WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:07.440 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is front 2 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:48.240 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, 3 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:53.560 everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along with you from City Field 4 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.119 in New York, where the Guardians are taking on the New York Mets this 5 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:02.039 weekend in a three game series season. It will be a little bit different 6 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.959 schedule than had planned for the two teams, as the game on Saturday has 7 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.280 been postponed due to rain and wet grounds. It was scheduled for a four 8 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.680 ten first pitch, but now the teams will make it up as part of 9 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.799 a split double header on Sunday, with a one forty first pitch for a 10 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:23.439 Game one and a seven ten first pitch for a Game two. Coming up 11 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.079 in a little bit. On this week's show, we will hear from outfielder 12 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:32.120 Stephen Quan, also Brian Rocchio, the young infielder who made his major league 13 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.599 debut earlier this week, and we also had a chance to catch up with 14 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:40.480 on Friday, Francisco Lindor. The first time that Lindor is facing the team 15 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:44.680 that drafted, developed him and made him a star really and certainly he fit 16 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:51.400 right into those great teams that the Cleveland had during the twenty fourteen, fifteen, 17 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.519 sixteen seasons, sixteen the World Series year. Lindor is such a big 18 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:59.599 part of that, and we'll hear from him as before the game on Friday 19 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.159 night, he had a chance to talk about some of his memories as a 20 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:06.480 Cleveland Indian, and we'll hear that in the second part of our show. 21 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.560 But first our week in review and after an off day on Monday, coming 22 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:15.680 out of tremendously exciting home weekend series in which the Guardians took two out of 23 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.960 three from the Angels, they really struggled in the first two games in Chicago 24 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.719 against the White Sox, with Chicago winning eight to three on Tuesday night and 25 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.960 backing that up with a seven to two win on Wednesday night. So the 26 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:34.360 Guardians were looking to salvage the finale of the series on Thursday afternoon in Chicago. 27 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.240 They had Logan Allen on the mound and the rookie cruised through the first 28 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:42.360 inning, but found himself in a big time jam in the second as the 29 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:46.599 White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out outfield, medium deep straight away. 30 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:53.680 The next delivery, check swing and a fastball for strike three got him looking, 31 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:59.120 no doubt about it. Hack of a job by the young man. 32 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.919 And that's again the beauty of Logan, Allen and Tanner. Baby. Not 33 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:08.680 only are they as competitive as all get out, their poise is remarkable. 34 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:15.240 Bases loaded, nobody out, socks don't score. We are still scoreless after 35 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:20.120 two. And then in the third Allen gotta pick me up from his catcher, 36 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.919 Cam Gallagher. Runner goes pitches high. Gallagher good throat a second in 37 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:30.240 the tag made by Jimenez on the head first sliding Tim Anderson. That's as 38 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:36.039 good a throw as you can ever make. Just an absolute perfect throw by 39 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:40.360 Cam Gallagher to get a tough customer. Tim Anderson thrown out for the first 40 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:46.719 time this year. He had been six for six and that is huge. 41 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.159 A White Sox picked up a run in the fourth to take the lead, 42 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.120 but in the fifth, gabriel Arius got that run right back. Here's the 43 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:59.319 pitch from Cease and it swung on and driven high in the air to deep 44 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:04.360 right center, way back there home rod Arius. Tie game at one. 45 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:13.039 Gabriel arias second time this season has gone deep, and it's the Guardians won 46 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.720 the White Sox one and in the seventh the Guardians got some help from the 47 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:21.240 White Sox defense with Brian Rocchio. The batter first at band today with a 48 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:26.480 runner in scoring position, Rookyo tampera short coming home with It would have been 49 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:30.839 Anderson, but he boots the ball. It gets by him and he'll pick 50 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:34.439 it up on the dirt portion of the infield and that air allows Brennan to 51 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:41.360 score, Arius to go to third and Rookio's aboard at first and the Guardians 52 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.800 up two to one. Later on in that ending, Cam Gallagher's big afternoon 53 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.759 continued. Runner goes pits fashed into left. There's a base hit for Gallagher 54 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:57.720 that'll score Arius. Rochio stops at second. What a day for Cam Gallagher 55 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.680 as he puts Cleveland on top three to one. He was down in the 56 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:09.319 count O two battled back and got a mammoth Arbi single to left and for 57 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:15.720 Gallagher that breaks an oh for thirty four skid. That is the first base 58 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:21.360 hit this month for a Cleveland catcher. Cam Gallagher's base hit his third of 59 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:28.519 the year and it gives him three RBIs out of that Guardians bullpen Nick Sanlon 60 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:32.199 and Trevor Stephen each threw a scoreless inning, and then Emmanuel Closs was on 61 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:36.040 in the ninth inning to try and finish things up. Now the O two 62 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:43.199 swang in a mess pull game and Class finishes it with a strike out, 63 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:47.600 and the Guardians get the finale here in Chicago by a final score of three 64 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:53.120 to one. So a nice win to finish up the series in Chicago, 65 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:56.279 and then it was on to New York to take on the Mets in Interleague 66 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:00.480 play, a three game series starting on Friday night. The Guardians and waste 67 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.399 anytime greeting their former teammate Carlos Carrasco, who was on the mound for the 68 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:09.199 Mets. As in that first inning, there were two men on for Josh 69 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:15.959 Naylor. Now the three one swung in and blasted deep bright field dawn and 70 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:21.639 a three run homer for Josh Naylor. The Carrasco got behind in the count 71 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:27.959 and Nailer pounced. Then in the second inning they added to the lead with 72 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:32.399 Cam Gallagher continuing a sudden hot stretch of the plate. The pitch swung on 73 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:36.560 and this is line the left coming on Canna. It drops for a base 74 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:43.079 hit in the score of Straw and it's a four nothing Cleveland lead. How 75 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:48.079 about Cam Gallagher back to back days with RBI singles. In the fifth, 76 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:53.079 the Guardians were looking for more with Will Brennan on second base with two outs 77 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:57.839 and Ahmed Rosario stepped in to face his former club one and two the count. 78 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.560 Here's the pitch to Rosario, swung on line drive left field pedal get 79 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:06.759 down for a base hit. Brennan will score Rosario's aboard with an RBI single 80 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:13.879 and the Guardians now lead five nothing. Here it is the staple of the 81 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:16.680 offense a year ago, the two out base hit that brought in a run. 82 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:20.240 But on this night the Mets would battle back. They got into it 83 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:24.920 with the two runs in the fifth inning, another in the sixth that cut 84 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.839 the Guardians lead to five three. But in the seventh some clutch two out 85 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.920 hitting from Naylor gave the Guardian some breathing room. Here's the two one delivery 86 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:39.439 swung on line drive basin into left that'll score Gallagher quant a round third. 87 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:44.480 Here's Kenna's throat of the platen in time, sliding in with another run is 88 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.639 quaw and what a night for Josh Naylor. A two out, two runs, 89 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:54.759 single to left. He has five RBIs and the Guardians lead at seven 90 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:58.959 to three. However, the lead was short lived, as in the bottom 91 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:03.560 of the seventh, the Mets loaded the bases and Pete Alonzo stepped to the 92 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:05.920 plate. Boy is he and a hitter's count? Now the bases loaded, 93 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:13.160 three balls and a strike. The pitch hit the air fairly deep, bright 94 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:26.439 granted to the wall. It's gone a game tying grand slam to right center 95 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:31.120 by Pete Alonzo. Well, he got into a hitter's count and he didn't 96 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:37.799 miss a ninety four mile an hour fast ball, and Karen Jack has given 97 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:45.120 him his sixth home run of the year. It's stayed tied through nine and 98 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.360 onto extra innings. The game went in the tenth. Jose Ramirez started the 99 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:52.159 inning as the runner at second base, and with one out, Gabriel Arias 100 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:58.519 stepped in the one oh swung on hit pretty well to right Banko's Marte on 101 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.559 the track of the wall. Goal on. How about that second day in 102 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:09.919 a row for Gabriel Aius a two run home run the opposite way to write 103 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:15.679 and Cleveland's back on top nine to seven. Here in the tenth inning, 104 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:20.519 a line drive off the bat of Arius, so the Guardians had a nine 105 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.799 seven lead heading to the bottom half of the tenth inning. Amnuel Class came 106 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:30.480 on to try and nail down a save, but the Mets picked up two 107 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:35.440 runs to tie it, and they had a runner in scoring position for Francisco 108 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:43.799 Lindor. Isn't this something the first time since that Mammoth trade that saw Francisco 109 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:50.120 Lindor go to the Mets for four players, including Amanda Rosario and Andre Simenez. 110 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.200 This is the first time the teams have met since that trade, and 111 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.720 who's at the plate in a nine nine game in the tenth but Frankie Lindor 112 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:05.320 runner takes off the lines when the right center game winning single and the Mets 113 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:11.000 have done it again and lindaar to be mobbed at first on a game winning 114 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:16.840 RBI singled a right center and the Mets, with three here in the tenth 115 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:24.559 inning, stunned the Cleveland Guardians and just a shocking defeat as Claus gives up 116 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:31.159 three here in the tenth inning, and the Mets are a winner tonight in 117 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.279 ten innings. They do it and walk off fashion after there were two men 118 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:43.360 out, and they beat Cleveland ten to nine and a fitting into a gut 119 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:48.240 wrenching night for Cleveland as they played extremely well, put up a ton of 120 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.480 runs which have been a rarity this season, but it did not hold up 121 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.039 as it was a rough night for the bullpen. Some key relievers just unable 122 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.320 to finish things up. And it's some Mets who come up up with the 123 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.799 ten to nine win on Friday night. Stay with us when we come back. 124 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.720 We'll hear from outfielder Stephen Kwan and rookie in fielder Brian Rokio. That's 125 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:13.799 next as we continue with Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 126 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:20.840 Don't go away, folks. 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That's a a sit over 135 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.559 to cut it off in the alley is Randriguez and Quan with the leadoff single. 136 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.080 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you from City Field 137 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:15.120 in Queens, New York. The Guardians taking on the Mets this weekend in 138 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.440 interleague play. Earlier in the week, we had a chance to visit with 139 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.799 outfielders Stephen Kwan, who has had a solid season out of that leadoff spot 140 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:26.519 for the Guardians. Remember last year, what an impressive start to his year, 141 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:30.440 as he was the American League's Rookie of the Month. He hasn't been 142 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:35.480 that hot out of the shoote but most of the significant numbers looking good. 143 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:39.799 His on base percentage up over three fifty and he's certainly doing a nice job 144 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.320 setting the table. And he had a good weekend last weekend against the Angels 145 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.759 at Progressive Field, and we talked to him about some of the signs that 146 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:50.519 point to the offense heating up. Yeah, absolutely, especially after that Angel 147 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:52.679 series. I think we had a lot of guys kind of getting hot. 148 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.559 Obviously, Josh had that crazy little run, and then guys were paid up 149 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:00.440 after him. I think hittings contagious, and I'll ask of that. So 150 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.240 yeah, it's good to see the boys going. I thought it was interesting 151 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.840 his first comments after the big home runs was that it's not possible unless you're 152 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.879 getting on and the people ahead of him are getting on, and that it 153 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:16.240 really is a team thing. And is that maybe the disclaimer about baseball that 154 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.000 it is not such an individual sport but offensively it has to be a team 155 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.360 thing. Yeah, absolutely, take it even a step further. I think 156 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:26.879 that inning couldn't have started without Will's at bat before me. I mean, 157 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:30.080 he had like a nine pitch at bat against a guy who had shut us 158 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:31.240 out at the ending before. So I mean, I'm usually not a guy 159 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:35.039 who swings first pitch a lot of time, and after Will's battling that nine 160 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.559 ten pitch at bat, I felt comfortable swing at that first pitch. So 161 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.440 because of his long ab I was able to get on, and obviously that 162 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.440 whole inning happened afterwards. So yeah, one hundred percent agree. It takes 163 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:48.000 it takes everybody on board. Last year was such a whirlwin for you from 164 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:52.720 the get go. What's been different this year that maybe has been challenging and 165 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.159 maybe real satisfying now that you're you're on a pretty good role again. Yeah, 166 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.440 I think things are a little more I was telling you Stable, I 167 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.720 think it's really cool kind of seeing the clubbies again, kind of saying what's 168 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.879 up. Good to see again. I know where everything's at and where the 169 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.559 weight rooms at. I'm not losing fifteen minutes just looking for the weight room 170 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.200 and all that. Yeah, things feel a lot more more comfortable this year, 171 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.080 Steven. So you look at how things are going, not only for 172 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.399 you personally, but the team, and it seems like a lot of the 173 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:24.320 numbers are similar one loss wise to where you were a year ago. Maybe 174 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:28.679 a different way to get there, but feeling wise. Did it really hit 175 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:31.919 home this weekend when you had some come from behind winds that were so common 176 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.159 a year ago. Yeah. Absolutely, I think we've been all we've been 177 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:39.080 in all these games. Kind of I feel like we hit a little better 178 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:41.879 seventh thinging on, But to finally have them come through, have the guys 179 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:46.639 actually score when they're in scoring position, have the clutch hits. I think 180 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.679 that's really big, But I feel like we've been putting ourselves in that situation 181 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:50.519 a lot of times. It just happened to pan out these this last weekend. 182 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.360 Stephen, have a good week. Thank you, Thanks, I appreciate 183 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.600 you. That's outfielder Stephen Kwan talking about not only his season, but what 184 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:03.279 he's seeing from the ball club as we get deeper into the month of May. 185 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.519 Another young player on this Guardians ball club was infielder Brian Rocchio, who 186 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.440 has since been sent back to the minor leagues, but he was called up 187 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.799 to fill Jose ramirez roster spot while the team was in Chicago, and he 188 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:20.080 came off the bench on Tuesday night and recorded his first major league hit. 189 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:24.799 And when we caught up with him with translation help from Augie Rivero, he 190 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.720 talked about that feeling of reaching base in the big leagues for the first time. 191 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:39.039 They're good. I think it's incredible. It's such a unique energy because 192 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.320 you know, you can only enjoy that once in your life. But I 193 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.919 felt that that was a mixture of, you know, nervousness, but also 194 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.720 enjoying the moment of you know, being a Maya leaguer and you don't start 195 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.360 the game, but you're out in the on deck circle, knowing that you're 196 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:54.240 going to come on as a pinch hitter. What is it like waiting for 197 00:15:54.360 --> 00:16:00.639 that at back to take place? How difficult was that? Now? Yeah, 198 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.120 I mean I know I was on the line up, but as soon 199 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.600 as I got to the dog God, I prepared myself mentally knowing that I 200 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.159 will be able to help the team at some point during the game. So 201 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.879 when that happened, obviously I was mentally prepared for that. I was a 202 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.080 little bit of nerves or going on, you know, maybe enjoying the situation, 203 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.840 but I knew I was ready to play and try to help the team. 204 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.279 And your time in Major league camp, how much did that help you? 205 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:25.639 But betaining, I felt like it helped me a lot, you know. 206 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:27.679 Seeing the level of effort that Ramirez I was sorry that he man is 207 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.960 put in. I think that's a big thing to learn, like the level 208 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.320 of effort they put to the game, but most importantly the what I keep 209 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.919 putting in practice this year. It's just the level of effort to do my 210 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:41.799 best on the baseball field. Brian Rocchio joining us translation helped from argue Rivero 211 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:45.519 and Brian, you're from Venezuela. Some some really good short stops there. 212 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.840 Growing up as a kid, as Drubo Cabrera was one of your favorites. 213 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:56.679 How come think it's just the house move he was on the field, you 214 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.559 know, being short stop and being able to make those different plays with the 215 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.720 glove then with the hand. And as a kid, that's what kind of 216 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.839 like attracts you, you know how he made everything Luke lay bear hand it 217 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.000 plays and Barry with the hand. So I think for me those are the 218 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:14.279 things that trucked me and to admire him as a player. Brian, congratulations 219 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:15.880 on the first major league hit. And you're in there tonight starting at short 220 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.559 Thanks a lot, Thank you, Thank you, Aggie, thank you, 221 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:22.119 thank you, guys, appreciate it. At sinfielder Brian Rocchio, who again 222 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:26.559 is back down at Triple A Columbus. But you get the feeling that we'll 223 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.799 see him again, certainly at some point this season, as he's very highly 224 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.039 regarded, having a good season at Triple A and gave a good account of 225 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.519 himself during his time in the big leagues earlier this week. Stay with us 226 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:41.759 when we come back. We'll visit with a former Cleveland player, certainly someone 227 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:48.000 who had a big role in some great years for Cleveland twenty sixteen, seventeen. 228 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.960 You know, to deal with Francisco Lindoor, one of the top young 229 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.440 players in the game while he wore at Cleveland uniform now with the Mets, 230 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.920 and he faced his old team for the first time on Friday night. We'll 231 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.279 talk to him about it when we come back after this on the Cleveland Clinic 232 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:29.759 Guardians Radio Network. Stay tuned, folks, is Puppy Isn't over? Shimmer 233 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:33.440 was announce back with you. It's Guardians Weekly. Where it's City Field in 234 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:37.200 Queens, New York, where the Guardians are taking on the Mets this weekend, 235 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.279 and that means for the first time since a January twenty twenty one trade 236 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:47.839 that sent Francisco Lindor from Cleveland to New York, the Guardians face Lindor on 237 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:51.279 the field. And we had a chance to catch up with Francisco in the 238 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:55.119 Mets clubhouse before the ball game on Friday night, the first time that he 239 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.880 would face his old team, and he talked about how much he's been looking 240 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:03.119 forward to seeing familiar faces. I'm looking forward to a lot. They they 241 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:07.720 have been close to my heart for a long time, ever since twenty eleven. 242 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:11.680 A lot of the coaches that I came with, they were they're still 243 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:15.599 there, and some of the players are there. So I'm just I'm just 244 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:19.000 happy to see some familiar faces and I'm happy to play against them. You 245 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:22.720 look back at your time in Cleveland, obviously you grew up, but not 246 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.079 only as a baseball player but as a person. How much do you look 247 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.839 back on that time as happy memories? For you? A lot? A 248 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:37.279 lot. The clean organization showed me how to be a professional, and the 249 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:42.359 people of Cleveland, the fans, showed me how to be more caring and 250 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:48.599 more passionate, be more and more in tune with fans. You know that 251 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:55.039 my little routine of signing another graph almost every day comes from there, acknowledging 252 00:19:55.160 --> 00:20:00.359 the fact that they show loved and support me. You know, I had 253 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.200 to do the same back memorable moments. The home run in Puerto Rico, 254 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:07.920 the home run off the foul pole in the postseason against New York, the 255 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:11.039 base set that kept the streak alive against Kansas City, and any of those 256 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:15.039 go right to the top of the list, or maybe one that doesn't readily 257 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.240 come to mind for you. I think my favorite one was recording the last 258 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:22.599 out to go into the Worst Series. I didn't make the last out, 259 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.720 I know Santana didn't, but just that celebration, that that fulfillment of like, 260 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:33.240 yes we did the undoable and then celebrating the club house in Toronto. 261 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:37.759 That to me, that's you know, yeah, it's great when you have 262 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:41.480 athletes and you do stuff and you help the team win. But whenever you 263 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:45.880 finally put it together and you all celebrate at the same time, and that's 264 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:48.240 what matters to me. You had so many good memories in Cleveland, and 265 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:52.960 I know here initially but there were some challenges. How have you managed to 266 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:59.319 get back to being Francisco lindoor again here after the start smile smile my way 267 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:02.400 through life and walk the line, you know, fight the fight, Dane. 268 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:07.440 And they are, you know, understanding that people won't results and they 269 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:15.119 expect players to succeed. And and that's once I understood that they want the 270 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:25.279 the the result of being success successful um and that when they when they cheer 271 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:29.720 you on, they're sharing on the moment, what's happening in the moment when 272 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:33.359 they um, let you know, and they show the frustration. They showing 273 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.480 it towards what's happening in the moment. You know, a lot of times 274 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.559 it's not because who you are, it's because what's happening in the moment. 275 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.839 No one better than you right now to give us a scattering report on the 276 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.359 team we haven't seen in a long time, the New York METS. Um, 277 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.039 what's what's been the challenges early on and what has them going pretty good 278 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.759 this week? Um, the challenges at the beginning where we weren't putting together 279 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:56.000 at the same time. You know, when when we played good offense, 280 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.319 when whenever we hit, we couldn't we couldn't hold them to a couple of 281 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.000 runs. And then whenever they you know, they only allowed one run, 282 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.920 we did wint score. So that was the challenge we weren't doing at the 283 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.400 same time. We have a great group of guys here, guys, very 284 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.359 hard working guys that give us all day in and dayo. And now we 285 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:21.319 you know, we started to move forward. Francisco, good to see again. 286 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.400 Thanks a lot for the time. Yeah, thank you. Nice to 287 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:27.720 catch up with Francisco. Lindor and obviously not easy. I'm sure to see 288 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:32.160 him when the ball came with a base hit on Friday Night. But a 289 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:36.240 young man who meant a lot to this franchise for during some great years, 290 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:40.680 not only for him early in his career, but for the franchise as a 291 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.680 whole, especially back in that twenty sixteen season when the Guardians or the Indians 292 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.359 at that time, went to the World Series. Stay with us. We'll 293 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.519 have our final segment of Guardians Weekly when we return after this time out on 294 00:22:52.640 --> 00:23:03.319 the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. Whoever just hit those breaks hard for no 295 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:07.039 reason was definitely not you. Eric never breaks randomly on the highway, Robino, 296 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.559 because you are a safe driver. 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He always catch us up with some folks who are a big 306 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:56.359 part of this game, and we do the same thing again. Today it's 307 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:04.680 Bobby d at the Ballpark. The perfectly manicured field, the unmistakable room of 308 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:11.759 a ballpark, Hot Talk and the Electricity is celebrating another victory. This is 309 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:18.200 at the Ballpark with Bobby Dee. The ballpark is home to many stories, 310 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.680 many memorable moments, and colorful personalities. Joining me on this segment of at 311 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:27.440 the Ballpark is one of the most talented pitchers to come off the Cleveland Sandlots, 312 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:32.559 one of our very own a Brush High School and Kent State star, 313 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:37.200 mister Steve Stone. Steve, thank you for taking the time to be with 314 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:40.119 us today. What's a pleasure to be with you. It's always special for 315 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:42.720 me to come back to Cleveland. I get to see some of my family 316 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:45.359 that is still here. It's kind of nice. I get to go to 317 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:49.119 a couple of delis that I frequented when I was a youngster, and just 318 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:53.720 going back in the old neighborhood taking your trip down memory lane is always something 319 00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:57.640 that I enjoy. We need to start with your time growing up in South 320 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:03.720 Euclid play for coach Jim Humpel at Brush High School at a time when the 321 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:10.119 Lake Erie League was the premier athletic conference in all of Northern Ohio. Freddie 322 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:17.359 Heinland at Shaker Heights. My older brother Danny was a sophomore when you were 323 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:21.480 a senior at Brush. I don't know if you pitched against Lakewood your senior 324 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:26.480 year, but my brother probably was there watching you perform back in those days, 325 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:30.359 as you were a sixty five grad at Brush High School. What do 326 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:33.480 you remember about those days in the l E L. I remember that was 327 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:36.720 some really good baseball. Euclid was always a good team. In fact, 328 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:40.079 we had a guy at Kent State the name of Tommy l. Jansik who 329 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.599 pitched for Euclid. He was very good. There was a guy at Lakewood 330 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:47.680 I think he eventually got to Saint Ed's, Gary Zanheiser was his name. 331 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:49.559 Another guy who threw really well. We had a lot of talent here, 332 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:53.920 Buddy Schultz at Shaw and he went on to pitch in the Major League. 333 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.960 So we had some guys that threw it very well. We had some guys 334 00:25:57.000 --> 00:26:02.359 who could hit it very well. Shaker won the state championship in nineteen sixty 335 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:06.960 five, and we came close, but there was no cigar, as they 336 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.759 say. I just remember good, solid baseball. I also remember that because 337 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:14.400 of the time it was played. It was played in the early spring. 338 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:18.400 I think we had twenty four games scheduled. I think eighteen of those games 339 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:22.279 were played with the temperatures right around forty or under. It was usually wet. 340 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:25.519 You had to be a mutter to be able to run through the muck 341 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:27.759 and the meyer to actually get it done. But that was what it was 342 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:32.920 like in Cleveland those days, and it really helped me actually to prepare myself 343 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.400 for the times when I was in Candlestick Park, my first team to being 344 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:40.559 the San Francisco Giants. I remember those cold days at Candlestick Park, and 345 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:44.680 I remember back to what it was like in Cleveland those cold days. Steve, 346 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:48.880 we have to talk about your remarkable season with the Baltimore Orioles in nineteen 347 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:56.440 eighty twenty five wins to seven losses. The twenty five wins topping all of 348 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:00.160 the major leagues. You are an All Star and eventually will say Young Award 349 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:06.039 Winner, What do you remember most about that season? Well, as I 350 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:10.039 look back, Bobby, it seems like it happened to somebody else. But 351 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:18.880 what I remember most is that I made a transition that without that I wouldn't 352 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.759 have been able to accomplish. That. It was the middle of nineteen seventy 353 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.640 nine, I was under five hundred, I was with a very good team 354 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:27.480 finally in Baltimore. We were on our way to winning one hundred and two 355 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:32.880 games and playing in the World Series. And I sat back over the All 356 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:37.799 Star break and decided that there was a better picture in here. I suspected 357 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.480 I just didn't know how to get him out, and so I felt that 358 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:45.000 I wasn't going to get any bigger, any stronger, or any faster. 359 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:48.240 What I had to do was find a way to be better prepared on a 360 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.000 daily basis than my opponent. And I knew I was going to face guys 361 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:56.279 who were going to go to the Hall of Fame, and I adopted a 362 00:27:56.359 --> 00:28:00.960 philosophy that you're going to go to the Hall of Fame, but not tonight. 363 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:04.240 Tonight is my night. And then I through a series of things like 364 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:10.759 imagery creative visualization, self hypnosis, and a number of other things. I 365 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.039 devised a way to get the most out of me on a daily basis, 366 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:18.519 because there's times when you just don't feel good. Sandy Kofax, one of 367 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.759 the greatest pictures in the history of our games, said he had his best 368 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.559 stuff twenty five percent of the time, which meant seventy five percent of the 369 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.920 time he had to win with less than his best. He was one of 370 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:33.000 the greats. So for just average guys like myself, maybe we had our 371 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:36.559 best stuff fifteen percent of time, maybe ten percent, so we had to 372 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:40.119 learn how to win with less than our best. For me, it was 373 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:45.000 getting myself better prepared for a performance than my opponent. I didn't have any 374 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:48.559 control over the size, the strength, or the ability factor of the guy 375 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.000 that I was facing, but I did know one thing. I could not 376 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:56.799 allow him to outwork me. I could not allow him to out prepare me. 377 00:28:57.119 --> 00:29:00.359 I could not allow him to want it more than I did and be 378 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:06.480 willing to sacrifice everything for that particular event. And so knowing each and every 379 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:08.799 night that I was going to go in better prepared than the guy I was 380 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:14.319 facing, allowed me to make fifty five zero starts from the middle of nineteen 381 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:18.559 seventy nine to the end of nineteen eighty, and I lost seven times in 382 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.640 fifty starts. Now, my arm kind of gave way after that. But 383 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:26.440 I had a moment. I had an eighteen month window. I had a 384 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:30.680 season and a half of enchanted baseball. And the thing that I never lost 385 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:33.839 sight of, Bobby, was I wasn't great. I was just borrowing greatness 386 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.720 in a short period of time. They were going to come and take it 387 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:41.200 back. Well, thirty seven starts in that nineteen eighty season, over two 388 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:47.880 hundred and fifty innings pitched. But when you talk about visualization and not many 389 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:52.039 guys, I'm sure we're talking about those kind of things, the hypnosis and 390 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:57.200 the visualization that had to be pretty revolutionary at that time. Well, I 391 00:29:57.279 --> 00:30:00.559 went into Roland Heman starting eighteen seventy seven. Now, baron mind, I 392 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:03.720 didn't really implement this till seventy nine. But in nineteen seventy seven I went 393 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:07.400 into Roland Eman GM of the White Sox, and I said, Roland, 394 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:14.960 why does every team have five coaches for the physical aspect of the game, 395 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.720 trainers, strength coaches, etc. Why do they have five and everybody will 396 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:25.880 tell you that the actual physical aspect of performance is twenty five percent. Why 397 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:29.079 do you have five coaches for twenty five percent of the game and no coaches 398 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:32.279 for seventy five percent of the game, which is a mental approach. And 399 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.599 he said, well, said, I never thought of it that way. 400 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:36.440 I said, well, why don't you do? Because if you do, 401 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:41.759 then you're going to get guys mental coaches coming in and helping these guys perform. 402 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.400 You're going to be ahead of everybody because nobody's doing this, and I'm 403 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.200 giving you a chance to get a running start on this whole league, which 404 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:52.160 eventually, because it's a copycat league, eventually they're going to get it. 405 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:55.519 So at any rate, he turned it down like everybody else did. And 406 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.960 so why did it take that long? I don't know, but I was 407 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:00.799 thinking about that, Yeah, surprise, because roll One seemed to be a 408 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:06.200 guy that would take a little bit of risk and chances. But he just 409 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:10.680 was an old baseball traditionalist that said Noah. But it was kind of revolutionary. 410 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.720 Everybody was saying, you know, if you just swing the bat enough, 411 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:17.200 if you just have his whole lot of side sessions, if you can 412 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:21.400 just get this curveball to spend a little bit more. They didn't understand that 413 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:26.640 what's sitting between your ears is what controls everything, and the harnessing of the 414 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:33.279 mental aspect of performance is going to make everybody a little bit better. And 415 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.880 so I have toyed with the idea eventually of being that guy for some team 416 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:41.559 who was forward thinking, because a lot of them have sports psychologist Bobby. 417 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:47.359 But the one thing a sports psychologist, almost without exception, hasn't done is 418 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:51.960 standing sixty feet six inches away from Hank Aaron and looking at his eyes and 419 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:55.079 knowing that he's going to the Hall of Fame. He's an all time great. 420 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.920 But I have to beat him to do my job. How do I 421 00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:01.680 five times a night, times a night. And Hank got one hit against 422 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:05.759 me in his lifetime. It was a three two curveball. He hit it 423 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:07.920 off the end of the bat, pooped it down the left field line. 424 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.359 Was the only hit he ever again, Oh my goodness, that pitching staff 425 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:15.319 that you were on in nineteen eighty with the Orioles. Scotty McGregor wins twenty 426 00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:20.599 again, you win twenty five, He wins twenty. Jim Palmer, Mike 427 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:24.799 Flannagant both wins sixteen. You win one hundred and two or one hundred games 428 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:29.920 that year. The Yankees end up winning one hundred and three to sneak into 429 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:37.160 the American League Championship Series. Talk about what it's like like the four of 430 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:43.480 you down in the bullpen working is there was that that had to be something 431 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:45.400 pretty special. Well, don't forget Dennis Martinez, who went on to win 432 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:49.720 two hundred and forty five games. Dennis Martinez is one of those guys. 433 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:52.160 He would throw two hundred and fifty innings a year. He would go fifteen 434 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:55.240 and seventeen. He would go sixteen and fifteen because he had a great arm 435 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:59.880 but didn't know how to use it quite yet. But that five man wrote 436 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.000 they had five cy Young Awards. Palmer had three, Flannigan one in seventy 437 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:07.240 nine, one and eighty. We would go north many times. Earl Weaver 438 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:13.279 would go north with nine pitchers, nine pictures, five starters, four relievers. 439 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:16.359 And the reason they could do that was we got everybody out. That's 440 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:21.400 why you could do that. Start nine pictures in your staff. That's just 441 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:25.160 and occasionally hard to put your arms around. Obviously, today's game where they're 442 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:29.920 limiting it to thirteen, right. Occasionally they would feel extravagant and go with 443 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:34.200 ten. But the Orioles were a different kind of team. For the reason 444 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:37.400 is you'd look at their players individually, and they weren't as good as Boston. 445 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:40.759 Buston had Butcher Hoops and hitting ninth, he at thirty home runs. 446 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:45.720 They had Carlton fiskeo Hall of famer behind the plate. They had Carlia Stramski, 447 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.839 hall of Famer at first face, they had Burlson, they had they 448 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:52.720 had Remy at at short and second. They had a Hall of Famer Jim 449 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:54.480 Rice, and left. They had Freddy Lynn, a wonderful center fielder. 450 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:59.200 They had Dewey Evans and right field. We weren't even close to that. 451 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:04.839 However, put head to head, the whole of the Orioles was better than 452 00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:07.159 the sum of its parts. And that's the way you win. You win 453 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:10.480 with a team effort, everybody pulling in the same direction. But you have 454 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:15.960 to understand, and this was the philosophy in Baltimore. It was espoused to 455 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:17.559 me by two different guys when I got there in the first month, and 456 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:22.039 they said, we don't score early, and we don't score often, but 457 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:24.719 hold us close and you win more games than you ever dreamt. And the 458 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:30.440 thing and the reason was said, if you hold us close, that other 459 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.840 team is going to make a mistake before we do. And when they make 460 00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:36.760 that mistake, we're going to bury them with it. And that was a 461 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:39.360 team of guys that knew on a day to day basis they were going to 462 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:43.599 beat that other team. They thought about it from the first inning to the 463 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.480 ninth inning. They waited for that mistake, and when they got their mistake, 464 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:49.400 it was lights out for the other team. Or a Weaver, the 465 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:53.039 best skipper you had the privilege to play for. He was the most interesting, 466 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:58.519 I bet yeah. He was one of those guys that I think he 467 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:01.880 understood how to win in baseball. I think he understood percentages before there was 468 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:07.480 analytics. He refused. He would rather give you a child than give you 469 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:10.119 an out. He didn't want to bunt. He wanted to He wanted to 470 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:14.079 hit a three run homer, he thought, you know, he didn't want 471 00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:16.039 to steal very much. He just giving an out was just to him. 472 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:20.719 It was ridiculous. He always had three by five cards matchups. I mean, 473 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.199 he was one of the first managers that ever did that, he had 474 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:24.719 him in his back pocket. He'd take him out, and so you know 475 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:28.639 it was good and it was bad. I remember Jim Palmer saying to him 476 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:30.480 when he came out to talk to him. He goes, the only thing 477 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.960 you know about pitching is you couldn't hit it, So get back in the 478 00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:37.159 dugout. So was Earl the best. Earl was the most successful as a 479 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:42.880 Hall of Fame manager. Earl understood that each guy had a different key. 480 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:47.960 They weren't one size fits all. So one guy he would boot in a 481 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.079 buck, the other guy he would put his arm around. He loved Lee 482 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:54.320 May. He would never say a cross word to Lee May. He screamed 483 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:59.719 at me something you couldn't believe it because I got there. I was there 484 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:02.920 first free agent. They had never dipped in the free agent market before, 485 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:07.559 and so he never let me finish the game, which drove me kind of 486 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.880 crazy. Kept taking me out. One day he took me out. I 487 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:13.639 didn't wait for him to get to the mountain. Come walking off the mountain. 488 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.440 I flipped them. The baseball hits him in the chest, and then 489 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:19.239 I go walking into the dugout. Anyway, the next day we had this 490 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:24.639 knockdown, knockdown, drag out fight. But you know, he did whatever 491 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:28.639 he could to get the best out of the individual player, and more times 492 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:31.440 than that he was right. This was real fun. Wish we had more 493 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:35.199 time, Steve. Thank you so much. Bobby. Always a pleasure and 494 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:37.639 I'm glad. I'm glad you're getting into my business. It's nice. It's 495 00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:43.760 nice to see a long time front office guy getting into the radio biz enjoy 496 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:46.679 doing it. I'll tell you that connecting with all the people that come through 497 00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:52.000 the ballpark. Here's hoping you enjoyed today's visit with Steve Stone. We look 498 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:59.920 forward to sharing at the ballpark stories on the Cleveland Clinic. Guardians Radio Network's 499 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:04.039 Guardians Senior Vice President Bob de Biasio, and that will do it for our 500 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:07.039 show this week. Just a reminder, no baseball today from New York as 501 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:10.559 the Guardians and the Mets were postponed due to rain. A lot of baseball 502 00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:15.519 tomorrow, including a one forty ball game in the afternoon as the makeup for 503 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:19.840 today's rain out in addition to the seven ten first pitch tomorrow night. As 504 00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:22.480 always, thanks to Brian Matzay for helping to put together our show. This 505 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:27.039 is Jim Rosenhouse and we'll look forward to talking to you next week. From 506 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:36.840 Progressive Field on another edition of Guardians Weekly. Guardians Weekly has been brought to 507 00:37:36.920 --> 00:38:08.880 you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance were to