 Jay Mo, you ready to hit the stadium? Let's hit the stadium. It's good to work. All right, baby. All right, my man, if there's anything that New York knows about you based off of social media, is that your family man and your big time dog lover? Dog came into my life like a wrecking ball and whole family fell in love with him and he's the best. He's all I talk about. Talk, how'd you come up with the name? His real name is Kentucky Sprinkles Montgomery, but Nick's name is Tuck. So Tuck came from Kentucky. Where'd you get Sprinkles from? My niece wanted me to name him Sprinkles, so it rolls off the tongue. It kind of works, so yeah. Good little middle name for him. It's fun. My niece loves it, so. And he's a golden retriever, correct? Golden retriever, reddish, brown eyes. Very beautiful dog. You guys got lucky with the good one. I got really lucky. Dumb bark, done chew anything. I trained him while I was rehabbing. He's awesome. So he was with you during your rehab and you take him to training, so that goes along with the saying, dogs are a man's best friend. For sure. In this case, that couldn't be any more true. Oh yeah, coming home to him, freaking out, whimpering when he's so excited to see me every day after rehab, frustrating days is just what I needed. Another thing that you've seen on your Instagram feed, especially, is you love the water. My girlfriend's family has a beach house in Wild Dunes, which is in Charleston also, so we're there a lot. I've been growing up going to Charleston my whole life, really visited there. We go to the beach and Merle Beach and see all over the place. The beach in the city in South Carolina, specifically Charleston, it's like a top 10 vacation spot and the fact that you have family that lives there. Yeah. Yeah. So whether it's walking the dog around the harbor, where you live, or like going on a sailboat and trip around the harbor, even taking a helicopter ride, like you've done it all near the water, huh? Yeah, the sailboat was really neat. Me and my girlfriend did that and there were like dolphins everywhere. It was cold somehow, so I don't know what they were doing there, but they were all along the harbor, so we just saw dolphins on top of dolphins and heron birds, and it was a really cool, really cool experience. I definitely want to get out and see the world a little bit, but it makes life a little better when you're in somewhere as beautiful as that. So what were some of the things that you did growing up working on the farm? Me and my brother really goofed off a lot. It wasn't as strict as I think. We had these two big tractors. My brother would always get the biggest one, and we would cut the grass, but we would, I mean, we were all kind of shapes. They had a pear tree, so we would go by there and grab a pear and we'd try and throw them at each other. It's like we'd be cutting the grass, but then we'd have to go back through and find the spots we missed because we were throwing pears at each other. We did a lot. Hamster, this was no joke. We were working from, like, seven to two because I had baseball starting at 3.30, I think. All right, so you spent a lot of time outdoors. Mm-hmm. I know you're a big, big, naked and afraid fan. I do love it. Yeah, I've fallen off a little bit now that I know it's fake. Could you last 21 days if you were placed on the beach in Belize, one of the spots that you wanted to go? No. You're up now? I'm dead. My cameraman's leaving me there to die, too. Oh, man. Jeez, that would be a rough way to go out. Mm-hmm. I've heard those guys are getting, like, water, bottles of water from the producers and, like, eating food on the side, so... I don't know that. Once I read that, I was like, I'm done. I'm not gonna watch this anymore. If you had to pick one person that you were on that show with, do you think you could really last those 21 days? That would really help you. And it could be anybody. Who would have been? Bear girls? I'm thinking someone that knows what they're doing. Yeah, that's a good choice. That was one of my favorites before. And then, if I could figure it out, it was fake, too. So we are actually driving the car. Yeah, this is not fake. This is a nice car that fits you pretty comfortably. 6'6". 6'6". All legs. Take all the room I can get. So we're gonna go grab some coffee because you gotta get fueled up for this practice. Good day. Yeah. Long days, you need it, right? Yeah. Yeah, for sure. It syncs up on you near the end, so I'm trying to stay and keep water and caffeine and get a little bit of energy in the end of it. Yeah, how much coffee do you think that you drink, like, per day during the baseball season? During games, too much. I'll just drink coffee. I'll drink coffee when I'm bored or cold during the game. When it's cold out, that's when the coffee sneaks up on you. Yeah. You're right. You're trying to stay warm, so you just keep on drinking this coffee and the next thing you know, you're like, man, I just had three cups. I'm fired up. Super fired up and dehydrated. Where you went to school, University of South Carolina, big football program. You definitely had some fun at a tailgate or two. One of the things that you missed the most about college? Oh, man. Definitely don't miss class, but yeah, probably. We would always have spring, our spring games or whatever, like right in the middle of game, like right before games, and we would get out right just in time to get there. And the coaches knew exactly what they were doing. We won 11 games every year I was there and we beat Clemson every year I was there, so that's a way of season. Big rival. Yeah, winning season right there. Sure, yeah, you win that game. You're good for the rest of the year technically, right? That can be the only game you win and everybody's happy. Yeah, what I have noticed about you is that you love to rep the game cocks. You got a hat little somewhere right here, right? Some sort of South Carolina hat most days. Yeah, and I think actually, even though it's not on your head right now, this is the second interview that we've had where it's been with you. You're just like wearing the morning with Bedhead and then I'll leave with, I'll do my hair on the way back out. One of the things that looks pretty fun while you're at University of South Carolina was Flannel Friday. Flannel Friday and Tink Top Tuesday. Ooh, didn't know about that one. Yeah, Tink Top Tuesday was a big one. What was that? Was that the last week before Christmas break, I think? We had this thing called Hell Week. We just do all kinds of running, 500 yard shuttles and sled pools and duck walks and stairs as we had the nine innings of Hell. So every day you would start at three innings and every day you would add an inning and each inning is a circuit of workouts. By Friday before you leave, it's like, guys are just done. Yeah, you're toast. So we just tried to make it a little more fun, which working out in a Flannel was not fun. Made it way harder, but it was worth it. Yeah, how much chafing was there? A lot of chafing, a lot of sweating. It might have actually made things way worse, but we got to do it. That's fun. And you said Tink Top Tuesday? Tink Top Tuesday, yeah. That was one of the easier days. It was probably on a pull-up day. How many pull-ups can you do? I don't know. I might have done two. Not a pull-up guy. Not a big pull-up guy. I was gonna say, if somebody, your feet might be touching the ground while trying to do these pull-ups. My arms are way too long to do pull-ups. So now with your current team, the New York Yankees, in 2019, a hypnotist came to spring training. There's some pictures of you online. Were you actually sleeping? Like, what was that experience like? Oh, man, I wish I could remember more about it. He would do that thing. I don't know if he clapped or snapped. And you would just get, like, tired. I don't think I was hypnotized, but, like, I would get drowsy almost. Still be awake or whatever. So maybe it worked a little bit. I don't know. Wow. I thought it was cool. I tried to stay as, like, open-minded for it as I could. As you were getting drowsy, were you trying to stay awake? Like, were you like, oh, I'm not gonna let this guy make you pass out? Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna beat this, you know? Yeah, I don't wanna pass out on them flicking. I don't know. It was confusing and weird. Yeah, I just wondered if those are actually real, you know? And I don't think I've ever talked to anybody who has been hypnotized. Donnie Sands. He was in high A last year. Supposedly he can hypnotize people. So if you ever see him around. Donnie Sands. Donnie Sands. Remember the name, yes. Do you think he's ever done an interview with somebody like hypnotized reporter? Maybe you can be the first. I don't know. Don't remember that interview. How'd it go? Yeah, so like now that you do have big league money and you are simple laid back. Is there a car out there that you think that you might pull the plug out and just be like, you know, I'm getting this? No. I started spending money on like my family a little bit. I've got my brother a peloton. Ooh, all right. I got my other brother a new set of golf clubs. Got my mom a Louis Vuitton bag. What'd I get my dad? I got my dad a, I got him a grill. Ooh. Something he wanted. Yeah, that's a great dad gift, man. Yeah. And then a. Shoot, one day your kids will be getting one of those for you. I'm sure. I hope so. Hey, better. Yeah. Hey, how's it going today? It's not bad. It's a little busy. All right. Sweet. There we go, baby. What would you like? I'll just take a black coffee. And I'll do a grande cold brew black light on the ice, please. That's got to say light ice is the sneaky order you have to do or they'll give you all ice and you'll get a sip of coffee and then you're on your way. Dude, yeah. It's the worst. Yeah. I learned that in New York, so. Yeah. All the time, right? Me and Holder's older every day. Black, black iced coffee, light ice. Yeah. Got to. Sometimes people look at you like you're crazy, but I mean, really it's just like you want to get the most bang for your buck. Yeah. And if you're paying $5 for a cup of coffee, you might as well make it worth it. Yeah, they look at you like you're cheap for asking for less ice. I just want more coffee. Wow, this is fitting. I got the short straw. You got the long straw. Thank you so much. Yeah, see you too. Have a nice day. Here you go, brother. Thank you. Cheers, brother. Let's do it.