Amy: All right, we are back after the All-Star Break. Sergio Romo nice enough to join us on the first day back to work. It is Friday the 13th. You were just running your sprints, and you were super speedy out there. Is it- Is it a little hard to get back into the full-on workout mode after having a couple days of rest?
Sergio: Hey, baby. Manny B., everybody.
A: That was Emmanuel.
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S: No, uh, actually no, it's really not that hard. I mean yeah, we need to take a break. It's more of a mental break, you know? Yeah you let your body rest but once your mind settles down your body's able to relax as well so...
A: But it explains why he's breathing a little hard.
S: I'm breathing a little hard, yeah.
A: Just got done.
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S: Just got done running, it's cold out. Windy out. Kind of hard running directly into the wind, but uh, it is what it is. You know, it's part- it's part- it's part of what we do, you know? We've gotta make sure we're ready and it's not easy, you know? You've gotta put in that work.
A: Yeah, you did. I watched and I'm your witness. You were running very fast. Now, let us know how your break was. You tweeted some really cool photos. It looked like you actually were able to take a mental break.
S: Yeah. I didn't toss anything, didn't pick up a rock, baseball, football, anything. Arm's rested. It's just one of those things where I got to hang out with my family, you know? Had my sons with me and that was pretty much the main part. My lady was with, you know, friends- Pagan was with as well. Bam Bam showed up one day, you know, so like it was just a cool ride.
A: Nice! Were you here in the city?
S: No we were in, uh- We went to Lake Tahoe.
A: Oh very nice.
S: First time I was out there myself. Me and Rilen, my six-year-old, we did a lot a lot of things that we never really got a chance to do before, you know. We did some paddle boarding, some jet-skiing. I got some video of us parasailing, and he was- I mean he was....
A: Loving every minute of it with Dad.
S: It was an amazing ride, and he's like "Dad we gotta do it again." You know like, "Dad let's do it again." And I'm like "All right, cool," so like...It was really sweet to see how outgoing and really adventurous my son really is. It was a good time.
A: And who knew what a fisherman you were?
S: Haha, caught me some fish. I caught a couple fish and went out.
A: That's pretty impressive.
S: I think it was a Mackinaw, Mackinese, something- some kind of trout. Mac-something trout. Caught an eight-pounder, which is probably the highlight of the trip when it comes to the fishing part. Caught an eight-pounder. Caught a couple fish and I was holding them, put it up on Twitter, but uh...Just the fact that I was out on a boat. I think we were uh...We were fishing I think right around 2,200 feet, which is the deep part of the lake I think. I may be wrong of course, but we went there. It was fun. We were out at the crack of dawn and worked.
A: Had a good time. All right, you put out some nice tweets to your teammates that were playing in the All-Star Game. Of course Melky the MVP. I know that he's real special to you, so what did it mean to see your buddy, your compadre, earn that honor?
S: Oh the Melkman. That guy, just to see him smile, the personality he has, and he- He's got one of those infectious personalities, infectious smiles. When he's out and going, it's kind of like when he goes we all go. He's got some other guys on our team that shine in the same way, but I think Pagan, he - Not Pagan, I'm sorry, Melky - I was about to name him right now as one of those guys.
A: He is, yeah.
S: Yeah, him and Blanco as well, you know, but Melky, I think it's just his time, you know? It's his time to shine. I've said this a couple times already but he makes you look back and maybe how overshadowed he really was before. You know, playing with, you know, the caliber of guys he played with in New York and Atlanta and then last year an opportunity to shine a little bit in KC. I mean, look at what he's doing. He's just smiling, having a good time so congrats, Melky. I mean, we'll earn - We're watching it. We're watching it live and it's really fun.
A: It's cool. He reminds us all of what it's about. Yeah.
S: We're like little kids. I go out there and I do the same thing and I feel like I play just like a smile, you know? It is what it is, you know, but I think he does bring us back to, to what it's really worth and what it really means to us to play this game. Why we all started to play this game.