Welcome to the Boneyard with Steve Robertson. As always, I am your good friend and host, Steve Robertson, a little bit later than I wanted to record today, but I've got a good reason. We had baseball media day and softball media day. We also had an opportunity to use the new softball facility hitting cages. How about that? Your good friend and host out there, Raking, I even did some work off the tea, man. I mean, you know, I was a hitter, right? I understand the importance of hitting off a tea. You're never too old or too developed to hit off a tea, ever. Young people let that be a lesson to you. I remember being, you know, it's like, no, I'm going to hit off a tea, right it's like an ego thing now Derek Jeter hit off a tea religiously you can too

right but it was fine, and I tell you what, Coach Ricketts. Number one, what a great facility. And it's good to see it now functional. And as she pointed out, you know, it's not, there's no coaches offices. There's no booster areas.

It's all about the players.

It's an incredible facility.

It's something you all should be very proud of.

I know that I am.

And to go in there and have all the technology

and analytics and things like that, I'm not going to lie to you.

I never hit 80 on my exit below today. I didn't. I barreled a few of them up, but I did not going to lie to you. I never hit 80 on my exit below today.

I didn't.

I barreled a few of them up, but I did not have the day that I'd hoped to have, but, you know,

I'm in my 50s.

So some of those young people, I think sometimes I think your good friend and a host is over the hill.

And I found out that the pitching that a pitching you know

cage set up and one Brian Ogden had 38 miles per hour so of course I had to get in there and beat

Brian Ogden and he got a little salty buddy Brian's my friend a young guy very very competitive

heard a story about him nearly causing a brawl after a classy slope Brian's my friend. A young guy, very, very competitive.

Heard a story about him nearly causing a brawl after a classy, slow-pitched softball game.

Yeah, good stuff.

But yeah, it's great, number one, to let's talk a little ball.

But to get in there, and I thought Coach Ricketts was great, I mean, she really was, and was very glad that we came, thanked every member of the media that came.

I think the star today hitting was my wife Dana Robertson.

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