WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:07.440 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is front 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:50.640 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, 3 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:55.439 everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rose in house along with you from 4 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:00.320 Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, where the Guardians are just getting start it on 5 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:03.359 their longest homestand of this season. Coming up a little bit later on in 6 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:07.760 our show, but we will have a full report on the Double a Akron 7 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.439 Ball Club with Director of Player Development Robs or Folio. Also we'll visit with 8 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:17.079 Mike Zannino and Eli Morgan as well as Josh Naylor from the Guardians Ball Club. 9 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:23.159 And we'll have a special feature as we'll learn about the USS Cooperstown from 10 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:27.159 the vice president of Communications at the Baseball Hall of Fame, John Shestakovsky. 11 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:34.000 Really interesting interview and how it ties in with some of the greats of the 12 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:38.680 game who have served in War's pass. So some good stuff coming up later 13 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.359 on in our show. At first, our week in review, and it 14 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:46.200 was a difficult road swing for the Guardians as they went to Boston and New 15 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.280 York and really had they just come up with a key base hit here and 16 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.040 there. Several games could have gone the other way and they could have come 17 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.920 home with a winning road swing. But after dropping two out of three at 18 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:01.200 Fenway last weekend, they headed to New York Monday night. They're taking on 19 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:05.599 the Yankees, and it was New York that jumped on top and the third 20 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.919 inning with two runs off of cal Quantrill, but he would settle in and 21 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.719 ended up turning in perhaps his best outing of the season. The pitch swinging 22 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.280 a little number off to the rank side near the foule line. Quantro gloves 23 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:23.120 underhand flipped to first as he couldn't tag Cabrera, and Quantrill has another dominant 24 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:29.199 ending boy what a job as cal Quandrill having a tough start to his season, 25 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.560 tremendous tonight. So the Guardians were still trailing because on the other side 26 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:38.759 of things, Domingo Harman was in complete control on the mound for the Yankees. 27 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:43.800 He shut down the Guardians offense through eight innings, throwing just eighty two 28 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.639 pitches. He came back out got the first out in the ninth, but 29 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:53.319 then Stephen Quan stepped in trying to get something started. The pitch swing on 30 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:59.039 line drive base hit to center. Just the second Cleveland hit one in the 31 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.520 first. One in the ninth, Kuano the one out single to center. 32 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:07.000 Here comes Aaron Boone. Oh, he's going to get booed. Oh doctor, 33 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:13.520 he's got his closer, Clay Holmes. Ready. They're not saying booney, 34 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:19.520 but Aaron Boone is going to make a pitching change. Eighty eight pitches 35 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:24.960 for Domingo Herman, a sensational performance, and he'll leave with a two nothing 36 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:30.120 lead. Here in the ninth, the Yankees brought on their closer, Clay 37 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.240 Holmes, and the first battery faced was I'm ed Rosario hands chest tie, 38 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.439 he lets it fly and the pitch slung on a tamper to the left of 39 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:42.719 the mound. Holmes backhands, drops, picks, throws not in time. 40 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:49.759 Guardians have two on for Jose Ramiers, a little dribbler back to the left 41 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.520 side of the mound. Holmes tried to backhand it, got a glove on 42 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:58.080 it, didn't field it cleanly, and then Rosario, hustling beat the throw 43 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.560 to first. They're gonna charge him with an air but they gave Volpi a 44 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:06.680 base hit last inning, So yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. 45 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:13.439 He's the official scorekeeper for the New York Yankees. Jose Ramire has followed 46 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.360 with a single, moving the runners up and loading the bases for Josh Naylor. 47 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:21.360 The pitch swung on a champer in the hole in the right field, 48 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:28.079 base hit quon scores, Rosario coming home. Cabrera front of the plate slides 49 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:31.879 the scores ball gets away, picked up near the Guardians, dug out by 50 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:38.399 the pitcher homes. We've got a tie game. Nailer ends up at second, 51 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:45.879 Ramirez is at third, and Josh Naylor with a hole shot between first 52 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:50.759 and second. It's a two run single, and the Guardians have tied the 53 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:58.920 ball game at two. Still one out and Aaron Boone is getting a standing 54 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:04.240 boo as he's going to go to the mound and Yank is closer. Josh 55 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:10.240 Bell walked to reload the bases and then with two men out, basses loaded, 56 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:15.040 Mike Sanino was at the plate again. The left handers ready. He 57 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:20.439 let's get a rip ball. Four inside. Guardians take the lead. A 58 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:28.800 bases loaded walk from Parolta to Cennino, and Cleveland has a three to two 59 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:31.480 lead in the ninth. So how about that the Guardians on top three to 60 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:35.639 two heading to the bottom of the ninth and who other than Emmanuel class A 61 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:40.839 to try and close it out in that final frame three to two, Cleveland 62 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:46.759 ninth dunning two, ounced nobody on. Here's the payoff pitch swing and a 63 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:51.759 miss ball game. What a comeback for the Guardians. Their best of the 64 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:59.240 year and they stunned the New York Yankees three to two. So a real 65 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.399 nice win for the Guardians in the opener of that series in New York. 66 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:06.319 But again a pair of tough losses finished that series. Tuesday a four to 67 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:11.319 two loss to the Yankees and then Wednesday, a game where again they came 68 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.199 from behind but lost it in extra innings four to three Thursday, and off 69 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:19.439 day Friday, a two nothing defeat in the homestand opener to the twin. 70 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:24.279 We had a chance to catch up with Josh Naylor earlier in the week and 71 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:29.240 he's had a couple of big hits in recent weeks and had a big game 72 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.279 tying base hit in the ninth inning of that win on Monday night to come 73 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:35.079 from behind victory over New York. And Josh touched on a lot of different 74 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:40.800 subjects and he says, much like last year, this year's team never counts 75 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:44.279 themselves out of a game. Yeah, I mean, I think we're resilient. 76 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.800 We love playing you know, baseball with each other or sometimes we were 77 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:51.079 in a tight game, we'd love doing every game. Ain't nothing and tend 78 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.480 nothing. But you know, we're gonna be in some good ball games, 79 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:57.720 and it's it's up to us never to give up and just to continue to 80 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:01.000 play hard through the whole nine. Yesterday, Kyle gave us, you know, 81 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.600 great outing. I know he wishes he could take a few pitches back. 82 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:08.680 Um, but without him sticking through in that game, I don't think 83 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:11.199 we have a good shot of winning that one. I think our bop ended 84 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.120 an exceptional job too. Dale came in and picked the guy off, got 85 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.800 the next guy out. Um, you know, class as class A. 86 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.360 He's always going to do great for us. I feel like, um, 87 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.480 no, we just I think we had we had a great game all around. 88 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.639 Um, it was it was fun to be a part of. We 89 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.879 have great competition in the Yankees we're facing, so we just we got to 90 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:32.319 always bear down and know we're gonna be in good games. So yeah, 91 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.560 you say it was good. And when ninth innings start to develop like they 92 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:40.720 did last night. Is there a certain feeling that that the team starts to 93 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.279 get in that dugout, especially if you know that you may be hitting in 94 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.879 a key spot. Um, I think it's as who anyone in hitting the 95 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:47.959 key spot there, you know, would get the job done. I think 96 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:53.759 we trust each other. Um, we know, and when opportunities arise where 97 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.319 we're ready for the occasion. If we get a base runner on the ninth 98 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:00.800 inning and we all feel like we're gonna get it done again, we trust 99 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.160 each other. We know we're gonna have good at bats, pass the baton 100 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.800 on and just uh, we root for each other the whole way until the 101 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:09.959 last out. You mentioned trust, and I think so many people look at 102 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:13.720 baseball as an individual game, but but there truly is a team concept to 103 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.800 it when you're talking about offense and trying to put innings together. Yeah, 104 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.680 I think if we just continue have good at bats, you know, sometimes 105 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:24.920 may not go our way. Sometimes you hit the ball hard right out someone. 106 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.439 Um, sometimes you take a good pitch and it gets called for a 107 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:30.040 strike three that should have been involved four. But you know, if we 108 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:31.840 just keep the mindset of having good at bats and trying to get the next 109 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:35.879 guy up. I think we're going to be successful. And Josh, when 110 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.840 when you look at how your season's going and you're getting the results now, 111 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.320 but do you feel like you've been swinging the battle okay most of the season 112 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:48.360 and maybe just weren't getting the results early. Yeah, I think I've hit 113 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.639 a lot of balls hard in the last month. Someone didn't fall, some 114 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.000 did. But that's the name of the game. You just got to ride 115 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.559 the wave and keep grinding. Baseball is a tough sport. Sometimes we're gonna 116 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.600 have real bad loads. Sometimes you have real you know, high highs, 117 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.120 and you just you got to ride the wave and stay kind of even keeled. 118 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.360 Can that be the hardest part of it is staying even keeled when when 119 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.440 you do want to maybe ride that wave of good times and just kind of 120 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.240 battle through the tough ones. Yeah, I mean I think I learned it 121 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:20.120 at a young age, um, or a younger age, and I was, 122 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.320 Um, it's a it's sometimes hard when you're struggling to keep that motivation, 123 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.360 to keep that aggression in the box. Um, it's tough to kind 124 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.200 of come to the ballpark every day and you know, you don't you don't 125 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.360 want to fail and you want to be successful, and when it doesn't go 126 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:35.919 your way, you kind of you get really down to yourself. But I 127 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:37.919 learned that, you know, it's it's it's a long season. You have 128 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.440 a lot of that batch. You have a lot of opportunities to shine and 129 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:45.720 to be you know the guy sometimes. And uh, I think all all 130 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.240 stats are kind of even out if you just if you just ride the wave 131 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.600 and you yeah, you stay even killed throughout the process. Um. And 132 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.919 again it's it's a really hard sport. We have such great competition. You 133 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:56.279 know, for instance today against the Yankees, they have a great lineup, 134 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.720 a great page and staff, great bullpen, and uh, you know, 135 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.279 some how you're gonna fail. Sometimes you're gonna be successful, and it's just 136 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.240 it's up to you Tom to manage that. And you know, if you 137 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.960 manage it poorly, then you know it's just gonna go downhill from there. 138 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:13.000 If you if you stay confident and trust the process, trust the work you're 139 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.360 doing, um, but trusting you know, the coaching staff and then decision 140 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.960 making and stuff like that, then I think I think it's gonna all gonna 141 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.559 even out, and you're gonna be finding the end of the day and team 142 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:26.039 wise, so many good things happened a year agoing and this team seems so 143 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.440 tight and close, and how long does it take to get that going again 144 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.639 with some new players here and try and get it all to blend like it 145 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.799 did a year ago. Um, that's a good question. I mean, 146 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.519 I don't know a person. I think you know. We obviously didn't have 147 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:43.080 as good as an April as as we wanted, but that's the name of 148 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:45.960 the game. You're gonna have bad few weeks, stretches, maybe a few 149 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.879 bad series. We went through that last year. We got swept like three 150 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.960 series in a row, and then it kind of turned over for us. 151 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:54.240 But again, if we just we continue to trusting each other, not kind 152 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.159 of get down on each other, not get down on us as individuals, 153 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:00.799 I think we're gonna be fine. We have a great team here, great 154 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:03.399 camaraderie here, and then we love playing with each other, We love showing 155 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.960 them to the ballpark and seeing each other. I think we're gonna be fine. 156 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.200 We just need to just keep keep steady on the course. Josh, 157 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.360 always good to have you on, Thanks for coming by. Thank you always 158 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:18.240 good thoughtful interviews from Josh Naylor and more of the same right there. As 159 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:20.879 you look up and down that lineup, they are struggling offensively right now, 160 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:26.679 but trying to stay positive and ride the ride it out and see if they 161 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:30.159 can't turn things around a little bit here in the weeks to come. When 162 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:33.960 we come back, we'll hear from catcher Mike Sonnino and also releave picture Eli 163 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:41.879 Morgan. That's next on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Networks. 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The bitch swinging the line, drive to left field, base, 170 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:28.120 hit near the line, hitting third, coming home asarius as the game 171 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:33.720 is no longer tied, a huge two odd RBI single down that I feel 172 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:39.039 line by Mike Zanino and the Guardians have the lead for the first time today 173 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:46.360 and on a weekend. This has been for Mike Zanino. Guardians Weekly continues 174 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:50.440 from Progressive Field and downtown Cleveland. Jim Rosenhouse back with you. Great to 175 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.279 have you with us for Baseball Talk on the radio. Mike Zanino is the 176 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:58.440 Guardians catcher and he's had some big base hits early in his Guardians career, 177 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.799 including a great at bat in the ninth inning Monday night in New York that 178 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:07.639 resulted in a basis loaded walk and help the Guardians come from two runs down 179 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.840 in the ninth to win a ball game three to two. We caught up 180 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:15.000 with him the following day and he talked about that never give up mentality that 181 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.639 the Guardians club showed on the road swing. Yeah. I think, you 182 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:20.639 know, it just shows our fight. You know, we we have a 183 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.120 resilient, young lineup and uh, you know it's one of those where you 184 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:28.200 know when when you get into those later those later innings, and you know 185 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.759 you really got to push and know that there's not much more room for air. 186 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:31.960 We've done a good job to last couple of times, you know, 187 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.000 battling back. Um, I think it's something as we gain more confidence and 188 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.559 those experiences definitely do help. It'll be something that hopefully it can continue and 189 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.879 start earlier in the game. But it's nice to see. It's nice to 190 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.480 get see you guys have competitive at bats and it definitely helps in your game, 191 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.000 and maybe it's a testament to sing it through all nine innings. I 192 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.120 know that the at bats early were hard against a pitcher who had a really 193 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.799 nice night, but your patient and you spoil some pitches late. What's the 194 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.559 mindset going into that lad step bat where you have a chance to win the 195 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:03.960 game? Yeah, you know, it's one of those it as you gain 196 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.840 more experience and a lot of that bats, you realize you can't let whatever's 197 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:11.360 happened in the game dictate. You know, what's your next net bat's gonna 198 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.759 hold. And uh, you know, I've had quite a few at bats 199 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.039 against Wanti before, so I was able to, you know, have a 200 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.480 game plane up there nobody nobody likes to do in certain situations, and uh, 201 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.679 you know, was able to spoil a couple of pitches in a three 202 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.799 two count and get to a couple of really good fastballs to ultimately be able 203 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:28.600 to see a change up. You know, that was a little bit down 204 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.440 and end, but uh, you know, having a little bit of history 205 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:33.559 against the guy helps. But you know, being into a spot bat after 206 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.159 having some at bats that I would have liked to forget about before then is 207 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.960 always nice. And I know a lot of the pictures, whether it's a 208 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.240 veteran guy like Cal Quantrill or Shane Bieber or some of the young guys, 209 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.639 they credit you with with some adjustments or getting them to the right place where 210 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.919 they need to beat during a game. Uh how long does that take for 211 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.960 you to get comfortable with them? Yeah? I think you know that that's 212 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.679 always the biggest challenge, you know, coming over to a new organization with 213 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:00.440 guys that have an idea of what they want to do. You know, 214 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:03.639 a couple of those guys, you know, battling through some stuff to of 215 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.480 their own early in the season, not you know, maybe exactly where they 216 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.200 want to be. So that's our job is to work together and you know, 217 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.600 find out how to keep these guys, you know, in the best 218 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:16.039 situation possible and being able to work with these guys, understanding how they work, 219 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:20.159 all the little nuances of whether it's their delivery or what pitch they like 220 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:24.200 to go to in certain spots where they like the certain setups on certain pitches. 221 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.600 You know, that's something as the more reps we get, the better 222 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.879 we're gonna be. And I think now, you know, about a month 223 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.799 in, I think you see these guys starting to fall into a groove with 224 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:35.960 that, and you know, hopefully that's just gonna be a seamless transition into 225 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.440 you know, once they start feeling even better and our relationships growing that you 226 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:43.879 see a lot of really positive outings. Mike nice calling last night, thanks 227 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.000 for coming by. Yeah, thank you. That's catcher Mike Sonnino. And 228 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.840 one of the pictures that he'll catch coming out of the bullpen on a regular 229 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.759 basis is Eli Morgan off to a strong start out of the pen. In 230 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.120 fact, his first ten relief outings he did not allow and earned run. 231 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:03.559 And he talked about what's been working well for him the first month plus of 232 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:06.919 the new season. Yeah, Yeah, we talked about the slider and changeup 233 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:10.879 and that's just gonna be something I can take a look at my whole career 234 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:15.120 trying to find a way to make that slider in. Its still not moving 235 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.879 a ton, but I've been finding some success with it, just trying to 236 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.759 locate it well. And then yeah, We had talked about the changeup, 237 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:25.879 trying to throw with a little more, a little more effort, maybe tick 238 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.279 the velo up bit. And it hasn't ticked up all that much, but 239 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:33.159 I think it's a little more consistent in its range right now. So so 240 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.159 it's been feeling good coming out of the hand. What does that do if 241 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.600 you tick it up just a little bit? I mean, obviously to change 242 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:41.320 up you want it slow. But if you do tick it up a little 243 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.799 bit, what do you think that does for you? I think this gives 244 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.200 me a little better feel for where it might end up, you know, 245 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:51.080 okay, because it is it does move a good bit, so sometimes leaving 246 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.960 the hand, it's you know, is this gonna stay in the strike zone? 247 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.440 Is it gonna leave the strike zone? I think just having having maybe 248 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:03.639 a more controllable movement of it that makes it better to throw. And when 249 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:07.000 you work on refining pitches. For a starter, they have that bullpen session 250 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.920 between starts that they can do that, but relievers, I would think a 251 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.960 little bit more difficult to do that. How are you able to work on 252 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:17.519 things maybe not in the pressure of a game situation. Yeah, I would 253 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.480 say our overall reps for working on stuff is less than that of a starter. 254 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:23.359 But you know, we still play catch every day. We have times 255 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:29.400 with the catchers during batting practice. You have to manage the workload of going 256 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:32.759 out to the mound, touching it, throwing some pitches before the game, 257 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:34.519 knowing that there's a chance that you might be in there in the real game. 258 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:40.039 But you just stick to your routine and find ways to get work in 259 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:42.000 before the game. Had Eli, thanks laugh for come by. I appreciate 260 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:45.920 it. Thanks Josy and is reliever. Eli Morgan ought to a really good 261 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:52.200 start this season and it's been a big key to a fairly solid Guardians bullpen 262 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:55.519 the first month plus. Stay with us when we come back. It's the 263 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:59.400 Farm Report with Director of Player Development Rob ser Folio that comes your way. 264 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:04.200 Next, Cleveland Clinic, Guardians Radio Network Outfield Medium, Deep, straight up 265 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:11.039 and down. Eli Morgan's two two pitch swing and a messy stayed with a 266 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:29.400 fast ball and gut him. Eli Morgan strikes out the side. Welcome back 267 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.920 to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rose in house. Back with you from Progressive Field 268 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.000 in downtown Cleveland. Guardians taking on the Twins this weekend. Then the Tigers 269 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:41.680 come in next week, and then next weekend, the longest homestand of the 270 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:47.599 season continues with the only visit of the year from Mike Trout. Shohei Otani 271 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:51.519 and the Los Angeles Angels. Should be a lot of fun to see them, 272 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.759 and we'll see if it lines up. It's going to be close. 273 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:59.359 Perhaps Otani pitches against the Guardians in one of those games. We'll see as 274 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:03.359 the rotation shakes out for the Angels. Well. Pitching has been a big 275 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.519 key for the Guardians organization for a while now, and there are more young 276 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.920 arms on the way. We've seen two in Logan Allen and Tanner Baby at 277 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.599 the major league level now this first month of the season. Robs or Folio, 278 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.559 the farm director, he was an Acron this week and he had a 279 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:23.359 chance to view even more strong starting pitching. And we'll begin with Gavin Williams, 280 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.640 who was in Akron to start the year. Now he's at Triple A 281 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:32.799 Columbus and Rob says he's just another one of the many young arms that the 282 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:37.200 organization is extremely excited about. Yeah, well, it's fun to work with 283 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.960 really talented players. I think just to start Rosie and Gavin fits that. 284 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.839 Bill, I mean, you go washrom pitch, You're going to see you 285 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.000 know, fastball velocities up in the upper nineties. He might even hit a 286 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:53.160 triple digits. I think just what's so impressive about about Gavin is he's really 287 00:19:53.200 --> 00:20:00.519 talented but hasn't like rested on his laurels and he's just continued to to really 288 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.759 dig into, you know, some of the parts of pitching that are a 289 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.599 separator at the highest level, and those are some of the things that you 290 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:12.400 know, we came into the year and tried to challenge Gavin with and he's 291 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:17.440 he's certainly lived up to that bill so far, which has been really impressive. 292 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:21.839 His stuff is there, he's continuing to work on a slider which is 293 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:26.960 getting better and better, and we're just continuing to see him in between starts 294 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.480 really learn what it's like to be a professional at the highest level. And 295 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.359 um, you know, kudos to him for how he's gone about his work. 296 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:37.960 And he's just one of many at the Double A level as that pitching 297 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.079 machine just keeps right on rolling. And Joey Cantillo is someone that we saw 298 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:45.519 just briefly in spring training. How's his season going so far? The numbers 299 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.480 look great, but what are you seeing improvement wise from him? Yeah, 300 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:52.440 so, you know, Joey, no secret, last year you had a 301 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:56.799 really good season, ran into a little bit of injury issues at the end 302 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:00.119 of the year, and so throughout bring training, you know, we were 303 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.319 being really smart with his ramp up, and so he started the year, 304 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:07.640 you know, pitching in a little bit shorter stints than some of the rest 305 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:12.519 of our starters. But man, he has not let that affect his performance 306 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:15.640 at all. And so you know, we're really getting close to him being 307 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:21.319 fully built up, and we're seeing a lot of the same stuff increases that 308 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:23.720 we saw to him last year on the velocity side of things, continuing to 309 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:30.000 work on his cutter slider as well. So just you know, another young 310 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.319 guy. I mean he's still you know, twenty two, twenty three years 311 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.079 old, one of the younger pitchers at that level when you really zoom out 312 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:41.319 on things, and it's impressive that that he's you know, been able to 313 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.559 bounce back like he has and continue to improve on some of the things we 314 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.160 challenged them with with continuing to attack the zone and trusting his stuff and letting 315 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.920 it play. And you know, for a young starter, you know, 316 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:56.000 another guy that we're really excited about. Another member of that rotation, a 317 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.200 recent draft pick, a college drafted player, Tanner Burns. It looks like 318 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.480 he's off to a good start too. And what can you tell us about 319 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.359 Burns? Yeah, so, you know, not dissimilar from from Joey, 320 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.440 a guy that ran into a little bit of a struggle from from the injury 321 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.039 bug last year, had a really good year in twenty twenty one. You 322 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:22.680 know, a successful college arm out of Auburn and Tanners again like building on 323 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.880 some of the things he learned last year and we've seen some stuff increase. 324 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:30.319 We've seen him really start to miss some bats so far in the early going 325 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:34.720 and just continuing to refine some of his arsenal. You know, a guy 326 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:38.200 that we're you know, maybe he's final a little bit under the radar with 327 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:41.559 some of the names that we have, but you know, a starting pitcher 328 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:45.759 that has a lot of the ingredients that we look for and just with more 329 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:51.319 and more experience, continues to get better. Moving to the bullpen. You 330 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.680 have a young man who's closing games there at Akron and doing a great job 331 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.359 at that, Kate Smith. We saw him a little bit in spring training. 332 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:02.240 He also had some experience at the WBC, and it seems like he's 333 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:07.440 making some real nice progress. Yeah, big physical, really great kid, 334 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:12.799 hard worker. His stuff has just um continue to improve. You know. 335 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:17.519 This is a guy that we got in the in the COVID Draft. There's 336 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:21.240 only five rounds of the draft that year, so we actually signed him as 337 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:25.359 you know, an undrafted free agent, and he has just you know, 338 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:27.920 really put his name on the map since that point. Um. And that's 339 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:32.519 a huge credit to just the way that he goes about his business, with 340 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:37.079 his work ethic, with his commitment to just like learning all the details of 341 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.440 what it is to be a great picture. And another guy that can run 342 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.720 it up there in the mid nineties that can you know, really has an 343 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:45.720 explosive fastball, I can miss bats and um, yeah, you know, 344 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:51.519 put him in. Put him in the long line of exciting pictures that we 345 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.880 have in the organization in the upper levels that you know, as we're seeing 346 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:56.599 more and more of these guys get opportunities, you know, I think this 347 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:00.640 is a name that that hopefully does so as well. Another interesting name at 348 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:06.200 Akron on the pitching side is Jack Leftwich, and it sounds like he's kind 349 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:10.000 of he's been relieving, he's been starting a little bit then, and what 350 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:15.000 do you see for him in terms of future maybe roll for him. Yeah, 351 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:18.920 a lot of parallels to what we talked about with Joey actually with Jack. 352 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.039 So a guy that started in Lynchburg for us last year, we were 353 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:26.279 seeing him in extended innings, made it up to Lake County, started starting 354 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:30.400 some games. Um, you know, we have intentionally kind of slowed his 355 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.720 usage a little bit at the start of the season, just for him to 356 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:37.759 get his feet underneath him, for him to you know, kind of build 357 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:41.599 up at a rate at which we think will will allow him to be healthy 358 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:45.319 and successful at the end of the season. So, a guy that you 359 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.279 know, we're expecting to start some start some games, and he's kind of 360 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:52.359 been in a piggyback role right now with Doug mcazy um. But he's gonna 361 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:56.799 as his workload gets gets to a spot that it will here in the coming 362 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:00.720 weeks, we expect him to start taking his own game and and you know, 363 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:06.359 starting starting as many kinds many times as he can per week. Rob's 364 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:10.160 rfolio joining us. He's a director of player development for the Guardians. Were 365 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:14.200 talking double a Akron and we moved to the position player side of things, 366 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.599 and a lot of these guys we had a chance to see at varying points 367 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:21.319 in time during spring training. Pete Helpin looks like he's off to a good 368 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:25.640 start. Um young outfielder, and I know, obviously a former high round 369 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:29.319 draft pick, you're obviously excited for them, but it seems like he's starting 370 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:33.559 to make some real nice progress. He is and just twenty one years old, 371 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:37.119 like you know, hit almost as amazing when you look at some of 372 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:41.599 these young kids and how how quickly they've moved through the system, And I 373 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:45.279 think that's your credit to you know, Pete last year, you look at 374 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:49.160 the first half in Lake County like he really struggled, and he was honest 375 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:53.160 about that and almost use that as motivation here in the off season. And 376 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:56.920 a guy that put on close to fifteen twenty pounds, a lot of that 377 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:02.519 being you know, strength and muscle, and he took that into spring training 378 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:07.039 where he really he really you know, came ready to play and held his 379 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.160 own verse upper level competition and we felt like he was ready for the challenge 380 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:14.599 to go to Akron and h and he's impressed that group out of the gates, 381 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.839 you know, playing really good defense in center field, swiping a bag 382 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:21.119 when he needs to, can kind of impact the game in all three areas, 383 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.240 which is great. And you know he's only twenty one, and um, 384 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:26.519 you know, on offense, he's he's been up and down and riding 385 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.920 the roller coaster a little bit, which is exactly what we expect for for 386 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.920 a young kid. But despite that, you know, just between the ears, 387 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:37.079 he's really done a good job and competed and um, you know, 388 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:40.680 we're expecting him to have a good season at that level despite being one of 389 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:45.000 the younger position players in the Eastern League and another young player who was really 390 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:48.920 impressive in the spring as Angel Martinez and bron Maybe you can shed some light 391 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:53.200 at numbers, The traditional numbers looks like he's off to a slower start, 392 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:56.920 But what do you see there that that you look past that and really feel 393 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:00.680 good about with him. Yeah, So you know, Angels, first off, 394 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:04.680 on the defensive side, you know, we've asked him to play several 395 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:08.440 positions and we've just continued to see him get better and better. I think 396 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:11.440 it's no secret. You know, you look at you look at our major 397 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:15.799 league team, and we've got infielders playing all over the place. I mean, 398 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:18.279 Gabby Aarris is a guy that can really pick it at short stop. 399 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:22.160 He's playing second, he's playing third, he's playing first. We've taken a 400 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.000 similar approach with Angel, just because it's so hard to know what opportunity presents 401 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:30.480 itself in the infield for these guys, we want them to be as prepared 402 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.839 as they possibly can, and so we've we've asked Angel to play a short 403 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.559 second, third, and he just has such a good way about him and 404 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:41.119 it's just such a great kid and hard worker. He's really attacked out on 405 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:44.559 the defensive side, and we can continue to see him get better and better. 406 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.400 And then to your point on offense, you know, you look at 407 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:48.400 his you know, some of the batting average and stats like that, they're 408 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:52.880 not as impressive yet similar to Pete, you know, just a twenty one 409 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.200 year old who's who's really young for that level. When you dig deep, 410 00:27:56.599 --> 00:28:00.240 you know we're starting we're really seeing him make contact like he's always done and 411 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:03.680 impact the baseball even at a slightly higher rate than we have in years past. 412 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:08.160 And we expect that as you know, he goes from one hundred plate 413 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:12.200 appearances, a ninety plate appearance, whoever he is today to three hundred four 414 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:15.480 hundred, some of those things are going to start to level out. And 415 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:19.480 just you know, another young, really talented switch hitter that goes about his 416 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:23.359 business the right way that we're excited to have in the ORG. And another 417 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:29.839 good young position player, Jonathan Rodriguez. Can you describe the power of potential 418 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:36.759 for Rodriguez? Anything? Anything I said with words would probably undersell what how 419 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:40.000 much you can actually impact the ball. And again, you know, I 420 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:45.119 think similar to Angel you look at some of just the surface level numbers and 421 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:48.759 they're not eye popping yet, but this is a guy that really gets gets 422 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.839 going as the year goes on. And even now, like you peel the 423 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:57.160 layers at the onion back and he's impacting the baseball. He's making contact like 424 00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:02.759 some of the things that we saw him take real strides on last year at 425 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:04.839 the end of the year in Lake County before he got moved up to Double 426 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:08.599 A. We're seeing similar signals and think that as he gets more and more 427 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:14.119 game opportunities, played, appearances, some of that performance is going to level 428 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:17.200 out. And again, a guy that you know we've asked to play both 429 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:19.319 corner spots in the outfield. We've really pushed him to, you know, 430 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:22.440 kind of take it to the next level when it comes to his defense and 431 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.759 running the bases of just how important that is in our organization. And Jay 432 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:30.960 Rods took to that, and you know, we're excited to see him as 433 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:33.880 he gets more and more game opportunities. Good stuff as always from rops Or 434 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.119 Folio of talking Double A Acron this week. Rob. Always great to have 435 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:41.359 you long. Thank you, Thanks, Rosy, appreciate your time. Some 436 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:45.720 good stuff down at Double A Akron Man. We thank rops or Folio as 437 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:48.480 always for stopping by and talking baseball with us and keeping us up to date 438 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:52.680 on some of the best and the brightest in the farm system. Stay tuned, 439 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:55.200 we i't more to come. Our final segment comes your way shortly on 440 00:29:55.240 --> 00:30:03.160 the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. I wish I was a better golfer. 441 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:06.759 Or is an odd word to yell, WHOA where did you come from? 442 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.920 It's me Flow, and I'm here to grant your wish of progressive taking fifty 443 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:12.559 dollars off your deductibles. Just choose the deductible Savings Bank feature and finish a 444 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:17.319 policy period without filing a claim or having a driving violation. 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Glad to have you with us, and you can hear our 450 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:56.200 show each Saturday on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, or as a podcast 451 00:30:56.240 --> 00:31:00.640 wherever you download your favorite podcasts, or all the archived additions as well as 452 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:07.519 the weekly show can be found at clee Guardians dot com, so some options 453 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:10.319 there if you want to listen to our show each week, either live on 454 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:15.000 the radio or in podcast form or online whenever you have a chance. Now, 455 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.519 we had a chance to visit with John Chstakovski, who's the vice president 456 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:23.079 of Communications and Education with the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooper's Town. He 457 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:27.640 was at Yankee Stadium in New York earlier this week where one hundred Sailors had 458 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:33.359 their commission ceremony. They are part of the USS Cooper's Town a Navy ship 459 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.160 that was so named back in twenty fifteen, and John will phill us in 460 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:41.440 on that in a minute. But the ship is in New York right now. 461 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.640 That's why they had that commission ceremony prior to Wednesday night's game. It 462 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.960 was in Cleveland last fall. And it has a great baseball history, as 463 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.960 you can imagine with its name, and John phills us in on all of 464 00:31:53.000 --> 00:32:00.400 that and the ties between the ship and baseball. Yeah, it's really credible 465 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:05.400 the legacies that this ship holds. It's actually named the USS Cooper's Town in 466 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:09.160 honor of those Hall of Famers members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who served 467 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:15.839 in the military during wartime, and they're actually seventy of those Hall of Famers, 468 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:20.599 A full one fifth of the individuals with plaques on the wall in Cooperstown 469 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:27.279 are recognized in a part of the legacy that's being shared and preserved at the 470 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:31.119 USS Cooperstown. How did it come to be to be named that after such 471 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:36.480 a great place that honors so many great baseball players. It actually started back 472 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:40.480 in July of twenty fifteen with then Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabis, a 473 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:45.359 big baseball fan, and it just was an idea that continued to develop between 474 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:52.559 a member of our board and eventually got broached and developed into a wonderful tribute 475 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:58.960 to some of the most courageous and important people in not only baseball history, 476 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:02.680 but American history, and of course fans in Cleveland when they talk Bob Feller. 477 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:06.799 Obviously, so many great moments on the mound, but what he did 478 00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:10.400 in service to his country second to none. Not only second to none what 479 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:15.920 he did out there, but the fact that he took it upon himself immediately 480 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:21.960 upon hearing about the Pearl Harbor bombings to enlist in the Navy, and then 481 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:25.319 again when he was placed in a non combat role, to ask to be 482 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:29.279 placed in a combat role where he felt he could make a bigger difference, 483 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:35.000 and then to serve so courageously and accomplish what he did on the USS Alabama 484 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:38.880 in the Pacific Theater, and then to go back to Cleveland and pick up 485 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:45.119 right where he left off on the mound. Absolutely incredible accomplishment as an athlete, 486 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:49.559 as a human, and obviously someone that we can all look up to, 487 00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:52.079 whether we're a baseball fan or not. And obviously a lengthy list. 488 00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:57.440 As you mentioned seventy. We know so much about Bob Feller, who other 489 00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:00.839 names that readily come to mind when when you talk about those who have served 490 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:05.480 in a military who are in the Hall of Fame, some terrific names. 491 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:09.519 Of course Ted Williams with the Marine Corps, you know, in the Hall 492 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:14.920 of Fame, we have medallions under each of the Hall of famers who served. 493 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:19.880 So there are seventy medallions among the three hundred and forty two plaques that 494 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:23.320 are on our walls. Those seventy medallions identify the branch of service and the 495 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:29.679 conflicts, or for Ted Williams, the conflicts because he served in both World 496 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:34.920 War Two and the Korean War courageously and again kind of like Bob Feller, 497 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:38.199 the hitting version of Bob Feller every time he came right back to baseball and 498 00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:43.920 dominated at the plate like he never left. But Ted Williams is one Yogi 499 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:49.039 Berra who earned a Purple Heart for naval service during the invasion on d Day, 500 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:54.239 and other people Buck O'Neill, Larry Dobe, just a couple more names 501 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:59.719 of folks who served in World War Two for the Navy, so for sailors 502 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:05.119 who who might serve on the USS Cooper's Town. How prominent is the Hall 503 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:08.599 of Famers? Are they displayed or some recognition of them? This is part 504 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:12.880 of what makes the ship so special. So what we've been able to do, 505 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:16.920 every room, every sailors quarters is named after one of the Hall of 506 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:22.239 Famers who served. And we actually have a replica plaque on the wall on 507 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:27.119 the door for each of those those rooms in the ship, covering all the 508 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:30.880 Navy veterans and a couple more folks who served. So not only that, 509 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:37.639 there's inspirational quotes, there's information about Navy veterans on the walls, there's a 510 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:43.360 display case with artifacts related to naval service among Hall of Famers. Just everywhere 511 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:45.960 you turn, it's a connection to baseball. It's a connection to service and 512 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:52.760 again reinforcing our national pastimes, connection to national service. So you work and 513 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:57.079 you live in Cooper's Town, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 514 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.280 Just a wonderful place. But something like this where it seems like the museum 515 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:04.519 get it branches out a little bit. How important is that to do that 516 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:07.119 on occasion? It is very important. I mean, Cooper's Sound is a 517 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:13.199 beautiful, wonderful place, but it's not the easiest place to visit if you're 518 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:17.199 especially if you're outside of an immediate drivetime area. And obviously we hope everyone 519 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:23.199 in Cleveland takes that drive. That's definitely possible. But obviously baseball and its 520 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:29.000 history needs to be preserved and that's our role, that's our goal. And 521 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:31.800 being able to do that here New York City and knowing that this ship is 522 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:37.880 going to be sailing around the world sharing this history with thousands and thousands of 523 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:42.960 people. That's really what our mission is as part of the Baseball Hall of 524 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:45.880 Fame. John, thanks so much for sharing some thoughts on the US as 525 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.920 Cooper's sound. This was fun, Absolutely thrilled to be here. Thanks so 526 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:52.920 much for having me. I gotta be honest, sometimes we have titles that 527 00:36:52.559 --> 00:37:00.119 just don't fit the job. But John Chestakovski in his title is VP of 528 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:04.320 Communications and Education. Hopefully you learn something right now, really interesting stuff, 529 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:08.599 and John was really up on, obviously all the history that's related to the 530 00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:14.239 USS cooper'stown and it was fun to visit with him earlier this week at Yankee 531 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:16.280 Stadium in New York. That's going to do it for our show this week. 532 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:20.519 Thanks so much for tuning in. As always, thanks to Brian Matzay 533 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:23.199 for helping to put together our show each week. We'll join you next week 534 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:28.519 from right back here at Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. Until then, this 535 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:32.440 is Jim Rosenhouse reminding you that you've been listening to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland 536 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:40.760 Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 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