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Brandon McCarthy

Brandon McCarthy

American baseball athlete

Jul 25, 2026

TadhgHOST
6:43
Yeah.
6:43
My dad used to wake me up, like, 5:00, 6:00 in the morning, watching him in Vegas win world titles and stuff.
6:48
And even coming to LA, the first time I walked into the Wildcard Gym, I was just, like, starstruck, you know what I mean? Just by all the photos on the wall, all the legends that have been in the gym.
6:57
Then I got to meet Freddie the first day.
6:58
Freddie, Freddie Roach in the gym every day.
7:00
From the minute it opens to the minute it closes, he's there every day.
7:03
Got to meet him the first day I went in and stuff, and everyone was amazing.

13 MINS LATER

TadhgHOST
20:07
Just the mental side of it again, like, what goes through your head the few seconds before the bell rings? Like, what are you-- are you trying to read your opponent? Are you just trying to get yourself mentally ready in this?
42:47
Uh, you mentioned Barcelona before and you were, you came over to ƒw- were you, did you have any real sense of hope as you were going in to watch that match? Or was it more just a, "You know, I'll be there to support the guys and, and, you know, show them the love that they deserve for a, for a spectacular season"?
43:06
So I, I personally, not much, no. Um, obviously when that third goal's in and, um, at, at the Nou Camp I thought, "Okay, well, that's it.
43:15
I can't believe we've got this trip booked.
43:17
This is gonna be a waste." But I still hadn't been...
43:20
My whole career, because we play in the spring, is I had never seen a knockout Champions League match.
43:25
I had never been over.
43:26
And I'd, I'd always seen group stages and matches in the fall.

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50:34
Is there a match that you feel sums up your relationship with Liverpool, in however you interpret that question?

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