1 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Another day, another media marvel. We have got a big 2 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: one coming out of Atlanta. Ronald Acunia Junior, Brian Stick 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 1: or Jeff frank or it feels like everybody in the 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: Atlanta Braves fan base is highly involved in what happened 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: just a few days ago when Jared Kelnick did not 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: run out a fly ball ended up being a single. 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: He got thrown out of a second base in a 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: tie game in the sixth inning, and Ronald Cunya Junior 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: went to Twitter, went to X and said basically that 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: if that were him, he would have been bench and 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: that Jared Kelnick not being bench was pretty ridiculous. So 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about that because it's our rivals in 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: the NL East. I know this isn't necessarily Mets related, 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: but it's Mets. It's in the Mets world. It's Mets 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: adjacent and with the brave struggling life they are, with 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: Ronald Cunya Junior being their best player speaking out publicly 17 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: about the manager about the team, this has started an 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: absolute frenzy in the media. Ken Rosenthal Road article about it. 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: Jeff Paston's been talking about it, Jeff frank Korr has 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: been mouthed off on every podcast the media sort's possible 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: about it happened. There's a lot of things going on here, 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: and we just kind of want to kind of keep 23 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: stirring the pot as well, because there's very few times 24 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: in our lifetime where we get to stir the Braves pot, 25 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: and right now is one of them. James, You've been 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: all over this thing. I mean, what's going on. 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: I mean, this has been one of my favorite baseball 28 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: stories that has come in in the last couple of weeks, 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: just because one it has felt like for a couple 30 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: of years, there's slight tension that's always been growing a 31 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: little bit between the Braves Nkunya, just stemming from again 32 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 2: the way he was coached managed hard when he was 33 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: a young player, and I don't think that was the 34 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: worst thing for him based on the player he turned 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: out to be. Then the fact that the Braves won 36 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: a World Series without him, there's always a little bit 37 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: of a strange feeling between him and Freddy Freeman. 38 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: And then more injuries. I think some people like. 39 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: Jeff Frank Corer forgetting what Rond the Cuney junior looks 40 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: like when he's actually on the field, but the exact 41 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: tweet that happened. So it came just after that game 42 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: ended where Kellen got thrown out at second base in 43 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: a tie game in the sixth ending, which for Jared 44 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 2: Kellennick is not just inexcusable but almost like laughably embarrassing 45 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: because you're a player that's fighting for your life. There's 46 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: a good chance that you get to moeed it again 47 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: for like the fourth time in four years, as you've 48 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: never ever been able to get a foothold in Major. 49 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: League Baseball, and for some reason you're admiring. 50 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 2: Would you think is you're not like it wasn't close, 51 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: It was close to being a home run, but like 52 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: then to get thrown out at second base. So Mark Bowman, 53 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: who is the Braves writer for MLB dot com, he's 54 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: basically the Braves to como. He quote tweeted Barry Tennehan, 55 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: who Barry Tennhans seems like a classic Braves fan to 56 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: have the American flag in the profile picture. I miss 57 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: Nicker's comments on Kellennick's lack of hustle getting thrown out 58 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: second last night, and Bowman quote tweets it. He protected 59 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: Kalen Nick by saying, was I supposed to when asked 60 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: if he had said anything to kell Nick. He certainly 61 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: could have said something, seeing how Kellennick's home run trot 62 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: put them on the dug outside of the first base 63 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 2: coaches box and the ball hit the wall. Roald Dekunya 64 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 2: immediately respond to the tweet from Bowman saying, if it 65 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: were me, they would take me out of the game. 66 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: Delete it not soon after that. But I think the 67 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: fact that one Kelnick was in no way reprimanded when 68 00:02:59,919 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 2: he stinks. Subjectively, any player in the bench could do 69 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: at as much as Jerry kelln Like, I think you're 70 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: muted right now, and then two you just said bad. 71 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: He didn't say anything. Oh, I said bad. Okay, there 72 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: you go down, I hear yeah. 73 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: But then two Snicker playing it off was bizarre because 74 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: this exact same thing happened twenty nineteen's Round the Queen Junior, 75 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 2: which again Roley Queen Junior twenty nineteen, coming off a 76 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year. I think Snicker knew like I 77 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: have something special here, but he probably doesn't need some 78 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 2: work around the edges. 79 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: This is a good thing for I think was fair. 80 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, an old school like type manager being like, hey, 81 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: literally the exact thing happened where Kunia hit the ball 82 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: high off the wall on right field. He held the 83 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: bat two thirds of the way up the base line, 84 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 2: stayed at first base in between the innings, pulled him 85 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: out a game for I think I think I actually 86 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: might have been Ralfaehteg at the time, which is kind 87 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: of funny. Then also the few years besides that, Snicker 88 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 2: did the same thing to Endurance yart Day and the 89 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 2: same thing to marsol Is doing showing that in on 90 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 2: Brian Snicker's teams, if you don't hustle, you. 91 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: Can expect to be taken out of the game. 92 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter who you are, doesn't matter who you are. 93 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: But for some reason, when this happened to Jerry Kelln, 94 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: it couldn't happen. And then when Snicker addressed the media 95 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: after the game, he acts actually said, and I quote, 96 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: I wasn't watching the play. I didn't realize it happened 97 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: to watching it back later. I don't look for him, 98 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: meaning Kellen Nick not to hustle because he always plays 99 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: with his hair on fire. 100 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 3: You want to know the truth, I wasn't watching that play. 101 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: I know he got thrown out at second. I didn't 102 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 3: see it till this morning, and then I talked to him. 103 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: About it, okay, because you'd said. 104 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, run, you still build it, right? No, yeah, yeah, 105 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 3: we don't get a run and it's a big time 106 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 3: like that. Yeah, But I'm quite honestly, I don't look 107 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 3: for him, but not do because he plays with his 108 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 3: hair on fire all the time and he's laying out 109 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 3: and I didn't know it till I saw this morning. 110 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 3: I went in and I looked at him when I 111 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: got here, and then I had a discussion with him 112 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 3: and we got it squared away. 113 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: What do you mean you're not watching the game? You're 114 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: the manager. It's tied in the sixth ending, would you 115 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 2: watch it? You're picking your nose. 116 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: It's pretty insane for him to say that. I also 117 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: think it's like I don't look for him not to hustle. 118 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: It's like, but so you're looking for Rondakunya to not hustle, 119 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: You're looking for ender n cr Te Morsels, You're looking 120 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: for all these other guys to not hustle. But Jared Kelnick, 121 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: who stinks was held to a different standard, feels very 122 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: very weird. And that's where this whole thing comes in. 123 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: It's it's a double standard. And Ronald D. Kunya Junior 124 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: while probably shouldn't have tweeted it because look at what 125 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,679 Speaker 1: is absolutely started as a media frenzy in chaos, which woo. 126 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: I love it as a betsman. 127 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: I love it for this the brains start to play 128 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 2: the first good ball all season, writing a four game 129 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: win streak. Hats the time we're recording this, Yes, something 130 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: actually that has to happen. The great timing for us, 131 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: absolute chaos. 132 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: He's right though, like there is a double standard here 133 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: and it's I don't think Brian Snicker is a racist 134 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: by any means. I don't think that has anything to 135 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: do with it. No, it's being perpetuated online like people 136 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: are saying this is a race thing. I think he 137 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 1: definitely is more focused on Ronda Kunyan holds him to 138 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: a higher standard than he does Jared Kelnick. I think 139 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: this is more of a detriment to Jared Kelnick as 140 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: a player where he's a baby apparently he was in 141 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: from what Jeff Frankor was telling us. Whether this is 142 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: true or not, and honestly, for Jared Kelvinick's sake, I 143 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: hope This isn't true because this goes on to my 144 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: Roki Sasaki crying thing. Apparently Jared Klnick was waiting for 145 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: Brian Snicker on Easter Sunday morning. That was very specifically 146 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: said by Jeff Frank Core on Easter Sunday morning. They 147 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: had a game, so he was gonna be there anyway, 148 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: Easter Sunday morning, waiting for thirty minutes, crying into his 149 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: hands in tears in Brian Snicker's office, waiting to apologize 150 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: to him. 151 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 4: Also to give you contact. Jared Kolnick was sitting in 152 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 4: that man's office Easter Sunday morning, waiting for him for 153 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 4: thirty minutes, crying and apologizing. 154 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: He was the one who brought up the conversation to Snicker, 155 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: not a Snicker to him. I mean, absolute chaos is 156 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: going on in Atlanta, and if Jery Kalnick is crying 157 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: over round the Counya Junior think there's double standard, like 158 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: he might need even talk to someone something's going on there. 159 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: Well. 160 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 2: I think this also comes back to it too, where 161 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 2: the biggest thing, like I said before, is that in 162 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 2: the exact specific case where Acoon you got bench in 163 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, Snicker was like this is someone who again 164 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 2: could be one of the best players we're ever going 165 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: to see in our lives. 166 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: That's born out to be relatively true besides the injury. 167 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: So he probably just does need a little bit more 168 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: help with discipline, can consistency, small things like hustle that 169 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 2: sometimes you forget when you have other worldly natural talents 170 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 2: that ninety nine point nine nine percent of humans could 171 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 2: never even get see homers and steal seventy bases in 172 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: the year. Yeah, when you have that in yourself, sometimes 173 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 2: those little things can be missed. I think that is 174 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 2: that was a critique of Ronald Queen Junior when he 175 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: was young, and even the times over the last few 176 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 2: years as well. But then it comes back to Kelnick 177 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: where it's like, you just know, this guy is so 178 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 2: sensitive that he can't even handle something like that, and 179 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: that's the problem, and it probably also is again de 180 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 2: Brandon Saker is definitely not the racist. 181 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: Probably are some implicit biases. 182 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 2: There's probably something there a little bit, because it's weird 183 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: that he's betched three Latin players and not Jerry Kalnick 184 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: like that did happen. 185 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: He also did. 186 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: Defend Marcelo Zunda when he was being booed and people 187 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 2: were calling for his release after he both had hit 188 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: his wife and allegedly hit his wife. 189 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: And then was got DUI. So that's another thing that 190 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: it definitely got the duiozuna from the Braves. 191 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely got the ud u z one hundred percent 192 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: of the other things alleged. But so it's a it's 193 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: just strange. It's strange standards for an organization that is 194 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: usually so teflon like usually can basically do no wrong, 195 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: and now these things are happening a little bit more 196 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: in the last few years. And then the outcry from 197 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: specifically Jeff frank Core who I think is wrongfully called 198 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: a Braves legend. I don't think there's any reason. I 199 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: think he had what seventy five really good games as 200 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: a Brave. 201 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: That was kind of like calling like Angel Pagana Mets legend, 202 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: Like I mean, sometimes I know they bring out one Lagaris, 203 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: but calling him a Mets legend is probably similar to 204 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: Jeff frank Corr being a Braves legend at least one 205 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: of the Gars. I think it was two gold gloves. Yeah, 206 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: I mean he was he was a great defender. He 207 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: was great to win gloves. Jeffrank Corr played for the Mets. 208 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 2: That's true, he's almost remembered. But he's in the booths 209 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 2: for the Braves like he does a lot of media 210 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: for them. So I understand that he talked a lot 211 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: about knowing Snicker when Snicker was still in the minor leagues, 212 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 2: being like a Bobby Cox guy. 213 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: That's what I believe about baseball. Yeah, that's all totally true. 214 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: But the fact that he went he's going on a 215 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 2: media tour right now, ripping Ronald Akunya Junior to shreds. 216 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: It's it back to me seems counterproductive. 217 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 4: Ron Lecunia was warned time after time after time after time, 218 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 4: let's talk like ten times to run before he ever 219 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 4: got ya. This is the first time Jared Keellmick's ever 220 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,719 Speaker 4: done it. We want a world series about Ronald. We 221 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: want to the playoffs with Ronald. Don't you don't have 222 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 4: to have them. You show that it can be. 223 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think it's funny because I was 224 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: expecting a lot of Braves fans to have mixed reactions 225 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: at least for Ronald. The couon you Junior's sake, Like 226 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: everybody seems to be on the same page. They were like, 227 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: he's right, and he's our dog and we love him. 228 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: But it is pretty insane that the media, Like there's 229 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 1: been multiple people, not just Jeffrank or I've seen a 230 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: bunch of different publications and stuff like kind of take 231 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: this out of like Ronald coun you should never send 232 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: press send rather than being like Brian Sticker handled this poorly. 233 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: But both can be true, like yeah, well yeah, of 234 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: course one can't happen without the other. But it's clear 235 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 2: that Ronald Queney Jr. Has some frustrations with this organization. 236 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: It's just amazing with you has a great thing to 237 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 2: hear with his manager. But then Frank Korg is a 238 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 2: comment like he's probably out in La tweeting this out. 239 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 2: It's like, yeah, dude, he's rehabbing from his tour in 240 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: a cl like he's tatna me in the clubhouse every 241 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 2: single day. 242 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: It's not gonna help him. It's just a very toned 243 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: down moment from Jeffrank Corp. Who again he was going 244 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: on this podcast saying that he was ready to rip 245 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: him for an hour straight or he made a joke 246 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: about it. I was like, do I have a full 247 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: hour he's like about ten minutes, he's there like laughing about. 248 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: It's like why, and he's like, then he could. He 249 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: doubles down and says, the Braves don't need Rondicuna Junior. 250 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: It's crazy. It's like, Buddy, the teams the worst start 251 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: they've had to a season, what thirty years? Right now, 252 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: I'll take them right now. If the Braves don't need him, 253 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: I know twenty nine other Major League Baseball teams would 254 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: happily take him. And there's only one of them that's 255 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: got his little brother, and that's the New York Mets. 256 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 5: Krats, Do you like spending an hour on grocery shopping? 257 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 4: Nope? 258 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 6: Speed up the process please introducing Hungry Root to the 259 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 6: ft fan. 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And then we got we have defend Ken 288 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 2: Rosevelt because that's that's our guy in the Ft family here. 289 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: But he says the dumbest arts will ever written. It's 290 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: just like, dude, get the grip right now, figure this out. 291 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: And it does come from a place where he is 292 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: a player, so it's like the end the clubhouse, always 293 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: protect the clubhouse. I get that perspective, and knowing Snickers 294 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: so well, not liking a guy like Acunya calling him out, Sure, 295 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 1: I get that. I do believe there was also might 296 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: have been a small overlap of the Cunya Rookie Yucunya 297 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: and last season Jeff Frank Corny had the last cup 298 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: of coffee can out of the reference right now, twenty eighteen. 299 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: Did he play until twenty eighteen? I feel like he 300 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: finished in like twenty fifteen. Yeah, twenty sixteen was his last. 301 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 2: Year, said was there, but not that far off as 302 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 2: far as may seem. But I can understand where he's 303 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 2: coming from, a nap. But for him to completely fire 304 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 2: off on this guy was one. I gasped when I 305 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 2: was listening to this, and we're gonna pipe in some 306 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 2: clips of this too, so you guys can gasp as well. 307 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: But it was just nuts. 308 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 4: Yeah. 309 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: I mean you told me because when we were prepping 310 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: for this, you were like have you seen this stuff? 311 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, I really thought we were 312 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: just gonna try and stir the pot here. There is 313 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: so much more going on. This is taking over the 314 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: baseball world when shockingly I thought it was gonna be 315 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,599 Speaker 1: more of like a Twitter conversation. But I'm gonna be 316 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: networked in a whole segment. Whether or not rond Acunya 317 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: is a superstar, which again, we are Mets fans. I 318 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: hate the Braves with every ounce of my body. They 319 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: are there. I despise them. They're number one on the 320 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: list of most hated teams. Without a doubt. Ronald counter 321 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: Junior is undoubtedly a superstar. He is one of the 322 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: five best players in baseball when he's healthy. The guy 323 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: is absolutely unbelievable. And they were pulling out SATs like 324 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: ranks forty fourth in war in the last five years. 325 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: I wonder why. I wonder what could really be skewing 326 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: his stats that accumulate, Like, why are you making me 327 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: defend a Braves player right now? But that's it makes 328 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: me feel like this is a weird thing going on 329 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: with the Kunyan the Braves right now. 330 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 2: It's also funny because someone shut out min sub four 331 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: on Twitter mins sub Mitchell. He posted the video of 332 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 2: a couple of years ago I think was just after 333 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: the pandemic if I remember correct, I think it was twenty 334 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 2: twenty one. 335 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 1: Have I been twenty twenty two. 336 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: When Azi Albi's hit a pop up to jazz right 337 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: behind second base and then Ronald Queen Junior tagged up 338 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: on it and scored a run against a very tough 339 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 2: Sandy al Contra, and like was hyped up, hyping the 340 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: dug out up and gave an insurance run against against 341 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 2: Sandy al Contra in the middle of the game there. 342 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: But it's like the vilification of the just insane. 343 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 2: It's I people, this happens in all sports where someone 344 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 2: doesn't play it for a little while and you kind 345 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 2: of forget how good they are, and the second they 346 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 2: walk back on the field, like, oh now I remember 347 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: how good this guy is. And I also understand that 348 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 2: the Cunya has had some crazy injuries. There's an outside 349 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: chance he's not exactly the same player when he comes back. 350 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 2: I don't think he's ever stealing seventy bases again. 351 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: I don't think the Briggs want him to steal seventy 352 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: bases either. I think they're like, let's let's take it 353 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: back a notch and beyond twenty five. Yeah, but like 354 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: it is just again. 355 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 2: We also talked about this last week, the same situation 356 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: with the solo stuff, where it's like this time of year, 357 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 2: he needs some baseball stuff to fill fill the new cycle. 358 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: That's why we're here with the media marvels just being 359 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: ready to kill these people every single week when they 360 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 2: do this stuff because of how ridiculous it is. But again, 361 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 2: it's like, do you guys not realize how good this 362 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: player is and how valuable he is to your team? Like, 363 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 2: I don't care if you want a World Series without him. 364 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: He is the most talented player that you have by far. 365 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean this is all playing into like the 366 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: plan that me and you have always like joked about 367 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: where a Kunya I believe is a free agent. It's 368 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: with his insanely bad contract that he signed when he 369 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: was younger. He becomes a free agent after the twenty 370 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: twenty eight season, so we've got full three four full 371 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: seasons left. But after the twenty twenty eight season, Ronald 372 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: the Kuna Junior will be I think like twenty nine 373 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: or thirty, so he'll still be very much in his prime, 374 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: and we were like, this is all going to play in. 375 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: Ronald Akunya Junior and the Braves have a falling out. 376 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: He's upset about the contract. I thought it was gonna 377 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: be a contract thing at first, didn't think it was 378 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: gonna be a leadership standpoint. 379 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 2: Don't you think that this all kind of works in 380 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 2: tandem though? It all kind of plays together. The fact 381 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: that the Kunya has been very aware for years that 382 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 2: he kind of got taken advantage of that contract negotiation, 383 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: mostly because he hadn't played in the major leagues yet 384 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: and he was setting him himself and his family up 385 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: for generations of wealth. And that's a great thing and 386 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 2: we're proud of any player that does that. But to 387 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 2: the public outcry after he signed that, because clearly he's 388 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 2: perpetually online, Ronald the Cuney Junior, if he's responding to 389 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: the braz beat ryers, so clearly he sees what people 390 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 2: have said for a long time about his contract the 391 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 2: Braves and the fact that he's had these seasons and 392 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 2: he's again clearly been the best player in this team 393 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: and he's seen tons and tons of other players get 394 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 2: contracts that are larger than his. That's how it just 395 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: simply has to wear on a guy when you're like, 396 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 2: I'm better than you, I've won an MVP, like I known. 397 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 2: And then on top of all of that, the little 398 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 2: thing that has to be in your brain when your 399 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 2: team goes on to win a World Series without you, 400 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 2: like this is all not nothing, like definitely not nothing. 401 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 2: All these things have come together a little bit and 402 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: there has to be and it's never gonna get resolved 403 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 2: because again, no he can't. He's never gonna he's not 404 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: gonna be able to leave this team. The team they 405 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: have club options on there for like thirteen million over 406 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 2: the next. 407 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: Couple of years. 408 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 2: So first it's a it's a total bullshit contract. But 409 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 2: I think about, like I said, I don't want to 410 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 2: compare these two players, but I think about the situation 411 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 2: of Carson Wentz when Nick falls on to win that 412 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: Super Bowl and he was literally never the same man. 413 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 2: He's basically never played compared to the football again the 414 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 2: rest of his life, still probably never will. It can't 415 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: not wear on you for all those things to kind 416 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 2: of be piling up together and then you kind of 417 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 2: get pissed off and you see this double standards play 418 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 2: out in front of your eyes, and that's. 419 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: Why you fire off the tweet should have fired off, Yeah, 420 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: especially when Jared Kellnick and I think this is a 421 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: probably another thing too, is terrible. It's not doing anything 422 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: to help this Braves team win. It seems like when 423 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: you're just watching these games, pretty locked into what's going on, 424 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: and I'm sure it's really really frustrating to see that 425 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: the Braves are playing poorly, that they're not winning baseball games, 426 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: and then guys like Jerry Kellnick are getting play and 427 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: they're not contributing to the team on every single night 428 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: in a positive way, and then when they actually have 429 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: a chance to make a play, they fuck up because 430 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: of a lack of hustle, because of a lack of 431 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: just being a dog whatever. It is, a brain fart 432 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: even in the moment, and he doesn't get treated the 433 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: same way that he Rondacuney had been treated in the past. 434 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: So I just I love to see this stuff happening 435 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: with the Braves. It's it's amazing. 436 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 2: And again, just as a reminder, here's the list of 437 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: players on the Braves active roster that have a higher 438 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 2: aav than Ronaldacony this year, Austin Riley, Matt Olsen, Chris Saale, 439 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: Marcelo Zuna, rycele Iglesias, Shuickson Profar. 440 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: By the way, I felt like got way less crap 441 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: for taking steroids than Ronald the Couna Junior is getting 442 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: right now for his tweet, which is insane. The guy 443 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: cheated and they're like, ro shouldn't hit send. 444 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 2: And then along with Acunya, Spcches, Strive and Sean murphy're 445 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 2: also in the twelve million dollar range, which is Acunya's 446 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 2: twelve and a half million this year. 447 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: Riley and Olsen are both making a lot more over 448 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: their contract than Rond. Thekunya is in a triple Yeah. 449 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 2: A writer was making triple and Michael Harris got almost 450 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 2: the exact same total value of his contract around the Kunya, 451 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 2: not enymore because the Cuny with the player options goes 452 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 2: up to a hundred million total. But Michael Harris, who 453 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 2: had done just as levels round the Coony and in 454 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 2: the majors and it's not even in the same galaxy 455 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 2: of players around the Kunya, got seventy million dollars guaranteed 456 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 2: round the Queen Junior really could be should have been 457 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 2: looking at if you with wagit a couple of years, 458 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 2: something like a five hundred six hundred seven hundred million 459 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: dollar contract and that. 460 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: And also that's probably part of this too. I think 461 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: a lot of these guys saw the one so the deal, 462 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: and we're like, damn it, yeah, damn it. Why didn't 463 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: I wait? But like, also again, it all comes back 464 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: to the Mets. 465 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: I mean it always comes like everything with the Rays 466 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 2: happens to the Mets a little bit in our universe, 467 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 2: in ourse fear, And it's a fun story. 468 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: I've liked watching this unfold. Oh, I've loved watching an unfold. 469 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: And again I really like having as little brother of 470 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: the team. It's just it's a nice little added like, well, yeah, 471 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: playing well, playing good. Braves are in a little bit 472 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: of chaos right now, Mets are playing good baseball. So 473 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: it's a nice thing to just keep stirring this. And 474 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: I know it's not necessarily a Mets centric conversation that 475 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: we just had here, We're gonna try something out. Third 476 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: episode for the week, let's se what we got his 477 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: another one. 478 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 2: Just I want to end it with this because Akuna again, 479 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: like he became such an amazing player. Not that that's 480 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 2: because he was benched that one time. That's because not 481 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 2: because he's bench that one time. But when the media 482 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 2: asked Hi about after the game handled amazingly, NK cry. 483 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: He didn't go crying is on his manager's room, he said, 484 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 2: snicker felt that was a decision we had to make 485 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 2: and I respect that decision. 486 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: Perfect. That's it, that's its ballplayer. Yeah, they handled it properly. 487 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: And now that he was upset about a way that 488 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: it was not handled, people are going crazy. But hey, 489 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: I see Lamb Braves. I guess we'll keep watching this 490 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: uh soap opera unfold as the week goes on Here 491 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,479 Speaker 1: on the Mets Up Podcast, make sure you guys are 492 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: subscribed to the YouTube channel. We appreciate the support over there. 493 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: Drop a LKE on the video as well. If you're 494 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: listening to us Apple podcast, Spotify, Google drops, rating, drops, review, 495 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: download and subscribe, go follow James on social media at 496 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 1: James Chiano and I'm Draftnick Mark with a C. Thank 497 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: you aus for listening and watching. We'll catch you all 498 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: on the next one. Peace out. Let's go Mets and 499 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: then 500 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 5: Throw an