1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Tom mccarthney. Welcome to the Philly Show. 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, Phillies win on opening Day, All is right 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 2: in the world. They beat the Rangers five to three. 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 2: Beautiful Thursday afternoon. Guys at Citizens Bank Park. Did he 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: get the juices flowing? Just walk into the ballpark. We're 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: going to talk Christopher Sanchez. Of course in a bit 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: Alec Bohom justin Crawford, everything that happened on opening day. 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: But you guys had. 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 2: To have had fun being back at the yard yesterday. 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 3: Great day. It's hard to believe that weather was March, 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 3: but we'll take it. And the home team throws a 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 3: five up there, five spot. I have to admit I 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 3: was thinking a little bit about twenty three when they 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 3: led the Texas Rangers five nothing on opening day and 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 3: ended up squandering it. But they locked this one down. 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 3: A little shaky at the end, but Christopher Sanchez on 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 3: a couple of long balls. Fans were great, environment was great, 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 3: the atmosphere was great. Can't wait to keep it going 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: and see what this how this thing unfolds A. 20 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: Great day across the board. 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,639 Speaker 4: As you guys said, Christopher Sanchez was just spectacular showing 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 4: why he is an MVP candidate, one of the best 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 4: pitchers in baseball. 24 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: Super fired up. I think he punched. 25 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 4: Out the last three guys and just walked off the mound, 26 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 4: just pumped. I was happened to be sitting with my 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 4: daughters at that time in the stands when he finished 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 4: off that last hitter man and he was fired up. 29 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: The fans are into it great, he was. 30 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: You know, opening days. We were joking around on Thursday's show, 31 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: a season preview show is a day for overreaction. But 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber kind of after the game kind of tried 33 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: to put things in perspective a little bit, and I 34 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: just wanted to get your thoughts on this here. He 35 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: said that quote after the game was, I really do 36 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: believe that we've got a pretty complete team here. And 37 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: obviously there's going to be a course of one hundred 38 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: sixty two that we're going to have to navigate. 39 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 5: The will be ups and downs. 40 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: You're not going to go one hundred and sixty to 41 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: sixty one hundred sixty two and zero. 42 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 5: But we all have the right mindsets here. 43 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: And I think yesterday kind of for me anyway, kind 44 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: of showed what the Phillies believe and kind of show 45 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 2: what other people around baseball believe is that, you know, 46 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 2: you look at these pieces and there's no reason to 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: think they should not be there in some way, shape 48 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: or form in October. 49 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 5: Not saying they're going to win. 50 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: The World Series, but they have as good a chance 51 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: as anybody. Yesterday to me offered a little bit of 52 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: a reminder of that. 53 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. I think we talk a lot about and rightfully 54 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 3: so you have to give a complete accounting of the 55 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: whole team. But I think we talk a lot about 56 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 3: the collective age of the core and the star talent 57 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 3: all getting into their mid thirties and the time is now, 58 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 3: and high mileage team and whatnot. But then you look 59 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 3: at two young studs Sanchez twenty nine, Lozardo twenty eight, 60 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 3: two ascending talents in that starring rotation could really make 61 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: this team very, very dangerous. 62 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, and if you add Painter to that mix, and 63 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 4: we don't know what we're gonna get out of Painter 64 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 4: during the course of one hundred and sixty two games 65 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 4: or you know, twenty. 66 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 6: Five starts, whatever he does, but if they get some 67 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 6: quality out of him, boy, that's three guys that are 68 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 6: very young who have a chance to be good for 69 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 6: a while and keep that window wide open. 70 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely, So let's you know, let's let's jump right into 71 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: to Christopher Sanchez. What a game by him, So he 72 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: gets the gets the opening day start, first opening day 73 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 2: start of his career, six scoreless innings, ten strikeouts, no walks. 74 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: A couple things about this, So here's here's a little 75 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: tweet from Paul Casella, my colleague, Paul Casella, Christopher Sanchez 76 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: just the sixth pitcher ever to have ten strikeouts, no walks, 77 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: six scoreless innings on opening day. The others, it's a 78 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: group there that includes Mackenzie Gore last year versus the Phillies, 79 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: Carlos Martinez, Jared Weaver, Chris Short, Philly's lefty Chris Short 80 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: in nineteen sixty eight, and then Bob Gibson in nineteen 81 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: sixty seven. So pretty pretty cool, and he was just 82 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: absolutely fantastic. And then I want to I want to 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: show you guys this quote. Year after the game, Jake Berger, 84 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: Rangers first baseman, said, I think your favorite player, Jim's favorite. 85 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 5: Jim loves a burger. 86 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: I think we saw why he was a runner up 87 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: in Cy Young last year. This changeup has the same 88 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: shape and tightness to the ball as a sinker. He 89 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: gets guys off balance really easy with that. Obviously he's 90 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 2: an ace. And then Jake Berger says he's a bona 91 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 2: fide superstar in the game, and he looked every bit 92 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: like a superstar. 93 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 7: That's a guy who got a couple of knocks off 94 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 7: of him too, right, That's why he was like, that's 95 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 7: why he said I had the superstar. 96 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 3: But you know what amazes when this guy first came here. 97 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 3: He's kind of a rock thrower. You look at some 98 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: of his walk totals in the minor leagues, some seasons 99 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 3: with some high walk totals. He doesn't walk anybody anymore. 100 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 3: Like his last seven starts, going back to the last season, Uh, 101 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 3: he's got four of them zero walks, including yesterday, and 102 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 3: he's throwing that hard with a dizzying change up. He 103 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 3: was like two pitches yesterday, fastball overpowering change up. Fabulous. 104 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 3: The guy has just gotten better and better and better. 105 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: And I mean his delivery is so sound and I 106 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 3: think that's where the strikes come from. And he's got it. 107 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 3: What remember everybody was when Curtis they traded him for 108 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: Curtis Meat the minor league deal and then Curtis Mead 109 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 3: got to the big leagues in a hurry. 110 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 5: Right, and he was a huge prospect. 111 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 3: He was big hitting prospects from Australia and he got 112 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 3: to the big leagues quick. And he's like, ah, you know, 113 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 3: Curtis meets in the big leagues and we got this 114 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: guy who can't throw strikes. Takes time to judge a trade, 115 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 3: takes time to judge of trade, and it takes a 116 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 3: little bit of time on the development curve. And he's 117 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 3: obviously got some really good mentorship from the people in 118 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 3: the Phillies organization who've helped turn him into what he is. 119 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: And he's very dedicated himself as a student of the craft, 120 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 3: and he's an incredibly hard worker. And I think the 121 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 3: best could still be yet to come. It has to be. 122 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 3: I mean they believe it is because he just gave 123 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 3: him that big contract. Reworking, restructuring or whatever you want 124 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: to call it. But fun to watch. 125 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: Just a couple of things about Christopher Sanchez, so we 126 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 4: always know, we know that he pitches extremely well at 127 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 4: home eighteen and eight in his career fifty eight games, 128 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 4: forty forty nine games started. 129 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: He's got a two point seventy. 130 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 4: Five ERA opponent's batting averages two twenty two, and he's 131 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 4: got an ops of six h three against. 132 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: I mean, it's really dominant. 133 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 4: The other thing that I that I will say about 134 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 4: him is that, you know, they changed all of the 135 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: heights on every player. So when he's first signed with 136 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 4: Tampa Bay, he's probably around six feet six one, and 137 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 4: so he had that height on him. Now they finally 138 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 4: changed officially all the heights because MLB has changed them. 139 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 4: You know, he grew extremely quickly as he grew through 140 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 4: the Tampa Bay organization. He's still maybe growing in some ways, 141 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 4: but it. 142 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: Does take some time for players of that. 143 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: Length and height to be able to master their bodies 144 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 4: to the point where they can control them. And he 145 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 4: was sort of a gangly guy when they first got him. 146 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Now he is way more athletic. 147 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 4: He looks like he can command his body extremely well, 148 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 4: and it does take some time to do that. He 149 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 4: had the ingredients, and that's why, you know, for scouts, 150 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 4: you got to give some love for the you know, 151 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 4: to the Mike Andos and to the other scouts who 152 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 4: were watching this guy. You know, you got to have 153 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 4: to You have to sort of project sometimes, and they did. 154 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 4: And you also got to give a lot of love 155 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 4: to the player himself for being dedicated, and to the 156 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 4: pitching folks, as you said to Jim. One other last 157 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 4: note I wanted to make is that he his breaking 158 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 4: ball is a different breaking ball. 159 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: Now. It has some depth, some angle to it, and 160 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: it's a little bit slower, a little bit. It's not 161 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: like a cutter anymore. It actually has some spin to it. 162 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: He's worked on that grip. 163 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 4: If he gets that going, lights out, my friends, lights out, 164 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 4: because you've got the best sinker, change up combination baseball, 165 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 4: and he starts spinning that breaking ball more consistently, You 166 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 4: look out, Ruben. 167 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 3: You mentioned the pro scouting stuff when when they picked 168 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 3: him up. I remember talking to Matt Clintac, who was 169 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 3: the GM the night they made that trade, trying to 170 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 3: get some information on this kid, and Clintac flat out said, 171 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 3: this is a scouting trade. Our pro scouts, you know, 172 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 3: loved what they saw of this kid's Butchell at the 173 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 3: A ball level, the Tampa Bay Rays had a little 174 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: bit of a roster issue, and based on our scouting reports, 175 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 3: we decided to move on it. So you know, you've 176 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 3: got to do a great job developing a player, but 177 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 3: first you got to do a great job. I d 178 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 3: in the player and the Phillies Pro Scouts did that. 179 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 4: Hail to the scouts, man, old school, Hail to the 180 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 4: freaking scouts. 181 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: It's not an analytic move. 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Kyle Schwarber hit that opposite field home run 204 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 2: in the first inning. 205 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 5: He's now got uh what is it? 206 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 2: Three opening day home runs in five seasons. You can 207 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 2: see another tweet from Paul Casella, most opening day home 208 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 2: runs in Phillies history. Mike Schmidt with five, Schwarber's now 209 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: tied with It's a pretty good group. 210 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 10: Chuck hall of Famer, Hall of Famer, Hall of Famer, 211 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 10: and Schmidt, Klein and Rolling and you might have another 212 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 10: Hall of Famer should in Jimmy Rollins. 213 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: Does Kyle Schwarber slide it? 214 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly right, exactly right? So what a heck of 215 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 2: a group right there. So it's two nothing fifth inning, 216 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 2: Phillies have a couple runners on. You feel really good 217 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: the way Sanchez is throwing, but it is just a 218 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 2: two nothing lead, and anything can happen in baseball. And 219 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: then Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper strike out back to back, 220 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 2: and then Alec Boom comes up, cleanup hitter, clean up hitter. 221 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 2: Alec Boom comes up, and it's an opposite field three 222 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 2: run home run to give the Phillies a five nothing lead, 223 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 2: and Jim, you talked to him. You wrote a great 224 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 2: story today on NBC Sports Philadelphia. 225 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 5: I wrote a little bit about him. 226 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 2: I wrote a little bit about him in spring training, 227 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 2: and he kind of said the same thing to me 228 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: and you, Jim and in the spring, which is in 229 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 2: his own words, I am not I know, I'm not 230 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 2: a prototypical cleanup hitter. I get it, I'm not. But 231 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: nice start for him, and he all so can be 232 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 2: a he still can be a. 233 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 5: Productive cleanup there. 234 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: And he showed why yesterday an opening Day. 235 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 3: That was a moment that was the moment of the 236 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:15,599 Speaker 3: game on an offensive scenario or from an offensive perspective. 237 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 3: I mean, you get the rookie leads off with his 238 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 3: second big league hit, the NL batting champ base hit. 239 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 3: You know, the young guy and the veteran two men 240 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 3: on base, just a to nothing lead. This is where 241 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 3: you need to capitalize. And you know, Schwarber and Harper 242 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 3: go down, they strike out, Harper chases up in the 243 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 3: zone and now all of a sudden, you're looking at 244 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 3: you know, one of those moments that have plagued the 245 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 3: Phillies when they're going bad you know, especially in October 246 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: where they just don't extend a potential rally. And this 247 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 3: is a moment that begged for Alec Baum to do 248 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: a lot of things, you know, be a cleanup man, 249 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 3: produce runs, and pick up his teammates. And he did 250 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: just that two to oh cutter up in the zone 251 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 3: and he knew what to do with it, elevate it 252 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: and hit it out. So it was a really big 253 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 3: moment for him. And as he said after the game, 254 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: my job there is to drive in runs. My job 255 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 3: is to drive in just one of them, maybe two 256 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: of them, and sometimes you get all of them, and 257 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 3: he got all of them. Heck of that bat heck 258 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 3: of a moment for the guy, just because of what 259 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 3: the winter was like. He was just an unending trade rumor. 260 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 3: I mean, he was very very close to not being here. 261 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 3: If they get Boba Schett, they are burning the midnight 262 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 3: oil finding him a landing spot Detroit, Seattle, maybe somewhere else, 263 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 3: and he is not here. So he's back. He is. 264 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 3: He doesn't take anything personal. He's all business, and he's 265 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 3: a free agent at the end of the year, and 266 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 3: he's building a free agent platform. Great way to start, 267 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 3: great way to answer some critics that he's not a 268 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: cleanup hitter. Uh, clean up. It has come in different 269 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 3: sizes and shapes and forms and different ways of doing it, 270 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 3: and he did it yesterday. 271 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 10: Yeah. 272 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 4: Think about where he's come from from I hate this 273 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 4: happing place to to where he is now. And you 274 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 4: got to respect the man for being able to handle 275 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 4: things he's been, as you said, the trade rumors and 276 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 4: for him to bounce back with the kind of attitude. 277 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 4: We've talked about this a lot in spring training. Had 278 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 4: a great spring. It's been playing terrific defense. 279 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 11: I mean, first playout out of shoot, right right out 280 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 11: of the shoot, man makes the play like it's nothing. 281 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 11: He doesn't make that plays to play and and this 282 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 11: is a this guy's become a good baseball player. Made 283 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 11: a bold prediction on the on you know, on this show, 284 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 11: and I made a bold prediction on NBC Sports Philadelphia 285 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 11: about him being a top five votee getting votes in 286 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 11: nl MVP. 287 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's going to happen. It's super bold, 288 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: but but I do hope for him that he on 289 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: a number of different levels. 290 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 4: Because you're going through some personal stuff that is sort 291 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 4: of you know, reminds of what Ryan Howard had to 292 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 4: go through in his career, and so that kind of 293 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 4: sucks too. And you got to you got to give 294 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 4: him some love for some mental endurance and perseverance. 295 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: And I hope this guy has a great year and focus. 296 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 3: Focus. I mean, you mentioned the personal issue. That stuff 297 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 3: comes out during the game and you're like, whoa. I mean, 298 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 3: it's all public information, right there was a lawsuit filed 299 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 3: in Philly on Wednesday. It comes out. But his focus 300 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 3: is amazing. After the game, he said, that's my personal 301 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 3: business and I want to talk about it. It's fine, 302 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 3: respect that, but I'll tell you what, it's got to 303 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 3: be a heartbreaking. You know, you have the baseball player 304 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 3: side on the personal side, and when you're jousting with 305 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 3: your family, that that has to be heartbreaking. 306 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 4: Let's we forget. Let's we forget a gentlemen. I'm sorry, 307 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 4: less we forget. These are human beings. 308 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: These are humans, you know. 309 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 2: I remember Charlie Manuel saying that all the time when 310 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 2: we talk about guys in slumps and men. I remember 311 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: being in the dugout specifically in Milwaukee. I don't know why, randomly, 312 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 2: but we were talking about some player who wasn't going well, 313 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 2: and he said, hey, man, you don't know what's going 314 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 2: on with this guy at home. He could have gotten 315 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: into you know, got into an you know, had a 316 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 2: bad cup of coffee. He could have gotten into a 317 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: fight with his wife or his girlfriend, or got in 318 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 2: an argument with the coach before the game, or you know, 319 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 2: something could have happened business wise or personal wise or whatever. 320 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 2: He's like, you never know what could be going on 321 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: with this guy when he's in over eighteen slump or 322 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: whatever or is you know, had a couple of bad 323 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 2: starts in a row. So yeah, I was, you know, 324 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: Alec Bohum has a lot of stuff going on, but 325 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 2: he has he has showed that focus. And I want 326 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: to mention this other interesting little comment from Kyle Schwarber 327 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: alco Bowhm in that cleanup spot. 328 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 5: He said, because I said. 329 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 2: To him, you know, Kylelody, do you think he could 330 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: be like a forty double twenty. 331 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 5: Homer one hundred RBI guy. He doesn't have to be 332 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 5: a forty home run guy. 333 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 2: And he said, I don't want to ever feel like 334 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: someone has to chase numbers. I feel like the way 335 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 2: that he takes is at bats, His profile and his game. 336 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 2: It plays for us, and it plays for a lot 337 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 2: of teams. And I thought that was a great quote 338 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 2: because that's him saying, like, we like Alec Boum. Even 339 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 2: if not everybody likes Alc Baum, we like Alec Boum. 340 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 10: And I thought that that's kind. 341 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 2: That's why Kyle Schwarber is such a great leader, you know, 342 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: I mean. 343 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 5: It really is. 344 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 3: He is a great leader. He's so inclusive and he 345 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 3: knows the right thing to say. He's an impressive man. 346 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 5: Yeah he is. 347 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 2: And well let's talk justin Crawford d after these words. 348 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 8: This is it Kratz opening weekend of the season. And 349 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 8: if you're looking for tickets for an MLB game and 350 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 8: they're either sold out or you're just a little bit 351 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 8: lost and you need some help, Seekik is there for you. 352 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 8: It's not just a spot where you buy the tickets. 353 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 8: Is where you feel good about buying the tickets because 354 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 8: they happy back with their features and. 355 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 9: You know you're going to get the good price. 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Nice little debut he gets. 375 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 3: He also had a. 376 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 5: Kind of a funny COI. 377 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: He's like, well, I didn't want to go up there 378 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 2: and waste any time goes up Their first pitchy season 379 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: is major league career fastball from Nathan then ad Evaldi 380 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 2: and hits a single up the middle for his first 381 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 2: big league hit. 382 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 5: That was a kind of a cool moment. 383 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 3: Very cool. Yeah, kid's got some personality. He's got some personality. 384 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 3: Before the game, he was talking Ruben about going to 385 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 3: Skinny Joey's cheese Steaks, and yeah, he went to Skinny 386 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 3: Joey's and he loved the cheese steak, but his mom 387 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 3: was looking for a vegan cheese steak and that ain't 388 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 3: happening at Skinny Joey's. 389 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 4: I wonder if I actually hear Mike Eastler in his 390 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 4: ear going you get that first pitch fastball, man, you 391 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 4: whack it. 392 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 7: And that's exactly what he did, man, And he stroked 393 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 7: it right up the middle, beautiful swing, didn't try to 394 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 7: do too much, punch it up the middle, and then 395 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 7: did it again later on on a split fastball on 396 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 7: a split Pretty impressive. 397 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: Crawford was the first Phillies player to get hit in 398 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 2: his first at bat of an opening day MLB debut 399 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 2: since Denny Doyle April seventh, nineteen seventy first player, Yeah, 400 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 2: Denny Doyle. 401 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 3: Phillies fans. Philly's fans will remember Denny Doyle as a 402 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 3: very young player. Larry bow Is double playmate in the 403 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 3: early seventies. I remember him getting thrown out at home 404 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 3: plate in the nineteen seventy five World Series for the 405 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 3: Red Sox. Don Zimmer sent him and he got nailed 406 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 3: at home plate by George Foster. And in the World 407 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 3: Series the Red Sox, big, big red machine. That's what 408 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 3: I remember him for. 409 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 5: Traumatizing for Jim. 410 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 3: Seventy five Red Sox. But Denny Doyle, Yeah, he. 411 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: Wakes him up. It wakes him up at night. 412 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 2: Jim wakes up with the cold sleds thing about Denny Doyle. Light, 413 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: what a childhood could have been, what a childhood could 414 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 2: have been. But yeah, it's a Crawford. Crawford a cool moment. 415 00:20:56,280 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 2: He gets those two hits, and uh know, yeah, he 416 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,199 Speaker 2: seems he acts like a big leaguer. You know, he 417 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: looks like a big leaguer. I don't know what the 418 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 2: season is going to be for him, but nice little, 419 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,479 Speaker 2: nice little start for him. He said it felt like 420 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 2: it weight was off his shoulders once he got to 421 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: first base with that hit in the second ending, although 422 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: he said it was a ten pound weight, which isn't 423 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 2: very heavy, so I don't know if that means he 424 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:23,719 Speaker 2: wasn't feeling much fresher or not. But but you know, 425 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 2: it's cool, cool to see him and he got the baseball. 426 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 2: He says he's going to have some people fighting over it. 427 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,479 Speaker 2: He doesn't know if he's going to give to his 428 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 2: mom or his dad. He said he's got a couple 429 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 2: of grandmas that might want the ball. So, Ruben, what'd 430 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 2: you do with your first ball from your first big 431 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:39,239 Speaker 2: league hit? 432 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 12: So that's a great question, because I do not I 433 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 12: have the bat, but I actually don't know where the 434 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 12: ball is. I think my brother may have it, and frankly, 435 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 12: I don't know what the hell happened to it, but 436 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 12: I think my brother may have it. 437 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: I'm hopeful that that he does. 438 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 4: I do have the bat in the Mimi I room 439 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 4: there be behind me. 440 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 13: But it was a pretty It was against Roberto who 441 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 13: was a sinker ball that we had split guy who 442 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 13: was a closer for the White Sox at. 443 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 3: One time, Roberto Hernandez. 444 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 1: Roberto Hernandez from Berto Hernandez. 445 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, he sawed me off and I flipped it into 446 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 4: the outfield. 447 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: He had it through a heavy ball man. 448 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 4: But yeah, sadly I got to track that baseball down. 449 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: I do have the bat. 450 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 5: At least that's good. That's good. 451 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 2: But yeah, Crawford seemed to be pretty relaxed. He said, 452 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 2: he slept well on Wednesday night. Jim you mentioned he 453 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 2: went to go get go to Skinny Joey's. So he 454 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 2: seems like he's comfortable. 455 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 5: He said. 456 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 2: He walked out to the outfield during the workout the 457 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 2: other day, he said, just to get a feel of that. 458 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 5: He said, he. 459 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 2: Wanted to get a feel of the heartbeat of the ballpark. 460 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 5: So he looked pretty comfortable. Yeah. 461 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: Cool. 462 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 5: It was a cool moment for him. 463 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 2: So Phillies off on Friday. They get back to action 464 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 2: on Saturday. Aaron Nola will make his season debut. That's 465 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: gonna be a fun one. It's gonna be uh. I 466 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 2: think everybody's gonna be watching that one closely, of course, 467 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 2: because he had a really nice spring coming off the 468 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 2: season that he had pitch really well in the World 469 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 2: Baseball Classic. 470 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 5: The Velo's up. The stuff looks better. 471 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: It's gonna be chilly, though. And then Zach Wheeler is 472 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 2: going to make a rehab start, his first rehab start 473 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 2: on Saturday with the Iron Pigs in Lehigh Valley. And 474 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 2: then Ryan Kirkering is going to follow him in pitch 475 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: an inning. And I saw a Ryan in the clubhouse 476 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: after the game, and I said, it ain't gonna be 477 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 2: this warm on Saturday. 478 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 5: Because it's not. It's gonna be a little chilly on Saturday. 479 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 3: What are we talking? Saturday? What are we talking? 480 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 5: I thought it was gonna be like the forties or something, 481 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 5: but I. 482 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 3: Think it's fifty degrees you a little breeze. 483 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: Maybe, Yeah, it's gonna be chili. 484 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 3: You need to start an early petition for the windows 485 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 3: closed in the custbox? 486 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 2: Are you sending a message to somebody? 487 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 10: Now you're the veteran there, Jim, you're the veteran. 488 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm sending an early message in case maybe 489 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 3: the uh, the media relations or baseball communications staff might 490 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 3: be listening. 491 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 10: Talk to Kevin Gregg and Chris Ware. 492 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: Talk to Kevin and Chris maybe looking. 493 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 2: There's one thing Ruben that Jim's hates more than anything, 494 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 2: and that's wind. 495 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 3: So hate wind. 496 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 2: Yeah he hates yeah, exactly right, exactly Well that was 497 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 2: an opening day Philly's win. All is right in the world. 498 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 2: Nobody needs to overreact. 499 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 3: That's right, nobody needs to overreact' gos. 500 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 5: I'll tell you what. Go ahead, Go ahead, Jim. 501 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 3: I remember one year of the in the like the eighties, 502 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 3: the Red Sox they lost on opening Day, and the 503 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 3: back page of the Boston Herald was, wait till next year. 504 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 2: Well, I already know if they would have lost last 505 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 2: night's Thursday's game, I already know what the criticism would 506 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 2: have been. In an alternate universe, it would have been, 507 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 2: how could they have taken Sanchez out after? 508 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, that would have been it. That would have been 509 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 5: it ridiculous. But we don't have to think about it 510 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 5: because they won. 511 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 3: So as Alec Baum said after the game, you can't 512 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 3: win them all if you don't win the first one. 513 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 3: That's right. 514 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 5: Phillies are on their way. 515 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 2: All right, guys, We'll be back next week with more 516 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 2: Philly Show smelling. 517 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 3: Land of Boys, Nice Jim. 518 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 2: The Philly Show is brought to you by the Foul 519 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 2: Territory Network. Subscribe to The Philly Show on YouTube and 520 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcasts.