1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. We're 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: going to get to the World Series Game three coming 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: up tonight in a second, but I want to start 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 1: the show today with the news of the moment, the 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: news that broke last night, first by Jeff Passon of ESPN. 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: The Orioles have a new manager. His name is Craig Albinas. 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: He was the bench coach for the Cleveland Guardians the 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: past two seasons under Steven Vote. Stephen Vote could very 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: well win his second straight Manager of the Year award 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: for what the Guardians did this season. So Craig Albinaz 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: is an interesting hire, and he's a guy who has 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: been kind of in demand in i'd say the last 13 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: two years. He's had some interviews, I believe the interview 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: with the Marlins last year and others. So here's someone 15 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: that was going to get a job this go around. 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: And what's interesting about this for me is how Cleveland 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: is a target for other teams when they're hiring executives, 18 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: when they're hiring managers, and just look at this hiring 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: cycle alone. Albern As to the Orioles Kay Correa, who 20 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: was a coach with Cleveland. He's going to be the 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: Mets new bench coach. He was also in San Francisco 22 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: with albern As before they were in Cleveland. And Matt Foreman, 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: the Guardian's assistant GM, is a finalist for the Rockies 24 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: head of baseball operations job. And it's interesting because with Foreman, 25 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: he is up against Amiel Sawdey from the Arizona Diamondbacks, 26 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: who has been in the game a while. 27 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: He was with the Red Sox prior to. 28 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: The Diamondbacks, and to me, it seems he's much more 29 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: experienced than Foreman. And when I ran that by someone 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: in baseball recently, that person said to me, yeah, but 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: Cleveland is seen as the model mid market team, the 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: team that seems to compete every year and how they 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: do it. That secret sauce is what everyone wants. So 34 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: the Orioles have their man. Still a number of managerial 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: openings to go. We will get to them in due 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: time over the next several weeks. But the World Series 37 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: is still going on. Oh yes, no major announcements during 38 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: the World Series. 39 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: This never happens. That's the rule of baseball, which is 40 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: never followed. 41 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 1: But we have Game three coming up, and this is 42 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: an interesting series. Perhaps more interesting than some people anticipated 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: when we got going here. It's one to one, and 44 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: tonight we've got Max Scherzer against Tyler Glass. Now Max 45 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: Scherzer for the Blue Jays, Tyler Glass now. 46 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: For the Dodgers. 47 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: Bobachet will be in the lineup again for the Blue Jays, 48 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: and Bobachet, you know, before World Series Game one, had 49 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: not played since September sixth, a span of nearly seven weeks. 50 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: He had that spring left knee, and as I reported 51 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: on the broadcast in Game two, after the second inning 52 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: in Game one when he was playing, when he was 53 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: in the lineup, he put on a bulky knee brace. 54 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: He was wearing a sleeve around that knee, but he 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: decided he needed more, he needed bulk, so he did that. 56 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: I assume that's what he's going to wear tonight. Did 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: not play except for a pinch hit appearance in Game two. 58 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: The Jays are trying to take it easy with him 59 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: because of course he's coming off his injury. They don't 60 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: want to play him every day, even with the off 61 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: days in the World Series. But he's back in there tonight. 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: I presume he'll be batting clean up behind Guerrero. He 63 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: is a bat that is huge for them obviously when 64 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: he's healthy, and in talking to the Blue Jays players 65 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: during this series, they've been quite adamant about how he's 66 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: kind of their heart and soul in the lineup. And 67 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: a guy that didn't even get to twenty home runs 68 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: but nearly had one hundred RBIs this year, that's how 69 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: clutch he was. 70 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: He's someone that they value a great deal both. 71 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: In the clubhouse and of course when they're putting the 72 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: lineup together as a manager and coaching staff. So Bobaschet 73 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,839 Speaker 1: back in the lineup. The pitching matchup, it's an interesting one, 74 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: to say the least, because of Max Scherzer, forty one 75 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: years old starting Game three, coming off that brilliant performance 76 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: in Game four of the ALCS that really helped the 77 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: Jays turn this thing around or turn that thing around. 78 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: Max Scherzer is pitching on extended rest, as Shane Bieber 79 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: would have been pitching on extended rest. 80 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: And will in Game four. 81 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 1: Blue Jay's manager John Steiner said they wanted to give 82 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: Bieber an extra day. I don't really believe that's the reason. 83 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: One guy is on ten days rest, one guy's on 84 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: eleven something along those lines. 85 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: They're okay. 86 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: The real motivation here, it seems to me, and from 87 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: what I understand talking to some Blue Jays people, is 88 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: that Shane Bieber has given the Blue Jays an awful 89 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: lot since returning from Tommy John surgery. Remember they traded 90 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: for him while he was completing the final stages of 91 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: his rehabilitation, and he's pitched really well. He's done extremely 92 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: well for them, as well as anyone could have imagined, 93 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: and they simply don't want to push it, and they're 94 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: probably thinking he's got one good game left in him. 95 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: Aj Persinski mentioned this on Foul Territory the other day. 96 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: So if you want Bieber to go all out in 97 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: that one game, game four would be the time to 98 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: do it. Scherzer can start game three, end games if necessary. 99 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: Not that big a deal with Game seven because that's 100 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: ultimately going to be a bullpen game, most likely short 101 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: leashes for everyone, But that seems to be the motivation here. Schurzer, 102 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: of course, has. 103 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: Big game experience, big game experience at Dodger. 104 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: Stadium across North America, and he's coming off at great outing. 105 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: But it seems to me this was as much motivated 106 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: by Bieber as it was by Scherzer. Now shures are 107 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium. This is going to be interesting. Go 108 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: back to twenty twenty one, the NLCS Game six. Scherzer 109 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: had pitched in relief in the Division Series in Game 110 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: five against the Giants. He came back in Game two 111 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: of the NLCS, wasn't particularly good and then told the 112 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: Dodgers his arm wasn't right. 113 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: It was overcooked. 114 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: That was the term he used, overcooked, and the Dodgers 115 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: wound up using Walker Buehler on three days rest in 116 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: Game six against the Braves. Buehler did not really pitch 117 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: all that well as you might expect on three days rest, 118 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: and ultimately the Dodgers lost. 119 00:05:58,839 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 2: The series. 120 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: Has been something of I don't know a villain is 121 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: a right word, but fans are not exactly short memory 122 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: people in Dodger Stadium and in LA in general, and 123 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: they are going to remember that Scherzer did not. 124 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 2: Take the ball. 125 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: Whether he was justified and not up to it physically 126 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: or not, this is a thing. So I do expect 127 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: him to get a chili reception tonight. I also expect 128 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: him not to care one bit. Schurzer is used to 129 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: big game environments. He was telling us the other day 130 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: how on August eighth, I believe it was, he pitched 131 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: in Dodger Stadium against Clayton Kershaw on Kobe Bryant Bobblehead night, 132 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: and he loved the energy, He loved the whole thing. 133 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: So it's going to be an interesting atmosphere. 134 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: Of course, the Dodgers playing their first World Series game 135 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: at home and with Max Scherzer obviously starting for the 136 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: other team. Sure's a amazing postseason history will go through 137 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: it all tonight. I'm sure on the broadcast. He's one 138 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: of the great central characters of our game and Game 139 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: four in the ALCS when he stared down and yelled 140 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: at his manager, that was one of the great shurs 141 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: Or moments and one of the great Blue Jays moments 142 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: of recent memory. Finally, as we discussed World Series Game three, 143 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: the Dodgers are considering a lineup change. It's interesting with 144 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: the Dodgers, how they've become this starting pitching machine, and 145 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: yet with that great lineup o Tani and Freeman and Bets, 146 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: they're not hitting. 147 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: They haven't hit in the postseason. 148 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: They're averaging since the start of the Division Series. Take 149 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: out the wildcard round. Since the start of the division series, 150 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: averaging three point seven runs per game, Otani, Betts, and 151 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: Freeman combined one ninety eight in that span seven sixteen. Ops, 152 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: those guys haven't gotten it done. Now the team is 153 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: still ten and two in that time, or ten and 154 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: two in the postseason, I should say that includes the 155 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: wildcard round. But Dave Roberts is mulling a lineup change 156 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: because Andy Paez is four for forty three in the postseason, 157 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: and while he's a great defender, they're looking for a 158 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: little bit more the bottom of the lineup in front 159 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: of Otani, right, So what can they do if they 160 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: want to put Bajes or Piez on the bench, They 161 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: can go with Kigy Hernandez in centerfield or Alex Call. 162 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: Probably it would be Hernandez, and Hernandez is not as 163 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: gifted as centerfielder as Pies is. He's good out there, 164 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: hasn't played all that much out there this season, neither 165 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: his call for that matter. But they might want to 166 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: get calls on base skills into the lineup and kind 167 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: of redo the bottom. 168 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 2: Of the order that way. 169 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: So that's the decision. Dave Roberts is mulling here. We'll 170 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: see how it all plays out. We'll see what he 171 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: ultimately decides. Here, pies did of a hit in game two. 172 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: I don't know that that swings this one way or 173 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: the other, but they will lose something defensively if he's 174 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: not in there, and maybe the idea would be maybe 175 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: to gain something offensively. 176 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 2: So there you have it. 177 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: That is the preview of game three. Talk about the Orioles. 178 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: We've got much more to come. 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And I'm going to go in a little 205 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: bit of a different direction because of an interview I 206 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: did with Freddie Freeman before Game one of the World 207 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 1: Series in Toronto, and I asked Freddie about being back 208 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: in Canada. He's played, of course for Team Canada. His 209 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: mother and father were born in Canada, and he talked 210 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: about his mother, Rose Murray, who passed away from Melanoba 211 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: when he was only ten years old, and he said 212 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: that when he plays in Canada and people ask him 213 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: about his mom. To him, it's kind of a cool 214 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: thing because it keeps her spirit and it keeps her 215 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: memory alive for him, and it always brings a smile 216 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: to his face. 217 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 2: And then I answer kind of stuck with me. 218 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: And when Stand Up Cancer that moment happened after or 219 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: in the middle of game two, it hit me again, 220 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: and it hit me again that it's really important to 221 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: keep memories alive of certain people, and that's kind of 222 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: what the Stand Up to Cancer moment is about. Also 223 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: about honoring people who are alive and fighting that horrible disease. 224 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 1: And even with certain bow ties, not all of them, 225 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: it's certain bow ties. Part of my thinking and motivation 226 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: is to honor people who are fighting certain things and 227 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: also to honor the memories of those who might have 228 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: passed from a particular disease or condition. So when you 229 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: watch Stand Up to Cancer, you always see the people standing, 230 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: and it's always a poignant moment to see everyone standing 231 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: with their signs, with the names on the signs. The 232 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: players do this, the fans do this, everyone involved in 233 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: the game does it. And as someone who is working 234 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: on the broadcast, I'm always privileged to be able to 235 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: honor people and have my signs shown because I'm part 236 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: of the broadcast. They're going to show me so this 237 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: week or this stand up to cancer. I had four names. 238 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 1: You can see them right there. Jim Hennerman, David Calvert, 239 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: Scott Miller, and Chris Obert. And Jim Hennerman and Scott 240 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: Miller are two former baseball writers who recently passed. And 241 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: Jim is a guy that he was my predecessor at 242 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Evening Son, actually my predecessor on the beat 243 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: when I joined the Son Evening Son in nineteen eighty seven. 244 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: They kind of took Jim, who was an older guy 245 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: at that time, not that much older, but older than me, 246 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: and they pushed him aside and made him sort of 247 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: what we would call now a national baseball writer, but 248 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: it really was more a second Orioles writer, and that 249 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: was a difficult thing to accept for Jim. I'm sure 250 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: this young guy coming in I was twenty four at 251 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: the time, I was clueless, excuse me. But he did 252 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,839 Speaker 1: it with such grace and he was a class act 253 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: all the way and also a really good writer in 254 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: his own right. Scott Miller, a lot of you guys 255 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: know who he is or was. He was a brilliant 256 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: baseball writer. His work appeared in New York Times, CBS 257 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: Sports Line, many other publications. Right before he passed, he 258 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: published a book on managers, which is brilliant. And Scott 259 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: is someone we all miss. David Calvert. David Calvert is 260 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: a friend of my editor at The Athletic, our main 261 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: baseball editor, Mark Carrigg, and Mark asked me to include 262 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: his name on one of my cards because David is 263 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: going through it right now. He's fighting an aggressive form 264 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: of leukemia. He is a guy who is the tripa, 265 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: a photographer for the Reno Aces that's the Diamondbacks top affiliate, 266 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: and someone who his friends speak so highly of and 267 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 1: loved dearly. And then finally, Chris Over. Chris Over is 268 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: a member of the Fox Sports family. He's a guy 269 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: who's been on our crew for many, many years. He 270 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: first had a brain tumor in twenty twelve. He's been 271 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: dealing with stuff ever since, and he's someone that we 272 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: all at Fox thinks so highly of and love. So 273 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: these are four names. Two have passed and two are 274 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: still with us that I chose to honor. And everyone 275 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: in that stadium had their own names, of course, had 276 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: their own people that they were doing trying to do 277 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: justice too and hopefully keep their names alive, and with 278 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: certain bow ties, not all of them, as I said, 279 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: certain bow ties, it's kind of the same idea. And 280 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: the bow tie for Game one of the World Series 281 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: was for the ALS Association, and ALS is of course 282 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: a horrible disease. It's something a lot of people are 283 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: dealing with, and a lot of people who have been 284 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: part of baseball have. 285 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 2: Dealt with in recent years. 286 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: You see the names there, Jim Caple, former baseball writer, 287 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: most recently of ESPN he passed away from ALS. Matt Kirkchin, 288 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: Tim's older brother, Tim's idol, great guy, Jim Poole, former 289 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: major league pitcher, a guy covered with the Baltimore Orioles. 290 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: And Chris Snow, former baseball writer for the Boston Globe 291 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: who went on to become the asistant general manager of 292 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: the Calgary Flames. So they're all fantastic people in their 293 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: own right, and all of them passed from ALS. And 294 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: of course one of our own right now, Sarah Langs, 295 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: is fighting ALS and doing it with such dignity and grace. 296 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 2: It's amazing. She's still at these games. She was at the. 297 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: World Series in Toronto, She's going to be here in 298 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: la And not only is she at the games, she 299 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: is working as she has always worked, giving us these 300 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: amazing statistical nuggets that are just something that enhanced the 301 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: game for all of us. They are just amazing kinds 302 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: of things that she comes up with, and she does 303 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: it every day, even while fighting this horrible disease. So 304 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: the point of this all is that certain people, you 305 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: want to keep their names alive, you want to keep 306 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: their memories alive if they've passed, and you want to 307 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: honor them if they're still with us. 308 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 2: And listen, we all. 309 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: Care about the games, right, We all love talking about 310 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: the games and discussing them and debating them and arguing 311 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: about out them. But and you hear this, and it's 312 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: a cliche, there are times when we lose perspective. And 313 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: it kind of hit me when Freddy said what he 314 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: did about his mom. It hit me in the stand 315 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: up to cancer moment, And it hits me when I 316 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: wear certain bow ties that hey, man, yeah, the games 317 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: are important. The work that I try to do is important. 318 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: The work that everyone is doing around the World Series 319 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: is important. But the stuff what we're talking about right now, 320 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: far more important and far more necessary to keep talking 321 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: about and keep thinking about as we go forward. You know, 322 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: one purpose of the Stand Up to Cancer thing is 323 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: obviously to raise money, and one purpose of the bow 324 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: ties is to raise both money and awareness for certain organizations. 325 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: Stand Up to Cancer was the one I wore for 326 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: Game two. 327 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 2: I've always thought with the bow ties. 328 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: Listen, people aren't buying those bow ties for the most part. 329 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: Maybe they're giving to the charitable organizations. I almost always 330 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: include a link where you can look up the organization 331 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: and of course donate. 332 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 2: But I've always. 333 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: Thought that the main thing here is raising awareness, raising 334 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: awareness of these different charities and doing all the things 335 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: that you can do within the context the small context 336 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: of what I'm doing to help along what's going on 337 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: with those particular organizations. 338 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 2: So again, it's awareness. 339 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: It's the thing that has always motivated me with it 340 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: since the time I started wearing the bow ties and 341 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, twenty ten or whatever it was, and 342 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: it's a thing that is a huge motivator today. So 343 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: with that, I want to talk about tonight's bow tie, 344 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: which is fitting in this conversation. Fitting for all of 345 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: what I am discussing right here. It is a bow 346 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: tie for the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson's. Now, of course, 347 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: that the World Series returns to Dodger Stadium, Kirk Gibson's 348 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: on everyone's mind. Kirk Gibson hit the amazing home run 349 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: in Game one of the nineteen eighty eight World Series. 350 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: I was lucky enough to be there off Dennis Eckerslee. 351 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: It's one of the great moments in baseball history, certainly 352 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: one of the most memorable moments for people of a 353 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: certain age, and something that always brings a smile to 354 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: your face. The Vin Scully call Gibbey's trip around the 355 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: bases all of it well. For ten years now, Kirk 356 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: Gibson has been fighting a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. And 357 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: he is a guy that, as a player, was one 358 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: of the strongest individuals you could imagine, one of the 359 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: fiercest competitors you can imagine. 360 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 2: And here he is. 361 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: He's dealing with Parkinson's and he's dealing it with it 362 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: in the same way that he. 363 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 2: Was as a player. 364 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: And there's a story by Cody staven Hagen that we 365 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: had up last week about how he opened a thirty 366 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,199 Speaker 1: two thousand square foot Kirk Gibson Center for Parkinson's in 367 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: Farmington Hills, Michigan. And at that center there are classes 368 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: that help those suffering with Parkinson's with cognitive therapy and 369 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: physical therapy, and Kirk Gibson's the driving behind all this, 370 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: and through donations and fundraising, what they've done is they've 371 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: enabled these classes to be free for all those suffering 372 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: with Parkinson's who want to come and take advantage of 373 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: those facilities and those classes that they have available. So 374 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: the Kirkibson Foundation is a great one and it's one 375 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: that I honor to wear it tonight. And again, Gibbey, 376 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: we want to honor you with this and we want 377 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: people to know what you're doing. And it's the same 378 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: with all those people who have passed, and it's the 379 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: same with all those people who are still dealing with 380 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: whatever they're dealing with. As Freddie said, let's keep their 381 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: spirit alive. Let's keep in appropriate cases, their memories alive. 382 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: That really is something that even in these most competitive 383 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: games of the year, it's kind of foremost in my mind. 384 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: We'll be back back with Grill and Ken. 385 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 3: This episode is brought to you by Square. 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Here comes the first question. 414 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: It is from Richard Procter, who asked, do you think 415 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: that there will be any movement on the CBA this offseason? 416 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: As a result of the impending workstoppage? Do you foresee 417 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: fewer long term extensions and long term free agent signings? Okay, 418 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: two separate questions. Do I expect movement on the CBA 419 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: this off season? The answer to that is no, because 420 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: we're still too far away from the expiration of the 421 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: current deal, which. 422 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 2: Is December one, twenty twenty six. 423 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: Like everything else in baseball, like everything else in life, 424 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: deadlines are what motivate people to act. 425 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 2: And even though it would make. 426 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: A lot of sense to get this out of the 427 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: way this offseason, I just don't expect serious movement until 428 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: the following off season, when obviously the deadline of December 429 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: first will be staring. 430 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 2: Everyone in the face. 431 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: Now, how it will affect the free agent market and 432 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: extension markets, that's a good question. 433 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 2: I don't know the answer to that. 434 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: If I'm running a team not terribly concerned about the 435 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: possibility of missing time in twenty twenty seven, even though 436 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: at this moment that possibility appears very real. If I 437 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: were running a team owning a team, because this is 438 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: not going to be the President of Baseball Operations choice, 439 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: I would run the team as I see fit, and 440 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: run the team as if this is not even happening, 441 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: because one we're not sure we're going to miss time. 442 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: In fact, I have a hard time believing still, for 443 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: all the saber rattling going on right now, I have 444 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: a hard time believing, with this sport as successful as 445 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: it is right now, that we're going to have a 446 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: situation where the owners are willing to shut down the sport, 447 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 1: lose money, lose games, and damage the reputation of the 448 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: industry among sports fans. Have a really hard time believing. 449 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: That didn't happen last time, hasn't happened since nineteen ninety five. Now, 450 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: the motivations here are perhaps even stronger, and the strongest 451 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: they've been since ninety five. But again, this is a 452 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: game of chicken, and I don't believe either side is 453 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: going to be willing. It's the owners actually who make 454 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: the call here. I don't believe the owners will be 455 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: willing to go through with this. I'm still not convinced. 456 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: So I would sign players to free agent contracts. I 457 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: would sign them for long term extensions. 458 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: Easy for me to say. I'm not the one spending 459 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: the money. 460 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: I know, but I just don't see why it would 461 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: necessarily disrupt things to that degree. Now we've seen it 462 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 1: already happen. The Angels only gave Kirk Zuzuki a one 463 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: year contract as the new manager, it seems, because they 464 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: want to keep their options open entering a potential lockout situation. 465 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: That's the Angels. I don't necessarily believe it's going to 466 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,719 Speaker 1: be every team all right now. Next question, this one 467 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: comes from foul Territory. What has surprised you about this 468 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: World Series so far? That's a good question. I would 469 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: say the Dodgers' offense has surprised me, and Otani not 470 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: being this major force has surprised me. Otani's had that 471 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: one great game, the clincher in the NLCS, but he 472 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: hasn't done all that much else. The Home Running Game 473 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: one was kind of in garbage time, so I'm not 474 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: sure I really count that. I would say that is 475 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: what has surprised me most, that the Dodgers' offense has 476 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: not been all that potent. All Right, one more question 477 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: before we go, Let's see what we have. This one 478 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: comes from Jim Huerta, who asked, do you believe John 479 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: John Stanton will actually let Seattle spend this offseason? Well, 480 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: the way I would answer that is past performance is 481 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: an indicator of future performance. 482 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: Right, I'll believe it when I see it. They've been 483 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 2: a little bit more aggressive Seattle in at least in the. 484 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: Deadline this year when they took on Ajohano Suarez and 485 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: Josh Naylor. But it's not like they're going out and 486 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: spending like reckless sailors. So I don't necessarily believe they're 487 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: going to spend big. I think they will spend and 488 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: try to keep it going forward. Do I expect them 489 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: to be a major player in free agency? 490 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 2: No? I don't. 491 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: They never have been, so let's see what happens. I 492 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: shouldn't say never. They've done some things. Adrian Beltre was one, 493 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: but in general, well, Sattle Mariners have not been that 494 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: big a spender. All Right, I want to Thank you 495 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: everyone for watching, for listening. We will be back Friday 496 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: with Alana Rizzo. I will probably still be either at 497 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 1: the World Series recovering from the World Series. 498 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: But a Lota will be there. Maybe I'll be joining. 499 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 2: I don't even know, and we'll see what happens. 500 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: Then have a great week everyone, enjoy the rest of 501 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: the World Series. 502 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 5: It's the best time of year to be a sports fan. Football, baseball, basketball, 503 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 5: and hockey are all on the slate today. To celebrate, 504 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 5: we're giving you not one, but two parlay boost tokens 505 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 5: to enjoy on any sport. 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