1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: It's the Giants and the Padres from Petco Park, Game 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: two of the series, and welcome to today's V Show. I'm 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: kind of looking around for something that works and Tony 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: Veitelo Giants manager. 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 2: I'm John Miller. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: And last night kind of a nice night for the Giants. 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: A few moments to sort of warm yourself. 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: With thinking about him afterward. 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: The big moment for you, what was the key moment, 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: the one that you thought about most of all after 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: the game last night? 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 3: You know, I think the key moment was Walker able 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 3: to compose himself and lock in and get the third 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 3: out of a game. Obviously the bat with Merrill didn't 15 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: end well, but it was you know, he got ahead 16 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 3: in the count through some really good pitches, Meryll was 17 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,639 Speaker 3: able to spoil one and at the end of the day, 18 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 3: a really talented hitter and also a guy who's had 19 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 3: a lot of success late in games, and Merrill was 20 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 3: able to have success. But at the end of the day, 21 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: the contest is based on us scoring one more run 22 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 3: than the other team, and he was able to get 23 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 3: the job done. I think a big part of that 24 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 3: was justin message or pitching coach going out there and 25 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: just helping him lock back into what he was trying 26 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 3: to do, because all of us can kind of imagine 27 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 3: what it's like to be in that ninth inning situation, 28 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 3: but none of us can really live it out. 29 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: It's a difficult challenge all right now. 30 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: And it was interesting because he issued a four pit 31 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: pitch walk to start the inning, and it seemed like 32 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: the padres for most of the rest of the inning, 33 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: if not all pitch the rest of the inning. If 34 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: he was throwing a fastball, which he seemed to be 35 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: having some trouble with getting for his strike early on, 36 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: well they just weren't swinging unless there was some spin 37 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: to it. 38 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, And I think he did get back into 39 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 3: the zone a little bit better with the breaking ball. 40 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: His movement sometimes is. 41 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: So difficult for a hitter to square up, but also 42 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: at times it moves so much it can work against 43 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: them and get out of the zone. And I think 44 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 3: that's what happened with the leadoff walk right there. But overall, 45 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: you got a deal where the other team is going 46 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 3: to have their greatest punch save for the ninth inning, 47 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 3: and it just so happened to be the top of 48 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 3: the order. But if you look at it. He was 49 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 3: able to do his job against the righties. The lefties 50 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: he just didn't have success against. Now if you look 51 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: at his numbers, and he is better against righties, but 52 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,559 Speaker 3: he's fully capable of getting. 53 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: Bad swings from lefties. 54 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: So I think the key next go around is making 55 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: sure you get ahead of that leadoff hitter and doing 56 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 3: so with that movement working for you, not against you. 57 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: The bullpen in general was looking very strong again last night. 58 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: Gauge in the seventh, three up, three down, and then 59 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: talk about closer like Keaton Wins struck out the side 60 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: in the eighth. 61 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, and he's a candidate to do so. He's 62 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 3: a candidate to do a variety of things for us. 63 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: We've even talked about long relief. The bottom line is, 64 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 3: I think Keaton is one of several pitchers who have 65 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 3: worked very hard with our pitching staff to boost their arsenal. 66 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: For there's really no other way to say it, bring 67 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 3: a little bit more to the table, and the way 68 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: he's throwing the ball right now with conviction is making 69 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 3: that arsenal as good as it can be. So it's 70 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 3: good that those guys have been able to run out 71 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: there and show what they can do because we're still 72 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 3: trying to figure out who those guys are. And I 73 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 3: don't say that in a bad way, it's a complimentary way. 74 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 2: Again. I feel like a lot of those guys. 75 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 3: Have worked hard to improve their game and we're getting 76 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 3: them on display. 77 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: And you get to that proposition trying to finish it 78 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: off at the layednings because of the great work of 79 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: Land and Roupe in the first section things many he 80 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: looked acelank or weblank if you will, in his first 81 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 1: outing of the year. 82 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, it doesn't always work the way out you predict 83 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 3: or you envisioned as a coach, but just seeing him 84 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 3: before the game, you could see that an extra sense 85 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 3: of determination to him. Now, he's always very competitive, so 86 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: I don't think you're gonna see much different, but you 87 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 3: just saw a little extra edge out there, and the 88 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 3: way he was throwing the ball was different than spring training. 89 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: And I think part of that is he's a vet, 90 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 3: he's a pro and how he approaches everything. He's very mature, 91 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 3: even though he is fairly young. And I want to 92 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 3: say he ramped it up, but he was more dialed 93 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 3: in than he was in spring training, and you know, 94 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: the change up I thought was spectacular. The pitching coaches 95 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 3: really talked about the pitch mix being really good. He 96 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: and Patty, as Buster pointed out, were as good as 97 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,799 Speaker 3: they had been as far as attacking with a game plan. 98 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 3: All in all, regardless, as you sat back and watched, 99 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 3: it was a really special outing. 100 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: The Giants over the Padres last night. Game two of 101 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: the series coming up. More Tony Bicello next, how more 102 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: of the Tony v Show here from San Diego. And 103 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: a lot of first for the Giants last night for 104 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: his homer, for his win, that sort of thing, and 105 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: a first win in your managerial career, and your guys 106 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: kind of they kind of have pushed you. I understand 107 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: when you got back in the club out. 108 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 3: I feel I was abused, But again I said it 109 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 3: earlier to the media. It's a trade off I think 110 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 3: all of us would make. 111 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 2: I would like to talk to a couple guys in 112 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 2: particular about the sub distances they used. 113 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 3: But all in all, it was great to usually try 114 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: and avoid the locker room a little bit, let that 115 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 3: be their space, but it was great to be around 116 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 3: the guys and everybody pretty much let their guard down. 117 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: Giants, Padre is coming up next, and that's the Tony 118 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: Votello Show for today.