1 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Welcome into North Side Territory foul Territory Networks Cubs podcast. 2 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm Sad Sharma with my partner Patrick Mooney. We are 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: your Cubs beat writers over at the over at the Athletic. Patrick, 4 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: it was an opening day sneaker for the Cubs four 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: to one loss. Not not the best, not the cleanest 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: played game. Uh, you know, defending champs. Tough team. You 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: don't want to take too much away from it, but 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: it was a it was a pretty great atmosphere, fun experience. 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: One more uh, which would be when what is that 10 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: Wednesday morning for you? 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: Uh? What did what was your vantish point of it? What? 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: What did you guys? 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how much you got to see as 14 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: far as the atmosphere, maybe the pregame ceremonies, anything like that. 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: How much did did the fans get to witness? 16 00:00:59,200 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: Well? 17 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 3: I have I have a lot of questions. 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 4: I think this episode will be a lot of me 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 4: firing questions that you first, like, is your new title 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 4: going to be Tokyo bureau Chi Tokyo Senior Correspondent? 21 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:13,839 Speaker 2: What? 22 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 5: Uh? 23 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: What do you? 24 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 4: What's your future at the Athletic in the foul Territory Network, 25 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 4: looking like after several days in Japan. 26 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I'm I'm fully acclimated to the time change. 27 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: Of course, I'm leaving in twenty four hours, so perfect timing. 28 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: H But but yeah, I kind of wish I was 29 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: staying for another week and could explore more and and 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: have my wits fully about me while doing so. But 31 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: it's been an amazing experience, and it's, uh, you know, 32 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: I can I can understand why they they establish a 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: presence in Japan. Teams do because the the fan base 34 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: is incredibly passionate about the game, and and like obviously 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: it's it's instilled in people at a young age. How 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: you know, the I don't know if you want to 37 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: say the importance of baseball or whatever it is. There's 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: a passion here and it's it's fun to see and 39 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: it reminds me of being a kid again in some way, 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: just the way they're so they enjoy the sport so much. 41 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe we just take it for granted back home. 42 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 2: I don't. 43 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: It's just a different type of fandom here, and so 44 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: maybe maybe I'm just appreciating it in a different way. 45 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 4: I'm blending a couple of things together here. I think 46 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 4: you and Fabian had written an explainer for The Athletic 47 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 4: and The New York Times I think said like they 48 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 4: sold like ten thousand, over more than ten thousand tickets 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: to the workout day, like yeah, yeah, an hour or 50 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 4: something like that, like. 51 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I noticed like a line out the like line 52 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: down the stairs, like obviously we enter through a different way. 53 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: And I noticed that was my first day at the 54 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: Tokyo Dome and I noticed this long line. I was like, what, like, 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: maybe that's for the store or something like that. They're 56 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: trying to get Otani gear or whatever it may be. 57 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: But no, it was to get into the workout and 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 1: it was over. They had they sold tickets. It was 59 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: about like fifteen dollars, you know, two thousand and yen. 60 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: I want to say, and and it you know, it 61 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: was the lower bowl was pretty packed. And I'll say 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: this Yesterday's so that would be Tuesday night in Japan, 63 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: right Tuesday night in Japan. 64 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: The atmosphere was wild. 65 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: In pregame, it was they started filing in the second 66 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: the door is open. It's so it's it's ninety five 67 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: percent Dodgers fans. It just is that's just the reality. 68 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: And what's wild to me, is the sheer number of 69 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: Otani jerseys. Like when you go to a ballpark around 70 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: the US, there are plenty of jerseys, right, but what 71 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: would you say, like fifty percent of the people wear 72 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: a jersey, Maybe less than fifty percent. I'd say eighty 73 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: percent of people are wearing a jersey, and ninety percent 74 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: of those people are wearing Otani jerseys. 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 3: Are the other ten percent? 76 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 4: Like Ryan Terio jerseys, D Cubs ones we see whenever. 77 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 2: I don't. 78 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: I don't think I've seen anything other than like like 79 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: a Saya Suzuki, Ichiro Yamamoto. They don't have any Roki Sasaki, 80 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: not MLB ones because he just was added to the 81 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: forty man right, so you can't so they couldn't weren't 82 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: able to sell those. I did notice some NPB jerseys 83 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: I believe was Saya's number fifty one because there were 84 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: a lot of Suzuki fifty one, but that's also Ichiro's number. 85 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: I don't think there'd be that many Itchiro jerseys at 86 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: at a game that say a Azuki's playing in I 87 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: could be completely wrong. Maybe he's just that popular and 88 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: there's that many InChI Road jerseys, but it's. 89 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 2: Kind of great. 90 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: It's it's just different how how many people wear the 91 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: jerseys they have these So they had like Tokyo series 92 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: towels sitting on everybody's chair like seat when they came in. 93 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: But they also had these wristbands that are controlled somewhere. 94 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how they're controlled, but they they light 95 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: up and as so the lights go out and like 96 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: all these Pikachu's come out onto the field and there's 97 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: basically a light show in the stands from the wristbands 98 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: everybody's wearing because these lights are like blinking and going 99 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: off like during the anthems, like during the US national anthem, 100 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: and they're like blinking red, white, and blue. 101 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: It was it was cool. 102 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: They were blinking like all game. It was very very 103 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: festive atmosphere. The Pikachu's were wild, man, there were like 104 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: ten of them out there on the field. 105 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: It was just it was an interesting dynamic. 106 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, Otani is in like I've never seen anything like that. 107 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: There was a string of like eight commercials in pregame 108 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: in a row, all different things all Otani, like cab 109 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: rides that have taken like I'll see like four different 110 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: Otani commercials on my drive it's like everything that you've 111 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: heard about how his face is plastered all over the place. 112 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: It's not an exaggeration. You cannot turn your head. 113 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: At one point, there's the Shibuya Crossing. Have you heard 114 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: about this, Like the it's basically like Times Square from Tokyo, 115 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: and there's this new balance set up that they have 116 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: this like seventh floor exhibition kind of dedicated to show Hey, 117 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: And as you approach it, you start hearing show he 118 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: Otani's voice. So not only have you seen his face 119 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: all over the place, and it's on the giant like 120 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: Times Square billboards and stuff like that, the video boards, 121 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: then you start hearing his voice in the background, so 122 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: it's he's everywhere. And and you know, Jed Jed Hoyer 123 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: had a nice quote in pre game about like he's, 124 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: I mean, he deserves it. He's a unicorn. He's he's 125 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: he's a great pitcher, he's one of the best offense, 126 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: he's the best offensive talent in the game, and he's 127 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: a marketing genius. 128 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: Like he's he's figured it all out. 129 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,239 Speaker 1: He and his and the people around him, like it's 130 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: it's pretty amazing, Like how like we we we know it. 131 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: It's not it's like it's he's popular in America, right, 132 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: but it's just like exponentially bigger here. 133 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: It's it's really it's wild to watch. 134 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I was wondering too, like what what was sort 135 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 4: of the clubhouse access like? And I'm asking just of 136 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 4: what's your interactions been like with Cubs players, both like 137 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 4: leading up to first pitch and then also coming off, 138 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 4: you know, a pretty sloppy loss on day one? 139 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, you know, like access has been pretty good, 140 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: like not not to the point where I would be frustrated. 141 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: I guess would be you know, like we've had stuff 142 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: like that where it can get difficult. We're lucky we 143 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: we cover the Cubs, not the Dodgers. I noticed yesterday 144 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: in pregame there was a pretty long line to get into, 145 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: uh into the Dodgers clubhouse. That that wasn't the case 146 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: for us. You know, there's just not as much interest. 147 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm curious. I don't know if Otani went into the pressroom. 148 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: The press room is like it's not full on Wrigley 149 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: Dungeons style, but it's uh, it's it's not yeah, yeah, 150 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: and it's really uncomfortable, Like it's like as far as 151 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: it's it's hot, it's it just doesn't you don't want 152 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: to be in there, Like it's there's there's certain parts 153 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: of of I've noticed, Like there's certain parts of the 154 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: hotel that I'm in, which is beautiful, really nice hotel. 155 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: There's certain parts of like I guess the Tokyo domes 156 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: old in general, but there's certain parts that are just 157 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: like it's like have I been transported to the nineteen fifties? 158 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: Like everything's like up to date, and then you walk 159 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: somewhere and you're like, what what is this? That that 160 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: very much is how how it feels in the bottels 161 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: of the Tokyo Dome. 162 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: I shouldn't be surprised. 163 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: It's it's a pretty old ballpark and and you know, 164 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how much they. 165 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 2: Do to upgrade it. 166 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: The clubhouse that the Cubs are in now is actually 167 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: pretty nice. You know, it's not it's not regally field nice, 168 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 1: but it's, uh, it's certainly a quality. 169 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 2: Quality clubhouse. 170 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: And yeah, the pregame, it's it's kind of like it 171 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: feels like the playoffs, you know, like how. 172 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 2: How they have everything set up? 173 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: And and honestly, like there was that there is that 174 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: type of buzz as well. 175 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 4: I mean it looked like and Jed mentioned it on 176 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 4: the Marquee broadcast like two hours before first pitch. 177 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: Seems like everyone's in their seats I saw. 178 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 4: I don't know who posted it on social media, but 179 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 4: just the amount of reporters kind of on the field 180 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 4: during VP. And it also looks like, at least from TV, 181 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 4: so there's a ton of foul territory for you guys 182 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 4: to just kind of wander and wait to see whoever 183 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 4: you needed to get. 184 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: Sorry you broke up there for a quick second, you said, 185 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: right before you said, we wander around? 186 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 2: What was that? 187 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 4: Just at least on TV, it looks like there's a 188 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 4: ton of just foul territory at the Tokyo Dome, and 189 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 4: so that, like the photo I saw, was just huge 190 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 4: packs of media basically from like one dugout to another 191 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 4: kind of a semi circle, which does have that sort 192 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 4: of playoff feel too of just kind of you know, 193 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 4: everyone waiting around, uh, kind of for the big moment. 194 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 3: Look it looks like a scene. 195 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it absolutely was. And like when you see 196 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: it from AFAR, like I remember, I went up again, 197 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: just much more media for the Dodgers side and and 198 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: when I went up and like watching the Dodgers work out, 199 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: it was just so much more packed on their side. 200 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: They're on the third base side, and it was like, 201 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: you know, packed to the gills. 202 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 2: It was. It was pretty packed for our side too. 203 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: That not saying like people aren't there to see the Cubs, 204 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: but it's just it's it's it is. 205 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is a different level. 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I think he did get 236 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: squeezed in a couple pitches. 237 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 2: That happens. That's part of the game. 238 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: You know, if we broke down every pitch, I'm pretty 239 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: sure the first pitch of the game was a ball 240 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: that was called a strike to Otani. You know, we 241 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: can we could pick apart every every little thing. But 242 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: he he pitched fine. It just wasn't like vintage Shoda 243 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: at the start of last year, and you know, it 244 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: just didn't it didn't seem to like the Cubs didn't 245 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: seem the offense was not anything special. 246 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 2: Ben Brown. 247 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: Ben Brown I thought was the most interesting because it 248 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: was like one moment, you're like, whoa, this is nasty, 249 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 1: and then he the next moment, he's walking Andy Pie 250 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: before show show Hey steps to the play. I think 251 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: that was kind of the point in the game when 252 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: he walked him and it's Cubs are clinging to one 253 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: Oho lead and he walks in before show Hey. In 254 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: my head, I'm like, okay, I made a note. I'm like, 255 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: this is like, let's see what happens after this, but 256 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: this could be the moment of the game. 257 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. 258 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 4: I think Council said it in your story of like 259 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 4: you can't give a team like the Dodgers too many 260 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 4: extra chances and. 261 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 3: Whether it's that walk, Bertie's throwing error, no real big 262 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 3: hits on the Cubs side, like a very blah game 263 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 3: that sort of. 264 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 4: I'm sure if you were there it was different, but 265 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 4: like watching in like the early morning darkness. Also being 266 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 4: coffee was not like totally enthrawing. I do think, you know, 267 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 4: Shohay is just like, no one can really match that, 268 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 4: and I think in Minaga, I'll give him credit for, 269 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 4: you know, a tough assignment on a big stage too, 270 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 4: you know, escape unscathed, I think is really impressive, especially 271 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 4: considering he's probably not going to be exactly as good 272 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 4: as he was last year. And I'm just curious how 273 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 4: much the Cubs can absorb any sort of downtick from him. 274 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 4: And that's where Ben Brown is going to be a 275 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 4: huge part of this team. And I'm curious your thoughts, like, 276 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 4: is this a sign that he's got like an inside 277 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 4: track to be the number five starter or is that 278 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 4: just how this fell? 279 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 3: Like what was your read from Tokyo? 280 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's not, honestly, Like count isn't tipping his hand 281 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: their council like they they like Ben Brown. We know 282 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: this right, Ben Brown is going to be in the 283 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: rotation at some point. When you talk to people in 284 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: the organization, and I've done this a lot over the 285 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: past month. Let's say where I'm just talking to people 286 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: and they ask me what do you think about the team? 287 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: I give my thoughts, and eventually what it comes down to, 288 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, what I see as my biggest concern 289 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: is where is your bat misser at the front of 290 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: the rotation. I like this team. I like I think 291 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: the I know the offense stunk yesterday. It was one game, though, 292 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a good offense. By 293 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: the way, Yamamoto was nasty. Yeah, he threw ninety seven 294 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: miles per hour or more or harder fifteen times. He 295 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: did that thirty five times. Last year he had a 296 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: splitter sitting ninety three. Like just nasty stuff like that. 297 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: It's one of the that my guess is that's gonna 298 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: be one of the better pitching performances starting pitchers they 299 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: face this year. We'll see how good Roki is tonight 300 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: Japan time, tonight tomorrow morning for all of you, whenever 301 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: you hear this, it'll probably be later than that, whatever 302 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: it is. Uh yeah, you know, I I think when 303 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: when I say that to them, when I say you're 304 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: missing your bat misser, Uh, you know, maybe you can 305 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: get that at the trade deadline. A lot of people respond, 306 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: it'd be nice if Ben Brown turns into that guy. 307 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: You know, they kind of see him as the guy 308 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: that could emerge as this pure stuff monster in their rotation. 309 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: Uh you know, maybe he doesn't move to the front 310 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: of the rotation this year. But I think they believe 311 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: he has that upside, and you know, when when you 312 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: see him locked in, he certainly does. There were momently 313 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: he struck out Otani on some pretty nasty pitches. He 314 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: has the ability he can walk on Andy pahes On 315 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,479 Speaker 1: on five pitches, you know, like things like that, Like 316 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: some of the walks are acceptable. 317 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 2: You can't do that. 318 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: You know, you have to attack these guys. But yeah, 319 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: I'm I'm curious to see. So today it'll be justin Steel. 320 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: My guess is Colin Ray backs him up. So I 321 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 1: don't think we're getting a hand tip just yet. Let's 322 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: see what happens in game two. Uh, That's that's how 323 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: I'm looking at it. Like this next week is going 324 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: to be really interesting. What we have we have essentially, 325 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: I think they have a game Friday. Nobody's playing in that, 326 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: not anybody on this trip, like non smokies. Yeah yeah, 327 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: and then you know, I think you start to see 328 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: guys trickle back in like Saturday, Sunday, Monday, maybe maybe 329 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: even Saturday. It's limited, depending on how everyone's feeling. Uh, 330 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: it's it, But like, how do you ramp guys? Back 331 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: up like that, Like it's going to be really cute. 332 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: Like how you handle the pitching, Like the offense, I'm 333 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: not worried about as far as you know, just get 334 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: your body back to normal US time, you'll be fine, right, 335 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: But pitching you got to stay in some sort of rhythm. 336 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: Like there's like Colin Ray did. We didn't talk about 337 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: this because I think we'd already recorded our podcast, But 338 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: Colin Raid didn't travel with the team. 339 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 3: That's interesting. 340 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: He came separately because he wanted to get more innings 341 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: and he wanted to have a normal five inning outing 342 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: and he did in Arizona in a minor league game. 343 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: And and that like he needed that, like he needed 344 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: to have some sense of normalcy as far as his 345 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: ramp up UH and and he he got here and 346 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: I assume he'll pitch uh in Wednesday's game. And and 347 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: like this is like how they get ready for the opener, 348 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: like the US opener. 349 00:19:58,760 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 2: They have a lot of different openers. 350 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: The US opener in Arizona, which is opening Day for 351 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: everyone else. Then they have they open up in Sacramento. 352 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: That'll be the first Sacramento game, and then they have 353 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 1: their home opener. There's gonna be a lot of a 354 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: lot of like moments, you know, openers for this team. 355 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: We'll see how they handle it all and how the 356 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: pitching handles it. I don't think it's easy, but it's 357 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: part of it's the reality of their situation. 358 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I guess you don't want to do 359 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 4: overreactions off of one game. We could probably wait for 360 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 4: two games. But yeah, it's kind of funny the you know, 361 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 4: Kyle Tucker, you know spring training is meaningless, but waited 362 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 4: a long time to get a hit. 363 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 5: Kind of a quiet The offense is a whole very quiet. Yeah, 364 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: Matt Shaw was sort of there. You know, Nico's absence 365 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 5: was certainly noticed. Felt a second base. 366 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 4: Ah, I think should have had to come out after four. 367 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 4: I mean at that point that was like would have 368 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 4: been pushing it so that one. I don't think that's 369 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 4: really a discussion point. And then like you said with Brown, 370 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 4: if I remember correctly, I mean he had show hey 371 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 4: at O two in that at bat like it's I know, 372 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 4: it's hard to put away like the best hitter on 373 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,719 Speaker 4: the planet, but it is one of those games. It 374 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 4: wasn't that far off. But yeah, without Mookie, without Freddie Freeman. 375 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 4: Like the Cubs, you know, certainly had their chances, but 376 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 4: just a very very quiet opening day halfway across the world. 377 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, I you know, if if I, if I 378 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: know the fans, their biggest concern is going to be 379 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: the offense after last season, right I I'm not as 380 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: concerned about the offense because I rarely do believe Wrigley 381 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: stifled how good this offense was, and I think it's 382 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: actually better. Like Miguel Amaya won't be as bad as 383 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: he was the first three months. I don't think Dansby 384 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: Swanson will be as bad. I peek Her Armstrong has 385 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: figured some things out. Matt Shaw's a rookie, but go 386 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 1: back and look how third base performed offensively last year. 387 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: It didn't matter if you were a rookie or not 388 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: last year, Like he Mattshraw can be below average, and 389 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: as long as he's not atrocious offensively, he'll be better 390 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: than what the prodution they got last year for much 391 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: of the season at third base. So they like there 392 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 1: were just a lot of bad performances, especially early on, 393 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: that I don't expect to be as. 394 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 2: Much of an issue. 395 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: And in the Kyle Tucker stuff, look it it gets 396 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: in your as a fan, as a media member, whatever 397 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:48,959 Speaker 1: it is. 398 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 2: Can I say that, I'm like, it's not in my 399 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 2: head right now, and I'm not paying attention no. 400 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: Like I have, Like it's hard to ignore it, like 401 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: I always say, ignore spring training stats. But then he 402 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: had one hit and then he did have a nice, 403 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: well struck line drive. Yeah, you just want to see 404 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: like some quality contact. You want to see some things 405 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: happen like that. There were a couple There wasn't a 406 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: lot of hard contact, but there there was a decent amount. 407 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: It was enough to make me think, like, Okay, they're 408 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: not completely lost again. You're facing a really good pitching staff, 409 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: a really good team. That's what this first month is 410 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: gonna be. 411 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 3: Like, yeah, we'll get into that. 412 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 4: I'm sure, yeah, because it is pretty It is going 413 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 4: to be a gauntlet for a team that looked like 414 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 4: it's hard for any teams to match up against the Dodgers, right, 415 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 4: like if you. 416 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 3: Put the lineups on paper on opening Day. I think 417 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 3: the way the Cubs are built to like they're constructed 418 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 3: around like kind of boring stuff like depth and competence 419 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 3: and versatility and game planning, like that's never gonna blow 420 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 3: you away in one game, and maybe it doesn't work 421 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 3: in a short playoff series like they they'd love to 422 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 3: find out if it does. But you know, the strength 423 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 3: of this team are guys who are not in Japan, right, 424 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 3: Like it's some of those one hundred prospects who didn't 425 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 3: make the trip, some of the interesting pictures they developed, 426 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 3: you know, whatever they do with Ben Brown, you know, 427 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 3: it's it's stuff like that that just doesn't really move 428 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 3: the needle on opening day or for one game. It's 429 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 3: over one sixty two. 430 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: Right, and we could be having a completely different conversation 431 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: when we're wrapping up Game two and looking forward to 432 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: everything else. Here's because this is why they used all 433 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: their bullpen their best bullpen arms. The Dodgers did. The 434 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: Cubs didn't use their best bullpen arms, right. Porter Hodge 435 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: wasn't used, Ryan Presley wasn't used, and they rookie Sasaki 436 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: as good as he could be. There's going to be 437 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: a lot of emotions. You know, how does he handle that? 438 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: Can the Cubs can't let him settle in. I think 439 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: that's the big thing. Make him work, make him throw 440 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: a lot of pitches, try to get to different arms, 441 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: in their bullpen. I'd be surprised if Dave Roberts is 442 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: going to be aggressive and start throwing guys on back 443 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: to backs right like is Tanner Scott used, like, like, 444 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: my guess is your best relievers are out. I don't 445 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: know enough about their bullpen to say who else is 446 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: nasty right now? But he used Blake trying and he 447 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: used he used Tanner Scott like he may not have 448 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: like his best guys ready to go. I know the 449 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: council isn't planning on unless he has to or unless 450 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: I don't have all the pitch counts up in front 451 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: of me. But unless someone through like seven pitches, don't 452 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 1: expect don't expect these guys to I mean, Tanner Scott 453 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: threw only ten pitches. You know, everybody, The lowest pitchcount 454 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: for the Cubs was twenty one Eli Morgan, So you know, like, exhu, wow, 455 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm looking at these pitch counts and they did not 456 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: make these relievers work Band eleven, Casparius twelve, trine In 457 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: sixteen ten or Scott ten. 458 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 2: Woo. 459 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, that was not a great great job by 460 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: Cubs up offense to see pitches. Yeah, we'll see what happens. 461 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: We'll see how Dave Roberts wants to be. Like, I 462 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: don't care if you threw ten pitches or not. Like 463 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: it's early. If you're gonna go back to back, that's 464 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: pretty aggressive. My point is you can't let Rokie Susaki 465 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: settle in. You can't let him get confidence out there. 466 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: Make him work, try and get him out of the 467 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: game or get him rattled early, and that's your best 468 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: chance to make everyone forget about an ugly opening day. 469 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: Knock Rokie Susaki around or knock him out of the 470 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: game early, show that that offense can be what you know, 471 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: live up to its potential, and be an annoyance for 472 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: the rest of the league. I think that that has 473 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: to be what happens. It doesn't have to happen. They 474 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: can go too and still make the playoffs. This isn't 475 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: the end of the world. I'm just saying just to 476 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: ease fan uh, ease fence frustrations and stress and concern. 477 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 4: I mean, I think if if they get a split 478 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 4: and they come home healthy, I think they would have 479 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 4: signed up for that. If they're owing to and healthy 480 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 4: or get to domestic opening day healthy, they probably would 481 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 4: have taken that two Uh, and ultimately to your point, 482 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 4: I think it's gonna this will be judged by how 483 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 4: they come out of it more than those two games. 484 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 4: It's such a small percentage of the of the regular 485 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 4: season that you know, you know, winning the battle or 486 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 4: winning the war here like that's kind of a gonna 487 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 4: be a big point of emphasis. 488 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 3: And all of these. 489 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 4: Decisions that they make and how they try to ramp 490 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 4: it back up again after kind of once in a 491 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 4: lifetime experience. 492 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 2: Yep. 493 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, all the fun of it is 494 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: is overanalyzing and overreacting the game one. You know, it's 495 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: all like we we overreact to opening day rosters, what 496 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: happens in spring training, and then you have to overreact 497 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: to opening Day. But the reality is it's one game 498 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: out of one sixty two. You don't want to you 499 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: don't want to stack up too many losses in April, 500 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: March or April. But still you don't want to overreact 501 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: to it either. So we'll see how they bounce back, 502 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: not only in the second game against the Dodgers, but 503 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: in general. Plenty of baseball left that we can react to. 504 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: We'll get back to it soon enough. We'll have a 505 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: couple more episodes this week. Thanks so much for listening 506 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: to everyone. We appreciate it. It's North Side territory, foul 507 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: territory in our works Cubs podcast. Make sure to review 508 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: and subscribe. Subscribe to the YouTube channel and subscribe to 509 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: The Athletic where Patrick and I are on top of 510 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 1: all things Cubs. 511 00:28:36,119 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 2: Thanks everyone, Take is there anyone lived