WEBVTT - 3x All-Star Daniel Murphy joins FT 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:05.400 What's up, Murph? 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:06.360 All right, so here he is. 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:10.159 Time all start, two times silver Slugger from ERNOLCSMVP, the 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:10.639 whole deal. 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:13.080 Let's let's talk kidding. KP was excited to bring you 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:13.840 on for this, Murph. 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:15.760 So I'm just going to talk about one of the 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:18.280 buzzier topics here so far, but I'm going to get 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.680 the hitting approach question on it. So the Mets were 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.040 finally able to snap their long losing skid, a team 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.440 that you had, you know, some nice history with. What 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:28.920 are you seeing from their batters? And the one thing 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:31.840 that I'll point to is just nice and simple the fastball. 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:34.920 So I was looking this up before yesterday's game. Okay 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:38.520 against four seam and two seam going into yesterday three 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:42.440 twenty five slug percentage against fastballs, with twenty one points 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.559 lower than any other team, nineteen point six percent of 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:49.519 their misses against heaters. So all those numbers kind of 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.800 worse in the league, while teams like the Dodgers and 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:54.040 Braves excel there. So your thoughts on what you've seen 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.800 from them, and you know the basics of if teams 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:58.720 are challenging you and beating you with a fastball, then 0:00:58.760 --> 0:00:59.440 what do you do. 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.280 Man, Maybe go look for a curve, you know, but 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.800 you probably won't get it since they're beating you with fastballs. 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:07.560 I saw that they're like last in the league and 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.760 they're kind of just getting beat in the zone with fastballs, 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:12.840 you know, more than the rest of the league is. 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:17.720 So it's just a it's such a tough spot because 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.280 like the way, I just can speak for myself that 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.200 if I felt like there was an area of the 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:24.360 plate that you could throw your best punch to in 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.600 the zone and I couldn't get there, then I needed 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:28.720 to cheat. And so then at the point that I 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.840 have to cheat to your fastball, now I'm susceptible to 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.399 your change up, to your curveball, to your sliders because 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.400 I'm having to sell out and make contact a little 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:40.920 bit more out front. And so like that's some of it. 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.120 I'm wondering as well too, because I haven't been in 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.160 love with like the Mets batted ball profile, I mean, 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.000 and it's easy to say when they've lost, you know, 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.680 twelve in a row. They won last night, but even 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.040 seeing Sodo get in there, he just shows you a 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:55.640 little bit how different he is and that he's been 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.800 on the shelf for three weeks. First of that drives 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.240 one to center field. Next to bat hits a bullet 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.200 to the right fielder, walks, and then a base hit 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.880 you know through the three four holder right field like 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.960 one is awesome at playing against the outfielders. I would 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.240 say even more so playing against the right fielder, although 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.640 he is strong enough to play against the left fielder, 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.920 if that makes sense, like the left all right, So 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.160 I look at it this way. I got to be 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.120 able to get to second base from home plate, and 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:23.880 we kind of saw it with the Mets last night. 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:25.920 Bashett hits a double to lead the game off. He 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:29.120 ends up touching home plate and scoring. Alvarez drives in 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.359 Lindor with a double. There's just been I know it's 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.360 slug and you could even look at it as homers, 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.880 but it's more like how do I get to second base? 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.280 Because if I can, I need to hit a double 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.959 to score a runner from first. And so watching the Mets, 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:48.000 it's been strikeouts, pop ups, full ground balls, flies the 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:49.640 other way, you know what I mean, Like fly balls 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:53.840 that that that's like you don't like first base in 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.280 my opinion, like that batted ball profile is like you 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.359 just don't love getting on base, and so I think 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.400 of it more like the ball that Van Too's won 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.000 the game with last night. He hits a hand grenade 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.760 the right field, but he gets it over the infielder's heads, 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:08.480 you know what I mean, and plays in front of 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.040 the right fielder. So like and my career, the way 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:12.639 I thought of it is as I moved to the 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.200 left fielder and my bad at ball profile that way 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.880 it needed to be lower, and then I would basically 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:19.880 what do they call it, kp and cratze. It's almost 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.079 like that telephone wire, and then I would try to 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.240 work that now over the second and first baseman to 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.200 play over the right fielder and right center fielder. And 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.520 so that's, you know the way. And I think they're 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:32.880 misses right now. I'm seeing they're like they're late to 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.120 the fastball, so they're fouling it off the other way, 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:39.200 Whereas I would prefer to see you early in the count, 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.800 at least until one strike. If you're trying to hit 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.320 a double, better to play in the pool gap. And 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.120 if you miss, miss high and foul, you know what 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.000 I mean, because then you get to hit again, and 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.200 I think you get a better idea of how to 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.920 measure the pitcher, if that makes sense. And so I 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:55.600 think if it last one, I know I'm talking a lot. 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.680 You guys get me excited about ball. I texted KP 0:03:57.800 --> 0:03:59.920 last night at twelve thirty, so I was like, the 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.680 that's what I say. The Mets can't win the rest 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:04.600 of them until they win the first one, so they're 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:06.880 off and running. But like I think of it like 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.040 a par three. If I have water to the left 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.720 and you know, green to the right and rough and 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.240 stuff like that, my miss should be right. So the 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.839 way I thought it was, if I miss this ball, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.680 if I'm hitting I'm an imperfect person, I want to 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.440 make sure I get it over the infielders heads. There's 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.160 less outfielders and more space to cover, and if I 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.080 really want to do damage, I'm probably going to need 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.680 to play in the right center field gap against the 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:33.520 right fielder more likely than not, because I'm not a giant. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.440 It's like giants get to play against the all outfielder, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.000 you know. And so that's been some of it that 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:42.559 I've seen. It's like strikeouts, pop ups, pull ground balls, 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.960 and fly balls. The other way is like it's it's 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.000 like that's tough living. 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:51.080 Yeah, how does the entire organization just be late to 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:55.080 the fastball? Is there something conversation you see their work 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.800 on the field. And then my second question is what 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:01.880 have you seen with Bobashet specifically that maybe gives you 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.440 some optimism that he could be turning the corner, because 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.640 up until this point I would put him in a 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.920 handful of who I thought was arguably one of the 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.719 top five best hitters because he can do everything great 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:13.640 on baseball field. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.520 Yeah, I'll probably because the bow win's fresh in my 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:19.080 mind right now, is that he's just like the rest 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:20.880 of the club. He struggled to hit a double, you 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:22.559 know what I mean, And so it just it takes 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.560 a lot to hit, you know, three singles to get 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.719 a run. We saw him hit a double last night. 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.919 Now it was low and so that's not the most 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.440 conducive to long term success. I think it's like seven 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.560 percent of ground balls go for extra bases. What I think, 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.760 like you said, that bow excels at is is even 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.320 when he's not slugging, which I think he will he's 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.760 not right now, but when he gets other runners on 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.440 in front of him, he's so accurate and can use 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.960 the whole field. When the defense has to shift around 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.080 to account for the guys on base, it creates more 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.200 holes for him. Like he's probably one of the best 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.080 at being able to hit that three four hole, you 0:05:58.160 --> 0:05:59.440 know what I mean. With the runner on first, it 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.120 looked like he was trying to shoot it last night 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.400 and end up skipping it right to the second baseman. 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:09.360 I've as far as the fastball, like I'll tell you 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.760 kp like I would be trying to hit a draw foul, 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.160 you know what I mean. Like, I'm gonna get here 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.280 on time. I'm gonna get forward and I'm gonna hook 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.560 this ball high and pull so that I can feel 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.360 where the contact point is. Because I think that if 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.679 I'm willing, if I'm able to get in a position 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.840 to hit a draw, a nice high drawl over the 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:33.479 right fielder's head for a double or a homer as 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.760 I go to get into contact, if I catch it 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:37.240 deep in the zone, you know what I mean, and 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.320 late barrel it back of the window contact window, those 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.440 will be the balls that get shot the other way. 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:44.760 Does that make sense? Because I'm matching the plane of 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:46.800 the pitch, so if I catch it deep, I could 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.440 shoot it, but if I catch it out front, you 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:51.400 kind of like get it up in the air. And 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.480 for me as a lefty, like I wanted to get 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.080 it over the first and second basement. I'd like to 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.080 probably see the Mets take a little bit more shots 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:00.000 at that open hole as well too, with their life 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.760 tanted hitters, Like that's an advantage that we. I don't 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:04.280 know how you right handers do it. You guys are 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.640 on the wrong side of the plate. It's it's good 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.960 for you. Never understand how you see David Wright like, 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.800 I just never understand it because like I get to 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.400 like I want that when that hole opens up, you know, 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.560 when Baty gets in there, or even Carson Binge as 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.160 well too, I would be explaining as like, hey, that 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.239 giant holes open up. 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Make sure you click the link in the 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.760 description to download the app and have the code automatically 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:34.679 added to your account so you can use it later. 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.520 Props to see Geek. 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.800 Marv I, I would appreciate if you would never put 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.880 my name in David Wright's name in the same category, 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.400 because I know exactly I was definitely a left. 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.080 Handed right down there. 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:51.240 Take some figures, okay. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.160 Yeah, and I gave up David Wright's last double a 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:57.840 home run on a knuckleball, oh two knuckleball in New Hampshire. 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.840 So yeah, I mean there's connections, but hitting wise, the 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:02.800 connections aren't there. I want to go to the Mets 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:06.200 team though. You were a guy that played a little 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:10.480 bit of first, some third, a lot of second. When 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.280 I look at some of your stats, you played some 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:15.120 of your best games, I mean your best seasons you 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.520 played majority second base. You have a Mets infield, a 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.400 Mets team all the way out to Juan Soto who 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.640 are playing different positions. Yesterday I said that could be 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.439 maybe going into a little bit of their offensive funk 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.800 as a team. Do you agree or not agree that 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.959 changing and learning a new position that you haven't ever 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:39.320 played in Boba Schet, Jorge Polonko, Brett Batty. I'm trying 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.480 to say Viento's barely played first base and that affect 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:43.040 your offense. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:48.360 Yeah, I think it's. It's it's a lot of responsibility, 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.680 and I think the one it's probably fallen on the 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:54.040 most would be like Baty, because he's bounced around from 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.440 the outfield and played some first base. Now I think 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.680 that and Brett would I would say, would agree that 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.720 he should and feels like you should be swinging the 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.720 bat better than he is. But it is a lot 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:05.880 of responsibility to kind of learn a position at the 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.680 big league level. Like I couldn't learn left field at 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:10.520 the big league level. They kicked me out of there, 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.080 and then other people would question whether or not I 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.000 learned any of the positions on the infield either. That's 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.040 up for debate, but it is difficult to develop that, 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:21.160 you know, that skill set at the at the major 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:25.720 league level. You know, with first base, you thought it 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.000 was going to be Poloonco. It doesn't seem like he's 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.480 really been you know, healthy, at least since the kind 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.080 of the start of the season, So you almost wonder 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:34.680 how much you're going to run him out there since 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.760 he doesn't have those reps. I do think Baity can 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:41.720 do it. Vi Intos has been okay ish over there, 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.760 and I think that honestly, I'd say Boba Shepp, I 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:46.960 think he's done well at third, like I think he's 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.280 he looks he looks comfortable over there, and he's enough 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:53.160 of a veteran player that I don't think it should 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.520 affect his offense maybe as much as it may take 0:10:56.600 --> 0:11:00.440 Brett Beadies and getting used to it's not a position changed. 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.040 But at the same time, like Carson Binge has got 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.520 putting a lot of responsibility on his plate. Is a 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.800 rookie you know this season like that, that's a ton 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.240 of responsibility that he's taken on and been given to 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.000 be in the lineup at least against right handed hitters, 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.960 and you know he hopefully is coming out of it. 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.680 I do like that he continues to run when he 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.920 gets on base. I think he's six for six stealing bases, 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.360 and that's like if I'm trying to get to second base, 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.319 a walk in, a stolen base, a single and a 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.400 stolen base. He even hit a fielders choice the other 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:33.600 night where he stole second and got into scoring position. 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.640 So it does feel like even though the league probably 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.160 he probably feels like it's coming at him fast right now, 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.200 he's still taking his chances to run and do what 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.040 he can. And he's been defending as well too. But 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:46.720 you know, all that to say, I think that Brett 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.959 Batty has been the one who's been given the most 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.600 responsibility with how he's been bouncing around almost in that 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.760 Jeff McNeil role that they had last year. 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.959 Yeah, we know how much Kevin Long means to you. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.920 And we were just kind of discussing the Phillies struggles, 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.720 like kind of take us into your relationship with Kevin 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:06.520 Long and how. 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:07.600 You what do you see? 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.319 Do you see the Phillies getting out of this or 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.320 do you see this as a scenario where he's been 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.440 around the same people too long and maybe a change 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:16.120 needs to be made. 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:18.360 Yeah, I have it. 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.000 I talked to keV a little bit and I'll shoot 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:21.959 him text and I haven't quite got to follow the 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.959 Phillies as closely. I did see them, I'll probably I 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:27.840 did see them the other day when they played Atlanta, 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.760 and I'll do a quick Atlanta looks formidable. And the 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.400 reason I'll say that is they've starting pitched well and 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.960 been able to hold up as some guys coming back 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:39.560 from injury. Their offense looks to be, you know, back 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.760 and healthy. And then I when I saw him play Philly, 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.480 Bryce was in there as the go ahead run I 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.920 think his third of that, and then his fourth played appearance, 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.240 he was the tie in run and Atlanta was able 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.600 to run two left handers at him. They went bummer 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.480 and then Lee if I'm not mistaken, And I was like, 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.000 as soon as I saw that, I go, well, that's 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.839 that's postseason ball. Like this Atlanta club. They can score, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.280 they can stop runs, and they can get the platoon 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:06.040 matchup with the other team's best player in the lineup, 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.800 and so like Atlanta can go. And then I think 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.280 I heard Scott talk about the left handed pitching that 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:15.520 they've struggled against, and that's that's where like you know, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.920 Alec Bohme and Triple Tray, which out of Trey hasn't 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:20.439 had you know, a poor start of the year, but 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.439 you know it will be more difficult for Kyle and Bryce. 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.160 They're not as productive against left handed pitching, which they're 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.520 gonna get theirs. But if the other and the right 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.800 handers can kind of set the table for them, put 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:36.280 the pitcher in, you know, less favorable positions, opening up 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.760 poles on the defense, I think that'll help. But a 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.000 little bit more Honestly, I haven't watched them quite as 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:45.079 closely as I have as I have the Mets. 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:47.959 All right, So what is kay Long saying in situations 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:51.120 like this is what is he Yeah, there's certain like 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.800 tweaks that guys make, but going through slumps like this, 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.720 this is a guy who's won one with the Yankees, 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:01.560 he won with the Nats. He's just like he's gone places. 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.199 And to me, he's one of the best hitting coaches 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.880 that I've never had from what I've heard from guys. 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.600 Yeah, I would say I know what I would say 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.000 to him. And most of the stuff I have is 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.280 stolen from Kevin Long and other people, which is when 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:18.959 you're going sideways like this, watch the scoreboard. Pay attention 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:20.880 to the scoreboard. It's going to let you know what 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.040 you need to do, and it can really take a 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:24.480 lot of stress off of you. If you've got a 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.480 runner on second base with nobody out, the name of 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.560 the game is he has to be touching third base 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.400 at the end of this at bat, you know what 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.560 I mean, at the least, and if he's not, it's 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.960 because you died trying, all right. So if you're afraid 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.840 that you're a guy that's going to strike out, then 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.280 maybe before you get to two strikes and the picture 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.280 puts his weapon on you for the swing and miss, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:46.880 you take a one strike swing to move him over 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.280 and make sure and hopefully you take a good enough 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.200 swing to get him over and in. But he's got 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:53.640 to get to third base. And it's the same idea 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.560 with the runner on third in less than two outs. 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.720 If you're leading an inning off and the picture has 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:00.760 been struggling to get strikes one or you know what 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:02.240 I mean, or getting deep in the counts and not 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.760 as accurate today, maybe you take a strike, you know 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.400 what I mean. It's like the scoreboard will take a 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.840 massive amount of stress off of the hitter and the 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:11.920 players because it tells us what we need to do. 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.960 If it's the bottom of the eighth inning and the 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.200 time runs on first base and I'm up to bet, 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.560 I'm trying to hit a double, so I then where 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.200 are my doubles? I'm not strong like you Cratzy. I 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.120 don't have doubles in left center field. I don't. I 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.080 don't go there. My double's going to be down the 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.680 right field line, and I've also got that hole open. 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.880 Now Am I better suited right now? In this position? 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:33.920 Do I feel better about picking a fastball to hit 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.000 a double or breaking ball to hit a double? It 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.160 depends on the hitter. Like if you think you got 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.080 a better chance of hitting a breaking ball for a double, 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.120 go look for a breaking ball. You know what I mean. 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.200 If you think it's a fastball, go look for a fastball. 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.800 If you miss early in the count, you know, to 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.560 get one strike, miss high and foul because I get 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:53.080 to hit again. And so I think the scoreboard and 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.160 the situation of the game, if you could just get 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:01.040 intimately involved in an into that, it'll take all the 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.640 stress and the decision making, honestly a lot of it 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.040 out of your hands. And just like, what am I 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:07.920 going to do in this situation? What is the game 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:08.640 asking me to do? 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.840 Merph We all know how difficult it could be to 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.520 play in New York, and there's no secret they lost 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.560 twelve in a row. Does it help a little bit 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.800 that the Phillies haven't been any good? Does it take 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.920 a little pressure off them? Or bands are still ready 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:23.320 to write? 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.160 I think that it's been good for Philly that the 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:29.200 Mets haven't played so well, because I didn't, you know, 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.320 I didn't realize it was seven in a row until yesterday. 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.600 I think I was watching FT and then they lost 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:35.680 again last night, and. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:41.840 So I think it's good that nobody looks to be 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.120 not multiple teams are kind of running away with the 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:46.520 division or extending that lead. 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:50.000 It's just it's been Atlanta so far. At the same time, 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:52.480 you got to get to win in some ball games, 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:54.280 and so the Mets won one last night and they'll 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.040 get a chance to win a series this evening. But 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.480 you know, when you go and lose for two weeks straight, 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:01.680 like that kind of belongs to you now, like that 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.840 is like, that's that's that's stick to your soul, you 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:06.800 know what I mean, like lose twelve straight ball games. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:08.840 But the beauty of our game is you have an 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.320 opportunity if to go, you know, you won a ball 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:13.320 game last night, and then I think you got to 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.480 try to change kind of the equation or how you're 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.560 thinking about it today. Isn't you know, let's you know, 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.040 let's win, let's go what you know twelve? You know, 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.320 two and twelve, it's can we win a series? Can 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:25.240 we win a series? And Minnesota gets out of here 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.800 and then we bring in the Rockies and then the 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:29.560 Nats come in, which I'm heading up to do the 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.639 Nats series at the end of this home stand, so 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.720 I've been trying to follow them pretty closely because this 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:38.120 is this is like this is the season in my opinion, 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:39.960 and I kind of equated it to this. I got 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.159 my Jaguars head on is like I think it was 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.520