1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: All right, it's twenty two minutes after four o'clock. This 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: is ESPN fifteen thirty on Moeggers. The twenty twenty six 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: Reds Hall of Fame candidates for the Modern Player ballot 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: came out last week. You can vote right now for 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: a group of players that consists of Homer Bailey, Francisco Cordero, 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: zat Cozart, Aaron Harang, Mike Leak, Brandon Phillips, Scott Rowland, 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: and Edinson Volcez. You can vote right now at Redsmuseum 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: dot org. Two modern Players will be selected as part 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: of the Class of twenty twenty six. Here to tell 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: us more, by the way, Hall of Fame Weekend, the 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: induction weekend is going to take place April twenty fourth 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: through twenty six, so a little bit earlier than usual. 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: Rick Wall's, executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: m Museum, is with us. 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: Rick. It's awesome to have you. How are you great? 16 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me. Exciting time of the year for 17 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 3: the Hall of Fame prepping for twenty twenty six. 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it's interesting you and I talk about 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: this every year, and for a while we had talked 20 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: about you know, what coming down the pike were there's 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: going to be a lot of guys. 22 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: Theres gonna be a lot of guys. 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: Who are part of those teams, you know, the two thousand's, 24 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: early twenty tens, and we're here Rick time flies. 25 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 3: It does. It's fun to kind of evaluate and vote 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 3: on players that I remember more recently playing. And that's 27 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 3: why we put the vote back into the fans, right, 28 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 3: so the fans have a say and who's going to 29 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 3: be going into the Reds Hall of Fame. They get 30 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 3: a vote. It's going to be combined with the alumni 31 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 3: as well as media, so the three components will make 32 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: up who the two people are they're going to go 33 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 3: in next year and twenty twenty six. Now they'll be 34 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 3: a veteran candidate as well, one or two, but two 35 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 3: players this time around from the twenty twenty six for 36 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: this twenty twenty six ballot. 37 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: All right, what was the criteria to be included on 38 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: the modern player ballot? 39 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: So you've got to have played The minimum for any 40 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: candidates of the Hall of Fame is three years with 41 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 3: the Reds. And remember we're just considering Red's careers. You've 42 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 3: got to kind of remove some of their successes or 43 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 3: accolades or even failures from other teams when you're evaluating 44 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 3: the candidates. But three years, you have to be out 45 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 3: of baseball for five years, and then you have to 46 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 3: have played within the last fifteen pretty much mirrors National 47 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 3: Baseball Hall of Fame number of rules, at least the 48 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 3: beginning where you have to be out five years. So 49 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 3: you start looking at some of the new guys that 50 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 3: are on the ballot this time, and this ballot changes. 51 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 3: Some come on, some go off, and the ones that 52 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: go off will go to a veterans committee. So that's 53 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 3: your basic criteria. There's no particular number of batting average 54 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 3: or strikeouts as a team hall of Fame, and we 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 3: want the fans to help evaluate who they think belongs 56 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 3: in the Hall of Fame. 57 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: I believe, and you can correct me if I'm wrong. 58 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: I think this is the first time you've had two 59 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: players get voted on this ballot. I also think it's 60 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: the first time you've had as many as eight. 61 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 3: Am I correct, well, I think eight might be the 62 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 3: right number, But we did take two back I think 63 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: in two thousand and four. Possibly. I mean, you're going 64 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: pretty far back to when balloting came back into play, 65 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: so there was another time of that, but no, there's 66 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 3: traditionally there has only been one from this and this year. 67 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 3: There's an election Governance Committee of the Boarder Directors of 68 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 3: the Hall of Fame that reviews all the candidates, and 69 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 3: given the last ten years there's only been eight inductees, 70 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 3: We've had a couple of years where there's only been one. 71 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 3: Pete Rose in sixteen, Marty Brenneman went in twenty one, 72 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 3: and then there was also a couple of years where 73 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,839 Speaker 3: we didn't have inductions, so we got off our every 74 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 3: other year cycle a little bit. Twenty twenty five was 75 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 3: targeted to be a year for induction since we did 76 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 3: one in twenty three, but due to the focus and 77 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: emphasis on the fiftieth anniversary the seventy five championship, we 78 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 3: decided to move it off to this year and that 79 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 3: was strategically done. And here we are, and I think 80 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 3: we're going to have a good class. 81 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: When do the other members of the Class of twenty 82 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: twenty six get announced? 83 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 3: So everybody will be announced in one single announcement, so 84 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 3: probably about the second week of December. So while the 85 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 3: fan voting is going on, we're mailing out ballots to 86 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 3: the alumni and also to media. Now to be a 87 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: Reds alum to be eligible to votes, you also have 88 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 3: to have played three years with the Reds, so a 89 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 3: lot of the teammates of these players will be voting, 90 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 3: so that really does play into this. The Veterans Committee 91 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: will meet the first week of December. We'll take the 92 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 3: results of both of those that come out with the 93 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 3: class announcement in the second week of December, right before 94 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 3: the holidays, and hopefully we'll have these players back in 95 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 3: and visiting the Hall of Fame and the ballpark offen 96 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 3: maybe even Red Cest next year. So look a lot 97 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 3: to look forward to. And you mentioned it earlier, that 98 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 3: induction to little earlier this year April twenty four, twenty five, 99 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 3: twenty six, the celebration will have meet and greets in 100 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: the museum with not just the current inductees, but this 101 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: is a great celebration of Red's history. We bring back 102 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 3: all of the Hall of famers to visit them and 103 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 3: their families and just have a wonderful celebration. 104 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: You can cast her ballot Redsmuseum dot org through November 105 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: the twenty seventh. One ballot per person slash email address 106 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: per day. You mentioned something that's important because it was 107 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: sorely missed last year due to the construction of the 108 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: Convention Center downtown. 109 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: But Reds Fest will be back. 110 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 3: It will be you know, and it's another reason why 111 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 3: there was an induction last year. We really wanted the 112 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 3: gala at the Convention Center, a big fundraiser for the museum. 113 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: That's associated with the induction, of course, but RedFest is 114 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 3: an exciting time for the museum and all Reds fans 115 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,679 Speaker 3: back in the Convention Center, the first major event there 116 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 3: chance you know, tickets just went on sale yesterday, so 117 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 3: it's a great opportunity to meet with current players and coaches, 118 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 3: the photograph opportunities. You just know, there's memorabilia everywhere, so 119 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 3: much to do and a lot to kind of look 120 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 3: forward to. Is we're prepping for this great twenty twenty 121 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 3: sixth season. I know there's high hopes with a lot 122 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 3: of fans. We've got a taste of the playoffs and 123 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 3: feeling like getting back to the Convention Center is a 124 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 3: way to get back to normal here and have RedFest 125 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: and have a great baseball season. 126 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: Am I allowed to tell you who I will be 127 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: voting for. 128 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: Well, you're getting a ballot in the mail, so up 129 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 3: to you. I would not divulge your votes if you 130 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: sent your ballot back in this but you're more than 131 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 3: welcome to announce who you're voting for. 132 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: Let's let well, I'm voting for Brandon Phillips. 133 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 3: All right, Okay, I mean check. 134 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: I still want you to send me a ballot because 135 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: I like having them, but I'm voting for Brandon Phillips. 136 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Literally the best defensive player that I've ever seen, really 137 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: sort of, you know, I remember when they acquired him, 138 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: and there was this breadth of fresh air with this 139 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: guy who boy, it felt like he was one of 140 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: those dudes who can build around. And God, here before 141 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: the Vados and the Bruces and all those guys, was 142 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: here for the twenty ten team. The twenty twelve team 143 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: led off Game two in twenty ten with a home 144 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: run hit, the home run that gave the Reds lead 145 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: against the Giants, Game one of twenty twelve. 146 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 2: Bunch of gold gloves, silver sluggers. So Brandon Phillips. 147 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: And then for me, and I vetted this out, I'm 148 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: going Aaron Harang eight years here, you know. Really, Unfortunately 149 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: never got the full taste of twenty ten that he 150 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: should have gotten. But there was a run here in 151 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: six and in seven where there were a few pitchers 152 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: in baseball as good as Aaron Harang pitched here for 153 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: a while. 154 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 2: Those are my two guys. 155 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: Great choices. There's several great choices on the ballot. I 156 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: can't argue with anything that you've said, and some of 157 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 3: the other candidates on here as well. And I think 158 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 3: that's what's great about this is you remembered so much 159 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 3: these players. Everyone that's looking at the ballot remember some 160 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: of these great stories. They were part of the ten, 161 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: twenty ten, twelve thirteen teams that that was fun time 162 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 3: for being a Reds baseball fan. That was a really 163 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 3: good time. And here we are already talking about these 164 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: guys making their way into the largest team Hall of 165 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: Fame and all of baseball, greatest museum that you'll find 166 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 3: for any team, and they have all been to Gallas. 167 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 3: So now you're into a time frame where the candidates 168 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 3: have all seen how the Reds handle Hall of Fame 169 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 3: inductions and it's something that other teams don't do quite 170 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: as well. Some teams do it well, but not like 171 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 3: the Reds do with the induction festivities and of course 172 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 3: the big gallo at the convention center. So we're excited 173 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: to have that moniker, and I hope everybody will vote 174 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: and vote off it. 175 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 2: Vote now. 176 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: Redsmuseum dot Org runs through the twenty seven, so you 177 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: have a couple of weeks eight quality candidates. Two will 178 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: get voted in and be a part of the class 179 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty six next April. Rick, always awesome to 180 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: have you man, Thanks so much. 181 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 3: Hey, thanks for having me. I look forward to talking 182 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 3: to you same. 183 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: Most definitely, that's our guy, Rick Walls, Executive Director, Reds 184 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame Museum, Redsmuseum dot org. You can vote 185 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: for any of those guys and it would make sense. 186 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: Brandon Phillips was a no brainer. I think the moment 187 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: he retired, we all thought, well, first time on the ballot, 188 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: he's getting in. 189 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 2: He'll get in. 190 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: I cannot imagine a world where he's not voted in 191 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six. 192 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: The rest are a little tricky, you know. Aaron Harangue. 193 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: Unfortunately his best years didn't happen on teams that were great. 194 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: He was on the twenty ten team. My memory serves 195 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: me correct didn't even make the postseason roster. I ended 196 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: up pitching for a number of years after he left Cincinnati, 197 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: but a couple of years the six team, which was 198 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: in first place by mid August, as late as mid August, 199 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: the one two was Harangue and Arroyo. 200 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 2: And that was not that was not insignificant at that time. 201 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: So I'll go Aaron harang I'll go Brandon Phillips. You 202 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: could vote for whoever you choose at Red's Museum dot org.