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I grew I grew up playing the infield, so
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I honestly liked watching shorts stops
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played more than anything. And then, you
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know, when I started pitching in
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college, um I was just uh trying to make
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stuff up really. Um you know, and then
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early in my career trying to figure out
0:18
how to really pitch and then watching
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guys, you know, how they attack people.
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Um, you know, I've had a few
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conversation with John Smoltz about, you
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know, his his plans out there on the
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mound and, um, you know, just try to
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learn from my teammates and, you know,
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the guys that I've been around, pitching
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coaches. Uh, Mike's done a really good
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job with me. Uh, you know, I had Dan
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Warren early on. Um, and, you know, just
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mainly teammates, learning from them.
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We're playing a game that's, you know,
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fun. So, you try to have fun out there,
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but, you know, in between the lines,
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it's like, hey, let's compete. You know,
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they're trying to get you, you're trying
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to get them. So, um, you know, you kind
0:50
of flip that switch when you take the
0:51
mound, but, um, in general, normally
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just pretty easy going. Yeah. You know,
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you look at it, um, you see the guys
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birthdays up on the board when you run
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up there and a lot of them are in 2000
1:03
now, you know, and I was born in ' 88.
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But, um, to be able to play this game
1:06
for a long time, I've been very
1:07
fortunate and, you know, to be at the
1:10
All-Star game with all these young guys
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and, you know, the best in the game is a
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huge honor. So, just thankful that I've
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been able to put this uniform on for
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that amount of time. Yeah, it's meant
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it's meant a lot. You know, um you know,
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first sign there, make six starts and
1:23
then get hurt. You know, that's not what
1:24
you want to do. So, um had a long rehab
1:27
process um you know, went through that
1:30
uh with the goal to getting back to
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competing at this level. So, like I
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said, I'm honored to be here um and
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represent the Rangers and uh you know,
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look forward to a good second half.
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Yeah, it's super special. So, you know,
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um like I said, anytime you're um
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considered one of the best in the game
1:45
and you know, as pitchers, we're voted
1:47
on by the other players. So, it's huge
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um you know, that to be recognized and
1:51
to be able to represent this game as one
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of the you know, the best. It's a huge
1:55
honor. So, thankful for the opportunity
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to be here. My favorite player to watch
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ah you know, it's we're playing so much
2:02
you mainly watch your guys, you know, so
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I would I love watching uh Seager um
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hit. Um I like watching Evo pitch. Um
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you see these guys play uh it's
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impressive to watch. You know right over
2:14
there Bobby he's impressive to watch
2:15
play the infield and um hit you know
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it's throughout the league. I mean you
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can go on and on about how good the
2:22
players are. So um but you mainly get to
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watch your guys. So, um, Evo and
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probably, you know, all of them, the
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young guys, Jack, all you know, the
