WEBVTT - Red Sox Manager Alex Cora joins FT 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:12.360 Well, here we are. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:15.160 We have one of the managers in the front end 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:18.279 that was I don't know what you're pointing at, veteran veteran, Yes, 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:20.760 Alex Cora, the manager of the Boston Red Sox and also, 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.880 contrary to a sweatshirt, one of the biggest USA fans, 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:26.280 I mean on the planet. 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.080 Don't let the sweat your fool you. I mean, we're hey, 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:32.640 com on wealth, We're probably hey. We were presenting the 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:36.040 Americans are nerves. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:38.160 Hot. 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:42.000 They're hot, they're hot, momentum, good hitters, good pitching. So 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.440 let's place out. We got YACHTI man, we got YAI. 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.280 If you lose with Yatty, probably he's called the Pistes 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:50.120 from the dugout yachty. Does he have a. 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.720 Picture that's the Marlins? 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:56.680 That's not is mar team? Mar Team? Behind the plate? 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:01.560 Is Vaski there too? Fascu much heady head? Did he retire? 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.520 He retired, but he's I don't know how it works. 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:10.880 He's playing, so he's like Kurtshaw, Yeah, yeah, but he plays. 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:13.520 Maybe he figured it out too late for that. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:18.720 What's happening in the Red Sox can Besides the fact 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:20.560 that you are, by the way, you are locked into 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.679 the WBC because nothing makes me laugh more. First game, 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:27.399 I'm doing Brazil Usa text from this guy. Brazil's using 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.440 real signs? What are they doing? 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.840 Hey? The one sign with men at second that that 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:38.960 doesn't work? All right, all right, well we'll get right 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:39.640 into it then. 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:44.000 All right, that's one thing you are incredible at. Do 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.200 you feel like that is a lost art that is 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.800 going to die with your generation of player in the 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:55.520 sense that you're really good at picking up tells, telling guys, hey, gout. 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:57.320 You know, there's so many videos out there of the 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.880 picture coming set seeing you over his shoulder and. 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:04.160 Your and that that one, that one, I mean, obviously 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:08.200 we gotta be careful because I did whether we we 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.920 messed up in seventeen and we paid the price. But 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:15.400 the Philly one, the Philly one that I saw the video. 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:19.000 So Roman Anthony is to my left and roams at 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.240 the play with the bases loaded, and we have this 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.760 running joke in the dug out, like we running we're 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.680 gonna run the three room play, you know, like we're 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:27.480 gonna hit a homer, and then that one say we're 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.040 gonna run the four four room play. He hits a homer. 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.360 And everybody's like, oh, he was tipping his change up 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:36.359 a AC we laid the sign. Whatever, bro, don't give 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:40.040 me so much credit. Man, it's not that easy. I 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.359 was telling the guys yesterday we had dinner and we 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:45.120 were talking about you know, tipping and this and that, 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:49.200 and uh, you know how people kind of like they 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:53.240 paranoia is real, right, Okay, click saying, uh, there were 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.799 two years there that we finished last and uh, they 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.640 were all over us. Oh they got this guy, they 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:58.320 got the bro. 0:02:58.440 --> 0:02:58.960 If we have. 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.560 Everybody like people claim we did, we'll be in first place. Man, 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:04.680 Like we were in last place for two years. But 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:08.200 going back to the question, isn't art is something that 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.400 it benefits a player. We're gonna help him to go 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.840 through a process and learn from it. And some guys 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:18.160 are good, some guys are not. And as you guys know, 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.840 you guys play with with guys that they live and 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.760 die kind of like with tips and tails, right, Like, Hey, 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.519 if you give me five pitches, I'm good, right, Sean Green, 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:28.520 you say give me three out of ten, I'll take 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:32.240 advantage of it. But to see the ball hit the ball, 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:37.400 especially now ninety seven ninety eight sing cut right, it's 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.720 really it's hard man. So any advantage man we can, 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.400 we can give to our hitters, help them in the 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.000 vitor room and kind of study guys. We'll do it. 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:47.600 We'll do it. I thought for sure two things. 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.040 First of all, I thought, for sure, you bring Alex 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:51.640 Cintron in here, because when I played with Alex Centron, 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:52.440 he said he had every. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.000 Guy, had everybody, but he hit one eighty. 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:55.680 I'm like, imagine how bad you would have been if 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.440 you didn't have everyone's pitches, dude. 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.520 Jerry Corus having the Alex Center experience now in Team 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.880 Puerto Rico as a coach, Alex is a bench coach. 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.360 Joey's the third base coach. Bro I mean like he 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:12.200 is the whole experience play together. I got him, I 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.360 got him, I got no we score one run or 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:19.640 two runs against we don't have everybody he uh. And 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.479 then the other thing is is Bregman. 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:25.839 Bregman was big because there is good about finding things right, 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.520 because he'll and then he tells teammates too. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:32.160 Like, hey, you know who you know? Alex was good. 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:36.279 Roberto Alomar. I played with him in winter ball and 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:40.320 he was excellent about it. But like you guys know, 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.360 sometimes you try like do I see it? 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:44.719 You know? 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.760 And no, he's making that up. No, it worked for him. 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:51.359 You know, likes you have your check points, you have 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.560 your ideas, and you're convicted about it. But uh not 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.520 everybody has everybody man, Like, I'm not telling you. 0:04:57.720 --> 0:04:59.480 Centron told me he had every pitch and I'm like, dude, 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:00.360 you hit one a any bro. 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:04.800 It doesn't work nough. But hey man, you gotta pay 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:06.440 attention to the ship too. That's true. 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:10.440 Pictures, Yeah, for sure, for sure we were hit on 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.800 Alex Bragman. There just one more. I thought it was 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:14.680 a slam dunk. 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:15.200 What is that? 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.599 What is that off season like for you? Because you're 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:22.640 saying you saw firsthand the connections he made with those 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:24.599 young guys. What is that off season like for you 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.080 when you're watching? Could he could he sign here? Could 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.479 he sign here? Eventually he didn't end up signing an 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:31.760 he went to the Cubs. 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:36.840 Yeah, I think this time around, Scott did a good 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:40.960 job with Alex coaching him through the process. At one 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:45.440 point the communication was off, and not in a bad way. 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.599 I think it was more business right. Alex needed to 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:52.080 do what was best for Scott Boris and for Alex, 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.760 you know, and uh, you know, our relationship is great. 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.599 We we stay in touch a little bit through the 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.200 off season and you know, at one point we didn't 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.600 talk because of that. But uh, that Saturday in Boston, 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:07.880 it was a tough one, you know, because we I 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.040 thought he was gonna come back. You know, at one 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:14.480 point between Friday and Saturday, I think I was like, Okay, 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.720 this is gonna happen. And then we were in a 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.880 bowling event, you know, as a team because he was 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.839 fan fast, and all of a sudden, everything came out 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:30.560 bro Like, everybody left the building and it was not 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:34.560 hard or tough. It was, you know, okay, what we're 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.599 gonna do now? And credit to correct, you know. Three 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:42.240 days later we pivot, you know, run prevention pitching Ranger Suarez, 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:46.760 and then he made the trade right before spring train started, 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.960 Caleb Durban. He's he's a good player. He's a good player. 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:54.680 We got Monastereo ironic enough, you know, we have a 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.760 better team now than what we had. I don't want 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.920 to say last year during spring training because last year 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.320 we had Raffie, we had Alex, we had Casas. But 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.560 is a good baseball team athletic defensive. We're gonna hit 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.200 and I feel very comfortab where we're at. 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:13.760 I want to talk a little bit about that. 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.280 I'm trying not to bring up last year, but you 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:17.960 guys got a little bit of a taste back in 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.640 the playoffs, ended up losing in a wild card series. 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.360 A lot of different guys, a lot of moving parts. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.040 I know you're looking for maybe another upgrade at second base. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.800 There's a lot going on, Like what's the mindset right 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.920 now for you as you inch closer, you know, to 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.000 starting the season in major leagues here. 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.360 Yeah, I think the most important thing is getting our 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:42.800 guys back. He's been no Roman, no Duran, Noah, Bruce 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.120 Duran is back tomorrow. He's back tomorrow. So we got 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:52.680 tackle Tuesday for Mexico. Yeah, now I'll get outside. You know, 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:56.600 our guys back is very important because, as you guys know, 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.440 is the chemistry. We get it, I understand. But to 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.960 get those guys in the lineup and see how he's 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:08.480 gonna play out, that's very important. And by Wednesday we 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:13.080 get everybody back, we play them. I think that there's 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.360 two or three decisions that we have to make roster wise. 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.120 The other thing is lineup wise. We talked about it yesterday. 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:24.760 We got Yoshida, Rafaela, A braw Anthony, Am I missing 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.440 somebody else? I'm duran right. We got five outfielders for 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:30.680 four spots. Three are gonna play, one is gonna be 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:34.000 the age. How are we gonna manage that whole rotation? 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.360 And we will make it work. I tell you that 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.360 how we're gonna deploy Yoshida when he doesn't start, or 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.319 a bread when he doesn't start. You know, like we're 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.560 gonna have good players on the bench, which is not 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.600 a problem, it's actually a blessing. But we have to 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.680 talk players. This is how we're gonna do it, and 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.040 then at Tacks Cincinnati when we get there and hopefully 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:52.760 have a good season. 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.080 Rom and Anthony could have been in spring training with 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.960 you guys and could have denied going to Team USA. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.880 Do you do you like playing in this international tournament 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:07.480 as AJ calls it, an exhibition, the WBC with all 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:11.320 the superstars, is better for his development? Or would have 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.000 been better for him to be in spring training this 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.800 year for your team in twenty twenty six? 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.320 Yeah, we had that conversation and I was a full 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:24.000 yes go When the Rosa call me. Being around Judge 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.160 and Kyle Schwarber is going to be very important that 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.640 I told him we have a relationship with Alex. I 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.080 get it. You know, he's our guy. We play with 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:36.200 him and we're gonna hang out with Braggy. But talk 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.640 to Judge, talk to Schwarve about facing lefties. He's going 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.680 to be huge. He's having a great tournament. You see 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.800 the pois Man, the bats. Even in that Italy game, 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.360 right it seems like people were anxious and there are 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.360 bats and all that. He was calm and that's who 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:55.679 he is. And I think this whole experience in the 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:59.360 exhibition tournament is going to be only an exhibition if 0:09:59.360 --> 0:09:59.760 the USA. 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.400 By the way, just so you know, like when Puerto 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:04.920 Rico loses, you'll say it's an exhibition. 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:10.560 Doesn't mean as much. It means a lot, but you 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.240 know what I'm saying. Like for him, he's probably the 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.840 only opportunity for him to play with Judge. He will 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.559 always play against Judge. He's an opportunity for him to 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:20.959 play with Kyle. Kyle just sign a big contract with 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.600 the Phillies, they're not going to play together, So having 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.400 that time with them and talk about baseball and hitting 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.880 and you know the other aspects of the game is 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.760 going to be great for him and for us. 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:34.480 To I want to talk a little about Jaron Duran. 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.480 He's been playing for a couple of years now. I 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.800 actually had an opportunity and privilege to play with him 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.320 in the Olympics or in the pre pre trials. 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.600 I mean, absolute study. He can fly. 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.559 He was coming into his own little bit, a little immature, 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.720 but at the end of the day, he's a beast. 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.080 And I want to ask you this question about him. 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.440 Are you looking for him kind of to take that 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.480 next step being a leader on this team and you know, 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:00.880 moving forward because we've seen a lot of really good 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.840 things out of him. 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:09.160 He's important for us. And just reading articles and then 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:13.800 you know, watching interviews and the people talking about him. 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.960 This offseason, you know, he was a four win player. 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.240 Pretty good. That's pretty good, and that was a bad season, right, 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:25.040 So I mean, if he shows up here and plays 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.680 like he did last year, he's gonna help us win games. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.160 The one thing about him he got here in twenty one, 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.000 so he's been through everything here. He was a backup 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:35.640 player in twenty one. He was part of the roster 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.280 squat or in the wildcard game. So he saw the 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.040 good days and then he saw the bad days. And 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.920 now that we were able to take that step forward, 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:46.839 we got better. We have high expectations this year and 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.200 happy for him because you know how it is man 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.760 Losing sucks, you know, and finishing last, especially in this city, 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.400 it's hard. He's hard on your family, on the player, 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.760 on the coaches, everybody else. So for him to be 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.920 able to still be in that clubhouse and let the 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.280 kids know how it is is important for me, you know, 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.559 as I always said, Yes the manager is important on 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:13.720 the big league level, he's less of Alex in the clubhouse. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:15.760 It's better, you know, like let the players take care 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.240 of the players. I'll do my thing, you know, making 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:23.480 sure they you know, they're in the right spots. I 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:28.440 thought that was Duran. I saw some bad bags, but 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.520 you know what I'm saying, Like, my job is to 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.200 set up the lineup, put him in right spots, make 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.959 sure they're good at their jobs. But having Jaron Durant 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:38.360 the clubhouse is used for us. 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.880 You mentioned your roster construction a little bit earlier, and 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:41.720 you mentioned Durban. 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.760 You traded for Monasterio came over. 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:45.840 Is it true that you're trying to go to Pat 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:49.080 Murphy route and go whole bunch of little guys because. 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:49.440 He won back. 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:51.880 Yes, he went back to back Manager of the Year. 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:53.600 So are you trying to go that route so you 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:54.400 can win the award? 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.880 I mean, if I didn't win in twenty eighteen, I'm 0:12:57.920 --> 0:12:58.640 never gonna win it. 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:05.079 I mean that's the reality one like what one hundred 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:05.640 and five. 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.080 Games, one hundred and eight or something like that. Yeah, 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:13.199 but now, good players athletic versatility is very important at 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.920 this level. If you look, people talk about the Jays 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:18.840 last year, but they were versatile. Clement was amazing for them. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.200 He played third, he played short, he played second. And 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.040 when you have those type of players, is this here now, IKF? 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.240 You know, like we can use him to help Trevor 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.920 survive quote unquote the whole season. You have really good 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.840 players on the bench, and when you do that, you 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.439 know you can maximize the roster. You can win a 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.600 lot of games. And going back to the little guys, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.720 man the strike zone will say it plays out. You know, 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:44.840 maybe it's something that our front office they recognize and 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.040 they don't take advantage of it. But by the way 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:49.320 you mentioned Ike's here. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.280 Did you talk to Carlos Febles, who used to work 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.240 for you here about the base running at third and 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.240 how ikf should have had a bigger lead in the 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:58.480 whole deal because he was there was. 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.800 Actually I talked to Iksy the other day. We talk 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:03.680 about it. You know. 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:04.280 It is. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:08.240 I mean, like the thing is like if Rojas doesn't slip, 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.640 we're not talking about the play, yeah, Or if we 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.800 don't have true media and we can filter our show 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:18.880 against rities with bases loaded and one out, he never 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.680 hits the line right to third base. You know what, 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:25.520 I don't have true media in the dugout to kind 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.160 of like make decisions based on the filters, you know, 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:33.160 and man, it sucks for for them. It's something that 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.200 you know. I know Carlos took it very hard because 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.480 the criticism was. I mean, at one point in the 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:41.640 off season I have to call him a few times, 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.320 are you okay? Are you okay? And h yeah he was. 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:46.840 But it's part of coaching it. He stops smiling because 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:48.560 that did smiles more than anyway. I'll tell you why 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:54.400 he's smiling right now. He's coaching the Dominicans. 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:57.120 One more game, one more game, you never know, one 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.080 more game then then it will be smiling. 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.360 That's true, that's from now. That's how it works. Do 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.040 or die? Make sure we got to make sure everyone 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.920 knows the rule. It's either an exhibition, exhibition, a tournament 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:09.760 of the work of the world tournament. 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.880 Right, you said, you said less Alex in the clubhouse? 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:17.600 Who's that guy? Since you can't be in the clubhouse 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.160 and Braggie can't be in the clubhouse, who can Who 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:23.800 do you feel like today on March thirteenth, can be 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:24.320 that guy? 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.960 Crochet and Trevor Story, those two. I mean what Trevor 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:33.480 did last year? He played one hundred and fifty four games, right, 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.520 So that that that says a lot right the way 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.960 he goes about it. He's not a vocal leader, he's 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.400 not gonna get on people's faces, but he will show 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.640 up and prepare and he's gonna play hard, which is 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.160 very important. And then you got Crochet every five days. 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.800 You know that that's something that good teams have. Max 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:53.000 Free last year, Derek Cole with the Yankees a few 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.320 years ago, right, he's back this year school ball with Detroit. 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:57.920 You know there's other teams in the Al East besides 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.320 the Yankees, right, oh yeah, I mean both More is 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:04.600 a good team too, really good Toronto, They're great Tampa. 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:06.720 They're gonna pitch this here again. Back to the Trump 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:11.960 which is painting the butt, you know, But having Cruche 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.240 every five days, that's that's a leader right there. It's 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:17.720 like Randy Johnson, Bank of the Day, Kurt Schill and 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.680 Pedro Martinez every five days. You know, you're gonna have 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.200 that guy that either he's going to extend the winning 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.080 streak or stop the losing streak. And that's a luxury 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:26.440 that we have. 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:32.120 Well, you also have Sonny Yes, Stranger, Yes, Mayo Crochet, 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.080 Viedo Oviedo, that's that's his favorite guy. 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:37.160 By the way, he loves Oviedo. 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:42.320 That that guy's a hugante man. He's a giant. Like 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.000 I think he's very underrated. 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:47.000 So good luck giant. That is throwing strikes now, so 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:51.240 hopefully we can continue to do that. And when he's 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.320 in the strike zone, he's up there with the best 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:56.840 of the best. So we just got to throw strikes early. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.720 We have a lot of too many Wilsa is gonna 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:01.120 be loaded. 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.360 Why do you navigate the Al East because honestly, I mean, 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.280 Yankees are obviously always the rival of the Red Sox, 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:14.760 but the Blue Jays were a few inches from winning 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:18.719 the World Series. The Oriols in Tampa's just kind of Tampa, right, 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.160 they figure it out somehow, and they you know, they're 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:21.439 in it. 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:25.800 They will pitch, they're gonna play defense. Last year, I 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:31.119 remember around this time, nobody was talking about Toronto the 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.800 previous year. They just had a bad season. Bo was hurt, 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:38.200 Laddy didn't play well. George West banged up. Your star 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.520 players played at stars. You know what's gonna happen. You're 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.679 gonna make the playoffs. And they have pitching, right, they 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.679 will have pitching this year. Again, Baltimore is kind of 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:53.280 like the same. It's basically Toronto last year. And with 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:57.080 young teams you have to be patient, right, Like it 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.879 was like Houston in sixteen fifteen they make it, do 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.760 plaoffs in fifteen. They don't make it in sixteen because 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.119 the league is kind of like, oh, they're good, so 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.560 we have to fucking play hard against them, right, same 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:10.000 thing with Baltimore this year. They have talent. Man, they're 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.760 gonna be in the hunt. We're gonna be in the hunt. 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:14.679 I don't know how many teams are gonna make it 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.000 out of the Al East because we're gonna be banging heads, 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.000 but man, it is I think all around the league 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.520 is very competitive. We are in a great I mean 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.480 as a sport, we're in a great spot. You know, 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:29.520 like any night, any team can beat you because somebody 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.400 in that mound is going to be throwing ninety seven 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:33.679 and if they're throwing strikes that night, they can go 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.320 five or six and then the bull bullpens are impossible. 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:40.919 So Bro, we go to Cincinnati right away, Ludolo, I 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:46.560 mean right away, abbot abbot, Yeah, but still the good 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.199 it's a good rotation. Then we go to Houston. Then 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:52.320 we got the Padres. I mean it's not easy. I'm 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:54.160 not saying that he used to be easy when we play, 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.080 but it's a little bit harder because of the pitching. 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.040 So we just got to be ready. Well, Excorra, thank you. 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.280 We wish you nothing but the US and go USA. 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:08.240 I'm not gonna go there for sure. If you want 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.560 to visit Puerto Rico, guys, you know what, you don't 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:14.960 have to bring your passport, right, So is the reality 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.920 of it, do you guys win. We all win. That's 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:21.120 the reality of it. But hey, no, Puerto Rico. When 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.000 Joey Korra dies, he's here for his country. You know 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:26.359 there's something special going on. True. Well, thank you, Alix. 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:27.360 We'll be right back. 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:30.120 All right, guys, here we are. 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.240 We got Richard Grisham back with his again, the president 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:36.359 of Out of the Park Baseball twenty seven. As we know, 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.840 it's the twenty seventh year of Out of the Park Baseball. 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:43.400 As people are understanding, Richard, how's everything going and talk 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:46.880 a little bit about this new upcoming OOTP man. 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.000 Well, first of all, I'm just I'm so happy to 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:52.520 be here. I love Foul Territory. We've we've been able 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:54.439 to spend a little time together over the years, so 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:59.679 it's been amazing to watch how Foul Territory has conquered 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.880 the world. So congratulations to you, guys. It's been awesome 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.800 to watch. I am so yeah. Out of the Park 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:09.840 Baseball it is. It's our twenty seventh straight year of 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:14.639 releasing this game. It is a computer game, and it 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:17.320 is a strategy game. So when a lot of people 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.720 think about baseball video games, they think about how quick 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:23.320 they can be with their thumbs on the controllers and stuff. 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:26.680 But out of the park baseball is all about managing 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:33.480 a franchise, managing a game, managing being a general manager 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:36.240 of a real Major League Baseball franchise. So when you 0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:39.720