WEBVTT - MAY I Have Another?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a great game or what with the Hall

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<v Speaker 1>of Famer My dad, Tim Kirchen. I am Jeff Kirchen,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to another episode dat. I want to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure everybody who's listening right now took the time to

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<v Speaker 1>listen to Steve Sparks yesterday. He was so great that

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<v Speaker 1>I edit the podcast right, and I listened to it

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<v Speaker 1>basically two times after.

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<v Speaker 2>Just living it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I listen to it on my way home from work,

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<v Speaker 1>which I rarely do because I've already listened.

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<v Speaker 2>To it twice. Right, no need to go on the stream.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that good. I had to listen back to it. Dad, Right,

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<v Speaker 2>hilariously funny, incredibly insightful and a steam head of all

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<v Speaker 2>seam heads. And he's a former player. Amazing, amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>joining us next week, next Wednesday, so keep your eyes

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<v Speaker 1>out for that and Debt it is officially.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be May you know what I mean? You

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<v Speaker 2>get by justin Timberlake reference there, of course not what

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<v Speaker 2>does that mean? Is that one of his favorite songs?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's It's gonna be me. It's an in synct reference.

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<v Speaker 1>But the way he says it. It sounds like it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be May.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's like a meme. So it's May the first.

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<v Speaker 1>And falling on Jaffiers here, it's May the first.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, yes, when you bring up Mordecai three finger Brown,

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<v Speaker 3>I give you the same reaction.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't worry. We both have our strengths and weaknesses. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a di.

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<v Speaker 3>Wire and you're great at feeding the dogs. I know music,

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<v Speaker 3>you know baseball. This is what makes our podcast great.

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<v Speaker 3>No stress about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct anyway, one month of the baseball season, another month,

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<v Speaker 2>I should say, is in the books, right, But more important, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>we are taping this today on your three year wedding anniversary.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah to Emily, and in that time you've had the

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<v Speaker 2>most beautiful little girl McKinley Hope. I am so proud

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<v Speaker 2>of you with everything that you've done and it is

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<v Speaker 2>you sent out a little video to our family this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a little video to McKinley saying this is

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<v Speaker 2>what our lives have been like for the first three years.

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<v Speaker 2>It just brought a tear to my eye. It was

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<v Speaker 2>so good. I'm just so sorry, Jeff that I couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be there that day three years ago. I'm sorry. Yeah, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you were at the bar having a great time at

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<v Speaker 2>my wedding. That was a tremendous wedding. We had a

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<v Speaker 2>tremendous time. Now what is your I know your plan,

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<v Speaker 2>but tell everyone what your plan is for your anniversary

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<v Speaker 2>night with Emily. Well, yeah, you know my wife Emily.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, the number one thing I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>for our anniversary is for you to record a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>with your So.

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<v Speaker 2>We're doing it. No, I'm just kidding.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually we're headed to the airport because we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>go back to Las Vegas.

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<v Speaker 2>For those who don't know, I lived in Vegas for

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<v Speaker 2>five years.

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<v Speaker 1>My wife was born and raised in Las Vegas, and

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<v Speaker 1>her parents still live out there.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're doing kind of.

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<v Speaker 1>An extended weekend trip to Las Vegas where we did

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<v Speaker 1>get married and no, Elvis did not perform the wedding ceremony.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're going to be there.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be in her parents pool with McKinley,

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<v Speaker 1>our daughter, and just kind of kicking it.

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<v Speaker 2>Taking a couple days off.

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<v Speaker 1>So after when you're hearing this podcast on May the first,

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<v Speaker 1>I am going to be in a pool in Las Vegas.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be incredible. I can't wait to get

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<v Speaker 2>a little time away. Well, that's great, job. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>our third anniversary. It wasn't quite as good. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>taking your mom out to my favorite restaurant and I

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<v Speaker 2>really just wanted to whine and dine her at my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite place. And it was a complete disaster. I dropped

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<v Speaker 2>my tray. They had to come in and clean up everything.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just awful.

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<v Speaker 1>If you went to a place with a tray, Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>it can't be that great.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a joke, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, what was the place your dad, my grandfather, the

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<v Speaker 1>original Jeff kershon?

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<v Speaker 2>Pop? What what was the flaming the flaming flaming pit?

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<v Speaker 2>But what was the old country buffet? Face? The other place? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>I remember growing up going there with that and Pop

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<v Speaker 1>thinking this was like fine dining, right, you're a kid.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like they have everything right. It was those

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<v Speaker 2>were the days. So I'm sorry you don't get like

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<v Speaker 2>a luxurious meal out tonight, Jeff. But you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see Emily's parents, and that's that's more important than anything.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm all kidding aside, Jeff. I'm really really happy

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<v Speaker 2>for you on such a great day, and I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>so proud of you and Emily and McKinley. Ho so

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<v Speaker 2>can't wait to see you in person again.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Dad, I appreciate that and all kidding aside

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<v Speaker 1>as well, I've googled, and I'm not being silly, I've

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<v Speaker 1>googled restaurants inside Philadelphia International air Airport to find, Like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's always that one restaurant you're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not gonna eat there, it's a little too nice

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. We're not gonna go get a steak dinner

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<v Speaker 1>at the airport, but we want to go to a

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<v Speaker 1>place with a nicer bar and a place to sit down.

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<v Speaker 1>We're actually gonna go to the airport earlier than normal,

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<v Speaker 1>so like a time that you would usually get there, right,

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Go there and actually eat dinner.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll get there three hours before the flight, but

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<v Speaker 1>totally on purpose, not like you where it's it has

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<v Speaker 1>to be done for every domestic flight.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad. Thank you so much for bringing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's dive headfirst into the takeaways.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on. Well, it was a great month of April,

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<v Speaker 2>March and April. As I've said multiple times on the podcast, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been as unpredictable. A first five weeks of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I can ever remember so many crazy, quirky, ridiculous,

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful things have happened so far. Just another reminder of

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<v Speaker 2>why we're doing the show, and now why we're doing

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<v Speaker 2>it three days a week. Is amazing. Stuff happens every

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<v Speaker 2>day if you're paying attention. And maybe the most amazing

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<v Speaker 2>part of April was Aaron Judge. Aaron Judge has played

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<v Speaker 2>in through this is now through Tuesday because we have

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<v Speaker 2>to update because you're traveling tonight through Tuesday, played thirty

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<v Speaker 2>games and he'd reach base sixty nine times in thirty games,

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<v Speaker 2>so the last the only other Yankee to reach that

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<v Speaker 2>many times through thirty games was Luke Garrigg, who reached

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<v Speaker 2>seventy one times in nineteen thirty one. This is what

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Judge is doing following a season that was arguably

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest season ever by a right handed hitter, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's even better this year if that is possible.

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<v Speaker 2>And he just hit home run number three twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>of his career, passing Ted Williams on the list of

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<v Speaker 2>most homer's first ten seasons and tying Frank Robinson on

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<v Speaker 2>that list. I mean, these are enormous names in the game,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is what Aaron this is what Aaron Judge

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<v Speaker 2>is doing on a daily basis. I just hope everyone

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<v Speaker 2>who's watching is understanding what they're watching, because he is

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<v Speaker 2>setting records virtually every day. It's amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw dad, and I want to confirm this. If

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<v Speaker 1>he struck out his next seventy at bats, he would

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<v Speaker 1>still be above like the league average.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Jeff, it's if you start playing with the numbers,

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<v Speaker 2>they're really really scary. I mean, the league is hitting

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<v Speaker 2>you like two thirty nine major leagues and he's hitting

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<v Speaker 2>over four hundred, and he's doing it with power, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's doing it with extra base hits and when he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get a head, he walks. It's really been breathtaking

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<v Speaker 2>to watch him the first month of the season. On

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<v Speaker 2>a different note, what I love so much about baseball

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<v Speaker 2>is how the light goes on at certain times with

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<v Speaker 2>certain players and you look at what Carson Kelly my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite name. My first daughter's name is Kelly. My first

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<v Speaker 2>grandson's name is Carson Carson Kelly. He's thirty years old.

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<v Speaker 2>He's in his tenth major league season. He came into

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<v Speaker 2>this year with a six eighty one OPS and through

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<v Speaker 2>Tuesday is OPS was one point four one five. The

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<v Speaker 2>light went on. He's now He had fourth for the

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<v Speaker 2>Cubs the other day and the Cubs have a really,

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<v Speaker 2>really good lineup. He has played in sixteen games this

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<v Speaker 2>year and has seven homers. The last Cub catcher to

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<v Speaker 2>hit more homers than that in their first sixteen games

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<v Speaker 2>was Gabby Hartin and Hall of Famer in nineteen twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Carson Kelly has done. And he's one of

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<v Speaker 2>million standouts in the month of April because we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>see this coming from him, but something's happened. This doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>happen in the NBA JEF where suddenly somebody is the

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<v Speaker 2>best three point shooter in the league. Well, this guy

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<v Speaker 2>is certainly on the list, and he's had an amazingly

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<v Speaker 2>productive month of April. It has really been fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's not a lot of Lynn sanity moments that

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<v Speaker 1>we have right like when Jeremy Lynn just took the

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<v Speaker 1>league by storm.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have those anymore. Right By the way, Missy Matha,

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<v Speaker 2>one of our producers at ESPN many years ago, did

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<v Speaker 2>a little Jeremy Lynn demonstration on the court on the

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<v Speaker 2>outdoor court at ESPN, and Bruce Bowen, one of our

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<v Speaker 2>analysts at the time, was trying to show everyone how

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<v Speaker 2>you have to guard Jeremy Lynn in order to slow

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<v Speaker 2>him down. So in order to have somebody be Jeremy Lynn,

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<v Speaker 2>I was Jeremy Lynn for an afternoon at ESPN, dribbling

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<v Speaker 2>the ball up the court so Bruce Bowen could show

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<v Speaker 2>everyone this is how you guard Jeremy Lynn. It was

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<v Speaker 2>It was a highlight for me. It was really really

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<v Speaker 2>fun and really cool that I got picked to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>All I had to do is dribble the ball up

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<v Speaker 2>the court, put it between my legs a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 2>It was hilarious. Dad.

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<v Speaker 1>Usually they would get like an intern on the campus, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna be Jeremy Lynn.

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<v Speaker 2>But they got the fifty plus year old at the

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<v Speaker 2>time right baseball analysts to do it, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>one of your prouder moments of your career.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, a lot of people, I know you don't like

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<v Speaker 1>social media, but a lot of people when that video

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<v Speaker 1>drops it, Hey, Tim can handle, which we know I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Not like talking about your not the point. I can

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<v Speaker 2>handle I was about a foot shorter than Jeremy Lynn,

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<v Speaker 2>so Bruce Bowen was guarding the guy who's like four

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<v Speaker 2>foot seven. I know that's how you guard him. You

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<v Speaker 2>just put your hands up. You can't go anywhere, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>Carson Kelly, we talked about the light going on, and

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<v Speaker 2>the light still hasn't gone on for the poor Rockies.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, Jeff, I take no pleasure in speaking about

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<v Speaker 2>this because I covered the eight to eight Oriols that

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<v Speaker 2>lost twenty one games in a row, and the game

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<v Speaker 2>is unhealthy when a team is that bad, and the

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<v Speaker 2>poor Rockies were four and twenty five, Jeff. They got

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<v Speaker 2>to April with already two different eight game losing streaks,

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<v Speaker 2>and to my astonishment, two other teams have done that

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<v Speaker 2>in this century two and three Tigers, which I remember,

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<v Speaker 2>and the twenty sixteen Braves had two eight game losing

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<v Speaker 2>streaks before we got to the month of May. Incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>I was really excited, but I couldn't make the stretch.

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<v Speaker 1>They're playing the Braves, well, they Wednesday night, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>recording Wednesday day and Chris Sale is pitching against the

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<v Speaker 1>starting pitcher for is Chase Dolander, right, And when I

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<v Speaker 1>first saw the name. That's how you pronounce it. I

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<v Speaker 1>was hoping you could swing it to dollarder sale dollar.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's not gonna work.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so desperate to find one that you don't see.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think it needs to be like a Lively

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<v Speaker 1>and a Swift because then you wouldn't really pick up

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<v Speaker 1>on Taylor Swift and Blake Lively drama.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know, I would have never come up on, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 2>Just keep trying. Okay, The day you stumped me on one

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<v Speaker 2>of those is probably the worst day of your whole life.

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<v Speaker 2>It means I have corrupted you so badly that now

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking at the box scores in the completely wrong way.

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<v Speaker 2>You're trying to match up names instead of looking at

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<v Speaker 2>who did what and what all of this means.

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<v Speaker 1>And the problem is now I get really frustrated because

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<v Speaker 1>I work days ahead, and when a team is undecided

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<v Speaker 1>on their starting pitcher, I just throw my hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Up, like, how am I supposed to work? If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't tell you the starting matchup is gonna be, you

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<v Speaker 2>get really upset about that? Is that is beautiful? Jeff? Okay, again,

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<v Speaker 2>another takeaway from a the strikeout rate as we know

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<v Speaker 2>is completely out of control, as it has been for

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen years. We're going to break the record again this

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<v Speaker 2>year for strikeouts, and let's be clear, Jeff, part of

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<v Speaker 2>that reason is this is the hardest hitting environment in

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<v Speaker 2>baseball history. I believe that the stuff that pitchers have

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<v Speaker 2>today is just so unbelievably good. The velocity, the secondary stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>the movement. It's just absurd. I say it every night.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how anyone gets a hit in the

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<v Speaker 2>big leagues anymore, that's how good the pitching has been.

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<v Speaker 2>But having said that, Jeff, three different players Michael Taglia,

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan McMahon and Brian Reynolds through Tuesday had already struck

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<v Speaker 2>out forty times in a season, and another half dozen

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<v Speaker 2>guys are maybe going to get to forty before we

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<v Speaker 2>get to May, depending on what happens in Wednesday's games.

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<v Speaker 2>Forty strikeouts, Jeff, before we get to May. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>different time, different players, different understand But Joe, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Gwinn's biggest strikeout season was forty, Joe DiMaggio's was

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<v Speaker 2>thirty nine, Yogi Bears was thirty eight, and we will

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<v Speaker 2>have almost twenty different players striking out thirty or more time,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty eight or more times before we get to May.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the strikeout rate that we're seeing. Well, I have

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a strikeout takeaway. Tuesday night, the

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<v Speaker 2>Cubs played the Pirates and didn't strike out the entire

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<v Speaker 2>game for the first time since twenty thirteen against the Athletics.

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<v Speaker 2>Right again, when you see a zero strikeout game by

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<v Speaker 2>it's either team, it's it just leaps off to pay Jeff, what,

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<v Speaker 2>let's see how well you've been listening to old pop

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<v Speaker 2>up all these years?

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<v Speaker 1>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>What is the most famous, least one that we know

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<v Speaker 2>zero strikeout game by both teams in Major League history?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't look it up? Yes, okay, it's a famous game, Jeff, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a Game seven, say yes, Pirate, yes, Game seven?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, the World Series, Yes, in nineteen nineteen sixty sixty. Right, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>why did we talk about that a couple of weeks ago?

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<v Speaker 2>What was the You have a guest that was related

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<v Speaker 2>to that? Is Roberto Clementi's name came up, Bill Mazeroski's

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<v Speaker 2>name came up. That was it. It was Bill Mazeroski. Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>you're really getting good at this. I'm so proud of

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<v Speaker 2>you now last one, Jeff on the takeaways, I'm stealing

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<v Speaker 2>from Greg Colly, our baseball producer at Baseball Tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>everything else. So Tim Tawas is now the second baseman

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<v Speaker 2>for the Diamondbacks because of injuries, could tell Marte. So

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<v Speaker 2>Greg insists that Tim Tawa has to get traded at

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<v Speaker 2>some point in his career to the Red Sox. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you understand that just in case he hits a home

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<v Speaker 2>run that he you will have light tower power? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you get it? Is that really bad? Should I?

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<v Speaker 2>Should I be crediting Greg Colly with this? Or is

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<v Speaker 2>this not? It's great? It's beautiful power power power power

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<v Speaker 2>up only in Boston. And let's be clear, my father

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<v Speaker 2>grew up in Watertown. So I know that accent very

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<v Speaker 2>well because every relative I have used to say pack

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<v Speaker 2>your car and the haveit. Yeah, so I know all

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<v Speaker 2>about it. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a lot of Kirkchans in Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>In Boston, there's a lot of Armenians. They're all Armenians.

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<v Speaker 2>All the Kirkchins are Armenians. Right. If it ends with

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<v Speaker 2>I an, We'll see you in Watertown. Yeah, they say absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, Dad? What about any quirkchins you have. There

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<v Speaker 2>were many this week, of course, And so Brandon Nimo

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<v Speaker 2>knocked in nine runs in one game for the Mets.

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<v Speaker 2>That tied the club record for RBIs in one game

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<v Speaker 2>by a Met. He had a one ninety two batting

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<v Speaker 2>average going into the game, So that's the lowest batting

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<v Speaker 2>average in the history of baseball of anyone who went

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<v Speaker 2>on to drive in nine runs in that game. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he also drove in nine runs from the sixth inning on,

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<v Speaker 2>so he and Mike Mustakas twenty fifteen are the only

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<v Speaker 2>players ever to have a nine RBI game with zero

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<v Speaker 2>RBIs before the sixth inning. He had nine RBIs in

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<v Speaker 2>a three inning stretch, and only he's one of only

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<v Speaker 2>three players that have ever done that. Think about driving

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<v Speaker 2>in nine runs in three innings, which means he drove

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<v Speaker 2>in as many runs nine in three innings as Shohotani

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<v Speaker 2>had for the season. Shoeotani had nine RBIs going into

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<v Speaker 2>that game, and Brandon Nimmo had nine RBIs in three innings.

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<v Speaker 2>What does this prove, Jeff? It proves the beauty of

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<v Speaker 2>baseball that if you watch it closely, it will just

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<v Speaker 2>make you slap your forehead on a daily basis. So

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<v Speaker 2>the other thing, the Yankees have been setting home run

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<v Speaker 2>records for the entire month of April. So, h Tuesday Night,

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<v Speaker 2>the first three batters in the lineup all hit home runs.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the second time in the month of April that

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees did that. So they're the only team in

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<v Speaker 2>history to do that twice in the same season. The

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<v Speaker 2>first three batters of the game hit a homer, and

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<v Speaker 2>they did it before we even got to May, and

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<v Speaker 2>they did it in the same month. It's unbelievable. And

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<v Speaker 2>they hit four homers in that inning. So they're the

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<v Speaker 2>only team in baseball that has ever had two four

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<v Speaker 2>home run first innings in any season, and they did

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<v Speaker 2>it before the month of May. And this is so interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Judge, of course, was part of these back to

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<v Speaker 2>back to back home runs in the first inning twice.

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<v Speaker 2>And the only other guy that I know that did

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<v Speaker 2>that ever was JJ Hardy, who I told you about.

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<v Speaker 2>He did it as a member of the Brewers. First

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<v Speaker 2>three guys in the order hit homers. JJ Hardy was

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<v Speaker 2>one of them. Went to the Orioles and in one game,

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<v Speaker 2>first three batters for the Orioles hit home runs. JJ

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<v Speaker 2>Hardy was one of them. So, you know, home runs

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<v Speaker 2>in the first thing. The Yankees have done it at

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<v Speaker 2>a historic pace so far.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll edit him, but Aaron Boom was right when he said,

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<v Speaker 1>my guys are savages.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you he was absolutely right. Okay, from home

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<v Speaker 2>runs to triples, Jeff, Mike Trout hit his fifty fifth

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<v Speaker 2>triple the other day, so that tied Starling Marte for

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<v Speaker 2>the most triples among active players. So just to show

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<v Speaker 2>you that the triple has essentially disappeared going into this season,

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<v Speaker 2>fifty five triples was the most Starling Marte among active players.

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<v Speaker 2>That is the lowest mark of any season in Major

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<v Speaker 2>League history. No season has ever started with the career

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<v Speaker 2>triples leader having only fifty five triples. The last time

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<v Speaker 2>before this decade that anyone had, you know, like, fewer

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<v Speaker 2>than seventy triples and was the triples leader was Harry

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<v Speaker 2>Stovey in eighteen eighty five. He had sixty four triples.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, Jeff, this just shows the triple has been

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<v Speaker 2>replaced by the home run. I've told you, Babe, Ruth

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<v Speaker 2>had one hundred and thirty six triples. Right now, the

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<v Speaker 2>active leader is Mike Trout and Starlinge Marte with fifty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that amaze you or not?

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<v Speaker 1>What also amazes me, Dad, is baseball seems to be

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<v Speaker 1>the only sport that you can't just say eighty five, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>in eighty five, I would have to ask in eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>or nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff, because that's the beauty of the sport baseball. As

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<v Speaker 2>I've said many times, it's the only sport where the

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<v Speaker 2>modern era is defined as nineteen hundred on. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>modern era. That's unbelievable. And that's why you made this

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<v Speaker 2>your life's work because it makes you feel young. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you spent your entire career and life in the modern era,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm proud of you. Lastly, Jose Urina got a

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<v Speaker 2>save for the Mets the other day. He gave up

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<v Speaker 2>five runs and got a save. Jeff, think about that

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<v Speaker 2>for a second. How do you get a save when

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<v Speaker 2>you give up five runs in a game? Well, if

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<v Speaker 2>you pitch the last three innings of a game, no

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<v Speaker 2>matter what the score is, and it says if you

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<v Speaker 2>pitch effectively, you can be credited with a save. So

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<v Speaker 2>I went back to try to find the last guy

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<v Speaker 2>to give up five runs in a game and get

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<v Speaker 2>the save, and Cooper Chriswell of the Red Sox did

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<v Speaker 2>that this year on April to sixth, So it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>quite as rare as I thought it would be. And

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<v Speaker 2>then interesting, the day after Urania got the save, he

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<v Speaker 2>was designated for assignment. He was essentially cut after recording

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<v Speaker 2>a save in which he gave up five runs. That

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<v Speaker 2>is pretty weird and pretty hard to.

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<v Speaker 1>Do on this date in baseball history, Dad nay the

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<v Speaker 1>first what do you have for us?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was a really big day in baseball history

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<v Speaker 2>because this was the date that Ricky Henderson broke Lou

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<v Speaker 2>Brock's stolen base record. Ricky, of course, is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the at least fifteen best players of all time, greatest

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<v Speaker 2>bass dealer ever not a close second, and the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>leadoff man of all time. So let's make sure we

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<v Speaker 2>understand who we're talking about with Ricky Henderson. So he

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<v Speaker 2>and Lou Brock, as I've told you, Jeff became really

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<v Speaker 2>good friends, and Lou and Ricky combined to write a

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<v Speaker 2>little note, little letter that Ricky was going to read

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<v Speaker 2>after he broke Lou Garrety lou Brock's record. So he

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<v Speaker 2>steals third that day at the Oakland Coliseum, and when

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<v Speaker 2>he gets the third, Ricky is so caught up in

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<v Speaker 2>the emotion as he should have been. He pulls third

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<v Speaker 2>base out of the ground, holds it over his head

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<v Speaker 2>and said, today I am the greatest of all time

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<v Speaker 2>and he and lou Brock is looking at him because

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<v Speaker 2>the game begins again, and Luke calls him after the

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<v Speaker 2>game and said, Ricky, what about the letter we wrote?

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<v Speaker 2>And Ricky said it was in his back pocket and

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<v Speaker 2>he said, sorry, I forgot to read it, which was

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<v Speaker 2>just a shame. So I yeah, I just think we

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<v Speaker 2>all need to understand how great Ricky was. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>just so touching that he and lou Brock became such

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<v Speaker 2>good friends even while Ricky was in the process of

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<v Speaker 2>breaking lou Brock's record.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's so important too, because you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>see like Wayne Gretzky passing the puck off, so to

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<v Speaker 1>speak to Alex Ovechkin, and you know, obviously Lou Garrigg

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<v Speaker 1>was not around when cal Ripkin broke his record, But

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<v Speaker 1>to have respect for somebody who breaks your record, that

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<v Speaker 1>is so important for what sport is all about. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's really really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, And also on this date in nineteen ninety one,

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<v Speaker 2>same day, Nolan Ryan pitched his seventh and final no hitter. Remember,

0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:14.200
<v Speaker 2>no one else has ever come close to seven no hitters,

0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:17.879
<v Speaker 2>and he did it at age forty four. So after

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<v Speaker 2>the game, a bunch of friends and family were lined

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<v Speaker 2>up waiting to congratulate him, and he came out into

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<v Speaker 2>the hall and he told the assembled friends and family,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be out a little bit later. I got to

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<v Speaker 2>ride the exercise bike first. So, at age forty four,

0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:38.600
<v Speaker 2>he threw his seventh no hitter, and he got on

0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:43.879
<v Speaker 2>the exercise bike for forty five minutes and made everybody

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<v Speaker 2>wait because the work always came first for Nolan Ryan.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you wonder why he's the hardest pitcher to

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<v Speaker 2>hit in Major League history and the greatest power pitcher

0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:57.720
<v Speaker 2>of all time, that story tells it all. Nolan, as

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<v Speaker 2>I told you before, Jeff, one of the most beloved

0:24:59.720 --> 0:25:04.399
<v Speaker 2>player in Major League history. And we once asked Rance

0:25:04.480 --> 0:25:08.280
<v Speaker 2>Malinix of the Blue Jays years ago, because everyone loved

0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:12.439
<v Speaker 2>Nolan Ryan. Someone asked Rance Malinix once, what would the

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<v Speaker 2>world be like if everyone was Nolan Ryan? Rants Mallanicks said,

0:25:17.480 --> 0:25:20.240
<v Speaker 2>everyone would love each other and no one would get

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<v Speaker 2>a hit. And that's who Nolan Ryan is. Jeff coming

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<v Speaker 2>up next here on is this a great game?

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<v Speaker 1>Or what the greatest players to wear number eleven and

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<v Speaker 1>number twelve. That's from Ozzie to Oral, the greatest Houston

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<v Speaker 1>astro of all time. Another I am a steam head.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, Dad, you said you've queued up a team

0:25:39.240 --> 0:25:41.800
<v Speaker 1>ten that I do not know anything about. I am

0:25:41.840 --> 0:25:45.080
<v Speaker 1>not informed, so I cannot condone what comes.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of my father's mouth. But we'll find out what

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<v Speaker 2>it is. Coming up next.

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<v Speaker 3>Jumping right in, Dad, from Ozzie to Oral, the best

0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:59.679
<v Speaker 3>players at each number, and we are to number eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>This was not easy, Jeff. Carl Hubble War number eleven,

0:26:04.880 --> 0:26:09.160
<v Speaker 2>Edgar Martinez Hall of Famer, like Carl Hubble War number eleven.

0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:14.080
<v Speaker 2>But I am going with Barry Larkin importantly because he

0:26:14.240 --> 0:26:17.160
<v Speaker 2>was a shortstop as opposed to Edgar Martinez, who I love,

0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:19.920
<v Speaker 2>one of the greatest hitters I've ever seen. But Barry

0:26:20.000 --> 0:26:21.960
<v Speaker 2>Larkin did it on both sides of the ball. He

0:26:22.000 --> 0:26:24.840
<v Speaker 2>won three Gold Gloves, he made twelve ball Star teams,

0:26:24.880 --> 0:26:27.720
<v Speaker 2>he won an MVP, he had a War of seventy

0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.520
<v Speaker 2>point five, which is pretty darn good for a shortstop.

0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:34.480
<v Speaker 2>Two ninety five lifetime hitter, stole three hundred and seventy

0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:37.520
<v Speaker 2>nine bases ops of eight point fifteen. One of the

0:26:37.520 --> 0:26:41.160
<v Speaker 2>great athletes ever to play shortstop in the big leagues.

0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 2>Remember Jeff, he was a great defensive back in high

0:26:44.840 --> 0:26:48.480
<v Speaker 2>school and he could have played football at Michigan, but

0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:51.000
<v Speaker 2>he ended up playing baseball and made a Hall of

0:26:51.000 --> 0:26:53.840
<v Speaker 2>Fame career out of it. So I'm going with him

0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:56.600
<v Speaker 2>as my greatest number eleven.

0:26:57.800 --> 0:26:59.919
<v Speaker 1>I love it, Dad, From Ozzie to Oral, Who's the

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<v Speaker 1>best player to wear number twelve?

0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:05.720
<v Speaker 2>Right? I think this is relatively easy, With all due respect,

0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:10.000
<v Speaker 2>it's Roberto Alomar, three hundred lifetime hitter, two hundred ten homers,

0:27:10.440 --> 0:27:14.840
<v Speaker 2>eleven hundred and thirty four RBIs, four hundred and seventy

0:27:14.880 --> 0:27:18.280
<v Speaker 2>four stolen bases, and Jeff. He was the best player

0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:22.200
<v Speaker 2>on two championship teams for the Blue Jays, the team

0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:25.840
<v Speaker 2>that repeated ninety two to ninety three. He was their

0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:29.920
<v Speaker 2>best player on those teams. I think he's the best

0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:34.600
<v Speaker 2>defensive second baseman that I've ever seen. Now again, Bill

0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Mazerowski holds all the records, and I didn't see Bill

0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:41.160
<v Speaker 2>Mazerowski well enough, but when it came to throwing arm

0:27:41.480 --> 0:27:45.919
<v Speaker 2>range everything, I'm not sure I've ever seen a second basement. Defensively,

0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:49.199
<v Speaker 2>who was better than Roberto Alamar And I went to

0:27:49.240 --> 0:27:51.359
<v Speaker 2>do a story on it once, Jeff he had a

0:27:51.400 --> 0:27:53.679
<v Speaker 2>great sense of humor, so I went to Puerto Rico

0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:56.680
<v Speaker 2>for Sports Illustrated to do a story on him when

0:27:56.680 --> 0:27:59.879
<v Speaker 2>he signed a huge contract to go to the Or.

0:28:00.480 --> 0:28:05.240
<v Speaker 2>So we go to lunch at TGI Fridays in Puerto Rico, okay,

0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:08.800
<v Speaker 2>and it's a very leisurely lunch and he's dressed in

0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:12.320
<v Speaker 2>a sweatsuit, as he should be. So we walk out

0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:16.479
<v Speaker 2>of TGI Fridays in Puerto Rico, which of course is

0:28:16.560 --> 0:28:21.560
<v Speaker 2>Roberto Alomar's home country, and we're standing there and a

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:25.760
<v Speaker 2>lady comes up to him and gives her gives him

0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:29.240
<v Speaker 2>her valet ticket and says, can you go pick up

0:28:29.320 --> 0:28:35.760
<v Speaker 2>my car? She thought he was parking cars at TGI Fridays.

0:28:35.880 --> 0:28:40.239
<v Speaker 2>It was the funniest thing. He laughed out loud, and

0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:44.040
<v Speaker 2>before he explained to her. He explained to her, I'm

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 2>not a valet, I don't work here, And after she left,

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:49.680
<v Speaker 2>He looked at me and he said, I could buy

0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:53.040
<v Speaker 2>this entire chain of restaurants if I water, because he

0:28:53.080 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 2>had just signed this enormous contract. It was just a

0:28:57.080 --> 0:29:02.320
<v Speaker 2>beautiful look into Roberto Alomar, who was an amazingly good player.

0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:05.400
<v Speaker 1>The polo I'm wearing right now, Dad, this red polo.

0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:08.080
<v Speaker 1>I was wearing it once with khaki pants inside of

0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:11.880
<v Speaker 1>a target, right twice. Someone came up and asked for

0:29:12.000 --> 0:29:18.479
<v Speaker 1>where twice. Yeah, it's swear understandable. Gotta be careful. Red

0:29:18.840 --> 0:29:22.600
<v Speaker 1>with khaki in a target, don't even think about it.

0:29:22.720 --> 0:29:25.520
<v Speaker 1>It's like blue with khaki and a best buy. What

0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:29.760
<v Speaker 1>are you doing to yourself? You're just asking for it?

0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:31.480
<v Speaker 2>Got it all right, Dad?

0:29:32.000 --> 0:29:34.760
<v Speaker 1>I think the best of all Tim this week needs

0:29:34.760 --> 0:29:38.200
<v Speaker 1>to be the Houston Astros, given who our amazing guest

0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:40.440
<v Speaker 1>was yesterday, Steve Sparks.

0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:44.440
<v Speaker 2>Steve Sparks, of course, is the radio color broadcaster on

0:29:44.680 --> 0:29:48.080
<v Speaker 2>the Astros games, and if you're driving along listening to

0:29:48.080 --> 0:29:51.320
<v Speaker 2>games on XM Radio, please tune in and listen to

0:29:51.400 --> 0:29:54.280
<v Speaker 2>him and Robert Ford's great by play guy. They are great.

0:29:54.320 --> 0:29:57.200
<v Speaker 2>He is so good. So yes, we're doing the best

0:29:57.280 --> 0:30:00.480
<v Speaker 2>of all Tim. The best player in the history of

0:30:00.520 --> 0:30:04.240
<v Speaker 2>each franchise. We're picking the Houston Astros this week, and

0:30:04.320 --> 0:30:08.239
<v Speaker 2>this was not easy either because Craig Bigio is in

0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:11.600
<v Speaker 2>this group very very close to the top. But I'm

0:30:11.600 --> 0:30:14.880
<v Speaker 2>going with Jeff Bagwell instead played his entire career like

0:30:14.920 --> 0:30:18.959
<v Speaker 2>Bigio did for the Astros lifetime two ninety seven hit

0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:22.200
<v Speaker 2>or four hundred and forty nine homers, fifteen hundred and

0:30:22.240 --> 0:30:26.560
<v Speaker 2>twenty nine RBIs ops Jeff of nine to forty eight. Jeff,

0:30:26.920 --> 0:30:31.800
<v Speaker 2>he scored fifteen hundred runs and drove in fifteen hundred runs.

0:30:31.840 --> 0:30:35.240
<v Speaker 2>That is really hard to do. He's a Gold Glove

0:30:35.320 --> 0:30:38.080
<v Speaker 2>first baseman. He won an MVP, of course, he won

0:30:38.160 --> 0:30:40.680
<v Speaker 2>a Rookie of the Year. And he was a great

0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:44.400
<v Speaker 2>soccer player Jeff in college and he was one of

0:30:44.440 --> 0:30:47.760
<v Speaker 2>the best base runners in the game, not because he

0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:49.800
<v Speaker 2>was one of the fastest guys on the field, but

0:30:49.880 --> 0:30:51.960
<v Speaker 2>he was such a great base runner because he had

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:55.840
<v Speaker 2>such great feet. So all you young people we talk

0:30:55.880 --> 0:30:58.840
<v Speaker 2>about all the time. One reason Jeff Bagwell was such

0:30:58.840 --> 0:31:02.440
<v Speaker 2>a great baseball player is he was a great soccer

0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 2>player at the University of Hartford. And you could make

0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:08.600
<v Speaker 2>a case. You certainly can make a case Bagwell's one

0:31:08.600 --> 0:31:11.160
<v Speaker 2>of the ten best first basement of all time, but

0:31:11.280 --> 0:31:12.960
<v Speaker 2>others will tell you he's one of the five or

0:31:13.040 --> 0:31:15.880
<v Speaker 2>six best first basement of all time. That's how good

0:31:16.000 --> 0:31:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Jeff Bagwell was. And for me, he's the greatest Houston

0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:20.640
<v Speaker 2>astro ever.

0:31:21.280 --> 0:31:22.920
<v Speaker 1>You know, one of these weeks that I'm gonna do

0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:24.480
<v Speaker 1>an all jefft team.

0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:25.560
<v Speaker 2>I already know.

0:31:25.600 --> 0:31:28.280
<v Speaker 1>I got Bagwell and Ken first and second base, and

0:31:28.320 --> 0:31:30.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna rifle through them one of these days,

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:33.160
<v Speaker 1>the all jeft team, because I think it'd be I think,

0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:35.640
<v Speaker 1>do you think, right off the top of your head,

0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:38.280
<v Speaker 1>with the all Jeff team beat the All Tim team.

0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:40.240
<v Speaker 2>We need to get our friends at Stratamatic on this.

0:31:41.680 --> 0:31:42.760
<v Speaker 2>That's a really good question.

0:31:42.920 --> 0:31:47.440
<v Speaker 1>First name Tim or Timothy, first name Jeffer, Jeffrey, two

0:31:47.480 --> 0:31:51.560
<v Speaker 1>different teams, one game, maybe maybe even a five game

0:31:51.600 --> 0:31:54.640
<v Speaker 1>series we'll do. I want to put this, I want

0:31:54.640 --> 0:31:57.400
<v Speaker 1>to put a pin in this, Okay, And I think

0:31:57.400 --> 0:31:59.240
<v Speaker 1>that would be really really fun.

0:31:59.040 --> 0:32:01.280
<v Speaker 2>To do with your all Tim team.

0:32:01.400 --> 0:32:03.480
<v Speaker 1>I'll come up with my all Jeff team and we'll

0:32:03.480 --> 0:32:05.400
<v Speaker 1>go back to our friends at Stratamatic and have them

0:32:05.440 --> 0:32:07.800
<v Speaker 1>run it and see which team is better.

0:32:07.880 --> 0:32:09.880
<v Speaker 2>All right, we'll do that for next week. And Jeff,

0:32:09.920 --> 0:32:12.720
<v Speaker 2>you are becoming a steam head right in front of

0:32:12.720 --> 0:32:16.080
<v Speaker 2>my eyes, And couldn't be prouder that my son is

0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:19.480
<v Speaker 2>starting to ask these questions. What's the all Jeff team?

0:32:19.880 --> 0:32:21.840
<v Speaker 2>What's the all Tim team? All right, we'll do that

0:32:21.880 --> 0:32:22.560
<v Speaker 2>for next week.

0:32:22.600 --> 0:32:26.200
<v Speaker 1>Okay, prouder or disappointed that I'm stooping down to your

0:32:26.280 --> 0:32:27.240
<v Speaker 1>level either.

0:32:27.120 --> 0:32:30.800
<v Speaker 2>Or I've corrupted you. Jeff. I'm sorry. I feel like

0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:34.000
<v Speaker 2>I've corrupted some of our listeners and our viewers also.

0:32:34.200 --> 0:32:37.160
<v Speaker 2>But it's a good corruption, Jeff, when you have a

0:32:37.160 --> 0:32:40.160
<v Speaker 2>little bit of fun with a beautiful game like this.

0:32:40.160 --> 0:32:42.080
<v Speaker 2>This is why we're on the air, Jeff, this is

0:32:42.120 --> 0:32:46.000
<v Speaker 2>why we're doing this, to make sure that people understand

0:32:46.120 --> 0:32:49.360
<v Speaker 2>what a wonderful, beautiful game this is dead.

0:32:49.360 --> 0:32:52.400
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of steam heads, I am a seam head our

0:32:52.400 --> 0:32:53.000
<v Speaker 1>new segment.

0:32:53.080 --> 0:32:55.040
<v Speaker 2>If you want to submit a submission, all you got

0:32:55.040 --> 0:32:55.320
<v Speaker 2>to do is.

0:32:55.320 --> 0:32:58.360
<v Speaker 1>Email me Jeff at Great Game or dot com, send

0:32:58.440 --> 0:33:01.320
<v Speaker 1>me a voice memo. Third to forty seconds, end it

0:33:01.360 --> 0:33:03.360
<v Speaker 1>with I'm Jeff Kirchen and I am a seamhead.

0:33:03.520 --> 0:33:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Obviously your own name, but explaining in that first part

0:33:06.240 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 2>what makes you a seamhead? Dad?

0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:12.880
<v Speaker 1>Today, Joey Malik, I have to say, Joey Malick sent

0:33:13.000 --> 0:33:16.719
<v Speaker 1>you a bit of a seam heead moment back in

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:20.600
<v Speaker 1>two thousand and nine to the Baseball Tonight program, and

0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:23.280
<v Speaker 1>he is now sharing that with us. He said, you

0:33:23.400 --> 0:33:26.760
<v Speaker 1>ended up sharing this on the air before we get

0:33:26.800 --> 0:33:30.040
<v Speaker 1>to it, though, Dad, he said, last week you had

0:33:30.120 --> 0:33:33.800
<v Speaker 1>David Firstman on for the segment like me. David is

0:33:33.880 --> 0:33:36.720
<v Speaker 1>a professional scrabble player.

0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:39.240
<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, okay.

0:33:39.520 --> 0:33:41.960
<v Speaker 1>And he had noted that David, or excuse me, he

0:33:42.000 --> 0:33:45.920
<v Speaker 1>had noted that Dustin Aclee had twelve letters in his name,

0:33:46.040 --> 0:33:49.760
<v Speaker 1>twelve different letters. While impressive, he came up with Buck

0:33:49.800 --> 0:33:55.080
<v Speaker 1>Showalter has thirteen. And he adds that his favorite shortest

0:33:55.080 --> 0:33:57.520
<v Speaker 1>word in the English language containing all the letters in

0:33:57.680 --> 0:34:04.520
<v Speaker 1>Yankees is moneymakers. Really, so the shortest word in the

0:34:04.560 --> 0:34:07.080
<v Speaker 1>English language that you can spell Yankees.

0:34:06.640 --> 0:34:09.200
<v Speaker 2>Out of is money maker. So pretty neat.

0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:11.560
<v Speaker 1>So he added all of that to the email Dad,

0:34:11.880 --> 0:34:16.160
<v Speaker 1>And he also funny fact his dad went to high

0:34:16.200 --> 0:34:18.400
<v Speaker 1>school with Carl Ravitschit's dad.

0:34:19.120 --> 0:34:22.160
<v Speaker 2>Really, Jeff, I keep telling you one of the beauties

0:34:22.160 --> 0:34:26.160
<v Speaker 2>of baseball is there are connections all over the place,

0:34:26.719 --> 0:34:29.080
<v Speaker 2>do you know? I asked people all the time. Do

0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:29.680
<v Speaker 2>you know this guy?

0:34:29.719 --> 0:34:29.839
<v Speaker 3>Oh?

0:34:29.880 --> 0:34:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I played with him in winter Ball. Oh I

0:34:32.000 --> 0:34:36.040
<v Speaker 2>played with him in Bakersfield. So you're telling me Buck Showalter,

0:34:36.080 --> 0:34:40.680
<v Speaker 2>who I spoke with yesterday, has more letters in his

0:34:40.840 --> 0:34:44.000
<v Speaker 2>last name without a repeating letter than anyone. Is that

0:34:44.040 --> 0:34:45.359
<v Speaker 2>what you're telling me? Now?

0:34:45.640 --> 0:34:49.479
<v Speaker 1>I believe it is in his first and last name,

0:34:50.360 --> 0:34:54.960
<v Speaker 1>Buck Showalter, thirteen letters the most without repeating.

0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:59.040
<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm gonna call Buck and tell him that because

0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:03.440
<v Speaker 2>yesterday he and and I had the stupidest conversation ever. Now, Jeff,

0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:06.080
<v Speaker 2>I need to share this with you. Okay. It's a

0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:08.120
<v Speaker 2>pet peeve of mine. And I was slapped on the

0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:11.680
<v Speaker 2>wrist the other day at Baseball Tonight. Okay, I do

0:35:11.800 --> 0:35:15.600
<v Speaker 2>not understand when the trainer goes to the mound to

0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:19.719
<v Speaker 2>check on the pitcher who is injured, we call him

0:35:19.760 --> 0:35:24.560
<v Speaker 2>the athletic trainer. I mean, seriously, Jeff, what else is

0:35:24.680 --> 0:35:28.360
<v Speaker 2>he he's what? Is he a dog trainer, an elephant trainer?

0:35:28.719 --> 0:35:33.600
<v Speaker 2>Of course, he's an athletic trainer. And I think it's redundant.

0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:36.080
<v Speaker 2>So when I brought this up to the assemble guys

0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:40.399
<v Speaker 2>of Baseball Tonight off camera the other day, our boy

0:35:40.440 --> 0:35:44.720
<v Speaker 2>Bushy there, who is one of the producers on the show.

0:35:44.880 --> 0:35:48.400
<v Speaker 2>He said, my dad is an athletic trainer, and he

0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:52.359
<v Speaker 2>is offended. If you just say a trainer goes to

0:35:52.400 --> 0:35:56.600
<v Speaker 2>the mound, you have to call him an athletic trainer.

0:35:56.719 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 2>So I was corrected on this, and that's okay. I

0:36:02.080 --> 0:36:04.440
<v Speaker 2>needed to learn. I just don't think you send a

0:36:04.600 --> 0:36:07.640
<v Speaker 2>personal trainer to the mound and say I think we

0:36:07.760 --> 0:36:11.520
<v Speaker 2>need to do some lunges before you make this next pitch.

0:36:12.160 --> 0:36:14.480
<v Speaker 2>I still think you just send the trainer to the mound.

0:36:14.560 --> 0:36:17.719
<v Speaker 2>That's how I always referred to that guy who went

0:36:17.760 --> 0:36:19.640
<v Speaker 2>to the mound to make sure the pitcher's all right.

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:22.719
<v Speaker 2>Is the trainer? Well, now I stand corrected. He is

0:36:22.760 --> 0:36:26.080
<v Speaker 2>the athletic trainer. Well, good to know. Good to know.

0:36:26.239 --> 0:36:29.319
<v Speaker 1>Along with the MLB, these are things I'm logging that

0:36:29.400 --> 0:36:31.799
<v Speaker 1>I don't screw up. Okay, Well, let's get back to

0:36:31.880 --> 0:36:33.880
<v Speaker 1>I am a seamhead. You and I could go off

0:36:34.120 --> 0:36:37.120
<v Speaker 1>all on our pet peeves here. So back to our

0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:39.400
<v Speaker 1>new friend, but not so new to you Dad. You've

0:36:39.400 --> 0:36:42.560
<v Speaker 1>been in touch with him before he sent you this submission.

0:36:43.239 --> 0:36:44.839
<v Speaker 1>Joey Maleck is a seam head.

0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:48.080
<v Speaker 4>Let's listen on June twenty seventh, two thousand and nine,

0:36:48.080 --> 0:36:49.840
<v Speaker 4>in a game between the Boston Red soft and the

0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:54.279
<v Speaker 4>Atlanta Braves. Marktsee, George Kataris, and Casey Kouchman all played

0:36:54.320 --> 0:36:56.440
<v Speaker 4>in the same game, the only three players in the

0:36:56.480 --> 0:37:00.960
<v Speaker 4>history of baseball whose surname started with kot Now. I

0:37:01.080 --> 0:37:03.080
<v Speaker 4>pointed this out to Tim and he even referenced me

0:37:03.200 --> 0:37:06.759
<v Speaker 4>by name on Baseball tonight that night, so I can

0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:09.880
<v Speaker 4>definitely say I'm Joey Malick and I am a seamhead.

0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:14.760
<v Speaker 1>I love dad that sixteen years later, and you remember

0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:16.360
<v Speaker 1>him sending this in right.

0:37:16.400 --> 0:37:19.560
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I remember like it was yesterday. I remember putting

0:37:19.600 --> 0:37:21.919
<v Speaker 2>it on the air that night. I've written a bunch

0:37:21.920 --> 0:37:24.760
<v Speaker 2>of things over the years, and I've included Joey Mallick's

0:37:24.800 --> 0:37:27.359
<v Speaker 2>name in there, and I double checked, and unless I've

0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:31.640
<v Speaker 2>gotten something wrong, they are still the only three players

0:37:31.920 --> 0:37:36.200
<v Speaker 2>Mark Kotsee, George Katerras, and Casey Kotchman to start their

0:37:36.280 --> 0:37:39.279
<v Speaker 2>names with kot I checked this morning, and unless I've

0:37:39.320 --> 0:37:43.960
<v Speaker 2>missed somebody, it still goes sixteen years later. How about that.

0:37:44.640 --> 0:37:45.680
<v Speaker 2>It's pretty incredible.

0:37:45.760 --> 0:37:48.680
<v Speaker 1>Sixteen years later, it stays true and it's back on

0:37:49.120 --> 0:37:51.120
<v Speaker 1>I am a seam head for is this a great.

0:37:50.920 --> 0:37:51.640
<v Speaker 2>Game or what again?

0:37:51.680 --> 0:37:54.279
<v Speaker 1>If you want to submit, it's really easy. Record a

0:37:54.360 --> 0:37:57.560
<v Speaker 1>voice memo on your phone and then email that voice

0:37:57.560 --> 0:38:01.440
<v Speaker 1>memo to me Jeff at great game dot com.

0:38:01.560 --> 0:38:04.080
<v Speaker 2>Dad, I have no idea what you have planned for

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<v Speaker 2>Team ten, so I'll let you take it from here.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, Jeff, again, this is the theme of

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<v Speaker 2>the week. It's your wedding anniversary. You and Emily were

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<v Speaker 2>married three years ago. The day we're taping this, August

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<v Speaker 2>April thirtieth, twenty twenty two, is the day that you

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<v Speaker 2>got married. So I have and I think you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>part of this before, the All Romance team as a

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<v Speaker 2>tribute to you and Emily. The catcher is Rick Sweet.

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<v Speaker 2>First baseman is Ryan court Court, young lady, at least

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<v Speaker 2>you did in the thirties and forties when you were dating. Yeah, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Bliss, Thank you for that, Jeff, it was unnecessary.

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Bliss is the second baseman. Jonah Bride, my new favorite,

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<v Speaker 2>is the third baseman. Joe Sparks is the shortstop. And

0:38:52.040 --> 0:38:55.080
<v Speaker 2>of course we had Steve Sparks on, but I needed

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<v Speaker 2>a shortstop. Bobby Valentine is one outfielder. Bo Allread is

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<v Speaker 2>another outfielder. I never heard of this guy, but I

0:39:05.560 --> 0:39:08.880
<v Speaker 2>looked him up. Beauty McGowan is one of our outfielders

0:39:08.880 --> 0:39:14.680
<v Speaker 2>and our pictures are my favorite. Slim Love, Ron Darling,

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<v Speaker 2>Richard Lovelady, Brian Woo Woo, a woman I was never

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<v Speaker 2>any good at that Mark Church, which is where you

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<v Speaker 2>get married, and my favorite and this is a tribute

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<v Speaker 2>to you, Jeff, Buddy Groom. That's a great one, Buddy Groom,

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<v Speaker 2>who's almost sixty years old. And I've told you, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want Buddy Groom to come out of retirement

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<v Speaker 2>and face Jonah Bride in one at bat. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest moment of our entire lives, your life, my life,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone's life.

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<v Speaker 1>Dan, you blew it again? What bo Jackson? Bo Bo.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad, I'm going to take so many messages now, Oh

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<v Speaker 2>my gosh, he blew it again. But Bo spelled b eau,

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<v Speaker 2>not b oh, I'll tell you. And like you haven't

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<v Speaker 2>made something stretched farther than that, right, Look, your stretch

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<v Speaker 2>with Chris Sale today was so bad, so don't talk

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<v Speaker 2>to me about stretching. That was worse than anything Willie

0:40:24.160 --> 0:40:27.200
<v Speaker 2>McCovey ever did. And his nickname was stretch. That was

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<v Speaker 2>worse than the kircheins against the Celtics down Please please,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, Joe, we need to end this. You've got

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<v Speaker 2>a meeting. Let's go. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So next week, I said it at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the show, a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher will be

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<v Speaker 1>our guest.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we not tell people who it's gonna be? No,

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<v Speaker 2>well we can, I mean, who cares? It's our show?

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<v Speaker 2>Do we want to tell him? Yes, We've got Tom Glavin,

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<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame pitcher on next week, and he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk a lot of hockey with us, because we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know anything about hockey. He's gonna talk golf with us,

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to talk a lot of baseball with us.

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<v Speaker 2>He was so so enlightening on so many different topics,

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<v Speaker 2>and he made us laugh out loud several times. Make

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<v Speaker 2>sure to tune in for that.

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<v Speaker 1>That'll be this coming Wednesday, and then of course episodes

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<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday and Thursday as well. So Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>Or what dot com, and we'll see you next week.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening, and as always, thank you for

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