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Speaker 1: All right, it's another episode of splash Hit post Christmas edition.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have fun today. It's gonna be an end

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Speaker 1: of the year awards show. Since the Giants won all

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Speaker 1: kinds of awards at the winter meeting, Susan and I

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Speaker 1: thought it would be great to do an award show today.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna have fun. But in the meantime, before

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Speaker 1: I bring Susan in, before I introduce it, like I

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Speaker 1: always do, got to take care of some business. You

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Speaker 1: Susan and I both read the comments. You guys have

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Speaker 1: been amazing. You get into your own discussions in the comments.

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Speaker 1: It's really great. So we're glad we're here for you guys.

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Speaker 1: In the off season, we're doing two shows in the

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Speaker 1: off season that we're doing three shows during the season.

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about actual baseball games. And I

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Speaker 1: can't wait for this. I just bs through these. I

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Speaker 1: can't wait to get to the season and break down

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Speaker 1: some games. But we're gonna have fun today, Susan. Susan

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Speaker 1: Slusser joins us, I hope you had a great Christmas.

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Speaker 2: I did a f PM. This should be a real

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Speaker 2: fun one. I've been kind of doing some deep dives

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Speaker 2: back into some old stories, which is fun to kind

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Speaker 2: of talk about awards and big moments and stuff like this.

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Speaker 2: You remember, hey, kind of ultimately a disappointing Giant season,

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Speaker 2: but there was a lot of really fun stuff and

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Speaker 2: obviously the people that were lucky enough to cover every

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Speaker 2: day are super fun and wildly interesting, so that's a

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Speaker 2: good thing. So you and I kicked around different awards

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Speaker 2: to give out, and I thought that one that was

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Speaker 2: really important to give out right from the top because

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Speaker 2: it's really the person we talked about all year is

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Speaker 2: Man of the Year, which for me, hey, look it

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Speaker 2: could be somebody different for UFP, I don't know, but

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Speaker 2: Man of the Year the constant topic of conversation and

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Speaker 2: still obviously going into this office and is buster posey,

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Speaker 2: what's he going to do? How's he going to handle things?

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Speaker 2: And of course he comes out with a massive trade

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Speaker 2: a crazy managerial hire, people thought initially, so, I mean,

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Speaker 2: obviously still be TVD, But who for you is the

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Speaker 2: Giants Man of the Year FP.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think I have to agree with you, and

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Speaker 1: some of these were going to disagree. But you know,

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Speaker 1: I could go a different route and try to be

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Speaker 1: usk my way through this thing, but it's got to

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Speaker 1: be bustered. His first year of President of Baseball Operations

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Speaker 1: and all all that he did, and like I always say,

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Speaker 1: laden foundation for an organization isn't easy. But I thought

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Speaker 1: the way he just kind of like stayed back, observed

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Speaker 1: set the foundation, didn't try to change things all immediately

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Speaker 1: And I think being a great leader is not trying

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Speaker 1: being humble and asking questions. So when you talk about

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Speaker 1: And I think as we see this whole Buster Posey

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Speaker 1: as a president of baseball operations evolve, we're seeing a

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Speaker 1: family concerns are there. Bobby Cox comes to mind. Bobby

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Speaker 1: Buster reminds me a lot of Bobby Cox, a players,

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Speaker 1: I think Buster could be like that eventually, But right now,

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Speaker 1: I'm really enjoying what he's done as a front office guy.

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Speaker 1: And I know people like to be critical, but it's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you. I thought when Buster retired, okay,

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Speaker 2: it did make this very much the year of Buster,

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Speaker 2: right And I think next year the narrative is going

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Speaker 2: to be the Year of Tony Tony Vitello. But this

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Speaker 2: was all about Buster and man, he really was just

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Speaker 2: we always use the word bold, but gosh, he was bold,

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Speaker 2: which shouldn't come as a surprise. He's Buster Posey, He's

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Speaker 2: very confident, he makes good decisions. You're right, he knows

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Speaker 2: what he doesn't know, huge important factor for any leader.

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Speaker 2: And he surrounds himself with really not as good people,

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Speaker 2: of the year basically was Buster Posey despite a disappointing

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Speaker 2: Really an interesting season and he made it an interesting season.

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Speaker 2: So of course you go from that to Team MVP.

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Speaker 2: I have a feeling this is another one we would

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Speaker 2: He got a horse like that who throws as many

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Speaker 2: of the barometer of how the team feels, what the

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Speaker 2: What what are your thoughts there?

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Speaker 1: I'm going Lee corso on you not so fast? My friend. Well,

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Speaker 1: And I can't disagree with Logan because I'm a big

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Speaker 1: He wanted to show the fan base, his teammates as coaches,

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Speaker 1: he was. And in baseball, if you try too hard,

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Speaker 1: early in the season. And I think back to some

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Speaker 1: of my more satisfying seasons, Susan. They weren't the ones

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Speaker 1: no pressure. Like Williadamas, I had a few seasons in

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Speaker 1: On a much bigger scale, you signed a guy like

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Speaker 1: I'm sure were going to talk about William Thomas a

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Speaker 2: a number of categories. This next one, I would say

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Speaker 2: just from the first half to the second half most improved.

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Speaker 2: He was first from the first half to the second

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't go first. And then I used to

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Speaker 1: Like in high school, if you got most improved at

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Speaker 1: I think I threw those trophies right in the garbage

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Speaker 1: All Right, I've got to go postgame rap here good picks.

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Speaker 1: Here's a good pick.

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Speaker 2: That's all you got.

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Speaker 2: I think those are both excellent. You can't go wrong

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Speaker 1: But for selfish reasons, I was doing the game against

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Speaker 1: He's one of the best broadcasters in baseball period, one

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Speaker 1: but that was my favorite moment of the year. And

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Speaker 1: Oh, that's a good one. William Domas is the first

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Speaker 1: It was maddening at times because they'd be playing so

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Speaker 2: And then we look at the record, I guess it

433
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,000
Speaker 2: was sort of even and when it came out in

434
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,639
Speaker 2: the wash, but it felt like there was something with

435
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,440
Speaker 2: the bad stretches that felt a lot longer.

436
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,760
Speaker 1: It wasn't just losing fifteen to sixteen. It was how

437
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,760
Speaker 1: they did it too. Like you could be snake bit

438
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,400
Speaker 1: where you're getting walked off on the road or you're

439
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,640
Speaker 1: losing the last standing at home and it's four to three,

440
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,240
Speaker 1: three to two, and it's just baseball, but when you

441
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 1: don't know the infield fly rule and there's errors everywhere,

442
00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 1: and it was it was really bad baseball. And I

443
00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,480
Speaker 1: think the guys in the clubhouse would admit that. So

444
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,439
Speaker 1: it wasn't oh, they lost fifteen of sixteen, which sucks

445
00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 1: however you cut it, but it's how they were laying

446
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,000
Speaker 1: at the time. And they went from like a really

447
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 1: good streak where they came off a road trip. I

448
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,680
Speaker 1: think they did well in Milwaukee if I'm not mistaken,

449
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,560
Speaker 1: and then they came home and it was just like like,

450
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,600
Speaker 1: how do you just go like that? Like how does

451
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 1: that happen? And how does it happen for so long?

452
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,879
Speaker 1: And I think there's been a lot talked about that,

453
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,679
Speaker 1: So I'll just go that that home streak, whatever it was,

454
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 1: where they just weren't playing well on the corner of

455
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 1: third and King, the one they just pop up out

456
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,240
Speaker 1: of nowhere. This is outstanding. I think I already talked

457
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,720
Speaker 1: about the player of the Year for me, so I'm

458
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,399
Speaker 1: gonna let you go first on this one.

459
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,240
Speaker 2: Oh well, for me, it's kind of I mean there

460
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 2: obviously there are a few. I was going to use

461
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 2: Pat for the other one. I can't use pat in

462
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,080
Speaker 2: the inside. You can't use it for everything. But the

463
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,719
Speaker 2: Jung hu Lee catch between the knees I believe it

464
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 2: was in August against the Rays was crazy. It's sort

465
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,880
Speaker 2: of like exemplified both really good and bad things both

466
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,879
Speaker 2: about the Giant's outfield in general and the Jung Hulee season.

467
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,639
Speaker 2: I mean, he really he does have such a world

468
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 2: of talent and I do not know how that was,

469
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 2: Like it looked like a magic trick. Then the ball

470
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,240
Speaker 2: hits the heel, he runs it down, hits the heel

471
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 2: had it in the glove, looks like, oh no, this

472
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 2: is another bad player for the Giants, rolls down his

473
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 2: arm kind of keeps rolling and somehow he wedges it

474
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,879
Speaker 2: between his knees, and he was so nonchalant after the

475
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,359
Speaker 2: game about it, just sort of yeah, no, you know,

476
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 2: of course this is what happened, and not really a

477
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 2: big deal, like what are you kidding me? But he

478
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 2: had a mixed season in the outfield, and of course

479
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,000
Speaker 2: they had the worst outfield defense in the Major Really

480
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 2: so fun to see a great play, but you go, oh,

481
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,200
Speaker 2: a lot of times that play was not getting made,

482
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 2: those kind of balls off the heels of the glove.

483
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 2: You mentioned a lot of the mental mistakes, but it

484
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 2: was nice to see one go the right way. I

485
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 2: guess if you're a Giants fan, and certainly for Giants players.

486
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'll go with Bailey's walk off for

487
00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,919
Speaker 1: Bailey's walk off home run against the Dodgers, and if

488
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: we're doing player of the year, he didn't say good

489
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: player of the year. When Elliott Rommels threw the ball

490
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,879
Speaker 1: into center field instead of toward the infield forgetting the

491
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: number out, I've never seen that one before. That was

492
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 1: that was not a good throw by Elliot. I'm sure

493
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,480
Speaker 1: he would play.

494
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 2: The year could be bad, Yeah, I mean, honestly for

495
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 2: the outfield, maybe we should pick one of the bad ones.

496
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 1: No, let's not. Let's keep this positive, lets keep it rolling.

497
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: Promotion of the Year is the one I see next

498
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 1: on our list of awards here. The Giants won all

499
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: the awards at the winter meetings, so Susan and I

500
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,360
Speaker 1: are giving awards today. We're having fun with it. Promotion

501
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: of the Year. Susan, you go first on this one.

502
00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 2: Well, that's kind of pretty easy. The guy that we've

503
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,639
Speaker 2: been waiting for all year, Bryce Eldridge, obviously just a

504
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 2: cup of coffee in September after Sacramento season ended. But look,

505
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,959
Speaker 2: there was so much hype, so much written about him,

506
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,359
Speaker 2: and you know he did He doesn't get much Blade time,

507
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 2: you know, doesn't really too much of anything. But it

508
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 2: really said except for this off season, and the Giants, yes,

509
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 2: have not done very much this off season. But I

510
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,239
Speaker 2: can tell you the buzzy is constantly, are they going

511
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 2: to trade Bryce? What could they get for Bryce? Who's

512
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 2: asking on Bryce? And I think some of that is

513
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 2: because there was such a you know, there was so

514
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 2: much emphasis on him in September when he came up.

515
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 2: I mean, he is their name prospect. So fun to

516
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 2: see him come up, even though he didn't do much,

517
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 2: And if he's still with the team, the all of

518
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,639
Speaker 2: spring training will be Is he going to be on

519
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 2: the opening day roster?

520
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,199
Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean that's got to be it. There was

521
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 1: one promotion that I can't even remember where we claim

522
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,080
Speaker 1: some guy off waivers. He played one game in center

523
00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 1: field and then we released I don't even remember who

524
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,120
Speaker 1: that was the far runs.

525
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 2: Yeah it wasn't Daniel Johnson. He actually played a couple

526
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 2: of games.

527
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's got to be Bryce for promotion of the year.

528
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: Nothing to add to that. I can't wait to see

529
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,600
Speaker 1: that guy develop. I got a text from a buddy

530
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 1: last night that said, do you trade Bryce Harper for

531
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: Bryce Elderg. I guess that's what all Giants fans are talking.

532
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 2: About, because you keep talking about it. This came from you.

533
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 2: I think you started your own rumor.

534
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,199
Speaker 1: Mmm, okay, I'll wear that one. I didn't hear that

535
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: anywhere else. I just made that up myself. Right, you're right,

536
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: I will for this podcast sake. I can't give up

537
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: my sources. All right, my sources me, My sources are

538
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: me and my multiple personalities. All right, mister congeniality is

539
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,919
Speaker 1: next time. List. I gotta get out of this one,

540
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:46,200
Speaker 1: mister on the list, Okay, you go first.

541
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 2: This is such a toughy. This is such a toughy.

542
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 2: I got a lot of possibilities for this one. It's

543
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 2: a great clubhouse. Really, everyone's so good to deal with.

544
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 2: Wilmer Flores springs to mind, blue guy, wonderful, easygoing. He's

545
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 2: probably gonna be my top pick there. But you know

546
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 2: who underrated was phenomenal and dealing with a lot, including

547
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,160
Speaker 2: tons of fan criticism. I'm going to go to the coach,

548
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 2: and that's Pat Burrall, who was as delightful, chit chatty, funny, interesting,

549
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,639
Speaker 2: willing to talk, totally accountable all season even as he

550
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 2: was really getting ripped, especially by fans.

551
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,640
Speaker 1: That's a great pick. Yeah, I didn't even think of Pat.

552
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: But Pat was the same guy every day, a lot

553
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,120
Speaker 1: like Willia Domas. He's getting crushed in the newspaper, getting

554
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: crushed by fans, getting crushed on canb are in my

555
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: experience is Susan. I never blamed a hitting coach for anything. Ever,

556
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: Like when you get to that level, you got to

557
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: know how to fix your own swing. You've got position

558
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,399
Speaker 1: players that are your buddies, that that are probably your

559
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,680
Speaker 1: best coaches that can lock you in. And I think

560
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: a lot of us as fans, we go back to

561
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 1: crappy high school coaches we had, or crappy little league

562
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: coaches we had, and we like to blame people. It's

563
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 1: his fault, it's his fault, it's his fault. I was

564
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: in the cage with Pat a lot this year. He

565
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 1: was so nice, Like broadcasters usually don't go into the cage,

566
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: but he would bring me in and say watch this,

567
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 1: what do you think? Ask me questions like it. But

568
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: he'd always be working with these guys. I don't think

569
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,679
Speaker 1: a lot of fans know, like hitting coaches get there

570
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: like eleven and then they leave like an hour after

571
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 1: the game. Pat was a believer in And then I

572
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,919
Speaker 1: will say this full disclosure. Right after the game, he

573
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: was on the bus. He's like, I don't want to

574
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 1: deal with anything right after the game because there's too

575
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 1: much emotion involved. Some players like to say after a

576
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: game and hit, which I always thought was weird, Like

577
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: you just get there early tomorrow, leave it at the ballpark.

578
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: But Pat would get there early and work with these guys. Man,

579
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: he's just a great person. He's going to be in

580
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: the organization, and that's a great job by Buster keeping

581
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: him around, because I've always said I think Pat would

582
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: be a good manager, just because the way he relates

583
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: with people. He knows the game. Maybe the mechanics of hitting.

584
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 1: I mean, he's good at it, but sometimes you know,

585
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: Dusty was a hitting coach, and he was a good

586
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: hitting coach, but he was a Hall of Fame manager.

587
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: That's how Dusty started, and I think Pat could do

588
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: the same thing if he wanted to.

589
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 2: I agree, I'd love to see him get a shot

590
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 2: somewhere in the organization as a manager. I think he

591
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 2: could move up pretty quickly, and I think he'd be

592
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 2: in demand from other teams because he has that sort

593
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 2: of overview of things. But I'm with you on the

594
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 2: hitting coach, I don't I'm not sure in this day

595
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 2: and age, with video and the metrics that necessarily sometimes

596
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 2: the hitting coach is mostly I want to be here

597
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 2: to help you to Winnow this stuff down, to figure

598
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 2: out what's most important to you, and then I will

599
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 2: provide it to you and whatever else. They usually ask

600
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 2: the players to tell them what they need, which is

601
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 2: probably what they should. All these guys they have their

602
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 2: own hitting guys or their dad, their college coach. Like,

603
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 2: they have so many people. There's a lot of noise,

604
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 2: so when one guy is really struggling, it's really hard

605
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 2: to herman. You know, are they listening to somebody else?

606
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 2: Are they listening to too many people? Are they looking

607
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 2: at too many numbers? There's just a lot. Sometimes it's

608
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 2: paralysis by analysis, it seems like when it comes to hitting. So, yeah,

609
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 2: that is not how I envisioned that topic. But I

610
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 2: will say I'm going to go with the same guy.

611
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, here we go in the next topic.

612
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 2: But who won't be back next year? Who will be

613
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 2: the most missed? The two who will be missed? I

614
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 2: think Olie Wall will like all that. Their their own

615
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 2: free agents are all really good dudes. I liked Verlander

616
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 2: a lot. I've actually got a real kick out of

617
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 2: covering Verlander for you. A Hall of Famer and he's

618
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 2: I think he was a really good team guy and

619
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 2: good with the pitch. That's not who I'm picking, obviously,

620
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 2: you guys know, I love Wilmar Floor. So I'm picking

621
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 2: Wilmer Floor. Is the reason I'm doing that is because

622
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 2: I hope very much that Dom Smith Smith is back.

623
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 2: I know the Giants had checked in on him. I

624
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 2: think that's one of those Hey, we have a lot

625
00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 2: of other things that we're working on. We're going to

626
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 2: get back to you later. And I think the Dom

627
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 2: Smith sort of category of player in general, they're pretty

628
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 2: used to We're going to let the teams with a

629
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 2: bigger budgets and content potential contenders make their big moves

630
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 2: and then that's call us when you're ready. So I

631
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 2: wouldn't be stunned if he comes back, but if he's

632
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 2: not back, I would like to revise my answer.

633
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: I'm going with the sub mariner Tyler Rodgers. He signed

634
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: with the Blue Jays. Got a nice little deal there.

635
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: How about you, as this deal good for you? He's

636
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: going to hit bombs in right field there, He's gonna

637
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: have a good year in Atlanta that that ballpark's made

638
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: for him. But yeah, I'm gonna go with Tyler Rodgers.

639
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: There's a lot of talking amongst the fan base about oh,

640
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: we can just sign it back next. That's not how

641
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,560
Speaker 1: it works. Man, you don't go backwards in baseball. That's

642
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: the sentimental we get attached to guys. We like guys. Yeah,

643
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: we'll just come back. I knew he wasn't coming back. Yeah,

644
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: he's a guy that there was a chance that he

645
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 1: would come back. Small maybe none, but it's not going

646
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: to come back. And I'm glad he got paid to

647
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: go play in Canada and I've got I'm really glad

648
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: Yas got paid too. That's yeah, me too.

649
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 2: He does specific things really well, and I do think

650
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 2: that sometimes fans don't necessarily appreciate, like you look, go

651
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 2: look back and yeah, led the team in war a

652
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 2: lot of years, and hands are like, I don't get

653
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 2: why that the Giants are keeping him around. The defensive

654
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 2: excellence in that outfield was just off the charts, and

655
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 2: you know, he did one of the best base runners

656
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 2: I've seen, not not particularly fast, but just a great

657
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 2: But that's when he started making mistakes. At one point

658
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 2: earlier in the season, I was like, oh, this is

659
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 2: this is a weird year.

660
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: So this is one of these we're getting toward the

661
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: end here.

662
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 2: I know, I know we're imagine that we're talking too much.

663
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 2: Here's this one's from you best attempt to grow facial hair.

664
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: If you guys can't figure out which ones are my contributions,

665
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 2: contributions and n fps. He's got like these best atten

666
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 2: to grow facial hair, you go.

667
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: I like Chappie stash where Chappie has a stash at

668
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: third base. Matt Chapman, I know you're not a mussy.

669
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: You get mad when I grow mustache. Matt Chapman or

670
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: Logan Webb's attempt at a mustache was pretty good too,

671
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with those two.

672
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 2: I'm not sure it was. It was great, it also

673
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 2: looked a little strange. I thought that this was potentially

674
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 2: a sarcastic question and a chance for as to kind

675
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 2: of mock guys who are not that all those years

676
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 2: I covered Sunny Gray and Oakland. He tried every year

677
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 2: to grow a mustache and and failed, and it was hilarious.

678
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 2: I'm gonna put Hayden bird Song in that category also

679
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 2: because he really, you know, the guys with the blonde hair,

680
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 2: and especially the younger they are, it seems like a

681
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 2: tough time. So that did kind of make me laugh

682
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 2: a little bit.

683
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: All right, this is when I put this one in

684
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: let's go most likely to win a Tony Award at

685
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: the Giants. Is it Koran Theater. I don't even know theater, Yes, yes,

686
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: the Koran Koran Theater in theater. All right, I listened

687
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: to that band in the eighties. Man Korean Korean. They're awesome.

688
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: All right, you go, you go first.

689
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 2: Well, I've got to again because I just can't ever

690
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 2: pick one. Patrick Bailey with his pitch framing, I'm going

691
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 2: to say, would probably be a very excellent, sort of

692
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,280
Speaker 2: like subtle actor. But if you want to go for drama.

693
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,879
Speaker 2: Having seen Matt Chapman in the midst of a fight

694
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 2: or two over my career, I like Matt Chapman for

695
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:30,479
Speaker 2: the drama for sure.

696
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I will go Logan Web probably win a Tony

697
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: someday at the theater when he's done. So everybody making

698
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: fun of that, you know, he could probably won one.

699
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: And Matt Chapman looks like an actor. I forget. I

700
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: saw something the other night. I'm like, that's Matt Chapman.

701
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: I don't know the guy's name because I suck at names,

702
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: which is not good for a broadcaster. But yeah, there's

703
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: a there is an actor in everybody watching this right now,

704
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: Who is Matt Chapman. They're like twins.

705
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 2: I don't know who you're talking about, but I do

706
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 2: know that when you talk in webs, the obvious is

707
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 2: Jesse Plemons, who potentially could win an oscar this year.

708
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 2: Is absolutely tremendous in Begonia, which I wasn't a huge

709
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 2: fan of overall, but his performance is staggering. I mean,

710
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 2: he's just he's just great. So this is we have

711
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 2: another f pak category. Of course, this is an f

712
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 2: peak category most likely to bite an opponent or I

713
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 2: think you even include a teammate. I don't want to

714
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 2: see anybody by anybody at all. I'm, as you know,

715
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: a big soccer fan. And when louis Liverpool like, please

716
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 2: stop biting people, it's not okay, So that's my little

717
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 2: p s A. No, don't no biting.

718
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 1: Drew Gilbert bit Robbie Ray, So Drew Gilbert, Robbie and

719
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: so Drew Gilbert.

720
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 2: Okay, well that's easy. You just want to save Drew

721
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 2: Gilbert for a lot.

722
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: I haven't really talked about him enough on here. I

723
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: love that guy. All right, what's the next week? This

724
00:35:56,719 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 1: is whoopsie, this is my chance to take a shot

725
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,760
Speaker 1: at Giants fans for letting Dodger fans buy all the tickets.

726
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: But it's been explained to me some friends who are

727
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: season ticket holders, and I don't know if this is

728
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: an excuse, And you guys can go nuts in the

729
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,840
Speaker 1: comments about this, I'm sure you will, But some people

730
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: are able to pay for their season tickets by selling

731
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: these tickets to Dodger fans because they're paying a premium price.

732
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,840
Speaker 1: But that's no excuse. I'm sick of seeing all the

733
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,800
Speaker 1: Dodger blue at Oracle Park for these Dodger Giants games

734
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 1: up terrible boom.

735
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 2: I agree partly because the atmosphere in the ballpark does

736
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 2: wind up being pre fund and I will say the

737
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 2: same in reverse going to Dodger Stadium when the Giants

738
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,320
Speaker 2: are there, that Giants fans come out pretty full force

739
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 2: there and it's it is fun and I've gotten like

740
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 2: sat in the stands in both places during the rivalry

741
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 2: just kind of check it out, and it's like you

742
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 2: get people like it's pretty funny. Both sets of fan

743
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,320
Speaker 2: groups are pretty funny. But I've also got a little

744
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 2: soft spot in my heart for Dodger fans because I

745
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 2: don't know if people remember it all. But on social

746
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 2: media a couple of years ago I had mentioned I

747
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 2: had a really bad experience leaving the ballpark one day

748
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 2: with a a person who sort of accosted me probably

749
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 2: maybe not not quite maybe on a substance or something

750
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 2: or other. It was kind of scary, and a big

751
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 2: group of Dodger fans kind of put me right in

752
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 2: the middle of them and like walk me all the

753
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 2: way to my car, which fact that we were part

754
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:32,720
Speaker 2: parked quite away from you know, this was at Oracle uh,

755
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 2: and people were like, this guy followed us the whole way,

756
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 2: which was several blocks, so it was it was a

757
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:45,240
Speaker 2: little frightening, But that little group of Dodger fans really

758
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 2: took care of me that day, So this spot for

759
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 2: them seem not all bad.

760
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: The best visiting fan base is the Niners fans period.

761
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, best road city you and you and

762
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: I spend a lot of time on the road. We

763
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 2: like to go go out and see some of the

764
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 2: town while we're there. You know, it's easy to say

765
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,720
Speaker 2: New York and Chicago those a Davis and they are

766
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 2: freaking great towns. But for you FP, what are you

767
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 2: gonna say Turlock.

768
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: No, I'm gonna go with the Chicago's my favorite. I

769
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: love New York too. We had a day off in

770
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: New York this year before the Yankees series, so we

771
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,720
Speaker 1: got it at two in the morning, had a full

772
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: day in the Big Apple. I spent a lot of

773
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: time there when I was on the East Coast. I

774
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: love New York, but nothing beats Chicago in the summertime.

775
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: And if you ask, if you did a poll with players,

776
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,439
Speaker 1: I think they have I think Chicago wins every year.

777
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 1: Wrigley Field, Wrigley Field my favorite place. Spread my ashes

778
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: on Wrigley Field when I pass away. That's my favorite

779
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 1: place on the planet. And Chicago, just the run along

780
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: Lake Shore and seeing the volleyball courts and then the

781
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: restaurants and the bars at night, the ballpark, the two

782
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 1: o'clock start on a Friday at wrigley Field, when you're

783
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: done by five and then streets are closed down, nothing

784
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: beats it.

785
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 2: Most underrated, I'm going to say, and we didn't add

786
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 2: this is a category, but I'm just gonna just to

787
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 2: throw out something different. Pittsburgh. Love Pittsburgh. It's a beautiful city. Underrated, beautiful.

788
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 2: The ballpark can't be topped trusted at sensational ballpark, really

789
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 2: fun fans, and there's a nice little restaurants seen downtown.

790
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 2: That's I'm not sure people realize Pittsburgh. It might not

791
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 2: be what you think from I don't know TV and

792
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 2: movies and stuff. It's really it's really changed, really fun.

793
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,720
Speaker 2: So I always love doing that. Here's this is another

794
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: FP question, maybe because like, look at you. Who do

795
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 2: you think is most likely to become a broadcaster? Since

796
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 2: you're a broadcaster.

797
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,360
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh is the most improved city. I slip on the

798
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: cigarette butts there every time I jog, though, and I

799
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: think I might have foot cancer. Let's go. Most likely

800
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: to become a broadcaster Tristan Beck. He came on my

801
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: show in Camby Are once. Oh my god, like if

802
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: he wants to be a broadcaster when he's done, he

803
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,400
Speaker 1: went to Stanford. I think I love about Tristan, Like

804
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:04,280
Speaker 1: he loves baseball whatever. He loves baseball and he's passionate

805
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: about it. And I've gotten to know him over the years.

806
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: But he doesn't need baseball like I needed baseball. I mean,

807
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: there is nothing else. I'm not the most well routed person,

808
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,800
Speaker 1: but he's got that Stanford degree in his back pocket.

809
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,799
Speaker 1: When he came on CAMBYR. He really loved it. He

810
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: did like a whole hour with me in studio at Cambre.

811
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: And I've told him many times if he wants to

812
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: be a Major League broadcaster MLB Network, Giants whatever, when

813
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,800
Speaker 1: he's done, he's the guy like he's got the skills.

814
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 1: He could do it right now if you wanted to.

815
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 2: I absolutely agree. Here's one thing about Tristan Back. I

816
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 2: don't know if I've mentioned it before, but the year

817
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 2: he was out after he had the had to have

818
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 2: the surgery because of the aneism in his arm, he

819
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 2: was the most valuable member of the Giants Community office,

820
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 2: basically the community fund. He volunteered for everything. He was

821
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 2: a ballpark every day. He lives in San Francisco, and

822
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 2: this is a guy who's really invested, not just in

823
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: the team, but in the community. And he talked to

824
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 2: groups of kids, he talked to season ticket holders. He

825
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 2: caught almost every first pitch, which you know guys are

826
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,279
Speaker 2: getting ready for the game, Like that's not always the

827
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 2: duty people want. He's recovering some journey. He's like, I'll

828
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 2: do it. He will do anything, and I did a

829
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 2: story that year on My Favorite Giants promotion that they

830
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,720
Speaker 2: do all year with a sort of the community fund

831
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 2: when the kids who haveac pediacric I can say it

832
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 2: pediatric cancer do the sketches of the players and they

833
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 2: use them on the on the board for when.

834
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: They walk up. Those are the best.

835
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,879
Speaker 2: They're the best. That's my favorite data. And those kids

836
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 2: are such good artists and they're so sweet. So I

837
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 2: went uh and talked to a couple of the kids

838
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 2: when they were drying, and met a few of them

839
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 2: at their homes, and every single kid when I said,

840
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 2: who's your favorite Giants player, said Tristan Beck, because Tristan

841
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 2: Beck had come and spent the day drawing with them.

842
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 2: And I thought, oh, of course, of course. So I mean,

843
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 2: too long an answer for that. So our final one,

844
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 2: we're going to wrap up what projections for next year

845
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 2: team MVP FP and let's see top rookie and win total.

846
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 2: What do you think?

847
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you just springing this on me. MVP

848
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: is going to.

849
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 2: Be raffisk on your feet.

850
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 1: Raffy Dever is gonna be MVP. He't forty because he's

851
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 1: acclimated to his new digs and he knows his new team.

852
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: What was the second one?

853
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 2: I can't rookie top rookie next year, Gilbert Drew.

854
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: Gilbert is going to go off. He is, He's going

855
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 1: to like blossom into under Tony Vaytello as his college coach.

856
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: That could be a weird dynamic though, almost like playing

857
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 1: for your dad. Sometimes that does work, sometimes that doesn't work.

858
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: We'll see how that whole thing works out. And then project.

859
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Speaker 1: I don't project wins, Susan I said ninety four last year,

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Speaker 1: I was way off. So nobody wants to hear my

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Speaker 1: projection for wins.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, I'll just go through mine really fast. Now.

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Speaker 2: The first one's the same divers that's a So that's

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Speaker 2: such an easy one. Acclimated. Rafael Devers, Happy, Rafael Devers

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Speaker 2: full spring training with the team. Fantastic. I think that's

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Speaker 2: a no brainer Rookie of the Year. I think it's

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Speaker 2: going to be Hey, sus Rodriguez, if he comes up,

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Speaker 2: I think the kid will hit. He's learning to catch,

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Speaker 2: but I think he is getting better. I just keep

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Speaker 2: and I know I've mentioned this before when Buster Posey

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Speaker 2: says he particularly has an eye on a young catcher

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Speaker 2: that makes me listen. So I really like the sound

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Speaker 2: of him, and I hate doing win projections too. I'm

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Speaker 2: always off by about three, like probably in the optimistic

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Speaker 2: side for you know what Giants fans or Giants players

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Speaker 2: would want. In my head, I'm saying eighty six, which

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Speaker 2: maybe probably probably eighty three, but that would have gotten

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Speaker 2: them into the postseason this year. So but I do

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Speaker 2: I feel like maybe an eighty five eighty six Winson somewhere.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll make a prediction when the team is set

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Speaker 1: and locked and loaded and the roster is set in

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Speaker 1: scott So how about that. It's hard to guess if

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Speaker 1: you're going to sign players or not before then.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we keep hoping that at some point we're going

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Speaker 2: to have a show where there's some news to talk about,

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Speaker 2: but it feels like it's been a while for news,

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Speaker 2: so fingers crossed.

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Speaker 1: We don't we best attempt to grow facial hair stuff.

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Speaker 1: It's way better, all right, Susan Happy New Year to

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Speaker 1: you and everybody out there. Have a safe New Year's

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Speaker 1: because it's rookie night, so be careful out there. It's

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Speaker 1: definitely amateur night. But have a safe and happy new year.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. To you guys. We'll see you next week.

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Speaker 1: We do two of these a week. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: guys next week. That was a fun show. I had

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Speaker 1: a blast you in that and we went forty four minutes.

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Speaker 1: That's our longest show yet, just yapping away about stupid things.

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Speaker 1: All Right, Susan, take care. Thanks for joining us today.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. To everybody out there, reappreciate you

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Speaker 1: guys watching and listen. Happy New Year's and like I

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Speaker 1: sayd the way out every single time.

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Speaker 3: Swing heart in case you hit it. Send