1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: FP. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 2: Santangelo what up? You can find him on X on 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 2: a Fight and Hydrant. We appreciate you being on. Proud 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 2: Father too, proud son of two San Francisco Giants, broadcaster 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 2: at KNBR Radio, the show host. It's great to have 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: you here. I don't know if I can handle all 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 2: the San Francisco Giant stuff that you've got going on FP, 8 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 2: but I love this. 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: We're going to do this. We're going to do this. 10 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 2: How worried man? What a wild ride it has been 11 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: for the San Francisco Giants. What's been the greatest thing 12 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: that you've noticed this year? 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, thanks for having me on you guys. 14 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 3: It's really cool to be on with you guys always. 15 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 3: And yeah, I'm not a homer as a broadcaster at all, 16 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 3: as you can tell. 17 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: By the attire. I mean, I'm into it. 18 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 3: We're all into it in San Francisco right now. Like 19 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 3: the last two games against the Dodgers were kind of 20 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 3: a buzzkill. But you're not going to win every game 21 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 3: the rest of the year. You're not going to run 22 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 3: the table. There's still a game and a half out 23 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 3: of that last wild card spot. So now I go 24 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 3: to Arizona and get to work today, and then you 25 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: know how they've turned it around. You guys have all 26 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 3: been there and been in the clubhouse where they just, 27 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, you know they weren't having fun 28 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 3: playing baseball. You walk in every day and it's kind of, 29 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 3: you know, stagging in a little bit. 30 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: You're losing a lot. 31 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 3: Then all of a sudden, you have a good series 32 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 3: against the Brewers in Milwaukee. You had the best home 33 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 3: record in baseball at the time. You take two out 34 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: of three there. Then you come home and sweep the Cubs, 35 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, you're starting to think we 36 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 3: can do this. And you know, the big guys Raffi 37 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 3: and Willie Damas and Matt Chapman are hitting. 38 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: And then you sprinkle in the psychopath in right field, 39 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: Drew Gilbert, who's. 40 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 3: Out of this total college atmosphere to the clubhouse, and 41 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 3: you know, hats off. You guys, know when you're a 42 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 3: veteran and you have some crazy kid come in a 43 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: lot of times, back in the old days, it was 44 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 3: be seen and not heard, but they've embraced this guy, 45 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 3: the veterans, and you've seen all the antics in the 46 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: dugout but he's playing well too, so that holds a 47 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: lot of credibility to what he's doing. So you just 48 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: talk about the energy they have and you're hoping they've 49 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 3: been resilient all year. And they lost two out of 50 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 3: three of the Dodgers, and they got spanked Saturday, and 51 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 3: they got spanked yesterday, But like hopefully, you know, with 52 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: the resiliency they've had this year, they're on the plane, 53 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: they're in Arizona, and with Bryce Eldridge coming up today, 54 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: you never know what's gonna happen. 55 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 4: You talk about all the different storylines and everything, but 56 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 4: obviously the Dodgers scored a lot of runs against them, 57 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 4: and these in those last two games this series. My 58 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 4: thing is Web gave up six runs, Ray gave up 59 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 4: five runs. Two guys we talk about all the time 60 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 4: here your closer comes in when you're winning and gives 61 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 4: up the lead and you lose. How deflating that is 62 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 4: when your two come in and do that against the team. 63 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 4: Not even talking about Dodgers Giants rivalry here, just talking 64 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 4: about the fact that when those two guys, when they're 65 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: on the hill, you're like, we're not win one of 66 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 4: these two them. We're gonna take this series. How deflating 67 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 4: was that for you and your positive vibes. 68 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 3: I mean, we're obviously expecting, like Friday night was sick, 69 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 3: you guys. The atmosphere at the ballpark was insane. You know, 70 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 3: forty thousand people. It's been a lot of Dodger fans 71 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 3: at Oracle Park in the past, but the Giants fans 72 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 3: showed up and they showed out. When we were just 73 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 3: hoping for Patrick Bailey to hit a sack fly, and 74 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 3: as soon as it left his bat, you knew the 75 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 3: game was over. 76 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: No idea it was going to be a walk off 77 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: Grand Slam. 78 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 3: So you score four off Kershaw first ending Game two, 79 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: and you're thinking, logan web on the mound. We got this, 80 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 3: But you guys would know. I want to defer to 81 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 3: the catchers. You know, when guys start to get toward 82 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 3: thirty starts a year, did you see a difference in 83 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 3: some of the aces stuff late in the season. Was 84 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 3: it flatter? Were they tired? Because like I'm just a 85 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: position player, I wasn't in the squad behind there. Did 86 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: you notice the difference of some guys' stuff in their 87 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 3: later starts because you're thinking adrenaline will take you right 88 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 3: now with that atmosphere I'm talking about. But that Dodger lineup, 89 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 3: they don't swing at balls, they swing at strikes. They 90 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 3: make you work, they make you grind. And if you 91 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 3: put free base runners on, which Logan web did, which 92 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 3: Robbie Ray did, that team's going to eat you up. 93 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: But I don't know. Guys never liked. 94 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: To hear they're tired, Like if you say that on 95 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 3: the air, they're like, I'm not tired. 96 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: I'm fine. But did you guys ever see starters late 97 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: in the season get tired starters? 98 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 4: Yes, aces, No, that was one of the traits. Maybe 99 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 4: AJ has a different answer to it. That was one 100 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 4: of the traits where it almost looked like whether they 101 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 4: were tired or not, they were going on a cruise 102 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 4: control and they were like soaring into the end of 103 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 4: the season. And that's like, that's when I think about 104 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,679 Speaker 4: an ace, not a number one an ace. 105 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, And obviously you have to turn the page quick, right, 106 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 3: There's no time to sit in the locker room and 107 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 3: go like what happened? 108 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: Like you got to turn the page. 109 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 3: Every game is so huge right now, Arizona's only two backs, 110 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: so this is a huge series coming up Monday, Tuesday, 111 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 3: Wednesday in Arizona. Then they go back to they go 112 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 3: to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers again. So it's 113 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 3: gonna be a tough road and you just can't you 114 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 3: can't let the vibe in the momentum get derailed by 115 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: a couple of a couple of boat race losses. But 116 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 3: I think it'd be tougher if they lost three to 117 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 3: two on both days then getting beat like they did. So, 118 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 3: Like I said, I've never seen a more resilient group. 119 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 3: I've never seen a group play bad baseball for a 120 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 3: good month and a half and then all of a 121 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: sudden turn it around and play some of the best 122 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,239 Speaker 3: baseball we've ever seen around here in a long time. 123 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: Effie, you just mentioned it. It's a huge weekend. It's 124 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: a huge series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, two teams very 125 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: much clinging to get into that NL West picture as 126 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: far as the wildcard race is concerned, when you look 127 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 2: at the Diamondbacks, Zach Gallen obviously going tonight against the 128 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 2: Giants at Chase Field, what do you need to do 129 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: against this club to at least take two of three 130 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 2: to continue to force the issue well. 131 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 3: I mean pitching in defense has been the key through 132 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 3: this whole thing, and then you know situational hitting on offense, 133 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: which they got away from. They couldn't move a lead 134 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 3: off double, they couldn't pick up a runner from third 135 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 3: with less than two outs. 136 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: So just keep playing good baseball. 137 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 3: I think when you talk to a lot of players 138 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 3: that have won championships, they would tell you. And when 139 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 3: I was with Brian Zimmerman and DC, he would say, like, 140 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 3: we're not trying to win tonight. We're just trying to 141 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 3: play good base and if we play good baseball, that'll 142 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 3: take care of itself. So if you put that enormous 143 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 3: amount of pressure that we've come this far and if 144 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 3: we win tonight, we're this. You just got to go 145 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 3: pitch to pitch to ending, try to win every pitch, 146 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 3: try to win every ending, and play good. 147 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: Baseball like they have been. They got to Zach Gallon 148 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 1: a little bit last time. But we'll we'll see how this. 149 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: We'll see how this matches up. 150 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 3: It's a good place to hit, you guys know that 151 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 3: it's a good place to rake in Arizona. So the 152 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: bats have been stymying a little bit the last couple 153 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 3: of days, but you know, they faced some pretty good 154 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 3: Dodger pitching. 155 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 5: Effie, Can they really do this? Because I mean, I mean, honest, 156 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 5: the Giants are a five hundred team for me, They've 157 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 5: been five hundred for the last five hundred games. They're 158 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 5: two fifty and fifty okay, So can they get into 159 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: the postseason with where they're at? I know they're a 160 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 5: game game and a halfhind. I always look at the 161 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 5: lost column, as you know, lost column is what really matters. 162 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 5: They're really a game back. But can't are they a 163 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 5: good enough team to And I hate to say this 164 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 5: because but did they deserve to make the playoffs? I 165 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 5: mean as as a team that where they're at right now. 166 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 5: And I know it doesn't matter you're record, but there's 167 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 5: seventy five and seventy four, So if they finished eighty 168 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 5: four and seventy eight, they make the playoffs or Giants 169 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 5: fan's gonna be like, oh, what a hell of a 170 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 5: year and then they losing the Wildcard round to the Dodgers. 171 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 3: I think so based on where they were this year, 172 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 3: and it's not where they are right now or where 173 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 3: their record was. You know, they were seven eight games 174 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 3: out of this thing a few about a month ago, 175 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: maybe three weeks ago, and all of a sudden because 176 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 3: the Mets have faltered and they can't win, all of 177 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 3: a sudden, even though they won yesterday, there's excitement in 178 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: the fan base, there's excitement around the team, and it's 179 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 3: the system. AJ Like when the third wild card came out, 180 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 3: I was like, well, you know, when I was in Oakland, 181 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: we were one hundred and two and sixty and we 182 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: were the wildcard when there was only one wildcard because 183 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: the Mariners won one hundred and sixteen games. And when 184 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 3: this third wildcard first came out, I was totally against them, 185 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 3: like you're gonna have a five hundred team make the playoffs. 186 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 3: But like when you're in the middle of it and 187 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 3: you were left for dead a couple of months ago 188 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: and playing bad baseball, and all of a sudden, you're 189 00:07:59,000 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 3: playing great baseball. 190 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: Have momentum. 191 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: You guys both know, it's the team that gets hot 192 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: toward the end that wins it. It's not the team. 193 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 3: How many times we've seen a team in one hundred 194 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: and seven games and they're out in the first round. 195 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 3: So if they can reload here and stay hot, I 196 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 3: think the records are relevant. Getting into the postseason, you've 197 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 3: got momentum, and then everybody gets tight in those short series, 198 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 3: right the teams that want one hundred bay We've seen 199 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 3: the Dodgers do it. We've seen the Astros do it. 200 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 3: We've seen a lot of teams that have had these 201 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: great regular seasons, even the Mariners when they won one 202 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 3: hundred and sixteen games. Anyone in the World Series, it's 203 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 3: always the team that's hot at the end and the 204 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 3: team that's playing playoff games for a month, and then 205 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: you just get to the playoffs and it's just another 206 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 3: game because you've been playing, in essence, playoff games to 207 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 3: get into the playoffs, and you've already had these high 208 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: pressure situations where your every ground ball, every ball strike, 209 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: just like the playoffs. 210 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: And you get in there and you just keep doing 211 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: what you're doing. 212 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 3: And maybe the teams that have cruised and have won, 213 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 3: they take a deep breath, they start to go spring 214 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 3: training mode, and then all of a sudden, you get 215 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: those days off and you've got to gear up in 216 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 3: the playoffs. 217 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: Just not there. 218 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 3: So yeah, I honestly, aj, I get your point that, 219 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 3: like now we're having five hundred teams to get to 220 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 3: the playoffs. But I just think it's how you're playing 221 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 3: late that matters most that not the actual overall record. 222 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: Crats. 223 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 6: I'm gonna steal a line right from the top here 224 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 6: about me Undies, a cut for every butt. I took 225 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 6: a line that I feel like you would enjoy, but 226 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 6: then you stole my thunder with show and tell. What 227 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 6: do you have there. 228 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 4: Besides a huge Baduka dunk. This is my pair of 229 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 4: Meundies that I got. I'm not going to show you 230 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 4: the other pair right now because I got them on, 231 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 4: but it doesn't even feel like you have them on. 232 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 4: Super soft, flexible and yet holding everything together. 233 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 6: I love the twenty different styles, one hundred different colors 234 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 6: and prints, and the micro modal fabric is what you're 235 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 6: talking about. Breathable, stretchy, unbelievably cozy and right now, as 236 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 6: a listener of FT, you can get cozy and spoof 237 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 6: for less with deals up to fifty percent off at 238 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 6: me undies dot com. Slash foul and enter promo code foul. 239 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 6: That's me undies dot Com slash foul. Promo code foul 240 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 6: for up to fifty percent off me Undie's Comfort. That's 241 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 6: made for fall. 242 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 4: Did they sell too soon? I know this is the 243 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 4: you can't you can't question Buster Posey because Buster walks 244 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 4: on water. But that's the reality of the situation. Did 245 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 4: they sell too soon? Could they have used a closer 246 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 4: while Walker's done great? And Duvall was you know, up 247 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 4: and down, good bad? Who knows what you're gonna get? 248 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 4: Did they sell too soon? 249 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 3: I would say no, because they've played better after the 250 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 3: trade deadline. I mean, so how can you argue with 251 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 3: the moves that were made and it you know, Jordan 252 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 3: Hicks hasn't done well in Boston and Kyle Harrison just 253 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 3: got called up the other day, and you look at 254 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 3: you know, the trade for Bhuteaux for Tyler Rodgers, that 255 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 3: straight up was a good trade. Then you get Dude 256 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 3: Gilbert on top of it from the Mets, who's trying 257 00:10:58,600 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 3: to chase the Mets. 258 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, the back of. 259 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 3: The bullpen has been you know, young guys in big 260 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 3: roles and sometimes you know, you look at Duran in Philadelphia. 261 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: That's why I think they're the best team in baseball. 262 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 3: You guys know that the closer that comes in and 263 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 3: it's just one, two, three every time. That's such a 264 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 3: luxury to have, especially in October. But Ryan Walker has 265 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: been better lately. He had he had a hiccup in 266 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: Saint Louis where he had a two to nothing lead 267 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 3: and it was three to two before we could all 268 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 3: blink an eye. 269 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: But he was good the other night. 270 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 3: And like I said, they're just piecing it together right 271 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 3: now at the back end of the bullpen. But as 272 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: far as selling too early, I think you know, the 273 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 3: Dever's trade was way before the trade deadline, and when 274 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 3: you look at that trade and what they gave up 275 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 3: for Raffie Devers, and I know it didn't start out 276 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 3: all great, but you know, baseball players are human. There's 277 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 3: adjustments coming to the West Coast, new team, new fan base. 278 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 3: You still got drama back in Boston. Second team you 279 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 3: play is a Red Sox. You're learning a new position. 280 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 3: It takes time to adjust when you're a new player 281 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 3: in a new city and you've been with one city 282 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 3: your whole career, and all of a sudden, he's been 283 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,319 Speaker 3: contributing big time and he's the Raffie Devers that the 284 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 3: Giants thought they were getting. 285 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 2: That's exactly what I was going to ask you FP. 286 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 2: What has the Dever's effect been in San Francisco, and 287 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 2: I probably think the Red Sox would like to send 288 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 2: Jordan Hicks back to you guys, what's it been like 289 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: Kevin Raffie there. 290 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: It's been great. Man. He's so nice to be around 291 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: every day. He's always got a smile on his face. 292 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 3: It kills me that he gets a bad rap and 293 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 3: that he has gotten a bad rap. And I know, 294 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 3: as players, you know you're supposed to play wherever they 295 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 3: want you, but there's ways to handle that with superstar players. 296 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 3: Right when you got a guy that's the face of 297 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: the franchise and all of a sudden you ambush him, 298 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 3: maybe you take him out to dinner and have a 299 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 3: bottle of wine in a casual setting and tell them, hey, 300 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 3: for us to get to the World series this, we're 301 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 3: thinking about doing this, and then all of a sudden 302 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 3: that things has a different ending. But I'm kind of 303 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 3: glad how it panned out because it's fun to watch 304 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: him play every day. 305 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: He's the only hitter you guys in recent. 306 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 3: Memory that every time he comes up when I'm doing 307 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 3: a game, I think he's going deep, Like his swing 308 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 3: is so violent, and it's just it's unfair expectations. But 309 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 3: we all think it when he comes up that he's 310 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 3: going to hit a tape measure shot. It hasn't happened 311 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 3: recently for him, but man, he's such a threat in 312 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 3: the lineup. But I think he's the first real threat 313 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 3: offensively that the Giants have had since Barry Bonds. 314 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: Maybe, and that could be a bold statement, but yeah. 315 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 3: And he's been a pleasure to be around. The guys 316 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 3: love him. They're joking with him every day. He has 317 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: a fantasy football team and he knows nothing about football. 318 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 3: I mean, he's just he's part of it right now. 319 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 3: And the guys love him. Drew Gilbert talks about him 320 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 3: every single day and what a great teammate he is. 321 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 3: In the times I've been around him, he's just smiling 322 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 3: all the time and he's a fun. 323 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: Guy to be around. 324 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 4: Rarely can you you can trade let alone at the 325 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 4: trade deadline, but in May or June for a superstar 326 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 4: bat And so hats off to br to Buster for 327 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 4: getting RAFFI like that. Rarely can you with thirteen games left, 328 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 4: call up a six, seven, two and forty pound back 329 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 4: to back twenty three home run league seasons. You know, 330 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 4: super prospect. What outside of San Francisco, because San Francisco, 331 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 4: even maybe even all of California knows about Bryce Eldred, 332 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 4: But the Giants calling him up at this point, what 333 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 4: can national fans expect to see besides an Aaron Judge 334 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 4: type of hulking figure in the box. 335 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: From the left side too. 336 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 3: I think you know you know who, like the sneaky 337 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 3: guy that I've left out and all this is Dom Smith. 338 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 3: Like I didn't know Dom Smith was gold Glove quality 339 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 3: at first base, and a lot of people with the 340 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 3: Giants that our broadcast team were like, we feel bad. 341 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: We didn't know he's as good. 342 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 3: And then he gives you a grade at bat he's sitting, 343 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 3: I don't know, around two seventy. He has two strike 344 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 3: adjustments where he chokes up, spreads out, and just puts 345 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 3: the ball in play. He has been one of the 346 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: most valuable players for this team since the Giants got him. 347 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 3: So he stretches for that ball from Chapman the other 348 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 3: night and blows out, and it's going to be like, 349 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 3: I think it's a Grade two Hammy. Don't quote me 350 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 3: on that, but it's gonna be a couple of weeks 351 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 3: and there's only a couple of weeks left in the season, 352 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 3: so you have a deficiency from the left side, and 353 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 3: you know Wilmer's not going to do it every day, 354 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: and you need a left handed bat. And I don't know, 355 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 3: man in a pennant race against the Dodgers coming up 356 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 3: in Dodger Stadium. 357 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: But this kid's supposed to be mature beyond his years. 358 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 3: And I just watched the videos like you guys do 359 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 3: on the Internet of his opposite field home. He's pulled 360 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 3: a pole line to line with just Opo Pop and 361 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 3: he's sitting mammoth tanks. 362 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: In triple A. The one thing he has to like. 363 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: And I'm sure he'll be told this by Bob Melvin 364 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: is like, Hey, this isn't all on you, dude. We 365 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 3: just want you to do your thing. He wants you 366 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 3: to play. But I don't know about the fan base. 367 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 3: The fan base is probably thinking, come on, Bryce, we're 368 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 3: getting the playoffs because of you. And I hope he 369 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 3: doesn't put that kind of pressure on himself. But he's 370 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 3: supposed to be real mature. He's probably gonna dh I 371 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 3: haven't watched him play first base. JT Snow, who's a 372 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 3: good friend of mine has gone down there and worked 373 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 3: with him in Triple A and said he's getting better 374 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 3: at first base. But this was a guy growing up 375 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 3: that just pitched in DH. He never really played a position. 376 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 3: So I would imagine, and I don't know anything, that 377 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 3: the Giants are probably just going to have him DH 378 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 3: against right handers and let him do his thing and 379 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 3: hopefully he doesn't put too much pressure on himself and 380 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 3: just plays baseball. 381 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 5: Effie, what about the dirt? What's going on with the dirt? 382 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 5: And just listen, by the way, just for Alana's we 383 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 5: can I play for the Giants too. 384 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: But Alana's disgusting with me right now with all the 385 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: orangin But I know, I. 386 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 5: Know she hates me now because I have a Giants 387 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 5: babble hit him? Oh good, Well, what's going on with 388 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 5: the dirt at third base? Matt Chavit's calling out the 389 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 5: groundskeeper and he's I mean, does he not know how 390 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 5: to slide? 391 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: Because he keeps getting like these holes in his hand? 392 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 5: What the heck is going on with the dirt over there? 393 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 5: I always thought San Francisco, heck, anywhere in California, the 394 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 5: field was always perfect. 395 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, man, every time he dives, he's got these like 396 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 3: quarter scabs on both hands. The other night he dove 397 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 3: for a ball and he was like patting his pants 398 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 3: with it, AJ and there's blood all over his pants. 399 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 3: And this has happened like six or seven times to 400 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 3: him this year. And it's always at home. And I 401 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 3: don't know anything about being a groundskeeper. It looks like 402 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: one of the better playing surfaces in all of baseball. 403 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 3: But when your third basement's a platinum glover and one 404 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 3: of the best defenders in all of baseball in any position, 405 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 3: and he's I mean, like, I don't want to get 406 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 3: in the middle of any controversy, but you shouldn't. 407 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: You shouldn't cut your hands. 408 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 3: At the big leagues when you dive, right, that's like 409 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,959 Speaker 3: a ball, or maybe even in like Legion ball, when 410 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 3: you're playing on tough fields that I don't know. I 411 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 3: never dove and broke my hands open consistently on dirt. 412 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: And I do some fantasy batting practice. 413 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 3: This is there in the mornings where I say, a 414 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 3: corporational buyout Oracle Park and we put a pitching machine 415 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 3: on the mound and everybody takes batting practice, and you 416 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 3: know the old washed up giants go out there in 417 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 3: the uniforms and we shag with them. 418 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: The field seems sometimes at a little bit hard. 419 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 3: And I know that they've had concerts and they've had 420 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 3: soccer games, but yesterday they poured a bunch more dirt 421 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 3: on there. I guess there's something called conditioner with the 422 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 3: dirt if you see Susan Sluster's article in the chronicle, 423 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 3: And they tried to like put softer dirt on there. 424 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean obviously was frustrated enough to go 425 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 3: public with it. And you know, when a platinum glover speaks, 426 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 3: I think you got to listen right. 427 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 4: Yeah. 428 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 5: By the way, I want you to look at my hands. 429 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 5: See there's no there's nothing but was a handmade scar. 430 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 5: But there's no other holes because I wouldn't fast enough 431 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 5: to dive, so I always had a slight fee first. 432 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 5: So I don't even know how this would where this 433 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 5: would come from. Plus I had never played the infield, 434 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 5: but I don't know, I've never seen I've never heard 435 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 5: of this, And I mean again, I played there was 436 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 5: a long time ago, but I always thought the grounds 437 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 5: were wet and moist and just the way most guys 438 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 5: like it. 439 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, apparently, according to Matt, it's not that way 440 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 3: we used to get those. 441 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: We used to get those in Montreal on the turf, right. 442 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: You go flying for a ball in the gap in 443 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 3: the late and then you get the turf burns on 444 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 3: your hands where it's like blisters and your elbows are scraped, 445 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 3: and then you know everyone's been spitting tobacco juice on 446 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 3: the turf, and you got to worry about staff infection. 447 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: You go on the trainer, which scat. 448 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, yeah, this is out of nowhere. 449 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 3: But I can't swear on this because I was told 450 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 3: not to. But he dove for that ball the other 451 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 3: night and they zoomed in on his face and he said, unffing, 452 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: believable and while he was looking at both of his hands. 453 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,479 Speaker 3: So obviously this frustrated him enough that he felt like, 454 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 3: you know, he need to open up about it. But 455 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 3: there's only like six home games left. 456 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 2: He'll be all right, Well, let's get some shag carpet 457 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 2: out there over my third base. Let me ask you 458 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 2: this before I let you go there. FP is Buster 459 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 2: in the clubhouse a lot? 460 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: Is he? 461 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: Is he more of a president of baseball ops? Or 462 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 2: is he a guy that is not that far removed 463 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: from being behind the plate. 464 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: No, he's there. He goes on road trips. I think 465 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: he's in the dugout for batting practice. 466 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 3: I'm not sure about the clubhouse thing, because you know, 467 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 3: I get there on the lazy bus at four o'clock 468 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 3: with the broadcasters. But he used to call everybody out. 469 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 3: He said, oh, lazy buses here when the four o'clock 470 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 3: bus and players got off it. But that's the broadcaster bus, right. 471 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 3: But you know, I've wrote in with him a couple 472 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 3: of times. He's around man, and I think that's really cool. 473 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 3: And he showed face when the team was playing poorly. 474 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 3: You know, you could just you know, you could just 475 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 3: hide when the team's playing bad. But he's been there, 476 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 3: he's talking to guys. He's really involved. And this isn't 477 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 3: me just kissing Buster Posey's ass. Like the first year 478 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 3: as a as a president of Baseball Operations, he's done 479 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 3: a really good job of just sitting back watching everything unfold, 480 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 3: taking notes, being very humble, asking questions, trying to learn. 481 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 3: And I would think after this year, you know he's 482 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 3: done his homework. But if you come in as a 483 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 3: new president Baseball operations, and you're firing this guy and 484 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 3: DFA and this guy and the music and then this 485 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 3: and you're changing everything now all of a sudden, you know, 486 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 3: that's not good leadership. But the trades that he's done, 487 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 3: signing Raffie Devers, when you talk about, you know, getting 488 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 3: the two guys from the Mets and then the kid 489 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 3: in Triple A, that's supposed to be good. It's arms 490 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 3: parking right now. And the catcher they got for Camilo 491 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: d'aval and Triple A is supposed to be really good too. 492 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 3: So all in all, the way he's handled everything and 493 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 3: the way he's been present when things aren't going well 494 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 3: and not like a front runner will almost say you're 495 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 3: playing well, like here I am. And he's had conversations 496 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 3: with coaches and players, he's involved just the right amount 497 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 3: and he's really learning on the job and learning on 498 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 3: the fly. 499 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: And to me, that's what good leadership is be. 500 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 5: How much weight is he lost? Because I saw him 501 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 5: this year he looks like he never played baseball. I'm like, Buster, 502 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 5: you've lost what happened? He's lost like twenty thirty pounds 503 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 5: from not playing. He looks amazing me. I was like, whoa. 504 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 5: I'm like, is this what being in the front office 505 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 5: does to you? 506 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 4: Sign me up. 507 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 3: No, he was like that before he became president of 508 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 3: Baseball Ops. Him and Barry they're reverse aging. Every time 509 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 3: you see him. They look younger, very skinny too. 510 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 5: Have fun with that. I love Barry. Listen, I love Barry. 511 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 5: So I have no Look look what else I have here? 512 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 5: Just for a lont I have a Barry. I hit 513 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 5: a lot of homers off you in your Dodger's territory. 514 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 3: Hut. 515 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: Dude. 516 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 3: Barry was in the cage the other day and Joe Montana, 517 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 3: Joe Montana was coming to the field, and he's like my. 518 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: All time hero, favorite athlete. 519 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 3: My daughter's name is Summer Joe Santangelo after Joe Montana. 520 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 3: And so I've never met him. I've interviewed him on 521 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 3: cambr before, but I've never met him. So I was like, dude, 522 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 3: I fanboyd so hard. And so I told Barry he 523 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 3: was coming, and Barry called Joe Montana and they were 524 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 3: talking right in front of me about oh, you didn't 525 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 3: tell me you were coming today, blah blah blah, and 526 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 3: then they hung up, and I'm like, that was like 527 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 3: such a power call, Barry Bonds talking to Joe Montana 528 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 3: right in front of me, and then I finally met 529 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 3: him before the game, and I think I blacked out 530 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 3: and said something stupid. 531 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: But it was really cool. 532 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 3: It was really cool to me my hero and my 533 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 3: favorite athlete ever this weekend and he was at the ballpark. 534 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 2: So that is very very cool. Who's your Who's the 535 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: coolest person in your phone? 536 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: FP? 537 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 2: It's obviously not Joe Montana. 538 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 3: I would say Barry probably, I guess. I mean I 539 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 3: could maybe, yeah, maybe a Supreme Court justice. But you know, 540 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 3: when you're in DC, you meet all the politicians and 541 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 3: all that stuff too, So yes, yes. 542 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: So f be good luck. 543 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: It'll be interesting to see if the Giants can make 544 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: this run get into the postseason. We appreciate the information 545 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 2: as much as you're a Giant fan, my friend, I 546 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 2: still like you appreciate it. 547 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: Thank you, guys. Thanks for happing me on. 548 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 3: I'm gonna wear I'm gonna eye black next time, and 549 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 3: I'll be all set. 550 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: It has to be backwards hat. 551 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 2: In order to be on the show, you have to 552 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 2: have the backwards hat. 553 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: All right, I'll see you guys, care Thanks for happing on.