WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:07.360 Streaming live. I mean, iHeartRadio WAPP. This is I on the Ball 2 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:13.080 with Steve Robera and Jake and Salez on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Hey, 3 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.039 welcome back to Winne the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve 4 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:20.199 Roberta. Jay is out today. We've got Matt reynoldson former of KBA, 5 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:24.640 and then we have Henry's breaking news. All right, so the first breaking 6 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:29.160 news we got. Arizona softball left fielder Dakota Kennedy won the Gold Glove and 7 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:36.520 was also named a Third team and NFCA All American. And she becomes the 8 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:40.039 second Arizona player in the last years when the Gold Glove, as Ali Skaggs 9 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.079 also won it last year. Yeah. Yeah, so I'm sure you saw 10 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:48.920 a few games. Yeah. They were very good defensively, and that's proven 11 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.039 kind of with the awards and stuff. Put their pitching wasn't as good as 12 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.320 that needed to be to get further on. No, had they had a 13 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.560 couple of pitching injuries. I think that hurt them throughout the years. Silva 14 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:00.520 was, you know, never sposed to be the number one pitcher on this 15 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:04.280 roster, and you know she filled her role very well and up a ton 16 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.560 of innings. This year had some great outings, but you know, had 17 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.079 some ones that were a little tough kind of throughout. Miranda Sotddard had her 18 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.799 lumps and was, you know, very good. I think they were just 19 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:18.640 a little bit inconsistent from pitching that showed last weekend in the Super Regionals against 20 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:22.120 Oklahoma State. But this was a nice bounce back yere. Overall, we 21 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.680 love staff. I mean, after missing the tournament for the first time in 22 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:29.040 thirty five years, for them to bounce back and be right where they are 23 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.239 supposed to be and a top sixteen team in the country at the end of 24 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.400 the season in the super Regionals. I know this is a proud program. 25 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.599 I know fans have really high expectations for Arizona softball. But when you have 26 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:44.120 injuries like that and you still finish and the second weekend of the NCAA tournament, 27 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.599 that is a successful season and they have so much to build on. 28 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.439 Yeah, no question. In fact, I hope Vic calls me one day 29 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:52.239 here at the show again because she would have got into a last time. 30 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.319 But we're gonna go there with you in a bit. After breaking news, 31 00:01:55.519 --> 00:02:00.879 go ahead, next breaking news the Timberwolves survive elimination and force game five versus 32 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.359 the Maverts. Anthony Verards had twenty nine and karl Anton Town's at twenty five. 33 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.919 This series should end anytime soon. So the Mavericks have been crazy good. 34 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:13.960 Yeah, but they finally the Timberwolves finally closed out a game. Felt 35 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.879 like the mass Gamelosers. Yeah, yeah, I don't know. We'll see 36 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:20.639 what happens with with the Mavericks. At some point they might lose another game 37 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.520 or two, but it should be a good series. Boston. I'm already 38 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:24.960 good. I already have them be into the final. It's exciting. So 39 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:29.639 we finally do have the two best teams and Awston's caked walked through there. 40 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:34.439 Yeah, the final still doesn't start for another weeks yet, but the series 41 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:39.319 doesn't untill like July fifth, I'm joking about. Next. Breaking news, 42 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:44.199 it was announced that the Tucson Roadrunners will be playing at least thirty games next 43 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:46.680 season at the Tucson Arena, and the team will still be based and practice 44 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:51.080 in Tucson and will only play six games in the tempt Yeah. That's a 45 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:53.479 that's big news. That's big news, huge, And you went to I'm 46 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.199 sure you covered a few of those games. I know your former station did 47 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:01.759 a lot of stuff last night with it because it's one of Arizona's last professional 48 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:07.199 sports things and it's pretty popular. This is so exciting for me and a 49 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.520 very full circle thing for me, because you know, I was right on 50 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:15.159 top of the breaking news when Alex Morello made the decision to sell the Arizona 51 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:21.599 Coyotes to the Salt Lake City based Smith Entertainment Group and all the fallout that 52 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:25.039 came with the Roadrunners of that. I remember interviewing Roadrunners head coach Steve Poppman 53 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:29.960 at about ten oh five before I had to be back in studio at ten 54 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.560 at and down at the TCC. And you know that was after Morello had 55 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.840 his radio appearance on ninety eight seven Arizona Sports in Phoenix and made that announcement 56 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:42.400 that he kept the Roadrunners and that he was going to move them to Tempe, 57 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:45.719 and you know, the entire mess of all of that, and to 58 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.199 see the petition come out to keep the Roadrunners at Tucson, to see how 59 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:52.759 much better they fit here than they do it molit Arena, who will host 60 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:54.879 the Suns G League team next year, I think This is just a win 61 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:59.560 for all parties. And it's okay if they lose five or six home games 62 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:01.400 to Muller Arena, you know, that's fine. I mean it just maybe 63 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.319 maybe make a midweek games. I don't care. But the fact that they 64 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:09.919 are keeping thirty home games means this professional sports franchise stays in Tucson. And 65 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.199 if you were at the white out for those playoff games, this matters to 66 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.639 the community and I'm so excited to see them stay. So so you've you've 67 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.319 been here a few months. The one thing about TWU song fans, if 68 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:24.439 you're winning, they will go, and they were winning playoffs, so they 69 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.639 went that. They just ran to a wall of a goaltender for Calgary. 70 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.160 So that was just such a tough series. But man, fun playoff atmosphere 71 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.040 down there, and I'm sure there will be plenty more, especially with the 72 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:35.879 guys they have coming down the pipe in this franchise. Yeah, okay. 73 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:41.279 Next out of breaking news, Caitlin Clark had our first thirty point game in 74 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:45.000 the WNBA last night. But they lost. Yeah, the one and seven 75 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:46.879 and seven, so I think Arian McDonald had twenty one point. They played 76 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:49.319 who did they play? La? It was yeah, Lly, so Aeran 77 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:56.120 McDonald who who played here obviously had a pretty good game with twenty one points. 78 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.879 So Kitlyn's won and seven. I just saw something that I guess that 79 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.600 the the Fever of their coaches kind of lost the locker room, which is 80 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:08.120 not a surprise if that's true given the Caitlin status. And then they're not 81 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:11.279 winning. Yeah, I mean the Fever had a number one draft pick for 82 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:15.000 a reason that there are a lot of exciting book point this season in the 83 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:16.560 WNBA. I mean, you look on the other side of that matchup, 84 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:21.240 obviously airy with the Arizona connection, but we saw Cameron Drink play here and 85 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:27.000 dominate the Arizona back January. They won by thirty. McHale, she what 86 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.759 does she do? Because she's leading the league. I believe in blocks right 87 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.160 now. She's a stellar player. I mean, you have Angel Ree for 88 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:36.480 the Chicago Sky, a number of other strong players that made deep tournament runs. 89 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:41.360 So I think this is a really good turning point for professional women's basketball 90 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:44.560 with this rookie class, and then paying attention to some of the veterans as 91 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.000 well, Asia Wilson with the Las Vegas Aces. So many of these other 92 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:50.240 stellar players. The New York Liberty is loaded. I think it will just 93 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:55.600 be a fun season and a fun summer, especially as more people grow a 94 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:00.480 general interest in the women's had no point in my lifetime has this been that 95 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:03.439 relevant. And I remember going to Phoenix to cover the opening games with Tim's 96 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:08.519 and all that. This twenty five years ago whatever was and now it's talked 97 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.240 about a lot. Yeah, you know, the Cat and Clark factor or 98 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:15.240 whatever, But the other rookies that are in the league and the change that's 99 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.879 being made, it's fantastic, absolutely, And you see him around all sorts 100 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.439 of franchises, Phoenix as a stellar rookie, and Sophie Cunningham, Seattle Ast 101 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:26.879 stellar rookie, and Nika Mule. I mean, these these players are obviously 102 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.600 the ones that have built this league to what it is. Are the veterans 103 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.399 in the league now one of the greatest of all time, Dana Tarassi still 104 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:36.839 playing in Phoenix. But you know, this league is really becoming mainstream, 105 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:40.519 and I think that's so important for the growth of the game. And you 106 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.079 know, we saw charter flights implemented for the first time this year. I'd 107 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.959 love to see it continue to grow because I think it's great for women's sports 108 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.319 in general as it continues to evolve into you know, maybe a more equal 109 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:54.959 playing field as far as interest goes and as far as TV rights goes, 110 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:59.759 especially because we know in both college and professional sports that drives the bus. 111 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:05.720 I was just gonna add Cameron brink A twenty wow wow stellar, just so 112 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:10.680 good for Stanford last year. And I hope it's not cyclical, because sometimes 113 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:14.199 it is. I guess we'll know after this next year or so. But 114 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.720 uh, and then and then the thing about it, the w w NBA 115 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.160 players are there now don't want to lose their jobs to the rookies now, 116 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.240 and the rosters aren't that big. They're not and that's part of the problem 117 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.959 because the rookies, who may be very very good, some of them don't 118 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.399 make the teams that get drafted. Yeah, we saw both as Mary Martinez 119 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.319 and Atlanta Pueo from the University of Arizona get cut from rookie rosters this year. 120 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:39.279 There was pretty second second round draft picks, and both had stellar careers 121 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.319 and uh, pretty good training camps from all from all accounts, but really 122 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.839 hard to beat out these veterans with those small rosters. Right, and then 123 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.879 the last thing I have it's kind of Arizona related. Uh, Brownie James 124 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:54.959 declined workouts with every team besides the Lakers, and the song right right, 125 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.959 and he's not gonna be he got him, he put he's keeping his name 126 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.959 yet in the dress, so he's not taking it out, and we'll see 127 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:07.959 what happens. It's smoke screens, James Jones or James Jones and Matt Ashbia 128 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.160 just kind of playing puppet master here, trying to get the Lakers to trade 129 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.600 up to twenty two, maybe take Beale's contract off of them. I don't 130 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:18.959 know. I'll just figure out some sort of flexibility because this team is really 131 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.240 really jammed up against free agency, jammed up against the second apron of that 132 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:28.920 salad and the luxury tax for next year. I mean it feels like, 133 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.959 look, there could be likes to this. They could want to draft Brownie. 134 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.919 At the times I saw him, I thought he was a pretty good 135 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:35.879 player. You know, he moves and sees the floor well, and you 136 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.159 really only see that from that baseline level as opposed to be a team broadcast 137 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:45.080 exactly exactly. So I think he's gonna be a good player. But I 138 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:48.279 think part of this could just be a maybe a long term play, maybe 139 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.039 a long term Domino's played by James Jones and Matt Eshbia for the Phoenix Suns. 140 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.799 We'll see because it is interesting with him specifically because obviously his dad, 141 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:00.600 he was prolonging his career and see where he goes. Maybe it's a ployed 142 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.000 to get Brinnie to get to Phoenix. Maybe, So who knows. I 143 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.440 heard that one as well. Let me ask you something because I say this 144 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:11.480 every now and again to journalists or whatever. I used to be in the 145 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:13.720 newspaper business for a long time. So you get here, and just by 146 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.320 your tone from a previous question, uh, you get here. No ties 147 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.679 to Arizona, right, you know, I don't ties. You didn't go 148 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.759 to school here, You're from somewhere else, a little bit of family ties. 149 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.320 And so I've been a fan for a long time. So did you 150 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:33.720 notice and even did you notice anything when you were at the press conversation that 151 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:39.000 it was the media here watching the games asking the questions were a little bit 152 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.720 pro team, you know. I think that's pretty standard in a college market 153 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.879 a lot of times. And I grew up and got my teeth media wise 154 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:50.919 in Lincoln, Nebraska. So when it comes from where you went to school, 155 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:52.639 where you went to school, yep, and your probably were in the 156 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.120 house or the college coming from in the house ye because you covered it from 157 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:00.840 inside the house exactly. And there's a when it comes to football there which 158 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.279 drives the bus for the entire state. You know, you'll get game days, 159 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.039 you'll get spring games, you'll get practices that have sixty media members at 160 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.919 them, and you know you can't just be in that environment. You can't 161 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:16.879 just be a homer. It just doesn't work. But there is always sort 162 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.399 of a slanted objectivity when it comes to covering college programs because you just don't 163 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:24.840 treat student athletes the same way that you treat professionals because it's just, I 164 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.080 mean, they have a lot, a lot of other stuff going on, 165 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:33.679 and you know, you are there's almost a responsibility to some extent to not 166 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:39.639 protect them but also just not tear them down as they continue to develop as 167 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:43.440 individuals and as athletes. Okay, so you think that will change? You 168 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:46.360 think that'll change given now the climate of the money the nil. Yeah. 169 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:50.080 Yeah, I think it already has to some extent. But I think the 170 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:54.759 difference with college programs and professional sports, which I covered extensively in Wisconsin, 171 00:10:54.320 --> 00:11:01.960 is that there is there's somewhat of they it's still hesitation to really push the 172 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:09.000 buttons when it comes to college sports because these are communications professionals and other people 173 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.279 that you're going to have to see on a day to day, day to 174 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:15.639 day basis. Again, and your credential can be pulled. And if your 175 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:20.399 credentials pulled in the NFL, then the Writers Union and other troople are going 176 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.240 to come after the teams. But we also saw, and I think this 177 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.679 would happen more often than not, what happened in LA with the with the 178 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:31.240 USC guy with the Orange Kenny Register who they didn't like what he was asking, 179 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:33.600 they didn't ask what he was writing, like what he was writing, 180 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:37.919 and they tried to limit his access, and that blew up in their face. 181 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.080 Exactly a day or so later, it was revote. You know, 182 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:43.600 they said sorrykoplah blah blah blah. But I think that's more. I think 183 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.279 the threat of being pulled is more of just the threat of being pulled, 184 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.240 right, It's just a threat. It's it's not the reality of because there's 185 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:56.440 too much negativity, negativity if they would actually do it. And I've seen 186 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:58.759 it more at the pro level than I have at the college. But I 187 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:03.320 think it's it's the implication of the possibility of that. And I think for 188 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.399 the bigger thing for local media is we don't necessarily maybe push as hard as 189 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.679 some people nationally do. I mean, you've been in press conferences where people 190 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.320 nationally come in and just throw fireballs. Sure, and I know your reaction 191 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.440 to that has been you know, Okay, maybe those questions needed to be 192 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.159 asked, but maybe they didn't do it in the most respectful way, whereas 193 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.200 us with relationships with these people are asking it in maybe more respectable way without 194 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.559 question because the one they're just flying and flying out they don't have to deal 195 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.919 with on the day to day basis. You talked about that, I've seen 196 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.960 it for thirty some years now where and those guys to the national level are 197 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.559 the ones that cat parachute in and kind of throw the bombs, like you 198 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:43.559 said, to throw the bombs and get the goods, if that makes any 199 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.360 sense, Or maybe the locals have the goods, they just don't act on 200 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:50.759 the goods exactly. And I mean we've we've covered things and we've had sources 201 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:56.399 on certain things and sat on those sources because the bigger thing is is you 202 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.279 want to be right and you want to be fair and they so it's I'm 203 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.960 not making any example out of Pete Famil, but he is the biggest name 204 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:11.000 in college football reporting right now, and he's a fantastic reporter and rarely, 205 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.399 if ever wrong. But if he is wrong, I mean, does he 206 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.799 really face as many repercussions from an individual program as somebody at the local level 207 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.559 would. That's kind of the assertion I'm making is that he can go with 208 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.759 things with one source, whereas we may have to check three or four different 209 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:30.039 things because we have to see somebody tomorrow that used to be journalism one on 210 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:33.039 one back in the days, right a lot, because he just gets the 211 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.960 inside of and people trust him just like they trust you or I. But 212 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.039 it's how we use the information. But my point was my point initially was 213 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.240 you come in and you feel that I don't not urge or whatever to be 214 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:48.799 kind to the locals, right right, because you kind of have to. 215 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.919 But I'm part of the community too, and that's that was important to me 216 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.799 coming in was not just I'm going to do my job and be a journalist 217 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.440 here. But I love being here. I love being part of this community. 218 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.440 I'm on TV and talking to you like I'm in your living room, 219 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.000 like I live here, and I'm invested in the same things that you are. 220 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:11.559 So while I may not be, you know, donning the A and 221 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.279 rooting for the same things in the same way, because I'm covering the team 222 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.200 and being an objective observer, I have interest in this team doing well, 223 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.759 in these programs doing well, and these athletes continuing to develop as humans and 224 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.840 being part of the community. Like I tell Jay all the time, it's 225 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.720 easier to cover winning team than it is to cover a losing team. I 226 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.320 covered a lot of them in the in the world. 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This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and 303 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:53.160 Jay Gonzalez sound Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Subscribe now to the podcast on the 304 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:57.480 iHeartRadio w app just Surgery I on the Ball. Hey, welcome back to 305 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.400 One on the Ball. Here a Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve ROVERO. 306 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:04.440 Jay is up today. We have our guy, mister Matt Reynoldson from 307 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.920 FORMERINGI of KBA and Henry. Now we have Randy you set that from run 308 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:12.039 Tucson. Randy. How are you, Steve? I'm good. Thanks for 309 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.759 having me today. Yep. Yes, we just saw your commercial. I 310 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.279 heard your commercial. A big deal going on this weekend of Saturday. How 311 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:26.039 many years now? It is the eighteenth annual, eighteenth year right, and 312 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:30.119 through the years, I'm assuming you've had at least maybe twenty thousand people run 313 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:34.559 it over the years, Yeah, something like that. This year we have 314 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:41.920 seventeen hundred and ninety one signed up at this moment. Back in two thousand 315 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:47.720 and sixteen, I was doing some history. It was our biggest year with 316 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:52.960 almost three thousand people signed up with COVID, and now we're climbing back. 317 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:56.680 So what was the big deal in twenty sixteen? Was it like a tenth 318 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:59.960 year or something of that anniversary? I tried to do something cool. Actually, 319 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.599 we did a Friday night what we called a Friday Night Festival of Miles, 320 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:11.599 and we put up about four thousand dollars in prize money, and then 321 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:15.000 Saturday we had the run. Because the run is on a nighttime, Saturday 322 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:21.440 night, most of these ratess, as your listeners probably know, are early 323 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:23.079 in the morning, so this is the only night we run in town. 324 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:27.079 That year. We did a Friday night and a Saturday night, and we 325 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:32.599 put a bunch of prize money up, and now we're just back to Saturday 326 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:36.480 night. Randy matt here, and you know that heat kind of hangs in 327 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:40.960 the air on Saturday nights, but especially in the evenings this time of year, 328 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:44.039 after those one hundred degree days. Yeah, I think one of the 329 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:47.839 big things that I'm wondering is just how do you recommend that people just stay 330 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:56.279 hydrated, stay locked into being healthy with this and not going with some of 331 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:00.039 the or not risking some of those heat related injuries that sometimes come with the 332 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:04.759 events. That's a great question. The mile start at six pm, right, 333 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.559 It's still sunny then, so we have an open mile with about forty 334 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:11.559 people, and we have a high school mile, and then a whole bunch 335 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:15.200 of kids, about two hundred little kids are doing a free mile at six 336 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:21.640 point thirty. So for those people, we definitely suggest water. We've got 337 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:25.839 a company called Scratch Labs, which is a Gatorade type thing, and they'll 338 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:30.680 be out giving pre rag drinks with electro lights. But then the five K 339 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:36.079 with all the people is at seven pm and it's getting dark at that point, 340 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:41.799 so it should be a little bit cooler. But to be more specific 341 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:47.559 answering your actual question, if people hydrate during the day and on Friday the 342 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:52.839 day before, that cuts down the core temperature. So drink four to six 343 00:22:52.920 --> 00:23:00.759 ounces every two to three hours throughout the day with a extra lights, and 344 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:04.799 you should be well hydrated for the event. So last year I was at 345 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:08.680 the event, obviously with TJ, so I was I don't know if I 346 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:14.240 was surprised or I should have been surprised about the money. You guys dole 347 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:19.480 out some money. You know. I used to be not a very fast 348 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:23.599 runner, but an okay runner, and I made some money in my day, 349 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:30.079 and I always appreciated people giving money for local heroes, regional heroes, 350 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:34.200 and so over the years we've put up about four thousand dollars a year and 351 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:41.359 more in prize money with the hope of bringing people to Tucson supporting local speezers. 352 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.920 We've had Olympians, a run Olympic trials athletes, and it's just a 353 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:51.160 way to give back, give back to people who are trying to be good 354 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:56.440 at something. So is this more of a competition or actually you're out running 355 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:03.759 and enjoying the night and being athletic with it. Everything in between, Steve. 356 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.720 We have people who will walk it in about twenty to thirty minutes a 357 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.119 mile. There's a group in town called Achilles Track Club. They go by 358 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:19.440 and it's mostly blind and visually impaired, with people leading guiding them. And 359 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:23.799 so they'll be walking or jogging at fifteen to twenty minutes a mile. And 360 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:27.079 then we'll have people who are trying to make the Olympic team next month and 361 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:33.680 they'll be running four and a half minutes a mile. So everything in between. 362 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:38.079 Wow, yeah, Randy, how with this run? Obviously this is 363 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:45.279 one of the good events to promote recreation in southern Arizona, to promote it 364 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:49.200 in the greater Tucson area. But you know, outdoor activities and you know 365 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:53.200 in health and recreation are such a big part of living in this community. 366 00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:59.640 How do you see your part in the larger grand scheme of that, especially 367 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:03.039 because you know it's the time of year, maybe more in the mornings and 368 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:07.440 the evenings that people get out on the trails and really embrace recreation heading into 369 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.839 these summer months before it gets to the one tens, you know, you 370 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:18.039 ask really good questions. We found run Tuson with the idea of making our 371 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:22.599 hometowns better through running, so you ask, like, how do we see 372 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:27.400 ourselves sitting in We try to put on races in super cool locations downtown, 373 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:33.920 Sawaro National Park, Old Tucson, the Biosphere up at a mountain, and 374 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:40.319 we just want to invite people to come exercise again, walk run, but 375 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:44.039 just come on out. We all have a beer garden and an after party 376 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:48.599 at Hotel Congress. Just come on out, have fun and then go have 377 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:52.319 fun. That's the whole point of all this stuff. And a band plays 378 00:25:52.400 --> 00:26:03.039 during the run. They're called Legion of Mario and they play uh uh Grateful 379 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:07.079 Dead and Jerry Garcia cover cover band and they're pretty cool actually. So they'll 380 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:12.240 be at the stage in front of the children's damn friends of mine. We're 381 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:18.960 on the Tucton Mariachi festival and they're putting a mariachi together. Uh one of 382 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:22.440 the high schools. But I don't know which one yet over at five points, 383 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:25.720 so we'll have Mariachi's out on the course. We'll have a band at 384 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:30.279 the finish. Fine. Yeah, So I just want to let Matt You'll 385 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:36.519 never be invited back. You never overshadowed the host with those questions, so 386 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.119 you know this is your last and over the day. Yere yes, Steve, 387 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:41.440 Steve, you're doing You're doing great. I'm just trying to learn from 388 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:47.440 you every minute. All right, what's the average age and what's the average 389 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:53.240 stage? When did you when did you, guys realize, given your long 390 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:56.960 term with all this running, did you did you realize that you had something 391 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:02.400 going? You know, I'll tell you this. Eighteen years ago. I 392 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:07.519 came up with the idea for this race. In February. I had taken 393 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.960 my girlfriend at the time out on a date in downtown and there was nothing 394 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.119 to do, and I'm like, well, downtown sucks, let's go do 395 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.680 something. And I figured the only thing I was good at is throwing parties. 396 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.240 So I came up with this idea, like, put on a running 397 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:26.559 race and we'll throw a party. And we did it at old La Placita 398 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:32.599 and we got We advertised it for about two months and we had six hundred 399 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.119 people and I'm like, dude, this is a good idea. Let's keep 400 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:41.480 doing this and so right away. But eighteen years ago, the woman that 401 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:45.319 I went on a date with it worked out, okay, we ended up 402 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:49.720 getting married, having a couple of kids. I got a head off to 403 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:53.240 a soccer game. You might have seen in the paper today. There's a 404 00:27:53.279 --> 00:28:00.400 women's pro league in down semi pro league and my daughter plays a point and 405 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.119 she's on this team. So we got to go watch that a little bit. 406 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:10.400 That's Tucson, Right's tson. No, she is with RSL okay, 407 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:15.480 so she was must be very good, Yeah, very good. Yeah, 408 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:18.599 and your wife and your wife still loves you and she's still with you. 409 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:22.319 I you know, it's funny that we're talking about this today. For some 410 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:26.160 reason, I got to be in uponnet and looked up the average length of 411 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:32.640 marriage in America and it's eight point two years. And uh, we've more 412 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.640 than doubled that. So I'm feeling pretty good about my should get a cash 413 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:41.640 prize just for that. I know, go ahead, Matt, give him 414 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:45.119 one of your great questions. Oh gosh, well, this one's h this 415 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.400 one's not gonna be too hard, but actually, you know what, it 416 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.799 is going to be a little bit in the weeds. How'd you pick the 417 00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:52.400 path through downtown? I mean, there's so many great spots down there, 418 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.839 especially with Rio Nuevo and and what they've done with Congres Street in the downtown 419 00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:00.319 area. How did you pick the path through there? And what did you 420 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:03.640 want to showcase with that? So, yeah, that is good. Another 421 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:07.039 good question. You got to keep this guy, I'll stick I'll sticker out. 422 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:12.920 You got to tell Jay then I'm okay with it. The first three 423 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:15.599 or four years, we did it at lave Plessy, the village, and 424 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:19.799 I wanted to go through that Court Street area. We went in front of 425 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:26.400 El Chardo and around and remember the foot break that goes over Congress and Broadway, 426 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.519 went back and forth on that and around the convention center, and that 427 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:37.559 was a disaster once we had six seven, eight hundred people, And so 428 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.119 then I tried to do it on Congress and Broadway. But back then we 429 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:45.559 put on one race that went right down Congress and under Fourth Avenue, but 430 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:49.839 then they did we now have that streetcar right, so you can't put a 431 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:56.039 race on on that. So the best I could do was Armory Park Children's 432 00:29:56.079 --> 00:30:00.519 Museum. And then you just go ride a bicycle around and measure cause it's 433 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.240 got to be perfectly measured. So that was the best I could do with 434 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.079 there's a wheel that you that you and I'm not good at this. I 435 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:11.400 hire people to help me with it. And we rode around and we found 436 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:17.039 this big basically a big m shape down Fifth Avenue and back six and out 437 00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:21.880 Stone and Convent. You know what, I've always kind of envisioned people measuring 438 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:25.240 out a racetrack and doing it just step by step, like you put one 439 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.680 foot in front of the other, just walking. And it takes like seven 440 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:33.240 hours to do a five You have to do it by bicycle, and you 441 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:37.319 need I'm going to make this up, but it's close to true. You 442 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:42.680 need two people to measure the same course two times. And then if some 443 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:48.039 form of really good record is set, like a national record, you got 444 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.839 to go back and measure it again afterwards. Interesting. Interesting, Let me 445 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:56.559 ask you you you run a five k in a mile a couple of times 446 00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:59.920 with a few groups. Uh, do you think that part of the success 447 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:03.240 is it's not a it's not a grueling ten mile, it's not a groeling 448 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:07.559 twenty five mile. You know what I'm saying, it's it's a greasy thing. 449 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.960 This is the most popular. We call it road rays. Right, 450 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:17.079 it's on read race in town, and it's because everybody could do it. 451 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:22.799 You could. We have all those little kids and parents and grandparents. This's 452 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:26.200 very cumbersome phrase, Steve. I was really trying to promote what I called, 453 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:32.799 uh intergenerational exercise, which really doesn't help as much as bring your grandparents 454 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:37.960 and your kids out and I'll go run. But yeah, everybody can do 455 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:41.440 it between the mile and the five k. So tell us, So tell 456 00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:47.079 us, how can people still join? Can they still join? Yeah? 457 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:52.799 We we have an online registration platform and people can find that link at our 458 00:31:52.880 --> 00:32:00.240 website, which is run Tucson dot net. But the next two evenings we're 459 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:04.839 going to do in person registration at one of the local stores in town called 460 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:10.640 the Running Shop over on Campbell between Glenn and Fort Lowell the Running Shop and 461 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:15.839 people can swing down there to register, or at the Children's Museum Saturday night, 462 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:20.799 and real quick, we got a minute or show. You're also connected 463 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:23.880 to el Tour and we'll talk about that, right race real quick, But 464 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:29.240 do you have something in between now and then oh yeah, we have a 465 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:34.000 Sawarrow Labor Day run over at Swarrow National Park, another run over at Pima 466 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:37.400 College, and then an a Mountain half marathon. We go up to the 467 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:40.000 Grand Canyon to do put on a race up there, and then we got 468 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:45.240 El Tour, the El Tour five k run on Saturday, November twenty third. 469 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.920 I think this year. Yeah right, okay, well you're gonna be 470 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:52.880 you can't wait for that. Keep running, keep being married, continue to 471 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:55.839 break that record. And I got to get rid of my guy Mattie. 472 00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:00.720 Thank you, Randy. I appreciate you. Hey, Steve mad it's been 473 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:02.720 a pleasure. I have a great night, Yeah very much. Yeah, 474 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:07.319 well that was fun. That was great fun. Hey, let's go because 475 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:13.000 we're gonna come back, and we're gonna come back and get ahold of Chip 476 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:15.559 Hail and talk to him about this weekend's games. 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Hey, welcome back to my I on the Ball here 519 00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.639 a Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. I have Matt Reynoldson in 520 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:36.840 today, got Henry with us, and now we have Chip Hale, coach 521 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:39.760 of the Miracles. How are you, coach from the Arizona baseball program. 522 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:44.239 How you doing? I'm good? Thanks for having me guys. Well, 523 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.519 we had ancona on yesterday and I'm very impressed with your what you're doing at 524 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:51.239 the school and what you're doing with the guys, and he says, you 525 00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:54.480 know, you come to a point where there's good things happen and it becomes 526 00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:59.239 contagious, where things happen and things happen for a reason. Do you feel 527 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:01.840 that, Oh, yeah, no doubt about it. People. I think 528 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:06.679 that was asked in the media the other day. You know, I have 529 00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.440 you ever seen that before? And I saw it a lot when we won 530 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:13.079 the World Series in twenty nineteen with the Nationals. It's just, you know, 531 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:15.679 you find a way to win games, and all of a sudden, 532 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:19.880 guys get confident at it. And you know, we talk about it today. 533 00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:22.159 It's like, you don't want to always depend on winning in the ninth 534 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.519 inning, but it's a good feeling when you feel like you're gonna win the 535 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:27.960 night right on. One of the big things about winning in the ninth inning 536 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.199 is you're pitching staff keeping things down. And Kevin Vance told us earlier in 537 00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:35.840 the spring that his philosophy was two one, two or die, trying your 538 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:37.599 guys throw a lot of strikes. I mean, how much has that been 539 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:40.840 a key to this run late in the season. After that, you know, 540 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:44.760 eleven game pack, twelve win streak and just kind of turning things around 541 00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:47.639 at that midway point of the season. Yeah, that that was everything and 542 00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:52.679 has been everything, because, yeah, we haven't started off great, you 543 00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:58.239 know with our offensive late, and those guys really held him down and giving 544 00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:01.639 us give us a chance to score runs late in the game. So without 545 00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:05.840 that you kind of get buried. We've had some games in Torgan State where 546 00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:09.199 you know, we didn't start hot. They they kind of increased to lead 547 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:13.000 me at a hard time. So as long as they can keep it close, 548 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:15.679 I think our guys feel really good about the last three or four innings. 549 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:17.079 Yeah, the one thing that they can't say about this team that you 550 00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:22.559 guys are gritty against USC. You got their starter out and then you guys 551 00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.440 made that come back and that's not a surprise. What eight walkoffs. You 552 00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:30.320 must be feeling good about that too, Yeah, no doubt. And yeah 553 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:32.079 that you know, he had thrown a great game coming on short rest. 554 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:37.719 I had no hitter for six innings, so obviously we weren't seeing him very 555 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:40.599 well and we finally got him out of the game and good things started to 556 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:45.280 happen. But again it would not have happened without Cam Walkon, you know, 557 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:47.199 holding it down for us. Yeah, well, Cam, Cam's gonna 558 00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:50.840 be a big part of this weekend for you guys. Clark candy Otti is 559 00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:53.119 also going to be one as well. He's you made the decision today he's 560 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:58.519 going to start the Friday night game against Grant Canyon. He'll face GCU sophomore 561 00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.079 left handed Grant Richardson. What are you seeing with that pitching matchup and what 562 00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:06.519 made the decision to move Candiyatti from his usual Saturday role to start a regional 563 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:09.039 for you guys, Yeah, I mean he was he'll be on regular rests 564 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:13.800 because he pitched last Friday. You know, he's just been He and Cam 565 00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:17.400 have just been really good of late. And and you know, Jackson has 566 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:22.119 not been where he's been in the past, and he's having a little more 567 00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:25.159 time now two more days to work on some stuff and throw an extra bullpen 568 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:30.559 and we feel comfortable with him throwing the third game of the of the regional. 569 00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:32.519 So you know, you got to go with your hot hands, whether 570 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:37.519 it's offense or defense. And uh, we feel at this point Clark's our 571 00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:43.159 best matchup with with Grand Canyon. That's gonna happen Friday night. We've got 572 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:45.760 something we want some people to go see. You guys play at six o'clock. 573 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:49.880 Did you deep down a chip, real realistic. Do you think that 574 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:53.639 you're going to host? I did. I really did feel it was it 575 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:58.280 was it was a good possibility if we won the tournament. Now, after 576 00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:01.119 we lost to Cow in the second game, I was like, wow, 577 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:05.199 we got to win these next two to give ourselves a chance. But it's 578 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:08.000 so hard. You know, we're a Pac twelve champion both regular season and 579 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:12.360 tournament. I just think it was really hard for the committee not to do 580 00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:15.920 it. And you know, Oregon State, another really really good team from 581 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.760 our league, got the host. Now you know Oregon was the only other 582 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:22.639 team. It just seems it seems odd that we only had three teams from 583 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:27.440 such a great baseball conference over all these years to make the regionals. You 584 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.719 know, I've got California that deserved to make it. I thought UFC the 585 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:32.559 way their late run could have been something like we did last year. But 586 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:37.000 the three of us will get in there and we'll do our best to show 587 00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:43.039 the Pac twelve is power conference. You know this last year and absolutely the 588 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:46.079 conference deserved to regional hosts, and as you mentioned, Cal probably definitely deserve 589 00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:49.800 to get in. But you know, there is there is a little bit 590 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:52.639 maybe that the committee is maybe not watching as many West Coast games, but 591 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:57.239 now they will be because you guys got loaded up with a great regional, 592 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:00.519 a regional that really reflects your non conference schedule as well. You guys have 593 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:05.639 the number one non conference strength of schedule, and of course that included a 594 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:08.039 couple of teams you guys will see this weekend in GCU and Dallas Baptist. 595 00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:12.480 What did you learn in February and March about this team facing all of those 596 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:15.119 good teams, even starting off with a team like Northeastern that's a perennial regional 597 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:20.559 contender. That taught That taught you that these guys could evolve to this point 598 00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:24.960 and play postseason baseball when the margins are so tight. Yeah, we're hoping 599 00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:29.320 that that helps us. That's why we do it. You know, there's 600 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:31.400 a couple of reasons. Somebody asked the other day, We're gonna always play 601 00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:36.760 the best non conference schedule week in schedule, just because these kids come for 602 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:40.320 the experience of having a great experience as a student athlete and to go to 603 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:45.239 the tournaments we go to to go to play really in tough environments. I 604 00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:49.599 think will help us in conference play number one, and then this should help 605 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:52.679 us in the postseason. So it'll be interesting. I mean, we saw 606 00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:57.119 Dallas Baptists at their best. We played them. You know, it was 607 00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:00.519 a one run game. I believe you saw West Virginia last year. They 608 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:04.280 came in here, They're very dynamic, they have one of the best players 609 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:07.719 in the country in weather Hole at second base. And then Grand Canyon has 610 00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:13.239 given us fits all year. So it's going to be as I know a 611 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:15.239 lot of people have said it's the toughest regional going. Well, you know, 612 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:19.199 Coach Lopez talked to the team earlier in the year and he said, 613 00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:21.360 hey, you got to punch the bully. So it's time for us to 614 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:25.440 punch this bully, all these bullies and come out swinging. Because if we're 615 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:29.599 going to win it and go where we want to be, you have to 616 00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:32.599 beat the best team. Yeah, no question. In fact, if give 617 00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:36.960 me the advantage of playing in Tucson compared to going somewhere else, and I 618 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:39.360 say that because if you went somewhere else, you'd find ways to drum up 619 00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:45.039 some philosophy about winning that. But what's the advantage here, Well, obviously 620 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:49.000 our crowd is going to help us one hundred percent. Our weather. You 621 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:52.480 know, people were playing a big ball park. I know West Virginia's seen 622 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:54.039 it. They were here last year, so they're used to it. But 623 00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:59.280 the other Grand Canyon obviously seen it. But Dallas Baptists will be new for 624 00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:02.880 them. There's a lot of room in the outfield and different most college parks 625 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:08.320 you go to, you guys prioritize midweek games, maybe unlike some other programs 626 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:13.880 do. And I know that you guys quote unquote lost the season series against 627 00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:15.920 GCU this year, but it felt like you guys got the win against the 628 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:19.840 Lopes at the time when you needed it most, at the time when that 629 00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:22.719 midweek game was going to spark you guys to a really good pack twelve run 630 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:25.239 Now you lost one at the end of a win streak. That was a 631 00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:29.480 really tight game up there in Phoenix. And then you know, obviously the 632 00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:32.480 twenty four run game was you know, maybe a little bit of a black 633 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:36.679 mark on the schedule. But what'd you learn from your team and those three 634 00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:40.280 very different points of the season that that could maybe give you a glimpse of 635 00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:47.239 how your guys are going to approach GCU on Friday night. I think you 636 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:52.400 know, we're kind of stuck here with the midweeks that you didn't obviously unbelievable 637 00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:58.199 midweek challenge for us playing him three times a year. This year we played 638 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:02.239 him twice once uh Phoenix, and next year will be the opposite, So 639 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:06.719 there aren't a whole lot of teams we get a chance to play. You 640 00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:09.320 know, we've added New Mexico State going over there, which is a tough 641 00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:13.719 trip for us, and they're just getting better also of the program, so 642 00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:17.639 it's tough. You know, you get a lot of your your pitchers that 643 00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:20.800 don't get the pitch on the weekend, you get to look at them a 644 00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:24.280 little bit. We get to starpen up our relievers, so they're important. 645 00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:29.480 But it's tough to get teams to come down here at Tucson. I'm sure 646 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:31.159 you've got asked this question, and we didn't have a chance to Jan and 647 00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:36.760 I earlier. But winning the league obviously, and then winning the tournament and 648 00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:39.559 becoming the first player to to ever win Player of the Year and Coach of 649 00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:45.599 the Year what does that mean to you? Well, obviously it's an honor 650 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:51.519 and it's a staff. It's a staff for our staff, Kevin and John 651 00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:55.000 of the Pigeon in Toby with a hitting a trip. Obviously with the recruiting, 652 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:00.039 it's it's it's an honor for me to to win it. You know, 653 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:04.159 we our team earned it and players earned it. But also the staff 654 00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:07.920 members did such a great job of preparing this team every day. So obviously 655 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.440 the player of the year and then now the coach of the year, that's 656 00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:14.320 pretty cool. I have to be honest with you, I think that's that's 657 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:19.079 neat and I'm excited about it. But I'll be more excited about it if 658 00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:22.000 we can take this thing to Omaha. Well, gives you a reason to 659 00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:23.440 tell the kids that you coach. You know kids, I used to be 660 00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:27.840 pretty good for this game back in the day. Yeah, you know, 661 00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:31.920 no good congratulations and it's gonna be fun this weekend. I hope people get 662 00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:36.440 out there. They we're gonna have, We're gonna have. I know we're 663 00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:40.599 gonna have great crowds and I'm super excited to see everybody out here. And 664 00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:45.400 let's make a high Sea rock. Steve and I'll be out there certainly as 665 00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:47.239 well, get into ten watching you guys some win some games. Chip, 666 00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:52.199 thank you very much, Thank you guys. Good luck. Good look man, 667 00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:55.639 uh Chip Hale, Chip and the Miracles. What happens to Cardiac Cats 668 00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:59.039 as we'd like to call them, eight walk offs on the year. At 669 00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:01.079 one point they had it like four out of the last six game. I 670 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:04.880 had board of a six game stretch at High Corbett where they walked it off. 671 00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:07.519 Yeah, when they win, it sounds good, feels good. But 672 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:10.400 when you're watching the game as a fan, you're thinking, another time, 673 00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:14.119 come on, give us a break here. Yeah exactly. I'm not that 674 00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:15.760 guy, but I haven't seen very many games, but the two I watched 675 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:20.360 they were fantastically good held up. But for the fans, I'm not sure 676 00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:23.599 they can take it anymore. That Oregon State game regular season, now, 677 00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:28.440 it was just an absolute roller coaster. I mean they were down one going 678 00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:30.719 into the bottom of the ninth, down one or two going into the bottom 679 00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:32.639 of the ninth, and came back, tied it, won it. There 680 00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:37.159 was that walk off against Louisiana Tech where they scored five in the bottom of 681 00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:39.119 the ninth to tie it, and then the sixth to walk it off. 682 00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:43.840 It's just on the very next pitch. I mean, this team has some 683 00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:45.800 magic. As you talked about with Tino yesterday, and as you talked about 684 00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:50.360 with Chip there, there's something about a baseball team that has a little magic 685 00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:52.559 going into June. You know what. I think it happens more in baseball 686 00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:55.840 than it does in football or basketball. And Chip has seen this before he 687 00:46:55.920 --> 00:47:00.159 was the coach that he was on the Nationals coaching stuff. They were like 688 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:04.239 nineteen and thirty the yeah on the world. Yes. And it's weird how 689 00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:08.079 baseball is different than the other sports because once you catch fireing baseball, and 690 00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:10.159 I don't believe the momentum. I know you, I don't know if you 691 00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:13.480 listen to me and Jay, I don't believe in it because every game is 692 00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:16.840 a season. But baseball is just different this way because once you get some 693 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:22.079 confidence and you get some pitching, timely hitting, it just kind of all 694 00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:23.719 of what sudden steam rolls. It is. It's a it's a ball rolling 695 00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:28.159 downhill. And that's the big thing about baseball is it's there's a reason why 696 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:31.599 they're superstitious because they feel the trends too. It's very unique sport, very 697 00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:35.599 unique, especially at the college level. You know, I think one of 698 00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:38.360 the unique things about it is that these guys have the emotional swings maybe that 699 00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:42.400 we do as the fans, where maybe in Major League Baseball you don't within 700 00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:45.519 one hundred with a one hundred and sixty two game season. College baseball, 701 00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:49.239 it's every weekend your season's on the line. And this weekend, Arizona's season 702 00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:52.599 is definitely on the line because it's regional baseball time, regional baseball in Tucson 703 00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:55.400 for the first time since twenty twenty one, and they'll hope they get a 704 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:59.920 similar result against GCU as they did in the twenty one opener in that too. 705 00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:01.039 You know, did we want to did you have some breaking news we 706 00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:06.800 talked about? So we're going to talk about Arizona landed USC defensive line transfer 707 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.960 Stanley Taufu. Yeah. Defensive line, right, yep. That's huge to 708 00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:15.360 build a depth for that group because when you lost Bill Norton uh in the 709 00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:19.280 spring, and you know, he went to an opportunity that probably better fits 710 00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:22.199 him at Texas being a stop gap defensive tackle. Uh. Now you have 711 00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:25.760 somebody that can fill that gap as well. They brought in a couple defensive 712 00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:30.719 line transfers in the post spring time. I think that was a big question 713 00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:34.079 coming into the summer with this Arizona football team, is would they be able 714 00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:37.039 to hold up on the defensive line as they did as well as they did 715 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:39.400 last year, especially with all the departures both in the winter and in the 716 00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:43.400 spring portal period. And I think they've done a nice job to fill those 717 00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:46.239 gaps. But now it comes down to fall camp. How much coaching chops 718 00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:50.079 does this new group have. They built a lot of equity in the spring, 719 00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:52.320 but what kind of true coaching chops does this group have, especially on 720 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:57.000 the defensive side. Does Duyna Keina still have his fastball? Does d line 721 00:48:57.039 --> 00:49:00.719 coach jos Omalo? Is he ready to build this quickly and get them to 722 00:49:00.880 --> 00:49:06.239 ingratiate themselves into this defensive system and into this culture so they can be a 723 00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:08.599 dominant defensive team like they were a year ago. I believe a top twenty 724 00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:12.360 five unit in the entire country. Yeah, yeah, I was gonna ask 725 00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:15.559 you something, so you'll be here tomorrow maybe yes, yeah, absolutely, 726 00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:19.679 Okay, course talk more sports. There was also something else, and you'll 727 00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:21.800 have to get used to this because I forget stuff, Jay, and I 728 00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:23.039 forget stuff all the time. It's the end of the show. We're running 729 00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:29.920 on tangent at this point, playing Oh, so this is your first year, 730 00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:30.679 and I know you're not gonna finish out the year, but you've been 731 00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:37.280 here long enough. How would you rate the rate the overall UA athletic department, 732 00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:40.599 how it did athletically? Gosh, nine, I mean, this is 733 00:49:40.800 --> 00:49:45.079 I think that's about right now, but it wasn't there until recently because of 734 00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:47.480 what's going on. I just think the consistency across all sports. I mean 735 00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:51.519 you look at the you look at the rankings, you look at the Capitol 736 00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:55.119 One Cup standings or Director's Cup standings or whatever they call it now, and 737 00:49:55.400 --> 00:50:00.840 you look at the consistency throughout the athletic programs for these teams, I think 738 00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:05.440 they really stepped into stride with how well balanced the rest of the PAC twelve 739 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:07.280 programs are, because what do you know about the Pac twelve? Right For 740 00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:13.480 most of my life it has been post USC's run. It has been disappointing 741 00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:16.480 on the football field, and it has been great in everything else. I 742 00:50:16.480 --> 00:50:21.920 mean, really stellar in women's sports, really stellar in Olympic sports. I 743 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:23.519 think that's going to be a long term legacy of the PA of the last 744 00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:28.000 two decades of the Pac twelve is just being stellar in those Olympic sports, 745 00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:31.440 being well rounded athletic programs, and I think Arizona reflected that very well this 746 00:50:31.559 --> 00:50:36.400 year. I think Dave Hickey, you know, unfortunately he got let go, 747 00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:38.400 but he did a great job, you know, getting those programs up 748 00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:43.320 to snuff. And I think Desiree Reed Francois is stepping into a great situation. 749 00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:46.480 I think she's a fantastic leader for these programs and will continue to give 750 00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:51.559 the coaches and the student athletes the tools they need to succeed. I think 751 00:50:51.599 --> 00:50:54.159 it's you know, I think the athletic department is well financed, good facilities, 752 00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:58.880 great fan support, elite fans support, some of the best in the 753 00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:01.239 country. So I think we you have all of those pieces in sort of 754 00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:06.239 that holy trinity, you can continue to be successful in every sport. If 755 00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:10.840 football has momentum, football rises all tides in an athletic department. I'm googling 756 00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:15.960 Holy Trinity just so the hell you're talking about Triangle three. No, No, 757 00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:20.840 I agree with you. It's it's one of the better years or seasons 758 00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:25.079 they've had in twenty some years back. We talk about this thirty almost thirty 759 00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:30.719 years yea, in the nineties when best, when basketball, football, everything's 760 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:32.760 all the stars aligned, right, it just kind of worked, you know. 761 00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:36.599 I mean, like women's basketball, they were playing most of the season 762 00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:42.159 with seven players and they that was unbelievable. Yeah, with three freshman starters, 763 00:51:42.199 --> 00:51:44.920 and you find a way in the NCAA Tournament win a game. I 764 00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:46.239 mean, baseball was dead in the water halfway through the season. Now they're 765 00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:49.960 hosting a regional first. And then the football came back and did well, 766 00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:52.639 like you said earlier, but for basketball, women's basketball, you're thinking, 767 00:51:52.840 --> 00:51:55.400 what the hell's going on with the program? You know, there's people leaving, 768 00:51:55.440 --> 00:52:00.440 they're unhappy, reportedly this, reportedly that. And then she gets this 769 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:06.559 group of seven to on the brink of beating USC not once but twice, 770 00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:08.079 and USC is good enough to get to the final four, right or that 771 00:52:08.239 --> 00:52:13.840 close? Were that close? And we had we had coach on Barnes and 772 00:52:13.880 --> 00:52:16.320 we're thinking, what are you doing? How did you pull this off? 773 00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:20.599 And they blew a late lead against Syracuse in the NAA Tournament, but Syracuse 774 00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:22.800 almost knocked off Yukon, which went to the final four. You know, 775 00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:23.840 see this is the time, this is the time. And I asked you 776 00:52:23.840 --> 00:52:27.679 this a month being giddy because I don't people know that in the show. 777 00:52:27.800 --> 00:52:30.559 I don't get giddy. I just don't. I've been here too long. 778 00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:34.760 I'm too jaded. Even Keel even try to be at least, but you 779 00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:39.079 gotta have at least some really high respect for what's been done. Says they've 780 00:52:39.119 --> 00:52:43.559 done a heck of a good job for straight n SNUAA tournaments, for women's 781 00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:45.920 basketball program. And I mean I think next year they're going to be good. 782 00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:52.159 That team in two years, that's a bona fide Final four contender. 783 00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:54.119 If the keep the rosterga. You know in this business, you give me 784 00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:59.039 cars business. You sold me eight cars this month. Guess what you gotta 785 00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:01.679 do next month? Sixteen? Sell be more, double it, double it 786 00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:05.320 double next week. We'll see what happens. Okay, I'll see you tomorrow, 787 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:07.320 Matt, absolutely here. You're not back. No next week, next 788 00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:10.320 week? Okay. Cool, A good show today, Thanks everybody for for 789 00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:15.000 listening, Thank you Gabe for calling in. And we'll try to do this again tomorrow