1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: Well, hey Angel fans, and welcome back to Halo Territory. 2 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 2: I am Mike D. 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Giovanna, former La Times Baseball writer and host of the show, 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: and I'm joined by our regular co host Mark Trumbo, 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: the former Angel slugger. Mark. 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: How you doing today, Mike, I'm doing well. 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 3: I'm as delusional as ever, and we have some fan 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 3: questions today, so I'm gonna do my best to lead 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: our viewers astray. Actually the opposite, But there's some good 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 3: stuff here. Why don't we just jump right into it. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 3: You got a question, Yeah, we do. 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: I just want to say also, we do appreciate all 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: your input in questions from the fans, appreciate the response 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: to you're what makes the mailbag go, So we'll get 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: right into it. Here from Steve Carrasco in Rancho Kucamonga. 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: Do you think the Angels are capable of winning under 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: Ardie Morino's ownership? But what would a mailbag be without 18 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: a question about Arti Marinos? So might as well jump 19 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: right in. I mean the simple answer is yes. I mean, 20 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: for the first twelve years of Arti Marino's ownership, the 21 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: Angels won six American League West titles. So you know, 22 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: the ability to spend money has obviously been there, not 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: so much in recent years. The commitment to winning, you know, 24 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: having the right front office teams in place, having the 25 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: right manager in place. And I think that's where the 26 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: Angels are just failing right now. In the last nine years, 27 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: the Angels have had seven managers. They've had a little 28 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: more continuity in their GM's chair after Jerry Depoto left 29 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, Billy Eppler was there for five years 30 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: and now Perrimanesium has been there for five years. But 31 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: the manager chair and just that the tone the manager 32 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: sets from the top through player development, through the minor 33 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: league development system has just been lacking. And you know, 34 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: say what you want about Mike Soshia. Maybe toward the 35 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: end his message got stale. Maybe he didn't embrace analytics 36 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: as warmly as he could have or should have in 37 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: the beginning or the beginning of the analytics revolution. But 38 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: the guy had a winning formula that it worked in Anaheim, 39 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: it worked with the Angels. He stressed aggressiveness without recklessness, 40 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: especially on the base pass, a real commitment to fundamental baseball, 41 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: a fearlessness. He instilled this edge in players that you 42 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: could just sort of sense and feel as seasons went along, 43 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: and that's really what they've been lacking. I think, you know, 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: maybe one of these last six managers was the guy, 45 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: and they just didn't give him long enough. Maybe Kurt 46 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: Suzuki's going to be that guy, but they just need 47 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: a leadership, a voice at the top of the organization 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: that they've just been lacking. I don't know, Mark, maybe 49 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: you you know, having them up in the minor leagues 50 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: with Sooshia at the helm, I assume there was a 51 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: little different feeling among players, you know, when they got 52 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: to the big leagues and how they were sort of 53 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: developed in the minor leagues. 54 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 3: There was I think that it was a different time, 55 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 3: no analytics or virtually none, so that part wasn't as relatable. 56 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 3: I guess I did see a little bit at the 57 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: tail end of my career in Baltimore, but it wasn't 58 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 3: exposed to everything that's available now with the hitting labs, 59 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 3: the pitching labs, running labs, throwing labs. Probably many. I 60 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: do know that our minor league director did a tremendous job, 61 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 3: and I was there. Bruce Hines, known as Jeter, ran 62 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 3: a very tight ship. He would let you know if 63 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 3: you were not doing what you were supposed to in 64 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: very direct terms, but very outside the box thinker too. 65 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 3: He came up with a lot of drills to help 66 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: guys in all facets of the game because he would, 67 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 3: you know, weigh in on just about everything, probably not pitching, 68 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 3: but it was a huge help to me, especially early 69 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 3: on as a young player who had a long ways 70 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: to go. But he set the tone and that was 71 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: what you know, from the first day of spring training 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 3: carried over through the season and instructional league, and we 73 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 3: knew what to expect. We were prepared at the top. 74 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: There was no learning at the big league level. Maybe 75 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 3: some rare instances some of that, but really that was 76 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: not a thing. So you came prepared. You knew the signs. 77 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 3: You always ran hard, and we played aggressive baseball. That 78 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: was the brand of baseball that they played. I think 79 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 3: so far in spring I've seen more of that from 80 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 3: the current team. Guys are getting after it. And to 81 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: answer the question maybe this is the year winning, well, 82 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 3: well what do we what do we are We can 83 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 3: they win? Yes, they will win some games this year, 84 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 3: so yes, there is yes. 85 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: I guess The real question is as already Marinos still 86 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: have that commitment to winning that he showed in that 87 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: first decade of ownership, And unfortunately, I think the answer 88 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 1: to that right now is no. You know, we know 89 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: about the issues with the TV deal and the revenue 90 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: from that contract falling apart. We have not seen the 91 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: spending that we saw the levels that we saw in 92 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: previous years. And you know, he's eighty years old this year. 93 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: We've talked about it before. Unless he's willing to really 94 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: recommit to winning in the next year or two, I 95 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: just don't see the point of him continuing to own 96 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: this team. Next question, actually two questions are sort of similar, 97 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: so we thought we'd sort of combine them. 98 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: From Derek A. 99 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: Bowie, in your opinion, do you believe in throwing prospects 100 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: in the fire and seeing if they thrive or do 101 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: you lean on the side of them needing extended development 102 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: in the minors, especially considering the Angels aren't exactly a 103 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: contending team at the moment. And from Ronnie Woller, the 104 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: Angels are not making the playoffs this season, so why 105 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: are why are all the young guys not getting the 106 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: reps they need in the majors? Now, I did a 107 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: little research on this this morning, and boy, I did 108 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: not look how many played appearances. Mark Trumpell got in 109 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: the minor leagues, but I'm sure it was pretty substantial. 110 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: But Tim Salmon, who was the nineteen ninety three Rookie 111 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: of the Year one five hundred and seventy three Minor 112 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: league played appearances in four years before he got to 113 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: the big leagues. Garrett Anderson cleanup batter on a World 114 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: Series winning team, another Rookie of the Year finalists. I 115 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: believe in ninety five two two hundred and forty two 116 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: Minor league played appearances in five years before getting to 117 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: the big leagues. Nolan Shanwell, current first baseman, one hundred 118 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: and five Minor league played appearances. Zach Netto, current shortstop 119 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: two hundred and seventeen Minor league played appearances. So I mean, 120 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: I think we can all look at zach Netto and 121 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: agree that, hey, this kid handled it. He could handle 122 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: that jump to the big leagues when he did. Nolan Shanwell, 123 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: maybe you can make the same argument. But how much 124 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: more would these guys have benefited from a little more 125 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: season in the minor leagues? And I guess to answer 126 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: the questions, I'm more in favor of guys spending more 127 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: time in the minors because there's just so many things 128 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: you learned from in the minor leagues. I'll definitely have them. 129 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: Alton address this more because he played in the minor 130 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: leagues in the big leagues for ten years. Mark, what 131 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: are the benefits a little extended play in the minor 132 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: leagues that some of these kids are just not getting 133 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: right now? 134 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 3: It's a case by case basis. I needed it, no 135 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 3: two ways around it. I wasn't ready after a few 136 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 3: hundred of pets, for sure, but I was also a 137 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 3: high school player and totally different. And there have been 138 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 3: guys that have gotten there a lot quicker, so before 139 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: people jumped to flame some of those responses. Jared Weaver 140 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: got there very quick, I believe. I think Joe Saunder's 141 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: probably got there rather quickly. Darren our Stead was a 142 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 3: first overall pick, I think you can confirm that, but 143 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 3: he also advanced quickly, so there are exceptions. I think 144 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 3: the term thrown into the fire has a very negative 145 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 3: connotation and usually means that you are not sure whatsoever 146 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 3: if a guy is going to be able to hold 147 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: his own In the case of Netto and Nolan. I 148 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 3: think these are guys they chose on purpose. They felt 149 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 3: like these guys were close to a finished product, very 150 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 3: close to major league ready out of the draft, and 151 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,479 Speaker 3: they both had very good numbers in limited plate appearances 152 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 3: in the minor leagues. So I don't necessarily think that 153 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 3: they were thrown into the fire to fail. There have 154 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: been some learning curves, I think with Nolan I have 155 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 3: if somebody misconstrued my message about him hitting for power. 156 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 3: I think one person in particular thought I wanted him 157 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 3: to hit like I did, which there's no truth in 158 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 3: that whatsoever. I think he needs to be himself. He's 159 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 3: a line drive hitter. If he were a little faster, 160 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 3: he'd probably be a corner outfielder and the leadoff hitter. 161 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 3: But he plays first base, so doubles machine is what 162 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: I think would be great. I think he'd like that too. 163 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 3: Netto's an outstanding player. Nothing needs to be said about him. 164 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 3: I think Joe adele who there's a question coming up 165 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: later that he's going to be my answer to. But 166 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: he struggled in the beginning. There's no doubt about it. 167 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 3: He was not ready, and credit to him for keeping 168 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 3: a great attitude because there were some ugly moments along 169 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 3: the way, but he seems to have a plus makeup. 170 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 3: He's always got a smile on his face and that 171 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 3: really helps her out the course of a season. He 172 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 3: seems primed for a huge year. So it's you got 173 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 3: to know who you're dealing with. I think that's why 174 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 3: they do a lot of homework on the player's makeup 175 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 3: to see and Christian Moore is an interesting one. He 176 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 3: is going to start the year in the minor league, 177 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 3: so I think he's better for it. I think he 178 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 3: needs to find his own swing, his own approach. 179 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 2: I don't know. 180 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 3: Again, I haven't seen a lot of them this spring, 181 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 3: but you know, the numbers weren't that great. 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Mike, has manoah pished his way 209 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: out of the spot or is it too soon to 210 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: push the panic button? Certainly there's no panic button here. 211 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: For the matter of fact, that Alec Manoah still has 212 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: an option, so they can start them out in the 213 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: minor leagues if they want, and hopefully he'll work out 214 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: some of these issues. But the answer to that first 215 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: part of the question, yeah, I think he has pitched 216 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: his way out of that fifth rotation spot. I think 217 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: he had a pretty good start to open spring and 218 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: in his last ten out of third innings, he's given 219 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: up sixteen runs with eleven walks and twelve strikeouts. Not 220 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: great numbers, and we've said it before, you know, we 221 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: don't put too much emphasis on numbers in spring training, 222 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: but I think they show a trend that he's not improving. 223 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: The more important numbers to me are the fact that 224 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: his fastballs down to eighty. 225 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 2: Nine ninety right now. 226 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: And even you know, before he had the arm problems, 227 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: he was you know, he's never been a ninety seven 228 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: to ninety eight guy, but he was averaging ninety three 229 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: to ninety four with his fastball in twenty twenty one, 230 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, and twenty three. So I don't think 231 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: he can pitch at eighty nine and with that kind 232 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: of command, he's not going to have much success. So 233 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: I think the play with Alec right now is to 234 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: start him out into mind leagues. You know, hopefully we'll 235 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: find some kind of mechanical thing or something that helps 236 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: things click for him, but it's not right now. And 237 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: that has definitely opened the door for Jack Honowitz and 238 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: Ryan Johnson, who are both pitching very well. Especially Ryan. 239 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: I think he's got a new change up that's been 240 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: pretty effective. And you know, speaking of guy's coming up 241 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: a little too soon, I think he was definitely thrown 242 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: another fire last year without spending any times in the 243 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: minor league, anytime in the minor leagues, that probably was 244 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 1: a mistake. But I think the fistbot is going to 245 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: come down to one of one of those two guys 246 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: as of right now. What do you think Mark. 247 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 3: Most likely? I don't know what they're thinking. I think 248 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 3: Kurtzuzuki mentioned or said nice things about both of the 249 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 3: younger guys. 250 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 2: I don't know. Myn knowa is how much better is 251 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: he going to get in the minor leagues? 252 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 3: If there is something, I unfortunately your dead horse here 253 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: we go, but I. 254 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: Haven't seen him. 255 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 3: Saw a couple of clips of you know, the long 256 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 3: balls from the other day centerfield camera, you know, kind 257 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 3: of grainy, so not much, do you know. I'm not 258 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 3: a pitching expert, but I don't know if it's still 259 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 3: just you know, the velocity is intriguing. Most guys do 260 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 3: rebound better than what we've seen so far. Eighty nine 261 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 3: is very light for a guy, you know, big guy 262 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 3: like that. I was thinking more ninety three, ninety four 263 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 3: and maybe a little harder. So it could be some 264 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 3: lingering issues there. I don't want to speculate, you know, 265 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 3: hoping that he gets it together. He's I guess depth 266 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 3: at this point where depth is I don't know, but 267 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 3: I don't know. If you had to pick between Kohanowitz 268 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 3: or Johnson, which one has the higher upside to you. 269 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: To me, Johnson has the higher up So I just 270 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: I think he's got a deeper repertoire. You know, when 271 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: we saw Jack for a solid three to four months 272 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: last year and he was good for a little while 273 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: until he wasn't. I think he's got a little more 274 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: velocity on his sinker. I'm not sure there's enough, you know, 275 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: his sinker and four seamer. I'm not sure the variation. 276 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: I haven't looked at all the analytics on it, in 277 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: the shape and all that stuff, but it's pretty tight battle. 278 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: I just think Ryan has more of an upside right now. 279 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: Jack's been you know, obviously has a little more experience 280 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: at the big league level. So to me, it's kind 281 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: of a coin flip there. I don't think they're going 282 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: to make a wrong decision going with either one of 283 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: those two to start the season, and you know, maybe 284 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: the other guy sticks in the bullpen as a long man. 285 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: That's kind of tough, especially with a guy like Johnson 286 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: who's still considered a pretty high end prospect. You know, 287 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: you don't want him sort of languishing in the bullpen 288 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: pitching once every week. You'd probably rather him, you know, 289 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: stretch out in the minor league so he's ready for 290 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: when the next guy gets hurt. But, as Kurt Suzuki 291 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: said in today's story, is good problem to have for 292 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: a change. Question from Jordan's sergeant. Who are some of 293 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: the most fun guys you've ever played with? Like great 294 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: locker room guys who just have great energy. I'll let 295 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: you take this on, Mark, I was gonna let you 296 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: take it. I can take it. 297 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 2: I can take it. 298 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, I mean if we're okay, off the top 299 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 3: of my head, let's go you know, I had a 300 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 3: lot of fun in Salt Lake and tripa A. We 301 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: had some real characters on the team and it made 302 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 3: for a lot of fun for us because it was 303 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: young guys like Peter Borges, Hang Konger, Chris Pettitt, Natesa, 304 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 3: I know, and then mixed with you know, thirty plus 305 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 3: year old veterans no offense. But Corey Aldridge was just 306 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 3: a big presence. He helped us a lot. He had 307 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 3: been there, he had gotten up with the big leagues 308 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 3: at a young age, and it's still helping hitters, uh 309 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 3: become better. 310 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 2: And you know he helped. 311 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 3: Us, you know, off the field too, and just some 312 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: life advice. I remember Paul McNalty chowf uh Long Beach 313 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 3: State with with weave. If I'm not mistaken, he but 314 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 3: you know, that guy could hit. He had a you know, 315 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 3: interesting personality, but a lot of positive energy, always super positive. 316 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: So those guys come to mind. 317 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 3: I'm sure I'll miss a ton with the Angels, Eyebar Cayaspou. 318 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 3: They were always messing with Dino. I don't know if 319 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: Dino loved it, but you know, they they kept it loose. 320 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 3: They had a really good time, uh, Tory Hunter obviously 321 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 3: as well. There were plenty but good guys and then uh, 322 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 3: the Orioles had a very tight knit group. Another question 323 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 3: I think from one of our regular coming up, but 324 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 3: Adam Jones probably seen it. Huge personality but a great 325 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: team mate, and JJ Hardy, Chris Davis, Darren O'Day x Angel, 326 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 3: Jonathan Scope, Manny Flaerty. Obviously I'm naming a lot of 327 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 3: people that I think people you can get the idea 328 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 3: that it was. They were also very good at welcoming 329 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 3: a new player to the fold. I think they understood 330 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 3: that's very important and that wasn't the case everywhere, so 331 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 3: I did appreciate that all right. 332 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: Well for me, Jordan, it was Ed Vascobi, my high 333 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: school teammate back in Eastline, Connecticut. One of the funniest 334 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: guys I've ever known, and he's probably I think he's 335 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: the only guy's still keep in touch with. I get 336 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: him World Series tickets every year. We still we got 337 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: together last summer. We still crack up at all the 338 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: Shenanigans we used to pull, and to this day, forty 339 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: six years after we graduated from high school, we still 340 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 1: referred to he was the third baseman I was a 341 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: shortstop on our team. We still refer to each other 342 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: by our nicknames Eddie Z five and I am E six, 343 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: So I've been wearing that for a long time with Pride, 344 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: b rod ginge Afard. How hard is it getting all 345 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: these great guests? Has anyone turned you down? Well, that's 346 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: an interesting question. I don't know that anyone's flat out 347 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: turned us down, but we've had a lot of non 348 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: responses from certain people who I think maybe don't want 349 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: to come on the show. In terms of getting these 350 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: great guests, well, I appreciate the fact that you think 351 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: they're great. We loved having guys like Joe Madden and 352 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: Jared Weaver on. One benefit of covering baseball for more 353 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: than thirty years is to have a pretty deep rolodex. 354 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: And if you're under forty and you know, ask your 355 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: parents what a rolodex is. I guess the equivalent today 356 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: was to be a very deep contact list on my iPhone. 357 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: And you know, we still have some other guests lined 358 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: up that just haven't been able to come on the show. 359 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: Guys like Tim Salmon, Troy Percival, Gary DiSarcina, you know, 360 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: guys going back into the nineties, so, and of course 361 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: Mark has a deep roster of guys he's played with. 362 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: So that's the one thing we were trying to do 363 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: on the No. 364 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 2: Mark. 365 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: One thing we are going to try to do with 366 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: this show as we move forward is sort of mix 367 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: in some of the past with some of the present, 368 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: and especially you know, the team has struggled in recent years. 369 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: We don't want to just keep banging on them, even 370 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: though a lot of people probably want us to keep 371 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: banging on them. But there's a pretty deep, you know, 372 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: rich history of this franchise, especially in the first twenty 373 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: five years of this century and going back to the 374 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: nineties or some you know, pretty interesting years, let's just 375 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: say that, And definitely some interesting characters. 376 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: You know. 377 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,959 Speaker 1: We love to get Chuck Finley on. Maybe we'll get 378 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: Jim Abbott on one of these days. The guys have 379 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: great stories, have had great careers, So Mark, you have 380 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: you had some guys turn you down so far, any 381 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: struggle getting certain guys that come on the show. 382 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 3: I could take the hint when I know when I 383 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 3: say it, but I try and this isn't my favorite 384 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 3: thing in the world, to be honest with you. 385 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: Not a good salesman or at least I don't think 386 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 2: I am. 387 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 3: When we do try and get people, I always say, hey, 388 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 3: it's not a big deal. If you're not into it 389 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 3: at all, try and treat it how I would want 390 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 3: to be approached. And if they're not into it, you know, 391 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 3: it's always appreciated if you know, at least something back 392 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 3: would be nice. Sometimes you don't, and that's the real world. 393 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 3: But it's not for lack of trying. I think that 394 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 3: that's kind of part of our niche is the ability 395 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 3: to get people on and yeah, some of the time 396 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 3: it's been fairly straightforward, very easy, and sometimes it's been 397 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 3: the opposite, and it'll probably continue to be that way. 398 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 3: What was that gentleman's name? He asked the question. Interesting name, 399 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 3: So like a wizard or something, bay Rod Gangafarn Yeah, 400 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 3: maybe Harry Pie's question. 401 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't know. A question. 402 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: Here's one from a fellow Paison, Anthony Fiorilla. With college 403 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: baseball now well underway. Who are some of the guys 404 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: you think the Angels should target, specific at the college level. 405 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 2: I'm gonna let. 406 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,239 Speaker 1: Mark take this one and preface it by saying the 407 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: Angel pick twelveth in the draft. This year, right, so 408 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: kind of like in that spot where they've made a 409 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: lot of their recent picks, you know, ten to twenty 410 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: in that first round mark you've done some research on 411 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: some of these guys. 412 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 2: Who are you liking right now? No, here's the deal. 413 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 3: They pick at twelve, and this is a spot where 414 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 3: I think that you're not going to sign someone for 415 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 3: underslot money, so you're going to get the best player 416 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 3: available and you're going to sign them for the full 417 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 3: amount because there's really not a lot of not the 418 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 3: same leeway as the previous year. So I have three players, 419 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 3: this is very early. Things change rapidly, and who knows, 420 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 3: probably none of these three, but maybe one of them. 421 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 3: How about Von Lackey catcher at Georgia Tech. He's and 422 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 3: absolutely looks like he mashes. Big, physical guy, very athletic, 423 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 3: above average speed. He's got a cannon for an arm 424 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,239 Speaker 3: I watched, well they're highlights, but you know that's what 425 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 3: you see. He really advanced hit tool. The downside they 426 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: said he hits a few too many ground balls, but 427 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 3: I don't really care about that as much. And he 428 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 3: looks like a natural leader. He's got a you know, 429 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 3: very enigmatic presence, seems like guys rally around him. He's 430 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 3: well spoken, you know, and seems like he'd be a 431 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 3: great fit if he's available, but I think he'll probably 432 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 3: go prior to this. He's ranked twelfth currently, but you know, 433 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 3: he's really lucky to have a guy like that. The 434 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 3: next one Jackson Flora, starting pitcher from you see Santa Barbara. 435 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 3: This is a six foot five inch tall, lanky, huge 436 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 3: stuff guy. He sits about ninety seven with his fastball, 437 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 3: routinely touches one hundred plus. He's got he's very animated 438 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 3: out there. If you were to pull up some clips 439 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 3: you'll see what I mean. But he's got a very nice, 440 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 3: sweeping breaking ball that he uses that seems like it 441 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 3: is not a work in progress. It's a pitch that 442 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 3: is reliable, and he's working on a kick change. Was 443 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 3: about to look up what kick change meant, but let's 444 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 3: call it a change up for now. New names a 445 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 3: lot for pitches, So Jackson Florida or Jackson Flora. You 446 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 3: see Santa Barbara. Tyler Bremner, you see Santa Barbara. The 447 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 3: third player a J. Grascia who's an outfielder at Virginia. 448 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 3: He's left handed, throws left, bats left, very pure hitter. 449 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 3: I really like his swing, very little swing and miss 450 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 3: in his game. It looks like he's got easy power. 451 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,959 Speaker 3: It should be a twenty home run plus guy. No 452 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 3: problem with enough major league at bats, decent speed, decent arms, 453 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 3: so they're not outstanding. But apparently he's got excellent instincts 454 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 3: and takes great routes in the outfield, so he could 455 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 3: probably stick in center field. He's a guy that looks 456 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 3: very polished. He looks like a guy of the Angels 457 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 3: would really feel comfortable taking. And I don't see beyond 458 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 3: you know, not having plus speed. The tools are all there, 459 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 3: so there's three guys to chew on plenty of others. 460 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 2: But if you know I wanted an answer, there you go. 461 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: All right, Thank you Mark for that from beer, Tolo, Cologne, coloone, 462 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: and Kay kudos for that ex handle. 463 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 2: That's a good one. 464 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 1: Bartolo is a joy to cover and what a fun guy. 465 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: Are the Halos going to have any All Stars this year? 466 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: I'm going to go out and on a limb and 467 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: say yes, because every team has to be representing the 468 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: All Star Game. Okay, that's a cop out. Normally I 469 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: would say Zach Netto should or could be an All Star, 470 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: but man, he's at a position that is just so 471 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 1: loaded by Bobby Whitten, Gunnar Henderson. I mean, I don't 472 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: know how you make it as a short stuff, but 473 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna have some tough competition there. But I'm gonna 474 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: I think Joe Adell if he continues to somebody's shaking 475 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: their head again. I just think, ye, I previewed it earlier. 476 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: You know where I was going with at Yeah, I'll 477 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: let you pick it up from there. Mark, because we 478 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: saw what he did last year, we hope he can 479 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: continue to do what he did last year. This year 480 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: was some improvements in certain areas. I just think you 481 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: put together two really good years like that back, you know, 482 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: back to back, people notice, and I think that gets 483 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: rewarded with things like All Star picks. 484 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: I agree with you. 485 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 3: I think we Netto is a guy that should and 486 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 3: I don't see any reason why he's not going to 487 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 3: have a very big season. But like you said, that 488 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 3: position is stacked, and sometimes that's just the way things go. 489 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 3: So Joe Adell stands out to me. And I think 490 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 3: Mike Trout is always a fan favorite, So if he 491 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 3: is even remotely like the Mike Trout of maybe not 492 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 3: last seasons, but you know, he seems healthy. He's running well. 493 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 3: Jeff Fletcher talked about that sprint speed, and you know 494 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 3: he's the last few games in spring he's starting to 495 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 3: put some bats together, the ex velocities and some line drives. 496 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 3: So Trout and Adele are my are my picks. How 497 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 3: about Sam Bachman as a as a flyer too? With 498 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 3: a point six two e r A in the bullpen. 499 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 3: You know we're having fun. So there there's a there's 500 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 3: a flyer. 501 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 2: All right. From Steven C. Smith. 502 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: This question is from Mark. You played for four organizations. 503 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: Did each have a unique culture or are they all 504 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: pretty much the same? 505 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 2: They're all any they kind of have to be. 506 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 3: I don't know how to keep this answer super brief, 507 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 3: so I'll try to just say the Angels were intense, 508 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 3: very focused. 509 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 2: We're all about winning. 510 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 3: Spring training was more fun, and I think sometimes guys 511 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 3: were a little caught off guard with transitioning from spring 512 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 3: training to the season. It got very serious very quickly. 513 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 3: There were still fun times, but you knew what you 514 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 3: were there for. Went to the Diamondbacks, played for Kurt Gibson. 515 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 3: Now Alan Trammel was the bench coach. It was interesting time. 516 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 3: We weren't good, we were the opposite of good, and 517 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 3: it made for a long season. Dodgers dragged us around 518 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 3: drug drag, which one is it close enough being dragged 519 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 3: you're the professional? 520 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 2: Uh? 521 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 3: And it? 522 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: You know, we did what we could. 523 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 3: I remember I alluded to Tony LaRussa became involved, and 524 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 3: that was when we had the first meeting after the 525 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 3: last game of the season that I ever experienced, and 526 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 3: he said that we are aiming to be a five hundred. 527 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 2: Team next year. 528 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 3: And I think that that was caught me off guard 529 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 3: and I still remember it, and I think it was 530 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 3: actually very very good because that was a realistic goal. 531 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 3: And I think I've said it this Angel team right now, 532 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 3: five hundred would be an excellent goal to get to. 533 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 3: It may not sound so great compared to what some 534 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 3: other teams are doing, but you got to you got 535 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 3: to start somewhere. 536 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 2: The Mariners were we had a pretty good team. It's 537 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: a lot of big name players. 538 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 3: I was only there for half a season, very slow start, 539 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 3: but did contribute as it progressed, and team chemistry was 540 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 3: kind of mixed, I'll say, but you know, I didn't 541 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 3: get an extended look. They hired Jerry Depoto, and my 542 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 3: bags were packed. So in Baltimore, as I alluded to, 543 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 3: Buck so Walter put a really good group of great 544 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 3: group of guys together. That was the only team I 545 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 3: was on that sniffed the playoffs wild card appearance. So 546 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 3: credit to them. A great group of veteran guys had 547 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 3: a clear idea of what they wanted. That also, unfortunately 548 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 3: what seventeen big selloff team kind of you know, wasn't 549 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 3: getting it done on the field. A lot of losses, 550 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 3: and then I did experience a stone cold rebuild at 551 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 3: the end. So for all the people that want to 552 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 3: know what a rebuild looks and feels like, it's basically 553 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 3: expecting to lose, and that's very ugly until it's not. 554 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: So usually involves one hundred lost seasons, some in succession. 555 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, so yeah, good question, Thank you, Steven. All Right, 556 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 3: this question is for me from biff ball. Where have 557 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 3: all the old school well, where has all the old 558 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 3: school baseball coverage gone? All the news I see out 559 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 3: of spring training makes it look like we are we 560 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 3: being the Angels are as good as the team in 561 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 3: blue up the five freeway wells. 562 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: As Tory Hunter always used to like to say, when 563 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: I ask a question that I knew would be controversial, 564 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 1: that's a hot Tamali. I'll infer by the second part 565 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: of your question that biff Ball doesn't think baseball writing 566 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: is as hard hitting as it used to be or 567 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: as it should be. And one of my my first 568 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: answer is where has where have all the baseball writers gone? 569 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: Is the first problem? I mean, the New York Times 570 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: eliminated the sports section a couple of years ago. The 571 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: Washington Post just disbanded pretty much eliminated their sports section. 572 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: The LA Times stopped covering the Angels as a beat 573 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: at lea. It's been two years ago now, still one 574 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: of the dumbest decisions that paper's ever made. So and 575 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: there are a lot of teams right now that have 576 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 1: like maybe one or two guys traveling with them, and 577 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: usually one of those guys works for MLB dot Com. Now, 578 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: I've known a lot of these MLB dot com writers 579 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: over the years. They're all great people. They do a good, 580 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: really good job, but they work for MLB. And there's 581 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: a huge difference between what MLB dot Com does and 582 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: what an independent newspaper or a website like The Athletic 583 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: or ESPN does MLB dot com writers. I was covering 584 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: the Dodgers when Trevor Bauer got arrested. They couldn't even 585 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: cover that story. So there's a certain things that aren't 586 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: allowed to be covered on MLB dot com. So then 587 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: you have, like in our situation with Anaheim, you have 588 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: the MLB dot com writer and Jeff Fletcher. Those are 589 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: the only two writers who are basically covering this team 590 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: right now. And I think personally, and not to be 591 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: judgmental at all, but when you don't have as much 592 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: competition on the beat, I think it doesn't bring out 593 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: the best in you. When I first started, we had 594 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: four or five traveling beat writers on the Angels. Back 595 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: in the eighties, there as many as seven writers traveling 596 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: with the Angels. And then the Alden Capital bought up 597 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: all the local papers and you know, the Daily Breeze, 598 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: the Long Beach Pressed Telegram, the Orange County Register of 599 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: the Daily News, and now they have one Angels writer 600 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: for all those papers. So there's just not enough baseball 601 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: writers doing it. I do think there is are still 602 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: plenty of them still doing it the right way. My 603 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: philosophy was always to tell it like it is. To 604 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: quote Howard Cosell. When the team sucked, I wrote that 605 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: when the team was great, I wrote that I tried 606 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: not to stick the knife. Well, when I was younger, 607 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: I probably stuck the knife in a little too hard, 608 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: but I tried to be fair in my criticisms and 609 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: not too overly rosy and flowery in my praise. So 610 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: that's the way I approached it. And a lot of 611 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: these guys who approached it that way are no longer 612 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: covering baseball, and that's that's a loss for the business. 613 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 2: Mark any any thoughts on that question? 614 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 3: Great question from biff Ball. He seems like he's looking 615 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 3: for the late T. J. Simers coverage that I guess 616 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 3: he's sounds like he what he sees or what he's 617 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,919 Speaker 3: reading and and what his eyes you know, have seen, 618 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 3: may may not be lining up. And I think that 619 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 3: you know you are the one to cover this. It 620 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 3: sounds like the industry as a whole is evolving, but 621 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 3: not for the better for those that know what they like. 622 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 3: And I think that unfortunately, covering certain clubs accurately is 623 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 3: a tough deal currently. It's you know, I don't know 624 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 3: if people are more sensitive or it just is, you know, 625 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 3: here no evil, but it's part of the deal. I 626 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 3: got more than my fair share of criticism, still get 627 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,399 Speaker 3: it comments and otherwise it's part of the deal. So 628 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,879 Speaker 3: I never, you know, held any grudge against a writer 629 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 3: that wrote something unflattering. Still have great relationships with virtually 630 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 3: all of them, and I know it was part of 631 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 3: the deal. If I was struggling, it was fair game. 632 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:04,879 Speaker 2: You know. Why. 633 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:10,879 Speaker 3: You can't be so sensitive that, you know, you get 634 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 3: all pissed off about it. It's just the reality of 635 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 3: being a highly paid athlete. And I think that i'd 636 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,439 Speaker 3: like to see more of it. Two writers is that's 637 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 3: not much, you know, there's no competition for stories. I 638 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 3: would assume that's you know, how can you make it 639 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 3: interesting when you're just kind of you know, I don't know, 640 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:30,800 Speaker 3: I don't. 641 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 2: Know, we'll see. 642 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,839 Speaker 1: Another part of that evolution has been the invergence over 643 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: the last ten years or so of teams having their 644 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 1: own network televised. You know, they package all the television, 645 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: all the announcers, they have their own angels, have their 646 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: own radio network. And these are all people that essentially 647 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: are employed by the club now, whether you know, like 648 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: them or dislike them. And once again, I think all 649 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 1: these guys do a great job, but they work for 650 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 1: the club. So you'll be in in a scrum after 651 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: a game and you know the line of questioning maybe 652 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: after a tough loss or you know, some controversial play 653 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: or some really you know, mental gaff. It won't be 654 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: as tough as as some and you know, sometimes a 655 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 1: TV reporter will ask a question and then you know, 656 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 1: I'll chime in with a more hard hitting question and 657 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: the player will sometimes be taken aback because I just 658 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: think they're not used to it, and I don't think 659 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: they I don't know. Maybe you can speak to this mark, 660 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,479 Speaker 1: but as a player, I think these guys all sort 661 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,400 Speaker 1: of look at the group as the media, and sometimes 662 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: they don't differentiate between. Okay, I mean they know who 663 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: the TV reporter is. Maybe they probably know who the 664 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: radio reporters, but they don't know who all the web website. 665 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,319 Speaker 2: Newspaper reporters are. 666 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,879 Speaker 1: So it's a different The way a good newspaper guy 667 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,480 Speaker 1: covers a baseball team is a lot different. 668 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 2: Than the way a you know, radio you know. 669 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: Team affiliated radio or TV station covers a team, and 670 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: once again, I think that's a loss for journalism From 671 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,319 Speaker 1: j R. Sarroyan, will they have a beat reporter from 672 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: the Athletic this year since Sam Bloom has gone that 673 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: kind of you know, dovetails on that last question. From 674 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,040 Speaker 1: what I hear, they are not going to hire for 675 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: that position. But knowing Sam as I do, I you know, 676 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: he still lives in the southern California area. He's going 677 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,719 Speaker 1: to be out at the Angel Stadium quite a bit, 678 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: and he's still gonna, you know, pursue and report the 679 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: kind of impactful stories that I think this beat needs. 680 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: So they're not going to travel with the Angels. From 681 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: what I hear, they're not going to cover them on 682 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,200 Speaker 1: a daily basis. But you know, there's a lot of 683 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: good stories come out of the camp and Sam has 684 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,280 Speaker 1: unearthed a lot of them over the last few years, 685 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 1: so I have no doubt. 686 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,760 Speaker 2: He will continue to do what he does there. 687 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: And our last question from David elbows Up Comstock, can 688 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: we look forward to hearing from some current players on 689 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: the show already? Boy, this guy sounds like he's almost 690 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: as frustrated as us. 691 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 2: Mark. What do you think did you say? Elbows Up? 692 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:23,839 Speaker 1: That's his quote. Is that his nickname David quote comstock. 693 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, either one of the two. Thanks 694 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:31,760 Speaker 1: for the question. 695 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 2: Uh. 696 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 3: Might be something that many have noticed. We haven't had 697 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 3: well any participation from current players, and I don't know 698 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 3: if that will change. If I'm being completely honest, I 699 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 3: think that, Uh, it's just a predicament that we've been 700 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 3: put in. I don't I can speculate why, but I'd 701 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 3: like it to change, is what I'll say. I think 702 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:04,400 Speaker 3: that our show has aimed to be fair. There's been 703 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 3: some moments where we have been critical, and that kind 704 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 3: of piggybacks what we were just talking about with the 705 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 3: coverage of I think this is kind of what we know, 706 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 3: especially you. That's the world you grew up in, and 707 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 3: it's for me also, So I don't identify at all 708 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,320 Speaker 3: with you know, I would give an interview to anybody 709 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 3: who asked for one if I had the time, and 710 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 3: it seemed like it wasn't some total goofball. 711 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,200 Speaker 2: You know, I was not. 712 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,719 Speaker 3: As into some of the you know, slapstick, fart joke 713 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 3: type stuff, but I did try and be amenable to 714 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 3: various media outlets I didn't know. You know, sometimes it 715 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,080 Speaker 3: was Latin American, you know, played winter Ball. Do that 716 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,520 Speaker 3: Japanese media when when you know I had a couple 717 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,839 Speaker 3: of teammates and all types of stuff. You know, if 718 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 3: you wanted an interview, I'd give you one. But as 719 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 3: it's been for us, slim pickens. 720 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 2: You keep trying. 721 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 3: But you know, if the team is not into facilitating that, 722 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 3: then there's there's not a whole lot that we can 723 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 3: do about that. But you know, I guess they're the 724 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,640 Speaker 3: team is I think planning to do some of their 725 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,760 Speaker 3: own coverage. They did put out the Mike Maddox video. 726 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,880 Speaker 3: Maybe it'll be a lot more of that behind the 727 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,359 Speaker 3: scenes stuff and that can help to bridge the gap 728 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 3: with getting to know these guys a little bit. 729 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll add that. 730 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 1: You know, if Halo Territory came into existence ten fifteen 731 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: years ago, when I was still an Angels beat rider 732 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: and I was able to do this show, I would 733 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: be at spring training all month like I was for 734 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: twenty five you know, twenty twenty five years. I would 735 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,360 Speaker 1: have access to these players, I would have relationships with 736 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 1: these players, and once the regular season starts, I'll still 737 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: be covering the team on a freelance basis for certain outlets, 738 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 1: and I will be able to hopefully access some of 739 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: these players we'll have We're planned to tape some pregame 740 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,560 Speaker 1: and postgame content that we'll plan on the show. But 741 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: it is tough, you know. I no longer work for 742 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,880 Speaker 1: a daily newspaper. It's the first time in thirty two 743 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: years I haven't been to spring training. I can't say 744 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,840 Speaker 1: I'm experiencing major withdrawals, but it definitely is different. And 745 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,520 Speaker 1: to start this show in the spring where I'm not 746 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: out there is definitely created some access problems. But we 747 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,799 Speaker 1: do think it'll get better during the regular season, and 748 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,239 Speaker 1: we look forward to the regular season, especially because we 749 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,279 Speaker 1: get to see this team in person and on television. 750 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,600 Speaker 1: And with that, we're going to close the show. Thanks 751 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 1: again all you fans with your great questions. We really 752 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Please like and subscribe, and we'll see you 753 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 1: next week on fellow Halo Territory. We're probably gonna do 754 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,840 Speaker 1: an American League West preview, and we'll have the regular 755 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: seasons starting late next week, so we'll have plenty. 756 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:51,920 Speaker 2: Of to talk about. 757 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:56,640 Speaker 1: Then join us in thank you for watching. See you 758 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: next time on Halo Territory.