1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to another executive of saff TERR. Thori no longer 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: coming to you as I have in the last two 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: weeks from secret undisclosed locations from parts unknown. Now, as 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: you can see, I am back home and I am 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: ready to talk All Stars All Show. We'll have different 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: things on the All Stars and the selections that were 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: taking place last night and revealed on ESPN. The one 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: thing that stood out to me about the selections, and 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: I wrote about this today, the omission of Fernando Testis 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: Junior from the National League All Star Team. Tatis Junior 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,639 Speaker 1: is one of the best players in the game. He's 12 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: one of the most electric players in the game, and 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: yet he is not on the team. And as I 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: wrote today in The Athletic, I sort of hate it 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: because I want to see him in the game. But 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: I also sort of love it because the players, his 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: own peers, are effectively penalizing him for testing positive last 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: season for performance enhancing drug and receiving an eighty game suspension. 19 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: They are saying, Fernando Tatists Junior, we didn't want you. 20 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: That is a strong statement from the players. It's nothing 21 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: loud or public or quotes or anything like that. But 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: these actions speak louder than any words could speak. So 23 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: what do we make of this? Well, I want to 24 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: point out that again he is clearly deserving. Look at 25 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: these numbers compared to the other National League outfield reserves 26 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: that were elected. Soto, Castianos, and Guriel Junior were the 27 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: others that were elected. Soto clearly the best of the 28 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: group statistically. Not the defender of the Tattists Junior is, 29 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: but his f war is above Tatis Junior. Soto three 30 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: point four, Tatists Junior three point two. Castillanos has a 31 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: higher OPS than Tattis, but is f war because of 32 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: his defense is not nearly as high. It's at one point, 33 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: Gariel Junior ops is not there. F Wour is not there. 34 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: He should be the guy that didn't make the team 35 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: because Fernando Tatis Junior did. Now, this is not the 36 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: media acting as the moral police. No, this is a 37 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: situation where the players are effectively addressing the misconduct of 38 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: one of their own, and make no mistake, it is misconduct. 39 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: I know some fans are saying, oh, Tattists use this 40 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: cream to who's treating an injury? Oh he didn't mean no, no, no, no, no, 41 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: in this day and age, with so much information available 42 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: to the players, there is no excuse for testing positive. 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: If you have a substance that is questionable that you're 44 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: not sure about, you send it to the league. You 45 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: make sure it's okay, it's legal, you check it out. 46 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: When you don't do that, it's on you, simple as that. Now, 47 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: there's one exception to this, in my mind, it's the 48 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: guys who have been suspended for that substance. Dhcmt another 49 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: story entirely. We'll get back to that another time. So 50 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: here's Tatis. He served his penalty. He effectively, in the 51 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: eyes of the league and the eyes of the union, 52 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: is a member of this sport in good standing, just 53 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: like all of the other guys who serve penalties as well. 54 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: The difference here is that the players don't have to 55 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: like what he did. They don't have to elect him 56 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: an All Star, and that is what happened. All right, 57 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: Let's continue the All Star discussion on a more positive note. 58 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: The Atlanta Braves, my goodness, eight All Stars. That's insane. 59 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: It's one fourth of the team here. They are Acuna Junior, 60 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: Bryce Elder, Spencer Stryder, Matt Olsen, Azzi Albi's, Orlando Arcia, 61 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: Austin Riley, and Sean Murphy. Now, each of these players 62 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: is deserving. You can quibble a little bit. Maybe Katel 63 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: Marte should have made it over Albi's, maybe JD. Davis 64 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: should have made it over Austin Riley. But these are quibbles. 65 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: The Braves right now have the best record in the 66 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: major leagues. They have surpassed the race in recent days. 67 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: They are on this incredible run twenty three and three 68 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: run right now, including eight straight wins. The Marlins came 69 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: into Atlanta over the weekend all kind of excited to 70 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: play the Braves because they've played so well this year, 71 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: and the Braves hammered them, just hammered them. So let's 72 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: take a look at the analyse standings before this twenty 73 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: three and three run began and after where we are 74 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: right now, because it's so telling. The Braves through June 75 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: second three and a half game lead over the Mets, 76 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: and the Marlins in eight game lead over the Phillies. Okay, 77 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: this is before their twenty three and three run. Let's 78 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: take a look at the standings right now since the 79 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: twenty three and three run. They are rather different right, 80 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: nine game lead over the Marlins, twelve game lead over 81 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: the Phillies, and this is the Shaker in eighteen and 82 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: a half game lead over the Mets. This is astonishing. 83 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: And what they are doing, the way they are doing this, 84 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: that also is astonishing. You might have noticed the Braves 85 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: in the first inning. It's incredible. Three times in eight 86 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: days they scored five or more runs in the first inning. 87 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: Three times in eight days they did that five spot 88 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: in the first No other team has done it more 89 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: than twice the entire season. And let's look at the 90 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: first inning runs scored this season. Braves at eighty seven, 91 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: that's twenty one more than the next highest team, the Dodgers. 92 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: The Astros are five behind that, then the Diamondbacks and 93 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: Rays really thirty three and thirty four behind the Braves. 94 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: They are a terror in the first inning, mostly because 95 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: Akunya is a terror in the first inning, but all 96 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: of them. It's just been an amazing performance by that team. 97 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: To see what they've done in the National League East, 98 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: a good division, is just really impressive. So hats off 99 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: to the Braves, Hats off to their eight all stars. 100 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: I know to some fans it's going to seem like 101 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: a lot. The Giants got only three, the Mets won 102 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: the Cardinals one. You can go argue this all day long. 103 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: Don't worry, of course, because the All Stars all get 104 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: taken care of in the end, when the guys start 105 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: dropping out and players get added, we'll all be fine. 106 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: But the Raves getting eight, that's quite a statement. Finally, 107 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: I want to discuss in this segment a story that 108 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: I wrote with the athletics Patrick Mooney on Saturday night 109 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: concerned Marcus Stroman and his status, and the story said 110 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: that the Cubs are not inclined to sign Marcus Stroman 111 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: to an extension before the trade deadline. Not before the 112 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: trade deadline. Now, the reasons for this are actually understandable. 113 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: I know some Cubs fans freaked out, here we go again, 114 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: We're gonna lose this guy. But let's face it, the 115 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: Cubs don't know right now whether they're going to be 116 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: buying or selling. They don't know whether they're going to 117 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: remain in contention. They also have a budget for next 118 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: year that they are not really clear on just yet, 119 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: because that budget will hinge on how they finish out 120 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: this season. And the other part of this is Strowman 121 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: probably has about fifteen more starts remaining if he stays healthy. 122 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: Clubs will want to see what he does. They want 123 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: to make sure he stays healthy before signing him. Now, 124 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: the risk, of course, is that he goes free agent 125 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: and he leaves. But Stroman, when I spoke to him 126 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: about this on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field, he was 127 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: understanding of the team's position. This guy's been through it, 128 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: he's been traded at the deadline, he's been a free agent. 129 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: He gets the whole thing, and basically he said, hey, 130 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: I would love the chance to stay here. I would 131 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: love the opportunity to re sign as a free agent 132 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: if I opt out of my ideal, which of course 133 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: he's going to do if he continues this performance. So 134 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: obviously for the Cubs, they need to see where this goes. 135 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: They're not exactly a rip roaring squad right now. They're 136 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: playing better, they're okay, but the fact that they're in 137 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: a weak division is what is saving them as a contender. 138 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: So come late July, they'll see where they are. They'll 139 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: see if it's better to trade Throwman or keep him 140 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: for a Pennant run or at least an NL Central 141 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: title run and it could go either way. If they 142 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: lose him. It's a deep class of free agent pictures. 143 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: The Cubs would be in position to resign Stroman or 144 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: go after any of those other pictures. So it's not 145 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: the end of the world, and it's kind of an 146 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: expected outcome that they're not going to sign him to 147 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: an extension before the deadline. That said, it was still 148 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: newsworthy because that was one possibility here. That's one box 149 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: checked off that's not going to happen. Could they trade him, yes? 150 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: Could they keep him also? Yes. Remember one more thing 151 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: on Stroman. He has already received a qualifying offer as 152 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: a free agent, so he can't get one again. If 153 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: the Cubs lose him, they can't give him a qualifying 154 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: offer and they can't get a draft pick as compensation. 155 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: That is problematic. That is one factor that will come 156 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: into play when they are making their decision on what 157 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: to do with Marcus Stroman. Time now for the Inside Dish. 158 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: This is the segment in which I go inside a 159 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: story I've written, or maybe go back a few years 160 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: to talk about something in my career that I found interesting. 161 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: And I'm going to go back today thirty years. That's right, 162 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: thirty years to my favorite All Star game memory, nineteen 163 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: ninety three, the All Star Game at Camden Yards. Now, 164 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: you guys know I worked a long time in Baltimore. 165 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: I'm a little bit biased toward my Baltimore days. But 166 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: this All Star Game was one of a kind. And 167 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: the reason it was one of a kind is because 168 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: Cito Gaston, the American League manager that year, stacked his 169 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: team with seven Blue Jays. There were three elected starters 170 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: and four more that he named. Now keep in mind, 171 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: the selection process was different then. It wasn't this multi 172 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: tiered thing where the players had to say and then 173 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: the league. It was basically the players got elected and 174 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,559 Speaker 1: the manager named his people. That's what Gueston did. And 175 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: the Orioles at the time were arrival as they are 176 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 1: now of the Blue Jays in the Al East. The 177 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: Blue Jays with the power back then, of course, and 178 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: Baltimore fans, seeing how the game was being played in 179 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 1: their park, were rightly indignant over what I termed in 180 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Sun as the Sito Seven, as if these 181 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: guys were criminals, which they were. So there was quite 182 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: a bit of anger in Baltimore about this, and I, 183 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: as a calumnist for the Baltimore Son, was more than 184 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: happy to stoke the flames, which I did the entire 185 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: week leading up to the game. So then the game 186 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: occurs and Mike Bessina, future Hall of Famer, then a 187 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: young pitcher in the major leagues. It was his second 188 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: All Star appearance. He warms up on his own in 189 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: the eighth and ninth inning. Now the bullpens at Camden 190 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: Yards are fully visible to the entire crowd. The crowd 191 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: saw was happening and they were excited. Oh, Mersina is 192 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: coming into the game. Awesome. Well, Mercina did not get 193 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: into the game, and for the first time in All 194 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: Star history and probably the only time this will ever happen, 195 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: the Whome team was booed off the field. They were 196 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: booed off the field because Cito had stacked the team 197 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: and then he didn't use Messina when Messina was warming up. 198 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: Now it turns out Messina did this all on his own. 199 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: He said he wanted to get his throwing in. To 200 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: this day, I don't know if he was trying to 201 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: poke the bear or not, but he nearly incited a 202 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: riot basically is what he did. So that night, when 203 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: we were all done writing, Dave Perkins of the Toronto 204 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: Star came up to me in the press box and 205 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: he said, I just want you to know I ripped 206 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: your picture tonight. He ripped Messina for show up Psido Gaston. 207 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: And I told Dave, I just want you to know 208 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: I ripped your manager. And we both kind of laughed, 209 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: because you have to serve your constituencies as a commist, 210 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,559 Speaker 1: and we both did just that. Now this wasn't over 211 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: that night. The next day, or maybe it was a 212 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: day after, I can't recall exactly, the Oriols had to 213 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: work out at Camden Yards, and, much to my surprise, 214 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: in surveying the locker room about what happened in the 215 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: All Star Game, some of the players on Messina's own team, 216 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: some of his teammates, were upset with what he did. 217 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: Harold Reynolds, he was then with the Orioles. He was 218 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: not yet my friend. He was a guy I was covering. 219 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: He said about Mike Messina, his teammate, he's a competitor, 220 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: and he's a no at all competitor. The man went 221 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: to Stanford. That explains it right there. Harold said that 222 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: with a smile, but his comment was on the record, 223 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: and it was a pretty strong comment, to say the least. 224 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: Another quote from another oriol, David Sagie, he said of Messina, 225 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,599 Speaker 1: that's a little bit beyond what I thought he was 226 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: capable of. Now, there were mixed reactions in that clubhouse. 227 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: Some of the oils loved what Messina did. Cay ripton 228 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: the night before it actually said I don't think the 229 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: baseball fans here in Baltimore will ever forget this. Kyle 230 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: Ripken said that he was not exactly mister controversial. But 231 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: in the end, Messina tried to apologize to Cito Gaston 232 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: or planned to apologize and eventually did apologize. But at 233 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: one point Cito, who was really upset about what he 234 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: perceived again as Messina is showing him up, he had 235 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: this quote and it was a doozy. The quote was 236 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: by standing up, warming up, essentially, he showed me he's 237 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: a person with little class. Screw him. I just won't 238 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: take him on the All Star team next year. He 239 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: showed very little class as a person. They eventually patched 240 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: things up. I think not sure, but it was the 241 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: most absurd, ridiculous, whole hilarious controversy and really it was 242 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: over nothing. So it's my favorite memory. It's my favorite 243 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: memory because when I was criticizing first Gaston and then Messina, 244 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: or at least not criticizing Mesina, but kind of making 245 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: fun of him for stirring it up like he did. 246 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: I called him Dennis the Menace in print and other things. 247 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: It just was basically something where no one really got hurt. 248 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: It was not a serious issue. That is my favorite memory. 249 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: The nineteen ninety three All Star Game thirty years ago, 250 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: the whole team boot off the field. Doesn't get any 251 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: better than that. Here we go with the dude and 252 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: dork of the week due to the week. I know 253 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: we're sort of beating a dead horse, but this guy 254 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: could be the dude every week, and he was really 255 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: a dude last week. You know who I'm talking about, 256 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: sho hey Otani. Incredible week, incredible month. Let's start with 257 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: the week. Last Tuesday, two home runs and ten strikeouts. 258 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,119 Speaker 1: That was two home runs as a hitter, ten strikeouts 259 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: as a pitcher against the White Sox. Friday night against 260 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks, he hit a home run that went four 261 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety three feet longest in the majors. This season, 262 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: longest of his career. One more thing on Otani. I 263 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: want to show you because it's incredible. His numbers for 264 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: the month of June. This is a month of baseball 265 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: for one player as a pitcher, thirty to third innings, 266 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: three point twenty six e RA, thirty seven strikeouts, obviously 267 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: averaging over a strikeout per inning as a hitter, and 268 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: this is where it really gets crazy. Fifteen homers in 269 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: the month of June, three ninety four, batting average four 270 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: ninety two on base nine to fifty two, slug ops 271 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: of one point four to four to four. That's pretty good. 272 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: So Shoeotani is the dude of the week. I'm interested 273 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: to see what he will do in the All Star Game. 274 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: He's been elected, of course, as a designated hitter and 275 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: as a pitcher by the players, and he has been 276 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: mindful of his workload, especially in recent weeks. He's talked 277 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: about that, the Angels have talked about it. We will 278 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: see him as a hitter in this game. I am 279 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: not convinced we will see him as a pitcher. Remains 280 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: to be seen. Dark of the Week. I'm going to 281 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: give it to Major League Baseball and I'm gonna give 282 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: it to Major League Baseball because of the All Star uniforms. 283 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: Last couple of years, we've seen these team uniforms, American League, 284 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: National League. No longer do the players wear their own 285 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: team's uniforms. And this year's versions they're okay. The American 286 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: League jersey and the National League jersey. I don't get 287 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: offended by them. You see them right there, they're okay. 288 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: And the idea is for the jerseys to reflect the 289 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: area in which the game is being played. So we're 290 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: in Seattle for this year. The ocean, the forest, the topography, 291 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: the movement of the air, it's all reflected in these jerseys. 292 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: All right. That's cool. And they're different kind of material 293 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: from Nike, supposed to promote movement in the player or 294 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: make it easier moisture. I don't know all these things 295 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 1: that's going on with the jersey. All I want to 296 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: know is why can't the players wear their own team's 297 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: jerseys like they used to? What is wrong with that? 298 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: That is cool, And if you want to sell more jerseys, fine, 299 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: and I know some people will buy these All Star jerseys. 300 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,719 Speaker 1: That's great. And again I'm not offended by these jerseys 301 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: at least the design of them. They're fine, but why 302 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: not just put an All Star patch on a player's 303 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: regular jersey? Sell it that way A fan might be 304 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: even more inclined to buy it. Just to me, it 305 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: seems like a better way to go. This is not 306 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: a harsh doork this week, because I'm not that upset 307 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: about it, but man, but the guys wear their own jerseys. 308 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: Not the guys wear the jerseys that they wear all 309 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: the time for their teams. And if we're talking about 310 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: having every team represented, which we do, that's part of 311 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: the All Star thing. Let's represent them. Let them represent 312 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: their teams by wearing their team's jerseys. MLB Dork of 313 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: the Week this week on Fox. I've got the Mariners 314 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: at the Astros looking forward to these because I have 315 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 1: not seen either of these teams in person this season, 316 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: and the Mariners are particularly interesting to me. We've talked 317 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: a lot about the Mets, the Padres, the Cardinals as 318 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: disappointing clubs. The Twins fit into that category. Guess what. 319 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: The Mariners are another team that has not played nearly 320 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: to expectations. Granted, they don't have the payroll or the 321 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: cachet of some of those other clubs, but they are 322 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: a disappointing team and I'm interested to see them. And 323 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 1: then from Houston, I will travel to Seattle for the 324 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: All Star festivities, where we will be next week. All right, now, 325 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: it's time for the fan questions. We've got some good 326 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: ones this week. First off from Andrew Morasco. He asks 327 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: Giants fans writers have given for Anxiety a lot of 328 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: flak for underming in comparison to what he did with 329 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. With the emergence of Patrick Bailey and Casey Schmidt, 330 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: two players drafted under Ziety, is it fair to say 331 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: his plan finally may be coming to fruition. It is 332 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: entirely fair to say that. And those two players that 333 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: you mentioned, Bailey and Schmidt, those were the Giants' first 334 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: two picks in the twenty twenty draft. Anxiety took over 335 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: in November of twenty eighteen, so those guys are his drafts. 336 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: Tristan Beck another rookie reliever. He came in the Mark 337 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: Blanston trade in twenty nineteen. That's another Xiety acquisition. But 338 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: he doesn't just get credit in my mind for those 339 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: guys guys who came in under his watch. There were 340 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: players who were with the Giants before Ziety arrived, and 341 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: they too have developed in a big way and are 342 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: contributing to what the Giants are doing. I'm talking about 343 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: Louis Monto's an international signing. He's the kid they brought 344 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: up to replace Mitch Haniger, Keaton Win a twentieth rounder 345 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen, and Ryan Walker, a thirty first rounder 346 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. The Giants developed these players under Ziety. Yes, 347 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: he deserves credit for what they're doing. He told me 348 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: in spring training he was excited about their young talent, 349 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 1: which by the way, includes a top pitching prospect who 350 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: we have not seen yet, Kyle Harrison. And when he 351 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: told me that, I didn't roll my eyes exactly, but 352 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: that's how gms always talk. Well, he wasn't kidding. Giant 353 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: look good. Next question is from I'll just call him Skyler. 354 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: Skyler asks, outside of health, how do the Reds cement 355 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: themselves as contenders? The bats are alive, the penas solid, 356 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: and Green and Lodolo are coming back to Abbot and Ashcraft. Okay, 357 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: you kind of hit on it right there, Skyler. The 358 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: Reds need more starting pitching. I would say one for sure. Two. 359 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 1: In a perfect world, Green and Lodolo are still out. 360 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: They're gonna be out, probably until August. Abbot at some point, 361 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: I imagine, will reach an innings limit. He has been amazing, brilliant. 362 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: He's been the Elie Dela Cruz of the pitching staff, 363 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 1: or the Matt McClain of the pitching staff, however you 364 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: want to call it, the Spencer Strider of the pitching staff. 365 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: He's been great. But even with Ashcraft seemingly coming around now, 366 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: they are short on starting pitching. They are near the 367 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: bottom of the league in rotation ur which makes the 368 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: run all the more impressive. But I have a hard 369 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: time imagining them sustaining it unless they get veteran rotation help, 370 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: and good luck finding it, because as good as the 371 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: red system is and they are in position to make trades, 372 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 1: and their general manager, Nick Krawl, has said, we are 373 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 1: in financial position as well, the available group of starting 374 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: pitchers just isn't all that great. So it's going to 375 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: be a challenge for Crawl to supplement that rotation. Ooh, 376 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: this is a good one from King. Best performance you've 377 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: seen live. Now we're not talking about concerts, We're talking 378 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: about baseball. Here I can do a whole other segment 379 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: on concerts, but in baseball I've seen some amazing things. Obviously, right, 380 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: I've done this a long time. I've seen three no 381 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: hitters jan Nievis of the Brewers. This was like in 382 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: the seventh game I ever covered in nineteen eighty seven, 383 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: I was overmatched Jdeo Nomo a controversial no hitter with 384 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: John Hirschbeck behind the play at Camden Yards. John's strike 385 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: zone that night was rather expansive about the size of 386 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: the Chesapeake Bay. And then this was a big one 387 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: Roy Halliday in the playoffs at Citizens Bank Park. That 388 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: was one of the great nights of my career. But 389 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: all of that said, the best performance live I've ever 390 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: seen Josh Hamilton four homers and a double at Camden 391 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: Yards in twenty twelve. It was astonishing. It was an 392 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: amazing night, and Josh had all the talent in the world. 393 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: And it's still a shame in my mind that he 394 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: had the issues he did with drugs. Just couldn't get 395 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: out of that. But he was a brilliant player, and 396 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,719 Speaker 1: actually I believe he's a very good person too. He, 397 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: like a lot of people we all know, had problems 398 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: that he just could not overcome. Hopefully he's doing well 399 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: right now. One more Tom's three to ask and this 400 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: is great Ken, I've only got six hundred tweets. I 401 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: don't have time for this, Tom. I am with your brother. 402 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: Twitter is on fire. Who knows where it's going? Now? 403 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: I am I guess verified whatever they still call it. 404 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: I got the blue check mark because of a million followers. 405 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: I'm not bragging. This is just how Elon does it. 406 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to explain so I can view It 407 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: seems six thousand tweets a day, and I'm taking full 408 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: advantage of this, of course, but there are limits on others, 409 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: and who knows where Twitter is going. If it goes away, 410 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: We'll figure out something else to get your information in 411 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: real time and that'll be that. Thanks everyone for your questions. You, 412 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: of course can find us on YouTube subscribe there. You 413 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: can also subscribe to us from a podcast perspective wherever 414 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. We will be coming to you 415 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: next week, not from parts are known, but from the 416 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: site of the All Star Game, Seattle, Washington. Greatly looking 417 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: forward to it. Everyone, have a great week, a great 418 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: fourth of July and we'll talk to you next week. 419 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: Hey FD Live fam. 420 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 2: If you're new to the party. 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