WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.390 from the World Series, we're coming to you from 00:00:02.390 --> 00:00:05.190 Beautiful Minute Maid park, we got an 88 win 00:00:05.190 --> 00:00:06.889 team from the N. L. East, we 00:00:06.889 --> 00:00:08.800 got the kings of the A. L. West 00:00:08.810 --> 00:00:13.720 , it's a great matchup all day yesterday. I 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.940 kind of just have roamed the house and was numb 00:00:17.949 --> 00:00:21.219 . I'm starting to get feeling back in my body 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:24.690 and mind and everything. Um you know really just 00:00:24.690 --> 00:00:27.379 at the thought that my God we are, we're 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:29.339 in the World Series, try and live in the 00:00:29.339 --> 00:00:31.420 moment. We've been preaching in our hitters meetings. 00:00:31.420 --> 00:00:34.149 The last couple of weeks is the moments trying to 00:00:34.149 --> 00:00:36.670 turn them into incredible memories and we've been able to 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:38.929 do that the last couple of weeks. So this 00:00:38.929 --> 00:00:41.630 is a moment and we still got a few games 00:00:41.630 --> 00:00:44.469 to make u turn into incredible memories feels different cause 00:00:44.469 --> 00:00:47.130 I think the with the Dodgers there's an expectation it's 00:00:47.130 --> 00:00:52.250 kind of World series or bust and I don't think 00:00:52.250 --> 00:00:56.070 that was necessarily expectation, especially to the way the 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:00.049 brave season went to start and we really had to 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.960 grind and work for it. So I think when 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:04.840 you get a group of guys like that and everything 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.120 starts clicking up and it's really fun and it's really 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:12.409 exciting being back here in Houston, you know having 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:15.260 played with a few of those guys over there um 00:01:15.939 --> 00:01:18.450 you know gone through a lot with some of those 00:01:18.450 --> 00:01:19.659 guys over there. Yeah sure. I'm sure I'm 00:01:19.659 --> 00:01:22.280 gonna feel something that I get on that mountain. 00:01:22.579 --> 00:01:25.730 I just don't think there's any way not to. 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:27.950 It's everything. I mean we he and him, 00:01:27.950 --> 00:01:30.260 we play on the middle of the infield. We 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.269 , we joke around a lot, but when a 00:01:33.269 --> 00:01:34.870 serious work, we go out there and competing as 00:01:34.870 --> 00:01:38.049 opposing team, but we always try to, you 00:01:38.049 --> 00:01:40.959 know, relate from each other. Clearly we can't 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:42.250 get enough of each other. We're gonna sit next 00:01:42.250 --> 00:01:45.319 to each other at the podium. I mean, 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:49.569 it's just, it's, it's just a testament and 00:01:49.609 --> 00:01:51.599 that, you know, you can do a lot 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:52.700 of great things in life, but you gotta be 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:53.859 able to work at it. It's crazy. Um 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:57.319 , you know, really to, I said the 00:01:57.680 --> 00:01:59.379 ups and downs that we've had this year to be 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:01.439 here. You know, it says a lot about 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:05.870 this team at the, uh, I was always 00:02:05.870 --> 00:02:07.409 a big fan of the braves growing up, particularly 00:02:07.409 --> 00:02:09.960 because of Javi Lopez, obviously being on the team 00:02:09.969 --> 00:02:13.800 . Um, but uh, it's just a great 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:15.590 opportunity to be here. I'm obviously very grateful the 00:02:15.590 --> 00:02:17.009 organization for this opportunity. I'm glad it worked out 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:20.750 this way and very, very grateful to be here 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:24.650 . This group is a very close knit group, 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:29.550 this group group, they come to play, uh 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:30.180 , you know, they, you know, they 00:02:30.189 --> 00:02:32.919 back each other, you know, they don't, 00:02:32.930 --> 00:02:37.370 they don't, you know, really read their press 00:02:37.379 --> 00:02:40.509 clippings, they don't read positive stuff or negative stuff 00:02:40.509 --> 00:02:45.599 . I've never heard anybody boasted brag, you know 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:46.539 , on this team, which is on my most 00:02:46.539 --> 00:02:50.300 teams. I've been on, I think we know 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:53.629 each other a long time. We know how to 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.759 fix each other help each other and improving each other 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:00.270 I guess. And they can, does I, 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:02.460 one thing I say a lot is chemistry. It's 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:05.500 really good. And I think that they have to 00:03:05.509 --> 00:03:07.610 help. It's really special to be here once again 00:03:07.610 --> 00:03:09.719 with this group of guys. Like I said before 00:03:09.729 --> 00:03:13.319 , I don't take any single second of this year 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.139 for granted. Um, it's just special to share 00:03:15.139 --> 00:03:16.830 the locker room with that group of guys that we 00:03:16.830 --> 00:03:20.810 have in there. They show up every single day 00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:23.370 ready to work the show up every day and they 00:03:23.379 --> 00:03:27.080 work like champions and you know, we're here four 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.849 wins away to become world champions once again. So 00:03:30.340 --> 00:03:31.199 , um, I want to go out there and 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:38.120 make it special and hopefully win it all. You're 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:38.740 gonna, yeah. Since we've got in the postseason 00:03:38.740 --> 00:03:40.729 , we, we've had and have only one goal 00:03:40.740 --> 00:03:43.150 and that's to win the world series. And I 00:03:43.150 --> 00:03:45.080 don't think our mindset is shifted off of that for 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.229 one moment. You were just 100% focused on that 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:49.979 goal as far as dusty. Yeah. He's had 00:03:49.979 --> 00:03:52.120 a huge influence on us. Like I said before 00:03:52.389 --> 00:03:53.770 , he was a ball player. He knows what 00:03:53.770 --> 00:03:54.539 it's like to go through with the daily grind of 00:03:54.550 --> 00:03:57.810 being a ballplayer and knows what it's like, but 00:03:57.810 --> 00:04:00.569 not since what Yeah, I'm not worried about narratives 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:02.569 . I'm not worried about any of that. Um 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:04.180 , I want to win four games. I wanna 00:04:04.189 --> 00:04:06.740 play good baseball with this team to be honest with 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:09.949 you. It's been an honor to, uh, 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:12.659 to suit up with my teammates and go compete and 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.050 um, try and win baseball games and be honest 00:04:16.050 --> 00:04:17.740 with the only thing on my mind is execution. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:19.899 That's it. That's what, that's what, that's 00:04:19.899 --> 00:04:24.040 what postseason winning baseball is all about, is execution 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:29.819 . Yeah. For me, it's an honor. 00:04:29.829 --> 00:04:31.069 It's a privilege to be the starter. Super exciting 00:04:31.069 --> 00:04:32.529 for me to be a starter and gained over one 00:04:32.529 --> 00:04:34.329 of the World Series. That's something I never really 00:04:34.329 --> 00:04:35.980 thought about. To be honest as a kid. 00:04:35.990 --> 00:04:39.170 I just didn't realize what it meant. But when 00:04:39.170 --> 00:04:41.660 I started getting involved in baseball and started realizing that 00:04:41.939 --> 00:04:44.240 just how impactful it was for you both on and 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.310 off the field. Just, that's when I started 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:47.139 , uh, dying wishing to be able to be 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:48.500 a part of the post season to be able to 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:50.439 be part of the team. Um, and obviously 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:53.470 to be an opener, be a starter in in 00:04:53.470 --> 00:04:54.839 the World Series. So it's an honor for me 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:56.459 . It's a privilege. I'm just super excited to 00:04:56.470 --> 00:05:00.170 be here. I'm pleased to announce that Ollie Marmol 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.490 will be the 51st Cardinals manager. This is an 00:05:03.490 --> 00:05:08.290 exciting day. I'm I'm honored to sit here and 00:05:08.290 --> 00:05:10.360 just uh, here you guys speak and present this 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.389 opportunity to me and my family. Not many people 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:15.189 get to manage, definitely. Uh, not for 00:05:15.189 --> 00:05:17.769 an organization like this. It's one thing to manage 00:05:17.779 --> 00:05:19.949 another thing to manage for one of the most historic 00:05:19.949 --> 00:05:21.579 organizations, not only in all of baseball, but 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:25.259 all of sports. And uh, I'm truly looking 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:27.519 forward to the accountability that comes with that and the 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:31.060 responsibility of leading this staff and players to another championship 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:35.949 . I want to welcome ken Griffey Jr, as 00:05:35.949 --> 00:05:40.420 a new member of the Mariners partnership, kim thank 00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:45.829 you. You don't really think of this as a 00:05:45.829 --> 00:05:47.660 kid. I mean, this is a dream come 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:53.060 true. You know, you look at, yes 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:55.269 , you know where I started, where I was 00:05:55.269 --> 00:05:59.050 born to north pennsylvania, uh, steel mill town 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.439 . Uh, and it gives hope for kids to 00:06:02.449 --> 00:06:05.040 be able to reach this point being a part of 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:09.949 an organization. You know, I take this responsibility 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.310 , you know, to the highest level I think 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:15.180 , you know, Being a 17 year old kid 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:17.410 get drafted. You know, I consider this like 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:23.519 the guy who started in the mail and now has 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.449 worked his way up and you know, this is 00:06:26.449 --> 00:06:28.139 the opportunity. Like I said, I don't take 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:31.449 lightly and I look forward to having a fun, 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:34.240 you know, on and off the field, making 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.889 sure that the kids here understand what it takes to 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:40.629 play each and every day. I look forward to 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:43.399 working, you know, with john and chris and 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.480 everybody else in the ownership and asking me questions and 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.019 me asking the questions because it's still a learning process 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:53.910 for me, you know, of being an owner 00:06:53.930 --> 00:06:56.699 . So, uh, it's gonna take me some 00:06:56.699 --> 00:07:00.620 time and I'm going to enjoy it for more on 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:03.079 these and other stories. Keep it locked. MLB 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.160 dot com. It's baseball everywhere.