WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:07.519 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. Guardians Weekly is brought 2 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:59.719 to you by Progressive helping Guardians fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi, 3 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:04.200 every one, Welcome to Guardians' Weekly. Jim Rosanouce along with you from Progressive 4 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:10.319 Field downtown Cleveland. As we get a little bit closer to the start of 5 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.159 spring training. Next week will be our final show in Northeast Ohio before we 6 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.680 leave for spring training, and then from then on throughout the spring, we'll 7 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:23.519 bring you the show from Goodyear and the Guardians spring training complex there, so 8 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:29.400 certainly looking forward to that as excitement builds for a new season ahead. And 9 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.599 coming up on our show today in just a little bit, we will hear 10 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:37.159 from one of the bright young catchers in the game today. The Guardians very 11 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.760 fortunate to have Bo Naylor behind the plate as their primary catcher heading into the 12 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:47.000 season, and we'll talk to Bo about some of his ideas and plans for 13 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:51.400 the season, expectations, and also a look back at last year when he 14 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.439 really made a name for himself at the major league level. We will continue 15 00:01:55.480 --> 00:02:00.000 our look around the American League Central visiting with Chris Addabury the new lead radio 16 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:05.560 voice for the Minnesota Twins, the defending Division champs. Chris will bring us 17 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:07.560 up to data on what's been happening with the Twins in the off season, 18 00:02:07.759 --> 00:02:14.439 and he may have seen that the Guardians released their promotional schedule for the twenty 19 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:19.599 twenty four season. Annie mad Zellen a longtime member of the Guardian's front office. 20 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:23.879 She will fill us in on some of the great giveaways, promotions, 21 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.719 dollar dogs, all that good stuff that's coming up in twenty twenty four, 22 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:32.479 and also a big postgame concert appearance by the one and only Shaquille O'Neill. 23 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:38.800 But first, we had a chance to visit with Bow Naylor at Guardsfest just 24 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:43.960 a couple of weeks back, and Bow looks great. He really it looks 25 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:46.840 like he'll be coming into camp a little bit heavier than a year ago, 26 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:52.000 but muscle heavy. I mean, he looks really really built up and strong 27 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:55.639 and trying to sustain that wear and tear the major league catchers go through over 28 00:02:55.639 --> 00:03:00.199 the course of a long season. That breakthrough year last year, over all 29 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:05.479 hit two thirty seven in sixty seven games after he was called up about midway 30 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.759 through the season, eleven home runs, thirty two runs driven in. Here's 31 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:13.479 the good stuff. You may remember when he was first called up, he 32 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.919 struggled a bit at the plate as he was really trying to focus on handling 33 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:22.159 a pitching staff and his defense. And he hit just one seventy nine with 34 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.680 four home runs in his first thirty nine games. But you flip the switch 35 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.520 and the last month plus of the season over twenty eight games, bo Naylor 36 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:35.960 hit three twenty one with seven home runs and eighteen runs driven in. And 37 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:40.439 here's the big number is OPS. That number that measures on base plus slugging 38 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:46.360 that so many front offices they look at that as a really good barometer of 39 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.560 some of the top hitters in the game. Anything over eight hundred is tremendous. 40 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:53.840 Bo Naylor that last month plus of the season had an OPS over a 41 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:59.639 thousand, the best in the American League's second best in all of baseball. 42 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:02.599 So a real confidence boost for him heading down the stretch. And when we 43 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:08.319 caught up with him at guards Fest, we talked to him about dialing it 44 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.879 down and getting away from the game a little bit during the off season before 45 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:15.560 he really built things up and got going with his preparation for this year. 46 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.839 What does Bo do during the off season to take that time away. For 47 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.800 me personally, I would probably say just a lot of video games, you 48 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:29.040 know. Yeah, there's a lot of time spent with my brothers. Really 49 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:31.319 taking that time to just kind of chill, sit down, even if I'm 50 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:35.040 on the couch all day, but yeah, you know, just kind of 51 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:39.319 really put your mind in a place where you don't have to worry about being 52 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:43.519 somewhere at a certain time and really just kind of sit down and you know, 53 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:46.600 let everything kind of settle. So it was it was a good time. 54 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.120 But you know, shortly after I had to get back to business and 55 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:53.399 get back in the gym, and I know you have a good setup in 56 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.839 Arizona. Well why is it important for you to get back to the Toronto 57 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:01.079 area every once in a while and the winter, Oh it's huge. It's 58 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.879 like a it's like a mental and physical reset for me. You know, 59 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:09.240 that's my homeless where I grew up. Seeing the people that I love that 60 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:13.160 are still back there. You know, I got to do it and it's 61 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.720 one of the many things that I look forward to doing every off season. 62 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.240 So yeah, you know, I got back there a few times, got 63 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:24.160 to see some of my family, and really really take advantage of some great 64 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:28.879 times with them. You finished really strong a year ago. On what clicked 65 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.079 in for you if anything, or was it just the natural progression of getting 66 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:33.879 more comfortable in the major leagues It allowed you to have a lot of success 67 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:39.120 later in the year. I definitely think it was the natural progression. I 68 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:43.160 think I was really trying to take care of the things behind the scenes, 69 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.519 you know, preparation wise, to put myself in a good position in the 70 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.480 game, and I think over time it really fell into place, which I'm 71 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:54.959 super pleased you mentioned, Adam, and when we talk about improving it, 72 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:59.439 it's easy to see the offense. How do you feel though about your work 73 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.720 behind the did you feel like you came along just as much and maybe it's 74 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.240 not something that can be measured as well. Yeah, for sure, I 75 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:11.360 think that I worked really hard to be able to command a staff like that, 76 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:15.120 and there were a lot of different situations that I was thrown in. 77 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.600 However, I think that I if I failed at them, I'd learn from 78 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.879 them, and if I did well, I took it with me and continue 79 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:26.600 to try to better myself. And that's just something that I'm looking to try 80 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.639 to build on for the year to come. And when you look at the 81 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.680 managerial change, you'll have a manager who was a former major league catcher for 82 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.160 a long long time. And have you talked to Stephen Vote about that and 83 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:41.600 how he can be a help for you this year. I think that we 84 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:44.160 still need to dive into that a little bit more, But you know, 85 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.519 in the conversations that I've had with him, it's been a lot more personal 86 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:50.759 really just trying to get to know one another and you know what we're about, 87 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.480 and you know how we've kind of gotten to this point in our lives. 88 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:58.199 So I think it's been a really good start to building a great relationship 89 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.720 in a great bond with him. As I've always said, he's someone who's 90 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:04.480 super knowledgeable and knows so much about this game. So moving forward, I'm 91 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:08.480 super excited to be able to pick his brand and a lot of this stuff. 92 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.480 And is it okay still to have your brother on the team. Yeah, 93 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.240 as Josh walked by, But Austin Hedges is back and I know you 94 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:21.639 just a very brief time a couple of years ago he was here. What 95 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:25.759 can that mean to have a veteran catcher who has been through all those things 96 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.720 we talked about with Steven Vote a little bit, but someone who's out there 97 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.279 with you, what benefit can that be for you based on what you know 98 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:36.759 of him? It's huge. He's a special human being and I know everyone 99 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:41.920 on this team would agree with that statement. I'm very excited, you know, 100 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:45.360 in that little short span of time, I got to kind of sit 101 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:49.600 back and see the work that he does to prepare for the game, to 102 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:55.079 prepare for the pitching stat to command a game and lead a team, and 103 00:07:55.160 --> 00:08:01.120 I think having him along on this journey is it's amazing. I'm super happy 104 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.360 he's back, and I think that he's very excited as well. This time 105 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.879 of year, how excited are you to get it going and see what this 106 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.720 team could be, especially after a season last year. I don't think anyone 107 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.680 was pleased with how it ended. I think there's a lot of talent in 108 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:20.800 this team, and you know, kind of referencing last year, I think 109 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.399 that, you know, it left the taste in our mouths that we weren't 110 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:28.079 too pleased with, and honestly, I think that with the right mindset that 111 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:33.320 this team has, I think that it'll only add fuel to the fire and 112 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.200 be able to help us really go through this season and start it with the 113 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.320 right mindset and kind of help us really bear it down and have that set 114 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:45.600 mind or have that set goal in our mind of what we want to achieve 115 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.879 how we're going to get there. So I'm excited this group. Like I 116 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.759 said, they have so much talent, so much ability, and I'm excited 117 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.919 to really sit back and be able to see what they do. That's bow 118 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.519 nail Or, a bright young man who, as you may know, has 119 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:03.639 been working on his Spanish so that he can overcome any type of communication gaps 120 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:09.279 with the Latin pitchers that are a part of the pitching staff and just generally 121 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.960 trying to help himself out as a teammate to everybody on the ball club. 122 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.799 So a lot of good things going on for Bone Nailor heading into twenty twenty 123 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.360 four. Also a lot of good things off the field. If you're coming 124 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:24.840 to games this summer, there are not many nights where there won't be some 125 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.320 sort of promotion, whether it be a giveaway item, fireworks, dollar dogs, 126 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.360 all the good stuff. And when we come back, Anni mad Zellen 127 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:37.399 will join us and talk about the promotions coming up this season. She's the 128 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:43.720 senior manager of Advertising and Promotions, and she'll be our guest next. Now 129 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:48.799 the two to two swung on a smash down the right field line, fair 130 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:54.279 ball in a Ricussan to the corner for a double in the scores printed and 131 00:09:54.519 --> 00:10:00.000 Bone. Nailor laces an RBI double into the right field corner in the Guardian 132 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.960 and have a two nothing lead. Now the scent. Now the pitch to 133 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.360 Freddy Fermin. The runner takes off. I throw on a pitch out, 134 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.840 throw it a second by Nailor. He still got him. Wow, what 135 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:16.960 a play by Nailor. He called a pitch out. Stefan didn't throw a 136 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.480 pitch out. He just threw it high over the plate. Naylor had to 137 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.679 lunch back to grab it, spin around, throw it a second, and 138 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:31.279 throw out the runner. You may never see a better throw out than the 139 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:39.600 one we just saw from Paul Nailor. Progressive asks, what do a diehard 140 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.799 fan watching the game at home? Poor? He placed? Good luck, 141 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:48.519 candle, don't let me down? Dandle a last second? Improbable Yes and 142 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:54.159 frammable sports teamed curtains haven't common Boo boo boo. They can scorch your big 143 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.759 win. High and Joe beloved sports Memorabilia Unwashed nineteen ninety seven Game Wars Jersey. 144 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.120 Bundle your home and auto with Progressive for great savings and round the clock 145 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:05.720 protection. Progressive Casualty Insurance company affiliates and other insurance not available in all states 146 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:50.879 or situations. Bouche shell one Christ Welcome back to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse 147 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.159 back with you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, and we are joined now 148 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.720 by Annie mad Zellen, who's the senior manager for advertising and Promotion, and 149 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:05.039 earlier this week the twenty twenty four promotional calendar was unveiled. Annie, I 150 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:11.159 know this is something that planning wise goes back to as early as last season. 151 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:13.039 You have to start looking ahead to the next year. And why don't 152 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:16.360 we we start with some of the giveaways that will be happening this year at 153 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.440 Progressive Field. What are some of the highlights in your mind as as we 154 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:24.799 head into the new year. Yeah, thanks, Rosie. I'm really excited 155 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.159 about our bobbleheads for this year. We have Jose Ramirez, Josh Naylor, 156 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:35.440 Christy McKenzie and our future Guardians Hall of Fame inductee, and I think they're 157 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.279 just really unique and have some really cool details that all of our fans will 158 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:43.679 really appreciate. So great stuff there, bobbleheads and also some other stuff too 159 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.279 that some of them are repeats. It sounds like from years ago because of 160 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:52.279 popularity in years past. Yeah, definitely. We did our first Hawaian shirt 161 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.759 giveaway last year in twenty twenty three and it was a huge hit. We 162 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.159 love seeing everyone wear it back to the ballpark, so decided to bring that 163 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.440 back this year, but with a little twist on the design. We went 164 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.759 with a red shirt and it's got the Sugardale hot Dogs integrated into the pattern. 165 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:13.679 So really excited for fans to see that and grab at the ballpark. 166 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:18.279 On July third, you mentioned the Sugardale hot Dogs, Dollar Dogs back and 167 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:24.159 fireworks. Yeah, we have nine Dollar Dogs nights and fifteen fireworks nights. 168 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:30.360 That includes two Rock and Blast shows in late August. You mentioned Rock and 169 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.360 Blast and you might not be able to disclose the theme as yet, but 170 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.639 how has that evolved from when it first burst on the scene to where it 171 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.240 is now? Just something that's certainly appointment viewing for so many fans late in 172 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.759 the season. Yeah, it's really amazing to see how it's evolved. You 173 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:50.919 know, it started as just kind of an expanded show with some scoreboard elements, 174 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.279 and you know, now you look at it, it's a really involved 175 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:01.720 fireworks show, completely sync music and scoreboard video with you know, additional pyro 176 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.559 effects and lighting effects. You know, my favorite thing is to see the 177 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.879 fireworks coming off of the sun guard at the top of the ballpark. So 178 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:15.320 it's really really evolved in Our team is always looking at ways we can make 179 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.080 it even cooler for the following year. Andy Matt Zellen joining us. He's 180 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:22.360 the senior manager for advertising and promotions. Andy, You've been at this a 181 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.559 long time, and I've held off a little bit here in our interview to 182 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:31.320 talk about this one. My favorite is the postgame concert. You have a 183 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:37.000 big man coming in to put together a DJ show. Tell us about Shaquille 184 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:43.679 O'Neil's appearance at the ballpark this summer. Yes, Diesel aka Shaquille O'Neil will 185 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:50.000 be performing a post game set on June twenty second, So come down on 186 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.480 that game. You get your Josh Nailer bobblehead courtesy of Medical Mutual at the 187 00:14:54.519 --> 00:15:01.360 gates, and then fans can all fans no separate ticket required after the game 188 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:05.440 and enjoy Shaq's said. I have not seen him live, but I've been 189 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.000 scouring the internet for videos and it looks like it's going to be an amazing 190 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:16.720 show. Awesome stuff Shaquille O'Neil Diesel with the DJ postgame concert, and that 191 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:20.519 is definitely an appointment. You you mentioned free uh I think you said free 192 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.600 T shirt Fridays. Those are back and how many are there for that? 193 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:31.279 Yeah, we have eight free shirt Fridays running from mid May to the end 194 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.759 of August. So really excited to partner with some local artists to bring those 195 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:39.960 to life this year. You know some of our other fan favorites that we're 196 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:45.840 bringing back. You mentioned dollar Dogs. We're going to have two dollars pregame 197 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.879 in the district presented by Miller Lyton Course Light on select Fridays and Saturdays, 198 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:54.960 and we're also bringing back our Lightweight hoodie giveaway in September. This has become 199 00:15:54.120 --> 00:16:00.320 a staple of our promo calendar for the last few years, so look to 200 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.480 come up with a really great design that fans can enjoy this year as well. 201 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:07.600 How far out do you do some of this stuff in terms of planning 202 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:11.519 and having to order to make sure all the merchandise is here in time. 203 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:17.799 We actually start usually in June or July for planning for the following year, 204 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:23.000 but it's kind of a constant process where we're always looking for different ideas and 205 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:29.399 making notes of different you know, moments on the field or things that we 206 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:33.360 reflect back on our players that fans will really kind of get a kick out 207 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:37.679 of and really kind of kick off the planning and artest. I would say, 208 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.399 you know, June, July, and August, and so definitely working 209 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:45.159 really hardhead or really far ahead, which can be tricky, but you know, 210 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:49.200 we definitely want to make sure we have enough time to really develop these 211 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:53.759 great products for our fans. Well, it's amazing just looking at the calendar. 212 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:59.960 There are very few games where there is not either a giveaway some sort 213 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:03.960 of promotion be it the dollar dogs or two dollars pre game in the district 214 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:07.920 nights, something that's in addition to baseball. And it's a great credit to 215 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:11.559 your team for sure, Annie, and thanks so much for coming by and 216 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:15.000 filling us in on some of the great things coming up in twenty twenty four. 217 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.519 Great thanks, Rosie, I appreciate you having me on. If you 218 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.000 want more information, go to cl guardians dot com slash tickets and don't forget 219 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:27.200 tickets going on sale before our next show next weekend two one six day next 220 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:32.759 Friday the sixteenth at ten am and you can get first dips on all those 221 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:37.680 great nights that Annie just talked about for the coming season. Again cl guardians 222 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.519 dot com slash tickets. Stay tuned more to come after this on the Cleveland 223 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:56.640 Planet Guardians Radio network. Boy, this has got a chance to be a 224 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:33.240 fun summer game. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly as we continue our look around 225 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.240 the American League Central Division, and it's time now to catch up on the 226 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:42.160 division champs, the defending division champs, the Minnesota Twins with their fine broadcaster 227 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:48.119 Chris Addabury, who goes full time now as the radio voice of the Twins. 228 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.839 This will be his initial season and Chris, first off, congratulations, 229 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.000 what an off season for you and I'm sure a dream come true to be 230 00:18:56.079 --> 00:19:00.640 the lead radio voice for a major league team. I mean, we all 231 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:04.079 kind of want that role, and I think I've been very fortunate. I 232 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.920 came to the Twins the same year you joined Cleveland two thousand and seven. 233 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:11.079 So I've been around a minute in a variety of roles, you know, 234 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.400 pre and posed, and i'd always call, you know, anywhere twenty to 235 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.359 fifty games a year. But to be the league guy with Corey going to 236 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.039 TV is super exciting and honestly we joke about it all the time. But 237 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:26.559 I owe it mostly to Cleveland because I think I've done like ninety percent of 238 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:32.519 my big league games have been in Cleveland because Danny's never in Cleveland. So 239 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:37.119 without my yearly three trips to Cleveland to be on the air, maybe I 240 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:41.559 wouldn't be in this spot. So now I get to spread my wings into 241 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.839 every ballpark and not just your beautiful ballpark. Well, and you had an 242 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:52.640 opportunity late last season to be on the mic for the division clincher and then 243 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:57.720 also obviously working through the postseason. But for the Twins, you know, 244 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:02.559 a year ago division tie obviously a big deal, but maybe a bigger deal 245 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:07.680 they won a postseason series, and you know, obviously that was a tough 246 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:12.279 stretch of years where they would make the postseason and not only not win a 247 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:18.519 series, but not win a game. A gigantic sigh of relief or was 248 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:21.640 it more than that when when they got past the Blue Jays and then really 249 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:25.319 played well against the Astros too. Yeah, I think it was a little 250 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:27.400 of both. Like it was definitely relief, Like you can only hear that 251 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.119 narrative so long, and yet you can't argue with it. You know, 252 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:36.359 every single year I heard a new group of players or front offices or coaches, 253 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.279 well, we're not It wasn't our streak. We weren't around for that, 254 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:41.359 And I'm like, yeah, y are now you know, you just 255 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.799 you just lost a couple more. It was almost an incomprehensible streak until you 256 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:49.839 started digging into it and realized that, you know, for ninety eight percent 257 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:53.359 of those games, the other team was better, and most of the time 258 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.839 that other team was the Yankees, and they were better. If you're starting 259 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:00.839 ccs of Athy and we're starting Brian Gunny in Yankee Stadium, like, you're 260 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:07.119 probably gonna win in the peak of CC's career. So we had our chances 261 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.880 to win some games in there. They didn't go our way. So to 262 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:14.759 finally this guild of a hump was nice. I think there's still some disappointment 263 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:18.039 though, because you know, after stealing one in Houston, you know it 264 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:22.160 was all there for the taking force. I think that we match up really 265 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.599 well with Texas. They didn't want anything to do with us. We saw 266 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:30.319 them late in the season and really dominated them in every fast of the game. 267 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:33.160 Houston was always a tougher matchup for US. We had Sonny Gray at 268 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:37.200 home in front of crazy crowds, and we just we couldn't get it done. 269 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.759 And so I think while there's a level of satisfaction for winning a division 270 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:47.799 and winning a series, I don't feel like this team came anywhere close to 271 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:52.519 living up to its potential last year. So hopefully we can do that this 272 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.400 year and not just kind of muddle around for five months and then play well 273 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.359 for a few weeks. Like I think it's a team that has the talent 274 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:04.039 to really dominate in the division, and yet, as you've seen up close 275 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.240 and personal, rarely does that happen, right. We always just kind of 276 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:11.559 kind of linger around and hope for a late push, And I think that's 277 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:15.920 the hupe we have to get old. Well. Well, we'll talk about 278 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:21.640 the team heading into twenty twenty four shortly, but first, Chris, I 279 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:27.960 imagine just a super special day recently when Joe Mauer was announced as a Hall 280 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:33.480 of Famer. He'll go into Cooperstown this summer. What a great story. 281 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:38.519 I'm not sure how many Hall of Famers are that hometown kid who made good. 282 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:44.000 And what was the reaction among Twins fans and just in general in the 283 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:48.559 Twin Cities to the announcement that Mauer had made the Hall. Well, I 284 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:51.920 think it's fantastic. And you know, now Saint Paul has four Hall of 285 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:56.119 Famers, which is more than any town or city of any size. You 286 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:00.119 look at Winfield and Mallitor and Morris and now Joe Oh, which is crazy, 287 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.160 you know, and they all literally grew up within like a two mile 288 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:07.920 radius of one another. So it's pretty spectacular. And I think for me 289 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.480 it's cool because you know, I got here an O seven, fresh off 290 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.680 Joe's batting title, first batting title, and Joe could do no wrong in 291 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.400 the Twin Cities. Is the perfect hometown euro And then he got hurt, 292 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:22.599 and then there was the inevitable backlash, Well, why doesn't he hit more 293 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.400 home runs? He's not touching anymore, Joe's overrated. And then now I 294 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:30.960 think we finally get to just settle all that garbage yeah, Joe's awesome and 295 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.240 he's a Hall of Famer. It was always, well, he's good, 296 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:37.680 but he could have been, you know, as inevitably happens when someone doesn't 297 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:42.920 make any missteps, when they're just consistently a good person. There's no drama, 298 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:47.680 you know, there's no redemption story after getting in trouble off the field. 299 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.559 He was just consistently really good at being a husband and a father and 300 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:55.799 a son and a baseball player. And then now instead of is he or 301 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:57.640 isn't he, you know what, he's a first ballot Hall of Famer. 302 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:03.640 Well three catchers. Ever, that conversation is in the dustbin forever, and 303 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:07.319 we can just appreciate it because, as you well know, anymore, the 304 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:11.000 Hall of Fame process, I feel like it's more like picking at what people 305 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:15.200 didn't do as opposed to celebrating just how phenomenal all of these players who are 306 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:19.160 even considered for the Hall of Fame are. And so I think Joe is 307 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:22.720 well deserved. I don't think there was ever a catcher like him. We 308 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.160 may never see a catcher like him again. And I feel very blessed to 309 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:30.839 have been in the front row to watch most of that career and my favorite 310 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:37.640 antidote about Joe Mauer, could you please describe the establishment across the street from 311 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:42.480 his high school baseball field that features some of the best burgers you'll ever have 312 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:47.039 and a bowling alley in the basement. Yeah, the Nook. Yeah, 313 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:51.480 the Nook is home of one of the one of the birth spots of the 314 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.480 Juicy Lucy. There's a bit of an argument on each side of the river 315 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:56.759 here, Matt's Barr in Minneapolis, the Nook and Saint Paul. I'm a 316 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:02.839 Nook guy myself, and it's right over fittingly the left center field wall. 317 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:06.079 And the deal was if you hit the Nook with a home run, you 318 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:10.759 got like a free burger. The funny thing is they have burgers in there, 319 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:15.279 and Juicy Lucy is the molten lava cheese inside the burger, and so 320 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:18.440 like you take a bite and in like this, there's a lot of oozers 321 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.400 out the sides. And you know, he and Glenn Perkins they rented out 322 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.319 that whole bowling alley innovation for they al Suday in twenty fourteen. It was 323 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.359 a pretty cool deal. But they named the burgers after famous ALUMSA Cretan so 324 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:36.119 there's a Paul Mahllerderberger, and there's a Chris wank Berger and a Steve walsh 325 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:40.839 Berger and all these different guys, and then there's the Mala And they named 326 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:44.519 it all the things you could name it for a hometown hero. They named 327 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:51.119 it the Mallard double play Burger. And Joe who hit into his fair share 328 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:53.920 of you know, four six threes and got much relied for it. He 329 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:59.119 never understood that. He's like, they named it that because it was Jake 330 00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:02.759 and Joe older brother and Joe, and he's like, I get it, 331 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:06.519 man, but like, Jake's not playing anymore, But you have to call 332 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:08.640 it a double play Burger for real. That's all you can come up with. 333 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.839 And so hopefully now they'll change it to the Hall of Famberger or something, 334 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:19.720 because the double Playburger was a all time low key slight of Jojo from 335 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:25.240 his buddies a nook. Hopefully he shed some light on that and provides some 336 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:29.400 clarity in his Hall of Fame speech. Coming up in Cooperstown this summer. 337 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:33.880 Chris Adabury joining us. He's the new full time radio voice, lead radio 338 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:37.319 voice, we should say, the Minnesota Twins coming up this season, and 339 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:41.039 let's take a look at at twenty twenty four for the Twins, So they 340 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:47.519 win the division title in twenty three, have a playoff run and not a 341 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:53.720 whole lot happening. I think fans here in Cleveland can identify there's a TV 342 00:26:53.960 --> 00:27:00.799 situation in terms of income coming in that is kind of Trim's budgets and they're 343 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:04.119 kind of waiting to see what happens there. But what's going on for the 344 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:08.559 Twins to try and get better in the twenty twenty four season and stay ahead 345 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.880 of the competition in the division, Well, that's a big question, right. 346 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:17.680 I think undoubtedly we had the best team last year. It wasn't easy, 347 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:21.480 but eventually they won the division. I think we have the best team 348 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:25.759 on paper again this year. But I think it's gonna be another absolute dogfight. 349 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:30.000 I think it's gonna be Cleveland no matter what. They're gonna be in 350 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:33.559 the mix. What if we've played in the last five years, maybe three 351 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.519 games that we're just out of my two runs or less between these two teams, 352 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:40.160 and then I think Detroit tell me come too. I think they're gonna 353 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.599 be a lot better. But for the Twins, the TV things a real 354 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:45.839 deal. I mean, I know Cleveland's in the middle of it, but 355 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:49.359 the Twins even more so. They literally their contract ran out with the old 356 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:55.640 Ballet slash Diamond slash Sinclair slash whatever, fake company. They're going to come 357 00:27:55.680 --> 00:28:00.559 up with the Hyder money and push the deadlines, and so we were ready 358 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:06.559 to move on to a league package or whatever else was out there. And 359 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:10.079 then now with all of this bankruptcy court and all this stuff that's outside of 360 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:14.279 your control, they're probably gonna be left with very few options and maybe get 361 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:18.400 sucked back in at a low ball number by the same snakes that put you 362 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:22.039 in this spot in the first place. That's a bad business model, right 363 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:26.559 like that puts you behind the eight ball big time. Where you're a team 364 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:30.960 like the Twins or the Guardians who really rely on that money to balance out 365 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.839 your budget, to not know if it's coming or how much it's gonna be 366 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:38.000 is really difficult. So they made their one move. They traded Hori Polanco. 367 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.839 I know Cleveland won't be sad to see him go because he's had some 368 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.920 games against you guys through the years. He's out best at that you need 369 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:49.039 to switch hitter. He's a pros pro and we're really gonna miss it. 370 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:52.759 He was our longest tenured guy. But I'm not surprised. You know, 371 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.440 d Sclafani gives you at a starter. He's not sunny gray, but he's 372 00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:00.559 a legit guy. Topa the reliever. You know, only has one year 373 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.079 in the big leagues. He's thirty two. He had one year in the 374 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:07.079 big leagues. He was a good year, but you know, it remains 375 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.960 to be seen. He's an ex arm in the fen, a tough at 376 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.640 bat, you know, sinker ball die and then a couple of prospects. 377 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:15.680 So I think they did well in terms of the mass of the trade, 378 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.519 but it's certainly not a needle moving trade. I think what the Twins are 379 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:25.920 banking on is not only having a solid foundation to their rotation. When you 380 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:30.000 start with Pablo Lopez, who I think is a legit cy young type candidate, 381 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.480 Joe Lyons still has room to get better. Bailey Ober, I think 382 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:37.680 legitimized himself as a major league starter, will get Chris Paddock back, who 383 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:41.319 look great in the postseason. You got the Spliffani and then Louis Varlin floating 384 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:45.079 around and a really strong bullpen that will be better. I think from the 385 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:49.799 beginning than a year ago. But really you're banking on your highest paid players 386 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:53.880 currently playing more and playing better, and as all starts at Byron Bucks, 387 00:29:55.079 --> 00:30:00.759 if Byron can play geez even eighty games in center field only got a lot 388 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.240 better. And if Carlos Korea can, for the first time in a Twins 389 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:10.880 uniform, actually perform offensively like the All Star that he has been in the 390 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:14.279 past. I mean, he carries himself like then suddenly our offense gets a 391 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:17.359 lot better, and then we give Royce Lewis for a full year. So 392 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:21.640 I think that's where we're banking on the improvement full year of Royce Lewis, 393 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:26.079 who's a legit star type human being, a healthy and hopefully at long last 394 00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:30.640 productive year from Carlos Korea. You know, Carlos came in talking I want 395 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:32.359 to be in the Hall of Fame as a Twin and this, and that 396 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:37.240 he hadn't hit like one at all. He's played amazing defense and was great 397 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:40.680 in the postseason, But aside from you know, a pretty good September two 398 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:45.599 years ago and he was playing for a contract, he has not performed offensively 399 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:48.119 in any way, shape or form the way he did in those good years 400 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.799 in Houston, and obviously some things risk you. And then Byron just wasn't 401 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:57.640 healthy. So you're talking about three potential superstars and and two of them didn't 402 00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:02.160 either play enough for play like superstars a year ago, and the other guy 403 00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.839 did but he only got half a season. So I think that's where you're 404 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:11.200 looking to get an improvement of the Twins baseball team is already existing players playing 405 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.200 more and playing better. Yeah, it's interesting we do this interview in early 406 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.839 February, and I feel like the Twins are kind of in the same boat 407 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:22.880 as the Guardians for the reasons you mentioned TV contract wise and the uncertainty there. 408 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:27.920 We can have a lot different teams or or at least some moves or 409 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.960 maybe not. But you get the feeling the off seasons not over yet and 410 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.839 it might not even be when the season begins, if that makes sense. 411 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:38.720 Well, and that's kind of always been Derek salve'sm right. We traded our 412 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:44.440 closer on opening day a couple of years ago in the Taylor Rogers Chris Paddock 413 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:48.279 deal. We added Donovan Solano after camp had already started. You know, 414 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:52.240 Korea was a late edition, so we've always made the arise Lopez. We've 415 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:56.200 always made late moves. I don't think the Polanco deals the last year we 416 00:31:56.240 --> 00:32:01.680 made before we report, I feel that there's a move out there, and 417 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:05.880 we'll have to give up talent to do it. But I think there's a 418 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:10.920 move out there that will involve bringing back a starting pitcher who's a bit higher 419 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:17.279 ceiling and more controllable, younger guy than a Discofani. I really believe that 420 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:21.759 that's kind of the guys we've targeted. We built a rotation by trading for 421 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:25.119 good pictures from other teams, whether it was a number one pick in Chase 422 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:29.799 Petty to get Sonny Gray, and we traded for Pablo Lopez. You know, 423 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:32.359 we traded for Joe Ryan, We traded for Chris Paddock. We traded 424 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:36.799 even for the ones that didn't work out, guys like Lancelin and Tyler Malley. 425 00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:38.039 We traded for those guys. We have kind of said, okay, 426 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:43.920 you know, we've got some developmental issues in our pipeline where we're creating good 427 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:47.680 relievers. Bailey overs made the jump, but we struggled to find top notch 428 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:52.119 starters. Developmental wise, we're not Cleveland yet right where you're spinning new starters 429 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:57.480 off your assembly line every year, and so we've had to find an alternative 430 00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:00.480 means almost like they comes used to do it. Okay, we grow in 431 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:04.920 some bats, let's go trade those bats for pitching. So even getting this 432 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:08.400 like Gabriel Gonzalez is the prospect as part of the Polanco deal. You know, 433 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:12.000 see a guy, then you can flip in a bigger deal to get 434 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.640 another arm back. But I do think we'll make another deal that. The 435 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:21.839 one thing that you guys can't do is you can't replace a guy who has 436 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.559 maybe the greatest manager whoever set a dugout right like, so you can. 437 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:29.799 You could change all the faces you want, and I love Stephen got as 438 00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:31.920 you will know. But to me, man, that's the biggest loss in 439 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:37.200 the whole division is when Terry Frank Coote is no longer then the big X 440 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:42.519 factor heading into twenty twenty four absolutely for Cleveland, no question about it. 441 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.960 We won't know until the season develops and you see how things go, especially 442 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:51.200 when you go through those tough patches. But we'll see Chris. Look, 443 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.480 it's always exciting when your team's the defending division champs and you've been to the 444 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:59.319 postseason, so certainly Minnesota has that going for them heading the spring training. 445 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:01.759 Enjoy your time down in Florida and we'll look forward to seeing you when the 446 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:06.720 teams meet during the regular season. Yeah, you avoid the cactie out there 447 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:10.079 in uh in Arizona. You're in charge of keeping. Tell me on schedule 448 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:15.599 throughout the spring uh, and then we will see you guys all too soon. 449 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:17.960 I'll tell you. My biggest bummer about the balance schedule is if we 450 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:22.119 only see you guys, you know, a couple of times in your place 451 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:24.440 and a couple of times at ours, and as opposed to three every year, 452 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:28.599 I would have preferred. I would have preferred to keep it the old 453 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.599 way so we could spend one more time together. We will for John Wards 454 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:36.880 somehow. But hey, thanks, thanks for the time today, and and 455 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.039 go go Montana State. How's that? Ah? I like that you almost 456 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:44.639 said Montana I wanted to. I would have had to not talk to you 457 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:47.039 for the uh you know for a while. That's like me saying, go 458 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:52.239 Lea. You know you want that. If I came in here saying go 459 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.639 LEI, what would you say? All right, hang up on you? 460 00:34:54.559 --> 00:35:00.199 That'd be enough. Chris. Thanks for the time. Pal, all right, 461 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:02.960 you always pleasure. That's Chris Adderbury, the play by play voice on 462 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:07.840 the radio side for the Minnesota Twins. Stay tuned Morticom after this on the 463 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:19.280 Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, stay tuned, folkses Puppy Isn't Over. Progressive 464 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:23.199 presents spectator tips from Flow, who knows nothing about sports. First, talk 465 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:27.480 about retired players with reverence, even if they did crush your dreams when they 466 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.360 played. Next, whenever people get excited, just yell. It's about time 467 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:35.440 works in any situation. Finally, when someone mentions protecting the QB, tell 468 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.599 them how Progressive protects you round the clock. 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As next week we'll wrap it up from here and then head 475 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:15.519 on out to Goodyear for spring training, and our shows will come to you 476 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:22.840 from Goodyear for the remainder of the spring, starting with the Saturday, February 477 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:27.960 the twenty fourth show, and that also coincides with our first broadcast, the 478 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:31.599 Cactus League Opener, when the Guardians take on the Cincinnati Reds in Goodyear on 479 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:37.039 Saturday afternoon, the twenty fourth with a three to zero five first pitch. 480 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.079 So a lot of good things happening. If you want to pick up our 481 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:43.920 show each week, you can do so on the Guardians Radio Network. WTAM 482 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:47.840 eleven hundred is the flagship in Cleveland. They carry it each and every weekend. 483 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:52.920 Several of our affiliates pick it up from time to time. WAKR down 484 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.800 an Akron on a regular basis as well, so check that out, or 485 00:36:55.840 --> 00:37:00.360 you can pick it up in podcast form as it usually drops a day later 486 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:06.159 if we air the show on Saturday. Wherever you download your favorite podcast, 487 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.280 that's going to do it for our show this week. Thanks so much for 488 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:13.039 tuning in, Thanks as always to Brian Botse for putting together our show each 489 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:16.480 and every week until next week. This is Jim Rosenhouse reminding you that you've 490 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:32.559 been listening to Guardians weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 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