1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Fans of media are a lot smarter than John Henry thinks. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: This long term future the Red Sox have. How's that 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: working out for them? Welcome everyone to the Monday edition 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: of Fair Territory and I am still buzzing from the 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: weekend the Dodgers Yankee series. Don't worry, We're going to 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: talk about other teams too on the show, players on 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: other teams as well. But if you're a fan of 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: baseball and you watched any of those games this weekend, 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: tell me you weren't compelled by all the stars on 10 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: the field, by all the drama in the games, even 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: by what was going on outside the stadium. One of 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: my favorite moments from the weekend was this video of 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 1: Dodgers fans actually marching on Yankee Stadium, marching through the 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: Bronx to get the Yankee Stadium. It was quite a 15 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: sight to behold, and it was all part of the 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: fun of the weekend. There was definitely definitely a postseason 17 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: buzz surrounding this, and there were really some great moments 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: as well. Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Friday night throwing harder than 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: he has in the major leagues, seven shutout innings, just 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: two hits. Saturday, the game that we had on Fox, 21 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: that was Taoskar's first massive game. Actually all three of 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: his games in New York were massive, but that was 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: the one where he had two homers, tied a career 24 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: high with six RBIs, hit a grand Slam in the 25 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: eighth inning, had an epic trot after that. That was 26 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: just Saturday Night. And then Sunday, maybe the most fun 27 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: game of all, the one that was on ESPN. He 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: saw Grisham in the lineup because Juan Soto was not well. 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: Trent Grisham hearing the chance of we won Sodo before 30 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: that wanted bat and then turning those chants into we 31 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: won Grisham after his big home run. We saw in 32 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: this game Judge nearly throwout Atani at the plate. We 33 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: saw Judge hit another home run. He is just absolutely 34 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: on fire. This was just baseball at it's finest. And 35 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was a postseason preview a 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: World Series preview. The Phillies are going to have something 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: to say about that. The Orioles will too, as will 38 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: other teams. But that was a ton of fun. And 39 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: again we are going to talk about other things. We're 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: going to talk about the Royals, the Reds, Luis Robert. 41 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna get into it all, but that series was 42 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: something to behold. I wrote today a story with Chris Kershner, 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: our Yankees beat writer, about where the Yankees are and 44 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: where they are as they approach the deadline, and we're 45 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: getting to that point of the season now we're seven 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: weeks out from the deadline and the Yankees. It's similar 47 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: to I wrote about the Dodgers a few weeks back. 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: The Dodgers spent one point four billion in the offseason. 49 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: Their team is not complete. The Yankees have a three 50 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars payroll. Their team is not complete. They 51 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: have some issues, and Chris and I wrote about four 52 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: of them, and we'll show you those issues here and 53 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: I'll talk about them a little bit each because they're 54 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: kind of interesting considering what we thought the Yankees would be. 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: Anthony Rizzo at first base one for twenty nine in June. 56 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: His underlying metrics are not very good either. You can't 57 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: say well, at least he's hitting the ball hard. Not 58 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: happening for Rizzo, either offensively or defensively. Glabor Torres has 59 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: revived offensively been much better since may first, but ten 60 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: errors at second base, has had some mental lapses. That 61 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: dropped pop Fly on Friday Night was one of them. 62 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: He just does not look like a consistent guy defensively, 63 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: a guy you can trust. In October, their bullpen it's 64 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: really good, at least from a performance aspect. Second in 65 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: era cannot argue with that. But strikeout rate is a 66 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: bit of an issue. They're twenty second in that regard 67 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: and that's something that they're going to look to upgrade 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: because they are going to want more swing and miss. 69 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: Now what they're going to do with the corner endfield 70 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: that remains to be seen. You could slide Dj Lemayhew 71 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: to first play cabrerat third if you want. You could 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: acquire another corner infielder, though, as Chris and I detail, 73 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: not going to be so easy to do. So these 74 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: are areas that will need addressing. And you saw the 75 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: fourth category there. It was Juan Soto and what I 76 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: said was they need him. Well, obviously, duh, they need him, 77 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: That's why they traded for him. But really the transformational 78 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: effect he has had on that lineup cannot be overstated. 79 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: Him and for Dugo. For Dugo, the seventh lower strikeout 80 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: rate in the majors. They have changed a high strikeout lineup, 81 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: which is still sort of is, into one that has 82 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: more contact in It is much more difficult for opposing 83 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: pictures to navigate. So the point there is they need 84 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: Sodo healthy. They obviously had a huge scare this weekend. 85 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: He did not play in the Dodgers series due to 86 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 1: that inflammation in his forearm. But the Yankees do not 87 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: seem to think it's all that serious. So the Yankees, 88 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: Brian Cashman their GM. They're going to have some work 89 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: to do with the deadline like all teams, but this 90 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: is a rare opportunity for them. This might be, and 91 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: I say might be their best chance of winning the 92 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: World Series since two thousand and nine. They've had some 93 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: really good team since one hundred and three wins in 94 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen in particular, But this team, especially with Garrett 95 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: Cole coming back, remember he has not thrown a single 96 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: pitch this season, this team has a chance to do 97 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: something special. Also this weekend, also on Fox, we had 98 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: the London Series. This was the third time that Major 99 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: League Baseball has played a game in London. I covered 100 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: the first two. This one I was assigned to the 101 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: La Dodgers Yankee Series instead. And I understand what Major 102 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: League Baseball is trying to do here, trying to establish 103 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: a foothold in Europe, trying to grow its fan base 104 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: to a continent where, let's face it, soccer cricket are 105 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: much more popular sports soccer in particular, all over the 106 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: continent of Europe. I just wonder if in England this 107 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: is anything more than a novelty that comes through once 108 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: in a while. I remember the two games that I 109 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: covered there, it was mostly American fans in the stadium, 110 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: people on vacation. And while London is a huge city, 111 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: much like New York, you can never tell if one 112 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: sporting event is having a major impact or not on 113 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: the entire city. I just don't know if this is 114 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: going to be worth the squeeze. The juice will be 115 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: worth the squeeze, to use that phrase. And again, I 116 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: understand MLB doing this. They had a game schedule for 117 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: Paris next year that was canceled because they could not 118 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: find a promoter. But we'll see if this continues. I 119 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: get why MLB plays games in Japan, in Mexico and 120 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: baseball mad countries. Makes sense. Korea is another one. The 121 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: London game while a lot of fun and it's cool 122 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: to see major League Baseball in London, and there are 123 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: some really interesting things going on around the game. I 124 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: just wonder about the future of this, whether it's going 125 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 1: to be really something baseball continues to pursue, or whether 126 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: it considers the whole European experience to be somewhat feudile. 127 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: The game has grown there, the question is whether it's 128 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: growing enough. 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They weren't playing all that well, even 147 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: though they were running like crazy. There are some people 148 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,239 Speaker 1: wondering how long David Bell is going to last as manager. 149 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: And now they've gotten healthier. TJ. Friedol is back. He's 150 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: a huge part of their lineup. Nic Lodolo is back, 151 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: huge part of their rotation, and suddenly they're playing better. 152 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: Won two of three from the Cubs this weekend. They've 153 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: won twelve of sixteen overall. And let's look at the 154 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: NL Central standings to see where they stand, because their 155 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: position is improved. It's not great, but it's better than 156 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: it was. They're tied with the Cubs for second place, 157 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: thirty two and thirty four. They're right in the middle 158 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: of that massive NL wildcard mix of mediocrity. There are 159 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: a number of teams in that mix, and they're one 160 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: of them now what's interesting about the Reds is their rotation. 161 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: It actually is pretty good. People think of Great American Ballpark, 162 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: of course, as an offensive ballpark, and it is. But 163 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: with Lodolo, with Hunter Green, with Andrew Abbott, and with 164 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: Frankie Montos if he can get right, and Graham Ashcraft, 165 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: who's in the miners, if he can get right, that's 166 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: a pretty good group. And offensively, now that Freedo is back, 167 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: and they're going to get Noel ve Marte back as well, 168 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: coming off the PD suspension, Candelario's hitting better. They are 169 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: kind of an interesting offensive team, especially when Elie de 170 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: la Cruz is doing his thing. They're second in the 171 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: National League I'm sorry, second in the major leagues in 172 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: stolen bases to the Nationals. Yet they're only fifteenth in 173 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: runs per game, So offensively, they've got to get going 174 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: their rotation to the array for all the talent I 175 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: just mentioned, only sixteenth. But the Reds from the very 176 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: start of the season were looked at as an interesting team, 177 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: a team that will be fun to watch, a team 178 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: that has a chance to do some things, and we've 179 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: seen that over the last two and a half weeks. 180 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: The Royals, meanwhile, are one of the better teams in 181 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: the American League right now. They are looking really good, 182 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: four games behind the Guardians in the AL Central. But 183 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: let's take a look at the wild card standings, because 184 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: if you look at that, they're in a much firmer 185 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: position in the ALE wildcard race. The Ools are way up, 186 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: eight and a half up the Royals that were next, 187 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: four games behind the Oriols, and four and a half 188 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: up on the Twins, who are in the third position. 189 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: So when you look at where they are compared to 190 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, the next team that is out of 191 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: the wildcard race, they're six up. They're in really good shape, 192 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: and they're in really good shape for good reason. That's 193 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: the fourth best record in the AL. They're fifth in 194 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: rotation era in the Majors. They are fourth in runs 195 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: per game in the Majors. The Guardians are third. Those 196 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: are two teams that you would never have thought would 197 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: be among the offensive leaders at this point of the season. 198 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: And they had a skid where they lost six to 199 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: seven and they kind of look like maybe they were 200 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: fading a little bit, and they've come back to win 201 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: four to six, including that crazy game Friday night when 202 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: they were down eight to nothing, came back on the Mariners. 203 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: They've done this kind of thing all season. The biggest 204 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: issue strikeout rate in the bullpen. They are dead last 205 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: in strikeout percentage out of the bullpen. That is something 206 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: that they're going to need to adjust at the deadline 207 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: or address at the deadline, and I believe they will. 208 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: They've been aggressive from the offseason on, and this is 209 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: one thing I've talked about I love about this team. 210 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: They went after it in free agency. They got Lugo, 211 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: they got Waka. Those two guys have stabilized their rotation 212 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: in a way that really they ideally envisioned. And they 213 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: did some things in the bullpen that haven't worked as well, 214 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: but they tried. There is value in trying. Time out 215 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: for the inside dish, this is the part of the 216 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: show where I go inside a story I've written, inside 217 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: a trend in the game, or maybe talk about something 218 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: else entirely, and this week fits into the description of 219 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: something else entirely. I want to talk about the difficulty 220 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: of players speaking a second language in interviews, how much 221 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: I respect when they do it in English, and how 222 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: beneficial it can be when a player can handle that 223 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: interview in English as opposed to his native tongue. And 224 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: this came to my mind watching the games this weekend, 225 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: actually being part of the broadcast this weekend interviewing Taoscar 226 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: Hernandez after our Fox game and then seeing him miked 227 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: up on Sunday night on ESPN, and you could see 228 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: his personality come out. You can see what a special 229 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: guy tasker Hernandez is, why he was such a popular 230 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: teammate in Toronto, in Seattle and now in Los Angeles. 231 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: Now what I'm talking about here is it self serving? Yes, 232 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: it's absolutely self serving. Television interviews with an interpreter, frankly 233 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: are not good TV, and they come off as clunky. 234 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: You've got to get to the interpreter. You've got to 235 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: get the answer then translated the whole thing, and players 236 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: can't really show their personality. But let me explain why 237 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: this matters, and we did see it with ta Oscar. 238 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: It matters because when a player is able to handle 239 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: these kinds of interviews, it helps them from a brand perspective, 240 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: it makes them bigger in this country, fans get to 241 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: know them better. And this is a difficult thing for 242 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: players a lot of times, because again, this is not 243 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: comfortable for them. They are hesitant. They do not want 244 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: to embarrass themselves. They want to present the best portrait 245 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: of themselves possible, and this is entirely understandable, of course. 246 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: Now there are a number of players from Latin American 247 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: countries in particular who speak excellent English. Juan Soto is one. 248 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: Remember Elie de la Cruz his first English interview this 249 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: year in which he said La is his city. That 250 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: was after a big game against the Dodgers, the one 251 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: in which he stole four bases. And players like Ronalda. 252 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: Cunyer Junior and Raphael Devers they are trying. They're getting 253 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: closer to the point where they can do interviews in English. 254 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: Now most players, as I said, no some level of English, 255 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: but again they do not want to necessarily speak it 256 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: out of some fear of embarrassment or or whatever the 257 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: case might be. And they also might fear what happened 258 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: with the Mets Hoorge Lopez a few weeks back, right, 259 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: his words were misunderstood and that created a major issue. 260 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: He was trying to say that he was the worst teammate, 261 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: and it came off that he was maybe saying the 262 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: Mets were the worst team, And in that particular case, 263 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: I thought the Mets were fault. I thought they should 264 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: have stepped in, had an interpreter there step in. I 265 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: think there was an interpreter there, but for whatever reason, 266 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: that whole thing went completely awride. That was the ninety 267 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: threw his glove in the stands he gets dfaed, I 268 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: get it. It wasn't a great look all around, But 269 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: that interview should not have been part of that conversation, 270 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: should not have been part of why people were down 271 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: on Jorge Lopez. So yeah, you can see and you 272 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: can understand why players would be reluctant to do interviews 273 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: in English when their words might not be entirely understood. Now, 274 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: keep in mind how difficult this is. Difficult it is 275 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: for a player from another country be Japan, Korea, Dominican 276 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Republic of Venezuela to speak English, when in some cases 277 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: the Latin American countries in particular, they may have come 278 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: from impoverished backgrounds where, let's face it, learning English was 279 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: not a big priority. We're trying to get by every day, right, 280 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: And beyond that, think about how difficult it would be 281 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: for you or me to go into a foreign country 282 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: and need to speak on television in a media setting 283 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: in a second language. I want all people to really 284 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: respect this because the enormity of it, the difficulty of it, 285 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: is something that I don't think can be understated. It's 286 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: really hard. And one of the biggest regrets of my 287 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: career is that I did not learn Spanish early and 288 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: I did not learn to converse with players in their 289 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: native tongue, because it makes them more comfortable, for one thing, 290 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: and it improves communication. It's just a good thing to do. Now, 291 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: why didn't I learn Spanish? But I wasn't paying attention 292 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: in high school like most people, and I didn't know 293 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: I would be a baseball writer one day. And once 294 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: I got to be a baseball writer, that's when I 295 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: should have done it. I was twenty four when I started, 296 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: but for whatever reason, I never found the time. And 297 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: that's on me. So you'll see on occasion television reporters 298 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: in baseball speak in both languages, interpreting as they go along. 299 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: Sophia Minnert on the right. She is the Milwaukee Brewers 300 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: dugout reporter. She does a great job. And there's Jp 301 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: Morosi works for MLB Network. He is a master of 302 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: several languages, including Spanish, and he can do that on 303 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: a regular basis and does those two. It's a credit 304 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: to them what they are able to do. To me, 305 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: it gives you the best possible translation, the best possible interpretation. 306 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: And let's not forget for years as the Dodgers dugout, 307 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: reporter our own Alana Rizzo of Fair Territory at Foul Territory, 308 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: did the same thing, translating as she went along. And 309 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: again it's a great skill. It's one I wish I had. Now, 310 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: you can't expect every player to master English to the 311 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: point where they're comfortable enough to do an interview. Japanese 312 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: players in particular, do not do television interviews in English, 313 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: even though guys like Ezio and you Darvish they are, 314 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: if not fluent, pretty darn close. They again do not 315 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: want to risk the embarrassment. It's not fair to hold 316 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: them to a standard that, frankly, I don't know that 317 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: we would hold ourselves to if we were in a 318 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: foreign country. Now I try to make up for this 319 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: in my writing, giving proper attention to every player, regardless 320 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: of what language he speaks. And it's easier to get 321 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: around in writing because you can talk to other people 322 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: if that player is not particularly conversant, even with an interpreter. 323 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: So all that said, when a player does what Taoscar 324 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: Hernandez did this weekend in his interview with Me on 325 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: Fox and really more expansively in that micd Up segment 326 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: with ESPN, can see how it brings out his personality, 327 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: how it makes him kind of a bigger deal tasker Hernandez. Now, well, 328 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 1: besides playing great over the weekend, that was the biggest thing. 329 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: People know him more, They know who he is, they 330 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: know the kind of guy he is, at least from 331 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: a public standpoint, and he gives them better insight into 332 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: the player. That as media is what we're always trying 333 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: to do, give you better insights into the players. So 334 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: when players can master it, man, it makes it that 335 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: much better for them. Time now for Grill and Ken. 336 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: This is the part of the show, of course, where 337 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: I answer your questions, So let's get right to them. 338 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: The first one this week comes from Chai Socks Billy, 339 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: who asked if the White Sox do in fact trade 340 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: Luis Robert Junior, what kind of return should Socks fans expect? Billy, 341 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: this is a really interesting question. And it has two 342 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: different elements to it that make it a little bit 343 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: more complex. I don't know that the return for Luis 344 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: Robert Jr. Would be great. And let's look at two 345 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: reasons why. The first is games played. This guy has 346 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: not been on the field that much in the past 347 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: four seasons twenty twenty one sixty eight games, twenty twenty 348 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: two ninety eight games, twenty three played, one hundred and 349 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: forty five. He was healthy and great twenty twenty four 350 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: this season he has played only twelve thus far. Now, 351 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: the other aspect of this, while he doesn't get on 352 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: the field that much, his salaries are starting to rise. 353 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty four this current season is salaries twelve and 354 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: a half million, goes to fifteen million next year, and 355 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: then there are two club options valued at twenty million 356 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: dollars each. Those are not exorbitant salaries for a player 357 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: of Robert Junior's ability. In fact, they're bargains. The question 358 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: is will he be on the field to earn that money. 359 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,239 Speaker 1: And that's the problem that teams are going to look 360 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 1: at with Luis Robert Junior. How much do we trust 361 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: that ability to keep him healthy for him to stay 362 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: on the field. Now if he does, those salaries are 363 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: an absolute bargain. But that's the question. So I would 364 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: expect it would be a pretty big return, but it 365 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't be Wan Soto ask, let's put it that way. 366 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: Next question comes from Dave Lefkin, who asks, he asked 367 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: this question yesterday. What happened last night when you had 368 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: to run off the field quickly before first pitch? Lol. 369 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: I've got a story about this, and actually there was 370 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,479 Speaker 1: a reason I was running off the field. So on 371 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: certain nights, on certain games on Fox, we will do 372 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: an interview with a player literally right before first pitch. 373 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: And on Saturday night, that player was Freddie Freeman, third 374 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: hitter of that inning. He is a guy who agreed 375 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: to do it, and we said, okay, here's how we're 376 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: going to do it, right before first pitch. I've done 377 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: this before. I did it once with the Phillies last year. 378 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: Kyle Schwarber was leading off. Trey Turner was the guy 379 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: we were interviewing. It is dicey, and it's dicey because 380 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: my interview with the player starts and it's only one question. 381 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: As the leadoff man in this case, Mookey Betts is 382 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: in the box tire stadium is waiting for this thing 383 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: to go down. The interview with Freddy, I believe took 384 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: thirteen seconds. That was the whole thing. Question and answer 385 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: thirteen seconds. So for all you complaining that I was 386 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: holding up the game, it was thirteen seconds. At the 387 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: same time, it is kind of a hairy thing. And 388 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: as we were standing there, Freddie's telling me, as Turner 389 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: was telling me last year when we did this, Kenny, 390 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: the game is about to start. Let's go. The game 391 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: is about to start, and I've got to sit there 392 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: and say the game's not starting until we do this, 393 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: And that's kind of how it goes down. But once 394 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: it was over the interview, the game was about to start, 395 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: and yes, I had to run off the field and 396 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: get into the camera well before Mookie hit the line. 397 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: Drive off my noggin. All right, let's move on to 398 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: the final question. And I like this one a lot. 399 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: This question comes from Bryceton boy at Bartman Blues, who 400 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: asks mister Henry's comments Red Sox owner John Henry, are 401 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: they fair territory? And if you missed it, John Henry, 402 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: in a recent interview with The Financial Times, talked about 403 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: fan expectations in Boston and where they are going with 404 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: this team and all of that. And I want to 405 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: show you the quote, or at least one of the 406 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: quotes that kind of caught people's attention, what Henry had 407 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: said when asked about the full throttle comment. Remember that 408 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: from Tom Werner in the off season when he said 409 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: the Red Sox would be full throttle this offseason. John 410 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: Henry said that comment had overshadowed every other word paragraph 411 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: an interview of the winter because it reaches so deeply 412 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: into the false belief that many fans and media have 413 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: that you should mortgage the future each year for the present. 414 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: Guess what, fans of media are a lot smarter than 415 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: John Henry thinks. No one suggests you should mortgage the 416 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: future each year for the president, or at least not 417 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: a whole lot of people. There might be some knuckleheads 418 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: out there who say go all in every year, but 419 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: most fans understand that you can't do that. We have 420 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: to have these cycles, even for the high revenue teams 421 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: that take place. Here's my problem with John Henry, Here's 422 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: why he's a strong candidate for Dork of the Week 423 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: this week. This long term future, the Red Sox have. 424 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: How's that working out for them? Last place in twenty twenty, 425 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one an aberrational year. They got to the ALCS, 426 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 1: last place in twenty twenty two, last place in twenty 427 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: twenty three and twenty twenty four, albeit with a ton 428 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: of injuries. They are a five hundred team. Actually, they've 429 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: done well to get to five hundred. So this vision 430 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: that John Henry has, we're talking about five years twenty 431 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty four to middlely twenty twenty was the 432 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: COVID year, the shortened season, five years in which the 433 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: Red Sox have been good only once. A high revenue 434 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: team with this long term vision has been good once 435 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 1: in five years. I would suggest to John Henry that 436 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: maybe his fans have a point, that maybe the are 437 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: right to be upset with the fact that they traded 438 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame player in Mookie Bets rather than 439 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: sign him. With the fact that they lost XANDERW. Brogards, 440 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: maybe that was the wise decision in retrospect. But in general, 441 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: they have not acted like the Boston Red Sox should act. 442 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: They have not done well in a short term vision. 443 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: They have not done well in a long term Vision. 444 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: They're not doing well period. Want to thank everyone for watching, 445 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: for listening. You know where to find us, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, 446 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: like us, subscribe to us and we will see you 447 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: Thursday when I'll be back with Alana Rizzo for the 448 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: second edition. 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