Episode 3

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Published on:

20th Feb 2024

S1E3 – Sweeping Revolution

CB and Gary recap Old Dominion's sweep of the George Washington Revolutionaries along with a preview of games against UVA and Rutgers.

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Transcript
Gary:

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

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Part of the Monarchist Podcast Network.

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We are coming to you today after a

sweet weekend of George Washington.

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I'm Gary.

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I know I am feeling great after this

weekend of watching ODU baseball.

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I'm joined as always by CB.

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CB, how was your weekend out at the

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CB: Hey, you know, that

was a great weekend.

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I always say, it's always fun to go out.

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It's a lot more fun when you win.

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So taking three wins,

that was pretty great.

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Gary: Yeah.

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It was chilly, but it wasn't too terrible.

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I know you had, some layers

on to make sure you were fine

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down there on the field level.

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CB: Yeah.

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It was, it, fortunately the sun stayed

out, which is great, for us, for the

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weather, uh, for me taking pictures,

it was obviously, it was great.

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Um, and I, I'm, I'm extremely

good at, layering up these days,

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so I really wasn't that bad.

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Not gonna pretend like it wasn't cold.

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I mean, it was, it was in

the forties every single day.

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But I, it was, it was a lot, it was

the best you could have hoped for

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all around as far as the weekend

goes, as far as the weather, as far

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as the winds, it was really just

a really great opening weekend.

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Gary: And the crowd was fantastic.

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Really all three days.

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It was a big crowd on Saturday.

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There was a really nice crowd on Sunday,

for the final game of the series.

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And considering, it really

didn't get out of the forties

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to have that kind of support for

opening weekend was great to see.

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So tip of the cap to all the

Monarch fans, the families.

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Even some George Washington families

were down there to watch the

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game and were there all weekend.

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CB: Yeah.

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And they were great folks.

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I mean, a lot of times, the opposing

fans come in and sometimes you get

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some folks that are not great folks,

but the George Washington folks, I

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didn't really talk to a ton of them,

but they were all seeming very nice.

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And then just, they were just there to

watch baseball and root for their kids.

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And I think that's always great to

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see.

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Gary: our beat writer for ODU baseball,

Matt O'Brien, he interacted with quite a

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few of those fans and actually got some

thanks for talking about their kids.

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I know a Friday starter talked to

talk to his parents a little bit and

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a few others, pretty calm fan base.

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Not too much chirping going on a

little bit, but not too much that'll

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get really nice when we get into

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conference play and the

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weather's

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a little bit

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CB: I think when Charlotte

comes in a couple weeks,

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that'll, that'll ramp

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Actually, when he comes

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in a week from tomorrow,

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on

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Tuesday, that'll ramp up.

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They're, they're good for chirping.

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Gary: Yeah.

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And the beers will be

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flowing in Raleigh

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alley.

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I have no doubt.

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But great weekend.

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It was a busy day on

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Saturday.

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I was at the ballpark prior to

the game on Saturday talking with

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Rick French and Eric Bohannon and

a few others behind home plate.

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We were kind of in that little.

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Cave underneath the stands and it

was, uh, quite windy and quite cold

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down there, but glad to see such an

awesome turnout for Monarch fans.

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On the Hudson homers podcast, we are

going to keep you up to date on dollars

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for dingers, which if you haven't heard

of by now, that was, the campaign

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that started right at the end of

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fans engaged in driving some money

back into the ODU baseball program.

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It's pretty simple for every home

run that ODU hit you donate 1, to

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the old dominion athletic foundation,

for their baseball campaign,

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it's become a much bigger deal.

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Now they kind of have that go fund

me looking page, but CB after this

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weekend, I think you have an idea of

what we need to shift to instead of

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doing dollars for dingers this year.

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CB: Well, I'm not going to say instead

of I want to, I want them to coincide.

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I think we still, I love

the dollars for dingers.

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We've got some, some pop on the team.

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I don't know that we're going to

hit that a hundred home run mark.

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I don't think that's a problem.

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I think we have a different kind of team.

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We got some good hitters.

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But I think in addition to our dollars

for dingers, which we have two of

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those, Luke waters and Jake Tizer,

both hit us a dinger this weekend.

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So we've got 2 committed already.

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I would like to add that

supplement, uh, compliment

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dollars for dinners.

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I want to go bucks

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for

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bags.

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I think we should

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be looking to donate a

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dollar for every stolen

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base the team has.

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And our guys

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came out

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hot this

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weekend.

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We started, we got 12 stolen

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bases this weekend.

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Gary: It was unbelievable

on the base paths.

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It was something

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that coach Finwood talked about

when he sat down with Matt O'Brien

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and it's in the preview article

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talking about this

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team's going to look a little different.

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I know

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you've talked about it.

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I've talked about it.

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It's contact, it's speed,

it's getting guys over.

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Getting guys in, not as much on the power

front, but we still did have two dingers.

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We had a couple of doubles that scored

some runs too, but 12 for 12 on stolen

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bases this weekend, which is unbelievable.

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I did the math.

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If we keep up that pace, we'll have

224 stolen bases at the end of the

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year.

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CB: I would be shocked if we kept

up that pace, but I think we can

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definitely steal a lot of bases.

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Kyle Edwards had three on the weekend.

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You saw, if you were at the game,

you saw he's doing a celebration.

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Looked like him, like, revving

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up

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the engine.

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I was talking to him

before the game yesterday.

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And it's, I

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just

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love how much energy he's bringing.

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he's

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he's playing like a

little kid and just having

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a

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blast.

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It's

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really.

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Infectious for the whole team.

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It's fun to

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Gary: It's Stephen Meyer,

also three for three.

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Luke Waters, two for two.

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Carter Sunderman didn't even

play that much this weekend and

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went two for two, stealing bags.

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And LaVarie had

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another one.

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Just to put it in perspective,

last season, the entire season,

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including the conference

tournament, we only stole 77 bases.

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We already have 12 through

our first three games.

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That is an unbelievable change in

philosophy from a stolen base standpoint.

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CB: I, I don't have it in front of

me, but if you look back at, uh,

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22 or 21, that was

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probably

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a huge uptick.

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We had a

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lot more speed last year.

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Gary: Yeah, absolutely.

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That was, that was a high,

I think over the last

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five years.

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And then I think we're going to easily

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crush that number of 77,

very early in the season.

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If we keep up this pace of running,

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CB: It's great.

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It's exciting baseball.

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I mean, you saw that in major

league baseball this past year,

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where they made the bases larger

and it led to just a lot of steals.

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And it's, it's more,

it's more fun baseball.

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They had to compete with

the fact that they're.

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Catchers and pitchers are so good

that it was hard to steal bases.

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And so it's a fun style of

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baseball.

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It's, it's enjoyable to come out

to a game and, and see things.

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I mean, home runs are exciting.

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Don't get me wrong.

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I think

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home runs get anybody,

even your average fan

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that doesn't know much

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about the

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game excited, but stolen

bases are really enjoyable.

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Gary: they talk about in football,

defense travels, small ball,

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stealing speed and

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good pitching.

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They travel in baseball.

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So if you're not as reliant

on home runs to win games.

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You're going to be much more

consistent and likely win more games.

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I think you pointed out, you know,

end of last season, we kind of fell

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off a little bit with that home run

pace and it costs us some games.

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I feel a lot better about the

consistency of this team where home

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runs are just a nice added thing

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CB: yeah, I mean, hustle never slumps

and stolen bases and extra bases.

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That's hustle stuff.

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You know, you have some, some

intelligence and some smarts about

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when to do it and who to do it on.

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But if you're, if

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you're

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really hustling that it's

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hard to slump.

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first hit of the season was the

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infield hit.

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We can just put the ball in

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play

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and run hard.

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Good stuff happens.

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Gary: Yeah, and I feel like a

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lot of these guys, when they get on

the base pass, they just have that

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instinct of how to read the pitcher

and when to go and when not to go and

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being able to time that up to get some

really great jumps to where the catcher

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just has no chance to throw you out

going down to second or in some cases,

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third base, as we saw over the weekend.

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CB: Yeah.

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We took third a few times.

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Gary: You actually got

a really great shot of

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Stephen Meyer.

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That's in the recap that is posted

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up on odmonarchist.

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com of him

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sliding into third after a

steal, which was just an awesome

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shot.

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CB: Yeah, it's exciting.

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It's

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exciting when

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I can react fast enough

to get cool things.

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Gary: One other change I think

Monarch fans might have noticed too

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was the pitch clock boards are up so

you can actually see the countdown

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and

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how that impacts and.

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We'll talk to our pitchers throughout the

season here to kind of see how they game

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plan with the pitch clock and knowing

when the batter has to be in the box

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and when they have to start throwing and

how they use that to their advantage.

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But we did see that a couple times

over this weekend of being able to

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make that hitter stand in the box

in the cold for a few extra seconds.

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CB: Yeah, I mean, I love it.

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I'm looking here at the game times.

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Um, Fridays was 2 hours 11 minutes.

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Saturday, 2 hours 44.

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And Sunday, 2 hours and 50.

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So that was the longest one.

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There were a lot of minute and

pitching changes in that one.

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I mean, that's That's pretty great.

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I love baseball.

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I don't necessarily think it needs

to be a four hour game, which

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college had definitely gotten to.

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And so the pitch

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clock and then adding

some things like they

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have the electronic, devices on their

wrist to deliver signals, you know, just

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some things to make stuff move faster,

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Cause we can enjoy the game

without having to take forever.

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Gary: Yeah, I had gone

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over to women's basketball.

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They tipped off the

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same time as baseball did on

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Saturday and I had the live

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stats on my phone paying

attention to that when we were

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sitting courtside in the media seats.

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And we got to the fourth quarter there

and baseball was already in the six.

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And I was like, I don't know if

I'm going to make it back over

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to see the end of the game.

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We did.

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We got over there for the final

two frames, but we had to roll

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out basically as the final seconds

were ticking off the clock.

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So if you're, essentially running most

of a baseball game through the time

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it takes for a basketball game, you

have considerably sped that game up.

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I made it a little more challenging for

us running up and down the 43rd street.

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CB: Yeah, it's gonna be a little

challenging some of these, weekday

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games where I don't quite get out

of work when they start at three

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o'clock, so, that'll, that'll be

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interesting, but, again, I

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think it, it Just that's the kind of

thing that brings more people to the game

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too, if I can, if I can watch a game in a

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reasonable amount of time,

there's a lot of action, the

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base

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paths are

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moving, it's Just stuff is happening,

it's only gonna be a good thing.

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Gary: Just going to have

to increase your pace

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a little bit down in the

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beers and rally alley, if

that's where you hang out.

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Cause, the game's going to be

over by last call pretty quickly.

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So let, let's jump into the weekend and

start with, with the game on Friday,

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4 1 victory to start off the season.

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Wasn't the prettiest game I think we've

ever seen, but you saw right off the jump

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where putting the ball in play, using

speed, some timely hitting, excellent

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pitching, leads to a 4 1 victory on a day

where the bats really weren't even going.

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CB: Yeah, it was very much an

opening weekend kind of game.

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You know, everyone that first day, I

think, I don't know how many, I don't

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care how many years you've been doing it.

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If you're a freshman or if you're, you're

a 50 year senior, uh, I think guys are

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a little antsy, everyone's a little.

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Too amped up.

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Everybody wants to hit

that nine run home run.

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So the hitting wasn't great the other

team made some errors took advantage

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of them We did have some timely hits

and then and john holibets started off

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the pitching just looking outstanding

I think I saw he was up to like 96

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at one point Although he was smart.

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If you notice he hit that in the

first inning Then he was backing off.

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He was more around 91 92 93 the rest

of his time out there and then Bailey

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Metella just diced him up, 1, 2, 3.

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Lincoln Ransom getting his

first appearance on the mound

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as a monarch, looked great.

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And then Jacob Gomez, a couple

innings just to end the game.

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I mean, the

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pitching was fantastic.

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Zero, one run,

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not earned, you know, unearned run.

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Um, so that was just

a fantastic outing for

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the pitching.

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And the hitting got it

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done.

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They took

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advantage of the mistakes.

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Gary: I feel like Bailey

almost set the tone for

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guys coming out of

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the bullpen all weekend.

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He comes in, strikes

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out the side, faced

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three batters, three strikeouts.

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Doesn't get a whole lot better than that.

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He only threw 11 pitches to get three

strikeouts, which is really impressive.

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Lincoln hopping on the mound.

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He had a strikeout as well.

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And then of course, Jacob

Gomez slamming the door.

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I think the only, only thing

he missed out on was he, he

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hit one batter and that was it.

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But I will take that in

two innings of relief.

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Because that, that truly set the tone

for that pitching staff for the rest of

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the weekend, they were just lights out

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CB: Well, You

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know, Jacob

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can't be a guy that's out

there talking and intimidating

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people.

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He's

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not going to hit

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somebody, You know.

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He's got a.

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you gotta plunk

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somebody and let them

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Gary: You gotta get the word back out

that You can't stand close to that

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plate or otherwise

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Jacob's gonna come flying inside on you.

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CB: Don't get comfortable in the box.

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Gary: Don't

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box.

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you, you could also

see that velo bump that

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he talked about when he came on the

podcast in episode two, where he was able

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to gas it up a little bit when he needed

to, and then just blow your mind with

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something

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off speed.

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CB: Friday was a very

impressive day for pitching.

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That was the one thing you could walk

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away.

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Uh, again, the offense, you

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know, cold, it's

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hard

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to hit.

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The ball's not going anywhere.

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Everyone's a little too over anxious,

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but, uh, the pitching was just

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phenomenal.

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And their guys pitched very

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Gary: Yeah, yeah,

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I

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thought that they threw really well

on friday, especially considering that

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they're starting pitcher Michael folds.

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That was his first collegiate

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start ever.

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And it's only give up

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one run And

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four innings pitched, uh,

four strikeouts, two walks.

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You know, he had a couple wild pitches.

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He hit a couple guys.

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He had an air fielding, but I think

overall that's a pretty good sign

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for George Washington going forward.

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CB: they should be very excited.

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The kid after seven

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strikeouts and four innings, Braden Kurtz,

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yeah, they should feel really good about

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this Friday, guys.

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Gary: And we're not going to try to

make it seem like George Washington

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is a

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ranked ball club.

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That's

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going to be

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in the college world series

or anything like that.

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But I think the A 10 preseason

poll had them finishing ninth.

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The team I saw this weekend is going

to finish better than ninth and A 10.

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I think they're solidly going to

be in the middle of the pack there,

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be competitive down the stretch.

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So.

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Maybe a little bit better than

they have been historically.

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There were a lot of good things.

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If you're a GW fan after

watching your team this weekend,

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even though you went, Oh, and

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three

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CB: Yeah, it's tough to walk away

0 3 feeling good about things, but

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like I said, I think they should.

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They had some good pitching.

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They had some competitive hitters.

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I know their head coach, Greg Ritchie, is

an outstanding hitting coach, so they, I

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hope they have a great year and compete.

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They were fun to

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watch.

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They had some nice fans.

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I realize I've seen

the kid, uh, the second

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baseman, McGuire Tuffy,

seen him play summer

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ball the last

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couple of

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years with Morehead City, and he's a very

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good ball player.

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Gary: and a Monarch fans will definitely

be rooting for them so that they

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will sweep

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VCU

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this season because we just want

VCU to take as many losses as

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humanly possible just for fun.

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It doesn't

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even

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really matter, but it's fun.

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CB: Yes.

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Even though I was,

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One of their coaches who I'm friends with,

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I

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was

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telling him a

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good job on beating NC

State the other day.

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Gary: Yeah, I think that's a

hard part about baseball is

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you've got those coaches that you really

like that end up at a place like VCU

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and you're like, well, I want them to

lose, but I want my friend to do well.

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I've definitely been through

that with VCU over the years.

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CB: NC State's also kept

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us

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out of

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the tournament

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a couple of times, and they

shouldn't have, so I'm all for

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beating them

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Gary: Hey, I'll, I'll

take all the wins that we

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can get and anything that

helps pump us up for That That

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regional bid is good in my book.

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CB: Absolutely.

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But yeah, Friday was a good day.

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It was interesting to me.

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You know, I had pretty much

predicted the starting lineup.

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I think I had a couple

of positions switched.

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Um, it was interesting seeing, TJ

Aiken, Carter Sunderman getting the game

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late, and they got it all three games.

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So it was neat to see that's Finwood's,

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plan, I guess, is to bring them

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in, let them play some defense at the

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end.

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Sunderman has said he stole a

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couple

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of bags, I

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think, right in that

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game, and then he first pitch of his

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college

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career got

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a single.

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So, I mean,

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he's a good ball player.

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:

Gary: wasn't waiting around.

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:

He

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saw that first one and

drove it into the outfield.

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And when he did get brought

into the game as a pinch runner,

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immediately stole second.

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:

So you're definitely seeing that

speed impact there too, with guys

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coming off the bench and just being

ready to go and getting into position

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:

to help us put runs on the board.

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:

CB: Yeah, they were joking

around calling him Mr.

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Perfect, uh, which he was, yeah.

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:

Gary: Saturday, we talked about

that day a little bit, uh, much more

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competitive game.

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:

I mean, this thing was, was tight really

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:

until the fifth inning.

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:

We pulled away to get up, five to three in

the fifth, on a Stephen Meyer RBI single.

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:

And then it stretched out a little

bit in the sixth inning, just more

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of the same of, of a lot of contact.

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:

I mean, Tyser had the

home run, but that was.

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:

That was really the only big

pop in that game, aside from,

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:

uh, Kenny LaVarie's double.

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:

CB: Yeah, we had, what, four doubles

in that game, so that was where, I

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:

think the All the anxiety and all the,

um, pressure of opening day kind of

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:

lifted off its shoulders a little bit.

483

:

I think you're getting a little deeper

into the George Washington pitching and

484

:

seeing their depth isn't quite as strong.

485

:

So you got to see a

little more pop that day.

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:

Dylan Brown, who started the game, did

a great job, you know, eight strikeouts,

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:

five innings, uh, three runs, two earned.

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Um, I love that they left him

out there in the fifth inning

489

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to let him work through it.

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:

I know he, he had, he gave him a run.

491

:

He had some guys on base that's been.

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:

A time in some other some other years

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where we were going and getting that guy,

I was I'm very surprised they let him

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finish the fifth inning, but I love that.

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:

I think that's the kind of thing.

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:

The only way

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you're going to succeed is

by letting your pitchers

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work

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through

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stuff.

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:

So that was, that was very exciting

502

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to see that happen.

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Gary: He got to work

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through it while also keeping his

pitch count relatively low, threw

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:

73

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pitches over 5 innings,

pretty efficient work there.

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:

Uh, the 8 strikeouts, he was just blowing

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people away up there on the mound.

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:

CB: It's funny.

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:

He blows them away without

throwing really hard.

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He's just got really good stuff.

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He's really good

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at spotting the ball.

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Um, Dylan's a very talented pitcher.

515

:

He's a, he's such a good kid.

516

:

He's one.

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We need to bring him on

the podcast at some point.

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:

He's

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just

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a

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really,

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uh, really always smiling, having a good

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time.

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:

Great kid.

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Gary: Yeah, we'll definitely

work on lining up some more,

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Guys to come join us.

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:

They've got the quick turnaround

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:

to Charlottesville on Tuesday, but

we will definitely be bringing you,

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:

additional ODU players and coaches to

give you their, their take on things.

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:

But.

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Following Dylan Brown on Saturday

was Ben Moore, two innings pitch.

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:

There's one run that scored, but

it was unearned two strikeouts.

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:

Uh, it was a little wild though, ended

up hitting, three batters in that two

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:

innings of work.

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CB: Yeah, a little while, he kind

of made some of his own, problems,

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:

then an error behind him too.

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:

Uh, but again, you know, Ben's a

very good pitcher and, you come out

538

:

of that one run unearned, it's okay.

539

:

And then, and then, uh, Vincent Becerra

came in after a couple of hits in

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:

the inning, but a strikeout, inning.

541

:

And then Jay Cassidy looked phenomenal,

542

:

at the end, the Christopher

Newport, graduate student, uh,

543

:

he, he looked outstanding at the

544

:

end of the

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:

game.

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:

You look at

547

:

a

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:

bullpen where you could

bring out, Cassidy and

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:

Gomez at the

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end

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:

of the things, the lefties, that's pretty

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:

dominant.

553

:

Gary: It was impressive to see,

and Jay looked great on the mound.

554

:

Didn't show an, an ounce

of, of nerves, really.

555

:

He fielded his position pretty well

there at the end of the game too.

556

:

Uh, so just another electric performance

from the bullpen after innings.

557

:

Fantastic start from Dylan Brown.

558

:

CB: Yeah.

559

:

And again, just pitching

was really good all weekend.

560

:

The offense picked up that game, you know,

what Kyle Edwards had a couple of hits.

561

:

Kyle Edwards had a rough weekend, man.

562

:

George Washington made about six

really outstanding catches in

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:

the outfield over the weekend.

564

:

And I think at least three

of them were on Kyle.

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:

So, I mean, he, he

566

:

was, he's still leading the team and

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:

hitting, but he, he should have had about

568

:

three more hits.

569

:

I mean, they just in the

gaps, just these great

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:

leaping, diving catches or

571

:

outfielders made.

572

:

And rob some

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:

hits off the guys,

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:

Gary: Yeah, George Washington's

outfield played great all weekend

575

:

and they were battling some

576

:

wind out there that,

577

:

that

578

:

changed

579

:

directions on them on Sunday too.

580

:

And they were still tracking balls down in

581

:

the gap, going back to the

wall, having to deal with that.

582

:

We probably could have added another

six, seven, eight runs over the

583

:

weekend if they don't have that really

strong fielding in the outfield.

584

:

Uh, so to have those things not go

your way and still come away with a

585

:

sweep, that is really tough to do.

586

:

Tip of the cap to the,

revolutionary outfielders there.

587

:

CB: the revs.

588

:

I do, I do enjoy the

589

:

nickname.

590

:

It's very fun.

591

:

Also, let's play a solid uniform

game for the revs all weekend.

592

:

They're Friday and Saturday, especially

at some really nice uniforms.

593

:

And we owe to you, we got to show off

the full uniform game, but we had the,

594

:

uh, there are pinstripe, our white

pinstripes on Friday, Saturday, we had

595

:

the all Navy, you know Navy tops

596

:

and Navy pants.

597

:

And then Sunday we had the all

Hudson blues, both tops and pants.

598

:

So we had some really, we got to

599

:

show off our

600

:

really nice uniforms on weekends that

601

:

that's a lot of fun.

602

:

Gary: you know, I'm partial to the all

Hudson blues, no matter what the sport

603

:

is, football, baseball, basketball, that,

that's definitely my favorite combo and

604

:

looks, looks amazing when, you put it

605

:

out there print and photo and all of

that, it was nice to see us, looking

606

:

sharp on the way to the sweep.

607

:

CB: Yeah, I've been an advocate

of, ODU as a school kind of

608

:

going back to the Hudson blue

609

:

being our color.

610

:

I think, you know,

611

:

the

612

:

Navy is great.

613

:

We should use that as the

614

:

highlights and support, but I,

I think, you know, we, at one

615

:

point the Hudson blue was our

616

:

color and

617

:

I think

618

:

we

619

:

should

620

:

kind of

621

:

transition back into that

622

:

personally.

623

:

Gary: You can see, uh, my influence on it.

624

:

If you go to odmonarchist.

625

:

com, the whole site is pretty

much in Hudson blue with Navy and

626

:

white writing.

627

:

So I'm, I'm definitely on board

628

:

with that

629

:

Uh, but 1, 1 of the note from

Saturday, I do want to talk to you

630

:

a little bit about Kenny LaVarie.

631

:

He had a tough weekend overall.

632

:

They had 3 strikeouts on Friday, but

Saturday bounce back, had a couple,

633

:

couple of hits, drove in 3 runs.

634

:

Look pretty good.

635

:

He was also robbed a couple of times

on Sunday with, some good hits.

636

:

So nice to see him come through, even

though he didn't have a strong weekend.

637

:

He's able to drive in three runs for us in

what was a fairly tight seven, four game.

638

:

CB: Yeah.

639

:

And played first base on Friday

and Sunday too, which he's not

640

:

done in a game at ODU before.

641

:

So it's, it's, uh,

642

:

it's great seeing

643

:

him show that positional

644

:

flexibility and, uh, and

continues to be a leader.

645

:

He's just, he's just

a leader on the field.

646

:

He's a leader in the

647

:

lineup.

648

:

Uh, Kenny's just a, he's

649

:

a

650

:

just

651

:

such a value to ODU baseball.

652

:

Gary: Yeah.

653

:

He, He, brought a lot to

the table and was just glad

654

:

to see

655

:

him power

656

:

through after a rough opening game to come

657

:

back and play really well on Saturday.

658

:

And I think that's, that might be the

659

:

trend this year where you may see a

660

:

guy that's.

661

:

Only has one really strong game

over a weekend series, but the

662

:

runs that they're driving in are

critical to winning that one.

663

:

And I think you get that more when

you play more contact and speed

664

:

than swinging for, for home runs.

665

:

CB: Well, unfortunately for

Kenny, he's always been that guy.

666

:

He's even in, you know, last

year with all the pop and power.

667

:

I think whether you have seven, eight,

and they kind of ended up at the

668

:

end

669

:

of the year when he was

just kind of, he got a

670

:

swing really going good.

671

:

He's not, he's one of the guys

he's going to stay within himself.

672

:

He's always going to

be a, hit the ball, the

673

:

opposite field, take what's given to you.

674

:

He's just a really, a

675

:

really solid

676

:

Gary: Yeah, and where he's hitting

at in the order with that, all

677

:

that speed

678

:

in

679

:

front of him too, he, he's gonna

earn some dividends on that with

680

:

those, those guys on the

681

:

base pass,

682

:

if he's able to go the other way,

get singles and doubles, there's,

683

:

there's going to be ducks on the

pond for him in scoring position.

684

:

So jumping on to Sunday,, when the

finale eight to two, another great

685

:

pitching performance., Trent Buchanan,

we were sitting side by side there for

686

:

part of that first inning, watching him

pitch and man, he looked amazing out

687

:

there.

688

:

CB: Yeah, you might be hard pressed to

find anybody in the team who's taken

689

:

as big a jump as Trent has taken it.

690

:

He was a very good, solid reliever

for, the Monarchs last year,

691

:

and now he's looking, I mean, he,

let's say he was up to 96 there.

692

:

Again, he did the kind of the same

thing that, Halibutz did where he

693

:

kind of backed off a little bit,

decided to sit more around 92, 93,

694

:

and, yeah, just pitched really well.

695

:

I think we're all kind of

hoping to get the five innings.

696

:

But by the end of four, it was very clear.

697

:

He was physically a bit gassed.

698

:

And also I think he was just

emotionally, I think it had started

699

:

a

700

:

game in years.

701

:

And I think at a certain point

702

:

it, it takes a little bit of

a toll, um, but just pitched

703

:

great and, uh, it was very,

704

:

very excited, set the table.

705

:

For the

706

:

team

707

:

really well because we had

some really great relief work

708

:

right after that

709

:

Gary: yeah, Kellen Davis

710

:

came on in relief

711

:

for the fifth and

712

:

CB: the gyro

713

:

Gary: yeah, yeah.

714

:

The phase three batter struck

715

:

them all out and I will

just say batters look

716

:

confused to put it nicely.

717

:

CB: Yeah, he's got I don't even know.

718

:

I don't know how you describe it.

719

:

The ball just drops off the table.

720

:

He's one of those guys you look at him.

721

:

He's Probably the most might be the

most physically fit kid on the team.

722

:

Um,

723

:

he's one he could do like a Standing

724

:

leap of about 40 some inches.

725

:

He Just has this weird ball that

726

:

just

727

:

drops and is is

728

:

goofy and when he

729

:

controls

730

:

it.

731

:

Well, it's it's

732

:

something else

733

:

Gary: Yeah, I think that was a little

bit of shock and awe for George

734

:

Washington at the plate when he came

735

:

in to

736

:

see that thing just

737

:

drop off the table on them,

challenge for Evan Holman behind

738

:

the dish to wrangle that in.

739

:

But I thought he did a great job.

740

:

That's players I want to talk

about here a little bit later in

741

:

the podcast

742

:

behind the edition.

743

:

CB: Yeah, we need to

744

:

talk about, Evan was

745

:

doing

746

:

work behind the plate.

747

:

We need, we'll talk about him later

748

:

in a little

749

:

Gary: yeah.

750

:

yeah.

751

:

So, Kellen gets a clean fifth.

752

:

Uh, Nick Sulpizio,,

753

:

comes in, throws an

754

:

inning in two thirds.

755

:

It does allow one

756

:

earn run, but for the most part,

really handled himself pretty well.

757

:

CB: I actually had not had a chance to

see Nick Pitt, Nick or Brandon Pond.

758

:

I hadn't had a chance to see them pitch.

759

:

Uh, it just worked out.

760

:

And so it was, it was good to

see, uh, Nick as a freshman.

761

:

I know Finney is very high on him.

762

:

You can see why the talent was obvious.

763

:

There's always a little bit of jitters and

he pitched through it and he looked good.

764

:

And then, um, Hudson Trobaugh

came out and kind of, he came

765

:

into a bit of a situation there

766

:

and, uh, got himself a fly out.

767

:

So

768

:

that was really great to see.

769

:

I don't

770

:

know if the plan is for him to be

771

:

kind

772

:

of a situational lefty

or if that's just how it

773

:

worked out then, but it was, it

was, really good to see another

774

:

freshman come

775

:

in in a big

776

:

situation and

777

:

get out of the inning.

778

:

Gary: Yeah, coming right in into a high

leverage situation and getting the out.

779

:

I mean, can't ask for much more than

that coming in that situation and

780

:

having that for your first appearance

781

:

of

782

:

the

783

:

year, you know, no pressure kid.

784

:

Good luck.

785

:

And, he did well.

786

:

CB: yeah, yeah, I know his whole, his

whole family was down from Maryland

787

:

to see him and they, they were having

a blast, and then Brandon Pond, our

788

:

graduate student from Lynchburg, who's

got himself a, division three, world

789

:

series victory last year with Lynchburg.

790

:

He came in last two innings,

just look great, look like

791

:

another, uh, strong

792

:

veteran presence out of the bullpen.

793

:

you know, again, you, you throw

him and Jay Cassidy and Jacob

794

:

Gomez, you got, you got a lot of

795

:

experience.

796

:

At the

797

:

end of the

798

:

bullpen there,

799

:

Gary: Yeah.

800

:

And we, we definitely saw

that on display all weekend.

801

:

On the offensive side, it was, it was

a little bit of the Luke Waters show on

802

:

Sunday, going four for four, driving in

four runs, hit the solo shot, but really

803

:

just an amazing day at the dish for Mr.

804

:

Waters.

805

:

CB: I didn't even realize until I

saw the box where they had four hits.

806

:

I knew he was having a great day,

but that's who he is as a ballplayer.

807

:

He's just a quiet, consistent, I

mean, he's the same way he's as a kid.

808

:

He just, he's real quiet.

809

:

He's a good kid.

810

:

He's having fun with everybody,

but he's just, he's not the

811

:

like guy you're going to notice.

812

:

And.

813

:

So he can have a quiet four for four day

with four RBIs, that home run was, I think

814

:

when we have home runs this year, what he

had is exactly what we're going to have.

815

:

He just, he got into it, got a

816

:

nice, nice line drive stroke

and it just smoked over the

817

:

wall.

818

:

I mean, I was one that, and

819

:

it was a no doubter.

820

:

I was, I was

821

:

there in the

822

:

bullpen and one of the guys in

the bullpen was like, Oh, stay

823

:

fair because that was

the only thing that was

824

:

the only way

825

:

it

826

:

wasn't going out as it went foul.

827

:

Gary: He looked great at the

plate on Sunday and kind of

828

:

helped spark a lot of things.

829

:

I did notice something

interesting with Jake Tyser.

830

:

Uh, they did not want to pitch to him on

831

:

Sunday.

832

:

Uh,

833

:

he if they were runners

on base, he was getting

834

:

Four.

835

:

pitches way out of the zone,

see if they get into chase.

836

:

But he, he did his job and got two walks.

837

:

He got on base and,

and set some other guys

838

:

up down the

839

:

lineup.

840

:

CB: Yeah, I, every time they, they,

they had two, you have two four pitch

841

:

walks and I was sitting over there.

842

:

I wouldn't pitch to him either.

843

:

He's so imposing.

844

:

He's imposing as a hitter.

845

:

And then he gives you that mentally

imposing because you, you look at him.

846

:

He's like, he's larger than

a human being should be

847

:

like,

848

:

he's just so big.

849

:

I see him

850

:

all the time and I still, like

I had a, I had some pictures of

851

:

the day and he's walking there.

852

:

It's like, he's head and shoulders above

853

:

everyone.

854

:

No, he's other large

855

:

baseball

856

:

players.

857

:

It's Yeah.

858

:

I

859

:

don't blame them for not wanting

860

:

anything to do with them.

861

:

Gary: Yeah.

862

:

I want to see him taking a

bat off of the kid from St.

863

:

Mary's Jason Reitz, who is

864

:

six

865

:

foot

866

:

nine as a pitcher.

867

:

That,

868

:

that's a matchup that I think,

college baseball fans need to

869

:

see at some point this year.

870

:

CB: I'm sure some team out here has

871

:

some, uh, some huge pitcher that

872

:

we can, we

873

:

can get a matchup.

874

:

We get a

875

:

null

876

:

height matchup.

877

:

Gary: Yeah, for for long term

878

:

O.

879

:

D.

880

:

U.

881

:

Fans.

882

:

Uh, Jason reached a place for ST Mary's.

883

:

He looks like Sam Harris

884

:

when he's pitching like

it's almost like he's

885

:

moving in slow motion, but throwing

really hard at the same time.

886

:

I think you threw five

scoreless yesterday.

887

:

So we need the, uh, The tall guys club,

a little home run derby or something.

888

:

CB: Yes, a few years back,

889

:

I might be like 10 years now,

but I saw a guy, uh, Loke

890

:

Van Mill was a, uh, a

seven foot one pitcher for

891

:

the Minnesota Twins and the Miners.

892

:

And I saw

893

:

him pitch in the spring training game.

894

:

And that was, that

895

:

was pretty nuts.

896

:

It's all

897

:

arms and legs.

898

:

Gary: Yeah.

899

:

I mean, that thing is just dotting right

on top of your head as it comes in.

900

:

It just looks like it's

being thrown off a tower.

901

:

Spacing

902

:

Maverick Stallings also had a great

903

:

day

904

:

on Sunday with a couple of hits.

905

:

CB: Maverick had a great weekend.

906

:

I mean, he had a couple of errors in the

field,, but he also he made three or four,

907

:

five outstanding great plays in the field.

908

:

So he just had a lot

of balls, hit at him.

909

:

Um, but he, yeah, he had a great weekend.

910

:

He was, well,

911

:

he's

912

:

four

913

:

for 10.

914

:

Um, just really, he's just a

915

:

very consistent, good

916

:

hitter.

917

:

Hits

918

:

line drives and he's a really good

919

:

ball player.

920

:

Gary: And Stephen Meyer had a

couple of hits in that game.

921

:

A couple stolen bases over the

922

:

weekend.

923

:

He ended up with four hits,

uh, with a double, drove in two

924

:

runs.

925

:

It

926

:

was three for three on steal attempts.

927

:

He makes pitchers and catchers

nervous when he's on base.

928

:

That's the best way I can describe

929

:

it.

930

:

CB: Yeah, Steve's I'm I'm going

to take some credit with Steve

931

:

because he was telling me, uh,

last weekend that he was scuffling.

932

:

He was a little worried about, he was

coming into the season, not doing well.

933

:

And I told him, I said, well, hey

man, with your speed, you just

934

:

got to like, you know, do a bunt.

935

:

And, uh, and he's like, and

we were talking because we

936

:

were at, at the, the practice.

937

:

He's like, yeah, but every time I do

that, Kenny's just going to field it.

938

:

I said, yeah, well, you do a

push bunt towards first base.

939

:

I think it was his first at

that of the year, he did a

940

:

push bunt towards first base.

941

:

Now he ended up, he wasn't safe on

942

:

that one.

943

:

He moved a runner over.

944

:

Uh, but from there on, all of a

945

:

sudden, the swing was on, he had a

946

:

couple of, uh, blue pits.

947

:

on, a

948

:

Saturday to get him going.

949

:

And, uh, so I'm gonna, I'm gonna

950

:

take a little credit

with Steve and we helped

951

:

get him going

952

:

Gary: Yeah.

953

:

And he did that same push button.

954

:

I think it was supposed to be a suicide

955

:

squeeze.

956

:

But the run ended up scoring and

he was safe at first on Sunday.

957

:

Uh, and it's just again, that

speed causes people to rush.

958

:

They don't set their feet.

959

:

They don't make the right

throw, the right reads.

960

:

Just that added pressure that

he brings to the table when

961

:

he's on the base pass is such a

962

:

weapon for

963

:

us.

964

:

CB: well, and now, since you said

weapon, that's the phrase I've been

965

:

using about Evan Holman, behind

the plate, Evan Holman is a weapon.

966

:

He is just gunning guys down.

967

:

I mean, it's not even close.

968

:

Like he's, he's throwing

the ball and they're

969

:

having to wait on him.

970

:

Uh, on

971

:

the guy sliding in.

972

:

I mean, he, he is.

973

:

he had a

974

:

heck of a weekend, made a bunch of

975

:

diving and stops a

976

:

lot of, in the dirt

977

:

stops and the

978

:

Evan just looked phenomenal behind the

979

:

plate.

980

:

Gary: He was incredible.

981

:

I don't know

982

:

what his actual pop time is.

983

:

Like, I need someone with

a stopwatch to time it.

984

:

But it's one of the

985

:

fastest ones that I've ever

seen in college baseball.

986

:

He has that ball up and out.

987

:

So fast that runners

really don't have a chance.

988

:

And some of the guys he was throwing

out were out by eight, nine feet.

989

:

Like it was just looks so simple.

990

:

CB: And Jack Slater, caught on Saturday,

did a great job too, but, he didn't

991

:

get to show off as much as Evan did.

992

:

I mean, Evan, really,

he looked outstanding.

993

:

And this is

994

:

a guy, a lot of people I

995

:

don't know last year when he was Juko, he

ended up playing third base a lot of the

996

:

season, just because of some injuries.

997

:

Um, so this guy, he didn't really get a

998

:

chance to,

999

:

to catch as much as he would have liked

:

00:30:17,443 --> 00:30:18,033

last year.

:

00:30:18,499 --> 00:30:18,749

Gary: Yeah.

:

00:30:18,759 --> 00:30:19,509

I mean, he threw out

:

00:30:19,509 --> 00:30:21,959

three of five base dealers this weekend.

:

00:30:21,959 --> 00:30:23,749

And in one of those, he didn't throw out

:

00:30:23,759 --> 00:30:24,619

on Sunday.

:

00:30:24,919 --> 00:30:25,129

He

:

00:30:25,129 --> 00:30:27,339

was so fast with his pop time that when He

:

00:30:27,339 --> 00:30:30,489

came up with the ball in his hand,

he actually hit the underside of the

:

00:30:30,489 --> 00:30:32,119

lid of his helmet that was backwards.

:

00:30:32,409 --> 00:30:36,239

And that's the only reason he didn't throw

that guy out because he had him by a mile.

:

00:30:36,484 --> 00:30:39,844

He just accidentally hit his own helmet

and it would have been a throw into

:

00:30:39,844 --> 00:30:41,174

center field if he would have kept

:

00:30:41,174 --> 00:30:41,464

going.

:

00:30:41,464 --> 00:30:43,664

CB: The weapon is so dangerous,

it might hurt himself.

:

00:30:43,714 --> 00:30:48,454

It's great to see and I would argue

probably George Washington based runners

:

00:30:48,454 --> 00:30:51,844

aren't as, uh, fast or effective as

some other teams we're going to see.

:

00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:56,074

I don't guess that's anything, uh,

you know, mean to say about them.

:

00:30:56,084 --> 00:30:58,704

So I, I'm very excited

to see how Evan does

:

00:30:58,704 --> 00:31:00,704

against some teams like UVA ECU

:

00:31:00,704 --> 00:31:03,644

coming up, some of these, bigger

schools, some of the, have some,

:

00:31:03,964 --> 00:31:06,274

you know, some top 25, uh, players.

:

00:31:06,814 --> 00:31:08,614

So I'm, I'm very excited to see how Evan

:

00:31:08,614 --> 00:31:09,524

does the rest of the year.

:

00:31:09,594 --> 00:31:09,804

Gary: And

:

00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:12,924

I do want to point out that I think

our pitching staff helped them out

:

00:31:12,924 --> 00:31:14,304

by being pretty quick to the plate

:

00:31:14,344 --> 00:31:16,074

too, to put them in a good position.

:

00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:17,114

We didn't have those

:

00:31:17,144 --> 00:31:18,954

situations where somebody clearly

:

00:31:18,954 --> 00:31:19,094

got

:

00:31:19,094 --> 00:31:19,164

a

:

00:31:19,174 --> 00:31:20,334

steal off of a pitcher.

:

00:31:20,334 --> 00:31:20,624

So.

:

00:31:21,054 --> 00:31:26,994

That tandem working together to keep

guys from stealing is, is nice to see.

:

00:31:27,004 --> 00:31:29,634

And it's something that once you start

getting that reputation, it's going to

:

00:31:29,634 --> 00:31:34,204

make a lot of teams, even just not steal

on you period, because they don't want

:

00:31:34,204 --> 00:31:35,424

to take the chance of getting it out

:

00:31:35,424 --> 00:31:35,674

there,

:

00:31:35,674 --> 00:31:36,804

CB: Yeah, I think that's a great point.

:

00:31:36,804 --> 00:31:39,174

Once you get to conference

play, other teams kind of know

:

00:31:39,174 --> 00:31:40,284

about you and what you're doing.

:

00:31:40,284 --> 00:31:41,094

So, uh,

:

00:31:41,614 --> 00:31:44,004

hopefully by the end of the year,

people are trying and trying it and

:

00:31:44,004 --> 00:31:45,704

that that's as good as anything.

:

00:31:45,714 --> 00:31:46,934

If you can keep guys,

:

00:31:46,934 --> 00:31:49,164

keep people being station to

:

00:31:49,164 --> 00:31:49,684

station

:

00:31:49,684 --> 00:31:51,554

baseball, it makes a lot harder to

:

00:31:51,554 --> 00:31:52,084

score.

:

00:31:52,665 --> 00:31:54,795

Gary: especially with the arms

we're trotting out of the pen

:

00:31:54,795 --> 00:31:54,845

and

:

00:31:54,855 --> 00:31:56,325

in our rotation right now.

:

00:31:56,670 --> 00:31:56,760

I

:

00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,240

mean, it's, uh, it's, really nice to see.

:

00:31:59,380 --> 00:32:01,200

And we did see Blake Morgan

:

00:32:01,270 --> 00:32:03,290

on the field pregame on Saturday.

:

00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,670

I know that there's some debate

if he's coming back this season,

:

00:32:06,670 --> 00:32:07,880

we could have him in a month.

:

00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:08,710

I know there's a lot of.

:

00:32:09,125 --> 00:32:11,705

A lot of things going on out there,

but he was, pulling up some mats and

:

00:32:11,705 --> 00:32:13,525

stuff from BP moving pretty well.

:

00:32:13,785 --> 00:32:16,965

CB: He was, uh, he was out there

throwing a bullpen Saturday, um, and

:

00:32:16,965 --> 00:32:19,665

it was throwing some before the game

Sunday, and I was talking to him, he

:

00:32:19,665 --> 00:32:21,855

said it's all, it's all going good,

:

00:32:21,925 --> 00:32:23,685

we're just gonna, it's still just a

:

00:32:23,685 --> 00:32:26,785

keep waiting and seeing, still a

few weeks out, but he said so far,

:

00:32:27,125 --> 00:32:28,985

there aren't many setbacks,

so far he's feeling

:

00:32:28,985 --> 00:32:30,925

good, so that would, that would be a

:

00:32:30,925 --> 00:32:31,185

huge

:

00:32:31,195 --> 00:32:31,525

addition

:

00:32:31,675 --> 00:32:33,565

if Blake could come

out and feel strong and

:

00:32:33,565 --> 00:32:34,085

feel good.

:

00:32:34,241 --> 00:32:36,881

Gary: mean, you think about the

second weekend of conference second,

:

00:32:36,891 --> 00:32:39,331

a month of conference play, being

:

00:32:39,331 --> 00:32:41,961

able to add Blake Morgan to this

:

00:32:42,081 --> 00:32:43,441

pitching staff, uh,

:

00:32:43,441 --> 00:32:45,581

that that's gotta be pretty

terrifying for everyone.

:

00:32:45,581 --> 00:32:47,581

Who's on the back half of our schedule.

:

00:32:47,581 --> 00:32:49,781

If they see him start making

that come back to the field.

:

00:32:49,781 --> 00:32:50,511

CB: Yeah, it'd be great.

:

00:32:50,611 --> 00:32:53,431

I, I, my guess would be that probably

work him in on some midweeks.

:

00:32:53,781 --> 00:32:56,591

I was looking ahead that midweek we

have against Princeton where we have

:

00:32:56,591 --> 00:32:59,811

a Tuesday and Wednesday, that would

be a really perfect scenario to try to

:

00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:01,191

bring Blake in, if

:

00:33:01,191 --> 00:33:02,531

he's able, so we'll, we'll see.

:

00:33:02,541 --> 00:33:04,131

Like I said, he's, he's

feeling good about it.

:

00:33:04,181 --> 00:33:04,431

like I

:

00:33:04,431 --> 00:33:05,861

talked to him, he's like,

Yeah, a little sore, but he's

:

00:33:05,861 --> 00:33:06,691

like, you know, that's normal.

:

00:33:06,791 --> 00:33:07,031

He's like,

:

00:33:07,081 --> 00:33:07,311

so it

:

00:33:07,321 --> 00:33:09,311

wasn't anything that

out of the ordinary for

:

00:33:09,311 --> 00:33:09,431

him.

:

00:33:10,171 --> 00:33:11,911

Gary: Yeah, well, obviously both of

:

00:33:11,911 --> 00:33:12,211

us are

:

00:33:12,211 --> 00:33:12,781

rooting for Blake

:

00:33:12,781 --> 00:33:13,051

Morgan.

:

00:33:13,051 --> 00:33:13,871

I think all Monarch

:

00:33:13,871 --> 00:33:18,371

fans are getting that lefty back

out there to do some damage.

:

00:33:18,401 --> 00:33:21,941

We're going to take a quick break

before we discuss the four games coming

:

00:33:21,941 --> 00:33:23,651

up on the Monarch schedule this week.

:

00:33:28,933 --> 00:33:32,503

This episode was recorded prior to

Tuesday's game with Virginia being

:

00:33:32,503 --> 00:33:34,933

postponed Wednesday at 2:30 PM.

:

00:33:35,503 --> 00:33:38,113

Our thoughts are with the

family of Aaron Buchanan and

:

00:33:38,113 --> 00:33:39,523

the Virginia baseball program.

:

00:33:39,523 --> 00:33:41,123

Spacing out a few

:

00:33:41,123 --> 00:33:41,863

Gary: We got a little look

:

00:33:41,863 --> 00:33:42,873

ahead to do here.

:

00:33:42,873 --> 00:33:48,213

Uh, after the sweep, we've got number

14 UVA on Tuesday and then a weekend

:

00:33:48,243 --> 00:33:50,773

series with Rutgers coming to town.

:

00:33:50,823 --> 00:33:52,503

This episode is going

to release on Tuesday.

:

00:33:52,563 --> 00:33:55,393

So, great thing to listen to if

you're driving up to Charlottesville

:

00:33:55,393 --> 00:33:56,973

or driving back after the game.

:

00:33:57,393 --> 00:33:58,343

Uh, but UVA.

:

00:33:58,768 --> 00:34:04,468

They swept Hofstra over the weekend,

they won 10 to 8 on Friday, 21 to 3 on

:

00:34:04,518 --> 00:34:06,838

Saturday, and then 11 to 9 on Sunday.

:

00:34:06,948 --> 00:34:08,797

CB: It's a lot of runs

to give up the Hofstra.

:

00:34:08,878 --> 00:34:09,648

I gotta be honest.

:

00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:11,628

I mean, I'm not gonna, I'm

not gonna knock Hofstra

:

00:34:11,628 --> 00:34:15,578

as every team's a team, but that's, uh,

when I first hear UBA versus Hofstra, I

:

00:34:15,578 --> 00:34:16,398

think the 21 to

:

00:34:16,398 --> 00:34:16,878

three should have

:

00:34:16,878 --> 00:34:17,728

been the whole weekend.

:

00:34:17,768 --> 00:34:18,308

So it's, it's

:

00:34:18,308 --> 00:34:18,838

interesting.

:

00:34:19,547 --> 00:34:20,958

Gary: that, that's kind

of what I was thinking

:

00:34:21,007 --> 00:34:24,538

too, and especially it was, it was colder

in Charlottesville than it was in Norfolk.

:

00:34:24,538 --> 00:34:28,047

And that's a boatload of runs that are

coming through there and a lot of arms

:

00:34:28,047 --> 00:34:29,558

that you're using out of your bullpen.

:

00:34:29,908 --> 00:34:30,572

Uh, so it's,

:

00:34:30,572 --> 00:34:33,447

going to be interesting to see the

pitching matchups that develop from

:

00:34:33,447 --> 00:34:34,998

that after probably blowing through.

:

00:34:35,493 --> 00:34:38,553

All of your arms on the weekend

while, we were able to use our

:

00:34:38,553 --> 00:34:41,953

guys pretty sparingly with some

good starting pitching performances.

:

00:34:41,953 --> 00:34:43,683

CB: Yeah, I mean, but,

but again, let's operate.

:

00:34:43,683 --> 00:34:45,483

I mean, UBA is a fantastic team.

:

00:34:45,503 --> 00:34:50,493

Um, they have a few local kids, Harrison

Dinnewick from, uh, Western branches.

:

00:34:50,493 --> 00:34:53,473

I think he's a sophomore now

and he's an outstanding player.

:

00:34:53,763 --> 00:34:56,753

Ethan Anderson, catch from

Cox play with Kyle Edwards.

:

00:34:56,753 --> 00:34:58,153

They want to stay championship together.

:

00:34:58,533 --> 00:35:02,183

Uh, as seniors and Ethan is, is

he's getting the catch this year.

:

00:35:02,553 --> 00:35:04,143

Um, and he's a phenomenal player.

:

00:35:04,143 --> 00:35:06,203

So, I mean, UVA is UVA is no joke.

:

00:35:06,203 --> 00:35:08,253

I mean, every, we got three

games against them this year.

:

00:35:08,633 --> 00:35:10,153

Every one of them is

going to be a rock fight.

:

00:35:10,153 --> 00:35:10,863

I mean, they're good.

:

00:35:10,863 --> 00:35:10,973

We

:

00:35:10,973 --> 00:35:12,213

can, we can match up with them though.

:

00:35:12,223 --> 00:35:12,753

I mean, that's the thing.

:

00:35:12,753 --> 00:35:16,973

We, we beat UVA plenty in the past,

they're not this unbeatable team.

:

00:35:17,133 --> 00:35:17,703

So it's

:

00:35:18,433 --> 00:35:19,033

hopefully Tuesday.

:

00:35:19,033 --> 00:35:19,803

It's going to be a great game.

:

00:35:19,853 --> 00:35:22,143

Gary: Well, it really, since brian

O'Connor got there, they've,

:

00:35:22,163 --> 00:35:23,833

they've become a power for sure.

:

00:35:23,833 --> 00:35:27,223

But even when they've had those great

seasons and they've won national

:

00:35:27,223 --> 00:35:28,143

championships and been in the,

:

00:35:28,143 --> 00:35:31,543

college world series, we've

fared pretty well against them.

:

00:35:31,803 --> 00:35:35,003

I remember from working

ODU coming to town and.

:

00:35:35,003 --> 00:35:38,013

Getting some wins on those midweeks

after hearing from all the UVA fans

:

00:35:38,023 --> 00:35:39,523

about how we're going to blow ODU out.

:

00:35:39,523 --> 00:35:42,953

And then all of a sudden, it's four to

one in the ninth inning and they're done.

:

00:35:43,313 --> 00:35:48,023

Uh, so hopefully continuing that trend

and going four and O, uh, to head

:

00:35:48,023 --> 00:35:49,943

into the weekend series with Rutgers.

:

00:35:50,193 --> 00:35:52,023

If you're going up to

Charlottesville, enjoy it.

:

00:35:52,033 --> 00:35:55,793

The ballpark, since they've done the

renovations is absolutely beautiful

:

00:35:56,013 --> 00:35:59,603

and should, inspire you to do,

Anything you can financially to help

:

00:35:59,603 --> 00:36:03,583

us rebuild the bud because it's not

going to be too far off from just that

:

00:36:03,583 --> 00:36:05,213

amazing facility that they have there.

:

00:36:05,213 --> 00:36:06,303

Uh, Davenport field.

:

00:36:06,303 --> 00:36:07,113

CB: Yeah, it was great to see.

:

00:36:07,113 --> 00:36:07,163

I

:

00:36:07,163 --> 00:36:07,333

know

:

00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,403

Ryan Zimmerman, uh, from

right here in Virginia

:

00:36:09,403 --> 00:36:11,873

Beach, he, he donated a lot of money.

:

00:36:11,983 --> 00:36:13,063

Uh, so it's nice to have

:

00:36:13,063 --> 00:36:14,413

those, uh, those major league

:

00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:15,103

alumni

:

00:36:15,203 --> 00:36:16,453

who really,

:

00:36:16,503 --> 00:36:17,213

invest in and

:

00:36:17,213 --> 00:36:18,293

care about the program.

:

00:36:18,543 --> 00:36:19,213

That's a great thing that

:

00:36:19,213 --> 00:36:19,613

UVA

:

00:36:19,634 --> 00:36:20,034

Gary: Yeah.

:

00:36:20,074 --> 00:36:21,034

Yeah, absolutely.

:

00:36:21,034 --> 00:36:22,204

They've got, got a good fan base

:

00:36:22,254 --> 00:36:23,974

there too, even though it's a Tuesday

:

00:36:23,974 --> 00:36:25,974

midweek, probably be a,

little bit chilly there.

:

00:36:25,974 --> 00:36:28,794

They're still going to show up and

there'll be plenty of people out in

:

00:36:28,794 --> 00:36:31,794

that right field porch where they

have kind of an elevated version of

:

00:36:31,794 --> 00:36:34,734

rally alley out there where you can

see right down the right field line.

:

00:36:35,174 --> 00:36:37,284

Um, I wish I wish I was

able to get out there.

:

00:36:37,284 --> 00:36:38,884

I'm unfortunately not

able to Tuesday, but.

:

00:36:39,499 --> 00:36:41,579

Uh, we'll absolutely be following along.

:

00:36:41,669 --> 00:36:45,099

ESPN plus we'll have the streaming

broadcast if you're not heading out

:

00:36:45,099 --> 00:36:46,219

to Charlottesville this weekend.

:

00:36:46,219 --> 00:36:47,629

CB: Yeah, I'll be doing the

same thing, watching and running

:

00:36:47,629 --> 00:36:49,009

ESPN Plus with everybody else.

:

00:36:49,519 --> 00:36:52,609

And then, Rutgers this weekend,

they, I know they swept their

:

00:36:52,609 --> 00:36:53,199

weekend,

:

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What

:

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were they?

:

00:36:53,539 --> 00:36:54,409

Wofford?

:

00:36:54,409 --> 00:36:54,599

Is that who

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00:36:54,690 --> 00:36:57,530

Gary: Uh, Winthrop from

down in Rock Hill, South

:

00:36:57,530 --> 00:36:58,160

Carolina,

:

00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,610

CB: It was somewhere down in Carolina.

:

00:36:59,610 --> 00:37:00,670

Yeah, so good for them.

:

00:37:00,770 --> 00:37:02,410

I saw Joey DiChiaro, former

:

00:37:03,140 --> 00:37:03,910

ODU Monarch.

:

00:37:03,910 --> 00:37:04,170

He had

:

00:37:04,170 --> 00:37:06,620

a scoreless inning at the

end of the game Saturday.

:

00:37:06,980 --> 00:37:08,880

I think he got a save, which is great.

:

00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:09,540

Looking forward to seeing

:

00:37:09,540 --> 00:37:09,890

him.

:

00:37:10,460 --> 00:37:11,640

Hopefully his team will go

:

00:37:11,890 --> 00:37:12,740

0 3 this weekend.

:

00:37:15,220 --> 00:37:15,980

Gary: I hope so.

:

00:37:15,980 --> 00:37:17,960

And I'm Bobby D tweeted at

:

00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:18,060

us

:

00:37:18,060 --> 00:37:20,910

and said that we have to pay him

50, 000 or buy him some bourbon

:

00:37:20,910 --> 00:37:21,100

every

:

00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:21,270

time

:

00:37:21,270 --> 00:37:22,040

we mentioned his name.

:

00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,990

So add 1 more drink to the

list there for Bobby, but the

:

00:37:26,050 --> 00:37:27,680

series down in, in Rock Hill.

:

00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:32,440

They took first game pretty convincingly

14 to 5 Saturday was a little bit closer.

:

00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,320

Three, one good, good pitchers game.

:

00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,840

And then, Sunday was actually 11

inning game, that they won seven to six.

:

00:37:38,850 --> 00:37:41,320

So pretty good competitive

baseball for them, at least the

:

00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:42,550

last few games in that series.

:

00:37:42,550 --> 00:37:44,840

CB: Yeah, you know, Rutgers is always,

it's always good to come in when

:

00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:46,920

we have what was like 24 years in a

:

00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:47,170

row.

:

00:37:47,170 --> 00:37:48,200

We had them coming in

:

00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,010

and then I think the

last few they haven't.

:

00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:52,340

Uh, and so getting them back is it's nice.

:

00:37:52,340 --> 00:37:52,740

I mean, it's one of

:

00:37:52,740 --> 00:37:52,930

those

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00:37:52,940 --> 00:37:53,340

to me.

:

00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:54,690

That's just early season.

:

00:37:54,690 --> 00:37:55,010

The ODU

:

00:37:55,010 --> 00:37:55,530

baseball is

:

00:37:55,530 --> 00:37:56,340

Rutgers coming in.

:

00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,870

So it's always enjoyable

:

00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:58,090

to see

:

00:37:58,090 --> 00:37:58,380

them.

:

00:37:58,536 --> 00:37:59,856

Gary: Yeah, absolutely.

:

00:37:59,856 --> 00:38:03,646

Uh, game Friday at three,

Saturday at two, Sunday at one.

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00:38:03,646 --> 00:38:06,956

I think they kind of keep that trend

going until it gets a little bit warmer,

:

00:38:06,956 --> 00:38:08,036

get a little more daylight.

:

00:38:08,456 --> 00:38:08,676

CB: Yeah.

:

00:38:08,676 --> 00:38:08,896

Right.

:

00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:11,876

Time change that that becomes,

uh, even though the time change

:

00:38:12,226 --> 00:38:14,606

is still a little early to start

going to the six o'clock games.

:

00:38:14,606 --> 00:38:16,856

You've asked me probably could

have given a few more weeks,

:

00:38:16,866 --> 00:38:17,106

but

:

00:38:17,136 --> 00:38:17,296

that's

:

00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:17,606

how it goes.

:

00:38:17,606 --> 00:38:17,626

yeah,

:

00:38:18,062 --> 00:38:21,232

Gary: We'll enjoy the sunshine

while we can and, uh, love it

:

00:38:21,232 --> 00:38:24,132

When that, that time changes

back, that usually coincides

:

00:38:24,132 --> 00:38:26,822

pretty closely with Major League

Baseball too, and it's pretty nice.

:

00:38:26,822 --> 00:38:30,152

But, all three games, if you're not

able to make it to Norfolk, we'll be

:

00:38:30,152 --> 00:38:35,682

streaming on ESPN Uh, I know Saturday's

game was not streamed on ESPN That is

:

00:38:35,682 --> 00:38:40,922

because the women's basketball game was

on ESPN And right now, with the current

:

00:38:40,942 --> 00:38:45,592

operations and setup, they can only have

one game on campus at a time streaming

:

00:38:45,592 --> 00:38:49,282

through ESPN So, that's the reason why

if you were looking for the game on

:

00:38:49,282 --> 00:38:50,762

Saturday, you weren't able to find it.

:

00:38:51,042 --> 00:38:55,212

Those multi sport, days, uh take their

toll sometimes on the infrastructure

:

00:38:55,212 --> 00:38:58,792

when you don't have a humongous setup,

like some of these big power five schools

:

00:38:58,792 --> 00:39:00,792

with hundreds of millions in TV money

:

00:39:00,792 --> 00:39:01,272

rolling in,

:

00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:02,822

CB: Yeah, our folks are working hard.

:

00:39:02,822 --> 00:39:04,462

We got some really great operations

:

00:39:04,482 --> 00:39:04,792

people and

:

00:39:04,822 --> 00:39:05,822

really great people that

:

00:39:06,242 --> 00:39:08,152

put on our events and put on our games.

:

00:39:08,202 --> 00:39:08,992

Despite

:

00:39:09,202 --> 00:39:11,742

those things being the

limitations we're, we're

:

00:39:11,742 --> 00:39:12,252

better off in

:

00:39:12,252 --> 00:39:13,032

a lot of places.

:

00:39:13,042 --> 00:39:14,042

So it's, it's great that

:

00:39:14,102 --> 00:39:14,912

they're here for us.

:

00:39:14,947 --> 00:39:16,197

Gary: we we do more with

:

00:39:16,197 --> 00:39:16,597

less than

:

00:39:16,597 --> 00:39:16,667

I

:

00:39:16,677 --> 00:39:19,727

think anybody, uh, they, they do a

great job, we've got, you know, some

:

00:39:19,727 --> 00:39:21,687

great camera angles and they got a

:

00:39:21,687 --> 00:39:21,977

very

:

00:39:21,977 --> 00:39:23,507

early test, I mean, the first pitch of

:

00:39:23,507 --> 00:39:27,457

the game on Friday went to review, so

they, uh, they got stretched out pretty

:

00:39:27,457 --> 00:39:27,947

early there.

:

00:39:27,947 --> 00:39:31,227

CB: which was, there were a few, the

ridiculous man, there was, uh, the

:

00:39:31,227 --> 00:39:33,237

umpires for overall did a very good job.

:

00:39:33,247 --> 00:39:36,917

I'm not, you know, while I point this

out, I didn't, I didn't really have a

:

00:39:36,917 --> 00:39:39,567

ton of problem with the strike zones

or, you know, pitches here or there that

:

00:39:39,587 --> 00:39:42,677

happens, but there was one toward the

end of the game yesterday, it was a buyer

:

00:39:42,677 --> 00:39:45,027

actually that, um, they called him out.

:

00:39:45,087 --> 00:39:46,147

I mean, I had a picture

:

00:39:46,147 --> 00:39:46,287

of

:

00:39:46,287 --> 00:39:49,687

it and he, he was touching

the bag and the ball

:

00:39:49,697 --> 00:39:51,067

wasn't even in the picture frame yet.

:

00:39:51,527 --> 00:39:52,777

and he called them out originally.

:

00:39:52,777 --> 00:39:53,967

So there, there were, you know,

:

00:39:53,997 --> 00:39:54,117

they

:

00:39:54,117 --> 00:39:54,457

didn't make.

:

00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:55,497

A lot of

:

00:39:55,497 --> 00:39:56,457

mistakes, but man,

:

00:39:56,457 --> 00:39:56,647

they made

:

00:39:56,647 --> 00:39:57,827

a couple of pretty

:

00:39:57,877 --> 00:39:58,347

egregious

:

00:39:58,633 --> 00:40:01,013

Gary: Well, there were a couple hundred

people in Rally Alley that knew what the

:

00:40:01,013 --> 00:40:02,873

call was and let the umpire know about it.

:

00:40:02,923 --> 00:40:03,763

So tip of

:

00:40:03,763 --> 00:40:07,013

the cap to the crew that was there in

Rally Alley for that play at first base.

:

00:40:07,093 --> 00:40:09,003

Good to keep those umpires on their toes.

:

00:40:09,013 --> 00:40:12,533

They probably don't particularly

like covering first base when

:

00:40:12,533 --> 00:40:14,913

they've got a packed Rally Alley,

especially later in the year.

:

00:40:17,037 --> 00:40:18,177

CB: Yeah, I imagine so

:

00:40:18,923 --> 00:40:22,533

Gary: Yeah, well, we're, we're looking

forward to four great games this

:

00:40:22,533 --> 00:40:22,863

week.

:

00:40:23,203 --> 00:40:24,963

I think a step up in competition.

:

00:40:24,963 --> 00:40:25,553

Absolutely.

:

00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:27,323

With Virginia on Tuesday, but I think

:

00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:31,393

even with Rutgers, I would love to

see the sweep, but I think this is one

:

00:40:31,393 --> 00:40:34,293

where if you walk away winning two out

of three, you're feeling pretty damn

:

00:40:34,293 --> 00:40:35,573

good that you beat a good team twice.

:

00:40:35,573 --> 00:40:37,203

CB: Yeah, and I mean, I

think this is what you want.

:

00:40:37,203 --> 00:40:39,753

I think it's certainly by design, you

know, you Not that george washington's

:

00:40:39,763 --> 00:40:43,413

a pushover, but you want a team that's

not quite at your level and then you

:

00:40:43,763 --> 00:40:47,173

You know, UVA, you can, you step it

up the team above your level and then

:

00:40:47,173 --> 00:40:51,513

Rutgers, you know, again, probably not

quite at your level, uh, but still,

:

00:40:51,513 --> 00:40:54,443

and then see if it up and then we get,

uh, I believe Charlotte's next weekend,

:

00:40:54,453 --> 00:40:58,323

which should be a team that is right

where we are and very competitive.

:

00:40:58,323 --> 00:41:01,733

And then, you know, you got 1 more weekend

and they're right in the conference play.

:

00:41:01,773 --> 00:41:04,473

I mean, again, that's the hope when

you have that, preseason gamut,

:

00:41:04,503 --> 00:41:04,603

you

:

00:41:04,603 --> 00:41:06,193

know, throw an ECU in

:

00:41:06,193 --> 00:41:09,603

there and hopefully you're just ready

to go when conference play starts.

:

00:41:09,603 --> 00:41:10,573

I mean, again, all this is a

:

00:41:10,573 --> 00:41:11,573

great, we want to win every single

:

00:41:11,573 --> 00:41:11,853

game.

:

00:41:11,853 --> 00:41:13,623

It all helps your RPI and

those kinds of things.

:

00:41:13,623 --> 00:41:13,853

But

:

00:41:14,233 --> 00:41:16,083

what really matters is if

you go and win your games in

:

00:41:16,083 --> 00:41:16,793

conference play.

:

00:41:17,034 --> 00:41:17,304

Gary: Yeah.

:

00:41:17,334 --> 00:41:17,814

Some, some

:

00:41:17,844 --> 00:41:18,464

early tests.

:

00:41:18,654 --> 00:41:21,734

I mean, you have the Rutgers series,

then you've got East Carolina coming

:

00:41:21,734 --> 00:41:23,824

to town and Charlotte, uh, you

:

00:41:23,824 --> 00:41:23,994

got

:

00:41:23,994 --> 00:41:24,344

William and

:

00:41:24,374 --> 00:41:24,724

Mary

:

00:41:24,724 --> 00:41:27,094

and then Northeastern,

which Northeastern was

:

00:41:27,094 --> 00:41:31,234

ranked in the preseason, watched a little

bit of their games over the weekend.

:

00:41:31,504 --> 00:41:33,934

So that, that's going to be a

fun one coming to the bud there

:

00:41:33,934 --> 00:41:35,964

that March 8th, 9th and 10th.

:

00:41:36,014 --> 00:41:39,744

Then you get a little reprieve with

Princeton and Georgia Southern, but who

:

00:41:39,744 --> 00:41:43,134

knows with Georgia Southern, I mean,

the Sunbelt is, is going to be crazy.

:

00:41:43,144 --> 00:41:43,164

Yeah.

:

00:41:43,684 --> 00:41:45,114

No telling what happens those weekends.

:

00:41:45,164 --> 00:41:46,074

I'm looking forward to it.

:

00:41:46,074 --> 00:41:50,384

I'm glad that we are on here talking

about actual games and what guys did.

:

00:41:50,654 --> 00:41:53,704

The wait's finally over and now

you're sprinting through a marathon

:

00:41:53,714 --> 00:41:55,464

here until we hopefully get to June.

:

00:41:55,464 --> 00:41:55,884

CB: Yeah.

:

00:41:55,884 --> 00:41:56,874

I mean, it's exciting.

:

00:41:56,884 --> 00:41:58,294

We had, it was a great weekend.

:

00:41:58,804 --> 00:42:00,954

Uh, we saw a lot of positive things.

:

00:42:01,014 --> 00:42:03,854

I hope if you were able to get off the

ballpark, I hope you had a great time.

:

00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:04,914

I hope you, you come back.

:

00:42:04,944 --> 00:42:06,864

We, again, we had, we

did have great crowds.

:

00:42:06,914 --> 00:42:08,204

Um, if you haven't had a chance.

:

00:42:08,699 --> 00:42:09,729

Come out this weekend.

:

00:42:09,729 --> 00:42:12,729

I think, uh, the weather is

looking good Saturday and Sunday.

:

00:42:12,729 --> 00:42:14,229

Anyway, I'm not real

sure about Friday right

:

00:42:14,229 --> 00:42:16,179

now, but Saturday and

Sunday, the weather's looking

:

00:42:16,179 --> 00:42:16,509

good.

:

00:42:16,509 --> 00:42:19,279

So, I mean, come on out and really,

these are some, great kids, if you

:

00:42:19,279 --> 00:42:20,189

had a chance to talk to, some of

:

00:42:20,189 --> 00:42:20,859

the guys

:

00:42:20,909 --> 00:42:22,569

and just, uh,

:

00:42:22,829 --> 00:42:23,039

I

:

00:42:23,469 --> 00:42:23,779

can't say

:

00:42:23,779 --> 00:42:25,419

enough, I mean, I love

ODU baseball and this

:

00:42:25,449 --> 00:42:26,489

this is the best time of year.

:

00:42:26,494 --> 00:42:26,794

Gary: Yeah.

:

00:42:26,824 --> 00:42:27,834

And a good way to support the

:

00:42:27,834 --> 00:42:29,384

team too, is to, to order those

:

00:42:29,394 --> 00:42:31,104

voucher booklets from why not ticks.

:

00:42:31,584 --> 00:42:33,684

Uh, if you log in there, you

actually get some pretty good, uh,

:

00:42:33,724 --> 00:42:34,064

ODAP

:

00:42:34,074 --> 00:42:35,724

points, uh, with that as well.

:

00:42:36,004 --> 00:42:38,314

They're good for all the

spring sports this season.

:

00:42:38,534 --> 00:42:42,104

It helps, directly impact the program

showing the people are coming through,

:

00:42:42,104 --> 00:42:45,494

but I was impressed by the crowds

that came out in 40 degree weather

:

00:42:45,794 --> 00:42:50,944

and man, that first weekend where it's

like 70, 75, uh, the buds going to be

:

00:42:50,944 --> 00:42:55,184

packed and I'm ready for it for, short

sleeves and not looking like the, uh.

:

00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:57,569

The kid from a Christmas

story that can't put his arms

:

00:42:57,569 --> 00:42:57,859

down.

:

00:42:57,859 --> 00:42:58,099

CB: Yeah.

:

00:42:58,129 --> 00:42:58,369

And we're

:

00:42:58,369 --> 00:42:59,729

going to be ranked in the top 25

:

00:42:59,729 --> 00:42:59,919

by

:

00:42:59,919 --> 00:43:01,059

then, you know, it's good, it's going to

:

00:43:01,059 --> 00:43:01,489

be a great

:

00:43:01,790 --> 00:43:02,340

Gary: I love it.

:

00:43:02,380 --> 00:43:06,690

And speaking of merch in apparel,

this week at odiomonarchist.

:

00:43:06,690 --> 00:43:09,580

com, we are officially

launching our merch store.

:

00:43:09,930 --> 00:43:12,230

Uh, so you will see that

out on social media.

:

00:43:12,460 --> 00:43:17,120

We have two items that are specifically

for baseball, that will be on there.

:

00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:21,020

The way we're operating that is any

money that we're making on that is

:

00:43:21,020 --> 00:43:25,290

either kicking back to the pride of

ODU NIL collective for baseball or

:

00:43:25,290 --> 00:43:29,230

whichever specific sport that piece

of apparel was for, or it's going to

:

00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,040

ODAF to directly support the program.

:

00:43:32,060 --> 00:43:34,180

So we are not making any money on this.

:

00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:35,735

We are driving all of that money.

:

00:43:35,935 --> 00:43:39,425

Back into the programs that, those,

apparel items are supporting.

:

00:43:39,425 --> 00:43:41,225

We'll have some kind of

general stuff that's going to

:

00:43:41,225 --> 00:43:43,655

go to general funds for ODAF.

:

00:43:44,115 --> 00:43:48,155

Really excited to finally, be getting

that out so that you can get your bud

:

00:43:48,155 --> 00:43:50,395

bomber shirt and all of that good stuff.

:

00:43:50,425 --> 00:43:53,875

And, being able to give back to

the program with some cool gear.

:

00:43:54,115 --> 00:43:57,765

We've actually partnered with Nick

Clark, who was a center for ODU football.

:

00:43:57,985 --> 00:43:59,685

He has a print on demand shop.

:

00:43:59,915 --> 00:44:04,230

So even the people that are

putting the cost out there for it.

:

00:44:04,430 --> 00:44:05,700

Our ODU alum.

:

00:44:05,730 --> 00:44:09,110

So really keeping it all in house and

we're excited to get that going this week.

:

00:44:09,110 --> 00:44:09,850

CB: Well, fantastic.

:

00:44:09,860 --> 00:44:10,040

Go

:

00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:10,270

get,

:

00:44:10,270 --> 00:44:10,380

go

:

00:44:10,380 --> 00:44:10,750

get you some

:

00:44:10,750 --> 00:44:11,230

beer.

:

00:44:11,490 --> 00:44:12,670

Uh, get those hoodies and bring

:

00:44:12,730 --> 00:44:13,580

them out to the ballpark.

:

00:44:13,936 --> 00:44:14,126

Gary: Yeah.

:

00:44:14,126 --> 00:44:14,976

We got to get the beanies.

:

00:44:15,066 --> 00:44:16,966

I think you got a beanie from Aaron on a,

:

00:44:16,976 --> 00:44:17,736

on Sunday.

:

00:44:17,736 --> 00:44:18,886

CB: Yeah, it looks nice.

:

00:44:18,896 --> 00:44:19,706

It's very very

:

00:44:19,706 --> 00:44:20,126

nice

:

00:44:20,186 --> 00:44:21,711

and it will be used little puffy

:

00:44:21,901 --> 00:44:23,461

beanie.

:

00:44:23,521 --> 00:44:25,331

I'll probably Uh deform it a

:

00:44:25,331 --> 00:44:25,751

little bit.

:

00:44:25,971 --> 00:44:26,141

I'm

:

00:44:26,141 --> 00:44:26,831

just personally

:

00:44:26,831 --> 00:44:27,201

not a big

:

00:44:27,201 --> 00:44:28,261

fan of the little puffy

:

00:44:28,327 --> 00:44:28,517

Gary: Yeah.

:

00:44:28,517 --> 00:44:28,847

I got it.

:

00:44:28,927 --> 00:44:29,857

You got to cut the poof ball.

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That's it.

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My wife ended

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up with that one when we did

the first run of them says I'm

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not a poof ball hat guy either.

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CB: Yeah, so i'm

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weird.

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I'll do that and then hoodies.

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I always take the uh, the

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drawstrings out So i'm i'm very

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a little

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particular about

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Gary: Yeah.

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Usually my dogs do the

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drawstrings in my hoodies for me, so I

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don't really get a

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choice whether

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I want them or not.

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Well, I think that's it for us this week.

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We're looking forward to four

awesome games coming off of the

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sweep of George Washington, CB, any

final notes for our fans out there

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and

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CB: Again, just come out

and support these guys.

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Come out and just enjoy it.

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Good entertainment.

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It's really good baseball.

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They're really good people.

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They play very hard.

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They're hustling.

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Uh, they, they really, they want To do

well and they do well, come out and see

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him if you can't quite come out and see

him, you're not, you know, where you can

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go watch my ESPN plus really just take

advantage because we have a great team.

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We've been one of the best teams on

campus, for a while now, consistently

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for years now, and, it's enjoyable.

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And this is, this is my

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favorite time of year.

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I

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love it.

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I love this, this, the baseball season.

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I'm,

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never happier.

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So,

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uh, it's, it's a good time

and I'm, I'm just excited.

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It's

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here.

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And I, I can't wait to keep watching.

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Gary: we thank all of you who listened

to the first two episodes of the podcast,

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uh, hope you're enjoying this one as well.

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If you

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go to our

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social media channel, every Sunday,

we're going to put out that phone number

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where you can call And leave a voicemail.

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00:45:47,593 --> 00:45:51,113

So feel free to give us your thoughts

on, on games over the week, over

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00:45:51,113 --> 00:45:53,983

the weekend, the best calls will

actually get played on the podcast.

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00:45:54,373 --> 00:45:58,093

So feel free to use and abuse that,

tell your friends about the show.

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00:45:58,093 --> 00:46:02,633

Tell your enemies, subscribe, unsubscribe,

resubscribe, like all of that good stuff.

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00:46:02,913 --> 00:46:06,063

So we can keep this moving forward

and tell as many people as possible

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about old dominion baseball.

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So for CB and myself, thank you

all so much for tuning in this week

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and we'll catch you next Tuesday.

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Co-Hosts CB and Gary cover all things in the world of Old Dominion Baseball. Join us for this weekly podcast keeping you up to date on the Monarchs, Dollars for Dingers and Sun Belt Baseball. We will be joined by current and former ODU players, coaches and even a few of you from Monarch Nation. As always, The Monarchists Podcast Network is By Fans, For Fans. www.odumonarchists.com

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