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Joe Dell is joining us right now with a big smile coming off that awesome weekend.

Joe, we really appreciate the time off of the historic weekend.

How are you doing, and how much is your phone blowing up with all kinds of fun and praise

over the last 48 hours?

Of course, all you guys can hear me, right?

Yep, we got you guys on good.

Okay.

Now, it's been crazy.

It just, baseball is weird.

You just never know when different opportunities are going to present themselves.

I was, for those three players, I was in a shift where I was comfortable and covering

my ground and KP, you know about this, but there's just certain spots in the field where

you get to where you just know you're going to make plays and for those three balls that

I caught, I was, I was right there and so I was just pretty special.

I think it's kind of a full circle moment when obviously, you know, Tori talking about

kind of my evolution through finding out how to be a better defender and working on it

and trying to, you know, add it to my game as something that, you know, I could put towards

the team and help the team to be better and, um, yeah, like you said, my phone's been

going off for pretty constantly nonstop for a couple of days now.

So it's been crazy, crazy moment.

Well, thanks for getting back to me.

I know how busy your phone was, but I reached out to you.

I told you I woke up one in the morning, let my dog out and my phone was blowing up too

and I'm like, it's very rare in this game.

You get an opportunity to rob one home run yet three opportunities in one game and you

made all three plays, but my question to you is, you, you hear what Tori had to say

about you, but I was also your teammate a couple of years ago and in order to be a lead

at this game, you have to have a lot of confidence in yourself at what point, not to see

you lost confidence, but at what point did you kind of just say, hey, I don't have all

the answers.

Let me, you know, take some of the advice that guys like Tori are giving me and then

bow quarter when he was there, you know, what changed for you?

Yeah, I think when we played together, that was kind of the start of me kind of asking

those types of questions and trying to figure out, hey, like, how do I approach this

a different way?

Really through the minor leagues, I never really had any issues defensively, it was kind

of like, I made the plays when I made, when I made them, but obviously you get to the

big leagues, the balls are hit a little bit harder, you know, the optics are completely

different.

So, you know, I kind of had to, over time, kind of swallow my pride and say, hey, like,

this is something that I don't have the answers for, you know, I was used to kind of knowing

those answers, but, you know, when you get up here, it's different, you know, you got

to focus in a different way and look, and, you know, and look at things through a different

lens.

And so just using the resources of the people around me and finding a routine that works

for me has really just been the biggest change.

One of the things before, but I got to say this, I was your teammate before KP was your

teammate.

So KP don't try to like take all the credit for this young man who's had a beard since

you were like seven, it seems like all the pictures and so on, 12, okay.

So anyway, you talk about, you talk about like, I kind of just knew what I needed to do

in AAA.

We talked about before you came on, how the angels, somebody does well in the minor leagues,

call them up to the big leagues, call them up to the big leagues, do you feel like you

would have maybe learned some of these things, had you spend a little more time, spent

a little bit more time in the minor leagues where you were doing so well, or was it something

that you needed to see how dudes hit the ball harder in the big leagues?

You needed to see these different things and make these adjustments in the big leagues.

Yeah, I mean, great point.

I definitely think I needed to get punched in the jaw a little bit.

I think that's part of it.

I think that I've always been somebody that I thrive often, they adversity and trying

to come back and find a way to be better and recognize what didn't go well and try

to find the answers.

I think throughout the process of the minor leagues to AAA, I kind of had it figured

out, to an extent where I don't want to say boring.

That's not really the right word.

This is still professional baseball and competitive at that, but it wasn't the big leagues.

The big leagues requires you to be at a certain focus every day that is different and it requires

you to learn something.

You might have everything figured out in practice and in the game, it doesn't show up.

I definitely think that I benefited from not having it figured out and then being able

to come in and try to put the pieces together.

In the moment, you're like, man, I don't want to go through this, but then on the other

side, you're like, hey, this is what I needed.

I definitely would say that.

I think it's through all three of those plays because it felt like it got more difficult

and then arguably one of the best catches I've ever seen.

When you're standing in the bleachers, holding the glove up, and I know that photo has

been iconic.

I think someone told me four million views already.

At some point, you're like, holy shit, I just made this play.

It was pretty crazy.

The first one that was hit, it was a lot like a play that I made a year ago where I was

kind of at the yellow line.

Obviously we have unright field, the elevated fence with the line and you try to block everything

above it because anything over that's a home run.

I got back there pretty good.

I was on a deeper shift, so I was already closer towards the wall and then I jumped and

I was like, man, I just made that play, but it was a play that I've made before or close

to it.

Maybe a little higher up than the normal catches kind of at the wall there.

We were pretty fired up.

The fans were in it and then the next one was hit very similar and I'm like, I'm having

some sort of, it's just like a flashback and I like replaying this and so I go back to

the same spot that I caught the original ball and pretty much did the same jump and I was

in the same spot and I'm like, man, I just took two away.

Without the course of this game, this was the pitcher's goal.

I mean, NETO had the home run to start off the game for us, but it was pretty quiet

all the way through the game.

We were kind of just battling defense at that point, knowing that the starters were throwing

well and the bullpen guys were throwing well, so we get to that ninth inning, historically

over the past couple of games, Seattle has been pulling the ball.

They were pulling the ball.

The lefties were pulling everything, so we were kind of like, hey, let's just edge on

the side and getting closer towards the foul line and just playing a little deeper.

Because most of the time in those shifts, you play a little shallow, especially when you

have those runners in scoring position and stuff like that, you're trying to take away

cheat base heads, but we were playing back and I was on the corner and JP hit that ball

down the line and it had enough hang time.

I got to the wall on the corner, the little roundabout and I'm sitting there looking at

this and it's literally me and the foul pole.

So it's like I'm sitting here, I'm looking at the foul pole on the left side and I'm

seeing the ball and it's starting to tail back over and I look in the stands, me and this

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All right, rank them, rank them as far as coolist, but also rank them as far as most

difficult.

Yes, I probably say the coolest is definitely the last one by far, especially being in

the ninth setting, you know, in a one run ball game like that.

I mean, going into the stands, you can't beat that.

You do that in the backyard as a kid, like that's like something you, you know, you

reenact.

So that's definitely the most difficult, the coolest.

The second catch was probably the easiest just because I had done the first one.

So I kind of like had like a gist of like where I was going to go and how I was going

to make the play.

The first one was probably the second hardest, but I probably say that that last one, man,

it was that was a blackout moment for sure.

What you're feeling, let's just take the last catch going in the stands or hitting a

walkoff on run to be honest with you and the ninth ending like that.

And we had been grinding all the all game long doing something on a defensive end like

that.

I'm taking that, I'm taking that like the opportunity to be able to be in a position

to do that versus, you know, obviously getting a pitch to hit.

I mean, the rarity of that in itself is, I mean, like how often are you going to get a ball

that you could catch like that to save a run, you know, in the ninth inning?

That's like, you can't draw it up any better than that.

Bigly gallfiners are always, you know, working on being able to feel the wall run, run to

the warning track in BP, getting your reps in.

Have you ever made a cool catch like this in BP that you're like, hey, that had been

sick if I had done that in a game?

Yeah, so I actually last year was the first year, well, I guess it was two years ago

the first year, I started really working on it because I, that was actually something

that I struggled with was getting to the wall.

I would probably get like a step or so from the wall and then kind of jump early or

misstep early.

So we really worked on getting me back and just trusting that, hey, like I'm going to

know when I get there and I have made a couple that are pretty cool, particularly in

the center field last year, I made a few during practice that were, that were pretty cool.

But yeah, I've worked on it, you know, it's been something that I've worked on and just

not all home runs, but just getting back to the wall to have a chance to, you know, make

a play and that's what happened, you know, since the game of inches and feet, you know,

you never know if something's going to sneak over, balls are hit a lot farther at times

than missed it to go a lot farther.

So just working on getting back and getting in space.

But I made some pretty cool ones doing that, doing that drill for sure.

How much do you think getting the opportunity to play center field last year kind of has

just really helped your confidence because in order to be an elite center fielder, you

kind of got to be the man out there, you got to be the alpha.

And I know firsthand when I moved to the corners, I had to be a little bit more submissive

to the center fielder.

You hesitate a little bit more, but when you go from center field to a corner, you kind

of have that alpha mindset and it seems like it's really kind of helped you with obviously

that some of these plays you made a couple nights ago.

Yeah, definitely, I mean, like spatial awareness, I think is the big one too that kind of comes

to mind because when you're in center field, there's more than the left that you're worried

about.

You know, I know when I'm in right field, you know, depending on where my shift is, I'm

only really worried about the part of the field that I have to cover that's nobody else

can get to.

Right?

When you're in center field, there's two areas that you have to worry about covering at

all points and obviously behind you because, you know, that's the bigger part of the field.

So yeah, I think for me, it just kind of opened my eyes to, you know, knowing my surroundings,

being more aware and when it comes to making plays like this, where you're by the wall,

you're close, you're in small, you know, areas to make plays, you don't have as much room,

you have less time to make a decision.

I think going back into right field after having some of that experience in center has

kind of allowed me to be more aware of where I am on the field and be able to do a better

job of getting off to that jump and trusting, you know, trusting your read and you're in

center field, you have to trust it, you know, and that's like one thing that I learned

through the middle of the year last year was just go, you know, just go, you'll figure

it out once you get there.

But really that, you know, special awareness and knowing where you are, this is huge.

Which of your teammates was the most just about the last catch?

Mike was fired up, man.

Mike was fired up.

I haven't seen him that fired at like, it was really cool for me to see because, you

know, he came up and told me that it was, that's one of the most remarkable things he's

ever seen.

And, you know, obviously him and Tori, they sat out and watched my post game on the field.

And for both of those guys as much baseball and as much success and accolades as they both

have been able to get to just the fact that they were in awe of what I did was just

extremely, extremely special and just to see the looks on everybody's face of just how

they were part of a baseball experience that they've never seen before was just really

cool.

And, man, it's, I don't know, it was one of those things where I was getting asked questions

after and I was like, I don't even know what to tell you, I mean, this was, this was

insane.

So, obviously, it's had never been done before and just like the hugs and people saying

that they appreciated that they could be a part of this was just pretty cool.

So.

Yeah, speaking of Mike, even as teammate for a while, there's probably the first time

you've seen him completely healthy.

Well, what's that been like?

Because I think that's the biggest regret in my career is one that I didn't get a chance

to play with them.

He was hurt that all year, but I also didn't get to see him healthy and perform like

we've all been accustomed to seeing him do.

It's going to be special, man, it changes the dynamic of the entire lineup because Mike's

one of those guys with how much power and how much ability he has to do damage at the

plate and really hit for any type of average or do whatever.

He is, you know, he has like 12 walks right now.

You know what I mean?

Like this guy, like if they're not throwing him strikes, he's taking the base, he's allowing

traffic, which was kind of a struggle for us last year was getting guys to kind of get

on base in those times when we needed it.

And then when he needs to, you know, they throw him his one or two pitches again, almost

like the very bond treatment and he smashes one in the gap or it's a two run homer and

it's like, that's just vintage Mike trout.

So just having him back in center field, feeling healthy, being in his element.

I mean, it's so big for us collectively at the unit because there's just so many things

that he can threat you with on the baseball field.

And it feels like for me that he just learned something new every day.

And it's just the type of special talent that he is.

And I mean, what else can you say?

It's Mike Trial.

So I mean, having him out there, running him out there in center.

I mean, it's pretty electric for us.

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All right, talking about health and throughout is, you know, the biggest thing, obviously

going to be a future hall of fame and all that stuff.

One, do you know how his hand is?

And two, does your body feel different?

In just these first like week and a half, two weeks of games playing right field compared

to center because that was the big talk that Mike wanted to go back to center after

playing right some last year.

Yeah, he obviously got banged up pretty good in the game yesterday, but I think he's

going to be okay.

I think I think a lot of this is precautionary.

He had like a little bit of a bruise going on, like on the hands.

It was weird how it missed the pad kind of.

It's like he had the pad on top, but the ball kind of hit like on the side, like under.

So he'll be fine though, we're hoping that he's going to be good the next day or so.

But yeah, I mean, having him back in center field, that's what we wanted.

We wanted him to feel like he wanted to run back out there.

If he wanted him to be comfortable, obviously for me, I was like, hey, I'm going to do whatever

I can.

You know, obviously I've been primarily a corner outfielder, but you know, if I needed

to go into center, if he wanted to play right, whatever that he wanted to do, we were all

behind it.

And obviously he said, hey, look, I'm ready.

You know, he's really put a ton of work in the off season on getting himself back right

and feeling strong and ready to go and ready to take on the monster of the season.

He knows how to do this.

And so when he said, hey, I'm ready, like I want to go back in center.

We're like, hell, yeah, let's go.

You know, and so having him back out there is pretty awesome, and he's fired up about

it.

Joe, did you see the Mariners hitting meeting the day after you meet those three catches?

Yeah, the game plans.

Yeah, yeah.

Don't hit it.

Don't hit it to joke.

Yeah, that's all that.

That's crazy.

That's all.

Obviously, you guys are rivals and stuff, and you guys are competing for the vision, but

to really just kind of respect the type of day you had, because I don't think we've

ever seen a better defensive performance, you know, in the heat of the moment, to kind

of just have fun with it.

You know, what a sign of respect for what you were able to do the night before.

Yeah, it was, that was pretty awesome.

At first, I thought one of our own guys wrote it, and so I was like, that's funny.

I'm going to go see that in the weight room or something like that, and then I looked

out and I saw it.

So it was, that's funny.

That's good stuff.

All right.

Did you see your defensive metric scores after that game?

Because everybody looks at the box scoring like, who three before, what's the score?

But when you route three homers, you expect your defensive runs saved to be through the

roof.

Correct?

Yeah.

I mean, you would expect so.

Actually, I didn't even peek it.

There was so much going on over the past like day, like it was like I was kind of just

like everywhere.

But no, give me the line.

What do we got?

Okay.

So your defensive run saved is plus four, which was awesome, but you're out above average.

You got dinged.

You robbed three home runs, and you got a, you got a bad out above average score.

Try to explain that to me as a now baseball fan, no longer playing in the metric era.

I don't know how to, I don't know how to break these down.

I'm going to have to ask for help.

I don't know.

Maybe because the ball you caught was out of the field of play.

So they dinged you because that was supposed to be a spectator's ball.

You're now selfish.

You're now considered selfish because you took it to me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I didn't.

I wasn't, I wasn't a fan in the stands.

And so that's why I'm talking to you about what you want.

I'm questioning, I'm questioning life with defensive metrics when I saw that.

Yeah.

Defensive run saves certainly had it down.

So that's the staff cast outs above average fielding run value, right?

That's like the number they put on a field or overall with their defensive value.

And it was based off catch probabilities that were very high Joe.

So that would be a follow up question is, do you feel like the catch probabilities for

a few of those plays should have been, I think one or two of them were 90 plus percent.

And one of them was at least 80 plus percent.

And I'm just like, I'm sorry.

We're looking maybe at some ground to cover, but not the terrain and everything else.

I just think that it's missing the mark when it's evaluating.

Yeah.

There's been some plays where, you know, because I know the outfit or the obviously, you

know, you guys know KP knows, but sometimes when you don't make a play, you look at kind

of like what the percentage would be if you work to make the play.

And sometimes the, you know, the reports are shocking because you're like, Hey, like

I know that I did what I could to try to get to this ball and make this play.

And they're saying that I should have caught this by an 80% chance.

And it's like, Hey, like no way.

You know what I mean?

And so I think there's a little bit of kind of question marks around catch probability

in a way of, did we, did we watch what happened or were we looking at where this ball ended

up or were we good looking at how the ball was hit?

And what the field is, you know what I mean?

I don't really know the exact answers to that.

But sometimes when you, when you get wind late at night, an angel's stadium, it'll push

the ball, right?

That changes the catch probability, right?

Like maybe if this ball was hit during the daytime or during, outweigh out another field

or in another space, like maybe the catch probability would be more of that 80%, 90%.

But when you're playing again with different factors, the difficulty changes on some of

these plays.

And so how we take that into account, I don't know, but I do know as now, food or that's

for sure a fact.

So.

Yeah, it definitely was questioning some things for me.

And all you can do is catch a dumble.

So just go catch it.

Just go catch it.

That's it.

And it was awesome.

I mean, I haven't found anyone yet that has said they've seen three home run robberies

in one game in the major leagues.

So I don't think there's official record books for that, but I feel like you just hit it.

I don't think it's going to be easy to overcome with everything that needs to happen for

that to all line up.

So we really appreciate the time and join us right after that crazy weekend.

Thanks for joining us.

And good luck, Ma'am.

We'll catch up with you again soon.

Absolutely.

It was crazy.

I appreciate it.

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