6/13/25 - The Mo Egger Radio Show w/ Mike Petraglia

6/13/25 - The Mo Egger Radio Show w/ Mike Petraglia

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You found Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
And a good Friday afternoon to everyone out there in
Cincinnati Sportsland. My name is Mike Petralia Trags and you've
got me for the next three hours on the Moegger
Radio Show on Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty. Want to head
into the weekend with some momentum, some enthusiasm, because, frankly,

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right now kind of got the Friday blase. I don't
know if it's the end of covering Mini camp for
the last three days down at Facorp. You know, all
of the drama regarding Shamar Stewart and Trey Hendrickson and
what's going on with the Bengals right now. Contract wise.
The Reds had a good series in Cleveland. I don't
think there's any doubt about that. You take two out

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of three and five out of six from the team
up north, I seventy one. I think that has to
be considerative victory the Bengals, I mean, sorry, the Reds
are a game over five hundred, so there is some
good news there, But they have got a tough three
games against the cream of the crop in the American League,
the Detroit Tigers over the next three days. We'll take

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a look ahead to that. But given what's been happening
and all of the negativity around the Bengals and the
tension in the world right now, I want to talk
about some positive news throughout the next three hours, and
a lot of that has to do what's going on
locally with the high school baseball teams. You have not one,
not two, but you have three high school baseball teams

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from the greater Cincinnati area competing in the Ohio Final
four up in northeast Ohio. Either Akron, where Hamilton Baden
competed this morning and lost a heartbreaker to Newark Licking
Valley two to one in the bottom of the ninth inning,
or you have a couple of teams battling at Thurman

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munthsonstum Up or just south of Akron down seventy seven
uh in Canton, Ohio. So we'll talk about that. We
have the coach of the Indian Hill Braves waiting patiently
on the line. But before I get to carry Daniel,
I want to throw out this phone number in case
anybody wants to talk Reds this weekend in Detroit, or

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wants to talk Bengals and all of the drama that
seems to always be circulating around the stripes. Five one three, seven,
four nine, fifteen thirty five one three, seven, four nine
fifteen thirty. But as promised, my first guest of another
jam packed Moweger radio show will be Carrie Daniel, the

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head coach of the Indian Hill Braves.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
They are getting ready to compete tonight seven o'clock, first
pitch up in Canton, Ohio in the state semifinal. How
are you doing Carrie, and thanks for joining the Moega
Radio show.

Speaker 4 (02:56):
How's it going, Mike.

Speaker 5 (02:58):
I am doing well.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'm ready to talk some high school baseball and I
want to get a kind of a feel from you
on how excited not only your kids are, but the
Indian Hill community. You know, obviously all of these games
are going on well after school has let out. What
has been the support around Indian Hill and around the

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school for the Braves who have made it to the
final four for the first time since nineteen ninety three.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
You know, it's been great. You know a lot of
love and support. You know, a lot of signs in
yards this morning they had a big send off for us.
A lot of the community came out to the high
school to send us off. It's been it's been great.
The kids are excited. You know, any Hills a pretty
close knit community. A lot of their families know each other,
do the kids growing up with each other. So it's

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been nothing but support.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
You guys have certainly had a great run here in
the postseason. Four games to get to this point. You
beat New Richmond in extra innings to start the postseason.
That was back on May twenty eighth. Then two days
later you had the regional win, sorry, the sectional win,
a district win. I believe it is nine to three
over Brookville.

Speaker 5 (04:12):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Then you move on to the regionals, you win a
thriller against Fenwick six to five in extra innings, and
then you beat Jonathan Alder eight to one. What has
been the what has the run been like? And what
have been some of the keys you would say of
getting to this point and getting through the postseason.

Speaker 5 (04:29):
The way you have.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
The run has been, it's been amazing. I mean, as
a coach, you know you don't want to turn of
close games, but it takes those games to prove what we're.

Speaker 3 (04:40):
Really made of.

Speaker 4 (04:40):
And you know, I think the biggest thing for us
has been maintaining our composer and waiting for the beginning
to happen. We know offensively, we've got a lot of
weapons and and and they're going to take off. It's
just a matter of keeping ourselves in the game and
and and waiting for that to happen. And that's that's
really what's happening all of those games, Uh playing playing
tight till the end and let no offense kind of

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take over like like they've done all year.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
Any discussion of the Indian Hill Braves this year has
to be has to start with your son devln Daniel.
He is a sophomore at Indian Hill And listen to
these numbers, Folks out there wondering why the Indian Hill
Braves are where they are right now. He's he hit
five point fifty nine going into tonight's semi final. He

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has got six home runs and he's driven in forty
three RBIs. Those numbers earned him Most Valuable Player honors
in the Cincinnati Hills League this year. How is your
son handling all of this? How much is he enjoying it?
And how much has he focused on leading the team
to the promised land?

Speaker 4 (05:45):
You know he's it sounds kind of funny, but he's
you know, he loves the individual accolades, but more importantly,
he wants to win. You know, he goes out and
plays hard because he wants to win more than more
than being the kid that's recognized.

Speaker 3 (05:59):
You know.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
Fortunately, it just it just kind of goes goes hand
in hand right now that he's having a lot of
success and he loves baseball. He loves going out and competing,
and you know, he wants to be the guy at
the play when the game is online, he wants to
be the guy on the mountain. He wants the ball
hit to him. So you know, he's he's just a competitor.

Speaker 5 (06:16):
And and again.

Speaker 4 (06:17):
You know, the individual accolades have come and he he
accepts them with humility, but he just wants to win
and whatever he's got to do to help our team win.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (06:27):
You know against Alder, he comes up to bat in
the first inning, I mean in the ninth, ninth inning
and he's or seventeenning. He comes up and he's leading
off the inning and it's like he gets hit with
the pitch you know, to start us off, and the
energy that that our team just feels from it. But
you know, a selfish player moves out of the way
and and and tries to tries to be the guy
to hit the home run to win the game. But

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you know, starting off, getting on baseball, getting hit by pitches,
you know, it's whatever it takes for the team.

Speaker 2 (06:52):
Speaking with Carrie Daniel, the head coach of Indian Hill Baseball,
A very proud father as he should be, not only
of dev Daniel, but Devlin's one of his older brothers, Conlin.
Daniel had a nice run down in the Nashville I
believe it was regional uh in the NCAA Baseball tournament.

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Of course Conlin the star centerfielder for the Right State Raiders.

Speaker 6 (07:18):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (07:18):
I'm curious, Kerry Uh did did? And I know you
got the chance after beating Brookville to take the trip
down uh to see uh Conlin in action for Right State.
Have have the two brothers talked about their experiences so far?

Speaker 5 (07:35):
Do they keep in close contact?

Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yeah, they talk a lot. You know, they follow each
other and and you know, fortunately they do talk and
they I think their their inner family. Competitiveness is what
drives each one of them, and you know they they
want to be the best, They want to be the
best in the household. They want to be the best
where they're play, where they play, so they drive off

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each other, but they also they go work with each other,
you know, they go hit together and go do certain
things together. So Colin and Delin are are very very
similar kids personality wise and motivationally, so it's pretty easy.

Speaker 7 (08:13):
I know.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
The last time I spoke to you a couple of
weeks ago, you brought up the fact that you, I
believe for a year were Kevin Euclus's teammate at the
University of Cincinnati, and you know, the Bearcats had a
terrific run, obviously to the NCAA Tournament, capturing their first
at large bid in decades I believe it was since

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nineteen seventy nine. I want to say, I don't know
if that's really yeah, I think that's right, doing that
off the top of my head. But it's been a
great period of time for college and high school baseball
here in the Cincinnati area. Are you savoring it?

Speaker 4 (08:53):
It's been great being a former Bearcat, you know, I
was on the coaching staff when Yuclus played there. You know,
it's great to see kind of where you see baseball
has come, not only on the field, but you know,
the facilities are are just extremely amazing. You know, a
lot of the local schools, you know Xavier and and

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you know Miami. I mean, these schools have all had
some runs and it's been great kind of watching these
schools flourish and and do well. But being a Bearcat
absolutely one hundred percent. This new group has come in
and done a really good job. And I've got a
couple of guys that play for me in the summertime
that play there, And I know Landon Veterick had a
great year this year and and it's probably gonna be
looking for his name to get called in the draft.

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Who's a former bad and kid as well. So you know,
it's just a lot of success going on and it's
been great.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
Why do you think summer baseball is such a big
deal here in Cincinnati? I mean, the Middland Redskins, I know,
for years and years and years were a dynasty, and
there's so many other terrific summer baseball teams. Why do
you think it's such a part of the Cincinnati baseball culture.

Speaker 4 (10:00):
I think, you know, these kids play in high school
and it's great. They play for their school, their community,
and but not every kid on the high school team
has the motivation to play college baseball, uh or even
professional baseball. But when you get out into the to
the competitive summer programs and the teams, now you're putting
a bunch of guys that have the desire to go
play at the highest level possible together. And the common

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thing that you can find on any team in any
sport when you put people like that together is they
push each other and and and they want to be
better than the next. So that inner drive and it
just makes it it makes it extremely fun to coach.
It makes it very fun to watch these guys go
out and just and just lay it out there and
show what they really have and and and push each other.
So I think we know that the level of competition

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that and players that come out of Cincinnati over the years,
over the decades, you know, it's just it's not stopping.
I mean, there's We're still got a lot of high
level guys that go on to play from high level
baseball and and do really.

Speaker 3 (10:59):
Well there as well.

Speaker 2 (11:00):
The other thing that it always strikes me when I
bringing up a conversation with someone like yourself is building
a program and I you know, I went to Indian
Hill full disclosure. A lot of people already who know
me know that, and I love talking about the braves.
But for years and years and years, baseball wasn't a
big thing at Indian Hill, and sometimes Indian Hill had,
you know, for many years they went through a down

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period athletically. How do you build up athletics at a
high school program.

Speaker 4 (11:30):
I can't speak for everybody, but my formula is pretty simple.
I like, I like to focus on the little things.
You know, not everybody's going to be a high level
player at any sport. Not everybody's gonna have the same
athletic abilities. But I believe everybody can do a lot
of the little things that take no talent. It just
takes the desire, you know, Like in basketball, rebounding takes

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no talent. You just have to have a desire to
go get the basketball. And in baseball, you know, the
fastest guy doesn't have to always steal the basis. You know,
the slower guys can steal the basis. Just learning what
to do and what to read, and just being smart,
taking care of the little things, which which will take
care of the big things, you know, getting down bunts
and express how important those things are for us to win.

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And our big thing is focusing winning every inning. You know,
if you don't lose it any and you can't lose
the game. So we want to win each inning, and
if we don't win it, we definitely don't want to
lose that inning, and so we stay focused there and
it's going to take those little things. Get a guy on,
get a guy over, get a guy in. That we
really really really strive hard to stay focused and locked
in on.

Speaker 5 (12:31):
I think I changed that.

Speaker 4 (12:33):
Oh, go ahead, No, I was just saying that that
mentality is is really what's what's what keeps us going.
No matter what level of talent we have on our team,
everybody understands, everybody on this team has to be able
to do those little things.

Speaker 2 (12:48):
I think I sort of changed you, is what I
was going to say. In terms of your postseason run,
you actually have won five games in the playoffs. You
started by beating Schroeder on Yeah, on May, so five
straight wins. The reason I bring that up, you guys
had a bit of a skid going into the postseason
and you had three straight losses. Now, granted, Hamilton Elder

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and Lynchburg Clay those three losses to make it tougher
for the postseason.

Speaker 4 (13:16):
No, you know, it's our schedule is designed. You know,
we schedule Elder, we schedule Saint X, we schedule Ryle,
We schedule a lot of these teams that we know
has really good pitching is going to challenge us, and
not all the time when you schedule a non conference
game and get really good pitching, because a lot of
schools don't have, you know, a lot of depth in

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their pitching rotation. So scheduling those teams has been exactly
what we needed. And you know, we were on a
twelve game win streak, which is great, but taking those
those couple of losses, I mean, we're pitching different guys,
we're moving guys around, we're trying to still figure out
who's gonna play were in the tournament, you know, we
we still have a lot of question marks going into

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the tournament. So that helped us out tremendously to get
those games in. We were competitive, but we lost the
games and and they we know we have to learn
how to win those things. So for me, I believe
that's exactly what we needed going into the playoffs to
kind of get us to understand how those little things
really matter because they just cost us game after game
after game, and in situations that of course we want

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to win. But in the reality, those games mean nothing
to us from a record standpoint. It's just let's get
ready for the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (14:30):
Head coach of the Indian Hill Braves terrific job that
you have done this year, There's no doubt about it,
Carrie Daniel, And I want to ask you real quick,
what do you know about Sandusky Perkins, the team you're
taking on at seven o'clock tonight.

Speaker 4 (14:45):
Well, I know they made it here, so they got
to be pretty good. And uh, you know, we're gonna
we're gonna focus on playing the game of baseball the
way we know how to play it, and if they
can beat us playing our game of baseball, then then
they deserve it. But you know, I haven't heard anything
that really, you know, puts them in this category that
we should be really concerned. I just think we just

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got to go play the game because we've we've beaten
really good teams and we've lost the teams that we
shouldn't lose through just because we don't play the game.
So we're gonna We're gonna attack it that way and
really play the game that we've been taught to play.

Speaker 3 (15:17):
The entire year.

Speaker 2 (15:19):
If you win, you have an early wake up call
on Sunday morning, you realize this, right for Father's Day.

Speaker 8 (15:26):
Am I'm ready.

Speaker 9 (15:27):
I hope i'd get that call, Mike, I'm sure you do.

Speaker 2 (15:30):
Carrie at ten am at Canal Park and that would
be an akron actually right if you win today, yes.

Speaker 4 (15:36):
About thirty minutes, thirty minutes away.

Speaker 2 (15:37):
Yes, that's Sunday ten am, first pitch. If indeed you
are fortunate enough to handle Sandusky Perkins tonight at seven
o'clock at Thurman Munson Stadium in Camp And Carrie Daniel,
thank you so much for taking time out.

Speaker 5 (15:51):
And obviously I don't have to say.

Speaker 2 (15:53):
This, but you know I'm wishing wishing you luck as
an alumnus, So good luck.

Speaker 4 (15:58):
Absolutely well. Thank you for having me. Whenever you come back,
let me know.

Speaker 5 (16:01):
All right.

Speaker 2 (16:02):
Kerry, that's Kerry Daniel of Indian Hill Baseball. His braves
have had a terrific year. They go into the state
semifinal tonight with a twenty three to eight mark. They
were remarkable thirteen and one in hl play this year,
winning their third straight league title. My name is Mike
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At three point twenty seven on Friday afternoon, June thirteenth,
you're listening to the Moegger Radio Show. I've got you
until six o'clock on Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty. Want to
get through some business and score updates. First of all,
everybody knows probably if you're a sports fan, that the
US Golf Open is taking place right now at Oakmont

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Country Club in Pennsylvania. Top of the leader board looks
like this, JJ Spawn and Thriston Lawrence tied at four under.
JJ Spawn is even today through eight holes, and Thriston
Lawrence birdie the first hole. He is on number two.
He is out again, four under par for the day.

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One stroke behind. You have Ben Griffin and Sam Burns
at three under. Ben Griffin two under for the day
through six holes, and Sam Burns just finished five under today.
Phenomenal second round. He'll be right there when the cut
day comes later this afternoon, so he'll certainly be one

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of the later tee offfs on Saturday afternoon for round
number three. So that's the top of the leaderboard at
the Oakmont Country Club the twenty twenty five US Open.

Speaker 5 (18:34):
The Reds are in action tonight.

Speaker 2 (18:36):
They are in Detroit taking on the Detroit Tigers, who
stand an American League best forty five and twenty five.
They've been one of the hot stories of the twenty
twenty five baseball season. This year, the Reds, as we
said at the top of the show, they took two
out of three from the Guardians in Cleveland. They are
still over five hundred at thirty five and thirty four.

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Nick Martinez on the mound today for the Red Legs.
He is four and six with a three seventy eer
fifty three strikeouts, a very impressive whip for a starting
picture of one point one seven. So the Reds are
in action. Of course, that game will be on our
sister station, the flagship of the Cincinnati Reds seven hundred WLW.

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First pitch is seven to ten, airtime on the Big
One is six ten, so if you want to listen
to that game, Tommy Thrall will have all the action there.
As we mentioned FC Cincinnati, they are in action tomorrow
night in Foxborough taking on the New England Revolution who
have a nine match unbeaten string. We'll talk with Laurel

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but take a look back at the Bengals mini camp
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Bengals as well for the Dayton Daily. On the other
side of the bottom of the hour, we will talk
with Brian Treadway of Hamilton Baden. His team played in

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the State Final four this morning up in Akron, Ohio.
His team fell just short, but a tremendous run. We
want to talk to him and he will be talking
with us at about three thirty five, three thirty seven.
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CLNS since with a y dot com. I want to
spend a lot of time this afternoon talking about high
school baseball because we don't get a chance to do
that that much, and I think it's important to recognize
some of the great programs here in the Southwest Ohio
area that carry on the great tradition of baseball. Spoke

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with Carrie Daniel at the beginning of the show talking
about the Indian Hill run to the state Final four.
They are playing Sandusky Perkins tonight at Thurman Munson Stadium
in Canton, Ohio. They will be playing in the state semifinal.
They play Sunday morning at ten in Akron at Canal Park.
If they win tonight, Now, I want to turn the

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focus to a game that was a heartbreaker this morning
for Baden as they came up just short. Hamilton Baden
came up just short to Newark Licking Valley and joining
me to talk about the game today and a great
season for Hamilton Baden head coach Brian Treadway. Brian, thanks

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so much for taking time out. I know it was
a heartbreaker this morning, so I appreciate you taking time out.

Speaker 7 (23:02):
Mike.

Speaker 13 (23:02):
I appreciate you highlighting high school baseball.

Speaker 2 (23:05):
Yeah, I mean, I think it's worth doing that because
you know, obviously we're going to have all the time
in the world to talk Bengals and Reds, and we
talk about that all the time, but we don't give
a lot of attention to high school sports, which really,
as you are more than aware in your position, they
matter here and I just want to get from you

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your perspective, Brian, why baseball matters so much in Southwest
Ohio at the high school level.

Speaker 13 (23:34):
Yeah, I mean, I think that's a great question. I
think it has a lot to do with Cincinnati Retz Country,
and you know, this just seems to be a baseball area.
But yeah, I mean, high school baseball is very popular
here and you know it's tough too Southwest Ohio is tough,
so to get out of there as the regional champ
and represent us IT up at State is a huge honor.

Speaker 2 (23:57):
Caleb Dres and the the clip of it on social
media had a phenomenal game today and I have the
box score in front of me.

Speaker 5 (24:06):
Eight.

Speaker 2 (24:07):
This is high school, mind you, in a state semifinal.
Eight and a third innings, five hits, two runs, earned,
one walk, five strikeouts. He threw one hundred and eight
pitches in almost nine innings, which even for a major
leaguer that would be tremendous work. But the work that
he did on the mound today and the emotion he showed.

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I think it was in the seventh inning, the end
of the seventh inning when he got a strikeout. It
was late in the game, anyway, Just tell me about
what the emotion was like watching him pitch and watching
his teammates respond to him.

Speaker 13 (24:41):
Yeah. I mean, that's vintage Caleb Greason, even on a
tough day where we didn't get it done. That brings
a smile to my face thinking about him celebrating.

Speaker 5 (24:51):
He just is.

Speaker 13 (24:53):
He's a very talented pitcher, but he's also an even
better teammate. Our team thrives off his energy and the
kid just absolutely enjoys playing baseball, and it's very obvious
when you watch him play.

Speaker 2 (25:06):
You had two other players this year that really led
you offensively, Kate Bowling and James brink cad is a senior,
James is a junior. James had five home runs this year.
Kate Bowling thirty two RBIs to go along with a
league leading for sixty five average GCL leading for sixty

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five average. What made them so special?

Speaker 13 (25:32):
Well, I mean kid Bowling is he's a three year
varsity guy that just gets after it in the off season.
Kate Bowling hits every morning at six am all through
the entire winner and just every day that's his time.
And he's our team leader. He did a phenomenal job
for us, keeping us on track, and he's just an

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awesome kid. And I think that's the hardest part about
days like today when you lose, is you got to
say goodbye to your seniors.

Speaker 2 (26:01):
Yeah, you do. And obviously that's you know, part of
the nature. When I talked to you earlier about what
makes baseball, especially high school baseball, so special, that's to
me what it is. These kids are only there for,
you know, if they're on a varsity team, likely three
years and then they have to say goodbye. And to
have a run like this, and I asked Carrie Daniel this,

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to have a run like this, but to have it
last over years and years and years means you built
a program. What are you most proud of, Brian Treadway
in your program at Hamilton.

Speaker 13 (26:33):
Bade Well, I would say just what you just said,
the expectation of a Baden baseball players that we're playing
for a state title. And for four of the last
five years we've been up here representing the Southwest Ohio
at State and we haven't got it done, but we've
we've been here, and you can't win if you're not here,

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and our guys are just going to keep pounding away
and eventually we're going to knock that thing through and
break it apart and we're just never going to look back.

Speaker 2 (27:05):
Obviously, you've got all of Southwest Ohio pulling for you
to do that. I mean, except for those other teams
maybe in your in your division or in your conference,
in your league, but certainly I think it's interesting that
when you see whether it's high school football, high school basketball, baseball,

(27:25):
track and field, tennis or golf, it doesn't matter. I
find it fascinating in high school sports when a program
can continue its tradition of excellence year after year after year.
And Carrie Daniel was telling me Brian that really what
it comes down to is does the coach convey to
the athlete, the student athlete, what the expectations are. Would

(27:49):
you think that those are pretty common bonds between coaches
in terms of trying to get it done.

Speaker 13 (27:58):
Yeah, I mean I would say it, Biden. It's almost
an unspoken expectation. I think we've been up there sixteen
or seventeen times, and you know, we do celebrate that,
and we put that up on our wall at our field,
and Mark I see those every day and they want
to add their year up to that wall. And but yeah,
I think sustained success it's hard to do on anything.

(28:20):
So to continue making runs like this, it just makes
me very proud of the Baden community.

Speaker 2 (28:25):
I know you're going to look back on a lot
of things very fondly, but the fourteen game winning streak
is that the highlight for you in terms of the
way your kids pulled together to win fourteen straight in
this sport is pretty phenomenal, I think because you have
to rely on so many players, game after game after game.

Speaker 13 (28:45):
Yeah, it is, Mike. I'll tell you. Took a trip
to Sporta this year for spring break. It was the
first time we ever did something like that, and that
just really united us and set us on a different level.
And we did. We came home and and rattled off
fourteen wins. We were trying to go undefeated in Ohio.
Took three losses down Florida. But it was just a

(29:06):
really incredible journey. And I think that's why I'm going
to reflect on and remember, is just how much fun
and how proud I am of our team.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
What's next for you? Do you take a couple of
weeks and just chill. What do you do to like,
decompress from what has been a very very long, but
very very successful season.

Speaker 13 (29:25):
Yeah, I don't have a good answer for that. I
wish I could move on pretty quick, but I think
this was going to stick with me for a while.
But my oldest plays baseball, so I get to coach
him in the summer. My youngest plays Westside Little League,
so I'll be watching a lot of him. And then
I got daughters that play docer and volleyball. So my

(29:46):
family keeps me busy and just you know, get back
to enjoying my family and spending time with them.

Speaker 2 (29:52):
I really appreciate you taking time out, Brian Tredway, Hamilton
Baden Rams. I'm making a tremendous run this year. It
ended in kind of a heartbreaking fashion, two to one
today in nine innings. So I mean, how did the
game end? Because obviously we didn't have a video of it,
we couldn't listen to it. How did it unfold today?

(30:13):
It looked like it was a one to one game
going into the bottom of the ninth.

Speaker 13 (30:18):
Yeah, Dressen got the first out and then gave up
a base hit. We went to our bullpen and hit
the next next batter, and then we gave up a
base hit to right. Our right fielder made a very
very strong and accurate throw home. The guy just got
in right before the tag. So it was a bang
bang play. They made their right call, but we were

(30:40):
on the wrong side of bang bang play.

Speaker 2 (30:42):
Well, your season certainly was not. There was nothing wrong
with a twenty six and seven season, Brian. I really
appreciate you taking time out once again, and I wish
you all the best this summer and obviously going forward
next year, and like you said, maybe you can kick
that wall down next year and celebrate.

Speaker 13 (31:00):
That's right, Mike, that's what we're going for. Thanks for
having us on.

Speaker 5 (31:03):
You bet okay.

Speaker 2 (31:04):
He is Brian Treadway, head coach of the Hamilton Baden
Ram baseball team. Made it to the Final four today
up in Akron, Ohio, losing a heartbreaker two to one
in the bottom of the ninth inning to Newark Licking Valley.
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with a y dot com. Now this afternoon and this
week I wrote about the Bengals Mini camp as everybody
else on the terrific Bengals beat.

Speaker 5 (33:22):
Did as well.

Speaker 2 (33:23):
And obviously there was focus on Shamar Stewart, Trey Hendrickson.
There was going to be that going in whether or
not they were there or not. But I think it's
important to focus on what actually did happen, and that
is the progress that this team continues to make, especially offensively,
towards becoming the elite offense in the National Football League.

(33:46):
And they believe, and this is why they spent all
those resources in the last two offseasons, obviously on Joe
Burrow and then last offseason on Jamar Chase and t Higgins.
They want to be the elite offense in National Football League.
They are an offensive driven team, there is no secret
about that, and they believe that they have gotten a

(34:08):
lot of work done defensively, a lot of talk from
Al Golden about putting guys in different positions, having a
different system in place, and what that's going to look like.
They really won't know until they get the pads on,
especially in the defensive line, when they are really able
to tackle, thump, do all of those kind of things
with contact that you can't do in OTA's offseason, workouts

(34:32):
and mandatory mini camp. Can't do that until training camp.
But not even the start of training camp, which is
Gollid twenty third, you have to wait really about five
about a week before you put the pads on and
really get into things. But Ted Kerris, the Bengals fourth
year center, the veteran center of the Cincinnati Bengals, I
thought he had some terrific observations on the work he

(34:55):
had that this team was able to get done. Yes,
he touched on Shamar Stewart here, but he had a
lot of interesting talk about what this team was able
to accomplish.

Speaker 8 (35:06):
So I started by saying, I think we've had a
great spring, probably our most productive since I've been here,
and it's my fourth spring here. I think we, you know,
really got better. We have a lot of great new
additions and you know, coaches and players. So I thought
that was very productive. You know, I think with any
type of business in the NFL, there's so many perspectives
that you can look at.

Speaker 5 (35:26):
So, you know, with how many different roles that I.

Speaker 8 (35:30):
Have in this organization, you know, I could give you
an answer on about five different perspectives.

Speaker 5 (35:34):
So you know, I don't think it's been a distraction.

Speaker 8 (35:37):
I think it's more been a distraction for the fans mostly.
I mean, I know Twitter, Twitter's hot right now, and
uh since e Twitter doesn't mess around and you know,
obviously you don't want that to.

Speaker 5 (35:49):
Be you know, carry into you know, when it gets real.
This is uh, you.

Speaker 8 (35:56):
Know, like I said, I thought of productive spring, this
is a different time and you know, I think it's
you know, how it's how it's played out has been uh,
you know, probably unfortunate for both sides. But if I
if I wanted to give you my take on it,
you'd have to ask me which perspective I was coming
from with my five different roles.

Speaker 2 (36:14):
Yea, what makes you say that this has been the
most productive strength?

Speaker 8 (36:18):
So I thought we got a lot of great O
line D line working. I think Scott and Jerry have
really added a great new dimension to our cameras, on
to our you know, trench play. I think, you know,
we got a lot of great players and you know,
just it just felt you know, those are you know,

(36:39):
we went out there for these last what nine to
ten practices and really got after it and you know,
more so than we have in the past.

Speaker 2 (36:46):
You think, really engaged with Scott Peters during these drills.

Speaker 9 (36:50):
Has it been like a refresh for you?

Speaker 7 (36:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (36:52):
I mean so it's a very unique you know, being
year ten and and going over techniques that I've never
heard of, and I think that's been you know, that's
that's one of the joys I take as a football player.
I've had a lot of O line coaches in my time,
and you know, to learn something that I've never even
heard of has you know, it's taken you know, this
eight weeks to kind of get comfortable with it and

(37:13):
now we can take it in the summer and train it.

Speaker 5 (37:14):
But I think he's done a great job.

Speaker 8 (37:16):
You know, we're gonna have some some nuances that are
a little bit different, and I think it's gonna you know,
what we talked about when he first got hired, I
was like, how can we increase our one on one
win percentage? That's like all you know, that's like the
main goal is how can we put tools in our
players' hands that increase the chances of a one on
one victory? Because we and I think that you know,

(37:36):
we've kind of it's great to have a guy come
in that hasn't been here kind of look at it
from ten thousand feet and really be honest about you
know what we are, who we are, you know who
we are as an offense, and how we can you know,
be the best unit.

Speaker 5 (37:51):
For this offense.

Speaker 2 (37:52):
That as Ted karras captain of the Cincinnati Bengals, you
can understand why listening to that audio, why he is
a captain, why the Bengals love him as a spokesman
for the team, because they're fully aware of what's going
on with Shamar Stewart and Trey Hendrickson. And yes, it's
a distraction on the outside. We love talking about it,
we love writing about it. Fans love to complain and

(38:15):
moan about it, and that's understandable. They've got a job
to do. And you can tell from Zach Taylor's answers
on Thursday, and obviously Ted Carris, who you just heard
from there in talking to Dan Horde at the very end,
that there's an intensity in these workouts that hasn't been

(38:35):
there in years past. And we'll see if that matters
as it carries over this next five weeks and when
training camp starts in late July, we'll see if it
carries over there. We'll see if they get more work
done in training camp practices starting in the morning than
the afternoon. All of this is left to be seen,
but I do think it's encouraging that the Bengals have

(38:56):
veterans in place who know how to keep the distractions
on the outside where they belong and not fester into
the locker room. We want to hear from you, Bengal fans.
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The US Open taking place at Oakmont in Pennsylvania. The
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US Open Gulf Circuit and a top the leader board

(40:15):
South Africa's Tristan Lawrence. He is having a great round,
three under through four holes. That means he has birdied
each of the three holes, assuming that he hasn't eagled
one of those holes, but you get the drift. He's
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JJ Spawn and Sam Burns. Sam Burns had a fantastic

(40:35):
round today, five under for the second round and JJ
Spawn having a little more difficulty. He is won over
through the front nine, so he's got the back nine
to go, but he's still tied for second place, three
shots behind Tristan Lawrence. Red's play tonight in Detroit. They
take on the American League leading and the Ale Central

(40:56):
leading of course, Detroit Tigers, who come into that game
with a forty five and twenty five mark, again best
in the American League. The Reds one game over five
hundred at thirty five and thirty four. They send the
right hander Nick Martinez to the mound four and six
with a three seventy er, and that game will be

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over on our sister station, of course, seven hundred WLW.
Game time at seven ten. Airtime on the Big One
is at six ten this evening, all right, it is
time to talk some Bearcats athletics. There was a big moment,
a big really, a landmark, a milestone this week in
Cincinnati athletic history, and on to talk about it. As

(41:41):
someone who covers the University of Cincinnati as well as
FCC for Clnssinc dot com. He is a colleague of mine,
He's a friend of mine. I like to kind of
give him too much grief once in a while, and
he knows that he's come to expect that. The one
and only Alex Frank Alex, how you doing, Bud, Mike?

Speaker 7 (42:00):
I am well, thank you.

Speaker 14 (42:02):
It's always great to come on with you, even on
a Friday the thirteenth. The Savannah Bananas are in town
yeside my door. And although I want to steer it
to this, Mike, how good was Game four last night
in South Florida with the Edmonton Orlean roaring back from
three goals down after one period and then winning in
overtime to tie this series.

Speaker 7 (42:23):
A phenomenal game, to say the least.

Speaker 5 (42:25):
Too bad.

Speaker 2 (42:26):
How many let me ask you this honest question, Alex,
Alex Frank, how many people here in southwest Ohio know
Leon Dry? Sidle? If you say who's Leon Dry Title?
What does he do for a living?

Speaker 5 (42:39):
Do you?

Speaker 3 (42:40):
What?

Speaker 5 (42:40):
Do you do?

Speaker 2 (42:40):
You think the number would be above fifty percent? Not
a general population of Cincinnati sports fans. Do you think
they would know who Leon Dry title is?

Speaker 12 (42:50):
Uh?

Speaker 14 (42:51):
I'm gonna have to generously say no. But look, hockey's
one of those sports that if you're a fan of
it and your team's done in the Stanley Cup Final,
that's okay because the drama has been off the charts.

Speaker 7 (43:08):
I agree, yes, So now is a.

Speaker 14 (43:10):
Great time to get into it with the series. I mean,
it's gonna go Game five tomorrow night, Game six, I
believe Tuesday night next week down in South Florida.

Speaker 5 (43:20):
So correct if you have.

Speaker 14 (43:21):
Been watching, I highly recommend if you don't have anything
to do Tomorrow night, sit down and watch Game five
TNT on about eight o'clock from Edmonton.

Speaker 2 (43:31):
So for those who don't know that game last night
went to overtime and Leon dry Sidle was the game
winning scorer for the Edmonton Oilers, who won Game number
one pretty convincingly. And then game number two, Florida rally
they won in overtime. Brad Marshan scored the game winner.

(43:52):
Game number three, Florida blew the Oilers off the ice
down in South Florida, and last night it looked like
the same thing was gonna happen, and Florida jumps out
to a three to nothing lead and then all of
a sudden they pull their goalie and the Oilers score
three goals in the second period tie the game. Edmonton
takes a lead with midway through the fourth period, a

(44:15):
third period I believe, and then just like Edmonton did
in Game number two, it was the Panther scoring with
I think fourteen seconds to go in regulation, forcing the overtime.
It's just been fabulous hockey, great, great drama, and certainly
the NBA has given us some drama too, and I
expect that to continue tonight in Indianapolis. But I want to

(44:37):
get to the Shakeley practice facility for the Cincinnati Bearcats
and why the one hundred and thirty four million dollar
facility that was open this week. The ribbon cutting ceremony
took place on Wednesday night. Why that was why that
is such a big deal as Cincinnati continues to grow

(44:58):
its brand inside the Big twelve Conference.

Speaker 14 (45:02):
Well, you're absolutely right, Mike with that, because that's what
this facility is hopefully going to allow the Bearcats football
program and other programs to do. And I'll let go
what Dan Horde said Wednesday and something that.

Speaker 7 (45:17):
Larry Sheikley himself said on Wednesday, the.

Speaker 14 (45:20):
Fact that if you go back thirty years and I've
heard many people talk about this, including my mother who
went to Cincinnati, and they talk about all the time
about how far the campus and the athletic department has
come since that time.

Speaker 7 (45:38):
And you look at what this facility.

Speaker 14 (45:40):
And listening to Sheikhlee and John Cunningham, director of athletics,
and then Scott Saderfield, the head coach, listening to them
just you know, go on and on about how great
it is and how the players don't even want to
leave already.

Speaker 7 (45:54):
And Scott's Centerfield's kind of in that same boat, like
it's really great to here.

Speaker 14 (46:00):
And I was reading a story today from a national
website that talked about how this puts Cincinnati up with
the elite football facilities and how they're going to compete.

Speaker 7 (46:11):
For championships in the Big Twelve.

Speaker 14 (46:14):
And ultimately, it's what happens on the field that's gonna
decide whether or not the Bearcats playing a bowl game
or something beyond that.

Speaker 7 (46:22):
But when you have this facility as a.

Speaker 14 (46:24):
Crown jewel of your athletic department and your program, in
addition to Knippert City and being one of the most
unique venues in college football, and you're gonna be able
to recruit better. You're gonna be able to recruit in
the transfer portal, and that's what It's just a really
good day and a good week for the University of Cincinnati.
I know there's been some some bleak years recently, the

(46:47):
first two with Scott Centerfield, and obviously there's a lot
of question marks going into this season. But just for
a moment, I would ask anybody who's a Bearcats fan
or a Bearcats will lu like myself, to appreciate what
just occurred this week. You know, a two over two
years construction project and now when you're driving into campus

(47:11):
on Jefferson and you turn into that football facility one
hundred and thirty four million dollars. See the renovations that
have been on UC's campus the last ten years, from
knitfort to fifth third, and now this truly remarkable. And
I just hope and I told people this all the time.
I have been pro Scotts Sadderfield. I have been a

(47:34):
fan of his, the of the hire since day one.

Speaker 5 (47:37):
You're in the minority.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
I mean, I don't mean to kill Scott's Sadderfield, but
I would say you're in the minority there, Alex, because
you know, he has come under a sharp criticism for
his ability to bring in difference making players. And I
think that's what Scott Saderfield has to show the alumni
that this kind of facility was worth the investment, right.

(48:01):
I mean, obviously there was a gift from Larry and
Ronda Shakley that made this possible. But you know, as
NIL becomes bigger and bigger, and schools are now able
to pay their athletes, their student athletes directly, you're going
to have to bring in the athletes. You're gonna have
to get the prospects who might play at your facility

(48:23):
on campus so they can see the one hundred and
thirty four million dollar facility. Catch my drift.

Speaker 14 (48:30):
No, you're absolutely correct. You're absolutely correct, Mike, because and yeah,
I recognize that I may be the minority, but I've
always liked what his offense is going to look like.

Speaker 7 (48:41):
And let's not forget last year. I know the season ended.

Speaker 14 (48:44):
In a way that none of us liked at all,
but this team was five and two, and then you
bring back Brendan Soursbee, you bring back Downside Corleon, you
bring back Joe Royer. So I look at what this
facility is going to do in the midst of a
questionable and pivotal time within the program. Now you have this,
and now you're going to be able to have up

(49:06):
You're gonna have modern training, modern nutrition, modern everything that
you know all these programs across the country, and let's
be honest, facilities are a huge part of any college
football program.

Speaker 5 (49:19):
No question, no question.

Speaker 14 (49:22):
That's why I think this is a step in the
right direction. When you hear the confidence echoed from Scott's
centerfield at his press conference Wednesday on the practice field
and from John Cunningham, and I understand that a lot
of fans are upset with how last season ended, myself included.
You mentioned the sharp criticism the centerfield has that has

(49:44):
been directed towards him, myself included. But at the same time,
you can tell the passion that he has for this program,
for this city, in this area when it comes to football,
when it comes to the landscape, and now you're going
to be able to offer incoming players, whether it be
high school or in the transfer portal, this opportunity to

(50:09):
get developed and reach your full potential while also achieving
hopefully some team success.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
All right, there, let's break down this facility into two parts.
The eighty four thousand square foot indoor practice facility features
a one hundred and twenty yard football field equipped for
multiple sports. The field provides an all weather home for
Cincinnati football practices and year round workouts. It is connected
to the Performance Center's weight room, cutting Edge Sports Medicine

(50:37):
and Athletic training wing, and the performance that you mentioned
Alex Performance Nutrition fueling stations. As they put it in
the Bearcats release a terrific job from Mollimetris and also
Zach Stipe. I want to tip of the cap there.
But the second part of this is the ninety six
thousand square foot athletics performance Center, featuring not one, not

(51:00):
to but three levels, providing nearly everything a student athlete
needs in one place, as well as offices for the
football program. The facility also features meeting rooms naturally, an
equipment room, locker room, players lounge, dining hall, and a
social media content studio, among many other features. I find
that fascinating Alex because they know to reach these athletes

(51:24):
this day and age, you have to be proficient in
social media. I actually think that's a pretty savvy move
by Cincinnati Athletics and the athletics only dining hall is
open to all student athletes, giving every team at Cincinnati
a state of the art place to refuel.

Speaker 5 (51:40):
What do you think of all of that.

Speaker 14 (51:42):
Well, I think it's fantastic and I like that you
focus in on the social media content studio because, let's
be honest, times had changed. I mean, twenty years ago,
social media wasn't as prevalent when it comes to recruiting,
when it comes to the transfer portal, when it comes
to marketing your program, even for athletes.

Speaker 7 (51:59):
Already within the program. But now you have all.

Speaker 14 (52:02):
These avenues that you have to be able to somewhat
utilize now programs. Some programs are going to do it
differently than others, but you want to have every tool
at your disposal, even for the.

Speaker 7 (52:13):
Social media content team.

Speaker 14 (52:14):
And it just it goes to show you, Mike, that
there are so many aspects and people that comprise a
successful college program. And what I'll tell you is I
was reading a story yesterday. In fact, I wrote something
about this over at a Sea of Blue, the Est
Nation branch for Kentucky and at their Board of Trustees

(52:35):
meeting yesterday, and what they're going to do with the
wake of the House settlement on revenue sharing and the
renovation's coming to I mean not just Kroger Field, but
older facilities and the money that's going to be involved
in the in the Board of Governors, and like I'm like,
you see all these area schools around Cincinnati that are

(52:56):
doing all these things. But now the Bearcats, a program
that thirty years ago was heavily overlooked, not so much now.

Speaker 7 (53:03):
I mean it's.

Speaker 14 (53:06):
Only been four years since this team has made that
since this team went to the College football playoffs, and
they weren't even a Power five program at the time.
So you look at what this facility and what Tennick
is going to be able to do not just from
a football perspective, hatfield perspective and performance, but also marketing,
but also for other people that you don't normally hear

(53:28):
and see that are heavily involved.

Speaker 7 (53:32):
With the athletic program.

Speaker 14 (53:33):
It takes a village, Mike, and this is certainly a
say of the art facility that's going to help that.

Speaker 5 (53:39):
Now.

Speaker 2 (53:40):
I understand that Luke Fickle got his money to go
to Wisconsin, totally understand that. However, given what has been
built at UC for football, do you think there is
any part of him that regrets going to the Big
ten as opposed to staying put in Cincinnati and competing
in the Big twelve with what's being built up around

(54:02):
the Cincinnati program, any part of them at all?

Speaker 14 (54:05):
Wow, that's a I was not expecting that question today, Mike,
But I'll tell you. I mean, I can't speak for
Luke Fickel.

Speaker 5 (54:12):
If you had to guess, that's what the fun of
this show is.

Speaker 14 (54:16):
Oh wow, I don't think he regrets it. I mean,
if you're ever given the opportunity, and I think for
him to go coach at a school like Wisconsin in
the Big Ten. That's where he comes from, the fabric,
the cloth that read him. I don't think he regrets it.
I think the one thing I've always said about Luke
Fickel is he left the Bearcats program in a significantly

(54:38):
better place. Yes, he did, than it was in when
he first arrived in twenty seventeen. I don't think he
regrets it. I think he's probably very happy for a
lot of people that he was very close to and
got close to in his six years that he was here.

Speaker 2 (54:54):
Where do the Bearcats go from here? How is their
off season recruiting and player development going?

Speaker 14 (55:01):
I mean, I think the way I'll answer that is
asked me that August twenty ninth, Ask me that on
the Friday before Labor Day, which is also the day
after their first game at I should.

Speaker 7 (55:13):
Say, in Kansas City against.

Speaker 14 (55:15):
The Nebraska team that enters this season with high expectations
competing in the Big Ten. I think that first game
is going to really tell us what this offseason has been.
Because I can tell you what great developments have come
from recruiting, from spring practice, the spring game, et cetera.
But for me, with a team like Cincinnati, I need

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to see it on the field and what it looks
like against the quality opponent like the Cornhusters in a
neutral environment at Arrowhead Stadium.

Speaker 7 (55:46):
And then you get to Big twelve play, which.

Speaker 14 (55:48):
Is going to be once again an absolute beast this
season with how good the league is.

Speaker 7 (55:54):
So I think.

Speaker 14 (55:54):
It's more of let's see what it looks like after
that first game against really good team, a opponent in
the Nebraska Cornhouskers.

Speaker 2 (56:03):
All right, quickly, let's move on to FCC and it's
going to be I think a fairly important game for
the Orange and Blue this Saturday night at Gillette Stadium
in Foxboro, Massachusetts against the Revs, who are by the way,
unbeaten in nine straight league matches. What do the Orange
and Blue have to do to get back on track

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after that disappointing loss to DC United at home?

Speaker 7 (56:31):
Defend?

Speaker 14 (56:32):
They have to defend because I still think about that
two goal lead against FC Dallas that they let's slip
away in the second half against back two weeks ago.
But you mentioned New England is undefeated since the last
time these two teams play, back on April fifth here
in Cincinnati, the Revs five to ZHO to four. Since then,

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even though they're in eleventh place, they're a tough team.
I mean, they're a really tough team, and they're back
home for the first time in a law time.

Speaker 7 (57:00):
So it's a very big matches.

Speaker 14 (57:02):
You said, if you come out and play defense, you
come out and play from ahead, and you set the
tone on the road. You know, you've had that two
week break due to the international break to kind of reset,
regroup and look at what's going well, what's not going well.
And I mean the players are saying that, you know,
they they believe they're better than what they've shown the
last two games. Okay, tomorrow is the time to show

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that and kind of re establish what god f C
Cincinnati near the top and still near the top of
the Eastern Conference standings.

Speaker 2 (57:35):
We're gonna have Laurel Failure of Queen City Press on
at the top of the next hour, the five o'clock hour,
and talk more Orange and Blue. I just this is
kind of a danger spot after what happened to Nick
Haglan and FC Cincinnati trying to adjust for his loss
in the lineup, I think they were gonna have to
find ways, like you said, to defend and you know,

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find ways to you know, keep the scoring going.

Speaker 14 (58:02):
You're absolutely right, I mean, because look, I mean that's
what it did. In the first game after Aglin got
hurt against Dallas, they jump out to a two goal leads.

Speaker 7 (58:10):
Hope it should have been bigger than that. But then
they took they took their foot off.

Speaker 14 (58:14):
The gas, like you can't do that against teams that
you should be beating.

Speaker 2 (58:19):
And I will tell you, Kevin Denkey to me, is
the key to this team if they can get him. Sergio,
Sergio Santos and path Albuca they scored their tenth all
time goal for the club this season. Get those guys going,
spread out the offense, play with the lead, Alex. If
this team can play with the lead. And I've watched

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them enough this year, You've watched them enough. FC Cincinnati
are eight and two this year in one goal games.
How many of those games have they had the lead
in and been able to play from ahead?

Speaker 14 (58:56):
Yeah, you mentioned it. I mean that's exactly what works
in MLS. In their last win, which came on May
fourteenth against Toronto FC, they got an early goal, they
played from ahead the rest of the way, They defended
really well and got a win.

Speaker 7 (59:10):
North of the border. Uh, there was a game prior
to that.

Speaker 14 (59:14):
I'll give you an example to kind of, you know,
show the contrast here against NYCFC. They gave up an
early goal, they played from behind the rest of the way,
they lost won the nil. So it shows you that
when you score early and you set the tone, more
often than not, you're gonna be able to hang on
in those one goal matches that are going to be
so pivotal the rest of the regular season and once

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we get to the MLS Cup playoffs.

Speaker 5 (59:38):
Are you going over to Savannah Bananas?

Speaker 7 (59:41):
You know, that's a.

Speaker 14 (59:42):
Very good question, Tarn asked me, your producer, asking that
same thing. I don't have a ticket yet, but living
right across the street from there. In fact, I'm seeing
all the festivities right now.

Speaker 2 (59:51):
I was going to ask are they starting a party that?

Speaker 7 (59:54):
Oh they started the party in since like Kenneth Sam,
are you kidding me?

Speaker 14 (59:59):
I go out for a more didn't run and I
can't even go anywhere because all the worlds are blocked.

Speaker 5 (01:00:03):
Yeah, I full disclosure here.

Speaker 2 (01:00:05):
I know Tony Pike thought that I might have taken
the night off and gone down to see the bananas
Savannah Bananas. I would have loved to, but I haven't
been following following them as closely as I should, and
I know they are. They have a cult following. It's
fun though, and certainly I'm sure they will entertain tonight

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at Great American Ballpark.

Speaker 7 (01:00:29):
I'm sure they will.

Speaker 14 (01:00:30):
Well, whatever they do, I hope that we get a
comment from one of them about Skyline Chill at Greaters
Ice Cream Montgomery.

Speaker 3 (01:00:36):
In no doubt.

Speaker 14 (01:00:38):
You know you mentioned the following they have. It is
really really impressive. You know, they sold out Clemson Memorial Stadium,
which holds eighty four thousand.

Speaker 7 (01:00:47):
They sold out.

Speaker 14 (01:00:48):
America, Yeah, I think over it's around seventy five, seventy
six thousand. Like they're not just selling out ballparks, they're
selling out big college stadiums like Clemson.

Speaker 7 (01:00:58):
Like it's really really.

Speaker 2 (01:01:00):
All right, he is Alex Frank does a great job
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Good friend of mine, Alex, have a great weekend.

Speaker 7 (01:01:15):
Mike's same to you.

Speaker 14 (01:01:15):
Happy Father's Day to you, and have a great week
and enjoy the hockey, the US Open, NBA Finals.

Speaker 2 (01:01:21):
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Mike Petralia tracks back with you on the Mowager Radio
show for this Friday, the thirteenth, June thirteenth, twenty twenty
five on Cincinnati's ESPN fifteenth. I want to change gears now.
And we've talked about the Reds a little bit, not
too much. The Bengals, of course, their mini camp concluded,

(01:03:08):
talked about the Stanley Cup Finals. How about the NBA
Finals Game four? This is a massive night in Indianapolis,
a chance for the Indiana Pacers to pull within one
game of their first NBA crown. Can they get it done?
I think a lot of people around the NBA, around
the country when Tyrese Haliburton hit that shot with point

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four seconds remaining in Game number one on the road
at Oklahoma City, when they were trailing by double digits
fifteen points midway through the fourth quarter, I think the
perceptions around the country changed about this Indiana team having
their chances of beating the number one team coming into
the NBA Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder joining me now

(01:03:54):
to talk exactly about that from the Indiana Pacers perspective,
doing a marvelous job covering Indiana Pacers and the NBA.
For the Indiestar dot com is Dustin de Pirak. Dustin,
how you doing. You're getting ready for Game four tonight?

Speaker 6 (01:04:09):
Yeah, yeah, I got a couple more out well, I
guess another hour or so to head over there. But yeah, no,
I'm just it's been certainly been a war winds, certainly
been a lot to take in and obviously cover for us.
But but yeah, no, just very much looking forward to
this one. Definitely think this is this is pretty pivotal.

Speaker 3 (01:04:25):
I think just this for this series going forward.

Speaker 12 (01:04:28):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:04:28):
We had we during one of our ESPN Sports centers
at the top of the hour, we had Stephen A.
Smith on I was listening in the headsets and he said,
if Indiana wins tonight, there's no way Oklahoma City is
going to win three straight and beat Indiana in this series.
Do you share that sentiment that if Indiana can find

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a way to go up three to one tonight, knowing
it's one one one at Oklahoma City at Indiana and
out Oklahoma City for potentially Game seven, do you agree
with steven A that if Indiana can do it tonight,
pretty assuredly they will win the title.

Speaker 3 (01:05:06):
I mean, that's how I look at it. I'd be
really surprised that they drop three in a row.

Speaker 6 (01:05:10):
I'd be really surprised if they drop three in a
row because it's just that just hasn't been their m
you know. The tough part is the Thunder haven't dropped
two in a row at any point this playoffs, rather
have the Pacers, and so you know, that's what makes
that's what makes tonight such a big deal, is it's
it's a question of, all right, the Thunder going to
get off the canvas to take this thing back and
or at least even it up, and you know, making so, Okay,

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you lost the game at home, you need to win
to win a game on the road to get it
back to even you know, like I certainly the Thunder
can do that, the Pacers can win it. But I'd
be just surprised that they blew a three one weight
and just the way that they're built, you know, the
way they adjust the things. I mean, like what, I
still expect the Thunder to go back home and win
game five. Yeah, but I'd have a hard time. Imagine

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the Pacers we come home and lose Game six in
that case, let alone game seven, and so that certainly
they you know, they haven't let any of these games
these series go to seven. They've they've gone up through
one in each of these they've won.

Speaker 3 (01:06:04):
Uh you know, they went too and two and O
to start.

Speaker 6 (01:06:07):
You know, as far as game five were concerned, they
went back to New York and lost Game five there.
But we're able to take the series in game six.
They just it's just the way that they've been playing
in the series. I'm just be really surprised. But it's
really good at making adjustments. If something goes wrong, they're
really really good at fixing it. So I think it's
uh and and I mean it's you know, at this point,
if if nobody wins two in a row, the Pacers
won the series. But yeah, that makes it makes it

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kind of difficult because you do have to win game five,
uh and you would have to win game five in
game seven, you know, in in uh in Oklahoma City
to pull that off. But yeah, no, I think it's
just gonna be I just have a hard time imagine
the Pacers take them that big of an advantage and then.

Speaker 3 (01:06:44):
Completely blowing it.

Speaker 6 (01:06:45):
The thunder a really really good but I just I
don't see them overpowering the Pacers in that way to
beat them three straight times.

Speaker 2 (01:06:51):
I just think Rick Carlisle has I can't get over
the masterful job he's done in the postseason with this group,
and certainly he has had a lot of the pieces
that he likes playing his way, which he asked any
coach in any sport, if I get the guys that
I like playing the way I want them to play,
I like my chances to win. And to me, that

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sums up Rick Carlisle. You know a lot of people
look at Tyre's Halliburton and shake gilgis Alexander the MVP
of the league this year, and that has been naturally
a focal point of this series, no no question about that.
And I'm just wondering the defense on SGA what has

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been the key to He's going to get some of
his points, but he's not going to dominate the uh
dominate the Pacers at key points of the game late
in the fourth quarter.

Speaker 6 (01:07:43):
Yeah, I think it's just picking him up early and
making him work the entire time.

Speaker 3 (01:07:46):
I mean, he's hit some big shots. But it's just
like if you just keep you know, that's that's all.
That's all they say.

Speaker 6 (01:07:50):
And I feel like that's all anybody says, you know,
when you talk about superstars in this league, regardless of
who's guard in the mat think, they generally always said
the same thing.

Speaker 3 (01:07:58):
All you want to do is just make his life hard,
you know.

Speaker 6 (01:08:01):
And so it's just like if you just don't back down,
if you just keep showing up, if you just keep
getting in people's way, then you know, and and you
make them work for everything they get, you know, then
you can live with what they end up getting. And
and and ultimately you will take some of their points
away just by kind of attrition. And so the Pacers
have been picking up early all year as far as

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you're just defending the ball early, basically early in a possession,
basically making sure there's defender in the backcourt to pick
you up, you know, like right after you get the
inbounds pass and just hound you the entire way down,
and you don't you do that in such a way
that you just stay with the guy and just make
him work, not necessarily reaching the entire time or you know,
trying to steal like you're trying like you know, like
it's it's that kind of trap full cord press.

Speaker 3 (01:08:43):
Were you just need to get the ball back. It's
just you make him work.

Speaker 6 (01:08:45):
I mean, if you make him take you know, five
six seconds to get the ball down the floor, you know,
then then you've lost five six seconds in terms of
operation time and you wear the guy out, you get
into his legs.

Speaker 3 (01:08:55):
As they say, it's like kind of a boxing term.

Speaker 6 (01:08:56):
And that's one that where Carlisle was used to say,
you're trying to get these guys legs. You're trying to
make it so that they're not you know, maybe they
get you in the first three quarters, but over time,
when you do that to them for forty eight minutes
and really you know, like at an individual from for
thirty six thirty seven minutes somewhere in that one that range,
he's gonna wear down. And so you've seen in each
quarter the Pacers have dominated that, They've dominated the fourth

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in the series, they've dominated the fourth in uh in
Game three by a lot. You know, I can't remember
what the score was on the top of my head
in the fourth quarter, but I mean they you know,
the game was close going in the fourth and the
Pacers just overwhelmed the Thunder in the fourth quarter.

Speaker 3 (01:09:32):
And that's the type of things they do to make
that happen.

Speaker 6 (01:09:34):
That's what they've done all year and certainly all playoffs,
is just you know, just get at you, get at you,
get at you. That's what allows them to make these
comebacks and when they when they are close, that's what
allows them to put a put a game away.

Speaker 2 (01:09:45):
How much this might sound silly, how much of t
J McConnell does Rick Carlisle see in himself? You know
what I'm asking there.

Speaker 3 (01:09:55):
I mean sort of, but not a lot. I mean,
you know Rick Taul, Yeah he is, he is.

Speaker 2 (01:10:00):
That's why I'm like, I hesitated when I asked the question,
but yeah, just the way he plays.

Speaker 5 (01:10:04):
The game is more to the point of what I
was getting at.

Speaker 6 (01:10:07):
I think everybody, I think everybody looks at TJ and says, like,
he's just what you when you're a coacher, like you
want that because he's a guy who's a max effort
and like, no matter what's going on, you can point
the TJ McConnell and say, well, that guy's working, you know,
like watch TJ for how hard he's playing. Watch TJ
for how hard he's running. Watch TJ for how hard
he's defending, you know, watch TJ for how he keeps

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himself in shape. Watch TJ for how he conditions in
the off season. Like all of these things you complained,
was like, that's the example I'm looking for. And you
could say, like if you guys had half of you know,
it's like from is it from Rudy?

Speaker 3 (01:10:39):
If you guys had half his heart or whatever?

Speaker 6 (01:10:41):
You all America, you know that that's I mean, you
can always take TJ McConnell and apply that, and now
it's built different. TJ's why are different. TJ is not
just the coaches kid. Taj's a coach's nephew. He's a
coach's grandson. He's coaches everything. I mean, they're the McConnell's family.
You know, if you're in Cincinnati, you're at least somewhat
close enough to Pittsbord to know h like you know,
like his aunts and Olympian you know, like they they

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live basketball, I mean more than any more than anybody else,
certainly in the city of Pittsburgh.

Speaker 3 (01:11:07):
Like they're they're Pittsburgh royalty. I'm from Pittsburgh, so I
know that.

Speaker 6 (01:11:11):
And but it's just like when you have that kind
of you know, like when you have that kind of
infrastructure around you growing up, like I mean, you get
taught to do that at an early age and sort
of what it takes and what it requires. And so
I mean he's had some advantages in that regard, but
you know, like he's like the rest of the members
of his family short, but he just never stops and

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and he has had to, you know, he that's something
I had to learn how to do. That's something it's
ingrained in him, but something you know from being a
coach's kid. But it's just like that kind of stuff.
I mean, he's just carved a career out of it
and was undrafted and he started doing that for Philly
on the the process team basically when they were more
or less trying to lose. And but you know, he
was out out there and just making a name for

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himself a baking Sure, he was at least part of
some of those teams once they got to the playoffs
and it had to play well enough to not only stick,
but stick ones they got good.

Speaker 3 (01:12:01):
And you know, that'd really tell you something about them.

Speaker 6 (01:12:03):
Obviously they ended up moving on, but still by the
time they did, it was like, Okay, he done enough
to get himself another place to go, and he just
you know, even after the first year, not the first year,
but basically going into last season, I mean, they were
they wanted, you know, them hard to be the backup
point guard and McConnell really didn't have a spot in
the rotation to start the year.

Speaker 3 (01:12:20):
But I mean just he just was not going to
give up, and.

Speaker 6 (01:12:23):
You know, reached the point was like this, this guy
competes too hard, Like I can't not play him. So yeah,
I mean, he just he he is that sort of
perfect example of like this is the guy that that
does it that hard every single time.

Speaker 2 (01:12:35):
So we have a lot of Dayton fans in the
listening area, naturally, and my daughter just graduated from UD
So I have to ask the regatory thank you, uh,
the obligatory obi topping question. Twenty seven minutes. He had
eight points, four of eight shooting. In game number three,
he had six rebounds. The number that sticks out to me,

(01:12:57):
and I don't know how you feel about this number,
and I think you know what I'm about to ask
the plus minus of eighteen led the Pacers in Game
number three. What did what have you thought of his
play so far in this series and the postseason.

Speaker 6 (01:13:10):
I mean, obviously, you know, obviously when it comes to
bench guys, you're going to see up and down just
by it, just by the nature of being a bench guy.
And sometimes you know, you're sometimes your bench comes in
and takes over comes. Sometimes it doesn't. But you know,
I was I mean, the tip dunk was so massive.
I mean it was just so important in the course
of uh them really kind of turning it on in
that fourth quarter and kind of putting that game away.

(01:13:31):
You're just like, like every time, you know, the Pacers
are not a good offensive rebounding team. I think they
might be the worst offensive rebounding team in the league. Uh,
you know, they might have been. I think they might
have finished last and second chance points. So it's one
of those things where you get one, it's a big
deal and it's you know, for them, but it's it
it's just if you're getting a stop, if you're finally like, okay,
we you know, got Haliburn take a shot and miss it.
We're in good shit, Oh my god, where did nobody

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looked at Obie oh Man, you know, and Obie. You know,
Obi tends a guy that did goods back in transition.
But also you know, he leaks when you're on defense.
Like his rebound numbers aren't great, you know, for for
a guy of his size and his athleticism. You know
he can do that better, but he tends to, especially
on defense. Think, okay, if I get going, I get
a dunk out of this, and and he gets plenty.

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But sometimes he's just not a part of the play
on defense when he probably needs to be.

Speaker 3 (01:14:20):
But so that was really big.

Speaker 6 (01:14:21):
I mean I thought, just I rewatched that play, I'm like, man,
like he crashed from way out there, you know, like
he saw a crease and it so like, okay, like
if I nobody's watching me, if I if I can
just get downhill here, you know, no one's gonna block
me out. I'm gonna get this thing. And I thought
that was just an impressive play. But I mean, he's
hit really big shots throughout these playoffs. You know, he's
had up and down days. He's had some days where

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you haven't seen much of them, but you know he
can he can play any position three to five, which
is really really helpful in the playoffs, you know, basically
when you can be and the Pacers don't shorten their
rotation much, but still it allows them to play some
different ways. They can play big, play smaller and faster.
You know, if they use him at the five, they
can play bigger if they use him at the and
move around a little bit. Like I said, he hit

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some big shots, had some pretty good defensive moments. He's
not a great defensive player, but he's had some moments
we've walled up on somebody, had some bigger rebounds that
he's got and just played played with a good bit
of energy.

Speaker 3 (01:15:13):
And yeah, he's just been big for this.

Speaker 6 (01:15:15):
I think one thing that's been really critical, uh, for
them is that you know, obviously.

Speaker 3 (01:15:19):
He was part of the reason he got out of
New York, and he was never.

Speaker 6 (01:15:21):
Going to start there, and and you know he was
he was starting power forward when the Pacers got him,
and certainly, uh, you know, then he got moved at
the bench, and then he got kind of permanently moved
to the bench once they got the Okham. But that
hasn't bothered him, you know, I mean, he's been willing
to still be the guy that he is. You know,
whether his minutes are up or down, Uh, he still
brings a lot of energy. He's still you know, a
great presence on the bench, you know what I mean.

(01:15:42):
Like he's just jumping up and down for everybody. And
he's just a good teammate and just a good dude,
you know, more or less of me. He's just a
nice like he's just the nicest guy, uh that that
you could ever want to be around.

Speaker 3 (01:15:53):
He makes for a great luck room presence.

Speaker 6 (01:15:55):
And even even if he didn't get the exact opportunity
he was expecting to get, uh, he still really embraced
the role and made the most of it.

Speaker 5 (01:16:02):
All Right, We've got to wrap up here.

Speaker 2 (01:16:04):
Speaking with Dustin to Piak of the Indiestar dot Com,
Miles Turner did not attend I believe the Thursday media
session he was out ill. Is he going to be
available tonight for game number four?

Speaker 3 (01:16:16):
Yeah, he's not in the injury report, so he should be.
Now it's question of, Okay, how available is he?

Speaker 12 (01:16:23):
Uh?

Speaker 6 (01:16:23):
You know, imaginably it's not seem as much how available
is he? Obviously played thirty minutes not feeling great, But
the question is so and he had the moment that
weren't grit but he did have five blocks in that game.

Speaker 3 (01:16:34):
He had to grit it out.

Speaker 6 (01:16:36):
Uh, you really just to play, I think, you know,
I mean like it sounds like it's a respiratory thing,
just like and by respiratory, I mean he's got a cold.
And so you know, like like frankly, I know what's
gone through the press corps, like you know there we
we definitely have been talking to several people around the
press corps have been like, yeah, I had something yesterday,

(01:16:56):
I had this, I had that, you know, so it's
like it's been around, you know that there's there's been
something going around.

Speaker 3 (01:17:01):
I know, like it wasn't fun for me. The first
couple of days.

Speaker 5 (01:17:04):
I was dealing with hot tea and honey, you know
hot tea and.

Speaker 6 (01:17:07):
I didn't do that, but I should have because I
did like six radio shows and then I like could
not speak by the end of it. But yeah, I think,
I I don't know, you know, like what kind of
effect it's going to have or what and you know,
like how bad he's I feel if a day is
going to make a difference, certainly, you know, some time
to medicate and whatnot. Might might help the cause, but

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we'll see. You know, I don't know how he's gonna feel,
but I mean, I can't imagine he's not going to
play if he's not on the injury report. No reason
to think you wouldn't, but you know, you might. You
might look about him out there and say, man, he
doesn't seem like he's having a really fun time today.

Speaker 5 (01:17:41):
All right.

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Time out well do thank you so much.

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third and final hour. A good friend of mine, someone
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Dayton Daily News and the and the Orange and Blue
otherwise own is FC Cincinnati of MLS for Queen City Press,
the one and only Laurel Failure. How you doing, Laurel?
You're looking forward to the weekend?

Speaker 12 (01:20:10):
M it's you know, we have this break now at Bengals,
but you know, you never know when we're gonna get
news with all these contracts that we're still waiting on,
so it'll be an interesting break, but on the road.
So I've got some time with my family this weekend.

Speaker 5 (01:20:27):
That is phenomenal. It is Father's Day weekend.

Speaker 2 (01:20:30):
By the way, before I forget to all the fathers
out there, take your kid out to a game, do
something like that, out to any activity. My dad always
used to take me out to a red schame down
at Riverfront and spend Father's Day with me that way.
There were a couple of times he would take me
out golfing. When I got old enough to be able

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to golf confidently and not hit every other shot into
the woods, he would take me out to Sharon Woods
or Blue Ash. But all the fathers out there, make
sure you do something fun with your dad. And if
you're out there and you're old enough, take your dad out,
treat him well. Do not let him cut the lawn.

(01:21:12):
It is not the day to be doing yard work.
That's another thing, Laurel. I don't know how your significant
other feels about this, but I will not do yard
work on Father's Day.

Speaker 12 (01:21:25):
Well, we have a thirteen year old now that we
have mowing our lawn. We don't make him do it
during the school year as much, he's so busy with
school and sports. But my husband really looks forward to
that in the summertime, letting our son handle that.

Speaker 2 (01:21:40):
As long as he handles it safely, of course, naturally,
But yeah, I do not miss doing yard work, especially
when the humidity gets north of sixty percent. All right,
let's get down to the business. You mentioned the five
week window now that the players will get to relax,
certainly the coaches will too, will get into how Al

(01:22:01):
Golden is going to finally go about relaxing after his
hillatious last twelve months. But play, I should say, the
contracts the agents never stopped working and my question to
you is do you think eventually this deal with Shamar
Stewart gets done before training camp or does it lead

(01:22:23):
into training camp which starts July twenty third.

Speaker 12 (01:22:27):
I think it will. I mean he even said he
thought it would be done by now. To me, I mean,
it's one little clause that they're kind of arguing over
and it just seems like at some point something's got
to give. So I do think that it will get done.
You know, he obviously, you know, he says he's not behind,

(01:22:50):
but you know, this offseason was an important time for
him to kind of settle in and you know, I
know he's in the playbook and studying everything, but now
actually putting it into action, I think it does put
him a little behind a little bit, and so he
needs to be out there for training camp, and I
know that's his goal, that's everybody's goal. So I just

(01:23:11):
got to think, Yeah, I wondered if maybe it would
even be something. I guess from him not showing up yesterday,
we had a kind of idea that it probably wasn't
getting done real soon. But I kind of wondered as
we were going through the week it would be a
thing like where te Higgins signed his right after mini camp,
and of course that didn't end up being the case,
so it'll be interesting to see how long that drags out.

Speaker 9 (01:23:34):
But I got to think they got.

Speaker 12 (01:23:36):
To get that done before training camp.

Speaker 2 (01:23:38):
Yeah, I would think so also. But my concern with
this whole situation is the vibe and the optics. And
Ted Karris, when he held court yesterday after the final
practice of mandatory mini camp, said all the right things.
He's a player rep, he's a captain on the team,
he's an employee of the organization. And he said, I

(01:24:01):
could look at this from about five different perspectives, and
he said, look, when you're talking about millions and millions
of dollars and you're talking about eighteen million dollars or
so for a guaranteed contract for the number seventeen overall
pick because he's a first rounder and it's the cash
is slotted and it's guaranteed for first round picks in

(01:24:23):
the NFL. You know, he said all the right things.
It is business. But for schamar and who have said
what he did vocally to criticize the team without having
even stepped on the field, let alone for a game.
Laurel but not even for a practice hip. I don't know,
I think that's going to strike a disenfranchising cord with

(01:24:44):
some of the veterans.

Speaker 12 (01:24:46):
I do think that doesfort him a little bit, But
I also think there are probably a lot of people
realizing this is a twenty one year old, this is
his first go at this. He's not getting great advice
who like to me, it almost seems like maybe he's
kind of taking the path that Trey Hendrickson, Like he

(01:25:09):
saw Trey Hendrickson go public about his frustrations and that's
who he's been looking up to this whole time, even
though you know, Trey hasn't been around, Like he said,
I need to learn from him. He's watching what Trey
is doing. I think that, you know, maybe set him
down a different path. I actually I think that he
also didn't intend, probably to say as much as he did.

(01:25:31):
It seemed like he started off kind of tempering what
he was saying. And you know, he did say he
was frustrating and disappointed that he wasn't signed. But then
as he kept getting asked more and more questions. You know,
it was different waves of people coming into that interview.
I feel like it was like three different groups like
it started with you know a few of us and
then TV Comms and then some other writers come and

(01:25:53):
so he was answering the same questions. I feel like
as he had to keep answering those questions, it just
he kind of let it slip more and his fresh
station just kind of built. So that was kind of
my take on that. I don't think the players, like
even Ted said they're not resenting him, and he made
sure to point that out multiple times in that interview yesterday.

(01:26:13):
And so I do think it was that yesterday. I
don't know what it was. I guess that was Wednesday
or yeah, yeah, yeah, Thursday, yesterday. I'm ready for breaks
is going to go fast. Yeah, but I do think
like there is an understanding, like he is a young guy,
so I think that'll kind of help him a little bit.

(01:26:35):
But yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that impacts him.
Just his relationship at the Bengals going forward, which.

Speaker 2 (01:26:42):
Gets done the first Trey Hendrickson or Shamar Stewart.

Speaker 12 (01:26:48):
I think Shamar Stewart, I just don't get the impression that.

Speaker 9 (01:26:52):
The needle is moving at all.

Speaker 12 (01:26:53):
That's what Trey. Trey wants a long term deal and
you know, he said, I don't need to be the
high is paid, but he does probably want more than
the Bengals are offering, and I know he also. I
think the long term thing is what he's really focusing
on because he wants to be able to tell his
family like, this is where I'm going to be, which

(01:27:14):
the Bengals don't like to do that after your thirty
So I think that it's going to be a dragged
out drama issue with that. I think Samar Stewart definitely
gets done before Trey. Just my opinion.

Speaker 2 (01:27:30):
What were your biggest takeaways from the mandatory mini camp.
I know what the players, I know what Zach Taylor
said in terms of how productive it was the bit.
You know, Ted Kerris definitely made a point to discuss
how much work the offensive line and defensive line got done.

(01:27:51):
Now they cannot they don't practice in pads. That doesn't
happen until the second week of training camp. We understand that,
but he said he went out of his way, did
Caris to point out the fact that Jerry Montgomery, the
defensive line coach, and Scott Peters, the offensive line coach,
both new coaches in their respective positions, are bringing different

(01:28:12):
ideas to the trench work and the trench warfare and
what they can get done in different styles, and I
found that interesting in terms of the work they were
able to get done.

Speaker 12 (01:28:24):
Yeah, And I mean those are the two areas that
everyone's kind of focused on right now. The defensive line obviously,
you know, the pass rush is a big talking point
with you know, Trey and Schamar not being there, but
and just the lack of sacks on the team outside
of Trey last year, so that's a big area of emphasis.
And then of course two new guards coming in next

(01:28:45):
to Ted Carris, so there's a lot of attention on that.
You know, I do look forward to seeing how that
ends up playing out in training camp when we can
actually see them in pads and then preseason games. But
it does seem like they're pretty pleased with the progress
that they made, even being limited with no no pets
and all that. But I was more intrigued by just,

(01:29:10):
you know, obviously the offense having so many pieces back,
the continuity that was a big talking point. I just
feel like they're laying a really strong foundation for building
off an already really good year offensively last year. And
then just watching the secondary, just how they were moving
guys around.

Speaker 3 (01:29:27):
You know.

Speaker 12 (01:29:28):
Obviously Dax Hill wasn't in there as he's still on
the rehab field and hoping to be cleared by training camp.
So that's a really interesting just seeing what al Golden
is going to do with those guys, Like, you know,
Dax seems like he doesn't even know his role yet.
So we did see guys kind of you know, Cam
Taylor Britt playing in the slot at one point, you know,

(01:29:48):
so they are kind of giving a chance to getting
a chance to see guys and other positions, and that'll
be something to watch for sure during training camp.

Speaker 2 (01:29:59):
I also think Laurel that the way Jermaine Burton has
showed up to camp, I do believe that he's making
every effort to show that he's grown up. And obviously
he had to do that because given what took place
at the end of last year, the off the field
issues regarding his apartment, regarding his former girlfriend, all of

(01:30:21):
that had to be addressed with the team and he
had to step forward and say I get it now.
I've made these substantial changes, substantive changes to show you,
to show my teammates that I'm growing up. And if
Jermaine Burton can gain the trust of Joe Burrow, and

(01:30:41):
you have t and Jamar and then you have andre
Yoshavash and Jermaine Burton as the second duo behind them
that has the potential of being phenomenal. And I haven't
even gotten the tight ends in Mikeasicki yet or Chase Brown.

Speaker 12 (01:30:58):
Yeah, I mean yeah, I was really you know, surprised,
just you know, when we were there for the draft
and saw Jermaine Burton on a Saturday morning They're at
the facility, I was.

Speaker 13 (01:31:08):
Like, whoa, this is?

Speaker 12 (01:31:10):
This is new. So he obviously he credited Tea and
Jamar as really helping him along. And I think it
really helped that they were here this offseason, that they
already had their contracts done and could almost focus a
little bit more on Jermaine and do it, you know,
helping him. And I think that made a big difference.

(01:31:30):
Just he seems really locked in. Even cut his hair
and said that he was you know, you know, it
was symbolic of a fresh start with the Bengals. So
he seems really excited to kind of put the pass
behind him and really show what he can do. Because
I think he was probably he had to be disappointed
and how everything transpired, like he had a forty seven

(01:31:53):
yard catch against Kansas City and everyone's like, oh my gosh,
look what he can do for us, and then nothing
after that. And so I think that he wants to
show that the Bengals, you know, made the right move
in taking him, and that he can really add to
this offense. And if he if he can, if he
can you know, stay locked in and on time, and

(01:32:14):
you know, off field issues aren't aren't a problem, then
he could definitely, you know, that'd be a great asset
for the Bengals offense behind those other three that you mentioned.

Speaker 2 (01:32:24):
The hardest working defensive coordinator in the NFL, Al Golden,
And we joked with him this week when he held
his press availability on Wednesday that Zach Taylor had told
him take a day, take it two days or whatever,
and let your brain relax after having gone for almost

(01:32:44):
you know, eleven straight months with Notre Dame, the longest
college football season ever, and then immediately going into the
NFL and trying to play catch up before the NFL
Draft in April and going through the whole free agency
and integrated new players. I don't think anybody needs these
five weeks more than Al Golden does.

Speaker 12 (01:33:07):
Yeah, he is definitely looking forward to that. He said
he regretted not taking that time, but I mean, he
had a lot of work to do. That defense had
a lot of issues last year, and I can't blame
him for wanting to jump right in, and you know,
there was a lot of work to be done this offseason,
and so it'll be interesting to see just how his

(01:33:28):
changes and what he's bringing to the defense can help
this team in twenty twenty five.

Speaker 2 (01:33:34):
All right, let's switch gears and talk about the other
team that you cover, FC Cincinnati, the Orange and Blue.
I still think Laurel they are trying to get over
the injury Nick Haglin, and you know that loss to
DC United was very puzzling to me. I wouldn't call
it troubling because they're still in good shape in the

(01:33:56):
Eastern Conference sheet, but I still think that they have
got some work to do to find some continuity after
losing him and some momentum.

Speaker 12 (01:34:07):
Yeah, and it's gonna be tough this next well, definitely
this game and then potentially three more games after this.
They could be missing Miles Robinson he's away with the
US national team to the Gold Cup.

Speaker 9 (01:34:20):
You know, the US national.

Speaker 12 (01:34:21):
Team isn't doing very well, so there's a chance that
they don't get very far in that tournament. But Miles
Robinson being out is a big one. And then obviously
Nick you mentioned him, just the energy he has brought
to the team. I feel like he was having one
of his best seasons of his career before his injury,

(01:34:41):
and yeah, it just seemed to really deflate the defense
as soon as he went out. And then on top
of that, Matt Mialgas still hasn't played a full ninety
minutes as he's still trying to get back to one
hundred percent from his knee surgery that he had last June.
And so the defense is it's a little bit of
a question right now. So they really need the attack

(01:35:03):
to I feel like the attack has been doing a
lot better these last you know, probably probably the last month.
I know they've they've had a week, an extra week
off this week, but I feel like the attack in
their last month of games was really starting to develop.
And hopefully we can start seeing more goals out of
FC Cincinnati's playmakers on offense and maybe that helps take

(01:35:27):
some of the pressure off that defense while they're trying
to figure things out without some of those important pieces
in the back line.

Speaker 2 (01:35:34):
Now, you mentioned Miles Robinson, and I'm curious, because I've
not followed this as closely certainly as you have, how
a team like FC Cincinnati playing in the MLS, how
do they accommodate for players who leave for international competitions
for let's say two to three or four weeks.

Speaker 12 (01:35:55):
Well, they knew that Miles this was going to be
the case with him last year. He was actually gone.
It was almost two months that he was gone because
he went he was Nations League, there were multiple friendlies
in there, and then then he ended up going with
the Olympic to the Olympics in Paris. So he was
gone for an extended period last summer, and at that

(01:36:19):
time they didn't really have the depth to account for
him being gone. And then they had injuries to Nick
Hagland and Matt Maaska, so they ended up having to
really change things up and move guys out of position
to fill those voids. Now they do have more center
backs that I think they're comfortable with, but yeah, it's

(01:36:43):
it's a little tough because we just haven't been seeing
the production out of Hilberto Flores, is their U twenty
two center back that they signed this offseason. He looked
really good early in the season, but it hasn't looked
as great and minutes that he's gotten recently now there
was a big stretch of time where he wasn't getting
a lot of minutes and I think that impacted him.

(01:37:03):
So maybe he gets back to that form as he
kind of gets back into playing more matches that we
saw earlier in the season and then teenagehdev He's a
veteran guy that they can count on, but he was
looking like he needed a break and he ended up
going to Zimbabwe's national team for a couple friendlies in Morocco.

(01:37:24):
He played two ninety minute games, was a captain for
his team and those friendlies and now comes back on
just one day of rest and then training today and
then expected to play on Saturday. So who knows what
we see from him. I think that they felt like
they had enough s death to account for Miles being one,

(01:37:46):
but I think they also thought Matt Miasga would be
a little further along and how he would be feeling
coming back from his season engine in Journey last year,
so it's a little bit of a question mark. They
might end up having to switch their formation just to
account for not having some of those pieces on the
back line right now, which they have done earlier in

(01:38:07):
the season. Against Toronto they moved to a four back
line instead of having three center backs and two wingbacks
to help out on defense. So I wouldn't be surprised
if maybe that's the way that they account for that.
But Pat Noonan, he'll get as creative as you can
to try to account for that.

Speaker 2 (01:38:26):
And there's still no timeline on Nick Haglin, correct, so.

Speaker 12 (01:38:32):
It's pretty much they it's pretty much gonna be six
weeks from the injury is what they're looking at. And
Pat noon And said this week it seems like he's
on track for that, so that would put him back
maybe the second week of July. Maybe they so their
next let's see, I know they played July fifth. I
think you'd probably have to be after that because that's

(01:38:53):
it's right around that range. So probably that second week
of July is what they're looking at.

Speaker 2 (01:38:58):
You have any big plans coming up for five weeks,
just family time.

Speaker 12 (01:39:03):
Right, family time, but the Club World Cup is another thing.
I guess I should push that a little bit here.
Club World Cup is in Cincinnati. There's four matches at
TQL Stadium. There's a lot of buzz around Byron Munich
being one of the teams here. You know, Munich being
a sister city of Cincinnati and Germany, so there's a

(01:39:23):
lot of excitement around that. They are playing an amateur
team that made the Club World Cup, which is really interesting,
Auckland City from New Zealand. So that's a group of
guys that basically have regular day jobs and they're playing
for fun, so kind of an underdog story that would
be fun to follow. But they're going up against the

(01:39:45):
German Giants, so that'll be tough playing Byron Munich on Sunday.
And then Dortmund is the other German team that'll be
in town. They have two games as well, and then
FC Salzburg and dude, I can't remember who they're I'll
Patchuka from Mexico. So some good, good teams that are

(01:40:06):
coming here. Maybe not the greatest matchups, but still a
lot of excitement around that tournament. It's a you know,
one of a kind event that will happen every four
years and a chance to crown a world champion in
club soccer rather than just the national or the global
World Cup champions that we're used to.

Speaker 2 (01:40:26):
Yeah, it was just that you summed it up perfectly there, Laurel.
It is the World Cup for club teams around the world,
as opposed to the World Cup that we're all used
to following every four years for internet or nations. So
that's the difference. That's why it's called the Club World Cup,
all right, She is Laurel Faylor does a great job
covering the Bengals for the Dayton Daily News and FC

(01:40:50):
Cincinnati or the Queen City Press. Laurel, thank you so
very much for joining me.

Speaker 12 (01:40:56):
Thanks for having me anytime. Trags, enjoy your break as well.

Speaker 5 (01:41:00):
Believe me, I am all right.

Speaker 2 (01:41:02):
FC Cincinnati takes on the New England Revolution tomorrow night
from Jillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusett's just south of Boston.
Of course, the game will be right on these very
airwaves seven thirty pm on ESPN fifteen thirty, so be
sure to tune in to that. We'll have more at
the bottom of the hour. For now, my name is

(01:41:24):
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Mike Petraia Tragg Back with you on The Moegger Show
on Cincinnati and ESPN fifteen thirty. As we continue our
conversations with local baseball coaches who have managed their teams
to the state Final four, it is my pleasure to
welcome Brad Geshwind. He is the head coach of the

(01:42:32):
Lakota West baseball team that is headed up north to
take on Lewis Center ol in Tangi. Their semi final
is on Saturday, Brad, Welcome to the show.

Speaker 9 (01:42:44):
Dah, thank you, thanks for having us.

Speaker 2 (01:42:46):
So how much of a thrill is this not only
for you but your kids?

Speaker 9 (01:42:51):
Oh, It's unbelievable. It's just such a cool experience. It's
an awful lot bit of fun. Watching the way they've
played the last few weeks as a good time. It's
fun and I'm excited for these kids here.

Speaker 2 (01:43:03):
Now what's interesting is this is the first time I
believe the Firebirds have been this far in the state
tournaments since two thousand and seven when Lakota West head coach.
The head coach was Bill Dreisbach. What do you remember
about that and what does it mean to you to

(01:43:25):
end that drought and bring this team back to a
place that hasn't been in eighteen years?

Speaker 9 (01:43:31):
Yeah, So this group, I'm excited for this group. I
was fortunate enough to be on that seventeen when we
went up there, and it was an awful lot of fun.
The team went back to the final four and eight,
and then they went to the final four and seventeen,
but in seven our group won it. And I'm excited
for these kids to get to experience that. You know something,
I was fortunate enough to experience as a player.

Speaker 2 (01:43:54):
What's the most important thing you want your kids to
keep in mind when they're playing a game at this level.

Speaker 9 (01:44:00):
Fun, Have fun. I mean, this is a sport that
these kids have played for years. They've done it, they've
played the game of baseball, and just at the end
of they enjoyed the experience, Enjoy the environment, enjoy the
fact that you're one of four teams left in Division One,
and take everything in and have some fun with the
whole weekend.

Speaker 2 (01:44:20):
Yeah, let's go over some of your star players. Cameron Gallas,
he hit four fifty three on the year, and also Bradenson,
he has three homers to lead the power attack for
you guys in Land and Holt, Let's not forget him,
he's driven in twenty seven RBIs.

Speaker 5 (01:44:39):
What of those guys meant to your team?

Speaker 9 (01:44:42):
Oh, there, they've put together great years. They put together
great years. Two of those guys, Braiden and Land and
being team captains, have done it the whole year. And
Cam had Cameron Gallis had fought a little bit of
an injury early on, started out real hot, and then
came right back and didn't miss a beat. He kept
back and kept winging it. We looked at the you know,

(01:45:02):
the situation or the game the other day against Mueller,
Braden Johnson hits a huge triple too in the later
in the inning, I want to say it's or later
in the game, fifth inning or so, H's a huge triple,
big momentum swing for us. The day before, Lanta polkiets
down a safety squeeze in the first inning to put
the only run on the board up for US against
the old Danger Liberty. So these guys have done it

(01:45:24):
all year. They're they're hit in the middle of our order,
and they've produced all year for us.

Speaker 2 (01:45:30):
Now, Uh, I want to go back a little bit
since you brought it up. The game against Moler. Uh,
it was an epic game, three to two contest, and
you guys score twice in the second inning, once in
the fifth inning.

Speaker 3 (01:45:45):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (01:45:45):
And Moeller makes it close scoring once in the bottom
of the fifth inning.

Speaker 5 (01:45:49):
To play a team like Muller, a fellow Southwest.

Speaker 2 (01:45:52):
Ohio UH team, Uh, you know, they of of course
have a great tradition in baseball. What was that game like,
what was the atmosphere like going up against the Crusaders.

Speaker 9 (01:46:05):
Yeah, they were a great ball club and coach Hill
does a fantastic job. We were able to push one
more across. Last week, Adrian Smith through an outstanding game.
But it was awesome for our kids. A big game
and that type of situation with a lot on the line,
a chance to go be regional champs and then go
to the final four. It was awesome. It was awesome

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to see sitting as being their coach and watching them
play well in a huge game. Was an awful lot
of fun and exciting for the kids.

Speaker 2 (01:46:33):
What was it now, I'm reading the box score and
I see Matt Ponatowski, who was known for his feats
and football. Of course, he started that game correct and
he threw one inning.

Speaker 9 (01:46:46):
He came in at the end.

Speaker 5 (01:46:47):
Oh sorry, okay, he.

Speaker 9 (01:46:48):
Came in at the end. Yeah, he came in at
the end. And Zion through at the beginning, and we
were able to put together some great at bats. Kind
of early in the game. We forced some you know,
three four, five pitch at bats and we're able to fight,
fight a couple of pitches off and get a couple
of big hits in some situations. Then Matt came in

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at the end.

Speaker 2 (01:47:12):
So tell us a little bit more about Lewis Central
and Tanji. What you've been able to glean about them,
pick up information, scout them, if that's possible at this level.
I mean, I'm sure there's some scouting that goes on,
no question, but certainly this is high school baseball and
there isn't as much I wouldn't assume as much data
that's available at higher levels in college and pro.

Speaker 9 (01:47:36):
Right, you know they're a good baseball team. Anytime you're
playing this late in the June, you're a good baseball team,
and you're playing well. I think they're a group that
plays really hard, as super competitive, and they my understanding
is they have a lefty on the mound who's a
pretty good pitcher. So we know we got our hands full.
We got to keep doing what we're doing on our

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side things and play well.

Speaker 2 (01:48:00):
What has the last six days been like for you
getting your team ready?

Speaker 9 (01:48:05):
Fun? I know it's I know, I keep coming back
to that word, and it's kind of, you know, one
word that keeps coming up in my mind, But it's
an awful lot of fun. The kids have been out
of school for a few weeks now. It's a group
that really gets along well with one another and practices
this week are just fun. The kids are excited. The
kids are ready to go, and they get to spend

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one more week of practice with one another, and they're
excited to go up here this afternoon and have another
good practice.

Speaker 2 (01:48:31):
Is Keegan Campbell your eighth starting tomorrow?

Speaker 9 (01:48:37):
No, Actually, Tucker Wilburn will get the start for us tomorrow.
Keegan Campbell is out of the bullpen. I know he's
got a lot of decisions. I think he was, I
forget exactly off the top of my head. I don't
know if it was five and zero at one point
or what the case was. Doesn't give up many earned runs,
but he's a kid that we've brought in in huge situations,
one of those being late in the game against ol
and Tangi Liberty last week to close it out and

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finish the game. There's he's coming to those tight games,
those tied games or plus one type of situation, and
he's thrown extremely well.

Speaker 2 (01:49:05):
You guys have only allowed three runs in four tournament games.
I guess, as a head coach of a baseball team,
if you're pitching well and your defense has sound, you
feel like you've got a very good chance.

Speaker 9 (01:49:18):
Yeah, and I like to mention it all starts with pitching.
All starts with pitching, and our guys have done a
fantastic job all year. Our team is senior heavy and
our pitching staff is senior heavy. And Tucker Wilburn Adrian
Smith last week are both seniors and they throw really well.
They threw really well and then handed it off to
our both and it threw extremely well. Who again are

(01:49:38):
both seniors chamber Right and King and Campbell. So it
all starts with pitching, and our guys have done a
fantastic job of keeping us in the game.

Speaker 2 (01:49:46):
What's interesting also to me and speaking with Brad Gashwinn,
head coach of Lakota West Firebirds, two wins away from
a state title, which would be the first in eighteen years.
He was on the last state tournament champion and ship team. Brad,
what's the atmosphere been like at school? School is out
and it's kind of a unique situation. I'm curious if

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you've had a lot of students come out to these games,
parents n actually come out of the players, But what
has the atmosphere been like given the fact that you're
playing well beyond school letting out?

Speaker 9 (01:50:21):
Absolutely, it's been awesome. Our our fans, our parents, our
families have been a fantastic job. Our administration is phenomenal.
They've been huge supporters through it with our for us
throughout the whole year. And you know, we're on the
bus right now and we had a ton of people
come out and send us off on our way and
there was tons of people out there to show their

(01:50:41):
support for our kids, which is awesome to see because,
like you said, it is a summer school is out,
but you wouldn't know it walking around our school.

Speaker 2 (01:50:49):
Where is the game specifically, if people want to head
up and are listening to this and have time tomorrow,
where is the game and what time is it?

Speaker 9 (01:50:58):
We're at four o'clock at Thurman Munson Stadium.

Speaker 5 (01:51:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:51:02):
I used to work up there, Brad, and that is
a treat to play in that stadium. It's it's a
unique baseball experience. And obviously you know there will be
other teams up there as well. I think it's going
to be much like the college World Series environment in Omaha.
I'm sure it's very exciting for all these kids to

(01:51:24):
get together and watch each other play.

Speaker 9 (01:51:28):
I'm sure, Oh absolutely. I mean it's really cool you
got games all day. We're at two different ballparks, and
there's you know, there's just a lot of people around there.
There's a lot of excitement in the area and you know,
just happy for these kids to get to experience this also.

Speaker 2 (01:51:44):
And I want to finish up on this note. Uh,
there's so much camaraderie I'm sure among fellow high school
coaches in the Greater Cincinnati area. You have two other
programs that are also in the state final four. You
have Indian Hill with Kerrie Daniel at the Helm there,
and you have obviously Hamilton Baden. I'm curious that if

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you keep track of their fortunes in the state tournament.

Speaker 9 (01:52:13):
Absolutely, yeah, it's always it's great to see teams out
of our area have successful years. And the baseball community
is a small community and there's a lot of sport
support for one another, and we're excited to see programs
from our area make it deep into these tournaments, all right.

Speaker 2 (01:52:30):
Speaking with Brad Gashwin, head coach of the Lakota West Firebirds,
they have got a huge game Saturday afternoon at Thurman
Munson Stadium up in Canton against Lewis Center ol in
Tangi the state semifinals. Brad thanks so much for taking
time out and best of luck tomorrow.

Speaker 9 (01:52:49):
Thank you, thanks for having us all right.

Speaker 2 (01:52:52):
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