1 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Is this a great game or what with the Hall 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: of Famer Tim Kirkshon. I'm his son, Jeff Kirkshon, Dad, 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Welcome back from Toronto. You were there covering the games 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: ESPN Radio. You were fantastic on the call. Well done. 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: The first weekend of the baseball season is behind us. 6 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: It's so good to have baseball back. How is turnt well? 7 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: First off, Jeff, it's so great to have baseball back. 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: You're right, because now I have something to do when 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: I get up at five o'clock in the morning, you know, 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 2: instead of doing the wordle first and the waffle daily 11 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: word game, I now just have something really fun to do, 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 2: at least as it is for me, and that's drink 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: a dime mount and do and read the box scorts 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 2: because there's no telling what you might see in the 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 2: box scorts. And Jeff, I can tell you after you know, 16 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: four full day or four days of Major League Baseball 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: this year, there were some strange stuff for those box sports, 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: which will hopefully detail during this show. But I wanted. 19 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: First off, in Toronto, Jeff, I saw uncle Craig, Craig Barnes, 20 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 2: who lives in Toronto. His wife Donna Barnes. She retired, 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 2: so we had a retirement party after the game that 22 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: I called on Saturday night. It was tremendous. We had 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: the best time and the games in Toronto, Jeff, were fascinating. 24 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 2: And here the Blue Jays won both games that I 25 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 2: was there for. It's the first time since twenty fourteen, 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 2: when the Pirates and the Tigers did it. The Blue 27 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: Jays became the first team since then to win their 28 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: first two games of the season with in walk off fashion. 29 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 2: It was that the games were so interesting and so good, 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 2: and Jeff, this is really the nerd in me, But 31 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: this is why I believe baseball is so great. Friday night, 32 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: George Springer hit a pop up that went so far 33 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: up in the air I thought it was going to 34 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: hit the roof of the Rogers Center. That's how high 35 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: up is now, Jeff, I make this point because Luis Severino, 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 2: the pitcher for the A's, caught the ball. I have 37 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 2: never in my life seen a ball hit that high, 38 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 2: and it is caught by the pitcher because obviously you 39 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: want somebody else other than. 40 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: By that time, someone's waving them off and they have 41 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: plenty of time to get out of the lay third. 42 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: Baseman Max Months. You should have caught this ball, Shaye 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: Langeliers was the catcher. He had a shot at it, 44 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: but that was a very difficult play. But what interested 45 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 2: me is that as soon as the ball went straight 46 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 2: up in the air, sever Reno went running after it 47 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: and he was calling for it, and I'm thinking, what 48 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: are you doing. He's a very good athlete, he's a 49 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: really good fielding pitcher, and I think it was the 50 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 2: healthiest thing in the world that a pitcher would run 51 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: after that and say, I'm going to catch it, even 52 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: though it was hit seemingly thousand feet in the air, 53 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 2: so it came back into fair territory, making a very 54 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: difficult play for the catcher, say Langeliers, And in the end, 55 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 2: Luis Severino caught the ball. And I was so fascinated 56 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 2: by it that I asked at least a dozen players 57 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: the next day, managers, coaches, people in uniform, have you 58 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: ever seen a pitcher catch a ball that was hit 59 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: that high? And twelve out of twelve said I have 60 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 2: never seen that before. I said, at the moment it happened, 61 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 2: that's the highest pop up I've ever seen. John Schneider, 62 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: the manager of the Blue Jays said he should win 63 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: the gold Glove right now for the season because he 64 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 2: caught that ball. Ernie Clement of the Blue Jays said, 65 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: I've never seen a pitcher make that play before, and 66 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: he said after the game, I offered every pitcher on 67 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: our team if they ever catch a ball hit that high, 68 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: I will give them five hundred dollars. That's how amazing 69 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: it was. But my point, Jeff, is it's just a 70 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: simple not a simple play, but it's just an observation. 71 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: It's something that happened where I just slapped my forehead 72 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: and I said, I've never seen that before. And I 73 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 2: probably asked four catchers the next day have you ever 74 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: seen that? And the answer is no, we've never seen 75 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: that before. So just a pop up can bring such 76 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 2: joy to an old man like me that I've never 77 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 2: seen that, and neither had anybody else that I talked 78 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: to the following day. Does that interest you, Jeff, because 79 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 2: it does me. 80 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: This is the beautiful distinction of our podcast, Dad. When 81 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: people are talking about abs or the potential twenty twenty 82 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: seven lockout, or you know, sho Heyo Tani's just ownership 83 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty six season, what could be We're 84 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: talking about a pop up for five minutes, and it's 85 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: worth the conversation because it's fascinating. 86 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 2: That was the best conversation the day after the opener 87 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 2: because everyone had a take on it. It was so 88 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: much fun. The whole weekend was so much much fun, Jeff. 89 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 2: The stuff that we saw was fabulous. And as far 90 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 2: as you know, the first weekend, first week of the season, 91 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: almost there were like a million takeaways. But I don't 92 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: know if you can ignore the fact that we had 93 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: so many young players come up and make their major 94 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: league debut and do some amazing things. Chase, the latter 95 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: outfielder for the Guardians, hit four homers in his first 96 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: three games. The only other player to do that in 97 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 2: the history of the base in the history of baseball 98 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: was Trevor Story in two thy and sixteen. And remember 99 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 2: de Laughter was on the playoff roster last year, even 100 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: though he had never played in a regular season major 101 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,559 Speaker 2: league game. Well, he made the club out of spring 102 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 2: training and hit four homers in the first three games. 103 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: Just absolutely historic. JJ Weatherholt of the Cardinals, their top prospect, 104 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: hit a home run on opening day and then got 105 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 2: a game winning the eventual game winning RBI in the 106 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 2: second game of the season. Kevin McGonagall of the Tigers, 107 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: who we talked about quite a bit on the pod 108 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: leading up to this, he had four hits in his 109 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 2: major league debut and they got the biggest hit of 110 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 2: the game in the second game that he played. It 111 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 2: was amazing. And Carson Bench, who made the Mets had 112 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: never played the big leagues before, hit a home run 113 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: on opening Day. He ran around the bases, he kind 114 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 2: of blacked out, like he couldn't even understand what had happened. 115 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: And Jeff, the point here is we've been talking about 116 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: this for years. The guys that come up from the 117 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 2: minor leagues now are bigger, stronger, faster, and maybe better 118 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: than ever and they're more ready for the big leagues, 119 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 2: and teams are just saying, all right, you're ready, let's go, 120 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 2: let's see what you can do. And we saw a 121 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: whole but this is just a few of the things 122 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: of major league debuts that turned out really well. It's 123 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 2: very healthy for the game. Agreed. 124 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think new young talent is super important. And Dad, 125 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: I have to use this minute to just say Tomorrow's 126 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: guest on the show So we're Monday, Tuesday, Thursday now 127 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: officially with our guest every Tuesday is really going to 128 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: be able to speak to young talent. Okay, John Baker 129 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: former major league catcher, but also has worked with some 130 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: of the best young players in the game, including that 131 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: of Paul Skeins. Which will hear a conversation about Paul 132 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: Skeens that you dad have never heard before and it 133 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: was fantastic to hear that guy's workout, right, So when 134 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: you talk about young players, John Baker is the ultimate guy. 135 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: I cannot wait for this interview to play tomorrow, so 136 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: make sure to follow and subscribe so you don't miss it. 137 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: I just had to say that nextlie we talk about 138 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: Connor Griffin, talk about young kids who made a mark 139 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: this spring. He didn't make the team as the everyday 140 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: shortstop for the Pirates, but when he comes up, listen 141 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: to John Baker about you know what this kid's makeup 142 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: is all about? And Jeff speaking to young players. You 143 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: know Junior cam and Arrow last year just he hit 144 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: forty five homers for the Tampa Bay Rays and he's 145 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: one of the best young hitters in baseball. I wouldn't 146 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: be surprised if he had another forty five this year. 147 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 2: But just to show you how things can change when 148 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: you've established yourself at his level as such a dangerous player, 149 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 2: he walked four times on opening Day, so I checked he. 150 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 2: You know, he only walked like forty one times all 151 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: last season, and he had never he had had The 152 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 2: most walks he'd ever had in a major league game 153 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 2: was two, and he did that three different times. But 154 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: he never had a three walk game. And on opening 155 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 2: Day he had a four walk game. So it just 156 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: shows you the respect that he's already gotten. We talk 157 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: all the time about how teams adjust to players and 158 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: once they've had a great year or a bad year, 159 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 2: and now that the player has to adjust. Backpoint is 160 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 2: Junior Caminaro is not going to see as many strikes 161 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 2: this year because everyone knows if you throw it around 162 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 2: the plate, you might hit it a really long way. Agreed. 163 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: Never walked through three walks, pretty odd. 164 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, this one's for the dudes looking for that peak 165 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 3: bedroom performance. 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I told you last year on 184 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 2: this pod that the clubhouse culture that they have in Toronto, 185 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 2: I believe is the best in baseball because and that's 186 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 2: not saying others aren't great old I mean the A's 187 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 2: who I saw have a great clubhouse culture. Also, in fact, 188 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 2: Dallas Bryden was on our podcast last year told me 189 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 2: that he was out recently and at a restaurant, and 190 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: twenty four out of the twenty six players on the 191 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 2: A's team walked in together. They were doing something together, 192 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 2: and it wasn't like a team meeting or anything. It 193 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 2: was optional whether you showed up. Twenty four out of 194 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 2: the twenty six showed up. That stuff really, Jeff, and 195 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 2: I got another good look at the Blue Jays clubhouse 196 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 2: over the weekend, and Max Scherzer told me something I 197 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 2: thought was really interesting. He said that six of the 198 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: pitchers and Ernie Clement infielder went on vacation together in January. Now, Jeff, 199 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: you spend eight months a year with your teammates. You know, 200 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 2: sometimes it's a good idea to get away from them. 201 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: But these guys like each other so much that they 202 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: went on vacation in January. And Max Scherzer told me, 203 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 2: we played catch every morning. We threw a football every afternoon. 204 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 2: Of football, of course, you can strengthen your throwing arm. 205 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: So they were actually working on their workout routine in 206 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 2: order to make sure they were ready for spring training, 207 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 2: but more important, they were just spending time together. And Jeff, this, 208 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: I don't think this stuff happens very often anymore. Does 209 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 2: that impress you? Dad? 210 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: Could you imagine being on a vacation like myself with 211 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: my wife and saying, hey, honey, I'm gonna go, I 212 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: gotta go play catch, right, that would be the. 213 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 2: Greatest thing ever. 214 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,559 Speaker 1: And here these wives are probably saying, yep, that's work. 215 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: What if playing catch was work for you? 216 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 2: Oh? I wish ship. 217 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: I'd bring my eight two thousand with me on vacation. 218 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: Let's go. It's it was so good. And Ernie Clement, 219 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 2: who told you, just has something to add all the time. 220 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 2: You know, he's been playing golf quite a bit now 221 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 2: since COVID started, so he's only been playing for six years. 222 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 2: He's a one handicap. He's one handicap. He was in 223 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 2: the sixties a couple times this winter and I just 224 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 2: love this. Sorry, he played hockey most of the winter. 225 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 2: You know, he grew up in Rochester, New York, and 226 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 2: he's such a great athlete. And he played hockey this 227 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 2: winter with you know, a team where two of his 228 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 2: uncles are on the team. His uncles are like twenty 229 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 2: five thirty years older than him. And Ernie's out there 230 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: playing hockey in the offseason. Because he said, I just 231 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 2: I just love to play anything, and I just am 232 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 2: not the type to just sit around and do nothing. 233 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 2: So he played hockey this winter, scored a bunch of goals, 234 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 2: and then of course he got a game winning hit 235 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 2: on Saturday in the game, the walk off single in 236 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 2: the game that we called on the radio. So love 237 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 2: Ernie clemt So. Jeff O'Neil Cruz of the Pirates had 238 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: a really difficult opening day in the game that Paul 239 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 2: Skeins pitched and didn't get out of the first inning, 240 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 2: and O'Neil Cruz lost the ball in the sun and 241 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: the wind threw him off and he missed another ball 242 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 2: because of the win, And it just reminded me that 243 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 2: Jim Leland Hall of Fame manager used to walk down 244 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 2: the dugout when he was with the Marlins or the 245 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 2: Pirates or you know, the Tigers or the Rockies, and 246 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 2: he used to always alert everyone on the team. He says, 247 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 2: check the wind, check the sun. That's what he said 248 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: every time he walked down the dugout before a game started. 249 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 2: Check the wind, check the sun. And O'Neil Cruz didn't 250 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: check either, and it helped cost them a game. On 251 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: opening Day because he missed the ball he lost the 252 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 2: ball in the sun, and another one he missjudged because 253 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: of the wind. Does that I mean, that's a good lesson, 254 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 2: that's a good thing to learn and here before every game. Correct. Yeah. 255 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: Well, I actually saw Jim Cantre posted on Instagram Dad 256 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: of a home run that it was a projection that 257 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: if it had been calm weather outside I believe it 258 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: was at Wrigley Field, that it would have been, it 259 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: would have gone out of the stadium right, But because 260 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: of the wind, it lost. 261 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 2: One hundred and thirteen feet. 262 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: Or something ridiculous like that, thus not becoming a home run. 263 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, check the weather because it makes a difference 264 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: in this, Dad, is what makes our game so different 265 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: and so unique to any other game besides maybe golf. 266 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: Right where the conditions in the course change. When you're 267 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: in a ballpark like Corse Field versus when you're in 268 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: at Fenway Park, it's two different worlds weather wise, condition wise, 269 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: stadium wise, they're just two different worlds to operate. So 270 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: give outfielders a little more credit when it comes to 271 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: being defensive players. 272 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 2: They're working in a different waas it's really hard and 273 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: it's also different, Like look at what the Athletics did. 274 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 2: They play most of their game. They play all their 275 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: spring training games in Arizona, like during the day, and 276 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 2: then they fly to Toronto and instead of playing day games, 277 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 2: they're playing a night game. For the opener, they're playing 278 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 2: on the East Coast, they're playing indoors instead of I mean, 279 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 2: it's it's an adjustment and big leaguers have to adjust. 280 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: No excuse made for anything. But I found all of 281 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 2: that interesting and it was such a great so Jeff. 282 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 2: We also got a really good look at the ABS system. 283 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 2: The game we did on Saturday, there were six six 284 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: challenges and what we're learning, Jeff, and we've been over this, 285 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: but the strategy of when you use your challenge is 286 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: absolutely crucial. For instance, Laguerrera Junior, one of the best 287 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 2: players in the game. I'm close on this. Early in 288 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: the game, he used his challenge on a pitch with 289 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 2: nobody on base in like the third inning or something 290 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 2: like that. And you want to use all your challenges, 291 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 2: but you really have to be strategic about not giving 292 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 2: them away and keeping them towards the end when a 293 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 2: really important play happened. So I was impressed that how 294 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: quickly it moved. Four of the were overturned, so the 295 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: umpires missed some calls, which is going to happen. But 296 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: I think this is a work in progress and it's 297 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 2: fascinating to see the strategy involved in do we challenge 298 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 2: this or not? And Nick Kurtz big first basement for 299 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 2: the A's. They challenged a pitch and he struck out 300 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: on it. So you know, Dylan Cruz jyll and c 301 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 2: Sorry ran off the field like strike three after the 302 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 2: umpire game of the strike on an abs change, So 303 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: it was very very interesting. 304 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, did you see Salvador Perez went three for three? 305 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 2: That is impressive. 306 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: And Dad, I think this is worth noting because I 307 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: know we have a lot of big baseball fans who 308 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: listen to the show, but we've also had people who 309 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: have messaged us saying, Hey, I'm learning the game, or 310 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: I'm new to the game, or my husband or wife 311 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: loves the game and I'm trying to catch up. So 312 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: my wife, Emily, who as we know, is learning the 313 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: game every day, she. 314 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: Was like, what is going on? 315 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: We're watching the Phillies game and she's like, I don't 316 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: know what's happening? How many challenges do they have? How 317 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: does it work? So I want to remind everybody that 318 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: each team gets two challenges right that can be used 319 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: on either side of the ball, right defensive or offensive 320 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: or defensive side. And if you get it correct right, 321 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: it's overturned. You keep that challenge right, so you'll keep two, 322 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: and if you get it wrong, well, you lose that challenge. 323 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 2: But then what happened? Dad? 324 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: The game went into extra inning? So she said, well, 325 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: what happens now? And I said, these are all great questions. 326 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: And from my understanding is if you've exhausted all of 327 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: your challenges heading into extra innings, you get a new 328 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: one for the trive, and if you've exhausted that, you 329 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,959 Speaker 1: get a new one for the eleventh, and so on 330 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: and so forth, as long as you have them exhausted 331 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: from the price. 332 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 2: So that's kind of the rules there for those who 333 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 2: might be one right, And we're going to have to 334 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 2: really follow this closely because there's going to be a 335 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 2: lot of drama. And I told you, a manager told 336 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 2: me this spring that I'm a little bit worried that 337 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 2: the strategy of the challenges is going to become more 338 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 2: important certain days than the actual play on the field, 339 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: and we just have to be careful that that doesn't happen. 340 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 2: So it was. It was a really interesting weekend in Toronto. 341 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: You're right, Dad, very interesting across Major League Baseball. Baseball 342 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 1: is back, which means quirt gins are back. And we 343 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: always get so funny that we always get messages. You 344 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 1: can message us great com and people always. 345 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 2: Loved the quark gins. 346 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: They send in their own quark gins, which is so 347 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: fun I know I sent you one from a member 348 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,479 Speaker 1: of the family who was listening about the Toronto series. 349 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: So what do you have for this past week? Well, 350 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 2: Shane Langleiers catcher for the for the A's on Opening Night. 351 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 2: He got three hits, two of which were homers, and 352 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 2: the only hits that the A's got in the game 353 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 2: were by Shaye Langaliers. So it's the first time in 354 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 2: the history of Opening Day that a player got three 355 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 2: hits and they were all of his team's hits, and 356 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 2: two of those three hits were homers that had never 357 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 2: happened on Opening Day. Everyone else was over for the 358 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 2: day and Shae Langlers had three hits, two of which 359 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 2: were homers, So his first time it's ever happened on 360 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 2: opening Day. The last time it happened in any game 361 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 2: was in twenty sixteen, so it was ten years ago. 362 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 2: Edwin and Carnacione had a game like that, three hits, 363 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 2: the only hits. His team got two of the hits 364 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 2: or home run. So I really got a kick out 365 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 2: of that because you look the next day at the 366 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 2: batting lineup and one guy's hitting seven fifty and everyone 367 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 2: else's hit zero zero, zero. So he had quite a 368 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 2: weekend because then he hit a Grand Slam in Game two, 369 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 2: So he hit three homers in the first two games. 370 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 2: And the last a to do that was Hall of 371 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: Famer Al Simmons in nineteen thirty and the last the 372 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 2: only other catcher to do that was Mike Piazza to 373 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 2: be the greatest hitting catcher of all time. So shy 374 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 2: Langeleers had quite a weekend. Can't say the same for 375 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 2: the other well, former Bay Area team, the Giants. The 376 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 2: Giants played the Yankees, Jeff, did you follow that series? 377 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: They scored one run in three games. In the first 378 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,719 Speaker 2: two games, they had no runs, four hits, and struck 379 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 2: out nineteen times. So I called Frank from the Alias 380 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 2: and said, as any team in the first two games 381 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 2: of the season ever gone scoreless, only gotten four hits, 382 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 2: and struck out nineteen times. He wrote me back and said, 383 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 2: never mind about the strikeouts. No team as ever in 384 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 2: the first two games of the season scored no runs 385 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 2: and total four hits in the first two games. And 386 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 2: then you add in the nineteen strikeouts. It just shows 387 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: you again exactly how powerful that Yankee pitch he was. 388 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 2: Cam Schlittler was great, you know, Max Freed was great. 389 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: So it was really really cool to watch how well 390 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 2: the Yankees pitched. And you know, Tony Vittello's making his 391 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: major league debut as a college coach and his team 392 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 2: scored one run in the first three games. That makes 393 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 2: it pretty hard to do. 394 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: Now, Dad, When you reach out to Frank from the 395 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: Alias after a long offseason, do you exchange pleasantries? Frank, 396 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: how's it going, how's the family? 397 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 2: How are you doing? 398 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: Miss you ready for a long season? 399 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 2: Or did you just jump right? Frank? Will also will 400 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,959 Speaker 2: be the first of a thousand times I call you 401 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: this year. But it's a compliment only at least for me. 402 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 2: Only the Elias can find these quirky things that I 403 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 2: love love so much, and they helped out a great 404 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 2: deal on the strikeouts the first four or five days 405 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 2: of the season, which again, Jeff, were just amazing. Opening night, Okay, 406 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 2: Aaron Judge, the best player in the American League, struck 407 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 2: out four times, went oh for five with four strikeouts 408 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 2: on opening day. We established last week Jeff on the podcast, 409 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 2: that only three players have ever gone oh for five 410 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 2: with five strikeouts on opening day, Ron Karkobeiss, Max Munsey, 411 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 2: and Jackson Curio. So Judge almost did that this year. 412 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 2: So Jeff I wasn't surprised by this. But Aaron Judge 413 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 2: has fifteen four strikeout games in his career, fifteen four 414 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 2: strikeout games that Jeff I only point this out not 415 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 2: to pick on him because I just repeated he's the 416 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 2: best player in the American League. It just shows you 417 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 2: the pitching that we see today is unbelievable. So from 418 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 2: Wednesday through Saturday, we had eight guys strikeout four or 419 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: mark more times in the game. Aaron Judge, James Wood, 420 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 2: cal Rally, Nolan Arenado, Kyle Schwarber, tj Friedel, Trevor Story, 421 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 2: and the last one is Kyle Manzardo of the Guardians. 422 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 2: So I asked, you know, has this ever happened? And 423 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 2: Frank wrote me back, it never happened that eight times 424 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 2: a player struck out four times in a game in 425 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 2: the first four games of the season. I mean, that's 426 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 2: just amazing for four days of the season. And Jeff, 427 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 2: on opening Day I looked up all the hat tricks. 428 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 2: What's a hat trick, Jeff? Three three strikeouts? Right, three strikeouts, fours, 429 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 2: a sombrero, five, golden and six. Let's see your memory. 430 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 2: What if you strike out six times the game Horn 431 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 2: Golden Horn. Yeah, not even a golden Horn game after 432 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 2: Sam Horn. So there were nineteen hat tricks in all 433 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 2: the first game of the seasons combined. And again, different game, 434 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 2: different time, everything's different, Jeff. The hitting environment today is 435 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 2: harder than ever. But you know, just to remind you, 436 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 2: stand musial Joe DiMaggio, Tony Gwynn had one three strikeout 437 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 2: game each in their career, one three strikeout game, and 438 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 2: nineteen guys did that on opening day. And Bill Buckner, 439 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 2: of course, had no three strikeout games in his career. 440 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: And nineteen guys struck out three or more times on 441 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 2: the opening day games. And Jeff cal Ray was the 442 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 2: second best player in the American League last year, and 443 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 2: he was. His first two games went oh for seven 444 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 2: with seven strikeouts. His first three games, he went one 445 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 2: for eleven with nine strikeouts. Again, Jeff I said it 446 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: on the air twice in the same game. The other day, 447 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 2: after watching Dylan cease pitch, I looked at my cousins 448 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 2: to play by play guy said, Mike, seriously, how does 449 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 2: anyone get hit anymore? The stuff we're seeing today is 450 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 2: absolutely ridiculous. So get used to the strikeouts. So, Jeff, 451 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 2: we had some really fun at bats. You know, same 452 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 2: name players. You saw one of them. Remember what it was, 453 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 2: Ezekiel Duran. We've had that before, and it reminds us. 454 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: And I'm having PTSD for us not remembering any dur the. 455 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 2: Last time it happened. Jeff, I asked you because I 456 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 2: told you that Roxy Bernstein when I was doing a 457 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 2: game once, we had a Duran Duran at bat and 458 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 2: he just just casually asked me, what's your favorite Duran 459 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 2: Durant song? And I didn't even know what, and he 460 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 2: just belittled me as he should have on the air 461 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: for not knowing one Duran Durant song. Then I asked 462 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 2: you on the air and you didn't know any which 463 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 2: I was shocked to hear born in nineteen ninety three, 464 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 2: mind you. And then so we talked all about this 465 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 2: on the podcast, and then Terry May from church I 466 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 2: saw her like the next day and she said tim 467 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 2: hungry like a Wolf, and I went, well, what does 468 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 2: that mean? She goes, well, that's a famous Duran Durant song. 469 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 2: So I if you remember, I told that story on 470 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 2: the pod, but stupid me, I called it angry like 471 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 2: a Wolf. So I still got the title wrong, even 472 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 2: after I was even after I was told it, I 473 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 2: got it wrong. So and we had a Gregor Risoto 474 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 2: versus Juan Soto at bat in the Mets against the Pirates. 475 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 2: So I love keeping track of things like that. It's great. 476 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 2: But Jeff, the last quirt, I don't know where I've been. 477 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: I don't know how I didn't know this, but Carlos 478 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: Cortes started in right field for the A's in the 479 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,360 Speaker 2: game against Toronto. And he's like a twenty eight year 480 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 2: old reserve player and he played for Puerto Rico and 481 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 2: the WBC. He's about your height, by the way, Jeff, 482 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 2: and he's a left handed thrower. But what I didn't know, 483 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 2: and I'm ashamed to tell you this is he's ambidextras. 484 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 2: And he played a game last year at third base 485 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,959 Speaker 2: and he played it right handed. So I had to 486 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 2: ask him about it, and he said, yeah, I hurt 487 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 2: my left arm when I was a little kid, much 488 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 2: like Billy Wagner did. And he said, so, my dad said, well, 489 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 2: you better learn how to throw right handed. So he 490 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 2: can throw not equally well, but he can throw well 491 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 2: enough to play the infield in a major league game 492 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 2: right handed. 493 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: Well, I have one little submission for a matchup quark Gin. 494 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a stretch, it's a stretch. But today, Monday, 495 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: March thirtieth, the I don't know if you saw this one, dad, 496 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: but the Pirates will take on the Reds. The starting 497 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: pitchers Chase Burns, Braxton ash Craft. Oh, well, Burns and Ashcraft, 498 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: all right, stretch. 499 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 2: Stretch, it's a stretch, but it's okay, Steve. Yeah, I'm 500 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 2: just so happy that poor Popop has corrupted you to 501 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 2: the point where you are looking up odd names and 502 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 2: starting pictures. And you saw the Duran Duran thing, and 503 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 2: you saw the Sodo Sodo thing. I'm not recommending you 504 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 2: keep doing this, Jeff. It's largely unhealthy. But but I 505 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 2: find other people like to do this stuff, and I 506 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 2: love to do this stuff, and I'm not going to 507 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: apologize for that. I just don't think I should trust 508 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 2: me bring you into this. I've had. I've had a 509 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 2: lot of stretches. 510 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: I thought yesterday's matchup of Dustin May, Stephen Matts, May 511 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,959 Speaker 1: and Matts, I was trying to make that work. 512 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 2: That didn't really gosh, Bradley and Kyle Bradish, I don't 513 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 2: think that works either, but it's. 514 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: Brad and Brad. I was thinking the matchup of the 515 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: Brads and I. You know, one that I really was 516 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: trying to make work is Ret Louder and connonly early 517 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: Louder Early, I was trying to those names are gonna 518 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: come up this season, Dad, where they match up with 519 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: with another picture where you know it's the I mean, 520 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: it has to work because Louder and Earlier both words. 521 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 2: So I all right, Jeff, we'll see. 522 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep my eyes on those matches. 523 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 2: Just a lesson from old pop up here. When you 524 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 2: have to try to make something work, maybe you shouldn't 525 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 2: have to try. Maybe you should just work organically, all right, 526 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 2: but I do it all the time. You're telling me, 527 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 2: Rehet louder, I like. 528 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: That lighter might not louder and lighter. 529 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: If that matchup happened, that would be that would be great. Yes, okay, 530 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 2: all right, Jeff. This date in baseball history, I don't 531 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 2: have as many as usual, But on Grady Little, former 532 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 2: a Red Sox manager, was born on this date in 533 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 2: nineteen fifty and he had such a great, wry sense 534 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 2: of humor. I'll never forget when Casey Fossip I think 535 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 2: I told you the story. Casey Fossum joined the Red Sox, 536 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: and he was a very very skinny you know, and 537 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 2: he was a good left handed pitcher, but he was 538 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 2: very thin. So somebody asked, Grady Little, what do you 539 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,719 Speaker 2: think of Casey Fossum? He goes, boy, when he showed up, 540 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 2: I asked him, when is the rest of you going 541 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 2: to show up? That's how skinny. So he was a 542 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 2: very funny guy. He is a very funny guy. On 543 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 2: this date, nineteen eighty nine, Chris Sale was born, and 544 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 2: Chris Sale had a great opening day start for the Braves. 545 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 2: He's wont to say young. A couple of years ago, 546 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 2: still got a chance Borderline to be a Hall of 547 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 2: Famer someday because he's a great strikeout pitcher. And I'll 548 00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 2: never forget Jeff During the COVID, when all these players, 549 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 2: you know, had to kill time because they couldn't play 550 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 2: baseball because of COVID, I talked to a whole bunch 551 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 2: of players, probably thirty to forty of them, like what 552 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 2: did you do during COVID? Like what skill did you? 553 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 2: A crew? Guys started to play chess, or they started 554 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 2: to do legos with their kids or whatever. So Chris 555 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 2: Sale told me I just played relentlessly in the backyard 556 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 2: with my children. That's what I did. So and he 557 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 2: could dumb basketball easily. So I said, so, were you 558 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 2: dunking in the backyard? He goes, yeah, I did it 559 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 2: all the time. It's just not the same feeling when 560 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 2: you dunk against a nine year old, That's what he said. 561 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 2: So still dunking on his nine year old son, So 562 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 2: that was good. 563 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: Trust me, I'm dunking on the little likes rim against 564 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: my daughter who's two and a half. And now she's 565 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: getting to the point where if I give her a 566 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: little shoulder in the paint, she's not loving it. She's 567 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: going down, She's flopping this way work well in the 568 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: NBA subs. 569 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: That's too too. On this date, in nineteen ninety four, 570 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 2: Alex Bregman was born. One more time. Where did his 571 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 2: father and his uncle go to high school? Walter Johnson, Right, Yes, 572 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 2: Sam Bregman, Benny Bregman. His dad Sam and his uncle 573 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 2: Benny both went to w J. Benny was a sophomore 574 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 2: when I was a senior there, and Alex told me 575 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 2: once when he was I think his dad might have 576 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 2: told me this that he would not go on a 577 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 2: vacation with the family unless they had something set up 578 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 2: or he could hit while he's on vacation, So he 579 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 2: would take his stuff with him and he would have 580 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 2: to say, I'm not going, even though he really didn't 581 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 2: have a choice in it. I'm not going unless there's 582 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 2: a place that I could hit. That's how determined Alex 583 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 2: Bregman was to be a great player. And on this date, 584 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 2: last one. Dwight Gooden retired on this date in two 585 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 2: thousand and one, And like I told you last week, 586 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 2: I had dinner with Dwight Gooden at my friend Steve 587 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 2: Blomberg's house. It was a fascinating night. It was so 588 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 2: much fun. And let's never ever forget how great Dwight 589 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 2: Gooden was in his prime. There were few more overpowering 590 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 2: pictures that I've ever seen than that guy. 591 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I would say that Dwight Gooden is 592 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: in my top three Dwights of all time, along with 593 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: Dwight Yoakam who you know, very famous, and Dwight Right 594 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: and Dwight True top three. Thank you for filling in 595 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: the blank here, Dad, Dwight shrewd would be in my 596 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: top three Dwights. 597 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 2: Of all time. Very good, Jeff, all right, So, and 598 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 2: that brings us to team Tim. You're all Dwight No, 599 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 2: all right, so take it away? Oh no, absolutely not. 600 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 2: So I thought with Doc Gooden, even though that's an 601 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 2: abbreviation for doctor. And since we have John Baker on 602 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 2: our show tomorrow with the all profession team, okay, so 603 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 2: John Baker is our catcher. I could have gone with 604 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 2: Bill Plumber. It might have been a better choice, but 605 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: I'm going with John Baker because he's on the show 606 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,760 Speaker 2: tomorrow and he absolutely he dazzled us for over an hour. 607 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,799 Speaker 2: We could have kept him for six hours and I 608 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 2: would have been mesmerized the entire time. He says, well 609 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 2: spoken a baseball player as well read a baseball player 610 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 2: as maybe anyone I've ever met. You will really get 611 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 2: a kick out of the way that he talks about things. Tomorrow. 612 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 2: Rod Brewer is our first baseman, Charlie Shoemaker is the 613 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 2: second baseman. Kyle Farmer is our shortstop. I picked him 614 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:50,280 Speaker 2: over Jim Mason, could have gone either way. Tory Hunter 615 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 2: is one outfielder, Lawrence Butler is another, and the third 616 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 2: outfielder should be the captain of the team, and he 617 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 2: struck out four times on opening day. Jeff, let's see 618 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 2: if you know who that would be. We've I talked 619 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,959 Speaker 2: about him earlier in the show The Best, did Jen Jeff. 620 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 2: So he's on the All Profession team. Uh, there are 621 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 2: a ton of pictures. I'm going to keep it to nine, 622 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:20,240 Speaker 2: although I could have gone much more. Lance Painter, Ryan Sherriff. 623 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 2: I loved it when Ryan Sheriff in the World Series 624 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 2: a few years ago faced Chris Taylor, so we had 625 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 2: the Sheriff Taylor match. And you might not remember, Jeff, 626 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 2: but from the Andy Griffith Show, Andy Griffith was Andy Taylor. 627 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 2: He was Sheriff Taylor. So Buck Showalder especially loved the 628 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:51,800 Speaker 2: Sheriff Taylor reference. They have Eddie Priest, Aaron Cook, Jeff 629 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:56,399 Speaker 2: and Jared Weaver brothers, Bob Miller. There were more than 630 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 2: one Bob Miller that pitched at the same time. John Butcher, 631 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 2: who I covered when he was with the Texas Rangers, 632 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 2: and he told me once the first time that Doug 633 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 2: Rader came to talk to him on the mound in 634 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 2: a Major league gave Doug Raider the manager came out, 635 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 2: looked at John Butcher and said, how are you feeling groovy? 636 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 2: That's what he called him on the mound the first 637 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 2: time Doug Raider ever came to the mound to talk 638 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 2: to John Butcher. And I for your benefit and for 639 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 2: Emily Kirchin's benefit, Ranger Suarez, even though I tried to 640 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 2: his only last name, Ranger Suarez, is on there. And 641 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 2: finally Doc Gooden shortened for Doc but you know he 642 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 2: retired on this date two thousand and one. So as 643 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 2: a tribute to John Baker and Doc Gooden, that is 644 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 2: the all profession team. 645 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,959 Speaker 1: And you know we're always taking great suggestions of Team 646 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: Tim's from you, from people who are listening or watching 647 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 1: on YouTube. We would love, love, love to hear from you, 648 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 1: So take a minute. Go to great dot com. Scroll 649 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,319 Speaker 1: down you'll see a big box that says, you know, 650 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: say hi, talk to us. 651 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:05,319 Speaker 2: Dad. 652 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 1: Actually, even though he gets logged out once a week 653 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 1: and has to call me to remind him how to 654 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: log in, he is able to respond, hit the G the. 655 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,480 Speaker 2: Google log in. All you got it now? I wrote 656 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 2: down the pathword, I wrote down the log in. I 657 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,880 Speaker 2: just forgot to hit Google. Now I know how to 658 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,760 Speaker 2: do it, so all good. 659 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,319 Speaker 1: The password involves both of your kids' names, but it 660 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter. It's okay, and uh, you've got this covered. 661 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,520 Speaker 1: So any team Tim's that you want to send us 662 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,360 Speaker 1: Great Game or what dot com. You can also message 663 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: us on social media, but we're not going to try 664 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 1: to get my dad on Instagram anytime soon because he's 665 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,879 Speaker 1: still dealing with logging in on the website, so we'll 666 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: stick to that method for now. 667 00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,399 Speaker 2: Dad. What do you think, Jeff? As you know, I'm 668 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 2: having trouble just using my cell phone, so let's not 669 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 2: complicate things any further. 670 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, we're so so glad to be in a 671 00:37:56,239 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: full week of regular season baseball starting well, you know, yesterday, really, 672 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 1: if you count Sunday is the first day. 673 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 2: Of the week. 674 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,040 Speaker 1: Then we got our first full week of baseball this week, 675 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: we've got our first full week of episodes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. 676 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: And don't forget John Baker on the show tomorrow. Make 677 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: sure to keep your ears open for his moments that 678 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: he had about Paul Skeins, which was fantastic, John Lester, 679 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: Conor Griffin, and Connor Griffin. 680 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 2: And make sure you stay to the end when he explains, 681 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,799 Speaker 2: as a catcher he pitched in a major league game, 682 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 2: he got the victory, and he scored the winning run 683 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,359 Speaker 2: and is quite unusual. John Baker explains the whole thing 684 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 2: at the like the last question we asked him on 685 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 2: the podcast. So, Jeff, great episode, Thanks, it was great 686 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 2: fun today. I will I'll talk to you Wednesday. We'll 687 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 2: tape for Thursday. Can't wait. Can't wait. 688 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening, and as always, thanks 689 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 1: for being a part of our family.