1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what with the Hall 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: of Famer Tim Kirkschen. I'm his son, Jeff Kirkchhin and 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: another episode on deck Dad. It's the first week of September. 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: But I've got really big personal news that I texted 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: the family group chat the other day. 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, you need to share this, Jeff. I think this 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: disqualifies you as a Kirkchin, but I'm still really proud 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: of you. Yes, I'm proud of you that you stepped 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: out a little bit here and did something that your 10 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: grandfather Pop and I would never do. But I love 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: what you did. So explain. 12 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: So I during my wife Emily's thirtieth birthday weekend celebration, 13 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: everybody who went on the trip got a tattoo. Now 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: I didn't get anything that was for that weekend. I 15 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: actually got my daughter McKinley's birth date written in my 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: wife's handwriting, I'm gonna show the camera on my shoulder. 17 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,919 Speaker 2: Well, you got the gun show really going there too, right, Jeff? 18 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: Thanks? 19 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been hitting the gym Little Burn boot Camp 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: Very proud of you. Way to go. You're looking good, 22 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 2: all right. 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: So you have a tattoo. Yeah, I've always wanted to 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: get a tattoo. I don't know if I ever told 25 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: you that, but I always wanted to get one, and 26 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I came about ten minutes away from 27 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: getting my second one this past weekend during the fantasy 28 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: football draft. 29 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 3: Weekend, but I did not. 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: We ended up not being able to make it on 31 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: time to the tattoo shops. So yeah, I got one 32 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: right on my shoulder with McKinley's birth date eight ten, 33 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: twenty three. But it's written in my wife's handwriting Emily, 34 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: who obviously brought that beautiful baby girl into this world. 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: So it's kind of honoring the two most important people 36 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: in my life, my daughter and my wife. 37 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: Well that sounds great, Jeff. And what was the fantasy 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: foot ball tattoo you are considering? 39 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: Well, each one of us wanted to get something that 40 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: was so our fantasy football group, our text group is 41 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: called Ball is Life, and it originally meant basketball is 42 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: Life because all of these guys we've been playing pickup 43 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: hoops with each other for years and years and years, 44 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: and we're all in our thirties now and we still 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: pick up and play. 46 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: But we all wanted to get something sport related. 47 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: Some guys were getting, you know, a tennis ball, some 48 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: people were getting a golf tee of other things of 49 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: that sort, and I was going to get the outline 50 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: of a home plate, just home plate, you know, just 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: the shame of home because I very much feel. 52 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 3: Like it has many meanings. Right. 53 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: Of course, it's an ode to baseball, my favorite sport. 54 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: It's an ode to what I grew up with, which 55 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: is going to games with you, dad, and going to 56 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: All Star games and World Series games. But it also 57 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: is home, right, and so I think baseball and home 58 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: it's very fitting. It's kind of it's kind of got 59 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: a double on Tandra, because nothing in my life is 60 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: more important than my home, which in my home is 61 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: my family, my friends, my people, and so yourself included. 62 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: So I didn't end up doing it because we couldn't 63 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: make the appointment in time because we were playing golf 64 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: and we had a slow group in front of us. 65 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: But maybe one day, could I convince you to go 66 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: in and get the home plate tattoo with me? 67 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: No, no tattoos for dad. But I did play golf 68 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: the other day, Jeff, and I think you might well 69 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 2: we're gonna get back to McKinley in just a second. 70 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: But since golf came up, I took a Thursday and 71 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: I played golf with a buddy, Pete Williams, who I 72 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: went and I played baseball and basketball with growing up, 73 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: high school, all that, and played a bunch of games 74 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: with him afterwards. He's a big, strong guy, weighs at 75 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: least one hundred pounds more than me. He's a good 76 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: player and it hits the ball miles. So never heard 77 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 2: this before. We both tee off on one. We're both 78 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: in the fairway and he looks at me and he 79 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: goes very dead pant. He said, I heard they're gonna 80 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: build a Walmart superstore in the distance between my drive 81 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: and your drive. I'd never heard that before. That was 82 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: pretty funny. He out drove me by like seventy yards 83 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: on the first hole. Wow, but that was his line, 84 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 2: they're gonna build a Walmart superstore in between my drive 85 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: and yours. 86 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: That he went after the jugular on that one, Dad, 87 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: because I know you've been self conscious about your driving distance. 88 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: The first fair way, I probably hit it. I don't know, 89 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 2: maybe two fifteen, two twenties, not very far but I'm 90 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: an old man and he probably hit it two eighty 91 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 2: two ninety and that was his line. It's pretty funny line. 92 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 3: Don't you think that's a great line? I mean, I 93 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 3: think it. 94 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: I think it's funnier if if you use it as 95 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: a compliment. Well, the short drive is the one who 96 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: says it to. 97 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 3: The long drive guy. 98 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: I come from you. A self deprecating humor is how 99 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: I lived, right. 100 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: Well, the pete was shocked that I had never heard 101 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 2: that before, because apparently a lot of people have used that. 102 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: I've never used anything like that. But if I ever 103 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: hit a ball seventy yards by anybody, that person will 104 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 2: have to be about four years old. I may use 105 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 2: that line, okay, Dad. 106 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: In the scramble, humble brag, I hit a twenty foot putt, 107 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: a fifteen foot putt, and a twelve foot putt, all 108 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: for birdies. 109 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 2: Really that, Jeff, that's great. 110 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 3: Now, it's a scramble. 111 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: So I was the better of the putters on my team, 112 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: so I would go last in a scramble of three guys. 113 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: So I got a good read from it. 114 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: So I'm not saying I'm knocking down twenty foot putts 115 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: when I'm by myself. In fact, I'm usually not putting 116 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: myself within twenty feet of a pin. Normally I can't 117 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: get that closed even But yeah, I had some. 118 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: Really good putts. 119 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: But Dad, I want to go back to McKinley, my 120 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: daughter for a second, because we got an incredible message 121 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: from Andy Abbott. He is a listener and a member 122 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: of our family here on the podcast, and he said 123 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: that they've been doing a whole bunch of road trips 124 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: this year and they listen to our podcast all the time. 125 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: Helps really pass the time. But a big thing here 126 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: is what really lights them up is when we talk 127 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: about my daughter, your granddaughter, McKinley. Hope, because his daughter 128 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: is named McKinley is. 129 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 2: So cool and there's behind that, right, Yeah. 130 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: It really is so named after Mount McKinley as a 131 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: reference to the mountains she will climb and overcome in 132 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: this life in part because she was born with an 133 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: upper limb difference, so she, you know, like so many 134 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: babies in the world, right has a challenge to overcome. 135 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: And they thought that was such a fitting name to 136 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: name her after a big, beautiful mountain like Mount McKinley, 137 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: because well, I mean, you're gonna climb mountains. She's gonna 138 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: do incredible things. And Elliott as well. Thank you both 139 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: for listening. And I think it was so so cool 140 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: because Dad, their last name is Abbot, Andy Abbot, and 141 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: they said they always want more Jim Abbott stories on 142 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: the podcast and more McKinley stories on the podcast. 143 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: Well, I'm gonna repeat a Jim Abbot one. But I 144 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: saw Jim Abbot in spring training this year and Jim 145 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: Abbott in his first spring training with the Angels hit 146 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: a triple in spring training. A triple and he doesn't 147 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 2: have a right hand. Now, you have to explain to 148 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: me how he could do that. So I went to 149 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 2: Jim Abbott when I saw him. I see him once 150 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: in a while, but I said Jim, I just said, Jim, 151 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: what about that triple that you hit in springtrae? And 152 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 2: he just looked at me and said, Rick Russell sinker 153 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 2: down like this was this was like amazing thirty five 154 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 2: years ago and he remembered not only the picture but 155 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: the location of the pitch. So, Andy Abbott, that's for you. 156 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: And how beautiful is it too that McKinley Abbot has 157 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: a limb difference, right, I'm not sure. You know, Andy 158 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: didn't go into detail as to what it is necessarily, 159 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: but here's Jim Abbot proving that you can do anything 160 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: even with a missing limb or a limb difference of sorts. 161 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: And so it's an inspiration and beautiful that Andy Abbott 162 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: has a daughter, McKinley Abbot, and they can look up 163 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,239 Speaker 1: and learn from Jim Abbott. 164 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 3: It's really cool. 165 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: It's so cool, it's heartwarming for sure. All right, Jeff, 166 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: what about the Fantasy football draft? How did you do? 167 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 2: You got CD Lamb first? Were you pleased with that? 168 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 3: You know, this is how crazy this was. 169 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: We hosted the draft at our house, and tell me 170 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: this has happened to you. Before we're getting ready to 171 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: grill burgers. I got my phone up ready to draft, 172 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: and what happens. 173 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 3: I like the grill. 174 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: The draft starts in fifteen minutes, no propane, propane out gas. 175 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: The grill just flamed out. I had to go to 176 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: the grocery store and I'm drafting in the frozen food 177 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: section because we were picking up stuff. I was exchanging 178 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: pro paine tank. So here I am sitting, Okay, yeah, 179 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: I have a pro paine tank to exchange and I'm 180 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: on my phone. 181 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: I'm trying to draft. 182 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, and oh my gosh, I mean I 183 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: love my team twelve man League. I was ranked third 184 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: amongst the twelve teams based upon the draft. 185 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: I had the sixth pick, which is not ideal. 186 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: And how we figured out how we were gonna have 187 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: the pick, Dad is we had McKinley run like fifteen 188 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: yards and we timed it, and everybody predicted a time, 189 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: and I was really far off. I did not think 190 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: McKinley could run as fast as she did. She ran 191 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 1: like fifteen yards in like six seconds. It was incredible. 192 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: I thought she was going to see a butterfly and 193 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: get distracted. I should have said, my daughter is a 194 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: beast and can run anything and picked a very low time. 195 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: But no, So I got Jalen Hurtz Dad as my quarterback. 196 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: Bucky Irving is my running back. One, Alvin Kamara is 197 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: my running back. Two Ceedee Lamb is in there. Mark 198 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: Andrews has my tight end, and uh that's pretty much. 199 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: Tony Pollard is my flex and but I got Jalen Hurts. 200 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: And as a guy who lives outside Philadelphia, it's kind 201 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: of cool to have a guy on my team that 202 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: I can root for. 203 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 3: That's also you know an eagle, right, that's pretty mean. 204 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 2: It's so cool. A year ago this time, I wrote 205 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 2: a story for ESPN dot com about baseball players and 206 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 2: the fantasy football draft and what insanity it is in 207 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 2: every major league clubhouse. James McCann last year with the Oriols, 208 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 2: James mccamb one of their catchers, told me. He said, 209 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: and this was after the Thursday night game, so they've 210 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 2: only played one game, and he said, people came in 211 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 2: the next day. Oriel players came to the clubhouse next day, 212 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 2: like talking trash after one game, like your team stakes, 213 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 2: your guys stinks. Whatever he goes after. He says, after 214 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: the first weekend, the clubhouse will be bedlam, is what 215 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 2: he said. And your team does this, it's just one. 216 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 2: I just think it's so cool that major league players 217 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 2: are so into fantasy football. They all do the same thing. 218 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 2: And like Ryan Pepio last year of the Rays, really 219 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 2: good young pitcher. He told me his rookie year with 220 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 2: the Dodgers, since he was rookie, he wasn't allowed to 221 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 2: participate because he was a rookie. Yeah, so first he 222 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: had to sing the national anthem in order to kick 223 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: off the fantasy football draft, and he said, and I 224 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 2: can't sing at all. And then he had to announce 225 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 2: the first round choices and he said, and I went 226 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 2: too slowly, so they took that title away from me. Also, 227 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 2: so it's just funny. You got to earn your stripes 228 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 2: in order to be in a fantasy football league and 229 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: all that stuff. And Sam James McCann told me that 230 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: the night before the season began, had dinner with his 231 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 2: mother and he said, this is the greatest time of 232 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 2: year right now. He goes, we have pennant races, we 233 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 2: have October were coming up, and the playoffs and he said, 234 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 2: and football has started. That's how important fantasy football is 235 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: in every clubhouse. You can picture that, right. 236 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 3: Oh, no doubt. 237 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: And I mean the thing on top of all of that, dad, 238 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: the weather. I love fall weather more than anything. And 239 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: this past weekend, at least on the East Coast, we 240 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: had fall weather. I mean it was like sixties and seventies, 241 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of a light breeze, the. 242 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 3: Sun was out but not too hot. It was. 243 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: It was such a great college football kickoff weekend. And 244 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: then we've got the NFL kicking off this Thursday, right. 245 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 2: Dad, yeahesh Right. So I was in Cleveland Saturday doing 246 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 2: the Guardians against the Mariners. So I was at a 247 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: big league park on the radio with Mike Cousins, your 248 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: boy from Syracuse, and Okay to the game. It was 249 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 2: tremendous fun. But you'll get a kick out of this, Jeff. 250 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 2: I go up to the press box at Progressive Field 251 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: and this guy who's kind of working on the press 252 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 2: backs level does them to say hello to me. He 253 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,119 Speaker 2: just walks by and he says, welcome to Tangier. 254 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: Stop it as an ode to ad nan Berg, who 255 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: was our guest last week. 256 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: And that was the greatest slash worst home run call 257 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: in history when ad nan Berg We're not going to 258 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 2: tell the whole story again, but that's all this guy 259 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 2: said was welcome to Tangier and kept kept on walking. 260 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 2: I just thought that was that was the greatest thing ever. 261 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 2: And speaking of that game, Jeff so dominic Canzone of 262 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: the of the Mariners is an outfielder and he went 263 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 2: to Ohio State and he has a house in Cleveland, 264 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 2: so I knew he went to Ohio State. And of 265 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 2: course they played Texas one against three on the opening 266 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 2: weekend at noon. So I went to him and said, 267 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 2: all right, what was the viewing experience like? And he 268 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: looks me, this is Saturday afternoon after they've won, and 269 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 2: he goes, I couldn't sleep last night. I literally couldn't 270 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 2: sleep last night. Major league player couldn't sleep because his 271 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 2: college alma mater was playing the next day in a 272 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 2: huge game. He said, I watched the first half at 273 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 2: my house. And then he said, and then I drove 274 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 2: like a million miles an hour in order to get 275 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 2: to the clubhouse to make sure I could watch the 276 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 2: entire second half. He wore his Ohio State jersey for 277 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 2: the whole game, and I said, what are you like 278 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 2: when you're watching a football game, especially with your boys 279 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 2: in a baseball clubhouse? He goes, I was screaming most 280 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 2: of the second half and everyone could hear it. So 281 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 2: I love Jeff. I just love it that major League 282 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 2: baseball players love fantasy football and real football, college and 283 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 2: NFL so much, because I think they all played it 284 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: somewhere along the line. And I just loved the school 285 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 2: pride that Dominic Canzone has for his team. Jeff. After 286 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: the Saturday game, I went to do Baseball Tonight in Bristol. 287 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 2: And I'm not sure I got such a kick out 288 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 2: of this, but Kevin Connors are the host of Baseball Tonight, 289 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 2: dear friend of mine. He suddenly gets quiet and he's 290 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 2: whispering on the phone, clearly to somebody at home, and 291 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 2: this is how the conversation on. Everything's okay, But he 292 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: whispers into the phone, I need you to tell mom 293 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: that there is a bear on the street. He lives 294 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 2: in like suburban Connecticut, and the bear there's a bear 295 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: on their street because some neighbor must have alerted him. 296 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 2: So he called home in a very quiet voice, and 297 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: then he said, put like, put mommy on, and so 298 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 2: mom comes on. Kevin's wife comes on, and he says 299 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 2: this sense, which I don't think I've ever heard before. 300 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: The bear is at the mailbox. 301 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 4: So I want to laugh out loud because he's sitting 302 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 4: right next to me and I can hear him. 303 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 2: There's a bear at the mailbox. What's he doing? 304 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 3: Dad? 305 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: You thought you had a problem with a snake in 306 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: your garage. You can't, but you can't encourage a bear 307 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: to go in a trash can and go drop him 308 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: off at the local river. 309 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 2: You'd be hopeless, right, Well, yeah, I just love that. 310 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 2: There was a bear in suburban Connecticut the other day, 311 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 2: and Kevin Conners just told his wife in a very 312 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 2: quiet voice, there's a bear at the mailbox. 313 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: So great, all right, dav what do you have for 314 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: the takeaways in Major League Baseball? 315 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 2: All right, there were a bunch of them, Jeff, Well, 316 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 2: we'll keep him short though. So I don't know why 317 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 2: I get such a big kick out of this, but 318 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 2: Aaron Judge just tied Yogi bearraw on the all time 319 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: home run list for the Yankees, which I just think 320 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 2: is you know, Aaron Judge is six seven, Yogi Bear 321 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 2: was five seven, and they both hit now through Sunday 322 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 2: the same amount of homers three hundred and fifty eight 323 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 2: as members of the Yankees, So that tie, they're tied 324 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: for the fifth most homers ever by a Yankee. Yogi, 325 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 2: of course, hit three hundred and fifty eight homers in 326 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 2: seven five hundred and fifty five at bats. Judged it 327 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 2: in four thousand and twenty four, so he needed far 328 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 2: fewer at bats. But on the flip side, Yogi Barra 329 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 2: struck out four hundred and fourteen times in his career. 330 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: And again, different game, different time, different player. We all understand, 331 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 2: but Judge struck out four hundred and two times in 332 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 2: his first two plus seasons in the major leagues. Just 333 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 2: showing you, Yeah, different time, different players, different era, different ballgame. 334 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: But that's the difference between the two, is that Aaron 335 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 2: Judge hits the homers far more often than Yogi Bearra, 336 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 2: and Yogi Barra strikes out far less often than Aaron Judge. 337 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: I know you don't like doing this, but Aaron Judge 338 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: ends his career with how many home runs? 339 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 2: At least six hundred? Wow? And yeah, he said three 340 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 2: point fifty eight. And he's, you know, just turned thirty 341 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 2: thirty one. He's in unbelievable shape. And I still don't 342 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 2: think we've seen the best of him, which is terrifying 343 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 2: giving how great he's been so far. And speaking of 344 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 2: the MVP race, Jeff, I had a good chat again 345 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 2: with cal Raleigh at the in Cleveland. Mariners were there, 346 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: and you know, he's like the most down to earth 347 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: guy I've ever seen. So we were talking to him 348 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 2: after he hit the batting cage and somehow Johnny Bench's 349 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 2: name came up. Our favorite guy, and you know, cal 350 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 2: Ralely had just hit his fiftieth home run as a catcher, 351 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 2: no catcher, not even Johnny Benchett that many, so I said, 352 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 2: and he looks at me and he goes, Johnny Bench 353 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 2: texted me after I hit number fifty. Now I just 354 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 2: thought was the coolest thing. And no surprise to us, 355 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 2: of course, Jeff that you know Johnny Bench is you know, 356 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 2: he's so good at reaching out to people. And I 357 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 2: said to cal Raleigh, I said, you've met him before, right, 358 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 2: He goes, yeah, I met him at the Gold Glob 359 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 2: you know awards. And I said, so you shook his hand. 360 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 2: He goes, yeah, his hand engulfed my hand. 361 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 3: Wow. 362 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: So he got such a kick out of meeting meeting 363 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 2: Johnny Bench. And he said, I got to stay in 364 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 2: closer touch with that guy. That's how much he liked 365 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: being with him. 366 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 3: That's really cool. 367 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: I mean, Johnny Bench reaches out to every one of 368 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 1: the best college Catcher award winners, right. He stays up 369 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: to date with all those guys throughout their career. He 370 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: loves mentoring these young young catchers. 371 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 2: It's really neat, right. Okay, a couple other things, Jeff A. 372 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 2: Rold As Chapman got another save on Sunday. That's twenty seven. 373 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 2: He's got a one point two ERA. Here's the guy 374 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 2: who's pitched sixteen major league seasons, and I think this 375 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 2: is the best season he's ever had. He Sunday he 376 00:19:53,920 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: recorded his fifteenth consecutive hitless appearance. That ties the American 377 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 2: League record set by Sergio Santos in twenty thirteen. So 378 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: he tied an American League record not scoreless appearances, Jeff 379 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 2: hitless appearances, which again he's only pitching an inning sometimes 380 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: less at a time, not the point he doesn't give 381 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 2: up any hits anymore. It's just amazing how good he 382 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 2: has been this year one point oh two right thirteen 383 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 2: strikeouts per nine innings, and they gave him a contract 384 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 2: extension for twenty twenty six. So when you look at 385 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: the Red Sox moving forward, they have one of the 386 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 2: best pitchers in the game in Garrett Crochet, and they 387 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 2: have a lockdown closer again this time it's a rold 388 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 2: As chap Pretty cool. 389 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: And they've been one of the hottest teams since like 390 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: July first, and they dealed their arguable best player, Raphael 391 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 1: Devers in June, and people were saying, oh, we're dead, 392 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: we're screwed. So for Boston fans, it seems like there 393 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: was no harm, no foul in that's trait. If anything, 394 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: it turned the clubhouse around, right all right. 395 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 2: Also, Jeff, it's September the first when we're taping this. 396 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 2: This is when the rosters man. They expand from twenty eight, 397 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 2: twenty six to twenty eight. Okay, now, Jeff, it wasn't 398 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 2: that long ago, just a few years ago, that you 399 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: were allowed to bring up, you know, up to forty 400 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 2: guys to play on your team. So and that was 401 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 2: really unfair because it costs money to bring guys up, 402 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: pay for their travel, give them major league money for 403 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 2: maybe a whole month. So it was unfair that the 404 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 2: bigger market teams could have, you know, these enormous rosters, 405 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 2: and other teams would only have like twenty eight guys 406 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 2: on the roster, or someone else might have forty. So 407 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 2: I remember when I talking, I was doing a game 408 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: in Philly and Gabe Kapler was the manager of the Phillies, 409 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 2: and I just casually asked him, so, what do you have? 410 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 2: What do you got in your bullpen tonight? He looks 411 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 2: at me and he's not kiddy. He goes, we have 412 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 2: seventeen guys ready to pitch tonight out of the bullpen 413 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 2: seven teams. Wow, and they used ten of them. They 414 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: used ten relievers in the game that we covered. And now, 415 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 2: of course we've made some adjustments to that. You can 416 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 2: only have twenty eight guys, not forty. So I love that. 417 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 2: And speaking of the Phillies, Jeff, we have to finish 418 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 2: with Kyle Schwarber because since we last did a podcast, 419 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 2: he had a four homer game, the twenty first four 420 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 2: homer game in major league history. He had the most 421 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: career homers three hundred and thirty three at the time 422 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 2: of his four homer game, which I kind of found interesting. 423 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 2: He also had the most homers in a season at 424 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 2: the time of his four homer game, because that gave 425 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: him forty nine homers for the season. The Phillies now 426 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 2: have four different players who've hit four homers in a game. 427 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,160 Speaker 2: That's a record. No other franchise has that. Ed Delahanty, 428 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: Chuck Klein, Mike Schmidt, and now Kyle Schwarber. And I 429 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 2: love this, Jeff. He was hitless in his last twenty 430 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 2: at bats and then had a four homer game. Which 431 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 2: is the longest hitless streak leading up to a four 432 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 2: homer game in baseball history. It's just the greatest. 433 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 3: Dad, I wanted you to chime in on this. 434 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: We've had three four home run games in twenty twenty five. 435 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 2: Right, We've never had a season, Jeff, in which there 436 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 2: were three four homer games in one season, and two 437 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 2: of them came against the Atlanta Braves. You Hanio Suarez, 438 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 2: then with the Diamondbacks, had a four homer game against 439 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 2: the Braves, and now Shoreber a four homer game against 440 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 2: the Braves. And you know the only guy he didn't 441 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 2: hit well, he got a final at Bad. Do you 442 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: remember what happened in his final at Bad? 443 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's fasing a player, a position player, Bruhan And 444 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 4: hear me out, Dad, I almost am glad he didn't 445 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 4: hit five home up with. 446 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 2: You because people would have it would have been validated 447 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 2: and said, no, you can't be the guy to do it. 448 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 2: I disagree, by the way, Jeff, a homer is as 449 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 2: a homer. 450 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: I agree with you, and I think having a five 451 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: home run game would have been the coolest thing ever 452 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: because our podcast would have exploded. 453 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 2: We might have even done a bone we would have 454 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: done a separate episode if he had hit a film. 455 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 3: You're right, it would have come with an asterisk. 456 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: It's like that giant game that uh shoheo Tani had 457 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: last year, and one of those at bats was against 458 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: a position player. 459 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 3: People say it's not. 460 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: Bigger than Sean Green's game because he never faced a 461 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: position player, or whatever it might be. 462 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 3: So, but I still think a hit is a hit, 463 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 3: A homer is a homer, no matter what. 464 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: He was so upset, and I felt so bad that 465 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: he ended up getting one more at bat because it 466 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: kind of soured, almost soured the moment a little bit 467 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: for it. But you got to celebrate a four homer, right. 468 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 2: A friend of mine called it the most disappointing four 469 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 2: homer game because he hadn't shot at five and he 470 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 2: popped out to end it. That that's bad. Let's see 471 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 2: how good your memory is, Jeff. Who were the three? 472 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 2: At least three? But I know of three five hundred 473 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 2: homer guys who've never hit three homers in a game, 474 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 2: and three guys have hit four homers in a game. 475 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 2: I've given you this before, Jeff. You should remember the 476 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 2: five hundred homer guys. 477 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's never David or tease. 478 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 2: Way to go, Gary. 479 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: Sheffield, Yes, and Paul Marrow, Rafael, Paul. 480 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: Marrow, let's go. 481 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 2: You're actually listening to Pop Pop on the podcast. I 482 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 2: am so happy about that. Welcome to Tangiers, Jeff. 483 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 3: Welcome to Tangiers, mister Bond. 484 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: All right, Well, coming up next here on is this 485 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: a great. 486 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 3: Game or what we're gonna get? 487 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: Our cochins on the state in baseball history and a 488 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: team tim that I'm not certain what it's about. 489 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 3: Any teases you can give on. 490 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 2: That, Dad, It was inspired by you last week, Jeff. 491 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 2: You challenged me. You threw the gauntlet down and Pop 492 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 2: Pop responded, that's not a great one. But I responded, 493 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 2: it's coming up next? 494 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 3: Is this a great game or what? All right, Dad, 495 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: let's jump into the quirk chins. 496 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 2: All right, So the Diamondbacks got a couple more saves 497 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 2: and back to back games from two different pitchers. So 498 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 2: now they have seventeen different pitchers this year that have 499 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 2: at least one save. That is the major league record. 500 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 2: The previous record the Rays in twenty twenty one and 501 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 2: the Dodgers in twenty twenty four had fourteen different pitchers 502 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 2: with a save. The Diamondbacks have blown by them seventeen 503 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 2: different pitchers with one save. It's amazing. The Diamondbacks are 504 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: still like around five hundred. You know, they've lost like 505 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 2: three closers to injury or anything else. Anyone who takes 506 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,479 Speaker 2: the ball in the ninth inning, he's capable of saving 507 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 2: a game. And you love to have the one closer 508 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 2: that you go to for every save opportunity. The Diamondbacks 509 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: have the opposite of that this year. One reason why 510 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,239 Speaker 2: they're not going to the playoffs all the injuries and 511 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 2: everything else and. 512 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: A really really tough division that they're playing in as well. 513 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: We knew because remember at the beginning of the year, 514 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: we were like, who is going to come out of 515 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: the NLS because they are just stacked. And eventually one 516 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two games begins to wear on some teams, 517 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: and the Giants and the Diamondbacks are both victims of it. 518 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 2: Right all right, So, Jeff, the Yankees hit thirty three 519 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 2: homers in a ten game span, which is just ridiculous. 520 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 2: So that ties a major League record for the most 521 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 2: homers in any ten game span ever, held by the 522 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 2: nineteen seventy seven Red Sox and the twenty nineteen Dodgers. 523 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 2: So Uncle Matt and I, after they had done this 524 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 2: in ten games, hit thirty three homers, we drove from 525 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 2: Maryland to Yankee Stadium to watch the Red Sox play 526 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 2: because it's like this historic home run barrage, so we said, 527 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 2: and this was very unlike me and your brother, me 528 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 2: and your uncle to say, all right, we're getting in 529 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 2: the car, We're going to a stadium. We drove to 530 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 2: Yankee Stadium for a day game, and I don't believe 531 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 2: the Red Sox hit a home run that day. So 532 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 2: we went to see the barrage. And not only did 533 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 2: they not hit a home or they lost a game, 534 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 2: we were rooted for anyone. We just wanted to see 535 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 2: more history being made because every game they had three, 536 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 2: four or five home runs. Mickey Rivers led off that 537 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 2: game with a home run for the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, 538 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 2: and that kind of set the tone. So yeah, so 539 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 2: that's what crazy baseball fans do in nineteen seventy seven, 540 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 2: go chasing around looking for history. And Uncle Matt and 541 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 2: I took a chance and it didn't work out. 542 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been tracking something and I'm not sure if 543 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: this is a quirk gin or not, but I have 544 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: been weirdly obsessed with runs scored from teams lately, and 545 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: currently the last place Oakland Athletic excuse me, the Athletics 546 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: right in the AL West are only two runs behind 547 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: the second place Seattle Mariners, but they have fifty three 548 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: more runs scored than the AL West leading Astros. 549 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well that's Jeff. It's fascinating. It really is interesting 550 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 2: that the lesson here is that the Astros pitching is great, 551 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 2: not great, it's great, and the A's if they had 552 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 2: the Astros pitching, might be the best team in the 553 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 2: American League, no doubt about it. That's how good the 554 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 2: lineup is for the A's. They just need to find 555 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 2: some pitching. Houston's pitching is tremendous. So yes, Jeff, I'm 556 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 2: glad that you did that. Now, speaking of runs, Jeff, 557 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: we had two instances this year. I want you to 558 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: explain to our listeners what I love to look at 559 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: when there's a high scoring game. I look at the 560 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 2: line score and what am I looking for in the 561 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 2: line score? 562 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 3: They're Lo're going to make a phone number? 563 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 2: Yes, And it's so cool when you start a game 564 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 2: like with three in the first, none in the same second, 565 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 2: one in the first. Now we have a three to 566 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 2: OZHO one going, which is the area code in Maryland 567 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: where you grew up, where I live at the moment, 568 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 2: so I'm always, always, always on the lookout. So I 569 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 2: saw two of them this week, and again, Jeff, we're 570 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 2: not suggesting anyone should look for them and then call 571 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 2: the number, because it's intrusive, it's borderline illegal, and there's 572 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 2: no way you're gonna explain it if anyone actually if 573 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 2: it's an actual working number. But I saw a four 574 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 2: to three to zero to start a game, and it's 575 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 2: a Northeastern Texas one, but I didn't call it. As 576 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 2: you know, I have done this multiple times, and two 577 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 2: different times I called and there were it was like 578 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 2: a working phone number, and thank god I didn't have 579 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 2: to talk to anyone because there's no way I could 580 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: explain that. The second one, Jeff, was a four to 581 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 2: two one area code, so eighteen right four in the first, 582 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 2: two in the second one. In the third, I looked 583 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 2: up four to two one be it's Slovakia. So that's 584 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 2: that's I decided I better not have anything to do 585 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 2: with that. That I couldn't even speak the language, just 586 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 2: in case any would say, what are you calling me for? 587 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 2: You know it's Slovakian or whatever it is. 588 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you already have a hard enough time explaining to 589 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: somebody in Texas why you're calling. 590 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 3: Try doing it in Slovakia. 591 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 2: Not gonna have. But last Court and Jeff, we had 592 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 2: a cool at bad least I thought so. Nathan Church, 593 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 2: bat of the Cardinals, batted against Brady Singer of the 594 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 2: Red So we had a church singer match singer. And you, 595 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 2: of course, being a really good singer and have have 596 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 2: sang in church many many times. I was thinking about 597 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 2: you church singer, Jeff Kirchin. 598 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 3: I got that I was a church singer in the 599 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 3: church choir. 600 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: I brought the median age down in our choir by 601 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: about thirty years when I was singing in it when 602 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: I was thirteen years old. 603 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 3: I was glad to do it. 604 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 2: That's very cool. And you know Steve and Vote, as 605 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 2: we've talked about the singer Guardians manager, he sang in 606 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 2: the church choir quite a few people. And do you 607 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 2: know what the one of the advats between Nathan Church 608 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 2: and Brady Singer ended up being. I found this odd. 609 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 2: There was a hit batter. Brady Singer hit Nathan Church 610 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 2: with a pitch, so in the hit by pitch category 611 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 2: it said HBP Church by Singer. So yeah, so that's 612 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 2: not something we should be doing in Church, is hitting 613 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 2: any of the singers. But it was I got a kick. 614 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's great Dad. 615 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: On this date in baseball history, September the second, what 616 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: do you have? 617 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 2: All right? This is from Willie Winbaum, one of our 618 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 2: producers at ESPN. I did a million million games and 619 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 2: events and stories with Willie Winebaumb. He listens religiously, love Willie. 620 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 2: But if we ever make even the most minor mistake 621 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 2: of Eddie Kaye, which we do, will This is a 622 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 2: compliment will he always points out, no matter what, he 623 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 2: always points it out. But he was the one that 624 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 2: did the story. In nineteen seventy two, on this date, 625 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 2: Milt Pappis, pitcher for the Cubs, entered the ninth inning 626 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 2: with a perfect game going all right, and with two 627 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,920 Speaker 2: outs at a perfect game still going, he had a 628 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 2: three to two pitch to Larry Stall that Bruce Freming, 629 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 2: the umpire called ball four, and so he lost his 630 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 2: perfect game and Milt Pappis was apoplectic because he was 631 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 2: positive it was strike three and he lost his perfect 632 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 2: game because he claims Bruce Freming, one of the best 633 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 2: umpires ever by the way, missed a call, so he 634 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 2: got the next guy, Gary Juristat out, and he ended 635 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 2: up with a no hitter. So I did not know this, 636 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 2: but Willie said that Milt Pappus is the only pitcher ever, 637 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 2: at least at the time, the only pitcher ever nineteen 638 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 2: seventy two at that time to lose a perfect game 639 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 2: with a walk with two outs in the ninth inning 640 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 2: and then still get the no hitter by getting the 641 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 2: next batter out. So I thought that was pretty cool. 642 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 2: I think Max Schurzer did something really really close to 643 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 2: that in recent years. He hit a batter with two 644 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: outs of the ninth and still ended up with a 645 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 2: no hitter. I think that happened against the Pirates. I'm 646 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,439 Speaker 2: pretty sure I've got that right. I should not talk 647 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 2: about this unless I was positive. 648 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 1: Now that sounds right, and I know what's going to 649 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: happen now, Dad, is you're going to immediately when we're 650 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: done recording, go look that up and text me whether 651 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 1: or not you want to keep that in the episode. 652 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: So if you're hearing this, we did confirm it. If 653 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,800 Speaker 1: you're not hearing this, well it didn't matter anyway. 654 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 2: All right. A couple other this dates and baseball history, Jeff. 655 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 2: On this date in nineteen seventy five, Johnny Lamaster, shortstop 656 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 2: for the Giants, who hit twenty two homers in his career, 657 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 2: hit got his first major league hit, and not only 658 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 2: was it a home run, it was an inside the 659 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 2: park home run. So his first big league hit was 660 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 2: an inside the park homer. And I did not know this, 661 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 2: but Brian Downing had done something similar, who had done 662 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 2: the same thing two years earlier, So it's not the 663 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 2: first guy ever to do it. And I've told this 664 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,839 Speaker 2: story before, Jeff, But a guy named Butch Henry hit 665 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 2: one home run in his career and it was an 666 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 2: inside the park homer. That's not amazing, only one homer 667 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 2: inside the parker And the kicker is he was a pitcher. 668 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 2: So a pitcher hits one homer not unusual, but most 669 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 2: unusual that a pitcher hit one homer and it was 670 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 2: an inside the park. That's crazy, right, all right? And 671 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 2: the last one is a birthday, Jeff, And I'm really 672 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 2: going to challenge you with this. If you get this right, Jeff, 673 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,840 Speaker 2: I think I owe you a couple thousand dollars because 674 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 2: you won a couple bets the last two weeks. I 675 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 2: will give you ten thousand dollars in cash. Right, And 676 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 2: I'm not a rich man, Jeff, but you deserve one 677 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars in cash for everything you do for 678 00:35:56,280 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 2: this podcast. All right, today is the birthday of Wes Lyttleton. Now, 679 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:07,360 Speaker 2: if you can tell me Wes Lyttleton's claim to fame, 680 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 2: I will give you ten thousand dollars. Now, it's a 681 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 2: very obscure claim to fame, but it's very personal to me, 682 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,480 Speaker 2: and it's actually personal to you. And I'll tell the 683 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 2: story after you get the wrong. Guess here. 684 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 3: The Rangers. 685 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm going to give you a big clue. Yes, 686 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,399 Speaker 2: it plays for the Rangers. It had to do with 687 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 2: your freshman orientation at quins Orchard High School in two 688 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 2: thousand and seven. 689 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,359 Speaker 3: Did he throw a no hitter on my. 690 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 2: No? 691 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 3: No, Well, he's a relief pitcher, isn't he. 692 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,320 Speaker 2: He's a relief picture so he didn't. All right, So, Jeff, 693 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 2: you don't get the ten grand even though I may 694 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 2: give it to you anyway, because you're such a good boy. 695 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 2: So on that day, Jeff, I go to your freshman 696 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 2: orientation and I get out of the car and the 697 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 2: Orioles are leading three to nothing. Okay, famous for this. 698 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 2: So what happened then? So I turn off my cell 699 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 2: phone because it's rude to go to a freshman orientation 700 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 2: with your cell phone ringing every five minutes. Because this 701 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 2: is important. Okay, So what happened? You remember? 702 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 3: Didn't they score? 703 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 2: Like? 704 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: The Rangers scored like thirty six runs or something. 705 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 2: Crazy, thirty thirty unanswered runs, Jeff, Wow, And they won 706 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 2: the game thirty to three. And it's the only game 707 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 2: since nineteen hundred in which a team has scored thirty 708 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 2: runs in a major league game. They were behind three 709 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 2: to nothing and won thirty to three. So when I 710 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 2: got home from freshman orientation, my phone I have fifty 711 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,920 Speaker 2: messages and Ed Shimmel, who is one of the producers 712 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 2: on Baseball Tonight, said did you hear what happened in Baltimore? 713 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 2: And I thought he was It sounded so ominous. I 714 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 2: thought like some of the guys stadium blew up or something. 715 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 2: And he said, the Rangers beat the Orioles thirty to three. 716 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,760 Speaker 2: And then I got to work, and so Carl Ravage 717 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,760 Speaker 2: and a famous, famous live shot that only lasted one question. 718 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 2: I tried to put this incredible thing in perspective. How 719 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 2: a team could score thirty runs The last two guys 720 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,879 Speaker 2: in the order drove in fifteen runs, seven and eight. 721 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 2: I mean, that's never happened before in baseball history. So 722 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,040 Speaker 2: and John Cruck is laughing hysterically on the other end 723 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:39,360 Speaker 2: of the phone because I am absolutely freaking out about 724 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 2: a team scoring thirty runs in a major league game. So, 725 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,400 Speaker 2: RAVI just he asked me one question, and then I 726 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,280 Speaker 2: have to scream at him. Is that the only question 727 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 2: you're going to ask me? Wes Lyttleton got the save 728 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 2: in the game. He pitched the final three innings, right, 729 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,760 Speaker 2: so he got credit for a save in a game 730 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 2: that his team won by twenty seven. Ruds. I just 731 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 2: thought that was the funniest thing ever. 732 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 3: What a fluke, what a thing? 733 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 2: Right? And Jeff, I'm going to show you. You've seen 734 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,719 Speaker 2: my giant scoreboard, my giant box score in my office 735 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 2: for I'm going to send that to you. I have 736 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 2: a picture of it because a guy named Christopher Black 737 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 2: sent me. He does this for a living and he 738 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 2: does it for fun. Also, he sent me a like 739 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 2: a four by four whatever it is, like eight pound 740 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 2: box score made out of metal, and that's the box 741 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,759 Speaker 2: score he sent me the thirty to three game. I'll 742 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 2: show you a picture because I took a picture of 743 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 2: it the other day because the people on Sports Center 744 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,239 Speaker 2: wanted to see it. So there you go. That's the 745 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 2: story behind Wes Lyttleton. Happy birthday today to him. He 746 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,280 Speaker 2: is forty three years old today. 747 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 3: Dad. Let's wrap it up with a team, Tim, What 748 00:39:58,080 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 3: do you have for us? 749 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,760 Speaker 2: All right? See if you can remember what you challenged 750 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 2: me on last week with the Carlos. 751 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 1: Quinton Oh a team where every player has every vowel 752 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:10,359 Speaker 1: in their name. 753 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, Jeff. And we're going to start with first 754 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 2: baseman Vinnie Pasquotino of player, and he's active. Anytime we 755 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 2: can get active players in, it's even better. Kill Vio 756 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:28,280 Speaker 2: Veris at second base. You Hainio Suarez is the third baseman. 757 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:30,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to let you do the honors. 758 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 1: Our shortstop is Olmarvis SkELL, one of your favorite guys. 759 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 3: And you didn't even realize I have one who told. 760 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 2: You that, right, I was gonna go with Ezekiel Tobar 761 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 2: of the Rockies because he's active, but that would take 762 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:49,080 Speaker 2: away from you recognizing last year that Omar Viskell had 763 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,040 Speaker 2: all the vowels in his name. The aforementioned Carlos Quinton 764 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 2: is one of the outfielders. Jack Fournier is one of 765 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,399 Speaker 2: the outfielders. He led the league in homers one year 766 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 2: in the I Believe and arrests a Kino, former outfielder 767 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,800 Speaker 2: for the Reds, and Junior camon Aro, who's going to 768 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,279 Speaker 2: hit well over forty homers this year, is our designated hitter. 769 00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 2: One of our starting pitchers is Jose Quintana, and I'm 770 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,960 Speaker 2: gonna use two other starting pitchers who share the same 771 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 2: last name, Nelson and Ed Figueroa. No relation. But what's 772 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,799 Speaker 2: so important about Figueroa, Jeff. 773 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 1: That in itself has all of the vowels in just 774 00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:31,440 Speaker 1: the one name. 775 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,040 Speaker 3: Not last and last name, right, every other one. 776 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:38,040 Speaker 2: We needed first and last name to get all the vowels. 777 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,800 Speaker 2: Ed and Nelson Figueroa have all their vowels, all the 778 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 2: vowels in their last name. Well, dad's the stuff you 779 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:46,320 Speaker 2: learned on this show Jeff. 780 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,719 Speaker 1: Well, Dad, to quote you in this very podcast, I'm 781 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:54,520 Speaker 1: so proud of you, Jeff. 782 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 2: You're really listening, right, Jeff, No, you you're doing a 783 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 2: great You're a great listener. And this is a good 784 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,480 Speaker 2: lesson not to be corny for anyone who wants to 785 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 2: make a career out of what you do. And I 786 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,360 Speaker 2: guess to some degree what I do. You got to 787 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 2: be a good listener. You gotta listen to what the 788 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:16,719 Speaker 2: person you're interviewing has to say. And speaking of interviewing, 789 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,280 Speaker 2: who are we going to have on this week? Jeff 790 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,799 Speaker 2: for our interview on Wednesday? 791 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:24,719 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I wasn't listening. What did you say? 792 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:30,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, Now tomorrow on the feed, we're gonna have Jesse 793 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,440 Speaker 1: Cole of the Savannah Bananas. 794 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 3: He is the one who started it all. 795 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:38,080 Speaker 1: He is the ringleader of that circus, as my dad 796 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,799 Speaker 1: would call it. And I mean, the Savannah Banas are 797 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,360 Speaker 1: so big, so huge, selling out major league stadiums across 798 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:46,719 Speaker 1: the country all year long. 799 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,280 Speaker 3: And Dad, I know you have met him before. 800 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,719 Speaker 1: You actually went to the very first game of the 801 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 1: Savannah Bananas in their world tour in twenty twenty four. 802 00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,640 Speaker 1: I saw them in Philadelphia, earlier this year. 803 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:00,719 Speaker 2: This is just. 804 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: It's fantastic what they're doing for baseball. I think it's 805 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,640 Speaker 1: healthy for the game of baseball. And we're going to 806 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,720 Speaker 1: talk to him about it and talk to him about 807 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,000 Speaker 1: your guy's relationship Dad, your relationship with the bananas tomorrow. 808 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:16,200 Speaker 3: I'm really excited for it. 809 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, me too. It's an amazing business plan that they had. 810 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,839 Speaker 2: Because I'll be close on this. I remember talking to him, Jeff, 811 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 2: and when he started this, like he he had no money, 812 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 2: like zero money, and he went like way into debt 813 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,959 Speaker 2: and he and his wife had to say, like what 814 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 2: are we doing here? And now they sell out major 815 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,560 Speaker 2: league ballparks wherever they go. I can't wait to talk 816 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,480 Speaker 2: to Jesse Cole tomorrow. 817 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. As always, thank you 818 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,400 Speaker 1: for being a part of our family. 819 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,080 Speaker 2: Right. Thank you, Jeff, you were great today. Just be 820 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,880 Speaker 2: careful when you go to the mailbox today. Might be 821 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:52,200 Speaker 2: a bear. 822 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 3: Might be a bear.