1 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the World Series edition of Fair Territory. 2 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: I'm Ken Rosenthal here with Alana Rizzo. We're going to 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: talk about all things World Series, the addition of Bobaschett 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: to the roster, the situation with Alex Vesia. We're going 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: to get into some other things going on in the 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: sport as well, the Angels, the Giants, all kinds of things. 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: But first Alana, Hello, how are you And it's good 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: to be with you again. 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, great to be with you too. 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 3: Ken. 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: Of course, the time we've been waiting for the rosters 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: are out. What do you make of it? 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: The big one is Bobachhett, the big addition now he 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: was added to the roster, as was Ty France, and 15 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: the Jays are dropping Yaiel Rodriguez the reliever and Joey 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: low Perfito, who has added for Anthony Santander in the 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: last round. Bashett obviously is major news. Now the next 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: question is how are the Jays going to deplay Bobashett. 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: They obviously feel he is healthy enough to play, even 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: though he has not played since September sixth due to 21 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: a left knees sprain. So do you use him as 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: a DH Do you use him at shortstop doubtful because 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: Andres heimen As is playing so well and Bobaschett's coming 24 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: over for Knees Sprain. Or do you use him at 25 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: second base, which is where he has taken ground balls 26 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. That's a position he hasn't 27 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: played since twenty nineteen at Triple A. I don't see 28 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: that happening to me. With Blake Snell, a left hander 29 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: on the mound tonight, the obvious move is Bishett at 30 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: DH George Springer in the outfield. Now, George Springer hasn't 31 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: played the outfield since September twenty fourth, hasn't done it 32 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: all that much this year. But when I asked manager 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: John Schneider yesterday, can Springer play the outfield? Is he 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: capable of doing that? Schneinder's answer was yes, absolutely he 35 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: is so. Bogashett again is not on the roster just 36 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: for appearance's sake. Maybe they will use him solely as 37 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: a pinch hitter. I can kind of see that. But again, 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: with the lefty on the mound Ilana tonight, the night 39 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: we see Boba shed in my opinion, yeah, and it. 40 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: Looks like Jario Rodriguez, Joey low Berfito, we're off. As 41 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: you mentioned, Ken ty Franz also added to the roster. 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 2: You look at the Los Angeles Dodgers side and they 43 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: are out there without Alex Vesia at least for now. 44 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: What more can you tell us. 45 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: Well, he had what the Dodgers described as a family 46 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: emergency over the last couple of days, so he is 47 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: not going to be on the roster. There was some 48 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: question over whether he would be added to the Family 49 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Emergency Bereavement list, which is something that would require him 50 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: to be at a minimum of three days and a 51 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: maximum of seven. As far as we know, he has 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: not been put on that list. They announced their roster 53 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: this morning. Will Klein was on it, others were on it, 54 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: and Alex Vessia was not. So it seems to me 55 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: that because of what happened with Alex Vessia, and we 56 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 1: don't know more details just yet, he is not going 57 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: to be available and the roster is set, and that 58 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: is that. Obviously, it's a shame for the Vessi has 59 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: been a terrific reliever for them all year. But the 60 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: bigger concern, of course is Vessia and his family and 61 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: everything going on with him, So our thoughts obviously go 62 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: out to him as in addition to everything else going 63 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: on here. But no, he will not be on the roster. 64 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, we certainly are thinking about Alex Vessia, his wife Kayla. 65 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: The Dodgers said it's with heavy heart that they're dealing 66 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: with a deeply personal matter. Ben Casparius also left off 67 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: of the roster. No Tanner Scott, he wasn't activated at 68 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: Gardo Henriquez And as you mentioned, Ken Will kleinb we're 69 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: added for Los Angeles for the Fall Classic. Let's talk 70 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: about some not so obvious World series storylines. Ken Jay's 71 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: ability to adjust to off speed stuff. 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: What do you know, Well, in the first two rounds, 73 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: we saw the Yankees and the Mariners try to fastball 74 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: the Jays out of existence. It didn't work very well, 75 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: and the Mariners kept pounding fastballs because that is what 76 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: they do. This is who we are. We pound his 77 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: own and the Jays basically not be held down. I 78 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: would expect that the Dodgers are not going to fall 79 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: into this same trap. I would expect that the Dodgers 80 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: are going to go more breaking ball with Snells starting 81 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: tonight and onward, and if the jas can adjust to 82 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: that because they're heavy first pitch swinging team, aggressive early 83 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: incounts all the power to them. It's just a different 84 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: look and they're going to get a different look from 85 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. One of the things the Dodgers do really well. 86 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: We talk about their money endlessly, but they gain plan 87 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: really well, and obviously right now their starting pitchers are 88 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: executing at a level that we haven't seen in the 89 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: postseason for quite some time. Ken. 90 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 2: One of the things about the matchup between the Dodgers 91 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: and whether it was going to be the Mariners or 92 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: the Blue Jays, is that the Blue Jays don't have 93 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: as many left handed starters in the starting rotation, but 94 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: they do have some pretty darn good left handed relievers. 95 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 2: How do you think that will affect the Freeman's of 96 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: Tawny's and Munsies of the world. 97 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: I would say a lot of they have left handed relievers. 98 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: I don't know how good they are now. Mason Fleuhardy 99 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: has been pretty good and he's had a good run 100 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: in the postseason. He's been someone actually who had to 101 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: save against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. That game kind 102 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: of swung the home field advantage for this series. If 103 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: you look back on it now, Jays with ninety four 104 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: wins Dodgers with ninety three. That game could have changed it. 105 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: Brendan Little gave up the big game time Homer to 106 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: cal Rally in Game five of the Alcs, and that 107 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: was a situation where they wanted Rolli batting right handed. 108 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: Didn't work out too well. Brendan Little has been for 109 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: the JS until I would say the last month or so, 110 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: a very effective reliever, but right now not as hot 111 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: as he was earlier in the season. And then there's 112 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: Eric Lower who is more of a swingman, not a 113 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: matchup guy, but I would imagine that they'll have him 114 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: on the Dodgers left handed hitters as well. So this 115 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: is a pivotal question in the series. How will the 116 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: J's hold down the Dodgers offense, Because if you remember, 117 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: going back, even to the Wildcard round, the Dodgers faced 118 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: great pitching with the Reds, they faced it with the 119 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: Phillies for sure, and even with the Brewers. Now they're 120 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: facing a staff where you Savage is really interesting and 121 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: this is the first time they'll see him. It's probably 122 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: going to be difficult, I would imagine, and then Gossman, 123 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: who has been good, but we're getting later in the postseason. Now. 124 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: This is not as dominant a group, in my opinion 125 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: as some of the Dodgers' opponents earlier. So we'll see 126 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: how it goes. But what I like about this series 127 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: a lot. I'm interested in your opinion. It seems to 128 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: me that people think, Eh, Dodgers in five, Dodgers will 129 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: roll them. I'm not so sure that's going to happen. 130 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: Well can I want it to be entertaining. I did 131 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 2: say Dodgers in six, just to be different than my Dodgers' 132 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,799 Speaker 2: territory co host Clint Pasias, who took the Dodgers in five. 133 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: But one of the questions, or one of the discussions 134 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 2: that we had yesterday can and I'm interested in your 135 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 2: thoughts about it. How much do you think experience plays 136 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 2: into this? The Toronto Blue Jays haven't been to the 137 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 2: World Series, I believe since ninety three. You would know 138 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 2: better than I. The Dodgers have been there as recently 139 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: as last year. Not just the players that have the experience, 140 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: it's Dave Roberts and his coaching staff as well. How 141 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: much does that experience lend into what the Dodgers are 142 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: experiencing this time versus what the Blue Jays are experiencing 143 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: because it's new for the majority of them. 144 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: I would say the biggest edge perhaps is with the 145 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: managers because Dave Roberts has been through this time and 146 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: time again. He has learned how to manage effectively in 147 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: the postseason, and he's done it in different ways with 148 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: the pullpen last year, with the rotation this year. He 149 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: understands the urgency. John Schneiner does too for the Toronto 150 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: Blue Jays, but it is newer for him and he 151 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: had an experience with Brendan Little in Game five where 152 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: maybe he should have used Jeff Hoffman, and he's kind 153 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: of learning as he goes. But at the same time, 154 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: he's done a really good job for them. So certainly 155 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: Roberts has more experience and more experience on this the 156 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: biggest stages. As for the players, keep in mind the 157 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: Jays have some veterans who have been here. George Springer 158 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: is one. Max Schurzer is another. Facet maybe not, but 159 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: he is a veteran. And they have a pretty good 160 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: mix of veteran players and less established players. And then 161 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: they have a guy named Vladimir Guerrero Junior who seems 162 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: too relish being on the stages. So I don't know 163 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: that it's going to matter that much. It certainly helps 164 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: them as well, being at home to start the series 165 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: where they've been really good all season long, even though 166 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: the first two games of the ALCS were dropped at 167 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: Rogers Centers by the JS. I just expect they're going 168 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: to be playing at their usual level. I don't expect 169 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: them to be intimidated or stage fright, anything like that. 170 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: That's not them. 171 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: And can we know that you've been to multiple World Series, 172 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 2: You've covered a lot of them. You know you've been 173 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 2: to at least twenty, maybe closer to forty in terms 174 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 2: of coverage. What are you looking the most forward to 175 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 2: in terms of this particular matchup. 176 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: Well, we haven't talked much about the possibility of the 177 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: Dodgers going back to back, and that's something that hasn't 178 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: been done since the nineteen ninety eight to two thousand Yankees. 179 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: That is something that is of course the backdrop to 180 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: this series. And the other aspect of that is if 181 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays win somehow, if they upset the Dodgers, 182 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: it seems to me that a lot of people who 183 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: are not Dodgers fans are going to be very happy. 184 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: And all those people who talk about the Dodgers ruining 185 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: the sport and all of this, and Jason Stark has 186 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: a wonderful article today explaining how they're not ruining the sport. 187 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: Those people are going to be screaming louder when, if, 188 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: and when the Dodgers do win the series. So it 189 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 1: almost seems to me and people are going to take 190 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: objection to this that for the sport as we go 191 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: into a labor negotiation coming up. Not that the Jays 192 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: are a small market team, they've got the fifth hard 193 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: largest payroll. It seems to me that some of that 194 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: talk would calm down if the Jay's won. So all 195 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: of these things are kind of swirling around Alana, and 196 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: I'm just looking forward to the games themselves because I 197 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: expect they're going to be good. 198 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously Canada cheering for the and I would imagine 199 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: a lot of folks in the United States cheering for 200 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 2: the Jays as well, Ken if they're not Dodgers fans. 201 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: Don't forget though the Dodgers do have the entire country 202 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 2: of Japan back in them with Sho hee O Tani 203 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 2: and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as well as Roki Sasaki. Of course, 204 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: I kid, it's gonna be a fun, fun series, all right, 205 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 2: get your questions in, guys on the chat for Ken Rosenthal. 206 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: So much to talk about here as we're getting ready 207 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 2: for Game one of the twenty twenty five World Series. 208 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 2: We'll be back right after a quick break. 209 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 4: Let's take you through the Arena Club slab Pack experience. 210 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 4: This is part two because Todd Father last week pulled 211 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 4: a card that he didn't love, yet he sold it 212 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 4: back for actually more than what the slab pack cost. 213 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 4: This time pulls a card that he likes. 214 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is the best part of it. 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You ask Arena Club to send it to 225 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 4: you and they do. Or you can sell it back 226 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 4: like you see there instant offer for one hundred and 227 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 4: ninety three bucks. 228 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: But he's keeping it, and you can. 229 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 4: Do what Todd Father does by going to Arena club 230 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 4: dot com slash fouling getting twenty percent off your first 231 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 4: card purchase or your first slab pack purchase. 232 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 2: All right, we welcome you back to Fair Territory with 233 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 2: Ken Rosenthal. Time now to get some questions in the 234 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 2: first question is in regards to matchup, and this one 235 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: I believe is from Mikey Romeo, and it's about what 236 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: matchup Ken, you're looking the most forward to. I would 237 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 2: imagine they're talking about a hitter pitcher matchup. Mikey Romeo 238 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 2: twenty one sixty six. Who do you want to see 239 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: at the plate and on the hill. 240 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 1: Let's start with game one, Treya Savage versus the Dodgers. 241 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: He has this unique high arm slot that players rarely see. 242 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: I don't know that anyone in the major leagues right 243 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: now is even comparable to you, Savage. So the Dodgers 244 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: are going to be seeing him for the first time, 245 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: but not really in the sense that they have the 246 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 1: traject Machine. And if you haven't heard about this, that's 247 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: a machine that can simulate any pictures, delivery and pitch shapes. 248 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: You look at the video on the screen in the 249 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: distance sixty feet six inches whatever it is, and that's 250 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: the picture coming at you. So they were watching you 251 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: Savage hitting off you Savage on the machine before they 252 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: left for Toronto. Now it's not the same as doing 253 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: it in the game, obviously, but it's pretty darn close. 254 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 1: But that, to me is the most intriguing thing. When 255 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: a team has not seen this guy, it's not easy 256 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: to deal with his split, with his slider, with his fastball. 257 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: He is a different look. 258 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 2: Can some folks want to make a case that he 259 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 2: only has six big league starts under his belt, had 260 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: a meteoric rise obviously, Tray Savage, I'm talking about through 261 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 2: the system and getting to the point where he gets 262 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: the ball for Game one of the World Series. Should 263 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: we look into that too much? Do you think the 264 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: moment will be too big? How will you know when 265 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 2: you watch this game tonight that he's on Just. 266 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: If he's in the zone and commanding his pitches. I 267 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: don't expect the moment to be big for him because 268 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: he's done this against the Yankees. Now, he's done it 269 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: twice against the Mariners and the Alcs. He has faced 270 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: big moments. Now. Granted, this is Game one of the 271 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: World Series, but a lot of this is a unique individual. 272 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: He's twenty two years old and talks like he's thirty 273 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: two when we interview him. It's not like you're interviewing 274 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: a kid. He's got the presence and the fearlessness and 275 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: all of those things that you would want. So I 276 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: do not expect the moment to be too big for him. Obviously, 277 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: the Dodgers might be too big for him. It's Otani 278 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: and Betts and Freeman and Munsey and Smith, but I 279 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: don't expect them be nervous. Put it that way. 280 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Treya Savage certainly has a bright future 281 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 2: in the sport. He does seem like he's ahead of 282 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 2: his time in terms of his poison professional as the 283 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 2: Next question is from Luke Artema seventy fifty six. Which 284 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: bullpen has the advantage in this series? Can the Dodgers' 285 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 2: bullpen has been suspect if you will, What do you 286 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: think in terms of Luke's. 287 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: Question, I would say both are suspect, and the Dodgers 288 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: then would have the advantage because their starters are going 289 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: deeper into games. This thirty five to forty game stretch 290 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: that they've been on, the starters have been incredible. So 291 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: I would say the Dodgers have the advantage typically because 292 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: we're not going to see their relievers as much. And 293 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. I know Mike Petrillo and MLB 294 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: dot Com has mentioned and others have too, that Sasaki 295 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: because he's not striking out guys. What he's doing is 296 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: a little bit smoking mirrors, all right, But he's doing it. 297 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: So we'll see how that all plays out. But yes, 298 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: I would not say either team as a particular advantage 299 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: in that regard. Both bullpens are capable of being had. Yeah. 300 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 2: I love this next question. Toronto is a beautiful city. 301 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 2: Canada is a beautiful country. I love this question. Do 302 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 2: you see this World series igniting talks about a team 303 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 2: coming back to Montreal. We'll see that support fandom, fan 304 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 2: base in baseball in Canada, it's big. It's not just 305 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: hockey there They love their baseball. 306 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: As well, no question, and some of the TV ratings 307 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: for the Alcs Game seven especially were off the charts 308 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: for Rogers. Now, Rogers has the rights in Canada, just 309 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: as Fox has them in the United States, and Game 310 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: seven the average viewership was six million in a country 311 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: of forty million. That's an amazing number. Now what does 312 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: it mean from Montreal. I don't know that it means anything. 313 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: It seems to me that Nashville is a strong favorite 314 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: whenever baseball does expand for one of the teams and 315 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: the other team would be out west. Montreal is a 316 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: city that once supported baseball, and you can make a 317 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: strong case that the strike of nineteen ninety four ninety 318 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: five is what did in baseball in Montreal, and that 319 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: was through no fault of the people living there or 320 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: the fans there. But I just don't see Montreal being 321 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: at the forefront of expansion talks. It just doesn't seem 322 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: like it has been that way in recent years. 323 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 2: I believe that Netflix just came out with a documentary 324 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 2: on the expos that our friend Ken Rosenthal has a 325 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 2: cameo in talking about the Washington, DC market. Check it 326 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: out on Netflix. All right after the break, Ken and 327 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 2: I are going to discuss our dude and dorks of 328 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 2: the week. We'll be right back, bet. 329 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 4: I'MGM account holders today. How about in any sport parlay 330 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 4: boost token. You can score a bigger payout if your 331 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 4: wager with that token hits. Tokens can be used on 332 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 4: parlays and on same game parlays. Gambling problem or concerned, 333 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 4: there's help called one eight hundred gambler. 334 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: Dude, Dude, dude, dud. 335 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: Ken, Let's give somebody some praise. Who is your due 336 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 2: to the week? 337 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to go with San Francisco Giants President of 338 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: Baseball Operations, Buster Posey. Now, the hiring of Tony Botello 339 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: as manager could be great, it could be a disaster. 340 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: I don't know that it's going to be somewhere in between. 341 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: But what I admire about Posey here is the guts 342 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: that he has shown since taking this position. This is 343 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: a former player moving into the front office in the 344 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: highest role possible, and he is just doing some things 345 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: that have been unconventional, to say the least, this hiring 346 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: being most of all, you see here the quote from 347 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: Scott Ostler, the brilliant Commiss San Francisco Chronicle. Buster Posey 348 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: didn't just think outside the box and hiring Tony Battello 349 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: to be the new manager of the San Francisco Giants. 350 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: He's thinking outside the warehouse where the boxes are store. 351 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: That is a great line. I wish I could write 352 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: like that, And Scott's right, it's completely outside the box. 353 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: But you know what, it's different and maybe it works 354 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: and maybe Buster Posey looks really good. He made a 355 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: daring trade as well for ralphae Old Devers, and people 356 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 1: in the industry are like, oh, they take on all 357 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: that money. Well, they couldn't get a star any other way. 358 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: They struck out on all those free agents. So I 359 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: just admire the way he's going about it, and whether 360 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: he succeeds that remains to be seen. 361 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, they lost out on Shoho Atani, they lost out 362 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 2: on Aaron Judge. They made that big move for Rafael Devers. 363 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 2: Hopefully it pays dividends for them in the future. My 364 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 2: Dude of the Week Ken is a baseball lifer don 365 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: Mattingly Donnie Baseball, who of course has been around this 366 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 2: game for a very long time thirty six years in fact, 367 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 2: almost four decades, and he's never been to the World Series, 368 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,719 Speaker 2: not as a player. Of course, his unbelievable career was 369 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 2: shortened by injuries. He very much could be in the 370 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame had he kept going. You know, he 371 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: hasn't been there as a manager, he has not been 372 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: there as a coach until now. So congratulations to Donnie Baseball, 373 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 2: obviously a part of John Schneider's staff with the Toronto 374 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 2: Blue Jays. I'm happy for him. I'm so happy for Laurie, 375 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 2: his wife, their kids, Preston Mattingly, who obviously is with 376 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 2: the Philadelphia Phillies. Just congratulations and good luck to Donnie 377 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 2: Baseball in terms of that. Time now for the dork 378 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 2: of the week, and you and I typically split this up, 379 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 2: but I think this is a question of this could 380 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 2: potentially be our dork of the year on those are 381 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 2: my words, not your words, But why don't you go 382 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 2: ahead and start us off? Who is the dork of 383 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 2: the week this week? 384 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: Certainly the dork of the week now Dork of the 385 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: year will deal with it another time a lota, But 386 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: we're going to divide this up because we each have 387 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: reasons why we want to name this person dork of 388 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: the week, and it's going to be Artie Moreno, the 389 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: Angel's owner, and I'm going to name him dork of 390 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: the Week for giving Kurt Zuzuki's new manager a one 391 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: year contract. One year managers typically get three or even four, 392 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: And in this case, it seems that Moreno wants to 393 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: keep his options open in case there's a lockout next 394 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: year and doesn't want to pay a manager in that circumstance. 395 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: I don't know that that is entirely his motivation. Maybe 396 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: he just wants to see whether Kurt Zuzuki can do 397 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: this job. But Suzuki enters his final year, Menazi in 398 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: the GM enters his final year. And here's the problem. 399 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: When you're on a one year deal as a manager. 400 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: Players know it, man, they know you're a laying duck, 401 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: and they know that your authority is only going to 402 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: extend so far. So Kurt Suzuki, who has a chance, 403 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: I'm sure to be a good manager, even though he's 404 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: never had a coaching or managing position. He's playing from 405 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: behind before he even starts, and that's no good. 406 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: Go ahead a lot before I get into my reasons, though, 407 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 2: let's follow up on that a little bit. Ken is 408 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,959 Speaker 2: the reason to take the job just to get your 409 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 2: foot in the door as a manager, to say, hey, 410 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 2: it's on my resume now I'm a big league manager. 411 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 2: There's only thirty jobs in the bigs. What's Suzuki's incentive here? 412 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: I think it's just that Alana, You're right, And to me, 413 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 1: that's a little bit flawed logic because this franchise is 414 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: so difficult to win with with moreno running the team 415 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,239 Speaker 1: the way he does. You inherit all the inherit, all 416 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 1: the problems that the previous managers all had, and it's 417 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 1: an uphill fight. I just don't see it ending well 418 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: for Kurt. And I hate saying that because I like Kurt. 419 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: He's a good baseball person. Obviously, he was a great 420 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: catcher for many years, a World Series champion, But he's 421 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: in tough here. 422 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 2: Let me ask you this, do you think the reason 423 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 2: Albert Poolholtz or Tory Hunter were no longer under consideration 424 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 2: is a they're like, I'm not only taking a year, 425 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 2: Or do you think Kurt Suzuki was more qualified just 426 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 2: being that he is a catcher and he's been in 427 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 2: the system already as a special assistant. 428 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: So was Toy. So I don't know that he's more 429 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: qualified than Tory in that regard with Pooholes, it seems 430 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: it was contractual. He's under contract to the Angels with 431 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: his personal service thing. He wanted some kind of arrangement 432 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: that Ardie Marino did not want to give him. Whether 433 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: it's years, money, whatever, the number or problem was not sure, 434 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: but that was the issue and Tory. I'm not sure 435 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: Tory would have taken one year, and I'm not sure 436 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: they just didn't see Suzuki as a bed fit as 437 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: a manager. I don't know the answer to that, but 438 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: given where this process started with Albert the favorite, it 439 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: was a surprising. 440 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would think a year deal is kind of 441 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 2: a slap in the face for me. Can the reason 442 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 2: is that just what you see, Kokuchi was saying that 443 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 2: the air conditioning did not work all year. This is 444 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 2: a major league franchise, guys, you know the general manager 445 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 2: plays the dumbest man ever. As far as an Angel's 446 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 2: post for HVAC help, what are we doing? I mean, 447 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 2: it's just it seems so ridiculous. You can't make this up. 448 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: Sam Blum, who covers the Angels for the Athletics, says 449 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 2: the Angels posted a job for an HVAC air conditioning 450 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 2: technician today today, what are we doing? You have a 451 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 2: major league club that doesn't have air conditioning in certain 452 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 2: areas of their clubhouse. I mean, it just seems unbelievable 453 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: that this continues to happen. But again, it's not just 454 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 2: this little and this is a minor issue, I guess. 455 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 2: I mean what you're going to talk about next, in 456 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 2: terms of the owner facing the franchise and long term 457 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 2: loyalist loyalists to testify, that's even a bigger issue in 458 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 2: terms of why this man could easily be dork of 459 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 2: a year. 460 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: Well, what you're talking about, Alana is the Tyler Skaggs 461 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: trial and the Angels are being sued by the family 462 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: of Skags. And we've been following this and being aware 463 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: of it, and had Ardi Moreno settled this lawsuit, then 464 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,239 Speaker 1: Mike Trout wouldn't have had to testify, testify about some 465 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: uncomfortable things that he was a part of in the clubhouse. 466 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: To me, their longtime former PR man would not have 467 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: had to testify and basically said nothing. They wouldn't have 468 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: put all of these people in uncomfortable positions. Now, I 469 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: don't know what Ardi Moreno's thinking is there why he 470 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: wanted to proceed with the suit. Maybe he just feels 471 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: he's in the right here. The Angels are in the 472 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: right and we're not given in I can understand that. 473 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: But as a result of not going to a settlement, 474 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: here is where we are, and this is what has happened. 475 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: It's kind of laid bare what was going on with 476 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: the Angels for a few years there, and it's not 477 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: pretty at all. 478 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 2: My next thought here is Anthony Rendon, who I have 479 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 2: played more major league games then in the last four years. 480 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,479 Speaker 2: It still owed thirty eight million dollars Ken Rosenthal, this 481 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: has to be one of the worst contracts in Major 482 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: League history in terms of time on the field versus 483 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 2: amount of money given. 484 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: I would agree with that a lot. It's certainly true. 485 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: Josh Apmel didn't work out too well for them, Albert 486 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: Pooholes did really work out too well for them. They 487 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: have not done well with some of their long term deals, 488 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: even Trout. You can argue they're not getting the return 489 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: there that they thought they were going to get initially. 490 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: So the way this franchise is run, to sum this 491 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: all up, in general, has been incompetently and we talk 492 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: about the Rockies a lot and how insular they are 493 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: and how they do things different than the rest of 494 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: the teams in Major League Baseball. The Rockies, seemingly under 495 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: Walker Montfort now are trying to at least hire a 496 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: general manager from the outside. It'll start being less insular. 497 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: The Angels, you look at them, it's the already show 498 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: all the time, And my goodness, when are we going 499 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: to see this team be a representative franchise again in 500 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 1: a large market? People talk about the Dodgers, this the 501 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: Dodgers that. Yeah, the Angels have a lot of the 502 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: same advantages the Dodgers do, and they squandered them, starting 503 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: with Otani, but including many other things. So it's just 504 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: a shame what has happened here, And it's a shame 505 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: what's happened with that team. It's tough to be a 506 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: fan of that club right now, and it's going to 507 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: be difficult until there's some real changes in either the 508 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 1: way Moreno operates or the sale of the club. 509 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I was going to say. A sale 510 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: might be the only thing that saves this franchise. Ken Rosenthal, 511 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 2: what what if the Dodgers ended up signing Anthony Rindon. 512 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 2: Thank goodness he didn't want that Hollywood lifestyle because maybe 513 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 2: the Dodgers would not be in the World Series. I 514 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: know it doesn't come down to one guy. That being said, 515 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 2: we're going to say goodbye right now for our folks 516 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 2: watching us on TV. Thank you so much. We'll see 517 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 2: you next time. We have a couple more minutes with 518 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 2: the YouTube family right after this. All right, if you're 519 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 2: still with this, that means that you're on YouTube. We 520 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 2: appreciate you guys supporting us Ken Congratulations your twentieth World 521 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 2: Series for you on Fox. A great crew over there, 522 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: of course, not your twentieth World Series, but your twentieth 523 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 2: with them. That's exciting. I mean, tell us why you 524 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 2: still get the juice out of doing maybe that's not 525 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 2: a good phrase in baseball, while you still get jazzed up, 526 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 2: if you will, for covering the World Series. And I 527 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 2: would imagine there's still a big part of you that's 528 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 2: just a fan of this great game. 529 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's basically it a lot, and the excitement comes 530 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: from this uncertainty and what's going to happen here and 531 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: the stories that we are going to get one way 532 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,719 Speaker 1: or the other and that's what drives me always just 533 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: covering the stories and talking to the people and telling 534 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: those stories, whether television, print, however you want to do it, 535 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: that is what is it for me. And that's the 536 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: fun part. The competition of that, trying to be the 537 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: best you can be, trying to get things that other 538 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: people don't have, all of that. But before I even 539 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: go any further, actually forget going any further with me, 540 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: I want to mention our producer, Pete mccheska. This is 541 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: his final world series. He's done twenty two of them, 542 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: and he is going out with this World series. He's 543 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: going to continue to do football, but he has been 544 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: to me incredibly welcoming this whole time, and especially at 545 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 1: the start when they had not had a print reporter 546 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: at Fox do Sideline. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. Of 547 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 1: course we're very supportive as well. But Pete, he's been 548 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: the guy for a long time and that job is 549 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: not easy. He does it extremely well and it's been 550 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: a joy working for him. 551 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 2: So yeah, that's great. 552 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: I hopefully we're still pet out with a really good 553 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: world series. 554 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 2: Let's put it badfully. It's entertaining and everything works in 555 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 2: the truck as it's supposed to work. Congratulations to Pete 556 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 2: and best of luck as you continue your career covering football. 557 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 2: Of course for Fox, I'm looking forward to just good games. 558 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 2: I want to be competitive, you know, I'm excited for 559 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 2: a lot of reasons. But this is the greatest game 560 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 2: in the world, and I'm just grateful that we get 561 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 2: to cover it, not only here unfair territory, but obviously 562 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 2: watching you and the guy's on Fox and talk about 563 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 2: the crew a little bit, Ken, I mean, it's incredible. 564 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 2: You have Big Poppy, you have obviously Derek Jeter, Hall 565 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 2: of famers, Kevin Burkhardt does a tremendous job you of 566 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 2: course for Ducci, and not to mention the guys in 567 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: the booth, Hall of Famer John Smoltz of course, and 568 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 2: our buddy with the Dodgers, Joe Davis. It's just a 569 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 2: great crew, it. 570 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: Is, and it's been that way ever since I've been there, 571 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. We have Bill Webb 572 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: at that time was the director. Now it's Matt Gangle. 573 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: Bill Webb was a revolutionary directory changed the way baseball 574 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: was shown on television, and Matt Gangle has taken it 575 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: to another level. I always look at it this way. 576 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: Alone it I feel like I'm part of an all 577 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: star team with this group. And it's not just the 578 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: people you just mentioned, and you know this from working 579 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: in TV. It's all of the people behind the scenes 580 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: in the truck manning the cameras, the audio people. Everyone 581 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: that works on these broadcasts is big time, really great 582 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: and I'm grateful just to be a part. Honestly. 583 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, well good luck. I can't wait to watch your 584 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 2: coverage tonight. We appreciate it. Game one of the World 585 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 2: Series on Fox of course, everybody tuning in, thanks for 586 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 2: watching and listening today, everybody, we appreciate it. Fair Territory 587 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 2: is back on Monday. Today's Foul Territory coming up. Todd Frazier, 588 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: Eric Krat, Scott braun Has, John Smolt, Kevin Plar and Braves. 589 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 2: Reporter Brant mccauleay. Don't forget both Foul Territory and Dodgers 590 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 2: Terry with myself and Clymphesias, we'll have live postgame shows 591 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 2: right after every World Series game. Let's do it.