1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: I'm Franski, Hi, Larry, I got and this is the Phillies. 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: Show, Ruben Amaro Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd. So it is 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 2: the Phillies Show. Phillies Pitchers and catchers have their first 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: workout next week in Clearwater, Florida. We're trying to get 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: in the mood. We're trying to warm up and we 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: think today will help. We had a fun talk the 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: other day with Scott Franski and Larry Anderson, a lot 8 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 2: of great stories, a lot of laughs, just like we 9 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: had on Wednesday with Tom McCarthy when I mentioned that 10 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: we hit ten thousand subscribers on YouTube. 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Thank you for joining us. 19 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 3: Now you guys get it. 20 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: Do you guys get excited for spring training right around now? 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: Or what are you looking forward to about spring training 22 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 2: opening up next week? 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: Not seeing Snow. It's a great call, That's that's my 24 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: thought right now. I've had enough. 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: Being close to bellor country club. 26 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: Like have you? 27 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 2: What do you got a lot of people been talking 28 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: about the Phillies off season, of course, and what they 29 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: did and what do you make it. Let's get your 30 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: opinions on the Phillies off season. A lot of people 31 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: have a lot of strong opinions about this offseason. 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: What do you guys think, Larry Gott. 33 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: What what? What did they do well? 34 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: They they resigned Al and j Trio Mitel. We can 35 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: do a recap they signed. 36 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: Some of us on the call might need a recap 37 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: of their off season. 38 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 4: Shallow shallow thoughts about that? 39 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 5: L A No, I mean, obviously the I think the 40 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 5: one big splash they were hoping for with the ship 41 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 5: didn't come about. But I was I think, like a 42 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 5: lot of people, I was disappointed. I mean, I would 43 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 5: love to have seen him that. I don't know if 44 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 5: that would have changed real Muto's situation at all, if 45 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 5: they still if they still would have, you know, brought 46 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 5: him back. I have no that's I think it's important 47 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 5: to have him back, but to have that bat, that 48 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 5: right handed bat in the middle of that lineup, I 49 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 5: think I think everybody was hoping for that and excited 50 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 5: if that was going to happen, and I was one 51 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 5: of those. 52 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think that would have helped. I 53 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: do think that having some kind of fiscal responsibility is 54 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: not the worst thing in the world. And I mean, 55 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: the reality is is that the Mets way overpaid for 56 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: the guy. In my estimation, it might work out just 57 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: fine for them, but that's a really big ticket. And 58 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: you know, again, I think the Phillies made a pretty aggressive, 59 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: pretty fair offer, and it always takes two to make 60 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: a deal, and he chose a different route. 61 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 5: So the other thing too is you can walk after 62 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 5: a year or after the second year. It's yeah, I 63 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 5: just you know, kudos for him to get that, But 64 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 5: I wouldn't have done it if I was a Phillies 65 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 5: I wouldn't have offered him that same thing. 66 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 4: Eli. 67 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 6: If I could ask you, as a former pitcher, and 68 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 6: you know you were a pitching coach as well in 69 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 6: the system, having real mudo back, don't you see a 70 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 6: benefit in that? 71 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 4: Because he's so good with the staff. 72 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I mean that was that was the thing I 73 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 5: was saying. If you know, if they signed him, if 74 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 5: they signed a ship, would they still have brought him 75 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 5: back because I think it's important to get him back. 76 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 5: Just I know he had a down year offensively or 77 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 5: I think he did, and I would I would think 78 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 5: he would have. 79 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 3: Would say that too. 80 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 5: But his value to me, I mean, the value of 81 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 5: adding a catcher back there that everybody believes in and 82 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 5: everybody trusts is I. 83 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 3: Think is huge. 84 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: And and that you know, you. 85 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 5: Listen to Sanchez, a Christopher or Zach any of them. 86 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 5: You know they talk about how good JT is back 87 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 5: there calling the game. And when you have that and 88 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 5: you have that confidence in that guy, that that makes 89 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 5: all the difference in the world. 90 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: Wonder what it was like. 91 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 6: Did you ever have a catcher Larry that maybe you 92 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 6: didn't have that trust in chemistry with and did it 93 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 6: affect your performance? 94 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: Well? 95 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 5: For me the last seven eight years of my career, 96 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 5: when I was ninety percent sliders or cutters, it didn't 97 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 5: make a big difference. But there were there were catchers 98 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 5: that I got used to. 99 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 3: That I like throwing to better. 100 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 5: Uh, just the way they set up, the way they 101 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 5: received the ball. I'll tell you one thing I would 102 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 5: not have liked at all is catchers being on one 103 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 5: knee as a pitcher. For me, Now, some guys it 104 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 5: doesn't bother, it doesn't affect, but I think it would 105 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 5: have affected me a lot, because I like to look 106 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 5: at the whole body as a as a as a target, 107 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 5: and the glove in the middle of the body is 108 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 5: the bulls eye, and so when you could you're locking 109 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 5: on that bulls eye. If you miss, you missed in 110 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 5: a smaller area. But when you, like when you got 111 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 5: down on one knee, it's like it just gives a 112 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 5: different look to me. I'm sure I obviously would have 113 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 5: had to get used to it, but I certainly originally 114 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 5: wouldn't have liked it. 115 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 7: Hey, Scott, tell us what you think about I know 116 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 7: we talked about a little bit. 117 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 3: The about his partner. 118 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 4: I want to know a little bit about his partner. 119 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: No, tell me, I think Stocker is just tremendous. 120 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 3: I really waiting for you. 121 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: He's really grown into things here. 122 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 4: What do you look forward to most? 123 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 7: Honestly, I know that you stay pretty much the entire spring. 124 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 7: I know, maybe you pop back for family matters and stuff. 125 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 7: But tell me what you look forward most to spring training. 126 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, for me, the first couple of games 127 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: is always exciting, you know, just to kind of get 128 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: in the flo again. Spring training can get a little 129 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: bit long. You know, from a broadcast standpoint, you're trying 130 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: to make it interesting. You're trying to find stories about 131 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: you know, different players and a lot of whom you're 132 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: never gonna see during the regular season, you know, non 133 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: roster guys who are going to fill out a triple 134 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: A or a double A roster. But I mean, I 135 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: do think you get excited about seeing, you know, the 136 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: upper echelon talent, you know, the Crawfords and the Millers 137 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: and Painter and guys like that. You kind of want to. 138 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: I think there's some excitement and some buzz about things 139 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: like that. But for me, it's it's just kind of 140 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: getting in the warm weather and getting in the flow again. 141 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I joke sometimes, but I usually say the 142 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: first couple in the last couple of games you get 143 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: excited about because one is just getting started, and two 144 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: you know the real thing is going to get started 145 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: when you get to those last couple of days. 146 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 3: And to add on to that, Scott, I've got my 147 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: vanilla folder already filling up. 148 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure. I'm sure it's chocked full of notes. There's 149 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: no doubt. 150 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 3: What's the vanilla. 151 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 4: What's the vanilla folder all about? I've never seen. 152 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 5: That that has articles and uh and uh probably examples 153 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 5: of players coming to camp, a little background on them 154 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 5: and what they've done, and that type of thing. 155 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 3: Some some real golden nuggets there. 156 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: It really it really works great in the flow of 157 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: a game when Larry goes, ah, let's see, Uh, I 158 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: had this note here about Uh, wait a minute, I 159 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: can't really see it. Yeah, so this guy, it's kind of. 160 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 2: It's kind of it's like that scene in Major League 161 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 2: where Bob Buker goes christ I can't find it. 162 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 8: Help. 163 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: That's about what it's like. About what it's like, Well, you. 164 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 4: Know you guys, Scott. 165 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 2: You mentioned how the middle of spring gets to be 166 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 2: kind of tedious at times, and one of my favorite 167 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 2: spring training stories or moments was the Phillies in Atlanta. Uh, 168 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: midweek game at night, there's at Disney, there's a rain delay, 169 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 2: and you are on the you were in the booth 170 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 2: taking phone calls from listeners with Matt Gelb and uh, 171 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 2: I remember that, I'll give you a little prank call. 172 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 2: And here it is. 173 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: Let's go to uh Todd? Is it Todd? 174 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 4: Here? 175 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: Next up? 176 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 5: I come from? 177 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 3: Call him from Sydney, Australia. 178 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: I want to know why they called Matt Gelb the Koala? Mit, 179 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 2: I'll thanks. 180 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 3: Can we trace that call? 181 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: Yes? I think, Uh, I think we should absolutely. 182 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: Matt Gelba from the athletic we call him the Koala. 183 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 2: So I decided to call him in my Australian accent 184 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: and uh, I was in right. I was literally in 185 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 2: the room right next door. Are you guys obviously in 186 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: the in the press box while you guys are on 187 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: the broadcast with So. 188 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: I think I think that goes right right along the 189 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: lines of you're you're the first thing you're trying to do, 190 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: like you you want to be entertaining on the air, 191 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: and you know you want to get through these games, 192 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: but number one is you got to entertain yourself. So 193 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: that I think that follows right in there. And moments 194 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: like that, uh, which you can certainly do in spring 195 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: training and have a little bit of fun with that. 196 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: Maybe you wouldn't get Away with during the regular season, 197 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: although although I've heard way worse callers on that show, So. 198 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 8: I was kind of wondering along those lines, what was 199 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 8: some of the between the two of you guys. Do 200 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 8: you have a particular story or something that was like 201 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 8: really really entertaining, something that happened during the game or 202 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 8: in game, out of game, whatever, some story that you 203 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 8: guys were talking about that that made you chuckle. 204 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 4: I'm sure you have different ones. 205 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: Well, one of the one of my favorites is always 206 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: Larry's burp is on Air Belch. It was the first 207 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: year of the new park in in Lehigh Valley, and 208 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: Phillies fans will probably remember. We used to come out 209 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: of spring training and we'd do a couple of games 210 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: exhibition games at Citizens Bank Park, the on Deck Series, 211 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: and it was kind of a soft opening for all 212 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: the concessions and everything else and kind of getting getting 213 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: your feet wet on the season. But this particular year, 214 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: we did the on Deck game and then on a 215 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: Sunday we had to go up to Lehigh Valley on 216 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: a Sunday morning to do an exhibition game the Phillies 217 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: against the Iron Pigs. 218 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 4: I think I might have been the GM at the 219 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 4: time that. 220 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: You might have been responsible for this happening. 221 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 4: Yes, you can, guys get pissed off of me about this. 222 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: And Larry was, yeah, I'm not sure it was totally 223 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: directed at you. But he wasn't real he wasn't real 224 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: thrilled about being there. Now, keep in mind, this is 225 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: like seven eight spring training. You know, Larry was a 226 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: little bit of a different cat back then. And Saturday 227 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: night was a big, big night in Larry's house, you know, 228 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: or on South Street. 229 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 6: Uh. 230 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: So, you know, he had a lot of people to see. 231 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: He'd been in Florida for two months, he had to 232 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: catch up with some old friends, and so I guess 233 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: he was probably out a little bit on a Saturday night, 234 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't you say, Larry? Perhaps, Yeah, perhaps he had a 235 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: few social sparklers, as he liked to say. So we 236 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: drive up to Lehigh Valley and it's the first inning, 237 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: first second inning, something like that, and the equipment setup 238 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: is all different. So Larry's not really even sure, he's 239 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: just you know, whatever, And he goes and he turns 240 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: down the volume on this little mixer we have out 241 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: in front of us, and then proceeds to let out 242 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: this massive belch. Meanwhile, I'm calling a pitch and I say, 243 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure as Victorino was up, and here's the 244 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: one two pitch to Victorino and the belch comes out, 245 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: and I look over at Larry and I'm like and 246 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: then Larry looks at me and he realizes now what 247 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: he's done, because he goes and he realizes that instead 248 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: of turning down his microphone, he has turned down his headphones. 249 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: So while he didn't hear the burp, everybody else heard 250 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: the burn and Larry think, how. 251 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 4: Long did it take you to get back on the air. 252 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: Well, thank goodness, Victorino actually struck out on that pitch 253 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: and it ended the inning because I was in tears 254 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: laughing trying to send it to break. And Larry of 255 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: course has the ultimate response, which was do you remember oops? 256 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: It was close? You said yeah, you said oops, and 257 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: then you said sorry about that, folks, And I cried 258 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: laughing all the way to the commercial break. So and 259 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: then of course Larry after the break had to come 260 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: back with a little bit of a mea culpa and say, 261 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sorry, I didn't you know at all? 262 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 7: So funny and if you know Larry, he can come 263 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 7: out with the maybe the loudest urbs. 264 00:14:59,080 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: They are. 265 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 4: They are Guinness book worthy tight belches. 266 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 9: They're very impressive, and I'm impressed even to this day. 267 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 9: I've heard many over the years in the clubhouse and 268 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 9: out of the clubhouse, and they are pretty spectacular. 269 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: Can you still burn the alphabet? Larry? 270 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 3: No, I can't. 271 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 5: Can't get quite that far, okay, but it took me 272 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 5: a long time to work up to that. 273 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 4: It's something to strive for for you young folk. 274 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 6: You guys have such a good you. 275 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 4: What about your story? 276 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 5: I don't know if I have one story to me. 277 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 5: The biggest chuckles I get. It's just when one of 278 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 5: us says something. It might be off the air or 279 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 5: in between innings, and then you come back and. 280 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 3: It'll be something that will either Kat says that or 281 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 3: something happens. It just cracks us up. 282 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 5: And I got to turn my back to him, but 283 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 5: all he can see is my shoulders just going like 284 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 5: this because I'm laughing so hard. And then I kind 285 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 5: of look back at him and he's half crying laughing, 286 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 5: and then I got to turn back and I start 287 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 5: laughing more, and it's just it's I think the hardest 288 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 5: part is trying to end that laughter and get back 289 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 5: to the game because people don't know what's going on. 290 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 3: And I have to admit there's there's been more than 291 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: once or twice where we've probably gone two pitches without 292 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 3: saying anything, which probably shouldn't happen. 293 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: He agreed, Well, yeah, and but what what so what happens? 294 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: Because we've had there's a lot of broadcast boots that 295 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: are our glass on either side of you, like on 296 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: the side so you can look through to the next booth. Well, 297 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: one thing that glass does is it provides a nice reflection. 298 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: So even if let's say I turned to the side 299 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: because I don't want to see Larry behind me laughing, 300 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: I then see his reflection in the mirror, you know, 301 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: in the glass, and there he is giggling away, laughing. 302 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, while he can totally lay out 303 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: and not say anything and turn off his microphone, I'm 304 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: supposed to keep things going, you know, when the pitch 305 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: comes in and whatnot. So so, yeah, there have been 306 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 1: lots of lots of days where I have to ride 307 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: that button the cough switch to to to keep it quiet. 308 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 6: Nevertheless, neverss, when did you Scott. When did you guys 309 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 6: kind of realize he's been together what twenty years? 310 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. 311 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, when did you realize you had a special chemistry going? 312 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: Was there a moment? I wouldn't say there was a moment, 313 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: but I think we could sense pretty early on that. 314 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: You know, we got along off the air and we 315 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: had fun off the air and you know, joking around 316 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: with each other. And you know, I think, you know, 317 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: Larry's got you guys know what kind of a personality 318 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: he is. He's just he's so much fun to be around. 319 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: He doesn't take himself too seriously. And I think that's 320 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: something that that we both have tried to to stay 321 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: with and the idea that you know, we can have 322 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: some fun, we can poke fun at each other. And 323 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of guys in this business 324 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: that you know that will bristle it that kind of thing, 325 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: you know, Oh you made me look this way, or 326 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: you made me look bad or or whatnot. And I 327 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: don't feel like it's ever really been been that way 328 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: for us. I mean, you know, we we're we're famous 329 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: for saying things like, yeah, I'm not hanging on your 330 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: every word, you know, on the air, I don't, you know. 331 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: I mean plenty of times I've said things, you know, 332 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: analyzing a play or a situation or whatnot, and then 333 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: Larry will be right behind me and say the same thing. 334 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: And then you're like, yeah, you're not hanging on my 335 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: every word. I guess. 336 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 3: It's gonna get worse. 337 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it can only get worse from here. But 338 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: but I think I think it was pretty early on 339 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: that I recognize that, you know, that this was a 340 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: guy who it was going to be a lot of 341 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: fun to be around. It was gonna be a lot 342 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: of fun to broadcast with. He was gonna make the 343 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: game fun even when a particular night wasn't very much fun. 344 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: And I think that's a really really valuable trait for 345 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: a club broadcaster who's doing that many games that you know, 346 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: I mean, you guys, you guys have a better appreciation 347 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 1: for it. You know, certainly, Ruben, you do. You know, 348 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: Harry and Whitey one of the reasons people loved them 349 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: so much as they they were still able to love 350 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: them even when the team stunk. And I think that 351 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: says a lot about who they were as as broadcasters 352 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: and entertainers that they were able to make it fun 353 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: and interesting even when the team wasn't And we all 354 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: go through that those phases where the team isn't very 355 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: interesting and you have to find other ways to to 356 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: be entertaining. And I think we both had a similar 357 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: view towards how to do a game in that respect. 358 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: So it was it was, it was a good match. 359 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 5: I'm very lucky I got Oncet to me. I think 360 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 5: opened my eyes when we started working together and and 361 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 5: hearing him talk about like this, we're here to entertain people. 362 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 5: You know that we're he said, basically, we're in the 363 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 5: entertainment business. And I think that it kind of turned 364 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 5: the light bulb and I had turn it on, which 365 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 5: not easy to do, but but it it helped me 366 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 5: to realize that, hey, we can have fun. We can 367 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 5: we can we can make it entertaining and when the 368 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 5: when the team isn't that good and and there was 369 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 5: some scarce years there, some some. 370 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 3: I guess, underachieving years, but to. 371 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 5: Go out there and still be able to enjoy it 372 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 5: and to entertain the fans and when the games, you know, 373 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 5: like I just feel like when the game's close. 374 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 3: And I think Scott kind of helped me along with 375 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 3: that was that the game will take care of itself. 376 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 3: It's a close game. 377 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 5: I mean that's you don't have to do anything, you 378 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 5: don't have to entertain because that game itself is entertaining 379 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 5: the people. But when it's not, then it's you know, 380 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 5: we can kind of gave me a little leeway. I 381 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 5: guess you would say to try and inject a little 382 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 5: more humor into the broadcast. 383 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: And I think that that meantal to me. It did 384 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 3: a lot for me. 385 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 7: La, you have played a lot of roles, obviously in 386 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 7: the game of baseball player. 387 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 4: You were a coach in the U in the minor leagues. 388 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 7: I offered you a job to be the coach in 389 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 7: the big leagues, and you denied me. I was wondering, 390 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 7: is this role like your most Internet, I mean, you've 391 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 7: done this role probably longer than all of them now, 392 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 7: but is this the Is this the role that you 393 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 7: enjoy the most. 394 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 4: I've enjoyed the most. I mean, obviously being a player 395 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 4: is pretty special. 396 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 3: Too, I haven't. I've thoroughly enjoyed this role. 397 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: But my. 398 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 3: To be honest, my true love was coaching. 399 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 4: Wow. 400 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 5: I just absolutely love talking the game, talking with pictures. 401 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: I guess your offer wasn't good enough, Reuben. 402 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 4: Apparently I didn't give him enough. 403 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 3: Well in that regard. 404 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 5: And I do recall we're in Atlanta and we went 405 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 5: off and I think it was Sanburg office at the time, 406 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,719 Speaker 5: and you asked me that, And at that point I 407 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 5: was trying to scale back a little bit. And it 408 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,959 Speaker 5: wasn't long after that when I just stopped doing road games. 409 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 5: And so it was, and that's what it was. It 410 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 5: was an honesty. It was just I didn't want more 411 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 5: on my plate at that time. As much as I 412 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 5: loved it. 413 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: What I was. 414 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 5: At the time was able to do, was be able 415 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 5: to spend time on the road and be down on 416 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 5: the bench talking with the pitchers, and I did it 417 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 5: a lot, and I just I love talking it. I 418 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 5: loved talking pitching all that stuff. 419 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: I'll say this about Larry, and a lot of people 420 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't have any reason to know this, but like seeing him. 421 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: He has turned out on many different occasions to show 422 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: up at a practice and help either my son or 423 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: my daughter's little league teams, and watching him work work 424 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: with kids, you just get. I mean, I'm not making 425 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: a comment about your age, Larry, but even at your age, 426 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: still with an ability to relate, to connect, to make 427 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: it fun, to make it interesting, and also make it worthwhile, 428 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: right and give kids something to work for. And you know, 429 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: I've he's cross paths with our you know, my kids 430 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: teams many many a time, and he's just got such 431 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: a big heart to do stuff like that. And to 432 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: just watch him in that environment, you can see how 433 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: much he loves that aspect of the game. And you 434 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: can you guys have probably seen it just in your 435 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: day to day, you know, back when he would you know, 436 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: travel more often and be sitting in the dugout and 437 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: a pitcher would pull up alongside him and they'd sit 438 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,719 Speaker 1: in the dugout and they'd talk for twenty minutes, forty minutes, 439 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: an hour or whatever and just talk the game. And 440 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: you can see how much joy he gets out of 441 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: that part of it. 442 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 6: I concur in in sort of my own realm when 443 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 6: I was a young writer, you know, walking into the 444 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 6: clubhouse for the first time, Larry was just so professional, 445 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 6: so gracious, so kind to young young reporter. I mean, 446 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 6: he he didn't care if you were from the Washington 447 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 6: Post or the Mayberry Gazette. He was going to treat 448 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 6: you with respect and that's off Larry to that. 449 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: Thank you. 450 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 3: I knew some I had some good friends in Mayberry specifically. 451 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: That's great. 452 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 2: Hell, how much longer do you want to broadcast for? 453 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: Yeah? 454 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 2: How much longer do you see yourself? 455 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? 456 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah right, I keep I keep backing him. One 457 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: more year, you got one more year, you got another 458 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: year in you Yeah, yeah, it's Scott. 459 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 6: Do you knowing that Larry is very opinionated about umpires 460 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 6: and for the listener, very entertaining when it comes to 461 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 6: his opinions about umpires. Do you ever, like you know, 462 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 6: egg him on when maybe there's a questionable fall? 463 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: Who me? 464 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 4: Yeah? 465 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: Would never what why would I do? I'm a professional. 466 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: I would not stoop to such levels. 467 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, I think that, I tell you. Yeah, I think 468 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 10: that goes back to uh part of the entertainment value 469 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 10: of it, all right, and there are days when maybe 470 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 10: that has more. 471 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: Value than others. And so yeah, I've probably been guilty 472 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: of that once or once or twice, once or twice. 473 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 4: What percentage of the jokes that you guys tell are 474 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 4: you know, for public consumption? 475 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 7: And what are what percentage are they for jokes between yourself? 476 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 5: I would say a good seven or eight percent for 477 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 5: public consumption. 478 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 3: That high pushing a little bit. 479 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 6: I often will get sort of an inside choke when 480 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 6: I'm listening and I'll text Scott. 481 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you guys being around us, you guys 482 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 1: know what a lot of them are and you know, 483 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: so you know, nevertheless, you might hear that stuff on 484 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: the air. 485 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 9: And. 486 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, again, first first order of business, we're gonna try 487 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: to have fun. And and this is our job, and 488 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: we have a responsibility and and we don't try to 489 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: shy away from you know, telling the stories that are 490 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: happening on the air, but we also have a job 491 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: to try to keep people listening and try to make 492 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: it fun. And I think I think a lot of 493 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: that starts with us having fun. People. If if it 494 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: sounds like we're having fun, then people are more apt 495 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: to be want to be a part of that. That's 496 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: the way I've always looked at it. 497 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 5: Do you think it starts to wait for him to 498 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 5: get down here to spring training and see how nice 499 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 5: it is out down here? 500 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so nice out When do you guys? 501 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 2: Do you guys know when you're going to be in 502 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 2: the booth for the first game. I know that, like 503 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 2: The first grape Fer League game is February twenty first. 504 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: That's in Bradenton. Though I believe that's my first, that's 505 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 2: your first game. 506 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: You guys, I do have a schedule. I don't know 507 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: who my partner is on any of those days. So 508 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: I just make it hard. 509 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 7: On you because sometimes you have to slide over for 510 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 7: tom and and you know, I enjoy the work that 511 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 7: I've done with you in the past. 512 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 4: We've done it. 513 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 7: Several times now in spring training and maybe even in 514 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 7: a regular season game or two. 515 00:28:58,560 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 4: Does that make it hard? 516 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,479 Speaker 1: You've slummed it on radio before, too, right, I mean 517 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: been a little slumming. Yeah, did you guys know Todd Jim, 518 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: Did you guys know I had to interview Ruben as 519 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: part of my job interview. I had to do a 520 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: fake interview with assistant GM Ruben Tomorrow. 521 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 2: How about go. 522 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 4: It's one of the reasons why he has his job. 523 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 4: I really loved him. I have to be honest with you. 524 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 8: You know, we had tapes of all these guys and 525 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,959 Speaker 8: he was, you know, one of the big finalists. 526 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 4: And one of the reasons why is I just I 527 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 4: loved his demeanor. 528 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 8: I don't remember remember that interview all that well, though, Scott, 529 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 8: you probably remember more about that than I did. 530 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: I remember, I was it was a fake it till 531 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,479 Speaker 1: you make it sort of situation. I was. I was 532 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: just I remember because I mean I didn't grow up 533 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, and I didn't have a huge wealth of 534 00:29:54,520 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: Philly's knowledge per se either, Yeah, either either historically speaking 535 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: necessarily or even you know, current day at the time, 536 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: which would have been right before six, and so I 537 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: was just kind of you know, I was. I was 538 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 1: throwing you softballs and you were knocking them out of 539 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: the park, no problem, Scott. 540 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 6: How often how often does someone someone mention bedlam at 541 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 6: the bank to you? It's such a signature call of 542 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 6: your time in Philadelphia. Great call, great moment. 543 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,239 Speaker 4: You know, how often do you hear about it? 544 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: Not as much today as we used to, I think, 545 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: you know, but you know, it's uh, it's definitely. I mean, 546 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: there's probably three that most people, like people want to say, 547 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: oh I remember this call or I remember that call 548 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: or whatever, And generally the top three are in some 549 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: order of at Jimmy Rollins, walk off, double off, Broxton 550 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: and Hallidays no hitter in the playoffs. So it's usually 551 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: somewhere in that. But yeah, it's it's I've said before, 552 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: it's pretty humbling to to. You know, I've had a 553 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: lot of people tell me some really nice things about it, 554 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: and you know, so I'm glad it's resonated with him. 555 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: I've said before that I think people like I think 556 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: people like to listen back to things like that because 557 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: they want to relive the moment. I didn't make the moment, 558 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: you know, Bryce did. I was just along for the ride, 559 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: you know, Larry and I going crazy over Jimmy's walk off. 560 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: We were just there. We were just experiencing it like 561 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 1: like fans were, and and I think that's why people 562 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: people connect with the moment. And really the the replay 563 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: of the broadcast is kind of the the closest approximation 564 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: to being back in that moment. 565 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 6: You're right here and Larry in the background going yes, yes, 566 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 6: it's so. 567 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: It puts you right there. 568 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 569 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: Absolutely. 570 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,239 Speaker 4: I'm just kind of curious for both of you in 571 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 4: that vein your greatest moment, just watching a baseball game 572 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 4: and calling it. 573 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 3: Going l A, I just I don't know stairs his 574 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 3: home run in La. 575 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 5: Harper's home run against San Diego at Home in the 576 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 5: playoffs was I don't know. It's it's like when you 577 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 5: talk about Scott's calls, that there's so many. He's so 578 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,479 Speaker 5: much to me, like Harry Kallas in a big moment 579 00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 5: or or in a catastrophic moment. You know, he's so 580 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 5: good at relaying stuff to the fans that it just 581 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 5: he brings you in and you just. 582 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 9: To me. 583 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 5: I just and and even just listening to him in 584 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 5: any specific game or any specific big moment, it just 585 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 5: it mesmerizes me. 586 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 3: It really does. 587 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 5: And it's it's so it's it's so genuine. It's not 588 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 5: something that somebody tried to make up and tried to 589 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 5: you know, it's just it's it's it's how he is. 590 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 5: I just there there's so many big moments that I 591 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 5: can just sit back and go. 592 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 3: I just like it was like when. 593 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 5: I first started working with Harry, I just wanted to 594 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 5: sit back and everybody said, like you like a deer 595 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 5: in headlights. 596 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 3: I'm like, I'm listening to Harry. You know, I don't, but. 597 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:46,959 Speaker 9: I don't know. 598 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 3: There's just there's there's so many that that I just. 599 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 5: I can't say as I listened back a lot, but 600 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 5: in the moment I just I just get sucked in. 601 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 4: About you, uh, Scott, your favorite all time moment. 602 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: That's really hard. Uh, you know, you just I'm really 603 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: really fortunate to have been in a place where the 604 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,399 Speaker 1: team has been good. You know, by and large has 605 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 1: been good, you know, the great era when I first started, 606 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: and obviously the recent success. So what we as broadcasters 607 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: were just long for the ride, and you know, you 608 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,800 Speaker 1: get to see these things that are this has never happened. 609 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 1: I mean, I do remember the night that Halliday through 610 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: is perfect game in Miami, and I remember that moment 611 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: feeling sort of unlike anything else I might ever see. 612 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: There was a lot going on for me. You know, 613 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: my son had just been born and he was a 614 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 1: month old or something like that, a little over a 615 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 1: month old, and I remember, I remember my brother sent 616 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: me a text something along the lines of, you know, 617 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: you're just so lucky, you know, you you just it's like, 618 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: you're just so lucky to be in that spot, in 619 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: that moment. Some people who are in this industry they 620 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 1: wait years to see their team go to a World 621 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 1: Series and get to call a world series. And they 622 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: went to a World Series in my third year on 623 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: the job. 624 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 2: You know, and. 625 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 1: You know, so I've just been really really lucky. I 626 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 1: do remember that that Halliday Perfect game. I mean, a 627 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: perfect game is so unique, you know, it's just so unique. 628 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: And it was fun because we're in Miami, which the 629 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:09,240 Speaker 1: stadium is terrible, the booth is terrible. Larry was off 630 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: the charts nervous, like because he's the old player, superstitious type, 631 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: and and we're we're we don't have a crew, we 632 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: don't have statisticians. We're just trying to get to the 633 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,399 Speaker 1: end of the game and see what happens, and and 634 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: you're you know, it's building throughout the night and all 635 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: that stuff, and and I just remember that being a 636 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: one of those nights where it just felt like a 637 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: singular moment that would probably never happen for me again, 638 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 1: right stuff. 639 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, My last one was like, what do your kids 640 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 2: think about it when they come across. I'm sure like 641 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 2: on social media they ever go like, hey dad, and 642 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 2: then they pull up the clip of like Ray Liota 643 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 2: doing your call. You know, he's in the shower, banging on, 644 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 2: banging on the show Jimmy, Like you do you ever 645 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 2: go you know, do they ever show that to you? 646 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 3: And go ahead? 647 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,760 Speaker 1: No, no, I always, you know, I always my my 648 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 1: son's on Instagram or you know whatever. He'll I'll hear 649 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: him at breakfast he's listening to clips. But he's usually 650 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 1: listening to t MA Max clips of the home runs 651 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:21,000 Speaker 1: from the night before. So yeah, they're not I don't 652 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: know that. They're all all over overly impressed with their 653 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:32,919 Speaker 1: old man in that regard, I like every other dad. Yeah, 654 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,680 Speaker 1: I mean I will say. I mean, you know, like 655 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: in twenty two was when we went to the playoffs, 656 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: and I had promised my son for three years, four 657 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: years running, hey, when they go to the playoffs, when 658 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: they get back there, where you're gonna go. And remember, 659 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,400 Speaker 1: we were on that really really long road trip and 660 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,440 Speaker 1: we left and there were times where we thought we 661 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't make it, and then we did. And then sure enough, 662 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: I'm having to buy four, you know, round trip tickets 663 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: to Saint Louis because here we are, We're in the playoffs. 664 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: I got to make good on my promise. So to 665 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: see them experience it in real time and and the 666 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:16,319 Speaker 1: highs and the lows of it all has been a 667 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 1: lot of fun, you know, for this stage of my career. 668 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: To see them see it through their eyes. You know 669 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,360 Speaker 1: that's great. That's awesome. 670 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,239 Speaker 2: Well, thanks thanks a lot, guys for spending some time 671 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,320 Speaker 2: with us. We're trying to this is This is great. 672 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 6: Don't you think, Todd that maybe Larry could take us 673 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 6: toward the exit with a nice belch. 674 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 4: He's gonna have to conjure it up. He used to 675 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,320 Speaker 4: be able to do it in a drop of a hat. 676 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,719 Speaker 3: If I if I had a soda with some carbonation, 677 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 3: some carbonation, I could do it. But without at this 678 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,759 Speaker 3: point you won't get much. 679 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: That's all right. 680 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:55,840 Speaker 3: Maybe next time. 681 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,120 Speaker 1: Here's the one too. Pitch to Victorino. 682 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,200 Speaker 2: Hope you guys enjoyed that The Philly Show will be 683 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 2: back next week. The Philly Show is brought to you 684 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,200 Speaker 2: by the Foul Territory Network. Subscribe to The Philly Show 685 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 2: on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.