 We're here Pepperdine University, California strong celebrity y'all started Ed Veechie playing in the background The Sun is out. Did you just say Ed Veechie? Ed Veechie. RIP. Well Pepperdine waves We got some big celebrity Ploops there gonna be a big day out. He's gone and Cut now for California strong. It's like Yelly brawn those guys You're kind of California strong I mean those guys I mean, but California strong, you know, we're all Cali strong, man We're all we're all here for a good cause and you know, it's even better that we we grew up here And known it from the start. We're here at California strong with the reigning MVP Took home some hardware last year. You're gonna you're gonna You know, I hope so it's just you know, I was showing up I was feeling good and then I've been getting a lot of questions about if I'm gonna repeat and you know I'm starting to feel the pressure a little bit. I'm not gonna lie, but you know, I Think I'll be okay. We weren't here last year. What was the biggest highlight? What won you the award? Well, if we're being honest, I think it was just I hit a home run like right before the voting. Oh, that's huge That's huge. You know, I was just fresh in everyone's mind. They're like who we voting for well that guy just hit a home run Yeah, and I was obviously the best the best player to do with this We said this right before we started talking and now the people watching him notice That's the biggest apple I've ever seen it's getting close to my head. Well, is that you got a tiny head put that next to his head Look at that. I mean, like I said, it's it's a softball game not a baseball game So you got to have the softball sizes apples instead of the baseball Did you plan on that as your pregame meal? Like are you just going with it or where you at? Um I'm just gonna roll with it, man I just saw him over there. You know, you can't you can't turn down an apple this size I mean, you know what when how often are you gonna get a chance to get apple this big? What's your party scale for this one through ten? Yeah, I crunched the numbers and I think I Chipotle electrolytes and dingers I gotta go ten and Patrick Dempsey. Oh, yeah, always Patrick Dempsey Did you see the size of the apples? What's with that? I think there's softball size That's what Tatro said. Tatro had one and it was near my head and I've got like a peanut head going on and it was like That's bad optics from Yeah, someone needs to test the apples for juice Jack you went deep did you wake up knowing you were gonna go deep today? Yeah, yeah, it's just natural It's a feeling every day. I'm just messing around. No, it's just good to be out here. I mean beautiful day It sums out blessed to be here. So All these guys are doing a great great thing for for the community and giving back for people that lost everything So I'm just happy to be here. Which one of you is California? Which one of you strong? I think I'm California because he's got his deadlift is like yeah, it's unprecedented Thank you. That means a lot to me. I think you're only as strong as what you believe in and I'm California strong believe in my deadlift. He heard that you were gonna be the star of this game. You heard wrong You are taking it serious. So I've seen the fundamentals. You've been getting loose Yeah, I you know, I like all of a sight we played when I was a kid And I this is the only time ever get to put a mid on is do something like this So I love it. I love coming out like this. We play in first base or over there, right? Well, I was supposed to play second and then there was no first base First baseman on the team and I don't have first baseman's myth. That's a general man I have a little tiny second baseman's myth. So I'm out there at first like Dallas Braden. He's the ex pitcher. He's blown up your hand Blowing up my home again. He's blowing my hand up We interviewed Rob Lowe and he said you were hurting his hand. Yeah when we did the warm-ups in between I appreciate him though. He was out there. He was trying to get work in in between innings very consistent I got to talk to Robbie about working the bag a little he kind of screwed me on a on a E6 I had to wear so I know I had to come up to the plate and and rectify that which I did There's a dent in the scoreboard. Sorry Pepperdine. I'll pay you so when Jack blasts that to right field You think Jared's gonna make a play. He just turned his head. Yeah, no I have little to no confidence in I'm surprised I didn't get out of Jared after that ball left the bat because I've heard that out of him once or twice before I think I have it on film and he just took his phone out and started looking at it So did you realize how close Trevor Ploof was to knocking your teeth out on that double. Oh my god I ran in there and I'm thinking I didn't even I didn't know he was a baseball player and I'm running And I'm like they're not gonna throw it if I run in standing up like this And he turned and spun and like I had to get out of the way and yeah, I almost see me around the face I would have been a sour turn Throwing up the distraction and he just was like I would have been wild Now you were just up what how'd you're at back go? I know you made good wood Yeah, exactly what I put is that what they say is that how sure I put the bat on the ball Yeah went farther than the infield. I know that and somebody caught it. So I was out, but I'm still proud of the Say I squared it up, but I hid into bad luck. That's the baseball try it like a okay Yeah, no, it's good about I squared it up, but I hit into some bad luck That's perfect there there was an error there was an error that was made I was over in right field and team one and golf hit it and he you know guys a monster. It was a monster drive I had it. I had it my sights. I came up on it. I called it. I called off Ori I called off Chuck Liddell And it went right over my head. Can you still know what doesn't matter doesn't matter I'll have nightmares about it, but nobody else just remember the two for two That's great. So I scored two of the 37 runs or whatever it is that we that we scored Those are those are two important look the most important thing out here I'm you know such a great cause the most important thing of course is that we beat the living hell out of them So that's what I feel best about all the California strong stuff is really nice. Yeah, it's fine It's awesome all these people out here supporting the cause. Yeah, but but team brawn at the end of the day Destroyed team yellow and that's what's most important isn't it Chris back is hitting home runs before the game He told me he wanted to invite the spring training and I said well Let's see what you got today. Well, he might be hurting it to home He's an actor and all that but he's 38 years old. They can still do it. Has anyone impressed you or unimpressed you out there? Absolutely. I mean everyone impressed me just to show enough is enough Backus is taking the MVP from you. Yeah, he deserves it. He went off otago twice lefty and righty. I mean He went lefty and righty switch it. Yeah, what the hell? So he said he was trying to get an invite to Brewer's camp and he like might get it Might have got it. I think he might have got it MVP of the California strong celebrity softball game Chris back is what the hell man? Well, I had a lot of practice, you know, I took it very seriously this year I was working with Brad Boyer and then the board, you know, Ryan Braun and Mike Moustakis and Christian Yelich I hit with them for the last couple weeks just to you know, make sure I could do it, right Yeah from both sides we talked to Adam Oscio and he said that you were gonna put on a little show hoping for the spring training invite I mean, I did I did say to him early on I was looking for anybody They got a hole at third base Moustakis is left. He signed that big deal with the Reds So I was just saying look I could do the moose impersonation and get a good amount of that You're a natural lefty. All right. So how when's the last time you swung lefty? He's been working. I've been working for the last two weeks But before that 20 years Where's the trophy gone, I don't know I got an office so probably in the office it'll be prominently Displayed I got maybe I should have the guys sign it too. That probably be a good goal Although, I don't know if they recycle it for next year. I don't know. No, no, no He got it last year. Where's Pedro keep his I don't know We thought he should have had to bring his back and hand it to right like green jacket Congrats on your win some good glove work, too. I don't want people to just think it was a More nervous about getting some field work It was definitely not on the the recipe, you know On a show yeah couldn't draw it up too much better than this You know Ryan basically led this whole thing. He put in a lot of hours and to be able to have this the way it is It's incredible more than anything you see the community come together You see the ability to bring, you know athletes actresses actors entertainers Models, I mean you ability to bring all of LA together and then just you know people that want to represent what what we're able to Do and I think it's you know, it's an amazing thing an amazing event I think you know none of it's possible without people like Ryan Braun and people like the intonacio family and and just Spearheading this thing and get it all done. So he was struck me the most as state senator for the region was here And he was talking about how meaningful this was and and I know and I was telling Jared Goff this who has given a lot of his time in the off season and You know flown up to give checks out to victims and whatnot You know actually getting money into the hands of Victims of any whether fire or shootings or whatnot is so meaningful because often in charitable organizations The money gets trapped right because you know red tape or bureaucracy the partnership with the YMCA here The money goes out so virtually everything that they raise gets put into the hands of those who need it and you know You don't really think about this But you know you lose your home which you think you lose everything Even getting a thousand dollars to get another computer get you don't you don't have the money and so they've made What while you know insurance checks and what other otherwise coming in it's helping get people get back on their feet and very Very special and for me. It just gives me a lot of hope in the country at this generation Well, these guys are in their 20s not Ryan's like the old man at 36 All these guys in their 20s are out and showing Cody Bell is showing up Jock Peterson jock hit a missile that was pretty cool Yeah Up here from from Josh Hader he put into our upper deck We're here at Pepperdine in Malibu I spent a lot of years of my life living here playing baseball in this field, you know You know my first home in Malibu burned down in this last fire So a lot of history a lot of good reasons for us all to be here to support the people who need it and our first responders and the people Who are affected by fires and the floods? It's a great day. This kind of summarizes what? California people like kind of dream of it being about like you got the palm trees the sunset the water the flyover Entertainers was awesome. Yeah. Yeah, I mean this is this is perfect. It's a perfect day beautiful day great turnout So many people came out to support just fantastic. I mean last year. It was raining. We had a muddy field It was tough man. It was tough So this is really nice to come back and have this weather have this turnout It was great and and to have you guys here I have to say I'm a huge fan of you guys. Hey, come on. This is this is an honor for me to get interviewed by you guys Don't we heard back has got himself an invite to spring training my dad's what my dad was saying Yeah, my dad my dad owner the owner of the brewers was saying we got to bring this guy out I think he played in college. He was drafted to the play. I think he said he was a pitcher which is surprising But he's coming out for sure. We need to take it. He's kind of small market team Every corner once you start giving out spring training contracts the talent pool next year is gonna Jake's gonna get trying to get himself. I talent pool Those are two different see where we can get John Boy too. I'm feeling we get John Boy 500,000 Twitter followers and that might be too much. That's 500,000. We'll get there You guys get you guys get jerseys. You guys get at bass. Okay. All right And I'll I'll get in that bat and we can do Jake. He can do like, you know when the dog is the bat-boy type thing That's what you guys is a better baseball player Both both Scouting report isn't good I Was good behind the dish as a catcher. Okay hitting Once yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I could take decks and people. No, I got deck, but I had that ball You got decked. Okay. Nice hit man, but you're out. I didn't drop this Jake could play a nice third base. I'll make some outfield plays third base. Jake's a Kiermeyer a lot of eye wash Yeah, a lot of hot dog. A lot of hot dog. I'm gonna make but it's for the fans, man We're having a good time entertainment and I think I think last thing because this is kind of the biggest thing a California strong we've been talking to you about it and it's awesome And I think the bigger thing is we talked about the celebs the baseball players and these people It's not like they just showed up and they were like, all right. I gotta be here Let's get this over with like these are proud California people and it's awesome Yeah, there are a lot of California natives and the people a lot of entertainers a lot of actors musicians athletes Live here in the off-season or live here full-time. So this is really everyone's home Even if you're not from here and everyone's really taking that to heart It's really really cool to see everyone come out and and support the the movement California strong movement and in our charity and what we do and just shows, you know How much the state and it just means to everyone so really cool