Speaker 1: Giants Rangers, game two of this three game series. Dave
Speaker 1: Fleming with the Giants manager Tony Vitello as we get
Speaker 1: ready for this game after you know, last night had
Speaker 1: to be an unusual night. That's not judgmental, just with
Speaker 1: all that went on during the day, and I thought
Speaker 1: it was pretty impressive the way your group played a
Speaker 1: focused game considering everything that was going on before the
Speaker 1: game even started.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's one of those examples of two
Speaker 2: roads diverged in a wood. You can choose which one
Speaker 2: you want to go down, And you know, with all
Speaker 2: the emotions and the chatter and the rumors speculation, the
Speaker 2: game started and all the known factors that needed to
Speaker 2: be known were known, and the guys decided to come
Speaker 2: out with energy, and I thought it was noticeable, especially
Speaker 2: when you got a closed dome and it was a
Speaker 2: good crowd, but it's not a full house. I thought
Speaker 2: the most energetic thing in the whole stadium was our
Speaker 2: group of guys in the dugout and on the field,
Speaker 2: how they played. And probably would be remiss if I
Speaker 2: didn't say Webby gets the most credit because how he
Speaker 2: blocked all that going on around him in the locker room,
Speaker 2: in the training room prior to the game. It was extraordinary.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt. A guy who's been here for a
Speaker 1: long time and cares about this franchise and cares about
Speaker 1: those people that he was with that it probably was
Speaker 1: harder on him than almost anybody. By the way, we
Speaker 1: got a Robert Frost reference in on this shit that
Speaker 1: doesn't happen very often on the Manager Show. The other
Speaker 1: guy who stood out yesterday, I mean, lots of guys did,
Speaker 1: but Jung hou Lee played one of his best games. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's got such a short, beautiful swing when
Speaker 2: he stays compact, and he can get to a pitch
Speaker 2: on either side of the plate. But a lot of
Speaker 2: guys have a weakness inside and he can kind of
Speaker 2: get to that pitch as quick as anyone. Buddy, Kenny
Speaker 2: Kennedy and I were talking before the game. It's almost
Speaker 2: like a quick cobra strike. And he did it twice
Speaker 2: yesterday to leave the park, but did it another time too,
Speaker 2: And then the defense that he put out there was tremendous.
Speaker 2: He and Webby seem to have a love affair a
Speaker 2: little bit going on. I mean, he's been good all
Speaker 2: year long, but in particular, he's changed some of Webby's outings.
Speaker 1: It's true, if you went back and did like the
Speaker 1: defensive highlights for Djung Hu, I bet half of them
Speaker 1: have come when Webby's been on the mound. It's hard
Speaker 1: to explain.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, part of it the cynical coach and
Speaker 2: me wants to say, we gotta throw strikes in order
Speaker 2: for the ball to be hit the right field. And
Speaker 2: the one thing about Webby, even though his ball is
Speaker 2: moving all over the place, he consistently comes at hitters
Speaker 2: and he set the tone doing that.
Speaker 1: Yesterday, you know, we watched you manage your bullpen, which
Speaker 1: is a different bullpen right now than it has been
Speaker 1: for a chunk of this year. Yesterday. Do you have
Speaker 1: any big picture thoughts, not necessarily specifics on who's pitching
Speaker 1: what innings, but just big picture thoughts on this group
Speaker 1: going forward.
Speaker 2: No, I mean, it's it's kind of fresh faces and
Speaker 2: yet guys were familiar with. It's just it's a little
Speaker 2: bit unnerving and maybe something that you got to get
Speaker 2: used to of. You like to know what you're getting
Speaker 2: and what kind of rhythm a guy is in. Eric
Speaker 2: Miller is no longer with us and depending on what
Speaker 2: part of the year you look at. He was kind
Speaker 2: of a man of many, many faces this year, and
Speaker 2: I'm just using an example of you know, there was
Speaker 2: times where he was really rolling good for us, so
Speaker 2: we wanted him to throw the ninth inning. Some of
Speaker 2: these guys. You look at the status, you read the reports.
Speaker 2: You know, Brundy's given us all kinds of good insight
Speaker 2: from Sack every time a guy comes up, but you
Speaker 2: haven't really seen it with your own eyes, and you're
Speaker 2: trying to protect Webby's outing and you want to win
Speaker 2: the game. So it's tough. But at the same time,
Speaker 2: like I said, we do know these kids, and I
Speaker 2: think we've got what's capable down there. It's just about
Speaker 2: you know, upd ust sorting it out when we see
Speaker 2: a good matchup for them, and then they got to
Speaker 2: go out there and they got to attack.
Speaker 1: Yeah, indeed, all right, well I'm more with the Giants
Speaker 1: manager right after this all right, back here with the
Speaker 1: Giants manager and Tony Game two of this series. Here
Speaker 1: we have a new face on the roster today and
Speaker 1: he's a guy that we don't know or I don't know,
Speaker 1: Eddie s Leonard, who is a hitter who joined the
Speaker 1: organization not that long ago, and here he is to
Speaker 1: make his big league debut.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was actually with Justin Message, our pitching coach
Speaker 2: last year with Milwaukee. A couple other stops for him
Speaker 2: along the way, but it's been many stops in many
Speaker 2: cities that haven't involved a big League game, and so
Speaker 2: to kind of see all this through for him is
Speaker 2: pretty dang exciting. And also, you know, you can't, like
Speaker 2: I said, you read the reports, you get the feedback, Well,
Speaker 2: you don't have to see the home runs in person.
Speaker 2: You know, it's pretty impressive. His last four hits have
Speaker 2: been home runs. And then also impressive to see him
Speaker 2: be one of the first guys at the park and
Speaker 2: he immediately get out there with Wash to work on
Speaker 2: some infield stuff. He's a utility guy that can play
Speaker 2: all over. So it'll kind of add to the spice
Speaker 2: we had yesterday was youthful energy and you know, some
Speaker 2: new faces and opportunities a big word right now.
Speaker 1: Indeed, it is last couple of things here because we're
Speaker 1: running out of time. But brace Eldridge is not in
Speaker 1: the lineup for the second straight game. Thoughts on I
Speaker 1: know the thumb has been a little bit of an
Speaker 1: issue for him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and probably this isn't the intent, but probably a
Speaker 2: good not reset, but a little bit of a time
Speaker 2: out for a guy that's been treated like a ten
Speaker 2: year vet because he's kind of made us do that
Speaker 2: with his behavior and his work ethic and how well
Speaker 2: he's played. But he is a twenty one year old
Speaker 2: that's in the midst of, you know, for the most part,
Speaker 2: his biggest chunk of a big league season, and so
Speaker 2: some time off, that think would be good. But also
Speaker 2: it only makes sense to heal up a hand a
Speaker 2: little bit when that's the tool you're using to swing
Speaker 2: the bat, or your hands or what's swinging the tool.
Speaker 2: So I think he'll be back in full action tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Yesterday we talked about maybe a pinchhit with the game
Speaker 2: on the line, but we ruled that out.
Speaker 1: Today.
Speaker 2: I think it's reasonable to think he could pinchhit for us.
Speaker 1: And I did want before we let you go, I
Speaker 1: did want to ask about but Sab because he's made
Speaker 1: a great impression here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the ultimate blend of playing the game
Speaker 2: like a little leaguer, having fun out there, but also
Speaker 2: playing with the intent to win and having an intense
Speaker 2: confidence about himself. And that's really hard to do as
Speaker 2: a coach. You feel like you're asking guys to do
Speaker 2: two different things sometimes, but he's got a really good
Speaker 2: balance on how he goes about it. He's fun to
Speaker 2: watch and I'll tell you what, the guys in the
Speaker 2: locker room absolutely love him. I think he's brought out
Speaker 2: a little bit more personality out of everybody with his can't.
Speaker 1: Wait to watch him play some more and can't wait
Speaker 1: till tomorrow. Who knows what poetry you're gonna quote?
Speaker 2: Probably none, but you don't. You don't have to. I
Speaker 2: don't know if it's a poem. But you don't have
Speaker 2: to wait long to see Basabi because they'll be leading
Speaker 2: off tonight.
Speaker 1: All right, I love it. All right, that's Tony Vtella.
Speaker 1: We'll get you ready for the start of the game
Speaker 1: right after this