WEBVTT - Dodgers 3B Max Muncy joins FT 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:02.920 What's up, dude? 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:03.400 How you doing. 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:07.560 I'm good. I guys do really good. 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:10.399 How's life right now? So we've talked in the off 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:12.400 season about the back to back titles and you get 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:15.120 to celebrate some of that to start the year. But 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:17.480 it just seems like there's a lot going on. It's 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:20.840 like a movie out there every single night. And last 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.479 night was our Tani's debut and the Yoshi babble, and 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:26.920 you know, people are probably lined up in the morning 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:29.800 before Whale, before the players are even getting to the ballpark. 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:31.960 So what's life like for you? Do you feel like 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:38.040 it's a movie star kind of life. I don't know 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.319 about movies star kind of life. It's you know, it's 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.879 just a it's a it's a lot going on. But 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.080 we're getting close to being, you know, into the daily routine. 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:46.680 Uh. 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:46.880 You know. 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.200 Yeah, we had the opening ceremonies and everything, the ring 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:53.320 and the jersey. Uh, and then we have all the 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.640 bubbleheads for the series, and then we have an opening 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:59.000 day in DC and then Toronto be the World Series rematch. 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.760 But once we get past to be you know, kind 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:04.040 of groundhog Day for the next six months, and you know, 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:05.800 I think all the guys are looking forward. 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:06.319 To that a little bit. 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.720 You get so used to just having your routine that 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:12.600 you know you're ready to show up every single day 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.640 and just go back your business and not have to 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:17.200 have any of the extra stuff along with it. 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.960 You talk all the time about everybody on this team 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.440 knows what they need to do, knows where they need 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:25.880 to be, all that stuff. But now you're the longest 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.959 tenured Dodger. Is there some kind of like metal or 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.240 like the fact, like, hey, Max, what should we do? 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.600 You've been here the longest. Is there something in that? 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.039 Because you just said, you just listened off so many 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.160 things the ring ceremony and then you have, you know, 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.360 different distractions. Is there a situation where you kind of 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.800 had to be the Hey guys, I'm the grand marshal 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:49.480 of this parade. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.240 Now I'll make sure you guys know where to be. 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.320 No, I don't think there's any situation like that. 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.440 Yeah, it's just you just try to I might be 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.320 the longest tenured guy, but i'm by no means the 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.519 longest service time in that clubhouse. And you know that's 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.160 the the funny thing about it. Uh, you know, the 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:19.320 parking lot, the way the parking lot. So players, it's uh, uh, 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:20.880 you know, for as long as I've been here, I 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:22.400 feel like I've been in the same spot for all 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:22.799 those years. 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:23.760 I don't think I've moved up at all. 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:25.760 We keep getting guys that have more service time than 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.560 I do, so it's kind of a you know what 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.040 that it's just, uh, the only thing you're really doing 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.240 is people ask, you know, where do we go for 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:36.639 certain things? And you just just point point the direction 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.040 and guys find a way. 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.239 Hey, Max, you know what Scott forgot to talk to 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.359 you about last night? Your first homer? Did we talked 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:45.720 about your first homer last night? 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:46.200 Oh? 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.360 You're Scott didn't even mention it. I think Scott forgot 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.240 that you hit your first homer last night. He's all 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.280 worried about bibbleheads and show Hey bitching, let's talk about 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:54.519 Max once he's first homer. 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.040 Yeah, it's nice. I didn't have to wait till May 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.640 this year to get that first one. So that's uh, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:04.040 you know, I feel bad that, Hey, Lefty, Yeah, it 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:04.560 was a good one. 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:06.120 It was off of you know, it was off Lefty 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.400 and uh, you know, I've been feeling pretty good off 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.840 lefties a spring. I think I had more bats off 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.720 lefties than I did right he's all spring training. You know, 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.000 it felt like every single day we faced the we 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.880 face the lefty, and you know, we kind of expect 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.080 that's how the season is gonna go for us. You know, 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.280 I think teams are gonna stack lefties against us, just 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.440 we've got a lot of lefties in the lineup, and 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.480 uh you know, it's just it's gonna be their way 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.160 to kind of combat that. And so getting all the 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.320 all the practice off lefties and spring was good for me. 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.680 I felt I feel really comfortable off to them, uh 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.440 you know, staying in there, not not diving out. 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.720 Uh So it's always it's always huge. 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:43.800 Hey, hey Max, what about do you guys? Do you 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.240 guys get the bibbleheads? You get tired of getting bibble heads? 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:48.240 You have a house. I know you're sitting in your house. 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:50.480 How do you have a room that's just wall to 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.920 wall bibbleheads? Because I feel like the Dodgers give out 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.400 a babblehead like a week. It's a show. Hey, it's 0:03:55.440 --> 0:04:00.560 a Freddy, it's a Mookie, it's a Yoshi, it's a Rokie. 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.520 It's a month. See, it's a do you have a 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.520 Kyle Tucker. I'm sure at some point. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.119 They you know, we've always done Yeah, we've always done 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:13.280 a really good job on the promotions. So every single 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.760 year you're looking at I don't know what the number is, 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:22.440 probably twenty bubble heads. Maybe it's a it's it's a lot, 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.640 and uh, it's it's really cool, is what it is. 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.960 You know, my my house in Texas, we've we've got 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.920 a room, what we've got over one hundred bubble heads 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:34.680 in it now, and it's a it's really cool to 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.640 just see, you know, I know the guys always enjoy it. 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:39.440 It's always finn for for the guys. You can get 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:43.320 your own bubble head. You know, you show up and 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.520 they have a bubble head sitting in your chair when 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.160 it's your when's your bibble head day? So it's always 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:49.080 it's always a good time. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:51.719 Do you have a favorite one? Do you have a 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.719 favorite one that you're like, Ah, that one we definitely 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:54.479 can't get rid of. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:05:00.760 I mean they're all they're all great. The the Yoshi 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.560 the Yoshi one's pretty cool. My kids love that one 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.760 so far. They've they've been getting big into Mario lately 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.880 and so they they they really loved that one from 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.200 last night. That might be their favorite one that I've seen, 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.599 either that one or My kids also really loved the 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.080 Hello Kitty bubblehead. My daughter loves Hello Kitty. So that's 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.119 that that's a big hit for us. Also, that's huge. 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:24.760 Maybe maybe you get a couple extra. 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.960 How are the new guys acclimating Tucker and Edwin Diaz? 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.920 How do new guys who are superstars acclimate to a 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:33.120 team of superstars. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.200 I mean, they've they've been fitting in seamlessly, you know. 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:44.440 I think the the good thing for them is there's just, uh, 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:49.040 there's obviously expectations, but like you know, there's just as 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.719 much pressure on everyone else than there is on them. 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.839 And so you know, it's not like it's. 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.440 A, hey, we need you to be the guy the 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.360 whole season's writing on you. You know that that's not 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.560 the expectation for them. It's more just that he, you know, 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.400 find your footing. We know you're going to help us, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.360 you know, win a bunch of games this season, and 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.080 you know, start start acommitting to life out here in 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.680 LA get used to the routine, get used to you know, 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:15.160 the drive into Dodger Stadium. 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:17.000 You know, all that kind of stuff. 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.440 It's just I think it's a it's a little bit 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.320 easier for those guys and that one that is just 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.080 you know, the world's not not weighing down on them, 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.000 knowing that they can just fit in for us. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.839 This episode is brought to you by Fox One. Go 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:34.719 get that new app, stream baseball, stream football, stream World 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:35.960 Cup action. You'll be watching. 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.040 Oh definitely, I can't wait. 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Fox one Streaming. 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.000 Now, yeah, we'll definitely make sure he I think we 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:16.960 got time for that one. Then we'll definitely make sure 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.720 we as we count this down, we'll say by to 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.920 Marquee and we'll go We'll continue on with Max. But 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:26.680 a j you can you can go ahead with it. 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.600 Oh No, all I was gonna ask is when they 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:32.360 first played the trump it's Edwin, did you get a 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.520 little chills? Did you get a little chills? Because I 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.680 mean every time in New York when they played that, 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.360 I feel like you die a little chills. So when 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.200 they did that, didn't they have the didn't they have 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.040 a trumpet guy there the first night he came in, 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:43.640 or didn't they do something special for him? 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.320 Yeah, they had it. They had an artist to play 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:51.520 the trumpet live. Not gonna lie. It's it's a pretty 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:55.600 good skit. It's it's a good skit. You know that. 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:57.920 There's there's certain guys where you just sit there and 0:07:57.960 --> 0:07:59.720 you go, man, that's a that's a good skit. 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:01.720 When they come in the game and you know that 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:02.520 one's one of the best. 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:06.320 It's I gotta say, it sounds pretty good at Dodger 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:10.240 Stadium with the sound system. You know, it's a they 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.160 they may they may be crank it up a little 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.720 bit extra loud. Uh, but that's all right. That's what 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.760 you want. You know, it gets the stadium rockin. I 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.400 think the fans are really starting to to love it. 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:25.000 They you know, fans tend to lead the game maybe 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:26.880 a little bit early to be traffic, and this has 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:28.640 given them a reason mistake because they want to see 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.440 the you know, they want to see the skid. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.360 Is there anybody's song that plays on the Dodgers sound system? 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.240 For anybody who hasn't been to l A, it is 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.959 the best sound system by far, Like it's another level 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.040 sound system. But is anybody's song with anybody you play 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:47.880 that's on that sound system that you're like, like that 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.480 just didn't that just didn't hit. I feel like everybody's 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.880 song hits any time that I've ever been there. 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.959 No, there's there's plenty of songs that that that don't 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.040 sound that great. And that's that's part of the U 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:01.480 the train and finding a walk up song. Is you 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:05.640 gotta you gotta really really try to guess if it's 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.520 gonna sound good at Dotter Stadium or not a lot 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.360 of times guys will pick a song and they after 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.400 one night they go, yeah, that didn't sound break, I 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.959 gotta gotta move on. There's not any that pop right 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.440 into my head. Most guys do a pretty good job 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.200 of finding a song. This sounds great on there, but 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:26.040 uh yeah, the sound system is just different, easily the best. 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.000 It's uh you know, I love having that. 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.480 Hey, Max, when you when we were talking about this 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.480 earlier with the show Show, he said, Oh, I'm not 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.560 gonna pitch every fifth day. I'm gonna pitch every sixth 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.080 or seventh day, And I said he could absolutely win 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:41.120 a so Young doing that. Do you think Show he 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.400 could win a so Young if he pitches every sixth 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.000 or seventh day like they're planning on using him. 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:50.640 Now, I mean, I don't see why not. I mean, 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:55.240 I think the the only the only thing that would hold. 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.040 Him back is if there's a guy that's got very 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.439 similar numbers to what he's gonna just have that extra 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.600 two three starts, And I really think that the voters 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.480 will take that into account when it comes down to 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.920 it at the end. But you know, I don't see 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:11.960 any reason why Show couldn't want to side out. You know, 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.880 he's incredible on the mound, and I was talking about 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.800 it last night that you know, I know everyone talks 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.679 about his hitting and how impressive his hitting is, Uh, 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.440 pitching is what he really really loves to do. Like 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.760 he is so bought into pitching. He loves everything about it. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.240 He loves the preparation for it, the build up for it, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:38.280 you know, the scouting, like he just he really really 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.480 loves pitching. And you can tell that's just like pitching 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:43.640 is who he is. That's that's what he loves to 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.120 do in baseball. And he just happens to be really 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.520 good at hitting, but pitching is where he's you know, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.680 you can tell he's fully bought into pitching. 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.480 Hey, and by the way, if he wins to Cion, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.160 guess what, you guys would get another bubblehead so you 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.400 could just add it to your collection. See, everyone just 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:02.640 get more bubble heads and then your kids are going 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.800 to just have to keep choosing which one so to 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:05.840 win win for everybody. 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.960 I think, yeah, absolutely, yes, I think I think the 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.120 one bibblehead that we're not gonna get, at least I 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.160 don't think we are yet is the shirtless Sunday bibblehead. 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.000 When we had Robleski on the other day, I guess 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.520 it was now a month ago, but he was talking 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.840 about how, yeah, you know, we're continuing the shirtless Sundays. 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.480 Will that continue during the season? You've only had one Sunday? 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:31.040 And do we need to have a shirtless Kershaw bobblehead? 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.520 You know what, I wouldn't be surprised if they did 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:36.240 something like that. 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.440 I know, I know Kersh would love that. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.520 Yeah, he was a big you know, he was a big, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.839 big proponent of the shirtless Sunday and he loved it. 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:48.960 He got he got super excited for Sundays. 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.960 He would just pop his head down in the weight room, 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:55.000 yell at everybody, make sure the tarp's off, and you know, go. 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.840 He he'd be. He'd be in those who were always 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.440 his best workout days with shirtless Sunday. You know, he 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:01.559 was fully bought into it. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.080 Hey, speaking of workouts, Max, have you seen Mookie doing? 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.920 Was it Roi Rokie stuff? Is that what he's doing? 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:11.960 Are you gonna get on that train soon? Are you 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.720 gonna get on the Mooki and Rookie workout train? 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:17.680 Dude? I don't know, man. 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.680 He uh So, he started doing the javelins because he 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:25.640 wanted to work on his throw, and within like two 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:29.200 weeks he was throwing absolute missiles across the infield. And 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.199 I'm sitting there looking at him do this, and I'm like, man, 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.640 maybe I should start doing the javelins also, because like 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.480 he you like, Mook's always had an unbelievable arm, but 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:39.560 like when you watch the way he's throwing now, like 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.320 he's throwing absolute rockets to first base and he's so 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.360 accurate with it every single throw, You're just kind of like, 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.439 maybe I should start doing this. You know, maybe I'll 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.079 put maybe I'll put you out a sense on my 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.760 shoulders and start walking around and see what happens. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.400 Okay, that's the one I was gonna ask about. I 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.640 don't care about the rocket because you know, we don't 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:59.600 ever get to see how far the rocket goes. Every 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.160 video we see it's just like them standing there and 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.040 then they throw it. I want to see how far 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.480 it goes. So until I see that the one where 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.280 you had a sense was on his back. Do you 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.240 feel like you're built for that? Do you feel like 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:15.680 if Max Munsey has somebody on his back, like it's 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:16.640 gonna go well or not? 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:18.720 Well? 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.319 You know, the thing is, since they only weighs maybe 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.560 one hundred pounds, you know, he's not a real big guy. 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:28.360 But uh, you know, it's A. It's a From my understandings, 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.679 it's all about engaging your core and using your core 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:35.240 the correct way. That's you know, trying to find the 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.760 balance in your body while engaging your core. That's why 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.240 he puts you know, he puts himtuff on your shoulders. 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.880 Is he want you to understand that? I don't know 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.400 much more than that, but that's my basic understanding of 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:49.359 him being on your shoulders. 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.240 All right, have you done abs yet? Have you challenged? 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.960 Because you guys have like no challenges so far. Does 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.400 Dave Roberts say you guys aren't allowed to challenge because 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.160 Umpire's never miss calls on the dog because you guys 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:02.960 get every call anyway, so you don't want to rooin 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:03.560 that reputation. 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.120 Uh, that's that's false. Uh, we do not. We do 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:11.240 not get every call. That's uh. You know, I would 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:12.640 like to think we do, but we definitely do not. 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:17.320 No, you know, we've had a lot of meetings about, uh, 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.200 you know, when is the proper time to use to 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.520 use a challenge. And obviously, if you're one hundred percent 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.240 certain that you know pitches the ball and it gets 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.800 called a strike, you challenge that any point. But if 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:30.920 it's one that your borderline on. We have, you know, 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.440 certain situations where you have a green light to challenge, 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.440 and then there's other situations where it's you know, you 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:40.160 probably shouldn't challenge if you're borderling on it. That's something 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.040 that we've been real big on so far this year. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:46.200 It's just understanding, you know, the situation, understanding you know, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.400 leverage counts and uh, you know is the runners on base? 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.440 No runners on base? Are you leading off the union? 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:53.640 Is the sixth inning on? 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:54.600 Uh? 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:54.840 You know. 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.680 The biggest thing for us is just saving the challenges 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.840 for for Will and uh adult and behind the plate. 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.800 You know, the the data is very, very point blank 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.840 that catchers are much better at challenges than hitters are. 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:12.000 So we want to make sure our catcher always has 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.640 a challenge for later in the game and well really 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.040 at any point in the game. And Will has already 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.040 been proven that so far. Will has been amazing behind 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.400 the plate. There was only a there's only one I 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.360 think that he's missed, and that was just a ninth 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.680 inning challenge where it was like, hey, let's take a chance, 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.360 why not and we still had another challenge behind that. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.480 So I have not done the challenge yet I've h 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.280 I had one challenge on me last night and uh 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.240 it was not overturned, so I was you know, that 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.760 was a good one for me. But yeah, the biggest 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:42.760 thing we've been trying to harp on so far as 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.160 just understanding when is it when's the right time to 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.040 challenge challenge a pitch because you don't want to run 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.400 into a situation like the uh, you know, like Cleveland 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:52.240 ran into last night where they were out of challenges 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:53.400 by the by the fifth inning. 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.720 This one's for the dudes looking for that peak bedroom performance. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.880 Blue Choo just dropped their new dou you US innovation, 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:02.480 blue Choo Gold. 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:06.280 Bluechoo is the number one chewable ed brand and yes, 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.720 blue Choo Gold dissolves under your tongue and works in 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.239 as little as fifteen minutes peak passion and peak performance 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.560 in a single tablet. 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Okay, nobody else, including. 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.560 No Like I said, I say like I said that. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.080 The data is very clear on that when you look 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:28.600 at it from the last couple of years in the 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.000 minor leagues. This year in spring training and so far, 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.400 catchers are about was it like sixty five percent something 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:34.600 like that. 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:35.200 I think. 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:39.960 And hitters are only forty so uh yeah, the data 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:41.680 is pretty clear that catchers are always going to be 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:43.280 a lot better, and you know they're seeing more pitches 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.560 beyond the plate, so it makes sense, all right. 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.280 So you obviously you haven't challenged yet, like you said, 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.440 but you've got to challenge on it. It's riveting for fans. 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:54.960 They all look up at the board, they're watching it 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.360 when they challenged. I forget who was behind the disc 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.920 that challenged the call. Did you sit there and go, 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.120 I know him right, or do you say that could 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.600 have touched that could have just gotten on the edge. 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.399 Well, the one on me last night, actually it was 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.600 a check swing for me. So you know, anytime you 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:18.159 get in the check swing, you don't really get like 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.040 a full good look at the ball. So I was 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.800 kind of like, I have no eye. I was just 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:24.560 as engaged as the fans where I was staring at 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:26.399 the board. You know, I was like, is this a 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:30.560 striker is at ball? I don't know, just do the 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:30.960 Randy A. 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.200 Rose arena where you know it's a ball and he 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.359