1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: We've got the bringer of brain. 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 2: Former MVP three time all start Josh Donaldson is where 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 2: it's good. You could carry the combo you were doing 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 2: right into this. Uh Aj thinks you should have made 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 2: a billion dollars in your career. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 3: That's exactly that, Josh think you should have made a billion. 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 3: I wish you would have made a bill. 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 4: I wish I would have. 9 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 5: I don't think that I should have, but it'd have 10 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 5: been a lot cooler if we did. 11 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: Real you were paid handsomely. 12 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 5: Yes, Hey, I'm very grateful for microphone just came up. 13 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 3: It's just your ear piece. You don't need your crowd 14 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 3: to ask you a question. I'll just tell you what 15 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 3: he says. 16 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 6: I have a really good question for him too. I 17 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 6: have a really good question, Dad, because you're done playing now. 18 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 6: When you were in the locker room in Oakland, because 19 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 6: he did play in Oakland, not Sacramento, when your teammates 20 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 6: told me after you'd have like a you know, a 21 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 6: nice three for four game, two homer game, Billy Bean 22 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 6: would walk through the locker room and you'd go, should 23 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 6: have locked me up before. It's gonna cost you an 24 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 6: extra million? 25 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 5: Now, I mean that's like a half truth, probably embellished 26 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 5: a little bit. It would probably be more along the 27 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 5: lines of not necessarily after a game. We probably had 28 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 5: that talk once or twice, like because I went up 29 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 5: to Billy a couple of times. Whenever I first h 30 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 5: was kind of breaking into the big leagues. I was like, Hey, 31 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 5: right now, I'll sign a five year deal for five 32 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 5: million dollars. He's like, now, oh, Josh, he goes, I 33 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 5: wouldn't do that to you. I'm like, well, why not, 34 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 5: Like I gotta. 35 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 4: More than that, Josh. 36 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 5: And then then it turned into like five years, Hey, 37 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 5: I'll do five for twenty five and now Josh, I 38 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 5: wouldn't do that to you. So then when I actually 39 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 5: started playing really well, when there was some talks happened, 40 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 5: I was like, you just cost yourself some money. 41 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: Why wouldn't they want to do that? 42 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 5: You know? I mean, I think Billy at the end 43 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 5: of the day, he you know, he had his he 44 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 5: had his intentions in his plans. But I don't think 45 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 5: he probably took me as being too serious. 46 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 4: No, not you. 47 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 3: You would never say anything that was somebody couldn't take 48 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 3: too serious. 49 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: Salvi did a deal like that, you remember, sal like 50 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: a really really small one and then eventually they get 51 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: more extensions to kind of balance it out. 52 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 53 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, but Longo signed before you even made it the 54 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 4: big Lees. 55 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah, they're doing that these days. 56 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 4: That's cool. I wish that would have been cool if 57 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 4: they would have done that with me. It was cool. Cool. 58 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: Hey, are you following what the Blue Jays are up 59 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: too lately? They're trying to bring the mojo back. 60 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 4: Yeah. 61 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 5: I mean, it looks like they're playing pretty well. I mean, 62 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 5: I've been pretty busy with two kids and playing golf 63 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 5: a lot, so I don't get to watch it that often. 64 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 5: But they're playing really well from what I what I 65 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 5: can see. And uh, you know, obviously I cheer for 66 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 5: those guys in that organization. It meant a lot to me. 67 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 5: So it's all anytime they're doing well is a good 68 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 5: thing in my book. 69 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: What would your advice be for a superstar on the 70 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: Blue Jays right now on what to expect for the 71 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 2: postseason environment. They're not that they haven't made the playoffs, 72 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: but this is different right now, they're probably gonna win 73 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 2: the division. 74 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I mean I think, you know, for the 75 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 5: last few years, I think they've kind of had those 76 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 5: expectations to probably try to take that next step and 77 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 5: win a division right and then do some damage in 78 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 5: the postseason, and that kind of hasn't went to fruition. 79 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 5: But this year it looks like things are in their 80 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 5: favor from what I hear, at least in what I 81 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 5: have seen, And I just know how on fire that 82 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 5: city gets for Toronto baseball, and really the entire country 83 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 5: of Canada is just massive Blue Jays fans. And I'm 84 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 5: excited for them and excited for the players because it 85 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 5: makes it very fun to come to the ballpark each 86 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 5: and every day when you have that type of support 87 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 5: from your fan base. 88 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 6: All Right, Game one is obviously going to be Joe 89 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 6: Carter that's throwing out the first pitch, then probably Pat Hankin, 90 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 6: but they're asking Josh Donaldson to come out to throw 91 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 6: the first pitch for Game three? Do you do it? 92 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 6: And how electric would that stadium be if you come 93 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 6: out there? 94 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 5: I haven't I haven't even thought about that. That's a 95 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 5: great question. I mean, I would definitely, first of all, 96 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 5: Bautista be ahead of you. 97 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 4: No offense. Yeah, I mean I think Bautista be ahead 98 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: of Himkratz. 99 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 3: I don't mean that rudely, but Bautista that he could 100 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: just walk out there, he just flipped. 101 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 4: The bat and then the catcher would have to catch 102 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: the bat. 103 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I definitely think is up there for sure. 104 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 5: I mean Bautista, you know, obviously amazing player, great teammate 105 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 5: of mine and have huge years. I wouldn't I wouldn't 106 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 5: step on his toes of saying one way or the other. 107 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: All right, I want to know this. 108 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 3: You people don't know this about You played third base obviously, 109 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 3: but you were a catcher. Yeah, how different is your 110 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 3: life if you don't get out from behind the plate. 111 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 5: I definitely wouldn't have had the career that I had 112 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 5: for as long as that I did. And you know, 113 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 5: not having to deal with pitchers all the time, I mean, 114 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 5: I mean nobody wants to do that. I mean it's 115 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: like having thirteen plus wives on the staff that you're 116 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 5: just constantly having a deal with emotions all the time. 117 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 5: Uh So, Yeah, the mental stress of that is enough 118 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 5: to probably keep you down, know, or to kind of 119 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 5: keep you humble to say, but you know, for me 120 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 5: to be able to move off to third base, it 121 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 5: was I was always an infielder growing up. I kind 122 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 5: of moved to catcher when I was in college out 123 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 5: of the necessity for our team because we lost two 124 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 5: catchers to the draft, and our coach came back because 125 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 5: I was messing around right before I went to the 126 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 5: summer ball and I was our catchers were throwing like 127 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 5: down to second base. I was like, that's it, Like 128 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 5: I would let me show you how to throw it 129 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 5: down the site, you know, just talking craft. And I 130 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 5: was throwing like one ace down the second base. And 131 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 5: I came back from playing short stop in the Alaska 132 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 5: League and our coaches said, hey, what do you think 133 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 5: about catching? 134 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 4: And I was like, cratchy. He need me to cratchy. 135 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 3: He's like the kid on certain websites that are throwing 136 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 3: one sevens out of nowhere. You know, there's no gear 137 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 3: on in front of home plate. They're like, watch me go, Well. 138 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 5: You can actually check my h you could check my 139 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 5: footage and you could check my statistics. I threw it 140 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 5: like base runner. 141 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 4: Oh here we go, here we go. Yeah. 142 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 6: Look, you moved to third base, You got better hair, 143 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 6: you lost weight because you were fat when you first 144 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 6: came into the big leagues, and you got faster, Like 145 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 6: it worked out. You didn't throw one eight You weren't. 146 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 6: You were thrown out minor league dudes that had to 147 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,119 Speaker 6: run like stop. 148 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 5: Actually, Elvis, Elvis Andrews, I threw him out in the 149 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 5: big leagues, and I threw all Ian Kinsler in the 150 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 5: big leagues. Who's counting? I don't know, but I think 151 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 5: you can actually go and check those pop times. They're 152 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 5: pretty low. Go check him out. It would do you 153 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 5: some good to get a little bit of education because 154 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 5: the kid could sling it. 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And 183 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: is there any decision you made that you regret? It 184 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: could be in any front a team you chose to 185 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 2: sign on with, a decision you made in a game, anything. 186 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think the best decision that I 187 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 5: probably made, h was whatever I went in twenty eleven. 188 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 5: I was kind of on the front of being like 189 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 5: what they quote unquote in baseball for a player, and 190 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 5: I played the last month of the season out of 191 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 5: necessity at third base because we had three catchers in 192 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: the minor leagues and Triple A and Triple A rosters 193 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 5: are normally pretty tight. You don't have that many position players. 194 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 5: I was like, hey, I'll go to third and go 195 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 5: play over there. And I played third for the last month, 196 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 5: played well, and then I thought that I was going 197 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 5: to get taken off the forty man roster just because 198 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 5: I was. It was I was already I've already burned 199 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 5: two what do they call them options? I burned two options. 200 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 5: I was like, look, I need to go show some 201 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 5: NL teams that I have some versatility. So I went 202 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 5: and played in the Dominican Republic and played third base 203 00:08:55,559 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 5: the entire time in for Esquhito and first day of 204 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 5: Major league camp, you know, unfortunately for Scott Sizemore, but 205 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 5: he blew out his knee and I was able to 206 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 5: kind of take that, you know, get an opportunity to 207 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 5: go over to third base. So that was probably the 208 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 5: best decision that I made, and the worst decision. I mean, 209 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 5: I'd probably be here all day. I mean yeah, I 210 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 5: mean I probably one of my worst of like where 211 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 5: I felt terrible moments. I remember we were actually in Toronto, 212 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 5: was with the A's and Darren Oliver had he was pitching. 213 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 5: I think he's like when he pitched like twenty years yeah, 214 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 5: and it was kind of like at the end for him, 215 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 5: and he took me a little cutter in and I 216 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 5: missed it. It was a hot day in the dome, 217 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 5: and you know how he used the glue sticks and 218 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 5: I went to slay my bat down and it flew 219 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 5: out towards the picture and I almost hit him. And 220 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 5: I felt terrible about that nice guy, I know, and 221 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 5: that's what everybody had told I felt even worse about it. 222 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 5: So I mean, hopefully if you're watching this, I'm sorry. 223 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 5: Still to this day. 224 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 3: You mentioned the a you brought up to as day's 225 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 3: are no longer in Oakland. You played in Sacramento, Yes, 226 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 3: but they were Triple A and now they're still Triple A. 227 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: But they're just the Giants, right, What was what? 228 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 3: What do you feel about Oakland leaving Oakland and then 229 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 3: also playing in Sacramento where everyone said, oh, it's gonna 230 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 3: be so hot, they're gonna die on the field and 231 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 3: they're playing all night games and now they're like, oh, 232 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 3: it's been cool, so now we need to move to 233 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 3: day games more. What are your thoughts on the Oakland 234 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 3: Sacramento situation. 235 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 5: I mean Oakland, I mean it was obviously that was 236 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 5: my roots coming up in the big League, so I 237 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 5: knew how passionate that fan base was about their team 238 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 5: and still probably are to this day. But you know, 239 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 5: at the end of the day, I mean, there is 240 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 5: it's a huge market and this thing is killing it. Yeah, 241 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 5: and so it is. 242 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 4: It is. 243 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 5: Kind of you feel like you're missing out on a 244 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 5: team who's just Oakland has so much history in the 245 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 5: game of baseball. But at the same time, sense like 246 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 5: the game's a business, right, so they're trying to make 247 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 5: better decisions for the organization. I don't necessarily agree with them, 248 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 5: but that's just kind of what it comes down to. 249 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 5: And in Sacramento when I was there, you know, they've 250 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 5: I've watched a few games there, they've made some big upgrades. 251 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 5: We had no batter's eye when I was there in Sacramento, 252 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 5: so guys that were throwing left handed to eighty four 253 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 5: miles an hour blowing it past you. So I was 254 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 5: kind of interested. Then I saw the batters. Oh cool, 255 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 5: when here comes you finally put a batter's eye, and 256 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 5: now guys are just hitting bombs everywhere. So when I 257 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 5: played there was very fair to slightly unfair. Now it 258 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 5: seems like it's a good hitters. 259 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: Place, Yeah, for sure, for sure. And then. 260 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 3: You played for the Twins, they went through the selling everybody, 261 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 3: you played for the Braves, You played for all these 262 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 3: different teams, which stop was your favorite? So I mean 263 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 3: you can't say Toronto, I'm taking Toronto. 264 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, Toronto would would be it. But I mean I 265 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 5: had a great time in Atlanta. 266 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 4: People forgot who played for Cleveland. 267 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 5: Cleveland was but I was there for a month and 268 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 5: they had already kind of wrapped up the division by 269 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 5: that time, and they were kind of easing me back 270 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 5: into it because I'd missed one hundred games for a 271 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 5: calf injury that year, and so I mean Cleveland was fun. 272 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 5: I mean I didn't kind of go into Cleveland feeling 273 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 5: like I was like a had a part for that 274 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 5: team winning. So it's kind of like, hey, I'm here 275 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 5: for the postseason and then we got Blitz three and 276 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 5: oh and it's like, well that didn't work out. 277 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: That's great. 278 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 5: So I would say probably Atlanta would probably be probably 279 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 5: the And I got to I grew up watching the Braves, 280 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 5: you know, being from the South and watching them play 281 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 5: pretty much every day. So I mean that was a 282 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 5: big of joy for me to be able to put 283 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 5: that uniform on everything. 284 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 4: Same for me, I grew up a Braves fan. 285 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: And now you had a famous incident one time about 286 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 3: sticky stuff and you hit a home run and yelled 287 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 3: at a picture about sticky stuff. Now they've been sticky stuff. 288 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 3: Do you think you'd be a better hitter now without 289 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 3: sticky stuff? 290 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 5: I don't know. These guys are, they're pretty electric. 291 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 4: I mean from some of. 292 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 5: You know, I'm not like sitting here, I'm definitely not 293 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 5: the guy that sitting here like, oh man, hitting is 294 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 5: way easier now and before when I was playing. I'm like, no, 295 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 5: these guys are. It's electric. I mean I saw a guy, 296 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 5: just a clip of a guy who's pitching the fifth 297 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 5: inning for the Reds relievers two with like a ninety 298 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 5: hour slider. It's like the game's changed, guys. And I'm 299 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 5: sure if he went in that ten over there with 300 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 5: some of the older players, they say, oh man, they 301 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 5: can't hit today. Well, there's a reason why these guys 302 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 5: aren't hitting three hundred anymore is because the stuff that 303 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 5: is being thrown in there is exploding, and uh, you 304 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 5: don't really have. You have even less of a margin 305 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 5: today than what you did even. 306 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 4: Ten years ago. 307 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 5: I remember when I was still playing, and I'm looking 308 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 5: at clips five years previous, and I'm like, I can't 309 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 5: even watch those videos anymore because the stuff's not the same. 310 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 4: True. 311 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 2: I got one for you on the Yankees. So this 312 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 2: has been an up and down year for them. We 313 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 2: talk about them a lot on this show. Specifically related 314 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 2: to Iron Boone, I would say our show supports him 315 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 2: more than most do. 316 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: What was your. 317 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: Experience like there, do you feel like it's incredibly different 318 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 2: to play in that environment versus anywhere else that that 319 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: you played right? 320 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 5: Because yeah, I mean New York is extremely difficult to 321 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 5: play in, especially you know, especially for myself, Like I 322 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 5: didn't really play that well. So whenever you don't play 323 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 5: well in New York, you know, you know that you're 324 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 5: not playing well. You know, Yeah, they let you know it, 325 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 5: and you know it's it's playing for the Yankees. I'll 326 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 5: just say this, Every team hates the Yankees that you 327 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 5: play against, right, and so versus other teams, like when 328 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 5: else with the Blue Jays, like we'd go into town 329 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 5: and it wasn't like people hated I mean, well, we 330 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 5: were really good. People probably didn't like this because we 331 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 5: came in and played really well against them and they 332 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 5: were ready for us to leave. But the Yankees, they 333 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 5: just have such a history in the game of bay. Well, 334 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 5: they have the most fans in baseball. I mean, everybody 335 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 5: wants to talk about the Yankees, and rightfully so. I 336 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 5: mean they've They've have great players there and like the 337 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 5: history of itself, a big part of why baseball is 338 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 5: what it is today. 339 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 4: All right, let's go. Let's let's go golf. 340 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: First of all, do you win the best outfit or 341 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 3: the worst out because your matching match it's. 342 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: All opinion, right, I mean I went for it. 343 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 4: You did go for it. 344 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 5: I went for it. 345 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: I think it's work is working, thank you. 346 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 5: So well, then there you go that I maybe maybe 347 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 5: it landed and my wife helped me pick it out, 348 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 5: so I can't take that's right, So you know, I 349 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 5: can't take full credit for but I wore it today, 350 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 5: and you know I didn't play I played okay today, 351 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 5: but I at least felt like I looked somewhat decently. 352 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 5: Thank you. 353 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 3: All right, By the way, your home course here, you 354 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 3: should win. You have home course advantage. Yes, the Clipper 355 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 3: beat Clipper beat you. 356 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 2: A games going on, there's a game inside. John Smolt's commissioner, 357 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 2: and we've spoken him on this show multiple time. He 358 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 2: set not only am I trying to win the pro 359 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 2: but he goes, I'm trying to beat Josh Donnerson here first. 360 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 5: Yeah he lost here today. 361 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 4: You smashed him today. 362 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean he had twenty nine points. I had 363 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 5: thirty four today. I'm not like I'm counting or anything, 364 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: but uh, you know, it's all fun. 365 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 4: Though. 366 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 5: The biggest thing in probably eight could attest to this 367 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 5: as well. When you're out of the game, what you 368 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 5: missed the most is being in the clubhouse and the 369 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 5: banter with the boys and you know, you know, telling 370 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 5: stories and you know, just kind of being in the 371 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 5: boys club with all the guys. And then now this 372 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 5: a great event. Now you get to kind of intermingle 373 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 5: all the sports together, and you know, you get to 374 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 5: hear stories from their perspective, they get to hear our 375 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 5: kind of perspective on the stories. So it makes it 376 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 5: very entertainment. My head was literally hurting this morning because 377 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 5: I was we had a little meeting last night. Mccannon 378 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 5: had me laughing so hard my head was still. I 379 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 5: woke up this morning with I had a. 380 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: Headache, still a laughter headache. 381 00:16:59,680 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 4: Oh my. 382 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 5: I mean, he just cracks me up. Favorite teammates of 383 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 5: all time. 384 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 2: He's amazing, all right, he's got a clubhouse vibe to 385 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 2: this whole event and experience. 386 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: Cool, awesome, Well, great to have you on. 387 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: Good luck both in the tournament and against multi personally, Like, 388 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 2: what what is it so you beat him in day one? 389 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: Are you doing total points against him? 390 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 5: You have like a three individual every day? 391 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: Got it? 392 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 5: Okay, you five today? 393 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: Boom, there you go. 394 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 4: Well JD. 395 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: Good to see him. I appreciate, good to see Thank you.