1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: From the Burkes Shears to the sound from wherever you 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: live in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: give us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: scoop on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: Fame voter number eight six, Rob Parker. All right, welcome 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast. I am your host, Rob Parker. Coming up, 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: we got a big show for you today. Former third 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: baseman Shawlie Hey, yes, the guy who won a World 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: Series with the Yankees in he'll join us, plus baseball 10 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: columnist Scott Miller from the Bleacher Report. That and much more. 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: Let's go up to lead off. It's getting robbed to 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: keep him Robs hot take on the three biggest stories 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: and major League Baseball. Number one baseball and it's unwritten rules. 14 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: I know the Fernando Tattoos junior situation is on everybody's mind. 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk with our former major league third baseman 16 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: Charlie Hayes about that situation. But let me go over 17 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: some of the unwritten rules. And I wonder if if 18 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: you even know some of them, you agree with some 19 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: of them. There's all kinds of stuff out there. The 20 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: one that I do buy into is you don't bunt 21 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: during a no hither, especially like in the ninth inning, 22 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: if the game is basically out of reach, you should 23 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: have to hit to get your way on. I do 24 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: believe in that. Uh. There are other ones like, um, 25 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: never make the first or third out at third base? 26 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: Have you heard about that? That's another one that's out there. 27 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: The center fielder gets the ball, you know, he's supposed 28 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: to have uh free reign out there. He's supposed to 29 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: be able to grab everything that it is in his reach. 30 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: All of the talk about you don't swing at the 31 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: first pitch from a picture? Who has allowed back to 32 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: back home run? So if you're the third battle, you're 33 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: not supposed to do it. Uh. There's all these different 34 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: things that are out there and people some people agree with, 35 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: some people don't. You don't steal basis if you're up 36 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: by a large margin. So that's another one. You don't 37 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: show up the picture, you don't show up the the fielders. 38 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: These are all the ones that people are out there. 39 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: As far as unwritten rules in baseball, baseball has changed, Uh, 40 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: newer players have come in. We've seen different things happen. Uh. 41 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: I don't buy into all the unwritten rules, but a 42 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: couple of them I do. Number two, This will be 43 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: very interesting. In Cleveland, there is a riff, a mutiny. 44 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: Players aren't short. They want to invite back the pictures 45 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: Clevinger and Police Sect back to the team, two of 46 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: their best pictures in the best rotation in baseball. That's 47 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: what the Cleveland Indians have. Those two guys have been demoted. 48 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: The teammates are now not sure if they want them 49 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: back because of those guys breaking the trust with their 50 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: teammates and going out on the town in Chicago and 51 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: bringing it back to the clubhouse. Um, especially with COVID 52 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: nineteen out there, this will be very, very interesting. I 53 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: don't believe the Indians are gonna trade these guys or 54 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: get rid of them. If the Indians have a chance 55 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: to try to win, they're gonna need both of these guys. 56 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: These guys have to man up, own up to what 57 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: they did, beg for forgiveness from their teammates so that 58 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: their teammates can once again trust them and they can 59 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: rejoin the team. I expect them back on the team, 60 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: but it will take a little time for players to 61 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: feel better about East two. Number three as a Wednesday, 62 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Dodgers had the best record in baseball. Yes, 63 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: the Dodgers had won seven games in a row, finally 64 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: got hot, finally after a bumpy start. And here's the 65 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: other thing. At eighteen and seven, they're off till their 66 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: best five games start since. And don't look now, but 67 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: the Dodgers have a chance of making it to the 68 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: World Series again, which would be the third time in 69 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: four years, which is nothing to pooh pooh. Yes, but 70 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: the Dodgers still, it's not about the regular season. We 71 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: know this team is loaded. They have so many good players, 72 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: such a great line up. The addition of Mookie Betts 73 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: only made them stronger. But for the Dodgers, it's about 74 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 1: winning the World Series. I hate to break it to you. 75 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: They can win all the games, they could have the 76 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: best record in the league. They can win the division 77 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: again and the n L West. They could get to 78 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: the World Series again, and none of it will matter 79 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: unless they win the World Series. It's World Series victory 80 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: or bus for the Dodgers. In here comes the big interview. 81 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: Listen Headler, it's so good, all right now, let's welcome 82 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: to the podcast. One of my former favorite ex players 83 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: Charlie Hayes thirteen years in the big leagues, broken of 84 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: course with the San Francisco Giants, won the World Series 85 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: in nineties six with the New York Yankees. Charlie, I 86 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: remember you catching that foul ball to ending the World 87 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: Series in the Yankees drought. Remember that that was a 88 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: great moment, wasn't it. Yes? Uh, I didn't. I didn't 89 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: realize that significant of it until probably five or six 90 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: years later. But that was a special moment, uh in 91 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: my career, And uh, I gets you remember where I 92 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: with it like this? More people from the Yankees, you 93 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: know me from any other team I played on, and 94 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: I was there I think a total of a year 95 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: in twenty five or thirty five days. So it's crazy. 96 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: That is crazy. But when you win a World Series, 97 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: people remember that. Uh. Let me ask you. The big 98 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: story in baseball Fernando Tattoos, of course, junior who shook 99 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: up Major League baseball by swinging on a three old 100 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: pitch with the bases loaded. A lot of the Texas 101 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: Rangers were mad at him, Charlie. A lot of big 102 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: time players, Reggie Jackson, Johnny Bench all tweeted out in 103 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: support of the kid. Where are you on this with 104 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: the unwritten rule about swinging on three and all? In 105 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: that situation, we're back in the day when we came along. 106 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: Those are some of the things that went along with 107 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: the game. Uh, that you were told and you know 108 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: you remembered or whatever. You know, you didn't really do that. 109 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: But uh, I mean, just think about life. I tell 110 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: people all the time, and so I try to raise 111 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: my kids the way I was raised and I'm doing 112 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: them at this service because the times we live in 113 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: now ain't like the ones that I was raised in. 114 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: And that's my whole outlook on all of that. I mean, 115 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: like I hear older players that played before me talk 116 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: about the players now. Um, you know, the parks are small, 117 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: the balls are juice. Uh you know, like I was 118 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: telling someone, uh the other day, they asked me about 119 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: what I thought about the balls. I say, well, if 120 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: the Major league as are using the ball, the kids 121 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: that are trying to get to the major League should 122 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: be using the same baseball. I mean, it doesn't make 123 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: sense to me the guys that are at the top 124 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,559 Speaker 1: of the ladder using the best baseball and the guys 125 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: that are trying to get to the top of the 126 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: ladder are not using it. That just to me just 127 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. And you know, like I was saying 128 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: about Tatach, Hey, listen, that's what the kids are looking for. Now. 129 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: You know a lot of people ask me you think 130 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: kids watch baseball? They used to know. They don't. You 131 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: know why they can go to sports center and get 132 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: the whole everything that happened in the sports world in 133 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: thirty minutes. You know, the kids are looking for, uh 134 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: the bat flip, what's funny? Uh, you know, that's what 135 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: they're looking for. I mean, like, I see what they say, Well, 136 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: the game is getting long. It's four hour long. When 137 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: I went to a baseball game and I got tired, 138 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: I went home, right. I say that every single time. 139 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: When I'm done, I get up and I leave. What's 140 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: the big deal? Yeah, but I mean everybody now, for 141 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: whatever reason, I want to have a say, I guess 142 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: and everything, and I just don't get it. Uh, but 143 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: I don't think nothing was wrong with Tatis. You know, Uh, 144 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: the game has involved you know, at one time, it 145 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: probably was all the way to the right. At one time, 146 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: it's all the way to the left. And one thing 147 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: about baseball, it always centers out you know, like as 148 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: a baseball player, you don't get too high, you don't 149 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: get too low. The ones I've seen that was success 150 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: for other ones that could stay on to even kill um. 151 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: And that's why, Uh you know, I don't see nothing 152 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 1: wrong with he did. Uh you know, hey, everybody's trying 153 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: to be that guy. I mean, that's what we make 154 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: it to be. So uh you know, I'm trying to 155 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: get my numbers. You're trying to get your numbers. We're 156 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: trying to do that in a team concept. That's those 157 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: other teams that win. But uh, you know, I don't 158 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: I don't agree. I don't disagree. I think, uh you know, 159 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: as a picture, I see a guy here the home 160 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: run and he stands there and watches it or whatever. 161 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: We're back in the day, we handled that ourselves on 162 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: the field, and that was all that was made of it. 163 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: But now, you know, like I tell people, reporters got 164 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: to do that job. We got to do our jobs 165 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: no matter how good I played, how bad I played, 166 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: for a reporter wanted to talk to me. I stood 167 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: there in deal with it. Um. I remember my first 168 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: gang in the big league. It wasn't my first game, 169 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: but I was in fielding Delphi. I think I made 170 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: four errors, walked and got picked off. And after the 171 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: gang I was in and uh, Dicky know has coming 172 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: up to him and he said, hey, man, uh, you know, 173 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: don't go nowhere, stand up here, talk to media, face him. 174 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: You know, you learn that kind of stuff. You also 175 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: hear about you know, you don't steal up by tim 176 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: runs and this and that, and I mean, just everything 177 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: about baseball has changed from when I played. But I'm 178 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: I'm a fan of out with the old end with 179 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: the new I mean, and with everything. Keeping in perspective. 180 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 1: You know how everybody said have the right to say 181 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: whatever they want to say, Well, I think that's some 182 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: of the problems. Maybe that thing needs to change and say, 183 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 1: you got the right to say whatever you want to say, 184 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: But when you get outside to learn somebody's got the 185 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: right to punch you in your lips. Nothing to be 186 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: done about it. I I think that that's solve a 187 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: lot of things. But Tie, don't no doubt about it. 188 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: I think I think you hit it on the head. 189 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: A couple of other questions I asked you about OVID 190 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: nineteen and obviously baseball going ahead and playing with it, Uh, 191 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: your son is a minor legal did did he have 192 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: he got COVID? Right? Yeah, he got it on the 193 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: way going to Pittsburgh. Um when you know, and they said, 194 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: everybody report, Uh he didn't have it here because we 195 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: were all here together, none of us have it. Uh. 196 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: And I said, uh, you know, I always believe when 197 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: they first came out and said that it was a pandemic, 198 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: they canceled the Olympics, they canceled all kind of stuff 199 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: where I took it serious. Not only that by playing 200 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: in New York, I knew a lot of people from 201 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: New York, and I have seen a lot of them 202 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: in January down in New yuh Trumper when they have 203 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: Yankee Fantasy Camp. So um, you know, just seeing what 204 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: New York was going through and talking to the people 205 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: that I knew, where they had hunted, grandparents, uh, etcetera. 206 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: Passing away from it, I knew it was real. Uh. 207 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: You know, would you would you play? Would you be playing, 208 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: Charlie if you were still a player, would you have 209 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: opted out or would you have played? I think I 210 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 1: would have played because I love baseball, That's how much 211 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: I care about it. But at the same time, uh, 212 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 1: everybody has different circumstances like, uh, you know, I'll hear 213 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: where we had there's nobody here for the family. We've 214 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: got to go to Mississippi or wherever the families at. 215 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: Basically where we had, it's just us. Uh. If someone 216 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: would have been at Rinch, then I would have had 217 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 1: the way my options. But not not having anyone at 218 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: risk and you know, going and have the to take 219 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: care of my family, then you go do it. But 220 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: that's what I say. I mean, I got I got 221 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: a friend that crossed the line, a replacement player, and uh, 222 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: I never judged him. I asked him why did he 223 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,119 Speaker 1: cross the line, and he told me, my wife's is pregnant. 224 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: Uh my, somebody that's on my thing has counselor you know, 225 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: everybody can have a number of reader's. Why and until 226 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: you in that in those shoes yourself, uh, you really 227 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: can't comment. But for me, there's no doubt I would 228 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: have been playing because I love baseball. I think, uh 229 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: that's what's my calling. And uh also now helping kids, 230 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: that's my calling. So um, I think I do that 231 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: to a fault, but I feel like that's what I 232 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: do best, and I try to make the most of 233 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: it all right. Thanks Charlie Man. We appreciate you man. 234 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: Stay safe. Thanks my man. I appreciate your time. Thank you, buddy. 235 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: Nice talking to you all the things. It's time for 236 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: the pocket Protector Central, the analytic numbers you need to know. 237 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: Well maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, b S Analytics 238 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,319 Speaker 1: is his game. What do you got for me, Anthony, Well, Rob, 239 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: I think it's about time to talk about the better Beaver. 240 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: You all know Justin, but his brother from another mother, Shane, 241 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: has been putting up absurd numbers without realizing. It's too 242 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: late now to say sorry. Through Beiber's first five Stars 243 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: this season, he leads the league strikeouts per nine and 244 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: names at fourteen, which would be an MLB record, and 245 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: as one point three oh E r A is second 246 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: in the circuit only to Lancelin in Texas. Only two 247 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: players have ever whipped more batters in their first five 248 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: starts of the season than the fifty four by the Babs. 249 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: And you might recognize the names Nolan Ryan in nineteen 250 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: seventy eight and Randy Johnson in nine. And he's not 251 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: just striking guys out, he's making guys look silly. Since 252 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: they loaded the mound in nineteen sixty nine, even things 253 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: out for the hitters. No starter in that time has 254 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: made more guys miss in their first five starts than 255 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: Biber getting sweet and misses at an unheard of forty 256 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: six point four percent of opponent swings. Yeah, literally half 257 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: of the swings guys take against him are coming up empty. 258 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: He's the first ale picture to strike out at least 259 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: eight batters and each of his first five starts since 260 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: Mike ms now back with the Yankees a two thousand three, 261 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: and after finishing fourd in the Still Young voting last year, 262 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: he's the odds on favorite to be the indians fourths 263 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: different winner in the last thirteen years. Garrett Cole and 264 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: Jake at the Ground Mike get the headlines when it's 265 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: their turn to pitch, but Shane Bieber is turning into 266 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: my CTV that is it was a big week in 267 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: the Big League, Who's Who's Is it foul? Or is 268 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: it fair? And now Here's Shadow League dot Com MLB 269 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: insider JR. Gamble. The Yankees continue to win despite both 270 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: Stanton and Judge being on the injured list, and people 271 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: around baseball keep saying that they were a blessed franchise 272 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: because no matter who's in or out of the lineup, 273 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't seem to stop their winning jr. Is it 274 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: foul or fair to say that the Yankees blessed? That's soub. 275 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: Some people look at the Yankees as a blessed franchise 276 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: with a never ending stream of talent. I say they've 277 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: been almost cursed franchise since when they did last World 278 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: Series in two thousand nine. When they acquire Stanton coming 279 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: off an m v P impaired him with Judge, who 280 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: hit fifty two homers as a rookie, everyone assumed the 281 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: Yankees have the best power tandem in baseball. Problem is, 282 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: these of these ballers can stay healthy and are yet 283 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: to play a full season together. If Stanton is healthy, 284 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: then Judges usually hurt or vice versa. Judges played a 285 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: hundred and nineteen games the past two seasons and Stanton 286 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: just thirty two. Right now, both of these guys are 287 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: out along with some other key players. And while the 288 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: Yankees can withstand the regular season without their big boppers, 289 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: as they did in two thousand nineteen, when the team 290 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: lost a thousand more days to injury than any other 291 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: NLB squad, the Yankees will need their best players in 292 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: the playoffs. They haven't had a full healthy team in 293 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs. That's standing the ride. Injuries are becoming albatross 294 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: for a team that still has shot at winning the division. 295 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: Filling guys like Talkman and Andrew Horr and Plint Frasier 296 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: are good, real good. But when it's time to go 297 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: chip hunting, you need your elite superstars in the lineup. 298 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: And if the Yankees don't have those guys, then don't 299 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: be surprised if they don't make it to the World 300 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: theory again, take out the It's time for trash talk Twitter, Twitter, 301 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: with your chance to trash anyone or anything in Major 302 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: League Baseball. All right, this week's winner of trash talking 303 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: is J. S. I. Colts. He tweeted at me this quote, 304 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: I'm trashing the Boston Red Sox. Mookie Bets is gone, 305 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: lousy line up, no playoffs in sight. Now look what 306 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: you've done. If you want to get your tweet on 307 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: trash talking, make sure you hit me up on my 308 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: Twitter at Rob Parker f S one. When Rob was 309 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto, if I'm writing, 310 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: I'm ripping let's bring in a writer, a broadcaster, older 311 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: new All right, now, let's welcome to the program. One 312 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: of the best baseball writers in the country, Scott Miller, 313 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: a national MLB columnist for The Bleacher Report and a 314 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: friend of mine. What's happened is Scott, Hey, rap, nice 315 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: to be with you. Always a pleasure talking with you, 316 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: whether it's here on your podcast or on one of 317 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: your radio programs, or even going back to when I 318 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: bump into you periodically in Lakeland, Florida at a restaurant 319 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: during spring training. No, no doubt about it. We missed 320 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: those days for sure. But Scott, let's get right into it. Man. Uh. 321 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 1: Here we are about twenty five games, almost halfway pointed 322 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: a season. Which is the best team in baseball? Is 323 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: it the Dodgers, Yankees or somebody else? Uh? You know 324 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: right now, I would I would vote Old Day's. I 325 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: know they don't have the uh uh, they don't have 326 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: the name recognition maybe, but that's a solid team. You know. 327 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: Bob melvin Is is one of the best managers working 328 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: in any dugout today. Um, you know, the infield, the 329 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: corner infields, Matt Olson and Matt Chapman. Not enough people 330 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: know about them. Uh, you know teams you met, the 331 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: Yankees and Dodgers obviously very good Yankees. Uh, injury issues 332 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: right now, I mean dog gone. If they're gonna win, 333 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: they've got to figure out a way to keep Aaron Judge, 334 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: Gian Carlos Stanton on the field. And now DJ le 335 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: Mayhew's paying up Dodgers very deep. Um, you know, I 336 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: think they're gonna only get better and better as they go. 337 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: Walker Bueller hasn't even really gotten fired up yet. Yeah, 338 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: that's amazing. And uh, those teams they keep winning despite that. 339 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: And the A's I mean, this is no surprise. They've 340 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: been winning games and making the playoffs the last couple 341 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,479 Speaker 1: of years. All right, how about the Indians mess and 342 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: there's a rift in the clubhouse Clevinger and Plaizach. You know, 343 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: they they broke the trust from their teammates. Some guys 344 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: are really not happy about it. They were demoted as 345 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: a question about you know, you know what to do 346 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: with those guys. What do you think is gonna happen 347 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: in Cleveland? Because you're not gonna win anything without those 348 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: two guys. Did two of their best pictures. Yeah, boy, 349 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: talk about a dramatic interesting situation. You know, you've got 350 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: a credit the Indians right now for choosing the trust. 351 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: You know, first of all, for putting it up to 352 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: a team vote and having a team meeting and letting 353 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: the players have all that input. And the players basically said, 354 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: get these two guys out of here now. Whether those 355 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: you know, Clevinger and Polisak are gone for ten days 356 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: once they get optioned out, they've got to be gone 357 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 1: for ten days, whether they bring them back at that 358 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: point or keep them out or trade one or two 359 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: of them one if not both. Uh, it's gonna be 360 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: interesting to see you, right. The Indians at the time 361 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: had I think the major league leading best e r 362 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: A if not they were in the top two or 363 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: three point is one of the best pitching staffs in 364 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: the game. And then police acting Clevinger two fifths of 365 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: the rotation, Uh, you know, get sent out. Um. I 366 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: think the fact that the Indians, uh, like I said, 367 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: let the players vote and made a statement that was 368 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: a strong, strong statement because to your point, Rob, if 369 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: they're gonna win, they need those guys, And the fact 370 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: that they said, look, we'll take a hit here, but 371 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: you guys are out of here because you know, we 372 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: can't tolerate this, especially because you know, making it even worse. 373 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: It would be bad enough normal circumstances. But Carlos Carrasco, 374 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: another member of the rotation, you know, just battled leukemia 375 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: a year or two back, so he's got a potentially 376 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: compromised immune system. Plus manager Terry Francona has had some issues, 377 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: and Terry Francona this week isn't even managing the team 378 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: bench coach Sandy alamar Is because Francona had to go 379 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: get to undergo a procedure back in Cleveland for he's 380 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: had some gastro intestinal problems this year. So you know, 381 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: you've got a manager and one of your starting pitchers 382 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: that are not a physically And for Poli second Clevinger 383 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: to go out and sneak out of the hotel, you know, 384 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: and go out to dinner with friends, it was irresponsible 385 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: number one. Number two compounded. They compounded the irresponsibility by 386 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: lying to their teammates and um, you know it, we'll see. 387 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: But more power to the Indians for doing what they did, 388 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: no doubt. His name is Scott Miller. He's the uh 389 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: MLB National Baseball columnists for leech your report. What about 390 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: the Red Sox? How stinky and awful are they? It 391 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: has been an embarrassment. And granted, when you trade Mookie 392 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: Betts and David Price, uh, normally that's not gonna help you. 393 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: But are you shocked at how bad they are? Yeah? 394 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: I am Rob. I I'll say this. When they made 395 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: that trade over the winter to your point, um, you 396 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: know they were gonna be bad. Now, you can't trade 397 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: Mookie Betts and David Price and not be worse than 398 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: you were the day before. Now. I was at their 399 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: camp in Fort Myers, Florida, in February before everything blew 400 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: up in baseball sent everybody home, Uh wants to COVID 401 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 1: nineteen pandemic took over. But back in February, they were 402 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: talking a brave talk. The Red Sox were saying, you know, 403 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: basically they were looking to read basically rebuild on the fly, 404 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: and they thought they were going to be better than 405 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: people thought. Well, obviously that's out the window. A couple 406 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: of issues besides Bets and and uh David Price being gone. 407 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: Uh you know Chris Sale, that wasn't right from day one, 408 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 1: Tommy John surgery. Uh, go back again. I mentioned I 409 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 1: was in Boston camp in February one. I say Chris 410 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: Sale wasn't right from day one. I mean that literally. 411 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: I was for in Fort Myers the day, the very 412 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: first day of spring training, and Chris Sale wasn't even 413 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: in camp. The Red Sox set at the time. He 414 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: had a bad case of pneumonia and they told him 415 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: to stay home. So Sale missed the first few days 416 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: of training camp with what was described by the team 417 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: as pneumonia. And then he came in and started working, 418 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: and then pretty soon, you know, he came up with 419 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: the lame elbow. And then, as I say, Tommy John surgery. 420 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: So you lose uh Sale, you lose bets, you lose 421 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: David Price, Duardo rodrigue As was then going to be 422 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: their opening day starter. He got he was afflicted with 423 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen. And then when he came back, Uh, they 424 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: found myo kardiitis. Last thing's got quickly. Yes or no? 425 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: Will there be a lot of trade activity on the 426 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: thirty one the trade deadline? What do you think? I 427 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: think just moderate at most, because with the expanded playoffs, 428 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: sixteen or thirty teams are in the playoffs, which means, 429 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: by the way, six team make it. But right now 430 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: we've got about probably twenty two to twenty four teams 431 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: that think they can make it be one of those sixteen. 432 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: So in other words, there are only a five or 433 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: six teams, maybe even less. They're out of it as 434 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: we speak right now. I think, uh, they're not gonna 435 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: be as many sellers this year. Um plus everything. You know, 436 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: a lot of people the minor leagues aren't playing, so 437 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: it's gonna be more difficult to trade for prospects because 438 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: teams don't have up to date information. I think there 439 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: will be some trades robbed, but I don't think it. 440 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be normal trade deadline years where we 441 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: get five or six blockbusters. All right. His name is 442 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: Scott Miller, national baseball writer for the Bleacher Reports. Scott, 443 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: always a pleasure, Stay safe, my friend, you as well talk. 444 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 1: Now it's time for some diamond dust with wish TVs. 445 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: Phil Sanches. He played baseball in college. Now here is 446 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: MLB knowledge, all right. So if you thought the baseball 447 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: season couldn't get even more weird, stay hello to the 448 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: Boston Red Sox. If you've been paying attention at all 449 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: to baseball this season, you know the stocks pretty much awful? 450 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: How awful? Listen to this. They haven't been mis bad 451 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: since two when the team had just forty three wins 452 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: and one and eleven losses in a waying percentage of 453 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: just to seventy two. So far in their winning percentage 454 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: just to sixty one. Now. There are a lot of 455 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: actors of play here, of course, including their two top 456 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: pitchers being out for the season, with Chris Sale having 457 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,959 Speaker 1: comic John surgery and Guard Rodriguez developing a hard condition 458 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: after battling COVID nineteen. But their offense hasn't been very 459 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 1: good either, looking at you, j D. Martinez. A lot 460 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: of Fox fans are going to point to and blame 461 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,479 Speaker 1: the trading of Monkey Bets, of course, and they're not 462 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: wrong about this, but to be fair, the team and 463 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: their new GM, him Bloom, had no choice. It was 464 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: pretty obvious that Bets would not be returning to Fenway Park, 465 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: and Bloom just couldn't let him walk without getting something 466 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: in return. He did the best he could and got 467 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: back decent pieces, but it's pretty clear the Red Sox 468 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,959 Speaker 1: or in a rebuilding mode, and there's no better GM 469 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: and baseball to do that than him. Bloom. That said, 470 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: one of the best rivalries in all of sports has 471 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: always been the Yankees and Red Sox. Yes, it's gone 472 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: through ups and downs over the years, but it's been 473 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: more ups than downs over the past two decades. And 474 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: in a shortened season that has been riddled with negativity, 475 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: it's certainly would have been nice to have the old 476 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: heated rivalry of the Yankees Red Sox come September and October. 477 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: Now bringing the closer, Here's why MLB is better than 478 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close. Here 479 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: is why baseball is better than the NBA and the NFL. 480 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: The Fernando Tattoos junior controversy is the perfect example. There 481 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: is no right answer baseball. There is no right answer. 482 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: There are guys played in the game right now who 483 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: thinks that he was the worst guy in the world 484 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: a swing on a three old pitch, But then you 485 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: have Hall of Famer's Johnny Bench, Reggie Jackson other players 486 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: chiming in saying the kid did nothing wrong. Baseball is 487 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: like that. There's so much strategy. Should the manager take 488 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: the pitch around, should he pinch hit, should he hitting 489 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: wrong on? Should he try to steal a base and 490 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: then there's so much second guessing when things go on 491 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: in baseball after the fact. He should have left him 492 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: in for another batter. He shouldn't. He should have took 493 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: him out. He should have done this, he should have 494 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: done that. There is no blueprint when it comes to 495 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: baseball and what's the right or wrong answer. It's all 496 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: over the map. That's what makes the game great. It 497 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: is a debatable sport and we saw that this week. 498 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: In the words of New York TV legend the late 499 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time. This time until 500 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: next time. Rob Parker out. He can't give it. This 501 00:29:46,600 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: could be an inside the Parker next week. The Church 502 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: sgial has the of sential