WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.960 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. 2 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:10.439 Guardians Weekly is brought to you by Progressive helping Guardians 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:52.479 fans save hundreds on car insurance. Hi everyone, welcome to 4 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:56.399 Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse along you do this weekend from 5 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:58.880 Saint Louis, says the Guardians are at Bush Stadium to 6 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.880 take on the Cardinals and weekend series. I got off 7 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:04.680 on the right foot on Friday night and now heading 8 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:08.200 into play on Saturday, they have an opportunity to clinch 9 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:12.040 the American League's Central Division title. As the beat goes 10 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.000 on for Cleveland. A big week for the Guardians as 11 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.319 they clinched a playoff birth on Thursday afternoon with a 12 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:20.599 victory over the Twins. We'll have much more on that 13 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:23.719 later on in our show. We'll have a clubhouse celebration 14 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:26.519 and also take a look back at the weekend review. 15 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.760 So you stay tuned. It's Guardians Weekly and we get 16 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.799 rolling in earnest after this time out on the Cleveland 17 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:35.000 Clinic Guardians Radio Network. 18 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:41.680 Progressive Nose. Finding your new home was a dream come true. 19 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:44.439 You wanted it close to town with a picture window 20 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.959 overlooking a yard, and you found it. Now when you 21 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.959 sit down to dinner, You've got front row seats too 22 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:58.519 your neighbor's daily pickleball game. Progressive can't save you from 23 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.000 your noisy neighbors, but can save your money when you 24 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:02.879 bundle your home and auto with us. Get a quoted 25 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.719 Progressive dot Com, Progressive nsually, insurance company affiliates, and other 26 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:07.079 insurance not available in most states. 27 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.800 Big week for Cleveland as we welcome you back into 28 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.680 Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosen House along with you this weekend 29 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:41.719 from Saint Louis. But the big story was what happened 30 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.759 back home for the Guardians this week as they opened 31 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.840 up a key four game series against the Twins on 32 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.159 Monday night, and Minnesota got the scoring started with three 33 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.479 runs in the third inning, and it stayed three to 34 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.719 nothing until the fifth. That's when Cleveland got on the board. 35 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.240 With a couple of men on and Andre cimen As 36 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:03.439 batting with two outs, the pitcher Lopez swung out broken 37 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:06.639 bat looper toward the third baseman Lewis. He bobbles it, 38 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.759 can't pick it up. One run scores. Now they throw 39 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.439 back to third, diving back as Martinez, but he's tagged 40 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:18.439 out by the shortstop Carrea. The Guardians do score their 41 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:22.719 first run, but that's it, as Martinez has caught off 42 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.919 the bag at third and retired there to end the inning. 43 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.520 So we will head to the sixth. It's the Twins three. 44 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:33.159 The Guardians won. Guardians got a little closer in the seventh, 45 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.560 bas is loaded and on Hell Martinez standing in down 46 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:40.759 the set and Lopez is ready. Here it comes, swung 47 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:45.879 in line drive to left field, basehead, haddo, score man Sardo, 48 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.680 everybody else moves up a base heads on one run 49 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.800 game third head of the ninth by on Hell Martinez 50 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.120 as he lines an RBI single the left and Roco 51 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:04.240 ball deli with trepidation. We'll go to his bullpen. Then 52 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.680 in the eighth, Josh Naylor got things started with a 53 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:10.800 leadoff double, bringing Kyle Manzardo to the plate. Now the 54 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:14.759 left handed hitting Mansardo ground out, flyout and a walk. 55 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:17.680 The pitch swung on. 56 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:22.480 Hit hard, hit deep to right hallway back. 57 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:27.800 Go holla about that? 58 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:36.319 A majestic two run bond a right by Kyle Mansarto 59 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:43.959 off Minnesota's best Griffin Jacks. That was a ninety seven 60 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:50.120 mile an hour fastball. Mansarto did not miss and Cleveland's 61 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.199 got the lead for the first time tonight, four to three, 62 00:04:55.240 --> 00:05:01.319 and the Twins bullpen has imploded again. And as usual, 63 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.519 the Cleveland bullpen was terrific. It kept the Twins off 64 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:07.199 the scoreboard through eight innings and in the ninth a 65 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:10.160 Manual class was on to try and nail down another 66 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:15.839 milestone save Cleveland trying to reduce its magic number to 67 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.199 clinching their twelfth division title to eight and their magic 68 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:26.319 number to clinch a playoff spot to two. Class as ready, 69 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.639 here's the one too swam in a miss Bowl game, 70 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:35.600 got him with a cutter and Emmanual class A blows 71 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.680 through the Twins here in the night Kyle man Soto 72 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:42.639 with a mammoth two run homer in the bottom of 73 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:47.279 the eighth. Another brilliant effort by this Cleveland bullpen and 74 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:53.319 Emanual class Manchiz Jose Mesa for the greatest single season 75 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:58.920 a closers ever had in Cleveland, forty six saves and 76 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:02.160 nearly two weeks to go to add to it. The 77 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:07.720 final to night Cleveland four in Minnesota three Tuesday, the 78 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.439 Twins were the winners four to one the final score 79 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.040 Tuesday night to even up the series at one. Win apiece. 80 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.759 But on Wednesday, it was back to tight action all 81 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.079 the way through to the end, this time a game 82 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:22.000 that needed ten innings to decide it. The Twins jumped 83 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.040 on top with a run in the first, but in 84 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.079 the second, the Guardians got that run right back. Courtesy 85 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:32.199 of Josh Naylor Bailey OBErs, pitch swung on hit a ton. 86 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.399 Oh way out of here the right. 87 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:42.560 We are tied at one. That, folks, is the definition 88 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:49.399 of prodigious and number thirty for just Naylor. A career 89 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.879 year with thirty bombs and now one hundred and four 90 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:58.439 runs banned in and the ballgame is tied at one, 91 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:04.319 four hundred and forty five feet. The Twins retook the 92 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:06.600 lead two to one with a run in the fifth. Well, 93 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:09.439 once again Naylor had an answer as he led off 94 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.879 in the bottom of the seventh. Now the pitch a 95 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.439 swing of the drive did a bright field away back 96 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:30.279 on Just Naylor two Minnesota two, a toring blast on 97 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:35.639 the fifth straight change up of the bat, and Naylor 98 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:41.480 was sitting change up and didn't miss it. We are 99 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.959 deadlock dead two here in the seventh inning, the game 100 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:49.399 stayed tied at two through nine and on the extra innings, 101 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:53.199 we went twin. Shortstop Carlos Correa, who already had driven 102 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.000 in the first two Minnesota runs, made it a four 103 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:58.680 RBI night as he delivered a two run single in 104 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.079 the top half of the tenth inn and the Twins 105 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:04.000 were back on top four to two, so the Guardians 106 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:05.839 had their work cut out for them. In the bottom 107 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.480 of the tenth, Josh Naylor was the runner at second 108 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.199 base to start the inning, and leading off was pinch 109 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.800 hitter Kyle Mansardo. Now in the scent the look back 110 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.879 the pitch, swung on grumble base hit that'll get into 111 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:21.519 the right center. Naylor hits third. He's coming home. It's 112 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.439 a one run game. And this is why we always 113 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.720 say in extra innings, man, when you're the road team, 114 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:31.560 you almost feel like you have to have a multiple 115 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.519 run inning at the top of the inning. That's what 116 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:38.679 the Twins got. And now Kyle Manzardo comes through the 117 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:43.000 big pinch at RBI single the right center. Andre Semenez 118 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:44.960 followed to the walk and that put two men on 119 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:47.559 and another pinch hitter came to the plate in Will 120 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:51.720 Brennan swing on looping liner base hit at the right center. 121 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:57.480 Snow hits third. He's cunning home by Walder stopping at 122 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:58.919 thirties hit on us. 123 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:01.279 We are at four. 124 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:08.720 A two strike single to right center my Will Brennan 125 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.279 and then two batters later, runners on the corners with 126 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:17.080 one out, Brian Rochio stepped in, ton can comes, sent 127 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.519 hands chest tie, lets it fly and the pit swung 128 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.600 at bunst over the head of Santana base hit right field. 129 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:29.639 I walked up win for Cleveland. Bowl game from the 130 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:35.440 corner and the Guardians deal the Twins another gut punch, 131 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:40.759 scoring three in the bottom of the tenth and stun 132 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:47.320 Minnesota in walk off fashion five to four as Brian 133 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:51.679 Rochio with that high chumper that riccochet over the head 134 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:57.720 of first basement Carlos, Santana and Cleveland got three RBI 135 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:04.080 singles in the tenth, So another dramatic win for the Guardians. 136 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:06.960 But really it just set the stage where what would 137 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.240 happen on Thursday afternoon? A chance to clinch a playoff 138 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:13.240 spot with a win. They didn't need a scoreboard watch 139 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.840 and they got. The scoring started early with Kyle Manzardo 140 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:19.240 batting in the bottom half of the first inning. The 141 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.519 pitch and manzarda with a drive too deep right. 142 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:24.159 Down the line on. 143 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:32.480 Kyle Manzerto has been a one man Twins wrecking crew. 144 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.440 He won the game the other night with a two 145 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:39.919 run homer in the eighth. He got a critical pinch 146 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:43.559 at RBI single last night in the tenth, and he 147 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.720 hits a towering home run down the right field line 148 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:50.360 here in the first, and Cleveland's got a one nothing 149 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:55.879 lead on the Kyle Manzardo solo homer, his fourth. They've 150 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:00.879 all come since his recall from Columbus. Stayed won nothing 151 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:03.440 until the fifth, when the Twins took the lead on 152 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:06.480 a two run double by Manny Margo. But the Guardians 153 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:08.480 even things up in the fifth inning thanks to some 154 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:14.200 good situational hitting from Brian Rochio. The two pitch swung 155 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:17.279 on skyball to center, this is deep enough to tie 156 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:21.120 the game. Buckston medium deep makes the catch, tagging his 157 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:25.159 Nailer throw, goes to third head first, slide in safely 158 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:29.480 him and has in scoring Nailer and Noel stays at 159 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:33.519 first and Rochio comes through with a terrific at bat 160 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:37.480 down OH two, got a sack fly to medium deep 161 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.840 Center is thirty sixth Army I and this ballgame is 162 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.720 all tied up at two, and it's the little things 163 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:50.000 this inning that Cleveland has done and Minnesota has not 164 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:55.120 done that has resulted in Cleveland tying the game. Then 165 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:58.279 the Guardian's bullpen went to work, Andrew Walters put up 166 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.039 a zero in the seventh. Hunter Gaddis did the same 167 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:03.679 in the eighth, and then Emmanuel Class was out there 168 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:06.519 for the ninth. Now the set now the one one 169 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:10.919 swung on line drive center field, Miles Straw makes the catch, 170 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:15.200 chest high. Classe A throws up another zero, and we 171 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:17.759 go to the bottom of the ninth, Cleveland trying to 172 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.559 walk it off. For the second day in a row, 173 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.799 we are deadlocked dead two. The Minnesota pen was able 174 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:26.919 to keep the Guardians off the board as well, and 175 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:30.639 for a second straight day, the game went to extra innings. 176 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:32.960 In the top half of the tent, the Twins loaded 177 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:36.720 the bases with just one away and Eli Morgan was 178 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:42.440 trying to minimize damage. Morgan, from the set check second 179 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:47.080 comes to the plate swinging a liner to right, but 180 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:52.159 right There's Thomas makes the head high catch. Twins loaded 181 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:56.159 them up with one out in Correa and Buckston not 182 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.960 able to deliver. Bottom of the tenth is next still 183 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:03.120 two to two ball game, so the Guardians had a 184 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.200 chance to win. On the bottom of the tent. Jose 185 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:08.639 Ramirez was the runner at second base starting the inning off. 186 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:11.799 Josh Naylor was retired for the first out. Then Lane 187 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.639 Thomas was walked intentionally, and that's at the stage for 188 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:21.120 Andre Semenez. Now the payoff pitch to Hemenees swung and 189 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:24.759 ripped a right. There's a Bason hitting third coming for 190 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:30.639 home Ramirez. He will score in The Guardians are headed 191 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:37.440 to October, and yes, Cleveland, for the fourteenth time since 192 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:42.879 nineteen ninety five, you will have in October to remember. 193 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:50.600 Andre Semenez roops a game winning single to aright, scoring 194 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:57.399 Jose Ramirez from second, and for the third time this 195 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:03.799 week against Minnesota, Cleveland stunts the Twins in ten innings 196 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.399 by a final score here today of three to two. 197 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:14.320 Oh what a series and what an incredible way to 198 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.759 clinch a playoff spot here today they had to do 199 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:23.279 it in ten innings. But again this club, as they 200 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:27.799 have all season long, finding a way to win it, 201 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:32.519 and they win it and punch their ticket for October 202 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.919 with back to back walk off wins in less than 203 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:42.080 twenty four hours and after the game. The celebration was 204 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:45.200 on in the Guardians clubhouse, and we will hear from 205 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:48.399 Chris Antonetti, Steven Vote and many of the players a 206 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.039 little bit later on in our show today. But first 207 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:53.919 a look at Friday's game, the series opener in Saint Louis. 208 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.519 No signs of a hangover in this one, as the 209 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:59.480 Guardians took the lead in the third inning. Jose Ramirez 210 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.039 batting with two outs and two men on now the 211 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.879 three to zero swung on line drive base hit right 212 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:09.440 field Cleveland tanks the lead into score. Schneman Martinez to third, 213 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.519 throw to third head first slide, He overslid, the bag 214 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.120 got back on time when the ball got away from 215 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:19.639 Suh Jace, and that allowed Ramirez to go to second 216 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:23.559 on the throw to third. One nothing Cleveland and the 217 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:28.879 Jose Ramirez with rb I number one O eight. The 218 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.720 Guardians added one more in the fourth thanks to another 219 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.039 two out hit, this one from Daniel Schneman. Long set 220 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:38.879 now the pitch swung online base hit in the right 221 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:43.600 field rounding third heading for home is Naylor. He scores 222 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:48.240 and Schneeman comes through with a two out RBI single 223 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.519 and the Guardians now lead it to nothing. Now Schneeman, 224 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.519 he've been laboring a little bit last ten games. Was 225 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:58.919 just two for twenty three coming in, but a walk 226 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:02.559 his first time around to now a two out RBI single. 227 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.039 He now has twenty two driven in on the season. 228 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.559 Saint Louis cut the lead in half with a run 229 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.799 in the fourth, but in the fifth, Ramirez pushed it 230 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.360 back out to a two run lead. Here comes the 231 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:17.559 two to two swung on and that's lifted high and 232 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.399 deep down the right field line. 233 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.360 Does it have enough? 234 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:26.000 Yes, home run Ramirez right down the line, and it 235 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:32.279 had just enough and it stayed just fair. Another home 236 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:37.039 run for Jose Ramirez is thirty sixth and the Guardians 237 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:41.759 now lead three to one. Laine Thomas stayed high with 238 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.919 a solo home run of his own in the eighth inning, 239 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.720 and that's how it ended. As the Guardians continue their 240 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.759 march toward a Central Division titled they can clinch that 241 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:54.440 crown on Saturday with another win over the Cardinals. Stay 242 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:56.519 with us when we come back. We'll get the sights 243 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.240 and sounds, well just the sounds, it's radio. But ins 244 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.519 clubhouse celebration after clinching a postseason birth on Thursday, Well 245 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:06.920 that for you when we come back after this time 246 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:35.960 out the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network, we love you. 247 00:17:36.200 --> 00:18:35.599 Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you 248 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.519 from Bush Stadium in St. Louis, where the Guardians are 249 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.960 taking on the Cardinals this weekend. And what a day 250 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:44.559 was on Thursday at Progressive Field. We heard highlights in 251 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:48.079 the last segment from the playoff clinching win and after 252 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:51.359 the game, the party was on in the Guardians clubhouse. 253 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:55.240 Let's listen in. Well, they've popped the corks and everything's 254 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:59.720 flying now, and we're joined by a president of Baseball Operations, 255 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:04.880 Chris an Todeddi. They're just in a toast to manager 256 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:08.359 Steven Voden that Chris, I know in the offseason you 257 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.079 were trying to figure out who's going to manage this 258 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.839 team going forward, and it seems like you have found 259 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.440 the right guy. 260 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:16.319 Steven really has been incredible from day one. 261 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.200 Hit. The leadership the boys that he's continued to throw 262 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.640 to show throughout the season has been extraordinary and we 263 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:24.680 certainly wouldn't be anywhere near here without him. 264 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.279 You go to spring training every year hoping that this 265 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.799 is the result that you can celebrate a postseason run 266 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:33.880 this year, though it was some question marks going into 267 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.880 most notably in that chair. But how did you see 268 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:39.440 this thing coming together as spring training moved along and 269 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.000 then the early stages of the season. 270 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:43.279 Yeah, I think, Rosie, we try to do our best 271 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:45.559 every year to build the best teams we possibly can 272 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:48.599 and not worry about kind of what any narrative might be, 273 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.039 and our focus from day one and really going back 274 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:54.200 to the offseasons, let's try to help support the players. 275 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:55.559 As best we can to be the best they can be. 276 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:59.000 And if you do that consistently enough, days like this happened. 277 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:03.039 And a walk off win. You can't control that when 278 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:05.200 you put the team together. But what does it say 279 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:08.160 about the resiliency of this team, especially the last week 280 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.400 or so. 281 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:10.279 It's funny we were joking in the sweet as the 282 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:12.200 game was unfolding. We're like, there's no other way for 283 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.240 this game to happen other than having to come down 284 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.079 to the ninth inning or X ratings, because that's seemingly 285 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.279 been the story of our season. 286 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.400 You've been fortunate to be a part of a lot 287 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:25.480 of these now and Chris just went to just hammer 288 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:30.200 his manager with a full bottle of the cold bubbly 289 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:32.160 and you're back nicely done? Is that part of the 290 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:34.160 strategy down here during this type of thing. 291 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.519 Absolutely, you kinda have to bounce back and forth. 292 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.559 You need to have eyes all. 293 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:40.160 Around your head, otherwise you're about to get some cold 294 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.759 champagne or beer dumped on you. But this is what 295 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.720 makes it so fun, and to do it with this group, 296 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.720 it's so special, and. 297 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.599 There's consistency with this ball club despite some of the 298 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.599 challenges that you have. This seems like almost a yearly 299 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:54.279 thing now. And how proud are you of your staff 300 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.680 that it can be that way here? 301 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.440 Yeah? 302 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.279 I think again. 303 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.160 I would give a ton of credit to our ownership 304 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.799 group in the Dolean family and the continuity and stability 305 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:04.440 they've provided. I think we've built an identity and a 306 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.359 culture as an organization that's allowed us to have some 307 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.160 consistency and we're really grateful for that. 308 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.640 Chris, thanks so much, appreciate it. My pleasure is a 309 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:15.839 good SEENI congratulations to Chris Antonetti, the president of Baseball Operations. 310 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.960 He put this thing together and it has led to 311 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.279 a postseason berth for the Guardians. We're now joined by 312 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:26.599 manager Steven voten voter. You come to spring training, you said, Hey, 313 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:29.160 the goal is to win the World Series, but I 314 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:31.359 think a lot of people wanted to see what would 315 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:33.920 happen early on in the season. And how proud are 316 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:36.799 you of this team, especially the way it fought off 317 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.319 some other teams. 318 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.960 Down the stretch here. I couldn't be more proud of us. 319 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.119 You know, getting in that was the goal. And now 320 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:44.119 we just sent our sites forward and keep pushing. And 321 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:47.160 this group of guys, this group of people has worked 322 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:50.680 extremely hard all year, starting back in the Winner, getting 323 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.680 to know a new manager, new bench coach, a lot 324 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:55.559 of changes, come together a good year, get on the 325 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.119 same page. 326 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:57.680 And these guys have not stopped since. 327 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.839 Our players work extremely hard, our staff works really hard 328 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:03.799 to help them get better. And I just couldn't be 329 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:05.680 more proud of what we've accomplished. And we're and like 330 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.079 I said, there's a lot more work to do. 331 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:09.400 Hey, everybody is excited in spring training. 332 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:12.599 But was it that first road trip that told you, hey, 333 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.160 maybe there's something good happening here? 334 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.799 I thought part of it. 335 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:16.680 Yeah, I mean you come home from that first three 336 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.599 city road trip and you're seven and two. 337 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.799 You know that gives you all the belief you need 338 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.400 and then you just keep it rolling the whole way. 339 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:27.039 How about the games this last week, the series against Minnesota, 340 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:30.160 the way your team won games, What does that tell you? 341 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.960 We're resilient. 342 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.920 These guys don't quit even when we you know, get 343 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.079 the bases loaded, don't score. 344 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.279 We're gonna come right back. We're not gonna go away. 345 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:40.400 And I think you know, this team has been so good, 346 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.799 so consistent all year. 347 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.799 You've had some of these as a player, what's it 348 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.759 like now as a manager? 349 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.119 This is a This is absolutely crazy, absolutely crazy. 350 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.880 It's it's a surreal feeling. 351 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:52.599 I don't really know how to process it yet, but 352 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:54.319 I'm just gonna enjoy it with the guys. 353 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.279 All right, get back in there. 354 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:59.079 That's Steven Vote manager for the Guardians, and it's done 355 00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:03.559 just a wonderful job in his first season as manager 356 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:05.839 of this ball club. And Tom, I know, look, we've 357 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:08.000 talked about it a lot. The shoes he had to 358 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:11.920 fill after more than a decade of Terry Francona just phenomenal. 359 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:13.160 What he's done. 360 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:17.799 Well, yeah, it's always tough to follow the legend. It's 361 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:20.799 a job a lot of people want, no part of 362 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:24.119 but he embraced and I think the thing too that 363 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:28.240 bears being pointed out Stephen Vote has time and again 364 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:32.519 pointed out that look, what he took over and inherited 365 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:36.200 from Tito was a mansion. He didn't get a starter home, 366 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.920 he got a mansion. Now he's very humble about saying 367 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:42.920 he only changed the paint color in a few of 368 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:46.720 the rooms, but he obviously was a big factor in 369 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:49.279 this club getting to where it did. But he was 370 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:53.720 also very much in awe of the job that Tito 371 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:56.359 had done through the years, and that you walk into 372 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:00.200 a situation where there's a winning culture that started with 373 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:03.880 Tito in twenty thirteen, and of course this front office 374 00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:07.039 is second to none. And I think too, as Chris 375 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:11.640 pointed out, Paul Dolan and his family deserve a heap 376 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:16.839 of praise and congratulations because what they do is hire 377 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:20.759 good baseball people and then they don't interfere. They let 378 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:24.640 the good people do their job. And that's not the 379 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.759 way it is in a lot of sports and with 380 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:29.599 a lot of ownership groups. And again, the city of 381 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:33.319 Cleveland is very fortunate that the Dolan family are the 382 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.599 stewards of this organization and they're very fortunate to have 383 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:39.720 a second basement. Like Andre Simenez who joins US now 384 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.920 got the game winning base hit andres, I'm for you 385 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:45.359 to get the game winning base hit on a day 386 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.240 like today, that means so much. What does that mean 387 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.519 to you? It means a lot. 388 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:51.279 You know, he was a huge residence. 389 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:54.839 Ability for me to comment that about and put a 390 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:57.759 good abat on him. Oh, I feel like they've open 391 00:24:57.839 --> 00:25:02.400 guys the beach and stuff they serve aween today and yeah, 392 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.279 I'm glad that I did. 393 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:06.680 I did that before today. 394 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:09.480 You made play after play defensively, and I know you 395 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:11.559 do that all the time, but in a big series 396 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:14.960 like this, Uh, who was going on defensively? And how 397 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.480 much joy do you take out of that? 398 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:19.960 I mean, I take a huge responsibility. Like I said before, 399 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.640 I hit and I play defense, So I take a 400 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:26.079 lot of pride on my defense. I feel like I 401 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:30.000