Red Sox Starting Pitcher Lucas Giolito Joins The Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

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00:00as he's walking in now by Lucas Giolito of the Boston Red Sox.

00:03It's interesting talking to Lou.

00:05And we just wrapped up with Lou Merloni a few moments ago

00:08to hear him and just say, oh, well, you know,

00:12the guys come into, either one is fine,

00:14where you guys come in and, well, it starts at spring training.

00:18They learn about it when they first get here.

00:20And it's something that the guys still buzz about

00:22after that Jimmy Fun trip down to Fort Myers.

00:25So as mentioned, joining us now,

00:27Lucas Giolito of the Boston Red Sox joining us here.

00:30Thanks for coming on and joining us here on day two.

00:31We appreciate it.

00:32Good, good, yeah.

00:33How are you doing, Gus?

00:33We're doing great.

00:34We're doing great.

00:35Real quick, Rob Bradford was on with us earlier.

00:37He told me you said you'll get a baseball isn't boring tattoo

00:41if you guys win the World Series.

00:42How did he rope you into that?

00:43Yeah, why not?

00:44I don't know.

00:45He's rope you into, like, half a baseball, I think.

00:46It's not just you.

00:47It's like a lot of people out there.

00:49He loves his branding.

00:52Yeah, he did it with Joe Kelly,

00:54who was a former teammate of mine when the Dodgers won.

00:57And then he extended the offer to me.

01:00And I said, yeah, why not?

01:01I'll do it.

01:02Do you get to pick the placement, or does he pick the placement?

01:05I'll probably pick the placement.

01:06Okay, very good.

01:07Yeah.

01:07You guys can get, like, Thelma and Louise-style tattoo.

01:09He's already got one.

01:10He already got one.

01:11Rob's already got one.

01:12That's a good point.

01:13I guess he doesn't need another one.

01:15Well, you're here in year two with the Boston Red Sox.

01:17What have you come to learn about the Telethon, the Jimmy Fund,

01:21and the Red Sox, and your involvement there?

01:24Yeah, I mean, how big it is, how cool it is, you know,

01:27for us as players to be able to utilize our platform for a great cause

01:33in the Jimmy Fund.

01:35You know, how much it means to this organization, the city,

01:41all the people here, all the great work that's done

01:44to help fight cancer, it's just great to be a part of.

01:48What's that spring training visit like when all the kids come down

01:51to Fort Myers and you get to spend some time with them?

01:53Oh, it's great.

01:54Yeah, it really, you know, puts things into perspective for us.

01:58You know, we get to play this game for a living.

02:01You know, it's a kid's game at the end of the day.

02:03It's a sport.

02:05And, you know, it's high pressure.

02:07Stakes are high.

02:07But any time that we get to spend time with the kids

02:11and kind of realize, you know, that what we do, we're very used to it.

02:18It's our job at times.

02:21It's very fun.

02:23But to be able to, you know, kind of share that with the kids

02:27and, you know, make their day in any way possible,

02:32it makes it very important.

02:34It's one of the many areas where the money can go to help.

02:37That funds or helps fund the Jimmy Fund trip every year down to spring training,

02:41877-738-1234, onlinejimmyfund.org.

02:45Or you can text to give any amount by texting KCANCER to 56512.

02:49It's the easiest way to do it.

02:50Just to text away, again, about 3.7 million more than that

02:53and counting here today on day two.

02:56You guys have dropped the last couple games, but comfortably,

03:00well, compared to the last few years anyway, comfortably in a playoff spot.

03:04How has this year been going for you guys,

03:07and how do you feel down the stretch going into hopefully a postseason run?

03:11Yeah, it's been good.

03:11I think that it's been a super formative year compared, you know,

03:17last year I wasn't involved.

03:18I was kind of watching from afar, and I saw, you know,

03:21a bunch of our young talent developing at the big league level,

03:24taking some big steps forward.

03:26And then this year it's even more so.

03:30So we've had more additions, you know, I like the kids have come up

03:34and made huge impacts.

03:39The returning guys, you know, continuing to make big leaps forward.

03:46You know, talking about being part of the starting rotation,

03:48I'm just so happy for and I'm so impressed with Brian Baio, his development.

03:53You know, he's really turned into a true top-of-the-line starter for us.

04:00So for me, it's kind of like an older guy.

04:03You know, it's crazy.

04:04I have to say that now.

04:05But it is that way, especially on this team with all of our young talent,

04:09just to be a part of, you know, the excitement,

04:13be a part of, you know, just a really overall talented team in many facets

04:21that, you know, hopefully we have a really good core to make a playoff run

04:26this year and then years in the future.

04:28For being out last year, like you said, watching it,

04:31do you appreciate it more now?

04:33Or do you view it a little bit differently,

04:35getting the ball every fifth day after, you know, what happened a year ago?

04:38It's so much more fun.

04:39Yeah, being able to actually contribute and be a part of the team.

04:44When I signed here, I signed to give this team quality innings,

04:50you know, be a reliable starting pitcher that can go deep into games,

04:54help out with the bullpen, and give us good chances to win.

04:59And I wasn't able to do that last year.

05:01The entire year, I'm out rehabbing my elbow.

05:03So it definitely left a lot to be desired.

05:06So now this year, actually being a part of the team for real,

05:12helping us win, you know, as we continue to push and push towards the playoffs,

05:18it's been a lot of fun, especially doing it here in Boston.

05:21You know, it seems like every pitcher, though, is inevitably out for like a season.

05:26Is that something like you and other pitchers talk about?

05:27Like, hey, if you've had four good seasons in a row,

05:29like it's kind of coming at some point.

05:32It's almost nobody can avoid it, it seems like.

05:34Yeah, there's a few guys, and the guys that, you know,

05:39their elbow just lasts forever, and they never have a major injury.

05:42It's like you're a unicorn now in today's day and age of pitching.

05:47I think just so much is demanded of us.

05:49Velocity has become more and more important.

05:51Guys are going out there ripping stuff as hard as they can,

05:54because you have to if you want to get outs at this level.

05:56So, yeah, I mean, it's kind of become a rite of passage,

06:01getting a Tommy John surgery or getting, you know, something done.

06:07Unfortunately, that's the way it is, but that's the way it is.

06:10So, you're kind of right.

06:12Like, at some point, there's always that period where it's like,

06:15okay, time to get this fixed up.

06:17So, luckily, the science and the medicine is so advanced now

06:23to where the, you know, return to play, return to play with, you know,

06:29the same level of stuff and feel, it's getting more that way.

06:35You know, there's complications every once in a while,

06:37but for the most part, it's just you got to, you know,

06:41fight back from whatever injury it is.

06:44Well, the rite of passage is an interesting way of putting it.

06:47I know Keeve is chomping at the bit for some non-baseball questions.

06:50I'll give you one kind of in the middle,

06:52because you said something that jumped out.

06:54We watched The Clubhouse on Netflix,

06:57and you even said at one point, like, you feel like you're on the team,

07:01but you're kind of separate from the team,

07:03working out and rehabbing on the side.

07:05I guess, what was the experience like last year,

07:07kind of having your every move, the team's every move filmed on Netflix?

07:11What was that experience like for you and the team?

07:13I thought it was cool.

07:16You know, I wish we were doing it this year compared to last year.

07:20It's more exciting, more fun storylines,

07:23but in general, I thought they did a great job.

07:28And, yeah, I didn't mind it too much.

07:33Again, I wasn't playing, so, you know, I didn't have –

07:38I wasn't asked, like, hey, can you get mic –

07:40can you put a mic on when you go out and pitch or anything like that?

07:43I know other guys were asked to do that,

07:46and, you know, it depended on the player.

07:47Some guys were more comfortable than others,

07:49but overall, I feel like the participation was good.

07:54You know, it kind of painted a pretty solid picture

07:56of, like, what we go through as players and on-field, off-field.

08:00So, yeah, I thought it was a cool experience.

08:03All right, I know you're a huge movie and TV fan.

08:05What's the best thing you've watched recently?

08:08Best thing I watched recently was Andor.

08:11Yes.

08:11Yeah, I'm a big star –

08:13Excellent.

08:13Fantastic.

08:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.

08:15Amazing.

08:15I'm a big Star Wars fan, and I actually –

08:19I got away from it over the last few years.

08:21I was a little disappointed when Disney took over Lucasfilm, LucasArts,

08:28and I didn't like the movies they did at all.

08:34All three of them I thought were terrible.

08:37So – and then they put out a few series.

08:39Mandalorian I wasn't a big fan of.

08:41Some of the other stuff I wasn't into.

08:44And so I was kind of sleeping on the Andor series.

08:49I actually saw Rogue One in theaters, and I was like,

08:51oh, they did a good job with this.

08:53Yeah, yeah, that was very good.

08:53This is a good movie.

08:56But I didn't even know anything about it,

08:58and I actually – I set up a Disney Plus subscription.

09:01I'm like, what's this Andor?

09:02Oh, this is the guy from the Rogue One movie.

09:04Yes.

09:05And I started watching it, and I was like, oh, my God.

09:07Yeah, it's amazing.

09:08Yeah, it's amazing.

09:09It's the best writing.

09:11Best writing, best character development.

09:14In all of Star Wars, like the entire universe combined, in my opinion.

09:18If it wasn't a Star Wars show, it'd be like, wow, this is like top-tier Emmy television.

09:25And even being a Star Wars show, it is that.

09:29Delving into the politics, delving into all the stuff like pre-Luke Skywalker was really cool.

09:38I'll explain it to you later, Joe.

09:39Yeah, I am going to need an explainer.

09:41It's a Star Wars show without lightsabers.

09:43Okay.

09:43Yeah.

09:44It doesn't sound like it'd be good, but it's amazing.

09:46Yeah, that was –

09:46That's the greatest pitch.

09:47No, that was the one thing when I started the show.

09:51I read online, yeah, there's no lightsabers here.

09:54And I was like, oh, that's kind of a bummer.

09:56But after like three, four episodes, I was completely locked in.

09:59Fantastic.

10:00Brad Foe, because he's a gossip.

10:01You're a severance guy?

10:02Yes.

10:03Okay.

10:03That is one that I watch.

10:05He got me into that show.

10:06That is a pretty good watch as well.

10:08Well, Lucas Giolito, we appreciate the time.

10:11Jumping on, thank you so much for doing so, and best of luck.

10:14Yeah, appreciate it, guys.

10:15Thank you, sir.

10:15We got Red Sox and Orioles game two here tonight.

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