1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: voter number eight six, Rob Parker. All right, welcome into 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a show 7 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: for you today. Former All Star in World Series winner 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: with the Marlins, Cliff Floyd joins the podcast. Also longtime 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: New York Yankees radio color analysts Susan Walman, one of 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: my favorites. She'll tell us what's going on with the Bronx, 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: broken down Bombers, that and much more. Let's go up 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: to lead off. It's getting robbed and keep him on. 13 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number one. We're coming into the home stretch 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: of this abbreviated baseball season sixty games, and you know what, 16 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: it's not what we thought it would be. There are 17 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: teams still fighting in clarin and this is gonna be 18 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: a fantastic finish. I'm excited when you look at some 19 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: of the teams that are vying for playoffs, opportunities. A 20 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: lot of teams aren't that far behind, but so far, 21 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: let's talk about the division leaders, Tampa Bay a LL East, 22 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: Chicago White Sox. Everybody thought maybe the Twins would win that. 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: People of course thought the Yankees would win the AL East. 24 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: They're in third place. Oakland is over Houston in the West, 25 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,639 Speaker 1: so that's another one. So none of the three teams 26 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: that we thought in the a L that would be 27 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: leading divisions are currently doing that. In the National League, 28 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: the Braves are there. We expected that they're that good. 29 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: The Phillies are gonna make the playoffs as of right now. 30 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: Then you take a look in the Central It's Cubs, 31 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: the Brewers have basically UH and Cardinals have owned that 32 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: division the last few years. But Chicago's played very well. 33 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: They lead, and the Dodgers, who have owned the NL West, 34 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: they continue to on the NL West. UH thirty one 35 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: and twelve going into Wednesday night. But the upstart San 36 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: Diego Padres are not that far behind, just four and 37 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: a half games behind. It looks like they're gonna make 38 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: the playoffs and make noise. And UH they were riding 39 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: a three game win street going into Wednesday night. So 40 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: this has been different. Everybody must admit it's hard to follow. Uh, 41 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: you know, with the expanded playoffs, more teams are involved, 42 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,399 Speaker 1: So this will be a while finished. The final three 43 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: weeks of the baseball season here and gone before you 44 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: know it. I don't know about you. Pull up a 45 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: chair and grab some popcorn. This is gonna be fun. 46 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: Number two. It was twenty five years ago that Cal 47 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: Ripkin Jr. It was September six, took the field for 48 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: his two thousand one dred and thirty first game, breaking 49 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: the record that most thought could never be broken, the 50 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: consecutive games played streak that was held by Luke Garrick 51 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: for fifty six years. When you think about what Cal 52 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: Ripkin Jr. Was able to do to be an iron 53 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: man and go out on the field and play game 54 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: after game after game, and when you think about the 55 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: travel and what you have to do to be ready 56 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: to play and go out there and avoid injury and 57 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: all the other stuff, it is truly amazing. And I 58 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: know records are made to be broken, but I'll tell 59 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: you right here, right now, this record will never be broken. 60 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: It just won't. People don't play full seasons, people can't 61 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: seem this stay healthy despite all the medical and nutritional 62 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: things that are going on and the care that the 63 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: players get. This is one for the ages. Cal Ripkins 64 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: streak will never be broken. Number three. This week, the 65 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Phillies finally retired the number of Dick Allen, the 66 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: big slugger who played for the Phillies and was a 67 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: terror at the plate career to ninety two hitter three 68 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: hundred fifty one home runs over eleven hundred RBIs played 69 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: from the Phillies from nineteen sixty three to nineteen sixty 70 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: nine and was it was was a great player and 71 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: so people have been clamoring for this to happen. He 72 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: had some other off the field issues, but he finally 73 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: got his number retired, and now there are people who 74 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: would love to see him get into the Baseball Hall 75 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: of Fame. And uh he was on the Veterans Committee 76 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: and and had a shot at getting in through the 77 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: Veterans Committee but fell a vote short. So people are 78 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: hoping that, uh that the next go round he will 79 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: have that opportunity. Uh. Just for people who don't know 80 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: who Dick Allen was seven time All Star, a l 81 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: MVP National League Rookie of the Year, two time a 82 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: L home run leader, he was the a L RBI 83 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: leader and his number fifteen is now retired in Philly. 84 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: Some people hope Cooper's town is next. Here comes the 85 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: big interview. Listen. All right, now, let's welcome to the podcast. 86 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: Cliff Floyd, of course, the former Major League Baseball All Star, 87 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: won of World Series with the Marlins back in nine seven. 88 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: Currently he's a co host on Serious x M and 89 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: he works for MLB Network. Cliff, welcome to the podcasty man, 90 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: Thanks for having appreciate it. Let's just jump right in. 91 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,679 Speaker 1: There's a lot of good stuff to talk about with baseball. First, 92 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about the National League MVP. 93 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: You have Mookie Betts who's having some season his first 94 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: season with the Dodgers. But then there's also that kid, 95 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: Fernando Tattoos Jr. In San Diego who was turned baseball 96 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: on his head a little bit. Who do you have 97 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: right now as the m v P in the National League. 98 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: It's gonna get a dog fight to the end, but 99 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Tattoos right now. Um, but I 100 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: expect fully expect Mooky to be that knocking on the door. 101 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: You know, it is the type of season we haven't. Man, 102 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: I just feel like San Diego is finally gotten on 103 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: the map, so it's time for then the sign and 104 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: that dude, that Cliff. The thing that's that's crazy is 105 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: if you look at his first hundred games, uh tattoos 106 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: in the major leagues, Uh, compared to Mike Trout's first 107 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: hundred games, tattooses numbers are better. What does that say? 108 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: What was it telling me? Is he has baseball in 109 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: his blood. And when when you when you talk to 110 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: the kids, you understand where he's at, you understand you 111 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: know what he's what, you understand how much he loves 112 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: the game. And then you think about it. You know, 113 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: you got guys on our squad who definitely helped him out. 114 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: You saw the situation that happen fall three on that 115 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: but was tripping. I just feel like, you know, you 116 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: gotta let these kids play housing for his long around. 117 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: You got some ventions that have been a who's been 118 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: down in the World Wonder World Series. You've got Manny 119 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: to us right over at third base. He didn't hear 120 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: in good hands. So I think I think when you 121 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: think about where where Fernando is right now, I mean 122 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: you couldn't ask for a better group of guys that 123 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: they signed around him in front of the position where 124 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: you know he's gonna be successful every time and stuff 125 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: on that field, and they're gonna protect him. That's the 126 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: that's to me is what matters that most is you 127 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: protect him as opposed to grounding him and put him 128 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: in a dog you know, put him in put him 129 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: in the doghouse because he's young and he needs to 130 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: learn and blah blah blah. All he needs to learn 131 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: is to keep balling like he is and that he's 132 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: doing a fantastic job talking about ball and what about 133 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: you Darvish and the year he's having for the Cubs 134 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: coming into Wednesday seven and one with the one point 135 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: four for E. R. Ray. A lot of people gave 136 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: up on him. I remember when he pitched for the 137 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: Dodgers in the World Series a few years back. The 138 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: Cubs spent a hundred twenty six million dollars to sign him, 139 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: and now it's paid off. What's been the difference since 140 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: Hugh Darvish, It's been simple, man. He's he's cut down 141 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: the amount of pictures he throws. This game is about confidence, 142 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: It's about everything that puts you in a position to 143 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: go out there and throw strikes, feel comfortable, feel confident. 144 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: Uh you know, the ball come out. The snatives is 145 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: one of the most important things you can possibly have 146 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: as a picture obviously, because you control the game, you 147 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: control everything that's going on. So when you look at 148 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: you Darvish and what he's at today, he's just He's 149 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: always been able to pitch. The problem is when you 150 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: have teams that that that are that are peeping you 151 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: and know what you're doing, you're tipping your pictures. You 152 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 1: have to you have to slow down. You have to 153 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: be in a position where you know you can control 154 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: the game. And I've seen him early on in his career. 155 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: I knew he's gonna be fine. It's just a matter 156 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: of him saying, hey, I can't throw seven pictures, so 157 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: I'm not to figure out a way too, you know, 158 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: dumb it down and pitch to three or four pitches 159 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: and be really good at it, and then I'm fine. 160 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: Because they're gonna they're putting you out there. Let's let 161 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: it be known. They are going to use you. They 162 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: paid you a ton of money, as you mentioned, and 163 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: and we we we we were just you know, we 164 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: we're just gonna we're gonna rid you out. So he 165 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: had to figure out. So he had embarrassed himself because 166 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: as ball players don't care who you are before I 167 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: stand stinking up, you're embarrassed. And he's figured it out, 168 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: so I'm happy for him. Our guess is Cliff Floyd 169 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: from MLB Network in serious X am former major league 170 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: Uh Cliff, Uh, There's been all kinds and we just 171 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: talked about Tattoos who, of course his father played in 172 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,839 Speaker 1: the Major League. Uh keep Briant Hayes, Charlie Hayes. His 173 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: kid made his debut, hit a home run in his 174 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: first game. And on Wednesday, UH Mike Cameron's son, Daz Cameron, 175 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: who who came a part of that Tiger trade with 176 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: the Ashaws for Justin Verlander, he makes his major league debut, 177 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: was called up to the big club. All these kids, 178 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: It's amazing how many UH sons of major league fathers 179 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: are playing in the big leagues? Are you amazed by that? Man? 180 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: I'm amazed, And you know what, I'm also I'm also old. 181 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: You know that we all are. And you know I'm 182 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: sitting there to day and I see dads get called up. Obviously, 183 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: I texted Mike because I played with Mike, and then 184 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: I'm thinking to myself, Man, I'm texting young Dad's going hey, man, 185 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: let's go. And I'm thinking, like, man, that's big broth 186 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: type stuff like this is what it's all about. To me. Man, 187 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: you give any kids you know more, just more eyes 188 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: on them, more ears. You know, they listen to pops. Obviously, 189 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: if you don't listen to the pop the mic, then 190 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: there's a problem. But that's why these kids gonna be 191 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: good in my opinion. The videos, the Bishet and and 192 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: and the Guerreros. You can keep going down the list. 193 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: These kids are gonna be good. Man. Not only do 194 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: you have the DNA, but you're also you just you 195 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: can just you step away from talking to a Hall 196 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: of Fame day. I mean, they don't get no better 197 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: than that. So I'm not so much, you know, crazy amazed, 198 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,839 Speaker 1: but I'm just happy that these you know, these guys 199 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: that I've seen play and played it with, um get 200 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: to go enjoy the game differently than when they played 201 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: it last thing. Cliff Uh. There're a couple of teams 202 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: were playing really well in the American League. Obviously, Tampa 203 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: Bay is in the league in the East, White Sox 204 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: in the Central, Oakland and the West. Out of those 205 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: three teams, who do you like to ask, which there's 206 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: a temple with the pitching, the White Sox with the 207 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: pop man, or Oakland, which is one like NINETIESEM games. 208 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: The last three years they've played well, yeah, yeah, you 209 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: know what you know you you you own the something 210 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: with with Oakland. I've been saying Oakland for a while. Um, 211 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: the White Sox are not. They're not surprised me at all. 212 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 1: I knew it was gonna happen. They just need to 213 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: get to Madison back at the top of the table 214 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: set up. Um, you know what I mean, it goes 215 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: through Oaktown. I know Tampa's is super good. You look 216 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: at what they've done to the Yankees this year. They 217 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: ain't getting bullied, they ain't getting pump um. They're out 218 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: there balling. I look at Oakland and say, they have 219 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: the depth. Now is that enough? Um, Bob Melvin has 220 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: been awesome with that squad. They've they're there's really a 221 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: streaky team. I thought they had enough pitching. Do they 222 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: have more than Tampa? I don't know, but I've already 223 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: put put Oakland in the World Series on TV. So 224 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't go back and forth Oakland against 225 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: who the Dodgers. If the Dodgers don't go to this ship, 226 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: I'm really worried about my man, Dave Robertson. I say 227 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: that with a ton of respect for him and obviously 228 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: no disrespect in regards that they've won seventh consecutive n 229 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: L wef you gotta win a chip, and I know 230 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: it's been you know, for obvious reasons. Guys heard, you know, 231 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: but Clayton, his ship is healthy. You're adding Mookie Bette, 232 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: Kenny Jansen, the best, say that safe with his life. 233 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: You gotta win a chip. So I'm going with the Dodgers. Yes, 234 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: but I'm picking the Dodgers and winning. And if they don't, 235 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: I just wonder. I won't say they've won't have a job, 236 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: because that that's just throwing out there too much. I 237 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,959 Speaker 1: would say I'd be interested to see what happens is 238 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: all season, no doubt. All right, Cliff Floyd is his name. 239 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: We appreciate your Cliff continued success, stay well, no doubt, 240 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: no doubt, appreciate have him my man. It's time for 241 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: the pocket Protector central the analytic numbers you need to know. Well, 242 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: maybe Anthony Masterson is his name. B S analytics is 243 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: his game. What do you got from me, Anthony? Well, 244 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: with the passing of Hall of Famer Lou Brock this 245 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: past week and got me thinking about a lost art 246 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: in the current game of baseball, the stolen base. Now 247 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: Brock retired as the game's all time stolen base king, 248 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: only passed eventually by Ricky Henderson, and one stole a 249 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: hundred eighteen bases in a single season nineteen seventy four. Now, 250 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: for reference, only one team had more stolen bases last season, 251 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: the Texas Rangers at one one. Now the stolen base 252 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: went out of style in the age of analytics, with 253 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: front office is realizing how important base runners were and 254 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: not wanting to take any chances to give them up 255 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: via caught stealing. Stolen bases are not inherently bad, but 256 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: you better be safe way more often than not. Now 257 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: are we surprised at all that Mike Trout is one 258 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: of the best in baseball when he comes to stealing 259 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: bags successfully is eighty four point five percent success rate, 260 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: second best among active players only behind speed to Gerard 261 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: Dyson and far ahead of Brock's career success rate. Now 262 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: only you could have tracked then what we track now. 263 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: We can see the baseball's fastest players all run the 264 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: bases at quicker than thirty ft per second, with each 265 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: individual burst at thirty or greater called a bolt quote unquote. 266 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: Washington's trade turner leads all big leaguers with thirty nine 267 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: bolts this year, sixteen more than the next guy. And 268 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: we can only guess how many bolts Brock would have 269 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: busted out in a single season. And that is it 270 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: was a big week in the big league. Who is 271 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: it foul or is it fair? And now here's Shadow 272 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: league dot Com MLB insider Jr. Gamble. The Yankees are 273 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: seeking quickly, having lost sixteen of their last one coming 274 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: into Wednesday night and barely hanging onto that eighth and 275 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: final spot in the a L playoffs? Is it foul 276 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: or fair Jr? To say that if the Yankees don't 277 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: make the playoffs, heads will roll, starting with manager Aaron Boone. 278 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: You can't judge in the entire season on sixty games, 279 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: Boone actually has missed the one hundreds, that's how many 280 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: games he's usually guaranteed the win over a hundred sixty 281 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: two games. It's COVID sprints that baseball has involved in 282 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: goes against basically everything that sports is about. These falls 283 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: about the way it's designed. It takes a full season 284 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: to find out who the best team is. Injuries are 285 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: gonna hit somebody this season, and it happened to be 286 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: the Yankees, the world's city's favorite. I say go figures. 287 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: Several hours after g and Brian Cashman held a ram 288 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: meeting with the club, the Yankees still went out and 289 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: lost the next two games. If the sticks are going, 290 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: the pitchings bad, if the pitchings humming, as it was 291 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: last night against Toronto, then the hitting fails them. It's 292 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,359 Speaker 1: the class I think mark of an unconsistent and consistent 293 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: five teams bones doing his best. Look at the Yankees 294 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: what they're doing at the bat In the last twenty 295 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: games Robs the Yankees are batting one seventy six as 296 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: a team with runners in scoring position. That's MLB. The 297 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: previous twenty two games they were batting nine four, which 298 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: is fifth. They supposed the game of peaks and valleys, 299 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: but the Yankees don't have time to work it out 300 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: in sixty games that's not bones fall, that's not anyone's ball, 301 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: that's just baseball. During the planning demit. Hopefully they make 302 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But if they don't, can fans really be 303 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: that upset? I thought the point was just to have 304 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: a baseball season, because for a moment there it looked 305 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: like that might not happen. Stop being greedy and be grateful. 306 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. 307 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer, 308 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: a broadcaster, older, new All right, let's welcome into the 309 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: podcast pass one of my favorites, a friend of mine, 310 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: Susan Wollman, who is the color commentary on New York 311 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: Yankees baseball on w f ANN in New York. Susan, 312 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: welcome to the podcast. Oh, thank you very much, Gus. 313 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,959 Speaker 1: Do we go back a long way? Huh? Covering the 314 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: NBA with the New Jersey Nets, right, that seems like 315 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: your first job, no doubt about it. All right, Susan, 316 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: let's talk about the Yankees. All kinds of stuff going on. First, 317 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: tell me g M. Brian Cashman. Uh addressed the team 318 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: Tuesday night. What was that all about? Well? He flew 319 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: up to Buffalo to talk to the team. You know what, 320 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: rob when you're gonna do, uh, those kinds of things, 321 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: you better win the ball game. And Um, he went 322 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: up and what he did actually was who was talking 323 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: to the team and said that it was a positive one. 324 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: No yelling and screaming, no George Steinbrenner history, onic. It 325 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: was you're better than this, and every person in this 326 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: room is here for a reason, and I want you 327 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: to remember that, and we're all supporting you, etcetera. But 328 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: you know what, I remember, um, managers used to do 329 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: this a lot. And I remember Kevin Kennedy telling me 330 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: once when he managed the Red Sox that he when 331 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: he had a team meeting and stuff, he always did 332 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: it and he'd end with taking the baseball and he'd say, 333 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: all right, now we're gonna go get him. And he 334 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: put the ball in that night's pitch pitchers locker and 335 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: it was Roger Clements. So when you are going to 336 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,679 Speaker 1: have that kind of a team meeting, you make sure 337 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: you're gonna win that ball game. That's a great idea, 338 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,360 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. All right, update me with Stanton 339 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: and Judge. Are those guys coming back anytime? Supposedly, but 340 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: we got two and a half weeks left. You know what, Rob, 341 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: This is not about Judge and Stanton. Judge and Stanton 342 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: were not there last year either, and they got pretty good, 343 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: pretty deep into the playoffs. This is not about people 344 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: be being injured. I know Judge and Stanton are injured 345 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: and haven't been there pretty much all year. Our Shella 346 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: is a big loss. He has bones spurs in his elbow. 347 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: Hopefully he's coming back. And they've lost the pitchers. They've 348 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 1: lost Severin or Tommy Kinley, James Paxton and um, and 349 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: those kinds of things are more important. But I think 350 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: what has happened here is that the guys who had 351 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: career years last year, the other guys, the next man 352 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: up kind of guys, the Mike Takman's, the Brett Gardner's, 353 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: uh um, you know, Mike Ford's. That hasn't happened now. 354 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: And the league is may be caught up to some 355 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: of these kids that they've brought up, but right now 356 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: they're not playing good baseball. If they have great starting pitching, 357 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: uh someone makes an era. If they have great defense, 358 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: someone doesn't hit. If they have a great bullpen, the 359 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: starter gives it up. Um, you know, this has been 360 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,239 Speaker 1: a crazy, crazy year. They've had a weekend where they 361 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: had five games in three days. I mean, with double 362 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: header after double header after double header. It's really hard. 363 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: But everybody is playing under the same thing. I remember 364 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season, though, somebody told me. 365 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: Somebody said to me, well, um, what teams were you 366 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: afraid of? And I said the bad teams? And I 367 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: mentioned all these teams that are all pretty much fighting 368 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: for the playoffs, Baltimore, Miami, Detroit, Seattle, because they don't 369 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: have time to realize that they're not that good, and 370 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: they don't have time for the rest of the league 371 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: to catch up with them. So this is kind of uh, 372 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: it's an interesting thing, you know. You you look at it, 373 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: and and tonight they got a rookie on the Morrow, 374 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: guy making his third start, David Garcia's extremely talented. Um, 375 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: you know, Toronto is awfully good. They can really hit. 376 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: They can hit with the best of them, So we'll 377 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: have to see. It would be nice if they came home, 378 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: as Aaron Buone just said to me, would be nice 379 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: if we could get on the plane tonight happy, because 380 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: they haven't done that in a while our guest is 381 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: Susan Walman, the color analysts for New York Yankees Baseball 382 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: on w f AN in New York. Susan earlier this season, 383 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: which was pretty awesome. You sang the national anthem for 384 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: the Yankee home opener, but you had done that before 385 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighties six Game seven of the a LCS 386 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: in Boston. What was I doing before that? Rob when 387 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: I was in theater. I sang in Pittsburgh, in in 388 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs, in the World Series in So that's how 389 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: I used to go to ballgame. When I was in 390 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: theater and traveling around, no one figured out that seeing 391 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: the anthem was a way to get on television. I 392 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: just had afternoons off and I wanted to go to 393 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: a ball game, so I would call up the whatever 394 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: um city I was in. I would call it and say, Hi, 395 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: this is Susan Rellman. I'm starring in Mandala Manta. Here 396 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: junion an anthem singer for this afternoon. And they said, sure, 397 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: why not. So that's how And it didn't cost me anything. 398 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: And I've done it like a thousand times. Haven't done 399 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: it a very long time, obviously, but it was a 400 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: promise I made to Gary at Cole years ago that Uh, 401 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 1: I said, you know, one of these days you're going 402 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: to make a great Yankee And he said, well, when 403 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: I do? You have to sing the anthem on opening Day? 404 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: And it just worked out that because of the virus 405 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 1: um and no one is at the stadium, they couldn't 406 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: have what they usually have, and there I wasn't my both. 407 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: I was like the only one left. So it actually 408 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,239 Speaker 1: was kind of a nice moment. It was. It was 409 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: definitely awesome. And last thing, Susan, You've been doing this 410 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: a long time. I've known you forever. We talked about 411 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: it earlier and uh, you're the third woman to be 412 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: a full time color analyst, Uh doing baseball. You've done 413 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: the Yankees for a long time. Are you still having fun? Well? 414 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: This this year it's tough. This is really tough. I mean, 415 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: this is a this is a very tough year. I'm 416 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: not sure I'm enjoying anything much this year. I mean 417 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 1: we're sitting in an empty booth by myself, UM, watching 418 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: a game that's being played in Buffalo on monitors. Um, 419 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: I don't get any interaction. So this year the enjoyment 420 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: is is not what it was but I'm just in 421 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: praying that we get back to some semblance of normalcy. 422 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: Uh next year. But this year, I think we just 423 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: have to all just take it and sprint it out 424 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: of our minds as as quickly as possible. I hope 425 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: we can do that, all right, Susan, continue success and 426 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: good health. I appreciate it. Thanks for joining the podcast. 427 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: Thanks Rob, I hope I talked to you soon. Now 428 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: it's time for some diamond Dust with wish TVs. Phil Sanchez. 429 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: He played baseball in college. Now Here is MLB knowledge, 430 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: and I'll think now with a couple of stories that 431 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: we first told you about earlier this summer. First, Nashville's 432 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: bid to bring a Major League Baseball team to the 433 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: Music City just got a big boost, Tennessee native and 434 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: ten time Grammy Award winner Justin Timberlake announcing that he 435 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: will become an investor in the group behind the push 436 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: to land of franchise. The team would be called the 437 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: National Stars and with pay homage to the Negro leagues 438 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: from the nineteen forties and fifties. Timber Lake also a 439 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA. Nowhere 440 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: yet as to whether or not Major League Baseball has 441 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: plans to expand any time soon. We'll keep you posted. 442 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: And on Wednesday, Major League Baseball celebrated Roberto clement a 443 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: day and for the first time in the nineteen years 444 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: of the celebration, the Pittsburgh Pirates will all wear the 445 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: number twenty one in honor of Clemente. This is the 446 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: team retired number one and nineteen seventy three, the year 447 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: after commented died in a plane crash. Across baseball. All 448 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: Puerto Rican players will also be allowed to wear twenty 449 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: one as well, and all players will be given the 450 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: option to wear a patch commemorating Clemente. But does that 451 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: go far enough in a time where it seems humanity 452 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: has been somewhat forgotten about? What better way to honor 453 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: a man who was known as one of the greatest 454 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: humanitarians to ever wear a major league uniform than to 455 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: retire his number across all of baseball. If anyone from 456 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball is listening, it's time to retire twenty 457 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: one now. Bringing the closer, Here's why MLB is better 458 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close. 459 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: Wednesday night was another great chance to see why baseball 460 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: is better than the NFL and better than the NBA. 461 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball allowed Puerto Rican players to have the 462 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: opportunity to honor Roberto Clemente, one of the greats of 463 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: the game, during Wednesday's game, by wearing his number twenty 464 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: one jersey. The Pittsburgh Pirates, the team that Clemente played 465 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: for eighteen years in his major league career, will all 466 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: wear number twenty one. All Major league players had the 467 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: option to wear the twenty one patch. Clemente, of course, 468 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: was one of the all time great players. He was 469 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: unbelievable when you take a look at his stats. He 470 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: had twelve gold gloves. He had three thousand hits hits. 471 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: His final at bat in the major leagues is when 472 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: he recorded his three thousand hit. He had uh four 473 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: batting titles, was a fifteen time All Star and won 474 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: two World Series with the Pirates in nineteen sixty and 475 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy one, and he was the league MVP in 476 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: the National League in nineteen sixty six. Roberto Clemente was 477 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: the first Puerto Rican born player to be inducted into 478 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: the Baseball Hall of Fame, and he tragically died trying 479 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: to help other people on the New Year's Eve, trying 480 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: to take supplies to people in need. He was a 481 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: great ball player, an even greater person, and it's great 482 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: that baseball will identify and recognize his Puerto Rican heritage 483 00:27:52,080 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: and his contributions to the game. In the words of 484 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, thanking you 485 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: for your time this time until next time. Rob Parker out. 486 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: He can't get it. This could be an inside the 487 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: Parker to see you next weekend, same bad time. Save 488 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: Massa h.