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Speaker 1: This is the latest episode of Fish Bites. I am

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Speaker 1: your host, Danny Martinez, and it is always it's a

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Speaker 1: pleasure to have you on with me. I know everyone

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Speaker 1: says that when you log into a radio show and

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Speaker 1: you click play on a podcast, but if you've gotten

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Speaker 1: to know me, you know that I genuinely mean it.

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Speaker 1: I love this fan base, I appreciate I love this organization,

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Speaker 1: and whether it's in agreement or in disagreement, I am

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Speaker 1: genuinely humbled and honored and happy that you are listening

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Speaker 1: and that we get to have this conversation together. Now,

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Speaker 1: today we have two fun conversation pieces. One is based

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Speaker 1: off of an article that I wrote that received a

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Speaker 1: lot of publicity, not just from Fist Stripes, from members

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Speaker 1: in the Miami media, from members in the Miami Marlins media,

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Speaker 1: a lot of feedback that was sent my way. Which

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Speaker 1: are the top ten myths that Marlin's fans are tired

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Speaker 1: of hearing? If you want to read the article, because

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go through this portion of the conversation

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Speaker 1: piece very quickly, make sure to log in Fishstripes dot com.

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Speaker 1: As soon as you log in, you could search for

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Speaker 1: top ten myths and my piece will come up, or

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Speaker 1: you could go to the masked head click under my

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Speaker 1: name and you'll see the piece listed with all the

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Speaker 1: other pieces that I've conducted. But I got a lot

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Speaker 1: of good feedback from this, and a few individuals said

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Speaker 1: with it. So I'm going to talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about that, but that will be the vast minority of

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Speaker 1: this conversation because the reality is that those of you

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Speaker 1: that have listened and have read that have already received

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Speaker 1: this content. The flip side of this is the second piece,

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Speaker 1: which I'm really excited for, because number one, it's a

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Speaker 1: different tone than you might be used to from me,

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Speaker 1: the individuals have requested. So if I'm giving you the

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Speaker 1: top ten myths Marlins fans are tired of hearing, I'm

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Speaker 1: also going to give you the ten things I would

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Speaker 1: have done differently in this rebuild. Now, when I get

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Speaker 1: to it, I'm going to express it. Listen. It's a

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Speaker 1: in this There are some things that I'll mention that

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Speaker 1: I critiqued while it was happening, So I critiqued it

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Speaker 1: back then and I'm critiquing it now. There are some

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Speaker 1: something that should have been done differently. And then there

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Speaker 1: enough information for me to say, oh I support this.

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Speaker 1: I don't support this from the outside looking in. But

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Speaker 1: making and assessment. So those are the two conversations for today.

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Speaker 1: Top ten things that Marlins fans are tired of hearing

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Speaker 1: I dance. We're going to finish with the pitching performance

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Speaker 1: Top ten myths received a lot of really good feedback.

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Speaker 1: It was an article that I did extensive research on

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Speaker 1: some legal parameters. I was able to discuss some of

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Speaker 1: the Marlins organizations getting feedback from fans things they're tired

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Speaker 1: of hearing that are just myths. Right and Eli Eli

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Speaker 1: Sussman is the managing editor of Fish Stripes. He's also

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Speaker 1: the individual that does my I guess leading lines or

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Speaker 1: So what are the top ten things that Marlin's fans

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Speaker 1: The Marlins are going to leave Miami. I won't go

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Speaker 1: over it if you think that that's what's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: I am someone who loves the University of Miami. I

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Speaker 1: and that's perfectly fine. But I'm not going to blast

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Speaker 1: So for any of those that continue saying the Marlins

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Speaker 1: After that, it's not going to happen. Number two, attendance

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Speaker 1: not just baseball, all professional sports inflate their numbers. This

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Speaker 1: reported attendance for the Marlins was off fifty one percent,

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Speaker 1: Now it's not by a lot, it's less maybe even

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Speaker 1: myth three, so we'll get to it, that Miami will

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Speaker 1: most individuals will say, oh, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny. There's

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Speaker 1: going to be exciting for us in Sunrise, I could

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Speaker 1: say the same thing about the Dolphins. Listen, the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: aware that this is what happens. Miami has a lot

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Speaker 1: But when Miami wins all of a sudden, when it

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Speaker 1: This is what happens when Miami wins. People come out.

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Speaker 1: Myth number three, Mimi will never support baseball. I call

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Speaker 1: they have a way to be at the table? Absolutely

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Speaker 1: every partnership should. The Marlins and Fox Sports Florida are

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Speaker 1: in a contract, They're in a partnership. They should have

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Speaker 1: input in what is happening. But if you think that

433
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Speaker 1: the Miami Marlins can terminate the contract of an employee

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Speaker 1: who gets a check from an entirely different company, I

435
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Speaker 1: don't know what to tell you, especially not in this contract.

436
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:32,160
Speaker 1: Everyone knows Fox Sports Florida has basically done at will

437
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 1: whatever they want with the Marlins in this last contract.

438
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,640
Speaker 1: It is the worst TV contract marketing contract in all

439
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Speaker 1: of baseball, if not all of sports. So I can

440
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Speaker 1: guarantee you that the Marlins are not walking into a

441
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Speaker 1: room in strong arming Fox Sports Florida executives. It's not happening.

442
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,400
Speaker 1: This concept that they are the ones that should be blamed,

443
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Speaker 1: or that they are the ones that should be praised

444
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Speaker 1: for additions or terminations is just false. The same way

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Speaker 1: at a much lesser extent. I understand we're not Fox

446
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Speaker 1: Sports Florida, but we communicate and have partnerships with with

447
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 1: the Marlins the same way that they don't control our content,

448
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: the same way that I could say whatever I want. Listen,

449
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna guarantee you that my Marlins didn't call me

450
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 1: up and say, hey, you know what you should do

451
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: on your next podcast, on your next on air recording,

452
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Speaker 1: you should do the top ten things that you would

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Speaker 1: do differently in our rebuilds. I can guarantee you that

454
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Speaker 1: that's not what would happened here. They don't control content.

455
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Speaker 1: We of course want to be professional. I'm sure Fox

456
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Speaker 1: Sports Florida does as well. But for those of you

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Speaker 1: that continue to bring up the Rich Waltz and the

458
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Speaker 1: Tommy Hutton situation and some of the content control where

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Speaker 1: you hear Fox Sports Florida be positive. Oh so they're

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Speaker 1: being positive because the Marlins asks them to. It's simply false.

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Speaker 1: Simply false. Those are the top ten myths Marlins fans

462
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Speaker 1: are tired of listening to and tired of hearing. I

463
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Speaker 1: know I'm tired of listening to them. If you want

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Speaker 1: to leave a comment, if you want to discuss it

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Speaker 1: a little bit more, sent me in email. If not,

466
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Speaker 1: go to five fish Stripes dot com find the article

467
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Speaker 1: top ten myths Marlins fans are tired of hearing, and

468
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Speaker 1: make sure to leave a reply down in the common section.

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Speaker 1: So now we're going to transition into ten things that

470
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Speaker 1: I think I would have done differently in the rebuild

471
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Speaker 1: and listen, I already said it in the introduction. Full

472
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Speaker 1: of hindsight and full of playing the results. Some things

473
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Speaker 1: I criticize, some things I praise, some things I was

474
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Speaker 1: neutral on when it was happening, But all things that

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Speaker 1: would take a good to very good rebuild at face

476
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 1: value thus far and would have made it closer to perfection,

477
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Speaker 1: closer to just out of the park. You hit a

478
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: grand Slam type of rebuild. Again, these are not ordered

479
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,560
Speaker 1: in any particular fashion, but they are the ten things

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Speaker 1: that I would have done differently in this rebuild. Number one,

481
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Speaker 1: I would have been more transparent with the fan base

482
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Speaker 1: from the initial launch of the rebuild. And now, you know,

483
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Speaker 1: this doesn't mean that you have to declear rebuild like

484
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Speaker 1: the way that Mike Scott did in the office. Right,

485
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: I declare bankruptcy. That's now what I'm saying. I didn't

486
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 1: need Bruce Sherman or Derek Jeter to stand up and say,

487
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: this is exactly what is happening. We are going to

488
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Speaker 1: trade Stanton and then we are going to trade a

489
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Speaker 1: Zoon to know, because that makes no sense that there

490
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: are some fans that want that. I'm sorry that that

491
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: is incredibly stupid. You know, no GM, no executives ever

492
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,119
Speaker 1: going to do that, because number one, it's disrespectful to

493
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Speaker 1: the players that you're shipping out. And number two, it's

494
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,959
Speaker 1: like going to war and giving the blueprints to the

495
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: opposing the opposing country. I mean, come on, this isn't

496
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Speaker 1: something that you do. However, there are ways of saying

497
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 1: it that are a little bit more palatable while still

498
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,919
Speaker 1: telling your fan base what to expect something as simple

499
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Speaker 1: as listen, we are going to follow the lineage of

500
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: other successful team transformations, such as the Astros and the Cubs.

501
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: They were in similar positions like us. They had not

502
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,399
Speaker 1: been winning for multiple decades at a time or a

503
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: long period. We are going to start from the ground up.

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Speaker 1: Some will come back and say, Danny, you know, Jeter

505
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:01,879
Speaker 1: kind of said that. Jeter said that there will be

506
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: some tough decisions, you know. Mike Hill said that we

507
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 1: have to build this from the from the bottom up,

508
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: from rookie ball all the way to the major league level.

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00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 1: I understand that, but I still think that there should

510
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: have been a little bit more transparency and just honesty,

511
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,439
Speaker 1: like the whole Oh, we're not going to call it

512
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Speaker 1: a rebuild, it to build. Okay, that's great. I mean,

513
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Speaker 1: I don't know what marketing specialists came up with that

514
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: it's a rebuild. Like that's what it is. It is

515
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,680
Speaker 1: a rebuilt. It's been a really successful one, and maybe

516
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 1: if we had just been a little bit more open

517
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: and transparent about it in the beginning of it, we

518
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: wouldn't have the backlash that we got. Because public relations

519
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: is much better right now than it was a year ago.

520
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: But holy moley, public relations was awful a year ago

521
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: because there was this lack of transparency and and you

522
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: know this, this this national media perspective that ran away

523
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: with dirty dealings. Oh, how they told Stanton to accept

524
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: the contract and accept the trade, you're going to be

525
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: stuck here. How they didn't discuss anything with Christian yeliche.

526
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: Those are both things that have been heavily, heavily disputed

527
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: from people that I would trust telling me if it

528
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 1: was true or not true. But because they weren't transparent

529
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: and they did not get ahead of it, it's still

530
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Speaker 1: something that people believe. I think that they had to

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Speaker 1: have been a lot more transparent with the fan base

532
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: from the initial lunch, and that that town hall that

533
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Speaker 1: I was a part of would have been a good

534
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Speaker 1: time to do that. And instead there was levels of honesty,

535
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: but it was flirting with professional political talk, you know,

536
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: the way to sidestep a question. It just would have

537
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: been better to say, we're following the Astros, we're following

538
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: the Cubs. Give me two three years and watch what

539
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: I could do this organization number two. Oh, how great

540
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 1: would it have been if they had convinced Christian Yelich

541
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Speaker 1: to buy into the plan. Look, we all know how

542
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: this turns out, okay, regardless of the talent of Isandias

543
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: and Monte Harris and Jordianomoto and what still may become

544
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 1: of Lewis Prinston. Deal is haunting at the moment. And

545
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: that's coming from someone who loves the concept of who

546
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: Isan Diaz is and Monte Harrison is and who they

547
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: can be as well as Yams and Lewis for the

548
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: future of this organization. But there's simply no way around

549
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: the fact that Yelich has become little Mike Trout over

550
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: in Milwaukee, and that the reality is and this is

551
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: something that has been reported by the big national media

552
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: and I can confirm this. The Marlins plan was to

553
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 1: keep him. He was controllable, He had the contract extension

554
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: at a very team friendly deal. The plan for like

555
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: the five hundredth time, was to keep Christian Yelich in

556
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: a Miami Marlins jersey and let him be the cornerstone

557
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: moving forward. But we know that he publicly demands a trade.

558
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: I often say he threw a tantrum, even if I

559
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: don't blame him for and I want to be a

560
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: part of the rebuild. He threw a tantrum and it

561
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: wasn't just at the executives, it was public through his agent,

562
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: his agents saying, oh, we have, you know, a relationship

563
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: that could not be mended. I mean, come on, really,

564
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: how dramatic, How dramatic to sound cuban for just a second,

565
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: But he did. Then the Marlins panicked and they appeased

566
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: him by fielding the offers and by trading him, something

567
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: they did not do with j. T Rumudo Roumudo at

568
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 1: fan Fest, the reports came out from Craig Mish that

569
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: he was asking for a trade, but the Marlins waited.

570
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: The Marlins waited an entire year, almost to the date

571
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: that that report came out by Craig Mish, and then

572
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: they traded him, and they got a very good deal

573
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: for him. They got a very good young catcher in

574
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Speaker 1: George Alfarau, and they got a future ace. I mean,

575
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: just any thoughts and doubts you had about him can

576
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: be put away. Six those Sanchez is destroying minor league baseball,

577
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 1: even after his promotion. A future ace in six those

578
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: Sanchez and an arm that could be either a pen

579
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: arm or could be someone that comes up as a

580
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: fifth or four starter and will stew it a beautiful deal.

581
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: You would have wished they could have done something like

582
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: that with Christian Yelich. But my regret really isn't that.

583
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: My regret really is that they did not convince him

584
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: to buy into the plan. If that happens, what an

585
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: entirely different outlook we would have right now on this

586
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: rebuild because you already have your four win player to

587
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: pair with your other four win player in Brian Anderson.

588
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: It would have been a beautiful situation if they had

589
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: convinced him to buy into the plan. Say, listen, I

590
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: understand that Stanton's gone. I understand you're all upset about that.

591
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: You have a contract. You need to show up, and

592
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: this is what you're going to be rewarded with because

593
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: in three years, when this farm system is top four

594
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: five in baseball, then you're really going to be able

595
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 1: to know what competitive baseball feels like. Maybe they tried.

596
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: I can't confirm that they didn't. Maybe they tried to

597
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: deal with him, and that's when the agent comes out with, no,

598
00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: our relationship is past the point of return, and that's

599
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: the point of mending. All right. Maybe they tried and

600
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: he wasn't having it. Maybe it really was a full

601
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: out tantrum. He wanted to go, and he's gone. But

602
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: make no mistake about it. Regret number two and what

603
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: I would have tried to do differently is gone out

604
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: of my way to convince Christian Yeliche to buy into

605
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 1: the plant. Number three, This is one of the moves

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00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: that I actually applauded and had no issue with while

607
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: it was happening, But now I look back and I

608
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: think it could have been done differently. Number three is

609
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: the Miami centric promotion marketing packages that they really went with.

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00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: You know, it makes sense. I mean, all of their

611
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: marketing was Miami centric. It was very geographically located and

612
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: focused on Miami and it's surrounding little towns and suburbs,

613
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: but only Miami Dade, to the point that individuals from

614
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: Broward and Palm Beach felt like they were being excluded,

615
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: to the point that individuals from Broward and Palm Beach said,

616
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: all right, fine, I'm not making the drive down there.

617
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: If all you care about is Hyaliah, I'm not going

618
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: to make the drive down there. Now. Listen, you know

619
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Speaker 1: it makes sense. It made sense for the quote Miami

620
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: unquote Marlins to hyper focus on Miami. I get that,

621
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: but I also think that someone probably just fed the

622
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 1: executive some bad information there because the reality is that

623
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 1: most of us are aware that a vast percentage of

624
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: the fans have always been even after Lauria kind of

625
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: screwed them by not going Tri County by just going

626
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: with Miami Dade for the stadium location. Of course, even

627
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: after continue to be browered located Marlins fans. I know

628
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 1: a bunch of them because I'm right next to all

629
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: of them. I mean, I get it, I get it

630
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: they went Miami centric, but it's an issue, and I

631
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: think that that's something they should have done differently. Marlin's

632
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: fans span all the way up to the Palm Beaches

633
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: in Jupiter because of spring training, because that's where some

634
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: of our older Marlins fans live. I want to live

635
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: there one day too. So that's not a spy at you.

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00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: It's just a truth. And a lot of individuals still

637
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: are in Brower. Now. I did report this and I

638
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: sent it out that they're fixed it. They are fixing this.

639
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: They are now starting to roll out the same type

640
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: of packages that you know the City Knights. So the

641
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: Hayalia Knights and the Coral Gables Knights and the Coconut

642
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: Grove Knights. They're starting to roll that same kind of

643
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 1: package out and marketing for Broward located cities and fans.

644
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: They're expanding it. I believe the first round is coming

645
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,800
Speaker 1: soon with pember Pines and Miramar. Those are Broward cities,

646
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: Broward towns. It's they're starting to expand. And that's okay

647
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: if that was the initial plan. Right, Let's start at home.

648
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,439
Speaker 1: Let's start in little Havana, like right here, right next

649
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: to our park. Let's walk out of our stadium and

650
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 1: into the hotels and into the motels and into the

651
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 1: complexes there, and let's give up flyers. We are starting

652
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: like if we are a Grade A one political team,

653
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: and then we're going to expand our nets until we

654
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: get to Broward. If that was the plan, okay, so

655
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: be it. They're at Broward now. It's fixes things. But

656
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: I think in the beginning they should have just simply

657
00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: been more inclusive. And it wasn't like they were telling

658
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: people and Brower not to come to games. But when

659
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,839
Speaker 1: you only focus on one geographical location, I understand how

660
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: another geographical location might just be a little upset and

661
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 1: left out. So number three the Mimi centric promotions. Number

662
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 1: four I would have targeted a balanced approach of safe

663
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: hitting and pitching tools over superstar trades. Someone in Fangrafts

664
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 1: wrote this, I believe a few months ago, where they

665
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 1: were basically singing the praises of the Marlins for going

666
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: for it. You know, every single trade was they give

667
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: me your most volatile but possible superstar player prospect return

668
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna accept or. We have examples of this

669
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: littered across the first layer of trades that were made

670
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: with Lewis Brinton and Monte Harrison, eastn Dia, Sandy Contrera,

671
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 1: George Guzman. These are all individuals that could all be

672
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: superstars if they panned out, but had questions with their

673
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: hit tool or had questions with their control while also

674
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:07,239
Speaker 1: having immense power or immense flashy skills and then a

675
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,720
Speaker 1: velocity that could kick one hundred with a lot of movement.

676
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: We saw the same pattern over and over again. They

677
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:20,240
Speaker 1: targeted players with incredibly high ceilings but incredibly low floors

678
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 1: and bust ability. It's something that I would have done

679
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: a little differently. Now. Interesting how they course corrected this

680
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: over the past deadline, because now they combined a jazz

681
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: Chisholm who again has that superstar trait, has that superstar ceiling,

682
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: but is very volatile with much safer hitting prospects like

683
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,919
Speaker 1: a Laywin Diaz who does not strike out very much

684
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: but hits for power, makes good contact, like a hiss

685
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: Su Sanchez, who is at the moment the bonafide best

686
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: prospect in the system from a bat's perspective. Six So

687
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: Sanchez is still that guy overall, but from a bat's perspective,

688
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: it's HEYESU Sanchez. I'm telling you think Christian Yelich before

689
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: he came up, that is who this guy can be.

690
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: I'm not talking about MVP Christian Yelich hitting forty hole runs.

691
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: I'm talking about Christian Yelich prior. This is who he

692
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: can be. You get your Christian Yelich two point zero,

693
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: your repeat. Try to buy him into the plan. But

694
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: they balanced that out. They also we also saw this

695
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: new pattern of balancing out safe with risk over the draft.

696
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:30,320
Speaker 1: Right they took the safe bat. They took for financial

697
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: reasons because they were trying to buy and trying to

698
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: overslought a lot of really high talent, but for some reason,

699
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: safe reasons. They also took a lot of college bats.

700
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: They took some college arms. I mean this, They took

701
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: safer prospects, is the case that I'm trying to get to.

702
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,280
Speaker 1: It's nice to see that because that was not something

703
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 1: we saw last year. Last year they again took the

704
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 1: high school batter and the high school shortstopped the prep

705
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:03,720
Speaker 1: army took these players that were risky. Again, twenty eighteen

706
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: was riskier apparently for the Mima Marlins. Give me all

707
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: of your riskiest prospects, give me all your riskiest draftees,

708
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 1: and then and then we'll see what happens. And they

709
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: course corrected this year. But that's something that I would

710
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,439
Speaker 1: have loved to have seen from the beginning. I would

711
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 1: have loved to have seen that balance of for every

712
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: Jazz Chisholm, we have a Hey sus Sanchez and Laywin Diaz.

713
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: That pattern and that formula they did at the deadline,

714
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: that should have been the pattern and formula that they

715
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:32,240
Speaker 1: did for all of their deals. For every Lewis Prinston,

716
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: I wanted to have a hero from from Milwaukee or

717
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 1: a safer prospect that I'm sure is going to hit. Now,

718
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: I personally believe East Sandias and Monte Harrison are still

719
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: going to hit. And when I mean hit, I don't

720
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 1: actually mean like bat to ball. I mean hit as in,

721
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: they're gonna hit close to their ceilings, like they're gonna

722
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: get close to their things. They're going to accomplish successful careers.

723
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: I genuinely believe that it's the same guy that told

724
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: you about Zach Gallen. I was laughed at, Well, I'm

725
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: telling you this about eastn Diaz. Believe it. I believe

726
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: with Monte as well, as long as he's healthy. So

727
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: I am not trying to bash on that sometimes you

728
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 1: do hit with your superstar traits. I just think they

729
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: needed a little bit more balanced. The fifth thing that

730
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 1: I would have done differently in this rebuild, understanding that

731
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: this is all hindsight and that we're also looking back

732
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: at this is I would have completed the rebranding going

733
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 1: into twenty twenty instead of going into twenty nineteen. I

734
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: believe it was George. Believe it was George who came

735
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,760
Speaker 1: on and had that conversation. If it wasn't, please correct

736
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: me whoever it was. But I lost my notes and

737
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,919
Speaker 1: I couldn't confirm it. He came on and he said

738
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: something very similar where he said, I would have liked

739
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: to have done the rebranding, so the different jerseys, the

740
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,760
Speaker 1: different colors, Arco Lorees into twenty twenty and not twenty nineteen,

741
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: because twenty nineteen is still very much so a rebuilding

742
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: year with a lot of losing. Right we all understand that.

743
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 1: If you haven't grasped that by now, I feel bad

744
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: for you, and it kind of taints the perspective of

745
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: the rebuild. Think about it right now. Think about us

746
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 1: right now in those same old, ugly jerseys, just my opinion,

747
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: you're allowed to have a different one. And then us

748
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: having the top four farm system in baseball, still having

749
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: a top fifteen rotation, even with all of the injuries

750
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: and all of the performances lately from annec who has

751
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: nothing to do with the future plans of the Marlins,

752
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 1: Eliazer Hernandez was probably a pen arm Even with that,

753
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: still a good young pitching rotation and much better talent

754
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: coming up in the arms and in the bats. And

755
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: now all of a sudden we hear that the Marlins

756
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: are also rebranding for next year. You want to talk

757
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 1: about season tickets going up, you want to talk about

758
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: retail going up. Twenty twenty is the first year that

759
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 1: we really should start seeing this team be close to

760
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: what that previous core was, a seventy to seventy five

761
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: win team, if even better, depending on how many prospects

762
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 1: get called up and how long they're learning. Curve is

763
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,919
Speaker 1: at the major league level something we're seeing with esan.

764
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: But you know, quite frankly, no, it should be worried

765
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: with this happens. Depending on all of those factors, the

766
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 1: Marlins and their fan base could be relative 'tively excited

767
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: for next year from a competitive standpoint. Imagine adding a

768
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: brand new, sexy, clean rebrand to that, especially if it

769
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: would have been compounded and built upon the fact that

770
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 1: they updated their stadium this year. It would have been

771
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,840
Speaker 1: a beautiful time. It would have been a beautiful marriage.

772
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: Now they didn't do it. They did it this year

773
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: as a way to show the fans, look, we are

774
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: doing something, and I'm okay with that. I'm okay with it.

775
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: I just think that now in hindsight, now looking back, Oh,

776
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: that would have been exciting for next year if somehow

777
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: it would have been a true restart, both on and

778
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: off of the field number six. I would have sold

779
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: high on bullpen pieces and arms in twenty eighteen, very

780
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: much like they attempted to do in twenty nineteen. This

781
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,279
Speaker 1: is really self explanatory. It's just a point. I don't

782
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 1: really need to expand that much on it. But it

783
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: just seemed like they were too conservative only at the deadline,

784
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: because everything else that they targeted was super volatile and

785
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: super aggressive. But then at the deadline with a barrel claw,

786
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: they get conservative and they hold on to him with

787
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: other arms that would have been able to be sent

788
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: out even with the conley last year. You know, they

789
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: got really conservative and they held onto these arms that

790
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 1: were expendable. And again this is hindsight, but imagine back

791
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: to back deals like what we saw this year, back

792
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: to back deadlines like what we saw this year. If

793
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: they had pulled off what we saw this year last year, okay,

794
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,359
Speaker 1: and then they pull it off again this year, you're

795
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 1: talking about a perfectly executed rebuild, with possibly the exception

796
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 1: of Yellow Gen, that would be that would be something

797
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,279
Speaker 1: that we would look back at and be proud of.

798
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,319
Speaker 1: They didn't do it. They didn't do it. Baraclau sticks here.

799
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: Then they send him to Washington for some IFA money.

800
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: He's part of the Victor Victor Maso situation. So that's good.

801
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: But I mean, they just should have sold high, especially

802
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 1: when you hear which I won't even say because I

803
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 1: don't want to ruin your day, when you hear some

804
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: of the names that could have been brought back in

805
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: a Kyle barrocklaw deal. So number six, I wish they

806
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: would have sold high on some of those pieces last year.

807
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: Number seven. I'll get some feedback for this one, but

808
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: it's okay. I would be so that you could highlight

809
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:11,240
Speaker 1: that s so so bold in it, capitalize it much more,

810
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 1: incredibly loud and proud of the changes within the community

811
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: and the international market. I'm going to repeat it. I

812
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: would be so incredibly loud and proud of the changes

813
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: in the community and the international market. But they aren't,

814
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: and I understand why. Right, So here's the preface. The Marlins,

815
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 1: the Marlins, the current Marlins are doing more for the

816
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: community than any other Marlin regime has done in a while. Okay,

817
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 1: we all know the comparison here who we're comparing. They

818
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,800
Speaker 1: are doing so much more internationally and they are doing

819
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:47,839
Speaker 1: so much more in a local and charitable perspective. Like

820
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 1: I said, building parks. I reported earlier on in the

821
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,800
Speaker 1: summer that they were doing things with Tropical Field and

822
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,759
Speaker 1: with other communities in baseball communities, and they're starting to

823
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: roll out it already has been rolling out, and no

824
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,320
Speaker 1: one knows about it because they're being humble and quiet

825
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 1: into themselves. I understand how this is a double edged sword,

826
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: per se, because if you shout out, you know, quote

827
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: look at us, look at how much we're helping everybody unquote,

828
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 1: it kind of takes away the authenticity, right you're kind

829
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 1: of saying, look at me, look at how much money

830
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: we're putting into the city. Look at how much money

831
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: we're putting into the international market. It loses the genuine kindness,

832
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: the charity aspect, the professional aspect of what you're doing.

833
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: But the issue here is that they are doing it

834
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: and no one outside of those around the stadium and

835
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: around the team are even aware of it. Oh, you

836
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 1: built parks for kids in Miami to play baseball. Great,

837
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: you have a new complex and the Dominican Republic. Let

838
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 1: the skeptics know the money you spent on the stadium.

839
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: The outreach, the dmail campaign let people know, because trust me,

840
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:02,480
Speaker 1: the local media isn't going to do the Marlins any favors.

841
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: So what they do is they send out a little

842
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 1: press release, right, I get it, Other individuals get it,

843
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: and then maybe some of us report it, maybe some

844
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: of us don't, and that's it. So the Marlins, which

845
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: are doing something good, I get it. They're doing something

846
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: good for the community. They don't have to speak it

847
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,880
Speaker 1: out loud for everyone to understand. I grasp all of that.

848
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,760
Speaker 1: But then no one sees it because the local media

849
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: is kind of tired of the Marlins, a good majority

850
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: of them. Not even this Marlin's just the past Marlin.

851
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,800
Speaker 1: This is something that's been going on for a decade.

852
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 1: But when all the Marlins do is send out one

853
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: press release and it just goes through the press and

854
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 1: it literally goes to the eyes of the of the

855
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: newspaper outlets, and then nothing gets done about it or

856
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: printed or reported, you're not building any kind of good faith,

857
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 1: even though you actually are. So you're building good faith

858
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 1: with the clubs that are there, the teams that are there,

859
00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 1: the kids that are they're the family that's there, but

860
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: they're not going. They don't have the the platform to

861
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,280
Speaker 1: speak it out to other individuals, so no one knows.

862
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,839
Speaker 1: And the issue here with me is again, I am

863
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: a Miami person. University of Miami, Nova, Southeastern University, Miami Heat,

864
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: Florida Panthers, Miami Dolphins. When inter Miami comes out, guess

865
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: who's going to be there too? Me? So when I

866
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: don't see the other organizations necessarily be this humble about it,

867
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: because the Dolphins will send out anything in everything that

868
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 1: gets them good faith. The Miami Heat do the same,

869
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: and the Miami Heat also has the local media for

870
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 1: them as well, so the Miami media also does that

871
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: for the Heat. These other teams aren't hiding behind a

872
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: rock when they do something well, So why are the

873
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,400
Speaker 1: Marlins hiding behind the rock and trying to be humble

874
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: with it? My number seven is be loud, man, be loud.

875
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:57,120
Speaker 1: There is enough anger and frustration and myths like we

876
00:47:57,280 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 1: just discussed about the Marlins, so you don't want the

877
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: reality is that you are doing something right. Let people know.

878
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 1: Number eight and this is a baseball related one. I

879
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,720
Speaker 1: would have been more patient with hitting prospects like Lewis

880
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:12,399
Speaker 1: Brinson and MCNERI Sierra listen. They were both rushed by

881
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: their previous teams. The Cardinals had Sierra up at a

882
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: ridiculously young age. Milwaukee did the same with Lewis, but then,

883
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,800
Speaker 1: you know, stop the generational Curson issue here. Don't repeat

884
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: that same mistake that the other clubs did, because then

885
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 1: they were both rushed with the Marlins too. Now the

886
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: Fish have again somewhat self corrected. They've been a little

887
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: bit more patient with guys in twenty nineteens with their promotions,

888
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: even though we've seen quite a lot because especially on

889
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 1: the arms, they are just killing it, so they're just

890
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: forcing their hand. But especially with Lewis Brinson, the heavy

891
00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: marketing focus on him. Are you kidding me? This is

892
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: a twenty two to twenty three to twenty four year

893
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: old guy who's coming over here, who got traded for

894
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 1: a marquee player, who then ends up being an MVP

895
00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: at another location, and all of the optics are about him. Oh,

896
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: he's the centerpiece, He's the center, he's the center. Oh

897
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: and we're gonna call him up, Oh and he's gonna

898
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 1: I mean, come on, he was put in a psychologically

899
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: damaging place. And then this of course gets compounded when

900
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 1: the optics of him struggling get combined with the situation.

901
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 1: So I think that the Marlins did a disservice there.

902
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure their internal individuals have adjusted that because, like

903
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: I said, they've been more patient and listen to me.

904
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: And I'll say this again second time I hit on

905
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 1: Ayan Diaz. Isan Diaz, you know, started out rough, then

906
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: he got on base like eight out of or six

907
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,359
Speaker 1: out of seven games, and then he's had a little

908
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,879
Speaker 1: rough two games. Again, we need to give Easandia's time.

909
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: He is someone that I've discussed on earning their stripes

910
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 1: usually has a pattern of getting promoted, struggling a bit

911
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,600
Speaker 1: in the beginning, and then dominating. So don't worry about

912
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:49,960
Speaker 1: Eas Sondia's too much, but also make an understanding that

913
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 1: he is having good at bats. He's going to be okay.

914
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 1: There is a learning curve, believe it or now, for

915
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: twenty three year olds to get called up to the

916
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: major league. He's going to be okay. So I don't

917
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: think they've rushed him. But I do think there was

918
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 1: something to say about Magner, Sierra and about Lewis Brinson

919
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 1: number nine. There was business decisions in this rebuild that

920
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: gave the skeptic the proverbial low hanging fruit to pick

921
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:15,480
Speaker 1: on some of the things that the Marlins did, like

922
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:19,399
Speaker 1: the removal of McKeon and other ex Marlins as special advisors. Look,

923
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:22,879
Speaker 1: this one is always funny because people actually somehow get

924
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 1: angry that a figurehead position that was here to advise

925
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: the ex president who's not here anymore, was somewhat somehow dismissed.

926
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 1: To me, I don't know. To me, it doesn't make

927
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: sense getting angry over that. I just it doesn't. How

928
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,959
Speaker 1: does it make sense to have the special advisor, which,

929
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 1: for what it's worth, clearly advised wrong time and time

930
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,000
Speaker 1: again to David Samson, be retained in the same position

931
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 1: to a complete new regime. That doesn't make sense. So

932
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 1: those they get upset with that tissues, But they definitely

933
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:57,879
Speaker 1: could have been transitioned and dealt with better. They could

934
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 1: have been more transparent about the plans. Similar in a

935
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 1: very different severity to how they could have made Yelich

936
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 1: buy in. They could have tried to have these very

937
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 1: important figureheads of the Marlins community buy in a little

938
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: bit more. And now, look, did they amend things with

939
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: Jeff Conin, Absolutely, but there are some that didn't. Whether

940
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,480
Speaker 1: it's Dawson, whether it's McKeon, whatever the case is. I

941
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: feel like there was too much of a we're changing

942
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 1: everything from Lauria and we wanted to be entirely wiped clean,

943
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:30,440
Speaker 1: and they went too far. I think they should have

944
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:32,759
Speaker 1: had a little bit more nuance and insight in here

945
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: and said, well, there's some things that maybe don't need

946
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 1: a change. Like, you know, Jack, I'm sorry, you don't

947
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 1: have to be my special advisor the way that you

948
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,560
Speaker 1: were for Samson, but let's find you something you're comfortable

949
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 1: in in the organization. Conin and mister Marlin, same for

950
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:49,040
Speaker 1: you Dawson. Let's do it. That is something that I

951
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:52,800
Speaker 1: think should have been handled much better. Another example of

952
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 1: this is the Project Wolverine joke, okay, which has been

953
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: heavily disputed in outdated time and time again, but somehow

954
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: it still gets used as gold standard to you know,

955
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,839
Speaker 1: counter anything positive about the finances of this team. Even

956
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 1: in that myth article when I brought up the finances

957
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,319
Speaker 1: reported by Forbes, not even by me, by Forbes and

958
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,719
Speaker 1: other individuals. Yeah, one of the comments is, oh, but

959
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,360
Speaker 1: Project Wolverine and they're just trying to cut slash payroll,

960
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:21,360
Speaker 1: and that Okay, great, great. You know, like if like

961
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: if Jeter isn't allowed, he's the only CEO in all

962
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:27,000
Speaker 1: of America to not be able to have a salary.

963
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,280
Speaker 1: That's the other one. Oh he makes five million dollars.

964
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:34,239
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, how much does your ceo make? It's ridiculous

965
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:40,719
Speaker 1: any ceo anywhere is allowed to make a salary. And

966
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: quite frankly, for all the anger, and I broke my

967
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:45,320
Speaker 1: own rule of not talking about Jeter because he's a

968
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: lightning post, I get it. I like to usually just

969
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:50,279
Speaker 1: say Bruce Sherman or the Marlins. I broke my own rule.

970
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 1: For all the hate that he's gotten, He's done what

971
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:54,799
Speaker 1: he said that he was going to do once he

972
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:56,640
Speaker 1: became a little bit more transparent. So we're going to

973
00:52:56,680 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 1: get this farm system in top shape. We're going to

974
00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:00,360
Speaker 1: be active in the international market. We're going to focus

975
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,040
Speaker 1: on the pitching. Oh, wil all three of those have happened,

976
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:04,920
Speaker 1: So you know what, Let the man earn his salary

977
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:09,840
Speaker 1: the way that every other CEO does. Ten And the

978
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,840
Speaker 1: last thing that I would do differently in this rebuild

979
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: thus far is I would have already had Brian Anderson

980
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,240
Speaker 1: signed on here for the next five to six years. Now, Listen,

981
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:22,480
Speaker 1: he has to go through arbitration. There's still team control,

982
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:25,799
Speaker 1: so I'm not saying he's going anywhere anytime soon. But

983
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 1: I would have already had Brian Anderson sign for the

984
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: next five to six to seven years. Now, do I

985
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 1: believe Listen to this very carefully. Do I believe that

986
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:37,760
Speaker 1: they discuss extensions this year and that it likely gets

987
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 1: done this offseason? Yes, I am telling you that right now.

988
00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:44,600
Speaker 1: That is my belief from individuals that I've spoken with.

989
00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:47,759
Speaker 1: I believe that that is something that will happen this

990
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:52,640
Speaker 1: off season. If I'm wrong, that's unfortunate. But I really

991
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 1: truly believe that Brian Anderson is which is why I

992
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 1: wrote the extend the Brian Anderson should be extended article,

993
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:00,440
Speaker 1: and it's why I've said it on air before. I

994
00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,919
Speaker 1: believe that he should be extended, if not already, which

995
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:04,480
Speaker 1: is why I'm saying that it's something I would have

996
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:07,240
Speaker 1: done differently. Then it's definitely something that has to happen.

997
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: So we can kind of look at this last one

998
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:11,760
Speaker 1: as okay, it's currently okay that he's not actually extended,

999
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 1: but it'll be as soon to be regret if it

1000
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: doesn't happen. He's an extension. Time is clicking before it

1001
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:20,319
Speaker 1: gets to the point where it's no longer a team

1002
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: friendly one either. So let's get it done. Let's get

1003
00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: it moving. One through ten, those are the ten things

1004
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 1: that I would do differently and I would have done

1005
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,360
Speaker 1: differently in this rebuild, Some which I called while it

1006
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:35,520
Speaker 1: was happening, some which I was on the wrong side

1007
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 1: of it while it was happening, in some which I

1008
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,200
Speaker 1: waited to make an assessment. Let me know your thoughts.

1009
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:42,720
Speaker 1: Send me an email, send me a tweet on Twitter

1010
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 1: at Danny m underscore Mia, let me know what you think.

1011
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 1: Now we have a few minutes left, Let's get to

1012
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: the pitching performance of the week and the hitter of

1013
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:54,200
Speaker 1: the week. Pitching performance of the week. You know, our

1014
00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:56,839
Speaker 1: all star over here has decided to kind of pitch

1015
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,200
Speaker 1: like an all star. The last two outings, he has

1016
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:02,520
Speaker 1: had two very ver good, back to back, all back

1017
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 1: to back games. Of course, I'm talking about Sandy al Contra.

1018
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:07,000
Speaker 1: On his last one, he won seven innings, pitch only

1019
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,759
Speaker 1: allowed two runs on three hit ball. Now, something with

1020
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,960
Speaker 1: Sandy we have to continue discussing is that he simply

1021
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 1: is not missing enough bats. He only allowed three hits

1022
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: because he typically typically he's one of the best at

1023
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: having a low hard hit percentage. Individuals do not score

1024
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:23,920
Speaker 1: the ball off of him because he has filo and

1025
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:25,800
Speaker 1: he has a lot of movement, so he induces a

1026
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 1: lot of weak contact. But he's also not missing enough

1027
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 1: bats entirely. Only two strikeouts over seven innings is not

1028
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,720
Speaker 1: something that is sustainable, is not something that typically leads

1029
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:39,120
Speaker 1: to two earned runs. But a very good outing from him.

1030
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: Caleb Smith also had a good outing two of the

1031
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:42,960
Speaker 1: baby face Daces. Kid ups a little older, but he's

1032
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,399
Speaker 1: still young at heart. Five innings, pitch, one earned run,

1033
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 1: one hit, so one hit over five innings. Here's the change,

1034
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:54,200
Speaker 1: though seven k's now two entirely different pitchers. We're talking

1035
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,279
Speaker 1: about a right in a lefty. We're talking about a

1036
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,799
Speaker 1: v lo guy versus a movement in control guy. One

1037
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 1: pitches a little bit better than the other one throws.

1038
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 1: But the hope is that with age Sandy is three

1039
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:10,759
Speaker 1: four years younger than Caleb, he also starts learning how

1040
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,640
Speaker 1: to pitch a little bit more effectively. Some of this

1041
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:16,680
Speaker 1: conversation with Danny Rodriguez, he's someone on Marlin's Twitter. I

1042
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:19,360
Speaker 1: love conversing baseball with He's an active baseball player at

1043
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,040
Speaker 1: the moment. I think the thing with Sandy is that

1044
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:25,440
Speaker 1: his movement is so so much. He has so much

1045
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 1: movement on his pitches that he doesn't quite nip the

1046
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 1: corners yet. So it's almost like a hitter can go

1047
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,359
Speaker 1: up there and say, if I can identify that that's

1048
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: not a fastball, I'm gonna spit on it, which means

1049
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:37,040
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna swing. If I see it's a slider

1050
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 1: off of his hand, I'm not swinging because it's not

1051
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:40,799
Speaker 1: gonna end up in the strike soon and it's not

1052
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: close enough to get the ump to bring me up.

1053
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:48,120
Speaker 1: That's something that Caleb Smith has mastered. Caleb Smith's secondary

1054
00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:50,279
Speaker 1: is you can't spit on it, because he will bring

1055
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 1: you up. Looking it's a good comparison here of what

1056
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:57,040
Speaker 1: Sandy can be, even though we're talking about entirely different prospects,

1057
00:56:57,120 --> 00:57:00,960
Speaker 1: or not prospect but pitching profiles. You don't always have

1058
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:04,920
Speaker 1: to compare a very particular type of pitcher to the

1059
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,040
Speaker 1: same type of picture. No, you can learn something from

1060
00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 1: someone who throws from the opposite side of the mound

1061
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:14,520
Speaker 1: and who has entirely different stuff. Caleb Smith can rack

1062
00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 1: up seven k's in five innings because no one can

1063
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: spit on any of his pitches when they're in the box.

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00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 1: He has to respect the secondaries and the fastball. The

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00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 1: hope is that eventually Sandy then becomes more of a

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00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:31,320
Speaker 1: pitcher than just a thrower, because at the end of

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00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 1: the day, he continues to show those flashes that we

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00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 1: saw in the first half. Now for this week, if

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00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: you ask me to choose one, I'm gonna go with Smith.

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00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:41,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Caleb because when you give me

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00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 1: five innings pitch and he likely could have gone to six,

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00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:47,080
Speaker 1: maybe even a seventh with seven k's only allowing one hit,

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00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 1: you deserve the recognition. But with that being said, it's

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00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:52,240
Speaker 1: still nice to see Sandy showing what he can be

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00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:56,560
Speaker 1: at a very young age, and through the inconsistencies that

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00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 1: we're going to see at a young age with a

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00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:01,280
Speaker 1: young pitcher who's developing, it's nice to see him put

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00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:04,240
Speaker 1: back to back quality starts. As for the hitter of

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00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,560
Speaker 1: the week, we have three candidates that have been candidates

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00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:10,960
Speaker 1: quite often in my recordings because well, they're the best

1081
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 1: hitters or some of the best hitters on the team.

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00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,240
Speaker 1: Garret Cooper this week when three sixty eight has gone

1083
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:19,080
Speaker 1: on base forty five percent of the time, slugging five

1084
00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:24,040
Speaker 1: seventy nine ops over one thousand seven hits, one double,

1085
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:26,200
Speaker 1: one homer, three walks, and that's before whatever he does

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00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Rockies. Brian Anderson extend demand hit three

1087
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,120
Speaker 1: twenty got on base thirty four percent of the time,

1088
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 1: slugging four eighty eight twenty six ops eight hits, with

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00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:41,000
Speaker 1: half of them that would be four doubles. All he

1090
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: does is hit homers and doubles, homers and doubles. He

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00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,000
Speaker 1: is the extra base hit king at the moment for

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00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:49,160
Speaker 1: the Fish.

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00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:54,480
Speaker 2: Anderson left center field and Garlic is not gonna make

1094
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:57,240
Speaker 2: the plays around there.

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00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 1: He has right behind him and the moms.

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00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 2: We continue to talk about the progression of PA this season,

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00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:15,000
Speaker 2: and he continues to get it done.

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00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:16,920
Speaker 1: And he is someone that needs to be extended. I

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00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:20,040
Speaker 1: will continue to be the conductor on that train. I

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00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:22,680
Speaker 1: will write articles, I will talk about it on air.

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00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: Brian Anderson needs to be extended. I think it happens

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00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:31,240
Speaker 1: this offseason. And the third candidate is someone that we

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00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,920
Speaker 1: really needed to see have a bounce back week. Alfa

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00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: Row had a very good first half of the Marlins,

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00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:41,160
Speaker 1: at least when we have the parameters of the fact

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00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:44,200
Speaker 1: that he was traded with j. T Ermudo, leaving the

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00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 1: fact that he's young, the part of his developmental process

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00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: that he is in. When we consider all of those variables,

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00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 1: his first half production was solid. He showed us power. Yes,

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00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,360
Speaker 1: he struck out quite a lot, and he doesn't walk enough.

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00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: That's part of his profile. But the power was there.

1112
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:05,640
Speaker 1: And then the second half has just been bad. He

1113
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:08,600
Speaker 1: has been killing at a forty percent rate. He's been

1114
01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:11,840
Speaker 1: hitting below the Mendoza line. He the power is simply

1115
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:14,200
Speaker 1: not there right now. He's also had a little bit

1116
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 1: of tough luck with some hard hit outs, but he

1117
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,840
Speaker 1: has simply not been making enough contact until this week.

1118
01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 1: This week he hit over three hundred. He got on

1119
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:24,680
Speaker 1: base thirty five percent of the time. His slugging is

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01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:28,960
Speaker 1: nearing four hundred ops seven eighteen six hits, one double.

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01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:34,280
Speaker 1: He is starting to have more complete at bats. It's

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01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 1: what we need to see from him. Listen, at the

1123
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,400
Speaker 1: end of the day, if George Alfarou with the addition

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01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,520
Speaker 1: of the immense batting and hitting talent that the farm

1125
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:44,920
Speaker 1: system now has. If George Alfero is your seventh or

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01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:47,600
Speaker 1: eighth hitter in your lineup, he's one of the best

1127
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:53,120
Speaker 1: seventh three hitters in baseball. He's someone with significant power.

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01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:57,040
Speaker 1: He's a good framer behind for his pitchers, he's a

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01:00:57,040 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 1: good leader, I've been told for his pitchers, he has

1130
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:03,000
Speaker 1: good rapport with them and with the staff. He's someone

1131
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:05,640
Speaker 1: you want on your team. If he's striking out forty

1132
01:01:05,680 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: percent of the time, he might not be on the team.

1133
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:10,880
Speaker 1: So that's something to monitor. But I really do believe

1134
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:13,520
Speaker 1: that if you made me choose who I feel the

1135
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:16,320
Speaker 1: real Georgiaffo is George Affaro, please stand up the first

1136
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:19,320
Speaker 1: half or the second half, I'm gonna go with first half.

1137
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:22,200
Speaker 1: George Offfaro. And it's nice to see him starting to

1138
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:24,200
Speaker 1: come out of it again, hitting over three hundred and

1139
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:27,640
Speaker 1: thirty five percent on base almost four hundred, slugging six

1140
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:30,080
Speaker 1: hits over this last week. We'll see what he does

1141
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:33,960
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Rockies. My belief is truly that George

1142
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:35,439
Speaker 1: Affo is going to be a fixture, and it's nice

1143
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:38,920
Speaker 1: to see these three in a week full of losing. Okay,

1144
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:41,040
Speaker 1: but they went up against the Braves, the Dodgers, and

1145
01:01:41,080 --> 01:01:43,120
Speaker 1: then they had to go to cors I mean, come on,

1146
01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:45,800
Speaker 1: in a week full of losing, it's nice to see

1147
01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:48,640
Speaker 1: that the five players that have stood up a bit

1148
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:53,200
Speaker 1: are all core fixtures, San Di Alconceerra, Caleb Smith, Garrett Cooper,

1149
01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:56,520
Speaker 1: Brian Anderson and George Alfo. They've also been getting help

1150
01:01:56,560 --> 01:01:58,280
Speaker 1: from the John Birdies of the world, from the Starlin

1151
01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: Casters of the world. So it's nice to see Grande

1152
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:04,720
Speaker 1: Man has put some nice offensive value this week, but

1153
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,560
Speaker 1: most complete overall these three. Now you choose who you

1154
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: want to select for it, but it's nice to have

1155
01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:14,880
Speaker 1: that Cooper Anderson out for a trio back. All right, everyone,

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Speaker 1: I hope you really enjoyed the Myths top ten Myths today.

1157
01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:20,600
Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed the second conversation piece looking at

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01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:23,080
Speaker 1: the ten things that I would have done differently. I

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01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,680
Speaker 1: always thank you for listening, And like I started off

1160
01:02:25,720 --> 01:02:27,720
Speaker 1: in the beginning of the show, I'll end it it's

1161
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 1: because I really appreciate it. I'm really genuine when it

1162
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:33,120
Speaker 1: comes to this, man, I love doing this. This is

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01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:35,960
Speaker 1: a labor of love. I love the fan base, I

1164
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 1: love the city. I love the organization and I'm thankful

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01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:42,840
Speaker 1: for you. I'm thankful that you're listening. I'm thankful that

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01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:45,120
Speaker 1: you care to listen and you're part of the conversation.

1167
01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:47,400
Speaker 1: And to those that reach out, I am thankful for

1168
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:52,320
Speaker 1: every single email and every single tweet here for Stripes.

1169
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:56,040
Speaker 1: We really do appreciate the fats. Make sure you leave

1170
01:02:56,080 --> 01:02:58,280
Speaker 1: a review, make sure you like, make sure you subscribe

1171
01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:02,280
Speaker 1: where podcasts are fast. Reach out to me. Like I said,

1172
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:06,000
Speaker 1: I'm on Twitter at Danny m underscore m i A.

1173
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:09,800
Speaker 1: I have my email available on fishstripes dot com. I

1174
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 1: want the engagement. You guys have done an amazing job

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Speaker 1: of doing that. Let's keep the train rolling. Go Fish