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<v Speaker 2>Hi, everyone, well, welcome to our first edition of Guardians

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<v Speaker 2>Weekly for twenty twenty five. Jim rosannounce along with you

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<v Speaker 2>as we join you for Baseball Talk on the radio

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<v Speaker 2>after our hiatus from Thanksgiving through the holiday season and

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<v Speaker 2>then the new year. And here we go. If you

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<v Speaker 2>are listening to this show on the radio on our

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<v Speaker 2>flagship station WTAM, that is Saturday, January eleventh, one month

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<v Speaker 2>away from pitchers and catchers reporting the spring training in Goodyear, Arizona,

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<v Speaker 2>and the first full squad workout in the first exhibition

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<v Speaker 2>game not far behind that, so we're closing in on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Just a month to go, and all kinds of great

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<v Speaker 2>stuff for you lined up for our show this week.

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<v Speaker 2>We hope you can stay with us for the second

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<v Speaker 2>half of the show. We'll be joined by longtime voice

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<v Speaker 2>of the Indian Slash Guardians, Tom Hamilton, who was elected

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<v Speaker 2>to the Baseball Hall of Fame as this year's Frick

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<v Speaker 2>Award winner. On that broadcast side. What a great honor

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<v Speaker 2>for Hammy. We'll talk to him about the day it

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<v Speaker 2>was announced, his reactions, and some great stories from when

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<v Speaker 2>he first began with Cleveland way back in the early nineties.

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<v Speaker 2>So some good stuff coming in the second half of

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<v Speaker 2>the show and some great stuff coming in the first

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<v Speaker 2>half of the show as well. As we'll be joined

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<v Speaker 2>after our first break by President of Baseball Operations Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Antonetti to kind of set the scene heading into the

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<v Speaker 2>new year with a month to go till spring training,

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<v Speaker 2>as the front office was very busy during the months

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<v Speaker 2>of November and December trying to reconfigure the roster and

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<v Speaker 2>get it in a really good spot not only for

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<v Speaker 2>this season but in the years ahead. And along those lines,

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<v Speaker 2>just recapping the trades and acquisitions that were made by Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 2>First off, a trade of their Platinum Glove second baseman

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<v Speaker 2>and a multi time Gold Glove Award winner, Andre Cimenez.

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<v Speaker 2>He went to the Blue Jays, and although Spencer Horwitz

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<v Speaker 2>and infielder was acquired from Toronto, he was with Cleveland

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<v Speaker 2>for about twenty minutes, it seemed, and they flipped him

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<v Speaker 2>to Pittsburgh with the id being how do they supplement

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<v Speaker 2>the starting rotation. Well, they got a good one. A

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<v Speaker 2>young right hander in Luis or Tees. We saw him

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<v Speaker 2>late in the year and he had a beauty against

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<v Speaker 2>Cleveland while pitching with Pittsburgh, six shutout innings, allowing just

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<v Speaker 2>one hit. So you couldn't ask for a better opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to scout a young starting pitcher. But he's coming off

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<v Speaker 2>his best major league season after beginning the year in

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<v Speaker 2>the bullpen with Pittsburgh. Or Tees is just twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>years of age, throws hard, and should slot right into

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<v Speaker 2>that starting rotation. They also got a couple of young

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<v Speaker 2>pitching prospects in left hander Michael Kennedy and lefty Josh Hardle,

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<v Speaker 2>both highly regarded prospects with the Pirates, and they're still

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<v Speaker 2>a little ways away, but we'll certainly follow their careers

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<v Speaker 2>through the minor league system and see if they can't

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<v Speaker 2>contribute at some point and time as well. Staying on

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<v Speaker 2>the pitching front, the Guardians also re signed Shane Bieber

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<v Speaker 2>to a two year contract. There isn't opt out after

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<v Speaker 2>the first season. He's coming off to Tommy John surgery,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's the Cy Young Award winner, two time All Star,

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<v Speaker 2>and gosh, he was off to a great start. A

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<v Speaker 2>year ago when the elbow gave out, had Tommy John surgery.

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<v Speaker 2>Look for him around mid season if all goes well,

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly the early reports are that everything has been

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<v Speaker 2>going according to plan for really one of the best

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<v Speaker 2>pitchers that the Guardians have had, certainly in recent memory,

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<v Speaker 2>but continuing in that long line of tremendous starting pitching

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<v Speaker 2>and Cy Young Award winner since the turn of the century.

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<v Speaker 2>So Bieber's back in the fold and look for him

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<v Speaker 2>around mid season. And then that one more trade that

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<v Speaker 2>was pulled off just before Christmas time, Josh Naylor was

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<v Speaker 2>sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Slade Secone

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<v Speaker 2>and he'll slot, if not the bullpen, perhaps the starting rotation,

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<v Speaker 2>but certainly a valuable arm coming back. Naylor coming off

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<v Speaker 2>a tremendous season and a fine career with Cleveland. They'll

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<v Speaker 2>miss him for sure, but they just felt the move

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<v Speaker 2>was the timing was right for the move, and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>certainly hear from Chris Moore on that in just a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. So a very busy offseason so far for

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<v Speaker 2>the Guardians. Is there more to come?

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>There's still some time between now and spring training and

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen before, acquisitions made, ass spring training has gone along,

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<v Speaker 2>So a lot happening. And when we come back, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>hear from the president of Baseball Operations for the Guardians,

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Antinetti, heading into his twenty seventh year in the organization.

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<v Speaker 2>That is an eternity in the game of baseball with

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<v Speaker 2>one organization. If you're in the front office. This is

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<v Speaker 2>his tenth season coming up as president of Baseball Operations,

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<v Speaker 2>and you attack on five years prior to that as

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<v Speaker 2>the general manager. Last fifteen years he has been the

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<v Speaker 2>man in charge of making moves and when you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the results twenty thirteen, Cleveland has the third most

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<v Speaker 2>wins in all of baseball and a World Series appearance

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<v Speaker 2>as well. So some great work by Chris Antonedni and

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<v Speaker 2>will talk to him about what he's done so far

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<v Speaker 2>this offseason and what's to come when we come back.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, joining us now President of

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<v Speaker 2>Baseball Operations for the Guardians, Chris Antonetti, as we begin

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<v Speaker 2>a new year, and Chris, a busy busy time really

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<v Speaker 2>from the end of the season to the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the calendar year and before again in the specific players

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<v Speaker 2>and trades. You've had this run going where the team

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<v Speaker 2>has been in contention or a playoff ball club for

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<v Speaker 2>more than a decade now, and that consistency, I imagine

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<v Speaker 2>it is challenging. But it seems like this is what

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<v Speaker 2>you have to do to constantly churn that roster to

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<v Speaker 2>keep it relevant. And how challenging can that be from

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<v Speaker 2>year to year?

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<v Speaker 4>It's certainly hard. I mean, I think we all experience

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<v Speaker 4>it on an emotional level oftentimes. For us to build

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<v Speaker 4>continually successful teams moving forward, it necessitates us making some

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<v Speaker 4>difficult trades, and those trades often involve players we have

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<v Speaker 4>grown to appreciate and love and admire for not only

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<v Speaker 4>their contributions on the field, but their engagement in the community,

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<v Speaker 4>the teammates that they are, so those decisions can be tough,

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<v Speaker 4>but again we're guided by that light of trying to

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<v Speaker 4>make sure we do everything we can to be a

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<v Speaker 4>consistently competitive team, find ways to win the division and

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<v Speaker 4>then get to in advance in the postseason. And it's

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<v Speaker 4>often important to remember in moments like when you think

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<v Speaker 4>about trading Andre Simenez or Josh Naylor, to recognize that

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<v Speaker 4>those players were only here because we made some difficult

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<v Speaker 4>decisions in the past to trade with some other very popular,

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<v Speaker 4>very productive players.

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<v Speaker 2>And why don't we start with the Josh Naylor trade.

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<v Speaker 2>How difficult was that just based on what he has

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<v Speaker 2>become and what did he mean to this organization. During

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<v Speaker 2>the period of time that he was here.

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<v Speaker 4>We saw Josh grow and develop into a really consistent

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<v Speaker 4>and productive offensive player that was highlighted by him being

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<v Speaker 4>selected to the All Star Game in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 4>So we all know what he's capable of doing offensively

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<v Speaker 4>on the field. He's also really beloved as a teammate

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<v Speaker 4>in the locker room, he's been engaged in the community,

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<v Speaker 4>He's been part of some pretty special team moments along

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<v Speaker 4>the way. So we have a great admiration for Josh

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<v Speaker 4>all that he's provided for us. But at the end,

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<v Speaker 4>we were approaching a point in time where he only

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<v Speaker 4>had one year left with it in the organization, and

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<v Speaker 4>so we made a really difficult decision to trade Josh

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<v Speaker 4>to be able to get back a player that we

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<v Speaker 4>think a pitcher that can help us this year and

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<v Speaker 4>moving forward, a competitive balance B pick, which means we'll

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<v Speaker 4>get a pick after the second and third round in

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<v Speaker 4>the twenty twenty five Major League Baseball Draft. And then

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<v Speaker 4>that was paired with resigning Carlos Santana to fill that

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<v Speaker 4>void on the Major League ross or the trading Josh created.

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<v Speaker 2>And how does all that fit together timing wise, where

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<v Speaker 2>you obviously want to fill a gap if you can,

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<v Speaker 2>and how aware were you of Carlos's interest to come

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<v Speaker 2>back here and be a part of it again.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, as talks intensified with Josh, we were engaged on

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<v Speaker 4>the free agent market to determine and trade market for

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<v Speaker 4>that matter, to determine which players might be available to

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<v Speaker 4>us to come back and backfill an event we did

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<v Speaker 4>make a trade, so we were having kind of operating

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<v Speaker 4>down parallel pass And this is the second time this

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<v Speaker 4>winter that we've had trans actions that were related to

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<v Speaker 4>each other. Even though they weren't the same transactions, they

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<v Speaker 4>were important. It was important to pair them together for

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<v Speaker 4>it to make sense for us. Obviously the trades involving

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<v Speaker 4>around the time of Andrea Simenez and now with Josh

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<v Speaker 4>where we had to have two transactions that complement each other,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think when you zoom out and look at

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<v Speaker 4>them in total, you can see maybe where some of

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<v Speaker 4>the logic wasn't how it made sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you ever think when you started your career you

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<v Speaker 2>would acquire the same player three different times over the

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<v Speaker 2>course of your end his career.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure I would have expected that. But we

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<v Speaker 4>are thrilled to welcome Carlos back to the organization. So

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<v Speaker 4>it made a huge impact on so many people here,

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<v Speaker 4>been part of so many great moments, and the fact

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<v Speaker 4>that he will continue to be guardian moving forward and

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<v Speaker 4>be here in twenty twenty five, we're really thrilled about.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned the picture from the diamondback slate Soconi coming

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<v Speaker 2>this way, What can you tell us about him? And

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<v Speaker 2>expectations heading into spring training.

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<v Speaker 4>Slat has a good track record in the minor leagues.

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<v Speaker 4>His calling card has been his ability to pound the

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<v Speaker 4>strike zone and throw strikes.

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<v Speaker 3>He's got a good four pitch mix, highlighted.

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<v Speaker 4>By mid nineties fastball that has touched the upper nineties

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<v Speaker 4>when he's been in a relief role. His best secondary

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<v Speaker 4>pitch is a curveball. And more excited to have him

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<v Speaker 4>join the organization and continue to partner with him in

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<v Speaker 4>his development. We think he'll come into spring training with

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<v Speaker 4>a chance to compete for a spot on the pitching staff,

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<v Speaker 4>could be in the rotation, could be in the pen,

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<v Speaker 4>and then hopefully impact us out of the gate next year.

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<v Speaker 4>But if he doesn't make the team, we're confident that

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<v Speaker 4>he can help us win some games in twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>And beyond, and obviously if you have to do what's

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<v Speaker 2>right for the ball club with this trade. There was

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<v Speaker 2>a family dynamic though with the Nailor brothers. A great

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<v Speaker 2>story and does that impact in any way maybe how

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<v Speaker 2>you look at the trade, but at least how you

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<v Speaker 2>handle it in terms of notifying different people and things

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<v Speaker 2>like that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, obviously, with bo Bo and Josh being brothers playing

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<v Speaker 2>you added some arms, brought one back, a big one

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<v Speaker 2>that hopefully will help at some point in Shane Bieber.

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<v Speaker 2>But Luis Ortiz, what did you see in him that

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<v Speaker 4>There are a lot of things to like with Luis Ortiz.

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<v Speaker 2>And with Shane Bieber, Number one, were you surprised, just

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<v Speaker 4>We were really hopeful at the end of the year

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<v Speaker 4>half of the season and help propel US forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Antonetti joining US President of Baseball Operations, You mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>the pitching group, and just to kind of wrap things up,

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<v Speaker 2>some additions to the coaching staff and some tweaks to

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<v Speaker 2>Goldberg moves into the dugout. What does that do for

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<v Speaker 4>I think our whole goal was used to try to

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<v Speaker 4>able to add Caleb Bulongshore, who is really well regarded

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<v Speaker 4>now join the group of Carl and Brad Goldberg and

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<v Speaker 4>They all have slightly different skills and experiences, but together

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<v Speaker 2>And on the hitting side, Grant Fak name hitting instructor,

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<v Speaker 2>he bring as someone who's been in the organization as.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, Yeah, Grant has been has made a massive impact.

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<v Speaker 4>Again in his time with us, He's done a lot

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<v Speaker 4>has he impacted a lot of minor league players along

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<v Speaker 4>the way, but as many of our major league players

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<v Speaker 4>Grant has often been the point person helping them execute

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<v Speaker 4>He's a great commuter, communicator, understands a swing exceptionally well,

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<v Speaker 2>So an extremely busy offseason so far, certainly on the

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<v Speaker 2>transaction front. As the new year develops, Now, how much

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<v Speaker 2>more is out there that you're looking to tweak and

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<v Speaker 4>That will means to be seen, Rosie, The answer is,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not quite sure. We'll continue to be engaged on

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<v Speaker 4>opportunities to add to our group if the right opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Chris, as always, thanks so much for coming by,

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<v Speaker 4>My pleasure, Rosie, look forward to Seenian good year in

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<v Speaker 2>As President of Baseball Operations. Chris and today and we

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<v Speaker 2>certainly thank him for his time this week, as he

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<v Speaker 2>with a month ago until spring training. Our first radio

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast will be February the twenty second, Guardians and Reds

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<v Speaker 2>from Goodyear and on the car as he has been

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<v Speaker 2>for thirty five straight years, it will be Tom Hamilton

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<v Speaker 2>joining me in the broadcast booth as the voice of

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<v Speaker 2>the Cleveland Guardians. Hammy has been in that role for

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<v Speaker 2>a long long time now, and this offseason was recognized

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<v Speaker 2>for his great contributions to this ball club and his

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<v Speaker 2>great calls and everything that goes along with being the

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<v Speaker 2>elected to Cooper's Town's Hall of Fame, the Ford Frick

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<v Speaker 2>Award winner for twenty twenty five. And when we come back,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk to Hammy has some great stories about his

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<v Speaker 2>morning that the announcement was made to So stay with us.

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<v Speaker 2>More to come as we continue with Guardians Weekly on

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<v Speaker 2>the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Net. Hang on, folks, this

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<v Speaker 2>baby isn't over yet. Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, our

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<v Speaker 2>first show of the new year, as we look forward

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<v Speaker 2>of the best developments in the offseason. Just a tremendous

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<v Speaker 2>honor for my good friend and broadcast partner. Tom Hamilton

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<v Speaker 2>will be inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame as this

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<v Speaker 2>year's Fort Frick Award winner this coming July and Cooper's

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<v Speaker 2>And Tom, first off, congratulations. I imagine it has been

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it has been. Thank you, Rosie. I appreciate the

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<v Speaker 1>kind words. And you're a part of it too, because

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<v Speaker 1>you've been a great partner and a great friend. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's We're very grateful. It still seems pretty surreal. But

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<v Speaker 1>had a chance today to talk to jokistigleone from the

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<v Speaker 1>So kind of fun to pick his brain, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of seems like it's more of a reality

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<v Speaker 1>when he starts telling you, Okay, you better prepare the speech,

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<v Speaker 1>Cooper's down. So yeah, it, like I say, we're very grateful.

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<v Speaker 1>And we just we know how how much we've been blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it seems when when something like this happens for someone,

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<v Speaker 2>they hear from people they haven't heard from in a

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<v Speaker 2>long time with well wishes. Anyone that surprised you, or

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you hadn't heard from in a long time from

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Yeah, like former teammate of mine, Johnny Bench called

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<v Speaker 1>But I think Rosie, that was the one that floored

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<v Speaker 1>me the most because I got the call on December

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<v Speaker 1>eleventh at about eleven forty in the morning from the

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<v Speaker 1>president of the Baseball Hall of Fame telling us that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we were going in and you know, then

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of that day obviously spent time with you

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<v Speaker 1>up being about five hundred text messages, which you're so

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<v Speaker 1>you know, appreciative and grateful of the people that took

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<v Speaker 1>out of the blue. I think I met Johnny Bench

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<v Speaker 1>it would have been sometime in the early nineties. I

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<v Speaker 1>know he doesn't remember it. I sure do, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>for him to make that kind of a call and

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<v Speaker 1>me just an incredible, thoughtful gesture on his part, because

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day, look, it's an unbelievable honor,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Hall of Fame is still about the players.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a player, but for a guy that's still

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<v Speaker 1>take that kind of time and talk to you and

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<v Speaker 1>congratulate you and offer some advice about that upcoming weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>that was incredible. And you heard from a number of people.

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<v Speaker 1>I sure don't want to slight anybody, but Jim Kott,

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<v Speaker 1>called from Florida, Tony Kubeck, who so many of us

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<v Speaker 1>player on those great Yankee teams with Maris Mantle, Whitey

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<v Speaker 1>Kuback to call. Those were certainly among the many that

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<v Speaker 2>Say, just amazing. And I chose you to what a

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<v Speaker 2>Tom take us for fans who maybe would never know

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<v Speaker 2>what that's like. What was that morning like before you

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<v Speaker 2>got that phone call from Cooperstown Having been a candidate before,

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<v Speaker 2>so you had been through it before. But what is

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<v Speaker 1>In all sincerity, Rose, see, I did not anticipate it happening.

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<v Speaker 1>And to your point, you know I have been nominated

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<v Speaker 1>that happened in the late summer months. They just tell you, look,

423
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<v Speaker 1>you know, on this day we're going to make the announcement.

424
00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:36.240
<v Speaker 1>This year, it happened to be December eleventh, And can

425
00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.680
<v Speaker 1>you make sure you are available to take a phone

426
00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:43.759
<v Speaker 1>call the morning of December eleventh if you're the person

427
00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.599
<v Speaker 1>that got voted in. If you are, we will call you.

428
00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:51.079
<v Speaker 1>If you're one of the nine that didn't get in,

429
00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:54.720
<v Speaker 1>we will not call you. So I've been pretty used

430
00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:58.119
<v Speaker 1>to the phone not ringing. So it's just one of

431
00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:01.200
<v Speaker 1>those things. I know people probably may not believe it,

432
00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:04.359
<v Speaker 1>but I didn't really sit around that morning and think

433
00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:07.720
<v Speaker 1>of it, or you know, I knew it obviously was

434
00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:10.880
<v Speaker 1>happening that day. Do you have a chance, Well, yeah,

435
00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:14.839
<v Speaker 1>you had a ten percent chance. But your life isn't

436
00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:18.640
<v Speaker 1>going to be better or worse. I mean, if it is,

437
00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:21.039
<v Speaker 1>then I think you've got a pretty shallow life. It's

438
00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.440
<v Speaker 1>an incredible honor, but at the end of the day,

439
00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:26.559
<v Speaker 1>your family and all of that is still your utmost

440
00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.400
<v Speaker 1>you know, regard. And so we just my wife and

441
00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.640
<v Speaker 1>I went about our normal day and about eleven o'clock

442
00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:37.119
<v Speaker 1>she had said to me, Hey, I've got lunch with

443
00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:39.920
<v Speaker 1>a friend at noon, Do you mind if I get ready?

444
00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:42.799
<v Speaker 1>I go, oh my gosh, yeah, we're If we were

445
00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.839
<v Speaker 1>going in, we would have got the call by now.

446
00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:49.920
<v Speaker 1>So she got ready for lunch, and I kept myself

447
00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.559
<v Speaker 1>busy with other things that I was doing and had

448
00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:54.680
<v Speaker 1>a bunch of things to get done with the holidays

449
00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:57.519
<v Speaker 1>around the corner, and hadn't really given it much thought.

450
00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:59.680
<v Speaker 1>Once to get to eleven o'clock, you were pretty much

451
00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.559
<v Speaker 1>assuming that, yeah, I'm not getting the caller. I would

452
00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:06.119
<v Speaker 1>have heard by now. And so when I get the

453
00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:09.160
<v Speaker 1>call at eleven forty, I don't think I could have

454
00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:13.079
<v Speaker 1>been more flabbergasted or shocked, just because again I thought

455
00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:16.039
<v Speaker 1>I would have heard by them. And then from that

456
00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:21.079
<v Speaker 1>point on, everything's a blur. It's just very surreal.

457
00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:23.680
<v Speaker 2>So you get this great news and we're joined by

458
00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Tom Hamilton heading to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

459
00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.200
<v Speaker 2>this summer, and you think of it in those terms, Hammy,

460
00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.039
<v Speaker 2>but take us back. I love when you tell the

461
00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:38.440
<v Speaker 2>story about your first spring training ride with your first partner,

462
00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:42.799
<v Speaker 2>the great legendary Herb Score. Tell us about that, and

463
00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.799
<v Speaker 2>would you have ever thought you'd get to this point,

464
00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:48.759
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Well, as that day is unfolding.

465
00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:52.160
<v Speaker 1>No, I think all of us, and I know you

466
00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:54.680
<v Speaker 1>were in the same boat when any of us are

467
00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:58.039
<v Speaker 1>in the minor leagues and we're coming up or trying

468
00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:01.839
<v Speaker 1>to in our minds, you know, have the impossible dream

469
00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:05.319
<v Speaker 1>become a reality. That phone call is as great as

470
00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:09.200
<v Speaker 1>the phone call was from Cooper's town. No phone call

471
00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:11.559
<v Speaker 1>will ever beat the phone call that I got in

472
00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:16.039
<v Speaker 1>January nineteen ninety saying we've chosen you to be Herb's

473
00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:21.119
<v Speaker 1>new partner. Will you accept the job? And so then

474
00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:23.720
<v Speaker 1>that year there was a strike, a lockout. I mean,

475
00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:26.079
<v Speaker 1>it seemed like it was going on every other year.

476
00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:30.519
<v Speaker 1>So spring training was delayed, so everything was at a

477
00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.400
<v Speaker 1>rushed pace. You were going to a much shorter spring

478
00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:37.559
<v Speaker 1>training because they were going to start the season a

479
00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.640
<v Speaker 1>week later than expected. And back in those days, we

480
00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:44.680
<v Speaker 1>were the only team in Tucson, and anytime we had

481
00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:47.319
<v Speaker 1>a road game that meant at least a two hour

482
00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:50.880
<v Speaker 1>drive to Phoenix. So yeah, I don't think I could

483
00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.440
<v Speaker 1>have been more nervous. I didn't know Herb. We hadn't

484
00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:58.920
<v Speaker 1>spent much time together because spring training had been so abbreviated.

485
00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:02.640
<v Speaker 1>We were moving from Columbus, had no idea when we

486
00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:06.240
<v Speaker 1>were even going to go to spring training, just because

487
00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:09.119
<v Speaker 1>of what was going on, you know, with the players

488
00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:13.000
<v Speaker 1>Association and with ownership. So it was a long drive

489
00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:16.480
<v Speaker 1>to Scottsdale. We played the San Francisco Giants. I got

490
00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:20.599
<v Speaker 1>one of the kindest gestures in my life from a

491
00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:24.640
<v Speaker 1>great broadcaster who has since left us, Hank Greenwald, who

492
00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:29.720
<v Speaker 1>had done Major League baseball for decades and was a

493
00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.240
<v Speaker 1>really good Major League play by play guy whom I own.

494
00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.680
<v Speaker 1>I didn't know, but I knew who he was, and

495
00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:40.960
<v Speaker 1>I went up introduced myself to him before the ballgame,

496
00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:44.599
<v Speaker 1>and he put his arm around me and said, Hey,

497
00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.720
<v Speaker 1>I want you to go out today and just have

498
00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:50.480
<v Speaker 1>a good time. You earned this job. You're going to

499
00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:53.519
<v Speaker 1>do a great job. He goes, you just don't do

500
00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:57.200
<v Speaker 1>anything different than you did that got you here, and

501
00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:01.240
<v Speaker 1>you're going to be just fine. And I can't tell

502
00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:05.359
<v Speaker 1>you how much that settled my nerves that day, the

503
00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:08.799
<v Speaker 1>first time I ever met Hank Greenwald, and he took

504
00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:12.119
<v Speaker 1>the time to extend those words to me, and it

505
00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:16.880
<v Speaker 1>was an incredible act of kindness on his part. Then

506
00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:19.079
<v Speaker 1>Herb and I do the game is about. Oh, it

507
00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.480
<v Speaker 1>was ungodly hot that day in Scottsdale's in the nineties.

508
00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:26.319
<v Speaker 1>I'm wrung out after the game because of nerves and

509
00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:29.240
<v Speaker 1>everything else. I also know that once I give back

510
00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:31.839
<v Speaker 1>into the car with Herb, we have another two hours

511
00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:35.680
<v Speaker 1>and twenty minutes of every song Frank Sinatra had ever sung,

512
00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:39.480
<v Speaker 1>which was if you were going to listen to music

513
00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:43.599
<v Speaker 1>with Herb. One he controlled what you listened to. And secondly,

514
00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:46.359
<v Speaker 1>there was only one person you were listening to, So

515
00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:51.000
<v Speaker 1>I pretty much knew every song by heart that Frank

516
00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:54.039
<v Speaker 1>Sinatra ever recorded by the time spring training was over.

517
00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:57.039
<v Speaker 1>But that day Herb said, you know what, this was

518
00:28:57.119 --> 00:29:00.519
<v Speaker 1>a really good first start, really enjoyed it. Why don't

519
00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.680
<v Speaker 1>you go and take the equipment to the car. I'll

520
00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.880
<v Speaker 1>go get us a couple of beers and we'll have

521
00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:09.759
<v Speaker 1>a beer on that picnic table over there, just kind

522
00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:11.599
<v Speaker 1>of relaxed a little bit, then get in the car

523
00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.759
<v Speaker 1>and head south to Tucson. Now I'm from Wisconsin, so

524
00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:19.359
<v Speaker 1>basically in Wisconsin you go from milk to beer. At

525
00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:22.200
<v Speaker 1>least that used to be the case back in the day,

526
00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:25.759
<v Speaker 1>And so I can't believe he's doing this and comes

527
00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:28.079
<v Speaker 1>back to the car empty handed, and I go Herb.

528
00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:31.440
<v Speaker 1>They were all out, hon he goes, Yep, all they

529
00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:36.319
<v Speaker 1>had was Miller lt. Let's go. So in Herb's mind,

530
00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.480
<v Speaker 1>that was not beer and he wasn't going to get

531
00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:43.519
<v Speaker 1>two beers if it was Miller lite, and we were

532
00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:46.599
<v Speaker 1>going to go back to Tucson. So that was my

533
00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:51.599
<v Speaker 1>introduction to Herb and he was just a phenomenal person

534
00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:55.079
<v Speaker 1>to me, and I was so fortunate to start my

535
00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:58.880
<v Speaker 1>career with him and work the final eight years of

536
00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.440
<v Speaker 1>his legendary career.

537
00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:04.319
<v Speaker 2>I always find it interesting. I think what people appreciate

538
00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:08.279
<v Speaker 2>from your broadcast time is just the stories you relate

539
00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:12.400
<v Speaker 2>from talking to players and the relationships that you have

540
00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:18.039
<v Speaker 2>built up with managers. Early on, it sounded like guys

541
00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:23.200
<v Speaker 2>like Bud Black and among others, were the just great

542
00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:26.039
<v Speaker 2>players to help you get comfortable in the game. What

543
00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:28.279
<v Speaker 2>did they mean to you and how did they help

544
00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.960
<v Speaker 2>you settle in?

545
00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:29.880
<v Speaker 4>Well?

546
00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.920
<v Speaker 1>Again, as you know, when you get here, you think

547
00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:36.759
<v Speaker 1>you're ready, you think you've earned the spot, but there's

548
00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:39.960
<v Speaker 1>always a lot of self doubt, and or at least

549
00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:42.559
<v Speaker 1>there was in my case. I mean, this's a whole

550
00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:48.680
<v Speaker 1>different level. Again, you won the lottery. You have, in essence,

551
00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.240
<v Speaker 1>had a miracle happen in your life, is the way

552
00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:54.359
<v Speaker 1>I looked at it. To get that job, and so

553
00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:57.359
<v Speaker 1>you have no idea what you're going to be dealing

554
00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.920
<v Speaker 1>with with major league players. Do they give a who

555
00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:02.720
<v Speaker 1>you are? How are they going to treat you? And

556
00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:05.759
<v Speaker 1>you know, back then I was obviously much younger, So

557
00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.720
<v Speaker 1>you know, in a lot of cases with a lot

558
00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:12.039
<v Speaker 1>of the players, you were in similar age bracket, you know,

559
00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.920
<v Speaker 1>give or take a couple of years here and there,

560
00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.720
<v Speaker 1>so you had a lot more in common with them

561
00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:20.079
<v Speaker 1>because of that. The game was also different then. Yeah,

562
00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.079
<v Speaker 1>the money was good, but it's not the astronomical money

563
00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:28.319
<v Speaker 1>that you see now. And our pitching staff had Buddy Black,

564
00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:34.799
<v Speaker 1>Tom Candiotti, Greg Swindell, and John Ferrell. And you're not

565
00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:38.759
<v Speaker 1>going to be around four better people than those four pitchers.

566
00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:43.160
<v Speaker 1>And they're all friends to this day thirty five years later.

567
00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:47.079
<v Speaker 1>You know, that's the first pitching staff I was exposed to.

568
00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:50.279
<v Speaker 1>And then eventually Charlie Naggy was coming up from the

569
00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:53.960
<v Speaker 1>minor leagues. You know, Sandy Alomar was the Rookie of

570
00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:57.480
<v Speaker 1>the Year unanimous in nineteen ninety. My first year, and

571
00:31:58.079 --> 00:32:01.880
<v Speaker 1>so those are would have now become lifelong friendships and

572
00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:04.640
<v Speaker 1>relationships with those guys, even though you may not have

573
00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:08.400
<v Speaker 1>that much to do with them now that everyone's moved on,

574
00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:11.759
<v Speaker 1>but they were just they were a special group. I

575
00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:16.880
<v Speaker 1>think it was because of Cleveland. Nobody really was looking

576
00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.400
<v Speaker 1>forward to being a Cleveland Indian in those days because

577
00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:24.039
<v Speaker 1>the club never was very good. They were playing in

578
00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:28.839
<v Speaker 1>the worst facility in all of sports from a baseball standpoint,

579
00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.000
<v Speaker 1>and you know, the club never had much money. There

580
00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:35.000
<v Speaker 1>never seemed to be any direction. Little did we know

581
00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:39.319
<v Speaker 1>that that was all changing, because the greatest thing, you know,

582
00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:43.519
<v Speaker 1>the Jacob's brothers ever did was after buying the club,

583
00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:47.119
<v Speaker 1>higher Hank Peters from the Baltimore Orioles to come up

584
00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:49.240
<v Speaker 1>with a plan and get this thing turned around. And

585
00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:53.200
<v Speaker 1>everything changed when the Jacobs brothers bought the ball club,

586
00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:57.039
<v Speaker 1>hired Hank Peters, and then he brought to town Danny

587
00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.319
<v Speaker 1>O'Dowd and John Hart and the rest is hit history.

588
00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:04.480
<v Speaker 1>But you know, it was kind of us against everybody

589
00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.960
<v Speaker 1>else back in those days. And then of course in

590
00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.119
<v Speaker 1>the mid nineties, Cleveland became the big bat bully and

591
00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:13.519
<v Speaker 1>they were dominating people. But I just think there was

592
00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.960
<v Speaker 1>a bond there that you know was unique. Maybe I

593
00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.480
<v Speaker 1>didn't realize it at the time, but looking back at

594
00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.359
<v Speaker 1>it now, I sure do.

595
00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:23.039
<v Speaker 2>And in closing and you kind of touched on it

596
00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:26.119
<v Speaker 2>a little bit, you get the one thing you can't

597
00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:29.720
<v Speaker 2>control is the wins and losses, and you're there to

598
00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:34.119
<v Speaker 2>broadcast the games. But when you were hired, you're right,

599
00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:37.440
<v Speaker 2>the track record for Cleveland was not good for a

600
00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:39.920
<v Speaker 2>long time. And now all of a sudden you have

601
00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:42.759
<v Speaker 2>you fast forward and you've been a part of one

602
00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:47.759
<v Speaker 2>of the great stretches, extended stretches in Cleveland history in

603
00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:51.319
<v Speaker 2>terms of success and the World Series appearances. Could you

604
00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:53.920
<v Speaker 2>have ever imagine when when you got that job, based

605
00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.599
<v Speaker 2>on what it was when it started.

606
00:33:56.440 --> 00:34:01.920
<v Speaker 1>No, And again, at that time, I didn't care if

607
00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:04.839
<v Speaker 1>I was in Siberia, if it was in the major leagues.

608
00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:07.640
<v Speaker 1>You know, there's no such thing as a bad major

609
00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:11.360
<v Speaker 1>league job. Some are better than others. I didn't realize

610
00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:14.039
<v Speaker 1>it at the time that I was landing a job

611
00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:16.840
<v Speaker 1>that was as good as it's going to get. In

612
00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:20.639
<v Speaker 1>our game, you can't work for better people than I

613
00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.079
<v Speaker 1>have worked for in the Jacobs family and now the

614
00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:26.559
<v Speaker 1>Dolan family. The people we've had in our front offices

615
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:30.519
<v Speaker 1>have been among the very best in the game of baseball.

616
00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:34.400
<v Speaker 1>Over the last thirty five years, we've been in the playoffs.

617
00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:39.639
<v Speaker 1>I think it's fourteen times since nineteen ninety five. If

618
00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:42.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm not mistaken, in a twenty year period, I beg

619
00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:45.199
<v Speaker 1>your pardon. In a thirty year period, been in the

620
00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:49.480
<v Speaker 1>playoffs fourteen times. That's basically every other year you're in

621
00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:52.679
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. And you know, it all started back then,

622
00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:59.119
<v Speaker 1>and people back then were despising the Indians still because

623
00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:02.360
<v Speaker 1>they had traded their superstar Joe Carter, and I was like, well,

624
00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:05.760
<v Speaker 1>here we go again. Well, Hank Peters knew they weren't

625
00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:08.360
<v Speaker 1>going to be able to keep Joe Carter, and he

626
00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:11.840
<v Speaker 1>made pretty good trade, getting Carlos by Erga, Chris James,

627
00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:16.239
<v Speaker 1>and Sandy Alomar Junior, and then drafted Charlie Naggey and

628
00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:19.480
<v Speaker 1>that was the beginning of what as you have mentioned,

629
00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:23.719
<v Speaker 1>I mean, the last thirty years here, people in Cleveland

630
00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:27.000
<v Speaker 1>have been among the most fortunate in all of baseball

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<v Speaker 1>to have that consistent winning. And again, I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>the other part that's made this job so great. We

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<v Speaker 1>were able to raise four children in what we think

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<v Speaker 1>is an incredible community, and the fans here have been

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<v Speaker 1>so good to us. You know, you have no idea

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<v Speaker 1>how your life is going to turn out, But my lord,

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<v Speaker 1>have we been fortunate that we got hired and have

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<v Speaker 1>been able to stay here in Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 2>That is Tom Hamilton going into the Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 2>this summer as the Ford Frick Award winner in this summer.

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<v Speaker 2>To what maybe if you get there? Still wait, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still waiting for that phone call that comes. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how to tell you this, but we made a mistake.

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<v Speaker 2>Well how about that. Have you started your speech yet? No,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd wigh you wait till the night before, got some

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<v Speaker 2>notes down on a napkin.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that'll go for big stay with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Folks will have more after this on the Cleveland Clinic

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim rosen House along with

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<v Speaker 2>you as we bring you Baseball Talk on the radio

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<v Speaker 2>now each Saturday on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network.

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday morning at seven. Check your local affiliate listings if

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<v Speaker 2>can't catch it on the radio, it does convert to

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<v Speaker 2>can listen whenever you like.

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<v Speaker 7>And that's going to do it for this week's show.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll talk to you again next week. Thanks as always

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<v Speaker 7>to Brian Motsei. Matzi's back for another year as well,

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<v Speaker 7>and we're glad to have him. He puts together our

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<v Speaker 7>show each and every week and does a great job

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<v Speaker 7>on the game broadcast as well. Until next week, this

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<v Speaker 7>is Jim Rosen House reminding you that you've been listening

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<v Speaker 7>the Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio network.

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