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Speaker 1: Iman and everybody. Hello, good evening, good evening, good evening.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Masster Territory, brought to you

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Speaker 1: by the Foul Territory Network, and that one's stunk tonight.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna be honest. Throughout the night, I'm

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Speaker 1: watching the game. I felt like I had a good

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Speaker 1: feeling throughout the night. We got some news today about

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Speaker 1: the whole Rafael Devers situation that was looking terrible ever

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Speaker 1: since that happened yesterday in the postgame scrum. Because we

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Speaker 1: got some news. You know, hey, John Henry, Craig Breslow,

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Speaker 1: Alex Korra, Sam Kennedy, They sat down with Raffie Devers today,

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Speaker 1: had a conversation, and you know, they had good things

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Speaker 1: to say. For the most part, it seemed like everyone

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Speaker 1: walked away from the conversation positively. We'll dive into the

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Speaker 1: comments that were made after the reaction to tonight's game.

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Speaker 1: So I felt like, I don't know what it was.

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Speaker 1: I just felt like I had a good feeling throughout

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Speaker 1: the night. I was thinking, all right, you know what,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna They're gonna break through at some point. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna come through here. Bullpen will lock it down. They'll

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Speaker 1: win a night, they'll win a nail bier in Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: But what do you know, you know, it's like you

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Speaker 1: couldn't even get a little, a little feel good magic

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Speaker 1: once again. You know, it gets back to the same

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Speaker 1: old thing. Consistency or consistent inconsistencies. Another one run loss,

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Speaker 1: ten one run losses now on the year, not really

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Speaker 1: anything from the offense tonight. They came alive, you know,

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Speaker 1: in extratings, right, six hits on the night, one extra

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Speaker 1: base hit. You know, I feel like this just happens

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Speaker 1: all the time. You know, offense looks great, you put

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Speaker 1: together a good performance, but they can't find a way

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Speaker 1: to keep it going. And to be honest with you,

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Speaker 1: I I feel like I know what the answer is.

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Speaker 1: I'll get into that in a little bit. Great performance

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Speaker 1: Dobbins tonight. Give him a lot of credit. Man. I

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Speaker 1: would really like to see Hunter Dobbins stick around. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, sure, last start he was a

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Speaker 1: little bumpy, but whatever, You're gonna have your ups and downs.

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Speaker 1: I like what he brings to the table. Man every

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Speaker 1: fifth day, the guy goes out there, he competes, and

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Speaker 1: he pitches well. Bullpen for the most part, got it

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Speaker 1: done tonight. But in the end, you know, Sean Newcomb,

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Speaker 1: you know, pitching that late. This is why I feel like,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's hard because Newcomb really helped the Red

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Speaker 1: Sox the other day, right, gave you four innings, you know,

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Speaker 1: kind of saved the bullpen in that game a few

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Speaker 1: games ago. But you know, it's kind of one of

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Speaker 1: those things where it's like tonight, you really wish she

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Speaker 1: had another high leverage arm. You really wish she had

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Speaker 1: something else to go with, you know, And yeah, they

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Speaker 1: threw their best stuff. You can't really blame the bullpen really,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think that's more of a nitpick than

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Speaker 1: anything you use Slayton, use Chapman, to use Whitlock. Those

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Speaker 1: are your best arms out of the bullpen, you know.

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Speaker 1: Just in the end, it felt like you were in

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Speaker 1: arms short. And that's where the Royals are very strong

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Speaker 1: with their bullpen. They got a lot of good arms

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Speaker 1: back there. Man and also Michael Lorenzing shout out to him,

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Speaker 1: hadn't really been doing much this year, but hey, he

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Speaker 1: took advantage of an inconsistent Red Sox offense. So but

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Speaker 1: one more thing before we do get to tonight's sponsor,

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Speaker 1: Connor Wong, Listen, I don't know, man, I don't ever

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Speaker 1: want to talk negatively about players, but there's I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what it is, man, Connor Wong. There's

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Speaker 1: just so many things that I don't know. Like, I'm

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Speaker 1: getting to the point where I would really like to

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Speaker 1: see what a veteran like Yasmani Grandal can do in

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Speaker 1: a part time role. You know, Carlos Nervas has clearly

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Speaker 1: taken the job by the Horns. Coming into the year,

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Speaker 1: I was big on Carlos Nervas. I said he was

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Speaker 1: my most underrated player coming into the year because this

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Speaker 1: is a guy that I thought could do a few

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Speaker 1: things with the bat. The defense, in my opinion, was

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Speaker 1: better than Connor Wong's across the board, and he really

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Speaker 1: shows you the value that he has when he starts games.

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Speaker 1: I actually took a look at the Red Sox record.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like you know, obviously we're still

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Speaker 1: early in the year, but it is interesting to me

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Speaker 1: the Red Sox are now five and six when Connor

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Speaker 1: I'll repeat that Connor Wong five and six. Carlo Snervaia

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Speaker 1: is fifteen and ten. It's just a difference, man Like,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what There were so many things with

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back, Let's get into it. Let's get

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Speaker 1: into it here. So offense tonight, like I said, non

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Speaker 1: existent on the night, Yeah, Sidam Rafaela. He had the

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Speaker 1: extra base hit tonight. I had the double in the

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Speaker 1: sixth in and good defense throughout the night from Sadai.

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Speaker 1: Raphaela keep saying it, man, I keep saying it. This

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Speaker 1: is why I like having him in this line because

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Speaker 1: he's But then again, I could also see the argument

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Speaker 1: against Rafaela at times. But tonight, you know what, he

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Speaker 1: had the low extra base hit on the night, good

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Speaker 1: defense out there. He brings you the speed on the

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Speaker 1: base paths. He brings you a lot of value, right sure,

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Speaker 1: you know, would you like a guy that could you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, five point fifty on the slugging instead, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: sure you would, of course. But I think Rafaela he

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Speaker 1: brings you those little things. I think winning teams need.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what ends up happening. Right, Well, we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about one guy hear in just a little bit, but uh,

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Speaker 1: SETI good game for him tonight. I mean really, the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox offense didn't come alive until the eleventh inning,

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Speaker 1: right Duran, He had the ground ball. Obviously you have

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Speaker 1: Raffie Devers with the RBI ground out and that was

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Speaker 1: the long run. That was it. Raffie Devers ended up

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Speaker 1: challenging the play. He was out, but hey, you had

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Speaker 1: right Wong. This is where Wong. This one really got

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Speaker 1: watching that happen, I'm thinking I let out a sigh

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Speaker 1: when that happened. But I was thinking to myself it

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Speaker 1: wasn't even Whitlock, Like, yeah, sure, maybe not not a

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Speaker 1: great pitch from Whitlock. But in my head him thinking like,

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Speaker 1: I listen and I'm not I'm not a professional catcher

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Speaker 1: by any means. You're not gonna go see you know,

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Speaker 1: my dopey self go out there and do a better job.

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Speaker 1: But I'm just thinking, like, I feel like that's something

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Speaker 1: And when when Seti's the only guy getting an extra

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Speaker 1: Hunter Dobbins a great night for him tonight. Six innings,

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Speaker 1: five hits, zero earned, six ks, led with the fourth

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Speaker 1: a good solid outing for Hunter Dobbins. Man. He did

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Speaker 1: a rolldist Chapman really liked what he gave you there

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Speaker 1: And this guy is just looking fantastic with the Red Sox.

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Speaker 1: just looking great. Greg Weisert did run into a little

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Speaker 1: Bobby wit to be coming up. Oh, was this the

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Speaker 1: both sides. I still think there's a lot right with

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Speaker 1: both sides, and I think there's things wrong with both

423
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 1: sides as well. The organization they are right in there.

424
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 1: To me, I think they are right to ask a

425
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: player who has played a position that is on the

426
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,800
Speaker 1: opposite side of the infield that translates well to first base,

427
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: to see if he could play that position, or to

428
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: see if he would be willing to play the position.

429
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: I don't think it was wrong of them to ask that.

430
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: I don't care. What happened to third base with Alex

431
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,119
Speaker 1: Bregman at spring training. Okay, it happened, you move on.

432
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: I think it's fine for the Red Sox to ask

433
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: that question. I don't see anything wrong with that. However,

434
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: I think I see Raffi's point of view as well,

435
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: where hey, yeah, you know what, you took me off

436
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,399
Speaker 1: a third base. I got ready for this new spot

437
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: that you wanted me to be in. I've been dah

438
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,200
Speaker 1: for a couple of months. I'm finally in a good routine.

439
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,120
Speaker 1: I'm seeing the ball better now, my plate discipline is better.

440
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,240
Speaker 1: Right now, I feel comfortable I'm at I don't feel

441
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 1: comfortable moving to a position that. Yeah, sure, it's on

442
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 1: the opposite side of the infield, it translates well the

443
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,639
Speaker 1: first base, third base translates well the first But I

444
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 1: got to learn all these things on the fly. I'm

445
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: gonna have to take my bumps and bruises with it.

446
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,680
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think this is a good decision

447
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: right now. I think that's fair for him to say.

448
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: Don't think that's wrong. This is where both sides went wrong.

449
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,120
Speaker 1: The organization, the way they've been handling communication for kind

450
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: of feels like for a while now. I don't think

451
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 1: they communicated things very well. And also, I think two

452
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 1: it's also being firm about what you expect from your players.

453
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: Setting expectations from your players, including star players. You need

454
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 1: to make it clear to your players that you have expectations, no,

455
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: not just to play well, but to do what's good

456
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 1: for the team, and the Red Sox have not obviously

457
00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,119
Speaker 1: have not made that clear. Right. We'll talk about that

458
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: in just a second. But for RAFFI I think he

459
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,360
Speaker 1: was completely wrong for calling out the front office yesterday.

460
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: I don't think that was right at all. Craig Breslow

461
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: has come in. He in the end, you know, say

462
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: what you will about Craig Breslow. He made great moves

463
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Speaker 1: this past offseason. Traded for Garrett Crochet, was able to

464
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,159
Speaker 1: figure out how to sign Alex Bregman. You brought in

465
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,880
Speaker 1: a roll this chab and who's been amazing in this bullpen.

466
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 1: Made some other moves as well. Great off season for

467
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Speaker 1: Craig Breslow. He worked his butt off this past offseason.

468
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: He was in the weeds with everything. Juan Soda was

469
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: a possibility. I mean, yeah, that's that's more ownership tied

470
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: in as well. But still Craig Breslow, he was getting

471
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Speaker 1: praise all over the place and for Raffi because he

472
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:49,800
Speaker 1: was asked to do something for the team. So he

473
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,400
Speaker 1: calls out the front office. I mean, what are we doing?

474
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 1: You don't do that. It's fine, It's okay to be

475
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 1: upset about it. I'm not saying you can't be upset,

476
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: but that's not the way you handle your personal feelings.

477
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: You don't air it out in the public. You keep

478
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,159
Speaker 1: it behind closed doors. Especially when I feel like they

479
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: didn't really do anything wrong. Yeah, if they if they

480
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: start like I don't know, like saying like, oh, Raffi here,

481
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: you're you're a terrible Raffi's a terrible teammate and blah

482
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: blah blah. Yeah, if they're saying all that stuff, then okay, fine,

483
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: you can say whatever the heck you want back. But

484
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 1: it seemed like to me they approached him in a

485
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: pretty respectful way. They're trying to win. I don't think

486
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: there was anything wrong with them asking it. So I

487
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,199
Speaker 1: think RAFFI was wrong for saying, like, I don't know

488
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: what the GM's doing. I don't know what I don't

489
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 1: know what these decisions are that he's making. I don't

490
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: know what he has against me. What are we talking about?

491
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: What are we doing? I don't know that. That just

492
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,479
Speaker 1: kind of that doesn't sit well with me. And then

493
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 1: you don't even refer you call him the GM, the GM.

494
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:03,160
Speaker 1: He said the GM instead of Craig, Like you can't

495
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: refer to him by his name, I don't know, Like

496
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: that just feels weird to me. So again, I think

497
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 1: there were things that were wrong on both sides, but

498
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 1: I think there were things that were right on both

499
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 1: sides as well. I'm not saying RAFFI can't feel the

500
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 1: way he feels. I think it's fair if you don't

501
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: feel comfortable with it, if you don't think it's a

502
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 1: good decision, that's okay to have that opinion. There's nothing

503
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,959
Speaker 1: wrong with that. But then to go out and start

504
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: saying all this stuff, saying, like, you know, airing this

505
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 1: stuff out when I don't think it was really deserved.

506
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: I don't know, I just did. I don't agree with it,

507
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: that's just me. But in the end, in the end,

508
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: you know, I've seen opinions from both sides, you know,

509
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 1: people defending Raffi against Raffi, for the front office against

510
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: the front office. In the end, what do think about it?

511
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: What do we all want want here as Red Sox fans,

512
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,479
Speaker 1: in the chat at home, wherever you may be. What

513
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: do we want the Red Sox to do? What's the

514
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: simple answer. We want the Red Sox to win. What

515
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: is the one move that is going to help the

516
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: Red Sox win. It's going to be the move that

517
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: helps the team. That's the most important thing. We could

518
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: sit here and we can criticize every little thing and

519
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: try to find loopholes with every little thing, but it's

520
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: all under one branch and that's winning. And at the

521
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: end of the day, like the old saying goes, there's

522
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: no I in team. How long have we heard that for?

523
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 1: I know it's an old saying, it's cheesy, but it

524
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: stands the test of time. At the end of the day. Sure,

525
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: maybe you don't feel comfortable with it, but if the

526
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 1: team wants you to do it, and they're paying you

527
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: this much money. And no, I'm not saying because they're

528
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: paying you that means you have to do everything they say.

529
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: But if they're paying you that much money, they at

530
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: least deserve. If they feel that you could and should

531
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: do something, then they expect they have expectations of you.

532
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,240
Speaker 1: And I think at the very least, if they're asking

533
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: you to do something, I think you should sit down

534
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: and maybe try to find an answer, or at the

535
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 1: very least try to find some middle ground. That's kind

536
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: of where I'm at In the end, Raffi going to

537
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: first base makes the most sense. Sure, is it unfair

538
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: that he's got to go learn the position? Is it comfortable? No,

539
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: it's not. It's not fair. Life isn't fair sometimes. Is

540
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: it comfortable? No, it's not. It's gonna take time to

541
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: learn it. He's gonna go out there and he's got

542
00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna make some errors and he's not gonna have

543
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: a lot of There's gonna be some games where kind

544
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: of like I'm talking about Connor Wong tonight. I mean yeah,

545
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: I mean I could see some people out there thinking,

546
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 1: oh man, you know Rafia a couple errors tonight. What

547
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: are we doing? Yeah, you're gonna have those nights, man.

548
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: But in the end where this brings value is it

549
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: opens up another spot on the team DHS to be

550
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: able to bring up Roman Anthony from the minor leagues,

551
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: or perhaps bring back Massataka Yoshita. I would love a

552
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: bat like Massataka Yoshida right now, a guy that can

553
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: make contact, that can get on base, that works the counts.

554
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: I feel like they're missing a bat like that. I

555
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,719
Speaker 1: would not mind Massa Taka Yoshida back in this lineup.

556
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,959
Speaker 1: And then I really wouldn't mind bringing up Roman Anthony

557
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: and seeing what he can do, seeing what kind of

558
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: damage he can do. Maybe you can even find a

559
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: way to bring back both. I don't know. Listen. I

560
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: love saday Rafaela in this lineup. I love the defense,

561
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: I love the speed. But you know, right now, this

562
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: offense they can't seem to figure out a way to

563
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: keep the mojo going every single game. So if that

564
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: means sitting Raft or SETI Raphaela on the bench in

565
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: favor of Rome and Anthony, Duran center Anthony out and

566
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: left and okay, then we do that, and then SETI

567
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: you work into the game a couple of times a week.

568
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, at the end of the day,

569
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: the point of what I'm saying here, it's all about

570
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: the team. You set aside your own differences because there's

571
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: twenty five other guys in that locker room that want

572
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 1: to win as well. Do you think these guys like

573
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: coming here and they're you know, seeing the Liam fantasy

574
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: pure mid meme, even though I find it funny every

575
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: single time. But do you think these guys like being

576
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: at five hundred when they know they have the talent

577
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: in the locker room? No, they want to win. And

578
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: I guarantee there's a couple of guys in that locker

579
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: room that are thinking, like, dude, you can't play first,

580
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: like you know what I mean. I guarantee there's at

581
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: least a couple I don't know. Man Like to me,

582
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 1: it's all about winning. Kevin Malar said it great. He

583
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: had a great little speech on Intentional Talk today on

584
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: MLB Network. He said, you listen, when you're on this team,

585
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: you're going to war with your teammates. You're going out

586
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: that are trying and win a championship. That's what we

587
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 1: all want. Rafi going to first plase makes the team better.

588
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: I think you'd be fine at first base with time, yes,

589
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: And I think it's fair to give him all the

590
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: time he needs. Give him a few weeks, give him

591
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 1: a month, give it whatever. Get to the point where

592
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 1: you can get you can be comfortable, all right, figure

593
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: it out June, middle of June. That's cool, right, Still

594
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 1: a lot of time, a lot of season left at

595
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 1: that point, deadline, Hey, go make a move, bring in

596
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: some other players that can, you know, maybe help out

597
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: in whatever role it may be. You know, But to me,

598
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: that's the best move. I think it needs to happen.

599
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: And honestly, I guarantee let's get back to John Henry here.

600
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 1: I guarantee you, John Henry, I wouldn't be surprised if

601
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: one of the questions was what is your goal here? Like,

602
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: what what are you looking to achieve here? Why are

603
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: you a Boston Red Sox? Why did you sign an

604
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: extension with us? Is it do you want to win?

605
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 1: I guarantee there was some kind of a question along

606
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: those lines. But I also think there was probably a

607
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: question too of hey, what's going on? You know, what's

608
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: what's bugging you? How can we help you, you know,

609
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: where can we fix things? You know, tell us what

610
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: we need to do. But at the same time, I

611
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: guarantee he asked him, like, hey, you know, what is

612
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: it that you want to achieve here? You know, are

613
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: you looking to just put together, you know, your own

614
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame resume or are you also looking to

615
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,840
Speaker 1: win some championships along the way? You had twenty eighteen,

616
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: But since then you haven't led this team to another championship.

617
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: I know it takes twenty five other guys, but you know, hey,

618
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: that team was yeah, I mean, my goodness, we all

619
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: know that team in twenty eighteen. But you know, Raffi,

620
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: I'm not taking anything away from him. But at the

621
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: end of the day, what I'm trying to say is

622
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: does he want more championships? I mean, to me if

623
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: And that's another thing too. It's sort of like, you know,

624
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 1: let's say it was this, Let's say it was this way.

625
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: Let's say RAFFI felt like he could move. Let's turn

626
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 1: this like the other way around. Let's say RAFFI, you know,

627
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: feels that he could do something, but the team is

628
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: holding him back from doing it. I think that would

629
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: be a different conversation, right but it's the team. Trust me.

630
00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,160
Speaker 1: The team would not ask him to do it if

631
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: they didn't think it was a good idea. I mean,

632
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: you're looking at an organization that is extremely high on

633
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: analytics that. Do you think they're gonna ask it? Like,

634
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 1: if they thought it was a bad idea, do you

635
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: think they would ask him that. No, it would absolutely

636
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: not ask him that, because if they would have already

637
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: asked someone else at this point. So, yeah, if my

638
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: team comes to me and says, hey, listen, we know

639
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: we put Bregman at third, we know that, Okay, well

640
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: Bregman was the better third baseman, but we think you

641
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: are the best possible option for first base right now

642
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: Cassas went down. We need someone to step up. We

643
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 1: think you're that guy. If that's me, dude, I take

644
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: that as a compliment. I take that as like, oh wow,

645
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: they think highly of me highly enough. Sure, maybe I

646
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: wasn't good enough for third base. I get that. Feelings

647
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: got hurt, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'd be

648
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: pretty bummed out too. If I was the third baseman

649
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: for a team for a long time and I got replaced.

650
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: Anyone would be bummed out about that. Absolutely, absolutely I

651
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: would feel that way too, but with time, time heels

652
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: and yeah, now you've come to another awkward point. But

653
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: if that team came to me and said, hey, we

654
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: value you enough to where we think you could do

655
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: this job, well, that to me would make me excited.

656
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: Maybe that's just a mindset thing. I don't know, because

657
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: to me, I would look at it as a way

658
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 1: as that's my chance for redemption. I obviously wasn't cut

659
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 1: out for third base, but this could be my chance

660
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: to show people that I can do something in the

661
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 1: field well, and who knows, maybe you could even put

662
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 1: together an extremely good resume defensively at first base. You

663
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: saw Kevin Euclist. I mean, so many people talk about

664
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: how Kevin Euclists moved from third to first and he

665
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 1: was so good there. Euclus was amazing at first base.

666
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: People still talk about that today. You know, people look

667
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: at look at all the praise that Bryce Harper got.

668
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: Bryce Harper. Bryce Harper did not at all have to

669
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 1: stay at first base. I've seen people say that, oh,

670
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 1: he was basically forced to stay at first base. No

671
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: he wasn't. If he told Dave Dombrowski that he wanted

672
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 1: to stay in the outfield. He would be in the outfield,

673
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: he would, but he came back early, by the way,

674
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: Bryce Harper to play first base, so he can get

675
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: back to the lineup and help the team right. And

676
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: then after that he could have rehabbed more and he

677
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: could have gone back out to the outfield, but he

678
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: felt and of course the team said to him, Hey,

679
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 1: what do you think about staying at first base to

680
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: the long term. We think it's gonna keep you healthy.

681
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: Tell us what you think. He could have said, no,

682
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: he could have said, listen, I really feel like I

683
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: can bring you value as more value as an outfielder.

684
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: But he said to himself, he swallowed his pride a

685
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 1: little bit and said, you know what, that's gonna be

686
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,240
Speaker 1: the better trade off. My bat's gonna be more fresh,

687
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna feel better, my arm is gonna be fine,

688
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna feel less beat up. I'll stay at first base,

689
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: and I'll show you how good of a first basement

690
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: I can be. That was the attitude from Bryce Harper.

691
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, man, you know, I could talk about

692
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,439
Speaker 1: this all day, but at the end of the day,

693
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: I'll get back to the word team. That's what matters.

694
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: The Red Sox are not going to ask him to

695
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: do something. If they think it's gonna hurt the team,

696
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: they would go nowhere near it. But they did so

697
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: Obviously they value the idea enough to where they think

698
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,280
Speaker 1: it's gonna help the team. It clearly needs to happen.

699
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: We have been having we have the Red Sox have

700
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 1: been one bat short for the entire year. There. I

701
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: think the Red Sox are one bat away from taking

702
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: that next step. Tristan Cassas was struggling the entire time

703
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 1: while we're trying to figure something out with this offense.

704
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: I am telling you, get one more productive bat into

705
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: this lineup, and I think this this team goes places.

706
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: I really do, I really do, because there's something that

707
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: just kills these rallies along the way. You know. Yeah,

708
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 1: there's gonna be nights like tonight where sometimes you're not

709
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 1: gonna be able to figure it out, but it's very

710
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: clear that you're just missing that one piece that's turning

711
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: the gears and that one bat could make all the difference.

712
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 1: That's kind of where I'm at. It's been happening all year,

713
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: and that was with Cassas, and that's been without causes

714
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: So that's where I'm at. Everybody, I'm gonna wrap up

715
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: that conversation, but really quick, do want to do a

716
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 1: Game two preview? And we have a great pitching matchup tomorrow,

717
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, And we got Garrett Crochet, We've got

718
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:15,479
Speaker 1: Cole Reagan's on the mound, and wow, what a great

719
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: matchup this is. Cole Reagan's one of the best pictures

720
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: in baseball last year. His FIP is a lot better

721
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,240
Speaker 1: than that Elra. His FIP is in the mid twes.

722
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: I believe Elra is at a three point seventy nine.

723
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:32,799
Speaker 1: Cole Reagan's is legit. But Garrett Crochet, Garrett Crochet, he's

724
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: the kind of a guy where I feel like he

725
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 1: looks at it, looks at a matchup like this, and

726
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna get him reped up. Man. I'm

727
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 1: expecting a big outing from Garrett Crochet tomorrow for me

728
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: and is Actually he's got one extra base hit against him.

729
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: But there's not a whole lot of experience against Crochet.

730
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: As for Reagans, not really a whole lot either. You know,

731
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: we could see another pitching duel tomorrow, wouldn't be some

732
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: but the Red Sox are gonna have to find a

733
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: way to win this game because you're obviously one loss

734
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: away from losing this series. So I will say everybody,

735
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: I can't. I hate this. It dawned on me today

736
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 1: I might not be able to do a postgame show tomorrow.

737
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 1: I actually am very upset about that because this is

738
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,720
Speaker 1: a really good pitching matchup. I have a close friend,

739
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: close family friend that graduated and she is having a

740
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: graduation celebration tomorrow, just finished nursing school, and it completely

741
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: slipped my mind that that was tomorrow. I might be

742
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 1: back in time. Possibly I have to drive about like

743
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: an hour and fifteen minutes to get there. Starts at four,

744
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: so I might be able to get back the games

745
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 1: at seven tonight. I think what was the start time tonight,

746
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: eight o'clock. So I'm gonna do my best to get

747
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: back here tomorrow. But it's a two be determined. I'll

748
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: do my best. I'll do my best. Uh, I'll try

749
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,959
Speaker 1: my best to get back Mark red Sox didn't handle

750
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: Devers right. They publicly shop for his replacement. Then when

751
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 1: it came up that he was promised third base, they said,

752
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: well that was the previous GM at the end of

753
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: the day, you got to do what's best of the team.

754
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 1: Alex Bregman was a better third baseman. That's what it is. Man.

755
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 1: You just saw Alex and Bregman make a great play tonight,

756
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 1: diving play. That's all you need to see right there. Sorry,

757
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 1: Raffi's not making that play. It's just how it is, man,

758
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: And that's true. The previous general manager, Heim Bloom, President

759
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: Baseball Operations, that's what he told him. In the end

760
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 1: of the day, though, it comes down to winning, and

761
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: I understand it. Raffi's a prideful player. I get it.

762
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of the you know, Latin players.

763
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: That's something I love about Latin players, right, They're very

764
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: prideful about their game. I love that. But at the

765
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: same time, if you're being a detriment to the team,

766
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 1: if you're hurting your team, not offensively I'm talking defensively here,

767
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: then listen. Yes, at some point, I think you got

768
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: to be a little bit more self aware, you know. Sorry,

769
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: If I stunk at something and I was cooking up

770
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: the joint, you know, with you know, my poor performance,

771
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 1: I got to look in the mirror and I got

772
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: to say, listen, I'm not getting the job done. You know,

773
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 1: what can I do to make the team better? Where

774
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: would I be a better fit? All Right, I was

775
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: a teacher for a long time. I was a teacher,

776
00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: and believe it or not, I was much more comfortable

777
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: when I taught second grade. When it came to the

778
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: upper grades, like it was fine. I taught, you know,

779
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: fourth grade for a couple of years, but my comfort,

780
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 1: his own, always was second grade. I was better there.

781
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: I don't know why. I could just explain I could

782
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:11,400
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, obviously it was slightly easier

783
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,800
Speaker 1: things to teach, but I felt like I could explain

784
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:18,759
Speaker 1: things in a better way to second grade students, you know,

785
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 1: But I wasn't. But when my principal asked if I

786
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 1: could move to fourth grade, who knows, maybe she thought

787
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 1: I would be she well, she told me that she

788
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: thought I would be a better fit in fourth grade.

789
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,439
Speaker 1: You know. At the end of the day, I listened

790
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 1: to my boss, you know, and they felt like I

791
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 1: was going to be a better fit somewhere. Then, Okay,

792
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 1: I'm going to listen to that. You know. That's kind

793
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: of where That's kind of my answer for that. I

794
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: think maybe there needs to be a bit more self

795
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:51,479
Speaker 1: awareness with things. Not don't mean to be a shot

796
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: at Raffi there. But the end of the day, the

797
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 1: numbers spoke it, and it wasn't like he was kind

798
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: of hanging around in the middle. He was near the

799
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 1: bottom of Major League Baseball when it came to his numbers.

800
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 1: So like, you don't really have an argument. That's like me.

801
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: If you know, if I'm teaching a certain grade and

802
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 1: my test scores were terrible, I don't really have an argument.

803
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: You know. I could maybe find these little loopholes like oh,

804
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,040
Speaker 1: these kids they didn't sleep that night, or they didn't

805
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: you know, they he didn't have breakfast today, Like yeah,

806
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 1: I could. Okay, sure you're gonna have exceptions, but when

807
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: you're consistently having results that were awful, I mean something's

808
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: got to give, you know. That's just me. But then

809
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:42,760
Speaker 1: the fact that he gets an opportunity to redeem himself

810
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 1: in a different role, that to me is amazing. Right,

811
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: So that's like me. You know, if my principal told me, hey,

812
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: we don't think you're very good at teaching second grade,

813
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 1: but we think you'd be pretty good at fourth Okay,

814
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 1: all right, let's try it out midyear. If you know,

815
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,720
Speaker 1: Principal comes back to me, Hey, one of our third

816
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:08,320
Speaker 1: grade teachers quit. We we we have you know, another

817
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: another teacher here that can teach fourth grade. They have

818
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: experience there. Would you be willing to go to third Yeah,

819
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: whatever you need me to do? Like that? Funny enough

820
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: that conversation has actually happened with me before it ended

821
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,799
Speaker 1: up not happening. I remember there was a middle of

822
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 1: the or it was like the first couple of months

823
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 1: of my tea of the of the school year, I

824
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 1: was asked about the idea of moving to another grade.

825
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: Then yeah, I you know, I told him sure, yeah, like,

826
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: whatever you need me to do ended up not happening

827
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 1: right now. If they asked me to go teach kindergarten,

828
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: you know, that wasn't something I wanted to do. That

829
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: was too young. Second grade was like the lowest I

830
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: could do, you know. That was That was it for

831
00:47:54,760 --> 00:48:00,439
Speaker 1: me personally as a teacher anyway. But I'm I could

832
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: keep rambling about this stuff. I think I'm just tired.

833
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: I think I'm I'm kind of almost sleep talking here.

834
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 1: But everybody, I'm gonna wrap it up right there. That

835
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: was a long one for tonight. Do you want to

836
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 1: say thank you for coming out here? Obviously, not a

837
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: great game tonight, it is what it is. They'll come

838
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:19,400
Speaker 1: back tomorrow and let's see what they can do on

839
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:24,279
Speaker 1: the bright side. You know, hey, it's frustrating when they're inconsistent,

840
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: but maybe this means they'll come out with a better

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Speaker 1: performance tomorrow. We'll see everybody. I'm out of here, go

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Speaker 1: enjoy the rest of your night. Again again, It'll be

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Speaker 1: a game time decision for tomorrow. I'll see if I

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Speaker 1: can make it back here in time, and if I do,

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Speaker 1: I'll see you then. Don't know ho