Speaker 1: Well, it was a pleasant surprise to come out to
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium and see the cat man Tony Gonsolin, not
Speaker 1: only see him talk to him and see him pitch
Speaker 1: off the mound here at Dodger Stadium and he joins
Speaker 1: us right now, you're alive nine lives.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a while since the since the Dodgers
Speaker 2: fans have seen me. But it's great to be back
Speaker 2: than this atmosphere, and it's incredible thrown on the game mound.
Speaker 3: I don't know why I had to throw.
Speaker 2: A bullpen out there, but I'll take it it was.
Speaker 2: It was awesome being back.
Speaker 1: I've heard so many guys say that coming back from rehab,
Speaker 1: where it's just something different about doing it on that mound.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just a completely different feel.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: You get so used to being, you know, in the bullpen,
Speaker 2: throwing bullpens out there, and I've been so used to
Speaker 2: throwing bullpens in Arizona or throwing a couple lives now
Speaker 2: on the game mounds, and it's just nothing compares to
Speaker 2: what it's like to throwing on the game mound at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1: To be a camelback ranch in the middle of summer
Speaker 1: for basically a whole year. That's gotta be a mental
Speaker 1: toll on you.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's hot.
Speaker 2: You get a you know, I wouldn't say you get
Speaker 2: used to it, but you just kind of get over it.
Speaker 2: You know it's gonna be hot. You know it's gonna
Speaker 2: be hot, and you just gotta drink more water and
Speaker 2: figure out a way to.
Speaker 1: Manage and maybe pitch at seven in the morning.
Speaker 2: Oh I wish it was that early. It's still hot
Speaker 2: at seven in the morning. It doesn't even matter. But
Speaker 2: uh yeah, just try to avoid the uh early afternoon,
Speaker 2: mid afternoon, uh direct heat and it's a it's okay.
Speaker 1: Not only was Tony Gonsolin pitching off the mound here
Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium, but man, you had quite a crowd
Speaker 1: watching you, including the man that operated on your elbow,
Speaker 1: doctor elatrosh. That means it was big time showtime.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I think that's I mean, that's definitely the
Speaker 2: first time I ela tride to see me throw that close.
Speaker 3: But uh, it was cool having.
Speaker 2: Him out there and having a little conversation with him
Speaker 2: after about what it looked like, what you saw, and uh,
Speaker 2: you know what we're talking about. And how the how
Speaker 2: the repair plays into the pitches and all that stuff.
Speaker 3: It was.
Speaker 1: It was really cool to learn all that I've heard.
Speaker 1: He's more than a surgeon. He actually cares about his patience.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely agree.
Speaker 2: You know that the times I get to talk to him,
Speaker 2: you know, being stuck in easy, but sometimes I do
Speaker 2: get to talk to him. They've been really good conversations
Speaker 2: and very informative on both sides.
Speaker 1: I'd say, Tony Gonsolin is our guest. It's great to
Speaker 1: see him. I was on the phone when you came
Speaker 1: up to me. Man, it is really great to see
Speaker 1: that beer, great to see that ponytail, and honestly great
Speaker 1: to see you pitch. How is the process going and
Speaker 1: you're at that one year mark so we're getting closer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, about about a week away from that one one
Speaker 2: year mark and definitely getting closer. Throwing three lives now,
Speaker 2: they've been they've gone pretty good. Command isn't quite where
Speaker 2: I want it to be yet, although today it was
Speaker 2: pretty good. Maybe it's something about being back on that now,
Speaker 2: but overall, just just working with the progress, you know,
Speaker 2: trying to take things as they come and manage everything,
Speaker 2: manage workload, manage, you know, straining on the arm and
Speaker 2: being cognizant about all of that and just taking my.
Speaker 3: Time with it.
Speaker 1: How much have you been following the team? What is
Speaker 1: it like being removed from the team but obviously a
Speaker 1: part of the organization.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I mean we play. We play every day, right,
Speaker 2: so I usually have the game on. I'm fortunate enough
Speaker 2: to have those those afternoons his evenings off and basically
Speaker 2: have the game on anytime I.
Speaker 3: Can, so basically every day.
Speaker 2: Uh, whether I'm directly watching on a TV or I
Speaker 2: got up on my iPad, it's a it's on and
Speaker 2: I know, I know kind of what's happening.
Speaker 1: How about Gavin Stone have you been watching his season?
Speaker 1: What a remarkable season for a guy that wasn't even
Speaker 1: supposed to make the team out of spring training.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I love watching Stone pitch.
Speaker 3: He's very similar to.
Speaker 2: Myself, I like to think, but just fastball, change up.
Speaker 2: You know, it's got his slider now as discussing, Eve
Speaker 2: been working that cutter into it. Just he's looking really
Speaker 2: good and I like the the development who's had over
Speaker 2: the course of the year. You know, a rough couple
Speaker 2: first starts and then really settled in and had a
Speaker 2: nice stretch of some really really good ones and then
Speaker 2: I've been a little shaky late, but he's gonna bounce back.
Speaker 3: How about Kershaw?
Speaker 1: Did you have a chance to see him in Arizona
Speaker 1: during your rehab process?
Speaker 2: Saw curch a little bit. He looks good. He looks healthy. Man,
Speaker 2: it's really fun. I'd really took it in yesterday, and
Speaker 2: you know, never know what's gonna happen, but love watching
Speaker 2: him pitch every time, and just the way that he competes.
Speaker 1: Before I let you go, I can't be insensitive to
Speaker 1: the fact your partner in crime, one of your former roommates,
Speaker 1: Dustin May, had an unfortunate accident with his esophagus. Have
Speaker 1: you had a chance to talk to him. What can
Speaker 1: you share with us about how he's doing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's looking good. I can't share it too much,
Speaker 2: but he's looking good. He uh, you know, super unfortunate.
Speaker 2: Lost a lot away from it, and you know he's
Speaker 2: just making his way back now.
Speaker 3: But yeah, just letting him do his thing. But he's okay. Yeah,
Speaker 3: he looks He's in good spirits, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: So are you. There's a different twinkle in your eye
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously the beginning parts of this process are arduous,
Speaker 1: but it feels like you can see the light at
Speaker 1: the end of the tunnel right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, you know when they map you out
Speaker 2: to get back and just some rehab games.
Speaker 3: Yeah, feels pretty good.
Speaker 2: But once it got past the first fourish months, it
Speaker 2: was really not too bad.
Speaker 1: So are you saying we might be able to see
Speaker 1: an alert ok see fans or Tulsa fans of Tony
Speaker 1: Gonsolin coming back and bringing the cat litter.
Speaker 3: Hey, I don't want to count it out, you know.
Speaker 3: I'd like to.
Speaker 2: I'd like to get back up here if I can.
Speaker 2: But do you want to get too far out of myself?
Speaker 2: Just want to take it one day at a time,
Speaker 2: one live at a time, and see how I'm feeling,
Speaker 2: make sure I'm healthy first, and then we'll see where
Speaker 2: we're at.
Speaker 3: That's right. Love it.
Speaker 1: You got to stand in the moment, like the great
Speaker 1: rich Hill used to say, Yeah, love it, Richie rich
Speaker 1: Hill pitching now whereas yeah, he's back. He signed a
Speaker 1: minor league contract with the Red Sox.
Speaker 3: Okay, nice, glad to see him back.
Speaker 1: Man forty four years young, Gonsolin, You think you could do.
Speaker 2: That, hopefully, man, hopefully, but I don't know.
Speaker 3: Rich is a different animal, so maybe not.
Speaker 1: Hey, it's really great to see you smile in all sincerity.
Speaker 1: Great to see you smile, Great to see you back
Speaker 1: out here pitching, and we're all looking forward to having
Speaker 1: Tony Consoling back. So congratulations, and I promise the Travis
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Speaker 3: Awesome, thanks for having me