1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Mike Lowe kind enough to join us MLB 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: network analysts. He won two World Series titles and he 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: was the seven World Series MVPIG Mike, congrats, that was 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: great TV last night. And the fact that you followed 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: up and called Xander Bogards and got even more information. 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: But can you try to capsualize what happened on that 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: play that we wouldn't have seen as just baseball fans. Well, 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: thank you, Van, I appreciate the kind words. You know, 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: it's it's always a benefit when the head coach, the 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: manager is one of your best friends. So I actually 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: called Alex Cora, you know, to congratulate him, and I said, 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: you know, we're going to do a breakdown Cliff and 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: I and what we noticed. Zander keeps looking to third, 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: And you know, Fenway is a very different type park. 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 1: You know, centerfield as much shallower, The ball carams off 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: that wall so much harder than normal parks. So I said, 18 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: is he looking at diverse? Because sometimes, you know, when 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: I was playing third, you'd kind of point, you know, 20 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: because you don't hear four or four four, You don't 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta be looking And I said, or 22 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: is he looking at Phil Nevin? And he goes, Wellsander's 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: right next to me. I'll put you on speakers. I 24 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: was like, oh wow, how great is this? So I 25 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: asked him, He's like, I'm looking at at Nevin. And 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: I found that to be so unique because you know, 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: guys run through stop signs all the time, so so 28 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: to look at what the third base coach was doing, 29 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: I thought was really special because his other thing is 30 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: right before, he's pointing at Christian Arroyo to stay on 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: second base as the as the second cut guy, because 32 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: if he's holding Judge, they want to keep the double 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: play in order or have a play at second of 34 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: Stanton goes for the double. So there were so many 35 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: components to that that I was like, man, this is fascinating. 36 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: We gotta, you know, kind of bring maybe the fan 37 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: into it, and the fact that you know it's a 38 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: playoff game, so we have so many different camera angles. 39 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: When they showed the one from above where it really 40 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 1: shows him looking at Judge, touch second, going a third, 41 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: and then really staring at Nevin to the point where 42 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: he's still looking at him, and Keykse balls in the air, 43 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: so that that was really cool for me. And you know, 44 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: keep ball was a good short hop. You know, you 45 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: don't want to get that in between. Hoppy put his 46 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: feet perfectly. He saw that Stanton wasn't going they were 47 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: waving judge. The transition was perfect and it was a 48 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: huge part of the game too. You know, he's safe 49 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: at home and it's three to two, one outrunner on second. 50 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: You know, I think all the momentum that the Red 51 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: Sox had really would have changed there. And he's not 52 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: known as a great fielder, had the big home run 53 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: as well. But once again, to put this in layman's terms, 54 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: what Mike was talking about and how fascinating it was, 55 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: Bogart's is going to get the relay. He's looking at 56 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: the third base coach and the ball is in the air, 57 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: and he's looking at Phil Nevin and then looks back. 58 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: Presence of mind scoop it off the bounce and then 59 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: turn and throw because he knows that he's going home. No. 60 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: I thought it was wonderful. I thought it was great 61 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: inside baseball and something that I never would have thought of, 62 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: because I think everybody thought, should he have sent him? 63 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: You know, the Yankees are very aggressive. Phil Nevin's an 64 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: aggressive third base coach. And he said, and Jaron Judge 65 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: and you even said he's got plus speed. Uh, what 66 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: was it the wrong move? Though? If you if you 67 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 1: look at the situation, we know what the end result is, Mike, 68 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: Was it wrong on Phil Nevin to send him in 69 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: that situation? I don't think so. And and my main 70 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: reason for saying that is there weren't there There weren't 71 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 1: no outs, so I don't want the first out being 72 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: at home plate. And even though you're cleanup hitters, you know, 73 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: the next guy up, Joey Gallo's hitting a buck sixty 74 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: for you. You know, he's a big strikeout guy. And 75 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: not to say, well, look I told you so, he 76 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,119 Speaker 1: ends up popping too short left field, you know. So 77 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if the Yankees have the confidence in 78 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: the in Gallo tours and the guys that follow him 79 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: after that. So I got to push the button a 80 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: little And Gooding back to your point in the way 81 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: Judge gets on it is kind of a chopper to 82 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: Xander Bogarts that he beats out, so that that's kind 83 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: of been the analytics knock on Xander Bogarts. He doesn't 84 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: have those great numbers on defensive run safe, but that 85 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: play never comes up in the analytics, and it's literally 86 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: he's saving a run and it will never come out. 87 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: It'll come out as a He handled a good relay 88 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: and made a good throw, which a lot of shortstops 89 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: can do. But in that situation, I don't think a 90 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: lot of shortstops take into account everything that went on 91 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: in that play. You can watch Mike Lowell and major 92 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: League Baseball Network, the two time World Series champ. He 93 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: was the MVP of the two thousand and seven World 94 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: Series MVP, and you can watch MLB Central at eleven 95 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: am Eastern Plus. MLB Network will exclusively air Game two 96 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: between the White Sox and the Astros. That'll be tomorrow afternoon. 97 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: The Dodgers last night, it didn't seem fair that either 98 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: one of these teams was going to lose. What do 99 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: you take away from that game? If you're Dave Roberts 100 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: and the Dodgers, and you know, subsequently the Giants watching 101 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: what happened last night, well, I think it sets up 102 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: for a great rivalry, you know, Dodgers Giants for you know, 103 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: the NLDS. I think it would have been a crying 104 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: shame that a team that wins one hundred and six 105 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: games during the regular season, you know, goes home after one. 106 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: Not that I was rooting for him. I just for 107 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: the for the integrity of playing one sixty two, you know, 108 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: And that's I'm more of the advocate of the TV 109 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: must see elimination game. It's fantastic, you know. I was 110 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: glued to the TV with Yankees Red Sox. I was 111 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: glued last night. I just it hurts me to think 112 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: that you put in six months of work and you 113 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: play ten times the games that a football team does, 114 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: and it comes down to one. I don't like that. 115 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: I like, I would much prefer a two out of three. 116 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: But what I did take away from that, Dan, is 117 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: the Dodger's bullpens pretty good because Max shirts or you know, 118 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: for me, the Aces, what really makes an ace is 119 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: when they don't have their good stuff, do they still 120 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: grind it out? You know? And Max Scherz was a 121 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: little off, and he still grinds out one run just 122 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: over you know, five and a third he lays it 123 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: off to the bullpen and that combination. Joe Kelly's been 124 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: on fire. Kenney Jansen looks great again. Trying was fantastic. 125 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: You know, they got a lot of arms that come postseason, 126 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: you do have you play two games in an off day, 127 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: you play another two games in any so you can 128 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: get rest in the same guy. Can you know in 129 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: a five game series, he can throw four games. In 130 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: a seven game series, he can throw five games. So 131 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: I think Dave Roberts has to be really happy with 132 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: his options that he can go to after his starters. 133 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: They're so loaded anyways, I mean the depth really shows 134 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: with that team. Yeah, and I wonder if if you 135 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: pulled a baseball fan who didn't have a rooting interest, 136 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: what's the matchup you want? Dodgers Astros make the most 137 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: sense from a talent standpoint. I think the Astros are 138 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: super underrated. You know, the Giants I think kind of 139 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: surpassed all the expectations. I mean most people I think 140 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: predicting probably third in their own division. So the fact 141 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: that they won so many games is pretty incredible. You know, 142 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: I give gave Kapler a lot of credit, but the 143 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: Dodgers are so deep, and I think you run through 144 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: that Astro's lineup and you know, you say, well, they 145 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: got out two of Aiam Bregnan and Korea and Brandley 146 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: and their best hitters. Kyle Tucker, you know, he's kind 147 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: of one of these under the radar guys, is going 148 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: to hit seventh in the lineup. So they're they're real deep. 149 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: Their starting staff is much better than people think. So 150 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: I think there are a lot of good teams left. 151 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: It makes for a pretty potent postseason for, you know, 152 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: the fans to kind of get engaged with. What did 153 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: you win winning the MVP in two thousand and seven? 154 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: Two cars? It was pretty good and a nice little bumpers. Yeah, 155 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it was the first time 156 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: Chevy they were kind of going through the hybrid, so 157 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: they gave me a hybrid Tahoe and a hybrid I 158 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: think Chevy Malibu. It was where are they? I kept 159 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: the Tahoe nounce, I mean it's been a few years, Dan, 160 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: so I kept the Tahoe, used that one for a 161 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: few years. The Malibu. I actually one of my good 162 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: friend's daughter was going to school, so we kind of 163 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: worked out a nice little deal for her there. So 164 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: I can't say I drove the Mahab. What's your favorite 165 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: story with those red socks that you're allowed to tell, 166 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: allowed to tell yeah, because you were under the radar, 167 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: Like you didn't make headlines. You just went out there 168 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: and played every day. You know, you were a baseball player. 169 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: You had personalities on there, we did, you know. And 170 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: I think the best, I guess story that I could 171 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: tell is when we got into each city, you know, 172 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: the coaching staff and the media that belong with the 173 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: team that traveled with the team going one bus and 174 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: the players are all on the second bus and you're 175 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: all going to the hotel and David Ortiz always gets 176 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: on the mic, and first of all, he starts asking 177 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: the bus driver, bus driver, do you know who we are? 178 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: You know, he starts asking, and you know, the buster, 179 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: you know, you get very different person. Some guys don't 180 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: want to talk about Yeah, Poppy, I know who you are. 181 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: And he goes, you know, we got a guy on 182 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: our team that played with Babe Ruth in Wakefield. So 183 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: then they start going back and forth and wakes in 184 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: the back and he's like, you know, why don't you 185 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: go see a dentist. You got some gap yet. So 186 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: it was a really good back and forth, probably a 187 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: little bit not very politically correct in these days, but 188 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: those stories. Stories are good, you know. That's that's the 189 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: camaraderie that I think for me as a former player, 190 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: I love covering the game and baseball, But those are 191 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: the times you miss, you know, I don't think people 192 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: miss the trawl. It's kind of like the off the 193 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: field stuff and you know, the things you did together 194 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: as the team. Did you cowboy up? Did you do 195 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: shots before postseason games? I was not part of Cowboy Up, 196 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: although Kevin Millar was my teammate with with the Marlins 197 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: for a number of years. M I'm not gonna say 198 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: I've never taken a shot before a game. Um. You know, 199 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: sometimes when you're in a big slump dance, you go 200 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: to some extreme measures. You know you gotta do it. 201 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: You know, maybe a BP, little little hit was not 202 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 1: out of the question. But uh, those were those were 203 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: good times. You know. I really felt like in my career, 204 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: I went from you know, the attendance, you know, the 205 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: lowest attendance with the Marlins when you know, we were 206 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: and we're pretty good team and we're playing in front 207 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: of six thousand fans especially, were making a little bit 208 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: of a run to Boston where you know, every game 209 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: that I played for five years in Fenwick was a sellout. 210 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: You know, it's a pretty cool that's a pretty cool experience. 211 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: Which the strangest thing you ever heard when you're playing 212 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: in front of no crowd, no audience with the Marlins, 213 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: oh cell phones. For me, one was actually the craziest 214 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: one was right after the Hurricanes. I think it was 215 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: Katrina that went through Florida and you know, kind of 216 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: canceled our games. We had to play the Exposed in 217 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: Chicago in Comiskey whatever it's called now, I don't know 218 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: they change, So imagine that the expos that don't draw well, 219 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: the Marlins that don't draw well. Playing the game in Chicago, 220 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: I think we drew like eight hundred fans. So there. 221 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: I do remember our cell phone went off and he's like, yeah, 222 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: I got great seats. Yeah lowells right there. He's probably 223 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: not gonna hit much today. And I'm like, I can 224 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: hear you. That's not fair. So yeah, you it's much better. 225 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: Forty thousands, much better because everything's just a buzz. You 226 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: don't really hear when they're criticizing you. So I prefer 227 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: that before I say good. Why Vegas still has the Dodgers, 228 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: The favorites to win it all. You agree, Yeah, I do. 229 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I love to play blackcheck, but I'm not 230 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 1: betting on baseball. You know, for whatever reason, they're just 231 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: so deep. You know. I look at their lineup and 232 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,199 Speaker 1: they miss Max Munsey, and you look at the lineup 233 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: they put out there, like, wow, that's pretty deep lineup 234 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: for the postseason. So I give them a lot of credit. 235 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: A lot of people are like, oh, they're just stacking guys, 236 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: but you know, the ownership is willing to pay the 237 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: dollars for it, you know, and there are a lot 238 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: of teams that are in markets that can do the 239 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: same thing. And you know, the Dodgers find a way. 240 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: If you told me they were going to pick up 241 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: shares or in Turner at the deadline, I'd say you're crazy. 242 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: So they they go out and do it. They want 243 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: to win, and they're stacking their team. And I don't 244 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: have a problem with a team that's willing to spend 245 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 1: to make their team as good as possible. Mike, it's 246 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: great to talk to you again. Please pass it on 247 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: to Cliff that you guys did a wonderful job. That 248 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: was That was great TV last night, and we'll be 249 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: watching during the postseason. I will thank you Dan. Be 250 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: sure to catch the live a day of The Dan 251 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: Patrick Show week days in nine am Eastern, six am 252 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio WAPP. 253 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: Steve Poundlzolo who's the co host of Pro Football Focus. 254 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: He spends his life analyzing the numbers here and we 255 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: have Seattle hosting the Rams coming up tonight, Steve. The 256 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: most more talented quarterback Matthew Stafford and Russell Wilson Junior 257 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: the third. It really does come down to how you 258 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: define talents, and I usually lean toward better football player 259 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: because talents has to show up on the field. So 260 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: I'd go Russell Wilson because all of the talents that 261 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: he has includes winning from the pocket, winning from outside 262 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: the pocket, accuracy, decision making, decision makings talent, isn't it. 263 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's part of it. So I think 264 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: a lot of times we lean toward physical tools. And 265 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: I'll always say Stafford has three games a year where 266 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: he looks like he's the most talented quarterback in the NFL. 267 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: It's like, man, if I could bottle that up and 268 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: multiply it by five, this is a Hall of Famer. 269 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: But consistency also matters, I think too. So Stafford does 270 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: special things. But Russ I would say I'd give them 271 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: the edge there. Why are you not all in on 272 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: the Seahawks? Have you labeled them pretenders? Uh? No, I 273 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: mean I think I think their defense is still a 274 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: major question mark. They've got the ninth worst coverage grade 275 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: by PF standards here. Uh, they're not They're not challenging 276 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: passes enough. They had a nice week last week against 277 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, but the defense is still a 278 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: major question mark. And the offense, it's a new offense. 279 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: It's uh, you know, Shane Waldron comes in and it's 280 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: a little top heavy right now. So when they when 281 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: they create those explosive plays, they're great, it's it's all 282 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: the other plays in the middle. They just haven't been 283 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: as efficient as they've been in the past. I think 284 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: they'll figure it out. But I think there's there's still 285 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: some growth for Seattle. Well, handicap the NFC West right 286 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: now because you're looking at Arizona and I was on 287 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: Arizona's bandwagon last year, and then I was the last 288 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: one on Arizona's bandwagon. Everybody had fallen off. Should we 289 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: be high? Why should we be high on the Cardinals? 290 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: They are? And first off, Kyler Murray. You know, you 291 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: don't always have quarterbacks just get better every year. It's 292 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: not like a Madden game or you just add a 293 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: couple points overall. It doesn't work that way. But it 294 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: works like that for Josh Allen, and it looks like 295 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: it's working like that for Kyler Maurray. It's not common, 296 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: but Kyler's getting better every single year, and he is 297 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden that Arizona also has an incredible 298 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: group of playmakers, just the ability to move Christian Kirk 299 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: into the slot as an explosive threat, Max Williams. I 300 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: think if Max Williams was in another system, he's a 301 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: top ten tight end. And you know they threw a 302 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: seam route to him for a touchdown the other day. 303 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: They've got guys to throw to beyond DeAndre Hopkins. So 304 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: I think that's great. Kyler's development, his ability to throw 305 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: the ball over the middle of the field, which he 306 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: wasn't doing his first couple of seasons, and then he's 307 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: just got those those two or three freak place per 308 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: game where it's like, hey, try to tackle me, I'm 309 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: gonna scramble or I'm gonna scramble to throw and you 310 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: can't stop it. So Kyler's got all of that going 311 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: for him. The playmakers are great. Defense might be overachieving 312 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: a touch right now, and that'd be my only concern 313 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: I think with Arizona would be that second. Let me 314 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: go back to the Rams, because they have led with 315 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: their defense. Is that defense still formidable, top five, top 316 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: three best in football? Yeah, I mean it's again, it's 317 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: one of those things we study a lot here at 318 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: PFF where if you are a team banking on defense 319 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: year over year, it's it's just it's tough to do 320 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: because a lot of a lot of defensive success is 321 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: based off who you play. So you know, the Rams 322 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: were as good as it gets at a limiting explosive place. 323 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: So you know, the twenty games prior to Week three 324 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: when they faced the Bucks, they'd only given up seventy 325 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: eight explosive place, you know, fifteen plus yards. It's about 326 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: four per game. That's incredible. Today's NFL to limit offenses 327 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: to four per game is outstanding. Over the last two weeks, 328 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: the Rams, they played the Bucks and they played the Cardinals, 329 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: two explosive offenses. They gave up eight and a half 330 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: per game, so more than double. So it's one of 331 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: those things. If the Rams are only going to bank 332 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: on their defense going forward, they're in trouble. Luckily, they 333 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: have a good offense, but their defense has started to 334 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: show some holes right from last year. And I don't 335 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: know if it's the Brandon Stalely factor or whatever it 336 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: might be, but the ram will have a good defense, 337 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: not as dominant as last year. I think that was predictable, 338 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: and they'll have to rely on that offense continuing to 339 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: be one of the most efficient in the NFL. I 340 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: know you study every play, you guys, great every play. 341 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: I said I would not put Justin Fields in there 342 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: given the upcoming schedule. That is okay. So they just 343 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: got through with Detroit. Now you have Vegas in Vegas, 344 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: Green Bay, you have Tampa, you have San Francisco, Pittsburgh's defense, 345 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: Baltimore's defense, and then you get Detroit again. What's going 346 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: to change here in the next six or seven weeks, 347 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: Steve that you need to have Justin Fields in there 348 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: instead of Andy Dalton. Nothing's changed except probably a little 349 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: bit of outside pressure. I mean My whole thing with 350 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: Fields and any rookie quarterback is the Bears have to 351 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: make the best decision for Justin Fields, not for twenty 352 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: twenty one, but for twenty two, twenty three, and twenty four. 353 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: What's the best decision for his developments? And I don't 354 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: think there's a clear cut play him and let him 355 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: take his lumps, or sit him like Homes or like 356 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. I don't think there's a clean answer there, 357 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: But I respect teams who stick with it right and say, look, 358 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna sit him or we're gonna play him. With Fields, 359 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: there is the fear of what happened in the Browns 360 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: game one net passing yard getting sacked nine times, and 361 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: that wasn't all just play calling, despite the narratives, that's 362 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: not all Matt Naggie's fault. It was the offensive line 363 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: was trash. You know, the Browns were incredible, Miles Garrett 364 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 1: was a freak in that game, and Justin Fields had 365 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 1: some issues, you know, holding the ball and not seeing 366 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: things right. So that part of it is the scary thing. 367 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: If he has another game where he gets sacked seven, eight, 368 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: nine times, does that affect his long term development? So 369 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: that would be the question. On fields. The Rangers pass 370 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: ruts is our number one graded pass rush and they're 371 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:42,959 Speaker 1: doing it with a four man rush. So I think 372 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: we'll learn a lot this week. But it's a tough 373 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: situation because I don't think the Bears should be thinking 374 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: about winning now. They've got to be thinking about what's 375 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: best for fields long term. Yeah, that's where I am that. 376 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: I know that. I mean Patrick Mahomes didn't start his 377 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: first year because they know they had Alex Smith and 378 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: they were coming off I think a twelve and fourth season. 379 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: If they were getting rid of Alex Smith and they 380 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: were eight and eight, Mahomes probably would have started. Aaron 381 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: Rodgers didn't want to sit it just they weren't gonna 382 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: sit down bred Fox like we make it seem like, boy, 383 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: they had this strategy in place. You know, they didn't 384 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: really have a strategy in place. It was like, we 385 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: got Mahomes, we'll move on from you know, Alex, and 386 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: then you know, eventually Farv is gonna get old and 387 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 1: we'll put in Aaron Rodgers. I just don't understand this 388 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: philosophy of put justin fields in there, like, hey, we 389 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: gotta see the fans in the media, like we gotta 390 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: see something new, we know what Andy Dalton is. We 391 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: need hope here, and it feels like they're kind of 392 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: banking on Hey, here's your hope. Go out there and 393 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: try to survive. Yeah, I mean that's the thing, Like, 394 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: if you're the Bears organization, you certainly shouldn't be making 395 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: decisions based off the fans in the media or we know, 396 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: or just by Andy Dalton in general. I will stick 397 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: with that. I don't care what Andy Dalton does. If 398 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: you're a plan. If you think Justin Fields has to 399 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: sit seventeen games, fine, If you think he needs to 400 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: sit until he gets it whatever gets it means at practice, 401 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: then that to be the proud you know, like whenever 402 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: you think he's ready, whether it's week one, ten or 403 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: seventeen or eighteen, it doesn't matter. Just stick with it. 404 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: So it does feel like their hands being forced a 405 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: little bit based off of the situation. Steve poundel Zolo. 406 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: He is the co host of Pro Football Focused NFL podcast. 407 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: Do you have power rankings at PF? We do. I 408 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: don't have them right in front of me, but yeah, 409 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: they are over there at PF dot com. Right. I 410 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: could try to best dig him up real quick. Who 411 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: do you think the top rated like the analytics, I 412 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: know Cardinals are the last undefeated team. Yeah, so it 413 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: certainly wouldn't be based off of record. I mean, we 414 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: still have the Chiefs as the as the top team, 415 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: and the way we do a lot of our power 416 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: rankings are like, if you played these teams on a 417 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: neutral field, what are they against an average team? What 418 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: are they going to be favored by? And the Chiefs 419 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: are favored by seven points against an average team on 420 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: a neutral field, that that's the number one team. Because 421 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: our power rankings are taking in not just four games, 422 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 1: but everything that we know. So it's it's the Chiefs, 423 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: the Bucks, and then the Bills are our top three teams. 424 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: So we haven't come far off of The Chiefs are 425 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: still legit. The Bucks are still legit even though they 426 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: you know, things haven't been perfect for either team through 427 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: four games, and then the Bills they've they've risen through 428 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: the rankings just a little bit because we their defense 429 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: is far better than we expected. Plus you know, their 430 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: offense is still really good led by Josh Allen. What's 431 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: PFF think of Dallas's defense? It's definitely better this year. 432 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: I think the you know, Trevon Diggs has five interceptions 433 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: in four games, and you know it's tough to maintain 434 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: you know, turnover rate, so to speak. So that's one 435 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,959 Speaker 1: thing that could regress. But I think Dallas last year 436 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: at this time that it was busted coverages left and 437 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: right and big plays. They've done a much better job 438 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,719 Speaker 1: of just not losing games right, and it has coincided 439 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: with their running attack being a little bit better. Whether 440 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: that is causation, I don't know, but the defense has 441 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: been better and all they needed to be was not 442 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: a disaster because I think that offense is fantastic with 443 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 1: Dak and all those playmakers. We have a new designation, mcloven. 444 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: Do you want to give this to Steve? Yeah? Is 445 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: there such a thing as wow plays from a quarterback? 446 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: So I created a stat with using the PF numbers 447 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: just called big time throws. So it might we could 448 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: do this with the run game too. But a big 449 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: time throw for us is, you know, because we're grading 450 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: every player on every play, and we have levels of grading. 451 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: It's all of our highest graded plays. Yeah, but BTT 452 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: doesn't sound as good as WOW. Look I'm not the 453 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: best at naming stuff. I want to try to help you. 454 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: You can take this, you can you take PFF, can 455 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: have wow plays. You want wold plays instead of trademark 456 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: love Rose. I mean, nobody cares big as a big 457 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: time throw. No, it's a wow play. Wow play means 458 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: it could be you know, Zeke Elliott running for fifty yards. Yeah, 459 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: for us, it would be. You know, we we grade 460 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: everybody on point five increments. Anything plus one or better 461 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: at any position could be a wow play. All right, 462 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: I'll run that up the chain and see if we 463 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: could get because we could absolutely pull that out. We 464 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: have that on. You're sitting around and you're going out, Hey, guys, 465 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: what do you think about wow plays? You know, you 466 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: have to give us credit, like a bunch of a 467 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: bunch of nerds sitting around leonna look at a game film. 468 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: I mean, now you're gonna take big time throws to 469 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: the moon and you just you know, no, no, yeah, 470 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: take it, leave it there, Give it to Elon Musk. 471 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: Let him take it up there and leave it up there. Night. 472 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: Wow plays, wow plays. We'll do it all right. All right, 473 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: great to talk to you, Steve. 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I want 491 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: to go back to the preseason. I'm listening to you 492 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: afternoons doing your radio show, and we were looking at 493 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: the over under for the San Francisco Giants, right, and 494 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: I thought it was seventy three, seventy four and a half. 495 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: How did we get from that to one oh seven 496 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: for this team? Great che Danny, I love you. Great 497 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: to be on you know how much I love you 498 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: on this show. Yeah, no way would you have thought 499 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: San Francisco would be at this level. They've had a 500 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: lot of players who have made a contribution. Two stats 501 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: that are interesting about the Giants. One, you know, they've 502 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: got seventeen players who have hit five or more home runs. 503 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: Seventeen guys. That's a contribution. And number two, you know, 504 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: they've got eighteen pin shit home runs, which is an 505 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: all time record. So eighteen times this year Kapler put 506 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: a guy in a pinshit and eighteen times this year 507 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: the guy hit the ball out of the ballpark. I mean, 508 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: so they have had a lot of resourcefulness. They got 509 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: everybody's made a contribution. They've had a big year out 510 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: of the shortstop proffer, They've had a big year out 511 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: of the catcher. And they've had a lot of these 512 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: pitchers Alex Wood, Gaussman, Logan Webb would never nobody ever 513 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: heard of. They've had a lot of these guys go 514 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: out there and have very good years on the mount 515 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 1: and as a result, they set the old time Giant 516 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: record with wins in a regular season with one or seven. 517 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: And here's the key now in what I think Dan 518 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: and No Charlie will say the same thing when you 519 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: have them one a little later. Who I think is 520 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: going to be the series of the ages? Can the 521 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: Giants regular se in success with a bunch of guys 522 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: that you and I couldn't pick out of a lineup 523 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: before the year began. Will those guys translate now into 524 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: a short series? Because usually in a short series, you know, 525 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: you take the team with the better starter to pitching 526 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: and a better star, which the Dodgers have. And now 527 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: the Giants got a bunch of guys, the Wilmer, Flores's, Solanos, Dooger, 528 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: guys you've never heard of. Are they gonna play as 529 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: well as they did in a short series as they 530 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: did in won sixty two? And that is the key 531 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: in this series. If you think they will, you gotta 532 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: like them. If you think they won't take the Dodgers, 533 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 1: would you have rather faced the Dodgers or the Cardinals? 534 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: If you're the Giants, well, I think that you're gonna 535 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: have to probably go through the Dodgers eventually. And the 536 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: old argument is it's I and you cover the NBA forever. 537 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: It's easier to beat Jordan three times than to beat 538 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 1: Jordan four times. So I would say the same thing 539 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: here if you had to play the Giant at Dodgers, 540 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: if you're the Giants and you're a fan, beat them 541 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: three times to the four times. Now. I think it's 542 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: a mistake with baseball and they should change it. I 543 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: think it's a negative for the Giants because with the 544 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: best record, they should not be playing a team with 545 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: the second best record in the second round of playoffs 546 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: in a divisional series. The Giants should be playing a 547 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: Bridge right now, and the Giants should be playing Milwaukee. 548 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: But because the Dodgers are the wild card team, they 549 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: look at the wild card status more significantly than they 550 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: look at the wind total, and as a result, the 551 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: Dodgers are automatically the fourth seed, which I think is 552 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: unfair of the Giants. I think they should change that. 553 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: We see if they do down the road. But in 554 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: the big picture, if you had to go through La Danny, 555 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: you probably rather have to beat him three times instead 556 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: of four times. And this is what we always look 557 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: at the end result and then we react. And because 558 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: it's a big market team in the Dodgers and they 559 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: had the one game wild card, maybe Baseball changes this. 560 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,719 Speaker 1: If I said it, hey at the beginning of the year, Hey, 561 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: you guys got a problem with the one game playoff. 562 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: Nobody has a Nobody probably would have a problem. And 563 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: I mentioned this if in Toronto had a one game playoff, 564 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: do you think there's a national outcry. Answers. No, it's 565 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: just because the Dodgers and the Yankees. Oh my god, 566 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: they had to do a one game playoff. Well, listen, 567 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: the Dodgers also one one hundred and six games, you know, 568 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 1: the highest toll in the history of the sport for 569 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: a second place team, and they are the defending champs. 570 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: And that's why, Danny, in my eyes, you got to 571 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: get the Dodgers an incredible amount of credit. They could 572 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: not lose that game last night. Yeah, they had an 573 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: incredible amount of pressure on them. You know, it's one 574 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: one in the late innings. That is a game that 575 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 1: they had to win. Defending chance. I would have been 576 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: a disaster, would have ruined their season. So the fact 577 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,239 Speaker 1: that they won that game showed you we knew they 578 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: had gumption anyway, but it reinforced the fact that they 579 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: got a lot of toughness. And I guarantee this on 580 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: sixth Avenue a sigh relief. Do you think Baseball wanted 581 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,199 Speaker 1: the Cardinals in the division around against the Giants? Not 582 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: a chance because all, as you said, all we would 583 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 1: have done is teams. How unfair would have been the 584 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: Dodgers who win one hundred and six games and in 585 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: twenty a half hours. There are seasons over As it 586 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: turns out it was four and a half hour, which 587 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: is another story work together. But I mean the fact 588 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: is you got the right matchup and the Dodgers I 589 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: did you'd degree showed a lot of gumption. Yeah, this 590 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 1: is a very hard series to call. I mean almost impossible. 591 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: Who wins this series with the Giant? I think it's 592 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: going to go in five games, ninth inning, two two 593 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 1: next Thursday night in San Francisco. Take your pick. If 594 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: you're a Yankee fan, how's your morale? I think if 595 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: you're a Yankee fan, you're very down on Boon, You're 596 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: very down on the GM. You've down on the fact 597 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: that since two thousand and nine, you have them into 598 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: a World Series. You hate the fact that lost the 599 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: Red Sox. You also hate the fact that Tampa has 600 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: now only Yankees. They won the division. They beat you 601 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: last year. So this is a bad time. Now. If 602 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: you're a Yankee fan, you're sick. You're sick of Joey Gallo. 603 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: That's the last time you ever want to see him. 604 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: There's no way you want Gary Sanchez on your team 605 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: next year. Those are two out from match standpoint. You're 606 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: very annoyed at Cole. He gave him three hundred and 607 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: twenty five million dollars to win this kind of game 608 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: that you was supposed to win two nights ago when 609 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: he laid an egg, couldn't get more than six outs. 610 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: So if you're a Yankee fan right now, you had 611 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: to go to the wall last week and against Tampa, 612 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: the wall the ninth inning of Game three before you 613 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: got one on an infield single, A client out loud. 614 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: So if you're a Yankee fan right now, you want 615 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: heads to roll. Cole's head can't roll. You know, I 616 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: don't know what they're gonna do with Cashman. I think 617 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: they're probably being booned back. Gallo they have a contract 618 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: for next year. He's Gatto's awful. I mean, you would 619 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: be the day. I mean he's at I can't believe 620 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: I said at the time when he made that trade. 621 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,719 Speaker 1: And obviously we've seen another Gary Sanchez last lifetime. So 622 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: Sanchez Gallo have to go. We'll see what they do 623 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: with Cashman with al, what he does with him, and 624 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: then Cashman will decide what they do with Boom. It's 625 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: not Boone's fault, but he's living there for four years 626 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: and they haven't gotten roll roll. Would you rather be 627 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: a Mets fan or a Yankee fan? Wow? I guess, 628 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: because Cohen's got more money than you can. You know, 629 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: He's got a ton of money, and I think he'll 630 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: go over the luxury tax plus. I think now he'll 631 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: bring in Billy Bean or maybe the kid from Milwaukee 632 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: if the Boers allow them to talk to David Stearns 633 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: as the GM. I guess, And it's and that's a 634 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: good question. It's not great out of the way, I guess, 635 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: I say the Mets. I guess. Do you think baseball 636 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: is looking at Astro's Dodgers like this is what we need? Oh? Absolutely, Dan, 637 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's another matchup that no, absolutely, 638 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: do you think they want that? You think they want 639 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: you think they want Braves and the White Sox and 640 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: the World Series that never admitted. See the NFL can 641 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: get away with any World super Bowl if they gave 642 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: you Jaguas and Cardinals who you know, we wouldn't care 643 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: the NBA if Star wins anyway, So you're okay with 644 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: the NBA. You get the Lakers and you got Giannis. 645 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you're baseball. They need the market size and 646 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: Dodgers in Houston. You'll be into it. I'll be into it. 647 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: They don't. They won't like the scandal nonsense. But that 648 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: series with all those Hall of Famers will have great juice. 649 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna get it, but that 650 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: series would be great. And that's the one you could use, 651 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: no question about it. I don't want to paraphrase you. 652 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: I want to make sure I'm accurate, but it felt 653 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: like you're not as all in on the Astros cheating scandal. 654 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: Yes as most right now. That's here's what bothers me 655 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 1: about the people saying the Astro's championship was tarnished. We 656 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: know cheating is deplorable. Give more the grief in that 657 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 1: series against the Yankees, in which Yankee fans go crazy. 658 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 1: Did you know the Yankees hit one fifty eight in 659 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: that series and they hit one sixty with men in 660 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: school position. The Yankees could couldn't hit themselves out of 661 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: a paper bag in that Game seven, or that seven 662 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: game or against the Astros. That's number one. Number two. 663 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: The Dodgers blue leads and a save in Game two 664 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: and lost Game seven. When you lose two games at 665 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: home in the World Series, which they did, one of 666 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: which they blew a save in the ninth inning, I mean, really, 667 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: you went two and two at home. The Astros were 668 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: not cheating on the road. Two and two at home 669 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: in the World Series. That takes the little steam in 670 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: my eyes as a fan. That takes the little steam 671 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: of saying, you know, the Astros cheated. They waited with 672 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: a championship one and out. The Dodgers won the first game, 673 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: they blew a game save, Game two save, and then 674 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: they had Game seven with Kershaw and Darvish and they 675 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: lost five one can we take it easy? And the Yankees, 676 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: and I know Kashran says this all the time, Well, 677 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: they make a big deal. The Astros took our championship. Brian, 678 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: your team hit one fifty in a seven games ship. 679 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: At least acknowledge the fact that you couldn't hit. At 680 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: least give me that before you sit there and tell 681 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: me the Astros. But your big question is fun Dan 682 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: Astro's Dodgers in two weeks, Whether the commissioner gets into that, 683 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: the fans will, and you and I both know that. 684 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: Will you have a Rod on your show anytime soon? Yeah? Yeah, 685 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: I can't get a round it anyway. Let me can 686 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: I ask some of you a question. It's the top 687 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: of the ninth inning. It's six two Red Sox, all right, 688 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: thirty eight thousand in Fenway, they beat the hated Yankees, 689 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: and a Rod is breaking down Garrett Cole's two thousand 690 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: and twenty two. You gotta be serious now, I mean, 691 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: that's not where we want to go with this. And 692 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: then of the nine then he said he'd be better 693 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: in his sophomore year. Hey, Rod, he's been on the 694 00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:00,160 Speaker 1: Yankees for a couple of years. Oh my god, that 695 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: was Listen. I know that as part of your family, 696 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: and you know, and I mean you gotta listen. You're 697 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: a whole of family based on that. In a lot 698 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,839 Speaker 1: of ways, that was not that was not a big 699 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,399 Speaker 1: time broadcast. We gotta be fair, we gotta be fair. 700 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,399 Speaker 1: You're a broadcaster, Well, you know what you have to do, 701 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: dog is you have to put a third person in 702 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: with a Rod to protect him. And I think if 703 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 1: he's your main guy, um, I don't that's not what 704 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: he does. Well he tries too hard. Yes, well he's 705 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: trying to be an analyst instead of just being an analyst. 706 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 1: I just had Mike law on. I don't know if 707 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,439 Speaker 1: you saw what he and Cliff Floyd did last night 708 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: on the MLB network too, No MLB Network. They broke 709 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: down bow guard's throw to home plate to get air. 710 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: I didn't see that. It was spectacular, but it was 711 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:54,359 Speaker 1: inside baseball and it was just wonderful TV. And when 712 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: you're in that role, you gotta give me something. I mean, 713 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 1: Tim McCarver is the one who started this, him until 714 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,399 Speaker 1: Kuback like, they were really good at getting you inside, 715 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: you know, between the lines and not talking this peripheral 716 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:11,279 Speaker 1: stuff where you're going what notice what's in front of you? 717 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: And when a Rod starts talking about Garrett Cole next season. 718 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: I went, what did I miss? Because I just popped 719 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: in on him talking about it. Go did something? Did I? 720 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: Did I miss something? And I realized I didn't, and 721 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 1: I just thought, oh my god, somebody's gone. You know. 722 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: A Rod in the middle of the game is telling 723 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: us about the Yankees can't be Tampa, and I got 724 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,279 Speaker 1: a span like, am come on, a Rod. I don't 725 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: want to get into major market, mid market. This is 726 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs, the Yankees in the Red Sox. Oh listen, 727 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 1: and it's not Riz Gergon's in a tricky spot. And 728 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,680 Speaker 1: I love Maddie. I hate to even say it. He 729 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 1: didn't have a great night either. Let's be honest. Scherber 730 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,359 Speaker 1: did not go to the Red Sox from the from 731 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: the Cups. He went there from the Nationals. I mean, 732 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 1: come on, anyway, who am I? No? Your baseball's lifeguard? 733 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: You know that's it? What do you What do you 734 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,280 Speaker 1: like in Giants Dodgers? Let me hear you take go ahead. 735 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: I don't like the Giants. Strike me as like the 736 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: West Coast version of Tampa. Just a point. You're not 737 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: sure who they are, but they play baseball the right way. 738 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the experience with the Dodgers, because 739 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: you know, you get in these moments where you get tight, 740 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: like Bellinger has done nothing all year long, and what 741 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,720 Speaker 1: did he do last night? Got on base three times? 742 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: And you know he was there. He earned that walk 743 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: in the in the ninthing, like those little things, and 744 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,439 Speaker 1: then you know you have the game winning home run 745 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: from somebody who has been the nl CSMVP. He was 746 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 1: and he was eight for seventy in the And by 747 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 1: the way, can somebody explain to me how Mike Shiltz 748 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 1: starts the ninth inning with t J mcfallin who was 749 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:58,360 Speaker 1: released by a team in June because he's worried about 750 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: He's worried about gat and looks what I mean, my goodness, 751 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: you can keep diegos in that game. I mean, what 752 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,279 Speaker 1: are you doing? Oh my god? I went and then 753 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,919 Speaker 1: mcfauland what's he doing? Then he takes some outs when 754 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: you want him to make sure that Bellinger can't steal 755 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: second base at the left the young that was let's 756 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,840 Speaker 1: wait that way, he was not. That was not a 757 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: John mcgrael moments moment in the ninth dinning by show 758 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: you gotta be fair, you gotta be fair, good to 759 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: talk to your dog, Dandy. I love you baby, Thank 760 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: you all right, buddy. Be sure to catch the live 761 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: edition of The Dan Patrick Show weekdays at nine am 762 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: Eastern six am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the 763 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: iHeart Radio WAP. Charlie Steiner with the call on AM 764 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 1: five seventy LA Sports and the voice of the Dodgers, 765 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,839 Speaker 1: Charlie Steiner joining us. How much sleep you get last night? 766 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: Not a lot? You know. It was one of those 767 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: you take it home and you try to say, all right, 768 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 1: it's over now, then try to tell your brain that 769 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: it's over, and then knowing I'm gonna have to get 770 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,880 Speaker 1: up at the crack of dawn to spend some time 771 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:14,360 Speaker 1: with you today. Good morning, Good morning. Do you judge 772 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: your own call? Yea and nay. You know it was 773 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,920 Speaker 1: when you have a call like that, the first priority 774 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,440 Speaker 1: as you're going through it is, oh, Lord, please don't 775 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: screw it up. And then when you get to a 776 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,359 Speaker 1: concluding point where all right, now I can shut up 777 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,800 Speaker 1: and lay out, then I know I've done pretty well. 778 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone was the first one where it was like whoa, 779 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,320 Speaker 1: And I remember as he was circling the bases and 780 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,920 Speaker 1: I concluded the call. I clenched my fist under the 781 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,720 Speaker 1: desk and said, yeah, I think that has some legs. 782 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:03,280 Speaker 1: And last night I suppose it was kind of the same. Again, 783 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,800 Speaker 1: I have been so lucky to have had the boon call, 784 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: now the tailor call. Walk off games ending in just 785 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 1: high drama and complete elation, and you know, you try 786 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: to do it, try to do it right, then lay out. 787 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: But also, I don't know how you can handicap this 788 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 1: because it's not like you go, this is a guy 789 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,160 Speaker 1: who's going to hit a walk off home run. You 790 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 1: have to be prepared for maybe it's a you know, 791 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,839 Speaker 1: a base hit in the gap or something. But in 792 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: your mind, do you have scenarios? No, that's I think 793 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: that's probably the worst thing you can do. I think 794 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,319 Speaker 1: you just have to be there in the moment, you know, 795 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:50,320 Speaker 1: in the boon call, I got it back about two 796 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,360 Speaker 1: seconds before the crack of the bat and then the 797 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: home run. We were coming out of a commercial break. 798 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,800 Speaker 1: First pitch, eleven thinning and I want yam or it 799 00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: off on this one. You didn't. Again, you don't know. 800 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 1: It was an improbable beginning to the inning with two out, 801 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: Nobody on Bellinger who hadn't hit a lick all year walks. 802 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,719 Speaker 1: That changes dynamic. So if anything, if I'm thinking that, 803 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: I'm really not what about an extra base hit Bellinger 804 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,440 Speaker 1: can run. This could potentially be a lot of fun, 805 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,840 Speaker 1: but instead of this crackling line drive, And again you 806 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:29,560 Speaker 1: don't have any time to think. It's just process quickly. Also, 807 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: when you're listening, you know, players talk about they can 808 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: tell when something's going to be a home run, but 809 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,240 Speaker 1: I think it's probably even more essential when you're calling 810 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,320 Speaker 1: a game of just what you hear, like the sound 811 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,840 Speaker 1: of the ball leaving the bat. How much do you 812 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,359 Speaker 1: read into that knowing that yes, this is a home 813 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,399 Speaker 1: run or this might be a home run. It's really 814 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,799 Speaker 1: an audio visual exercise. The crack of the bat. There 815 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: are a lot of cracks of the bats that ended 816 00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,400 Speaker 1: up in four six three double plays. But also then 817 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:06,360 Speaker 1: the dreaded launch angle. It was pretty evident at the 818 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,919 Speaker 1: moment of impact it was going. And the last thing 819 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,920 Speaker 1: in the world you want to do in a moment 820 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,920 Speaker 1: like that where a call like that is going to 821 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: be around for a long time is screw it up. 822 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: So you want to you want to be on top 823 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,839 Speaker 1: of it. But you don't want to oversell it for 824 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 1: fear of Oh. The last thing in the world to 825 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 1: play by play guy once in a big moment is 826 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:34,680 Speaker 1: an have you had an oh? Oh, you just did? 827 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,759 Speaker 1: I guess that's another one, because you know, we were 828 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,000 Speaker 1: watching the Red Sox with a Stanton hit the ball 829 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: off the Green Monster. Think ESPN probably yeah, had had 830 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,960 Speaker 1: the call as well that everybody thought it was gone. 831 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 1: Stanton thought it was gone, but like the camera framed 832 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 1: it in a way, it was like, Oh, my god, 833 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna go out of the ballpark. That was an 834 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,440 Speaker 1: oh moment for everybody. And it's one of the things 835 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: is a play by play announcer you hope to God 836 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,719 Speaker 1: doesn't happen to you. How do you explain how do 837 00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,200 Speaker 1: you sum up this Dodger team the difference or how 838 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,719 Speaker 1: formidable are they this year as opposed to last year. 839 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,440 Speaker 1: They have actually gotten better down the stretch. They were 840 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,760 Speaker 1: certainly helped by a very weak schedule. Down the stretch. 841 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: They were able to fatten up. They did exceptionally well 842 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:31,719 Speaker 1: on bad teams this year. They feasted on cupcakes and 843 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,799 Speaker 1: they got themselves nice and fattened down the stretch. They 844 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:40,080 Speaker 1: were fortified. And again this one game wildcard thing. I 845 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,520 Speaker 1: think it's tremendous. The ESPN had its highest ratings for 846 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: a baseball game in a quarter century. I don't know 847 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: what Turner is going to get from this, but these 848 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 1: were two great games. Every moment was compelling. And yes, 849 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,719 Speaker 1: sometimes there may be a team that wins more than 850 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,040 Speaker 1: the other that happens to get into the wild card. 851 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,640 Speaker 1: I guess they can fague Finagla rules to some degree, 852 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:07,120 Speaker 1: but this was just great theater. This was so great 853 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:11,279 Speaker 1: for baseball. It was great for the industry that the 854 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,720 Speaker 1: other end of all this is the Dodgers and Giants. 855 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,680 Speaker 1: It's great. John Smoltz on yesterday and he said he 856 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,440 Speaker 1: doesn't like the one game. He said, it's not fair 857 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:22,879 Speaker 1: to the team that wins more games. It should be 858 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,040 Speaker 1: the team that doesn't have as many wins has to 859 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 1: beat that team twice, whereas the team with the most 860 00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:31,319 Speaker 1: wins only has to win once. What do you think 861 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,800 Speaker 1: of that? I think that's fair. But I think let's 862 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:38,920 Speaker 1: sit back and relish this moment and these two games 863 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,799 Speaker 1: and see what reaction is around the country. I suspect 864 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: the sudden death games are so compelling. I mean, last 865 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,680 Speaker 1: night there were three hundred and fifty, three hundred and 866 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:56,040 Speaker 1: sixty pitches thrown, and each pitch was more exciting than 867 00:43:56,080 --> 00:44:00,960 Speaker 1: the next. That doesn't happen in the best of three series. 868 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,680 Speaker 1: It doesn't happen best of seven until a seventh game, 869 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't happen. But last I pitch one to pitch three, 870 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,759 Speaker 1: sixth year or whatever it was, every moment was compelling. 871 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,680 Speaker 1: So yes, it may be unfair to some teams. I 872 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,239 Speaker 1: think the bigger picture is it's good for the game. 873 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that, and that's what this is. 874 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:24,520 Speaker 1: This is an entertainment business. You're trying to attract audiences. 875 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,000 Speaker 1: You might say, well, that's not fair to the Dodgers. 876 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,960 Speaker 1: You want to be fair to your audience and say, 877 00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:34,600 Speaker 1: tune in, we got excitement. And even like the NFL. 878 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,359 Speaker 1: The NFL, if you score a touchdown in sudden death, 879 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,279 Speaker 1: then it's over. But if you kick a field goal, 880 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,000 Speaker 1: then I like it. If you know, hey, you had 881 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,040 Speaker 1: the whole game to win, now it comes down to 882 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,640 Speaker 1: this and you score a touchdown, you kick a field goal, 883 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 1: then you win. I like that aspect of it, and 884 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,319 Speaker 1: I do think that the only reason why we're talking 885 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,440 Speaker 1: about it is because the Yankees and the Dodgers were 886 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:58,600 Speaker 1: in one game playoffs exactly, and again there was such 887 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:04,000 Speaker 1: drama and Dodger Stadium I'm very lucky to announce there 888 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:06,680 Speaker 1: for seventeen years. I was a Yankee stadium before that. 889 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,719 Speaker 1: It was. It is so loud and so dramatic and 890 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:15,600 Speaker 1: so visual, and each moment, each pitch built to yet 891 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:20,840 Speaker 1: another series of emotions until finally the bubble would burst. 892 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:22,759 Speaker 1: I don't know how many mixed metaphors I just threw 893 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:26,400 Speaker 1: in there, but the upshot of it was when it ended. 894 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: It ended with such a resounding exclamation point to a 895 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:34,640 Speaker 1: thrilling game between two great teams. So I love Smoltsey. 896 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,120 Speaker 1: Most of the time I agree with them, but in 897 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:41,640 Speaker 1: this case, I think I learned something over the past 898 00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,680 Speaker 1: forty eight hours. The way the Yankees and Red Sox 899 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:49,400 Speaker 1: finished up their season, two great competitors, and the Dodgers 900 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,720 Speaker 1: and the Cardinals would go back to playing one another 901 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:57,440 Speaker 1: since the eighteen nineties. This was just great Hollywood theater, Charlie. 902 00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,160 Speaker 1: Great to talk to you again and have fun this 903 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,480 Speaker 1: series coming up. I'm sure you will, and a great 904 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:04,319 Speaker 1: job last night. Thank you. Ben