1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: In the weeds powered by Arena Club. I mean, the 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: most popular card in the marketplace is Sho Tani. Right, 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: why are there not more show? Hey Otani's let's just 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: start their period because. 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: It's really impossible, almost impossible to do. Okay, But that's 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 2: why there hasn't been any Babe Ruth. One hundred years. 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Ago, Donnie Joseph wrote an article in The Athletic about 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: how Otani was supposed to usher in a two way 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: player revolution, and included in the article is that rule 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: change that might be preventing it, which we'll get into 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: in a second. I just want to preface what I 12 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: said when I say Otani, I mean anybody that can 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: pitch and hit in the big leagues not be a 14 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,959 Speaker 1: superstar at both. It's too hard to even get It's 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: too hard an average player. 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: It's too hard. 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: You think that's the only way. 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: One can't recover enough. And the guys who have tried 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: to do it, like remember Brooks Kishnik back in the day, 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: he tried to do it, but he was a reliever, 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:01,639 Speaker 2: remember him, like, he. 22 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: Tried to fine though. I mean Michael Lorenzen is a 23 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: more recent example, but he couldn't do it. 24 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: Either I mean, because you either don't pitch well enough 25 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: or you don't hit well enough. There's there's one guy, 26 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: that guy right there, Shoo Tani, that can do both. 27 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: He's he's the only one I've ever seen that was 28 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: able to do both. Either you get hurt and you 29 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: can't hit, or you get hurt and you can't pitch 30 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: and you're too tired. Plus nobody else is six five, 31 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: two forty or whatever that show a and runs like 32 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 2: a deer and is just the super athletes. Like, there's 33 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: one this guy when we like when we say he's 34 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: a unicorn, This dude is a unicorn. He is one 35 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: of one. There's one guy and his name is shoe 36 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: Heo Tani. And there have been others of Brenda McKay. 37 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: He was drafted as a two way guy. He got 38 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: hurt a lot. All these guys have tried it, Yeah, 39 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 2: but one of them isn't good enough. There's one guy 40 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: that can do this. There's been two guys in the 41 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: history of baseball do this. Bay Ruth who didn't really 42 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: pitch and hit at the same time. He pitched and 43 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: then he hit kind of and then show Heo TONI. 44 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: Other than that that's been hit. Nobody else can do this. 45 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: It's a it's all, it's next to impossible to do this. 46 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: Guys frequently it's too hard. Obviously in college, but then 47 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: even in the pros. I mean there's recent guys. Jack 48 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: Kaglion was a star in college. 49 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: Jack Kaglean is a I'm a Gator fan. I watch 50 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 2: Jack kagly on play almost every game. He wasn't a pitcher. 51 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: He was a hitter. 52 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: I mean he threw hard, he could he could throw 53 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 2: kind of hard through well, but he didn't throw a 54 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: lot of strikes, right, I mean, he was a good 55 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 2: college pitcher, right, he was. He was an above average 56 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: college pitcher. But what is he What can he be 57 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: as a big league He could be a fifty homer 58 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: guy for a forty to fifty homer guy every year, 59 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 2: That's what they what happens is Team C one. They said, 60 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: well if he can, if you they go to these 61 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: players and they say, hey, Jack, you could be a 62 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 2: forty to homer guy every year, or you could be 63 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: a twenty homer guy and a seven and seven pitcher 64 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 2: every year? Which one would you rather be? And he's like, 65 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 2: I'll take the forty homers in five hundred million check please. 66 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: I'll add one to you, and if you make a decision, 67 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: you will be in the big league significantly. Quicker example 68 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: right now now, Nolan McLean, he was a two way 69 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: player in the pros. They're like, you should pitch, you'll 70 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: be up pretty quick. Boom, he's up for the mats. 71 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 3: I've never seen Nolan McLean play the field. I've seen 72 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 3: Brendan McKay when they first when he first came up 73 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 3: and cron Zone. I faced Cronzone in the minor leagues. 74 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: I faced him back to back nights. Came out of bullpen. 75 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 3: The first night he opened. The second night he came 76 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 3: out of the He came out of a bullpen. He opened, 77 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: he was ninety four to ninety six. 78 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: I think. 79 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 3: Whacked him because I didn't whack him, but straight heater. 80 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 3: Next night he comes out, he was ninety one to 81 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: ninety three. He played the rest of the game at 82 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 3: second base, the night before at shortstop, I think, and 83 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: then he played the next game at shortstop, and then 84 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: he came Then he came in and pitched like it's 85 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 3: a It is hard to do. Yesterday, AJ was talking 86 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 3: about how banana ball is like good baseball. There are 87 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 3: people who can do really good baseball things. In a 88 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: banana ball game. Two way guys, they can do really 89 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 3: good baseball things. Jake Croninworth hit ninety six on the 90 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 3: radar gun in the game I saw him. Brendan McKay 91 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: threw left handed. His swing was good. But the big 92 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 3: leagues are that much better. The big leagues, you have 93 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 3: to be that much better to play the position you're 94 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: playing that day, and to have to do that at 95 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 3: two positions, it doesn't happen. It just doesn't happen. It's 96 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 3: too hard. And in my opinion, they shouldn't have a 97 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 3: rule that's league wide that affects one player one player. 98 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: That's what this article is about. So let's dive into 99 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: that for part two of this discussion. So this article said, 100 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: starting in twenty twenty, the Otani Rule altered who qualified 101 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: to have two way classification on an official roster. To 102 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: officially get that distinction, a pitcher or player would need 103 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: to pitch in twenty innings and play at least twenty 104 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: MLB games as a position player or a DH with 105 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: at least three played appearances in each game, and either 106 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: the current or previous season. That matters because, of course, 107 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: if you're a two way player, it doesn't count towards 108 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: the limit of thirteen pitchers on a twenty six man roster. 109 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: Jake Croninworth is quoted in this story saying that held 110 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: him back. He said, he got reps pitching in Triple 111 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: A like Crats is talking about through bullpen sessions when 112 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: he was acquired by the Padres. But he said, quote, 113 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: why does somebody need to qualify for something they've already 114 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: proven they can do in college or the minor leagues, 115 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden they have to qualify to 116 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: do it in the major leagues. To me, that doesn't 117 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: make any sense. Now you're taking away this guy's natural 118 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: ability to do two things at a high level, and 119 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: now you have to make them basically earn it again. 120 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: So he said, And outside of getting the two way classification, 121 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: the only way a hitter can pitch in a game 122 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: or vice versa would be in a game that goes 123 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: to extras or when their team's either winning or trailing 124 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: by six runs or more in a contest. That's when 125 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: we see the position players pop up. So Cronenworth said, 126 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: you could go four games where you have that, you 127 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: could go three weeks where you never have that. So 128 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: you're getting put on the roster is a hitter, but 129 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: you're a two way guy. You can only pitch in 130 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: certain situations. So if you put a guy on the 131 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: roster as a pitcher, you're now taking away that bullpen spot, 132 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: which is critical to teams. I'm adding that part and 133 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: then corona Work said that was really the thing that 134 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: hurt all the two way guys. 135 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: Makes sense. What he's saying makes sense. They made this 136 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 2: role for the show. Hey, right, they made this rule 137 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 2: for show, Hay, is it right? Not if it if 138 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: it's affecting other people from being able to do it, 139 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: that's what so they would have Like what they're saying 140 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 2: basically is corona Worth had to be designated a two 141 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 2: way guy, but because he didn't qualify with enough innings 142 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 2: or on the mound, then he would count as a 143 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: pitcher and a hitter. And you're really only playing twenty 144 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 2: five against twenty six is basically what they're playing in 145 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 2: a pitcher short, which is the bigger problem. 146 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: No team wants to do that team wants to guys up, 147 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: so they're like, hey, go this route go that route. 148 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 2: Now they change that rule though after a Taani missed 149 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 2: the year last year. 150 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: Didn't they change They tweaked it again to say what 151 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: it was for this year or the year before or 152 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: something like that. Right, so he counted multiple spots. They 153 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: are making it an Otani rule. But this case is, hey, 154 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: you're hurting us. Now. We don't have proof that someone's saying, hey, 155 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: we're not going to groom this guy as a starter 156 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: or as a pitcher and a position player because of 157 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: this rule. But I think it's a valid point from Croninworth. 158 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: You're put in a tough position to actually get this status. 159 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: And if you're a superstar, who cares, You're going to 160 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: rack that up in five seconds. But if not. Kratz, 161 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: the only other thing he brought up is you gonna 162 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: have your bench guy who comes in makes a start, 163 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: sometimes pinch hitter at the end of the game, also 164 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: available in the bullpen. So now you kind of have 165 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: this super utility bench guy playing one hundred and fifty 166 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: games a year, some as a pitcher, some as a hitter. 167 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: He said that would be the next best thing. But 168 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: I read that, I'm like, damn, how are you gonna 169 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: find a guy that's doing that. That's not easy. 170 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 3: Either, because he's not coming in to pitch any high 171 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: leverage games because then he wants to get his seventy 172 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 3: appearances out of the bullpen so he can get paid. 173 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: It's not like like as a backup. Like I think 174 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: somewhere in there you have a backup catcher Lorenzen. He 175 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 3: would come in and play left field. I remember when 176 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 3: he was with the Reds and but he was definitely 177 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: a pitcher. He just got some good swings off and 178 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 3: hit some dingers. But like let's say a backup catcher, 179 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 3: he's probably not that good of a hitter. He'd be 180 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 3: the starting catcher. He comes in pitches now, all of 181 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 3: a sudden, he's throwing. At this day and age, you 182 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 3: can't come in and throw anything less than ninety seven 183 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 3: if you're coming in a game in useful spots. Now 184 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: it's like, well, why don't you just pitch all the 185 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 3: time because you stink as a hitter. So to me, 186 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 3: it inhibits. This rule is only helping Otani really, but 187 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 3: to me it's pointless. To me, it's a it's doesn't 188 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 3: it's hurting more people than it's helping, and the few 189 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 3: people that it's hurting. It's so silly that it's getting 190 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 3: in their way. 191 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 1: So will we get a two way player unless it's 192 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: a superstar. Can you get a more mid two way player? 193 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: It's gotta be super or starts worth. 194 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 2: How do you get to the point though, where you 195 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 2: count as only one player? Because you have to be 196 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 2: able to pitch in enough games right to get to 197 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 2: that point, and those games don't happen enough in a 198 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: regular season, So how would you ever get to that point? 199 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: They should Here's what they should happen. They should make Yes, 200 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 2: the rule is fine if they want to have this rule, 201 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 2: but there should be like when a guy comes up, 202 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 2: all right, he's a two way guy, and you get 203 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 2: a year or two to get this numbers right, to 204 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 2: get these numbers under his feet so he can then 205 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: carry this over. But in order just to say you 206 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 2: have to do this your first year, it's not gonna 207 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: happen because the team doesn't want to lose to be 208 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 2: down a pitcher. 209 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: Wait, I actually like this. You incentivize teams to promote 210 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: two way plays, that's what they want to do, and say, hey, 211 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: you get a two way player spot, even if that 212 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: player doesn't end up working out. At least you gave 213 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: it a shot, and that player has to participate an 214 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: x amount of every team. 215 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 2: Yes, I like that, but the pitcher has to pitch. 216 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 4: The guy has to pitch. 217 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: You have to do both otherwise you're cheating the system. 218 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 2: Yes, he has to pitch. 219 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a little complicated, but I like it because 220 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: it would incentivize teams to get that extra spot if 221 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: they're actually. 222 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 2: Because nobody can get to those innings limits. Because if 223 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 2: you can't, if you're not designated to way impossible. That's 224 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 2: what I'm saying, it's impossible to ever get there. So 225 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,839 Speaker 2: Showy is the only guy that could ever do it 226 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: well because they made this rule after he. 227 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 5: Was already there. 228 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: No, but also with show Hey, let's say he's starting 229 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: from scratch. He's like when he starts his career, he's 230 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: in the rotation, so he's going to rack up the innings. 231 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,079 Speaker 1: And then he's also dhing, so he's racking. 232 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 2: Up, but the team is playing down a position a 233 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 2: picture that for the wall. He's just on the roster. Well, 234 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 2: he threw it as a rotation member, but they're still 235 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 2: down a picture. Right with the rule, now, they don't 236 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: lose the picture. You can only have thirteen pictures, right, 237 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 2: so he'd have to be designated a picture. 238 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: Right. 239 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 2: But let's then they're they're playing with thirteen right. 240 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, but let's say let's says let's use. 241 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: That Tony, let's use let's we'll use Corona one. Crona 242 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 2: was a starting pitcher, yepka in the rotation, in the rotation, right, 243 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 2: but then you know he's hitting or whatever however they 244 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 2: want to use him. But then they then they're basically 245 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 2: down a position player of those games he pitches, because 246 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 2: he can't if he's pitching, they usually don't take the 247 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 2: pitcher and put him in at second base or outfield 248 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: or shortstop or wherever they want to put him for 249 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 2: that game, first base because they're like, oh, he's got 250 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: to get his arm stuff in. That's why Otani pitcher. 251 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 2: The DH is fine, right, but there's still down a 252 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 2: pitcher because let's you know, if he's if they want 253 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 2: to use Lorenzo and we use Lorenza, if he's a reliever, 254 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 2: then your really reliever is more complicated. 255 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: Rotation makes sense. I mean, if you have a five 256 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: man rotor, there's very. 257 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 2: Few guys that can hit well enough though to justify 258 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 2: pitching once every fifth or sixth day and then playing 259 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 2: the field every four other four days. 260 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 4: You have very few people that can do. 261 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: The concept is if he's a starter, Crats, you have 262 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: a five man rotation. That picture counts right until he 263 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: classifies as a DH. So so MLB is looking at 264 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: it as hey, you've got your five, there's your five. 265 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: He's included in your five, and then you have your 266 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: your thirteen pitcher max right, so you have your eight relievers. 267 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: So they're saying you're getting dinged a little bit, but 268 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: not really. I mean you're going to get the advantage. Really, 269 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: it creates an advantage. So if you're in the rotation, 270 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: you do your twenty innings or whatever, it is, now 271 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: your two way player. Now you get to add another reliever. 272 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: So it actually does incentivize the teams a little bit. 273 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: Right now, Not really am I getting this, Red Crats? 274 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: Where are you on this? 275 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 3: I think it gets in the way. If this is 276 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 3: something major League Baseball really wants to me, the rule is. 277 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 4: Getting in the way. You have you have to drop, 278 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 4: you have to. 279 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 3: Lower the amount of innings because it's going to take 280 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 3: somebody it's going to take somebody a lot of time 281 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 3: to rack up twenty innings. 282 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: Jars story, but as a reliever. 283 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 4: But it's not. It's not happening. 284 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 2: So the big leagues, it's the big leagues. 285 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 4: Go ahead. 286 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: No, I'm saying it's a month. 287 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 2: It's a month's you're losing a month of a player. 288 00:12:58,960 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 4: I agree. 289 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: Didn't Lorenzen promote this in the offseason saying that he 290 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: could do that. He would, he would, he. 291 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 3: Would jump right in, he'd have his twenty innings already. 292 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: So okay. I found it when when he was pitching 293 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: himself as a two way player, he said, I can 294 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: log twenty games, three played appearances each of those games 295 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: as a position player or DH. Then I can become 296 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: a fourteenth pitcher on your roster because at that point 297 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't count against the roster limit, and that a 298 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: non contender can do that and then trade him to 299 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: a contender. Obviously you'd have to do that beginning of 300 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: the season, and no team's going to be like besides, 301 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: three of them are going to be like, okay, we'll 302 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: just do this and eat the at bats. But it's 303 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: it's a cool concept. I remember we covered it. You 304 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: remember we talked about it in the off season. I 305 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: think they should change it toward teams. Every team gets 306 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: a grace period on a two way player, right, Crotchy like, 307 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: just say, hey, why do you want to have a 308 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: two way player? Yeah, if they want to incentivize it, 309 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: then do it like that. Make it to where's it's 310 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: incentivized from the team to do it, not just yeah, 311 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: make it easier, make it easier. It might happen. 312 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 3: People want to see Jack Kagleon throw ninety seven miles 313 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 3: an hour from the left side. Honestly, they don't know 314 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 3: the intricacies of the fact that he can't locate his 315 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 3: fastball as well as a big league pitcher. Should they 316 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 3: want to see ninety seven. They're like, well, that dude 317 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 3: just hit a four hundred and fifty foot digger. Now 318 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 3: he's throwing ninety seven to me. Let everybody have it. 319 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 3: Maybe some teams will take advantage of it, but everybody's 320 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 3: at the same everybody's at the same on the same level. 321 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 3: Right now, it's getting in the way of the three 322 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 3: or four guys that possibly could do it at a 323 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 3: big league level. 324 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: Okay, anyway, good discussion. If you're watching this afterwards. Let 325 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: us know your thoughts in the comments. I don't we 326 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: don't need the trolling. Just what would you do to 327 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: get more to a players into the show. That's what 328 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: I'd like to see in the comments. 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Dallas 337 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: Morning News Rangers beat right at Evan Grant back with 338 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: us having good to see you, but not good times 339 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: for the Rangers. When I get right to biz this 340 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: time is this it? We're gonna do a little rip 341 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five Rangers pretty soon we. 342 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 5: Could at the end of this week. I mean, look, 343 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 5: they're six on the wild card race, if you want 344 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 5: to say that, they're in the race, and they've got 345 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 5: a series here at Kansas City and a series home 346 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 5: against Cleveland. The two teams that are directly ahead of 347 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 5: them to try and get to the fourth spot in 348 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 5: the wildcard race. And look, for the last two years, 349 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: this team has not played well on the road. It's 350 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 5: not played well against winning teams, and so they've got 351 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 5: their work out for him this week, and first time 352 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 5: out on Monday, they didn't really show up all that 353 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 5: well against Kansas City. 354 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: There you go. So Texas six games back of whatever 355 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: you want to call it. I mean the Yanks, Red 356 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: Sox and Seattle in a similar spot as you can 357 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: see on the screen, but Kansas City and Cleveland to 358 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: jump through. Like Evan is mentioning, So what's the main 359 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: problem here? Where are we at? Or is it the 360 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: same problem we've been talking about all year. 361 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 5: All year for two years, Scott. I mean it's the offense, right, 362 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 5: This offense is not produced. Whatever the Rangers attempts to 363 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 5: fix the offense this offseason have not produced. You look 364 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 5: up this lineup. If you look at Sunday's lineups and 365 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 5: the Rangers facing off against Toronto, I think the Blue 366 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 5: Jays first six hitters had ops's of seven to fifty 367 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 5: or better. The Rangers had one hitter in their lineup 368 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 5: with an OPS of better than seven to fifty, and 369 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: so there's been too much volatility in the lineup. There's 370 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 5: been too many guys you have been in prolonged and 371 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 5: steady declines and there haven't been a whole bunch of 372 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 5: bounce back years for guys who had four years last year. 373 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 3: Is this what is this the end of what? Is 374 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 3: this the end of the seasons? You know they're cooked, 375 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 3: they're not going to make the playoffs? Is this Boachi's end? 376 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: Is this the end of how this team is constructed offensively? 377 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: Eric? 378 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 5: I think those are all very valid questions. You know, 379 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 5: Boach put off the managerial question at the beginning of 380 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 5: the year, and that's not going to get answered until 381 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 5: this season is over. That's just not the way he operates. 382 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 5: But when you start talking about the construction of this team, 383 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 5: I think there's a lot of questions that the Rangers 384 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 5: have to start addressing for the future. You've got two guys, 385 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 5: you know, Dolas Garcia and Jonahanan, who're both arbitration eligible 386 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 5: and who were both in the bottom can I believe 387 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 5: it is in ops over the past two years. So 388 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 5: I expect both of those guys to not be in 389 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 5: the picture next year. That's two holes you've got to fill. 390 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 5: As you guys just showed a tweet from last night. 391 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 5: Josh Young, who's going into arbitration and really has kind 392 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 5: of been the sign post for what was a renewed 393 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 5: farm system when he was taken in twenty nineteen in 394 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 5: the first round. He's sitting in the middle of the 395 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 5: most critical week of the season being replaced by Cody 396 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 5: Freeman at third base. Brings some energy to the team, 397 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 5: but he's got five big league games to under his belt, 398 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 5: so I think this is a real kind of come 399 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 5: to Jesus moment for Josh Young in his development. And 400 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 5: we can go around the field one guy after another. 401 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 5: You know, Wyatt Langford I think is still a star 402 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 5: in the making, but he's had he's gone kind of 403 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 5: through a sophomore slump to some extent. Evan Carter, I 404 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 5: think there's still some questions about whether or not he 405 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 5: can stay on the field to be an everyday starting 406 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 5: center fielder. Marcus Simeon is you know, we talk about 407 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 5: guys playing through stuff. Marcus Simeon plays through a lot 408 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 5: of stuff, but the decline is is pretty evident there 409 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 5: in his numbers over the last two years. So I 410 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 5: think there is a lot that the Rangers are going 411 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 5: to have to attack this offseason, and they may need 412 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 5: to attack it in the next week once this season 413 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 5: kind of comes to a conclusion in terms of being competitive. 414 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 2: Evan, I just did I had your game. You skipped 415 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 2: out last two weeks ago. Well I heard you were 416 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: going to be Yeah, I figured, no worry. I still 417 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 2: got barbecue without you. Thank you, Jared Sandler, Thank you, Jared. 418 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 2: You're the best. But I'll see I want to say this, 419 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 2: somebody has said to me after the game, look at 420 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 2: the look at the scoreboard. 421 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 4: There's a giant scoreboard at Global Life. 422 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 2: It's big as the biggest people's houses, right, And don't 423 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,479 Speaker 2: look at the names, like you said, just look at 424 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,479 Speaker 2: the ops's And it was like six fifty six seventy 425 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 2: seven oh two six forty and Seeger I think was 426 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: the only one that was seven fifty year above. The 427 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: rest were all in the six hundreds or low seven hundreds. 428 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 2: And they said, now tell me how that competes against. 429 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 2: And it was the Philly So you had Sharper Harper, 430 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 2: Castiano's turner Real Muto was like boom boom, boom, boom boom, 431 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 2: and you're like, Oh, one of these teams is really 432 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 2: good and the other team is really bad. Now they 433 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 2: brought in Bret Boone, They've tried to make some things happen, 434 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 2: but what just hasn't clicked. We talked last year about 435 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 2: the four team basketball. They couldn't hit that. But what changed? 436 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: Because two years ago this offense was unbelievable and now 437 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, it's like it went away. 438 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 5: I think you've had a combination aj of some guys 439 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 5: having career years in twenty twenty three, which is necessary 440 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 5: for a team to win a World Series, right, You've 441 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 5: got to have some surprises. I think that was part 442 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 5: of it. And I think that there has been probably 443 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 5: more significant and steady decline from Aduls in Jonaheim and 444 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 5: the large part Marcus than the Rangers anticipated. On top 445 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 5: of that, it just does not feel like this team 446 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 5: has made progress in any of the areas that has 447 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 5: identified to attack right the forcing fastball is still an 448 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 5: issue for this team this year. The ability to hit 449 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 5: left handers is still an issue for this team this year. 450 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 5: And so this is a two year process now where 451 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 5: the Rangers haven't made a whole bunch of progress, and 452 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 5: that is where to me, it gets to a point 453 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 5: where you start to say, Okay, we've got to change 454 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 5: some directions here. We've got to look at what we 455 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 5: want to do with personnel, because maybe the personnel isn't 456 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 5: quite as as as productive as we anticipated they would be. 457 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 3: Can you hit on one of your tweets you talked 458 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 3: about adulis how fans are just so use the word vitual. 459 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 3: Could you hit on that a little bit about how 460 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 3: fans have gotten on a guy who helped bring a 461 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 3: World Series championship to their city. 462 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 5: Look chratzy. One of my big pet peeves on Twitter 463 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 5: is that fans like to just toss around DFA, you know, 464 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 5: DFA DFA option even if guys don't have options, and 465 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 5: the whole idea of the social media where people can 466 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 5: get angry and offer their opinions. I think sometimes it 467 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 5: just gets out of hand. And I know I'm just 468 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 5: screaming at clouds, but I do think you can say 469 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 5: that Adolas Garcia has underperformed, There's no question about that. 470 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 5: And you can say that Adolas Garcia's time with the 471 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 5: Rangers is probably coming to an end. But I think 472 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 5: you can do all of that if you need to 473 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 5: voice that opinion as a fan, I think you can 474 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 5: do all of that without ever, you know, making it personal. 475 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 5: And you know, when you talk about a team not 476 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 5: having the balls to show a guy the door, it 477 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 5: becomes it sounds a little bit personal. That's the other 478 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 5: big mystery about Twitter is somebody may just be offering 479 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 5: their opinion. It may just be the way they're talking 480 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 5: for the moment. They may not intend it to be personal, 481 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 5: but that's the tone that a lot of people can take. 482 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: Agreed. Agreed. 483 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 2: By the way, Bochi has that tone when I brought 484 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 2: your name up to him this last week, So I'm 485 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 2: just saying I I asked him what it was like 486 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: not having you there, and him and Rich right for 487 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 2: throwing a party, because they said, you want to ask 488 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: the dumb questions that you normally asked. So they were 489 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 2: happy you weren't there, unlike me, I was sad. 490 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 5: But listen, I've made a career out of asking dumb questions. 491 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 3: Aja FT fans, do you want to have confidence when 492 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 3: you go out in public? Absolutely, we can't all wear 493 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 3: a backwards hat like me, but you can get some 494 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 3: true classic fit shirts. It almost looks like, oh wow, 495 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 3: the shirt was tailored for me. 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I know he heard his risk two 513 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 2: years ago, but he was one of you could have 514 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 2: made an argument he was the best catcher in baseball. 515 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 2: Are close to a top two or three in twenty 516 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 2: twenty three. 517 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 5: Twenty twenty three All Star Game, and yeah, what happened. Well, 518 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 5: I mean, I think there's a couple of factors that 519 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 5: contributed to something. 520 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 2: Right. 521 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 5: He did catch an awful lot in twenty three and 522 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 5: basically caught every evening of the postseason, and so that 523 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 5: was a heavy workload. And in twenty three he had 524 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 5: the risk is issue, which he came back from very quickly. 525 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 5: There was a thought that he might need surgery on 526 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 5: that ended up not needing surgery. But ever since then, 527 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 5: ever he had off season and another off season for 528 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 5: extra recovery time, he just has not produced. And I 529 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 5: don't know, the Rangers know that he's trying, even though 530 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 5: the body language on the field is kind of it's 531 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 5: it looks like a low energy kind of body language, 532 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,479 Speaker 5: But the Rangers feel like he's putting the effort in. 533 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 5: I just feel like this is the classic guy who 534 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 5: had a career year at the right time for this team. 535 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 5: When when they got him from Oakland or what was 536 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 5: then Oakland, I think the Rangers felt this is the 537 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 5: guy who could catch eighty to one hundred games for 538 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 5: us and be you know, kind of that, Like I 539 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 5: don't want to say strong side platoon catcher, but a 540 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 5: little bit heavier than just a backup catcher, a guy 541 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 5: who split job, split time pretty evenly. Maybe that's his 542 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 5: best role. Maybe there's some soul searching that Jonah's got 543 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 5: to do about where exactly he stands in terms of 544 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 5: some swing decisions. But this is just a guy who 545 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 5: who has regressed. And you can make that case with 546 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 5: a Doles going into his mid thirties and with Marcus 547 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 5: going into his mid thirties. Jonah is not in that 548 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 5: same boat in terms of age. So that's been the 549 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 5: real I think that's been the real mystery. And look, 550 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 5: there's greater minds than the me trying to figure this out. 551 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 5: Bobby Wilson, as both you guys know, he cares about 552 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 5: his catchers like family, and Bobby's put a ton of 553 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 5: effort and investment into this and it just hasn't produced 554 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 5: results on the field. 555 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: I would say what I think AJ wants to say, 556 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 3: but he's not allowed because he's the he's the guy 557 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 3: when it talks about playing too much. Yeah, anybody, anybody could. 558 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 3: I you could go out in any part of your 559 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 3: career and catch one hundred and fifty games in a 560 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 3: season that doesn't create a two year decline? To me, 561 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 3: do you think the do you think the team kind 562 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,239 Speaker 3: of lost faith in them after one bad year? They 563 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 3: went out and got Kyle Higashioka, who brings a lot 564 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 3: of value receiving wise, and now this year he's almost 565 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 3: in two seventies, so he's he's bringing it with the 566 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 3: with the stick too. But do you think the Rangers 567 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 3: belief in their player may have kind of hurt that 568 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 3: because you said, as soon as they brought him in, 569 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 3: maybe he was an eighty to one hundred guy. He's 570 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 3: an All star, and then you get one year, one 571 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 3: year essentially to prove it, and they go out and 572 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,959 Speaker 3: spend twelve million dollars on a backup catcher. 573 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, the only answer I'd happen to that, Eric, 574 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 5: probably is that, Listen, last year was really poor. 575 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 2: It was it was. 576 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 5: It was a really bad season, and I do think 577 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,479 Speaker 5: that the Rangers felt like they needed some insurance and 578 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 5: they needed somebody who could step in if this slide continued. 579 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 5: And you know, they had traded for Carson Kelly last 580 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 5: year to kind of be a legitimate backup type split 581 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 5: split time. Carson's had a great year in Chicago this year, 582 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 5: and I think they felt like they needed to continue 583 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 5: that kind of splitting of time this season. And maybe 584 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 5: it did in some regard it rode Jonah's confidence in himself. 585 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 5: But whatever has been the case. You know, this is 586 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 5: a guy who has a six oh four OPS over 587 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 5: the last two years. It's the third worst in baseball, 588 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 5: and it just he's got to be more productive at 589 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 5: the plate to be a to be a regular player. 590 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 4: I hate that. I hate he playing too much. 591 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 2: He won a pitcher, he didn't get his arm over exposed, 592 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 2: he caught he's a catcher. No have all off season 593 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 2: to get better played too much. Come on, evn't quick 594 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 2: given quick, quick, quick making stuff up now, Evan, this 595 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 2: is what this is what people complain about you about. 596 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 2: You make stuff up and then you tweet it the 597 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 2: people believe it, So stop stop it all right now. 598 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: You also told me recently that this was Bruce Bochi's 599 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: last year. So now since you're making up things, let's 600 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 2: go and see. Is this Bruce Bochi's last year? 601 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 5: I think if I if I had to pick one 602 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 5: or the other, I think this is probably gonna be 603 00:28:54,680 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 5: it for Boach. But I I I asked him he's questions. 604 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 5: At the beginning of the year, he made it very 605 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 5: clear he wasn't going to deal with this and it 606 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 5: was going to be put off until the end of 607 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 5: the season. And I still feel like this is a 608 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 5: very cagy person. He's a cag manager, and he's cagy 609 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 5: in his answers, and so I don't rule anything out. 610 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 5: But there have been times to me when Bouches looked 611 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 5: tired and frustrated this year, and it's got to be 612 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 5: a frustrating year. And the one thing for me that 613 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 5: would be that would be a shame is this is 614 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 5: one of the great managers of the last century. I 615 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,719 Speaker 5: sure would hate for him to go out with a 616 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 5: team that just didn't live up to expectations in any 617 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 5: way whatsoever. 618 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,959 Speaker 4: Devin, I'm in Kansas City in two weeks. 619 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 2: Two weeks or next weekend, So two weekends from now, 620 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 2: two saturdays from now, that's barbecue in Kansas City where 621 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 2: shuld I go eat. 622 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 5: Hey, Jay, what's your favorite But you've been here so much, 623 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 5: what's your favorite barbecue spot? 624 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 2: Is it? 625 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 4: Joe's No stack, Stack's always been in my spots. 626 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 5: You just like Jack stat because it's convenient because you 627 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 5: stay Jack Sack. 628 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 4: No, what's it's no? 629 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 5: Sorry? 630 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 2: Q thirty nine, Sorry, not stack Q thirty nine. 631 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 4: Sorry. 632 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 5: I was a Q thirty nine yesterday and I like 633 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 5: Q thirty nine a lot. I may go to Charbar today, 634 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 5: which is a place that I've I've kind of started 635 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 5: to like a lot more in the last couple of years. 636 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 5: And since I'm here, if I tried to go to 637 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 5: Joe's now, there's going to be a line out the doors, 638 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 5: So I may save that for tomorrow and an early launch. 639 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 5: But there's three there's three great spots in the rotation 640 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 5: and more places that I just you know, haven't discovered. 641 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, Rose need to play like a ten game series 642 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: against the Rangers, so you can just do the tour. 643 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 4: I can hear Evan getting fatter. 644 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: I miss Casey. I missed that Casey barbecue. 645 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 5: Yeah a j I ate healthy last weekend when I 646 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 5: wasn't with the club. I spent the weekend and in 647 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 5: your home state eating lots of grouper down by the beach. 648 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 4: That's that's a great. 649 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: Time you go. That's what you do, so then you 650 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,959 Speaker 1: can do the barbecue week now in Kansas. 651 00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 2: I got to eat healthy for this week until I 652 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 2: out of Kansas City for two days. 653 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: There you go, good plan. Well, I haven't enjoy it. Man, 654 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: good to catch up with. Do you appreciate the time 655 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: as always? 656 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 5: Hey, j I was glad to see that you played 657 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 5: some banana ball. I mean, I think that was That's 658 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 5: your career right there. 659 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 4: Banana ball. 660 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 2: Hey Evan, listen, don't knock it till you try it. 661 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: You know what, I'm gonna call Jesse and I'm gonna 662 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 2: make him get your ass out there and getting it 663 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 2: back and see how it goes. And then I'm gonna 664 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 2: tweet and talk about it and then we can see 665 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 2: whose job is easier to do. 666 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 5: I would I'd love to go cover a banana ball thing. 667 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 5: They're not playing in North Texas this year. They've started 668 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 5: the Texas Tailgaters as one of their other teams and 669 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 5: they're playing in Frisco. Hopefully next year the Bananas will 670 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 5: come to North Texas because I would like to go 671 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 5: do that story. There's I think it's a fun event 672 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 5: and it looks like all of you guys who have 673 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 5: participated have just had a blast doing it. And really, 674 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 5: I don't want to say that you never did that. 675 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,719 Speaker 5: You didn't have fun when you played, but rediscovered how 676 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 5: much fun the game can be just in those short 677 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 5: little bursts. 678 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 4: Agreed every If you check on my Instagram, I said it. 679 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 2: Everyone wants to get to play one more game, and 680 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 2: to get to do it in front of forty plus 681 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 2: thousand a sold out crowd with Mark Burley, one of 682 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 2: my best buddies and best teammates, was something that you 683 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 2: can never forget. And I thank Jesse and the bananas 684 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 2: and the firefighters by the way, everyone everyone talks about 685 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 2: the party animals and the tailgaters, but the firefighters are 686 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 2: some good dudes too. So they're adding two teams next year, Evans, 687 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 2: so watch out. Maybe they lot of It's a team. 688 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: Somewhere team media team. 689 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 2: The oh media team. 690 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 4: That would be awesome. 691 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeahs to an all media team. 692 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, people would love to come see that. 693 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: Anyone that that players would really love. 694 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 2: The next players would love. You can get us alumni 695 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 2: versus media game. That's what someone should start right there. 696 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: They have that. They did that. I think with the 697 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: Yanks at some point. 698 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 4: It's not good. I've seen it. It's not good. 699 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: It's not good. 700 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 5: I well, I did that at camp, like thirty years 701 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 5: ago when the Marlins and Reds had a joint fantasy 702 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 5: camp and I participated, and the whole time, growing up 703 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 5: a Braves fan, I tease Jack Billingham about, you know, 704 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 5: giving up seven fourteen to Aaron and I was in 705 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 5: third grade and saw you do that, and then when 706 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,959 Speaker 5: the game came around, he threw a yacker right up 707 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 5: my head. So that was a fun moment. M. 708 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: We're glad to see you still here with us. Seven. 709 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: That's what's most important. Enjoy that barbecue. We'll hit you. 710 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: See you when we maybe do a post mortem on 711 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: this team. Thanks seven, Thanks seven, See y'all,