1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Get up, Get up, Get up. 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 2: All right, guys, Today we have the craziest interview that 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: we've had on the Mets Stuff podcast. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 3: Can't believe it. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: We were sitting here with Max Scherzer. We wouldn't have 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: this podcast with the Mets if it wasn't for Max. 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 2: So Max, first, thank you. 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: You're welcome allowing this to happen. 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 3: We really appreciate it. 10 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: Now let's have some fun with it. 11 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 3: How have you have you enjoyed New York so far? 12 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: It's been great, you know, moved out here to Long 13 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: Island and you know, getting used everything has to hear 14 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: about New York and just love every everything about My 15 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: family love it. My kids love it. So this this 16 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,319 Speaker 1: year has been way more fun. 17 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 3: I even thought, that's really great to hear. What is 18 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 3: you said? You love it? What's your favorite thing about 19 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 3: New York so far? Was the one thing that now 20 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 3: that you're living here, you've seen that it might actually 21 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 3: be the best city in the world. 22 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: I think to be the best in your world, you 23 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: got to have so many things. I can't. I don't 24 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: think you can narrow down to one thing. For me, 25 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 1: this is such a different experience with the kids. Now 26 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, when I was already my career and I 27 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: didn't have any kids, I think I got to enjoy 28 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: the city a little bit more, a little bit more restaurants. 29 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: But now with kids, it's a whole different experience. I 30 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: think one of the fun the fun things is, uh, 31 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: you know, be able to share a kind of the 32 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: mint and black. You know, show them some mining black 33 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: clips and you know, show them the spaceships, you know, 34 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: right over here in Queens. So they get a kick 35 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: out of that. 36 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 3: They love it. 37 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: So it's fun to do that with them. 38 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: Obviously, for a lot of your career, you got to 39 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: pitch against the Mets. What's it been like now to 40 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 2: pitch for them? 41 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: Honestly having the energy from the from the fans. I 42 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: always enjoyed coming here just because of the fans and 43 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: what they bring. Uh, you know, face them for all 44 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: those years it was fun. But now it's more fun 45 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: to have them on your side. 46 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 3: Uh. 47 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: And when this is your home ballpark. Uh, you know, 48 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: these fans bringing energy that you always find a way 49 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: to rise up for and so you know when they're 50 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: making noise for you and going crazy, it's so much 51 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: more of a fun environment to pitching. 52 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I know it was a lot of fun for 53 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 3: all of us. I'm really sure. I think I was 54 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 3: also the first no hither in City Field. Pretty colaculating 55 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 3: now that you're here. 56 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've had some fun with that one because k 57 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: Long was a hitting coach at the time, so we're 58 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: good buds, and I let him know that that happened 59 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: on his watch. 60 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: Another part of being a part of the Mets. And 61 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 3: now for the last month, especially to Sharon duck out 62 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: with Jacob deGrom, we've gotten some great clips on TV 63 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 3: and on social media. If you guys just seemingly like 64 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 3: razing each other during games. What's it been like to 65 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 3: build a relationship with him? 66 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: It's great. I mean, obviously he's one of the best 67 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: pitchers in the game that we and what he can 68 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: do on the mound, it's absolutely unbelievable. So, you know, 69 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: just picking his mind, watching what he does, you know, 70 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: watching what he does in between the starts, and just 71 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: having fun being being a teammate going out there and 72 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: you know, just being being one of the guys, having 73 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: fun with the rest of the guys and keeping all 74 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: the jokes going when we're not pitching. I mean, that's 75 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: kind of what our jobs are sometimes is starting pitchers, 76 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: make sure everybody's is having fun and while we're on 77 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: the bench cheer. 78 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: We have to pitching coach for the Mets. 79 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: We love him on the podcast to speak to what 80 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: he's been able to do with you so far this year. 81 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: He's been some good set of eyes and ears. You know, 82 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: I have all my kind of cues of mental things 83 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: I say, and he's done a pretty good job of 84 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: of understanding what I'm trying to accomplish and how I 85 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: kind of how I think and how I make adjustments 86 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: and so, you know, being able to see, you know, 87 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: one thing happen and make an adjustment off of that 88 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: and understand the verbiage that it takes to kind of 89 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: get there. I mean, we you can know, we all 90 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: all all pictures kind of fall into the same kind 91 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: of bucket, but we all kind of have to tell 92 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: ourselves different things to fix ourselves. And so, uh, you know, 93 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: picking his mind of what works on different guys and 94 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: then uh, you know, taking you know, the things that 95 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: work for me and be able to kind of merge 96 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: it two together. And so he's been great to work with. 97 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: But I will say it is weird having my pitching 98 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: coach be younger than me. 99 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 3: That's that's pretty fun. I never thought about it. And 100 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: that's something a lot of other pictures have said about 101 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 3: Half that he's just really good at relating to everybody 102 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 3: and like that those kind of fun ways. Another fun 103 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: thing has happened this year that would love to get 104 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 3: your take on is the Pitchcolm whether your opinions on it, 105 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 3: have you used it and just what do you think 106 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 3: about it for the game as all? 107 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: So PitchCom is all right, so it works, it works 108 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: extremely well, Like like it takes away the mental process 109 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: of having you know, a part of part of the 110 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: game that has been there to like have a sophisticated 111 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: set of signs, uh so that the other team can't 112 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: crack them. And you know, you know, I pride myself 113 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: on having a complex of the systems that I mean 114 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: you could sit there and watch a chart it and 115 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be able to crack it. And so to 116 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: not have to put that you know, kind of mental 117 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: you know thought into every pitch. When you know runners 118 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: on second, it's a lot easier. It frees you up, 119 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: It allows you to you know pitch and you know 120 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: you're able to work through multiple like you can shake 121 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: off multiple times a lot easier and keep rhythm that way. 122 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I also think we're kind 123 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: of missing part of the game. Part of the game 124 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: was stealing signs and having that and we're now completely 125 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: taken out away and and uh, you know one of 126 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: the things that you know was saying, I want to 127 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: say bad pitcher, but as a pitcher that has bad 128 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: signs like that, that was part of the games that 129 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: you have bad signs and then your your signs can 130 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: get cracked. And that's part that was part of the 131 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: advantage of of of being a good picture, a picture 132 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: with good signs, is that you had that advantage over 133 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: those type of pictures. Now we're on the same playing field, 134 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: so it's gonna be interesting moving forward, especially if there's 135 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: gonna be a pitchclock. You know, now I'm gonna be 136 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: able to work extremely fast. Yeah, uh, and so there 137 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: I feel there's gonna be un attended consequences because of that. 138 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm gonna be able to weaponize this 139 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: in a way to be able to flip it around 140 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: and make and make the hitters hate this because it's 141 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: gonna be so much easier on me. 142 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: That's interesting. 143 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever heard anybody talk about weaponize 144 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 2: like the pitch clock. 145 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: It usually feels like it's the opposite. 146 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: No once you know, if you if you hear what 147 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: the minor league rules are that the hitter only has 148 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: one time out and I can be ready at you 149 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: know what's I'm just I think it's nine seconds, Yeah, 150 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: somewhere like that. I fully plan on weaponizing this and 151 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: making the hitters, uh, you know, for forcing to burn 152 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: that time out, you know, I like football. And then 153 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: the thing will be the delta eachan from when I 154 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: can actually pitch to actually pitch, I think is a 155 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,679 Speaker 1: large like a nine second delta, and so in theory, 156 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: I could really hold the ball for nine seconds. Uh, 157 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: that's an that's a really really long time. Uh. And 158 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: I'm actually uh, when the stolen base was a little 159 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: bit bigger part of the game. It seems like it's 160 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: fallen off a little bit, but it can't kind of 161 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: come back in a little bit more where guys are 162 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: more taking chances to run. Uh. That was one I 163 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: always took pride in that being on the w hold 164 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: the ball for five, six, seven seconds like that was 165 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: not a problem for me. So, uh, like I said, 166 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm going to find a way to 167 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: be able to uh weaponize these new rules against the hitters. 168 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 3: Something else. Just from our perspective, always seem like you 169 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 3: took pride then was preparation. But in the old game 170 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 3: talking about another rule change, you always prepared a little 171 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 3: more holy than some other pitchers in the league, running 172 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: the bases, working on batting practice, bunting. How is it 173 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,239 Speaker 3: felt adjusting to now just being a pitcher when. 174 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: You pitch, well, I mean I didn't pitching you for 175 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: five weeks? 176 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 3: No, yeah, sure, yeah, but more less less like seven. 177 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: Uh, I gotta love hate for it. First off, I 178 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: love I love hitting, love the base running, love the bunning. 179 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: Like you know, it was such an impact part of 180 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: the game that I love. Taking pride in and working 181 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: at it really kept me locked in and even being 182 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: on the bench because there were times where you were 183 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: the extra hitter or runner or you know, so many 184 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: different situations I could pop up where you might get 185 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,119 Speaker 1: your number called. But for the game as a whole, 186 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: it's better to have. 187 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 2: A d H. 188 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean definitely just is. 189 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: So there's two things I can also go on tangents 190 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: about about this. You hear, Mike, I would like to 191 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: see the d I would like to see pictures hit 192 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: at younger, younger levels, like the college level. I think 193 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: that's good for pictures to have to hit and be 194 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: a part of the game. I think you can learn 195 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: something about pitching by hitting. 196 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 3: I mean you can. 197 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: It's really hard to hit. You get is a picture 198 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: you get in a box and for and forced pictures 199 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: to be athletes and be able to handle the bat. 200 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: I feel like that makes better pictures. So in some 201 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: former capacity, I wish pictures had to hit at lower levels, 202 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: but I do you can see that it's a better 203 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: product at the major level to have a dhuh and 204 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: and then the other way to potentially go about this 205 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: is one of the issues I, you know, foresee within 206 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: baseball is how starting pitchers are becoming less and less 207 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: important part of the game as a whole. Starting pitchers 208 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: are throwing fewer pitches fewer innings for a variety of reasons, 209 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: and I don't think that's necessarily the best thing for 210 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: the game. In the direction of the game. I actually 211 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: think we need to be wanting pitchers to throw one 212 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: hundred pitches trying to throw six innings, not just getting 213 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: removed because all of a sudden it's three times. 214 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 3: To the lineup. 215 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. And so one of the real rules that I've 216 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: seen tinkered with that I would like to see going 217 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 1: forward is called a qualifying start. That if you had 218 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: some type of qualifying start, call it one hundred pitches, 219 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: six innings, uh, something to that effect, that then you 220 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: then you maintain. 221 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 3: Your DH for the whole game. Oh okay, if. 222 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: You don't make this qualifying start, then you lose your 223 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: DH and you got played by nationally kind of naturally 224 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: rules we have pinchers after that. 225 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 3: So it's really interesting. 226 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: I think if you if you were to that rule 227 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: play rule in place, it would encourage the development of 228 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: more starters, uh in the minor leagues, the fourth teams 229 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: that have to try to develop starters and to keep 230 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: starters into game more. I think that's uh, you know, 231 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: when fans, you know, comes to a ballpark, and I 232 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: think that's one of the allures of fans is to 233 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: be like, all right, who's starring picture man? Definitely mean 234 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: that that's a that's a good, you know thing to see. 235 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: You like, as a game I like watching other you know, 236 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: the matchup of other pitchers. Of course, if we go 237 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: the more bullpen, you know, I don't. I don't think 238 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: that says. I don't think that helps the entertainmentertainment product 239 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: of the game. And I think we should be, you know, 240 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: encouraging starters to pitch more. 241 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: That was definitely the most cerebral answer ever we've had 242 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 2: to the DHL dilevel. 243 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 3: That was unbelievable. 244 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: I have so many problems. I've been on way too 245 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: many committees, been waving down as warm wall wait. 246 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 2: Too long, all right, to make it a little bit easier. 247 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: Questions for you now, we see how intention you are 248 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: on the field, but what do you do off the field? 249 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 3: What are you up to when you're not playing baseball? 250 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 3: Right now? 251 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: Right now? On parenting, I got three kids in a while, 252 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: we're at playgrounds, we're making crafts. So I got two 253 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: girls and a boy. It's on right now. 254 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 3: It's talking intensity here, that's in the middle of a 255 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 3: pender race. We double checked the roster before. We believe 256 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 3: that you are the only person on the team right 257 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 3: now who's climbed the mountain top, who's won the World Series. 258 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 3: What's it like when you have a team that is 259 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 3: as experienced as the Mets, as this rosters specifically, no 260 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: one has gotten to that point. What is your responsibility? 261 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 3: Was your feeling? What have you done to I don't know, 262 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 3: maybe just spread your knowledge or experience. 263 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's all everybody's goal. Uh, you know, there's 264 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: no magic formula, but there are some key components that 265 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: you have to have as a team in team chemistry 266 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: in order to navigate October, because October is just a 267 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: crazy month if you go all the way. Uh, there's 268 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 1: so many different things that unfold and somebody twists and 269 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: turns that everybody has to be ready, and it takes 270 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 1: a total team effort to win a World Series. It's 271 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: not just one player. And that's the best part about 272 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: it is it doesn't rank, you know, like what player 273 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: number you were on your Yeah, everybody has the same ring. 274 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: So everybody has a chance to contribute, and everybody's contributions 275 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: mean the most because it can be the twenty six 276 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: guy and yet when he goes through with a big 277 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 1: hit or a big out like that last out can 278 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: really make the difference between wheney and losing. One ball game, 279 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: and one ballgame is the difference between making it and 280 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: losing it, and so that's the that's the cool part 281 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: about this team is we have such a good team 282 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: and team chemistry and how everybody's fitting together. And so 283 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be exciting to continue to finish off September 284 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: and obviously see where we can do in the postseason. 285 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: Okay, I think we'll wrap it up here because we 286 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 2: know you have to get ready for todight. Chris Bass, 287 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 2: we had him on and we asked him to pick 288 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 2: his five guys for a pick up basketball team. He 289 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 2: had you on his team, but he compared you to 290 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: Draymond Green. Do you think that your game would translate 291 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 2: like that in basketball? 292 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I call myself a poor man's Draymond Green, but yeah, 293 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: that's I think that's my NBA comp Yeah, it'd be 294 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: interesting to see who who the two Hoopers are on 295 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: this team? Are You know? Bass talk's a big game. Uh, 296 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: you know, I can see it. But even at thirty eight, 297 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: I still can jump better than he can't. So he's 298 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: got to prove it to me. 299 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 3: You've had tons and tons of accomplishments over your career. 300 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 3: One of the best pictures of generation I don't think 301 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 3: any of us have a problem saying that you've had 302 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 3: three very specific or I guess four very specific individual achievements. 303 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 3: I kind of want you to maybe rank for the 304 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 3: people just to see from pictures perspective, what they see 305 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 3: is more important. You have three macul innings, it's tied 306 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 3: for the most in Major League history. You have multiple 307 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 3: no hitters, which is a rare feed. Not many pictures 308 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 3: have done multiple So Young Awards, which also not many 309 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 3: pictures have done that. And what was the last one? 310 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 3: I have a listened right here? Hold on serious, oh 311 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 3: in the twenty strikeout game. That's the tide for the 312 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 3: most ever in a single game. So out of all 313 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 3: four of those accomplishments, you can even bust them up 314 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 3: individually to the ones you've on actually done you all 315 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 3: the wens you've done individually? What are you the most 316 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 3: proud of? 317 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: For? 318 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 3: What was? I don't know what? What do you feel? 319 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 3: What do you feel the most about it? 320 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 2: Well? 321 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: Number one is winning the World Series? 322 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 3: That's number one. 323 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: Push yeah, uh, number two, I'll say to Young's though, 324 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: because there's also is a team aspect to it. Uh, 325 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: you know, your team pointing defense, team scoring runs, going 326 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: out and winning ball games. Uh. You know, as much 327 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: as that's an individual award, there's there's a team components 328 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: of that. So you know, I got think coaching teammates 329 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: along the way for the you know, being a part 330 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: of being part of that as well. After that, on 331 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: the individual games, I take the twenty strikeout game that 332 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: that one's was so cool. You know, there's only been 333 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: that's only been done five times in Major league history, 334 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: and to be a part of that group, that's pretty special. 335 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: And then I'll put the no hitters next because that's 336 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: a complete game. You know, it takes an entire game. 337 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: Everybody remembers those. And then the mat gamings are really cool, 338 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: you know, the be able throw nine strikes, three strikeouts. 339 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: I mean I love striking guys out. 340 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 3: I do. I have no way I love them. 341 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: I take I love doing it. So to be able 342 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: to get those type of accomplishments, that's that's a fun 343 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: feat to have as well. 344 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 2: Do you know who that last battle was in your 345 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: twenty strikeout game? 346 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: It should have been It should have been James Can Yeah, 347 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: I know it wasn't he was the last batter. He 348 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: should have been twenty one And we joke about it here. 349 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: So lucky you put that on Max. 350 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for taking the time. 351 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: This was Unbelievablepefully we get to talk to you again soon, 352 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: because sure I mean love to pick your brain some more. 353 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 3: Thanks appreciate it. 354 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: Thanks you. 355 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 3: Get up, Get up, Get up.