WEBVTT - Dodgers 3B Max Muncy joins FT 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:12.960 He now gets a fancy intro Max Munsey joining us 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:16.079 on FT max Happy off season to Yeah, I know 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:18.880 spring training is right around the corner, So how are 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:22.000 things going? And did it feel like it went way 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:23.920 too damn fast? 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:27.880 Yeah, it is it only it's only felt like it's 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:31.200 been a couple of weeks that most. It's been pretty 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:35.080 hectic off season for me, you know it Just like 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:37.000 I said, it's felt like it's been about two weeks long. 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:40.400 Do you get a fresh cut? 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:42.760 I mean, looks like you got a fresh cut up top. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:44.960 No, it's been it's been a little bit. 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.839 Oh it's looking nice, looked like you you might have 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:50.120 put some product up there. 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.320 No, it's it's early in the morning getting ready to 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.920 you know, work out, so it's uh uh yeah, no 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:56.720 no product in there. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.200 We just had Alice call on the other day and 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.840 I was like, like, how how many requests do you get? 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:06.600 Because there's you know, there's the Mookie Freddie Show, Hey 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.800 Yamamoto level, and then there's the guy who hit a 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.520 big home run in Game seven of the World Series level, 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:16.240 and then there's Alex call and he said he's been 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:21.200 pretty busy. Did you say more or less yeses to 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.160 doing appearances this year with the baby on the way 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.160 and the fact that now it's your third World Series championship. 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:35.000 Uh, mainly because you know just how hectic the off 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:35.560 season has been. 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:36.880 I've said no to a lot of things. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:39.640 You know, there's still a couple of things I've said 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.600 yes too, But it's just you're trying to get as 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.360 much time with the family as possible. You know, it's 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.600 back to back years, especially with starting overseas last two years, 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.080 where it's it's been a really long year, and so 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:51.800 just trying to get as much family time as I 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.840 can right now knowing that, Uh, you know, we're gearing 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:57.800 up for another long haul and you know it's it's 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.160 eight nine months of baseball, So you try to get 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:01.240 the family time when you can. 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:05.559 Where are you right now? 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.880 Are you haven't reported to Arizona yet, have you? 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:09.040 No? 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:10.840 I'm at a I'm at Dodger Stadium right now. 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:12.400 Whoh, you're bad. 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.400 That's why it looks so fancy. Uh when do you 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:16.200 go to Arizona? 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:17.320 Uh? 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.000 You know, I'll be out there right when pictures and 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.720 catchers report. So what is that like two weeks two 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:23.440 and a half weeks away? 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.320 Something like that early guy. 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.840 You're an early guy, You're a you're an overachiever. 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.720 Max. It's good you're an overachiever. That's not true. 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.880 Well, no, I wouldn't call it over achiever. For me, 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.040 it's more I in the past. 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.160 I'd always gotten out there right around in the first 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.360 day of February, you know. To me, I always felt 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:42.680 like that was a good time to get out there, 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.079 start getting adjusted, making sure you're out on the field, 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:47.600 you know, because in the off season you can do 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.640 all the hitting and ground balls and everything you want, 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:51.519 but until you're actually out there on the field, it's 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:53.280 just kind of it's not really the same thing. And 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.480 so I always felt like getting out to Arizona starting 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.120 to get accimated, and you know, I felt I also 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.600 felt like that puts you more in the proper mindset 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.200 of I'm getting ready for the season. Uh, you know, 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:05.960 because like I said, when you're in the cages or 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.960 you know, you're at home, you just you can train 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.680 as hard as you want, you just don't reflect you're 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.760 in the right mindset. And so for me, it's easier 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.680 to get adjusted to it than try to just flip 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:16.600 the switch on day one. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.240 Does everybody go with you. Now you have three kids, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:22.080 your wife, does everybody go with you. 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:25.000 They'll be out there eventually. 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:26.520 They're not going to come out, you know when I 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.960 go out, but uh yeah, once once game starts and 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.400 everything though, they'll be out there. And you know they 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.320 they love Arizona just as much as I do. It's 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.480 a great time of year to be out there. It's 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.640 a you know, the weather's amazing and you know, just 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:40.440 spring training is just a fun It's a fun time 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.160 for the families. You know, you get to see everyone 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.400 again and they always got a bunch of stuff going on, 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.680 and uh, you know, like I said, in Arizona, there's 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.720 a ton of stuff to do for the kids. 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:51.520 Are you excited to make me? Sorry? Crat's go ahead. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.880 Oh no, no, yeah, we we're just we're just looking 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.920 looking at who the new new signings for the Dodgers are. 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.480 What do you got on the fact that they went 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.880 out and got Kyle Tucker, the fact that they were 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:08.320 like Edwin ds he's a decent closer. We'll just bump 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:12.240 Rokie out of the closer position. How is that? How 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.560 is that received by your teammates? But also how how 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:21.080 do you receive the negative backlash that everybody has brought 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.000 about all the evil empire and the Dodgers are ruining 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:25.920 baseball and all that chatter. 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.800 Well, first off, it's exciting as a player. 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.320 You know, it's really exciting for us where you're adding 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.880 two really big pieces and you know it's not really 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.800 like we needed anything, but adding you know, two big 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:41.520 pieces like that, it's very very exciting. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:42.200 Uh. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.120 You know, I think for us as an organization, you 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.280 just can't you can't really worry about what is being 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:48.840 you know, said on the outside. We just have to 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:52.200 worry about ourselves. And that's how we've always gone about business. 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.160 We just try to worry about what happens in the clubhouse, 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.400 what happens on the field, and you know, let everyone 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.520 else say what they want away from us, that it 0:04:58.560 --> 0:04:59.359 shouldn't affect us. 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.440 We just need to be be out there focused on ourselves. 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.760 And you know, that's that's how we've always gone about business. 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:09.000 It's how we're going to continue to go about our business. 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:09.279 Max. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.800 But seriously, it's your fault. Okay, it's the Dodger's fault. 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.239 Everyone's saying it's all the Dodger's fault, that there's gonna 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.880 be a work stoppage in a salary cap Can you 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:22.560 guys handle that pressure this year? Not forget the repeating 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.640 and trying to win another one, But it's all the 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.320 Dodger's fault that they spend money and they actually try 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.640 because they make so much damn money because they spend 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.479 money and try. 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.760 Sure, yeah, I mean, I guess it's our faull one. 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:40.320 Everyone else is the Dodger's fault. Global warming, you know, 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.360 the ice, the snowmem again we just had. It's all 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:44.120 the Dodgers fault. 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:44.719 I mean everything. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.400 It's like the Dodgers. I've ruined every sport now, so 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:47.839 way to go. 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:48.160 Max. 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:51.800 I'm super I'm super proud of you that the Dodgers 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.920 win every year and you guys ruined everything in the world. 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:54.440 Way to go. 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.840 Yeah, yeah, sorry about that, you know. And it's uh, 0:05:57.920 --> 0:05:58.440 I don't. 0:05:58.320 --> 0:05:59.960 Like I said, we just try to worry about ourselves 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.120 and uh, you know, the fallout happens after that, but 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:03.880 uh no. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:05.960 I mean, it's just it's. 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:11.159 The work stoppage thing is that was gonna happen, you know, 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:12.560 and we don't know if it's gonna happen. 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.960 But look, we're not adding any more fuel to that fire. 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.240 If that happens, it was always gonna happen, and it's 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:21.360 not gonna only happen just because of us. You know, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.520 that's that's a totally different issue that uh, you know, 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.280 I don't really want to fully get into at this moment. 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:29.880 There's be plenty of time for that over the next 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:34.080 over the next year. But yeah, you know, we we 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.960 just got to focus on ourselves. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.320 All right. Something you have to get into is a 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.120 guy that were just showing a picture of right next 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:44.359 to you, Kyle Tucker. Honestly, big league vets like him, 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.680 and like you necessarily don't have to sit down and 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.520 be like, Kyle, this is how we do this. How 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.240 do you guys, as the Dodgers make him feel as 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:56.640 comfortable as possible to hit the ground running on opening day? 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.680 You know, that's where spring training is so important. You know, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.880 it's for him to come in and start, you know, 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:05.039 as a new player. One of the hardest things to 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:09.800 do is learn faces. You know, you're talking about clubhouse attendance, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:15.480 training staff, strength staff, you know, coaches, all the you know, 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.000 front office guys that help us out, the analytical guys. 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.800 It's a lot of faces to learn, and so you 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:24.680 know the easiest way for him to get acclimated is 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.480 to kind of just get to spring training and watch 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.360 how we do things, because you know, like you said, 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:29.600 we're not just gonna We're not gonna have like a 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.880 sit down meeting and be like, Okay, this is how 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.400 the organization runs. You know, he's just going to see 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.800 how that, how that unfolds on it's on its own, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.400 and uh, you know that that's where we've always done 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.440 a really good job in spring training with with new guys, 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.480 is we just kind of go about our business and 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.840 they they immediately pick up on what we do within 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.440 two or three days, and you know, everyone's just focused 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.840 on on us and focused on getting better each day 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.120 and what can we do each day to get better? 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.360 What you know, there's one little thing will work on 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.160 every single day, and it's that's what we're focused on 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.440 the most, and it's all out winning a baseball game. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:04.440 And you know that's always been that's always been our 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.040 number one objective is just win the game that day. 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.480 And uh, you know, guys pick up on that pretty quick. 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:12.800 Were you involved in the recruiting pitch for any of this? 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:14.480 Did the Dodgers call you and say, hey, we need 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.119 you to reach out to Edwin Diaz. He's a pretty 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:17.600 good closer. 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:18.040 We'd like to have. 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.800 Hey, Kyle Tucker is thinking about coming here. Max, reach 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:22.640 out and make this guy feel comfortable. 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.520 No, I wasn't involved in an I don't know. I 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.320 don't know too many guys that were involved in that. 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.200 You know, I think those deals kind of just came together. 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.720 Obviously, you guys, Max, you guys are so good. 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:36.560 You sell yourselves. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:38.360 You don't even have to remember when you guys were 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.680 all meeting for dinners with show Hey, all secret dinners, Like, 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.160 oh man, we got to have secret dinners with show Hey. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.520 And now people are like, forget that, I want to 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.480 have dinner with Max Munsey and please make them come 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:50.120 to me now. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.320 No, I mean, obviously I'm not in the war room 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:56.680 with the front office guys. 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:57.520 But uh uh. 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.440 You know, my understanding is those deals was kind of 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:01.520 just just came together. 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:02.840 You know. 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:04.560 I think those guys wanted to come here, they wanted 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.800 to win, and you know, obviously we gave them a 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.280 lot of money. But you know, that's one of the 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.760 things that we've created here is people know about our 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.400 culture and know about what our organization is about and 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:16.480 they want to come be a part of it. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.559 Are you a little mad that you guys signed ds 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.200 because you got okay decent numbers against him, or are 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:24.360 you fine now that you're not going to need to 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:25.280 face them anymore? 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:26.400 Oh? 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.360 Yeah, I'd rather not face them. I don't care what 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:29.880 my numbers are. It's not a guy that you want 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:30.200 to face. 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.640 Speaking of a guy that you don't ever have to face, 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:38.960 and anybody has to face except for WBC guys. Kershall, 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.520 what do you think about him finally getting his chance 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.480 to pitch into WBC, because from what we heard it 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:50.000 was insurance before that he wasn't able to that he 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.319 wasn't able to participate. Kind of like what's going on 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.600 with Korea and U Tuva right now? And what do 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:59.680 you expect to see from Kershaw when he throws into WBC. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.640 You know, I'm super pumped for him. 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:05.960 I know he really was bummed that he couldn't do 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:09.000 it the last time. You know, he really wanted to, 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:10.880 but like you said, there was an insurance thing and 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.760 it just for him it wasn't worth that fight, you know, 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:16.600 So I'm excited to see him go out there and 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.280 get to put on, you know, the the United States Jersey. 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.120 I think that's a cool moment for you know, any 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.360 baseball player to be able to rep their country. And 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:27.800 I don't know what to expect out of him. I 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.559 I the only thing I can tell you is that 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.439 he's going to compete. You know, That's that's what he's 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.480 always done. He goes out there and competes to the 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.400 absolute best and you know, the chances that he gets 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.040 to pitch, I can promise you he's going to compete 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:40.400 and he's going to be fiery out there. 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.760 But yeah, I don't know what to expect. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.600 I don't know, you know, when the season ended, I 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:49.079 don't know how uh how much he's kept his arm 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:53.160 in shape. You know when I would imagine when you 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.160 make that decision to retire, you're pretty sad. 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.920 I'm not throwing a baseball again. So I don't know where. 0:10:57.920 --> 0:10:59.560 I don't know where he'll be at, but uh, you 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.320 know it'll it's gonna be really fun to watch, and 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:02.720 you know, I'll be cheering him on for sure. 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:03.959 All right. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.199 First of all, as long as he rocks the dad body, 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.200 there's nothing more American and him walking around everywhere with 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.040 no shirt on and the total dad go for Clayton. 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:12.520 You deserve it. 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:14.880 You've had a unbelievable career, first ballot Hall of Famer. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.360 But is this maybe a hint that he might not 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:20.559 be retired, he might come back, because man, if you're retired, 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.120 why the hell do you want to get all up 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.800 and get ready to pitch in the WBC every once 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:26.560 in a while, Like you think if you're retired, like 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.600 no more throwing, no more working out, no more any 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:29.800 of that. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.599 But Clayton's like, Nope, I'm gonna pitch for the USA. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:33.480 No. 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:37.080 I think he's pretty sad on being retired. You know, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.120 his body has been through so much, his arm has 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.760 been through so much, and you know, he had to 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.920 fight through a lot of stuff last last couple of years, 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:48.319 and you know, he won back. He's won three World 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.160 Series back to back World Series now, and you know, 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:54.040 I think he's pretty he's he's pretty okay with where 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.000 he's at, and uh, you know he's he's such a 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.000 good dad at home, and I think he's ready to 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:03.520 take that on full time that you know, unless he 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.720 comes out in the WBC throwing ninety five. I think 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.000 he's I think he's pretty pretty set on where he's at. 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:11.840 We discussed it. That wasn't gonna be our next question. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:16.560 We discussed that if he pops in ninety seven, do 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.080 you think because of the you know, the competitor, you 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.280 know the person, you also know the father and husband 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.720 that he is, does he say. 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:25.840 Maybe? 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:27.959 Because every other year he's tried to do the med, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.840 the heavy ball stuff, and it's like still just eighty 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.360 nine sliders down in a way too, you know, down 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:36.520 and in two three era and finishes the season out. 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:38.600 Does he come back if he pops in ninety five 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:39.360 or ninety seven. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.280 I don't think so. You know, like I said, I 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.440 think he's pretty content with where he's at. But you know, 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:50.160 in years past, he's been he's you know, already well 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.520 into his workout. It's been ramping up, you know, right 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:56.200 from the season ending, and you know, who knows, giving 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:57.760 his arm a little bit of a break even though 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:01.200 it was you know, only a month or two. He 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:02.840 he may come back in his arm might feel great. 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.000 And you know, if he does do ninety five, he 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:06.200 might think I could do this out. 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:06.880 Of the pen for a year. 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.760 But no, I really believe he's he's pretty content with 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:12.120 where he's at. 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.079 We agreed on the show, but it's a fun exercise 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:19.320 to talk about it, of course. Yeah, your manager, Doc 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:25.000 Roberts said he would love to manage the twenty twenty 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.560 eight Olympic team for Team USA. Do you want to 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:32.959 see professional the big leaguers play in the Olympics And 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.040 do you think Doc would be a great manager, even 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:37.960 though he'd have to go right up until the day 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.600 before the Olympics started with you guys and then bang 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:42.640 right into Team USA. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.040 Well, first off, yes, he would be a great manager. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.480 You know, he's he's e lite at what he does. 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.200 He's so good at knowing his players and knowing how 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.880 they operate. And you know, if you had professional players 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:00.920 in the Olympics, He's going to know every single one 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.599 of them. So there wouldn't be that I got to 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.679 get to know my players face. He'd be able to 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:07.400 get right into there and and be able to to 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:12.000 you know, know everybody and manage them. And you know, 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.200 if there were professional players, the first thing that he 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.800 would do would would you know, be he'd get in 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:18.959 contact with, you know, all the coaches of those players 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.680 just to learn, you know, more about those guys. And 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:27.080 you know, the thing with the professional players being in 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:31.800 the Olympics is that would create such a long break 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.920 in the middle of the summer that you know, I 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:39.040 don't know if that's a h a reasonable thing to do, 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:42.640 because you're not going to continue the season with star 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.320 players not playing in you know, for their teams they're 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:46.760 gonna if they're going to be in the Olympics, you're 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.800 not going to keep the season going, you know. 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.120 I I don't know. 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.080 If I have a good answer to that, just what 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.360 I like to see it maybe, But at the same time, 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:59.920 that's kind of what the WBC is for. It's a 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:04.560 almost like Olympic Baseball, just not in the Olympics. So 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:07.000 you know it, the WBC is a really fun event 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.840 that I really enjoy watching and I think it's really cool. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.880 But to do it again in the Olympics, I don't know. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.640 Yeah, Well, WBC's this year, so you get you get 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.040 you get the full country and everything this year, so 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.360 we can enjoy that. And if it happens in the 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:26.600 next Olympics, that'd be great because it'd be cool to 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:31.160 showcase baseball. But Japanese, the Japanese team wins every seems 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.680 like they win everything every year. You know, they're they're 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:35.640 in the finals, they're winning this and that. We just 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:39.520 talked about rookie Sazaki and Dave Roberts came out and said, oh, 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:42.000 he needs a third pitch. Have you faced him in 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.320 like live VP, and does he need a third pitch 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.320 a slider, a curveball or something, because you know, fastball 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.600 split coming out of that pen in the in the 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:51.320 playoffs was pretty good. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.240 Yeah, I mean being a starter and being out of 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.240 the pen is you know, your pitch mix has to 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.840 be a little bit different. You know, if he's sitting 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:03.080 a hundred with the split, it's because the split is 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.720 so unlike any other pitch that's out there. 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.360 You know, it's it's almost more like a forkball. 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:10.840 You know, he threw a couple of splits last year 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.840 that had like seven hundred eight hundred rpm on it, 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:19.880 which you know, that's that's getting close to knuckleball territory. 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.120 I don't know, if he's sitting one hundred, he probably 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.160 doesn't need another pitch. But you know, when you look 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:26.800 at some of the guys out there, you look at 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:30.320 you know, Paul Skins or you know de Grom they 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.120 all have the third pitch that they mix in there, 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.320 and it's just something to keep the hitter off balance. 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.120 When there's only two pitches you have to worry about, 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.680 your approach becomes a little bit more simple. And when 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.240 you're talking about seeing guys two three times through in order, 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.320 it's a you got to have just something you can 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:45.720 throw in there as a wrinkle, even if it's not 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:46.360 a very good pitch. 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:47.720 You just have to have something to throw in there 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:48.720 as a little bit of a wrinkle. 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:53.480 Did you happen to catch show Tany's MVP acceptance speech 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:54.600 any any parts of it? 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:56.840 I did not know. 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.360 Okay, well, when you go back and check it out, 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.600 because he did it all in English. He did a 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.720 very good job. Fans have been clamoring. They're like, we 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:11.240 rarely get to hear show Hey speak let alone in English. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.920 How is his English? And what is the one thing 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:17.320 that you guys get on him for when he's speaking 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:21.800 English to you guys, And because you've said it multiple times, Oh, 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.800 he's very comfortable. He usually speaks English. He rarely uses 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.479 an interpreter in the clubhouse, and he didn't use an 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.480 interpreter when he gave when he got his MVP award. 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:35.760 Well, you know, he can speak base baseball very very good. 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:42.760 But speaking baseball and speaking just normally is two different, 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.840 you know, two different things. And you know, in terms 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.040 of like a speech, he obviously had time to practice 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.480 that he knew what he was going to say. You know, 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.600