WEBVTT - MLB player alcohol/cannabis article + Stephen Nelson talks Dodgers pitching debacles & October prep 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:01.880 Crat that's on the case. 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:07.080 Wow, we don't do it often. 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:11.040 When we need our lawyer involved. Eric Kraft gets the call. 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:11.799 He's on the case. 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:13.000 I am on the case. 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:17.239 Okay. So here's the article America drinking less than ever, 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:19.240 and the same is true for baseball players. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:21.560 I am going to rely on others because I like 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:25.240 a good adult beverage. So a lot of this article 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.040 did not resonate with me when they were talking about 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:31.000 the general public, but when they were talking about baseball players. 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.800 It is something that I've seen for years now. Baseball 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.120 players and this was the article in Yahoo written by 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:43.240 Jake Min's baseball players are having less drank and having 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:51.360 more cannabis edibles whatever. That was part of it. Way less, 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:53.320 going out, way less. And that's been a thing, you know, 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.600 when you come across them, they're like, Oh, the baseball 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.920 guys they party hard, right, I'm like they used to. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:02.880 Now it stands out like a sore thumb when you 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:04.560 have the guy in the clubhouse. 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.039 Who's hitting the streets pretty frequently. 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:10.120 In fact, the article went over how Derek Jeter would 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:11.920 go out frequently, and he spoke about it in the 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:15.440 last couple of years on some interviews, and they said 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.800 they were trying to think about the last player that 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.839 was really hitting the town frequently and that was getting 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.000 publicity for it. Do you know the name they brought 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:23.399 up in the. 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.320 Article recently banded publicity? 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:30.759 I mean there were some moments where it wasn't good, yeah, 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:32.920 but just knowing that there was a guy who was 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.319 really hitting the town taking advantage of being in a 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:39.480 big market, Matt Harvey. Do you know any name since 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.360 that where you'd be like, Oh, this guy's going out 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:41.839 all the time. 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:45.200 That's the last one. I mean c Jon's gone ago. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:47.880 Yeah, but not to me, not the same. 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.400 It would be like, oh, Harvey's out, he's at He's 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.480 at this club, he's at that club, he's with this person, 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.640 he's you know, there were some lateness issues stuff like that, Right, 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:57.040 that was. 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:01.760 A star, dude, That was a star. That Because when 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.960 you get older, we don't have greenies anymore. In the game, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.680 Greenies used to be the thing that guys would go. 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.200 They'd go out. It was a bad cycle and I 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.160 saw it even when I was in the game and 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.880 they got rid of greenies in two thousand and six. 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:20.000 Guys would go out, they would drink for a decent 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.960 amount of time. They'd come back, they'd sleep, they'd go 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.680 to the game. They're like, oh, I am feeling it 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.440 a little bit. Whether they were twenty three or thirty three, 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:33.880 Papa Greenie Banger rang for the game. Now it's twelve 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.680 o'clock at night and they're like this laying in bed, 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:41.200 can't blink like Pete Fairbanks on the mound, Like, no 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.600 blinking because that greene is still running through your body. 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.040 So then you go and you have a little bit 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.080 more to drink that night the next day. It's a 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.880 cycle that just kept going. And we know so much 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:55.320 more about nutrition now, not saying that alcohol is completely 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:59.560 bad for your nutrition or you know, in a you know, 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:05.040 in moderation, it's there. But when you're talking about partying, dudes, 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.959 it's a year round thing. Being a big lead player. 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.280 Back in the eighties and nineties, it was, well, I'm 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.760 going to spring training to get my body ready to go, 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.280 and when I the season's over, I'm probably not gonna 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:20.800 pick up a batter or ball and I'll figure it 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:25.120 out in spring training. Now it's nutrition. You have dietitians, 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.320 you have cooks, you have stuff, and there guys are 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.320 changing how they go about things, how they go about 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.840 their health and nutrition. And it talks about in this 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.160 article talks about cherry juice. Cherry juice has been in 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:38.960 there since I was playing, and I've been out for 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:43.560 five years. Like Hammer and cherry juice for anti inflammatory purposes. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.440 Everything is about anti inflammatory. There's blood tests that you 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:49.920 can take that will tell you, hey, you know what 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:54.640 your body is allergic, not like allergic, like deathly allergic, 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.280 but allergic to stuff. Like I played with a guy, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:01.040 a pitcher, always had chronic shoulder issue, took this blood test, 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:05.080 found out he was allergic to salmon and broccoli. He's like, dude, 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:06.840 I was. He was one of the most healthy people 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:11.920 ever starter five days in like he was always on 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:17.159 top of everything. Found out salmon and broccoli were causing inflammation, 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.680 shoulder pain. Completely gone. Wow, that kind of stuff is. 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:23.200 That's where we're at in the game, and that's where 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.200 I'm fortunate that I played during this era where you 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.080 could learn this stuff. And my body feels great after 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.760 playing and I wasn't even a very good player. I 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:34.679 wasn't a very good player, but availability is the best 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:39.080 ability and all this stuff, all this health stuff helps 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:43.320 so much. Need ability for sure, Yeah, I mean I 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:45.960 but I'm saying I didn't have. I joke about it 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:49.920 all the time. I didn't have the ability that Todd had. 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:51.680 I didn't have the ability. There's a reason I hit 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:53.359 two oh nine in the big leagues, whether it's the 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:56.919 fact that you know, I didn't play a lot, or 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.320 it was the fact that I just wasn't as good 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.120 as the other guys. You have to be available to play, 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.200 and the stars have that extra money to be able 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:06.320 to put in into their nutrition. 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:08.800 Todd, you played for the Mets, And they're mentioned a 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:09.560 lot in here. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.280 Just because they refer to the eighties Mets, and then 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.920 they talk about the current Mets. The article starts by 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.919 talking about how there's like this little MIDI fridge and 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.520 it's got some beers and it barely gets touched, and 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.600 for the most part, the guys hit up the cherry juice, 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.400 the smoothies, the protein shakes, and then I don't know 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.120 if this was a matter someone else, but one multi 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.080 time All Star told them in the article, it's become 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.960 a European style of drinking where it's like I'm gonna 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.320 have something to enjoy it and it's not to get 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.440 drunk to go out raise hell, because you can't do that. 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.680 And later in the article they talk about. 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:46.120 Even Ron Darling's book and how he said that hitters 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.039 would shot gun beers at certain times during games. He 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.120 said they time it so that they were due to 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.840 hit third or fourth that inning, and in their minds, 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:55.960 the rush of beer would kind of jump start the 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.480 amphetamines and get back to how they were feeling early 0:05:58.600 --> 0:05:59.480 on in the game. 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:03.160 Pumped, jacked, good to go. Eighties mets were. 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:08.039 But a movie. But that's the thing, that's why they 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.719 would do that, Like don't looss over the side, like 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.720 the amphetamine starts wearing offs, and so when you hit 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:17.039 the alcohol, it basically it gives you another another jump start, 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.280 and you're in a seventh eighth inning, yep, and you're 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:22.080 banging ready to go. Rally beers they called him, it did, 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:23.360 at least I called him that. 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:28.760 Yeah, this was evolving around Greenies because it was essentially 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:29.400 a performance. 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.560 I never did it to get to enhance myself. 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.839 It was I got thrown out of a game or something, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.000 and I would have we're down three runs, trying I 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.080 need a rally, have some rally Beers to get those 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:41.560 three runs. 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.080 Tod's not saying he drank when he was in the game. No, 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.640 never get thrown out of the game. I never did. 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.320 I wouldn't even think about doing that. I don't. But 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.720 it was a different time. It was a different time. Yeah, 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:53.200 for sure. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:55.680 You know you had you had pictures that weren't pitching 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.240 that day. You need a rally beer, let's go well, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.279 let's go up and get one down, and that saying 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.400 you know we won the game. No, it didn't happen 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.120 all the time. It was just a figure of speech 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:04.880 for certain things. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.240 Yes, teams are going through it. You ask them that 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.160 player right now, they're going through it. They've lost five straight, 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.160 I think, or six straight. I'm not sure. I'm sure 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.200 it's talked about, yep, because there's guys that don't do anything. 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:20.960 You're sitting on the bench and you're like, I am 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.480 not getting in this game, or I just walked in 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.920 my one pinch hit appearance and now I'm out and 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.520 I'm sitting on the bench. Anything to get the boys 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.920 going because you don't feel like you have any control 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:32.440 over what's going on on the field. 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.880 Famous so for Red Sox and the documentary Everyone Too 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.000 a shot, you know you could see that. 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.040 Yeah, there are a lot of instances. 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.840 Yeah, but the point here is now it's video games, 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.960 it's edibles. That's what the guys do. There's a lot 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:49.560 more hiding in the hotel rooms going home. The other 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.760 portion of this story was exactly that they asked guys 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.000 why they don't go out and they said phone. And 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.000 they said phone for two reasons. One, they don't want 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:58.920 people capture and stuff and put it on even if 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.680 it's nothing. They just don't want them to be choking. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.080 And then the next day if they don't hat, well, 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.080 oh well it's because they went out to a bar 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.480 and had a couple of beers. And then also some 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.440 of them mentioned how they like there was one story 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.680 in there how they celebrated after a postseason series and 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.040 they said everyone's just putting phones and faces at them 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:16.600 and they're like, that's not even a fun experience. So 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:20.120 I want to party privately and it it's. 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.520 A something to connect social media and stuff is to 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:26.040 connect to players. But when it's done like that, My 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.240 one buddy, my one buddy was had a big hit 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:32.320 in Pittsburgh day game, went to the bar right across 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.959 the street. Got there, just got there, served him a 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.800 nice cold beer, and he's sitting like this on the phone. 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.960 Somebody posted the picture of him like this, passed out, 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.960 said so and so has passed out at the bar 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:48.840 hour and a half after the game. Wonder what he 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.840 was doing. So he had to then he had to 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.280 go into the front office. He goes, I'm never going 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:57.400 out again. I'm never going out again. Near near the field. 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.360 It was just like it was a day game in Pittsburgh. 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.480 And he's looking down to it looks like his eyes 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:03.320 are closed. 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.400 One hundred percent. He's sitting he's sitting just like this. 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:09.120 And his phone was below the bar and he's like this, 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:11.000 So it looks like he's hammered. 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.840 Yeah, I want one player now to just be the guy. 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.000 He just goes out. He just is proud of it. 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:17.880 He's one of the studs. And he's like, yeah, you 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.600 got a problem with that. No, as long as he's 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.120 you know, he's behaving, he's not getting arrested or anything. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.439 But it's like, hey, I'm hitting the town a couple 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:25.040 times a week. 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:27.120 None of them do it. 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.880 It won't happen. It won't happen. The best players in 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:33.240 the game hit below three hundred, they're hitting two ninety. 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.360 That means you're getting out seven out of ten times. 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:37.400 As soon as you go, oh for four and you're 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.719 posting that stuff, the team is gonna come to you. 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:46.319 The team strength coach, assistant strength coach, trainers, dietitians, all 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:49.040 this stuff. Don't even pull a hammy and somebody sees 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.440 you drinking, Oh he's dehydrated. Doesn't care. 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.280 Even in other sports, they don't really go on and 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.600 where it's the phones man, the videos. It's you can't 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.720 get away with nothing, just to go and have a 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.400 drink at a bar after a game because you're struggling, 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.199 like you know who's at the bar here? 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:05.800 You know what I mean? 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:06.839 Like the other sports. 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.920 They go out more than baseball. Peter, basketball and hockey, 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:12.680 they all go out. 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:13.240 More than baseball. 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:14.440 They have off days. 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:15.800 They have off days. 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.920 That's so, don't give baseball players off days. Don't shorten 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:20.800 the schedule, give him more off takes. 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.800 Hey, Steven Nelson joining us right now in foul Territory. 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:25.560 I don't think you and I have been on together yet, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:25.920 have we? 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:27.360 No, Scottie. 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:32.480 I am just gonna say it's been five years, has 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:33.600 he done anything together? 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.200 He was ducking you, Steven. That's what it is. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.200 Only Steve and I and a few others know we've 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.880 been in the trenches in the broadcast of filling it 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.840 for people who you know, dog gets the homework and 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.040 you get the call and you know you're somewhere else. 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.160 You got to put on the freaking Superman Batman suit 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:55.320 and run in, right, you know. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.280 Oh yeah, we we were forged in those fires together. Yes, dude, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.760 Pressure Kratzy, haven't seen you in a minute and phrase 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:05.199 great to be on with you guys as well. 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:07.400 Good to see you, dude. 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.840 All right, so let's get into things. So you're calling 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:10.880 the series this weekend. 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.480 What do you have for us on the state of 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:16.880 the Dodgers right this second in terms of preparations for 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.880 the postseason, because that's really the theme all year for 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:20.720 this team, right. 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:21.800 Yeah, totally. 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:25.280 I mean, this four game win streak certainly a healthy 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.720 vibe changer for the Dodgers, and they needed it. They 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.800 had lost seven of eight. They were losing seemingly every 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:34.400 game to losing teams or last place teams. We saw 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.600 that road trip start Pirates swept them. It looked like 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.320 the Orioles may do that as well, but they avoided that. 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:44.079 And so this four game run here and the way 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.400 they've won these four games has really been encouraging because 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:52.240 this summer undoubtedly has been disappointing in Dodger Land, and 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:58.080 the criticisms and concerns levied toward this team totally fair 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:00.880 because it isn't just a small stretch you go back 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:02.960 to the fourth of July. They've been one of the 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.640 three or four worst teams in all Major League Baseball, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:09.800 and so that's no small thing. But to your point, 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.520 which is the biggest one, it is and has always 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.440 been about October for this team. Now they might have 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.200 to play an extra series because of the way this 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.439 summer has gone. They may find themselves in a wildcard series. 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:27.480 But the way that the starting pitching has been dominating, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.480 not just doing a good job or doing well, they've 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.760 been dominating of late, and the way that Mookie Betts 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.560 has rediscovered himself and the way that guys are now 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:41.240 coming back healthy. It certainly has given some a win 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.320 to the sales of this team, as he had to 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.920 the final two weeks and change the regular season. 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.480 This is their nerve though in Dodger Land because they've 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:54.240 been just trouncing the Rockies. I know they were losing 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:58.120 to them before, but this, like this resurgence came on 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.640 the heels of playing, in my opinion, a better Orioles team. 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:06.439 But then Dodgers were finding a way to snatch victory 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.520 or snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. And 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:13.160 that's how that series went. All of that surrounding that 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.200 they were losing on the road. Now they could be 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:21.720 that wild card team that may not have that division, 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.240 may not have that home field. I think they're still 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:25.840 going to get the home field. I think the Padres 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:29.160 are even worse off than the Dodgers. But is that 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:34.040 fear of playing on the road more fearful that of 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.600 than anything else than any of the other problems that 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.199 they've had coming up to this point. 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:43.640 No, Honestly, I do think that the road struggles in 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:48.520 the road record are more coincidental than anything like that. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:50.680 They were playing road games at a time where the 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.960 team was just not playing good ball, not clean baseball, 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.320 not smart baseball. Like I think you said it fairly, 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.360 like they were finding ways to lose games. That's something 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.960 Dave Roberts said multiple times during the summer, is like, 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.280 that's a game we can't lose. We found a way 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.400 to give that We've we gave that game away, And 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.760 those are things that you're not accustomed to hearing. There 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:16.880 is this weird emotional position in the minds of Dodger 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:20.640 fans because of the last dozen years. Right they're trying 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.280 for a twelfth Division title in a thirteen year stretch. 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.560 There has been a level of dominance as well to that, 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.640 and it got to the point where I think a 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:35.720 lot of fans said, I don't care about the Nashley 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.080 West anymore. It's just about the World Series. And that's 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.280 something that the team addresses day one and spring training. 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:43.000 It is about winning a World Series title if not, 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:46.200 everything else is a failure. They addressed that elephant in 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:50.040 the room day one. It came back ranching Glendale. But 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.080 these last two years, with the division race being tighter, 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.480 they didn't cleach it until the last series against San 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.560 Diego in twenty twenty four, and they still almost got 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.960 knocked out in the Division Series. And then certainly this 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:04.440 year as they're on track to you know, barely scratch 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:08.280 ninety wins, now it's like, well, wait, wait, wait, Now 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.640 they're longing for those days where they're winning the division 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.800 by fifteen twenty games and coasting in the postseason. But 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.440 I think that ultimately this will be a healthy thing 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:23.840 for them. Cratzy, I think to kind of be humbled. 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.400 Not that the guys in the clubhouse were braggadocious. I'm 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.640 just saying generally where it's like, Okay, this isn't just 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.360 going to be a cakewalk. Not that again, not that 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.920 any of them thought baseball of all sports is going 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.840 to be a cakewalk, but for them to be like, wow, 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:42.120 this is we're really having to fight and scratch and 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.000 claw for every single win, no matter the record or 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:49.040 the opponent across the field, I feel that that is 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:51.600 a big thing, not just for the Dodgers, really any 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:55.520 team that's playing for postseason balls. So you know, try 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:58.400 to address the team and you know your question about 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.400 the fans, I do think that there is some angst, 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.640 in some nervousness because you know, in the last ten 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:07.160 plus years, they're normally getting ready to clinch in the 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.040 middle of September, and that's not the case these last 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:09.800 two seasons. 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.480 I think they're honestly giving everything the Oakie Doc. Right now, 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:15.720 they're just baiting them all in take your wins, and 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.760 then Boom wants the playoff hit. It's like flipping a 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:19.840 switch in my opinion. 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:24.520 But I hear you Fras and like, I think like 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.640 the other aspect of that is they're getting every team's 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:32.120 best haymaker. I remember watching you guys when Logan o'hapi 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.360 was on after the Angels swept the most recent Freeway 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:39.080 series and he talked about not being able to go 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.280 to sleep after those games, like that's how turned up. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.360 I would say most opponents are for the Dodgers throughout 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.680 the year. So I remember Mookie Bett's got a ton 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.720 of crap after the fan fest last year where he's like, 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:52.800 we're going to be every team's World Series and everyone's like, 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.440 how can you say something like that. I think he's 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.040 been vindicated and validated in what he has said to 0:16:58.040 --> 0:16:59.400 be honest of the last two years. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:01.360 Yeah, agreed, agreed. 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:03.800 Now onto the pitching a little bit. I mean they've 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.520 had thirty nine different pitchers. We know injuries are a thing. 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.600 How would you like talk about this pitching staff? Give 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.200 me something that you said I made that's going to 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.560 make this Dodger Town feel okay, like where would you 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.719 put them? Like, what what is your thoughts on all 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:19.920 this pitching and how are they going to bode welcome 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:20.760 playoff time? 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.919 Well, something to Andrew Friedman and Baseball operations and bringing 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.879 goms some gm that they have said throughout this year 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.080 is that they're gonna have a chance to take their 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.840 best thirteen man pitching staff into the postseason that they 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.920 ever had. And the Dodgers have had some really good staffs, 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:40.760 but the fact that you now have Yamamoto who's starting 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.960 tonight against Justin Verland, or you have Tyler Glassnell and 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:49.520 Blake Snell healthy, Clayton Kershaw, I don't know how to 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:53.159 explain him in year eighteen, just continuing to be a 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.679 master of run prevention, and and Emmett she and the 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.960 way he has come on they don't I mean, that's 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.720 just the starting staff. And I didn't even mention show 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:05.440 hey Otani. So I think that there is a lot 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:09.600 of confidence, given that those guys are, you know, feeling 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:13.600 physically good right now and throwing the ball well, that 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.920 no matter what series they find themselves in, they're gonna 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:20.840 have a shot every single night. Now the bullpen has 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:25.440 shown some leaks throughout the year. There have been a 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:27.960 lot of dudes back there thrust into a lot of 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:31.560 different positions. They have had to deal with some injuries. 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.679 So I think that right now, if I were to 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.840 try to guess how fans are feeling, I would I 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.879 would think that they're most concerned about the back end 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:45.800 of the bullpen. But the way the starters look right now, 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:50.240 it has bellied the confidence level, and understandably so, because 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:53.879 that is I mean, any single one of those dudes 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:56.320 can shove a night tonight. 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:58.880 So you know. 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:02.840 The way I put it when trying when people ask 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.240 about the Dodgers, I think they will go as their 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:09.560 big dogs go. It starts with the triumvirate and at 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:11.760 the top of the lineup. It really is not a 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.399 complicated formula for them to win games. Well, tany Bets 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.560 and Freeman, those are their big guys, and then they're 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.439 all Stars, with the alternate being all Stars Will Smith, 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:24.320 Max Munci, Ti, Oscar Hernandez and then which glue guy 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:26.480 finds a way to put a drop in the bucket 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:29.000 to win a ball game that night. Like that's it's 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:30.000 really that simple. 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:32.320 Ft family, Let's talk about Fair Harbor. 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:34.800