Speaker 1: Hey, quiet on the set. We got a real guy here.
Speaker 1: That's the one and only Mariachi Joe Kelly on a
Speaker 1: bullpen day. Joe, thanks a lot for the time. I
Speaker 1: appreciate it.
Speaker 2: A real person. Thank you.
Speaker 3: I appreciate you having me on. It's the least I
Speaker 3: could bring to the team right now, besides positive vibes,
Speaker 3: you know, give them the boys confidence and you know
Speaker 3: I'm gonna be down there in the pen tonight with them.
Speaker 3: I am every game. It's been fun to watch obviously
Speaker 3: this postseason ride. Obviously I wish I was involved in
Speaker 3: a part of it, but you know, I like to
Speaker 3: try to help the team in any way I can,
Speaker 3: whether it's you know, some during San Diego, I was
Speaker 3: trying to look at their pictures see who their tendencies are.
Speaker 3: So it's just been things here and there. I wouldn't say,
Speaker 3: obviously any type of coaching, but I'm just here to
Speaker 3: bring the light the more fun of the baseball aspect
Speaker 3: during obviously a serious time.
Speaker 1: What's it like in a game like this, not only
Speaker 1: for Joe Kelly but all those guys in that bullpen.
Speaker 1: What's the mood and how different is it than a
Speaker 1: normal game?
Speaker 3: Uh, I think we enjoy it more obviously when you're
Speaker 3: having a regular start right the the score, the situation,
Speaker 3: the the length of your start of that night kind
Speaker 3: of dictates the game in one of these games. For
Speaker 3: a bulben game, knowing that you're gonna be a part
Speaker 3: of it at some point, you kind of know your
Speaker 3: role throughout the day, throughout the evening. You know, score
Speaker 3: doesn't dictate it as much because the same guys will
Speaker 3: throw no matter what. You know, maybe just in a
Speaker 3: different order or a different time, but knowing you're gonna
Speaker 3: be able to pitch that day and play and be
Speaker 3: a big role, I think the boys definitely enjoyed a
Speaker 3: little bit more. Obviously, if you're doing throughout the season,
Speaker 3: you know every fourth game you get tired, but there's
Speaker 3: there's there's no complaining.
Speaker 2: When it's a playoff game.
Speaker 1: It feels like not only yourself, but other guys in
Speaker 1: that bullpen have described those relief pitchers as a group
Speaker 1: of dogs that really want in badly. Have you ever
Speaker 1: been part of a bullpen like that?
Speaker 2: Every year's divin.
Speaker 3: Obviously the talent you have sometimes can match the talent
Speaker 3: we have here, but you know when you bring the
Speaker 3: quality of character and plus talent, plus friendships on and
Speaker 3: off the field kind of irreplaceable.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: It's one of those things where it's everyone says that
Speaker 3: the teammates that they're their brothers or you know, they're
Speaker 3: they're all there. Everyone likes each other. But down in
Speaker 3: our bullpen, uh, we have that. Plus we have the
Speaker 3: love from the position players, the starters. Usually bullpen guys
Speaker 3: are kind of isolated, right, and then the playoffs, you
Speaker 3: know everyone recognizes them, oh wow, like they help us win.
Speaker 3: But from day one here in this organization, this year,
Speaker 3: this spring training, we've kind of been recognized throughout the
Speaker 3: whole season.
Speaker 2: Our teammates have appreciated it. You know.
Speaker 3: You I've been on teams where you know you could
Speaker 3: do your job and like you said, break records, throw
Speaker 3: thirty three scorers in the postseason, and you know push
Speaker 3: some players could just shower and go home.
Speaker 2: Here, it's it's embraced.
Speaker 3: We're recognized, and you know, you want to be involved
Speaker 3: with your team, right, but you know you want everyone
Speaker 3: to notice, you know, when you're bringing your a game
Speaker 3: or when you're providing beginnings and big moments. And to
Speaker 3: have position players of our caliber who recognize it and
Speaker 3: you know kind of like, you know, we're wouldn't be
Speaker 3: here without the bullpen type thing. It goes a long
Speaker 3: way and it makes you not try harder, but like
Speaker 3: I said, it makes you feel more involved with the team,
Speaker 3: and you know, team wins become that much more fun
Speaker 3: and it brings a group together a lot more.
Speaker 1: Joe Kelly is our guest, obviously tough for him to watch,
Speaker 1: but certainly being involved to help his teammates during this
Speaker 1: postseason run. How about the offense, Joe, I mean, these
Speaker 1: guys have really started to come together. Can you see
Speaker 1: from your vantage point how unselfish they're at bats are
Speaker 1: and how they're playing for each other.
Speaker 2: They've been.
Speaker 3: There's times where they would say that they've throughout the
Speaker 3: whole entire season right now the postseason where it's like, man,
Speaker 3: that's bad often today, or we throw away at bats
Speaker 3: after the fifth or after a big lead we're down.
Speaker 3: It's easy to give up kind of at bats and
Speaker 3: turn into a selfish player. But the fight that our
Speaker 3: guys have is has been pretty cool to watch. You know,
Speaker 3: yeah you might strike out, yeah you might pop up
Speaker 3: with the guy in the third.
Speaker 2: Lesson two but the.
Speaker 3: Consistency throughout our lineup from top to bottom of the
Speaker 3: focus and the intensity of you know, trying to one
Speaker 3: make a pitch of work, and number two when they
Speaker 3: throw a strike, you know do damage, you know, because
Speaker 3: you can throw, you get behind accounts, walk guys, and
Speaker 3: then some guy could jump ship and you get a
Speaker 3: first pitch double play and it ruins the whole offense.
Speaker 3: Right and right now, we're not doing that. We're still
Speaker 3: taking pitches. We're still trying to, you know, fight with
Speaker 3: two strikes. You know, throughout the year you might see
Speaker 3: guys one, two and you know, swinging for the fence,
Speaker 3: trying to strike out. And it's been kind of a
Speaker 3: different kind of mentality where you know it might be
Speaker 3: down six runs at this point, but we'll get guys
Speaker 3: on first and second and you know we're still not
Speaker 3: working at bat.
Speaker 2: If I get out, I get out.
Speaker 3: But usually you see other teams we would just swing
Speaker 3: first pitch and get out and you know, kind of
Speaker 3: kill the inning. So it's been impressive to watch. It's
Speaker 3: hard to do as a player, obviously, when.
Speaker 2: You're trying to win a World Series or a championship.
Speaker 3: It's easy to play for your teammates, but I think
Speaker 3: we've been doing it, you know, a little bit before
Speaker 3: the playoffs even started, so we've been in that mindset.
Speaker 1: Joe, love catching up with you. You know, the city
Speaker 1: loves you, and obviously I know it hurts not being
Speaker 1: part of this, but it sounds like you're trying to
Speaker 1: do everything you can to help your team out because
Speaker 1: you obviously are one of the best teammates out there.
Speaker 1: So thanks a lot for the time. And baseball isn't boring.
Speaker 2: Baseball is not boring. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 1: DV my guy, Joe Kelly, my third favorite Kelly in
Speaker 1: that family. We'll send it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 1: Tim