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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and a happy November seventeenth till.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: On this Monday, I am your guest host, Alana Rizzo,

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Speaker 1: along two men that you know very well. That is

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Speaker 1: Aj Pierzinski. That is Eric Kratz. Aj, Eric, how are

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Speaker 1: you Aj? We'll start with you. How is your weekend?

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Speaker 3: Oh? It's good weekend. Nothing. Didn't do a whole lot, honestly,

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Speaker 3: just kind of did some stuff around the house, hung out.

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Speaker 3: How about you. Alana.

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Speaker 1: Good to be back with you boys. It's been a while.

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Speaker 1: Scott Braun is off today. Congratulations to Scotti, by the way,

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Speaker 1: getting married over the course of the weekend. So Scott

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Speaker 1: and Emma bron congrats. I went on a safari. That's

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Speaker 1: the most recent news for me. Guys, and Eric Kratz

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Speaker 1: sent me a text during my safari trip. Apparently we

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Speaker 1: stayed at the same hotel in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Speaker 1: So hm, there you have it. If you go to

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Speaker 1: South Africa, you go to Cape Town, Eric, stay at

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Speaker 1: the Victoria and Alfred as you did.

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Speaker 2: So beautiful right on the water there you see the boats.

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Speaker 2: You can look out at what is that tabletop mountain.

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Speaker 1: And table table mountain.

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Speaker 2: Table mountain and what's the island, the famous island where.

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Speaker 1: They well they have a cape of Good Hope.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, cape of Good. It's anyway beautiful. It was beautiful,

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Speaker 2: so it's cool to see. When I pulled up your ex,

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Speaker 2: it just came across a picture and I'm like what,

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Speaker 2: I looked at my pictures went back. I'm like, what.

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Speaker 2: We didn't stay in the same room, but it's on

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Speaker 2: the same same floor of the hotel.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, same same itinerary apparently. And when you say that

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Speaker 1: you pulled up my ex, you're talking about X formerly

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Speaker 1: known as Twitter, not like ex boyfriend or Yeah. All right,

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Speaker 1: so there's that. Did you have a good weekend? Aeric Kratz?

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Speaker 1: What'd you do a j great weekend?

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Speaker 2: Great weekend? Got to went to the Worthwhile Gala raise

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Speaker 2: some money for UH to raise awareness for human trafficking,

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Speaker 2: and I got to spend a beautiful night's dinner at

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Speaker 2: the gala. Mark Wiener actually dressed up and wore a tie.

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Speaker 1: He did not.

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Speaker 2: It was tremendous. He looked not tremendous.

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Speaker 1: So he cleans up nice, is what you're saying, Mark

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Speaker 1: Wiener does. All right, boys, good to be back with you.

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Speaker 1: Let's get to it. A lot to talk about today.

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Speaker 1: Let's charge the mound.

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Speaker 2: Let's charge it about.

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Speaker 1: So it looks like Josh Naylor A. J. Pierzinski and

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Mariners are going to be in a five

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Speaker 1: year union. Jeff Passon and Ken Rosenthal talking about it.

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Speaker 1: Free agent first baseman Josh Naylor in agreement with the

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Speaker 1: M's on a five year deal, of course, pending that

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Speaker 1: physical agent. Why do you think this makes sense?

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Speaker 3: If you do, I think it makes a lot of

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Speaker 3: sense for both sides. I think Naylor must have gone

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Speaker 3: to Seattle and really liked it. They've almost made the

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Speaker 3: World Series. He's a free agent and they made an

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Speaker 3: offer that he likes. And I'm hearing what five years

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Speaker 3: around one hundred which is a pretty good contract. I

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Speaker 3: mean for a guy with Josh Naylor. And listen, if

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Speaker 3: you like a place and you find a place that

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Speaker 3: you really like and they're offering you a contract that

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Speaker 3: you're comfortable with, take it. And he's doing that. And

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Speaker 3: good for Josh Naylor and good for the Mariners on

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Speaker 3: spending some money and trying to make their team, especially

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Speaker 3: their offense better early in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: And Aja you mentioned it, trying to make their team

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Speaker 1: and go forward in the off season, and Eric, we

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Speaker 1: know that Depoto makes a lot of moves, right, but

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Speaker 1: this is a guy that is trying, I guess, to

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Speaker 1: lock down that core group because now you have Josh Naylor.

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Speaker 1: Of course you have cal Rally, which they should lock

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Speaker 1: up for eternity, Julio Rodriguez and the Mariner's rotation. So

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Speaker 1: this is a foundational piece to what is already a

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Speaker 1: pretty decent foundation moving forward for the MS. What's your

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Speaker 1: take on it.

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Speaker 2: I feel like anytime you can add a significant bat

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Speaker 2: who they got Josh Naylor and they were like, you

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Speaker 2: know what, we're getting a guy he stole a few

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Speaker 2: bases whatever, he added that stolen based component to what

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Speaker 2: he already has, and clearly, I mean, we get it.

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Speaker 2: Julio Rodriguez got MVP votes, cal Rally could have won

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Speaker 2: the MVP, and you go, okay, well, we don't need

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Speaker 2: somebody to carry the lineup. But when you're constantly yearning,

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Speaker 2: year out, never making that move on a Pete Alonzo,

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Speaker 2: obviously they're never in a Jan Soto ownership. Just would

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Speaker 2: refuse to allow Jerry to Poto who wants to make

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Speaker 2: moves to make moves to be able to see that

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Speaker 2: as the Mariners to shift in this direction. It's awesome.

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Speaker 2: Now you have Julio who's locked up, you have JP

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Speaker 2: Crawford locked up, you have Cal locked up, and this

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Speaker 2: is five years. You know, is this starting rotation going

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Speaker 2: to last for five years? Maybe all this is like

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Speaker 2: a year or two late when they were really all

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Speaker 2: in their prime. But they've shown they can produce pitching

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Speaker 2: in their minor leagues. So this is this is a

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Speaker 2: great This is obviously a great move. I think he

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Speaker 2: was the second best first baseman on the market.

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Speaker 1: And you talk about first baseman guys, and AJ will

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Speaker 1: bump it over to you again. You look at the

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Speaker 1: first basemen that are signed to essentially long term deals,

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Speaker 1: at least more than a two year deal. We'll put

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Speaker 1: it that way. So Josh Naylor now joins Vladimir Gerro junior,

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Speaker 1: who's obviously going to be in Toronto forever. James Sheiano

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Speaker 1: tweeting this earlier. Every first baseman who's sign to more

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Speaker 1: than a two year deal, Christian Walker of course, Matt

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Speaker 1: Olsen of the Braves, who took over for Freddie Freeman

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Speaker 1: who went to the Dodgers obviously, and he's signed long

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Speaker 1: term in Los Angeles. So it's a really small list.

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Speaker 1: I'm I guess I'm a little surprised that Naylor is

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Speaker 1: on this list, but I do think it makes sense

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Speaker 1: for the Mariners.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it makes total sense for both. Again the Mariners. Yes, listen,

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Speaker 3: they lock up a power guy that can play every day.

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Speaker 3: He's left handed, he performed in the postseason. What else

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Speaker 3: do you want? I mean, could you have maybe gotten more? Maybe?

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Speaker 3: But again, this is a place. He liked, this place,

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Speaker 3: he seemed comfortable. Good for him, and you don't what

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Speaker 3: a five year deal. It's pretty nice to go home

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Speaker 3: and say, hey, guys, I got a five year deal.

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Speaker 3: That's pretty awesome.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's awesome. It's nice to have that job security.

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Speaker 1: And obviously James Sheiano is the host of the Mets

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Speaker 1: Up podcast right here on Foul Territory, and he's probably

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Speaker 1: thinking about this list because what's going to happen with

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Speaker 1: Pete Alonso? Right Like, where is their first baseman going

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Speaker 1: to go? So, Eric, I asked you this, what else

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Speaker 1: do the Mariners need to do in the off season

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Speaker 1: because they have a hell the court. You talked about

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Speaker 2: I think they need I think they definitely need another bat.

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Speaker 2: What type of bat? When they got a Hineosuarez obviously

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Speaker 2: had a huge two home run game in the playoffs

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Speaker 2: that helped them get to where they were or continue

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Speaker 2: to move on to where they were, But you do

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Speaker 2: they need another power bat like that? I think they

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Speaker 2: would have to evaluate it and say what type of

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Speaker 2: if they say there's nothing available, is there somebody in

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Speaker 2: and not just be automatic outs. You know, sometimes sometimes

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Speaker 2: when you have a park that is tough to hit

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Speaker 2: you know, well we'll just try We'll just try to

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Speaker 2: get the biggest bat we can, you know, some type

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Speaker 2: of one year Reese Hosket type of deal. I know

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Speaker 2: To me, you got to put the ball in play

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Speaker 2: if you can't hit dangers out of your park on

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Speaker 2: a consistent basis, and that costs money. Find somebody that

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Speaker 2: going to keep the line moving. And I think it's

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Speaker 2: really adding to that lineup is what they need. Because

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Speaker 1: Seattle went pretty deep into the postseason this year, obviously

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Speaker 1: in the World Series. But AJ, let me ask you this,

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Speaker 1: Eric wants another bat, not certain which type. What else

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Speaker 1: do the Mariners, in your opinion, need to do to

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Speaker 1: get over the hump to at least get back into

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Speaker 1: the postseason next year? Move further? Is it a bullpen

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Speaker 1: piece or is it another piece of that starting rotation.

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Speaker 3: It's about I mean, it's still about. It's it's always

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Speaker 3: going to be a bad in Seattle. There their starting

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Speaker 3: rotation is good if Logan, Gilbert, George, Kirby, Castillo and

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Speaker 3: Bright and Wu stay healthy along with Bryce Miller. I

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Speaker 3: mean there's a five to five of the best, and

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Speaker 3: then their bullpen with Mutnios at the back end and

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Speaker 3: some of the guys. They found one thing about Seattle,

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Speaker 3: they always seem to figure out how to manipulate guys

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Speaker 3: in the bullpen. So I don't know that they need

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Speaker 3: any more pitching with a nice veteran starter look good. Sure,

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Speaker 3: but they have five guys who've been around now for

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Speaker 3: a couple of years. So unless you're going to go

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Speaker 3: out and trade one of those guys for another bat

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Speaker 3: that you can use multiple position player pieces that can

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Speaker 3: be ready in the future. I think you just got

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Speaker 3: to go and load up on bats. I mean Raleigh Julio. Now,

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Speaker 3: Naylor Polanco is a free agent, they got to go

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Speaker 3: do some with him. Crawford's a nice piece, Rose Aina

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Speaker 3: is still there, so I think they're in a good spot.

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Speaker 3: I think one more piece, whether it's a third baseman

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Speaker 3: but something like that would be a really nice piece.

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Speaker 3: And the guy also could play some defense, because their

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Speaker 3: but it wasn't the best defense in.

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Speaker 1: The league, all right, A little suspect at times. By

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Speaker 1: the way, congratulations to George Kirby, he got engaged recently.

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Speaker 1: These are the stupid facts I bring to foul Territory

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Speaker 1: on a bi monthly basis. Are the Mariners aerk Kratz

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Speaker 1: the team to beat in the AL West going into

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Speaker 1: spring training? Are they the best in the division.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's see what the Rangers and the Astros do

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Speaker 1: Snake's Territories, Jack Summer's writing that November eighteenth, the qualifying

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Speaker 1: The amount for this season twenty two point two five

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Speaker 2: See I think I think Gallan, I think anytime I

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Speaker 2: Did it bring down his value some maybe? But one

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Speaker 1: Joe Sherman coming in with this, you guys. Yankees are

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Speaker 2: Eric, Now knowing the money, I have a hard time

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Speaker 1: But Swiss army knife.

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Speaker 2: Swiss army knight, thank you, thank you. Because he can start,

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Speaker 3: It's good move. Yeah, pitch there. He proved he could

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Speaker 1: It is hooked. Welcome back everybody to foul Territory. Almost

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Speaker 1: into our second hour of coverage here we start with

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Speaker 1: a Kei k Hernandez story. Apparently Kik was seen at

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Speaker 1: ki Y, Hernandez announced he did have surgery on his

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Speaker 1: in the World Baseball Classic for Puerto Rico, so obviously

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Speaker 3: Well. Also, listen, people are banged up all the time.

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Speaker 3: It is so weird. It has happened to me where

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Speaker 1: I have been ambushed at other places in LA since

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Speaker 1: He's massive. I don't care if Kiky hernandez Aj goes

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Speaker 3: They might just have him on the team and just

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Speaker 3: be like hanging around with the guys. He might just

433
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,719
Speaker 3: get an opportunity to do that, so you don't have

434
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,679
Speaker 3: to be playing in order to have a present. So

435
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,280
Speaker 3: I think, yeah, they'll probably bring him in have him

436
00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,159
Speaker 3: hanging around if he's not healthy enough to be playing.

437
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,200
Speaker 3: I don't know if the Dodgers is he a free agent?

438
00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,600
Speaker 1: Is they only signed a one year deal?

439
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 3: So if he's not signed by a team, why would

440
00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,280
Speaker 3: Puerto Rico not bring him in there? They can bring

441
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,159
Speaker 3: him in as a coach or first base coach or

442
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,000
Speaker 3: something pitching coach, I don't know, but just have him around,

443
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,800
Speaker 3: have him hang out with the boys. And if he

444
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,920
Speaker 3: is on a team, which we all would assume would

445
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,199
Speaker 3: be the Dodgers, again, would the Dodgers let him do

446
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,359
Speaker 3: that if he's going through rehab for an injury. I

447
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,399
Speaker 3: don't know. We'll see, but he definitely should be a

448
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,120
Speaker 3: part somehow of Puerto Rico's team.

449
00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe somehow as a special ambassador if you will.

450
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:19,720
Speaker 1: This is a guy.

451
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Speaker 4: Uh.

452
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,679
Speaker 1: Last season, gentlemen thirty four years old only hit two three,

453
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,479
Speaker 1: two fifty five three sixty six with ten home runs,

454
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,879
Speaker 1: but then you go to the postseason and he's just

455
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Speaker 1: another dude. Do you bring him back if you're la

456
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,159
Speaker 1: Eric just for that reason.

457
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he even said it. He even said

458
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,359
Speaker 2: it last year in spring training. He didn't like how

459
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,040
Speaker 2: free agency went, but he was like, there's really only

460
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 2: two teams I would have gone to, and obviously everybody

461
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,760
Speaker 2: knows I want to go back to the Dodgers, so

462
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,440
Speaker 2: it's just gonna be a playoff team. I don't see.

463
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Speaker 2: I don't see how he doesn't. I don't see how

464
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 2: he doesn't. It's crazy because there's only a few spots

465
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,240
Speaker 2: where you can have that utility role on a team.

466
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Speaker 2: But now that Chris Taylor's moved on, like I think,

467
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 2: he just easily slides into that role and he will

468
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 2: not hit two of three next year. So if there's

469
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,680
Speaker 2: any Dodger haters out there, like we need somebody else

470
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,840
Speaker 2: other than KEYK, just no, you did get other people,

471
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,960
Speaker 2: Like they wanted Michael Confordo to be playing left field

472
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,159
Speaker 2: in the playoffs. Well it didn't work out. So you

473
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,120
Speaker 2: always have you always have KEYK. You need to offer

474
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 2: him to me. I think he needs to get a

475
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 2: multi year deal, but I guess that's just the player

476
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 2: at me too.

477
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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I agree with you. I'd love to see

478
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,439
Speaker 1: him locked up to more than one deal. Let's move

479
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,719
Speaker 1: our focus to Team USA. A couple of editions were

480
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,639
Speaker 1: announced over the course of the weekend. Pete Carroll and

481
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll. Yeah, by the way, he's retiring from football

482
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 1: and going to the WBC. Corbin Carroll and Pete crow

483
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 1: Armstrong are going to be on the WBC roster. Of course,

484
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 1: cal Rawly, who I still think should have been the MVP,

485
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,040
Speaker 1: is going to catch great additions. Guys. I mean the WBC,

486
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Speaker 1: I think is increasing in popularity. We know as a

487
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Speaker 1: player that you love playing for your country. I think

488
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Speaker 1: it was more of the Latin countries perhaps more so,

489
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Speaker 1: but the USA seems to really be taking off in

490
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,200
Speaker 1: terms of interest from big key names. AJ.

491
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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, if you went to the last one a lot,

492
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,360
Speaker 3: I'm not sure. I went to the last one in Miami.

493
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 3: It was one of the coolest things I'd ever been to,

494
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 3: just because the fan experience and trust me, I went

495
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 3: to the Venezuela USA game. Venezuela, I'll number the US

496
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 3: fans like three or four to one. In Miami down

497
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 3: a Marlins Park, So I think that the USA and

498
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 3: the players that went to would have gotten a better

499
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 3: and better experience each time. And the bigger and bigger

500
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,159
Speaker 3: names are coming in for it. I wish there was

501
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 3: a way to where we could have all the teams

502
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 3: at full strength, because Japan, to me, has the advantage

503
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,400
Speaker 3: because their guys trained for months and months and months

504
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,520
Speaker 3: get ready for this. USA kind of throws their team

505
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 3: together at the end as to a lot of the

506
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 3: other countries. But I wish there was a way we

507
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 3: could have everybody at full strength and see these guys,

508
00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 3: these starting pitchers and handle this like a real tournament,

509
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 3: which it should be in the Olympics, and I don't

510
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 3: think they're ever going to allow that. But I love

511
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 3: that the big names are coming and saying yes, I

512
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 3: want to play for USA, Dominican and Japan, Puerto Rico,

513
00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,439
Speaker 3: whatever it is, because that shows you how much this

514
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,000
Speaker 3: means and how much fun these guys are having.

515
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,960
Speaker 2: I'd like to make sure that Major League Baseball, because

516
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 2: it was announced at the MLB Awards this past weekend.

517
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,080
Speaker 2: I'd like just want to make sure Major League Baseball's

518
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 2: putting the same effort, and I don't know about resources.

519
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 2: I don't know how that works. But like, why is

520
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 2: Team USA major League Baseball's team, you know what I mean?

521
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 2: Like they're all big leaguers. Like why wouldn't Major League

522
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 2: Baseball make sure they're announcing when shohe says he's gonna

523
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,159
Speaker 2: play for Team Japan or Team Samurai I think is

524
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 2: what they're called. And then why would they not announce

525
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 2: when ktel Marte is playing for the dr Like I

526
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 2: just because I've heard it from different groups that Major

527
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,439
Speaker 2: League Baseball loves to like get behind Team USA, but

528
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball is also a third not American players,

529
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 2: Like why are we Why are they not making such

530
00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 2: a big deal out of it, Like they clearly flew Corbyn,

531
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 2: Carroll and PCA out to the Awards so that they

532
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,159
Speaker 2: could announce it on stage with Mark de Rosa and

533
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 2: all all this popping circumstance, Like let's make sure the

534
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 2: other teams get there just due too.

535
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 1: That's a good question. I don't have an answer for that.

536
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's because Major League Baseball, with

537
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 1: the exception of Toronto, is all in the United States,

538
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,840
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, I understand your point. I mean,

539
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,879
Speaker 1: it's a global game, it's an international game. And to

540
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: your point, you know, a third of the players are

541
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: not of American United States descent. So I don't have

542
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 1: an answer for that. But yeah, I mean it's every

543
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: single player that is in the major leagues that makes

544
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:47,639
Speaker 1: a team for the WBC should be announced as a member,

545
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 1: you know, as the members of the USA team are.

546
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,120
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know how to answer that.

547
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 2: Like here's here's the example. The Miz came on the

548
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 2: show and AJ was like, I'm recruiting you for Team Poland.

549
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 2: If he announced it, if there was a Team Poland

550
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 2: and the Miz was like, yeah, I'm playing for Team Poland.

551
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 2: Would Major League Baseball get behind it as much as

552
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 2: they get behind Corbyn Carroll saying he's going to be

553
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 2: on the team, PCA saying he's going to be on

554
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 2: the team because there's there's some cash behind there, and

555
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,360
Speaker 2: I'm sure if Team Poland somehow figured out a way

556
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 2: to get in, they would need some cash from Major

557
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 2: League Baseball.

558
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: I don't know, that's a great point that I've never

559
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 1: thought about that like that, I'm not certain why it's

560
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,360
Speaker 1: not handled that way. I don't know if it's because

561
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: it's taken I think more time for USA to treat

562
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 1: it as a big deal like the other. I mean,

563
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 1: you ask any Latin player, it's more important for them

564
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 1: to play for the WBC and win for Venezuela or

565
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,959
Speaker 1: you know, the Dominican or Puerto Rico or whatever than

566
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: it is to win the World Series. I mean, they

567
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 1: care seemingly outwardly. I don't want to put any any

568
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: words into American you know, North American players mouths or

569
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 1: USA players mouths, but they seem to care more about

570
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,199
Speaker 1: winning for their country than they do about winning for

571
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: their respective Major League Baseball team. Maybe I'm wrong, but

572
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: that's the outside perspective. I have the optics anyway.

573
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 2: Okay, I mean I think I think they. I think

574
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 2: they have that national pride, and I think they're used

575
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 2: to when you talk about the when you talk about

576
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 2: the teams that or yeah, the countries that have winter leagues,

577
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 2: yeah they I mean they essentially go into winter league mode.

578
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,639
Speaker 2: This is what we'd call it when we were playing,

579
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,399
Speaker 2: Like winter league mode is you're you're getting up for

580
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 2: every single game like your dudes are just I forget

581
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 2: AJ you were at the game. I forget what the

582
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 2: what was the dude's name? Who was shirt was coming

583
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 2: all the way unbuttoned like that was like it personified

584
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 2: the you know, the energy that they would bring to

585
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 2: those games. And that's you know, some of them are

586
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 2: coming straight off of winter Ball. They're playing in the

587
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 2: in the Winter Ball Championships, and then they're coming to

588
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 2: spring training for a few weeks and then they go

589
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 2: straight to the WBC. So yeah, there's a there's there's

590
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 2: a pride there that I think. I think American players

591
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 2: have the same pride. I just think it's it's shown

592
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 2: differently because they're used to playing. When they get to

593
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 2: play with each other, it's it's a treat.

594
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,120
Speaker 1: I just love the WBC and I love that it's

595
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: growing in popularity. I think it's awesome.

596
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 3: You guys, You guys want to know why MLB pushes

597
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 3: the American players. Yes, I mean, how do we know

598
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 3: that japan players aren't big? Donelike this? In Japan, we

599
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 3: don't know. We just don't see it. How do we

600
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 3: know in Dominican when whoever announces that they're playing for

601
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 3: the Dominican we don't see it, right, No, I think,

602
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 3: I think.

603
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: But I think. Eric's point though, is that MLB should

604
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: be promoting any any Major League Baseball player that is

605
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: going to play for their respective team, whether it's Venezuela

606
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: or the Dominican or Team Mexico. MLB should promote them

607
00:28:58,640 --> 00:28:59,959
Speaker 1: just as much as they promote the US.

608
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 3: What drives ratings in America and what drives ratings and

609
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 3: help some MLB game money the American television audience. Right

610
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 3: what does USA had a hard time getting people to

611
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 3: do their big name stars play for him? So when

612
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 3: they get big name people, yes, MLB is gonna push

613
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 3: it because that's where the money comes from. Listen, it's

614
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 3: great that everyone plays for Dominican. It's great that everyone

615
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 3: plays for Puerto Rico. It's great that these guys play

616
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 3: for Japan, and these guys play for Panama and Netherlands

617
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 3: and this and that. Now, it was a big deal

618
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 3: MLB announcement. Alex Rodriguez and Manny Machada wanted to play

619
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 3: for Dominican right now because they could have played for America.

620
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 3: So to me, it's the reason. It's all about money.

621
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 3: Money drives this thing. Money is the reason they have

622
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 3: this thing, and the American consumers are it's the finals

623
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 3: are in America. The semi finals are in America, Major

624
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 3: Leagues Baseball stadiums, and MLB owns it. So MLB knows

625
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 3: who is going to buy the tickets, more than likely

626
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 3: people that live in the USA. So they are pushing

627
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 3: this and they want the biggest stars for America because

628
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 3: then they can get the American audience to tune in.

629
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 3: Because I don't know the ratings, but I'm pretty sure

630
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 3: rating for Dominican versus Colombia is not as high for

631
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 3: rating for USA versus Mexico, or USA verse Japan, or

632
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 3: USA vers Dominican. I'm pretty sure the ratings are probably higher,

633
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 3: especially in the one base where MLB cares about, and

634
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 3: that's the United States of America.

635
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: Guys. This from Bob Nightingale on X the official twenty

636
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: twenty six Hall of Fame ballot with twelve new candidates.

637
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: It is out. I'm not gonna go through all of

638
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: the names, but you can see them there. AJ will

639
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: start with you, is there anybody on this list of

640
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: a newcomer in terms of Hall of Fame that sticks

641
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: out to you?

642
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:41,960
Speaker 3: Nope? Nope? Are you There's not one that's gonna make it.

643
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 3: I'm sorry. I don't know.

644
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: Oh, there's not one that's gonna make it, Okay.

645
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 3: I mean I guess Cole Hammill's, but I don't think

646
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 3: he's gonna make it. I don't know. Ryan Bron's definitely

647
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 3: not making it. I don't know. I looked at the

648
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 3: list and I was like, Eh, I don't really see

649
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 3: a whole lot. Matt Camp's not gonna make it of

650
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 3: she's I just don't see when that's gonna make it.

651
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 3: I'm sorry. They're just they're great players, but there weren't

652
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 3: Hall of Fame worthy. They're just they're just weren't. And

653
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 3: that's It's gonna be interesting to see who stays on

654
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 3: the list for another year. But uh, you know, it

655
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 3: looks like who's gonna get a Beltron's probably gonna get in,

656
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 3: and Andrew Jones are probably gonna get in this year,

657
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 3: and then that opens it up for some other people.

658
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 3: But it'd be interesting to see who gets the votes

659
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 3: this year, because I honestly don't think that, uh, anybody

660
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 3: on this newcomer list is gonna make it.

661
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: I feel like I see Jimmy Rawlins and Chase Utley

662
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: on these all of the time. If you had to

663
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: pick one of the two, Eric, who do you think

664
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: is more Hall of Fame worthy? If either, I mean I.

665
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 2: Played with both of them. I play like this whole

666
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 2: list isn't first timers. So I want to know who

667
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 2: from this list is first timers? Is it Braun, Gordo,

668
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 2: Cole Hammils since you chew, probably Edwin Murphy, Geo Gonzalez Murphy.

669
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 3: Anyway, take it, Hollie Kendrick. Those are all.

670
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 2: Okay, so maybe like the top the top guys there,

671
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 2: But to me, I don't, I don't. I feel like

672
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 2: I feel like Jimmy's going to I don't know, I

673
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 2: feel like Jimmy's going to get in before Chase.

674
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: But it's worthy of getting in. I mean, I think

675
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,239
Speaker 1: the longer it goes, and the more opportunities there are

676
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: for guys to get in, more people that probably shouldn't

677
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: be in the Hall if there's if the if there

678
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: were stricter restrictions or fewer guys that got in, I

679
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: don't know that any of these would. I mean, eventually

680
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: they might because of all of the different avenues of

681
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: getting into Cooper's town, But should they get in?

682
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 2: I think Jeff Kent's a better second basement and put

683
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 2: up better numbers than Chase Uttley. So I think it's

684
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 2: tough to say Chase Utley will get in before you

685
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,959
Speaker 2: hear that the Jeff Kent because Chase Uttley. I mean,

686
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 2: everyone says Jeff Kent was a jerk or what and

687
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 2: that's why he's not it.

688
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 3: Like just.

689
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's not the Hall of Good person, it's

690
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: the Hall of the name. All right, we welcome you

691
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: back here. So this is a question from Jen Abbas

692
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 1: fifty three eighty. Are any of them in the Hall

693
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: of pretty Good? And I believe that she's talking about

694
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: because AJ Prazinski, you received ninety one percent of the

695
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: vote to become the twentieth member of the Hall of

696
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: Pretty Good and the fifth member AJ of the Illustrious

697
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: Inner Circle. You're in the Circle of Trust, my friend. Congratulations.

698
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 1: I think you're better than the Hall of Pretty Good.

699
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: But that's neither here nor there. So there you have it.

700
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,480
Speaker 1: So are any of these guys on the twenty twenty

701
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 1: six Hall of Fame ballot, the new names that we

702
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: talked about, are any of them good enough to be

703
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Pretty Good?

704
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 3: I think Hunter Pence is already in the Hall of

705
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 3: Pretty Good. I'm pretty sure he already got in. Yeah,

706
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 3: I think I think he already got in. So congratulations

707
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 3: to Hunter. Listen, All of pretty Good is a really

708
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 3: funny thing that a fan came up with where he like,

709
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 3: he asks fans to vote on this, and it's engaging.

710
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 3: It's funny to see who gets in and who doesn't

711
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 3: because some people I think should have got in didn't

712
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 3: get in. But it's like, I think it's every Wednesday

713
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 3: they do the voting. So yeah, it was pretty cool

714
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 3: to see that. And now there's a list of about

715
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 3: what fifteen new guys that just went on the Hall

716
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 3: of Fame ballot that have a chance to both but

717
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 3: they're not going to get into the Hall of Fame,

718
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 3: but they got a chance to get into the Hall

719
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 3: pretty Good, which for some of us is an honor.

720
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,399
Speaker 1: All right, guys, So, Blake but Terra is the new

721
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,360
Speaker 1: manager of the Washington Nationals. He is supposed to have

722
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 1: a press conference today or he did have it today

723
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: actually at one point thirty so about an hour and

724
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: change ago when we were on the air. It's been

725
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: eighteen days though since the news first broke that the

726
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: Nats were hiring him, but I think it's because his

727
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,760
Speaker 1: wife just had a baby, so they had to delay

728
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: the presser. Congratulations to them. So here's the cool story

729
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: apparently that came out of the presser from Paul to

730
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,240
Speaker 1: Boni that must be Italian. When he was just starting

731
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 1: search Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza actually call all

732
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: to Bonnie to tell him about how but Terra would

733
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 1: be a great candidate for the job. Piazza and Terra,

734
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: the Italians, I tell you, man, we stick together. They

735
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: worked on the same team Italy staff at the w

736
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Speaker 1: b C. So, first of all, AJ your thoughts about

737
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: but Terra and I have to be honest. I didn't

738
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: know much about him. When I saw the Butteran name,

739
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: I thought it was Drew, not Blake. What do you

740
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: think about about this move?

741
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 3: Cool? The Nationals are relevant at all, So I mean cool,

742
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,280
Speaker 3: he gets a job and he gets to like it's awesome,

743
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 3: Mike Piazza, this is how things work now, Thana, I mean,

744
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 3: have you paid attention? By the way, you always say

745
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 3: you're Cuban, so you're Italian.

746
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I don't know I

747
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: have two parents. That's weird.

748
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 2: I have.

749
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 1: I have a mom and a dad. One's Cuban, one's Italian.

750
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 2: Weird.

751
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 3: You always say you're Cuban, so you can't just go

752
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 3: Cuban to Italian. Well okay, but that's not the point here.

753
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 3: The point is that as a as I'm Italian, I'm

754
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 3: sure there's one little piece of me that's Italian. So

755
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 3: I'm gonna tell you too, Okay, I'm a Tellian man

756
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 3: a little bit of Okay. But here's the thing, Like

757
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 3: this how works now, Alana, Like you got to know

758
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,919
Speaker 3: somebody who knows somebody and you get him to call,

759
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 3: or you work in for the Rays at some point,

760
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 3: or you work in an organization and then all of

761
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 3: a sudden they're looking for a manager and you sit

762
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 3: in all the meetings like Craig Stamley're like, you know what,

763
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:25,800
Speaker 3: I could do that job, and I have all the

764
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 3: answers because I already have to test. This is how

765
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 3: it works in today's game. So I'm not surprised by this.

766
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 3: Good for good for mister but Terra. I hope it

767
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 3: works out for him. We'll see. But like the Nats

768
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 3: aren't relevant because they're being sold, they don't spending money,

769
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 3: and they're in a tough division.

770
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: All right, so Eric, but Tara did not make a

771
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 1: big deal about his youth or really honestly lack of

772
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: managerial experience. Interestingly, he did not say he was prioritizing

773
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: experience on his staff. You know, sometimes you want to

774
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: like get veteran guys around you to have some help,

775
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: and staid he said he was looking for people that

776
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: align with his vision and coaches who were the best candidates.

777
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: I don't know what your vision is. If you don't

778
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: have any managerial experience at the big league level.

779
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 2: That's a good question. And as a ex player, I

780
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,959
Speaker 2: have to be careful. I got eviscerated when I made

781
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 2: my comments that a player development guy doesn't necessarily know

782
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 2: about making big league moves or big league like the

783
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: day to day big league grind to me. I would

784
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,760
Speaker 2: want to surround myself, and this is how I think,

785
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 2: I hope I live my life. I want to surround

786
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: myself with people who know more than me in a

787
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 2: situation that I'm in, so that I can learn from them.

788
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 2: If you're constantly just surrounding yourself with like people in

789
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 2: any walk of life. You're just gonna stay. You're just

790
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 2: gonna stay kind of flatline and like it's just gonna

791
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 2: be the same you and you're never gonna improve. So

792
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 2: to me, I hope he has some kind of backing

793
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 2: from somebody that has experience in the big leagues because

794
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 2: he's the manager in the big leagues and he has

795
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 2: to manage personalities in the big leagues. I just I

796
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 2: think it's something that it was interesting what came out

797
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 2: of it. But I'll actually want to revert back to

798
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 2: what AJ said, The Gnats are not relevant. Had the

799
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:29,040
Speaker 2: Nats gotten somebody, another manager, a different manager, AJ, would

800
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 2: they have Would it have made them relevant? Would it

801
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 2: have made them relevant if they went out and got

802
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 2: the best managerial candidate available, which in my opinion, which

803
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 2: is all just opinion, you know, it's a Skip Schumacher,

804
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 2: It's possibly, you know, Brandon Hyde was in the area,

805
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 2: depending on what you thought of Brandon Hyde. But like,

806
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 2: if they had gotten somebody relevant, does that change this

807
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 2: season and next season for the Nets?

808
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 3: They have to spend money. How did Jim Leland do?

809
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 3: How did Jim Leland do for the Rockies when he

810
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 3: went to the Rockies, I mean, he's a Hall of

811
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 3: Fame manager. How did he do? And by the way,

812
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,240
Speaker 3: but he went to the Rockies and he was terrible

813
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 3: as a manager, right, So because he didn't have any players.

814
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 3: You don't have any players, you don't go out and

815
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 3: get players, then you can't be a good I don't

816
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 3: care who you are. You could be the greatest manager

817
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 3: in the world and not have players. Joe Torre was terrible.

818
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 3: You know, he was not regarded as a great manager

819
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 3: when he was with the Braves, right, and Terry Francona

820
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 3: when he was at the Phillies got fired because they

821
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 3: weren't very good. And then he goes to the Rockies

822
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 3: and he has all the I mean the Red Sox

823
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,320
Speaker 3: and he has all these great players. He's a great manager.

824
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 3: So if you don't have players, it doesn't matter. The

825
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 3: Nats aren't. They have already said they're not gonna go

826
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 3: out and spend money. And here's the thing about his

827
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 3: quote about I'm not a prioritizing experience. You gotta have

828
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 3: somebody on the staff that knows what they're doing. No, listen,

829
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, but like he's what thirty three I think

830
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,760
Speaker 3: his pitching coach is thirty, like he hired the assistant

831
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 3: hitting coach. I think he's twenty nine or something, thirty

832
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 3: two or whatever they are, Like, you got to have

833
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 3: somebody that has some linked in their tooth a little

834
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 3: bit that have been around and not everybody going into

835
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 3: spring training going what do we do? Guys, Oh, we're

836
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 3: gonna try and reinvent the wheel. Well, there's been guys

837
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 3: that have reinvented the wheel. Gabe Kappler for years try

838
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 3: to reinvent the wheel in San Francisco. It didn't work

839
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 3: for him, right, Philadelphia didn't work. There's people that try

840
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 3: and invent this. Now, why does it work for somebody

841
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,280
Speaker 3: like Joe Madden when he tried to reinvent the wheel

842
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 3: because he had put in time after time after time

843
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 3: with the Angels, and he had been in the big

844
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,319
Speaker 3: leagues and he had understood how players and this and that.

845
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 3: If you have nobody that understands how to do this

846
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 3: and just everybody is brand new, and we're like, we're

847
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 3: just gonna find the people that agree with me and

848
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 3: we'll just try everything new. It usually doesn't work. You

849
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,840
Speaker 3: gotta have some experience to slowly implement it. You just

850
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 3: can't throw it all out there and hope it sticks.

851
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: All right, gentlemen, it is time to slap hands. We

852
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: don't have a ton of time left on the show. Eric,

853
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 1: I want to ask you what's on Kratz Hats today?

854
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 2: I mean where Josh Nayler Columbus Clippers. Okay, Josh Naylor

855
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 2: just signed his contract, so might as well celebrate an

856
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 2: ex Columbus Clipper get in paper.

857
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 1: Yeah he got the bag, didn't he?

858
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 2: Five years?

859
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 1: Did they say the amount yet? Are we thinking one

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Speaker 1: hundred millions? Not yet? All right, so five years? Good

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Speaker 1: for you, Josh Naylor. A big show tomorrow on Foul Territory.

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Speaker 1: I'm back with you guys again tomorrow. Astro's manager Joe Aspota,

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Speaker 1: White Sox pitcher Shane Smith. Evan Grant is going to

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Speaker 1: be doing his to do list much like Lance Lynn

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Speaker 1: did today for the Cardinals. Evan Grant of the Dallas

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Speaker 1: Morning News is going to be doing it for the

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Speaker 1: Rangers as far as the off season is concerned. So

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Speaker 1: we'll talk about that and much more. Scott Brown will

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Speaker 1: be back with you guys on Wednesday. Coming up in

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Speaker 1: just a few minutes. Dodgers Territory is back on Mondays

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Speaker 1: and Thursdays in the off season. Ah I will be

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Speaker 1: hosting that with my co host Clint Psias. We're talking

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Speaker 1: about shush, shush. You're such a weird you don't mean

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Speaker 1: to me. Be nice to me tomorrow. Thanks for watching, guys,

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Speaker 1: thanks for listening. Aj Eric and myself back tomorrow, See

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Speaker 1: you later.

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Speaker 2: Go baters.

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Speaker 4: Yeah,