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Rob Radford

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150 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

When you went into the interview with Drew and other candidates, how much of it was the other stuff that maybe isn't like, okay, what do you do here, second and third, you know?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

how much of the other stuff is because like you said, like you have to have a guy who understands that and also can handle that stuff.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

And you got me pumped up to have the – and if I said Drew, I apologize to be terrible.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

I can't remember.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

I can't keep my mind straight.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

But you got me pumped up.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

It's good because – and I think that this –

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

You talking and Blake talking and all the people in the organization I hear talking for the Nationals.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

it's been well documented how young everybody is.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

Fine.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

But I think there's something to be said for the enthusiasm.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

Remember, and as I'm going through sort of a list of people who you have brought in, yourself, your manager, and everybody else in the front office, I thought of a conversation I just had with Josh Burns.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

And I don't know if you know where I'm going with this, but when Josh was early on, like that front office was crazy young.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

The Theo front office, remember Theo 28 and everything else.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

And I'm not saying it's apples to apples, but the enthusiasm and the energy and the ideas and all of that, that's what I remember.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

And I don't know if you're waking up with that sort of, let's go, let's go.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

I mean, I know it's not the transaction log isn't long, but still there must be like this, this element of let's go, you know, in that front office right now.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

Sam Prosty, right?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

Sam Prosty, right?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Fascinating World Of New Nationals Boss Paul Toboni

You know, it's that comes back to what I said and I meant it like when I could tell every time I saw you the enthusiasm, how much you appreciated stepping on the baseball field, talking about baseball.