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Best of the Bus: Tony Vitello: "In Between The Lines There Are No Rules"
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Ryan Seacrest
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Co-host 1
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Tony Vitello
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Co-host 2
Lenovo. Welcome back to another episode of the Bus and Spring Football Tour. I know we've been talking about football spring ball, but coming to the University of Tennessee, we had to get on the juggernaut. We had to get on Coach Vitello. Correct.
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Tony Vitello
Correct.
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Co-host 2
Tony Vitello.
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Co-host 1
This most Italian name ever.
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Co-host 2
Yeah, yeah. Young gun. I mean, look at him.
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Co-host 1
He's handsome, bro.
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Co-host 2
Before we get into. Before we sit here and melt on our couches, this thing is brought to you by the Chevy Silverado, the hardest working truck on the planet. Dependable, durable, just like the people who drive them, you and Coach V. But we had to get the baseball guys on. You guys are crushing it. I hate that you guys just lost one last night because you guys were on an 11 game win streak. You're 30 and two now, is that correct?
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Tony Vitello
31 and two.
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Co-host 2
31 and two.
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Co-host 1
Can't forget that one.
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Co-host 2
And Jack was. Jack is a huge Tennessee guy.
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Co-host 1
Yeah.
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Co-host 2
And everybody went to school here. Yeah. And everybody's been talking about Tennessee baseball. And I'm on my phone last night late at night, scrolling, seeing all your guys, highlights and everything else. And Coach Eckler's giving me a background on you guys. You guys are kind of like the Detroit Pistons, the bad boys of SEC baseball, college baseball.
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Tony Vitello
Raiders. Yeah.
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Co-host 2
Would you agree with that? Is that fair to say? Is that a good assessment?
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Tony Vitello
I mean, I kind of like that now at this age. I grew up, my old man's from Chicago, so I grew up a Bulls fan and I hated the Pistons. But I think if you're a competitor, that's kind of the way it should be. You should love the guy if he's on your team or you should love your team if they're yours. And then you want to be hated if you Know, if you walk into an opponent's building, you don't want them to like you because that means they're thinking, easy victory.
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Co-host 2
Yeah, yeah.
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Co-host 1
But baseball in a lot of ways, like, you don't see guys hitting grand slams and going halfway to first base, talking shit, throwing that shit in the air like it's fucking nothing. Like you did. You walk into the team meeting room one day and go, hey, here's the deal. Fuck these guys, all of them.
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Tony Vitello
No, I mean, I do think we've got a certain attitude about us, but you have to in order to survive in our league.
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Co-host 1
But SEC people, man.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah, sorry. Any Power 5 league? No, but then we had a non Power 5 team, put it on a slide night. So, no, again, at the end of the day, it's all about competition, and you got to be who you are. And. And that guy in particular you're speaking of is one of our team leaders, and he's just very unique. He's. He's a gentleman off the field, and he's an assassin on the field. And sometimes I do my best to control him, but sometimes I can't.
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Co-host 1
Yeah.
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Tony Vitello
Yes. Drew Gilbert. He's a fan, fan favorite. And again, anyone that's got to know him as a person would love him. But immediately when we go into another place, we're in Oxford, Mississippi, recently, and it took their fans about two outs in the first inning, and he was just on deck to understand that he's not the one to like. But, you know, our guys do got a little bit away about him that, you know, again, if you're cheering for us, I think you enjoy, and if not, you may question it. But I don't think anyone ever goes over the line to do something disrespectful to the opponent. It's just in baseball, you got to be a personality. If you look at, like, the most fun teams since we've been alive, like the Phillies back in the John Crook era, Darren Dalton and those guys, and the Red Sox when Millar was on their team. I mean, it's. It's long days as a baseball player. You got to have some stuff going on in the locker room to bring you together and also keep you entertained during all those. All those hours.
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Co-host 1
So this is your fifth season with the Volunteers. Is this like something that's kind of built over time or is it for whatever reason this year? No, it's kind of just you guys have become like the bad boys of the sec.
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Tony Vitello
No, I think last year, without last year's team this year's team is not having the success they are. And then if you go back to our first year, our pitching coach and I were joking about how we were just starving for any win possible. And that's how we were handling our pitching was just one day at a time. We just need as many wins. So it's been, you know, without going into the whole long story, it's been a gradual deal. And I'll tell you what, when the fans got on board and you know how crazy our fans are, that's what kind of helped catapult this whole thing.
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Co-host 2
I think what's cool too is like, you guys, it's clear about your, you guys having fun. And like you said, if you're an outsider and you don't cheer for the, for Tennessee, you might question it or whatever. But baseball for the most part is a very uniformed, buttoned up sport. And knowing that you have a team like you do, having the fun and bringing out their personalities and having their unique style about them, and then you have a young coach like yourself who kind of embraces it. The whole Mike Concho story, the whole Mike Concho bit is hilarious. Is that something you're conscious of? You kind of just let it fly and tell the boys like, hey, we're going out here to have fun. Who gives a shit? Like the opinions that are out there about the sport of baseball, it's kind of like you guys are bringing a flavor to the game.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah, I think that's something. You try and set the tone from day one and manage what you think your culture's kind of overused word. But what your style or brand name is going to be. And when we first got here, Tennessee's had great players for quite a while. I mean, Nick Sinzell was the second pick in the draft before we got here. I mean, they've had talent, but they hadn't had kind of a flavor. That Arkansas where I came from, you could stereotype their baseball team. And again we talked about Mississippi or Vanderbilt. And now I think we've kind of created our own brand name. And along the way I've kind of felt like we introduced some ideas to them. They've run with it and now we just got to make sure that fire doesn't burn too bright. Sometimes those boys get a little out of control. And again, there, there is a line to walk. What's. What's the right way to do it and what's not?
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Co-host 1
My question is, why is there a line to walk? Why not just ride this thing in the sunset? You Know what I'm saying? Grab the chariots. Be like, Icarus dude. Go to the sun.
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Tony Vitello
Sure. Well, you know, we're on. We're. We're televised here, and you fellas are popular, so you got to make sure you don't say the wrong thing too many times. But, no, it's. It's the in between the lines. To be fair, what you're saying, there are no rules, so. I know in baseball. Yeah. I mean, there's different versions in football. In baseball, if somebody bunts when they're winning up by six runs or someone throws inside, I mean, where's the rules? It's. You're between the lines, and it's killer, be killed. And then at the end of the day, kind of like UFC guys do when they dab each other up, it's like, how the hell are they. Do they just try to kill each other? But it's a mutual respect for, you know, hey, what just went on here? There was something pure there and almost kind of primal that we are getting, you know, getting into it, and now it's over with.
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Co-host 1
When you say, like, bunny, when you're up six rounds, six runs, like, what are some of the, like, unspoken rules of baseball as. You just don't do that. Maybe. Maybe you guys do.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah, that's what's interesting. You know, like you said, why is there a line? They're unwritten, so there is no actual book. So it's.
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Co-host 1
It's kind of a gentleman's game part.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah. It's kind of all up to perception. And, you know, I don't. You know, you. You want to be sending guys from second base on a borderline call to score if you're already up 10, 12 runs. I. I think it's just, you know, not putting the pedal of the metal too much if it's, you know, a big lead to your team. But, you know, otherwise, you know, it's like Batista hits that homer against the Rangers and throws his bats. If you don't want him to throw his bat, then don't give up a home run. You know, if you had a ball that far in that situation, to me, you can do whatever you want. And if you're the opponent and you don't like it, then do something about it.
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Co-host 1
Well, they do do something about it. They. The next time he's up at bat, next time you guys play music, catches a little chin music, one of the ribs real quick. When is the time that. Do you. In baseball? Is it like that in college baseball? Do you Guys kind of give them the, hey, this dude's been talking. No, no, give him one.
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Tony Vitello
No, it really doesn't go on, on at our level. I mean, I saw one of our juco commits. I went down and watched him and he actually hit a kid in the helmet. And the first base coach yelled, what the. I think I can see say, whatever. Yeah, what the fuck are you doing? And he basically stormed onto the field and, you know, the kid just had one get away. I mean, these guys, that's just not a part of our game as much now. I think in the big leagues maybe a little bit. You saw Lindor get hit in the head, but I really don't feel like there was intent there. There's too much money involved. Plus, nowadays, instead of like George Brett playing for the, for the Royals his whole career, you might get traded the next day and be on that guy's team that you just threw at. So. So, you know, hey, that's wild like that.
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Co-host 1
The trades are crazy. Like in, in football, I don't know when the trades are, but when football is like week eight, by week eight, you can't trade anybody anymore. How's it working? Baseball?
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Tony Vitello
No, it's deeper into the year in baseball. And two, when you come up through the minor leagues, you might have played with all these guys because there's a bunch of trades that may go on throughout a guy's career, just trying to make it up, you know, through the ranks. And then two, now all these guys, like Bryce Harper, first time I ever saw him was at the area code games. It's where all the best players go. Well, they all become buddies and especially on social media now too. So as intense and competitive is as much money as there is out there. I think at the end of the day, all these guys are kind of buddies. I mean, Drew Gilbert, again, maybe the most hated or the villain leader of our team. Yeah, trust me, you would. But he played on Team usa, so there's the best player from Florida and best player from Georgia, and they all get to know him and they all like him.
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Co-host 2
You know, the. My concho bit is that something that was premeditated?
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Ryan Seacrest
Is.
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Co-host 2
Did you just watch Talladega Nights recently?
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Co-host 1
No.
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Co-host 2
Or was that just off the top and you're having fun?
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Tony Vitello
No, I need to watch Talladega Nights soon.
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Co-host 1
But you haven't seen Talladega Nights.
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Tony Vitello
I feel it's proper to, to visualize or see that every month or so, you know. Yeah, that's fair.
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Co-host 2
Staples.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah, but those in game interviews, like, I Can't believe, like, a guy like Saban, like the halftime interview or right before kickoff. But I know they have to do it. But it's cool when you're watching on tv, but when you have to do it in the dugout and, like, your guys are hitting or pitching, it's pretty. It's distracting. And so I had a lot of emotions boiling in my body, and that was just kind of what came out. I say a lot of dumb things sometimes because you got the Italian temper going.
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Co-host 2
You got that. You got Italian temperature. Issues.
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Co-host 1
Yeah, it's.
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Tony Vitello
It's a good. It's a good alibi.
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Co-host 2
Yeah.
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Tony Vitello
No, nothing premeditated. Just question. And Chris Burke, who was a legendary player here, works for espn. He was the one conducting the interview. And I just have a level of comfort with him. So it's kind of like us sitting here, you know, average talking. Yeah.
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Co-host 1
Yeah.
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Tony Vitello
That's my first effort, I think, with me to have kind of feels good.
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Co-host 2
Let's go.
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Co-host 1
You just start letting him fly now.
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Tony Vitello
You know what I'm saying? Gestures.
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Co-host 2
And what are these guys doing?
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Co-host 1
You know, all the stereotypical things he doing.
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Co-host 2
He's just disrespecting. Ah. He can't help. But he's Italian. Exactly. Anytime you have an interview, we'll pioneer that for, hey, nobody get mad at him. He's.
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Co-host 1
We'll just redo your interview and just put where you should have.
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Tony Vitello
I appreciate that. If you do a little history, you probably need to patch some things up. Between a fast food restaurant and myself. I. Yeah.
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Co-host 2
What is that? Like, you dive into that.
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Tony Vitello
Well, it was after a game, and my stomach was in knots. Kind of like you, you know, would be if you ate it up. You can pick whichever one you want. I. You know, and I said that out loud. And they happen to be one of our sponsors, so that didn't go over very well.
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Co-host 2
So you don't want to say the name because it's still a sponsor.
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Tony Vitello
No, I've already written enough apology notes.
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Co-host 1
Rhyme with no. I don't want to say.
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Co-host 2
It's raising canes.
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Tony Vitello
No, not at all. Our guys love canes. Right. Right up the road.
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Co-host 2
So are we able to say who.
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Tony Vitello
We can leave it at that for now.
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Co-host 1
Y. That is a smart move.
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Co-host 2
Hey, he already apologized, so he already backpedal. He's gotta. He's gotta stay true.
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Tony Vitello
I gotta find a way to get to make up with last night's umpire, so that's on my to do list. But we're gonna. I don't need any More.
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Co-host 1
You see them pretty frequently, the same ones.
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Tony Vitello
Oh, yeah, you do.
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Co-host 1
And it's gotta be tough.
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Tony Vitello
No, it is.
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Co-host 1
And.
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Tony Vitello
And you'd like to think, like, hey, man, when you're in your, you know, garb you're wearing or whatever, and I'm in uniform, were these characters. And then outside, like, I don't really care. I don't know how you guys were as teammates, but, you know, sometimes it's hard to differentiate. You know, maybe you don't respect a teammate as much, but off the field, you, you know, he's a civilian or he's just a dude, you know?
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Co-host 2
Yeah, I love that, man. He's a civilian.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah.
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Co-host 2
I tell you what, he's got the Italian, and he reminds me, like, Coach Bo. He kind of blacks out as he's out there coaching. I don't know if you're familiar with Coach Bo Pellini.
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Tony Vitello
Very, very.
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Co-host 2
You guys probably running the same, you know, mob ties and stuff like that. I didn't know where I was going with that. That's a beautiful comment.
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Co-host 1
I do want to know a little bit. Something about you were bringing up Bonterra, Missouri, where Will when you went to school.
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Co-host 2
Yeah.
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Co-host 1
Before this. Well, I want to hear a little about me.
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Co-host 2
He goes, you went to North County? And I'm like, how in the do you know about North County? And then you're like, stop, Save it.
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Tony Vitello
Well, I'm from St. Louis, and so the big thing there, right or wrong, is, where'd you go to high school? That's the first question everybody asks someone in high school. So I know where you guys went. And because of recruiting rules, I can't speak too much about your high school, but. Oh, really?
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Co-host 1
Oh, we got some studs out there.
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Tony Vitello
Very good relationship there with their best player.
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Co-host 2
Why? Okay. You can't speak too much about his school because of what kind of rules?
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Co-host 1
I can see the school, Right.
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Tony Vitello
If a kid commits but he's not signed, you can't say anything.
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Co-host 1
But I can say, so there's a
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Co-host 2
kid who's committed at the said school, but we can't say the school.
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Co-host 1
Can I say the school?
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Tony Vitello
We can't say your school.
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Co-host 1
I can say Chaparral High School.
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Co-host 2
Okay. Yeah, yeah.
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Co-host 1
Hey, that's a little grade school.
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Co-host 2
We just can't say, hey, is he from Chaparral High School?
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Co-host 1
Studs out there. Well, he can't say chapter.
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Tony Vitello
He can't.
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Co-host 2
We can't even ask that. We just say. We're just saying what your school is.
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Co-host 1
We can't talk about It.
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Co-host 2
But you went to Chaparral.
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Co-host 1
I went to Chaparral.
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Co-host 2
Got you outstanding school.
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Tony Vitello
A lot of good players out of that.
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Co-host 1
A lot of good players in that area. Arizona baseball. Solid.
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Tony Vitello
Oh yeah, huge.
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Co-host 1
It's a nice deal out there.
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Tony Vitello
So Ian, I coached at University of Missouri. Ian Kinsler was on the first team that I coached and what years at Missouri? Yeah, 9902 as a player and then I was there until 11 as a coach.
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Co-host 2
Were you there with.
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Tony Vitello
That's why we're going to bring up Coach Hype recruiting story. He doesn't know you said his name. I wasn't going to say his name. I was going to go fast forward.
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Co-host 2
We can bleep that out too. The reason we bleep it out.
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Ryan Seacrest
Here's why.
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Co-host 2
So his dad, very familiar. I'm very familiar with that family. His dad was my football coach growing up. He would. Was a stud player in high school. I'm sure, like, obviously he went and pitched at Mizzou, but basically I was like in 4th, 5th, 6th grade just terrorizing the fields of Bonter, Missouri. I mean I was a savage, savage. And every Friday or if it was a Saturday day game, his dad would take me, he would drive a couple of us players to go watch them play north county play because north county was a good football team too. But was like that dude in high school or belief was that dude in high school.
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Tony Vitello
There's a.
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Co-host 2
So now
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Co-host 1
when you say he was that dude in high school, like as a player or was he like slaying, what are we talking about?
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Co-host 2
As an athlete? He's a good football player. Good baseball player. Smaller too. Could sling it like, you wouldn't think he could sling it like have a fastball and stuff because he's not tall and linky and all that. But he was just a stud, stud person and he had like a. He had a story that we can.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah. You asked Coach Hype about a recruiting story. I was fortunate enough to, to be listening in and I immediately thought because you were the one asking the question. Well, I got a recruiting story for you. Because I'm really young, I begged the coach to let me be the volunteer coach, you know, just unpaid coach. And after a year, our recruiting coordinator leaves and I eventually get the job at a really young age, don't know what I'm doing. And I take the baton from him, from this kid we're recruiting. He's like, the first thing you need to do is kind of finish the task, getting this guy committed. So I don't Want to say he's the first player I recruited because I don't want that label. But he went to that high school, North County. You're the one saying his name. So he was a part of.
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Co-host 2
Just pointing out.
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Co-host 1
You're the one saying his name.
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Tony Vitello
He was a part of the first recruiting class we ever had, along with Max Scherzer and some others. Yeah, Max. Max actually threw a combined no hitter against Texas Tech. The only problem is, later in the year, stabbed a guy.
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Co-host 1
Oh, and that was a twist I didn't see.
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Co-host 2
And like. No.
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Tony Vitello
Stabbed the guy like a good slider. And like, hey, I stabbed you. It's a baseball term.
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Co-host 1
With a knife.
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Tony Vitello
He used a machete and he stabbed.
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Co-host 1
Trying.
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Co-host 2
Trying to take a life. Like a house party, right?
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Tony Vitello
Yes. Out in the lawn. Fortunately, I wasn't there. I was still.
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Co-host 2
That was a. That was a monster pack.
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Co-host 1
This first.
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Co-host 2
That was a monster deal because again, I'm close to that family. Like this player that we're talking about. I like his dad would say, hey. He would say, hang with Will for a day. Take me along with him. I'm a younger cat looking up to this dude. So when this all happened, I'm thinking, holy.
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Co-host 1
When he stabbed the guy, you're like, maybe I got to stab a guy.
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Co-host 2
Yeah, like, if I'm around. If I. Yeah, I'm saying if I'm around him in high school, I'm like, I'm. As a young kid, I'm wanting to think, oh, he's like an older brother type guy to where I can fit in and hang around everybody else.
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Co-host 1
Okay, so he was at a house party and he stabbed somebody.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah.
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Co-host 1
The person did not die.
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Tony Vitello
No, they did not.
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Co-host 1
And the altercation was over a girl?
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Co-host 2
Yeah, I think so.
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Co-host 1
You gotta assume.
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Tony Vitello
I can't remember.
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Co-host 2
Like, it's kind of getting away from
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Tony Vitello
the night and there's beverages. It was one of those deals where this is the main house party, but there's kind of some offset ones, you know, where you cross the street. And so there was some sort of back and forth between a house. But I'll tell you what, that's a tragic deal. Fortunately, the person didn't die. We're at University of Texas and we get a big third out, and our guys are hooting and hollering out of the dugout, and it kind of gets quiet for a second. And some. Some old fan for Texas goes, which one of you boys down there stabbed that kid? That poor kid. No way.
- [19:58]
Co-host 2
And he's sitting on the bench or he's there in the dugout point.
- [20:00]
Tony Vitello
He had been excused, and it is later in the year.
- [20:03]
Co-host 1
And just like, he was excused, he was pulled out. His ass was pulled out of there.
- [20:06]
Co-host 2
Correct.
- [20:08]
Tony Vitello
That poor. That poor boy. And it's. It was comedy in a weird way, so.
- [20:13]
Co-host 1
Yeah, yeah, like the Joker comedy for sure.
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Co-host 2
That's wild.
- [20:19]
Co-host 1
Hey, that's crazy. But. So did he get convicted? Is he in jail now?
- [20:22]
Tony Vitello
No, no, no, no, no.
- [20:25]
Co-host 2
Yeah, charges were dropped.
- [20:27]
Co-host 1
Oh, so he really didn't stab somebody? No, Allegedly. Clean, clean.
- [20:31]
Co-host 2
Just for the story.
- [20:32]
Co-host 1
Just like O.J. o.J. Never stabbed anybody.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah, he's having a good old time right now.
- [20:36]
Co-host 1
Yeah.
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Co-host 2
And I'm telling you, he's a stud. I'm talking engineers. Very smart. I mean, he recruited him.
- [20:41]
Co-host 1
Almost murder. Yeah, he'.
- [20:43]
Co-host 2
Yeah, yeah, for sure. He did. Allegedly. He didn't murder anybody.
- [20:46]
Co-host 1
What a story, man.
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Co-host 2
Did you recruit Aaron Blunt? Yeah, he was a stud, too. That's just another sidebar. No, no, no, no. He was a. He was one of those cats. He was a lefty, lanky. Was a stud, but just didn't. He's one of those dudes that's like. He had a huge opportunity and he was like a. He was like a too cool of a guy. Like, went too hard, partied way too hard, way too much, you know, Those
- [21:08]
Tony Vitello
guys should have given me that information ahead of time.
- [21:10]
Co-host 2
Time I would have if you would have recruited me to play baseball at Mizzou.
- [21:14]
Co-host 1
You play baseball? No.
- [21:15]
Co-host 2
I mean, I played baseball growing up, but I wasn't at this level that there. I mean, I wasn't a D1 baseball player.
- [21:20]
Tony Vitello
Worked out pretty well for you.
- [21:21]
Co-host 2
Yeah, Yeah. I chose the right sport.
- [21:23]
Tony Vitello
We played at the old Nebraska baseball stadium the last year. Was there. It was a piece of crap.
- [21:28]
Co-host 1
Yeah.
- [21:28]
Tony Vitello
I mean, it was next. Right next to the football stadium.
- [21:30]
Co-host 2
Yeah.
- [21:31]
Tony Vitello
And. And we pulled into the parking lot and we were able to sneak in. We were waiting for the coaches to meet Coach Dave Van Horn's a legend. He was there at the time. I worked for him at Arkansas. And we're waiting on the coaches to decide if we're going to play or not in the rain. And we snuck into the football stadium and played. We had a empty soda bottle and we played like a kind of. I mean, we wanted to play in that place. The history was insane.
- [21:52]
Co-host 2
Oh, yeah.
- [21:53]
Tony Vitello
Especially for guys at rh, one of
- [21:54]
Co-host 1
the most story programs.
- [21:55]
Co-host 2
Dude. What a small world.
- [21:56]
Tony Vitello
Yeah.
- [21:57]
Co-host 2
What a small world. Talking just. I'm just hair, but yeah. Bonaire, Missouri, the place to. Man, I wish Aaron would have been a st.
- [22:03]
Tony Vitello
He.
- [22:03]
Co-host 2
He was a stud. Now. Now I'm just. Yeah, he was awesome. I just feel like in my opinion, he probably partied too hard. You might know more once he got to college, but he was just a stud. He was like an all American in high school. He could sling it, bro. He could hit. He could do all this stuff. Lefty.
- [22:17]
Co-host 1
Yeah.
- [22:17]
Co-host 2
So, you know, he had movement on the ball, you know, you know, all the language. I don't know the language, but yeah, I mean, that's him.
- [22:23]
Tony Vitello
I don't know. It's interesting. A lot of guys, you know, maybe follow the Tom Brady method and never eat a carb or any of that thing, but I got to believe. Is this how it works with Tom Brady moment? Yeah.
- [22:35]
Co-host 1
When Tom Brady comes on, we have to take a light off.
- [22:37]
Co-host 2
Yeah, we take it. We take a moment of silence.
- [22:40]
Tony Vitello
You got to be able to manage that deal. I mean, you got to be able to have fun, but you also got to be able to handle business.
- [22:45]
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah.
- [22:45]
Tony Vitello
It's been interesting coaching some guys that maybe can't do both and other guys, you know, are good at keeping everything organized, handling it. Yeah.
- [22:53]
Co-host 1
Now, can you usually tell when you're in a recruiting process and you hear things about kids like, oh, hey, this kid likes to get after it a little bit. Does that worry you or are you kind of like, I just got to make sure I keep an eye on this kid once he gets here.
- [23:03]
Tony Vitello
Yeah, no, I don't mind using the kid's name. Nick Schmidt was a kid in high school from St. Louis, and every time I called him, he was at a part like, maybe it was just a basement with 12, but there was always girls and guys in the background and he was kind of that personality. It was my first year coach, and I was young and he walked by me at the field and I'm supposed to be the coach, Coach Fitello, and he's the recruit and he smacked me on the ass is like, what's up, Coach V. Oh, yeah.
- [23:26]
Co-host 1
So, hey, imagine having that kind of confidence with the coach.
- [23:28]
Co-host 2
I know, dude.
- [23:29]
Tony Vitello
So we passed on Nick Schmidt because of that, or I did. He was the first.
- [23:33]
Co-host 1
Your butt.
- [23:34]
Tony Vitello
Well, just the whole party. He was a first rounder.
- [23:38]
Ryan Seacrest
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Tony Vitello
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- [26:43]
Co-host 2
But.
- [26:43]
Tony Vitello
But I was, I was accurate in my read. He went to Arkansas and a guy named Dave Jor was a pitching coach and he had a kind of heart to heart with him and basically kind of saved the kid's soul a little. Like, I don't think he became, you know, where he never had another beer or anything but really kind of got him more. So I was kind of accurate in my read. And he went to the right place. A lot of times with recruiting, it's about ending up at the spot that was meant for you to be at, not necessarily the best place in the world.
- [27:07]
Co-host 2
Whatever helps you sleep for missing out on that first round.
- [27:11]
Tony Vitello
He ain't the only one.
- [27:12]
Co-host 1
So. Yeah, no doubt. That's a wild deal. As far as atmosphere goes. I've been. I've only been to one college baseball game and that was lsu.
- [27:19]
Tony Vitello
Yeah.
- [27:20]
Co-host 1
Phenomenal time. I think I'm a big LSU fan. Sure. Because of that. What's the atmosphere like here? If stands packed, it's after.
- [27:27]
Tony Vitello
It's bananas. I mean, it's a hornet's nest over there. I think a lot of it has to do with our field. You see where we're at, we're kind of landlocked. So everything's real close and quaint, if you want to call it that. And then our fan base, you can stereotype. LSU's fan base is going to tailgate and they're going to do this and that and they're going to have crawfish
- [27:46]
Co-host 1
do it a little different. They have that open container law. They're allowed to do whatever they want.
- [27:50]
Tony Vitello
Yeah, for sure. And I think each team in our league has phenomenal fans. But they're all, again, you could kind of describe them in four or five words and be fairly accurate. And our fans are just rambunctious. Maybe more than anybody in the league. I mean, you guys were talking about the game against Mississippi.
- [28:04]
Co-host 2
Did you love that? So you're not, you're not a football coach, so you can kind of he.
- [28:08]
Tony Vitello
Yeah, yeah.
- [28:08]
Co-host 2
So he's got to toe the line a bit. A little bit more. Are you watching?
- [28:11]
Co-host 1
You're like, you're free to say whatever you want.
- [28:13]
Tony Vitello
Okay, I'm gonna
- [28:17]
Co-host 1
go ahead.
- [28:17]
Co-host 2
Let it rip.
- [28:18]
Tony Vitello
The most deadly words in this social media. Don't worry, you'll just be canceled in the morning.
- [28:24]
Co-host 2
Yeah, okay.
- [28:25]
Co-host 1
A couple days. A couple days.
- [28:26]
Tony Vitello
Here's what I was thinking when you guys talked about it with Coach I. Is I don't think anyone in the world wants objects thrown at another individual because you never know what crazy thing could happen. But you could see where the fans frustration came from if you were watching. So they acted, you know, a little bit out of line or they acted out of line. Bottom line, here's what I'll say about volley if. If the referees at any point. And again, I don't coach football. I don't know who those guys were, so you can't sue me or. This is.
- [28:54]
Co-host 2
That's right. This is clean sponsor.
- [28:56]
Tony Vitello
Yeah. All they had to say was, the next thing that's thrown on this field, we're penalizing Tennessee 15 yards and no one would have moved an inch. That's how our fans are.
- [29:05]
Co-host 1
Yeah, but what about Mississippi fans that might be there be like, oh, easy.
- [29:08]
Tony Vitello
That's.
- [29:09]
Co-host 2
That is. That's a good point.
- [29:10]
Tony Vitello
That's true. But I. I think they're going to get a haymaker thrown to the jaw if they throw something in the next volunteer fans.
- [29:16]
Co-host 1
Really like that.
- [29:16]
Co-host 2
Hey, that's that Italian in them.
- [29:17]
Tony Vitello
Yeah.
- [29:18]
Co-host 2
It's going to get a haymaker to
- [29:19]
Co-host 1
the job, baseball bat to the knees, horse head in their bed type mentality. You know what I'm saying?
- [29:25]
Tony Vitello
That was my take on it. I mean, there's always a counter argument, but that would been my perfect solution to calming down our fans because they're rowdy, but they don't. They. They don't want to hurt our team, I can tell you that.
- [29:35]
Co-host 1
Yeah, volunteer fans roll deep. They were. We were a part of this thing with Barstool with. It's like if your scene makes it into the sweet 16 in basketball that we.
- [29:45]
Tony Vitello
We.
- [29:45]
Co-host 1
You get a certain amount of money. And I. We were playing Michigan, was playing Tennessee, and Michigan beat Tennessee to go into the sweet 16. And I tweeted something like, the haters are sick right now with Juwan Howard slapping the tee.
- [29:56]
Tony Vitello
I caught.
- [29:57]
Co-host 1
I caught fucking hands via Twitter. I was catching hands left and right now I was biting the hand that fed me because obviously a lot of volunteer fans are Tennessee Titan fans, but they go hard in the paint where I almost had to issue like an apology. Like, hey, listen, I. You guys roll deep like that, it's impressive.
- [30:12]
Co-host 2
Formal apology. Formal like his or the sponsor?
- [30:15]
Tony Vitello
Yeah. I think better than the apology is just wearing that hat. That's a classic.
- [30:19]
Co-host 1
Isn't this nice?
- [30:19]
Tony Vitello
It's big time.
- [30:20]
Co-host 1
I was at. What was it?
- [30:21]
Tony Vitello
Pete's.
- [30:21]
Co-host 1
We were at Pete's.
- [30:22]
Co-host 2
No free shout outs to Pete's.
- [30:24]
Tony Vitello
Yeah.
- [30:24]
Co-host 1
Also great food at Pete's. And this kid, he asked for a photo and I was like, I love your hat. He's like, thanks. And I said, I'll give you 100 bucks for that hat. And he said, yup. And it was made. Done deal like that. He took it off his head. I readjusted the hat because the boys got a bit of a dome smacked that thing on top. And it was. It's been smooth sailing with this hat ever since. Other than hijacking a couple of your questions as far as, like, when stadiums go, what's in the sec? Take the volunteers out of it. What's the most hype place to play?
- [30:54]
Tony Vitello
Well, Arkansas is where I worked before I came here. And their fans are like Cardinal fans. Just. They know the game well. They're really.
- [31:02]
Co-host 1
St. Louis is really getting lots of shout outs right now.
- [31:04]
Tony Vitello
Yeah, it's. It's a massive, massive stadium. But really, I mean, there's other. There's other towns that could throw out arguments. Starkville probably has the second or the first, you know, nicest stadium. And then Oxford, where we just played. I mean, it's not normal to go in there and win. And Lane Kiffin comes and throws out the golf ball and they're. They're going crazy.
- [31:25]
Co-host 2
That's hilarious.
- [31:27]
Tony Vitello
Yeah, I think. I think he took some heat for that, but I think it was all in good fun, right?
- [31:33]
Co-host 1
Via social media, because he's not scared.
- [31:36]
Tony Vitello
And you gotta respect.
- [31:38]
Co-host 2
I respect that.
- [31:39]
Tony Vitello
It's one of the reasons he's a good coach. I mean, you know, he's on the edge at all times. And I guess you're not. You're taking up too much space.
- [31:45]
Co-host 2
Should we do the Duke Canon question of the day? Talk about the home run coat?
- [31:50]
Tony Vitello
Sure.
- [31:51]
Co-host 2
Home run code.
- [31:52]
Co-host 1
What is. Okay, so what is the home run
- [31:53]
Co-host 2
coat fan question from Jack McFerson?
- [31:55]
Tony Vitello
Shout out, Jack.
- [31:56]
Co-host 2
No free shout outs, Coach Eckler. What's the question, Jack? It's. It's coming from Jack.
- [32:00]
Ryan Seacrest
It's coming from Jack.
- [32:01]
Tony Vitello
Sorry, coach.
- [32:03]
Co-host 2
Home Run Cove. Yeah.
- [32:09]
Tony Vitello
Last year, the guys, you know, it all started with the Rangers, I think, with Josh Hamilton's on their team, if they hit a double, they would kind of do a sign. And now all of a sudden, gang sign. I don't think it was a gang sign. It was more of just a gesture.
- [32:20]
Co-host 1
Gotcha.
- [32:21]
Tony Vitello
And ever since then, if you hit a double, you got to do something. Then it turned into Batista's, you know, bat flip. And now everyone's got to do something. When they had a home run, it seems like. So our guys came up with a hat they would. Would wear, which became really popular. The fans wanted to see it stay. This team wanted to be kind of their own team, have their own identity. So they carried over the hat theme, but added on to it by having this fur or mink. I've never even touched it. It's got to be nasty by now. But it's a. It's a. It's a coat that could be a woman's or a man's coat, you know, that you would wear in a 70s gangster party. Yeah, yeah. And they throw it on the guy who hit the home run when he does. So he kind of looks, you know, pimped out or whatever you. Jose. And they love it. I think the fans like it. You see little kids wearing these, you know, mocked up coats now. So it's awesome. Yeah, it's something that's unique to their team. And the fans have caught on. And again, if opponents got things they do when they celebrate nowadays, if you're wasting energy on that, you're. You're wasting energy.
- [33:14]
Co-host 2
What's the. What's the hat say?
- [33:16]
Tony Vitello
Daddy hat.
- [33:17]
Co-host 2
Daddy. Hey, you got a daddy hat.
- [33:18]
Co-host 1
I got a daddy hat.
- [33:19]
Tony Vitello
Oh, it's not this one.
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- [33:21]
Tony Vitello
There you go, right there. Yeah.
- [33:23]
Co-host 1
Bought this of a guy for $100, too, actually.
- [33:24]
Tony Vitello
You're going to be out of money pretty soon if you keep running.
- [33:27]
Co-host 1
They print more every day to coach. They print more every single day. So we're out here hunting.
- [33:32]
Tony Vitello
I'd like to know what that kid's gonna do with this 100 bones you gave him this morning. What kind of.
- [33:36]
Co-host 1
I think jack.
- [33:36]
Co-host 2
It'll be going tonight, no question.
- [33:38]
Co-host 1
Blowing tonight.
- [33:40]
Co-host 2
He literally. He was so stoked to meet, and he's like, Taylor's like, hey, dude, I love that hat. Can I buy it off you? And he was like, sure. He's. I'll give you a hundred dollars. He's like, okay. Yeah, that was it.
- [33:49]
Co-host 1
There was no bargain transaction made.
- [33:50]
Co-host 2
Zero bargaining.
- [33:51]
Co-host 1
I really feel like I could have got away with 50. But you had to ask for change
- [33:55]
Tony Vitello
and he didn't Got it.
- [33:56]
Co-host 1
And it's like it becomes a whole deal.
- [33:57]
Co-host 2
Ask for change.
- [33:58]
Co-host 1
Well, yeah, if it's 50, I got hundreds on me.
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Co-host 2
Yeah. I mean, you can have two twenties in his hand.
- [34:02]
Tony Vitello
You know what I mean?
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Co-host 2
Yeah,
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Co-host 1
yeah.
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Co-host 2
Last question of the day brought to us by.
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Co-host 1
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Tony Vitello
We're insane.
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Ryan Seacrest
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Co-host 1
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Co-host 2
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Co-host 2
Going off of your recruiting stories, obviously it's hard to. It's hard to top the stabbing one, but what else you were telling us about a kid getting mugged when you're on a recruiting trip. Do you have something in the bank that you like to tell outside of what we've already discussed?
- [34:47]
Tony Vitello
Yeah, that was a. That was a coach one where we sent him to get a Gatorade and he never came back, poor fella.
- [34:52]
Co-host 2
You know, where were you preface. Where were we at?
- [34:55]
Tony Vitello
We were at the same place Coach Iville said he was at. I got.
- [34:58]
Co-host 2
I think coach. I said University of Houston. We won't ask him if it was
- [35:01]
Co-host 1
at the University of Houston.
- [35:03]
Tony Vitello
I got buddies work there. Actually, that gas station is no longer there and the area has been renovated.
- [35:08]
Co-host 2
It's gentrified.
- [35:09]
Tony Vitello
Yeah. Yeah.
- [35:10]
Ryan Seacrest
So the postseason is upon us and there's really nothing like it. But the postseason can be stressful. Crushing losses, wild upsets, your unhinged six game parlay falling AP at the literal last second. Things can get rough and it can leave you feeling a little sour. But you gotta look at the bright side. Once your team is out and headed to decompress, you can finally relax. Now you can actually enjoy the postseason with all of the heart palpitations. That's why we're partnering with Jim Beam. We want to help you turn that lemon of a loss into delicious, tasty Jim Beam and lemonade. Because it's really the perfect bevy for the offseason. It's refreshing, it's got the perfect sweetness and a little bit of tang on your tongue. Best paired with stress free watching when your team is out. So gather the boys and Grab some Jim Beam and lemonade to make the rest of the postseason just a little bit sweeter. Refresh your season with Jim Beam and lemonade, best enjoyed together. Please drink responsibly. Jim Beam Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey 40% alcohol by volume 2025 James B. Beam Distilling Company Clermont, Kentucky hey, it's Ryan
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Tony Vitello
This is a while back.
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Co-host 1
It happens.
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Tony Vitello
But no, no. Recruiting in general is wild. I wish I had one that really really stuck out. I know you know for me, it's always interesting when you get the kids on campus and they're walking around and then, you know, they go off with the guys, and then the next morning you see who maybe hung out with the guys a little too late at night.
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Co-host 2
Yeah.
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Tony Vitello
And I've been a part of some morning meetings where guys can't stay awake, but not. Nothing sticks out too crazy or where I'd want to throw anyone under the bus. Although Mr. Scherzer, I was not a full time coach when I took him around on his official visit.
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Co-host 2
So you were having a little. It was half fun, half coach.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah. And so you guys went to Pete's Diner. We went to the diner in Columbia, Missouri, which is just the diner.
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Co-host 2
Yeah.
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Tony Vitello
And that is the spot to be. And that's the place that sealed the deal for arguably the best pitcher in the world.
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Co-host 1
Wow, that's outstanding.
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Co-host 2
Seal the deal because of the night you guys had.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah, we did. We did have a good one.
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Co-host 2
We got after it a little bit.
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Co-host 1
Strippers and cocaine type of vibe or.
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Tony Vitello
Holy. No, no.
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Co-host 1
Is that. Was.
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Tony Vitello
I.
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Co-host 1
Was that inappropriate? I don't know.
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Tony Vitello
Not.
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Co-host 1
No.
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Co-host 2
It would have been inappropriate nights, but I hate strippers.
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Tony Vitello
It would have been inappropriate.
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Co-host 1
They make me so uncomfortable. Anytime I've ever been in a strip club, it's like, do you want to dance? It's like, not really.
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Co-host 2
You're raping me for a dollar.
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Co-host 1
Oh, you're so cute. It's like, okay, maybe, but like, leave me alone.
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Tony Vitello
It's just.
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Co-host 1
I feel like. I feel like it's. When a man comes on too strong to a woman at a bar, it's the same thing. It's like, please let me breathe, you
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Tony Vitello
know, let me work for it a
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Co-host 1
little bit type of deal. Strippers, Am I right? My question, very glittery for a College World Series. What would you do to bring that to the Tennessee Volunteers? What lengths would you go to?
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Tony Vitello
I don't know if I do what Coach Variable did. Although I'm a. I really liked watching him as a player. He's a little too intense, so I don't want to cut off any appendages that I'd like to maybe use.
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Co-host 2
Is Rabel Italian?
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Co-host 1
He's got dark hair.
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Co-host 2
I mean, Variable's kind of a. I mean, he would know. He's got the dark hair, the tan skin, the big.
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Co-host 1
He's got that, you know.
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Co-host 2
He does. Yeah.
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Co-host 1
I feel like that's an Italian thing
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Co-host 2
to do, but it's also a very Ohio thing to do, too.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah.
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Co-host 1
Very smug.
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Tony Vitello
He. He He.
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Co-host 1
And I feel like you use your appendage much more than Brable does. I'm saying, just absolutely putting this guy in a box. He's a playing boy. He's just getting after it.
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Tony Vitello
He. Yeah. He's got a son that's a really good baseball player.
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Co-host 1
Yeah. Carter.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah.
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Co-host 2
Yeah.
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Co-host 1
You think he should come here and play?
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Tony Vitello
I don't know. You know, sometimes it's about body count. We in recruiting, we at. We do things so in advance, like Chaparral. That's way. That's young.
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Co-host 1
So he said the school.
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Tony Vitello
I. I would not go variable. I'd go Ronnie lot. I would. I would let a finger be taken off. Yeah. To go to Omaha.
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Co-host 2
And his certain finger, like, would you go middle? Would you go any of them?
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Tony Vitello
Would you go for a pinky? I don't want to lose the middle
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Co-host 1
pinky cuts off too much. It makes your hand look way smaller. I'd probably go ring finger. That way you keep the whole width.
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Co-host 2
Yeah. I don't know. That pinky. You could really just do without.
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Tony Vitello
Really?
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Co-host 2
Yeah.
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Co-host 1
I don't know. I kind of like the. This little guy.
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Tony Vitello
If you're avid.
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Co-host 2
You just like wearing the ring.
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Tony Vitello
You can put your toes on your thumbs. Yeah.
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Co-host 2
Would you. Would you take your thumb off?
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Tony Vitello
I don't think I'd go.
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Co-host 1
That takes you down the evolutionary chart. You can't do that.
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Co-host 2
No.
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Co-host 1
No.
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Co-host 2
Offensive.
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Tony Vitello
Yeah.
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Co-host 1
That's a. It's a big thing. It's a big craze. Right. Would you donate your entire salary to busting with the boys if you guys won a World Series? Speaking just to win the World Series for the Volunteers for a national championship,
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Tony Vitello
I would do that.
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Co-host 2
All right, then. What do you make before tax Texas?
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Tony Vitello
You guys got to set up another one of these with the ad. I don't even know. I don't even care.
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Co-host 1
You don't know what you make.
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Co-host 2
Oh, he knows. Come on. Come on. We don't know what you make. We don't know what you make. Yeah.
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Co-host 1
I love it, though. You have been outstanding, and I really appreciate you being a good sport.
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Tony Vitello
Well, you guys make it easy. You're my morning coffee after a loss last night. So hopefully we got good karma going into the weekend.
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Co-host 2
Awesome. I think we're going to love this.
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Co-host 1
We need bigger bat flips. We need more fans talking it.
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Co-host 2
Yes.
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Co-host 1
Bring baseball back to what it needs to be.
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Co-host 2
And all the little kids need to be buying the oversized coach. Dude. We gotta embrace the home run.
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Co-host 1
We gotta make a bus in baseball shirt for the Boys, balls.
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Co-host 2
We gotta do something.
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Tony Vitello
We gotta.
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Co-host 2
We do something for football. We gotta do something for baseball.
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Tony Vitello
I appreciate it.
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Co-host 2
I am too.
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Tony Vitello
I'm gonna start watching Duke Cannon coming my way. So we'll get you guys set up. Yeah. All right.
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Co-host 2
Cool, man.
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Co-host 1
That is a fair trade off. That sounds right. You should give us something, coach.
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Co-host 2
Takes a lot.
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Tony Vitello
Thank you. Appreciate you.
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