1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: All right, all right, it's another episode of Splash Hit Territory. 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna go over opening day. My frequent contributor to 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: our frequent contributor, Susan Slusser, joins the podcast lots to 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: talk about opening night at the ballpark. Everybody, welcome to 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: splash Hit Territory with the exclamation point. Susan, it was 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: opening night. It felt weird to me. I want to 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: get your thoughts first, and then I got a lot 8 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: to say. 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: Oh good, I'm glad you have a lot to say. 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting because we also have another opening 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 2: day coming up Friday. It's the second opening day, which 12 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: I'm not sure how that works, but that's hey, great 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 2: if you can pull that off. That's two big crowds 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: and awful lot of hoopla. You know, I was not 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 2: expecting the taxi cabs and the kind of high school 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 2: musical sort of dance thing going on on the Yankee side. 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 3: I've ever seen. 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 2: Her and Judge and Aaron Boone look really less comfortable 19 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: than running through the little couplet of dancers and taxi cabs, 20 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: and then the giants climbing through the cable cars, and 21 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: it was it was interesting, it's fun. I love a flyover, 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: you love a flyover, So a lot of it was fun. 23 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: And all the Netflix Kayaks, my colleague SHANEA. Rubin went 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: and went in it. They invited members of the media, 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: so Shana went. I think she's going to write about it. 26 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: At some point three of the New York writers went 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: into the Kayaks. So kind of a crazy night for everybody. 28 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 3: Really, it's a. 29 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: Little bit different. If they want to make it super authentic, 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: those cabs should have run over one of the players 31 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: when they were coming on the dugout. But to me, Susan, 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: I've been to a lot of opening days, a lot 33 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: of Giants opening days, it felt super corporate. The whole 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: thing didn't feel like a San Francisco Giants opening night. 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: It felt sterile to me. It felt off to me. 36 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: It felt weird to me. And this is not criticizing 37 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: the broadcast or Netflix in any way. It just didn't 38 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: feel like a San Francisco Giants home opening game like 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: I'm used to, like Huey Lewis and the new singing 40 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: the national anthem and that being it in the flag 41 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: in center field in Giants baseball, And for whatever reason, 42 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: yesterday as cool as the smoke flag was over McCovey Cove, 43 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: which I thought was the best part, even as good 44 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: as the flyover, And there were some really cool things 45 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: going on around the ballpark before the game, Netflix buying 46 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: out Momos Momos is San Francisco Giants pre and post 47 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: game baseball. So the whole, the whole vibe to me 48 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: felt off. And I'm not saying that's why the Giants 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: lost seven or nothing yesterday. I would have still felt 50 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: that way if the Giants won seven and nothing. It 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: just felt super super corporate to me. 52 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it did feel a little bit like a Netflix takeover. 53 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: I think that's probably what they wanted. You know, they're 54 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: doing three baseball broadcasts this year. 55 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: This was this is. 56 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: The only one, you know, I think of that that 57 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: kind of big, huge magnitude. They've got the Home Run Derby, 58 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 2: which is a different beast, of course it's not a game, 59 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: and then they've got the Field of Dreams games. So 60 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: I think the Netflix doesn't release numbers, but heard whispers 61 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: last night at the Netflix post party that it had 62 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: done quite well from Netflix's I guess own internal numbers 63 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 2: that they don't release. 64 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: So that's good. 65 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: You know. 66 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: I honestly, I got so many readers saying they're denying 67 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: me the right to watch this game, and like, I 68 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: get it for you know, especially as super elderly or 69 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: people on a really fixed income. You know, it's what 70 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: I think their basic level is seven ninety nine for 71 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: a month. You can get it. But if you don't 72 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: know how to do it, if you don't have a laptop, 73 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: if you don't have Wi Fi, it is tough. 74 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 3: It's tough. 75 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: So but I also don't mind the streaming services and 76 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: a lot of different places getting into it because it 77 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: does spread baseball. You know, Netflix is very international. This 78 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: is going to be up all year on Netflix. It's 79 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: only their one game of the year, So I don't know, 80 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: I can live with it. 81 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. I did the postgame show last night on cambr 82 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: and I had a thirteen year old caller and a 83 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: fifteen year old caller say they loved it, and then 84 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: the other people were like me, I just watched the 85 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: broadcast before we came on. I didn't think it was 86 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: off or bad or anything. I thought it was just 87 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: a baseball game. They do cut around a lot on 88 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: Netflix to different shots around the ballpark, and then the 89 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: pitch comes all of a sudden, so you get used to, 90 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, NBC Sports Bay Area and the local stations 91 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: do it one way and they do it another way. 92 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 1: I was just kind of bummed that that's the first 93 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: opener that Kaipe and Kruk have missed in so many years, 94 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: was it thirty five years or something. That's the first 95 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: time they've missed an opening day. And we are all 96 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: in love with those guys. So that was just a 97 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: little bit off, and the game was a little bit off, 98 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: and Logan Web was a little bit off last night 99 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: in his first start of the year, so you know, 100 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: first and Andy Cruz a couple of strikeouts and fly 101 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: out to Elliott Ramos, then got the leadoff out in 102 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: the second, and then all hegbros broke loose. And I 103 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: said on the podcast, and I've said on Twitter that 104 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: watch out for John Carlos Stanton because he's the hottest 105 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: hitter on the Yankees, and he started that whole thing 106 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: with a base hit. Then they hit by pitch to 107 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 1: Jazz Chisholm, and then I think Ryan Walker or Walker 108 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: Ryan McMahon sorry, with the base hit up the middle, 109 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: and it was boom boom, boom, boom, boom, five to nothing. 110 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: And I don't know, Susan, if they knew it was coming. 111 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: I've been watching the video all morning trying to see 112 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: pressing pause on Logan web out of the stretch to 113 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: see if he was tipping his pitches, and I really 114 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: didn't come up with anything concrete or substantial. They just 115 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: manned it's a good offense. 116 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: Well, you know, maybe he just wasn't quite as comfortable 117 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: in this stretch because you know, he hits a batter 118 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: and then as you aptly said, and he's he actually 119 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: said all held broke loose, so accurate, but it was 120 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 2: just that and then really, you know, you can throw 121 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: it like the two run fifth inning, Okay, whatever, there 122 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 2: was an air, The defense was not Chris last night. 123 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: That doesn't help a ground ball pitcher at all. 124 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 3: So a lot of. 125 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: Things going on there. Tough to really fault a pitcher. Ever, 126 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: on a night where your team gets shut out at 127 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: bats weren't great, especially in the sort of in the 128 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 2: middle innings against Free just got better and better and better, 129 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 2: and you know, quick innings, and that's not helping Logan either. 130 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: You know, turn a ten and ten pitch inning he's 131 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 2: right back out there. So a lot going on Tony 132 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 2: Vaiitello's debut. We'll get to that in a little bit, 133 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: but just so much going on, and I don't know, 134 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: it's I kind of throw that one out almost a 135 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 2: little bit of an asterisk there, I called. 136 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: Last night at dress rehearsal on the radio after the game. 137 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: It just it just felt off in so many ways. 138 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: But all the drills they worked on, all the stuff 139 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: they accomplished in spring training, with the fundamentals. I thought 140 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: the biggest play of the game was Caveiro's hit down 141 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: the line and Elliott Romos went to the backhand and 142 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: he threw that baseball to third base to Willie Domos, 143 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: the cutoff man. That ball's got to go into second immediately, 144 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: keep the double play in order. You got a ground 145 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: ball pitcher on the mouth and maybe you're out of 146 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: the inning in one pitch. And then Willie rushed the 147 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: throw and it hit the cabierro or what it went 148 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: into right field. You know, Casey Schmidt didn't pick a 149 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: double play. If Willydamas makes contact, which is in the 150 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: shadows off a ninety six from the left side, it's 151 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: not the easiest thing in the world. Maybe they're up 152 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: one to nothing in the bottom of the first and 153 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: it's got a different feel to it. So we can 154 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: sit here and over analyze just game one of one 155 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: sixty two. But it wasn't the brand of baseball that 156 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: the Giants had played in Scottsdale that you and I 157 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: saw for a month and a half last night. And 158 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: I will end it with this. As a player, it 159 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how many opening days you played. Obviously the 160 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: Yankees calm their nerves a little quicker than the Giants did. 161 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: But when you're the only game on TV, it adds 162 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: a different dimension to a player. So you take opening Day, 163 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: you're taking meaningless games in Scottsdale too, meaningless games against 164 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: a team from Mexico to Opening Day against the Yankees 165 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: the only game on TV. And I don't care if 166 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: you've had fifteen opening days. Players have nerves, So hopefully 167 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: they settle into a routine and we see more of 168 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: the brand of baseball that we saw in Scottsdale moving forward. 169 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: Well, sure, but you know the Yankees are We're dealing 170 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: with similar You know, every team's got sort of the 171 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: same set of circumstances and you know that second inning, 172 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 2: the Shadows were still a factor and it didn't seem 173 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 2: to be bothering them. You know, if anybody wants to 174 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: go well, the Giants lineup had to contend with the Shadows, 175 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 2: so did the Yankees. So I don't know. I don't 176 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 2: think this is y. Vitello said it kind of best 177 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: post game. He's like, basically, we weren't as good as 178 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 2: they were in any phase. 179 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's true. 180 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: And no excuses. I like that. Again, we'll get a 181 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 2: little bit more into Tony's Night later. I do have 182 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 2: one little quibble with with maybe some of. 183 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 3: The so we'll get that. 184 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: But should we will we've got a little pause or 185 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 2: should we take do some business? 186 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: That's just some business roll the ad. 187 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 4: We're going to get into all of the nitty gritty 188 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: details about why you should switch to Mint Mobile. But 189 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 4: I brought a special guest in for this one to 190 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 4: alert you that you might be paying way too much 191 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 4: for your wireless bill. Eric Kratz, can you give me 192 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 4: the bullpen dugout phone? 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The Yankees play those 211 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: games every night, so they're they're used to being big 212 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: market national TV all the time. So I don't know 213 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: if that was the case, but like Tony said, they 214 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: played better than the Giants last night, and it's one 215 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: of one sixty two. You just washed that one off. 216 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: Throw it away and hopefully with the traditional opening day 217 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: on Friday, the Giants home opener on Friday, things change 218 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: a little bit. 219 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: I'm gonna h we've got to our two categories come 220 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 2: up later and one's hottest take. I might I might 221 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 2: reserve this Yankees playing games like this every night for 222 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 2: for that. But the Giants play in the n O 223 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 2: West like every game honestly, every game is a big 224 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 2: game forever. 225 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: Right, You're probably right, but I'm not gonna I'm not 226 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: gonna argue that. I think I think you you win 227 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: that one wanted nothing that part. I just. 228 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 3: I'm gonna throw everything. 229 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: I really, I really don't take is. 230 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: I'm going to enjoy hottest take. 231 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: I think. 232 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: Ron Waters is back on the We just had him 233 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: on the show and there was no breaking news, like 234 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: he's in the dugout again, and I mean he's been 235 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: here forever. Not officially the bench coach, that's Jase Tindler, 236 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: but like, woe is Giants baseball man, Like you can't 237 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: kill him. He's like he's like a cockroach. He's here, 238 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: he's everywhere, he's Team Italy, he's he's on the Giants 239 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: bench again and we love him and what a great resource. 240 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: And I didn't see him in batting practice yesterday because 241 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: I was out pregaming. But I can't wait to give 242 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: him a hug. I think it's so cool that he's 243 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: back on the Giants bench. 244 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what the way Tony Veitela described it 245 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 2: was that woe got the you know, I kind of 246 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: got the bug for doing this again with Tim Italy 247 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 2: Mootus told my colleague shaneer Ruben. 248 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 3: They pulled me. 249 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 2: Back in perfect, perfect, nicely done. 250 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: N he as an offer that I can't refuse. I 251 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: think was this great quote. Yes, Ron Wota is back 252 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: on the bench, and it's cool because I think he'll 253 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: be traveling with the team, so I'll see the road, 254 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 1: not traveling with the team. 255 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: No, no, just home. Yet this is a home thing. 256 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 2: So this is this is what he did last year. 257 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 2: He worked on the field pregame at home games. He 258 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: just wasn't in the dugout, so this is similar. He's 259 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 2: not a member of the coaching staff. He's still a 260 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 2: special advisor, but he's you know, I think first of all, 261 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: he and Tony Vitello have hit it off big time. Tony, 262 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 2: of course, like every manager has respected Ron's input of course, 263 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 2: but I think Tony Vitel. I think they really clicked. 264 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 2: He likes having them around, he likes having him on 265 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: the bench. I think this Tony was like heity, do 266 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 2: you want to? Do you want to? 267 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 5: You know? 268 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 2: It just works out perfectly with Ron getting back from 269 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: Italy and going like, yeah, I think that sounds fun. 270 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, true, like more good people in crunch time 271 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: around Tony Vaytello, the the you know, young inexperienced manager. 272 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 2: But should we talk about let's let's talk about if 273 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 2: I tell this night or did you have more to 274 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: say about Ron? 275 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: Well, just more Italians and marrier for me, So that's okay. 276 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 2: So we'll go from Bromos, who is he's half Italian 277 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: to Tony Vytello, who's half Italian half Irish. That's such 278 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 2: as San Francisco combo. By the way, how many so 279 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 2: many native San Francisco Ciskins are exactly that combo. So 280 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 2: love that anyway. I actually, you know, Tony with a 281 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 2: blowout like that, what's There's not much a manager can 282 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 2: do in terms of strategy. H Tony seemed like he 283 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 2: really he enjoyed all the pre game. He handled himself 284 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 2: really well, and he had a very good postgame press conference, 285 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 2: and I know fans don't necessarily care about stuff like that, 286 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 2: although certainly a lot of people watch those press conferences, 287 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 2: it seems like but he. 288 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 3: That was I think the best. 289 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 2: I think he's really good talking about the game. You 290 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: give him some specific, concrete things to talk about, he's excellent. 291 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 2: He was funny, he was insightful, he really he gave 292 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 2: a kind of pinted a picture, and he was very 293 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 2: honest about everything, very accountable the things that we keep 294 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: hearing about him, genuine accountable, all of that kind of thing. 295 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 2: My only quibble with him FP is, especially when you're 296 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 2: down seven, try to get some of the bats who 297 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 2: were hot during the spring into the action late. I 298 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 2: would have loved to see, you know, some of the 299 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 2: bench guys by which I mean Jared Oliva get in 300 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: there like kind of keep maybe keep a little more current. 301 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 3: As they say, that's it. 302 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,119 Speaker 2: That's the only quibble I have, whatsoever. 303 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: I watched the Netflix postgame show and they had a 304 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: banner on there that said, did Tony Vaitello leave Logan 305 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: Web in too long? And I think when you get 306 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: to logan web status, Logan Web tells you when he 307 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: comes out and he tells you when he stays in. 308 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: So I didn't have any problem with anything Tony did 309 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: last night. There was a lot of managing to do. 310 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 2: You can do take him out in the second of course, 311 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 2: he wasn't going to take him out in the second 312 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 2: inning with a bunch of singles and iffy defense behind him, 313 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 2: and then the fifth inning again was you know, again 314 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: the not the best defense. 315 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: So you know, it would have been cool to see 316 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Jared all of him make his debut on an opening night, 317 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: but I would have liked that he might place the 318 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: one thing the challenge for a manager and Susan as 319 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: a former bench player, like you get locked in spring 320 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: training because you have all the at bats right you're 321 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: either starting a game and getting two or three at bats, 322 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: or you're going in late and getting two at bats, 323 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: and then the season comes and inevitably you sit around 324 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: for five, six seven days before you play again. So 325 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: you can be hot as a bench player in spring 326 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: training and then sit on the bench for a week 327 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: and lose your swing. So I always felt like Dusty 328 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: was really good at that, Felipe was really good at that, 329 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: where they would get me some at bats. You know, 330 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: maybe in a double switch on opening night, or just 331 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: to keep my back going if I was locked in 332 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: spring training so I didn't get stale and lose my swing. 333 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: So that's gonna be the challenge for Incarnacion. All of 334 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: us sussack guys that were swinging it real well in 335 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: spring training to keep that swing alive. It's going to 336 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: be a challenge for Tony and the coaching staff to 337 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: get those guys inning so they can stay locked in. 338 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 3: Well, that's sort of what I mean. 339 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: Like, if you've got a game that's pretty much out 340 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 2: of hand in the later earnings, look somebody like Oliva 341 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 2: maybe comes in, gives you a little spark late, maybe 342 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 2: gets some momentum going. Maybe one of those sort of 343 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: late almost get can they get a rally going here moments? 344 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 3: Maybe he changes that. 345 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 2: I don't know. At the very least he gets in, 346 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 2: gets in it that plays a little bit just you know, 347 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 2: stays a little bit more fresh. Same within Carnacion. If 348 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: a game's out of hand, not seven nothing isn't quite 349 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: out of hand, But there's no reason not to get 350 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 2: those guys a little bit of time. I think in 351 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 2: a game like that, all. 352 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: Right, what's their next topic? What are we moving on 353 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: to here? 354 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 3: Let's see. 355 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 2: I think, well, we've only had one game, but our 356 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 2: next category that we're doing this is our first category 357 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: of today and we'll be doing these weekly, so bear 358 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: with us. So'll get when things really get going. These 359 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 2: should be pretty fun. But player of the week after 360 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 2: one game, I will I think I would go with 361 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 2: Luisa Rise last night, he actually had a nice game, 362 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: gets on base twice, extends his hitting streak, which obviously 363 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 2: dates back to last year, to sixteen, which is ties 364 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 2: his career high. Looked perfectly fine at second base, which 365 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 2: is all the Giants want him looking fine, So I'd 366 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 2: give it to him or Max Screen. 367 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I get it's hard to do player the 368 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: week after one game, so I'm going to go off 369 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: the board here, And I think Bill Miller did a 370 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: great job behind home plate last night and the first 371 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: ever major league game with the ABS challenge. He had 372 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: one challenge and he was right. And Jose Cabierro, I mean, 373 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: umpires are going to be wrong, but like, what a 374 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: great debut for ABS when the homeplay umpire. I remember 375 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: Joe Ritzo and I were doing a game in spring 376 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: training and I forget who the home played umpire was 377 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: offhand right now, but he made it to the sixth 378 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 1: ending without a challenge, and we're like, is that an 379 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: umpire's perfect game? If they go nine innings and there's 380 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: not one abs challenge, and do they all like, have 381 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: you know, put one hundred bucks in the pool and 382 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: whoever gets the first like all the umpires put one 383 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: hundred bucks in the pool, and whoever gets a game 384 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: with no challenges gets the pot, and then they start 385 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,239 Speaker 1: over again, because I you know, it's so hard when 386 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: we're seeing you can't fit a credit card between the 387 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: baseball and the strike zone and summer balls and summer strikes. 388 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: So it's a lot of pressure on these guys. And 389 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: to have the only game on TV opening night and 390 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: to lock in like Bill Miller did last night. I 391 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: thought he did a great job. 392 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: So yeah, I have a couple of quick thoughts about that. 393 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 3: But first let's take care of. 394 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 2: A little bit more business basically before we forget. And 395 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 2: I will respond to that with the hottest player tees 396 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 2: A tease, A tease, a tease, come right back for 397 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 2: my take. 398 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 4: This is it Kratz opening weekend of the season. 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We were talking 425 00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: about Bill Miller and what a good game he had 426 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,479 Speaker 1: last night and you know the ABS challenge system, and 427 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: Susan had a thought about that before we went to break. 428 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, Bill Miller had sort of maybe amusing maybe 429 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 2: for him, slightly embarrassing. Not really, he's been he's been 430 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 2: in the BIGS I think about as long as I've 431 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 2: been covering it, so thirty some years. 432 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 3: Uh. 433 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,479 Speaker 2: He the other day in Scottsdale with the with the 434 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 2: crowd like on. Uh, there was an ABS challenge and 435 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 2: he said he said something like, please be right a strike. 436 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 1: He said, please be a strike and it was. 437 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 3: It was just off. 438 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 2: It was just a Miller meter. But he was you know, 439 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 2: he was. Some websites were we're having some fun with 440 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 2: it and all of that, and uh, he got the 441 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 2: next one right. Let you said, a game without a 442 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 2: challenge is a perfect game. From apart, I'm going to 443 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 2: say last night was a perfect game for Bill Miller 444 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 2: because there was one and he was right. So yeah, 445 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 2: great for Bill Miller, one of the veteran umpires, and 446 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 2: when you don't know an umpire's name, really you don't 447 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 2: haven't heard of him very often, they're usually a pretty 448 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 2: good umpire. I think he falls in that category. So 449 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 2: so Dave. 450 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: When Dave Fleming lost the Fantasy Football League for the Giants, 451 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: the loser had to be a bat boy, and Dave 452 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: Fleming was a bat boy put on the UNI and 453 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: Bill Miller was the umpire that night, and Dave said 454 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: that he was like the nicest guy in the world 455 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: to him all night and trying to help him out. 456 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: So I don't remember Bill Miller as a player, but 457 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: he's been around for a while. So just hearing that 458 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: from Dave and then seeing what he mentioned last night, 459 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: and I think Dave did mention him briefly in the 460 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: postgame rap last night, so you can understand why, all right, 461 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: are we going hottest take right now? 462 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 3: Hottest take? 463 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: Yeah? 464 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 3: Do you have just a hot take? 465 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 2: Or do you want me to make fun of you 466 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: for saying that being in the major leagues is easier 467 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 2: than being at Triple A or whatever. 468 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: That's a make fun of me? It was, it was. 469 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: It was what happened to me. I felt like the 470 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: big leagues was easier than the minor leagues because the 471 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: lighting was better, the backdrops were better, the facilities were better, 472 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: the pitchers were around the plate. Obviously you're playing against 473 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: the best players every night and the best defenders every night. 474 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: But for some reason I hit better in the major 475 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: leagues than I did the minor leagues. And I think 476 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: those are all the factors. You have, all the necessities 477 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: and facilities you need to get better, whether the weight 478 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: room's right there, whether it's the travel, whether it's the 479 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: hotels you stay in, like, you should be a better 480 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 1: player if you want to work hard in the big league. 481 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: So I did think that the big leagues was an 482 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: easier place to play than the minor leagues by far. 483 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 2: Okay, well, I just I think as somebody who has 484 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 2: not played, I bow to your greater experience. But it 485 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 2: just seems, especially going from the PCL, where which is 486 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 2: a hitters league, maybe the big leagues is easier for 487 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 2: a pitcher. But I just don't see. We see plenty 488 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: of guys coming up from Sacramento or you know, any 489 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 2: of the PCL teams to the big leagues and then 490 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 2: just and struggling, no matter how hot they were. No 491 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 2: matter how many homers they'd hit. So I don't I 492 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 2: dispute it. I think you might be an outlier FP, 493 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 2: so good for you. 494 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: Well, that might be the case. I'm just I'm basing 495 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: it on personal experience, and it could be harder Susan 496 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: in the sense to your point where guys can't control 497 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: their nerves and it's hard for some guys to play 498 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: on TV every night in front of forty thousand people 499 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: every night with the pressure in the big leagues that 500 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: goes with that, and the ones that can deal with 501 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: that from the mental side of baseball are the ones 502 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: that stay and the ones that crumble under the bright 503 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,199 Speaker 1: lights and that are play timid or play scared or 504 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 1: play nervous. It can expose you, there's no doubt about it. 505 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: And the guys that can't make adjustments when they have 506 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: success and all of a sudden, oh my god, what 507 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: are they doing to me? I just got seven hits 508 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: the last series and you have to go, oh, I 509 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: got hits on those pitches. They're going to go to 510 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: a different quadrant, a different pitch, and you have to 511 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: constantly make adjustments, all the while calling yourself mentally to 512 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: succeed at the highest level. It's what separates great golfers 513 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: from good golfers, the guys that on Sunday, when they're 514 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: in the last group, that can win the tournament. So 515 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: there's this whole mental side of it too, So to 516 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: your point, some guys can't handle that, and those are 517 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: the guys that go back to triple A and don't 518 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: stay very long. 519 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 2: Well, my hottest take I think this week was probably 520 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: what I said earlier in the broadcast. I really don't 521 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 2: mind the streaming services getting a game or two here 522 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 2: or there. I think it's probably good for the game 523 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 2: and expanse of reach. Now I'm speaking about somebody as 524 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 2: somebody who's an English Premier League fan, and I'm used 525 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 2: to finding Liverpool on all sorts of different platforms, So 526 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 2: maybe that's just my inherent bias, but it doesn't really 527 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 2: trouble me. I think most people can usually find a 528 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 2: way to see a screen streaming service, or go to 529 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: a friend's house, or go to a or borrow a pasthward. 530 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 2: I would never suggest anybody do anything like borrow password, 531 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 2: but maybe that. 532 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 3: But also I got some flack and. 533 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 2: I was surprised online for on Big Foul territory. Are 534 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 2: our parent? Are they are? 535 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: Are they? 536 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 2: They are a daddy's I said, aircraft's. Our friend asked, 537 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 2: asked me if Logan Webb is an ace, and I said, yes, 538 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 2: of course absolutely. He finishes in the cy Young Race 539 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 2: in the top three or four every year, leads the 540 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 2: majors in Indians pitched strikeouts. Last year way up, wins 541 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 2: a Gold Glove. Of course he's an ace. He's, you know, 542 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 2: for me, a top five six pitcher in the National League. 543 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 2: That's an ace. 544 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 3: Absolutely. But I've got a lot of flak. 545 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 2: For that, And I thought, I don't think that was 546 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 2: particularly a hot take, But other people seem to feel 547 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: that was a hot take. Maybe a lot of them 548 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 2: were Yankees fans. I'm on Dodgers fans, kudos. 549 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: Is it East Coast bias? I mean, I don't think 550 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: a lot of people watch West Coast games on the 551 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: East Coast. I know it was hard for me to 552 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: stay up because when I was back in DC, I 553 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: wanted to watch the Giant games after our game got done, 554 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: but I'd always fall asleep in the third or fourth innings. 555 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: So I don't know how much those guys have seen 556 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: of Logan web like we have. So I don't know 557 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: if that's a hot take or just not an accurate take. 558 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: I think yours was very accurate, and he is. I mean, 559 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: if you watch the WBC and you've watched what he's 560 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: done over the years, and he leads the league in 561 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: innings and didn't he lead the league strikeouts last year, which. 562 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 2: Is yeah, yeah, and goal glove. I mean, he's just 563 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: he's a special to and a team leader. You know, 564 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 2: he's he's a he's really I hope more people look 565 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 2: and then you know, of course, last night he doesn't 566 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 2: pitch well. 567 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 3: I was getting. 568 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 2: Shredded, which yes, I think that is going to be 569 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 2: the only time we see Logan Web pitch all year. 570 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 3: I mean, come on, it's a long season. 571 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 2: Uh, you know, every every pitcher has a stumble here 572 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 2: and there, especially early in the season, you know, so whatever. 573 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's just a hiccup and we'll see 574 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: how the whole season goes. The one thing that here's 575 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: my hot take, and the one thing that did cross 576 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: my mind that I did mention on cambr last night 577 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 1: that's probably not a factor is Logan Web ramping up 578 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: early and all pitchers ramping up early. In March for 579 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: the WBC. So all of a sudden, you're thrown into 580 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: a hotbed of playoff baseball when your body's not used 581 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 1: to being ready for that. I mean, obviously these players 582 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: weren't ambush like oh, WBC's tomorrow. They ramped up for it. 583 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: They're professionals. But did they ramp up the same way 584 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: they would an elongated spring training, peaking and opening Day? 585 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: And I go back to Tanner Roark, and I've mentioned 586 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: this on the podcast before. For the Washington Nationals, he 587 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: was their best pitcher before he went to the WBC 588 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: the year before, and he told me off the record 589 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: that it really messed him up for the season. I'm 590 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: not saying that's going to happen with Logan Web, but 591 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: that thought did cross my mind last night on the 592 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: high intensity games that he pitched against Brazil against Canada 593 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: in the WBC. 594 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think, again, this is a lot 595 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 2: of teams had their best starters or whoever in the WBC. 596 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 2: So I think a lot of teams, but Logan was 597 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 2: really the one starter for Team USA who stuck the 598 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 2: whole time, made multiple starts. So yeah, and he did 599 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 2: ramp up probably a little bit earlier than he would 600 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 2: have I think, you know, I have been slightly critical 601 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 2: or certainly suggested a few times that I thought leaving 602 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 2: the fifth starter Landon group down for the first week 603 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 2: and a half and adding an extra position player for 604 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 2: that time, because they've got these two off days today, 605 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 2: Thursday and then Sunday. 606 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 3: They could do it. 607 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 2: That would keep at least Logan Web and Robbie Ray 608 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,959 Speaker 2: probably on regular rest to be able to do that. 609 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 2: And I think one reason they chose not to do 610 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 2: it besides having kind of the whole group that they're 611 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,959 Speaker 2: starting off the season with together at once, which you know, 612 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 2: absolutely I understand that, and that's great too, But I 613 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 2: like an extra bench player when you can get one. 614 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,959 Speaker 2: I think being Logan a little extra rest here and 615 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 2: there early, especially after he ramped up and you know 616 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 2: how many Indians he's going to pitch. I kind of 617 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 2: think that. I mean, I'm certainly okay with it. I 618 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 2: don't think they made the wrong decision or anything. I 619 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 2: just that kind of makes you understand even more so 620 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 2: why they would have a fifth starter who they don't 621 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 2: really need until April fourth, and you could say keep 622 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 2: Louis Matos on the team for maybe another ten days. 623 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I'll push back a little bit. It's 624 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: not National League baseball the way it used to be, 625 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: and bench players aren't as important as they used to be. 626 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: And when I was a bench player in Oakland, I 627 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: never played. But when you're a bench player in the 628 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: National League, the pitcher slot comes around and you start 629 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: to get loose and you're like, is you going to 630 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: pinch it for the pitcher? Am I going to double switch? 631 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: So bench players back in the day were more valuable 632 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: where it's more specialized now and it's more about being 633 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: a role player and getting spots starts. So yeah, yeah, 634 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: that whole thing. I like having the team together. And 635 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: maybe they took a play out of the Dodgers playbook, 636 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: where you know, they rested their pitchers early last year 637 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: and they were fresh in September and October when they 638 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: needed the most and not like on Fume. So I'm 639 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: great with Webby getting some extra days and those guys 640 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: getting extra days, and I'm really big with like, Okay, 641 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: this is our twenty six guys, Let's go to battle 642 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: and let's start to become a team. Let's go to 643 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: a dinner on an off day, let's travel to San 644 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: Diego together. Let's be on the bus. Let's be on 645 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: the plane. And I always thought, Susan that being on 646 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: the road early in the season brought our teams together 647 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: because now we're on the bus, we're on the plane, 648 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: we're in the clubhouse. There's no families early, and not 649 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 1: that families are bad, but like, it's just the guys. 650 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: So you go on a seven day road trip to 651 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: start the season, it's a way for the team to 652 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: come together a lot quicker. Whereas if you have a 653 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: home stand early, you know you're finding your apartment, your 654 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: families are there. We got to find a place to live. 655 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: If I'm a new player, how do I get to 656 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: the ballpark? But if you start on the road now, 657 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: maybe we're all going to dinner tonight, or we're all 658 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: some pops in the room together, and it helps you 659 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: become a closer unit a lot sooner. Is there anything 660 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: else we're gonna go? 661 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, well I. 662 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 2: Have one thought about that too. You know, teams complain 663 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 2: sometimes when there are the International series to open the season, 664 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 2: you know, Japan, Korea, the Dodgers went to Australia. 665 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 3: Things like that. 666 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 2: Players sometimes don't like that The's did it three times 667 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 2: when I covered them, and they have really good seasons 668 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 2: after those, and it was exactly what you're talking about. 669 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 2: And then it's even more intense. You've got a long flight. 670 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 2: Usually you've got a couple exhibition games usually wherever you're going, 671 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 2: and then you've got some real regular season games wherever 672 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 2: it may be. In the ACE case, it was three 673 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 2: trips to Japan, and that's exactly it. It really brings 674 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 2: you together. I'm all for it again, spread baseball fantastic, 675 00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 2: but also a huge upside to travel like that early 676 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 2: in the season. I think, so, yeah, we're we're going 677 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 2: to talk just very quickly. You said it one hundred 678 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 2: and sixty one left, So what's next. 679 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 3: We got Robbie Ray. 680 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 2: Tony Vitello in his quite funny UH presser last night 681 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 2: said called him the grunt Master, which I loved, and 682 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 2: Matt Chappans like, yeah, Robbie Ray is exactly the kind 683 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 2: of guy we need on the mound, you know, Lefty 684 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 2: and see yankeses always helpful. But also he looked so 685 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 2: great this spring, He looked great last spring. We all 686 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 2: kind of knew he was going to have a big season. 687 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 2: He looked even better this spring. So he says he's 688 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 2: found something with his delivery that he's really comfortable with. 689 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: So that's that's He talked about his right hip dropping, 690 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: which I don't know enough about pitching to the comment 691 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: on that, but he said he finally found his delivery, 692 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: that he's been fighting it for so many years, even 693 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: the year he won the Say Gang, he was fighting 694 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: it all year. So yeah, there's one hundred and sixty 695 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: one left. I think you just washed off seven or nothing. 696 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: And like I said, dress rehearsal mode. But I have 697 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: a weird feeling that Friday is going to be more normal. 698 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: That Friday is going to be the Giants opener. It's 699 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: a day game at the ballpark. It's not going to 700 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: be as corporate. I'm not saying they're going to win. 701 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: I just think they're going to play a much better 702 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: brand of baseball on Friday against the Yankees. 703 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know what, they Buster Posey and Tony 704 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 2: Vattela have talked a lot about playing with a chip 705 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 2: on the shoulder, a little more intensity, and you know, 706 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 2: like kind of we're going to show people. I think 707 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 2: there's nothing like what happened in the opener. That would 708 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 2: spur them more to have a little bit of a 709 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 2: will show you kind of attitude, and that's I think 710 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 2: that's what they want to play with this year. 711 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 3: So fantastic, just. 712 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: Like you were today, Susan, fantastic. I'm fumbling and stumbling. 713 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: I'm fumbling and stumbling all over the place with terrible takes, 714 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: and you were locked in. Might be going over from yesterday. 715 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: I was a little bit nervous today because it was 716 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: the show after opening day. 717 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 2: I was wondering. 718 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 3: I was wondering what you got up to last night. 719 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: So whatever, it's opening day, it was a holiday. But 720 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: Friday is gonna be even better. So wait till the 721 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: next show. 722 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 2: After Friday, the next opening day. 723 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: The next opening day, and then I think Saturday is 724 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: the first Fiesta hit Gante, so that'll be an opening 725 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: day in and of itself too. 726 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:22,879 Speaker 2: That'll be fun. 727 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 1: I like the unies. Everyone's crushing them online. I like 728 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: the hats too. I like every I love two tone hats, 729 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: Like I think two tone hats remind me of you know, 730 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: back in the day, whether it was the Twins, I 731 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: think they had two tone hats. I'm trying to take 732 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: other teams that had two tone hats, but I like 733 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,399 Speaker 1: I like the gray here and the black here, which 734 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 1: is a very maybe that's my hot day because it's 735 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: a very unpopular opinion right now. I like the whole thing, 736 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: and I like that we're celebrating that on Saturdays. All right, Susan, thanks, 737 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: great job as usual, wait to carry the show today 738 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: as usual. I really appreciate it, and we will see 739 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: you guys again soon. Thanks for watching. Thanks for all 740 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: your comments. We read them all. We appreciate you guys' 741 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,399 Speaker 1: loyalty to the show, and we're only going to get 742 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: better as the season goes on. All right, Time to go, 743 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: Like I say on the way out, every single time, 744 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: swing hard in case you hit it on Splash Hit Territory.