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Conch Pride with Coach Ralphie Henriquez

• Joy Nulisch • Season 7 • Episode 78

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Ever wonder how a small island builds a baseball program that feels bigger than life? We sit down with Coach Ralph to chart a 2026 campaign loaded with horsepower on the mound, smarter at-bats, and a schedule designed to harden the team for the regional gauntlet. From bringing the Pace rivalry back to Key West to targeting showcase venues like Mark Light, every choice raises the ceiling and sharpens the edge.

We take you behind the scenes at Rex Weech Field, where a massive new batting facility and a reimagined fan flow turn construction into momentum. Parking stays simple, concessions level up, and yes, the luxury trailers are nicer than you think. The goal is an elite public-school complex that signals to players, parents, and scouts that Key West invests in development, comfort, and game-day atmosphere. When the stands fill with red and the K Crew goes to work, every inning feels like October.

Coach opens up about legacy and lineage: throwing BP with “17,” adding infield whisperer Tag Chriswell, and empowering JV leader Ramon Bertucci. He shares lessons from a 2005 state title, 12 years in pro ball, and the pride of wearing a Dodgers uniform—practical wisdom he now hands to Conchs climbing college rosters and chasing pro dreams. Toughness is the throughline. When the road offers nothing but a Sonic and doubt knocks, plan A stays the plan: keep kicking down doors until opportunity swings open.

We also dig into the state of baseball—automated balls and strikes, analytics-heavy hitting, defense in the age of launch angle, and how NIL is reshaping choices for high school and college players. Ralph argues for balance: elevate technology without erasing the art of catching and the human rhythm that makes the game breathe. Along the way, you’ll hear shoutouts to Conchs on the global stage, the spark of two-out rallies, and why small ball still steals hearts and wins games.

Join us for a grounded, spirited look at how Key West turns community into competitive edge and tradition into tomorrow’s wins. If this conversation fired you up, subscribe, share with a fellow fan, and leave a quick review so more baseball lovers can find the show.

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Joy Nulisch:

Thanks for tuning in to the Joy of Baseball Podcast. It's all about baseball from the sandlots to the big leagues and everything in between. I'll share my joy for the game with you, and whether you're a fan of baseball or good storytelling, you'll be entertained, and each episode will bring a little joy to your date. So grab you some peanuts and cracker jacks. Let's talk baseball. 2005 state champ, all-time hits leader, and spent 12 years in professional baseball. And I got him right here with me. Welcome to the show, Coach. What's up? How are we doing? I'm doing real good. Appreciate you being here. Of course. So, coach, you know, I talked to you at the end of last season, and I said I want to have you on the show, but I want to wait till next season. We were still feeling a little bit of sting from the way the season ended. I didn't think that that meant I had to wait seven months to talk to you. But uh needless to say, I've got some great questions for you. And the first one comes from my friend and yours, Haig Smith, one of the members of the K crew, Super Conk fan, and probably his most proud title. He's Kai Smith's daddy.

SPEAKER_01:

It's Haig Smith with the K crew, baby. That's right. Sitting behind home plate all year long. Excited to watch some baseball. Friday, Saturday night. Let's go. Anytime, baby. Anytime, man. Anyway, I hear Coach Ralphie's in the hot seat today. Yes. Giving a little interview with the coach. By the way. What's up, Joy? Bringing love. Bringing that joy to everyone. Uh, coach, I got a question for you. What are you most excited for with the 2026 baseball season? I know we got a lot of things to be excited about. I want to hear some of those things from you. Also, guess what? Someone wanted to say hey to you guys. Here we go. Let's go, Conks. Good luck this season, Coach. Go conks.

SPEAKER_02:

Well, you know, Haig's my workout buddy. I see him 7 a.m. at CrossFit. We get after it. You know, Joy, I think the most thing I'm looking forward to the most is watching these kids with another year of growth and experience under their belt. Oh, we got some really good arms. And to mix in with last year's talented young bats and a year, like I said, a year of growth, a year of maturity, physically, emotionally, everything. I think this team's gonna have a really good year. We're ready for it.

Joy Nulisch:

You know, conk baseball fans, we always have real high expectations for our for our teams. I'm gonna flip the question for you. What do you and the conk baseball team expect from conk fans this season?

SPEAKER_02:

Well, you know, I think our expectation is to win 12 every year. And you shouldn't be coaching if you don't want to win 12. I mean, everybody wants the the old lucrative 12. Um, I think as as a fan, for us, I mean, these kids, I know my goal personally is to have these kids experience playoff baseball in Key West every year. To me, that is something that you can't emulate. You have what everybody talks about when you see a thousand people all wearing red shirts and they're engaged in every pitch. That is something that doesn't happen in a lot of places.

Joy Nulisch:

Well, let's do it. Um, I already looked at the schedule. I counted 21 home games, so that's exciting. Couple of teams popped out at me. What does the schedule look like to you?

SPEAKER_02:

I mean, for us, it's always hard, hard, and harder. Like every game is supposed to be a challenge to prepare us to beat the American Heritages, the Merritt Islands, the satellites, schools that we know we're gonna face down the road in regionals once that begins. I know for us, for me personally, bringing back the pace game to Key West, I think is a huge, huge history thing. Kind of for us to bring them here, we had to go to them last year. It was kind of part of the deal. So we get them on a Friday night, so we're ready to rock.

Joy Nulisch:

Yeah, I think that's one of the games where we need to cook a pig, you know. Let's have a party.

SPEAKER_02:

Let's get Mr. Barroso ready.

Joy Nulisch:

Let's go. I'll call him. We'll we'll start playing it right now because that's not too far. No, well, yeah, we're a week away, yeah. Yeah, we also have uh Westminster coming.

SPEAKER_02:

No, so we go to Westminster this year. We always kind of alternate every other year, being at home or traveling. And I think this year we're trying to get this game at Mark Light. If we can't, we'll play it at their place, which we haven't been there in a long time either. Because we usually play it at like an FIU or or Mark Light at University of Miami Field.

Joy Nulisch:

That'll be good. I like, I like that. That's a nice stage. I think the K crew could travel to that one. We just gotta go straight, right?

SPEAKER_02:

We got a lot of K's we could hang up this year.

Joy Nulisch:

Hey, I was gonna ask you about that. We got 18 in the bag. Do you think that's enough K's?

SPEAKER_02:

I don't know. You know, last weekend was a pretty good indicator of what it could be. I think we had 11 the first night, and that was spread out amongst three guys. So I don't know, Big Don, Cop, some of these guys, they all throw pretty hard. So it should be a good year.

Joy Nulisch:

Hey, I was uh really excited to see Copel back on the mound. We've got Donovan Theory also, of course, seeing Augie on the mound was really cool. Let that motorcycle go. We got Rook and Judge calling the games. It's always always fun to tune in, even when you can't be at the game. Uh, one of the things that I love to hear with that uh preseason opener is we had a lot of two-hour rallies and dropped a couple of bunts, coach.

SPEAKER_02:

But that's kind of like the story of these guys last year. These guys last year always found a way. They never had that, not to sound cliche, that never quit mentality. And um, these guys that they definitely got that fight and that dog in them to keep wanting to go, especially against a team like Jupiter. I mean, I know the pitching dominated. We had no hitter go until the seventh inning until I think Mr. Lopez kind of he killed us, you know? When I heard that threw the warmer down, I'm like, why? So when you see him, you gotta wear him out.

Joy Nulisch:

Hey, I was thinking that we might make some t-shirts or something.

SPEAKER_02:

Exactly. Don't say no. And um, so that Jupiter team, they're a really, really talented team that actually lost in the final in the state championship to Stoneman Douglas, I think three to two, maybe. So, but our pitching was so good it kind of shadowed like all their commits and and and some of their pretty special players they have.

Joy Nulisch:

Yeah, it sounded like from what Rick and Jed was saying, it was like a playoff atmosphere. You could hear the buzz even on the radio.

SPEAKER_02:

No, absolutely. I think that's what made I know it was kind of different playing that preseason on the road this year, but with the construction, and we had eight teams originally, and we just felt like hey, maybe we weren't quite ready to have eight different teams here with construction going on and the whole thing. Um, but you know, going to Jupiter, it actually ended up really well. Monday night we had all 30 major league teams at our game. Um, obviously, Don Donovan's attracting uh a lot of people, but you know what? It's an opportunity for him, and then are the other guys on the team get the same opportunity to be able to be seen as well.

Joy Nulisch:

Yeah, good good stuff for sure. We're we're excited for all of that. I can't well wait to hang my first K for Donovan. Yes. I know his family well. They um educated here in Monroe County for for a long time, so I know him and um happy to welcome them here. You mentioned the construction, let's talk about what's happening at the wreck. So, what should fans expect when they go out there?

SPEAKER_02:

Uh so with the with the construction going on, um when when people walk up to it and they see this building and this batting cage that's already up, they're gonna say, Wow. I mean, I think when it's all said and done, we're gonna have the best facility in the state of Florida, if not one of the best in the country, for especially for a public school. I mean, this batting cage, and people see how big it is, they're gonna say, This is this is amazing. In regards into a different kind of uh a layout, parking will be the same. Unfortunately, we don't have restrooms. We have the I don't want to say porter potty because they're way nicer than that. They're the nicest things you'll ever see. Mine is being a real bathroom. Right, I'm gonna hold you to it. I'm telling you, you're gonna walk in and be like, hey, it wasn't that bad. So we actually have them set up behind the press box on the first base side. Everything is pretty much staged behind the first base dugout. We're still gonna have our uh our concession stand, we're gonna have um it's a really nice, pretty much restaurant inside of this wagon where we're still gonna do our dinners, everything normal operations gonna exist, just a little different location for the entrances. Everybody will kind of come in through the the middle bleacher right behind home plate, off to the left where the old press box used to be, and then the exit will be on the other side. Uh Coach Freeman already has it lined up and staged, and how that's gonna come in kind of flow for people to get through and to be handicapped accessible as well.

Joy Nulisch:

Good question. I know my brother-in-law wanted to get out there, so uh that's that's good to know.

SPEAKER_02:

Yes, absolutely. Handicap would not be an issue. Like I said, it'll be right there by the ramp as soon as you come in, and um you'll be able to go either direction after that point.

Joy Nulisch:

Hey coach, we talk a lot about the players. Let's talk about the coaching staff. How's 17 doing? And who's who do you have coaching with you this year?

SPEAKER_02:

17 still kicking. He threw a round of BP yesterday, pushing 70 years old, and he ain't going nowhere. This year we added uh Tag Chriswell. He works with all of our infielders. Tag is from Tampa. He used to coach high school baseball up there. I want to say it was at Freedom High School, and um Tag loves to work, and so do these kids. So it's been it's been a great um combination of these two guys or our guys and him together. They relate really well with him. He gets phone goes, he works for these guys from the time he gets here to the time the light shut off every day. So he's been a great addition for us. Uh, we also have Ramon Bertucci, he's gonna be our head JV coach this year. He's been a part of the staff for the last three, four years. He was Frank, uh Frank's assistant on JV, and Frank's taking a year off. He's having a baby this year, getting married, so he's gotta save the days. But Ramon is he's awesome. Ramon is a guy that he's from New Orleans, he moved to Key West, and he takes a lot of pride in what the Key West baseball logo represents and everything about it. If you don't know Ramon, you think he's from Key West, what this place means to him. It's pretty special.

Joy Nulisch:

Yeah, I've had the pleasure to get to know him over the last couple of years, and we just love him with the K crew. We're ready for him to come sit with us, but he's got work to do on the field, and um, we definitely need to take a moment and congratulate Frank. I love the fact that he's gonna have a little conch baby, yes, and uh, and so we'll we'll maybe see them back out in the field in in a couple of years. But great, great coach and staff. Um, we talked about 17. What does it mean to you to be able to coach next to your dad? I think you're coming up on nine, ten years um here. What's it mean to sit next to him and coach with him, Ralphie?

SPEAKER_02:

Wow, I'm trying not to get emotional now. So I got back here in 2019 full time. So I guess this be year seven for me, to be exact. If I have it right, you know, okay. Even ever come back and do this. But being able to come back and do it with him has been very special.

Joy Nulisch:

I saw a picture, I believe James Ong took the picture of you and your dad there. You were in the baton cages, and you both just had this really easy smile on your face. That is the best way I could describe it. And it was like, that's the poster of baseball. He's the greatest of all time.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, you know, like so I grew up here watching him coach. I got to play for him. I obviously left for 12, 13 years. I come back and get to get to share this last part of him. It's pretty cool.

Joy Nulisch:

I didn't mean to get you choked up.

SPEAKER_04:

You're good.

Joy Nulisch:

But it's good. If we don't have emotion, then what are we doing here, right? Exactly. That's what makes your show so special. But coach, the other thing is you not only coach um with this program, you know what it takes to win a championship. You're part of the 2005 championship team. Talk about that team, some of the highlights as a player. I mentioned earlier you were the all-time hits leader. Talk about your career as a conch player.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh man, like I said, I grew up here wanting to play here first before I wanted to be a Yankee. That was my first thought. And being able to play here and experience the ultimate thing of winning a state title in Key West, watching my dad win three of them as a kid. Uh, it's just it's all so surreal. And then at the same time, like now, like I'm like, shit, I want to do the same thing now in his shoes as a coach. And I know there's been a handful of guys that have been able to win them as as players and coaches, and and that that that that that uh list isn't very long. It's a pretty cool thing to do and been experience something like that in Key West. That means a lot to a lot of people.

Joy Nulisch:

It truly does. Who are some of your teammates on that 2005 team? We're also gonna be celebrating the 96 championship team this year with their 30th anniversary.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, I know for starters, I mean I've been over the past eight months here because like Chad Spotswood, he's a guy that that pitched here in Key West. He won a state title in 2005, and now he's rebuilding Rex Weech. Like, how cool is that? And you got a local guy coming to redo the history of this place and make it 2026. It's pretty cool.

Joy Nulisch:

That's that's Kong Prime, right?

SPEAKER_02:

He built his hats to say Rex Weets on the side and with our logo and the Keystar on the other side.

Joy Nulisch:

I can't wait for the Rex to be complete. It's truly going to be a fitting facility for such a historic program. Following your high school career, you got drafted right out of high school. Houston Astros, right? Drafted you second round. Second round. Yep. Tell me some of the highlights you've been out of out of it for a while now. How do you look back on your professional career?

SPEAKER_02:

Man, I mean, lucky, blessed, uh, definitely the right place, right time in some situations to be able to play 12 years professional baseball with I think four organizations. Um, I think I played in 46 states over that time and anywhere from Key West to Seattle to Portland, Maine. Like Southern, I mean, I definitely hit every quadrant in this country. Met some really, really cool people that I stay in touch with today. And I mean, the experiences I got is just something that I will never forget, I guess you could say. I don't know. I think of the 12 years I look back at it, I think being able to wear a Dodgers uniform has probably been the most special thing. Like when Antonio gets experience today as a Dodger, he may never experience again somewhere else. The only better feelings than me for him to pitch in the big leagues with all the organization. There's a reason why they're labeled as the best of everything, you know? And playing there definitely it was different wearing a Dodgers uniform.

Joy Nulisch:

You mentioned Antonio. We have 13 players right now that are playing at the next level. Antonio and Danny, I believe, are in Pro Bowl. The rest of them playing college ball.

SPEAKER_00:

Newcomer for the Wildcats on the mound. Andri Barroso, the junior from US to transfer from Barroso, Indian River State. Barroso. Last season at Indian River State, 20 appearances with one start, finished 6-0 with a 346 ERA and 39 innings. 32 strikeouts, 10 walks over seven strikeouts for nine with a 1.23. Whip not often you see someone from Q West in Division 1 athletics.

SPEAKER_04:

Is it is it um an ocean animal?

SPEAKER_00:

It is an ocean animal.

SPEAKER_04:

Wait, let me do a second. Okay, uh Manatee?

SPEAKER_00:

No, you're not close. Um, it is the Key West Conch.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, I wasn't close to the case.

SPEAKER_00:

Because the the official symbol of the island of Key West and the it's on the state flag or the city flag is the conch shell.

Joy Nulisch:

From your experience as a player in Pro Ball, what what advice do you offer them, or or what do you just as you witness them go through their next level, what do you hope they take away from this that you were able to acquire?

SPEAKER_02:

I think the biggest challenge is like you gotta be tough. Like that you're gonna have days where you're gonna call home or you're gonna say, What am I doing right now? I'm year nine, I'm I'm year whatever. I'm in a town that all we have is an Applebee's and a sonic, and I'm like, this is not it. And I think the biggest thing is like for me was always plan A was get to the big leagues, plan B was not let plan A fail. And I was gonna let nobody tell me I couldn't do it. And if you really believe that you're a major leaguer or you really believe that you're gonna go play in Division I, then knock down every door until you get there.

Joy Nulisch:

That's good stuff. Mic drop moment. I always look for the mic drop moment in my episode, and you just you just gave it to me. Hey, we got to give a shout out again, mentioning Antonio knows. We've got to give a shout-out to him and Billy Wardlow. We've got two conks representing in the World Baseball Classic. Antonio's on the roster with Great Britain. Uh, Billy Wardlow is gonna be the equipment manager with the Dominican Republic team that a lot of people think is going to win in or definitely be in the championship. How cool is that to have a couple of conks on a really big stage in baseball?

SPEAKER_02:

Unreal. I remember right before Tones had left down here, he had told me about it. And I'm like, dude, you you gotta do it. Like one inning against the right team or the right hitters, and you get guys out, can open a window of opportunity that you may never get back. And uh, I mean, obviously nobody's picking Great Britain to win probably WBC, but one inning, and then what the amazing part is his pool is with Team USA. So I'm not sure how they're gonna double-yeah. So he goes there and he can throw a few cutters, a few sliders, a bullet here or there. I mean, a couple of outs of strikeout, they'd be like, damn, maybe he can do this. Before you know it, it's May or June, and Tones is getting the call. So something as small as that turns into a life-changing opportunity.

Joy Nulisch:

It's been really cool to watch him, and the two of you have, like you mentioned, went through the Dodgers organization. So he's in Tulsa, been in uh Oklahoma a little bit. When's the last time you've been you've been in Oklahoma?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh shoot, I actually went there.

Joy Nulisch:

Have you seen him play?

SPEAKER_02:

Yo, so I actually went to OKC about two years ago. I saw a Thunder game. I'm just randomly in that area. Uh, I have not seen him pitch personally, like in uniform, but for some reason I'm crazy enough to still get down there and catch him. No gear, no nothing. And he's like, dude, I I need a throwing partner, so let's go. I'm just I'm I'm sitting here saying every prayer, like, let's go. At 38, the hands and the eyes still work, Joy.

Joy Nulisch:

Hey, I believe it, coach. I know you can still hit them out. You can still go, you can still go at least seven innings.

SPEAKER_02:

The hands still work. I mean, uh pick and choose now who who to catch, probably not catching Don anytime soon.

Joy Nulisch:

All right, coach. So you've got an interesting perspective. You're a uh Pro Ball player for many years, like we talked about. How do you think, what do you think the current state of baseball is? There's a lot of threats that they're gonna go on strike. We have these huge contracts, we've had some rule changes, ABS coming in. What do you think the status of baseball is right now?

SPEAKER_02:

That's a that's a heck of a question. Well, obviously, money kind of rules the world in the game, right? I mean, the strike zone thing, you know, I'm not a fan, I'll I'll admit it. I think there's an art back there of catching and presenting and and doing all that stuff. It almost eliminates that good catcher. That defensive guy no longer exists. Basically, you just become a wall and catch it and throw it back. Like that doesn't matter anymore. And I think a lot of guys played for a long time because of the special ability to be able to do that at a high level. Um, in regards to the game possibly facing a strike in 2027, like I said, it's at the end of the day, it's all about owners and players and making money and the union and it's There's a lot of stuff that goes on that we don't even hear and know about.

Joy Nulisch:

Exactly.

SPEAKER_02:

Um, and all everybody's not gonna agree. All 30 teams and owners and players, it's gonna be everyone's gonna have their own opinion. I'm I guess I'm more old school. I kind of like the umpire effect. I think the umpire I obviously is not perfect, but hey, he's part of this game and he's been here for 140 years. Sometimes he's right, sometimes he's wrong. It's part of it. And I just think sometimes maybe there's too much technology involved that it's kind of transforming and changing the game a little bit.

Joy Nulisch:

I I agree as a fan. I think we're trying to make a sport that's not perfect, perfect as as fans. I know their viewership is up. I love watching the game right now. I'd like to see a little more small ball, you know. I love home runs, but you know, I still like to see a guy throw down a bunch. I think defense, especially as a Yankee fan, we got to work on some of those fundamentals.

SPEAKER_02:

That's the thing, like like defense doesn't really exist anymore up there. If we're talking spin rate fastballs and and and gyro sliders and changeups and it's launch angle, it's a whole different world. And the and I think I think that's the kind of baseball that involves the manager making decisions, bringing in the right guy, right matchup. I mean, all that still exists, but it's all from an analytical point of view.

Joy Nulisch:

Well, coach, I want to um go ahead and wrap up this episode. I know that you've got um a lot going on out at the Rex. I'd like to end the episodes of um The Joy of Baseball with a segment called For the Cycle. And uh ask you four questions, and just like completing a cycle in baseball, they get harder as they go. So you ready for it?

SPEAKER_02:

Give it to me. Let's go.

Joy Nulisch:

All right, first question: what would your walk-up song be?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh my god, I don't even know where to start. Oh my god, that's tough. And in today's world, what would it be? I don't know. When I played, I was really trendy. Whatever was hot in that moment, whether it was Justin Bieber or it didn't matter. Whatever, whatever I thought was to get the fans going.

Joy Nulisch:

All right, that's fair enough. Hey, I put in a request. I want to know if we could get posted on social media because you guys do such a good job on social. If we could get a playlist of everybody's walk-up song, I think that'll be cool.

SPEAKER_02:

So we're actually working on it, and I actually have another idea. I was kind of talking to Kaylee about it, and I was like, how about one weekend we do like an oldies night? We're making all the guys got to pick like one of their favorite old songs and bring him back. Yeah, I think that would be so fun and so interactive with the fans and kind of see what old song goes to these guys.

Joy Nulisch:

Hey, I love that. My my little nephew, he's five years old, my great nephew, he comes out to baseball and games, and he thinks it's all about the music. So that's what's gotten him attracted right now is hearing that PA system and everybody um carrying on. So I like I like that idea. Second question: Should Roger Clemens be in the Hall of Fame?

SPEAKER_02:

Absolutely.

Joy Nulisch:

I was hoping you'd say that. Him and all the rest of the bad guys, right?

SPEAKER_02:

Quick story. In 2007, he was still pitching with the Yankees, and I played with his son Kobe. Steinbrenner and them guys, they would let him come to Lexington in between starts. So he would throw all of his bullpins in Lexington, Kentucky, and then go pitch in New York whenever that whenever that day fell during the week. So for all of 2007, I got to catch majority of his bullpins, which I at 19 years old. It was amazing. It was pretty cool. So when he came to Key West, like here a couple years ago, and he's like, dude, I remember I I know you.

Joy Nulisch:

That's good stuff. I didn't know that story. Thank you for sharing that. Here's a tough one. Has the NIL opportunities for college players disrupted major league draft?

SPEAKER_02:

I think when it comes to football, more football right now than baseball, because the money's not quite the same yet at that level. Unless you're really a special elite type arm, probably at a high-end place like a Tennessee or a Wake Forest. I think eventually it looks like we're going that direction. But unfortunately, it's like a trickle-down effect. If it's happening there, it's gonna affect high school kids. So it makes it harder for these guys to get scholarships at them places.

Joy Nulisch:

Which helps the D2, D3 programs build, right? So, in some ways, opportunities, but but definitely a change in the landscape. Okay, the final question, and this one kind of merges with my other shoulder and I have the conks. What does conch pride mean to you?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh my god. Uh I mean, like I said, I I grew up at Rexweach Field as a kid from the ages of seven to eighteen, and now that I'm back again on year seven. I guess that's part of my everyday function. Like we said, we have kids from 10 years old to 18 years old out here every day of the week. And so there's somebody here working. I played in a lot of really cool places, and this place is very different when it comes to baseball, the fans, the environment, the atmosphere. I I don't think many high schools can have a schedule already built for 2027, and we ain't even played 2026 yet. And everybody wants to be here, and they're already calling for next year. And people want to host events and tournaments here and stuff that like Jack's trying to do with bringing six to eight college teams here for next October. Like no other place could do that besides Key West. And how do you not have a romantic, I guess, a thing here with baseball in Key West?

Joy Nulisch:

It's more than the hype. It's it's real. Kunk baseball, baseball in Key West is such a big part of our history. It truly is the joy in my life. I thank you for everything you do for conch baseball, what you did as a player, your family, the future's bright. We're trying. We're definitely working. You take care of the field, coach. You're good. We'll get it done, coach. I'm Joy Newish, and I appreciate you tuning into my podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, drop a review, share, and subscribe because there's a lot of good stuff on tap. You can find more joyful content on YouTube, the socials, or check my website at joynoolish.com. Now go surround yourself with the things that bring joy to your world. Until next time, much love.

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