WEBVTT - Asher Roth’s Giants checkup 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:01.240 The league catches up with you. 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:02.920 You try to adjust, and I think the same thing 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:05.880 happens in musical careers as well. You want to push 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:07.960 the envelope a little bit, you want to try try 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:08.560 new things. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.520 All right, we're excited about this when Asher Roth music 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.520 artists joining us right now on foul Territory. Of course 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:22.840 you know him probably for years like me. When I 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:25.880 was in college and the famous Isle of College song 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.600 comes out, it was a big deal. But running now 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:30.520 on tour coming up soon. We'll get into that in 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:33.680 a moment. But Asher, we don't have many music artists 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.400 and celebs on this show, not because we don't get asks, 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.839 but we actually turned many down because they're not baseball 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.199 fans and we're like, no, Asher Roth knows ball. So 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:43.239 how you doing and give us the lowdown on your 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:44.800 love for the game, dude. 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:46.160 Respect. Good to see jents. 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.080 I mean, honestly, Todd Frasier bro, like you were. You 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.960 were the gamer for growing up in my little league. 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.320 We came third place in the States that year, and 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.640 Todd went on to be the man. He's Tom's River. 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:01.360 I'm more so Pennsylvania. I got a lot of love 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:01.640 for that. 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:03.800 But those boys got so big by the time I 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.080 got sixteen seventeen, and I just leaned into music. But 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:09.240 just I've always looked. I agree with what AJ's saying. 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.400 We still need rivalries, we still need that competition, a 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:13.559 lot of level on the field. But you know, it's 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:14.640 it's still a beautiful game. 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:17.480 I love it all right, So give us your fandom 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:21.280 right now. So you're a Giants fan, right, yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:23.039 like what you're seeing right now? 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:26.760 Of course, I mean coming off of the Gabe Kapler stuff. 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:30.280 I mean, so I'm I'm Pennsylvania, So I actually raised 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:34.360 around Philadelphia fans. My dad, Navy Bratt, grew up out 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.360 west and so he actually raised me a San Francisco 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:39.240 Giants fan. He basically was like, look, Willie Mays, that's 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:41.800 the guy, right, And so I grew up and obviously 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:45.200 got Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent, AJ, you know, we had 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:49.440 AJ for a little bit. But yeah, so that Philadelphia 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.600 fandom also gets into you. So I've taken it to 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:55.960 that level. But also you get to see the coaching 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.680 stuff too. So Gabe as a as a Phillies coach 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.520 when he when he was hired as the Giants as 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:03.760 the Giants coach. I wasn't thrilled about it then that 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:05.640 I think it was a two thousand and one season, 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.200 we had one hundred and seven wins or something. Everyone's like, 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.919 oh okay, and that kind of fell apart. But Buster 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.640 Posey obviously being the guy for our run and what 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.400 would be kind of quote unquote dynasty. Seeing him step 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.080 into the baseball operations role and seeing this early success 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.280 has been a lot of fun. Some of the signings, 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.600 Jung Hu Lee obviously having a hot start. It's just 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.760 fun to watch, and it's clean Chris baseball, good pitching, 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.520 good defense. It's fun to watch, whereas for a few 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:34.840 years there wasn't. 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.600 Heyah, sure I got her up. I gotta ask you this. 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:39.320 You mentioned me playing for the Giants. Did you used 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.000 to throw darts at this as a kid? A little bet? 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.440 Bet they didn't love me too much, you know, so 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.679 my little you know, they did retire my number. But 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.799 I'm just saying Giants fans didn't love me as too much. 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.400 So I don't know if you like through darks at 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.200 it you got the dart board behind you or what, 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.240 But listen, I love my time in San Francisco. I 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.640 got to play with the greatest player of all time. 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.200 How happy are you that Bus, one of the all 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.360 time great giants also is now in charge. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:04.480 Yeah, it's fun. 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:08.160 I mean like a lot gets placed on experience, right, Like, 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.400 especially when you get into leadership positions, you want people 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.720 or people feel more comfortable when someone's done it before. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.840 But I think especially with such a rise in like 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.680 data and analytics and coming out of the far far 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.480 heid regime, it's nice to get buster posy and just 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:23.560 guys who know ball and like the instinct. 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.400 You see it a lot with managers too. 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:27.799 They seem to be ex catchers, like people who just 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.280 kind of see the field and and have that experience. 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.639 Obviously brutes boshey, now we have Bob Melvin. So it's 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.760 like it's really just nice to you what you perceive 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:38.760 to be from the distance that I'm watching the game, 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.240 is that, like it's vibes, man, These guys are having 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.320 fun playing the game. And you look at all the 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:45.640 money pouring into sports, and you look at the contracts. 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.160 Some of you guys were talking earlier about about some 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:49.800 of the deals that some of these guys can get 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:52.480 with with the the globalization of the sport, but it's 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:54.920 nice to just kind of watch a baseball team that 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.280 seems that they're enjoying each other and enjoying the game. 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.600 I think Matt Chapman's been really great for that team. 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.440 He sees teams and feels like a giant. Sometimes these 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.040 guys come to become part of a franchise and they 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.840 don't really necessarily feel the part. Matt Chapman fits the 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.360 role pretty well. I think the Adamas signing has been 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.480 really great for them as well. Again, just from like 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.880 a vibe leadership standpoint, and it's nice to see it 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:16.400 pay off in the early going. 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.200 Let me ask you this question as a monster baseball fan. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.720 I know you're a Giants fan. Is there something as 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.520 a fan that you've thought about over the years that 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.000 something in baseball you'd like to see change. I know 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.799 we made a lot of changes with you know, some rules, 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:34.280 you know, picking up the pace, you know, with the pickoffs, 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.680 you know, no running over catchers, no sliding in. Is 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.400 there anything as a fan that you know you've seen 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.160 and like, man, I wish they could change that or 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.160 you'd like to see this happening in baseball? 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:48.920 Dude, great question. Honestly, I think I've been pretty happy 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.440 about the rule changes, getting people running again and all that, 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.440 a little safety with with the with the slides. But 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.440 my biggest contention really is what we did change, and 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.400 I'm not sure how you guys feel about it, but 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.640 just the universal d H. I think it took a 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.080 lot of strategy out of the game. And then they're 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:07.760 talking about balls and strikes. I'm sure you've talked about 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.000 this a lot aj with you and just like taking 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.960 away the the art of catching as well with the 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:16.400 automated strike zone. So I'm I'm kind of a purist 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:17.960 in a lot of ways of just like leave the 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.360 game alone. I know the torpedo bats have been a 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.440 hot topic. They've been in the game for a few 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.480 years now, and so like that's a fun little adjustment. 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:29.440 Everybody loves offense. But I'm you know, I'm I'm of 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.080 the of the ilk of Hey, a one nothing game 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.640 is actually a pretty a pretty damn good baseball game. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:38.000 So I'm actually I'm I'm pumping the brakes a little 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:39.680 bit on the changes. I'm happy with some of the 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.120 stuff that that they've made just to get people running. 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:44.400 I think that's fun. Put a little bit more pressure 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:49.320 on on defenses. But yeah, I would be interested to 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.479 see here how how you guys feel about the universal 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.039 DH and taking the strategy away from the NL. I 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:55.640 thought it was kind of fun to see what you 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:57.400 would have to do around the six or seven and 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:58.159 a pitcher pitching. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.600 Well, I love it because you know why, it was 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:02.680 faster games. It was faster games you had to think 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.640 way more of than American League. Now baseball is my 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:06.839 best nine against your best nine, and we'll see what happens. 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:08.400 But it was great when you had to, oh, the 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.000 eight whole hitters up? Is he gonna bun? Or what 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:11.360 are we gonna do? Are they gonna pinch hit for? 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:13.840 There was so much more strategy. I thought it was 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.320 a better game. But plus it was like an hour 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.640 faster game. So I'm all for the pitch clock and 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.560 making the games faster and faster and faster. I just 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.840 gotta know, though, where are you right now? Because like 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:25.720 you're about to go on tour, can we at least 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.760 get like ceiling toiles. I'm in Florida. We don't have 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:31.200 a basement, but like, what what is happening with wherever 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:31.640 you are? 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:31.760 Like? 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.039 Did someone did mom lock you in the basement for 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:34.360 this time. 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.240 Yeah, no, the wife did. 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.159 Man. Honestly, it's funny because when when you're rapping, and 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.000 you know, we were talking about I've been wrapping now 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:46.279 for uh what seventeen years, came out eight and you know, 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:48.080 you get banished to the basement often. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:49.760 We just gave breath to our two year old too. 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:51.800 It's like, well, not obviously it's been two years now, 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:54.560 but so she gets president over over a lot of 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.159 the rooms, and so I've had to move all of 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.560 the recording equipment and stuff to the basement. I appreciated 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.000 the acknowledgment though, but yeah, this is actually kind of 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:01.719 like it down here. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:01.720 You. 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.560 Ftfam. 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I mean we were 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.320 texting in our chat as we're talking to you, like 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.720 we can picture solo cubs everywhere on the floor around 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.320 you right now, Like looks like a classic frat party 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:21.559 basement right there, So we'll take it. And I wanted 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.000 to actually ask you about that and how crazy it 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.679 was back then when you burst onto the scene because 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:31.480 also you have Rutgers University of Miami. It was big 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.800 there when I was there. A j didn't go to college, 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.280 So if you want to give them a little more 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.040 detail on how big of a deal it was. 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.040 No, I mean, it's I'm honestly pretty fortunate that I 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:43.960 came up when we did because all the social media 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.720 and stuff that's just capturing everything all the time, and 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.000 so I think we came up at a perfect era 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:51.640 where you could kind of still have fun, live your 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.840 life and not worry about recording it. And so in 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.040 ist of college, you know, the line is, I wish 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.320 we taped it, And I think people can't even fathom 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.600 that idea that it wasn't taped this day and age. 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:03.679 But fortunate, man, we've been able to run around the 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.640 country and even and even get overseas, even though they 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.520 call it university over there. But it's just been it's 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:11.720 been fun, and I think that's been something I'm really 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.200 trying to, like, uh, keep in my life. And I 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.960 think as you go through specifically from an artistic standpoint, 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.040 and I know obviously it lends itself to sports as well, 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.600 you'll you'll tinker with things and as as the league 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.440 catches up with you, you try to adjust. And I 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.200 think the same thing happens in musical careers as well. 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.160 You want to push the envelope a little bit, you 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.480 want to try try new things. Heurist in a lot 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:34.760 of ways of just like leave the game alone. I 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.840 know the torpedo bats have been a hot topic. They've 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.880 been in the game for a few years now, and 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.199 so like that's a fun little adjustment. 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:42.760 Everybody loves offense. 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:45.679 But I'm you know, I'm I'm of the of the 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.440 ilk of Hey, a one nothing game is actually a 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.960 pretty a pretty damn good baseball game. So I'm actually 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.480 I'm I'm pumping the brakes a little bit on the changes. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.520 I'm happy with some of the stuff that that they've 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.920 made just to get people running. I think that's fun, 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:03.640 put a little bit more pressure on on defenses. But yeah, 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.240 I would be interested to see here how you guys 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.760 feel about the universal DH and taking the strategy away 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:10.840 from the NL. I thought it was kind of fun 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:12.360 to see what you'd have to do around the six 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:13.880 or seven and a pitcher pitching. 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.400 Well, I loved it because you know why, it was 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.400 faster games. It was faster games. You had to think 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:20.680 way more than American League. Now baseball is my best 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:22.600 nine against your best nine, and we'll see what happens. 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:24.120 But it was great when you had to, oh the 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:25.679 eight whole hitters up? Is he gonna bun? Or what 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.120 are we gonna do? Are they gonna pinch hit for? 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.559 There was so much more strategy. I thought it was 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:31.080 a better game. But plus it was like an hour 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.439 faster game. So I'm all for the pitch clock and 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.320 making the games faster and faster and faster. I just 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.560 gotta know, though, where are you right now, because like 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.480 you're about to go on tour, can we at least 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.040 get like ceiling tiles? I'm in Florida. We don't know basement, 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.320 but like, what what is happening with wherever you are? 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:47.480 Like? 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:49.760 Did someone did mom lock you in the basement for 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:50.079 this time? 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.199 Yeah? No, the wife did. Man. 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.280 Honestly, it's funny because when when you're rapping and you know, 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.720 we were talking about I've been wrapping now for what 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:02.120 seventeen years? Came out o way, and you know, you 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:03.360 get banished to the basement. 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:03.760 Often. 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:05.520 We just gave birth to our two year old too, 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.520 it's like, well not obviously it's been two years now, 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.360 but so she gets president over a lot of the 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.000 rooms and so I've had to move all of the 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.320 recording equipment and stuff to the basement. I appreciate you 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.720 the acknowledgment though, but yeah, this is actually kind of 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:17.280 like it down here. 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:21.360 You also, I mean, Asher, you became you know, super 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:25.120 famous years back for the I Love College song. I mean, 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.000 we were texting in our chat as we're talking to you, like, 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.400 we can picture solo cubs everywhere on the floor around 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.000 you right now, Like looks like a classic frat party 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.240 basement right there. So we'll take it. And I wanted 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:38.720 to actually ask you about that and how crazy it 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.360 was back then when you burst onto the scene, because 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:46.200 also you have Ruckers University of Miami. It was big 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.480 there when I was there. A j didn't go to college, 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.000 so if you want to give them a little more 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:51.680 detail on how big of a deal it. 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:56.520 Was, No, I mean, it's I'm honestly pretty fortunate that 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:58.400 I came up when we did because all the social 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:00.920 media and stuff that's just capturing every thing all the time, 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.400 and so I think we came a at a perfect 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.199 era where you could kind of still have fun, live 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.280 your life and not worry about recording it. And so 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.480 in out of college, you know, the line is I 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.400 wish we taped it, and I think people can't even 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.320 fathom that idea that it wasn't taped this day and age. 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.400 But fortunate man, we've been able to run around the 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.560 country and even get overseas, even though they call it 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.800 university over there. But it's just been it's been fun, 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:26.840 and I think that's been something I'm really trying to 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.440 like keep in my life. And I think as you 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.000 go through, specifically from an artistic standpoint, and I know 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.840 obviously it lends itself to sports as well, you'll tinker 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:39.280 with things and as the league catches up with you, you 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.240 try to adjust. And I think the same thing happens 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.840 in musical careers as well. You want to push the 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.440 envelope a little bit, you want to try new things. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.319 And so obviously coming out having that college record being 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.400 extremely relatable going through my career and getting to a 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.520 point where just trying to reintroduce myself to an audience 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.880 as you grow, and then getting to a point late thirties, 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:02.080 you know, trying to bring that fun back. And I 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.880 think that there's an element to growing up, specifically of 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.160 getting older without losing that little kid in you. And 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.400 I think that's why I'm so attracted to the game 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.520 of baseball as well is because you know, you are 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:18.720 playing a really a fun, beautiful sport that you know, 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.240 little league. We're two blocks three blocks away from the 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:24.120 little league field that I still go down to really 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.239 special moment in my life as far as camaraderie, social intelligence, 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.520 and all those things. And so there's so many parallels 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.200 between just a growing up music career and as you 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:37.080 have an elongated career in baseball as well. It's just adjustments, adaptation, 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.840 and just not taking yourself or the game too seriously. 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.240 All right, speaking of not taking yourself too seriously, your 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.560 cassio is amazing and holding your microphone wires. So that's 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.040 pretty sweet. I gotta give you credit for that. I 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:51.640 gotta ask you this. Have you seen that you talked 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.320 about social media and the things that's going on. Have 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.280 you seen the white Rapper Mount Rushmore that's flying around 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.600 social media right now? Have you seen that whole thing? 0:13:59.160 --> 0:13:59.840 I have, dude? 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.920 Have I mean, what do you think? Give me some thoughts? 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.640 I mean, Eminem's got to be on there. What about 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.000 I mean the one guy I don't I had to 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.000 figure out who these were, but the one guy next 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.199 to Eminem looks like Jameson tay On. I don't know 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:12.400 if you know who he is to be pitched for 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.360 the Cubs. He looks just like this picture. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.600 Yeah, I think it's tough, right because you want you 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.480 kind of want to take it like, you know, oh, 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:23.080 this is a genuine discussion, but it's for social media. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.360 You want people to get outraged about it. You want 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.240 people to comment on it and say no doubt. But 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:29.440 you know, I think, without a without a doubt in 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.040 my mind, I'm on the mount rushmore of just rappers 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.640 in general, you know. But uh that's just how that's 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:38.200 just how I feel white rappers are not. But i'd 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.120 probably be on the far far right. 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.760 You know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure who's up there. 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:47.040 Probably closer to the bag, but uh, now, I think 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:48.960 for the most part, that's just to get people chatting 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:50.920 everybody you know that's up there. I think I think 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.280 what you're talking about is russ I forget who else 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.120 is up who they put up there. But yeah, I 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.160 think that's just to get people chatting and saying, that's 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.920 that's not my that's not my white rapper. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.720 And you know, I disagree with that. I disagree with that. 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.200 Mount Rushmore, Okay, that's fair. I like the confidence though, 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.200 I love the like. I feel like I should be 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.480 on the Mount Rushmore San Francisco Giants fans. Unfortunately I made. 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:13.120 I don't know why. 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:14.080 I don't know why. 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:19.000 I've been at least Catchers, Buster what, Benito Santiago, Benji 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:19.920 Molina and you. 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:21.760 Let's just go with that off time. I mean, I 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:23.480 like Kurt Man wearing, but like, you know. 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:26.560 Yeah, yeah, you know, I'm no. I'm no Kurt Man wearing. 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:33.520 Brian Johnson. What do you want me to start? Right? Hey? 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.560 Do you when do you? Oh? I was gonna say 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:36.800 when do you go on tour? Because you got a 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:37.640 big tour coming up. 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.800 Yeah, we're we're going out in May, hitting major cities 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.080 up and down, so Philly, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Pittsburgh. 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:45.880 We always try to catch a game when we're Pittsburgh. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:50.760 PNC is such a beautiful park, and yeah, Boston as well. 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.920 So we'll be out I think the fourth of May 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:55.960 in New York and then we'll run till the twentieth, 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:57.360 and I think we'll probably try to catch a game 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:58.280 in Cleveland to end. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:01.920 It nice there you go. Wait in New York. When 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:03.600 you're in New York? Is their a game? Are you 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:05.080 hitting a game that you know? 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:05.440 I didn't. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.520 I didn't even check because we actually have some space 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.560 in between. We're just kind of getting started. It's funny 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:13.040 because like this, this tour is chronological. I mean, again, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:14.560 so many people know me just from the isle of 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:19.360 college stuff that they've missed a big chunk of my career, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.840 and it's because I've kind of unplugged from the major 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:23.120 major label stuff. 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:23.720 Consciously. 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.480 I just thought that what was pushing and how they 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:30.240 were going about their business left a lot to be desired, right, 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.560 And so I went on an independent route and been 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.720 releasing music on my own for a really long time. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.640 And so there's a core audience there, but I think 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.160 the general public and casual fans are kind of like, 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.400 I haven't heard of this guy or where he's been 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.840 been for a while. And so the show is kind 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:47.720 of like theater in a lot of ways. I'll be 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.160 talking and telling the story about why songs came, about 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:56.240 why certain moves made, and give really insight into into 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:59.200