1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: From the berkshears to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: voter number seven, Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker. What 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: a show we have for you today. Milwaukee Brewers closer 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: Devin Williams stops by. 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 3: We'll chat with him. 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: Also, Saint Louis Cardinals radio broadcaster Michael Clayborne will also 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: stop through. 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 3: Plus foul afare that and much more. Let's go better 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 3: up to lead off. It's getting robbed and keep him on. 14 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major 15 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number one. 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 4: Baseball often gets beat up for making missteps, doing things 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 4: that fans hate about the game. But you know what, 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 4: I'm gonna tip my cap to Major League Baseball. 19 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 3: Give it credit because they got it right. 20 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 4: The pitch clock has shaved thirty minutes off the game. 21 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 4: The bases, the bigger bases have allowed more action, more 22 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 4: stolen bases, and you know, the shift has allowed more 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 4: hits not to be taken. Away with the over shift 24 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 4: and four guys on one side of the diamond, which 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 4: made no sense. And guess what, it's now showing up 26 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 4: at the turnstile and at the ballparks. Last weekend, one 27 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 4: point five million fans showed. 28 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: Up to baseball games. 29 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 4: It was the highest weekend attendance in April or May 30 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 4: for a weekend in six years. I mean that's significant. 31 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 4: We're not even talking about pre COVID or anything. This 32 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 4: is before COVID. This tells you that fans are buying 33 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 4: into the new. 34 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 3: Game, the faster game. 35 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 4: I was in Cleveland on Monday night, a three nothing 36 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 4: Guardians win, and it was two hours and fifteen minutes. 37 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 4: On Wednesday, I was in Milwaukee and the game was 38 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 4: two hours and nine minutes, a four nothing Brewers win. 39 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: I mean, Heed's are unheard of to have the games 40 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: get over so quickly. 41 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 4: I mean when I left the Brewers game two oh nine, 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: I was like, is it over? 43 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: Is it done? I felt like almost got cheated. It 44 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 3: was so quick. 45 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 4: But that's where we are, and fans are going to 46 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 4: explode at baseball stadiums this summer once the weather breaks 47 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 4: and school is out, because the game feels different It 48 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 4: really does. And I've heard so many people say, my god, 49 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: this is so much fun. It's not drawn out, there's 50 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 4: plenty of action. It's a set of urgency baseball. Hit 51 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 4: a home run here, and the attendance proves it. 52 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: Number two, This is. 53 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 4: Not a prisoner of the moment here on inside the parker. 54 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 4: You know, I don't deal with that stuff, but I 55 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 4: gotta say this right here, right now. 56 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 3: Yankee slugger Aaron. 57 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 4: Judge is the American League MVP, or at least he's back. 58 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 4: In that conversation with Shelle Hey oldtany who was running 59 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 4: away with it with his arm and his bat and 60 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 4: all that. But since Judge has bounced back from that 61 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 4: hip injury and has comeback, he's been a monster. 62 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 3: Are you kidding? 63 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 4: And he has a nine game inning streak coming into 64 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 4: Wednesday's action against the Baltimore Orioles. On Tuesday night, in 65 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 4: the bottom of the ninth, he had a game tying 66 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 4: home run. The Yankees would win that game in extra innings. 67 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 4: They trailed that game for nothing and somehow wound up 68 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 4: coming back to win. Remember he had the fourth for 69 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 4: four day against the Reds in Cincinnati. During this nine 70 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 4: game hitting streak, he has eight home runs, seventeen RBIs 71 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 4: fifteen for thirty five. Incredible and on the season, coming 72 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 4: into Wednesday, he's up this batting average to two ninety eight, 73 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 4: fourteen home runs, thirty three runs batted in. And guess what, 74 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 4: the Yankees are winning. The Yankees are alive. They were 75 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: dead that time he was on the IL. Now coming 76 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 4: into Wednesday, they've won nine of eleven. 77 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 3: They're streaking, and it all has to do with Aaron Judge. 78 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: They still don't have Giancarlo Standing in the lineup, a 79 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 4: big bat. They're missing a couple of their starters. Like 80 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 4: the Yankees have been a mass unit, and yet they're 81 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 4: still winning. 82 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: And a lot of it has to do with Aaron Judge. 83 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 3: I mean, let's just be honest. 84 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 4: He's that kind of player and has that kind of 85 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 4: impact on a lineup. He's been incredible. He's on an 86 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 4: amazing TI and the Orioles need to watch out Wednesday 87 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 4: night as they prepare for him. 88 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 3: Number three. 89 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 4: Pretty impressive series win by the Milwaukee Brewers over the 90 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: Houston Astros. I mean, here's the crazy thing is they 91 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 4: shut out the Astros back to back games in Milwaukee. 92 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 4: Pretty impressive to get the series win, and the Brewers 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 4: remain in first place in the NL Central with the 94 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 4: lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Coming into Wednesday night's action, 95 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 4: the Brewers were twenty seven and twenty two and as 96 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 4: far as the Astros second place in the AL West 97 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 4: behind the Texas Rangers twenty eight and twenty one. Their 98 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: record after getting shut out four to nothing on Wednesday 99 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 4: in Milwaukee. But the Brewers have been off to a 100 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 4: good start, surprising start. They lead the division in the 101 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 4: NL Central, and they've been getting pitching so much so 102 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 4: that they're not even using Devin Williams, their star closer 103 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 4: as often. They've been getting good pitching from the rotation 104 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 4: and the bullpen, so not that many save opportunities, only 105 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: seven for Devin Williams as of Wednesday. But yep, the 106 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 4: brew Crew back to back shutouts against the defending World 107 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 4: Series champion Astros, no small task. 108 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: That's pretty impressive, to be honest. So here comes the 109 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 3: big interview. Listen and learn. It's so good. 110 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 4: Now let's welcome into the podcast. Devin Williams, the Brewers closer. Devin, 111 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 4: welcome to the podcast. 112 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 3: How are you? 113 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 5: I'm good? 114 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 3: How are you doing great. 115 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 4: Let's talk about your season, which has been spectacular. Three 116 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 4: and oh seven saves zero point five to nine ERA. 117 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: What's working for you this year? 118 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 5: What's What's I mean? 119 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 6: Really just you know, attacking guys, just going right at them, 120 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 6: trusting my stuff and you know, trusting the scouting reports 121 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 6: that I get. 122 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 4: How about you're not getting that many save opportunities? Like 123 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 4: today was a perfect example. They tacked on a couple 124 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 4: of runs two days in a row to shutouts, you know, 125 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 4: against a good team like the Astros. 126 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, is that good or bad? Or you figure? My 127 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 3: time will come and there will be moments, you know 128 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 3: what I mean down the road. 129 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 5: You know, I'm I'm not gonna complain. You know, we're winning. 130 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 6: We're winning ball games, so there's there's really nothing to 131 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 6: say about it. You know, it'll come when it comes, 132 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 6: and I'll be ready for it. 133 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 4: And as a closer, do you have to like I 134 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 4: know you warmed up today and I saw you. You know, 135 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 4: do you have to like always be prepared no matter 136 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 4: what the circumstance or situation or is that how you like? 137 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 3: Every day I come to the ballpark, I could pitch. 138 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, really, no matter what the score is 139 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 6: to go through my you know, my full routine, because 140 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 6: at any moment we could come back, or you know, 141 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 6: if we're up big, they might score a couple and. 142 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 5: Then I got to go in. 143 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 6: So it's just trying to always be prepared and you know, 144 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 6: be at my best every day. 145 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 4: Our guess is Devin Williams, closer for the Milwaukee Brewers. 146 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 3: Talk about this team and where the Brewers have taken off. 147 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 3: You guys are playing well. 148 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, we got a good group of guys in here. 149 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 6: You know, I think everyone enjoys showing up to the 150 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,119 Speaker 6: ballpark every day, Like everyone on this team. 151 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 5: We like hanging out with each other. 152 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 6: So it's just it's been a good atmosphere and that 153 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 6: translates to good results on the field. 154 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 3: How about the changes in baseball? 155 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 4: I mean, here I am Wednesday at Milwaukee two hours 156 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 4: and nine minutes for a ball game. Do you like 157 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 4: the changes that have happened? Like some people thought, maybe 158 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 4: it would be rushing pictures, you wouldn't feel, you know, 159 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 4: as comfortable. 160 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: Is it? Is it? Okay? 161 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 6: I mean we've kind of adjusted, but it's still it's 162 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 6: it's pretty fast, if you ask me, too fast A 163 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 6: little bit, Yeah, because it just it depends on the 164 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 6: game flow. But like sometimes it's like I can't even 165 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 6: check off sometimes because it's so fast. And then like 166 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 6: as a pitcher, they don't they don't allow us to 167 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 6: have a timeout like the hitters have, so we just 168 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 6: have to keep on. 169 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 5: If no one's on base, you can't step off. The 170 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 5: clock just keeps running. 171 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 6: So sometimes like he's just like, hurry up and throw 172 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 6: the ball, you know what I mean, Like and this. 173 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 4: There's a there's a there's a skill, and you know, 174 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 4: like you've put in a lot of time and energy 175 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 4: right in a rhythm to just just throw the ball. 176 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 6: This is in gym or softball, right, Yeah, No, I 177 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 6: mean you've been working for years to perfect this craft, 178 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 6: you know. But uh, I don't know. That's that's that's 179 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 6: what they want. So you know, I can't do anything 180 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 6: about it. I just got to go out there and 181 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 6: perform to the best of my abilities and you know, 182 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 6: give it my best. 183 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 4: Right And as far as your success, has there been 184 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 4: any change? Run And you've been good since you've been 185 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: in a Big League, I mean really good. But this 186 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 4: year the numbers I just talked about earlier, have you 187 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 4: made any other adjustments or is your game or you know, 188 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 4: always evolving? 189 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 3: Have you add stuff every year? You take something out 190 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 3: where you on that. 191 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 6: I mean, for me, it's pretty simple. You know, I'm 192 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 6: fastball changeup. I've kind of added a cutter this year. 193 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 6: I haven't had too many opportunities to use it, but 194 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 6: it's just whatever I do. 195 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 5: I'm just trying to continue to get better. 196 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 6: Where that be like you know, fastball command or command 197 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 6: of my change up, you know, getting ahead of guys 198 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 6: like things like that. 199 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 5: I'm just always trying to get better. 200 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 6: You know, the second you stop trying to get better, 201 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 6: somebody's going to take my job. 202 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,479 Speaker 5: So that's just how I look at it. 203 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 4: And that bendor that picture is crazy. I gotta admit, 204 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 4: come on, when I see the replays and I just 205 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 4: think of people up there, you can't hit that, Like 206 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 4: what is that? 207 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 6: I mean, hopefully that's the idea, but I mean they've 208 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 6: fitted a few times. But that's where the location comes in. 209 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 6: You know, it doesn't matter how good of a pitch 210 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 6: it is if you're not if you're not locating it, 211 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 6: then it doesn't matter. 212 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 5: You know it's gonna get hit. 213 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 4: Let's talk real quick about your shoe game, because you know, 214 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 4: I saw you out at the All Star Game in 215 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 4: LA I was wearing my Travis Scott's and I know 216 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 4: you have them. 217 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 3: Tell me about your shoe game. I got on the 218 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 3: J's today. What do you got. 219 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 4: What's what's the latest, the hottest thing in your clothes? 220 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 6: The latest? I think, probably the latest? Payer I just 221 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 6: got some. I got the Jordan Ford s p's, the 222 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 6: pine green and white ones. Oh yeah, yeah, so those 223 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 6: those have been in my rotation lately. 224 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 4: Okay, And what's your collection up to? Do you have 225 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 4: an idea or is it just too. 226 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 6: I honestly couldn't even tell you. I'd buy way too 227 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 6: many shoes to keep track of. I have probably like 228 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 6: twenty pairs here with me, and then back at home 229 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 6: probably another I don't know fifty. 230 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: I'll say, no, I hear you. I'm guilty too. I'm 231 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 3: not in your class, but I got a lot. 232 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 5: I might have to get rid of some of them. 233 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 6: I gotta, you know, sell some of those older ones 234 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 6: so I can keep getting the new ones. 235 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 3: That's what I do. 236 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 4: You know, I own a barber shop in Detroit, so 237 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 4: I sell them to some of my barbers and and 238 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 4: then that allows me to go by new you know 239 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 4: what I mean, because you can't like to hold on 240 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 4: to seventy pair you can't possibly wear them. 241 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 242 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 6: No, you definitely have like your your main rotation, and 243 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 6: it's kind of constantly evolving for me. But like I've 244 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 6: had the O G Travis Scott, the Load, the load 245 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 6: Type Travis's. 246 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 3: See to me, those are my favorites. 247 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, those are my favorite. Shoot, those have been in 248 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 6: my rotation for like four years. 249 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 3: Which color? Which one colors the I have? Well? 250 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 6: I have I have the high type ogs, the load types, 251 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 6: the Mochas. 252 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 3: Have the Mocha I have the what's the blue white. 253 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 5: The Yeah I'm blinking right now, me too. I can't think. 254 00:12:54,679 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 6: Then what's the blue Travis Scott's fragments the fragments, Yeah, 255 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 6: I don't have those yet, but I just got the 256 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 6: olives the other day, the ones that just came out, 257 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 6: I got those as well. 258 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 5: So I pretty much wear those all the time. 259 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: No other sneaker, really, I tell people all the time. 260 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 4: Everybody says sneakers or I don't think the Jordans will 261 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:17,719 Speaker 4: ever be replaced? 262 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, no, for me, the low top ones, the O 263 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 6: G Low Top ones, not the ones with the big tongue. 264 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 5: I like the little short tongue. That's my favorite shoot. 265 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 6: So like, I've been trying to get every colorway in 266 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 6: that shoe. So Travis, the Travis is Are It's the 267 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 6: same shoes. So I've been trying to get all those 268 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 6: as well. 269 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 3: Devin, appreciate you a lot, my man. Thank you. Continued 270 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: success in the Brewer season. 271 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 5: Thank you. 272 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: It was a big week in the big leagues. Is 273 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: it foul or is it fair? And now from mlbdbro 274 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: dot com, here's JR. 275 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 3: Gambo Coming into Wednesday. 276 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 4: Josh Bell hadn't homered since April twenty ninth, but he 277 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 4: did have at least one hit in nine of his 278 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 4: previous ten games. 279 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 3: Jr. 280 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 4: Is it foul or fair to say that Bell is 281 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 4: failing so far in Cleveland? 282 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 3: Fair? It's a fair ball. 283 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 7: As much as I'd love Josh Bell, last season, Cleveland 284 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 7: was very competitive, but they had no true consistent power 285 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 7: hitter and finished second to last and all of baseball 286 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 7: and home runs. So they go out and sign Bell, 287 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 7: who's one hundred and sixty two game averages are twenty 288 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 7: four homers and eighty eight RBI for his career so 289 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 7: you'd think that he would at least move them past 290 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 7: some of the weaker hitting teams in the power department, 291 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 7: such as the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. 292 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 7: But no, Cleveland is dead last in MLB with thirty dingers. 293 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 7: That's a third of the amount of dingers that Tampa 294 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 7: Bay has ninety five, which leads the league for six 295 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 7: foot four to two hundred and sixty one pound. Bell 296 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 7: has just three home runs and forty six games played 297 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 7: this year, and his OPS is below seven hundred. Those 298 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 7: three home runs, ranking one hundred and fiftieth in the league. 299 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 7: RBIs only twenty one. He's tied for ninety seven, so 300 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 7: he has some work to do. Bell hasn't homered at 301 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 7: all in the month of May and it's May twenty 302 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 7: fourth as of this recording. Yeah, he's failing to produce 303 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 7: at the rate they would like, but there's plenty of 304 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 7: time and Bell is a very streaky hitter, so don't blink. 305 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 7: He could go on a ten at any moment. It's 306 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 7: time for the pocket protector centro. The analytic numbers you 307 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 7: need to know, Well, maybe. 308 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 3: Anthony Masterson is his name. BS Analytics is his game. 309 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 3: What do you got for me? Anthony? 310 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 8: In the last forty five years, there have been only 311 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 8: three catchers taken first overall, Joe Mauer in two thousand 312 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 8: and one, Henry Davis in twenty twenty one, and Adley 313 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 8: Rushman by the Orioles in twenty nineteen. Mauer was a 314 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 8: future MVP, Davis is too soon to tell, but Rushman's 315 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 8: got future star ridden all over him. In the previous 316 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 8: one hundred and fifty games before Rushman's debut, the Orioles 317 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 8: went fifty one and ninety nine, the worst mark in baseball. 318 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 8: In Rushman's first year, the O's went ninety eight and 319 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 8: seventy one, the fifth best record in baseball, and ninety 320 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 8: and sixty in Rushman starts. For reference. The last Orioles 321 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 8: player with a better first one hundred and fifty games 322 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 8: some guy named cal Ripkin, who went ninety one and 323 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 8: fifty one. His six point eight wins above replacement in 324 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 8: that time is the second highest among any catcher, only 325 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 8: behind J. T. Real Muto in Philly, and its offensive 326 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 8: acumen has been remarkable, leading all catchers on base percentage, 327 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 8: doubles and walks. FYI his five point two Warlavet year 328 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 8: the fourth highest ever by a rookie catcher, only behind Fisk, Piazza, 329 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 8: and Munson. As a fielder, he rates out as one 330 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 8: of the best in the business. Statcast has a stat 331 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 8: called blocks above Average, which rates the pass balls and 332 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 8: wild pitches saved compared to the expectation of an average catcher, 333 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 8: and Rushman's plus sixteen mark is second only behind real 334 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 8: Muto since last year, with the Orioles as the league's 335 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 8: second best team this year, their first playoff appearance since 336 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 8: twenty sixteen is on the horizon and they have their 337 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 8: former number one pick. 338 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 3: To think turned money into more money. 339 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: Now it's time for betting on the basis with Dave Gascott. 340 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 3: Loves that money, Love that Money. 341 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 9: Rob brand New Weekend of Baseball Glad to be here 342 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 9: with you Yankees and Poddrews will kick things off Friday night. 343 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 9: Not on TNT, not on Fox, It's on Apple TV 344 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 9: plus Puke. 345 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 10: Anyways. 346 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 9: Jill Musgrove versus Luis Severino from the pitching matchup. Musgrove 347 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 9: has not been good one in two record with a 348 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 9: six to seventy five era. Sevrino Ere's at one ninety three, 349 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 9: No record just yet. But the box Bombers over a 350 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 9: Podgers team that's playing sub five hundred ball so far 351 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 9: this year. Mewhile Orioles and Rangers. Who would expect that 352 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 9: these two teams to be playing as well as they have? 353 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 9: Rangers about thirteen games over five hundred, Orioles fourteen games 354 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 9: over five hundred. I'm gonna take the over in this 355 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 9: one run told right now is at nine. I'm gonna 356 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 9: take it over nine in that contest. Dodgers and Rays 357 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 9: from Chopacana Field, Dodgers I want nothing to do with. 358 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 9: Right now, I'm gonna take Tampa Bay to prevail over 359 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 9: Noah Cindergarten the Blue Crew. 360 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto. 361 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring in a writer 362 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: or broadcaster, old or new. 363 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 2: All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast long time 364 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 2: Saint Louis Cardinals broadcast to radio broadcaster Mike Clayboy. 365 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 10: Mike, welcome to the podcast. How are you? 366 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 2: Rob? 367 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 11: I am much better now than I'm having a chance 368 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 11: to share a microphone with you. 369 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 12: It's good to visit with you. 370 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 3: No doubt. 371 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 2: I appreciate you, and I'm looking forward to some site 372 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 2: on the Saint Louis Cardinals. I always call Saint Louis 373 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 2: the baseball capital of baseball because of the fans supporting 374 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 2: that town. I've never seen anything like it. It's not 375 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 2: the biggest city in the country and yet three million 376 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 2: strong almost every single year. Mike, how much fun is 377 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 2: it doing baseball in that town. 378 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 11: Well, it's a lot of fun because, as you mentioned, 379 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 11: the fans have had such an impact on, you know, 380 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 11: the organization where you know, we've had winning seasons for 381 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 11: the last fifteen to twenty years. Throwing the fact that 382 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 11: attendance is always over three million, there's a lot of 383 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 11: good things to go with it. And you know, players 384 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 11: appreciate playing in Saint Louis. Even the opposition. You make 385 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 11: a good. 386 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 12: Play, the fans will give you, give. 387 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,239 Speaker 11: You your props on making good plays, even though it's 388 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 11: against their team, So you have that. 389 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 12: Situation working for you. 390 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 11: We've been blessed to have some very good players come 391 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 11: through here over the years, and some guys that are 392 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 11: going into Hall of Fame in the very near future. 393 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 11: When you think about Albert Pujols and Yaddia Molina. The 394 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 11: next two guys that will go in. It's a good setup. 395 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 10: Let's talk about the Cardinals though. 396 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 2: Speaking of the good setup, they got off to a 397 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 2: bad start. I mean, lord, Mike, was it a bad start. 398 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 2: They weren't playing good baseball. They were doing a lot 399 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 2: of bad things. 400 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 11: What happened, Well, you know, I think there's a couple 401 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 11: of things that happened. One, I think the WBC really 402 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 11: had an impact. You know, we had seventeen players go 403 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 11: play in the WBC, and that meant they were away 404 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 11: from the team. They probably didn't do as many things 405 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 11: as they needed to. And there were some guys, honestly 406 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 11: who should have probably stayed in Saint Louis or stayed 407 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 11: with the Cardinals in spring training because they really kind. 408 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 12: Of lost their spots on the roster. 409 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 11: And they also gave some other guys a chance to 410 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 11: really get some exposure. 411 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 12: So that's the first thing. 412 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 11: Second thing is the Cardinals decided to go into this 413 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 11: season without trying to go in the offseason to get 414 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 11: some more pitching, and that's been something they needed. But 415 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 11: considering the fact that they had some players we're going 416 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 11: to be potential free agency after the season, they wanted 417 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 11: to give everybody. 418 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 12: A long look. 419 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 11: Well the look is over. We know that we need 420 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 11: more pitching. So I think that's going to be something 421 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 11: that they'll put on the agenda to try and address, 422 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 11: probably sooner than The question has always robbed how much 423 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 11: time itself before you get into the trade market, because 424 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 11: does the price go up as you go deeper or 425 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 11: does it start to come down? And I think that's 426 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 11: something that they're thinking about as we speak. 427 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 10: Speaking of pitcher, let's do this. 428 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 2: On Wednesday night, Steven Mattz was starting for Saint Louis oh. 429 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 10: To five this season. Has he been a hard luck 430 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 10: pitcher or he just hasn't pitched well? What's the deal 431 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 10: with his. 432 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 11: Good combination there? He's had some tough luck in some situations, 433 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 11: but rob he has not won a game, not won 434 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 11: a game since July last year, and of all places, Cincinnati. 435 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 11: So think about that. We're talking about almost five months 436 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 11: of baseball and he's not won a game. 437 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 12: He's had some. 438 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 11: Tough luck and normally either he gets squeezed by an 439 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 11: umpire and he doesn't recover well enough, you know, he 440 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 11: lets his emotions get in a way, or he grews 441 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 11: one pitch with a two strike count that ends up 442 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 11: costing him. So it's a combination of things. But people 443 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 11: who saw more of him but then we did here 444 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 11: in Saint Louis say, that's Stephen match. That's been his 445 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 11: mo most of his career. So how do you fix that? Well, 446 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 11: I don't know. I think we're gonna see tonight because 447 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 11: you know, Cincinnati can be a launching pad man and 448 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 11: the way the Cardinals have been playing here recently, and 449 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 11: that one thing the Cardinals can do, they can swing 450 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 11: to bad with anybody, but Cincinnati in that ballpark can 451 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 11: be dangerous. So it'll be interesting to see how he 452 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 11: fares early. They won't have as much bullpend health for 453 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 11: him as Ryan Helsley pitched two innings last night, so 454 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 11: he's gonna be off the show. So you're gonna probably 455 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 11: have to hope that he can get you to at 456 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 11: least a sixth inning, and if he's really good, maybe 457 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 11: The seven. 458 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 2: O guest is Mike clay Born, a longtime radio voice 459 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 2: of the Saint Louis Cardinals. 460 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 10: Let's talk about Nolan Arenado. 461 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 2: Of course, the great third baseman got off to a 462 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 2: slow start. 463 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 4: I know he got thrown out of the game Tuesday 464 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 4: night in Cincinnati. But let me ask you, he has 465 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 4: nine home runs to sixty eight batting average coming into 466 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 4: Wednesday night. But he really scuffled to start, and now 467 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 4: he's got his back going. 468 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 11: Yeah, you know what, he has a month like that 469 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 11: every year. Last year it was the month of May 470 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 11: where he really struggled. He was Player of the Month 471 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 11: in April. Player of the Month was Paul Golschmid in 472 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 11: eight in May, and Arnado came back and won and 473 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 11: again in June. So last year his numbers are almost 474 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 11: identical to what he suffered through this year. And now 475 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 11: he's kind of got a groove going. I mean, you know, 476 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 11: you can't beat him inside. You try and run one 477 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 11: in on him, you don't get it in far enough, 478 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 11: and you're gonna be using a new baseball. I mean, 479 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 11: he's been that effective. So he's really turned his game around. 480 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 11: And of course his defense is as good as anyone 481 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 11: at third base. So we're starting to see a little 482 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 11: bit more consistency from him. Throw the fact that we're 483 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 11: not seeing some of the best pitching in baseball. You 484 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 11: think about Cincinnati, then we move on to Cleveland, they're 485 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 11: a little bit better. Then we face Kansas City next week. 486 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 11: So the major league pitching is not what I would 487 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 11: call elite that he's facing, and I think you'll see 488 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 11: him feast on that as well. 489 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 4: One thing that the Cardinals did that bumm me out, 490 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 4: I have to admit is I was loving Jordan Walker 491 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 4: and his twelve game hit streak to start his major 492 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 4: league career, just enjoying every minute of it, watching that 493 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 4: kid blossom, a twenty year old kid make the. 494 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 10: Team out of spring training and are we gonna. 495 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 3: See him soon? 496 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 2: And yeah, I know he was scuffling a little bit, 497 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: but why they send him down. 498 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 11: Well because he needed to play, He needed some batch, 499 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 11: and our outfield was rather crowded at the time he 500 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 11: went out. And you know, basically rob what happened to him. 501 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 11: He got off to a tour start at spring training. Now, 502 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 11: you know spring training as well as anyone. Those first 503 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 11: Cup three weeks, they're just throwing fastballs, they're just trying 504 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 11: to find low case, they're just trying to stretch out 505 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 11: there are they're. 506 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 12: Not game planning for you. 507 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 11: They're not throwing a bunch of sliders, they're not throwing 508 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 11: cutters down and in or down in a way. So 509 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 11: I think once teams started the game plan against him 510 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 11: and try and find what. 511 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 12: His kryptonite was, they took advantage of it. 512 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 11: He wasn't able to make the adjustment from pitch to 513 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 11: pitch like he needs to. That's why they sent him out. 514 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 11: He got out to a terrible start in the miners, 515 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 11: but now he's started to ratchet that up a little bit. 516 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 11: So I'm expecting to see him. I would say probably July, 517 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 11: you know, I mean, somebody might have to have an injury. 518 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 11: But if he continues to play the way he's ascending 519 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 11: in the miners, I don't think there's a reason why 520 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 11: you don't bring him up because he's obviously holding the 521 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 11: skill that he needed to work on. 522 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 4: How about the fans, I mean they must have been 523 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 4: a static. That kid is electric. He's a big, strong, 524 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 4: good looking kid. 525 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 10: I mean, he's a start. 526 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 3: He's gonna be a start. 527 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 12: Yeah. 528 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 11: And you know, to piggyback on that, when you think 529 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 11: about his family tree, his mother went to Washington, you 530 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 11: a prestigious school in the Midwest. 531 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 12: She got her masters from Harvard. 532 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 11: His dad is an MIT graduate, so you know, from 533 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 11: a family perspective, he checks a lot of boxes and 534 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 11: probably as professional and as endearing as any twenty year 535 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 11: old I've ever met this playing professional sports. He put 536 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 11: sentences together. He's very thoughtful. He's a guy that really 537 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 11: pays attention to what's going on around him. And you know, 538 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 11: he just turned twenty one this week, and you just 539 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 11: see so much plus in him. 540 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 12: You know, you mentioned his size. 541 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 11: When he came in last year, he was six ' 542 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 11: four and this year he's sixty six, two hundred and 543 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 11: fifty pounds, and I still think he's going to grow 544 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 11: some more. A guy who played basketball, was a swimmer 545 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 11: in baseball as a kid, didn't play much football. He 546 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 11: told me once, he said, well, my mother didn't want 547 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 11: to see me get hurt. I said, you know, when 548 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 11: you're that size, man, you're doing the hurt. You know, 549 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 11: you're not having somebody put the hurt on you. But 550 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 11: he elected to stay with baseball, and I think he's 551 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 11: gonna be one of the true up and comers in 552 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 11: the game. 553 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 2: His name is Mike Clayborne Man, one of the best 554 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 2: in the business. Saint Louis Cardinals radio broadcaster. Thanks for 555 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 2: joining us here on Inside the Parker. Mike, we'll talk 556 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 2: with you down the line Thank you, buddy. 557 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 12: Can't wait, my friend. Always good to visit with you 558 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 12: and continue success. 559 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 3: Now bring in the closer. 560 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: Here's why MLB it's better than the NFL or NBA, 561 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: and it isn't even close. 562 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 3: Reason number nine hundred and fifty five. 563 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 4: Where Major League Baseball is better than the NBA and 564 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 4: the NFL. 565 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 3: You never know what you could see at a ballpark. 566 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 4: On Tuesday night, fans got to see a squirrel at 567 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 4: Yankee Stadium and this dude, let's trying to take over 568 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 4: the ballpark. Fans were in shock as he came from 569 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,959 Speaker 4: the bullpen straddle defense and then eventually jumped down on 570 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 4: the field. But that is baseball. We've seen birds in 571 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 4: the ballpark. We've seen all kinds of things, cats, rats, 572 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 4: and Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, it was a squirrel 573 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,479 Speaker 4: doing his thing, walking around like he owned the place. 574 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 3: I wondered if he warmed up in the bullpen. 575 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 4: At Yankee Stadium first before he went into the stands 576 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 4: to shock a few fans. Some of the expressions of 577 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 4: the fans was priceless. If you get a chance to 578 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 4: take a look at it, take a look to squirrel 579 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 4: at Yankee Stadium wowing the faithful in the Bronx. 580 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late 581 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until 582 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 2: next time. 583 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 3: Rob Parker out. He can't get it. This could be 584 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 3: an inside the Parker. 585 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 4: See you next week, the same bat time, from the 586 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 4: same Matt's station.