1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: What was a messed up Listeners, welcome back to a 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: bonus episode of the Mets Dub podcast. We are here 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 1: with old friend recurring guest Wayne Randazzo. You know him 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: from doing the radio games the Mets, Now the Angels 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: also Apple TV. I think question that most people definitely 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: want to hear. You have the privilege of watching show 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: Heyo Tani every play, every single day. There was a 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: weird survey that went viral on Twitter earlier this week 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: via Morning Consult that said, show Heo Tani is not 10 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: one of the twenty five most popular players major League 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: baseball players in America. And I just want you to 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: kind of tell the people what it's like watching him 13 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: every single day. Wax poetic about Otani. 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 2: I mean's remarkable. I mean, I tell you the number 15 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: two highest jersey sale, right there with Ronald Lecunia. I'm 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 2: surprised he's not number one. I mean, show is really 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: we call him the unicorn. He's the ultimate baseball player. 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: He could. He's like the best kid in the little 19 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: league and doing it on the major league scale. The 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: fact that he can hit the way that he does 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 2: on the days that he pitches, I mean, he's hit 22 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: close to four hundred on the days that he's pitched 23 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: this year, and he's been a hit away from the 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: cycle three different times, and games that he has started. 25 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: He's had like five three hit games as a starting 26 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: pitcher this year. But that's the next day when the 27 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 2: starting pitcher throws six seven innings, and then he needs 28 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: that time to recover and rest and get prepared for 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: the next start. Those four or five days off in between, 30 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: he doesn't take those. I mean, he's hitting every single day. 31 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 2: He has only missed two games all year, and it's 32 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: that next day. I think that really is the most 33 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: impressive that he comes back from a seven inning performance 34 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 2: on the mound and goes right back into batting second 35 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 2: or third in the lineup or even leadoff some days, 36 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 2: and is a main part of the Angels offense. I mean, 37 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: he's been one of the best sluggers in all of 38 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: baseball over the last few years. This year leads the 39 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: major leagues, and home runs and triples and many other 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: categories that he is setting the standard in throughout the game. 41 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: Plus he's one of the best starting pitchers. You know, 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: he's not had the best year as a starting pitcher, 43 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: but he still had a really good one. He's on 44 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 2: pace for and have a fifty home run season or 45 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: or more to strike out two hundred hitters or more 46 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: on the mound. I mean, there's nothing ever that's been 47 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: like it. You know, there's always those comparisons to Babe Ruth. 48 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: Really it's surpassed anything that Babe did as a two 49 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: way player because he really didn't do it as a 50 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: two way player. He pitched as a member of the 51 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: Red Sox, he hit as a member of the Yankees. 52 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: He really didn't cross over much. It was I think 53 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: one year where Ruth was really considered a two way 54 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: player in nineteen nineteen or the year before he went 55 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: to the Yankees. So there really hasn't been anything like this. 56 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: And I can show he's locked up the MVP in 57 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: he locked it up in June. I don't think any 58 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 2: players can really say that. But there's no way anybody's 59 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: going to be the American League mv BE aside from 60 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 2: showing no. 61 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 3: As long as that guy exists, it's going to be 62 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 3: tough to be speak about the energy at the stadium 63 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 3: because you're doing the Angels games. Now, what's it like 64 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 3: when he's on the mound. When he's you know, in 65 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 3: the game, Like, how does the vibes just kind. 66 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: Of go up a little bit? Yeah, you know, it's 67 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: it's changed, I think is the season has gone along. 68 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: I mean, keep mind, he won the MVP two years 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: ago and he was close last year. It really took 70 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: Judges sixty two homer season to get Showay to not 71 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 2: win MVP last season. So I think from the beginning 72 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 2: of this year to where he is now, considering how 73 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: well he's done, there's a real buzz in the ballpark 74 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: now when show Hay is batting, let alone the times 75 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: that he's pitching and batting, I think those games always 76 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: have an extra jolt to it. You know, It's similar 77 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: to being around the Mets when Chacob de Gram would 78 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: pitch really at the height of his powers. You know 79 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 2: those moments when de Gram was pitching, you felt it 80 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 2: in the ballpark. There was a different electricity. And it's 81 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: like that when show Hey he is pitching and hitting 82 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: in the same games. But I think it's like that 83 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: now every time he bats. And we saw it at 84 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: the All Star Game, how the Mariner fans took to 85 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: show Hey. And I'm curious if that's going to start 86 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: a trend around some of the stadiums the Angels go 87 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: to now that there will be a sort of a 88 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: different reverence for show Hay and almost a recruitment from 89 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 2: opposing fan bases. And you know, we'll hopefully see it 90 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: at City Field when the Angels come there at the 91 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:28,679 Speaker 2: end of August. 92 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 4: Yeah. 93 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: I even think I saw a month or two ago 94 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: that the Cubs were selling Otani jerseys in their team store, 95 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: like during their games. It seems like there's every baseball fan, 96 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: every baseball team has kind of come together to like 97 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: marvel at the magnificence that has been Otani this year. 98 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: But you mentioned the energy at city Field. You're going 99 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: to be in City Field recording this Friday morning tonight 100 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: for the Apple TV broadcast of the Mets and Dodgers. 101 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: Were you most excited to be back at City Field? 102 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: For we most excited to see? What do you more 103 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: excited to do in New York? 104 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: Anything I shake shack? I think is is the one 105 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 2: thing I'm looking for now. It's gonna be great. I'm 106 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 2: excited to be back at City Field. It's a special 107 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 2: place to me. You know, eight eight seasons with Mets 108 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: Radio and I'm excited to walk in into the Mets 109 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: radio booth and give how we hug and Madge and 110 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 2: see those guys. You know, I was talking about it 111 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 2: yesterday with some people, just even the people around the ballpark, 112 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: you know, big Dom down in security, and you know, 113 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: just the different faces you see at City Field, in 114 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 2: the video board room and the food room. I mean, 115 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 2: it's there's a there's a great sense of community amongst 116 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 2: people that are working there and that are involved in 117 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: the Mets organization. And you know, I missed that. I 118 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 2: missed being at the ballpark. I think it's a great stadium. 119 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 2: And I haven't seen the video board in person yet, 120 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: so that'll be to be the first time seeing that. 121 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: So I'm excited. I'm excited to be there and and 122 00:05:55,640 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 2: you know, I see some familiar faces around the whether 123 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,799 Speaker 2: there are people that work at the ballpark or Mets 124 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 2: fans that are there. It's going to be a fun 125 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: night for me to be back at Cityville. 126 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: Since we last spoke, there's been a lot of different 127 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 3: things going on with you. Obviously, you were with the 128 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 3: Mets with the radio. Now you do the Angels and 129 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 3: you have the Apple TV games as well. What would 130 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 3: you say the biggest differences are between maybe the three, 131 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 3: Like what would you have to change or alter if anything. 132 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: When you do a national game. I think it's it's 133 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 2: a different sort of bear. I mean, you really have 134 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 2: to get to know these teams. You want to avoid 135 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,239 Speaker 2: the whatever fan base saying, well, you don't know our team, 136 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 2: you don't know what's going on, you're not watching every day, 137 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: you don't know the ins and outs of that particular team. 138 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: So there's a lot of research and a lot of reading, 139 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 2: and a lot of watching highlights and stuff just to 140 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 2: get to avoid that. I mean, really want you want 141 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: to sound like you have a handle on what's happening 142 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 2: with these teams. Now, Tonight's game will be a lot 143 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: easier for me. I certainly know the Mets still keep 144 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: up with the Mets, and the Dodgers are not far 145 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 2: from where the Angels are, and you almost I always 146 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: felt like being with the Mets. I knew the Yankees too. 147 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: It just felt like osmosis just from being around in 148 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: New York that that the Yankees were in your face too. 149 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: So there was there was a lot you know, if 150 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: you read any of the New York papers, you would 151 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 2: read just even come across Yankee stuff, and it's different 152 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: learning about them than it would have been another team 153 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: from another city. So Mets Dodgers is a good matchup, 154 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 2: and for me, it's an easy one to prepare for. 155 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: But I think week to week, you know, it's it 156 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: depends which teams you get and how you know how 157 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: much that entails the preparation to get ready so that 158 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: you're not blind on things that are happening with that 159 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 2: team in that moment. So it's a lot of extra 160 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 2: work doing the National It's a lot of extra travel 161 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 2: doing the National Game too. I mean I got to 162 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 2: go back to California tomorrow morning for the for the 163 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 2: Angels and Astros tomorrow night. So there's a there's a 164 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: lot of back and forth, you know, doing the national Games. 165 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: We we end up in New York quite a bit. 166 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 2: Between the Mets and the Yankees. You know, there's a 167 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 2: lot of a lot of times up here in the 168 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: Northeast for somebody that's working in southern California largely, So 169 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: those are those are some of the main differences. But 170 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 2: so it's, uh, it's a great opportunity, you know. I 171 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 2: think Apple TV has done a really nice job putting 172 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 2: this package together, especially in this second season and and 173 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 2: now moving forward. So it's it's been good. The Angel's 174 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 2: job has been great. Working with Mark Gubaza, you know, 175 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: was a great pitcher for the Royals kind of you know, 176 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 2: I think similar to to Ron Darling in his time 177 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: with the Mets. Is is kind of Gobaz's role with 178 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 2: the Royals. And now he's been doing Angels TV for 179 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: a long time. He's made it a really easy transition 180 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 2: for me. And it's it's been great. I love the 181 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 2: job and the opportunity that I've been given for this year. 182 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 3: So last year, you had maybe the biggest call in 183 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 3: baseball during that time was when Albert Pools hit six 184 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 3: ninety nine and seven hundred at Dodger Stadium while you 185 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: were doing the Apple TV broadcast. What's it like to 186 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: have your voice attached to such a historic moment. 187 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's unbelievable. It's really a surreal situation 188 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 2: that that unfolded there. I mean, for Albert to had 189 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 2: two home runs in one game. And when you when 190 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: you're doing these Friday night games, you get one game, 191 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 2: you come in and you did the game, you leave, 192 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 2: So to walk into history on a two homer night 193 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 2: from a guy who was nearing the end of his career. 194 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 2: It was was it was absurd, really, I mean it was. 195 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: It was really a special moment, and Albert seemed pretty 196 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: determined just to get it done that night at Dodger 197 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: Stadium in front of a Dodger fan base that I 198 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: think he appreciated from his fairly brief time there, but 199 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 2: kind of resurrected his career there, and you know, and 200 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 2: then going back to the Cardinals to finish it off 201 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 2: and get to seven hundred. It's still nuts because I 202 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 2: still hear it. You know, I'll still if you watch 203 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 2: a video highlight package or whatever comes across and MLB's promotions, 204 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: and there it is. And you know, it was exciting, 205 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 2: that's for sure. And to be at Dodger Stadium sitting 206 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: in Vin's booth, you know, I know Joe's been there 207 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 2: a while now, but still Vin's Booth, the Dodger Stadium, 208 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: and you know, it's seeing that historic moment, calling it 209 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: and being the only voice associated with it. Really it's 210 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 2: something that I'll cherish forever. 211 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 4: I was weirdly at that game. 212 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 3: I flew into LA because I was doing a YouTube 213 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 3: video where I went to three games in twenty four 214 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 3: hours and me and my friends were joking. We're like, Oh, 215 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 3: he's going to do it today. Did you have any 216 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: idea or any feeling. Was there, like a gut feeling 217 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 3: that he would hit seven hundred that day? 218 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: You know I did. He had hit four ninety nine 219 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 2: and five hundred in the same game as well, so 220 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 2: there was some precedence to it. You know, he kind 221 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 2: of rises to the occasion of those moments. I was, 222 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 2: we were prepared for it. You know. I talked to 223 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 2: Howie actually about it earlier in that week and I 224 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 2: asked him, you know, I said, I might run into 225 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 2: history here, I might run into seven hundred. What you know, 226 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 2: what advice do you have about calling a moment like that? 227 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 2: He kind of gave me his words of wisdom, as 228 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 2: he often did, and you know, I took that into 229 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: that to that night, knowing that it was a possibility, 230 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 2: and really the bigger possibility was that if he hit won, 231 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 2: you'd have it at least in it bad or two 232 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: With seven hundred on the line, and Andrew Eni was 233 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 2: starting for the Dodgers, gives up a lot of home runs. 234 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 2: Lefty Albert had been crushing lefties, so I thought six 235 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: ninety nine was a real possibility. And when he got 236 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 2: to six ninety nine early in the game, I would 237 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 2: have bet money that seven hundred was coming next I was. 238 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: I was ready so and he didn't waste any time. 239 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: The next inning that he hit his seven hundredth home run. 240 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 2: So it was it was in the air that night 241 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 2: that he was getting it done. 242 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: You mentioned Howie, and I just remember from listening to 243 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: radio games over the last I don't know, like half decade, 244 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 1: you and him, your chemistry got so good you almost 245 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: felt even attached to Hipakes and you guys at the 246 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: ballpark sometimes and your chemistry was just off the chart. 247 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: So you could feel it listening every single game, every 248 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: single pitch, every single inning. And now you do these 249 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: use the Apple games with Dontrell Willis, but there's less 250 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: time to build that relationship, but you can still like 251 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: feel the way that you guys kind of come through 252 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: a bouts off each other during the broadcast. 253 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 4: What's it like developing chemistry with a broadcast. 254 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: Partner that you do games with so sparingly compared to 255 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: someone like Howie, who you guys were just had this 256 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: incredibly close day to day relationship. 257 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: That's a good question. I think it's it's kind of 258 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 2: organic how those things develop. I mean, Don Trelle unfortunately 259 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 2: not doing the game tonight. You know, we're happy to 260 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 2: have Dan pleisak as well. It was really good and 261 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 2: I think, you know, easy to get along with as well. 262 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 2: So Dan will be in there tonight and for the 263 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: next couple of weeks. But you know, Don Drelle, I 264 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 2: think really loves baseball. You know, he loves he loves it, 265 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 2: and he's and it comes across on the air, and 266 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 2: it's easy for me as somebody also loves it, to 267 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: to play into that and and you know, find his 268 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 2: strengths and what he's good at and the things that 269 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 2: he likes, and you know how and I think he's 270 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: he's good about getting that out of me too. So 271 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: you know, it's developed quickly. And you know we've we're 272 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 2: really friendly off the air, and we we make sure 273 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 2: to get dinner together before each Friday night game and 274 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 2: and hang out you know the way that we can 275 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: from week to week. So you know, those things just 276 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 2: sort of developed. It really it's kind of just luck 277 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 2: of the draw. And I think that what you see 278 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 2: on Mets TV and what you hear from from heard 279 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: from Howie and me on Mets Radio are all things 280 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,599 Speaker 2: that just kind of developed naturally, you know. And fortunately 281 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 2: those things have been there largely when when I'm when 282 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 2: I been around, you know, it's certainly possible that it 283 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: goes the other way, and there's been many, you know, 284 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 2: considerations of that over the years too on different broadcasts, 285 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: or sometimes people don't get along that well or don't 286 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 2: like each other much and sometimes still produce a good 287 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: broadcast where you can't really tell that that that that's happening, 288 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: you know. Certainly, I'm sure the Mets have have run 289 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: into that too over the years. So it's, uh, it's 290 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 2: it's something that you know, I think that if you're 291 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 2: on the air and you're you're making it the best 292 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 2: you can, you you try to work around any sort 293 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 2: of you know, negativity that might be in that booth anyway. 294 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 2: But fortunately for me, I have not really experienced that much. 295 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 2: And and the partners that I've had, especially Howie and 296 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 2: and now Dontrelle on Fridays and even Mark Ubaza too 297 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 2: on Angels TV, you know that that those relationships are 298 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 2: are good and and it comes across that way on 299 00:14:59,320 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: the air. 300 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 3: With the Dodgers Met series Apple TV broadcast coming up, 301 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 3: paint a little picture for us previewing the series, what 302 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 3: we can expect, what we're looking for here with the storylines. 303 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 2: I mean, the Dodgers have been playing great. I mean 304 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 2: they really went into the All Star break kind of 305 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 2: hitting their stride. Mookie, especially Mookie Betts, has been just 306 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: crushing the ball literally, And you know, the Dodgers last 307 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: series was against the Angels, so I saw them going 308 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 2: right into the break and they hit nine or ten 309 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 2: home runs in that series. It was two games. They 310 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 2: had five on Friday and I think they had five 311 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 2: against Saturday. I got them blacked out by the end 312 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 2: of that on Saturday. But you know, they're rolling and 313 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 2: maybe they get cooled off by the All Star break, 314 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: but going into the break they were red hot. You know, 315 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: their pitching has been not as good as usual, the 316 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 2: bullpen especially has been not as good as usual. So 317 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: it's a little bit different how the Dodgers are doing it. 318 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: They're scoring a lot. The first four guys in their 319 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 2: lineup are carrying them with the four All Stars Bets Freeman, 320 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 2: Will Smith, and JD. Martinez. So they're playing well and 321 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 2: and Orius is pitching tonight, and you guys know where 322 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: the Mets are right now. They need they need wins, 323 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 2: they need fast, you know, and that I think in 324 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 2: the next couple of weeks it's really a determining factor. 325 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 2: You know, people are still people are saying definitively that 326 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: that the Mets aren't this or that going into the 327 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: trade deadline. I don't know how anybody would know that. 328 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 2: I don't think the Mets know that right now. You know, 329 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: you're six games under five hundred, and if you fall 330 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 2: further back in these next couple of weeks, it would 331 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 2: be silly not to make make some trades that benefit 332 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 2: you later. So I do think they would sell the 333 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: trade deadline to some degree. I don't think they're gonna 334 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 2: just trade everybody, but to some degree that they're gonna 335 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 2: they're gonna be sellers if they don't turn things around, 336 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 2: they have to. So we'll see what happens here in 337 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: the next couple of weeks. But it's it's a tough 338 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: series to start for the Mets coming out of the gate. 339 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: They're always competitive games against the Dodgers. There's always juiced 340 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 2: in the stadium at City Field when the Dodgers are there, 341 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 2: So I would expect tonight in the next couple of 342 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 2: nights to be fun. And Orias Berlanders is a cool 343 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: way to start, you know, the post All Star breaks schedule. 344 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: Really cool way to start the post All Star Break schedule. 345 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: And the Mets had a fantastic year last year when 346 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: you were doing their games. Now this year, the Angels 347 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: are having an amazing year as you've switched to doing 348 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: their games. Is there any part of you that feels 349 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: guilty at all for taking the wayn Randezo, good luck 350 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: out out West. 351 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,239 Speaker 2: I wish I wish it was a full season luck 352 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 2: because the Angels. The Angels really struggling willing to the 353 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: All Star Wars. You know, they they had a really 354 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 2: good season going. They were sitting in a wildcard spawn, 355 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 2: they weren't far out of first. You know, they had 356 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 2: a great series at Texas, they won three out of 357 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 2: four and they were making their move. They won the 358 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 2: next series after that around Father's Day weekend and they 359 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 2: have not won a series since then. So it is 360 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 2: it has been a rough goal for the Angels in 361 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. They have been crushed with injuries. 362 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 2: You know, Trout is out for who knows them to 363 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 2: win after he broke his handmade bone. That's a huge loss. 364 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 2: Their rookie shortstop has been out. That's been a huge loss. Brandon, 365 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: who was a former met, has had a good season. 366 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: He's he's missed some time lately. And Anthony Rendon just 367 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 2: can't stay on the field. So it's it's been really 368 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 2: tough for them. I'm surprised, you know, Rendon is surprising 369 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 2: to me good. We saw Rendon in the National League 370 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 2: East and he was just a crusher. And you know, 371 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: he looks like he's he's thinned out a bit over 372 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 2: the last few years, and he just can't stay on 373 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: the field. He just gets hurt almost every time that 374 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 2: he bangs into something or fouls the ball off himself 375 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 2: or what takes a weird step. He's good, goes on 376 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 2: the I L I mean, it's it's it's strange to 377 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 2: see how Rendon is now compared to how he was 378 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 2: in Washington, because he was he was just an absolute 379 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: beast every time he had a bat in his hand. 380 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 2: So the Angels need that guy to come around, and 381 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 2: they need to have some health in the in the 382 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 2: second half here to stay in the race and and 383 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 2: and try to keep pushing. 384 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 3: Angels also brought an old friend of the team at 385 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 3: Wardo Escobar. Have you gotten a chance to talk to him? 386 00:18:58,520 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 4: Check in? How's he doing over there? 387 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 2: He's good. You know, he's an American citizen now. He's happy. 388 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 2: He's really move forward in that and and he's really 389 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 2: I think, done that for his family and feels like 390 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: he can bring his parents over now and and and 391 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: things will be good for for his family moving forward. So, uh, 392 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 2: he's good, you know. They they said when he got there, 393 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 2: you know, he was traded during the Mets Phillies Apple 394 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 2: TV game. That what I did a few weeks ago 395 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 2: in Philadelphia, he was traded in the middle of the 396 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 2: game to the to the Angels talk about a weird 397 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 2: position to be in for me, it was that was 398 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 2: that was I could not believe that happened. But you know, 399 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 2: they said that the way that they greeted him, it 400 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,239 Speaker 2: was like he had been with the Angels for ten 401 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 2: years already. He just he just comes in and and 402 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: already kind of sets that back round as somebody that 403 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 2: is well respected in the locker room. So you know, 404 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 2: pla Eduardo has some good moments. You know, he certainly 405 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 2: had a great September for the Mets last year, and 406 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 2: you can find some of that for the for the 407 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 2: next couple of months. I think that would really help 408 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 2: the Angels. 409 00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, we definitely know what why of the Wescobar has 410 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: the the potency to get hot at any given moment. 411 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: But Wayne going to wrap us up ask our last question. 412 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: Thank you again for taking the time to speak with us. 413 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: Just we have a lot of i'd say viewership kind 414 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: of cues younger for this podcast, and a lot of 415 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: these people are aspiring sports journalists, sports commentators, sports media members. 416 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: Do you have any advice you want to give to 417 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: any young aspiring broadcast there as someone who if anyone 418 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: listened to this podcast last year, Wayne has traveled from 419 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: from the Depths now to near the Heights, what could 420 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: you tell the young people listening to this? 421 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think it's you get what you 422 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 2: put out what you put out. I think at the 423 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 2: end of the day, the more you work you put in, 424 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 2: the more time you spend on it, the more networking 425 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 2: you do. I mean, the just the all around kind 426 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 2: of time and effort that it takes to get good 427 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: at this, it pays off, I think it will. You know, 428 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: hardly anybody that I think has really gone after it 429 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 2: in that way is still stuck somewhere that is not 430 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: where they expect it to be in some way. So 431 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 2: I think the more you put into it, and the 432 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 2: more you really go for getting better meeting people, you know, 433 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 2: taking advantage of your opportunities, the further that you'll get ahead. 434 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 2: You know, it does take a lot of persistence, certainly, 435 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 2: and as I've gone along here, you know I got 436 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 2: passed up for this or that. There's a lot of rejection, 437 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 2: but you just you just keep grinding it out and 438 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 2: you hope that as you improve, you know, you see 439 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 2: more avenues that open up for you. So you know, 440 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 2: I was I was fortunate to land where I did, 441 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 2: you know, nine years ago now or eight years ago 442 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 2: when I first got to the Mets in twenty fifteen, 443 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,479 Speaker 2: and you know, a lot a lot more doors have opened. 444 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 2: There's there's less rejection now, there's still some, but there's 445 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 2: still you know, there's there's been good opportunities too, and 446 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: you just have to take advantage. You have to be 447 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 2: ready for when your name does get called. You know. 448 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 2: It was a good example was the Pools game life year. 449 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: You have to be ready in case you walk into 450 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,959 Speaker 2: something that is maybe bigger than something you've done before, 451 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 2: and if you nail that moment, then I think bigger 452 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 2: things will come from there. So, you know, I think 453 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 2: that the more you grind and the more that you 454 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 2: put make yourself ready for the for the big moment, 455 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 2: you know, you should have some success along with it. 456 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 4: Echoing with James said, again, thank you so much for 457 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 4: coming on. 458 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 3: You guys can catch Wayne on the Apple TV broadcast 459 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 3: Friday night Dodgers versus Mets. It's a big series for 460 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 3: the Mets, as we know, we're super excited Wayne that 461 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 3: you came on here. Again, you're the first or second 462 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 3: recurring guest of the Mess Up podcast, so thank. 463 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 4: You for doing that. 464 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 3: First Matt Matt Eddie, the Baseball America guy for prospect stuff, 465 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 3: but in terms of like since we've joined the Mets 466 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 3: first recurring pod guest, So thank you so much. 467 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 4: Again for doing this. We appreciate it, and Mets Up listeners, 468 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 4: thank you so much for listening. 469 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for watching, and we'll catch you 470 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 3: on the next episode of the Mets Up Podcast.