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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim Rosenhouse back with you
Speaker 1: from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. Well, it's been a
Speaker 1: good week for the Guardians. They open it up in Detroit,
Speaker 1: the second leg of their five game road trip just
Speaker 1: completed on Monday night. In Detroit, the offense was rolling
Speaker 1: early with a first inning double for on Hell Martinez
Speaker 1: that brought Jose Ramirez to the plate posey manning left handed,
Speaker 1: no score. Ramirez grounds it by the diving Madris at
Speaker 1: first down the right field line, kicks off the sidewall.
Speaker 1: Martinez scores Ramirez in standing with an RBI double. Following Ramirez,
Speaker 1: it was Josh Naylor down the two to two swung
Speaker 1: On banged up the middle. There's a base hit that'll
Speaker 1: score Ramirez and it's two nothing Cleveland. So Josh Naylor
Speaker 1: gets that weekend off and responds with a base hit
Speaker 1: to center. He's knocked in seventy three and boyd Is
Speaker 1: hitting coach Chris Valaika liked this approach. Two nothing Cleveland
Speaker 1: on three straight hits. Later on in that first inning,
Speaker 1: Andre Semenez singled that put runners on the corners for
Speaker 1: John Kenzie Noel. The pitch a swinging a shot in
Speaker 1: the whole in the left base hit that'll score Naylor.
Speaker 1: He might have stops it second. John Kenzie Noel makes
Speaker 1: it three nothing Cleveland, as they have scored three times
Speaker 1: on five hits. Noel with his twelfth RBI and that's it.
Speaker 1: Bowl Brisky cannot get Detroit through one inning. Guardians added
Speaker 1: to the lead in the third inning with Jose Ramirez
Speaker 1: leading it off the pit. Swung On hit a ton
Speaker 1: deep left center. Forget about it. Jose Ramirez with a
Speaker 1: Manet blast into the seats beyond the bullpen in left
Speaker 1: center and the Guardians have a four nothing lead. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: on the mound, Tanner Biby was shutting down the Tiger
Speaker 1: lineup two down, runner second, four nothing Cleveland. Third inning,
Speaker 1: the pitch to Colt Keith and he got jam hits
Speaker 1: a weak roller to the second basement. Imenez throws him out.
Speaker 1: Man Tanner Baby's locked in Folks four nothing, Cleveland three
Speaker 1: in the books. We went ahead to the sixth inning,
Speaker 1: Guardians again threatening two men on and bo Naylor at
Speaker 1: the plate. Now the one too breaking ball hit a
Speaker 1: ton deep right field down the line. It goes. This
Speaker 1: ball is gone, a three run homer down the right
Speaker 1: field line as bow Nailor went out and hooked a
Speaker 1: breaking ball and gives Cleveland the blowout home run, seven
Speaker 1: nothing Cleveland. Nayler with a seventh omer, giving him twenty
Speaker 1: eight rbies and once again the long ball is back
Speaker 1: in the Cleveland arsenal. And what a difference it makes
Speaker 1: when you can hit some home runs with people on.
Speaker 1: Then Jose Ramirez struck again with an exclamation point in
Speaker 1: the seventh. The next pitch swung on hit high hit
Speaker 1: deep to left. Canni's back track wall gone again again.
Speaker 1: He clears the bullpen again. It's a bomb for Ramirez.
Speaker 1: He has a two homer night and the Guardians have
Speaker 1: an eight nothing lead and Jose Ramirez' pat has come
Speaker 1: to life in a big way. Tonight. Jose Ramirez with
Speaker 1: two home runs a double. That's his second game this
Speaker 1: year with two home runs. He had one against the
Speaker 1: Angels back and Anaheim in May. The Tigers scratched out
Speaker 1: a pair of runs in the seventh inning, two more
Speaker 1: in the ninth that made it eight to four and
Speaker 1: that would be enough as Hunter Gattis was on to
Speaker 1: finish things up. Gadis with a payoff, a swing and
Speaker 1: a skyball shallow right center going out. Jimenez makes the
Speaker 1: catch ball game and the Guardians keep rolling three and
Speaker 1: one on this road trip. They get a couple of
Speaker 1: bombs from Jose Ramirez and beat up the Tigers Tonight.
Speaker 1: Eight to four s a good win in the series
Speaker 1: opener for the Guardians Monday night, and they would look
Speaker 1: for the series sweep on Tuesday afternoon. We begin on
Speaker 1: the mound Gavin Williams. He was looking to build off
Speaker 1: his previous outing and he looked good early in this one.
Speaker 1: The pits swinging a miss good brinking ball. William Banks
Speaker 1: out Rodgers and Gavin Williams is picked up where he
Speaker 1: left off against Detroit and his last outing. He has
Speaker 1: now struck out four today. Then in the fourth inning,
Speaker 1: the Guardians got the scoring started with one big swing
Speaker 1: from Josh Naylor. Here comes the payoff pitch swung on
Speaker 1: and that's skied high in the air to right. This
Speaker 1: one is deep and it's a fair ball home run.
Speaker 1: Josh Naylor puts the Guardians in front with a towering
Speaker 1: blast down the right field line, home run number twenty
Speaker 1: three for Naylor. In the fifth, Tyler Freeman was hit
Speaker 1: by a pitch to start the inning. Then Daniel Schneman
Speaker 1: stepped to the plate. Here's the pitch and it's swung
Speaker 1: on in line down the right field line. Fair ball
Speaker 1: into the corner. It goes headed for third and slogging
Speaker 1: around third is Freeman. They'll try and score him, and
Speaker 1: he will score without a throw as Steman's into second
Speaker 1: base with a stand up RBI double and the the
Speaker 1: Guardians are now in front to nothing. The score remained
Speaker 1: to nothing Cleveland until the eighth. That's when the newest Guardian,
Speaker 1: Lane Thomas, collected his first hit in Cleveland. Here's the
Speaker 1: pitch swinging a liner to center field. Base hit number
Speaker 1: one as a Cleveland Guardian for Lane Thomas. And you
Speaker 1: know that feels good. You catch your red eye from Phoenix,
Speaker 1: you get a few hours of sleep. You play in
Speaker 1: your first game with the Cleveland Guardians. And it took
Speaker 1: fod bats, but Lane Thomas gets a basin. And let's
Speaker 1: not forget one thing. He got that basin off a
Speaker 1: right hander. And the next batter was Jose Ramirez. Now
Speaker 1: the one two runner goes pitch swinging and rip deep
Speaker 1: bright field. He's done it again. Jose Ramirez with a
Speaker 1: laser two run homer to write four nothing Cleveland in
Speaker 1: the eighth and Jose Ramirez with his third homer in
Speaker 1: this two game series. The night the Guardians added one
Speaker 1: more run thanks to Brian Rocchio. Down the two to
Speaker 1: one pitch, swingon and hammered deep bluff center field. It
Speaker 1: is done, Brian Rochio. He has his fourth home run,
Speaker 1: his second this year. Batting right handed man did that
Speaker 1: jump out of here to the left center Brian Rocchio
Speaker 1: makes it five nothing. Cleveland. Here in the ninth, third
Speaker 1: Cleveland home run, and then Emmanuel Classe was on in
Speaker 1: the ninth in a non safe situation. The pitch swung
Speaker 1: on the bouncer, a second charged by him and his
Speaker 1: gloves flips the first bulgie. The Guardians get a sweep,
Speaker 1: they get a shutout, and they keep on rolling. Five
Speaker 1: nothing over Detroit Today off day Wednesday for the Guardians.
Speaker 1: They open up a new home stand Thursday night Baltimore
Speaker 1: in town a battle of the top two teams in
Speaker 1: the American League, and jumped in front with a run
Speaker 1: in the top half of the first inning. But in
Speaker 1: the bottom of the inning, the Guardians answered. Stephen Kuan
Speaker 1: let it off with a single. Then Lane Thomas stepped in,
Speaker 1: making his Progressive field debut. One nothing, Birds runner first,
Speaker 1: Cleveland batting, first inning, nobody out the pitch, a swing
Speaker 1: and a liner to the left down the line, fairball
Speaker 1: into the corner, stooting deferdest Kwan. He's being stopped in
Speaker 1: in with a double? Is Lane Thomas not a bad
Speaker 1: way to debut in a Cleveland uniform at Progressive field.
Speaker 1: Lane Thomas, who tortures left handed pitching. That's why Cleveland
Speaker 1: went out and got him and right off the band,
Speaker 1: He's got a double. Jose Ramirez followed with a sackfly
Speaker 1: to tie the game at one, and then Josh Naylor
Speaker 1: put the Guardians in front. The pitch swung on line
Speaker 1: drive base at center field. Cleveland takes the lane two
Speaker 1: to one. Josh Naylor the seventy fifth RBI and that
Speaker 1: one two combo is back at it. Ramirez and Naylor
Speaker 1: driving in runs and Cleveland trying to make this a
Speaker 1: forgettable night in Trevor Rodgers' debut with his new club.
Speaker 1: In the third, it was two men on, two men out,
Speaker 1: David fry looking to do damage. Here's the payoff, a
Speaker 1: swing and a drive deepluf center field.
Speaker 3: This ball goal.
Speaker 1: David Frye had gone eighteen games without an extra base hit.
Speaker 1: Hey just hit a huge, two out, three run home
Speaker 1: run to the bleachers and left center and the Guardians
Speaker 1: have a five to one lead, and for Trevor Rodgers,
Speaker 1: a nightmarish Baltimore Orioles David the Orioles got one back
Speaker 1: with a run in the fourth to make it five
Speaker 1: to two, but mister consistency on the mound, Ben Lively
Speaker 1: continued his quest for win number ten. The two to
Speaker 1: one swung engulfed it high in the air to shallow
Speaker 1: left center backpedaling is Rochio the shortstop one hands it
Speaker 1: and there he is once again Ben Lively, six superb innings.
Speaker 1: In all likelihood, his night is done, but another gallant
Speaker 1: effort for the veteran right hander who's pitched more and
Speaker 1: one more here in twenty twenty four than at any
Speaker 1: other point in his career. In the seventh, another double
Speaker 1: from Lane Thomas got it started, and then once again
Speaker 1: it was Jose Ramirez, sending the home crowd into a frenzy,
Speaker 1: the pitch swinging and ripped deep bright.
Speaker 4: There she goes.
Speaker 1: Another two for Jose Ramirez. Not even Jack Nicholas could
Speaker 1: hit it two iron like that, and the Guardians have
Speaker 1: a seven to two lead, and Ramirez has four home
Speaker 1: runs in his last three games. Jose Ramirez with three
Speaker 1: more Army eyes tonight, twenty eight homers, ninety arby eyes
Speaker 1: and yes, Virginia, he very much is an American League MVP. Kennedy.
Speaker 1: They were not done yet in the seventh inning, as
Speaker 1: they'd get two more men on and then another blast
Speaker 1: from bow Naylor. Now the three one to Naylor, a
Speaker 1: swing and a drive deep brightfield, Hallai back a three
Speaker 1: run majestic bond are right by bou Nayler and the
Speaker 1: Guardians with five in the seventh and they now leaded
Speaker 1: ten to two. Baltimore got the run in the eighth
Speaker 1: inning to make it ten to three, which was more
Speaker 1: than enough for Nick Sandland to finish things up in
Speaker 1: the ninth. Here's the set the next delivery, A swing
Speaker 1: and a mess ball game and the Guardians win their
Speaker 1: fourth in a row and they play home run derby
Speaker 1: tonight a page out of the Orioles book, as Cleveland's
Speaker 1: three home runs I counted for eight runs and Ben
Speaker 1: Lively was superb again. Final tonight Cleveland ten and Baltimore three.
Speaker 1: So another good win for the Guardians in the series opener,
Speaker 1: and that led to Friday Night's game against Baltimore, game
Speaker 1: two of the series, and again the Orioles took the lead,
Speaker 1: this time in the second inning, but in the bottom
Speaker 1: of the inning, the guard came right back to tie
Speaker 1: the game with a basis loaded walk to Brian Rochio.
Speaker 1: Then Austin Hedges followed with a clutch at bat to
Speaker 1: give Cleveland the lead. The pitch. Swing in a fly
Speaker 1: ball the right fairly deep toward the line, Suntandre to
Speaker 1: grab it. He'll make the Cats fried tagging. Here's the
Speaker 1: throat of the plate, the slide safe, strong throw, but
Speaker 1: back dooring him on the slide was David Fry slid
Speaker 1: beyond the plate and slapped it with his left hand.
Speaker 1: And it's two to one Cleveland. And another quality at
Speaker 1: bed by the bottom of the order. Then in the fifth,
Speaker 1: the Guardians added to the lead Stephen Kwan with a single,
Speaker 1: Jose Ramirez with a walk, and that brought Josh Naylor
Speaker 1: to the plate. Here's his two to two to Naylor,
Speaker 1: swung on, popped him up third base side now and
Speaker 1: down in the shallow left, long run for any one,
Speaker 1: and that ball drops and it's a fair ball. Two
Speaker 1: runs will score Quan, followed by Ramirez and Nailor makes
Speaker 1: it into second base with a bloop double down the
Speaker 1: left field line. Four to one Cleveland. The Guardians kept
Speaker 1: at it in the sixth, loading the bases for Austin Hedges.
Speaker 1: Now the payoff pitch, Swinging a ground ball towards short
Speaker 1: diving Ivy Henderson base hit left field. That'll score a run.
Speaker 1: Hem and his scores and hedges with a drawn in
Speaker 1: infield shot it by the diving Henderson at short and
Speaker 1: it's five no one Cleveland. Stephen Kuan followed to the
Speaker 1: bases loaded walk to make it six to one. The
Speaker 1: bases were still loaded two batters later for Jose Ramirez.
Speaker 1: The pitch swing in a fly ball medium deep center,
Speaker 1: Mullins coming in to grab it. Rokios tagging Mullins with
Speaker 1: the throat of the play, cutoff run scores. Now run
Speaker 1: down between first and second. Now coming home, and here's
Speaker 1: the throat of the plate, slide safe pitches scores. He's
Speaker 1: done it all. You can't stop pure speed. It'll be
Speaker 1: a sac fly scoring Rokio. What a wild play that was.
Speaker 1: The Orioles got back in and they scored three in
Speaker 1: the seventh to make it eight to four. But that's
Speaker 1: as close as they got as Hunter Gaddis got the
Speaker 1: job done in the eighth, and Emmanuel Classe did the
Speaker 1: usual in the ninth. Now the two pitch swinging in
Speaker 1: the ness ball game. Classe finishes it with a strikeout
Speaker 1: five straight for Cleveland, and they matched their season best
Speaker 1: twenty five games over five hundred and regardless of what
Speaker 1: happens the rest of this weekend. They've won another season series,
Speaker 1: this one from the Orioles with an eight to four
Speaker 1: win tonight. So good week going for the Guardians, winners
Speaker 1: of five straight heading into play on Saturday. Stay with
Speaker 1: us when we go back. We'll hear from John Kenzie
Speaker 1: Noel after this timeout on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, Jim rosen House along with
Speaker 1: you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. That's been a
Speaker 1: good week for the Guardians. They won five in a row.
Speaker 1: Everybody on the roster contributing, including rookie John Kenzie Nowell.
Speaker 1: He's shown big power of late, as his three run
Speaker 1: home run against the Phillies last Sunday proved to be
Speaker 1: a difference maker in a four to three Guards win.
Speaker 1: We caught up with Big Christmas earlier this week and
Speaker 1: he talked about his approach to that at bat in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia that led to a game tying home run.
Speaker 3: I mean when I hit that homer, uh, I was
Speaker 3: talking with a heating coach, so he told me seeing
Speaker 3: the fastball, you know, and he drove me breaking off
Speaker 3: a pitch like seventy one col riting. So but my
Speaker 3: pro was, U say, you know, with the fastball, so
Speaker 3: I secure that plan name and I got that restor
Speaker 3: I want.
Speaker 1: And you mentioned that, and it seems like pictures are
Speaker 1: throwing more breaking balls to you. How do you make
Speaker 1: that adjustment when they do try and get you out
Speaker 1: more with the breaking pitch?
Speaker 3: I mean the same I say, with my plan. You know,
Speaker 3: I'm not going with their plan. I just got my plan.
Speaker 3: I need in steak with my plan, you know. And
Speaker 3: if I got a do a little adjudgment and I
Speaker 3: buy that due, but yeah, I just stayed with my plan.
Speaker 3: If he did throw me something hungry, I want to
Speaker 3: you know, hear the line drive Russia something like that.
Speaker 1: How much have have you improved in that area since
Speaker 1: maybe even a year ago at the minor league level.
Speaker 1: How much of your game has improved along those lines?
Speaker 3: I mean, uh, you know, I work a lot, uh
Speaker 3: in the off season with the team you know in Arizona,
Speaker 3: and uh, they had me allot the last off season.
Speaker 3: So for that reason, I got kind of resort. I
Speaker 3: have it right now, you know, and uh they work me.
Speaker 3: You know. It's a lot of process and I stayed
Speaker 3: with it, you know, and they have me allowed with it,
Speaker 3: and yeah, now I do it, you know, and I
Speaker 3: got my resort, So tell them, you know, for hav
Speaker 3: me a lot, you know, and you know we h
Speaker 3: for me. That is the best team here, you know,
Speaker 3: And I feel better it comes out with the team,
Speaker 3: you know, and I reappreciate it because they have me
Speaker 3: a lot in my whole career.
Speaker 1: So yeah, and the team just won two out of
Speaker 1: three in philadelphe the team at the best record in
Speaker 1: baseball going into that series. How enjoyable was that series
Speaker 1: for you and your teammates, you think.
Speaker 3: I mean, what's great? You know, Like we say, we
Speaker 3: have a team for some reason, you know, and there's
Speaker 3: no matter who throwing or who we face with the best,
Speaker 3: you know, and we're gonna do the for be them too.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 3: It's a nigger meaning, so we never get up, you know.
Speaker 1: John Kenzie, great day yesterday, Thank you for coming by.
Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1: One of the most personable young men you'll ever meet,
Speaker 1: John Kenzie. No weel and that rookie is having a
Speaker 1: fine season as part of a very young ball club
Speaker 1: and staying along those lines. Rookie pitcher Joey Cantillo made
Speaker 1: his major league debut last Sunday in Philadelphia. It was
Speaker 1: a no decision for him in a game that the
Speaker 1: Guardians won four to three. And we caught up with
Speaker 1: Cantillo a couple of days after the start and he
Speaker 1: talked about that first time and what it was like
Speaker 1: to face major league hitters and a really good opponent
Speaker 1: in the Phillies, who at the time held baseball's best record.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 6: No, it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 6: I think there was obviously a lot going on in
Speaker 6: the in the twenty four hours building up to it,
Speaker 6: and then I think once I got out there and
Speaker 6: once it was you know, I think being in the
Speaker 6: clubhouse and stuff before, you know, playing with a lot
Speaker 6: of the guys that are already in there, and just
Speaker 6: the vibes that they had, that was a lot of fun.
Speaker 6: But once I got there, I got out there on
Speaker 6: the field, I think it was just go out there
Speaker 6: and exclude on execute on my plan, and execute on
Speaker 6: what we wanted to do. And you know, everyone here
Speaker 6: has a good plan in place, so it was a
Speaker 6: lot of fun. It was a lot of fun, and
Speaker 6: like I said, I'm just happy we won that game
Speaker 6: at the end, and that was just a great It
Speaker 6: was honestly a fun day.
Speaker 1: Obviously, you'd love to blow through the top or the
Speaker 1: bottom half of the first inning. In that case, you
Speaker 1: give up a home runner the first bat or so,
Speaker 1: mindset wise, how did you calm it down so quickly
Speaker 1: and really get deeper into the game.
Speaker 6: I think I had to. I think obviously there was
Speaker 6: really no other option. So that's not how you want
Speaker 6: to start. And unfortunately it happened, but it happened, so
Speaker 6: you you you process why it happened, and you move
Speaker 6: on from it, and you you you attack with and
Speaker 6: you execute on your plan. And you know, we were
Speaker 6: able to get out of that first inning, which was
Speaker 6: which was good to get that out of the way.
Speaker 6: Had a better second inning, and the third inning obviously
Speaker 6: ran into some trouble again with shorebr and and and
Speaker 6: giving up that lead off hit the stubbs, But just
Speaker 6: things I got to learn from and and and and
Speaker 6: make some adjustments and execute on those adjustments, and I
Speaker 6: think from there on out, I'm just you know, we're excited.
Speaker 6: I'm excited to get back out there.
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's a million things that go through your
Speaker 1: head when you make your major league debut, and in
Speaker 1: terms of memories, you had a lot of people there,
Speaker 1: family and friends who were able to show up tell
Speaker 1: us who was there and what that meant to you
Speaker 1: that have them there, you know.
Speaker 2: That was awesome.
Speaker 6: Yeah, So my parents came out from Hoyi which was great,
Speaker 6: and my sisters in Seattle, so she flew out. My
Speaker 6: high school coach, like I said, was in Vegas with
Speaker 6: with his son, so it just it just so happened
Speaker 6: to work out. When I called him, he was already
Speaker 6: a little closer than than being home, so he was
Speaker 6: able to fly out another high school coach game and
Speaker 6: flew out. And then my basically my second family, uh,
Speaker 6: my second family flew out as well from Hooi, which
Speaker 6: is really great to have them out there. So I
Speaker 6: had I had a little contingency, which was really nice.
Speaker 6: And Hoi was represented, so that was a lot of
Speaker 6: fun enjoy.
Speaker 1: I think everybody has an idea of when they'd like
Speaker 1: to get here, how they'd like to get here, all
Speaker 1: that kind of good stuff. What clicked in for you
Speaker 1: this year that you think put you over the top
Speaker 1: and and got you to the major leagues.
Speaker 6: Now, yeah, I think a lot of things. I think
Speaker 6: it had been a it had been a longer journey
Speaker 6: than maybe I would have expected years ago, and thought
Speaker 6: about you know, everyone has a plan in your head,
Speaker 6: and I think for me, think ups and downs of
Speaker 6: my minor league journey and things that went my way,
Speaker 6: things that didn't go my way, years that went my way,
Speaker 6: years that didn't go my way. So learning from all
Speaker 6: those things, and I think this year, I mean just
Speaker 6: trusting in God and and kind of not really worried
Speaker 6: about to be not worried about when it's gonna be
Speaker 6: and and and and and what and why, and just
Speaker 6: just focus on where my feet are and just be
Speaker 6: super present in where I'm at, whether that's in Arizona
Speaker 6: rehabbing my hamstring, whether that it's in Columbus pitching, just
Speaker 6: being where my feet are and then you know when
Speaker 6: you're really dedicated to your process. And it's sound seats
Speaker 6: so cliche, but like for me, no matter where I'm at,
Speaker 6: it like, I want to be where my feet are,
Speaker 6: and I want to be in my process because when
Speaker 6: I'm in my process, you know, that's when the results
Speaker 6: take care of themselves. But that's that's not what you
Speaker 6: need to focus on. I want to focus on my process.
Speaker 1: And you're pitching for a really good team. You make
Speaker 1: your debut for a team that had the best record
Speaker 1: in the American League. What does that mean and does
Speaker 1: it make it I don't want to say any easier,
Speaker 1: but is it comforting to.
Speaker 6: Know that it's It's just awesome to know that. I
Speaker 6: think I've been in this organization now for a couple
Speaker 6: of years, so I think it's cool to see obviously
Speaker 6: all the work and the behind the scenes stuff that
Speaker 6: people don't really get to see, but organizationally, from the
Speaker 6: from the bottom up, they do a lot of good
Speaker 6: things and they have a lot of good people in
Speaker 6: the building, and I think that contributes to a lot
Speaker 6: of good things. And then when you get good people
Speaker 6: in the building that are good at what they do,
Speaker 6: it makes for a lot of fun. And I think
Speaker 6: the world's really seeing that with this team this year,
Speaker 6: and I'm honestly just happy to be a part of it.
Speaker 1: Well, great to have you here, Thank you for coming back.
Speaker 1: Thank you. That's rookie Joey Cantillo, who will pitch on
Speaker 1: Saturday night against the Orioles. And we go from a
Speaker 1: rookie to a savvy veteran Alex Cobb, who was acquired
Speaker 1: at the trade deadline. Cob, in his age thirty six season,
Speaker 1: hasn't pitched yet due to injury, but he's looking forward
Speaker 1: to getting on the major league mound soon. He continues
Speaker 1: to recover from off season hip surgery. Then there were
Speaker 1: some shoulder issues and a blister problem cropped up in
Speaker 1: his last rehab start, But when we had a chance
Speaker 1: to visit with him on Friday, he said he's not
Speaker 1: very far off and gave us the update on how
Speaker 1: the rehab's going.
Speaker 7: Well, I'm gonna go through a rehabit Columbus tomorrow night,
Speaker 7: and then we're going to reassess after that. But I
Speaker 7: would be I'm very hopeful that it will be you know,
Speaker 7: five six days after that.
Speaker 1: And it seems like you've had enough rehab assignment starts
Speaker 1: where you might have a pretty good idea of what
Speaker 1: your stuff is in terms of preparation, is getting where
Speaker 1: you like it to be and allows you to be
Speaker 1: effective at this level.
Speaker 7: Yeah, one of the challenges of rehubs starts is obviously
Speaker 7: you're still dealing with minor things. I had one outing
Speaker 7: where I was very pleased with felt very sharp with
Speaker 7: where my stuff was. And then, to my disbelief, a
Speaker 7: blister popped up in the second or last pitch of
Speaker 7: that game, so I had to kind of go through
Speaker 7: an outing with dealing with that. And so it's been
Speaker 7: a little while since that game, but just very thankful
Speaker 7: that this organization, you know, put that out on the
Speaker 7: table before I even talk to them. Far Hunt filled
Speaker 7: me in our GM of San Francisco and told told us,
Speaker 7: told me that that would be the plan with them
Speaker 7: going forward, just so I wasn't cut off guard. And
Speaker 7: you know, it just shows the care that they have
Speaker 7: and the consideration that they want you to hit the
Speaker 7: ground running. So you know, most teams at the trade
Speaker 7: deadline when they acquire a guy, they want to get
Speaker 7: them out there as quick as possible. So for them
Speaker 7: to just have the presence of mind to make sure
Speaker 7: that I've gotten everything that I need, make sure that
Speaker 7: all the injuries are behind me in and out, and
Speaker 7: you know, I'm very thankful for that.
Speaker 1: And Cleveland has a great reputation pitching wise, aside from
Speaker 1: what you just mentioned. Were you aware of that much
Speaker 1: before the trade or has that been something you've kind
Speaker 1: of caught up on here in the last twenty four hours.
Speaker 7: Oh man, if you know anything about baseball, you know
Speaker 7: Cleveland Guardians know how to develop a starting pitching and
Speaker 7: and so that's, you know, kind of a surprise that
Speaker 7: they're going out there looking for it. But at the
Speaker 7: same time, if they're coming after you, I think that
Speaker 7: kind of gives you a lot of bit a lot
Speaker 7: of confidence going into the situation you are because they
Speaker 7: have they have faith in what you do. And so
Speaker 7: I'm very excited that you know, they they went after
Speaker 7: me and got me at the deadline because you know,
Speaker 7: they know what they're doing.
Speaker 1: Here, Alex Cops. Joining US trades are not easy. You've
Speaker 1: been with a couple of organizations in the past. How
Speaker 1: difficult is it when it first happens, and what are
Speaker 1: some of the things that you have to do to
Speaker 1: try and make it comfortable.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, this is the first time in my
Speaker 7: career I've dealt with an nd season trade. I've seen
Speaker 7: it from afar, seen teammates get dealt. You know, it
Speaker 7: doesn't look easy, but you don't really know what they
Speaker 7: what you go through. I mean, got the call probably
Speaker 7: at twelve thirty one o'clock trade deadline day, and they
Speaker 7: asked if I could fly out that night. Needed it,
Speaker 7: needed at least a few hours to pack the house
Speaker 7: up and get the family together, and we ended up
Speaker 7: flying out the next morning. And just you know, I've
Speaker 7: been very fortunate that my wife stepped up and been
Speaker 7: a rock star through through this whole situation and just
Speaker 7: made sure to to have the family here. She packed
Speaker 7: the house up, found a house here, it's going to
Speaker 7: find school, you know, just doing everything she can to
Speaker 7: make sure that the family stays together, which you know,
Speaker 7: we've we all feel is the most important part of
Speaker 7: the family. So that's I'm very fortunate to have her
Speaker 7: and her do what she's doing. So she's made it
Speaker 7: easy on me. The Guardians organizations made it easy on me.
Speaker 7: They've made sure I've had everything that I need, everything
Speaker 7: that I could want getting over here. So so far,
Speaker 7: it's been very smooth.
Speaker 1: And the hope is you pitch in the postseason, which
Speaker 1: you haven't done since twenty thirteen. Fans here should remember
Speaker 1: you if they were good fans and longtime fans of
Speaker 1: this back club, as you pitched for Tampa Bay an
Speaker 1: excellent game in the wildcard game that year. What does
Speaker 1: it mean to you to join a team that is
Speaker 1: having a great season and has big expectations.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I feel like I'm you know, kind
Speaker 7: of getting I feel guilty. You know that this team,
Speaker 7: this organization has put in so much work since February,
Speaker 7: and you know, I kind of get to cut the
Speaker 7: line and just jump on a team that's positioned themselves
Speaker 7: very well to get to the postseason. This this fan base,
Speaker 7: this uh, this organization, especially the crowd that they get
Speaker 7: when it's sold out, the energy that they supply the team.
Speaker 7: I got to witness firsthand obviously that night, and it
Speaker 7: was very intimidating. I mean, warming up in the bullpen.
Speaker 7: Back when the bullpens were where the fans were, they
Speaker 7: were ruthless, so uh, you know I was. I tried
Speaker 7: to compose myself as much as I could, but you know,
Speaker 7: I had some nerves going underneath.
Speaker 1: Well, you're on the home side now and hopefully we'll
Speaker 1: see out there real soon, Alex, thanks for coming back.
Speaker 1: My pleasure.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
Speaker 1: That is Alex Cobb, who's looking forward to getting back
Speaker 1: on the major league mound and we'll see what he
Speaker 1: can do down the stretch for Cleveland, a potential excellent
Speaker 1: acquisition at the trade deadline. Stay with us. We'll have
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Speaker 1: Stix WELLcom Back It's Guardian's Weekly Jim Rosen House Back
Speaker 1: with you from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland. And on Saturday,
Speaker 1: the Guardians will honor C. C. Sabbathia, Cy Baynak, and
Speaker 1: also Johnny Gorel. They will all be inducted into the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame. Baynack was a longtime equipment
Speaker 1: manager for the Guardians, and we dig into the archives
Speaker 1: with Senior Vice president Bob D Biastio for an old
Speaker 1: Tribe tale, as Bobby D sat down with cy Bynack
Speaker 1: and talked to him about his life in baseball.
Speaker 4: Joining me now on tribe Tales is one of the
Speaker 4: most recognizable names in Cleveland Indians history. Former Indians clubhouse man,
Speaker 4: mister csy Binack, SI, it's nice to catch up with you, sir.
Speaker 4: How you handling retirement? But most importantly, how's Mary handling
Speaker 4: your retirement?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 5: She's handling good because she's always bumming. She belongs to
Speaker 5: Redhatner and she also belongs to a home, I mean
Speaker 5: a nursing place where she goes, so I don't see
Speaker 5: her in morning half the time.
Speaker 4: The role of father for many players who wore an
Speaker 4: Indian's uniform. Let's talk about some of those guys. Seventeen managers,
Speaker 4: hundreds of players you took care of in your forty
Speaker 4: five years working in that clubhouse.
Speaker 5: Well, you know, I had, Like I said, I had
Speaker 5: several different manager I think David Garcia was probably and
Speaker 5: Bertie Tevis were probably my favorite because they looked out
Speaker 5: for me, you know, making sure nobody would take advantage me,
Speaker 5: especially Bertie. My first year Dukes. Sims wanted to give
Speaker 5: a bad away and I tell him you can't because
Speaker 5: we just it was in spring training. I said, we
Speaker 5: only have so many bats and Bertie heard him talking
Speaker 5: to me and he says, size right, just don't bother him.
Speaker 4: We're visiting on Trivetales with cydeby Neck former Indians clubhouse man.
Speaker 4: You had to be nervous when you first started. Was
Speaker 4: there a veteran player who helped you early in your career?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: When I my first day in the clubhouse, I was
Speaker 5: assistant to Ron Kraus and he says, just hang out.
Speaker 7: So it was a.
Speaker 5: Doubleheader and Gary Bell was pitching the second game and
Speaker 5: he saw that I was nervous. He says, come on
Speaker 5: to back and talk to me in the trains room.
Speaker 5: I said, no, I'm not supposed to bother you. You're
Speaker 5: starting pitcher of the second game. He's no, no, come on
Speaker 5: back there. So he's sort of he's made me relax
Speaker 5: and everything. You know, we're talking about what I'm doing
Speaker 5: there and what I'm going to do for round Kraus.
Speaker 5: So it was he's either one that made relax me,
Speaker 5: and ever since we became very good friends.
Speaker 4: Well, that sounds like Gary Bell, you know, and I've
Speaker 4: known him obviously a long long time, and that indeed
Speaker 4: sounds like the kind of man Gary Bell is. Let's
Speaker 4: talk a little bit about some of the players who
Speaker 4: was on side by a X Hall of Fame list.
Speaker 5: It'd be many. I think tops of list, we have
Speaker 5: to be Buddy Bell. I mean Buddy. I knew Buddy
Speaker 5: when he was nineteen years old. In fact, I gave
Speaker 5: him his first shower shoes. He was in the minor leagues.
Speaker 5: And Hey Peters was at GM at the time. He says,
Speaker 5: I want you to go check out Ohio boy, which
Speaker 5: was Buddy, and he says, watch him play. He's going
Speaker 5: to be up in the big leagues before you know.
Speaker 5: And Dayne Kuiper and Rick Manny Manny his his his debut.
Speaker 5: I almost broke his toe.
Speaker 4: What did you do to him?
Speaker 5: Well, we had those trunks you know, at the at
Speaker 5: the old ballpark. You know, the clubhouse was small, so
Speaker 5: I had had to have my equipment trucks outside in
Speaker 5: the clubhouse, and I was getting somebody on it, and
Speaker 5: then he realized that Archie put his foot up on it.
Speaker 5: And the next thing I do, I slammed. Somebody called
Speaker 5: my name, and I turned and slammed the top of
Speaker 5: the truck.
Speaker 4: And got right on his foot, right out of his
Speaker 4: big toe.
Speaker 5: So I had to run and get Jimmy Warfield look
Speaker 5: at because he was starting that game. And I said, Jimmy,
Speaker 5: you had feedom going because I don't want to tell
Speaker 5: the manager. I got him out of the game.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 4: The one question, who kept, of all the years the
Speaker 4: absolute cleanest locker?
Speaker 5: I tell you, you know, the cleanest locker would have
Speaker 5: to be Jack Kralek. Jack Krailek was superb. You know,
Speaker 5: he just made sure everything he would tell all the
Speaker 5: players keep a clean locker, so so I don't have
Speaker 5: to clean up on your But he was one locker
Speaker 5: I did not have to tell. He was always neat
Speaker 5: about himself.
Speaker 4: Over the course of your forty five years, which basically
Speaker 4: nineteen early sixties through the mid two thousands. Here what
Speaker 4: changed the most inside the clubhouse?
Speaker 5: I think the most that the players got bigger, because
Speaker 5: you know, almost every club's got now a million dollar
Speaker 5: exercise room. And in the food the players, it seemed
Speaker 5: like if you feed him well food, you could have
Speaker 5: the dirtiest clubhouse but if you've fed them, well, that's
Speaker 5: all they want. They want eight three meals a day
Speaker 5: in your clubhouse and they're always looking making sure you
Speaker 5: give him a good portion.
Speaker 3: Of the food.
Speaker 4: Well, SiO was great catching up with you, sir and
Speaker 4: on behalf of Indians fans everywhere. We wish you and
Speaker 4: marry the very very best. Thank you, sieby night, former
Speaker 4: Indians clubhouse man. Our latest tribe tail.
Speaker 1: And a little blast in the past. Right there, a
Speaker 1: tribe tale from Bobby d Guardians Senior Vice President Bobbi Biascio,
Speaker 1: and that's going to do it for this week's edition
Speaker 1: of Guardians Weekly. Thanks so much for tuning in. As always,
Speaker 1: thanks to Brian for helping to put together our show
Speaker 1: each week until next week when we join you from Minneapolis.
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