1 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: Philly Show is presented by Fox One, Ruben Tomorrow Junior, 2 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: Jim Salisbury, Todd so lucky. It's Monday, October twenty seventh, 3 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. It's day eleven. Since Dave Dombrowski wondered, 4 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: is can Bryce Harper be e leite again or is 5 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: he just gonna be very very good like Freddie Freeman. 6 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: And Saturday, Bryce Harper finally talked about it. He doesn't 7 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: seem happy. It's time for the park's first pitch. First 8 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: pitch is brought to us exclusively by our partners at 9 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: Parks Casino, Pennsylvania's number one casino. So, guys, we've talked 10 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: a lot about this already and we're gonna talk about 11 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: it a little bit more, a little bit more so. 12 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: Bryce on Saturday had an honest chat with the athletics 13 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: that Jim finds that funny. Had an honest chat with 14 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: the athletics Matt Gelb. 15 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: And the ones went through your nose there, Jim, Well, 16 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,839 Speaker 2: there's deep meaning in that honest chat. 17 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 3: Phrase. 18 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 4: Later, so. 19 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: You know, Dave Debrowski obviously made those comments at the 20 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: post mortem on October sixteenth, and then he talked again 21 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of tried to clarify everything last Thursday and followed 22 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: territory Scott Boris talked with me a little bit about 23 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: it last week, but the big one, of course, was 24 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper and on. He seems to be most upset 25 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: with the trade speculation, but he also said he was 26 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: hurt by Dave's original comments and on the trade stuff 27 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: that was kind of floated out there, he said, I've 28 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: given my old a Philly from the start. Now there 29 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: is trade talk. I made every effort to avoid this. 30 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: It's all I heard in DC. I hated it. It 31 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: makes me feel uncomfortable, he said a few it was weird. 32 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 5: I talked to some people from d C, and I 33 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 5: don't think they really talked about it all that much. 34 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: Did I think maybe that last year, right, wasn't there 35 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: a deal in place almost with Houston, like there was 36 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: some to trade deadline about trading them. 37 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 4: People don't remember all that all of that. 38 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 5: Maybe maybe there was, and probably, I mean it probably 39 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 5: made him feel uncomfortable, right, wants to hear their name 40 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 5: out there. 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: Right, right, But he seemed to be, you know, upset 42 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: about what else did he say here? He said, on uh, 43 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: you know, Scott, Scott Boris said last week he was 44 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: most upset or both bothered by the fact that Dave 45 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: never mentioned that Bryce was hurt last season, which took 46 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: away a month of his uh of his numbers, he said, 47 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: and Bryce said, all players get hurt. I hurt my 48 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: wrist this year and missed a month. Of course I 49 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: don't have full year numbers. It's disappointing to hear me 50 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: being questioned about my contribution to the team. Just really 51 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: hurt by that notion because I love Philly so much 52 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: so to me, though, one of the most interesting things 53 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: maybe just kind of jumped out at me, is that 54 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: Bryce said he hasn't heard yet since the end of 55 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: the season from David den brownskiir John Milton, even since 56 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: those comments happened. I thought that was kind of interesting. 57 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: My takeaway to hear that he's upset is I think 58 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: back to that Atlantis series in twenty three when the 59 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: shortstop and the Braves Arcia dissed him a little bit, 60 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: and he went out and had that two homer game 61 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: against the Braves, so startown, Yeah, maybe use it as fuel. 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: I think he's a real competitor who does use stuff 63 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: like this as fuel. So I still you know, I 64 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 2: believe in the guy, but I also think, you know, 65 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: Dave's comments. I didn't think they were particularly harsh. I 66 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: just thought it was and I do agree he did 67 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: leave out the injury part. But it was a really 68 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: good year for a really good prop player. But I 69 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: think we all agree there's more in there, and uh, 70 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: maybe maybe it was a challenge. Maybe it was just 71 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: you know him, Dave speaking from the from the gut 72 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: and it's just kind of coming out. But I do 73 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: think Bryce can can bounce back from this. But I 74 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 2: think the key first step is they need to talk. 75 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 2: They you know, and since that article came out from 76 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 2: from Matt Gelb on Saturday. 77 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 3: You know, a full day has passed. 78 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 2: I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that 79 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 2: maybe they did talk on Sunday. But they need to talk. 80 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: I mean, I think they both live in Tennessee, right 81 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: in the Nashville area. You know, they need to get together, 82 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 2: have some tea and crumpets, talk this thing out. 83 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 3: But if the trade talk is is. 84 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: The thing that hurts them the most that never emanated 85 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: from a Phillies decision maker, never came from a Phillies 86 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: decision maker that was pure speculation, like an outgrowth of 87 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: Dave's cre teak that it was like, you know, people 88 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 2: kind of assumed, well, maybe they're trying to trade him, 89 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: and I don't think that's the case. I said this 90 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: all along. John Middleton wants to go to the Hall 91 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: of Fame with a p on his hat. He's still 92 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: an outstanding player with a chance, you know, to be 93 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: elite when healthy. And I just think it's reached the 94 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: stage where everybody kind of needs to get really close 95 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 2: to We've moved on, so we'll see. 96 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, I totally agree with that, and I will just 97 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: say I agree with them. I just want to echo 98 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 5: Jim's sentiments that never that trade actual trade talk and 99 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 5: stuff like that, that that emanated from something outside the organization. 100 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 5: My comments personally were about you know, shaking things up 101 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 5: in the possibility of moving big contracts. So naturally people 102 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 5: took it to another space. 103 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 2: And he's got a no trade clause. He's got a 104 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: no trade clause. He can laugh at all all. 105 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 5: Those all those guys, my, all those guys have no 106 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 5: trade clauses, and so that's the silliness of it. 107 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 4: But if you want to try to shake things up. 108 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 5: It's something that you should as a front office think 109 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 5: about or explore. They may not even be doing that 110 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 5: because I do agree with you, Jim. I think that 111 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 5: they want Price Harper to be there forever and to 112 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 5: win a couple of championships with the organization. 113 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 4: That was the whole point of bringing on in the 114 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: first place. 115 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: So forever Philly. 116 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, and so yeah, I agree with that, And I 117 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 5: also think you are right. I think at some point 118 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 5: that there probably should be a discussion between Dave and 119 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 5: Dave and or John and Bryce. And I'm I would 120 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,559 Speaker 5: think that that's probably in the works. 121 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. I've heard a lot of people say, you know, 122 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: this is going to ruin the relationship or is this 123 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: the beginning of something bad? And is it going to 124 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: end ugly? I mean, nobody knows what's going on. I 125 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: mean maybe they hash it out. It's like, okay, you know, 126 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: I you know, I remember several years ago, we've players 127 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: say things in the moment all the time. They're not 128 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: saying that Bryce said anything extremely He's like, yeah, this 129 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: kind of bothered me. It's upset me. But you guys remember, 130 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: of course, and we've talked about this after Cole Hamill's 131 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: was World Series and NLCS MVP in two thousand and eight. 132 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: He had what a year of service time? A couple 133 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: of years of service time. I don't even know if 134 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: he was ARB eligible yet. And the Phillies you guys 135 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: renewed his contract Rubin as is in the CBA. So 136 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: he was making like five nine was it nine hundred? 137 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 3: I don't think they went to the million. 138 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: Okay, so they didn't go to the mill. 139 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 4: That was Howard. 140 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 3: It was Howard, that was hard. 141 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: The nine hundred thousand was the same sort of deal. 142 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, Howard expressed his disappointment ton of money. I do 143 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: I do recall specifically standing in the visitors club. I 144 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: was at George Emstein Brennerfield and Tampa. After you guys 145 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: renewed in Rubin and Cole. Hamill said very pointly, I 146 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: will not forget this come free agency time. I will 147 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: remember this slight by the Phillies front office. And then 148 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: what did Rubin do? He said, how about five years, 149 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: one twenty four or whatever the number was, And he's like, hmm, 150 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: that sound pretty good. 151 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 3: Take that? 152 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, whatever it was. Yeah, it was a big number. 153 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: It was a big, big, big. 154 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: Big and it was an appropriate number for the man, 155 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 2: and he ended up forgetting about this flight exactly. 156 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: So that's how it worked out. They'll tell you what 157 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: if if if Bryce feels upset right now and I 158 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: get it, Like, you know, Dave tried to say that 159 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: he was trying to compliment, you know, offer some compliment 160 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: towards Bryce. Bryce didn't take it that way. A lot 161 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: of us didn't take it that way when he said, 162 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: you know, will he be a lead again or really 163 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: just continue to be good. I tell you what if 164 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: Dave Dombrowski goes out this offseason and he goes out 165 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: and gets a big bat to hit behind him, I 166 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: think Bryce will maybe feel a little bit better things 167 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: and maybe move on from that. You know, if he's 168 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: thinking about having it linger on, I guess. 169 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,239 Speaker 2: And opening day Bryce was going to have a fresh 170 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 2: pair of you know, fluorescent green fanatic shoes on. He's 171 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: going to run out of the dugout and he's going 172 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 2: to get the biggest standing over as he usually does, 173 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 2: and then you know, the season is going to be 174 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 2: in front of him. One hundred and sixty two game 175 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: blank slate to go out and take it to somebody, 176 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 2: and yeah, he's fully capable of doing that. 177 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: So absolutely so. And then one last comment, and I 178 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: just wanted to This is an interesting quote too, and 179 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: Bryce wanted to bring it up because he you know, 180 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: he wanted to bring it up. He said, from changing 181 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: to coming back early from an injury, from changing positions 182 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: to coming back early from an injury, I show I 183 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 1: show total commitment for my team. And yet there is 184 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: still trade talk. So you know, he brought that up 185 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: as well. 186 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: Not trade talk by any just people who decide that 187 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 2: it's time to explore trade. 188 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, we said last week, and we know we didn't 189 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: think that that was some weird not legit trade talk. 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Jimmy want to go? 235 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: Sure, I'm gonna it has a little little, little teeny 236 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 2: tiny tiny Phillies connection. 237 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 3: I'm gonna give my Manco Manco Best of the Week to. 238 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: Dalton var Show his big home run in Game one, 239 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 2: Uh turned that game around and got the Blue Jays 240 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 2: a really important victory so they could go to l 241 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 2: A one one. And we all know him pretty well. 242 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: We remember when he was a little kid. His dad 243 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 2: played and coach for the Phillies. And I remember seeing 244 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: this kid in clear Water all the time when he 245 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 2: was you know, three years old and he was like 246 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: a little bulldog. You could tell he was going to 247 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: be a great athlete. His sisters were great athlete. Older sisters, 248 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: they are always running around full of energy, and he 249 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 2: has proven to be a great athlete playing in the 250 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 2: World Series. I'm sure his family is really proud of him. 251 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: So it was kind of it's kind of cool to 252 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: see him on the screen knowing that you know him 253 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: when he was two and three years old and now 254 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 2: he's hitting home runs in the World Series. 255 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 3: So hats off to Dalton var Show. 256 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, the the cool part. I saw this on and 257 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: it didn't occur to me in the moment, but it 258 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: was the first world first home run hit at Rogers 259 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: Center in the World Series since obviously Joe Carter's and 260 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: you know, Dalton Darren Dalton was behind the plate of 261 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: course for that one, unfortunately for Phillies fans, but Dalton 262 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: Varshow was named after Darren Dalton, so it was kind 263 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: of a and then the quote from Dalton Varshow after 264 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: the game was a surreal moment, kind of full circle 265 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: for me. So, you know, he kind of appreciated the 266 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: fact that, you know, the guy always named at you 267 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: know all that was pretty cool. I'm gonna go I 268 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: got Yoshinobu Yamamoto. If you listen to the Philly Show, 269 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: you know we love starting pitching. And he has thrown 270 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: back to back complete games in the postseason, including Game 271 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: two of the World Series. He's the first pitcher with 272 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: back to back complete games in the postseason since Arizona's 273 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: Kurt Shilling in two thousand and one, the first Dodger 274 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: to do it since Oral Herscheizer nineteen eighty eight. The 275 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: most recent pitcher to just have multiple complete games in 276 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: the postseason Madison Bumgartner in twenty fourteen. So it's been 277 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: over a decade since anybody has done what Yoshinobu Yamamoto's done, 278 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: and much longer since somebody's outen back to back postseason games. 279 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 5: And impressive because he saved that bullpen and they needed 280 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 5: to keep that bullpen out of it because it's a 281 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 5: struggle right now for a variety of reasons. 282 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 3: What's old will be new again. 283 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 4: Reuben, It's amazing, isn't it? Starting pitching? But starting pitching 284 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: means something. So anyway, I got to go off the 285 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 4: board a little bit here, guys, as far as Manco 286 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 4: Manco best week. 287 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 5: I'm going to drop my future son in law, mister 288 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 5: Adam Alderfer. He proposed to my daughter Andrea, and uh, 289 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 5: it was an amazing moment and an amazing weekend for 290 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 5: the Amorrow family. 291 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: So happy for they. 292 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 5: They did it right there in the middle of the 293 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 5: city Philadelphia, by between Phittler Square, I think in Rittenhouse Square, 294 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 5: and it was quite a moment. We enjoyed with family 295 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 5: and friends later on after that, and it was just 296 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 5: a great weekend. And I got to give Adam and 297 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 5: Andrea the best of the best for the for this week. 298 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 5: Quite a moment for the for the Tomorrow family, as 299 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 5: I said, and uh, welcoming the Alderfers to the Tomorrow 300 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 5: family as well. Great kid. They met at wake Forest. 301 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 5: Great stuff, nice going on, and he presented her with 302 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 5: a ridiculous ring. 303 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: Well she deserves it. 304 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 4: She deserves deserve it. 305 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: Well, congratulations. That's very exciting. 306 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's very very cool. So I had to drop 307 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 4: it on them. 308 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 5: As far as a player is concerned, I will say 309 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 5: Will Smith pretty amazing. 310 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 3: He might be. 311 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 5: I mean there's some argument when he's healthy that he 312 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 5: might be the best all around catcher in baseball. He 313 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: and j T I guess have those tags. But he 314 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 5: had a heck of a game to bring that the 315 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 5: Dodgers to a one to one tie. Going back to La. 316 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, great World Series so far. 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He said something. 354 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 3: So he hits this. 355 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: Big home run in game one, and he had an 356 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: interesting quote. I just wanted to get your guys opinion 357 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: on it. He smashed it to center field like off 358 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: the batter's eye, like halfway up the batter's eye, and 359 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: the quote he gave after the game was, I'm trying 360 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: to hit a ground ball back to the picture. That's 361 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: been my goal all season. I know it's not like 362 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 1: what everybody says about long angle. So I literally try 363 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: to hit a ground ball right back to the pitcher. 364 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: And somebody then asked why he says, it's really easy 365 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: for me to hit a ball in the air. I've 366 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: known that my whole life, So for me, I have 367 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: to really exaggerate going down to the baseball and it 368 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: works out for me because I'm able to keep my 369 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: bat in the zone a long period of time when 370 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: I do that. Now, George Springer was asked about that, 371 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: I say, it's like, that's kind of a weird way. 372 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: Not a weird way, it's like it's an interesting way 373 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: to talk about it. You don't really hear many people 374 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: say that, but it works for him. But I just 375 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: want to get your guys opinions on that. 376 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 4: That's what is old, will be new again. 377 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 3: Downward plane use the middle of the field. 378 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 4: What I believe. 379 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 5: And I've talked baseball and hitting for years and years. 380 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 5: Todd and Jim I studied hitting. It was something that 381 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 5: I've obsessed with. As I was coming through the minor leagues. 382 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 5: I worked with my boy David escrews now the head 383 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 5: coach at Stanford, and we talked about hitting the mechanical 384 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 5: winning for years. The art of hitting has always been 385 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 5: the same for me. And I think about Tony gwyn 386 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 5: and Wade Boggs, and I think about those guys their hitting. 387 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 5: Having their barrel in the zone as long as possible 388 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 5: so that your margin for error becomes a little smaller. 389 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 5: You give yourself a chance to barrow the baseball up 390 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 5: more consistently. If your barrel's in the zone a long time. 391 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 5: How do you do that? You go down to the 392 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 5: ball and then you keep your barrel in the zone longer, 393 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 5: on a longer plane, and then finish sort of high 394 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 5: and the way that and that gives you a chance 395 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 5: instead of being in and out of the zone and 396 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 5: working up to the ball, you are actually using your 397 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 5: barrel through the middle of the zone in that hitting 398 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 5: zone much longer. It gives you a chance to hit 399 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 5: barrow the ball more. I mean, that's the whole point 400 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 5: of hitting, is to try to barrow the baseball. And 401 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 5: if you do that, and you do it more consistently, 402 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 5: then we won't have just one three hundred hitter in 403 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 5: the National League. 404 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: Well, it was interesting is that I don't know if 405 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: that's a new philosophy for for Dalton varshow or not. 406 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: But he had it. He had like a really good 407 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: year for him this season. You know, career, you know, 408 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,239 Speaker 1: eight thirty three ops. The years before that, he's been 409 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: kind of been a league average type of hitter. Hasn't 410 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: been you know, he's been brilliant defender, but a league 411 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: average hitter. So I don't know if that's a new 412 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: philosophy for him, but it works. 413 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 2: It sounds I mean, there's a real basic principle in there, 414 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 2: and that's used in the middle of the field, correct, 415 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 2: And it sounds like he's trying to trick his mind 416 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 2: where he said, I never had a problem getting the 417 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 2: ball in the air, So. 418 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 3: He's trying to visualize down on the ball and then 419 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 3: it'll take off and go up. 420 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: But you know, there's some simple fundamentals of hitting hands 421 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 2: above the ball, use the middle little field, drive through 422 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 2: the ball, and when you use you thinking. 423 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 3: About behind the ball. Yeah, I mean you look at Schmidty. 424 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 4: He talked about that too. 425 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 5: Schmidt He talked about that pretty exclusively too, and so 426 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 5: did guys like pool Holes another guy, sorry for interrupting. 427 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 2: Now they're all down to the ball Schmidt, Pool Chase, 428 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 2: I can in my mind's I see Sandberg. They're all 429 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 2: down to the ball, and it went up. 430 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, it went up. So this kid is trying to 431 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 3: trick his mind by because it jumps out at you. 432 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 2: When when you hear I want to hit a ground 433 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: ball to the pitchery, I mean what I think maybe 434 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 2: it's more ideal in the big picture would be try 435 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 2: to hit a line drive over the picture's head, you know, 436 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: five feet over the pictures right drive. But he's thinking 437 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 2: ground ball because he says he has no trouble getting 438 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: the ball in the air because that's where his swing is. 439 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 3: So he's, uh, it's whatever works for you. 440 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 2: But the fundamentals are, you know, middle of the field, 441 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 2: hands above the. 442 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 3: Ball, downward. 443 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 2: You know, I'm not saying you're chopping at the it's 444 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 2: a downward path toward the ball, just like Schmidt used 445 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 2: to do. You don't have to be as good a 446 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 2: hitter as Schmidt, but and ddly they would use the 447 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 2: middle field, they would down to the ball. 448 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 3: Those are the principles, right, Yeah, it was. It was. 449 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 1: That was a cool quote. I just really just jumped 450 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: out at. 451 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 4: I also wanted to say one last thing real quick. 452 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 5: I went to the Fall Stars game and covered it 453 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 5: for MLB Network a few years for a couple of 454 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 5: straight years, and I watched batting practice during the American 455 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 5: League versus the National League or whatever. And I watched 456 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 5: batting practice happen for two straight hours, and I probably 457 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 5: saw five balls per hit on the ground two hours. 458 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 5: Everything was hit in the air, everything was launched, everything 459 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 5: was up, balls were hitting off the cage. Balls were 460 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 5: like little lazy fly balls to center field. And I 461 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 5: thought to myself, is this what we're creating. We're creating 462 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 5: balls in the air all the time. Is this the 463 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 5: way to be a consistent, you know, good hitter, or 464 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 5: is this a way to try to every once in 465 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 5: a while pop a home run? 466 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 4: And I just feel like with the velocities that are. 467 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,719 Speaker 5: Created at the top of the zone for you to 468 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 5: have that sort of path, it makes it very difficult 469 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 5: to make the actual connection. Now, you can do it 470 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 5: every once in a while, but you don't do it 471 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 5: all that often, so you see suffer, the averages suffer, 472 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 5: and you see less contact and you see more strikeouts. 473 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 5: I'd love to see it sort of slowly drip back 474 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 5: and you actually your people, you know, your front office 475 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: is starting to talk about that again. You know, we'd 476 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 5: like to make more contact. Look what the Toronto Blue 477 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 5: Jays are doing. 478 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 3: It'll strike out. 479 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: We do not strike out. 480 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 5: That is why they are where they are. They create 481 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 5: difficulty by not striking out. Now, the Dodgers have a 482 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 5: tremendous strikeout stuff in their in their pitching staff as 483 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 5: far as the rotation. So that's why it's such a 484 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 5: fascinating match up to see if they can hang in 485 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 5: there for a while. 486 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 2: You look at you know, some of those Giants teams 487 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 2: that were really good, they didn't strike out a lot. 488 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 2: The Royals teams the kind of you know ten years 489 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 2: ago they had of success. 490 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 3: They were contact, put the ball in play. I mean, 491 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 3: I mean Tampa Bay. 492 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,360 Speaker 5: Tampa Bay always seem to have guys who can make 493 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 5: some contact, and they kept themselves give themselves chances to win. 494 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 5: Milwaukee Brewers Shane Thing, why did they have the best 495 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 5: record in baseball? They try to make contact. I think 496 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 5: it's something that's a lost art that is still a 497 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 5: very important art in the game of all baseball. 498 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: Well, baseball is a copycat league, as we know. A 499 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: remember a few years ago. Jim, you mentioned the Royals 500 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: whenever they won the World Series. Camera what you're twenty sixteen, 501 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: they had like those big they had those three big 502 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: relievers in the bullpen, and now everybody's like, you got 503 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: to have three hard throwing relievers in the bullpen. It's 504 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: hard to go say, you know, every every year the 505 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: team wins. So now maybe this season they're going to 506 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: see what the Blue Jays were able to do. We'll 507 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: see if they win the World Series or not, but 508 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,360 Speaker 1: they got to the World Series, they'll see that. Vladimir Guerrero. 509 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: Now on baseball on stack Baseball Savant, you can actually 510 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: go and see who has the flattest swings through his zone, 511 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: who has the biggest uppercuts. Vladimir Grera, who's got a 512 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: five hundred million dollar contract, has one of the most 513 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 1: on the plane swings in all Major League Baseball. 514 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 4: It's like, imagine that he is old. 515 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: School as old school can be. Hundred yeah, and he's 516 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: he still pops twenty plus thirty plus home runs a season, 517 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: and he's been absolutely amazing in the postseason. So maybe 518 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 1: teams are watching and they're going, maybe we can have 519 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: maybe we can have this guy you know, kind of 520 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: do what Vladdie does a little bit more or whatever. 521 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: Who knows. 522 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 3: Interesting? 523 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: Interesting? 524 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 2: And how about mister Yamamoto, as you missed mister almost 525 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 2: Philly No, yeah. 526 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: Yeah that do you think what's it going to take 527 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: to get ave? 528 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 3: Offered him a lot of money? Right? 529 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 5: A couple of them are going to be coming out 530 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 5: or posting, So it'll be interesting to see what happens 531 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 5: if if they really the Phillies trying hard to get 532 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 5: into that Japanese uh, you know, into that whole game. 533 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 4: So the way it was a hard market, the. 534 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: Phillies met with Yamamoto in Los Angeles a couple off 535 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: seasons ago. They made their pitch a Bryce went hopped 536 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: on a zoom call and made his pitch to Philly. 537 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: They made a big offer, and obviously Yamamota signed with 538 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: the Dodgers and the Phillies basically their whole vibe was 539 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: he does not want to come to Philadelphia. And the 540 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: way it was kind of explained is, you know, for 541 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: a Japanese star player, when they think about the United States, 542 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: they think of Los Angeles, they think of New York, 543 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: maybe Chicago a little bit, maybe Seattle, probably right, because 544 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: of eachiro. But Philadelphia is the sixth largest city in 545 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: the United States, and not a lot of Japanese players 546 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: are familiar with Philadelphia, and so it's a real uphill challenge. 547 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: And the way it was described to me again was, 548 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: think of the sixth biggest city in France. I looked 549 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: it up. It's it's a town I've never heard of 550 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: called Nantes n A N T s. Yeah, you know, 551 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: the sixth biggest There you go. The sixth biggest city 552 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: in Japan is fuku Yoka. I hope I pronounced that 553 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: one right. So you know, if you're an American player 554 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: and you have the choice between going to Tokyo or 555 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: fuku Yoka, you're probably gonna go. I like kind of like, 556 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: could rather play in Tokyo. You know, that's kind of 557 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: the place to be. So they have an uphill challenge. 558 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 1: So I don't know, they're going to probably overpay for somebody. 559 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 3: Uh you know what the Phillies need to say. 560 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 2: You know, in colonial times, Philadelphia was number one. 561 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: I think. 562 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: I think if they're you make a good point. 563 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 4: It's funny you make a good point. 564 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 5: That's the demographics really, I mean, when you start thinking 565 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 5: about the number of people who are of Japanese descent 566 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 5: here Inhiladelphia. I mean those numbers pale in comparison to 567 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 5: some of the cities that you just mentioned. 568 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 4: So yeah, it makes it difficent. 569 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 5: And you almost need a player that wants to make 570 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 5: his own name in a new place, and it's going 571 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 5: to be a guy with a little bit of extra gumption, 572 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,719 Speaker 5: a little bit of individuality, a little bit of you know, 573 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 5: he believes in himself to make his mark and to 574 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 5: be the famous Japanese player from Philadelphia. Yes, and you 575 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 5: need that type of a guy to step forward. Who 576 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 5: knows that guy might be out there somewhere. I just 577 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 5: don't know where he is. 578 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 2: He need one good experience, one good winning experience to 579 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 2: spread the word and everything can can change. So you 580 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 2: got to stay in the market, keep trying. But I'm 581 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 2: not sure this is the winter when I know the 582 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 2: big left handed hitters coming out. But he's more of 583 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: a first baseman, so I don't feel it this winter. 584 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 2: But they did make a serious run at Yamamoto, and 585 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 2: it's kind of they offer him a lot of money, right. 586 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: Todd, Yeah, Yeah, I think it was over. 587 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 3: I think it was like three fifty. 588 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: It was it was. It was a big number, but 589 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: they also knew that they had no chance of signing him, 590 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: So I don't know. I mean, he could probably could 591 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: offered him four hundred millions, but I'm still going to 592 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: go to the Dodgers. But thank you very much, you know. 593 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: But uh, anyway, we will be back this week. We'll 594 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: find something more to talk about. Hey, you don't even 595 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: know who's going to talk about Bryce next. 596 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 5: Ever? 597 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 3: Know? Until then, I'll smell you later. Boys, It's my Asia. 598 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: The Philly Show is brought to you by the Foul 599 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: Territory Network. Subscribe to The Philly Show on YouTube and 600 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.