1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: This is ESBN fifteen thirty. My name's Slowegger. I appreciate 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: you listening. Ah. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 2: Sometimes I just sit in here and amuse myself. Red's 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: and Angels six forty five is tonight's first pitch. The 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: Reds are eight and five and tonight's game is on 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: Apple TV Friday Night Baseball. Their coverage is good. Heidi 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: Wattney is a part of their coverage. She is the 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: dugout reporter, so to speak, and kind enough to give 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: us some time. Here's what I think is cool about 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 2: the game tonight. Mike Trout's in town, and so Mike 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: Trout will get a chance Heidi to tell his grandkids 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: that he got a chance to play in the same 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: game as Sal Stewart. 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 3: That's true, That is true. Yeah, South Stewart's is he's 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,319 Speaker 3: a dynamic player. And I remember Terry friends what I'm 16 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 3: telling us about him last year when we were there. 17 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 3: He said, We've got a couple of young guys that 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 3: are coming that are real and I'm very excited about 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 3: and he's definitely one of them. You talked to a 20 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 3: great start this year. 21 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: Lots of storylines. I got to think at the center 22 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 2: of it all and Obviously, the starting pitchers are usually 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: a big part of any broadcast, but you get a 24 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: chance to introduce Chase Burns to the country. 25 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 3: Chase Burns has had a great start to this season, 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: and yeah, that's one of the fun parts about Normally 27 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: we have Don fill Willis on our broadcast, He's not 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: going to be there this week. We have Yonder Alonzo. 29 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 3: But d train is so good at breaking down the pitchers. 30 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 3: But Yonder Alonzo actually has a really great relationship with 31 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 3: South Stewart. He's cousins with Manny Machado, so I know 32 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: Many's been a mentor to soal. So it's just interesting 33 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 3: when you get that close to the game with the 34 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 3: former players that we work with on our Apple broadcasts, 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 3: how they can really bring you inside what the players 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 3: are thinking about. But Chase is off to a fantastic year. 37 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: Let's hope he keeps it rolling tonight against the Angels, 38 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 3: although not for Angels fans sake. 39 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: Right exactly, you got to talk about this on the broadcast, 40 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: and it's a Yonder Alonso. Yonder Alonzo was a Red 41 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: and they traded him to the Padres and maybe this 42 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: will come up this evening. But before he got traded 43 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: to San Diego. You know, the Reds had Joey Vado. 44 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 2: Yonder Alonso when he came up, was so good that 45 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: there were actually folks and I'm not going to admit 46 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 2: to being one of them, but there were actually folks 47 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: who believed that the red should move Joey Vada to 48 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: left field to make room for Yonder Alonzo at first base. 49 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: In an alternate universe. I still want to know what 50 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: that would have looked like. 51 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,239 Speaker 3: That is I have to ask him about that, because 52 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,839 Speaker 3: that's amazing. Yeah, I mean, I think Jolly Vado turned 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: out to be pretty good for the Reds, right, you know, 54 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 3: only one of their greatest players of all time and 55 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: such a fun personality too. But Yonder's Yonder's amazing as well. 56 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,119 Speaker 3: And he's one of those guys, you know, like six 57 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 3: degrees of separation. He knows everybody he's either related to 58 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 3: or knows or is a cousin of, or somehow he 59 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 3: has got his finger on the pulse of like everyone 60 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: in Major League Baseball. He's such a fascinating guy and 61 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 3: and he has so many different experiences, right from all 62 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 3: the teams he played for and catching in first base 63 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 3: and knowing what it's like to struggle and to be 64 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: traded and to move around. I mean, I think that 65 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 3: perspective really helps when you're trying to bring players closer 66 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: to the broadcast. All Right, see you guys, it was 67 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 3: great to talk to the Hall of famers, but you know, 68 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 3: they sure sure struggle. 69 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: They have exactly no Yonder Alonzo Sports Talk Radio twenty 70 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 2: eleven Hall of Famer because we got a lot of 71 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: mileage out of that, as hard as that might be 72 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 2: to believe. So obviously we're going to talk Sala Stewart, 73 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: We're going to talk Chase Burns. You're going to talk 74 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: about a Reds team that made the postseason last year, 75 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: high hopes here in Cincinnati. Give me an idea of 76 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: some of the other things you're looking forward to tapping 77 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: into tonight. 78 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 3: Well, we've got a meeting of the low brothers, which 79 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 3: I was just just going through their history with their 80 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: mother who passed away just this spring from brain cancer. 81 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: And it's such a close, tight knit family, and this 82 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 3: is the first time that they'll both be in a game. 83 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 3: I know, Nathaniel's not playing as much for the Reds 84 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: as Josh is. He's pretty much solidified to himself out 85 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 3: there in the outfield with the Angels. But their story 86 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: with their mother and how supportive she was of both 87 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 3: of her boys coming up is just such a special 88 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 3: and unique one and I think that, you know, if 89 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: they both get into a game this weekend, you know, 90 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 3: I think we can see big things out of them, 91 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: just because that emotional connection. There's something about baseball, right 92 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 3: It's such a romantic sport and it seems to reward 93 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 3: those types of stories, which I just love. And I 94 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 3: don't know if you miss it, but Joe Adell with 95 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 3: his amazing three home run robbery night last Saturday, I'm 96 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: going to be talking to him in the pregame show, 97 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: so we'll introduce red fans to that story if they're 98 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 3: not already aware. His glove is going to Cooperstown. People 99 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 3: are saying, you know, the best best defensive game in 100 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: the history of baseball. We've got a lot of elements 101 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 3: with that. You know. Gino Suarez has been such a 102 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 3: great impact on this Reds team and him coming back. 103 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: You know, the interesting thing is, I we did a 104 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 3: game here last year Reds and Dbags and Gino was 105 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: on d Backs at the time, and he said, you 106 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 3: know this place, like, I love coming back here. This 107 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: is my favorite ballpark. My girls are always asking when 108 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 3: we get to come back here, And sure enough, he 109 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 3: came back here. And I'm sure that his impact on 110 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: that clubhouse is immeasurable because he's just such a great dude. 111 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 3: And I love the protection in the lineups he's giving. 112 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 3: I mean, you've got Ellie, You've got Sally, you've got Geno. 113 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: That's a that's a good you know, three four five 114 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 3: in your order. And I know it hasn't always panned 115 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: out in the early going, but I think that these 116 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: this team can get rolling and click and TJ Friedel, 117 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 3: I mean, you're going to see him bounce back. He's 118 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 3: a better player than he started off this season, and 119 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 3: I think that we'll see him become the great lead 120 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 3: off hitter he is again. So all that stuff which 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 3: Red fans are certainly aware of, and that you know, 122 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 3: we'll see if Jorge Solaire, if his suspension is upheld. 123 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 3: I think that news should be coming down soon, so 124 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 3: he might actually, you know, the Reds might catch a 125 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 3: break and he's out for this entire series. If that, 126 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 3: if that, that ruling should probably come down soon. I 127 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 3: would imagine it's going to come today and if not, 128 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 3: maybe tomorrow, but that's going to be coming soon. And yeah, 129 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 3: I mean this Angel's team is also rolling. In the 130 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 3: early going. I think we're seeing both of these teams. 131 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 3: They've been on the cusp right and the Reds got there. 132 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 3: They got to the postseason last year and they're looking 133 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 3: to build off of that, and they certainly made the 134 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 3: moves to do that. But this Angel's team, I think 135 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: is a lot better than people give them credit for. 136 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 3: And a lot of people have discounted the Angels because 137 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 3: they have struggled for quite a few years now. But 138 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: this team is looking good and the early going. They've 139 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 3: got Kurtsuzuki at the helm now and Trout has spoke 140 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: glowingly of his impact on this team. And when you've 141 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 3: got young guys and you've got a player who's been 142 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: there recently, I mean, look at Stephen Vote in Cleveland 143 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 3: and how well that worked out. And I was curious 144 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: to see too, because he was a he's a players guy, 145 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 3: and he's a fun guy, and he's a clubhouse guy 146 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 3: and how would he command respect inside that clubhouse? And 147 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 3: he's won Manager of Vyear back to back years and 148 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 3: taking his team the postseason. So it's worked out pretty well, 149 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 3: and I think Kritszyduki is going to have that kind 150 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 3: of impact with the Angels. It's just whether they're pitching 151 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 3: can stay healthy, because that's been a struggle for them, 152 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 3: and if their offense can hit the way that they 153 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 3: think they can, and if Mike Trout can stay healthy. 154 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 3: But by all accounts, he says he feels great right now. 155 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 3: I think he's rejuvenated. He's gone back in time. 156 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it's funny, Mike Trout. 157 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: It feels like just yesterday was the MVP of the 158 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: All Star Game here nearly eleven years ago, and man, 159 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: if you would have told me then that we would 160 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: still be waiting to watch him perform in the postseason 161 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: for the first time since I guess the year before, 162 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 2: I would have said, there's no way. And yet that's 163 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 2: that's where we are. By the way, you mentioned Jorge 164 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: sol Air, so he's facing suspension. Maybe the Reds catch 165 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: a break. As baseball fights go, though, Heidi, and you've 166 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: seen a bunch does a pretty good tussle. 167 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: It was the most amazing thing to me is Helix 168 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 3: stood there and thought about it for a minute. Let 169 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: the place play out. Stolen bases, He's said, and he's like, yeah, 170 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 3: you know what, I just don't like that. I'm just 171 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 3: not gonna stand for it. He thought about it. It 172 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 3: wasn't just a reaction, he's I mean, it's obviously a reaction, 173 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 3: but he thought about it. And look, hey, if someone 174 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: will thrown you know, ninety five near my head, I 175 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: don't think i'd react very well either. So yeah, he 176 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 3: has been he's been really good for them in the 177 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 3: early going this year, and especially since that fight. It 178 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 3: seems to have ignited a little fire. So for Reds 179 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 3: fan's sake, I mean, look, it's always fun to watch 180 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 3: the superstars the sport, and to see where he's Hilaire 181 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 3: hit in this ballpark would be kind of fun, but 182 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 3: for Angels fans at least. But yeah, the Reds might 183 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 3: catch a break there because I would expect that his 184 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 3: appeal is going to be coming down soon. So we'll see. 185 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: But yeah, that was a that was a pretty good 186 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 3: tussle there. There's definitely some history and White don't White Yes, 187 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 3: the manager, Yes, he just did the Brave game last 188 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 3: week and I was talking with one of the coaches 189 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 3: on Weiss's staff, and I'm not going to out him, 190 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 3: but he said, you know, in spring training, every morning 191 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 3: I go to the gym, I think I'm doing good, 192 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: I'm staying healthy. He would be in there before me 193 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 3: and he's lifting double me and he's in his sixties 194 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 3: and he's put me to shame. He's like, Walt Weiss 195 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 3: is just a beast. He's a black belt tyekwondo. I mean, 196 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 3: he's you don't want to match with Walt Weiss. And 197 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 3: you could see the way if you swum all the 198 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 3: video and watch the way he tackled. He tackled him 199 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 3: to not injure him right, to just yeah, stop the fights. 200 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 3: Like he wrapped him up, make sure that he's were protected, 201 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 3: took him to the ground, and Solaire has said, like, 202 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 3: now we're good, we have a good relationship. I'm not 203 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 3: mad at him at all. Yeah, there's so many elements 204 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: to unpack from that fight's crazy. 205 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 2: Well, the thing about Walt Weiss, right, so he when 206 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 2: I you know, I'm old. So when I was a kid, 207 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 2: he was the shortstop on the A's Reds beat the 208 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: A's in the ninety World Series. Walt Weiss was like 209 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 2: this like puny, thin, short stoff, and now he's like. 210 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: He's exactly what you just described. 211 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 2: The transformation of what why is from his from his 212 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 2: twenties to his early sixties has been remarkable. 213 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 3: It is remarkable. It is remarkable. You know. It's funny. 214 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 3: I see so many former players when I and you 215 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 3: know who are now analysts or working around the game 216 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 3: in some way, shape or fashion. I'm like, gosh, you 217 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: look you look amazing. You look strong, you look like 218 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 3: you could go out there and hit a couple of balls. 219 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 3: And they're like, yeah, when when we're not subject to 220 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: MLB is very strict testing policies about what you can 221 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 3: and can't take in terms of supplements, you know, we're good. 222 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: So I don't know that well WHYSS is taking any supplements, 223 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 3: But yeah, he's he's definitely strong and he's doing well 224 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 3: for a man who's sixty two years old. 225 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: One more because you have a broadcast to prep for it. 226 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: Tonight, Heidi Watney from Apple TV Reds are on Friday 227 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: Night Baseball and Apple TV tonight against the Angels. First pitch, 228 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 2: six forty five, so that the big story in the 229 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 2: sport for the first two plus weeks has been ABS, 230 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 2: and I feel like we've the way that we've talked 231 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 2: about it has slowed down a little bit because we've 232 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 2: all gotten used to it. 233 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: I love it. 234 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: I think it's added a dimension of strategy. Fans at 235 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 2: the ballpark get into it. I think it's actually made 236 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 2: the public realize in a lot of folks feel the opposite. 237 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: I think it's made the public realize how hard being 238 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 2: a home play umpire is and. 239 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: How good most of these guys are. 240 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: As you've covered the sport when you talk to players, 241 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 2: when you talk to people, and it are folks settling in. 242 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 2: Is there a different angle on ABS that you weren't expecting. 243 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 2: Give me a minute on ABS. 244 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting. Every single person in and around 245 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: the game that I have talked to loves it, loves it, 246 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 3: and there was so much resistance last spring training, right 247 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 3: you heard Max Sure's a railing against it. And I 248 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 3: haven't had a chance to talk to maxim person yet, 249 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 3: so I will be interested because he always has a 250 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 3: very informed and interesting take on the sport of baseball. 251 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 3: But I would be willing to get that he likes 252 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 3: how it's been implemented as well. My Trout loves it. Again, 253 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 3: every manager and player I've talked to, you don't want 254 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 3: to end a game the way the World Baseball Classic ended, right, 255 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: a game that matters, and that hasn't really happened in 256 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 3: the early going, but we've seen it effect outcomes of 257 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 3: that bets. Like I said, we just did the Brave 258 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 3: Diamondbacks last week. They had an inning Thursday, the night 259 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 3: before our game where all the alb's challenged. He was 260 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: the first batter of an inning, but he challenged, and 261 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 3: he drew a walk instead of striking out, and that 262 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 3: set up the eight run inning. They wouldn't have scored 263 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 3: any of those runs had he made an out as 264 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 3: the first at back, because the next two betters did 265 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 3: what they did anyway. So it just it's interesting how 266 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 3: it's impacting the game. But you're right, for the most part, 267 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: we're seeing the misses, and I love that it shows 268 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 3: it's a point eight inches off the plate, less than 269 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 3: an inch or one point one inches or whatever. You're 270 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 3: seeing that it's such a game of literal inches in baseball, 271 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 3: but especially with the abs strike zone, that even the 272 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 3: misses for the most part are really dialed in and 273 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 3: really close and it is showing that. I mean, there's 274 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 3: been a couple of umpires that have gotten that have 275 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 3: had bad days and as Aaron Boone Aaron Boone said, 276 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 3: did not make an adjustment. But for the most part, 277 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 3: it's really highlighting how good they are and how tough 278 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 3: it is to be a picture and hit a pinpoint spot, 279 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 3: and how tough it is to have a good eye. 280 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 3: I mean, Logan o'hapi's been one of the best in baseball. 281 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 3: I think he's ten for twelve on challenges as a catcher. 282 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 3: I mean, that's a really good ratio. So he'll be 283 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 3: behind the dish tonight for the Angels and we'll see. 284 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,959 Speaker 3: But it's been a lot of people are just saying, look, 285 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: it's writing something that we the public can now be 286 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 3: right with all of the technology that we have. It's 287 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 3: just fixing something that so people aren't going to be 288 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 3: so angry. And hey, if you had an opportunity to 289 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 3: challenge and you didn't challenge, that's now on you. You 290 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 3: can't get mad at the umpire for that. And you 291 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 3: do have to have some strategy with it. So it's 292 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 3: incorporating even more strategy in a game that already has 293 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 3: so much strategy, but for the thinkers, for the baseball thinkers, 294 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 3: it's really fun. Do we use it here? Do we 295 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 3: not use it here? Most of the managers and players 296 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 3: I've talked to the managers are like, look, if it's 297 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 3: really in the game, or if it's a low leverage situation, 298 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,079 Speaker 3: you better be one hundred percent if you're going to challenge, 299 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 3: and less so if it's a sticky situation or late 300 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 3: in the game or something that can be really impactful. 301 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 3: If you're pretty sure you can challenge. But a lot 302 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 3: of people have said, and I heard Tito say this 303 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 3: the other day, they want to kind of use it 304 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 3: strategically as well, late in the game if they need 305 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 3: an extra timeout for their picture. It's almost can be 306 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: saved as an extra timeout, like, hey, let's challenge, take 307 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 3: a beat, get a breath, if you're out of mound visits. 308 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 3: It's just kind of an extra way to do it 309 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 3: that way too. So it's all strategy. Baseball has become 310 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 3: such a game of chess, and I just love it. 311 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 3: I think it's so much fun. 312 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 2: Well said, have a great broadcast tonight. We appreciate it. 313 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: Hopefully we can do it again later on this season. Hedi, 314 00:14:59,280 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: thanks so much. 315 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. Hey, we've got the drone in there. Tonight. 316 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 3: We're gonna have live interviews with Mike Trout and Elied 317 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 3: who cruz right at the stop at the top of 318 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 3: the game. So we've got a lot of fun stuff 319 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 3: for you guys on the broadcast tonight on apple TV. 320 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 2: Awesome, Thank you, Heidi, appreciate it. Tonight Friday Night Baseball. 321 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 2: Apple TV's first pitch at six forty five way late 322 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 2: twenty four from four. 323 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen. 324 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 3: Thirty Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty traffic from. 325 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 4: You see Health Traffic Center. 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