1 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: Alrighty fish and filtered episode sixty nine, here with my 2 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: co host and good friend Isaac Zude. Isaac very special guest. 3 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: Very excited to have him on. Talk a little Marlin, 4 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: talk about how he got the job, his pass and Nan. 5 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: I'm just excited to be back on here. Finally a 6 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: little schedule for pitches and catchers too, and full squad 7 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: next week, so we have a lot going on. 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, the voice of the Marlins that's going to be 9 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: heard on nine forty wins. We're very excited to have you, 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: mister Jack mcmarlin. Jack, thanks so much for taking the time. 11 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 3: Man, How you doing. 12 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 4: I'm good man, I'm hanging out. I'm staring out at 13 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 4: full snow coverage on the ground in Milwaukee, Wisconsin right now. 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 4: He was I think seven inches of snow fall yesterday, 15 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 4: so I'm excited to see that slowly melted off. On 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 4: my way south to UH to Jupiter. 17 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 5: I get there. 18 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 4: Monday evening and the first day of the complex is 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 4: going to be Tuesday morning, so I'm really fired up. Kevin, 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 4: I'm curious what separates special guest and very special guests, 21 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 4: because I wouldn't consider myself very special. Maybe just like special. 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 4: I would honestly just say guest. 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: To be honest, it's a very special guest. You know, 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 1: new new member of the org. We love the radio 25 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,279 Speaker 1: people over there, and we thought you were the right choice. 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: So yeah, so let's get it going. Just how how's 27 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: your off season? 28 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 3: Then? 29 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: Obviously you interviewed for this job. What was that process 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: like and when did you find out that that you 31 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: got it? 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 5: Yeah? 33 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 4: Process was was awesome, man, it was. It was thorough 34 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 4: and it was awesome. I had, you know, initial conversations 35 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,919 Speaker 4: with with John Eric Albarez over there and Steven Strom 36 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 4: as well, and then you know, after the fact, had 37 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 4: had some great conversations with with Peter Bendix, with Carolina O'Connor, 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 4: with Tiago Pinto and and a couple other members of 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 4: the organization. It was great and I got to meet 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,919 Speaker 4: with a lot of people and understand organizational direction, organizational vision, 41 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 4: and I left super encouraged after all of those conversations. 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 4: So it was something where I talked to somebody else 43 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 4: and I got more fired up about the possible opportunity. 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 4: And then I talked to somebody else and I got 45 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 4: more fired up, and by the end, I was like, 46 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 4: let's just do this already. 47 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 5: Man, I'm really ready to go here. 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 4: And it was just it was a tremendous process getting 49 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 4: to know everybody within the Marlins organization and you know, 50 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 4: get a feel for, you know, where the organization is headed. 51 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 4: And I left again really encouraged and really energized by 52 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 4: the direction overall, from from Caroline side to Peter's side. 53 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 4: And man, it's I mentioned, you know on the Just 54 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 4: Baseball Show. Actually, like a lot of people say a 55 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: dream come true about things that like they really wanted 56 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 4: but may not have been an actual dream. This is 57 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 4: like an actual dream for me. It's you know, twelve 58 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 4: years old, thirteen years old, you're thinking, I want to 59 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 4: be in a big league booth. I want to be 60 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 4: a major league play by play anouncer. And for this opportunity, 61 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 4: for this, for this dream opportunity to come true with 62 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 4: the Miami Marlins at this stage is actually a dream 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 4: come true. So I couldn't be more excited. 64 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, well you pretty much answered my next question because 65 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: with a voice like yours, you must have known at 66 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: a very young age that you were going to attack 67 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: this career. 68 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 4: Right dude, younger, so I will say, got to Syracuse 69 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 4: where like everybody goes to learn how to do this. 70 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 4: And the way I put it is, as soon as 71 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 4: I realized I wasn't going to be able to throw ninety, 72 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 4: it was time to figure out a different way to 73 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 4: get to major league baseball. And this was the way 74 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: to get to major League baseball. But I thought it 75 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 4: was going to be Initially, I thought it was going 76 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 4: to be talk radio. I thought I was gonna, you know, 77 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 4: talk through it. And I was like, hey, mad Dog, 78 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: is a cool job. 79 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 5: Let's do that. 80 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 4: And then I interned with WGN in twenty seventeen and 81 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 4: I got to sit in the back of the TV 82 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 4: booth and watch Hawk Harrelson do his thing and Lenn 83 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 4: Casper do his thing with the Cubs, and Jason Bennetti 84 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 4: do his thing, and I was like, this is just 85 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 4: the coolest job ever. So started making play by play 86 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 4: tapes after that. At Syracuse there's no baseball like I 87 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 4: played club baseball. 88 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 5: But that was the best. 89 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 4: That was the best baseball Syracuse University had to offer, 90 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 4: so called lacrosse in football and men's and women's basketball. 91 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 4: And I listened back to some of those games that 92 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 4: I did, and my voice was high and there was 93 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 4: no confidence, and I was like, what are we doing here? 94 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 4: So yeah, I think doing it more and more probably 95 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 4: dropped the voice a couple octaves and we got to 96 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 4: a place where we could hang out. 97 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 3: Well, you obviously do that. I think you're twenty six 98 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 3: years old. You're exactly my age. 99 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: So what advice would you have for any young broadcasters 100 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: that are trying to reach the big leagues as quickly 101 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 2: as you did? 102 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 4: Attack every day? What does Jim Harbaughs say? It's like 103 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 4: attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind or 104 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 4: something like that. And it's really corny, but you know 105 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 4: there's some truth to that. And I think you can 106 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: set out each day to be intentional with something that 107 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 4: you do. And for me, I would get up, I 108 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 4: would listen to an inning or two innings, and it 109 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 4: wouldn't just be on in the background as I was 110 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 4: like making coffee in the morning, Like I'll sit here 111 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: and say, okay, I did this well? Why did I 112 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: not do this well? Like I would hear a ball 113 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 4: in play and it's like I could be better at X, 114 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 4: Y and Z. The beauty of baseball is you get 115 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 4: to try and make that correction. Twenty four hours after 116 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 4: you make the mistake. So Tuesday night, I make a 117 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 4: mistake in the fourth inning on a ground ball to short. 118 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 4: When the morning I get up, I listened to it. 119 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,119 Speaker 4: I say, Okay, I'm not going to do that tonight. 120 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 4: I'm going to do something better tonight. And within ten 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 4: hours I'm sitting there doing it again, and the situation 122 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 4: pops up again. So I think it's really being intentional 123 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 4: with something every single day and also be creative man like, 124 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: I know that I wouldn't be in this position if 125 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: if it weren't for you know, my podcast work at 126 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 4: Just Baseball Like that is something that has really helped 127 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 4: kind of elevate my personal brand, and being part of 128 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 4: that has been the joy of my baseball media career 129 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 4: to this point, and I'm excited to balance both of 130 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 4: those here as we enter twenty five. 131 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 3: So, yeah, go ahead. 132 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: You mentioned in the introductory video that you did on 133 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: Marlins rad that you guys are gonna be doing new stuff. 134 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: I know Steven also mentioned that a lot, So I mean, 135 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: just give us the teas well. What's the new stuff 136 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: that you guys are going to be trying to do 137 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: now in Marlin's Radio? 138 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, new stuff. 139 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 4: So I will say what stays the same is we're 140 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 4: going to hold Marlin's Radio to a very high standard 141 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 4: when it comes to the broadcast of of you know, 142 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 4: actual baseball games, right, So you know, we're always going 143 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 4: to strive to give you the best play by play coverage, 144 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 4: and you know, our analysts are gonna be awesome. And 145 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 4: I'm sure you guys saw the list of analysts. It's 146 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: a lot of familiar faces, but new to the fold. 147 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 4: You got Greig men Orbeni joining me as a secondary 148 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 4: play by playboys for for a good number of games. 149 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 4: And then aj Ramos joining as well. Who's going to 150 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 4: be awesome. Like it's funny every time I say his name, 151 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 4: it just brings a smile to people's faces. It's like, 152 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 4: I'm excited to hear that guy call a game on 153 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 4: the radio. So we're gonna do fun stuff with that, 154 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 4: and we're gonna hold that to a really high standard. 155 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 4: But you know, I also think that we're gonna look 156 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 4: probably deeper into the minor leagues than you know, what 157 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 4: you've typically heard from Marlin's Radio previously. It's something that's 158 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 4: near and dear to my heart, and I'm really excited 159 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 4: to watch Starlene Kabba play with Jupiter. I'm really excited 160 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 4: to watch Thomas White throw with Pensacola. These are things 161 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 4: that you know, I maybe have a greater appreciation for 162 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 4: than your typical play by play announcer. So I want 163 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 4: to keep tabs on those things. We're also gonna, you know, 164 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: keep pushing the Marlins radio network, stream yard capabilities and 165 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 4: podcast capabilities and everything like that. Digital content is going 166 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 4: to be expanded as well. So it's just gonna be 167 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 4: a bunch of different, kind of new school creative ways 168 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 4: to help broadcast Marlin's Radio and the product that goes 169 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 4: along with that. 170 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: So just looking at twenty twenty five, just you look 171 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: at this team. A lot of good pitching still nonetheless 172 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: Sandy's coming back. You still have Edward Ryan Weathers just 173 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: down kaala q Wantra, which we'll talk about in a 174 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: bit in the theater. Still a lot of young guys, 175 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: guys in TRIPAA that are right there. What is your 176 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: outlook on the team. I know, maybe I haven't seen 177 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: too much yet. I don't know how much I've seen, 178 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: but you'll be down there next week, so yeah, prob 179 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: better look at that. 180 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 4: By then, I'm excited with with the youth that is 181 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 4: on that roster, and I will say I'll actually ask 182 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 4: you guys a question. 183 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 5: Is there a better. 184 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 4: Game on the calendar on opening Day than Sandy and Skiens? Nope, Nope, dude, Like, 185 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 4: I don't think it's close. I was trying to I 186 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 4: was trying to decipher this with Steven. I was like, 187 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 4: is schoobl Yamamoto a better game? That's probably the second 188 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 4: best pitching matchup, But even then, like, I'm taking Sandy 189 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 4: and Skeens, especially Sandy back for the first time since 190 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 4: you know, end at twenty twenty three, and these two 191 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 4: could both go eight innings on opening Day and I 192 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,599 Speaker 4: wouldn't bat an eye, which is unique and it's throwback 193 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 4: and it's nasty stuff. And we're going to see one 194 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 4: hundred from both starting pitchers and I'm really excited for that. 195 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 4: But no, I think Sandy fronting and exciting rotation is 196 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 4: the thing that I'm most looking forward to. You know, 197 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 4: uries do back what round the All Star break, So 198 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 4: I'm excited to see Uri Perez. That guy is one 199 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 4: of the bright young pitching stars in baseball, and I 200 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 4: think he and Skeens are going to run the league 201 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 4: for a long time. But you've also got guys hanging 202 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 4: out in Jacksonville, like a Robbie Snelling. I thought he 203 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 4: looked awesome after the trade, and I'm excited to see 204 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 4: you know, Snelling make his way to the big leagues. 205 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 4: I'm excited to see you know, Weathers continue his big 206 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 4: league maturation. I'm excited to see Max Meyer continue his 207 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 4: big league maaturation. And then White and Meyer are pretty 208 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 4: darn good too. Man Major is great depth as well. 209 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 4: So no, starting pitching is the thing that I think 210 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 4: I'm most excited for. And there are some fun battles offensively, 211 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 4: like who's going to fill out that bench, who's going 212 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 4: to fill out the outfield, who's going to fill out 213 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 4: first base. There's a lot of it feels like camp 214 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 4: battles that I'm excited to monitor. 215 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 216 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: Absolutely, And that rotation you mentioned it led by Sanduel Contra. 217 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: We don't know exactly if he will be able to 218 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: go his normal two hundred inning plus season yet obviously. 219 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 3: If he wants to he wants, I'm sure you throw 220 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: it two fifty if you could. 221 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: But you know, the Marlins did make a really smart 222 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 2: signing here with Cal Quantrill. Three and a half million 223 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 2: dollars one year, much needed signing for that depth. I 224 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 2: don't think there's a bigger fan of this signing than 225 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 2: the Just Baseball Show. It was give us your analysis 226 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 2: on the Marlins new starting pitcher. He'll probably go Game 227 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 2: two or three. 228 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, my co hosted Just Baseball, Peter Rapple was doing 229 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 4: backflips and he tried calling me a couple of times. 230 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 4: I'm like, dude, I'm on a teams meeting right now. 231 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 4: I can't hop on the phone. But no, it's a 232 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 4: he's such a smart pitching mind. And callus hopped on 233 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 4: to Just Baseball Show, and I was just struck by 234 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 4: how I don't know, like how advanced he was in 235 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 4: in terms of feel for what he does well and 236 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 4: what he might not do well, and even in the 237 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 4: media availability that he had. And Kevin, I know you 238 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: were there in Jupiter for that. I mean, Cal's honesty 239 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 4: about that year in Colorado was so refreshing and in 240 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 4: a couple of ways, right ten starts after the All 241 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 4: Star Break hit a six eight five raday, like six 242 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 4: eight five is a six eight five era, and he 243 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 4: acknowledged that he was dealing with some minor injury issues 244 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 4: that are in the rear view now. But you know, 245 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 4: he's one of those guys that has no problem saying, yeah, 246 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 4: I struggled. I know exactly why I struggled. We're going 247 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 4: to figure this out. On the flip side, he was 248 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 4: really good before the All Star break, and a really 249 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 4: good ra in Colorado can look like a four to 250 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 4: one three era, and that's what he did. And I 251 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 4: want to say, like seventeen or eighteen starts before the 252 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 4: All Star break. So the fact that he acknowledged that 253 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 4: he was throwing really well even if it was a 254 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 4: four to one three tells me that he understands the 255 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 4: field of pitch a little bit more than a typical 256 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 4: guy who may just look at the era and say, oh, 257 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 4: I was good, it was a sub four. 258 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 5: Oh I wasn't good. It was an era over four. 259 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 4: This guy understands, and if he needs to throw the 260 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 4: split thirty percent of the time, he can. If he 261 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 4: can throw the sinker forty percent of the time, he will. 262 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 4: I'm excited to see a guy that throws like a 263 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 4: vet added to this starting rotation. 264 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: So looking at the prospects side of things, you kind 265 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: of mentioned it who are some guys you're looking forward 266 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: to watching outside of Thomas White. You know, Thomas White's 267 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: the consensus number one guy, but brought in a starling Kyla, 268 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: brought in a couple other guys into Jake Berger trade, 269 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: brought in a lot of guys have to trade deadline, 270 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: so this is a completely new farm system, at least 271 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: in the upper miners. 272 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 4: I'm excited to see Dylan Head's sprint. I want to see. 273 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 4: I want to see some of the home to first times. 274 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 4: That guy can absolutely fly. So can a Marion Boyd 275 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 4: who also came over in that Lozardo deal. But Kaba 276 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 4: is the one that I'm looking at and I'm like, 277 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 4: what are you? I'm really excited to figure out what 278 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 4: you are because everything that I've read, and I watch 279 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 4: more Clearwater Threshers baseball the final month of the season 280 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 4: than most people because I love that catcher in the Phillies, 281 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,719 Speaker 4: Oreg Eduardo, Tayit Dante Nori, their first round pick was 282 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 4: also really good and he was there. But Tayit or 283 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 4: Kaba pardon it was a guy that jumped out to 284 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 4: me because you can clearly see the gold glove potential 285 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 4: at short How exciting is that. And that was a 286 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 4: guy in the Dominican Summer League that was chasing sub 287 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 4: twenty percent of the time. I think it was like 288 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 4: a fifteen percent chase rate. Those are the guys that 289 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 4: really intrigued me because in the DSL, a lot of 290 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 4: guys and like same is true in the Complex League, 291 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 4: and same as true in Low A and HIGA too. 292 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 4: A lot of these young guys feel the need to 293 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 4: hit their way off the complex, hit their way up 294 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 4: the minor league ranks. And Kaba after signing, was in 295 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 4: the DSL, and he was saying, you know what, they're 296 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 4: not giving me anything to hit. I'm not gonna swing. 297 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 4: And he would get on base, he would steal bags, 298 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 4: he'd play very good defense. You can get off the 299 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: complex if you're getting on base at you know, high 300 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 4: three hundreds, low four hundreds, clip and I just want 301 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 4: to see how that continues to, you know, improve, and 302 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 4: you know what the final form looks like as he 303 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 4: climbs the minor league ranks. 304 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: And consider, sorry, Kevin, what would you consider best case scenario? 305 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 2: You know, filling out wise, offensive impact wise, slugging percentage wise, 306 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 2: where do you think what do you think that'd be 307 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 2: best case scenario for Cabo. 308 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 4: For Caba, I mean everything I've read, it seems like 309 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 4: it would be ten to fifteen homers, which is perfectly 310 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 4: fine if you are not whiffing too too much and 311 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 4: you're playing a high level of defense. You know, ten 312 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 4: homers is like, I think ten homers is doable for 313 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: most guys in Major League Baseball. And if you are 314 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 4: providing immense value pretty much everywhere else in terms of 315 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 4: your toolbox, you're going to be a really valuable player. 316 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 4: And I think that this guy can be a war accumulator. 317 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 4: I think about, you know, a Bryce Terrang and Milwaukee 318 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 4: and Nico Horner in Chicago, Like, why can't Kaba be 319 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 4: close to that? 320 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 5: Yeah? 321 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: And the one thing because I spoke to him yesterday 322 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: and he was like, yes, seventy percent of my preparations 323 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: on defense, the other thirty percent is offense. Is like interesting, 324 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: I've never heard a prospect say that. There's guys who say, 325 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: obviously they prioritize their defense, but for someone to say 326 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: seventy percent of his workout is defensive preparation, I found interesting. 327 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: And still to just to walk more than strike out 328 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: and to have that approach is extremely impressive and he 329 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: has a nice swing too. It was fun of watching yesterday. 330 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: And that's a guy who I think we fishal first, 331 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: are are extremely high onto. 332 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 4: I think so, And you know, I know I saw 333 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 4: your guy's reaction what I said to ten to fifteen. 334 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 4: We also have to remember this guy is what nineteen 335 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 4: years old and a young nineteen Yeah, he turned nineteen 336 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 4: years old in December, so you know, who's to say 337 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 4: you can't fill out a little bit more. That percentage 338 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 4: is probably going to change over you know, the course 339 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 4: of the next few years. 340 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 5: And I bet you talked to him. 341 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 4: Is spring training twenty six and he's sitting here saying, yeah, 342 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 4: it's probably seventy f already offense now, But I don't know. 343 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 4: You love the defensive focus there and if you can 344 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 4: if you can lay the groundwork, if you can lay 345 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 4: the foundation defensively at nineteen years old, you're cooking with gas. 346 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 3: I would agree. I would agree. 347 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 2: So last thing on the Marlins really quick that I 348 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 2: want to ask you what would you consider I guess 349 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 2: what would the team consider a successful season in twenty 350 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 2: twenty five? Not a ton of expectations, you don't win 351 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: loss wise, but what would you consider a successful twenty 352 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: twenty five. 353 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, I you know, I'm sure a lot of people 354 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 4: would say, oh, you know, we want to win a 355 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 4: certain number of games, and that's fine to set those 356 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 4: you know, win totals. But I think clarity on what 357 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,119 Speaker 4: the future will look like is is the really important 358 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 4: thing with the twenty five Miami Marlin, so you know, 359 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 4: figuring out the offensive pieces, figuring out the pieces and 360 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 4: the bullpen and the starting rotation that you can move 361 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 4: to twenty six and twenty seven and twenty eight with. 362 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 4: And I love the exercise that Baseball America puts out 363 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 4: where they put together the twenty twenty eight rotation and lineup, 364 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 4: and I'm just thinking about, Okay, what does that look like? 365 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 4: And I feel like the goal for twenty five is 366 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 4: probably fine guys that will help fill out that twenty 367 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 4: twenty eight lineup, fill out that twenty twenty eight rotation. 368 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 5: So I think this is a year for clarity. 369 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 4: This is also a year, you know, to really see 370 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,959 Speaker 4: this Baseball Operations department shine. And you know, there were 371 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 4: a year into the Peter Bendix experience at this point, 372 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 4: I feel like he's laid a phenomenal groundwork and I 373 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 4: think that you're going to start to see, you know, 374 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 4: some of the fruits of his labor really shine through 375 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty five. So that's what I'm most excited for, 376 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 4: and I feel like that would be successful if you see, Okay, 377 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 4: our plan is in place and we're starting to execute 378 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 4: that plan. That's probably what a good Marlin season looks like. 379 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 3: We are, we are on the same page. Shot. 380 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 2: Well, now that you are a major league play by 381 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: play radio announcer, I'm sure it doesn't get tired of 382 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 2: hearing that. But who are some play by play announcers 383 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 2: or broadcasters that you grew up in my ring listening to? 384 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 4: Okay, so I kind of split it between TV and radio. 385 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: On TV, I grew up watching Hawk Harrelson and Len Casper. 386 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 4: Because Chicago Native radio, I grew up listening to Pat 387 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 4: Hughes and then Ed Farmer. So those were the Cubs 388 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 4: and White Sox radio guys. I will say, as I've 389 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 4: leaned deeper into the play by play thing, you know, 390 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: once I got to college and I was like, this 391 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 4: is really what I want to do and became a 392 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 4: total broadcast tour. I think Tom McCarthy and Philly does 393 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 4: a phenomenal job. I think the guys in Seattle do 394 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 4: a great job. Rickriz on radio, Dave Simms, who just 395 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 4: took the Yankee radio job, was you know, awesome on 396 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 4: TV San Francisco is one of the gold standards as well. 397 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 4: And I think you guys can see it over my 398 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 4: left shoulder here, this is Barry Bonds. 399 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 5: After seven fifty six. 400 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, you go to the full screen here, this is 401 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 4: Bonds after seven fifty six. And this was actually a 402 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 4: gift from the communications to actor with the Indianapolis Indians 403 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 4: and a kaiser. She made it for me and it's 404 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 4: it's Bonds obviously, but the outline is Dwayne Kuiper's call 405 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 4: of Barry Bonds's seven. 406 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 5: Hundred and fifty six home run. 407 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 4: So you know, basic deals and Bonds hits it, high, 408 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 4: hits it deep, It is out of here seven fifty six. 409 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 4: That's my favorite call that I've ever heard across sports. 410 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 4: So it's things like that. It's brevity. I really prioritize brevity. 411 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 4: I don't want to ramble for forty five seconds with 412 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 4: a big moment. I want to say what I got 413 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 4: to say and then get out and let the crowd roar. 414 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 5: Let the crowd speak. That's the broadcast. 415 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 4: Dork in me that like hears that and says I 416 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 4: want to do that, And that was the call that 417 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 4: made me think that. 418 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: So I guess growing up what teams and players we were? 419 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:45,719 Speaker 3: You a fan of? 420 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 4: Mark Burley is my favorite athlete of all time, favorite 421 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 4: game that I've ever been to. Burley was in Toronto 422 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 4: near the end of his career. Chris Sale was at 423 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 4: the peak of his powers with the White Sox. Wow, 424 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 4: and those were my two favorite pitchers ever and six bucks. 425 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: I sat five rows up behind the visiting dugout and 426 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 4: I watched Burley and Sale go dueling complete games. 427 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 5: It was a two to one Blue Jays win. 428 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 4: I want to say game was I think time A 429 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 4: game was an hour and fifty four minutes. And it's 430 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 4: my favorite game that I've ever been to because Burley 431 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 4: would get the ball, and you guys saw it in 432 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 4: Miami for a minute, like he would throw. 433 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 5: It, get the ball, throw it, get the ball, throw it. 434 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 4: And Sale was on like that Pedro Martinez run where 435 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 4: he was punching out ten, eleven, twelve guys every single 436 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 4: time he got the ball. So Burley Sale, I love 437 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 4: Jose Kintana cub Wise, I've got a photo of one 438 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 4: year old me and a Sammy Sosa onesie, which was good, 439 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 4: and uh, that's that's really it. I will say, I'm 440 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 4: like the biggest d Rose fan on the face of 441 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 4: the earth. That guy shaped my athletic fandom. So Mark 442 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 4: Burley and Derek Rose my two favorite athletes of all time, 443 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 4: and nobody comes close. 444 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 3: When I was a. 445 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 2: Miami Heat fan, that there grows would really make it tough. 446 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 4: I'm sure, I'm sure. And the thing is, like, you 447 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 4: watch him, and I bet you didn't hate him. 448 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 5: I bet you impossibly Like. 449 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: The timber Wolves or wherever he ended it, it was 450 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 2: not it was impossible. 451 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 5: To hate the guy impossible, So I loved him. 452 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 2: Man, Well, you're going to be traveling a lot this season, obviously, 453 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 2: I'm sure you're looking forward to that. 454 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 3: Which ballpark even you are, you're looking forward to the 455 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 3: most in visiting. 456 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 4: I've never been to Dodger Stadium, and the Dodger lore 457 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 4: just got greater. I've never seen Otani play live, and 458 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 4: I'm excited to see Uh, I'm excited to see Sasaki 459 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 4: throw and Yamamoto throw. So though that's probably the trip 460 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 4: that I'm excited for, to be honest, calling a game 461 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 4: at Wrigly, Like, I might get emotional. I know I'm 462 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 4: going to get emotional on Opening Day, but uh yeah, 463 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 4: that first game at Wriggly, I might get a little 464 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 4: emotional just because. 465 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 5: It's Wriggley Field. It's like the cathedral for. 466 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 4: Me, and Fenway is awesome, but like Wriggly was in 467 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 4: my backyard, so I have like kind of a different 468 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 4: level of appreciation for that. Those are the ones that 469 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 4: jump out to me. Man, there are a couple really 470 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 4: nice ones that I've never been to. Like I'm excited 471 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 4: for Kaufman when that opportunity comes in Kansas City, also 472 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 4: because of the barbecue. Like I'm excited to go to 473 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 4: Arlington because I get to go to Terry Blacks and 474 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 4: that's the best thing ever. But yeah, I would say 475 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 4: Dodger Stadium and Wrigliar are the two that I've got circled. 476 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: And you say they've never watched otany live Isaac, and 477 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: I thankfully that the pleasure. And I think I don't 478 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: know if anyone knows Isaac, but nobody knows that we 479 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: left right before he went fifty fifth. 480 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, really, okay, you guys were at the game 481 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 4: and you left early. 482 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: At the dude, the Marnins were down like twenty. It 483 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: was like that game. 484 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 5: I remember that game vividly. 485 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 4: Griffin Conan with the homer on the Flairty curve ball diving. 486 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 4: I remember that game very very well. 487 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 2: We saw the first home run, we saw the first 488 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: two soul in bases, and then I had to go. 489 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 2: Kevin left as well, and then I saw I was 490 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 2: watching out TV. 491 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 3: Of course I was listening. 492 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: I'm on my way back and I see my phone like. 493 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 4: No, listen, I don't know what you had to do, 494 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 4: and like, I'm sorry if it was something super serious, 495 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 4: but like that can fall to the I that can 496 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 4: fall to the wayside. Man, whatever you had to do, 497 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 4: oh Tani god, fifty to fifty, I would have sucked 498 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 4: it up and stayed it was. 499 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 3: It was bad. 500 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 2: It was bad, but luckily I was able to watch it. 501 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 2: I was watching a lot with pulseve Reno on the call. 502 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 2: But you're right, that was one of the lifelong regrets 503 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 2: I will always have. 504 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 4: So I will tell you I think it was Jim 505 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 4: Tomay's five hundredth was a walk off. If I'm not 506 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 4: mistaken or it was a late game, go ahead homer, 507 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 4: and it was in Chicago. I went with my dad 508 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 4: and my younger brother, and my younger brother was at 509 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 4: the age where if it was the sixth inning, and 510 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 4: he said he really wanted to go to bed. We 511 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 4: were going home, so he was like, Dad, we gotta go, Like, 512 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 4: I'm really tired, I. 513 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 5: Want to go to bed. So we're leaving. 514 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 4: We're listening to the radio and Tomy hits his five 515 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 4: hundredth homer and I do think it was a walk 516 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 4: off homer and my dad like smacks the steering wheel. 517 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 4: He was so angry, and I was sitting in the 518 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 4: back like I think I cried. It's like, why are 519 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 4: we not there? So I understand that sensation. 520 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's also like a winding because you're 521 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 2: also getting to listen to it live on the radio. 522 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 3: I know what. Always talk about it with my daddy. 523 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 2: Like, oh, we'll be brillly, it's okay, we get to 524 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: listen to Kyle or whoever's on the radio. 525 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 3: It's also just as nice. But I'm with you. 526 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 2: It's uh, it's frustrating to not be there, especially for 527 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 2: the fifty to fifty when it happened in Miami. 528 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's about one off of Bruhan. 529 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 4: So yeah, that's right, there's a good pitch, right. It 530 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 4: was like eighty nine painted on the corner that he got. 531 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, that pitching box score is gonna go down? 532 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 2: Is where the funniest box stores for the Marlins last season? 533 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 5: Because it was no outs in like four runs. 534 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 3: Something like that. Yeah, because something. 535 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: Was like Miami was down, like geez, they were down 536 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: after like two or three innings. I was like, all right, 537 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: let's let's see what Otani's got and yeah, we left. 538 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 3: So I read that. And then something to remember is 539 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 3: that Skip Schumacher faced him. He did not put show 540 00:24:58,760 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 3: on Skip. 541 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 2: He said, no, we're gonna We're gonna let Otani hit 542 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 2: respectly the game if you didn't. 543 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 4: I love that move from Skip. I remember that again. 544 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 4: I remember this game very very vividly, and and everything 545 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 4: that Skip was saying. Skip had a ton of respect 546 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 4: for Otani, and I thought that was it was an 547 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 4: awesome day of baseball. You know the cliche baseball won 548 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 4: that day. I think baseball did win that day. 549 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, And Joe Davis couldn't have called it any better. 550 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 5: In my opinion, that was masterclass. 551 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 2: That was the fit of me. And whenever you do, 552 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 2: I guess the Marls doing a darker citium. Obviously this 553 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 2: year you're gonna I went for the first time as 554 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 2: the media a few years ago, and man, it is 555 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 2: Chavez Ravine. 556 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 3: There's nothing like it. Really, every single award, every. 557 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 2: Single goal Club, every single Silver Slugger, MVP Award, it's 558 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: all right there and outside the clubhouses it's a it's 559 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: a wonderful ball park. 560 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's gonna be cool. 561 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: Man. Last one we got for you at least is well, 562 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: what's the craziest game You've called? 563 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,479 Speaker 5: Craziest game I've called? 564 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 4: Man, that's a good question, to be honest, Like, there 565 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 4: haven't been too too many where I'm like, this is 566 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 4: absolutely insane. 567 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 5: I will say. 568 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,880 Speaker 4: Non baseball, I was on a couple of Syracuse football 569 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 4: games that were notable, Like I was on the game 570 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 4: that got Bobby Petrino fired at the University of Louisville, 571 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 4: which I thought was hilarious. Aj Dillon, the Packers running back, 572 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 4: ran for like two point fifty and three touchdowns and 573 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 4: he got the Syracuse DC fired, which was funny. But 574 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 4: no baseball wise, I called a no hitter remotely. 575 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 5: It was COVID. 576 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 4: It was COVID time beginning of the twenty two season. 577 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 4: It was like my fifth or sixth game ever calling 578 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 4: with Triple A Indianapolis in twenty twenty two, and we 579 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 4: were sitting there, you know, empty ballpark, calling a game. 580 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 4: I think it was in Saint Paul. It was like 581 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 4: thirty eight degrees at time of first pitch in Saint Paul. 582 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 4: And you know, we're sitting there, empty ballpark, game on mute, 583 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 4: we're calling it and a no hitter being thrown, like 584 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 4: you have to try and get up and like create 585 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 4: this energy that's just not there. And that was that 586 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 4: was probably the most unique broadcast experience I've I've ever had, 587 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 4: is a no hitter remotely on like a thirty eight 588 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 4: degree day when like nobody was at the ballpark in 589 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 4: Saint Paul. 590 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 5: Either. 591 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 2: I have to ask, how difficult is it to call 592 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 2: a game remotely? 593 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 5: It's it's weird. I will say. 594 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 4: You know, Minor League Baseball, you guys watch a ton, 595 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 4: like some of those telecasts are not awesome. So you 596 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 4: know you'll be sitting there and you'll get this shot 597 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 4: of a fan eating a hot dog. But then you 598 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 4: see on game cast that it was a fastball low 599 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 4: and away for ball too, and it's like, Okay, I 600 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 4: guess there was a pitch just then. 601 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 5: It's it's unique. 602 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 4: It's not horrible, but I will say I'm really excited 603 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 4: to get back on the road with with the Marlins 604 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,479 Speaker 4: and travel with them and get to be there and 605 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 4: get to know the guys. That's that's I think the 606 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 4: thing that I missed the most, you know, when calling 607 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 4: games remotely, is you know, you just don't get to 608 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,479 Speaker 4: be around the guys every day, and that's one of 609 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 4: my favorite parts of this of this game. So I'm 610 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 4: excited to be around those guys for all one sixty two. 611 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be a pretty fun team a good 612 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: personalities so far at least. So Jack, we really appreciate you, man. 613 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: We're excited to see you. I'll see you next week, 614 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: guys again, and we'll see you on Tuesday. 615 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 5: I want to say, so cool. 616 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, we appreciate you so much. And Isaac, anything else 617 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: you got for Jack or we're good to go. 618 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 3: No, sir, thank you so much for coming on. 619 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 2: Jack. 620 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 3: I know you're a busy man, and just drive safe. 621 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 3: But you're driving to Miami. 622 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's wild. I'll listen to Fish unfiltered. It'll be great. 623 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 5: But he appreciate you guys. Thanks a ton. 624 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: Alrighty from Jack, Isaac and myself. We see you guys 625 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: all in two weeks. Peace out and go fish.