1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: It is Miller time. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 2: We're gonna do some light takes with KP talking about 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: the Blue Jays. Happy Opening Day to you, KP. It's 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 2: great to see you. And how fired up do you 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 2: think the Blue Jays fan base is for this coming season. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: It's kind of the perfect storm. They didn't win, but 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: they came damn close. The team did not settle in 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 2: the offseason. They've locked in extensions for some of the 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: decision makers, and now they get to see it all 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: play out. 11 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, what a perfect transition. You were 12 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 3: talking about average players. Here's one right here. Did all 13 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 3: the things off the field. You know, That's how I 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 3: made up the statistic called of war off the field war, 15 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 3: and mine was really high. You know, guys wanted to 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 3: drink at the bar. I was there. They want to 17 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: play golf. I was there, They want to fish. I 18 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 3: was there. But as far as the Blue Jays, I 19 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 3: think the fans got to be really exciting, excited for 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 3: opening Day. And I'm getting a chance to fly up 21 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: there tonight and be part of the opening Day for Sportsnet, 22 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 3: and I just want fans to remember that tomorrow's a celebration, 23 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: whether they win or lose. Tomorrow. I think they have 24 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 3: a lot to be proud of. They're gonna hang two 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 3: banners tomorrow. And yeah, I mean, they locked up their manager. 26 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 3: They locked up their their general manager for the next 27 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 3: five years, and the future has never been more bright 28 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: in Toronto. They got a superstar in Vladimir Guerrero Junior, 29 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 3: and they got a bunch of guys just scratching the 30 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 3: surface about to be found superstars. 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, but shouldn't they panic? They're already behind the Yankees. 32 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 4: The Yankees already in first place, so shouldn't shouldn't they 33 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 4: be panicking? 34 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 3: KP one hundred percent. I think we should be scoreboard 35 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: watching right now. I think I honestly truly like joking aside, 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 3: I do believe, you know, on Bluebird yesterday we kind 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 3: of did kind of an al least kind of breakdown, 38 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 3: and I truly believe starting August first, scoreboard watching is 39 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 3: going to be happening because I think, you know, what 40 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: the Red Sox did this offseason, I think what the 41 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: Orioles did this offseason. I think the Yankees bringing back 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 3: some of their guys and ultimately getting Garrett coleback is 43 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 3: a game changer for them, And really, you can't never 44 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 3: count the Rays out. If it was any other team 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 3: and they didn't say rays across their chest, you maybe 46 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 3: count them out. But it's the Tampa Bay Rays. And 47 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 3: I truly think this division is going to be really exciting. 48 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 3: It's gonna come down to the wire. 49 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 4: What do you have to say about the people who say, 50 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 4: wait a minute, Like two years ago, this Blue Jay 51 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 4: team was awful, So at this time last year we 52 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 4: were talking about the Jays is just kind of one 53 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 4: of the decent teams in the division. Maybe the Santander 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 4: signing is gonna be good. Clearly that wasn't a good 55 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 4: signing because he never ended up playing and other guys 56 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 4: stepped up. Is there a fear that George Springer has 57 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 4: a step back? Is there fear that Alejandro Kirk doesn't 58 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 4: have the same season or Vladdie doesn't have the same 59 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 4: season and they're just the middling three or four in 60 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 4: the American League East. 61 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 3: I think it's a realistic possibility. Absolutely. I mean, you 62 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 3: played for a long time, aj you played for a 63 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 3: long time, like baseball is the biggest mystery sport on 64 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 3: the face of the earth. Like I think in you know, 65 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 3: like you know, an NFL quarterback is probably gonna be 66 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 3: pretty good, you know, Steph Curry's probably gonna make shots, 67 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: But hitting a baseball is so damn hard, like to 68 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 3: expect guys year in and year out to do the 69 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 3: same thing and to maybe take the next step and 70 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: then the next step, Like, yeah, it's definitely a realistic possibility. 71 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 3: You know, a year two years ago, this team wasn't 72 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 3: very good, and now we're talking about this team potentially 73 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: winning the AL East again and potentially winning the AL 74 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 3: and I think they're probably the most bet on team 75 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 3: to win the World Series right now too, So I 76 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 3: think there's a huge kind of gap for where this 77 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 3: team could be at. I think they could win a 78 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 3: World Series where I think they could finish third in 79 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: their division. I think that's also partly due to how 80 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: competitive the AL East is. 81 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 5: What do you make of the injuries? 82 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 6: Alrighty though you Savage down, Burrios down, sant Tender, we know, 83 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 6: down right, Jimi Garcia down. What do you make of 84 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 6: the injuries to start the year for the Blue Jays? 85 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 6: Do they have enough depth to cover all these all 86 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 6: these injuries of guys they're expecting to contribute a lot. 87 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: Well before all these injuries happened. We were sitting on 88 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 3: Bluebird Terry talking about who's gonna be their five starters? 89 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 3: Are they going to go with six starters. There was 90 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 3: also a time Max Schurz there wasn't in their rotation. 91 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 3: He was sitting at home as a free agent and 92 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 3: they went out signed him, and you're like, WHOA, Now 93 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: you have seven eight starters. You have all this depth. 94 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: But I think teams are gonna get tested with their 95 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 3: debt at some point throughout the season. It just happens 96 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 3: to be super early with the Blue Jays right now. Yes, 97 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 3: if someone wants to go down in that starting rotation, 98 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 3: I think their depth is going to be tested. And 99 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 3: I don't think there's a ton of depth kind of 100 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 3: after the five guys they have in the rotation right now, 101 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 3: at least proven depth. You know, going into spring training, 102 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 3: and once they signed Max Scherzer, you know Eric Glauer 103 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 3: was going to be their seventh starter. You know, now 104 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 3: he's pitching Game three of this series or the third 105 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 3: game of the season. So the depth is going to 106 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 3: be tested early, but all these teams are going to 107 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 3: go through it at some point or another. The blueges 108 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 3: happened to do it, you know, pretty early on in 109 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 3: the season, but getting give me Garcia is kind of 110 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 3: you know, it's going to be such a big deal 111 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: to them. I think he was the guy they probably 112 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 3: missed the most last year during their postseason stretch, because 113 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 3: when he's healthy and he's on, he's electric, and he's 114 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: the back of the bullpen guy that they really desperately need. 115 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 4: Injuries early in the year could be the first sign 116 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 4: of the most fearful thing people teams that go to 117 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 4: the playoffs fear World Series hangover. Do you see any 118 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 4: other thing that lingers like that besides pitching injuries and 119 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 4: the amount of innings that they threw because they pitched 120 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 4: an entire extra month. 121 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I think if you guys listened to 122 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: John Snyder's initial meeting and he quoted George Springer, it's like, 123 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 3: this is the first time they've really had a bullseye 124 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 3: on their back. You know, they're they're being hunted. They're 125 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 3: not the hunter anymore. And as much as you want 126 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 3: to kind of go into spring training and pretend like, hey, 127 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 3: let's just do everything we did last year, you know, 128 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 3: we'll sneak up on teams and you know, it's about 129 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 3: us versus them. Everyone's going to give the Blue Jays 130 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 3: their best. You know, if teams have an option of 131 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 3: running out their closer back to back days, or they're 132 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 3: back into their bullpen back to back days, they're moving 133 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: guys up to face the Blue Jays to kind of 134 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 3: size themselves up. That's what they're going to face. That's 135 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 3: what the Dodgers have faced over the last couple of years. 136 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 3: That's what teams like the Yankees, you know, always have 137 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 3: to deal with. But I think there's also a reason, 138 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 3: you know, up until last year, there hasn't been back 139 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: to back World Series champions one. I think it's just 140 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: incredibly difficult to get to the World Series back to 141 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 3: back years, yet alone to make the playoffs multiple years 142 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 3: in a row. So the Blue Jays have a big 143 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 3: challenge in front of them, not just about being having 144 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,799 Speaker 3: that bulls on their back, but it's just really difficult 145 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 3: to get back to the postseason year and year out. 146 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: So it's gonna be a big challenge for him. 147 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: Hey, with seakeek, we're looking ahead at games, So let's 148 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,119 Speaker 2: look at the weekend. 149 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: Let's start with Friday. 150 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 2: What else do we have Cam Schlitzler is making his 151 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: season debut. We'll see if Luis Severino is the usual 152 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: dude on the road versus at home. Kevin Gossman pitching 153 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 2: in that game for Toronto. Chris Sale will pitch for Atlanta. 154 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 2: Sandy al Contra on the mound for the Marlins against 155 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: the Rockies. Atlanta, by the way, is playing the the 156 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: Royals on the weekend. Here that includes what's your game? 157 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: Do you know who's pitching? 158 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: Oh? 159 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: No, they've started to lay them out. 160 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 5: Are good? 161 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 4: The matchups are good because it's all the best starting 162 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 4: pitchers going against each other. But like the team matchups Pirates, Mets, 163 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 4: not a lot of fight in, you know, not like, oh, 164 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 4: you know, we're really banging heads here, Twins Orioles, White Sox, Brewers. 165 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 4: It just feels like I wanted to look down the 166 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 4: list and go, man, I'm seeing all these all these 167 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 4: number ones on the mound, and I'm like Red Sox, Reds, 168 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 4: like what Rangers, Phillies, they have a long history of 169 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 4: what opening days like. It just feels like a weird, 170 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 4: weird mishmash of teams. 171 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: I agree, some make sense, some don't. 172 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: By the way, AJ's game on Saturday is Waka against 173 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: Ronaldo Lopez. 174 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, it'd be good. Yeah, two good good names. Walka's 175 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 5: teammate Ronaldo. Yeah, Villa was. 176 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: He didn't really pitch last year. 177 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 5: No, but they said his Villa was down the spring. 178 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 5: So we'll see. We'll find out together. But I can't 179 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 5: wait to go to the Atlanta. It's gonna be fun. 180 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 6: See Vinnie, see Jack, see a bunch of the Royals, 181 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 6: and then see a bunch of braves, people that I 182 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 6: know from from a long time ago. 183 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 2: Code for you if you want to go to any 184 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 2: of those games that we're talking about. Territory one zero 185 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: ten percent off tickets at Sea Geek, and you can 186 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 2: make sure you click the link in the description of 187 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 2: this episode to download the app and have the code 188 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: automatically added to your account so that you can use 189 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 2: it later. 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So let's see if we can get there 199 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 2: in the next five minutes before this segment ens. Okay, 200 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 2: KP first one from the show. It seems like I 201 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 2: don't remember if it's you that I was listening to 202 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: or someone else on the show was pretty high on 203 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 2: the Orioles. 204 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: So who was that? 205 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: And if so, I feel like you have to play 206 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 2: the elimination game, Like, if you like the Orioles and 207 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 2: you think they're going to make the playoffs, you've got 208 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: to pick a team in that division that's not going 209 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 2: to make the playoffs. Forget the raise, but of those four, 210 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: who is not going to make the playoffs? 211 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 3: Don't put me on the spot like that. Come on, 212 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 3: But yeah, it was me who was high on the Ools. 213 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 3: I think the Oriols have a lot of the same 214 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 3: ingredients that the Blue Jays had last year. They're being 215 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 3: slept on a little bit. They have a lot of 216 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 3: young talent, they have actually superstar talent on there. And 217 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 3: if you look at their five guys in the rotation, 218 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: do they have a legitimate ace, but they got five 219 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 3: very accomplished major league pitchers. They got Ryan Helsley in 220 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 3: the back end of the bullpen. They got Cano in 221 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 3: the back end of the bullpen. At some point they're 222 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 3: gonna get Felix Batista back in the bullpen too. I 223 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: love the signing of Pete Alonso. I believe he's gonna 224 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 3: lead the American or I think he's gonna leave major 225 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 3: League Baseball on RBIs. I think about that lineup they 226 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 3: built kind of around him. I love the addition of 227 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 3: Taylor Ward. He's an RBI machine too. He hit you know, 228 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 3: thirty plus homers last year in Anaheim. I think his 229 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 3: game is going to be elevated, getting out at Anaheim, 230 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 3: getting into a winning environment, being around a lot of 231 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 3: other really good players. I think they just have all 232 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 3: the makings. And if I had to pick a team, 233 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 3: that oo, man, if I had to pick a team, 234 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 3: and it's hard because last night that offense was so 235 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 3: good for the Yankees, but it just felt like without 236 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 3: Garrett Cole and without Rendon to start the year, it 237 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 3: felt like maybe they could fall behind and it would 238 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 3: be a lot for them to catch up. But the 239 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 3: way the offense. Look last night, they can run pretty 240 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: much anyone out there on the mound, and they're gonna 241 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 3: be able to win some games. So I don't really 242 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 3: know which one of those four teams is the odd 243 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 3: man out. I love what the Red Sox did in 244 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 3: the offseason two. I think once again, they got Garrett 245 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: Crochet kind of leading that pitching staff, Sonny Gray, you know, 246 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 3: they got Bryan Bello BeO, you know, and I think 247 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 3: they got two other really legit starters in that rotation. 248 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 3: They got a Roaldess Chapman at the back end of 249 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 3: the bullpen. I love a lot of the young talent 250 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 3: they have out there. And I know Alex Regman's not 251 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 3: there anymore, but I think his imprint is in that 252 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 3: Boston Red Sox organization. I think what he was able 253 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 3: to do and be around those young guys for an 254 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 3: entire year, I don't think that. 255 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: Leaves a right one more from me on the show. 256 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: So can you tell AJ and Kratz about your Ross 257 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: Atkins take, since you said on the show, like, hey, 258 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 2: it wasn't your favorite guy and now you're respecting the 259 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 2: work that's being put together by him in the organization. 260 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I love being I love being at Toronto 261 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 3: Blue Jay, and you know, I was drafted and brought 262 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 3: up by a different general manager. The team was having 263 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 3: a ton of success. You know, we didn't ultimately win 264 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 3: a World Series, but we won a division. We got 265 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 3: to the Alcs back to back years. A new president 266 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 3: of Baseball Operation comes in, brings his own general manager in. 267 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 3: You know, he starts, you know, year after year, they 268 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 3: start kind of taking my friends and my teammates that 269 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: were part of those two thousand and fifteen and sixteen teams, 270 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 3: you know, and not re signing them or trading them off. 271 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 3: You know, fast forward a couple of years in twenty 272 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 3: nineteen and I get traded off. And yeah, I wasn't 273 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: super happy with him. Wasn't super happy with getting traded. 274 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 3: I wasn't super were happy with, you know, him kind 275 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 3: of stripping down something that I thought was special. And 276 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: you know, I'm a man of my word, and I 277 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 3: think I was definitely wrong. He had a vision for 278 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 3: the team long term. He knew he had guys like 279 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 3: Laudie and Bo and Calvin Viigio and a bunch of 280 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 3: these young guys in the lower minor leagues and ultimately 281 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 3: he made the right choice because he got a team to, 282 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 3: you know, four outs away from winning a World Series 283 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 3: and we're sitting here talking about the Blue Jays as 284 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 3: potential the beast of the Al East once again. And yeah, 285 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 3: you know, I got to give him a lot of credit. 286 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 3: He had to make some tough decisions. They weren't very 287 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 3: popular decisions with the players, and definitely weren't popular decisions 288 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 3: amongst the fans across Canada, but he made the right decision. 289 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 4: I'd be in your boat because I'm kind of disappointed 290 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 4: the fact that my roommate only got two years and 291 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: he got five years. Do you feel like there's a 292 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 4: little bit of a disconnect or is that like, hey, Schneis, 293 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 4: I know you did a good job, but this is 294 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 4: my team and I'll get rid of you at any point. 295 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 4: When I see those numbers, that feels like that's what 296 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 4: it looks like. 297 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was a little bit surprised by the five 298 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 3: versus the two. But you know, maybe, you know, a 299 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 3: general manager could still kind of have the idea of, hey, 300 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 3: this is the team we built right now, but he 301 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 3: can still have kind of have this vision of five 302 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 3: years out in the future, you know, about guys that 303 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 3: are coming up through the organization where a guy in 304 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 3: you know, the managerial seat still kind of has to 305 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 3: be in a much like a player. What have you 306 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 3: done for me lately? Right now? You've got to prove 307 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 3: yourself again and again and again. And ultimately that's the 308 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: direction that they felt was best for the organization to 309 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 3: give him some job security, but at the same time, 310 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 3: not this long term extension where you know, things don't 311 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: work out, they're eating money and having to fire him. 312 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 3: I was a little bit confused by it. I thought 313 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 3: he had done enough over the last couple of years, 314 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 3: not only in the success that they had had, and 315 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 3: it's been three out of four years they've been to 316 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: the postseason. I felt like the relationships he's built with 317 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 3: the players, especially a guy like Laddie who signed up 318 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: for the next fourteen years. He thought maybe he would 319 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 3: get the same sort of duration that Ross Atkins get got. 320 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 3: But that's kind of the decision that Mark Schapiro and 321 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: the Rogers family decided to go with the two year 322 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 3: deal with for him. 323 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 4: We saw a lot of theatrics last night in the 324 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 4: opening night of Baseball. Whether people like it or not, 325 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 4: you've been in different opening days at different stadiums, whether 326 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 4: you were the home team or the away team. 327 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 5: How does the Blue Jays. 328 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 4: Opening day rank in all their festivities and ceremonies rank 329 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 4: compared to the other teams that you run. 330 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: Man, it's a great question. I would say it's up there. 331 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 3: I mean, obviously the roof being close helped, so it's 332 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 3: very loud. But I will tell you there has been 333 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 3: a giant difference from twenty nineteen when I was there 334 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 3: to now, just with this stadium renovations, with you know, 335 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 3: the people behind the scenes running all these sort of 336 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 3: events you know got to witness. Then getting back to 337 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 3: the postseason, and it was night and day difference in 338 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 3: terms of like introductions for the postseason scoreboard, entertainment, you know, 339 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 3: all that sort of stuff, you know the last year 340 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 3: versus you know when I was playing there in twenty sixteen. 341 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 3: So I'm really excited to get up there and see 342 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 3: what they have in store, you know, revealing two banners. 343 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 3: And I know it's not a World Series championship that 344 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 3: they're hoping for, but an AL Lease championship and an 345 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 3: American League championship are something that the fans are going 346 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 3: to celebrate. I expected to be super lively, rocking, and 347 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 3: I expect them to put on a great show because 348 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 3: that's what the Blue Jays do. 349 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 7: KP. 350 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: We're excited. We'll see out there. 351 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 2: We'll be looking for you, and thanks for joining us, dude, 352 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: Happy Opening Day. 353 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: We're happy Opening Day, guys are. 354 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 2: Like takes with KP. Miller Light a big sponsor of 355 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 2: Bluebird Territory. Why not go grab some Millard like today 356 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 2: because game time is Millard time, must be legal drinking age. 357 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 2: Celebrate responsibly, Ryan Davis straining us right now, Ryan, happy 358 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 2: Opening Day or evening to you as it'll be out 359 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 2: in Seattle at night, so. 360 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: Set the scene for us. 361 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 2: How pumped are Mariners fans for this season compared to 362 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: the last few seasons. 363 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 8: I've been covering this team since two thousand and six, 364 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 8: and I have never seen a city or a fan 365 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 8: base more excited about a season than this year. There's 366 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 8: more anticipation. There's more excitement for this season than any 367 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 8: season I've had covering the beat. And it's a long 368 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 8: time now. This is my twentieth Opening Day, which is 369 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 8: kind of terrifying. 370 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 5: By the way, I know you're in the press box 371 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 5: at least. 372 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 6: I think you're in the press box in Safeco whatever 373 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 6: it's called now, it'd always be Safeco to me. Did 374 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 6: you get some popcorn? That's all I want to know, 375 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 6: because the popcorn in there, for some reason, is just 376 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 6: better than any other press box I've been in. 377 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 5: I don't know why. 378 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 7: Now I got here a little early. 379 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 8: I haven't. I'm like the first person here. It wasn't 380 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 8: planned to be here this early, but you know, Seattle 381 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 8: traffic and everything else, so they haven't put the popcorn 382 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 8: out yet. But yeah, it's addictive, like if you could 383 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 8: have beer. That popcorn is like the greatest thing ever 384 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 8: because it's salty and buttery, but it's not too much 385 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 8: in one way or the other. It's really it's really awful. 386 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,479 Speaker 8: I eat so much of it throughout the season. 387 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 6: Every time I go to Seattle. It's like, I gotta 388 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 6: get some of the popcorn. And I don't know why. 389 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 6: It just tastes different. Maybe it's different corn up there 390 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 6: in Seattle. I don't know, but it's really really And 391 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 6: by the way, you can have a beer. It's opening day. 392 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 6: You can do whatever you want, right, But that's a 393 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 6: whole different thing. I listen, I love the Mariners team 394 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 6: this year. I love what they did in the offseason. 395 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 6: I love their pitching. Obviously, I'm picking them to win 396 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 6: the American League for the first time, to actually get 397 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 6: to the World Series. You mentioned the fan base, but 398 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 6: does that put more pressure on Dan Wilson and these 399 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 6: players or are they just immune to it now because 400 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 6: of how last year went. 401 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 7: You know, I mean it could. 402 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 8: I think you'd rather be picked, rather be picked first 403 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 8: than last in a lot of situations, but it can 404 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 8: put more pressure on them. I do think that, Like 405 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 8: one of the things that Dan is very good at 406 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 8: is being steady to the moment and not overreacting to 407 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 8: a three game swinger here or there, or even five 408 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 8: games where they may be playing poor. He's so kind 409 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 8: of like flatlined with how he acts. But I think 410 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 8: that gives the players kind of a calm to them. 411 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 8: And also, this team is so process oriented, Like I 412 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 8: know every baseball player tries to say that, but guys 413 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 8: like cal Rally and Brendan Donnov and Josh Naylor, Julio, 414 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 8: they're just kind of they're they're just so in tune 415 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 8: with the process that, like every day is about preparation 416 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 8: for the game. Like that's their focus. The game is 417 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 8: kind of like the gravy after they put in all 418 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 8: this work to be ready for it. So I don't 419 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 8: think that the pressure should be that much. But then again, 420 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 8: like what if they start off five and eight or 421 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 8: five and ten, will it? 422 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 7: Will it mount? I don't think so. It's a pretty 423 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 7: mature team. 424 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 8: And also this team is a team that seems to 425 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 8: always kind of play itself into a little bit of 426 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 8: trouble and then you know, rally late and kind of, 427 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 8: you know, come on strong towards the end. 428 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 2: Hey, Ryan, were there any potential extensions that we were 429 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 2: expecting for the starting pitching? You know, this team is 430 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 2: in a great place. Like you mentioned, they've put a 431 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 2: little into it. They saw finally what it meant to 432 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 2: add a guy like Gino, and really Naylor was the 433 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 2: big one last year around the trade deadline. 434 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: They keep Naylor, they add more like Donovan. 435 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 2: We're talking about all of this, but then we look 436 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,959 Speaker 2: at the future and say, okay, are these starting pitchers 437 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 2: going to be here for the next five years plus? 438 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 7: Yeah, I haven't heard. 439 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 8: I know Jerry Dipoto had talked about engaging some extension 440 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 8: talks with some of his pitchers. 441 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 7: I don't know. 442 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,360 Speaker 8: You know, obviously the obvious one would be Logan Gilbert, 443 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 8: but I haven't heard anything along those lines. You know, 444 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,719 Speaker 8: he's the closest to free agency, and maybe that's to 445 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 8: makes him the most difficult to sign to an extension 446 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 8: because he is that close. You know, maybe Brian Wu, 447 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 8: who's in his first year of our be eligibility, is 448 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 8: a guy that's easier to sign to an extension and 449 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 8: extend through those arbers, which can be important, But we 450 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 8: haven't heard anything like that. Then again, like we didn't 451 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 8: hear anything about cal Rawley's extension until right up to 452 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 8: the day it happened, and you know, I know the 453 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 8: Mariners have looked at it. The one thing is is like, 454 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 8: you know, if you're Logan Gilbert and you see what 455 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 8: Dylan s Scott and some of those guys, Yes, free 456 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 8: agent sounds pretty enticing, but I think, you know, maybe 457 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 8: it's somebody like Brian Wu or George Kirby, but I 458 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 8: do think that that's something they have to address. The 459 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 8: one thing is is like they do have two young 460 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 8: guys in their in their minor league system, Kate Anderson 461 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 8: and Ryan Sloan. That makes the idea of losing one 462 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 8: of those guys to free agency, or if you're forced 463 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 8: to trade them because they're going to go into a walk. Here, 464 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 8: having those guys in the minor leagues makes a little 465 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 8: bit more. It's easier to stomach maybe losing one of 466 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 8: those guys eventually down the road. 467 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 2: AJ baseball season is finally here, and there's nothing like 468 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 2: listening to the sweet sounds of the game while you're 469 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 2: at home, enjoying some home cooking, whipping up a beautiful 470 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 2: meal with Hello Fresh. 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To Cal Rawley, 489 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 6: Randy and Rose Arena, has this been officially squashed? Because 490 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,959 Speaker 6: I know I was tired of talking about it, but 491 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 6: you know, now there's another press conference about how. 492 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 5: We're good, Like, is it finally done yet? Because I'm 493 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 5: over it? 494 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, I hope. So. 495 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 8: I'm certainly tired of writing about it. I feel like 496 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 8: we've spent more words and time talking about it than necessary. 497 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 8: I think, yeah, I think they're fine. I never thought 498 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 8: they weren't fine, honestly, but I think from a perception standpoint, 499 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 8: what fan bases are asking, but the fan base is 500 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 8: questioning all that stuff. Having Randy come out make that 501 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 8: second statement because the first one wasn't so great, I 502 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 8: think helps kind of squash it. You know, I'm sure 503 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,239 Speaker 8: there's still part of Cal that didn't like hearing what 504 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 8: Randy said after that game, And you know, apology is 505 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 8: words only, so like I think, honestly, the big thing 506 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 8: is just let's just get to the regular season. 507 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 7: And play baseball. 508 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 8: And I think that all that that kind of stuff 509 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 8: goes away. Randy's got priorities. This is his free agent 510 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 8: walk here. You know, he's going to try and have 511 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 8: a big season. Cal's got, you know, coming off one 512 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 8: of the greatest seasons a catcher will ever have. How 513 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 8: does he respond to all of this? So I think 514 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 8: it's pretty minimal. And you know as Aja, you know 515 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 8: as well as I do that like once the season 516 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 8: starts and the grind begins, you don't have time for 517 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 8: the drama. You're so busy just trying to get ready 518 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 8: to play every single night that the little stuff doesn't 519 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 8: come up. Now, Like if you you know, things go south, 520 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 8: people start playing poorly, you know, somebody is being in pain, 521 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 8: maybe it comes up. But for the most part, these guys, 522 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 8: you know, the culture they have in the clubhouse, it's 523 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 8: more about preparation and doing those little things. They don't 524 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 8: have time to worry about the drama that maybe you know, 525 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 8: used to be so written about in like places like 526 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 8: Boston and New York. 527 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you don't have to be best friends with 528 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: everyone either. 529 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 8: Exactly due you're not even friends with aj are you? 530 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: No? 531 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 2: Only Uh well, let's see we we on Mondays Wednesdays 532 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 2: and no. 533 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 5: One is right and that's the point. 534 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 8: Oh no, come on, ag, I know you've got the 535 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 8: good chemistry with Adam and and Wayne. 536 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 7: On those guys. 537 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: Come on now Saturdays. 538 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 6: True, yeah, I've I actually have a lot of friends, right, 539 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 6: and I just don't like to talk about it. 540 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: Saturdays is when he's my best friend. 541 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 5: That's Goldie. I like Goldie. 542 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 8: Goldie's great. Had a bad haircut, He's he's he's hurting 543 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 8: a little bit. They might have to put it opening day. 544 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 5: Wait, hold up, Goldie's hair is off for Opening Day? 545 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 7: Yeah it was. It was looking a little rough. He 546 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 7: got mad when I called him, I go, are you 547 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 7: going with the hag seth look? And he really didn't 548 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 7: like that one bit. 549 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 5: Whoa wow, Wow, I didn't. I didn't realize Goldie could 550 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 5: have a bad hair day. 551 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 7: It happens, how about who. 552 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 6: I know we're a little off topic here, but we're 553 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 6: gonna get to the TV stof so this fits perfectly. 554 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 6: But who is Goldie Stack guy during the year, because 555 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 6: does he still have Gee? 556 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 5: Have you met Gee? 557 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 7: No? 558 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 8: I haven't met Gee. I've met Alex. Mayer does a 559 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 8: lot there pr guy. He's really good with the numbers 560 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 8: and helps out Goldie a lot with some of the 561 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 8: intricate stuff. Gary Hill's pretty good as well, so you 562 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 8: know he got a few. And Aaron's a nerd by heart, 563 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 8: so he's on his iPad looking that stuff up a lot. 564 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 8: But you know he doesn't bring in his fancy guy 565 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 8: for the day to day games. 566 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 7: It's only no. 567 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 6: He brings Alex in when we do Fox. He has 568 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 6: Alex two games for him where he had Gee one time. 569 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 5: I think it was. 570 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 6: Somewhere he flew Gey in and I had never seen Gee, 571 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 6: so I didn't know if he was Seattle. 572 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 8: Only Alex is a savant on Baseball Reference and fangrafts. 573 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 8: It's like I thought I was pretty good at looking 574 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 8: up stuff, but I just have him do it because 575 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 8: he's way faster and way better at finding the stuff 576 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 8: I need. 577 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: Hey, so AJ mentioned it. Let's transition. 578 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 2: You tweeted a few times over the last few days 579 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 2: about the TV situation. I know the Mariners fans were 580 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 2: involved in this too, So what happened because I'm only 581 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 2: getting my take from like a national perspective, and also 582 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 2: like things seemed very secretive, But did it seems like 583 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: some deals were done and they wanted to announce them 584 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 2: all together to fans on opening day on where they 585 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 2: can actually watch the games on television versus getting the 586 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 2: streaming app. 587 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 7: Yeah, it was. 588 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 8: It wasn't handled well MLB. I don't think HANDLE did 589 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 8: well the fourteen teams under their umbrella of Major League 590 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 8: Baseball channeling, the distribution and the production rights. You know, 591 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 8: they didn't announce the channel lineups till essentially the full 592 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 8: channel lineups till today, and even that was evolving because 593 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 8: I was trying to, like, look, my parents in Montana 594 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 8: are trying to figure out what channel the game is on, 595 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,959 Speaker 8: and like they were going to scrap their entire cable 596 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 8: system just to go to streaming because they were worried 597 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 8: that they weren't going to be able to get the 598 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 8: games because they didn't know, you know, and like there's 599 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 8: a lot of people like that, and I just it. 600 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 7: Was frustrating for a lot of fans. 601 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 8: I was getting daily emails what channels are the games 602 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 8: going to be on. Some people paid the ninety nine 603 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 8: dollars for the streaming fee, thinking that was attached to 604 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 8: their cable, and the Mariners have been really cool about 605 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 8: saying they'll refund that money for people that were confused 606 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 8: by the situation. 607 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 7: But like, this. 608 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 8: Wasn't handled well, and like you're the Mariners, you want 609 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 8: to be able to announce it right away. You want 610 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 8: to say, hey, look it's gonna be on Knees Channel 611 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 8: this time. We're gonna do it here, and they couldn't 612 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 8: do it. And you know, I know there was some 613 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 8: frustration within the Mariners because they wanted to get it out. 614 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 8: They wanted the information out there, and they haven't done it, 615 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 8: you know, And I guess to me, it looks it 616 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 8: sure feels like MLB really wants everything to push to 617 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 8: the streaming angle. Hey, I'm a cord cutter. I love 618 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 8: the streaming package, like the idea that you can get 619 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 8: in game or like your in market game stream plus 620 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 8: the MLB app and MLBtv to watch all the games. 621 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 8: I'm in on that, Like I'll pay them money for that. 622 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 8: I'm perfectly willing to pay them money for that. But 623 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 8: at the same time, like there is a large segment 624 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 8: of the fan base that watches games on traditional cable 625 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 8: providers and waiting till the daybook, the day of opening 626 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 8: day to announce that I just think is doing a 627 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 8: disservice to people who are consuming your product. 628 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 7: It's bad business, you know. And I don't blame the Mariners. 629 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 7: This is MLB. 630 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 8: Mariners couldn't come out and say anything, you know, they 631 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 8: couldn't even really come out and say, hey, look, be patient, 632 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 8: we're working through this. 633 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 7: This is taking some time. 634 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 8: These deals don't happen overnight and may lead up to 635 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 8: opening day, but we will get you the games you 636 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 8: want on the providers you want. But it's just been 637 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,479 Speaker 8: a super frustrating thing. And I'm still getting tweets from 638 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 8: fans because they're not finding what they want right now. 639 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fair, and it's a great point. 640 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 2: I think we reached a point where, you know, I 641 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 2: work in this and I'm pretty tech savvy, and I'm 642 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 2: starting to get a little confused about everything going on, 643 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 2: and that's when it starts to get pretty dicey, where 644 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 2: it's like somebody who's doing this every day. So taking 645 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: back to the history for a moment, here, Ryan. Of 646 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 2: course we go back to the number one word that's 647 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 2: used in the media space with MLB that's hopefully getting 648 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 2: solved over time, as blackouts. But I do feel like 649 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 2: at some point, you know, the way it was looked 650 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 2: at was almost like it's this biblical thing, like, of 651 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 2: course there are blackouts, Like, no, it is. 652 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: It is not like that, like it shouldn't be fixed. 653 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 2: It has not been fixed yet, right, So now we're 654 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 2: adding on the confusion here, and it is causing I 655 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 2: would agree with you, And that's why your tweets stood 656 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 2: out a lot of turmoil on social. 657 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: Media where it's not just vitriol. 658 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 2: It's even like the nice fans that don't usually send 659 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 2: out tweets and you'll look and it's like they've only 660 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 2: tweeted once, but they just created account just to try 661 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 2: and find something. So someone trying to is that are 662 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: trying to someone trying to infiltrate your space? 663 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 7: No? 664 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 8: No, they want to kind of clean up around me. 665 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 8: So but like it's just simple, where can I watch 666 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 8: the baseball game? It's simple as that, Where can I 667 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 8: watch the baseball game? And I think that's what fans 668 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 8: have run into. They don't want to search. They want 669 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 8: it to be easy. You know, there are a ton 670 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 8: of casual fans that aren't that don't want to cut 671 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 8: the cord. They just want to be able to flip 672 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 8: it to channel whatever it is and know that it's 673 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 8: going to be there ninety percent of the time. Sure, 674 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 8: Like you know, you know, it's still frustrating for fans 675 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 8: when Apple TV's doing games or Peacock or whatever and 676 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 8: they can't get that or they don't have it. But 677 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 8: you're investing money, You're asking people to subscribe or pay 678 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 8: a higher tier for their cable, and they're willing to 679 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 8: do that, but then you've got to make it easy 680 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 8: for them to have access to it. Make it clear. 681 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 8: Not everybody understands this, you know, And even like me, 682 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 8: I get frustrated by all of this at times, because 683 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 8: like you just want easy answers, and I feel like 684 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 8: fans were not getting the easy answers. Not the Mariner's fault. 685 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 8: MLB should have, you know, done something a little different, 686 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 8: but you know, cable and MLB kind of have them 687 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 8: kind of held captive in that way too. You want 688 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 8: to watch the games, you want to watch it on 689 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 8: your cable provider. Then you're going to have to wait 690 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 8: till opening day to find out for certain I mean 691 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 8: like with the Yankees, you know it's going to be 692 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 8: on Yes, with with the Dodgers, you know it's going 693 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 8: to be on spectrum. But with MLB, you know, doing 694 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 8: these negotiations with these companies and trying to get the 695 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 8: carriage fees and all that, it's a little bit different. 696 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,239 Speaker 8: And I don't know that we'll ever see like it 697 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 8: on YouTube, TV or some of the more streaming platforms 698 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 8: because honestly, like, if you're MLB and people are hosting 699 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 8: on a streaming platform, why wouldn't you just get the 700 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 8: app and pay the streaming fees there instead. 701 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, my last one on this to relate it to 702 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 2: the Mariners was that they dealt with this right of 703 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 2: two or three years ago where they were worried about 704 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 2: being put on a higher tier. Now they end up 705 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 2: out of that whole mix in there with MLB, And 706 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 2: I guess my point is a lot of times there 707 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 2: are like spending issues in all of baseball that are 708 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 2: blamed on the media and the TV side of things, 709 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 2: But I'm like, are we doing it right? 710 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: Because if you do it right, more fans will pay 711 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: and sign up. 712 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 7: Yeah. 713 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 8: I think sometimes we get so many people trying to 714 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 8: figure it out and so many different voices trying to 715 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 8: figure out what's best for the fan, when sometimes it's 716 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 8: again the simplest answers. 717 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 7: You know, what is it? 718 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 8: I always just joke that the team should have a 719 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 8: vice president of common sense, and like, what is the 720 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 8: common sense thing here? What is the simplest nature of 721 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 8: the situation you're dealing with? Because oftentimes that can be 722 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 8: the right answer. It's like the whole Randy. 723 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 7: And Cow thing. 724 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 8: The simplest thing in the world would have been for 725 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 8: Randy to just come out the next day and say, look, yeah, 726 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 8: I miss I was upset. You know, I took it 727 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 8: the wrong way. I shouldn't have said it. I apologize 728 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 8: to Cow. Then everybody moves on. But then it carried 729 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 8: on for like a week and a half when it 730 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 8: didn't need to. You know, that's it's just the simple 731 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 8: the simplest answer often is the best answer. 732 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 6: Totally, totally, totally agree on that, Yes, student, the right 733 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 6: is that blurry for you too, Ryan, because man I 734 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 6: look different. 735 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 7: Yeah, you're looking a little blurry, looking a little rough. Okay. 736 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 6: For the Mariners and you're talking about the TV and 737 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 6: all that the Yankees are on eleven different channels this year? 738 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 6: Can you name all eleven different channels? You said the 739 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 6: Yankees are always on? Yes, last night they weren't on. Yes, 740 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 6: They're on Netflix, They're gonna be on Fox, They're gonna 741 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 6: be on I'm sure they're gonna be on NBC, They're 742 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 6: gonna be on Peacock. I think it's eleven different channels 743 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 6: that the Yanks. Would you like the Marriers to be 744 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 6: on eleven different channels? Because I'll tell teams this all 745 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 6: the time. If you're bad, guess what, you're not on 746 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 6: any other channel. When you're good, you're on all the channels. 747 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 7: Yeah, it's it's fine for me. 748 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 8: Like like I said, I have to spend a little 749 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 8: bit of time out of my day explaining my parents 750 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 8: where the games are going to be on at But no, 751 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 8: like you know, when you're successful, things like you know, 752 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 8: I don't love Sunday night baseball. I like having my 753 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 8: Sunday evenings to go out and have dinner or whatever. 754 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 8: But when you're good and a team is good, that's 755 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 8: what's going to happen. You're going to move to the forefront. 756 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 8: And Mariners have a ton of national games early on. 757 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 8: If they're continue to be successful, they're going to keep 758 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 8: doing that. I mean that two major stars in baseball. 759 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,240 Speaker 8: They have the best catcher in the best center fielder 760 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 8: in baseball. It's going to be a huge deal whenever 761 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 8: they play in games against the Astros or you know, 762 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 8: when they play the Blue Jays. I'm guessing that some 763 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,240 Speaker 8: of those games will get picked up nationally. The rematch 764 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 8: of the LCS. So yeah, it's it's it's really a 765 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 8: good time in Seattle. You have the Seahawks winning the 766 00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 8: Super Bowl, you have the Mariners at their apex, sew 767 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 8: super Sonics are going to come back. I mean, it's 768 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 8: a pretty good time to be a Seattle sports. 769 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:04,479 Speaker 7: Fan right now. 770 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 6: By the way, we didn't we didn't talked about Have 771 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 6: we talked about the Seahawks since we talked to you 772 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 6: last about, you know, them winning the Super Bowl. 773 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 5: I didn't think we've talked about have we? 774 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 1: No? 775 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 7: I don't think so. 776 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 8: I know that, like we're written about a little bit, 777 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 8: just the Mariners guys going to the Super Bowl and 778 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 8: really feeding off of that in the NFC Title Game. Also, 779 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 8: Mike McDonald, former college baseball player, huge baseball nerd like 780 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,279 Speaker 8: loves it. Like he went to a comedy show and 781 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 8: cal Rawley was there in Calci that he just would 782 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 8: not stop asking questions about baseball, about like scouting, how 783 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 8: they do their their pregame meetings, all this other stuff. 784 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,280 Speaker 7: He was super, super nerdy about baseball. 785 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: Nice, we're gonna have to get him on. 786 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 5: Well, Ryan, I can get him on. I know, I 787 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 5: know the right people to call. 788 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: Let's get him on. If you know, if we want 789 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: guests that can talk ball. 790 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 5: But you don't want me to talk about anything but baseball. Yeah, 791 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:55,479 Speaker 5: so we can't have the football coach. 792 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 7: He's a Georgia guys and AJ's from Georgia around there 793 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 7: or something like that. 794 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I've heard he's great. So 795 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,399 Speaker 6: the people I know say he's great. But by the way, 796 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 6: Goldsmith says, his hair looks amazing. He texted me back 797 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 6: and just wanted you to know, no matter what, he 798 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 6: looks elite. So if he says something to you today, 799 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 6: maybe it came from me. 800 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 7: Just say okay, works for me. 801 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 2: Ryan, Good stuff, man, Go do your thing and appreciate it. 802 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 2: Happy Opening Day, slash night to you out there. 803 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: In Seattle. 804 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 7: Now you guys have fun to him. Man could be