1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Zach Wheeler. Welcome to Philly. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 2: Show, Rubin Marrow Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd z Aleki. It's Thursday, 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: August seven, twenty five. Hope everybody's doing. 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 3: Well out there. 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 2: Phillies dropped the series finale against the Orioles on Wednesday. 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: Jim was at the ballpark on Wednesday. Jim is at 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: the ballpark still late on Wednesday as we are recording 8 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: this episode for you on Thursday morning. We've got Phillies 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: Director of Video and Broadcasting Services, Mark Denarda coming up 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: in a bit to talk about the whole Joan Duran 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: Durantula experience, which has been a blast so far at 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: Citizens Bank Park. Before we get into some other things, 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: I want to mention that we're going to be taking 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: your questions post trade deadline questions on Friday morning, so 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: fire those away in the comments section on YouTube and 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: in all of our different various social media channels. But 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: Jim series finale Wednesday a Phillies drop it. They had 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: a chance to sweep tell us a little bit about 19 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 2: what you saw on Wednesday before we get into some news, 20 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 2: some big news potentially they happened before the kind of 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 2: the story of the day, no question. 22 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 4: So range A Suarez for the second straight start, gave 23 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 4: up a three year on home run, and you know 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 4: they couldn't come back from it. They lose five to 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 4: one to the Orioles. Good home stand. You know, you 26 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 4: win a series against a good Detroit team, you win 27 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 4: a series against Baltimore. They failed to complete the sweep, 28 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 4: but you know, a lot to feel good about during 29 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 4: this homestand they moved back into first place. They hit 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 4: eleven home runs. Kyle Schwarber had a bunch of them, 31 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 4: Brice Harper had a couple. And you know we're all 32 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 4: gripped by Duan Tula mania, right. A Phillis got themselves 33 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 4: a closer, and he had a couple saves in this 34 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 4: homestand but I think, you know, you know, you're right. 35 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 4: The big news to me was revealed before the game. 36 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 4: Rob Thompson's gonna move Zach Wheeler backup days in the rotation. 37 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 4: He had some shoulder soreness after last Saturday's outing, and 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 4: that might explain some things recently. I think it's a 39 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 4: pretty significant story. 40 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 2: Right, and let's let's let's start there, Jim, this is 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 2: this is the you know a fantastic, uh and important 42 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: first pitch. First pitch is brought to us exclusively by 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: our partners at Park Casino, Pennsylvania's number one casino. So Jim, 44 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: tell us a little bit more about what Zach Wheeler. Uh, 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 2: what's going on with Zach lear? According to what Rob 46 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 2: Thompson everybody, Yeah. 47 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 4: When Rob revealed his rotation for the Texas Series, which 48 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 4: starts Friday night, he had Wheeler going on Sunday, that's 49 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 4: two slots. Back revealed the sour shoulder after Saturday's outing 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 4: the other front MRI. You know, Rob seems pretty unconcerned, 51 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 4: says he's not concerned. Said it's nothing. He's basing that 52 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 4: on the fact that the MRI was clean, there's no 53 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 4: structural damage. They feel good about that, but you know, 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 4: I don't think we're going to know until you know Sunday. 55 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: And it's something to watch because he's indispensable for this 56 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 4: team the rest of the season. He's indispensable for where 57 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 4: they want to go in October. There are very few 58 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 4: number one starters in baseball. He's going to be the 59 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 4: guy you want on the mound in game one of 60 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 4: a series. He's going to be the guy you want 61 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 4: if you get to Game seven or Game five in 62 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 4: a series. He's that important. So anytime you hear a 63 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 4: guy like that, especially with his mileage. He's thirty five 64 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 4: years old. Since he's arrived in Philadelphia in twenty twenty one, 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 4: just under one thousand innings, the most in Major League 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 4: Baseball over that span, So heavy, heavy workload. So I 67 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: think it's something you have to be concerned about until 68 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 4: you see him back on the mound looking like Zach 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 4: Wheeler again. Last four starts, he's been fine, but he 70 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 4: hasn't been Zach Wheeler, you know, the cy young candidate 71 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 4: we're all used to seeing. Last four starts zero and 72 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 4: two with like a four point nine ERA, a couple 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 4: of numbers. He's given up twenty seven hits in twenty 74 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 4: three and two thirds innings over the last four starts. 75 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 5: And you know, the vello is still pretty good. It's 76 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 5: maybe tick down. 77 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 4: He's still getting a lot of strikeouts, but you know 78 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 4: it's the command. He talked about that after the last 79 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 4: Saturday start. And you know, he's hit five batters in 80 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 4: the last four starts. He only hit three in his 81 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 4: first eighteen. He's given up six home runs in his 82 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 4: last four starts. He only gave up eleven in his 83 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 4: first eighteen. So when he says the command is not there, 84 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 4: there's some numbers to. 85 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: Back it up. 86 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 4: Now we might have a reason with the sort of 87 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 4: see he felt after Saturday's start, and we have an 88 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 4: MRI to make you feel a little bit better. But 89 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 4: like I said, Sunday will tell the true story. 90 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, anytime, or more of the story. 91 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: I actually more, Yeah, more of the story for sure. 92 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I get why Rob. 93 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: Says he's not concerned the MRI is cleaned. 94 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: But anytime you hear any I always tell people, like 95 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: anytime an injury, anybody, anybody talks about. 96 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: An injury, you know, view view the information. 97 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: Take that information kind of skeptically, you know, look at 98 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: it with the skeptics skeptics side, because. 99 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: You just never know. 100 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: I mean, sometimes it turns out to be exactly what 101 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: they say. It turns out to be nothing, you know. 102 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: I mean, I remember when Wheeler had a sore elbow, 103 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: fore arm whatever they called it, right in September twenty 104 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: twenty two. You're sitting there going, oh, crap, Zach Wheeler's 105 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 2: got a bad elbow. This is not good and they 106 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 2: said no, no, no, no, it's gonna be fine. We're just 107 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 2: gonna shut them down for a few weeks. We're gonna 108 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 2: get it, give him the rest. And obviously he came 109 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 2: back and he was incredible in the postseason. So maybe 110 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: this is that same type of thing. But you never know, 111 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 2: no one's ever gonna come out and say the manager's 112 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 2: not gonna come and go. I gotta be honest with you. 113 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: The MRI is clean, but I'm losing sleep over this thing. 114 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: So you know, we'll we'll find out on Sunday. But 115 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 2: you know, this kind of looking even further down the road, 116 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: say he comes back and say pitches. Well, man, I'm 117 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: telling you they they've already kind of kicked around the 118 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: idea of a six man rotation at some point. They 119 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: have some law stretches coming up of I think they've 120 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: got like a thirteen game stretch coming up beginning on Friday, 121 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: actually is the first game of a thirteen game stretch, 122 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 2: and then they have a fifteen game stretch in early 123 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: September from September thirty to seventeenth. They've talked about employing 124 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: a six man rotation at that point at some point, So. 125 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 5: Well, we might see some of that. 126 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 4: I mean, certainly, I think there's reason to see that, 127 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 4: if nothing else, just to preserve and make sure you 128 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 4: have a healthy wheeler. 129 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 5: Going into October. 130 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 4: And you know Nola is going to make what two 131 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 4: more starts on a TRIPAA then be back, so there 132 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 4: would give you some depth painters up there. To me, 133 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 4: this would have been a good time, you know. 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Here 194 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: he is. We want to welcome Mark Donardo to the show. 195 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 2: Mark is the director of Broadcasting and Video Services and 196 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: he is part of the crew that is getting the 197 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 2: Joan Dran experience off and running in Philadelphia, which is 198 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 2: like the thing now, it's like the big thing you 199 00:09:58,720 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: come to a Phillies game. 200 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: Mark, welcome the show. 201 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 2: First of all, we were talking about this the other 202 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 2: day Sunday night was might have been the only time 203 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 2: we would have ever seen a starting pitcher pitching a 204 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 2: score a shutout going in the ninth inning and Rob 205 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: Thompson getting booed for letting him go out there because 206 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: they wanted Duran to pitch the ninth How has this 207 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: last week been for you since they got Duran with 208 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 2: the Phillies. 209 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 6: It has been crazy. I mean it has been a 210 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 6: wild weekend. The Dran part of it is just you know, 211 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 6: one component of the weekend. Remember it was Hall of 212 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 6: Fame weekend, so we had all kinds of activities and 213 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 6: all kinds of production that were already in motion before 214 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,599 Speaker 6: this trade even happened. We did know about Duran beforehand 215 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 6: in terms of what his closer entrance was all about. 216 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 6: One of our game producers, Emily Rutson, is a Minnesota 217 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 6: native and follows the Twins still quite closely, and you know, 218 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 6: in the conversations we had leading up to the trade deadline, 219 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 6: they were like, Oh, I hope we get this guy. 220 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 6: His entrance is awesome, and you know, we'd have so 221 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 6: much fun with it. So when we got the notification 222 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 6: that the trade was made an official about two hours later, 223 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 6: I started getting texts from people in the front office, 224 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 6: some people in Baseball operations, and then obviously my team 225 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 6: that basically said we're going to have this thing ready 226 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 6: to go on Friday. And my first response was, you know, oh, 227 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 6: you're hysterical. That's great. 228 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 5: Friday. 229 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 6: It was less than thirty six hours, but we went 230 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 6: ahead and I realized they were serious. So we got 231 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 6: a zoom to call, a zoom call together on Thursday morning, 232 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 6: we broke down the Minnesota video of his entrance. We 233 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 6: broke it down to its individual components. We made assignments 234 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 6: to our own crew, and we set them on their way, 235 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 6: knowing that it was going to be a last minute 236 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 6: deal one way or the other. So they're off. They're 237 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 6: trying to, you know, redo the music, the customs, the 238 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 6: custom mix that he had done. We're tracking down fire 239 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 6: templates to render the animations. We're looking for spider models, 240 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 6: all kinds of things like that. And I thought to myself, boy, 241 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 6: you know what would be perfect is if we could 242 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 6: just get some answers to the questions. It might help 243 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 6: expedite the process. And I reached out to a good 244 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 6: friend of mine at The Twins, who colleague Sam Henchin, 245 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 6: who we've done work with before, and asked him, we're 246 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 6: not asking you to give us your show or to 247 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 6: do it for us, but can you at least point 248 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 6: us in the direction And he was more than happy 249 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 6: to lend us an assist, and he connected our graphics designer, 250 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 6: Sydney Warwick. He connected her with their graphics designer. He 251 00:12:55,679 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 6: sent us the actual soundtrack, the custom soundtrack for John's entrance, 252 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 6: and we were off to the races. Then it was 253 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 6: a matter of basically building these animations for our displays, 254 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 6: trying to come up with a light show in the 255 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 6: interim and you know, getting all the components together and 256 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 6: being able to test them out before Friday night. We 257 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 6: were able to get into the ballpark. We were there 258 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 6: all Thursday Thursday night. Thursday night, we ran through a 259 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 6: number of of you know, scenarios, but we also did 260 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 6: a bunch of run throughs and we were able to 261 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 6: get to a point where we were really comfortable. The 262 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 6: only problem is when we do these kind of shows 263 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 6: in the ballpark, it's usually programmed down to one button. 264 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 6: You know, you take all these elements, fire the music, 265 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 6: fire the animation, cue the light show, things like that. 266 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 6: It all gets programmed. Did the one button. We couldn't 267 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 6: do that. Everything had to be manual. So that night, 268 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 6: got my foot up on the counter, you know, hitting 269 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 6: a mouse to trigger the music and reaching over here 270 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 6: and shutting off the lights to the ballpark and you know, 271 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 6: doing whatever we could to try to get all the 272 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 6: things going at once, and we were able to pull 273 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 6: it off. So then the next night, again everything was 274 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 6: a manual process, but we had individuals in place to 275 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 6: do all these things. That's kind of the lead up 276 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 6: to it. So once you get the technology kind of 277 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 6: worked out, then you're thinking about what about the different 278 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 6: scenarios in game, and so I went back and forth 279 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 6: with Ned, Rice and one we got the proper permissions 280 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 6: to do the show, and then Ned and I were 281 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 6: working through the different scenarios during the game. What if 282 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 6: we're down, if we're down, how many runs would we 283 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 6: send a cameraman out there to the bullpen if it's 284 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 6: a hold or a save? You know, all these basically 285 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 6: parameters that we hadn't walked through and we were kind 286 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 6: of doing in real time, which was fun. We've never 287 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 6: put a camera in the bullpen before. We worked very 288 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 6: closely with our rights holder and our partners at NBC Sports. 289 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 6: Chelsea Johnson was our producer and Kelsey Lauder and Mike 290 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 6: Mulligan as the director. That night, they helped us out, 291 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 6: They put the cameraman out there. They were able to 292 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 6: work their telecasts as such that they moved commercial breaks 293 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 6: so they could take the entrance live that night. They 294 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 6: happened to have a drone that was flying around the ballpark, 295 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 6: so we had access to that as well. So everything 296 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 6: kind of came together. So we go down in the 297 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 6: get in the game early it's I think it's three 298 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 6: nothing and it's not looking great, but I said, like, yeah, three, 299 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 6: that's not insurmountable. Not with this team. You know, we 300 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 6: tend to get hot a little bit later on in 301 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 6: the game, and as we got closer and closer, you 302 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 6: could feel the buzz in the crowd. I mean, they 303 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 6: were up for the game. There's no doubt about that. 304 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 6: They want to win the game. But they were absolutely 305 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 6: looking for Duran and they came there prepared to see 306 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 6: that show and to participate in that show. And then 307 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 6: when we took the lead, I mean the place was 308 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 6: just electric. So we already had the cameraman out there. 309 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 6: We were able to get our timing right. They were 310 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 6: a little rough around the edges, but it worked fabulously, 311 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 6: And I got to tell you, I was really really 312 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 6: proud of my team that worked on the elements. I 313 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 6: was really proud of the communication that happened within the 314 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 6: Phillies organization, you know, between our departments and baseball ops, 315 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 6: between us and the Twins. It really worked that well. 316 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 6: And if any one of those components had not worked out, 317 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 6: I don't know that we would have been able to 318 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 6: do the show on Friday night. 319 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 9: The bet Parks app It's really cool I've been actually 320 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 9: fiddling around with it quite a bit lately and. 321 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 3: Playing some of these games. 322 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 9: We've talked about it a million times, but Hulping more 323 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 9: Puff is pretty cool. 324 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 3: Cash Eruption Capital Games. 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It's a 334 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 9: live feed right inside of bet Parks app with quick videos, 335 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 9: hot takes, game predictions by some people from all over 336 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 9: the country, pretty famous people and new casino users can 337 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 9: get up to. 338 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 3: One thousand dollars cash back. 339 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 9: If you're down in your first twenty four hours, you 340 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 9: got to see betparks dot com for details. Else you 341 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 9: must be twenty one in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan or Maryland. 342 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 9: Gambling problem call one eight hundred gambler. You love to play, 343 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 9: you love to win. 344 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 4: You bet Parks mark that is amazing cooperation between you guys, 345 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 4: the Phillies and the Twins. Did that surprise you that 346 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: they were so willing to, you know, give you guys 347 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 4: their hard work and their show. 348 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 6: Well, they didn't give us everything. You know, we still 349 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 6: had a lot of work to do on our own, 350 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 6: but the assist they gave us was paramount to us 351 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 6: getting it done. Did it surprise me? No, I've been 352 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 6: in this business for forty years. I know the camaraderie 353 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 6: between the production people and the game entertainment people, not 354 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 6: just in baseball, but in every sport. We're always watching 355 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 6: what the other people are doing. We're always talking to 356 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 6: each other. We've got annual conferences where we get together 357 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 6: and do our thing and network together. We've helped out 358 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 6: teams in the past. They've helped us out, so it's 359 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 6: not unusual. But I was pleasantly surprised at the length 360 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 6: they went to to help us out. And that is 361 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 6: a that's a tribute to them as an organization, to 362 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 6: their respect for Doran as a player and really for 363 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 6: the game of baseball. They knew they created something that 364 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 6: was awesome and that the fans enjoy. And you know, 365 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 6: we weren't going to We weren't going to reinvent the 366 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 6: wheel for the sake of reinventing the wheel. If this 367 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 6: is branded with this player and it works for him 368 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 6: and the fans are excited by it, why would we 369 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 6: want to make you know, wholesale changes to it. 370 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 5: Mark. 371 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 3: So when I make changes in my front office and. 372 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 10: We are looking to try to get a player, and 373 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 10: we make a. 374 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 3: Trade and we're, you know, in. 375 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 10: The front office, we're high five in each other, we're 376 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 10: digging on each other. What happens in the production room 377 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 10: when you guys pull this thing off and it ends 378 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 10: up working. 379 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 3: Do you have that same sort of electricity? Were you 380 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 3: guys like, oh my god, we did it. 381 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 6: This is awesome. 382 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 5: This is the coolest thing. 383 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 10: Because I got to believe that with all the hard 384 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 10: work and all the machinations you had to go through 385 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 10: that you guys had to be pretty fired up in 386 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 10: that in that room. 387 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 6: We were, and you just, I mean, you painted the 388 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 6: picture perfectly. We were excited. We don't normally get that 389 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 6: excited at the trade deadline there unless you've got Cliff 390 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 6: Lee coming in or somebody like that. You'll know, but 391 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 6: you know about that. But they were, they were super excited. 392 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 6: So when we sat down on Thursday morning and I 393 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 6: talked to them, I knew I had like a huge 394 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 6: ask to ask them. They were already up to their 395 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 6: necks in Wall of Fame stuff, and I came in. 396 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,959 Speaker 6: My first lines were, I said, listen, I'm gonna rip 397 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 6: the band aid off and tell you we have to 398 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 6: do this. Forget about everything else that you're working on 399 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 6: right now. And I said, I'm saying this in a 400 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 6: way I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, but we 401 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 6: have to do this. There's no there's no not doing it. 402 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 6: And if we have to drop some stuff, if we 403 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 6: have to reassign projects, if we have to cut back 404 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 6: on what we're doing, we're certainly, you know, okay to 405 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 6: do that, and we're in the position to do it. 406 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 6: And to a person, nobody complained at all. And a 407 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 6: lot of people had a lot of extra work to do. 408 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 6: Sydney and Ariana Kreuzact. Sydney was doing the graphic design 409 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 6: and creating all the animations the fire and the spider, 410 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 6: and Ariana krez Act then had to take these animated 411 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 6: files and program them onto our displays to make sure 412 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 6: that everything fit nice and neat, and if you were 413 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 6: there earlier on Friday for the game, you'll see that. 414 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 6: All the way through Philly's batting practice, we were still 415 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 6: tweaking the animations because they they were chopped off in 416 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,239 Speaker 6: some parts and not fitting properly in others. And you know, 417 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 6: that's a testament to the dedication of these of these folks. 418 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 6: They were they're so proud of what they do and 419 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 6: they were so excited about that. I'm just I can't 420 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 6: say enough nice things about them. 421 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 4: Real quick, Mark, when you did your like practice or 422 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 4: your dry run on Thursday, the day before he made 423 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 4: his debut with you guys, did you have to wait 424 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 4: until nightfall till it was dark to practice and do 425 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 4: the lights and everything so you get the you know, 426 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 4: the full experience. 427 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 6: Yes, we had to. We wanted to see what it 428 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 6: looked like for light levels, for the animation and the fire. 429 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 6: We knew that more times than that we'll be running 430 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 6: that in a dark environment. But there are going to 431 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 6: be day games where we got to run it as well. 432 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 6: But we did. We waited until probably seven or eight 433 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 6: o'clock to start with that, when the sun had gone down, 434 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 6: and I got to tell you from the moment I 435 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 6: saw the animation, I got chills, and you know, nothing 436 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 6: really after forty years, nothing really excites me that much. 437 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 6: I was excited. And then when I saw the spider 438 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 6: come across the right field display in the field, I 439 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 6: lost my mind. I thought it was the greatest thing 440 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 6: I'd ever seen in my life. 441 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 10: So our periods on the day games, now do they 442 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 10: it comes up? You know, get you get your phones out, 443 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 10: get your phones out? 444 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 3: Will they be doing the same thing on a day 445 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 3: game During. 446 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 6: The day games, we won't do the prompt for the 447 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 6: phones out right now, it's our intention to run the animation, 448 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 6: run his music, follow him out of the bullpen. So 449 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 6: you're really going to get everything, but the light show 450 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 6: component of it. We will run the lights in the ballpark. 451 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 6: I don't know that you're they're going to have that 452 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 6: much of an impact, but we won't break from that. 453 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 6: It won't be anything special. You know. The things we 454 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 6: have to work out are you know, what are we 455 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 6: going to do if the Philly's going on Winning Street 456 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 6: and he hasn't pitched in a while and he just 457 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 6: needs to get his work in and he's coming in 458 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 6: in a low leverage non saved situation. We'll probably just 459 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 6: run his music and save the show for those big moments. 460 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 6: That makes sense. 461 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 2: That makes sense, And then I know you've got some 462 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 2: more things planned, Like the show is not finished yet, 463 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 2: you're still planning on some tweaking modifications. What can you 464 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 2: tell us about I mean, what can you tell us? 465 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 2: What you can tell us and what else might be 466 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 2: in store that you can maybe hint to or just 467 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 2: refer to. 468 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 6: Well, you know, we met on that this morning. We're 469 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 6: looking to implement some minor changes by next homestand those 470 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 6: might be instead of having the Liberty bell, we are 471 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 6: able now in addition to changing colors, you can run 472 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 6: video files through that LED product, and so everything that 473 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 6: we're going to do is really going to be contingent 474 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 6: on fire and the flames. We also have heard from 475 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 6: a number of people, people who are obviously experts and spiders, 476 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 6: that the fighter we have in our animation is not 477 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 6: a tarantula, it's a it's a black Widow spider. So 478 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 6: we're working on correcting that as well. I'm unhopeful it'll 479 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 6: be equally as disgusting and scary as the Black Widow was, 480 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 6: but that so I think you'll see some some changes 481 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 6: and some twists based around flames, which may or may 482 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 6: not happen. But we're you know, we don't want to 483 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 6: you know what, We don't want to mess with it 484 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 6: too much, but we would like to put a Philly 485 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 6: spin or a Philly twist on it if we can. 486 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 5: The Black Widow is two for two and save chances. 487 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, Jimmy, don't don't think we don't. We don't hear 488 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 6: and think about this, like, don't change it now because 489 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 6: tar Angela out there all of a sudden, We're going 490 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 6: to be do we run the Black Widow or the Tarantula? 491 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 6: What are we doing today? 492 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 2: And then the phones will if you accept something on 493 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 2: the MLB Ballpark app can like be synced to the 494 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 2: light show down the Road. 495 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: That's a down the Road thing. 496 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, we're discussing that right now. And that's one of 497 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 6: the new features we put in this year and got 498 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 6: passed through, so you can work on the end of 499 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 6: the it'll work with the MLB Ballpark app. People can 500 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 6: turn their phone lights on regardless they don't need the app, 501 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 6: but the lights will be synchronized with the music. So 502 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 6: the difference would be if you connect to the app 503 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 6: and hold your phone up. That light will be beating 504 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 6: along with the music, and it'll give it a you know, 505 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 6: and it'll give it a cooler effect in ballpark. So 506 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 6: we're looking to do that as well. I have to add. 507 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 6: As much fun as it was doing this, and as 508 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 6: much of a challenge as it was, we had no 509 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 6: idea what the impact and what the reaction from the 510 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 6: public was going to be. We didn't know the magnitude 511 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 6: of it. When the game was over, we breathed a 512 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 6: collective sigh relief because we got through it. Uh and 513 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 6: we got to the finish line when we got home. 514 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 6: When I when I tell you, I have not finished 515 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,959 Speaker 6: answering that all the texts that I got from people, 516 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 6: one of them was not Jim's Dog. But we we 517 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 6: did get, you know, we got we got texts, and 518 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 6: and that people were telling us that the reaction online, 519 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 6: you know, on the internet, and the number of views 520 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 6: that it had gotten on MLB or on our own website, 521 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 6: I was, you know, was in the millions. So we 522 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 6: didn't set off and set out to do it for that. 523 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 6: But we we we now understand, or at least I 524 00:27:55,760 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 6: understand everything that we do has the potential to resonate 525 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 6: outside of the ballpark and have an impact on social media. 526 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 6: And that makes us happy, and it makes us a 527 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 6: little bit more determined because we're not doing it for 528 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 6: just forty thousand fans. We're looking to do it for 529 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 6: the millions of people and who are out there watching 530 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 6: TV and watching highlights on the internet. 531 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 4: Mark, I want to ask you, like you guys, the 532 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 4: Philadelphia Ahillies are in the business of winning ball games, 533 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 4: and you win with your athletes. If a particular walk 534 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 4: up music or a particular you know, entry for a 535 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 4: closer like Juan Durand makes that guy feel good and 536 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 4: puts him in the zone, do you have a responsibility 537 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 4: to come through for that guy to make him perform. 538 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 5: He put him in a good frame of mind, so 539 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 5: we might perform better. 540 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 6: Oh, we absolutely do. And there is an ongoing conflict 541 00:28:55,240 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 6: between sponsorship, entertainment and what the players want, and they 542 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 6: don't always align. So we've always been more constantly in 543 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 6: compromise mode. But when these guys send us up their music, 544 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 6: that's the least we can do. If it makes them happy, 545 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 6: if it gives them a comfort level, the only thing 546 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 6: we need to do is to make sure it's clean. 547 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 6: And there hasn't been a single guy since two thousand 548 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 6: and eight that has sent us a clean version of 549 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 6: their song. So we spend a lot of time either 550 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 6: trying to clean it up ourselves or finding a clean version. 551 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 6: But it does mean a lot, and we've got the 552 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 6: scars to show. We've got a lot of stories over 553 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 6: the years of players who very superstitious like Chase and 554 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 6: never changed it. We had Raoul Banyez who called up 555 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 6: one time in between games of a doubleheader and he 556 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 6: had had a really bad first game, and he said, 557 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 6: just pick something for me that would you know, that 558 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 6: would make me want to go out and commit a felony, 559 00:29:54,560 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 6: he said. So we get texts from our communication staff 560 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 6: every day. God blessed Nick. You know, Nick Castianos is 561 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 6: one of our greatest customers. He changes his songs a lot, 562 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 6: but all the guys are pretty much into it. But 563 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 6: that's our responsibility to do that. But it's also our 564 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 6: responsibility now when the fans embrace something like this, to 565 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 6: put it out there, you know, for them, and let 566 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 6: them play with it. It's really tough if you try to. 567 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 6: It's always a big leap of faith to try to 568 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 6: do it on your own. And that's why I really 569 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 6: commend the Minnesota Twins for doing that. Most of these 570 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 6: big things usually happen organically, at least they happen organically 571 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 6: in Philadelphia. Philadelphia fans hate to be told what to do. 572 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 6: They're smart people, you know. But if you're going to 573 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 6: want their participation in the Closer Entrance, then we'll let 574 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 6: them know a little bit. But I was shocked at 575 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 6: how many people lit up their phones and we had 576 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 6: only had that prompt that was out there for about 577 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 6: ten or fifteen seconds. You know, I told my staff, 578 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 6: I don't think we even need to do this. Yeah, 579 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 6: you know, these folks are are left, they're on it. 580 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny how much the technology has changed. I 581 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 2: remember Brad Lidge and eight. I think that that it 582 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 2: was you really couldn't do much. So it was just 583 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 2: on the scoreboard. It said like lights out Lidge. And 584 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 2: now you think about how far it's come. Well. 585 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: I wrote something the other day just about the. 586 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 2: Closer Entrance songs, and I was trying to fill in 587 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 2: some gaps and I emailed Mark and I said, hey, 588 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 2: I need I need these six guys or whatever. Mark, 589 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 2: how far back do your archives go in terms of 590 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: walk up songs, entrance songs, warm up songs? Like if 591 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 2: I said, hey, what was Chris Snelling's song in two 592 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 2: thousand and eight or somebody totally random, like, how far 593 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 2: back does it go? 594 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: Where if that guy showed up. 595 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 2: And you wanted to play it, or somebody wanted to 596 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 2: ask you, you could you could pull it up and 597 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 2: find it for me. 598 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: Because we found everybody's I asked for you the other. 599 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 6: Day, I can promise you I don't have Chris Snelling, 600 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 6: so yeah, and I don't know what that was. I 601 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 6: want to give a shout out to a guy named 602 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 6: Mark Wyatt, and I think you may remember him. Yes, 603 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 6: Mark was the music basically the music guy for all 604 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 6: four teams at one point in the South Philadelphia areas 605 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 6: doing Flyer Sixers, Eagles, and Phillies. He's one of the 606 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 6: first guys in Major League Baseball who really introduced the 607 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 6: sound effects in game and some of the other cute 608 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 6: stuff that we've done over the years. And and you know, 609 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,239 Speaker 6: he's moved away from it for health reasons, but you know, 610 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 6: he really built the foundation and he was a guy 611 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 6: Todd that would be able to. He kept the list, 612 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 6: you know, his own list. So the archives only exist 613 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 6: really as far back as when he stopped working for us, 614 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 6: which was right around the pandemic. But we can tell, 615 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 6: you know, we've got a pretty good idea from some 616 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 6: other records of a little bit further back than that. 617 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 6: I started back in two thousand and six, and I've 618 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 6: tried to keep good records. But anything before that was 619 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 6: before my time. 620 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 3: He wouldn't have my walk up song. I guess I 621 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 3: have to know what my wife walk up song was? 622 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: What was it? 623 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 3: It was one by YouTube? 624 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 5: Oh wow, that's a little slow. 625 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 6: Make a note of that. 626 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 5: What what was in O? 627 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 6: Wait? 628 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 5: What was the song you had to censor? In eight 629 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 5: You said there was only one song? Maybe? 630 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 6: Oh no, I said that that several All of them 631 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 6: said the filthiest, most disgusting songs. And now you know, 632 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 6: now the challenge is, and sometimes I think that our 633 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 6: our our Latino ball players are messing with us. We 634 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 6: have to get somebody to translate. You know, we'll get 635 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 6: a song from from uh Latino artists and their Latino rappers, 636 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 6: and they're really just as aggressive with their lyrics. Says 637 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 6: as the American rappers are, so we really have to 638 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 6: vet that carefully because we don't notice anybody in the ballpark. 639 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 4: Hey, Mark, we love a good story on this on 640 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,439 Speaker 4: the Philly Show. Didn't Ruben save your life one night? 641 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 3: No? No, no, that wasn't him. 642 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 6: I had, Yes, it was Ruben. You back in two 643 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 6: thousand and six, it was my first season with the Phillies. 644 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 6: This is memory I'll take to my grave. Now, we 645 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 6: ran a replay on fanavision of a home run with 646 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 6: a fan reaching over something. We ran it. This is 647 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,480 Speaker 6: before replay and back when the rules were even tougher 648 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,919 Speaker 6: than before. So we run this replay. The crowd goes nuts. 649 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 6: They're booming the crap out of the umpire and I 650 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 6: get a call in between innings from the supervisor on 651 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 6: site saying, oh, the umpires would like to talk to 652 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 6: you after the game. I'm like, all right, you know, 653 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 6: I knew it was kind of borderline, but that'll be fine. 654 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 6: So I go down to the umpire's locker room after 655 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 6: the game and I walk in and the clubby there says, hey, 656 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 6: hold on, they'll be right with you. The guys are 657 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 6: in the shower. So I'm standing there. I'm waiting. So 658 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 6: the first umpire comes out. I think it was Las Diaz. 659 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 6: He's got he's holding a towel and nothing else, dripping 660 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 6: wet just came right out of the shower holding the towel. 661 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 6: Then the other three umpires come right behind him with 662 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,360 Speaker 6: no towel. So I am in a room with four 663 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 6: naked umpires that are all simultaneously yelling at me, and 664 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 6: I don't know where my where to divert my eyes. 665 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 6: You know, I'm looking, I'm you know here here there. 666 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 6: I look over to there. I look over to the 667 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 6: buffet table and of course it's a buffet of like 668 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 6: big sausages and the bropworst or something, my worst nightmare. 669 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 6: There's a knock on the door in wats Reuben behind me, 670 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:02,600 Speaker 6: and he's like, Mark, I got this here, guys. He understands. 671 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 6: You know, it was a mistake. It won't happen again. 672 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 3: There. 673 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 6: So for that, Ruben Rubin, you're a hero. 674 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 3: No I'm not. 675 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 5: You've got to save that night, Ruben, you. 676 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 6: Got to save I. 677 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 10: Respect that the job that our folks did, and I 678 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 10: know that they didn't. They would never ever want to 679 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 10: disrespect you know, the game itself or the rumpires. 680 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,400 Speaker 3: That's just not how they operated. 681 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 6: Right well, right. 682 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 4: The the in game entertainment of Citizens Bank Park is 683 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,760 Speaker 4: second to none. And you mentioned you're in this business 684 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 4: for forty years. It's amazing how how far it has come. 685 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 4: When I used to go to Famiway Park as a kid, 686 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 4: they had an organ and all the kids used to chant. 687 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 5: We want to hit, we want to hit. That was 688 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 5: the in game entertainment. 689 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 4: And now we have spiders and tarantula's and light shows. 690 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 5: It's great. 691 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 6: What what's what's been great? It's it's been a great career. 692 00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,919 Speaker 6: It's been a lot of fun for me. I start 693 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 6: to the Spectrum, you know, worked my way up and 694 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 6: through what was the Core State Center to begin with. 695 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 6: But you know, when Eric Lindraws had his first game 696 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 6: for the Flyers, we put lasers. We had a laser 697 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 6: light show before the opening face off, and that in 698 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 6: itself was remarkable back in nineteen whatever it was, you know, 699 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,040 Speaker 6: the late eighties or early nineties. But the Spectrum was 700 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,319 Speaker 6: such a decrepit building. We probably you know, I don't know, 701 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 6: we probably violated I don't know how many walls and 702 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 6: rules that catwalk up there that we had to store 703 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,360 Speaker 6: all this stuff. It wasn't even fit for a human 704 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 6: being to walk around, but we were able to pull 705 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,439 Speaker 6: that off. And so every year there's always something new 706 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 6: and different that other teams are doing that want to 707 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 6: be integrated. Some things work really well in Philly, and 708 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 6: then there's other things we look at and we say, ooh, 709 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,919 Speaker 6: that's great for Seattle, that would ever go over here? 710 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 10: Right. 711 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 6: Well, it's you know, we're always kind of, you know, 712 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 6: trying to be a little conservative in the way that 713 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 6: we approach things, but it's it's always a ton of 714 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 6: fun and it's it's an honor and a pleasure to 715 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 6: do it. Like we tell people, you've got one of 716 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 6: thirty jobs like this, you know in the country, so 717 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 6: respect it, protect it. And the other thing I tell 718 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,400 Speaker 6: them is make sure you know your replay rules or 719 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 6: you're gonna get naked umpires exactly exactly right. 720 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,280 Speaker 2: Well, the Durand Show has been a lot of fun 721 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 2: and it's you know, it's certainly brought a lot of 722 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 2: excitement at the ballpark and it you know, I've heard 723 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 2: so many people that have said I've watched that. 724 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: I've watched that five thousand times on my phone. I 725 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: just keep hitting. 726 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 2: Replay and replay and replay because it gets them so excited. 727 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 2: So h and it's excited the fans and you know, 728 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 2: the players, I mean, and everybody. 729 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 6: It makes us feel great. We're a little uncomfortable with 730 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,359 Speaker 6: the attention. You know, we're the people that are in 731 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,760 Speaker 6: the background, and we're in the background for a reason. 732 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 6: We kind of stay off the radar because that's just 733 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,320 Speaker 6: who we are. So the amount of attention we've received 734 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 6: in the last seventy two hours has been remarkable and 735 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:24,240 Speaker 6: really almost overwhelming. But we're we know our fifteen minutes 736 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,840 Speaker 6: are almost up. We're going to ride it out again 737 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 6: and then start focusing on the rest of the season 738 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 6: and the postseason hopefully to you know, have some big 739 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 6: things in store for them. 740 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,880 Speaker 5: Well, at least you got to do the Phillies Show. 741 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,040 Speaker 6: Bucket list item and I can die tonight a happy man. 742 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 2: Thanks Mark, Mark, thanks so much for joining us and 743 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 2: sharing a little bit of a lot about this fun 744 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 2: experience that Phillies fans are going through. 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