1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to Fair Territory World Series Edition. 2 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: We are coming to you quite obviously from Arizona, from Phoenix, Arizona. 3 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: You can see the backdrop here. I can assure you 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: that this show will never have a better backdrop than 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: we will have today. And try to focus on the 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: show and not just look behind me, and try to 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: listen to what I'm saying. Actually, if you want, just 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: look at the backdrop. It's really beautiful and it is 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: a beautiful place here. We're gonna have great weather. Supposedly 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: the roof might be open for Game three, hallelujah outdoor baseball. 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: Maybe even Game four and five as well, we'll see. 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: So far, we have seen in this World Series some 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: excellent baseball. Game one I'm hesitant to say an all 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: time classic, but it was pretty up there, and if 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: you go back and look at that game and compare 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: it to other great World Series games in history, it 17 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: would compare favorably. We saw a game time home run 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: in the ninth inning, a two run shot by Corey Seeger, 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: a walk off by Adolies Garcia in the eleventh. It 20 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 1: was just a fantastic baseball game. Game two is pretty 21 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: good too, for to one in the seventh inning. It 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: got at a hand. Of course, the Diamondbacks rand up 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: that contact offense, that pressure oriented offense that they have 24 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: and are so good with, it was on full display. 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: And we also in that game saw a brilliant performance 26 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: from Merrill Kelly. Seven innings, one run, Three hits in 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: this game that he allowed, two were soft contact, one 28 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: was on a sinker that was down around Mitch Garver's shoes. 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: So Merril Kelly was brilliant. The problem now as we 30 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: go forward in the World Series is that I don't 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: think it's going to be quite as pretty as the 32 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: first two games were. Not that they were necessarily pretty 33 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: and beautifully played, though at times they were, but the 34 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: high quality that we saw in those two games. From 35 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: a pitching standpoint, it might be a situation where we're 36 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: about to go a little south, a little side game 37 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: three Monday night. That will be Max Scherzer, who has 38 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: pitched only six and two thirds innings in his two 39 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: starts this postseason. Remember, he's coming off that injury that 40 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: he had in September. It's quite shocking that he's pitching 41 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: at all, but he is pitching. He just hasn't built 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: up yet, Now will he be better tonight than he 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: was previously? I would expect that he's getting better each 44 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: start progressing, but it's not the old Max Scherzer. I 45 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: don't think anyone should expect that. And for the Diamondbacks, 46 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: they're rookie who has been brilliant in the postseason so far, 47 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: especially in Game seven of the NLCS Brandon Fought. This 48 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: is a kid with great stuff. This is a kid 49 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: like Scherzer who is not going to pitch, or at 50 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: least is not expected to pitch deep into this game. 51 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: We're probably talking about eighteen hitters plus or minus four hitters. 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: That's how Diamondbacks manager Tory Levello's described it yesterday. So 53 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: I'm expecting a bullpen type game tonight, or at least 54 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: heavy use of relievers. And I'm also expecting that in 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: Game four, which is probably going to be a bullpen 56 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: game for both teams regardless. So what am I saying. 57 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: I'm saying we could see a lot of runs over 58 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: the next couple of days, and it would not surprise 59 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: me at all to see this thing kind of get 60 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: a little hairy. It could be exciting with the offenses 61 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: coming into play, because we have a historically good offense 62 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: in the Rangers from a power standpoint, and historically good 63 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: offense from the Diamondbacks from a running standpoint. Right, these 64 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: two teams play it a little bit differently. Historically good 65 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: might be an overstatement, I'll admit that, but these are 66 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: two very good, but very different offensive type teams. And yes, 67 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: I'm also expecting that we're going to go at least 68 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: six and probably seven. Why do I say that. I 69 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: have a difficult time believing that one of these teams 70 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: is that much better than the other to win the 71 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: next three These two teams are too close, and I 72 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: just can't see over the next three nights how one 73 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: is going to just run the table here and prevail 74 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: each night. Because we have a closely competitive series here, 75 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: we have pitching that cannot be entirely trusted to be dominant. 76 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: I guess I could see a scenario where the Diamondbacks 77 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: steal one tonight with thought, then maybe they survived the 78 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: bullpen game tomorrow, and then you get to Game five. 79 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: You've got the Game one starters of Valdi and Gallon, 80 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: But Gallon hasn't been that great this postseason, So again, 81 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: entertainment is in store here and we've already seen a 82 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: lot of entertainment if you think about it. But Doli 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: s Garcia in Game one, it was incredible what he 84 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: did on base five times, leaping catch at the wall, 85 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: stolen base, and of course the walk off homer. Twenty 86 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: two postseason RBIs. That's a single postseason record. I know 87 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: we have expanded postseason. Yeah, he has more opportunities, but 88 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: he's twenty two RBIs this postseason and no one has 89 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: done that before under this format or any other. You 90 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: can see the all time leaders right there, Garcia with 91 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: twenty two, David Freese with twenty one, Corey Seeger twenty, 92 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: followed by Ortiz, Sandy Alamore and Scott Spizio each with nineteen. 93 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: Remarkable performance so far by Garcia. He has become, as 94 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: I wrote recently, one of the true superstars of the game, 95 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: and he is continuing to emerge as this clutch, cool, 96 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: entertaining type player. Katel Marte eighteen game hitting streak in 97 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: the postseason that has never been done before, and he's 98 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: eighteen and counting going into tonight. All eighteen games he's 99 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: played in the postseason in his career, he has gotten 100 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: a base Hitten and I know it took him until 101 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: the eighth inning in Game two, but he got it done. 102 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: And it's a record, and it's something that if you 103 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: look at historically, how many guys have struggled in the postseason, 104 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: how many big time players have struggled, it's pretty rare 105 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: to see one disconsistent over this period of time. Katel Marte. 106 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: I don't know that he's a superstar, but he is 107 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: an all star type player, a really good player, and 108 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: he's done some big things. So I am excited to 109 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: see what is going to happen over the next three days, 110 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: especially we definitely have three games remaining, and it's interesting 111 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: tonight as well. The Diamondbacks behind fought, what are they 112 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: going to do? Well, They've got three left handers in 113 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: their bullpen. We've seen all of them so far, Kyle Nelson, 114 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: Joe Mantipli, and Andrew Solfrank. There is that pocket in 115 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: the Rangers order. It's a small pocket. Corey Seeger at 116 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: the number two spot, Evan Carter at the number three spot, 117 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: both left handed. That is the pocket that Diamondbacks are 118 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: going to be concerned about, and we might see these 119 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: lefties come into play there and we're going to see 120 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: another pitcher from the Diamondbacks, Ryan Nelson, their long guy, 121 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: or a former starter or actually a current starter that 122 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: they're using in relief. He is going to come into 123 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: play in these next couple of games as well. So 124 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: from the big picture, we've got a good World Series. 125 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: We've got a competitive World Series. And I went through 126 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: this last week. You might be a Yankee fan. You 127 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: might be a Red Sox fan, a Dodger fan, an 128 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: Astro fan, whatever the case. Might be a met fan, 129 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: a Padre fan, and you might be disappointed your team's 130 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: not here. I get it. But if you're a baseball fan, 131 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: and I'll say this again because it's worth repeating, if 132 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: you're a baseball fan, I would expect that you'd like 133 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: watching the Diamondbacks in particular play they play. I don't 134 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: know that it's an old school style. It's sort of 135 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: a new rules style, right with the stolen bases, with 136 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: the bunting that they're doing, with the running. It's an 137 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: adaptation to the sport as it's being played today. And 138 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: they adapted more quickly and perhaps better than most other teams. 139 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: They had the players to do it. Corbyn Carroll and 140 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: Alec Thomas, guys like that, and even some of their 141 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,119 Speaker 1: other players that you would not expect would be running. 142 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: Christian Walker's one of them do that kind of thing. 143 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: Evan Longoria with the bunt in Game two, that was brilliant, right. 144 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: So it's fun brand of baseball to watch. And the 145 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: Rangers a team that plays more like we've seen in 146 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: recent years. Slug is the big part of their game. 147 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: They're exciting too, Corey seeger My goodness, he's one of 148 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: the top ten players in the game. It's not the 149 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: top five. Adulis Garcia I just mentioned him, emerging superstar. 150 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: Evan Carter, twenty one year old rookie doing some amazing 151 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: things on the big stage. So there is a lot here. 152 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: There is a lot of meat on the bone. And again, 153 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: to go back to where we started, I'm looking forward 154 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: to seeing how this all evolves over the next few days. 155 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: I expect it to be a bit messy, but I 156 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: expect it to be really interesting. We have the potential, 157 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: at least for Max schuers Or to be Max schurz 158 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: Or in October. We have the potential for Brandon Thought 159 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: to do what he did in Game seven of the 160 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: NLCS all kinds of things are in play. I'm gonna 161 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: have a lot of fun covering it. I hope that 162 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 1: you guys have a lot of fun watching it. One 163 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: other thing I want to get to in the open 164 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: this week, and it's concerned earn one of the managerial 165 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: vacancies the New York Mets and the news that they 166 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: are going to interview Craig Council to be their next manager. 167 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: This is the most interesting dynamic going right now, with 168 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: all the openings that we have right Council is the 169 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: manager most in demand. His contract is up. Actually this 170 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: week the Mets have permission to interview him. They're going 171 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: to interview him. And the question becomes, actually, there are 172 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: two questions here. One does Craig Council want to manage 173 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: the New York Mets? And two do the New York 174 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: Mets want Craig Counsel. My friend Joel Sherman of The 175 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: New York Post wrote about this last week. It's a 176 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: two pronged thing. Now, what Council wants, at least what 177 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: I'm hearing, what we have all heard, is to be 178 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: one of the higher paid managers, if not the highest paid, 179 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: in the game. Creig Council. When he was a player, 180 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: was an active member of the union. He was a 181 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: guy who was involved in CBA negotiation, knew exactly what 182 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: was going on, kind of informed his sensibility there. Going 183 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: forward as he became a manager, he has the same 184 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: kind of thinking. He wants to push the envelope for 185 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: manager salaries, wants to raise the bar for manager salaries, 186 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: and he's in position to do that. The team that 187 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: is most equipped to set the bar for manager salaries 188 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: we all know, is the team that is owned by 189 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: Steve Cohen. But then the question becomes, will the Brewers 190 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: raise his salary enough or increase his salary enough from 191 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: about three point five million to the point where he 192 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: would not want to go to New York where he 193 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: would say, Okay, I don't need to go there. And 194 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: with the Mets, who were being run by David Stearns 195 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: and Mint League CREG Council's former boss at Milwaukee, would 196 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: they be willing to turn it over to CREG Council 197 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: hire him as their manager. Maybe David Stearns, as new 198 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: new president of Baseball Operations, wants a younger type manager 199 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: that he would have more control over. I don't know 200 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: and Crek Counsel certainly is a guy who can work 201 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: with David Stearns. But you know how it is today, 202 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: the presidents of baseball operations like a lot of collaboration, 203 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: and maybe they're like a guy they can shape a 204 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: little bit more than they can shape a veteran manager 205 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: like Counsel. These are all unanswered questions right now. We 206 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: don't know how this is going to play out. But 207 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: as it plays out, it's going to be interesting because 208 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: it's possible, a long shot, but possible teams with existing 209 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: managers get in the mix for Crek Counsel. Would you 210 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: be willing to fire your manager for Crek Counsel. Don't 211 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: raise your hands if you're a fan, I'm sure that 212 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: both fans would be willing to fire their manager for 213 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: Crek Counsel. But the bottom line is he has a 214 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: choice here. He is a free agent. He is the 215 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: guy that is kind of the it manager. Right now, 216 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: I can't offer prediction here. I don't know. If I 217 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: had to guess, I would probably guess that he ends 218 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: up back in Milwaukee. But there's a lot in play here, 219 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: and there's a lot that can go in a different direction. 220 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: I'll say one more thing about this. If David Stearns 221 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: wants a younger type manager, a less established guy that 222 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: carries its own risk in New York, New York is 223 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: not a place to break in a manager. I'm sorry. 224 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: I know the Yankees did it with Aaron Boone. Aaron Boone, 225 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: i would suggest, is kind of a unique guy. He 226 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: had the playing background, he had the broadcast background. He 227 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: has an ability to communicate that is rare among managers. 228 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: So while he was a first time manager, he had 229 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: been in media. He could handle media. He was equipped 230 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: to do it. And I know Yankee fans might disagree, 231 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: but he also has been very successful for the most part. 232 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: Is he perfect? No, but he has not been overwhelmed 233 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: by that job. The same time, you bring in a 234 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: guy who is someone who's been a manager in waiting, 235 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure that works too well in New York. 236 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: We saw with Luis Rojas. It's not a place where 237 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: you learn on the job. So counsel really is an 238 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: ideal choice. But do they want him? Does he want 239 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: to come? Do the Milwaukee Brewers pay what needs to 240 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: be in his mind, the salary he deserves. All of 241 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: these things, again are unanswered. Time out for the inside dish. 242 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: This is the part of the show where I go 243 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: inside a story I've written, or maybe inside a trend 244 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: going on in the game. Today, I've got something different 245 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: for you, and it's something I've talked about with my 246 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: friends in the past. People ask me about, but I've 247 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: never really talked about publicly. Don't worry. It's not a 248 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: great secret or anything like that. But I'm going to 249 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: take you through what it's like to cover a World 250 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: Series game from my perspective as someone who works for 251 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: two outlets, The Athletic where I write and Fox Sports 252 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: where I do dugout reporting all season long and during 253 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: the postseason. It's two jobs, and yes it comes into 254 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: play here where both are going on at the same time. Now, 255 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm not going to give you this overview because I'm 256 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: telling because I'm trying to tell you how great I am, 257 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: because of how much I want to show you how 258 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: hard I work. You're going to get a gist of that, 259 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: not the greatness part, but maybe the working part. But 260 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 1: I just kind of want to explain how this all 261 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: gets done, how the sausage is made, so to speak. 262 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: So generally, each day is different in the case of today, 263 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: as we get ready for Game three. I'm coming off 264 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: an off day where I attended the workouts for each team, 265 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: got some stuff ready for the game. But the day 266 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: begins with me typing up notes for the broadcast, and 267 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: I'll usually prepare about fifteen to twenty topics. Now, obviously 268 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: I'm not on the air fifteen to twenty times during 269 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: a game. That would not be realistic, but I want 270 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: these things ready. I want them at my disposal, and 271 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: our play by play guy Joe Davis will occasionally draw 272 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: from them in what he is saying during the game, 273 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: so he might refer to something that I've given him 274 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: or the Tom Fraducci has given him and use that 275 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: on the air as just part of his natural flow. 276 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: That's part of what I do, giving information to the 277 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: play by play man and everything I'm about to tell you. 278 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: Tom Fraducci does exactly the same thing. He writes for 279 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: SI dot com after every game. He prepares as a 280 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: dugout reporter, just as I do. So we're doing essentially 281 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: the same kind of thing. So I prepare those notes, 282 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: type them up, send them in, we print them out 283 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: for each announcer, and then I get to the game. 284 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: Usually this year we have been leaving for the park 285 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: five hours before the game, and the reason for that 286 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: is our meetings with the managers, and yes, the broadcasters 287 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: meet separately with each manager before each game. Those meetings 288 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: have been taking place earlier than usual. The managers in 289 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: this case, Bruce Bocci and Tory Leavello, want to get 290 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: the meetings out of the way. They have other media responsibilities, 291 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: they have a lot going on, oh and yet they're 292 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: preparing for the game as well. Start with those meetings 293 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: and during that time we also get access to the 294 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: players in the clubhouse for about fifteen minutes, which each team, 295 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: so I can go talk to a player I might 296 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: have a question for and ask him that privately without 297 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: any other media there. It's an advantage. It's something that 298 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: as a broadcaster as part of Fox, which pays whatever 299 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: they pay for these things, that's the privilege we get. 300 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: And from there sometimes I pick up a few more 301 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: nuggets for the game. After that, Generally speaking, I do 302 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: a pregame interview on camera with somebody in the game 303 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: that they usually a player, but sometimes a manager. Tonight 304 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: it's going to be Bruce boci and also prepare a 305 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: report for the pregame show, which I will generally do 306 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: live an hour before the game. The other thing I 307 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: am preparing for at that time, while talking to players 308 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: and doing all different things, is my report at the 309 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: top of the show, the one that you see right 310 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: before first pitch, the one you see that I do 311 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: with Tomucci. One of us will start, the other one 312 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: will continue, and then generally the game will begin. That 313 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: report lasts about thirty seconds. In most cases, it's difficult 314 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: to do because it's live, the stadium is loud at 315 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: that time. I would say it is the most difficult 316 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 1: thing I do on television because you have to nail it. 317 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: You have to have it pretty much memorized, because if 318 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: you miss you can't just say I like to start over, 319 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 1: or you can't lose your train of thought because the 320 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: game's about to begin. So the game begins, and then 321 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: we get into the natural flow of the game, and 322 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: I'm talking to my producer, a guy named Pete mccheska, 323 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: who has been my producer and the producer of Fox 324 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: for longer than I've even been there, which is eighteen 325 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: years now. And Pete has to organize the entire show. 326 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: I'm not sure exactly what he does, because I've never 327 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: been in the truck. But he has to get in 328 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: different kinds of ads, he has to get in different elements, 329 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: graphics that we've prepare for the game, and of course 330 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: he has to monitor the game at all times and 331 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: talk to Joe Davis and John Smoltz and what they're thinking, 332 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: and prepare video and graphics and all kinds of things 333 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: as the game progresses. It's a little chaotic, it's very cool. 334 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: It's amazing what Pete mccheska, the producer, and Matt Gangle, 335 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: our director, pull off during the course of a game, 336 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: as well as all of our camera people, audio people, 337 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: people in the truck. It's quite a production. So during 338 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: the game, I'll be giving a couple of reports. During 339 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: the game, I'll be of course doing those in the 340 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: moment interviews if they become appropriate, and then the game ends, 341 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: I interview a player, sometimes two. This is something we've 342 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: been talking about through the eighth and ninth innings, trying 343 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: to get organized, trying to figure out who the right 344 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 1: players to interview are. Obviously a situation like Game one 345 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: where there is a walk off, your plans go to 346 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: smithereens and you just have to adapt right at the end, 347 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: which is a lot of fun. It's also a little 348 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: bit hairy because you're not always as ready as you 349 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: would be, but that's the beauty of live television. After that, 350 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: I unhook, I take off my wires and get ready 351 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: to do my other job, which is for the Athletic 352 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: and writing about that game. That night, I'll go into 353 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: the clubhouse talk to players whoever I need to talk 354 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: to to get ready for the story that I'm about 355 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: to write. I've already spoken with the Athletics other writers. 356 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 1: We've divided up the topics and tried to do it 357 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: the best we can to make sure all the angles 358 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: are covered and represented. And then generally speaking, I'll go 359 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: back to where our production trucks are, where they have 360 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: food postgame. I haven't eaten since, like I don't know, 361 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: twelve hours before I'll eat something or I'll take it 362 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: back with me to our hotel and I'll write at 363 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: the hotel. I need a little bit of time to unwind, 364 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: to collect my thoughts, to eat, and then I'll write. 365 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: And usually I'll be writing until about three in the 366 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: morning Eastern time, and then we get up the next 367 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: day and we do it all again. Now again, I'm 368 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 1: not saying this because I want people to think I'm 369 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: some kind of amazing person or amazing journalist or anything 370 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: like that. I'm just trying to give you insight into 371 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: the work that goes into it. And I want to 372 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: make one thing especially clear. I love doing this. It 373 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: is an absolute privilege to do this, and I will 374 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: do this as long as the Athletic and Fox Sports 375 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 1: lets me do it. Is it tiring, of course it's tiring. 376 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: I'm really tired. I'm tired all the time during the postseason. 377 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: But you go on adrenaline in a lot of ways, 378 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: and you're fired up to be there. And I fully 379 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: recognize that all you guys listening and all your people watching, 380 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: almost all of you would love to do what I do. 381 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: And again, it's work. Yes, it's work. It's hard work, 382 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: but it is an absolute honor and I feel really 383 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: lucky every year to be standing on the field during 384 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 1: the World Series, to be part of the broadcast, to 385 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: be writing about the World Series. Not a lot of 386 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: sports writers get that privilege. So the whole thing, while 387 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: it's difficult and while it's tiring, and while people might think, yeah, 388 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: you're a little nuts for doing all this. I don't care. 389 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: I'll do it, and I'll do it as long as 390 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: they let me. Time Now for the Dude of the Week, 391 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: and I'm really excited to talk about this particular dude. 392 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: It is someone that was not nominated by Jack Peterson, 393 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: but maybe it's someone who would have been nominated by 394 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 1: Jace Peterson. Obviously two different players, but two who have 395 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: now a strong connection to Tommy fam. Tommy Fam is 396 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: the dude of the Week. And if you haven't heard 397 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: by now, Tommy Fam did something that was so selfless 398 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: in Game two, so cool that it not only merrits 399 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: due to the week, it merits a lot of introspection 400 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: and praise for what he actually did. And if you 401 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: haven't read it again, what he did was with a 402 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: four for four game in progress with a chance to 403 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: tie Paul Monitor and Albert Pooholes for the all time 404 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: record five hits in a World Series game, he went 405 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 1: up to his manager, Tory Leavello in the eighth inning 406 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: and said, you know what I need you to give 407 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 1: my boy in a bat. Tommy FAM's boy was Jace Peterson. 408 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: These are both veteran players. Fam is thirty five, Jace 409 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: Peterson's thirty three. They've been together with the Diamondbacks this year, 410 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: and Tommy fam even though he was four for four, 411 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: even though he was on the verge of tying up record, 412 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: which he was not aware of. By the way, he 413 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: wanted Jace Peterson to experience a World Series at bat 414 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: and you could say, well, wait a second, Jase Peterson 415 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: would have gotten it about at some point. Who knows. 416 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: I don't know that you can guarantee that you don't 417 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 1: know how these games are going to go. Jase Peterson's 418 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 1: a utility guy. He might appear, he might not appear, 419 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: But Tommy fam wanted to make sure he did appear. 420 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: So toy Levello told Fam, okay, deal, but if our 421 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: lead is smaller than seven to one, which is what 422 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: it was at the time, seven to one over the Rangers, No, 423 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: you're staying in the game. You're four for four, Fam said, Okay. 424 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: The lead did stay at seven to one and actually 425 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: increased after Sace Peterson got in the game as a 426 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: pinch hitter, and it ends, of course with a nine 427 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: to one Diamondback's victory. Tommy fam I wrote a story 428 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: about him with Will Salmon of the Athletic about a 429 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: month ago, actually more than a month ago. At this point, 430 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: he is not the guy you think. He is not 431 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: the guy who slapped Jack Peterson and will be forever 432 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: more known as that guy. He is one of the 433 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: game's hardest workers. I would say he is one of 434 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: the game's most serious players, and you can see from 435 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: this interlude he's also a guy who cares an awful 436 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,239 Speaker 1: lot about his teammates. What was interesting about this in 437 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: talking to both players yesterday is that Jace Peterson said, 438 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: it's not that unusual to have something like this happen. 439 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: He referred back to twenty eighteen when he was teammates 440 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: with Adam Jones with the Orioles and Jace Peterson was 441 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: closing in on an incentive for plate appearances. So say 442 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: he needed two point fifty to cash a fifty thousand 443 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: dollars incentive. I'm not saying that's what it was. That's 444 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: just an example. Maybe he was a few played appearances short, 445 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: and Adam Jones told the manager at the time, I 446 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: guess it was Buck Showalter. Give his kids some at bats. 447 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: Let's see if we can get them to the incentive. 448 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: He didn't get there, but the same kind of selfless 449 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: thing was in play. That's good what Adam Jones did. 450 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: But what Tommy Fam did in a World Series game 451 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,959 Speaker 1: in which he's four for four, that is outstanding, and 452 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: that is just actually shocking in some ways. So Tommy Fam, 453 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: due to the week, that was an easy choice Dork 454 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: of the Week. I can't believe I'm saying this because 455 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: in baseball every week people do stupid things, but there 456 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: is no Dork of the Week this week. I don't 457 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: have anybody then I really want to nominate or throw 458 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: out there as dork of the week. Everyone has been 459 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: on fairly good behavior. I would even include the Commissioner 460 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: of Baseball on that, I would even include the umpires, 461 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: all the people who are the usual suspects. We haven't 462 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: had any ownership missteps, we haven't had anything really go wrong. 463 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: I hope that we can repeat this next week and 464 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: have no Dork of the Week, although I would strongly 465 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: suspect that some candidate will emerge. Give your playoff game 466 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: phase your best look with our new sponsor. Shady Rays 467 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 1: and Shady Raise is an independent sunglass company that has 468 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: a world class product just as good as all of 469 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 1: the expensive sunglasses that are out there. 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The question is what are 489 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: the Jays going to do in the off season. It 490 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 1: comes from Rocky A, and Rocky A is curious, like 491 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: a lot of people about what the Jays have in store. 492 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: First order of business is their free agents, and they 493 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: have a number of free agents on the offensive side, 494 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: in particular, I'm talking about Kevin Kiermeier and Brandon Belt 495 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: and whitt Merrifield, and of course the third baseman Matt Chapman, 496 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: who will be one of the more coveted position players 497 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: on the open market. They also have Hun Jin Ryu 498 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: whose contract is up, he is a free agent, and 499 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: Chad Green, who has kind of a funky option and 500 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: he ultimately could be a free agent as well, and 501 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: probably a reliever in demand. So what I expected Jays 502 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: to do is try to replace some of those offensive pieces. 503 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: That's going to be priority one, and it's going to 504 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: be difficult because those are some pretty valuable guys. Merrifield 505 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: quite valuable, Matt Chapman, of course, extremely valuable in many 506 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: ways at the defensive side especially. I also expect them 507 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: to explore extensions with Vlad Junior and Bobachett, But in 508 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: Vlad Junior's case, I'm not sure they know what they're 509 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: getting at this point or what they have, I should 510 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: put it that way. He had an off year, let's 511 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: face it, and I'm sure they want to see him 512 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: play a little bit better before they get into serious 513 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: extension talk. Bobachett, different story. He's been fairly consistent. Those 514 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: guys are going to be tough to sign. As you 515 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: get closer to the free agency, it only gets more difficult. 516 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: But the Jays, their first priority will be putting a 517 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four team together that will perform better ultimately 518 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: in the clutch in the postseason than the twenty twenty 519 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: three one did. Next question, let's see what we have here. 520 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 1: It comes from Zachary Goldstein, who asked what team is 521 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: the most likely one to acquire Juan Soto. Well, you 522 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: already heard some talk about the Yankees, and clearly they 523 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: should have interest. But let's talk about Wan Soto a 524 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: little bit and who he is at this stage of 525 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: his career. He is one year away from free agency. 526 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: Premier offensive player, no question about that. Defense in base 527 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: running not totally what you would want, but an elite, 528 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: elite offensive guy. He's going to make probably an arbitration 529 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: about thirty million this year, so that, in theory should 530 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: depress the price should make the Padres less demanding in 531 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: what they get back form wan So than what they 532 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: gave for him when they acquired him. With two plus 533 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: years of control remaining, it's not the same kind of trade. 534 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: You're taking on all that money and you're getting far 535 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: less control. So who can do this kind of trade? 536 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: Which teams can make this kind of deal? It would 537 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: have to be a team, most likely with money to 538 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: spend and a team that believes it can extend Juan Soto. 539 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: Good luck with that. Scott Worz's agent. He wants to 540 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: go to free agency. He's going to want to set 541 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: a standard with Juan Soto. Most teams can take on 542 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: a single salary of thirty million, even the Tampa Bay 543 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: Rays a team like that for one year. The question 544 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: is would such a team be willing to give up 545 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: the prospects necessary to get Soda. Maybe the Rays would, 546 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: they're a team that has been aggressive in these kinds 547 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: of things over the years if they haven't really succeeded 548 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: in any of their quests. But the more likely scenario 549 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: is that it's a team with money and prospects, a 550 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: team like the Yankees, the Cubs, the Red Sox, I 551 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: would throw the Giants in that category, though I don't 552 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: know that they would be willing to do that kind 553 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: of deal for Anxiety as President Baseball Operations. I don't 554 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: know that it's his thing. The Yankees perfect fit Soto, 555 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: the left handed bat. They need a star going forward. 556 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: If they choose to re sign him, it makes all 557 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: the sense in the world, and they have young players 558 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: to trade. Cubs the same. I don't know that they 559 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: would be as aggressive as the Yankees Red Sox. It'd 560 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: have to move Verdugo in some other kind of deal, 561 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: but he would make a lot of sense for them too, 562 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: and their incoming President of Baseball Operations, Craig Breslo. I 563 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: could create other scenarios as well, but those teams would 564 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: be among the ones that I would expect would be 565 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: involved with one soda. Finally, last question comes from Lindsey Day, 566 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: and Lindsay wants to know what makes Otani a championship 567 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: player when Sally will eat too much of a team's 568 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: payroll to make them competitive. These are two different questions. 569 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: Lindsey showy Otani. I would expect most of us would 570 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: agree he's a championship caliber player. Now he won't be 571 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: a pitcher next year. But he's one of the top 572 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: five hitters in the game. I would think you'd want 573 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: him on your team. The question you raised, though, is 574 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: an interesting one. Let's say his average annual salary in 575 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: this new contract is in the forty to fifty million 576 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: dollar range, which is probably a reasonable expectation. That does 577 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: eat up a large chunk of payroll. It does force 578 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: a team that signs Otani to at least think differently 579 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: about where it is going forward with its payroll and 580 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: financial situation. Obviously, teams can afford this. We know this 581 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: some team and multiple teams are going to bid for Shohotani. 582 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, it would require you to probably take your 583 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: payroll pass the luxury tax threshold, pass maybe two or 584 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: three luxury tax thresholds. And there are teams, certainly that 585 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: are equipped and willing to do that, the Dodgers most 586 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: prominent among them. They've been preparing for this moment in 587 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: fact with Otani. So the larger question competitively becomes, Okay, 588 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: why do you want to tie up your DH long 589 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: term when teams generally use that spot now to alternate 590 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: players to get guy's arrest? Is that healthy for what 591 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: you want to do. And the other aspect of that 592 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: is once he is pitching again, it becomes a little 593 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: tougher in maintaining a five man rotation because you need 594 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: six with Otani and the rest he needs built in. 595 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: So there are these factors in play, and some teams 596 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: my bock at all that say, you know what, we 597 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: can build a team differently without him at a lesser cost. 598 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: That might be a more efficient way of going about it. 599 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: Teams will look at it that way. But Otani is 600 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: this otherworldly figure. He is also a one man marketing bonanza. 601 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: Some team is going to pay him. I wrote this 602 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: after we learned that he would need elbow surgery. I 603 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: still expect him to get five hundred million. All right. 604 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 1: We talked about this last week, but I want to 605 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: bring it up again because it's a very special event 606 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: in memory of one of my good friends, Pedro Gomez. 607 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: His foundation is hosting a golf tournament and an auction 608 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: not far from where I am right now in Phoenix. 609 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: It's going to be in Chandler, Arizona. It's going to 610 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: take place December second at the Whirlwinds Golf Club in Chandler. 611 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: Now Here you see the details The golf tournament and 612 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: auction is December twod If you sign up for the tournament, 613 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: you get breakfast golf, a drink ticket, range balls, golf balls, 614 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 1: and a golf shirt or windbreaker or Yennie. There'll be 615 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: live music, cocktails and awards afterwards along with the auction. 616 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: All proceeds go to student scholarships, so you can use 617 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: the QR code on the screen for information and to 618 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: sign up. Just one more word on the foundation. They 619 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: do some really cool things for young journalists, student journalists. 620 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: They give out scholarships as you saw right there, and 621 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: I was at their event last January and met one 622 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: of the honorees and these are impressive young people and 623 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: we need good young journalists coming into the business. This 624 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: is something Pedro was extremely passionate about, and I know 625 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: if you were with us today, this is something that 626 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: he would be active in. 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