Tony Beasley – 3rd Base Coach for the Texas Rangers

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another addition of the Big Head Pot
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here on the dub Network. Today's
guest is a good buddy of mine.
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He has been around baseball for a
long long time and recently Rangers fans would
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know him as the third base coach
and nobody better than the mister Tony Beasley.
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Bees. How are you, sir? I'm doing great, Men City,
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Thanks for having me on this morning. Looking forward to talking to you.
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Man. I appreciate you jumping on
Bees. It's us bald people got
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to stick together, you know.
It's one of those things where I remember
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Stuart Scott always said, bald is
beautiful. It's just a nice I don't
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know. It's like I remember growing
up as a kid shaving my head just
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out of high school and people are
like, what are you doing? I
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just I don't know. It just
was something that just happened and it just
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stuck. I don't I don't get
hair. I mean you think it.
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Look at baseball players now bees full
I mean a wig, These things that
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these guys are doing. I mean, can you imagine did you get bet?
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You had hair like that growing up? But I mean it can't be
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comfable which you had on. I
mean, you got guys, but then
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guys got dregs. Scott's got like
the shanks, they got everything is going
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on. So I mean, I
look at Manaiah his head, he's got
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the big bush and I mean you
gotta change hat size, and you would
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think, like every week, if
you cut your hair, you gotta get
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a different hat. If you let
it grow out, bigger hat, they
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drive the clubby's nuts. So we're
easy man. Once we get a hat
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and stays it, does you get
it? It's just those flex fits.
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I mean, when they get wet
or something, you pull them, they
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stick up in the back and they
don't right after a clean shave. So
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it's but I see too many hats
flying off of players. Are you noticing
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that? I mean, guys throwing
a pitch, they want to cross,
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they just they just covering the hair. They're not fitting the head. I
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think it's this generation is just different
from from when we were coming out right.
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But he's just so is it a
fascist statement? I mean, is
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that what it's about? I guess. I mean, you know, everybody's
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got their own individuality and everybody wants
to express themselves. So I guess you
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know, it becomes it comes down
to that. I mean that's why you
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know, I even saw something the
other day, but somebody even made a
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statement about the Yankees, you know, their policies being kind of outdated and
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what have you. But I respect
what the Yankees do because they require everyone
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to be groomed and respect the uniform
and and how you present yourself kind of
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like you have to put yourself on
the back burner and put the your baseball
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organization first. And so that's your
job. That's that's the organization that you
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work for. And so you know, they have the right too, in
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my opinion, to to set down
some guidelines about how they want to be
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represented. Uh as far as a
parents and uh, I always respected that
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about the Yankees. Yeah, it's
there. You're an employee, right,
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you should follow their their protocols that
they have and I get it too,
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But guys tell the line right and
you talk about I think they can't have
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hair below the lips, so guys
would grow a mutton shop. Which we're
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not your seventies anymore, right,
OK? Team Yeah, but it's so
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so let's go back to Tony Beasley's
playing days at Liberty University baseball powerhouse kind
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of like Delaware. I was,
you know, and that was you were
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drafting eight was it eighty nine?
Eighty nine? And who was who drafted
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you? The multiple Orioles in the
nineteenth row. Yeah, I was a
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senior sign man, you know,
It's like I got hurt my junior year
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and hurt my ankle, and uh
didn't get drafted that year. And then
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so as a senior, you know, back then, like the senior signs
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like maybe maybe now you get drafted. So I wasn't really sure i'd actually
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signed up to go to the Marine
Corps. Yeah, I tryed to go
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to Officers School, and I just
happened to get drafted and they allowed me
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out of it and gave me a
chance to pursue that dream. So here,
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um thirty five years later, still
still doing it. So just a
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blessing, Just a blessing. So
you think you did make the right decisions
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at that time? I think so, yeah. I mean I you know
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what, I think that you know
in life, like you don't know,
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like at a young age, what's
right, what's wrong, like what path
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you're going to take. But I
think that, you know, sometimes I
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always walk by faith and just try
to trust God to put me where he
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needs me, and and I think
that things always work out when you do
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it that way. But at the
same time, you know, from a
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biblical standpoint, says everything that we
do we should do to God's glory and
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so no matter what, no matter
what area of life. When I think
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as long as we're putting God first
and trying to serve him in it,
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then it works out because it's for
his glories. So yeah, you're right,
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because it's the lies you've changed,
either through baseball or could have been
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through the military or yeah, like
you said, you never know what what
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you're gonna do. It's the path
that you go down. So you're twenty
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two at the time, twenty twenty
one, I think, okay, December
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birthday, Okay, so you're you're
a late late one there, so that
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so that decision you go to and
at that as people they're listening when you're
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drafted as a scene, you're basically
it's like a bucket of bass at that
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point, right, because they don't
have to really offer you anything. No,
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it's just you want to play or
not. Basically, that's just just
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you know how it was, and
uh so I wanted to play and uh
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just took a shot at it and
uh just felt like, you know that
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I could make the most out of
it, and I did. So I'm
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just just grateful that, you know, it was I had the opportunity to
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do it and Uh, it's worked
out. You know, it's worked out.
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It hadn't been an easy ride.
I can tell you that, you
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know, just been a grind through
the minor leagues and you know, nine
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minor league seasons and you know,
didn't play in the big leagues. Up
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the Triple A I played, and
then uh, transitioned into coaching and just
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the grind of that, go back
to the bottom of the barrel and start
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all over again, and then you
know, eventually it was fortunate enough to
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work my way to the top.
You know, that's kind of not the
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rouge that that people take anymore.
But I'm thankful that I that I had
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to do it that way. So
that conversation you said, you know,
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your last year playing Triple A ball, is it did a coach or somebody
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just come to you and say,
hey, Tony, you know this is
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the you know, the writings on
the wall. Do you want to get
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into this or is it just a
decision saying hey, I see it,
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this is what I want to do. Yeah, Well it was more I
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think in my situation, it was
more me. Kim Bonifay was the general
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manager at the time, and so
he um he had told me that whenever
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I was done playing that you know, there was a coaching opportunity for me
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if I wanted it. And uh. But you know, but he said,
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but play as long as you want
to play, and uh. And
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I got to the point where I
was married at a kid and I free
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agency was just starting to be a
thing or you bounced around. I didn't
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want to bounce around. Um,
I had made money, I wasn't stable,
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and I just I just wanted some
stability. And I felt like at
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that point coaching was a little bit
more stable than playing, and so I
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just I went into it. I
didn't really know what to expect out of
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it. I just know I still
love the game and I wanted to be
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a part. And so I was
a player coach in ninety ninety eight,
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and because I wanted to see it, and so they gave me the chance
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to see both sides of it,
to be an active player but at the
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same time be involved in the coaching
side of it as well, which is
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kind of rare unique. They don't
do that much anymore either. But you
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know, at the end of the
day, I felt like, Yeah,
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this is something I would enjoy doing. And after the ninety eighth season,
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I was full fled coach. You
know, some guys when they're done playing
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that it seems as if they're chasing
something that they never got to write.
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Seems like they're they're they're trying to
fulfill something. But it doesn't seem like
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that's what you were trying to do. It just it's like you talked about
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it felt like this is where I
wanted to go. You know, guys,
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hang on the hang on. You
weren't hanging on the hang on.
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You were hanging on because you love
the game correct exactly. I mean I
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didn't, you know what. I
always felt like, you know, whatever
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I do, I'm gonna I'm gonna
do it to my best and uh,
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and you know, whatever comes out
of it comes out of it. I
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felt like as long as you leave
it all out of the field. We
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tell players at all the time,
like excuse me to leave it all out
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there and then accept the results.
And so I you know, I looked
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at my career that way, you
know, just leave it all out there
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and uh and let the chips far
where they may. And it's like I
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said, I felt like God was
always in control, and so I never
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like wondered like, well, why
did this or why not? Why me?
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And why not me? None of
that stuff was just I'm just gonna
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take every day and enjoy the day
and give my best today and we'll deal
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with tomorrow or winning if it gets
there. And uh that's kind of how
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it did it. But I know
that my love and passion for the game
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was not to be questioned, and
I wanted to be a part of it.
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I feel like, you know,
when when I decided to do something
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of my life, I wanted to
be I wanted it to be a career
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and I just, you know,
something that was a flash in the pan
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of yea of helping, of helping
others and doing that. So as you
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go through your coaching, the progressions
and stuff. Were you a coordinator um
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infield guy um and everything? So
what you know doing all that, what
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seemed to be your little niche that
you liked the most? Was it the
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coordinating part of it or the stable, consistent coaching part where you in one
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spot. Well, you know,
it's weird because I started out as a
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hitting coach, and uh, I
absolutely loved it, and uh, you
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know, even then, I think
it was I think it was like two
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thousand maybe because either ninety nine or
two thousand I had to go to Lynchburg
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just because J. J. Davis
was there and he was a number one
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prospect and I was like a second
year hitting coach, second year of coach,
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and they put me in charge of
him to get him right. And
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it was a process, man.
So it was the first time I really
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had like a like a job specific
task, like get this guy right,
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this is our number one pick,
and and the first half was slow,
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and then the second half he took
off and all the work that we put
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in paid off. So it was
that was gratifying. But you know,
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I just felt like the passion that
that you have to do the job.
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Like the hitting coach thing, man, I just loved. I love to
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see the kids grow from start from
scratch and then finished stronger at the end
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and make adjustments in season. So
the hitting coach thing lasted for about three
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years, maybe four years. Then
um really starred You was with the Pirates
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then and he was like, b
you got to manage and I was like,
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I don't really want to manage.
I like what I'm doing. He
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was like, number to trust me, you'd be good at manager, and
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he said you have a way with
people, and uh and and the kids
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respect you, say you should manage. And so I wasn't going to manage.
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And then Dave Lord Mclinton got the
big league job. Dave Clark was
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the short season a manager, and
Lloyd wanted Dave won the staff, and
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so he took Dave Clark to the
big leagues. And so William's sport job
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came open, and I was told
because I think Willy probably talked to Cam
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and uh he said, beast,
you're going to manage a short season.
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And so they didn't extend it.
And that was like my managerial trial to
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get some experience at it. And
uh, I fell in love with it.
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I didn't know that it was something
that I wanted to do, but
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you know, it was a different
level of impact on the on the guys,
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and it was not just hitters.
It was the totality of the game,
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uh, going off the field,
everything, And I fell in love
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with that part of it. And
just building those right relationships with with with
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all these young kids and and trying
to grow them into men and to show
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them, you know that this is
the life that you've chosen, that it
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can be rewarding, but it's not
about all about making it to the big
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leagues. And because that's everybody's goal, but I told them everybody's not going
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to make it. It's a small
percentage that makes it. But everybody can
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be productive in life. Everybody can
make an impact in life. And uh,
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that was always my message to them. And so I guess I kind
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of took on a father figure to
the kids. And that's just the way
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I enjoyed doing that. Man.
And so we had success, we won,
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but at the same time, I
felt like, you know, we
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were winning in life as well.
So I love being a manager in uh
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and uh, that that was that
was what kind of really propelled me into
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everything that came out to that.
You know, I was a manager until
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I had an opportunity to in two
thousand and six to be Frank Robinson's third
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base coach with the Nationals, and
then the coordinating came after that, you
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know, and stuff like that.
So I've won many different hats in the
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game. Thankful that I've seen a
lot of areas of the game, so
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you know, it makes you versatile
and flexible, so you know, it's
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benefited me in the long run.
It seems like the impact that you talk
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about, especially on those the kids
coming out of you know, the Arizona,
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the Fire League, or the Gulf
Roast. So these kids are some
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of them, these Latin kids,
some of them are seventeen eighteen years old,
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young kids, high school kids.
So the impact that you have at
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that point right there, they really
don't have the attitude. You know,
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there's today's the attitude. So you're
able to really start from scratch as as
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a young as a young man,
being able to teach these eyes look guys.
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And it's amazing though, the impact
that you can have on them.
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I mean, it's the guys.
So is there you know with those young
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guys, is there anybody that really
stands out from that core group of that
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first few years of managing that really
stands out in your man? I had
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to hose it Batista when he was
as a young kid, and and hose
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he loved the game. And man, I'll tell you what, he was
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a fireball. Like he was so
temperamental, it was unbelievable. Like it's
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very talented, but he could not
accept theory. Like he was a perfectionist.
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Very intelligent guy, but man,
he'd be like four for five and
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he made it out, which was
a lineout, and and he was so
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irata but that you know, he
could not accept not being perfect every night.
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to teach him how to be a
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good teammate. And you know that
you four for five with the lineout and
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the guy next to you he's old
for five with maybe three strikeouts, Like
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he don't really want to hear you, wanting about blinding out, you know,
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so stuff like that, and you
know, just trying to let them
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understand it. You know, being
a good teammate is important, and uh,
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and you had to look beyond yourself
and recognize that the guy next to
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you, like he's he's in the
battle with you, and that you've got
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to be cognizant of of of who's
in that clubhouse each and every day.
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So he was he was one guy
that you know, I felt like I
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had an impact on, helped him
to grow up a little bit and and
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turn him, try to turn you
know, boys the men, and so
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he became a man. And uh, you know he's he's always reached out
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and thanked me for that, and
and you know, we still remained close
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to this day. You know,
we actually talked last this offseason. He
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wanted me to come and manage in
running ball with the team that he is
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connected with and so things of that
nature. But there are many other guys
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that didn't make it to the big
leagues. Uh, you know Brandon Agamanoni.
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Uh, he still reaches out to
me. Uh he he reached out
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and it was maybe three or four
years ago and he said, uh,
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you know, thank you for teaching
me. Um that you know that can
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be got the men in the game. And uh, he said, because
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of my experience with duty say got
you know, I went into the minister
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like I'm a pastor now and you
know, so they're doing different things in
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life. But you know, both
guys were very successful and productive in their
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lives and that's that's what makes it
all worthwhile. Yeah, the impact that
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that has of somebody coming to you
after even though they never made it as
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the baseball side, they made it
on in life itself because of the I
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said, the impact that you had. I mean, you never thought about
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that going into coaching. I'm gonna
I'm gonna change lives somebody. These guys
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are gonna be x y z as
opposed to I'm just gonna take this one
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day at a time and you see
the fruits of your labor. But I
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think that must be the most rewarding
parts when somebody can call and say,
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hey, bees, thanks for everything
you did, regardless of the baseball side.
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And I mean, how does that
make you feel as far as just
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as a coach and just as a
person in general. Yeah, that's that's
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way more rewarding than the guy that
was super super talented that you know,
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you know he was gonna make it
regardless. And uh, it's it's the
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it's the guys that, man,
were the grinders and the guys that were
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organizational guys and that you know,
you made them feel like they were special
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and they were a huge part of
the team and you impacted their lives and
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they were successful in other areas.
I mean, those those are the guys,
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man, that that made it all
worth raw. I mean there's a
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ton of guys that played in big
leads, Ryan Domant, you know,
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Chris, Chris Duffy, those guys
they still reach out as well. They
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all reach out. So you know, I'm grateful for all all that,
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you know, but it's it's guys
that didn't make it that reach out as
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well, and so I think that's
the greater impact. And uh, because
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this this game is tough. Man, it's tough, and uh, the
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numbers are against you, you know, from day one, and so you
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know, it's important that we create
value in people and uh and something Jeff
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Fantasy used to say that I didn't
forget like we value people over products,
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and you know, we don't don't
treat them like pieces. Everybody's a human
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and uh, yeah, that meant
a lot to me. And I try
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to try to keep that alive.
And that's that's it. That's the relationships
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that you build, especially with the
players, because players, especially the younger
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words, can see the forest through
the trees of knowing coach bees in this
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more for them than just what's on
the surface. There's more there, right
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so, and you're able to develop
that at a younger age with these guys.
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And that's what helps help propel you
right from a from short season a
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manager to a big league coach.
Because of the relationship you have, the
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guys respect you, which means they're
talking, which means somebody else is hearing.
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Other coaches are hearing. Hey,
Beasley will be a great guy for
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this job's and that's what it is, and that's so that's where it's carried
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you. But and you never thought
it would have taken you where it has.
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Yeah, I mean I never had
to be honest with you, like,
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after not planning in the major leagues, I never I never anticipated that
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I would coach in the major leagues. I was just I was pretty much
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content with like, you know what, I'm gonna be a minor league coach
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and I'm going to impact you know, people's lives, and I'm gonna get
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the most out of these kids,
and I'm going to develop major league players.
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I'm gonna develop you know, great
human beings and that's my calling.
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And uh, I was. I
was very content with that, you know,
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because the way that you used to
get a major league coaching job was
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you had to be connected with someone
back in the day, and uh,
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I didn't. I wasn't connected with
you know, major league managers or none
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of that. And uh and end
up on Frank Robinson's staff was like,
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that's a god sin because like I
knew no one to understand. I knew
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who Frank was obviously by I have
a relationship with him. You know,
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I didn't know David Lows. I
knew who he was, didn't know him
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personally, you know, and um, Jim Bowden interviewed me. I didn't.
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I didn't know who Jim Bolden was. You know, he did who
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didn't know who I was? And
uh, he just happened to tell me
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that he was. I was like
my league coach of the year, manager
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of the year, and he said, I was just happy to be the
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Yankees had hired me as an infield
coordinator. Yeah, before that, I
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take that back, because they had
hurted me his infield coordinator. I don't
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know if it's sparked interest or what, but he said, he said,
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like, you don't know me,
and I don't know you, and you
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wondering why you're here today and how
did you get a chance to this interview?
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And I said, yeah, I
kind to him, and he said
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that, you know, I saw
that, you know, the Yankees had
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interest in you, and then I
saw the fact that my league manager a
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year. So I just kind of
start digging and seeing if I could find
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something negative and he said, I
couldn't find anything negative. Your team at
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all had always won every year,
he said, And I called around.
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I just wanted to hear one bad
thing and I said I couldn't find it,
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so he said, so I said, this guy deserves an interview,
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and because of that, he gave
me an interview based on my reputation,
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and he hired me, you know, the next day to be the third
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base coach. Like he Jim Bowden, in my mind, took a shot
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with me and he gave me an
opportunity and it kind of propelled my career
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career and to you know, give
the opportunities that I have that led up
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to where I am today. So
you know, I'm thankful to Jim Bowden
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for that. I really am.
And I don't know if people understand what
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minor league coaching is like, because
you wants the season end. It's not
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as if you're gonna if you unless
you have something else. It's season ends,
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you're done, right, you go
home and then just wait to see
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if I'm going to get a call
again. So it's almost is uh,
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you know, it's almost you're hoping
for something, right, the feeling of
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I guess it's the uncertainty of a
minor league coach because if you're hoping that
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if you do well, you're you
get to move up right. It all
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depends on it because there's a lot
of turnover. So I mean, now
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you have this and all of a
sudden that you've got a general manager calling
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you say, hey, Tony,
we'd like to talk to you about well,
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almost it's like a principal calling you
into the office, Hey, what
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did I do wrong? As opposed
to know right you get that? Is
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that the feeling you get as a
coach going through that process. Yeah,
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I mean I think you know,
for anyone that doesn't know, it is
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an absolute grind. There's no there's
no security or longevy in it. I
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mean, it's it's it's pretty much
it's year to year. We worked from
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We work on one year contracts.
Uh. You know, when after you've
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spent some time in it, you're
lucky enough to maybe sometimes you get a
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two year deal, and once in
a while there's a three year deal,
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but that's very rare. And so, you know, there's not a lot
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of like stability as far as like
I know that I'm going to be doing
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this for the next twenty years or
thirty years and I'm gonna retire. You
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don't know that. And so but
I remember one thing my father used to
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tell me, like like always just
be good at your job. He said,
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be good at what you do.
He said, you'll always have a
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job. Thinks. Don't worry about
stuff. And so I just focused on
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trying to be good at whatever I'm
doing and uh, and not not worry
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about where I'm going or what the
next step is. Just be good today,
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you know, and uh, earn
yourself a chance to put the union,
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you know, one more day,
and just keep doing that day in
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and day out, day in and
day out, and you know, before
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you know it. Man for me
thirty five years of past and you know,
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still still putting the uniform on.
And I'm just grateful and thankful.
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But it is a grind. And
so the way you carry yourself and the
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way you treat people, and just
just the way that you, you know,
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just give of yourself and your time
and invest in others, it comes
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back to you. Whether it's good
or bad, it's coming back to you.
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So your if your father always instilled
that in use from a from a
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faith perspective of understanding, you know, you can't worry about tomorrow. Tell
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the kids all the time, you
know, tomorrow's already take care of you
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haven't enough problems today. So that's
and that has always been instilled in you
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from the time you were a kid
or is that just something that you just
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came within, you know, while
you were playing baseball. You know my
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dad and he kind of instilled that
in usum as a kid. Um.
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Yeah, my dad was a lumberjack
man and uh we we we I still
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do that in the offseason for my
brothers. So he worked hard. But
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you know my father, you know, he was he was a godly man,
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and you know, he loved the
Lord. He made us go to
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church. You know, something make
me go, you know, but he
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made us go to church. And
he you know, there was principles and
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everything wasn't was revolved around your faith. And like he was like if you
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if you don't, if you don't
go to church today, like you can't
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go out and play. You can't
do nothing. Like unless you're sick,
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you go to church, you know. And I baseball like back in the
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day playing you didn't have travel ball
then, but we had reck ball and
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stuff and games on Sundays. He's
that you go to church first and then
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you go play baseball. And he's
like if you skip chers to go play
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baseball, you're not gonna be blessed. He's always instill that, you know,
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So everything was God first, God
first, God first, God first,
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and that's just that just stuck with
me. And uh, I don't
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want anything to get in front of
God, no matter what it is.
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I don't want anything to get in
front of God. And uh and I
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think that that's that's what's helped me
throughout my life and my career and everything
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that I've done and been through an
experience because it's God first. You know.
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Even I dealt with cancer, it
was God first, and h That's
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how I got through it. And
uh so I'm just grateful and thankful.
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You know that my father and my
mother they instilled those values in me,
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and uh, I don't ever want
to forget that. Try to instill that
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in my son as well, you
know, with God in front of everything
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man and you and you and we
talk, you're talking about that now,
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that's it was gonna be. My
next topic was um the rectal cancer.
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Correct, Yes, you were diagnosed
with how you know just that leading up
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to it finding out and during I
don't know if it's during the season and
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and that time off leading up to
it. What what kind of precipitated this
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the process of you finding out about
all this? Yeah, man, I
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didn't. I didn't have a clue. Look what was going on in my
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body? I M I'd never like
had hemorrards before in my life. And
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then then twenty fifteen, which was
my first year here with the Rangers,
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like mid season, Yeah, I
started developing him ards and it's like,
417
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what's going on with that? I
didn't know what it was. So I
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talked to doctor Hunter and he checked
TCL you have some hymorroords a multiple hymboards
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and uh they were bleeding hymnboards and
so you know, Steve Bushell had it,
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so he knew it was all about. And he's like, oh,
421
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there's a paint in the butt,
but you know the literally yeah yeah,
422
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literally U. And so doctor Hunter
told me that you know, they would
423
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they would ease and go away,
and if not, then he felt like
424
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I probably had some internal internal polyps
and we could go in and and move
425
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those, remove those if need be. And so the off season came then
426
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they never subsided, and uh it
was you. I was I was starting
427
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to feel like like a sharp pain
going down my right leg. It's like
428
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a nerve. So I was seeing
a chiropractic in the stretch. I was
429
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doing other stuff like something's just not
right, and uh, I was having
430
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a little blood in the school.
I didn't pay much attention to that.
431
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And because I have no family history
of cancer, so you know, I
432
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kind of ignored some signs. I
really did, and just nothing got better.
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And then my wife's like, you
need to get get checked if something's
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not right. And so when we
finally got a colonosophy and uh and when
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we got that, I was forty
nine time, so I was like one
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year away from getting one anyhow.
And so we got the philosophy. They
437
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found a tumor in my rectum and
it was very low and so the doctors
438
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said immediately that from his experience that
he knew it was cancer. So it
439
00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:21.240
did the biopsy and everything, and
it did come back that it was cancer.
440
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:25.680
And uh so at that point,
it was like, let's beat it.
441
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That was my whole thing, man, like, let's beat it.
442
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And I just I just trusted God
through that process. And uh, it
443
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was two thousand and sixteen, was
it was January two thy sixteen, was
444
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when I found out, and that
whole year was you know, chemotherapy and
445
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radiation, and I would asked me
back temporarily. So it was just it
446
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was a different year. It was
it was a year in which I would
447
00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:57.839
never anticipated experience and in my life. But man, it was a year
448
00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:03.720
that I learned some much about myself, so much about others, and so
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much about who God is. And
I could truly tell you that's probably the
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best year of my life. And
it probably doesn't sound right, but you
451
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know, because I could have never
learned. I could have never known God
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the way I know him now if
I had an experience going through cancer.
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My doctor told me last year,
after six years of getting you know,
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treatments, and six I mean after
six years of getting scans and updates and
455
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checkups, last year I was I
was clean and clear. And that was
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the last checkup. And so after
that last checkup, he told me that
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I was right at stage four cancer. I didn't I know that. I
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didn't know. I was thinking I
was maybe stage two or so. And
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he said, You're an absolute miracle. The tumor that was in my rectum
460
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was very low and the reconnection process, but the tumor is low, it's
461
00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:10.920
almost impossible to reconnect the person.
And so because your vale movements just won't
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function, and so they have to
put it aus to me back permanently,
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and I was I was telling my
doctor, I won't wear it. Ask
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me back permanently. I said,
my body's gonna function the way God designed
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me to function, like nothing clean. It's gonna do all on my body,
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00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:30.839
like cancer is not mine. Like
if someone said your cancer, I
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would correct that right away. It's
not my cancer, it's something that's in
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my body, doesn't belong on my
body. Nothing. Then Queen's going to
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do it all on. Mean,
my body is the temple of the hole
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of spirit. And that was my
response to that. Doctors, I think
471
00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:48.960
kind of thought I was crazy because
I'd never accepted any thing that they said
472
00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:52.960
to me about symptoms or you know, after treatments, you're going to experience
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this sh It's going to be coldness
of touch, numbness, you know,
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lose your appetite, lose way,
you're gonna tie year, you're going to
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00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:05.160
vomit. Everything I did none of
those things. I had no symptoms whatsoever.
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My platelets never went down, my
my red and white blood count state
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consistent. The doctor amazed every time. But I was just covering myself with
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the blood of Jesus and trust in
God that that he had healed me.
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Okay. I went to I went
for the surgery to remove the tumor.
480
00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:30.519
And so before that surgery, we
did scans on a Friday. The surgery
481
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was scheduled for Monday. And after
we did scans at MDI Anderson, and
482
00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:43.119
the tumor Friday was still there.
The doctor was disappointed. The radiation hadn't
483
00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:46.079
done anything, that Kimo hadn't done
anything to the tumor. Nothing. It
484
00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:51.759
was as pretty much the same as
it was from the beginning, and so
485
00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:55.319
he was very concerned that he could
not perform the surgery. And I said,
486
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you will. I said you will. I said, and maybe you
487
00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.960
won't. I said, but you'll
be used. I said you'll. It'll
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00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:06.319
be fine. Don't worry. And
he said that I just can't promise you
489
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that I can do what you want
me to do. I said, it'll
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be done. I didn't. I
didn't doubt it. I never doubted now
491
00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:17.200
once. And I went my wife
and I went to the hotel that evening
492
00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:23.279
and because we Saraday and Sunday just
which is a waiting period. And I
493
00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:28.240
prayed and we prayed, and I
said, Lord, I've done everything medically
494
00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:32.359
that's been required of me. You
know, all their radiation and keimo And
495
00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:36.599
I said, but I claimed the
healing back in April. I said,
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I'm standing on that healing. I
said, I believe that that you do
497
00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:43.279
everything that you said. And I
haven't doubted. I haven't way, but
498
00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:45.839
I just trust and believed in you. And I know that you've healed my
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00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:49.079
body. I could feel it.
I just know it. In the name
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of Jesus, I said, Monday
morning, when the doctors get into my
501
00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:57.279
body, you're going to receive glory. I just know it. It's your
502
00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:00.680
time to show up and show out. And said, no can receive the
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00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:04.279
glory about you. And I said, in Jesus name, Amen. And
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00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:09.360
Monday morning I went in there.
I had a robotic tectonomy was this type
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00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:15.519
of surgery I had, and the
doctors he got inside and got everything positioned.
506
00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:20.360
Man he came out, came out
and told my wife after three hours
507
00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:24.480
that there was no tumor. There
After Friday, seeing it, he couldn't
508
00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:28.239
explain that. He said, it
was just scar tissue, and he cleaned
509
00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:30.039
it up and my margins were claaning, and he said he's going to be
510
00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:36.519
good, and so that's God.
And can't nobody tell me anything different because
511
00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.079
the tune was there Friday, we
looked at it, we saw it,
512
00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:44.960
the doctor was the scarist by it, and then Monday morning it was just
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scar tissue. So it's it's amazing
out. Like you talked about being able
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to not even worry, right,
not having too because of understanding unless you've
515
00:34:57.599 --> 00:35:00.519
been through that mock right, people
don't know and like you said a minute
516
00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:05.559
ago, that year was the best
year of your life, and people go,
517
00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:12.719
how can he say something like that
because they don't know Jesus and what
518
00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:15.519
the power is and people can question
that, but you know him saying,
519
00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:20.760
because maybe it gave you an opportunity
to step away from baseball that you've been
520
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:25.159
tied up in for what fifteen years
at the time, twenty years at coaching,
521
00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:30.000
where you were able to get kind
of get back on track. Maybe
522
00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:32.559
maybe that's why it was right.
We don't know why things happen, correct,
523
00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:36.559
We just we just trust and know
that it's just part of the process.
524
00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:39.440
But seeing that and hearing that from
you, that's that seems like it
525
00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:44.199
was just kind of where maybe you
were off track a little bit and it
526
00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:46.559
was one of those hey bees,
this is what's going to bring you back
527
00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:50.760
on track. And that's why you, like I said, you look at
528
00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.920
it as, hey, this was
a great year for me, right,
529
00:35:53.960 --> 00:36:00.280
And it's it's to make your story
what it can do for one person.
530
00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.199
Right. We always tell the kids
to tell people all the time, if
531
00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:07.880
I changed one person's life, I've
done my job. You've done it,
532
00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:12.840
right, that's right. So I
don't and I don't. I don't know
533
00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:15.559
that I was off track, but
I think with me, it's I was
534
00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:19.199
asking. I think sometimes we've got
to be careful we asked for because semester
535
00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:22.239
I didn't get it, But I
was asking God. I was praying the
536
00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:27.400
prayer of Jay Bass that guy would
have increased my territory and enlarged my platform
537
00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:31.559
and let me do more for him. And uh, and maybe that was
538
00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:36.599
the way it manifested itself, because
you know, I was, I was.
539
00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:40.440
I considered myself faithful and uh,
you know I wasn't. I wasn't
540
00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:45.920
living a messed up life or just
doing weird stuff. Just that's why when
541
00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:49.519
when I was diagnosed, people like
even David Low's called me and David los
542
00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:52.519
like like, if that can happen
to you, it can happen to anybody
543
00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:54.960
like that, you have no and
I and I was, I was.
544
00:36:55.159 --> 00:37:00.559
I was immediately like why not me? Like none of us are empt from
545
00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:06.440
a hardship or or illness or nothing, like we don't know. I just
546
00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:08.320
think that you know, you know, I wanted. I wanted to do
547
00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:14.840
more for the Lord, and he
allowed me to go through something that gave
548
00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:20.800
me a bigger platform for him because
I've been able to help people that are
549
00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:24.599
dealing with cancer and and I've been
able to touch lives that I that I
550
00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:30.360
didn't have an avenue to touch before
and so and and I've been able to
551
00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:36.199
know God more intimately as well,
because just actually, you know, when
552
00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:40.440
you hear about healing, it sounds
great, but like you don't really know,
553
00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:44.360
like like I always hear, I
was like that, I really believe
554
00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:50.039
like healing like that, because but
when you actually deal with it, and
555
00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:55.320
then you know, like God showed
himself to me and he did a miracle.
556
00:37:55.599 --> 00:38:00.280
He did a work in my body
that only he could done. And
557
00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:06.400
so it just made me just love
him that much more and be that more
558
00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:10.960
on fire to serve him and to
let people know who he is and what
559
00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:15.000
he's all about. You know,
my favorite verse in the Bible, and
560
00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:19.400
I used to tell people Second Corinthians
five and seven before we walk by faith
561
00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:23.039
and not by sight. And I
said that before cancer, but I had
562
00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:28.199
to actually live that out. And
so you know, I mean we say
563
00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:30.840
things all the time, but then
God say, okay, that's your favorite
564
00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:36.320
verse. Let's see, let's see, you know, and so you know,
565
00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:42.360
just understanding that through faith, man, all things are possible, and
566
00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:46.920
that God can do anything if we
believe and we don't doubt and we don't
567
00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:51.280
waiver, because he says a man
that doubts and waivers, you know,
568
00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:54.199
he can't believe. That man shouldn't
think that he can receive anything from the
569
00:38:54.280 --> 00:39:01.239
Lord. And so I think it
was just solidifying and you know, my
570
00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:06.880
faith and and and believing in the
trust and knowing who God truly is.
571
00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:10.000
And he showed himself to me man, I mean, he took a tune
572
00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:15.239
more away from my body, you
know, from a from Friday to Monday,
573
00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:21.679
it was God that's nobody but God. And I know that through that
574
00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:27.599
whole experience. You know, I
was so in tune with His word that
575
00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:30.559
I'd wake up in the middle of
the night sometimes just just raised my hands
576
00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:34.880
up and say thank you Lord for
healing me. Like in June and July,
577
00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:39.039
just never losing sleep and nothing.
Just I just knew I was going
578
00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:43.239
to be good. I don't I
don't know how I had peace through that,
579
00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.800
but I just had peace because I
just trusted God through the whole process.
580
00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:50.679
But you know, I guess it
was one of those times of my
581
00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:54.000
life was like maybe the enemy came
to them and say, what about can
582
00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:58.840
I mess with him like he did
with Joe. You know, he'll he'll
583
00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:01.360
denounce you if we touch his body
or we do something. I don't.
584
00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:06.039
I don't know. Maybe when I
heaven, I can ask God about that.
585
00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:09.840
Yeah, maybe give me some insight. But I'm just thankful that that
586
00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:16.320
I was able to be faithful through
a tough time because it's easy to give
587
00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:22.280
God glory when everything is great,
But can we give him glory? You
588
00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:27.000
know when we on the backside,
on in the valleys of life and through
589
00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:30.360
the tough times of life, can
we still praise him and be faithful to
590
00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:35.360
him. It's it's easy when things
are going great, but whatever, when
591
00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:38.239
things are not going so great in
your life, can you still you know,
592
00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:43.239
give God glory? And so I'm
thankful that I was able to to
593
00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:47.320
keep him first, even through the
midst of hardship's weather in that storm.
594
00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:51.400
And I guess, I guess off
track was maybe a bad term, but
595
00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.760
you know, it's just a let
I guess. Literally, you had a
596
00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:58.400
bump in the road right for you. Uh, you know, it's one
597
00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:02.039
of those things of talk about you
know, what you live by. You
598
00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:05.800
know, you know a two rival
verse I love. I lived by a
599
00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:07.519
proverb three to five, you know, trusting the Lord with all your heart
600
00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:13.400
and lean not on your own understanding. And the um I saw I'm forty
601
00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:15.199
verse two. He lifted me out
of the pit of destruction and placed my
602
00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:20.400
feet upon a rock, making my
footsteps firm. And you know you talked
603
00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:23.599
about job. I always I always
tell people when things go you know,
604
00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:27.440
why is it? Why aren't things
happening? You know, why is it
605
00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:30.800
not? I said, Look at
Joshua in the Battle of Jericho, Right,
606
00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:34.679
you heard that story about what they
do they just keep just keep walking?
607
00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:39.079
Really, really, what's gonna happen? And that's and that's what it
608
00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:44.840
is. Until you've been through that
muck. You know what it's like when
609
00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:47.440
you know people, you know,
he said, Beasley's been hey, right,
610
00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:52.079
we've all had that that believers understand. They've had their moments of where
611
00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:57.199
something bad has has really happened,
and it's it's weathering that storm because it's
612
00:41:57.559 --> 00:42:00.320
I remember Pastor telling me. He
said, it's not gonna be easier,
613
00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:05.360
but it will be better. I
thought about that for a secondment. That
614
00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:08.760
makes sense, So you know what, it's right because there's times when you
615
00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:14.559
want to yell and just just be
why is this? And he realized And
616
00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:16.039
when you do that, all of
a sudden, you sometimes the answers come
617
00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:20.760
to you. You go, I
understand, I get it. I got
618
00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:23.079
it right. So that was your
moment where you had it and understanding.
619
00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:27.880
But it's um but how people can
see it and you did it with a
620
00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.760
smile on your face. I remember
that year you were gone of you know,
621
00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:34.360
you know, where's bees? How's
he doing right? And all this?
622
00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.960
So were you really during that time
were you in touch with baseball at
623
00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:42.599
all or is it just a complete
step back for a year. No,
624
00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:45.960
I was. I was. I
was still with the team. I just
625
00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:47.440
you know, I wasn't coaching third, but I was, you know,
626
00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:52.840
the doctor because I had the port
in here from the treatments. But the
627
00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:55.480
doctor wouldn't meet him, want me
stand because I would have actually stood out
628
00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:59.679
there and I would you know,
Spike, Spike coach third that year.
629
00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:04.880
I was SPI going, But I
am. I felt like I was.
630
00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:07.920
I didn't want to like succumb to
cancer. Like I was like, I'm
631
00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:12.639
gonna keep doing my stuff, Like
I was still going to practice. I
632
00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:15.079
was still hitting ground balls. Like
when I was having treatment. I used
633
00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:20.480
I used to have to wear the
the treatment that the drip for forty eight
634
00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:23.920
hours. Yeah, and so I
think my my batters getting trying to get
635
00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:28.719
a little here and I um and
I was still doing They were like,
636
00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:32.000
what are you doing out here?
Well? I wanted to maintain a normal,
637
00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:36.719
my normal lifestyle. And uh,
I wasn't gonna lay down and be
638
00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:39.559
like, oh I'm down and out. I wouldn't do that. The bobbles
639
00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:44.159
just did then, habitten, she
should not should not say I'm sick,
640
00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:49.320
don't say it, And I never
said it. I just I did what
641
00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:52.079
I could do, you know,
I just had treatments and stuff like that.
642
00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:57.599
Then I just respected that process.
But I wasn't Uh, I wasn't
643
00:43:57.639 --> 00:44:01.719
going to lay down and to come
to it. And it's and the amazing,
644
00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:07.039
Like I said, the story that
you can tell people of of asking
645
00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:09.559
about how right, because you know, we're seeing a lot more and more
646
00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:14.000
cancer, you know, coming up
with people and stuff. And the story
647
00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:15.599
that you tell, well, you
know, when somebody comes up to you
648
00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:17.719
and they just say, hey,
hey, Tony, how did you How
649
00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:21.920
did you handle this? And you
tell them you start talking about Jesus and
650
00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:24.679
God and so it's a hard pill
for some people to swallow. It is
651
00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:28.440
so so when when it is,
when it is that hard pill for them
652
00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:32.639
to swallow, how do you navigate
that? I just tell my story,
653
00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:37.679
man, and uh, I don't
navigate it. I just tell it.
654
00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:42.079
And uh, because if someone asked, then I have to tell the truth.
655
00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:45.320
And uh, the truth is that
you know, everything that happened to
656
00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:47.360
me was God. It wasn't.
Nothing that I've done on my own is
657
00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:51.840
not that I'm deserving. Well,
it's his grace and his mercy, and
658
00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:54.559
I'm thankful that, you know,
tried to live a life that's that pleases
659
00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:59.280
him and that he find favor and
he found favor in me man, and
660
00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:05.000
that the blood Jesus healed healed my
body. And I don't I don't sugarcoat
661
00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:08.280
it, and I don't navigate it. I just tell it. And because
662
00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:12.840
my story is what it is,
and it can only be told one way,
663
00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:17.559
because it only happened one way,
and and I just hope people can
664
00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:22.119
see that and accept that. But
I have to tell it. It's like
665
00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:27.519
the Gospel. We have to tell
the Gospel as it is, and people
666
00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:30.880
have a choice to accept the reject
Christ. And so our stories. You
667
00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:35.239
know, when Christ has dump something
in your life, you have to tell
668
00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:38.599
that and give him glory for that. And hopefully people can accept that.
669
00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:45.199
But I won't. I will never
navigate it. Yeah. And here you
670
00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:51.360
are now it's what eight years now, ye seven? Yeah, year seven
671
00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.760
of this and here you are just
continuing stronger than ever of you know,
672
00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:58.760
third base coach with the Rangers this
year. I've never the last few years
673
00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:01.519
have been kind of a struggle,
to say the least, as far as
674
00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:06.239
you know, on the field,
um, you know with bringing in Boat
675
00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:09.679
an old school guy. You're an
old school guy. You know mad Dogs
676
00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:14.280
there as well, another old school
guy. You hopefully you can kind of
677
00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:19.119
flip this script to get back to
baseball and when we were playing it,
678
00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:23.800
right, I'm yeah, and that
and that's what you want. That's what
679
00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:28.199
the fans. The fans want us. They want to see the old school
680
00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:32.039
of the small ball stuff. And
you see and and you know the rules
681
00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:36.360
and how they've changed, and I
don't. It's tough, right, It's
682
00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:38.280
sometimes it's still hard to watch,
you know, and I'm sure it was
683
00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:42.760
for you for a while watching out
there how the game was going, um
684
00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:45.599
and seeing that, but you're understanding
if like you said, there's there's life
685
00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:47.639
the end of the tunnel of seeing
it right, it's just about having that
686
00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:53.000
faith and understanding that it's there.
Guys, we've just gotta so. I
687
00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:57.039
mean, so there's you know,
let's let's last year. I just real
688
00:46:57.079 --> 00:47:00.880
quick that you're the managing part of
it. Well you were when you got
689
00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:05.719
those the last one was at forty
or fifty games, eighty forty eight games?
690
00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:12.719
Did that change the juices that the
adrenaline back to Tony Beasley minor league
691
00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:16.360
manager. Did you have that or
was it just I'm still just the third
692
00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:21.559
base coach feeling mentality or did it
kind of just flip? Yeah, you
693
00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:23.800
know what, it was kind of
weird. Um, I think when you
694
00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:28.559
take over the interim spot, like
like we had forty eight games left,
695
00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:32.480
and uh, the season was already
tough, and a lot of you know,
696
00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:36.159
it had kind of been the one
to say was lost, but it
697
00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:39.159
was you got forty eight games,
not that you have one hundred and forty
698
00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:45.039
eight. You have forty eight left, and it's kind of tough to It
699
00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:52.119
was tough to to find like how
to make change with forty eight games left
700
00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:54.000
too, And so there were certain
things I felt like we could do,
701
00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:59.559
but then there were certain things I
felt like you just can't do in forty
702
00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:05.639
eight days with a team that's already
kind of set and how it's how it's
703
00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:07.719
going to be in its personality and
identity. It's it's tough to change the
704
00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:13.360
identity with that little bit of time
left and pretty much no hopes for the
705
00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:17.079
playoffs, and so, you know, I just felt like, you know,
706
00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:22.119
let's enjoy the last forty eight games. Let's play hard, let's try
707
00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:25.440
to you know, finish the season
with some dignity and keep our heads up
708
00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:30.000
so that we could get some momentum
coming into this year. Uh, there
709
00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:35.800
were some things internally that we wanted
to do differently. It just just from
710
00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:38.039
a team concept, you know,
and just have a good atmosphere in the
711
00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:44.400
clubhouse and make sure that that you
create a brotherhood and that everybody's together and
712
00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:49.119
playing for each other. I didn't
want the forty eight games to be you
713
00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:53.119
know, bloom and doom, you
know, coming in the clubhouse with a
714
00:48:53.159 --> 00:48:58.519
bad feeling, a negative attitude and
just not feeling good about your day.
715
00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:01.239
And so we wanted to have we
we wanted to have fun, enjoy those
716
00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:06.119
last forty eight Thames. But it
was it was it was a challenge because
717
00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:08.559
there were certain things that that I
just didn't have the freedom to do.
718
00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:14.840
Um stepping in at that point,
and uh, there were things that you
719
00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:17.400
were asked to do. Is like, you know, you didn't know if
720
00:49:17.400 --> 00:49:22.719
it was the timing was right,
and you know, being the third base
721
00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:27.679
coach and now being the manager and
being the interim manager and the prospect of
722
00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:31.079
you know, what's going to happen
next year, so it's a fine line
723
00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:36.880
between the compromising relationships and certain things. Uh. So I could this year,
724
00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:38.679
I'm the third base coach again,
so you know, there were certain
725
00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:43.679
things that I could have done it
possibly compromise you know, you know,
726
00:49:43.760 --> 00:49:47.480
my relationship with players and things if
I've been too strong in certain areas.
727
00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:52.440
And so I feel like I would
have loved to have the opportunity to have
728
00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:59.559
a whole spring training to to get
the team, uh with my thoughts and
729
00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:04.400
the I felt like we should approach
the game and play fundamentally and and things
730
00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:07.400
of that nature. But you know, Boat is here now and he's doing
731
00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:13.480
a great job, and I'm just
thankful that you know that I'm still here
732
00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:15.679
with him. But uh, it
was it was it was tough, it
733
00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:20.159
was fun, it was fun.
It was it was a learning experience for
734
00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:22.960
me. Um. But it wasn't
the same as when I'm managed it in
735
00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:29.920
my leagues because I just didn't have
just the ability to start from scratch and
736
00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:35.360
to to to really build a team
chemistry and identity to what I would have
737
00:50:35.559 --> 00:50:38.280
wanted to be. Uh. But
you know, I'm thankful for the opportunity
738
00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:43.920
and just tried to make the most
out of it. Yeah, it's yeah,
739
00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:45.920
it's kind of one of those where
he was fired and hey, beast,
740
00:50:45.960 --> 00:50:49.920
you're managing more and you've right,
You've got a short amount of time,
741
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:52.880
so you're right there as far as
your philosophy, what what do I
742
00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:55.559
have time? Do I have more
time here to get these guys just to
743
00:50:55.800 --> 00:51:00.800
because it could have been the character
builder for them. Guys. This this
744
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:04.760
is going to define, you know, how you handle yourselves right twenty years
745
00:51:04.760 --> 00:51:07.199
from now, you know the last
forty eight games where you were out,
746
00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:10.440
but this is the maybe this is
the mark that you had a chance to
747
00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:14.960
do that and you won't now right
away to see, but right now it
748
00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:19.960
looks like it's been a good fit
so far from for maybe those forty eighth
749
00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:22.239
that you had last year carrying it
into this year. Yeah, yeah,
750
00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:25.960
I mean I felt like that we
did bill some momentum. U. I
751
00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:30.559
felt like we kept them around up
and you know, we kept some guys
752
00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:34.639
going, some guys finished and had
had good years and didn't want guys to
753
00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:37.239
waste the rest of their season.
One of guys to finish strong, and
754
00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:40.519
a lot of guys achieved a lot
of stuff. You know, Nate Lowell
755
00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:47.039
won the Silver Slugger Award at his
best offensive year so far, and things
756
00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:51.480
of that nature. So you know, Marcus finished strong, Seeger finished strong.
757
00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:53.159
You know, those guys played to
the end, man, and they
758
00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:57.199
played hard to the end, you
know. So you know, our core
759
00:51:57.280 --> 00:52:00.440
group of players, they continued to
post up and do good things for us.
760
00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:05.280
So I feel like I felt like
it did and it did. Record
761
00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:07.199
wise, it didn't end like we
wanted it too, but I felt like,
762
00:52:07.280 --> 00:52:10.840
you know, effort and things that
we need to accomplish as far as
763
00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:17.039
team unity and camaraderie, I felt
like it went well. Yeah, I
764
00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:22.840
think it the whole finished up here. I think it goes to Tony Beasley
765
00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:25.880
as a man of weathering the storm
right you. It was already a bad
766
00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:30.920
storm at that point, and you're
giving the keys to this saying here you
767
00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:32.360
go, Bees, and it was
just you were able just to keep it
768
00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:37.039
right you. As players, you
know it can go south really quick.
769
00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:42.599
Managers fired new guys in, and
everybody can just kind of go their separate
770
00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:45.199
ways. But it seems like you
were able to weather that storm. It
771
00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:49.199
goes back to your faith and in
all of this and and seeing where it
772
00:52:49.440 --> 00:52:52.280
where it led because I saw the
interviews with you, Like I said,
773
00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:54.280
you always have a smile on your
face. It's it's it's a fun part
774
00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:58.079
of what it does. And it's
and that's a testament just to you and
775
00:52:58.119 --> 00:53:01.960
how you were raised and you know, and if and the what you have,
776
00:53:02.239 --> 00:53:05.480
the impact you have on all these
players and everything else. So I
777
00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:08.159
really commend you for that. And
it's like I said, that's probably one
778
00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:10.840
of the hardest things to do in
all sports. It's just to jump up,
779
00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:15.119
Hey, you gotta go right now? Wait what so? And it's
780
00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:19.000
and like I said, I commend
you for that and and the effort you
781
00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:21.639
did with that and what you did
with it. So you know, because
782
00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:22.880
I, like I said, always
seeing you with that smile on your face.
783
00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:25.719
Man, never it never changes,
never ceases to amaze me with it.
784
00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:30.559
See there it is, man,
It's always there. But you know,
785
00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:34.559
I didn't one thing I didn't want
to happen, um, because I
786
00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:37.360
wasn't you know, I didn't ask
for that. Um, I was asked
787
00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:39.880
to do that, and uh I
didn't want. Uh I want I didn't
788
00:53:39.880 --> 00:53:45.119
want to become a situation where it
looked like I was lobbying to get the
789
00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:49.360
job. I still want, you
know, players come first, and I
790
00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:52.559
want the players understand that that it
was. It's not about me. It's
791
00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:55.039
still about you guys, and uh, you know, I'm going to back
792
00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:58.440
in support you. And you know, I want to take care of the
793
00:53:58.440 --> 00:54:00.719
players in the clubhouse. And you
know, I wasn't going to do things
794
00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:05.800
that for my sake and because I
didn't care about that. I care about
795
00:54:05.840 --> 00:54:08.079
the coaches that were left there,
and hopefully I want to help, you
796
00:54:08.079 --> 00:54:13.360
know, preserve their jobs and things
of that nature. And so it felt
797
00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:15.920
like we did a pretty good job
because most of the staff is still here
798
00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:20.719
as well. So grateful for that. Yes, And sure the fans are,
799
00:54:20.800 --> 00:54:22.159
like I said, you've been grained
yourself here in this community for a
800
00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:25.880
while now, and they said,
the impact you have. And it'll be
801
00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:30.840
amazing to see how the Tony Beasley
story finishes out here in the next twenty
802
00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:34.840
five thirty years, right just to
see how you know, like you talk
803
00:54:34.880 --> 00:54:37.360
about your platform or what you can
do with it, so you know,
804
00:54:38.079 --> 00:54:40.679
help fans on there get a chance
just go say how to Bees and ever
805
00:54:40.719 --> 00:54:44.159
you see he's like always has a
smile on his face. Just yeo,
806
00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:46.039
hey Bees, and you know it's
just but like I said, you're having
807
00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:50.039
fun. You're a kid, and
it's always tell people you've got to have
808
00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:52.079
a lot of little boy. You
need to play this game that's becoming a
809
00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:55.119
business. And you've and you've done
that, like I said, you've instilled
810
00:54:55.119 --> 00:55:00.079
done a lot of players and the
impact you've had throughout your career. And
811
00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:01.800
you know, it's like I said, it's always fun. And I'm glad
812
00:55:01.800 --> 00:55:06.239
you're able to jump onto that bees
and and tell this story because like I
813
00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:08.239
said, one person, one person, here's this and change them right.
814
00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:14.320
You've done your job, amen,
Amen, So then I appreciate it,
815
00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:16.360
I said, jumping on here and
uh, you know, off to a
816
00:55:16.400 --> 00:55:19.519
good start here at the Rangers.
Like I said, you guys just just
817
00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:22.239
keep going right, one day at
a time, one picture at a time.
818
00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:27.079
Right, can't we can't look,
can't get if you're there to corral
819
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them in, right, guys,
hey can't get ahead of ourselves. Like
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I said, it seems like they're
having fun. Yeah, fans are enjoying
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it. Yeah, it's it's it's
it's really good right now. It's good
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atmosphere, it's fun. Uh,
you know, the belief and who we
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are is is strong right now.
And uh, like you said, we
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just got to keep going one day
at a time, and and and bringing
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00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:50.119
that inergy and passion and and and
playing the game between the lines. We
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00:55:50.639 --> 00:55:52.480
know we still have to play good
baseball. We can't just take anything for
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granted, no matter what. You
know, Oakland's coming into town for us
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now. And if you take them
for granted, you get beat professional baseball
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team, the major league team.
And uh, so you know, you
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00:56:02.920 --> 00:56:07.760
gotta play the game. You gotta
play right, play hard, play smart,
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and be fundamentally sound and just do
the right things and do what the
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00:56:10.639 --> 00:56:15.800
game's asking you to do. And
uh, we always say when means what's
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00:56:15.840 --> 00:56:20.400
important now. And that's that's all
it takes. And so just stay humble
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00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:25.480
and make sure that we approach today
like it's that last day, because yeah,
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because we never know, because it
might be. That's the best advice
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00:56:29.039 --> 00:56:30.639
I give my kids. You play
every game like it's gonna be the last
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00:56:30.679 --> 00:56:34.480
one, because one of these days
it will be. That's right, exactly,
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00:56:34.559 --> 00:56:37.280
right, man. But I appreciate
Bees jumping on here man and taking
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the time, and uh, you
know, good luck the rest of the
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00:56:39.679 --> 00:56:43.480
way, and I'll be out there. I'll come see you. Come out
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00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:45.719
there, come out there and give
you a big old hug. Man,
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00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:50.480
Come see yourself. Our relationship goes
back a long long way. Come come
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00:56:50.559 --> 00:56:52.159
see me. Please. Yeah,
I will. But I appreciate it,
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00:56:52.199 --> 00:56:55.119
bees Man, and good luck man, and we'll be in touching guys.
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00:56:55.320 --> 00:56:59.480
Check out Tony, check out a
Rangers game, go out and just say
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00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:02.119
hello. So but I appreciate it, bees, Thanks Mann, thanks man,
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00:57:02.119 --> 00:57:05.639
Thank you for having me on.
Sir, Yes, sir, absolutely,
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thanks man. All right, let's
see it