1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Odd Couple podcasts. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Be sure to check us out live every weekday from 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: four to seven pm Pacific seven to ten pm Eastern 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for The 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio dot com, or stream 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: us every day on the iHeartRadio by searching FSR. 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: You're listening to the best of the Odd Couple. 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 3: And Rob g. 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 4: Obviously, I was in San Francisco. I couldn't watch the game, 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 4: but a lot was made of Barry Bonds. I know 11 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 4: Keith was able to watch it, but just tell us 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 4: what happened as this historic game. 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 3: One game only and it was. 14 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 4: On Netflix, a five o'clock start out in San Francisco. 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 4: But there was a lot talked about that game. 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, mixed reviews. 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 5: To put in lightly for Netflix's inaugural MLB broadcast MLB 18 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 5: Opening Night, Yankees roll over the Giants. But most people, 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,279 Speaker 5: if you're on social media, were not fans of what 20 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 5: they saw from Netflix. More specifically, the athletics Andrew marchand 21 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 5: sports illustrat as Jimmy Trayna and so many others were 22 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 5: so upset about it that they penned feature length articles 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 5: discussing everything they didn't like about the broadcast. It boiled 24 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 5: down to four things. Number one, not enough focus on 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 5: the actual game. There was a lot of you know, 26 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 5: promotion of Netflix products, the WWE and so on and 27 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 5: so forth. 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 3: Number two, when you spend all that money, you know 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: what I mean for that, they're trying to expend fifty 30 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 3: dollars for that first game, go on right. 31 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 5: Number two, they missed the first ABS challenge because they're 32 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 5: doing an in game interview of a manager. That was 33 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 5: something rub people the wrong way. Number three, that's a 34 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 5: story the softball interview with Rob Manfred. They only asked 35 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 5: him four questions. Here are the questions. What was your 36 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 5: first opening day? When did you fall in love with baseball? 37 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 5: Can we get a ten run rule? And isn't ABS great? 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 5: Nothing about the lockout, nothing about any controversies around in baseball. 39 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 4: But and as non reporters, that's gotta be before we 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 4: even get to the baseball like, what are your feelings, 41 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 4: you know, baseball fans, this could be you know, the 42 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 4: end of the season, you know, like you just got 43 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 4: to get it out of the way and then you 44 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,119 Speaker 4: could get into the pleasantries. 45 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 3: I'm sorry. 46 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 5: And last but not least the involvement of Barry Bonds. Now, 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 5: most people really enjoyed Barry Bonds, what he was bringing 48 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 5: to the table, his conversation. He seemed to be the 49 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 5: star of the night for the broadcast. What people did 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 5: it like, though, was that Netflix went out of their way, 51 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 5: it felt like to glorify Barry Bond's seventy three home 52 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 5: run season. In fact, they had seventy three kayaks in 53 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 5: McCovey Cove in honor of Barry Bond's historic home run March. So, guys, 54 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 5: I got a question for I know Robi you didn't 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 5: get to see it, but just in general, do you 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 5: have an issue with Netflix and Major League Baseball as 57 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 5: a whole celebrating Barry bonds seventy three we'll call it 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 5: controversial runs. 59 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 3: I'm gonna say that, No, I do not. 60 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 4: As you know, I'm a Baseball Hall of Fame voter 61 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 4: Keith and I voted for Barry Bonds all ten years. 62 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: And it's really simple. 63 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 4: I'm not naive, I'm not dumb to I think Barry 64 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 4: Bonds was involved in the Jews, steroids and the controversy. Absolutely, 65 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 4: I do. I think a lot of players were during 66 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 4: that time. Here's where I drawed the line. And the 67 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 4: people I don't vote for are the people who were 68 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 4: busted and suspended by the league. The people I vote 69 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 4: for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Mark mcgarth. They 70 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: never got busted, they never tested positive, and guess what 71 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 4: their records count all their Barry Bonds is a home 72 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 4: run king. You could go and say, oh, it's hey, No, 73 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 4: it's not. When you open up that record book and 74 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 4: baseball's there, it's there, seventy three home runs in the 75 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 4: season and he has the most home runs of any 76 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 4: player ever. 77 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 3: So you can go ahead and play that game and 78 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: act like what he did. He didn't do, but we 79 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 3: all watched it. 80 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 4: So if it counts for baseball, if it counts in 81 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 4: the record books. No one's saying, let's take away a 82 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 4: couple of those Red Sox World Series because Big Poppy 83 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 4: and many were mirrors right. 84 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 3: Along the juice right there. We did We didn't, we 85 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 3: didn't take them. 86 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 4: We're not taking those away, right, But you want to 87 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 4: take away from Bonds. So I'm cool with it, and 88 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 4: I know we're going to be in a minority. A 89 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 4: lot of people aren't feeling it. But if they counting 90 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: the record books, he's a home run champ. 91 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 3: Why shingdon't you talk. We're in the future now. 92 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 6: The game was on Netflix, Like you're logging into your 93 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 6: Netflix account to start the baseball season. We're also in 94 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 6: the future now where we don't care the younger generation. 95 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 3: We don't care that he used steroids. We're over it. 96 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 3: We got it. The steroid injection. Didn't hit seventy three 97 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: home runs. 98 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: He did. 99 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 6: Maybe Netflix has a documentary on Barry Bonds to educate 100 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 6: the younger generation. Maybe they should do that because Barry 101 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 6: was winning MVPs before that. He was nice before that 102 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 6: in Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh, so it's like, man, try to 103 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 6: discredit this guy. This guy is arguably the greatest of 104 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 6: all time. 105 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 3: If you talk to most players, they do say he's 106 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 3: the greatest player. 107 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 6: Aaron Judge says that he doesn't have the real record Barry, 108 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 6: but he grew up a Barry Bonds Giants fan. 109 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: Aaron Judge said, I don't have the real record I watch, So. 110 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 6: Why would Netflix use that opportunity to act like this 111 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 6: guy has put a stain on the game and talk 112 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 6: about him in a negative way. What we're running into 113 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 6: is all of these curmudgeon bums. What we're running into 114 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 6: is these baseball nerds that are holier than thou. They 115 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 6: want to complain about the game, they want to complain 116 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 6: about the broadcast. They're just happy baseballs back and don't 117 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 6: know how to show it. Relax, Netflix in two. I 118 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 6: enjoyed it last night. I mean, obviously I'm a Yankee fan, 119 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 6: so right. 120 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 4: But here's the other thing too. Bonds was working as 121 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 4: a batting coach in the league, like exile exile Mark 122 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 4: McGuire had a job. He was what with the Cardinals, 123 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 4: and I think the dog everybody mis a rod Now 124 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 4: he had a whole a face of baseball on time. 125 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 4: At one time he was on fourteen and ESPN. And 126 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 4: this is what I'm trying to say. So I'm not 127 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 4: going to sit here and knock Netflix. The game was 128 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 4: in San Francisco. You use Barry as an analyst right 129 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 4: on the desk. I don't know how you get around 130 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 4: and how do you act like none of that happened. 131 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: It would go like it would be like Opening Day 132 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: in Cincinnati and not mentioning Pete Rolls. 133 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 3: You would mention him wouldn't you. 134 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 6: Absolutely you would mention Rip, especially after he passed, and 135 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 6: you're in his house. That's the house we Some of 136 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 6: the most famous moments in that place is watching that 137 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 6: ball going to McCovey cove. I liked that they did 138 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 6: the whole seventy three and what do you expect. Like 139 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 6: I said, they paid fifty million dollars for that product 140 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 6: placement for that advertisement. It was Netflix first game. Some 141 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 6: of y'all were expecting it to be ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. 142 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 6: ESPN gave up Sunday Night Baseball. They don't want it anymore. 143 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 6: We are in the future. This is what you get 144 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 6: when a streaming platform takes on the challenge of opening Night. 145 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 6: They probably have people that aren't really baseball people helicoptering 146 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 6: in with the creative. I loved it. I thought it 147 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 6: was great. Some of y'all gotta come off your high horse. 148 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 6: Some of y'all gotta just chill with your holier than 149 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 6: now traditional baseball stuff. 150 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: He cheated. He's a steroid user, yeah, but he's a legend. 151 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 3: He's a goat. And you're in the house that Barry built. 152 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 4: And here's the only thing that I wish and again 153 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 4: I was at the game, which was a beautiful night 154 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 4: in San Francisco. 155 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: Have you been to that park yet? 156 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: No? 157 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 3: I had a chance to go a couple of years ago. 158 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 3: I regret not going. Let me tell you something, you're 159 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: gonna get there. 160 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 4: That is. 161 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: And the drone footage was amazing. 162 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 6: You didn't see that, But I'm like, I never saw 163 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 6: the stadium in that compact, like the drone footage flying in. 164 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: I'm like, this is high production? Was it was three 165 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: US in my top three and I'm not. 166 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 4: I look at Dodgers Stadium, Wrigley Field, and Fenway in 167 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 4: a different league, like like your top three. 168 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, no, no, those are like the old time. 169 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 4: I don't put them in with the rest because you 170 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 4: can't really do that. Yeah, like those are different, right, 171 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 4: And even the old Yankee Stadium would have been in that, 172 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 4: not the new one. But my three favorite parks would 173 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 4: be Oracle which I call pack Bell when it first opened, Okay, Pittsburgh, 174 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 4: PNC Parks beautiful been there, yeah, thirty eight thousand seats, 175 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 4: beautiful view of Pittsburgh, and Camden Yards in Baltimore, which 176 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 4: was a new retro smaller ball park, great making that 177 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 4: place A right. Yeah, so those are my three and 178 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 4: those are all recently built. And that doesn't mean that 179 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 4: the park in San Diego pec Co's not beautiful. There's 180 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 4: a lot of great baseball stadium sure, but those three 181 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 4: would be mine. So I get why they included Bonds. 182 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 4: It only made sense if you're going to San Francisco, 183 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 4: and if they were on the broadcast, if they wanted 184 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 4: to dive into it. The only thing I would have 185 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 4: asked Barry Bonds. Yes, you didn't get in by the 186 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 4: writers for ten years. You came close last year. Right, 187 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 4: it was just short. But you also had two chances 188 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 4: where former players could have voted for you, and Keith 189 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: they didn't vote for him, so that that would have 190 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 4: been my rather than rehashing everything. How bummed out are 191 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 4: you that the two chances you had with former players 192 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 4: who played the game, they know what it takes, did 193 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 4: not vote you. 194 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 6: I think he's at peace with it, because you gotta be. 195 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 6: Because Barry Bond's head is the size. 196 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 3: Of the whole ballpark. 197 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 6: And you know when they did Field the Dreams last year, 198 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 6: plug Netflix will have Field of Dreams this year. They 199 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 6: had Barry Bond back to the who's playing this year. 200 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 6: Also Twins and Twins and Phillies, I believe this year. 201 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 6: But they're going back to Iowa. But Netflix will have 202 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 6: the coverage, and I guarantee you they will learn from 203 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 6: this first opening night and tweak some things and change 204 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 6: some things. But I remember Barry Bonds. They asked Barry, like, 205 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 6: what would you do on the mound against this guy? 206 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 6: And he said, gone, Jeter asked him or something. He 207 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 6: was like, gone, Jeter, Like you know, they basically like 208 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 6: interview Barry and he talks as if he's the greatest 209 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 6: of all times. So I don't think that he's worried 210 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 6: about the Hall of Fame at this point. 211 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm it's just a part of it. I mean, 212 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 4: all those guys, I voted for all of them. 213 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 6: I mean I did, excuse me, it wasn't it wasn't 214 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 6: Field of Dreams. It was actually the home run derby. No, 215 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 6: it was the game in Alabama at the Negro League Stadium. 216 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, I was there for that. I covered that 217 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 4: as well. You'd be at next time. 218 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 3: Send me a ticket, send me some type of credential, Tonic. 219 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 3: You know, I was there. That was awesome. 220 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 4: Berman was in Birmingham and if you remember, William Mays 221 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 4: died like two days before that, and that was supposed 222 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 4: to be like for him where he grew up down there, 223 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 4: and it was really something. 224 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 3: I was really really impressed by the way that thing 225 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 3: was put on. 226 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple 227 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 2: with Rob Parker and kelvin Washington weekdays at seven pm 228 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 2: Eastern four pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the 229 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. Hi, this is Jay. 230 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 7: I'm the producer of the Paula and Tony Fusco Show. 231 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 7: Usually in these promos they asked you to listen to 232 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 7: the show. I'm here to ask you please, don't listen 233 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 7: to the show. The hosts are two absolute morons who 234 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 7: have the dumbest takes on sports Magible. Don't listen to 235 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 7: the show so it can get campl What the he. 236 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 3: Get him, Paulie fool. 237 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 5: Listen to the Tony Foods Cup Show on the iHeartRadio 238 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 5: app or wherever you get your podcast. 239 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 2: He's still moving. 240 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 8: Now. 241 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 4: Let's welcome in the former infielder outfielder. Uh what a 242 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 4: lifetime batting average of two ninety four, Leon bit Roberts. 243 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 4: Nobody calls him Leon bitt Roberts broke in with the Padres. 244 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 4: I covered him in Cincinnati, and uh, just an all 245 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 4: time great guy and all former All Star from nineteen 246 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 4: ninety two. 247 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 3: Hey, what's happening? Say hi to Keith? How are you? Hey? 248 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: Rob? 249 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: How you doing hot? 250 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 7: Keith? 251 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 3: How are you? 252 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 5: Sir? 253 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 3: Good? Welcome? Awesome, awesome, Hey, Bi? 254 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 4: I was this year marks my fortieth year of covering 255 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 4: Major League baseball? Is that not crazy? And I covered 256 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 4: you in ninety two in Cincinnati. That seems like a 257 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 4: gazillion years ago. 258 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 8: Rob, you're getting old, bro. I'm sorry, agent on your own, bro, 259 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 8: because I got off that ship a long time ago. 260 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 3: I hear you. Let's start here. 261 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 4: With baseball, and you know, yesterday was a standalone game 262 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 4: on Netflix. Some people weren't didn't like it, the whole 263 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 4: idea that you know, it's on the streaming service, everybody 264 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 4: can't get it, and Baseball made a ton of money 265 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 4: off of it. 266 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 3: But this is this is new. 267 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 4: What I did like, whether people like Netflix or not, 268 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: BIP was the idea that for one night, baseball was 269 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: standing by itself, just one game to focus in on, 270 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 4: you know, And I like the whole idea of making 271 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 4: that a special day. 272 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 3: How did you feel about that? 273 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 8: Yeah, I really enjoyed that, you know. And here in 274 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 8: the Bay Area it was a giant so they got 275 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 8: to stand alone. Normally, their giants would be competing with 276 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 8: the Age here in the Bay but the Age are 277 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 8: gone now, so they're standing alone. And now they're really 278 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 8: building their fan base. So they got to stand alone 279 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 8: against one of the great teams of all time, should 280 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 8: I say, one of the great organizations of all time 281 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 8: being the Yankees, you know. And so just to see 282 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 8: that one game on I think it captured all of 283 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 8: the attention that baseball really needs to really get off 284 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 8: to a good start. Now it was on Netflix, something 285 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 8: that's different than Yes or the other channel that it 286 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 8: could see, Fox or whatever, So it was a little 287 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 8: different when it comes to the broadcast, which you know 288 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 8: that was you know, I mean, that's left up for discussion, 289 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 8: but just the fact that you know, you were able 290 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 8: to see baseball on the day when everybody around the 291 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 8: world could watch. And I think that's what's big about 292 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 8: baseball is really trying to get into homes that normally 293 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 8: don't have a chance to watch the game. So people 294 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 8: who were around the world watching the Yankees and then 295 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 8: you know who are these guys, but then not start 296 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 8: to become household names because Aaron Judges on that team, 297 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 8: and the Giants who they are and the history they have. 298 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 8: They're in the ballpark now, you know, Willie Mays, William 299 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 8: mccupy in you go back to the history of the Giants. 300 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 8: But just to have baseball in homes around the world 301 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 8: where they don't even speak English but they were watching. 302 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 8: That just brings the eyes to baseball that's really needed 303 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 8: at this time and day. 304 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 6: Yeah, I got to ask you about the health of 305 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 6: the game. How do you feel about the state of baseball? 306 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 6: A lot of people still say that baseball is dying. 307 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 6: Baseball is not that popular. Numbers don't it's not the NFL, 308 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 6: it's not the NBA. But coming off the World Baseball 309 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 6: Classic and what we saw last night on Netflix, how 310 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 6: do you feel about the health of the game in 311 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 6: twenty twenty six. 312 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 8: I like where it is, man and I like the 313 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,119 Speaker 8: fact that WBC was really something that really brought excitement 314 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 8: to the game, you know. And I listened to Dusty Baker, 315 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 8: who was coaching a Nicaragua team, and he said, Man, 316 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 8: I can't believe how much fun they were happen. You know, 317 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 8: it was a thing where we take baseball too serious. 318 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 8: Over here. It's a fun game. It's a game of chess, 319 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 8: and every pitch has excitement to it, every pitch has 320 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 8: action because you don't know what's going to happen. It's 321 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 8: the ultimate game to where it comes to. You don't 322 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 8: know what's going to happen from pitch to pitch. You know, football, hey, 323 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 8: team is running to the left and continue to run 324 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 8: to the left. And basketball, somebody's hot, they give him 325 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 8: the ball all the time. But in baseball, remember it's 326 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 8: controlled by the pitcher. The defense always has the ball 327 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 8: in the offense is always trying to figure out a 328 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 8: way to do some damage to the guy out there 329 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 8: on the mound. So I just like where there's a 330 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 8: lot of young great players out there right now. The 331 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 8: Dodgers are a dominant team, but they're dominant team because 332 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 8: they know how to play baseball and everybody else needs 333 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 8: to catch up. 334 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 3: Bibb, I'm with you. There's nothing but young stars all 335 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 3: over the game. 336 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 4: I mean, it's incredible when you look at these teams 337 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 4: and these guys. But I do want to ask you 338 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 4: about two players Bi Roberts, former Major League infielder and 339 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: outfielder All Star in nineteen ninety two. I want to 340 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 4: ask you about Aaron Judge and show Hail Tani. And 341 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 4: it's hard to not look at those two guys and 342 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 4: think they have really the odds on favorite of winning 343 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 4: the MVP every year. I mean, Judge beat out a 344 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 4: guy who hit sixty home runs last year. 345 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 3: You know, a hard day, it's one an MVP? Am 346 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 3: I right? Bit when somebody sixty. 347 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 8: Home runs a catcher too? Right? Had a switch in 348 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 8: and catcher tell. 349 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: Me, am I right? I'm right? A batting title. 350 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 8: He won a batting title, batting exactly. I mean, wow, man, 351 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 8: I mean you have to be a special talent to 352 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 8: beat out a guy who put up those type of 353 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 8: numbers and all record numbers for a catcher, you see. 354 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 8: And so what Aaron Judge is doing is so special 355 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 8: because you expect it and then he delivers it. I 356 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 8: don't know if people expected that from Cal last year, 357 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 8: but I got that. You see what I'm saying. So 358 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 8: it's always difficult when you're a hunted. When you're hunting, 359 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 8: it's different, But when you're the hunted like like Aaron 360 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 8: Judge has been these last year year. It's really difficult 361 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 8: to do what he's doing. You could pitch around him. 362 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 8: He could have a bad season where it's not an 363 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 8: Aaron Judge season and not win the MVP. But each 364 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 8: year he's putting up these numbers that you just can't 365 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 8: argue with. I mean, this is something that we're seeing 366 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 8: right now that we want to see at Fance guy 367 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 8: him for average guy, him for power, the guy that 368 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 8: plays every day, a guy that understands baseball and is 369 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 8: a great leader, a mentor to those young kids. I mean, 370 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 8: he's really stepped up as the captain of the New 371 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 8: York Yankees. And you have to be special to wear 372 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 8: that sea. 373 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 4: On that jersey, no doubt, and oh show, Hey, we 374 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 4: know that a unicorn pitchers hits and every year, unless 375 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 4: he has an awful year in something, I don't know 376 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 4: how people are going to look at him and not 377 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: think he's the MVP of the Nashalty every year. 378 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: Man. 379 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 8: I have been arguing with my uncles because they're old school, 380 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 8: they're like in their late seventies and eighties, and they 381 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 8: just didn't believe how good he really is and I 382 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 8: had to argue with him and say, the one player 383 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 8: that can get on the mound through one hundred and 384 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 8: one and then turn around and hit the ball four 385 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 8: hundred and fifty five seats right consistently and still bases 386 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 8: and each and every day find a way in the 387 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 8: leadoff spot. And he's wait a minute in the leadoff 388 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 8: spot to steal bags and hit home runs and to 389 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 8: haven't high average last year average wasn't as high as 390 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 8: it could have been. But I just had to continue 391 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 8: to argue with them that he's legit. He's the best 392 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 8: player in baseball. No one else can do what he does. 393 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 8: He's a unicorn, and I haven't seen many people keep 394 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,239 Speaker 8: saying we're going to see more of that. Well, I 395 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 8: haven't seen more of that. 396 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 3: I see one. 397 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 8: Guy when it comes to hitting and pitching. And as 398 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 8: I watched another day on the mound at spring training 399 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 8: before the season started, I mean, he seemed like he 400 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 8: struck out every guy and he was pinpoint accurate. I 401 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 8: have never seen him this ten point actually going into 402 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 8: a season. So Rob, I'm with you, it's gonna be 403 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 8: very difficult to knock him off the mouth. 404 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 3: You use the great phrase for Otani. He's a unit. 405 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 3: He also has a unicorn contract. 406 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 8: Right. 407 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 6: I call the Dodgers the Los Angeles Deferrals. How do 408 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 6: you feel about the loophole that they have all these 409 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 6: deferred contracts? 410 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 3: They got billions of dollars, all that money that they 411 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: don't have to pay up, But it is a loop. 412 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 3: It is a loophole right now because they can stack 413 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 3: the deck. 414 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 6: How do you feel about them going for a three 415 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 6: p It will be historic if they could do so. 416 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 6: Do you feel like that's okay or do you feel 417 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 6: like like they got to be stopped. 418 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 8: Well, whether I think it's okay or not, I think 419 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 8: when the season is over, a lot of people are 420 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 8: going to say it's not okay, and that may be 421 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 8: the beginning of the work stoppage. That's a part of 422 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 8: it that could happen, right with salary caps. I just 423 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 8: think that when you have smart people in the front office, 424 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 8: they always find a way, They find a way to win. 425 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 8: The Dodgers are just one of those organizations that's two 426 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 8: steps ahead of everybody else. Yeah, they have the money, 427 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 8: but they also have the intelligence at the top to 428 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 8: understand what type of players they're looking for and how 429 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 8: they fit in, and if they don't fit in, they 430 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 8: don't go after them. You don't see them looking forever 431 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 8: to bring everybody to the Dodgers. It's just a select 432 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 8: you and they have to pay that selects you what 433 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 8: the market commands. They pay them. And so they figured 434 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 8: out a way. So, as you said, they figured out 435 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 8: the loophole. And everything that you're involved in, there's always 436 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 8: a loophole to get around certain I would say things 437 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 8: that other people can't get around. You know, in football, 438 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 8: they found this way of giving people bonuses and saying, hey, 439 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 8: that's a part of the salary cap. We're giving them 440 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 8: the olys, but it doesn't affect the overall numbers. And 441 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 8: then basketball it's the same way. So the Dodgers have 442 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 8: figured it out, but one step ahead of everybody else. 443 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 8: They're finding the right players to actually exercise that loophole through. 444 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 4: All right, A bit man appreciated, thanks for your insight, 445 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 4: and Bit Roberts of course, former Major League infield, the outfield, 446 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 4: the broadcaster for the A's and Bit. 447 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 3: We appreciate you, my man, Thank you. 448 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 8: Hey man, thank you brother for having me appreciate it. 449 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 3: Yep. 450 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 451 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 452 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 453 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 2: listen live. 454 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 4: It is opening day around a lot of the ballparks. 455 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 4: We know yesterday was the Yankees and Giants, and a 456 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 4: lot of other teams opened up today and a. 457 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 3: Lot will open up tomorrow. 458 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 4: But the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight after ring ceremony, they've 459 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 4: won back to back easily. Keith should have been knocked 460 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 4: out by the Padres two years ago, right, and that 461 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 4: series should have been beaten by the Blue Jays. Blue 462 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 4: Jays are like eight times to beat them in the 463 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 4: World Series. I'll played them, have scored more runs. You 464 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 4: can say whatever you want, Mookie didn't hit, Show Hay 465 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 4: diden't hit, Freddie Freeman didn't hit and they still won 466 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 4: a World Series because Miguel Rojas had that big home 467 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 4: runn in. 468 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 3: The ninth inning to tie the game. 469 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 4: But now all the talk is they added Dz, they 470 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 4: added Tucker, spent money, they got two really top notch 471 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 4: players to go along with what they have, and everybody 472 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 4: is expecting them to three pt It hasn't been done 473 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 4: since the Yankees, that great team when the Yankees won 474 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 4: four out of five, which was an incredible run. When 475 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 4: they won ninety six, they didn't win in ninety seven, 476 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 4: and then they won ninety eight, ninety nine and two thousand. 477 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 4: They won four out of five and made me a 478 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 4: baseball fan. Right, they were winning like crazy. You were like, 479 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 4: my god, this team is. It was a lock, it 480 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 4: was a guarantee. October comes until. But you don't feel 481 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 4: like the Dodgers, if they were to win, feel the 482 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 4: same way as when the. 483 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 6: Yankees had thirty feels kind of grimy, know, like, you know, 484 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 6: this is the deferrals, the Los Angeles deferrals, and this 485 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 6: loophole that existed, that exists that didn't exist before. You 486 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 6: could talk about George Steinbrenner went out and bought players short. 487 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 6: But they had a core, right, they had Derek Jeter, 488 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 6: they had Mariano, they had Posada, they had Pettit and 489 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 6: don't forget about Bernie Williams. And then even guys that 490 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 6: they got like Paul O'Neill or a Scott Broschit or 491 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 6: a Dallas Strawberry or Doc Good and shout out to Doc. 492 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 6: You know, like some little pieces around they weren't necessarily 493 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 6: the biggest, baddest players on the market, But there was 494 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 6: something about that team and that muscle memory. And when 495 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 6: you go back and you watch The Captain or some 496 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 6: of these documentaries, they talked about how those guys have 497 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 6: been through the battles together and they knew what to 498 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 6: do in the postseason. Now, this Dodgers team, they're just 499 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 6: so stacked. It could be anybody. It could be Freddie Freeman, 500 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 6: it could be Will Smith, it could be taoskar her Nandaz. 501 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 6: It could be Freeman doesn't hit that home run. I 502 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 6: still when you go back like that World Series with you, 503 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 6: Cort has had no business being in that. 504 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 4: But I'm gonna say I'm gonna say this too, and 505 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 4: I'm gonna back Aaron Boone here for this. What where 506 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 4: people forget is he got show Hay out to foul 507 00:23:56,040 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 4: out on one pitch, came in, but then Verdugo it 508 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 4: falls into the stands, which changes the whole game because 509 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 4: it awarded right the runners up a base. If they 510 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 4: didn't move up and they were first base, they would 511 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 4: have pitched the Mookie Betts and not painful of what 512 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 4: I mean? 513 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 3: Am I wrong? 514 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 8: No? 515 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 3: You know what I'm talking about Yes, I was at 516 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 3: Billy's on a big screen. I'll never forget it. I'll 517 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 3: never forget it as long as I live. 518 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 4: And I thought to myself, they got showhy on one 519 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 4: pitch to foul out, not even hit the ball. 520 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 3: At the time, it was like, and that changed the 521 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 3: whole series. 522 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 6: And I mean honestly in that that at bat Nester 523 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 6: had like a ninety two mile an hour fastball. 524 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 3: He didn't have that much velocity. He didn't pitch for 525 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 3: a month. But anyway, I don't want to go down. 526 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 6: I'm sorry twenty twenty four, the painful World Series that 527 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 6: it was. I was at those games. I watched Judge 528 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 6: drop the ball and whatever. But with this Dodgers team 529 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 6: winning three in a row and then us going into 530 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 6: a lockout, that's not good for baseball. It's also not 531 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 6: good for baseball. When Kyle Tucker signs with them, when 532 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 6: Das signs with them, in baseball fans field like, what's 533 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 6: the use in watching? Just hand them the trophy. They're 534 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 6: gonna win it again. But last year, I'm gonna push 535 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 6: back on this. They didn't run away with the division. 536 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 3: It was up for grab. 537 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 6: They treated the regular season like exhibition. They knew way 538 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 6: we let's Blake Snell. Let's wait, Tyler Glass. Now, let's 539 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 6: you guys be good for October, for the postseason when 540 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 6: we really need y'all. Roki Suzaki, I mean they turned 541 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 6: him into their closer. Yamamoto, he turned into Superman when 542 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 6: they needed him in the World Series. Oh yeah, but like, okay, 543 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 6: so just those two guys I named, but they get 544 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 6: Suzaki and Yoshinobu, Yamamoto and Otani. He set up this 545 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 6: pipeline of the best players from Japan and then he 546 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 6: set them up for success with that contract where he's 547 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 6: only taken two million out of the seventy millions. He's 548 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 6: a Unicorn player with a Unicorn contract. They have the 549 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 6: loophole of the deferrals. You gotta defer money in Tommy 550 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 6: Edmunds deal. Why you can pay it that man out straight. 551 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 6: All the money they make, they just gave up. They 552 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 6: just got money for name in the field that Dodgers. 553 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 8: To make go. 554 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 6: And you know what they have on a one of 555 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 6: one TV deal. Nobody else has that Sports and net 556 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 6: La TV deal where they take all that money because 557 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 6: of the divorce from the prior owners. I'm blanking on 558 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 6: the name that they got set up with where they're 559 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 6: TV rights, they don't split with MLB in the same percentage. 560 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 6: So the Dodgers have all of this stuff that benefits 561 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 6: them that the rest of the league is not benefiting from. 562 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 6: If they win three in a row, history will show 563 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 6: they had an unfair advantage and I feel like there 564 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 6: will be an asterisk next to it and somebody got 565 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 6: to stop them. And I hope that baseball just baseball 566 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 6: is the way baseball does and there's parody in the 567 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 6: league like there usually is. Like we don't want to 568 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 6: see the Patriots win every Super Bowl. We don't want 569 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 6: to see the Chiefs win three in a row. We 570 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 6: don't want to see the Warriors win every NBA Finals, 571 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 6: you know what I'm saying. Like I'm hoping that somebody 572 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 6: rises up. Maybe it's the Yankees, it's the Mets. 573 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 3: I mean, Frank McCord. I know people Elert. 574 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 6: Family divorce exactly like that set them up where they 575 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 6: gifted them like they're like a pity. 576 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 3: I don't know, it's just like in that. 577 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 6: That deal is still going And shout out to the 578 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 6: daughters and the Goggenheim partners that they're owned by people 579 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 6: that deal with private equity and money, and this little 580 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 6: baseball money is nothing. They deal with billions. They know 581 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 6: how to do this stuff in their sleep. And they 582 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 6: out and then they brought to the Lakers. You know 583 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 6: what I mean, it's the same group. And now it'll 584 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 6: be Mark Walter how that plays out. I'm going to say, 585 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 6: I understand your point in that what what the Yankees 586 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 6: were able to do with that team was pretty amazing 587 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 6: because those were all like like people talk about all 588 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 6: the time, No, those were all players developed by the Yankees, 589 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 6: Andy Pettitt, Mariano Rivera, they were Hall of famers. But 590 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 6: at the same time and and and uh pisada like 591 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 6: like when you when you talk about those players, those 592 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 6: that was your that was your glue, that was the 593 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 6: stuff that and you added the other pieces that you 594 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 6: talked about in the Dodgers situation. I know it doesn't 595 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 6: feel good, but I also know that these last two 596 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 6: championships were anything but automatic. 597 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 3: They really weren't. The Padres choked. 598 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 4: They had the Dodgers on the rope, and the Yankees 599 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 4: had a chance big time, and so did the Blue Jays. 600 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 4: And and I'm not taking anything away from the Dodgers 601 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 4: one or whatever. But if I told you that Show 602 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 4: Haes batting average in the World Series is two forty, 603 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 4: you know what I mean. He hasn't won any MVPs. 604 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 4: He hasn't had any big hits like that. It's amazing 605 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 4: where they are and what they've been able to do 606 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 4: because guys, they have enough talent that all you need 607 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 4: is somebody to step up. Uh Yamamoto stepped up for 608 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 4: them big time. If he had one bad outing, they 609 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: wouldn't have won anything. Right, one bad outing in the postseason. 610 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 6: But that's why you stacked the deck and you put 611 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 6: as many good players on a team as possible. Right 612 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 6: same way we were about, you know the Yankees. Judge 613 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 6: can't do it on his own. You need good players 614 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 6: around you. 615 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 3: What were you if they win again? 616 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 4: And and well fans because you know, we talked about 617 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 4: the Evil Empire used to be the Yankees. People looked 618 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 4: at the Evil Empire through the Yankees need to get 619 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 4: back in the mix of going out because when Steinbrenner 620 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 4: the father ran the team, money was not an option. 621 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 3: Like whatever he wanted he got. 622 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 4: Hall is different and I'm not saying he hasn't paid 623 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 4: because he paid Judge, an older player, a lot of money. 624 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 4: He did, which was you know at the time. 625 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 3: I mean Cody Bellinger these first couple of years. It's crazy. 626 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 4: And he he offered Soto the same amount of money, 627 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 4: just one year different. But he made that offer that 628 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 4: he was going to pay way more than Judge, who's 629 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 4: the face of the Yankees. 630 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 3: He was willing to do it like he did. It 631 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 3: was the offer was there. It was one year different. 632 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 4: And I know the other part was no, Soda wanted 633 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 4: the free suite and the Yankees don't play that. 634 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 3: Homie don't play that. 635 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 4: The Yankees don't play They're like nah, They're like, dude, 636 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 4: you know when we draw a live, we're giving you 637 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 4: all this money. 638 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 6: Gotta pay for his sweet, pay for family, pay for 639 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 6: their sweet. So you gotta pay for the sweet too. 640 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 6: Do they need to get back to be in the 641 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 6: Evil Empire? They need to get back to be in 642 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 6: the Evil Empire? As far as the attitude not being 643 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 6: nice guys, and Judge is the face of the team, 644 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 6: and he's a nice guy. He's a gentle giant. He's 645 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 6: a teddy bearry like you know, you mentioned Darryl Strawberry. 646 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 6: Darryl Strawberry is coming through punching somebody in the head, 647 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 6: saying we're the New York Yankees. Like there's got to 648 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 6: be that mystique like old Yankee Stadium had. You're coming 649 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 6: in there, You're not leaving a live You're coming in there. 650 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 6: You can't win in there. It doesn't have that feel. 651 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 6: They're spending money. They got the third highest payroll in baseball. 652 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 6: They're spending money. Max free gets gets a lot of 653 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 6: money Rodan, So it's not like they're cheap. It's just 654 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 6: that it doesn't seem to feel the same way where 655 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 6: they What they do is they stop themselves. Right, they 656 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 6: could have got Yamamoto, they didn't want to bid any higher, right, 657 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 6: they could have got one, so they stopped the bidding. 658 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 3: They said, so they could have just said, well match 659 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 3: three years and that probably would have been stopped bidding. 660 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 4: And to be honest, and you notice, as a as 661 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 4: a die in the wool Yankee fan, the Bronx was 662 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 4: perfect for him with the Dominican crowd. 663 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 3: You know what I'm. 664 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 6: Talking about me, I never heard anybody get a louder 665 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 6: roll called it wah Soto like wah and he had 666 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 6: an awesome first year with the Yankees there. 667 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 4: I mean, the Yankees hadn't been in the World Series 668 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 4: since two thousand and nine. 669 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 3: He helped me hit a home run the Senders there, 670 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 3: I had. I had a tear in my eye back. 671 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 3: I bet you did. That was some home run in Cleveland. 672 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 3: What in it bad against God? 673 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 7: Is he? 674 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 3: And he knew he had him the whole time. 675 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 6: And when that ball went out, I'm like, Yo, we're 676 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 6: going back to the World Series. But you know it's 677 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 6: good for Wan Soto. He got his money with Queens 678 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 6: and the Mets. You know, they had a good showing today. 679 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 6: The Yankees are another team that could challenge the Dodgers. 680 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 6: I hope that the Padres do kind of go toe 681 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 6: to toe with them in their division. 682 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 3: I hope somebody challenges them. 683 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 6: I mean last year they they made quick work of 684 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 6: the Phillies the Brewers on their way to the World Series. 685 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 3: Somebody's got to get in their way. 686 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 6: And the way baseball is, you know, before they won 687 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 6: back to back, like the Texas Rangers emerged right somebody 688 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 6: and it was the Rangers Diamondbacks. Like baseball is random 689 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 6: like that, We're city the Kennessee Royals have won a 690 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 6: World Series. We're due for a random team to get 691 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 6: hot at the right time in this tournament that's expanded 692 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,479 Speaker 6: with you know, extra wildcard round and and and actually 693 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 6: get to the you know, the Fall Classic can win 694 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 6: this year.