Fresno State Bulldogs Baseball Hour for April 23, 2025, With Paul Loeffler & Head Coach Ryan Overland

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
On the Bulldog Sports Network from Learfield. This is the
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(00:20):
tap Room in Clovis. Gear's your host, the Voice of
the Bulldogs, Paul Leffler.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Hey, isn't it a perfect night to be hanging out
at Crowing Wolf in Clovis. Beautiful weather, got the doors
rolled open so you can see the Gators smash Burger
truck that's here tonight. If you haven't had a Gators
smash burger, they're pretty good. If you haven't been to
Crowing Wolf before, it's quite a scene. And got some
dogs in the house tonight, Not just some diamond dogs,
but I mean some actual caninees. Tonight the Bulldog Baseball Hour.

(00:50):
We're here till seven o'clock. We'd love to see you
come join us at Crowing Wolf right off one hundred
and one sixty eight in Clovis. Coach Ryan Overland is here.
Now we're gonna have a couple of Diamond Dog stars
Griffin Sodomior and Eddie Saldivar join us in a little bit.
So if you'd like to meet those guys, come on
over even saft Presno State's athletic director, Garrett Classy in
the house tonight. Maybe you'd like to shake his hand

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and pick his brain a little bit. He's here as well,
and it's crowing wolf right off of herdon A one
sixty eight in Clovis. So coach Ryan over than here
right now? Long time no sea coach been about what
twelve hours? No eighteen hours? Now, let's see how long
has that been? Yeah, something like that. Did you get
home all right?

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Last night?

Speaker 2 (01:28):
No traffic on the freeway coming back from Slowtown.

Speaker 4 (01:31):
It was an easy trip back, not a kind of
comfortable one after losing that game like that, But yeah,
we got back a decent hour, got rested up, got
some work in today and getting ready for this weekend.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Big weekend. You guys are in first place in the
Mountain West. If you didn't know that, Fresno State is
first place in the Mountain West. That's kind of cool,
isn't that? Twelve and six atop the standings. Although you've
been pretty clear to me that you're not too concerned
about the standings right now because there's a long way
to go.

Speaker 5 (01:58):
You've had six Mountain series.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
You guys have won five of the six, so you've
got a two game lead over three teams that are
tied for second. But you've got a team coming in
that you haven't played yet, Washington State. And there's been
some days where the Cougars look really good and are
putting up Mercy World victories, and there's been some other
days where they haven't played quite as well. You did
play this program Washington State on the road in Pullman

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last year and one.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Two out of three out there.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Can you give us a sneak peak of what your
dogs are going to be up against this weekend with
Washington State?

Speaker 4 (02:29):
I think you hit kind of an interesting point, not
only for Washington State, but a lot of US league.
This year has been a little different week to week,
and you've seen teams, you know, primarily really do well
at home and maybe not so well on the road.
Last weekend was the first time we've seen multiple teams
splint on the road that we've done a really good
job of so far.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
With a winning record on.

Speaker 4 (02:48):
The road in league, and you know, Washington State, who's
been able to recruit and play in the Pack twelve
for obviously a long time and then has a lot
of carryover from that, so they'll be athletic, they'll definitely
be as much team speeds as we've seen all year
with this team coming in and this is the exciting
time coming into the of the season. You know, Bulldog

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baseball is about winning championships and getting into the NCAA tournament,
and this these are the types of weeks that really
you got to finish strong. And I've you know, kind
of been not reluctant to talk about the standings because
they really are irrelevant that earlier other than us taking
care of the pieces that we need to take care of.
But now this is the stretch of the season where
that really starts to separate itself, and especially when you

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you know, when you look at the standings and even
though we are at the top today, but one through
seven are all within four games and over the next
two weekends that can what one through seven can completely
go seven to one and one to seven. So you know,
there's a lot of games that we played left we
got to take care of our home field this weekend,
So looking forward to a great weekend with a great crowd.

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We've got some alumni coming out to celebrate the co
which Bates Hialira will have you know, the All Rise
Foundation joining us on Saturday with some of their grant
participants and they'll be out at the park.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
So it'd be exciting we can.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Speaking of the All Rice Foundation, that guy Aaron Judge,
who you know a little bit. You see he's hitting
four fifteen after another strong performance today for the Yankees.
I mean, it's not easy to hit four fifteen in college,
and he never came close to that in college. His
freshman year's average was pretty high before he started hitting

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for power. But four fifteen in the big leagues at
the end of April not bad.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
Huh.

Speaker 4 (04:37):
He's as special as they come. You could talk about
that all day. And I haven't seen over the last
couple of weeks. In after the first couple of weeks
his numbers compared last year whatever the last one hundred
and thirty one hundred and thirty five games plus the
first fifteen this year about about one hundred and fifty games,
where an absolutely unincredible number average home runs RBIs. If

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you would have put that in the full season, one
hundred and sixty two games, they would.

Speaker 3 (05:06):
By far, you know. I mean, that's top three, top
five seasons of all time.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
There's never been a player like him in the history
of the game, and he keeps demonstrating that by doing
new things. And it's going to be fun to watch
the rest of this season. It's been fun to watch
these Diamond Dogs. They lead the Mountain West and they're
home this weekend Friday at six, Saturday at three, Sunday
at one, and Saturday is Mike Bates'll Day.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
I'm glad you brought that up.

Speaker 2 (05:31):
You played four years here for coach Mike Batesil and
your last three years you guys were in the NCAA tournament.
Your last year, of course, you won the national championship
and never get tired of talking about that. But to
see some of your fellow Diamond Dog alums who played
for coach Batesill coming back on Saturday afternoon. We've already
had Pete Biden Day and Bob Bennettay and the turnout

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was tremendous.

Speaker 3 (05:55):
Have you heard from a few year.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Old teammates or some of those guys you coached as
of Mike Bates will assistant that might be showing up
on Saturday.

Speaker 3 (06:02):
Definitely, a lot of guys.

Speaker 4 (06:03):
I'm excited to come out and to support this team,
and as much of anything, I want to know how
the team's doing and where they're at and winning, because
a lot of guys with the expectation of winning championships
and you know, are we going to finish this and
then first now? But you know a lot of guys
that have been in those situations and played in these
games late in the season, so it's great to have
them around, you know, coming out this weekend.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah, so again Friday at six, Saturday at three, Sunday
at one. If you don't have your tickets yet, go
Bulldogs dot com.

Speaker 3 (06:31):
Or I'll tell you what.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
If you come join us at Crowing Wolf tonight and
you ask real nicely, we might have a couple extra
tickets for you. I also understand they're going to be
a giving away some tickets and Diamond Dog merchandise tomorrow
morning at the Human Being, So Sean Fowler and Klobe
is the Human Being coffee drive through from seven to nine.
I don't know, maybe Coach Overlin's going to cruise you

(06:52):
that drive through. Did you hear who the barista.

Speaker 5 (06:54):
Is going to be there tomorrow morning from seven to nine.

Speaker 4 (06:56):
I have not, and as ay, that's the first I've
heard of the human being. I don't know where we
were going with that with coffee place.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
Huh yeah, like B E A N Yeah. Do you
have a favorite, like a specialty drink or you just
a plain.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
Old cup of joga?

Speaker 4 (07:11):
I'm pretty plain, me too, A little so cheap for
that maybe, but playing.

Speaker 6 (07:18):
You and me both.

Speaker 2 (07:20):
But tomorrow it might be a good excuse to uh
to dig a little deeper and splurge on a fun
drink because the guy, I.

Speaker 4 (07:28):
Got a feeling you're going to sell somebody out here
that's maybe got an adventure in the morning that maybe
I didn't know about.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
Oh well, I mean I think it was authorized. But Max,
sure one of your catchers, the position that you played,
to my knowledge, is going to be the guest barista
tomorrow morning. It's a human being from seven to nine,
and we're giving away tickets and bulldog merchandise. But if
you go in there and order like a triple chocolate
caramel machiato espresso whatever, he's supposed to be the guy

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who makes it.

Speaker 3 (07:58):
Well, that's that's a task for sure.

Speaker 4 (08:01):
See that to even just or repeat whatever you just
said that order might be, that would be the task
in itself to remember that not only put the right
ingredients together good.

Speaker 3 (08:12):
For good for sure.

Speaker 5 (08:14):
I think I'm gonna go through when I'm done playing
basketball tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (08:17):
If I get done in time, I try to pull
through there and give them a real complicated order.

Speaker 4 (08:21):
Yeah, and then go back through and let them know
he didn't make it right, and then make it again,
and yeah, let them.

Speaker 3 (08:26):
That'll be fun.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
I see a couple of his teammates just rolled in
at He's Aalvavar and griffinsild to my ord, they're going
to join us in a little while. We're talking to
Ryan Overland, Presno State baseball head coach. The Dogs host
Washington State the only three games between the Dogs and
the Cougars all year. Friday at six, Saturday at three,
Sunday at one. And you mentioned that Saturday at three,
not only is it Mike Bates all day and a
bunch of former Diamond Dogs will be back. The hats

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turned out great that the credit Card guys put together
with Mike Batesll's name and his number forty four and
a baseball in the front of those. So when he
Mike batesil Era at Diamond Dog aloms will get free
tickets and one of those hats if they come on
Saturday for that three o'clock first pitch.

Speaker 5 (09:02):
But also Saturday. You mentioned the All Rise Foundation.

Speaker 2 (09:04):
It's a nonprofit that Aaron Judge was thinking about starting
even while he played at Fresno State, that his mother,
Patty does an excellent job of running. A lot of
the board members are here in the valley and every
year they give out a grant to a nonprofit in
Fresno County, So some of those grant recipients are going
to be there, maybe some of the San Joaquin County
recipients too. And I even heard today that if people

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want to buy some All Rise Foundation merchandise to support
the mission of what Aaron and his family are doing,
they're going to be able to do that at the
ballpark Saturday afternoon.

Speaker 5 (09:38):
And I did notice that last night I saw your
mother at the game of Tailence Abismo and she was
wearing her All Rise Foundation hoodie.

Speaker 4 (09:45):
She was and she said she got asked if she
was Aaron's mom. That's the game where and that's for sure.
But yeah, they'll be out what Aaron does and with
Patty and the whole family with the foundation of helping
kids and give them back to the Central Valley communities,
but really for kids all over the country. And so
they'll be out at the park and selling merchandise to

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support their cause. And we can't can't help and support
them enough, and especially what they've done for Bulldog Baseball
and you know what Aaron's done for.

Speaker 3 (10:15):
Baseball in general. To have them out and to have
their you know.

Speaker 4 (10:19):
Award winners out to spend a day with us at
the ballpark, it'll be exciting day.

Speaker 2 (10:24):
And I want to talk to you about more about
this series and about your team and about the season.
But one last thought, since we're talking about number ninety nine,
and again there's never been a player quite like number
ninety nine. Do you ever have a conversation with the
recruit where the name Aaron Judge doesn't come up.

Speaker 3 (10:45):
I'm sure, I'm sure.

Speaker 4 (10:47):
You know there are some things in that you learn
in recruiting and how the conversations that go by, and
you know sometimes that you especially for myself having been
in this program, you just kind of assume that people
know something, you know, know the history, and so there
was a time, maybe five six years ago where it kind.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
Of hit me that maybe I'm assuming that people know stuff.

Speaker 4 (11:09):
So we've got some stuff that we give to recruits,
and obviously Aaron's, you know, the big face of that,
but obviously a lot of the other guys that have
played in the big leagues, and the success of the
program to make sure we get in front of him,
and having the American League, two time American League MVP
and the American League home run record.

Speaker 3 (11:28):
Definitely helps with that, I would think.

Speaker 2 (11:30):
So yeah, and I'm glad you mentioned the other guys
because Taylor Ward's doing great things.

Speaker 3 (11:34):
We've seen what Dylan Lee's doing. Wins another home run today.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
Another one today, Six hits in Baltimore, wasn't enough. Did
he hit it off of a picture today instead of
a catcher like last night?

Speaker 4 (11:46):
Maybe a sy Young Alcontera. Wow, if he wasn't the
Sy Young Award winner a couple of years ago, he's
runner up.

Speaker 2 (11:53):
And you know there are also some guys who might
make their big league debuts this year that you coached
here with Mike batesl at Fresno Steak guys like Ryan
and Sin And I saw our friend j T Rudo
got a little promotion last week too.

Speaker 3 (12:03):
Huh yeah, great for JT.

Speaker 4 (12:05):
You spent a lot of time with us this offseason
getting that promotion and one step away, and Jensen's been
right there for a little bit, and you know, pulling
for those guys and pulling up their numbers, you know,
every other day.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, we're going to talk about some of the guys
who might be in their shoes soon. Some of the
guys on this year's twenty twenty five Diamond Dogs their
home Friday at six, Saturday at three, Sunday at one.
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Speaker 7 (16:00):
Welcome back to the Bulldog Baseball Hour.

Speaker 2 (16:02):
We're here Crawling Wolf in Clovis beautiful evening. It's comfortable inside,
it's not too bad outside. It smells really good outside
because Gators smash Burger's. The food truck is here tonight.
It always smells good at Pete Biten Field of Bob
Bennett Stadium as well, and that's where the first place
the Mountain West leading Diamond Dogs will host Washington State
this weekend Friday at six, Saturday at three Sunday at one.

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You can get your tickets at go Bulldogs dot com
or come see us here at Crowling Wolf and we
might be able to help you out. Coach Ryan Overland
is here. In a few minutes, we're gonna hear from
a couple Bulldogs stars, Griffin Sodomior and Eddie Saldivar. But Coach,
we've got a couple questions coming in on Twitter the
x app, And if you're out there listening and you've
got a question for the coach or for the players,
use that hashtag. Ask fs is in Fresno State. We'll

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pass him on. So Robert's got a couple questions here.
He's as engaged in a diehard a Bulldog fan as
there is.

Speaker 3 (16:54):
I know one of them.

Speaker 2 (16:56):
I know you love this question and maybe ask yourself
sometimes too, he says.

Speaker 6 (17:00):
Coach.

Speaker 2 (17:00):
Bulldog fans are frustrated by the lack of wins in
midweek games over the year. Many say the team doesn't
care about winning them. What do you have to say
about that?

Speaker 4 (17:13):
All right, Robert, I guess first you want to say,
so this group of players doesn't care, Come out and
see how much they care anytime. Obviously, the frustration of
not winning these games has spread well, you know, across
the program. But say these guys are shooting up, going

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out there and playing the game, not caring about competing
and winning. That's another level there. But obviously, yeah, I mean,
we have not won a lot of these games that
they think they're definitely capable of doing, you know, And
let's a couple of them get away from us. With
the bigger picture of the year and especially the reality
of where we're at. It's about winning this league and

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ultimately winning this tournament to get in the NCAA tournament,
which is what it's about. And that's not minimize any
any games that aren't in that. I think we've put
together an extremely good competition outside of the you know,
out of the league, especially the first four weekends to
go on the road and play two top twenty five
teams at Santa Barbara and TCU. That ultimately that you know,

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you come down to did you score more runs than
them or not? But the reality, you look at those
series and we're a pitcher two away from winning those games.
We didn't, So you don't get to take credit for it.
And you know, and especially you know, I hopefully not
want to ever make excuses, but the reality is being
without Jake Riding and vic Ariola and some other arms,

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and that trickles down, and the trickles down fast, and
you know, obviously we've got we're in a spot where
some some younger guys we gotta we got to produce
from and they got to get out there. And that's
losing those two guys. And now townsend those you know,
vic and and Jake. That's that's well of our one
hundred innings, those guys are pitching without. So that's no excuse,
that's no you know, changing the standard or expectation of

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the program. We got to get out there and win
and ultimately win this league and get into the NCAA tournament.

Speaker 2 (19:05):
Well, and you brought up the pitching staff and the depth,
and that was the other question that Robert shared here
using that hashtag ask fs He wanted to know if
there are any updates on the injured pitchers. But the
depth on the pitching staff is kind of connected to
Tuesday nights because you have to prioritize the weekends, and
now that you're down four pitchers on this staff, you

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have to give guys a chance on Tuesday nights to
prove that they're ready to help you on the weekends.

Speaker 5 (19:32):
And that's kind of what we saw last night. And
it didn't end up with a win.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
There were some chances left eleven guys on base, but
I thought I saw some of those young pitchers who
haven't pitched a whole lot, start to feel a little
more comfortable.

Speaker 3 (19:46):
Jared Glange got a couple of big outs at the end.

Speaker 2 (19:48):
Vance Haskins, you know, get some good hitters out, makes
a tough play when the ball comes up and smacks
them right in the grill. Those two questions are kind
of connected, aren't they. The Tuesday nights and the injured
he's on the pitching staff.

Speaker 4 (20:02):
There's a there's a little bit of a connection there,
and I think ultimately, especially as as coaches, it's putting
guys in position to succeed and do well and ultimately,
you know, when you have injuries like every most I'm
sure every could go through every roster in the country
and there's there's injuries and people dealing with it. But ultimately,
when you ask people to do more, you know, without

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experience and without having been out there, and I don't
know if the results are always going to be there
as fast as we all want, you know, especially you
look at some of those guys. You know, Galang a
really good first inning, second inning didn't go quite as well,
and then you could kind of that's just one example
of things like that when you start asking guys to
do more, and and we've gotten that already, but Drew Townsend, nude,

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you know, it was new to pitching and you know,
didn't really think he'd be a key that big piece
of the back end of the bullpen. Well, he earned
his way into it and getting that experience.

Speaker 3 (20:52):
The same with J. T. Guerrero out of necessity, you know.

Speaker 4 (20:56):
So all that kind of works together, and it's hard
job to get guys to do well and ultimately win
these games.

Speaker 2 (21:03):
And you mentioned Drew Townsend and Robert asked if their
updates on injured pitchers, if people didn't see it. Last
weekend against Air Force, Drew made a great play on
a ball that came up and hit his foot. He scrambled,
got the ball, got the odd at first, but found
out the next morning he had a broken bone in
that foot.

Speaker 3 (21:18):
Sounds like his goal is.

Speaker 2 (21:20):
Maybe to be back for the conference tournament if he
can be on the front end of that recovery time.

Speaker 4 (21:25):
Drew Townsend. I mean, he's since the day he's step
foot in our programs.

Speaker 3 (21:29):
What can I do? How hard can I do it?
How fast can I go?

Speaker 4 (21:32):
And your guy, you got to slow down, and he's
going to do every second of every single day to
find a way to get back out there to help
us at some point in the next couple of weeks.

Speaker 3 (21:42):
Some of that is.

Speaker 4 (21:44):
Just letting nature work and let healing go. At some
point it's probably going to be what he can tolerate
and still tolerate effectively. And honestly, same thing with vic
Vic's got a pretty serious, not only baseball thing going,
but it's kind of deeper than that physically that he's
doing everything he can for this team to ultimately maybe
get us one out. At some point it might be

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all it can get but he's been working his tail
off every day to get back out there and help
us in any way he can and if if it's called.
So yeah, we got some guys that you know can't
help us today, but they're working for it, and you
never know. I mean, same thing that was kind of
a couple of years back with Dixon when he had that,
you know, the strain at the end of the year
and ended up being it'll quite get it to him

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to get him out there, but being able to put
themselves in position to do it.

Speaker 3 (22:30):
These guys are really working towards that.

Speaker 2 (22:34):
And obviously Jake Riding not going to be back this
year after the surgery he had. But how about Hayden
Cruz Any chance of seeing him back on the mound
anytime soon?

Speaker 3 (22:43):
I think it'll be a couple more weeks for trade.

Speaker 2 (22:46):
All right, Well, Robert, you asked the questions, Coach answered him.
Thanks for the questions. If you've got one for Coach
over the door, for Eddie, Salvavar and Griffin so to
my or coming up shortly here, used that hashtag ask
fs on Twitter or the ex staff.

Speaker 7 (22:59):
Let's take a quick break.

Speaker 2 (23:00):
We'll get a few more thoughts from coach over then
and have them introduce the players before they join us
for the second half of the program. Tonight here till
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Speaker 2 (26:21):
Welcome back to the Bulldog Baseball Hour. Hanging out here
at Crowing Wolf in Clovis tonight, here till seven o'clock.
Talking to Coach Ryan Overland. In a few minutes, we're
gonna have Griffin Sodomior and Eddie Saldivar, who were playing
the right side of the infield last night in San
Luis Obispo. They're here at Crowing Wolf and they'll join us.

(26:42):
I'll have Coach over then talk about those guys in
a minute. But I also want to ask you, coach,
about the guys fans can see this weekend on the mound.
It's been really fun the last month or so watching
Jack Anchor and Aidan Kramarrosa try to one up each other,
and it really seems like push each other in that
whole pitching staff, that there's some internal competition that's helping

(27:05):
push guys and make them a little better.

Speaker 5 (27:07):
What have you appreciated about those starters in your rotation, Well.

Speaker 4 (27:11):
Definitely their their ability to keep growing and keep getting
better as this as the season goes on, you know,
and and week to week really making adjustments and buying
into the stuff that Coach Buckley's you know, working with
them on especially yanking and a little bit of that
funk he was in. You know, that's that's tough to
look in the mirror and say, hey, maybe some things

(27:32):
aren't working to get try try some other things, and
especially in the middle of the season when you know
when things are going how they've been going. And and
same thing with crem too, you know, making some adjustments
of how he attacks hitters and in week to week.
And they've done a great job of that continually to
get better and being growth minded and looking for opportunities
to keep getting better. And that's definitely shown and we're

(27:54):
gonna need them. We need them to you know, finish
strong hair these last four weeks and into the tournament.

Speaker 5 (28:00):
Yeah, the Bulldogs only have two home weekends left.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
They have eight home games remaining, a couple of Tuesday
nights in the three two three game series this weekend
against Washington State and then two weeks later against San
Jose State. The Bulldogs lead the Mountain West at twelve
and six and their home Friday at six, Saturday at three,
Sunday at one, And if fans come out for those games,
they'll also see Eddie Saldivar swinging it from the left.

Speaker 5 (28:24):
Side and Griffin Sodomior from the right side.

Speaker 2 (28:27):
We're going to hear from those guys in a minute,
but I'd like to hear from you, coach, and I
think they can hear you too, what you've really appreciated
about those two and their contributions to the team so
far in twenty twenty five.

Speaker 4 (28:40):
Oh, I think that one of the biggest places to
start with These two guys is really just one of
the overall themes of this group that are really a
lot of fun to be around and really care about
each other, and one of maybe one of the closest
groups I've been around in that way, with being so
many guys that are from here, from the valley that
have known each other for so long and now get

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to share the Bulldog uniform together and go out and
compete and give everything they can to this program.

Speaker 3 (29:07):
It's pretty special. And these two guys.

Speaker 4 (29:10):
Doing it having spent a little time somewhere else, so
we don't need to quite go into too much, but
they were some other programs and decided coming home and
putting on the Bulldog uniform and representing this valley was
important to them, and they've come back and done it
with pride and Eddie being a part of a championship
last year and Griff here to do the same, you know,

(29:33):
and for all these guys, giving these local players you know,
from here in Fresno and from the valley, the opportunity
to be a Bulldog and play at Fresno State. We
do that with the you know, the hopes that being
the best three four years of their life. And for
these two guys to trust in our program and come
back and be a part of it and big be
big pieces of what we're doing. You know, hopefully that's

(29:55):
a decision that they will you know, be proud of
forever and enjoy their time here as Bulldog. And you know,
it's definitely a piece of this team that I think
is going to be a really big.

Speaker 3 (30:07):
Wait for us down the road.

Speaker 4 (30:08):
Of how it is, how close these guys are and
having those bonds together that go back from some of
these guys having some battles in the Little League and
now to share the field together and have that I
got to say, there's probably nobody else in the league
that shares that well.

Speaker 2 (30:22):
And I've talked about that a lot lately because it's
just been more and more evident and it's not to
take anything away from any other team, because you know,
you played on some teams that were a great group
of guys, and when you guys won the national championship
two thousand and eight, it was there was a cohesion
on that team and you know, a trust that I
don't know if I've seen on any other team, but
the way these guys get along. Maybe it's because so

(30:44):
many of them are from the valley, I don't know,
but it really has been noticeable this year what a
great group of young men it is, and how much
they're on the same page, how close together they are.

Speaker 4 (30:57):
Yeah, I think it definitely, you know, comes out how
they interact with each.

Speaker 3 (31:02):
Other and take care of each other.

Speaker 4 (31:03):
And then there's a lot of humble personalities that come
from really good families. And it's deeper than just who
they are as baseball players. It's, you know, for a
lot of them, it's how they were raised, it's how
they are with their families. And there's two, you know,
two great ones here tonight with us.

Speaker 2 (31:22):
Well, we're going to talk to them when we come back. Coach,
thanks for hanging out. Look forward to seeing you at
the ballpark tomorrow or maybe in that human being drive
through tomorrow morning.

Speaker 3 (31:31):
Maybe.

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I mean, I'm not one to go spend money on coffee,
but the seashore put together some crazy order. I'm sure
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Speaker 3 (31:43):
So we'll check about out. All right, good luck this weekend.
We'll see there all right, thank you.

Speaker 2 (31:50):
That's Ryan Overlin with us here at the Bulldog Baseball Hour,
Crow and Wolf and Clovis is where we are.

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Speaker 5 (35:24):
A lot of Bulldog Athletic Department people are here, a lot.

Speaker 2 (35:27):
Of great folks having a great time, and we get
to talk to a couple of Fresno State baseball stars
right now. Eddie Saldibar and Griffin Sodamayor both grew up
in the valley as coach overl in reference. They didn't
start their college baseball careers in the valley, but they
got smart and came back home.

Speaker 3 (35:43):
And Griffin, I'm going.

Speaker 2 (35:44):
To start with you because I just have a feeling
that maybe this weekend series has been.

Speaker 7 (35:49):
Marked on your calendar for a little while.

Speaker 6 (35:52):
It'll be a good weekend.

Speaker 22 (35:55):
Excited the dogs are playing good ball, and you know
you don't want to make it more and more important
or more special. That needs to be coach Overlins on
the bus. Friday is the biggest game of the year.
So Friday will be the biggest game of the year,
and then Saturday, and then Sunday and next Tuesday.

Speaker 6 (36:10):
And that's how you have to go about the business.

Speaker 7 (36:12):
So and you were on the Washington State team last year.

Speaker 2 (36:15):
They're the guys that are coming here this weekend, although
in today's day and age, with a transfer portal, it's
probably only about half the roster. You actually know, huh,
I actually think it's a little less.

Speaker 22 (36:27):
Yeah, there wasn't a lot of guys that are returning,
but there were some key guys that stayed around. I
know one of my best friends we were freshmen together,
Max Hartman. He's actually going to be injured. He had
hurt his shoulder a few weeks back, so he's been
out for a few weeks. But I think he's still
making the tramp so I'll get to see him. But
we obviously showed up to the program together and then

(36:48):
played two years together.

Speaker 6 (36:49):
And he's still there.

Speaker 22 (36:50):
But there's a few other guys as well, but not
many as you'd think, not many as there would have
been ten years ago, fifteen years ago.

Speaker 2 (36:56):
Yeah, I don't know if the pitcher's still there that
you can give guys like Eddie a bit of a
early scouting report on what the Cougars do.

Speaker 22 (37:03):
Yeah, I've talked a little bit with some of the guys.

Speaker 6 (37:06):
There's just a few, a few guys in the pin.

Speaker 22 (37:08):
I think one of the guys, one of the starters,
is still there, but I'm pretty sure it was something
like thirty three new guys on the roster, so not many, really,
not many.

Speaker 3 (37:18):
That's pretty wild.

Speaker 2 (37:18):
It's a statement about where we are in college sports
in twenty twenty five. Where we are right now is
Crowing Wolf and Clovis. That's Griffin Soda. Eddie Saldivar is
here as well.

Speaker 3 (37:27):
Let's do this.

Speaker 2 (37:28):
Since I started with you, Griffin, why don't you tell
me what people should know.

Speaker 3 (37:32):
About the guy next year?

Speaker 5 (37:33):
What do you appreciate about number seven? Are As a teammate.

Speaker 22 (37:37):
Man, Eddie's one of my favorite guys I've ever played with,
I've ever played against. I remember in high school I
was lucky enough to play some scalp ball with him,
and we actually played against each other my sophomore year
Trolock High School went down to Memorial and you played
a Memorial did win. But Eddie's played the game the

(37:57):
right way his whole life. Man plays hard and just
a good guy, you know, an easy guy to root for,
and he's continued that since the first time I've seen
him play, the first time I played with him, the
first time I played against him, and to this day
and when I'm lucky enough to take the field with
him every single day. So he's just a good guy
man and one of my favorites for sure.

Speaker 2 (38:18):
And last night you're playing first base and he gets
to a ball up the middle.

Speaker 7 (38:24):
I don't think anyone in the ballpark got to Did
you expect him to get to that ball?

Speaker 2 (38:28):
Does it ever like surprise you that there might actually
be a throw coming your way on a ball you
thought was going into center field?

Speaker 22 (38:33):
You know, I was scared to here and ask me
about this one. I know Eddie's Eddie gave me hard time,
and I feel bad for him. But any ball up
the middle, you know, we got some guys that can
cover some ground so and I'm not the fastest guy
on my feet, so I'm just trying to get to
the bag as fast as i can. And he gets
there and makes a good play on it, and I'm
just disappointed. I wasn't able to pick that one. But

(38:55):
it was a great play. I think you just needed
maybe to be a couple of inches tall. I mean
it looked like you were really stretching up that line.

Speaker 21 (39:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (39:05):
Uh and Eddie, what's this he's saying he's not fast?

Speaker 7 (39:08):
Isn't he like seven for seven on stolen bases this year?

Speaker 23 (39:11):
I mean, yeah, it's the last time I check. I
think he's the conference leader and stole them back. It's
perfect seven for seven, So I mean you got to
take your spots.

Speaker 3 (39:18):
Huh. Right, how did you get to that ball last night?
By the way, I guess.

Speaker 23 (39:23):
Just instincts, knowing that I know the dirt usually plays
really faster a cal poly, so I mean, just giving
the effort and trying to make a play.

Speaker 3 (39:30):
You know, I've got to ask you before I forget.

Speaker 2 (39:32):
I mean, you're coming up and the guy that's been
in the game for you know, the last eight batters
or seven hitters or something, is your old high school teammate,
Tan er Soe Gooseby And I'm sure you're in the
on deck circle licking your chops thinking of all the
times you guys went toe to toe and practice here
in Fresno. And then cal Poly comes out and takes
him out so he doesn't have to face you.

Speaker 3 (39:53):
What was that?

Speaker 5 (39:54):
What was that like a minute or so like for you?

Speaker 7 (39:56):
Yeah, that was for sure disappointing.

Speaker 23 (39:58):
You know, it's one of my childhood best friends, still
best friends of this day, and you know, just to
be even share the field with him, and I think
it's pretty special, and just to yeah, share the dirt with.

Speaker 7 (40:06):
Him one last time. Probably it was fun moment for sure.

Speaker 2 (40:10):
Well, maybe you guys will see each other in a
regional and then then they'll let him pitch to you.
Did you two actually talk about that later, giving each
other a hard time on what.

Speaker 23 (40:18):
Might have happened. Yeah, we were able to talk after
the game. So he was giving his coach a hard
time for not letting them stay in the game. Oh,
that would have been fun.

Speaker 7 (40:28):
So big weekend coming up against Washington State.

Speaker 2 (40:31):
You guys are in first place at twelve and six,
two game lead over at three teams that are tied
for second.

Speaker 7 (40:38):
What when you think back to.

Speaker 5 (40:40):
You know, the start of the year, maybe even fallball,
when you're just getting to know each other.

Speaker 2 (40:44):
What's different about you guys as a team now compared
to back then. Do you see something that's developed along
the way that that maybe you're pleased with?

Speaker 3 (40:53):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (40:53):
I mean I would say, kind of like how oakes
it earlier. It's a close knit group.

Speaker 23 (40:56):
And I think as the season gone on, we're kind
of more comfortable with, you know, holding each other, more
accountable and when things aren't going doing it the right way,
like to speak up. I mean it is kind of
hard being you know. I mean for me, this is
the closest team I've ever been on, and sometimes it's
tough conversation you need to be had. And I think
down the stretch we've we've done a good job with that. Yeah,

(41:16):
some teams are are a little gun shy on that.
If you don't trust each other, then you don't speak up.

Speaker 2 (41:21):
Run What about for you, Griff, what do you notice
that's different from when you came in. I know, like
you've mentioned, you know, playing travel ball or even against
some guys in high school, you knew a few guys,
but you.

Speaker 5 (41:31):
Didn't really know them the way you do now.

Speaker 22 (41:33):
Yeah, man, we got a really good group of guys.
And like you said, we've talked about that quite a bit,
but it is really true, and it's it kind of
makes you know, the long, long days of season makes
it a lot easier trump the field and having a
good time and seen your buddies and and we've got
a lot of guys that you know, you want to
play for and you want to play with, and like

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close with somebody to have that hard conversation because he's
your best friend and he's your buddy.

Speaker 6 (42:03):
And stuff like that.

Speaker 22 (42:03):
But like Eddie said, I think the last few weeks,
for sure, we've kind of had some guys step up
and take some leadership roles.

Speaker 6 (42:10):
So that's something that's kind of changed.

Speaker 22 (42:12):
I think early on it was, you know a lot
of fun and a lot of not hanging out, but
or hanging out. And you know, when when season starts
and things start not, you know, not going your way,
you need some guys to step up, and we've had that.

Speaker 6 (42:23):
So it's been really huge for us.

Speaker 2 (42:25):
We're talking to Eddie Salavar and Griffin Soda Mayor, two
of your starters on the Fresno State baseball team, the
first place Diamond Dogs, who hosts Washington State this weekend
Friday at six, Saturday at three, Sunday at one. And Eddie,
you said something a minute ago, and I was just
touching on it with Griff, but you said that this
is the closest team that you've been on. Have you

(42:46):
thought about why or where that comes from? What it
is about this group of guys that forges a different
connection or deeper connection, more trusts, more cohesion.

Speaker 5 (42:56):
What do you think is the genesis of that?

Speaker 7 (42:58):
I would say a big part of this all girl
up together. And for example, like you.

Speaker 23 (43:02):
Know Camra Schneider being one of my locker mates and
competing with that guy for two years.

Speaker 7 (43:07):
In high school, you know, really hating each other. You know,
you know.

Speaker 23 (43:11):
Rivals Bullard high school. You know I hated everything about
Bullard and even him. I mean that's how it is
in high school. Now, him being here and being him
being one of my best friends is truly special and
south with a lot of guys, and I think just
being here and just we just a lot like to
have fun and it's.

Speaker 7 (43:25):
A close knit group. It's truly special to be a
part of.

Speaker 5 (43:28):
Did you have some memorable hits against Cameron High School?

Speaker 23 (43:31):
Actually, you know, the only time that I had lost
to Blullers when Camp pitched, and he pitched a gym
against us.

Speaker 2 (43:35):
So well, you know, maybe he needs to get back
out there on the hill and throw a few darts.

Speaker 7 (43:40):
Yeah, for sure. What about you, Griffin, anything you want
to add to.

Speaker 2 (43:44):
That about where this this closeness and this togetherness on
this year's team comes from.

Speaker 22 (43:50):
Yeah, I think, like Eddie said, it just kind of
how everybody grew up together in the same general region.
I mean, for me, I played, you know, I played
at a different school and our away from home, and
it was yet a lot of guys from everywhere, from Arizona,
from the Pacific Northwest, guys from California, guys from Texas,
and it's a little different. It's a little harder to

(44:10):
relate to those guys when you know you grew up
so different. But here, like Eddie said, guys are playing
against each other, Guys are playing on the same travel teams,
Guys are playing Little League against each other. Even for me, like,
I'm not from Fresno, but I still got to play
with a handful of these guys or play against them,

(44:30):
and like I said, in high school, come down to
Fresnoe and play. So it's just a little different in
that aspect where you've seen these guys, you've heard their names,
you know, you've respected them for years before you've even
played with them. And that's definitely different about this group.

Speaker 2 (44:46):
And I'm sure playing for the Bulldogs of Turlock High
School you got at least a little Fresno State propaganda
from that guy on the coaching staff named Tom and Dunson, just.

Speaker 6 (44:54):
A little yeah, he yeah.

Speaker 22 (44:57):
I don't know if a day went by where he
didn't say I should be a Bulldog, honest. But he
was great to have one staff, and I still talk
to him regularly.

Speaker 6 (45:04):
He's a great guy and I.

Speaker 5 (45:06):
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Speaker 5 (45:12):
I realized that you were very young in two thousand
and eight.

Speaker 2 (45:15):
Yeah, but have you watched back some of those highlights
of the bombs he hit?

Speaker 22 (45:20):
I have watched back a good handful of them. And
he would tell me about him too sometimes back in
high school. So I've seen him and I know the
kind of the tear that he went on during the
tournament in that season.

Speaker 6 (45:32):
In general, Yeah, great player.

Speaker 2 (45:35):
Yeah, his defense was even more impressive than his offense
that couple of weeks in Omaha.

Speaker 3 (45:39):
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Speaker 7 (49:09):
We're here for another ten minutes or so.

Speaker 2 (49:11):
If you don't have your tickets yet for this weekend,
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Speaker 7 (49:21):
You heard Griffin Sodomior toolis that Friday is.

Speaker 2 (49:23):
The biggest game of the year and still Saturday, so
maybe ought to be there Friday when Jack Anchor will
be on the mound for Fresno State. Man, you show
up at Crowing Wolf and you get free cupcakes. I
like it, Thank you. I don't know what the occasion is,
but it must be a good one. The dogs are
home this weekend, so hope we'll see you out there Friday,
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a bunch of Bulldog alums who played for coach Batesil
coming back to honor his awesome career twenty years as
the head coach and national championships, all those regionals. Coach
Open and played on three of those regional teams. Southavar
played on one of those regional teams last year here
Fresno State. I don't want to ask Eddy, did that
experience of winning the Mountain West Tournament the way you

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guys did it and getting a taste of what the
NCAA tournament is like together as a team, do you
think that makes a difference on how this season goes
or where you guys set your expectations or your feel
for twenty twenty five.

Speaker 5 (50:22):
For sure.

Speaker 23 (50:23):
I mean, I think the goal is to always make
a regional and more like, oh, you know, he's been
in our shoes and he knows what it takes. And
especially last year, you know, losing that first game and
having to do it the hard way, knowing that we
have what it takes, and you know, that's part of
the way we were so close, you know, all the
returners coming back and knowing what it feels like to
get there and just wanting more and to win a

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regional on.

Speaker 7 (50:45):
To move on.

Speaker 5 (50:46):
I think everybody likes the sign of that, the sound
of that.

Speaker 12 (50:50):
You know.

Speaker 2 (50:50):
I wanted to ask you guys something I don't think
I've ever asked either one of you.

Speaker 3 (50:53):
This favorite player growing up. I know I'm going to
feel really, really old, but let's start with you. Who
is your favorite ballplayer growing up?

Speaker 22 (51:03):
The easy answer for me would definitely be a Buster Posey,
a big Giants fan and watching him play for the
Giants on a ton of winning teams. But he's a
fun player to watch and it's also he's one of
those guys that you can roof for off the field too. He's,
you know, always doing good things and so I always
loved watching Buster Posey catch and watch him hit.

Speaker 6 (51:25):
So easy answer for me.

Speaker 3 (51:27):
You've done a little catching in your life. You miss
it at all?

Speaker 22 (51:30):
You know, I do miss it, But I'm just, you know,
happy to be able to provide some value in whatever
way I can. And I love I like playing, so
as long as I'm playing, you know, catching can can
hold off.

Speaker 3 (51:44):
But I do miss it. Well.

Speaker 2 (51:45):
Buster had some pretty good position versatility, and yeah, that
does make me old because he was in the College
World Series when the Bulldogs won.

Speaker 3 (51:51):
It in two thousand and eight.

Speaker 5 (51:52):
In fact, there's the National Player of the Year that year.

Speaker 2 (51:54):
Hey, by the way, when you see Steve Posey this weekend,
ask him about his Buster Posey story.

Speaker 3 (51:58):
Oh geez, it's a good.

Speaker 5 (51:59):
One, Eddie. How about you, who were you a big
fan of growing up?

Speaker 3 (52:03):
Yeah?

Speaker 23 (52:03):
I would have to say Dustin Pedroia and just you know,
his tenasty and just the way he went about the
game and playing a one hundred and ten percent every game.
I think just being able to watch him and the
undersized guy just play with that kind of passion.

Speaker 7 (52:15):
I'm doing it the right way. This was big for
me and watching.

Speaker 2 (52:18):
Him, and you know, it's easy to spot a guy
who has had previous generations of his family play baseball
and maybe influence his development. When you see a guy
who throws right handed in bat's left handed. Did that
happen naturally or did you have some folks in your
family say hey, this is how you need to do it.

Speaker 7 (52:37):
No, just kind of naturally, you know. I kind of
golf first.

Speaker 23 (52:40):
On the funny story, you know, I always kind of
watched golfers on TV, and I would just I think
it was Phil milkleson hitting, and I just wanted to
copy how he hit, and that's kind of how I
started hitting lefty.

Speaker 3 (52:50):
How about that? Yeah, never would have guessed. How's your
golf game now, by the way.

Speaker 7 (52:55):
It's all right, not too great, but you try.

Speaker 3 (52:58):
What do you think your handicap would be?

Speaker 7 (53:00):
In the twenties for sure?

Speaker 2 (53:01):
Okay, all right, still better than me. What are you
guys most looking forward to this weekend? I mean, you're
in first place, we're coming down the home stretch of
the season less than a month ago in the regular season.
If you're you know, if you were one of those
people driving in their car around Fresno Clovis right now
and they're hearing you're talking right now, why would you
tell him to show up Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Speaker 22 (53:23):
Well, what you and Ove talked about at earlier is
our pitching is definitely fun to watch and knowing that
Jack Anchor is gonna take the rubber on Friday and
he's gonna he's gonna give it his all and he's
gonna have a great outing. That's what Jack Anchor does.
So first off, I mean watching those guys pitch, and
I think just being in The stadium is really fun.

Speaker 6 (53:42):
Man.

Speaker 22 (53:42):
We have a lot of good fans and a lot
of great turnout. And I know Saturday is like a
day game, so the sun's out, they'll be good weather baseball.
I mean, there's not really much more to ask for.
You know, how about you want to add anything to that, Eddie.

Speaker 7 (53:58):
Yeah, I know, to pick off with Hesa. It's a
big weekend for the Dogs.

Speaker 23 (54:01):
You know, last year kind of around this time, we
started off hot and the back half, you know, you
know what happened.

Speaker 7 (54:06):
It wasn't too great.

Speaker 23 (54:07):
So this is a big weekend for the Dogs to
take that next step and extend the lead.

Speaker 7 (54:11):
And I think it's big for the fans to come out.

Speaker 23 (54:13):
And you know, the Dogs usually play really good at
home and have Red Wave behind us.

Speaker 7 (54:17):
It's a you know, it's a big help for us
when Red Wave is rocking.

Speaker 3 (54:20):
I can tell you that for sure. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (54:22):
The Bulldogs are seven and two at home in conference
play and it's a big Mountain West series this weekend
against Washington State. We're getting short on time. Just a
few more minutes. I want you both to think about
your answer to this question, and I'm going to ask
you another one but I want you to both tell
me one thing the other guy does that you really
love watching on the Diamond, But why you think about that.

Speaker 3 (54:42):
Mentioned earlier with Coach Overlin.

Speaker 2 (54:43):
Tomorrow morning, one of your teammates is the guest barista
at the Human Being and Clovis on shawan Plow are
mixing all the coffee drinks from seven to nine am,
Max Shore. So how hard of a time are you
guys are going to give him in that drive for
your window tomorrow.

Speaker 6 (54:57):
I'm excited.

Speaker 22 (54:58):
I've been looking forward to it ever since I saw
that he was gonna do it, so I've had it
in my schedule all week long. I may be there
a whole two hours or three hours, or however long
he is. I may just keep going through and then
making the order harder and hard to reach time.

Speaker 6 (55:11):
But I'm gonna get.

Speaker 22 (55:12):
Out of the car, take a picture with him, and
do it all. I'm really excited. He's a great guy
to do that. Man, Mac Shure, what a great personality,
great locker room guy. I love Mac Sure. He's a
great guy. So I'm really looking forward to I know
Eddie is too, and I think the whole team will.

Speaker 3 (55:27):
Probably show out.

Speaker 7 (55:28):
Yeah, like he said, he's just a great personality. He's
like a glue guy for this team.

Speaker 23 (55:32):
And to go there and no mess with him and
see him to make us some coffee'd be pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (55:36):
Sorry, you got to take it easy on him and
just ask for like regular coffee. You're gonna make it
real complicated.

Speaker 6 (55:41):
I don't know.

Speaker 22 (55:41):
I may show up with a poster with his face
on it and do the whole nine yards.

Speaker 6 (55:46):
But yeah, I'm excited for it.

Speaker 7 (55:48):
Yeah, we're all excited.

Speaker 3 (55:50):
Well me too.

Speaker 2 (55:50):
I think I'm gonna try to swing by there myself.
All right, I asked you guys, so Eddie, let's start
with you. What's your favorite thing to watch Griffin Soda
my or do on the Devin.

Speaker 7 (55:59):
I would just say his composure.

Speaker 23 (56:00):
You know, he's never too high or never too low,
whether he's four for four or oh for four, And
you know, he's the same guy, and you know he's
a big personality, and he's one of the heart beats
of our team.

Speaker 7 (56:10):
And when he goes, we go.

Speaker 23 (56:11):
And to know that he's not gonna be too high
or too low, whether it's the best game of his
career or is worst. And that takes a you know
it's big on nuts into that we're gonna get the
same Griff all nine innings, and I mean and spick
for us to know that when we get out of
him every.

Speaker 2 (56:23):
Day, consistency makes a difference. It's kind of cool when
you hear the sound as bat makes when he hits
like one hundred and five miles an hour or two right,
and he can hit Yeah, that that twister line drive
that's knuckling past the short stuff. They're like, I'm glad
he didn't hit it in me. All right, your turn, Griff.
What's your favorite thing to watch Eddie Saldivard do all
the time.

Speaker 22 (56:42):
Well, I've been lucky enough to see him do it
a few times. But Eddie just plays hard man. And
the first thing that comes to mind, I think one
time I'm hitting and there's a runner a third, so
you know, naturally there's some like pressure to get the
run in and it's Eddie at third, and sure enough
it's a it's a ball that doesn't squirt that far
away from the catcher.

Speaker 6 (56:59):
And I've done some catching, so I can you know
I got the field.

Speaker 22 (57:01):
But sure enough, here comes Eddie running down and he
slidespace first and he's safe, and you know, now my.

Speaker 6 (57:06):
Job's a lot easier.

Speaker 22 (57:08):
But Eddie just plays hard man, and every single day
he's gonna show up. He's gonna dive at first, he's
gonna run at one hundred ten miles an hour, and
he's gonna play the game the right way. And Eddie's
a really mature guy and he's played a lot of
baseball in his day, so it's really really good to
have a guy like him at the top of our
order playing the middle and field every single day for us.

Speaker 6 (57:29):
But he just plays the game hard man, and he
plays it the right way.

Speaker 2 (57:32):
I'm glad you brought up the base running because I
think that's my fav I mean, I love it when
he makes a diving stop or when he slaps the
ball to left field. But you know, and I've seen
you rip a live drive past the first baseman's here
a hundred times. But what I love is is to
watch the look in your eye as soon as that
ball gets in the right field corner. You're thinking about
a triple already. And if there's a wild pitch when

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you're at second, you're thinking about scoring. Is that where
did that come from? Because not everybody has that kind
of meant it almost looks like you're always looking for
something a little extra for sure.

Speaker 23 (58:03):
I mean the thing it goes back to watching the
guys that I love watching ahead of me and seeing
like guys like Dustin Perdroia play at one hundred and
ten percent and well, you know, whatever it takes to
help the team win. And if it's you know, busting
my walls and running one hundred and ten percent, and
that's what it is to give the team the best
chance of winning.

Speaker 2 (58:19):
It doesn't offend you if I call you a road
runner sometimes does? I have been known to give a
little meat every once in a while. Have you ever
seen that cartoon, by the way, or is that too
old for you guys?

Speaker 3 (58:28):
Too old for me?

Speaker 6 (58:28):
I don't know about you've seen it.

Speaker 3 (58:30):
You've seen it.

Speaker 2 (58:30):
You know what I'm talking about than Eddie, So I've
seen the whole idea is Eddie that the road runner's
feet moves so fast you can't even see the feet.
It just looks like a wheel spinning. That's kind of
what it looks like when when you're doing that. Okay, guys,
we're just about out of time. Anything else you think
the Red Wave. Ought to keep in mind, is they
think about joining you at Pete Biden Field of Bob
Bennett Stadium this weekend.

Speaker 22 (58:50):
Come out, support the dogs and let's get three this
weekend and then do it again the next weekend and
then the weekend after that.

Speaker 6 (58:55):
So go dogs.

Speaker 3 (58:56):
I like the way he's thinking. What do you think
ed what he said? Go all right?

Speaker 2 (59:01):
Griffin, so too, my or Eddie Saldivar, thanks for him
not guys, appreciate it.

Speaker 6 (59:05):
Thanks, Paul, appreciate you for having us.

Speaker 2 (59:06):
You can catch him in person at Pete Bidenfield at
Bob Bennett Stadium this weekend Friday at six, Saturday at
three that's Mike Bates all day, and the Allris Foundation
will be that day as well. You can learn more
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Speaker 7 (59:24):
We're out of time.

Speaker 2 (59:25):
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