1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: I go back, look at my phone and uh, I 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: have a text for my number I don't recognize. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: And the first sentence is, hey, this is George. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 3: Brett Mike Massey on very soon. Good work by AJ. 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 3: Oh there he is, he's right now, there is Mike. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 3: Great to have you on. 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 2: Hey, Crow. 8 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 4: Crowds does this all the time, so I just wanted. 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: To Yeah, we have something in common. 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 3: There you go. How how was some time with AJ 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 3: this past weekend? How was your experience? 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: I I really enjoyed it. I think I like spending 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: time with gene Honda a little bit. 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 2: More though AJ. But you know, it was. It was cool. 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: I told him I was a huge fan of the 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: two thousand and five White Sox teams. So I said, 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: if Scott would have been there would have been my 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: childhood dream. 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 4: Yes, well, Scottie pots I mean listen, he is dream 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 4: he dreaming. He's dreaming. He's much more dreamy than all 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 4: of us combined. 22 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: He wore the socks up, he had the EyeBlack. That's 23 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: why I do it to this day. I wear the 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: eye black. Scottie pods Man. 25 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 4: Now all you need is all you need is a 26 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 4: thumb of a hand protector that's like twelve inches long, 27 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 4: because he was the first one to ever have one. 28 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 4: You know, it was before they had the standard of amts. 29 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 4: He had one that literally was like this much farther 30 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 4: and he was like it was a cast. 31 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 2: He was ahead of the times, he was ahead of replay. 32 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: He knew that if he got that thing in there, 33 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 1: he'd be called safe. 34 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 3: That's good, that's well placed. So is that he modeled 35 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: your game after that. When you were a kid, at 36 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 3: least we were like, I want to be like Scott Potts. 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: Henek I tried to hit more homers than Scottie POD's, 38 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: but definitely, yeah, I enjoyed, honestly, that whole team. I 39 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: just I loved watching you guys play, and like the 40 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: the intensity and the fire that you guys had and 41 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,279 Speaker 1: that Ossie had as a manager was just so fun 42 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: to watch and try to model my game after. 43 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: I was gonna say, hits way more homers than Pods 44 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 4: went the whole year in two thousand and five, didn't 45 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: hit until the playoffs the whole season and then it 46 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 4: was a big playoffs. One of them, one of them 47 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 4: was a walk off in the World Series. Think about 48 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 4: that guy who hit a homer all year. 49 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 3: It wasn't part of his game. 50 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 4: He could hit homers, though he could if he wanted, 51 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 4: he wasn't that good. But and by the way, the 52 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 4: fact the fact that Mike said Geen Honda was a 53 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 4: bigger deal than me, does not hurt my feelings at all, 54 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 4: because if you don't know Geene Honda the announcer for 55 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 4: every every major sporting event in the world, and if 56 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 4: you've never hung out with gen Honda, he's a clown, 57 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 4: full on clown in a good way. No, no, I mean, 58 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 4: I love him to death, but he is. He is 59 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 4: one of my favorite people on earth. So you know, 60 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 4: I'm probably I'm proudly Michael. 61 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: It was so fun to get to know him when 62 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: like every game I'd go to my brother and I 63 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: like we'd be like, gosh, that guy's there again. Like 64 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: we'd go to an Illinois football game, he'd be announced. 65 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: He'd go to a White Sox game here, if you 66 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: go to a black Hawks game here. 67 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: Like what what does this guy like? He doesn't sleep? 68 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 4: So did the when you got drafted by the Royals, 69 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 4: did like the twelve ten to twelve year old you was? 70 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 4: Was he mad at you? Because when I got drafted 71 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 4: by the Blue Jays, they had beaten the Phillies, my 72 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 4: Phillies in thirteen in the World Series, and I was like, golly, 73 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 4: I wanted to get drafted so bad, and the Blue 74 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 4: Jays drafted me like the one team that I hate. 75 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: Well, the first thing I thought of was my entire 76 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: childhood just hearing Hawk Harrels and every time there'd be 77 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: a Blue Pit from Kansas City, just go, hey, here's 78 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: another Kansas City special. So that was that was literally 79 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: the first thing that went through my head. But no, 80 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: I was actually I was just listening to the interview 81 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: you guys. 82 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: Had before and talking about Carter with. 83 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: His back issues, and I had a ton of back 84 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: issues out of college. So honestly, I was just I 85 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: was grateful that one of the thirty teens decided to 86 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: take a chance on me. 87 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: You trust me. Crouch he's living up to it because 88 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 4: apparently all I heard on Sunday night was how he 89 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 4: destroys the White Sox and so he had would you 90 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 4: have fourteen homers and twelve homer against the White Sox 91 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 4: in thirteen games or something crazy this year? So he's 92 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 4: he's living out his fantasy in a different way. 93 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: There was a stretch like really, not that I'm deep 94 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: into my career, but early, really early on, I had 95 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: like half of my career homers against them, and I 96 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: couldn't tell you why. I just I love going back 97 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: home and playing there, and I don't know if I 98 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: just got like an extra shot of focus or or whatnot, 99 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: but I wasn't. I wasn't complaining about. 100 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 4: It or the team stinks one of the two. Sorry 101 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 4: I said it. I didn't say that was Aircrats said 102 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 4: that with an assist. AJ texted me that that's what 103 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 4: he texted me, so I was reading. 104 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 3: I mean, and fairness, it's not like you're giving bulletin 105 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 3: board material. They had the worst record of all time, 106 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 3: Like that's just facts, and to spin it to your team, Mike, 107 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 3: the Royals had a really crappy record two seasons ago 108 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 3: and then they turned it around. There was some type 109 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: of history in Bob, I think first team to go 110 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: one hundred plus losses and then make the playoffs the 111 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: following year, which your manager, and I actually believe him, 112 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 3: claimed he didn't even know that until he was told 113 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 3: at some point in the playoffs. So how do you 114 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 3: do it for White Sox fans, how do you do it? 115 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 3: Royle's like, you're one of the few that can tell 116 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 3: us how it's done. 117 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think a lot of it. Obviously. 118 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: It is just a testament to our coaching staff. And 119 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: you know, Q and Paul Hoover, Vance Wilson are hitting 120 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: guys Joe Dillon, Alex Zuwalt, Keoni Durn. 121 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: Just their ability. I feel like it really started at 122 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 2: the end of that year where we lost one hundred 123 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: and six games and twenty three. 124 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: I feel like most teams maybe cash it in in 125 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: September when you have a record like that, and Q 126 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: did an unbelievable job of He came in beginning of 127 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: September and he was like, Hey, we're not going to 128 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: let this month go to waste. Like his big saying 129 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: was today, like don't wait to make changes in the offseason, 130 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: don't wait to make them next year, Like we have 131 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: a month. 132 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: Of games left. 133 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, they don't mean anything as far as getting to 134 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs and going to the World Series, but we 135 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: can make adjustments and make sure don't be. 136 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: Able to carry a momentum into into twenty four. 137 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: And I feel like that's really where it started, and 138 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: then we came into spring training and I feel like 139 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: everyone everyone. 140 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 2: Believed in that clubhouse. I know it sounds cliche, but. 141 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: You know, bringing in some of the veterans that we 142 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: did with with Waka Lugo, Will Smith, Adam Frazier, those 143 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: guys were huge for us and really changing our mentality. 144 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: And I really feel like all tip was a little 145 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: bit of belief, you know, a little bit of belief 146 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: from us, And yeah, I mean it just it played 147 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: out well. We stayed healthy for the most part of 148 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: pitching staff stayed healthy, and you know, alls it takes 149 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: is once we kind of found out like, hey man, 150 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: we could do this thing, which I feel like was 151 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: probably mid May where we really started to catch the 152 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: fire and from. 153 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 2: There the rest is history. I just I saw the 154 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 2: picture of George Bretta. 155 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: There with my wife and I we were celebrating in Atlanta. 156 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: It was a good picture. 157 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 4: Was your wife and the wife in the clubhouse spraying 158 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 4: champagne with everybody. I saw her with the butdwives are there. 159 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 2: He was in their spray champagne. 160 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: That that is actually another reason why I think we're 161 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: able to turn it around. From a culture perspective, like 162 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: and I've never been a part of another organization, but 163 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: the way that Kansas City treats families like my parents 164 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: were in when we went in Baltimore, all the parents 165 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: were allowed in and obviously we had our moment with 166 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: the team where it was just us, but then like 167 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: literally five minutes after, Kansas City let our families come 168 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: in and celebrate with us. And just the culture that 169 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: that those guys have built there is awesome. 170 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 4: And I saw George Brett in New York. I was 171 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 4: in New York doing the Mets Phillies and you guys 172 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 4: were in the same hotel as we were. And I'm 173 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 4: just gonna say George Brett was about as excited as 174 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 4: I've ever seen him. We're gonna use that term for 175 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: what George Brett was, but he was not a sad person. 176 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 4: And I and I had to finally just say, like George, 177 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 4: I gotta go to bed, man. It's like two in 178 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 4: the morning, and he was he was going strong. 179 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: He is. 180 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: If you give me a chance to tell you George 181 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: Bread's story, I could. I can tell you one for 182 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: sure that would do I as. 183 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: Long as it's as long as it's you know, allowed 184 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 4: to be told. Okay, then go ahead. We have all 185 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 4: the time in the world. 186 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, So it's a So this goes back to twenty 187 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: twenty three in April. It's my first full season in 188 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: the big leagues. I had like a second half call 189 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: up in twenty two. 190 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 2: It's probably April thirtieth. 191 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: We're in Minnesota and I'm hitting about a buck thirty 192 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: and I think my strikeout to walk ratio is thirty 193 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: strikeouts with one pitch violation. 194 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 2: Walk I had the day before. It was three. 195 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 1: It was a three to two count and the clock 196 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: ran out, so I got my first walk of the year. 197 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: And again we were struggling. We win the game in Minnesota, 198 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: we're celebrating. I think my teammates gave me Player of 199 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: the Game because I took a walk. So I just 200 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: got done given a speech to the team. I go 201 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: back look at my phone and I have a text 202 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: from a number I don't recognize, and the first sentence is, Hey, 203 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: this is George Brett. And he just goes on like 204 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: George normally does, and he speaks his mind and tells 205 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: me what he thinks of my my April performance, and 206 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: really beat around the bush like he always does. Made 207 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: a nice soft landing didn't fire me up at all. 208 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: And so that night I go first. 209 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: Thing I do, actually is I take the message and 210 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: I send it to my family group chat. I'm like, guys, 211 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: check this out, Like George Brett is texting me about 212 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: how bad I'm playing, Like this is sick, like my dad, 213 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: Like my dad was a George Brett. That was his 214 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: fair player growing up. So like my first reaction, I'm like, 215 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: this is sick. George Brett's texting me. I didn't care 216 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: what he's saying. And I didn't realize that like the 217 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: number at the top, I hadn't had George's number so 218 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: that the phone number was up there. And so again, 219 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: long story short, we go to that night the Minnesota Wild. 220 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 2: They're home. 221 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: They're playing the Dallas Stars, uh in the NHL playoffs. 222 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: So I go with a couple of teammates. I get 223 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: a call from our travel coordinator, who's one of the 224 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,839 Speaker 1: best guys in the world, and phones ringing. I'm like, great, here, 225 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: I'm getting sent down. I'm hid one thirty. Uh, you know, 226 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: team struggling. So I go take his call in the concourse. 227 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 2: And he's like he's like, hey man, I'm so I'm 228 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 2: so sorry about about what happened. I'm like, what do 229 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 2: you what are you talking about? 230 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: And he's like, I saw, I saw you know what 231 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: George said you And you know he got after you 232 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: pretty good. 233 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 2: You know, told you got to start hit the ball 234 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: the left center. 235 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: You gotta stop swinging at sliders in the dirt. 236 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 2: You know. 237 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: He's like, I even saw that. He said you should 238 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: be in you should be in Trip A. The way 239 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: you're playing right now actually was Double A. He said 240 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: you should be in Double A and uh. And he's like, 241 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I'm the one I gave Georgia number 242 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: and I thought he was just going to send you 243 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: a text to like fire you up and get you going. 244 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: But you know, I asked him, I said, hey, what'd 245 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: you send him? And he sent me the text verbatim 246 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: like what he's saying you And I'm like, oh man, 247 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: I got. 248 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 2: To call him. 249 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: So so I went from being released to our travel 250 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: coordinator apologizing for him given George Brett my number, but 251 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: my dad I find out, like two days later, my 252 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: dad called George Brett and told him like, hey, George, 253 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: you know he played like the tough guy on the phone, 254 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: He's like, hey, man, if it's best if we don't 255 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: ever meet, Like I saw a text you sent to 256 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: my son, and it's best if we don't meet. And 257 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: I'm like, my dad called George Brett on the phone 258 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: and basically told him he was going to fight him 259 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: the next time he saw him, and I the most 260 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: embarrassing thing for me, and my teammates are arassing me. 261 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 2: Either're like, hey, your dad's calling George Brett. 262 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: And so it's just it's a really interesting thing because 263 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: George and I are unbelievable friends. Now he actually went 264 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: we won in Baltimore. None of the parents were allowed 265 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: in for like the champagne shower with the team. George 266 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: went out and grabbed my dad and brought him into 267 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: the clubhouse. And now they you know, he FaceTime my 268 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: dad and my and just I love George and I've 269 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: gotten to know him really well. 270 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: But it is a it is an interesting story how 271 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 2: we met. 272 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 4: I mean, okay, first of all, I don't even know 273 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 4: where to start with this. George Brett text you fine 274 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 4: double A. He didn't even go triple A on you. 275 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 4: He went double as you should be in double A, 276 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 4: which wow, Okay, George did you. I would have fired 277 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 4: back like, hey, George, do you need some pine tar? 278 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 4: You know, like I don't know, like uh smidmallnair, Georgie, 279 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 4: I mean George. Uh then my then your dad calls 280 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 4: him and it's like, George, we're gonna fight. So your 281 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 4: dad challenge George Brett will fight, which is also amazing. Yes, 282 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 4: I mean there's so many levels of this story. 283 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 3: But now their best friends. 284 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,839 Speaker 4: I know that the traveling secretary called you and apologized 285 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 4: sorry the travel coordinator for giving. So it would be 286 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 4: like if the White Sox travel guy and I'm trying 287 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 4: to think of like I don't know, Frank Thomas or 288 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 4: somebody from the White Sox, like hey, I need AJ's number. 289 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 4: The travel Guy's not gonna be like no, right. But 290 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 4: then I love the fact that he sent him the 291 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 4: text and he's like, oh man, I'm so sorry, like 292 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 4: he beaded you, so he treated you like a little child. 293 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 4: He was like, Mike, just just just no. But it's 294 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 4: such a that's unbelievable story. I love the. 295 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: Emotions I had in like a three day span between 296 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: one just trying to get a hit in the Big leagues, 297 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: two George Brett telling me I should be in double 298 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: A three the travel coordinator calling me out a hockey game, 299 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm gonna get sent down, but then 300 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: he ends up apologizing. And then four I find out 301 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: my dad called Hall of Famer George Brett and said 302 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: he was going to fight him the next time he 303 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: saw him. 304 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: It was a good week. 305 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 4: Did you sure did you respond like I did you? 306 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 4: Did you send? Did you send George like a thanks 307 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 4: or I appreciate it or like piss off nerd? No? 308 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 2: So I did. I him a little bit. 309 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, George, we're not all Hall of famers, 310 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: Like you know, I can't just it's not that. 311 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 2: Easy for me to just poke the ball but left 312 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 2: center like you could. And then we kind of went back. 313 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: And forth and it was a funny interaction, but George's 314 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: and I tell the story because of how close I 315 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: am with George now, and I think anybody that knows 316 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: George Brett, like I at the time, I just didn't 317 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: really understand, like nothing he said was wrong, Like I 318 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: was playing horrendous but knowing, like now that I know George, 319 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: it's like that was so character like he just he 320 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: doesn't beat her on the bush. He tells you how 321 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: it is and and like if you don't like it, 322 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: take a hike, and like I kind of respected and 323 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: that's why I think we're such good friends now. 324 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: But it was it was a it was a time 325 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 2: for sure. 326 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 4: Did you tell Dobby that he is never ever getting 327 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 4: another tip for your entire career with the Royals? 328 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 2: No? That? And did he he? Uh, yeah, I'm glad, 329 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: you know he was the one that was wrong, but 330 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 2: he yeah, yeah, he's the greatest guys ever. 331 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: And I, like I said, I literally thought he was 332 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: calling me to like, hey, man, here's your here's your 333 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: flight arrangement back to Omaha or in George as George said, 334 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: northwest Arkansas. 335 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 2: And I was fully prepared for it. But no, he was. 336 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: He was super cool about the whole thing. But uh, 337 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: it was it was funny. 338 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 4: Did you did you have to go to your dad 339 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 4: so the first time, let's say the next time, I 340 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 4: don't know when the next time your dad was in town, 341 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 4: But did you have to make sure that there was 342 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 4: like a referee there in case something did break out 343 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 4: with like you know, measured gloves and you had scales 344 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 4: so they could weigh in and we could do the 345 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 4: tape before they threw down that strong. 346 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: They definitely would not have been in the same weight class. 347 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 2: That's for sure. My dad's got a nice, nice gut. 348 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 4: I saw him. 349 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 2: I saw, yeah, he like like he's from Chicago. 350 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: He likes a nice beef sandwich and some pizza and 351 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: uh so the the weight class, yeah, I definite would 352 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: have a bit of a difference there. But no, I 353 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: would have loved to see it. Like you're gonna talk, 354 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: you know, let's let's settle it out. 355 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 4: All right. Well, thin crust or deep dish. Let's let's 356 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 4: get to the real nuts and bollets of the Chicago 357 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 4: lifestyle here. 358 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: I mean if I said thin crust, I'd be thrown 359 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: out of Chicago tomorrow. 360 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: What. 361 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 4: No, you wouldn't. No, I mean you're from Chicago. No, No, 362 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 4: Chicago person likes deep dish. Where'd you have it, Tavern 363 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 4: style thin crust? Let's go all day. 364 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: I will actually, honestly, if Sicilian cut is an option 365 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: which is in the middle of thin crust and deep dish, 366 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: that's that's my sweet spot. 367 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 4: Okay, So you like the Detroit kind of style, the 368 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 4: squares and like that kind of pizza. 369 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you got the cut is the cut, 370 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: but the crust is like you Barroccos. 371 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 2: When you're here. 372 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 4: No, I never had that one. 373 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: That's uh yeah, Barroccos, Palermo's. 374 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: Those are some like old schools, Southside good good piece 375 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: to joints. 376 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: I wouldn't even call it a restaurant. It's a joy. 377 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 4: Mike, Mike, tell him, tell him you're actually from Chicago. 378 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 4: A J's fake Chicago. He's not real Chicago. He's just 379 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 4: like a He's like a permanent visitor that you just 380 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 4: can't get rid of. 381 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 2: He's he's grandfathered in. He's great. I'll give him that. 382 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 2: He's grandfathered in. 383 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 4: That's right, forever, forever, as long as long as the 384 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 4: trophies are. 385 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, one more one more baseball question on 386 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 3: the way out here, because the what. 387 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 4: I said, why we're having so much fun talking to pizza. 388 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 3: Well, I'm hungry and I can't eat for an hour. 389 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 3: Are you gonna are you gonna potentially play multiple positions 390 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 3: this coming season? What's the deal? Obviously India has added 391 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 3: you guys, got a little extra player for the offense. 392 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 3: So what's the story like when that happens, how are 393 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 3: you preparing And did they call you about it? 394 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that's a that's a great question. I I 395 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: I don't know percent yet. I know we've had some 396 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: conversations about definitely working out in left field, just to 397 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: get comfortable. 398 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 2: And have that in my back pocket. You know. 399 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: Q definitely likes to make a lot of roster moves 400 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: in the game, whether it's you know, double switches. 401 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 2: Or pinch hitting, defensive replacement. 402 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: So right now, if and and it goes back to 403 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: my back injury in the past two where for me, 404 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: defense is usually harder than hitting. So even if I'm 405 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: in a little bit of a back flare up, I 406 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: can always hit. So like last year when I came back, 407 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: I would d age a little bit. But having Salvy 408 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: and Vinnie, you know, I'm just most of the time 409 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm not going to win that battle with actually all 410 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: the time, I'm not going to win that battle with 411 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 1: those two. So and and basically the only position I 412 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: play second base, So being able to be a little 413 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: bit more versatile and in spring training maybe pop out 414 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: to the outfield and uh, you know, just learn how 415 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: to to take some different angles out there, catch some 416 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 1: fly balls, and you know, just to give the team 417 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: some more versatility. You know, I feel like we're I'm 418 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: excited to have to have Jonathan India come in and 419 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, he's a great hitter, heard he's a great teammate. 420 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: So the the more good players we could have, the 421 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: Petter record we're going to have, and the better chance 422 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to win, which is pretty much all 423 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: anybody cares about, you know, I. 424 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 2: Feel like at that level. 425 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: So uh yeah, I'll pop out there, get some work, 426 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: and you know, as far as the day to day goes, 427 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 1: I'm not one hundred percent sure. But as long as 428 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: I'm in the lineup when I have a chance to hit, 429 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: that's all that matters to me. 430 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 4: Michael. Recently, you went to an Illinois football game and 431 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 4: you got to play. You got to the air what 432 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 4: do you call what do you call that thing? 433 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 3: Annoying noise? 434 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 2: They're trying too hard for that one. It's like an 435 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: air horn, is what they call it. I think. 436 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 4: So the is it like an air raid siren? And 437 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 4: looks like you're tired after playing that thing? 438 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 2: Well, the so the they put it on like a. 439 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: Cabinet that like is on wheels, So you try to crank, 440 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: and that the thing is old, so it doesn't crank 441 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: very easily. 442 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 2: So you really got to crank it. And before I 443 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 2: go up, before I go. 444 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 1: Out there, the guy's like, hey, make sure you keep 445 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 1: your foot on the back so that it doesn't slide 446 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: out from under you. So I'm like, great, thanks for 447 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: the advice. In front of sixty thousand people. I'm gonna 448 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: crank this airborn and this thing's gonna slide out and 449 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna fall. So I got my leg like wrapped 450 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: around the back, which they don't show, and then I'm 451 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: trying to crank it, so it starts tilting. 452 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 2: To the left a little bit. But yeah, I don't 453 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm not quite sure what they're doing with that one. 454 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 4: But is that there? Is that? There? Are you? Is 455 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 4: it true that you are for faking injuries as a 456 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 4: football team? Is that true that I heard all Ali 457 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 4: and I fans are for faking injuries? Oh? 458 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 2: So this is the Brett Beilamah. 459 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, did you see that? He came over to Shane 460 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 4: Bieber and was like, you want some of this cock? 461 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 4: I'll come get you some of that cock over there. 462 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 2: That was sick. 463 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: I I was actually watching that game, and there was 464 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: a clip they showed be them over he was just 465 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: laughing on the sideline like I'd never watched a South Carolina. 466 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 2: Game with that crazy uh. 467 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, and Moody he walk over and gave it his 468 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: like the substitution sign, which is what they kept doing, 469 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: like they kept waiting to run the play clock down. No, 470 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: we're not We're not for faking injuries. We're just for 471 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: playing the game. You'd be smart if you're not. You're 472 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: not cheating, you're not trying. 473 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's problem chaming. 474 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 4: That's like, what are we talking about? 475 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 3: I don't know what you're talking about. 476 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 4: But they played the game Cocks in a bowl game 477 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 4: Illinois did, and there was this whole the two coaches 478 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 4: were about to fight. I kind of heard of it 479 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 4: because the Illinois the South Carolina guy was accusing him 480 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 4: of faking injury. So the coach went over there and 481 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 4: basically got in his face while one of his players 482 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 4: is on their sideline and was like what what and 483 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 4: he gave like the substitution sign in his face, and 484 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 4: then it turned into Shenanigan. 485 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 3: How about if a player goes down, he's got to 486 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 3: be out for the game or out for a quarter 487 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 3: or whatever. That's the only way to avoid the faking. 488 00:21:56,359 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: All right, let's go, all right, good talk Michael awesome on, dude, 489 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: really really enjoyed it. We'll get you during the season. 490 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 2: All right, I'm on it. Thanks thanks for having me on. Guys. 491 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you were great. 492 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 4: It was great. 493 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 3: Michael Mass was awesome. So this is why we do this, Okay, 494 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 3: We try and bring on as many players as possible 495 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 3: because truly, I don't know how each player is going 496 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 3: to be. You just you can't know all whatever thousand 497 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 3: players that touch the majors. 498 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 4: Each year are that George brhtt story legendary. His dad 499 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 4: wanted to fight George Brett. We're gonna throw hands. 500 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 3: There's so many layers. What if that was you? What 501 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 3: if that was you and you got a text when 502 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 3: you're a young player a few years. 503 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 4: Brett, I would have been like what do I do? 504 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 4: I would have gone to somebody and be like, what 505 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 4: do I do with this? How do I? I would 506 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 4: have probably been at the hockey game that night. I 507 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 4: would have been like analyzing what I what I write 508 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 4: back to him? 509 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: Would you have? 510 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 4: It just would have been constant bubbles because I would 511 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 4: have been like, dude, delete delete. 512 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 3: You wanted to do your really bad wanted to. 513 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 4: Do, but you in order to say something like that 514 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 4: to George, you have to kind of be established, of course, 515 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 4: so Michael wouldn't establish it, so he couldn't really fire 516 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 4: that back and be like, oh, I know, Tim McClellan, 517 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 4: do you want me to get some pine tarlur George? 518 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 4: I would have been wrecked. I've been wrecked. There's no 519 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 4: way like if you know, you're already struggling, so you're 520 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 4: already in your own head and then the franchise icon 521 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 4: takes time out, whether sober or not. When he texted you, 522 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 4: took time out to text you and berate you all 523 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 4: the things that he was already going on in your head. 524 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 4: You're like, damn, I'm never gonna last here. 525 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 3: I would have said, real talk, Can we go out for. 526 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 4: Drinks and and talk this out? And let's not forget 527 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 4: he had to go get his number. It wasn't like 528 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 4: George had his number and they had talked before. He 529 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 4: had to get his number from the travel guy, which 530 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 4: means so he put thought into this, but before he 531 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 4: did this, it wasn't like a spur of the moment 532 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 4: thing because he had to text somebody wait for the 533 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 4: text back load his number, text him to Shenanigans. I'm 534 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 4: texting Dobby right now. I can't believe you get Passie's 535 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 4: number to George story anywhere. 536 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 3: I think that's that's a story that's probably been told 537 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 3: around town, but not publicly, and and it's great. That's 538 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 3: the kind of stories that we live for with this 539 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 3: kind of show. That's hilarious.