Speaker 1: Giants Tigers, Game two of the series. I'm John Miller
Speaker 1: with Today's Tony Bytello Show. And before we talk about
Speaker 1: today's game, certainly there was a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: last night's game, A very strong game of the Giants
Speaker 1: last night. But today before the game, a great class
Speaker 1: going into the Giants Wall of Fame and all major
Speaker 1: figures in one, two, or all of those three World
Speaker 1: Series championships the Giants went through. So a great era
Speaker 1: and really the best era of Giants baseball. Those are
Speaker 1: the only World Series championships the Giants have had in
Speaker 1: all the years they've been in San Francisco. So Tony,
Speaker 1: for you in the first year with the Giants, this
Speaker 1: is sort of a front row of what the Giants
Speaker 1: are all about.
Speaker 2: Against Yeah, and you know, I was able to watch
Speaker 2: those guys play in person on TV and certainly a
Speaker 2: fan of how they all went about their business. I'd
Speaker 2: probably be trying to steal their time today, but it's
Speaker 2: obviously their day, and I've been fortunate enough to meet
Speaker 2: those guys and spend time around them and get their thoughts.
Speaker 2: They've helped our players. But you know, you talk about
Speaker 2: being good on the dirt, if you got that set
Speaker 2: up with Posey behind the plate, and you're gonna kind
Speaker 2: of call that your infield or guys that are on
Speaker 2: the dirt. It's arguably one of the best in all
Speaker 2: of baseball history.
Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, so Belt is here, Brandon Crawford's here,
Speaker 1: Joe Panic is here along with Buster Posey, So guys
Speaker 1: from the infield at that time, and Pablo and Pablo
Speaker 1: who was a guy who mostly played third base and
Speaker 1: was a guy who made World Series history in the
Speaker 1: twenty twelve World Series when he didn't hit just two
Speaker 1: home runs against Justin Verlander for good measure, he added
Speaker 1: a third one. It was just all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: like Pablo as the babe himself.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and did it against, you know, a future Hall
Speaker 2: of Famer. It's been cool to see Justin Verlander interact
Speaker 2: with guys like Webby and Rafi from last year's team.
Speaker 2: I know he served a lot of roles last year.
Speaker 2: One of them was that of just veteran leadership, and
Speaker 2: you know, it wasn't there's not many slouches in the
Speaker 2: big leagues, but it's not like Pablo did it off
Speaker 2: any slouches. That was one of the talk about one
Speaker 2: of the best in MLB in history. That pitching staff
Speaker 2: from Detroit was absolutely loaded, and the Giants almost made
Speaker 2: it look easy against that group.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Pablo, and Pablo would also hit a triple and
Speaker 1: it might have been a basis loaded triple now that
Speaker 1: I think back to it in the All Star Game
Speaker 1: against Verlander in the first ending of that game, months
Speaker 1: before he had the home run show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Pablo's a guy who runs pretty well for himself,
Speaker 2: but he's not the guy you would pick out of
Speaker 2: an All Star group to hit a triple. So I
Speaker 2: remember that he had to barrel it pretty good and
Speaker 2: get it in the right spot and then of course
Speaker 2: haul butt. But yeah, he had a lot of magic moments,
Speaker 2: and when you're around him and those other guys, you
Speaker 2: see why they're good.
Speaker 1: So that's happening here today. And there are a lot
Speaker 1: of players on this team, a lot of young guys
Speaker 1: right now, a lot of rookies on your roster, And
Speaker 1: I'm wondering about how important it is or maybe I'm
Speaker 1: overstanding it for those guys to get this front row
Speaker 1: seat at this Giant's history and this franchise with so
Speaker 1: many stories and so much history.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think no matter what you're doing, whatever field
Speaker 2: you're and you want to look to the people that
Speaker 2: have had success prior to you and try and figure
Speaker 2: out what that blueprint is and what made a tick
Speaker 2: for them. And then if you're really blessed, you've got
Speaker 2: access to those individuals and you'd be wise to ask
Speaker 2: good questions and maybe figure some things out that can
Speaker 2: make a difference in your game. And again, our guys
Speaker 2: had spring training opportunities with almost all those guys, and
Speaker 2: then Belt spend a good amount of time here. The
Speaker 2: day he was honored was pretty cool. So our guys
Speaker 2: are are fortunate to have a front row seat to
Speaker 2: today's honoring, but also have access to those guys which
Speaker 2: they need to take advantage of.
Speaker 1: The Giants and the Detroit Tigers. And it was a
Speaker 1: great night for the Giants because your team was playing
Speaker 1: one of the hottest teams in the game right now
Speaker 1: and an offense that has been off the charge the
Speaker 1: last three four weeks.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if the forty nine ers were playing, you'd call
Speaker 2: it Ben don't break. What I mean by that is offensively,
Speaker 2: the Tigers have been swinging it about as well as
Speaker 2: anybody in the league. And I don't know that we
Speaker 2: really slowed them down, but that ben not break. The
Speaker 2: kind of deal is despite the hits and the hard
Speaker 2: contacts they had and some of the good at bats,
Speaker 2: we were able to keep them to two runs, which
Speaker 2: was huge, and that four run mark is something we've
Speaker 2: always been shooting for. Our records really good when we
Speaker 2: get there. Junghu Rafi did their thing. You want your
Speaker 2: best players to perform in order to be your most
Speaker 2: successful group, and Willy put the exclamation point on it.
Speaker 2: He did it with the glove for sure. But that
Speaker 2: home run created a big difference on how the Tigers
Speaker 2: were going to attack us offensively and also our comfort
Speaker 2: level on defense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, huge home run by Devers from the first that
Speaker 1: turned the game around, got the Giants offense go. But
Speaker 1: that home run by Adamis now, that is a home
Speaker 1: run hitter is kind of a home run, a soaring,
Speaker 1: majestic clout that you could admire. It had a lot
Speaker 1: of hangtime.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's hit a bunch of balls, just miss been
Speaker 2: right under a few balls. It's a nature of a swing.
Speaker 2: He knows that, everybody knows it. He's a little bit uphill,
Speaker 2: but it's super dangerous. When he's able to back spin
Speaker 2: a ball and instead of lifting the ball in the air,
Speaker 2: he backspun it. And he's so strong. If he can
Speaker 2: do that in any park, it's going to go for him.
Speaker 2: So it was great to see for him. He put
Speaker 2: in a lot of extra work before the game on
Speaker 2: defense and offense, and it was interesting to see two
Speaker 2: of the exact plays he was working on with Wash
Speaker 2: popped up in the game. He made him look easy
Speaker 2: even though they were more than difficult. And then good
Speaker 2: to see the hard work in the cage put off
Speaker 2: put to work with the home run.
Speaker 1: All right, So a great night for the Giants. Now
Speaker 1: this one we'll talk about today's game when today's Tony
Speaker 1: Bitello continues. Now more Tony Vitelo with the Giants manager
Speaker 1: landing Roupe on the mound against this rugged Tigers lineup.
Speaker 1: You kind of have to run the gauntlet when you're
Speaker 1: a right hand of some great left handed hitters.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think with Rupe going back out there,
Speaker 2: in my opinion, he's been in a good rhythm. You know,
Speaker 2: the wins haven't stacked up for him, maybe as much
Speaker 2: as they could. I think A big key to that
Speaker 2: is what goes on in the biginning. Every picture, every
Speaker 2: starting pitcher, reliever, you're trying to avoid the big inning.
Speaker 2: But with his outings, if you kind of dissect them,
Speaker 2: usually there's one inning in there you wish you could remove.
Speaker 2: And again it's nature of the beast for everybody, but
Speaker 2: I think for him in particular, it's how does it
Speaker 2: go down? And you know, from our observations and getting
Speaker 2: to know him, when he's in the fight against the
Speaker 2: hitter as opposed to himself or other externalities, he's in
Speaker 2: a much better position to limit damage. And he's got
Speaker 2: the stuff now, he's got experience. I think as long
Speaker 2: as he's working in the in the fashion and has
Speaker 2: the presence that works for him, I think we'd be
Speaker 2: looking at another quality start.
Speaker 1: So here we go, Giants Tigers on the Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame Induction Day, and that's the Tony Bytello Show for today.