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>> ALL RIGHT, JOHN JASTREMSKI IS
OUR LAST CONTESTANT.
A HUGE CROWD.
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY.
BAD WEATHER IS BLOWING IN.
WE KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT
WE WILL FINISH THE PROGRAM
BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
DAVID, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I TURN IT OVER TO JOHN.
>> WE ARE GOING AFTER THE GUEST
LINE RIGHT NOW AND WELCOME IN
THE ALL-STAR RELIEF PITCHER FROM
THE NEW YORK YANKEES, DAVID
ROBERTSON.
DAVE, HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAN?
>> DOING GOOD JOHN.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY, DAVE.
YOU ARE HAVING SOME SORT OF
SEASON THIS YEAR.
SUB-1 IS .5 ERA.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD
RELIEF PITCHER FOR THIS NEW YORK
YANKEES TEAM BUT WHAT HAS BEEN
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR YOU
THAT TAKES YOUR STATUS TO AN
ELITE LEVEL?
>> MAN, I CAN'T REALLY PUT A
FINGER ON ANYTHING.
I HAVE JUST BEEN REALLY BEEN
EXTRA COMPETITIVE OUT THERE.
DO I NOT WANT TO LOSE ANY OF
THESE GAMES.
I JUST WANT -- JUST HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON MY COMMAND, THE
PITCHES TO THROW IN MY BREAKING
BALL AND THE CHANGE-UP AND
TRYING TO GET THE HITTERS THAT I
FACE A LOT DIFFERENT LOOKS SO
THEY CAN'T QUITE GEAR UP AND GET
ON ME QUICK AND GET ON A
FASTBALL.
>> DAVE, YOU SEEM TO HAVE THIS
KNACK FOR WHEN YOU ARE PITCHING
TO GET ROUST THE JAMS IN ALMOST
A HOUDINI LIKE WAY.
YOU FIND A WAY TO GET OUT OF IT.
PERFECT EXAMPLE, IN 2009, YOU
WORK OUT OF THE BASES LOADED JAM
AGAINST THE TWINS.
HOW DO YOU RELAX IN A SITUATION
LIKE THAT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
, I DON'T KNOW IF I RELAXED IN
THAT SITUATION.
I'M STRESSED OUT WHEN I'M OUT
THERE.
I MIGHT LOOK CALM BUT I'M
STRESSED ON THE INSIDE.
I TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET OUT
OF IT.
ONE PITCH AT A TIME AND IF YOU
MAKE A MISTAKE, KEEP MOVING
FORWARD AND FIND A WAY TO KEEP
THE GUY OUT.
>> YOU ARE DOING GREAT STUFF ON
THE FIELD BUT ALSO DOING GREAT
STUFF OFF THE FIELD.
I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT HELPING
OUT ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE
TORNADO DOWN IN ALABAMA.
HOW EXACTLY DID YOU COME ABOUT
SETTING UP THIS CHARITY HERE?
>> WELL, WE CAME ABOUT SETTING
IT UP BECAUSE I'M FROM
TUSCALOOSA, IT IS MY HOMETOWN
AND WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE AN OFFDAY AND SEE THE
ACTUAL DAMAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
I FELT LIKE I HAD TO DO
SOMETHING.
ME AND MY WIFE FIGURED OUT A WAY
TO OPEN UP THE FOUNDATION AND
IMMEDIATELY STARTED TRYING TO
FIND WAYS TO RAISE MONEY, HAVING
SMALL EVENTS AND JUST YOU KNOW,
GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE AND
TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AS WE
COULD COMING IN.
AND I HAVE ALSO DONATED 100
DOLLARS FOR EVERY STRIKEOUT, WE
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND ANY WAY
WE CAN TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS
WE CAN BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WE ARE
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE DOWN THERE
WITH THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE
WHETHER IT JUST BE SIMPLE THINGS
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE FOR
GRANTED OR YOU KNOW THE PROCESS
OF REBUILDING HOMES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND OTHER
SMALL CHURCHES AND TRYING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP
REBUILD THAT COMMUNITY THERE.
>> NOW, YOU HAVE GOTTEN GREAT
SUPPORT FROM THE YANKEE FANS AND
THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK CITY BUT
I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE
EVENT YOU AND NICK SWISHER HAVE
COMING UP ON AUGUST 22nd.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH, NICK WAS GRACIOUS
ENOUGH TO HELP ME OUT.
HIM AND HIS WIFE WILL HELP US
HOST OUR EVENT.
WE WILL HAVE IT AT SOUTHERN
HOPITY ON 4th AND 9th AND WE
WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TRY TO
HAVE A LITTLE SILENT AUCTION, A
WINE TASTING AND YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF MY TEAMMATES WILL SHOW UP AND
COACHES AND STAFF FROM THE
YANKEES.
IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME.
WE WILL AUCTION OFF SOME ITEMS
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN RAISE A LOT
OF MONEY AND JUST CONTINUE TO
KEEP IT GOING FOR TUSCALOOSA.
>> AGAIN WE ARE TALKING WITH
DAVID ROBERTSON HERE MIKE'D UP
FRANCESA ON THE FAN.
JOHN JASTREMSKI WITH YOU.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC,
YOU, MARIANO RIVERA, HAVE GOT
GUYS LIKE RAFAEL SORIANO BACK.
HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU FEEL FOR
THIS YANKEES TEAM OF 2011.
>> WELL THE WHOLE TEAM PLAYS
THEIR PART IN WINNING BALL
WE HAVE BEEN DOING
WELL LATELY.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FEED OFF
EACH OTHER AND KEEP IT GOING AND
GETTING SORIANO BACK.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE LIST
JUST GOES ON.
BOONE LOGAN HAS BEEN DOING WELL.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN CHIPPING IN
AND GETTING THE OUTS WHEN YOU
NEED THEM.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING.
WE CAN BE A TOUGH BULLPEN AND BE
TOUGH TO SCORE RUNS ON.
WE CAN WIN.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH ALL
OVER THE PLACE IN THE YANKEES
BULLPEN, YOU STARTED OFF AS THE
6th INNING GUY WHEN THEY HAD
JOBA CHAMBERLAIN AND RAFAEL
SORIANO THEN YOU MOVED YOUR WAY
INTO THE 7th INNING AND NOW
YOU ARE PITCHING LIGHTS OUT IN
THE 8th.
DO YOU LOOK AT IT ANY
DIFFERENTLY OR DO YOU LOOK AT IT
EXACTLY THE SAME WAY?
>> I LOOK AT IT THE SAME WAY.
ALL THOSE OUTS ARE BIG.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU CAN
CHANGE THE MOMENT SUM OF THE
GAME.
AND IT CARRIES OVER INTO A WIN.
WHEN I'M COMING IN, I'M COMING
IN READY TO ATTACK HITTERS AND
GET THE OUTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP OUR GUYS,
YOU KNOW IN THE DUGOUT AND GET
THEM SWINGING THE BATS GOOD, WE
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PICK UP A
LOT OF RUNS AND IT WILL BE
EASIER FOR THE NEXT GUY COMING
INTO THE BULLPEN TO GET HIS
OUTS.
>> AGAIN, TALKING WITH DAVID
ROBERTSON.
YOU GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH THE GREAT MARIANO RIVERA
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM
MARIANO THAT HAS HELPED YOU THE
MOST AS A PITCHER?
>> I THINK FOR HIM IT IS JUST
HOW HE JUST STAYS SO CALM OUT
THERE.
HE GETS INTO A TIGHT SITUATION
HE IS JUST VERY CALM AND SEEMS
LIKE HE SLOWS THE GAME DOWN AND
MAKES THE ONE PITCH THAT HE
NEEDS TO AND GET THE GROUND BALL
OUT OR STRIKE OUT, WHATEVER IT
IS, AND HE GOES ABOUT EVERY DAY
AND SEEMS LIKE HE NEVER FAILS.
HE GOES IN AND HAS THE SAME
ROUTINE EVERY DAY AND HE IS VERY
QUIET ABOUT IT.
JUST SNEAKY QUIET.
HE GOES OUT AND GETS THE JOB
DONE EVERY TIME.
>> DAVID ROBERTSON HERE ON THE
FAN.
THE LAST ONE FOR YOU.
TELL US ONE MORE TIME HOW THE
PEOPLE OF NEW YORK, HOW THE
PEOPLE DOWN HERE IN NEW JERSEY
CAN DONATE TO HIGH SOCKS FOR
HOPE AND THE YANKEES TORNADO
RELIEF.
TELL US ONE MORE TIME HERE.
>> OKAY, IF PEOPLE WANT TO CHECK
US OUT MY WIFE AND I HAVE A WIN
SITE CALLED HIGH SOCKS FOR HOPE
EXACTLY HOW IT IS SPELLED AND
THE EVENT WE ARE HOSTING IS
W.W.W..YANKEES UNITE.ORG AND
THAT IS WITH ME AND NICK SWISHER
AND WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF
TICKET SALES.
IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT THERE IT IS
ON OUR SITE AT ISAACS SEW CANS
FOR HOPE.
>> WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
>> SOREE ABOUT THAT.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON THE
PROGRAM.
APPRECIATE THE TIME.