Speaker 1: Hey everybody, it's around the Park with crookerd Kype, and
Speaker 1: today we're going to talk about shots. When you get
Speaker 1: your shot as a young player, you got to take
Speaker 1: advantage of it. We're going to talk about that when
Speaker 1: we come back. Heybody, it's around the Park with Crook
Speaker 1: and Kype. And today is game one of a three
Speaker 1: game series to the Giants and the Colorado Rockies and Caype.
Speaker 1: You take a look at the Giants lineup today and
Speaker 1: it's pretty much how the lineup is going to be
Speaker 1: the rest of the way. I mean, we've got around
Speaker 1: fifty games left in this Giant season, but you're starting
Speaker 1: to see more and more of the prospects, the guys
Speaker 1: that they're high on, the guys that have earned the
Speaker 1: right to have a shot here for the remainder of
Speaker 1: the season and get the bats that could give them
Speaker 1: a convincing argument that they could quite possibly make the
Speaker 1: team next year. Tonight, Jonah Cox is back off the il,
Speaker 1: He's in the leadoff spot. We've got Elridge, of course
Speaker 1: he'll be making the team next year, but by Barry
Speaker 1: Cooto is making the team. Then you've got Costs and
Speaker 1: you've got Kissner and You've got a number of guys
Speaker 1: that are not they haven't really established himself yet, and
Speaker 1: this is the opportunity is the rest of the season
Speaker 1: unfolds for them to get a shot to really make
Speaker 1: an argument that they can be in spring training with
Speaker 1: a chance to make the team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they called up a new player that many of
Speaker 2: us have heard of, Turner Hill, who's not in the lineup,
Speaker 2: but I'm sure we're going to see him at some
Speaker 2: point this weekend. But yeah, this is an opportunity, and
Speaker 2: unfortunately it's only created because the team isn't having a
Speaker 2: very very good year at all. And when your record's
Speaker 2: poor and you've got injuries, you know, this is what happens.
Speaker 2: Here's your chance to see what you got as far
Speaker 2: as your prospects in the minor league that might very
Speaker 2: well help you in the upcoming season. So it's unfortunate,
Speaker 2: but it's fortunate for these guys because now they have
Speaker 2: of a shot to show everybody what they can do
Speaker 2: at this level. And you know, in a lot of ways,
Speaker 2: it's fun to watch these guys run around, but I
Speaker 2: think i'd rather see the Giants record reversed.
Speaker 1: Well, we all would, but you know, it's a fact
Speaker 1: of life. But it's also a part of baseball that
Speaker 1: I think the fans enjoy. They want to watch the future,
Speaker 1: they want to see what's been in the minor leagues,
Speaker 1: what's been talked about in Sacramento and Richmond and Eugene
Speaker 1: in San Jose. And the one thing that's so cool
Speaker 1: about this scenario is that everybody that ever put on
Speaker 1: a jersey has done the one thing that these guys
Speaker 1: are going to try and do. They had their shot,
Speaker 1: and for every big leigure that had a career, they
Speaker 1: capitalized on that shot. They took advantage of it. And
Speaker 1: they're going to be thinking about that when they get
Speaker 1: in the batter's box or when they get on the mound.
Speaker 2: Well, you're right, you only get so many opportunities to
Speaker 2: make a second, a third impression. And uh, you know,
Speaker 2: for a guy like Jonah Cox, you know, he made
Speaker 2: a great impression to start out with, you know, got
Speaker 2: dinged up and then he didn't. He hasn't played for
Speaker 2: a long time, and now he's back and he gets
Speaker 2: to start today in centerfield. So I mean, those they
Speaker 2: all have a chance to be a good story. But
Speaker 2: there's also a little bit of pressure on each player
Speaker 2: and they know that that they may not get another
Speaker 2: opportunity and they need to take advantage of this one.
Speaker 1: You have to take advantage of it. And Turner Hill,
Speaker 1: the guy you're talking about that they called up today,
Speaker 1: he's a great story. I mean, he was a free agent.
Speaker 1: He didn't you get drafted. He was like one phone
Speaker 1: call away from independent league and the Giants gape shot
Speaker 1: and he's soared right to the top. And this year
Speaker 1: a triple A. He set a River Cat record of
Speaker 1: a hitting streak he had, he's got the last game
Speaker 1: he played in Sacramento, he had his twenty fifth consecutive
Speaker 1: hit and to extend his hitting streak and break the
Speaker 1: record to get a home run. So he's coming up
Speaker 1: here with confidence, and we will see him. By the way,
Speaker 1: he's got forty friends and relatives from Ohio here at
Speaker 1: the ballpark today.
Speaker 2: Good, all right, it should be fun.
Speaker 1: That's around the park with Kruker guy. Enjoy this great game.