WEBVTT - 03/24/22 DPS Hour 3 Dave Roberts 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.520 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:07.680 Sports Radio. I gave this audience an as simon, and 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:11.080 you have delivered. Not straight a's, but you have delivered. 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:15.000 I asked for theme music for mock headlines that we 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:18.720 can play, and then also theme music for Todd's limericks 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:22.040 when we play those, and I think we have found 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:24.759 the leader in the clubhouse for Todd's limericks that we 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:27.200 would play before Todd to give us a limerick. Todd, 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:30.000 would you sing that song that we're going to play 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:33.040 before your limerick? No? No, no, no no no no no 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:38.160 no no no no no no no no was that it? Yeah? Yeah, 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.880 kind of yeah. Clothes yet the lyrics right for sure? 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:46.600 Maybe we should find the original version. No, no, no, 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:53.720 thank you, good bye. Fritzie came in to day and 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.160 he goes, I got one word, best way to promote 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:58.720 Thursday night football. Yes, I feel very good about it. 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.680 I go, well, wait, who was wondering how to promote 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:08.240 Thursday night football? That's one word, best way to promote 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.600 Thursday night football? Al Michaels and Kirk kirk Street, Todd, 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:18.440 Al Amazon, Amazon, I love it. You know you do too, 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:23.640 No offess to Kirk, he's not part of it with 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.080 just contract on the play my play guy. But Amazon 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.280 is a winner in the club. Yes, it should be 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.320 noted that we were in a perfectly good shape to 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.360 get rid of that at about eight thirty this morning. 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.200 But Fritzie goes, oh, I got the I got the 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.560 one word best way to promote Thursday night football, and 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.399 Paul goes save it, see it? And I go, do 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.160 we want to save it? So proud I did, all right? 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.240 So Fritzie also brought this up at eight thirty this morning. 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:53.600 Joe Bucks first words when he's in the booth Monday 0:01:53.680 --> 0:02:02.000 night Football night, Joe bucks first words might be, so, 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.120 are you ready for some football? Troy he's the Hall 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:09.520 of Famer or Troy k Man. I'm Joe Buck. That's good, God, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.720 that's not good. You don't think he's gonna like play 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.359 off of all you're ready for some football? I think 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.680 there's a eighty eight percent chat he's gonna do that. 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:20.280 If you don't, you're get twelve parts. I'll take a 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.040 ply to the face. He's got to make some kind 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:24.880 of replaces that they left Fox or ESPN and they're 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.120 doing Monday Night Football. You can't just say he's the 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.280 Hall of Fan like, pretend nothing happened and they just 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:31.239 all of a sudden, instead of the Sunday afternoon game, 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.640 they're doing Monday night football. So I'm thinking he's gonna 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:35.840 do something with Are you ready for some ply to 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:41.280 the face Amazon? Yeah? Or he'll go he's the Hall 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.920 of Famer. No, he's either this is a peek inside 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.079 our world at around eight thirty in the morning when 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.160 we have our morning meeting and Todd has a bunch 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.720 of things that he says, and then there are times 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.840 when we go, no, save it for the show. They're 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.920 just throwaway lines. You know that someone in media relations 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.160 with Amazon right now either hurt it or someone's gonna 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:02.880 tell them and they're gonna start making the shirts and 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.800 hats al Amazon, And of course let's go, let's get 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.200 that press release going once again. I'll take a pie 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.839 of the face. Are you willing to take a pie 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.359 of the face with Joe Buck? That's very specifical, that's 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.919 a little you can say you have an eighty eight 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:21.079 percent chance. That might have been a little high. I've 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.560 got a little excited there. Yeah, like sixty four Amazon 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:28.880 Prime rib I was a steak guy. That's right, you 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.280 can put those two together. Well, I did come up 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:35.280 with the idea of Steak Night in al America that 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:37.400 we were going to do a show with Al. I 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.240 don't know what the show was about, but it was 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.960 other than he went to steakhouses around when he traveled, 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:46.240 and we would just get his recommendations when he was 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.080 having these steak dinners in America, Yampo. So Steak Night 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.200 Almerica is going to be al. Let's say he was 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.640 in Indianapolis and Peyton Manning was still there. He would 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.880 go to a steakhouse with Oh, that's right, Jim Ursey 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:58.280 or Peyton Manning or Tony Dungee back in the day. Yeah, 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.320 and have a sit down conversation in black and white 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.920 at a steakhouse, little Sinatra in the background, and you 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.040 cut it up and make it into a thirty minute show. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.240 We didn't al signed up for that. Alm was like, 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:13.520 I love it, Yes, Marvin, you know what, we already 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:20.280 have a theme song for Almazon. Almazon, No, no, no, no, Almazon, Almazon, 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.440 thank you? What is the name? What is the name 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:30.599 of that song? How bizarre? How bazarre is is that 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.839 by somebody is it three letters? Is it like? Wow? 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:41.640 M C O MC is correct? Hell, that was like 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.840 an out of body experience. And how bizarre this is 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.719 like a seventy song you played at the FM. No, 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:53.520 I never played that song. That's a nineteen nine song. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.640 We we only played great rock and roll back then. Yes, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.640 I was actually gonna throw my hat in the ring 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.840 the song for Fritzie and and the mock headlines. Um. Now, 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.640 I'm not super familiar with this song, although you definitely 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.920 will be, so I might mess up the UM. I 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.400 don't like cadence of the the rhythm of the song 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.440 a little bit, and I'm also rhythm is gonna get you. 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.640 I wrote some lyrics though, but I'm dealing with this. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.799 Dude is a great singer, so I apologize in advance 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:24.120 for for doing this. Um, Marvin, if you want to 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:28.800 hit the music. He sits alone at his dance go 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:39.680 trying to find something funny to see. He says, Dan's 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:47.480 the one I love most, but Seaton's not far be high. 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:57.120 He always lets Ryan in Todd always takes it on 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:06.279 the chin, especially when his head time to think. He says, 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.279 I don't care it just runs his hands through what 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.279 used to be his hair, and I wait, afraid of God, 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:16.920 you gotta help me find a way. Big moment here, 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:24.200 my head lines the cheers fall down like rain my 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:30.960 head lines. I need something that he's the pain. My 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:37.760 head lines never get a laugh out of me. And 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:44.719 if there's more headlines tomorrow, can't hear me. He can't 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:49.359 hear me. That's just we did that one freestyle. I 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.120 was very well done. You just whipped that up. Yeah. Yeah, 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.120 we came up with the lyrics, but it didn't really 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.920 practice the singing, which that world too nipped up a 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:03.120 batch there. Fritzie still reminiscence about his days at ESPN, 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.520 and he'll occasionally give me a sports center tease. I think. 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.240 I'm like, I want to be a sports center or 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.120 something I never pursued or try. Well, no, it's good 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:17.960 you didn't, but why because I'm only would Okay, do 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:21.160 you want to do your sports center? Yeah, let's do it. 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.440 So explain what this is to the audience so they 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.120 know what you're talking about. That you know, when they 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.000 tease what's coming up on Sports Center? They had these 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.520 little clever lines and plays on words. They'll throw in 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:32.920 a little audio and video it's like the tease. You know, 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.120 I noticed that you only send it to me. You 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.240 didn't send it to Paula because he gets his red 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.720 pen out. He's like, we're not doing that. That's not funny. 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.000 That's he is the executive producer. That's true. Yeah, if 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.000 he should, kind of he should. There's nothing dirty at here. 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.720 It's just made no, but there has been before I did. Okay, 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:54.920 go ahead here here is your Sports Center tease coming 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.320 up on Sports Center? Are the Chiefs over the Hill? 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.800 Why the deal with the Dopplins? Tyreeks HIREE will take 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:04.760 your questions on a needle to no basis Haslam Butler Spolstra, 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:08.160 Oh my things get heated with the heat. Also few 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.400 and far between, will the hog zig while the bulldog zag? 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.120 Cougar of the week? Why Houston can't keep up with 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:17.400 the Cats blue versus Red? Will Coach K's devils be 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:21.040 kowed by the Raiders and never say nova? What's rights 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:24.440 against the Wolverines? Maybe Howard's end? How sweet it is? 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.320 Let the madness resume. Also, the jury is still out 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.520 on Judge. Don't bank on Aaron staying in pinstripes. Plus 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.720 in the doghouse where Mike Mayfield be in may what's 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:39.840 all the bracket? You ask? Good Sports Center? Right about now? Okay, 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.440 didn't your brother used to write those the tease bump units? Yeah, 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.280 they had a group of people writing these things. Yeah, 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.400 Fritzie's brother who's still works at the Mother's Ship. I 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.400 think that. You know, if I'm Mike Greenberg, I would 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.760 hire you just to be that guy, the hype guy. 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.240 I didn't do my stand red for it things. Guy heated? 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:05.000 We're with the heat. Do you think Greeney talks that 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.000 way when he's on vacation with his family? Come on, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.800 get up yelling at his kids. We're at the four seasons. 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:20.600 We gotta get to the zip line right about now? Expected, Yes, Marth, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.920 whenever they go back, they're backing better than ever. Now 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:29.080 bungee jumping? Why not? Let's go? Uh? Did you have 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:33.160 something on the Thursday night Football with the pairing of 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.960 Kirk curb Street and now Michael Amazon? No not, you 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:46.440 shut up, Almazon point. This was certainly a gold rush 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:50.080 for announcers here. So Kirk curb Street and now Michael's 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:53.880 are going to be on Thursday night and U interesting 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:58.320 pairing though, interesting pairing, and I don't buy into this. Well, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.520 Kirk never played in the n FELL. Can we stop 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:06.320 with that. Al Michaels didn't either, And there are guys 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:10.720 who played in the NFL who can't broadcast an NFL game. Plus, 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.319 Herbie is going to see all of these players when 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:16.920 they're in college. That's a great resource to have, and 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.719 Al has seen them all as professionals. You put those 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.720 two together and I think it's going to work out. 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.880 I don't. I don't know. If you tune into a 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.520 game and you go, well, that guy he doesn't know football, 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.600 or he only played three years, that guy never won 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.320 a playoff game? What's he No? I don't. I mean, 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.160 I don't know if we do that to announcers. There 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.600 are people who didn't know that John Madden coached in 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:46.800 the NFL. They were like, they got the video game 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:48.880 guy and he's doing games. I go, he's a Hall 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:52.840 of Fame coach, he won a Super Bowl. Oh, I 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.440 just know him as the video game guy. Yeah. This 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.160 goes back to like a year and a half ago, 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.920 Fowler and her Street did Monday Night Football kind of 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:01.719 out of nowhere. Remember they were given it to like 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:03.760 Greeny and Golic in different groups like that. A couple 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.200 of years ago, the Mothership and follow Herbstreet went in, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.760 and I remember I'm looking at some articles now like 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.080 why following herb Street their college guys? But then Tuesday morning, 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.520 what a nice job by following herb Street spotless broadcast 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.160 great chemistry and they become, especially Kirk, involved in this 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.400 topic for a while. Now. Yeah, I was surprised Amazon 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.959 went after Kirk kurb Street, and not because he doesn't 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.920 have the experience. I didn't know if he'd be able 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.520 to do that, if the Mothership would allow him. Because 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.240 now you have to do so Let's say you prepare, 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.720 you go in Wednesday. You got to talk to these teams. 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.600 Now you could do that over zoom, I guess, but 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.679 you're going in. Got to hit the ground running all 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:47.040 day Thursday, Friday. You're going to travel to wherever college 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:51.120 game day is, get up early Saturday morning. You could 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:54.559 be in Oxford, Mississippi. And then he's got that game 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:58.280 Saturday night with Chris Fowler. That could be USC Oregon, 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:04.720 and that's pretty intense. But he also doubled his salary. 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.480 I'm sure so that that helps. But I you know, 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.880 I know, I'm rooting for Herbie. I mean, I think 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.720 he'll do a great job there, but because he knows 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:17.679 the college guys and how many guys are in that 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:21.280 position who do follow college football the way Herbie does, 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.520 and you can sort of take us through. And if 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.200 you're playing college football, you got to be there for 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.440 at least three years before you're eligible for the draft. 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.959 So he does have a good sample size of being 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.760 able to see these players. Yeah. Point, I really like 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.320 Kirk with al Michaels because if you look, remember when 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:38.840 Kirk for a bunch of years was with Brent Musburger. 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.800 Brent Musburger is a lot older, but they had fun together. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.920 They kept it fun because Brent is not a doesn't 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:47.000 have old man like where he's like dry and doesn't 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:48.480 have humor. I think it's gonna be the same with 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.040 al Michaels're gonna have a good time. By the way, 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.800 the New York City Mayor Eric Adams will lift the 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:58.840 city's COVID nineteen vaccine mandate on athletes today, paving the 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:02.840 way for Kyrie or to play home games. So this Sunday, 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:06.000 Kyrie will be able to play a home game. Also, 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.439 you got the Yankees and Mets have players who are unvaccinated, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:14.240 they get to play in their April home openers. This 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:18.800 according to ESPN, this was announced yesterday, but Kyrie after 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:23.120 last night's loss against Memphis, was asked about this mandate 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:28.360 being lifted. Not ask me any questions about hypotheticals. What's 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:33.560 gonna happen? Please do not so anything is official. Please 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:37.080 not ask me any questions about there, y'all. Okay, you 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.080 know he doesn't want to fan the flames. Now. I 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:42.440 thought that when he bought a ticket to go watch 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:46.080 the Nets play at home, that to me was poking 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:50.400 the bear. That's like, here's your mask mandate. I got 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.320 a ticket, but I can't play in the game. And 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:55.080 I said, look, I mean it sounds silly, It looks silly. 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:59.240 But you know, I don't have sympathy for Kyrie, but 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.760 you admire him that he did stick to his position 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.520 here and it wasn't a popular position, certainly with his 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.079 team with Kevin Durant and for their chances of winning 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.880 a title here. But it might work out. It might 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:19.080 unintentionally work out. When the Nets played the Sixers and 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.960 I saw Kyrie take it to James Harden, I mean 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:27.880 he took it to and that who that opened my 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.840 eyes a little bit of oh, you know the new 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:35.120 shack in Kobe, which people were silly in saying. Kyrie's going, 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.000 oh really, that's the new Kobe. You want some of 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.400 this smoke here? And he took it to James Harden. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:46.320 I'd love to see that matchup in the postseason because 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:50.600 Kyrie not afraid and he is a wonderful player. But 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.400 he put his money where his mouth was and said, look, 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.080 I'm not going to play. I don't believe in this. 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.520 While I don't agree with that, I do admire that 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:03.240 he did say, look, I'm not going to play. Yeah, Paul, 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.280 Kyrie Irving's only played seven hundred and thirty minutes this season. 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.880 The top NBA players are like at twenty two hundred. 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:12.040 To give you, Lebron James is at over two thousand minutes. 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.160 Kyrie's at seven hundred. 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Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.680 Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:36.040 until noon Eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.240 and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:43.800 FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. More 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.360 phone calls coming up. Eight seven seven three d P 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:54.520 Show Dave Roberts, Dodgers manager, one a World Series as 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:56.880 a player of the Red Sox and as the Dodgers 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.920 manager and former National League Manager of the Year, joining 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.920 us from spring training. Dave, Good to have you back 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:07.520 on how did the sort of abbreviated spring training affect 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.000 your approach on how you're going to get everybody ready? 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.960 You know, DP it was, it was different. It was 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.880 a frenzy. There was a lot of trust that had 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:22.840 to be kind of accounted for because we couldn't talk 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:24.879 to the players and we just had to hope that 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.600 they were going to be ready, starting pitchers in particular, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.240 And so once we get there, it's kind of an 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:35.720 overall conversation assessment and super guys rat But with our guys, 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.959 to a man, it's been really good. And uh, you know, 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:42.960 whether it's Clayton or Walker, you know, guys are putting 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:46.680 their work built up and it's been good. But obviously 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:48.880 and we'll get to Freddie later, but I know that, 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.120 you know, Freddie just kind of getting him his feet wet, 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:53.840 So he's a kind of a late arrival at camp. 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:56.040 But guys like that. But right now we're kind of 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.959 on track. How are you told that the Dodgers are 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:05.399 signing Freddie Freeman? So I kind of joke DP that 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.640 it was kind of the worst kept secret in all 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.119 of baseballs that and I say that in a sense 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:14.320 that it's something that I think everyone wanted and we 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.119 were involved in trying to make it work. And then, uh, 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.640 you know, once that olds and trade went down, I 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.240 was with Andrew and we were going over over our 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:26.720 roster and some other baseball ops guys upstairs. It's kind 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.359 of about maybe ten o'clock at night, and so we 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.840 finalized the deal that night. So Andrew and I called 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:37.399 Freddie together and congratulated him, and I know he was thrilled. 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.640 And just to get him in that Dodge uniform, man, 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.040 it's pretty special. Didn't he show up in his suit 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:49.159 holding his baseball glove? Yes? He did. So the funny 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:50.720 thing is that he had a suit, he had some 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:54.359 like Swede boots or some shoes on. So this is 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:58.080 the Bobby Cox pedigree. Man, it's you know, you're tight, 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:00.960 classy and all dressed up. So I think he was 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:02.840 JT and some other guy that game a lot of 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.840 greed and he was laughing. He goes, Okay, I'm gonna 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.879 beit in just fine here in this ball with this organization. 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.560 I was wondering about Clayton Kershaw when I saw the deal. 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:13.720 It felt like it was a team friendly deal and 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.560 it was a one year deal, and it feels like 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.959 this might be year to year with Clayton, or am 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:23.719 I reading too much into this? I think that's it's 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.439 fair as far as a year to year situation. I 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.720 think right now he's in a position where he can 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.160 dictate where he wants to play. And obviously he's a 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:37.280 Dodger for life, Dodger the legend, but Texas his home 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:39.959 and so that's been kind of made public. But right 0:19:40.000 --> 0:19:42.360 now we're he's a Dodger for for this year. We'll 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:45.400 see what happens next year. And I think that there's 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:51.000 some incentives in there. But obviously the player, Clayton liked 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.560 the deal, and there's something he said for being a Dodger, 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:55.720 so you can see him. It's not out of the 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.119 realm of possibilities. That he could end his career as 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:03.240 a Texas Ranger. You know what with Clayton, I don't 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:05.880 want to speak for him DP, but I could see 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.000 that that's a possibility. But that's up to him and 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:10.960 Ellen so and I don't I don't know that answer. 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:15.359 Did you go to football games this past year? I did. 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:21.520 I went to my first Rams game and so I 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:26.000 saw that NFC Championship game and then I actually had 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:27.480 a chance to go to the Super Bowl as well. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:34.040 So pretty remarkable stadium and crazy vibe. It was awesome. Well, 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.680 I know you're a football guy. You've talked about that before. 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:40.240 You know, you do? You do? You look out there 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:42.320 and go, how could I possibly think that I would 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:47.200 want to play that sport professionally? Oh? Absolutely? That was 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.800 the best decision I made to get off the grid 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:52.760 Ireland and get on the baseball at time. And I 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:55.520 had a chance to meet a Dominican sue a couple 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:57.680 of years ago at Dodger Stadium, and I just see 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:01.200 this guy knowing that he out he's got me by 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:04.280 probably one hundred and fifty pounds and he can outrun me. 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.080 So that's what you're dealing with in the NFL. Man, 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:12.520 it's crazy. Are you up on all the rule changes? No? 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:15.520 You want to build me in. No. I have a 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:17.679 cheat sheet that's helping me a little bit. And then 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:20.520 I know there's a Showhyo Tani rule that's in there, 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:23.719 and it seems to be a lot going on. How 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:26.400 do you how do you keep all of this sorted out? 0:21:27.640 --> 0:21:29.960 You know what? I got a bench coach, Bob Garrett, 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.119 He's he's the rules guy. Danny and I have no idea. 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.240 Many seems like kay change all the time, and there's 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:38.480 gonna be something that's going to be implemented here in 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:42.080 about a week or maybe April sixth, the day before opening. 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:44.520 They I don't know. I just I got enough on 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:47.199 my plate to worry about these until it's a minute. 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:50.280 I really don't take too much attention. Do you think 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:53.399 that we're going to see more players try to do 0:21:53.440 --> 0:22:00.919 what Showho Tani's doing. No, because I don't think that 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:05.040 they can. I think in theory, I think every player 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:08.320 wishes they can be showing he Otani. But there's a 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.000 reason why he But maybe ten years from now, though, 0:22:11.119 --> 0:22:14.400 Dave that you you you're almost preparing for usually your 0:22:14.400 --> 0:22:18.119 best player as a pitcher, and a shortstop. And so 0:22:18.280 --> 0:22:20.720 I don't know if we would see a twelve year 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:23.240 old go I plan on pitching and hitting, you know, 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:27.560 and playing the field in the majors. Yeah, I mean, 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:29.680 I guess that's fair. I guess that's fair because I 0:22:29.760 --> 0:22:32.439 think that right now you look at a little bit 0:22:32.480 --> 0:22:36.200 of a broader look as far as travel ball and 0:22:36.560 --> 0:22:39.399 where now, when I played, there's no such thing as 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:42.359 as a po and a po I guess is a 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:45.840 pitcher only. And so you know, when I came up, 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:48.119 when you came up, we kind of pitch play. The 0:22:48.200 --> 0:22:50.120 best player is certainly going to pitch at some point. 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:54.720 So certainly show Hey is a is a mate, is 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:56.639 a superstar, is a face, one of the faces of 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:59.600 Major League baseball, So yeah, people might try to emulate. 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:02.280 So yeah, if you look ten years down the road, 0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:06.040