Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio network. Guardians Weekly is brought
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everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along with you from Camerica Park
in Detroit. This weekend, the final weekend of the regular season, the
final weekend with Terry Francona as Cleveland manager. Coming up. On this week's
show, we will hear from Paul Doland, Guardians owner, about the tenure
of eleven years of Terry Francona. Quite a run in the manager's office for
Cleveland and Tito certainly deserving of all the accolades that have come his way down
the stretch. We will also hear what he has met off the field for
the franchise from President of Business Operations Brian Baron. Will also visit with Stephen
Kwan and Mike Sarbough, third base coach for the Guardians and longtime member of
the coaching staff. That is all coming up, but first I'll look back
at the weekend review and after an OP day on Monday, the final homestand
of the season wrapped up with a two game series against the Reds Cincinnati,
winning Tuesday night eleven to seven, and then Wednesday, the final home game
for Terry Francona as Guardians manager and quite an emotional night. It was the
game itself. Shane Bieber got the start for the Guardians, fitting and that
he was certainly a mainstay at the top of the starting rotation during some of
Tito's solid seasons near the end, and in his second start since returning from
the injured list, it looked like he was on a mission to finish the
season on a positive note. Dela Cruz madding two thirty four thirteen bombs,
forty RBIs four RBIs last night. He sends a one hopper to the second
baseman. Freeman backs up into right field, A Glovett throws over ending over
seven pitch enning for Shane Bieber, no score middle of ending number two.
In the bottom half of the second ending, the Guardians got on the scoreboard
thanks to Tyler Freeman, now the three one. I was swinging a shot
up the middle base it Ricks says off the bag at second Caram's into center
field and the Guardians take a one nothing lead on Tyler Freeman's RBI single to
centers, scoring ramone Loriano Freeman's fourteenth RBI and then an ex batter Brian Rokio
delivered as well. Now the one old hit on a line towards the ranked
center base hit Freeman hits thirties being waved home. Here's Friedel's throat of the
plate cut off at the mount and then the throw by incarnassions strand of Dela
Cruz at second and they tag out Rokil. No idea why Rokio was going
to second there, that's just over aggressiveness. But give the kid an RBI
single to put Cleveland on top two to nothing. As Rokil just up from
Columbus as his sixth RBI on the single to right center. In the third,
they were back at it, Stephen Kwan with a single and then Josh
Naylor came through a swinging a log drive to write this ball is off the
wall. In the scores, Quan Nailer holds with a long single as he
nearly knocked down the wall in right and Cleveland leads three to nothing. Josh
Nayler's ninety seventh RBI as he hit a two iron that just didn't get high
enough to get out of here. But he has knocked Andrew Abbot out of
this game. And in the fourth they had another runner in scoring position and
another youngster coming through in Jose EIGHTEENA. Here's the old one swung on.
There's a chopper near the middle and under the glove of India. How it
goes into the outfield. Scoring on the play is Rokio. On the third
goes Straw and it's an RBI single for Jose. Tina just passed the second
baseman, Jonathan India, and the Guardians now lead it for nothing. For
Tina, that's his third run batted in in the big leagues and he's now
two for two on the night. The red scratched out a run in the
sixth to make it four to one, but Bieber continued to impress on the
mound. Beaver's ready now the o two strike three tall. He was guessing
breaking ball, locked them up with a fastball and canasione Is beib seventh straight
out victim. The Reds, battling for a playoff spot, got back into
it with two runs in the eighth inning to make it a one run ball
game. So in the ninth it was a Minuel Closse trying to nail down
his career best forty third. See the pitch down in the dirt, ball
won fans on their feet, channing Tito. You know how badly this Cleveland
club wants to win it for Tito, and twenty nine thousand on their feet
want it just as badly. The pitch swinging a little tamper right side,
trickling down the line, fair ball nailer grabs it, steps on the bag
ball game Della CRUs never left cold play. David Bell coming out to argue
what's at a foul ball off the foot? Cleveland will celebrate as the game
ends in a weird fashion and Emanuel Classe will get his forty third saint a
new career high, and Cleveland hangs on to win four to three. David
Bell is pleading his case with the entire umpiring crew as the fans are on
their feet, channing Tito, Tito. So the ball game ends and the
Rents, frustrated, will head to the clubhouse. Final tonight, Cleveland four,
Cincinnati three. What a way for Tito Francona to wrap up his managerial
career at Progressive Field, And after the game, he talked about how special
the Knight was for him. It's kind of difficult. It was really touching.
Don't don't ever get me wrong. I mean, my goodness sakes.
I mean, you know, I've told this group plenty of times. I
know I'm not the smartest person in the room by far, but I was
smart enough to pick a place where I believed in the people, and that
only grew. And I think anybody's ever spent ten minutes with me knows how
much I like it here. It's so close to kind of how where I
grew up in two hours away, and it was a good decision. It
just seems like it got better after you knowing where you'll be next year.
Talking about guys like Fever. I'm okay with that because I'm I told another
day, I'm I'm gonna be rooting like hell for these guys. Might be
in a rocking chair or something, hopefully you've been on the golf course,
but I will never not root for these guys. I love these guys.
Man, this is this has been eleven years of good What was going through
your head? The guys are blocking me? Yeah? Yeah, I know.
I was like, come on, man, enough like it's I think
that's why they were doing it because they knew I was kind of feeling it.
But it's not. I mean, it's nice. I believe me down
deep. I mean I was really touched. I guess what I'm just trying
to convey is the eleven years here are what is the best part. It's
not like the last day. It's everything that I lived through here with the
people that I was with, and that's what that's what I care about.
Yeah, you're surprised I came down to a one run game, Say,
yeah, that was That's kind of kind of how it's been. You'd think
with you know, with three three games left now, i'd be able to
say, you know what, my stomach was in my throat just I guess
it'll be that way till Sunday. There, I know, you can that
tricky video is coming and you got to stand there and watching thoughts and emotions
in either after eleven years, you know, truth be told, I don't
remember a lot of it because I think I was kind of nervous, but
I did when I saw my dad, that was, you know, and
I was glad Milsey was here and he was in a lot of that so
that that you know that tomorrow. I was standing next to me while I
was on Those things are meaningful to me. The clubhouse guys were standing right
behind him. Those are the things that mean a lot. It kind of
said, what would you your last mentioned to be to the fans? Now?
I think tonight it would just be thank you. I have tried to
do my best all the time, and sometimes it's been better than others.
But I appreciate my time here very much, and I hope that they support
these guys moving forward because there's a lot to like. We didn't get things
accomplished this year like we wanted. That doesn't mean it's not gonna happen.
Thursday off day for the Guardians, and they open up their final series of
the season in Detroit on Friday night with a seven to five victory. Game
two of the series on Saturday with a one thirty five first pitch, and
the season wraps up on Sunday, a three ten start at Comerica Park in
Detroit. Stay with us when we come back, we'll hear from Guardians owner
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It's Guardians Weekly from Detroit this week, as the Guardians are taking on the
Detroit Tigers in the finale of the regular season in twenty twenty three. No
postseason this year for the Guardians, but certainly some drama this weekend as Terry
Francona is managing his final free games in the Cleveland uniform and the owner of
the Guardians, Paul Dolan, Well, we had a chance to visit with
him prior to the game on Wednesday, Tito's last home game, and Paul
talked about how difficult they will be for him and the organization when he don't
managees his final game on Sunday. Yeah, it's it's certainly a sad time
for us because we hope that he was going to be with us for a
much longer time. But but we know it's the right decision for him.
So we're happy for him that he's going about taking care of the things he
needs to take care of. But he's going to be really, really badly
missed. And when you say that, is there a certain aspect of Tito
and everything that he means to this franchise that that you will miss the most.
Well, everything from his presence throughout the organization, the culture that he
has helped foster, to the fact that we've been really successful on the field,
all those things. You kind of hope, you know, his legacy
will will enable us to continue in some shape or form. But he's a
unique person and and that's pretty hard to replicate. So take us back it's
heading into the twenty thirteen season the end of twenty twelve. Were you surprised
that he would be as interested in this job as he was when when the
Guardians were and then Indians were looking to bring him on board. Yeah,
I was. I mean, that was certainly a really great day when I
learned that he was interested. We knew him because he had spent some time
here before, and Chris and Mark's pirate at the time knew him well,
but I guess I thought two World Series wins in Boston and a stint at
ESPN, probably for clothes Cleveland as an option for him. But you know,
to the contrary, it's exactly where he wanted to be in the last
eleven years or sort of testament to that. And it seemed like that great
dynamic for the first portion of his time here was the relationship with his dad
who played here. And when you see that type of thing, how did
that hit home for you a little bit? You couldn't have scripted, you
know, the the Terry Francona a tenure with the Cleveland Indians now Guardians any
better than what it was. And and you know, part of that script
was that he was playing where his dad played. And there are pictures of
Tito as a kid in the dugout all over our organization. It really really
has meant so much to our organization into our community. Guardians owner Paul Joel
and joining us as uh we get ready for Terry Francona's last home game here
at at Progressive Field And Paul, you mentioned personality. Did you have any
idea what you were getting into from the personality standpoint of Terry Francona and some
of the funny things that would happen along the way. You know, I
knew him from his short stint here I think it was nearly two thousands,
but no, I did not have an idea of what lay ahead. He
has his own unique personality and it's extraordinarily fun to be around. And part
of the fun is that everyone gets treated the same, and for frankly,
I don't get treated the same a lot. So it was really kind of
nice to have that kind of relationship. And I feel like you probably got
a heavy dose of that that first year when they came all the way back
and won the ten games in a row at the end of the season,
and how often, well maybe not how often, but what did you make
of the whole celebration in Minnesota in the clubhouse, because I know you were
right in the middle of a lot of it, maybe not wanting to be
Yeah, I got dragged into that. Actually, I go back to the
beginning of that year when I first ran into Tito down in Arizona, when
I showed up that only the video could really do it justice, but everybody
was in costume. There was something going on at the time that was sort
of a big deal, and and all the players and the coaches were all
dressed up in these wild costumes, and it seemed like now at the end
of the season, we had another kind of wild celebration, uh that I
did get kind of dragged into, and that became a little bit of a
common practice for the next decade, and the high points, certainly twenty sixteen.
Would that be your favorite memories that fall about twenty sixteen or are there
some others that even trump that. Well, I mean, it's hard to
top what happened in twenty sixteen, but I'm not going to tie my memories
to Tito to to that year. It was it was really who he was
as a person. For me, it was the chance to duck into his
office. We oftentimes we actually rarely talked baseball. We talked about our families
or our golf games or something really silly. But it was really those kind
of moments that I'll miss more than anything else. And when you look back
on it, I don't know how many people in that position can can change
the trajectory of a franchise, but but he has. And do you see
that having a lasting impact on what happens here. Well, first of all,
he disabused me of the notion that managers don't have a huge impact on
the performance of a team, because we saw that right from the beget go
with him, that he really did make a difference. So you know that
will have some impact on our next hire. But you know, we learned
a lot with him in our organization, and the hope is that he won't
get too far so that whatever knowledge we gain we can keep through him.
Well, certainly his memories will be here for a long long time. Paul
Dolan, thank you so much for coming by. Well, glad to be
here, and this would be an interesting and sort of I guess the word
overused word is bittersweet evening for all of us at His Guardians owner Paul Dolan,
who has certainly appreciated everything that Terry Francona has meant to this franchise over
the last called labid years. Players and coaches feel the same way. We'll
hear from Stephen Kuan and Mike Sarbaugh when we come back after this time.
Up the pitch, swinging a line on the left near the line, Pollock
going over place it on the bounce, skips by him, ricochets into the
left field corner. Quan's around second, He's not stopping there. Pollock's throw
the third pet first slide a triple Once that ball ricocheted off the side wall
and eluded Pollock and caramed into the left field corner. You weren't stopping,
Stephen Quan. The one two swung on line drive base at left center field.
Quand in the gamp to cut it off. Carpenters going to third throw
the third slide to got up. What a play by Quaw. Oh my
Stephen Kwan matting two sixty two. Couple of Homer's twenty seven RBIs. Kwan
swings and drives one high, drives, one deep right center field, gone
into the bullpen. Stephen Quan wastes no time on pitch number two and he'd
bomb that baby into the Rangers bullpen and right center field. Welcome back to
Guardians Weekly, Jim Rosenhouse back with you from Detroit and America Park, where
the Guardians are taking on the Tigers in the final series of the season.
And it's the final games for manager Terry Francona in a Guardians uniform. Eleven
seasons he will leave town and finish up his Cleveland career as a manager as
the winningest manager in Cleveland baseball history. And when do you consider goes back
to nineteen oh one, that is quite an accomplishment and a young man who
has had a chance to play his first two seasons in the major leagues.
Sport Tito's outfielders Stephen Kwan and he talked about what the last couple of weeks
have been like for the team as Tito's time with Cleveland has come to a
close. Yeah, it's definitely really sad. I think there's no way around
that. I think it's just really somber. You know, you kind of
was telling you again, we walked by the office and you know, he's
noticing, he's takes some stuff down. There's people stopping in to talk to
him that you know, you don't see very often. It's just it's a
somber mood. But I mean, I think we have to flip down in
his head like he's obviously had a great career here. We should be celebrating
him and everything he's done. So, yeah, a lot of mixing motions
this week. You talked to a lot of veterans they love playing for him.
How about a younger player just breaking in, you were a rookie a
year ago, What is he meant to you? Yeah, it's been everything.
I think when you're in the minors and you're kind of talking to other
people from other teams, you kind of hear that. You know, like
front office managers, they could be really tricky. You know, they don't
always tell you what what the truth is. They just kind of pad your
ego and tell you what you want to hear. I think from day one,
Tito has always been super honest with me, and I think that's how
my career like. He's been super honest. He's always told me what I
need to hear, not what I want to hear. And I think that's
that's a really lucky start for me starting my career. And you look at
your season and you're gonna end up with very similar numbers to a year ago,
exceeding in some areas and and things like that. How has he helped
in that second year, which sometimes can be really tough. Yeah, I
think it's just the consistency part. I mean, I think there were some
days earlier where I'd be really down. I think I kind of felt like
those walls were closing in again, and I think he, you know,
he'd just told me straight up, like, hey, you're gonna be in
there tomorrow. You know, you're gonna be in there next day, and
you're gonna be in the next day. You know, if you need some
time, take some time off, but like you're gonna be the top of
the line up. I think that helped a ton, and not letting my
thoughts overcome a lot of things. Just knowing that he had faith in me
when I didn't have faith in myself was really big. A year ago,
just a magical year for this team, and it didn't work out this season.
What do you take away from this year looking ahead to twenty twenty four.
Yeah, I think just attention to detail Again. I think we thought
that that magic was just gonna roll over, just because that's who we were
and we were destined for that kind of thing. And obviously baseball is a
very humbling sport to where that's not quite so simple. I think it's gonna
leave us our taste in our mouths. But I think that's gonna be a
really good thing because people are gonna take the aw season really seriously. Including
me. It's it's gonna be one of those things where we have to bounce
back. We have to just be better in all areas. And I think
that kind of motivation is really good fuel for going to next year. Now,
Stephen always fun to watch him. Thanks a lot for coming, but
I appreciate it. Yeah, thanks Rosie at his outfielders. Stephen Kwan talking
about the impact that Tito has had on his career. Mike Sarbaugh has been
on the coaching staff for all eleven of Terry Francona's seasons as manager of the
Cleveland Guardians and Indians prior to that, and he he looks back. He
talked about what it meant to him even to get a chance to interview for
the position eleven years ago. Yeah, I think, you know, coming
into this, I mean I think as being in baseball and you've saw the
success he had, you know, in Boston and you know, winning the
World Series, a couple World Series there and then coming when he got the
job here in Cleveland. Just to be able to interview for you know,
a spot on his staff was was huge for me. And then whenever you
know, they asked me to be on staff, you know, I couldn't
ask for a better situation than someone to learn under and and and just to
be around it to learn the game. So it's hard to believe it's been
eleven years. It's gone by very fast, but feel very fortunate to have
been a part of it. You mentioned his credentials before he got here,
so when you finally got on the staff, was it different from maybe what
you expected just based on what you had seen from a distance. Yeah.
I think anytime you know, you see someone having success from afar, you
don't really you know, know exactly how they tick and how they they handle
things. And you know, the one thing I've said about Tito, I
think the way he keeps it in the clubhouse with the players. He wants
to have fun, but knowing we're here to win and it's been Uh,
it's something that I think a lot of people on the outside they I think
they appreciate what he's done, but until you're around him on a daily basis,
to know how he goes about things and what he brings on a daily
basis, that makes you really appreciate him. And from a coaching standpoint,
I know I've heard several coaches on his staff say he lets us coach,
which sounds like a cliche. What does that mean though, Well, he
empowers the staff. I think the one thing he was a staff member,
you know, he was a coach in the minor leagues. He managed in
the minor leagues, he was a coach in the major leagues, so he
knows what coaches go through. And the one thing he if he respects on
what you know and what you bring, he lets you do your job.
And we feel very fortunate of the staff to have had him as our leader
because he does let us do our jobs. We know we can go to
him with any questions if we have anything on our mind, and he can
do the same. But that's the one thing he lets us work and he
empowers us. Mike SARbot joining us as Terry Francona's career winds down, and
you're talking about some of the attributes before the break that have made him so
successful. The funny stuff, hopefully there's some you can share. But what
keeps it light? What are some of the funny things that happened, maybe
on a on a regular basis that keep things light around here? Well,
I mean, you know, I think back, you know, his first
few years. You know, he'd be walking through the clubhouse. He'd be
throwing a football with the players and just having fun, you know, maybe
playing ping pong. Just he just the interaction he has with the players.
He wants them to be comfortable, and part of that is just how he
acts with them, you know. And then you go to you know,
now with with Barney Mike Barnett to replay coordinator, you know, he'll just
he'll go up behind him with the clippers and chop some of his hair off
and just just getting that, you know, just having the fun. He
keeps it, keeps it light. Uh. But I think the one thing
the players realize is when when the game time starts, he's all about winning,
and and they feel that how did you manage to escape most of the
shenanigans. It seems like anyway, well he's always up to something. Uh.
But it seems like Barney's always the main guy that that he'll he'll do
the major things with. But you know, I think, uh, you
know, if he if he's not doing anything with you or making fun of
you, then then maybe you have to start wondering what's going on. But
he he just wants you to feel comfortable in the environment because he feels he
feels that if you're comfortable and you're relaxed, you're gonna play well. And
that's that's what he's all about. You've been around him a long long time.
Surprised that it comes to an end now, just based on how he's
been feeling well. You know, it's been uh, you know since twenty
the pandemic year, and then he had to miss part of the season,
and then in twenty one. You know, it's it's been a struggle for
him here over the last three to four years. I think last year's team
kind of put some fire back in him, but I think, you know,
it's just it catches up to him a little bit. You know,
the travel, the day in, day out, what it takes to be
a major league manager. So, you know, as much as we hate
to see him go, you know, it was time for him. I
think he and he realized it. And as he leaves, what is he
meant to your career? Well, I can't thank him enough. You know,
he gave me my first chance to be a major league coach, and
you know, I can't thank him enough what he's done for myself. For
my family, his friendship, been a ment tour he's been. I mean,
he's done it all, and I just think anybody that worked for him
really appreciates him. And you know, like we we had a little meeting
yesterday with just the coaches. We gave him a little gift and you know,
we just said this, can't even nearly thank you enough for what you've
done for us. So we will miss him, but you know you,
I think we all appreciate that we were able to be a part of his
time as a manager in the major leagues and just be a part of the
what he's done here in Cleveland. So we can't thank him enough. Else
said Mike, Thank you, Thanks Rosie. That's Guardians third base coach Mike
Sarbaugh talking about the life and times on the coaching staff of manager Terry Francona
during Tito's eleven seasons. Stay with us when we come back. There's been
an impact off the field as well during Tito's time in Cleveland. Brian Barns,
the president of business operations for the Guardians, and we'll hear from him
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of the season, beating Detroit tonight seven five. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly.
Jim Rosenhouse back with you from America Park in Detroit, where the Guardians
are taking on the Detroit Tigers this weekend and the final games for manager Terry
Frankcona as Cleveland manager. Brian Barron is the president of business Operations for the
Guardians. And we've seen and heard so much about Tito's impact on the field
and in the clubhouse. But as Brian says, He's meant just as much
to this franchise off the field as well. Just like Tito's record on the
field speaks for itself, his ability to help us win off the field has
made a material difference in our business performance as a small market team in Major
League Baseball. And when you look at arriving here, you arrived here a
year after he was already on board. I don't think you had ever met
him before. How quickly did you realize that this was some one who was
more than just about on the field, but could also be an asset for
as you mentioned, a small market team. I realized it pretty early in
the process at the time Mark Shapiro, Chris Antonetti making the introduction and the
connection, particularly around corporate partnership interactions. So oftentimes our largest corporate partners will
go on trips, they invest significant amounts of money from a marketing perspective with
the club, and every dollar makes a difference, particularly in a smaller market.
Tito's ability to connect in those meetings not only connect from a business standpoint,
in the importance of what those partners are bringing to the table. His
ability to connect in a genuine and authentic way with leaders from those partners was
just unique. So an example, we had Tito help with a pitch for
some outfield wall signage at Progressive Field, probably back in twenty fifteen. The
next year we did a partner trip and I believe we were in Atlanta,
down on the field for batting practice before the game. Tito came over and
said hello to the person from the sponsor who had been in that meeting by
name, which for Tito was fall out of bed. For the sponsor,
it was how in the world does he remember who I am? Not only
did you remember the person's name, he remembered their company and thanked them for
their investment in the club. Bryan Barren's joining us. He's the president of
business for the Cleveland Guardians, and when you heard the news he might not
be back out, how did how difficult was that for you and your team
that tries to keep this franchise really a viable major league sports franchise in town.
I think the reactions as someone close and you know, working day in
and day out with the baseball team and the franchise was the same reaction as
many you know morning the moving on of Tito and what that represents the flip
side of that is our baseball operations leadership is some of the best in the
business by far, and the confidence that if Chris Antonetti, Mike chairing Off,
Matt Foreman are involved in anything, they're going to do it the right
way and they're going to figure out something that helps us sustain competitiveness on the
field. And when you look at at Tito's impact on that during your time
here, there are a lot of teams where that where the business side and
the baseball side are very much separate and there's not that that synergy. I
guess it might be a good word, but did Tito kind of bridge that
gap? Was he certainly that person that could help bridge that gap and have
everybody on the same page. Tito definitely was able to bridge that gap.
You know, simple things like going down to batting practice with a partner or
a key business contact and having Tito walk over and say hello. Again.
He knows a lot of the folks on the business side of the organization,
so would come over to say hello and chat with co workers and at the
same time ask who's here with you today, and when you'd make the introductions,
would turn and start asking people things that were important to them. What
are you here for? Where are you from? And make connections that that
only Tito makes, that are genuine, unique and authentic. You've shared some
good stories. I think everybody has a Tito story, maybe a favorite memory.
Can you think of one in particular that stands out to you as as
his time here winds down. I can think of one where Tito was recognized
by Major League Baseball for his work in the community, and there was a
reception in New York. It happened to coincide with when there were some ownership
meetings where business leadership is in New York at Major League Baseball headquarters, and
Paul Dolan had another commitment and asked if I would represent the club at a
dinner where Tito was one of the folks being honored. So Tim Saltzer,
our senior vice president of sales, and I went to the dinner and Tito
happened to be seated at the table next to us. And when we saw
Tito at the reception, he said, what are you guys doing here?
We said, we're here for you. We're representing the club and we're here
to watch you get recognized for your work in the community. He was truly
touched by that. I can't believe you guys, would you come to a
dinner just for that. Well, we sat down at dinner and Tito actually
had his back to us. We were sitting at other table. He said,
why aren't we sitting at the same table? And I said, Tito,
the people that are sitting at your table paid a lot of money to
sit at a table with you on behalf of Major League Baseball, So obviously
like proceeds were going to foundations for Major League Baseball. But just a really
funny Tito being Tito, and he was enjoying and having fun. His table
seem to have a little bit more laughter and fun than perhaps someone that I
was sitting at. But just a good time in general. Well certainly a
lot of memories as his time again. Wine's down here and we'll be complete
on Sunday. Brian, thanks lot for coming. I appreciate it. Thank
you very much. Rosie as President of Business Operations, Brian Barron talking about
the impact that Terry Francona has had on this ball club, not only on
the field, but off the field as well. Well, it's going to
do it for this week's edition of Guardians Weekly. And that's it for the
regular season for our shows anyway, but as always we will continue through the
off season and that means we'll join you each Saturday, usually around that five
o'clock time to get it started. So until next week. For Brian Matzey
always does great work to put together our show each week. This is Jim
Rosenhouse thanking you and reminding you that you've been listening to Guardians Weekly on the
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