1 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode thirty six of the 2 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast. I am Scott Coleman, and I am 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: joined today by a very special guest who needs no introduction. 4 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: You know him as the television play by play voice 5 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: of the Atlanta Braves, Brandon Godden. Brandon, how are we today? 6 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 2: Doing well? Scott? Thanks for having me, ma'am. 7 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely, And just to tell you, guys, how cool Brandon is. 8 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: We are recording this on Friday morning. He just called 9 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: the doubleheader in Saint Louis on Wednesday, travels to Chicago 10 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: on Thursday for the snow game, makeup, gets home late 11 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: into Atlanta on Thursday night, and here he is on 12 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: Friday morning. So thank you again, Brandon for taking the time. 13 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: I am sure the last couple of days have been 14 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: a whirlwind for you. You've done a lot of cool things 15 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: over your career, but I'm wondering if you have ever 16 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,559 Speaker 1: done three baseball games before in a stretch of about 17 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: twenty four hours. 18 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. 19 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: I have used to do quite a few tournaments Division 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 2: III College World Series where you do four games a day, 21 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 2: and then I used to do a big ten tournament 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: on the college side of things, where you would do 23 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: four sometimes five games in a day. So yeah, so 24 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 2: the you know, it was a little bit of a whirlwind. 25 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: It's tougher on the players, right, I mean for us, 26 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: we get to travel with the team. We're blessed to 27 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 2: be able to do that, and our role is a 28 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: little bit easier and a little less of a grind. Sure, 29 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: there is preparation and when you got to switch teams 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: out and kind of make sure your notes are refreshed 31 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: on the other squad, there is some strain that goes 32 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: to that, but all in all, as we like to say, 33 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 2: it beats working for a living. 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 35 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, well that is good to hear. I'm glad you 36 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: made it back home in one piece. And you know, Brandon, 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: I just kind of wanted we're going to talk some 38 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: braves a little bit later in the show, but I 39 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: just kind of wanted to get an idea of how 40 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: things were going for you for folks who maybe don't know. 41 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: You know, you've had a really cool career to this point. 42 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: The play by play voice for the Butler Bulldogs and 43 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: then locally with Georgia Tech, you were with the Big 44 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: Ten Network, You've done NFL games, You've done radio, with 45 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: Westwood One. You're the voice of the Madden video game franchise, 46 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: which was super cool for me. I mean, I grew 47 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: up on those games. And now you're in year two 48 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: with the Braves, your childhood team. How is the last 49 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: year and a half been for you? Both personally and professionally. 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: It's been fantastic. You know, this is the team that 51 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: I grew up cheering for, that I grew up idolizing 52 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: in Evansville, Indiana. I was a TBS kid, and that's 53 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: something I've talked about a lot. It's the biggest part 54 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: of my story because the Braves not only kind of 55 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 2: brought me to like baseball, they brought me to like broadcasting. 56 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 2: Skip Carrey had the biggest influence, but certainly at Joe Simpson, 57 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 2: who's so awesome that I've gotten to know him and 58 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 2: get to sit in a booth next to him most nights, 59 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: one of my childhood idols. And then Don Sutton and 60 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 2: Pete vam Waaren. I mean, those four I would listen 61 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 2: to every night on TBS. That's really how I started 62 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: to lock in on again, not only baseball, but broadcasting 63 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: and watching those Braves teams through the nineties. That just 64 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: made me fall in love with it. And you fast 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 2: forward three decades later, and it's crazy to think that 66 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: this opportunity would have presented itself last year. But when 67 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 2: it did, and when I was living down the street 68 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: in Atlanta and Buckhead, I thought, well, if there was 69 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: ever a team job, because at the time I was 70 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: doing the games for Fox and Big ten Network is 71 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 2: a neutral announcers and I thought, if there was ever 72 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: a team job that I would want, it would be 73 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: the one with the Atlanta Braves. And so for that 74 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: to open up and for me to be fortunate enough 75 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: to have the opportunity to get it, yeah, I've said 76 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: it many times. It may be cliche, but it's true. 77 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 2: It's a dream come true. 78 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: So I did want to ask, So, when the job 79 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: opened up a couple of years ago, was there any 80 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: doubt in your mind? Or was that one where you 81 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: got together and said, you know what, No, this is 82 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: something I really want to do. 83 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: I knew it was something that I wanted to go 84 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: after right away. 85 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 4: You know. 86 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: I never thought it would open up. I thought Chip 87 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 2: would just be here forever, you know, And I had 88 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 2: listened to Chip and enjoyed listening to Chip just like 89 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: I did his father. I mean, so the Carries collectively 90 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: have had such a huge influence on me, and following 91 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 2: the Braves as a fan while living in Atlanta. I 92 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: just didn't expect for that job to ever open, so 93 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 2: I didn't really it never crossed my mind as a possibility. 94 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 2: I didn't really let it entertain the thought. And then 95 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 2: when I got word that it was going to open, 96 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: it all happened really really quick. From the time that 97 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 2: I found out it was opening to the time where 98 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 2: they had called and offered me the position. If I'm 99 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 2: remembering correctly, it was only about seven days, maybe ten, 100 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: So everything happened really quick. It was almost like you 101 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 2: didn't even have a chance to comprehend what all was 102 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: going on. And then I think once the season started 103 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: last year, that's when it really settled. In that first 104 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: road trip and then especially the first game of Truest Part, 105 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: first time I sat in that chair, put that headset 106 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: on and looked down and got ready to call that 107 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: game last year against the Padres, I think that's really 108 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 2: when all the emotions kind of hit me in a 109 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 2: good way. In a good way, it just was something 110 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 2: again that I was incredibly thankful for and still am. 111 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: But in that moment, you flashed back to all those 112 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: days as a kid watching the games on TBS and 113 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 2: hoping one day to have an opportunity like that, and 114 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: then all of a sudden you're there, and it almost 115 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: felt like a dream and a dream that I'm still 116 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 2: living out. 117 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: Well, I can say this, and I don't say because 118 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: you're on the podcast today, but you do a fantastic 119 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: job in the booth, and I think I speak for 120 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: Braves fans everywhere. You keep the broadcast fun, you keep 121 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: them informative, which is something that I know I appreciate. 122 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: This is a show that kind of leans towards more 123 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: of a statslantt and analytical approach, and I know that's 124 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: something that has been a great addition to the booth. 125 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to bring up a story that you've shared 126 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure many times, and maybe our listeners remember it 127 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: when you took the job, but just a great story 128 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: that involves the legendary Skip Carry. You wrote him a 129 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: great letter that Skip responded to I believe when you 130 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: were thirteen years old, and in some ways it kind 131 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: of inspired you and launched your career. When you think 132 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: about Skip Carrey in that memory, what comes to mind. 133 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got that letter sitting about five feet from me. 134 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: I keep it in the drawer of my desk here 135 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 2: in my office, and I remember writing that letter. I 136 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: can't say that I specifically remember everything I said until 137 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 2: I go back and obviously read it. But I remember 138 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 2: sitting down in the family room on the table with 139 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: a pencil there, and had took out two pieces of 140 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: paper from one of those stencil notebooks, you know that 141 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: had the shredding on the side, and oh, ye wrote 142 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 2: that letter to Skip And I remember putting it in 143 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: the mail and thinking, yeah, I don't know if I'll 144 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 2: ever hear back, but I knew it was I wanted 145 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: to express to him how much I enjoyed watching the 146 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: Braves telecast because of him, and how he had inspired me, 147 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 2: even at that young age, at thirteen, to try to 148 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: get into the business. And I'll always remember checking the 149 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: mail every day after school, and it took a little while, 150 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: but I think it was about three or four weeks 151 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 2: later that one day when I checked the mailbox and 152 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,239 Speaker 2: there was a letter, and the letter had in returned 153 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: said to Turner Broadcasting, and your heart kind of skipped 154 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 2: a beat. I was like, Oh my gosh, this is 155 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 2: so cool. He wrote me back, and he didn't say 156 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: anything earth shattering in there. It was advice that a 157 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: lot of broadcasters would give to young aspiring broadcasters about 158 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 2: making sure you study the game and listen to yourself 159 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: and critique yourself and just get as many reps as 160 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: you can, all the obvious things. But the fact that 161 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 2: he took the time to write it kind of made him. 162 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: You know, in my mind he was a bigger than 163 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: life thing. It's almost like he wasn't real. He's just 164 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: a guy that as a kid I saw on television. 165 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: So that letter kind of made him real and tangible 166 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: to me, and in a weird way at thirteen, that 167 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: kind of helped drive me even harder to want to 168 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: do what he was doing. And so that letter did 169 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 2: have a profound impact. It still does obviously, As I said, 170 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 2: I still hold on to that near and dear. But yeah, 171 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 2: I mean I could go on and on about skip. 172 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 2: A lot of the things that I sometimes find myself 173 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: saying in the middle of a broadcast are things that 174 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: just naturally I heard him say when I was a kid, 175 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 2: and so I incorporate those little nuances into my call, 176 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 2: as Chip did too. You know, you kind of become 177 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 2: a product of what you grow up around and grow 178 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 2: up listening to, and for me that was Skip and 179 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 2: so yeah, his thumbprint, if you will, it is I 180 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 2: feel all over my broadcast is on a daily basis, 181 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: and a. 182 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: Question that I wanted to ask you, Brandon from a 183 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: play by play perspective and someone who is kind of 184 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: steering the boat when you're in the booth. Last season, 185 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: you and Jeff Francor had this great chemistry right away. 186 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: It was like you were old high school buddies calling 187 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: a game, and now you're with CJ. Who I mean, 188 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: I've noticed brings a ton of stat driven analysis and 189 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: analytics into the booth. And then you'll do a broadcast 190 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: with a Hall of Famer like Tom Glavin with three 191 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: hundred plus wins and just a wealth of baseball experience 192 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: under his belt. Does that change anything for you in 193 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: a play by play sense and how you approach the 194 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: game that night? 195 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, it does. It doesn't really change how I'm actually 196 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: calling the plays. It changed how you host, if you will, 197 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 2: Because each person has different things that they like to 198 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: go to, right, each of those guys has different things 199 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 2: that they find, I would say, more in their comfort level, 200 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 2: and so knowing that and trying to set them up 201 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 2: in those spots I think is important. But also the 202 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 2: easy thing with all of them is my job is 203 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: to let the game breathe, right, and so I try 204 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 2: to always remember this game is on television. You don't 205 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 2: have to call every pitch. You don't have to say everything. 206 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 2: I can say lifted to center field, caught, Whereas on radio, 207 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 2: if you do that, you're saying that swung, it's out 208 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 2: to mid range center field, he gets camps underneath it, 209 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 2: and he pulls it in for the second out. You 210 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 2: don't have to do all that on TV. And I 211 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 2: guess my point in saying that is if you kind 212 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 2: of give the game time to breathe, it also gives 213 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 2: your analysts more space to jump in, and that's what 214 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: I want to do. I always tell every analyst I 215 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 2: work with, I just want to make sure I'm leaving 216 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 2: you the space to break down the game, because they 217 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 2: are the experts. They are the ones who are giving 218 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 2: the people at home the insight into the x'es and o's, 219 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 2: if you will, and breaking down the game you know 220 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 2: my job. I see it as adding stories, adding human 221 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 2: interest elements, being there when big plays happen to kind 222 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 2: of put that extra exclamation mark on it, if you will. 223 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: But the analyst is there to really teach the viewer, 224 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 2: and I want to give them the space to do that, 225 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: and that's always a goal. But look, I'm not just 226 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 2: saying this. Those three guys are tremendous at what they do, 227 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 2: and while they may have little differences, they all have 228 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 2: such good strengths that to me, they're all such enjoyable listens. 229 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 2: And I like the I say challenge, it's not a challenge. 230 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: I enjoy the difference in working with each of them 231 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 2: kind of keeps you on your toes and it's fun 232 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 2: like tonight's with glab and I haven't worked with him 233 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 2: in a few weeks, but I know it's going to 234 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 2: feel like riding a bike. Just all those guys make 235 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 2: my job very easy. 236 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: Well, we as fans are in very good hands no 237 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: matter who is in the booth every night. It really 238 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: is an enjoyable broadcast. And that's a tip of the 239 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: cap to you. We are going to keep talking a 240 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: little more with Brandon, but first, a quick word from 241 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: our sponsors. Seat geek is the official ticketing marketplace of 242 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball. 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That's drinkag one dot 289 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 4: com slash fo ul go check it out ftfam. 290 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: All right, Brandon, I always like to ask this questions 291 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,359 Speaker 1: of folks who get to travel with the team regularly 292 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: and get to go all over the place from your travels, 293 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: are there any favorite ballparks or cities? I am sure 294 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: you are probably quickly on your way towards checking off 295 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: all thirty stadiums across the league. 296 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm getting close. I think I've got the twins 297 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 2: and Angels, and I believe that may be it. But 298 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: there are really no bad trips, as I'm learning, it's 299 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: just kind of which ones are your favorite trips. I 300 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 2: really enjoy going to New York, and I will say 301 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 2: that because it's New York. It's a fun city. All 302 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: the guys usually take their wives and their families, and 303 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 2: you get to walk around Manhattan and have some fun, 304 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: and then you know, this most recent trip, there's history. 305 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 2: Even though it's a new Yankee Stadium, it's still Yankee Stadium, 306 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 2: and there's some history and fun with that, so that's 307 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: always an enjoyable trip. I like Denver, even though the 308 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 2: Rockies may be struggling and their crowds aren't great, it 309 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: is beautiful. The weather this time of year is typically fantastic. 310 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 2: You get that cool mountain air in the view. And 311 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 2: then there's just iconic baseball cities, right Wrigley Field, even 312 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 2: Saint Louis, which is such an iconic baseball town in 313 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 2: my mind, and I grew up a couple hours from there. 314 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: I appreciate so many different things about these places that again, 315 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 2: there are no bad trips, but those are a few 316 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: that are at the top of my list. And then 317 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: the other one I would say from a ballpark perspective 318 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: is Fenway. I mean, look the history and everything. It's obvious. 319 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 2: It's usually everybody's either one, two or three on the list. 320 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 2: But calling a game there, the views, you think about 321 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 2: the people that have played there, walking through the tunnel 322 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 2: and thinking of the legends that have walked through that 323 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 2: tunnel in the visiting clubhouse to get onto the field, 324 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 2: you kind of get chills. And then the booth there 325 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 2: in particular, you are right on top of the action. 326 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 2: It is the most unique vantage point as a broadcaster 327 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 2: that you get in Major League Baseball, and it just 328 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: feels like you have stepped back in time and it's 329 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: just a really awesome place to visit and to call 330 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: a game. So that certainly is up there as well. 331 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree wholeheartedly. I've been able to get 332 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: up to Fenway a couple of times, and if listeners 333 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: have never been to that ballpark, I cannot recommend it enough. 334 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: And it sounds like you would as well. Just cool 335 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: to even just sit in one of the seats out 336 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: in the bleachers and think who else has sat in 337 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: this chair over the last one hundred plus years. It 338 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: really is a special place. Brandon, I wanted to ask 339 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: and get your take on this year's Braves team. You 340 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: get to see these guys up close more than I mean, 341 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: basically everybody, and I think it's fair to say it's 342 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: been a little bit of a rollercoaster at times. There's 343 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: been some highs, there's been some lows. There have been 344 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: a lot of injuries that they have to overcome. You know, 345 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: kind of where do you see this point as we 346 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: reach the midway point. 347 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 2: I obviously see what everybody else sees. As far as 348 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 2: the offense, things started good, right eighteen and six looked 349 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 2: a lot like twenty twenty three. Bats go cold, some frustration, 350 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 2: and then the bats heated up there for a week 351 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 2: and a half, and now on this last road trip 352 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 2: they kind of cooled off a little. So I want 353 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 2: to see what happens on this homestand I think think 354 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 2: it's an incredibly pivotal home stand. You're hitting the midway 355 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 2: point in the season, you end it with the Phillies 356 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 2: coming to town, and it kind of sets the tone 357 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 2: for the All Star break. So I really want to 358 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 2: see what happens during this home stretch. But look, the Braves, 359 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 2: I think we have to keep in mind that they 360 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 2: have overcome a lot. You lose a potential cy Young 361 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 2: winner and arguably the best player in baseball on Acuna, 362 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 2: and that's a pretty big one two punch. And I 363 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 2: know the Braves are stacked and fans expect a lot, 364 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: but that's hard to deal with. And then you throw 365 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: in the other injuries that have happened to Murphy, to Riley, 366 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 2: now to Michael Harris, it seems like the Braves, everyone 367 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 2: deals with injuries throughout the course of one hundred and 368 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 2: sixty two game season. No one's gonna feel sorry for 369 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 2: the Braves, but they have been a little snake bit here. 370 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 2: But I will say this because of where the National 371 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 2: League is at, the Braves right now are comfortably the 372 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 2: top team for the wild card spot. And it's early 373 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 2: right so while the division and the trailing the Phillies 374 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 2: by a wide margin does not look good right now, 375 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 2: I guess what I feel good about is the fact 376 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 2: that the Braves have three starters that are pitching as 377 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: well as anybody in baseball, and as long as those 378 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 2: guys can stay healthy, and I know that's an if, 379 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: but if those guys stay healthy, as long as the 380 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: Braves can get into the postseason, I still really like 381 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 2: their chances and I will take the Braves against anybody. 382 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 2: Would you like the bats to show more consistency, Well, sure, yeah, absolutely, 383 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 2: and I think that the bats will. I think you know, 384 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 2: last year was a historically good offense. This year, the 385 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 2: offense at times has been underperforming, but the expected numbers 386 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 2: have been better than what has actually happened, and so 387 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: you hope that at some point scott Water finds its 388 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 2: level and the truth is somewhere in the middle. But 389 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: if the team is pitching as well as a team 390 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 2: has been, the bats don't have to do what they 391 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: did in twenty twenty three. They just need to be average. 392 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 2: And I think this is a far above average offensive 393 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 2: team that unfortunately has just underperformed a little. But I 394 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 2: expect them fully to turn this around. And again it's 395 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: important to keep in mind we're not to the halfway 396 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 2: point yet, or maybe when people are listening to this, 397 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 2: we are exactly at the halfway point of the season. 398 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 2: So there's just so much baseball left to be played. 399 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. And you mentioned how good the pitching 400 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: has been. Chris Sale. What more can we say about 401 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: this guy? He was fantastic on Thursday in Chicago. Should 402 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: have gotten in the wind. It's a bummer the Braves 403 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: couldn't scratch across a couple of runs. But seeing Chris 404 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: Sale every five or six days, I mean, he has 405 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: been as good as anyone in baseball, and it feels 406 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: like he has kind of turned back the clock a 407 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: decade to the level he was pitching at years ago. 408 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: I mean, how impressive has he been and what's it 409 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: been like being around Chris. 410 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's tremendous. As we talked about often during 411 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 2: the broadcast in the clubhouse, he's a guy that people 412 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 2: gravitate towards and he gives you that I don't know 413 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: if you want to say X for boost of energy 414 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 2: in the clubhouse or fire. Maybe fires the better word, 415 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 2: because he is a fiery guy and I think that 416 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: that's something that was welcomed in the clubhouse. But he's 417 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 2: also a guy that is frequently smiling when he's not 418 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 2: on the mound and is coming around and talking to everybody. 419 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 2: Everybody likes him, and you see him on the team, 420 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: playing and in the hotels and he's just kind of 421 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 2: in different conversations and checking in on people. And a 422 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 2: guy that's been around that long, that's won that many games, 423 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 2: it's been to that many All Star games, that's respected, 424 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 2: that is instantly respected, and the fact that so even 425 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 2: if he wasn't performing well on the mound, I think 426 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 2: it's a good addition and somebody that the Braves can 427 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 2: just lean on in the clubhouse. The fact that he's 428 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 2: having the All Star campaign that he's having is the 429 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: cherry on top. And look is the first offseason that 430 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 2: he's been healthy in about six years, and I think 431 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 2: he's seeing the fruits of that. And I do think 432 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 2: he feels younger, he feels rejuvenated. He looks like he's 433 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: pitching like a twenty five year old with a very 434 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 2: fresh arm. It's been an incredible pick up between he 435 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: and Raynaldo Lopez. You potentially to me, those guys are 436 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 2: both all stars. Like, if they're not in Texas next month, 437 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 2: I would be surprised. But even if they aren't or 438 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 2: for some reason they get left out unfairly, they're having 439 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 2: all star caliber campaigns and that's been so nice to 440 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 2: see for this Braves Arsenal. 441 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, two just fantastic additions by Alex and his team. 442 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: Where would the Braves be at if they didn't strike 443 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: gold with Chris Sale and Renaldo Lopez. And we also 444 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: have a really great pitching matchup on Saturday afternoon against 445 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: the Pirates. Brandon, you've seen a lot of baseball this year, 446 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, other than Opening Day when it was 447 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: Wheeler against Strider, I don't know if we have had 448 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: a better pitching matchup than Paul Skenes, who is pitching 449 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: at an unbelievable level, just a year removed from the 450 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: number one pick in the draft, and Max Freed, who 451 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: has been as good as anyone in the game the 452 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: last couple of months. It should be a really great 453 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: matchup on Saturday afternoon. Do games like that give you 454 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 1: just a little more juice knowing that you have two 455 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: of the best in the game going. 456 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there'll be more juice in the ballpark. I 457 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 2: think it would be silly to ignore that because Skeens 458 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 2: has kind of, you know, he's kind of doing what 459 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 2: Otani has done over the last couple of years, and 460 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 2: that he when he starts, people stop and they want 461 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 2: to know what happened. And there have been times when 462 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 2: Otani's going when people want to check in and see 463 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 2: what he did. And that's kind of what Skeens is doing. 464 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 2: He's the young superstar pitcher still, as you mentioned, so 465 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 2: close to just being drafted twenty two years old, and 466 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 2: he's throwing the ball routinely over one hundred with nasty stuff. So, 467 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 2: but I think it's also a good opportunity for Max. 468 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 2: I feel like Max Freed is an underappreciated superstar in 469 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 2: the game of baseball. Braves fans know and appreciate and 470 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 2: respect him, but I feel like you don't hear his 471 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 2: name enough in other circles. Max is an unbelievable pitcher 472 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 2: and he's having a fantastic season, and so it may 473 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 2: sound silly to say that he deserves that stage, because 474 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 2: but he does. He does deserve that stage. And I 475 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 2: hope that for all the talk that's going to happen 476 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 2: about Schemes on Saturday, I hope that there's as much 477 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: talk about Max after that game. And I just really 478 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 2: hope that Max performs well and can out duel Schemes 479 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 2: because Max is tremendous. We know the track record when 480 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 2: he's healthy and what he's been able to do this 481 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 2: year as well. But yeah, look, that's of the three 482 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: games that one's got the extra juice, and that's going 483 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 2: to be incredibly fun to watch and to broadcast. 484 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: It should be good indeed. And Sunday we have an 485 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: early game for me out on the West Coast. It 486 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: is an eight thirty five am first pitch, which will 487 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: be a fun time, but eleven thirty five locally and Brandon, 488 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: you are going to be in the booth, I believe 489 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: with CJ on Roku. So Sunday mornings game on Roku. 490 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: Anything special or unique about that other than just where 491 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: it's being broadcast or is that kind of business as 492 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: usual for you? 493 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 2: No, it's not business as usual. It's much different. So 494 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 2: it is actually Matt Kapps, who is the Pittsburgh Pirates 495 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 2: TV analyst, that is going to be the analyst. So 496 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 2: Roku started this package gosh now six or seven weeks ago, 497 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: and what they've been doing is rather than bringing in 498 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 2: quote unquote national announcers who don't see the teams every day, 499 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: they have been taking the home play by play announcer 500 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 2: me in this case, and the visiting analysts Matt Capps 501 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 2: in this case, and pairing them together so that you 502 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 2: have a local broadcast but split fifty to fifty as 503 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 2: far as knowledge of each team. I think it's a 504 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 2: really innovative, cool thing that they're trying. I think this 505 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 2: platform is the right way to do it and to 506 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 2: try it, and they've gotten from what I understand, good 507 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 2: feedback on it. So what will be different is obviously 508 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 2: you won't hear two Braves announcers. You will have one 509 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: Ley Ballard on the sideline. They're doing the home sideline reporter, 510 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 2: So that's cool, but my call will have to be 511 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: a little bit more neutral, and I'm sure some people 512 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 2: will not understand and probably be angry at that, but 513 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 2: that's you know, I've I've worked a lot of games 514 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 2: in that role being a neutral announcer, so it will 515 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 2: be different. You know, I will not be able to 516 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 2: show a Braves bias. I will need to get excited 517 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 2: for both teams, and so certainly that will be a 518 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 2: different feel, but I'm looking forward to it. It'll be 519 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 2: a different challenge. And Matt Kapps, I've heard him on 520 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 2: Pirates broadcast. He's a tremendous guy. Actually lives in Atlanta, 521 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 2: and so that's the thing I'm looking forward to on Sunday. 522 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a lot of fun. 523 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: That does sound like a really great idea to kind 524 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: of merge two boots into one. So again, you can 525 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: check out Brandon on Roku Sunday morning, eleven thirty five am. 526 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: First pitch, Brandon, I sadly need to let you go. 527 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: You have got a baseball game to call tonight. I 528 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: speak Braves fans everywhere that we are thrilled to have 529 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: you in the booth. You and the team do a 530 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: fantastic job, and I just want to thank you again 531 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: for everything that you do for the team, and also 532 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: for just taking some time on your very busy week 533 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: to come onto the show today. 534 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 2: Scott Man glad to do it. This job and things 535 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 2: like this are a privilege, and I'm just fortunate to 536 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 2: be able to work with this organization and so hopefully 537 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 2: these bats can get going. But remember, even if they 538 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: are still struggling a little bit right now, this team's 539 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 2: in a good spot and I hope that this season, 540 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 2: by the end of it, we're all planning a long 541 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,719 Speaker 2: postseason run. Would love nothing more than seeing that. So 542 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 2: thanks for having me. Man really appreciate it. 543 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: Absolutely. Please come on back anytime. Seriously, we would love 544 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: to have you again. He is Brandon Goddon play by 545 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: play voice for the Atlanta Braves. Brad and I will 546 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: be back in our usual time slot on a Sunday night, 547 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: so be sure to keep an eye out for that. 548 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: Have a great weekend, everybody. We will see you all 549 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: next time.