1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: From the Berke shears to the sound from wherever you 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: live in MLB America. This is Inside the Parker. You 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: give us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: scoop on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: Fame voter number eighty three, Rob Parker. This is Inside 6 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: the Parker. I'm your host, Rob Parker. What a show 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: we have lined up for you today. MLB dot COM's 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: Mark fine Sand drops by to talk major League Baseball 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: all around both leagues, that and much more. Let's go 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: up to lead off. It's getting rocked and keep him on. 11 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number one, say it isn't so, but the 13 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: Oakland Aids could be moving out of Oakland. Baseball has 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: given it's blessing that the Aid's ownership can start looking 15 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: around for a new home. Uh. The A's have been 16 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: there in Oakland since we get it. It's a bad stadium. 17 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: They desperately need a new place to play. But man, 18 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: what a blow it would do to the city and 19 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: to the fans. There have a longstanding tradition. People forget 20 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: that the Oakland A's, you know, with the Bass Brothers 21 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: go back to the seventies when they had Reggie Jackson 22 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: and Joe Rudy. They also had Ricky Henderson. There as 23 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: a lot of history, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue. I can 24 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: go on and on and on about all the great 25 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: players who came out of Oakland. Uh. And at one 26 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: time they won three World Series in a row, uh 27 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: ninety one, seventy two, and seventy three, and an amazing franchise. 28 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: But this could be the end if they don't get 29 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: a stadium, and my gut is that, uh, this will 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: be the end. Number two. Enough already with the no hitters, 31 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: what kind of baseball is this? We had four no 32 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: hitters in forty days of the season. I mean that's 33 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: at a record pace, which is ridiculous. It used to 34 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: be like unbelievable to actually, uh see a no hitter 35 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: or witness it, or go to a ball game or 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: watch it on TV. And now it's happening almost once 37 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: a week in his very young baseball season. And obviously, 38 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: you know, there's a couple of things at hand here. 39 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Baseball played with the baseball. They didn't want as many 40 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: home runs, so they kind of doctored the ball number two, 41 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: The average batting average is two thirty four in the 42 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,839 Speaker 1: big leagues. That's the fourth consecutive year. So guys don't 43 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: hit for average anymore. It's feast or famine. Strikeouts are 44 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: home runs, which is bad. And here's another stat that 45 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: we shouldn't be happy with. Strikeouts are outpacing hit. It's 46 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: we now see more strikeouts than we see hits in 47 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: the major leagues. Man, something's gotta be figured out. This 48 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: feels like nineteen sixty eight when the mound was too 49 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: high and uh, you know, people couldn't hit for average. 50 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: I think only one player in the American League hit 51 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: over three hundred and nineteen sixty eight, if you could 52 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: believe that, And Bob Gibson and all these pictures dominated 53 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: um in that era, Mickey low Ledge and uh, you know, 54 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: Sandy Kofax. It was just unbelievable. So, yeah, baseball needs 55 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: to get this figured out. We need more offense, we 56 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: need more contact, we need more balls and play, and 57 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 1: we don't need more no hitters. Let's keep them at 58 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: a minimum where people can appreciate them, and not make 59 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: them one where we see every ten days or so. 60 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: That's not what we're looking for how about a little 61 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: law hit and runs. How about some doubles, some triples, 62 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: Get the ball and play number three. It's been about 63 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: a week since the Angels cut Albert pool Holds, one 64 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: of the all time great players, one of the greatest 65 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: right handed hitters who have ever played the game. And 66 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: Albert Pool said he wasn't done and he wants to 67 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: play again. But after that was shot down by his 68 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: former manager, Tony LaRussa with the White Sox that there 69 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: was no room at the end for pool Holes. I'm 70 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: not so sure he's gonna get another opportunity. Here comes 71 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: the big interview. Listen good, All right, Now, let's bring 72 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: in author Rocco Constantino, who's written a new book that 73 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: I'm very interested in. It's called In Beyond Baseball's Color Area, 74 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, 75 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: Present and Future. Roco man, I'm interested in this book. 76 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: Tell me why I need to pick it up. Well, 77 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: thanks a lot, Rabbit's great, great to be on your show. Um, 78 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: you know it's it's I said. The main reason to 79 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: pick up this book is it's it's a comprehensive history. 80 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: We start in eighteen seventy nine, and we examine how 81 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: the color line was eventually drawn in Major League dates ball, 82 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: and then we look at the efforts to erode it 83 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: um and we get to Jackie Robinson, but you know them, 84 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: between Jackie Robinson and the modern day, we celebrate all 85 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 1: those great African American players, um, the guys that played 86 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: through the sixties, seventies, eighties, and the all the way 87 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: up through today. UM. And then there's the last half 88 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: of the book is looking towards the future, and there's 89 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: been you know, very well publicized downtrend and in participation 90 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: among African Americans in the majors, but it's kind of 91 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: leveling off and we think we see some hope for 92 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: the future, and that's where the book ends up. So 93 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: I guess I I'm I'm very proud of the research 94 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: that was done. And it's comprehensive. Like I said, it 95 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: starts in eighteen seventy nine, it goes all the way 96 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: through today to look to the future, has some great 97 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: firsthand interviews in there, and yeah, I'm really happy with 98 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: the finished product. Rocco, tell me about the eighteen hundreds, 99 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: but tell me about the black players playing in the 100 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: Major leagues during that time. What was that like for them? 101 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: How dangerous was it was? You know, did people not 102 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: really uh make a big issue of color? How did 103 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: that play out? It was? And we actually started off 104 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: with with an interesting case and a guy by the 105 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: name of Will White who played one game in eighteen 106 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: seventy nine and it was pretty much a footnote in 107 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: Major League history until two thousand four when they discovered 108 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: that Will's mother was half half half black and she 109 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: was married to a slave owner. Um. And, like I said, 110 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: that goes back to eighteen seventy nine and he played 111 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: one game as a pill in as and you know, 112 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: he represented himself as a white person. Um. But at 113 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: the time, you know, he had a If he would 114 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: have been following the laws, he would have been considered 115 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: African American, but he tried to get around that because 116 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: he had light skin. Anyway, there's a lot of thought 117 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: that he was found out after one game and maybe 118 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: you know, wasn't allowed to play after that because he 119 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: played one game and did well. Um. But anyway, the 120 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: first person to openly play as an African American and 121 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: not try to hide behind that was with Moses fleetwood 122 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: Walker and he played on the ten eighty four Toledo Bluestockings. 123 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: One year in the majors with his brother Weldy. He 124 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: was the last African American to play before Jackie Robinson. 125 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: And yeah, he faced all the same stuff, um that 126 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: you know, and that you can imagine from that time 127 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: he had players like cath Ampton threatening to boycott games 128 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: with him. Um. You know, there were different in the 129 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: minor leagues to you know, International League, and uh in 130 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: nineteen o one, I believe it was past their roles. 131 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: You know, they had seven African American players in the 132 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: league that were good, and they were, you know, starting 133 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: to get a little nervous that they were going to 134 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: take other people's jobs. And so you know, they they 135 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: formally passed off spanning any future contract for African Americans. Um. 136 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: And then some other league either adopted that in writing 137 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: or in you know, in theory and in general with 138 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: the general Gentleman's agreement Major League Baseball and examine all 139 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. It was very very interesting to 140 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: dig into guests here on Inside the Parker's author Roco Constantino, Uh, 141 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: He's written a book called In Beyond Baseball's Colabarria tell 142 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: me about Jackie Robinson And did you find out anything 143 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: new about that? We all know about Jackie Robinson, how 144 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: important he was not only to baseball Roco, but also 145 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: to America. Has changed America when he took the field 146 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: for the Brooklyn Dodgers in n Were there any interest 147 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: in tibids you find out about about Jackie? Yeah, I 148 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:11,719 Speaker 1: I you know a lot of the stuff that you know, 149 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: he's so well researched and written about. It was it's 150 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: always great to read. Um. One thing that that struck 151 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: me was, you know, and you always heard that he 152 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: had the support of the fans. UM. I was reading about, uh, 153 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: you're a year in East Coast, New York City kind 154 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: of guy. But Jackie's debut in the minor league the 155 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: year before he played for the Dodgers, and the first 156 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: game he played was at Roosevelt Stadium, New Jersey City. Um, 157 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: And then just reading the newspaper account that at that time, 158 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: I mean there was general, I mean genuine excitement about 159 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 1: him playing minor league baseball. There were fans outside the ballpark, 160 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: you know, selling pins that said I'm with Jackie and 161 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: had his face on it, and you know he was 162 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: he was love it. I mean, it's you read the 163 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: papers and you read the stories from from what we're 164 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: written during the time that he played, and it's fascinating. 165 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: And one of my favorite ones was he you know, 166 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: when he played for the Montreal Royals in and they 167 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: won the championship and they're one of the great minor 168 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: league teams of all time. And after the game was 169 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: over and they won their championship in their home ballpark, 170 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: the fans rest of fields and they stormed Jackie and 171 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: they you know, we're ripping his shirt off and they 172 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: wanted a piece of them. And it said he had 173 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: to run clear out of the stadium with with all 174 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: his fans chasing them. And you know, there was a 175 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: comment in one of the books I read and said 176 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: like it was you know, for once there was a uh, 177 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: you know, a marvel people chasing an African American for 178 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: a good reason, and it just kind of struck at 179 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 1: the time, like, wow, that's that's what these people really 180 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: really went through. And um, you know, it's just very 181 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: striking to read a lot of this stuff, the accounts 182 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: from that time. And then you had the players boom 183 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: Black players between the seventies and the nineties I mean 184 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: the league and the game was with literally with black 185 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: stars all over the place. We already know and when 186 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: you can think about that, black players really weren't able 187 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: to play until nine seven. Yet you look at the 188 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: record books and black players are represented all over the place. Uh, 189 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: that was a great time in baseball. I mean there 190 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 1: were just stars everywhere, Wasn't there? It was? And that's 191 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: that's where my book kind of takes that turn from 192 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: the you know, the historical and digging into the influence 193 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: and of all the black players had on the subsequent generations. 194 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: I was launching a podcast just last night with Five Kendrick, 195 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: the president of the Negro League Museum, and he had 196 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: David Price and CC Sabatia on there, UM and they 197 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: were talking about you know, CC was talking about learning 198 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 1: about Bob Gibson and the generation before UM and Dave 199 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: Stewart was another person that was on the broadcast with them, 200 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: and they were fed, you know, to David Price, there's 201 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: gonna be some kids, you know, young African American pitcher 202 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: that looks up and says, Wow, I want to be 203 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: like David Price. UM. So when you see them talking 204 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: about how influential all the previous generations were it really 205 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: kind of hits home and uh, and that was something 206 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: I covered in the book, right, Uh, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, 207 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: they grew up watching Jackie Robinson and being influenced by 208 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: and Larry Doby. You know, all these guys, um, and 209 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: then those stars of the seventies and eighties, they watched 210 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: Willie Mays as kids. They watched Pank Aaron, they watched 211 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: Bob Gibson, and and you know, there was never a 212 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: time even during segregation. You know, there were Negro league 213 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: stars were big two, they drew, they drew a lot, 214 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: So there was never a time where there was a 215 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: shortage of black stars. Um, it's just a matter of 216 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: hoping that they start to gravitate towards back to baseball. Well, Rockle, 217 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: where can people get your book? The book is uh 218 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 1: in bed Baseball's Colab Area, The Story of African Americans 219 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball, Past, Present and Future. Uh. Where 220 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: is it available? All r It's available everywhere online. It's 221 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles, through my publisher of 222 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 1: Roman and Littlefield, or on my website Roco Constantino dot com. Um. 223 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 1: Now it's it's available widely all over the place. Alright, Roco, 224 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: we appreciate you, good luck with the book, and we'll 225 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: definitely be looking to read this one. I appreciate it, 226 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: thank you, Thank you, sir. It's time for the Pocket 227 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: Protector Central the analytic numbers you need to know. Well, 228 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is his game. 229 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: What do you got for me, Anthony? We spoke last 230 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: week about just how good pictures have been so far 231 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: this season. Four no hitters or five if you're generous, 232 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: putting off into the spot we haven't seen since the 233 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: divisional air began in nineteen sixty nine. We see the results, 234 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 1: but why are we seeing pitchers dominate the way they are. 235 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: Fan Grafts check gut Wine had a theory positive last week, 236 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: and the numbers do bear it out. In the first 237 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: six weeks of the season, we've seen hurlers pouring pitch 238 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: after pitch into the upper part of the zone. Now 239 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: stack cast breaks down where pitches end up and into 240 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: up to thirty nine different zones zones one through nine 241 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: considered the heart of the plate, eleven to nineteen, the 242 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: shadow zones just on the edges, twenty nine, the chase zones, 243 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: while thirty one to thirty nine are considered waste pitches. 244 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: This season, we're seeing a swinging strike rate over twenty 245 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: of pitches into the top shadow zone of the plate, 246 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: up a full percentage point from last year, while batters 247 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: are swinging and missing at nineteen point two percent of 248 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: pitches at the top heart of the zone. Normally the 249 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: pitches guys can barrel up most consistently, up over two 250 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: full percentage points from last year and nearly five percent 251 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: from spin. Rates and velocities on fastballs are an all 252 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: time high in the stat cast era, and it would 253 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: appear the pictures are finding hitter's weaknesses better than ever before. 254 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: Money into more money. Now it's time for betting on 255 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: the basis with Dave Gascott. Love that money, money we'll get. 256 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: The weekend started off right at Fenway Park. You get 257 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: the Angels and the Red Sox Boston only ten and 258 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: ten at home this season, but twenty two and fifteen overall. 259 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: They're one of the surprise teams at the American League. 260 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: And who would have thought. Nick Pavetta this season is 261 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: five and oh with an e r A at three 262 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: nineteen against Griffin Canning three and two with an e 263 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: r A at five nineteen. I'm taking the over in 264 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: that game. Also, I'm taking the Cardinals and the Padres 265 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: as one of the night Caps on Friday Night, I'm 266 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: taking the St. Louis Cardinals in this one against Joe 267 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: must Grove. Must Grove, who had a no hitter earlier 268 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: this season. The San Diego native has given up nine 269 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: total runs of last two games. I'm taking the Cardinals 270 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: as a road dog in that affair. The other game 271 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: I'm taking as the Cubbies and the Tigers. I'm taking 272 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: the Chicago Cubs on the road Jake Arietta versus Tek 273 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: Scooball on the pitching matchups. Scoop All this season is 274 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: oh and five with a five sixties seven e r A. 275 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: Tiger is the worst team in Major League Baseball. I'm 276 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: taking the Cubbies with a little bit of shock. When 277 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto, 278 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: if I'm writing, I'm ripping, Let's bring in a writer, 279 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: a broadcaster, older new All right, now, let's welcome to 280 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: the podcast. Mark Fine Say the fine baseball writer from 281 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: MLB dot Com. Mark, Welcome to the podcast. How you doing, 282 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: my man, I'm good, Rob. How you doing? Bundy doing great? Man? 283 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: I want to pepper you with some questions about all 284 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: over baseball. Let's start in uh in New York with 285 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: the Metropolitans, And did they make a mistake putting Jacob 286 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: de Graham back out on the mound after he had 287 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: come out of a game and it was questions about 288 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: an injury and they put him back out. Now he's 289 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: on the ten day I L. Is this something to 290 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: be worried about or not? Not so much? I would 291 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: say not so much. I don't think it was a mistake. 292 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they scratched him from a start when he 293 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: had some tightness. They did test, they didn't find anything. 294 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: He said he was good to go. Obviously, throw him 295 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: aside and felt fine, went in that's five innings and 296 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: then came out again. Um, you know, I'm not sure 297 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: it was a mistake. I think it was a very 298 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: smart move for them to put him on the I L. 299 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: Even though the m R I revealed nothing because this 300 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: is not a guy you want to mess around with. 301 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: And the fact that he had, you know, the issue 302 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: twice in a matter of a week or so. Uh, 303 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, the fact that it's a ten day I L. Now, 304 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: this only means he really misses one start, gets pushed 305 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: back a day on a second start. So I thought 306 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: it was a good move for them to put him on. 307 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: I L but I didn't have a problem with him. 308 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: Sorry to be him much more, Mark, Let's go to 309 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: the Angels and show hey Otani, who is putting together 310 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: a season baseball people, I haven't seen since Babe Ruth. 311 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: Where guy's pitching, throwing over jamals an hour, he's hitting 312 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: home runs. The other day he pitched and played white field. 313 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't want to take his bat out 314 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: of the line up. What do you make of this season? 315 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: This could be an m v P seat and if 316 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: he puts it together, I love it. I mean, there's 317 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: no more fascinating player in the league to watch right now. 318 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: And it's not just that he's pitching and hitting. He's 319 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: doing both of them at all star levels, right. I mean, 320 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: you're talking about a guy he doesn't have the innings 321 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: pitch of some of the top guys, but he starts 322 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: twenty five innings. He's got a two ten r A. Uh, 323 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: you know, the walks are an issue, but he doesn't 324 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: give a very many hits, strikes out well over a 325 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: batter at inning um and he's a been slugver. And 326 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if the m v P 327 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: thing is gonna happen for two reasons. Number one, Uh, 328 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: he plays on a team that is not very competitive 329 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: at the moment. He is one of their few pitchers 330 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: who's actually pitching to their capabilities. Uh. And secondly, he 331 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: plays the Mike Trout, and Mike Trout is such a 332 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: good player and he's such a generational talent that he's 333 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: a he's gonna beat him that mvv conversation as well. Uh. 334 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: And if you have two guys in that conversation from 335 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: a losing team, it's almost hard for me to see 336 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: either of them winning it. But if the Angels can 337 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: turn things around and contend, you know, Timey keeps doing 338 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: what he's doing, both pitching and hitting. Uh. You know, 339 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: the sky's the limit for this guy. He's just such 340 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: an impressive talent and it's taken a few years for 341 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: him to sort of put it all together where he 342 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: can do both and do both well. But man, he's 343 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: fun to watch. Our guest is Mark fine Sand from 344 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: MLB dot Com And you had a story on the 345 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: site on Wednesday, Mark about Trevor's story to shortstop of 346 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: the Rockies, and you said, if there is a deal, 347 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: it looks like there could be a deal. He's going 348 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,719 Speaker 1: to be a free agent next year, right, so they 349 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: unload him get what they can if they're not going 350 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: to be signed the guy. Uh. And these clubs you 351 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: said are the best fits, tell me, tell me the 352 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: best fits for him? Well, I mean, I think the 353 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: the obvious best fit is the Yankees. They're a team 354 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: that is not afraid to be a aggressive to go 355 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: out and make a big move at the deadline. Uh, 356 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, to add a big talent. Uh, you know, 357 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: if they're willing to go over that luxury attacks threshold, 358 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: which they might have to do if they add his 359 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: six million over the last couple of months. Um, you know, 360 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: you can move cleaveror Tourers back to second base, which 361 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: I think is a better natural position for him. And 362 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: uh and put story in its short there there to me, 363 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: the most obvious fit, the A's are a team again 364 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: Billy Dean. Every time he sees a windows, he's an opportunity. 365 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: He's not afraid to go out and make a deal. Uh. 366 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: Shortstop has been a bit of a problem there. Elvis 367 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: Andrews has been a huge disappointment in Oakland. So I 368 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 1: think they're a possibility. And then the Brewers or another team, 369 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: the Reds, a couple of n L Central clubs that 370 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: I put in there, uh not getting the production, had 371 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: a shortstop and in a very witnable division. And the 372 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: last team I had was the Raise. You know, the 373 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: money is what would get in the way there. They've 374 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: got more than enough prospects. It's operated farm system in 375 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: the league, accorded MLB pipeline. Um, you know, So the 376 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: question is would Colorado paid down some of that salary 377 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: to increase the level of prospect they get back if 378 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: they are Uh. And the Raised aside, that's a spot 379 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: that they need some help in. William Donnas Joey Wendell 380 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: have not combined for very much offense out of the 381 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: shortstop position this year. Uh. You know, the Rais could 382 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: could be a stealth team to get into the story 383 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: sweep stakes. All right, Mark, you just mentioned the A's 384 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: and the news. Of course Baseball has given it's blessing 385 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: that they can look around possible relocation because they don't 386 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: have a new deal. Give me two or three cities 387 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: that the Oakland A's could wind up. Well, Las Vegas 388 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: is a very popular potential destination obviously that you know, 389 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: they've played some games there in the regular season and 390 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: some of the teams, um, you know, they've had success 391 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: a Triple A Baseball there and just like they finally 392 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: got an NFL team that sort of broke the uh, 393 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: the ice in terms of professional sports in Las Vegas, 394 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 1: they've got an HL team now. So the idea that 395 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: you can't have a team in Vegas because of the 396 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: gambling aspect, that's out the window now. Charlotte another city 397 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: that that's been talked about a lot. Nashville, where Gave 398 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: Dombrowski was before he went to the Phillies. Uh, they've 399 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: been trying to get a team. So there are options 400 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: out there, and now with MLB sort of giving the 401 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: Aids their blessing to look around, that's gonna put some 402 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: pressure on, you know, the city of Oakland to step 403 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: up and and get that that ballpark built downtown because 404 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: you know, they've already lost the Warriors, they've already lost 405 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: the Raiders. You have to imagine that Oakland does not 406 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: want to lose a third professional team. Yeah, it sounds 407 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: like it. We'll see what happens there. Last thing, something fun. 408 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: We've been covering baseball forever and you you've been to 409 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: every ballpark and all around the country. The best hot 410 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: dog at a Major League baseball stadium, let's see. I 411 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,160 Speaker 1: like the Fenway Frank. The Dodger dog has a unique 412 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: sort of labor and appeal to it. I wouldn't want 413 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: that to be my every day hot dog, but for 414 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: the few times that I go to l a Dodger 415 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: dogs always and must. But if I have to pick one, 416 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the Saltages in Yankee Stadium. I 417 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: know it's a hometown pick and if not technically a 418 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: hot dog, but you give me a spicy sauce and 419 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 1: the Yankee Stadium, I'll take that every time. You know 420 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: what what I love about Yankee Stadium and the hot 421 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: dogs is that you have three brands you can get there. 422 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: How many ballparks mark have three? I could get a Subrette, 423 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: you could get a Nathan's, or you can get what 424 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: was the other one? There's three hot dogs you can 425 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: get at Yankee Stadium. But I'm a Subret Skuy. Give 426 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: me some red onions, give me some spicy brown mustard, 427 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: and I'm good to go. You gotta cheat a little bit. 428 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: You gotta go to Subrett Hot Dog and then go 429 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: stand and get some fries. Now it's time for some 430 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: diamond dust with wish TVs. Phil Sanchez. He played baseball 431 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: in college. Now here is MLB knowledge. Well, it's been 432 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: an hounce that the Oakland Athletics will start to explore 433 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: the possibility of relocating with the blessings of Major League Baseball. 434 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: The A's declaration likely designed to pressure the city of 435 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: Oakland UH to approving plans for new Waterfront Ballpark. The 436 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: proposal includes a privately financed stadium, but it also requires 437 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: an eight hundred million dollar commitment from the city. Now, 438 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: should they move, the A's would become only the third 439 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball team in the last fifty years to relocate, 440 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: joining the Texas Rangers, who moved from d C in 441 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: the nineteen seventies and the Washington Nationals who moved to 442 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: d C in two thousand five. It's been reported that 443 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: there are cities, five of them that would welcome the 444 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: A's with open arms. Those cities Las Vegas, Portland, Montreal, Nashville, 445 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 1: and San Jose. Out of those, my money would be 446 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: on Nashville. The music city has been trying to get 447 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: an MLB team for years now and they have a 448 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: lot of support to inside and outside of baseball, including 449 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: a number of famous musicians like Justin Timberlake. The only 450 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: problem would be convincing the team to move east, which 451 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: might mean realignment, which could be a bad thing or 452 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: could be a good thing, depending on which side of 453 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 1: the ball you fall on. There stranger things have happened, 454 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 1: but in the end, I think the city of Oakland 455 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: will wake up and try to keep the A's right 456 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: where they belong. Now bringing the closer, Here's why MLB 457 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: is better than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't 458 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: even close. Here's reason number one thousand White baseball is 459 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: better than the NBA and the NFL is because fans 460 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: connect to it. It's a part of their lives in 461 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: d n A. And there's no better example than Eddie House, 462 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: the former NBA guard and NBA champion, was you know, 463 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: taken aback by the notion of the idea that his 464 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: hometown team, the Oakland A's could actually move and he 465 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: expressed themselves really really well and it was heartfelt. On 466 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 1: MLB bro dot com. Take a listen, sad news. I'm 467 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: here today about him. It will be trying to force 468 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,959 Speaker 1: Oakland to get up out of out of the coliseum. 469 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: I know it's a Randal stadium and so on and 470 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: so for if I was reason why the Raiders left, 471 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: Being Oakland native and native of the Bay Area, it 472 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: seems like everybody's leaving the city of Oakland, which to 473 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: me is is a sad thing. It the Warriors are 474 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 1: gone over in San Francisco, the Raiders are in Las Vegas. 475 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: A lot of people depending on those jobs at the Colosseum, 476 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: be at the park and attendant being the hot dog 477 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: vendor being the person that was taking the tickets. So 478 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: a lot of jobs that was generated for the community. 479 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: And it's unfortunate to see that another team could possibly 480 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: be leaving. Hopefully that deal and water Front Park will 481 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: be something that can happen. Hopefully, but I hate to 482 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 1: see the Oakland A's leave like all the other teams 483 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: of Oakland Um. You know, just fond memories are growing up. 484 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: My favorite athlete the ball time, Ricky Henderson going to 485 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: watch him play by the bass brothers. Um, I mean it. 486 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: Back in the day with my baseball team, we would 487 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: catch bark go up there. We played pickle on the 488 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: bar train and we would uh, you know, go watch 489 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: batting practice. Would just be unfortunate if the A's aren't 490 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: able to make something happen. To stay in. In the 491 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: words of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen, 492 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: thanking you for your time, this time until next time. 493 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: Rob Parker out. He can't get it. This could be 494 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: an inside the Parker. I'll see you next week, same 495 00:27:41,119 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: bad time, same batch station as fist to Special