WEBVTT - 10/06/21 DPS Hour 1 John Smoltz 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.480 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:07.080 Sports Radio. Welcome to the program hour one. On this Wednesday, 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:10.200 Dan and The Dane's Dan Patrick Show recap what happened 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.560 last night in Boston and set the scene for tonight 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.239 in Los Angeles with the Dodgers and the Cardinals. Eight 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:18.840 seven seven three d P show Email address DP at 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:22.000 dan Patrick dot com. A little bit more information on 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:26.840 Urban Meyer. Also some college football information that I'm sure 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:29.520 you will be interested in. Have that for you coming 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:33.040 up in a little bit as well. Email address DP 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:35.640 at dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handle at DP shows. 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:38.520 Say good morning, Good morning to our radio affiliates around 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:43.440 the country, a iHeartRadio, Fox Sports Radio lineup, and our 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:47.360 streaming partner Peacock. Download the app watch for free. Monday 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.760 Nights Wildcard or Tuesday Nights Wildcard game against the with 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.839 the Yankees from Red Sox probably is not going to 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:56.160 stand out the long storied history of the rivalry. There 0:00:56.240 --> 0:01:00.480 was no Bucky Dent, no Bloody Sock, no Dave Roberts steel, 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.480 Aaron Boone home run, not even Pedro getting into it 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.280 with Don Zimmer. Instead, we got to watch the Red 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:11.720 Sox control early and take that win and now move 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:15.720 on to face Tampa. Boston's pitcher Nathan Vivaldi was brilliant, 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.000 while the Yankees ace Garrett Cole struggled and the Yankees 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:24.160 squandered some opportunities. It was an overall disappointing night, but 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:26.800 we had become used to these two teams being the 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:30.160 best in baseball. Now Boston advances to face the Race, 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:32.319 who were the best team in the American League all 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:36.399 season long. I'm sure some fans have to be disappointed, 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.839 but we only get to see one Red Sox Yankees game. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.839 Boston beat New York Farren Square, and this certainly won't 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.240 be a highlight in a long history of this rivalry. 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.600 But the Red Sox move on and now they have 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:54.200 a chance to make another championship run. The story is 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.200 more about the Yankees, because the Yankees haven't been good 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.200 enough to have people hate them. I mean, they've been good, 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:03.880 but not great. And it used to be the Yankees, well, 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.760 the evil Empire. They're not evil, they're not an empire. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.079 They're just the Yankees. They're like, oh, okay, the Yankees 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:14.079 used to be. You would have a visceral reaction with 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:18.200 all the Yankees, you know, you feared them, you didn't 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:23.600 like them, you respected them. Now, one World Series win 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:28.040 in seventeen years, one World Series appearance, I mean for them, 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:32.480 that's horrible. That's when you lose your job. Here is 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.880 Aaron Boone talking about the tough night starting with going 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.360 out and pulling his starting pitcher. How kind of surprised 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.440 were you? I mean, you sent out your best tonight, 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.560 you only got six outside of him, and here you 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.160 are having to make this huge move really really early. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:50.919 Him was a kind of a stunning blow to you. Guys. Yeah, 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.800 I mean not easy, especially you know just how great 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:55.920 a picture Garrett is and how much respect I have 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.280 for him, and how much I know he wants it 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.120 and prepares for it and competes for it. You know, 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:03.359 it's a difficult decision, but I felt like the one 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.239 I needed to make. Yeah, I give him credit. That's 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.560 a tough decision to make. You don't want to embarrass 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.919 your star pitcher that you spent three hundred million dollars on. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.160 But this is a one game playoff, and he made 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:17.640 the right move because the pitcher he brought in you 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:23.200 ended the inning there. And those decisions. Is that a 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:27.440 decision of a manager who is on shaky terms, shaky ground. 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.239 I don't know. I wondered about that because I'm sure 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.160 Garrett Cole wanted to stay in. But you know, you 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.960 give up the home run starting out, you know, that 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:42.520 was big. You know, Bogart's home run was like whoa okay, 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.480 and then Stanton's home run that turned into a single. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.119 It just felt like things were aligning for the Red 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:52.040 Sox last night, and Nathan Vivaldi pitched well, and the 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.400 Red Sox move on. But with the Yankees, they're just 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.760 the Yankees now, and this rivalry is just a rivalry. 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.040 It's a brand. You know, It's nice to see Bucky 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.040 Dent last night, you know there that you know, they 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.880 trotted out all the highlights and you know, the the vitriol, 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.680 the hatred here, but it wasn't there, not in the 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.360 game itself. But Red Sox move on. Now they've got 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.160 Tampa coming up. McLevin, watch a pull question we're gonna 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.680 go with which would ultimately be more disappointing to their 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.640 fan bases, the Yankees losing last night or if the 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:34.479 Dodgers lost tonight to the Cardinals. The Dodgers just won 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.680 the World Series, right, are they so? Are they? Okay? 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:43.240 I don't know. Like Vegas still has the Dodgers as 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.640 the favorite to win the World Series and they're in 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.680 a one game playoff against the Cardinals. I mean that 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.400 tells you a lot. But I don't want to speak 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.920 for the fan bases. If I'm a Yankee fan, I 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.599 think you probably went in going, hey, let's at least 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:02.160 beat the Red Sox. The Yankees weren't better than Tampa. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:06.440 Tampa gets no attention because Tampa gets no attention in 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:10.320 Tampa let alone. You know, the national media, the Yankees 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.200 and the Red Sox get attention because that sells. It's 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.800 like when the Cowboys aren't good, they get attention because 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:19.200 they're the Cowboys. Steelers not playing well, they get attention 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.839 there they're Steelers. Packers lose Week one, they get a 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:25.760 lot of attention because you have a brand, Notre Dame. 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.200 Notre Dame. When Notre Dame doesn't do well, a lot 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.480 of attention. When they do well, a lot of attention. 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.440 It's a brand. Duke Basketball, I mean, this is the 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.080 way it works in this world. Yes, et dude, Tampa's 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.000 titletown right now, are you kidding? Sport never been hotter there, 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:43.480 I know, but they don't really celerate the Raise that one. 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.880 Not yet, No, well not yet. It's a good team, 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.320 it's well run, but they don't have any stars, you know, 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:55.320 national stars, and this is this is the typical. Nobody's 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.440 watched any baseball and then they're gonna watch Tampa and go, Man, 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:03.119 Tampa's good. That's what's gonna happen. That happens, it does. 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.960 It's like, man, Tampa's got some good guys and young players, 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.200 you know. Yeah, yeah, Paul, I wonder if the Raise 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.839 would be better to have free admission and put thirty 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:13.480 five thousand in the ballpark. I wonder if that thing 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:15.159 has ever done the math that. I think they get 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.359 eight thousand a game, and I'm sure they make a 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.520 couple of bucks off that. But if you had thirty 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.880 just complete free admission, open seating, first come, first serve 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.560 at Raise games, would you make more money off parking 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:29.040 and concessions and other sales than you would having eight thousands. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.159 I've been saying that for years. Yeah, that I don't understand. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.640 I grew up in an era when they gave out 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.880 tickets for straight A students. You got straight a's. You 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.159 don't want to set it to twelve and under and 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.880 you want to reward them than great, and then you 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.160 then you just let them go to the game for free, 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.440 and then you make your money. You make your money 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:55.440 on concessions and parking souvenirs. Get them into experience a game. 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:59.159 We've all done that. Everybody's an experienced a game that 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.440 first one you went to. And I hope that some 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.360 of these teams, teams that struggle at the box office, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:09.080 are able to go, hey, come on in, this section 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.480 is for you and let them get that first game, 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.720 because once you get the first game, it feels like 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.520 it's different for you when you watch a game. And 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.960 I think the Cincinnati Reds still do that. But I 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.559 didn't get straight A tickets, but I did have friends 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:27.440 who got straight a's, and then I would be able 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.000 to go and watch the Padres in center field, and 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.440 even though they weren't great seats, I was in the 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.400 game and I was watching the Padres who weren't good, 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:41.000 but I was still I got to see the Cincinnati Reds. Yeah, seton, Yeah, 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.040 you just looked over at the straight A section and like, 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.600 toss your pop gun on them. No, no, no, I 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:53.080 got they got straight A's. I said, fu. Yeah, Paul, 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.040 you're in the straight sea section you aspire for give 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:57.800 me some tickets. I'll do better than this. 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Maybe the Cardinals 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.120 because of their history if they advanced tonight. No no, no, no. 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.160 And this is nothing personal. This is just it's Dodgers 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:28.680 and Astros. That's it. A Red Sox, No Dodgers and 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:32.679 the Astros. Now the Red Sox, the Red Sox aren't 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.480 good enough to be on that platform. Where you go? Man, 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.920 you got to fear the Red Sox. This isn't Big Poppy, 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:41.319 this isn't schilling, this isn't manny, this isn't any of that. 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.920 I mean, the Red Sox overachieved this year. The Giants 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:50.880 certainly overachieved this year. Great stories, Giants, you know, unbelievable story. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.240 But this comes down to who moves the needle. Are 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.040 you going to watch a game and you don't have 0:09:56.080 --> 0:10:00.080 any rooting interest, you'll watch the Astros, I believe, and 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.320 certainly if they're playing against the Dodgers, Dodgers have star power. 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.120 It's Los Angeles celebrities coming out. I mean, this is 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.880 this is what happens when you're a TV executive. How 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:13.000 do we make this an experience? How do we make 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.600 this bigger than what it is? Well, the Astros, you 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.080 do a report, you look back on what happened. The 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:20.679 players are still there, maybe they sit down, maybe they 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.560 talk about it. Maybe you have a reporter and Kenny 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:27.280 rosenthalal said, and the Astros refuse comment on this whatever 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:31.320 it is. The Dodgers, you know, is Clayton Kershaw going 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.319 to be able to play. He's not gonna have Tommy 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:38.600 John surgery, Max Munsey no serious structural damage to his injury. Like, 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:42.600 you know, you still have some things there, But I 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.960 think it only comes down to the Astros and the Dodgers, 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:49.160 and then you would get a national audience tuning into that. Yeapo. 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.480 It's a weird dynamic because if you're still angry with 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.120 the Astros for the cheating scandal, you want them to 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.560 bow out in a painful fashion, but you want them 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.680 to get to the World Series, so they face the 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.840 Dodgers and bow out to the Dodgers. Not early. Yeah, 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.480 the Yankees to me, you know, I watched last night, 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:10.120 like okay, like like my my interested in Aaron Judge. Yeah, 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.480 but I don't look at him and go, well, that's 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:16.240 why I hate the Yankees or Jian Carlos Stanton. I 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:20.480 don't care Brett Gardner, like they don't roll over teams 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.640 like they used to. Garrett Cole. I was curious, this 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.280 why you paid him all that money? Come in, let's 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.840 see what you can do. He didn't last three innings. 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:33.280 But the Red Sox there's nobody where you go. You know, 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:37.200 I fear that guy or boy, they're they're the team 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.800 to beat or unbelievable story. It's just like, okay, they're 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.720 the Red Sox. Yeah, why they they do have Fenway 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.200 is pretty cool? Will that give a little juice of them? 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.319 That was kind of fun to watch the you know 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.040 they have that new angle from underneath the bleachers. Yeah, 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.440 but it's been around since nineteen twelve. Yeah, it's still 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.959 not like somebody's going, oh my god, did you see 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.920 that left field? And else I do that that guy 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.400 hitting the monster last night. They're still that fun. It 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.720 is probably the most fun stadium. Is that your favorite stadium? 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.599 Um not to sit in? They made it nicer. The 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:16.160 seats are Way nice. Well, I remember going there and 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:20.720 it feels like, um, your shoulder to shoulder with somebody. 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:25.840 Paulie and I were touching shoulders. Oh it was ninety 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.120 six degree. You and I love the buffer seat. We 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:33.960 were sticking to each other and uh. But but I 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.040 will say, there is no better sight than going into 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.400 Fenway and you come out of not that you get 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.520 to go into the dugout and come out come up 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.920 those steps, but when you come out and up and 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.120 you look at that green monster, it just feels like, God, 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.200 this would be a great whiffleball park. Like you just 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.280 want to you want to hit one off the monster 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:58.000 and you feel like you can. It's it's still one 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:02.000 of those magical moments when you see that in person 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:06.199 it and it never fails. But as far as I mean, 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:11.240 they've added a lot to Fenway, but I remember, gosh, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.920 twenty years ago sitting there and I'm going this, these 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.840 are the seats that somebody in nineteen twelve sat in, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.959 And it certainly feels that way. There are a lot 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.199 smaller back then. Yes, John, you really got to do 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.280 your homework when you're buying the seats, because some of 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:27.880 them got a big green post right in your face. 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.720 And there's certain outfield seats where the seats aren't angled 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.040 towards home plate. You could be sitting and you're just 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.600 looking straight into the right field and your neck is 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.160 going to be all the way to the right to 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.680 watch your pitch. That is true. Yeah, yeah, there's seats 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.520 where I got tickets to go to a Red Sox 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:45.160 Yankees a few years back, and I took some of 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.280 my buddies with me, and I was like, oh, we're 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.920 like right in that lower area, like that lower bowl area, 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.480 you know. And we got to our seats and where 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.720 we sat, the overhang from up top cut off everything 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:01.000 so you couldn't see you could you could only see 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:05.360 home the pitcher's mounds, first base, and right field. Anything 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.640 else was completely out of you. That being said, it's 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.080 still the best stadium in baseball by far. I love 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.520 Camden Yards, I love the area. I love what they did. 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:21.320 Um there's something about going to Dodgers Stadium. Just the backdrop. 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.960 Those uniforms are whiter in person than you think, Like, 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.320 I don't know how they get those uniforms that white, 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:31.880 but it just there's something. It's it's sparkling. Yeah, I 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.960 think it's a good call. I think Dodger stadiums underrated. 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:35.440 The first time I went there, I don't think I 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.920 realized what the backdrop would look like with us brown 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:41.680 and green hills back there, and then like the jumps 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.120 are cold mount Yeah, well the little one there's like 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.840 those little ones right behind the stadium in the mountains behind. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.280 But you're right, it's just drastically sunny. Yep, it is. 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.800 H Dodger Stadium's great. Trying to think if there's another 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:59.400 one that stands out because a lot of them. U. 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.520 I like when there's you know, when you when you 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.440 go to Fenway and you can stay downtown, you can 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.000 walk to the ballpark. There's just something about that instead 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.560 of driving, you know, you're waiting your park, you got 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.320 to walk, you know, quarter mile. Just walking to a 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:21.080 ball game is just it's wonderful be able to do that. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.440 I'm sure I'm leaving out a stadium that I've gone to. 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:30.920 Uh yeah, how bad were the multi use stadiums from 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.200 back in the seventies. They all look the same from 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.480 above it looked like a giant ash tray. And Howard 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.720 the fields were like in Philly it was concrete basic 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:46.320 Riverfront was the first, and then if Philly, Pittsburgh, the Cardinals, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.760 they all just look the same. If you looked at 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:53.680 from above looking down, you'd go, uh, I think that's Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.360 I will say that stadium downtown. You can walk across 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.920 the bridge and it's got great views, great vista. Yes, 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:01.840 I've always wanted to go to a game there. Yeah, 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.720 just because of the way it presents itself on TV. 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:08.280 It looks spectacular. Yeah it is. Yeah, I'm still gonna 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.120 call it Candlestick because I can't keep up with the name. 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.640 But the Giants Ballpark with the water behind it, Yeah, 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.440 and the neighborhood is really easy to eat and drink locally. 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.440 I think it's called a packbal oracle whatever it's called 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:21.640 this week. Yes, you're right, that's that's They did a 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.800 great job with that. Um what's the other one that 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:28.040 I'm missing here that you can walk to the ballpark, 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:31.160 because you said San Francisco and there was one other one, 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.680 Well San Diego, isn't that now Downtown Stadium. Yeah, they 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:37.920 did a good job there, Like the I wish the 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.600 ballpark would have been facing the water, like there would 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.040 have been something to take in with the water there 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.960 they're showing off the city, kind of like the Seattle Seahawks. Yeah, 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.000 all right, we'll take a break, John Smoltz. 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That's 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.919 worse than wearing a being a faux Dodger fan. Paulie, 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.480 would you go get a sweatshirt for Fritzie because he's 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:35.879 gonna jinx the Dodgers and I'm going to hear about 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.680 this tomorrow and I don't want to do that. John 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.960 Smoltz joining us. John part of the Fox Sports one 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:46.680 broadcast Red Sox raise for Game one and Game two 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:50.240 that starts tomorrow night, followed by MLB Networks exclusive broadcast 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:54.080 of Game three on Sunday at four Eastern. We were 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.959 just talking about stadiums. John. If I said best stadium 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:03.920 to pitch in, what would you say today? Best stadium? 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.680 I mean the old Astro Stadium just doesn't get any 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:10.239 better than that. I mean, throw fastball, see if they 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.320 could hit it out of the stadium. There's not many 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:16.240 of those anymore, unless Wrigley's blowing in, So I would 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:19.080 say if the wind's blowing in Wrigley. But in the 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.639 stadiums today, I mean, Dodger Stadium's pretty fair. You know. 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:26.359 I'm not this marine layer thing that's been talked about 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:29.679 whether it's gone or there. The ball travels. It doesn't 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:33.240 travel at night, travels during the day. But Dodger stadiums 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:37.280 a pretty fair place to pitch when the thick marine 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:42.440 error is at night. What's the worst stadium to pitch in? Oh, 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:45.240 my goodness, there's more of those than there's ever been. 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.359 It's like, you know, Camden Yards is a great place 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:54.679 to hit. Small American ballpark in Cincinnati I call a 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:58.919 small American ballpark because it's very tiny the Central seems 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:01.119 to be one of the worst places to pitch when 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:03.959 it comes to the teams, and of course Colorado's not 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:08.040 fun at all when you think about a visitor in Colorado. 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.760 Great place to watch a game, not a great place 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:13.119 to pitch if you're a pitcher. What about San Francisco 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.520 and that feels like it there's parts of it that's 0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:19.720 a good pitchers ballpark. Yeah, the new stadium's fantastic as 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:21.520 far as the weather. You know, the weather at old 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:24.800 Candlestick could have been you start at seventy and you 0:20:24.880 --> 0:20:28.080 finish at forty. It seemed like when the layer would 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:29.960 come in over that. I don't know who thought putting 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.440 a stadium right behind that rock was a good idea, 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:36.960 but I wasn't. I'm a fan of the new stadium 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:39.600 in San Francisco. Very fair. If you hit it down 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:43.960 the lines, you can go. So they've they've maximized what 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.240 I thought was the impossible, in the fact that they 0:20:47.320 --> 0:20:49.639 hit so many home runs. I didn't think that was 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:52.240 part of the I mean, this has been the most 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:56.840 amazing year of storylines, of predictions that you never thought 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.800 would happen. They're leading the case for the most up 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:05.399 predictable success story. How does it happen? You know what, 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:07.639 I'd like to say, this is not a formula for 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:10.360 success long term. Year to year. They have made every 0:21:10.440 --> 0:21:13.040 right decision. They've had every right player in the right spot, 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:17.280 give their organization, managerial all their strategy. I don't know 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:19.720 that that can continue year to year. You can't keep 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:22.800 plugging in those kind of things. But I will say this, 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:27.360 they're older guys, that which I'm a fan of because 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:29.800 you know, analytics is you're old, so you can't play 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:32.359 at thirty. They've had a little chip on their shoulder, 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.480 They've been healthy and they have delivered big time. So 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:39.399 that has been a kind of like an organization filled 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:42.399 with players that you see there longer than most and 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:45.000 it's paying off. They won a few championships this year. 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:47.199 I'll be the first to tell you I got on 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:50.240 the beginning of the year, no chance. They weren't even 0:21:50.280 --> 0:21:53.119 in the discussion. And that's why I said, it's the 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:56.280 most remarkable year I can ever remember. From a team 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:58.760 that maybe should have won seventy five to eighty games 0:21:59.080 --> 0:22:01.560 won one hundred and six or seven. That to me 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:04.720 is a great credit to their organization. Are you all 0:22:04.720 --> 0:22:10.119 on board with the playoff format, the one game playoffs. No, no, 0:22:10.240 --> 0:22:13.160 I never have been. I can say that consistently. I 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:17.119 understand why it was put in place. Ironically, it was 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:20.119