November 22, 2024 • 38 mins
Guardians manager Stephen Vogt wins the American League Manager of the Year award in his debut season, we'll hear his thoughts on taking home the hardware. Plus, this week's Game of the Week looks back to game 3 of the ALCS as the Guardians defeated the Yankees on a memorable October night at Progressive Field. That's all on this edition of Guardians Weekly with Jim Rosenhaus on the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:50):
Hi, everyone, Welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosen house along
with you this weekend. As we continue with our Hot
Stove shows during the off season. We will take a
hiatus after this week's show and return after the first
of the year, so hopefully you enjoy this one. Some
good things coming up for you, including our Game of
the Week segment, our final one of those looking back
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at the twenty twenty four season, and we'll take you
to that memorable Game three of the American League Championship Series,
forever known as the John Kenzie Nowel David Frye home
runs late that created just massive excitement at Progressive Field
and made it a two to one series at that point,
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So that's coming up a little bit later on in
the show. We'll also hear from Vice President of Ballpark
Improvements Jim Folk. As I'm sure you know, Phase two
of the two year renovation project at Progressive Field is
still very much underway, and we'll get an update from
Jim on how things are going as they try and
beat that deadline up opening day next season, the home
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opener for next season. But first I'll look back at
the week that in terms of awards, and it's been
a really strong awards season for the Cleveland Guardians. And
earlier this week, manager Steven Vote named the American League
Manager of the Year as a rookie. Doesn't happen often,
but it did this season to the American League Central
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Division crown and a birth in the American League Championship Series.
And he says there were many surprises about the job
this season, but there was one aspect of managing a
major league baseball team for the first time that really
stood out to him.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I think just the longevity and how long the season goes,
the busyness of the days, how many people you need
to be on for every single day, and just the
time management learning how to navigate that on the fly
while also going out trying to win ballgames and help
people just continue to develop in their careers. So just
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the overall totality of the job is probably the biggest
learning that I had, and how every day you have
to approach it the exact same and you know that
going into it but until you actually go through one
hundred and sixty two games plus playoffs, and it's going
to be something that I lean on for the rest
of my career.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
So you win a central title and Manager of the
Year in your first year, what's the encore?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Hopefully we win the last game of the year next
year and that's the goal.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Stephen, congratulations. I know you guys have talked about your
closeness and a chemistry in this clubhouse and kind of
propelled you guys to the ALE Championship Series. I'm curious
if you've heard from your guys yet. I know you
guys like to celebrate as a team and the messages
maybe you're getting tonight.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, I'm so fortunate to work with some amazing people,
and I have too many texts right now to reply,
and a lot from our players and coaches and front
office people. And just the closeness of this group is
it's something special and a lot of teams have, you know,
a special group, but this one was by far the
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closest group I've ever been around. And these guys just
care about each other so much, and I appreciate the
love and the support from all of them.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's just some brief comments from manager Steven Vote meeting
with the Cleveland media earlier this week after winning the
American League Manager of the Year award. Stay with us
when we come back. We'll get an update on ballpark
improvements from Vice president of Ballpark Improvements Jim Folk. That's
next down the Cleveland Clinic.
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Speaker 2 (05:17):
Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, where it joined now by
Jim Folk, who's most recent title, and thank goodness they're
doing a ballpark renovation because he's the vice president of
ballpark improvements. And you've had a variety of titles over
the years, but whenever there's something going on with this ballpark,
and it goes back to day one when they first
broke round here, you've had a hand in certain things
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and phase two now of a project that's really reshaping
this ballpark. And before we get to how it's going,
let's take a step back to maybe mid season when
the Guardians were putting together for some I'm sure an
unexpectedly good season. The playoff run. Did that set you
back in an area where maybe you're uncomfortable with it
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or have you caught up and feel good about things.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Well, we didn't really see playing much past September thirtieth
when all the plans and the schedules started coming out.
And I will tell you we were thrilled, first, last,
and always this was a great run and such a
fun team to watch. But you know, going back into June,
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I'll tell you honestly, we started working with our construction
team to start thinking, you know, the what fs and
what if we play into October and then you know
you've got Wild Card Series, Division Series LCS, that sort
of thing. So we were working with the great guys
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over at Mortensen to come up with plans of what
happens with each of those scenarios. And so that was
a couple times a week conversation, especially as we got
later in August and all through September, and more than
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one sleepless night just exactly what happens. But you know,
we were really we hit a point very early on
of okay, let's just keep going, let's keep playing as
we all want through this would this would be great.
We have a pretty complex and complicated project and a
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very tight schedule had we ended in regulation, and so
instead of working double shifts, they've been working triple shifts,
so twenty four to seven ever since that last out,
you know, and they are doing everything they possibly can
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to make up time, and it's just there's you know,
how many hours are there in day? You know, how
many people can you put on the job. Fortunately, we've
got a great construction manager and we are in great
shape here in Cleveland, are building trades. Our union labor
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is just fantastic, and they've taken every opportunity to get
work done and to try to catch up and make
up on those couple of weeks that got taken away
from us because Opening Day is not moving and we're
really looking forward to showing off a really spectacular product
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here on opening day at twenty twenty five. The Terrace Hub,
which has been under construction all year. People have been
looking at that big banner and left field where the
Terrace Club used to be. That'll be completely done for
opening day. The fifth floor, the Terrace Hall, excuse me,
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the Terrace Garden. So we've got the North Coast Social,
the Terrace Hall which is the old fourth floor of
the terrast Club, and then the Terrace Garden, which is
the fifth floor, the upper deck. We had that all
wrapped up inside construction fence. Well, that'll all be operational,
fully functional for opening day. The clubhouses should be done.
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There may be a few touch up items so we
have to finish up, but those will be ready to
welcome the team back and start another great season of
Cleveland Guardians baseball at Progressive Field.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Taking us back to the time that nobody wants to
see is the last out that ends the season, and
it came on a Saturday night and you had a
team celebrating here, which is just a tough deal for
you know, any Cleveland fan to see the Yankee celebrating.
They're going past midnight.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
How does that work?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Were you kind of nudging the Yankees to get going
and on their way or did you kind of let
them do their thing and then really get at it
in terms of things that you had to get going
right away.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Well, you know, you can't stop a celebration, and it's
always painful when somebody's dancing on your field. But you know,
they played very good baseball, and so you got to
let them have their moment. And so they were here
for a good long while and then you know, Willie
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Jenks and his team done in the visiting clubhouse, had
a lot of work to do because we had the
construction team coming in at first light Sunday morning. So
we had been planning all of those different contingencies with
our construction team and they were going to start, you know,
one way or the other. So that game ended midnight
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or so I left about one and Yankees are still
on the field, so they had not yet gone in
and started popping champagne, and that you know doesn't just
that's not a five minute thing. We got a little benefit.
You know, Normally you have to put a lot more
of this queen down to protect the carpet and all
sorts of Well, we didn't have to do that, so
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Willie just covered enough that nobody's clothes got messed up
and he didn't have to do any of that cleanup afterwards.
But they still have a lot of work to do.
They had to do laundry and you know, the towels
and all that sort of thing. But so I think
he left here at about six in the morning, he
and his crew, and they were all back very early
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Sunday morning, like a couple hours later to get everything
out because we were having demolition. We're having excavators come in,
you know, twenty four hours after that. So great team
effort on Sunday, both you know, Willy and his team
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and the visiting clubhouse, Tony A. Motto and Brandon Biller
and their great team. Over on the home side. Steve Walters,
who oversees the game day staff, Nick Ferraro's got the
maintenance and custodials. That everybody was here all day Sunday
and what we thought was going to be about a
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twenty four hour or thirty six hour effort really got
done before we all went home. Sunday evening. It was
late Sunday, but so Monday morning we were almost a
full day ahead. And Mortensen and Independence, our construction folks,
took advantage of every minute of that and they've been working,
as I mentioned, round the clock ever since to try
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to make up that time. So we had a lot
of plans, We had a lot of contingency plans. We
were a little conservative, but I just can't say enough
about the team that we had in here. Our guys
are and gals who were just in here rocking and rolling.
You know, it was really weird to see a lot
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of things that have not seen the light of day
since April of nineteen ninety four being you know, uncovered
and exposed. You know, it had been buried behind a
wall or you know, behind a piece of equipment or
something like that. So it's been it's been a very hectic,
very busy, but safety has been the rule all the
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way through and our team and the construction team have
all managed to work very quickly, but more importantly, very
safely through all this process.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
And just for fans who are curious, we're visiting with
Jim Folk, the vice president of Ballpark Improvements in his
office which is in the ballpark, and we're practicing safety.
We have the helmets and what do you call it,
the best safety best the glasses. Yes, so we're doing
this interview completely safe in case something happens. It's a
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beautiful day. The weather this fall has been absolutely terrific,
and I know last year that came into play because
so much of it was outside in the upper decks,
both in left and right field. The tremendous changes up
there that I know fans enjoyed. Is the weather as
big a factor this off season based on where most
of the work is being done as it was a
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year ago.
Speaker 6 (14:25):
So we've got a couple of different projects going on.
So the ballpark improvements, so specifically the clubhouse, which is
what I'm overseeing. The weather's not going to be that
much of an impact. Most of our work is underground inside.
But Gateway is replacing a good number of the seats
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this off season, so they're working on that right now.
So last season we had those new blue seats about
say two thirds of the lower ball well, the rest
of the lower bowl is going to be changed out,
the mezzanine and the club level. All those seats will
be changed out, and then in the upper deck behind
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home plate between the bases, those seats are being replaced,
as will the bleachers. So they take the seats out,
they take out the railings and everything else, and then
rehabilitate the concrete. So there's a lot of just clean
up work, and then they're going to put a new
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traffic coating on that concrete to preserve it for the
next however many years, and then put the seats back
in and then put the railings back in and all
that sort of thing. So they are much more dependent
on the weather. And so right now they're building framework
for huge tents that will go over the seating bowl
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so that they can pump heat in and protect it
from the weather because they need temperature control when they
when they put down the new uh traffic coating, uh
sealing whatever you want to call it, on the on
the seating bowl, and then it makes it easier for
them also when they reinstall the railings and the seats
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and everything else.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
You look around and look, there's stuff all over the place.
There's cranes, there's trucks, there's a baseball game will not
be played here tomorrow, is what we're trying to say, so,
there's a lot going on, but you love this stuff.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
Huh, there is, you know, Jim, I don't know how
many times I've said it. I have never worked a
day in my life. I've been doing this forty five years.
And this is it. This is thrilling, this is I'm
I don't want to say I'm like a kid here
playing with toys, but I'm just having a blast. A
lot of work, a lot of again planning and coordination,
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things come up and you've got to figure out how
to work around and make uh, you know, make things work.
But this is more. This is so much fun right now.
And I really think that, you know, in what less
than six months time, one hundred and fifty days. Actually,
I've got a countdown clock till Gate opening on April eighth.
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I think the fans are going to love it. And
knowing that we're we're doing good stuff, We're doing things
that people are going to enjoy, and just being a
part of all of this is it's just it's a thrill.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
It's really a thrill. I know that people who got
to enjoy the new areas in the upper deck, both
left and right field loved it. And all the other
things that happened in phase one. Phase two coming along nicely,
tell you what. We'll check back in with you before
we leave for spring training and get a further update,
and then hopefully fingers cross good weather continues here throughout
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the fall and early winter.
Speaker 6 (17:53):
Always look forward to sitting down talking with the Jimmy.
So that sounds like a good plan, and you know,
let's for that good weather that just lets all of
this continue.
Speaker 7 (18:03):
Well.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
That is Jim Folk with an update on the ballpark
renovation project. He's the vice president of Ballpark Improvement. Stay
tuned a lot more of Guardians Weekly after this. Welcome
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back to Guardians Weekly, Jim rosen House along with you
from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, as we continue with
our Hot Stove shows and our series the Game of
the Week segment that we go with each off season
during Guardians Weekly, and this will be the final edition
of that as we shut things down until after the
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new year. After our show this week, but we'll leave
you with what turned out to be the last win
of the year for the Guardians, Game three of the
American League Championship Series. The Yankees had taken the first
two games in New York. So it was certainly a
critical game for Cleveland if they wanted to stay in
the series and make it a series. And what a
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memorable night. It was the first home game in the
American League Championship Series for Cleveland, and it was the
Yankees who got the scoring started in the second inning,
a walk in a double that put two men on
for Yankees catcher Jose Travino, making his first start of
the series.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Now the one to one swung on drill, the right
up base hit that'll score volpie Verdugo stops a third
and how about that? Travino delivers an RBI single the
other way and part of the reason Travigno got the
start today. Austin Wells was two for twenty four this
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October and Travino puts New York up one to nothing.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
New York looked to add more in the second inning,
but Matthew Boyd was on the mound for the Guardians,
and he found a way to limit the damage.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
One nothing, Yankees runners first and third, one down, second inning,
the set and the.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Throat first he got him picked off.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Naylor's got him in a rundown between first and second,
Jimenos runs him back to first, tag made by Boyd
folding at third as Dugo and Jose Trevigno gets picked off.
The Yankees in the last two games have had three
base runners picked off. In the third inning for Cleveland,
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Brian Rokio got it started with a base hit and
with one out, Kyle Manzardo came to the plate. Now
the three to one, man zarted.
Speaker 7 (20:53):
With a drive to day Bry Hallway back to go
Kyle Manzardo. What a joyous joint around the basis, uh,
No doubt about it. Two run home run.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Halfway up the lower deck in right and for the
first time in the American League Champion Chips Series, Cleveland's
got a lead at two to one on the first
ever postseason home run by Kyomanzardo.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
So now pitching with the lead, Boyd was back at
it and getting better as the game moved along. Here's
the two to one pitch swung on crownd ball to short,
gobbled up by Rochio, fires to first in time.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
For the out.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Another strong inning for Matthew Boyd as he sets the
side out in order. That is seven in a row,
retired by Boyd. As we head to the bottom half
of the fourth inning, the Guardians two, the Yankees won.
Here's the two to one pitch swung on ground ball
to short Rocchio. It up throws to first in time
for the out. Another three up pre down inning for
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Matthew Boyd ten in a row, retired by the veteran
lefty and he gets a standing oh. Heading back to
the dugout. We will head to the bottom of the fifth.
It's the Guardians two, the Yankees won. In the sixth inning,
Kate Smith came on the first man up out of
the bullpen.
Speaker 7 (22:25):
Kate Smith's tenth pitch here of this sixth inning.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Here it comes to swing in a ground ball to
third Bankanna by Ramires, long throw across the diamond, A one, two,
three ten pitch inning, and they're on their feet at
the corner carnang in Ontario. In the middle of the
sixth it is Cleveland two. The Yankees won. And in
the bottom of the sixth the Guardians were looking to
add to their lead lane. Thomas Walked moved up to
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second on a ground out and then made it to
third all on his own. The pitch runner goes pitch
is taking a strike throw to third, not in time.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Oh what a jump for Lane Thomas.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
And Andre Simanus saw him break for third, Andres automatically
took that pitch to enable Thomas to steal third. And
there's the aggressiveness we saw all year from Cleveland. Thomas
has his first postseason steal and that's a huge one.
And at the plate it was Andre Semanez. Now the
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payoff pitch swung on, grounded up the middle BaseT RBI
single of center. He Vedos comes through with a drawing
in infield. He shot it right back up the middle
and Cleveland's got itself a lead of three to one.
But credit all of that to Lane Thomas. Once he
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stole third base with one down, Yankees had to play in.
Otherwise that's a routine groundout. Different story with the infield
in and Andres Amenas comes through big time.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Great work by Tim Herron shut down the Yankees in
the seventh inning. Hunter Gaddis came on to get the
first two outs in the eighth, but then a walk
to Juan Soto and Steven Vote turned things over to
a Manuel class A to face the dangerous Aaron Judge.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Now the one two pitch swung on, drill deep break field.
This is trouble. This ball is going to be gone,
and we are tied. He just cleared the nine foot wall,
and Aaron Judge has tied this game at three. Aaron
Judge hit a laser that just got over the ninth
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foot wall and right.
Speaker 7 (24:41):
It's a three to three.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Game in the eighth and Aaron Judge, whom the Yankees
have been waiting for all this month to get hunt,
has come through in the most incredible way here in
the eighth inning.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
And the very next batter was Jean Carlos Stanton.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Now the one two Stanton swings and hits it high
deep to right.
Speaker 7 (25:08):
This ball is.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Gone and the Yankees fly out of the first base dugout,
jumping up and down. A Stanton's mammoth postseason continues, his
second home run in the ALCS, and the Yankees lead
at four to three here in the eighth inning, as
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Aaron Judge tied it and then Stanton hit a slider
out of here to right center, and New York has
a four to three lead, and.
Speaker 7 (25:45):
From being.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Almost a Marty Gras atmosphere here in this eighth inning,
now stunned silence in downtown Cleveland.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Man it sure didn't look good for the Guardians at
that point. They failed to score in the bottom of
the eighth, and then the Yankees sacked on in insurance
run in the top half of the ninth, a sack
fly from Glabor Torres, making the score five to four Yankees.
In the bottom half of the ninth inning, Jose Ramirez
reached thanks to an Anthony Rizzo error, but New York
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closer Luke Weaver got Josh Naylor to hit into a
double play, and just like that, the Guardians were down
to their final out with Lane Thomas at the plate.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Here it comes a swing by Lane Thomas and a
fly to deep center back goes Judge on the track,
flicking up place the rick isset off the nineteen football
and a two out double as center by Lane Thomas
keeps Cleveland alive by that ball had some carry to it,
and Lane Thomas, with his second hit in the series.
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Lin'll bring up, John Kenzie. No, well, a right handed
bat is going to bat for Daniel Schneman and Cleveland's
down to its last out, down five to three, and
what ant it?
Speaker 7 (27:08):
Bat?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Bite Lane Thomas and that set the stage for Big Christmas.
John Kenzie Noel John Kenzie.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Noel's last home run came against Pittsburgh August thirtieth. No
time like the present five to three Yankees runner at second,
two down, ninth inning and the one zero pitch swe.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
You in hammer te deep to left away.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
In Cleveland, John Kenzie Noel n tape measure job to
the bleachers and left.
Speaker 7 (27:51):
We are tied at five. Ow, what a.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Game, what a moment it was, And on the extra
innings we went. The Yankees put a man on with
one out top half of the tenth inning, and the
speedy Jazz Chisholm was at the plate.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Five five in the tenth to one zero, swung out
a high chopper toward Rank grab By.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
He meant his spence throws to first Naylorck dug it out.
He was in foul ground with his foot on the bag.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
He met us on that high chopper, flagged it down
in right field, spun short hopped the throat of first
Naylor with a great stretch and foul ground made the
play no challenge by New York.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
What a play on both ends.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
As he Menez showing everybody why he has no equal
defensively in Major League baseball.
Speaker 7 (28:46):
When it comes to playing second base.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Boy unbelievable work by the eventual gold glover, Andre Semenez.
Pedro Avila then struck out Anthony Volpi and it was
on to the bottom of the tenth with the game
still at five, leading things off for the Guardians, Bow Naylor.
Now the big sinkerballer Clay homes to face catcher Bone
Nailor bottom of the tenth.
Speaker 7 (29:09):
The pitch Naylor with a rip job in the right.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
That's of asset and the winning runs at first bow
Naylor and Austin Hedges both were headless in this October
run and both get their first hits tonight. And now
the winning run is at first base.
Speaker 7 (29:30):
In bon Naylor.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
Then Brian Rochio laid down a great sack bunt to
move Naylor up to second.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Rochio shows bunt drops one down a beauty halfway to
the mound, grabb by the catcher the throat just in time.
Oh wells just did get Rochio on a great sack
bunt midway between the mound and home plate, and.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Now the winning runs at second base. Stephen Kwan grounded out,
moving Naylor to third. But now two outs and the
last hope for the Guardians was David Fry.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Cleveland down two games to none, five five in the tenth,
Holmes is ready. Here it comes.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
Swing on hit, high.
Speaker 8 (30:15):
Hit deep to left, fairy goals o look off to run,
home run to the bleachers and left by David Fry,
and the magical twenty twenty fourth season is not done
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by any means. Cleveland with a seven to five tenth
inning win and David Fry.
Speaker 7 (30:50):
Who saved the season in Game.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
Four with a pinch hit to run home run late
in the game off the Tigers has wanted here tonight
with a two out, two strike.
Speaker 7 (31:07):
To run home run to left.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
After John Kenzie Nowell tied it in the ninth with
a two out, two run homer to left. You may
never see a better baseball game than this one.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
What a scene. It was a progressive field and moments
later Matthew Boyd stopped by to talk about it down
on the field before we.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Talk about your incredible job that set the tone here tonight.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Have you ever seen anything like this?
Speaker 9 (31:38):
This is just who we are. This is so awesome
that the never down, never out, It doesn't matter what
it is. This is kind of who this team is.
It's so special.
Speaker 7 (31:48):
Man is this is cool?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
And Matthew, it seems like you started this game last
week based on everything that's happened, since you seem so
in command and talk about being able to get the
game into the middle innings for the first time in
a while.
Speaker 9 (32:03):
I mean, we got the we got the best, we
got the best bullpen in the league, we got the
best closer in the league. I'll double down and say
that Emanuel classe is as absolutely amazing and you know what,
like we just picked each other up and uh, you
know Hegi had a great job back there. Both picked
up right where he left off and played great defense.
It was real special.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
Well, Matthew, if there's any way you can explain it
to us peons that we're never good enough to play
at this level, how can you have this game in hand,
have it ripped out of you in the eighth inning
by Judge and Stanton, be down to your last out,
get a double, a pinch, had Homer, then win it
at ten?
Speaker 7 (32:42):
I mean, how does this happen?
Speaker 9 (32:43):
I mean, I mean, it's it's who we are, it's
it's it's it's in our DNA, it's in our it's
our identity. It's like we're never down, we're never out.
It's it's you know, I mean that that's just that,
that's what it comes down to is and that's what
you got to be in postseason baseball. Adversity's gonna hit
in some way or another, and it's just next man
up and U I mean, this is what we do,
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you know, and it's it's man, it's awesome. That's who
we are.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Matt you're thirty three years old.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
I know you you wanted to keep going and find
a situation where things would be fun in the postseason.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
But this is ridiculous.
Speaker 9 (33:18):
This is pretty special. I wouldn't trade this for anything.
Speaker 7 (33:21):
Thought was good, Matthew. Awesome job by you, Thanks so
much for joining us.
Speaker 9 (33:25):
Thank you guys.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
And the following day we caught up with the extra
innings hero David Fry, who says that's a game that
will be tough to top in his major league career.
Speaker 7 (33:36):
Oh one hundred percent.
Speaker 10 (33:37):
I mean, it's still not really a whole lot of
time to let it sink in, because obviously we got
to move on and play today and get a win today.
But I mean just the different terms of the game
of where we think we have it won, and then
we're behind and then John Kinsey ties it up. I mean,
like you said, I mean there was him and Az
defensive plays, Thomas had bigot bat's bow, comes in and
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gets a big hit to lead off the tenth. I
mean there was five hundred guys who I mean, Walters
gets us out of a jam in the in the
top of the ninth to keep it close. I mean
there were so many guys who had a huge part.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
In that game. Obviously it's a memorable game, a crazy game,
a walk off winner for you. But in the grand
scheme of things, that the team had a tough couple
of games in New York, how important was it just
to play a decent, clean game last night, more of
Guardians baseball than we've seen.
Speaker 10 (34:23):
Yeah, it felt like us right, So that Maddy has
a huge start, gets us five innings and then we
get it to our bullpen. And that's kind of been
the recipe all year. And obviously it wasn't just a clean,
easy game that we would have liked, but that, like
like you said, that's kind of who we are. We
just we fight back and it was nice to get
that one, especially at home, and kind of hopefully get
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a rally going.
Speaker 7 (34:45):
David, congratulations, thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
So the Guardians were winners in Game three of the ALCS,
but again that turned out to be their final win
of the season as the Yankees, in dramatic fashion, they
won Game four and equally dramatic one Game five to
clinch the series at Progressive Field and move on to
the World Series. But what a year it was for
the Guardians, and we have enjoyed bringing you some of
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the great games over the past couple of weeks, and
none more exciting than Game three of the ALCS. Stay
with us, we'll have some final thoughts after this time
out on the Cleveland Clinic.
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Speaker 2 (36:07):
Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim rosen House along with you,
this weekend as we join you for another of our
hot Stove shows and the hot stove percolating a little
bit in terms of roster moves for the Guardians. They
set their forty man roster heading into the winter meetings
and some of the deals they could be made there
as they have selected the contracts internally of right handed
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pitcher Franco Alimann, who we saw last spring looked very impressive.
Right hander Nick Enright's been added to the roster along
with left hander Doug Nacasey, you had a tremendous season
with both Double A Akron and Triple A Columbus, and
also outfielder p d Halpin has been added to the
forty man roster as well to make room. Connor Gillespie
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and Peter Stresleki, as well as outfielder George Valera were
all designated for assignment, and also earlier this week, the
Guardians made a trade as Eli Morgan, a key member
of their bullpen, has been traded to the Chicago Cubs
in exchange for young outfielder Alfonsen Rosario, a young man
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with big power, has put up some good numbers in
the minor leagues and spent last season at single A
Myrtle Beach as the Guardians continue to stockpile some really
good young talent on the position player front with that deal.
So those are some of the moves as they head
in closer to the winter meetings, and we'll have a
recap of everything that happens there on our next show,
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which will not be until after the first of the year,
as we will take a holiday break for Thanksgiving on
into the Christmas time and then the Christmas holidays as well,
but rejoin you after New Year's as we'll get going
in earnest now with Hotstove news for you in January
and then on into February leading into spring training when
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we will meet you again from Goodyear, Arizona. As always,
thanks to Brian Motse for all of his help and
putting together our show each and every week until next time.
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Speaker 2 (00:50):
Hi, everyone, Welcome to Guardian's Weekly. Jim Rosen house along
with you this weekend. As we continue with our Hot
Stove shows during the off season. We will take a
hiatus after this week's show and return after the first
of the year, so hopefully you enjoy this one. Some
good things coming up for you, including our Game of
the Week segment, our final one of those looking back
(01:14):
at the twenty twenty four season, and we'll take you
to that memorable Game three of the American League Championship Series,
forever known as the John Kenzie Nowel David Frye home
runs late that created just massive excitement at Progressive Field
and made it a two to one series at that point,
(01:34):
So that's coming up a little bit later on in
the show. We'll also hear from Vice President of Ballpark
Improvements Jim Folk. As I'm sure you know, Phase two
of the two year renovation project at Progressive Field is
still very much underway, and we'll get an update from
Jim on how things are going as they try and
beat that deadline up opening day next season, the home
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opener for next season. But first I'll look back at
the week that in terms of awards, and it's been
a really strong awards season for the Cleveland Guardians. And
earlier this week, manager Steven Vote named the American League
Manager of the Year as a rookie. Doesn't happen often,
but it did this season to the American League Central
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Division crown and a birth in the American League Championship Series.
And he says there were many surprises about the job
this season, but there was one aspect of managing a
major league baseball team for the first time that really
stood out to him.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I think just the longevity and how long the season goes,
the busyness of the days, how many people you need
to be on for every single day, and just the
time management learning how to navigate that on the fly
while also going out trying to win ballgames and help
people just continue to develop in their careers. So just
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the overall totality of the job is probably the biggest
learning that I had, and how every day you have
to approach it the exact same and you know that
going into it but until you actually go through one
hundred and sixty two games plus playoffs, and it's going
to be something that I lean on for the rest
of my career.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
So you win a central title and Manager of the
Year in your first year, what's the encore?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Hopefully we win the last game of the year next
year and that's the goal.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Stephen, congratulations. I know you guys have talked about your
closeness and a chemistry in this clubhouse and kind of
propelled you guys to the ALE Championship Series. I'm curious
if you've heard from your guys yet. I know you
guys like to celebrate as a team and the messages
maybe you're getting tonight.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, I'm so fortunate to work with some amazing people,
and I have too many texts right now to reply,
and a lot from our players and coaches and front
office people. And just the closeness of this group is
it's something special and a lot of teams have, you know,
a special group, but this one was by far the
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closest group I've ever been around. And these guys just
care about each other so much, and I appreciate the
love and the support from all of them.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's just some brief comments from manager Steven Vote meeting
with the Cleveland media earlier this week after winning the
American League Manager of the Year award. Stay with us
when we come back. We'll get an update on ballpark
improvements from Vice president of Ballpark Improvements Jim Folk. That's
next down the Cleveland Clinic.
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Speaker 2 (05:17):
Welcome back to Guardians Weekly, where it joined now by
Jim Folk, who's most recent title, and thank goodness they're
doing a ballpark renovation because he's the vice president of
ballpark improvements. And you've had a variety of titles over
the years, but whenever there's something going on with this ballpark,
and it goes back to day one when they first
broke round here, you've had a hand in certain things
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and phase two now of a project that's really reshaping
this ballpark. And before we get to how it's going,
let's take a step back to maybe mid season when
the Guardians were putting together for some I'm sure an
unexpectedly good season. The playoff run. Did that set you
back in an area where maybe you're uncomfortable with it
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or have you caught up and feel good about things.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Well, we didn't really see playing much past September thirtieth
when all the plans and the schedules started coming out.
And I will tell you we were thrilled, first, last,
and always this was a great run and such a
fun team to watch. But you know, going back into June,
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I'll tell you honestly, we started working with our construction
team to start thinking, you know, the what fs and
what if we play into October and then you know
you've got Wild Card Series, Division Series LCS, that sort
of thing. So we were working with the great guys
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over at Mortensen to come up with plans of what
happens with each of those scenarios. And so that was
a couple times a week conversation, especially as we got
later in August and all through September, and more than
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one sleepless night just exactly what happens. But you know,
we were really we hit a point very early on
of okay, let's just keep going, let's keep playing as
we all want through this would this would be great.
We have a pretty complex and complicated project and a
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very tight schedule had we ended in regulation, and so
instead of working double shifts, they've been working triple shifts,
so twenty four to seven ever since that last out,
you know, and they are doing everything they possibly can
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to make up time, and it's just there's you know,
how many hours are there in day? You know, how
many people can you put on the job. Fortunately, we've
got a great construction manager and we are in great
shape here in Cleveland, are building trades. Our union labor
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is just fantastic, and they've taken every opportunity to get
work done and to try to catch up and make
up on those couple of weeks that got taken away
from us because Opening Day is not moving and we're
really looking forward to showing off a really spectacular product
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here on opening day at twenty twenty five. The Terrace Hub,
which has been under construction all year. People have been
looking at that big banner and left field where the
Terrace Club used to be. That'll be completely done for
opening day. The fifth floor, the Terrace Hall, excuse me,
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the Terrace Garden. So we've got the North Coast Social,
the Terrace Hall which is the old fourth floor of
the terrast Club, and then the Terrace Garden, which is
the fifth floor, the upper deck. We had that all
wrapped up inside construction fence. Well, that'll all be operational,
fully functional for opening day. The clubhouses should be done.
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There may be a few touch up items so we
have to finish up, but those will be ready to
welcome the team back and start another great season of
Cleveland Guardians baseball at Progressive Field.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Taking us back to the time that nobody wants to
see is the last out that ends the season, and
it came on a Saturday night and you had a
team celebrating here, which is just a tough deal for
you know, any Cleveland fan to see the Yankee celebrating.
They're going past midnight.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
How does that work?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Were you kind of nudging the Yankees to get going
and on their way or did you kind of let
them do their thing and then really get at it
in terms of things that you had to get going
right away.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Well, you know, you can't stop a celebration, and it's
always painful when somebody's dancing on your field. But you know,
they played very good baseball, and so you got to
let them have their moment. And so they were here
for a good long while and then you know, Willie
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Jenks and his team done in the visiting clubhouse, had
a lot of work to do because we had the
construction team coming in at first light Sunday morning. So
we had been planning all of those different contingencies with
our construction team and they were going to start, you know,
one way or the other. So that game ended midnight
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or so I left about one and Yankees are still
on the field, so they had not yet gone in
and started popping champagne, and that you know doesn't just
that's not a five minute thing. We got a little benefit.
You know, Normally you have to put a lot more
of this queen down to protect the carpet and all
sorts of Well, we didn't have to do that, so
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Willie just covered enough that nobody's clothes got messed up
and he didn't have to do any of that cleanup afterwards.
But they still have a lot of work to do.
They had to do laundry and you know, the towels
and all that sort of thing. But so I think
he left here at about six in the morning, he
and his crew, and they were all back very early
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Sunday morning, like a couple hours later to get everything
out because we were having demolition. We're having excavators come in,
you know, twenty four hours after that. So great team
effort on Sunday, both you know, Willy and his team
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and the visiting clubhouse, Tony A. Motto and Brandon Biller
and their great team. Over on the home side. Steve Walters,
who oversees the game day staff, Nick Ferraro's got the
maintenance and custodials. That everybody was here all day Sunday
and what we thought was going to be about a
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twenty four hour or thirty six hour effort really got
done before we all went home. Sunday evening. It was
late Sunday, but so Monday morning we were almost a
full day ahead. And Mortensen and Independence, our construction folks,
took advantage of every minute of that and they've been working,
as I mentioned, round the clock ever since to try
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to make up that time. So we had a lot
of plans, We had a lot of contingency plans. We
were a little conservative, but I just can't say enough
about the team that we had in here. Our guys
are and gals who were just in here rocking and rolling.
You know, it was really weird to see a lot
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of things that have not seen the light of day
since April of nineteen ninety four being you know, uncovered
and exposed. You know, it had been buried behind a
wall or you know, behind a piece of equipment or
something like that. So it's been it's been a very hectic,
very busy, but safety has been the rule all the
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way through and our team and the construction team have
all managed to work very quickly, but more importantly, very
safely through all this process.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
And just for fans who are curious, we're visiting with
Jim Folk, the vice president of Ballpark Improvements in his
office which is in the ballpark, and we're practicing safety.
We have the helmets and what do you call it,
the best safety best the glasses. Yes, so we're doing
this interview completely safe in case something happens. It's a
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beautiful day. The weather this fall has been absolutely terrific,
and I know last year that came into play because
so much of it was outside in the upper decks,
both in left and right field. The tremendous changes up
there that I know fans enjoyed. Is the weather as
big a factor this off season based on where most
of the work is being done as it was a
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year ago.
Speaker 6 (14:25):
So we've got a couple of different projects going on.
So the ballpark improvements, so specifically the clubhouse, which is
what I'm overseeing. The weather's not going to be that
much of an impact. Most of our work is underground inside.
But Gateway is replacing a good number of the seats
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this off season, so they're working on that right now.
So last season we had those new blue seats about
say two thirds of the lower ball well, the rest
of the lower bowl is going to be changed out,
the mezzanine and the club level. All those seats will
be changed out, and then in the upper deck behind
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home plate between the bases, those seats are being replaced,
as will the bleachers. So they take the seats out,
they take out the railings and everything else, and then
rehabilitate the concrete. So there's a lot of just clean
up work, and then they're going to put a new
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traffic coating on that concrete to preserve it for the
next however many years, and then put the seats back
in and then put the railings back in and all
that sort of thing. So they are much more dependent
on the weather. And so right now they're building framework
for huge tents that will go over the seating bowl
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so that they can pump heat in and protect it
from the weather because they need temperature control when they
when they put down the new uh traffic coating, uh
sealing whatever you want to call it, on the on
the seating bowl, and then it makes it easier for
them also when they reinstall the railings and the seats
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and everything else.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
You look around and look, there's stuff all over the place.
There's cranes, there's trucks, there's a baseball game will not
be played here tomorrow, is what we're trying to say, so,
there's a lot going on, but you love this stuff.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
Huh, there is, you know, Jim, I don't know how
many times I've said it. I have never worked a
day in my life. I've been doing this forty five years.
And this is it. This is thrilling, this is I'm
I don't want to say I'm like a kid here
playing with toys, but I'm just having a blast. A
lot of work, a lot of again planning and coordination,
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things come up and you've got to figure out how
to work around and make uh, you know, make things work.
But this is more. This is so much fun right now.
And I really think that, you know, in what less
than six months time, one hundred and fifty days. Actually,
I've got a countdown clock till Gate opening on April eighth.
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I think the fans are going to love it. And
knowing that we're we're doing good stuff, We're doing things
that people are going to enjoy, and just being a
part of all of this is it's just it's a thrill.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
It's really a thrill. I know that people who got
to enjoy the new areas in the upper deck, both
left and right field loved it. And all the other
things that happened in phase one. Phase two coming along nicely,
tell you what. We'll check back in with you before
we leave for spring training and get a further update,
and then hopefully fingers cross good weather continues here throughout
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the fall and early winter.
Speaker 6 (17:53):
Always look forward to sitting down talking with the Jimmy.
So that sounds like a good plan, and you know,
let's for that good weather that just lets all of
this continue.
Speaker 7 (18:03):
Well.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
That is Jim Folk with an update on the ballpark
renovation project. He's the vice president of Ballpark Improvement. Stay
tuned a lot more of Guardians Weekly after this. Welcome
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back to Guardians Weekly, Jim rosen House along with you
from Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, as we continue with
our Hot Stove shows and our series the Game of
the Week segment that we go with each off season
during Guardians Weekly, and this will be the final edition
of that as we shut things down until after the
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new year. After our show this week, but we'll leave
you with what turned out to be the last win
of the year for the Guardians, Game three of the
American League Championship Series. The Yankees had taken the first
two games in New York. So it was certainly a
critical game for Cleveland if they wanted to stay in
the series and make it a series. And what a
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memorable night. It was the first home game in the
American League Championship Series for Cleveland, and it was the
Yankees who got the scoring started in the second inning,
a walk in a double that put two men on
for Yankees catcher Jose Travino, making his first start of
the series.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Now the one to one swung on drill, the right
up base hit that'll score volpie Verdugo stops a third
and how about that? Travino delivers an RBI single the
other way and part of the reason Travigno got the
start today. Austin Wells was two for twenty four this
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October and Travino puts New York up one to nothing.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
New York looked to add more in the second inning,
but Matthew Boyd was on the mound for the Guardians,
and he found a way to limit the damage.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
One nothing, Yankees runners first and third, one down, second inning,
the set and the.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Throat first he got him picked off.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Naylor's got him in a rundown between first and second,
Jimenos runs him back to first, tag made by Boyd
folding at third as Dugo and Jose Trevigno gets picked off.
The Yankees in the last two games have had three
base runners picked off. In the third inning for Cleveland,
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Brian Rokio got it started with a base hit and
with one out, Kyle Manzardo came to the plate. Now
the three to one, man zarted.
Speaker 7 (20:53):
With a drive to day Bry Hallway back to go
Kyle Manzardo. What a joyous joint around the basis, uh,
No doubt about it. Two run home run.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Halfway up the lower deck in right and for the
first time in the American League Champion Chips Series, Cleveland's
got a lead at two to one on the first
ever postseason home run by Kyomanzardo.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
So now pitching with the lead, Boyd was back at
it and getting better as the game moved along. Here's
the two to one pitch swung on crownd ball to short,
gobbled up by Rochio, fires to first in time.
Speaker 7 (21:41):
For the out.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Another strong inning for Matthew Boyd as he sets the
side out in order. That is seven in a row,
retired by Boyd. As we head to the bottom half
of the fourth inning, the Guardians two, the Yankees won.
Here's the two to one pitch swung on ground ball
to short Rocchio. It up throws to first in time
for the out. Another three up pre down inning for
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Matthew Boyd ten in a row, retired by the veteran
lefty and he gets a standing oh. Heading back to
the dugout. We will head to the bottom of the fifth.
It's the Guardians two, the Yankees won. In the sixth inning,
Kate Smith came on the first man up out of
the bullpen.
Speaker 7 (22:25):
Kate Smith's tenth pitch here of this sixth inning.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Here it comes to swing in a ground ball to
third Bankanna by Ramires, long throw across the diamond, A one, two,
three ten pitch inning, and they're on their feet at
the corner carnang in Ontario. In the middle of the
sixth it is Cleveland two. The Yankees won. And in
the bottom of the sixth the Guardians were looking to
add to their lead lane. Thomas Walked moved up to
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second on a ground out and then made it to
third all on his own. The pitch runner goes pitch
is taking a strike throw to third, not in time.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
Oh what a jump for Lane Thomas.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
And Andre Simanus saw him break for third, Andres automatically
took that pitch to enable Thomas to steal third. And
there's the aggressiveness we saw all year from Cleveland. Thomas
has his first postseason steal and that's a huge one.
And at the plate it was Andre Semanez. Now the
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payoff pitch swung on, grounded up the middle BaseT RBI
single of center. He Vedos comes through with a drawing
in infield. He shot it right back up the middle
and Cleveland's got itself a lead of three to one.
But credit all of that to Lane Thomas. Once he
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stole third base with one down, Yankees had to play in.
Otherwise that's a routine groundout. Different story with the infield
in and Andres Amenas comes through big time.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Great work by Tim Herron shut down the Yankees in
the seventh inning. Hunter Gaddis came on to get the
first two outs in the eighth, but then a walk
to Juan Soto and Steven Vote turned things over to
a Manuel class A to face the dangerous Aaron Judge.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Now the one two pitch swung on, drill deep break field.
This is trouble. This ball is going to be gone,
and we are tied. He just cleared the nine foot wall,
and Aaron Judge has tied this game at three. Aaron
Judge hit a laser that just got over the ninth
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foot wall and right.
Speaker 7 (24:41):
It's a three to three.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Game in the eighth and Aaron Judge, whom the Yankees
have been waiting for all this month to get hunt,
has come through in the most incredible way here in
the eighth inning.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
And the very next batter was Jean Carlos Stanton.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Now the one two Stanton swings and hits it high
deep to right.
Speaker 7 (25:08):
This ball is.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Gone and the Yankees fly out of the first base dugout,
jumping up and down. A Stanton's mammoth postseason continues, his
second home run in the ALCS, and the Yankees lead
at four to three here in the eighth inning, as
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Aaron Judge tied it and then Stanton hit a slider
out of here to right center, and New York has
a four to three lead, and.
Speaker 7 (25:45):
From being.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Almost a Marty Gras atmosphere here in this eighth inning,
now stunned silence in downtown Cleveland.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Man it sure didn't look good for the Guardians at
that point. They failed to score in the bottom of
the eighth, and then the Yankees sacked on in insurance
run in the top half of the ninth, a sack
fly from Glabor Torres, making the score five to four Yankees.
In the bottom half of the ninth inning, Jose Ramirez
reached thanks to an Anthony Rizzo error, but New York
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closer Luke Weaver got Josh Naylor to hit into a
double play, and just like that, the Guardians were down
to their final out with Lane Thomas at the plate.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Here it comes a swing by Lane Thomas and a
fly to deep center back goes Judge on the track,
flicking up place the rick isset off the nineteen football
and a two out double as center by Lane Thomas
keeps Cleveland alive by that ball had some carry to it,
and Lane Thomas, with his second hit in the series.
(26:55):
Lin'll bring up, John Kenzie. No, well, a right handed
bat is going to bat for Daniel Schneman and Cleveland's
down to its last out, down five to three, and
what ant it?
Speaker 7 (27:08):
Bat?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Bite Lane Thomas and that set the stage for Big Christmas.
John Kenzie Noel John Kenzie.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Noel's last home run came against Pittsburgh August thirtieth. No
time like the present five to three Yankees runner at second,
two down, ninth inning and the one zero pitch swe.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
You in hammer te deep to left away.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
In Cleveland, John Kenzie Noel n tape measure job to
the bleachers and left.
Speaker 7 (27:51):
We are tied at five. Ow, what a.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Game, what a moment it was, And on the extra
innings we went. The Yankees put a man on with
one out top half of the tenth inning, and the
speedy Jazz Chisholm was at the plate.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Five five in the tenth to one zero, swung out
a high chopper toward Rank grab By.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
He meant his spence throws to first Naylorck dug it out.
He was in foul ground with his foot on the bag.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
He met us on that high chopper, flagged it down
in right field, spun short hopped the throat of first
Naylor with a great stretch and foul ground made the
play no challenge by New York.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
What a play on both ends.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
As he Menez showing everybody why he has no equal
defensively in Major League baseball.
Speaker 7 (28:46):
When it comes to playing second base.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Boy unbelievable work by the eventual gold glover, Andre Semenez.
Pedro Avila then struck out Anthony Volpi and it was
on to the bottom of the tenth with the game
still at five, leading things off for the Guardians, Bow Naylor.
Now the big sinkerballer Clay homes to face catcher Bone
Nailor bottom of the tenth.
Speaker 7 (29:09):
The pitch Naylor with a rip job in the right.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
That's of asset and the winning runs at first bow
Naylor and Austin Hedges both were headless in this October
run and both get their first hits tonight. And now
the winning run is at first base.
Speaker 7 (29:30):
In bon Naylor.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
Then Brian Rochio laid down a great sack bunt to
move Naylor up to second.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Rochio shows bunt drops one down a beauty halfway to
the mound, grabb by the catcher the throat just in time.
Oh wells just did get Rochio on a great sack
bunt midway between the mound and home plate, and.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Now the winning runs at second base. Stephen Kwan grounded out,
moving Naylor to third. But now two outs and the
last hope for the Guardians was David Fry.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Cleveland down two games to none, five five in the tenth,
Holmes is ready. Here it comes.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
Swing on hit, high.
Speaker 8 (30:15):
Hit deep to left, fairy goals o look off to run,
home run to the bleachers and left by David Fry,
and the magical twenty twenty fourth season is not done
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by any means. Cleveland with a seven to five tenth
inning win and David Fry.
Speaker 7 (30:50):
Who saved the season in Game.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
Four with a pinch hit to run home run late
in the game off the Tigers has wanted here tonight
with a two out, two strike.
Speaker 7 (31:07):
To run home run to left.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
After John Kenzie Nowell tied it in the ninth with
a two out, two run homer to left. You may
never see a better baseball game than this one.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
What a scene. It was a progressive field and moments
later Matthew Boyd stopped by to talk about it down
on the field before we.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Talk about your incredible job that set the tone here tonight.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
Have you ever seen anything like this?
Speaker 9 (31:38):
This is just who we are. This is so awesome
that the never down, never out, It doesn't matter what
it is. This is kind of who this team is.
It's so special.
Speaker 7 (31:48):
Man is this is cool?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
And Matthew, it seems like you started this game last
week based on everything that's happened, since you seem so
in command and talk about being able to get the
game into the middle innings for the first time in
a while.
Speaker 9 (32:03):
I mean, we got the we got the best, we
got the best bullpen in the league, we got the
best closer in the league. I'll double down and say
that Emanuel classe is as absolutely amazing and you know what,
like we just picked each other up and uh, you
know Hegi had a great job back there. Both picked
up right where he left off and played great defense.
It was real special.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
Well, Matthew, if there's any way you can explain it
to us peons that we're never good enough to play
at this level, how can you have this game in hand,
have it ripped out of you in the eighth inning
by Judge and Stanton, be down to your last out,
get a double, a pinch, had Homer, then win it
at ten?
Speaker 7 (32:42):
I mean, how does this happen?
Speaker 9 (32:43):
I mean, I mean, it's it's who we are, it's
it's it's it's in our DNA, it's in our it's
our identity. It's like we're never down, we're never out.
It's it's you know, I mean that that's just that,
that's what it comes down to is and that's what
you got to be in postseason baseball. Adversity's gonna hit
in some way or another, and it's just next man
up and U I mean, this is what we do,
(33:06):
you know, and it's it's man, it's awesome. That's who
we are.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
Matt you're thirty three years old.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
I know you you wanted to keep going and find
a situation where things would be fun in the postseason.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
But this is ridiculous.
Speaker 9 (33:18):
This is pretty special. I wouldn't trade this for anything.
Speaker 7 (33:21):
Thought was good, Matthew. Awesome job by you, Thanks so
much for joining us.
Speaker 9 (33:25):
Thank you guys.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
And the following day we caught up with the extra
innings hero David Fry, who says that's a game that
will be tough to top in his major league career.
Speaker 7 (33:36):
Oh one hundred percent.
Speaker 10 (33:37):
I mean, it's still not really a whole lot of
time to let it sink in, because obviously we got
to move on and play today and get a win today.
But I mean just the different terms of the game
of where we think we have it won, and then
we're behind and then John Kinsey ties it up. I mean,
like you said, I mean there was him and Az
defensive plays, Thomas had bigot bat's bow, comes in and
(33:57):
gets a big hit to lead off the tenth. I
mean there was five hundred guys who I mean, Walters
gets us out of a jam in the in the
top of the ninth to keep it close. I mean
there were so many guys who had a huge part.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
In that game. Obviously it's a memorable game, a crazy game,
a walk off winner for you. But in the grand
scheme of things, that the team had a tough couple
of games in New York, how important was it just
to play a decent, clean game last night, more of
Guardians baseball than we've seen.
Speaker 10 (34:23):
Yeah, it felt like us right, So that Maddy has
a huge start, gets us five innings and then we
get it to our bullpen. And that's kind of been
the recipe all year. And obviously it wasn't just a clean,
easy game that we would have liked, but that, like
like you said, that's kind of who we are. We
just we fight back and it was nice to get
that one, especially at home, and kind of hopefully get
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a rally going.
Speaker 7 (34:45):
David, congratulations, thank you appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
So the Guardians were winners in Game three of the ALCS,
but again that turned out to be their final win
of the season as the Yankees, in dramatic fashion, they
won Game four and equally dramatic one Game five to
clinch the series at Progressive Field and move on to
the World Series. But what a year it was for
the Guardians, and we have enjoyed bringing you some of
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the great games over the past couple of weeks, and
none more exciting than Game three of the ALCS. Stay
with us, we'll have some final thoughts after this time
out on the Cleveland Clinic.
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Speaker 2 (36:07):
Welcome back to Guardians Weekly. Jim rosen House along with you,
this weekend as we join you for another of our
hot Stove shows and the hot stove percolating a little
bit in terms of roster moves for the Guardians. They
set their forty man roster heading into the winter meetings
and some of the deals they could be made there
as they have selected the contracts internally of right handed
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pitcher Franco Alimann, who we saw last spring looked very impressive.
Right hander Nick Enright's been added to the roster along
with left hander Doug Nacasey, you had a tremendous season
with both Double A Akron and Triple A Columbus, and
also outfielder p d Halpin has been added to the
forty man roster as well to make room. Connor Gillespie
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and Peter Stresleki, as well as outfielder George Valera were
all designated for assignment, and also earlier this week, the
Guardians made a trade as Eli Morgan, a key member
of their bullpen, has been traded to the Chicago Cubs
in exchange for young outfielder Alfonsen Rosario, a young man
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with big power, has put up some good numbers in
the minor leagues and spent last season at single A
Myrtle Beach as the Guardians continue to stockpile some really
good young talent on the position player front with that deal.
So those are some of the moves as they head
in closer to the winter meetings, and we'll have a
recap of everything that happens there on our next show,
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which will not be until after the first of the year,
as we will take a holiday break for Thanksgiving on
into the Christmas time and then the Christmas holidays as well,
but rejoin you after New Year's as we'll get going
in earnest now with Hotstove news for you in January
and then on into February leading into spring training when
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we will meet you again from Goodyear, Arizona. As always,
thanks to Brian Motse for all of his help and
putting together our show each and every week until next time.
This is Jim Rosenhause reminding you that you've been listening
to Guardians Weekly on the Cleveland Clinic Guardians Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
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