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DPIA DANPATRICK.COM TWITTER HANDLE AT DPOW PAZULSKI. JOINING US ON THE PROGRAM. UH SO WHERE IS THE SAI UH, HAVEN’T GOTTEN IT YET? YEAH, YEAH. I THINK WE I THINK WE GET IT INTO JANUARY. PUT IT? IT’LL BE ON PROBABLY ON THE WALL LIKE RIGHT BEHIND ME SOMEWHERE ON THERE. NICE AND HIGH. SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN ZOOMS LIKE THIS, IT’S AN EMPTY WALL. THERE’S WHERE, WHERE ALL THE AWARDS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. WHAT IF WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE? YEAH, WE’RE MOVING IN. UH, WE HAVEN’T. THIS IS THE LAST ROOM THAT WE’VE GOTTEN TO. SO WE HAVE JUST HAVEN’T PUT IT UP YET, IT’LL BE ON PROBABLY ON THE IT’S ALL IN THE ROOM. WE JUST UNANIMOUS. THAT WAS SURPRISING. UH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT’S A HUGE HONOR, WINNING THE SAI. YOUNG IS 1 THING. GOING UNANIMOUS IS ANOTHER. SO, UM, I DON’T, I DON’T REALLY DON’T YOU KNOW, KNOW IF I WAS EXPECTING TO WIN IT OR NOT WIN IT. BUT UM KIND OF JUST GOT TO GO IN THERE WITH NO EXPECTATIONS, SO YOU’RE NOT YOU KNOW, UPSET OR ANYTHING. BUT UM, THE UNANIMOUS WAS A NICE TOUCH SEEMS LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS MORE EXCITED FOR YOU LIBBY. KIND OF YOU KNOW SMILING AND KIND OF LETTING YOU KNOW, BE HAPPY HERE. YEAH, I MEAN THAT THAT’S THE NICE THING ABOUT HAVING HER IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE PICTURE LIKE THAT AND AND YOU KNOW, STREAMS AND SHE CAN KIND OF SHOW MY EMOTIONS FOR ME. SO IT’S WORKED 2 YEARS IN A ROW AS FAR AS LIKE FULL-TIME, DH, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO LOOK PART OF YOU THAT SAYS I COULD DO MAYBE A PORTION OF THAT? I COULD BE A HITTER AND I COULD BE A PITCHER. I MEAN, THE THE PORTION I COULD DO IS STAND IN THE BOX. I COULDN’T I THINK YOU’RE BEING HUMBLE. IF I LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE IN COLLEGE, YOU COULD HIT THAT WAS ALSO I MEAN MOUNTAIN WEST IS GREAT. UM, THE MOUNTAIN WEST AND I MEAN EVEN THE SEC AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE BIG LEAGUES. THEY’RE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. SO, UH, I’M GOOD. I’M GOOD WITH WHAT I’M DOING RIGHT NOW. I HAVEN’T PICKED UP THAT IN 2 YEARS, OKAY? BUT IF YOUR MANAGER SAYS, HEY, WHY DON’T YOU GO UP THERE AND PINCH IT? OH YEAH. I’M I’M STRAPPING IT ON LIKE, PLEASE BATTING GLOVES ELBOW GUARDS. EVERYTHING, CAN YOU BE THE BACKUP CATCHER? LIKE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, COULD YOU CATCH? YEAH, I I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE, WE PLAY CATCH EVERY DAY WITH PITCHERS. SO, WE’RE, WE’RE USED TO THEIR STUFF AND, UM, YOU KNOW AND CATCHING IT. IT’S JUST THEY THEY I DON’T THINK THEY WOULD EVER PUT ME BACK THERE. GIVE ME SOMEBODY THAT YOU’D LIKE TO CATCH. NOT ON YOUR STAFF. ANY BECAUSE CATCHER WAS YOUR FIRST POSITION. I MEAN HE WAS ON MY TEAM MY ROOKIE YEAR. UM AND HE HE WOULD DO SOME SOME COOL STUFF. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THROW A HEATER 91, AND THEN PITCH. THEN DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHY AND IT WAS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A SURPRISE EVERY PITCH FOR THE CATCHER. THAT WOULD BE FUN. WHAT’S YOUR HIGHEST RECORDED PITCH? YOUR FASTEST PITCH? DO YOU CARE? LIKE IF, IF I’M ASSESSING HOW YOUR PITCHING DO I DOES THE RADAR GUN MATTER? I, IT DOES TO ME AND IN, UH, BASICALLY LIKE HOW CLOSE I AM TO MY MAX AND THE MINIMUM, LIKE I WANT THE THOSE AS POSSIBLE. SO, LIKE SITTING 100 FOR ME IS BETTER THAN HITTING 102, BUT 97, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WHAT PITCHER ARE YOU GOING TO ADD IN THE OFFSEASON? I HAVE NO IDEA YET. I’M, I’M VERY I BARELY STARTED THROWING RIGHT NOW, SO WE’LL SEE. ONCE I GET ON THE MOUND AND EVERYTHING I MIGHT START PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME STUFF BUT NO NO PLANS FOR ANYTHING YET BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF SOMEBODY TELLING YOU SOMETHING OR YOU’RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU WORK THAT INTO YOUR ARSENAL? YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF IT SO FAR HAS BEEN UM YOU KNOW LIKE HEY YOU SHOULD THROW YOUR YOUR FAST BALL HERE. INSTEAD OF HERE. UH, YOU SHOULD THROW UP MORE IN INSTEAD OF AWAY THAT KIND OF THING RATHER THAN LIKE ACTUALLY DESIGNING AN ENGINEERING NEW PITCHES. UM, JUST IT’S JUST SO EARLY, UM, I DON’T. I’M I’M REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING TO GET MY BODY BACK TO TO YOU KNOW, IN SEASON FORM RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE CAN WORRY ABOUT THE PITCH SHAPES LATER TALKING TO PAUL SKINS, THE UNANIMOUS SAI YOUNG WINNER. I’M NOT SURE IF YOU GOT TO FLY FIGHTER JETS, WHEN YOU WERE IN THE AIR FORCE, CAN YOU CAN YOU EVEN FIT IN THE COCKPIT AS BIG AS YOU ARE? UH, YEAH, I CAN BARELY FIT. UM, YOU PUT THE HELMET ON ME AND YOU KNOW, I’M WEARING BOOTS AND ALL THAT THE G TIGHT. BUT UH, YEAH, I WENT IN, I WENT, ACADEMY ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO MY, YOU KNOW, PLANS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AS AS TIME WENT ON THERE. WELL, WHEN YOU WATCH TOP GUN DO YOUR TEAMMATES, SAY, HEY, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR YOU IN THE AIR FORCE? YEAH, IT’S PRETTY COMMON. UM, YEAH, I MEAN, THEY’RE NOT, THEY’RE NOT PLAYING DANGER ZONE WHEN I WALK INTO THE ROOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY WOULDN’T, THEY WOULDN’T DO THAT TO YOU. WOULD THEY EVER? THEY WOULD NEVER DO THAT. TO ME. UH, LIKE, IS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THAT IS NOT FINISHED WITH THE AIR YEAH. UM, IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE THE MORE I’VE BEEN OUT OF THERE. IT’S YOU KNOW, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LEAVE YOU’RE SO HAPPY TO BE GONE JUST BECAUSE IT’S SO HARD AND SO DEMANDING UM AND THE LONGER I’VE BEEN UP, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THERE AND AWAY FROM THOSE PEOPLE, IT’S LIKE, DANG I I MISS IT. SO UM, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT, I MEAN, I I WHEN I, WHEN I DID MY PAPERWORK, UH, TO LEAVE THERE WAS LIKE A CLAUSE IN THERE THAT, LIKE, I COULD COME BACK AND FINISH MY DEGREE AS LONG AS I FINISH IT BEFORE, I’M 27, SO I WOULD COUPLE YEARS. UM, SO IN TERMS OF GOING BACK AND BEING A CADET THAT’S THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT UH, THEY DO HAVE A BASEBALL TEAM THEY NEED COACHES. UH, OCCASIONALLY. SO, UM THAT’S SOMETHING I WOULD BE VERY EXCITED TO DO. SOUNDS NICE. YOU DON’T GET USED TO LOSING BUT YOU LOSE A LOT WHERE YOU GO FROM WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE LOSING 100 GAMES. HOW HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU? OR HOW DO YOU TRY NOT TO LET THAT AFFECT YOU? YEAH, I MEAN IT’S IT’S TOUGH. IT’S A, YOU KNOW, A HUGE ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ALL I’VE DONE. THE, THE AIR FORCE IS THE WINNINGEST UM, AND THEN I GO TO LSU AND I WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN’T HAD 2 GREAT YEARS. UM, TEAM-WISE IN PITTSBURGH. SO IT’S BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT. IT’S YOU KNOW, IT’S TOUGH TO NOT SHOW UP TO THE FIELD EVERY DAY AND BE BITTER SOMETIMES. UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ON A 7, 8 GAME SKID, UM, I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT JUST COMES DOWN TO BEING A PROFESSIONAL. I, I’VE LEARNED MORE AND MORE HOW TO DO THAT? UM, AND JUST BE PERSON. EVERY DAY, I’M STILL LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT. SO, UM, BUT YEAH, IT’S I MEAN, IT IS ENERGIZING TO TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT COULD BE. UM, IF AND IF, AND WHEN WE DO WIN, SO THAT’S THE THE THING THAT GETS ME OUT BUT THAT’S HOW YOU GET THESE STORIES THAT COME OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU PUT UP WITH THIS WITH YOUR TALENT AND THAT’S HOW THAT REPORT COMES OUT THAT UH, IF IT WAS A TRUE REPORT OR A RUMOR, BUT HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT THAT AN ANONYMOUS PLAYER SAYS THAT YOU HOPE TO BE TRADED TO THE YANKEES? YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS FRUSTRATED FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND THEN UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOT OVER IT AND TALKED TO UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. THERE’S STUFF THAT’S GOING TO COME OUT. UM YOU KNOW, GOOD AND BAD. IT’S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT’S IT’S NOT TRUE. I THINK, UM, THE HARDEST PART OF LEAVING AIR FORCE FOR ME WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST WON A, A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE FIRST 1 IN IN, UH, THE SCHOOL’S HISTORY, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN’T. AND AND IF WE BUILT THAT UM IF IT AND IT FELT LIKE THAT THERE WAS UNFINISHED, YOU KNOW, WORK THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. SO THAT’S HOW IT FEELS KNOW, I WON THE, WE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OR THE THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP UM, THAT’S THAT’S WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR US. WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT AND LEAVING BEFORE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH BECAUSE THERE WASN’T, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS WORK TO BE DONE THAT WE DIDN’T DO. YEAH, AND I THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE’S NO SALARY CAP AND WE LOOK AT SMALLER MARKETS. GOOD PLAY, YOU KNOW, GERRIT COLE, WHEN HE WAS WITH THE CAN THESE SMALLER? MARKET TEAMS, KEEP PLAYERS. SO YOU’RE JUST THE LATEST. THERE’LL BE SOMEBODY THAT COMES AFTER YOU AND, YOU KNOW, THEY’LL BE DOING THE SAME THING. YEAH, I MEAN I’M I’M NOT THE FIRST PERSON UM, NOT THE FIRST PERSON THAT’S THAT’S, YOU KNOW, BEEN THROUGH THIS UH DONE THIS AND I’M NOT I’M NOT THE LAST UM YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST IT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, RIGHT? LIKE YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST BE BITTER AT THE WORLD AND PISSED OFF. UM, OR YOU CAN YOU KNOW FIGHT TO TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT. MAKE IT RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW WHEN UM THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THE 2 PATHS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT THE BAR ONLY MOVES 1 WAY, IT ONLY GOES UP. UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE GOAL. BASICALLY, IT IT VERY EASILY COULD GO DOWN IF YOU LET IT GO DOWN UM SO YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP FIGHTING TO TO RAISE THE BAR. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US IN PITTSBURGH BUT UM, FOR THE NEXT PLAYER, WHEREVER WHEREVER THAT IS. DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE BED? DOES YOU MAKE THE BED? STILL GOT TO MAKE THE BED. THAT’S UH SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T REALLY UH YOU CAN’T GET THAT OUT EITHER. ONCE YOU’VE I PROBABLY MADE A THOUSAND BEDS WHILE I WAS AT AIR FORCE AND, UH, ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT, UM, PROBABLY A THOUSAND ONLY IN BASIC TRAINING. SO IT’S, IT’S HABITS THAT ARE BUILT IN INSIDE YOU, BUT IS THE BOUNCE IN THE QUARTER. IS THAT TRUE? THEY DON’T THEY DON’T DO THAT ANYMORE. UM, AT LEAST NOT WHEN I WAS THERE. THEY MIGHT, THEY MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT THAT BACK. UH, IT’S FUNNY. YOU’LL GET PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, DON’T WANT TO MAKE THEIR BED EVERY MORNING AND SO THEY LIKE DUCT TAPE IT UNDERNEATH SO THAT IT’S ALL TIGHT. UH BECAUSE WE GOT A SHIRT STAYS THERE TO MAKE SURE YOUR YOUR SHIRT STAYS TUCKED IN. AND SO THEY’LL USE THOSE AND TIE IT FROM 1 SIDE TO THE OTHER. SO YOU LEARN THOSE TRICKS FROM, FROM BEING IN IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT UM, ANYWAY, NO, I DON’T, I DON’T THINK THE THE QUARTER THING IS IS TRUE ANYMORE MOST FAMOUS PERSON YOU’VE MET PROBABLY RIGHT NOW. I MEAN SHANE PERSON IN THE WORLD. I DON’T KNOW. I WAS IT. IT DEPENDS, YOU KNOW. DEPENDS. WHAT CIRCLE? YOU’RE TALKING? UH, YOU UM, SHANE GILLIS A GOOD GUY. WE WE WE MET HIM IN DUBLIN AND HE WAS DOING HIS STANDUP OVER THERE. AND YEAH, HE’S HE’S HE’S IT’S REFRESHING TO TALK TO HIM. HE’S, HE’S DOWN TO EARTH. UM, GREAT DUDE, OBVIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, HILARIOUS, UM, EVERYTHING HE DOES IS IT WAS COOL TO MEET HIM. JUST, YOU KNOW, I’M A, I’M A COMEDY FAN. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HIM AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY COOL THEN HE GO TO ARMY. YEAH, HE DID BRIEFLY, RIGHT? I GOT TO LSU THE, THE RUNNING JOKE WAS THAT, I THOUGHT ABOUT SERVING FOR 2 YEARS. HE THOUGHT ABOUT SERVING FOR A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN THAT, BUT WE ARE BOTH, UH, MY MY AIR FORCE, COACH CALLS ME A QUITTER. SO WE’RE BOTH QUITTERS. UH, CONGRATS FOR JOINING US. YEAH, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YEP, PAUL SKINS. HE IS A UNANIMOUS. DID YOU SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS IN THE BACKGROUND WALKING BY A COUPLE OF TIMES? I DIDN’T SEE THAT? YEP. YEP. NOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON’T YOU GET YOUR COME UP HERE AND JOIN US?

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