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good at your job. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.039 You know you do. 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:30.399 But I would say the way that keeps me coming back to my job is I the and this is the thing, when you hang around athletes and you hang around people in sports, and you you kind of understand how how crazy our lives are and how crazy we work, you understand that we're absolutely insane people. 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:31.680 We are not normal people. 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.519 We we don't think the same, we don't, we don't breathe the same, we don't move the same. 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.879 The way we go through life is so much different. 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.160 I am absolutely insane. 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:52.319 And the fact that I have to have an outlet to compete, and I have to have an outlet to say that I'm gonna compete against this person, I'm gonna be better than you, and I'm going to, you know, dominate you in whatever we do. 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:54.319 Like that's what keeps me coming to the field. 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:56.560 Like, baseball is just a great outlet for me. 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:09.759 You know, it happened to be that I I'm really intrigued in the the way the body moves and and hitting and pitching and the and the little intricacies of an actual baseball game that you know if you never know baseball, you'll overlook. 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:19.680 But for me, what comes back every day is I feel the need to compete and you know prove my worth that I am better than the person that's throwing a ball at me. 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:21.839 And you know, that's why I show up every day. 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:26.720 I think we all even even in this field, I think we all have that because it is so competitive, right? 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:32.639 Ultimately, there for you are only 26 jobs for per team times 30 for us. 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:34.319 There's there's 30 jobs, right? 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:35.439 Like that is it. 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:45.920 So I always that's the one thing that I when people don't do that in this field, that to me is a personal bugaboo because you know how competitive this is. 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.879 You can do everything right and still not get a shot. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:54.879 So, and it's just in general, why wouldn't you try to be the best possible version of yourself you could possibly be? 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:58.399 And anything you do, absolutely, absolutely, yes, inspiration. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.639 Scott, you're killing it this morning. 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:02.000 You are killing it, sir. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:02.879 You know what it is? 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:03.600 I love it. 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:07.680 It is that pistachio coffee that my wife bought that is amazing. 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:09.600 Good. 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:15.519 For anybody that doesn't understand that inside joke, we got we got Scott on coffee here, what about three months ago? 00:06:15.600

--> 00:06:17.120 Yeah, four months ago, something like that. 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:23.360 So he's he's slowly diving into his his coffee tastes and what he likes and all that kind of stuff. 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:23.759 I love it. 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:25.279 Pistachio coffee. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:26.240 Amazing. 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.480 Shout out to my wife who's who's incredible. 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:33.120 So you talked about wanting to be the best possible player you could be. 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:37.199 That actually segues perfectly into our next question. 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.319 This is from Alyssa J2010. 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.319 And she actually asked a couple good ones. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.360 I know the family here, so we'll we'll kind of spread it around. 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:53.920 But her first was who inspired Troy and who is or was your favorite player? 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:59.680 Because I think that that's like kind of who you look towards to have this attitude you have about baseball. 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:06.639 That's honestly, I mean, it's different for everybody, and you know, it's cliche to say that, but you know, my parents inspired me. 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:17.199 They they instilled in me that you know, you know, they may they may never admit that they said this to us, but you know, me and my brother remember, you know, if you're gonna do something, do it right. 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:24.319 And so, and you're gonna you're gonna finish what you start, because that's kind of the our our family motto is that's what we're gonna do. 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:29.040 And so that inspired me every day is you know, if I'm gonna do something, I'm gonna do it the right way. 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:32.959 I'm going to do it ethically, I'm gonna do it to the best of my ability. 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.160 I'm not gonna, you know, half half do things. 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:40.240 And then kind of the player that you know it ties into it a bit too. 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:41.680 It was the player that did that. 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:47.839 I mean, I was a I was a Mariners fan, and I loved watching Ichiro Suzuki and Ken Griffey Jr. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:59.199 and some of those early Mariners, but one of the one of the players that you know you say I modeled my swing after the way he like moved, all that kind of stuff, you know, I'll say one more Mariner. 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:04.560 It was Robinson Canoe who I have, of course, I've talked about on the show that I got to play against. 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:16.000 But kind of the way they go about their business and the way they move and the way the the the way they handle the game, like that's been the way that like I have been inspired and and the way I want to play. 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:21.600 And if you notice those are three left-handed hitters, you know, I'm I'm not gonna put a right-handed hitter in there, it doesn't make sense for me. 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:29.519 But my parents kind of, you know, they took me in a they took me to Mariner Games, they they showed me they they always had a they always had a saying too. 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:39.200 It was, you know, when I when you're sitting on the couch on a Saturday and you know, it you want to relax, you want to do all this kind of stuff, but you know, you gotta you got a game on Sunday, you know. 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.679 My dad would always say, you know, somebody's always working harder. 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:47.200 You know, it's not just it's not just you know you versus you, it's you versus everybody else. 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:49.440 You know, somebody's working harder, somebody's doing more. 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:55.600 Like, how can you maximize your time on this earth to do whatever you want to do? 00:08:55.759 --> 00:09:01.919 Because without that, without actually going and putting in your full effort, you're never actually going to reach your full potential. 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:11.600 I have a couple if you're willing to allow one broadcasting and one player, but we just please I'll I'll shout out a right-handed hitter. 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:28.799 So we just played the Syracuse Mets a couple weeks ago, and I grew up in New York and New Jersey, a New York Mets fan, and Edgardo Alfonso was one of my all-time favorite players, and he was the third base coach for the Syracuse Mets. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:33.759 And so I got a chance to meet him, and you never know how these things are gonna go, right? 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:39.840 Like, you know, sometimes they're like, oh, that's great, you know, thank you so much, and that's more than enough. 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:47.360 Sometimes it's worse than that, and that's obviously it's like you know, I really did like that, you know, person as a player, whatever it is. 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:51.600 We a lot of fans have that, and that's that's an unfortunate part of things. 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:55.200 But uh the other thing I would say is you never also know what people are going through, right? 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.200 Maybe you can get people on a bad day. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:15.679 Anyway, I I went up to Fonzi um and I said, Hey, you know, Gardo, I grew up in New York and New Jersey, huge fan of yours when I was a kid, and he talked to me for about 25 minutes, and that was so cool. 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:38.000 You know, we talked about the teams he was on and the fan base and how much he loved New York and the um when he left the Mets, how hard that was for him, and the taxi cabs that he had advertised like a thank you to, and how that idea came about, and um, you know, how he only just moved to Florida because he was sick of the weather, but he loved New York so much. 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.840 Yeah, that was so cool. 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:47.600 So he was one of my all-time favorite players, and then to have that interaction, my dad is

still an enormous Mets fan. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:55.200 And I brought my dad up and how much he's having a difficult season watching the Mets this year, and he was like, Would he want a baseball? 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:58.720 Like just like that, and signed a ball for my dad. 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:00.159 That was incredible. 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:06.960 So Edgardo Alfonso already was one of my all-time favorite players, and then you have an interaction like that was was so cool. 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:12.399 Um, broadcaster-wise, huge inspiration would be Vin Scully. 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:23.519 And I think yeah, he is the best, but to me, he is the best because it's not necessarily that he he crushed every big time call, but he did. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:31.679 The Sandy Koufax perfect game and the Kirk Gibson home run and the uh Mets Game Six of the 86 World Series. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:37.120 There's so Henry Aaron's big time home run to break the record. 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:42.159 There are so many moments where it's his voice and he absolutely nailed it. 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:59.120 But to me, what made him so special, and I think this kind of ties into my attitude of why I come to the ballpark every day and try to be the best I could possibly be, is every time you would turn on the game, you would get his very, very, very best. 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:01.759 And there is always something special you would get. 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:10.240 You would get an incredible story about uh Adam Wainwright's groomsman and how he found out he was traded from the Braves to the Cardinals. 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.000 These are not even Dodgers players. 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:18.799 You would get Madison Baumgartner and and um killing a snake to save two baby rabbits in his backyard. 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:26.879 That is what made to me him so special was yeah, he was there for every big time call and he absolutely crushed it. 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:33.039 But you were going to get something else every single game, and you never knew where it was gonna be and what it was gonna come from. 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:44.399 But um that's what made his broadcast so special, just turning on a random game in the month of June on a Tuesday, and it felt like it was game seven of the World Series. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.440 He was bringing it every single day, so that was super cool. 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.000 Um, another question from Tony. 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.480 Tony! What other what other sports did you play? 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.480 This is a great question because you talked about your parents, and obviously I know this ties into that. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:01.759 What other sports did I play? 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:11.039 I played everything I possibly could because there's a certain time, and you know, I say this to every young athlete, there's a certain time where you can't play certain sports. 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:14.559 You

you know, you reach an age, you reach a level, you're just never gonna play it again. 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:18.720 So when I was in junior high, that was probably the most sports I played. 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:20.559 I played every sport. 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:27.519 So we went football in the fall, I then went into wrestling, I then went into basketball. 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:30.559 I was never very good at basketball, couldn't figure out what hand to shoot with. 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.759 I'm kind of weird. 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:32.320 I'm kind of weird. 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:33.600 Left hand, right-handed, I don't know. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.000 Um I I tried. 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.440 I and then I tried to go right-handed. 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:39.200 I could either one I couldn't shoot. 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:47.759 Um, and then I ran track, and then in the summers, I did baseball and competitive golf. 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.240 So I did six sports when I was before high school. 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:57.679 And then when I was in high school, I was a nine-time, ten-time letter award winner. 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:03.759 Um I played football, I wrestled, and I played baseball. 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:08.480 And then, of course, as everybody knows, I you know, you can play golf for the rest of your life. 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.320 So I never played golf competitively, but man, sometimes I wish I would. 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:15.360 I would, I could, I could have been a two-sport athlete in college. 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.320 Here's the follow-up question to that. 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:29.279 There, there are a lot of kids who they feel, or maybe their parents feel from a very young age that they should specialize in a sport maybe because they're really good or whatever. 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:31.840 You were the opposite, it sounds like. 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.720 And yet, here you are playing Major League Baseball. 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:43.840 So I'm curious, did you feel that playing other sports helped you in baseball in whatever way? 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:45.039 Or or maybe not? 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.559 Yeah, I absolutely. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:54.320 I'm a I'm a guy that suffers from from burnout, suffers from, you know, over over mental use, whatever you want to call it. 00:14:54.399 --> 00:15:00.080 Like if it's baseball all the time, like somehow, sometimes when my life is, like I get really like down in the dumps. 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:02.639 I need to like get outside of my my comfort zone. 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:03.600 I need to go do something else. 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.399 I need to go on a walk. 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:11.039 I need to go, you know, to do something crazy, like go to a museum or or you know, play a different sport or do something. 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.200 Like that helps me quite a bit. 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:22.159 But for the kids that are told they need to specialize or think they need to specialize, you got to realize how many movements are really in baseball. 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:25.279 Like, you know, we we use the swing. 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:31.440 I, you know, I'm I'm me and my my hitting coach, we use the swing, a golf swing. 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:34.159 We use that we use that to talk about our baseball swing. 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:41.360 We use a hockey swing, like a hot, like shooting a hockey puck sometimes using for the baseball swing. 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.279 Um, you talk about being an outfielder. 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:45.200 That's like being a safety or a DB. 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.960 Go get the ball, you know, flip your hips, go go be athletic. 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:54.480 You know, you talk about fielding a ground ball, that's playing defense on in basketball. 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:59.840 You know, it it's the same kind of movements, it's the same kind of pattern, it's the same feet, it's the same all that. 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:05.679 You know, if you're if if you're height challenged like I am at 5'11, like I'm probably not gonna play basketball for very long. 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:15.919 So like maybe then get specialized into something else, you know, if you're not a if you're not 6'4 or 6'5, but like realistically, every sport ties into baseball. 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:22.000 You know, everybody says, you know, if you you play a different sport, you're if you play baseball, you can play a different sport. 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:23.200 That's 100% true. 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:29.120 If you play baseball, you already have the movements and you already know your body's already patterned to play different sports. 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:44.480 Um, wrestling was probably the only one that did it specifically or like linearly translate to baseball, but mentally that was the one that translated the most. 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:58.480 I, you know, you can say golf, you can say you're one-on-one, but when you're when some other human being is trying to put that, put you on your back and trying to beat the crap out of you, and you have to mentally figure out, hey, I'm not willing to give in. 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:03.360 I'm not, I'm going to survive this match, I'm going to, I'm going to beat you, I'm going to pin you. 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.480 That's where that really ties into baseball. 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:11.119 Is like, you know, you're getting beat down, you're 0 for 4, you're 0 for 4 again, you're 0 for 4 again. 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:12.720 How are you going to get off your back? 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:20.079 And how are you going to like get up and and and you know make this other guy work, make this other, you know, the the pitcher work, make all this kind of stuff. 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:24.559 And so when you really think about other sports, it all ties together and each other. 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.559 And you know, playing more sports, you get

more, more out of it in life. 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.000 You get so many different kinds of people. 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:34.000 You get, you know, a basketball player is going to be significantly different than a wrestler. 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.759 A wrestler is going to be different than a golfer. 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.759 Um, a golfer is going to be different than a football player. 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.000 A football player is going to be different than a than a baseball player. 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.720 It's just like life. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:47.039 You deal with so many different people, so many different, you know, thoughts, so many different actions, so many different families. 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:50.480 Like it's it's very opening when you do that. 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.680 When you have just a small collective group, that's that's all you have. 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.200 And when you're in baseball, that's kind of all you have. 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.920 It's all or nothing. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.200 You're putting all your eggs in one basket. 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.200 And if that doesn't work out, what's your identity? 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.000 What are you? 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.799 Who are you? 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:04.400 And that's what a lot of kids struggle with. 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.640 It's like, oh, you know, I miss playing baseball so much. 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.160 And it was like, well, you did you do anything else? 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:10.319 And they're like, no, I just played baseball year round. 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.960 And it was like, okay, well, that's now your identity. 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:16.640 But for me, I my identity was like, how can I be the best athlete? 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:19.119 Not the best baseball player, not the best football player. 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.480 How can I be the best athlete? 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:25.279 Because all of a sudden that translates, and I can go do other stuff if that doesn't work out. 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:33.359 Not even to mention, in my opinion, the injury stuff is increased exponentially if you're doing, in particular, baseball year-round. 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.640 Um, I think we got a lot of questions from Rockies fans. 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:41.680 And so we're just fans of yours, we know we got questions of fans of yours in general. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:46.319 These are more kind of baseball performance breakdown. 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.440 And so the first one from Devin Davilos. 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:59.200 Um, he asked last month of the season, what adjustments do you feel like you need to make this offseason for 2027? 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.240 That's a great, that's a great question. 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.359 That's a great question. 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:12.319 Um, one of the big things that I want to change is I want the kind of my my speed and my running ability

to kind of impact my game a little bit more. 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:17.119 I feel like the major league lifestyle made me a little heavy. 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.160 I've been eating a lot. 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:21.519 You know, there's food constantly, there's all this kind of stuff. 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:28.799 And so I I would say kind of my diet and my impact on actual like speed and different stuff like that. 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:30.960 I think that is going to be like the biggest thing for me. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:45.839 Um other than that, I really want to, you know, it's it's hard when you get to this level because you know, there you you're on a team for a reason and you want to impact, you know, everybody would love to hit 40 home runs and you know drive in 100 RBIs and do stuff like that. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.000 But I just don't know if I'll ever be that guy. 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.160 I could be, I don't know, but I could ever thank you very much. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:20:02.480 I might be that guy, but I want to do what I do well and make sure that my consistency is still there. 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:21.599 I I want to, I want, you know, I'm not I don't really want to try to be somebody else if I don't have to, but I do understand that hitting home runs is a big part of this game, and I don't have a lot of those right now, not a lot of doubles, but trying to hit the ball in the air and trying to set myself up for success in that sense, I think is going to be a huge impact for me in 2027. 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:28.640 The next question also was sort of a Rocky's take, and this is from Mia Space underscore art. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:37.599 Um, she asked, Troy, have you adjusted your approach at Coors Field compared to playing everywhere else at sea level? 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.039 Great question. 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:43.359 Um, that's a that's a thing that's really talked about, and yeah, you uh you understand it. 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:49.119 When you are on the road and then you come home, like guys pitch differently. 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.799 Guys, the ball moves differently. 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:58.400 You know, you a sinker on the sinker in Miami is very different than a sinker in Coors Field because the ball just kind of hangs up there. 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:01.519 It doesn't really like bam, like that kind of thing. 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:06.240 Um or curve balls, they just kind of like go and then they come down. 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.119 Things like that. 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:09.039 Uh a lot of guys pitch differently, though. 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:18.160 Like when you're at courses, you see a lot of cutters, you see not as many four seams, not as many sinkers, you see a lot of curveballs, cutters, change ups, splitters. 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.839 You see all these different pitches. 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:26.079 And then when you go on the road, all of a sudden, like guys can throw four

seams, they can throw sinkers, they can do all that because the ball is going to move the same. 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:29.920 So I wouldn't say that there's like an adjustment. 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:36.400 I think you're just more aware of how much the ball's moving and how much more you need to like be in the zone. 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:40.960 Because for at Coors, I feel like everything looks like it's in the zone because it's not really moving that much. 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:49.119 But when you're on the road, everything needs to like be in the zone and you need to kind of have your tunnel set because once you have your tunnel set, then you can kind of go off that. 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:51.279 Really interesting. 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:59.759 We have a question about um kind of a follow up to our trades episode, which we've just did, with Weather Wonder 34. 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:06.640 And they asked, how much does being traded affect your marriage and family life? 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:08.880 What are the pros and cons? 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.440 I think you're technically a waiver claim. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.559 I can't remember if you were traded. 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.200 Either way, it's a good thing. 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.400 I was a waiver, but yeah. 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:17.839 I mean, it's kind of it's it's kind of the same thing. 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:19.599 I just say traded because it's easier. 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:24.720 Trying to explain a waiver claim is very difficult for somebody that's not that doesn't understand it. 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.000 And I didn't understand it. 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.359 I had to look it up on Google. 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:35.599 I had to look up what the difference between I had to look up the difference between a waiver claim and a DFA. 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:38.640 I was like, I think they're different, but I don't know. 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:43.039 But um tech, yeah, technically I got traded-ish. 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:46.799 And I would say the biggest thing I got traded at a good time. 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:48.079 I got traded in the offseason. 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:53.359 I didn't really have to like we were already going back to Washington, so we drove down to Arizona for spring training. 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.960 Like it's we're already on the West Coast. 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:56.640 It wasn't like anything crazy. 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:06.480 And but if the guys that get traded mid-season, you kind of feel that right around July, like the all-star break, you kind of feel it. 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:16.880 And I know a couple guys like kind of started packing their bags, kind of started, you know, preparing, kind of had things set in stone, had different questions, had all these different kinds of stuff. 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.920 Um, I would say that's the worst part. 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.920 That's that's the worst part about family marriage. 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:24.400 Like you, it's the anticipation, the anxiety. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:29.119 It's like, it's like nothing has happened yet, but all these thoughts in your head of what if they happen? 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:31.039 Like it's that kind of anxiety. 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.920 That's the worst part. 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:34.960 I would say that's like the biggest con of getting traded. 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.720 It's like, uh, where am I gonna go? 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.519 What am I gonna do? 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.480 How am I gonna get there? 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:40.480 Is it am I gonna be able to drive there? 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:42.000 Do I have to ship everything? 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.920 Uh, how how long is this gonna pack up? 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:46.880 Am I gonna get traded, you know, a week before the deadline? 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:49.440 Am I gonna get traded, you know, the day of the deadline? 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.440 Is it all this kind of stuff's going on? 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:55.680 And so that's probably the worst part about it is like the anxiety, the thoughts. 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:58.000 It's like, you know, there's so many projections. 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:18.799 MLB Network does all these mock trades, and you know, there's all these fans that do these mock trades, and all of a sudden, you know, you're scrolling through Instagram, and because the the um the they know your name and all the kind of stuff, it pops up on your Instagram and you don't even you're not even looking for it, and you're like, oh, mock trade, uh, I don't know, the Blue Jays or something like that. 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:21.039 And you're like, oh my goodness, I gotta move all the way across the country. 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:23.279 I've got to move my family, I gotta do all this kind of stuff. 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:27.119 Or, you know, is my family gonna stay here for two months and am I gonna go? 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:30.000 You know, there's so many different like things like that. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:40.160 But I would say the pros of it, you know, especially in my situation, is I didn't really have a clear future with the with the Marlins when I was there last year. 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:44.160 And they saw that and they said, Hey, we'll give you a chance somewhere else. 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:48.319 And you know, that's where the Rockies stepped in and said, Hey, we're gonna give you an opportunity. 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:55.039 And that was probably the biggest pro is like usually when you're traded or when you're picked up or you're you're wanted. 00:24:55.200 --> 00:25:00.640 Like it's not it's not just like, oh, you know, we're gonna trade for this guy because we're gonna trade for him. 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:05.039 We just, you know, we we needed a guy, and it's like, no, we we like your numbers. 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:10.480 I I don't think they and the fans understand

how much research goes into scouting other players. 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:19.759 Like they're they're fully invested in going over the the smallest little details you can think of to be like, is this guy gonna be a good fit? 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:24.319 They're calling coaches, they're calling people that know this guy, they're like, hey, how's his character? 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.920 How's you know, is he a good person? 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:31.599 You know, you they've got pro scouts watching this guy and being like, oh, okay, how does he how does he do when he strikes out? 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.559 Like, what does he act like? 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.119 What does he do? 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.160 All this kind of stuff. 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:40.319 And so that's probably the biggest thing is like you're wanted when you get traded. 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.640 Next question. 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:46.960 Also, kind of inside baseball from Drew underscore D E K 26. 00:25:47.599 --> 00:26:00.559 I I read an article, let me preface this, about um the All-Star game in Philadelphia that the cheesesteaks in the visiting clubhouse are supposedly amazing and that teams will go crazy just eating cheesesteaks. 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:07.279 The Mets apparently ate 120 cheesesteaks or something like that during a series in three days. 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:15.200 So he asked, What is the best spread that you have witnessed thus far in Major League Baseball? 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.400 Best spread. 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:26.960 Well, yes, to say that I have had my fair share of cheesesteaks in Philly, but you can only have for my for my sake, I can only have about one and a half. 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:37.279 And it's funny because on the getaway day, people will order cheesesteak to go, and they'll just be like wrapped in tinfoil with names on them, like on our getaway day, like right before we're about to hop on a plane. 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:39.039 But I can only have one or two. 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:46.240 I'm I like a cheesesteak, and the home clubhouse does a fan, or the visiting clubhouse does a unbelievable cheesesteak. 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:48.559 It's truly, it is so, so good. 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:51.279 They do the peppers, the cheese, they do everything. 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:58.799 Um, but my favorite spread so far has probably been Atlanta. 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:05.920 I've also heard really good things about New York, uh, the Yankees, but I think Atlanta's been my favorite so far. 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:12.960 You know, just the way that the kitchen is set up, the way that they present the food, the way that, you know, and sometimes they have the options. 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:18.799 So there's like made-to-order stuff, and then they have um like an actual spread that they do. 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.160 Like sometimes, you know, like yesterday we had Greek food. 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:24.880 So two days ago we had Greek. 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:31.039 And then you could also order, you know, K C D or burger or you know, chicken burger or whatever it is, and they'll like make that. 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.480 The chefs will make that for you too. 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.960 So there's two different options that you can have. 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:47.599 Um, the Atlanta, though, they actually have like a touch screen by their kitchen, and you can like scroll, and there's like a menu of a bunch of different stuff, and you can just put it in, put your name, put what time you want it, and then you just go. 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.559 Wow. 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:52.319 Yeah, that's that's probably yes, that's probably my favorite visiting one. 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:54.319 I again, like I said, I haven't been in New York yet. 00:27:54.400 --> 00:28:05.839 I remember hearing stories though about players when I was uh when I was coming up, and they were like, oh yeah, you can get if you really want, you can get a ribeye every single day and all this kind of stuff. 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.279 I haven't seen that quite yet. 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:11.119 Um maybe I've been told I just don't know the right people, or I don't know. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.400 I haven't I haven't asked about it. 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.079 You don't have the service time for that yet. 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.240 Yeah. 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.680 I don't have the service time yet. 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.359 Um, but maybe that's maybe that's my thing. 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:20.319 Because if I could get a ribeyeye every night, I would be in heaven. 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:25.039 But um maybe I have to provide the ribeye and then they kick it, then they get it ready, that kind of stuff. 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.799 That maybe it's that that's how it works. 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:35.039 But I would say as of right now, Atlanta is my top tier like visiting clubhouse like meals spread. 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.240 All right. 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:39.440 Next question we have from Preston Smith. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.720 I know Preston. 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:47.279 Um, what is the funniest chirp you've heard from an opposing fan so far? 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.880 God, that's a good question. 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.680 Good question. 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.000 Oh my goodness, that's a good question. 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:54.400 Um, sometimes they get really creative. 00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:56.000 Um, I'm gonna go back. 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:58.640 This is still one of the best ones I've ever heard. 00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.759 So I have two. 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:04.319 So when people ask me, they're like, hey, are you know Philadelphia? 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.839 Are the fans really that ruthless? 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.720 Are they really like that that bad? 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:10.960 And I'll be like, Yeah, yeah, they're pretty bad.

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.200 And they're like, like, what do they do? 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.680 What is it? 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.519 And I'm like, well, I'll give you one example. 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.960 So I was sitting in left field. 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.720 We were it was one of the games last year. 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:20.720 We were losing pretty bad. 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:24.960 Uh, I think I think it was when Schwerber hit three home runs against us, two home runs, something like that. 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.880 We weren't doing so great that game. 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:34.880 And I'm I I get a little late in playing time and I'm playing left field, and you know, there's kind of some fans, so you can kind of hear them. 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:39.200 There a lot of guys have gone home, it was raining, there's lots of different stuff. 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:45.440 And I finally hear a fan, and I'm they're like, Troy, Troy, we love you, we love you. 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:50.160 And I turn around and I look at them, and then they go, Just kidding, and they both flip me off. 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:55.200 And so that's that's yeah, exactly. 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.039 I was just what am I gonna do? 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.920 I'm just laughing. 00:29:58.079 --> 00:30:00.079 I'm just I'm just like I'm a love feeling. 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.519 I'm like, okay. 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.319 Oh my gosh. 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:06.640 That's not even creative, but it is hilarious. 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:09.839 It is, it is, and then I got I got one more too, another good one. 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:13.119 So oh my goodness. 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.319 Yeah, that's a funny one. 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:22.720 Um, the other one is Sean Reynolds, who if you guys remember was former Marlin uh with the with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp for a while. 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:30.400 And we played together my very first year in Pro Bowl in 2019, we were in short season together in Batavia, New York. 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:37.920 And we traveled to West Virginia Black Bears, where they're we were playing at West Virginia University, and we had a I want to say it was a night game. 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:56.079 We had a night game or a day game, I think it was a night game, and they had the West Virginia Black Bears band come to, or sorry, the West Virginia Mountaineers, like marching band, come to the game and sit right above their dugout and play music all game. 00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:02.160 And they did all the you know the normal stuff, like it was gonna be for the football game, all this kind of stuff. 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:10.880 And their ringleader, their ringleader are pulling up stats online about players and like doing all this kind of stuff. 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:14.160 Poor Sean Reynolds, he was already 0 for 2 with two strikeouts. 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:17.920 Um, you know, if you if you talk to him, he'll tell you that's a story of his career. 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:24.319 But he, you know, and he you know his humor, he's so funny, he's so witty. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:33.920 And one of the band members stands up and goes, Sean, you're from Redondo Beach. 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:42.559 Redondo Beach's population is 26,421 people, but you're not there. 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:52.480 So now it's 46,240 people, but you're not there, and they got the whole band laughing, and he's at first base, so they're right there. 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.160 They're right on him. 00:31:54.559 --> 00:32:00.480 And you know, I'm sitting there and I think I'm in right field at the time, and I'm listening to this, and I'm like, dude, this is hilarious. 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:02.640 It's just the stupidest thing I've ever heard. 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:12.640 They're not even like, it's not even like really chirping anything, and they're just talking about his hometown, how he's just he's here and he's not there. 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:17.359 And I was like, dude, this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, but I it's one of the ones that stuck with me. 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.799 I'm like, this is hilarious. 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:25.920 This is you got these college kids, and you know, we were college kids at the time, like just making up stupid stuff. 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:27.599 And that was probably the best chirp. 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:31.279 I mean, I can't have like I can't tell you some of the other chirps. 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:55.359 I mean, there's you know, I was at, I'll tell you one of them, I was at Wrigley Field, and you know, I'm playing left field this year, and all of a sudden I hear Hayley, Hayley, Hayley, and you know, they start chanting Haley's name, and I'm like, okay, all right, I think they're talking about me, and then they go, Lisa, Lisa, and they're talking about my mom, and I'm like, Okay, wow, well, you googled me, all right. 00:32:55.440 --> 00:33:05.359 You've you found my stuff, and so um that's that was probably the other ones, but I haven't there's been some chirps where it's like, I can't believe you just said that in public. 00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:09.599 But there's you know, there's there's the funny ones that I remember specific. 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:15.119 I remember the funny ones, I remember the quirky ones, but you know, you try to brush off the ones that aren't so nice. 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.920 Shout out to the to the creative people out there. 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.640 Uh correct. 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.319 Yeah, that's all you guys are looking for. 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:24.079 Creativity in these creativity and and nice, kill them with kindness. 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:26.079 Yeah, kill them with kind of that's all it is, kill them with kindness. 00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:29.599 Like, like, hey, you got ginormous biceps. 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:31.359 You know, they probably love that. 00:33:32.240 -->

00:33:37.920 If you get shouted out, you'll know this that uh with that, you'll know that somebody was listening to this podcast. 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.920 Troy, you have great biceps. 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.000 Yes, thank you. 00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:50.880 All right, last one from the shootover family in uh Savannah, Georgia. 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.880 Uh question. 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.480 Awesome family. 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.920 They are great fans. 00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:59.920 They asked, What is your favorite coffee roaster, Troy? 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:05.680 And then what is your favorite food that is not mmm disgusting? 00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:08.320 And they wanted me to specifically use that language. 00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.239 Disgusting? 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.800 Mm-hmm. 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:13.679 Oh, that is not that is not mm-hmm. 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.840 That is not mm-disgusting. 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.239 Okay. 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:18.000 Disgusting. 00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:20.000 Oh, so okay, hold on. 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.599 I'm sorry, what is your favorite food? 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:23.519 I think I think is what that question is saying. 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:23.760 Yeah. 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.079 Okay. 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:27.039 What is your favorite coffee roaster and what is your favorite food? 00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:30.639 Well, of course, I'm gonna go with my Jacksonville favorite. 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:39.840 Um, yeah, because of course I had a family actually come out to Colorado when we were playing the Marlins and give me a bag of my favorite roasted beans. 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:47.119 It's it's Mara Madero, and it's from Mechanism Coffee Roasters, who, if you know anything about mechanism, they just opened up a new location. 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.920 So go see them. 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:49.760 They're awesome, they're fantastic. 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:55.840 And our team housing actually was like relatively close to a mechanism. 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.880 So everybody would go there. 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.159 We'd always buy coffee beans. 00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:01.840 It's all, and so that was that's my favorite coffee roaster. 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:07.119 Um, I also have a favorite one uh that you know, now that I'm in Denver, it's a little bit closer. 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:11.360 Um, but insignia is one of the other ones, a black cat insignia. 00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:14.639 They do a good coffee roast, they do a good espresso, good house blend. 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:17.840 But the Mara Madeira, it's like a pink label. 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.039 Um, with my coffee. 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:24.639 I I I mean, I've spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on coffee beans just from mechanism, you know. 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:29.440 They they didn't quite give me a they didn't give me like a loyalty discount, but maybe I gotta buy some more beans after

that. 00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:32.480 But uh that's they know you by the way. 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:37.119 They they know you, but Sarah, she's she she's like, I brought up Troy Johnson. 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.000 Oh my gosh. 00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.719 So yeah. 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.360 Yep. 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:50.239 I know I I can't I can't say enough good things about them because their coffee they make, it's it you you taste it and you see the bag that's made, and you're like, wow, this was made with care. 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.000 And that's really the biggest thing for me. 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:57.119 Like it's yes, the taste is fantastic, but like you're like, oh wow, this was like made with care. 00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:00.960 Um, my favorite food, I'm gonna go off the wall a little bit. 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:08.480 So, like I said, my favorite food is probably a a ribeye steak done where I like it. 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:12.559 I like it crusty on the outside and then medium rare on the inside, which is very tough to get. 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:14.320 I'm trying to perfect it best I can. 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:18.719 My pan doesn't quite get hot enough, so I need to my pan needs to get hot enough for that. 00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:24.079 Um, but other than that, I'm gonna go with a my favorite travel food. 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:31.360 So this is like I'm getting in late, I'm gonna do dash something, and I go with curry. 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:45.280 So I do like either an Indian curry, like a chicken tiki masala, or like a Thai, um, like a pyongyang curry, and then I'll do usually garlic naan with it as well. 00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:47.599 Wow, I didn't think you was that. 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:50.639 I know, and that's why I said that's why I said it's a little weird. 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:56.320 I'm from the Northwest, so like we have a lot of Asian influence. 00:36:56.400 --> 00:37:04.400 Yeah, and I do understand when you think Asian influence, you think of you know, Japanese food, you think of Chinese food, yeah, which we really do. 00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:08.639 We have a lot of that, but we also have a lot of really good Indian, we have a really good Thai. 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:11.440 Like it's very popular up there. 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:18.320 I I'm gonna go with uh my favorite food that is not disgusting, would be amazing. 00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:20.880 I I love pizza, as you know. 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:24.480 I make pizza from scratch several times. 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:27.760 Um I'm really like once a week in the offseason because my kids love it. 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:35.039 And I love Detroit pizza, I love Chicago pizza, but to me, just like a really thin crust, it's hard to do. 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:39.519 It's hard to get that thin and for it to cook the way you want it. 00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:47.920 But when you get it right and you get the nice, like little sweet tomato sauce, um just not not too much cheese. 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:53.760 I'm I think that too much cheese really kills it because I think you've got to have that good crispness to a pizza. 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.719 Um that to me is as good as it gets. 00:37:56.880 --> 00:38:01.199 I love all food, but I just think that I'm not even talking about toppings. 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:08.559 If you do a plain pizza, and it is plain, not cheese, if you do it perfectly, you don't need toppings. 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:14.480 When you say a plain pizza, when you say a plain pizza, you are talking about a pizza with just a sauce, no cheese? 00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.280 No, no, no. 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:20.960 In in New York and New Jersey, Connecticut, it is it's it's literally just plain, is what you would call cheese. 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:22.719 It's like a it's like a Mediterranean pizza. 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:26.639 Yes, like a Mediterranean, where it's like maybe you got basil on it, maybe you got no. 00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:28.159 No, it's literally just a cheese pizza. 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:31.039 What you would call a cheese pizza is what we would call a plain pizza. 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.840 Ah, I see. 00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:34.880 So it's literally just like your basic, your basic pie. 00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:39.039 Yes, but if you do it right, if you do it right, correct. 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:46.320 And I there is one place that I will forever dream about, and I will never not go there, even though the line is just disgustingly long. 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:48.239 But I love Joe's pizza in New York. 00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.519 I love it. 00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:52.719 It is un and but but I made the mistake one time. 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:55.199 I brought up tried to bring it back to my hotel room and it was cold. 00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:57.840 It got cold and it got hard, and it just wasn't the same. 00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:02.960 It was like you have to eat it right when you get it, and it is just unbelievable. 00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:04.559 But I do understand what you're saying. 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:07.199 Yeah, that's that's bleaker in West Forth. 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:09.599 There's several great pizza places in that area. 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:19.679 Um to me, I think uh DiLorenzo, like actually John's pizza is right there, and that place I think is the best in the city that I've had so far. 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:25.199 My brother has done a great tour of New York pizza, and he has a few that I need to try. 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:34.400 But DiLorenzo's in New Jersey in Robinsville, that to me that's pizza might be the best mess, could be the best slice in the world. 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:34.960 Yeah. 00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:39.599 So, okay, so if you don't have a favorite coffee roaster, yeah. 00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.719 I gotta go to mechanism. 00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.760 It's on my own. 00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:47.840 I'm actually meeting with somebody, and we were planning on going to mechanism later this week, but he had something pop up, so he couldn't do it. 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:50.000 So coming up, coming up, right? 00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.199 Coming up, mechanism. 00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.159 Mechanism. 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.440 Mechanism, I like it. 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:55.679 All right, guys, thank you. 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.679 These questions were amazing. 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:01.760 Um, this these are so much fun, and it's fun because of you guys. 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:05.199 These are awesome questions, and we appreciate you listening. 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:09.360 And we promise if we didn't get to some, we could pull some as well. 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:12.880 Um, but we'll do more of these because the questions are incredible. 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:15.920 So thank you guys for submitting the same ones. 00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:17.679 Yes, you guys do so awesome. 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:24.880 We can't thank you enough for all the support and watching our watching our content and and following along with us during the season. 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:28.400 This is season three, and we're coming to a close here soon on season three. 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:35.760 We got you know about five weeks left, and so we'll have a nice little end of the season, end of finale of our podcast. 00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:40.800 And you know, we are so excited of everybody being on this journey with us. 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.840 We've had so much fun. 00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:44.000 So thank you again for following along. 00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:46.400 Thank you again for uh for listening. 00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:48.320 If you would like, we would love a review. 00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:52.239 You know, that stuff is huge for us to grow, and we will talk to you soon. 00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.280 Thanks, guys.