recreated because the Buds

are going to look so much different,

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uh, when they come back in 26.

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But man, yeah, how fitting Meier

who we'll talk about some of the

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events of the game in a minute.

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Uh, but for him in that moment to hit that

home run over the Bud Matheny picture to

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win it, walk it off, uh, just man, it.

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It's storybook almost

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CB: Yeah, I mean, you couldn't

have written anything better.

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I hated it.

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I hated every moment of it.

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I wish we'd have just scored

like five more runs when I was

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5 0 and had be done in seven and

just walked away happy that way.

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I wouldn't have felt

so sick to my stomach.

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Into today, continue to today.

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Just to know I'm, I'm, this is the

emotional baby I am about sports

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is that, uh, this thing was so

important to me that it ruined my, my

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body chemistry for a full two days.

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Gary: well, uh, Stephen Meyer

also got the scoring going for us.

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He had a single through the right side.

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A welcomed base hit with runners

and scoring position that drove

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:

in a run something we were

not able to do the day before.

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:

And the Friday before, and then

Maverick Stallings steps to the plate,

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did not have a good day on Saturday.

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I think it was over 5 Uh, he

gets a 2 2 pitch and just hammers

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it over the left field wall.

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Grand slam, 5 0.

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Uh, handshakes and high fives and we're

thinking we're in, in pretty good shape

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:

because uh, I'll let you talk about

Bash but Bash started and had one hell

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of an outing on the mountain for us.

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CB: Yeah, Vincent Bechere, the king of

Norfolk, the mayor of Norfolk, the Mr.

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Monarch himself, he did win that award,

uh, this year, he actually is Mr.

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Monarch, uh, he, he started, um,

I don't think he realized how long

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they were willing to let him go.

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Um, he was after the first inning,

you know, he knew Blake Morgan

605

:

was going to come after him.

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:

He was kind of asking Blake, well, like,

oh, so, you know, what did Marin tell you?

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:

And Blake's just kind of over there.

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He's just kind of starting

to stretch a little bit.

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:

He's like, I'm not throwing, am I?

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:

You don't see me, right?

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Like, just go out and do your thing.

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And so Batch, he threw five scoreless

innings, uh, only gave up a few hits.

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Um, I mean, that was, that was the best

performance of his college career, and

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he's had a very, very solid college

career for a guy who was not thought of.

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I'm saying he wasn't well thought of.

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He just really wasn't thought

of coming out of high school.

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:

I mean, I don't know that he really had.

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I'm sure he could have gone other

places, but I don't know that there

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really were anybody else that was

really wanting to have him and he really

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:

wanted to come to ODU and we were,

we were happy to make that happen.

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He had to work his butt

off, uh, to be where he is.

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:

And he's been a very important

part of this pitching staff

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the last three seasons.

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Um, and this was, this was a huge moment.

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:

So it was, it was, it could not be

more fitting to have your Norfolk

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native, a guy with a long family

ties to the old Dominion and start

627

:

this game in the last game at the

bud and do so well again, storybook.

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:

Gary: I mean it was fitting and of

course prior to the game they did

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the uh, the first pitch with the

moms of all the players so we had

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all the moms out there throwing a,

a first pitch kind of in, in tandem.

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It was a lot of fun.

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:

It was, Really, really cool to see.

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:

Uh, but something interesting from

Bash's start, uh, that was the first

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time an ODU starter had gone five

innings and was in line for the win.

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:

Since February 25th against Rutgers.

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And that was our other

guest today, Trent Buchanan.

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:

CB: I told you he did.

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Gary: yep, he was the only other one.

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:

So I know we went to the open or not

long after that, but for a starting

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pitcher to go five, and of course

it's Vincent Becerra it's senior day.

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:

It's a must win game for ODU and he

comes through in the clutch, but.

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:

App state wasn't exactly going to go

down lightly on Sunday, unfortunately,

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:

and that's where the fun kind of began.

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:

CB: Yeah, Blake came in, uh,

did not have his best stuff.

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Blake Morgan threw an inning, gave

up a couple of runs, brought out

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Bailey Metella, then the seventh.

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:

Um, and again, he's kind of

recovering from, he's still

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:

trying to work his way back.

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:

Uh, he didn't do that great.

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Um, he put a few guys on and then

ended up with Lincoln Ransom pitching.

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:

And then we saw, uh, our second

Grand Slam of the day, unfortunately.

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:

Gary: Holder back for app state got one

up and out over the left field wall.

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:

Uh, I think 3 of the 4 runs that

came in were earned and it's 6 to

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5 after the top of the 7th, but.

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:

Low and behold, bottom of the

7th, who comes to the plate?

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:

Mr.

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Maverick Stallings, solo shot

over the wall and right to

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:

tie things back up at 6 6.

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:

And at this point, I think everyone's

stomach is turned and last call has

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:

already happened at Rally Alley.

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:

There's no booze to get you through this.

662

:

You're just going to

have to grit and bear it.

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:

Man, it was wild down

those final few innings.

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CB: Yeah.

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:

And, Kellen came in, uh, after Lincoln

gave up that granny and he got a few

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outs and then pitched another scoreless.

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:

And so Kellen had another, uh,

really outstanding, uh, performance.

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:

So he said he pitched.

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Three times this week and two of them

were outstanding and one of them was like

670

:

just okay Not a bad week for the kid.

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:

Kellen has been a huge part of the

pitching staff this year Um, yeah, odu

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was able to uh, get the lead back, right?

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We we scored uh three runs at the

bottom of the eight Um, which again,

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:

Stallings was a part of, he, he walked

a run in, and then Bryce Jones was

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able to come up, who had to come

at the game because, TJ Aiken and

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Stephen Meyer, had a collision in the

outfield, which I do not understand

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how it didn't knock both of them out.

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I have a picture I haven't, uh, been

able to share yet, but it looked like

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TJ basically speared the top of his head

into the side of, Stephen Meyer's jaw.

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Um, it looked like, uh,

again, I'm not a doctor.

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I don't know anything.

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It looked to me like

maybe TJ had a concussion.

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:

We'll have to see.

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That's the thing to look out for.

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:

It's, it's possible, especially at

this point in the year, if he has

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a concussion, you might not get

to play any more of the season.

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I don't know how, I don't

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ever want to fight or box Meyer

in any way, shape, or form

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if he, that

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didn't knock him out.

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I don't

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:

know what would, you might

be, he might be the incredible

693

:

Hulk.

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Like, yeah,

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that man is unhittable.

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Apparently, um, but

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so Bryce, uh, came up,

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he

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got

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a big, two run,

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Single.

702

:

So then the Monarchs have a three

703

:

run lead

704

:

going into the top of the ninth.

705

:

Gary: I think the most impressive

thing about the collision is first

706

:

of all, it made me sick to my stomach

because, you know, we've had TG on here.

707

:

We've had steam.

708

:

We've gotten to know both those guys.

709

:

Like, my first thought is me

like, Oh, my God, are they okay?

710

:

Are they moving all of that stuff?

711

:

Uh, but Stephen Meyer hung on to the

712

:

ball and made the catch.

713

:

I don't know how in the world he did

that I mean, those two guys are probably

714

:

two of the fastest guys on the team.

715

:

They were running full

speed together and crashed.

716

:

And Meyer held on the ball.

717

:

I don't know how I think you're right.

718

:

He's must be like a superhero in disguise.

719

:

He's just playing it low key.

720

:

Um, but yeah, made that catch and it

was important to get out of there to

721

:

not allow more runs because that was,

you know, ending that had already gone.

722

:

South on, on ODU, but go in the ninth

inning I don't want to say the wheels

723

:

totally fell off, but they started getting

a little bit shaky there with, you know,

724

:

RBI single and then a runner advances

on a throwing area, you know, not, not

725

:

hitting the cut the way that you should,

and you get a sacrifice fly and then.

726

:

We're still up by one.

727

:

Uh, you got runners on first and third

hard hit ground ball into the shift to

728

:

the right side, right to Kyle Edwards.

729

:

Uh, who's our, best fielder, like

him and Kenny can go fight over who's,

730

:

who's the best infielder, uh, from

feeling perspective, but somehow the

731

:

ball, it was hit hard and a lot of

top spin ate him up a little bit.

732

:

Runners safe at first time run scored.

733

:

And we're just thinking, man.

734

:

This is not our day.

735

:

I think coach Finwood said the same thing

post game when he saw that of her best

736

:

defenders on making that it's just not

our day, but the guys weren't done though.

737

:

I mean, app state got another run in

the top of the 10th on a basis loaded

738

:

walk, to Tali, who, if you saw any,

his stats this weekend, he is an

739

:

absolute monster of a baseball player.

740

:

So maybe walking him was like

the old Barry Bonds treatment of,

741

:

we're not going to let you hit a

grand slam or a three run double.

742

:

Just going to give up the one.

743

:

CB: You know, That was so tough because

that was Marco Lovari started that inning,

744

:

uh, which to go back to the ninth inning

when, uh, they gave up the free runs, you

745

:

know, Brandon pond who had given up the

home run on Saturday to lose the game.

746

:

They brought him back out with

a three run lead the ninth

747

:

to close the game on Sunday.

748

:

And I, I know the thought process

is like, you know, pond is good.

749

:

Pond is one of our guys.

750

:

We believe in him.

751

:

We want to go out and get his confidence.

752

:

And so it's, it's so upsetting and

frustrating that he, that he had a bad

753

:

outing, I'm sure, I hope he's able to

turn the page because I I'm with him.

754

:

I believe Brandon Ponds, one of our

guys, and we're not going to succeed.

755

:

this weekend coming up and

down the tournament unless

756

:

Brandon believes in himself.

757

:

Um, but Marco, a freshman, he hasn't

pitched a ton to put him in, it's

758

:

a tough spot coming into a tie

game in the, uh, the 10th inning.

759

:

He just did not have his stuff.

760

:

He was walking guys, hitting

guys, um, uh, had a balk.

761

:

Stephen Trone came in with no

outs in the base of loaded.

762

:

Got a couple of outs without giving up a

run and then just, you know, for whatever

763

:

reason, couldn't throw a strike to Tali.

764

:

So, you know, he got the out after that.

765

:

I honestly, to me, if you come

into a game with no outs and bases

766

:

loaded and only give up one run,

767

:

you did your job.

768

:

Um, so it's, Yeah, you

know, it's, it's frustrating

769

:

that he, he wasn't able to.

770

:

Just shut it down.

771

:

But at the same time,

it's like, Hey, you know

772

:

I

773

:

don't know what

774

:

else I can ask for a guy.

775

:

If I, if you, if you

776

:

get me bases loaded,

777

:

no outs, if you come up with one run, most

778

:

times it'd be like, Hey man, great job.

779

:

Congrats.

780

:

So trones trones, uh, really

come on really well as,

781

:

as the season

782

:

Gary: Yeah, and then there in the

bottom of the 10th, I mean, I think

783

:

the story of that inning that allowed

us to tie it and continue the game

784

:

was the amazing at bats that we had

785

:

to draw some walks

786

:

like Evan Holman walked and I think, I

787

:

think maybe he only saw seven pitches in

his at bat, uh, Maverick Stallings gets a

788

:

walk and you know that he's wanting to

just swing away and try and hit that,

789

:

that third home run, but he doesn't,

he has an eight pitch at bat, draws

790

:

a walk, there's a wild pitch that

gets runners to, to second and third,

791

:

and then Bryce Jones, Bryce Jones.

792

:

He had a 12 pitch at bat and drew a walk

to load the bases, like a 12 pitch at

793

:

bat for a guy who is coming in off the

bench, did not start this game, uh, and

794

:

then Kyle Evers with some redemption, hits

it fly ball, the deep center field, Jack

795

:

Slater scores, the game is tied again.

796

:

So, I mean, just some, some craziness.

797

:

We're talking about this

being a gut wrenching game.

798

:

You're hanging on every single

pitch and these super long at bats.

799

:

Uh, and, and it was wild, uh, nothing

happened in, in the 11th, but we

800

:

got some magic, uh, in the bottom of

the 11th that I think propelled us

801

:

to do some good things in the 12th.

802

:

CB: So, they they brought Dylan

Brown in to pitch in the 11th inning.

803

:

We said he started on Tuesday.

804

:

Didn't do that great.

805

:

His last few starts have not been great.

806

:

I've been thinking for a while.

807

:

Maybe just put him in the pen.

808

:

He he seemed to do really

well in one inning.

809

:

Dylan came out.

810

:

He pitched really well

in his first inning.

811

:

Um you know, had a I

think he walked the guy.

812

:

I had a couple of things here and there.

813

:

Uh but pitched really well.

814

:

Because of some weird maneuvering in

about the eighth inning, they had to

815

:

pinch run for uh, Tyser right so hunter

cole came in pinch run for tyser.

816

:

Well, uh tyser was playing first base

Finney made the choice to move alex

817

:

boucher off the dh to play first base.

818

:

Um, I personally would have just had

hunter cole play first base, but I

819

:

don't know what they know I don't

know if hunter hurt in some way.

820

:

I don't know if they just Have decided

he's not a good enough first baseman.

821

:

I don't know what it is But

whatever it was they decided to

822

:

make uh, boucher the first baseman.

823

:

So they lost the dh Well when you had

a three run lead, it didn't seem as

824

:

important it did when you came up in

the bottom of the 11th Uh, and you had

825

:

two outs and dylan brown had to come and

hit Uh, dylan brown who I was not sure

826

:

had ever hit and we had trent buchanan.

827

:

You'll hear him later Dylan brown

is not is not a hitter He's not

828

:

one of these guys you're like,

oh, yeah, he could have done like,

829

:

uh, dylan brown is

830

:

also

831

:

a

832

:

six foot five

833

:

giant Um, he came up to the plate.

834

:

He looked like a he looked like a hitter

835

:

Um took a couple hacks and he hit

a extremely hard hit Uh line out.

836

:

the center field that uh

837

:

that really I for a second I was

838

:

like did dylan just accidentally hit

a hit a home run to win this game

839

:

Gary: Yeah, I mean, he squared that ball

up and hit it to dead center and probably

840

:

needed about another 20, 25 feet to

either hit it off the wall or get it out.

841

:

Um but

842

:

you can almost see him relax a little

843

:

bit after that and the pressure was off.

844

:

Uh, and came in there in the 12th and

continue to pitch and he got, a ground

845

:

out of fly out of a strikeout and nothing

going for app state, uh, in the top of

846

:

the 12th, which was great because if

you're looking at the lineup, the last

847

:

batter he struck out was their leadoff

hitter, St Loren, who is amazing hitter.

848

:

And he's followed by a bunch of

really, really strong guys after that.

849

:

So getting that strikeout was huge.

850

:

CB: By the way, I want can we take a

second to talk about how good their

851

:

hitters are they're so good because

they are just fighting on every pitch

852

:

They foul off pitches They're they're

constantly their whole goal is to

853

:

put the ball in play I was telling

talking about their parents up in the

854

:

stands Uh during the game on sunday.

855

:

I was like I have thoroughly enjoyed

watching these guys hit Because of

856

:

their approach they just they are not

willing to strike out We didn't get

857

:

a lot of strikeouts the whole series

858

:

Uh

859

:

because these guys Want to put the

860

:

ball

861

:

in play?

862

:

They they will foul you off value

863

:

off value off until finally

you just get so frustrated

864

:

that you have to give them something And

they put the ball in I mean If if every

865

:

team and every batter would approach

866

:

hitting like this Man games

would be long because there'd

867

:

be a lot of fouled pitches,

868

:

Gary: Yeah, I was listening to

Andy Mishaw on the call of the

869

:

game as I was on my way down there.

870

:

I didn't quite make it

for first pitch, but

871

:

they did the

872

:

end game interview

873

:

with App State's coach

874

:

and he said, you know,

we take the approach of

875

:

death by a thousand cuts.

876

:

And it's those little things

877

:

of not

878

:

striking out, getting the foul balls, you

know, capitalizing on mistake pitches.

879

:

And that's what they did.

880

:

And they've done a great job.

881

:

Their, their lineup is fantastic.

882

:

If you put that lineup with

ODU's pitching, we're probably

883

:

not losing many games.

884

:

Thanks.

885

:

Thanks.

886

:

Yeah,

887

:

CB: championship.

888

:

Well, speaking of one of our

good hitters, I said, I had some

889

:

since we were kind of talking

about good hitters, Maverick

890

:

Stallings, uh,

891

:

his last 10 games, which is

basically the last three conference

892

:

weekends and then a

midweek against VCU, uh,

893

:

13 for 38, 342

894

:

average for homers, 11 RBIs.

895

:

That's again, we have, we have

896

:

some guys that are really trending

897

:

in the right

898

:

direction at the end of the

899

:

season here when we need

900

:

Gary: he had been heating up for a

few weeks, but man, he has just been

901

:

busting out lately and much like Tyser.

902

:

We're happy to see the power come

back into the lineup, especially

903

:

with Edwards and water's hot.

904

:

Uh, you know, Kenny has cooled off a

little bit, but he's still producing.

905

:

Uh, they just needed to connect,

just have everybody click and

906

:

hopefully, you know, it's, it's this

907

:

weekend at Georgia state or it's

the weekend after that, uh, down in

908

:

Montgomery, but Stephen Meyer hitting that

walk off one Oh, pitch just clobbered it.

909

:

Uh, I think he got ejected and then

un ejected because of the bad flip.

910

:

We're not quite sure of how that

all went down, but who cares?

911

:

He hit the home run.

912

:

It was gone.

913

:

It was amazing.

914

:

And it's a, uh, immortalized moment.

915

:

Or that rendition of the

bud to go out that way.

916

:

And it's a lot of fun postgame talking

to those guys, uh, being on the field.

917

:

Just, you can, you can feel that

energy and those are the kinds of

918

:

things that can propel you to do a

lot of really, really cool stuff.

919

:

Monarch fans stay tuned.

920

:

Uh, we're going to have the interview

with Vincent Bechera quickly followed

921

:

by the interview with Trent Buchanan,

both awesome guys, you're going to love

922

:

hearing their story and learning more

about them, and Uh, and then we'll jump

923

:

back in, give you a quick preview of

Georgia state, which is a critical series.

924

:

I mean, it doesn't get more critical

than what we're going into this weekend.

925

:

We're gonna talk all about that,

the Sunbelt standings, uh, and

926

:

when we come back, so thank you

all for listening and stay tuned.

927

:

Hello, Monarch fans and welcome

back to the Hudson homers podcast.

928

:

We are joined by Vincent Bashera

today at an awesome outing on Sunday,

929

:

really a great season coming out

of the bullpen and then starting

930

:

yesterday for ODU baseball bash.

931

:

Thanks so much for joining us today.

932

:

Vincent: guys for having me.

933

:

Gary: Oh, want to ask you first about

yesterday, getting the start going five

934

:

innings, looking amazing out there.

935

:

Uh, how did it feel yesterday knowing

that senior day last game at the bud?

936

:

What kind of fired you

up for that performance?

937

:

Vincent: It wasn't just for me, you

know, it was for the whole team.

938

:

That's history.

939

:

That last game is history.

940

:

Uh, last game at the original bud.

941

:

Um, and then my family, you know, my

mom, my dad, and my siblings and extended

942

:

family, it's special to them, but knowing

that I didn't have to put on some cape

943

:

for yesterday, uh, going into that,

I didn't have to do anything special.

944

:

I just had to be me and be myself.

945

:

And I think that's what I've been

good to be able to show, or I've been

946

:

able to show over the past, uh, And I

mean, past two years, uh, Nick Murray

947

:

showed me how to express my own,

like be myself on and off the field.

948

:

Um, and that's what I've done.

949

:

That's why you see me laughing and

dancing up there on that mound.

950

:

CB: You're always good for getting

some reaction and coming off.

951

:

I love the, um, I'm assuming

it's kind of like you're you're

952

:

swinging your, um, your pistols and

putting them back in the holsters.

953

:

Is that what that one is?

954

:

Vincent: Yeah.

955

:

That's my little thing.

956

:

I don't know where that came from, but

it kind of started last year and we

957

:

ran with it and stuck with ever since.

958

:

Kind of lost it this year.

959

:

Stopped doing it, but it's been cool.

960

:

That's my little thing.

961

:

I did it yesterday.

962

:

Originally it was just the pistols.

963

:

I never put them back in the holster,

but at JMU last year, uh, something

964

:

happened where I was doing it.

965

:

I made eye contact with Marin and then

something kind of, I guess bad happened

966

:

and I put him back in the holster.

967

:

I was like, Oh, not right now.

968

:

So that's where that started.

969

:

I know that.

970

:

CB: Gotta put a put down my imaginary

pistols before Maren gets upset at me.

971

:

All right, that's fair.

972

:

Since we're on the topic, you know,

I, what I always find fun about you

973

:

is you come up with a lot of you

and it seems like Bryce Jones, uh,

974

:

correct me if I'm wrong, but y'all

come up with a lot of nonsense words.

975

:

Um, I think he was yesterday.

976

:

You were trying to get

Feynman to say, was it Wodica?

977

:

And I've heard, I know

Gleater was one Wobo.

978

:

There's a lot.

979

:

There's a whole like litany.

980

:

Okay.

981

:

Over the years of ever

changing nonsense words.

982

:

Can you talk about that a little bit?

983

:

Vincent: Yeah.

984

:

I gotta give a lot of

credit to Kyle Edwards.

985

:

Uh, kids, but us three, yeah, definitely

come up with some interesting words.

986

:

Uh, You know, you're going to sit

here, you're going to sit here

987

:

and ask me, what do they mean?

988

:

What do they mean?

989

:

I'm going to tell you, they mean

nothing and you're not going to believe

990

:

me, but no, they really mean nothing.

991

:

CB: I fully

992

:

Vincent: Uh, Wooticus Wooticus is what

I was trying to get Feynman to say.

993

:

Uh, it started from Wooty Woo.

994

:

Uh, it's from my other teams

doing all that Wooty Woo.

995

:

I, I don't, I don't have an

explanation for you, but.

996

:

We don't want other guys being

on that Wooticus Wooticus.

997

:

Uh, Jay, Jay Cassidy has

been a huge part of that.

998

:

Um, just humor, you know.

999

:

Uh, I think a lot of teams out

there are like super serious, man.

:

00:47:39,539 --> 00:47:42,269

Like, we're a bunch of little

kids out there that are

:

00:47:42,269 --> 00:47:43,659

playing that grown man sport.

:

00:47:44,089 --> 00:47:45,649

Um, just having fun.

:

00:47:45,649 --> 00:47:47,819

I think that's what makes us good.

:

00:47:48,149 --> 00:47:51,079

Being able to go out there and have

fun and do our own thing, you know.

:

00:47:51,429 --> 00:47:53,199

Um, Marin says it best.

:

00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:57,549

That's our stage out there and that's

where we get to express ourselves.

:

00:47:57,549 --> 00:47:57,564

Wooticus Wooticus.

:

00:47:57,564 --> 00:48:00,484

Gary: We had J on the podcast

earlier this year, and he taught

:

00:48:00,484 --> 00:48:02,254

us about inducing the bounder.

:

00:48:02,254 --> 00:48:05,324

And we kind of realized that there's

going to be some more shenanigans

:

00:48:05,324 --> 00:48:06,854

coming out of that bullpen group of.

:

00:48:07,234 --> 00:48:08,284

Inducing the boundary.

:

00:48:08,284 --> 00:48:10,374

And then the next game I started

watching it and seeing it

:

00:48:10,394 --> 00:48:12,154

unfold there in the bullpen.

:

00:48:12,224 --> 00:48:14,764

So definitely seems like y'all are

having a great time over there.

:

00:48:14,884 --> 00:48:18,944

Vincent: Hey man, I don't know if

you saw yesterday, I was, some, a

:

00:48:18,944 --> 00:48:23,474

kid got on, and I put up two fingers

at the dugout, I was, get ready for

:

00:48:23,474 --> 00:48:25,324

a two ball, we yelled, two ball!

:

00:48:25,924 --> 00:48:29,044

And uh, that's what I was doing out

there on that mound, sure enough,

:

00:48:29,074 --> 00:48:33,134

rolled a double play, and Jay,

Jay's definitely started that one,

:

00:48:33,344 --> 00:48:35,384

frugality, being able to be frugal.

:

00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:36,509

CB: That's a solid word.

:

00:48:37,589 --> 00:48:42,179

So bash, you have such a history with

ODU, uh, between you and your family.

:

00:48:42,179 --> 00:48:46,529

Can you tell everyone a little bit

about, you know, basically your,

:

00:48:46,529 --> 00:48:49,859

your family's history with ODU and

how you ended up playing at ODU?

:

00:48:51,044 --> 00:48:55,714

Vincent: Yeah, uh, well my grandfather

played baseball at ODU, Brian played

:

00:48:55,714 --> 00:48:59,954

baseball at ODU, Christina played soccer

at ODU, my mom graduated from ODU.

:

00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:02,259

My dad graduated from Norfolk State.

:

00:49:02,329 --> 00:49:03,059

He's a Spartan.

:

00:49:03,449 --> 00:49:03,849

But,

:

00:49:03,849 --> 00:49:05,594

that led me to, um, ODU.

:

00:49:05,594 --> 00:49:07,949

And ODU's been my dream school.

:

00:49:07,989 --> 00:49:12,169

Uh, I was saying earlier, in my fourth

grade journal, it was to build a boat

:

00:49:12,329 --> 00:49:15,299

and to be an ODU baseball player.

:

00:49:15,299 --> 00:49:16,849

And I did both of those things.

:

00:49:16,889 --> 00:49:20,699

And ODU, I was, I was kind

of always a counted out kid.

:

00:49:21,269 --> 00:49:26,879

Granted, like, I don't know if it was

counted out or I was just 136 pounds.

:

00:49:27,899 --> 00:49:31,809

So I think if I was a coach, I would

have counted me right out too, you know,

:

00:49:32,349 --> 00:49:35,619

uh, but with the help of Eric Potter,

CB, I don't know if you remember Eric

:

00:49:35,619 --> 00:49:38,909

Potter, but he helped me

through a lot of stuff, man.

:

00:49:38,909 --> 00:49:45,149

Like I was undersized and he helped

me work hard and he gave me a spot

:

00:49:45,159 --> 00:49:47,323

to work out and it led me to ODU.

:

00:49:47,724 --> 00:49:49,804

Um, but Odie was always my dream school.

:

00:49:49,834 --> 00:49:52,734

Finney called my dad one day and

said, Hey, I want to talk to Vincent.

:

00:49:52,744 --> 00:49:55,994

And I got to go into Finney's

office and he told me, Hey man,

:

00:49:55,994 --> 00:49:57,434

I got a roster spot for you.

:

00:49:57,434 --> 00:49:59,394

Uh, everything's earned.

:

00:49:59,404 --> 00:50:01,054

You got to work hard and earn everything.

:

00:50:01,064 --> 00:50:02,334

Nothing's going to be given to you.

:

00:50:02,334 --> 00:50:06,044

And Pauly Beticulario set that

straight with me early anyway.

:

00:50:06,494 --> 00:50:08,164

So that was already ingrained in my head.

:

00:50:08,259 --> 00:50:08,919

You got to work.

:

00:50:08,959 --> 00:50:10,659

And everything's earned.

:

00:50:10,659 --> 00:50:12,373

And I mean, that drove me.

:

00:50:12,374 --> 00:50:14,773

Finney, it's funny.

:

00:50:15,434 --> 00:50:17,194

I was talking about, about today.

:

00:50:17,194 --> 00:50:22,704

There was a, a woman that it was pouring

down rain outside and a woman came in.

:

00:50:23,174 --> 00:50:26,084

I guess she was walking to the rec

or something and it was pouring

:

00:50:26,084 --> 00:50:29,464

and she needed an umbrella and

Finney just handed her an umbrella.

:

00:50:30,094 --> 00:50:32,264

And that's what being

a monarch is all about.

:

00:50:32,274 --> 00:50:37,914

Helping people, integrity, having

compassion for others and just dedication.

:

00:50:39,359 --> 00:50:41,089

Being there for others, serving others.

:

00:50:41,119 --> 00:50:43,289

And that's something Finney's

ingrained in all of us.

:

00:50:43,659 --> 00:50:46,699

Uh, be a servant, be a leader,

uh, find a way to help.

:

00:50:47,589 --> 00:50:49,249

You're not doing anything

if you're not helping.

:

00:50:50,399 --> 00:50:52,549

There's no, no way of

being selfish on a no

:

00:50:52,549 --> 00:50:53,449

do baseball team.

:

00:50:54,714 --> 00:50:58,474

Gary: And you, you can see that in

almost every interaction between ODU

:

00:50:58,474 --> 00:51:02,424

baseball players and fans and members

of the media and whoever else comes

:

00:51:02,424 --> 00:51:05,184

in, they just always feel welcomed and

never feel like they're inconveniencing.

:

00:51:05,684 --> 00:51:06,078

So it's.

:

00:51:06,359 --> 00:51:07,969

Great to see that come through.

:

00:51:08,339 --> 00:51:11,099

Uh, I know you talk a little bit

about being a leader and of course

:

00:51:11,129 --> 00:51:15,319

you are one of the key leaders of

this team now and more specifically

:

00:51:15,319 --> 00:51:18,899

in pitching and this pitching staff

has been unbelievable this year.

:

00:51:19,319 --> 00:51:23,379

What have you done as a leader, maybe

this year and last year to help grow

:

00:51:23,379 --> 00:51:26,439

those guys to one from a culture

standpoint, but also to just your

:

00:51:26,439 --> 00:51:29,249

experience on the mound and what

you've been able to pass along to them.

:

00:51:29,249 --> 00:51:33,069

Vincent: Um, you know, Jason

Hartline and Brett Smith laid

:

00:51:33,079 --> 00:51:35,899

down a huge platform for me.

:

00:51:36,374 --> 00:51:40,424

Um, and Gomez, Jacob Gomez and Kenny

LaVarie and Lincoln Ransom, but

:

00:51:40,424 --> 00:51:45,974

they've, those two men, they laid

down a huge platform for us and showed

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00:51:45,974 --> 00:51:47,574

us what to do and what not to do.

:

00:51:48,244 --> 00:51:52,214

And we watched them lead two

teams into 80 wins in two

:

00:51:52,214 --> 00:51:55,404

seasons, well, 80, 80 plus wins.

:

00:51:55,924 --> 00:51:56,744

Uh, that's hard.

:

00:51:56,844 --> 00:51:57,644

That's real hard.

:

00:51:58,244 --> 00:52:03,324

And, and of course, last year we came

up short, this year we've come up short.

:

00:52:04,289 --> 00:52:10,909

But of 41 seasons, but I don't think

anybody is questioning our leadership

:

00:52:10,909 --> 00:52:14,929

this year, uh, last year, there was

some, I don't know how to describe

:

00:52:14,939 --> 00:52:18,899

last year, but it wasn't what we want

it to be because of bad leadership and

:

00:52:18,899 --> 00:52:20,319

that's not through the coaches at all.

:

00:52:20,319 --> 00:52:21,869

By any means, that's because of us.

:

00:52:21,909 --> 00:52:24,569

Um, we had bad leadership because

of the players, not because

:

00:52:24,569 --> 00:52:25,699

of the coaches by any means.

:

00:52:26,129 --> 00:52:28,029

Um, but this year we found a way to lead.

:

00:52:28,769 --> 00:52:29,909

And it's not only us.

:

00:52:29,909 --> 00:52:31,139

It's not only the older guys.

:

00:52:31,519 --> 00:52:34,359

It's being able to find a way

of everybody contributing.

:

00:52:34,369 --> 00:52:37,959

There's no hierarchy here at ODU,

uh, where there has been in the past.

:

00:52:39,199 --> 00:52:41,869

And we showed that this year.

:

00:52:41,869 --> 00:52:43,799

And, you know, everybody's equal.

:

00:52:43,819 --> 00:52:48,169

Freshman's all about calling others

up, um, and not putting people down.

:

00:52:48,699 --> 00:52:51,159

And that's been good, because

everybody holds each other

:

00:52:51,159 --> 00:52:52,309

accountable, no matter what.

:

00:52:52,309 --> 00:52:57,189

CB: We got to get a recording

and play it for, uh, recruits.

:

00:52:57,459 --> 00:53:00,419

I mean, who wouldn't want to

suit up after hearing that?

:

00:53:00,449 --> 00:53:00,989

Goodness.

:

00:53:02,269 --> 00:53:02,829

Vincent: Yeah, man.

:

00:53:03,009 --> 00:53:04,259

Uh, that's what we preach.

:

00:53:04,289 --> 00:53:07,049

You know, our programs probably

say that I didn't visit many.

:

00:53:07,219 --> 00:53:13,819

I came to ODU, but, uh, I'm sure a lot of

programs, their hierarchies and who wants

:

00:53:13,819 --> 00:53:18,209

to be a part of that, you know, when I

was a freshman, I wasn't put down, uh,

:

00:53:18,329 --> 00:53:20,209

heartline, Bret Smith showed me the way.

:

00:53:20,789 --> 00:53:23,149

And then they just slowly disappeared.

:

00:53:23,944 --> 00:53:27,234

Uh, during those two years and you

look around, it's like, damn, I'm

:

00:53:27,234 --> 00:53:30,634

doing this by myself and nobody's

telling me to do it, you know?

:

00:53:30,884 --> 00:53:33,504

So they serve me, they come beside

you and they help you pick up

:

00:53:33,524 --> 00:53:36,404

those baseballs, but then they're

gone and you don't even notice.

:

00:53:36,414 --> 00:53:38,764

It's just like making your bed.

:

00:53:39,669 --> 00:53:40,519

There's nothing to it.

:

00:53:40,589 --> 00:53:42,729

And Finney does a good job of

:

00:53:43,029 --> 00:53:43,719

preaching that.

:

00:53:45,884 --> 00:53:48,634

Gary: You had a huge moment

earlier this year, playing

:

00:53:48,634 --> 00:53:50,484

against Virginia at Harbor Park.

:

00:53:50,889 --> 00:53:53,589

You come in to close out the game

against, I think at the time they were

:

00:53:53,599 --> 00:53:55,499

the number 10 team in the country.

:

00:53:55,929 --> 00:54:00,249

Uh, tell us about that moment doing that

in Harbor Park and how good it felt

:

00:54:00,259 --> 00:54:03,029

to, to finally close the books on that

one and get a win against those guys

:

00:54:03,029 --> 00:54:03,609

Vincent: Yeah, man.

:

00:54:03,779 --> 00:54:06,499

Um, non conference.

:

00:54:06,499 --> 00:54:11,709

I mean, ECU and UVA, they have

had my number, um, this year.

:

00:54:11,849 --> 00:54:16,679

I think those are the two teams that

have got me, but nothing was more special

:

00:54:16,709 --> 00:54:19,019

this year than, well, I guess yesterday.

:

00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:23,409

But before that, nothing was

special than being able to close

:

00:54:23,409 --> 00:54:25,469

that game out against, uh, UVA.

:

00:54:25,989 --> 00:54:28,329

Finney gave me that opportunity,

another opportunity he gave

:

00:54:28,329 --> 00:54:31,009

me, um, to close that game out.

:

00:54:31,039 --> 00:54:35,089

I know I didn't, I didn't give him

a shutout, but I got the job done

:

00:54:35,769 --> 00:54:40,019

and we got the job done, you know,

uh, with the help of my fielders.

:

00:54:40,504 --> 00:54:44,064

And then facing Ethan Anderson,

a kid from Virginia Beach.

:

00:54:44,624 --> 00:54:48,624

A great, great player, hardworking

kid, comes from a great family.

:

00:54:48,994 --> 00:54:54,964

Um, being able to strike him out and end

that game and see the fans going crazy.

:

00:54:54,964 --> 00:54:59,024

My family and Finney smiling,

Woodseal League smiling.

:

00:54:59,554 --> 00:55:00,844

It doesn't get much better than that.

:

00:55:00,844 --> 00:55:04,354

CB: So some people might realize

you actually were a bat boy for

:

00:55:04,354 --> 00:55:07,914

ODU when your older brother, Brian

was an infielder on the team.

:

00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:09,619

Vincent: Yeah.

:

00:55:09,979 --> 00:55:12,929

Uh, when I was, when I was younger,

I ended up being a bat boy.

:

00:55:13,379 --> 00:55:14,559

Uh, I got a picture.

:

00:55:14,559 --> 00:55:16,009

It's Brian on the railing.

:

00:55:16,689 --> 00:55:20,029

Me picking up the bat before Josh

Eldridge went up for that bat.

:

00:55:20,629 --> 00:55:22,179

Um, that was my thing, man.

:

00:55:22,409 --> 00:55:27,149

Uh, like I said yesterday, I

wasn't that kid that was asking for

:

00:55:27,149 --> 00:55:28,759

baseballs and the other bullpen.

:

00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:31,619

I was that kid talking trash to them.

:

00:55:31,619 --> 00:55:32,799

I didn't want their signatures.

:

00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:35,069

I wanted, I wanted our

guy's signature, man.

:

00:55:35,069 --> 00:55:35,843

I'm a monarch.

:

00:55:37,704 --> 00:55:40,234

And being a bad boy was

just the icing on the cake.

:

00:55:40,644 --> 00:55:42,314

That's some cool stuff right there.

:

00:55:42,314 --> 00:55:45,274

Looking back, I wish I mean,

I wish we could do that again.

:

00:55:45,274 --> 00:55:46,174

Just have a bad boy.

:

00:55:46,534 --> 00:55:49,144

That's like not a manager,

you know, have a little kid.

:

00:55:49,144 --> 00:55:52,184

I got that little kid, Henry,

that sits above our dugout.

:

00:55:52,734 --> 00:55:54,764

His his mom brings him to every game.

:

00:55:55,184 --> 00:55:58,094

I mean, there's no better feeling than

having a little kid look up to you.

:

00:55:59,144 --> 00:56:02,084

She sent me a text yesterday

saying that he really looks up

:

00:56:02,084 --> 00:56:03,974

to me and I'm his role model.

:

00:56:03,974 --> 00:56:04,264

And.

:

00:56:04,939 --> 00:56:08,109

That right there means the world

to me because I was that kid.

:

00:56:09,229 --> 00:56:11,599

I had that feeling, you know, Josh, right.

:

00:56:11,829 --> 00:56:12,499

Josh, right.

:

00:56:12,499 --> 00:56:15,309

Used to come up to bat

and I would go crazy.

:

00:56:15,729 --> 00:56:19,789

Uh, that guy, that, that was the guy.

:

00:56:19,789 --> 00:56:21,679

Well, of course, Brian, but Josh, right.

:

00:56:21,679 --> 00:56:25,569

When he came up to bat, I'll never his

walk up song was kicking in the sticks.

:

00:56:25,839 --> 00:56:26,689

That came on.

:

00:56:26,749 --> 00:56:29,229

I ran from throwing the

tennis ball and rally alley.

:

00:56:29,559 --> 00:56:33,399

Cause it was just a grass field

then, uh, to run to that brick

:

00:56:33,399 --> 00:56:34,509

wall to watch Josh, right.

:

00:56:34,519 --> 00:56:41,069

Um, Seeing Henry is like

seeing myself, um, 15

:

00:56:41,069 --> 00:56:41,579

years ago.

:

00:56:41,579 --> 00:56:42,009

CB: that's awesome.

:

00:56:42,009 --> 00:56:42,209

Yeah.

:

00:56:42,209 --> 00:56:44,379

Josh got to come to the plate a

few more times than Brian did.

:

00:56:44,379 --> 00:56:45,979

So you got a little more

excitement out of him.

:

00:56:45,979 --> 00:56:46,019

Yeah,

:

00:56:46,834 --> 00:56:47,374

Vincent: Yeah, a little bit.

:

00:56:48,414 --> 00:56:49,424

CB: Yeah, so I saw Josh couple

:

00:56:49,424 --> 00:56:49,834

weeks ago.

:

00:56:49,834 --> 00:56:50,744

He's doing great.

:

00:56:50,754 --> 00:56:53,024

He, people don't remember what

a great ball player he was.

:

00:56:53,024 --> 00:56:56,244

Where do you, he had a really

great four year career.

:

00:56:57,089 --> 00:56:58,249

Vincent: Yeah, man, I, uh,

:

00:56:58,379 --> 00:57:00,329

what game, what weekend was, was that?

:

00:57:01,044 --> 00:57:01,984

CB: Uh, it was like two weeks.

:

00:57:01,984 --> 00:57:03,754

It was like the alumni weekend.

:

00:57:04,839 --> 00:57:09,209

Vincent: Yeah, so, it was cool, because

ULM, I, I closed, Brandon Pond got

:

00:57:09,209 --> 00:57:10,699

hurt, they hit the ball back at him.

:

00:57:11,259 --> 00:57:13,899

And when I went on the mound, Josh

Wright and Chris Baker were standing

:

00:57:13,899 --> 00:57:15,529

out, uh, behind the backstop.

:

00:57:17,009 --> 00:57:17,339

So, That's

:

00:57:17,349 --> 00:57:17,589

some cool stuff.

:

00:57:18,349 --> 00:57:20,159

Chris Baker and our first baseman,

:

00:57:20,739 --> 00:57:25,139

uh, to pave the way for

this program, you know?

:

00:57:25,849 --> 00:57:26,259

Those guys

:

00:57:26,259 --> 00:57:27,189

don't go forgotten.

:

00:57:27,189 --> 00:57:29,419

CB: I've known you since you were

that little guy running around

:

00:57:29,419 --> 00:57:32,659

out there and, and getting to, you

know, I remember seeing you, uh,

:

00:57:32,659 --> 00:57:35,789

as you probably about a sophomore

in high school out there at a camp.

:

00:57:36,194 --> 00:57:40,054

And it was like, Whoa, Vincent, all of a

sudden is big and he's grown and seeing

:

00:57:40,054 --> 00:57:43,834

you over this couple of years, you know,

develop and getting to watch you at

:

00:57:43,834 --> 00:57:47,184

Maury some, and then when y'all finally

said you were going to be able to come

:

00:57:47,184 --> 00:57:50,094

play it over to you, man, it was, it was

really neat watching that whole journey.

:

00:57:50,144 --> 00:57:51,814

It's, it's kind of crazy

to be sitting here.

:

00:57:51,814 --> 00:57:54,874

Like you're, you're about to end

your, uh, your college career.

:

00:57:54,874 --> 00:57:57,238

That's, that's, that's

happened way too fast.

:

00:57:58,294 --> 00:58:00,414

Vincent: Yeah, definitely

did happen way too fast.

:

00:58:00,414 --> 00:58:03,214

Looking back on it, uh, time flew by.

:

00:58:04,254 --> 00:58:08,444

You get caught up kind of in the moment

of quote unquote, trying to work hard.

:

00:58:08,554 --> 00:58:12,764

I'll let others judge that,

but it flies by quick, man.

:

00:58:12,764 --> 00:58:17,704

And everybody told me to take a

deep breath and don't go too quick.

:

00:58:17,704 --> 00:58:18,824

And it, it went by quick.

:

00:58:18,864 --> 00:58:21,634

And that's why I say the, uh,

the young guys, it's like.

:

00:58:22,384 --> 00:58:25,834

And so this stuff in you're getting

blown out, you're blowing someone out.

:

00:58:26,524 --> 00:58:28,254

Don't, don't wish to leave that field.

:

00:58:28,254 --> 00:58:32,004

If you don't feel good or

don't wish to leave that field.

:

00:58:32,004 --> 00:58:34,604

Cause you don't want to take any

of those opportunities for granted.

:

00:58:35,694 --> 00:58:42,484

That's what I got little Marco, um,

Kenny's brother, have him in the bullpen.

:

00:58:42,634 --> 00:58:45,464

And I always find myself talking to him.

:

00:58:45,464 --> 00:58:47,784

Just man, soak this stuff in.

:

00:58:47,919 --> 00:58:53,689

May not get many opportunities this year,

but if you soak this stuff in, like,

:

00:58:53,839 --> 00:58:55,809

you won't have any regrets later on.

:

00:58:58,554 --> 00:58:59,854

Gary: got a big weekend series.

:

00:58:59,854 --> 00:59:02,024

That's really important coming

up down to Georgia state.

:

00:59:02,104 --> 00:59:05,194

Y'all are going to go straight from

there to Montgomery for the conference

:

00:59:05,224 --> 00:59:07,564

tournament, potentially games beyond that.

:

00:59:07,574 --> 00:59:07,834

But.

:

00:59:08,524 --> 00:59:11,594

When all this wraps up this

season, what are you looking

:

00:59:11,594 --> 00:59:14,214

at to do after your time at ODU?

:

00:59:14,214 --> 00:59:16,954

Vincent: Um, look at

Officer Kane at school.

:

00:59:17,674 --> 00:59:20,064

Uh, don't know if it's going

to be the Marines or the Navy.

:

00:59:20,064 --> 00:59:21,484

I haven't quite figured that one out yet.

:

00:59:21,494 --> 00:59:23,334

My dad's kind of pushing for the Navy.

:

00:59:23,914 --> 00:59:25,774

I'm pushing towards the Marines.

:

00:59:25,794 --> 00:59:27,524

So we'll have to talk about that one.

:

00:59:28,134 --> 00:59:32,384

Um, Now he's a guy, he's gonna let me

make my own decision, but he's definitely

:

00:59:32,384 --> 00:59:36,874

gonna, he's gonna try and convince me

if some do something, but there won't

:

00:59:36,874 --> 00:59:38,294

be a lot of sitting around for me.

:

00:59:38,364 --> 00:59:39,904

Uh, kind of a go getter.

:

00:59:40,424 --> 00:59:41,994

I can self proclaim that myself.

:

00:59:42,014 --> 00:59:44,174

You don't find me sitting

in this room very often.

:

00:59:44,764 --> 00:59:46,524

Um, not even in my house.

:

00:59:46,524 --> 00:59:48,634

You know, I go to the

boat shop every night.

:

00:59:48,704 --> 00:59:50,684

I help my dad work on boats.

:

00:59:51,434 --> 00:59:54,654

So I think it's going to be Officer K at

school, something to climb a mountain.

:

00:59:54,664 --> 00:59:55,814

That's why I'm looking at that.

:

00:59:56,124 --> 00:59:57,344

I want to be able to climb a mountain.

:

00:59:57,534 --> 00:59:59,054

You know, I'm not.

:

00:59:59,874 --> 01:00:03,964

I don't know if I'm going to find a

standard job of working in a cubicle.

:

01:00:03,964 --> 01:00:06,574

I don't know if that's going to

be my thing, just because I've

:

01:00:06,574 --> 01:00:08,114

been so driven with baseball.

:

01:00:08,684 --> 01:00:10,744

Um, I guess I'm a little

wired differently.

:

01:00:10,744 --> 01:00:14,214

Like, my one brother Lawrence,

uh, works for General Dynamics

:

01:00:14,214 --> 01:00:15,764

and he sits behind a computer.

:

01:00:16,034 --> 01:00:17,594

That's hard work, don't get me wrong.

:

01:00:17,974 --> 01:00:22,449

But I just don't know if I could sit

behind a computer and, I got bad ADHD,

:

01:00:22,479 --> 01:00:25,189

so I'm going to go into Officer Candidate

School, hopefully, and hopefully

:

01:00:25,189 --> 01:00:28,969

that goes well, and we'll see where

that goes, you know, some people say

:

01:00:29,049 --> 01:00:32,799

that they want to be in service for a

career, and they end up being it for

:

01:00:32,799 --> 01:00:35,539

a few years, and some people say they

want to do it for a few years, and it

:

01:00:35,539 --> 01:00:36,929

ends up being a great career for them.

:

01:00:38,069 --> 01:00:44,524

I know, being at ODU, Uh, there's so

many people that can help you find

:

01:00:44,524 --> 01:00:50,384

the right career path, whether it's

coaches, faculty, you know, faculties,

:

01:00:50,384 --> 01:00:56,374

family, and fans, like guys like you,

like y'all, like you guys help us out.

:

01:00:56,999 --> 01:00:59,799

Um, and that's, what's

important people giving back.

:

01:00:59,799 --> 01:01:04,039

This is y'all's way of giving back and I'm

going to find my way to give back one day

:

01:01:04,479 --> 01:01:06,039

and that's, what's important.

:

01:01:06,869 --> 01:01:07,769

Gary: It's awesome to hear.

:

01:01:07,769 --> 01:01:10,929

And I think either one of those

branches, Navy or Marines would

:

01:01:10,939 --> 01:01:12,669

be definitely lucky to have you.

:

01:01:12,669 --> 01:01:18,019

And is there a more Norfolk story

than the way you came through ODU

:

01:01:18,029 --> 01:01:20,669

with all the family and everything,

and then going Navy or Marine Corps?

:

01:01:20,849 --> 01:01:23,349

I mean, that's Norfolk in

a nutshell right there.

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01:01:23,349 --> 01:01:23,599

Vincent: Yeah.

:

01:01:23,599 --> 01:01:24,379

I think that'd be cool.

:

01:01:24,379 --> 01:01:28,629

And then after the officer can't school

going to law, which my dad and my

:

01:01:28,629 --> 01:01:33,419

grandfather did, I think that would be

awesome, but I'm looking forward to that

:

01:01:33,459 --> 01:01:35,279

and helping people and serving others.

:

01:01:35,279 --> 01:01:38,439

CB: I really love the, the idea that

servant leadership, that servant

:

01:01:38,459 --> 01:01:39,809

mindset that just taking that.

:

01:01:39,809 --> 01:01:43,679

I mean, that's one thing I don't like

in my job, which is, is nothing compared

:

01:01:43,679 --> 01:01:44,719

to, you know, working in the military.

:

01:01:44,719 --> 01:01:47,449

But, you know, that's one of the things

I try to say every day is, you know,

:

01:01:47,459 --> 01:01:50,629

if you wake up every day and think

about what you can do for others,

:

01:01:50,639 --> 01:01:51,869

your life is just gonna be better.

:

01:01:52,854 --> 01:01:54,534

Vincent: Yeah, man,

look at, look at y'all.

:

01:01:54,574 --> 01:02:00,384

Um, nothing means more to us than

people that support us on that field.

:

01:02:01,064 --> 01:02:06,054

Uh, there are 40 of us and we're

all 18 to 23 year olds, 24 year

:

01:02:06,054 --> 01:02:12,374

olds that just constantly are

battling the inner demons of.

:

01:02:13,019 --> 01:02:16,899

mental health of being a Division

One athlete, a student athlete.

:

01:02:17,239 --> 01:02:20,499

It's hard, but being able to have

people like y'all and other fans

:

01:02:20,499 --> 01:02:24,019

just constantly support us, you have

no idea how much that means to us.

:

01:02:24,079 --> 01:02:29,429

Getting your pictures, I mean, being

able to express ourselves through social

:

01:02:29,439 --> 01:02:33,249

media is really important, and that's

what, like, you play a huge role in

:

01:02:33,249 --> 01:02:37,199

that, and we all appreciate that, and

I know everybody before us appreciates

:

01:02:37,199 --> 01:02:39,494

it, and That stuff's important, man.

:

01:02:39,504 --> 01:02:40,404

That's, that's what keeps

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01:02:40,404 --> 01:02:41,684

smiles on our faces.

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01:02:43,229 --> 01:02:44,659

CB: Well, Bash, I love you, buddy.

:

01:02:44,659 --> 01:02:49,389

I really, um, I've thoroughly enjoyed

getting to watch you the last few years

:

01:02:49,389 --> 01:02:53,119

and I'm, I'm very excited for you and

your future and love your whole family.

:

01:02:53,519 --> 01:02:56,349

And I just you know, I can't thank

you enough for being a monarch and me

:

01:02:56,349 --> 01:02:58,059

getting to be a part of watching you

:

01:02:58,764 --> 01:02:58,934

Vincent: Yeah.

:

01:02:58,934 --> 01:02:59,674

I love you too, man.

:

01:02:59,704 --> 01:03:01,774

Uh, I know my family loves you.

:

01:03:01,913 --> 01:03:03,794

Your mom, mom makes the best cookies.

:

01:03:03,794 --> 01:03:04,344

I don't know if you know that.

:

01:03:04,949 --> 01:03:06,249

CB: She's also the best photographer

:

01:03:07,134 --> 01:03:08,663

Vincent: yeah, I was getting there.

:

01:03:08,814 --> 01:03:09,454

You beat me to it.

:

01:03:10,974 --> 01:03:16,694

But man, it's definitely a bittersweet

feeling, uh, being done with this

:

01:03:16,694 --> 01:03:19,194

chapter of my life in a few weeks.

:

01:03:19,784 --> 01:03:21,033

Um, but.

:

01:03:21,033 --> 01:03:23,783

You know, it's not going like I

was talking to Finney earlier.

:

01:03:23,783 --> 01:03:25,253

I said, my mom's gonna miss that chair.

:

01:03:25,253 --> 01:03:27,183

And he said, I hope she doesn't miss it.

:

01:03:27,193 --> 01:03:30,443

She's going to be right there back

after this year, uh, after this

:

01:03:30,443 --> 01:03:33,383

year, after they build the stadium,

but there'll be a chair for her.

:

01:03:33,833 --> 01:03:36,953

And that's important, man,

coming back and support him.

:

01:03:37,363 --> 01:03:38,773

I can't wait to be able to do that.

:

01:03:38,823 --> 01:03:41,568

Um, this chapter is kind of flown by, but.

:

01:03:41,998 --> 01:03:42,628

There's more.

:

01:03:42,658 --> 01:03:44,168

This is what is going to pay.

:

01:03:44,188 --> 01:03:48,298

This paves the way for the rest of my life

and talk about that servant leadership.

:

01:03:48,298 --> 01:03:52,528

It's what Finney's preached for the past

four years with me and my teammates.

:

01:03:52,528 --> 01:03:55,698

And I don't, I don't regret a thing.

:

01:03:55,948 --> 01:04:01,808

Um, um, maybe, uh, maybe living at

home my freshman year, but other

:

01:04:01,808 --> 01:04:03,178

than that, I don't regret one thing.

:

01:04:03,968 --> 01:04:06,158

Um, it's been a great, great

:

01:04:06,938 --> 01:04:07,468

four years.

:

01:04:08,583 --> 01:04:10,753

Gary: Well, it's been a

ton of fun watching you.

:

01:04:10,813 --> 01:04:12,733

I know that we will stay in touch with.

:

01:04:13,438 --> 01:04:15,428

Whatever you decide to do going forward.

:

01:04:15,908 --> 01:04:19,268

Uh, and of course we'll be rooting like

hell for you all to extend this thing.

:

01:04:19,278 --> 01:04:22,638

As long as you, you possibly can over this

weekend and then going down the conference

:

01:04:22,638 --> 01:04:26,078

tournament and anything beyond that, but

that actually really appreciate you coming

:

01:04:26,078 --> 01:04:30,258

on, chatting with us, giving us some of

your time and, uh, good luck this weekend.

:

01:04:30,258 --> 01:04:31,028

We'll be cheering for you.

:

01:04:32,618 --> 01:04:33,788

Vincent: Hey man, I appreciate it.

:

01:04:33,788 --> 01:04:34,568

It's playoff time.

:

01:04:34,568 --> 01:04:36,628

We're going to go get

some wins and hopefully

:

01:04:36,628 --> 01:04:37,638

we can keep on playing.

:

01:04:37,638 --> 01:04:38,148

Gary: Absolutely.

:

01:04:38,158 --> 01:04:38,658

Thank you.

:

01:04:38,658 --> 01:04:39,158

Vincent: Thank y'all.

:

01:04:45,260 --> 01:04:48,250

Gary: Welcome back Monarch fans

to the Hudson homers podcast.

:

01:04:48,260 --> 01:04:53,920

We have a second guest for you today,

joining us for a little while is Trent

:

01:04:53,930 --> 01:04:56,210

Buchanan pitcher for old dominion.

:

01:04:56,529 --> 01:04:57,470

Trent, how's it going?

:

01:04:58,500 --> 01:04:59,810

Trent: It's going well,

thanks for having me on.

:

01:05:00,650 --> 01:05:03,970

Gary: Thanks so much for spending a few

minutes out of your day before you all

:

01:05:03,970 --> 01:05:05,690

head down to Atlanta to chat with us.

:

01:05:06,420 --> 01:05:08,980

Uh, big, big weekend this past weekend.

:

01:05:08,980 --> 01:05:11,590

I know you walked out there

with quite a few other seniors,

:

01:05:11,590 --> 01:05:12,890

had a lot of family in town.

:

01:05:13,430 --> 01:05:16,810

Uh, tell us a little bit about this

weekend for you and then getting that

:

01:05:16,810 --> 01:05:18,770

official graduation out of the way.

:

01:05:20,170 --> 01:05:21,370

Trent: Yeah, really cool weekend.

:

01:05:21,470 --> 01:05:23,580

Um, really cool way to end it, of course.

:

01:05:24,180 --> 01:05:25,880

Um, at the Bud, which is awesome.

:

01:05:26,330 --> 01:05:28,910

But, I think the biggest thing for

me was having my family out there.

:

01:05:29,350 --> 01:05:33,060

They hadn't been able to come to

a game, uh, the past two years.

:

01:05:33,550 --> 01:05:36,390

So it was the first series they were able

to make it to, which was really cool.

:

01:05:36,945 --> 01:05:41,145

Um, only two of my

siblings and my parents.

:

01:05:41,154 --> 01:05:43,745

So, um, it's still really fun to

have them out and then you have

:

01:05:43,745 --> 01:05:46,065

to have the graduation complete.

:

01:05:46,625 --> 01:05:48,435

Um, it is huge.

:

01:05:48,435 --> 01:05:51,195

I mean, you always think about

getting to this point and then

:

01:05:51,195 --> 01:05:53,475

all of a sudden it's here and it's

like, wow, that was really quick.

:

01:05:54,165 --> 01:05:57,345

Um, four years of high school and four

years of college and it's like, it's done.

:

01:05:57,395 --> 01:06:00,654

CB: So for the people who don't know

you you said only two your siblings.

:

01:06:00,695 --> 01:06:02,445

How many siblings do you have?

:

01:06:04,580 --> 01:06:05,570

Trent: Yeah, so I got seven.

:

01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:06,930

I got an older sister.

:

01:06:06,990 --> 01:06:09,910

I have five younger brothers

and then a younger sister.

:

01:06:10,190 --> 01:06:10,860

So seven total.

:

01:06:11,215 --> 01:06:14,235

CB: So two two out of eight or

three out of eight there wasn't

:

01:06:14,285 --> 01:06:16,915

too bad for the family to get all

the way across the country Yeah

:

01:06:18,585 --> 01:06:19,475

Trent: no, not bad at all.

:

01:06:20,205 --> 01:06:23,495

Gary: five younger brothers,

what, what in the world was that?

:

01:06:23,495 --> 01:06:25,955

Like trying to corral five

younger brothers growing up.

:

01:06:27,595 --> 01:06:30,525

Trent: Man, uh, well, we got our

fair share of squabbles, of course.

:

01:06:30,665 --> 01:06:36,095

Um, some fist to fist, some

wrestling, but I mean, it's awesome.

:

01:06:36,095 --> 01:06:37,095

I wouldn't trade it for anything.

:

01:06:37,195 --> 01:06:41,635

Um, having all those different

siblings, um, it's weird when you

:

01:06:41,635 --> 01:06:43,635

have that many family members.

:

01:06:43,845 --> 01:06:46,495

When one's gone, it's like you, you

feel like you think you wouldn't

:

01:06:46,535 --> 01:06:49,555

miss anybody, but when one's gone,

it feels like the house is empty.

:

01:06:50,215 --> 01:06:53,415

It's like, we still got nine people,

but because one's gone, it's like,

:

01:06:53,415 --> 01:06:55,015

it's a part of the family missing.

:

01:06:55,015 --> 01:06:57,915

And so the house was really quiet

without them, which is really

:

01:06:57,915 --> 01:07:01,165

interesting, but it was awesome

growing up, playing outside all

:

01:07:01,165 --> 01:07:02,865

different sports, playing in the woods.

:

01:07:03,345 --> 01:07:04,735

Um, it was fun

:

01:07:05,355 --> 01:07:06,325

CB: how young is the youngest?

:

01:07:06,325 --> 01:07:06,995

Trent: at the moment.

:

01:07:07,005 --> 01:07:10,705

He is, I believe about to turn

:

01:07:10,705 --> 01:07:12,285

11, I think in June,

:

01:07:12,335 --> 01:07:14,345

CB: Wow, no twins or anything in there.

:

01:07:14,345 --> 01:07:15,345

It was all just singles

:

01:07:15,355 --> 01:07:15,835

Trent: twins.

:

01:07:15,835 --> 01:07:18,205

no,

:

01:07:18,225 --> 01:07:22,990

CB: right moms moms each

row out there p rose Okay.

:

01:07:23,045 --> 01:07:24,175

Trent: pretty much like clockwork too.

:

01:07:25,065 --> 01:07:27,675

They did every, every two years,

basically, except for my, me

:

01:07:27,675 --> 01:07:30,205

and me and my sister, but Funny.

:

01:07:31,820 --> 01:07:32,430

CB: That's awesome.

:

01:07:32,790 --> 01:07:36,870

Tell us some about like your journey

kind of from high school out in

:

01:07:36,870 --> 01:07:40,410

washington And then you went to junior

college and ended up at old domain kind

:

01:07:40,410 --> 01:07:43,220

of tell us How all that transpired?

:

01:07:44,475 --> 01:07:47,925

Trent: Well, I wasn't a big

name going into high school

:

01:07:47,985 --> 01:07:49,125

or coming out of high school.

:

01:07:49,685 --> 01:07:57,335

I played baseball since I was eight, loved

it, pitched and hit and I was just okay.

:

01:07:57,385 --> 01:08:02,475

I mean, I was 83 85 from my sophomore year

to my freshman year of college, actually.

:

01:08:02,885 --> 01:08:03,815

So I wasn't that great.

:

01:08:04,255 --> 01:08:09,045

I was a ground ball pitcher, had a

change of cutter curveball and it's okay.

:

01:08:09,045 --> 01:08:09,705

Fastball.

:

01:08:09,835 --> 01:08:13,935

Um, and then junior year

hit had a really good year.

:

01:08:14,735 --> 01:08:18,615

Um, going to my senior year, we

had high expectations for the team.

:

01:08:18,615 --> 01:08:25,604

COVID hit, so no season, um, went in and

had to convince a judo coach to take me.

:

01:08:26,385 --> 01:08:29,564

I was like, I had to tell him I didn't

need the money they were offering

:

01:08:29,615 --> 01:08:30,925

because of the program I was in.

:

01:08:30,965 --> 01:08:32,645

So it was already given me for school.

:

01:08:33,274 --> 01:08:35,024

And he was like, okay,

well, we'll take you then.

:

01:08:35,265 --> 01:08:39,345

And so, grinding through my first

year there, pitched only eight

:

01:08:39,365 --> 01:08:41,245

innings, kind of all garbage innings.

:

01:08:41,815 --> 01:08:46,104

Again, it wasn't good, lost my cutter and

my curveball, so it was a bad changeup.

:

01:08:46,495 --> 01:08:49,815

That fastball pitcher, which,

um, doesn't really do well.

:

01:08:50,915 --> 01:08:56,385

And then, um, a great pitching coach

came in my sophomore year and I started

:

01:08:56,385 --> 01:08:57,675

throwing pilots for the first time.

:

01:08:58,295 --> 01:09:00,475

Um, I was always somewhat bigger.

:

01:09:00,484 --> 01:09:01,915

And so I knew I had the veal in me.

:

01:09:01,915 --> 01:09:03,194

I just didn't know how

to get it out of me.

:

01:09:03,915 --> 01:09:07,125

And I jumped four miles per

hour in the fall up to 89.

:

01:09:07,135 --> 01:09:10,745

And then I jumped three

more that spring up to 92.

:

01:09:11,285 --> 01:09:15,774

Um, had a really good spring there

with, um, Tacoma community college.

:

01:09:17,065 --> 01:09:19,465

Gained a couple more

over the summer up to 95.

:

01:09:19,495 --> 01:09:20,024

And then.

:

01:09:21,484 --> 01:09:26,125

Marin and Old Dominion took a shot

and came over here to play for a

:

01:09:26,125 --> 01:09:27,725

bit, and uh, it's been awesome.

:

01:09:27,725 --> 01:09:28,404

Super thankful.

:

01:09:29,162 --> 01:09:42,325

Gary: Okay.

:

01:09:42,845 --> 01:09:43,654

Trent: Uh really was the only

:

01:09:43,654 --> 01:09:44,425

option for me.

:

01:09:44,725 --> 01:09:45,715

Um, I knew, haha,

:

01:09:45,790 --> 01:09:46,460

CB: awesome

:

01:09:47,104 --> 01:09:49,115

Trent: I knew based on school

locations, right, there's much

:

01:09:49,125 --> 01:09:52,135

more Division I's on the East Coast

than there are on the West Coast.

:

01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:55,440

And so the odds I was gonna

play baseball at the visual

:

01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:56,620

level is going to be out here.

:

01:09:57,290 --> 01:10:01,130

Um, my head coach at that junior

college had a really has a bunch

:

01:10:01,130 --> 01:10:02,280

of good connections out here.

:

01:10:02,730 --> 01:10:05,960

Um, of course, with older me and with

four or five players that have come

:

01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:07,280

from there, I think I'm the fifth.

:

01:10:07,820 --> 01:10:10,860

Um, and so they reached out.

:

01:10:11,110 --> 01:10:12,370

There was two other schools interested.

:

01:10:12,370 --> 01:10:13,955

One of them was in a

regional at that point.

:

01:10:14,545 --> 01:10:16,715

And the other one ghosted

me after a bad outing.

:

01:10:16,885 --> 01:10:19,965

And so it was like Old

Dominion and Old Dominion.

:

01:10:20,025 --> 01:10:20,965

So Old Dominion it was.

:

01:10:20,965 --> 01:10:21,434

CB: Well, good.

:

01:10:21,585 --> 01:10:22,345

I'm glad it worked out.

:

01:10:22,355 --> 01:10:23,265

I'm glad that goes to you.

:

01:10:23,265 --> 01:10:24,015

I'm sorry that

:

01:10:24,635 --> 01:10:29,705

the emotional pain of that

moment that it worked out Yeah,

:

01:10:30,965 --> 01:10:33,305

Gary: And you've had a

great season this year.

:

01:10:33,305 --> 01:10:35,895

I mean, you've pretty much

anytime you've come in, you've

:

01:10:35,895 --> 01:10:37,565

been able to shut the door.

:

01:10:37,565 --> 01:10:41,745

You've also come through clutch and some

of our biggest and most important games.

:

01:10:41,745 --> 01:10:47,115

I think about like South Alabama,

Coastal, JMU, uh, Marshall, uh, just

:

01:10:47,115 --> 01:10:48,835

really being able to, to come in.

:

01:10:48,845 --> 01:10:52,425

Like, do you get more pumped up, uh,

kind of knowing that you're usually

:

01:10:52,425 --> 01:10:56,620

coming in on Sundays and it's those Kind

of a high leverage rubber match type

:

01:10:56,630 --> 01:10:58,190

games that we've experienced this year.

:

01:10:58,190 --> 01:11:00,330

Like, does that get you more

fired up knowing that it's kind

:

01:11:00,330 --> 01:11:01,980

of a more important game for you?

:

01:11:03,415 --> 01:11:04,055

Trent: Yeah.

:

01:11:04,155 --> 01:11:08,135

It, I mean, to an extent, I mean, it's

fun to come into two important games.

:

01:11:08,535 --> 01:11:13,095

It's also hard because I'm already, I

mean, I already get nervous pretty easily.

:

01:11:13,115 --> 01:11:16,470

And so, When you play it up in your

own head, you get more nervous.

:

01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:20,080

Um, so for me, it's almost

like downplaying it.

:

01:11:20,110 --> 01:11:21,780

It's like, well, Hey,

we've done this before.

:

01:11:22,130 --> 01:11:25,160

We come in the middle of an

inning, you know, let's throw hard.

:

01:11:25,180 --> 01:11:26,100

Let's hit our spots.

:

01:11:26,490 --> 01:11:32,059

Um, so in the moment going in, that's

what I'm thinking, but coming out, I

:

01:11:32,059 --> 01:11:34,230

mean, after the fact, when you reflect

on it, it is really cool to be able

:

01:11:34,230 --> 01:11:38,650

to go into those situations, um, to

contribute for the team, to know that, uh,

:

01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:40,970

you're helping them in any way you can.

:

01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:41,900

So it is really fun.

:

01:11:41,970 --> 01:11:42,910

I

:

01:11:42,920 --> 01:11:44,440

Gary: You don't look nervous on the mound.

:

01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:45,309

I'll say that.

:

01:11:45,590 --> 01:11:48,320

Like, in fact, you're, you're

pretty intimidating on the

:

01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:49,670

mound to, to be honest.

:

01:11:49,710 --> 01:11:52,260

Like, I know there's guys that are

taller than you on the team, like the

:

01:11:52,260 --> 01:11:55,380

Jay Cassaday's and people like that,

but you're out there on the mound.

:

01:11:55,380 --> 01:11:57,700

Like you feel like you're just going

to get run over with a fastball.

:

01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:59,960

Like when I'm standing

behind the backstop, that's,

:

01:11:59,980 --> 01:12:00,880

that's what it feels like.

:

01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:02,510

So you definitely don't

look nervous out there.

:

01:12:03,170 --> 01:12:03,900

Trent: appreciate that.

:

01:12:03,910 --> 01:12:06,350

That's, uh, that's, that's,

that's the goal to look at.

:

01:12:06,350 --> 01:12:07,770

I

:

01:12:09,245 --> 01:12:11,775

CB: you have you definitely when you

come off sometimes so you got like a big

:

01:12:11,775 --> 01:12:14,975

strikeout at the end You have a little bit

of a psycho look to you on the way out.

:

01:12:15,015 --> 01:12:16,315

It's uh, it's true

:

01:12:18,050 --> 01:12:18,570

Trent: hope they see the

:

01:12:20,650 --> 01:12:23,950

Gary: Yeah, well, I know this year,

you know, the, the pitching plan has

:

01:12:23,950 --> 01:12:27,580

been different and it's kind of out

there in terms of what we're doing

:

01:12:27,580 --> 01:12:31,400

with opener and then starters coming

in later, how has your experience

:

01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:32,660

been with that so far this season?

:

01:12:34,510 --> 01:12:35,580

Trent: super interesting.

:

01:12:35,710 --> 01:12:37,710

Um, it's the first time I've

been a part of a team like that.

:

01:12:37,740 --> 01:12:38,970

I know it's not the usual.

:

01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:43,790

Um, I've always, I mean, I've been

a starter, so I'm used to that role.

:

01:12:44,110 --> 01:12:47,920

Then last year I was a reliever because

I wasn't, um, I didn't earn a spot.

:

01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:48,620

I wasn't that great.

:

01:12:49,265 --> 01:12:52,715

Um, this year coming in, having the

starting spot and then having the

:

01:12:52,715 --> 01:12:57,505

jam thumb, which took me out of that

rotation sucked, but it provided me a

:

01:12:57,505 --> 01:13:02,655

good opportunity to reevaluate things,

uh, in my mindset, uh, in my approach.

:

01:13:02,745 --> 01:13:05,355

And really, it also gave me greater

appreciation for the game because

:

01:13:05,455 --> 01:13:06,495

it was taken away from me, right.

:

01:13:06,495 --> 01:13:10,675

For that one week, however short it

was, I was like, You know, in any spot

:

01:13:10,675 --> 01:13:17,345

that I get to go in from here on out,

um, I'm not going to let the situation,

:

01:13:17,605 --> 01:13:21,585

the emotions dictate this opportunity

that's rare and that's dwindling.

:

01:13:21,615 --> 01:13:23,684

I'm gonna go have fun and try to compete.

:

01:13:23,795 --> 01:13:28,845

And so, having the role of opener and

then reliever, um, I guess it's allowed

:

01:13:28,845 --> 01:13:33,515

me to, I mean, I get to go into a game

that's already been started, right?

:

01:13:33,515 --> 01:13:35,565

So I'm rolling out the momentum

from the guys before me.

:

01:13:36,140 --> 01:13:37,710

And I get to keep that going.

:

01:13:37,710 --> 01:13:42,230

And so it's a different mindset, but it

has been very unique to be a part of a

:

01:13:42,230 --> 01:13:46,790

team like that, where it's, you know,

openers and then a bunch of relievers.

:

01:13:46,790 --> 01:13:47,860

CB: Yeah, it's definitely unique.

:

01:13:47,860 --> 01:13:52,740

I mean, I know, um, you know, having

the game where, okay, one guy give me,

:

01:13:52,860 --> 01:13:56,280

give me two, three innings and somebody

else maybe give me, I mean, what,

:

01:13:56,370 --> 01:13:59,350

Halibut's pitch seven and really good

at night, you know, it's, you really

:

01:13:59,350 --> 01:14:00,390

don't know what you're going to get.

:

01:14:01,575 --> 01:14:02,595

Trent: No, that was a great outing though.

:

01:14:02,605 --> 01:14:03,425

Hats off to him.

:

01:14:03,455 --> 01:14:06,585

Pitched so well, dominated

with multiple pitches.

:

01:14:06,815 --> 01:14:08,105

Dude's a good, he's a good pitcher.

:

01:14:08,105 --> 01:14:08,275

Yeah,

:

01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:10,490

CB: He's a very good pitcher.

:

01:14:10,490 --> 01:14:13,600

I think he'll be, uh, unfortunately

not playing for Old Dominion next

:

01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:16,290

year, but fortunate for him, uh, could

:

01:14:16,290 --> 01:14:16,795

be close.

:

01:14:17,655 --> 01:14:20,123

So, uh, well, speaking of that, you

know, unfortunately, also, you won't

:

01:14:20,123 --> 01:14:21,888

be playing for Old Dominion next year.

:

01:14:21,888 --> 01:14:24,156

Um, what are your, what

are your plans now?

:

01:14:24,156 --> 01:14:26,585

You know, I mean, obviously,

we got some more weeks of this.

:

01:14:26,585 --> 01:14:28,275

Hopefully, hopefully,

we got a month of this.

:

01:14:28,275 --> 01:14:32,434

Hopefully, y'all just run all the way and

get a trophy in Omaha, but, um, what's

:

01:14:32,434 --> 01:14:35,325

the, the post ODU natural graduated plan?

:

01:14:36,215 --> 01:14:38,385

Trent: Uh, well, there's a

lot of thinking going into

:

01:14:38,385 --> 01:14:38,735

this.

:

01:14:39,125 --> 01:14:39,745

Um,

:

01:14:39,885 --> 01:14:41,365

CB: I was gonna say, it's

not like, no, everybody isn't

:

01:14:41,365 --> 01:14:42,275

asking you this constantly.

:

01:14:42,275 --> 01:14:43,115

I'm sorry about that.

:

01:14:43,165 --> 01:14:44,845

Trent: no, it's, it's good.

:

01:14:44,865 --> 01:14:48,395

It is a question to ask

right now, so I get it.

:

01:14:48,665 --> 01:14:52,755

But, uh, my goal is to continue

playing baseball, um, in some capacity.

:

01:14:52,855 --> 01:14:57,765

I don't know where exactly that will

be or how I'll get there, but, um,

:

01:14:58,485 --> 01:15:03,630

when the summer hits, it's going

to be, Train, rehab, and, um, look

:

01:15:03,630 --> 01:15:09,390

into, I mean, hopefully a deal I'd

get a signing somewhere, um, be able

:

01:15:09,390 --> 01:15:14,330

to play some, some low a ball, but

otherwise after that it's indie ball.

:

01:15:14,540 --> 01:15:17,390

And then from there, I really don't know

just a lot of unknowns at the moment.

:

01:15:18,620 --> 01:15:19,260

But I am still trying to

:

01:15:19,260 --> 01:15:19,530

play.

:

01:15:20,865 --> 01:15:22,905

CB: I, I think it's a very, I was

actually, while you were sitting here

:

01:15:22,905 --> 01:15:25,905

talking, I was like, I see no reason

why you couldn't play for Evolve.

:

01:15:25,905 --> 01:15:30,430

I mean, Uh, whether it's a player or play

some indie until you get to it So i'm I

:

01:15:30,440 --> 01:15:32,460

think it's a great goal, man Go with it.

:

01:15:32,490 --> 01:15:36,040

So you're only going to be young and

able to do it in a certain period So if

:

01:15:36,050 --> 01:15:39,440

you guys your family's willing to back

you up and help support you and look

:

01:15:39,440 --> 01:15:42,330

out for you, man Go for it by all means

:

01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:49,309

Gary: Yeah, try to play as long as

you possibly can and start that with

:

01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:53,150

what we've got coming up with the

big weekend series at Georgia State.

:

01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:54,170

It's going to be critical.

:

01:15:54,170 --> 01:15:57,150

I mean, you could finish in the

sixth spot, you could finish in

:

01:15:57,150 --> 01:15:59,220

11th if things go the other way.

:

01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:04,100

Um, I know that you all are gonna be

heading down to Atlanta pretty soon.

:

01:16:04,100 --> 01:16:06,140

The Richmond game is canceled,

so I, I don't know if that

:

01:16:06,140 --> 01:16:07,220

backed up your timeline or not.

:

01:16:08,100 --> 01:16:09,840

It's gonna be a pretty

long road trip anyway.

:

01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:10,740

You slice it, you know.

:

01:16:10,740 --> 01:16:13,440

How have the road trips

so far been this season?

:

01:16:13,445 --> 01:16:16,200

I know you've technically

Texas State was a huge one.

:

01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:17,160

There's been some other ones.

:

01:16:17,370 --> 01:16:19,860

What are those road trips like

and, and bonding with the guys?

:

01:16:19,950 --> 01:16:20,040

Yeah.

:

01:16:21,150 --> 01:16:24,370

Trent: Well, first of all, there's been

not very many road trips this year, right?

:

01:16:24,370 --> 01:16:28,920

So we were home for a large, I mean, all

of the first month, um, and then we didn't

:

01:16:28,920 --> 01:16:34,120

get our first road trip until a road

series trip until, um, conference play.

:

01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:37,960

And that's, that was weird going

into that and not having the road

:

01:16:37,980 --> 01:16:43,020

games like we did last year, but

I personally enjoy traveling, um,

:

01:16:43,030 --> 01:16:46,375

because of the time where You have

to spend with your teammates, right?

:

01:16:46,375 --> 01:16:48,855

Whether good or bad, um, you have

to spend with your teammates.

:

01:16:48,855 --> 01:16:50,684

And so I love that.

:

01:16:50,684 --> 01:16:55,245

I love the group of guys they get

to hang out with, um, love going

:

01:16:55,245 --> 01:17:00,635

out to eat with each other, um,

playing mafia on the bus, um, doing

:

01:17:00,635 --> 01:17:02,575

all the fun, random things, right?

:

01:17:02,595 --> 01:17:04,985

All the little things that

get over overlooked when you

:

01:17:04,985 --> 01:17:06,245

look back are so important.

:

01:17:07,135 --> 01:17:10,295

Those are really fun, but road trips

are tough because on the body, right?

:

01:17:10,725 --> 01:17:13,105

Time zones, um, food travel.

:

01:17:13,105 --> 01:17:14,585

It's all, it's really hard on the body.

:

01:17:15,455 --> 01:17:18,385

I personally enjoy them

because of the camaraderie.

:

01:17:18,385 --> 01:17:22,385

Gary: We've had, several pitchers on this

year telling us about different corks.

:

01:17:22,385 --> 01:17:25,235

I know Jay told us about

inducing the er bash revealed a

:

01:17:25,705 --> 01:17:27,325

a couple things earlier today.

:

01:17:27,870 --> 01:17:32,420

Uh, it, anything else we're missing

from that built bullpen crew and

:

01:17:32,430 --> 01:17:36,920

occupying time during games that you're

willing to share anyway, I should say,

:

01:17:38,180 --> 01:17:39,180

Trent: That's a good question.

:

01:17:39,180 --> 01:17:40,390

I mean, yeah, two ball.

:

01:17:40,410 --> 01:17:42,990

I don't know if that one was, has

been said that's the game we play.

:

01:17:43,790 --> 01:17:44,270

Gary: Oh yeah,

:

01:17:44,270 --> 01:17:45,680

Trent: but I think

those are the main ones.

:

01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:48,130

I mean, the, the boundary inducing dance.

:

01:17:48,150 --> 01:17:49,840

That's a, that's a key part of the team.

:

01:17:51,170 --> 01:17:52,680

Um, you gotta have that.

:

01:17:52,750 --> 01:17:56,150

And I think it's funny cause Jay's

the one who kind of created it.

:

01:17:56,190 --> 01:17:59,870

And I think he might be the one

who, one of the few that actually

:

01:17:59,870 --> 01:18:01,660

doesn't have a double play.

:

01:18:03,700 --> 01:18:06,420

Um, and so we're, we're, every

time a guy gets on first,

:

01:18:06,420 --> 01:18:07,420

we're like, this is the moment.

:

01:18:07,660 --> 01:18:08,260

This is the moment.

:

01:18:08,260 --> 01:18:09,250

He's going to get a double play here.

:

01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:09,940

We're going to do it.

:

01:18:10,559 --> 01:18:11,220

Um, we're sorry.

:

01:18:11,230 --> 01:18:12,360

I think we're still waiting for that,

:

01:18:12,390 --> 01:18:12,670

but.

:

01:18:13,145 --> 01:18:14,715

I mean, it's a cool thing

to bring the team together.

:

01:18:14,715 --> 01:18:15,305

CB: now i'm on the edge.

:

01:18:15,315 --> 01:18:18,965

Now i've got extra investment

in his Appearances now,

:

01:18:18,965 --> 01:18:20,105

this is that's fun to know

:

01:18:20,365 --> 01:18:21,055

Trent: Yeah, we gotta get

:

01:18:21,055 --> 01:18:21,295

one

:

01:18:22,335 --> 01:18:23,645

CB: I get one before he's done.

:

01:18:23,835 --> 01:18:24,455

That's wild.

:

01:18:24,675 --> 01:18:28,285

I what while we're talking about stuff

I I always think it's funny how invested

:

01:18:28,295 --> 01:18:34,585

you guys are in standing in your exact

places along along the uh the fence Like

:

01:18:34,585 --> 01:18:37,105

seriously if somebody moves for a minute

and somebody else takes it They will like

:

01:18:37,125 --> 01:18:40,115

literally physically move them out of the

way Is that like a thing where you guys

:

01:18:40,205 --> 01:18:41,765

just like I have to be in this exact spot?

:

01:18:42,615 --> 01:18:45,005

Trent: I mean, it's, it's part of

being a baseball player, right?

:

01:18:45,005 --> 01:18:46,335

The superstition aspect.

:

01:18:46,475 --> 01:18:50,065

Um, most of it, most of it

is just fun and games, right?

:

01:18:50,365 --> 01:18:53,895

Um, and the other part of it, some of

it is some serious superstition, but

:

01:18:54,684 --> 01:18:57,065

it is, it's a fun game to play, right?

:

01:18:57,065 --> 01:18:58,355

Like, hey, spots are hot, right?

:

01:18:58,355 --> 01:19:00,465

We just got three straight

hits, spots are hot, don't move.

:

01:19:01,059 --> 01:19:04,760

Um, you're trying to get back to

your spot as soon as possible after

:

01:19:04,760 --> 01:19:06,160

high fiving the guy who just scored.

:

01:19:06,160 --> 01:19:06,530

Right.

:

01:19:06,990 --> 01:19:10,300

Um, so it's, it's all part of

it, but it is a fun game to play.

:

01:19:10,300 --> 01:19:10,900

CB: That's great.

:

01:19:10,915 --> 01:19:14,025

Gary: definitely seems like you

all have a great time down there

:

01:19:14,155 --> 01:19:15,985

picking up the morale of the dugout.

:

01:19:16,025 --> 01:19:19,495

Typically, I see all the bullpen guys

are the ones getting the guys fired

:

01:19:19,505 --> 01:19:22,525

up and we're coming up to bat the

pitchers leading the charge on that.

:

01:19:22,525 --> 01:19:22,765

So.

:

01:19:23,340 --> 01:19:24,490

It's, it's fun to see.

:

01:19:24,490 --> 01:19:27,370

And I'm happy to hear more stories about,

I know our fans are happy to hear more

:

01:19:27,370 --> 01:19:30,900

stories about that and learn a little

bit more about you all coming out of the

:

01:19:30,900 --> 01:19:31,190

pen.

:

01:19:32,309 --> 01:19:33,160

CB: I was speaking of that.

:

01:19:33,200 --> 01:19:34,550

How hype was everybody?

:

01:19:34,790 --> 01:19:37,380

Uh yesterday when dylan

brown went to the plate

:

01:19:37,815 --> 01:19:42,605

Trent: That was, I mean, that was one

of the best moments I think of the

:

01:19:42,615 --> 01:19:42,985

year.

:

01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:47,930

CB: he put a charge to that ball He

almost messed around and ended that game

:

01:19:47,960 --> 01:19:48,790

Trent: did, I know.

:

01:19:48,790 --> 01:19:51,700

That, I mean, that was, that would have

been insane if he would have, but even

:

01:19:51,700 --> 01:19:54,620

just getting a barrel on it, especially

with two strikes, then right at the

:

01:19:54,620 --> 01:19:56,760

center fielder, like, that was insane.

:

01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:57,520

And he'd even hit in high

:

01:19:57,520 --> 01:19:57,820

school.

:

01:19:58,220 --> 01:19:58,850

He didn't hit in high school.

:

01:19:58,850 --> 01:19:58,910

He

:

01:19:58,910 --> 01:19:59,050

had

:

01:19:59,050 --> 01:19:59,220

like,

:

01:19:59,220 --> 01:20:01,500

CB: gonna ask so he didn't

hit in high school either.

:

01:20:01,710 --> 01:20:02,730

Trent: He was a PO in high school.

:

01:20:02,760 --> 01:20:06,820

And then he comes out here, and probably

if you're going to pick a pitcher not to

:

01:20:06,820 --> 01:20:08,890

hit, he'd be, he'd be one of them, right?

:

01:20:08,940 --> 01:20:10,030

Like, you don't want him to hit.

:

01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:10,800

You gotta have one hit.

:

01:20:11,050 --> 01:20:12,600

And he goes out there

and he barrels a ball.

:

01:20:12,600 --> 01:20:12,740

It's, it's insane.

:

01:20:13,270 --> 01:20:13,890

Absolutely

:

01:20:14,255 --> 01:20:16,475

CB: Yeah, because so many of you

guys were like first basemen,

:

01:20:16,485 --> 01:20:17,645

outfielders, shortstops.

:

01:20:17,675 --> 01:20:20,565

Like, there's so many guys on the

team I know of that were, but I'm not,

:

01:20:20,565 --> 01:20:22,415

I saw Troboff playing center field.

:

01:20:22,415 --> 01:20:23,805

I mean, all, all the kinds of guys.

:

01:20:24,145 --> 01:20:25,715

And so, so he was a PO.

:

01:20:25,865 --> 01:20:28,625

He looked like, he had the look, he

had the, had the, uh, the elbow guard.

:

01:20:28,645 --> 01:20:29,712

I mean, he had, he had

:

01:20:29,712 --> 01:20:30,135

it going.

:

01:20:30,260 --> 01:20:30,750

Trent: Yeah, and he's

:

01:20:30,750 --> 01:20:31,410

big too.

:

01:20:32,090 --> 01:20:33,620

Intimidating in there in the box.

:

01:20:35,940 --> 01:20:36,610

CB: That's funny

:

01:20:36,780 --> 01:20:41,660

Gary: I mean, he was straight up in that

box bat high, and that was the most square

:

01:20:41,660 --> 01:20:43,800

ball that was hit the entire weekend.

:

01:20:44,070 --> 01:20:47,220

Like, I mean, it was perfectly

pieced dead straight to center.

:

01:20:47,410 --> 01:20:49,770

I mean, he gets another

20, 25 feet on that.

:

01:20:49,770 --> 01:20:51,559

It's, it's banging the wall or going over.

:

01:20:51,910 --> 01:20:52,300

That would have.

:

01:20:53,050 --> 01:20:53,920

Yeah, it was wild.

:

01:20:53,930 --> 01:20:56,695

It seemed, it definitely fired up

the dugout, but I think it, yeah.

:

01:20:57,115 --> 01:21:00,385

Maybe shook some of the pressure off

of him because he came out and had an

:

01:21:00,385 --> 01:21:01,925

amazing half inning right after that.

:

01:21:03,180 --> 01:21:04,080

Trent: That's a really good point.

:

01:21:04,140 --> 01:21:07,500

Um, I mean, you would think that it's

a different mindset going up to hit,

:

01:21:07,809 --> 01:21:10,420

but when you're a pitcher hitting,

it's like, there's nothing to lose.

:

01:21:10,420 --> 01:21:12,830

Like, you're literally, you got in there

because if somebody would have gone on

:

01:21:12,830 --> 01:21:14,100

base, I believe you would have pinch hit.

:

01:21:14,595 --> 01:21:16,865

But because no one got a

base, he was in there for fun.

:

01:21:16,865 --> 01:21:18,525

And so shaking off, right.

:

01:21:18,525 --> 01:21:21,434

The, the seriousness or the, the nerves

that he might've had the previous

:

01:21:21,455 --> 01:21:24,345

inning and going back out there and

settling in, I mean, that was huge.

:

01:21:24,345 --> 01:21:25,105

That's a really good point.

:

01:21:25,625 --> 01:21:25,895

Gary: Yeah.

:

01:21:25,955 --> 01:21:26,385

He even had a

:

01:21:26,385 --> 01:21:26,575

little

:

01:21:26,585 --> 01:21:27,155

smile.

:

01:21:27,420 --> 01:21:27,910

CB: That's the key.

:

01:21:27,910 --> 01:21:29,730

We just get rid of the dh.

:

01:21:30,020 --> 01:21:32,150

We all we'd all the pictures of the better

:

01:21:32,150 --> 01:21:32,740

pictures

:

01:21:32,995 --> 01:21:33,225

Trent: Yeah.

:

01:21:33,225 --> 01:21:33,585

Yeah.

:

01:21:33,585 --> 01:21:35,130

No,

:

01:21:35,285 --> 01:21:38,575

Gary: already a very entertaining game,

but when the DH got dropped in the eighth,

:

01:21:38,585 --> 01:21:41,684

it made it more entertaining because now

it's like old school national league.

:

01:21:42,010 --> 01:21:43,840

The pitcher spots up,

you're in extra innings.

:

01:21:43,840 --> 01:21:44,880

You have a chance to walk it off.

:

01:21:44,890 --> 01:21:47,880

Like who's coming off the bench,

then who are you bringing in?

:

01:21:48,080 --> 01:21:52,510

And that exact situation of, all right,

nobody on two outs, we'd probably

:

01:21:52,510 --> 01:21:53,800

need another ending from Dylan.

:

01:21:53,800 --> 01:21:54,460

What do we do?

:

01:21:54,980 --> 01:21:56,000

Let them go swing that thing.

:

01:21:56,010 --> 01:21:56,600

Have fun.

:

01:21:57,895 --> 01:22:00,195

Trent: And that's, that's a situation

that every pitcher dreams of, right.

:

01:22:00,195 --> 01:22:02,905

Where you get thrown into a situation

where it's like, well, he has to hit.

:

01:22:03,460 --> 01:22:05,820

So I know I dream about it.

:

01:22:06,390 --> 01:22:07,140

Gary: Oh man.

:

01:22:07,180 --> 01:22:08,630

If that would have gone over the wall,

:

01:22:08,770 --> 01:22:12,380

CB: I was gonna say because you

actually do go so you're you were you're

:

01:22:12,380 --> 01:22:13,700

like meant more mentally prepared.

:

01:22:13,700 --> 01:22:14,920

You're like I could make this happen

:

01:22:15,150 --> 01:22:16,360

Trent: I think I can make it happen.

:

01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:18,870

Gary: we still got, we still got

games left and you never know what can

:

01:22:18,870 --> 01:22:20,130

happen in the conference tournament.

:

01:22:20,170 --> 01:22:20,470

So

:

01:22:20,490 --> 01:22:21,170

Trent: Absolutely.

:

01:22:21,540 --> 01:22:24,620

Gary: get a, get a, get a couple of reps

in the cage before you head down there.

:

01:22:25,910 --> 01:22:26,740

Trent: Get some teamwork.

:

01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:27,570

Gary: Awesome.

:

01:22:27,570 --> 01:22:27,890

Trent.

:

01:22:27,890 --> 01:22:29,420

Well, it was great chatting with you.

:

01:22:29,430 --> 01:22:31,940

Great getting to know you really

appreciate you taking some time

:

01:22:31,940 --> 01:22:33,880

out of your day to come talk to us.

:

01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:37,050

I know you all have a big road trip

ahead, but good luck at Georgia

:

01:22:37,100 --> 01:22:40,760

State and extend this thing is

as long as y'all possibly can.

:

01:22:40,760 --> 01:22:41,920

We'll be rooting you on to do it.

:

01:22:42,620 --> 01:22:42,900

Trent: Thank you.

:

01:22:42,900 --> 01:22:43,460

Thank you so much.

:

01:22:43,460 --> 01:22:44,090

That's the plan.

:

01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:44,550

Let's go.

:

01:22:44,559 --> 01:22:45,080

Monarchs.

:

01:22:45,080 --> 01:22:47,780

CB: Yeah, that's right really i've

really enjoyed uh having you around

:

01:22:47,780 --> 01:22:52,320

the last couple years man, it's just

great guy um Did not get I said didn't

:

01:22:52,320 --> 01:22:54,380

really get a chance to meet your

family But I just know they're the

:

01:22:54,380 --> 01:22:57,190

best people in the world because how

could it not be if they produce you?

:

01:22:57,735 --> 01:22:59,075

Uh, so so just thanks for

:

01:22:59,105 --> 01:22:59,955

being a monarch man.

:

01:23:00,020 --> 01:23:00,850

Trent: Appreciate that CB.

:

01:23:00,850 --> 01:23:01,390

Appreciate that.

:

01:23:01,390 --> 01:23:03,900

It's been awesome knowing you and

I'm sad they didn't get to meet

:

01:23:03,900 --> 01:23:06,450

you, but, um, I'm sure there'll

be another, another point in some,

:

01:23:06,570 --> 01:23:07,050

sometime.

:

01:23:07,050 --> 01:23:07,590

CB: Absolutely.

:

01:23:08,110 --> 01:23:08,670

Gary: Thanks so much.

:

01:23:08,670 --> 01:23:08,920

Trent.

:

01:23:17,955 --> 01:23:19,505

Welcome back, Monarch fans.

:

01:23:19,515 --> 01:23:23,375

I hope you enjoyed the conversation

with Bash and with Trent Buchanan.

:

01:23:23,755 --> 01:23:25,445

It was just great talking to those guys.

:

01:23:25,445 --> 01:23:28,565

I mean, you learn so much about them

as people and just what they've got in

:

01:23:28,565 --> 01:23:30,125

front of them and how hard they work.

:

01:23:30,695 --> 01:23:31,965

Uh, just, just awesome.

:

01:23:31,965 --> 01:23:34,745

And, you know, very interesting

to hear Bash talk about going

:

01:23:34,745 --> 01:23:36,125

to officer candidate school.

:

01:23:36,430 --> 01:23:39,910

I mean, I said when we were talking to

him, but that's the most Norfolk thing

:

01:23:39,910 --> 01:23:42,090

ever, Navy or Marines take your pick.

:

01:23:44,035 --> 01:23:44,735

CB: love bash.

:

01:23:44,735 --> 01:23:47,325

Um, you know, I've known that kid

since he was like nine years old.

:

01:23:47,325 --> 01:23:48,845

So I'm, I'm just a huge fan.

:

01:23:48,845 --> 01:23:52,445

And, uh, and, and Trent is just

a wonderful, wonderful guy.

:

01:23:52,475 --> 01:23:53,575

Um, so I, yeah.

:

01:23:54,195 --> 01:23:56,285

Really appreciate I appreciate all

the guys who've joined us and all the

:

01:23:56,285 --> 01:23:58,915

guys that we still got a few episodes

I appreciate all the guys who who will

:

01:23:58,915 --> 01:24:02,655

join us I just I appreciate old dominion

baseball and we have a little bit of it

:

01:24:02,655 --> 01:24:08,205

left this year Uh started this weekend

down at georgia state for a big series,

:

01:24:08,205 --> 01:24:13,175

which I was just looking here, uh, georgia

state over the weekend Uh, they got rained

:

01:24:13,175 --> 01:24:16,915

out looks like on friday had to play a

double header actually on sunday weirdly

:

01:24:16,915 --> 01:24:21,545

enough Uh, and they ended up they lost

the game saturday to coastal they won the

:

01:24:21,545 --> 01:24:26,755

first of the dh on sunday You And lost

the second one, uh, which unfortunately

:

01:24:26,765 --> 01:24:27,575

would have helped some of it.

:

01:24:27,575 --> 01:24:31,645

They're going to be coastal frankly

Uh, but so they have actually lost four

:

01:24:31,645 --> 01:24:39,535

straight Uh cusa series, so they're

they're 12 and 15 on the season Usa

:

01:24:39,950 --> 01:24:42,790

Gary: Sunbelt Series, Conference

USA is still buried in

:

01:24:42,795 --> 01:24:46,595

CB: got to put it in a jar

somewhere but in the cusa jar So

:

01:24:46,595 --> 01:24:48,135

it's only been like two years now.

:

01:24:48,135 --> 01:24:49,135

You think I would know?

:

01:24:49,135 --> 01:24:49,535

Gary: Yes.

:

01:24:49,535 --> 01:24:53,325

Well, depending on what website you look

at, you'll get Georgia State's record.

:

01:24:53,385 --> 01:24:58,095

Uh, we have them at 24 and 28 overall

and 12 and 15 in the conference.

:

01:24:58,175 --> 01:25:00,975

I think their website says

something a little bit different.

:

01:25:01,235 --> 01:25:04,225

Uh, they are scheduled to

play a midweek this week.

:

01:25:04,805 --> 01:25:09,845

On the road against South Carolina upstate

over in Spartanburg is be Tuesday at five

:

01:25:09,845 --> 01:25:11,815

so they will be playing one more game.

:

01:25:11,815 --> 01:25:14,655

That's a good number of games

in a short period of time.

:

01:25:14,655 --> 01:25:17,265

They're playing Saturday to

Sunday than one on Tuesday.

:

01:25:17,265 --> 01:25:20,765

I imagine they will not be

throwing any of their primary arms

:

01:25:20,965 --> 01:25:24,475

CB: I said, they are looking for

every piece of, uh, little drop

:

01:25:24,475 --> 01:25:27,475

of rain they possibly could find

on Tuesday in South Carolina.

:

01:25:27,875 --> 01:25:29,085

They are trying their best.

:

01:25:29,085 --> 01:25:31,465

Gary: A little bull Durham

style rain out over there.

:

01:25:31,465 --> 01:25:33,715

Someone's gonna go turn those sprinklers

on and forget to cut them off.

:

01:25:33,995 --> 01:25:34,615

Something like that.

:

01:25:35,675 --> 01:25:38,475

It's a little bit different

series, uh, this week because the

:

01:25:38,475 --> 01:25:40,785

conference tournament is the week

after we're going to be playing

:

01:25:40,795 --> 01:25:42,655

Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

:

01:25:42,695 --> 01:25:43,295

So 6 p.

:

01:25:43,295 --> 01:25:43,415

m.

:

01:25:43,415 --> 01:25:44,325

Thursday, 6 p.

:

01:25:44,325 --> 01:25:44,475

m.

:

01:25:44,475 --> 01:25:45,625

Friday, 1 p.

:

01:25:45,625 --> 01:25:45,845

m.

:

01:25:45,855 --> 01:25:46,835

on Saturday.

:

01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:52,330

Uh, all of those games will be on

ESPN plus, according to both websites,

:

01:25:52,700 --> 01:25:55,780

uh, shouldn't be any reason for

them not to be broadcasting that.

:

01:25:56,130 --> 01:25:59,200

Uh, so you should be able to

tune in and watch all of those.

:

01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:03,470

Uh, but yeah, Georgia state, they,

they were hot early in the season.

:

01:26:03,470 --> 01:26:04,800

They want a couple series.

:

01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:05,870

They had some momentum.

:

01:26:06,260 --> 01:26:10,110

They fallen off a good bit lately,

but you know, they went and took a

:

01:26:10,110 --> 01:26:13,230

game from coastal Carolina on the

road on a big weekend for coastal

:

01:26:13,230 --> 01:26:14,950

honoring their coach, Gary Gilmore.

:

01:26:15,350 --> 01:26:17,180

Uh, they're, they're a dangerous team and.

:

01:26:17,660 --> 01:26:19,790

You start looking at their hitting

stats and you start having a

:

01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:21,030

little bit of flashbacks of

:

01:26:21,050 --> 01:26:21,260

app

:

01:26:21,720 --> 01:26:23,880

CB: I was gonna say their

stats overall really looks a

:

01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:25,260

lot like app state doesn't it?

:

01:26:26,330 --> 01:26:29,380

Gary: I mean, they, they can hit,

they can definitely hit will Mize,

:

01:26:29,850 --> 01:26:34,550

uh, is, is one of the primary hitters

in three 58, uh, he's got 16 bombs.

:

01:26:34,550 --> 01:26:35,850

He's driven in 58 runs.

:

01:26:35,850 --> 01:26:38,010

I mean, 150 total bases on the season.

:

01:26:38,010 --> 01:26:40,080

That dude is having himself a year.

:

01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:46,860

Uh, Brennan Hudson, uh, hitting three

22, only 10 home runs in driven in 28.

:

01:26:47,250 --> 01:26:48,340

Uh, runs there.

:

01:26:48,670 --> 01:26:50,740

Uh, but you know, they've

got them up and down.

:

01:26:50,740 --> 01:26:53,420

It looks like they've got

four guys hitting over 300.

:

01:26:53,450 --> 01:26:56,210

They got a couple more

that are over, uh, 275.

:

01:26:56,780 --> 01:26:59,670

They're going to be able to put up runs

similar to what we saw at App State.

:

01:26:59,670 --> 01:27:02,960

And it's kind of come down to can our

pitching limit them the way that they

:

01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:04,620

were able to limit App State on Friday and

:

01:27:04,620 --> 01:27:05,040

Saturday.

:

01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:09,340

CB: And in much the same way can our

hitting take advantage of their pitching

:

01:27:09,340 --> 01:27:14,540

because when you look at Their numbers

they also have an era over 714 much like

:

01:27:14,550 --> 01:27:19,165

app state came to ODU with so They don't

have the excuse of the high elevation.

:

01:27:19,175 --> 01:27:22,885

I don't, I mean, Atlanta, I guess

is, is a higher elevation actually.

:

01:27:22,885 --> 01:27:27,205

I mean, it's not as high as the mountains,

but I remember at one point back before

:

01:27:27,205 --> 01:27:31,005

like the, uh, Dynamax and Rockies

joined major league baseball, Atlanta

:

01:27:31,015 --> 01:27:32,315

actually had the highest elevation.

:

01:27:32,845 --> 01:27:36,305

Um, but it's more like, you know, a

thousand as opposed to three thousand

:

01:27:36,725 --> 01:27:40,005

Uh, so I don't know that they have that

quite excuse for the pitching giving

:

01:27:40,005 --> 01:27:44,945

up seven runs a game uh see a few guys

like rob evans seems to be one of their

:

01:27:44,945 --> 01:27:51,055

starters and he's got a 562 era and 48

innings and then They they kind of have

:

01:27:51,055 --> 01:27:54,785

the same thing Maybe he has where they

they start a lot of different guys and

:

01:27:54,795 --> 01:27:58,045

i'm guessing a lot of might be performance

based more than anything because there's

:

01:27:58,045 --> 01:28:02,675

only a few A couple of guys with ERAs

under four and they don't pitch much.

:

01:28:03,165 --> 01:28:08,675

So this is a team that our guys need to go

out and take advantage of these pitchers.

:

01:28:08,725 --> 01:28:11,635

Gary: I mean, they give

up a good number of runs.

:

01:28:11,725 --> 01:28:14,795

They also have 320

walks to 431 strikeouts.

:

01:28:14,855 --> 01:28:18,035

So they give up some, some bases as well.

:

01:28:18,325 --> 01:28:20,255

Uh, but they really are

scattered across the board.

:

01:28:20,255 --> 01:28:22,465

Like Bob Evans or Rob Evans

that you mentioned, not

:

01:28:22,465 --> 01:28:23,105

Bob Evans, the

:

01:28:23,125 --> 01:28:23,934

CB: It might be Bob, who

:

01:28:23,934 --> 01:28:24,425

knows?

:

01:28:25,495 --> 01:28:27,765

Gary: yeah, go give you some

mashed potatoes and meatloaf with

:

01:28:27,815 --> 01:28:28,455

Bob Evans

:

01:28:28,655 --> 01:28:29,305

CB: Tell you sugar.

:

01:28:29,305 --> 01:28:32,050

Gary: Uh, Yeah, but he's at 48 innings.

:

01:28:32,050 --> 01:28:35,480

I think the next highest beyond that is

34, but they've got a lot of guys and kind

:

01:28:35,480 --> 01:28:38,410

of that 20 to 32 range of innings pitch.

:

01:28:38,410 --> 01:28:42,030

So I think they're just trotting

out the hot arm and trying to get

:

01:28:42,030 --> 01:28:45,080

out and hoping that they can just

outscore teams with their lineup.

:

01:28:45,625 --> 01:28:48,155

CB: And that guy who wears

number 99, you gotta love that.

:

01:28:48,155 --> 01:28:48,890

I love it.

:

01:28:48,980 --> 01:28:53,080

Gary: I'm actually a huge fan

of that number 99 Brady Jones.

:

01:28:53,900 --> 01:28:56,100

I mean, I bet he sprints out of the

:

01:28:56,100 --> 01:28:56,620

bullpen

:

01:28:56,680 --> 01:28:58,840

CB: to say leave the

team and saves with two.

:

01:28:58,900 --> 01:29:01,870

He's got that five and one record It

might be the new team and wins also.

:

01:29:02,170 --> 01:29:04,630

Okay, brady All right,

99 is killing this year.

:

01:29:04,650 --> 01:29:08,309

The 715 array is is

hiding Uh some good stuff.

:

01:29:08,690 --> 01:29:13,440

He's got 28 walks and 34 innings Uh, so

that's kind of how you end up with that.

:

01:29:13,470 --> 01:29:17,020

But I mean 99 is he's

he's producing for him

:

01:29:17,070 --> 01:29:19,160

Gary: As a team, they

also have 96 home runs.

:

01:29:19,160 --> 01:29:22,080

Their pitching staff has allowed a 72.

:

01:29:22,520 --> 01:29:25,580

Look on the ODU side in terms of the

number of home runs that we've given

:

01:29:25,590 --> 01:29:29,750

up and it's 30, uh, so we've given up,

you know, half the number of home runs,

:

01:29:29,750 --> 01:29:31,990

but we've, hit about 50 less than them.

:

01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:36,150

So again, two contrasting styles,

uh, going to be similar to that

:

01:29:36,160 --> 01:29:37,410

app state series and that's.

:

01:29:38,115 --> 01:29:39,485

Can you limit those guys?

:

01:29:39,535 --> 01:29:44,315

Can, can your pitching hold up for another

weekend and get you a couple of wins?

:

01:29:44,345 --> 01:29:46,665

Uh, cause we have to have one.

:

01:29:46,895 --> 01:29:49,475

If we win one, we will

make the tournament.

:

01:29:49,505 --> 01:29:51,035

There is no doubt about it.

:

01:29:51,835 --> 01:29:55,575

If we are able to sweep them and do

something we haven't been able to do all

:

01:29:55,595 --> 01:29:57,715

season in the most improbable of ways.

:

01:29:58,295 --> 01:30:02,885

If we sweep, there is a pathway

to the five or the succeed.

:

01:30:03,565 --> 01:30:06,305

But it starts with us

sweeping Georgia state.

:

01:30:06,315 --> 01:30:07,695

That's the only way it's possible.

:

01:30:09,450 --> 01:30:12,650

CB: I mean, you know, let's,

let's do it and see what happens.

:

01:30:12,840 --> 01:30:14,210

That's all I can say about that.

:

01:30:14,210 --> 01:30:18,280

You'd love to see, um, I would

love to see him sweep to say

:

01:30:18,280 --> 01:30:20,540

again, of not having a 500 records.

:

01:30:20,540 --> 01:30:23,090

I think if you sweep, you

end up being 16 and 14.

:

01:30:23,580 --> 01:30:26,970

Um, but we know how hard

that is, even with this team,

:

01:30:26,970 --> 01:30:28,559

it's, it's lost four straight.

:

01:30:29,450 --> 01:30:32,470

Series, which means they've lost a

couple of home series in that span.

:

01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:35,670

Uh, it is not easy to

win a series on the road.

:

01:30:35,670 --> 01:30:37,410

It's not easy to sweep

a series on the road.

:

01:30:37,540 --> 01:30:41,340

Um, but again, I think ODU's some

brave momentum off this weekend.

:

01:30:41,809 --> 01:30:43,660

We got some hitters going

the right direction.

:

01:30:43,690 --> 01:30:46,360

So, you know, go down,

take some of those lessons.

:

01:30:46,360 --> 01:30:48,130

Hopefully you learn from App

State about how to approach some

:

01:30:48,130 --> 01:30:50,360

at bats and, and go compete.

:

01:30:50,990 --> 01:30:53,300

Because you really want to get

yourself in the best position you

:

01:30:53,300 --> 01:30:54,540

possibly can go in that tournament.

:

01:30:54,540 --> 01:30:56,540

I, you do not want to be

that single game elimination.

:

01:30:57,070 --> 01:31:00,230

Uh, cause you know, I don't know,

last week coastal was in 10th.

:

01:31:00,290 --> 01:31:03,550

If you had to play coastal in one

game, yeah, they've been bad lately,

:

01:31:03,550 --> 01:31:05,860

but we saw them, they're not bad.

:

01:31:05,910 --> 01:31:06,850

None of these teams are bad.

:

01:31:07,710 --> 01:31:08,910

Who seems to beat you in one game?

:

01:31:10,295 --> 01:31:13,385

Gary: There's a couple of teams that could

potentially fall out of the tournament,

:

01:31:13,385 --> 01:31:17,605

and that's Coastal, South Alabama,

ODU, Texas State, and Georgia State.

:

01:31:17,945 --> 01:31:20,895

One of those teams is not making

the conference tournament.

:

01:31:21,125 --> 01:31:23,684

We certainly don't want

it to be Old Dominion.

:

01:31:24,155 --> 01:31:27,835

Um, but if, if you want to, you,

there's so many different scenarios

:

01:31:27,835 --> 01:31:30,505

that could play out with three games

left and the standings being this

:

01:31:30,525 --> 01:31:34,165

tight, but if you're interested in

things like possibly getting the fifth

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01:31:34,165 --> 01:31:38,885

or sixth seed, You need to go root for

Troy against JMU, which honestly you

:

01:31:38,885 --> 01:31:39,515

should be rooting

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01:31:39,515 --> 01:31:40,595

for Troy against JMU

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01:31:40,645 --> 01:31:40,795

anyway,

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01:31:41,390 --> 01:31:42,230

CB: no problem.

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01:31:43,425 --> 01:31:43,765

Gary: that.

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01:31:43,835 --> 01:31:46,495

And then you need to go pick

up an app state hat that

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01:31:46,495 --> 01:31:47,684

maybe got left in the dugout

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01:31:47,684 --> 01:31:48,375

this weekend.

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01:31:48,710 --> 01:31:50,070

And you need them to sweep Georgia

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01:31:50,090 --> 01:31:50,440

Southern.

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01:31:51,110 --> 01:31:54,270

If those things happen and we

sweep Georgia State, there's

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01:31:54,270 --> 01:31:54,960

a shot at five and six.

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01:31:55,620 --> 01:31:56,700

CB: I Got no problem.

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01:31:56,700 --> 01:31:58,500

App State, they seem like cool guys.

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01:31:58,500 --> 01:31:59,760

Their fans were nice.

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01:31:59,850 --> 01:32:00,540

No problem.

:

01:32:00,570 --> 01:32:03,540

I could root against JMU

any day and twice on Sunday.

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01:32:03,840 --> 01:32:07,770

I I'm all for all for Troy and

all for App State this weekend.

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01:32:07,770 --> 01:32:10,920

Go out and sweep and, and, and

give us some some help and then

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01:32:10,920 --> 01:32:11,895

hopefully we help ourselves.

:

01:32:12,145 --> 01:32:13,170

Would love to see it.

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01:32:14,230 --> 01:32:14,650

Gary: Yeah.

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01:32:14,700 --> 01:32:19,490

And even just them winning two games is

going to be helpful, but the only way to

:

01:32:19,490 --> 01:32:21,150

that five or six is going to be a sweep.

:

01:32:21,500 --> 01:32:25,700

But it all starts with us taking care

of our business, plain and simple.

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01:32:25,920 --> 01:32:29,410

We haven't swept anyone this entire

season, even at home, even going

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01:32:29,460 --> 01:32:31,230

four and one in our home series.

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01:32:31,510 --> 01:32:33,040

We did not, we didn't sweep anybody.

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01:32:33,620 --> 01:32:36,710

Uh, so we're going to have to kind of

do the thing we haven't done all season.

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01:32:37,240 --> 01:32:41,760

But after watching that game Sunday, I,

maybe I'm just clouded by the emotion

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01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:46,750

of the game, but if we were able to pull

off that shit show on Sunday and when,

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01:32:47,240 --> 01:32:49,330

why not go to Atlanta and sweep them?

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01:32:49,460 --> 01:32:50,010

Like, why not?

:

01:32:50,290 --> 01:32:51,750

Like what, what's stopping us?

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01:32:52,415 --> 01:32:53,115

CB: Yeah, go.

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01:32:53,115 --> 01:32:55,545

And like I said, then you have

a winning conference record.

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01:32:55,545 --> 01:32:59,565

You got your 30th win for the season,

which is always a nice, uh, barometer

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01:32:59,565 --> 01:33:02,085

to hit so, and you'll be rolling along.

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01:33:02,135 --> 01:33:06,255

It's like all season that they hold

their future in their own hands.

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01:33:06,385 --> 01:33:10,335

It's all about how well they compete

and how hard they're going after it.

:

01:33:10,795 --> 01:33:14,715

Um, if they're willing to go and, and,

and grind out every single pitch and every

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01:33:14,715 --> 01:33:16,285

single at bat, they can make it happen.

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01:33:16,715 --> 01:33:20,335

Um, if they're gonna just fold up and

just accept things then, you know,

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01:33:20,355 --> 01:33:24,335

they're gonna Maybe make the tournament

and maybe not put up a fight there when

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01:33:24,335 --> 01:33:27,875

they get there I believe these guys I

you know, again, I I wouldn't spend all

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01:33:27,875 --> 01:33:32,755

this time Uh watching this a team be

terrible full of bad guys It's a group

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01:33:32,755 --> 01:33:37,235

of great guys, and I think they're all

really talented and I i'm excited to get

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01:33:37,235 --> 01:33:38,855

up the espn plus I'm watching this weekend

:

01:33:38,855 --> 01:33:39,115

Gary: Yeah.

:

01:33:39,125 --> 01:33:39,675

Same here.

:

01:33:39,695 --> 01:33:40,621

I'm excited for them.

:

01:33:40,621 --> 01:33:43,665

I want them to extend that conference

tournament and anything beyond

:

01:33:43,665 --> 01:33:44,955

that as long as they can, because.

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01:33:45,495 --> 01:33:48,105

I want to see a lot of those

seniors that got recognized this

:

01:33:48,105 --> 01:33:49,665

weekend and graduated this weekend.

:

01:33:50,015 --> 01:33:51,485

I want to see them play one more game.

:

01:33:51,585 --> 01:33:53,195

I know they want to play one more game.

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01:33:53,465 --> 01:33:54,585

They want to be with those guys one more.

:

01:33:55,575 --> 01:33:57,505

And that's, that's what

I'm rooting for there.

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01:33:57,505 --> 01:33:59,865

So, uh, you know, I'll, I'll

definitely be able to catch

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01:33:59,865 --> 01:34:01,215

the game on Thursday, Friday.

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01:34:01,215 --> 01:34:04,855

I might still be in a little, uh, post

surgery haze, maybe on some good stuff.

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01:34:04,875 --> 01:34:05,365

We'll see.

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01:34:05,755 --> 01:34:06,475

CB: Might be the best way to.

:

01:34:06,485 --> 01:34:07,145

watch the game.

:

01:34:07,155 --> 01:34:09,355

Honestly, who knows a few of these games?

:

01:34:09,425 --> 01:34:11,205

I would love to have a haze on

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01:34:12,370 --> 01:34:14,540

Gary: oh, yes, that that would have

been good to have the Hayes on Sunday.

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01:34:14,540 --> 01:34:16,120

But, uh, yeah, we'll see.

:

01:34:16,120 --> 01:34:19,309

And then, of course, the, the final

game there on Saturday afternoon.

:

01:34:19,309 --> 01:34:21,990

And then, uh, you know, those guys

are going straight to Montgomery

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01:34:21,990 --> 01:34:27,510

after that, um, hopefully carrying a

5 seed, but we're the underdogs, man.

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01:34:27,590 --> 01:34:29,090

And why not?

:

01:34:29,110 --> 01:34:31,085

You gotta think about that mindset.

:

01:34:31,085 --> 01:34:33,305

You got to fight and claw for

everything just like you have all year.

:

01:34:33,305 --> 01:34:33,545

So.

:

01:34:34,455 --> 01:34:34,895

Why not

:

01:34:34,895 --> 01:34:35,285

us?

:

01:34:36,480 --> 01:34:36,680

CB: Why

:

01:34:36,680 --> 01:34:36,850

not

:

01:34:36,850 --> 01:34:37,110

us?

:

01:34:37,139 --> 01:34:38,340

We're underdogs.

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01:34:39,425 --> 01:34:42,045

Gary: Well, we appreciate you

all listening and tuning in.

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01:34:42,065 --> 01:34:43,795

We got a loaded episode for you.

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01:34:43,795 --> 01:34:44,955

I hope you all enjoyed it.

:

01:34:45,355 --> 01:34:48,755

We'll definitely be back, uh, here

in another week, hopefully talking

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01:34:48,764 --> 01:34:51,915

about some victories, but I'm Gary go

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01:34:51,915 --> 01:34:52,344

Monarchs.

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01:34:52,344 --> 01:34:53,085

CB: And I'm CB.

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01:34:53,125 --> 01:34:53,885

Go Monarchs!

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