WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:08.199 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is brought 2 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:51.679 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi everyone, 3 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:56.759 welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you as we join 4 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:02.320 you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland after one week hiatus over to the Huntington 5 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.319 Convention Center for guards Fest last weekend. Hope you had a chance to make 6 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.280 it down on a blustery, snow east Saturday, but a lot of fans 7 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:15.079 did make it down, and so too did more than thirty players from the 8 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.959 Guardian's roster in their minor league organization, as well as most of the coaching 9 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.319 staff too. It was a great day, a lot of fun. We 10 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:26.799 did our show live on location from the convention Center at guards Fest last weekend 11 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:32.280 and had a great time visiting with Steven Vote, Craig Albernez, the new 12 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:38.519 bench coach on Steven Vote's staff, and also pitchers Sam Henches, Trevor Stephen, 13 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.840 and Tanner Biby. They all stopped by toward the end and we had 14 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.560 a great time talking baseball. Get you warmed up here. With the off 15 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.719 season starting to wind down. Now it's not long before pitchers and catchers officially 16 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:56.519 report to Goodyear, Arizona right on Valentine's Day, and the full squad not 17 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:00.599 too much after that. And our first game broadcast is the Cactus League opener 18 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:05.359 between the Guardians and the Cincinnati Reds on a Saturday afternoon, February the twenty 19 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.439 fourth, with a three to zero five first pitch. Hammy and I will 20 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:13.199 be there at Goodyear Ballpark bringing you all the action and now we cannot wait. 21 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:19.039 Now still some shows though here in northeast Ohio to get you two spring 22 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.080 training. On this week's show, in just a little bit, we'll hear 23 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.400 from Josh Naylor. We had a chance to catch up with him last week 24 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:30.280 at guards Fest and get his thoughts on the season pasted and what's ahead for 25 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.599 this ball club, as he's one of the senior leaders on this team now 26 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:37.639 with only five years in the big leagues under his belt. But that's a 27 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.759 leadership role on a very young roster. Once again, we'll also visit with 28 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.840 Paul Hoins from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and take an inside look at his Hall 29 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.879 of Fame ballot with the Hall of Famers announced earlier this week. The three 30 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:58.199 men going into Cooperstown with the voting completed include Adrian Beltray, Todd Helton, 31 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.280 and also Joe so a really good class and we'll talk to Oinsey about who 32 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:06.400 he voted for. You can vote for up to ten and we'll take a 33 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.800 look at his ballot and talk some good baseball with him as well. And 34 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.520 we will also hear from Penny Forster, who is in the Dominican Republic. 35 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:19.080 She's the director of Community Impact for the Guardians. A great trip to the 36 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:23.439 hometown of Jose Ramirez took place a couple of weeks back, and she'll fill 37 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:28.199 us in on all the good things happening in South America. A big part 38 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:31.280 of what the Guardians do that is community efforts and initiatives, and they took 39 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:36.800 it to another country, the home country of their star, Jose Ramirez. 40 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:38.800 We'll hear from her in just a little bit. But as promised, Josh 41 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:44.039 Naylor caught up with us at guards Fest and last year what a year for 42 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.840 Naylor hit threeh eight, a career best, drove in ninety seven runs, 43 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:53.159 that's a career best, hit seventeen homers and also stole ten bases to boot, 44 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:59.000 so obviously feeling much better after going through that severe ankle injuries a couple 45 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:01.879 of seasons ago. But Josh was such a key part of this ball club, 46 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.759 and you really you almost noticed it more when he was not available in 47 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:10.560 the month of August due to injury, when the offense got bogged down, 48 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.759 and he makes such an impact and figures to be in that same spot once 49 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.480 again. And he talked about not the numbers that he put up, but 50 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:21.560 were he really experienced some growth a season ago. I think I grew a 51 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:26.680 lot as a leader, and I think that helped my game. I think 52 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:30.600 I I let usually the game take care of itself. I mean, not 53 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:32.639 all days are going to be great, not all days are going to be 54 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.279 bad. So it's just like trying to stay even kealed. I think I 55 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:40.519 managed my emotions a lot better last year, and again, I think all 56 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:45.480 these these little things help attribute to my game on the field and performance wise. 57 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.040 So I just I try to grow its a person every year and every 58 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.759 day a little bit more and more. Again, no one's perfect, so 59 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:55.680 I think we can just understand that no one's perfect and just just be ourselves 60 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.879 and try to be our best self every day, then you'll improvement everything in 61 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.480 your life, whether it's baseball or sports in general, or whatever field you're 62 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:06.079 in, or just yeah, just you as a person. You mentioned being 63 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:10.879 a better leader may have helped you on the field. How so how does 64 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.800 that work the two of them together. I think if you take yourself out 65 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.560 of the equation and you start to look after everyone else and other people. 66 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.959 I know that's a lot, but it takes the stress off of you as 67 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:27.279 an individual when you're looking forward to seeing other people's success. Because when you 68 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.639 start to do that, I believe and I've experienced it, where if you 69 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:35.720 start feeding off other people's success and really happy, genuinely happy for them, 70 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:40.439 then the roles kind of get reversed and they're happy for you and your success. 71 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:44.120 So everyone becomes, you know, as happy as a team and happy 72 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.199 for each individual. And I think that's where great teams are built around. 73 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:51.680 Age wise, you're still young, but big league time wise, it's starting 74 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:56.399 to accumulate for you where you could say, Josh Naylor is a good veteran 75 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.920 player. Do you feel like a veteran player at this point in your career? 76 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.160 No, not really. I mean it's a blessing that I have the 77 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:05.959 experience that I have and the time that I have, I am forever grateful 78 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:11.240 for that. I just try to continue to pass down my knowledge, my 79 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.480 experiences, because I think the experiences they tell you a lot about a person 80 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.199 and what they've been through and how they're able to express that, especially for 81 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:24.600 someone who could have those experiences or get that exposure later in their life, 82 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:28.519 later in their career. So yeah, I'm grateful for that for the time 83 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.319 I've had so far. You care about all your teammates, but you had 84 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:35.360 a chance to see a young teammate, you're a brother, really progress in 85 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:39.680 the Major League a year ago, and as someone who's been down that road 86 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.360 and knows how hard it is, what did it mean to you to see 87 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.759 him overcome some things and really progress nicely? That's awesome. I tell him. 88 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.639 He often he's an MVP caliber player. He looked up through Busler Posey 89 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.519 as a youth and Yaulium Marlino, and I told him, like, you 90 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:57.120 can be even better than those guys. Those guys are phenomenal players and phenomenal 91 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:00.120 leaders in their own way, but you're just as good, and you have 92 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.040 a chance to do something, specially in this game. So I think giving 93 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:05.600 some of those reminders helps helps their mindset a little bit, helps them, 94 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:10.319 helps ease their mindset in a way where when they start to do through things 95 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:15.079 on the field production wise, they start to believe it. And it's my 96 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:16.839 goal, as as an older brother one and as a leader on this team 97 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:19.800 too, to make sure everyone believes they are who they think they are and 98 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.079 who they say they are. And it's up to me and others, really 99 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:30.079 everyone to keep harping on the positives and keep harping on that they are great 100 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.759 in their own way and they do something special in their own way that no 101 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.920 one else can kind of copy. So stick with that, you know, 102 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.079 understand yourself as a player and as a person, and believe in it to 103 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.120 the fullest and work your hardest and good things will happen. Josh Naylor joining 104 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:49.399 us, That was interesting. A little while ago you mentioned sometimes good teams 105 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:53.680 might have a year they're not happy with or a bad year. I don't 106 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.120 know if it was a bad year last year, but not where you wanted 107 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:00.000 it to end. What gives you confidence that this year's team can bounce back 108 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.519 and be the team you think it can be? Just a drive each player 109 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.079 has. We kind of got punched in the face a few times last year, 110 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.959 and it's again things happened, you know years, Certain years don't go 111 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.720 as planned as they can, but it's up to you to kind of find 112 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.040 that fire in you and that take that punch and throw a CounterPunch after that, 113 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.560 you know what I mean. It's just we we work hard together and 114 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.800 we encourage each other. We love this game as a team and we love 115 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:30.519 competing as a team and winning as a team. So I think this year 116 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:33.639 is gonna be awesome. We have a new staff, kind of like a 117 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.279 whole rebuild on the staff, which is great, and we're looking forward to 118 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:43.080 all the new experiences and opportunities we all go through together as a group, 119 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.919 and the relationships that are built within each other and getting to know people here 120 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.080 and there, and then getting to know us as a team. So I'm 121 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:56.240 excited for this year. Always fun to catch up with Josh Naylor, and 122 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:58.960 in future shows we'll hear from his brother Bo, who was also in Town 123 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.279 Court Guards Beest two and he figures to be a big key to this year's 124 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:07.320 ball club. Stay with us while we come back, we'll talk with Kenny 125 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.000 Forster, the director of Community Impact, about a great trip that the Guardians 126 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:16.320 just completed to the Dominican Republic. That's next on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio 127 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:24.200 Network. Now the two old pitch swung at it plastered hid all right, 128 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:35.120 this is done. Can you believe it? Progressive We love sports and saving 129 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.600 you money, so we bundled them together. It's forty love here in the 130 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:41.639 third set, and there's the bell. She's coming off the bench hop looking 131 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:46.919 for a quick knockdown. But wait, she's driving to the hoopk total goes 132 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.600 the champ. That's another double fault. She'll be shooting too to serve us 133 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.960 up. And here comes the left hook. She's bundled her home in auto 134 00:09:54.000 --> 00:10:00.759 insurance with Progressive Swish Ace Savings, pkoh Aggressi, keshaal Tea Company affiliates and 135 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:15.440 other insurers not available in all states. Are situations the pitch swung Andrell the 136 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:20.600 first debt say fairball down the right field line and into the corner. Hose 137 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:28.000 run mirrors with a two run double. What a day for Hosey. And 138 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:33.000 he rifled one down the right field line and into the corner, and the 139 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:41.879 soccer song of Jose josejse Jose is ringing around Progressive Field. Welcome back to 140 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.440 Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhause, back with you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. 141 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.519 Great to have you with us for baseball talk on the radio. And 142 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.200 just a couple of weeks ago, a contingent of front office folks from the 143 00:10:54.200 --> 00:11:00.600 Cleveland Guardians went south of the border down to the Dominican Republic Guardians around the 144 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:05.559 Horn, a community trip to the dr in partnership with Eaton, and all 145 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.559 kinds of great things going on, including a visit to the hometown of Third 146 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:16.159 Basement and MVP candidate perennially Jose Ramirez in his hometown of Bonnie, Dominican Republic, 147 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.279 and filling us in on all the details of everything that happened down there. 148 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:26.039 The director of Community Impact for the Cleveland Guardians, Penny Forster, it 149 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:28.519 was an amazing trip, Rosie. We were there for a week. We 150 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.840 took about ten ton of us from the front office from different capacities. We 151 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:35.159 really wanted to capture content that we'll be sharing with our fans throughout the season, 152 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:39.840 but this was really a trip that had, like you mentioned, did 153 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:43.759 a lot of impact on the Island. I think Paul Dolan said it best. 154 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.519 You know, we've been taking top talent from the Dominican for a long 155 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:50.120 time and it's obviously helped in our success, so we want to make sure 156 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.159 we're giving back to that country as well. So what we did in partnership 157 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:56.960 with actually Eaton, who was another Northeast, Ohio based company. They have 158 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.840 a large footprint of the Dominican were down there visiting their plants, visiting all 159 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:05.399 the people that work for them there, but also schools that they've invested in. 160 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.360 So it's really important obviously for us and for them that education is obviously 161 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.120 something we stressed with all of the youth that we have as part of our 162 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.919 programs. They do the same on there, and so we visited schools. 163 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:20.279 We made donations to these schools. One of them will be for supplies and 164 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:24.679 resources that they need. The other is a high school that has a group 165 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.679 hoping to make it to a NASA competition in Alabama. They've actually created a 166 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:33.840 Mars rover on their own that they're hoping to compete with at a competition that 167 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.080 NASA is holding. So we were excited to do that, and then we 168 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.840 visited like I mentioned the plants, and then obviously Jose Ramirez is from Bonnie, 169 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.480 so he was down there, and we went to his hometown to a 170 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:48.879 field that he practices on today that he practiced on when he was little, 171 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:52.879 and did a playblow clinic for children of the neighborhood there and children of eaten 172 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.519 plants. The kids that work are the kids of the parents that work at 173 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:00.639 the plants. And then we also did a playblock clinic at our academy with 174 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.600 our new sinees the day after they signed. So it's kind of cool to 175 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.360 see them their first official day as a guardian. They're doing a community project, 176 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:13.000 they're giving back and they're signing their first autographs for ten and eleven year 177 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:16.840 old RBI kids from the Dominican Republic, which is pretty cool, tremendous, 178 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:22.480 tremendous stuff. You mentioned Jose Ramirez and visiting his hometown. We see him 179 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:28.759 here and obviously fans know what he does on the field, and last summer, 180 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:35.679 Jose Ramirez Field was unveiled in just outside of downtown Cleveland. What's it 181 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:41.519 like when you're on his home turf and you're in his world of where he 182 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:45.799 grew up. It's really amazing to see it. What shocks me the most, 183 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:48.679 and I should have known this, but the kids in the Dominican Republic, 184 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.080 baseball is their number one passion. You know, here in Cleveland, 185 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.720 a lot of kids, they're playing all kinds of sports. Baseball is just 186 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.559 one of the things they love. But down there, baseball truly is the 187 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.240 thing every kid is passionate out. So to see that, to see Jose 188 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.360 interacting with kids from the neighborhood he grew up and was really cool. He 189 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.399 was thrilled that we were there. I think Kose's always stressed that it's important 190 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.919 for him not only to give back in Cleveland, but obviously in his hometown 191 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:16.279 of Banni as well, So we're trying to do that for him, and 192 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.360 he was just thrilled that we were there. He interacted with all the kids, 193 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:22.279 He really gave a really good speech to them about listening to their parents 194 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:26.519 and staying in school and how to be successful, and then just had fun 195 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.799 and we gave them equipment, brand new bats, batting helmets, gloves, 196 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:35.799 just anything that they could need to continue on their quests to become hopefully professional 197 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.519 baseball players. What did when you give them a new a new bat or 198 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.440 glove or helmet. What does that mean to them? Maybe based on what 199 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:48.399 they've been able to acquire so far before you get there. No, you 200 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.159 could just hell as an immedia impact. Most of those kids have probably never 201 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.360 received a brand new piece of equipment in their life. You could tell the 202 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.919 coaches were thrilled at what the kids were getting because they're sharing, you know, 203 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.679 one bat for a team, we're one batting helmet for a team. 204 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.039 So to have the kids have their own equipment that they could take home and 205 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:07.919 be proud of was really something cool. You mentioned the kids who were just 206 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.200 signing, and many of them are sixteen years of age. That would be 207 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:18.159 the low end. And we'll talk with Paul Gillespie on a future show, 208 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:22.360 but about some of those signees and what they could be down the road. 209 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:28.279 But having them participate in that and maybe fill the fans in on what that 210 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.799 academy looks like, being a brand new facility and what that can mean to 211 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:37.120 a franchise in terms of development. Yeah, it's a beautiful facility. Obviously, 212 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.360 it was the first time I've seen it in person. It's really gorgeous. 213 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:43.519 There's a couple of fields, obviously a dorm for the younger kids as 214 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.120 they sign, And I think the coolest thing was seeing these kids. They've 215 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.080 never been asked for their autograph before, and here were ten or eleven year 216 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.519 old that are part of the Dominican Republic's RBI program asking them for their autograph 217 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.799 for the first time. So you could tell they were as excited as the 218 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.039 little kids were there and to be a part of it. They're doing their 219 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.519 first kind of community act as guardians, which kind of shows them how important 220 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:08.279 giving back is to our organization. And it was just really cool to see 221 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:15.039 them all interacting and leading the camp clinic, leading the different stations and talking 222 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.240 to the little kids. So you go down there for a week with with 223 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:22.039 nine or ten others from from the front office doing doing so many good things 224 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:27.799 down there. When you get back here, can you reflect on it and 225 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:33.879 how it impacted you in addition to how it impacted them down there. I 226 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.840 think for me personally, like I really didn't know what to expect, right, 227 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.879 I'd never been there before. I'd heard stories obviously from others that had, 228 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:44.480 but you really see the need as soon as you land, you understand 229 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:47.480 that it's not like it's not like here, the resources are not the same, 230 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:51.000 especially for the kids. One of the schools that we visited was in 231 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:56.519 a really really poor community where you know, the school's in pretty terrible condition, 232 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.360 so knowing that we're able to give back, but the level of fact 233 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.120 that the kids have for elders is so strong down there, and they were 234 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:07.720 also appreciative and happy to see us and meet us, and it was just 235 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.039 a really cool exchange of cultures, honestly, and just learning more about what 236 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.799 is important down there. Obviously, the passion that that entire island has for 237 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.640 baseball was really cool to see, and it's something that I think just kind 238 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:23.119 of re energized me to get started for this upcoming season here and giving back 239 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.759 here in Cleveland as well. And I know there'll be a ton of great 240 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.960 initiatives happening once the season begins, and even before the season begins. To 241 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:36.440 Penny, always great to have you on. Glad things went well on the 242 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.119 trip. I know it took a little bit to get there and to get 243 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:42.279 home, but everyone's back safely and it sounded like a great time. We 244 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:45.319 missed the heat. It's a little cold now that we're back home, but 245 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:49.599 it all is well. That is Penny Forster doing great work as the director 246 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:56.079 of Community Impact for the Cleveland Guardians. Guardians around the Horn their community trip 247 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.799 to the Dominican Republic in mid January, and it was a resound success on 248 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.680 so many levels. Stay tuned, We'll have more to come after this. 249 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.720 Say one, O five vote in the right center back at the truck. 250 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:44.680 His ball is gone and angry and Beltrez put the Rangers up five four in 251 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:51.759 the Senate genning of Game six. No bigger swing in his career, and 252 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:57.119 he's put Texas on top again by a rub. The O one is well 253 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:00.279 hit the right field. Did he get a enough of it? He did 254 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:07.599 touch him all time. Todd Helton leads off the bottom of the ninth inning 255 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:15.279 with a fall into the Rockies full fen high drive left center field, going 256 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:19.240 back as Bradley, going back as Bradley. It's god a walk off home 257 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:30.880 run for Joe Bower. How about that? Welcome back to Guardians Weekly and 258 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:34.720 a big week throughout Major League Baseball. As it was announced earlier this week, 259 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:38.599 those who will be heading to Cooper'stown this summer as members of the Hall 260 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:45.759 of Fame, Adrian Beltray, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer, all being 261 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:52.240 selected to Baseball's Hall of Fame by via the voting from members of the Baseball 262 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:57.119 Writers Association of America, including our own Paul Hoyns, who has penned out 263 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:02.799 a long career with the Cleveland Plaindealer now Cleveland dot Com. And Hoynes we 264 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:06.599 were talking earlier. It's more than thirty years now that you've been putting together 265 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:11.839 your ballot to send into Cooper's town, and from when you first started to 266 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:17.799 where you are now still very much an honor that you take extremely serious, 267 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:22.000 for sure, Rosie. You know, it's it's a privilege to vote for 268 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.559 the Hall of Fame. You know, every player on the on the ballot 269 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:32.359 each year is a great player and they deserve, you know, they deserve 270 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:37.279 your attention and as much a you know, as much you know as I 271 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:41.960 guess attention as you can give them. So they've earned it, and you 272 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.119 know, you have to kind of respect the process, so to speak. 273 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:52.079 And as you go through that process, not everybody fills out a full ballot, 274 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.160 and by that I mean selects ten players, but it seems like you 275 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:59.839 try to do that every year. And how come for you from your perspective. 276 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:03.079 Yeah, I like to do it, Rosie. You know, obviously 277 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.160 you know, ten players aren't going to get elected to the Hall of Fame. 278 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:11.079 You know, this year's class was three, and that's a big class 279 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:15.079 to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame. What's four? I guess with 280 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:21.359 with with Jim Leland getting in, you know from the Veterans Committee. But 281 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:26.400 that's a big class. So but I think, you know, players need 282 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.519 like five percent of the vote to stay on the ballot, and sometimes you 283 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:34.240 can help a guy stay on the ballot and get more consideration, you know, 284 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:38.279 as the years go by. You only, you know, a player 285 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:42.160 as long as he gets five percent and stay on the ballot for ten years. 286 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:48.160 And we've seen guys, you know, like Burt Blylevin get you know, 287 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:53.799 make it on his final year of eligibility. Gary Sheffield just came up 288 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:59.480 short this year, you know, on on on a you know, this 289 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:04.200 last year of eligibility, Billy Wagner's going to be just missed by what five 290 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:08.039 votes this year? Next year is going to be his last year of eligibility, 291 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:14.200 So every vote counts. Paul Hoyns joining us from Cleveland dot com, 292 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:18.799 longtime baseball writer here in Cleveland in more than thirty years now submitting a ballot 293 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.799 for Baseball's Hall of Fame, and Hoynes do we always ask, can we 294 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.119 go through step by step on who you voted for? Yeah? Sure, 295 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:30.279 all right, Well, well we'll start with at the top three players got 296 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.920 and we mentioned Adrian Beltray, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer. You voted 297 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:38.920 for two of the three, maur not quite quite on there for you this 298 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:44.200 year, and explain what went into the thinking there. Yeah, Rosie, 299 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:47.359 I voted for Beltray and Helton, they both got in, and I did 300 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:51.319 not vote for Mauer. I just you know, we saw him. We've 301 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:55.079 seen him a lot, as you know, the same in the same division 302 00:22:55.480 --> 00:23:00.680 with the Guardians, you know, for for any number of years. I 303 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:03.000 thought that, you know, you know, obviously, if he had played 304 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.839 his whole career as a catcher, he would have he would have been in 305 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:10.599 no doubt about it. But I thought the last five or six years of 306 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:14.160 his career, when he moved the first base because of injuries, he was 307 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:18.400 pretty he was pretty much an ordinary player. So you know that factored into 308 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:22.680 my vote. I thought he would definitely stay on the ballot. I just 309 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:26.039 didn't think, you know, for next year. But I just didn't think 310 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:29.640 he was the first ballot Hall of Famer. Well, you were not alone. 311 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:32.480 He just made it in. And yeah, he just made it by 312 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.200 the skin of his teeth by four votes. Yeah, I think a lot 313 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:38.359 of voters were grappling with some of the same things that you were. What 314 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:41.759 made Beltray and Helton though, put them over the top this year for you, 315 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:47.960 Yeah, Beltray was a no brainer to me. Three thousand hits, 316 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:53.039 you know, two times silver Slugger, drove in one hundred runs, seven 317 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:57.680 times, nine time All Star, played twenty seven years you know, gold 318 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:07.039 Glove third base, and over three hundred stolen bases. So I just I 319 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:14.000 just thought he was definitely, definitely a guy that that you know, deserved 320 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:17.599 it. And Helton, you know, I thought, you know, he 321 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:22.440 came close last year. Uh uh set you played seventeen years, five time 322 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:26.559 All Star, and I know, obviously Corsfield helped him, you know, 323 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.319 helped his uh you know, his his his numbers, but he was just 324 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:33.559 the same almost the same kind of hitter on the road as he was at 325 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:38.480 home. And you can't really he can't, he can't hold where the guy 326 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:42.200 plays against him. You know, if a guy takes advantage of that, 327 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:47.200 fine, But the fact that he played just as well on the road, 328 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:49.359 you know, was a big factor for me. And he made some great 329 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:53.759 points about the challenges when you play for the Rockies, of how hard it 330 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:59.319 is to to hit when you go on the road because the pitches have such 331 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:03.200 different shape because of the altitude, and and just dealing with with altitude and 332 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.039 non altitude and what it does to your body. So there's certainly a tip 333 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.960 of the cap to him for his fine career. All right, the guys 334 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:14.599 who didn't make it, who were on your ballot, a trio of outfielders 335 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:21.720 who all three had maybe someday they get in Carlos Beltrand, Tory Hunter, 336 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:25.359 and Andrew Jones, who was the one that I think may make it, 337 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:30.640 but all three of you think down the road maybe might get there or still 338 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.960 just kind of maybe a little bit off. Andrew Jones, ten time Gold 339 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:41.480 Glove winner, just you know, I mean, just a great just a 340 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.319 great player. He receives what sixty two percent of the vote this year. 341 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.640 He's in the seventh year. He might make it, He might make it. 342 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:55.920 Rosie and Beltrand, you know, really, you know, he epitomized 343 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:59.039 the kind of a leadoff hitter to me, you know, a power you 344 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:02.759 know, a guy that stole steel spaces hits, home runs. I really 345 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:07.000 I loved watching him play. And you know Tory Hunter, you know, 346 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:14.000 another guy that played a long time nineteen years nine gold gloves, you know, 347 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:19.279 just another well rounded player. Relievers always seem to be tricky for the 348 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:25.240 Hall of Fame, the value of what they do and how many saves you 349 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:27.559 need to have and all that kind of good stuff. But boy, two 350 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:33.079 good ones, two battlers, Kay Rodden and Billy Wagner on your ballot, 351 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:37.400 And it looks like you mentioned earlier, Wagner may make it next season. 352 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:44.039 Hunt, Yeah, Billy Wagner. What gives ends up five votes short of 353 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:48.680 getting into into the Hall. Next year's is final year on the ballot with 354 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:53.680 seventy four percent of the vote, you know, over four hundred saves. 355 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:59.400 You know, just you know, really really a solid you know, just 356 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:03.240 a solid closer. And you know the guy I kind of goes under the 357 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:10.039 radar to me is Francisco Rodriguez Rosie. I mean, this guy, you 358 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:14.680 know, appeared in ten postseason games. You know, He's four fourth all 359 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.200 time and saves four hundred and thirty seven staves. He's got more saves than 360 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:21.279 Wagner. But you know, he bounced around a lot, and I think, 361 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:25.079 you know, after that initial success he had with the Angels when they 362 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:27.519 won the World Series in two thousand and two, I think people kind of 363 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:30.359 lost sight of him. But he was he's been. He was a quality 364 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:34.960 closer for a long time. Two more on on Paul Hoyness's ballot for the 365 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:38.680 Hall of Fame, and again it was Adrian Beltray, Todd Helton, and 366 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:45.279 Joe Mauer going into Baseball's Hall that was announced earlier this week. Mark Burley, 367 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.640 we were talking earlier about his candidacy, and you have some numbers that 368 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:53.000 you find very impressive and make him worthy to be on your ballot, and 369 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:56.960 who knows, maybe in the future make a little more headway. Yeah, 370 00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:03.160 another kind of under the radar guy, Rosie. You know, he pitched 371 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:07.279 sixteen seasons in the big leagues. In fourteen of those seasons, he pitched 372 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.519 two hundred and more innings, and that's unheard of anymore. I mean, 373 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:15.480 you know, organizations don't even let guys pitch two hundred in ex Now you 374 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.480 pitching through a no hittery through a perfect game, five time All Star, 375 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:23.440 and probably one of the best fielding pitchers. You know you're gonna see what 376 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:27.559 about the Remember the play he made when he when he tossed throughout one of 377 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:33.160 the Cleveland runners. He fielded a ground ball and through it behind between his 378 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:37.559 legs the first base and got the guy out. That play always sticks in 379 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:41.039 my mind, kind of sums up how just how good he was with the 380 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.480 glove and the last one. I know, we talked about it last year, 381 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:51.240 and it really is an unfortunate case because if you just look at what 382 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:56.240 he meant, especially to fans here in Cleveland, all Marvis scal stays on 383 00:28:56.279 --> 00:29:00.559 your ballot. But he's got some challenges, doesn't he. Yeah, you 384 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:04.720 know with Rosie, he to me, he's the best shortstop I've ever seen 385 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:10.240 play on a day to day you know, a Bassis played the most games 386 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:15.839 ever a shortstop, eleven time Gold Glove winner. But you know, if 387 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:21.240 not for you know, the spousal abuse charges and the sexual harassment charges, 388 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.119 you know, with the bat boy and when he was playing, when he 389 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:30.400 was managing in the in the Chicago White Sox minor league system. He'd already 390 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.960 be in the Hall of Fame. He was, you know, three or 391 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:37.000 four years into his eligibility, he was at fifty percent. Now he's back. 392 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:42.319 Now he's he went He's down to seventeen point eighteen percent of the vote 393 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:48.640 right now. You know he is you know what is in his h He's 394 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.440 in his seventh year. He's got three more years left, Rosie. But 395 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:55.359 I don't think he's he's gonna make it. It's just a shame that it 396 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:59.000 happened, you know, you feel you know, and but you know Omar 397 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:02.720 probably only has him to blame for it. Well, that a tough deal 398 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:07.119 for sure, especially for fans here in Cleveland. So another year in the 399 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:12.160 books close with this, and maybe this happens every year because of the debate. 400 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:15.680 And it's not a cut and dry thing in terms of who you should 401 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.559 vote for and who you shouldn't. But every once in a while you hear 402 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:22.319 people say, well, they need to change the way they do this. 403 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:29.960 But what do you think, Well, how solid is the method of balloting 404 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:34.519 and who gets to vote on potential Hall of famers as time goes by, 405 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:41.119 you know, Rosie, the Hall of Fame, what for nineteen thirty six 406 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.440 when when the Hall of Fame opened, you know, they they turned to 407 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.759 the Baseball ris you know, Association of America to you know, they put 408 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:55.519 the voting in their hands, and it's remained that way since. I mean, 409 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:59.359 there's been controversy. There's been guys, you know, great players that 410 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:02.880 have been left off. There's been guys that are probably in the Hall of 411 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:06.759 Fame that should be in the Hall of Fame. But it's you know, 412 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:11.759 I think the process isn't perfect, but I think it's it's as good as 413 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:15.279 it gets. You know. The people that you know, they've they've really 414 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:19.440 you know, paired the field down that of voters. I mean, I 415 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:22.359 remember when it was, you know, the field was four hundred to five 416 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.240 hundred you know people that voted on the awards. But you know, they 417 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:30.720 they've really kind of regimented that they cut it down to there was you know, 418 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:37.079 almost you know, just just under four hundred people voted this past for 419 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:41.720 this for this year's ballot, and I think, you know, I'm probably 420 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.839 I'm probably prejudiced, but I liked it this way. I mean, you 421 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:48.720 know, and if the Hall of Fame wants to change it, they can 422 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.759 change it, because you know, they're in charge of Baseball writers, not 423 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:53.799 in charge. You know, the Hall of Fame asked them to do this, 424 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.960 and uh, you know, and with that Rosie, you know, 425 00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:04.480 we've all we've almost been come, you know, judge jury and hangman on 426 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.559 this thing. You know. Yeah, I don't think a lot of voters 427 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.920 ever wanted to get into that position, especially with the steroid you know, 428 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:15.680 the steroid scandal and this and all the players that well we're starting to you 429 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:19.759 know, those guys are starting to fall off the ballot now. But you 430 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.640 know, for a long time, you know, the best players in baseball 431 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.880 weren't getting in because they were linked to steroids. And you know, and 432 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:31.759 that was you know, that was that landed on the writer's doorstep. And 433 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:37.920 I don't know how many other people would have wanted that responsibility. And I'm 434 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:42.799 sure from a fans perspective, I think as long as obviously we have you 435 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:46.400 on, and I think hopefully fans can tell the thought and time you put 436 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:51.160 into it and how serious you take it. And I think that's for the 437 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:54.240 majority of those in the Baseball Writers Association of America when they come to voting 438 00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:59.200 on the Hall of Fame and we always appreciate your insights. Hoaysee and won't 439 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:01.839 belong now man, we'll see out in spring training. Good deal, Rosie, 440 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:07.759 Thanks man. That's Paul Hoins from the Cleveland Plaindealer Cleveland dot com, 441 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:12.960 longtime baseball writer here in Cleveland in more than thirty years now casting a Hall 442 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:16.519 of Fame ballot. Adrian Beltray, Todd Helton, and Joe Maller going in 443 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:21.279 this season this summer in Cooper's Town. Stay tuned, all that more to 444 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:30.279 come after this progressive We love sports and saving you money, so we bundled 445 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:34.759 them together. Top of the seventh looks like a pitching change as they've set 446 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:37.400 up for a corner kick. The two black belts have entered the mat and 447 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:42.000 the slider is low and away he heads the ball to midfield. This is 448 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:45.079 quite a kumasay here comes to round here. Has it got enough guests to 449 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:50.160 get out of here? Unbelievable. 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That'll be about the 457 00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:43.039 halfway point of the two year renovation project, but a lot of the fan 458 00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:46.760 facing features will be completed in time for opening day twenty twenty four, and 459 00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:50.960 they are working hard to get that done. And actually not a bad day 460 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.400 to do it on Friday, as it was a little bit warmer downtown. 461 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:57.920 Some news and notes before we wrap it up for this week. The Guardians 462 00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:04.239 earlier this week extended non roster invitations to spring training to twelve internal players for 463 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:08.039 this year's spring training in Goodyear, and that brings a non roster total to 464 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:15.000 fourteen. And some names that stand out on the pitching front. Franco Alaman, 465 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:17.840 who really put together a fine season, kind of got on that radar 466 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:21.920 a year ago, a hard thrower out of the bullpen. So we'll keep 467 00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.440 an eye on him and old friend Anthony Goes, who is coming back from 468 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:30.239 Tommy John surgery. He's scheduled to be in camp as well, along with 469 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:35.440 four other pitchers as non roster invites. Three catchers will be on hand, 470 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:38.880 including Brian Lavastita, who made the opening day roster a couple of seasons ago. 471 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:44.920 And in terms of infielders, Kyle Manzardo who had that big Arizona Fall 472 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:51.440 league and certainly high hopes for Manzardo after a solid season once he got healthy 473 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.800 a season ago. He'll be in major league camp as well, along with 474 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:59.679 outfielder p d Halpin, who was in came over several times, not in 475 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.960 major league camp, but played in several major league games a year ago. 476 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:07.840 We'll see him again, a speedy outfielder who's trying to continue his progress towards 477 00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:10.760 the major leagues. Just some of the twelve who have been invited to major 478 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:15.920 league camp next month in Goodyear, Arizona. That's going to do it for 479 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:20.000 our show this week until next week when we join you again. This is 480 00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:24.159 Chim Rosenhouse reminding you that you've been listening to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic 481 00:36:24.199 --> 00:37:02.960 Guardians Radio network. 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