1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: voter number seveny Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. What 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: a show we have for you today. Los Angeles Angels 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: manager Ron Washington. He stops by talks about managing in 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: the big leagues these days. Also Jamie Harris, he's the 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: sports editor of the Amsterdam News in New York. 11 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: He has a lot of stuff to talk about with 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 3: the Yankees. 13 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: We'll talk with him, plus foul affair, all that and 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: much more. 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Let's go better to lead off, it's getting robbed and 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: keep him on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball. 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: Number one, Aaron Judge has done it. Oh my goodness, gracious. 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: On Wednesday in Chicago, somehow the White Sox had the 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: nerve to walk Juan Soto in an intentional walk ahead 21 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: of Aaron Judge. 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 3: And guess what he did. 23 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: He had his three hundredth career home run, becoming the 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 2: fastest player in Major League Baseball history to hit three 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: hundred home runs. He beat Ralph Kiner's record as far 26 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: as games by one hundred and thirty two games, almost 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: a full season. 28 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: That's ludicrous. 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: And he'd beat Babe Ruth by four hundred at bats, 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: four hundred fewer at bats to reach three hundred home runs. 31 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: I know we've talked about it before in the podcast. 32 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: I was ridiculed in twenty seventeen when I put Aaron 33 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: Judge in my top five sluggers list of all time. 34 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: Everybody thought it was premature, and I just did I 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: know he was gonna do this? 36 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 4: No? 37 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: But did I know he was a special home run 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: hitter back in twenty seventeen when I watched this kid 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: get started. Don't forget he hit a home runn in 40 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: his first at bat, right, I mean, he's an incredible 41 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: home run hitter. Everybody can't hit home runs. And here's 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: the other thing that's incredible going into Thursday, his batting 43 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: average Are. 44 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 3: You ready for this? Is three thirty three? Hello? 45 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: Is this on? 46 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: Most guys are hitting two hundred in the big leagues 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: now three thirty three. 48 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: With forty three home runs going into Thursday. 49 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: Incredible, What a season, What a slug Number two. We 50 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 2: already know Paul Skeins, who started the All Star Game 51 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 2: for the National League the Pittsburgh Pirates, hard throwing right hander, 52 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 2: is a special player phenom. But Randy Johnson, the Hall 53 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: of Fame left hander, loves what he's seen out of Schemes. 54 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 2: But he did have a message for him, and it 55 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 2: was basically that he shouldn't let the Pirates baby him, 56 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: and that he told Schemes that in order to reach 57 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: his full potential, he needs to assert to the team 58 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: that he can do more than he has been allowed 59 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: to do so far with regard towards workload. So basically 60 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: he's saying, don't let them take you out out after 61 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: five or six innings if you have more in the tank. 62 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: He's a young pitcher. They baby everybody. It doesn't stop 63 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: people from getting hurt. We see this in the NBA 64 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: with load management. Kawhi Leonard was on load management and 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: still got hurt. People get on load management and they 66 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: still wind up hurt. So I don't know what you 67 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: can really do about it. So Randy Johnson was in 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: an interview with CBS Sports and he said basically quote, 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: but if you want to be the picture that you're 70 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: capable of being talking about schemes, you need to step 71 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: up and show people what you're capable of doing and 72 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: voice your opinion, because going five or six innings, you're 73 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: not gonna win very many ball games. 74 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: In very many games. 75 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: In today's game, you're gonna have to go seven or 76 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: eight innings and you're not gonna hurt yourself because the 77 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 2: game has been around for one hundred and fifty years 78 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: and people win seven or eight innings all the time, 79 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: and they threw one hundred and fifteen one hundred and 80 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: thirty five pitches. I mean, end quote. Randy's right, Sorry, 81 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 2: he's right. Stop babying these guys. All skins is a 82 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: young kid. If he can't pitch, now, win can he pitch? 83 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: If he's hurt, don't push them to the limit or 84 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 2: he's not feeling right. But if he's feeling good and 85 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: rolling along, let him pitch. I'm with Randy Johnson on this. 86 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: Number three. 87 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 2: I guess I'm gonna be wrong on this. I thought 88 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 2: that Arizona Diamondbacks were dead and buried before the season started. 89 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 2: I said they wouldn't make the postseason and the Texas 90 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: Rangers wouldn't make the postseason. 91 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: Both of course made it to the World Series. 92 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: But here we are with about six weeks left in 93 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 2: the Major League Baseball season, and here come the Diamondbacks, 94 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: only two and a half games behind the first place 95 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 2: Dodgers in the NL West, coming into Thursday. And get this, 96 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: they swept the last place Rockies on Wednesday, giving them 97 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: eighteen wins in their last twenty one games. They've won 98 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: six in a row, nine out of ten, fifteen out 99 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 2: of eighteen and you heard me right, eighteen out of 100 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: twenty one. And and the NL West is like an 101 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: unbelievable division now because the Padres are two and a 102 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,559 Speaker 2: half behind the Dodgers too. When the season started, most 103 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: just stamped in the Dodgers winning the division with that roster, 104 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: and instead it's a race. There's plenty of time left, 105 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: and the Diamondbacks are in a good situation. 106 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: Can they keep winning at this pace? You just wonder. 107 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 2: But it's been pretty amazing to see them bounce back 108 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 2: and get themselves in a, you know, a situation where 109 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: they can win a wild card or maybe even continue 110 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: this and win a division. But my goodness, graations. Give 111 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks credit, as Charlie Hayes would say, give them credit. 112 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 3: They have been phenomenal. 113 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn. 114 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 4: It's so good. 115 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: Let's welcome into the podcast. Angels manager Ron Washington. Ron, 116 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 2: thank you for joining us. 117 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 4: Well, thank you for having me. 118 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 3: Appreciate that. 119 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: I want to talk about your career, first year here 120 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles with the Angels. 121 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 3: How is this season progressing for you? Let's start there. 122 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 5: Well, it's progressing the way I saw the thought it 123 00:06:54,800 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 5: would once we lost our straws. You know, Mike Rendon, 124 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 5: Drury and Ward is not having a Tail Award year. 125 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 5: Those guys are the impact guys on the team. So 126 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 5: I'm very pleased with the way that these young kids 127 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 5: have handled themselves. 128 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 4: But they're not the straw the liquid. 129 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 3: No doubt about it. There been some bright spots too. 130 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 3: Joe Adell. 131 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 2: I think he's finally got an opportunity to play a 132 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: little bit more and has had shown some power. I 133 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 2: had some big hits this year. Just talk about his 134 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: progress and what have you seen from Joe Adell. 135 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 5: Well, it's been night and day since spring training. Number one, 136 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 5: we had to try to get his mind right. Number Two, 137 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: we had to try to get him to open up 138 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 5: and trust people. Number Three, we had to make certain 139 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 5: that he learned how to listen, and when you listen, 140 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 5: you learn, and it's the opposite. Also when you're learning, 141 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 5: that's because you're listening and what you're seeing right now 142 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 5: is just a little bit of the surface of what 143 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 5: he has to offer. He's still learning how to play 144 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 5: the game. He's still learning what people are doing to 145 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 5: him and how to react to it. He's still learning 146 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 5: how to get out of his feelings. But each and 147 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 5: every day he's progressing, and that's what it's about in 148 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 5: the game of baseball. 149 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 4: Progression. This will be his first. 150 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 5: Time going through a full one hundred and sixty two 151 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 5: championship major League season, and he's going to learn everything 152 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 5: he needs to learn and then he'll be able to apply. 153 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 4: It without fear. 154 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 5: You got to have some courage, and courage is doing 155 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 5: something without fear, and he's learning how to do that. 156 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: Let's talk about you. You debut with the Dodgers nineteen 157 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 2: seventy seven. You played a number of years with the 158 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 2: Twins and some other teams, obviously, but how much does 159 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 2: the game change it from a player's standpoint, from when 160 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 2: you were a player out there to these guys today, 161 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: has it changed much? Is there much more pressure? Is 162 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: it a little easier because you know, the expectations are 163 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: like when I look at baseball today, guys can back 164 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: at one seventy five or under two hundred and still 165 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 2: sticking the big leagues. 166 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 3: When you played, you weren't going to be in the 167 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 3: big leagues? 168 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 4: Am I right? 169 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 3: If you were batting under two hundred. 170 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 5: Well that's that's certainty. You wasn't gonna be here. But 171 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 5: the game has changed, and it's changing the way of youth. 172 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 4: Now. 173 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 5: We got so many young kids that are talented but 174 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 5: still don't know how to play the game. And they'll 175 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 5: bring them to the big leagues on the talent alone, 176 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 5: and then there's things that happen in the game show 177 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 5: you that they're not ready for the game. But there 178 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 5: isn't anything we can do about that. But the one 179 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 5: thing we can do about that is touch them every day, 180 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 5: guide them in the right direction every day, help them 181 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 5: understand what its taked to stay here. And it's a 182 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 5: certain fact that it's easy to get to the big leagues, 183 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 5: it's hard to stay and a lot of these young 184 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 5: kids are experiencing that, and that's what actually making the 185 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 5: game look like it's watered down. It's not because the 186 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 5: kids can't play. It's just that they don't have the 187 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,239 Speaker 5: experience to play at the highest level. 188 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: And we got them. 189 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 5: Here, and as I said earlier, there is anything we 190 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 5: can do about it. So for me, the change is 191 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 5: the youth, and you have to be able to teach, 192 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 5: and you have to have patience, and you have to 193 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 5: help them to get through the grind. You got to 194 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 5: help them to get through the adversity. I've always told 195 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 5: my young kids, you're not failing, You're just dealing with adversity. 196 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 4: Adversity is physical. 197 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 5: When you fail, that's mental, and when you get mentally 198 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 5: messed up, you are messed up. 199 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 2: Our guest is Angels manager Ron Washington joining us here 200 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 2: on inside the Parker the All Star Game. They were like, 201 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: I don't know, almost thirty first time All Stars. The 202 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: game is in a good spot, right. You talk about 203 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: the youth, Who do you like out there outside of 204 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 2: your team just watching baseball seeing some of these young 205 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: kids who are on their way. 206 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: Anybody jump out to you, just like, my goodness, this 207 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 3: guy camply. 208 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 5: Well, a kid in Baltimore. Henderson at shortstopped that whole team. 209 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 5: Those young kids lost hundreds of games together, and now 210 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 5: they're finally understanding. 211 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 4: What it takes to win. 212 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 5: You like seeing that Kansas City, the way they went 213 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 5: through two years there where they lost one hundred ball games. 214 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 5: And now those young kids have learned through that process 215 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: of how to win, and those two organizations, they just 216 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 5: show what means to be patient. 217 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 2: And Bobby Wood Junior, my goodness, gracious, is he a 218 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 2: good player? 219 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 4: Yes he is. There's nothing that he can't do. 220 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 5: He can hit for power, he got speed, he can 221 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 5: play defense, he can throw, he can run. So he's 222 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 5: just a full package, just like the kid in Baltimore. 223 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 5: And to look at the way the Houston Astros recovered, 224 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 5: there was a lot of talk about breaking them up, 225 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 5: getting rid of this one, getting rid of that one. 226 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 5: Those guys are champions and you just got to let 227 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 5: him play. They got to figure it out. Sometimes you 228 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 5: get off in this game real good, and sometimes you 229 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 5: get off in this game not so good. But if 230 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 5: you don't get off not so good, then that means work. 231 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 5: And they know how to work because they got that 232 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 5: champion inside of their bloodstream, and you know that's what 233 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 5: it's about. You just got to get out there and 234 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 5: you got to play the game. You got to learn 235 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 5: the game. You got to go through the ups and 236 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,599 Speaker 5: you got to go through the downs. And if you 237 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 5: don't have no patience, then you got to quit bringing 238 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 5: these young kids to the big leagues. 239 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 2: That's the last thing you as a manager. Texas Rangers, 240 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 2: you had a successful run there. You guys just didn't 241 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 2: win the World Series. It could have easily won both 242 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: of them. In my opinion. They did finally win last year, 243 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 2: the Rangers, they won the World Series. Just talk about 244 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: your experience there and now you know here in Los Angeles, 245 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: but do you have fond memories of Texas and everything 246 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 2: that was there. 247 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 5: Well, everything that's happened in my career to this point, 248 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 5: it was because of the opportunity I got in Texas. 249 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 5: I had a good group of kids over there, and 250 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 5: I call them kids, but I had a great mixture 251 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 5: of veterans and youngsters, and those veterans made certain that 252 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 5: those youngsters were made accountable for what they were there 253 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 5: to do. And the difference right now is in the 254 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 5: beginning of the year we hope they have a whole team, 255 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 5: but for some reason, the injury bug hitters and our 256 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 5: whole team became our young kids. That gave our young 257 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 5: kids an opportunity to learn and understand that they can. 258 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 5: And that's the biggest part of the game of Major 259 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 5: League Baseball is knowing that you can. And our young 260 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 5: kids got an opportunity to know that their can that 261 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 5: they can. So now when we get our whole team back, 262 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 5: and it probably won't happen until going into next year, 263 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 5: the Los Angeles will be a force to be reckoned with, 264 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 5: I have no doubt about that. 265 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: His name is Ron Washington, one of the best in 266 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 2: the business. My man, I appreciate you and continue success. 267 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 5: Well, thank you so much. But as a manager, you're 268 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 5: only as good as your players perform. They perform good, 269 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 5: I'm a genius, they don't perform good. I'm not so smart. 270 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 5: So I just allow these guys to come every day 271 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 5: and do what they got to do, to be prepared 272 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 5: and let them play and we will get done what 273 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 5: needs to get done. But as far as Michael, as 274 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 5: far as me myself, I'm just the leader and I've 275 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 5: always been a leader, and that's all I'm trying to 276 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 5: do is lead. The rest is up to them between 277 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 5: those lines. 278 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 3: Appreciate you so much, Thank you, Ron, Thank you. 279 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: It was a big week in the big leagues. 280 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: Who's a believer? 281 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: Is it foul or is it fair? And now from 282 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: mlbdbro dot com, here's jrgamball. 283 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 2: Is it foul or fair? To say that The additions 284 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 2: of Victor Scott the second and Jordan sky Walker, recently 285 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 2: called up from the minors and reunited with shortstop Mason Wynn, 286 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 2: has made the Saint Louis Cardinals favorites to capture the 287 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: third NL wild card spot. 288 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: That's foul. That is a foul ball. 289 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 6: The Cardinals are too one and a half games behind 290 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 6: the Braves right now for the last NL wild card 291 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 6: spot and also have to leap over the super solid 292 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 6: New York metch with thirty plus games left in this season. 293 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 6: This isn't impossible, and don't get me wrong, Saint Louis 294 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 6: needs all of the offensive help it can get. Ranking 295 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 6: in the bottom of the league in homers and RBI 296 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 6: and runs. Victor Scott is already showing that his bat 297 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 6: is improved after opening the season as a starting outfielder 298 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 6: and immediately having a rough go of it getting sent 299 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 6: down quickly. He's had his first career homer and some 300 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 6: key hits over the past week since being recalled. He's 301 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 6: also a base stealing maniac with a ridiculous speed, so 302 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 6: he will help Saint Louis manufacture runs. Jordan Skott Walker 303 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 6: should have never been sent down, but he was hitting 304 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 6: one fifty five in his first fifty eight at bats 305 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 6: this sophomore season and had zero homers. The only knock 306 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 6: on the twenty twenty three rookie season, in which he 307 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 6: hit two seventy six with sixteen homers and fifty one 308 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 6: RBI was that Cardinals brass more than more fly balls, 309 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 6: more bro bombs leaving the park. Walker was sent down 310 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 6: and retooled a few things, and now he's ready to 311 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 6: bomb more often for the Cars. His potential for power 312 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 6: is always there because he makes contact, so that's a 313 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 6: huge plus for the Cardinals down the stretch. 314 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: Mason Win has been a godsend, and his. 315 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 6: Play at shortstoped this season garnered the rookie All Star consideration. 316 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 6: With all that being said, the schedule is murder. A 317 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 6: bunch of games against the Brewers and the Yankees, and 318 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 6: the Padres and Giants Southwest, the Guardians in Minnesota, Twins. 319 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 6: It's a relentless scontlet of teams playing for huge stakes 320 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 6: that are very good. It's gonna be tough, but the 321 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 6: presence of this soul patrol, they can really boost the 322 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 6: team and deepen the squad, so you never know. 323 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: It's time for the pocket protector centrum. The analytic numbers 324 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: you need to know. 325 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 2: Well, maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS. 326 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 3: Analytics is his game. What do you got for me, Anthony? 327 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 7: One of the running teams of the twenty twenty four 328 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 7: seasons so far as how many teams are still in 329 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 7: the running for a playoff spot. Here in the middle 330 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 7: of August, there are four teams in the AL within 331 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 7: eight games of the final wildcard spot, and a wopping 332 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 7: seven teams in the NL in that same predicament. Basically, 333 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 7: the only teams in baseball without a chance in hell 334 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 7: of making the postseason are the Angels, A's, and White 335 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 7: Sox in the AL, and the Marlins and Rockies in 336 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 7: the NL. And it's not just the parody with the 337 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 7: number of teams involved, but even the teams destined for 338 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 7: October all have their own flaws. Through roughly one hundred 339 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 7: and twenty games of the season, the teams with the 340 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 7: best records in each league are the Guardians in the 341 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 7: AL and the Dodgers in the NL, both at seventy 342 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 7: one and forty nine, about a ninety six win pace. 343 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 7: In MLB history, excluding shortened seasons, the lowest percentage by 344 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 7: the best team in baseball was five eighty six by 345 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 7: the nineteen eighty two Brewers, who finished ninety five and 346 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,719 Speaker 7: sixty seven and won the AL pennant. 347 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 4: Prior to that, it was the nineteen twenty six. 348 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 7: Yankees who had a five ninety one win percentage, with 349 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,959 Speaker 7: the Dodgers and Guardians currently slotting in just behind them 350 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 7: at five ninety two. It's been a full decade since 351 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 7: we have had a full MLB season without at least 352 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 7: one team winning one hundred games, the last being twenty fourteen. 353 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 7: But it goes deeper than that. This season, we can 354 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 7: see the team with the worst record in the history 355 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 7: of the game in the White Sox, and perhaps the 356 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 7: worst best team in baseball. If someone can't crack the 357 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 7: ninety five win barrier, all that means is October will 358 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 7: be anybody's game. 359 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 6: It's the Gambler here. 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A friend of mine, mister Jamie Arras. Jamie, 399 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 2: welcome to inside the Park of my man. 400 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 8: After noon, my brother, how you feeling. 401 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 3: Doing doing great? 402 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 2: And you are the right guy to talk to because 403 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 2: the New York Yankees are running wild and guys are 404 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 2: doing all kinds of incredible stuff. 405 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 3: And let's start with Aaron Judge. 406 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 2: Wednesday night became the fastest player the three hundred home runs. 407 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 3: And you remember the way the seeson started. You're there 408 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 3: in New York. 409 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 2: Fans booed him in April. Don't forget that, fans booed 410 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 2: him at Yankee Stadium. He got off to a terrible 411 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 2: start and people were not happy. 412 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 3: But here we are. 413 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 2: How surprised are you that he's the fastest guy to 414 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 2: reach three hundred home runs in the career, You. 415 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 9: Know, Rob, I am really surprised. And we look at it, 416 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 9: as you said April, to consider where Aaron Judge is 417 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 9: today in terms of his numbers, and not just the numbers, Rob, 418 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 9: the impact. I mean there was panicked a couple of 419 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 9: weeks ago. The Yankees went into a tailspan, and you 420 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 9: know how New York fans overreact. All the sky is falling, 421 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 9: the seasons over and now we look and they're half 422 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 9: a game up on the Orioles. And that is a 423 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 9: direct result of two players. That's Aaron Judge and that's 424 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 9: Juan Soto. And if not for Aaron Judge, one, Sodo 425 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 9: will probably be the leading candidate for MVP in the 426 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 9: American League right now. 427 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 8: But Judges already Robbed. 428 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 9: We have roughly forty games remaining in the season, about 429 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 9: six weeks, and Aaron Judge is a runaway MVP. He 430 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 9: has been absolutely phenomenal. And Ron, let me say this, 431 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 9: Maybe you could call Grady Sizemore and you can tell him, 432 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 9: no matter how many home runs solo hits consecutively, you 433 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 9: don't walk Juan Soda or anybody to get the Aaron Judge, 434 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 9: I don't care if you have a base open. So 435 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 9: I think it was ironic that he hit the home 436 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 9: run his three hundredth, the fastest ever, and in that 437 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 9: bat three and oh only the third time he's ever 438 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 9: hit a home run on a three and oh pitch, and. 439 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 8: He was intentionally walked. I think there's a lot of 440 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 8: irony to that milestone. 441 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 3: Rob, no doubt about it. 442 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: He's been incredible and in a league where guys back 443 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 2: two twenty regularity now and under two hundred, he's betten 444 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: three thirty three. That's an incredible number to be a 445 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 2: power hitter. Yeah, he's today's game, Rob. 446 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 8: He's right there. 447 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 9: I mean, you know, Bobbywood Junior's at three forty nine, 448 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 9: and so you're not a sizeable gap, but a couple 449 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 9: of advats either way, and Judge could be right behind him. 450 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 8: So he's contending for the triple crown. 451 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 9: Because right now he's the runaway leader in RBIs obviously 452 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 9: in home runs. But what makes it even more rob 453 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 9: more impressive is he's tied for the league leading walks 454 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 9: with Juan Sodo. And coming into the season, you know, 455 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 9: Judge wasn't someone who historically had high walk numbers, but 456 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 9: this year he is leading the league or tied for 457 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 9: the league league with Juan Soto, who we know is 458 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 9: a guy who has been throughout his career, someone who's 459 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 9: very discerning at the plate, high on base percentage, and 460 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 9: that is a result of him walking a lot. So 461 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 9: he's continued that coming over from San Diego to the Yankees. 462 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 2: And let's talk about Juan Soto as our next topic, 463 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 2: because my goodness, he got off to that great start. 464 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 2: I was there in Houston on the opener for the 465 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 2: Yankees against the Astros, and he has just had a 466 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 2: phenomenal season. 467 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 3: Last year he had a career high thirty five home runs. 468 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: This year, coming into Thursday thirty four, at one point 469 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 2: in Chicago, four home runs in a row, right, because 470 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: there was a walk mixed in between that, but four 471 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 2: home runs in a row. And he's been he's been incredible, 472 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 2: batting three oh seven. He's been everything the Yankees could 473 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 2: have imagined. And the one thing I remember asking before 474 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 2: the season started and doing the podcast was you know 475 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 2: that rightfield porch where he tried to hit more home runs, 476 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,719 Speaker 2: and you know, people were like, we don't want him 477 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 2: to hit more home runs. 478 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 3: Just you know, play your game, don't try to do anything. 479 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 3: Be who he is. 480 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 2: And he's going to have a career high in home 481 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 2: runs and could hit forty home runs befo or it's 482 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 2: all over. 483 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 8: Oh no, he will hit forty. 484 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 9: And I think Rober if we, you know, deconstruct this 485 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 9: season and we look at just the Yankees lineup, the 486 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 9: Yankees are top heavy. You know, there's Solo and Judge 487 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 9: and really there's no consistency throughout the rest of the lineup. 488 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 9: You know, Rizzo got hurt, Glebor Torres hasn't been the 489 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 9: player in terms of just at the plate that the 490 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 9: Yankees thought. He's been inconsistent, Volpi's had an uneven season, 491 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 9: but yet Judge and Soto have been able to put 492 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,959 Speaker 9: up these phenomenal numbers, and they're not just empty stats. 493 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 9: Those stats have driven this team into first place as 494 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 9: of today, again a half a game ahead of the Orioles, 495 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 9: without really having any protection. You know, Soto's hitting in 496 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 9: the two hole, Judges sitting in a three hole now. 497 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 9: Giancarlo Stanton has come back from the hamstring injury that 498 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 9: had Kevin Mount since June twenty second. He was activated 499 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 9: again on July twenty ninth. He had a slow start, 500 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 9: Lease starting to pick it up now, but they really 501 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 9: haven't had anyone else in a lineup, So Judge, you know, 502 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 9: you look at the protection, which we know is critical. 503 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 9: Rob they really even have even protection and that lineup 504 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 9: and have been able to do what they've done. And 505 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 9: I think Soto has shown everyone he's just not a 506 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 9: power hitter. He's just not a hitter. Soto is a 507 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 9: damn good player. He's played extremely well in the field. 508 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 9: He's someone who, again you could argue that in terms 509 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 9: of having a discerning eye. You know, he's one of 510 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 9: the most discerning hitters in the league. He identifies pitch 511 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 9: as well. He knows where he wants to go with 512 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 9: the ball. He's just said Robb, he's just not trying 513 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 9: to hit home runs. He's really trying to hit the 514 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 9: ball into the gap and as a result, he's driving 515 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 9: the ball out of the park. So Soto has been 516 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 9: absolutely phenomenal. And every time he hits a home run, 517 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 9: what do we hear from Scott boris Cha ching a 518 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 9: register rings Rob because his value is going up. 519 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 2: That's my next question. Our guest is Jamie Harris. He's 520 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 2: the sports editor of the Amsterdam News in New York. 521 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 2: And you know, I know that there are the owners, 522 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 2: David Cone, Steve Cohene with the Mets covets him, would 523 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 2: love to steal him from the Yankees. But I don't 524 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 2: know if there's a guy who doesn't fit better with 525 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 2: the Yankees. We know the Dominican people in the Bronx, 526 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 2: they are in love with him. He's embraced the fans there. 527 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 2: They treat him so well. He's playing well, he's on 528 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 2: wearing the pinstripes. 529 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:23,439 Speaker 3: You know, I. 530 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 2: Can't see him leaving. If the Yankees make the offer, 531 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 2: I expect. I think it's a perfect match. 532 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 8: No agree, but I think we have to qualify that. 533 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 9: Remember Hal Seimn said early in the season, you know, 534 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 9: he just talked about you know, payroll in reference and 535 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,479 Speaker 9: in context to Soto's impending free agency. So I think 536 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 9: Hal Simon has also set the stage to try to 537 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 9: lessen the blow for the fans if for some reason 538 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 9: he doesn't sign him. I think there would be an 539 00:27:55,119 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 9: uprising in the Bronx because Queens, because Queens, because Cone, 540 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 9: and even Rob even still, he's gonna have to hol 541 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 9: Starburn is gonna have to outbid, because Steve Cone is 542 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 9: gonna outbid the Yankees. I believe, as you said, clearly 543 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 9: Soto loves playing for the Yankees. You know, his father's 544 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 9: become someone of a celebrity. His father's after games, you know, 545 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 9: fans are coming up to his father. You can see 546 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 9: they have rob transition and fit comfortably as if they've 547 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 9: been here at the entires he's been in his entire career. 548 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,719 Speaker 9: It says if he was made to be in the Bronx, 549 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 9: made to be a Yankee. And I do think that 550 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 9: the Yankees are gonna offer him, you know, a substantial 551 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 9: amount of money. It just depends on what the disparity 552 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,719 Speaker 9: between what Cones and the Mets will offer him versus 553 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 9: what the Yankees will offer him. But right now, Rob, 554 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 9: he seems like he is a Yankee. 555 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 2: And last thing here, Jamie, Uh, let's talk about Jazz 556 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 2: Chisholm Junior, who of course is now injured. 557 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 3: H and uh. But but what a. 558 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 6: A h. 559 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 2: In addition for the Yankees as they trade for him 560 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 2: at the trade deadline from the Marlins. Got off hit 561 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 2: for home in his first three games in Pinstripes. He 562 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 2: has been a spark too for that team. Plays great 563 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 2: at third base, great defended the player on defense, but 564 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 2: also as a power hitter and a hitter his addition. 565 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 2: Just quickly, just talk about what he means and when 566 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 2: he gets back with the Yanks. 567 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 9: And let me just say this, Rob, you know, shout 568 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 9: out and big up to MLB Bro, which I am 569 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 9: a part of, because MLB bro has covered Jazz extensively, 570 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 9: and maybe a month before or three weeks before the 571 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 9: trade deadline, you know, you guys talked about how perhaps 572 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 9: a change in scenery would infuse you know, the energy 573 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 9: and we'd see the old Jazz Chisholm. That's exactly what happened. 574 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 9: Jazz came to the Yankees, Rob and he began to 575 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 9: look like that all star player. And not only that, 576 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 9: he was invaluable in early Rob again, the injury was unfortunately, 577 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 9: he injured as ucl sliding head first. You know, he 578 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 9: always told not to slide head first, you know, but hey, 579 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 9: that happens. But what his value was an example in 580 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 9: the doubleheader, one game he played center field, the next 581 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 9: day he played third base. 582 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 8: Jazz was playing all over the field. 583 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 9: You know, he was the utility man's utility man, but 584 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 9: more than just a utility player. He's a utility player 585 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 9: that has a high level of talent and he was 586 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 9: infusing that talent into this lineup. It was critical because 587 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 9: now the Yankees had another player and you know, part 588 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 9: of the Yankees' problem Rob. Over the past few years, 589 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 9: Brian Cashman, the general manager, has built the team just 590 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 9: you know, solely producing runs via power via home runs. 591 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 9: Right now, the Yankees and Oriels are tied for the 592 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 9: league leading home runs at one to eighty six. Now 593 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 9: you had a guy who steals bases, who can go 594 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 9: from first to third, who could really get the picture 595 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 9: on the mound, you know, concentrating on him at first 596 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 9: base or second base, because Jazz is a guy who 597 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 9: creates havoc on the basis, so him being that lineup 598 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 9: rob changed it completely change the dynamic of the team, 599 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 9: just not offensively either defensively. They put him at third base. 600 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 9: He played well in the field, he played well, and 601 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 9: so it's unfortunate. And I do think right now they're 602 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 9: not sure if he'll need surgery, but if he does 603 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 9: and he's out for the rest of the season, that 604 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 9: is a huge blow to this team because Jazz certainly 605 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 9: was a guy who was beginning to provide that needed 606 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 9: help to Solo and Judge no doubt. 607 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 2: His name is Jamie Harris. Check him out Amsterdam News 608 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 2: in New York. Of course, I had to come to 609 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,479 Speaker 2: the source of all the stuff on the Yankees. 610 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 3: We appreciate you, my man, have a great day always, 611 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 3: thank you. 612 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: Now bring in the closer. Here's why MLB it's better 613 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close. 614 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 2: Reason number four hundred and fifty five why Major League 615 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 2: Baseball is better than the NBA and better. 616 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 3: Than the NFL will be revealed when you watch the. 617 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 2: MLB Network special with Greg Maddox and Barry Bonds. Talking 618 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 2: about and at bat and how these guys went at 619 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 2: each other, the thought process. It's really intriguing. I watched 620 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 2: part of it. I think that they didn't spend time 621 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 2: ripping each other. Wasn't this big debate on who's the 622 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 2: golden who's the greatest pitcher, who's the greatest hitter. It 623 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 2: was just about two great players doing battle against each 624 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 2: other and what they needed to do to try to 625 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 2: overcome and come out on top. And it was really interesting. 626 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 2: They're both holding like an iPad, they're both watching the 627 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 2: at bat and each pitch, talking about what they're thinking 628 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 2: was and what each of them and it goes back 629 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 2: and forth. 630 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 3: I watched it. 631 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 2: It's riveting, it's interesting, it's goods. It really is really 632 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 2: good stuff. So that's a special that's coming up on 633 00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:01,719 Speaker 2: the MLB Network, and I'm telling you gotta watch it. 634 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 2: It's better than these just conversations over and over about 635 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 2: who's the goat, he won more championship, he's the goat. 636 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 2: This is about great players doing battle with each other. 637 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late 638 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until 639 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 2: next time. 640 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 3: Rob Parker out he can't, Gavin. 641 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: This could be an inside of Parker. See you next week, 642 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: same bat time, from same Matt's station.