Hello again. It's Jim Day podcast. Thanks for checking us out. We, uh, I don't know if I should stand at attention for this one or if I should salute my guest today, but he is none other than West Point graduate, Jacob

Herdibes. How are you? I'm doing great. We're rocking a good home stand right now so glad to be on this

podcast with you. Yeah as we record this I mean goodness you're a major leaguer man

crazy absolutely crazy.

You know, I was in Arizona not two and a half weeks ago,

rehabbing a shoulder injury and, you know, I go to Dayton for a couple days to rehab and

next thing I know I'm in air back in Arizona at Chase Field playing for the

Cincinnati Reds.

Just an unreal journey over this past month.

Yeah, and we're going to, boy, we're going to talk about all of that.

Certainly your service at West Point because I think you know it

fascinates me and I think it'll fascinate people and how you earned it at every

level on the deferment how your trailways and your own path but I want to talk about the

present and then kind of move back but I don't know maybe I should have played I played

my own music but maybe I uh I should have rocked this one what do you think I love it I love

brings back some memories I bet it does I mean that's just Americana right there when you hear that right?

The Army Fight song. Yes. Which has some words that I'm sure you you know right?

It's the fearless on the way. Yes. Well all right that that sounds so good we're going to have to well we'll probably have to come back to that that's so good. We'll probably have to come back to that. That's so good.

Might have to cut out the singing. No, no, no, no, no, we want the singing.

Because I love a, like at the Army Navy football game too, boy, they get get it they get it cranked up right have you been to that game oh yeah all four years at West Point so every cadet on both sides the Navy

Naval Academy and West Point you have to attend the football game and it's one of the best days of the year.

I was going to say have to, like please let me.

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