WEBVTT - "That Was Madness!"

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a great game or what with the Hall

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<v Speaker 1>of Famer Tim Kirkshin. I'm his son, Jeff Kirkchhen and Dad.

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<v Speaker 1>You just got back to your house after a great

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<v Speaker 1>All Star week in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome home. It was great, Jeff. It was a great

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<v Speaker 2>home run derby. It was a tremendous All Star Game

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<v Speaker 2>just because of the unique way that it finished. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just a marvelous week in hot Atlanta. And I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that quite literally because it was steaming hot. But

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<v Speaker 2>the games were great, the camaraderie was great. Baseball was

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<v Speaker 2>the big winner this week for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, I was watching all your great coverage

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<v Speaker 1>on ESPN, whether it's Sports Center Baseball Tonight. You did

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<v Speaker 1>an incredible job, and I popped on the TV and boom,

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<v Speaker 1>there's pop up with our guest from yesterday's episode, Chipper Jones,

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<v Speaker 1>just hanging out on Baseball Tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>That was cool. Chipper was all over the place, Jeff. See,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're like a local star like Chipper is. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's one of the four greatest Braves of all time.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like the host for the All Star Game, when

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<v Speaker 2>you're the Hall of Famer and everything goes through you.

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<v Speaker 2>So he told me that he was in a restaurant

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<v Speaker 2>on Monday night and Derek Jeter came by and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>he got me in a headlock, and he said, are

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<v Speaker 2>you exhausted yet? Because Derek Jeter knows what it's like

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of be the host of something like this.

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<v Speaker 2>So I asked, Derek Jeter, did you get Chipper in

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<v Speaker 2>an actual headlock? And he goes, he's exaggerating that I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't hurt it, my promise. So great little back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth between Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter and Chipper was

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<v Speaker 2>all over the place. And Jeff, just like he was

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<v Speaker 2>so insightful and hilarious on our podcast, he was the

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<v Speaker 2>same on Baseball tonight. He's just got a great, great

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<v Speaker 2>way about him as he explained the All Star Game

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<v Speaker 2>what it meant to him, but especially to the Braves

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<v Speaker 2>and to the city of Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you are listening right now and you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have a chance to listen to Chipper Jones's interview, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just the previous episode here on the feed, So just

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<v Speaker 1>cycle back one either after this episode or do it

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<v Speaker 3>Is this a great game or what with you?

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<v Speaker 1>So, Dad, I want to hear all the All Star

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<v Speaker 1>Game stuff. I mean, this is a unique episode because

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<v Speaker 1>usually we have games to talk about, but the only

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<v Speaker 1>game that has been played since we lasted a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>was the All Star Game. So do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>start with the Derby or do you want to start

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<v Speaker 1>with the All Star Game?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you want to go about this? We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>start with the All Star Game because the All Star

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<v Speaker 2>Game was a quirk gin. There is no there are

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<v Speaker 2>no quartions this week because the All Star Game was

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<v Speaker 2>the quirk gin. Jeff. It was so interesting and we

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<v Speaker 2>never even considered there was to be a tie game

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<v Speaker 2>in the All Star Game because the National League had

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<v Speaker 2>a six to nothing lead and there was zero chance

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<v Speaker 2>the American League was coming back. But to their credit,

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<v Speaker 2>and I tell you all the time, Jeff, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>teams they really don't care who wins the All Star Game.

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<v Speaker 2>They just want to have a great time, try their hardest,

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<v Speaker 2>and if they win, great, But the American League really

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<v Speaker 2>fought their way back. And I was the dugout reporter

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<v Speaker 2>on radio, so I was in the American League dugout

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<v Speaker 2>for all of this, and it was really cool to

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<v Speaker 2>see how the momentum started to gain. Down six to nothing,

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<v Speaker 2>they come back to tie the game six to six

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<v Speaker 2>after nine, which of course led us to the first

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<v Speaker 2>well yeah, the first home run derby, the first swing

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<v Speaker 2>off to win an All Star Game. Ever, so the

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<v Speaker 2>people who either weren't watching or don't know the rules,

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<v Speaker 2>you get to pick three guys per team, American leaguers

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<v Speaker 2>three National leaguers. Now, part of the rules, and the

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<v Speaker 2>rules were a little sketchy, is that you had to

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<v Speaker 2>take a guy who had played in the second half

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<v Speaker 2>of the game, okay, as opposed to getting a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who maybe played two innings, has been sitting for three hours,

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<v Speaker 2>and now you ask him to come out and get

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<v Speaker 2>three pitches and hit three homers. So, in other words,

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Judge show, Hey Otani. They came out of the

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<v Speaker 2>game early, and they were gone by the time the

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<v Speaker 2>home run derby came, so you know when everyone arrived, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>This is important to note they were all told on Monday, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>we might have a home run derby after the All

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<v Speaker 2>Star Game. If there's a tie. Who is willing to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. So Kyle Schwarber, who ended up, of course

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<v Speaker 2>being the hero. They asked him and he said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>of course I'll do it. Well, as it turned out,

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<v Speaker 2>they really needed him. Every player was allowed to say no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not interested in participating. I'm not sure that was

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<v Speaker 2>the case, but like Big Dumper, cal Rally was never

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<v Speaker 2>even considered for this because he came out of the

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<v Speaker 2>game after in the fifth inning, so you had to

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<v Speaker 2>choose from there on out. And that's what made it

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<v Speaker 2>so so interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a fascinating finish to an All Star game.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, I've seen on Twitter, I've seen on

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<v Speaker 1>social media mixed reactions, Dad, people saying, oh, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>end a baseball game like that?

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<v Speaker 2>What the heck?

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<v Speaker 1>And other people saying the game doesn't matter anymore, so

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's finish it in such a crazy way.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not?

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<v Speaker 3>And that's that's the boat I'm in, Listen.

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<v Speaker 1>Will never end another baseball game like that, so why

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<v Speaker 1>not do it? Why not add a little spice? It

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<v Speaker 1>took me back to Little League, Dad. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>that that that is something that you would do in

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<v Speaker 1>at the Coopertown Dreams Park as a fun activity between

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<v Speaker 1>games that was fun, right, was legendary.

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<v Speaker 2>What made it interesting also, Jeff, is that the fans

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<v Speaker 2>at the ballpark, and trust me, I was there, weren't

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<v Speaker 2>They weren't sure what was going on when it's six

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<v Speaker 2>six after nine and then they bring out the l

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<v Speaker 2>screen and put it right in front of the pitcher's mound, like,

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<v Speaker 2>what is going on here? But again, I was with

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<v Speaker 2>the American League, so I'm standing right in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of these guys. The level of energy was remarkable as

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<v Speaker 2>they started to get ready for this. And then when

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<v Speaker 2>Brent Rooker, who hit a three run homer in the

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<v Speaker 2>All Star Game, now he comes up as the first

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<v Speaker 2>batter for the American League and hits two homers. Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>you should have seen those guys leaping up and down.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like they were in junior high school and the

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<v Speaker 2>fans were into it. So you're right, this is a

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<v Speaker 2>meaningless game. It's an exhibition game. No one is suggesting

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<v Speaker 2>we should start to do this for a regular season

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<v Speaker 2>game that will count in the standings. But what a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect way to end this in an All Star game.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just great. So Kyle Schwarber comes up, and

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Schwarber is your boy, Jeff, because he is so

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<v Speaker 2>built for something like this. So he comes up and

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<v Speaker 2>of course you're allowed three swings. He hits three home

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<v Speaker 2>runs on three swings and gives the National League a

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<v Speaker 2>commanding lead. So he's the first player ever to hit

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<v Speaker 2>three home runs in an All Star Game, even though

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't really count. We know that. But he won

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<v Speaker 2>the MVP for that performance because then Jonathan Randa came up,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's the last hitter for the American League, and

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<v Speaker 2>if he doesn't hit at least one homer, it's over.

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<v Speaker 2>And Pete Alonso, who was on his way to becoming

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<v Speaker 2>the MVP of the All Star Game, didn't even get

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to bat because Jonathan Randa missed by about

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<v Speaker 2>five feet hitting a home run that would have tied it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, would have got it in shooting here and

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<v Speaker 2>given Pete Alonso a chance to hit a home run.

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<v Speaker 2>It was so so good. But Jeff, this is the point.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm watching this and Aaron Boone looks at me and

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, this is great. This is like whiffle ball

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<v Speaker 2>in the backyard. I sat next to Brad Austma's former

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<v Speaker 2>major league player, bench coach for the Yankees. He just

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<v Speaker 2>looks at me and goes, this is so much fun.

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<v Speaker 2>And when it was all over, I go to Corbyn Carroll.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing the show on the radio, so I'm interviewing

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<v Speaker 2>guys on the radio. I say to Corbyn CARROLLLL of

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<v Speaker 2>the Diamondbacks, I said, what was that? And he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>that was madness And that's exactly what it was. But Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a really good madness that the fans loved it,

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<v Speaker 2>but more important, the players loved it and nobody got hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>The bottom line is, you were at the game in

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<v Speaker 2>Milwaukee for the tie game, right. Do you remember what

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<v Speaker 2>happened when they decided that that was a tie game?

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<v Speaker 2>What happened, Jeff? It was chaos, right, people were what

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<v Speaker 2>they were booing.

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<v Speaker 3>They were so mad.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's not the way an All Star game, even

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three years ago, needs to be finished. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I have such a core memory of the fans. I

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<v Speaker 1>was young too, but we were up for the whole game,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was not the way to end.

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<v Speaker 3>The Midsummer Class, you know what I mean. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>such a negative feeling, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt sorry for Bud Sealing that day. The commissioner.

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<v Speaker 2>He just kind of shrugged his shoulders, like, what can

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<v Speaker 2>we do here? Well, they couldn't do anything for that game,

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<v Speaker 2>but they could do something for this game, and as

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<v Speaker 2>it turned out, it was absolutely tremendous. So look, I

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<v Speaker 2>understand we should have had Judge at O'tani and the

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<v Speaker 2>sixth best home run hitters. I don't think so. Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Brent Rooker, who was great in this home run Derby,

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<v Speaker 2>great in the All Star Game, and great in the

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<v Speaker 2>second home run Derby, has the third most home runs

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<v Speaker 2>in the American League the last three years, behind Big

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<v Speaker 2>Dumper Cal Raley and Aaron Judge. So don't tell me

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<v Speaker 2>that he didn't belong in the home run Derby to

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<v Speaker 2>decide the All Star Game. I thought it was great.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought the whole thing was great, and the level

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<v Speaker 2>of energy and excitement and enthusiasm for the fans and

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<v Speaker 2>the players absolutely sold it for me.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Dad, I know you were obviously doing the

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<v Speaker 1>game for radio. So on the television broadcast last night,

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<v Speaker 1>a highlight for me had to be Clayton Kershaw miked

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<v Speaker 1>up during the two batters he faced, and he was hysterical.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad.

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<v Speaker 1>He was taking us through his process. I kind of

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<v Speaker 1>want to throw a slider. Now, maybe I'll hit him

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<v Speaker 1>with a fastball.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, that one's a little short.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh oh.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Dad, he threw a strike like right down

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<v Speaker 1>the middle, and he goes, whoa down the middle.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank goodness, he didn't swing.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jeff, it's wonderful we can mike up a pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>We're also micing up the best picture of this generation,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the greatest pictures of all time. And for

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<v Speaker 2>him to be so playful in an All Star Game

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<v Speaker 2>and entertain us so greatly when who knows this could

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<v Speaker 2>be his last year, who knows this could be his

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<v Speaker 2>last All Star game. He was a legend pick for

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<v Speaker 2>this and the legend really came through because he faced

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<v Speaker 2>two batters including cal Raley. How great is that? And

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<v Speaker 2>he struck out the second batter that he faced, which

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<v Speaker 2>was really really cool and it was absolutely tremendous. But

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<v Speaker 2>the home run derby after the game really saved it. Jeff.

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<v Speaker 2>So I interviewed Kyle Schwarber after the game and I said, Kyle, look,

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<v Speaker 2>I know you just played in the game, but how

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<v Speaker 2>did you get ready to go up there and hit,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, swing at three straight pitches? And he said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>Chapman broke my bat with one hundred and two mile

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<v Speaker 2>an hour sinkers. So he said, I had to go

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<v Speaker 2>get a new bat because he broke it in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to go get a new bat, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was ready. And when I asked Corbyn Carrol like, what

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<v Speaker 2>about Kyle Schwarber just going up there taking three swings

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<v Speaker 2>and hitting three homers. And he looked at me and

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, well, we're kind of used to Kyle Schwarber

0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:21.360
<v Speaker 2>doing things like that, so nobody was surprised. If I

0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.840
<v Speaker 2>could have picked anyone on both of those teams to

0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.720
<v Speaker 2>go up there and do what Kyle Schwarber did, I

0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.160
<v Speaker 2>would have picked Kyle Schwarber. I think he was perfect

0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:33.160
<v Speaker 2>for that event.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Kyle Schwarber can add another home run in his

0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.840
<v Speaker 1>cap because he is the only player and I'm going

0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:42.240
<v Speaker 1>to make sure I get this right. He's the only

0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.640
<v Speaker 1>player to home run in the AL and the NL,

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<v Speaker 1>in the CSDS and wild Card Rounds, World Series, World

0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Baseball Classic Home Run Derby, and now swing off to

0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:56.720
<v Speaker 1>end an All Star Game. So he has added another

0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.640
<v Speaker 1>feather to his cap as one of the only players

0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:01.079
<v Speaker 1>to do all of those things.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it will only player to do all those right.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just priceless. We walked home from the game,

0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.240
<v Speaker 2>we walked back to our hotel after the game, and

0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.520
<v Speaker 2>we just it was just it was marvelous, just how

0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:13.720
<v Speaker 2>different it was. And it has to be said one

0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.920
<v Speaker 2>more time, Jef, it's an exhibition game. We're allowed to

0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:22.160
<v Speaker 2>do things like this. The alternative was a tie, and

0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.360
<v Speaker 2>that is not a good alternative.

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<v Speaker 1>No, And I think what's fair is fair. I think

0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.960
<v Speaker 1>we move on from there. Anybody who's upset about it, listen,

0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.679
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't even matter at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you want to throw an asterisk, sure go ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was fun for all of us watching, I'll

0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:40.839
<v Speaker 1>tell you that much.

0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.040
<v Speaker 2>And the only thing that I mean it was more

0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.440
<v Speaker 2>fun than the home run Derby Jet. But the home

0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:50.440
<v Speaker 2>run Derby was tremendous. So cal Rally, who was a

0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.920
<v Speaker 2>has been a folk hero in Seattle for three years

0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.520
<v Speaker 2>now at least, he is now a folk hero all

0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.680
<v Speaker 2>across the country. He is a folk hero all the

0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.000
<v Speaker 2>way through the Major League. What he did with his

0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:09.439
<v Speaker 2>family in the home run derby was incredible. As you know, Jeff,

0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:13.319
<v Speaker 2>he advanced past Brent Rooker in one of the rounds

0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:18.319
<v Speaker 2>by less than an inch in the combined home run totals.

0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean, what are the chances of that happening? But

0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.160
<v Speaker 2>that's how he advanced. And then he went on to

0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:30.680
<v Speaker 2>win the home run derby, hitting right handed and left handed,

0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.240
<v Speaker 2>which is just remarkable. But I don't want to be

0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.920
<v Speaker 2>corny about this, Jeff. What stole the show for me

0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:40.600
<v Speaker 2>is that his dad, Todd, was the pitcher and his

0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.960
<v Speaker 2>little brother Tea they call him, was the catcher. He

0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:50.800
<v Speaker 2>just turned fifteen years old. I interviewed his dad like

0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.880
<v Speaker 2>in between rounds, and he said, like, there could be

0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:58.640
<v Speaker 2>no other great day for a dad than this, because

0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm thrown to my son in the home run derby

0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.880
<v Speaker 2>and my other son is catching in the home run derby.

0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.720
<v Speaker 2>He said it was just incredible, and Dad told me

0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.320
<v Speaker 2>and he threw really really well. Jeff. He's by the way,

0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:15.520
<v Speaker 2>he's a coach. He coached at Western Carolina and Tennessee.

0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:19.520
<v Speaker 2>He played, he caught at Western Carolina. I tell people

0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.960
<v Speaker 2>this all the time, and no one listens, Jeff. One

0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.400
<v Speaker 2>reason that cal Raley is such a great all round

0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:29.000
<v Speaker 2>player with a baseball iq off the charts is because

0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:32.800
<v Speaker 2>of his father. He's a coach. He taught him how

0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:36.880
<v Speaker 2>to play, he taught him how to conduct himself in

0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.000
<v Speaker 2>every single way. So after it was all over, I

0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:44.040
<v Speaker 2>said to cal Raley, I said, like on the radio,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you going to celebrate with your dad the

0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.960
<v Speaker 2>pitcher and with your brother the catcher? And he goes, well,

0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.800
<v Speaker 2>my brother's only fifteen years old. He can't drink, So

0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:54.720
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna go out and have a beer in his

0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.840
<v Speaker 2>honor tonight, me and my dad. So I just thought

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<v Speaker 2>the whole thing was priceless. And you must have also

0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.880
<v Speaker 2>as a viewer from home with the energy and ball

0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.520
<v Speaker 2>balls flying all over the place, but the personal story

0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.760
<v Speaker 2>brought there by the Raleigh family just stole the night

0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:12.040
<v Speaker 2>from me. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think a big testament to how great the

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<v Speaker 1>coverage of it was was my wife Emily, who we've

0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:20.640
<v Speaker 1>established did not grow up like this huge, big baseball

0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.240
<v Speaker 1>fan like I grew up, but she's grown to love

0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:26.920
<v Speaker 1>the game. But she loved the coverage of the home

0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:31.040
<v Speaker 1>run derby because of finding out about his dad pitching

0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.400
<v Speaker 1>and the kids that are out in the infield or

0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.160
<v Speaker 1>the kids catching the balls in the outfield, like how

0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:39.280
<v Speaker 1>special that event is. And if you ever have a

0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:42.600
<v Speaker 1>chance to go to an All Star Game, don't pass

0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:46.120
<v Speaker 1>up going to the home Run Derby. That place was packed,

0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.400
<v Speaker 1>the energy was magnetic. I'm sure it was hot as

0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.400
<v Speaker 1>all get out. But Dad, next year, not to get

0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.680
<v Speaker 1>ahead of myself, it's in Philadelphia, And I told my

0:16:55.720 --> 0:17:00.520
<v Speaker 1>wife Emily, we are absolutely not missing East the home

0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.920
<v Speaker 1>run Derby, but most definitely the home run Derby and

0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:04.720
<v Speaker 1>the All Star Game.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. And what you don't know, Jeff, is next year

0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:11.920
<v Speaker 2>there is a media home run Derby. Okay, and I

0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.800
<v Speaker 2>will be throwing to you. Okay. I'm the media member,

0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:19.240
<v Speaker 2>so I'll be This is a joke, Jeff. Don't worry.

0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.720
<v Speaker 2>You don't have to go to the cage anytime soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad, I didn't ever hit a little league home run

0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.520
<v Speaker 1>in mit. And I'm not talking about I'm talking about

0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:29.840
<v Speaker 1>a little league home run where ball goes under the

0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.320
<v Speaker 1>left fielder's feet and then it gets thrown over the

0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.440
<v Speaker 1>second baseman's head and it gets thrown over the third

0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:36.520
<v Speaker 1>baseman's head and you get a home run. That's what

0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:37.960
<v Speaker 1>we call a little I didn't even have one of

0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:39.480
<v Speaker 1>those in my career, never.

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<v Speaker 2>Mind Jeff, you're a good athlete. Stop being so hard

0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.560
<v Speaker 2>on yourself. As for the home run derby, other than

0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.840
<v Speaker 2>cal Raley, O'Neil Cruz hit a ball five hundred and

0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:51.359
<v Speaker 2>thirteen feet, So I interviewed him on the field and

0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.920
<v Speaker 2>he needed an interpreter, and I asked the interpreter, how

0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.200
<v Speaker 2>is it possible for a human being to hit a

0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.800
<v Speaker 2>ball five hundred and thirteen feet and O'Neil crewe who said, well,

0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:04.320
<v Speaker 2>God gave me that, and it's the truth. Jeff, he's

0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:09.399
<v Speaker 2>six seven, okay. I was also struck that James Wood

0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.560
<v Speaker 2>is six seven and those guys competed in the home

0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:16.200
<v Speaker 2>run derby with Byron Buxton, who's one of the great

0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:19.840
<v Speaker 2>athletes ever to play in the Major leagues. Great high

0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:24.440
<v Speaker 2>school basketball player, obviously an all star baseball player, and

0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.720
<v Speaker 2>in high school he was a tremendous football player who

0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:31.240
<v Speaker 2>once told the coach, I'm going to go to one

0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.119
<v Speaker 2>end line of the football field and I'm going to

0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.960
<v Speaker 2>see how far I can throw football. He wasn't a quarterback,

0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.560
<v Speaker 2>and he threw a football eighty two yards in the air.

0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:44.520
<v Speaker 2>Eighty two yards. So my thinking is, Jeff, we could

0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:47.760
<v Speaker 2>There were so many athletes at the All Star Game

0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:51.400
<v Speaker 2>in baseball, which is kind of the idea now baseball

0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:55.120
<v Speaker 2>is trying to show everyone, Look how athletic our guys are.

0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.960
<v Speaker 2>I've been telling you for years. It's unbelievable how big,

0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.560
<v Speaker 2>strong and fast these guys are. So in the derby

0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.080
<v Speaker 2>we had James Wood, O'Neil Cruz, and Byron Buxton. I

0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.320
<v Speaker 2>think we should have had a slam dunk contest after

0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.240
<v Speaker 2>the home run derby on Monday night. We could have

0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:14.080
<v Speaker 2>gotten Aaron Judge six seven in it, and we could

0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:17.400
<v Speaker 2>have gotten Elie d la Cruz, the amazing shortstop six'

0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:20.119
<v Speaker 2>four who could jump out of the. Building imagine that

0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:24.200
<v Speaker 2>dunk contest between those five. Guys, now with all due

0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:27.199
<v Speaker 2>respect TO nba, Players, jeff imagine if we had a

0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:31.800
<v Speaker 2>home run hitting contest among guys in the dunk contest

0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.199
<v Speaker 2>in THE. Nba how do you think that would? Go

0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:36.439
<v Speaker 2>maybe not so.

0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:39.520
<v Speaker 3>Good, no it would not Go it would not go

0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:40.840
<v Speaker 3>good at. All that it would be.

0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:44.439
<v Speaker 2>Embarrassing, well maybe. Not i'm just trying to make a

0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.000
<v Speaker 2>point AS i defend baseball players every single day of my.

0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:53.119
<v Speaker 2>Life they are amazing, athletes AND i promise You James

0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.800
<v Speaker 2>wood could dunk it with his eyes closed in any

0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.840
<v Speaker 2>way that you. Want And i'm sure O'deal cruz, Can

0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:01.960
<v Speaker 2>i'm Sure Aaron, Judge AND i just think it would

0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.840
<v Speaker 2>have been a really cool thing to show the athleticism

0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:05.960
<v Speaker 2>of our baseball.

0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:09.680
<v Speaker 1>Players coming up next here on is this a great?

0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:12.440
<v Speaker 1>Game or what we've got on this date in baseball?

0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:15.479
<v Speaker 1>History we've also got From ozzie To oral the best

0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:18.280
<v Speaker 1>of All tim which in celebration of The All Star.

0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:19.800
<v Speaker 1>GAME i think you know what team we're going to,

0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:22.639
<v Speaker 1>pick and then a Team tim on the lines of

0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:31.439
<v Speaker 1>the home Run. Derby it's all coming up. Next welcome

0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:32.960
<v Speaker 1>back to is this a great? Game or what? That

0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:36.840
<v Speaker 1>on this date in baseball? History july the, seventeenth.

0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:40.960
<v Speaker 2>Right nineteen forty, One Joe DiMaggio's fifty six game hitting

0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:46.040
<v Speaker 2>streak ended against The Cleveland. Indians Ken, keltner the third

0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:50.359
<v Speaker 2>basement for The, indians famously made two really good defensive

0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:54.479
<v Speaker 2>plays to stop the. Streak right, There, Jeff i'm sixty

0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:56.880
<v Speaker 2>eight years. OLD i HOPE i live a lot, longer

0:20:56.920 --> 0:21:00.119
<v Speaker 2>BUT i will not be alive for anybody hitting in

0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:04.680
<v Speaker 2>fifty six straight. Games that's how amazing it. Was What demaggio.

0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:07.199
<v Speaker 2>Did And i've told you this, Before, jeff during the

0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:11.920
<v Speaker 2>fifty six game hitting, streak he struck out five, times no,

0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.760
<v Speaker 2>time no times in the final thirty two games of

0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:18.200
<v Speaker 2>the hitting. Streak think about that for a second. Again

0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.679
<v Speaker 2>strikeout rate, today out of, control pitching, today out of.

0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:27.159
<v Speaker 2>Control zero strikeouts final thirty two. Games five strikeouts in

0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:33.439
<v Speaker 2>fifty six, games incredib, unbelievable. Unbelievable nineteen seventy. FOUR i love, This,

0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:36.879
<v Speaker 2>Jeff Bob gibson struck out batter number three thousand in

0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.240
<v Speaker 2>his career to Join Walter. Johnson ever tell YOU i

0:21:40.240 --> 0:21:44.000
<v Speaker 2>went To Walter Johnson High. School, hey as the only

0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:47.680
<v Speaker 2>three thousand strikeout guys in, history and to get to three,

0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:52.399
<v Speaker 2>thousand he struck Out Sesar, geronimo number three. Thousand we

0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:55.600
<v Speaker 2>joke about. Him he was a great defensive center. Fielder

0:21:55.960 --> 0:22:00.600
<v Speaker 2>six years, Later Jeff Nolan ryan struck out batter numberumber three,

0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:04.080
<v Speaker 2>thousand and you know who he struck. Out don't say, it,

0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:06.960
<v Speaker 2>Yes Seesar. Geronimo how about?

0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:08.600
<v Speaker 3>That that's.

0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:12.960
<v Speaker 1>UNBELIEVABLE i, mean imagine that they stopped the game for

0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:16.840
<v Speaker 1>both of THOSE i would, assume, Right and There's Seysar

0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:20.160
<v Speaker 1>geronimo walking back to his dugout, thinking oh, crap now

0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:22.600
<v Speaker 1>they got to stop the whole, game right because of?

0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.960
<v Speaker 2>This? Right AND i always Quote Steve, russian who was

0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:28.320
<v Speaker 2>one of our great guests last, year to get this.

0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:31.159
<v Speaker 2>Year he wrote it as one of his. Books he,

0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:34.960
<v Speaker 2>Said i've always wondered What Sasar geronimo yelled when he

0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:41.240
<v Speaker 2>jumped out of an. Airplane love that so? Much, okay

0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:44.520
<v Speaker 2>a couple other. Things on this, date in nineteen sixty,

0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:48.760
<v Speaker 2>One Ty cobb, died one of the great players of all.

0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:51.919
<v Speaker 2>Time i'm in the vast minority, Here, jeff BUT i

0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:54.440
<v Speaker 2>think if we gave him six months to figure out

0:22:54.600 --> 0:22:57.480
<v Speaker 2>how to Play Major League baseball, today he would be

0:22:57.520 --> 0:23:01.600
<v Speaker 2>a star in today's. Game and it came his birthday

0:23:01.600 --> 0:23:05.760
<v Speaker 2>comes the day after there was no tie in The

0:23:05.800 --> 0:23:08.120
<v Speaker 2>All Star. Game But Ty cop died on this date

0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:12.760
<v Speaker 2>in nineteen sixty. One And Don, kessinger jeff great shortstop

0:23:12.880 --> 0:23:15.480
<v Speaker 2>for The Chicago, cubs was born on this date in

0:23:15.600 --> 0:23:18.520
<v Speaker 2>nineteen forty. Two AND i just love, This. Jeff his

0:23:18.600 --> 0:23:24.639
<v Speaker 2>grandson Is Gray, kessinger who's played for The astros several

0:23:24.680 --> 0:23:27.639
<v Speaker 2>times up and down the minor leagues And Grey kessinger

0:23:27.760 --> 0:23:32.080
<v Speaker 2>is a great defensive, player and he has a unique

0:23:32.200 --> 0:23:35.239
<v Speaker 2>understanding of the. Game and he told me he and

0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:38.840
<v Speaker 2>his grandfather would drive all sorts of places together and

0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:42.760
<v Speaker 2>they had two rules when they, drove no cell, phones no,

0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:47.199
<v Speaker 2>radio and all those two did grandfather and grandson was

0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:51.399
<v Speaker 2>talk about baseball on their, drives and he said. That

0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:54.639
<v Speaker 2>gray told, me you, know like my grandfather would tell, Me,

0:23:54.720 --> 0:23:58.800
<v Speaker 2>okay here we, go first and, third eighth, inning one run,

0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:03.000
<v Speaker 2>game and ball's hit to your. Left you're playing, shortstop fast,

0:24:03.040 --> 0:24:05.639
<v Speaker 2>guy first faster runner at the. Plate what are you

0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:07.919
<v Speaker 2>doing with the? Ball and these are the little things

0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:12.919
<v Speaker 2>that made Great kessinger such a great defensive player is

0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:16.960
<v Speaker 2>he got this kind of tutelage from his, grandfather who

0:24:17.040 --> 0:24:21.159
<v Speaker 2>was a Terrific major league. Shortstop love that, stuff.

0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.480
<v Speaker 1>You, Know, dad that reminds me so. Much we used

0:24:24.480 --> 0:24:27.240
<v Speaker 1>to talk about things like. That but also people always

0:24:27.320 --> 0:24:29.280
<v Speaker 1>ask me what was it like growing up with you

0:24:29.320 --> 0:24:29.560
<v Speaker 1>as a?

0:24:29.640 --> 0:24:31.199
<v Speaker 3>Dad AND i remember so.

0:24:31.359 --> 0:24:33.920
<v Speaker 1>Distinctly we would go see like A disney, movie this

0:24:34.000 --> 0:24:36.520
<v Speaker 1>is really. Young we'd go in the movie theaters and

0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:38.560
<v Speaker 1>at the end you would ask, me, so what was

0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:42.080
<v Speaker 1>that movie all? About and it was my goal to

0:24:42.119 --> 0:24:44.040
<v Speaker 1>tell you what that movie was about in like less

0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:47.479
<v Speaker 1>than ten, seconds not, rushing but to be able to

0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:52.479
<v Speaker 1>speak succinctly and quickly in order to tell a. Story

0:24:52.520 --> 0:24:54.760
<v Speaker 1>AND i remember you, saying, oh, well you could tighten

0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:56.600
<v Speaker 1>that one, up you, Know And i'd be, like, So

0:24:56.640 --> 0:25:00.199
<v Speaker 1>simba's dad passed, away it's all going to him and

0:25:00.280 --> 0:25:02.280
<v Speaker 1>he needs to learn to be a. Man and you,

0:25:02.320 --> 0:25:05.880
<v Speaker 1>know AND i just remember those car rides so vividly

0:25:06.359 --> 0:25:07.320
<v Speaker 1>because of the time we.

0:25:07.320 --> 0:25:10.240
<v Speaker 2>Spent, again, Well, JEFF i was just trying to prepare

0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:12.160
<v Speaker 2>you for what you were going to do with your,

0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:15.040
<v Speaker 2>life and that is be out in front and be

0:25:15.119 --> 0:25:19.080
<v Speaker 2>able to get to the crux of the, problem the,

0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:22.480
<v Speaker 2>issue whatever it. Is SO i remember you were like

0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:27.359
<v Speaker 2>five And kelly was maybe, eight and we Saw October

0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:29.760
<v Speaker 2>sky you know this, Story AND i, said a great

0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:32.680
<v Speaker 2>movie makes me cry out loud all the. Time SO i, Said,

0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:34.719
<v Speaker 2>jeff what was that movie? About you And kelly are

0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:36.639
<v Speaker 2>in the, car and you, said, well it was about a.

0:25:36.720 --> 0:25:39.679
<v Speaker 2>Rocket what? Else So kelly gave it a great deal of,

0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:42.400
<v Speaker 2>thought a great deal of. Thought and FINALLY i, Said,

0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:44.960
<v Speaker 2>kelly what was that movie? About and she, Said, dad

0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:48.239
<v Speaker 2>that was about a father and a, son and it

0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:51.040
<v Speaker 2>Was it just made, Me it just makes me tear

0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:53.560
<v Speaker 2>up even to think That kelly could figure that. Out

0:25:53.880 --> 0:25:55.879
<v Speaker 2>and that was a great movie and a tear jerger

0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:58.199
<v Speaker 2>on the highest. Order ain't that the?

0:25:58.240 --> 0:25:58.760
<v Speaker 3>Truth All?

0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:02.480
<v Speaker 1>Right, dad let's go From ozzie To. Oral you're gonna

0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:05.359
<v Speaker 1>give us the best player to wear each number in

0:26:05.400 --> 0:26:06.960
<v Speaker 1>the history Of Major League.

0:26:06.960 --> 0:26:08.199
<v Speaker 3>Baseball And, Dad i'll tell you right.

0:26:08.200 --> 0:26:12.359
<v Speaker 1>Now on social media you cause quite a, stir but

0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:16.240
<v Speaker 1>you always, say this is your, list not the, list,

0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:18.760
<v Speaker 1>Right And i'm just, Saying, dad some, guys you, know

0:26:18.800 --> 0:26:21.280
<v Speaker 1>they just they just go in and they support their, guy,

0:26:21.600 --> 0:26:24.480
<v Speaker 1>right and this is your. List last week we did

0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:27.879
<v Speaker 1>twenty seven and twenty. Eight now we're on number twenty.

0:26:28.119 --> 0:26:29.639
<v Speaker 1>Nine who is the best player to wear that?

0:26:29.760 --> 0:26:33.720
<v Speaker 2>Night? WELL i strongly Considered John smoltz in part because

0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:37.680
<v Speaker 2>the green Room jeff In atlanta for The All Star

0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:41.200
<v Speaker 2>game was called The Small. Troom so the green room

0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:45.440
<v Speaker 2>that we operated out of was called the Smolt. Troom

0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:48.119
<v Speaker 2>it was right next to The Maddox room and The

0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.960
<v Speaker 2>Glavin room and The Chipper Jones. Room So John smoltz

0:26:52.119 --> 0:26:55.439
<v Speaker 2>was right across the hall and he walked into our

0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:57.480
<v Speaker 2>room and, Said i've never been in the smolt room.

0:26:57.520 --> 0:27:00.320
<v Speaker 2>Before and he looked, around he, laughed and he, Said

0:27:00.840 --> 0:27:04.840
<v Speaker 2>i've done the square. Footage it is bigger than The chipper,

0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:09.440
<v Speaker 2>room The glavin, room for The maddox. Room SO i

0:27:09.480 --> 0:27:12.919
<v Speaker 2>Asked chipper. THIS i told him this on the. AIR i,

0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:16.879
<v Speaker 2>SAID i said the observation made By John. Smoltz and

0:27:16.960 --> 0:27:20.119
<v Speaker 2>of Course chipper laughed out loud and he, said of,

0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:23.679
<v Speaker 2>course Only smoltzy would think that. Way and he, Said

0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:27.359
<v Speaker 2>i'm pretty sure he actually did the square footage to

0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:31.160
<v Speaker 2>make sure that his room was. Bigger that's how, Competitive

0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:35.359
<v Speaker 2>that's how Competitive John smoltz. Was so number twenty nine

0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:37.879
<v Speaker 2>is Not John, smoltz even though he's a very close.

0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:41.320
<v Speaker 2>SECOND i have to go With Rod, carew of, course

0:27:41.400 --> 0:27:44.560
<v Speaker 2>first Ballot hall Of, famer one of the great hitters

0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:46.920
<v Speaker 2>That i've ever, seen AND i grew up watching him

0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:52.400
<v Speaker 2>play three twenty eight lifetime, average Eighteen All star, games

0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:57.720
<v Speaker 2>seven batting. Titles nineteen seventy, seven he won THE mvp that,

0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:01.280
<v Speaker 2>year he at three eighty eight with an ops of

0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:05.000
<v Speaker 2>one point zero one. Nine he was. Amazing And jeff

0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:08.080
<v Speaker 2>that year he got two hundred and thirty nine, hits

0:28:08.280 --> 0:28:10.840
<v Speaker 2>stole and scored one hundred and twenty eight. Runs But,

0:28:11.200 --> 0:28:13.960
<v Speaker 2>jeff when people ask me all these bizarre, questions he's

0:28:14.000 --> 0:28:17.359
<v Speaker 2>the best bunter That i've ever. Seen Wan pierre was,

0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:20.720
<v Speaker 2>Good Brett butler was. Good Rod carew was the best

0:28:20.800 --> 0:28:23.200
<v Speaker 2>Bunter i've ever. Seen AND i was talking to somebody

0:28:23.240 --> 0:28:26.320
<v Speaker 2>the other day and he said That Rod carew, occasionally

0:28:26.520 --> 0:28:29.840
<v Speaker 2>more than, occasionally would draw a circle on the field

0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:34.360
<v Speaker 2>during early batting, practice and he would bunt one hundred

0:28:34.400 --> 0:28:38.720
<v Speaker 2>straight balls and make sure they all ended up in the.

0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:42.800
<v Speaker 2>Circle that's how skilled he. Was wow at pushing a

0:28:42.840 --> 0:28:46.560
<v Speaker 2>bunt down the third base line or dragging a bunt

0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:49.720
<v Speaker 2>down the first base. Line he could, Bunt he, said

0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.959
<v Speaker 2>he could bunt like one hundred straight balls into a.

0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.480
<v Speaker 2>Circle bunting his lost, art not On rod Crew that's

0:28:56.520 --> 0:28:59.720
<v Speaker 2>one reason why for, me for me, only he's the

0:28:59.760 --> 0:29:03.680
<v Speaker 2>great number twenty. Nine, ever that sounds like something a

0:29:03.760 --> 0:29:07.040
<v Speaker 2>golfer would. Do, yeah that kind of, exercise, Right. Jeff

0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:11.720
<v Speaker 2>there's so many similarities between golf and. Baseball it's. Incredible

0:29:11.760 --> 0:29:13.840
<v Speaker 2>by the, WAY i Asked Chipper, jones who's been a

0:29:13.840 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 2>lot big part of yesterday and today's. PODCAST i, say

0:29:17.680 --> 0:29:19.480
<v Speaker 2>how much golf do you? Play he, GOES i played

0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:23.760
<v Speaker 2>twenty seven holes Every tuesday and Every thursday without. Fail

0:29:24.120 --> 0:29:26.800
<v Speaker 2>so he, SAYS i tell everyone THAT i know my

0:29:26.880 --> 0:29:30.560
<v Speaker 2>agent who needs me for stuff. Whatever i'm not available

0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:32.600
<v Speaker 2>On tuesday And. Thursday if you need me to do,

0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:36.160
<v Speaker 2>Anything i'm Available, Monday, wednesday And. Friday But tuesday And

0:29:36.200 --> 0:29:39.400
<v Speaker 2>THURSDAY i play fifty four holes each. DAY i love.

0:29:39.440 --> 0:29:42.440
<v Speaker 1>It, YEAH i mean the TIME i spend editing and

0:29:42.480 --> 0:29:45.120
<v Speaker 1>putting together this podcast is the same amount of time

0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:46.440
<v Speaker 1>he spends weekly playing.

0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:46.840
<v Speaker 2>Golf.

0:29:48.280 --> 0:29:50.480
<v Speaker 1>Yeah when my friends, asked do you ever get out?

0:29:50.480 --> 0:29:52.880
<v Speaker 1>THERE i said not with three episodes a week. On

0:29:53.040 --> 0:29:54.040
<v Speaker 1>is this a great game or What?

0:29:54.400 --> 0:29:57.760
<v Speaker 2>Jef, Jeff we're gonna get you some. Help we just

0:29:57.800 --> 0:29:59.800
<v Speaker 2>have to make some. Money we don't make any money

0:29:59.840 --> 0:30:02.560
<v Speaker 2>do the. Show we're doing this by. Ourselves we're just

0:30:02.640 --> 0:30:03.520
<v Speaker 2>doing that's.

0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:04.840
<v Speaker 3>A great it's a great time to.

0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:08.880
<v Speaker 1>Say if anybody is looking to be involved with endorsing or,

0:30:08.880 --> 0:30:11.280
<v Speaker 1>sponsoring is this a great? Game or? What reach Out

0:30:11.440 --> 0:30:14.280
<v Speaker 1>jeff at great? Game or what dot com rate start

0:30:14.320 --> 0:30:15.240
<v Speaker 1>at just one?

0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:16.400
<v Speaker 2>Dollar? All, right here we.

0:30:16.480 --> 0:30:19.520
<v Speaker 3>Go are we gonna move on to. Thirty are you

0:30:19.560 --> 0:30:20.000
<v Speaker 3>doing two?

0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:23.120
<v Speaker 2>Today, No we're gonna do thirty next. Week thirty is,

0:30:23.160 --> 0:30:25.880
<v Speaker 2>difficult And i'm Gonna i'm gonna just try one at

0:30:25.880 --> 0:30:27.360
<v Speaker 2>a time, Here, okay.

0:30:27.200 --> 0:30:29.960
<v Speaker 1>All, right so number thirty will be next, Week, Dad

0:30:30.120 --> 0:30:32.760
<v Speaker 1>just out of, curiosity have you timed this out because

0:30:32.760 --> 0:30:35.160
<v Speaker 1>it's ouzzy to oral one to fifty? Five are you

0:30:35.320 --> 0:30:38.760
<v Speaker 1>timing this out to try to get us to basically

0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:40.440
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs by fifty?

0:30:40.440 --> 0:30:42.760
<v Speaker 2>Five we'll get to fifty, five trust, ME i.

0:30:43.200 --> 0:30:45.920
<v Speaker 1>Know OH I i'm saying we're we're ahead of. Pace

0:30:46.000 --> 0:30:47.720
<v Speaker 1>we're at The All star break and we're already at.

0:30:47.760 --> 0:30:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Thirty so we're gonna we're gonna slow, down say when

0:30:50.920 --> 0:30:53.840
<v Speaker 2>we get to number forty, four because number forty four

0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:57.680
<v Speaker 2>Is Hank. Aaron and we will talk greatly About Hank,

0:30:57.720 --> 0:31:00.440
<v Speaker 2>aaron as we will today Because, jeff he is our

0:31:00.520 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 2>best of all tim we have picked the best player

0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:09.280
<v Speaker 2>from each. Franchise we're up to number, eighteen And Hank

0:31:09.320 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 2>aaron obviously is the Greatest brave. Ever and at The

0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:18.280
<v Speaker 2>All Star, Game, jeff they did a tribute To Hank.

0:31:18.320 --> 0:31:20.160
<v Speaker 2>Aaron did you see? It did you see?

0:31:20.160 --> 0:31:22.720
<v Speaker 3>It it Was, Dad it was so.

0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 1>Incredible the internet was just in awe about it, all

0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:32.720
<v Speaker 1>AND i, mean it was so. Beautiful on seven, Fifteen july,

0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:38.200
<v Speaker 1>fifteenth honoring home run seven, fifteen we Had Tom house

0:31:38.360 --> 0:31:43.240
<v Speaker 1>on the podcast earlier this year on the anniversary of

0:31:43.360 --> 0:31:46.840
<v Speaker 1>the day that seven fifteen was, hit and he was

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:47.720
<v Speaker 1>the one who caught the.

0:31:47.760 --> 0:31:48.760
<v Speaker 3>Ball if you listen to the.

0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:50.520
<v Speaker 1>Episode if you, didn't you got to go back and

0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:54.040
<v Speaker 1>listen to, it because he ran the ball Into, hank his. Teammate, Anyway,

0:31:54.320 --> 0:31:57.680
<v Speaker 1>dad it was so spectacular and so. Beautiful what was

0:31:57.720 --> 0:31:59.479
<v Speaker 1>it like in? Person is it equally as?

0:31:59.560 --> 0:32:03.880
<v Speaker 2>Cool it was so, powerful it was so beautifully. Done

0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:07.280
<v Speaker 2>whoever put that together deserves An emmy or An oscar

0:32:07.520 --> 0:32:10.800
<v Speaker 2>or something because that was. Beautiful and you, know we

0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:13.640
<v Speaker 2>were talking about the biggest home runs in baseball, History,

0:32:13.720 --> 0:32:18.480
<v Speaker 2>JEFF i think that has the distinction of the most

0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:21.440
<v Speaker 2>important home run in baseball. History does that make? Sense

0:32:21.560 --> 0:32:25.920
<v Speaker 2>different than, Say mazarowski's which won the nineteen Sixty World.

0:32:26.000 --> 0:32:29.000
<v Speaker 2>SERIES i think you can make that the biggest home

0:32:29.080 --> 0:32:31.880
<v Speaker 2>run In Major league, history but the most important one

0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:36.200
<v Speaker 2>was When Hank aaron Passed Babe ruth on the all time.

0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:37.040
<v Speaker 2>List does that make?

0:32:37.080 --> 0:32:38.680
<v Speaker 3>SENSE i think it makes.

0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:41.400
<v Speaker 1>Sense dad And Tom house went into this on the,

0:32:41.440 --> 0:32:44.840
<v Speaker 1>episode but it bears repeating also to think about what

0:32:44.920 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 1>the country was going through at that time and how so,

0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:51.520
<v Speaker 1>many so many did not like the thought of a

0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:54.720
<v Speaker 1>black man being the home run leader of all, time

0:32:55.080 --> 0:32:59.200
<v Speaker 1>and how culturally that was difficult for the country for

0:32:59.640 --> 0:33:02.160
<v Speaker 1>people who didn't see that as something that could happen

0:33:02.400 --> 0:33:06.040
<v Speaker 1>when it was breaking down barriers as it. SHOULD i,

0:33:06.040 --> 0:33:09.080
<v Speaker 1>mean it's similar to that in a different way To

0:33:09.240 --> 0:33:12.440
<v Speaker 1>Jackie robinson breaking the color. Barrier, Right, dad this is

0:33:12.480 --> 0:33:15.040
<v Speaker 1>the important monumental things that happened in our.

0:33:15.080 --> 0:33:18.200
<v Speaker 2>Game. Right it was. Amazing And i've told you this story, Before,

0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 2>Jeff but here's how Revered Hank aaron was from everyone

0:33:22.320 --> 0:33:24.920
<v Speaker 2>in the. Game Aaron, boone who grew up in, baseball

0:33:25.120 --> 0:33:27.480
<v Speaker 2>grew up on a baseball, field was at the ballpark

0:33:27.520 --> 0:33:29.920
<v Speaker 2>with his dad when he was three years, old And

0:33:30.000 --> 0:33:34.720
<v Speaker 2>boonie can talk to anybody about. Anything twenty Fourteen All Star.

0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:38.480
<v Speaker 2>Game we're In. Minneapolis he's working FOR. Espn he gets

0:33:38.680 --> 0:33:42.120
<v Speaker 2>off the elevator and he sees me and his face

0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:45.640
<v Speaker 2>is like ASHEN i, said he, said guess WHO i

0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:48.480
<v Speaker 2>just saw in the. ELEVATOR i, said Who he, Said Hank.

0:33:48.520 --> 0:33:52.240
<v Speaker 2>AARON i, said, wow what did you say to? Him he,

0:33:52.240 --> 0:33:55.840
<v Speaker 2>SAID i didn't know what to. SAY i was. SPEECHLESS

0:33:56.000 --> 0:33:58.800
<v Speaker 2>i couldn't even. SPEAK i, said, what you could talk

0:33:58.840 --> 0:34:02.000
<v Speaker 2>to anyone he, Goes but that Was Hank. Aaron that's

0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:07.160
<v Speaker 2>how Revered Hank aaron was In Aaron boone's. Mind And

0:34:07.440 --> 0:34:10.080
<v Speaker 2>i've told you my, Story, jeff but the highlight of

0:34:10.120 --> 0:34:15.160
<v Speaker 2>my career was Interviewing Hank aaron for four innings during

0:34:15.160 --> 0:34:17.640
<v Speaker 2>a baseball, game you, know seven or eight years, ago

0:34:17.800 --> 0:34:20.760
<v Speaker 2>ten years, ago whatever it was With Dave fleming And Eduardo.

0:34:20.800 --> 0:34:23.839
<v Speaker 2>Perez SO i sat next To Hank aaron for four,

0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:26.759
<v Speaker 2>innings an hour and a, half next to one of

0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:29.440
<v Speaker 2>the greatest players of all time and one of the

0:34:29.440 --> 0:34:32.399
<v Speaker 2>greatest people we'll ever. See he was so, funny he

0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:36.480
<v Speaker 2>was so. Charming his recall was. Unbelievable, JEFF i stopped

0:34:36.600 --> 0:34:40.200
<v Speaker 2>keeping score of a major league game BECAUSE i was

0:34:40.400 --> 0:34:44.320
<v Speaker 2>mesmerized by the man sitting to my. Left so after

0:34:44.360 --> 0:34:49.360
<v Speaker 2>the game was, over, OKAY i looked At. Twitter never

0:34:49.640 --> 0:34:51.759
<v Speaker 2>a good idea to look At twitter after you've called

0:34:51.760 --> 0:34:54.799
<v Speaker 2>a major league, game trust. Me some guy wrote in

0:34:54.840 --> 0:34:58.239
<v Speaker 2>and he, said if anyone ever looks at you the

0:34:58.239 --> 0:35:02.360
<v Speaker 2>way That Tim kirkchen looked At Hank aaron, tonight you

0:35:02.360 --> 0:35:07.560
<v Speaker 2>should marry that. Person that's how magical it was being

0:35:07.640 --> 0:35:11.560
<v Speaker 2>in the booth that night With Eduardo perez And Dave,

0:35:11.600 --> 0:35:14.920
<v Speaker 2>fleming and they say the same thing that that was

0:35:14.960 --> 0:35:17.840
<v Speaker 2>one of the highlights of their entire career was getting

0:35:17.880 --> 0:35:20.600
<v Speaker 2>to sit next To Hank aaron and have him tell

0:35:20.680 --> 0:35:24.520
<v Speaker 2>us stories of his. Life it was absolutely. Tremendous so

0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:27.719
<v Speaker 2>that is the best of all tim perfect time to do,

0:35:27.800 --> 0:35:33.000
<v Speaker 2>it Because Hank aaron was all Over atlanta during The

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:35.440
<v Speaker 2>All Star, game as he should have, been the Greatest

0:35:35.520 --> 0:35:36.640
<v Speaker 2>brave of all.

0:35:36.680 --> 0:35:40.480
<v Speaker 1>Time, dad you mentioned keeping score during the. Game that's

0:35:40.520 --> 0:35:43.040
<v Speaker 1>something that you taught me to. Do and do you

0:35:43.160 --> 0:35:47.160
<v Speaker 1>know my two favorite keeping score during the game stories

0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:50.200
<v Speaker 1>was WHEN i was a. KID i tried to take

0:35:50.239 --> 0:35:53.000
<v Speaker 1>score during the two thousand and Two All Star, game

0:35:53.360 --> 0:35:55.680
<v Speaker 1>my first Ever All star, game trying to keep score

0:35:55.760 --> 0:35:58.120
<v Speaker 1>during WHICH i do not recommend for a nine year

0:35:58.160 --> 0:35:58.520
<v Speaker 1>old at that.

0:35:58.600 --> 0:36:01.400
<v Speaker 3>Time even if.

0:36:01.239 --> 0:36:03.719
<v Speaker 1>The game isn't in extra innings and doesn't even end

0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:09.440
<v Speaker 1>up finishing with a final, score the amount of substitutions.

0:36:08.200 --> 0:36:09.680
<v Speaker 3>You're gonna run out of room on your.

0:36:09.719 --> 0:36:11.719
<v Speaker 2>Scorecard it was so.

0:36:11.960 --> 0:36:14.840
<v Speaker 1>Difficult and then my other favorite keeping score story is

0:36:14.880 --> 0:36:18.200
<v Speaker 1>you REMEMBER i took my high school girlfriend to A

0:36:18.320 --> 0:36:21.080
<v Speaker 1>nationals game and AS i was getting ready to, LEAVE

0:36:21.480 --> 0:36:24.359
<v Speaker 1>i was getting my scorebook to take with, me and

0:36:24.400 --> 0:36:27.440
<v Speaker 1>you looked at me with such, disappointment THINKING i have

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<v Speaker 1>raised an equally nerdy.

0:36:29.760 --> 0:36:30.080
<v Speaker 2>Kid.

0:36:30.800 --> 0:36:32.399
<v Speaker 3>Jeff you can't go keep.

0:36:32.480 --> 0:36:35.000
<v Speaker 1>Score when you bring a girl to a baseball, game

0:36:35.040 --> 0:36:36.000
<v Speaker 1>you have to pay.

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<v Speaker 2>Attention to, Her. Jeff and NORMALLY i would do that from,

0:36:40.840 --> 0:36:43.320
<v Speaker 2>experience BUT i don't THINK i ever took a girl

0:36:43.360 --> 0:36:46.000
<v Speaker 2>to it, all to a baseball, game BECAUSE i don't

0:36:46.040 --> 0:36:48.239
<v Speaker 2>THINK i took a girl anywhere UNTIL i met your.

0:36:48.280 --> 0:36:51.680
<v Speaker 2>MOTHER i, mean it's just it's. Terrible, yes you should.

0:36:51.760 --> 0:36:54.399
<v Speaker 2>Not you should not if you don't know what you're,

0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:56.960
<v Speaker 2>doing and that the girl's not that, interested maybe you

0:36:56.960 --> 0:36:58.080
<v Speaker 2>shouldn't bring your score.

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<v Speaker 1>Book so all, Right, dad for today's wrapping up today's,

0:37:02.719 --> 0:37:05.719
<v Speaker 1>episode you have a special team ten AND i think

0:37:05.760 --> 0:37:08.000
<v Speaker 1>this is probably one of the most creative you've ever

0:37:08.080 --> 0:37:10.239
<v Speaker 1>come up. With AND i would like to introduce it

0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:13.799
<v Speaker 1>because my little quirk gin of the, day which of

0:37:13.800 --> 0:37:16.560
<v Speaker 1>course everybody knows at this point is Cal rally is

0:37:16.640 --> 0:37:19.400
<v Speaker 1>the first catcher ever to win The Home Run, Derby

0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:24.239
<v Speaker 1>and THEN i realized he's the last position to win.

0:37:24.280 --> 0:37:26.359
<v Speaker 1>It so, like now we have a player at every

0:37:26.440 --> 0:37:29.680
<v Speaker 1>position who has won The Home Run, derby and the

0:37:29.719 --> 0:37:32.000
<v Speaker 1>catcher was the last one we were waiting for, obviously

0:37:32.080 --> 0:37:33.279
<v Speaker 1>besides pitcher.

0:37:32.960 --> 0:37:36.520
<v Speaker 2>Technically right, Right SO i told Cal raley that after

0:37:36.600 --> 0:37:38.840
<v Speaker 2>the game on the, RADIO i, said you're the first

0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:42.280
<v Speaker 2>catcher ever to win The Home Run, derby And jeff

0:37:42.360 --> 0:37:46.160
<v Speaker 2>his eyes lit up like he needs something else to

0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:49.520
<v Speaker 2>be excited. About he, goes, WOW i had no idea about,

0:37:49.560 --> 0:37:53.200
<v Speaker 2>that so he was. Thrilled, Yes so Cal raley obviously

0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:55.720
<v Speaker 2>is the, catcher and you can go a million different

0:37:55.760 --> 0:37:58.799
<v Speaker 2>ways at all these, positions But i'm going With Pete

0:37:58.800 --> 0:38:02.279
<v Speaker 2>alonzo at first base because he won it twice in

0:38:02.600 --> 0:38:06.239
<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen and twenty twenty, one and he loved the

0:38:06.280 --> 0:38:08.719
<v Speaker 2>home Run. Derby he loved competing in as much as

0:38:08.840 --> 0:38:13.360
<v Speaker 2>Anyone i've ever. Seen Ryan sandberg, Won he's our second.

0:38:13.400 --> 0:38:16.560
<v Speaker 2>Basement he won The Home Run derby in nineteen ninety

0:38:16.880 --> 0:38:20.520
<v Speaker 2>in his home ballpark At Wrigley. Field that made it,

0:38:20.640 --> 0:38:23.440
<v Speaker 2>cool of, course that made it even. Better our third

0:38:23.520 --> 0:38:29.000
<v Speaker 2>basement Is Todd, fraser of, course who won in twenty

0:38:29.160 --> 0:38:33.200
<v Speaker 2>fifteen in his home ballpark And jeff that was the

0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:36.680
<v Speaker 2>first year that they used the clock in the home

0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:40.880
<v Speaker 2>run derby and his brother was pitching to. HIM i, repeat.

0:38:41.360 --> 0:38:46.440
<v Speaker 2>Relationship home run derbys are the, best and he because

0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:49.680
<v Speaker 2>the clock was. Sticking i'll never Forget Todd fraser was

0:38:49.800 --> 0:38:53.080
<v Speaker 2>screaming at his. Brother throw it, faster throw it, faster

0:38:53.200 --> 0:38:56.960
<v Speaker 2>beating not, harder just throw it more often because more

0:38:57.000 --> 0:39:03.320
<v Speaker 2>constantly out of. TIME i still because the clock saved

0:39:03.480 --> 0:39:06.360
<v Speaker 2>the home run, DERBY i think that was the best

0:39:06.360 --> 0:39:11.200
<v Speaker 2>One i've ever seen in one, way Because Todd frazier did,

0:39:11.239 --> 0:39:13.719
<v Speaker 2>it he did it at home and his brother was

0:39:13.760 --> 0:39:17.160
<v Speaker 2>pitching to. HIM i just loved. It. Spectacular Cal ripkin

0:39:17.239 --> 0:39:21.320
<v Speaker 2>in nineteen ninety, one one of his TWO mvp, seasons

0:39:21.400 --> 0:39:24.560
<v Speaker 2>he won the home Run derby In toronto that. Night

0:39:24.640 --> 0:39:28.000
<v Speaker 2>that was pretty. Cool Ken Griffy junior is one of

0:39:28.000 --> 0:39:30.400
<v Speaker 2>the outfielders because he's the only one to win it

0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:34.800
<v Speaker 2>three times nineteen ninety, four nineteen ninety eight and nineteen ninety.

0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:40.359
<v Speaker 2>Nine Key Griffy junior just barged onto the set Of

0:39:40.400 --> 0:39:44.400
<v Speaker 2>baseball tonight the other. Night he wasn't even, invited but

0:39:44.480 --> 0:39:47.239
<v Speaker 2>he was just standing. There So Kevin cotters had to,

0:39:47.280 --> 0:39:50.040
<v Speaker 2>say you want to come, On so we Brought Ken

0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:53.719
<v Speaker 2>Griffy junior into the. Show it was just. Priceless it

0:39:53.840 --> 0:39:58.520
<v Speaker 2>was so so good. Outfielder i'm also Going Josh, hamilton

0:39:58.680 --> 0:40:01.799
<v Speaker 2>even though he never won a home run, derby the

0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:05.000
<v Speaker 2>show that he put on that day at the Old

0:40:05.120 --> 0:40:09.200
<v Speaker 2>Yankee stadium was like nothing anyone had ever. Seen it

0:40:09.280 --> 0:40:12.720
<v Speaker 2>might be the greatest round of home runs that anyone

0:40:12.800 --> 0:40:18.080
<v Speaker 2>has ever. Seen Josh hamilton was an amazing athlete with incredible.

0:40:18.160 --> 0:40:21.360
<v Speaker 2>Power they used to, Say jeff The Sound office, bat

0:40:21.520 --> 0:40:24.320
<v Speaker 2>you could hear it three fields a. Way in spring,

0:40:24.360 --> 0:40:27.400
<v Speaker 2>training people would go like, this, Oh josh has TAKEN

0:40:27.480 --> 0:40:31.279
<v Speaker 2>bp over, there like three hundred feet. Away you could hear.

0:40:31.320 --> 0:40:34.880
<v Speaker 2>It that's how Great Josh hamilton. Was and of Course

0:40:34.920 --> 0:40:38.960
<v Speaker 2>Bryce harper in twenty eighteen won the home run derby

0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:42.719
<v Speaker 2>against his father was the, pitcher and he did it

0:40:42.800 --> 0:40:46.279
<v Speaker 2>in his home ballpark In. Washington you went to, that, Right,

0:40:46.840 --> 0:40:47.600
<v Speaker 2>yeah that was.

0:40:47.800 --> 0:40:50.799
<v Speaker 1>INCREDIBLE i love the home ballpark. Stories it makes it

0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:51.760
<v Speaker 1>all the, better, Right.

0:40:51.640 --> 0:40:53.879
<v Speaker 2>The only thing better than him winning The Home Run

0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:56.759
<v Speaker 2>derby was me playing in The Celebrity Softball game With

0:40:58.800 --> 0:41:03.320
<v Speaker 2>Jamie fox And Jamie fox And Bill, nye the science

0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:06.880
<v Speaker 2>guy WHO i, repeat got the biggest ovation of anyone

0:41:07.239 --> 0:41:11.560
<v Speaker 2>at The Celebrity Softball game in twenty. Eighteen, So, jeff

0:41:11.600 --> 0:41:14.319
<v Speaker 2>we don't have a, pitcher but we're gonna use a

0:41:14.400 --> 0:41:16.719
<v Speaker 2>pitcher for the home Run, derby and we're gonna use

0:41:17.320 --> 0:41:20.960
<v Speaker 2>Rich donnelly because in one of the earliest home run

0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:24.400
<v Speaker 2>derbys before we really polished it to make it, better

0:41:25.080 --> 0:41:29.960
<v Speaker 2>Rich donelly was the batting practice pitcher for everyone in the.

0:41:30.000 --> 0:41:34.959
<v Speaker 2>Derby so he threw to, everyone you didn't bring your own,

0:41:35.000 --> 0:41:39.080
<v Speaker 2>guy Rich donelly was your. Guy and you See jeff

0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:41.600
<v Speaker 2>with the l screen how everyone throws from the front

0:41:41.640 --> 0:41:44.600
<v Speaker 2>of the. Mound now they're like they're like in front

0:41:44.600 --> 0:41:46.919
<v Speaker 2>of the. Dirt they could throw really hard from there

0:41:46.960 --> 0:41:50.600
<v Speaker 2>and throw. Strikes Rich donaldley threw from the top of the,

0:41:50.640 --> 0:41:53.520
<v Speaker 2>mound right on top of the rubber like a real

0:41:53.600 --> 0:41:57.600
<v Speaker 2>pitcher would for the entire home RUN wi, derby and

0:41:57.640 --> 0:41:59.160
<v Speaker 2>he pitched to, everyone isn't that?

0:41:59.200 --> 0:42:02.960
<v Speaker 1>Incredible so HE i, mean no pitch count, There you're

0:42:03.000 --> 0:42:05.120
<v Speaker 1>not pulling them after ninety nine, Pix.

0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:09.440
<v Speaker 2>Jeff and this is the, point just like Cal raley's

0:42:09.560 --> 0:42:12.719
<v Speaker 2>Dad todd told me that he. Throws he's in his mid.

0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:16.799
<v Speaker 2>Fifties he throws batting practice eleven months out of the.

0:42:16.880 --> 0:42:20.759
<v Speaker 2>Year and you can train your arm to do that

0:42:21.120 --> 0:42:24.680
<v Speaker 2>if you just keep. Throwing and that's what Rich donelly

0:42:24.719 --> 0:42:27.759
<v Speaker 2>did for his entire career as a coach and an

0:42:27.800 --> 0:42:30.920
<v Speaker 2>instructor in the major. Leagues and Rich ono's told, me

0:42:31.000 --> 0:42:33.359
<v Speaker 2>by the, way a couple of years, ago he threw

0:42:33.440 --> 0:42:37.719
<v Speaker 2>a twelve minute batting practice session and at the end

0:42:37.719 --> 0:42:42.880
<v Speaker 2>of the twelve minutes there wasn't one ball left in the. Cage, That,

0:42:43.040 --> 0:42:47.120
<v Speaker 2>jeff what does that tell? You twelve, minutes no balls

0:42:47.200 --> 0:42:49.080
<v Speaker 2>left in the? Cage what does that tell? You first,

0:42:49.160 --> 0:42:52.879
<v Speaker 2>off no one's taking any pitches right because they are

0:42:52.920 --> 0:42:57.120
<v Speaker 2>all perfect strike. Rides that's the goal of a batting

0:42:57.160 --> 0:43:00.800
<v Speaker 2>practice pitcher is to throw. Strikes and because he throws

0:43:00.920 --> 0:43:05.240
<v Speaker 2>such good, strikes everyone hit it out of the, cage

0:43:05.320 --> 0:43:08.239
<v Speaker 2>meaning no one popped it up into the cage and it.

0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:12.120
<v Speaker 2>Landed twelve, minutes no balls in the. Cage that has

0:43:12.200 --> 0:43:12.520
<v Speaker 2>to be a.

0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:17.040
<v Speaker 1>Record, Well, dad this is a great transition to tease

0:43:17.080 --> 0:43:20.400
<v Speaker 1>who we have joining the show next week because next

0:43:20.440 --> 0:43:25.440
<v Speaker 1>weekend will Be hall Of fame induction weekend In, cooperstown

0:43:25.880 --> 0:43:29.120
<v Speaker 1>a very exciting, time And Billy, wagner who is set

0:43:29.160 --> 0:43:31.360
<v Speaker 1>to be inducted into The hall Of fame in the

0:43:31.400 --> 0:43:34.080
<v Speaker 1>class of twenty twenty, five will join as our. Guest

0:43:34.120 --> 0:43:38.560
<v Speaker 1>dad and you bringing Up Todd Todd rally made me

0:43:38.640 --> 0:43:42.399
<v Speaker 1>think About Billy wagner throwing because he's a coach now

0:43:42.480 --> 0:43:46.520
<v Speaker 1>he is a and he throws left and right handed

0:43:46.560 --> 0:43:48.400
<v Speaker 1>batting practice because he can do that.

0:43:48.560 --> 0:43:52.880
<v Speaker 2>Right please tune in and listen To Billy wagner tell the.

0:43:52.960 --> 0:43:55.319
<v Speaker 2>Story we're not going to give it away this time

0:43:55.440 --> 0:43:58.920
<v Speaker 2>LIKE i always. Do we're not the time That Kenny,

0:43:59.000 --> 0:44:02.879
<v Speaker 2>rogers a fellow left handed pitcher and a really good

0:44:02.880 --> 0:44:06.960
<v Speaker 2>one in the major, leagues Challenge Billy wagner to an

0:44:06.960 --> 0:44:10.360
<v Speaker 2>event during batting. Practice just tune in to listen to.

0:44:10.400 --> 0:44:13.600
<v Speaker 2>That that's another story THAT i had never heard. BEFORE

0:44:13.640 --> 0:44:16.520
<v Speaker 2>i THOUGHT i knew all The Billy wagner. Stories i'd

0:44:16.560 --> 0:44:19.080
<v Speaker 2>never heard, that and it may be you AND i

0:44:19.239 --> 0:44:19.959
<v Speaker 2>laugh out.

0:44:20.040 --> 0:44:22.360
<v Speaker 3>Loud make sure to tune in for.

0:44:22.400 --> 0:44:25.040
<v Speaker 1>That that'll be this Coming wednesday here on Is it's

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