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Speaker 1: It's just a great game, or what welcome back and

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Speaker 1: a highly anticipated guest. A lot of people have been asking,

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Speaker 1: you having Terry Francona on the show? And Dad, you

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Speaker 1: had even said before, this is going to be the

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Speaker 2: Right, I cover baseball for forty five years, and no

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Speaker 2: one in forty five years has made me laugh more

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Speaker 2: than Tito Francona while being a future Hall of Fame manager.

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Speaker 1: We've got a lot to get through. But Dad, I

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Speaker 1: want to hear about your weekend. You have been a traveler.

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Speaker 1: You were in California for a wedding, a family wedding.

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Speaker 2: I went to a family wedding for Brett Townsend and

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Speaker 2: his new wife, Mikaela. And the point of the story, Jeff,

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Speaker 2: is that wherever I go, there are great baseball fans everywhere.

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Speaker 2: That's why we're doing this show, Jeff. So aunt, your

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Speaker 2: aunt Julie, my cousin Julie made the mother of the

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Speaker 2: her son, the Dodgers, and sho hey Otani. Somehow she

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Speaker 2: did it beautifully drew these tremendous parallels between Brett's life

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Speaker 2: and show Hey Otani ending up on the Dodgers. This

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Speaker 2: is in the middle of the wedding. That's where baseball

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Speaker 1: You expect that more from a father of the bride.

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Speaker 2: Right, But Julie loves the Dodgers, she loves show Ay,

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Speaker 2: and she loves her son. So after the wedding the

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Speaker 2: next morning, we went to a winery and Jeff, this

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Speaker 2: is exactly what I'm talking about. We go to the

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Speaker 2: Beckman Winery in Santa Barbara. Okay, we meet Steve Beckman,

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Speaker 2: and he loves baseball and he really understands it. So

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Speaker 2: about halfway through the wine tasting, he's a big fantasy

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Speaker 2: baseball player and he goes, I just can't figure out

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Speaker 2: who to play today, Estevan Floriel or Dylan Moore. Okay,

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Speaker 2: this is not a coon or show Hey right, these

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Speaker 2: are sorry, with all due respect too, rather obscure players.

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Speaker 1: And there he is, like he can't figure out.

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Speaker 2: Exactly what he wants to do. For his lineup that day.

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Speaker 2: My point is, wherever you go, Jeffrey, there are baseball

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Speaker 2: fans everywhere.

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Speaker 1: So I have a couple of messages from people who

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Speaker 1: listen to is this a great game or what? You

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Speaker 1: can always message us on social media at great game

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Speaker 1: or what, or at great game or what dot com

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Speaker 1: Pete quick question. He was asking about your source for

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Speaker 1: box scores because they no longer are printed in your

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Speaker 1: do you go to get your box scores when you

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Speaker 1: consume them with a diet mountain dew.

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Speaker 2: Well, as you know, I cut them out every day

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Speaker 2: for twenty years. But then our daily newspapers didn't have

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Speaker 2: box scores on ESPN dot com. And I've gotten so

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Speaker 2: I'm very much creature of habit, as you well know.

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Speaker 2: So when I want to know who hit a sacrifice fly,

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Speaker 2: the box score. Every box score is a little bit

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Speaker 2: ESPN dot com.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about what's going on in the game right now,

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Speaker 1: some breaking news.

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Speaker 2: All right, it's not exactly breaking, but Justin Verlander, aged

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Speaker 2: forty one, made his debut this year because he'd been

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Speaker 2: the Astros, and boy, could they use some help because

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Speaker 2: their pitching is all banged up. And he passed Phil

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Speaker 2: Nicro on the all time strikeout list into twelfth place.

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Speaker 2: And Phil Nicro is a very underrated pitcher. And because

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Speaker 2: really hard. But what I always loved about Phil Nicro

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Speaker 2: it off his brother Phil. Why, seriously, jew, could that

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Speaker 2: possibly happen? As for great pitching, Tyler Glass now had

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Speaker 2: another zero walk, ten strikeout game. That's the second one

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Speaker 2: this year. No one else has two. For sure. He

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Speaker 2: the major leagues, according to Peter Fairbanks, who was his

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Speaker 2: teammate with the race, Jeff, I've told you about him.

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Speaker 2: He's six', eight he's weist two twenty. Five he can

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Speaker 2: he can also what is called a, flagpole WHICH i

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Speaker 2: UP i, mean he's so gifted. Athletically it allows him

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Speaker 2: this doesn't apply to you AND, I, jeff but he

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Speaker 2: he gave four inches during winter. Break he, said winter

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Speaker 2: break lasted five. Weeks he grew four inches in five.

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Speaker 2: WEEKS i grew four inches in twenty. YEARS i. Mean

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Speaker 2: and he came back to school and everyone looked at

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Speaker 2: him and, said what happened to? You like you came

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Speaker 2: back from winter break a different? Player six, eight two twenty.

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Speaker 2: Five amazing. Athlete and so far this year a great.

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Speaker 2: Right so the other thing is That John sterling retired

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Speaker 2: as a. Broadcaster he was the play by play guy

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Speaker 2: for The yankees for thirty six. Years he worked in

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Speaker 2: old and he just said that's. Enough not because he

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Speaker 2: Love John. STERLING i loved his, bizarre creative home run

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Speaker 2: jeff that the play by play guy is a member

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Speaker 2: night they speak to you every. Night they are so

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Speaker 2: sure everyone understands. THAT i bet if you ask The

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Speaker 2: used to do The phillies games and now you love The.

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Speaker 2: Harry callous came. DOWN a, broadcaster a play by play

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Speaker 2: all time Was Ernie. Harwell Ernie, harwell one of the,

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Speaker 2: kindest sweetest men, ever did The Tiger games. Forever So

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Speaker 1: Stadium you, know most men would have to really go into. Detail,

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Speaker 2: Way only in baseball would somebody think of something like.

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Speaker 1: That did you hear what The yankees Got John sterling

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Speaker 1: on his last? Day no bought him an eighty two inch. Television,

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Speaker 1: REALLY i have a lot of friends In New. York

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Speaker 2: Excel when you're, older you can't watch a game on.

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Speaker 2: This i'm amazed by you young. People they can watch

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Speaker 2: or even your. Laptop i'm, Sorry i've watched games on my,

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Speaker 1: Alone our special Guest terry Francon at joining us a storied,

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Speaker 1: manager but this is his first year off as a

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Speaker 2: Tree, Look i'm very much in the minority on, this

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Speaker 2: that doesn't mean you have to have managed ten years

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Speaker 2: telling you that it. Helps the last three, years The

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Speaker 2: that won at age sixty five three years in a.

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Speaker 2: Row it shows you again what a feel for the

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Speaker 2: the game of. Anyone what he, Did, jeff was he

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Speaker 1: They couldn't play their.

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Speaker 2: Best so he was the best at deflecting any sort

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Speaker 2: DAY i hope this comes across. Properly this, is you,

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Speaker 2: know fifteen years, Ago Dice matsuzaka is pitching for The

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Speaker 2: There this Wonderful japanese reporter tries to ask a question In, english,

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Speaker 2: Where tito is. From and that's what great veteran managers.

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Speaker 2: Do they never. PANIC i told You Bruce bochi lost

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Speaker 2: Jeff we've been over. This my biggest mistake in life

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Speaker 2: but getting back to the, managers Like Joe torre was

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Speaker 2: know he's gonna yell at. Me So joe says to.

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Speaker 2: Him he, says writes it on a piece of. PAPER

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Speaker 2: i want you to go to this restaurant. Tonight they'll

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Speaker 2: jeff when the game is this, difficult because it will

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Speaker 1: Know what's important about that story is it didn't come

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Speaker 2: Now right? Right but that was the beauty Of Joe. Tory,

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Speaker 2: now not all managers THAT i covered along the way

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Speaker 2: handled things the same way Like Earl, weaver WHO i

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Speaker 2: the three four best managers of all. Time go look

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Speaker 2: at his winning. Percentage earl did things a little, differently

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Speaker 2: Tory in, fact Once earl had an outfielder Named Pat.

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Speaker 2: Kelly this is in the. Seventies Pat kelly was on the,

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Speaker 2: so he waits for. This finally the poignant moment where

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Speaker 1: Earl let's get into our Game changer of the. Week

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Speaker 1: every week we're gonna take a look at Major League

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Speaker 1: Impact who do you got this?

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Speaker 2: Freak, well this week's game changer for me Is Travis,

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Speaker 2: darnaut the backup catcher for The. Braves, now let's understand

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Speaker 2: But Sean murphy goes down and this is where teamwork comes.

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Speaker 2: About he's, says all, Right i'm the everyday catcher. Again

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Speaker 2: so the other day he had three home runs in

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Speaker 2: one game at Jeff it's the second time in his

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Speaker 2: Game so only three catchers now in the history of

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Speaker 2: baseball have multiple three home run. Games one Is Johnny,

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Speaker 2: bench the greatest catcher of all, time who you met

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Speaker 2: At coopersound that. Day the other Is Gary, carter also

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Speaker 2: A hall Of famer for me one of the, five,

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Speaker 2: six seven greatest catchers of all. Time And Travis darnol.

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Speaker 1: You're telling Me Mike piazza never hit two three run

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Speaker 2: Games, No, mike And, jeff here's the. Point David ortiz

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Speaker 2: Homers Gary sheffield never had a three homer game five hundred.

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Speaker 2: Homers Rafael palmerow never had a three homer game and

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Speaker 2: fifty five home runs and he had won three homer.

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Speaker 2: Game So Travis darnault has more homers three homer games

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Speaker 2: we played the game, Today. Jeff the ball flies out

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Speaker 2: Hank aaron. Did Because Hank. Aaron by the, way if

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Speaker 2: you take away all Of Hank aaron's home, runs he

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Speaker 2: still has a seven hundred and fifty, five he still

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Speaker 2: has three thousand. Hits that's how Great Hank.

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Speaker 1: Aaron oh my, goodness that's. Insane now speaking of home

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Speaker 2: Family right on this. Date by the, Way Hank aaron

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Speaker 2: hit his first Major league homer on this. Date also

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Speaker 2: on this, date in nineteen thirty, Nine Ted williams hit

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Speaker 2: that's how Great Ted williams. Was i've told you My

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Speaker 2: Ted williams. Story i'm going to tell you again your Grandfather.

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Speaker 2: Pop my dad was the Greatest Red sox fan growing

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Speaker 2: so It's Old Timer's day nineteen eighty two In boston

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Speaker 2: team is there For Old Timer's. Day So i'm on

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Speaker 2: the field and all These hall of famers are out

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Speaker 2: of the dugout Comes Ted williams and he walks right by.

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Speaker 2: jeff just Like pop told, me just like nineteen forty.

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Speaker 2: One his setup is exactly the. SAME i remember it

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Speaker 2: COURSE i ran up to the press box AND i

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Speaker 2: Called pop AND i Said, POP i just Saw Ted

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Speaker 2: NOW i heard this story from your Uncle, andy my Brother,

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Speaker 2: andy one of the great maybe the greatest baseball player

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Speaker 2: ever to play At Catholic. University i'm sure there'll be an,

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Speaker 2: argument but it's close no matter. What So Uncle andy

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Speaker 2: Buddy Eddie baxter's Dad Fred baxter was the equipment, manager

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Speaker 2: so they needed guys to be ball boys down the.

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Speaker 2: Line So Ted williams is the manager of the team

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Speaker 2: in nineteen sixty, nine And andy is there as a ball,

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Speaker 2: boy but he gets to shagballs during batting. Practice And

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Speaker 2: line drive at your Uncle, andy who spears it like,

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Speaker 2: This i'd never heard that story. Before And Ted williams

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Speaker 2: looks at your Uncle. Andy my biggest, Brother, eddie, said

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Speaker 2: sign that kid. Up AND i, Said, panda how could

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Speaker 2: you go seventy one years in your life and never

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Speaker 2: tell me a story that you caught a line drive

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Speaker 2: hit By Ted? Williams how great is?

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Speaker 1: That, Yeah dad's like you've wasted my. Time say you,

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Speaker 1: know this is the only THING i lived for and

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Speaker 1: you never told me. That that's HOW i would introduce.

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Speaker 2: MYSELF i Have tim KIRKCHEN i once caught a line

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Speaker 2: drive hit By Ted. Williams so also on this, Date

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Speaker 2: Jeff Warren spahn was born in nineteen twenty. One Warren

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Speaker 2: spaon is arguably the best left handed picture of all.

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Speaker 2: Time he's the winningest left handed picture of all. Time

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Speaker 2: he was a war. Hero he was on the bridge

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Speaker 2: At rama when we went Into german. TERRITORY i, mean

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Speaker 2: he was a true. Warrior didn't even start his major

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Speaker 2: and still won three hundred and sixty three. Games SO

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Speaker 2: i may have to get some help, Here. Jeff but

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Speaker 2: he won three hundred and sixty three, games AND i knew.

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Speaker 2: This he also got three hundred and sixty three hits

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Speaker 2: in his. Career but a guy Named Paul SWANIK i

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Speaker 2: love this. Guy i've never even met him. Before he

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Speaker 2: sent something out ON x On twitter That Warren spahn

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Speaker 2: won three hundred and fifty six. Games get it, right

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Speaker 2: check the. Notes three hundred and fifty six games for The,

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Speaker 2: braves four for The, mets and three for The. Giants,

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Speaker 2: okay he, ALSO i told, you got the same number of.

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Speaker 2: Hits he had the exact same number of, hits three

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Speaker 2: three for The. Giants so his win total and his

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Speaker 1: Played who was the guy who sent this?

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Speaker 2: All? Swanic AND i need to meet him because it was.

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Speaker 2: Fascinating he wrote Something i'm Sure tim knows this. WELL

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Speaker 2: i knew the three sixty three and three sixty, THREE

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Speaker 2: i didn't know they were evenly. Divided. Fascinating CAN i

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Speaker 2: just give you props for also calling IT x well.

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Speaker 1: Done i'm very proud of. You that's something a lot of,

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Speaker 2: Well i'm just trying to get better at this, job all,

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Speaker 2: Right so tell us what you got for quirk. Chins,

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Speaker 2: okay we have a lot of name stuff this. Week.

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Speaker 2: Okay Wilson, contreras who's the catcher for The, cardinals and

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Speaker 2: his Brother William, contreras who's having a great year is

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Speaker 2: a wildly underrated offensive. Player they started against each other

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Speaker 2: in the same, game which has happened, before but they

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Speaker 2: place for a catcher to hit, generally so in the

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Speaker 2: box score On, sunday there were two catchers in the

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Speaker 2: it's never happened since nineteen hundred that brothers started behind

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Speaker 2: Wow JEFF i can't even begin to tell you how

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Speaker 2: The elias and, Say i'm betting this has never, happened

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Speaker 1: Before you, know it's funny you brought up brothers because

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Speaker 1: our Friend Sarah, langs who is just a genius. Mind

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Speaker 1: if you don't follow her On, twitter we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to have her on the show as. Well she made

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Speaker 1: a note during the. PLAYOFFS i can't remember if it

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Speaker 1: last season or twenty twenty two That Aaron nola faced his,

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Speaker 1: Brother Austin Rean nola in the, playoffs and the fastest

427
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: recorded velocity of a pitch thrown By Aaron nola one

428
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,000
Speaker 1: and two of his whole career in the stat cast,

429
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 1: era was against his. Brother so here he is throwing

430
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,439
Speaker 1: harder than he ever has before because he's, LIKE i

431
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 1: gotta get this guy out.

432
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,080
Speaker 2: Right and that's the only time In major league history

433
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 2: that a playoff game happened in which a brother pitched

434
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,720
Speaker 2: to his, brother and one is the, pitcher and the

435
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 2: other is the catcher on the other. Team that had

436
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,359
Speaker 2: never happened before, either and, That, jeff that's WHY i

437
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 2: love to read the box, score because there's no telling

438
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 2: what you might. See we talked About Jackson holiday last.

439
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,679
Speaker 2: Week there's Also Jackson churio of The, brewers he's also

440
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,680
Speaker 2: twenty years, old And Jackson merrill of The, podres three

441
00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,640
Speaker 2: soon to be star, rookies all with the same Name.

442
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,639
Speaker 2: Jackson so When Jackson holiday And Jackson churio went up

443
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,920
Speaker 2: against each other in a, game it's the first time

444
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 2: two position players Named jackson played against each other in

445
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,119
Speaker 2: the history of. Baseball and as soon as that series was,

446
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,960
Speaker 2: over The brewers played The podres Where Jackson curio played

447
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 2: Against Jackson. Merrill so there had never been a game

448
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,439
Speaker 2: In major league history where two position players Named jackson

449
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,920
Speaker 2: played against each. Other and then it happened six games

450
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,639
Speaker 2: in a row involving The. Brewers all, Right once that,

451
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,719
Speaker 2: note WHICH i, Love Tyler stevenson hit of The reds

452
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 2: hit a grand slam in the first inning the other,

453
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 2: day And, jeff think about a grand slam in the first.

454
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 2: Inning it doesn't happen very. Often, well it's happened four times,

455
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,360
Speaker 2: already AND i was surprised to hear it had happened

456
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 2: four times In Major league history before this. Year but

457
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety seven was the only other season in which

458
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 2: there were five first inning grand slams hit in the

459
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 2: month Of. April all, right so Now i'll be. SEARCHING

460
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 2: i can't wait for someone else to maybe hit a

461
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,200
Speaker 2: first inning Grand, slam so we will have. Five these

462
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,480
Speaker 2: are the THINGS i. Love now this is a real, Stretch.

463
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,919
Speaker 2: Jeff but The twins have an outfielder Named Austin. Martin

464
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 2: NOW i kind of fudge, things but it sounds like

465
00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,720
Speaker 2: a car An Aston. Martin SO I i have nothing

466
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 2: else to do with my. LIFE i was coming home

467
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 2: on an airplane last, night and WHEN i wasn't Watching,

468
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 2: BRIDESMAIDS i decided to come up with the All car.

469
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,400
Speaker 2: Team now that we Have Austin martin in the, Outfield,

470
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,640
Speaker 2: okay so let's see IF i can do this by

471
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 2: memory for. Me your Mein mercedes is the, catcher. Okay

472
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,160
Speaker 2: Paul sorrento is at, First, Yeah Damian rolls is at.

473
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 2: Second Royce lewis is a. Shortstop but you have to

474
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 2: say those, right Together Rolls. Royce OTHERWISE i really Doles

475
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,640
Speaker 2: royce for the double. PLAY i don't have a. Shortstop

476
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 2: there was a guy Named John. Dodge never heard of,

477
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 2: him he played a million years. Ago he's our third

478
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 2: baseman Each Yiro, suzuki good, One Rubin, Sierra Austin, martin

479
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,639
Speaker 2: and we got a pretty good pitching stet. Out you

480
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 2: got a minivan in the f right Whitey, Ford Tim,

481
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 2: Hudson Brad, Lincoln John, bentley and just for, You Ranger.

482
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 2: Suarez SO i just came up with a fifteen man

483
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 2: team with things after. Names this is WHAT i did

484
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,880
Speaker 2: on an airplane last, night in a middle seat On american. Airlines,

485
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 2: seriously what else WAS i supposed to?

486
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 1: Do as they, say let's rip, It, okay. Okay so

487
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: it's in the cards and our first. Stop we've Got

488
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: Sean murphy of The Atlanta, braves, right really good.

489
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,439
Speaker 2: Player and what struck me about him is WHAT i

490
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,679
Speaker 2: talked to him a few years ago about his high school.

491
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 2: Career he had the highest batting average in the history

492
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,080
Speaker 2: of his high school except for one. Guy Kirk Herb

493
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,360
Speaker 2: street from his high school was the only one ever

494
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,160
Speaker 2: to go to his high school who had a higher

495
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 2: batting average than, him and he was the.

496
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,880
Speaker 1: Quarterback all, right let's keep rolling through. Here oh this

497
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,240
Speaker 1: is a good one, Too Juan. Soto but this is

498
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: an older. Card it's got The Padres jersey on.

499
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 2: Right, So Wan soto is one of the best young

500
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 2: hitters that anyone has ever. Seen he's already got five

501
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 2: hundred hits and five hundred walks at this. Age it's

502
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 2: Unbelieve and he is one of three players In Major

503
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 2: league history to hit clean up in A World series

504
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 2: game at age Twenty Ty, Cobb Miguel, Cabrera Juan. Soto

505
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 2: that's the, list all.

506
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: Right also it's in the. Cards we've Got Corey. Seeger.

507
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 2: Hi Corey seeger to me is the best shortstop in,

508
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,680
Speaker 2: baseball second in THE mvp last, year And JEFF i

509
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 2: covered their basically their entire postseason last. YEAR i never

510
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 2: saw him hit on the, field take batting practice on

511
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 2: the field one. Time he brings his tripod around with

512
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,400
Speaker 2: him into the batting cage, indoors and his, tripod which

513
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 2: has his iPad on, it is what he uses to

514
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,920
Speaker 2: calculate his swing and do it. Perfectly and he's such

515
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 2: a great hitter who can, argue but he doesn't hit

516
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 2: on the field with his. Team he hits inside and

517
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 2: As Brad, miller one of his teammates last, year, said

518
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 2: His tripod is hitting three eighty this. Postseason, yeah that's

519
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 2: how Good Corey seeger.

520
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: Is all, right let's move. On, OH a real character

521
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: in our. Game Joey.

522
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 2: Vado Joey vado is a Future hall Of. Famer he's

523
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 2: one of the greatest Hitters i've ever. Seen And i'll

524
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 2: never forget a few years, ago well maybe ten years.

525
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,719
Speaker 2: Ago i'm in spring training and he's TAKEN vp and

526
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 2: he is lining. Balls he's a left handed hitter over

527
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 2: the third base, dugout just hitting line drives into the

528
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 2: stands like. That and FINALLY i have to, say and

529
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 2: he did it on every. Pitch, It'said, joey what are you?

530
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 2: Doing and he, goes, well there are times in a

531
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 2: game where you really have to spoil a really good

532
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 2: pitch by just getting a piece of, it fouling it

533
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 2: off to keep the bat. Alive that's what he was

534
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 2: practicing that, day and that's one reason he'll be in

535
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 2: The hall Of fame.

536
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: SOMEDAY i thought he wanted to wake up some players

537
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: in the dugout and when the game gets, Boring i've

538
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: kind of wanted to make sure everybody was still. THERE

539
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: Jt realmuto our final one For it's in The.

540
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 2: Car. YEAH i Love he's one of the best catchers

541
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 2: in the. Game his pop time is. Unprecedented my pop

542
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: time by the Way mountain dew six o'clock in the,

543
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 2: morning but his pop time home the second base is

544
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 2: the fastest in the. Game AND i love. That he

545
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 2: used to be a shortstop in high school and he

546
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 2: became a. Catcher he told me when a scout was

547
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 2: there to watch him play shortstop because he was going

548
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 2: to get drafted as a, shortstop but the catcher got,

549
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 2: hurt so he had to. Catch he'd never caught, before

550
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 2: and he did such a great job that the scout, said,

551
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 2: look we'll draft you as a, shortstop but if you

552
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 2: want to be a catcher and move up the ranks

553
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 2: a little, quicker you could be a catcher right. Now

554
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 2: that's how he got signed is the scout saw him

555
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 2: catch one game when he basically had never caught.

556
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: Before league in THE Lid are you. Ready, Yeah every

557
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: week we put all of the teams In Major league

558
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: baseball in this hat here and Then dad is forced

559
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: to tell a story off the top of his dome

560
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: as quickly as he. Can so we've taken out the

561
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: ones we've already, done and this week you've got The

562
00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: Kansas City.

563
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 2: Royal oh, boy this is really, Good, jeff because they

564
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 2: are off to a tremendous, start a surprisingly good. Start,

565
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 2: offensively they're way better THAN i thought they're. Starting pitching

566
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 2: has a chance to be really good now That Seth

567
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 2: lugo And Michael walka have joined the, Team alec marsh young,

568
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 2: guy and of course they Have Brady singer And Cole

569
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 2: Reagan's they have a pretty good pitching staff in their

570
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 2: rotation right. Now but their offense has been demonstrably better

571
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 2: than it was last. Year And Bobby witt has a

572
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 2: chance someday to be one of the Greatest royals. Ever

573
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 2: but he can't be the greatest one because that's always

574
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 2: sorry gonna Be George. Brett here's how Great George brett.

575
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 2: Was this is a true, Story. Jeff he injured his

576
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 2: ankle during the prime of his, career so he was

577
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 2: on crutches and they had a team golf, tournament but

578
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 2: he couldn't play because he's got a broken ankle, basically

579
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 2: so he's just welcoming everyone through the eighteenth green when

580
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 2: they come in because he's the best player on the.

581
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 2: Team he's the captain of the. Team so one group

582
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,920
Speaker 2: decides to have a little fun and hit into the

583
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 2: group that is putting on the. Green, Okay So George

584
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 2: brett is standing there on, Crutches he's got his putter with,

585
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 2: him and he sees the ball coming a golf ball

586
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 2: from one hundred and fifty yards. Away i'm not making this.

587
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 2: Up he takes his, butter which has a you, know

588
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 2: a blade that's this. Wide he hits the ball out

589
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 2: of mid air and hits it one hundred and one

590
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty yards back down the. Fairway AND i

591
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 2: say to, Him, george come, on that's. Impossible that could

592
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 2: have never. Happened and he, said, well it was nineteen

593
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 2: eighty and that was the year he hit three to

594
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 2: ninety and every time he swung, anything he hit the

595
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 2: ball really.

596
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: Hard, yeah and that YEAR i wouldn't be surprised if

597
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: he hit it one hundred and fifty miles. Right let's

598
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 1: keep updated.

599
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 2: With our sackfly Tracker Max munsey now has of The,

600
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 2: dodgers now has three sacrifice flies in the first three

601
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 2: weeks of the. Season So Joey gallo is the all

602
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 2: time sacrifice fly. Guy he's a walking note when it.

603
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 2: Comes Joey gallo has three sacrifice flys in his career

604
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 2: and he's played like seven or eight. Years he hit

605
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 2: ninety six home runs before he hit his first sacrifice

606
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 2: fly in the major. Leagues think about that for a.

607
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 2: Second ninety six times he hit a ball over a

608
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 2: fence and not one of them like landed in the

609
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 2: outfielders glove on the warning track and scored a. Runner,

610
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 2: Third william o'pane has the second most, homers fifty before

611
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 2: hitting his first sacrifice. Fly so Anytime Joey gallo hits

612
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 2: a sacrifice, fly it's something to. Celebrate And Max munsey

613
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 2: already has three of.

614
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: Them that's a sack fly. Tracker and Our kirkchin quandary

615
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: is a bit of a. Hypothetical, okay you take twenty

616
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: major league baseball. Players these are the kind of things

617
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,480
Speaker 1: my dad AND i debate for hours on, it and

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00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: we want you to debate with us as well on

619
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Speaker 1: our social media At Great game or what or At

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Speaker 1: Kirkshin underscore AT espn as, well TWENTY A Major League

621
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: baseball's best soccer players right across the entire. Sport we're

622
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: going to give them two whole months away from baseball

623
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: and focusing and specifically trained by the best soccer trainers

624
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: and coaches for two. Months and after two, months you

625
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: take those twenty, players you put them on the pitch

626
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: against THE usa men's soccer. Team, now we're not saying

627
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: it's gonna be. Close we're also not saying it's gonna

628
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: be a. Blowout we're, curious are they going to lose

629
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: five to, zero ten to? Zero will they score a?

630
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: Goal will they get? Destroyed what do you, Think?

631
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 2: Dad, well there have been a lot of baseball players

632
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 2: who were good soccer. Players Jeff, bagwell great soccer, Player Cal,

633
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 2: ripken great soccer, Player omar Vs. SCALE i watched him

634
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 2: dribble the ball off his foot one. Day he could

635
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 2: do it with his eyes. Closed, no Mare garcia para

636
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 2: great soccer players. Right his wife's. Better So i'm, saying

637
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 2: if you took the best twenty train, THEM i still

638
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 2: think they would lose at least twenty five to. Nothing

639
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 2: there's no way they're going to score a goal against

640
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 2: A World cup. Team there zero chance they're going. To

641
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 2: But i'm, saying with this athletic as baseball players, ARE

642
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 2: i don't, think, well maybe it'd be thirty to. NOTHING

643
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 2: i just don't. Know if you can, say how long

644
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 2: is the soccer? Game ninety? Minutes, yeah all? Right that

645
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 2: would be scoring a goal every three. MINUTES i think

646
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 2: that would be hard to. Do and who would the goalie.

647
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 2: Be how About Aaron judge in goal six foot eight,

648
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 2: rangeye athletic beyond, words can really. RUN i don't know

649
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,879
Speaker 2: if they can score thirty, goals but they could come.

650
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 2: Close it'll, be, say twenty eight to.

651
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: NOTHING i think you're, Underestimating. HOPE i don't disrespect you

652
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: the competitiveness of these baseball. Players where they would, say

653
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,360
Speaker 1: after giving up like five goals in the first ten, minutes,

654
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,800
Speaker 1: okay we've got to figure out a new. Plan everybody on, defense,

655
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: Right we're not attacking. Anything we are going to prevent

656
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 1: them from scoring in any way, possible and they will

657
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: find a way to stop them from scoring in the

658
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: sense of not giving up a goal every well every.

659
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 2: Minute this to a Former Major league, player AND i

660
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,319
Speaker 2: Said Landon, donovan who wasn't a particularly good big, guy

661
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 2: but one of the great soccer players of all. TIME i,

662
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 2: Said Landon donovan would run circles around, you, Right and

663
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,919
Speaker 2: the guy, said, well he wouldn't do that for long

664
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 2: because he was Implying i'm gonna knock him. Down i'm

665
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 2: gonna heard him before he embarrasses me in athletic. Competition

666
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,800
Speaker 2: i'm going with twenty eight to. Nothing i'd be interested

667
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 2: to see what everyone else.

668
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 1: Thinks, yeah in Our kirchin, quandary you can always respond

669
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: to a great game or what on social media or

670
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: on our, website great game or what dot? Com all,

671
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: right we've all been super. Excited terry francona former, manager

672
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: great of The, phillies of The Boston Red, sox many

673
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: many championships with, them of The, indians Then, guardians and

674
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: his first year not being a manager since twenty twelve

675
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: when he was on the bus for spring training with my.

676
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: Dad we're gonna ask him about. That we're gonna ask

677
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: him about Managing Michael jordan in minor league baseball and

678
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: so much. More get ready for the laughs With Terry

679
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:03,800
Speaker 1: francona coming up.

680
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 2: Next.

681
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,240
Speaker 1: It's a great game or what with an amazing? Guest

682
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 1: he was actually number one on our list when we

683
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: dreamt of doing this podcast. Together It's Tito francona joining the.

684
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 2: Show who.

685
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,839
Speaker 3: You, guys you just went down in my. Estimation If

686
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 3: i'm number, ONE i hate to see who number, two,

687
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 3: three and?

688
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 2: Four Is tino the only person worst of the world

689
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 2: and technology than? Me i'm gonna guess is? YOU i,

690
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 2: mean can you even explain how this works that you

691
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 2: AND i are doing this at our?

692
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 3: Age, well, okay first of, ALL i. AM i THOUGHT

693
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 3: i was the, worst and then when you sent me

694
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,760
Speaker 3: that text that had My aol account from nineteen sixty

695
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 3: seven or, whatever you took the. Lead but the fact

696
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 3: that we got this, work And i'm guessing your son

697
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 3: must be pretty good because neither one of us has

698
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 3: a chance to do.

699
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 2: This, tito he is a magician with, this and he

700
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 2: lives In. PHILADELPHIA i drive three hours to go tape

701
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 2: the show with him Because i'm afraid to try to

702
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 2: tape it without him sitting next to.

703
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 3: Me my seven and nine year old grandkids they get

704
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 3: on my phone and they start hitting, buttons And i'm,

705
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 3: like where do you find that they're, unbelievable you, Know.

706
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: TITO i pulled up my dad's phone the other day

707
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: AND i noticed he had his male app three different.

708
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: TIMES i didn't even know you could duplicate an app

709
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: on an. iPhone he has.

710
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 2: It on three different pages and you didn't even look at.

711
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: Him now he's, SAYING i don't even.

712
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 2: Realize THIS i. Did that is that male mail OR

713
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 2: M A L. E that's a little line of.

714
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: Glad it's the first.

715
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 2: One.

716
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: Good, So, tino this is your first season not wearing

717
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: a uniform since two thousand and, twelve and at that

718
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: point you were working FOR espn with my, dad and

719
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: you guys were rocking spring training. Together this is a

720
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,280
Speaker 1: very different feeling than twenty, twelve, right.

721
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 3: Yeah because twenty TWELVE i HOPED i was taking a,

722
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 3: break you, know LIKE i needed. IT i was burned

723
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 3: out AND i needed to do something. Else and THE

724
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 3: espn thing was actually AND i didn't know it at the,

725
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 3: time but it was. PERFECT i met more good, people

726
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 3: including your, dad AND i got a chance to step

727
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 3: away from the emotion of wins and. Losses and after

728
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 3: a period of, TIME i started to miss the game,

729
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 3: again which was actually really good this time. Around you,

730
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 3: KNOW i just felt like it was. TIME i was

731
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 3: fortunate THAT i got to kind of got to write

732
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 3: my own, script which doesn't happen very, often not too.

733
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 3: Much many times when you leave a, job you still

734
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 3: love your bosses and you, know respect them like, crazy

735
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 3: AND i just thought it was. Time so so it

736
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 3: is a little different this time.

737
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: Around i'm sure it is, too because IF i, recall

738
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,880
Speaker 1: you had some interesting housing your first spring training WITH

739
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: espn with my.

740
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 2: Dad is that?

741
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:26,959
Speaker 3: True it's so? True and you, know normally stories get

742
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 3: embellished with, time this one didn't really need. TO i

743
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 3: pull Into orlando and it's my first time WITH espn

744
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 3: and spring, training And i'm kind of nervous and have some,

745
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 3: anxiety AND i pull into this log cabin type. Type

746
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 3: tim what was it.

747
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,799
Speaker 2: Called it was Called Camp, Wilderness.

748
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah which is very Apropos AND i get

749
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 3: to my room AND i just know somebody's playing a

750
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 3: joke on, Me LIKE i keep waiting for somebody come

751
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 3: out of the you, know out of the, closet like,

752
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:07,240
Speaker 3: hey welcome to your new. Job AND i Called tim

753
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 3: in his, place And i'm, like, hey, man let's go

754
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 3: cook some some, mores AND i remember being hungry and

755
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 3: calling the, lobby and the lobby was, like did you

756
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 3: see that that vending? MACHINE i, said, yeah they go

757
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 3: that's our room, Service.

758
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 2: Jeff they had bunk beds in our. Room it's like

759
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 2: we were in that Cup. Scouts he won Two World

760
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 2: series with The Red sox and they put us in

761
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,360
Speaker 2: the middle of the woods in a log. Cabin do

762
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 2: you want to go make Those?

763
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: Oh?

764
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 3: Similar you know, What. Kim the one thing there was

765
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 3: one phone in my place and it was on the

766
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,280
Speaker 3: opposite side of where the bunk beds, were so if somebody,

767
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 3: called Which i'm sure it was, YOU i couldn't get

768
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 3: to the phone in. Time it was, like but you

769
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 3: know what it, Was it's it kind of encapsulates our

770
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 3: time there because everything we did we had, fun AND

771
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 3: i think that's the way it's supposed to.

772
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: Be. Right, Well, TITO i have to say that was

773
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: kind of the, culmination the beginning of Where tim kirkshon

774
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: impressions kind of became a little.

775
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 2: Bit of a.

776
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 1: Norm And, tito we have you to thank for this

777
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: for BRINGING Jp Aaron ceba up on. Television is that?

778
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 2: Right?

779
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 3: Yeah he was sure he was. Sure we tried to

780
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 3: surprise your dad a little bit and that a little.

781
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,839
Speaker 3: FUN jp was like all about. IT i wasn't sure

782
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 3: how he'd react to, it but he loved, it and

783
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 3: we all had a lot of fun with. It and

784
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,800
Speaker 3: that's part of what we tried to, DO i, think,

785
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,919
Speaker 3: is you, know all of us, together we just had

786
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:50,479
Speaker 3: fun enjoying, baseball AND i think that's maybe sometimes gets

787
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 3: lost in today's. World And i'm glad we. Didn't.

788
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:57,720
Speaker 2: Right he didn't just surprise, Me he ambushed. Me tito

789
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 2: did on the air with this FOR Jp are AND.

790
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 2: CBA i was completely taken. Aback my voice climbed like

791
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 2: five more octaves BECAUSE i didn't even know what was going.

792
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 2: On it was so, funny and it brought in a chain.

793
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 2: Reaction every CLUBHOUSE i went to after, that someone else

794
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 2: had a Terrible Tim kirkchin. Impersonation FINALLY i went TO

795
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 2: Jp are AT cebia AND i told, him please tell

796
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 2: me you do other guys tell me that you. Can

797
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 2: you could Do Jack nicholson and he, goes, NO i

798
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 2: can only do. You so he only does one, impersonation

799
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,360
Speaker 2: and it's a dopey little sports.

800
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 3: Writer tim let me let me tell you. Something we

801
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 3: WERE i was driving home with some friends FROM la

802
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 3: the other. Day we had gone over to watch The

803
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 3: university Of arizona, basketball and we're coming back To, tucson

804
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,359
Speaker 3: and you, know we're not very happy because they played like.

805
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 3: Crap and my buddy turns on THE mlb channel and

806
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 3: there's a game on and he, said, oh, MAN i

807
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 3: wonder who's. Announcing AND i, said looked at. HIM i,

808
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,760
Speaker 3: said if you don't, know That's tim Kirkshin.

809
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 2: Man that was The Braves phillies game On, Saturday thank

810
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 2: you so much for.

811
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 3: Listening WE i listened to the whole. Game AND i

812
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 3: looked at, him, like how could you not know That's Tim.

813
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 1: Perchin, yeah the childish joy in his voice should give

814
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: it away and say they they're not sure if this

815
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: is a kid of one of the players getting excited

816
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: about calling the, game Or Tim. KIRKSEN i can say

817
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,319
Speaker 1: that BECAUSE i have the same, Voice.

818
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 2: So, tino that same. Spring tell us about the time that,

819
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 2: you the former manager of The Red, sox had to

820
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 2: go To yankee camp and interview some players with The.

821
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 3: Yankees, YEAH i mean that was that was obviously. Different

822
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 3: is is probably the best, word because you, know when

823
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 3: you're the manager of The Red, sox people don't want

824
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 3: to see you talking To. YANKEES i MEAN i used

825
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 3: to remember go See Joe tory behind the behind the you,

826
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 3: know in the by the clubhouse and say lo to

827
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 3: him because people didn't want to see you out there

828
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 3: mixing it up with with with The. Yankees that's just

829
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 3: the way it. Was but because the guys Like, jeter

830
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 3: GUYS i had so much respect. For you, know once

831
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 3: you get out of, uniform it you, know life changes

832
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:18,399
Speaker 3: a little bit and it's it's not that push pull

833
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 3: that you feel so much when your uniform.

834
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 2: And, tita what were you wearing that? Day do you

835
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 2: remember the suit you were wearing that Day teter The?

836
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,919
Speaker 3: Yankees is that the one THAT i had to go get?

837
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 2: It? Uh? Uh today's?

838
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 3: Man, yeah you, know, yeah we you know there's a

839
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 3: there's why is there so many stories And i'm included

840
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 3: in all of.

841
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 2: Them how much did the suit? Cost you, know tell the?

842
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,240
Speaker 2: TRUTH i know told.

843
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 3: ME i think it was seventy five. Dollars but you

844
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 3: know what the worst part, was who's the gal that

845
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 3: did our? Makeup real nice From Pennsylvania from Wester. Susie.

846
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,919
Speaker 3: Susie after that, day she made a comment to, Me she, Goes,

847
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 3: tito she, goes you look so nice. TODAY i remember, Thinking,

848
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 3: god what DO i look like on the other?

849
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 2: Days and what did you do with the seventy five

850
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 2: dollars suit when you were finished with that day with The? Yankees?

851
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 3: Oh the, minute the, MINUTE I i balled it up

852
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 3: and threw it in the waste basket and put my

853
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 3: sweats back on and took.

854
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:29,479
Speaker 2: Off you, know you were. Right we had so much

855
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 2: fun back, then which is what is baseball is all

856
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:35,800
Speaker 2: about now, again t you know you're not in a,

857
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 2: Uniform you're In, tucson you're not In. Cleveland what are

858
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 2: you doing with yourself these? Days are you watching The guardians?

859
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 2: Games what are you doing to stay? Active since you

860
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 2: love the game so?

861
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 3: Much, well you know, what it's actually allowing me to

862
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 3: love it so, much WHICH i like BECAUSE i THINK

863
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,399
Speaker 3: i got to a point the last couple of years

864
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 3: where everything was so, hot whether it's physically or even,

865
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 3: mentally AND i really wasn't watching a ton of, baseball

866
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 3: just like the teams we are gonna, play and that

867
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 3: wasn't for. Enjoyment it was just to kind of get

868
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 3: ready for a. SERIES i catch myself, now you, know

869
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,320
Speaker 3: IF i look on my phone AND i see it scores,

870
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 3: close you, Know i'll turn the game on late and

871
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 3: see what. Happens AND i still love listening to baseball

872
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 3: on the. RADIO i think it's one of the most

873
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 3: relaxing things there is in the. World and then, Again

874
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 3: i'm showing my, age BUT i like. That you know,

875
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 3: what Tim the best WAY i can describe it, Is

876
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 3: i'm not sure what lies, ahead AND i think to

877
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,759
Speaker 3: some people that might be a little scary or create some.

878
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 3: Anxiety i'm fine with. THAT i don't even know What

879
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 3: i'm gonna miss, yet you know what parts of the.

880
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 3: GAME i, mean for sure it will be the, people

881
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 3: BUT i don't know what, else And i'll deal with

882
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 3: that as we. Go But i'm looking forward to doing

883
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 3: some golfing and doing Things i've never, Done LIKE i

884
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 3: WENT i went to The arizona basketball game the other.

885
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 3: Day i've never been able to do. THAT i went

886
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 3: to The pac twelve. Tournament i've never been able to do.

887
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 3: That i'm doing stuff that i haven't, done And i'm

888
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:14,279
Speaker 3: looking forward to.

889
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 1: THAT, seeo what would you say is the most mindless

890
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,399
Speaker 1: thing you now get to do with your new free.

891
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: Time is it a CERTAIN tv show that you think to,

892
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,359
Speaker 1: YOURSELF i can't BELIEVE i watched. This or is there

893
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: an activity around your house that you now get to

894
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,359
Speaker 1: do that you haven't been able to do.

895
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 3: Before, jeff let me tell you you're probably gonna. Laugh

896
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 3: but WHEN i get up in the, morning you, KNOW

897
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 3: i have a cup of coffee first THING i, do

898
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:43,319
Speaker 3: and then my next decision, is, hey DO i want

899
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:47,360
Speaker 3: another cup of coffee instead of rushing out of the

900
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 3: house BECAUSE i got to get to The, balltimore my

901
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 3: whole life felt like it was on a you, know

902
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 3: LIKE i got to be here by nine. O'CLOCK i

903
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 3: got to be on the bus at eight. Thirty and

904
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 3: now it's, like you, know Maybe i'll have another cup of.

905
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,840
Speaker 2: Coffee that is, Great. Tito what about? Cribbage cribbage was

906
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 2: the game that you played every day with your own,

907
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 2: players WHICH i found. UNBELIEVABLE i, mean With pete and

908
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 2: With Josh tomlin and people like. That do you still play?

909
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 2: Cribbage is there anyone for you to play cribbage? With?

910
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 3: No and that might be my biggest source of not

911
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 3: feeling so happy BECAUSE i love. CRIBBAGE i got cribbage

912
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 3: boards all over my house AND i have nobody to play.

913
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 3: WITH i play on my phone BECAUSE i love it so.

914
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:35,440
Speaker 3: Much but the basketball coach, Here Tommy, lloyd WHO i,

915
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 3: love he said he learned how to play. Cribbage So

916
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 3: i'm gonna go find out one of these days this

917
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,799
Speaker 3: week if he actually really did, learn or you, know

918
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:46,959
Speaker 3: DO i have to kick his ass or we'll.

919
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 2: See And tito tell us about the time That Jonathan

920
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,279
Speaker 2: papa bad great, dude great, closer came to you and,

921
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 2: said CAN i join in the cribbage? Game explain, that.

922
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 3: You, Know pap bless his, heart is one of the

923
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 3: one of my favorite. Guys and me And pedroia were

924
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 3: playing And pap came in and he, GOES i want to,

925
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:10,959
Speaker 3: play and you, know we're, like oh, MAN i get,

926
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 3: people they'll. PEOPLE i kind of built most of my

927
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 3: basement with that With pap trying to learn how to play.

928
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 2: Cribbage And, tito you're used to playing games with. Guys

929
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 2: tell us the story when you Managed Michael jordan in

930
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:28,760
Speaker 2: the minor. LEAGUES i know there are a Million Michael jordan,

931
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:32,240
Speaker 2: stories but just tell us about a typical bus ride

932
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:36,440
Speaker 2: on The Jordan cruiser through you, know through The. Southeast

933
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,719
Speaker 2: what was that like being on the bus and the

934
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,919
Speaker 2: games you played with the greatest basketball player of all.

935
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 3: Time you, know it took me a little while to.

936
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 3: Realize you, Know i'd look at him sitting on the

937
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,000
Speaker 3: bus and he looks so, content and it took me

938
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 3: a while to realize he was. Content you, know nobody

939
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 3: could get at him for those, six, eight, ten twelve.

940
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 3: Hours and as miserable as most of us, were he

941
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 3: loved it, because you, know he could Play. Yatzi he

942
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 3: could he could read whatever he wanted to. Do he

943
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 3: didn't have a microphone stuck in front of his face

944
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 3: or somebody trying to get an, autograph and he wasn't

945
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 3: used to, that and and he loved. It but we'd played,

946
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 3: cards we'd Play. Yatzi the one thing is when you

947
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 3: play something with, him it's for, real like there's no,

948
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 3: funsies like you, know you're you're playing for. Real AND

949
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,320
Speaker 3: i found that out real, quick.

950
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:32,839
Speaker 2: Right And, tito, Sorry second and, Last jordan, questioned when

951
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,400
Speaker 2: you got back from a road, trip once you told

952
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,760
Speaker 2: me the story that you guys got off the, bus

953
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 2: some guys were, chirping and before you know, It jordan

954
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 2: and the coaches from The burbinghat team are in a basketball.

955
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 2: Game tell us what happened like at the beginning of that.

956
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 3: Game, well let me back. Up we're coming back From,

957
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 3: huntsville and you, know my two coaches Were Kirk champion

958
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 3: And Mike, barnett who today are by someone best, friends

959
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 3: and they're they're on the bus and they're talking about

960
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:08,360
Speaker 3: basketball and who's, better and you, know they both think

961
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,759
Speaker 3: and And MJ's ears perked, up And i'm, like, god.

962
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 3: Man so we get back to you, Know birmingham and

963
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:20,319
Speaker 3: my apartment. COMPLEX i had a cement basketball court on

964
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 3: my property because you, know you got to, Remember i'm

965
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,880
Speaker 3: making twenty eight thousand, dollars not living in the greatest

966
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 3: part of. Town and so we're shooting around and there's

967
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:35,279
Speaker 3: chain nets and here COMES. Mj and you, know one

968
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,880
Speaker 3: thing leads to, another and you, know When MJ's, there

969
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:41,640
Speaker 3: We'red the mouse spreads in a. Hurry so all of a,

970
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 3: sudden here come THESE i call them. Kids they were

971
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:48,520
Speaker 3: men from the. Neighborhood and we're playing four on four

972
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:53,800
Speaker 3: and they're big, big strong, kids and it starts to

973
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:58,800
Speaker 3: get a little, rough And i'm Getting i'm getting, nervous

974
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,439
Speaker 3: and BECAUSE i can How MJ's starting to get a little,

975
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,319
Speaker 3: bit you, know. Mad so he's at the top of

976
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 3: the key and he's got the ball in his arm

977
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:08,120
Speaker 3: like he, does and he tells the. Guy he, Goes

978
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 3: i'm going right, there AND i remember, thinking oh, No

979
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:16,440
Speaker 3: SO i ran over to set a pick and he

980
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:18,520
Speaker 3: put the ball back in his arm and he, goes

981
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 3: get out of, here. Dumbass so you, KNOW i waddled

982
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,520
Speaker 3: back over to WHERE i. Was he took one dribble

983
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 3: and he picked the ball up AND i remember thinking

984
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,759
Speaker 3: this is not. Good and the next thing you, know

985
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,799
Speaker 3: he the ball went through the. Hoop the hoops. Bent

986
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 3: he's standing over the guy and he's, like don't ever

987
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 3: talk to me in my, house And i'm, like game's.

988
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:47,319
Speaker 3: Over but it was one of the most incredible Things

989
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 3: i've ever.

990
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,040
Speaker 1: Seen and the worst part was the hoa of the

991
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: apartment building made you pay for the rim at that, point.

992
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:56,520
Speaker 3: It was one of the most. INCREDIBLE i remember thinking

993
00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 3: we got to get out of here before somebody gets. Killed

994
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 3: but it was so.

995
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:02,640
Speaker 2: Beautiful he didn't need anyone to set a.

996
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,480
Speaker 1: Screen or a pay for, him and Here tito sets a.

997
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 2: Screen it's the most insulting Thing i've ever.

998
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,040
Speaker 3: Heard if you, could if you could look at the

999
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:12,680
Speaker 3: see the look on his, face, like.

1000
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:15,799
Speaker 2: What are you doing, Now?

1001
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 1: Tino for those who may be watching on, YouTube a

1002
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,839
Speaker 1: lot of people just listen to the, podcast but we

1003
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,360
Speaker 1: have we have a kind of a. Relic you would,

1004
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:29,279
Speaker 1: say this is, uh the Iconic Terry francona on a

1005
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 1: Scooter Cleveland indians at the Time, bobblehead when The bobblehead

1006
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,240
Speaker 1: giveaway was happening at the. Stadium you on your scooter

1007
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:40,719
Speaker 1: and you actually had somebody join you on your.

1008
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 3: Scooter, yeah that would have been dumb and. Dumber you

1009
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 3: know for people that know that. Movie we really WHEN

1010
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 3: i saw the, video we looked exactly like dumb and.

1011
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 3: Dumber but you know what In, CLEVELAND i, MEAN i

1012
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 3: lived two and a half blocks from the, ballpark which

1013
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 3: for me was a little too far to walk AND

1014
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 3: i didn't want to, drive AND i would zip in

1015
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:09,319
Speaker 3: and out the. Clubhouse guys would point, it you, know

1016
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 3: leaving When i'd come, in And i'd go down alleys

1017
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:16,080
Speaker 3: the wrong. Way you know if we had, Fireworks i'd

1018
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 3: zip out of. There It's. Cleveland people were. Friendly the

1019
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 3: policeman would high five me after games or tell me

1020
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 3: to hang in. THERE i parked it outside my, apartment

1021
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 3: never locked, it and it finally got stolen with four

1022
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 3: days to go in my eleventh. Year but it, SO i,

1023
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 3: mean that just tells you About. Cleveland you can park

1024
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 3: it downtown and not lock. It, Yeah.

1025
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,239
Speaker 1: TITO i used to work in The halle, building SO

1026
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: i was right around the corner from the stadium AND

1027
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 1: i was leaving work one day and there was some

1028
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: traffic stopped and all of a sudden you see the

1029
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: manager of The Cleveland guardians driving across the street on.

1030
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: Ninth it was the best thing to ever happen to. Me.

1031
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:58,840
Speaker 2: Yeah and the DAY i, went we went around the

1032
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:03,160
Speaker 2: bowels of the Stadium Lloyd christmas And Harry dumb From

1033
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 2: dumb And. Dumber and BEFORE i could even get off the,

1034
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:10,480
Speaker 2: Line tito already has, well this is really dumb And.

1035
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:13,760
Speaker 2: Dumber it's This we had so much fun doing. Perfect,

1036
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,440
Speaker 2: yeah it. Was it was. Perfect, So, tito this is

1037
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,880
Speaker 2: a this is a relationship. Show it's a father and

1038
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,799
Speaker 2: a son and your, dad the Beloved, tito was a

1039
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 2: really good major league. Player tell, it what's your greatest

1040
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:30,440
Speaker 2: takeaway when you were a kid and you were with

1041
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 2: your dad in a baseball.

1042
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:36,880
Speaker 3: Setting, well you, know he played fifteen years AND i

1043
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 3: WAS i think eleven and a half when he finally.

1044
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:42,960
Speaker 3: Retired so the last you, know early, on you, know

1045
00:55:43,239 --> 00:55:45,400
Speaker 3: because times are so. Different you, know WHEN i was

1046
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 3: four or, five six years, old you, know we only

1047
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:50,880
Speaker 3: went maybe for a couple of weeks to visit because you,

1048
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 3: know they didn't make very much money and we had

1049
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 3: school and stuff like. That but then in the summertime

1050
00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:00,840
Speaker 3: when he was In Atlanta, milwaukee you, KNOW i was

1051
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 3: old enough where i'd go into a ballpark with, him

1052
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,960
Speaker 3: but you couldn't go in the. Clubhouse you just you,

1053
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:11,239
Speaker 3: know times have. Changed he'd give me a dollar AND

1054
00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:14,919
Speaker 3: i would go from one thirty to when the game

1055
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,560
Speaker 3: was over eleven AND i had to make that dollar,

1056
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:22,080
Speaker 3: last AND i would go stand out in the outfield

1057
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:24,480
Speaker 3: and try to get home runs with you, know they

1058
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 3: were hit out of the. BALLPARK i knew every, YUSHER

1059
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:34,360
Speaker 3: i knew every ticket. Taker it's probably too because today

1060
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,600
Speaker 3: that's probably WHY i love those people so. Much because

1061
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:38,160
Speaker 3: they were so good to me WHEN i was growing.

1062
00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 3: UP i found ways to get a free coke or

1063
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,680
Speaker 3: a hot dog or you, KNOW i just made. Do

1064
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:47,680
Speaker 3: but my dad knew THAT i was watching every pitch

1065
00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:52,759
Speaker 3: of the, game and in, fact my might IF i

1066
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:55,400
Speaker 3: was in. Trouble my penalty WAS i couldn't go to the,

1067
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,879
Speaker 3: ballpark and it happened once in like three and a half,

1068
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:01,799
Speaker 3: years BECAUSE i loved going so. Much on the way

1069
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:05,120
Speaker 3: home from, GAMES i was probably the only eight year

1070
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:08,319
Speaker 3: old that sat in the backseat and learned when you're

1071
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 3: eight that you pitch up and end down the. WAY

1072
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:13,680
Speaker 3: i listened to, everything and my dad knew, it AND

1073
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 3: i think he realized, that, HEY i was you, know

1074
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:18,680
Speaker 3: there might be kids out there screwing. AROUND i was

1075
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:20,920
Speaker 3: attentive to what was going on BECAUSE i just didn't

1076
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 3: want to miss.

1077
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:25,120
Speaker 1: Anything did you ever have an, opportunity because some of

1078
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:28,760
Speaker 1: my best memories with my dad were like driving up To,

1079
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,600
Speaker 1: cooperstown just the two of us to go to an induction.

1080
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:34,600
Speaker 1: Weekend did you ever get to travel with your dad

1081
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 1: when he was playing.

1082
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,720
Speaker 3: His last year In. Milwaukee and, again this is before,

1083
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 3: this you kind of pull this stuff. Off he took

1084
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:46,640
Speaker 3: me on a ten day road. Trip we went To

1085
00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 3: Kansas city and that was the old ballpark In Kansas,

1086
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,960
Speaker 3: city the Old ballpark In, minnesota and The Old ballpark In.

1087
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 3: Chicago and you know WHEN i, laughed my mom had

1088
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 3: bought me a sport code and my hair was. Combed

1089
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,920
Speaker 3: and they, said WHEN i got off that that road

1090
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 3: trip after ten, days, MAN i looked LIKE i had

1091
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:08,160
Speaker 3: been gone three. Years but it was probably the best

1092
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:12,520
Speaker 3: funnest ten days of my. LIFE i, mean they they

1093
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 3: they dressed me up In chicago because SO i could

1094
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 3: go on the. Field they put me In Tommy harper's.

1095
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 3: Uniform they taped it around me SO i could go

1096
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 3: out and. Shag and to this, day you, know people

1097
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:25,840
Speaker 3: ask me all the time who like some of your

1098
00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:29,640
Speaker 3: favorite players, were and you, know being a left hand,

1099
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 3: hitter people always think you're going to pick a left hand.

1100
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:36,720
Speaker 3: Hitter my all time favorite player Was Al. Downing and

1101
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 3: the reason being is when we were on that first,

1102
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 3: flight you, know sitting with my dad And i'm pretty pretty,

1103
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 3: stoked And Al downing comes up and grabs me and he, said,

1104
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:48,560
Speaker 3: hey young, man he, GOES i got an extra seat,

1105
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:51,080
Speaker 3: here come back and sit with, me you know when

1106
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:54,479
Speaker 3: you're when you're eleven years, old you, KNOW i THOUGHT

1107
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 3: i was on the. Team LIKE i THOUGHT i was

1108
00:58:56,840 --> 00:58:58,720
Speaker 3: part of the. Team and to this, day like WHEN

1109
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 3: i was cee, AL i tell him that and he

1110
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:01,439
Speaker 3: would light.

1111
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 2: Up that is so, Great. Tito so all at this

1112
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:10,680
Speaker 2: shaped your baseball, life not only having a, dad but

1113
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:14,440
Speaker 2: being around other players who taught you what being in

1114
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 2: the clubhouse was all.

1115
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 3: About my dad AND i knew like IF i wanted

1116
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 3: to be around, THERE i better be. Respectful AND i

1117
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 3: THINK i learned some valuable. LESSONS i MEAN i. LEARNED i,

1118
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 3: learned basically at a young age to love and respect the,

1119
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:35,440
Speaker 3: game which is two pretty good words in my. Opinion you,

1120
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:38,040
Speaker 3: know not just only respect how you play the, game

1121
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:41,360
Speaker 3: but respect the people in the. Game and, man that's

1122
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:42,480
Speaker 3: a pretty valuable, Lesson.

1123
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:45,920
Speaker 1: Seto you're absolutely. Right growing up around baseball and baseball

1124
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:48,400
Speaker 1: players LIKE i had the opportunity to that was the

1125
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:52,040
Speaker 1: most important, thing is you and. Myself we had access

1126
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,080
Speaker 1: that most eleven year olds would not. Have but there

1127
00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 1: was that expectation from your, dad your, hero your best,

1128
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 1: friend to you better command, yourself like twenty, five not

1129
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:03,880
Speaker 1: like you're eleven and that has been the greatest gift

1130
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 1: my dad has.

1131
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:08,160
Speaker 2: Given, right IF i, May Jeffrey kirchen out sang the

1132
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 2: national anthem At Progressive. Field it's the old and he's

1133
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,959
Speaker 2: like twenty five years. Old so first and only Time

1134
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,760
Speaker 2: i've ever seen him Nervous tito before he did. Anything

1135
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,200
Speaker 2: and it's worth, noting sorry to.

1136
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:23,520
Speaker 1: Interrupt this was twenty. Sixteen this was this incredible season

1137
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:26,080
Speaker 1: with you, Know tito is the. Manager they made it

1138
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:27,800
Speaker 1: all the way to The World Series game. Seven this

1139
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 1: team is, excited the city is in. Love so the

1140
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: place is.

1141
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 2: Packed it's, packed And i'm scared to death as my

1142
01:00:33,720 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 2: son singing the national anthem and the last person he

1143
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:40,720
Speaker 2: sees before he goes to sing is the bald headed

1144
01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:44,600
Speaker 2: manager for The. Indians And, tito what did you tell?

1145
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,400
Speaker 3: HIM i gave you really good? Advice DID i?

1146
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:50,840
Speaker 1: Just, YEAH i you know. WHAT i painted it on

1147
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,600
Speaker 1: a poster AND i hung it up in my room

1148
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:55,439
Speaker 1: the next day because it was that. Inspiring he looked

1149
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:58,960
Speaker 1: at me And Tito francona said all, right, well don't.

1150
01:00:58,800 --> 01:00:59,400
Speaker 2: Get, up.

1151
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:04,560
Speaker 1: AND i will never forget that for the rest of my.

1152
01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:07,400
Speaker 1: Life and it actually relaxed, me believe it or, not

1153
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,800
Speaker 1: because it made me. Laugh and if that's the, way

1154
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:12,640
Speaker 1: this is why he's been such a successful, manager.

1155
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:14,440
Speaker 3: Because he's pretty. Eloquent.

1156
01:01:14,520 --> 01:01:20,640
Speaker 2: Huh he deflects all anxiety and all conflict by making

1157
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 2: us laugh and. Smile he did the same things with his,

1158
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:26,360
Speaker 2: players and that's Why tito was such a great manager

1159
01:01:26,360 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 2: for all those. Years thank you so much for joining us.

1160
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:32,640
Speaker 2: Today this was as much fun AS i thought it

1161
01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:33,000
Speaker 2: was going to.

1162
01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:37,800
Speaker 3: Be, guys it's a. Pleasure And, Jeff i'm gonna embarrass

1163
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,640
Speaker 3: you for a, sec but your dad is one of

1164
01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:45,360
Speaker 3: not just my, favorites but everybody's. Favorite and you come

1165
01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:50,600
Speaker 3: from good stock. MAN i just when when when people

1166
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:53,880
Speaker 3: ask me about, tim my eyes light, up and he's

1167
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,560
Speaker 3: just so much of what's good in our, game AND

1168
01:01:56,600 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 3: i love.

1169
01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,840
Speaker 2: That, well thank you so much for, That, Tito and,

1170
01:01:59,880 --> 01:02:01,160
Speaker 2: again thank you for joining.

1171
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:05,120
Speaker 3: Us it was my. Pleasure. Guys thank You.

1172
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:07,720
Speaker 1: Terry francona for joining. Us we really appreciate. You next

1173
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:11,400
Speaker 1: week we Have Mike shore joining, us who is a massive.

1174
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:13,720
Speaker 1: Seamhead he also is the creator of parks and rec

1175
01:02:13,840 --> 01:02:16,440
Speaker 1: was a big part of The American office In brooklyn

1176
01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:18,960
Speaker 1: ninety nine he created as, well so be ready for.

1177
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:21,480
Speaker 1: HIM i know he's not a manager of a baseball,

1178
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:24,800
Speaker 1: team but this guy knows baseball and loves, it just

1179
01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,720
Speaker 1: like everybody who listens to this. Podcast, now before we close,

1180
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:31,840
Speaker 1: OUT I Dustin badroya was brought up during that, interview

1181
01:02:31,880 --> 01:02:33,520
Speaker 1: AND i want to hear if you have any Great

1182
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:36,320
Speaker 1: Dustin badroya, stories BECAUSE i loved watching him growing up

1183
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:36,840
Speaker 1: as a small.

1184
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 2: Guy what is Your Dustin pedroia?

1185
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:41,720
Speaker 1: Story so do you know the, Story David, ORTIZ i

1186
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:44,720
Speaker 1: want you to tell. It So Dustin pedroya is accepting

1187
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:48,000
Speaker 1: some sort of award and this video goes viral because

1188
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:50,360
Speaker 1: he tells a story About Big Poppy and obviously they

1189
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:53,240
Speaker 1: played together for years and batted next to each other

1190
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:56,680
Speaker 1: in the lineup a couple of seasons as. Well and

1191
01:02:56,760 --> 01:02:58,800
Speaker 1: there was this guy meeting up with Dust Is Dustin

1192
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:02,600
Speaker 1: nustin come over, Here And David orties looks at him and,

1193
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,680
Speaker 1: said what do he call? You as If David ortis

1194
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:07,600
Speaker 1: is gonna go beat this guy up for calling him

1195
01:03:07,640 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 1: some mean, name he goes call Me. Dustin he, said

1196
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,640
Speaker 1: why do he call you? That And dustin, goes because

1197
01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:20,200
Speaker 1: that's my, Name my name Was, dustin and, everybody Including Big,

1198
01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:22,880
Speaker 1: poppy called Him. Pete but Then dustin, SAID i, mean

1199
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 1: this guy played how many games with? Me and here's

1200
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: over the speaker now Batting Dustin, pedroia and and never

1201
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:30,360
Speaker 1: listened to the look he, announced Love.

1202
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:34,960
Speaker 2: Love Big poppy not surprised by. This as For Dustin, Pedroia,

1203
01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:38,080
Speaker 2: jeff and you can't see this on a podcast unless

1204
01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:40,160
Speaker 2: you have. Video BUT i have really big hands for

1205
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,880
Speaker 2: a little. Guy Dustin poya's hands are half the size of,

1206
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:46,760
Speaker 2: mine and yet he was AN. Mvp he's a Borderline

1207
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:48,840
Speaker 2: hall Of fame, player one of the best Players i've ever.

1208
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 2: Seen but all you ever need to know about a

1209
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 2: little guy because he's five six and a, half don't

1210
01:03:53,160 --> 01:03:55,440
Speaker 2: read that he's five to. Nine i've stood next to.

1211
01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:58,320
Speaker 2: HIM i know what little looks. Like so he used

1212
01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:02,600
Speaker 2: to get to the ballpark eight hours before every. Game

1213
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:06,600
Speaker 2: So David ross was his teammate one year In, boston

1214
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,280
Speaker 2: or maybe more than one, Year And David ross lived

1215
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:12,120
Speaker 2: in the same. Neighborhood And David ross is going to

1216
01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:15,080
Speaker 2: breakfast at eleven o'clock in the, morning and it's a

1217
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 2: seven o'clock, game And pete's on his. Way SO rossi,

1218
01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:21,240
Speaker 2: says where are you? Going he, Goes i'm going to the.

1219
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:25,920
Speaker 2: Ballpark it's eight hours before the. Game but that was his.

1220
01:04:26,040 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 2: Routine and this is a true. Story once a year

1221
01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:32,280
Speaker 2: they Play Patriots day At Fenway park and the game

1222
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:36,080
Speaker 2: starts at eleven o'clock in the, morning and he went

1223
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:39,600
Speaker 2: to the clubhouse at three. O'clock yes he. Did he

1224
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:43,520
Speaker 2: alerted the clubhouse, Guys i'll be there at three o'clock

1225
01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:45,480
Speaker 2: in the. Morning you better have it opened up for.

1226
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:49,240
Speaker 2: Me because that was part of his. Routine he had

1227
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:52,360
Speaker 2: to get himself ready for the game three. Am he

1228
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:53,840
Speaker 2: showed up for an eleven am.

1229
01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:57,440
Speaker 1: Game that sounds a lot like. You not only are

1230
01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 1: you both, small you both love to get places, right

1231
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:03,680
Speaker 1: BUT i got big hits. Right thank you so much

1232
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:05,160
Speaker 1: for listening to Is this A Great?

1233
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:05,520
Speaker 2: Game or?

1234
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:08,760
Speaker 1: What new episodes every Single. Tuesday thank you so much

1235
01:05:08,800 --> 01:05:09,840
Speaker 1: for being part of our.

1236
01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:10,240
Speaker 2: Family