1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm in a spot where you know, I'm playing because 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: I want to. I'm playing because I love to compete 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: and I love getting people out. That's just the gist 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: of it. 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: Hey, we've got lance Lynn back with us on FT. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 2: It almost looks like you're in a sauna. But I 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: just like the vibes that you've got going there. Right now, 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: what's up? 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 3: Now? 10 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: We're in the golf simulator. 11 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 4: Ooh, golf simulator. I like that. 12 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 2: All right, So how's life right now? Where are we at? 13 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: We're good. We got to just you know, playing car 14 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: pick up with the kids at school and doing all 15 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: that stuff, and you know, seeing if anybody needs somebody 16 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: that is going to make starts and has been in 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: the big leagues for a little bit, or if they're 18 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: just going to go young and hope for the best, Well, 19 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: it makes starts. 20 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 5: Because the last time we brought up lance Lynn, we 21 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 5: had a little conversation to three of us and we 22 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 5: had a vote lance Lynn closer or no closer, because 23 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 5: there was some rumors put out there. 24 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: There was and there were some calls about it too. 25 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: But you know, when you get going there and you know, 26 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: nobody wants to talk about any money. They just want 27 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: to bring up ideas. So you know, the idea was 28 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: floated around to you know, what it would be like 29 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: to relieve in the back end and what it would 30 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: look like. And I was like, yeah, you know, if 31 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: the opportunity is there, it and it fits and could 32 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: be something that could be fun. But you know, really 33 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: it was kind of just one of those things where 34 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: conversations happened, but nothing came of them. 35 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 6: Wow, all right, I got I mean I want you 36 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 6: as I want you as a closer. I need you 37 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 6: as a closer because I can only imagine how many 38 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 6: bad words you would say that we can't repeat on 39 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 6: the show, how many fist pumps, and also other areas 40 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 6: in the body that we would touch that we are 41 00:01:54,840 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 6: not allowed to show. I mean, think about it. Oh, 42 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 6: you could have music, you could have the light show. 43 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 6: You could have the big beard Brian Wilson style coming 44 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 6: out there, and then every punch out you can act 45 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 6: the fool, do the whole skit. Crowd goes wild, you 46 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 6: get them save you chuck the ball over the center 47 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,839 Speaker 6: field wall like Trevor Bauer. I mean, it's the whole 48 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 6: thing we could do here. 49 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot there, and I think that's kind 50 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: of why people kind of ran with it a little bit. 51 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: You know, obviously, you don't know what's gonna happen. You know, 52 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: there's guys that spring training happens, starters, relievers, pictures get 53 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: hurt rather quickly, so you don't know where the fit is. Uh, 54 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: you know, you just got to see what the uh, 55 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: what the money's going to be. And you know, for 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: people to you know, make some moves here. You know, 57 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: everybody's been on this a little freeze out ever since 58 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: the Dodgers started deferring. Everybody's contracting out everybody on the 59 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: free agent market. 60 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 7: So maybe they need like a fourth closer. 61 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 5: Maybe they need a fourth closer who could eat innings, 62 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: like the biggest hybrid of them all. 63 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, they've got they've got plenty of guys that they're 64 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: gonna have to figure how to move all all around. 65 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: And you know, I heard you guys talking about Dave, 66 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: and Dave's going to figure it out. Being able to 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: play for him, seeing him maneuver the clubhouse, maneuver the media, 68 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 1: maneuver everything evolving. You know, it was an honor to uh, 69 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: you know play for him. He was a you know 70 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: a very great communicator, and he was a great leader 71 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: and as a guy that was fun to play for, 72 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: that's for sure. 73 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 3: So what let's let's go ahead. 74 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 6: Does that know that sounds like a little bit of 75 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 6: I want to play for the Dodgers right there, like 76 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 6: I want to go back. 77 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 3: I'm just saying, I don't know if I've heard lance talk. 78 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 6: About I mean, the only other, only other manager I've 79 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 6: ever heard Lancelon talk that highly about is Mike MATHENI. 80 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: Uh, that's not true, Tony Lewis said about it. That 81 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: was a good try. But like I said, I've I've 82 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: had the luxury of playing for some good managers. And 83 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: when you were talking about managers and what they mean 84 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: to ball clubs, it does get under undervalued. And that's 85 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: coaching staffs in general, in the way that they are, 86 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: you know, put in there they have to. You know, 87 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: they're there all dang day and all the stuff they 88 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: go through and all that, and if you're able to 89 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: keep a group together, and you know, I gotta see 90 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: it with Dave firsthand, so you know I'm with you 91 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: on that, they definitely get undervalued. 92 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 5: All right, So back to the closing thing, Let's paint 93 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 5: that picture because AJ said a big beard, you know, 94 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 5: fist pumping, grabbing your nether regions. 95 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 7: Well, all that stuff is we already have that. 96 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 5: What music, What would the song and what would you 97 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 5: come out to to get to get the boys hype, 98 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 5: to get this crowd going. 99 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: I think it depends. I think it also it would 100 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: be a what city you're in, right, so you know 101 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: each city's going to have a different vibe, A different 102 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: would have a different type of thump to it. So 103 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: I think once you figure out what city you're in, 104 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: get the field of the fans and what kind of 105 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: you know this, how the stadium will bump a little bit, 106 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: then we can figure out what we want. So there's 107 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: a wide variety of songs you can go with. It 108 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: just depends on the city you're in and what the 109 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: fans you feel like are gonna are gonna get get 110 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: them going? 111 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: What kind of case was made to you on those 112 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 2: phantom phone calls that happened to not include offers like 113 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: why did they have that conversation? Hey, we think maybe 114 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 2: you could be a relief What what what else did they 115 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: say to try and talk you into it? 116 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: I think you're looking at a lot of different front 117 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: offices are trying to find different ways to finish games. 118 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: So you see a guy that, uh, you know, like 119 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: there's a lot of animation there, but there's a lot 120 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: of uh, you know, they know I'm gonna get after 121 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: it and they know I'm not afraid of a situation. 122 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: So I think it's just kind of one of those 123 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: things where the questions were asked because a lot of 124 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: the teams that did bring up relieving were full starter 125 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: wise with you know, more than more than five. So 126 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: it was like, hey, we need a back end guy 127 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: that you know, as a veteran that we can you know, 128 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: we can feel like we can trust. And you know, 129 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: the markets kind of they didn't what they didn't like 130 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: where the market was going on. Uh, you know, guys 131 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: might have been more established in the closure role. So 132 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: a lot of them were just feelers to see, you know, 133 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: what would be available and then when they get to camp. 134 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: I guess now everybody's just gonna wait to get to 135 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: camp to see what everybody looks like and then go 136 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: from their starters and relievers because talking to all the 137 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: starters that are still out there is everybody's hearing the 138 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: same thing. Just checking in seeing how you're doing. And 139 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: you know, we don't have any money, but we need 140 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: a starter. So it's like, well, you're probably gonna have 141 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: to find some money if you actually want want some pictures. 142 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 5: Yeah, well, I mean they were checking in on you, 143 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 5: but you were celebrating your fifth anniversary. Congratulations Jackson hole 144 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 5: did just excuse me or snowboard? 145 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: No either, He's not allowed. I'm a free agent. I 146 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: can do whatever I want. 147 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 7: But that's it. 148 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: That's being said. But I have never been on either one, 149 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: and at the age of thirty seven, it's not time 150 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: to go there, especially while still playing. So we did 151 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: some nomobilion, so that was fun. We enjoyed that. We 152 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: got to see some of the country out there, which 153 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: was beautiful, uh, you know, seeing l Kurds and stuff 154 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: like that. So I quite enjoyed. It made me want 155 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: to buy a bunch of land out there, but man, 156 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: is it overpriced? 157 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 5: Did you did you do the whole Yellowstone to Old 158 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 5: Faithful Snowmbill trip, like forty two miles? 159 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 7: Did you do that one? 160 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: We didn't do that long one. We did want a 161 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: touch shorter because it was negative it was it was 162 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: negative five the day we went out on it, so 163 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: we kept it. We weren't trying to freeze, so but 164 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: we had a good time. 165 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 5: That was one of the That was one of my 166 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 5: favorite trips that I've ever taken in my life. We 167 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 5: started at the beginning at the at the entrance to 168 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 5: Yellowstone and went all the way to Old Faithful and 169 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 5: all the way back, eighty four miles in a day, 170 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 5: and it's same thing. 171 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 7: It was negative five and you put them on it. Yeah, 172 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 7: you're you're warm. 173 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 5: You know, you have the heated steering or heated handlebars, 174 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 5: so you did a little bit. 175 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 7: Snowbodeals are a little dangerous. 176 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: They're cause they're little crazy in the heated handlebars, they 177 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: get hot. I was like, dude, where's this thing burning 178 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: my hand? I was like, what are we doing here? 179 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, your face is fogging up and you're trying not 180 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 5: to freeze and your hands are burning. 181 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 7: But that is an epic trip for sure. 182 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm looking forward to going back. 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I know exactly what 219 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: you did. 220 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 6: I did not grow up in a gated community. But thanks, 221 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 6: thanks for thinking that. Thanks thanks for thinking that highly 222 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 6: of me. Born in the Hamptons. 223 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 7: That's it. 224 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 1: Scream it. 225 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 3: Sorry, Okay, so we got it. 226 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 6: I got to ask free agent questions just because I 227 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 6: think it's awesome. You're a free agent and certain people 228 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 6: won't talk about it. But you're not going to the 229 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 6: Yankees because you're not shaving that beard of yours. So 230 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 6: there's twenty nine other teams out there. 231 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not. 232 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 6: You're not going to the Cardinals because you burned that 233 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 6: bridge last year, right, so we know that. 234 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 7: You never know. 235 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 6: They're not spending any money. So unless you're playing for free, 236 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 6: you ain't going to the Cardinals. 237 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 4: I think any but why not? 238 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: Why it sounds like they're trying to get rid of 239 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: some money. So with a not change, so we'll see 240 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: never you never, You never know where anything goes, especially 241 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: when camp starts next week and all the guys that 242 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: are twenty to twenty five aren't ready for the big leagues, 243 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: like most of us already know, they're not. 244 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 3: Okay, little bread comes here, but little bread comes. 245 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 6: But would you go to a Pittsburgh or a Marlins 246 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 6: knowing that if you go there and have a good 247 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 6: couple of months, they'll trade you in junior July? 248 00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: Would you be okay with that? 249 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: Neither one of those teams have even called, so it 250 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: doesn't look like that's even on the thing. But to 251 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: answer the question, would I be okay with that? I mean, 252 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: and this time of year, of the year and all that, 253 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: there's a good chance half the teams are gonna be 254 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: out of it at the deadline anyway, So you can say, hey, 255 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 1: you go to a team that you don't think is 256 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: gonna be in it and you get traded. But nowadays 257 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: you don't even know who's going to be in it, 258 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: so there's a lot of teams that are on that 259 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: on that kind of that middle line where they're going 260 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: to be five hundred ish teams that you know could 261 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: be a possibility, but we just gotta wait and see 262 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: White Sox. 263 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 6: You're going back to the White Sox. I just heard 264 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 6: him say, White Sox, you're gonna be other big free agents. 265 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 6: You're gonna be a big free agent splash for Chris 266 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 6: Katz's first one. 267 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: Oh man, that would be nice for a gutsie. He 268 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 1: would enjoy that. I think I would love that. 269 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 2: That would be awesome. What what did the what do 270 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 2: the girls say? What did the kiddos say? 271 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: Uh, you're my five year old? The other day? Goes Dad, 272 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: are you gonna go play again? And I go, oh, 273 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: we're waiting this see you know where where everything falls. 274 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: And she's like, all right, well let me know because 275 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: I really enjoy you taking me to school every day 276 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: so she can she get care less. 277 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 4: So was that tug a little bit? 278 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, But that's part that's part of the gig, 279 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: right When the older they get you, people don't realize 280 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: that when you leave for work and stuff like that, 281 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: when they start telling you and start crying and making 282 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: it hard to go, and that's part of the gig. 283 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta deal with it. But yeah, my 284 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: kids are enjoying we're enjoying our winner, We're enjoying our 285 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: our off season. But I'm ready to pitch. I'm ready 286 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: to get people out. So we'll see, uh, you know 287 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: what the what the next week or two uh has 288 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: to do with And like I said, everybody's getting to 289 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: scring training and then I'm sure they'll they'll figure some 290 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: things out. 291 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 2: Well, and it's not gonna be this year, becase obviously 292 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 2: you're gonna line up with the team. It's fine, But 293 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 2: do you have a number in your head, you know, 294 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 2: down the road, like let's say it's next year, right 295 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 2: where you're like, if I don't sign for at least 296 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 2: this rate, it's not worth the wear and tear on 297 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: the arm. I only ask because we've heard other players 298 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 2: that right have been in the League of Dirt and 299 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: their spikes get just crap offers and be like, yeah, 300 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 2: if it's not at this standard, right, if I'm not 301 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: getting a major league deal at this number, I don't 302 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 2: need the number obviously, but I'll use an example that 303 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 2: said these words on our show Zach Britton we spoke 304 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: to still had a little left in the tank. He 305 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 2: was like, I said a number in my head, didn't 306 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: get to the number and said, thanks guys, I'm good. 307 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think everybody has it right. 308 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 7: What's in? 309 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: What's what's it worth for you to go through? 310 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 7: Uh? 311 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: To go through it again? So every year, I think 312 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: the further you get along in your career, there's like 313 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: a here's a kind of an idea, what you know 314 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: you're worth, what the market is, and stuff like that. 315 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: So I think you get guys that aren't just going 316 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 1: to play for the heck of it and let teams 317 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: kind of you know, lowball. So now you know I'm 318 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: in a I'm in a spot where you know I'm 319 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: playing because I want to. I'm playing because I love 320 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: to compete and I love getting people out. That's just 321 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: the gist of the money is what it is. But 322 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: I also can't take a bad deal for the next 323 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: guy either, So it's kind of one of those things 324 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: where you know you know what you're worth, you know 325 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: what the market is. The market's been good for starting 326 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: pitchers and guys that made less starts to me last 327 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: year and have made less starts in their career than me. 328 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: So you know, I know what you know it should be, 329 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: and I got an idea of what it was going 330 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: to take to to get me to come. 331 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 5: Is there fear that they're not signing you. You lost 332 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 5: all this weight and they're afraid your velocity. 333 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: Is down now because to be honest with you, wait, wise, 334 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: it's not going to affect the velocity. It's not like 335 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: I went down to two pounds. 336 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 7: You know. 337 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: I made it to where I can actually move a 338 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: little bit better. I got a little bit more flexibility. 339 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: So all in all, physically, I'm in a better spot 340 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: than I've been, uh, you know, for a couple of 341 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: years now. So I'm looking forward to that. And like 342 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: I said, I've got a number in my head. I 343 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: know what I'm worth, I know what I'm capable of, 344 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: and you know, worst case scenario, I got myself ready 345 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: for boat season this summer. 346 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 4: There you go, exactly all right. 347 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: I got good news that we're going to get into 348 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 2: later in the show. There was an article that came 349 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 2: out just before the start of this show about the 350 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 2: uniforms and that they have returned to normal. I don't 351 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 2: know all of them obviously, spring training hasn't started with everyone, 352 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: but it seems like they had this brilliant idea to 353 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: actually go back to two years ago. It had been 354 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: talked about towards the end of last season. So with 355 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 2: this news coming out of Stephen Nesbit from The Athletic, 356 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 2: who's been covering this story for a year plus, does 357 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 2: that make you excited that when you do eventually get 358 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 2: to spring training, uniforms are going to fit. Huge, huge news, 359 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 2: and I heard this from almost every player. You will 360 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 2: have pants that are actually fit and not put in 361 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: like three or four sizes and just saying everybody's the 362 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 2: same size and these three sizes in Major League Baseball. 363 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 2: So I don't know if you've seen this, but basically 364 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 2: everything back to two years ago. 365 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 4: Now your thoughts, No, that'd be good. 366 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: I mean I think that they had a pretty good 367 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: thing going. I think obviously whenever something changes and they 368 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: when they try to tell you, hey, this is exactly 369 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: what you had and it's pretty damn obvious, it's not. 370 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: I think that's what pissed everybody off. Just be transparent 371 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: and be truthful. They think they had about four different 372 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: cups of jersey and four different cuts of pants and 373 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: they said, hey, this is your custom, but we all 374 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: knew better. I think most guys got it all figured 375 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: out throughout the year with the little modifications, and the 376 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: club's did an amazing job of making sure guys got comfortable. 377 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: But I'm glad that they finally told the truth and 378 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: we got back to what, you know, what, what they 379 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: said we were supposed to have in the first place. 380 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, Transparency's great, it helps, right, Tom, I. 381 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 3: Want to know what did you do to lose the weight? 382 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 6: What you do to lose the weight besides chase kids, 383 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 6: because you know Rowdy said he did pilates. You ain't 384 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 6: doing no pilates. I mean just we know you don't 385 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 6: eat salads. We went through that a couple of years ago. 386 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 6: So what'd you do? 387 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 4: No? 388 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 3: I did. 389 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: I went a little bit on that carnivore diet for 390 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: one thing, and then, you know, to be honest with you, 391 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: I changed a lot of my workout stuff and did 392 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: more circuit training stuff, and I did it, did more 393 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: throughout the week, but like less uh, I would say, 394 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: less bulk. So you used the back in the day 395 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: where you're like, hey, we're got our leg days these 396 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: days in our upper body these days. I went more 397 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: full bodies throughout the week and a more circuit training 398 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: which helped, you know, speed up the metabolism and get 399 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: things moving, and then added some cardio on top of it, 400 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: and then just kind of slowly monitored what I wanted 401 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: to do, you know with the knee and so, and 402 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: then it just kind of happened pretty easily. 403 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 3: There you go. 404 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 4: That's cool. Carnival, I think is a little like Paleo, Right. 405 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: It's very similar. Yeah, but I feel like, yeah, I 406 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: mean Paleo, you just gotta pay those a little different. 407 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, all in all, it's it's got a similar 408 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: similar ring to it. But uh, you know, it's as 409 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: long as you're eating and getting the protein in, you're 410 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: not losing any of that muscle mass. That was the 411 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: main thing I was. I was concentrated on yep. 412 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 4: I like that. 413 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 7: Lance game and Lance gave Kapler and Lance. 414 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: It's SAME's you walk in with your what you walk 415 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: walk in with your what are you walking with? His 416 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: boots on? Drop a drop some pull ups, and eat 417 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: a rib. That was Dave's skip, right, our Gabe Skip. 418 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 4: At one point would play for him. Oh my gosh. 419 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 2: There was one point talking about he would have like 420 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 2: hound from Bacon for like half the day and I'm like, 421 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 2: that's it. 422 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 4: He's like, yep, just Bacon. 423 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 2: Like what is going on? But the dude is shredded 424 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 2: beyond belief. Also on the at the finish line here, 425 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 2: your daughters are gonna like. 426 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: That. 427 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: I don't know what you got to show your daughters 428 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: that we're closing games. 429 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that. That's next level. Well, Lance, good 430 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 2: to see you, dude. When we catch you next, we 431 00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 2: will talk about spring training. 432 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 4: All right. 433 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: Sounds good, guys. You guys have go. 434 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 2: For the people, and this is for the players too. 435 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 2: A year after the uniform fiasco, players arrived at spring 436 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 2: training with issues mostly ironed out. Good job by Steven 437 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 2: Nesbit and the Athletic to cover this story really for 438 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 2: a year now, and then I think it's reaching its conclusion. 439 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 2: We'll see if there's any problems at the finish line. 440 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 2: But it does sound like one year later the problem 441 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 2: was fixed and that was called just going back to 442 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 2: what was working. For a while. Players were furious. I 443 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 2: don't think players are against evolving and making things better, 444 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 2: but we pretty much all agreed everything was worse. Comfort customization, 445 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 2: the aesthetics were a disaster in some cases, the sweat stains, 446 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 2: the smaller lettering, which made it look like they got 447 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 2: a discount to do that. 448 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 4: So are we good? Can we put this story to bed? 449 00:19:59,000 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 4: We're done? 450 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 6: You guys, remember where I took you guys last year? 451 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 6: Do you guys remember where I took y'all last year? 452 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 6: What did I tell you guys last year? 453 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 3: What was what? Tell everyone? Where I take it. 454 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 2: Into the Nikes Nike Activation Suite thing? 455 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 7: Yeah? 456 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 6: Did you see the wall where they had it in 457 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 6: twenty twenty five. Here's the new changes they're going to 458 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 6: get into. So this is just Nike making adjustments. I mean, 459 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 6: they kind of got put in a bad spot when 460 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 6: they switched their factory. So here they are trying to 461 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 6: catch up. Nike has always been known for innovation, right, 462 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 6: so they're trying to catch up to what needed to 463 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 6: be done. And uh, this is a really cool thing. 464 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 6: And this is one of the perks of being a 465 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 6: big lea wherre you got your damn pants or damn 466 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 6: jersey however you wanted, you wanted this much on your 467 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 6: sleeve a little bit longer like Scott needs, they would 468 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 6: do it. You wanted to go like Sammy Sosa and 469 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 6: have the freaking super tight elastic on it. They would 470 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 6: do it for you, I don't know. And by the way, 471 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 6: they are not giving out Jordans to the fans, so 472 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 6: just definitely that was trolling. 473 00:20:59,200 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 7: Damn it. 474 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 4: M that was a different topic. 475 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 2: So for people watching on TV, that was the bob 476 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: Ucker celebration for the Brewers this year, the Patch and 477 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 2: Kratz thought maybe they were giving out his famous Jordan's 478 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 2: you know, replicas to every season ticket holder. 479 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 4: That's not happening. 480 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 2: But anyway, the part that I didn't understand from last 481 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 2: year was the customization. I got that they were trying 482 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 2: to make it like more dry fit or whatever the 483 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 2: term is, right, and that just didn't work. Okay, I 484 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 2: guess there's two parts I didn't understand. One is how 485 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 2: do we go from customized pants to four options. That's 486 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 2: not evolving, that's just being cheap. Number two two, how 487 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 2: did we get smaller letters on the back of the 488 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 2: jersey when we're trying to promote the talent and the individuals. 489 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 4: On the field. 490 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 2: I mean, are we really saving that much by having 491 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 2: smaller letters? I just I didn't understand that part like 492 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 2: who sat right? Like there are humans whose jobs are 493 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 2: to sit at a table right or at a desk 494 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 2: and congregate and say, hey, what should we do? We 495 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 2: got to make things better, sexier, cooler. All right, I've 496 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 2: got it, guys. Let's make the pants fit worse and 497 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 2: let's make it harder to see the name on the back. 498 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 5: Jimmy from Finances came in and said, I can save 499 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 5: one point five million dollars by going to a smaller 500 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 5: letter for all of the jerseys, every one of them. 501 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 5: My biggest thing is if you do it for fans, 502 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 5: it's one thing, like you're not making custom Like how 503 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 5: much more did it really cost to get away from 504 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 5: the customization of pants. They might have been able to 505 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 5: push through the sea through part or the fact that 506 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 5: the tops sweat stained more than the pants did. But 507 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 5: when you take the customization apart and you go medium, medium, large, 508 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 5: extra large, double xcel and pants like you're a minor leaguer, 509 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 5: players are going to be like, Eh, that ain't happening. 510 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, that was just a tough look. 511 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 2: So I'm glad we fixed it, though, that's all that matters. 512 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: We were very vocal about it. The power of fan voice, media, 513 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 2: social media and all that, players themselves putting pressure on 514 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 2: and here we go. It's all fixed. Let me get 515 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: to some questions please. So there was one to both 516 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 2: of you about spring training from Joe that I promised 517 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 2: i'd get an answer for. Said, Hey, guys, great show, 518 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 2: enjoy it most every day. Can you answer a question 519 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 2: I've wondered for about twenty five years. Although veteran players 520 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 2: are very bored with spring training, I've always thought spring 521 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 2: games are some of the cleanest baseball I've ever seen. 522 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 2: They seem to have a few hours, a few base 523 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 2: running mistakes, and overall high quality fundamentals. Is it for 524 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 2: this reason? I enjoy spring games. 525 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 4: As a fan. 526 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 2: Do you professionals agree with my observation? Are the preseason 527 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 2: games cleaner? If so, what do you think? Why do 528 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 2: you think this is all right? 529 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 4: Are they cleaner? 530 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 3: I don't know. I never saw the end of them, 531 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 3: so I don't know what happens though, for like. 532 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 4: Okay Kratz is there Krats? Are these cleaner games? 533 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: Not at all? 534 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 5: And I would say, thank goodness AJ did not see 535 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 5: the end of it, because you would see Aj on 536 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 5: the bench. 537 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 7: Like this, Oh my gosh, are we serious. 538 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 5: We had a six run lead and we just lost 539 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 5: by four, Like, how is this possible? 540 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 7: Like they're not cleaner. I think they're Baseball is just newer. 541 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 7: You're just down there. 542 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 5: And you're like, oh, I haven't seen baseball for so long, 543 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 5: Like it's definitely, this is exciting. It's sunny out, it's 544 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 5: you know, Oh, I don't even know who that player is. Oh, 545 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 5: that's so cool. He just did something great. Eric Krantz, 546 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 5: is that what his name is. He just seems like 547 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 5: a nice guy. Seems like a nice guy. 548 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 4: Good fella. 549 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 2: No what I remember most because I have been through many, 550 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 2: many spring training games and I am just like you Kratz, 551 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 2: excited because baseball's back. Yes, late stages of games tryouts 552 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 2: for arms, bad control and command, often leading to the 553 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 2: reason why those arms aren't in the big league's full 554 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 2: time and consistently. Yet there's a lot of that. I 555 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 2: think that overshadows anything else. That is the one big 556 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 2: difference is you're like, damn, this has minor league vibes 557 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 2: right now. Because this dude can't find the zone. They're 558 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 2: gonna let him get through it at least until he 559 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 2: gets to like thirty pitches. Then he gets to thirty pitches, 560 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 2: then they have to do a change and it becomes 561 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 2: a slog and it's just sloppy, and it makes you 562 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 2: appreciate big league ball. So I'm glad that not only 563 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 2: the question was great from Joe, but that we were 564 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 2: able to finally teach aj about what happens in the 565 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: last few. 566 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 4: Innings of the spring training game. Finally, after all these years. 567 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 6: AJ was like, I want actually, I mean, I mean, 568 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 6: you know, when I was young, I had to stay 569 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 6: because I would come in the eighth inning, you know 570 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 6: about you know, twenty ninety right in a while, right, 571 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 6: But I mean, once you become like the starting catcher, 572 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 6: you ain't seeing the end of it. 573 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 3: I would usually see the end of one spring training 574 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 3: game of the year.