1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what with the Hall 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: of Famer Tim Kirkshon. I'm his son, Jeff Kirkshon. And Dad, 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm actually recording my portion of the episode today from 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: my office and really fast. You see what is behind 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: me in this shot. I just went into a random studio. Yeah, 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: this is like I would I would call it a 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: you know, a fourteen inch television with a built in VCR. 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would love to have one of those things 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: of your dream back in our house. I told you, Jeff, 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: I bought a DVD player, Uh so I could play 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: like Kelly's high school basketball tape or anything else. And 12 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 2: you know, I got like the last one at best 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: Buy or wherever I got it, and they all looked 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: at me, like, why would you want something like this? Well, 15 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: of course I had it. I played it like five 16 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: times and now it doesn't work. It doesn't play anything anymore. 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: So I need one of those little TVs where I 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: can just take a DVD and put it in and 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: watch it on a television. Is that too much to ask? 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 3: I don't think it's too much to ask. 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: And Dad, I'll tell you, I can't believe that now 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: already DVD players have become just so null and void 23 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 1: because I remember when you know, vhs is were around. 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: Of course I'm thirty two, but then when those went away, 25 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, I get it. But now the 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: fact that you nobody has a DVD player anymore, nobody 27 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: has a I just bought a new truck in April. 28 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 3: No CD player in there, Dad, Like everything's changing. It's 29 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 3: so crazy. And to think that. 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 1: My daughter McKinley will never know what it's like having 31 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: to bleaze, be kind and rewind before you. 32 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 3: Take it back to Blockbuster. 33 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: Anytime a commercial comes up, Dad, like on YouTube or 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: anything like, she's like. 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: Uh, what's going on? 36 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: Right? 37 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 3: Like what is this? 38 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: Because when we watch any Disney movie or anything, it's 39 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: on Disney Plus, or we watch something on Netflix, it's 40 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: on netfl It no commercials, So she she didn't even 41 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: know what a commercial is, right. 42 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: Well, I watched Paw Patrol with Carson Keenahan the other 43 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: day and we had like three commercials, and he said, 44 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: what happened to Paul Patrol? So I had to explain, Well, 45 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: they have commercials on what we're watching. If you have 46 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: a DVD and a DVD player, you don't have to 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: worry about commercials. But you know what I did the 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: other day, Jeff, you'd be proud of me. Since I 49 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: don't have a DVD player in my car, I learned 50 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: how to tee up something on my phone which is 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: synced up to my car, and I put some songs 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: on and listen to them on the way home from 53 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: Bristol the other night. Wow, yeah, what were you using 54 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 2: to listen to the music YouTube? Safari? I put in 55 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: the songs that I wanted to listen to, Jackson Brown, 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: Bruce hornsby Elton John, you know, the only artists that 57 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: I even know, And I typed in some of my 58 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 2: favorite songs and pow, they came out on the radio 59 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: in my car. That was that was revealing to me, Jeff. 60 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: First time I've ever done that before. Should I have 61 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: known that before I've had the car for a year, Jeff? 62 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: Should I have known that? Yeah? 63 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: I mean you've been able to do that in vehicles 64 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: for a long long time. But you know, there are 65 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: like streaming sites like you can go to Apple Music 66 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: that's already on your phone, or you can go to 67 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: Spotify and you can just like play those Pandora You know, 68 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 1: you don't have to go to Safari. I think you've 69 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: did a great job finding it. You can go to 70 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: YouTube even and play songs off of YouTube. 71 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 3: I'll have to show you. 72 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: Like I on my phone, I have Spotify, right, So 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: if I wanted to play I could make a playlist, 74 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: which is like a mixtape. 75 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: Remember when you put songs on a tape. That's that's that's. 76 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: What a playlist is, right, And then you can just 77 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: hit play on your playlist and it'll play your favorite 78 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: all right, It's. 79 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 2: Like, all right, these are the things I need to learn. 80 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: Ye, it's like four ninety nine a month, four dollars 81 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: in ninety nine cents a month in order I'll teach you. 82 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I don't want to make fun. 83 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: How many times have you used this sentence? 84 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 3: Dad? 85 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: I can show you like a thousand times, like right, 86 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: with everything that I struggle with you said, Dad, I 87 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 2: can show you how to do that. 88 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, But I need to be careful because karma is 89 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: a you know what, and one day my daughter is 90 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: going to be doing that to me. I may be 91 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,119 Speaker 1: in the prime of my technological life as a thirty 92 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: two year old with laptops and studios and phones, and 93 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: all this stuff. But like before I know it, I'm 94 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: going to be you. I mean, look, I'm already getting 95 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: the power alleys over here. Look at that. Look at this. 96 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: I look just like you. 97 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: What is going on? 98 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 2: Look? I got an on deck circle on the top 99 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 2: of my head right now. That's how big my bald 100 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: spot is. So I don't want to listen to you 101 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 2: thirty two about your hair. All right. How did McKinley's 102 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: first T ball game go? She's two years old and 103 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: she's playing t ball. 104 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's part of this like Toddler. 105 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: I think I overestimated what it was gonna be because 106 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: I had no idea because my wife, Emily signed her up. 107 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: The bases were approximately four feet apart, so let's start there. 108 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: And between each base there was like an obstacle. So 109 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: there was like a like, you know, one of those 110 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: rope ladders where you have to jump, So they would 111 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: have to jump from home to you know, to go 112 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: to first base. And the teacher, Miss Minnie, Coach Minnie, 113 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: excuse me, wow, Coach Minnie did a. 114 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 3: Great job with the kids. 115 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: I mean they were learning, they hit some balls off 116 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: the tee, they were fielding. McKinley just really likes being 117 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: out there in the field. I mean, she very much 118 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: reminds me like like as a defensive agent out there, 119 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: a ninth inning replacement, not much of a hitter. She 120 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: would hit the ball and then she would want to 121 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: go get it herself because she likes fielding grounders and 122 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: taking pop flyes. That's where that's where she makes her 123 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: money in the toddler league. So but she was great, Dad, 124 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: She was. She had an amazing time. Good and it 125 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: was so cool to see her starting her athletic career. 126 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 2: So to say, I love it, Jeff. It's awfully young, 127 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: but I just love anything where the kids are going 128 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 2: to be smiling and outside and doing something active. It's 129 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 2: really really good, all. 130 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 3: Right, Dad. 131 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: You know, this past week we celebrated Roberto Clemente Day, 132 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: and it was tough because it was on Monday. We 133 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: had an episode come out Tuesday, but we record on 134 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: Mondays after Monday afternoon, so we weren't really able to 135 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: speak to Major League Baseball and Roberto Clemente Day. 136 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 3: But what a day it was across the world. 137 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great. And let's just be clear who Roberto 138 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,239 Speaker 2: Clemente was. Jeff Okay, First, off. He was a hero. 139 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: He he died trying to help people, and he died 140 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 2: in a plane crash delivering you know, goods and things 141 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: like that too to people who needed them. So let's 142 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 2: first understand what a hero he was. But he's also 143 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 2: one of the greatest players that I've ever seen. He 144 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: is the greatest defensive right fielder of all time. For me, 145 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: he's the greatest throwing outfielder I know that I've ever seen. 146 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: You know, He's lifetime three seventeen hitter, won multiple batting titles, 147 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: won an MVP. Larry bo once told me nobody, but 148 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: nobody in Larry Bow's very long career hit the ball 149 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: harder at him than Roberto Clemente. That's how great he was. 150 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 2: And I'll never forget Jeff in spring training of seventy two, 151 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: so this is his last, as it turns out, his 152 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 2: last spring training. The Pirates came and played an exhibition 153 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: game at RFK Stadium in Washington, and me and some 154 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: of my buddies, Phil Howland, uncle Matt we all went 155 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: to watch Roberto Clementy play and I said to myself 156 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: going there, I said, I just want to see two things. 157 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 2: I want to see him hit a rocket line drive 158 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: to right field, because nobody hit the ball opposite field 159 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 2: better than him, harder than him, and I want to 160 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: see him throw, and of course he hit a line 161 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: drive single to right field, and my friend Phil Holland 162 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 2: just like screamed out loud, oh my God, Like there 163 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: it is. That's a signature swing from Roberto Clemeny. And 164 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 2: then he made a throw from you know, deep right 165 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: field to third base and it was breathtaking to watch. 166 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 2: So that's Roberto Clemeny, one of the great players of 167 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 2: all time and one of the great baseball heroes that 168 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 2: we've ever seen. 169 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, Dad, I think it's so incredible because he has 170 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: such an important legacy, not just on the field, but 171 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: off the field. And that's why we have the Roberto 172 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: Clemente Award every single year. I think there's nothing more 173 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: incredible than having an award named after you. 174 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 3: Every single year we honor. 175 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: Someone in Major League Baseball who's doing good outside of 176 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: the game. Right, But it really does help that he 177 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: was such an athlete and such a great player on 178 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: the field too, Right. 179 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 2: And Rick Sucliffe won the Roberto Clemeny Award and told 180 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 2: me it's the most prestigious award that he's ever won, 181 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 2: and he won a Cy Young in the National League. 182 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 2: But you win something that means what you're giving through 183 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: the community that matters more to a lot of people. 184 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: Very impressive. 185 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: All right, Dad, do you want to jump into the 186 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: takeaways across Major League? 187 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 2: They? Sure? Okay, Jeff, We're just going to continue the 188 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 2: trend of the cal Raley leading the takeaways. We can't 189 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: get away from it. I mean, Tuesday's episode, we talked 190 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: about him tying Mickey Mantle for the most home runs 191 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 2: fifty four by a switch hitter in a season. Of course, 192 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 2: he's now past him because Tuesday night he had two 193 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: homers in one game, so he's now got fifty six, 194 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 2: most ever by switching. He's now got fIF well fifty 195 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: six homers. Ties Ken Griffy Junior, the greatest Mariner ever, 196 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 2: for the most homers hitting a season by a Mariner, 197 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 2: and he's got ten multi homer games in one season. 198 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: The record is eleven by Aaron Judge, Samy Sosa and 199 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 2: Hank Greenberg who did that in nineteen thirty eight. So 200 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 2: the legend just grows and grows and grows, and it 201 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: is setting up Jeff for one of the great MVP 202 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 2: voting races in the history of the sport. Who do 203 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: you pick Aaron Judge or cal Raley? It is really 204 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: really close. I hope it ends in a tie. I do, 205 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 2: because neither one of both those guys deserve to win 206 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 2: this award. 207 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's so it's so hard because 208 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: most Valuable Player. This is the debate that's had every 209 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: single year, and I get it. 210 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 3: You know, it's. 211 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: People argue it can't give it to a DH How 212 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: valuable are they in the field, right, Not that that 213 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: argument applies here, right, but a catcher? How valuable is 214 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: a catcher every single play? Calling games with his pitcher. 215 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I'm showing my bias towards giving it 216 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: to cal Raley currently, but I mean it's really hard 217 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: to be a catcher every day and what goes into 218 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: that and then hitting that many home runs and being 219 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: that important offensively. Yeah, that's all I'm going to say 220 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: on them. 221 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: I'll just tell you that there are years, because I've 222 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 2: voted on these things for forty three years now, there 223 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 2: are years where there are two MVPs. This is one 224 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: of those years, And all I say is, do not 225 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 2: scream at somebody who votes for somebody other than Raleigh, 226 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 2: or I mean, if you think Judge is the MVP 227 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 2: and some of the votes for Raleigh, that is not 228 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: an incorrect choice, and vice versa. There are two MVPs 229 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,239 Speaker 2: this year, just make a stronger case. 230 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 3: For one, no doubt about it. 231 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 2: And yet Raleigh hit two homers and he wasn't even 232 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 2: the best player on his team in that game. The 233 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 2: ninety pass Mickey Mantle Dominic Canzone went five for five 234 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: with three home runs for the Mariners in the same 235 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 2: game that Jeff He has twenty four home runs in 236 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 2: his career, he does have ten of them this year, 237 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 2: But a guy with twenty four career homers went five 238 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: for five with three home runs. All Right, one more 239 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 2: I ask you this, like, every time someone hits three 240 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 2: homers in a game, which is every week, give me, 241 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 2: just give me a couple of five hundred home run 242 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: hitters who never hit three in a game. 243 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: David Ortiz, Right, That's all I ever remember is David Orton, 244 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: Gary Sheffield, Gary Sheffield, Lafee Al Palmaro yep okay, and 245 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: who never had a five hit game in his career. 246 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 2: By the way, Jose L two Bays never had a 247 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 2: five hit game, which we went over, which is incredible 248 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 2: and the best hitter, I believe, the best hitter in 249 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 2: the history of the Mariners. Edgar Martinez never had a 250 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: five hit game, in part because he walked all the time, 251 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 2: so he didn't get it up at bats to get 252 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 2: a five hit game. But Dominic Canzone had five for 253 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,119 Speaker 2: five with three homers. It's just the beauty of baseball 254 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 2: is that on a night we're cal rally deep twice 255 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 2: someone else out hit him on his own team and 256 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 2: it wasn't the guy. Maybe that you thought it would 257 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: be all right, Jeff, speaking of Great Nights Show, Hey 258 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 2: Otani did this on Tuesday Night. This was like the 259 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: headline show Hey Otani pitched five hitless innings and hit 260 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 2: his fiftieth home run. I mean, just think about those 261 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 2: two sentences together. 262 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 3: Crazy. 263 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 2: This kind of encapsulates who show, Hey Otani is, starts 264 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 2: the game, pitches five no hit innings and hits a 265 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: home run. So only four other, five other pitchers, four 266 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 2: other pitchers have ever gone no hitter through five innings 267 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 2: of a game and hit a home run in the 268 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 2: same game. Rick Wise is one of them who I've 269 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 2: told you. Do you remember the Rick Wise game that 270 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 2: he had he pitched a no hitter. Jeff and hit 271 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 2: two home runs nineteen seventy one in a no hitter. 272 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 2: Don Wilson did it also when I say five no 273 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 2: hit innings, hit a home run. Jim Tobin the only 274 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 2: pitcher to hit three home runs in a Major league 275 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: game ever, and Wes Ferrell, who might be the greatest 276 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 2: hitting pitcher of all times. So Otani joins that group. 277 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 2: But those guys didn't hit their fiftieth home run of 278 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 2: the season in a game in which they pitched five 279 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 2: no hit innings. That show, hey, Otani. 280 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: My guess is none of them came close to even 281 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: hitting fifty career home run. Well, yeah, I believe Wes 282 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: Ferrell hit thirty six, which is the most ever by 283 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: a pitcher, and he was one of the great hitting pitchers. 284 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: I'll tell you all West Ferrell stories some other time. 285 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: So this is the sixth time, now sixth player to 286 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: go back to back. 287 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 2: With fifty homer seasons. Babe Ruth did it twice, Ken 288 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: Griffy Junior, Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and now 289 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 2: show hey, Otani, and I'm pretty sure Aaron Judge is 290 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: going to join that. He's got forty eight as we 291 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: record here, he's going to hit two more homers the 292 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 2: last two weeks of the season and then have fifty 293 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 2: homers in back to back season. Jeff, I just hope 294 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: people understand what we're watching here with all this incredible stuff. 295 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 2: When to be able to say that, Jeff, in your 296 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 2: baseball watching Prime, you saw Judge and Otani, you can 297 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 2: tell McKinley, hope that you grew up watching these guys 298 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 2: play and do amazing things every night. 299 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: Well, and think about the time I was born in 300 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three, dad, So like I was five years 301 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,119 Speaker 1: old when Mark McGuire hit seventy. 302 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 3: My childhood was the steroid era. 303 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: You know, all of these big bombs, Barry Bonds, all 304 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: of these guys, and now we're seeing a whole new generation. 305 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: And McKinley always says that she loves it. Anytime she 306 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: sees YouTube TV, which is what we use for our 307 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,119 Speaker 1: cable pop up, she goes, we watch baseball, watch baseball, 308 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: and then she's upset if you're not on the TV 309 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: calling the baseball game. So I didn't want to tell 310 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: you that because it might make me sad, but yeah, 311 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: she loves watching baseball. 312 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 2: That's well, I'm so glad to hear that. All right. 313 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: A couple of things, Jeff. For the Diamondbacks to still 314 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 2: be in the race, it's just incredible. They kind of 315 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 2: unloaded at the trade deadline. They had seventeen guys who 316 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 2: have a save this year. That's a major league record. 317 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 2: They lost their best pitcher, Corbyn Burns, early in the season, 318 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 2: and Tory Leavello has kept them as well as some 319 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 2: really good players still on that team in contention in 320 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 2: the Nashley I actually got asked on a radio show 321 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 2: the other day, do you think Tory Leavello will get 322 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 2: fired at the end of the season. I said, what 323 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: is this a trick question? If he gets fired, which 324 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 2: he won't, he will get a job in five minutes. 325 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: That's how good a manager he is. And as far 326 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 2: as good managers go. Again, Jeff, I'm going to ask you, 327 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 2: how are the Guardians still in this The Guardians are 328 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 2: still in the Pennant race with everything that has gone 329 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: wrong on that team this year is just been incredible. 330 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: The job that Steven Vote has done. 331 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and he's also one of the funniest managers you 332 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: could ask for out there now right. 333 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 2: He is hilariously funny, but we stay away from the 334 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 2: humor in the middle of a pen of raise because 335 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 2: he understands his role that he's not you know, he 336 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: can't just you know, yuck it up with people when 337 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 2: they come into his office. They're in a penny raise. 338 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 2: This is serious stuff. And last thing, Jeff, I've made 339 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 2: it clear, no hot takes on this show, no controversy, 340 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: no just no anger on the show. There's just not necessary. 341 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 2: I'm just too old. But as you know, I just 342 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 2: don't like the ghost runner starting starting on base in 343 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: the tenth inning. So I can't even remember what was 344 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 2: it's not important, but this was the lead to the 345 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 2: story that somebody wrote the other day. I wish I 346 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,719 Speaker 2: remember his name. So and so hit a lead off 347 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 2: to run, walk off home run, A lead off to run, 348 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 2: walk off home run. So how can it be a 349 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 2: lead home run? Yeah, a two run homer and a 350 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: walk off homer. Well, if it's lead off, it could 351 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 2: be a walk off. How can it be a two 352 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: run homer? Well, you come up with a runner at 353 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 2: second base, you're leading off the tenth inning, you hit 354 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: a home run to win the game. That's how you 355 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 2: get there. It just doesn't it just doesn't look right 356 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 2: to me. 357 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 3: All right, dad, the quirk chins, what do you have 358 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 3: for us? 359 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: All right? Well, Steve Sparks is now officially my new 360 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: favorite player person in baseball, okay, former pitcher. He just 361 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: has a different look at the game than everyone else. So, 362 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 2: like two thirty in the morning, I get a text 363 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: from him and it says, uh, Carl Junior follows Burger King. 364 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: That was the text. So now I got to go 365 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 2: figure this out. Well I figured it out, Like immediately 366 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 2: was that Jake Berger faced Brian King. So Jake Berger 367 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: of the Rangers faced Brian King of the Astros in 368 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 2: the Burger King pitcher batter matchup. It's not the first time. 369 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 2: In fact, Mychael King faced Jake Berger several times, and 370 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 2: Jake Berger recently told me that the MLB Network did 371 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: their five favorite at bats of the season or whatever 372 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 2: and it didn't include the Burger King at bat. And 373 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 2: Jake Berger saw Michael King, he said, how could they 374 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,479 Speaker 2: leave us off? Like they all know that the Burger 375 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 2: King at bad is like a big deal now. But 376 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 2: following the Burger King at bat. In the next inning 377 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 2: pitching for the Astros was Carl Edwards Junior. So he's 378 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 2: Carl Junior. So following the Burger King inning, we had 379 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 2: Carl Edwards Junior Carl Junior pitching. Jeff, do you I 380 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 2: mean this has added a new level thanks to Steve 381 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 2: Sparks to the Burger King and our favorite pitcher batter matchups. 382 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 2: Am I wrong about this? No? 383 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: This is by far the best thing he's presented us, 384 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: and he has presented us some incredible things. 385 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 3: The seamad he is a former guest dad. Did we 386 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 3: have him this season? 387 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 2: Early season? He made us. 388 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 3: I mean we had guessed this quickly, how much he 389 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 3: loves that. 390 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 2: We need to We need to run back the best 391 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 2: of Steve Sparks for this year, not just his interview, 392 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 2: but all the other things that he has thrown my way. 393 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 2: Just to keep in mind that you remember jose L Tuvey. 394 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 2: He's his height is the same as his birthday five 395 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 2: six May. Now, now, I can't stop every time I 396 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 2: look at a guy who's you know, is five foot ten, 397 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 2: I wonder is he born on May the tenth? You know, 398 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 2: it's just ridiculous, but that's Steve Sparks for you, and 399 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 2: I love it. Thank you Steve for providing that. All right, Jeff. 400 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 2: Every week on the on the Quirk Jins, we have 401 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 2: strikeout notes because of the strikeout and I hate to 402 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 2: belabor this. I'm done with it now, but our boy 403 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: James Wood, who's such a good kid and such a 404 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 2: good baseball player, has gone through a massive strikeout streak here. 405 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: So he had his twenty seventh hat trick of the season. 406 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 2: Hat trick means three or more strikeouts in a game. 407 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 2: So now he holds the major league record for most 408 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 2: games twenty seven with three or more strikeouts, breaking a 409 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 2: tie with Joey Gallo and with Mark Reynolds. So since 410 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 2: we mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, he's surpassed it. 411 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 2: So being a journalist, I think we need to point 412 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 2: this out, even though we're not poking fun at anyone. 413 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 2: Just another reminder, Jeff, how hard it is to hit 414 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 2: in this game. James Wood made the All Star team. 415 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 2: He was fabulous the first half of the season. Second 416 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: half has been a struggle because the game is a struggle. 417 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 2: Getting a hit is a struggle. Every night. I've told 418 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 2: you a million times, Jeff, I watch a game, I 419 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 2: go to a game, and I wonder, how does anyone 420 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 2: get a hit anymore? That's what we watch on a 421 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 2: nightly basis in the big leagues. And speaking of strikeouts, 422 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 2: Jeff Carlos Stanton, who we talked about on Tuesdays, he 423 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer if he gets to five hundred homers. 424 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 2: He had three hat tricks since the last time we 425 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 2: pointed this out ten days ago, so now he's got 426 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty eight hat tricks in his career 427 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 2: and he's got a real chance now to catch Adam Dunn, 428 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 2: who has the most hat tricks one hundred and seventy 429 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 2: three in major league history. And Stanton did it during 430 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 2: a stretch. Jeff twenty six at bats, eighteen strikeouts in 431 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: twenty six at bats, and Jeff, he had seven consecutive 432 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 2: games with multi strikeouts. Luis Robert did that this year. 433 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 2: And let's see if you remember because we used this 434 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 2: note earlier in the season when it came to Riley Green, 435 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 2: who holds the major league record by a position player 436 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 2: for most consecutive games with at least two strikeouts. I'm 437 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 2: not going to torture you here it's Aaron Judge and Jeff, 438 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,239 Speaker 2: I tell you this because he's the best player in 439 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 2: the game. And when he came up, he was not 440 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 2: the best player in the game. But he's turned himself 441 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 2: into this by just learning how to play the game. 442 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 2: It's just so impressive that he could struggle that badly 443 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 2: with a swing and now fix it to this point. 444 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: All right, Dad, Well, coming up next here on, is 445 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: this a great game or what? We're gonna have a 446 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: seamhead joining us, who brought his very own team tim 447 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: that combines team timness and seamheadedness altogether and got on 448 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: this and get smart and get smart. Right, so, Dad, 449 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: you are just losing your marbles over this list, as 450 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: you should. 451 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 3: So fantastic and. 452 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 2: You can combine a cork gin with get smart and 453 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 2: get it into the You got my respect all the way. 454 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 3: Through that and so much more. 455 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: Coming up next, Well, back, is this a great game 456 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: or what on this state baseball history? 457 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 3: What do you have dad? 458 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: Bl right, Jeff, This date in nineteen sixty eight, Ray 459 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 2: Washburn pitched a no hitter for the Cardinals against the Giants, 460 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 2: and the day before do you know what happened the 461 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 2: day before that? In San Francisco the day before Gaylord 462 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 2: Perry of the Giants, I pitched a no hitter. So 463 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 2: on back to back day seventeen and eighteen of nineteen 464 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 2: sixty eight, there was a no hitter Throne. 465 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 3: Wow. 466 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 2: The two teams, the same two teams were involved. That 467 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 2: had never happened before in Major league history. Imagine you 468 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 2: go to a game one day, see a no hitter, 469 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 2: and the next day someone from the other team pitches 470 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 2: a no hitter. Never happened before. All Right, on this 471 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 2: date in nineteen twenty five, Jeff Harvey Haddocks was born. 472 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 2: Harvey Haddocks, nicknamed the Kitten, was a really good left 473 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 2: handed pitcher, didn't throw overly hard, but had a great understanding. Now, 474 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 2: let's see if you remember Jeff. This is he was 475 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 2: born in nineteen twenty five. But what is Harvey Haddocks's 476 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: claim to fame in baseball history. 477 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: Harvey Haddocks's he has a perfect game, right, Yeah, he. 478 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 2: Pitched twelve perfect innings in a game in nineteen fifty 479 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 2: nine and then in the top of the thirteenth he 480 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 2: at the bottom of the thirteenth in Milwaukee, he walked 481 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 2: Hank Aaron and then Joe Adcock hit a home run 482 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 2: to win the game two to nothing. But since Jeff 483 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 2: Joe Adcock passed Hank Aaron on the bases, because Hank 484 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 2: Aaron just kind of ran off the field because he 485 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 2: thought the game was over, they didn't give him a 486 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 2: two run homer. They only gave him a one run 487 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 2: homer because someone was passed on the basis. So Harvey 488 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,719 Speaker 2: Haddocks Jeff after that game in Milwaukee, apparently walked the 489 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 2: streets alone because he was so upset that he had 490 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 2: let his team down because he lost the game one 491 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 2: to nothing. And like Bill Mazeroski, one of his teammates 492 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 2: had to go to him and say, Harvey, you just 493 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 2: pitched twelve perfect innings, knowing in the history of baseball 494 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 2: has ever done that. And Harvey Haddocks wasn't walking around like, 495 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 2: oh my god, I lost a perfect game. It's that 496 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 2: he lost the game. Wow. Now, Jeff, just go back 497 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 2: you back to the Pedro Martinez argument that we had 498 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: earlier this year. Let's just say, if we played the 499 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: same rules that we played today, I know this one 500 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 2: on a million chances, and Harvey Haddocks is perfect through 501 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 2: nine innings and the top of the tenth inning comes 502 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 2: and he or yeah, or bottom of the tenth inning comes, 503 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 2: he's perfect for nine and the ghost runner is bunted 504 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 2: to third scores on a fly ball, and Harvey Haddock 505 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 2: strikes out the next batter top of the tenth Let's say, uh, 506 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 2: he retires all thirty batters and his team loses, so 507 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 2: he doesn't get credit for a perfect game. There'll be 508 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 2: a giant asterisk next to it. But does that seem 509 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 2: fair to you that a guy faces in this case, 510 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 2: as I make all of this up, faces thirty batters, 511 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 2: retires all of them and doesn't get a perfect game? Yeah? 512 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 3: Dad, We talked about this with Pedro Martinez, right. 513 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: Because he's the only other guy to take a perfect 514 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 2: game into the tenth inning. And what would happen if 515 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 2: we played the rules back then like we do today. Again, 516 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 2: this is almost no chance that's gonna happen. What if 517 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 2: it did? 518 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 3: What if they did? What if it did? 519 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: And I think I think there needs to be a 520 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: rule written into Major League Baseball's rule book that if 521 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: you if there is a perfect game you have not 522 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 1: reached by you do not get a free base. You 523 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: have to earn that you have to earn second base 524 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: by at least reaching base during nine in eight. 525 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 3: I think that needs to be a rule. 526 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 2: All right, Well, it's an interesting thought, all right. On 527 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 2: this date, nineteen forty eight, Ken Brett was born. Can Brett, 528 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 2: of course, is George Brett's brother. Ken Brett was a 529 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 2: really good teenage pitcher in the major leagues, did some 530 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 2: amazing things and one of the greatest hitting pictures of 531 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 2: all time. As I told you earlier this year, Jeff, 532 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 2: he hit a home run in four consecutive starts. No 533 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 2: pitchers ever hit a home run in four consecutive starts. 534 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 2: George Brett told me once Ken Brett was the best 535 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 2: hitter in our family. I know that, and George, of 536 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 2: course is a Hall of Fame hitter. That's how good 537 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 2: Ken Brett was. Another birthday on this date is Ryan 538 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 2: Samberg nineteen fifty nine, the late Ryan Samberg. We lost 539 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 2: him in the last couple of months, terrible loss for baseball. 540 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 2: And Jeff, you know, forty homers in a season, won 541 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 2: an MVP, one of the great hitting second basement of 542 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: all time, but an absolutely brilliant defender also, and I 543 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 2: told you the story. I'm going to tell you again. 544 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 2: Lloyd mcclennon got on base with the Pirates once he 545 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 2: swears he got hit by a pitch on purpose. So 546 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 2: he's on first and he is hoping that there's a 547 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 2: in order to get back at the Cubs for hitting 548 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 2: him on purpose. He says, give me a double playball, 549 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 2: so I can go kill Samberg AT's second or kill 550 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 2: Sean Dunston at short stop. Nothing against them personally, but 551 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 2: that's the only way to take out your anger. You 552 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 2: hit me on purpose, I'm going to punish you for that. 553 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 2: So there's a ground ball of the shortstop and McLennon 554 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 2: is running the second and his eyes get this big 555 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 2: and he goes, great, I got it, I got it. 556 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 2: I get a chance to crush Ryan Samberg AT's second base. 557 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 2: So he says, I got him in my sights. I 558 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 2: got him in my sights. And then all of a 559 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 2: sudden he disappeared, and Ryan Samberg got the outed second, 560 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 2: avoided a very angry big sliding runner, got away from him, 561 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 2: somehow jumped over him and completed the double play. So 562 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 2: when you want to know how great Ryan Samberg was, 563 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 2: you can see all the defensive metrics, all the defensive stats. 564 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 2: Think about that play. He was a magician around the 565 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 2: bag with his footwork. Because you know why, Jeff, because 566 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 2: he worked at it and that stuff really really matters. 567 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 2: And last birthday, Jeff Seth Beer one of my favorite 568 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 2: baseball names. He was born on this date in nineteen 569 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 2: ninety six. Now, let's see how well you remember the 570 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 2: team tims from this year. What team was Seth Beer on? 571 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 3: Wasn't he? Was he part of All Drink team or 572 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: All Spirits team? 573 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 2: Or was the All Saint Patty's Day? 574 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 3: Oh that's right, right, we set the beer. 575 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 2: Right, Seth Beer was our first basement. How much do 576 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 2: we love that? 577 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 3: From Ozzie to Oral Dad? 578 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: We count down the best players at each number from 579 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: one to fifty five, and today number forty six. 580 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, this was tricky for me because Andy Pettitt wore 581 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 2: number twenty six, forty six. But I'm going to go 582 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 2: with Lee Smith. Hall of Famer Lee Smith, say, four 583 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 2: hundred and seventy eight games, pitch for a bunch of teams, 584 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 2: including Cubs, Red Sox, Cardinals, Orioles, A monster coming out 585 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 2: of the bullpen six to six. I was told once 586 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 2: that Lee Smith used to love to take a nap 587 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 2: in the clubhouse like and would for the first like three, four, 588 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 2: five innings of the game. He's the closer, so he's 589 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 2: never needed, so occasionally he would take a nap in 590 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 2: the clubhouse and then wander out to the bullpen in 591 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 2: the fifth inning of the game and then be ready 592 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 2: and rested for the ninth inning. And this is terribly 593 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: self serving, Jeff, But I played basketball with Lee Smith 594 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 2: a lot of times, and I'm saying at least fifty 595 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 2: different times I played basketball Lee Smith. He was a 596 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 2: great college basketball player six sticks, could really shoot it. 597 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: But it used to drive me crazy playing with him 598 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 2: because he was playing with a bunch of sports writers 599 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 2: mostly and he was the biggest and best player on 600 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 2: the court. He decided that he would never go near 601 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 2: the basket because he was it was too easy, like 602 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 2: I'm bigger than everyone else and I'm better than everyone else. 603 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 2: So he loved to just shoot three. So I would 604 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 2: risk my life getting into the paint and pass it 605 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 2: to him for a layup and he would kick it 606 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 2: out to a three point shooter, or he would kick 607 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 2: it out and go shoot it himself. That's what Lee 608 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 2: Smith was like playing basketball, not many people could say, yeah, 609 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 2: I played basketball with a Hall of Famer, but I did. 610 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 2: And Lee Smith was great fun to play with, but 611 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 2: sometimes it was better when he was on the other 612 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 2: team because it wasn't as frustrating. 613 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 3: All right, dad, number forty seven, who's the best player 614 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 3: to the. 615 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 2: Wear of that, Yeah, that's Tom Glavi And he won 616 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 2: three hundred and five games Hall of Fame, won two 617 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 2: cy youngs, led the league and wins five different times. 618 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 2: And each of those seasons he won twenty games. You 619 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 2: know how nobody wins twenty games anymore. Tom Glavin did 620 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 2: it five times, made ten All Star teams. And as 621 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 2: we learned from Tom Glavin, we knew he was a 622 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 2: great hockey player. But he got drafted ahead of Brett 623 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 2: Hull in the in the NHL draft. And let's see 624 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 2: if you can remember, remember when we asked Tom Glavin, 625 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 2: who was such a great guest this year, so awesome, 626 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 2: what was our what was our hypothetical about penalty kick 627 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 2: penalty shots in an NHL game? 628 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: I think I asked him. I think we asked him 629 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: if he took them, now, how many would he make. 630 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 2: Out of ten? Yes? What did he say? 631 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 3: I think he said three or four. 632 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 2: He went like this. He goes, uh, and this is 633 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 2: why we love Tom Glavin. He recognizes the different levels, 634 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 2: and he recognizes he's an older guy. Now. He says, 635 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 2: maybe maybe I could score one goal, and I challenged him, 636 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 2: come on, you're going to get more than one he goes, 637 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 2: and I don't think so, maybe I can only get 638 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 2: one goal out of this. So that was Tom Glavin 639 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 2: on our air earlier this year. You haven't heard that episode, 640 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 2: you need to go back and listen to Tom Glavin. He 641 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 2: was great. He's our best number forty seven ever, the. 642 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 3: Best of all tim. 643 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: We take a different franchise, different organization, and well, Dad 644 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: gives us the best player to ever play. And right 645 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: now we have Cleveland, which I spent three years in Cleveland, 646 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: Ohio working for Cleveland's Q one oh four, my first 647 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: radio gig out of college. I love this city, Dad, 648 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: So there's a lot riding on this for me personally. 649 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 3: Who do you have? 650 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 2: Well? This was really hard because Tris Speaker played there, 651 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 2: but he didn't play his entire career there, and Nap 652 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 2: Leisure Away played there, didn't play his entire career there, 653 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 2: but the Cleveland Naps. Yeah, and they named the team 654 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 2: after him, so it really should be him. But I've 655 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,400 Speaker 2: kind of narrowed to guys who played their entire career 656 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,280 Speaker 2: in the twentieth century on. And even though napple Juwe 657 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:11,240 Speaker 2: played his entire at the time Indians career from nineteen 658 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 2: hundred on and his numbers are just ridiculous, he's one 659 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 2: of the three greatest second basement of all time. But 660 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 2: I'm going with Bob Feller just because his story still 661 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 2: to me is so amazing. He joined the Indians in 662 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 2: nineteen thirty six, he was seventeen years old, Jeff, and 663 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 2: he struck out seventeen batters in a game when he 664 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 2: was seventeen years old. And when the season ended, Jeff, 665 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 2: of course he's still in high school. So imagine the 666 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 2: striking out seventeen in a major league game. Then you 667 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,720 Speaker 2: go back to high school and you're going to geography class, 668 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 2: science class. 669 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 3: How could that be? 670 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 2: That was Bob Feller? You remember that story, right? 671 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:54,960 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, without a doubt. 672 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's always your go to Bob Feller's story 673 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: at all times. And I just love because I mean, 674 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 1: I was umpiring ten year olds at age seventeen, dad, 675 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 1: and he was striking out seventeen at seventeen right now. 676 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 2: So he led the league in wins and strikeouts three 677 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 2: years in a row. And then World War Two came about. 678 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 2: The Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor and he enlisted. So he 679 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 2: missed forty two, forty three, forty four, and he did 680 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 2: that on his own. And you remember the story I 681 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 2: told you. I'm not going to tell it again, how 682 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,919 Speaker 2: he screamed at me over the phone when I asked 683 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,239 Speaker 2: him why he enlisted. That's another story for another day. 684 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 2: But so he comes back full time, full time now 685 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 2: in nineteen forty six and leads the league in wins 686 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 2: and strikeouts again. So he did that in four straight 687 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 2: full seasons. By him, he led the league in strikeouts 688 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,320 Speaker 2: seven years in a row. And Ted Williams once told 689 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 2: me the hardest picture I ever faced, or the best 690 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,759 Speaker 2: picture I ever faced, was Bob Feller. So when Ted 691 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 2: Williams tells you that, you really listen. So he's my 692 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,280 Speaker 2: greatest Indian slash guardian of all time. It's a controversial 693 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,439 Speaker 2: choice because I know nap Lajahway is on the top 694 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 2: of a lot of lists, but Bob Feller played his 695 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,799 Speaker 2: entire career with the Indians, and that means something for me, 696 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 2: no doubt about it. Dad. 697 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 1: Now we're excited. I've been really looking forward to chatting 698 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:27,400 Speaker 1: about Dan Simon. He is our seamhead this week. And well, 699 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: I actually before we talk about well, we're going to 700 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: talk about Dan, but before we bring up what Dan 701 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 1: is talking about, I want to read Paul Caputo's email Dad. 702 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,760 Speaker 1: So he writes, I understand that you're going to highlight 703 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: Dan Simon on your show. He would never volunteer this 704 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: information because he's way too modest. But Dan is a 705 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: big name in the world of minor league baseball. He's 706 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,799 Speaker 1: the founder of Studio Simon, the design firm that has 707 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: created logos for the likes of the Savannah Bananas since 708 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: we just had Jesse Cole on right, the Memphis Redbirds, 709 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: Eerie Sea Wolves, just to name a few of literally 710 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: one hundreds plus super Bowl logos, and work at the 711 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: major league level. If you share this on the podcast, 712 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: please pretend like you stumbled on that information yourself. 713 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:09,720 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Paul. 714 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,240 Speaker 1: I have to thank you for this because I really 715 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,279 Speaker 1: appreciate you taking the time to honor your friend Dan, 716 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 1: because Dan is a next level seamhead and has created 717 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: something combining seamheadedness and teamed him and get smart like 718 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: we've never heard before. 719 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 2: Dad. 720 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 3: This got you so giddy right right it did. 721 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 2: Look anytime you include get smart in anything, you can 722 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,360 Speaker 2: count me in and get smart. Of course, Maxwell Smart, 723 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,320 Speaker 2: greatest sitcom character of all time. He had a saying 724 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 2: he goes he would look at the chief. He was 725 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,439 Speaker 2: just exasperated by Max all the time, and Max will 726 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,359 Speaker 2: go missed it by that much. So Dan Simon came 727 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 2: up with the all missed it by that much team 728 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 2: of guys who came really close to amazing numbers and 729 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,319 Speaker 2: missed by one, and we'll just give you one. You know. 730 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 2: Ian Kinsler at second base finished with one thousand, nine 731 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 2: hundred and ninety nine hits missed missed by one hit. 732 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,879 Speaker 2: And then Dan includes at the end Joey Jay, who 733 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,959 Speaker 2: I grew up watching, finished his career with ninety nine 734 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 2: victories and nine hundred and ninety nine strikeouts, So he 735 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,759 Speaker 2: missed one hundred wins and a thousand strikeouts each by one. 736 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 2: It took a lot of work to come up with this, 737 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:32,360 Speaker 2: and that's why we have Dan Simon as our seam 738 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 2: head of the day. 739 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 4: Hi, I'm Dan Simon and I am a seamhead. Tim 740 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 4: has mentioned several times on the podcast that his favorite 741 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 4: sitcom of all time was Get Smart. And for those 742 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,920 Speaker 4: of us who also enjoyed that sitcom, we know that 743 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:56,760 Speaker 4: one of Maxwell Smart's catchphrases was missed it by that much. 744 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:01,319 Speaker 4: So I have put together the all missed it by 745 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 4: that much team. We're going to start with the outfielders, actually, 746 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 4: because the impetus for this idea was knowing that alk 747 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 4: Line retired with three hundred and ninety nine career home runs. 748 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,480 Speaker 4: And how do I know that, well, because I am 749 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 4: a seamhead. So we've got Hall of Famer an eighteen 750 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 4: time All Star alk Line retiring with three hundred ninety 751 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,919 Speaker 4: nine career home runs. Second outfielder is two time All 752 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:32,040 Speaker 4: Star and beloved Brooklyn Dodger Carl Farrillo, who had a 753 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 4: point two ninety nine four to six lifetime batting average. 754 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 4: Our last outfielder is six time All Star and only 755 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:45,200 Speaker 4: player with five hundred hits for four different teams, Rusty Stobb, 756 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,200 Speaker 4: who had four hundred and ninety nine career doubles. Now 757 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,480 Speaker 4: let's move to the infield. Our first baseman is Hall 758 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,640 Speaker 4: of Famer Cap Anson, who had a batting average of 759 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 4: zero point three nine nine four in eighteen eighty one, 760 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,560 Speaker 4: missed four hundred by that much. Our second baseman is 761 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:08,280 Speaker 4: four time All Star Ian Kinsler, who retired with one thousand, 762 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 4: nine hundred and ninety nine career hits, and our third 763 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,880 Speaker 4: baseman Hall of Famer Jimmy Collins, who also retired with 764 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 4: one thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine career hits. Rounding 765 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 4: out the infield, our shortstop is seven time All Star 766 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 4: and AL Batting champion Michael Young, who had a point 767 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:34,360 Speaker 4: two nine ninety nine lifetime batting average. Our catcher is 768 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 4: Hall of Famer from the late eighteen hundreds Jim O'Rourke, 769 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,839 Speaker 4: who retired with one thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine 770 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:46,279 Speaker 4: career games played. Full disclosure, he was primarily an outfielder, 771 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,560 Speaker 4: but he did play two hundred and thirty one games 772 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:53,279 Speaker 4: at catcher. Our pitchers start with Eddie Seacott, known for 773 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 4: his part in the nineteen nineteen Black Sox scandal. He 774 00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,560 Speaker 4: had twenty nine wins in the regular season that year. 775 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 4: Our second pitcher, six time All Star who won back 776 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,400 Speaker 4: to back MVPs in nineteen forty four and nineteen forty 777 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 4: five Hal Neuhauser, who had twenty nine wins in nineteen 778 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 4: forty four. Our third pitcher is seven time All Star 779 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:21,080 Speaker 4: Billy Pearce, who had one thousand, nine hundred ninety nine 780 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 4: career strikeouts, and my favorite on the missed it by 781 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,879 Speaker 4: that much team is two time All Star and two 782 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 4: time twenty Game winner Joey j who got the double 783 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,880 Speaker 4: whammy with ninety nine career wins and nine hundred and 784 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:43,520 Speaker 4: ninety nine career strikeouts. Lastly, our manager, full time Manager 785 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,680 Speaker 4: of the Year and World Series winning manager Bobby Cox, 786 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:51,320 Speaker 4: who had one thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine career losses. 787 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:55,360 Speaker 4: In this case, good to have missed it by that much. 788 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 4: The last thing I want to say is with regard 789 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 4: to Rusty Stob, careers may not be that sexy of 790 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:07,080 Speaker 4: a category, but he's included because Rusty Stob's full name 791 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,880 Speaker 4: is Daniel Joseph Stob, and my full name is Daniel 792 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,080 Speaker 4: Joseph Simon, and I am a seam head. 793 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 1: Dan is incredible. Thank you for sending that note. Thank 794 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,400 Speaker 1: you for sending that team. 795 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 3: Dad. 796 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,359 Speaker 1: This is next level, truly the amount of work that 797 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,600 Speaker 1: it takes to go find all of these very unique 798 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: missed it by that much is so I don't even 799 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:32,040 Speaker 1: know if that's the right. 800 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:36,120 Speaker 2: Verbons No, but that's perfect, Jeff. And that's perfect get smart, 801 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 2: perfect Dan Simon and perfect baseball, that all of these 802 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,920 Speaker 2: things happen and you just look and say, God, he 803 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 2: missed it by that much. 804 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: I love it so Excited for next week, Dad, you 805 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 1: and I are taking a little bit of a family vacation. 806 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,319 Speaker 1: We go to the Outer Banks every single year with 807 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:56,080 Speaker 1: family's dad that you grew up with. All all of 808 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,880 Speaker 1: the dads, so to speak, are all now grandfathers, but 809 00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:03,040 Speaker 1: all of the dads have been going since college and 810 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,600 Speaker 1: now kids have kids, and it's a whole thing. So 811 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,280 Speaker 1: we're going to be doing the podcast though, and Dad's 812 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:09,960 Speaker 1: going to be working and I'm going to be working 813 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,360 Speaker 1: from the beach house in person together. 814 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,480 Speaker 3: Dad, Are you excited? Should we wear bathing suits and 815 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:15,600 Speaker 3: tank tops for the pod? 816 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:19,839 Speaker 2: What do you think? Not a chance, Jeff. No, I'm 817 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,719 Speaker 2: not going to be seen in a bathing suit for 818 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,520 Speaker 2: the rest of my life. You need to be ready 819 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,200 Speaker 2: for that, not Jeff. Let's be clear though, and I 820 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,080 Speaker 2: need to say this. I don't care how uh this 821 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,840 Speaker 2: is the worst week you could possibly go on vacation 822 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,879 Speaker 2: other than October. But let's be clear, I took one 823 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,560 Speaker 2: for the team here. I don't deserve any credit for this. 824 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,840 Speaker 2: This was the only time we could get the beach house. 825 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,480 Speaker 2: This was the only time that everyone else could go. 826 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,320 Speaker 2: So I'm not going to ruin it by not showing 827 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,880 Speaker 2: up or say no, I can't go. It's too close 828 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,360 Speaker 2: to the end of the baseball season. So I'm going 829 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:54,160 Speaker 2: and I'm going to be covering baseball somehow someway from 830 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:58,840 Speaker 2: you know, Kittyhawk, North Carolina for about five days, and 831 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:00,520 Speaker 2: I'm going to do the best I can, and so 832 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:00,920 Speaker 2: are you. 833 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:02,480 Speaker 3: I love to hear that. 834 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:02,839 Speaker 2: Dad. 835 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,480 Speaker 1: We'll be back with you next week. Kevin Brown is 836 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,040 Speaker 1: going to be a guest. We've got Jeremy shap lined up. 837 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,480 Speaker 1: There's gonna be so much great podcasting, so make sure 838 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,919 Speaker 1: to hit subscribe wherever you're listening right now and share 839 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,040 Speaker 1: the podcast with a friend. 840 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,239 Speaker 3: Dad, thank you so much. 841 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,960 Speaker 1: Thank you members of our family for listening, and as always, 842 00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:20,680 Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of our family.