Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio network. Guardians Weekly is brought
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everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you from Progressive
Field in downtown Cleveland one final time this offseason, as we can put our
hot stove shows to bed after today, as next week we will join you
from Guardians spring training in Goodyear, Arizona, as the Guardians get ready for
the twenty twenty four season. Pitchers and catchers have reported they are working out
the full squad reports early next week officially, although just about every player has
been on the ground in Goodyear doing workouts and getting ready for the new season,
so really it's just a formality that it would be the first official workout
coming next week. But when we join you next week, we will be
happy to be bringing you Guardians Baseball on the radio later that day or earlier
in the day, depending on when you hear our show, as the Guardians
will take on the Reds and the exhibition opener, the Cactus League opener next
Saturday at three to zero five, and you can hear it right here on
the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Good show lined up for you today is
always a little bit late. We'll be joined by the always entertaining Ryan Lefever,
longtime broadcaster for the Kansas City Royals, as we continue our look around
the American League Central at the Guardians rivals in the division for a postseason berth
and we will hear from Ryan in the second half of our show. In
just a little bit, we'll visit with Stephen Kuan had a chance to catch
up with the gold Glove left fielder when he was in town for Guards Fest
and talked to him about the season to come. But first kind of history,
I think, certainly in his world for Stephen Vote. He had his
first official meeting with the media as manager of this ball club, not the
introductory press conference which we had earlier in the off season. But he's out
in spring training and on Thursday, along with President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti,
they both met with the media for the first time to talk about the
spring ahead. And here's how things went on Thursday. Yeah, I mean,
it's kind of a daunting task many people we have here, but you
know, I was able to make it down to Arizona a couple of times
throughout the off season, so get to know a lot of our player development
staff and support staff, which has been really useful. Just not feeling like
I've got to meet two hundred and fifty people, but it's been really fun
and obviously we're here and that's the most exciting part for me, Chris.
With so many new faces on the staff, does it almost give you,
guys fresh evaluations of the players who like you guys to talk about wanting to
take bias out of evaluations a lot and well not out of evaluation of decisies,
right, yeah, So does it helpful? Does this so many new
sets of eyes on these players where it's just does that help speak? The
more perspectives and we can get on any issue when whether the player evaluations,
decisions, the way we run camp, the more perspectives we can get that
that Now, at some point we have to bring those together the form the
decisions or figure out what we're going to do. But I that's one of
the things I'm really excited about is that we have I think the combination of
a great foundation that take place with a strong culture and you know, having
done things a certain way, but then we also have this opportunity to learn
and grow and get better from where we are and build on that foundation.
And it's been awesome, Like voters contributed a ton helping us think about things
a little bit differently, Craig alburnaz Kai coming back after experiencing things in different
organizations, and that extends throughout, you know, a majoring group. So
yeah, Stephen, other things that when you look back at your playing days
that a manager may have done or said, or managers who did or didn't
do, things that you felt either helpful or not helpful, that you'd like
to try to implement as a manager. Yeah. I think the biggest thing
I learned mostly and most of the people I've played for, but Bob Melvin
specifically for yourself. You know, I think that's all any player wants to
hear is go out and be you. You know, don't try and we're
not going to tell you who to be. We're not going to tell you
how to play. You earned your way to the big leagues. Why would
we tell you what to be? And I think taking that and you know,
going off that fresh set of eyes, fresh start, I'm really excited
for our players to kind of have a clean slate. I've never really seen
any of them plays as their manager or as a coach, just as an
opponent, right, so I want them to be themselves and I've messaged that
and I will continue to message that if you thought about any like roster preferences
you might have or is it too early to that, do you care how
many relievers or if you need a utility guy or you know, honestly,
when it comes to the rosters, for me, like, we're not even
close to those decisions. And so you know, obviously you have a perfect
idea of what a roster could like, and then we're going to go through
these seven weeks and that's all going to get blown up. So I'm just
trying to keep an open mind to all of that right now and just watch
the guys play, watch them work, and get to know them. What's
the sort of say to you about this group that I guess position players don't
even need to be here till this weekend. Workouts don't start until next week,
but everyone was already here at the beginning of this week. It speaks
to the players and first and foremost, I mean their work ethic, their
dedication to their craft and they don't have to be here. You know,
we don't pressure them to be here, but voluntarily they've showed up. And
it also speaks to this organization and the resources that are provided for our players.
We've had people working countless hours, giving up their entire winter to be
here to help our players developing get better. You know, I think of
Larry Day, and I'm going to miss a ton of names, but Larry
Day has been scheduling spring training days for the last two months, and you
know, we've been joking that this week has been you know, negative two
day of spring training, negative one day, and then today's go day.
So it's really fun to see everybody out here early. Everybody's looking great and
we're I'm really excited to get going. You mentioned that guards paid. This
was still kind of sticking in in way of sort of have you spoken with
Tito or any other managers for how how long maybe that process takes before you
start to truly feel comfortable in this role. I haven't really spoken anybody specifically
on that nature or on that topic, but I think for me, it's
just gonna have to I have to feel out my way of how I want
to go about doing this, you know, being new and being open to
suggestions and ideas. And I have a good picture of what I think it
might look like, but that could change by the end of today, and
I'm open to that. You know. I don't think I want to set
myself into this. I'm going to do it this certain way. I don't
know what I don't know, and I always want to keep learning and getting
better every day, So that's the approach I'm taking. One thing I should
have shared at the outset, James Farrichek has some shoulder fatigue, so he's
not going to throw it for a couple of days. That's the only I
think the update from information so far. So sorry I have to share that
at the outset. Who Wilse's like a Spino Spino. Yeah, he's still
over yet, so he won't be participating in flowing activities other than his rehab
progressions. Is there anything like remotely specific that you'd like to see with Linzardo
just as he can his progressions. Is there anything as a Is there anything
that continue to grow and get better and finish, you know, the season
really strong and the Arizona falling hasn't had a ton of the bats just throughout
his my early career, so he'll continue to benefit by every of dad he
gets. I know he's we han't a chance to sit down with him yet.
That'll be coming in the next in the next few days. But I
know he has been focused on proving against left handed pitching, which is one
of the things that he has had intermitting success with in the past. But
I know that's something that he's targeted didn't prove without no I mean obviously just
getting a little look at him, you know, taking them live that bats
knows who's doing the box. Really nice kid. Really enjoyed getting know him
a little bit, and I'm excited to watch him play the spring. Have
you been having one on ones? Yeah, we just got an individual layer
mean, and we've done all pictures and catchers. What have those been,
like you been the player in that scenario, but not as much. They've
been a little easier trying to make the player feel comfortable. I remember the
first one I walked into and I my heart rate was through the roof.
I didn't know if I was getting released or getting sent out or it was
a very intimidating setting. And so being able to kind of make it not
intimidating and comfortable for each player. It's also helped me Now I can put
a face with the name. Now I know a little bit more about him.
I've heard them speak, which I think is really important. And when
you hear a player actually speak about themselves or their situation, it really helps
you understand where they're coming from and kind of what makes them tick. So
they've been really beneficial. Is there anything different with the plan for Feaver or
Mackenzie just because they're both coming in without restriction. We'll be you know,
as we've done Seness with individual starters, we've kind of had individualized progressions,
So they'll be to each guy, which I think Kristen will be. We
probably build him up a little bit more slowly than maybe some of the other
starters. But they're both coming and camp ready to go and without restrictions.
So is that yeah? Yeah, I mean I would character the same way.
They both look great. They both worked really really hard this winner to
get themselves to this position, to come in with no restrictions, and we
want honor that by you know, letting that progression take its course. Because
of the innings with the three kids. Last year's same with them, I
know other years we've had. Of course, sometimes it's playoff related too with
the extra load. But like with baby Williams logan, do they get slower
developed the spring tube or not? I think, you know, for them,
they're going to hit the ground running. You know, we're going to
be mindful of their loads, you know, I think there We're not gonna
go full speed pedal of the metal with them, you know, but you
know, fortunately we have Carl Willis who has done that a lot for a
long time, and so we're gonna be mindful with their progression. But as
far as we see, there's there's no there's no different differential of the plan
for them. Now, maybe elaborate more generally. The way we're thinking about
it is, we are trying to make sure we're positioning each pitcher and play
it. For that matter, they had a successful and healthy season, and
how do we adjust each person's schedule to accomplish that. So and so for
some some of our messaging with the young starters, like, look, they're
not trying to make the team on day one, so don't come out of
your bullpens and throw you know, no, don't try to throw ninety six
when they're throwing livelyps. Try to build your way into that. So we're
ready for opening day and ready to be healthy for the balance of the season.
So that message is different than for someone like you, whoever, Carls
Carrasco, someone's really the point in their career, guys like him, Lively,
Curry, gaddis. Is the plan to just stretch them out and then
figure it out. Yeah, I mean our plan is to kind of stretch
them out in spring, you know, at a good pace, and kind
of have that build up, and then as they're getting built up, we'll
have some clear answers on kind of what we're looking forward for them to do
and what role that they could fill for a team, And I think that'll
kind of work itself out over the course. But yeah, the plan is
to stretch those those guys out. I'm looking forward to the day when we
have too many healthy pictures that we have to find spots for. It's a
good problem to have if we get to that point. But yeah, they'll
seeings that we'll stretch them out as starters because that gives us the most optus.
It's new manager Steven Vote and President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti. Stay
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Jim Rosenhause back with you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland earlier this offseason,
just about a month ago. Now, it was Guards Fest, as
most of the roster was in town for that great fan fest at the Hunting
Convention Center, including gold glove left fielder Stephen Kuan back to back gold gloves
after winning it again. Last season a little bit off in terms of offense,
but not that far from a tremendous rookie season for Quan. And when
we caught up with him, the off season was winding down when he asked
him about that, that off season and just how quickly it can go sometimes
as you prepare for a new campaign with a lot of expectations. Yeah.
Absolutely, I feel like it flies every year, and I think every year
it goes even quicker and quicker. But it's exciting. I mean, being
here seeing all the guys again, it's like first day of school vibes.
I'm excited to be back at it. Well, and you mentioned that seeing
everyone this weekend here, guard's fast weekend. What is it about that getting
together and spending some time with each other? That's that's helpful. Maybe when
you get the spring training, Yeah, it's catching up. You can kind
of shorten up on like I won't say icebreagers, but like, you know,
how's the family, How how are you doing? You know what's going
on? Like you can kind of we talk about it here and then when
we get to spring training we could talk about like some really important stuff,
you know, like deeper, get closer, relationships or like baseball stuff.
So this is like a good primer thing for what's to come. When you
look back at last year individually, another gold Glove, solid season at the
plate, how did you view it and what are you working on for this
coming season to be even better? If you can't, Yeah, I think
I was a little disappointed with how the second year went. I think it's
you hear everything about sophomore slump, like you don't want to regress, you
know, make sure you work hard, and you know, obviously a lot
of things go into that, but that wasn't where I wanted to be.
The team didn't do how we wanted to do. So I took that into
this off season, Like we talked about working on some bat speed stuff to
try to, you know, swing the bat a little faster, try to
be more intentful, have anticipation be a factor and all that. See how
it looks coming into live Babies. You mentioned bat speed in it. How
do you get that to where you want it to be? If if you
want to increase that, Yeah, I mean it's kind of like just working
out in general. There's a really cool batspeed program. It's it's tailored to
you know, you take a couple of swings with the heavy bat and you
take a couple swings with a light bat, and each of those steps,
your body's gonna sequence itself to swing that bath heart. So then when you
get that regular bat in your hand, it it's adjusted to both sides and
then ideally you're gonna be swinging faster. So it's been it's been proven,
multiple people have done it, So I've done it. I did my first
time in twenty twenty one and it's my second time doing it like super intently.
So it's looking good so far. And is that the increased bat speed
Is that to gain a little more power or does it help you with consistent
contact or maybe both? Yeah, And it's a fun and funny way.
It's both. You kind of trust your path, so the contact comes with
that, and then definitely power. You know, obviously if you have more
speed coming behind the bat, it's gonna go farther. So a little bit
of both. Definitely more for the power aspect, but it's it's cool how
the contact also finds its way as well. Stephen KWin joining us on Guard's
Fast Weekend. You look at this team and it's changed, especially on the
coaching staff side of things, and the new manager, Stephen Vote. How
do you look at that as a young major leaguer with a managerial change.
Does it impact you in any way? You think, Yeah, it definitely
impacts. I think having Tito my first two years was a blessing. I'm
just happy to have learned anything from him. But yeah, it's gonna be
different. You don't know what you don't know, so this will be a
new regime. I'm sure things are gonna be great. I'm not worried about
that, but different. It's definitely gonna be different. But I mean,
just as a as a fan of the game, I'm excited. Obviously,
I grew up in the Bay Area. Vogue was an All Star in with
the A, so like, I definitely know Stephen Vote is. My buddies
were talking about it. It's really exciting. So I'm excited to see what
comes from it. And when you look at at where you are, you
mentioned heading into your third major league season, do you feel like a veteran
yet? Are you still on that young player side of things on a very
young team. Yeah, I mean I do feel young, but at the
same time, compared to others, just relatively. I do feel kind of
like the older guys, like giving advice on kind of how things are going,
and it's just crazy how fast it goes, how full circle it is.
But yeah, I'm sure on another team, M'd still be the young
guy. But on our team it's I'm feeling a little older. That's outfielder
Stephen Kwan, and he'll be part of that outfield and it'll be interesting to
see who joins him in the outfield. There's certainly a lot up in the
year in terms of who starts the season in both center and right field,
in addition to Kwan in lefts. That's certainly something that will be figured out
over the course of spring training. And again we will join you from Goodyear
next week for the remainder of the spring. Our shows will come to you
from the Guardian's Complex out in Goodyear. Stay with us when we come back.
It's Ryan Lefever, broadcaster for the Royals, will Talk Royals Baseball,
our central rival of the Guardians. That's coming your way next on the Cleveland
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grew up rooting for his entire life. Will Brennan in eleven games against Kansas
City hitting just under three point fifty against the Royals, and a good piece
of hitting there as he shot that ball down the left field line exactly.
Welcome back to Guardians Weekly and we continue this week our look around the Guardian's
opponents in the American League's Central Division, this week heading to Kansas City and
we are joined by Ryan Lafever, the longtime broadcaster for the Royals, and
Ryan, great to have you along on what I know has been a very
active offseason. We would do a Royals preview, but maybe we should just
talk about the big signing of Bobby Witt Junior to a long term contract.
Yeah, good to talk with you, Rosie It As far as I can
tell, this hasn't just been a significant offseason for the Royal since I've been
here, but maybe in the history of the franchise, with the number of
free agents that were signed, the Royals addressed to starting rotation, the bullpen,
an outfield need, an infield need. Sandy Leone, who spent a
little bit of time with you, was signed as a non roster InVID at
catcher, So really you can say the Royals addresses about everything on the field.
And then after that, Bobbywood Junior, our young franchise player, was
signed to an eleven year contract as far as guaranteed years ago, and it
could be as many as fourteen. So the news just keeps on coming.
And then on April second, there'll be a vote to figure out whether we're
going to get a new downtown stadium or not. But other than that,
there's really nothing going on. I think as as much news coming out of
Kansas City easily, I think as any team in the division. You mentioned
that the vote on a new stadium. When you look at all the activity
in the offseason, every team's trying to improve anyway, but is there more
urgency for the Royals to do something this year at least try and make it
look good in the winter time and hopefully have it carry over maybe then in
years past it if you didn't have something on the ballot where they're trying to
get a stadium deal done. Yeah, my answer to that has been in
a good way, the Royals have put the cart in front of the horse.
And what most teams will do is that they will make promises that if
we get a new stadium, these are the things that we want to do.
We'll be able to be more active in free agency. We'll be able
to sign our players to long term contracts. If we get a stadium,
it's going to allow us to do that. And what our ownership, led
by John Sherman, former Guardians minority owner, what he's done is he said,
well, I'm going to do all of that in front of the stadium
vote, just to show that this ownership group is committed to being active to
our level in the free agent market and keep our players so that players like
Bobby Wood Junior don't finish their career somewhere else. And so the timing is
great before the vote on April the second, the Chiefs going to another Super
Bowl that's tied in to all of this. The finance package includes the Chiefs
as well, and they likely will just stay where they are with significant renovations
and have that whole complex to themselves. But yeah, I think it's a
very bold move by ownership to do all of this in front of a stadium
deal. You mentioned the Chiefs and we're joined by Ryan Lefever, broadcaster for
the Royals. Full disclosure, we are recording this on Super Bowl Sunday.
The Chiefs are in the super Bowl once again. Ryan, has it kind
of become ho hum in Kansas City that the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl?
Which I know is cringe worthy here because the Browns are trying everything they
can to get there one time, but it just seems like an annual occurrence
now in Kansas City. How has the mood changed on a Super Bowl Sunday
there maybe as compared to that first time that they went back. Recently,
I think everyone's doing their best to try not to take it for granted.
Now, this is what four super Bowls in five years and four six years
since Patrick Mahomes has taken over, so they've been in an AFC Championship game
in six consecutive years. This was the first one that was on the road.
They had five straight at Arrowhead. Just to put it into context,
I mean, the ten years we've had here has been pretty remarkable, with
the Royals going to back to back World Series in fourteen fifteen. We had
not been to the World Series in twenty nine years. Chiefs fans hadn't been
to the Super Bowl in forty nine years, and now four and five years.
You know, if you had MLS our soccer team, Sporting Kansas City's
won a couple of championships KU basketball, you know, he is always in
the final four and they've recently won a national championship. So it's been a
really good stretch of championship sports lately. And you know, I try and
tell my kids all the time, you will look back on this when you're
an adult and you're going to say, man, we went to how many
Super Bowls and how many years? It's been pretty special. And by the
way, Patrick Mahomes as a minority owner of the Royals, about that all.
Travis Kelcey of Courses from Cleveland, and I'm sure Cleveland is buzzing just
like Kansas City is with all the Travis Kelsey, Taylor Swift stuff. Yeah,
a lot going on for sure. And again we record this before the
game, so who knows what the mood will be like after. But hey,
getting back to the Bobby Wit signing, we saw here what it meant
when Cleveland signed Jose Ramirez to a long term contract. Now, he was
further along in his career and had accomplished more than Bobby Witch Junior. But
at such a young age, it seems like Bobby Witch Junior has everything that
you would like in a franchise player. What is it to you that allows
him to stand out and make this investment on the part of the Royals a
really solid one. Well, this is where you and I have a unique
advantage in that we see these guys all the time. We just don't see
them between seven and nine thirty or seven and ten o'clock, depending on how
long the game goes. I mean, we get to see him on the
planes, on the buses, and the clubhouse, on the field, and
so it's not an exact science, but I'm sure there's been some players over
the years where you thought, Okay, Jose Ramirez, for example, he
can handle a long term contract, or you look at another player and say,
I'm not sure I want to sign this guy a long term yet,
just because there's so many things involved outside of what they do in between the
lines. And with Bobby Wood Junior, as everyone seems to say these days,
he checks all the boxes. I mean, he's first of all,
just talented with very few limits in anything he does. I mean, he's
one of the fastest players in the Major League. He has power potential,
He's a good defensive shortstop that we believe is going to be a great defensive
shortstop. He has a feel for the game. He grew up in the
game with his dad playing in the big leagues for sixteen years. So there
are a lot of things that just don't overwhelm him. I'm sure it's still
exciting for him, but it's not overwhelming because he's been around it for,
you know, for as long as he can remember. And then he has
that it factor which is hard to describe, but I'll use it this way,
and guardians fans can you know, apply that to their favorite player.
But just a guy who shows up every day and what's their demeanor, because
you know, you're usually sitting in the dugout or near the dugout when batting
practice begins, so am I what's their demeanor like when they come up from
the clubhouse and they go up the steps of the dugout onto the field,
can you tell what they did the night before? Did they have a really
bad game, do they have a really good game? Or are they the
kind of guy that when they pop up the steps you really can't tell what
they did the night before one way or the other. They just they just
have a feel for the day to day grind of baseball and they don't get
too well if they do get caught up with the ups and downs of the
game, they're able to wipe the slate clean before each new day. So
that's something that I for whatever reason, that's just something that I've really paid
attention to. And not to say if a guy goes zero for five and
makes an error and the team loses, that they're not allowed to be upset.
But in order to survive, in order to give a guy an eleven
year contract, maybe fourteen with the options, you better be pretty sure that
he's going to be able to keep his head on his shoulders with everything that's
coming his way. And so that's a very long answer to your short question
about why Bobby Woo Junior is just not the right it's not only the right
player, but he's the right person for a contract like this. Certainly exciting
times in case Ryan Lafever joining us, the long time broadcaster for the Royals.
Ryan, you mentioned that's not the only move, a lot of moves
made by Kansas City. Is there one or two that really stands out in
your opinion that can be especially helpful and help helping this team get going again,
because the last last couple of seasons have been frustrating for sure. Yeah,
I mean, the the easy answer is just addressing the pitching situation and
you know, going out and getting some some legitimate starters that have had experience
in the big leagues to be more at the top of the rotation. Our
best starter the last two years, if you two years combine, it's probably
Brady Singer, who has very little major league experience all things considered. He
pitched for Team USA last year in the World Baseball Classic. And I say
pitched, he really didn't pitch much, and it really set him back early
this season. He's probably our fourth starter this year. So you know,
we got Cole Reagan's in the in the trade for Roldest Chapman with Texas and
he became our ace. And you know he's in there with Seth Lugo and
Michael Waka at the top of the rotation. So not only did the team
improved the pitching both in the starting rotation and in the bullpen, but I
think some of the younger guys can slot to an area that fits their experience.
You're not asking a first or second year pitcher to pitch at the top
of the rotation or get the three outs in the eighth inning, or get
the three outs in the ninth inning, or get the three outs in the
seventh inning for that matter. Now those guys have experience, they've had ups
and downs through those experiences, but now there's some pressure taken off them by
bringing in some veterans. And one thing that hasn't changed about the game.
If you can't pitch, you're not gonna win. And the Royals are at
the bottom in the league last year, not the very bottom, but toward
the bottom. And e RA Starter's Era bullpen E ra. I mean,
the pitching staff really needed an overhaul and they got it. And when you
look at at the man in the dugout, Matt Quataro first year, last
year as a major league manager, what did you do you see from him
in terms of growth in that position? And now that that they're starting to
upgrade the roster apparently, how he can take advantage of that. Yeah,
you know, he's he's a very unique guy in a in a good way.
You know. I think the managers that preceded him, I could point
to some sort of personality trait that they had that really stood out, either
for better or for worse. And he's just he's just steady. He's very
smart, but he doesn't lord that over anybody. He's also very inquisitive.
I mean he'll ask broadcasters, you know, what do you think about this?
Or a broadcaster that might make a comment when we're all just sitting around
talking and he'll say, well, what do you mean by that? And
he really I think he feels like there's there's a lot of wisdom that he
has and even more that he needs to be a longtime major league manager.
And so the best scription that I've heard about Matt Quatrero. And this is
this was before he got the job, this is when he was a candidate.
And I called our late friend Dave Wills, the voice of the Tampa
Bay Rays, and just asked him, you know, tell me about Macquatrero.
And he gave a really interesting answer that did play out last season.
Dave said, when he walks into the room, he doesn't command the same
attention that maybe Joe Madden or Kevin Cash does, the two, you know,
the current race manager and the previous race manager. As far as flamboyants
are just you know, coming in and just you know, commanding the room
or whatever. He said. But he said, but by the time people
start clearing out, everyone is around Matt Quatrero. So the point being that,
you know, when he walks into the room, you might not be
you know, knocked out of your chair by his presence or whatever, but
once you get the talking to him, he's the one that you stick around
and listen to and ask the next question because he's just so interesting to talk
to and it's interesting how much he wants to talk to us. So that's
my assessment of him, and I think for a young team, just the
steady presence every single day through the ups and downs, and we lost one
hundred and six games last year. That's hard to do when you're losing one
hundred and six games. But I think the players were able to go out
and perform, and they really weren't concerned about the demeanor of their manager.
They had a respect for him, but when the game started, they were
just able to go out and play the game. Well, maybe some pieces
are starting to come into place to allow the Royals to take a step forward.
I know it's been a struggle to get there, but boy, it
sounds like an optimistic auth season and who knows, maybe more to come,
especially with the ballpark both coming up in early April. Ryan Lafeever, thank
you so much for coming. I will see out in spring training. I'm
sure see you soon, Rosie looking forward to it. It's Ryan looked Fever,
long time broadcaster for the Royals. Stay tuned mornicom after this and Progressive.
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Two seconds left on the clock, third field goal range, and it looks
like he's going to go with a five Byron. No wait, the quarterback
is skating back on the ice. He's talking with his caddy. They're pulling
the goalie. He skates off the fairway, has to kick her lives off
his foot right away. They've buggled their Home and Autowa shirts with Progressive touchdown
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Sure he's not available in those states of situations. The pitch swinging a line
on the left near the line, Pollock going overplays it on the bounce,
skips by him. Ricochet's into the left field corner. Kwan's around second.
He's not stopping there. Pollock's thrown a third head first slide, a triple
ose. Rameira's a three hit game. The pitch he swings and rips another
basin to the gap and right center, cut off by Cane. He'll go
for two. Throw the second head first slide double. Now the payoff pitch
to judge swung on en mess slider away got him and are judge down swinging
for Shane Bieber's third strikeout Nailer with a drive did he bright center away back?
God, Uh, no doubt about it. Bom to the bullpen and
right center. Now the one too a side the NURST ballgame. Jim Rosanow's
back with you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, our final show of the
off season, our final hot Stove show. Next week we join you from
Goodyear, Arizona and Guardians spring training. And don't forget yesterday single game tickets
went on sale, So if you're looking for Guardians tickets, everything's on sale
now. You can get season tickets, group plans, all that good stuff,
six packs, voucher packs, and now single game tickets including opening Day
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you can pick them up at cl E Guardians dot com at cl Guardians dot
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That's all on the website. So if you want to go ahead and
pick and choose the favorite games that you want to go to, get it
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general. As the Guardians get ready for a new season here in twenty twenty
four. That's going to do it for our show this week. Thanks so
much for tuning in. As always, thanks to Brian Motze for all of
his help and putting together our shows each week until next week. This is
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