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Mark Stout: Charlie, I really want to do the anatomy of an inside-the-park home run, because it's - it's your first one in the big leagues. I'm sure you've had one before.
C: I don't know, I don't - I usually get real tired before I get to the plate and I stop, but Stu was waving me early so I had to go.
M: So this one, you hit it right on the button.
C: I hit it hard, I guess. I hit it kind of at the guy.
M: Yeah, it's a wet night, things happen.
M: When did you see that? Did you round first and be like, "Oh, it's going to the wall?"
C: Uh, honestly I thought he was going to catch it - I was still running, you know like, doing the baseball stuff and, uh, you know, he missed it, and so then I was like, "Oh. Crap. I gotta run." so then I started running.
M: And you are a fast runner that's a good thing.
C: I'm a - yeah. Yeah! I'm supposed to be!
M: Your slide a lot of authority to it.
C: Oh yeah! I was going to go head-first, but head-first is like, kinda risky, and I got these spikes on the bottom of my shoes, so figure if I go feet-first, that's pretty standard and that way I don't get hurt.
C: I guess. That's what I was going for.
M: Hey, Johnny Cueto's a tough pitcher. When you guys can get runs off him...
C: He's good, you know, he does a lot of things really well, and so it was good for us to get to him tonight after he pitched well in San Fransisco.
M: How strong is Trevor Story?
C: He's really, like, really strong. It's hard to hit the ball the other way, over the fence.
C: Nah, he's just, good at baseball.
M: This has been fun baseball for you guys, right?
C: Yeah! Winning is really fun, we should keep doing that.