WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.839 Welcome to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network. 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:10.279 Guardians Weekly is brought to you by Progressive helping Guardians 3 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.039 fans save hundreds. 4 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:12.640 On car insurance. 5 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.719 Hi, everyone, welcome to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosen House along 6 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.000 with you as we join you for another of our 7 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:02.560 hot Stove shows from our Mote broadcast studio away from 8 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:07.040 Progressive Field as the renovation project continues Phase two year 9 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.560 or two that should be completed in time for opening days, 10 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:12.879 so the ballpark off limits for now, but we still 11 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:15.599 bring you our show each and every week, and a 12 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.280 good show lined up for you this week, including the 13 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:21.040 return of our Game of the Week segment that we 14 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:24.879 produce each off season on a weekly basis, looking back 15 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.480 at some of the great games of the season, and 16 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.439 in twenty twenty four there were plenty, to be sure, 17 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.840 and we'll take you back to opening night, the first 18 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:36.879 win in the managerial career of new manager Stephen Vote, 19 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:38.959 and it was a big night for Shane Bieber as 20 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:43.000 well in Oakland, way back in late March. That kicked 21 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:45.719 off a season that turned out to be a special 22 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:47.879 one for the Guardians that took them all the way 23 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.959 to the American League Championship Series. We will also have 24 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.319 some special guest stopping by shortly to talk about a 25 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.120 memorable moment for them, as they were part of one 26 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.560 of the great moments of the season in Game five 27 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.599 of the American League Division Series. Much more on that 28 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.200 after our break, but for some news and notes before 29 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:06.840 we get to that. 30 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:08.520 Earlier this week, it was. 31 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:14.319 Announced that both Andre Simenez, the guardians outstanding second basement 32 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.800 and left fielder Stephen Kwan, had won Gold Glove Awards, 33 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.560 and for each that means three consecutive years they have 34 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.960 done that, which is absolutely remarkable, and of course for Jimenez, 35 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.960 he has an opportunity now with an announcement forthcoming soon, 36 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.759 to win a second consecutive Platinum Glove for the best 37 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:39.159 overall defender in the league, regardless of positions. So congratulations 38 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.360 to both of those young men. Second basement Andre Cimenez, 39 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.639 who if you watch him, he passes the eye test 40 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.240 as well as all of the numbers that determine a 41 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.159 Gold Glove award, and of course Stephen Kwan very much 42 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.759 the same out there in left field. Also earlier this week, 43 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.400 Austin Hedges was re signed by the Guardians to a 44 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.520 one year major league contract. He'll be back with the team. 45 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.599 He's been with Cleveland in two of the last three seasons, 46 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:08.560 the two seasons that the Guardians won the American League 47 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:12.039 Central Division twenty twenty two and twenty twenty four. So 48 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.039 no coincidence there, And we hope to catch up with 49 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:18.800 Austin and have him on for an interview sometime in 50 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.879 a future show. But certainly did some great things and 51 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.199 talked with the Cleveland media earlier this week and explain 52 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:28.280 why he's back and what it means to him to 53 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:29.479 be back with Cleveland. 54 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.360 Yeah, it's really about the day to day. Like you know, 55 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.039 throughout my career, you know, there's been some good situations 56 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.439 and some bad situations. And the thing that made the 57 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:45.960 most sense to me of like what I wanted most, 58 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.120 you know in my career kind of started in Cleveland 59 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.400 in like twenty twenty into twenty twenty one, and I 60 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:56.159 just never really experienced what it's like to have, you know, 61 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:59.759 look forward to going to work every day and you know, 62 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.520 just be with a group of guys that that you 63 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.039 really couldn't wait to get back to the field, get 64 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:07.919 back to the grind with and you know, in leaving 65 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:11.400 in twenty three. You know, there was some some bad 66 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:13.520 things and some good things that happened, but the thing 67 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:15.159 that stood out the most was how much I missed 68 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.680 that group. And then you know, everything that we accomplished 69 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.439 and went through together last year just made it even 70 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.240 more obvious that, you know, we had to run it back. 71 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.759 You mentioned after after Game five that you felt like 72 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:28.680 a Cleveland guy. 73 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:30.839 Do you do you feel like that even more right now? 74 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:31.759 Yeah? 75 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.959 It's uh, you know, obviously, like I love being in Cleveland, 76 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:38.319 but the thing that makes me love being in Cleveland 77 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.759 was more is I feel the love from everybody else. 78 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.879 The people in the organization, the fans, the city. 79 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.879 Have have so embraced me, and I just I feel 80 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:51.399 like a Cleveland guy. Like That's that. That's the best 81 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:53.560 way I could put it. Like it feels like home 82 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:57.160 to me. And I know I signed a one year contract, 83 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.399 but as long as they as long as they want me, 84 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:01.160 I don't plan on going anywhere. 85 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.319 It's Austin Hedges back in the fold for another season, 86 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.839 as he signed a contract for the twenty twenty five campaign. Well, 87 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:13.439 it was a memorable postseason for all Guardians fans, certainly, 88 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:17.040 and two in particular, and we will meet them when 89 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:19.839 we come back and relive a special moment for them 90 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:22.240 that took place in Game five of the American League 91 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:26.279 Division Series. 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Thomas has 110 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:42.040 put the Guardians in front with a grand slam. 111 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:53.240 Five to one Cleveland, and this place is shaking. Welcome 112 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:57.439 back to Guardians Weekly, and we are getting deeper into 113 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.319 the off season, which is always kind of a sad 114 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.839 time of a year for folks who love baseball. And 115 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.600 we are joined in our next segment by two people 116 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:09.639 who love the game and were a big part of 117 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.639 some great games this past postseason for the Guardians. Matt Coleman, 118 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.720 who's the head baseball coach at Calvert High School in Tiffin, 119 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:21.720 and his good friend and cousin Patrick Steyer, who also 120 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:25.439 lives in Tiffin, And they had an opportunity to be 121 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:27.519 a part of one of the great moments in this 122 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:31.680 year's postseason, and really any postseason, the Laine Thomas grand 123 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.480 Slam home run in the deciding Game five against the 124 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:39.199 Tigers in the American League Division Series. And Matt, why 125 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.199 don't we start with you. Let's take it right to 126 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:45.680 that fifth inning in Game five on a beautiful Saturday 127 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.800 afternoon here in Cleveland. You and Patrick had pretty good 128 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.199 seats in the bleachers that are familiar to you guys, 129 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:56.560 and what happened. Let's take it to where Jose Ramirez 130 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.639 was at the plate and what you were hoping would 131 00:07:58.639 --> 00:07:59.560 happen at that point. 132 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.800 Yeah, first off, thanks Jim for having us on. It's 133 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:07.319 been a special month. And yeah, basically at that moment 134 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:10.120 in game five, Jose steps to the plate and Glove's 135 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:14.040 sitting beside me along with Patrick, who's a good friend 136 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.680 and cousin of mine, special seats where my dad had 137 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:23.399 sat for numerous games, and thinking bases loaded against Trek Scouble. 138 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:25.480 We were in a tough spot. 139 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:27.600 I think earlier in the inning we gave up a 140 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:30.319 run to make it one to nothing, and that you know, 141 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.679 with with Scooba on the mound, that's it's a tough battle. 142 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.600 But I looked over it at Patrick and he's like, 143 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:39.480 we got this. Don't worry Matt. You know, he's just 144 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:40.879 he's just a beacon. 145 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.399 Of hope and positivity. 146 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:46.600 And that being said, we go and load the bases. 147 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.159 Jose comes up to the plate and I had my 148 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:52.519 glove ready, he had his, you know, Patrick had his 149 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:53.480 towel that he was swinging. 150 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.639 You know, most of the game sat on it. 151 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.519 I did move that towel, but I was like hoping 152 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:02.240 that was the moment, and then obviously they hit Jose 153 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:06.480 hit him in the forearm. Were at that point just 154 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:10.440 hoping he was healthy. And fast forward, It's one to one. 155 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.279 First pitch to Laine Thomas. Felt like it stayed in 156 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:17.519 the air for about a day, maybe fifteen seconds, and 157 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.600 I knew I couldn't drop it, but when I caught it, 158 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.399 just kind of gave a pump of the fifth and 159 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:28.919 gave it to Patrick, and thank God for the moment 160 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.360 and the memory. Knowing that both our dads were probably 161 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.120 there in that moment and Cleveland celebrated, felt like erupted 162 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.320 and it was a lot of fun. 163 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.399 Just a great memory. And Patrick, let's go right to 164 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.159 you first off, before we even talk about getting that ball, 165 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:45.080 right in that moment and what it meant to you 166 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.080 just being able to go to a game. I know 167 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:51.600 you've battled leukemia and you're on the tail end of 168 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.480 that and things are looking really positive, but how long 169 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.679 had it been since you had been to a game? 170 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:59.720 And how special was it just to be at a 171 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:04.200 post season game with your cousin or with your uncle the. 172 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:07.679 Last game I've been to was twolsand and nineteen, so 173 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:11.480 it has been before COVID hit and then after that, 174 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:17.480 I went through nursing homes and hospitals and now I'm 175 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:21.240 in an apartment now. So has been quite an his 176 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.519 parents for everything. 177 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:27.039 And when Matt gave you the ball, what did that 178 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:30.120 mean to you? Especially the way the stadium was just 179 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:34.240 going bananas at that particular time. It was very toughing, 180 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.759 and you had a chance to go back to another 181 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:41.559 game and meet someone who turned out to be pretty special. 182 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:45.720 Fast forward to Game three of the American League Championship 183 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.399 Series against the Yankees, a game that will always be 184 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:51.960 remembered for the game tying home run by John Kenzie 185 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.960 Nowell and the walk off by David Frye. Who did 186 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:58.159 you meet before the game that Game three against the Yankees? 187 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:03.279 Yes, you see, given why I stay out as a game, Yeah, 188 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:04.759 it was a pretty special moment. 189 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:07.200 He got to meet David Fry's dad, who just happened 190 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.360 to recognize us, congratulated Patrick, you know, on the ball, 191 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:14.840 and he told us he was David's dad. I, you know, 192 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:17.279 I just had the moment to get a picture with 193 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.799 with Patrick and mister fry I think j Fry, so 194 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:23.480 it was it was pretty special. We kind of joked 195 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.639 I thanked him for sharing his son with the city 196 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:32.320 and the grittiness that he he displays, and it, Yeah, 197 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.840 it was just just really neat. I actually we joked that, hey, 198 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.600 when Patrick catches us one tonight, that the game winner. 199 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:40.120 I didn't say game winner. 200 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.840 I think it was more just if we catch his 201 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.600 home run ball in joking manner, we would make sure 202 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.120 we got it to him. Little did we know it 203 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.279 would fly after Patrick put the rally caps on us 204 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:53.080 about three rows over our head in section eighty two. 205 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.519 Just a little bit of divine intervention, and it felt 206 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:00.399 like And then I when I got home, I read 207 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:04.960 the postgame quotes of Fry and how he'd let God 208 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.480 take the bat, and it was amazing. 209 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.840 Yeah, and both of you had mentioned why it was 210 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:16.639 so special because of your dad's Explain that and what 211 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:19.360 baseball meant to both of them and how that comes 212 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:20.200 into play here. 213 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.480 Yeah, Baseball has been a big, big part of a life. 214 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.559 Sports have been a big part of both of our lives. 215 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:29.879 You know, Patrick plays basketball himself still, but he you know, 216 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.759 in terms of baseball and our father's actually His father 217 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:36.960 is my dad's godfather. My dad was a Vietnam veteran 218 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.759 who lost his leg over in Vietnam and some enemy fire, 219 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:45.679 came back, suffered some Parkinson's and Louis body dementia, but 220 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.279 actually had a moment with him in the twenty sixteen 221 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.919 World Series where Jason Kitness delivered a home run to US, 222 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:56.519 unfortunately in Game six where they were behind seven to 223 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:58.519 two at the time, but it was a special memory. 224 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:02.679 My dad's always coached, uh, myself, my brother, and my 225 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:08.519 sister in sports and baseball. Really, you know, never never 226 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.639 really saw challenges with the wooden leg or having an 227 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.559 artificial leg. 228 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.120 You know, it was obviously special. 229 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:22.840 And then Patrick overcoming his his challenges with with down 230 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:29.159 Syndroman with with leukemia. Similar his dad passed away two 231 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.279 years ago. My dad passed away seven years ago. His 232 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:35.960 dad just passed away right before he was diagnosed with 233 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:41.039 the cancer. And just two great men that we're so 234 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.799 thankful for and felt like were with us that day. 235 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:47.639 And Patrick, what what makes the game so special to you? 236 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:52.159 As you developed into just a great fan over the years. 237 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:56.960 It was always clean watched Cleveland Rocks. 238 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.759 He says, you just you just you just love Cleveland 239 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.960 and you Cleveland sports. 240 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:01.519 Thank you. 241 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.360 Yeah, Matt, I know it's not baseball season right now, 242 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:07.559 but I'm sure you see your players at the high school. 243 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:10.279 And we're joined by Matt Coleman, the head coach at 244 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:15.039 Calvert High School in Tiffin, and his cousin Patrick Steyer. 245 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:19.080 And Matt made a great catch of the Grand Slam 246 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:23.200 home run hit by Lane Thomas in Game five of 247 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.639 the Division Series against the Tigers, and right away gave 248 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:29.960 it to Patrick in that first or second row of 249 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.440 the bleachers, right near the front. And Matt, have your 250 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:37.080 players said, hey, you know, nice going with the catches. 251 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.519 I mean, these are not easy. 252 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:40.440 People take it for granted that you just make a 253 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.080 catch of a home run, but it's not easy. 254 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.039 Yeah. 255 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.200 I think I probably probably had some help on that 256 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.039 one somehow, some divine intervention, but I, you know. 257 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.639 Made sure I had my glove. I had. 258 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:52.879 My two sons will play on the team with me. 259 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:56.480 So my oldest son is a senior and he hasn't 260 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.840 played much outfield for us, but I took his outfitter, Mitch, 261 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.519 which you passed on to my freshman son. 262 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.399 We'll see if he needs it. This year. 263 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:08.759 But yeah, it's I mean, it's just it's been incredible. 264 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.279 We have a great group of guys that work hard, 265 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.120 and we're getting into open fields now and hoping, you know, 266 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.399 we've had some special memories with the team. You know, 267 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.480 just two and three years ago we had the opportunity 268 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.279 to play in Rubber Duck Stadium and you know, unfortunately 269 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:24.320 things didn't work out for us there. 270 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:26.639 But day by day we're working. 271 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:30.159 To hopefully, you know, put a good team on the 272 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:32.759 field and good product that works hard. But yeah, it's 273 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.600 been some topic of discussion, and thankfully I didn't have 274 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.399 to go back and hear a bunch of grief from 275 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:41.559 my players that I didn't use two hands or I 276 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:44.720 didn't have voluntary release of the ball. 277 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:49.919 So and just to put a rap on it, all right, 278 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.440 So there's the catch you made of the Grand Slam, 279 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:57.480 and then the Kipness catch in twenty sixteen talking to 280 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.879 David Fry's dad before the game that he hit, so 281 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.600 walk off the John Kenzie Noel home run not hit 282 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.759 too far from where you were, but you actually knew 283 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:09.679 the people who were in those seats and grab that baseball. 284 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.440 Yeah true. 285 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.360 Actually the game I took Patrick to my kids. 286 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:18.320 I have three high schoolers, a senior, a sophomore daughter, 287 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:22.039 and then a freshman son. And they had homecoming and 288 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:28.559 actually my son went to homecoming with the. 289 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.840 Granddaughter of the girl that got the ball. 290 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:32.960 She actually listens to all the grand Grandma missus Favor 291 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.639 Kathy Favor, listens to one hundred and sixty two games 292 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.399 on the radio list watches on TV, and had to 293 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:42.039 be coaxed to going with her grandson. 294 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.879 The ball landed next to her, she. 295 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.120 Picks it up and it was pretty neat from that 296 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.240 perspective too. In my thinking though, Patrick is kind of 297 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:55.120 the lucky charm. I mean, I went to a couple 298 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.759 more game Game four, in Game five, wasn't able to 299 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.440 pull it off, but he was there in Game five 300 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:06.160 and in Game three. So but he's battling through some 301 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.480 things right now. We're excited to uh, We're hoping to 302 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.880 get him back to some more games next year. 303 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:12.880 His love of. 304 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:17.160 Baseball and then hopefully he's a celebrity here in Seneca County. 305 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.279 He's played a lot of basketball. They want him, We 306 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:19.799 want him to. 307 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:23.400 Get back on the court and shoot some three pointers, 308 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.440 right you Patrick? 309 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:24.960 Yes? 310 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:25.759 Yeah? 311 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:32.000 Are you a Cavaliers fan too. There you go. Yes, yeah, well. 312 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.960 They'll have to go through and through and a buck guy, 313 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:36.200 they'll have to get you out to some of their 314 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.920 playoff games because it looks like they're heading that way too, 315 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:44.519 so maybe they could use your help as well. Yeah, guys, 316 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.400 thanks so much for the time. Uh Mac, great to 317 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:50.400 talk to you, Patrick, pleasure to meet you and and 318 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:52.400 hopefully we'll see at the ballpark next summer. 319 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.119 Okay, we appreciate it. Take care of Jim. 320 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:01.039 As Matt Coleman, who made a great the Grand Slam 321 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:03.599 home run from Lane Thomas in the postseason. He's the 322 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:05.759 head coach at Calvert High School in Tiffin and his 323 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:10.759 cousin Patrick Steyer. Great story of I don't know, it's 324 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:13.240 got to be more than coincidences of being in the 325 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:15.839 right place at the right time, but some great memories 326 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:19.519 through the Guardians postseason run this past ball Stay with us. 327 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:21.119 We'll have more to come after this. 328 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.960 Don't you just love this game? 329 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.519 Welcome back to Guardian's Weekly Jim Rosenhouse back with you 330 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.359 as we join you from our remote location. With the 331 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:46.759 renovation projects still going on in downtown Cleveland aft Progressive Field, 332 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:50.039 we continue with our Hot Stove shows throughout the off season, 333 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:53.759 and it's time now for the first installment of our 334 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:57.480 Game of the Week, a tradition that we have instituted 335 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:00.559 here during the off season shows of Guardian's Weekly, where 336 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.039 we take a look back at some of the fun 337 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:05.960 games from the prior season and well, of course we'll 338 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.759 have some of the playoff games coming up in weeks 339 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:12.160 to come, but this week we take a look back 340 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:15.839 at the season opener for the Guardians. With so much 341 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:19.519 change involving the ball club heading into the season, most 342 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:22.799 notably a new manager for the first time since twenty 343 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:27.119 thirteen began with Terry Francona at the Helm. Rookie manager 344 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:30.640 Steven Vote had gotten the team through spring training and 345 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.720 was ready to begin his career as a manager in 346 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.359 the big leagues just two years after he retired as 347 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.440 a player, only one season as a coach on the 348 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:43.920 Seattle Mariners' staff, and then here he was managing the 349 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:48.119 Guardians on opening night in Oakland back in late March, 350 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:51.119 and prior to the game, Tom Hamilton talked with Steven 351 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.960 Vote as he prepared to make his managerial debut. 352 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.640 Well hi again, everybody with Steven vote the new manager 353 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:00.839 of the Cleveland Guardians. This is Tom Hamilton and welcome 354 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.799 to the Manager Show before the season opener here at 355 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:07.559 the Oakland Coliseum. They're magical words when we say the 356 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:11.000 season opener. But for you, Stephen, to come back to 357 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:14.079 Oakland where you were a two time All Star? Did 358 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:16.799 this be your first Major League game as a manager? 359 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.920 Is there any way to put it into words? 360 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.000 No, there's really not. 361 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:21.720 I mean, I couldn't be more thrilled to be in 362 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:24.680 this position and be honored to get the chance to 363 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:27.839 lead the Guardians organization on the field, and to have 364 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.400 this first game an opening day in Oakland, where I 365 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:33.440 spent six years of my playing career, where my family 366 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:36.400 went from one to three kids, and we just have 367 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.599 so much history here. It just feels right to be 368 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:41.880 here tonight. You know, to be successful, you have to 369 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.960 have a great partner. You obviously do an Alyssa who 370 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.559 at one time was a college basketball coach. How big 371 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:51.680 of an asset is that to bounce things off a 372 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.400 fellow coach? 373 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.559 It's huge. I mean she's my best friend. 374 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:56.880 She's my biggest support system and has been for now 375 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.200 sixteen seventeen years. 376 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.759 So to have her support. 377 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.480 She one hundred percent has my back and wants me 378 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.880 to be doing this, and she wears it with the family. 379 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.039 You know, she's by herself up a home in Washington, 380 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:09.680 getting kids to sports and activities and all those things. 381 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.599 But and then she still has time on the phone 382 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.200 at night to talk to me through talk me off 383 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.039 the ledge. 384 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.640 So to speak. 385 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:17.680 But she's she's such a great support system and has 386 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:21.640 great ideas for coaching and communicating with players and that stuff. 387 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:23.839 So she's a she's a huge, huge partner in this. 388 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:28.319 Stephen, how is this different now? Obviously haven't managed a 389 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:31.359 real game, so to speak, But compared to when you 390 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:34.279 were getting ready for the opener the first time is 391 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.640 a major league player. 392 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.599 It's very different. 393 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:38.200 You know, when you're a player, it's all about you. 394 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:40.559 It's about preparing yourself to go out and do your 395 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:43.559 job because if you contribute what you do for the. 396 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.400 Team, that's being a good teammate. 397 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:47.920 Now in this position, it's okay, are we ready in 398 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.720 this area, are we ready in that area? Are the 399 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.440 players happy? 400 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.119 Are they ready? 401 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.279