WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.879 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:10.320 Guardians Weekly is brought to you by Progressive Helping Guardians 3 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.679 fans say hundreds on Car Insurance. 4 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:06.319 Hi everyone, Welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rose and Auce 5 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:10.120 along with you from downtown Cleveland and Progressive Field. Great 6 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.519 to be home for a show for the first time 7 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:15.480 in a little while. Good show lined up for you today. 8 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:19.079 As coming up a little bit later on in the program, 9 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.640 Stephen Osterer, the vice president of Player Development, will have 10 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.840 a full farm report focusing in on TRIPAA Columbus. This week. 11 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:31.280 We'll also hear from Dodgers manager and former Cleveland Indian 12 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.200 Dave Roberts with some good memories of his time here 13 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.599 in Cleveland. We'll visit with NASCAR driver Ty Dillan who 14 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:41.400 has a Cleveland connection, and also here from Jose Ramirez 15 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:45.879 and the inspirational story of pitcher nick Enright. But first, 16 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.400 our weekend review, and it begins well with a series 17 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.079 against the Dodgers that was not going well the first 18 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:56.280 two nights, the Dodgers heavy winners seven to two and 19 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.920 nine to five. The final scores Dodger victories, Otani hitting 20 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:03.879 home runs in each game and just too much for 21 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:08.240 the Guardians to handle until Wednesday. That's when Cleveland jumped 22 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:10.280 on top of the first inning a double from on 23 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.520 Hell Martinez brought Jose Ramirez to the plate, sitting on 24 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.520 a twenty game hit streak and looking to extend it. 25 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.879 Michael Brantley had a twenty two game hitting streak in 26 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:25.199 twenty twelve, and nobody has had a twenty game hit 27 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:30.120 streak since that time until Jose here in twenty twenty five. 28 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:33.159 He drives one the left down the line, fair ball, 29 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:36.400 base it into the corner. He's on his way a 30 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:40.120 second in the score. Martina's feet first slide tag not 31 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.800 in time. Rojas thought he got the tag on him. 32 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:49.120 Won nothing Cleveland. Jose Ramirez now with a twenty one 33 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:50.360 game hitting streak. 34 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:54.039 Meanwhile, on the mound for the Guardians, who was kolbe 35 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:58.240 Allard getting the spots start and he answered the call down. 36 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.120 The wind in the O two swung broken bad roller 37 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.120 up the middle to his right, Banken Sneenan throws across 38 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.759 the body got him. Bat went as far as the 39 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:11.840 baseball and Kobe Aller dazzling through three, but that high 40 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.520 power Dodgers offense got it going with two runs in 41 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.719 the fourth, another in the sixth, and one more in 42 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.240 the seventh and made it a four to one LA 43 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:23.240 lead the Guardians, though we'll get one of those runs back. 44 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:26.360 In the bottom half of the seventh, Jose Ramirez, with 45 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:29.599 a two out double, brought Carlos Santana to the plate. 46 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:33.800 The high hold by Trevino and the delivery swung on 47 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.960 a rocket to right base it near the line. A 48 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.479 sliding cutoff by Hernandez in front of the warning track 49 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:45.199 holds Santana to a single, but Ramirez will score and 50 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:50.400 the Guardians won. Two punch of Ramirez and Santana combining 51 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:54.919 for six hits, Santana with his twenty eighth RBI and 52 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.360 Cleveland now trailing at four to two. 53 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.280 It was still four to two in the eighth thenning 54 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.120 when the Guardian's got something going. A pair of singles 55 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.479 from John Kenzie, Noel and Will Wilson followed by a 56 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:11.199 walk to Daniel Steamen that loaded the bases for Nolan Jones. 57 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.560 Now the one two swung on grumble in the whole 58 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.920 basin in the left, Noel scores, Wilson coming around third, 59 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:20.040 he will score. 60 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:22.959 We are tied at four. 61 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:29.199 Nolan Jones a three hit game. He just punched it 62 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:33.639 through the left side of the infield and the fifth 63 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:39.680 blown saved for Tanner Scott and his day is done. 64 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.319 And then after a pitching change for the Dodgers, on 65 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:46.319 Hell Martinez stepped in with two men on banning right 66 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:51.199 handed on Neil Martinez pants three forty six, left handed 67 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:53.759 two forty five. He's batting right handed. 68 00:04:54.120 --> 00:05:00.240 The pitch swung on trill deep what field A way back, go, 69 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:06.959 on Helm Martinez. 70 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:13.199 They will take a joyous stroll around the basis. A 71 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:17.839 three run bullet to the bleachers and left, and the 72 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:22.639 Guardians leaded seven to four on a five run. 73 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:26.240 Eighth inning, and in the ninth the annual Classe was 74 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:29.680 on for the save on field a bit toward right 75 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:34.000 for Hernandez. Class as ready, here it. 76 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:40.000 Comes, swinging in the best ball game, A wicked slider 77 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:44.560 away Class A wipees on Hernandez and one of the 78 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.600 bigger wins of the season for Cleveland five in the 79 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.279 eighth and they stun the Dodger seven to four. 80 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.160 Off Day Thursday for the Guardians, and then Friday, No, 81 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.399 the Angels were too much to handle in a four 82 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.040 to one Los Angeles win at your weekend review. 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Progressive costal the insurance company 97 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.439 if we had another insurch not available in all states 98 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:45.399 or situations. 99 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.680 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Jim Rosenhouse along with you 100 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:00.600 from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, where the Guardians are 101 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.439 taking on the Angels this weekend. One of the hot 102 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:07.439 hitters for Cleveland is it any surprise that Jose Ramirez 103 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:10.839 he has had a tremendously hot stretch and we had 104 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:12.560 a chance to catch up with him about a week 105 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:16.079 ago with translator Augi Rivero, and he talked about some 106 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:18.120 of the keys to getting on a roll like he 107 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:18.959 is right now. 108 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:23.639 Oh no, no, no, my hon. 109 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.199 I mean that those are things that you don't have 110 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:26.959 control over. I feel like you always have to have 111 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.480 the same control this in preparation over you routines and 112 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.560 your preparation, and then the results sometimes come with you. 113 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:34.480 So this time we're lucky that we're getting the results 114 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.199 that we want. But that's something you cannot control. 115 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.600 And as the years go by, obviously other teams they 116 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:41.759 focus on you and they don't pitch you the same. 117 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:44.480 How do you manage to still get good pitches to 118 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.720 hit and do damage? 119 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:51.639 It was the same Also the adjustment that they make. 120 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:53.600 I try to make the same adjustment as well, And 121 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:55.319 it comes down to the focus, the focus that I 122 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:57.879 see the warehold they're attacking for me, also being able 123 00:07:57.920 --> 00:07:59.759 to put a good trend in that different type of 124 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:00.600 way they attack me. 125 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:03.519 Is it hard to stay patient in spots like that? 126 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:10.000 YEFF think it's difficult. That's a real difficulty. Always you're 127 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:11.879 trying to find the way the pitches are again to 128 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:13.199 do damage. You know they're not going to come with 129 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:14.439 the fast fall middle and that I. 130 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:14.959 Like to hit. 131 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.240 But that's that's part of the challeng Just get to 132 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:19.040 find a good pitch and be able to execute it. 133 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:20.600 And that's part of the again because they don't want 134 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:22.639 to find ways, but also I have to find ways 135 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:23.959 how to create some damage. 136 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.519 Jose Ramirez joining us and OSEI, we wanted to have 137 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.639 you on to talk about a milestone that you reached, 138 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.319 and there's so many that have been coming in recent years, 139 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.480 but the two hundred and fifty stolen bases, two hundred 140 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:36.480 and fifty home runs. You stole your two hundred and 141 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:39.639 fiftieth base a little while back. Did you know what 142 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:41.559 was coming in and what did it mean to you 143 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.200 when when you started to hear how rare that is 144 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:44.799 in this game. 145 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.440 So in Bore, you always keep trackling with things, even 146 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:55.159 though you don't put the most important it, but it's 147 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.360 really important. You know, it's a difficult thing to achieve 148 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:59.000 and a very happy we're able to do it, and 149 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:01.919 most importantly thanking God for keeping me healthy. For being 150 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:03.840 able to achieve thus, because for me, the most important 151 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:05.919 part is being able to play and help the team win. 152 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:08.600 And even though we achieved that in significant, the most 153 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:11.360 important part for me continues to try to win games. 154 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.720 And you do it with one team and only three 155 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.080 others Robin Ye, Craig Bihio, Derek Jeter the only others 156 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.960 who now Jose Ramirez who did it with the one team. 157 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.000 How important is it that you've done it with Cleveland 158 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:25.080 and only Cleveland? 159 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:26.960 Impul, Dante Impul. 160 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:31.879 That's want to be the dream of mine. Try to 161 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:33.879 do it with our organization and you know, you never 162 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.879 know when, and you want to accomplish it, and to 163 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:37.399 tell the truth, doing I's going to do it? I 164 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:38.960 don't know, but that's a goal that I had and 165 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.120 luckily we did it. And and the big fortune for 166 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.000 me is that it's we one team. So thanking God 167 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.000 that allowed me to be here and hoping and hoping 168 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.440 as well that I can continue to finish those those 169 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:48.600 careers and those goals here. 170 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.120 And you did it in a win and poor part 171 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.720 of the game winning rally. The reaction of your teammates, 172 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:56.200 what did that mean to you? Just seeing some of 173 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:58.559 the looks on their faces and reactions after the game. 174 00:09:59.000 --> 00:09:59.960 Impul down then pull done. 175 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.120 It was very important, berry rewarding to get there. There 176 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:05.960 the feedback and how they were happy for me and 177 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.559 for me that was the most important to seeing them 178 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.039 happy and seeing the team happy. And I break when 179 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:11.919 I have one of the best teammates in the league, 180 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:14.279 and for me, he's very exciting too. And from for 181 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:16.279 now on, just keep going forward and trying to continue 182 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:16.879 winning games. 183 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.159 It was a great day in the season, full of them. Hosey, 184 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.240 thanks for coming by. I appreciate it. Thank you, I'll 185 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:21.720 get thank you. 186 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:22.320 Thank you guys. 187 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.919 That's Jose Ramirez, who eventually extended his hitting streak to 188 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:29.720 twenty one games before it ended in Friday night's game 189 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:34.799 against Los Angeles. Well. Nick Enright is a young pitcher 190 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:36.639 who has called up to the Major league so over 191 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:40.919 the weekend in Detroit and for en Right making his 192 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:44.399 debut that's special for any young pitcher, and he did 193 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:48.039 so Sunday in Detroit. But for en Right, he has 194 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:52.399 battled cancer since twenty twenty two. It has caused him 195 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:56.039 to put his career on hold for certain time periods, 196 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:58.639 but he has still managed to work his way up 197 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:02.159 through the Guardian's pharmacistem and finally had that chance to 198 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.759 pitch in the big leagues last Sunday in Detroit, and 199 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.759 wouldn't you know it, he got through two scoreless innings 200 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.799 and then after another inning against the Dodgers. He was 201 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:14.519 optioned back to TRIPAA earlier this week, but we caught 202 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.320 up with him after that debut game on Sunday in Detroit, 203 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.519 and he talked about how much it meant to be 204 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.200 able to pitch in the major leagues after going through 205 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:24.679 such a major health battle. 206 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.559 It was incredible, you know, especially right when I was diagnosed. 207 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:29.480 There was a lot of doubts that a daylight today 208 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.399 would have ever come. And there was a lot of 209 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.840 time in the beginning in the middle where we're wondering 210 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.919 is all this worth it? Am I doing the right thing? 211 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:40.120 And so being able to be out there on that mound, 212 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.039 and especially when I got that third out in the 213 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.120 second inning, being able to walk off the mountain and 214 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:46.879 see my wife, see my family in the stands, that 215 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.279 moment is you know, I can't even put into words 216 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.159 how special that was. It made all of the grueling 217 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.960 hours that I've gone through these last couple of years 218 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:57.720 all the more worth it. 219 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:00.559 I thought it was interesting you come up and to 220 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.840 pitch the bottom of the seventh and on a Sunday, 221 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.519 a lot of ballparks play God Bless America, so there's 222 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.279 a delay for that picture. Who comes in at that time, 223 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.679 and that was you making your major league debut. Was 224 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:14.759 that helpful in any way for you? And can you 225 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.720 describe what it was like coming in from the pen 226 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:17.360 at that point? 227 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:19.840 Absolutely, it was really helpful. So I got there, the 228 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.360 umpire did the hand check, and then we both stood 229 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.960 there and looked at the American flag while the God 230 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.720 Bless America was playing. And for me, it gave me 231 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:31.720 some time to reflect on my journey, everything that's happened 232 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.720 these last couple of years, to be thankful that I 233 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:40.039 am where my feed are, everything that's happened, and it 234 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.279 was just it gave me some time to just reflect. 235 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:44.600 And then when the song finished, it was like, Okay, 236 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.120 now it's time to just go play baseball. Everything that's 237 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:49.320 happened these last couple of years, everything I've gone through, 238 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.799 it made being there just all the more worth it. 239 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:56.279 And you were rattling off some names that you've come 240 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.679 up in this organization with who are here now with 241 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:02.840 the Guardians, tell us who's been close with you way 242 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.559 back when before you even got here. 243 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.519 Yeah, I mean me and Kate Smith are very close. 244 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.840 Tim Herron, Joey Cantillo. I've thrown to bow for what 245 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.080 feels like my whole career here, you know, Will Brennan, 246 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:16.120 Logan Allen. I mean everywhere I look at guys that 247 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:19.399 I've played with, and again that made it feel all 248 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:21.559 the more special because at the same time, those are 249 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.799 all guys who reached out to me when I was 250 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:26.200 getting diagnosed and going through that, and those are guys 251 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.679 I leaned on, and those are guys who were around 252 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:30.360 me in the twenty twenty three season when I was 253 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:34.519 in Columbus and I really wasn't myself. I was backpedaling 254 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.799 away from everything that had happened those couple of months, 255 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.159 and all those guys were there and supportive of me 256 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.399 and not just being there for me as a player, 257 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:44.200 but being there for me as a person. And so 258 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:47.240 seeing all those guys knowing that they have my back 259 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:49.840 then and have my back now was it was really special. 260 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.759 I thought it was interesting you said you still have 261 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:56.399 four treatments left and you scheduled those for November. How 262 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.879 come I would want. 263 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:00.480 Like nothing more than to be a part of a great, 264 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:04.519 deep Guardians postseason run, that's for sure. And so so yeah, 265 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.559 so I'd love more than anything to be a part 266 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.039 of this club. You know. I was actually able to 267 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:12.120 be in Cleveland during the playoff ern last year, and 268 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.559 so my wife and I were in the stands for 269 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.240 some of those games, which was awesome to experience. But 270 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:18.600 I'd love more than anything to have those truments be 271 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:20.480 very deep into November. 272 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:23.919 Good planning on your part. You wear number fifty nine, 273 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:26.320 and it sounds like that's not a coincidence. And for 274 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:28.639 fans who follow this team for a long time, that's 275 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.399 a special number. Tell us the significance to you. 276 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.080 So yeah, So Carlos Carrasco was the last person to 277 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:37.559 wear that number. And right when I was diagnosed the 278 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.000 trainer for the Marlin tests of connections with the New 279 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.200 York Mets, and I had a text message from a 280 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.399 Florida number was I was coming back from one of 281 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:49.519 the hospitals from one of my many different tests where 282 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.759 I'm getting poked and prodded, and it was Carlos Carrasco 283 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.440 and he was reaching out to me to support me. 284 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:57.159 We talked on the phone for a minute, and you know, 285 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.200 he told me. You know, one of the things that 286 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:01.879 he bout with was it was a very fork in 287 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:04.240 the row moment for him where he decided, even though 288 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:06.200 he had cancer, he wasn't going to let cancer have 289 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.879 him and control him. And that's something where he reached 290 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.080 out to me at a very crucial time because I 291 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:16.720 was very I felt alone and in the dark and spiraling. 292 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.919 And from that conversation on, I was able to be 293 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.919 a lot more. You know, Okay, like you know, this 294 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.480 is happening, but I'm not going to let it control 295 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.120 who I am and I'm not going to let it 296 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.200 dictate my life. And so being able to wear the number, 297 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.480 you know, that's really cool. 298 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:35.000 Fast forward to yesterday. You look great on them out. 299 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.000 Let's just talk pitching. How do you feel? I know 300 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.559 you missed some time in spring training with an injury, 301 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.240 but it sounds like it's been going well and it 302 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.120 seems like your stuff is where you like it to 303 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.679 be or are you still working on some things? 304 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:49.440 Absolutely, I felt fantastic. You know, Hedges called fantastic game 305 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:52.159 back there. I've always been a guy who, even though 306 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.399 I might not light up the radar gun necessarily, my 307 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:57.639 fastball has some good kind of under the hood metrics, 308 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.440 and so I was fortunately I was able to get 309 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.200 ahead to a bunch of guys. I was able to 310 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.840 execute at the top of the zone in the outer half, 311 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.200 and yeah, I felt really good. You know, it was 312 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.919 the same pitch and catch, the same sixty feet six 313 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.279 inches that it always has been, and so I feel 314 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:13.440 really good. You know, for me, it's always been kind 315 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:16.440 of the breaking ball command helped set up the fastball, 316 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:20.759 and being able to throw some sliders early accounts get 317 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:24.600 ahead with those kind of helped make them have to respect, Okay, 318 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:26.720 it's not just going to be a fastball, and so 319 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.720 that was really helpful. 320 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:30.919 It was nice because you pitch for a major league 321 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.200 baseball team, you can have a platform for people who 322 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:38.120 are going through what you have have gone through. How 323 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:40.399 much does that come into play for what you're all 324 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.600 about now moving forward? 325 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.399 Absolutely? 326 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.600 You know. 327 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.480 One of the reasons that I wanted to kind of 328 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.960 share my story with Zach over these last couple of 329 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.720 years and share my story with everyone here has been 330 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.000 you know, when I was diagnosed, one of the first 331 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.799 things I did was look up other professional athletes to 332 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.799 see how other professional athletes who been going through something 333 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:01.000 similar to me, because it's that's what we do as people. 334 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:04.119 We want to see and relate to what's going on 335 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.000 and how other people have come through it. And so 336 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.119 for me now being in this position, I want to 337 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.839 be able other people to look to my story as 338 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.839 a source of you know, inspiration, pull them up on 339 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.759 a bad day knowing, you know, hey, because there are 340 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:22.680 there were a plethora of bad, dark days going through this, 341 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.519 but that's when it was I was leaning on family, 342 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.079 leaning on friends, reading stories of other people who've gone 343 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.039 through similar things, knowing that there is a light at 344 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:33.000 the end of the tunnel. And so that's what I'd 345 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.759 like to do with this, is, you know, to show 346 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.839 people that you know, yes, I have cancer, I've gone 347 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.359 through all these treatments, but I haven't let it, you know, 348 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.200 derail what my life plans were. 349 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.799 Congratulations on so many fronts. Great to have you here, 350 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.960 Thanks for the time, Thank you so much. Inspirational story 351 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.200 that he wants to share and he certainly should, and 352 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:54.119 I am imagine we'll see and write again before the 353 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:58.079 season concludes. But Nick enright an inspiration to many or 354 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:01.079 his battle with cancer that he has beaten and now 355 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.759 a major league pitcher. Even though he is back in 356 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:06.039 the minor leagues now, he can always say he at 357 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.559 least pitched a couple of games in the big leagues. 358 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.880 And again, I think we'll see him again before it's 359 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:13.599 all said. Stay tuned when we come back, we'll hear 360 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:17.039 from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. That's next on the Cleveland 361 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:18.680 Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 362 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:43.680 William says, the sign into the wine and tonight's first 363 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:47.640 pitch swung on whack to right, one nothing, Dodgers deep 364 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:52.240 into the lower deck. Show hey o'toni and that ball 365 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.599 left the yard in the blink of an eye. And 366 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.680 show hey o'toni as his nineteenth home run on the 367 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:03.519 first pitch of the game. He's leading the National League 368 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.559 in the home runs. And that didn't take long. Won nothing, 369 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.799 LA And we're underway at the corner of Carnagian, Ontario, 370 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:16.720 with a game time temperature of sixty three degrees. 371 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.759 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenow's back with you 372 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:25.759 from downtown Cleveland. A progressive field. The Dodgers were in 373 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:28.119 town earlier this week, and we had a chance to 374 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:31.960 sit down with their manager, Dave Roberts, a former Cleveland Indian, 375 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:35.039 and talk about his early days in Cleveland. But first, 376 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.319 as everyone around baseball wants to know what's the latest 377 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:42.200 about the possible return of Show Hey Otani to the mound, 378 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:44.799 and we asked if there's a little more stress added 379 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:47.759 to the job when Otani does become that two way 380 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.839 player once again. 381 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.240 I think the fun part of it is seeing potentially 382 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:54.880 seeing one of the greatest players of all time now 383 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:58.440 take the mound as a Dodger, so that's always exciting. 384 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:01.519 I think the the scary part of is how you 385 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:06.640 kind of plug him in and how to manage him to, 386 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:09.440 you know, not push him too much to make sure 387 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:13.200 that you don't compromise the bat. But as a fan, 388 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:16.200 I'm all in. Can't wait to see it and show 389 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:19.000 he has been great and off to another MVP type season. 390 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.599 Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joining us, You're back in Cleveland, 391 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:27.519 where your playing career began as a major leaguer. How 392 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.079 much do you remember about that that first time being 393 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.680 called up and playing in the big leagues with a 394 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.960 really good Cleveland team. 395 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:39.599 It was really special for me to make that drive. 396 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:47.200 I think it was from Rochester to Cleveland to then 397 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:50.200 take a plane down to Tampa. And that was the 398 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:53.359 day that Wave Boggs got three thousand hits. Kenny had 399 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:55.920 a hamstring injury, and I remember throwing out three hits 400 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:59.920 and Bobby Witt was my first hit. And it's funny 401 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:02.279