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

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<v Speaker 1>of Fame or Tim Kirkschen I'm his son, Jeff Kirkshin

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<v Speaker 1>and Dad. I got to say, just right off the

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<v Speaker 1>bat if you're watching on YouTube, I love that shirt.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that rowback? Is that a baseball He's a.

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<v Speaker 2>Baseball collar shirt. Yes. And my grandson, your godson, Carson,

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<v Speaker 2>has a matching baseball shirt and we have worn them

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<v Speaker 2>more than once at the same time. So yes, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a baseball shirt. I figured I would wear something

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<v Speaker 2>other than a Walter Johnson sweatshirt pullover fleece. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is I've all sorts of baseball themed shirts. Jeff, what

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<v Speaker 2>else would I have?

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<v Speaker 3>I know?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I know you like tell the story of when

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<v Speaker 1>you had to go to the store Baseballism to find

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<v Speaker 1>a shirt because you didn't have the right shirt at

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<v Speaker 1>the Hall of Fame.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this true? Yeah? I didn't bring an up of

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<v Speaker 2>polo shirts. I needed something, so I bought a Roberto

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<v Speaker 2>Clemente shirt at baseball Isms. It was great. I wear

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<v Speaker 2>it here and there. It's a little big for me,

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<v Speaker 2>but yes. And then I went to the golf course

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<v Speaker 2>there leatherstocking and bought two other Polos to get me

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<v Speaker 2>through Hall of Fame weekend because I was so nervous

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't pack very well. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean that's pretty common. You and I are

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<v Speaker 1>both throw it all in the bag and get on

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<v Speaker 1>the road as soon as possible. I've forgotten underwear, I've

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<v Speaker 1>forgotten socks, I've forgotten pants. So I've been there, Dad. Hey, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta I gotta praise you, Dad, because I get

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<v Speaker 1>emails from our listeners, Great gamer what dot com, members

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<v Speaker 1>of our family who want to message us, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I go in to respond and you're responding constantly to

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<v Speaker 1>people at great gamerw dot com. Well done, Dad. The

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<v Speaker 1>technology is not beating you. It's tim one technology, zero

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<v Speaker 1>waiting go.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a million to one, Jeff. I finally won only

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<v Speaker 2>because you set it up on my phone. An idiot

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<v Speaker 2>could figure out how to use this. All you have

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<v Speaker 2>to do is hit compose, write your thing, and then

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<v Speaker 2>hit the little arrow. It's great. But Jeff, I've gotten

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<v Speaker 2>some heartwarming things from our listeners and viewers. It's great.

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<v Speaker 2>So Rob Johnson sent me this really nice email after

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<v Speaker 2>finding out that my birthday is on December tenth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>fifty six. Let's see how well you remember things. Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Walter Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>Will just stop you there right on December tenth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>forty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I found that very symmetrical. So now he knows

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<v Speaker 2>what my birthday is. So he says, with its beautiful note,

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<v Speaker 2>that my daughter Caroline's birthday is also on December the tenth,

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<v Speaker 2>and I got such a kick out of it. Rob

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<v Speaker 2>wrote me back the next day and said, this is embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to Caroline and told her that Tim Kirkchin

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<v Speaker 2>is born on the same day as you, December the tenth.

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<v Speaker 2>Caroline told him, Dad, my birthday's December the ninth. No,

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<v Speaker 2>So Rob Age fifty one kind of wrote that off

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<v Speaker 2>to getting older. He just temporarily forgot his own daughter's birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>So I thought the story was even funnier and even

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<v Speaker 2>more personal that he forgot his daughter's birthday and she,

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<v Speaker 2>without any anger, corrected him knows the day before.

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<v Speaker 1>Well. I want to shout out Chris McCarthy. He's been

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<v Speaker 1>messaging us as well. I'm not sure if you have

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<v Speaker 1>him on your list here, but he sent us FYI

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<v Speaker 1>the free the three highest single season pitching b wars

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<v Speaker 1>in the World Series Ara, I belonged to Walter Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>Walter Johnson and Dwight Gooden. And then he ends the

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<v Speaker 1>message with did I ever tell you I went to

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<v Speaker 1>Dwight goodin high school?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I read Chris's beautiful email and it was about

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<v Speaker 2>the greatness of Dwight Gooden. So I'll tell Chris and

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<v Speaker 2>you this story again.

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<v Speaker 3>Jeff.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's how good Dwight Gooden was. He pitched in the

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<v Speaker 2>All Star Game, started the All Star Game, and Roger

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<v Speaker 2>Clemens was the starting pitcher for the other team. I

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<v Speaker 2>think this was nineteen eighty six, not important, it's right

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of Dwight Goodin's incredible prime. So Clemens

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't batted since high school because he went to the

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<v Speaker 2>University of Texas. They had a DH, had a DH

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<v Speaker 2>in the minor league. So now this is the first

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<v Speaker 2>time he's faced a pitcher since high school. And Dwight

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<v Speaker 2>Gooden's first pitch to where Roger Clemens comes in at

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<v Speaker 2>like ninety seven miles an hour with incredible zoom to it,

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<v Speaker 2>and Roger Clemens looks at the home played umpire and says,

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<v Speaker 2>do I throw that hard? And the home played umpire

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<v Speaker 2>goes yes, Roger, you throw that hard, and he went

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<v Speaker 2>god like. It was so important for Roger Clemens to

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<v Speaker 2>recognize what great eat stuff really look like up close,

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<v Speaker 2>and the only way to do that is to bat

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<v Speaker 2>in a major league game. That's how great Dwight Gooden was.

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<v Speaker 2>And Roger Clemens said that he started to throw his

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<v Speaker 2>fastball more often, knowing if that's what it looks like,

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<v Speaker 2>no one can hit that. So Roger Clemens's greatness continued

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<v Speaker 2>after facing Dwight Gooden in the All Star Game. That's

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<v Speaker 2>how great Dwight Gooden was in his prime. Also, Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>John Woodward, who has sent in several emails, send me

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<v Speaker 2>one this is beautiful, and he wasn't being critical, but

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<v Speaker 2>he was disappointed in my all vowel team on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>that I did not use Aurelio Rodriguez as my third baseman.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up watching him play in one of the

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<v Speaker 2>great throwing arms of any third baseman I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>And John Woodward's point was Realio has all of the

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<v Speaker 2>vowels in his first name, So we made a big

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<v Speaker 2>deal out of Ed and Nelson Figueroa having all the

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<v Speaker 2>vowels in their last name. Really o Rodriguez has them

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<v Speaker 2>all in his first name, and I had to explain,

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, I forgot. You know, I've done this list before, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know there was someone with all the vowels,

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<v Speaker 2>but I've referenced Juhanio Suarez so many times for having

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<v Speaker 2>all the vowels that he's very much in the news today,

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<v Speaker 2>as you know, an active player with forty plus homers

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<v Speaker 2>that I just didn't even think. I just put Uhanio Suarez.

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<v Speaker 2>It's our third baseman, and Aurelio Lopez, also a old

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<v Speaker 2>Tiger reliever head. Of course, all the vowels in his

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<v Speaker 2>first name. So thank you John for pointing this out.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very instructive.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have any news of this sort, so don't

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<v Speaker 1>get excited. But maybe our next kid will call Mary

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<v Speaker 1>Louise Kirks in all one word.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think that?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's all the vowels in the first name

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<v Speaker 1>at this point. I mean, it's better than Sequoia Marchion. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>there's not a lot of names I could I could

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<v Speaker 1>pick here at Ophelia, maybe that could work.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, just and there are not a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>Kirchens out there, that's for sure. So. But of course,

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<v Speaker 2>in case anyone's wondering, Stephen Kirkchin, formerly of the Boston

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<v Speaker 2>Globe and the Spotlight Team, the greatest investigative reporter in

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<v Speaker 2>the history of the Boston Globe, the guy that uncovered

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<v Speaker 2>all of the huge scandal in uh with the Catholic

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<v Speaker 2>Church in Boston. That was my cousin, Stephen Kirkchin, that

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<v Speaker 2>did all of that. And he used used to tell

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<v Speaker 2>me when I was a young beat writer, says, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do what you do. I want to cover

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<v Speaker 2>a baseball team for a full year. Can you imagine

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<v Speaker 2>Stephen Kirkchen, the greatest reporter ever. He would have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>every scoop on every game, on every player because he

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<v Speaker 2>knew he knew where to look. As they used to

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<v Speaker 2>say in Boston, the five worst words of the English

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<v Speaker 2>language for corrupt people are Stephen Kirchin is on the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how good my cousin was.

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<v Speaker 1>Is all right, Dad, Let's jump into the takeaways.

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<v Speaker 2>When you get Mets are suddenly scoring a bunch of runs.

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<v Speaker 2>But more important, they have Nolan McClain on their team.

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<v Speaker 2>He's first Met ever to win his first four major

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<v Speaker 2>league starts. Even Dwight Gooden and Tom Seaver didn't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's done it with a tremendously low era. And Tuesday Night,

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff he got the win by retiring the final fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>batters of the game. That's how that's how great he's been.

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<v Speaker 2>And they also brought up Jonah Tong, young guy. So

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<v Speaker 2>there's chance that the Mets can make the playoffs and

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<v Speaker 2>I think they are and use Nolan McClain and Jonah

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<v Speaker 2>Tong in their rotation in October. How how cool would

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<v Speaker 2>that be if a team looked and said, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>they're young, they're inexperienced, they don't know what they're doing,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're going with it because there are two really

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<v Speaker 2>good young arms.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, dad, isn't there a part two? When it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to a playoff run? That having younger players almost makes

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<v Speaker 1>it easier because they're so green. They don't really know

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<v Speaker 1>the bread, you know, the massiveness of the moment, so

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<v Speaker 1>they're just kind of playing baseball. A lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>talk about, you know, playing in a playoff game their

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<v Speaker 1>rookie year versus their tenth season. You know, tenth year,

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<v Speaker 1>you feel really pressured. I finally need to win the

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<v Speaker 1>World Series. I've been in the league ten years, but

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<v Speaker 1>in your first year you're like, well, I'm just here

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<v Speaker 1>to play basketball. I'm here to have fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Ignorance is bliss, and some of these guys just don't

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<v Speaker 2>even understand the pressure that they're supposed to be under.

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<v Speaker 2>I really like where the Mets are right now. They're

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<v Speaker 2>really starting to swing. The bat Wan Soto has been

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<v Speaker 2>great lately. Interesting. We'll have some great Pennant races to finish.

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<v Speaker 2>So showe Aotani hit home run number one hundred as

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<v Speaker 2>a Dodger, And we just need to always point out

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<v Speaker 2>anything that Otani does because everything he does seems to

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<v Speaker 2>be some sort of historic Miles Stone. This is another one,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jeff I have to say, you know, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>critical on this show. I'm just too old to be

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<v Speaker 2>yelling at people. But the other day Cardinals Reds game,

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<v Speaker 2>and Andy Vance, like former major leaguer, called me last

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<v Speaker 2>night out of the blue just to tell me, did

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<v Speaker 2>you see the infield fly rule? Well, the Reds are

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<v Speaker 2>in the field, the bases are loaded, there's an infield

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<v Speaker 2>fly rule, and the ball drops and everyone on the

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<v Speaker 2>Cardinals got confused on the basis and started running all

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<v Speaker 2>over the place and I, frankly, Jeff, am not sure

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<v Speaker 2>the Reds knew what to do with the situation, because

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<v Speaker 2>now guys are running all over the place. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if it's a force, if it's a tag, who's

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<v Speaker 2>going where. It was complete bedlam on an infield fly rule.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm going to tell the story again, Jeff, when

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Boone several years ago told us in spring training

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<v Speaker 2>that he has told his defensive players on an infield

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<v Speaker 2>fly rule, dropped the ball intentionally because it might confuse

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<v Speaker 2>the runners. They don't know the rule and they take

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<v Speaker 2>off and we might get an extra out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>So on opening day that season, playing the Blue Jays,

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<v Speaker 2>the blue Jays are in the field, a Yankee hits

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<v Speaker 2>an infield fly rule, the ball drops, and the Yankees

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<v Speaker 2>ran themselves into another out. And so what Aaron Boone

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<v Speaker 2>was preaching his own team did the opposite of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Messed it all up. And he called me the next

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<v Speaker 2>day because we'd done that game, Rabbi Eduardo and I

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<v Speaker 2>on TV, and he called to apologize for us having

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<v Speaker 2>to watch a major league team foul up the infield

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<v Speaker 2>fly rule.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it's so crazy that he would ask

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<v Speaker 1>his team to do that, and then while they're on

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<v Speaker 1>the basis different mindset, they forget the one rule.

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<v Speaker 2>He is last thing. Jeff Frans Valdez of the Astros,

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<v Speaker 2>a really good picture with sensational stuff, crossed up his

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<v Speaker 2>own catcher, Caesar Salazar the other day him right in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the chest protector with a strike and

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<v Speaker 2>Salazar was expecting something else and he was given something else,

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<v Speaker 2>and he absolutely whiffed on it. And Valdez later apologized

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<v Speaker 2>for crossing him up. But there's some people out there

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<v Speaker 2>that think that Valdez did this on purpose to his

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<v Speaker 2>own catcher. Now I'm not sure about that. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going there, but uh, why would I just don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>why anyone would do that. Agreed.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Well, I saw the video actually this morning, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think the reason why a lot of people are

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<v Speaker 1>thinking he did it on purpose is right after it happened,

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<v Speaker 1>he had no sympathy on his face. He had nothing

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<v Speaker 1>but kind of an angry look. Right if he had gone,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my fault, my fault through the wrong pitch

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that, and you'd be like, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>total mistake. But maybe it was because of that. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it was because of a bad call earlier, because of

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<v Speaker 1>the grand slam, and the catcher said, hey, like, don't

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<v Speaker 1>throw a pitch. He threw it anyway, gave up a

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<v Speaker 1>grand Slam. Could that have been a part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure. I talked to two former pitchers about that,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, don't tell me that was intentional, And

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<v Speaker 2>both of them said that was intentional. He did that

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<v Speaker 2>on purpose, which, okay, that's just two guys' opinion. That

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean it's right. But it's really interesting. I always

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<v Speaker 2>go back to when Raul and Banya is one of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite people ever. He was in his twenties trying

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<v Speaker 2>to make a major league team, and he was a

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<v Speaker 2>utility player, so he went to the minor leagues to

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<v Speaker 2>learn how to catch so he could become the third catcher,

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<v Speaker 2>to really improve his versatility and his chances of making

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<v Speaker 2>the team. So he said, his first game behind the

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<v Speaker 2>plate in the minor leagues, like, the first pitch came

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<v Speaker 2>in and he completely missed it, and it hit the

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<v Speaker 2>umpire like right in the chest, and the umpire Raoulavajas

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<v Speaker 2>to go, what what are you doing? And I Banyas

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<v Speaker 2>looks back at the uppart and say sorry, sorry, I've

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<v Speaker 2>never caught before. But this is what you do in

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<v Speaker 2>the minor leagues. This is where you learn how to

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<v Speaker 2>play different positions by go experimenting on the minor league level.

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<v Speaker 2>In this case, an umpire got nailed because poor Raoul Labayas,

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<v Speaker 2>who was trying really hard, just missed the pitch. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do it on purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's walk into the corkchins, dad, two of which I

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<v Speaker 1>have a couple, but I don't want to jump on

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<v Speaker 1>any of your right, Well, I'll give you mine first.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know how much I love James Wood of

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<v Speaker 1>the Nationals. So we got to be careful with this

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<v Speaker 1>because Kenny Wood's dad. I played basketball with Kenny Wood

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<v Speaker 1>for years.

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<v Speaker 2>He's great. But James Wood now has twenty five hat tricks, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>So that's twenty five games in which he struck out

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<v Speaker 2>three or more time. So we'll call a hat trick

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<v Speaker 2>three or more in baseball parliance. He is a hat trick.

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<v Speaker 2>Four is a sombrero, five is a golden sombrero. And

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<v Speaker 2>do you know what a six is, Jeff? I told

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<v Speaker 2>you this story once you remember I went to a store.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to a game in Kansas City one night

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<v Speaker 2>where Sam Horn and the Orioles, and it's.

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<v Speaker 1>A golden horn or the horn right right?

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<v Speaker 2>He struck out six times. So after the game I

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<v Speaker 2>went to Mike Flanning in of the Orioles, the late

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<v Speaker 2>great Mike Flanning, and said, Flanning, all right, three's a

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<v Speaker 2>hat trick. Four is sebrero. Five's a golden sabrera. What

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<v Speaker 2>is a sixth? And he said, from now on six

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<v Speaker 2>will be known as a horn?

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<v Speaker 1>So, which is so perfect because hat trick, sombrero on

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<v Speaker 1>your head, horn technically on your head. It could not

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<v Speaker 1>have happened to a more perfect nurse.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't wait for the next six strikeout game so

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<v Speaker 2>I can call it what it should be, a horn.

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<v Speaker 2>So James Wood has twenty five hat tricks this year.

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<v Speaker 2>The major league record is twenty six, so he's got

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<v Speaker 2>a month to break it. I know he doesn't want to.

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<v Speaker 2>By Joe Gallo in twenty eighteen and Mark Reynolds in

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and nine. And I know I've told you

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<v Speaker 2>about Mark Reynolds. Jeff one of my favorite players, went

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<v Speaker 2>to the University of Virginia. Really smart guy. At two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and ninety nine career Homers was a great defensive

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<v Speaker 2>third baseman, but he struck out a lot. And he

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<v Speaker 2>told me once, I'm the holder of a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>weird records out there. So he is currently the co

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<v Speaker 2>leader in most patricks in a season for a hitter. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, that's the same Mark Reynolds. I was

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<v Speaker 2>doing a story on how hard the game is to play.

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<v Speaker 2>So he told me one night, he said, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>my mom is like the greatest baseball fan in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and she really really understands what she's watching and she

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<v Speaker 2>watches every game. So he said, she called me last

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<v Speaker 2>night after a game I played and she said, how

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<v Speaker 2>did you miss that two oh slider? That's what it's

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<v Speaker 2>mother that he had to say, Mom, it's not that easy.

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<v Speaker 2>So the career record Jeff for for hat tricks in

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<v Speaker 2>a career is one hundred and seventy three by Adam Dunn.

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<v Speaker 2>So Adam Dunn struck out three or more times in

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<v Speaker 2>game one hundred and seventy three times, and that's in

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<v Speaker 2>danger because active gian Carlos Stanton has struck out has

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<v Speaker 2>patricks in one hundred and sixty five games and he's

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<v Speaker 2>not done yet. He's got several more years to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Just curious, Jeff. The hat trick, of course, is more

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<v Speaker 2>of a hockey term. Wayne Gretzky, I have to look

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<v Speaker 2>all this up, is the all time record holder for

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<v Speaker 2>a season in hat tricks. What do you think? What

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<v Speaker 2>do you think the record is for hat tricks in

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<v Speaker 2>one season? That's three goals in one game by a

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<v Speaker 2>hockey player.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say like eight, eight or nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Great guest, Yeah, yeah, So Gretzky is the record holder

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<v Speaker 2>with ten, and he is the career record holder with

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<v Speaker 2>fifty hat tricks. Wow, I told you I met. I

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<v Speaker 2>met Wayne Gretzky at my dear friend Matt McCoy's house.

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<v Speaker 2>This is thirty five years ago in la and Gretzky

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<v Speaker 2>was playing for the Kings, and he and Matt McCoy

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<v Speaker 2>actor friend who of course played in Seinfeld episode Lloyd Braun,

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<v Speaker 2>and we went to high school together when we were

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<v Speaker 2>the same year. So Matt invites me over.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad, and he was in your wedding.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, let's get down.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't just go to high school. He was one

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<v Speaker 1>of your one of the groovesmen.

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<v Speaker 2>And he he says, come on over for dinner. Gretzky's

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<v Speaker 2>coming over, so I think he's joking. But we're sitting

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<v Speaker 2>getting ready to eat, and in walks Wayne Gretzky, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, and he introduces himself. Hi, I'm Wayne, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>no kidding. I know nothing about hockey, but I know

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<v Speaker 2>who you are, and I don't know anything about hockey, chef.

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<v Speaker 2>But my favorite description of a hockey player is how

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<v Speaker 2>the you know, like the Russian coach described Wayne Gretzky

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<v Speaker 2>after he just undressed their team again. He said, with Gretzky,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, you see him, then he disappears, then there's

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<v Speaker 2>a goal. Is that not perfect, Jeff?

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<v Speaker 1>It's so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what again, great hockey players do. And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>Gretzky could do. He was three steps, four passes ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of everyone else. He could see the floor like nobody else,

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<v Speaker 2>see the ice like nobody else, like a great point

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<v Speaker 2>guard in baseball. He was a pretty good hockey player,

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<v Speaker 2>eh he was. And he was a good baseball player.

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<v Speaker 2>And Wayne Gretzky was an amazing athlete. Yes, okay, so

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<v Speaker 2>your boy, Kyle Schwarber, we said on Tuesday, he went

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<v Speaker 2>oh for twenty and then had a four homer game,

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<v Speaker 2>and since the four homer game, at least through Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>two for fifteen with eight strikeouts. So, Jeff, this is

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<v Speaker 2>why baseball is so beautiful. In between, I mean, he

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<v Speaker 2>had a four homer game, and on the outside of

0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:00.920
<v Speaker 2>a four homer game, he went to for thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just how baseball works. It's why it's so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>You can be so great one night and then the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the time it's a struggle. Again, speaking to

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<v Speaker 2>the degree of difficulty in the game. And the last one, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>this came from Steve Sparks, our friend who does the

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<v Speaker 2>Astros game on the radio, the brilliant, hilarious seamhead Steve Spark.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just got a text overnight from him and

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<v Speaker 2>all it said was thirty three one thirty three. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's see if you can remember what that means.

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<v Speaker 1>That was had to have been the crowd size of

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<v Speaker 1>the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Attendance at Tuesday night Yankees Astros game thirty three thousand,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and thirty three. This is what seamheads Steve

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<v Speaker 2>Sparks does. He looks and make sure he checks the

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<v Speaker 2>attendants every night, just to see if there's fun to it.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a palindrome thirty three one thirty three, And

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote back, I said, how many palindrome attendances have

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<v Speaker 2>you had this year? He said at least three. But

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<v Speaker 2>he's the only one paying attention to this. I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, Dad, coming up next, I have two

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<v Speaker 1>quark gens I'm going to try to spring on to

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<v Speaker 1>you to see if they impress you at all. We're

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<v Speaker 1>also going to do on this date in Baseball History

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<v Speaker 1>featuring a special guest. So usually I mean always on

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<v Speaker 1>this date it's about a certain player. We actually have

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<v Speaker 1>that player who's going to join us, and from Azzie

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<v Speaker 1>to Oral best of All Tim and a team Tim

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<v Speaker 1>to wrap up the show. It's all coming up next.

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<v Speaker 1>Back on is this a great game or what?

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<v Speaker 2>Dad?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you ready for my two argens?

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<v Speaker 2>I love them, Spring them on me. They're great. All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to hear about the homer that should

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<v Speaker 1>not have been a homer? Or the matchup that I

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<v Speaker 1>really enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's hear the matchup first. If it's Carson Wentz, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>already ahead of you.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it's not Carson Wentz. It's actually Wednesday Nights Pitchers

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<v Speaker 1>in the Rangers Diamondbacks game. I'm calling it the fire

0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:13.080
<v Speaker 1>matchup because it's lighter against gallon. I get it, gallon

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<v Speaker 1>of gas, a lighter like that kind of vibe.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, love it, love it. That's that's what. Yeah. Wednesday night, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 2>way to go, we got some.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe I got that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you do that one or did you get it

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<v Speaker 2>from that's yours? Now? I found that right, Jeff, You're

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<v Speaker 2>I've corrupted you. This is great. You're thinking like me,

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<v Speaker 2>which is not good.

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<v Speaker 1>And then from my friend Jag John Gay, who is incredible.

0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:42.439
<v Speaker 1>He actually runs his own podcast consulting company. So if

0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:45.399
<v Speaker 1>anybody is doing a podcast like us and is looking

0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:47.719
<v Speaker 1>to start or need some help, you can check them

0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:50.720
<v Speaker 1>out John Gay or Jag do a Google search, it'll

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<v Speaker 1>all pop up and it'll help you launch your first podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>But he sent me an article from bro Bible. Trevor's

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<v Speaker 1>story is breaking science with his bizarre home run dad

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<v Speaker 1>in a six to four victory over the Cleveland Guardians

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<v Speaker 1>this past Monday. It was his twenty third home run

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<v Speaker 1>of the year. However, it genuinely is not a home

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<v Speaker 1>run in all thirty ballparks, including the one that he

0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:18.480
<v Speaker 1>hit it in right which is incredible, including the two

0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:21.840
<v Speaker 1>minor league stadiums were playing in currently. So the way

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<v Speaker 1>it works is he hit the ball ninety four point

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<v Speaker 1>five miles per hour with a launch angle of forty

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<v Speaker 1>two degrees. In most parks, that's a routine flyout. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>stat Cast says Dad that that around that area is

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<v Speaker 1>you the batting averages point zero one zero of getting

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<v Speaker 1>on base.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a home run right but it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>right field at Fenway. It's the pesky pole, and right

0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:52.080
<v Speaker 2>fielder had a little trouble with it. So I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it the home run that wasn't a home

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<v Speaker 2>run but really was a home run.

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<v Speaker 1>It was and you know, a story stopped at second

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<v Speaker 1>thing you got a double John Kenzie Nowelle in right

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<v Speaker 1>field had a little bit of trouble with the pesky pole.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a pesky one, as you might imagine, and ultimately

0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:11.000
<v Speaker 1>it became a home run and it shouldn't be a

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<v Speaker 1>home run in all thirty parks.

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<v Speaker 2>So I thought that was fascinated. Just like we said

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<v Speaker 2>the other day, you hit a home run off a

0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:19.800
<v Speaker 2>position player, it's a home run. A home run is

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<v Speaker 2>a home run, and this whole thing hell would have

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<v Speaker 2>only been a home run in what no other park?

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<v Speaker 2>Would that have been a home or well, it doesn't matter.

0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:29.120
<v Speaker 2>It wasn't hit in any other park. It was hit

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<v Speaker 2>at Fenway Park, so it counts.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes this game so much more beautiful. If you

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<v Speaker 1>ask me, like, no, one's like, uh oh, we're playing

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<v Speaker 1>at the garden. The three point line is so much

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<v Speaker 1>further back. It's like, no, it's not. It's the same place.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the beauty of baseball. Nothing is the same. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's all right. Cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's jump into on this date in baseball history, we

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<v Speaker 1>have a special guest rights.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to talk about Mike Piazz's birthday. Born in

0:24:58.440 --> 0:25:01.679
<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty eight. Mike po for me, is one is

0:25:01.840 --> 0:25:05.000
<v Speaker 2>the greatest hitting catcher of all time. We talk a

0:25:05.040 --> 0:25:07.960
<v Speaker 2>lot about cal Raley, as we should, and you start

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<v Speaker 2>looking for the greatest season ever by a catcher. Check

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<v Speaker 2>out that nineteen ninety seven season by Mike Piazza. That

0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:19.040
<v Speaker 2>was a joke, that's how great he was. Mel Didier

0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:22.440
<v Speaker 2>drafted him for the Dodgers, and again he got drafted

0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:25.720
<v Speaker 2>in like the sixty eighth round. Mel Didier was the

0:25:25.760 --> 0:25:28.040
<v Speaker 2>scout that found him, and it was pretty much done

0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:32.200
<v Speaker 2>as a favor to Mike Piazza's father, who was a

0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:36.240
<v Speaker 2>friend of Tony of Tommy Lasorda. That's how Mike Piazza

0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:39.240
<v Speaker 2>ended up getting signed to play pro ball and then

0:25:39.320 --> 0:25:43.840
<v Speaker 2>developed into again the greatest hitting catcher that's ever been

0:25:43.920 --> 0:25:47.080
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion. So Mel told me he called Mike

0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:51.080
<v Speaker 2>Piazza on Christmas Day once, like as Mike was like

0:25:51.200 --> 0:25:54.840
<v Speaker 2>nineteen years old starting his assent to the major leagues,

0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:58.439
<v Speaker 2>and his dad said, he's not here, He's out in

0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:03.040
<v Speaker 2>the backyard hitting in the cage on Christmas Day. I mean,

0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:05.119
<v Speaker 2>that's what you gotta do. Jeff and Mike Patzi. I

0:26:05.200 --> 0:26:08.680
<v Speaker 2>told you Jeff had unbelievably strong hands. His second to

0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:10.919
<v Speaker 2>the last stop in his major league career was with

0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:14.080
<v Speaker 2>the Padres, and they had to take a hand strength

0:26:14.240 --> 0:26:18.080
<v Speaker 2>test to determine how strong your hand is, and Mike

0:26:18.119 --> 0:26:22.480
<v Speaker 2>Piazza like broke the club record by a mile at

0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:25.560
<v Speaker 2>his Bruce Bochi then the Padres manager told me it

0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:28.479
<v Speaker 2>was like Herman Munster was on our team, which, right,

0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:31.960
<v Speaker 2>anytime you can get Herman Munster into our podcast, I'm

0:26:32.040 --> 0:26:35.760
<v Speaker 2>in the most underrated sitcom character of all time. Boy,

0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:38.040
<v Speaker 2>he made me laugh all those years. So happy birthday

0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:39.000
<v Speaker 2>to Mike Piazza.

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<v Speaker 1>I did a quick look into the NL MVP voting

0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:45.560
<v Speaker 1>for that year. Dad, you're talking about nineteen ninety seven,

0:26:45.600 --> 0:26:49.479
<v Speaker 1>Mike Piazza. He actually batted three sixty two, which just

0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:52.840
<v Speaker 1>like that number doesn't even compute in twenty twenty five.

0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:56.159
<v Speaker 1>But I'm like, how does he not win the MVP?

0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:58.720
<v Speaker 1>And of course I pull it up Larry Walker. I

0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:03.439
<v Speaker 1>had forty nine home runs. It's just kind of an

0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:06.240
<v Speaker 1>unbelieve one hundred and thirty RBIs thirty three stolen bases.

0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:09.359
<v Speaker 1>I heck of a year. So I mean it makes sense.

0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:12.480
<v Speaker 1>But boyle boy, is that sad to see not see

0:27:12.560 --> 0:27:15.520
<v Speaker 1>him win the MVP. But we could see an amazing

0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:18.440
<v Speaker 1>year from a catcher this year and cal Rally could

0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:20.439
<v Speaker 1>be really really great.

0:27:19.400 --> 0:27:22.760
<v Speaker 2>Right Okay? And on this day, Jeff, in nineteen ninety three,

0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:28.040
<v Speaker 2>Jim Abbott pitched a no hitter against then the Cleveland Indians,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have Jim Abbott talking about that right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, thanks for remembering that date. Tim. That's a that

0:27:36.680 --> 0:27:39.720
<v Speaker 3>was a while back. But you know, I tell you,

0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:43.480
<v Speaker 3>it's a really special date for me. I it was

0:27:43.520 --> 0:27:46.480
<v Speaker 3>a Saturday morning. I woke up, went to the ballpark,

0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:50.720
<v Speaker 3>Yankee Stadium. I hadn't had an incredible year that year

0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:53.480
<v Speaker 3>with the Yankees. There was a little bit of frustration,

0:27:53.640 --> 0:27:58.040
<v Speaker 3>I think on everybody's side, and that day changed my life.

0:27:58.160 --> 0:28:01.520
<v Speaker 3>It really, it really did. And I you know that

0:28:01.640 --> 0:28:05.000
<v Speaker 3>twenty seventh out, the connection with the Yankees organization, the

0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:08.560
<v Speaker 3>connection with the city of New York, even, it just

0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:11.800
<v Speaker 3>turned out to be a magical thing in my life.

0:28:12.040 --> 0:28:15.320
<v Speaker 2>Jim, when Matt Noakes ran to the mound to hug

0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:18.000
<v Speaker 2>you that day, you you looked at him and I

0:28:18.040 --> 0:28:20.640
<v Speaker 2>can't read your lips. What did you say? How about that?

0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:23.440
<v Speaker 2>What do you remember what you said when Matt Noakes

0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:25.639
<v Speaker 2>ran to hug you on the mound?

0:28:27.040 --> 0:28:29.800
<v Speaker 3>I do remember, only because I watched it recently with

0:28:29.840 --> 0:28:33.720
<v Speaker 3>our with our friend Jeremy. Sure, but I said, how

0:28:33.720 --> 0:28:36.800
<v Speaker 3>about that, baby, Yeah, something something along those lines.

0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:40.160
<v Speaker 2>I think your previous start against the Indians, you got

0:28:40.520 --> 0:28:43.560
<v Speaker 2>you got Clawbard, is that right? And then you threw

0:28:43.600 --> 0:28:47.800
<v Speaker 2>a no hitter against them? Explain the mindset between these guys.

0:28:47.960 --> 0:28:50.520
<v Speaker 2>Crushed me the last time out, and then you threw

0:28:50.520 --> 0:28:51.320
<v Speaker 2>a no hitter.

0:28:53.360 --> 0:28:56.280
<v Speaker 3>That's why anything can happen to McKinley, you know, because

0:28:57.200 --> 0:28:59.240
<v Speaker 3>a lot of my teammates were not expecting a no

0:28:59.360 --> 0:29:01.440
<v Speaker 3>hitter that next time out, and it was, you know,

0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:03.520
<v Speaker 3>it was to him, it was. It was a low point.

0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:06.280
<v Speaker 3>I really struggled against the Indians. They were a good

0:29:06.320 --> 0:29:08.680
<v Speaker 3>up and coming team, you know, up and down. That

0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:12.200
<v Speaker 3>lineup was very strong, and I pitched against them in

0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:15.840
<v Speaker 3>Cleveland and nothing went right. I didn't didn't pitch well.

0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:19.280
<v Speaker 3>Every ground ball seemed to find a hole, and all

0:29:19.280 --> 0:29:21.400
<v Speaker 3>of a sudden, I don't remember the statistics, but I

0:29:21.400 --> 0:29:26.080
<v Speaker 3>don't didn't last long that day, and I was really frustrated.

0:29:26.280 --> 0:29:28.880
<v Speaker 3>I was really frustrated. I was down. I'd been traded

0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:32.200
<v Speaker 3>from the Angels, which was really kind of my baseball home.

0:29:32.880 --> 0:29:35.760
<v Speaker 3>I felt like I was letting the Yankee organization and

0:29:35.880 --> 0:29:39.440
<v Speaker 3>down a little bit, and I went running. I left

0:29:39.480 --> 0:29:42.400
<v Speaker 3>the stadium, like you're not supposed to do that, and

0:29:42.480 --> 0:29:45.480
<v Speaker 3>I put on my running clothes and I left the

0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:48.840
<v Speaker 3>stadium and we won the game. I came back Buck

0:29:48.880 --> 0:29:51.680
<v Speaker 3>Show Walter wasn't too happy with me for leaving the stadium,

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:59.200
<v Speaker 3>and you know, the next outing there was you know,

0:29:59.480 --> 0:30:02.000
<v Speaker 3>there was a to talk about how poorly I had

0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:05.760
<v Speaker 3>pitched in August, and you know what I was I

0:30:05.800 --> 0:30:07.400
<v Speaker 3>going to be able to hold my place in the

0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:12.479
<v Speaker 3>rotation even And so that day I went to the

0:30:12.520 --> 0:30:18.000
<v Speaker 3>stadium weirdly, a little bit looser, like the worst had happened,

0:30:18.000 --> 0:30:21.880
<v Speaker 3>Like like I had. I felt like it. I'm not

0:30:21.880 --> 0:30:24.760
<v Speaker 3>gonna say rock bottom, but it felt like I had

0:30:24.840 --> 0:30:27.160
<v Speaker 3>kind of bounced off the bottom a little bit, and like,

0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:30.400
<v Speaker 3>what what more could go wrong? And I had Matt

0:30:30.440 --> 0:30:32.080
<v Speaker 3>Noakes behind the plate that day, and you have a

0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:36.520
<v Speaker 3>great memory for that. He was enthusiastic, you know, positive guy,

0:30:36.840 --> 0:30:39.080
<v Speaker 3>and we came up with a great, great game plan

0:30:39.960 --> 0:30:43.040
<v Speaker 3>and you know, things just kind of went our way

0:30:43.120 --> 0:30:46.760
<v Speaker 3>that day. Hard hit balls were at somebody and that

0:30:46.840 --> 0:30:49.200
<v Speaker 3>trust finally, you know, started to come back, and the

0:30:49.240 --> 0:30:51.200
<v Speaker 3>ball came out of my hand better as the game

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:55.760
<v Speaker 3>went on. And so anything can have. You know, what

0:30:55.920 --> 0:30:58.600
<v Speaker 3>happens in your last outing does not dictate what happens

0:30:58.600 --> 0:30:59.360
<v Speaker 3>the next time out.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's it's just a clip of us chatting with

0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:07.320
<v Speaker 1>Jim Abbott about that incredible day back thirty two years ago.

0:31:07.480 --> 0:31:07.720
<v Speaker 2>Dad.

0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:10.160
<v Speaker 1>I was roughly four weeks old at that time, because

0:31:10.200 --> 0:31:13.800
<v Speaker 1>I was born August ninth, nineteen ninety three. But we're

0:31:13.840 --> 0:31:16.240
<v Speaker 1>excited to announce that Jim Abbott is going to be

0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:20.320
<v Speaker 1>our guest next week on the podcast, so you'll get

0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:22.080
<v Speaker 1>the full interview for next week, right.

0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:24.480
<v Speaker 2>Can't wait for that because Jim Abbott is one of

0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:28.680
<v Speaker 2>the most inspirational players we've ever seen, an amazing man,

0:31:28.760 --> 0:31:31.440
<v Speaker 2>one of the kindest people I've ever met. And we

0:31:31.480 --> 0:31:35.120
<v Speaker 2>will talk at length with Jim Abbott next week. And

0:31:35.160 --> 0:31:40.040
<v Speaker 2>the last one Jeff twenty nineteen Michael Lorenzen, pitcher who

0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:43.120
<v Speaker 2>pitched a no hitter that you and your wife Emily

0:31:43.200 --> 0:31:46.760
<v Speaker 2>watched as she was giving birth to McKinley Hope. You know,

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 2>two years ago that date, on this date in twenty nineteen,

0:31:51.640 --> 0:31:54.800
<v Speaker 2>Michael Lorenzen hit a home run, he got the victory

0:31:55.000 --> 0:31:58.640
<v Speaker 2>as a pitcher, and he played center field, all in

0:31:58.720 --> 0:32:01.120
<v Speaker 2>the same game. And the only other person that has

0:32:01.200 --> 0:32:04.760
<v Speaker 2>ever done that was Babe Ruth in nineteen twenty one

0:32:05.000 --> 0:32:09.800
<v Speaker 2>and Michael Lorenzo. Somebody made a real baseball card with

0:32:09.920 --> 0:32:14.720
<v Speaker 2>two pictures on it, Babe Ruth and Michael Lorenzen as

0:32:14.760 --> 0:32:18.600
<v Speaker 2>a tribute to that day and that event. At all

0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:20.160
<v Speaker 2>the things he did and he looked at me, and

0:32:20.160 --> 0:32:23.480
<v Speaker 2>he says, can it Can anything be better than having

0:32:23.560 --> 0:32:27.320
<v Speaker 2>your own baseball card with only you and Babe Ruth

0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:29.040
<v Speaker 2>on it? So cool?

0:32:29.040 --> 0:32:32.560
<v Speaker 1>It's insane, all right, Dad, Let's jump in from Ozzy

0:32:32.760 --> 0:32:35.960
<v Speaker 1>to Oral. We're counting down the best players at each number,

0:32:35.960 --> 0:32:39.520
<v Speaker 1>from Ozzie Smith at one to Oral Herscheizer at fifty five.

0:32:39.880 --> 0:32:44.520
<v Speaker 1>We are on number forty two, which I imagine is a

0:32:44.520 --> 0:32:46.720
<v Speaker 1>pretty obvious one, but also difficult.

0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:50.160
<v Speaker 2>It's difficult because Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer of

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:52.600
<v Speaker 2>all time. There is not a close second. He is

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 2>the only unanimous Hall of Fame choice. So let's be

0:32:57.480 --> 0:33:01.920
<v Speaker 2>clear that Marianno Rivera may this difficult, but Jackie Robinson

0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:05.200
<v Speaker 2>has to be number forty two a because of what

0:33:05.280 --> 0:33:08.880
<v Speaker 2>he did breaking the color barrier nineteen forty seven. And

0:33:08.960 --> 0:33:11.080
<v Speaker 2>he was also a great player Jeff Rookie of the

0:33:11.160 --> 0:33:14.760
<v Speaker 2>Year MVP played first base but mostly was a second

0:33:14.840 --> 0:33:18.440
<v Speaker 2>baseman and was a great second baseman. Dave Anderson, the

0:33:18.480 --> 0:33:20.800
<v Speaker 2>great columnists we used to work for the New York Times,

0:33:20.880 --> 0:33:24.440
<v Speaker 2>once wrote that Jackie Robinson could beat you in more

0:33:24.480 --> 0:33:29.360
<v Speaker 2>ways than any player in Major League history, and as

0:33:29.360 --> 0:33:32.480
<v Speaker 2>far as athletes go Jeff. You know he played, was

0:33:32.520 --> 0:33:35.600
<v Speaker 2>a great running back at UCLA. He was an All

0:33:35.720 --> 0:33:39.800
<v Speaker 2>Pack ten basketball player. He was a great tennis player,

0:33:39.880 --> 0:33:43.120
<v Speaker 2>a great golfer, and one of the best baseball players

0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:46.640
<v Speaker 2>of all time. That's who number forty two, Jackie Robinson.

0:33:46.720 --> 0:33:50.000
<v Speaker 2>Is not to mention how he paved the way. I mean,

0:33:50.040 --> 0:33:53.560
<v Speaker 2>Frank Robinson told me once of Jackie Robinson. He said,

0:33:53.960 --> 0:33:57.920
<v Speaker 2>the lesson that Jackie Robinson taught all of us about

0:33:58.000 --> 0:34:01.520
<v Speaker 2>hatred and inclusion and how you get back at them

0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 2>for what they say to you is to go out

0:34:03.800 --> 0:34:07.200
<v Speaker 2>there and beat them on the field, which is what

0:34:07.320 --> 0:34:10.080
<v Speaker 2>he did and what Frank Robinson did, and what Hank

0:34:10.120 --> 0:34:13.880
<v Speaker 2>Aaron did, and what so many others did. Jackie Robinson

0:34:14.080 --> 0:34:16.959
<v Speaker 2>taught them how to do that. And that's why he's

0:34:17.000 --> 0:34:20.160
<v Speaker 2>the greatest number forty two, because he's the most important

0:34:20.160 --> 0:34:24.360
<v Speaker 2>player in the history of Major League Baseball.

0:34:24.480 --> 0:34:26.520
<v Speaker 1>Number forty three. Who's the best player.

0:34:26.280 --> 0:34:29.320
<v Speaker 2>To wear that odd number? But I've got Dennis Acresley

0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:33.160
<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame closer absolutely dominant in his days Jeff

0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:38.920
<v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty nine ninety Those two seasons combined, he had

0:34:39.120 --> 0:34:41.879
<v Speaker 2>eighty one saves. Try to follow this Jeff, he had

0:34:41.960 --> 0:34:47.040
<v Speaker 2>eighty one saves and eighty base runners allowed for a

0:34:47.200 --> 0:34:51.840
<v Speaker 2>two year period. He walked a total of seven guys

0:34:52.480 --> 0:34:55.200
<v Speaker 2>in a two year period and gave up a total

0:34:55.280 --> 0:35:00.200
<v Speaker 2>of eighty base runners and had eighty one saves. He

0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:03.600
<v Speaker 2>told me after the ninety season, he goes, if anyone

0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:06.560
<v Speaker 2>ever does that again, I'll kiss your ass, which that's

0:35:06.640 --> 0:35:10.000
<v Speaker 2>not necessary here, Ack, but his point was well made.

0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:12.920
<v Speaker 2>No one's ever going to do anything quite like that again.

0:35:13.239 --> 0:35:16.160
<v Speaker 2>Is He was one of the greats ever and one

0:35:16.160 --> 0:35:18.359
<v Speaker 2>of the funniest people I've ever met, one of the

0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:22.520
<v Speaker 2>most honest people. Always faced Music famously gave up the

0:35:22.520 --> 0:35:24.720
<v Speaker 2>home run to Kirk Gibson in the eighty nine World

0:35:24.760 --> 0:35:28.000
<v Speaker 2>Series that turned that World Series around. And as I've

0:35:28.040 --> 0:35:30.520
<v Speaker 2>told you, Jeff, it's the first time I had ever

0:35:30.600 --> 0:35:34.879
<v Speaker 2>heard the term walk off homer, and it came from

0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:37.719
<v Speaker 2>Dennis Secrets League. Maybe a lot of other people had

0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:39.920
<v Speaker 2>heard it. I had never heard it. I was in

0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:42.320
<v Speaker 2>the scrum after the game and he said, well, the

0:35:42.360 --> 0:35:44.520
<v Speaker 2>guy had a walk off homer. So I said to Eck,

0:35:44.600 --> 0:35:46.520
<v Speaker 2>I said, what do you mean. He goes, well, he

0:35:46.640 --> 0:35:48.800
<v Speaker 2>hit a home run and everyone walked off the field.

0:35:48.920 --> 0:35:51.360
<v Speaker 2>So that's the first time I'd ever heard it after

0:35:51.480 --> 0:35:54.040
<v Speaker 2>one of the most famous home runs in baseball history.

0:35:54.440 --> 0:35:58.440
<v Speaker 2>I also love this. Jeff Debti Secresy picked off Kenny Williams,

0:35:58.920 --> 0:36:01.160
<v Speaker 2>who was with I believe the Blue Jays time not

0:36:01.280 --> 0:36:04.200
<v Speaker 2>important three and then he went three and a half

0:36:04.320 --> 0:36:09.000
<v Speaker 2>years without picking off anybody. And then the next guy

0:36:09.080 --> 0:36:12.879
<v Speaker 2>he picked off was Kenny Williams. How great is that?

0:36:12.920 --> 0:36:16.799
<v Speaker 2>So perfect? Right? Only only in baseball can something that

0:36:17.480 --> 0:36:22.719
<v Speaker 2>strange happened, and it happened to Dennis Eckersley and Kenny Williams.

0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:27.160
<v Speaker 1>The best of all tim Each week on Thursday's episodes,

0:36:27.200 --> 0:36:31.000
<v Speaker 1>we give you the best player at every single franchise

0:36:31.040 --> 0:36:33.960
<v Speaker 1>in history of that franchise. And today, Dad, you're doing

0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:36.960
<v Speaker 1>the Expos slash Nationals franchise.

0:36:37.000 --> 0:36:39.319
<v Speaker 2>Who you going to? And this was difficult too, because

0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:42.760
<v Speaker 2>you got Andre Dawson, you got Tim Rains from Montreal Days,

0:36:42.840 --> 0:36:45.640
<v Speaker 2>and a bunch of others from National Days. Of course,

0:36:45.640 --> 0:36:48.600
<v Speaker 2>Bryce Harper was amazing. Greatest national of all time for

0:36:48.680 --> 0:36:52.120
<v Speaker 2>me is Ryan Zimmerman. But I'm going with Gary Carter,

0:36:52.239 --> 0:36:55.799
<v Speaker 2>who was an amazing player for over ten years with

0:36:55.880 --> 0:36:59.239
<v Speaker 2>the Expos. He kind of put them on the map.

0:36:59.440 --> 0:37:01.680
<v Speaker 2>When they brought him up, that's when they started to

0:37:01.719 --> 0:37:04.120
<v Speaker 2>get pretty darn good. He's one of the Hall of

0:37:04.200 --> 0:37:06.520
<v Speaker 2>Fame catcher, one of the great catchers ever. I mean,

0:37:06.560 --> 0:37:09.720
<v Speaker 2>people compare him. He's he was as good as Bill Dickie,

0:37:09.880 --> 0:37:11.600
<v Speaker 2>people will tell you, and Bill Dickie is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the great great Yankee catchers of all time. Nobody presented

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<v Speaker 2>himself better than Gary Carter, big, strong, athletic. Love Gary

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<v Speaker 2>Carter in every way. And this is for Doug Anderson,

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<v Speaker 2>one of our listeners who met Gary Carter and met

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<v Speaker 2>his family and just was absolutely touched by the whole experience.

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<v Speaker 2>So Doug, this is for you. This is why we

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<v Speaker 2>chose the Expos Nationals this week so we could do

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<v Speaker 2>a little shout out to the great Gary Carter. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, when Gary Carter was in the minor leagues,

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<v Speaker 2>Barry Foot was the catcher. Foote was the catcher for

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<v Speaker 2>the Expos and cal McLish, who was the pitching coach,

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<v Speaker 2>used to say to Barry Foot, who was the everyday

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<v Speaker 2>catcher for the Expos, You would say to him, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the kid hit two home runs last night talking about

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<v Speaker 2>Gary Carter, and the next day come in and go.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the kid had two hits last night and

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<v Speaker 2>threw out a runner. That's how Gary Carter got the

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<v Speaker 2>nickname the kid is that cal McLeish, the pitching coach

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<v Speaker 2>for the Expos, would warn Barry Foot every day, like

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<v Speaker 2>the young guy is on his way. You better pick

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<v Speaker 2>up your game no matter what. So in honor of

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<v Speaker 2>Barry Foot, we have, let's see if you can guess

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<v Speaker 2>fairly obvious, the all body Parts All body Parts team.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are some stretches here as always Jeff, but

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<v Speaker 2>Barry Foot is the catcher Corey Hart. We're playing at

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<v Speaker 2>first base, and the second basement is chin lung who

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<v Speaker 2>that's chi n hyphen l u n G. So we

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<v Speaker 2>have two body parts. We have a chin and we

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<v Speaker 2>have a lung. And who's spells his lame hu. But

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<v Speaker 2>when he reached base as a member of the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 2>Vince Scully said, I can now finally say who is

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<v Speaker 2>on first?

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<v Speaker 1>Was on first?

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<v Speaker 2>We love right? Okay. Third baseman is Dave Brain real name.

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<v Speaker 2>He's on the All Smart team, but he's also on

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<v Speaker 2>the All Bardi Part team. I needed a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>nicknames because I love nicknames. These are two of the

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<v Speaker 2>best Leo the lip durocher is our shortstop Walt no

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<v Speaker 2>Neck Williams, who I grew up watching. Waul Williams didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a deck. It's like they put his head on

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<v Speaker 2>top of his shoulders. He was a really good player

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<v Speaker 2>and really fun to watch. Shin Sue Chew that's s

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<v Speaker 2>h I N. So we have a chin and a shin.

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<v Speaker 2>Sue Chew is one outfielder. Jared Head is another outfielder,

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<v Speaker 2>h e A. D Our pitchers are Bill Hands, who

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<v Speaker 2>missed pitching to Barry Foot by like two years. The

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<v Speaker 2>overlap is Jeff Seriously, how good would that have been?

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Hands pitching to Barry Foot?

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<v Speaker 1>We just miss We would have been even better if

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<v Speaker 1>there was a pitcher catcher combination of Brad Hand currently

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<v Speaker 1>pitching a major league baseball hand and foot right hand

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<v Speaker 1>pitches to foot right.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that would be even better. It'd be great.

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<v Speaker 2>So we have Bill Hands as one of our pitcher

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<v Speaker 2>rich Hand singular but it's not Hands can't use the

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<v Speaker 2>same name twice. And of course our Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 2>closer Raleigh Fingers. So that is the all body parts team,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just love that. Our listeners and our viewers

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<v Speaker 2>love this part of the show. It's now a challenge

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<v Speaker 2>for me to come up with one for not just

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<v Speaker 2>every Tuesday, but every Thursday.

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<v Speaker 3>Also.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had more stretches of Willie McCovey here. But we're trying, Jeff.

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<v Speaker 1>We are trying.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>You can always submit one great game or what dot

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<v Speaker 1>com if you want to chey, I'm in there. You

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<v Speaker 1>can do so. We love hearing from you, and I

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<v Speaker 1>know my dad has really loved being able to respond

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<v Speaker 1>to your messages now that we figured all that out,

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<v Speaker 1>so great gamer dot com. As we mentioned earlier next

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<v Speaker 1>week on the show, Jim Abbott is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>joining us. I'm so excited for that, Dad, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>coming up next week. Dad, enjoy your weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Jeff, see you soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening. It is always thanks for being a

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<v Speaker 1>part of our family.