1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: We never asked for the other side in this case, 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: we're not. 3 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 2: It's my show fair territory with Ken Rosendaal and Ken 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: Rosenhaal is going to get what he wants. 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 3: To the inside scoop with that FT senior insider Ken 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 3: Rosenthal kind of know you're coming off the Braves Dodgers series, 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 3: So you wrote a little bit about Mookie Betts and 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 3: how he's doing this year. I feel like we haven't 9 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 3: really talked about him enough, So can you enlighten us 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 3: on some things that you learned from the weekend. 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's interesting with Mooky. People say, well, maybe his. 12 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: Offense was down for a period because he's playing shortstop, 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: putting so much emphasis into that, and he said, no, 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 2: that's not. 15 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: It at all. 16 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: What happened was that when he lost the twenty pounds 17 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: or so with that illness he had back in late March, 18 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: it took him time to kind of get his strength back, 19 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: get his bat speed back, and he was chasing bat speed. 20 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: That's how he put it, chasing bat speed because he's 21 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: below average in that department even with healthy and he 22 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: wanted to get it back up there. And then he 23 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: created some bad habits trying to chase bad speed. 24 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 4: So lately he's. 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: Been really good again, and I expect him to continue 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: to be really good. 27 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:09,639 Speaker 1: He's Mookie Betts. 28 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: And as for shortstop defensively, guys, he has played really well. 29 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: He's rating really well according to the advanced metrics. It's 30 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: still a little early with the sample size to get 31 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: too deep in the woods with that kind of thing. 32 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 2: But he's playing well and that's the main thing right now. 33 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 5: Ken, How was that raind lay on Saturday? That's all 34 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 5: I want to know. How was that raindo lay? That 35 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 5: three hour rain three hour raindo lag? 36 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 6: Again? 37 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: I suggest you tune into Fair Territory on Thursday and 38 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: tune into the dork of the Week segment, because. 39 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 7: I mean the groundskeepers in Atlanta, that's not nice. Ken. 40 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 2: It might be a guy who bragged about being part 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: of a broadcast that was not part. 42 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: Of a rain delay and then had a rain delay. 43 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 5: It was still are three hours and twenty minutes with 44 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 5: a raindowlay, and we were still three hours and twenty 45 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 5: minutes with a fifty seven minute to reindo lay. I said, you, guys, 46 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 5: a picture in my room. I was back at like 47 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 5: jen thirty and you guys were just starting. 48 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: We were like a three hour five minute rain delay 49 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: and then a three hour six minute game is something 50 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: like that, which was a first for me in my career. 51 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: That was interesting. 52 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 5: Wow, good for you, Ken, good good, good for you. 53 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 5: What else are the Dodgers? What else are the Dodgers? 54 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 5: I mentioned this the other day show. Hey, hit his 55 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 5: ninth homer, but at the time he had eight homers 56 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 5: eleven RB eyes where's the rby eyes for show? 57 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 6: Hey? 58 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: Well, I haven't looked at it that closely. It's interesting though. 59 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: He is running again a tenth stolen base last night, 60 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: and people were saying, well, he's gonna pitch this year, 61 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: he won't run. It seems to me that he's going 62 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: to run until. 63 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: He pitches, and we've seen that so far. 64 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 2: I'll tell you one other thing about the Dodgers that's interesting, 65 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 2: and it speaks to lower half. 66 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: Of their lineup. Lower part of their lineup. 67 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 2: Andy Pies has really come on of late, and he's 68 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: a guy who kind of is a natural hitter. Dave 69 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: Roberts calls hitting Page's superpower, and he's a guy who 70 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 2: just kind of needed to get more athletic in the 71 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 2: box stopped thinking so much. Stop being so robotic, so mechanical. 72 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: They basically said, taskar. Hernandez told him this. Dave Roberts 73 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 2: told him this, Just go play man, Just get in there. 74 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 7: React. 75 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: What you do in the cage, that's preparation for the game. 76 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: It doesn't mean you have to carry everything you're doing 77 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 2: into the game from the cage. And it seems to 78 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: have liberated him. And here was a guy who was 79 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 2: a big question at the start of the season, and 80 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 2: now it looks like he might be part of their 81 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: core group, integral to what they do. 82 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 5: Hey, Ken, one more thing on the Dodgers. Are they 83 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 5: going to be able to go college rotation the whole year? 84 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 5: Yamamoto Friday Sazaki Saturday? I know was Glass now on Sunday, 85 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 5: but whoever's I guess it's Dust to May Now Sunday's 86 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 5: his day. Are they going to be able to carry 87 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 5: this through the whole year because every start Yamamoto's had, 88 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 5: Sazaki had and it was Glass now has been Friday Saturday. 89 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 5: So it's like a college rotation. 90 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 2: No, and they don't plan to do that, And in fact, 91 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: the way their schedule shapes up, AJ they're going to 92 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: go I don't know if it's a pure five man, 93 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: but Yamamoto would be pitching on the fifth day his 94 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: next turn. In fact, Dave Roberts on Friday night took 95 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 2: him out an inning earlier than he might have because 96 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: the next start will be on the standard four days rest, 97 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 2: so it's not going to be a college rotation all 98 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: season long. They're going to manipulate it as they always do. 99 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: We know that, but because of the schedule, they've got 100 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: to go to. 101 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:35,239 Speaker 8: A more normal grouping right now, Ken, in a spirit 102 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 8: of this segment, the Inside Scooped, I need you. I 103 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 8: need to get an inside scoop on a subject that's 104 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 8: been talked about a lot lately. So I promise I 105 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 8: won't go too far into this. But you joined Jason 106 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 8: Stark and you know Saras and writing the story about 107 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 8: the strike zone changing and the things they've gone along 108 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 8: with that. What I am fascinated to know is how 109 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 8: did that, how did the strike zone be becoming smaller 110 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 8: come to your attention? How did this story even come about? 111 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 8: Because I'm always bad, and how you guys learn about 112 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 8: this stuff and then decide to pursue that story. 113 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 2: Trevor, I won't give exact names here, but I'll tell 114 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: you the idea of how it came about. So basically, 115 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: Jason was in the clubhouse one day and I won't 116 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: name the team even, but a picture on that team, 117 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 2: prominent picture kind of came up to him and said, hey, 118 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: what is going on with his own And from that 119 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: point Jason discussed that with him and kind of thought, 120 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 2: you know what, this is something we should look into. 121 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 2: It's something we started looking into. And at the athletic 122 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: we have the ability because we have so many writers 123 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: to kind of ask everyone on our staff, all right, 124 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: ask your pictures this, ask your catchers this, ask your 125 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 2: managers this, and that's what we did, and we collected information. 126 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,679 Speaker 2: We have also maybe the best data driven writer in 127 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: the world. 128 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: You know, Sarahs. 129 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 2: So he started looking at the data and confirm that 130 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: what the pictures were telling us was true, that the 131 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 2: zone is different. And then in talking to officials from 132 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 2: Major League Baseball in the Union, we learned that in 133 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 2: the umpire CBA the definition of the buffer zone changed. 134 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: The buffer zone being that area around the zone that's 135 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: actually outside the strike zone, and it was two inches 136 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 2: all the way around. 137 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 4: In the umpire CBA, they changed it to three. 138 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: Quarters of an inch, So basically, Trevor, it was a 139 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 2: step by step process, but it began with the player. Actually, 140 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 2: multiple players coming to us and saying, hey man, this 141 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 2: doesn't seem right. 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I saw 168 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 7: him in San Diego. 169 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 5: He was just hanging out at the beach and hanging 170 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 5: out his home, and you know, he went and saw 171 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 5: the Braves and that was it. 172 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 7: Now he's the hitting coach. Is this one of the 173 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 7: crazier moves in baseball? 174 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: I was surprised, aj very surprised. 175 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 2: Now I know the Boone. I remember him as the 176 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: Boon was doing a podcast. I even was a guest 177 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: on this podcast, I don't know, a couple of months ago, 178 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: and it was pretty entertaining. 179 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 4: He was It was a good podcast. 180 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: But I guess now you can go from doing a 181 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: podcast to becoming a major league hitting coach. Now, certainly 182 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 2: he was a major league hitter in his day, had 183 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 2: a good career, but he has a prior relationship with 184 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 2: Bochie and that seemed to be part of this. And 185 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: maybe they just want someone with his kind of energy 186 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: and his feel for the game. It's interesting to me 187 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: that a guy coming into. 188 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: The game now having been out a few years. 189 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 2: It's a whole different world, as you guys know, with 190 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: the information that coaches have to process and relate to 191 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: their players all of that. But the Rangers, I'm sorry, 192 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: have two other coaches to do that. They have a 193 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: hitting coach justin field, an assistant hitting coach. Perhaps Boone 194 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 2: is just going to be this would be oversimplifying, but 195 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: more of a vibes guy and more of a guy 196 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: just kind of seeing things, working with hitters and doing 197 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: it that way while the other coaches that they have 198 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 2: deal with the analytics and all of that. 199 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 5: He's maybe that's why they did bring him in Ken 200 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 5: is just to not have all the analytics in their 201 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 5: head and just try to be more of a player 202 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 5: and like, go hit. But it might be time for me. 203 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 5: It might be time for me to bring back my 204 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 5: shirt that says I know the boom that he gave 205 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 5: me once he's like, you have to be a friend 206 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 5: of mine. He gave me a shirt that said I 207 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 5: know the boom. 208 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 2: Personally, I'm just happy he's back in the game. We 209 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 2: need more guys with his kinds of personality because he 210 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 2: is a live wire. 211 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's an entertaining SoundBite. And like Ben mentioned, I 212 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 3: mean he's a podcaster, right, and a different kind of podcaster. 213 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 3: I know Casey had a show too, but it's a 214 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 3: little more tempered Brett. Boone will get after it, so 215 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 3: I hope that he gives us some money quotes. He 216 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 3: has fun to cover. What do you think this says 217 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: about the state of the game when we do get 218 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: guys mid season jumping in like this right out of 219 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: black Field. I think Casey's a great comp right, they're 220 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 3: both forms biggers. They were not touching anything in the 221 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 3: coaching world during that time period. They're both doing like 222 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 3: little media stuff and then they just hop right into 223 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 3: the mix of a very serious base all season. 224 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 2: To me, it's surprising because of just what you said. 225 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 2: These guys are not part of the. 226 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: Mix, so to speak. They're not in the game really, Okay. 227 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: See as Aj mentioned was on MLB Network or maybe 228 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 2: a year that mentioned it's Scott. 229 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: He was kind of in the mix to some degree. 230 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: Boone has not really been. 231 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: And again, when you go in now, when you've been 232 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: out a little bit, even if you've been out a year, 233 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 2: things change in a year, more data becomes available, different 234 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: kinds of data becomes available. But again, with teams using 235 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 2: multiple hitting coaches, multiple pitching coaches, there can be room 236 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: for everything. And I believe that's where this is going, 237 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 2: and that's where it's right now. You have a coach 238 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 2: to do, a a coach to do be, a coach 239 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: to do see. They all of course have overlapping duties 240 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: as well, but perhaps there is a place for the 241 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 2: X Big leaguer again who has a great knowledge of 242 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: the game that has been frankly not taken so seriously 243 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 2: enough over the past few years. And in addition to 244 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: the drive line kinds of coaches and the other data 245 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 2: driven kinds of coaches and the unorthodox places that they 246 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 2: come from, we can have the standard type of coach, 247 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 2: or at least the one that used to be more prominent, 248 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 2: and kind of mix it all together. That is what 249 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: would be great to see, and it would reflect a 250 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 2: balance that we have not seen necessarily over the past 251 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 2: several years. And I would like to see that kind 252 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 2: of balance come back into. 253 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 8: The game, speaking of the blending of old school and 254 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 8: nude school ways of playing baseball, and I think that 255 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 8: we are seeing a lot of that blending happening again, 256 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 8: and I think the game is getting healthier for it. 257 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 8: But another guy bringing a little bit of an old 258 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 8: school I guess skill set to the game. 259 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 6: Chandler Simpson. Love watching the guy run. 260 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 8: So what does he mean to the Tampa Bay Rays 261 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 8: Because he doesn't even seem like he's worried about how 262 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 8: hard he's hitting the ball at all. He just wants 263 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 8: it between the lines so that he can show you 264 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 8: how fast is Trevor. 265 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 2: He's meant a lot, and I talked about him at 266 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: length yesterday on Fair Territory. He's one of my favorite 267 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: players now. 268 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: And he's one of my. 269 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: Favorite players because he defies everything that teams are looking 270 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 2: for now. 271 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: Exit velocity. 272 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: No, in his case, exit velocity isn't necessarily a thing 273 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: that you're chasing exit velocity, hitting the ball hard. In 274 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 2: his case, it's better off when he doesn't hit the 275 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: ball hard, when he mishits it, when he's off balance, 276 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: when a soft ground ball. 277 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 4: Can let him use his speed. 278 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 2: He's also a guy that, in addition to this incredible 279 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 2: contact ability and speed, is evolving as an outfielder. He's 280 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,719 Speaker 2: in center field. He's kind of new at the outfield, 281 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 2: but he has incredible speed, and eventually the Rays believe 282 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 2: that his game will catch up to his running ability. 283 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: It's not there quite yet, So to me, it's just 284 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: fascinating to see this player. 285 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: And here's one other point about him. 286 00:12:58,640 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: Fascinating to see a. 287 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 2: Player who, yes, we have war to measure him, wins 288 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 2: above replacement, and we have all the typical measures. But 289 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 2: when you have speed the way Chandler Simpson offers speed, 290 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 2: there is a disruption that takes place. 291 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: In the game that cannot be quantified. 292 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 2: He makes the pitchers nervous, obviously, makes him throw more fastballs. 293 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 2: He makes fielders react more quickly and sometimes haphazardly. 294 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: There are all kinds of. 295 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 2: Things that are going on with him that make him 296 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 2: kind of an intriguing impact player. Now, what does he 297 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 2: need to do offensively. 298 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 4: To be a true impact player? 299 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: The way it was described to me, if he hits 300 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: three hundred with a three fifty on base and a 301 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: three fifty slug that's kind of a low slug, then 302 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: he'll be fine because of all that he offers on 303 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 2: the bases and presumably in the future defensively as well. 304 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 2: I love watching this guy play. I like players who 305 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 2: are different. Luisa Rise is different. This guy is Luisa 306 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 2: Rise with speed and defense. 307 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 5: Ken Carlos. Aaron Gleiman recently wrote an article about Carlos 308 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 5: Karah and his struggles. What's going on there and is 309 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 5: there anything to do with health or is it a 310 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 5: simple Hey, you signed here and we promised you we're 311 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 5: gonna spend a bunch of money and now we're not 312 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 5: doing anything well. 313 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 2: He has been dealing with a risk thing and he 314 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 2: had Planter faciitis the last two years, different feet, so 315 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: health has been part of it. 316 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: Now. 317 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 2: He's not a guy who makes excuses, and he hasn't 318 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 2: made excuses, but for what they're paying him, the production 319 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 2: is simply not where it needs to be, and he 320 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 2: knows this. So the Twins, they're getting Royce Lewis back 321 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 2: or got Lewis back. 322 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: Let's see what they can do when healthy. 323 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: They've had a very disappointing start to the season, been 324 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 2: better of late. They have a really good rotation, some 325 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 2: pieces in the bullpen that you like, but they're in 326 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 2: a tough division. Detroit is better, Cleveland is always good, 327 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 2: and Kansas City is again showing signs that it could 328 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: be a contender. So I'm not quite sure where it's 329 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: going with the twins, but they need Korea to be 330 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: healthy and productive, they need Lewis to be healthy and productive, 331 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: and so far Buxton has been that both healthy and 332 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 2: productive and really good. 333 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 9: Ken. 334 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 3: I know we're a little bit early, so I'm not 335 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 3: going to go too crazy, but eventually we are going 336 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 3: to shift to some trade talk. I'm wondering if you 337 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 3: think that there could be any action over the next 338 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 3: let's call it six weeks or so. We did get 339 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 3: one from what I recall last year in Luisa Rise, 340 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 3: and there are quite a few clear cut teams that 341 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 3: aren't going to be involved. And because there are so 342 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 3: many teams in the wildcard discussion that might make the 343 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 3: playoffs by a game, let's look back at last year 344 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 3: Diamondbacks just missed, Mets and Braves had the madness at 345 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 3: the end of the year. It could be the difference 346 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 3: between a team winning a World Series and not. Do 347 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 3: you think that could maybe push us to get anything 348 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 3: done a little bit early, because I hear the other 349 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 3: side from executives saying, hey, the draft has really messed 350 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 3: us up. Just don't want to focus much until after 351 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 3: the draft, I'm like, damn, then let's move the draft 352 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 3: back to June. 353 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: Well, the draft should be back in June. This is 354 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: an MLB thing that I've never quite understood, and it's 355 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 2: kind of wrecked the lives of people in the front 356 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 2: offices because. 357 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: They have all this going on in July. 358 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 4: Now. 359 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 2: I don't know that MLB much cares about that, and 360 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 2: maybe they shouldn't if it's best for the game in 361 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 2: their minds. I just don't think the draft is getting 362 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 2: that much more attention in July than it did in June. 363 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: That said, can we see early trades. 364 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: Of course, it's possible, but it seems to me that 365 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 2: the deadline is always what drives the bulk of the activity. 366 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 2: And yes, a team like the Marlins acted quickly last 367 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 2: year with the rise. Sandy Alcatra is their big guy 368 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 2: this year, and he's struggling right now. He's struggling to 369 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 2: regain his equilibrium as a pitcher after missing so much 370 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: time coming off to Tommy Johns. So you don't want 371 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: to trade him now. You want him to get some 372 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 2: momentum and go back to being what he was if he. 373 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: Can get to that. So that's going to be a 374 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: while now. 375 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: Yes, you have teams like Chicago White Sox and Colorado 376 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 2: Rockies who are. 377 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: Already out of it. 378 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: I'm not sure they have great pieces to move, impact pieces. 379 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 2: So teams can just wait and see what develops and transpires. 380 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 2: And teams also want to look at them all their 381 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: own particular needs, not just at this time, but looking 382 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 2: ahead as well. 383 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: What they might need now. 384 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: Is entirely different than what they might need in late July. 385 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 2: And why fire the bullet now and trade certain prospects 386 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: that you might want to preserve for a future deal. 387 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 2: So all these things work against it. Scott, It's not 388 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 2: out of the question that a deal could take place 389 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 2: in May or early June or late June. But there's 390 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 2: a reason, or there are multiple reasons why those deals 391 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 2: don't frequently occur. 392 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 5: Ken you mentioned the draft. Why can't we here's a 393 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 5: great idea for you, And I didn't come up with this. 394 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 5: Someone else did way smarter than me. To have the draft. 395 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 5: At the College World Series, right, you have all the best, 396 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 5: supposedly the best eight teams there with the best players. 397 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 5: Then you have all the high school kids fly out 398 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 5: there that are all committed to these schools. So then 399 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 5: these kids get drafted and then we can watch the 400 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 5: college coach try to cry and be like, no, please come, 401 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 5: We'll pay you a million dollars to come to Florida 402 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 5: instead of going for five million in the draft. 403 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 7: Please think of the drama we could have. It'd be 404 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,719 Speaker 7: an awesome show. Plus everybody would be in one location. 405 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: I like the idea of the draft of the College 406 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 2: World Series, not necessarily for the reason of seeing coaches cry, 407 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 2: but it is a logical thing to do. It would 408 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 2: kind of increase interest to the College World Series. 409 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: And the draft in my opinion. 410 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 2: But MLB again seems hung up with the idea that 411 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 2: it's better All Star Week, and they believe that it 412 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 2: is drawing more attention all Star Week. I just don't 413 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 2: see that it's making that much of a difference, that 414 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 2: much of a difference where you needed to push it 415 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 2: back until July when you had it in June. But 416 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 2: people can disagree, and MLB has its reasons, and obviously 417 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 2: they're one of there's the reason. 418 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 7: Here's the reason. 419 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 5: It saves them a year because a lot of the 420 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 5: guys don't get to play that first year because they 421 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 5: pushed the draft back so far. The minor league seasons 422 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 5: are like, oh, just don't play this year and by 423 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 5: the time they sign and all that, the season's over. 424 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 5: Whereas before in June, I signed, so that counted on 425 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:17,959 Speaker 5: a year as a year for me to get to 426 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 5: my Rule five status. They don't want that anymore. It 427 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 5: gives them next year control. 428 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 9: It's simple. 429 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 7: It's a simple reason. 430 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 5: They cut the minor leagues, and therefore they don't want 431 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 5: on as many players and they don't want to have 432 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 5: as many people playing. It's it's a simple equation. It 433 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 5: has nothing to do with popularity. It has to do 434 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 5: with they just don't want to do it. 435 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 2: Guys do play, yeah, but they also change the rules 436 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: where that year doesn't count. 437 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 5: That year doesn't count, and there's a different rules than 438 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 5: what it used to be. Because you could get to 439 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 5: that Rule five you know, had to be protected on 440 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 5: the forty man faster. 441 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 2: All right, aj, I must admit that I'm not fully 442 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 2: well versed on this particular topic. So I'm going to 443 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 2: pass on a comment to your comment. 444 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 5: I went, I'm gonna turned into a debate and on 445 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 5: Saturday debate. 446 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: I don't know Saturday. 447 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 5: I'm gonna play that over and over I want to 448 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 5: hear that, and I'm just gonna play it Saturday every time. 449 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 7: Let's go to Ken. I'm not as smart as Ajay Boom. 450 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 4: I'm gonna leave you with this, Scott, I'm gonna leave 451 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: you with this. 452 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: Tune in to Fair Territory on Thursday. 453 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 2: For the Dork of the Week because we're gonna have 454 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 2: some fun and I'm talking to one of the people 455 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 2: who is a really strong candidate for that. In fact, 456 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 2: he's not even a strong candidate. 457 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: He's the winner. 458 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 7: Wow, first two time winner. 459 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: No, Well, it's named for John Fisher for a reason. 460 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 2: John Fisher won so many times that we at some 461 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 2: point just decided to name it after him. 462 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: But it's pretty rare to win twice. 463 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: And we're gonna show some text messages that will reveal 464 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 2: exactly why you're the dork. 465 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 9: Of the Week. 466 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 3: I truly genuinely as someone who gets to sit next 467 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 3: to our friend so often and be very excited for 468 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 3: Fair Territory. 469 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 9: And my last question, it will be a quick one 470 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 9: for you. 471 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 3: Here on the way out, Ken, how many seconds does 472 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: aj get to talk on Fair Territory? 473 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 9: How much talk time does he get on your show 474 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 9: to be. 475 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 3: Able to oh perfect, Okay, so it'll be a one 476 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 3: sided dork of the week, call out your favorite AJ. 477 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 5: That's what reporters do. They just ambush it and then 478 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 5: they don't give you a chance to rebut it. 479 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: I understand that's exactly what reporters do. You nailed to AJ. 480 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: We never asked for the other side in this case, 481 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: we're not. 482 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 2: It's my show Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal, and Ken 483 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 2: Rosenthal is gonna say what he wants. 484 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 9: It's in the mission statement for Fair Territory. So Ken, 485 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 9: thank you. We look forward to Thursday show. We'll see 486 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 9: you then. Thanks guys, thank you. 487 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, check out Fair Territory on Thursday, coming in hot. 488 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 9: Okay, if you like this show and you're waiting for 489 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 9: that moment, we'll get it. 490 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 3: Also, just because I didn't have time and I wanted 491 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 3: to let those two go at it, I have not 492 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 3: met a single soul or talk to a single fan 493 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 3: that's like, yep, that's the spot for it right there, 494 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 3: Sunday night before the All Star Week begin, I want 495 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 3: to spend a minute here trying to figure out what 496 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 3: Ken's going to bring up on Fair Territory. I genuinely 497 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 3: don't know aj do you have a hint forest, Did 498 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 3: you guys have a little back and forth? 499 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 5: No, So our crew was in Baltimore on Saturday and 500 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 5: his crew was in Atlanta, and so the whole thing is, oh, 501 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 5: you guys are going to get one hundred percent of 502 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 5: the country because we're going to start in raindolay, So 503 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 5: you guys be ready, which was fine. So we do 504 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 5: our show and I'm kind of texting them before the 505 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 5: game there you know, I know all their crew and 506 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 5: all the people behind the scenes and. 507 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 7: Ken and Adam. I mean, who's my buddy. 508 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 5: And I just said to him, I said, enjoy that 509 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 5: rain delay. We got it, Watch and learn kids. And 510 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 5: then about after the first inning, we got a fifty 511 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 5: seven minute raindo lay because I sent that which, by 512 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 5: the way, it came out of nowhere, literally nowhere. 513 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 7: It was clear skies. 514 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 5: And then we see the groundskeeper for Baltimore go to 515 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 5: the umpire and they throw the tarp on it. We're like, 516 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 5: it's not even going to rain. I mean, in thirty 517 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 5: seconds it started monsooning, and fifty two or fifty seven 518 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 5: minutes later, but they started up again and we still finished, right, 519 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 5: we finished, and they were just starting their game in Atlanta. 520 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 5: So then I sent them a picture of me in 521 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 5: my hotel room watching their game as I was laying 522 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 5: in bed. 523 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 9: All right, that's the good stuff. That's the good stuff 524 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 9: right there. 525 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 6: Yeah, I like that. 526 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 5: I won, and I got a picture of them in 527 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 5: the in the elevator at one fifty seven am. They 528 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 5: had just gotten back to the hotel, so that there 529 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 5: was a picture of them in the elevator going up 530 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 5: to their room and that was long since a sleep. 531 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 9: So that's aj side. We'll get Ken side on Thursday. 532 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 3: Ft fan by Now you know, if you're buying, selling, trading, 533 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 3: collecting cards, Arena Club is the spot. We've been talking 534 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 3: about them all season long. But I do want to 535 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 3: focus on the slab pack experience Crats, since you've been 536 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 3: ripping some slab packs digitally and what happens. 537 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 10: I mean, as a kid, you wanted to rip open 538 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 10: the packs. How can they do this digitally? Oh baby, 539 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 10: this is exciting how the graphics come out and everything, 540 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 10: and oh yeah, the card that you pull you can 541 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 10: actually get that John physically, so it's perfect. It's all 542 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 10: in one place and it's a super exciting experience. 543 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 9: Yeah, they send that to you from the vault if 544 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 9: you want it. 545 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 3: But if you look at it and you're like, it's 546 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 3: not the card for me, I want to sell back. 547 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 5: Go for it. 548 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,719 Speaker 3: You can do any of that on Arena Club, and 549 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 3: you can acquire the best value for your money with 550 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 3: those slab packs, transparent checklists, and Arena Club's slab Safe program. 551 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 3: Right now, you can get twenty percent off your first 552 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 3: slab pack or card purchase by going to arenaclub dot 553 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 3: com slash foul and use code foul arenaclub dot com 554 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 3: slash foul, use code foul. 555 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 8: I actually went down in twenty twenty three to Salt 556 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 8: Lake and actually a game in Sacramento too, but in 557 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 8: salt Lake to rehab to get back in shape after 558 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 8: my anxiety sent Okay, I all said. When I got there, 559 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 8: I was told, Hey, here's which system musing. So I 560 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 8: got to pitch three times. I believe I pitched once 561 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 8: with the ABS Challenge or two with the ABS Challenge 562 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 8: system and one just ABS straight up. And one of 563 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 8: the questions I had for my pitching coach was where's 564 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 8: the strike zone? Okay. 565 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 6: Unfortunately he didn't know this was a quote. He said. 566 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 8: The son smaller but I can't tell the pictures exactly 567 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 8: how we just know it is. It seems up and 568 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 8: down have tightened up, but we haven't gotten clear information 569 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 8: on how much it's tightened up. Meaning strike someone got shorter, Okay, 570 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 8: and that's just part of like figuring out how this 571 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 8: thing's going to work. 572 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 6: Okay. 573 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 8: So I was actually then I got to the back 574 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 8: to the big leagues. I was in Detroit and there 575 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 8: was someone who works for the Detroit Tigers, and I'm 576 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 8: so sorry, sir, if you're watching the I cannot remember 577 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 8: your name for the. 578 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 6: Life of me. 579 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 8: By someone who is intimate with the testing process. They 580 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 8: are overseeing it, and I've talked publicly about it a 581 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 8: little bit. He's like, hey, let me give you some 582 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 8: background on him, and I go, what's the biggest difficulty. 583 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 8: It's funny, I'm interviewing this guy, but I'm in uniform 584 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 8: and I'm in the bullpen, and he goes, the biggest 585 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 8: difficulty is just the calibration of it, deciding how we 586 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 8: want the robots to determine what a strike is. 587 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 9: Good stuff. 588 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 3: I like that show. I watch it on Mondays. It's 589 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 3: called May Day. So Trevor, how do you think you 590 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 3: did on your monologue. Is it weird to watch yourself 591 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 3: back when you just get on a. 592 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 9: Roll like that. 593 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 6: I'll be honest, I'll watched every single one. I just 594 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 6: love it. 595 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 8: No, actually I only watched that one because I wanted 596 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 8: to hear how that lab mic sounded. But yeah, that 597 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 8: that was an interesting, really interesting story. And then I 598 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 8: got to, you know, obviously ask Ken about earlier and 599 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 8: I do rates and Barrels with Eno Sarras, So I 600 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 8: was like, we were trying, we were preparing for our 601 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 8: show that we do on Fridays when he's trying to 602 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 8: figure out when that story's going live. So I got 603 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 8: to hear all about this and a lot of things 604 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 8: that I personal conversation I had kind of kind of 605 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 8: linked it all together. So the interesting thing about that 606 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 8: strike zone thing is they're trying to decide whether or 607 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 8: not they want to do a three D zone or 608 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 8: a two D zone or because right now it's like 609 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 8: wherever it crosses the front of the plate, they don't 610 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 8: know if they want to do the back of the plate. 611 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 8: They don't know if they wanted to do like half 612 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 8: the balls a strike as opposed to the just a 613 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 8: little bit of the ball, Like, all of these questions 614 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 8: were things that were constantly going through their mind and 615 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 8: they were testing and that's why it's taken so long 616 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 8: for this thing to get to major leagues. But I 617 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 8: think the change of the strike zone is an indicator 618 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 8: that we're about to get the at least the challenge 619 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 8: situation probably next year, which I think is a good thing. 620 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 8: I'm excited to see how teams use their challenges. I 621 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 8: think it's a new mechanic in a baseball game that 622 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 8: could be that could team some teams are going to 623 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 8: be better at than others, and that that's always something 624 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 8: I'm a fan of. So it was, but it was 625 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 8: fascinating hearing about how that's all kind of played out for. 626 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 3: In game experiences. It is going to change things significantly. 627 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 3: I mean, we had been seeing the pitch clock for 628 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 3: I want to say twelve this year's at this point, 629 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 3: because it hung around for a decade before it was 630 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 3: finally implemented, and I feel like there was some generation 631 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 3: of younger fans that we kind of lost because the 632 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 3: games were getting out of control in terms of the pace, 633 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,640 Speaker 3: not the time, the pace, and for me, aja when 634 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 3: this gets implemented next year year. I think the fan 635 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 3: experience is going to be wild. 636 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 9: You know, if you're. 637 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 3: Age eligible, maybe you throw back a few and and 638 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 3: you're into every single call from the home plate dump 639 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 3: and you get to play along and tell you're a 640 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 3: manager to challenge when you think that they're off the mark. 641 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 3: You also will get humbled if you think that they 642 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 3: should challenge and they do, and then you're wrong. But 643 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 3: I'm pretty excited about it. What do you think? 644 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 9: Do you do you understand the whole three D two 645 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 9: D thing? 646 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 6: For me? 647 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the thing for me is the strike zone 648 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 5: is actually supposed to be three D. Right, if the 649 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 5: ball touches any part of the plate and any part 650 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 5: of the strike zone, it should be a strike. So 651 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 5: if you throw like a big curveball and it might 652 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 5: miss and it might just clip the front of the 653 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 5: plate and it almost bounces on the plate, that can 654 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 5: be called a strike. So it's supposed to be three D. Now, well, 655 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 5: how will they'd figure that out? 656 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 7: I don't know. 657 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 5: The technology is supposed to be way better than that. 658 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 5: But I was at a game in spring training when 659 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 5: we did our Philly show in Philly and Clearwater and 660 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 5: they had it is the first time I saw the ABS, 661 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 5: and there was like three challenges in the first inning, 662 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 5: and every time the guy went like this, the whole 663 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 5: crowd was, oh, he was right, yeah, and they all 664 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 5: cheered because the Phillies guys were and the Empire missed 665 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 5: like three in the first inning, right, but they were. 666 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 5: Everyone's on the edge of their seat. The little graphic 667 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 5: pops up, Philly is challenging the call, here comes the ball, 668 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 5: and then they got it right in the whole crowds like, yeah, 669 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 5: we got one right. It was just something added entertainment 670 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 5: to the game. 671 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 3: Actually, Trevor cebe Buckner with a day like he had 672 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 3: the other day, is going to potentially extend these games 673 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 3: by another ten to fifteen minutes because you get. 674 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 9: To do a heat check. If you're hot and you 675 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 9: know your zone, you can just keep challenging. 676 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 6: Until everyone just a whole game. 677 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 8: And then and then Sebee has to like adjust and 678 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 8: he can't just gaslight ess to say he was right, 679 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 8: Like he's got to prove it. And it's funny. A 680 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 8: j I noticed that as well, that the fans really 681 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 8: loved it. It's like they're watching the hat game like 682 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 8: fifteen times in a game now and that instead of 683 00:29:59,320 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 8: just once. 684 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 6: So they're like, it's two, it's two, and then they 685 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 6: all get excited when they're right. 686 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 8: So if it adds a little bit of like tension, 687 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 8: a little bit of excitement because it is quick, they've 688 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 8: like locked that in. 689 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 6: It's not taking too long. They haven't had that issue. 690 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 8: So that was the first thing they were worried about, 691 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 8: like slowing the game too down, too much. But they're 692 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 8: fast with it, and honestly, the umpires takes a little 693 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 8: pressure off them. And some of the reactions from them 694 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 8: have been pretty funny too, where they're like, despite my 695 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 8: best efforts, I was right, you know, like stuff like that. 696 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 6: I love that too. It added some fun. So I 697 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 6: just don't think there's a real downside to it. 698 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 8: I just think more calls getting right, and the players 699 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 8: have a say, and the managers have a say, and 700 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 8: the fans have something to get excited about and a 701 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 8: little bit of tension built. So I think it's a win, win, win. 702 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 3: And millions of dollars are on the line in a 703 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 3: variety of ways. You're gonna have consistency. That's generally cool. 704 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 3: I like consistency. I mean, this is you know, one 705 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 3: of those topics where I feel like AJ often says, 706 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 3: I can't talk because I didn't play. I'm happy to 707 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 3: stay aside, but on this part, I'm talking from the 708 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 3: fan perspective. 709 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 9: This is freaking awesome. It's going to be great. 710 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 3: Is there a line, sure, five, six, seven challenges something 711 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 3: crazy like that where you're getting way too many of them? Okay, 712 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 3: that might be the line right where there's like so 713 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 3: many borderline calls being checked. But if you only have 714 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 3: a few, you've got to make sure you use them 715 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 3: correctly and get rid of the blatant ones. So if 716 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 3: an UMP's brutal or having a bad game and keeps 717 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 3: missing the zone really badly, then I'm okay with fifteen 718 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 3: challenges in the game because they'll keep reactivating since you're 719 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 3: getting them right. 720 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 9: So anyway, fun topic. 721 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 3: We'll keep an eye on it because I think we 722 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 3: all agree that next year is probably the year where 723 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 3: it's happening.