1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Giants padres the finale and then back home again. I'm 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: John Billing with Today's Tony Vicello Show and Tony for 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: the Giants some offense last night, speaking loudly and nine 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: runs on the board, and I know, to start a 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: game of the home run, that's always cool. Well, what 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: was the big hit that kind of you look back, 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: that resonated with you as the big hit? 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting you asked that because you know, 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: Raffi's at bat following Willie's home run resulted in a 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: pop up and he was frustrated and probably Giants fans 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 2: were two. But it was a ten pitch at bat, 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: and I think it kind of set the theme for 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: the night that really no at bat was going to 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: be given up easily. There were a couple of strikeouts 15 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: in there that you'd like to take back, but heck 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: one of them to Schmidty. I watched the replay. It 17 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 2: was a challenge call in the ABS system and it 18 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: was literally the perfect pitch. I don't know that a 19 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: pitcher can actually throw a pitch in that location on purpose. 20 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: So point bing, I thought, all the at bats are 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 2: really competitive. A huge, huge thing though, was Ramos comes 22 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 2: up with the bases loaded with one out, just misses 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: a pitch and flies out. We don't score that inning. 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 2: And then later in the game he comes up with 25 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: the bases loaded and facing the sinker baller and just 26 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: drove the ball to right field in the four hole 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 2: for a couple of RBIs and a really big hit. 28 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 2: So that might have been the one that kind of 29 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: encompassed both of those things, but yet was maybe the backbreaker. 30 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true that it created some separation all of 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: a sudden. The two run game, now it's a four 32 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: run game. 33 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 34 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: Now that strike zone you're talking about the abs. Now, 35 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: the strike zone has always had a rule book definition, 36 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: but it's only a comparatively recent phenomenon that we've had 37 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: this guided missile technology to really measure where they are 38 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: in that traditional strike zone. And my contention is there 39 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: are certain pitches and you mentioned the one to Schmidty, 40 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: I believe that ninety nine percent of the time in 41 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: the history of the game before we've had this computerized 42 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: sing that was never called a strike. 43 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: It wasn't. And they have data to you know, speaking 44 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 2: of analytics, they have data to prove that the bottom 45 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: of the zone has probably been too wide, you know, 46 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: as far as side to side goes when it's down, 47 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: but up those top corners of the abs were not 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: called almost at all last year, and so that was 49 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 2: the very top away corner from Schmidty with a slider 50 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 2: that was still going away and it just clipped almost 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: with a seam. It seemed like that top of the zone. 52 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: So it's not a perfect system. The one thing I'm 53 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 2: starting to see is you get at bats like Dever's 54 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: at bat where he was three to zero and you know, 55 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: you could see he knew where he felt like the 56 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: three to zero pitch was a ball, but he didn't 57 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: want to use the challenge. So it's become such a 58 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: strategic thing on when do you use these things and 59 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: when not. I think the common fan might think, well, 60 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: now that the you know, it's almost like replay. Now, 61 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: there's not going to be any miss calls because if 62 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 2: there is one, we'll double check it. It's not kind 63 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: of how this thing works. It's a it's a unique 64 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 2: deal and it'll be a fun storyline to follow. 65 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: When you see that box on TV, we see it, 66 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: the umpire doesn't see it, the hitter doesn't see it. 67 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: That's that's a little bit of a rather big difference. 68 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: Right, And this is the one case I'll take the 69 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 2: side of the umpires just to an extent. It's it's 70 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: an unfair setup because, like you said, they're going in 71 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 2: real time and they've got ninety five plus you know, 72 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: a mile an hour pitches moving around the zone coming 73 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: at them, and then catchers receive balls differently, so there's 74 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 2: a lot of factors. The bottom line, if you look 75 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: at those guys scores, they're often very, very high. The 76 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: abs really is just set up to, you know, make 77 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 2: sure anything egregious can get removed or if the game's 78 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 2: on the line, it's it's not left in the hands 79 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 2: of just a human error, one mistake. It's not a 80 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: perfect system, but I do think it makes it fun 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: for the fans. I think they've enjoyed watching that deal. 82 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: And you hear it in the cheers when it goes 83 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: their way or doesn't go their way, you know that 84 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: they're into it. 85 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's very true. So that's been a benefit of 86 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: this system, that's for sure. Adrian Hauser makes his Giants' 87 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: debut today. We'll talk about that when today's a Tony 88 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: Bytello Show. Continues now More twenty three hour with the 89 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: skipper of the Giants, Tony Bytello. I'm John Miller, and 90 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: Adrian Hauser makes his debut today and tell us what 91 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: to expect from this guy who's he's been around for 92 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: a while and he had a couple of great games 93 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: against the Giants last year. 94 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: No, he has been around the league a while, and 95 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 2: I think hitters, you know, often speak of in the 96 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 2: same way. It's a heavy fastball and it's not a 97 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 2: great look. He is a strike thrower, so you know 98 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: he's prone to contact or balls being put in play 99 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 2: for hits. But the same time, it's a big, physical, 100 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 2: athletic right handed pitcher that I'm really glad is on 101 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: our team. I knew him when he was a high 102 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,799 Speaker 2: school athlete and he's he's fulfilled a big league career 103 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: to this point that's been very solid. I know he 104 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: was one of the last additions for us. We really 105 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: felt like he put us over the hump when the 106 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: front office added him. To have a complete rotation that's 107 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 2: as strong as we want it to be. So anxious 108 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: to get to see him throw. 109 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: All right, So here we go, Giants Padres. The finale 110 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: of the series before heading home. And that's the Tony 111 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: Bictello Show for today.