1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what with the Hall 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: of Famer Tim Kirkshon. I'm his son, Jeff Kirkshon, and 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: we are just one day away from Independence Day. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 2: So happy July fourth, Dad, Yes, And what do you 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 2: have planned for July the fourth, Jeff? 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: So we have our like the world's cutest small town 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Fourth of July parade in skip Back, Pennsylvania. And you know, 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: they bring all of the fire trucks through all of 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: the floats. 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: It's really adorable. 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: So what we do, Dad, is we wake up early, 12 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: we bring chairs down to the pike right to skip 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: Back Pike, and we set them out early. Go back 14 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: to your house. We can walk there, and then we're 15 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: gonna have some friends over with their kids, all walk 16 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: down together and do a little pool party after the parade. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 3: It's gonna be awesome. I'm really looking forward to it. 18 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: Right, I have a white Claude, Jeff. That'll be great. 19 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: I will be flying to San Diego on July the fourth. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: We'll be doing the Rangers at the Padres on Sunday 21 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: Night Baseball. It's the second of two games that night 22 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. So I'm very excited. About that, 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: So let's go July the fourth. Can't wait? 24 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're gonna be on a plane on the fourth 25 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: of July. Do you think you'll be Are you gonna 26 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: be at night or is it a day flight. 27 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: It's a morning flight, so I will be there plenty 28 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: of time for the game and for the fireworks at 29 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: Petco Park on Friday night July the fourth. 30 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: I remember the first time we went to Petco Park, Dad? 31 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: Do you remember this first trip at dude? That was 32 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: your only trip there? First we went to Legoland, That's right, 33 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: that was part of the trip. And yes, we ended 34 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: and we went to SeaWorld, I believe Clyde and Theemour 35 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: and then we then we went to Petco Park. Yeah. Yeah. 36 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: Does Russell Wilson look like a trainer at sea World? 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: Right? 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: I mean when we did our Dan Levintard episode, that 39 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: one came out from Jeremy Ted Shay Similist that was 40 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: on it. 41 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 3: I remember going to SeaWorld, Dad. 42 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: Is there a place you and I feel more out 43 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 1: of place than SeaWorld? 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, Jeff. Neither one of us is very good 45 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: in the water. You're worse than I am, But neither 46 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: one of us are that good on land either, if 47 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: you're really thinking about it. 48 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: So, Dad, did you hear the story of the passenger 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: who fell off of the Disney Dream cruise ship? A 50 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: five year old supposedly reportedly fell off a cruise ship 51 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: and dad jumped in, saved the child, and treaded water 52 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: for twenty minutes until the rescue boats got there. 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: How long was it the fall? 54 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: About four decks is what they say, into the water. 55 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: The dad jumped in after right after the child fell in. 56 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 3: He jumped in. 57 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: How he saved his five year old son? 58 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I'm a son or daughter, I'm not sure, 59 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: but yes, And it just speaks volumes. Dad, And I 60 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: know we joke about me being a terrible swimmer, but 61 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: I would jump in so fast, so quickly after my daughter. 62 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: My world's completely changed when I became a dad almost 63 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: two years ago. Like I remember you saying, you don't 64 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: even know love until you have a child. 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 3: And that's no disrespect to people without kids. 66 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: Meaning it's just a different channel of love that you 67 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: have for your children than that you have of your 68 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: own parents, or of your spouse or of your dog. Right, 69 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: It's just a different channel of your heart. 70 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: And yeah, I'm a. 71 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: Terrible swimmer, and I jump in immediately, and I like 72 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: to think there would be some sort of God intervention 73 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: to make me a good swimmer again in order to 74 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: save McKinley's life. 75 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, you is no telling what what can what comes 76 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 2: from with inside you. You don't even know you have 77 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: it when you don't even remember this jet. But when 78 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: you were a really small child, you got trapped underneath 79 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: the car and I picked up the car and saved 80 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: your life. 81 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: Did you know in a matchbox car. 82 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: That's enough of that, speaking Jeff, speaking Jeff of obituaries 83 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 2: or which were not. Of course, I wrote Johnny Bench's 84 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: obituary this morning, and he's not sick. He's okay. That's 85 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: the point. Johnny Bench is our favorite player. It was 86 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: our favorite guest of the podcast last year. But in 87 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: order to get things in the bank at ESPN, you 88 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: have to do these things just in case. So Johnny 89 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: Bench is fine. Nothing's going to happen to Johnny Bench 90 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 2: for another twenty years, our hope is. But I just 91 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: want you to know this is what I do on 92 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: a daily basis. I have to do things like this, 93 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 2: not easy to do, by the way. 94 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: That is I mean, I remember years and years and 95 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: years ago, you had to write an obituary for your 96 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: dear friend and one of your mentors, Peter Gammons, when 97 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: they're he was a little touch and go there medically, Dad, 98 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: that was maybe brand aneurism. 99 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 2: And they called me and said at midnight and said 100 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 2: you better write this. He might not make it through 101 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 2: the night. And with tears in my eyes, I wrote 102 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 2: an oh bit on Peter Gammons and I told him 103 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: about it, and then he said, show it to me, 104 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 2: send it to me. I can't wait to read it. 105 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: Which thank god, we haven't needed any part of it. 106 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: So, you know, the old saying is that you, you know, 107 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: you'd always want to attend your own funeral to see 108 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: what people have to say about you. Are you gonna 109 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: send Johnny Bench. 110 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 2: The o Ben No, of course not, Guys. 111 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: He's a guest, he's a friend of the show. He's 112 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: a guest on the show. I want to bring him 113 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: back just so you could read his opus to him 114 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: on the podcast. 115 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 2: We have to do it, all right, all right, all right, 116 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 2: we'll get him on the show again. I hope we 117 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: already used up one time. We don't get too many 118 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: shots at Johnny Bench's greatest catcher ever. 119 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: Oh, you scared me so much when you said that, 120 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: but you said it so nonchalantly. I was like, there's 121 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: no way he's going about the Johnny Bench isn't gonna 122 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: make it through the Oh my goodness, gracious, Okay. 123 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: Wow, let's thank Ron Darling for yesterday. That's just absolutely 124 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 2: a great interview talking about the forty year anniversary of 125 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: maybe the craziest game ever played, these sixteen to thirteen 126 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 2: victory by the Mets over the Braves forty years ago 127 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 2: in the Rick. 128 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: Camp game yes on fourth of July, and it was 129 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: so interesting to hear from him coming in at three 130 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning to pitch. If you didn't listen 131 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: to the last episode, maybe save it for tomorrow on 132 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: the fourth of July and you can kind of be 133 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: reliving that game forty years later on the day it 134 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: actually happened, very very neat. So thank you to Ron 135 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: Darling and Dad. Thank you that you're not wearing your 136 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: Hawaiian shirt for this episode. 137 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: Back to back episode, So I'm just glad. 138 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 2: That was pretty bad. By the way, Jeff, do you 139 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: remember the movie I made when we went to Mom 140 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: and I went to Maui. Do you remember Maui the movie? Yeah? Right? 141 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 2: Was the Was that the single stupidest thing you've ever seen? Dad? 142 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 2: We had a little video camera and we just chronicled 143 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 2: the entire trip to Maui, and my favorite moment was, 144 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: because we were trying to do all sorts of things, 145 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: we found an outdoor basketball court with a rim that 146 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: was seven feet high. Seven okay, And back then I 147 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: was younger and I could jump, and I bought a 148 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: basketball while we were in Maui, and as part of 149 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 2: the Stupidest Maui the Movie ever, I dunked a basketball 150 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 2: a bunch of times on camera, and I showed the 151 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 2: movie to friends and family and one of my uncles said, Tim, 152 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 2: was that was that a ten foot hoop you were dunk? 153 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 2: He was serious? I said, no, it was a seven 154 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: foot high who. 155 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: Still pretty good for a guy your height to jam 156 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: on seven feet. 157 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: Jeff, you could just dunk on seven feet. 158 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 3: I could dunk on eight feet. 159 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and yeah, you could be Kyle Schwarber in a race. 160 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: I don't think I think you don't think I could 161 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: dunk on an eight foot rim. 162 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: I think you could dunk on an eight foot rim. 163 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: Yes, we're gonna have to do a video of that. 164 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: Now, is your rim still adjustable in your front It is? Okay, 165 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: we have a gorilla in the front yard. Not your 166 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: not your first one either. You you recently upgraded. And 167 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if anybody this. 168 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 2: Is where I'm such a snob, Jeff, when it comes 169 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 2: to outdoor basketball hoops. And I've told you this. If 170 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: you're gonna put a hoop in the yard, it has 171 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: to be an in ground hoop. It can't be on wheels. 172 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: And I don't want to offend anyone who has a 173 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: hoop on wheels, But if you want to be really 174 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 2: good at shooting of basketball, you need to shoot it 175 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: at a rim that is in the ground and it's 176 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: not going to shake or move every time you hit rim. 177 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 3: Ain't that the truth? 178 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: Dad? 179 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 3: Let's go into the take one. 180 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: Okay. Well, I visited you on Monday, and that night 181 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 2: I went to see the Phillies game's Jack Wheeler pitched. 182 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 2: He pitched another great game, and it just just shows 183 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: you how great the pitching is in the big leagues. 184 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: We talk about this all the time, but I saw 185 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: Mike Shilt, the Padres manager because they didn't score any 186 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 2: runs off of Zach Wheeler and reliever. And he just said, 187 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 2: like after the first inning, he just looked and said, 188 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: oh my goodness, Like, what are we up against here? 189 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: And he essentially said what I say every night. When 190 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: these really good pitchers have their best stuff and they 191 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: can command it, the hitter has virtually no chance. I mean, 192 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 2: we talked last week about or the other day about 193 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 2: you know, last week we had twenty four games in 194 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 2: a two game span, twelve of them were shutouts. Never 195 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 2: happened in the history of baseball. And you know Tuesday 196 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 2: night last night before we taped three more shutouts. It 197 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 2: happens all the time. And Jeff, just look at the 198 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: strikeout rates that we're talking about. Raphael Devers, pretty darn 199 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: good hitter, just finished twelve strikeouts in four games. No 200 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: San Francisco Giant has ever done that that many strikeouts 201 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 2: in four games. This is the same Devers, great hitter 202 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 2: who started the season over nineteen with fifteen strikeouts. Aaron 203 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 2: Judge at this taping has ninety seven strikeouts this season, 204 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: and he is the best hitter in the game. Shohei Otani, 205 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: who might be the second best hitter in the game 206 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: struck out for the one hundredth time on Tuesday Night. 207 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: This and these guys are great, but when you're facing 208 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 2: pitching like this, you have very little chance. And now 209 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: Jacob de gram of course is back. He's not the 210 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 2: Jacob de gravavold, but he's still pretty darn good. Fourteen 211 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: straight starts now, at least five innings pitched and no 212 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 2: more than two earned runs. And here's what's happening now. 213 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: Jeff like Otani came into the league with a big 214 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 2: old leg kick, and that's where the power. That was 215 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: his starter, that was his trigger, that's how he got 216 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: things going. But so many hitters now, including o'tani, you 217 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 2: have abandoned the leg kick because you're not going to 218 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: catch up to one hundred miles an hour until you 219 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: just go to a toe tap or have no stride 220 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: at all. So many hitters today have had to adjust 221 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: the way they swing the bat because the pitching that 222 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: they see is so amazingly good. 223 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: It's quick, it's fast, it's scary, it's impossible to keep 224 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: up with. Anybody who thinks they can even make contact 225 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: against a major leaguer right now is absolutely crazy. 226 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 2: We've been over this, stupid Kirkchon quandary a million times. 227 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 2: But average fan against any pitcher in the big leagues 228 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 2: today one hundred swings, no contact, no hits, no balls, 229 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 2: and play zero chance. 230 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 231 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 2: The last takeaway is that the as through Tuesday, the 232 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 2: two longest winning streaks in the major leagues belonged to 233 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 2: the Miami Marlins at eight games and five games by 234 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Pirates. And this is why baseball is the 235 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 2: greatest game, Jeff. Two weeks ago, they were two of 236 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 2: the five worst teams in baseball. Now they have the 237 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 2: two longest winning streaks in the game. This is why 238 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 2: the game is so beautiful. Is just the ebbs and flow. 239 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 2: I just don't make any sense. And I'm not suggesting 240 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: this is going to continue for the Marlins or the Pirates, 241 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 2: but the fact that they have played this well for 242 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 2: this period of time is really good. Paul Skins, by 243 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: the way, who you mentioned the other day, the poor 244 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 2: guy never gets any run support. Now he is the 245 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 2: first he's the first pitcher ever to have an ERA 246 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 2: this low. That's one forty four during a ten start stretch. 247 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 2: And during that stretch he had zero or one victories. 248 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 2: That is the lowest year since nineteen thirteen when earn 249 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 2: runs became official. So that's low cra by any picture 250 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: in a ten game stretch, and during that stretch the 251 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: pitcher only had had one or zero victories. That's how 252 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 2: little support Paul Skeins has got. 253 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: That's very sad. All right, Dad, what about the cork Gins? 254 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: What do you have for us? 255 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 2: All right? So, Jeff, Tuesday night, I'm watching as many 256 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: games as I can up at my office and Andy 257 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 2: Van Slyly called me to tell me. In the Cubs 258 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 2: game he saw something that he's never seen before. Three 259 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 2: Cubs got thrown out on the bases in one inning. 260 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: So the three outs were made and the batter didn't 261 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 2: make the out in any of them. So he said, 262 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 2: I've never seen that. And then you got a bunch 263 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: of texts, and I got a bunch of texts and 264 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 2: tweets and everything like when's the last time this happened? 265 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 2: So I, of course, of course, you know, texted Frank 266 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: from the Elias late last night because I know I've 267 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: seen this before. I just can't remember when I saw it. 268 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 2: So the last time this happened was in nineteen ninety one. 269 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 2: The Angels were facing Mike Fetters in the sixth inning 270 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 2: and they had two clot stealings and a guy out 271 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 2: trying to stretch in one inning. So that was the 272 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 2: last time nineteen ninety one? Wow, at three bat that 273 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 2: three guys reached on base, reach base, three batters reach 274 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 2: base and were all thrown out in the same inning. 275 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 3: That's crazy. 276 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, a bunch of members and I would listen them all, 277 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: but there were so many that messaged us, so thank 278 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: you for being on top of that saying when was 279 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: the last time this happened? 280 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 2: We got it right, We got it for you, all right? 281 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: Will you a brave you of the Red Sox hit 282 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 2: an inside the park homer and a grand Slam in 283 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 2: the same game. First player to do that since Roger Marris, 284 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: who seems to be in every podcast these days. Did 285 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 2: it be nineteen fifty eight? So I looked up Jeff 286 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 2: the most home runs by anyone without an inside the 287 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 2: park homer? This is not a surprise, but Albert Poolhols 288 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: hit seven hundred and three homers without an inside the 289 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 2: park homer. I think that's the most, but I know 290 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 2: that he never hit one and he had seven oh 291 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 2: three and Glenn Davis hit one hundred and ninety two 292 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: homers in his career, which is the most by anyone 293 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 2: who retired without a Grand Slam homer. So we have 294 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 2: seven oh three and one ninety two and William brayhw 295 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: did it both in the same game. 296 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 3: Wow, that's kind of crazy, right. 297 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: Pretty cool. Justin Foscue of the Rangers broke an OH 298 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 2: for forty four stretch. It's stretched two years Tuesday Night, 299 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 2: OH for forty four jet position player. The last position 300 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: player to have anything that long was Chris Davis in 301 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen nineteen. I remember this distinctly. He was OH 302 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 2: for fifty four. Yeah, Jeb, we just talked about the 303 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: average fan. He had one hundred of bats at a 304 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: major league No. No major leaguer OH for forty four, 305 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: major leaguer zho for fifty four. Just not happen. Ronald Lacuna, 306 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: junior leadoff guy for the Braves Tuesday Night, struck out 307 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 2: four times. So that's the twenty first time we've been 308 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: charting this all year, twenty first time that a leadoff 309 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 2: guy has struck out four times in a game. That's 310 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: the most ever before July fourth in baseball, history, which 311 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 2: stands to reason because strikeout rate, which we've been talking 312 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 2: about a lot during this podcast, is what it is. 313 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: It's at a historically high level as it is, as 314 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 2: it has been every year for at least the last 315 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: fifteen years. 316 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: Do I have this right that Ellie de la Cruz 317 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: just passed Tony Gwinn's all time strikeouts. I did not 318 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: know that, but yes, I'm surprised it took this long. Yeah, 319 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: and think about the years of service. Ellie de la 320 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: Cruz started his career in twenty twenty three and he 321 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: currently has the total is four hundred and fifty four strikeouts. Okay, 322 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: I'm just confirming this as I type. And Tony Gwyn, 323 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: obviously a legend, played for almost twenty full seasons and 324 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: his strikeouts four thirty four. 325 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 2: So yep, yeah, yeah, more people will strike Several more 326 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 2: people will strike out. Well, several people will strike out 327 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 2: two hundred times this year. Tony Gwyn didn't strike out 328 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 2: two hundred times in the decade of the nineties. Just 329 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: think about that first. 330 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 3: It's unbelievable, right, Okay, A couple last things. 331 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 2: Jeff Steve Sparks, our new best friend broadcaster for the Astros, 332 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 2: and of course, a good major league pitcher in his 333 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 2: day sent me a text in the middle of the 334 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 2: night with the attendance Jeff last night, but Tuesday night 335 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 2: between the Rockies and the Astros, the attendance was thirty 336 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 2: thousand three to oh three. What does that mean to you, Jeff, 337 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 2: thirty thousand three to oh three. 338 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 3: It's a palindrome. 339 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 2: Palindrome. That's the second time this year. Steve pointed out 340 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 2: that the Astros have had a palindromic attendance. And he 341 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 2: keeps track of these things, and he asked, can I 342 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 2: be a seam head? What are you crazy? You're a 343 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 2: bigger seam head than I am. And he pitched in 344 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: the big leagues. It was really good tendance levels. 345 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: These are the things that bring us joy, very unfortunately right. 346 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 2: So, also Tuesday night, Mason Montgomery got the loss in 347 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: the rays A's game, and Mason Miller got the save. 348 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 2: Mason is used to be I mean, no one was 349 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 2: ever had a first name Mason until a few years 350 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 2: ago in the big leagues. And so this was the 351 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 2: first time that there's ever been any combination in win 352 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 2: loss save that two guys who got a win loss 353 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 2: or saved were named Mason. So that was the first 354 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: time we've ever seen that. 355 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 3: Two Mason's doing big things in twenty twenty five. 356 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 2: Right, and Brendan Little. Remember we had Brendan Little in 357 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 2: the other day in our in our pictures of record, 358 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 2: Well this time we ahead what do we have for 359 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 2: Brendan Little? The last time a little little league? Yeah, no, no, no, 360 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 2: it was a little little leisure, little leisure, little leisure 361 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 2: Little got the win and Mark Lighter Juniors got the loss. 362 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 2: So the pictures of record were a little lighter, A 363 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 2: little lighter. I love that. That's what I am these days, 364 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 2: a little lighter, not like I needed to be. Okay 365 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 2: that those are the courttions for this week. 366 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: Well, coming up next, we have on this date in 367 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: baseball history, from Ozzie to Oral Dad. Are we knocking 368 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: down one or two numbers from Ozzie to orl today? 369 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 2: We've got to today because I'm not sure there's there's 370 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 2: any question and there's no argument on either one, that's 371 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 2: my guess. 372 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: And then the best of all, Tim and a team 373 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: Tim that's going to make you proud to be an American. 374 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 1: It's all coming up next on is this a great 375 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: game or what. 376 00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 3: Welcome back to? Is this a great game? 377 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: Or what? Dad? 378 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: On this date in baseball history, July the third, what 379 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: do you got? 380 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 2: Well? As you know, I try to get Walter Johnson 381 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 2: into every podcast since I went. Did I ever tell 382 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 2: you I went to Walter Johnson High School? 383 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 3: I didn't know that. 384 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. So on this date in nineteen thirteen, Walter Johnson 385 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: pitched a fifteen hit shutout. Think about it, a fifteen 386 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 2: hit shutout. Of course, the game lasted fifteen innings, and 387 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 2: of course back then it was no surprise when Walter 388 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 2: Johnson or almost any really good pitcher pitched all fifteen innings, 389 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 2: but it was the most hits ever allowed in a shutout. 390 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 2: Also on this date, in nineteen sixty six, Tony Kloninger 391 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 2: hit two Grand Slams in one game. First National League 392 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 2: player to hit two Grand Slams in one game, Jeff. 393 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 2: And if you may not know this, but Tony Cloninger 394 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 2: was a pitcher, So the first National leaguer to do 395 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: it was a pitcher. And like a couple of weeks 396 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 2: ear earlier, he had driven in five. On June the sixteenth, 397 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 2: nineteen sixty six, he knocked in five runs in a game, 398 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 2: which was the most RBIs in one game ever by 399 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: a National League pitcher. And then he drove in nine 400 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 2: runs on July the third, nineteen sixty six. Now, let's see, 401 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 2: if you remember jeff I quiz you way too often. 402 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: Give me. Give me two guys in major league history 403 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 2: who you add up their Grand slams and they equal 404 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 2: the number that Tony Klanager hit. A pitcher hit in 405 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: one game. Two guys in major league history who had 406 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 2: a lot of at bats, and each of them Derek Jeter. 407 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 3: Derek Jeter way to go only one in his career, right, right. 408 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 2: Right, And this guy had more at bats than anyone 409 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 2: in major league history. Pete Sports, Pete Rose. So he 410 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 2: and Derek Jeter had twenty and forty eight at bats 411 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 2: official at bats not played appear and hit two Grand slams. 412 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 2: Tony Klanger did hit two in one game and for 413 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 2: the third time. He's a pitcher. 414 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 3: All right, Dad? From Ozzie to Oral, are you ready 415 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 3: to give us another number? 416 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, so we're at number twenty five. Barry Bonds is 417 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 2: our number twenty five. I'm not sure there's a debate here. Now, 418 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 2: let's keep in mind he wore number twenty four for 419 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 2: the Pirates, won a couple MVPs wearing number twenty four, 420 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 2: but when he got to the Giants, he couldn't wear 421 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 2: number twenty four, Jeff. 422 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 3: Because Willie Mays. 423 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: Right, way to go, Jeff, if you miss they related, right, 424 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 1: it's his godfather. 425 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 2: Are they related? Yes, Willie Mays is Barry Bonds's godfather. 426 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 2: Thank you for getting that right. But when he went, 427 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 2: when Barry Bonds went to the Giants, his dad, Bobby Bonds, 428 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: one of the great players that I grew up watching, 429 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: or number twenty five. So he wore Bobby Bonds' number 430 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 2: and he won five MVPs wearing number twenty five. He 431 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 2: hit five hundred and eighty six homers as a giant. 432 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: And sorry, Jeff, I know we're not allowed to talk 433 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 2: about this given Barry Bonds's history, but for me, the 434 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 2: three greatest hitters of all time are in order, Babe, Ruth, Ted, Williams, 435 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: Barry Bonds. That's it. That's the list. 436 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 3: Sorry, in that order too, one, two, three, Yeah. 437 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 2: And again a lot of people will will argue with that, 438 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 2: and I understand you can have any list you like, 439 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 2: but that's my list. So long story, but I'll make 440 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 2: it quick. Aj Prasinski, I want you to ask him, 441 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 2: what's the greatest thing you've ever seen in baseball? And 442 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 2: he laughed at me. He said, I played one year 443 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 2: with Barry Bonds. I've never seen anything like it, so 444 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 2: I'll be close on this. But he said that. Barry 445 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 2: walked into the clubhouse before the first game of the 446 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 2: season in Houston and he announced to the whole team, Hey, 447 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 2: in this three game series, I'm going to get a 448 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: whole bunch of hits. I'm gonna be on base, but 449 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 2: I'm not going to hit any homers because i want 450 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 2: to make sure I hit my first homer of the 451 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 2: year when we return home, because Willie Mays is going 452 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 2: to be there, and I want to tie his home 453 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: run totals six sixty while he's in the stands. So 454 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 2: for three games in Houston, yes, Barry Bonds, like had 455 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 2: a tremendous three games. I forget the numbers, it's not important. 456 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 2: He was on base, he drove in runs, he walked 457 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 2: everything else. He gets home first game, he announces to 458 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 2: his team because they're home, I'm going to hit a 459 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 2: homer today because Willy's here. So he hit a home run. 460 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 2: Next day, Willy is there and he says, I'm going 461 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 2: to hit another homer today because I'm going to pass Willy. 462 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 2: I want to pass Willie, my godfather, while he's in 463 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 2: the stands. And the next day he hit number six 464 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 2: sixty six one one. That's the story that Aj Prasinski 465 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 2: told me that Willy was hitting home runs on command. 466 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: Too hard for that, Jeff, I know, when you think 467 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: about how great these hitters are to have that control, 468 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: it's just unbelievable, right all right, Dad, number twenty six 469 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: from Ozzie to orl. 470 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 3: Who's the best player to wear that number? 471 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 2: It's Wade Bogs. You know. He also wore twelve when 472 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 2: he went to the Yankees, but in his career with 473 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 2: the Red Sox he wore number twenty six. Remember Wade 474 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 2: Bogs lifetime three, twenty eight hitter. He won five batting titles, 475 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: four of them in a row, got seven, he got 476 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 2: two hundred hits seven years in a row. And his 477 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 2: career on base percentage is four fifteen, which is top 478 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 2: twenty of all time. And I'll never forget Wade Bogs 479 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 2: told me at the Hall of Fame one year. He 480 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 2: was telling me that his eighth I can't prove this 481 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 2: jet but his eighth year in the league, he hit 482 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 2: a towering foul fly ball like down the right field line, 483 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: deep into the crowd, and he looked at the umpire 484 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 2: and the Empire looked it back at him. He said, what, 485 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 2: and Wade Bog says, I've never done that before. As 486 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: you know, Wade Bogs hit a lot of balls on 487 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 2: the ground. He rarely put a ball in the air 488 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 2: because you know, he fouled out to an infielder like 489 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 2: three times in one season and that's a real statistic. 490 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: But he never pulled it and he never hit it 491 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 2: in the air. So when he hits this deep fly 492 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 2: foul ball deep into the stands down the right field line, 493 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 2: he claims he had never done that before. And as 494 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 2: crazy as his career was, I believe it. And Jeff, 495 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: here's how good he was in his prime. I wrote 496 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 2: a story about him for the Dallas Morning News or 497 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: Sports Illustrated. I don't know who I was with, not 498 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 2: important and Rich Donelly, my dear friend told me. He said, 499 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 2: we've decided the best way to play Wade Bogs to 500 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 2: try to stop him from spraying the ball. All over 501 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 2: the field. We're going to take the eight fielders behind 502 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 2: the pitcher and we're just going to line them up 503 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 2: in center field, and as soon as the ball is pitched, 504 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 2: they're just going to scatter in every direction and maybe 505 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 2: maybe someone will get in front of a ball and 506 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 2: catch it. That's how hard it was to defend Wade Bogs. 507 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: And I don't know what's more impressive, Dad. Three home 508 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: runs for Barry Bonds in one season. We're seventy three 509 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,679 Speaker 1: beers on a cross country flight for wait Box, same number. 510 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 3: I don't know which one's more impressive, Jeff. 511 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: The year that I sorry went into Coopersown with the 512 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 2: Lifetime Achieman Award. 513 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: Backp You do not need to apologize, Dad, you have 514 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: spent years working hard. 515 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 2: Just stop it. 516 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 3: I know you hate it. Not the point of this, okay, 517 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 3: Please continue? 518 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 2: All right. The night of the speech that I made 519 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 2: so all the pressure is off, I walked down downstairs 520 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 2: into the restaurant bar at the Oda Saga Hotel, and 521 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 2: who is doing like karaoke down there? You and who else? 522 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 3: Wade Box? 523 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 2: Right here? It is. Here's a guy I grew up 524 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 2: covering watchings, just dazzled by his ability and I go 525 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 2: in there and you're singing a song with Wade Bogs. 526 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: Do you remember any of the songs you were singing? 527 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, we did Piano Man by Billy Joel. Really yeah, 528 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 2: could Wade Bogs sing? I mean yeah? 529 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 3: But he say every line for him was and. 530 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: The microphone smells leg a beer. No, he has been 531 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: nothing but gracious and nice in the times I've had 532 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: an opportunity to meet him, and he's he loves to 533 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: have a good time. 534 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 2: Jip, that's a claim to fame. You've been saying karaoke 535 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 2: with one of the great third basement of all time 536 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 2: and the greatest number twenty six ever. I love that. 537 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: I'll take that to the bank, all right, dad, best 538 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: of all, Tim, Who what team are we doing this week? 539 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: Well? Which may do the Texas Rangers, because this weekend 540 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 2: I'm doing the Rangers and the Padres. So the greatest 541 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 2: Texas Ranger of all time for me is pad Rodriguez. 542 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 2: He won the MVP as a Ranger in nineteen ninety nine. 543 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 2: He won thirteen Gold Gloves in his career, one of 544 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 2: the great defensive catchers ever. Of them were with the 545 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 2: Rangers thirteen years their career. Average of three oh four 546 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 2: and in eight twenty eight ops. And get this, Jeff, 547 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 2: I'll never forget this. He made his major league debut 548 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 2: on June the twentieth, nineteen ninety one. He was nineteen 549 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 2: years old, and he got married that morning and made 550 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: his major league debut. This was at Kmiski Park in 551 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 2: Chicago that night, and he got a hit, drove in 552 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 2: two runs, and threw out two guys trying to steal. 553 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 2: Because there were very, very very few catchers in major 554 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 2: league history that were quicker behind the plate and threw 555 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 2: better than Pad Rodriguez. So, Jeff, I mean, what was 556 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 2: Let's see, he threw out two runners. You on your 557 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 2: wedding day, you threw down twenty beers? Is that fair 558 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 2: to say? 559 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's actually funny. And my wife will kill 560 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: me for telling this story. But we were engaged for 561 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: like eighteen months. We had a long engagement. We planned 562 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: a wedding for eighteen months out after our engagement. And 563 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: she might have told me Dad once a month, Jeff, 564 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: just do me a favor. 565 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,719 Speaker 3: Don't drink too much our wedding night. 566 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: I don't want you to be going too crazy, right, 567 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: and it just we'd be out and she'd be like, better. 568 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 3: Not drink that much at are okay? 569 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: And who was the one who ended up having just 570 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,959 Speaker 1: that extra drink that they might not have probably needed 571 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: was my. 572 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 3: Wife, Emily. 573 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: Here, I am stone cold sober at my own wedding 574 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: because I was busy talking to people and dancing. I 575 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: wasn't even thinking about where my drink is because I 576 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: was talking to people. And then all of a sudden, 577 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: I see my wife and she goes, yeah, that was 578 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: a that was a fun night. 579 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 3: And I'm like, yep, you were. 580 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: The one, not me, right well, Jeff, so I didn't 581 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: put down twenty beers, thankfully. 582 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 2: Thankfully you weren't there at our wedding in nineteen eighty three. 583 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 2: But at the reception at the hotel, a couple of pros, 584 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 2: more than a couple pros, somehow got into the reception. 585 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 2: When I say pros, Jeff Hookers came into the reception 586 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 2: because there were so many people there, they figured we 587 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 2: could get in have a few drinks. I don't know. 588 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 2: It was not good. 589 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 1: And your father in law, my grandfather, had to escort 590 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: them out right right. 591 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 2: He chucked them. He chucked them out, which was a 592 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 2: little disappointing because the one that I was dancing with 593 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 2: was really really nice. Dad, Come all right, now, that's 594 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 2: the biggest stupidest joke ever. Yes, Daddy, Pat made sure 595 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 2: we got rid of the hookers at our reception in 596 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty three. 597 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 3: All right, Dad, team Tim right now for you. 598 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: Tomorrow's the fourth of July. I'm guessing you have a 599 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: team about. 600 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 2: That, right, I do, Jeff, And I've told you before 601 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 2: about the reaches that we've had, the stretches that we've had. 602 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 2: This I'm sure is the biggest reach ever, the whole team. Okay, 603 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 2: but I had to try, really tried hard on this, 604 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 2: and I really failed. But I'm going to do the 605 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 2: best I can. The All July fourth team, which is 606 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 2: also Independence Day. So there's two words for it. So 607 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 2: our first basement is Freddie Freeman. 608 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, Freeman, I like it. 609 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 2: Jackson Holiday is our second. Red Rolf is our third baseman. 610 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 2: There will be a theme here to a guy named Red. Okay, 611 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 2: we've got that. The shortstop is Pat Rocket played for 612 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 2: the Grave Rock, right, Devon White, So now we are 613 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 2: red and White United States. We're getting closer. Right. Curtis 614 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 2: Pride is one of our outfielders. Ed Freed is one. 615 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 3: Of our outfielders from from the British. 616 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 2: I'm here for it, right. Vida Blue is one pitcher 617 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 2: the White, White, and Blue didn't see it coming, right, 618 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 2: Steve Sparks, who we mentioned earlier in the podcast, right, 619 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 2: and uh my final three pitchers are Jeff Francis, Mike 620 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 2: Scott and Jimmy Key. I love that, say it out loud. 621 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 3: Francis Scott Key baby, Okay, now. 622 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: He wrote the Star Spangled banner and I used to 623 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: be an intern for the Frederick Keys. 624 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 3: Named after Francis Scott Key. 625 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 2: There you go, Jef. And the last one, and we're 626 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 2: really going to test you on this one. And this 627 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 2: is the biggest reach in the history of all of 628 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 2: these dumb team tims that I've done. The catcher is 629 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 2: Blake Sable. Let's see if you remember I've mentioned him 630 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 2: multiple times. Blake Sable? How much baseball? 631 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 3: Okay? 632 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 2: Yes, so Blake Sable is our catcher because he has 633 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 2: the word baseball in his name. So that's well. Yes, 634 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 2: July fourth is a big baseball holiday. 635 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, I believe it. I believe it. I'm all 636 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 3: for it. 637 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 2: Sorry, Dad, Baseball okay, baseball catcher. I couldn't find another catcher. 638 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 2: I had to go with Blake Sable. I love it, Dad, 639 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 2: great job. Happy Fourth of July to everybody out there. 640 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 2: And now we wrap up with I am a seamhead, Dad. 641 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: Now I was reached out to by our seamhead, Chris Donnelly. Okay, 642 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: so he is a New Jersey author. 643 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 2: Dad. 644 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: He wrote a book called Get Your Tokens Ready, and 645 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: it's all about the Mets Yankees from nineteen ninety seven, 646 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: the start of Interleague to the last out of the 647 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: two thousand World Series, the Subway series. Right, so, you 648 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: can get the book wherever. It's called Get your Tokens Ready, 649 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: you can get on Amazon. 650 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:43,919 Speaker 2: Right. 651 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,320 Speaker 1: And well, it's the twenty fifth anniversary obviously of the 652 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: Subway series this year. Would be really neat to have 653 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: a Subway series on the twenty fifth anniversary of it. 654 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: But he has explained to us what makes him such 655 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: a big seamhead. 656 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 4: Hey, guys, I think I am a seamhead because I 657 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 4: have memorized more useless information about the nineteen nineties in 658 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 4: New York Yankees than any human beings should be allowed. 659 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 4: I can tell you the opening day starters for each 660 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 4: year of that decade were Dave Lapointe, Tim Leary, Scott Sanderson, 661 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 4: Jimmy Key, Jimmy Key, Jimmy Key, David Cone, David Cone, 662 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 4: Andy Pettitt, Roger Clemens. That the first Yankees to hit 663 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 4: home runs and each year of that decade were Mel Hall, 664 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 4: Kevin Moss, Mel Hall, Danny Tartable, Danny Tartable, Danny Tartable, 665 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 4: Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, were A Pasada, and Chile Davis. 666 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:28,839 Speaker 2: For some reason, I can. 667 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 4: Tell you that in nineteen ninety one, Don Baddingley hit 668 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 4: nine home runs against eight different teams in order, the Tigers, 669 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 4: the A's, the Orioles, the Blue Jays, the Rangers, the Twins, 670 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 4: the Tigers, the Red Sox, and lastly the Indians, and 671 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 4: that he was benched on August fifteenth, nineteen ninety one 672 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 4: for not cutting his hair. My name is Chris Donnelly 673 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 4: and I am a seamhead. 674 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: It's pretty impressive that he, I mean, wrote a book 675 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: about those that era, But I mean, I don't think 676 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: most people could remember who got the first hit of 677 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 1: the season on their favorite team for that long of 678 00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 1: a period. 679 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 2: This is why there are seam heads out there in baseball, 680 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 2: and maybe there are seam heads out there in football. 681 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 2: They can't be called seamheads baseball only baseball can you 682 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,720 Speaker 2: be called a seamhead. But and I'm sure they're similar 683 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 2: in basketball. But there are more guys like Chris Donnelly 684 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 2: than than in other sports. I mean, I'm right about that. 685 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 2: I mean, his recall and the research he did is 686 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 2: pretty darned impressive. And that's why we love seamheads, and 687 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 2: that's when we love when they contribute to the show. 688 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: We've got a couple lined up, but if you want 689 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: to be a part of the lineup of seamheads, you 690 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: can email me Jeff at Great Game or what dot com, 691 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 1: send me a voice memo, just like Chris did. End 692 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: it with I'm Jeff Krikchen and I am a seamhead 693 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: and we'd love to play it on the air for you, Dad, 694 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: I hope you have a wonderful fourth of July. I 695 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: know you're traveling, and I want to make sure everybody 696 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: remembers to watch you, Dad. Sunday Night, July sixth, it'll 697 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,480 Speaker 1: be the Padres hosting the Rangers. You're going to be 698 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,360 Speaker 1: doing Sunday Night Baseball. Who's on the crew with you, Dad. 699 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 2: Roxy Bernstein. We've got Jessica Mendoza and we've got Aldon Gonzalez. 700 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,760 Speaker 2: It's going to be great. Love those love that team. 701 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 2: We should have a tremendous time. Love Petco Park. I 702 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 2: mean it's so alive. When the Padres, oh, they love 703 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 2: their team there. They got to start playing a little 704 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 2: better here. And of course I'm going to see Mary 705 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 2: Chavodi and my cousin while I'm in San Diego. She 706 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 2: loves the Padres and she's going to the game on 707 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 2: Sunday night. 708 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 3: It's gonna be special, Dad, We'll all be watching. 709 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: And thank you for listening, and as always, thank you 710 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:26,800 Speaker 1: for being a part of our family.