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  • Hi, my name is Craig Halleran and I'm here with Ryan Dempster.

  • What is your family foundation?

  • Well, we have the Dempster Family Foundation which was started in 2010

  • and it benefits kids with 22Q or DiGeorge syndrome

  • is a huge beneficiary and just try to spread as much awareness

  • as we can for the syndrome and do what we can to help out.

  • What does the foundation do?

  • Well, we've had fundraisers, which is raise money

  • to obviously help provide grants to different hospitals, different programs,

  • you know whether it's sending kids to camp,

  • parent empowerment programs where we are helping the parents

  • to get out in the community, helping them to both understand and

  • to spread awareness and ultimately just to create as much awareness as we can

  • so that, you know this is something that obviously

  • hopefully can be pre-screened for

  • and worldy known and it's done a lot of great things

  • you know, we've had a lot of people help out and it's been exciting.

  • So 22Q is a partial deletion of the 22nd chromosome

  • and it leads to a bunch of different symptoms obviously

  • things like heart abnormalities, feeding and swallowing issues,

  • auto immune issues, even things as far as cleft palates, speech impediments,

  • and speech delays and those are things that you know

  • we're trying to educate people on and give the parents

  • a little bit of understanding if they do have a child that's born with those issues

  • maybe ask questions, ask their pediatrician, and get some answers.

  • How many years were you with the Chicago Cubs?

  • Oh, with Chicago?

  • Yeah.

  • So, I spent nine years with Chicago, yeah a long time.

  • Oh.

  • So now I get to be over here

  • and wear this awesome Boston Red Sox jersey

  • although today it's a green one for St. Patty's Day, so I'm excited.

  • Are you enjoying this brand new team?

  • Yeah, you know what, it's been really tremendous,

  • I was excited to come over here and I didn't realize how awesome it would be.

  • The guys are all great and being a Boston Red Sock

  • is something that's pretty special in itself too, so how lucky am I

  • that I got to play for two incredible organizations

  • like the Cubs and now the Boston Red Sox.

  • And do you know how to pitch a baseball?

  • Yeah, you want some tricks of the trade?

  • All right, so if here is your ball, this one right here we'll show it to the camera.

  • That's a four-seam fastball.

  • Oh.

  • And then you got a slider, like that.

  • And then a curveball.

  • And my special favorite pitch which is a called a split finger fastball.

  • The reason they call it that, you split the fingers

  • and you throw like that, it falls down.

  • All right, how do you like to be with your new manager?

  • You know what, John Farrell has been, it's just a pleasure to be able

  • to play for a manager like that, even though it's only been Spring Training

  • and I'm looking foward to going out there

  • and pitching for him for every fifth day and giving them a chance,

  • and our team a chance to win a ball game.

  • Do you like the assistant, Pedro Martinez?

  • Pedro Martinez?

  • Yeah, you know what, it's been, we've only had him in camp a little bit,

  • but how lucky are we that we had to learn and be around a guy like that,

  • you know, a hall of fame pitcher and just that opportunity,

  • go out and listen to him, what he has to say,

  • and try to learn as much as we can from a guy like that.

  • Is there a Red Sox game here this year?

  • I hope so, yeah, that's what we're looking for,

  • you know, that's something that's exciting for me to be a part of that rivalry

  • and you know hopefully we'll keep it clean and just be on the baseball field

  • and those are always fun games, they're fun for me to watch as a fan

  • and now I get to be a part of them.

  • So, is your hometown Chicago?

  • I live in Chicago now, my original hometown is a little town

  • outside of Vancouver, British Columbia.

  • So, I'm Canadian, don't hold that against me, all right?

  • Do you like the food here?

  • You know what, this has been some of the best food

  • that I've ever had at Spring Training, we have a kitchen here,

  • a great big kitchen with an incredible chef and he puts out awesome food,

  • fish tacos, burgers and steaks and all kinds of fresh food all the time

  • and we're pretty spoiled with how we get treated.

  • I remember when Curt Schilling, how did he get blood on his sock?

  • That's a good question, I heard it was Sharpie, you know felt marker

  • Although it could have been really blood, you know what, that's pretty incredible

  • that he was able to do that and go out there and pitch.

  • Not just pitch, but pitch very well and give the Red Sox a win.

  • I remember when Jason Varitek and A-rod had a brawl.

  • I remember watching that on TV and that's one person you don't mess with,

  • you don't mess with Tek, because Varitek is a big strong guy.

  • I think that you're probably going to end up

  • on the bottom of that pile anytime that happens

  • so it was a good thing because I think it riled the troops up

  • and they went on to win the World Series that year.

  • Do you exercise a lot in the gym?

  • You try to, you know that's part of our job,

  • I think is to keep ourselves in as good shape as we can

  • and so I spend some time in the weight room,

  • you know whether it's riding on the bike,

  • running on the treadmill, lifting weights, stretching,

  • and just try to keep myself as good as shape as I can.

  • All right, cut.

  • And cut, great job!

  • All right.

  • Thank you.

  • Yes.

  • Yeah, great job, man.

  • Yeah.

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Hi, my name is Craig Halleran and I'm here with Ryan Dempster.

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