WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:07.440 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is front 2 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:47.399 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, 3 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:53.520 everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim rosenhouse along with you from Target Field 4 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:57.439 in Minneapolis this weekend, where the Guardians are taking on the Minnesota Twins in 5 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:00.240 a four game series. Coming up a little bit later on in our show, 6 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:04.519 we will hear from outfield and base running coach J. T. McGuire, 7 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:11.760 also pitcher Logan Allen and catcher Cam Gallagher and one of the great storytellers 8 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:17.280 in the game. Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis will also hear from him later 9 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.359 on in our show. But let's get Let's get right to it. Our 10 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:25.040 week in review, and we begin with a really good series in Baltimore for 11 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.680 the Guardians. To start this road trip on Memorial Day, Monday. They 12 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:32.439 took on the Orioles on a Monday afternoon and they came away with a five 13 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:37.239 nothing win. Good pitchers duel early with Tyler Wells going for the Orioles and 14 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:41.280 for the Guardians, the rookie Logan Allen had it all working. Allen with 15 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:46.760 the one two, swang and I miss strike three. Allen strikes out his 16 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.040 seventh and it came at a great time, so the threat goes by the 17 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:56.040 boards. We head to the fifth still no score in Baltimore. Cleveland got 18 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.959 the scoring started in the fifth inning on a sack fly by catcher Cam Gallagher, 19 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:05.680 and then two innings later Gallagher knocked in another run. Gallagher groundball base 20 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.560 hit through the hole into right field, hitting third of straw coming home. 21 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:14.039 Here's McKennis throw to the plate head first, slide safe at the plate and 22 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:20.199 the Guardians take up to nothing lead. Back to back to back base hits 23 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:27.639 and Gallagher has both RBIs with that RBI singled a right straw, scoring from 24 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:34.120 second. Brennan stops at second and Cleveland now with a to nothing lead. 25 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.719 Next up in the seventh was Stephen Quan now the O one swung on a 26 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:43.639 chopper up the middle in the center field of base hit that'll score Brennan from 27 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.680 second on his way to the third. Gallagher in the second with a hustle 28 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:53.599 double is Quan Mullins, the center fielder on that chopper back up the middle 29 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:59.599 in the center slipped and fell as he was getting to that ball and Quand 30 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:05.039 turn that into a hustle RBI double three nothing Cleveland. They do it on 31 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.599 four straight hits and then I'm ed Rosario kept the inning rolling. The pitch 32 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:15.000 swung On grounded the second back. Hannaby Fraser comes home with the throw and 33 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.759 it gets away from McCann into scores Gallagher. Here comes Quwan. He'll score 34 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:25.879 before McCann goes back to get the ball that squirted behind him. And in 35 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:32.759 the second is Rosario and the Guardians are making everything count. It's a four 36 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:38.039 run inning and a five nothing lead, and Logan Allen continue to roll in 37 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:44.240 the bottom half of the seventh. Now the lefties won two swang and a 38 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:50.879 miss got him with a fastball. Ten strikeouts for Logan Allen and that'll wrap 39 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:57.599 up his day, his best in the Bigs seven shutout innings of three hit 40 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:04.319 baseball and ten strikeouts, Guardians five Orioles nothing and with the big lead, 41 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:09.400 Trevor Stephan was on to finish things up in the ninth. Birds down to 42 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:15.439 their last strike down five in the ninth the two delivery swung On grounded the 43 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.160 first handle by Naylor. He'll go to the bag himself. Full game and 44 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:26.680 the Guardians get another shut out and blank the Orioles five to nothing here on 45 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:34.000 Memorial Day as Cleveland pitches its fifth shut out of the year. Tuesday, 46 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:38.319 the Orioles came up winners eight to five, and that's set the stage for 47 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:43.600 the rubber match in the series Wednesday afternoon, and it was the wildest game 48 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:47.720 of the season in terms of runs scored for both the Guardians and the opposition. 49 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:51.160 The Guardians got things started early. Stephen Quan let off the game with 50 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:56.639 a bunt basse hit, and then two batters later, Jose Ramirez stepped in 51 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.399 the pitch, swung on trill the left down the line it goes this ball 52 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:04.399 is off the base of the wall near the left field corner. Quan around 53 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:09.360 third is coming home. Ramiers to second throat of the plate, Kwan in 54 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:14.079 sliding ball gets away from the catcher, goes to the backstop, and Ramirez 55 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:18.920 advances to thirds. So an RBI double for a Jose Ramirez off the base 56 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:25.600 of the wall in left and Stephen Quan able to score all the way from 57 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:29.959 first. In the second, after Shane Bieber got two quick outs, the 58 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:35.319 Orioles exploded for four runs on two walks and four straight hits that produced a 59 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:39.839 four to one lead. Then in the third, the Guardians answered with a 60 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:44.480 big two out hit from andres He Menez. The pitch and he sends a 61 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:46.839 looper to left. That'll get down. That'll be a base hit. Ramiers 62 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:51.720 will score. Nailers trying to score. McKenna airmails to throw to home in 63 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:58.000 the score is not only Nailer, but everybody else. Moves up bild a 64 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.759 third and Jimenez to set and the Guardians are now trailing four to three. 65 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:09.839 So a big two out, two runs single the other way by Andre Simenez 66 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.279 and that gives him back to back two hit games in this series. Baltimore 67 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.120 got one back in the third to make it five three, and then in 68 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:24.920 the fourth Stephen Quan was on base again as Josh Naylor's big day started. 69 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.920 Here's the pitch to Naylor. He swings and drives it right center field. 70 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:33.199 This one's deep way back there, and that ball is haha, run Josh 71 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:40.040 Naylor. They just cleared the fence and for the first time in more than 72 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:45.800 a week, a Guardians hitter has gone deep, and that two runs shot 73 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.560 off the bat of Nailer has tied the game. Josh Nailor, with home 74 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:57.240 run number eight on the season, has tied this game at five. The 75 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.720 next batter was Josh Bell. Here's the pitcher, Perez, and that swung 76 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.759 on and lifted high in the air to deep left. Does this have enough 77 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:12.839 way back? Home run Josh Bell to the deep part of the ballpark, 78 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:17.879 But it didn't matter. Bell. Homer's to left and the Guardians have taken 79 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:25.160 the lead. Number four on the season, four Bell. He's gone more 80 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:30.160 than a month between home runs, but that huge blast to left has put 81 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:34.800 Cleveland in front six to five. But the back and forth continued. In 82 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:39.079 the bottom of the fourth inning, is again Bieber got two quick outs, 83 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:44.399 but a single and a two run home run by Anthony Santander Baltimore moved back 84 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.439 in front seven to six. Onto the fifth Guardians responded with two hits and 85 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:53.519 a walk to load the bases for Josh Naylor. Here's the pitch to Nailer. 86 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:58.040 Hey swings and drives it high in the air right center field. That 87 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:01.759 ball bangs off the wall, extra basis for Naylor. One run is in. 88 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:07.160 That's Gallagher right behind him. Is Quan right behind him as Rosario. 89 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:13.279 All three score on the double off the bat of Josh Nailor, who has 90 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:18.360 a big day going, and the Guardians are back in front, nine to 91 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:24.120 seven. Cleveland Man he did not miss a home run by much. Nailor 92 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:31.120 now with two doubles, a home run and five runs driven in, and 93 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:35.679 two batters later, Gabriel Arius put an exclamation point on the fifth inning. 94 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.600 Here's the pitch from ballman swung on and there's a high fly ball deep left 95 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:46.919 center field. Way back there hard run Arius beyond the Orioles penning into the 96 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:54.120 Guardians bullpen. A mammoth shot off the bat of Arius, and the Guardians 97 00:08:54.200 --> 00:09:00.360 now lead it eleven seven. The two runs shot off the bat of Ours 98 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.639 and it's a four run Cleveland advantage. The Orioles scored a run in the 99 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.919 bottom half of the fifth to make it eleven to eight, and then in 100 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:13.360 the seventh, Jose Ramire has doubled and Josh Nailer put the finishing touches on 101 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:18.279 a huge afternoon. Now the set and line drive swung on and hit in 102 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:24.360 the left by Nailer. Ramirez around third will score and Josh Naylor has Cleveland's 103 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:31.639 first six RBI game of the season. So Nailer goes Appa with a line 104 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:37.919 drive single to left and Cleveland now has the lead at twelve to eight. 105 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.960 In the ninth, there wasn't a safe situation for Cleveland. They were up 106 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.240 by four runs, but manager Terry Francona wasn't taking any chances as he turned 107 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:52.840 to Emmanuel Class to close things out a swing in a weak groundball to second. 108 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:58.240 Hemena's gloves, throws ball game and the Guardians taking a series from the 109 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:05.120 Orioles as today they come from behind and I'll slug Baltimore twelve day. So 110 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.039 the Guardians took two out of three in Baltimore and that made for back to 111 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.399 back series wins for the Guardians for the first time since the first road trip 112 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:18.080 of the season that took them to Seattle and Oakland, as they have really 113 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:24.919 had a hard time winning consistently since that time until this week when they took 114 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.320 a series from Saint Louis back home and then the series in Baltimore on the 115 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:33.120 Minnesota The road trip continued. Thursday night tough one for the Guardians as they 116 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:37.519 saw a late lead slip away and the Twins walked it off with a seven 117 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:43.720 to six victory and then on Friday night shut out baseball for Minnesota in a 118 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.840 one nothing win. Stay with us when we come back. 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Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Jim 127 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:41.360 Rosenhouse along with you from Target Field in Minneapolis, where the Guardians are taking 128 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:46.360 on the Twins in a four game series this weekend. It continues on Saturday 129 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:50.639 night with a seven fifteen first pitch and concludes on Sunday afternoon to ten. 130 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:56.279 This start time on Sunday, well, it's an experienced and veteran coaching staff 131 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.200 under Terry Francona for the Guardians, and there's very little turnover in recent seasons, 132 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:07.720 but this year one of the newest coaches in his rookie major league campaign. 133 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.679 As a coach is J. T. Mcguirey handles the outfield play and 134 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.240 also base running, helping out Sandy Lamar. He's been in the organization for 135 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:22.399 five seasons at the player development level, and he talked about the transition to 136 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.799 the major league staff and what it's been like making that jump to the big 137 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:33.559 leagues. It's been surreal. You know. At first, you're first, 138 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:37.039 you're kind of like, Okay, I'm I'm in the big leagues, like 139 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.559 this is a lot. But once he's sort of settle in and get a 140 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:46.799 good routine going, you know, the coaching staff has been extremely helpful and 141 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:52.080 beneficial to my development and being able to work with the players that most of 142 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:58.200 the players that I've worked with, you know for five years. You know, 143 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.679 having those relationships with those guys makes it a little a little easier um 144 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:07.840 than I guess like your your normal big league team would be. It's it's 145 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.600 it's I think it's it's more of a unique situation and starting at the top 146 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:16.799 with Terry Francona, it's such an experienced coaching staff. How beneficial has that 147 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:20.519 part been. It's been incredible. I think you know, at first you're 148 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.519 a little intimidated because he's got all the accolades and um, you know, 149 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.480 he's a Hall of Fame manager. But when it comes down to it, 150 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:33.120 um, you know, he's just a great guy. UM, super supportive. 151 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.080 UM. You know, if if you ever need anything, if you 152 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:41.240 ever have any issues, he's there. Um. So yeah, like he's 153 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:46.399 been, he's been incredible, um and has helped me like develop into a 154 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:52.559 major league coach. J T. McGuire joining us outfield and also base running 155 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.480 coach for the ball club. And uh, JT. You come here to 156 00:13:54.480 --> 00:14:01.200 Baltimore and there's a lot going on in the outfield. So and you're mentioning 157 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:05.399 earlier even though there's been the adjustments and left right field can be more challenging 158 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.120 here in the case today for Gabriel Arias. Yeah, so, I mean 159 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.120 I'm from this area, so I came to a lot of games. Obviously, 160 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.960 left field shoots out pretty far now, but there's not really many nooks 161 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:18.480 and crannies to it. I mean, when you're looking out there, it 162 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:24.000 looks like Kwan's out on an island because it's so deep and then it kind 163 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.720 of jets back in. But yeah, right field, you know you have 164 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:33.320 the scoreboard with the padded wall, you got a concrete part of the wall, 165 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:37.120 and then you have some fencing and then the you know, the foul 166 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:41.840 line kind of jets out and gets tough behind there as well. So there's 167 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:45.840 a lot of unique spots to it. You know, We've taken our outfielders 168 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:50.480 out there to try and hit all those all those spots, but sometimes in 169 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.519 a game, it just you know, it may hit a spot where you 170 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:56.879 never really worked on. So yeah, it's it's a little difficult at times, 171 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.960 but I think our guys have been able to handle it pretty well. 172 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.679 And Gabriel Aris will be out there today new to the position, but it 173 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:07.279 sounds like his work ethic is off the charts to try and learn a new 174 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:13.159 position and really get good at it. Yeah, Gabby's really embraced the I 175 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:18.279 don't want to say a position change, but position adjustment, I guess you 176 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:24.320 can say. It just adds versatility to his game. You know, if 177 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:28.120 you ever come out for batting practice, he's before he even made the position 178 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.200 switch. You know, he'd be out in center field and rob home runs. 179 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.279 So he has the athletic ability to do those types of things. And 180 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.320 like I said, like he's embraced the role and he genuinely and I think 181 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:45.840 he loves to play the outfield. But his work ethic has been great. 182 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:52.440 He's trying to develop into an outfielder and again just adversatility to his game and 183 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:56.519 as someone who appreciates the position. You have two gold glovers out there in 184 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.320 Miles Straw and Stephen Kuan. What makes them gold glovers from what you've scene, 185 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.960 I think the biggest thing is their ability to just see the game differently. 186 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:10.840 Um, you know, when I'm when I'm positioning those guys. A 187 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:15.120 lot of times, Straw's already a step ahead of me as far as where 188 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:21.399 he thinks that he needs to be positioned. So there's most times I don't 189 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:25.720 even really have to position him because he's normally in the right spot. Um. 190 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:33.679 And Quan just has an inaability to read swings, put himself in the 191 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:38.559 accounts to position himself into, you know, a spot where where he may 192 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.399 think the ball might be batted. So I think it's just more a mental 193 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:48.840 thing than anything you mentioned earlier. You're familiar with this ballpark. What's it 194 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.039 like coming back here as part of a major league coaching staff. How much 195 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.399 friends and family have been down here this series? Yeah, it's surreal. 196 00:16:55.639 --> 00:17:00.399 Um. You know, I've always liked this backdrop of the warehouse and I 197 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:04.400 can remember coming to this stadium when it first opened in ninety two. Um, 198 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.519 so yeah, I've spent a lot of time in this in this ballpark 199 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:12.079 as a fan. Um. I'm thirty minutes north of Baltimore from there, 200 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:18.240 and uh yeah, last night my my parents had a put a bus strip 201 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.279 together. They had about seventy five people. Um tonight or today they have 202 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.319 a box that they that they got, so there's going to be about thirty 203 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:33.400 people. Um. But you know, just throughout the week, Um, 204 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.079 friends and family that have you know, there aren't on that trip or aren't 205 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:40.720 in that those boxes. Um, you know they've texted me and came down 206 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:44.200 to the dugout to say hello. Um. Just a lot of people that 207 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:48.759 have um helped me along the way. J T, thanks for coming by. 208 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.200 I appreciate it. Appreciate it. Rosen That is outfield and base running 209 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.079 coach J T. Mcguiring's first season on the Major league coaching staff, Stay 210 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.720 with us. When we come back. We'll hear from pitcher Logan Allen and 211 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:08.920 your Cam Gallagher as we continue on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Hang 212 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:33.039 on, folks, this baby isn't over yet. When Alan does such a 213 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.519 great job is moving the ball in and out, up and down, and 214 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:42.440 he only throws ninety two miles an hour, but the hitter never knows where 215 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:48.119 he is throwing it. That pitch strength three called he had just worked. 216 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.519 The last pitch in this pitch was middled away. McCann's out looking. That's 217 00:18:52.519 --> 00:19:00.960 a new career high nine strikeounts for Logan Allen and this incredible development team that 218 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:07.640 Cleveland has in regards to developing major league pinching has got to feel awfully good 219 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:14.279 again. Now the lefties one two swang an a miss got him with a 220 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:19.559 fastball. Ten strikeouts for Logan Allen, and that'll rip up his day, 221 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:27.319 his best in the bigs. Seven shutout innings of three hit baseball and ten 222 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:33.400 strikeouts. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you from Target 223 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:38.240 Field in Minneapolis, where the Guardians are trying to square things up as a 224 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:44.160 series and has gotten off to a difficult start continues on Saturday night. The 225 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.759 Guardians have dropped the first two games of the series, with two to go 226 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.319 Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Logan Allen Well, he's been tremendous in his 227 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:59.680 rookie major league season, picked up another win on Monday afternoon with seven shutout 228 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:03.240 inning against the Orioles and a career best of ten strikeouts. He continues to 229 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.960 make progress with each outing and when we talk to him about some of the 230 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.160 keys to his success, he says, at tension to detail is a big 231 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.440 key at the major league level. I think such a big part of it 232 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:17.559 is just leaning on all the support stuff that we have, you know, 233 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:21.759 the catchers who know these hitters so very well. Obviously Carl knows these guys 234 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.000 very well as well. So just trusting the game plans that we have going 235 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.240 into every game and you know, trying to keep it simple, just focus 236 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:30.519 on hitting the glove and you know, they kind of take the thinking out 237 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:32.839 of it for me a little bit, which is very nice. Is there 238 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:36.400 a balance between what you do well and then pitching to a scouting report, 239 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.839 Yeah, I think I think it's This kind of report can kind of tell 240 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:41.559 you where you can finish in that bat, like certain holes where you know 241 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.240 you can get a swinging miss, So kind of just knowing that you can 242 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:47.480 use that at the end of the bat and then you're still going to pitch 243 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.359 the same way, still gonna throw fastball, you know, to get ahead, 244 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:52.599 all that kind of stuff. But I think more so it just kind 245 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:55.279 of tells you where you can get some mounce up. When you look at 246 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:59.000 some of the places you've had an opportunity to pitch here early in your career, 247 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:03.200 been way this place, Baltimore's Oriole Park at camd in Yards at Beauty. 248 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:07.920 Do you notice that and is that something that impacts you as you go 249 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:11.119 out there? Yeah, no doubt. I would say before all my starts, 250 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.319 especially on the away games, I try to come out here and just 251 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.079 get a get a feel for these stadiums, especially one that I haven't been 252 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:19.119 to before. You know. I texted one of my buddies that is in 253 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.759 the Triple A with the Oriels and was telling them how they got a great 254 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:25.160 fan base, Like it was so loud here yesterday. Um, that was 255 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.359 really cool. But yeah, just playing out some of these historical parks, 256 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.000 like going to Fenway, and pitching there was awesome and I'm just excited to 257 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:36.359 keep keep on making this tour logan. You look at at strikeouts and I 258 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.720 think for you, it seems like the way you set up hitters is the 259 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:42.200 biggest key. And when you're on a good strikeout role like you were on 260 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:47.559 Monday, what's coming together for you that allows for that? I think it's 261 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:51.319 just being able to land all the off speed um execute fastballs to all for 262 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.599 you know, up, down, in, and out. But I think 263 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:56.240 being able to land the off speed, getting ahead, getting to O one, 264 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.559 not having to throw the fastball, and kind of keeping on in the 265 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:00.640 back pocket that you can use maybe later they have bats, but I'd say 266 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:03.799 definitely landing those and just getting ahead of hitters anytime you can get to one, 267 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:07.400 that's that's the key. And pace of game you work as quickly as 268 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:12.759 anybody. When did that become a part of what you do? Man? 269 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:15.920 For a long time, It's something that I've always heard, you know, 270 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.680 from guys playing behind here, guys that I've played with, talking about how 271 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:21.920 the pace just keeps everybody in the game and keeps everybody engaged. And I 272 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.599 think that that's such a big part of the game is, you know, 273 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:29.039 keeping guys ready for when the plays do come to them. So it keeps 274 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.319 me on a role as well. When I'm throwing good it seems to make 275 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:33.680 the hitters a little bit uncomfortable. So you know, it seems like it's 276 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:37.240 working out. Is it something that they had to teach yourself to do or 277 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.920 did it just come naturally? No, I've I've kind of always been that 278 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:41.880 way where you know, I finish a pitch and it's right back to the 279 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:45.039 rubber. You know, it's I guess I've always kind of been the way. 280 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:48.880 So I would imagine your catcher has to be on that same page too. 281 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.880 And I know Cam Gallagher on Monday seem to have a real good working 282 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.200 relationship with you. How much of an impact do they have on keeping you 283 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.559 at that pace? Oh? Man, they're awesome. He's really good about 284 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:02.720 getting the ball right back to me, calling a sign getting ready. Um, 285 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.000 I really can't give enough credit to him before. The way that he 286 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:07.599 called the game throwing out Mullins there in the first setting was huge. But 287 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.880 you know, he's put put good a bat together for us yesterday and he's 288 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:15.079 a heck of a player. We got two really good catchers, and you 289 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.119 know, they, like I said, especially for a young staff, they 290 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.039 take it. They take a lot of the pressure off of so we're really 291 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:22.599 appreciative. And circling back to something he said at the beginning about the amount 292 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:27.440 of people here who help you. It's a very pitching staff. How important 293 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:30.839 is it to have some veterans around, like as Shane Beeper, like a 294 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:34.920 Cal Quantrill And how in any way can they help you well? And I 295 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.440 think, you know, obviously talking to them, getting to pick their brain, 296 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.039 seeing the way that they look at games and how they how they like 297 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:44.599 to attack lineups is definitely big. But just being able to watch them, 298 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:47.400 you know, firsthand, sitting right here in the dugout, seeing the way 299 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.880 that they you know, formulate a plan and how they're talking in between the 300 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:52.319 endings, all that kind of stuff. It's it's the reason why you know, 301 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:55.960 Shane's want to say, young, and Cal's going to be pitching for 302 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.799 as long as you will. But you know, it's just it's nice having 303 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.880 those veteran guys, especially like having three you know, rookie guys in the 304 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:03.960 rotation right now. I think we look to them for a lot of our 305 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.440 you know, advice and all that kind of stuff, and I think they've 306 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.519 been huge for us of just you know, giving us peace of mind whenever 307 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:14.240 we're looking for it, and that flip side to it. And he may 308 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:17.880 have alluded to it, but at times three rookies in the rotation, Tanner, 309 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.640 Bobby's been here just about the same amount of time as you have been, 310 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.279 has that been helpful? But someone who's going through some of the same 311 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:25.599 things that you are, Yeah, I think so. I think he and 312 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:27.680 I are, like he said, we're just going through it together. We're 313 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.440 we're definitely enjoying it all, but we're just taking it all in stride, 314 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:34.759 trying to learn on the job as quickly as possible. And I like to 315 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:37.759 think we're doing a pretty good job. But you know, like I said, 316 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.240 a lot of credit has to go to everybody who's been making this job 317 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.920 a lot easier for us. So it's got a good staff here for sure. 318 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.279 Logan, thanks a lot for the visit, appreciate it. Thank you 319 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:49.200 so much. That's rookie left hander Logan Allen and catching him the last time 320 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:55.440 around was Cam Gallagher and for Gallagher it was a chance to play at Baltimore's 321 00:24:55.680 --> 00:25:00.720 Camden Yards, spot that he had gone to as a fan growing up not 322 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:04.039 too far away from there, and when we caught up with cam earlier this 323 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:08.240 week after catching Logan Allen on Monday night, he said it was nice to 324 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:11.920 play in front of family and friends at Camning Yards for the first time in 325 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:15.119 his major league career. Yeah, it was. It was awesome. You 326 00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:18.599 know. I uh, I was with Kansas City. You know, I 327 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.039 was actually unfortunate if I was three years that I was, the Royals were 328 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.240 playing here, I was injured, so I didn't get a chance to actually 329 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:26.720 play here. And you know, my dad grew up an Orioles fan. 330 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:30.079 I remember coming to these games as a kid and then being able to play 331 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:33.519 here and in front of them. It was something special and we really enjoyed 332 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:36.839 last night, and it was it was a lot of fun. I'm sure 333 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:40.440 youth league games your folks were probably there all the time. But what is 334 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:42.680 it like Is it much different at a major league game at the top of 335 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.799 the profession winder here? Yeah? Absolutely. I mean my support group that 336 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:48.640 I have, my family, friends, you know, it's you know, 337 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:52.119 I wouldn't be here without them, you know, it's you know, the 338 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.839 good days the bad days, they're always there. You know. Sometimes when 339 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:56.400 you're you're playing and you're you're you're not doing so good, you kind of 340 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:59.920 take on a lot of the heat by yourself. But you know, you're 341 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:02.599 family. You know, we have lies off the field too, and being 342 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:04.359 able to share that with him yesterday and having some success and a win, 343 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:07.200 it was. It was awesome. Cam right out of the shoot yesterday, 344 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:11.559 you throw out a runner trying to steal in the very first inning, obviously 345 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.920 a good throw and everything worked well. How challenging has it been this year 346 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:19.880 because none of these rule changes seem to favor catchers at all. Yeah, 347 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.400 yeah, you know, it's it's tough. You know, I know some 348 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:26.880 pictures. You know, Logan yesterday was quick to the play and you know, 349 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:29.279 it was it was huge. He gave he was probably one two, 350 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.640 one three to the play, being able to give me time to throw out 351 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:34.440 the runners. But um, you know that's something that guys sometimes struggle with, 352 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:37.839 is they don't want to be too quick to the play because they think 353 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.480 they're gonna lose some v low or a little bit of their command. But 354 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.759 yeah, when when pictures give me and Z and fry a good time to 355 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.079 to to throw guys out. It's it should be on us to be able 356 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:51.440 to throw them out. But you know, like I said yesterday, Logan 357 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.839 did a heck of a job giving me a chance, and you know a 358 00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:56.839 lot of credit goes to him. And for the pictures. How much of 359 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:00.960 it challenges it knowing that they have limited throws to first base, Yeah, 360 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:03.680 it is. It's something we're all trying to kind of figure out. I 361 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:07.200 know that the stone based numbers have gone up tremendously and um, you know, 362 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:10.119 I think they're trying to obviously bring that part of the game back. 363 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.559 But you know, it's something that we're all going to be working on, 364 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.759 whether it's the pitching staff or the catching corps that we have here. But 365 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:18.200 um, you know, I think it's been a lot better as of late 366 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.920 than it was to start the season. So hopefully we're on a right track 367 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:22.359 and we'll keep working on it. So that was early in the game. 368 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.720 You get a couple of base hits that our key to rallies for the Guardians, 369 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:30.440 And when you looked at at how the runs were scoring yesterday, the 370 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.160 good stuff going on base running and all that, I'm sure you've heard about 371 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:37.200 last year a lot, but did you kind of have that feeling that this 372 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:40.200 is what it's about sometimes for this team. Absolutely, I know, playing 373 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.480 against these guys a lot in the past, you know that's I we know, 374 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:45.440 this is how we do our we win our games and stuff like that. 375 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:47.759 But you know, we don't rely too much on the on the home 376 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:51.079 run ball, which you know it's it's tough too when you trying to rely 377 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:52.599 on the home run and get a lot of strikeouts or whatnot. But you 378 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.279 know, that's our kind of game, is getting guys on base, getting 379 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.880 them over, guys on third base with less than two, getting them in 380 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:02.960 any way anyway possible, but just putting the pressure on and playing good defense 381 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.920 and good pitching. And you know, ultimately that's that's the main reason why 382 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:08.680 we won yesterday. And I saw after the game Will Brennan commented about you 383 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.880 barreling down the third baseline that got him fired up. It is that fair 384 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:15.359 for him to be saying stuff like that? Oh? Absolutely, yeah, 385 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:17.319 I know. I'm not a burner by any means. I know when I 386 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:19.799 was on third, Sarby was was telling me that it's ah, they're going 387 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:22.599 on contact, and you know, if you get halfway, make sure you're 388 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:25.599 get to run down. But I was I was joking with Sarby. It 389 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.839 said, once I got a halfway, there was no stopping. So I 390 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:29.880 was just kind to go as fast as I could. And you know, 391 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.799 we're fortunate enough to get in and you know Kwan was able to come in 392 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:37.319 right after me and the kid pitching, Logan Allen was just terrific when you're 393 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:42.039 back there. How easy to catch because of of how he works. Yeah, 394 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.039 you know, he's he's he's got a good rhythm, good pace. 395 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:48.279 You know, I love catching pitchers that you know, they get on the 396 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:51.599 mound, they throw their pitch like I throw it back to them, and 397 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.799 they're they're just the rhythm of the game is going quick, and you know 398 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:56.920 it's keeps the hitters off balance. They don't let the hitters get too comfortable. 399 00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:00.640 And um, you know, I think that's you know, part of 400 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.039 Logan's game. And did a heck of a job yesterday. A lot has 401 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:07.079 happened in the first two months of the season that's been challenging, but the 402 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:11.200 team's won three out of four against good ball clubs, giving you a kind 403 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:14.960 of a preview of what could be for this team. Yeah, absolutely. 404 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:18.640 You know a lot of people didn't asking kind of what's been our recent struggle, 405 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:22.799 But I think we just haven't really played a total game where our offense 406 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:26.599 and defense and everything is kind of meshing together. But over the past couple 407 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:29.079 of days, you know, our offense has been good, defense and pitching 408 00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:30.559 has been's outstanding, and you know, I think we're starting to hit their 409 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:34.279 stride a little bit and hopefully keep carrying this over. Everyone's still here tonight 410 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:37.000 or did they go home? Some of them commute, They went back a 411 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:40.880 little bit today. I think they're gonna be back tomorrow for the day game. 412 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.200 But yeah, there there's gonna be a few guys in the stands today, 413 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.839 but probably not as much as yesterday. Good stuff, Cam, Thank 414 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:49.599 you, absolutely, thank you. That's Guardians catcher Cam Gallagher. Always some 415 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.759 good perspective from him on a lot of different subjects, and we appreciate him 416 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:57.880 stopping by to join us here on Guardians Weekly. Stay tuned. When we 417 00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:02.119 come back, we'll hear from pitching coach Carl Willis. That's after this time 418 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:10.599 out on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Gallagher cromboll base hit through the 419 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:15.000 hole into right field, hitting third, a strong coming home. Here's McKennis 420 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:18.559 throw to the plate, head first, slide safe at the plate and the 421 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:25.640 Guardians take it to nothing lead and Gallagher has both arby eyes Mullins aboard. 422 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:30.839 Here's Austin Hayes runner ghost pitch take and throw to second got him tag made 423 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:37.160 by Jimenez. Great throw by Cam Gallagher. Two four on the cot stealing 424 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:42.519 and Gallagher throwing out sixteen percent of the runners. Made an absolutely perfect throw 425 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:52.200 to Jimenez and the head first sliding Mullins was tagged out. Score Yes, 426 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:56.319 out of bells. Those are sports words. 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Jim 434 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:40.599 Rosenhouse along with you this weekend as the Guardians continue their series with the Twins. 435 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:45.160 Carl willis their pitching coach. He's been in the organization for a long 436 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.680 long time, but as a player, the highlight of his career was his 437 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:53.039 time here in Minnesota as a part of the nineteen ninety one World Series champions. 438 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:56.559 Carl Well, it's one of the great storytellers in the game, and 439 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:00.839 we cut up with them earlier this weekend to talk about how special that time 440 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:05.960 was for him. More than thirty years later, still some great memories for 441 00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:10.119 Carl Well. Yeah, obviously the highlight of my playing career. And you 442 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:15.079 know, any opportunity, I mean not everyone can say that, you know, 443 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:19.519 they reached the World Series and then to win it and be a part 444 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:23.880 of it. Pitched him four games during that seven game series. It's really 445 00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:29.720 really special and memories that you'll never forget in friendships that are ever last year. 446 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:32.759 It's remarkable and maybe it shouldn't be, but I mean it's more than 447 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:37.000 thirty years ago now and still though when we've been in town and I know 448 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.759 other events that you've had. They really hold that team in a great spot 449 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:44.799 of the hardest sports fans here. And that shouldn't be a surprise. Shouldn't 450 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:49.799 know it shouldn't I mean, you know, it's the last World championship team 451 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:54.799 in Minneapolis, Saint Paul. You know, the Stars and now the Wild 452 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:59.039 have obviously had some good teams in Minnesota. Twins have had some good teams. 453 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:04.119 Haven't yet recent World Series again or have the biking so um in the 454 00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:07.119 in the Super Bowl. So yeah, it's it's uh, it's pretty cool. 455 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.559 It's hard to believe it's been thirty two years now, but uh, 456 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:14.039 it's really neat to come back and and how people remember you. Um, 457 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:16.519 you know, it's really special. Could you feel that as it was taking 458 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:20.839 place and getting deeper and deeper into the series, Well, you know, 459 00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:24.880 I mean it was it's kind of hard to um let your mind go to 460 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.839 you know exactly how it was unfolding. I think we had you know, 461 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:36.279 four one run games, we had two maybe three, I can't remember now, 462 00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:42.279 extra inning games. Um the home team won every game. Um, 463 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:45.920 but I think, um, you know, it's it's truthfully, you know, 464 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:51.039 staying mine in the moment and in today's game and seeing it through and 465 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:54.559 getting to tomorrow, I think no one really realized, um, you know 466 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:59.599 how it played out, certainly for the fans, uh, none of us 467 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.920 realized that until it was over. Obviously, this is a beautiful ballpark target 468 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:07.839 field, but those games were played at the old Metrodome, as loud a 469 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:09.599 building as you've ever been in. For those World Series games at home. 470 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:15.400 Yeah, I'll never forget our Bullpend coach Rick stelle Mason. You know, 471 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:20.880 we had the Bullpen phone and it was like a you know, wired but 472 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:24.639 portable phone that he had to put on the on the ground and keep his 473 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:28.519 foot on the phone because he couldn't hear it rings, so he had to 474 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:31.079 he had to feel for the vibration, you know when they would call it. 475 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:35.000 In the days, we didn't have a light going off or a hornblow 476 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:37.960 and it was just a phone ring and he had his foot so he could 477 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:42.079 hear it because the noise was deafening. And when you look back at spring 478 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:46.519 training that you're no one would have predicted a Twins Braves World Series for I 479 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:51.119 don't know the matchup or either side, but how did it develop? How 480 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.480 when did you guys start to think, hey, this is a really good 481 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:57.400 ball Cup here. Well, I think, you know, the clubs start 482 00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:02.360 out two and nine, so coming off a season that had finished in last 483 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:09.440 place in nineteen ninety, I remember Tom Kelly having a meeting in Anaheim about, 484 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:13.599 you know, one hundred and sixty two games. We've only played eleven, 485 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:17.880 small number, a big number, making some you know slight adjustments, 486 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:22.000 and I think we got, you know, into May, and it was 487 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:25.559 late May, going into June, we had started to play better. The 488 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:29.880 record was, you know, starting to even out, and we won sixteen 489 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:35.360 in a row, fifteen or sixteen, I can't remember. I know the 490 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:39.079 last of those victories actually came in Cleveland at the old Stadium there, and 491 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:44.119 we went to Baltimore and Randy Milligan actually walked us off in the bottom of 492 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:45.320 the ninth Baltimore the next night, and then we came back, I think 493 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:49.719 in one another eight or nine in a row, and at that point we'd 494 00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.960 created some separation and you know, start had gained a lot of confidence in 495 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:57.280 one another, and I think that's when the club really took off and you 496 00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:00.280 had some of the biggest stars in the game. Kirby Puckett can Hurt Back 497 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:04.239 and Jack Morris. So there was some star power here, wasn't there. 498 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:07.719 Oh, there definitely was, you know, pup Hall of Famer. You 499 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.639 know, as you mentioned Ken Herbeck, you know, grew up right here 500 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:16.480 in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area. Hometown hero Rick Aguilera was one of the 501 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:20.719 best closers in baseball at the time. Chuck Nablock was the rookie of the 502 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:22.159 Year in the American League that year. So it was a former club it 503 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:24.840 really well. And I know you don't see him every time in but when 504 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.960 you see Dan Gladden, is that something that you guys go right back to, 505 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:31.639 is those good times that you had. Every now and again we'll bring 506 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:35.639 up, you know, some type of a memory about ninety one. But 507 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:40.239 I think just just living that together, like I said, it just it 508 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:45.360 caused us to develop friendships that you know, will last a lifetime. And 509 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:49.679 you know, I feel honored to just be a part of that group. 510 00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:52.199 Carl, thanks laugh for reliving some of those memories. Appreciate it all right, 511 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:57.800 Thank you. That's Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis joining us here to wrap 512 00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:00.719 up Guardians Weekly it's edition and in the books. Will join you next week 513 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:05.719 from back home in downtown Cleveland. Good homestand coming up for the Guardians with 514 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:09.000 the Red Sox coming to town for three starting Tuesday night, and then the 515 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:15.440 Astros in town next weekend. 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