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Speaker 2: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosen house along
Speaker 2: with you this weekend. As we continue with our Hot
Speaker 2: Stove shows during the off season. We will take a
Speaker 2: hiatus after this week's show and return after the first
Speaker 2: of the year, so hopefully you enjoy this one. Some
Speaker 2: good things coming up for you, including our Game of
Speaker 2: the Week segment, our final one of those looking back
Speaker 2: at the twenty twenty four season, and we'll take you
Speaker 2: to that memorable Game three of the American League Championship Series,
Speaker 2: forever known as the John Kenzie Nowel David Frye home
Speaker 2: runs late that created just massive excitement at Progressive Field
Speaker 2: and made it a two to one series at that point,
Speaker 2: So that's coming up a little bit later on in
Speaker 2: the show. We'll also hear from Vice President of Ballpark
Speaker 2: Improvements Jim Folk. As I'm sure you know, Phase two
Speaker 2: of the two year renovation project at Progressive Field is
Speaker 2: still very much underway, and we'll get an update from
Speaker 2: Jim on how things are going as they try and
Speaker 2: beat that deadline up opening day next season, the home
Speaker 2: opener for next season. But first I'll look back at
Speaker 2: the week that in terms of awards, and it's been
Speaker 2: a really strong awards season for the Cleveland Guardians. And
Speaker 2: earlier this week, manager Steven Vote named the American League
Speaker 2: Manager of the Year as a rookie. Doesn't happen often,
Speaker 2: but it did this season to the American League Central
Speaker 2: Division crown and a birth in the American League Championship Series.
Speaker 2: And he says there were many surprises about the job
Speaker 2: this season, but there was one aspect of managing a
Speaker 2: major league baseball team for the first time that really
Speaker 2: stood out to him.
Speaker 3: I think just the longevity and how long the season goes,
Speaker 3: the busyness of the days, how many people you need
Speaker 3: to be on for every single day, and just the
Speaker 3: time management learning how to navigate that on the fly
Speaker 3: while also going out trying to win ballgames and help
Speaker 3: people just continue to develop in their careers. So just
Speaker 3: the overall totality of the job is probably the biggest
Speaker 3: learning that I had, and how every day you have
Speaker 3: to approach it the exact same and you know that
Speaker 3: going into it but until you actually go through one
Speaker 3: hundred and sixty two games plus playoffs, and it's going
Speaker 3: to be something that I lean on for the rest
Speaker 3: of my career.
Speaker 4: So you win a central title and Manager of the
Speaker 4: Year in your first year, what's the encore?
Speaker 3: Hopefully we win the last game of the year next
Speaker 3: year and that's the goal.
Speaker 4: Stephen, congratulations. I know you guys have talked about your
Speaker 4: closeness and a chemistry in this clubhouse and kind of
Speaker 4: propelled you guys to the ALE Championship Series. I'm curious
Speaker 4: if you've heard from your guys yet. I know you
Speaker 4: guys like to celebrate as a team and the messages
Speaker 4: maybe you're getting tonight.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm so fortunate to work with some amazing people,
Speaker 3: and I have too many texts right now to reply,
Speaker 3: and a lot from our players and coaches and front
Speaker 3: office people. And just the closeness of this group is
Speaker 3: it's something special and a lot of teams have, you know,
Speaker 3: a special group, but this one was by far the
Speaker 3: closest group I've ever been around. And these guys just
Speaker 3: care about each other so much, and I appreciate the
Speaker 3: love and the support from all of them.
Speaker 2: That's just some brief comments from manager Steven Vote meeting
Speaker 2: with the Cleveland media earlier this week after winning the
Speaker 2: American League Manager of the Year award. Stay with us
Speaker 2: when we come back. We'll get an update on ballpark
Speaker 2: improvements from Vice president of Ballpark Improvements Jim Folk. That's
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, where it joined now by
Speaker 2: Jim Folk, who's most recent title, and thank goodness they're
Speaker 2: doing a ballpark renovation because he's the vice president of
Speaker 2: ballpark improvements. And you've had a variety of titles over
Speaker 2: the years, but whenever there's something going on with this ballpark,
Speaker 2: and it goes back to day one when they first
Speaker 2: broke round here, you've had a hand in certain things
Speaker 2: and phase two now of a project that's really reshaping
Speaker 2: this ballpark. And before we get to how it's going,
Speaker 2: let's take a step back to maybe mid season when
Speaker 2: the Guardians were putting together for some I'm sure an
Speaker 2: unexpectedly good season. The playoff run. Did that set you
Speaker 2: back in an area where maybe you're uncomfortable with it
Speaker 2: or have you caught up and feel good about things.
Speaker 6: Well, we didn't really see playing much past September thirtieth
Speaker 6: when all the plans and the schedules started coming out.
Speaker 6: And I will tell you we were thrilled, first, last,
Speaker 6: and always this was a great run and such a
Speaker 6: fun team to watch. But you know, going back into June,
Speaker 6: I'll tell you honestly, we started working with our construction
Speaker 6: team to start thinking, you know, the what fs and
Speaker 6: what if we play into October and then you know
Speaker 6: you've got Wild Card Series, Division Series LCS, that sort
Speaker 6: of thing. So we were working with the great guys
Speaker 6: over at Mortensen to come up with plans of what
Speaker 6: happens with each of those scenarios. And so that was
Speaker 6: a couple times a week conversation, especially as we got
Speaker 6: later in August and all through September, and more than
Speaker 6: one sleepless night just exactly what happens. But you know,
Speaker 6: we were really we hit a point very early on
Speaker 6: of okay, let's just keep going, let's keep playing as
Speaker 6: we all want through this would this would be great.
Speaker 6: We have a pretty complex and complicated project and a
Speaker 6: very tight schedule had we ended in regulation, and so
Speaker 6: instead of working double shifts, they've been working triple shifts,
Speaker 6: so twenty four to seven ever since that last out,
Speaker 6: you know, and they are doing everything they possibly can
Speaker 6: to make up time, and it's just there's you know,
Speaker 6: how many hours are there in day? You know, how
Speaker 6: many people can you put on the job. Fortunately, we've
Speaker 6: got a great construction manager and we are in great
Speaker 6: shape here in Cleveland, are building trades. Our union labor
Speaker 6: is just fantastic, and they've taken every opportunity to get
Speaker 6: work done and to try to catch up and make
Speaker 6: up on those couple of weeks that got taken away
Speaker 6: from us because Opening Day is not moving and we're
Speaker 6: really looking forward to showing off a really spectacular product
Speaker 6: here on opening day at twenty twenty five. The Terrace Hub,
Speaker 6: which has been under construction all year. People have been
Speaker 6: looking at that big banner and left field where the
Speaker 6: Terrace Club used to be. That'll be completely done for
Speaker 6: opening day. The fifth floor, the Terrace Hall, excuse me,
Speaker 6: the Terrace Garden. So we've got the North Coast Social,
Speaker 6: the Terrace Hall which is the old fourth floor of
Speaker 6: the terrast Club, and then the Terrace Garden, which is
Speaker 6: the fifth floor, the upper deck. We had that all
Speaker 6: wrapped up inside construction fence. Well, that'll all be operational,
Speaker 6: fully functional for opening day. The clubhouses should be done.
Speaker 6: There may be a few touch up items so we
Speaker 6: have to finish up, but those will be ready to
Speaker 6: welcome the team back and start another great season of
Speaker 6: Cleveland Guardians baseball at Progressive Field.
Speaker 2: Taking us back to the time that nobody wants to
Speaker 2: see is the last out that ends the season, and
Speaker 2: it came on a Saturday night and you had a
Speaker 2: team celebrating here, which is just a tough deal for
Speaker 2: you know, any Cleveland fan to see the Yankee celebrating.
Speaker 2: They're going past midnight.
Speaker 1: How does that work?
Speaker 2: Were you kind of nudging the Yankees to get going
Speaker 2: and on their way or did you kind of let
Speaker 2: them do their thing and then really get at it
Speaker 2: in terms of things that you had to get going
Speaker 2: right away.
Speaker 6: Well, you know, you can't stop a celebration, and it's
Speaker 6: always painful when somebody's dancing on your field. But you know,
Speaker 6: they played very good baseball, and so you got to
Speaker 6: let them have their moment. And so they were here
Speaker 6: for a good long while and then you know, Willie
Speaker 6: Jenks and his team done in the visiting clubhouse, had
Speaker 6: a lot of work to do because we had the
Speaker 6: construction team coming in at first light Sunday morning. So
Speaker 6: we had been planning all of those different contingencies with
Speaker 6: our construction team and they were going to start, you know,
Speaker 6: one way or the other. So that game ended midnight
Speaker 6: or so I left about one and Yankees are still
Speaker 6: on the field, so they had not yet gone in
Speaker 6: and started popping champagne, and that you know doesn't just
Speaker 6: that's not a five minute thing. We got a little benefit.
Speaker 6: You know, Normally you have to put a lot more
Speaker 6: of this queen down to protect the carpet and all
Speaker 6: sorts of Well, we didn't have to do that, so
Speaker 6: Willie just covered enough that nobody's clothes got messed up
Speaker 6: and he didn't have to do any of that cleanup afterwards.
Speaker 6: But they still have a lot of work to do.
Speaker 6: They had to do laundry and you know, the towels
Speaker 6: and all that sort of thing. But so I think
Speaker 6: he left here at about six in the morning, he
Speaker 6: and his crew, and they were all back very early
Speaker 6: Sunday morning, like a couple hours later to get everything
Speaker 6: out because we were having demolition. We're having excavators come in,
Speaker 6: you know, twenty four hours after that. So great team
Speaker 6: effort on Sunday, both you know, Willy and his team
Speaker 6: and the visiting clubhouse, Tony A. Motto and Brandon Biller
Speaker 6: and their great team. Over on the home side. Steve Walters,
Speaker 6: who oversees the game day staff, Nick Ferraro's got the
Speaker 6: maintenance and custodials. That everybody was here all day Sunday
Speaker 6: and what we thought was going to be about a
Speaker 6: twenty four hour or thirty six hour effort really got
Speaker 6: done before we all went home. Sunday evening. It was
Speaker 6: late Sunday, but so Monday morning we were almost a
Speaker 6: full day ahead. And Mortensen and Independence, our construction folks,
Speaker 6: took advantage of every minute of that and they've been working,
Speaker 6: as I mentioned, round the clock ever since to try
Speaker 6: to make up that time. So we had a lot
Speaker 6: of plans, We had a lot of contingency plans. We
Speaker 6: were a little conservative, but I just can't say enough
Speaker 6: about the team that we had in here. Our guys
Speaker 6: are and gals who were just in here rocking and rolling.
Speaker 6: You know, it was really weird to see a lot
Speaker 6: of things that have not seen the light of day
Speaker 6: since April of nineteen ninety four being you know, uncovered
Speaker 6: and exposed. You know, it had been buried behind a
Speaker 6: wall or you know, behind a piece of equipment or
Speaker 6: something like that. So it's been it's been a very hectic,
Speaker 6: very busy, but safety has been the rule all the
Speaker 6: way through and our team and the construction team have
Speaker 6: all managed to work very quickly, but more importantly, very
Speaker 6: safely through all this process.
Speaker 2: And just for fans who are curious, we're visiting with
Speaker 2: Jim Folk, the vice president of Ballpark Improvements in his
Speaker 2: office which is in the ballpark, and we're practicing safety.
Speaker 2: We have the helmets and what do you call it,
Speaker 2: the best safety best the glasses. Yes, so we're doing
Speaker 2: this interview completely safe in case something happens. It's a
Speaker 2: beautiful day. The weather this fall has been absolutely terrific,
Speaker 2: and I know last year that came into play because
Speaker 2: so much of it was outside in the upper decks,
Speaker 2: both in left and right field. The tremendous changes up
Speaker 2: there that I know fans enjoyed. Is the weather as
Speaker 2: big a factor this off season based on where most
Speaker 2: of the work is being done as it was a
Speaker 2: year ago.
Speaker 6: So we've got a couple of different projects going on.
Speaker 6: So the ballpark improvements, so specifically the clubhouse, which is
Speaker 6: what I'm overseeing. The weather's not going to be that
Speaker 6: much of an impact. Most of our work is underground inside.
Speaker 6: But Gateway is replacing a good number of the seats
Speaker 6: this off season, so they're working on that right now.
Speaker 6: So last season we had those new blue seats about
Speaker 6: say two thirds of the lower ball well, the rest
Speaker 6: of the lower bowl is going to be changed out,
Speaker 6: the mezzanine and the club level. All those seats will
Speaker 6: be changed out, and then in the upper deck behind
Speaker 6: home plate between the bases, those seats are being replaced,
Speaker 6: as will the bleachers. So they take the seats out,
Speaker 6: they take out the railings and everything else, and then
Speaker 6: rehabilitate the concrete. So there's a lot of just clean
Speaker 6: up work, and then they're going to put a new
Speaker 6: traffic coating on that concrete to preserve it for the
Speaker 6: next however many years, and then put the seats back
Speaker 6: in and then put the railings back in and all
Speaker 6: that sort of thing. So they are much more dependent
Speaker 6: on the weather. And so right now they're building framework
Speaker 6: for huge tents that will go over the seating bowl
Speaker 6: so that they can pump heat in and protect it
Speaker 6: from the weather because they need temperature control when they
Speaker 6: when they put down the new uh traffic coating, uh
Speaker 6: sealing whatever you want to call it, on the on
Speaker 6: the seating bowl, and then it makes it easier for
Speaker 6: them also when they reinstall the railings and the seats
Speaker 6: and everything else.
Speaker 2: You look around and look, there's stuff all over the place.
Speaker 2: There's cranes, there's trucks, there's a baseball game will not
Speaker 2: be played here tomorrow, is what we're trying to say, so,
Speaker 2: there's a lot going on, but you love this stuff.
Speaker 6: Huh, there is, you know, Jim, I don't know how
Speaker 6: many times I've said it. I have never worked a
Speaker 6: day in my life. I've been doing this forty five years.
Speaker 6: And this is it. This is thrilling, this is I'm
Speaker 6: I don't want to say I'm like a kid here
Speaker 6: playing with toys, but I'm just having a blast. A
Speaker 6: lot of work, a lot of again planning and coordination,
Speaker 6: things come up and you've got to figure out how
Speaker 6: to work around and make uh, you know, make things work.
Speaker 6: But this is more. This is so much fun right now.
Speaker 6: And I really think that, you know, in what less
Speaker 6: than six months time, one hundred and fifty days. Actually,
Speaker 6: I've got a countdown clock till Gate opening on April eighth.
Speaker 6: I think the fans are going to love it. And
Speaker 6: knowing that we're we're doing good stuff, We're doing things
Speaker 6: that people are going to enjoy, and just being a
Speaker 6: part of all of this is it's just it's a thrill.
Speaker 2: It's really a thrill. I know that people who got
Speaker 2: to enjoy the new areas in the upper deck, both
Speaker 2: left and right field loved it. And all the other
Speaker 2: things that happened in phase one. Phase two coming along nicely,
Speaker 2: tell you what. We'll check back in with you before
Speaker 2: we leave for spring training and get a further update,
Speaker 2: and then hopefully fingers cross good weather continues here throughout
Speaker 2: the fall and early winter.
Speaker 6: Always look forward to sitting down talking with the Jimmy.
Speaker 6: So that sounds like a good plan, and you know,
Speaker 6: let's for that good weather that just lets all of
Speaker 6: this continue.
Speaker 7: Well.
Speaker 2: That is Jim Folk with an update on the ballpark
Speaker 2: renovation project. He's the vice president of Ballpark Improvement. Stay
Speaker 2: tuned a lot more of Guardians Weekly after this. Welcome
Speaker 2: back to Guardians Weekly, Jim rosen House along with you
Speaker 2: from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, as we continue with
Speaker 2: our Hot Stove shows and our series the Game of
Speaker 2: the Week segment that we go with each off season
Speaker 2: during Guardians Weekly, and this will be the final edition
Speaker 2: of that as we shut things down until after the
Speaker 2: new year. After our show this week, but we'll leave
Speaker 2: you with what turned out to be the last win
Speaker 2: of the year for the Guardians, Game three of the
Speaker 2: American League Championship Series. The Yankees had taken the first
Speaker 2: two games in New York. So it was certainly a
Speaker 2: critical game for Cleveland if they wanted to stay in
Speaker 2: the series and make it a series. And what a
Speaker 2: memorable night. It was the first home game in the
Speaker 2: American League Championship Series for Cleveland, and it was the
Speaker 2: Yankees who got the scoring started in the second inning,
Speaker 2: a walk in a double that put two men on
Speaker 2: for Yankees catcher Jose Travino, making his first start of
Speaker 2: the series.
Speaker 1: Now the one to one swung on drill, the right
Speaker 1: up base hit that'll score volpie Verdugo stops a third
Speaker 1: and how about that? Travino delivers an RBI single the
Speaker 1: other way and part of the reason Travigno got the
Speaker 1: start today. Austin Wells was two for twenty four this
Speaker 1: October and Travino puts New York up one to nothing.
Speaker 2: New York looked to add more in the second inning,
Speaker 2: but Matthew Boyd was on the mound for the Guardians,
Speaker 2: and he found a way to limit the damage.
Speaker 1: One nothing, Yankees runners first and third, one down, second inning,
Speaker 1: the set and the.
Speaker 7: Throat first he got him picked off.
Speaker 1: Naylor's got him in a rundown between first and second,
Speaker 1: Jimenos runs him back to first, tag made by Boyd
Speaker 1: folding at third as Dugo and Jose Trevigno gets picked off.
Speaker 1: The Yankees in the last two games have had three
Speaker 1: base runners picked off. In the third inning for Cleveland,
Speaker 1: Brian Rokio got it started with a base hit and
Speaker 1: with one out, Kyle Manzardo came to the plate. Now
Speaker 1: the three to one, man zarted.
Speaker 7: With a drive to day Bry Hallway back to go
Speaker 7: Kyle Manzardo. What a joyous joint around the basis, uh,
Speaker 7: No doubt about it. Two run home run.
Speaker 1: Halfway up the lower deck in right and for the
Speaker 1: first time in the American League Champion Chips Series, Cleveland's
Speaker 1: got a lead at two to one on the first
Speaker 1: ever postseason home run by Kyomanzardo.
Speaker 2: So now pitching with the lead, Boyd was back at
Speaker 2: it and getting better as the game moved along. Here's
Speaker 2: the two to one pitch swung on crownd ball to short,
Speaker 2: gobbled up by Rochio, fires to first in time.
Speaker 7: For the out.
Speaker 1: Another strong inning for Matthew Boyd as he sets the
Speaker 1: side out in order. That is seven in a row,
Speaker 1: retired by Boyd. As we head to the bottom half
Speaker 1: of the fourth inning, the Guardians two, the Yankees won.
Speaker 1: Here's the two to one pitch swung on ground ball
Speaker 1: to short Rocchio. It up throws to first in time
Speaker 1: for the out. Another three up pre down inning for
Speaker 1: Matthew Boyd ten in a row, retired by the veteran
Speaker 1: lefty and he gets a standing oh. Heading back to
Speaker 1: the dugout. We will head to the bottom of the fifth.
Speaker 1: It's the Guardians two, the Yankees won. In the sixth inning,
Speaker 1: Kate Smith came on the first man up out of
Speaker 1: the bullpen.
Speaker 7: Kate Smith's tenth pitch here of this sixth inning.
Speaker 1: Here it comes to swing in a ground ball to
Speaker 1: third Bankanna by Ramires, long throw across the diamond, A one, two,
Speaker 1: three ten pitch inning, and they're on their feet at
Speaker 1: the corner carnang in Ontario. In the middle of the
Speaker 1: sixth it is Cleveland two. The Yankees won. And in
Speaker 1: the bottom of the sixth the Guardians were looking to
Speaker 1: add to their lead lane. Thomas Walked moved up to
Speaker 1: second on a ground out and then made it to
Speaker 1: third all on his own. The pitch runner goes pitch
Speaker 1: is taking a strike throw to third, not in time.
Speaker 7: Oh what a jump for Lane Thomas.
Speaker 1: And Andre Simanus saw him break for third, Andres automatically
Speaker 1: took that pitch to enable Thomas to steal third. And
Speaker 1: there's the aggressiveness we saw all year from Cleveland. Thomas
Speaker 1: has his first postseason steal and that's a huge one.
Speaker 1: And at the plate it was Andre Semanez. Now the
Speaker 1: payoff pitch swung on, grounded up the middle BaseT RBI
Speaker 1: single of center. He Vedos comes through with a drawing
Speaker 1: in infield. He shot it right back up the middle
Speaker 1: and Cleveland's got itself a lead of three to one.
Speaker 1: But credit all of that to Lane Thomas. Once he
Speaker 1: stole third base with one down, Yankees had to play in.
Speaker 1: Otherwise that's a routine groundout. Different story with the infield
Speaker 1: in and Andres Amenas comes through big time.
Speaker 2: Great work by Tim Herron shut down the Yankees in
Speaker 2: the seventh inning. Hunter Gaddis came on to get the
Speaker 2: first two outs in the eighth, but then a walk
Speaker 2: to Juan Soto and Steven Vote turned things over to
Speaker 2: a Manuel class A to face the dangerous Aaron Judge.
Speaker 1: Now the one two pitch swung on, drill deep break field.
Speaker 1: This is trouble. This ball is going to be gone,
Speaker 1: and we are tied. He just cleared the nine foot wall,
Speaker 1: and Aaron Judge has tied this game at three. Aaron
Speaker 1: Judge hit a laser that just got over the ninth
Speaker 1: foot wall and right.
Speaker 7: It's a three to three.
Speaker 1: Game in the eighth and Aaron Judge, whom the Yankees
Speaker 1: have been waiting for all this month to get hunt,
Speaker 1: has come through in the most incredible way here in
Speaker 1: the eighth inning.
Speaker 2: And the very next batter was Jean Carlos Stanton.
Speaker 1: Now the one two Stanton swings and hits it high
Speaker 1: deep to right.
Speaker 7: This ball is.
Speaker 1: Gone and the Yankees fly out of the first base dugout,
Speaker 1: jumping up and down. A Stanton's mammoth postseason continues, his
Speaker 1: second home run in the ALCS, and the Yankees lead
Speaker 1: at four to three here in the eighth inning, as
Speaker 1: Aaron Judge tied it and then Stanton hit a slider
Speaker 1: out of here to right center, and New York has
Speaker 1: a four to three lead, and.
Speaker 7: From being.
Speaker 1: Almost a Marty Gras atmosphere here in this eighth inning,
Speaker 1: now stunned silence in downtown Cleveland.
Speaker 2: Man it sure didn't look good for the Guardians at
Speaker 2: that point. They failed to score in the bottom of
Speaker 2: the eighth, and then the Yankees sacked on in insurance
Speaker 2: run in the top half of the ninth, a sack
Speaker 2: fly from Glabor Torres, making the score five to four Yankees.
Speaker 2: In the bottom half of the ninth inning, Jose Ramirez
Speaker 2: reached thanks to an Anthony Rizzo error, but New York
Speaker 2: closer Luke Weaver got Josh Naylor to hit into a
Speaker 2: double play, and just like that, the Guardians were down
Speaker 2: to their final out with Lane Thomas at the plate.
Speaker 1: Here it comes a swing by Lane Thomas and a
Speaker 1: fly to deep center back goes Judge on the track,
Speaker 1: flicking up place the rick isset off the nineteen football
Speaker 1: and a two out double as center by Lane Thomas
Speaker 1: keeps Cleveland alive by that ball had some carry to it,
Speaker 1: and Lane Thomas, with his second hit in the series.
Speaker 1: Lin'll bring up, John Kenzie. No, well, a right handed
Speaker 1: bat is going to bat for Daniel Schneman and Cleveland's
Speaker 1: down to its last out, down five to three, and
Speaker 1: what ant it?
Speaker 7: Bat?
Speaker 2: Bite Lane Thomas and that set the stage for Big Christmas.
Speaker 2: John Kenzie Noel John Kenzie.
Speaker 1: Noel's last home run came against Pittsburgh August thirtieth. No
Speaker 1: time like the present five to three Yankees runner at second,
Speaker 1: two down, ninth inning and the one zero pitch swe.
Speaker 7: You in hammer te deep to left away.
Speaker 1: In Cleveland, John Kenzie Noel n tape measure job to
Speaker 1: the bleachers and left.
Speaker 7: We are tied at five. Ow, what a.
Speaker 2: Game, what a moment it was, And on the extra
Speaker 2: innings we went. The Yankees put a man on with
Speaker 2: one out top half of the tenth inning, and the
Speaker 2: speedy Jazz Chisholm was at the plate.
Speaker 1: Five five in the tenth to one zero, swung out
Speaker 1: a high chopper toward Rank grab By.
Speaker 7: He meant his spence throws to first Naylorck dug it out.
Speaker 7: He was in foul ground with his foot on the bag.
Speaker 1: He met us on that high chopper, flagged it down
Speaker 1: in right field, spun short hopped the throat of first
Speaker 1: Naylor with a great stretch and foul ground made the
Speaker 1: play no challenge by New York.
Speaker 7: What a play on both ends.
Speaker 1: As he Menez showing everybody why he has no equal
Speaker 1: defensively in Major League baseball.
Speaker 7: When it comes to playing second base.
Speaker 2: Boy unbelievable work by the eventual gold glover, Andre Semenez.
Speaker 2: Pedro Avila then struck out Anthony Volpi and it was
Speaker 2: on to the bottom of the tenth with the game
Speaker 2: still at five, leading things off for the Guardians, Bow Naylor.
Speaker 2: Now the big sinkerballer Clay homes to face catcher Bone
Speaker 2: Nailor bottom of the tenth.
Speaker 7: The pitch Naylor with a rip job in the right.
Speaker 1: That's of asset and the winning runs at first bow
Speaker 1: Naylor and Austin Hedges both were headless in this October
Speaker 1: run and both get their first hits tonight. And now
Speaker 1: the winning run is at first base.
Speaker 7: In bon Naylor.
Speaker 2: Then Brian Rochio laid down a great sack bunt to
Speaker 2: move Naylor up to second.
Speaker 1: Rochio shows bunt drops one down a beauty halfway to
Speaker 1: the mound, grabb by the catcher the throat just in time.
Speaker 1: Oh wells just did get Rochio on a great sack
Speaker 1: bunt midway between the mound and home plate, and.
Speaker 2: Now the winning runs at second base. Stephen Kwan grounded out,
Speaker 2: moving Naylor to third. But now two outs and the
Speaker 2: last hope for the Guardians was David Fry.
Speaker 1: Cleveland down two games to none, five five in the tenth,
Speaker 1: Holmes is ready. Here it comes.
Speaker 7: Swing on hit, high.
Speaker 8: Hit deep to left, fairy goals o look off to run,
Speaker 8: home run to the bleachers and left by David Fry,
Speaker 8: and the magical twenty twenty fourth season is not done
Speaker 8: by any means. Cleveland with a seven to five tenth
Speaker 8: inning win and David Fry.
Speaker 7: Who saved the season in Game.
Speaker 1: Four with a pinch hit to run home run late
Speaker 1: in the game off the Tigers has wanted here tonight
Speaker 1: with a two out, two strike.
Speaker 7: To run home run to left.
Speaker 1: After John Kenzie Nowell tied it in the ninth with
Speaker 1: a two out, two run homer to left. You may
Speaker 1: never see a better baseball game than this one.
Speaker 2: What a scene. It was a progressive field and moments
Speaker 2: later Matthew Boyd stopped by to talk about it down
Speaker 2: on the field before we.
Speaker 1: Talk about your incredible job that set the tone here tonight.
Speaker 7: Have you ever seen anything like this?
Speaker 9: This is just who we are. This is so awesome
Speaker 9: that the never down, never out, It doesn't matter what
Speaker 9: it is. This is kind of who this team is.
Speaker 9: It's so special.
Speaker 7: Man is this is cool?
Speaker 2: And Matthew, it seems like you started this game last
Speaker 2: week based on everything that's happened, since you seem so
Speaker 2: in command and talk about being able to get the
Speaker 2: game into the middle innings for the first time in
Speaker 2: a while.
Speaker 9: I mean, we got the we got the best, we
Speaker 9: got the best bullpen in the league, we got the
Speaker 9: best closer in the league. I'll double down and say
Speaker 9: that Emanuel classe is as absolutely amazing and you know what,
Speaker 9: like we just picked each other up and uh, you
Speaker 9: know Hegi had a great job back there. Both picked
Speaker 9: up right where he left off and played great defense.
Speaker 9: It was real special.
Speaker 1: Well, Matthew, if there's any way you can explain it
Speaker 1: to us peons that we're never good enough to play
Speaker 1: at this level, how can you have this game in hand,
Speaker 1: have it ripped out of you in the eighth inning
Speaker 1: by Judge and Stanton, be down to your last out,
Speaker 1: get a double, a pinch, had Homer, then win it
Speaker 1: at ten?
Speaker 7: I mean, how does this happen?
Speaker 9: I mean, I mean, it's it's who we are, it's
Speaker 9: it's it's it's in our DNA, it's in our it's
Speaker 9: our identity. It's like we're never down, we're never out.
Speaker 9: It's it's you know, I mean that that's just that,
Speaker 9: that's what it comes down to is and that's what
Speaker 9: you got to be in postseason baseball. Adversity's gonna hit
Speaker 9: in some way or another, and it's just next man
Speaker 9: up and U I mean, this is what we do,
Speaker 9: you know, and it's it's man, it's awesome. That's who
Speaker 9: we are.
Speaker 2: Matt you're thirty three years old.
Speaker 1: I know you you wanted to keep going and find
Speaker 1: a situation where things would be fun in the postseason.
Speaker 2: But this is ridiculous.
Speaker 9: This is pretty special. I wouldn't trade this for anything.
Speaker 7: Thought was good, Matthew. Awesome job by you, Thanks so
Speaker 7: much for joining us.
Speaker 9: Thank you guys.
Speaker 2: And the following day we caught up with the extra
Speaker 2: innings hero David Fry, who says that's a game that
Speaker 2: will be tough to top in his major league career.
Speaker 7: Oh one hundred percent.
Speaker 10: I mean, it's still not really a whole lot of
Speaker 10: time to let it sink in, because obviously we got
Speaker 10: to move on and play today and get a win today.
Speaker 10: But I mean just the different terms of the game
Speaker 10: of where we think we have it won, and then
Speaker 10: we're behind and then John Kinsey ties it up. I mean,
Speaker 10: like you said, I mean there was him and Az
Speaker 10: defensive plays, Thomas had bigot bat's bow, comes in and
Speaker 10: gets a big hit to lead off the tenth. I
Speaker 10: mean there was five hundred guys who I mean, Walters
Speaker 10: gets us out of a jam in the in the
Speaker 10: top of the ninth to keep it close. I mean
Speaker 10: there were so many guys who had a huge part.
Speaker 2: In that game. Obviously it's a memorable game, a crazy game,
Speaker 2: a walk off winner for you. But in the grand
Speaker 2: scheme of things, that the team had a tough couple
Speaker 2: of games in New York, how important was it just
Speaker 2: to play a decent, clean game last night, more of
Speaker 2: Guardians baseball than we've seen.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it felt like us right, So that Maddy has
Speaker 10: a huge start, gets us five innings and then we
Speaker 10: get it to our bullpen. And that's kind of been
Speaker 10: the recipe all year. And obviously it wasn't just a clean,
Speaker 10: easy game that we would have liked, but that, like
Speaker 10: like you said, that's kind of who we are. We
Speaker 10: just we fight back and it was nice to get
Speaker 10: that one, especially at home, and kind of hopefully get
Speaker 10: a rally going.
Speaker 7: David, congratulations, thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 2: So the Guardians were winners in Game three of the ALCS,
Speaker 2: but again that turned out to be their final win
Speaker 2: of the season as the Yankees, in dramatic fashion, they
Speaker 2: won Game four and equally dramatic one Game five to
Speaker 2: clinch the series at Progressive Field and move on to
Speaker 2: the World Series. But what a year it was for
Speaker 2: the Guardians, and we have enjoyed bringing you some of
Speaker 2: the great games over the past couple of weeks, and
Speaker 2: none more exciting than Game three of the ALCS. Stay
Speaker 2: with us, we'll have some final thoughts after this time
Speaker 2: out on the Cleveland Clinic.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim rosen House along with you,
Speaker 2: this weekend as we join you for another of our
Speaker 2: hot Stove shows and the hot stove percolating a little
Speaker 2: bit in terms of roster moves for the Guardians. They
Speaker 2: set their forty man roster heading into the winter meetings
Speaker 2: and some of the deals they could be made there
Speaker 2: as they have selected the contracts internally of right handed
Speaker 2: pitcher Franco Alimann, who we saw last spring looked very impressive.
Speaker 2: Right hander Nick Enright's been added to the roster along
Speaker 2: with left hander Doug Nacasey, you had a tremendous season
Speaker 2: with both Double A Akron and Triple A Columbus, and
Speaker 2: also outfielder p d Halpin has been added to the
Speaker 2: forty man roster as well to make room. Connor Gillespie
Speaker 2: and Peter Stresleki, as well as outfielder George Valera were
Speaker 2: all designated for assignment, and also earlier this week, the
Speaker 2: Guardians made a trade as Eli Morgan, a key member
Speaker 2: of their bullpen, has been traded to the Chicago Cubs
Speaker 2: in exchange for young outfielder Alfonsen Rosario, a young man
Speaker 2: with big power, has put up some good numbers in
Speaker 2: the minor leagues and spent last season at single A
Speaker 2: Myrtle Beach as the Guardians continue to stockpile some really
Speaker 2: good young talent on the position player front with that deal.
Speaker 2: So those are some of the moves as they head
Speaker 2: in closer to the winter meetings, and we'll have a
Speaker 2: recap of everything that happens there on our next show,
Speaker 2: which will not be until after the first of the year,
Speaker 2: as we will take a holiday break for Thanksgiving on
Speaker 2: into the Christmas time and then the Christmas holidays as well,
Speaker 2: but rejoin you after New Year's as we'll get going
Speaker 2: in earnest now with Hotstove news for you in January
Speaker 2: and then on into February leading into spring training when
Speaker 2: we will meet you again from Goodyear, Arizona. As always,
Speaker 2: thanks to Brian Motse for all of his help and
Speaker 2: putting together our show each and every week until next time.
Speaker 2: This is Jim Rosenhause reminding you that you've been listening
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