1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what with the Hall 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: of Famer Tim Kirkchen, I'm his son, Jeff Kirkchhin and Dad, 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: we are counting down the days to the incredible start 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty six baseball season. We had the 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: World Baseball Classic in full swing. We've got so much 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: going on. We're so excited to be back for another 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: episode this week. 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: Right, and Jeff, we get another hour of daylight that 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: leads us closer to spring training. I always put daylight 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: savings time as just a mark on the calendar, like, 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: we're closer to baseball, we're closer to summer, we're closer 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: to no more darkness at five o'clock in the afternoon. 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 2: So it was so good. And Jeff, I just I 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: know you're kind of like me on this. But the 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: clocks went forward, and by six o'clock in the morning, 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: every clock in our house had been changed to the 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 2: proper Now, now, is there something wrong with me? You're 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 2: allowed to say yes that Dad is just a little 19 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 2: bit compulsive when it comes to changing the clocks. 20 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: Am I wrong about this? 21 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: I think the debate comes on how long is the 22 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: grace period in order to change your clocks? 23 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: Right. 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 4: In my opinion, I. 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: Think you have until Monday morning to do it, because 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: then Monday we start the work week, and if your 27 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: oven clock is off by an hour, you're going to 28 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: be all thrown off getting the kids ready for school 29 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: and everything. I think your permissions would be you have 30 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: to change them by eight am Sunday morning, and I 31 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: think that's a bit of a nutcase serial killer type 32 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: feature of you. 33 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 4: Dad. 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 3: Well, thanks so much for that, Jeff. 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: So I woke up in the middle of the night 36 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 2: the other night. I'm not making this up. I looked 37 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 2: at my phone and it was one fifty nine, and 38 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 2: I just I just happened to wake up at that time, 39 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: and then one minute later it was three o'clock. It 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: was so interesting. We went from one fifty nine to 41 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: three o'clock, so an hour went by in one second. 42 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 3: Does that make. 43 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 4: Sense that well? 44 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: I mean to me, that's crazy because we used to 45 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 1: he used to stay up Dad in college when the 46 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: clocks would change and we would watch it. 47 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 4: But we were ten beers deep at the time. Totally different. 48 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: Now if I woke up, if I wake up at 49 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: one fifty nine, Dad, I've been asleep for five hours, right. 50 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: Well, you get up at one fifty nine and you 51 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,119 Speaker 2: go to work. That's how early it was. Yeah, that's 52 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 2: not true, all right. The other thing about last night, Jeff, 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 2: was that Buck show Walter, who just sends me stuff 54 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: out of the blue, calls me in the middle. 55 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: Calls me in the middle of a sentence. 56 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: You know, he doesn't even say low, He just calls 57 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 2: up and said, you ever notice that you know things 58 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 2: like that. I love it when Buck calls me because 59 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: I always learned something. Zoe sent me a picture last 60 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: night of Ron Howard, the great director. You know, Apollo thirteen, Parenthood, 61 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: The Da Vinci Code, three of my favorite movies of 62 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: all time. He's my favorite director of all time. It's 63 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 2: almost like he's talking to me when he makes these movies. 64 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: We have similar sense of humor. 65 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 3: And he loves baseball. 66 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 2: So Buck, of course is the biggest Andy Griffiths fan ever. 67 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: I've told you this, Jeff. 68 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: He knows like every episode by its number, you know. 69 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 3: Citizens Arrest with Ernest T. 70 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 2: Bass is like number one thirteen or something like that. 71 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: So he sent me a picture with Opie. He said, 72 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: Opie is at Metz Camp today, not Ron Howard. 73 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 3: He still calls him, Opie. 74 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: Do you love that? That's so perfect? 75 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: And you know he's gone on to have a much 76 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: bigger career than Opie. You know, some actors they have 77 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: one role that they're known as and that's it, right, 78 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: and they they'll always get that, like Ham from The 79 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: Incredible Sandlot, Right. But I mean, Ron Howard has long 80 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: past those days with epic movies like the ones who Lasted, 81 00:03:58,880 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: but he'll. 82 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: All yeah, well, and when he was Opie, Jeff I 83 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: heard him. 84 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 3: I've never spoken to Ron Howard. 85 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: I would love to meet him someday and if anyone 86 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 2: can arrange that, please let please let me know. 87 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 4: You should get him on as a guest. 88 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be great. 89 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: So he was on the radio a couple of years 90 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: ago or so and he was talking about being Opie 91 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: and somebody asked him how much money he made per 92 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 2: year being Opie Taylor, and he said it might have 93 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 2: been sixty nineteen sixty five or nineteen sixty six, either, 94 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: when it doesn't matter, he said, I made more money 95 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: that year than Sandy Kofax, who was not only the 96 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 2: best picture of the game, a historically great picture. And 97 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: Opie Taylor made more money that year than Sandy Kofax. 98 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 3: Is that priceless or not? 99 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: It's so sad to think about it, but it is priceless, 100 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: that's for sure. 101 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: Right all right, So, Jeff, just an update on poor 102 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: pop pop. Something happened yesterday. I don't know if you 103 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: noticed what I did yesterday. What did I send you 104 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: late last night? Oh? 105 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 4: Goodness me? What did you send me late? 106 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 3: Now? 107 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 4: I got a look. 108 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 3: It was a text message. 109 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 4: Did you watch a YouTube video yesterday? 110 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 3: No? 111 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 4: Oh, I thought that would have been your. 112 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 3: First I send you yesterday. 113 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 4: You sent me a screenshot. 114 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: Screw me a screenshot of a text message? 115 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: Right, you got a very very very complimentary text message 116 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: from Dennette and Mark Travelini, our dear friends. They saw 117 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: your speech that you made in Philadelphia about Uncle Matt 118 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 2: and als and everything else. They cried out loud and 119 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 2: they sent me it, telling me just your son was great. 120 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 2: Just want to let you know we saw it and 121 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: he brought tears to eyes. So I took a screenshot. Mark, 122 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 2: your brother in law, showed me how to do that, 123 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 2: and I sent it to you. 124 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 3: It's the first. 125 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: Time I've ever done that. I'm sixty nine years old. Jeff, 126 00:05:59,040 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: Is that pathetic? 127 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 3: That it took this long. 128 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: I once had This is not a bit, this is 129 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: not a joke. I once asked you to take a 130 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: screenshot of something on your phone, and you turned around 131 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: and asked me, how am I supposed to take a 132 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: picture of something on my phone when the camera is 133 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: on my phone? 134 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: All right, that's the reason we have poor pop Pop Jeff, 135 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: because I just, oh pop, I. 136 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: Can't put this stuff together. 137 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: But the point is I did put it together yesterday 138 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 2: for the first time. I think I joined ex Twitter 139 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 2: whatever we're calling in twenty twelve, and it took me 140 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: fourteen years to figure out how to send a screenshot, 141 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: which most people do in their sleep. 142 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 3: I just figured it out. 143 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: It's really sad that my first assumption was that you 144 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: watched your first YouTube video, and that was because the 145 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: text was about a YouTube video. Yes, you sent a screenshot, 146 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: and you nailed it, Dad. 147 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 4: It was perfect. 148 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: And oddly enough, I sent you a screenshot this morning 149 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: without even thinking about it. 150 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 4: But I didn't realize. You know, some things take a 151 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 4: little bit while for perk pop up to get behind. 152 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 4: And that's okay. 153 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: I still love you, all right, I'm good. I'm good. 154 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 3: So that's that was my big weekend. So that's really. 155 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: Well, you know, it's been exciting because of even though 156 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: it is spring training and we haven't started the regular 157 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: season yet, the World Baseball Classic has been so much 158 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: fun to watch, wouldn't you. 159 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 3: Agree, Jeff, that's the word. It's been fun. 160 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: Jerry Harrison, our friend who was on the show a 161 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: couple of years ago, wrote the other day on X 162 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 2: he said, this is the best baseball has ever been 163 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: right now, with these incredible, incredibly talented players that we watch. 164 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 2: We just finished the one of the best World Series 165 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: ever played, and now we have the WBC where the 166 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: United States team is stacked, the Japanese team is tremendous, 167 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 2: the Dominican team might be better than anybody, and the 168 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: just the level of love for this event is obvious 169 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: to me, and I think it's so great. Jeff, Kyle 170 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: Schwarber hit a home run the other day for the 171 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: United States. He's hit what three hundred and forty homers, 172 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 2: He's played in the World Series, He's won a World Series, 173 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 2: he won the home Run Derby, he won. 174 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 3: The Swing Off. 175 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 2: He's been involved in a lot of great things, and 176 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: he called that home run maybe the highlight. 177 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 3: Of his career. 178 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 2: Wow, because he did it with the United States on 179 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 2: the front of his chest. Now, I don't want to 180 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: be corny, Jeff, but that that really matters, does it not? 181 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 3: Well? 182 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 4: And he's also done Dad. 183 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: He's hit a home run in every single stop along 184 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: the way, NL and AL, Wild Card, AL and nl 185 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: DS AL, NLCS, World Series, World Baseball Classic, All Star Game, 186 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: home Runner. He's hit a home run in everything you 187 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: could possibly hit a home run in. And so for 188 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: him to say that's number one, it speaks even bigger volumes. 189 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: Right, It's it's really great, and we know how much 190 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 2: the Japanese want to win this thing. You look at 191 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 2: the dugouts, whether it's Israel or the Great Britain, or 192 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 2: Canada or the Dominican, somebody hits a home run. And 193 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 2: of course the ultimate tribute is Erk Skouble of the Tigers, 194 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 2: who was supposed to make one start in the WBC, 195 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: has been so captivated by his teammates by the event 196 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 2: that he has now said, I don't think I can 197 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: quit this after one start and go back to my 198 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 2: team because I'm having so much fun and this is 199 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: so important. Do you not see that as a really 200 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 2: important part of all this. 201 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: It's a testament Dad to the energy in that clubhouse. 202 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: Representing your country I think is so important. And listen, 203 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: I understand why players might say, hey, I'm only going 204 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: to do one start. I'm only going to because you know, 205 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: their livelihood depends on staying healthy and you know. 206 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 4: We can sit here. 207 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: I think if there's a different argument when like a 208 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: college football player doesn't play in the bowl game, right, 209 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that that's the same thing here. 210 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:07,559 Speaker 4: It's different. 211 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: But I love that he has kind of turned the 212 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: page on this to say. 213 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 4: Listen, this is something really special. 214 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: I didn't realize what's going to be as special as 215 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: it is so. 216 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 4: Right, and we're glad to have him. It's a couple 217 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 4: more innings. 218 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 2: For USA, right, and this is all going to end 219 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: in a week, and it's gonna be one of the 220 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: great weeks of well, it's going to be one of 221 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: the great weeks of baseball. We've gotten passed for the 222 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: most part. Oh my gosh, they're playing during spring training. 223 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: Are people going to get hurt every day? 224 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 3: Is this? 225 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: There's no doubt this is great for the game. And 226 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 2: I've told you, Jeff, when I did the last WBC 227 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 2: and I saw a bunch of games at Chase Field 228 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 2: in Arizona. It was like a party when the games 229 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: ended and people flooded out into the streets. They are 230 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 2: having so much fun as baseball fans watching great baseball, 231 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: but more important, supporting their country. 232 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: It is so so good, no doubt that I've enjoyed 233 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: every minute of watching this, and I'm so excited. 234 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 4: It's sad that it's going to be over so quickly. 235 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: Wouldn't you like in it similarly to the Little League 236 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: World Series. 237 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 4: And the excitement around it. 238 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: Obviously different, It's not the world's greatest amusement park, but 239 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: I get that vibe. 240 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 4: Would you agree? 241 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 2: Yes, there are a lot of similarities there, and I 242 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 2: just love every part of it. All star teams, the 243 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: guys who want to just play with each other for 244 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 2: the first time. 245 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 3: It was so good. 246 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 2: Now back in this country, Jeff, I got a good look. 247 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 3: Well. 248 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 2: I checked out Connor Griffin, the shortstop for the Pirates, 249 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: who is nineteen years old, and every person I talked 250 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: to about him says the same thing. This guy is 251 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: going to be a start again, hardest game in the 252 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 2: world to play. Who knows if he'll make the team. 253 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: He may struggle for the start, he may be great 254 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: from the start. All I know is he has significant 255 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 2: power and significant tools. And I talked to someone who 256 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 2: knows him really well, got used to be in the 257 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 2: Pirates organization, and he told me that Griffin told him 258 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: last year. I respond to challenge and honesty. No level 259 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 2: of difficulty is too much for me. If it will 260 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 2: get me better, just make it as hard as possible 261 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: and I'll do it. That's a nineteen year old. That 262 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 2: was his statement to one of his coaches with the Pirates. 263 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 2: Just make it as hard as possible, and I'll do it. 264 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 2: What does that tell you about a nineteen. 265 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 1: Year old kid that's work ethic, that's wanting to be 266 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: challenged by the best. I mean, everybody always says if 267 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: you're playing teams that are below you and players that 268 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: are below you, you're not going to get better. And 269 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: it sounds like he wants to play the best of 270 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: the best against the best of the best, go one 271 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: on one, be challenged. 272 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 4: That's a competitive right now. 273 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's really great. And there's another Well, there's so 274 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 2: many great young players. I've been telling you, Jeff, close 275 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 2: to fifteen years, ever since Harper and Trout came to 276 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 2: the big leagues almost at the same time. The wave 277 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 2: of players is just remarkable, like nothing I've ever seen. 278 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 2: They're bigger, stronger, faster, They're more ready when they get here. 279 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 2: They're amazing how good we are. And again Connor Griffin's 280 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 2: I saw Kevin McGonagall of the Tigers the other day 281 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 2: and they have a really difficult decision what to do 282 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 2: with him, because I had a scout tell me. He said, 283 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 2: it's been a long long time since I've seen a 284 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 2: player that young, that can swing the bat like that kid. 285 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 2: And again, we've seen so many great kids come to 286 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 2: the big league. So it'll be fascinating to see what 287 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 2: the Tigers do with him, how they treat him this 288 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 2: spring train. Does he make the club that type of thing? 289 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: Do they send him out for more seasoning? Jeff, The 290 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: Tigers are they have a chance to win the Pennant 291 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 2: in the American League. They're the best team in the 292 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 2: Central I don't think there's any doubt in my mind 293 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 2: about that. But they're good enough to go to the 294 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 2: World Series with the team they have right now, and 295 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 2: this kid may have something. 296 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 3: To do with it. 297 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: So just two of them, two of so many great 298 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 2: young players that I saw and heard about when I 299 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 2: went to Florida. 300 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 4: That's incredible. 301 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: This is the future of our game, Dad, This is 302 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: the future of the game, and we need to take 303 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: care of it. 304 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 4: And spring training, I. 305 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: Said it last week and I'll say it again, is 306 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: the best time to see these players where they could 307 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: be the next big thing. It's the best way to 308 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: get up close and personal with them, signing autographs and 309 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: living the life of spring training. It's the best time 310 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: for baseball, right and I'm loving it. 311 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: I am too. 312 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 2: And this is where spring training fans need to recognize that, 313 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 2: let's say neither one of these guys makes the club 314 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 2: out of spring training, but August, let's say they come 315 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: and here they come, and you can say, yeah, I 316 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: saw him in spring training. I saw what he could 317 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 2: do in spring training. When you're in on the ground 318 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 2: floor like that with young players, it's really really exciting. 319 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 2: Speaking of exciting, Jeff, I may again the same common 320 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: mistake I make every spring. I get caught up in 321 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 2: the optimism almost wherever I go. So I told you 322 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: last week, I saw the Red Sox and I really 323 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 2: like what I saw. And then I saw the Yankees, 324 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 2: and I'm kind of on board there too. Now, I'm 325 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 2: not suggesting both of those teams are gonna win one 326 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: hundred games. I'm not suggesting that. I'm telling you, anyone 327 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: who worries significantly about the Yankees and how it ended 328 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 2: last year, I think they're better. 329 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 3: I mean, Garrett cole is throwing ninety seven miles an 330 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 3: hour this spring. 331 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: What if he's back and close to one hundred percent 332 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 2: on June the first. They're gonna get Carlos Rodon back 333 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 2: at the end of April. It appears Anthony Volpi, their shortstop, 334 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 2: looks like he's going to get back at the end 335 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: of April. We'll see what kind of job he has 336 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 2: when he comes back, because their shortstop situation. 337 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: Is way up in the air. You know, with the. 338 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 2: Changes they made last season. They're not opening this season 339 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: jet with questions at first, second, and third base. Absolutely not. 340 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 3: They are. 341 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 2: They know what they're doing there. And Ben Rice their 342 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 2: first baseman. Jeff had a guy with the Yankees. Tell me, 343 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 2: where do you see this guy hit this year? He 344 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: is a star in the making. I mean thirty homers 345 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 2: last year. He can also catch on the rare day 346 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 2: that he doesn't play first base, So and I like 347 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 2: what I saw with they're pitching too. You know, you 348 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 2: still got Max Reed and it's a very interesting team 349 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 2: all of a sudden. Again, I'm not saying they're a 350 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 2: great team. I'm saying people that worry, Oh they won 351 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: ninety four games that knocked out of the playoffs, they're 352 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 2: no good. 353 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 3: That's that's simply not true. 354 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 2: They're better than they were last year. 355 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 3: Period. 356 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: And I know last year you were obsessing over Ben 357 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: Rice leading off for the Yankees. 358 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 3: Right. 359 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 2: Cool, that was a catcher leading off. It just looks 360 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 2: so cool in the box scores where it says Rice 361 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 2: catcher lead off. 362 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: I mean Craig Bigio did that. 363 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: We've had catcher's lead off before. 364 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 3: It's not a first time. 365 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 2: But this is a power hitting catcher who really crushed 366 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 2: the ball when he swings it. 367 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: All right, Dad, On this date in baseball history today 368 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: is March the tenth. 369 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 4: What do you got for us? 370 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 3: Yeah? 371 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 2: On this date in nineteen sixty three, Pete Rose played 372 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 2: in his first spring training game of as a as 373 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: a major leaguer basically, and we all know how great 374 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 2: Pete Rose was in his career. And I know I've 375 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 2: told a million Pete Rose stories, but this one bears repeating. 376 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 2: I think I've told you this, But I went to 377 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 2: see him at a card show in the mid eighties 378 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 2: in Dallas. 379 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: He came in to make a speech and sign a 380 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 3: bunch of cards. 381 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: So I was working for the Dallas Morning News, so 382 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 2: I went to see Pete Rose. 383 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 3: That is mid eighties. 384 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 2: I'm a baseball writer with Dallas Morning News. I'm not 385 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 2: covering Pete's team, so he doesn't know who I am, 386 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 2: nor should he. But he sees that I'm there writing 387 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 2: about this, and the first thing he says to me, 388 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: he says, is, did you know that I've played in 389 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,160 Speaker 2: more winning games. 390 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 3: Joe DiMaggio played in games? And I went what? 391 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 2: So he had looked up that the number of games 392 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 2: in which he had played in which his team won 393 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 2: was greater than the total number of games that Joe 394 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: Demaggio played it. 395 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: Now, this is he just offered that up to you 396 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: without any sort of. 397 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 2: This is the kind of stuff that I like to 398 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 2: offer up to people out of nowhere. And now I've 399 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 2: got right, and I've got Pete Rose offering it up 400 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 2: to me. 401 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 3: The point is. 402 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 2: He made he took the time. I'm sure to look 403 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: this up by himself, because I told you, Jeff, he 404 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 2: knows what he knew what everyone was doing. Terry Kennedy, 405 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 2: former Oriole told me once that Pete came up to 406 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 2: him at the batting cages in the middle of the 407 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 2: summer and said, hey, you had a good week last week. 408 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 2: Eleven for twenty two or something like that, and Terry 409 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 2: Kennedy went back and looked it up. He was eleven 410 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 2: for twenty two. So not only does Pete know everything 411 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: that Pete does, he kind of knows. 412 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 3: What everyone else is doing all at the same time. 413 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 3: That's that's Pete Rose for you. 414 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: So this date in nineteen sixty three, he played in 415 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 2: his first spring training game. Also, Jeff, on this date 416 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 2: in nineteen sixty three, John Candelosi was born. And John 417 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 2: Candelosi is no taller than you. He was a terrific 418 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: defensive outfielder. He could run, but he's a little guy. 419 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: And I'll never forget. I'll never forget. 420 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 2: I went into the Mets clubhouse one day, this is 421 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 2: late eighties, maybe early nineties, and I told John Candelosi, 422 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 2: who I. 423 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 3: Did not know particularly well at the time. 424 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 2: I said, John, I just want to let you know 425 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 2: that some guy out in the parking lot asked me 426 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:45,199 Speaker 2: for my autograph, thinking I was you, and he he 427 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: looked at me, Jeff, this dinky little sports writer, and 428 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 2: he just got up and walked away like he was offended, 429 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: offended that anyone would think that I was John Candelosi. 430 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 2: So I obviously I upset him. 431 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 3: I didn't mean too. I thought it was mildly amusing. 432 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 3: He didn't seem to be that way. 433 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: He did though, By the way, Jeff, he pitched at 434 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 2: age I mean at five foot seven in a Major 435 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 2: League Game one as a position player. The Pirates were 436 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 2: getting blown out. So rich Donaldley told me the story. 437 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 2: He was pitching at Dodger Stadium, and he said, you know, 438 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: and they had a legendarily high mound at Dodger Stadium, 439 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 2: like steeper than the rest. It's not supposed to be 440 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 2: that way, but anyone who's ever pitched there will tell you, yes, 441 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: the mound in Dodger Stadium is higher at steeper than 442 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 2: the rest. Jim Palmer once said that when he walked 443 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 2: off the back of the mound in the sixty six 444 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 2: World Series, having pitched there for the first time, He said, 445 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 2: I almost fell out, like it was so steep. So 446 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 2: Rich Doddley told me that John Candelosi, five foot seven, 447 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,239 Speaker 2: walked off the back of the mound to pick up 448 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 2: the Roza bag, and he said, and he disappeared from view. 449 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 3: We couldn't even see it. All you could see was 450 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 3: the top of his cat Yeah, and. 451 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 2: That day his catcher, this is how beautiful baseball was 452 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: Dave Hostetler, who was a first baseman outfielder who had 453 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 2: never caught before in a Major league game, and he 454 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 2: caught John Candelosi at Dodger Stadium. And you know, Dave 455 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 2: Hasterlo was this huge guy. He and Rich told me. 456 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: He said, the catcher's equipment didn't even fit, Like the 457 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 2: shin guards didn't even cover his shins. That's how big 458 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: Dave Hostetler was and how short John Candelosi was. 459 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 3: That's one of the great batteries that we've ever seen. 460 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: Remind me, did John Candelosi make your all short guy team? 461 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 4: You did last season? I can't remember. 462 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 2: If you don't think so, because you know, with all 463 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 2: due respect to John Candelosi, we were five eight and 464 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 2: under or five nine and under, you know, we you 465 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 2: know mel. 466 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 3: Ott was on the All Short Team. 467 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 2: You know, we had some players who were actually better 468 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 2: than him on the. 469 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 3: All Short Team. 470 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 4: But that's right, yes, but he was. 471 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 3: He was a. 472 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 2: Very he overachieved. He was a really good outfielder. He 473 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 2: could really run. And just don't tell him that anyone 474 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 2: looks like me looks like him, because that that was 475 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 2: not a good day. 476 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 4: So, well, it's gonna be a real challenge for the 477 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 4: All Short Team. If we decided to add a beat writer. 478 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: Between you and Ken Rosenthal, the Twin Towers, we wouldn't know. 479 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 3: Who to pick, right Well, I told you that. 480 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 2: Dave Shining, formerly of The Washington Post, once asked me, 481 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 2: who do you think would win in a fight? You 482 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: or Ken Rosenthal or Enrique Rojas. Rique Rojas is one 483 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 2: of the great broadcasts. He does, of course, all the 484 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 2: LA stuff for ESPN. He's he's a tremendous TV guy. 485 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 2: He's a writer, he knows everybody. He's one of the 486 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: best in the whole business. But he's no bigger than 487 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: Ken Rosenthal or me. So Dave Shinen asked who would 488 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: win in like like a three man fight between you, 489 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 2: Ken rosenal or or Enrique So I said, I I 490 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 2: know I'm not gonna win. So Dave Shinen says, he goes, 491 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 2: I think Enrique is gonna win. He has a dark side. 492 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 3: He doesn't have a dark side at all. He's the 493 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 3: nicest man in the world. 494 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 2: But I I just I'm not sure you could have 495 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 2: a dark side, Jeff, when you're my height, Ken Rosendal's 496 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 2: height and Enrique Ross's height. 497 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 3: Agreed. 498 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 4: I have to agree with that, Dad. 499 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, these are the kind of things men we 500 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: talk about. 501 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 3: Talk about the stupidest things of all. 502 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: Can we could do a whole episode on on that 503 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 1: battle in a ring on who would win between the 504 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: three of those? 505 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 4: But we won't. 506 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 2: The answer would be nobody would win in that in 507 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 2: that three man fight, because. 508 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: Not there would be really good stories written about it. Yeah, 509 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: first person account stories. 510 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 2: Right. Okay, Well that Jeff, that's it for the this 511 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: state base history. 512 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: Well, Dad, you know last week I was able to 513 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: jump into my baseball card collection for three cards since 514 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: you were on the road in spring training. But it 515 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: looks like three cards in the bathroom is back for 516 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: you to rifle through some cards that you found in 517 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: our basement bathroom. 518 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 4: That's all baseball theme. 519 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 2: First one is Larry Anderson, former relief pitcher, A really 520 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 2: good one. Had a great slider. He threw it like 521 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 2: on every single pitch. He's also one of the funniest 522 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: people I've ever met in baseball. He was a terrible 523 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 2: hitting pitcher, but one year he started off two for 524 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 2: two and he said, I should be hitting two thousand 525 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 2: because I'm such a bad hitting pitcher going two for two, 526 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,719 Speaker 2: I should be at two thousand, not one thousand. And 527 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 2: he said, in that way, if I make it out 528 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 2: in my third at bat, I would only drop to 529 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 2: fifteen hundred. That's how Larry Anderson looked at He also 530 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 2: told me once when he was in the minor leagues 531 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 2: in Reno, the clubhouse guy quit suddenly, so for ten 532 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 2: dollars a week, Larry Anderson, minor league pitcher, also ran 533 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,479 Speaker 2: the clubhouse and he was a starting pitcher back then, 534 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 2: and he told me, he said, I'd be out there 535 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 2: on the mound and the fourth inning and I would think, 536 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 2: oh my gosh, did I take the jocks out of 537 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 2: the dryer. That's what he's thinking about while he's pitching 538 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 2: in a minor league game. Because he's also the clubhouse guy, 539 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 2: one of my favorite people ever. 540 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: Larry Anderson, of course, is. 541 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 2: A broadcaster for your Phillies on the radio, and he's 542 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 2: wonderful at that's right, all right. Another good friend, Rick Sutcliffe, 543 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 2: one of the great teammates I've ever had at ESPN. 544 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 3: Sutt Is. He is a piece of work. 545 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 2: You know. Sutt is a foot taller than I am, 546 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 2: more than a foot taller Nie easily. 547 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, and weighs about one hundred and well close to 548 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 3: two hundred pounds more than I do. 549 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 2: Sutt is in an enormous man And well, this is 550 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 2: really out of character for me, Jeff. But every time 551 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 2: I see sut and we're with anybody else, he says 552 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: to that other person, no matter who it is, yeah, 553 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 2: Timmy knows that I farted before I did because of 554 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 2: so short that I'm right next to him. 555 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 3: That is a classic Rick's cliff story. 556 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: It's so bad, so sut sutt was also a really 557 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 2: good picture in the conversation for the greatest number forty 558 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 2: ever you know one to Cy Young in nineteen eighty four. 559 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 2: But one night in Cincinnati he was getting shelled and 560 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 2: he gave up like two homers in a row. And 561 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 2: after each home run in Cincinnati back then, they would 562 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 2: load up the cannon and they would shoot off the cannon. 563 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 3: After the Reds hit a home run. 564 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 2: So Sut is furious because he just gave up two 565 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 2: homers in a row. Billy Connors, the pitching coach, came 566 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 2: out to see him, and Sutt is furious, and he goes, 567 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 2: what are you doing out here? You to come out here? 568 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 2: Billy said, no, I'm not out here to talk to you. 569 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 2: I'm just giving them time to load up the cannon again. 570 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: That's what his pitching coach told him. I love it. 571 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 4: You know, sometimes sometimes you just need a different joke. 572 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 4: You can't just come out there. Sometimes you just need 573 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 4: to break the tension. 574 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: I don't know how Sutt would respond to that, but 575 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: I mean, great story. 576 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 2: Right, Sometimes you just have to you just have to 577 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 2: change the subject. And Number three one of my all 578 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 2: time favorites, Hall of Famer Frank Robinson. I've told you 579 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 2: a million Frank Robinson's stories. He once asked me Frank 580 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 2: would test writers. I don't know if this was he 581 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 2: did this with everyone, but he did it with me. 582 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,719 Speaker 2: One day, I was new to the Orioles. 583 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 3: Beat and Frank is a coach. 584 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 2: So I'm trying to get to know Frank Robinson because 585 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 2: he's one of my all time favorite baseball players, the 586 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 2: most ferocious hitter I've ever seen in my life, Like 587 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 2: the most competitive man who goes up there ready. 588 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 3: To tear your throat out no matter what. 589 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 2: So he looks at me one day, and I can 590 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 2: tell this is a test because there are a bunch 591 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 2: of people around, and he looks at me and he goes, 592 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 2: all right, are great hitters born or are they made? 593 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 2: So this is the question, he asked me. So I 594 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 2: actually have a thought on this. So I said, Frank, 595 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: great hitters are born to be great, and he went 596 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,479 Speaker 2: like this, you're right. And from that moment on I 597 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 2: was in Frank's inner circle. I didn't deserve to be there, 598 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 2: but that was his thinking, is that great hitters are born. 599 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 2: Now they can get better and you can be made 600 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 2: into a better hitter, but great hitters are born. And 601 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 2: this always struck me. Jeb I asked Frank once, you 602 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 2: know he had like eight. 603 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 3: Brothers and sisters. 604 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 2: I said, were your brothers and sisters great athletes? He goes, no, 605 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 2: none of them, and he said, my mother and father 606 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 2: were not good athletes either, and yet he was a 607 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame baseball player. And he claims he was 608 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 2: born to be a great hit and yet it doesn't 609 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 2: appear that anyone in his family gave him that set 610 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 2: of jeans. 611 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 3: Does that surprise you. 612 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: Well, you would think a Hall of Famer like that 613 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: would have at least athleticism somewhere else in right, And. 614 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 3: I'm sure he did. 615 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 2: But he told me his brothers and his parents were 616 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 2: not athletes, and sisters were not athletes. But he ends 617 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: up being one of the great hitters and great players 618 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 2: of all time. So Jeff Frank Robinson got me to 619 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 2: thinking about the most famous last names, the best last 620 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 2: names in. 621 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 3: Major league histories. 622 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 2: So the team tim for this week is, and we're 623 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 2: going to have a contest and let our listeners decide 624 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 2: this is. I said, well, how many? I mean, there's 625 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 2: some great Robinson So I came up with the all 626 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 2: Robinson team in Major League history. Okay, Wilbert Robertson Robinson 627 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 2: is the catcher. He once went seven for seven. He's 628 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 2: in the Hall of Fame, but only as a manager, 629 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 2: but was a good player, and so he's our catcher. 630 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 2: Eddie Robinson, who I covered when he was the GM 631 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 2: of the Rangers early eighties. You know, he had one 632 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty homers or so in his He's the 633 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: first baseman. Get this, Jackie Robinson at second, Brooks Robinson 634 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 2: at third, Frank Robinson in the outfield. Now, I skipped 635 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 2: over Craig Robinson, who's our shortstop, but he wasn't in 636 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 2: that list. But three Hall of Famers, all voted by 637 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 2: the writers, are on the All Robinson team. I'm sure 638 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 2: I missed something along the way, but I don't think 639 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 2: one name has produced three Hall of Famers who were 640 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 2: all voted in by the writers as opposed to like 641 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 2: a veterans committee, not that they're not Hall of Famers, 642 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 2: or the negro leagues, not that they're not Hall of Famers. 643 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 2: But Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Jackie Robinson, that's a pretty 644 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 2: good collection. 645 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 4: Right, great collection, yeah right? 646 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 2: And the other outfielders, Bill Robinson, pretty good hitter, Floyd 647 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 2: and I had trouble finding a pitcher. Don Robinson won. 648 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 2: You know, he won over one hundred Major League games. 649 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 2: Great hitting pitcher. So that's my All Robinson team. Okay, 650 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 2: do you like that group? 651 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: I think that's really good, and then you can have 652 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: Smokey Robinson sing the national an before the game. 653 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 2: All right, So, Jeff, I think Smith is the most 654 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 2: common Major League Baseball name, but right next to it, 655 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 2: I believe, is the name Johnson. Okay, So I came 656 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 2: up with a second team, tim Lift, and we'll let 657 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 2: our listeners and our viewers decide which one is better. 658 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 2: So you have to remember what I did for the 659 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 2: All Robinson team. This is the All Johnson team. And wait, 660 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 2: wait till the end, Jeff, because it gets really good 661 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 2: at the end. Charles Johnson is the catcher. He was 662 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 2: a great defensive catcher for a long time, one of 663 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 2: the best defensive catchers ever. Darren Johnson at first base, 664 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 2: ton of homers in the sixties and seventies. Davy Johnson 665 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 2: at second base a forty home run season and was 666 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 2: a great defender. Judy Johnson from the Negro leagues is 667 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 2: our third baseman. Kelly Johnson who played all over the infield, 668 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 2: but some shortstop. He's our shortstop. Our outfield is Bob Johnson, 669 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 2: who played in the thirties, I think in the forties 670 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 2: and was very very productive. 671 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 3: Lance Johnson, who. 672 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 2: They used to call one dog because he wore number 673 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 2: one and he ran like a greyhound, so he's one 674 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 2: of them. And Alex Johnson who won a batting title 675 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 2: in the sixties. He was really really good. But get 676 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 2: my two pitchers, Jeff to finish out the Johnson team. 677 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 2: You want to take a guess at the right handed 678 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 2: pitcher and the left handed pitcher? 679 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, didn't I ever tell you I went 680 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: to Walter Johnson High School. 681 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 2: So Walter Johnson is our right handed pitcher and Randy 682 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 2: Johnson Andy Johnson is a left handed pitcher. So I'm 683 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,719 Speaker 2: leaning towards the Johnson's being better than the Robinson's. 684 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 3: It's really close. 685 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: Though, what do you because of the pitching staff that's 686 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: really throwing it over. 687 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, we've got We've got three Hall of 688 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 2: Famers on the Johnson team and three on the Robinson team. 689 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 2: It's really close. What do you think. 690 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 4: I think there's a little I don't know. 691 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 1: I think pitching can win championships, and so it's hard 692 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: to go up against Walter and Randy Johnson, the brothers 693 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: that never were. But also I feel like there's a 694 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: little more firepower in. 695 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 4: The bats of the Robinson team, right. 696 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: You know, I looked at a lot of other names, Jeff, 697 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 2: I looked at Smith, I looked at Jackson two. But 698 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 2: I just don't think it's in the same category here. 699 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 2: But how about the Jackson outfield that I came up with, Well, 700 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 2: anyone would come up with. You have Reggie Jackson, you 701 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 2: have shoeless Joe Jackson was an amazing player before, and 702 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 2: you have Bo Jackson. How about that outfield, Bo Jackson, 703 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 2: Reggie Jackson, shoeless Joe Jackson. 704 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 3: Pretty good. 705 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 2: Huh. 706 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: That's that's a really good outfield right there. The only 707 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: other name I was thinking was maybe Williams. But I 708 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: think there's only two Hall of Famer Williams, right, Ted 709 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 1: Williams and Billy Williams. 710 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,359 Speaker 4: Would that be the only two? 711 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 3: I think. 712 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,319 Speaker 2: I think I tried to do the Williams and as 713 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,760 Speaker 2: he shuffles through papers, yeah, well, looking at my research, 714 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 2: I don't think I found enough Williams. 715 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 4: To do it to even start it off. 716 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 1: Well, then I mean that that settles that right there. Dad, 717 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: If you were looking through it and you couldn't find anybody, 718 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,760 Speaker 1: but I'd be curious. You're right, Dad, Members of the family, 719 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: people who listened to the show take a last name 720 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 1: and roll with. 721 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 2: It, right, and that Johnson team Jeff is so good 722 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 2: that you know Howard Johnson Hojo, who had some really 723 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,839 Speaker 2: good years with the Mets. I had to leave him 724 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 2: out for Judy Johnson, who is a Hall of Famer. Yeah, 725 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 2: I think the Williams one. I just couldn't find enough 726 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 2: after Billy and Ted. 727 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 3: But I maybe I made a mistake. I don't know. 728 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 4: This will be so crazy too. 729 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: That Judy Johnson later went to law school, you know, 730 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:21,479 Speaker 1: became a judge. Judge Judy Johnson, great show, great show 731 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: on TV years years. 732 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 3: I did not know that. Jeff. 733 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,359 Speaker 1: All right, anyway, so Dad, listen, I think we need 734 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: to bring in some friends at our good friends at Stratumatic. 735 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 1: Maybe we have them run the Johnson's against the Robinsons 736 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: and see who wins in a seven game series. 737 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 4: What do you think? 738 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 2: Okay, I all right, I'm sure I missed somebody along 739 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,880 Speaker 2: the way, but I had trouble. You know, if we're 740 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,400 Speaker 2: going to use this great right handed pitcher in this 741 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:56,839 Speaker 2: great left handed pitcher arguably the well not arguably, Walter 742 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 2: Johnson's the greatest pitcher ever. So he's the greatest right 743 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 2: handed pitcher. People make the case Randy Johnson is the 744 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,280 Speaker 2: greatest left handed pitcher and they're on the same team, 745 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 2: the All Johnson team. 746 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,280 Speaker 3: Pretty interesting, right. 747 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll have to see how it shakes out. So 748 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: I'll work on that with our guys at Stratumatic and 749 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: see if there's something we can do, and maybe we'll 750 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: have an update and have some new team tims. From 751 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: people who listen, you can message us great game or 752 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: what dot com. My dad is able to now take 753 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: a screenshot and send it back to you that he 754 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: is messaging you, So Dad, you should send screenshots to 755 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 1: our listeners. 756 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 3: I've only done it once. 757 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 2: I'm not saying I'm an expert at this, but I 758 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 2: now know which two buttons to press at the same time, 759 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,240 Speaker 2: and you just have to press them quickly. 760 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 3: You can't hold it down otherwise you lose it. 761 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 2: So Mark Kanahan showed me how to do that. So 762 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,479 Speaker 2: I feel like a little smarter today than I did 763 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:47,439 Speaker 2: two days ago. 764 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 4: Well, good job, Dad, We're proud of you. 765 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: Are so bad Well, thank you so much for listening it. 766 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 1: As always, thanks for being a part of our family.