Speaker 1: Giants Red Sox Game two from Fenway Park. I'm John
Speaker 1: Miller with today's Tony Vtello Show, Skipper of the Giants,
Speaker 1: and Skipper was it was interesting to see some of
Speaker 1: the comments after the game last night regarding Raphael Devers,
Speaker 1: and one of the things you pointed out that I
Speaker 1: read today was how he participated greatly in the pregame
Speaker 1: hitters meeting because he had so much knowledge and so
Speaker 1: much background at Fenway Park, and that he was very
Speaker 1: open about sharing some of that stuff.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's obvious. You know that it's quirky
Speaker 2: in a lot of areas, not just the Green Monster.
Speaker 2: And when you arrive at a park where a lot
Speaker 2: of young kids have never played, or you haven't been
Speaker 2: at this park in a couple of years, it pays
Speaker 2: to point some things out and then even refresh him
Speaker 2: if you are somewhat familiar with the park on what
Speaker 2: may happen on a ball the monster we had Duran's
Speaker 2: hit go to the to the very far corner gap,
Speaker 2: almost like there is at oracle where if you mishandled
Speaker 2: that ball at all, it's going to turn from a
Speaker 2: triple into an inside the park home run. Unfortunately we
Speaker 2: experienced that earlier in the years, So Raffe and Willie
Speaker 2: are always quick to speak up in those meetings because
Speaker 2: they've got more time than anybody. They've seen a lot
Speaker 2: of these pitchers. But he had good insight going into
Speaker 2: the game and obviously had a good game too, popping
Speaker 2: that ball out of the park.
Speaker 1: And it's the most notable feature of the ballpark is
Speaker 1: and most famous is the Green Monster thirty seven feet
Speaker 1: two inches tall, but centerfield wall is eighteen feet high,
Speaker 1: and the actual dimensions if you hit it straight away
Speaker 1: is Raffi did not that deep, but it's eighteen feet high.
Speaker 1: Most of the home runs you see out there are
Speaker 1: high fly balls, maybe even pushed a little bit by
Speaker 1: the wind. That was kind of a line drive, and
Speaker 1: not that many of those line drives sneak over that
Speaker 1: high wall out there in centerfield.
Speaker 2: Yeah, earlier in the day you alluded to the Green
Speaker 2: Monster being favorable for lefties almost sometimes you could argue
Speaker 2: more than righty's for a variety of reasons. But I
Speaker 2: think it was for Rafi because it plays into his game.
Speaker 2: That home run, he didn't get it as good as
Speaker 2: he can get it. It would have went even further
Speaker 2: if he did. But his bread and butter is to
Speaker 2: be inside the baseball and back spin it. And it's
Speaker 2: why he had a lot of success at this park,
Speaker 2: because that monster was there to greet him, and he
Speaker 2: is strong enough to get it over that wall. Even
Speaker 2: though that ball probably got in on him a little bit,
Speaker 2: I think that was his bread and butter. Again, we
Speaker 2: were talking before the game with the bigger media group
Speaker 2: about what is his best swing? Well, his best swing
Speaker 2: was that swing, and even there, you're only going to
Speaker 2: time so many pitches up perfectly during the course of
Speaker 2: a season. He did that in Colorado twice in one series,
Speaker 2: but on that one his best swing met the baseball
Speaker 2: and it was good enough to get over the fence.
Speaker 2: And I just wish Pasabi's would have been the same way.
Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting, Pisabi's is to dead center. If
Speaker 2: he pulls the ball, obviously it's well over the monster.
Speaker 2: But being that is the hit it to dead center.
Speaker 2: That ball might have got out at Oracle, but it
Speaker 2: did not get out here. It got caught at the wall,
Speaker 2: and we missed out on an opportunity for a grand Now.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Devers an emotional night returning to the place
Speaker 1: where he the only baseball home he had had in
Speaker 1: his career until last year, and yet he had the
Speaker 1: press congress before the game. How do you feel like
Speaker 1: he handled all that because it had to be so
Speaker 1: much emotion and there were so many demands on his time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was impressed, and also, I guess, just to
Speaker 2: be honest, was a little bit surprised. I didn't expect
Speaker 2: him to be just as embracing the moment as much
Speaker 2: as he did yesterday. I think a lot of people
Speaker 2: sought him out. It was hard for me to even
Speaker 2: hit him ground balls because so many people kept stopping
Speaker 2: by to say hello to him, and a lot of
Speaker 2: fans showed their appreciation for what he had done. And
Speaker 2: then he played well too, So overall, I think it
Speaker 2: was a great day for him. Up until the final
Speaker 2: score being posted, it would have been interesting to see
Speaker 2: if we could have got on base and given him
Speaker 2: an opportunity against Chapman there in the ninth, But nonetheless,
Speaker 2: if you were just to single it out for him,
Speaker 2: I think he handled it immensely well. Was a great day.
Speaker 2: And then you get to the aftermath, and the easier
Speaker 2: thing to talk about in the media by nature is
Speaker 2: negative as opposed to positive. If you were in the
Speaker 2: park looking, I think there was as many people standing
Speaker 2: cheering as there were booing, and you understand both sides,
Speaker 2: but what ends up being talked about more is the boo.
Speaker 2: And then by nature of the vocals, a boo is
Speaker 2: louder than a ya. But nonetheless, it's good to have
Speaker 2: it past us and he can move into Game two
Speaker 2: and just play ball.
Speaker 1: The Giants Red Sox Game two of the series more
Speaker 1: with Tony Bicello next, now more Tony by Cello and
Speaker 1: this Red Sox team. Man, they have been so hot.
Speaker 1: I don't recall on any team being so bad in
Speaker 1: the first half of you and then so good, and
Speaker 1: it looks like a team that could be a threat
Speaker 1: even to go all the way to the World's Hereies.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they've got the right components, for sure.
Speaker 2: This is a tough place to play if they're able
Speaker 2: to host some home games, and then you know, the
Speaker 2: bullpen has you looking at the scoreboard and it alters
Speaker 2: the way you do things. Cad Smith's like that, Miller's
Speaker 2: like that. In San Diego, it's a race to the
Speaker 2: sixth inning to try and grab a lead because the
Speaker 2: odds or the percentages shrink so much against their bullpen.
Speaker 2: It doesn't mean you can't achieve that late in the innings,
Speaker 2: but it does factor in, and it certainly favors Boston too.
Speaker 2: On the offensive side, you know, if you can push
Speaker 2: ahead and kind of win the starter battles, so to speak,
Speaker 2: maybe even just be up a run after five innings.
Speaker 2: Your bullpen is incredibly reliable, so they've got a lot
Speaker 2: of pieces and it'll be interesting to see how that
Speaker 2: run goes. But it'd also be nice to slow them
Speaker 2: down for a couple of days.
Speaker 1: Game two of the series, The Giants and the Red Sox,
Speaker 1: And that's the Tony Vitello Show for today.