1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: Another edition of Is This a Great Game? 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 2: Or What? 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: With the Hall of Famer Tim Kirkshon. I'm his son, 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Jeff Kirkshon. We are in person for this Friday episode 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: and we are two weeks into the Major League Baseball season, 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: and it's day two of the Masters. 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: Right, and a big highlight of the second week of 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: the season, we had a recall by the Boston Red Sox. 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: Blake Sable got called up, and I just want to 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: know if you remember what the distinction of Blake's Sable 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 2: is baseball okay, It's an anagram. Blake Sable's name is 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 2: an anagram for okay baseball or baseball okay, however you 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 2: want to look at. 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: It seems like he's been playing better than okay baseball. 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: He's getting He's called back in the big leagues. That's 16 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: so so good. And Jeff, the Masters week, we love 17 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: the Masters. To me, it's one of the great sports 18 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: weekends of the year. And I'm always fat fascinated by 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: how much baseball players love to play golf. You could 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: talk to any baseball player, virtually all of them has played, 21 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: and a lot of them are really good at The 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: swings are similar. The focus is similar, the approach is similar, 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 2: the games are similar. To me, golf is the second 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 2: hardest game in the world to play. Baseball is the hardest. 25 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 2: Of course, I've never ice skated before, so hockey has 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: every right to say, hey, try doing that on skates. 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: Or we should have asked Eddie Alvarez when we had 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: it on last year. A speed skater Olympic speed skame, right, 29 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: and baseball player right. 30 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: I just think baseball is harder than golf because of 31 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: the danger involved. I've never really actually been afraid out 32 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 2: on a golf course, but when you got ninety five 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: coming near your head, that's the fear of God going 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: through you. 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: And so the connection between those two. We're gonna have 36 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: a lot of golf in today's episode. 37 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: Which great. Absolutely Okay, So so many baseball players love golf. 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,279 Speaker 2: My all time favorite. One of my all time favorite 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: players is Jim Cott. I went into the Hall of 40 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: Fame with him the same year. Can't he begin to 41 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: tell you what a thrill that is? So a couple 42 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: of years ago, Jim Cott, after I pulled it out 43 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: of him, confirmed this. He shot his age twice in 44 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: one week, and he did it once playing left handed 45 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: and then he did it playing right handed, so he 46 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: can play either way, and he broke eighty while he 47 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: was eighty years old twice in the same week, once 48 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 2: left handed won right hand. Is that incredible? 49 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think I'll ever break eighty in 50 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: my golf career, and he did it with both. 51 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 2: I'm sure about that, Jeff never mind, all right. So also, 52 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: we had John Smolton this time last year, and he 53 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: may have had another hole in one since, but he's 54 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: got eleven holes in one in his career. And he 55 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 2: told me on a flight a couple of years ago, 56 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: he said, he said, it took me like eight years 57 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: to get my eleventh hole in one. I didn't think 58 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 2: I could ever top my tenth hole in one because 59 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 2: it came on a par four. But in this one, 60 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 2: they're playing a match and they're at seventeen, of course, 61 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: and the whole match is riding on the seventeenth hole, 62 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 2: and the two guys on the other team, two against two, 63 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: hit the ball three and four feet away from the 64 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: hole and they're gonna win with a birdie, they're gonna win. 65 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: So Smoltz then gets up and hits it in the 66 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 2: hole for a hole in one and they win the round. 67 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: That's how it worked. It just reminded me though. Mike Maddox, 68 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: brother of Greg Maddox, he had two holes in one 69 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: in one day. So he played one round of golf 70 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: and he got a hole in one on the front 71 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 2: nine and a hole in one on the back nine. 72 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: And I've seen the scorecard of the two holes in 73 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: one in one day. Is that amazing or what? 74 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: The craziest thing is he still shot one oh four 75 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: just getting no. 76 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: Mike Maddox is good. Mark Maulder is great. Mark Mulder 77 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: was a teammate of mine briefly at one of the 78 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 2: great pitchers in Oakland A's history. And he plays on 79 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: like he plays on another tour. It's not the Hooters Tour, 80 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: it's not the PGA Tour, but he plays on a 81 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: tour in which a bunch of former players are playing. 82 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 2: He's a tremendous player, and just to show you how 83 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: difficult golf can be, he told me that like the 84 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 2: first tournament in which he was playing, he had trouble 85 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: taking the club back. He was that nervous. Now he's 86 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: a subscratch player, yeah, and he has trouble taking the 87 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: club back because of all the gallery there, and I'm thinking, 88 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: you know, you pitched in front of fifty thousand people. 89 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 2: But he said, that is really really different when golf 90 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 2: is your second sport, not your first sport like baseball. 91 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think for average golfers or below average golfers, 92 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: as I would say for myself, the nerves of playing 93 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: in front of people, if you had to play at 94 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: the Masters or something, I would be scared not only 95 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: that I'm going to hit it into the woods, but 96 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: that I'm going. 97 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,679 Speaker 2: To kill somebody, right, And that will be our Kirkchin 98 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 2: quandary for the day, which we will talk about later 99 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: in this podcast. So a few years ago, Jeff Frank 100 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 2: Coorr and John Smoltz and Adam Larroche who were all 101 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: three handicaps are lower, and of course Smoltz he's a 102 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 2: subscratch player. They played Tiger Woods in his prime. This 103 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: many years ago. So Smoltz had a bad day and 104 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: they played three against one, Tiger's ball against their three balls, 105 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: best ball against one, and Tiger crushed him. Just to 106 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 2: show you the difference between levels of all sports, but 107 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 2: especially in golf, so I asked, I asked Frank Corr 108 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 2: I said, so tell me what it was like playing 109 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 2: with Tiger, and I expected him to say it was 110 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: unbelievable because of how high he hit it, or the 111 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: sound that it made, or how far he hit it 112 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 2: or whatever. He said, it was unbelievable what Tiger was 113 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 2: like in his prime, he was the life of the party, 114 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: walking down the fairway, on the tee, on the green, whatever. 115 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: But the second he looked down to take his shot, 116 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: he went into a complete trance, like he didn't even 117 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: know what was going on. He would make some incredible 118 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: shot and then he would come out of the trance 119 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 2: and be everyone's best friend again. 120 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: As a historian of the game, I'm gonna put you 121 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: on the spot here. Who could you compare Tiger's focus 122 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: in that way? Where so fun in the clubhouse, such 123 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: a great time, But as soon as they put that 124 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: helmet on, or as soon as they step on that mound, 125 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: they're a completely different individual. And then it's like almost 126 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: Bruce Banner and the Hulk type, right. 127 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 2: Well, there are a lot of guys like that. I 128 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 2: remember talking to Roger Clemens after he got lit up 129 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: one night, and I just basically said, like, what happened? 130 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 2: And he goes, I could hear the fans, and what 131 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: it meant was he was not completely focused. He was 132 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 2: not in that zone, and he could hear all the 133 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 2: stuff going around him instead of just doing what he 134 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 2: does best, and that is look at the catcher's mid 135 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: and throw a strike. Mark McGuire many years ago, during 136 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 2: his prime, hit a grand slam in a game. So 137 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: David Howard was his teammate with the Cardinals, and Mark 138 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 2: McGuire comes back, sits on the bench and he's still 139 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: in this zone that people can't even understand. And David 140 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 2: Howard comes up to him. He's sitting on the bench. 141 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 2: He's already round to the bases. Whit to go. Mark 142 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 2: Grant slam way to go, and McGuire looks at him 143 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: and goes, the bases were loaded. Where the bases loaded. 144 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: He didn't even know at the time because he was 145 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: so focused on what he was trying to do. That's 146 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: how all of the great golfers, NFL players, NBA basketball players, 147 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 2: and certainly baseball players are. 148 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: And you mentioned Jeff frank Core, We would be remiss 149 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: if we don't take a second to rewind to our 150 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: interview with Jeff Frank cor We've referenced this moment so 151 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: many times on the podcast. Not only is it our 152 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: best golf moment from our podcast in twenty twenty five, 153 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: for you could argue it's the best story we heard 154 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: in the entire podcast sphere of twenty twenty four right 155 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: thirty five interviews we did last year, this was my 156 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: favorite answer to any question, and Jeff frank Core said, 157 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: I've never told this story before, and here it is. 158 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 2: What was it like play with arguably the greatest player 159 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: of all time? 160 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 3: I'll tell you, you know, I've never actually told this 161 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 3: story on anything, and I think, y'all, this will be 162 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: the greatest story I tell was you know, I got 163 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 3: a chance to play with him a couple times. I 164 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 3: was twenty two years old, and it was incredible. You know, 165 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 3: I grew up my whole life watching this guy. And 166 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: I'll never forget pulling into Alwart the first time and 167 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 3: seeing him on the range, and it was probably the 168 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: most surreal moment of my life. I've been lucky enough. 169 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 3: I've met President Bush, President Obama. I was not nearly 170 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 3: as starstruck as I was when I met Tiger Woods 171 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 3: for the first time. But what the coolest Bobby Cox. 172 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: Story is, guys, is you know Bobby during spring training 173 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 3: loved us to play golf. 174 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: Love this. 175 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 3: We were playing the Yankees at one o'clock on a 176 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 3: day game and I was twenty two years old. I'd 177 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 3: been playing for three months as a starter. I was 178 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: not going to go up to Bobby and be like, hey, 179 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 3: I need the day off, right like. But he comes 180 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 3: out to stretch and goes Smoltze said, you had a 181 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 3: chance to play with Tiger today. There was a one 182 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 3: fifty tea time. And I'm like, Bobby, I'm fine, like 183 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 3: I'm playing today. He goes, no, I'll make you a deal. 184 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 3: He said, after your first about today, run through first 185 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 3: base and kind of rub your ankle a little bit, 186 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 3: like you hurt the ankle. And he's like, in two days, 187 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 3: we're going to Bradenton, and you know, Tim, you have 188 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 3: to have whatever three starters make a road trip. Sure 189 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 3: And he's like, I hate Bradenton's infield. I don't want 190 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 3: to get any the guys hurt. So if you go 191 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 3: to Bradenton, I'll let you go play with Tiger today. 192 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: So sure enough, man, We're playing the Yankees. Twelve thirteen 193 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 3: thousand people Orlando. I ground out in the first bat. 194 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 3: I run the first I start, you know, rubbing my ankle, 195 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 3: and you know, Bobby, he waddles out there with his 196 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 3: fleet and he checks on me. I run inside. I 197 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 3: literally throw my golf clothes on it in shower. I 198 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 3: get to the golf course and they're on the first fairway, 199 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: so I hit my t shot. We end up playing 200 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 3: twenty seven holes and about four point thirty, my wife 201 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 3: sends me a little thing that there was an update 202 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 3: that said Frank Cord day to day with a high 203 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 3: anklet and I'm out there playing hours with Tiger next. 204 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 3: The best part is the next day, I didn't have 205 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 3: to do anything. I came in like ice my ankle 206 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 3: and all that, and Bobby. 207 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 2: Let me go that day. 208 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: I remember Dad, the look on your face as that 209 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: story was unfolding. I know it sounds silly, but it's 210 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 1: something I'll never forget. There's no better feeling as a 211 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: journalist of the game, a lover of the game like 212 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: I am. When somebody says, you know, I've never told 213 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: this story. We're else sits on the end of our set. 214 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 2: I can't wait to hear it. And it was worth 215 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 2: the wait. 216 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: Let's go to our takeaways right now. Two weeks into 217 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: the regular season. 218 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 2: Okay, the last week has been freezing cold, Jeff. And 219 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: I've said this a million times, and I overdo this terribly. 220 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 2: Sometimes baseball is the hardest game in the world to play. 221 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: For me, it's virtually impossible to play in really good weather. 222 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 2: Now you throw in thirty eight degree temperatures, howling wind, snow, rain, whatever, 223 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 2: and we got all of that like the second week 224 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 2: of the baseball season and the first I don't know 225 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 2: how guys get through it. I told you last week 226 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 2: that Harrison Bader told me he takes liniment and rubs 227 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 2: it all over his body, and then he takes baby 228 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: oil and rubs it all over his body head to 229 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 2: toe in order to, you know, try to stay warmer. 230 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 2: And then he puts layers on top. That's what players 231 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 2: will do. By the way, In talking to Harrison Bader, 232 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: I asked him, because he's new with the Twins, I said, 233 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 2: are you all set up here? Do you have a 234 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 2: you know, an apartment? Do you have a hotel? Where 235 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: are you staying? He goes, yeah, I've got an apartment. 236 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 2: My mom came and set it up for me. I'm thinking, 237 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 2: what are you? I said to what are you twelve 238 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 2: years old? And he goes, yes, I'm twelve years old. Still, 239 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: his point is maybe I shouldn't find this so funny 240 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 2: because he's roughly your age, Jeb, and mom would come 241 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 2: help you set up your first apartment somewhere. But his 242 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 2: mother came to me Innneapolis and helped him set up 243 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 2: the whole thing. I just he said, she's the number 244 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: one woman in my life. She always has been, she 245 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: always will be. And she came in and helped me 246 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 2: do any and again he said, it's a very spartan 247 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: like apartment, like we don't have pictures all over the wall, 248 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: but my mom came in and took care of me. 249 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 2: I thought that was pretty cool. 250 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, moms can make a house into a home. Bring 251 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: the little decore pieces. Mom. Actually, when I moved into 252 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: my very first apartment on my own, when I moved 253 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: to Las Vegas, she went out and bought all these 254 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: decore pieces, things for the wall, couch pillows, all that stuff. 255 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: And she also bought me three cacti cacs and I 256 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: drowned them. I didn't know you're not supposed to feed 257 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: them every day, so I was like, I'm not gonna 258 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: let these die, and they died because I overfed the cacti. 259 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: Well, we'll get to this for the portable battery later 260 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 2: in the show. Also, I did some talk about overfeeding 261 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 2: very similar to that for poor pop Op. 262 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: That's coming up. 263 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 2: That's coming up, all right. So guys will do whatever 264 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 2: done it can to stay warm in a game. But 265 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: Johnny Oates, former Major league catcher, told me when he's 266 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 2: catching on a really cold night, in between innings, he 267 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 2: would take his catcher's mitt and put it in the 268 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: microwave oven in order to heat it up so it 269 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 2: was more flexible and felt warmer on his hand because 270 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: he's got a catch ball thrown at ninety five miles 271 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 2: an hour. So Bill Spire's former shortstop for the Brewers, 272 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 2: told me once early nineties, it doesn't matter what year was, 273 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 2: but Cal Eldred was starting opening day for the Brewers 274 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 2: in Milwaukee. Now this is pre Miller Park, so there's 275 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 2: no roof at County Stadium. When that wind came off 276 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 2: the lake at County Stadium in Milwaukee in April, oh 277 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 2: my god, it's the coldest thing in the world. So 278 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 2: Bill Spire says, it was twenty nine degrees at game time. 279 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 2: This is what he told me. But he said with 280 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 2: the wind chill, it was nine degrees outside, he said, 281 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: And I'm the shortstop. He said he was a good shortstop. 282 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 2: He said, I had my right hand in my back 283 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 2: pocket the entire first inning. And he said, in my 284 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 2: glove was literally frozen because it was so cold. It 285 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 2: can happen. Your glove can freeze, and it's stiffens and 286 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: everything else. And he said, poor Cal had trouble throwing strikes. 287 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 2: Top of the first inning, took thirty one minutes, and 288 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: it's nine degrees wind chill. And Bill Spiers looked at me, 289 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 2: he goes, it's the only time in my entire career 290 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 2: I ever said to myself, please don't hit it to me, 291 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 2: because his hand was frozen. His glove was frozen. So 292 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 2: those are just a few of the cold weather stories. 293 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 2: I don't know how you get through it. It's so 294 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 2: difficult to play the game in perfect weather. It's almost 295 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 2: impossible when the weather is freezing cold like that. 296 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 4: All Right. 297 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 2: The other thing, Jeff, I always mean to tell people 298 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 2: that we get so bent out of shape about opening 299 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: day or the first week of the season, which is 300 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 2: like getting bent out of shape about the first half 301 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 2: of an NFL football game. You've already deterred our team 302 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: stinks and we played one half sounds a lot like you, Yes, 303 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: what when the Redskins used to be down twenty one 304 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 2: to nothing at a half, I would say that's it. 305 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 2: Season is over right, That's the way it works. So 306 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 2: the lesson, Jeff is to not get too high or 307 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 2: too low by the first week of the season, because 308 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 2: everything can change. Remember, the Dodgers win eight to no. 309 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 2: Dodgers are great. Dodgers are the best team in baseball. 310 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 2: For me, I think they're the odds on favor to 311 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 2: win the World suit. None of this is important. They 312 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 2: start out eight to no, best record ever for defending 313 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 2: world champion a right, and as of yesterday morning as 314 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 2: we're taping this, they were in they were in third 315 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: place in their own division. So these things can happen. 316 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 2: Raphael Devers, of course, starts out oh to twenty one. 317 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 2: First nineteen at bats, he strikes out fifteen times, breaks 318 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 2: every record for most strikeouts first three games, four games, 319 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 2: five games, six games, absolutely terrible. And then on Thursday 320 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 2: morning he wakes up and he's got an eight h 321 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 2: one ops, which is pretty darn good. And then, of 322 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 2: course we made a big deal out of Jackson Turio 323 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 2: of the Brewers who struck out oh it went over 324 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: five with five strikeouts on opening day, own one of 325 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 2: three players ever to go oh for five with five 326 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 2: strikeouts on opening day. And of course since then he's 327 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 2: had two five RBI games. So these things had to 328 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: walk yet, by the way, at least through Thursday through Wednesday. 329 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: But it just shows you do not get too worried 330 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: about your team, and do not get too excited about 331 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 2: your team, because everything can switch and move in a week. 332 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: Now, we look at the way the Mets started the year, 333 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: even made halfway through the year, then they were a 334 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: playoff team, right. 335 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 2: And the Tigers got swept in LA in the first 336 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 2: weekend of the season, and was oh, the Tigers are 337 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 2: a playoff team now. Going into Thursday morning, they were 338 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 2: in first place in the Al Central. Those things happen. 339 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: What do you got for quark gins today? The kind 340 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: of ins and outs quirks of our great game? 341 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: All right? So the Guardians beat the White Sox the 342 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 2: other day one to nothing with a walk off walk 343 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 2: to end the game obviously walk off walk. So the 344 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 2: last time that happened was two thousand and nine, where 345 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: a team won a game one to nothing on a 346 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 2: walk off walk. But this game ended not just on 347 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 2: one walk, but on three consecutive walks, So three walks 348 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 2: ended the game and scored the only run. The last 349 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 2: time that happened was in nineteen eighty nine. Mike Stanton, 350 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 2: relief pitcher, issued two intentional walks to the Dodgers and 351 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: then walked Mike Sharperson with the bases loaded to end 352 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 2: the game. So it's been since nineteen eighty nine that 353 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 2: any game ended one to nothing with three consecutive walks 354 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 2: to end the game. 355 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: You know, you would think White Sox fans don't have 356 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: any more things to be upset about with the performance 357 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: last year, right, losing a game on three straight walks, 358 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: it'll be up there for that. 359 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: Not too good. So Luis Castillo pitches for the Maritors, 360 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 2: and he's really good, as we know. So there's another 361 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,719 Speaker 2: Luis Castillo on the team, Yeah, and he's They started 362 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 2: Luis Castillo's in back to back games. But the second 363 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 2: Luis Castillo goes by Luis F. Castillo in order to 364 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 2: differentiate him from Luis Castillo. So it's confusing enough because 365 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 2: there are a lot of Luisa's and a lot of 366 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 2: Castillos out there. We have two of them, not only 367 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,239 Speaker 2: on the same team, they're in the same rotation, and 368 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 2: they pitched in back to back games. 369 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: You know, it might get confusing if anybody's upset with 370 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: the performance of Luis Castillo, because they might say, f Castillo, 371 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: it might be a little kid, Now that's the wrong one. 372 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 2: Run roll exactly, all right. So we made a point 373 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: last week, Jeff, the leadoff hitters just aren't what they 374 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 2: used to be. Back when I grew up, the leadoff 375 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 2: guy was your pixie little lead off second baseman who 376 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 2: got on bass, stole a base, put the ball in play, 377 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 2: all that. So already this year we've had five different 378 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 2: leadoff guys in a game strikeout four or more times. 379 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 2: Jackson Turio we mentioned, did it five times. Jose al 380 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 2: Tuve we mentioned on a few days ago five times 381 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 2: out of the leadoff spot. So, believe it or not, 382 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 2: last year, before the month of May, six leadoff guys 383 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 2: had struck out four times in a game, and the 384 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 2: year before twenty twenty three, seven leadoff guys had struck 385 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 2: out four or more times in a game. Just another lesson, Jeff. 386 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 2: We don't care if you strike out anymore. And it's 387 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 2: okay to be a leadoff guy and strike out a 388 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 2: million times as long as you can do what al 389 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 2: Tuve does and Churio does, drive in runs, hit home runs. 390 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 2: That's just the way it work. Last courttion of the week. 391 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 2: So on Wednesday night, the Brewers won a game seventeen 392 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 2: to two, and they only scored in three innings, so 393 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: they had a five run inning, a five run inning, 394 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 2: and a seven run inning. So they played nine innings 395 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 2: and they only scored in three of those innings, but 396 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 2: they scored seventeen runs. So the last team to do that, 397 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 2: thanks to Frank from the Elias, were the White Sox 398 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 2: nine years ago, who scored seventeen runs in a game 399 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: scoring in only three innings. But this did remind me 400 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 2: of the famous thirty to three game that the Orioles 401 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 2: played against the Rangers two thousand and seven. The day 402 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 2: of your ninth grade orientation at quinn s Orchard, which 403 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 2: I went to, of course, to make sure my son 404 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 2: is going to be okay in high school? 405 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: Did I ever tell you. I went to Quin's Orgin. 406 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 2: High School, so I missed the game. I watched the 407 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 2: first three innings, all true. I went. I watched the 408 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 2: first three innings, and I have to turn my phone 409 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 2: off because I'm in school and I have to be 410 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: respectful of the whole process. So I get home and 411 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: I get this call from Ed Shimmel, and he ate 412 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 2: one of our producers at ESPN. He said, did you 413 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 2: hear what happened in Baltimore? I thought the stadium had 414 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 2: blown up or something. He said, Thes won thirty to three. 415 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 2: So they scored thirty unanswered runs. And the point is 416 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 2: they scored those thirty runs in four different innings, So 417 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 2: that's it. So they didn't score in all nine innings 418 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 2: or eight innings. They scored in four innings and they 419 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 2: still scored thirty runs. 420 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: Got anything for on this state in baseball? Oh? 421 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, we have some good friends. John Shamby, who's the broadcaster. 422 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: It's Boog's birthday today, Boyes Boog Schamby does is my 423 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 2: dear friend. He does Cubs games and he does ESPN 424 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 2: radio games on ESPN on the on Sunday nights. So 425 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 2: we once had an argument whose name has been pronounced 426 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 2: incorrectly more times my name or his name. And he 427 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 2: would not take no for an answer. He says, my 428 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: name has been mispronounced John Shabby Sciambi. I think I've 429 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 2: got that right, not important right. And he said, I've 430 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 2: gotten scout. I've gotten so many scampy scampy right all 431 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 2: the time. And he said, he said, I'm telling you, 432 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 2: someone almost choked to that to death trying to pronounce 433 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 2: my dad. So I explained, Kirkchin is pretty hard to do. Also, 434 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: But happy birthday to boog Shambi, one of my all 435 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 2: time favorite nineteen eighty Mark to Scherer was born. Mark 436 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: Cher is one of the best first basemen the Yankees 437 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: have ever had, A really good Major leaguer for years 438 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 2: and a teammate of mind in the ESPN for several years. 439 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 2: Thoroughly enjoyed being with Texts. 440 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: I guess I hope to have on the popcast. 441 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: Oh, we can get texts. I'm sure Texts has a 442 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 2: lot of great things to say. He's a really smart 443 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 2: and very worldly guy. And get this, Jeff. He hit 444 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 2: four hundred and nine home runs and he had never 445 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 2: hit a walkoff homer until the last homer he hit 446 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 2: in the major leagues. So the first walk off homer 447 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: he hit was the last homer he hit in the 448 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 2: big leagues. And get this, it was a walk off 449 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 2: homer against the Red Sox, the arch rival of the Yankees, 450 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 2: and it was a walk off grand slam, So this 451 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 2: should be the coolest thing ever, except the Red Sox 452 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,199 Speaker 2: earlier in the game had clinched the division title. So 453 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 2: even though Mark to Cher indeed hit a walk off 454 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 2: grand slam to end a Yankee Red Sox game, the 455 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 2: game ended up being meaningless because the Red Sox had 456 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 2: already qualified for the playoffs, so it didn't matter that 457 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 2: they lost that game. And last thing, We're going to 458 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 2: do this every week if we have to. Luisa Rise 459 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 2: hit for the cycle for the Marlins on this date 460 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three, the first Marlin ever to hit 461 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 2: for the cycle and they've been around since nineteen ninety four. 462 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 2: So what's the gratuitous question now about the cycle? I've 463 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 2: said this on every episode. 464 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: Hey, Ruth, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, and Hanky. 465 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 2: Yes, Jeff, you are learning. I am so proud of you. 466 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: Scared me for a se I was thinking, Carson Kelly 467 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: because we talked about him and Blake Sable, right, we 468 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: talked about him. A lot of stuff you're stuffing in 469 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: this brain coming up next though, Dad one, I've got 470 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: a little surprised for you, Okay. Also, we have a 471 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: Kirkcheon quandary that has to do with us average golfers. 472 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear about who my dad thinks is the 473 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 1: greatest royal of all time. And uh, we're gonna have 474 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: a moment for poor pop pop and. 475 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: We're gonna have an I am a seam heead moment 476 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,959 Speaker 2: that you will not believe. 477 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: It's all coming up next on is this a great 478 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: game or what? Welcome back to is this a great 479 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: game or what? And if you're listening instead of watching, 480 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 1: we put every single episode up on YouTube, right, and 481 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: you also can see video clips at great Game or 482 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: what on all of our social media's TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. Specifically, 483 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: I have changed from one coat to now my green jacket, 484 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: which we won in the Jones Lane Open, which is 485 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: named after my elementary school, a quite frankly amazing but 486 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: truly low level golf tournament in our neighborhoods Jeff. 487 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 2: We won. We won at minus five. It was a 488 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 2: four man scramble and we were minus five. Now keep 489 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 2: in mind I've won the Jones lane a couple other times, 490 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 2: and we won it. We set the course record with 491 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 2: a minus eight. Minus five is not a good score 492 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 2: in a four man scramble. In fact, I played in 493 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 2: a scramble like a month later and the winning score 494 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 2: was minus twenty one. And here we are trying on 495 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 2: a green jacket because we were minus five. But we 496 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 2: still won the tournament and we still had a green 497 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 2: jacket ceremony afterwards. It was wonderful, and I. 498 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: Put the green jacket on not only to celebrate the Masters, 499 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: but also because our kirkshon quandary for this week is this, 500 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: and we want you to answer. You can message us 501 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: great Game or what dot com, or you can just 502 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: let us know in the comments as well if you're 503 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: watching on social media. An eighteen handicap plays at the Masters. 504 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 2: On Sunday with on TV and. 505 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: Also with either Phil Micholson, Tiger Woods Rory McElroy as 506 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: your partner. So here you are in front of the crowd, 507 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: you're on television, You're playing with one of the greatest 508 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: golfers of all time. What does an eighteen handicap score? 509 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 2: Now, let me explain who the eighteen handicap is. And 510 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 2: I'm not being critical because I'm not even sure I'm 511 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 2: in eighteen. I used to be a ten. That was 512 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 2: a long time ago. I'm not sure what I am anymore. 513 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 2: All I know is the average eighteen is playing his 514 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 2: little municipal course from the white tees fifty to nine 515 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 2: hundred yards. He's raking three footers, he is teeing the 516 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 2: ball up in the fairway, he is has a triple 517 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 2: bogie maximum, and he's not even playing by all the 518 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: rules because he doesn't know all the rules. My point 519 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 2: would be if he's playing at the Masters with Tiger 520 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 2: and Phil and the cameras are on and he has 521 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 2: to put out on every hole and he has to 522 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 2: follow every rule of golf. Otherwise there's a penalty involved, 523 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 2: including if you incorrectly mark your ball. I did that 524 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 2: in a tournament once. I didn't even know the difference. 525 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 2: What is that guy going to shoot? So what do 526 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 2: you think he's going to shoot at the Masters on 527 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 2: Sunday with all the pressure that the Masters brings. 528 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to say that he's shooting one p fifty. 529 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going higher. I think the pressure alone is 530 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 2: going to destroy him. I think there are a couple 531 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 2: shots in a couple holes where he might end up 532 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 2: making a twenty, And if you make a twenty on 533 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 2: a hole, it's going to be hard to shoot one 534 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 2: hundred and forty. I'm going one seventy five. That's what 535 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: I think. I think the course, even though it's not 536 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 2: the hardest course in the world, the US Open courses 537 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 2: are harder the ones that are seventy four hundred yards. 538 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 2: Of course, I think the eighteen shoots are two hundred 539 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: on those because I'm telling you some eighteens aren't even 540 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 2: gonna be able to finish the round, but you have 541 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 2: to finish the round. And I think I may be 542 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 2: being unkind here. I think one seventy five is what 543 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 2: an eighteen handicap shoots because he's never ever been in 544 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 2: a sandtrap like that, never been on a green like that, 545 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 2: never putted a green that fast, and of course never 546 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 2: played under the pressure of the fairway being lined with people. 547 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: What do you think You can let us know great 548 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: gammer dot Com or in the comments right below, what 549 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: would an eighteen handicap shoot and air quotes eighteen handicap 550 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: shoot right. Whatever that is as Dad defined, let us 551 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: know in the comments at Augusta and the Masters. The 552 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: one advantage of him playing, though, is the sandwiches are 553 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: only a buck fifty. 554 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd nearly only say I've never been to the Masters. 555 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 2: It is a bucket list thing. I'd love to go 556 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 2: because apparently things are done really well there for spectators. 557 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: Also, all right, I'm going to make a quick change 558 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: with the magic of editing and podcasting, and now I'm 559 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: back in my normal jacket. I didn't want to do 560 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: the whole show in my green jacket or else I 561 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: would that would be a bit bit hokey, Jeff hokey 562 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: and pretentious, So I didn't want to do that. I 563 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: feel like Michael Scott when he became prison. Mike just 564 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: did a quick change in front of everybody, like you 565 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: didn't know who I was before. Let's keep rolling into Ozzy. 566 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: From Ozzy to Oral, We're going one to fifty five 567 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: the greatest numbers to wear each player. We had five 568 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: last week, which was quite a debate. Social media has 569 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: spoken out loudly in support of you, and also in 570 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: support of some of the other ones that you you 571 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: were okay with if they called it totally okay. But 572 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: now we're on to six and seven, which you're kind of. 573 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 2: Saying, all right, no, no, no, no, I'm not kind of saying, Jeff, 574 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 2: it's my list, and I keep telling you it's not 575 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 2: the correct list. These are the correct players. Number six, 576 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 2: of course, is Dan Musial stand Musial might be the 577 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 2: most underrated superstar player of all time because he was 578 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 2: overshadowed by Mickey Mannle and Willie Mays and Hank Aaron 579 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 2: and Ted Williams. Blaeer is in the National League all 580 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 2: those years he was just tearing it up. Three thirty 581 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 2: one lifetime hitter. And again, Jeff, you know this, he 582 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 2: got as exactly as many hits at home eighteen fifteen 583 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 2: as he did on the road, eighteen fifty thirty, six 584 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty hits with tremendous power, had over one 585 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 2: hundred extra base hits a couple of years, and one 586 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 2: year nineteen forty three, Jeff, he had twenty triples and 587 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 2: struck out eighteen times. Wow, So we were just talking 588 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 2: about Raphael Dever struck out fifteen times in his first 589 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 2: nineteen at bats. Stan Musil played an entire year and 590 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 2: struck out eighteen times and hit twenty triples during that season. 591 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 2: So he's number six. There's not a close second. There's 592 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 2: no argument here. I'm not listening to anybody at least 593 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 2: this time. 594 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: Who would you say is the greatest number seven? Right? 595 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 2: Also no argument. Mickey Mantle is the greatest number seven ever, Jeff. 596 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 2: He was overshadowed just a little bit by Willie Mays. 597 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 2: But I'm telling you, Willie May is the greatest player 598 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 2: I've ever seen, Okay, And I'm telling you, during his 599 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 2: prime years, Mickey Mantle was just as good as Willy Mays. Now, 600 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 2: his prime years didn't last as long as Willy Mays 601 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 2: as did because Mickey Mantle got hurt, famously hurt his 602 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 2: knee running through the outfield in the game and all that. 603 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 2: But you go back and look at Mickey Mantle's prime 604 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 2: triple Crown MVPs championships like every year, and I think 605 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 2: you can make a case that he was the fastest 606 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 2: guy in the league and the strongest guy in the 607 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 2: league at the same time. Mickey Mantle could fly and 608 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 2: had tremendous power. Of course, from both sides of the plate. 609 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 2: Greatest switch hitter ever, there is no debate about that. 610 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 2: And when you look at the greatest center fielders ever, 611 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 2: again this is very debatable. But I go Willy Mays, 612 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 2: Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle. That's it. Those are the top 613 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 2: three center fielders of all time. And if he had 614 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 2: stayed healthier, he would have been even better. So six 615 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 2: is Stan Musial, seven is Mickey Mantle. 616 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: Let's move on to the best of all, tim Dad, 617 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: we are going through the best player in each organization, 618 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: and today I've chosen for you the Kansas City. 619 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 2: Royals, right, and I'm glad you did because this is 620 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 2: also an easy one. There's no debate here, right. 621 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: I need to be more challenging, right. 622 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 2: George, And we'll get many challenges as we move ahead. 623 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 2: George Brett's the greatest Kansas City Royal ever. There is 624 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 2: not a close second. He won a batting title in 625 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 2: three different decades. He's a lifetime three hundred hitter for me, 626 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 2: after Mike Schmid and Eddie Matthews. He's the greatest third 627 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 2: basement of all time. Still holds a Major League record. 628 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 2: He had six straight three hit games, No One not 629 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 2: each Row, not Ty Cobb. Nobody's ever had six consecutive 630 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 2: three hit games. So the story about George Brett that 631 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell because it's Master's Week, George got 632 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 2: hurt one year and he's on crutches. He can't play, 633 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 2: he's on the disabled list, but he goes to the 634 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 2: team's golf tournament because he's the best player on the team, 635 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 2: and he's on crutches on the eighteenth green welcoming all 636 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 2: the groups that come through right so, and he's got 637 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 2: his putter with him because he's just messed probably right, 638 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 2: but he can't hit because he's got a sprain ankle 639 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 2: that is really injured badly. So one of the groups decide, 640 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 2: while the other group of Royals is putting on the green, 641 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 2: that they're going to hit into the green and see 642 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 2: if they can make on purpose, and see if they 643 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 2: can make everyone on the green scatter. So George Brett 644 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 2: sees the ball coming right at him onto the green 645 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 2: from one hundred and fifty yards away. Now this story 646 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 2: has been confirmed Jeff, by him and by others who 647 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 2: were there. George Brett drops his crutches, sees a golf 648 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 2: ball coming takes his putter with a blade, you know, 649 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 2: two inches wide like every other putter. Yeah, hits the 650 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 2: ball out of mid air and hits it one hundred 651 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 2: and fifty yards back down the fairway. So I go 652 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,839 Speaker 2: to George and said, George, I've heard this story. This 653 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 2: can't be true. So finally he acknowledges, yes, it's true. 654 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 2: I said, George, that's impossible, Noah could do that. He goes, well, 655 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 2: it was nineteen eighty. That was the year he batted 656 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 2: three ninety and everything that he swung at he hit hard, 657 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 2: including a golf ball in midair he hit with his 658 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,240 Speaker 2: putter all the way down the fairway. 659 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: It's time for poar pop op, our chance to well 660 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: kind of wallow in my dad's inability to connect with 661 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: pop culture or technology. 662 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 2: Or most anything. Right. 663 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think this story is perhaps one of 664 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: my favorites of all time. It involves Yankee Stadium and technology. 665 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 2: Please right, it's a baseball question. So at the playoffs 666 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 2: last year, I left my portable phone show Arger plugged 667 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,240 Speaker 2: in at Yankee Stadium. It's a big thing. It looks 668 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,439 Speaker 2: like your cell phone. It's that big. It's a power 669 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 2: it's a power bank, and it's underneath the desk during 670 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 2: when we broadcast car Ravaged Wardo present I at Yankee Stadium, 671 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:14,760 Speaker 2: and it has. 672 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: One of those just so people can get the visual. 673 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: It pops out the two prongs, so it's not a 674 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: cord that you would plug in. The prongs tap out 675 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: and then you plug it right in, so it kind 676 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,399 Speaker 1: of it sits flush with the wall more or less 677 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 1: just right up against the soka. 678 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,799 Speaker 2: So I knew it was gone, so I didn't even 679 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 2: bother to check. Could someone go check for me? Because 680 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 2: I knew well I left it there. So six months later, 681 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 2: which was just the other day, the first Saturday of 682 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 2: the baseball season, I go into the press box at 683 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 2: Yankee Stadium and I look and I'm not even looking 684 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,879 Speaker 2: for it because I think it's got to be long gone. 685 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 2: And there it is, my power charger is still plugged 686 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 2: into the wall, exactly where I left it six months ago. 687 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 2: And I'm so thrilled because I tried three different times, Jeff, 688 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 2: to buy a new portable cell phone charger and I 689 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,840 Speaker 2: never could find one to either fit my phone or 690 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 2: actually worked. And I'm thinking, oh, this is so great, 691 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 2: and it's recharged because it's been plugged in for the 692 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 2: last six months. So I take it out of the wall, 693 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 2: and of course it's got the four lights, which even 694 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 2: I know that means it's fully charged. And then I 695 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 2: try to just recharge my phone. It didn't work. So 696 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 2: please explain to me. I'm not an engineer, how does 697 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:30,239 Speaker 2: this work. 698 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 1: It's a battery, So if you keep the battery plugged 699 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: in for too long, it starts to weaken the strength 700 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,919 Speaker 1: of the battery because you are overcharging. So that's why 701 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't charge their phone all throughout 702 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: the night. Maybe they charge it for the day during 703 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: the day, see it go up to ninety percent, or 704 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: like Mark, your brother or your son in law. My 705 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: brother in law, he has an electric car, and a 706 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: lot of these electric car owners, they don't charge your 707 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,320 Speaker 1: car up to one hundred percent. They only charge it 708 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: to eighty or ninety percent as to not burn the battery. 709 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,800 Speaker 1: So that's six months hidden and plugged into the Yankee. 710 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely so excited to fight it. It was 711 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,359 Speaker 2: a celebration that I plugged it in and I said, 712 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 2: oh my god, it doesn't work. What a bitter or 713 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 2: pop pop poor pop. 714 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,440 Speaker 1: Or popop we have? I am a seam head. This 715 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: is quickly becoming one of my favorite new segments were 716 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: doing on the podcast in twenty twenty five, Dad, and 717 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: we're getting submissions. We're rifling through as many as we can. 718 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 1: We're doing this every Friday. So if you want to 719 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: send us a submission, all you got to do is, 720 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: in thirty seconds, tell us why you are a seam head, 721 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,360 Speaker 1: whether it's the things you've collected over the years, the 722 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 1: knowledge that you have, the weird things you've memorized, and 723 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: then end your voice note with I'm Jeff Kirkshan and 724 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:49,399 Speaker 1: i am a seam head. 725 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 2: Obviously don't use. 726 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: My name, use your name, but and we'll play them 727 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: back on. 728 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 2: The air, right, and I am a seam head. This 729 00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:00,120 Speaker 2: week is Mike Pettica, and I will let you you 730 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,840 Speaker 2: listen to what makes him such a seamhead. 731 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 4: I had always been able to figure numbers quickly in 732 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 4: my head. Other writers and Indians public relations guys would 733 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,399 Speaker 4: often ask me to update averages. It might be Mike, 734 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 4: what's one forty two of four eighty three, and I'd 735 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 4: almost immediately say two ninety four. Earned run averages were 736 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 4: a bit more complicated, but it would take me only 737 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 4: a couple more seconds. Guys would get a kick out 738 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 4: of seeing if I could beat them figure in the 739 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 4: numbers as they checked the book or tapped on the calculator. 740 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 4: I think I usually won. And I'm Mike Patika, and 741 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 4: I'm a seamahead. 742 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: See this is a prime example, Dad, of why I 743 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: just don't see people obsessing over other sports quite the 744 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,400 Speaker 1: way seam heads obsess over baseball. 745 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:53,640 Speaker 4: Right. 746 00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 2: So I met Mike for the first time in nineteen 747 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 2: eighty two. So if anyone questions whether he can do 748 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,440 Speaker 2: this or not, trust me. I was there nineteen eighty two. 749 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 2: I'm like twelve years old. I'm getting I'm going around 750 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 2: the circuit for the first time, and I meet this 751 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,160 Speaker 2: guy in the in the Indians clubhouse, I mean in 752 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 2: the Indians press box. And the other writer said, wait, 753 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:15,759 Speaker 2: do you see what this guy can do? So we 754 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 2: challenged him, like, you know, okay, Mike, what is one 755 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 2: hundred and twelve hits in? You know, five hundred and 756 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 2: eighteen to bats? And literally within two seconds he could 757 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,840 Speaker 2: tell you what it was. I've never seen. And Jeff, again, 758 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 2: your grandfather, my father Pop was a PhD in mathematics 759 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 2: MIT undergrad he had a great mathematical mind. There's no 760 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 2: chance you had any shot to do anything like this. 761 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,759 Speaker 2: In fact, Mike is the only one I've ever seen 762 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,239 Speaker 2: who could do anything like this. Do they do this 763 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 2: in other sports? Can you figure out a shooting percentage 764 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,240 Speaker 2: in the NBA or a completion percentage in the NFL? 765 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 2: I don't think so. I think it only works this way, 766 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,760 Speaker 2: at least better in baseball. 767 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: If you want to contribute, you can email me Jeff 768 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,360 Speaker 1: at great Game or what thirty second message? End it with. 769 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: My name is and I am a seamhead and we 770 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: would love to get to yours. Here on the show, 771 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: Dad very excited because this is releasing on Friday, April eleventh. 772 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 1: Also happening on Friday, April eleventh, we are driving up 773 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,719 Speaker 1: to Syracuse, New York and interviewing our very special guest 774 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 1: for our next episode, coach Jim Beheim, longtime coach and 775 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: former player of the Syracuse Orange, my alma mater, who 776 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,080 Speaker 1: is a massive baseball fan. 777 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:36,160 Speaker 2: Right, So, I met coach sixteen years ago when Kelly 778 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,239 Speaker 2: Kirch and your sister went to Syracuse for the first time, 779 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,280 Speaker 2: and somehow I got a chance to meet with Kelly 780 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 2: coach Beheim, so he knows who I am because he 781 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 2: loves baseball. So I expect to go ask him like 782 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,520 Speaker 2: a million questions about the custon, about helping coach the 783 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,960 Speaker 2: Olympic team and all that. He asked me all the 784 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,800 Speaker 2: questions because he's the biggest Yankee fan in the world. 785 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 2: So Tomorrow ro Friday, which we'll run on Tuesday, We're 786 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,920 Speaker 2: going to sit and talk to Coach Beheim. And my 787 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 2: fervent hope is we don't ask one basketball question, not 788 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,320 Speaker 2: because I don't love basketball. I just want to know 789 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:17,400 Speaker 2: where his love for baseball comes from, because that's what 790 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:21,040 Speaker 2: this show is all about. Jeff, where did you where 791 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 2: did you get the love from? And how have you 792 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 2: kept it? And what do you do to keep it? 793 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 2: And that those are the questions we're going to ask 794 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 2: ask Coach uh when we when we get to Syracuse, and. 795 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,680 Speaker 1: You're going to hear that on Tuesday with a brand 796 00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,920 Speaker 1: new episode of Is this a Great Game or What? 797 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening and as always, thank you for 798 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,880 Speaker 1: being a part of our family.