1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to a brand new Furish 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: episode of Vowel Territory alongside Aj Pierzinski and Eric Kratz. 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm Alana Rizzo in for Scott Braun. Do not worry, guys, 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: Scott Braun is back tomorrow. I am just pinch hitting 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: for him. I think he might be at some sort 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: of bodybuilding competition or something. I'm not sure what Scott's 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: into at the moment, but don't forget to join the 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: conversation hashtag ft live on Twitter, and of course you 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: can get your comments in the chat. Check out our 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: merch at foul Territory shop dot com. Good to be 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: with you both a lot to get to, gentlemen, so 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: let's charge the mounds. 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: Charge about. 14 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: AJ a couple of inches away from a World Series championship. 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty five, the Toronto Blue Days have awarded 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: both John Schneider, their manager, and Ross Atkins their GM 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: an extension, so it looks like they're going to be 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: around Toronto for the foreseeable future. It looks like Atkins 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: it was extended until twenty thirty one and John Schneider 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: was extended until twenty twenty eight. Good move. 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 3: Here. 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 4: Absolutely, what's not to like about this move. I just 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 4: wish the only thing I don't like is that we 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 4: were just there and they could have announced it when 25 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 4: I was sitting next to John Schneider or Mark Schapiro, 26 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 4: either one. You could have told us that this was 27 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 4: coming down the pike. But good move for both these guys. Listen, 28 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 4: John Scheider was probably on the hottest seat of all 29 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 4: going into last year, and all he did was take 30 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 4: that team to Game seven and inches away from beating 31 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 4: Alana's Dodgers in the World Series. So I love this move. 32 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 4: Ross Atkins made some moves, John Schneider made some moves. 33 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 4: They got Vladdie extended, They went out and made some 34 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 4: signings this offseason Akamoto and some other things. So I 35 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 4: love this move. And the Blue Jays are doing exactly 36 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 4: what you're supposed to do as an organization. When your 37 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 4: team is good, you go out and you use the 38 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 4: money that you're making off the team and you spend 39 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 4: it and you reinvested in the organization. And they're doing 40 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 4: that to a t. So congratulations Snids and congratulations Ross Atkins. 41 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 4: Be there for a while, at least getting paid for 42 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 4: a while. 43 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: Eric It's crazy because, as AJ was just saying, it 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: seems like, you know, John Schneider was kind of on 45 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,119 Speaker 1: the hot seat. Is he going to make it through 46 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 1: the rest of the season. What kind of moves is 47 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: he making? What's going on here? It's amazing e K 48 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: how winning changes everything. 49 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: H Yes, it does. 50 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,679 Speaker 5: And they had been winning, and I would have said 51 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 5: ross Atkins was even on more of a hot seat 52 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 5: than Schneid's was, because he went from building a winning team. 53 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 5: I think he made a lot of good moves to 54 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 5: the fact that he didn't bring enough offense back, didn't 55 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 5: bring back a guy like Matt Chapman who played Platinum 56 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 5: Glove defense for him at third base, and like it 57 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 5: was pitching in defense, and then they just needed to 58 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 5: add a bat and they never did it last year, 59 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 5: and they added Anthony Santander. So essentially the players are 60 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 5: the ones that picked up ross Atkins on this one, 61 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 5: because Anthony Santander didn't even play. But the trade to me, 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 5: I think the trade for gabrielle Moreno, which looked terrible, 63 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 5: where they traded Gabriel Moreno to the Diamondbacks and then 64 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: he ended up going to the World Series. Blue Jay 65 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 5: fans were up in arms, and ross Akins stayed the path. 66 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 5: He knew Dalton Varshow was going to give them goal 67 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 5: glove defense in center field. He knew what type of 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 5: team they wanted to play around, and they extended Alejandro Kirk. 69 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,399 Speaker 5: He was able to extend obviously with ownership's approval. Vladimir Guerrero. 70 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 5: They didn't go after bow. Is that gonna end up 71 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 5: hurting him? 72 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:30,839 Speaker 3: Well? 73 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 5: They fill in now with Andre Semenez, another goal glover 74 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,559 Speaker 5: like he built a team that is has his fingerprint 75 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 5: on it. Only thing I don't like about this is 76 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 5: he Schneids should get a longer extension. It's really not 77 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 5: that long of an extension for a manager, But you 78 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 5: know what, that's that's where we're at right now. Besides council, 79 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 5: very few. I guess Dave Roberts's was long also, But 80 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: besides those guys, not many guys are getting more than 81 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 5: two maybe like a third year option contract. 82 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, look at Kurtsuzuki, he got one year. That shows 83 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: you the faith that Ardie Moreno has in him. But 84 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: the Angels are a disaster anyway. I would like to see. 85 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: Of course, Schneider be kind of tied to Atkins and 86 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: extend him to two thousand and thirty one. It's funny 87 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: we were talking about both of those guys, perhaps on 88 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: the proverbial hot seat, but it was just a couple 89 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: of years ago. I feel like you, guys, as you 90 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: will start with you, that we're constantly talking about the 91 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: window closing with Vladimir Geruro Junior and Dante or Bobaschet 92 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: together right. Well, obviously Vladdie is there for the long 93 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: haul and Bo is now a member of the New 94 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: York Mets. What do you think was the biggest change 95 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: for the Blue Jays in terms of being able to 96 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: get to where they were when a couple of years 97 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: ago it seemed like they were so in flux and 98 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: here we are thinking they could have easily won the 99 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: World Series last season. 100 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 4: Uh, just stability, good pitching, the right moves, all of 101 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 4: the above. And listen, Bo's not there anymore. Fine, they 102 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 4: have Jimenez, they have a Kamoto, they have other things. 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 4: You know, David Schneider, Ernie Cleman has stepped up for him, 104 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 4: right so, But I think for some reason when they 105 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 4: signed Bo to that extension, it just changed everything in 106 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 4: this organization. The fan base, settled down and said, oh 107 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 4: we got at least we have Vlad forever. It gave 108 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 4: the organization confidence, and I think it just took them 109 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 4: to that next level that the Vlad signing, along with 110 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 4: the pitching now you know, Gosman, Bassett, Sures or Beaver, 111 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 4: all the moves that they made along the way all 112 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 4: helped you Savage coming up and being a stud I think. 113 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 4: But the Vlad contract is what started it off and 114 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: got this thing rolling in the right direction. And now listen, 115 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 4: they're expected to make the playoffs again like they did 116 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 4: last year. I just think it was the Vlad extension 117 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 4: that got all this rolling. And now Schneider's off the 118 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 4: hot seed, Atkins off the hot seed, and they can 119 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 4: just go do their job, which they've done fairly well 120 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 4: because they have made the playoffs a lot lately. 121 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 3: I think. Yeah. 122 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 5: I think it's one of those things too that people say, well, 123 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 5: then everybody should extend the certain guy. Well, not that 124 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 5: there was a cloud hanging over the fact that Vladdie 125 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 5: would have been a free agent, but just the fact 126 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 5: that it gives some type of stability to the fact that, 127 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 5: you know, maybe there was some pressure taken off of 128 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 5: George Springer, we don't know health wise all this stuff. 129 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 5: George Springer had an incredible year after having some down 130 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 5: years and making that contract look like whoa, this is 131 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 5: legit while also adding his leadership. Alijnd Kirk ended up 132 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 5: getting extended. Does Alijandra say yay or nay to that 133 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 5: contract extension without Vladdie there? 134 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 3: We'll never know. 135 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 5: Does Dylan Ce say yes, I want to sign with Vladimir? 136 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 5: Where you know where Vladimir Guerrero is going to be 137 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 5: for a while. He's a transcendent type of star for 138 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 5: the Blue Jays. Would he have been the same type 139 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 5: of star for another team? I don't know, but I 140 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 5: think there's rare times when a guy who was born 141 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 5: in Canada because his dad was playing in Montreal, drafted 142 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 5: by the Blue Jays, came up through the system, had 143 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 5: some you know, flashes of really incredible superstar years, and 144 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 5: then you extend him. I think the Blue Jays kind 145 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 5: of took a little bit of a gamble hoping that 146 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 5: he was going to be the guy that they thought 147 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 5: he was, and then you just saw you saw him 148 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 5: really take off in the playoffs. You almost hope he 149 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 5: has a better year this year than he did last 150 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 5: year during the regular season, because he's like, WHOA, I 151 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 5: can really lock in during the playoffs? 152 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 3: Can I do that? For one hundred and sixty two? 153 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 5: If that's the case, you're talking about Vladdie as an 154 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 5: MVP type of candidate for the next four or five 155 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 5: years in a row. 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A j are the Toronto Blue Jays 183 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: the team to beat in the American League? Who is 184 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: better than them right now on paper going into this season? 185 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 4: Honestly, I mean the Mariners would make the case. The 186 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 4: Yankees would make the case just because they had the 187 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 4: same amount of wins last year. But I think the 188 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 4: Blue Jays if they everything, I can't. This is what's 189 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 4: funny about baseball. Everything lines up. Everyone stays healthy, right, 190 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 4: It's like, yeah, it's always if everyone stays healthy. 191 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 2: I mean I think the Yankees, Blue Jays and Mariners. 192 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 4: Are probably the pride of the of the American League 193 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 4: for me, and I think you right now, because the 194 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 4: Blue Jays are the way they played in the postseason, 195 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 4: you'd have to put them number one. 196 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: I agree, They're not the only ones in terms of 197 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: Russ Atkins and John Schneider Eric that got an extension. Recently, 198 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: the Phillies have also extended Christopher Sanchez. This is not 199 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: his first extension either, they extended him back in twenty 200 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: twenty two, but good on him. His new deal essentially 201 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: has the Phillies picking up his old club options in 202 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty nine and two thirty tomes are Lucky, who, 203 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: of course covers the Phillies plus adding thirty million per 204 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: season in thirty one and thirty two and a thirty 205 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 1: three club option worth forty four and a half million dollars. 206 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: Interesting ek because the Phillies didn't have to do this 207 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: at that time, but they did. What do you make 208 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: in the move? 209 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 5: I mean, I think I think if both if both 210 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 5: parties are amicable in this, like if Christopher Sanchez says yes, 211 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 5: I would love that that is thirty million is less 212 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 5: than you know a lot of pitchers that some people 213 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 5: say today I'm better than then he saying, okay, I'll 214 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 5: take a little bit off the table for the guarantee 215 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 5: that I get this money. So I love it for 216 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 5: I love it for Christopher Sanchez. I love that he 217 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 5: was able to you know, really his first full season 218 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 5: of not being like in flux. 219 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,599 Speaker 3: Even in twenty four. 220 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 5: There was talk Clowd, you know, you don't know where 221 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 5: he's gonna fit in in a rotation. He definitely has 222 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 5: solidified his spot in a rotation, but he was coming 223 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 5: off with twenty three where he had you know, he 224 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 5: had some time where it was like rotation triple a bullpen. 225 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 5: And so his career in the big leagues, while he 226 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 5: has some years of service, is kind of young as 227 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 5: a solidified guy on this rotation, and so for him, 228 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 5: it's like, sure, that's a recency bias for him. He's like, 229 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 5: he's thinking, I remember what he was like to get 230 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 5: sent down in twenty twenty two, in twenty twenty three 231 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 5: and say well, I don't think I deserved it, and 232 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: now they're dangling thirty million dollars out there for you 233 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 5: per year. I think it's a I think it's a 234 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 5: great move for him, and I think it's also a 235 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 5: good move for the Phillies because you see what if 236 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 5: he becomes that ace, that the money that he could 237 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 5: come in, you know you're gonna have to and you 238 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 5: need an ace because Nola's getting older. Wheeler's contracts ending 239 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 5: and he said he's not playing after this contract. You 240 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 5: don't know what Andrew Paynter is going to be. Jesus 241 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 5: Lozarda has already extended. So you have two really good 242 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 5: lefties that have some stability because they know if they 243 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 5: get hurt, they're still paid. But the Phillies also know 244 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 5: they have two really good lefties in their rotation for 245 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 5: a while. 246 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: AJ resident GM on foul Territory Jim Bowden said that 247 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: this is setting a horrible precedent because the Phillies didn't 248 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: need to do it at this time. He tweeted that 249 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: the way that the Phillies reworked the contract of Sanchez 250 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: sets a horrible precedent for teams. Great for Sanchez, to 251 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: Ek's point, generous of the Phillies, but now a player 252 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: that has far outperformed has agreed upon contract might ask 253 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: his club to do the same. SXM eighty nine top 254 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: of the r that's he is promoting his show. But anyway, 255 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: the point is, do you agree with Jim that this 256 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: is a terrible precedent. I mean, obviously team friendly to 257 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: a certain extent. However, it's good for the player to 258 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: get that security, get the bag when you can. What 259 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: do you make of it? 260 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 2: Why is this bad? 261 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 4: This is bad for Jim Bowden because he was a 262 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 4: former GM and he wants every team to get a 263 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 4: cheap deal. But man, good for the Phillies for recognizing 264 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 4: a guy that they won in their rotation for the 265 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 4: next how many ever years and they get it done. 266 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 4: I don't understand how this is bad for anyone other 267 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 4: than I don't know who this is bad for other 268 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 4: than other. 269 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 2: Gms, But that's their own problem. 270 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 4: If they got a guy that wants to do this 271 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 4: on their organization, then go do this. 272 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: And you have an owner that's willing to do this. 273 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 2: I don't ever understood this. 274 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 4: This guy just signed a deal for you know, that 275 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 4: sets his family up for the rest of his life 276 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 4: and his family's family up for the rest of their life. 277 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 2: Why is this bad? This is good? This is what 278 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: we want in baseball. 279 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 4: We want guys that will stay with an organization for 280 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 4: a long time. Guess what the Phillies just guarantee Christopher 281 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 4: Sanchez if he wants to be a Philadelphia Philly to 282 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 4: what twenty thirty two, twenty thirty three. I think it 283 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 4: goes to that's seven more years that they have him 284 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 4: locked in, and we don't know what's gonna happen with 285 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 4: the CBA. So Sanchez is dang, you guys are offering 286 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 4: this much money and the Phillies say, hey, we have 287 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 4: this money. 288 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: How is this bad? It's this isn't going to be 289 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 2: every team. 290 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 4: I mean, listen, if every team was going to do this, 291 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 4: the Pirates, the Marlins, the you know whoever, the Rockies, 292 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 4: they don't do these things. 293 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 2: But the Phillies did. So good for the Phillies. 294 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 4: This is good for the game, This is good for 295 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 4: Christopher Sanchez, and this is good for the Philly fans. 296 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: I agree with you that you mentioned. You ended there 297 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: aj with this is good for the Phillies fans. Eric, 298 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: you live in Philadelphia. You know what those fan bases like. 299 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: I mean, what is it like? What does it say 300 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: to these fans like, hey, we're willing to spend the 301 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: money and keep arguably our race in a Phillies uniform 302 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: for the next six seven years. 303 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 5: It says that they're not just willing to do it 304 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 5: for a little while. They've been willing to spend the 305 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 5: money for a minute now, you know, ever since they 306 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 5: brought in Harper, then Castianos, then Schwarber, then Trey Turner, 307 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 5: like it was like almost Boba Schett. This offseason, the 308 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 5: Phillies are in a spending mode. Middleton. Middleton is an 309 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 5: owner who wants a ring, and he's he's willing to 310 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 5: go out there and continue to spend. This signifies that 311 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 5: the fact that they went and extended Hayes, Loose Lozardo 312 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 5: not that long after Ranger Suarez, who was a successful 313 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 5: pitcher for the Phillies, signed and exten signed a contract 314 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: with the Red Sox. They got Hayes, Louiselizardo locked up, 315 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 5: Now they have Christopher Sanchez locked up. Philly fans are 316 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 5: gonna say, Okay, we're gonna still have pitching. Yeah, some 317 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 5: of these some of these stars are gonna age. Trey 318 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 5: Turner's gonna age. Bryce Harper is going to age. They 319 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 5: are the two with the really the longest contracts, So 320 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 5: it shows Philly fans that they're not just going to 321 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 5: take an abrupt twoenty thirteen hiatus from making the playoffs, like, ah, 322 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 5: we just can't you know, we have all these aging stars. 323 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 5: We're not gonna make any moves. And then they brought 324 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 5: in some some guys in the front office that, in 325 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 5: my opinion, made some brutal moves that that set the 326 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 5: organization back. 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First of all, 357 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: any surprises that perhaps stick out to you, EK will 358 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: start with you. Dylan Cruz, Bryce Eldridge, Hisan Kim, Christian 359 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: Campbell of the Socks. Anybody kind of stick out. 360 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 3: To you, come in. I'm gonna take the easiest one. 361 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 3: Connor Griffin. 362 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: Connor Griffin, Yeah, that's. 363 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 3: That's not fair. 364 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 5: Like to me, while he may not have had the 365 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 5: spring training that they wanted them to have wanted to have, 366 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 5: you look into his numbers and you go, okay, like 367 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 5: what if he had hit four hundred, would this have 368 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 5: been different? Would this have been a you know, would 369 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 5: they have sent him? And then the question would have been, well, 370 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 5: who cares what he hit in spring training? So when 371 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 5: you bring up stats, I just have a hard time saying, okay, 372 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 5: like he should have made the team or he shouldn't 373 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 5: have made the team. To me, the question has to 374 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 5: be the Pirates clearly want to win. The Pirates went 375 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 5: out and they added offense. They didn't add offense for 376 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 5: like five six year transition here, No, they added offense 377 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 5: for this season and possibly next season. And so is 378 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:44,439 Speaker 5: Connor Griffin better than Nick Gonzalez Triolo at short like 379 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 5: whatever that's going to be at shortstop? Is he one 380 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 5: of the best nine guys that they can put out there? 381 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 5: And if he is, to me, I think he should 382 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 5: have been on this roster. And I hope it's nothing else. 383 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 5: I hope there's nothing else that you know went into 384 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 5: this decision. But to me, if they don't believe that, 385 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 5: then who cares what he did in spring training? 386 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 3: Tell him beforehand? 387 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 5: Hey, you know what, we don't see you as somebody 388 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 5: that's ready to be in the big biges. 389 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: Are you talking about just the manipulation of the contract 390 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: in terms of that type of thing? Is that what 391 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: you mean are you talking about? I mean, it's a 392 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: lot to put on a nineteen year old though, right AJ. 393 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: I mean, well, Eric, let me allow you to finish 394 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: your thought there. I mean, what do you mean by that? 395 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: You hope that? 396 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 5: I just mean, like, I hope there wasn't contract extension 397 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 5: talks that weren't agreed upon. I hope there wasn't, you know, 398 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 5: some type of service manipulation so they can have him 399 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 5: for another year. I hope there wasn't some of the 400 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 5: old tricks that I think have kind of been mitigated 401 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 5: against because of well it's in the CBA, I think things. 402 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 5: You know, there's incentives to call up the best players. 403 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 5: I just hope there's not something else something like that 404 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 5: going on that's like, oh, man, like really like he's 405 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 5: not obviously I don't see him every day. But I 406 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 5: also don't sit there and go, oh, the Pirates, they 407 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 5: make so many good moves. We talked to Babba Chandler. 408 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 5: They called him up. He was a starter's entire career 409 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 5: and they call him up to throw out of the bullpen. 410 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 5: And he kind of hinted like, oh, he's got to 411 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 5: earn it. He was kind of told that he's got 412 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 5: to earn it. 413 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 3: What. No, he's a starter. He's going to be a 414 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 3: starter for you for a long time. What are you doing? 415 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 5: So I go into the situation going, is this everything? 416 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 5: Are we getting all the information? Because I could care 417 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 5: less about spring training stats. 418 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: I agree with that, Aj. Is it too much to 419 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: ask of a nineteen year old kid to come up? 420 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you met him, you talked to him when 421 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: you were at Pirates camp. Is the maturity there? What 422 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: do you make of him starting the season at least 423 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: to begin with in Triple A. 424 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 4: I think the Pirates needed to put him as their 425 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 4: shortstop and opening a shortstop. I mean, I've said that, 426 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 4: I'll be on the record saying that I think that 427 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 4: this is not a Chris Bryant situation for me, this 428 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 4: is a I don't know why he's not their starting shortstop. 429 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 2: If he's going to be their Listen, and here's what's 430 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: going to happen. 431 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 3: We all know this. 432 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 4: He goes, he's going to go down to Triple A, 433 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 4: more than likely it's going to be freezing. He's going 434 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 4: to get off to a decent start in a month, 435 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 4: then they're going to call him up, and then they're 436 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 4: going to say it wasn't service time manipulation. It was 437 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 4: he just needed to get better because he hit one 438 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 4: eighty in spring training. I don't care about the spring 439 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 4: training stats. If the Pirates are really trying to make 440 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 4: a run and trying to win their division and trying 441 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 4: to make the playoffs like they say they are, for me, 442 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 4: Connor Griffin should be on the team. 443 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: Okay, fair enough. Anybody else, Guys that kind of stands 444 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: out to you, I'll read the list. 445 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 5: I don't. 446 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: I don't expect you to have it off the top 447 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 1: of your head. Christian Campbell of the Red Sox. This 448 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: is a kid eka that they gave a pretty decent 449 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: extension to. It was like forty million or something a 450 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and he is starting the season 451 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: in Triple A. Jason Domingez, the Martian Justinson Garcia also 452 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: of the Pirates. Anybody else, stick out. 453 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 5: To you one thing more with Connor Griffin before you 454 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 5: go there, because Christian Campbell he signed a eight year, 455 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 5: sixty million dollars deal just in spring training last year 456 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 5: and now he's changed positions and he's back in Triple A. 457 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 5: To me with Connor Griffin too, he's going down to 458 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 5: Triple A to do what nothing against Triple A pitchers. 459 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 5: I played in Triple A for a long time. The 460 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 5: best pitching you're gonna see is gonna be in April, 461 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 5: because there's guys that are like, oh, we don't know 462 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 5: we have a spot forty man, blah blah blah. You're 463 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 5: gonna see better pitching, but in general, you're gonna see 464 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 5: ninety to ninety four aw rs and you're just going 465 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 5: to get guys throwing out of the bullpen that may 466 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 5: throw ninety six to ninety eight. You don't know where 467 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 5: it goes. You don't control the zone very well, and 468 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 5: you you build up numbers or if he doesn't do well, 469 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 5: so to me, it doesn't look good for Conor Griffin. 470 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 5: So yes, can he develop? Yes, you can learn. You 471 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 5: can learn a lot of things if you have like 472 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 5: veteran guys that are there that can help him make 473 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 5: that transition. But it just seems it seems like I 474 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 5: watch for a team that wants to win. But back 475 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 5: to the list, back to the list. I have to 476 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 5: pull the list back up. But to me, it's it's 477 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 5: Jason Dominguz, Jason Domingaz. If you go by numbers, you 478 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 5: go wholl This guy had an incredible spring training as 479 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 5: a player. You're sitting there going, I had an incredible 480 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 5: spring training. So did I really have never have a shot? 481 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 5: As soon as they brought Cody Bellinger back in, who 482 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 5: was a late sign right before camp, Like, is that 483 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 5: when you know my ticket to Triple A was? 484 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 3: Pitt was punched. 485 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 5: Because Jason Domingaz his his issues. His issues were he 486 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 5: couldn't hit right handed. Okay, he he got quite a 487 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 5: few at bats against lefties. He did well. So the 488 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 5: numbers are there, Like what does that mean? The biggest 489 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 5: thing is he's never really had setbacks in the sense 490 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 5: that you know, he was the Martian he got a 491 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 5: record signing bonus. They thought he was gonna be the 492 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 5: next Mickey Man or even our own pinstriped territory. Derek 493 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 5: Lewandowski was like, oh my gosh, Jason Domingoz is gonna 494 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 5: be unbelieved. Reality is, you have to do it in 495 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 5: the big leagues, and when you're in the bright stage 496 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 5: of New York, you don't get four hundred at bats 497 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 5: to figure it out. And we swing it back to 498 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 5: Connor Griffin. The Pirates can give Connor Griffin four hundred 499 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 5: at bats to figure it out, and that's where he 500 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 5: should be figuring it out in the big leagues. 501 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: For me, it's still in Cruise. 502 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 4: Dylan Cruz was about the second pick overall in the 503 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 4: draft a couple of years ago out LSU behind Paul Skeans. 504 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 4: And he's ever hitting the big leagues and from what 505 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 4: I've heard from people, he won't make adjustments. There's adjustments 506 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 4: that need to be made. They brought in different hitting coaches, 507 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 4: they brought in more of a drive line attitude to him, 508 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 4: and he needs to Maybe they're talking about making him 509 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 4: swing changes and this and that, and he hasn't done that, 510 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 4: and he has been He's the one Christian Campbell. He's 511 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 4: never making this team. So that's not a disappointment. He's 512 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 4: got his money. That's why you signed these extensions because 513 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 4: if it doesn't work out, you still have sixty million 514 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 4: dollars in the bank, right But for me, it's still 515 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 4: and Cruse. Dylan Cruz was supposed to be the guy 516 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 4: who was the face of the Nats franchise going forward, 517 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 4: and it hasn't worked out. 518 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 2: It's become James Wood and c. J. Abrams. So for me, 519 00:24:59,240 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 2: it's still in Cruise. 520 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean real quick on Cruz. 521 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 5: I think it's part of a generation of players that 522 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 5: have said, you know what, the organizations go, Yeah, Triple 523 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 5: A is not as good, We're gonna call you up 524 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 5: to the big leagues. 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In the 571 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 1: on deck circle, Jason Dimingez comes out of the dugout 572 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: and the Marsian almost gets drilled by a bat. Scary, 573 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: scary right. 574 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 5: Glad he had an appercut. Glad he was working on 575 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 5: getting that back hip into it, because had he gone 576 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 5: straight level swing, Jason Dimingez. 577 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 3: Would have been cooked. 578 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 2: He wanted to. 579 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 3: He wanted to. 580 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 5: He wanted to get on that first bus back. There's 581 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 5: usually first buses back, or there's you know, a ride. Oh, 582 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 5: I gotta get back to I gotta get back to 583 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 5: Tampa kind of thing. 584 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 3: He goes rolling out of there. That could have been 585 00:27:58,359 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: just sent down. 586 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: That is Uh, that's one way to get on the 587 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 1: early bus. I've been hit on a baseball field five times, 588 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: four with the ball, one with the bat. Two of 589 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: the balls that hit me hit me in the head, 590 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: one was in the back, one was on the hand, 591 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 1: and then I got hit with Carlos Gonzalez's bat on 592 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: the left side. Have you guys, I mean, you're pitch 593 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: your catchers, so you're constantly getting hit in the face 594 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: and the mask and all the things. But have you 595 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: almost been hit by a like how many times you've 596 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: been hitting in the head with the backswing. 597 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 4: I mean it happened a lot. I mean not a lot, 598 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 4: but it happened. It happened a few times a year. Yeah, 599 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 4: it wasn't that stuff happens. I've seen a guy actually 600 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 4: seen a guy get hit in the face. I don't, 601 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 4: I don't. I actually did see a guy get hit 602 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: in the face by a bat. I forget who it was, 603 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 4: but I did see that happen, and it wasn't good. 604 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 4: They broke their I don't want to say they broke 605 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 4: their nose or bust at their lip or something. So 606 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 4: I actually have seen this happen. It was It was crazy. 607 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 4: It was kind of the same thing. They weren't paying 608 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 4: attention and the guy swung and didn't realize with someone 609 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 4: behind him and hit them. It happens. It's not good, 610 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 4: but yeah, this stuff happens. It's scary world out there. 611 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 4: Be careful. You gotta, as I tell my son, you 612 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 4: gotta have situational awareness on what's going down. 613 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: I make sure. 614 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 4: I mean every time there was anyone with a bad 615 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 4: I was always walking around like And that's why. 616 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: I'm glad that they did put the nets up. I 617 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: know ek people had differing opinions of putting nets up 618 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: along the baselines, but there's so many people that go 619 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: to games that are not paying attention to what's happening 620 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: on the field, and they have little kids down there. 621 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: They're not paying attention. There's somebody that obviously does not 622 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: have catlike reflexes that can take a screaming line drive 623 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: right to the noggin and it could kill somebody. I'm 624 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: glad that they have the nets. Have you seen anything 625 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,239 Speaker 1: like that on the field, Eric, or you know, if 626 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: someone got hit with the backswing or whatever. 627 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 5: The video when we talked about this, the video of 628 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 5: Ryan Braun swinging on the top of the dugout and 629 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 5: he caught Jean Sigura back when they were both playing 630 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 5: together with the braid like the Brewers like that one was, 631 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 5: but I wasn't. I wasn't there live for it. So no, 632 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 5: I've never seen anybody get hit like that. But fans, 633 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 5: you talk about the nets, man, I'll never forget one. 634 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 5: In Indianapolis, I was playing Triple A and a mom 635 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 5: got hit in the side of the head and like 636 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 5: immediately she projectile vomited and she had her kids there, 637 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 5: Like it was just an awful scene that every like. 638 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 5: It still gives me chills to think about. But we 639 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 5: also talk about all your injuries. Aj got hit one 640 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 5: hundred and twenty nine times a lot, and you're talking 641 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 5: about the four times you got hit in the hand. 642 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 3: He got one hundred and twenty nine times. That's a 643 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 3: lot of baseball. 644 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: That is. That's a lot. That's a lot. And I'm 645 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: not trying to compare my injury stage. It is by 646 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: any stretch of the imagination. But I also was not 647 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: suited up and all four tiersome. Here's a fun fact 648 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,239 Speaker 1: for you boys. All four times I got hit with 649 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: the ball were all in the San Francisco visiting well, 650 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: all four times. So that is a death a death track. No, 651 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: I was on the air, I mean. 652 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 3: Sometimes didn't like the Dodgers. They didn't like the Dodgers Rogers. 653 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, but I was also with the Rockies too, so 654 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: it was like an NL West thing as well. But yeah, 655 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: that's crazy. Remember when Chris, my husband, got hit in 656 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: the face with the ball ninety three miles an hour 657 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: fastball he was he was playing for the Diamondbacks and 658 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: a pitcher. It was like garbage time. Diamondbacks were up 659 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: huge and this kid comes in, has no idea where 660 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: it's going, hit him right here, broke three of his teeth. 661 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:24,959 Speaker 3: He had. 662 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: He had to cut out a huge piece of his lip. 663 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: That was That was a good time. That was a 664 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: good time. Anyway, Moving on same thing, Jeremy Meyer, our director, saying, 665 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: in here a producer. Same on the tea box. No 666 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: drivers to the Chicklets watch out, don't stand in people's backswing, 667 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: all right, Ryan Divish, who covers the Mariners. A statement 668 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: from Randy a Rosa Renna. I understand that with opening 669 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: day a few days away, I don't want it to 670 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: be a distraction call. And I have talked and I 671 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: apologize for what I said after the game. Nothing in 672 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: the WBC takes away from the fact that we are 673 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: brothers and teammates. He's family, and we are both focused 674 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: on helping the Mariners win the World Series. This comes 675 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: off of the cuff of Randy Arozarena wanting to shake 676 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: Cal Raley's hand and he said, no, nay on today. 677 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: So they've they've squashed this. 678 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,239 Speaker 2: He was told to say this. 679 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 3: Let's be honest. 680 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 4: I'm sure you didn't say this out of nowhere. He 681 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 4: was told to say this because, again, like I said earlier, 682 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 4: the guys who they can trade, they can trade Randy Roserena, 683 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 4: guess who they ain't trading. Cal Rowlin, guess who they 684 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,719 Speaker 4: I mean. Let's be honest, this is it Randy and 685 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 4: Cal talk. They had already talked. I don't understand why 686 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 4: this became such a big deal because it only became 687 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 4: a big deal because Randy said some things about Cal 688 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 4: later on that he didn't need to say after the 689 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 4: whole thing, and Cal told him not to do it. 690 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 4: He told Naylor not to do it. Now, Naylor handled 691 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 4: it better by making a joke out of it. Randy 692 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 4: then proceeded to say some bad things about Cal. I mean, 693 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 4: we all love Randy's personality, we all love the fun 694 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 4: times he has. 695 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 2: On the field. 696 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 4: But you don't, I don't care what happens. You don't 697 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 4: cuss out a teammate after anything. 698 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. 699 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 4: You take the team in inside the locker room and 700 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 4: you talk to him when you get back to Mariners camp. 701 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,959 Speaker 4: You handle it internally. You don't cuss him out in 702 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 4: front of the world, So I think did. Randy was told, hey, 703 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,959 Speaker 4: we need to squash this because even when he went 704 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 4: back to Marrinors camp, he kept us in going. So 705 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 4: it's over now. 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Go to Fox one for complete terms and conditions. 725 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,320 Speaker 6: Box one streaming now. 726 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 3: It will be a distraction. 727 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 5: Stop like they're going to play. Randy wants to play 728 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 5: for his free agent year. Cal is going to do 729 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 5: Cal things. It won't be a distraction. 730 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 1: Okay, this is scary. I didn't know about this. I 731 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: don't think many people knew about this, guys. But MLB 732 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: dot COM's Brian McTaggart, who covers the Houston Astros, wrote 733 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: an article that said Carlos Correa and his son nearly 734 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: drowned in a lake last summer. That's insane. He nearly 735 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: drowned on a Minnesota lake last summer. His brush with 736 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: death has brought him closer to his faith and has 737 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: given him a new calling. I promise you, this is 738 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: a quote. I promise you that if you saved me 739 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: from this one, I will serve you, and I will 740 00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: serve you forever. So apparently he has started organizing aj 741 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 1: Bible study at his home last offseason. He's delivering a 742 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: thirty minute sermon at a retirement home in December in 743 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 1: front of you know, twenty to twenty five people that'll 744 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 1: do it. You know, when you have a brush with death, 745 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: especially when your child is involved, that's got to give 746 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: you some perspective. 747 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 4: No, yeah, one hundred percent. I'm never going to knock 748 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 4: anyone faith or what they do or good for you. 749 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 4: Carlos Korea, I'm sure it was a scary incident. Didn't 750 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 4: DJ Kali the rapper, didn't he have something like this, 751 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 4: have one on a jet ski and he also did 752 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 4: this something like this. I thought it was I thought 753 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 4: I saw a story about something like that where he 754 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 4: almost died on a jet ski and he kind of 755 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 4: did the same thing. So good for you, Carlos Korea. 756 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 4: It's weird we just now are hearing about this later almost, 757 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 4: you know, a year later. 758 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 2: Whatever. 759 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 4: And then also wear your life jacket. People, wear your 760 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 4: life jacket. Make sure you have a life jacket on. 761 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,840 Speaker 4: And make sure your children, which I believe Carlos Is 762 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 4: did have one on. Make sure you wear your life jacket. 763 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 4: And there are people around that are paying attention to 764 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 4: what's happening in the wad. 765 00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 766 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: So Korea managed to reach booeye Ek, but slipped off 767 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: of the booy he fell under the water. This is 768 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,359 Speaker 1: again according to the article by Brian McTaggart. He fell 769 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,960 Speaker 1: under the water and grabbed the chain and during his 770 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: left hand with Kylo's weight on his shoulder. Kylo is 771 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: his oldest son. By the way, Koreas switched to his 772 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: right hand, then his left, and back to his right. 773 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's terrifying. To stay above the water. 774 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,759 Speaker 1: He yelled toward the boat for help. It was his 775 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: last gasp. I can't think of a more horrific death 776 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: any anything that your child is involved in, obviously, but 777 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: I can't think of a more horrific death than drowning 778 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: or perhaps being you know burned to death, but imagine 779 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:39,880 Speaker 1: the terror in Carlos's mind, in his son's mind, and 780 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:44,720 Speaker 1: whoever was watching. That'll make you rethink some things. 781 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 3: I can't. 782 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 5: I can't imagine it. I'm glad they're safe. I'm glad 783 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 5: it brought him closer to the Lord. I'm glad it 784 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 5: put him in a spot where he's appreciating you know, 785 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 5: every day that he has. And you know, as a 786 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 5: veteran on a team, you start making impact on different 787 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 5: people on your team when you're you're really intentional about everything, 788 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 5: intentional about your relationships. So you know, there's a positive 789 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 5: that came out of this, and that's it for him. 790 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 3: Yeah. 791 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: He also talked about in the article, spoke of the 792 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: challenges you guys he endured as a player, fracturing his 793 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: ankle in two places in the minor leagues in twenty fourteen, 794 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: and how that injury later caused both the Giants and 795 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,359 Speaker 1: the Mets to back out of mega deals with him. 796 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: Seven years later, he wound up signing with the Twins 797 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,879 Speaker 1: after leaving the Astros at the end of the twenty 798 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 1: twenty one season. Obviously, he is back with the Stros. 799 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 1: I imagine he'd finish his career there. I'm just happy 800 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:51,360 Speaker 1: that he's okay, and I'm happy that his son is okay. 801 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: In case you missed it, a big week for Andrew Painter. 802 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: He makes the Phillies opening day roster. He gets engaged 803 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,959 Speaker 1: in the same week his fiance Shelby said, we both 804 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: got promoted this week. So good for these guys. Very 805 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 1: nice week for Andrew Painter and his future bride Shelby. 806 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,479 Speaker 2: It's a big weekj Congratulations in. 807 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,280 Speaker 1: Your in your life, that's the biggest week. 808 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,439 Speaker 3: Uh week? Sure? 809 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,240 Speaker 2: Sure, Like maybe. 810 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: You had a baby in the same week that you 811 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,359 Speaker 1: got a hole in one. I don't know. 812 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:30,800 Speaker 3: It's got to be some It's just kids. Just kids birth, 813 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 3: that's it. 814 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 4: It's kids kid's birth, is I mean? But then you 815 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 4: have more than one, so then you've got to pick 816 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 4: a favorite. 817 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 3: So sure everyone a favorite for him and then he 818 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 3: can pick my favorite. 819 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: That's tough though for you though, because you have three 820 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: to choose from. By the way, congratulations to Jeremy Myers 821 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: Iowa Hawk Eyes. They beat A. J. Pearson University of 822 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,880 Speaker 1: Florida Gators in a thriller A J seventy three to 823 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,280 Speaker 1: seventy two. What happened. 824 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,479 Speaker 2: Uh, Iowa made shots when they had to. They played better. 825 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 4: That's usually what happens to Lona when you lose in 826 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 4: these games. The other team launches threes and makes them 827 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 4: and they play better. Congratulations Iowa. 828 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wouldn't know what that's like. I went through 829 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,680 Speaker 1: Northy Colorado. We're never in the tournament, all right, guys, 830 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: have a great night. Scott Brom's back tomorrow. Appelad