1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what with the Hall 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: of Famer Tim Kirkshon. I am his son, Jeff Kirkshen, 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: and we are coming to you for I'm Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: the Little League World Series. Thanks to our friends at 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: Game Changer and Dick's Sporting Goods, we have been having 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: such a blast here. It's magic here, It's Disney World 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: for baseball. 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 2: It's all of the above, right, It's just ludicrously charming here, 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: Jeff and these two stadiums back to back like this, 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: and people just don't understand who've never been here what 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: this place is like. Every single person who comes here 12 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 2: for the first time says it's way bigger than I 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: thought it was. TV just doesn't do it justice. And 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 2: the best part about this place are the people that 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: you meet and tell. 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 3: Us what happened last night. 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: We're walking the streets of Williamsport going to dinner. 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: And three four gentlemen stop us. One guy says, I'm 19 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: celebrating my seventieth birthday and the other three say, this 20 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: is our Little League coach. We brought him to williams 21 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: Sport because this is on his bucket. Life from Florida 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: Jim Florida, and now they say they're coming again next year. 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 4: And listen, dad. 24 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: Two years ago was my first time here. My daughter 25 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: McKinley was just born. I went with my father in law, Alex, 26 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: and I can't imagine having a summer without the Little 27 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: League World Series being a part of it, you know 28 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: what I mean. 29 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,639 Speaker 4: It's just so it's such a part of. 30 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: My soul now, right, And it's the place, as Carl 31 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 2: Ravage told us when we taped earlier today, And we're 32 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: gonna have Carl Ravach and Todd Frazier on the Thursday pause. 33 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: They are so good, so we recorded just for all things. 34 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: We just recorded with them and you'll hear that episode 35 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: on the feed tomorrow. Oh my gosh, it was so 36 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: many great laughs. It was so many great pins. I'm sorry, 37 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: play pots go ahead. 38 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 3: Right, it's so funny. 39 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: But Rabbi made the point, it's the place that makes 40 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: it different. And if you've never been here, you don't 41 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: even understand what we're talking about. But I spoke to 42 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: the new Northwest coach Sunday morning, Andy Audett, and I said, 43 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: what was it like when you walked in here for 44 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: the first time? And I swear to God, Jeff. He 45 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: teared up and said, I cried out loud when I 46 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 2: walked into this place for the first time, he said. 47 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: The first night here, he said, I did not go 48 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: to sleep. I couldn't sleep because all I wanted to 49 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: do was soak in where I am right now, he said. 50 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: The first night, I woke up at three o'clock in 51 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: the morning and went and sat in the stadium. The 52 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 2: second night, I got up at four o'clock in the 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: morning and sat in the stadium, and he said, in 54 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: all my buddies, all adults now called him and said, 55 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: you are living our childhood dream right now. That's what 56 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: this place is about. 57 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 4: There's nothing better than Little League. 58 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: And I just can't begin to explain how happy I 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: am to be sitting here with you today, because we 60 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: are now a year and a half into this little 61 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: podcast that we started, and it's so neat to be 62 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: here where baseball is just at its best, doing our 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: podcast together. And so tomorrow's episode, as we said, Todd Fraser, 64 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: Karl Ravitch will be right here at the game Changer 65 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: and Dick Sporting Goods set up here in Williamsport, and 66 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: you got to make sure. 67 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 4: But we got a great episode for you today, right. 68 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 2: And the best part is when the big leaguers come here, 69 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: because most of the big leaguers have never been here before. 70 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 2: So Sunday morning, I rode the bus with a bunch 71 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 2: of kids and with the Seattle Mariners from the airport 72 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: to the ballpark. And here cal Raly is surrounded by 73 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: kids on the bus. 74 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: He must have been the one everybody wanted to see. 75 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: There's always one player. 76 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: Julio Rodriguez is a magnet for little Kila and he 77 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: runs all sorts of kid friendly situations at home and 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: the Dominican and everything else. So I interviewed him on 79 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: the bus. You know how big he is. I said, 80 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: what were you like when you were twelve? And he goes, I. 81 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 3: Was really big. That's how he's played it. 82 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: So we had the greatest time on the bus. 83 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: And that reminds me of that movie was Bench Swarmers 84 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: when he had the uh he had a first certificate. 85 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: There's just a picture of him and then kran It says, 86 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: I am twelve. 87 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 4: That was his birth right. 88 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: Because there are kids here you're not sure about. But 89 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: cal Raleigh was on the bus and he did so 90 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 2: many good things here. So I saw the Northwest team 91 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: play in the morning, and their second baseman's nickname was 92 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 2: little Dump Little Dumper, right, so Cal of course is 93 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 2: big dumper. He's little Dumper. So the second baseman and 94 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: the shortstop on the Northwest team interviewed cal Raleigh at 95 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, Like what a thrill for 96 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 2: those kids. And cal Raley also did one of the 97 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 2: coolest things I've ever seen, Jeff. He and his girlfriend 98 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 2: decided to get a picture, like a baseball card picture 99 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 2: of all the coaches and players on the Mariners. He 100 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 2: had the traveling secretary run all this stuff down, and 101 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: he took all the pictures and put them on his 102 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: chest protector, which he wore in the Little League Classic game. 103 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: It's one of the coolest things I have ever seen. 104 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 3: He said. 105 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: We sent it to Rawlings and they took care of 106 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 2: everything else. So imagine that. So here we've got these 107 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: decorative bats and decorative shoes and nicknames players weekend and 108 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: everything else. He came up with a chess protector that 109 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 2: looked like a gigantic baseball card with with dozens of 110 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: players on it. It was like the coolest thing. 111 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: You know, Dad, and the creativity from the players to 112 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: the fans who are here at Williamsport. You see people 113 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: designing their own pins, creating their own shirts. I see 114 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: people with printed fan shirts. There's teams where all of 115 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: the moms are wearing two two's or whatever. 116 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 4: It's like Halloween, it's like Disney. It's everything. 117 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: So if you are like the gentleman we met in 118 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: downtown Williamsport last night or whatever it is, and you've 119 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: been thinking, man, we really need to get out there. 120 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 4: You just need to do it. We've told the story before, 121 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 4: you'll hear it again tomorrow. 122 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: My father in law he went to Williamsport for the 123 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: first time at eight sixty eight, and it was like 124 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: he was eight when he walked in here because he 125 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: felt like a kid. He grew up watching these games. 126 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: He never missed any of these games on TV. 127 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 2: Right, and the major league players get involved as soon 128 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 2: as they get here. A bunch of the Mets went 129 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 2: down the hill. In fact, Carlos Mendoza, the manager of 130 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: the Mets, is being interviewed on ESPN. He's got the 131 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 2: headset on and they show a picture of Jeff McNeil 132 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 2: and Brandon Nemo two of his players going down the 133 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: hill on a piece of cardboard, and he said, oh 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: my gosh, thank god they didn't get hurt. I asked 135 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: Jeff McNeil, what was that like, and he goes, I 136 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: was scared. 137 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 3: That was real. 138 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 2: I was really going fast down the hill. I went 139 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: down the hill once at age fifty five. I'm afraid 140 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: of heights, I'm afraid of wits, I'm afraid of anything 141 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 2: that goes too fast. And I was happy to get 142 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 2: to the bottom of the hilllive. I told you that story. 143 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 2: I'm at the top of the hill. I'm fifty five 144 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: years old, and I don't know how to do this, 145 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 2: and I'm literally afraid. So I look at this kid 146 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 2: next to me and he says to me. He says, 147 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 2: I'll show yeah how to do this. So I look 148 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: at him and I said, how old are you And 149 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: he said, I'm four. A four year old showed me 150 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: how to get on a piece of cardboard and go 151 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: down the hill without getting it. 152 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: Was that the first year you were covering Little League 153 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: World serieses and so they said, Tim, we need to ride. 154 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 3: A passage, right, you have to do that. 155 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: So I did that a couple of years ago now 156 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: last year, if you remember and you listened to our 157 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: episode from last year, my father in law came again 158 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: with us, but also my nephew Ben, who is on 159 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: you know, one of my brother in law is on 160 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: my wife's side. Their son was in town and came 161 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: with us, and he went down the hill. I'm not 162 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: exaggerating a thousand times. 163 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 4: My father in law only wanted to go down once, right, 164 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 4: And I thought he was going to tear both acls. 165 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: And I said, what am I going to tell your wife, 166 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: my mother in law when you tear both And I 167 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: have to tell this story. 168 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 4: It's unrelated to Williamsport. 169 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: But my father in law is such a strong minded, 170 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: smart man, loving, caring everything. When we first met and 171 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: met him, Emily had bought a condo. We were tearing 172 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: the tile out of the condo. This was one month 173 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: into knowing my now wife, right, So I offered to 174 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: go after work morning show radio every day to go 175 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: chip some tile. While he had just had shoulder reconstructed, 176 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: bicep surgery or something. We had this giant tile chipper 177 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: and I said, I'll handle this. Don't worry because he's 178 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: in a sling and he said no, no, no, And 179 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: then my mother in law looks at me and goes, 180 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: don't let my husband use that thing. Do not let 181 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: him use it. I've known this man for one week, 182 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: I've dated his daughter for one month, and I'm thinking, 183 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: of course, yes, ma'am, of course. 184 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 4: And then she leaves and I said, there's. 185 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: No effing way I'm telling him what to do. 186 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 4: And of course what happens, Dad. He takes it over 187 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 4: and a tile comes off and hits his nose. No, 188 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 4: and he spurting blood out of his nose. 189 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. 190 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: And then he looks at me and goes, don't tell 191 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: my wife. Ultimately, of course, now it's one of our 192 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: favorite stories of all time. 193 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 4: But my point of this is it's about family, right. 194 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: Taking your family to Williamsport is by far the best 195 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: decision you'll ever make. 196 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 4: I mean, just in moments, Dad. This village, which is 197 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 4: a part of Williamsport, we don't talk. 198 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 2: A lot about. 199 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: This village is going to open up with all of 200 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: these amazing including the game changer in Dick's sporting goods area. 201 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: There's batting cages, there's pin trading, there's swag, there's Helmets, 202 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: they're fats. 203 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 4: This whole thing is a. 204 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 3: Part of it, right. 205 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 2: It's so good. And again, the players loved it so much. 206 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 2: So I asked a couple of the Mariners, I said, 207 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: did you go down the hill? And Dylan Moore said, no, 208 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 2: I didn't go down the hill infield or diylanmore a 209 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 2: good player, and he said, I played wiffle ball and 210 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 2: ten of the Japanese kids strug me out. So they 211 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 2: struck about playing wiffle ball. And then Mitch Garver, also 212 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: of the Maritors, he said, I played wiffleball with the 213 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 2: Japanese kids also, he said, but I was throwing to 214 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 2: them and they kept saying to me, throw it harder, 215 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 2: throw it harder. And he said, so I'm throwing it 216 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: as hard as I can and they're still hitting me. 217 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 2: So we got a really good look into how good 218 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 2: the players are, and that you know, that chemistry between 219 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 2: the big leaguers and the little leaguers is just priceless. 220 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 2: Last thing, Jeff, and this this just absolutely astonished me. 221 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: I was at the batting cage yesterday and Starling Marte 222 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 2: of the Mets. I'm talking to him and he looks 223 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 2: at me and he goes, you're on TV. I think 224 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 2: he's saying, hey, you're on TV. Yes, I know. I've 225 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: had more hits than ty Cop the last twenty eight years, 226 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: hardly the point television hit. 227 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 3: Here's yeah, here's what he said. 228 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: He said he had a camera in his sunglasses. Have 229 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 2: you ever heard of that? 230 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 3: So he's got he's got. 231 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 2: A Facebook like Instagram thing going on with the tiniest 232 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: little camera. 233 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 4: Accurate, You're like right on this. 234 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 2: In his sunglasses. I don't even know how to use 235 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 2: my cell phone and he's got a he's got a 236 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: camera in his glass. 237 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: Meta is the you're like oddly really accurate with what 238 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: you're saying here. 239 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 4: Meta is right, Joe. 240 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna bring our producer, Joe in in a second. 241 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: Meta has a relationship with ray Band, who makes sunglasses 242 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: where they put a camera in your sunglasses so you 243 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: can post your Instagram story or your Facebook or whatever. 244 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: I mean. Listen, we just. 245 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: Bought a new camera for this, but I didn't buy 246 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: any sunglasses with cameras and him, trust me, unbelievable, although. 247 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 4: We need to do that. 248 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: But speaking of our producer, let's bring Joe Puccio in. 249 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 4: He is our producer for the day. All right, Now 250 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 4: that sounds like a contest, it's not. We're paying him 251 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 4: to be here, don't worry. 252 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: Joe is one of the play by play broadcasters for 253 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: the Summerset Patriots double, a. 254 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 4: Affiliate of the New York Yankees. 255 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: But you're also like in between your sister's wedding and 256 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: a six game homestand drove from New Jersey in order 257 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: to be here to help us out with our podcast. So, 258 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: first of all, thank you, because hush, Joe. We've said 259 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: it on multiple episodes for the last couple weeks. 260 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 4: We need some help. 261 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 5: Hey, that's why I'm here. The young arm. 262 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: Ready, he's managing all the audio and the video portions 263 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: of this so I can focus on what we're doing. 264 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: How about Joe's voice. Joe's voice is better than yours 265 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 2: and my voice together. 266 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 3: He's only twenty three years old. 267 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 4: Where did your voice come from? It's great. 268 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 5: Not as iconic as yours, that is for sure. 269 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, and iconic doesn't all mean great, it just means 270 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: well known. I love it, right, But isn't it nice 271 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: to have a man's voice on the show, exactly adult's 272 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: voice on the show. Absolutely, Joe, Joe just really quick 273 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: out of fun. Just give us your home run call. 274 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: Just give us a back back gone, you know, okay. 275 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 5: Give a little uh that. 276 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 3: Ball is gone? 277 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 4: Yea something like that. 278 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 3: There you go, Yes, absolutely, Joe. 279 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: All right, So Joe, we're. 280 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 5: Bringing up there. I get yeah, you got I get 281 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 5: up there. 282 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 4: You gotta have the right to have the right. 283 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: So Joe used to call games by himself single a 284 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 1: in Florida for the Detroit Tigers, and boyle boy I mean, 285 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: talk about a test of patience and skill to call 286 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: games and single a by yourself. 287 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 4: God bless you. 288 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: We brought you in, especially because you didn't have an 289 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 1: opportunity to play like everybody wanted to at twelve years 290 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: old for the Little League World Series. But you went 291 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: to camp here at Williamsport and stayed in the barracks 292 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: I did, where our teams stay when they come from 293 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: all across the world to play. 294 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 4: What was that experience? 295 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 2: Like? 296 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 6: It was special? It was back in twenty fourteen, So 297 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 6: I was twelve. I was the same age as the 298 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 6: players here, and and we had the whole Little League experience. 299 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 6: So we stayed in the dorms. We had recreation time 300 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 6: so we could play ping, pong. We could swim just 301 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 6: like these kids do every single day. And how our 302 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 6: daily schedule worked was in the morning around eight o'clock 303 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 6: we would wake up and do drills on the backfields, 304 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 6: and then after lunch and our wreck time, we'd have 305 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 6: games on both Lamity and Volunteer Stadium. 306 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: Wow. 307 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 5: And for me that was a dream. 308 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 6: Like as you mentioned, like everyone dreams of playing here 309 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 6: at the Little League World Series, and I think the 310 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 6: closest my team ever got was one win in the 311 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 6: city tournament. Like, we didn't even make districts. So the 312 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 6: opportunity to play on these fields was so special. And 313 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 6: then to stay where the teams get to states. It's 314 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 6: so interesting because I don't know if it's still done 315 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 6: this way, but it was done in the past where 316 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 6: we stayed in international dorms. So we stayed in Team 317 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 6: Europe and Africa's dorm. 318 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 2: Wow. 319 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 6: And it's connected with a US region. So the US 320 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 6: region that was connected to ours was the Southwest. 321 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 5: So think about that. 322 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 6: You have an international team that lives in a pretty 323 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 6: much same exact bunker as an American team. You're sharing bathrooms, 324 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 6: you're sharing sinks, you're sharing front doors like these kids 325 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 6: get to interact with people that they would never get 326 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 6: to interact with. And we've seen it in episodes of 327 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 6: this podcast. We've seen it while we're here in Williamsport. 328 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 6: The interaction and the lifelong friendships that you make are everything. 329 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 6: And you know there are still friendships that are that 330 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 6: still go on from that baseball camp just one week 331 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 6: of playing here. I still remember, you know, a couple 332 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 6: of the kids that were on my team, and and 333 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 6: the special week that we had here. 334 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 2: What was life playing on a field manicured quite like 335 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 2: that one. 336 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 6: I don't think I've ever played on a field better 337 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 6: than that. I mean, I've been I've been on Yankee 338 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 6: stadiums field, I've been at Tropicana Field. There was nothing 339 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 6: like seeing Lamity Stadium for the first time. And I 340 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 6: remember we walked through one of the doors that's that's 341 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 6: not a section door, but it's it's one of the 342 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 6: sneaky doors the players go in, and I remember seeing 343 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 6: the batting cages and there's bullpens. I was like bullpens 344 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 6: and batting cages for twelve year olds, like this is 345 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 6: what is this big League? And we then got to 346 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 6: go through the camera. Well, the iconic camera roll behind 347 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 6: home plate, and I remember seeing the lamity bust right 348 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 6: out in center field, and I was like, this is 349 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 6: everything to me, even seeing the back painted trapezoid where 350 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 6: the catcher is like no other field has besides this one. 351 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 6: And it was a chilling effect that you've talked about 352 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 6: this that the mountains and the hill and the scoreboard 353 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 6: and center field. It was beautiful. And then we get 354 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 6: on the field itself. It was more comfortable in the 355 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 6: beds that we were sleeping on. Grass is so soft, 356 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 6: and every ground ball was coming up true. I felt 357 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 6: like a big leaguer, not even a little league playing 358 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 6: on and. 359 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 4: You got to hit at Lomity State one for three. 360 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 5: You never find it. 361 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 6: What was it was a It was a single down 362 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 6: the right field line, and my dad, I think. 363 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 5: It was up there was hitters count one. Of course 364 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 5: I took the first pick. I'm alrighty, I'm righty. 365 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 6: So my dad was my little league coach and he 366 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 6: always said I had the Jeter inside out swing. 367 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 5: Jeter was my favorite player. 368 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 6: I emulated everything he did, and I guess I was 369 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 6: late on every pitch, so I would shoot everything the 370 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 6: opposite way, get my hands out in front a little bit, 371 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 6: and I remember going to the first base coach who 372 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 6: was our counselor, and I said, man, I just got 373 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 6: to hit at Lomity Stadium. 374 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 5: I'm never going to forget that for the rest of 375 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 5: my life. 376 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 2: Joe, all kidding aside, I say this every time I 377 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: do a game here. Those kids are going to go 378 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 2: home and say I got a hit at the Little 379 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 2: League World Series. How cool would you You would be 380 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 2: able to say that for the rest of your life. 381 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: That's the best part about. 382 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 6: This, right And I got to do it at a 383 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 6: baseball camp, and I still have that same feeling. 384 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's special. 385 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: Great Joe Puccio, everybody excellent, Thank you for helping us out. 386 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: Of course we've got we of course we have a 387 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: lot more to talk about here at the Little League 388 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: World Series. Dad, you we're going to do our quirk gins. 389 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: We've got game Changer of the Week. You have a 390 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: team tim for us, right? 391 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: Yeah? Do we have to pay extra game on camera? Yeah? 392 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 4: Now we have to pay him. We have to pay 393 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 4: him the union fee because he's now talent, not just producers. 394 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 5: And there's no makeup fees, so at least that'll be 395 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 5: a little cheap guys. 396 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: No makeup between these three, but you can watch us 397 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: on YouTube. We just might not advise it. Joe, Thank 398 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: you so much, Thank you guys for having me. 399 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 4: Okay, is this a great game or what? 400 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: Welcome back and with the Hall of Famer Tim Kirkchen, 401 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Kirchen. We are at Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the 402 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: Little League World Series, presented by Game Changer and Dick's 403 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: Sporting Goods DAT And this so perfectly brings us to 404 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: the game changer of the week. 405 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: Right So I'm taking the Milwaukee Brewers as the game changer, Jeff. 406 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 2: For this reason, I have looked at who's the best 407 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 2: team in baseball all year, and it changes like every 408 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 2: single week. 409 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 3: It was the. 410 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: Tigers, it was the Yankees, it was the Mets, Phillies, Dodgers, 411 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 2: all over the place. But for the last couple of months, 412 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 2: I think it's been the Milwaukee Brewers. They just had 413 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 2: their fourteen game winning streak ended on Sunday. But there 414 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 2: is something really special going on with the Brewers right now. 415 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 2: And again, they've only been to the World Series one 416 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 2: time nineteen eighty two, the first year that I covered 417 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 2: the World Series. For a newspaper, and now I think 418 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 2: they have a legitimate chance to go back, and I 419 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 2: just love I'm not rooting for anybody or anything except 420 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 2: for the story. But you know that ballpark is packed 421 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 2: every night. The way that team plays the game is 422 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 2: so much fun. So they're the game changer for me 423 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 2: because they're changing the way that people play the game. 424 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 2: They put the ball in play, they work deep counts, 425 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 2: they fight you on every bundle. They but they steal 426 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: more bases than any team in the National League. They 427 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 2: get big hits at big times. They got really good 428 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: starting pitching. If more teams played the game the way 429 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 2: the Brewers did, more teams would win more games. That's 430 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 2: how good a thing they have going in Milwaukee right now. 431 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 4: And Dad, I know. 432 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: And the reason why you say you can't root for 433 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: anybody is because you've ben aged your unless you're a 434 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame journalist. But I can root for people. 435 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: And I love the Brewers because I love stories. Never 436 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: franchises never won a World Series. It would be great 437 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: to have them. Their fans are starving for it, but 438 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: their fans are great fans. And listen, I love so 439 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: many organizations, but I'm a Northeast. I grew up in Maryland, 440 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: I live in Pennsylvania. I went to school in New York. 441 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: There's a difference between Midwestern fans and East Coast fans. 442 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: And those Midwest fans, man, they are just salt of 443 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: the earth, good people. I lived in Cleveland for a 444 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: long time, and those guys are They just love their team. 445 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 4: They love baseball. So I'd love to see the Brewers 446 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 4: make a. 447 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 3: Run, right, totally agree? 448 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 4: All right, dad, do you want to go into a 449 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 4: team Tim or Quark. 450 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 2: We're going to do the quirk Jins first because a 451 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 2: couple people sent this into is it's a great game. 452 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 2: Or we had a Jesus Lozardo started against Brad Lord 453 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 2: the other night. So this guy wrights in, he goes Tim. 454 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 2: I think we need the all religion teams. So now 455 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 2: we're taking requests on Team Tim. So I'm doing the 456 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 2: best I can. 457 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 4: Let me say quick prayer before we do this, all. 458 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 2: Right, good prayer that I did this right. Christian Vasquez 459 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 2: is the Shinn perfect. Abraham Toro is the first basement. 460 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 2: Johnny Priest had to look that one up. As the 461 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 2: second baseman. Jose Pagan also pronounced Pagan is the third baseman. 462 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 2: Angel Barroa, Angel Barroa. 463 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 3: Is the shortstop. 464 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 2: Jesus Aloo is one hour. 465 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 3: What was the Dan Patrick story he told. 466 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 2: Us last year. 467 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: Well, Dan Patrick grew up and Hazus Alou was on 468 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: his favorite team and he would say, Dad, I can't 469 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: wait to go to the game. 470 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 4: I want to see Jesus, Jesus Alu. And then they 471 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 4: were going to say, Sue, it's Jesus, and then he 472 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 4: would go, all right, praise Heyzus. 473 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 2: No, that one's. 474 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 3: Jesus right right. We had a little trouble with that. 475 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 2: Dave Pope is one alfielder. Ryan Church is the last outfielder. 476 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: Randy Saint Clair is our relief pitcher, and the aforementioned 477 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 2: Brad Lord is our picture. So that's the all religion team. 478 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 2: And I did that as a request to one of 479 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 2: our listeners. 480 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Well, and also, Dad is the pope throwing out the 481 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: first pitch? 482 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 4: As a white Sox. 483 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 2: Fan, I mean, is that a white Sox fan is 484 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: Pope Leo is a white Sox fan. Can't get any 485 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 2: better than that. Speaking of so I got a text 486 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 2: from my former sports editor, Marty Kaiser from the Baltimore 487 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 2: Sun and he had gone to a Giants game and 488 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: he recognized in doing all the stats that Patrick Bailey 489 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 2: of the Giants at that moment of the game had 490 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 2: struck out exactly one hundred times for three straight seasons. 491 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 2: So I looked it up on Baseball Reference. It was 492 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 2: so it just jumps out of the page. One hundred 493 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 2: strikeouts two years ago, one hundred strikeouts last year and 494 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: this year, one hundred strikeouts. 495 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 4: What you're saying, And he did it on the same. 496 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, he just he ended the last 497 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 2: two seasons with exactly undred. Wow. And when Marty looked 498 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 2: it up, he had exactly one hundred. This year he 499 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 2: has more than that of four So I looked up 500 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 2: he's the only player in Major League history ever to 501 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 2: strike out exactly one hundred times into conc executive season. 502 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 2: So that was a request from my old sports editor 503 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 2: who said, this is something you would have written in 504 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 2: the Baltimore Sun and your Sandy Notes column in the 505 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 2: mid eighties. So I checked it out for him, and 506 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 2: we gave a shout out to Marty Kottle. 507 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: You know, even though we're a team of two and 508 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 1: now slightly a team of three with Joe Puccio even 509 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: though we can't play. We can't pay Somerset Patriots money, 510 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: so we can't take him away from that gig. 511 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 4: But we joke. 512 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: But you've got Frank from the Alias, You've got old 513 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: editors calling in with stuff. 514 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 4: So we have a lot of people working behind the 515 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 4: scene and. 516 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: They're helping us every step of the way. 517 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 2: So Clayton Kershaw became the all time strikeout leader against 518 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: the Podres. So no one has struck out more Podres 519 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 2: in the Padres history than Clayton Kershaw. So that's the 520 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 2: third team now that he owns the strikeout record. 521 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 4: Feelings. 522 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 2: Yes, so Cy Young also had three. Warren Spahn has 523 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 2: three teams that he's the all time strikeout leader. Again, 524 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 2: Steve Carlton had five, and guests who has seven teams 525 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 2: that he's the all times from Walter Johnson, Walter Johnson 526 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 2: and Joe Where did Pop Pop. 527 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: Go to school? 528 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 2: Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland. We have to 529 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 2: mention that on every single show, Gret. 530 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: Can we also mention that you gave you got Todd 531 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: Frazier a Walter Johnson sweatshirt? 532 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 4: Is that correct? 533 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 2: Yes, it's a fleece pullover and I woren't here to 534 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 2: the Little League World Series last year, and he said, 535 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: I gotta have one of those. So I after the 536 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 2: World Series, I went home. I went to Walter Johnson 537 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 2: High School. I ordered a WJ and they only had 538 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 2: one left and they said, sorry, it's an extra large. 539 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 2: I'm like a like a small, right, So I said, no, 540 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 2: that's exactly what we need. So I bought it and 541 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 2: sent it to tea. 542 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: You went to the high school, I said, you don't 543 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: have a guy on the inside now with your watch. 544 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 4: I just goes to show. 545 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: Sixty eight soon to be sixty nine. In December, he 546 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: goes to his alma mater. Did you walk in during the. 547 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 3: School day to buy it? 548 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 2: I called down there, Oh good, okay, I come down. 549 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 3: Do you have any sweatshirt? And they said, yes, we do. 550 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 2: And I went down and picked it up because I 551 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: wasn't risking making a mistake. 552 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: I wonder if they give an alumni discount. It doesn't 553 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: sound as good as Quinn's Orchard High School slag, which 554 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: is my alma matter. 555 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: So good, all right? 556 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 2: So Nick Fordez for the Rays didn't start the game 557 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 2: the other day, came in, took two at bats and 558 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: got hit by a pitch twice. 559 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 3: So I found that odd. 560 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 2: He didn't even get he didn't start the game, comes in, 561 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 2: gets to at bats, gets hit by a pitch each time. 562 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 2: Last time any player did that was let's see Roger 563 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 2: Bernardina in twenty fourteen, So it's been eleven years since 564 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 2: anybody did that. Sam Bassalo made his first major league 565 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 2: plate appearance on Sunday, great young prospect for the Orioles catcher, 566 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 2: and he got a hit by a pitch in his 567 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 2: first played appearance of his major league career. So I 568 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 2: asked Frank from the Alives today, when's the last time 569 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: that happened. To my surprise, it happened this year. Edgar 570 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 2: Quero of the White Sox, same thing happened to him. 571 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 2: So Ryan Ripkin, our friend who was on the podcast, 572 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: sent out on Twitter. Anybody know the last guy to 573 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 2: get hit by a pitch in his first Major league 574 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 2: played appearance. It's Edward Quero from the White Sox on 575 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 2: April seventeenth of this year. 576 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I feel like the dugout would be 577 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: screaming any way to get on base in your first 578 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: Major league backs. 579 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 3: Just get away, do it for. 580 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 4: The team and get on back. 581 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 2: And speaking of the Orioles, Brandon Young one of their 582 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 2: young pitchers who is a very good young pitcher. He 583 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 2: went into Friday night's game with an zero to six 584 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 2: record Jeff and a six seventy ERA, and he was 585 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 2: perfect for seven and two thirds innings in that game. 586 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: So he's never won a major league game. This is 587 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 2: his rookie year and he went seven and two thirds perfect. 588 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: And he also had not in this game. But he 589 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 2: had an immaculate inning in the major leagues before he 590 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 2: ever won a game. Do you find that odd? So 591 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 2: before he won a game, he had an immaculate inning, 592 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 2: and he had seven and two thirds. 593 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: Of perfect make two different games, two different games worth noting. 594 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: Yes, So I checked with Frank. The best we could 595 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 2: come up with is that in twenty ten, Ravis Wood pitched, 596 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 2: had never won a major league game and did pitch 597 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 2: seven to two thirds perfect innings having never won a 598 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 2: major league game before that. So, so these things happened. 599 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 2: And last thing in the game last night, the Mets, 600 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 2: Francisco Lindor got caught stealing. So the Mets had had 601 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 2: thirty nine consecutive game successful steal attempts thirty nine straight 602 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 2: times they tried to steal. They made it. 603 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 3: The record is forty and. 604 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 2: Since they got caught last night, the record is still 605 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 2: forty by the Red Sox over two seasons. About fifteen 606 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 2: years ago. 607 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: I reached out to Frank from the Alias Dad because 608 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: I thought I thought I was on the heels of 609 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: something groundbreaking, and I said, I'm not sure if I'm 610 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 1: allowed to do this, Frank, because I'm not. 611 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 2: You called Frank. 612 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 4: I emailed that I'm telling me without telling you, and 613 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 4: I said, I don't know if this is contracted. 614 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 2: Now. 615 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: It was as you've said, and you've said probably fifty 616 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: percent of the time. He says, now, Tim, there's not 617 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: really you know, this has happened more often, and maybe 618 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: it was silly, but we had an email from a 619 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: member of our family who said that he's family friends 620 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: with a guy who had a cup of tea. In 621 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: the majors, he only hit one home run and it 622 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: was off of a Hall of Fame, eventual Hall of 623 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: Fame pitcher. So it just got me thinking, Okay, how 624 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: many players have hit one home run of their entire 625 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: career and it happened to be off of a Hall 626 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,479 Speaker 1: of Fame pitcher. Well, ultimately, that's happened a number of 627 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: times and so it wasn't. 628 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 4: Really a factoid. 629 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: But Frank did say, hey, like, you can totally reach 630 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: out if we can get one over on your dad, 631 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: but not this time. 632 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 4: I didn't get one over. 633 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 2: I'm proud of you for calling Frank, and Frank is 634 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 2: the best, and I'm glad he responded, and we learned 635 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 2: something I wouldn't have said. There were a lot of 636 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 2: people who hit one career homer and it came off 637 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer. 638 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, he said, He said, there's more occurrences than you 639 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: would think. And I mean, I think it makes sense too, 640 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: because a lot of Hall of Fame pitchers. 641 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 4: The reason why their Hall of Fame pitchers of they. 642 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: Pitched ten plus seasons and they probably faced a lot of. 643 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 4: Rookies in that time. All right, Dad, this state in 644 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 4: baseball history. Where do you want to go? 645 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 2: So in nineteen fifty one, Eddie Goodell may love him, 646 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 2: he took his only played appearance four pitch walk against 647 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 2: Bob Kin. You know, Bill Beck was the owner of 648 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 2: the team, and just to get people more interested in baseball, 649 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 2: Eddie Gadell was what three foot six inches to all 650 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 2: Eddie wore. He was using a plastic bat and crouching 651 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 2: down so he drew a walk and after the game 652 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 2: they said, all right, you're not allowed to do that anymore. 653 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 2: So but that was Eddie Gadell nineteen fifty one on 654 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 2: this day. 655 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 3: Wow God right. 656 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 2: In nineteen sixty on this date, Ron Darling was born, 657 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 2: And we mentioned that in part because Ron Darling was 658 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: one of our guests this year on the. 659 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: Podcast Listen anytime we can get a guest birthday out 660 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: there and go back and listen to that episode with 661 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: Ron Darling because that was such a fun one. And 662 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: Dad was so excited, so excited like a child to 663 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: put on his Hawaiian shirt for Ron Darling. 664 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 2: Right, And remember what I told him, I said, Ron, 665 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 2: you do notice that I'm wearing a Hawaiian shirt. I 666 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 2: know it looked ridiculous, and he goes, it's not for 667 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 2: everyone too, right, that was his nice way of saying that, 668 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 2: all right. Also born on this date in nineteen eighty 669 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 2: two was JJ Hardy really good shortstop for the Brewers, 670 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 2: Twins and Orioles. So I'll never forget JJ Hardy was 671 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 2: the best ping pong player on the Orioles because his dad, 672 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 2: of course, was a professional tennis player. His mom was 673 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 2: an LPGA Tour golfer. And he's one of the best 674 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 2: defensive shortstops I've ever seen, tremendous hands, which makes him 675 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 2: a great ping pong player. So I want to ask 676 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 2: him who's second best on the team, and he said, 677 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 2: Brady Anderson's second best. Brady was a coach at the time. 678 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 2: I said, how many games in a row did you 679 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 2: beat Brady? And he said, I beat him eighty eight 680 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 2: straight games, and he's the second second best. But somehow, somehow, 681 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 2: Jason Hamill of the of One Spring Training beat JJ 682 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 2: Hardy in ping pong, and ten minutes after the game 683 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 2: was over, JJ Hardy got a text from Ryan Brown 684 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 2: of the Brewers, who is training in Arizona, and the 685 00:29:55,360 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 2: text read, I understand you lost at ping pong A J. J. 686 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 2: Hardy looks at me, he goes news travels fast. 687 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 3: Would I lose in ping? 688 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: Wow? Ping pong, of course, is a staple game that 689 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 2: are played in Major league clubhouses and of course here 690 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 2: too at the Little League World. 691 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're gonna talk. 692 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: Todd Fraser is actually going to talk a little bit 693 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: about the ping pong games he played when he played 694 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: here and won right the Little League World Series when 695 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: he was a kid. I mean he is like royalty 696 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: around these parks. 697 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and last one, Jeff, and it's a sad one 698 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 2: on this state. In twenty twenty one, Bill Freehand died. 699 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 2: Bill Freehan is one of the great defensive catchers ever. 700 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 2: He's a very underrated catcher in baseball history. I think 701 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 2: he's a borderline Hall of Famer. And this is going 702 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 2: to show up unless you can see this, Jeff. 703 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 4: You can watch on YouTube at great game. 704 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 2: We used to have his catcher's mitt that would expose 705 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 2: his entire palm here. What yes, So instead of wearing 706 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 2: the catcher's mitt all the way up his hand to 707 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 2: protect it, he would have most of his palm exposed. 708 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 2: Is that way he could manipulate his catcher's mint with 709 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 2: his fingers and made it a softer catch for him, 710 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 2: meaning less of his hand is in the mint right 711 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 2: because and he could manipulate the ball and the mint better, 712 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 2: which I always thought was fascinating. Mike Matheni, former major 713 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 2: league catcher, former major league manager, learned at the University 714 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 2: of Michigan from Bill Freehand, and that's how he caught 715 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 2: with most of his palm exposed. 716 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 3: You are asking for danger there, but that's what. 717 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 4: It sounds like. 718 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: Something more like an omar Vis scale type shortstop would do, 719 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: not someone catching. 720 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 3: Fast, right. 721 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 2: So in nineteen sixty eight, Denny McClain of the Tigers 722 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 2: won the MVP, and second in the MVP voting that 723 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 2: year was Bill Freehand. It's the only year in Major 724 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 2: League history where a pitcher won the MVP and his 725 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 2: catcher finished second. Wow, how cool is that? 726 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 4: That's really neat. 727 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: I mean, we could see a catcher MVP this year 728 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: with cal Raley. That would be really cool. We're here 729 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: for the Little League World Series, the Little League game 730 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: which was so much fun to watch on ESPN Dad, 731 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,720 Speaker 1: And there was a rain delay before that game, and 732 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: you guys were just like riffing. 733 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 4: It off on ESPN tread and water. You were moving set. 734 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: There was a tarp over our head at one point 735 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 2: to make sure that we and the equipment didn't get 736 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 2: absolutely soaked. It was totally insane, but we did the show. 737 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 3: We got it. 738 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 4: But isn't that so little league? 739 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 2: Right? 740 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 4: That's so like, Oh, we'll do what we can. The 741 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 4: show must go on. That's the magic of this place. 742 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: So speaking of Little League, Dad, we already did one 743 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: team Tim, but we're gonna do too because we have 744 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: so many people who love these You can always we 745 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: just set up This is big news. We just set 746 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: up my dad with messaging capabilities with our website, great 747 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: game or what dot com, so you can be messaging 748 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: with me or him. Most of the messages, Dad start 749 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: with jeff I'm sure it's you who's reading this, Joe, 750 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: it's both of it. 751 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 2: I didn't set it up. Jeffrey set it up for me, 752 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 2: as you can imagine. 753 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: And naturally, right after I then reorganized all of his apps. Dad, 754 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: you had three clock apps on your iPhone. I didn't 755 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: even know you could have multiple iterations of the same app. Dad, 756 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 1: I didn't even know. I mean, you're doing things with 757 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 1: your iPhone. I didn't even know where possible. So we 758 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: organized that and it's a whole lot better. 759 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 3: And what else did you give to me today? 760 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 2: What did I? Oh? 761 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 3: Your watch? 762 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 4: My dad left his watch in our. 763 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: Guest room and actually Dad, it was McKinley, two years old, 764 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: who found it because we were playing hide and seek upstairs, 765 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: and she crawled under the bed, and there's your watch 766 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 1: hiding underneath. 767 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 3: I went three weeks without a watch. 768 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 2: I can tell you it's great comfort having it back 769 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 2: on my left wrist right now. 770 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: Well, I won't make you get meta ray band glasses. 771 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: But Joe Puccio and I we both, I'm noticing, we 772 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: both rocking black Apple watches, and one day I'll get 773 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: you on it. It tracks everything, It can track your steps, it. 774 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 2: Can do anything, tell you what the time is, because 775 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 2: that's what a watch is supposed to be. 776 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: That was his first question. He asked me, does that 777 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: thing ti, Dad? You sound like one hundred. 778 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 4: And sixty eight, not just sixty eight? 779 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 3: All right, all right, I'm sorry. 780 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: Okay, here's let's wrap it up with our Little League 781 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: World Series team. 782 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 2: Tim These are all the major These are not all 783 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 2: of them. These are one per position of Major leaguers 784 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 2: who played in the League World Series. Our catcher is 785 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 2: Jason Veritec Boog Powell, very underrated first baseman Jonathan Scope 786 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 2: really really good for the Tigers and Orioles and others. 787 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 2: And who's our third baseman, Jeff Todd Fraser of course 788 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:30,360 Speaker 2: Todd Fraser, Jerkson profar is here and his brothers also 789 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 2: played in the Little League World Series, so they had it. 790 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 3: Well wait in different years, yes, different years. 791 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 4: Could you imagine that for mom and dad? 792 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 1: Like the oldest makes it and you're like, I don't 793 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: know if this will ever happen again, and then the 794 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: next one and. 795 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 2: The next one. I left out some really good outfielders 796 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 2: like Michael Conforto, but I went with Jason Bay, Cody Bellinger, 797 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 2: and Gary Sheffield, who just dominated. I've Lloyd McClendon as 798 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 2: the catcher as the designated hitter, in part because I 799 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 2: think Lloyd mcclennon had five at bats in one game 800 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 2: and hit five home runs. I mean, he just completed 801 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 2: deletely dominated the whole thing. Rick Wise is one of 802 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 2: the pitchers. Rick Wise Jeff is the guy who pitched 803 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,879 Speaker 2: a no hitter in the major leagues and hit two 804 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 2: homers in the same game. Think about that for a second. 805 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 2: Wilson Alvarez also pitched a no hitter. Ed Bosberg is 806 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 2: our relief pitcher, and our manager is Dan Wilson, who 807 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 2: is here on Sunday with the Seattle Mariners. I didn't 808 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,400 Speaker 2: put him as our catcher because I had Jason Vertek, 809 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 2: but I had to get him on the team as 810 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 2: our manager. So that's the all Little League World Series team. 811 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 4: So we recorded with Todd. 812 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: We recorded with Carl Ravich, a double guest for tomorrow 813 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: on the feed. 814 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 4: So wherever you're listening right now, make sure to hit. 815 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: That subscribe button, hit follow, you know, and go to 816 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: the other apps too. 817 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 4: If you don't watch us on YouTube, do it. 818 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: I mean, we got this brand new camera that I'm 819 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: really excited to work with, so you. 820 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,240 Speaker 4: Can see the whole podcast. You can see our setup. 821 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: We cannot thank Dick Sporting Goods and game Changer enough 822 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 1: Dad for having us here. Four year number two, and 823 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, Game Changer is the ultimate place to 824 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:04,919 Speaker 1: bring your Little League team. 825 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 4: It's free for teams to use. 826 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: It's just mom and dad and grandma and grandpa that 827 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,439 Speaker 1: have to sign up for it, but the teams they'll 828 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: send you out cameras if you buy one of their packages. 829 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 4: Game Changer is fantastic. 830 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: We love pairing up with them, and Dad, you were 831 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 1: pairing up with Dick Sporting Goods last week for the 832 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: Little League World Series documentary, which is available on ESPN Plus. 833 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,279 Speaker 4: You can check it out there as well. 834 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 3: Well. 835 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 1: It makes me sad to close out today's episode, but 836 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 1: tomorrow's episode's going. 837 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 5: To be great too. 838 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 2: Write and Jeff, remember what you said, We're going to 839 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 2: interview Carl Ravich and Todd Frazier. And I objected to 840 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 2: the word interview. That was not an interview, was it now? 841 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: It It was a fore Man, a Schmorgesborg. 842 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 3: It was laughter. It was total. 843 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,560 Speaker 2: Nonsense, but it was beautiful because it was Ravi and 844 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 2: Todd talking about being and you and I being in 845 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,319 Speaker 2: this magical place at this magical time. 846 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: Absolutely well, thank you so much for listening. Thank you 847 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: to Joe Puccio for joining us and for being our producer, 848 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,439 Speaker 1: the first producer of is This a Great Game? 849 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 4: Or website? 850 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: Yours truly, so it really really allowed me to relax 851 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: and enjoy myself a little bit more. Thank you, Joe, 852 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 1: Thank you Game Changer, Thank you Dick Sporting Good its 853 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: Little League World Series. And don't miss Carl Ravich and 854 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: Todd Frasier on the podcast tomorrow. Thank you so much 855 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,560 Speaker 1: for listening, and as always, thank you for being a 856 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:24,320 Speaker 1: part of our family.