WEBVTT - 8-21 The Tony V Show

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<v Speaker 1>By the Giants into historic Fenway Park, the start of

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<v Speaker 1>a three game series. I'm John Miller, but today's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three hour with the skipper of the Giants, Tony Vtello.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course this is the return to Boston of

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who was beloved here, helped them win a

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<v Speaker 1>World Series and came up as I think he was

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one years old, Raphael Devers when he played in

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<v Speaker 1>that World Series. And now Devers returns, and so for him,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a swirl of and maybe he's anxious to

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<v Speaker 1>get through it, but he a swirl of interviews and

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<v Speaker 1>reactions with the fans and all of that. So for him,

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<v Speaker 1>you think that's kind of it's going to be kind

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<v Speaker 1>of difficult for him to stay focused.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think just a big thing is to get

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<v Speaker 2>past the initial meeting. He'll visit with the media today

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<v Speaker 2>and get that past them. And you know, like a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of great players, I've been around Todd Hilton at

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<v Speaker 2>Tennessee and Raffie, they like to play the game. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't like to talk to the you know, talk to

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<v Speaker 2>the people about how great of achievements they've had or

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<v Speaker 2>any of that other stuff. They just want to play.

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<v Speaker 2>So just getting past that checkpoint I think would be

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<v Speaker 2>good for him. But I know his answers will involve

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<v Speaker 2>how much he loved his time here and the people

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<v Speaker 2>were good to him when he was here and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>helped him win a championship, but accomplished a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>other great feats. It's terrible of me to not know

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<v Speaker 2>the exact statistic, but I know him and Babe Ruth

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<v Speaker 2>are the only two players to have done something, and

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<v Speaker 2>of course they both have ties to Boston, and so

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be good for him to get past that and

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<v Speaker 2>just get into the moment of the game. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>a ballpark he's very familiar with, in a park that

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<v Speaker 2>he had success at the plate, so I think it'll

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<v Speaker 2>be good for him once the game starts.

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<v Speaker 1>And because of the big wall and left the Green

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<v Speaker 1>Monster thirty seven feet high, but it looks so close

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<v Speaker 1>to home plate that people always think, well, man, the

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<v Speaker 1>right handed hitters did thrive in that ballpark because it's

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<v Speaker 1>big in right center and even down the right field

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<v Speaker 1>line if you don't hit it right on the line.

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<v Speaker 1>But left handed hitters are the guys who've won batting

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<v Speaker 1>titles here. And Fred Lynn used to talk about being

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<v Speaker 1>home home at Fenway after a tough road trip and

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<v Speaker 1>being upset hitting a ball poorly and batting practice and go,

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<v Speaker 1>oh for God, say here we go, and then all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden hears ping and he realizes, oh, I'm home.

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<v Speaker 1>Your stram Skeech had Williams, Fred lenn your name left

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<v Speaker 1>handed hitters over the years, and they're the ones who

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<v Speaker 1>mostly won batting titles playing for Boston because you could

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<v Speaker 1>get a tough pitch and just hit a high, lazy

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<v Speaker 1>fly to left and it hits that wall.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you can use the big gap to right center,

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<v Speaker 2>and other parts of the park are a little bit advantageous.

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<v Speaker 2>But the big thing is, like you said, the green

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<v Speaker 2>monster and left plays to you. Not just a home

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<v Speaker 2>run that you might lift in the air to left field,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, a ball that goes off that wall

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<v Speaker 2>is at the very least not getting caught. Regardless if

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<v Speaker 2>it's a double or you can get a triple out

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<v Speaker 2>of it, it's a ball that the left fielder cannot

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<v Speaker 2>get to. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>When he first came to the Giants last year, I

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<v Speaker 1>just couldn't help it. Every time Devis would hit a

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<v Speaker 1>ball really well to left or left center. I would

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind trying to say, man, that would have

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<v Speaker 1>been off the wall. That might have gone over the

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<v Speaker 1>wall at Fenway. And conversely, sometimes he's hit balls to

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<v Speaker 1>left that I thought, well, that wouldn't have been high

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<v Speaker 1>enough to get over the wall here at Fenway.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it works two different ways. I mean, to get

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<v Speaker 2>you a homer, there does have to be some backspin

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<v Speaker 2>or some elevation to it at the very least, But

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<v Speaker 2>it's different everywhere in the bottom line is hitters hit,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think Raffi as the reps if piled up

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<v Speaker 2>in the seasons now down the home stretch. He's true

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<v Speaker 2>to form of what he can do at the plate,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think the statistics he leads in are ones

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of grab you a little bit when he's

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<v Speaker 2>doing damage. It's been beneficial in the game. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he has the most go ahead or you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>the top five go ahead RBIs in the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Rafe El Devers returning to Fenway for the first time

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<v Speaker 1>as a Giant. More with Tony Botello next no more

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<v Speaker 1>with Tony Vitello, Giants manager from Fenway Park, and what

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<v Speaker 1>a matchup tonight. It's like an October kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>matchup with Logan Web for the Giants up against Sunny

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<v Speaker 1>Gray Sunny Grace. Fifteen wins and three losses, very low

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<v Speaker 1>earned run average, and he's been around a long long time,

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<v Speaker 1>but seems to be having the best year of his

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<v Speaker 1>whole career right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, to say reinvented himself is definitely a stretch because

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<v Speaker 2>he's always been successful, he's always been a competitor and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, lightning stuff that he has, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's interesting, Jesse Chavez spent a lot of time with

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<v Speaker 2>him and was actually served as kind of a mentor

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<v Speaker 2>when they were teammates. So I'm kind of hoping Jesse's

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<v Speaker 2>got a little tricks to the trade, because even one

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<v Speaker 2>little inch, you know, whether it's part of a game plan,

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<v Speaker 2>something executed in the game, or just moving up ninety

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<v Speaker 2>feet could be the difference when you're talking about a

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<v Speaker 2>pitching matchup like we have tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So a great matchup here, and this Boston team,

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<v Speaker 1>they had a really bad first half. They were fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>games out of five hundred almost halfway through the season,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they got hot. They stayed hot for what

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<v Speaker 1>five or six weeks, and they've cooled off a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>which you might expect. But what is it about this

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<v Speaker 1>team that makes him so tough?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean it's the best team in baseball record

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<v Speaker 2>wise since the All Star Break. And I think it

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<v Speaker 2>starts with the pitching it does for most clubs. And

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<v Speaker 2>they've got a well balanced lineup. I mean, not as

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<v Speaker 2>many switch hitters as we just saw in Cleveland, but

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<v Speaker 2>a good bevy of switch hitters, left handed hitting, right

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<v Speaker 2>handah hitting, and they're fairly athletic. But I truly feel

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<v Speaker 2>it starts on the mound and you look at their rotation.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got more lefties than anybody else in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>Sonny obviously is doing really well. And then the bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>is stacked. And you know, the one dream for every

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<v Speaker 2>club is you have a lead in the eighth or

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<v Speaker 2>ninth inning and the game is over. And we all

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<v Speaker 2>know the big guy that's waiting at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the game for you if you're down in the ninth inning.

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<v Speaker 1>So here we go. It's the Giants and the Red

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<v Speaker 1>Sox and that's the Tony Vaichello Show for today.