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#UNC coach Scott Forbes, third baseman Gavin Gallaher and DH Perry Hargett after Heels move to 9-0
Feb 27, 2025
#UNC coach Scott Forbes, third baseman Gavin Gallaher and DH Perry Hargett after Heels move to 9-0
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um you know five games in a row went
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five
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and0 I mean got to feel great about that
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I told our guys you got you have to give
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them credit uh didn't play great early
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um but got better as we went personable
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and Boaz had to batt a little bit they
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didn't really have their command padet
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bridged the Gap extremely well um and I
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thought Perry haret obviously gave us a
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big spark coming off the bench and
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lacing a line drive and kind of loosing
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everybody up and then we got some big
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hits and uh tacked on and it was great
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to see chewy make his college debut
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because I feel like he can help us as
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the season move moves along so a good
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stretch there get a day tomorrow to kind
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of recover a little bit and uh move
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around and try to get a lift in we had
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got our normal lift in this week and
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then back at it eight games I think in
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10 days so um great great win against
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they always play us tough and we just
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kind of lengthen that lead at the end
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five games in 5 days what does this not
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just say about the physical strength of
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your team but the mental strength yeah
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no doubt you know I feel like it's a
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team that can be a really good team but
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that's just that's the mentality they
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have to have they have to play with
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something to prove um they can't get
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satisfied uh we're not a type of team
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that's just going to show up and win
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just based on who we are um it's a team
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that if they work hard every day have
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that old school mentality kind of like
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we had an 18 and they'll be successful
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and I feel like that this team has it
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the big big picture best start since the
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13 World Series team on the first six
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teams I mean how impressive is that two
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statements you made about two teams that
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I like one about 18 we had not had a
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home run that team went omahan then 13
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that's a it's a bold comparison that
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team at one point I want to say it was
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like 40 and four um but yeah I mean you
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want to start great uh as cliche as this
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may sound you know I know y'all know
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that I'm a huge Nick Sabin person and I
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am I'm not going to hide from it and I
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believe that you know outcomes are
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dangerous and I don't get caught up in a
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winning streak trying to let our team or
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our staff even talk about it we'll wake
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up tomorrow and we'll do the same thing
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we've been doing and try to get better
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decision to play Perry today you know
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what I've been telling the coaches like
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I feel like I need to get Perry in there
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he's an everyday player at this level
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um you know so he he had a good
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preseason he's a dynamic player he is a
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true freshman I like him better in the
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Outfield than I do on the
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infield um and I just felt like okay I
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almost started him today uh but then in
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the 3oh swing you know I felt like Sam
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been pressing really hard um you know
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and I just deep down felt like that was
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a good opportunity to get him in there
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and it worked out and that's a credit to
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Perry if you don't have a good attitude
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and uh you know you're you're not in it
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for the right reasons for the team you
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don't have that result which he had and
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he's a great teammate um he is a he's a
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leader that's going to be a leader in
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our program he's a dynamic player I
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think he's going to be a true center
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fielder one day uh so that was really
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good to see because the more depth you
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have the better if you slide him in the
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field I guess left field yeah that would
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be where um we were joking with Tyson
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bass he struggles some offensively but
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man he's been so good defensively but we
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almost lost him for the year cuz the
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ball about hit him in the forehead um
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but he lost in the lights but uh you
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know gives us a little more speed I
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think if I start Perry he will be on the
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field most likely in left field and you
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said the home runs would come you
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finally broke through now what five in
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four games so R yeah and and I still
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feel like
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Rah is not where we know he can be or
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you know bastard ROM don't have a home
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run um so it's just a matter of time uh
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I feel like we can have power through
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throughout the order um I almost made
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one lineup change today I talked about
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it yesterday and I didn't but I will um
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but you know yeah I mean I think we're
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going to hit doubles in home runs but I
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also think we can if we don't I feel
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like we can steal some bases and then
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you have Perry haran in that mix you
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know you got a guy that can also steal
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bases what say about your pitching de
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that you can go five games in five days
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and win them all it says a lot about it
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and it also says a lot about our defense
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now you know early we gave him some I
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thought the play of the game honestly
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was we put a bunch defense on they bit
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at it a little bit and stokeley did
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exactly what he was supposed to do he
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caught off pageant came in backhanded
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and got the lead out at third which is a
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back breaker sometime when you're trying
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to attack on runs so I think it's a
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combination of not giving extra outs
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defensively making plays in the Outfield
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and the infield and then having pitching
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depth like there are a couple other guys
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too that you still haven't seen that I
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think are good enough to help us win um
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and they you'll see them eventually as
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well uh but yeah that was that was why
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we were able to go five and0 was because
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of our pitching and our defense you have
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a lot of power righties in that pen
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tonight some of those lefties came out a
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few of them struggled how are you going
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to kind of work those in to that pen you
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know most of the time you don't face
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eight righties um which helps lefties as
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well uh and Boaz is is only going to get
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better and better I mean you got a kid
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that hadn't pitch competitively since he
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got hurt last year so he's knocking the
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rust off he'll have a good outing and
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bad outing he's got that nasty slider we
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know person can help us as well but
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chew's good um he didn't have as good a
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preseason but hunter stuckley had a
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terrible preseason and he started the
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season in the nine hole so I'm one of
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those people that I go by what I see
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today and I was impressed with Chewy um
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today you're n hole here today was
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pretty solid yeah no doubt um you know
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Gavin his his swing's been good we
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talked a little bit about for the game
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making a slight box of adjustments or
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credit to him though the guys have to do
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it and they have to make that adjust
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but I I was watching his swings and I
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feel like he's he's his swings been in a
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good spot and you in this game we're all
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natured the same if you're a position
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player you all of a sudden you look up
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and you you get off to a horrendous
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start quote with batting average but
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then I'm looking more for like for as a
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coach what am I seeing on video is his
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swing good is his approach good just
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remind him hey don't hunt hits just hunt
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having good at bats and I felt like he
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had been really really close and last
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week he had a good week if you look at
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what he did last week close to 300 even
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though I don't like to talk about
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batting average he have better quality
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of bats team hit 619 today with
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advancement opportunities how important
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is that for them to be able to hit with
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guys on base if it's not going to be I
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mean obviously we saw the explosiveness
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today but maybe not every single game
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that's how you win you you you know if
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you're better with Runners and scoring
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position when it matters the most um
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Chad Flack sticks out to me you know
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like his his senior year he just had a
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bad year quote batting average but he
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didn't have a bad year when it mattered
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he got big hits um and guys that have a
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knack for that if you have enough of
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those you're going to win a lot of games
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now obviously you got to have guys on
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base to do that um and you have to play
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like kepley like he's a smart player get
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a runner to second base with no outs
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he's just making sure if he misses he
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misses pull side so we get the third
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base cuz if you get that run to third
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base with less than two our team is
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really good at getting that run in
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what's tomorrow But like after five and
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five with three more yeah we'll uh it's
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all for them tomorrow have an optional
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lift um our strength coach will be in
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there we usually have at least two lifts
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a week but we couldn't get our we get
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Monday Thursday because we want to
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maintain our strength and guys are
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different some guys need to continue to
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build strength and some guys that are
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already bigger and physical like Kell
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they're just trying to keep what they
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have um so it'll be a lifting day a
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stretching day foam roller our pitchers
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will do it's all you NCA you have to
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give them an off day um but the stadium
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will be open and then there'll be
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another optional left somewhere in there
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but really just these guys are young I
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remind them like if you you you get a
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decide like if you're out late at night
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and you're not eating good and you're
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not taking care of yourself you want to
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get tired but if you want to they all
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want to play professional baseball so
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they better get used to playing 10 games
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in 10 days uh so that's what I remind
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them of is the teams that make those
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better decisions when they leave here
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also end up being the better teams most
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of the time see we can rotation yes same
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week in rotation Kane two triples
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tonight how much of a plus is it to have
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that ability in your lead up spot I was
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thinking about that how many times you
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seen a triple Walt Walt Walt
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triple and one of them might have been
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in the park if yeah why he had ran into
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the guy well the rule is if I send him
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in his bang bang then they might call
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him safe but if he's out by a lot he's
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still out even with the obstruction so
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just made the decision that he wasn't
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far enough down the line to send them
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coach good to see youy what's
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up you ready AR yep all right first H
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night how' it feel I mean it always
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feels good uh matter what number it is
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so it's just nice to uh kind of you know
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get that on the board and take a deep
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breath now do you think about how that
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was your first since the Grand Slam
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against long Iowa um I mean not really a
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lot of time in between those so it's a
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lot of uh it's a lot of hard work you
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know the past in the past um just
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excited that's the first one this season
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yeah maybe not your best start to the
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season how do you stay mentally locked
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in even when every game is going your
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way yeah I mean the season's so long
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that you just got to take it day by day
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that's what coach Forbes preaches that's
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what we uh buy into as a team is the
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process and so even when things are
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going good for you you got to figure out
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a way to get it done whether it's on
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defense or um just finding different
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ways to get on base and um you know like
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baseball's hard and eventually it's
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going to click so and you're not as
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stellar s at the plate did you make any
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swing adjustments or is it just really
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loosening up um I'd say more approach
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adjustments than anything um a lot of it
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I would say had to do with my timing and
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Pitch selection so honing in on those
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things and then um just keeping my
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confidence and got me in a good spot so
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you guys what the first few without any
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home runs now five and four games uh
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could you you guys kind of feel like it
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was coming yeah I mean I think so we uh
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like we know what we have as a team and
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I think you kind of see that uh happen
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sometimes with teams we saw that last
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year a little bit I know that we were
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hitting home runs last year in the
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beginning of the season but we like not
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as many as people wanted us to hit you
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know they say but um then we went on a
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little stretch about Midway point and um
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kind of got hot and I think you know
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bats are going to start getting hot soon
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is there any carryover obviously the
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huge momentum took you to the World
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Series and now winning the first ND is
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is there any carryover to the momentum
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from near to season you think yeah I
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think uh the experience is what carries
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over the most and um when you have a
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fairly uh fairly old team last year with
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a bunch of younger guys that still got
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to see the field
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um those guys bringing that experience
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back here uh to this team really uh
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helps carry over and so we know what it
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takes to win we know what we have to do
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and um we can we can help teach that to
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these new guys to the program forb
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talked about one of the plays of the
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game today was stokeley on that bunt
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defense and then flipping the ball over
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to you to get the advancing Runner out
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what does that just say to the entire
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strength of that infield um I think that
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uh goes to show that you know what we
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practice every day is important every
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once we get into this season where we
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have four games a week our team defense
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is super important to us um we work on
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our bunt defense our first and third
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defense all of that on our uh main
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practice day and um it might happen that
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might be the only time that happens this
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entire season but it just shows how
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important that is and how serious we
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take it as a team to be able to execute
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it in a moment like that obviously you
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were playing on the dirt with Alex L
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season but he was at second now you have
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two new guys that you haven't played
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with at second and first is that a big
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difference uh I wouldn't say a big
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difference no um we spend so much time
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together we spend so much time around
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each other in in these inner squads that
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um we're kind of all comfortable with
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each other so um it's really just about
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you know when we're all on the dirt at
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the same time that's what doesn't happen
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as much but we know how to communicate
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with each other um we're comfortable
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with each other we're all great
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teammates and so it's it mesh is easy
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last year you last year you were a new
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guy this guy gets his opportunity today
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just you know walk us through the
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process of of mentoring the young guy
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and what you think of his performance I
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mean his performance is you know pretty
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unbelievable to do that in your first
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appearance um is pretty cool and um you
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know I don't I can't say that had
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anything to do with me um we try to we
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try to help these guys get comfortable
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and um you know we try to Mentor them
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when they need it but um when you got a
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guy like Perry he comes in like he puts
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in the work and uh he knows what it
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takes and so you see it pay off when he
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gets his
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chance you took my question
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itate thank
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you I was gonna ask that same question
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and you took
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it where am I looking
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I got plenty of content wel to the any
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any better flies in your first college
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game uh I wouldn't say Butterflies from
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being nervous just you know I was
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excited I was ready to go and just
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trying to stay ready and and go out
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there and do my thing and and Trust what
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we've worked on for you know the eight
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months since I've gotten here um it was
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exciting to get out there for the first
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time for sure but just you know I
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trusted what what we had done and and I
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trusted that our coaching staff had
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prepared me to be ready in the moment so
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coach Forbes talked about that you have
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been ready how do you stay mentally
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prepared mentally ready to go even if
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your name isn't on that starting lineup
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card I think uh a lot of what gav said
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Rings true with this too just trust in
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the process of what we do every day um
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going into it with a with a as long as
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we're winning I'm happy mentality and
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that's that's exactly how I've always
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been raised up and and as long as we
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keep putting wins in the column I'm I'm
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happy and and I'm trusting just what we
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do every day is going to get me ready to
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be ready in the moment that I need to be
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so did you expect to get in today coach
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Forbes has been has talked to us about
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to get you in the lineup did you expect
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it today uh I mean I try to expect it
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every day um I mean I want to go out
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there and and help us win in any way I
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can and even when I'm not in the lineup
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I want to find ways to help us win um
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and I think that's important is bringing
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energy when you're not in there and and
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being involved in the game because
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there's ways that you can help a team
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win that doesn't go on the school box do
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you hit a lot of home runs in high
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school I mean I I wouldn't say I hit a
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lot I'd say sometimes I run into them I
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never try to hit one so um and I
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definitely wasn't expecting to hit one
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today but um I just try to go and do my
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thing every day um trust the approaches
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that that we've been preached on and um
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just trust the plan that we have for any
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given day to go up there and and have
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success against an arm so how did that
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home run feel today was it surreal at
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all um I'd say it was it still doesn't
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quite feel real yet
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um but you know it was exciting in the
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moment but at the end of the day it's
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over and then tomorrow is a new day and
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we got you know a good lift and and
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stunning Brook com in here so we're just
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excited to get going and and keep keep
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working and you know hopefully keep add
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wins so I know you were short stop out
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of high school but coach forbs has
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talked a lot about you in the in the
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Outfield has that been any big
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adjustment um I was I guess I was listed
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as a shortstop in high school but
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honestly I've always tried to play
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everywhere um um just CU I know that
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division one baseball is a hard place to
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be and it's a hard place to play so
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anytime that you can you can give
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versatility to versatility to a team and
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and you know help them win in any way
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you can whether that's playing Outfield
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playing infield um getting a bunt down
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pinch running just bringing bringing
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something to the table that that helps
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the team win and I've I've always tried
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to be versatile and that's helped me not
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be uncomfortable necessarily whenever I
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go out there and have to play it
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Outfield so
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how many Nick Sabin videos has coach
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forb sent you this season a good bit but
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the funny thing is is the most the most
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common ones we get is is coach Sabin and
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and Joo the the Navy SEAL and I actually
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loved jao before I got here so it was
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kind of funny but um Nick Savin and jao
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have really had their impact on this
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team um and I love it it's it's really
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really keeps you even head with an even
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head no matter what happens um just trus
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in the process and knowing that each day
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is is a new day
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so thanks per congrat
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