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Speaker 1: Fresh episode of Fish fits Eli Sussman here with you

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Speaker 1: as usual. It's been a while since the previous episode.

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Speaker 1: We greatly appreciate your patience. Of course, we've been doing

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Speaker 1: that daily Miami Marlins coverage for you on fishtripes dot

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Speaker 1: on Instagram, on Facebook, even on TikTok. Trying that out

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Speaker 1: as well, but there just wasn't much substance out there

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Speaker 1: got some new news to really dive into. Rapidly developing

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Speaker 1: plans and scenarios about the potential twenty twenty MLB season,

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Speaker 1: the upcoming MLB Draft, the Hall of Fame induction, ticket

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Speaker 1: refunds for those of you plan to go to Marlins Park,

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Speaker 1: and a lot more so joining me to discuss all

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Speaker 1: of it. It is Alex Contraras.

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Speaker 2: Hey, good afternoon, guys. Hope everybody's staying safe during these

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Speaker 2: quarantine times.

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Speaker 1: It's been a busy few days on the rumor front,

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Speaker 1: and that's all this is. That's why I want to

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Speaker 1: preface this whole conversation with These are rumors and reports

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Speaker 1: coming out from insiders, but not from the team itself,

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Speaker 1: for the league itself, although we have some public officials

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Speaker 1: that are really confident about baseball actually coming back in

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Speaker 1: some form or fashion, this season still in doubt. But

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Speaker 1: the one that really shook up a lot of the

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Speaker 1: conversation came out from Bob Nightingale of USA today. This

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Speaker 1: was this past Tuesday about the potential to have a

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Speaker 1: play in their regular ballparks, sorting them into three separate

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Speaker 1: ten team divisions, and really just demolishing everything we know

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Speaker 1: brought this up to me about something that was really

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Speaker 1: on your mind. Just to lay it out for everybody,

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Speaker 1: the Marlins to be on in the Eastern Division of

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Speaker 1: this scenario, a ten team division, along with the Mets,

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Speaker 1: the Phillies, the Nationals as usual, also all these American

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Speaker 1: I'll just throw it out to you, what'd you think

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Speaker 1: when you saw this plan? And how do you think

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Speaker 2: Well, to be honest with you and Frank, I'm pretty

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Speaker 2: excited about it. You know, at one point it looked

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Speaker 2: Now Major League Baseball's come up with a proposal to

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Speaker 2: and I love seeing you know, Yeah, you got the Yankees,

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Speaker 2: Maybe you would see him in spring training if you

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Speaker 2: open to it. Again, it's exposure for Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 2: They had different different plans they had talked about in

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Speaker 1: Well, there's always going to be critics of this, especially

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Speaker 2: Well, I think it's an awesome opportunity to expose teams

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Speaker 2: But yeah, Man overall definitely really excited that that Major

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it should be noted that I mean this

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Man, you're killing it, man, Yeah, we need to

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Speaker 2: you know what I'm opting out, and you gotta respect.

433
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Speaker 2: So we could be open to a lot of different things.

434
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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I mean, I don't know about that, And

435
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,679
Speaker 1: I mean the big reason why is that even before

436
00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,680
Speaker 1: all this happens, there was there's this looming battle coming up.

437
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,680
Speaker 1: There was this real fear that we would have a

438
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Speaker 1: labor stoppage, in a work stoppage in baseball at the

439
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Speaker 1: end of the next collective bargaining agreement, because we've seen

440
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,400
Speaker 1: a lot of older players that don't get the money

441
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,760
Speaker 1: they used to on the free agent market. The younger

442
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,400
Speaker 1: players when they first get called up to the majors,

443
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,840
Speaker 1: they don't necessarily get paid what they're worth either, And

444
00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 1: there was there was some tension between the players and

445
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,000
Speaker 1: ownership even before all this really complicated situation. And so

446
00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 1: the collective bargaining agreement that they have in place is

447
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,919
Speaker 1: set to end after the twenty twenty one season, so

448
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,320
Speaker 1: it's less than two years away for them to get

449
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 1: it sorted out. And if you have the players that

450
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,720
Speaker 1: are actually stepping away from the table because they feel

451
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,359
Speaker 1: uncomfortable with the conditions of the short season, then all

452
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 1: of a sudden, even when hopefully the worlds are towards

453
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Speaker 1: to normal and everybody's healthy and happy and able to

454
00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,680
Speaker 1: do whatever they want that baseball is stopped for another

455
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,480
Speaker 1: totally different reason, because these guys are fighting with each other.

456
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Speaker 1: So it was a good sign that there has been

457
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Speaker 1: dialogue between the association and the owners. I mean, there

458
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Speaker 1: was that agree that at this moment, players are getting

459
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: paid a small percentage of their salary even if there's

460
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,639
Speaker 1: no games. That had to be negotiated with the owners,

461
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,879
Speaker 1: and the owners were willing to give that a little

462
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: piece to them in order to make sure that everybody

463
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,639
Speaker 1: is put in a situation where they could take care

464
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Speaker 1: of their families, regardless of whether or not this how

465
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,840
Speaker 1: this disease affects the plans for the season, So there

466
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Speaker 1: were some compromises made already in order to even set

467
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Speaker 1: the stage for a possibility that they can shorten the

468
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Speaker 1: season and make all these changes to the game. So

469
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to see that all like erased just

470
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Speaker 1: because these guys are negotiating too tough with one another.

471
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Speaker 1: But the one thing that sticks out to me about

472
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Speaker 1: the Arizona plan is, of course it's a different time

473
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Speaker 1: zone than we are on the East Coast. Most of

474
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 1: our listeners are probably on the East Coast too, and

475
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,439
Speaker 1: the fact that in Arizona. I mean, what's known for

476
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 1: as much as anything else is that in the middle

477
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Speaker 1: of the summer, it's as hot and as dry as

478
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,159
Speaker 1: like any place in the country. And even though they

479
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 1: have all these facilities there that are normally used for

480
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: spring training, they're used under totally different conditions if you're

481
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,120
Speaker 1: like playing these games in July and August. I think

482
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Speaker 1: what was mentioned in the ESPN report is the probability

483
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 1: that you have these games being played at strange times.

484
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Speaker 1: You get them played either first thing in the morning,

485
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 1: but more likely like really late at night, once the

486
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: sun goes away and once it gets it drops down

487
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: to normal again, because you don't want the players to

488
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Speaker 1: be put in a position where they're going to hurt

489
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Speaker 1: themselves or where they're not going to be able to

490
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Speaker 1: perform to their abilities because of all the heat that

491
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Speaker 1: they're playing in. And that just makes me think of

492
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: how right now the baseball going on right now is

493
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Speaker 1: in Asia. Even though when you don't have any baseball

494
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,199
Speaker 1: it feels good to get that. I wouldn't want to

495
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,439
Speaker 1: be in that situation year round, you know, where you're

496
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Speaker 1: actually having to stay up into the middle of the

497
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Speaker 1: night in order to wait for the sun to set

498
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Speaker 1: in Arizona and for that to get underway too. I mean,

499
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: that's one one of the big comforting things about baseball

500
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 1: that we all love is that it's on the set schedule.

501
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: It's every single day, but it's usually at the same

502
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: time every day, and we're able to build our routines

503
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 1: around it. So I think that's one thing that baseball

504
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,159
Speaker 1: definitely has to weigh in this situation, is if you

505
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 1: want to get viewers. Viewers love baseball no matter what,

506
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: they root for the team no matter what, but to

507
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 1: put them in the best situation to actually stay glued

508
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,239
Speaker 1: to the entire season and to cover the season as

509
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 1: we do on fish drips. The best way to in

510
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 1: everybody's situation is to put them at a convenient time,

511
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,760
Speaker 1: at a set time. And we don't know whether the

512
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: virus is going to even make that possible for things

513
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 1: to actually happen on like a normal routine or any

514
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 1: of that. All that is like up for debate.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, since we're on that subject about Asian baseball, whether

516
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 2: it's Taiwan Korean, I want to share a cool fact

517
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 2: with you guys that Shinn so Chew, the outfielder for

518
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,399
Speaker 2: the Texas Rangers. He donate one hundred and ninety thousand

519
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,399
Speaker 2: dollars of it of his salary to minor leaguers in

520
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 2: the Texas Rangers organization. Oh yeah, so talk about paying

521
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 2: it forward, man, that's what it's about. H That's what

522
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 2: that's really what it's about in baseball and paying it

523
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Speaker 2: forward with mankind.

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Speaker 1: A couple. You know, just only a couple of players

525
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: around the game have stepped up to do that. And

526
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: it's because it's such a conflict of interest, right, because

527
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,399
Speaker 1: those guys coming up behind you, I mean technically, if

528
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 1: you're at a certain point in your career, you see

529
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 1: them as your competition. You see them as the guys

530
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: that are hungry but also cheap for their team in

531
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Speaker 1: order to call up. And that if you're a veteran

532
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: on a longer on a more expensive deal, and if

533
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: you're worried about your limited time left in the game

534
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: and you're worried about being able to get a new

535
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: contract that helps you like keep your way of life,

536
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 1: then sometimes those guys don't extend that olive branch to

537
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: the next generation because they see it as a conflict.

538
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,959
Speaker 1: They see those guys as an enemy of them. But

539
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,119
Speaker 1: it's refreshing when you see other players have more or

540
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 1: common sense, have more dignity in that situation, and you're

541
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 1: a right yes to support them, to make sure the

542
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: game's in a good situation moving forward, and to not

543
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: put their self interest over anything else. And one movement

544
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: that every single Major League team is making, of course,

545
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 1: is recognizing that some of these games are not going

546
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,880
Speaker 1: to be played at all no matter what happens, and

547
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,560
Speaker 1: most importantly, you're not going to see these games with

548
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 1: crowds in attendance during the twenty twenty regular season, and

549
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 1: the Marlins have been one of the first teams to

550
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,639
Speaker 1: really issue publicly the specifics about their plan allowing you

551
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: to get refunds for games in March, April, or May

552
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: if you issue a request in writing, they're going to

553
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,719
Speaker 1: put that money back in your bank account or in

554
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: your credit card limit within a few days, or applying

555
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: extra credit to what you have moving to next season.

556
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Speaker 2: I mean, I was comparing their.

557
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: Policy with some of the other policies that came out

558
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: around the league in terms of the works that you

559
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,199
Speaker 1: get if they actually roll over your ticket purchase to

560
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: the next year. To twenty twenty one or TiO later

561
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty and giving a ten percent bonus to everybody,

562
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 1: not just the season ticket holders, but all the way

563
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,639
Speaker 1: down to small groups, all the way down to just

564
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 1: single game buyers, even people going on their own. They

565
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: all get to benefit from that extra bonus credit going

566
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: into being applied to the purchase that they made. So Alex,

567
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 1: is that something that you really think is how do

568
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: you feel about the fact that this team is really

569
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: stepping up and putting their fans first in this situation.

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00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 2: I love how this administration has stepped up and proven

571
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 2: to this community that they really care about them. The

572
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 2: Marlins are going out their way, going to Miami, going

573
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 2: into Broward, going all over South Flord to West Palm Beach,

574
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 2: and they're getting involved in giving out food. They're giving

575
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 2: out face masks that they've used out their own uniforms.

576
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 2: I think this is so awesome that they're going the

577
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 2: extra amount to get involved with the community. On May seventh,

578
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 2: they're going to have a food drive foods for friends,

579
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Speaker 2: and it's gonna be at Marlins Park. They're also going

580
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 2: to have different locations. I'm gonna retweet the information from

581
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 2: Marlin's communication on Twitter on the real a con and

582
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 2: you guys will be able to go and check out

583
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 2: the key restaurants that they're could be handing out food.

584
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 2: They're gonna have like Ball and Chain on Kyocho, They're

585
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 2: gonna have quarter Decking Fort Lauderdale, Twin Peaks and Davy. So, guys,

586
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 2: when I say that the Miami Marlins administration cares, I

587
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 2: feel so thankful and blessed that we have Sherman and

588
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 2: we have Jeter and everybody in the front office involved,

589
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 2: because I don't know if mister Laurier and mister Sampson

590
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 2: would have done as great a job as these guys

591
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 2: have done. They're really shown to South Florida that they care,

592
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: that the past administration is completely irrelevant, and what better

593
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 2: way to show to our community. And during these tough times.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I had to set up a special section of

595
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: the website just to keep up with all this. I

596
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,479
Speaker 1: call the Fish Stripes dot Com slash Coronavirus, just to

597
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: keep up with all the updates because they acted quickly.

598
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: It's not just the news came out Thursday officially about

599
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: the refund policy that they have for game tickets. But

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Speaker 1: you're looking all the way back to March when they

601
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 1: established this home run relief fund that was specifically to

602
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: assist people that were facing either financial security insecurity, but

603
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: most specifically food insecurity. People that either couldn't find the

604
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: right ingredients to ye with all these supermarkets running out

605
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: of the necessities that you need, or they simply didn't

606
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 1: have the time, or they didn't have the disposable income.

607
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 1: Now that so many people are facing unemployment, so the

608
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: team they recognized that pretty immediately way back in March,

609
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: putting up one hundred grands initially to set that up,

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Speaker 1: and then getting even more funds from some of their partners,

611
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 1: their business partners as well other sponsors pitching in for

612
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: that situation. I believe at this point, moving forward throughout

613
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: the month of May, they're actually going to have two

614
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: different food distributions every single week on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays,

615
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: every single week in sent locations around the ballpark and

616
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: the parking lots nearby the stadium for anybody to take

617
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: advantage of, as long as you're willing to line up

618
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: in advance of these drives that start twice a week,

619
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: being able to keep yourself and more importantly, if you

620
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: have a family that relies on you. There's no shame

621
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: in like taking advantage of this generosity that the team

622
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 1: is putting forth, trying to put each of these individual

623
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: people before themselves because they know that they're going to

624
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: be neighbors quote unquote, The Marlins are neighbors with the

625
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 1: surrounding South Florida community, and you want to take care

626
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: of your neighbors when they don't necessarily have the same

627
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 1: luxuries that you have. You touched on it also about

628
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: the masks. I mean, that's another big risk that not

629
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: just average people, but especially our first responders, especially the

630
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: people working whether it's in on the streets, but especially

631
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: if you're working in the hospitals and putting yourself in

632
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: a situation where it's brave enough that you want to

633
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: be working in these conditions. But it's even more important

634
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: that we keep those people healthy and we make sure

635
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: that they're still available to work the hours they want

636
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: to work and to do the important work to make

637
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: sure that anybody else that is feeling ill to get

638
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: them through their full recovery. We need all those people

639
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 1: as much as possible to stay on the job. An

640
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: important part of that is making sure they don't catch

641
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 1: the virus themselves in the Marlins, they cut up a

642
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: lot of uniforms, actual game uniforms as well as other

643
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: T shirts and other merchandise to be sewn together into

644
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: those type of masks that will actually secure your nose

645
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: and your mouth. And I mean, one other guy I

646
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: wanted to shout out was the new veteran catcher Francisco Survelli.

647
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: Throughout this situation, he's been bringing some light to some

648
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: entertainment everybody. He collaborated with the Marlins to actually do

649
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: this cooking show that every single week he cooks a

650
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: new dish, he walks you through. It's really well done,

651
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: very similar to all these cooking shows that you normally

652
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: see on TV where he lays out all the ingredients,

653
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: how much of the ingredients and film is the whole

654
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: thing from start to finish and how to put together

655
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: home cooks meals now that so many people are at home,

656
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: and that's another challenge that people face that they weren't

657
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 1: facing before, where if you're accustomed to getting food at

658
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: work while you're out and about and you no longer

659
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: have that flexibility. He's gone through like a nice variety

660
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: of options for dishes that you could cook yourselves and

661
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: for larger groups.

662
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 2: But oh you like it come by.

663
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Speaker 1: I mean the most the cherry on top of the

664
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Speaker 1: whole thing was what I saw him doing earlier this week,

665
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: where he was actually going into the kitchen with some

666
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: of these nonprofit groups and helping them cook food to

667
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: be used at the food dish ttribution drives. He's not

668
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: just like in his own kitchen at home putting on

669
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: the show for everybody from Afar and I mean that's

670
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,799
Speaker 1: really appreciated, But to go the extra mile and to

671
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: actually like get in the trenches with all these other

672
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: people that are putting together these food distributions and making

673
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 1: sure all this stuff is made affordable but also nutritious

674
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: and widely available. It's great to see veterans like him

675
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 1: like stepping up in these situations and doing things that

676
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: he probably wasn't planning on doing during the season. So

677
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: it's a really good group of guys that they have

678
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: in the clubhouse.

679
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, it all starts at the top and there Jeter,

680
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 2: Bruce Sherman, they all led by example. I mean Jeter

681
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,399
Speaker 2: went on and said, Hey, I'm forfeiting my salary. It's

682
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 2: five million dollars. Hey, what's five million dollars just just

683
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 2: a fine for cheating in the World Series. But hey,

684
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 2: that's another subject that I want to get into. Going

685
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 2: back to the positive things about the Marlins. I mean,

686
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 2: like we said, Jeter, what he's doing. The mayor of Miami,

687
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 2: Carles and men is recognized how invaluable the Marlins have

688
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 2: been his partners to the residents of our county during

689
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 2: the this pandemic. You know, the Martins surprising sceniors by

690
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 2: playing the grocery bills, feeding hostile employees like we touch,

691
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 2: giving out food over twenty seven hundred meals to individuals,

692
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 2: and another thing to get them involved with our community.

693
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 2: The Marlins made Marlins Park a site where you can

694
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 2: go and get tested for COVID nineteen. So when the

695
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 2: Marlins is doing anything and everything to get involved with

696
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 2: this community, to show them that theay care. When all

697
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 2: this comes back to normal, when the when life resoomed

698
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 2: back to normal, When we get to twenty twenty one

699
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 2: opening day in April or March next year, I expect

700
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 2: to see Marlins Park completely sold out because South Florida

701
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 2: will be touched where you need to be touched in

702
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 2: the heart and the Marlins are going to have one.

703
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 2: Everybody over again. There's no playbook to prepare for a

704
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:56,359
Speaker 2: moment like this.

705
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 3: Our families apart, our schools, office in streets quiet.

706
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: When words aren't enough, our actions will speak the loudest.

707
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 2: It's time, more than ever, it's rude for the home team.

708
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 2: Weave our colors together for a different uniform.

709
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 3: Cheer on our heroes that step up to the plate and.

710
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: Send in relief for our neighbors.

711
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 3: In a city known for its spirit and energy, get

712
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 3: it patience, determination and courage that we'll see it through.

713
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 3: We stand united to each end, the fibers, seat to mind,

714
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 3: the life to our streets, the roar to our crowns.

715
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 3: We stand, we stand, we stand, We stand with you.

716
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: You just focus on what you can control, and thankfully

717
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: we can control some stuff at Fish Stripes. Speaking of

718
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, we've got our own project in

719
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: the works on the Mars Hall of Fame opening up

720
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: for the first time and what I hope is going

721
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: to be like a long term project that we continue

722
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,919
Speaker 1: adding to year after year. But that was one thing

723
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: that began formulating once it became clear that everything was

724
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: gonna get delayed and despite the situation with the Baseball

725
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, the national one, our plans are gonna

726
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 1: move forward with that and we're gonna have We're gonna

727
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,720
Speaker 1: have our own ceremony actually coinciding with what the Baseball

728
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame would have been in late July. Gonna

729
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 1: be making custom plaques for all these people that contributed

730
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: to the Marlins franchise, whether as a player, broadcaster, coach, manager,

731
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: And we're gonna be waiting a few more weeks to

732
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,760
Speaker 1: announce everybody because we want to give them the proper

733
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: all the bells and whistles around the news of which

734
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,800
Speaker 1: guys are going to be in that first ever Marlins

735
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame class, But it was sixteen people we're doing.

736
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: We're trying to make it a big haul to cover

737
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: everybody that's had like a certain impact on the organization.

738
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Speaker 1: So anything else on your mind about the delayed season.

739
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 2: But it's crazy. So we just had the whole month

740
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 2: of April go by right with no baseball and it's

741
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 2: the first time since eighteen eighty three that we had

742
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 2: no opening day. How crazy is that? That being said,

743
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 2: you know, I hope that we can have opening day

744
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 2: July fourth, how cool would that be for our for

745
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 2: the United States, and for the world Independence date baseball

746
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 2: opening Day. I think that would be awesome if we

747
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 2: can make that happen, And even if it doesn't we

748
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 2: fall short of July fourth, then it's a little bit after.

749
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Speaker 2: We got to be thankful. We got to be blessed

750
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 2: as baseball fans because other sports fans haven't had the

751
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 2: privilege that it looks like we have in the near future.

752
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 2: La Liga canceled their season, so soccer fans are upset

753
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 2: on that side of the world. So there's hope for

754
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 2: US baseball fans. There's hope for the NBA and NHL,

755
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 2: So you know, it's not as bad as it seems.

756
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 2: I think people are are taking a little bit harder

757
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 2: because sports are out of our life. And I've already

758
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 2: seen the Marlins win the World Series about six times,

759
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 2: and I gotta tell you, every time I watch it,

760
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 2: I get goosebumps, and I get prouder and prouder. But

761
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,359
Speaker 2: it's gonna make it that much sweeter when we get

762
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 2: the green light and watch not only Major League Baseball

763
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 2: but all the sports back on planet Earth.

764
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I got to appreciate all the brands and all

765
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: the networks that have like reaired those games. We've seen

766
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: it from MLB itself and on MLB Network and also streaming.

767
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 2: On the Fish Stripes.

768
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, on fish strikes we dig of our games of

769
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: the decade that the series that's been going on, just

770
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: picking out games from the last few years that really

771
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: stuck out, even if they weren't with the World Series

772
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: on the line, sometimes they felt just as as fulfilling

773
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 1: to win. Some of those great comebacks and some of

774
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: those amazing individual performances. Shout out to Fox Sports Florida.

775
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,240
Speaker 1: They just anounce that they're going to continue showing games

776
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: every single day for the next month, every single day

777
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: in May and into June. They're gonna be mixing it up,

778
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: you know, re airing some games from twenty nineteen, but

779
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:15,279
Speaker 1: also all those classic games, including every single win from

780
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: the ninety seven playoff run and the two thousand and

781
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 1: three playoff run. As you said, there's been like some overlap.

782
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: It's been kind of funny though, to like see the

783
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: same playoff games airing one day on you know, locally

784
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Speaker 1: on Fox Schwortz Florida, and then the next day on YouTube,

785
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 1: and then the day after that on MLB Network and then.

786
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Speaker 2: Everywhere it's, uh, you know what, one of the things

787
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 2: that I want to do touch While we talk about

788
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 2: reliving all these classical games, the only thing that was

789
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 2: a bummer for me is that Major League Baseball. Yeah,

790
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 2: they provided the link to watch these games, but I

791
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,800
Speaker 2: wish it would have gave you the opportunity to change

792
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 2: the feeds, because I would have loved watching these old

793
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 2: school two thousand and three games ninety seven or the

794
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 2: two thousand and nine teams and hearing fellow Room Marriage,

795
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 2: the great fellow Room Marriage, his voice in Spanish, just

796
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 2: to hear him call home run. How it was so exciting.

797
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 2: How I watched the Marlins and on the other day

798
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 2: San Juan twenty against the Mets, Mines completed the sweep

799
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 2: and Handley just hit the Grand Salami, and it was

800
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 2: so much fun listening to the Rich and Tommy in

801
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 2: the booth. But one side of me it was like, man,

802
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 2: how awesome would it have been to re hear Fellows say,

803
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 2: you know, but that's thinking about the Spatish community and

804
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 2: all that. But we're gone a Major League Baseball. I

805
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 2: know you listened to us on FITSH stripes.

806
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 1: You know, at least the last handful of years haven't

807
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,399
Speaker 1: been a whole lot of national broadcasts to begin with

808
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: where the Marlins are in center stage. And even when

809
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: they are, of course, you had that drawback where you

810
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 1: have people actually covering the game that or the people

811
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 1: or the replays that we can continue seeing are the

812
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: ones that go through the national broadcasters. They don't have

813
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: the same connection to the team that I doing, the

814
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: same familiarity with the players, they're doing the same passion

815
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: for what's going on when the Marlins are doing well,

816
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's a big part of the experience, and

817
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 1: that's that's what we like to do a little bit

818
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: on Fish Strips too, is you know, we're going to

819
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 1: give you the honest news and analysis about the team.

820
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,799
Speaker 1: We're gonna put it through the lens of people that

821
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: have been following this team for years and years and

822
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: and can really pick out what's special and what to

823
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: expect from the team moving forward. So yeah, hopefully we

824
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: get the season underway. Like I said, it was the

825
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: most highly anticipated one ever since the change in ownership,

826
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: and with a shorter season that makes for even more

827
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,760
Speaker 1: craziness potentially, and for a team that wasn't really seeing

828
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 1: itself as a playoff contender. If these things like unfold

829
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: the right way, you get put in the right division,

830
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,839
Speaker 1: and you change the rules in just a certain way

831
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 1: that let the Marlins take advantage of all the depth

832
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: that they've build up in the organization, all the high

833
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: upside guys, then the possibilities are limitless. And that's what

834
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,720
Speaker 1: we're looking forward to finding out as this thing hopefully

835
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 1: continues progressing in the right direction with Alex Contreres, I

836
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: am Eli Sussman from fish Bites, and we'll continue recording

837
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: episodes of the pod, of course, continue publishing stuff on

838
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 1: fishtripes dot com and across social media. We hope you

839
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: stick it out with us, because there is some light

840
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: at the end of the tunnel